>>52956371Rough timeline of mythical distros alongside their movies in every gen since the backwards compatibility cutoff, since Mew and Celebi were given space in other movies during their remakes to obviously promote them again.
2003- Jirachi
2004- Deoxys
2005- gap year (Lucario movie; Mew distro for Kanto remakes + Emerald)
2006- Manaphy
2007- Darkrai
2008- Shaymin
2009- Arceus
2010- (Zoroark movie with Celebi distro for Johto remakes), Victini
2011- gap year (Victini movie)
2012- Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect (Keldeo movie)
2013- gap year (Genesect movie, promotion of Megas)
2014- Diancie
2015- Hoopa
2016- Volcanion, Magearna
2017- Marshadow
2018- Zeraora, Melmetal
2019- gap year (Mewtwo remake movie)
2020- Zarude
2021- no movie or mythical
2022- no movie or mythical
So it’s not 100% perfect “mythical per year” but there are always movies aimed at promoting some sort of “new” pokemon, be it a mythical distro or something from the upcoming Gen. Every movie except for M03 and the Mewtwo strikes back remake has fit the “promotion” aspect. Covid definitely cut into the movies as a business model, but they had already been in a decline since Hoopa’s essentially bombed.
