>Glazed by official media and fans as godtier>Actual in-game feats amount to "rudimentary MC template"What gives?
Every MC is always gassed up and he's the only MC that shows up in games other than the ones he's playable in. They would never do it for anyone else, but logically they should if they did
>>59269750He represents the journey of the series as a whole
>>59269750What does he even do?
they don't want to turn the MC of every single game into a distinct character so they just use the first one
>>59269767>Defeats Gym Leaders & E4>Disbands Team Rocket>Completes the Kanto dexThat's about it.
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>>59269750Him and Blue are considered Battle Legends because they're the first ever trainers to become Indigo League Champions, and Lance had been hard filtering anyone who tried for decades, including the likes of Kukui.
>>59269815This is the canonical reason
>>59269767Stand on top of a snowy mountain and have a Lv. 70-80 team
>>59269750Protag who started the series you give a damn about.