Anyone that religiously plays Pokemon and uses "weeb" as an insult is the absolute pinnacle of hypocrisy.
I think an important reality is that Pokemon fans want to play the games and have a good time, whether amongst themselves or with friends, but that doesn't mean the games provide that to them simply by existing and being purchased. If players observe issues with new Pokemon titles, they don't necessarily have to buy into it, but their criticism is still worth considering in those cases because they are still consumers who were turned away by changes and may want to come back if things improve. I don't buy/accept the "Pokemon is a Kids IP" justification with regards to adult player criticism, because the existence of events like VGC, spin-offs like Unite and Masters, Multimedia like the Card Game, and a swathe of nostalgic references across all of them seem very much designed to keep some Adult audience on-board alongside other media making their income off the younger demographic.
This is pretty much why I have zero issue calling out Pokemon's lack of good game design, story writing, sluggish UI and so many other things about it in reference to both older and newer monster collectors. Especially since there's no rule or law against that and it's perfectly reasonable to do with just about any other game genre to see how they tackle overlapping features for their genre, such as an FPS game's aim sensitivity or a platformer game's running and jumping momentum. I'll stand by that comparing Pokemon to other monster collectors holds far more water than VGC Champion Wolfey using Mario Kart and Monopoly to justify why random crits are a good thing. Some like to throw around that "This monster collector is different" to try to debunk such criticisms and while true, there are certainly way more differences between a monster collector, a racing party game and a capitalist simulation board game to make a good argument around a random crit mechanic. The games don't just exist, they also put forth an effort to make their game mean something and DON'T justify things by being a kid's game. It's also why I choose to borrow Pokemon games or buy them used so I don't support them, can still play and enjoy them, can still give more educated criticism and use my money to instead support things like indie monster collectors.
In reference to your comment, another dumb shill statement I see get thrown around is that Pokemon "accomplishes what it sets out to do".
What does that even mean?
That just being a monster collector that exists is all it takes provided it has the Pokemon logo?
Next, you might as well praise your own lungs for accomplishing what they set out to do with breathing.
Heart Gold and Soul Silver accomplished what they set out to do which is be MORE than just a remake as the devs themselves said. It shows in how heavily it's praised with content and extras like PokeAthlon and the PokeWalker setting out on its attempt to be a Digimon-esque VPET game that puts the PokeBall Plus to complete shame.
Pokemon ORAS accomplished what it set out to do, as the devs themselves admitted they intended for it to have less content and anything even remotely special so people could spend their better games. It got heavily criticized for lacking things like a Battle Frontier.
Accomplishing what you set out to do doesn't make the goal praiseworthy.
