>>23283443>>23283496You know, this got me thinking. Is there actually any pokemon that got popular on "its own merits"?
As in:
>No early reveal hype>No movie spotlight>No game spotlight>no obvious official pushBecause by these parameters, i guess popular pokemon aren't actually popular.
>MewtwoGot a whole movie in its name. Legendary Status.
>LucarioAll of the above
>PikachuJustified in that it's the mascot of the series, i guess.
Even some lesser known but still popular mons like Blaziken got early reveals and anime stardom.
Ironically, i'd guess that Charizard is one of the few that you could argue got extremely popular on it's own as it was making little kids wet their pants even before its anime debut. A box cover appearance and a super powerful TCG card isn't enough to actually catapult something into becoming as popular as it did.
Maybe Greninja to a lesser extent, because it got really popular even before its Smash appearance.
I'd say Scyther/Scizor also fall under this category. But besides these, i have a hard time thinking of any other cases.
