>>58008479
Even the weakest examples, like beta elekid, were well liked when people saw them. Most were cut for good reason, but it's more like, people are now more aware that there's dozens of pokemon on the cutting room floor from each generation, and some of them would have been someone's favorite.

The actual reason a thread like this would exist at all is people have started doubting gamefreak's judgement

>only mega nerds care
>Except the leaks were major headline news and created an explosion of fanart, drawn and seen by people well outside of any of those categories