>>52726746Gen 6/7/8 each had a pattern of a shillmon favoritism starter, a starter for girls, and then a starter that would stay in its base stage and be a shouldermon.
>Greninja, Incineroar, Cinderace >Braixen, Primarina, Inteleon>Chespin, Rowlet, GrookeyBlame Piplup for there being a designated merchbait unevolved starter every gen. Blame every fully evolved BW starter for being mediocre designs and losing to Chandelure in popularity, and Charizard’s popularity finally catching on with Gamefreak around the time for being too good of a design, warranting a starter favoritism every gem.
