>>58230955It's true they have more lore than the legendary birds which are only ever referenced by an NPC and by looking at one of the route gate binoculars but they more so mean that Mewtwo doesn't just show up during the events of the story for the sake of showing off how powerful and important it is to the big villain's plot before you're forced to catch it
Which is part of the reason a lot of older fans are tired of this. They're basically mascots for the sake of using in competitive now instead of world building legends that make the world feel more interesting and developed. By SM what the fuck does it matter what the box art legendary is? The legendary dogs in SwSh could easily be removed from the game's plot and nothing changes. The Raidons try to have their cake and eat it too by being your Bike but also your late game legendary catch, trying to do the same thing as Nebby in Gen VII
As a legendary, Mewtwo is really interesting in that it was made by humans to be supremely powerful but I think most people are sold on it being a very great character in the anime. Normalizing GS' box art legendary concept has proven to be lucrative, but forces them to need to come up with a flimsier and flimsier justification for these all-mighty and powerful Pokemon falling into your lap since Gen III
