Gatrbros… Swampbros… Monkeybros… Incinebros…
>>59031716It’s not fair.
>>59031716>Empoleon>Greninja Makes sense to me
>>59031716>GreeninjaUnfortunate, but not unexpected.
>>59031716>GreninjaSurprising. I though GF and TPC wanted him to basically die after the whole Gen 6 fiasco.
>>59031716>All pedo startersDitto brought his bros I see
>>59031716Incineroar fell off so hard, fell right out of the shill club and replaced completely by the owl
>>59031822Incineroar was never intended to be shilled, it only lucked out in smash because Sakurai wanted a wrestler character.
>>59031835>never intended>shilled in ashnime>shilled in movie>in smash>made perfectly for vgc
>>59031716>Decidueye>popularWhat? No, it's pre-evo was the popular one, Rowlet. Primarina is more popular than the archer.
>>59031854>never used by Ash in the anime, only ever beaten up>nobody cared about the movie>smash was Sakurai, as stated >normalfags don’t care about compit is what it is
>>59031879>>smash was Sakurai, as statedare you daft? It was obviously picked for him and he had to say that to save face. That's just how jap business works.
>>59031890I only have official statements to go off of, not whatever fanfiction you want to concoct in your head. Regardless it still flopped (thankfully)
No Primarina, no buy. Simple as
>>59031900>nothing ever happens if it's not official and on the recordJust like how your "dad" is totally your biological father because it's on the record.
>>59031822Not surprising
>>59031716>interestingDexcutting starters is a mistake (unless it's something specific, like Unite)>>59031835>>59031879These.
>>59031940This fuckers getting the boot next Smash, Holy failure
>>59031716I always hated how much of a blatant shillmon Blaziken was
>>59031940>fake newsThe reason for this is that there's no point in buying these figures, they're banned from the meta game.
>>59031954Good
Empoleon and not Infernape?
>>59031716>No sceptile Fake and gay
>>59031968piplup is one of the most popular pokemon in japan
>>59031970Sceptile fucking SUCKS
>>59031910I would've pegged Primarina as the most popular given the other two seem to never really have pretty genuine fans but I guess it's still too girly for most people to genuinely like so it only really gets girl and faggot fans for the most part. Shame because it's the only Alola starter I think actually nails its concept while the other two are much weaker>>59031968Piplup's always been much more popular than the entire Chimchar line. Infernape just gets memed on for being the only Fire type in Sinnoh, and this is coming from an Infernape fan
>>59031982>ChinaFix'd
>>59031750Pokémon has never been fair
>>59031716>SerperiorBased
Gen7 is probably the closest they got to a "tie" in popularity. I remember Rowlet being particularly big in Japan, so this is probably what informed them going with Decidueye. The others are all pretty obviously the popular pick.
>barafags, fatfags, and quadrupedfags lostsad!
>>59031716This selection is great.
>>59031716people finally realising incineroar is a fucking fraud
>>59031716>typhlosion >most popularTyphlosion is the most astroturfed starter in this franchise. Everyone with a soul would have dropped that shit when it was reveal typhlosion rapes15 year olds
>>59031965No one plays the current smash for the meta. The metafags come around years after everyone normal abandoned the game in favour of the next one
>>59032253you lost
>59032253>crybaby faggot secondaries when a game company panders to real fans and respects Typhlosion’s organic popularity instead of letting a perverted intern use it for non canon shitpost scraps
>>59031716>Infernapekeks getting BTFO'deat shit, poopoo monkeys, the glorious birb claims his throne
>>59032253>non-canon fanfictionthe rope is calling for your neck, CHADphlosion is uncancelable, with or without hebe wife
>>59031716>corporation acts corporate and values profit over quality and/or inclusitivityWhat a genuine fucking surprise. This is a spin-off, not a charity. As much as I wish it wasn't true, no way they wouldn't pander to the tasteless normie picks since these games are meant to sell to the lowest common denominator.
>>59032253And yet its still more popular than Chikorita and Totodile
>>59032377And it gets worse once you realize half of those are full-on corporate picks since they were always designed to be the most popular picks. Like, look at Ash-Greninja; Cinderace's libero; Meowscarada put as the protag for Journeys and specifically an anthro cat. Blatant corporate favoritism.
>>59032253>Typhlosion rapes15 year oldsStill a better reveal than your Skibidigator & Mega Inflatable Cock Ring.
It's official, if you never picked one of these in their respective games you a fucking loser and Pokemon considers you a retard.
>>59032437Yesss. Top row especially is peak
>>59032437Actually quite the opposite since you're taking the easiest most gullible normie picks (and the ones that sell the most merch). Pokemon wants money, making one pick being the easiest most marketable one is strategic.
>>59032437How many did you get right guys? For me it's everything but gen 3 and 4
>>59031716Posting their final forms is misleading since like half of these are because of their first forms
>>59032451>>59032437Just pick whatever you want or you're gay
>>59032451>actually it's a pretty pleb choice to pick up gold rather than dog shit from the street, why are you choosing the best of the best when you can hang out with Glup Shitto??
>>59032437This is what I picked for each game roughly. Except for meow and rabbit, yuck.
>>59031716It's hard being a Turtwigfag.....
>>59031716Didn't Swampert beat Blaziken on polls?
>>59032437>Cinderace and Greninja My two favorites
>>59032437Damn, not a single one except Bulbasaur. Didn't know i was such a contrarian
>>59032437I guess I'm pretty much a normie
Greninja really did kill any hope for future water starters being relevant
>>59032467>typhlosion>meowscarada >goldNormies aren't human
>>59032437>venusaur>meganium>sceptile>empoleon>serperior>greninja>primarina>gen 8 and 9 starters too atrocious to pick, but before evos leaked I was interested in grookey and quaxly4/11, breddy normal
>>59032437>Charizard>Blaziken >Greninja>Decidueye >Cinderace
>>59032560>you are sleeping on glup shitto I swear!
>>59032560>>typhlosion>>gold
>>59031716>Typhlosion Based.>Blaziken Based.>Empoleon Eh, at least it wasn't Infernape.>Serperior KEK. Should have been Hisuian Samurott.>Greninjacringe as expected Chesnaught and Delphox are better >Decidueye Based.>Cinderace Eh, I would have liked to see Inteleon but it kinda makes sense >Meowscarada cringe, Quaquaval is a better starter
>>59032437>Venusaur >Typhlosion >Blaziken >Decidueye >Cinderace
>>59032609"Glup Shitto" would imply the other starter choices are niche and shitty picks, meanwhile if you don't pick Infernape in Sinnoh you'll be stuck with virtually no fire types and picking Charizard in Kanto gets your shit kicked for half the game lmao
>>59032609Sorry charibabby, but popularity =\= quality, here's to another inevitable non-viable and useless charizard form next gen
>>59031716Empoleon is more popular than infernape?
>>59032945No, Piplup is more popular than both. Empoleon just enjoys a boost because of it.
>>59032437>Have never played a Kanto game but I picked Bulbasaur to compliment Feniken during my first XY playthrough, does that count?>Have played BW/B2W2 so many times that I've used all 3 Unova starters and love them equally>Never played a Gen 7 game>Played Violet blind for the first time and Picked Sprigatito and immdeatly regretted it when it evolved into Meowcarada>Don't like any of the Johto starters>Have played Emerald so many times Ive used all 3 Hoenn starters and love them equally>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cinderace>Have replayed platinum so many times ive used all 3 Sinnoh starters and love them equally>Greninja
>>59032523CinderBased
>>59032945Sinnoh starters are equally liked everywhere but nips like piplup so japan is their priority
>>59031716I wouldn't have chosen a single one of these. I am the King of Contrarians.
I will never understand how the ugly chicken man is more popular than the cool dino lizardbro.
>>59032410isn't it funny how no one can decide what mega meganium supposedly looks like
>>59031716Decidueye keeps winning.
>>59033211Japan’s godawful taste rearing its ugly head again. Sure hope those faggots get their just desserts someday.
>>59031940>VGC_teams.WEBM
>>59031986>be based on the most well known fictional monkey>be based on the most well known chink>heavily inspired characters in multiple manga and anime>present in EVERY moba game roster>loses to a fucking penguin
>>59033474The magic of constant, prolonged shilling
>>59031716>3 fire type, 2 water type, 3 grass typeI think they picked Empoleon over Infernape to balance the typing a bit or they used the whole line and and it's true that Piplup is really popular.
>>59032639It’s by generation instead of region. If Hisui was included Samurott would be guaranteed for being TPC’s favorite
>>59033017I honestly think Cinderace is mid.But that Gmax form is one of my favorites. It's literally Gainaxing whilst riding a Spirit Bomb.
>>59033474ironically not in the pokemon moba, Uniteonly Empoleon got in Unite from Sinnoh so far
Dey d0n7 li3k mudk1pz :(
>>59032437Empoleon feels like they wanted to put the monkey in but had every other fire starter slot filled out. Weird that they didn't pick Feraligatr instead of Typhlosion, but between Typhlosion being super popular according to a poll from like 6 years ago, Feraligatr not being popular in Japan to the point of not even placing the next year in a Japan only poll, and not wanting to overlap with ZA in marketing, I get why they did it.
>>59031716>>59032437Rate my taste /vp/The last three gens of water starters are so asshole imo and I never pick grass outside of based Sceptile
>>59032437>CinderFLOP
Cinderace keeps winninh
meowscaradabros keep winning
>>59032639>Based.
CinderBASED
>>59033727Why would they pick Feraligatr? I love it, but it’s not popular and the mega definitely didn’t help its reception. Its also had a trend of really shitty models and varying quality sprites since its debut, alongside some questionable design traits.
>>59031791Now that he has a Mega Evolution that can scrub away that blunder? Not anymore.
>>59031716Gen 4 and 7 are 100% because Piplup and Rowlet are arguably some of the most popular starter pokemon period (and honestly pokemon overall), the final evolved forms RARELY matter as much as their base forms for popularity (Charizard and Greninja being obvious exceptions)
>>59031716Enpoleon isn't the most popular gen 4 starter
>>59033818>it’s not popularIt was the 16th most popular Johto Pokemon in 2020 and the only other Johto starter's final form to make the top 30. If you cut Japan out of the polls it would probably jump up several places, Japan just really doesn't like it for whatever reason.>and the mega definitely didn’t help its receptionZA came out 5 months ago, Pokopia was probably in the process of going gold by the time Feraligatr's dreadful mega came out.
I never expected Infernape to fall so far from graceI guess Cinderace is the new Gen's Fire Starter...
>>59033839….outside of Japan(to TPC, only their taste matters)
>>59033854>ZA came out 5 months ago, Pokopia was probably in the process of going gold by the time Feraligatr's dreadful mega came out.Oh yeah, true. You think they had inside info of mega designs, or nah? If they did I’d wander if the devs shied away from it.
>>59033856Infernape was doomed being in the same Gen as the third mascot of the series debut Gen
>>59032253That's when I finally started liking Typhlosion, actually.
>>59033856Piplup was shilled in every single gen 4 episode, anon. Is it surprising?
>>59033921Get off vp Wicke
>>59031716>BlazikenSceptile was above her and Swampert in the Pokémon of the year poll iirc
>>59033940Wicke likes boys
>>59033817>needing to be paired with CHADcario AGAIN to force its popularityciniggers are delusional
>>59033745WTF I love Cinderace now
>>59033017I love how much seething he causes here, rabbit is going anywhere :)
>>59031890Iirc he said he originally was asked to add decidueye but incineroar was more interesting. That's also why decidueye is in Pokken.
>>59033949>her
>>59034532-is made for sex
>>59031716Not buying that soulless trash.
an important detail that people keep leaving out is that it's the full starter lines not just the final evosI'm not gonna say anything like "this starter is actually unpopular" but a few of these are definitely included because of the first stage more so than the last, most notably Empoleon because Piplup is Japan's golden child
>>59033949Seems like Ken Sugimori isn't above showing favoritism to one of his creations
>>59032437I picked Delphox and Incineroar but all my other picks are the normie choice it seems.
>>59031822Incineroar was never shilled. Decidueye has been shilled the entire time despite being mostly hated.
>>59034156I'd like to see a source for this if you can find it because I've never heard it before.
>>59034156Incineroar was not more interesting persay but to add the wrestling archetype
>>59035363Are u kidding? Nobody gets hated more than incineroar
>>59034156Sakurai doesn't get told which Starter pokemon he should add to Smash. According to one of his interviews, the decision was narrowed down to Decidueye and Incineroar. Ultimately he went with Incineroar because he wanted to add "all kinds of fighters in the game" and a pro-wrestler type character was missing from Smash. (IMO, various clickbait articles may misinterpret this as Decidueye being replaced by Incineroar, but in actually Sakurai just wanted to make a pro-wrestler fighter and he would not miss out on the opportunity to add a parody of Japan's most popular masked wrestler Tiger Mask.)https://nintendoeverything.com/sakurai-on-smash-bros-ultimate-why-decidueye-wasnt-chosen-piranha-plant-character-changes-online-much-more/3/
>>59032437>Blastoise>Serperior >Charizard>Blaziken
>>59033738Good taste
>>59032437>Blastoise>Typhlosion>Blaziken>Empoleon>Serperior>Greninja>Decidueye>Rillaboom>SkeledirgeToo close to normiedom for comfort...
>>59032496Our day will come soon enough bro. Just gotta have hope and patience.
>>59032437Venusaur, Feraligatr, Swampert, Empoleon, Emboar, Greninja, Decidueye were my first choices. Did not play Gen 8 or 9.
>>59031940I'm so glad this tony the tiger ass pokemon flopped
>>59031835>Incineroar was never intended to be shilledany mon thats the champions ace is a shillmon by default(Geeta doesnt count given she immediately gets sidelined by Nemona and then the prof)
>>59031716>That list alligns perfectly with my own choices for the entries I have played I just noticed I'm an NPC.
>>59031716Serperior and Meowscarada are the only ones here who are the best of their trios.Meganium>Feraligatr>TypedoSceptile>Blaziken>SwampertTorterra>Empoleon>InfernapeSerperior>Samurott>EmboarDelphox>Greninja>ChesnaughtPrimarina>Decidueye>IncineroarInteleon>Cinderace>RillaboomMeowscarada>Quaquaval>Skeledirge
