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You can remove one Pokémon (or evolutionary line) from the Pokédex. Which do you choose? (ani.social)

submitted 2 days ago by Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social to c/pokemon@lemm.ee

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[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't personally have anything against Pikachu as a Pokémon, but oh god once I opened a Falinks video for kids just because I like Falinks and was curious, and like… Pikachu was shoehorned into the Falinks video and I was displeased. I can see how people might dislike Pikachu for overexposure. Is that your reason, or is it something else?

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago

The oeverexposure is a big factor yes (Pikachu and Charizard are pretty much the official whores of the franchise). Gets more variants than Charizard, and gets variants solely so that it can be shoehorned in context where there's no need for it, such as flying battles. Doesn't help that originally Pikachu was more rotund but in the later seasons of the anime and since around G5 in the games they gave it anime hero body proportions, which also sucks.

Haven't written any Pikachu in my works so far because why would I, I hate it. But if I ever need to have some bit NPC be outright demolished and mauled in a fight, Pikachu is among the top candidates.