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I thought it was chosen mainly due to the clone status and movie appearances?A cute and at the time relevant Pokemon, closely tied to the mascot of the franchise and representative of breeding and baby Pokemon introduced.
I say it counts.
Obviously it also happens to be what you said, including the only playable Gen II Pokemon, but I can't remember if that was important to the choice itself. It might've been slightly more relevant considering what Gen was active at the time, but also had a far more similar shape to Pikachu than Raichu, making it an easy clone.