"Overrated" Pokémon

I love mimikyu has achieved “overrated” status, the only thing it wanted was to be as loved and popular as pikachu and I think that is beautiful

I like the term "Golden Child Pokemon" I never considered pokemon like Charizard overrated, but it does get more special attention by Gamefreak.

Fun Fact: Psyduck have appeared in EVERY main series game so far! It actually almost didn't in Sword and Shield but then the DLC happened...

I’m pretty sure gamefreak does hate flygon, bro was supposed to have a mega but they “couldn’t think of anything” 💀

I understand that charizard is popular so it gets a lot of forms, but my issue with it is that it gets forms but the other 2 kanto starters don’t. Charizard gets two megas while the other two get one. Charizard gets to be in two base games while the other two come as dlc

So we gonna talk about how slowbro got slowking, mega slowbro, galarian slowpoke, galarian slowbro, and galarian slowking

Hey TheRogueRenegade, you should do overhated Pokemon next, the Pokemon that get more hate than they actually deserve.

3:42 TheRougeRenegade: It getting its own game... TWICE It getting its very own Z-move... Me: T W I C E

Piplup is also extremely popular in Japan, it gets merchandise very often and most of the time without the other two gen 4 starters.

I feel like people call them overrated because they’re favorite Pokémon is getting overshadowed by these mons. Not that they feel like these mons are bad but that they are stealing the spotlight from others.

W Japan giving Natu the respect it deserves, honestly don’t see why it ranking in the top 100 is such a huge problem, let the little guys enjoy their high placement for once.

DON'T ATTACK ME, but I think Charizard gets waaay too much attention. I know that it's because of nostalgia and I probably don't understand that since Sword and Shield was my first game and I'm more hurt by nostalgia than anything else. I still like Charizard, but it just needs a little less time in the sun

as soon as I saw lucario for the first time, i thought to myself "dang everyone's gonna hate that thing its so boring"

Charizard is my favorite pokemon, because it was my first one in game AND my first anime episode was Charmander the stray pokemon And it's totally legit to have your first ever starter to be your favorite pokemon, I bet at least half of people in the community follow this trend, but of course people think it's different just because it's a Charizard But yeah, sometimes I just wanna say that Scyther is my favorite pokemon and not Mega Charizard X, just to avoid being called "basic" or "SHOULD BE DEAD FOR LOVING THIS OVERRATED MONSTROSITY" I wish that Charizard wasn't so popular, just to not be ashamed for loving it...

piplup is one of pokemon’s golden children too, just look at the merch and you’ll know why they may not have as much forms as others in this list, but pokemon wanted it to be one of its mascots for sure

Not overrated , overpushed is the better term , even for a popular Pokemon , it doesn't have to be another region champion ace or two mega. This can be given to something else , which who knows make that Pokemon popular too And ambipom is actually a pretty popular pokemon

10:24 Y'know I was actually thinking of Natu recently and was just like "he's alright". He's not my favourite (hell if I had to guess he's near the low 300s) but I appreciate his existence. Onto the topic at hand. I remember trying to hate Charizard in particular because he got so much love. I especially hated his X Mega for feeling more like fan wish fulfillment rather than a logical super form for Charizard that takes him to the next step. Then one day I realised that no, I think Charizard is cool and the amount of love Gamefreak throws at it won't change that. That's my thought process with Pokemon in general. All of the listed golden child Pokemon are all in my top 50. Why? Because they're cool and at least deserve some of the recognition they've gotten. I'm not gonna say that you're wrong for disliking these Pokemon for how much love they get. I started hating Plusle as a joke because I liked Minun so much which turned into me actually not liking Plusle. I'm that stupid. All I'm saying is that's never a reason why I don't like a Pokemon.

As a fellow marshstomp lover, I do agree with some of your points.

My pick for an overrated pokemon: Garchomp. Now put down the pitchforks, its a really cool design and is extremely strong (its a pseudo legend after all), but maybe too hyped up in power by the fanbase. I always see it talked about in "strongest" or "best aces" lists at the top, usually citing it as "ridiculously fast" and "super tough" but its stats really don't stack up: barely faster than Salamence (to the point where bulky Rock Helmet builds get out sped by them) and completely usurped by Dragapult, and its typing makes it rather frail. Conversely, to defend a pokemon, I think the Charizard slander has worn its welcome. At this point there are more fans saying they're sick of Charizard than ones saying they like him, at some point the pendulum swings away from "overrated" status. We've had plenty of starters that get forms the other members didn't: like Ash Greninja, and the Hisui starters. Plus, it's not like Charizard was the only one in those cases, he got a 2nd Mega and a Gigantimax, but the others still got Megas and Gigantimax s, unlike the above examples. "But he got his Gigantinax first," yeah, so did Mega Blaziken, a whole set of games before the others two. Besides, because of it you can now do a fresh playthrough of SwSh with a Gigantimax Blastoise and Venusaur on your team, meanwhile Charmander is locked to post game. As for 2 megas (he's not necessarily unique, with Mewtwo also getting 2), I would bet money there was an internal argument with the creatives on which to go with, and they ultimately compromised by using both. If you remember Mega Y was revealed first by itself with the other 2 starters. For a period, theat was just Mega Charizard as far as we knew, and people were PISSED we didn't get dragon Charizard for a good month or so before X was revealed. Honestly, Im just grateful we live in a timeline where dragon Charizard got to be a thing. Speaking of which, for Terrastal....just wait a bit, the other 2 are on their way. He wasn't even the only starter, just the first one as a raid. Lets face it, Blast and Saur don't suffer from "3 type syndrome" like Charizard does, so making a gimick of a unique typed raid boss for them is less obvious. Its not even really a unique form, its Terastal.

I'd say Gardevoir is also a golden child pokemon, but a more modest yet still beloved line I personally wanna see back in the games are the Nidoran line! Be it as they are or with a regional form, I think they might benefit from adding those chads back into the games