>>51764355Ok, ignore what I actually said. Cool. Good for you.
Those three are marketed and liked as a result. They are the ones that the casual audience knew about first and then used because if knowing them. Any pokemon could be in the same place.
>>51764407>Tons of people particularly like Charizard.Because it was the mascot of the game and prominent in the anime. Not for any other reason.
If anything else was in the same roles it would be as popular.
>>51764693>Charizard was always popular even before it became a false godThat's again more mascot and anime than by virtue of the monster itself. Red being the leader colour in kids shows also made all the insecure kids lean harder into wanting red pokemon and using the red lizard. Semiotics etc.
>It started with Gen 2, they were so used to marketing Kanto and Gen 1 Pokemon that they forget that Johto and Gen2 Pokemon needed a chance to shine tooTrue. Even in the games, all the gym leaders heavily use Kanto mons. The franchise could have benefitted from fresh anime protagonists who won rather than an ageless annoying kid they are sick of seeing. It also makes new viewers/kids more able to access the anime instead of seeing this character with 30 years of adventures behind him.
I'd argue Gengar is the most organically popular pokemon outside of the ones that are marketed relentlessly. Not that Gengar hasn't become one of those as well, but it earned it and no one hates it.
