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Nah, I don't buy it. Sakurai said the same thing about Greninja who just happened to be top shillmon of the generation.
Incineroar;
>got the first appearance in the anniversary movie
>got the perfect stats, ability and movepool to become a VGC nightmare
>will become the manga protagonist's ace
>has gotten consistent prominent roles in the anime and is setup to become Ash's only fully evolved starter
>leaked Chinese model sheet from fucking like 4 years ago showed that it would be the only final form that consistently showed up in the anime
>has gotten multiple TGC sets before anyone else
>has been confirmed to be Masuda's favorite
This is two games in a row the gen's shillmon just so happened to be "chosen" by Sakurai while all the material that has been used to shill both Pokemon were put into production long, LONG before the public was aware.
I bet Sakurai could say he "chose" Lucario and you fucks would believe it.