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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

Oh wait, this is what you were responding to me about earlier? I see where the miscommunication came from now, sorry. I was saying "the logic that makes someone pick a gen 1 favorite could be applied to any gen", but you thought I was saying "the hypothetical Pokemon which nobody calls their favorite might possibly be from gen 1", which wasn't the point that I was getting at.

Right, I agree with your logic that the same reasons someone would name Kakuna their favorite also apply to someone like Burmy. It's just that because gen 1 is such an institution onto its own, the potential pool of flamebearers for any given gen 1 Pokemon is way larger just due to nostalgia alone. There's always people who are new to Pokemon with any given gen, of course, but people are just gonna have gen 1 covered as far as each Pokemon there being vouched for. Gen 5 I think is the sketchiest - there are so many Pokemon, so many of which are three-stage lines.