>>52167398>>52167477Lucario was specifically designed for the movie as a bipedal heroic pokemon that would resonate with fans for merchandise sales was needed. He was subsequently added to the next generation of video games, being a multi media franchise.
Many pokemon are designed for different media purposes.
Its completely arbitrary what is included or not.
Ashgringer not existing but ash hat pikachu is a perfect example, but Pokémon fans are too retarded and need to cling to some made up standard of inclusion for Pokémon games. Its like the zodiac fire starter thing.
Way too many autists.
