It wasn't exactly spammed, but Pokemon is big. It's more like, "Here's a place to discuss one of the most important game series out there."

>>396698
That it is a video game, cartoon, conical book, card game and toys... Was in a lot of boards at once. And the topics would crossover.

>>396618
/vp/ didn't change much. iirc it was before generals where a concept so /v/'s front page was essentially 60% pokemon all the time.

>>396618

Shitposters on /v/ would whine that it was anime and belonged on /a/
Shitposters on /a/ would whine that it was a video game and didn't belonged on /v/
Sometimes furfags would show up and start porn dumps
If you want to experience what it was like, try starting a digimon thread on /co/