>>50019554Games are called Red and Green and have Charizard and Venusaur as box art mons.
If you want to make promotional art, you have to feature those mons and because Fire beats Grass, Red having Venusaur and Blue (Green) having Charizard was the logical choice.
West faggots tried to recreate the same shit but with Red and Blue, hence why many people like to give Red a Charizard and the rival a Blastoise.
In my opinion, if you think Red picks Charmander and Blue Squirtle, you are having the westernized version of Pokémon, like watching a dubbed version of an anime or playing the censored version of a game.