>>48589462True. Charizard pandering was a thing since gen 2.
Champion and final superboss both have one. And they even had one in the gold and silver intro. That being said I dont think them shilling zard is necessarily bad. Charizard was and is the most popular and recognizable pokemon after pikachu. People loved it and then they started pushing it. A lot of zoomers act like charizard shilling is new and that theyre just trying to force people to like a pokemon when they already do and theyre just giving people what they want and recognize.
