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  1. Daren

    Does the Anime have an effect on the Popularity of some Pokemon?

    Yeah, poor Flareon has plenty of issues (checking Smogon it's always been NU or worse) but not letting it learn Flare Blitz was just a really obvious hole compared to the stats, which it's probably stuck with since GameFreak are very conservative with changing those. * Edit: Speaking of the...
  2. Daren

    Does the Anime have an effect on the Popularity of some Pokemon?

    Or Flareon, possibly the poster boy of this; it's always been very popular but look how awful it's always been in competitive; they didn't even let it learn Flare Blitz until gen 6.
  3. Daren

    Does the Anime have an effect on the Popularity of some Pokemon?

    I 100% get what you mean. Like how the Star Wars sequels blatantly wanted Phasma to be the fandom's new Boba Fett and it fell flat because of how obvious it was. I think Greninja was sort of similar to Cinderace in that he was intended to be the popular one; not only was it the one the anime...
  4. Daren

    Does the Anime have an effect on the Popularity of some Pokemon?

    From what I recall Charizard being elevated above Blastoise and Venusaur was influenced pretty heavily by the anime.
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