>>55075981>I'm starting to believe that Game Freak legitimately thinks no one cares about Meganium due to all the hate it gets. Game Freak doesn't value the Johto starters, at least not as a group. it's clear that Game Freak just created them to be bargain bin placeholder versions of the KANTOOO starters. Feraligatr managed to escaped Shitmon Hell is because Water is one of the few types that's works well as monotype and Water types in general get so many tools that its impossible for one to be completely worthless with a starter BST. Also Game Freak doesn't favor Blastiose as much Charizard and Venusuar so they don't need sabotage Feraligatr as much.
Meanwhile Typhlosion only started being allowed to have things about a year after that Google poll of favorite Pokemon came out, which makes me think that seeing Typhlosion making 4th place in Johto (and every member of the Cyndaquil Line making it to the top 30) was finally enough to realize, (wait, people like this thing?) which was enough for Game Freak to let the one Johtofan at Game Freak give it a couple of things.
Meganium unfortunately doesn't really have either of those things going for it, it also has the "no one picks that grass type" meme that's been a thing since Venusaur, so Game Freak has less incentive to ever shill it.
