>>33056629Torchic was Masuda's favorite starter. Even when Treecko was the favorite starter of Gen 3, and Mudkip became a meme (and Swampert being the best of the three on Gen 3), Masuda managed to promote Torchic more that the other two, even having a GBA SP with a Torchic pattern. Then obviously Game Freak gave Speed Boost in Gen 5 to fix its Speed problem, and in Gen 6 tgey gave it a Mega Evolution, but because Masuda couldb't wait ONE FUCKING YEAR it introduced Mega Blaziken in XY as event.
