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After Pikachu, who do you think would be the second-most iconic/recognizable Pokemon?
- Thread starter TerminusFox
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Charizard or Squirtle, but since one is absent, well, you know.
Mewtwo is popular but if you know him then you know more Pokemon
Mewtwo is popular but if you know him then you know more Pokemon
Charizard isnt that big anymore with the new fans, newer fans are probably attached to greninja more
Meanwhile mewtwo will always be mewtwo
LMAO
Seems like that is some localisation problem.
I know "Glurak"
And all the other Pokémons listed here.
Greninja is not the 2nd most iconic/recognizable, nor will he ever be lol
And yes, Mewtwo is Mewtwo, a Pokemon less iconic than Charizard.
Among people that started recently he certainly is more iconic than charizard
Finale Fireworker , can you permaban everyone who voted for Charizard?
I mean, they're right, but that doesn't mean you should let them get away with it.
I mean, they're right, but that doesn't mean you should let them get away with it.
They're not the only people in the fandom. And for those outside of the fandom, the answer's even more obvious as to who is more recognizable.
Don't see the point in making that specification given the OP/title...
Among the options in the poll it's clearly Charizard, but overall it's between Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander.
There is reason they went with Pokemon Pikachu and Eevee for Let's Go.
If you go to Pokemon Center, there is 35 pieces of Charizard merch, there is 135 pieces of Eevee merch.
Also, here's the Google Search Trends for Charizard vs. Eevee:
I'm actually surprised, as I figured it might be Meowth. Meowth is the only talking Pokemon, and the only pokemon besides Pikachu that's been in nearly every episode of the TV series. Meowth placed well below Charizard in these same stats though.
It's funny. This board has charizard the far away leader, but it's pretty clear from the statistics, Charizard is at best a distant 3rd.
If you go to Pokemon Center, there is 35 pieces of Charizard merch, there is 135 pieces of Eevee merch.
Also, here's the Google Search Trends for Charizard vs. Eevee:
I'm actually surprised, as I figured it might be Meowth. Meowth is the only talking Pokemon, and the only pokemon besides Pikachu that's been in nearly every episode of the TV series. Meowth placed well below Charizard in these same stats though.
It's funny. This board has charizard the far away leader, but it's pretty clear from the statistics, Charizard is at best a distant 3rd.
Like I said Charizard seems the clear choice between older fans but for newer players characters like eevee winThere is reason they went with Pokemon Pikachu and Eevee for Let's Go.
If you go to Pokemon Center, there is 35 pieces of Charizard merch, there is 135 pieces of Eevee merch.
Also, here's the Google Search Trends for Charizard vs. Eevee:
I'm actually surprised, as I figured it might be Meowth. Meowth is the only talking Pokemon, and the only pokemon besides Pikachu that's been in nearly every episode of the TV series. Meowth placed well below Charizard in these same stats though.
It's funny. This board has charizard the far away leader, but it's pretty clear from the statistics, Charizard is at best a distant 3rd.
There is reason they went with Pokemon Pikachu and Eevee for Let's Go.
If you go to Pokemon Center, there is 35 pieces of Charizard merch, there is 135 pieces of Eevee merch.
Also, here's the Google Search Trends for Charizard vs. Eevee:
I'm actually surprised, as I figured it might be Meowth. Meowth is the only talking Pokemon, and the only pokemon besides Pikachu that's been in nearly every episode of the TV series. Meowth placed well below Charizard in these same stats though.
It's funny. This board has charizard the far away leader, but it's pretty clear from the statistics, Charizard is at best a distant 3rd.
I mean, that timeline starts pretty much exactly when Let's Go, Eevee was announced, of course it'd be the more common search term after that.
People are under-estimating Eevee for sure but I'd still figure the general public would recognize Charizard before Eevee.
Because Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let's Go Charizard doesn't have the same ring to it for obvious reasons given Let's Go features lol
My thoughts as I clicked the topic were "It's either Charizard or Mewtwo", and then the first two options are Charizard or Mewtwo. It's hard to pick between them, but I suppose I'll go with Charizard, just barely.
As someone who has never played a Pokemon game and has seen almost nothing of the show or movies, I feel I am best qualified to answer this question.
I know two of the Pokemon listed in the poll. Charizard and Mewtwo. Charizard seems to be a heavily featured one with an iconic easily recognisable design. Mewtwo I just remember being the big deal in the marketing when the movie was coming out. I feel like all in all Charizard is more recognisable and seems more heavily featured.
I know two of the Pokemon listed in the poll. Charizard and Mewtwo. Charizard seems to be a heavily featured one with an iconic easily recognisable design. Mewtwo I just remember being the big deal in the marketing when the movie was coming out. I feel like all in all Charizard is more recognisable and seems more heavily featured.
On the other hand, Lucario is easily the most popular later generation species.
But that's for another poll whenever it surfaces.
If you look up the 2004 - Now data, Eevee spiked huge (50% more searches than Pikachu, which also spiked huge) when Pokemon Go released in July 2016. Eevee has remained super popular since then. Before Pokemon Go, Eevee trends higher than Charizard 90% of the time but you are looking at like a 1 point difference most months.
yeah at first when I saw that search data comparison I found it suspect they only posted 12 months when thats a Pokemon Go timeline. But looking back from even 2004 Eevee remains more popular than Charizard.
Wonder how much of the Eevee spike was people trying to figure out how to evolve it into the evolution they wanted.If you look up the 2004 - Now data, Eevee spiked huge (50% more searches than Pikachu, which also spiked huge) when Pokemon Go released in July 2016. Eevee has remained super popular since then. Before Pokemon Go, Eevee trends higher than Charizard 90% of the time but you are looking at like a 1 point difference most months.
I agree with the poll, probably Charmander / Charizard. Though wouldn't be surprised if Jiggly Puff is close. I feel like it is in more of the marketing than Charizard so people might know it as a Pokemon without actually knowing what it's name is.
Also always got the impression that Eevee popularity was less to do with it being popular naturally and the Pokemon company trying to make a mascot out of it.
Also always got the impression that Eevee popularity was less to do with it being popular naturally and the Pokemon company trying to make a mascot out of it.
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Charizard because of the anime. It was Ash's star Pokemon from the beginning all the way until the final battle against Gary at the end of Ash's Johto journey. We witness its growth from a Charmander to a Charmeleon to finally Charizard, and it took a while before it accepted and respected Ash as its trainer.
Pikachu was there to be cute, but Charizard was there to be cool. Everybody wanted a Charizard because of the anime.
Pikachu was there to be cute, but Charizard was there to be cool. Everybody wanted a Charizard because of the anime.