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>>aggressively shilled at the start of the game despite being useless after the first gym and completely undermining your starter choice since the game just hands you a mon of the type you need to beat the aforementioned first gym
>This and their buttugly designs are why people hate them.
>Unironically they probably would have been far more liked if they were encountered later in the game and were actually useful instead of being foisted on you at the beginning and being useless afterwards. Plus a redesign so they're not as much of an eyesore.