>>35133426Pikachu Libre is one of the few cases where the clone is better than the original. Plus it's the only display in the whole roster of gender differences by Pokemon. Hawlucha would have been made redundant by Decidueye anyways who has the flying gimmick and even swooping grapples which otherwise would have been Hawlucha terf.
>>35133672>Popularity is all that mattersI sorta get you, and Shadow Mewtwo is dumb, but... the first DLC character was Aegislash, and this is also a game where Croagunk and Chandelure are playable. Yeah, of course the big names are in it, but it's not like the whole game is steered to big name Pokemon exclusively. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, if we're talking popular Pokemon I still hope the third DLC spot goes to Absol. Playing as a quadruped in a fighting game feels awesome as Suicine has shown.