>>42686807>was among the other alola shillmons to have SEVERAL focus episodes in the anime>fierce rivalry with Satoshi's starter ace to the point he finally evolved to an Incineroar>defeated all other Alola starters in the anime as the two get jobbed by rowlet and ryona bug later on>was the I Choose You main antagonist's starter ace against Ash's Charizard >headlined starter used in promotion for Rainbow Rocket, you can even see the giftmon dog aside him too>Dream World event with Greninja and Incineroar, which mysteriously alluded to Incineroar's classic mode route where he teams up with Greninja a few times.and that's even leaving out the actual irrelevant shit like competitive, TCG, being Masuda's favorite, or merc sales.
you're downplaying too much
