>>48587181Zard fans that are genuine, diehard fans of the series aren't as common as the shilling would have you expect. The main reasoning behind using Charizard for everything is for the normalfag appeal.
Normalfags don't give a shit about Pokemon 99% of the time, but when you put Charizard on something? They're interested. These people don't give a shit about playing the games or any other aspect of the series, but the moment you slap Charizard on something:
>Normalfags start talking ("Holy shit, is that Charizard? That's so cool! I love Charizard!")>This conversation starting spreads the word about new Pokemon news>Normalfags shortly move on afterwards, having spread news about Pokemon to those that wouldn't of heard it otherwise>Might interest those that wouldn't of heard it otherwise, which leads to more salesIf Charizard didn't sell and constantly make the news, they wouldn't use him.
