>>56140849But they're not. 'Least not popular worldwide like Pikachu, Charizard, lucario, Zeraora, Gengar etc. They want things selling well in ALL territories, not just be one-region memes (look at Vulpix, coat change, new type and all of a sudden, she's the belle of the ball helped by the anime that Gen). And Quagsire's the popular one, that's why P-Woop evolved into something entirely new, but heavily inspired by Quagsire to not be a jarring departure from what people loved about Quaggy.
All there in the manual, just like Pichu not getting regionalised, despite not being as popular as Pikachu