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>Sakurai: "While I was having talks with The Pokémon Company, they had shared with me some of the development details for the upcoming Pokémon Sword & Shield games. Up until the very end it was between Cinderace, Rillaboom, and Toxtricity – which one should I choose? I felt like I could do interesting things with either of them, but in the end, I went with Toxtricity."
Interviewer: "What led you to the deciding between those three?"
>Sakurai: "They were all strong as characters – had it been Rillaboom, I could’ve done a variety of things with the terrain, beats, and the like. As for Cinderace, I could've just made the soccer ball item as a full moveset." (laughs)
Interviewer: "There hasn’t been a fighter that fights like a punk."
>Sakurai: "Part of what they showed me had an image of it strumming on its organs, but that didn’t really go with the rockstar image, so I let it use its electric guitar from its Gigatanmax form. I thought it would be more fun if the character revolved entirely around the concepts of jailhouse rock and guitar smashing."
OHNONONONO WHAT IS THIS STARTERKEKS??? I THOUGHT GAMEFREAK DROPPED TOXTRICITY AAAAA!!!
