>>43705145The problem with Kingler is that marketing execs look at him and go “thats literally just a crab Ash needs a fucking dabbing ninja frog wearing a baseball cap to attract new viewers” without understanding that there’s nothing wrong with having a few classic understated Pokemon rotating on and off his team.
One of my first memories of Pokemon was watching the Whirl Cup episodes with my older sister so Kingler is pretty much burned into my memory, so I am super biased