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Relicanth was originally going to be added to Smash since, as the perfect lifeform, they thought he could be made intimate the next big mascot. However, after they cancelled plans for Pokémon Relicanth version, a supposed sequel to Emerald where the true power of Relicanth was to be shown, due to its inability to be properly run on any current at the time handheld or console, they abandoned the idea and put Lucario and Pokémon Trainer in Brawl instead.
