I personally think that not only the berries should be removed of the popular items section, maybe we should add to the discussion the reason why the Expert Belt, Power Herb or even the Mental herb still in this section, yea, they worked seasons away or even gens, but that is not reason to staying in the list, they have a specific use but that is all, they are not enough used to be there. (not knowing or considering the way that popular items work)
By other way, should be added some items, principally new ones such as:
- Loaded Dice
- Covert Cloak
- Air Balloon
- Safety Googles
- Clear Amulet
- Sitrus Berry
Here some of my personal proposals, maybe not as used or competitive but they still have more use than the ¨popular items¨ before mentioned
- Light Clay
- Throat Spray
And finally, it maybe would be fine to do more usage of the ¨Specific to X¨ like with Paradox, Ogerpon, Arceus, etc. i don't actually know how easy could be this implemented, but would be cool to see also a division between VGC and Single formats, i still see heavy-duty boots mons being sended to VGC teambuilding chats.