>>26886498I never really understood why Gengar gets as much love as he does. He's a cool guy, but didn't really stand out to me at all when I first played Red/Blue.
His design is kind of nothing. I know he's supposed to be a doppelganger (doppelGENGAR) of Clefable, but because they chose Clafable as Gengar's base it's got a pretty indistinct blob shape. Clefable is after all just a soft, blobby, generically monstrous design as well.
I guess he is popular because he has been strong in battle in every generation, and was the only Ghost type at first, and the only good Ghost type for a while. I wonder how popular Gengar would be if he was introduced alongside Chandelure in Gen I.
