>>58824157Because it was supposed to be a representation of 4 humans playing an online battle, the male trainer had a male pokémon, the female a female but neither were actually canon, because it was people playing an online for trailer footage. Again, despite that trailer, they still saw fit to code the Fennekin side mission as female, a canon capture specifically chosen in line with how the line's been presented since its addition. 12 fucking years and fags still can't handle losing.