What's the reasoning behind Hakamo-o? Because it was in the demo? If you're going to make a connection that tenuous, you might as well claim Greninja will return because Ash's Alolan team doesn't have a water type, and it appeared in the demo.
>>35174771I agree with this, but I don't know why I feel this way. Baracat has been shilled in so much media already there's only marginal gain to having Torracat evolve. Ash also doesn't have a particularly special relationship with it, unlike Greninja. He's given equal attention to all his mons this series.