>>45713902>"I think most fans prefer the less scary...">Charizard, Venusaur, Mewtwo, Gyarados, Garchomp, Mimikyu, and Gengar (among most other ghost types) are all among the most popular (many being gen 1s retaining their popularity through multiple generations)>The rest are stupid furry bait, with one or two pokeplushies dotting popularity lists>Most cutesy types like jigglypuff, chansey, marrill, or whatever have a few scattered fans thanks largely to creepy zoophile perverts, meta-nerds, or little girls.>Pikachu is only the incidental mascot of the series thanks to the anime and Ikue Ōtani's voice; otherwise it's near totally fucking useless and not an especially popular Pokemon.It really seems like these people don't understand their own series, or why it's even popular. By their own logic, battling should have gone away, and pokemon cuteness contests should have taken over, but instead that shit failed spectacularly.
