>>27613707>According to who?For one the thread you're currently in and the anime ratings itself. Not to mention the previous "gen 3 Pokemon" like Skarmory.
At this point the proof is right in front of your face and you're ignoring it.
>This is an enormous category and you exclude people who come here arbitrarilyIt's not, there's a large difference between people who play video games casually, by the literal definition, and people who have dedicated their lives to knowing about video games.
>You're asserting this without any real evidence.Did you even look at the links I provided?
One of them is specifically about the majority of people in the thread thinking it was a gen 3 Pokemon.
>I glanced through them and they prove very little. Some people like it and some people don't; there's no consensus.This is why you don't glance through something when you're in an arguement. In any case the majority of people in those forums have stated that gen 2 is either bad or not particularly great or worthy of their praise.
Also learn a thing or two about vocal minorities. At times a vocal minority can make it seem like something is lionised or overrated and that's exactly the case here given sales and comparative memorability.
>No shit, hence 'where I am'. I'm afraid there's no statistics on hype.You can literally gauge it by merchandise and ratings of that time anon. Don't make excuses if they don't sway in favour of your argument.
>All I can tell you about actual grassroots fan excitement is by nature anecdotalIt's 2016 anon, it's time you learned a thing or two about the internet. And what ancedotal means in this context.
>>27613839You have a post full of it and you're ignoring it.
