>>51878268You could see Sobble on a bunch of pre-release; that doesn't mean that Inteleon suddenly isn't literally the most niche of his gen.
Its not a shillmon no matter how much duckfags think otherwise.
Froakie was based around a "cool" concept; your duck is going to be a prissy dancer. The reason for Greninja winning out is because he was the best fit.
Delphox is a stiff piece of shit with little marketability and Chespins evo is not very marketable; plus the anime doesn't really like defensive mons on the shill side.