>>20493010Or because it's basically been shown to be exactly like mega evolutions with small aesthetic changes like the mega orb being swapped with the alpha/omega symbol and being in-battle forme changes, which was introduced with Mega Evolutions as an actual thing advancing off weather in-battle formes like cherrim and castform.
They even have the same animation as mega evolutions.
To not compare them to mega evolutions is delusional at this point,
