>>22617332Prior to today, all we knew of the game was Lucario, Machamp and Blaziken, and the game looked a lot more like a 2D / 2.5D fighter in the reveal than it did in the gameplay today, so I was under the impression until now that the game would be much more hand to hand and close up than it is. There was also potential for it to be Fighting type focused as the three characters we knew before today were Fighting type.
If that were the case, Gardevoir wouldn't have really fit, but with it being shown to be a 3D fighter more akin to, say, Naruto UNS from what I've seen, it works well.