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In Smash bros he’s been getting much higher priority over Mewtwo, who is the most iconic Legendary.
Bruno's ace suddenly becoming Lucario and not his signature Machamp
Red rescue team the highest rank your rescue team can get is literally the Lucario rank
He gets some special new power "Aura" which is pretty much psychic power. Also, essentially Fighting's only good/reliable special move is his line's signature, Aura Sphere.
He is shown in the anime to be able to mentally communicate with humans, formerly exclusive to legendaries and the rare Psychic type.
Also that bullshit in the Unova League, ensuring the gen 5 anime was the shittiest in every way. Build up a character to be an absolute moron. But his Riolu randomly evolves into a Lucario. So he automatically beats Ash and wins.
In the XY anime, the only reason Korrina had her own little arc was because she had a Lucario.
Embodiment of furfaggotry.
It's competitively good and popular simply because of blatant Gamefreak cock-sucking.