Would the Pokémon series have ever worked on the NES or the SNES?

Since the mid 90’s the Pokémon series has been very popular on handheld game Consoles such as Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, etc.  Sometimes people wonder if PokeMon series has started in the 80’s or the early 90’s would it be more popular than it currently is.  The idea of having Pokémon for the NES or the SNES would have be awesome.  But as we know Pokémon games generally take a long time to complete and having them for home based console would definitely bore many people.  The fact that Pokémon games are normally featured handheld based consoles is probably one of the things that contributes to the appeal of those titles.  Honestly, if handheld Pokémon games were featured on home consoles like the SNES and the NES they could have been easily overshadowed during the 80’s and 90’s.  With games like the Super Mario series, Mega Man X, F-Zero, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid and others Pokémon titles probably would have been overlooked during that time period.