>>49570658yeah this is it, torterra's got major venusaur syndrome where it's respected but nobody picks it and piplup has major bulbasaur syndrome where it's beloved but relatively few people give a shit about empoleon
Hoenn managed to have two very popular starters plus the mudkip meme plus grovyle in PMD plus swampert was never that unpopular because it's so damn good
Think it's probably something like Kanto >>>>> Hoenn >> Alola > Sinnoh > the rest
