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At least he didn't evolve lolReading this thread Im pretty convinced they could've done anything with Grookey in this episode and it wouldn't convince people to not despise the thing LOL
At this point I don't think it's going to.At least he didn't evolve lol
Well when you’ve dug a hole that deep even throwing the longest rope down from the top you’re not gonna reach the bottom to pull it out. After a year of it being nothing but a pest or a prop, it’s too little too late.Reading this thread Im pretty convinced they could've done anything with Grookey in this episode and it wouldn't convince people to not despise the thing LOL
If he evolved, his character might've changed for the betterAt least he didn't evolve lol
Speaking of Sirfetch’d appearing, says a lot about all of the above that Ash had been as helpful towards the situation in what you’d think would have been a Grooke/Go episode. Really reopens old wounds of how they should have given Grookey to Ash in the first place. It would’ve been in much more capable hands that way.Says a lot about Goh's aptitude as a trainer, Goh's Grookey, and Journeys in general that a random wild Thwackey got more development in this one episode than Grookey has gotten in over 40. (I'm pretty sure someone might have already stated this.) At least Sirfetch'd made an appearance though (I think I was happier about that than anything else.)
That's not entirely true though as Rowlet was and is the most popular of the Alolan Starter base forms in Japan (hence Ash having one and in such a significant manner); Rowlet and Decidueye ranked within the top five of Google's Pokémon of the Year poll for Alola as well.It's just that for the last 3 Generations the Grass Starter has been the Least popular of it's Trio in Japan, so they tend to show up later than usual
Rowlet itself was popular in Japan. Hence why it didn't evolve in the Anime.That's not entirely true though as Rowlet was and is the most popular of the Alolan Starter base forms in Japan (hence Ash having one and in such a significant manner); Rowlet and Decidueye ranked within the top five of Google's Pokémon of the Year poll for Alola as well.
As I wrote.Rowlet itself was popular in Japan. Hence why it didn't evolve in the Anime.
Looking at the poll you're referencing, all three of the Starter families have an evolutionary member within the top 10, but Rowlet is number one. Disregarding two members of the Litten family, whose vote was split upon, Rowlet is higher than Primarina and thus the Popplio-line representative. Based on this sole evolutionary member representation and where each ranked, objectively, this means the Grass Starter family is more popular than the Water Starter family in Japan, making your initial claim incorrect. Individually evaluating all three stages of a Starters evolutionary line and summating them feels pedantic to me as no Starter line has ever had all three members equally loved and highly popular; and in this case, most Japanese people picked Rowlet, and subsequently its Starter line, regardless in their games.But Rowlet's evolutions, not so much in Japan
And even then, their taste in Rowlet would have been more popular than Popplio's entire evolutionary line. Which cycles back to my entire point that it isn't the least favored member of its trio in Japan.View attachment 157106
The Pokemon of the Year poll, had a lot of people from all over the world voting on it. Not only just Japan but it was mostly the West voting on it. And since the West is way bigger than Japan, the Japanese fandom's taste got overshadowed
Fair enough.As I wrote.
Looking at the poll you're referencing, all three of the Starter families have an evolutionary member within the top 10, but Rowlet is number one. Disregarding two members of the Litten family, whose vote was split upon, Rowlet is higher than Primarina and thus the Popplio-line representative. Based on this sole evolutionary member representation and where each ranked, objectively, this means the Grass Starter family is more popular than the Water Starter family in Japan, making your initial claim incorrect. Individually evaluating all three stages of a Starters evolutionary line and summating them feels pedantic to me as no Starter line has ever had all three members equally loved and highly popular; and in this case, most Japanese people picked Rowlet, and subsequently its Starter line, regardless in their games.
And even then, their taste in Rowlet would have been more popular than Popplio's entire evolutionary line. Which cycles back to my entire point that it isn't the least favored member of its trio in Japan.
Yeah, it's been that way now since XYZ with Quilladin (although to be fair I don't care much for Quilladin either.)Fair enough.
Perhaps I should've said, the EVOLUTIONS of each Grass Starter since Gen 6 has been the least popular of it's group, which is why they're usually the last to be introduced in the series so late
They had 40+ eps to make us like this demon. If they threw it away and didn't bother making the monkey likable, that's squarely on them.Reading this thread Im pretty convinced they could've done anything with Grookey in this episode and it wouldn't convince people to not despise the thing LOL