>>46534666If I had to guess it's the same reason Greninja won last year, and it's mainly due to how the poll is structured
Basically every day you're allowed to vote for one pokemon from each region (you can submit multiple votes for the same pokemon if you wish) and at the end those votes are tallied up and the winner decided. The problem comes with the fact that Gen 6 has by far the smallest roster of new pokemon compared to every other generation. Thus, the votes are less spread out amongst the gen 6 pokemon because there's less options to vote for. That's why you only see like 3 gen 5 pokemon on this list because there's 150+ pokemon and unlike KANTOOOOOOOOO they don't have the notoriety that those mons have.