>>38235956>but not good for marketing.What are you on about?
Bulba line not being a dinosaur didn't stop Japan and France from loving the pokemon as it is.
Remember, starters were meant to be like school pets for children to have a special connection to, so that they get a familiar feeling when they evolve, a dinosaur wouldn't work as it would be too "tough," and therefore not very relatable for children.
Hell, in mandarin Chinese, it's literally called "wonderful frog seed," so everyone must've gotten the memo that it was a frog except America and Germany.
However I will take into account that this was the 90s and that America was going through a TOTES RADICAL phase, so dinosaurs were seen as cooler and 'edgier' than frogs.
Idk, American children are weird.
