>>53404997No, Gen 1 they based all starters off traditional Japanese boy pets (frogs, turtles/terrapins and salamanders). Kids just naturally gravitated to a fire-breathing, flying dragon-lookalike, because it was FAR fucking cooler in its Gen 1 sprite than a retarded tree and fat turtle (Japanese kid reaction is why Shudo evolved Charmander in the first place - because they didn't care for the other two). They have been shilling starters since day one and they've always been the bipedal ones, as they've always been more well-received than quadrupeds (humans are weird fuckers, we'll subliminally favour things that are similar in bodyshape to ourselves over creature-features).
But yeah, the big bad corporation held down your favourite starter and shilled a badass looking dragonclone instead, yes my mentally defective snowflake.
