>>38324057>the hand focus in both designsGaoGaiGar has ONE finishing move that focuses on the hands, that's it. Two if you count Goldion Hammer, but that's a bit of a stretch.
Exkaiser doesn't even have a lion component as far as I know, it just has a random lion for whatever reason.
You're also getting a little mixed up, I think. Gaogaen isn't GGG in OP's pic, Gaogaen is Galeo or GaiGar, just a part of GGG. Obviously the main inspiration for the artwork, but it's still a picture of a combiner. Gaogaen isn't even a lion, it's more like a tiger
and an ugly one at that, while Solgaleo actually IS a lion. The fact that Solgaleo has a signature move that can be interpreted as a Brave reference to begin with puts it above Gaogaen as a Galeon expy.
Shit, Gaogaen has no white whatsoever aside from its teeth and claws. Or its stripes if you count its shiny. It has even less yellow/gold than Solgaleo and it has huge whiskers instead of a mane. Visually and thematically it just doesn't fit.
