>>55320987They shouldn't have used the Electabuzz wannabe as the front-pal. Game would still have been accused of plagiarism, but 90% of people who first saw this, including youtubers, without knowing anything else about the game, noticed this one yellow dude was "Similar to that yellow Pokemon with a bolt on his belly" or shit like this.
The cat, sheep and owl you meet at the start would have made perfect mascots, or even the grass mamoth.