There are quite a lot that are annoyed with and hate it for the shilling. Which is something I personally fail to understand. Speaking for myself, I don't think they've done anything offensive with the shilling, and not having been into Pokemon until 2010, I gave zero shits about it. Origins and the two Megas are what made me not only give a shit, but also like it, a lot. So I don't understand why would anyone hate that.
If there's anyone who can explain this, please do. What has been so offensive about the shilling that makes people downright hate it. They're just putting the popular character in front. I have never seen anyone complain about this sort of thing in any other series. No one complains about Master Sword always being special in Zelda. No one complains about seeing Falchion or Marth in Fire Emblem. No one complains about Bahamut or Cloud in Final Fantasy. This is literally the only place I've seen this happen and I don't understand this.
If this somehow went against the spirit of Pokemon, letting you choose whatever you want to use, I would understand. But it hasn't. You've never been forced to use Charizard, nor does it get any exclusive attention while ignoring others. You can ignore it entirely and it wouldn't affect your experience in any way or form. All that happens is that it gets put on the forefront, and I don't think there's anything offensive about that, so I fail to understand this entire thing. I've never cared about this, since everything popular gets hate in some way or form, but seeing as this is a thread about talking about it, I thought I'd ask.
