>>36841450Now that it's been brought up, serious mode, how likely is it that it's the case? On one hand it makes sense to use a Pokemon as a bait character, on the other hand, everyone and their mother knows about Incineroar, which is not the purpose of the bait, considering Papagenos' source is from Microsoft and Verge is heavily associated with Namco, the info has traveled very far to pin down the original leaker.
It could be that the bait was to focus on Incineroar and hide the remaining characters, but spreading misinformation doesn't stop the actual information from surfacing either way, evident by the banner IF it's real, the only thing it would cause is just misinformation regarding the bait character.