>>40388059Jigglypuff was actually a pretty big reoccuring character in the anime at the time.
>>40388323is correct in that it was an easy Kirby clone so would take less dev time, especially since it was supposed to be the "joke" character of the game. But it wasn't just picked entirely at random. My mother hardly knew anything about Pokemon during Pokemania, but even she would say
>"Oh my god, it's that pink marshmallow AGAIN. Why does it keep SINGING all the time???"It stood out more than Meowth, who was just a talking cat with a coin.
