Did Pokémon make a long-lasting contribution to gaming and if so, what?

[Warmmedown]

Outside of the Pokemon games themselves, did Pokemon have some long-term influence on gaming?

Eg
Shenmue advanced open-world gaming and led to Yakuza
GTA led to well-regarded similar games like Sleeping Dogs, Mafia, Saints Row and Driver and maybe made open-world more popular
CoD and Halo led to an FPS explosion
Final Fantasy made JRPGs and party-based RPGs more popular

Wb Pokemanz?

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Wasn’t there a bunch of games like Monster-Rancher & Yō-Kai-Watch? OK those are the only 2 I can think of right-now lol.

 

[Yoshi]

I agree, it popularized RPGs centered around Animals.

 

[Theallpowerfulpuipui]

The penultimate starter RPG, garners interest to people who dislike RPGs as well