>you don't live in the universe where Poliwrath and Politoed were their original, singular design
>you don't live in the universe where Poliwhirl became the mascot
>you will never get to play as him in Smash
God, his design is so much more fun than Pikachu's imo, it sucks that he didn't end up becoming the mascot. I do prefer Pikachu to Clefairy, when it comes to mascot though, so it's not the WORST timeline (even though I really like Clefable).
