>>56365259For reasons that have yet to be explained (they will in the inevitable Platinum remake), Volo built his team to counter Cynthia's. The Arcanine was to beat Togekiss and the Togekiss ace was to beat Garchomp ace. What Volo didn't count on was Arceus sending someone else back after Cynthia lost.
Because of this, Lucas/Dawn, now known as Rei/Akari, would cause a butterfly effect, which would eventually lead to the events of Platinum taking place in the new timeline instead of Diamond in Pearl.
