Ponyta and Rapidash were two of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.
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She added that Rapidash was her favourite Fire type Pokémon but is often forgotten in favour of more popular Fire type Pokémon such as Charizard, Typhlosion, and Arcanine.
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Created by Ken Sugimori, they first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.