>>35743206they revived old ideas for the alolan forms, so this is highly possible. the surfing raichu for example is a reference to the anime surfing pikachu. the eggsecutor with a long neck was first seen on gen 1 pokemon card boxes for the jungle edition.
they talked about goruchu, talked about other unused sprites on twitter... and now this.
this leak is no coincidence but a hype building marketing stunt. trust me there.
