>>54280925Again, you're a fucking idiot, someone liking Puplup doesn't mean they despise Empoleon, someone liking Rowlet doesn't mean they hate Decideye, the poll blatantly proves this by putting both forms of the owl right next to each other.
Basing your opinions entirely off of what TCPI does shows you're an idiot and a sheep, TCPI only has a vague idea of what people like based off of focus groups and initial reactions, first forms are prioritized because they're much easier to make merch for.
If you ACTUALLY hang out with other fans, you'd realize that the popularity gap between a starter's first and final form is not actually that big, and again, people don't forsake the final form unless it's objectively dogshit like Inteleon, Incineroar or Skeledirge (as I said, recent phenomenon).
It's like you're incapable of having a coherent, individual thought, your brain has been so fried by 4chan arguments of shillmons and failmons you've forgotten that a fanbase exists outside of what TCPI deems marketable. Oshawott being popular does not mean Samurott is unpopular. Someone liking Grovyle does not mean they hate Treeko. Do you understand or are you going to have a fit because Grovyle was a main character in PMD2 and not Sceptile which means Sceptile is a gutter trash shitmon with no fans? Fucking moron.