I live in nampa Idaho, a city with a population of roughly 100000 people counting the suburbs and rural area. I visit most of the stores in my area, and I barely see a change in the products being sold, other than a shift in the actual merchandise sold. No one's seeming to bother with buying trading cards, pokemon dolls or toys, or even cards or toys, for that matter. I don't know what's up with my city, but there's a lack of love for the children. Every parent is busy with their lives, running to and from work, both of them, sending their kids to school and to daycare or babysitting or whatever. They're kids may even get a semi-job volunteering instead of staying home playing videogames. It's disgusting.
I on the other hand, enjoy at least a little break. But I don't even get that kind of privaledge, being 21 still at my parent's home under their rules (don't get me started). I watch and learned the society of my community and found that we're an orderly and dedicated society... too dedicated... putting work over family and friends. Not even the kids get a break. I feel kind of lonely being the only kid... erhm... adult... left in my community now who still seems to be hooked on pokemon for who knows what reason. Yet, no matter how hooked I am, I still do not own a 3DS or pokemon X/Y/Z, because of money situation, and no one's willing to hire me because of my irresponsibility.
I haven't been monitoring Caldwell, Meridian, or Boise, but by the way my city works, it's safe to say that it's business oriented, and does not care much about pokemon.
Now, possibly because of it's isolation from everywhere else (mass population centers), it's been that way for a long time and will stay that way for a long time. But I got a feeling that there's similarity in even mass population centers. Think about this... only the kids who saw and grew up with pokemon even care about pokemon to this date, and right now... they are 15-21. But what about the younger kids? Probably not so much... they are into the newer age of toys, games, and releases.
Is pokemon really dying? Not now... not yet. But when our generation comes to a close... it depends.
I don't know... X/Y/Z was a good release, but not good enough to catch the attention of younger kids. Pokemon, I say, is an outdated theory. Nintendo needs to come up with something similar, but new. Brand New. Something no one would expect. That way, the new generation would ask "What is this game?" and would finally have their eyes set upon something Nintendo has to offer.
If Nintendo does not Veer from Mario's World (the entire mario spectrum), Zelda/Link's World, Fire Emblem, and those games, put their heads together, and come up with a fresh new idea, I believe... they're sunk.