Yup, those are really neglected. Smeargle may be an exception, because of its awesome signature move, Sketch. But WHY does it have to have such sucky stats? It could at least have more average stats (if that makes sense. Enough points in its stats to be more usable in battles, at least. But not too much stats added to make it completely broken in the metagame).
Luvdisc and Torkoal are
really forgettable. Those things
desperately need powerful evolutions.
Actually, almost every
Water- and
Grass-type Pokemon is forgettable, due to the fact that there are so darn many of them. The sheer amount of 'em dazzles me. All the butterfly-/moth-based Pokemon are (almost) forgettable, as well.
The Mareep family isn't mentioned much these days... :t179: :t180: :t181: I'm sure they'll have a resurgence in HG/SS, thanks to the awesome Jasmine! :)
Wait...did I forget one? Oh, I remember now:
PHIONE. :cer_pissed:
Wasting a
whole frickin' slot in the Pokedex, as well as wasting an article and data space on Bulbapedia! Manaphy ripoff! And exactly
what are you supposed to be? You sure don't look like a sea angel or water nymph. Instead of a evolution of Luvdisc/Torkoal/Smeargle/Banette/other Pkmn or getting another cool new Pokemon, we're stuck
Phione, the poorest excuse of a Pokemon
EVER. Even worse than
Probopass,
Spiritomb, and
Carnivine, all of which I utterly despise.
Any Pokemon/aquatic animal/store receipt is better than Phione.
It doesn't even have a purpose except to show that a Legendary Pokemon can breed (which I don't really care for. All other baby Pokemon have a purpose since they play a part in showing certain Pokemon's premature stages (Snorlax as Munchlax, Pichu as Pikachu, etc.). If you can't even evolve into what you're derived from, what's the point of you, Phione? At least
evolving into Manaphy would reduce your abysmal suckage level.
Mewtwo :t150: is an exception since it has
major differences from its predecessor, Mew. :t151: Plus, Mewtwo is actually cool.
Pachirisu is another exception since it looks radically different from the Pichu Family.
Plusle and Minun would've been just as annoying if it weren't for slight differences and their roles as each other's partner. :t311: :t312:
[S-HIGHLIGHT]In a nutshell, Phione, you're so forgettable that even if
happened to you, honestly, no Trainer (especially me) would give a crap about you. We'd just go on tending to our Manaphy.[/S-HIGHLIGHT]