>>56512551We already know from the gigaleak that Z-Moves were a late addition they had to make without making too many new assets, and the same sentiment was confirmed true for trials as well via interviews.
>>56512541Original pitch for Sun and Moon was more focused on the alien/ultra space elements. The beta used Xerosic as a placeholder for areas that would eventually be occupied by the Ultra Recon squad. Character design was full-form like XY instead of the chibi-hybrids we got in the final.