>>53689216Decidueye is popular on it's own though and that's been a proven multiple times even in polls where you could say it "under preformed" it still manages to get top 20 and not many Pokemons can do that.
>>53689242Anon merchandise being sold doesn't tell you the full story of a Pokemons popularity. Cute Pokemon will(especially first stage starters) will always sell more than their fully evolution. Did you know that charmander sells more merch then charizard? By your logic mine.jr and minum are more popular then infernape