UshiromiyaEva posted...
I find these Ash arguments odd
Yeah they know who Ash is, but that means they got the answer
wrong
.
Like if you showed a bunch of people Lucas and they all said "Hey it's Ness!", that doesn't suddenly mean Lucas is just as popular.
The difference is that Ash is literally a different interpretation of Red, whereas Lucas is an entirely different character. For all intents and purposes, Ash IS Red, just a different version of him. And, like said, they even acknowledge this in Pokemon Masters, so it's not just a "wink wink, nod nod" kind of thing... They basically made it canon. Hell, they technically did as far back as Pokemon Yellow.