>>53402098Lucario was shilled before the games even came out and Grenniger recieved all sorts of favoritism too. Chimchar was promoted as much as Piplup but the penguin is still popular simply because it's a genuinely appealing design.
Munchlax is a cuter Snorlax but that's it. Zoroark is a better design than Lucario but TPC and GF didn't shill it correctly.