So ash's mum drives ash somewhere in the anime and Mijumaru is protecting kibago and Pikachu from koromori. These commercial and slowbro man are creepy.
You gotta understand that the games are primarily aimed at kids, even though they're made for anyone to enjoy.
The whole "take down the evil organization while getting gym badges" is easy for kids to understand and they feel like they're the hero. I mean, it obviously works if you have kids saying that D/P has an epic storyline lol