>>53490042They clearly weren’t. Blaziken’s literal first appearance in any media was BTFOing Charizard by coming out of nowhere. It’s honestly hilarious.
>>53490246>Masuda’s debut game, based on his childhood>remake was Ohmori’s debut game>each provided the template for how games would be written for the next 10+ yearsAs far as Masuda especially is concerned, Hoenn was his swan song that ended up keeping the franchise going after the mania marketing boom died down.
