>>56537985>shitty self-insertIf you're talking about Ash he's shit too, don't know who you're seething about
>I'll concede popular shit gets regionalizedfar cry from "originals are considered bad by the franchise". It's insane how you shift to only the hyper shillmons not getting a regional as proof, where even if one of them did, you'd just change your definition of them being non-shillmons because they happened to have gotten regionals. It's almost as if they were never meant to be replacements like compfags would have you believe, but rather intentional comparison-provokers to show dichotomy.
>The whole point of the re-design is to increase interest in the thing, with an aim to increase merch sales featuring them.So exactly the same as Megas' purpose to higher ups you cocksuck?
>>56537993>arcanine's popularity fell offmore votes than snorlax kek.
>>56535041 You just keep moving the bar higher and higher for what "popular" is to make your pattern still fit
>raids count nowSo....Hisuian starters together with their counterparts being prominent? Thanks for proving my point that they were never meant to be replacements like compfags would have you believe, but rather intentional comparison-provokers to show dichotomy.
>distrojust like so many "regionalized" mons like Zoroark (extremely popular btw, ruining your theory)
>muh gimmick formsthese aren't actually different from the purpose of regionals. You can't say they were meant for just shilmons because the shittiest of shitmons get them too. Same is the case with regionals. Just admit your pattern doesn't exist.