>>54358610You have no idea what you're talking about, bro. Empoleon is like the third most historically shilled starter ever, behind only the likes of Charizard and Blaziken. It's always returning to the spotlight, the only Sinnoh mon that comes to mind that competes with it as even more pushed and attention-hogging is freaking Lucario, and he's the fucking teacher's pet of the franchise.
Empoleon gets new powerful gimmick cards on every new TCG expansion, countless spin-off appearances, a Pokkén Tournament fighter spot, repeated anime reappearances because of Dawn, new and diferentiated plushies every year, an youtube animated miniseries, Infernape hasn't had a rule box card in TCG since fucking Gen IV. Ash's Infernape waited 10+ years for an actual anime reappearance and wasn't included in his World Coronation team despite being his strongest fire-type pokemon. The privilege is palpable.
