>Poliwhirl was on a huge volume of merchandise; sticker sets, plushes, that macaroni, TIME front cover, cereal boxes, first pokemon owned by Red in the manga
>now near completely forgotten despite the other Gen 1 heavy hitters like Pikachu/Eevee/Starters/Snorlax being cemented as eternal faces of the brand even today
What went wrong?
The creator of Pokemon's favorite Pokemon is Poliwag. I'm pretty sure he choose what Pokemon to use in the beginning.
>>27939935
Yet, its pretty forgotten nowadays.
>>27939813
This a pasta now?