With many long-lasting RPG franchises, there's a strong community of fans that have supported those games for years, and Pokemon is no exception. The number of players the franchise has only seems to grow year after year with titles such as Pokemon GO and Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and these fans all hold their own opinions on the series and its many Pocket Monsters. One fan decided to encourage a discussion on which of the series' creatures are overrated or not.
Over the 26 years Pokemon has been around, the series has amassed a total of creatures to its name that goes well beyond 900. There's a chance that the next Pokemon generation, marked with the release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, may set that total to over a thousand. Despite these numbers, several creatures are seen as fan favorites by many, whereas others feel differently.
Reddit user thefurnaceboy took to the Pokemon-themed subreddit to make a fun discussion post on which Pokemon fellow fans consider to be overrated. As a way to encourage the discussion, thefurnaceboy mentions how they think "Lucario isn't cool, he's lame" as the first opinion of the bunch. Others shortly joined in, with a majority of the debate dealing with starters such as Turtwig or Chimchar.
Some users have encouraged readers to sort the comments by controversy while going through them all, so the more interesting opinions could be found with ease. This is in part due to how while the conversation has remained civil for many of the comments, fan favorites being considered overrated such as the Dragon-type Flygon have been getting downvoted by a fair deal of commenters. Amongst all the comments, one user has decided to make a joke of saying "obviously the most overrated Pokemon is [put your favorite Pokemon here,]" with other members of the community running with the punchline.
The post has certainly become a rather interesting discussion just as thefurnaceboy asked, and has turned out to be a fun discussion between fans in general. The opinions shared range from creatures that have gotten noticeable attention from The Pokemon Company, to even one person condemning every single Shiny Pokemon.
The viewpoints shared on the post are emblematic of the fact that while every Pocket Monster has supportive fans, there are others who disagree with that statement. The fact that Pokemon fans are so divided on what creatures deserve attention is why subjects like Game Freak removing the National Pokedex became controversial among the community, as it seemed to only encourage more creatures to be left out compared to certain franchise favorites.