Idk even in gen1 did we really need that many pokemon?
Some of them seem redundant, poorly designed, or lines that are really shitty alternatives to good pokemon.
>sandslash
dugtrio was good enough

>jigglypuff, clefairy
We only needed one, not both
>hypno
did it really need to exist? It was shittier alakazam
>seaking
I get the legend, but it's a fucking koi with a horn, we already have magikarp
>venomoth
honestly just taking up space
>Poliwrath
base 510 stats but all around mediocre
>Dewgong, seadra,Golduck
just dex filler
>pidgeot/fearow/farfetch'd
honestly a really shitty lines when dodrio is better and has the same fucking type
>muk
was honestly ass it's first gen, weezing was better
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The list goes on and fucking on and on up until recently ...What's the point of having like 75 lines when only fucking 20 of them are worth a damn in the first gen alone? Now we have tons of pokemon that are just taking up space and not doing anything or forgot and thrown away after the gen is done.

>inb4 world building
shut the fuck up, we barely saw them interact with the world at all in game or anime for that matter.
>ever see alakazam's 500 iq
>ever see far fetch'd stew
>only saw gengar's curses in heat sinks in a recent episode after more than 23 years.
>inb4 choice
you chose the shit, and competitions and stadium will fuck you up.
Honestly if there were fewer, we could have had actual sprite animation in game by the second gen, and current gen models every gen afterward.

Imagine if we only had say 300-400 now we could have dragon quest/pokken/ smash tier graphics and customization.