Krystal has some melee-range abilities, going by what we know of her from Adventure.
As for her role in her series, "telepath" may sound like a strange position for the crew, but being able to sense weaknesses does help. I'd say that, on a first run, she (and Peppy, who fills a similar role in 64) is the second-most useful crewmate for an Arwing boss.
Similarly, Lucario has plenty going for him. I'd argue that any Fighting-type can be decided to have a ton of moves for melee-fighting.
...Man, wouldn't it be cool to see what sort of movesets they could do for guys like Hitmonlee?
edited 1st Mar '14 7:42:53 PM by Enlong
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Okay, you gotta know you're lying. There's no way Lucario is more sexualized than Krystal. Aside from that, he was a feature character in a movie, a gift in 1/3 of Pokemon generations, a mainstay of NPC's, and a unique, and useful, Pokemon typing.
Hitmonchan outfit for Little Mac.
edited 1st Mar '14 7:48:54 PM by wanderlustwarrior
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Being a prominent, humanoid-shaped Pokemon with a strong advertizing push most certainly put Lucario near the top of the list for that sort of fan within the Pokemon fandom.
Now, whether being top of that for Pokemon put him above Krystal is a matter for debate. On a topic I neither have, nor want to have, the data for.
edited 1st Mar '14 7:45:18 PM by Enlong
I have a message from another time...At this point, isn't Lucario the Pokemon equivalent of Renamon?
Long live Cinematech. FC:0259-0435-4987It's kinda hard to quantify this sort of thing. But if I had to take a guess, I'd say they're probably on about equal footing in that respect. Maybe Lucario a bit more so due to sheer popularity, though; ignoring Rule 34 for both, Lucario seems generally more liked than Krystal.
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Given his gameplay gimmick, that's not surprising at all.
edited 1st Mar '14 7:48:44 PM by nomuru2d
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Insert witty 'n clever quip here.Source for that 50% statistic? Because I'd have to assume Gardevoir and Zoroark weigh heavily for the furries, and Elesa, Skyla, Sabrina, Karen and others are a sizable amount for the humans.
And then, sadly, all the Misty, May and Dawn lovers out there...
Don't you knock Digimon. Digimon are the champions.
edited 1st Mar '14 8:00:55 PM by wanderlustwarrior
Where is that Hattie Mc Daniel picture when I need it...
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."

Lucario is even more sexualized than Krystal, and has much more vocal and annoying fans despite also having nothing whatsoever going for him, but IIRC you love Lucario yes?