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The Question of the Day is my way to facilitate community discussion to help members ponder the unanswered questions of the world that are somehow relating to the hobby. Questions are many times open ended and up to interpretation. Feel free to post your thoughts in as much or as little detail as you’d like.
Today’s Question: QotD: Why hasn’t your favorite Pokemon gotten the attention they truly deserve?
Helpful considerations: Ancient curse? Committed an unsaid crime? Too many others hogging the spotlight? Really unfortunate design?
Mareeps are best in a flock. Obviously this is difficult to navigate with a 6 Pokemon limit team, game designers were asleep at the wheel for this oversight. Also those lazy anime artists don’t want to draw multiple mareeps in every episode to really get it to the top of the charts where it belongs
I think I’ve been pretty lucky with all of my favorite Pokemon and the attention that they’ve received.
Ho-Oh has always been in the shadow of the Guardian of the Sea, Lugia. But even so, it’s still received a fair amount of attention, whether through its Rainbow Feather, its direct/indirect appearances in the anime, and its showcase in the Smash Bros. universe.
Kyogre is a bit unloved compared to Groudon. But with its primal form in XY and relationship to Lana in S/M, it’s gotten a fair amount of attention recently.
Clefairy : because it’s pink
Leafon : because it’s not umbreon
Cresselia : because people have no taste
Raikou : I truly don’t know, this mons is so badass and well designed
Meganium : because it’s too weak I guess
Alolan exeggutor : because people are mad that’s it’s a dragon while charizard is just a fire bird
I wish MewTwo got the Charizard treatment or Pikachu treatment. An obsidian flames looking MewTwo card like the Charizard EX would look sick! Glad it gets some love tho.
As for Shadow Lugia, I heard there’s some copy right issues
I’m surprised by the lack of ultra rare Arcanines that pokemon prints with each generation. It finally got an ex card in SV base (I think it’s last ex was legend maker)
