Because pokemon annoyed the general populace of /v/
>>28293355
Because only pokemon has a retardedly huge and autistic fanbase that has also branched out of the vidya into a massive franchise. It's a containment board.
best game
>>28293369
This is logically true
>>28293371
This.
Before /vp/, when it came close to a new pokemon game release basically all of /v/ became a temporary /vp/. Seeing as banning everything was impractical if not impossible, a containment board was made.
>>28293448
Honestly one of my favourite things about this website is that a good chunk of the boards are just containment boards.