>>36927228If you aren't a moron you'd realize Incineroar was THE ONE this whole time.
The M20 appearance (which would line up with Sakurai getting his hands on extreme foresight regarding upcoming Pokemon and their relevance in the anime and/or movies since Ultimate's been in development since Sm4sh's DLC ended, plenty of time to pick and choose but ultimately 'Roar seemed like the most optimal choice out of all the Gen 7 Pokemon available to him), having a major role in the anime as a near-universal asskicker under the Masked Royal with its debut literally having it beat the shit out of a Decidueye AND a Primarina, which is as blatant as you can get without outright saying "This is your shilled starter. Live with it." in the first place.
But no, people insisted it was going to be something else or nothing at all even after they shut down the possibilities of getting Koko, Mimikyu and other potential contenders that could have been used.