Yeah that makes the most sense, they need to make the movie 'special' in a sense. If Genesect is already in the anime then people wont care to see it, so having a shiny, extremespeed Genesect in the movie is their way of differing it from the anime to give people an incentive to see the movie. I actually believe this is the first time that they haven't hinted at a new Pokemon in the title, every single time they have revealed a new Pokemon in February for a movie it was already hinted at in December so it's just odd. Could mean no Gen VI Pokemon, but I doubt that. There's no way they'd let Genesect carry the movie alone if its already appearing in the anime, even if it is a shiny one. I guess it's not like they HAVE to hint at a new Pokemon being revealed later - they can just reveal it in February to surprise us.
Or they think that every1 is still collecting medals in BW2..ala perhaps its slightly to soon to throw "new gen" news in our face, so they started with the shiny part (Ive seen tons of "next gen news"-fear amongst fans although I dont understand it.)
Aynway, last year, this time, we merely had confirmation that Kyurem will star, and a very vague hint at new forme for it. There was also an artistic detail to the movie title that looked similar to Keldeos red mane, but had we not hacked the games for it, we wouldn't have a clue it meant anything.
Only in the January corocoro it then hinted at a new pokemon reveal in February.
Also note that this shiny Genesect is gonna be distributed before the movie.
Makes me wonder what the main event pokemon will be. A random guess is, something Eevee related that will unlock something in whatever upcoming game (what is it with the continued eevee hype??).
Like how Celebi and the beasts turned out to actually be the only way to even get a Zorua in BW. I very much disliked that, but I can see them do that again with whatever the main role turns out to be.
Btw
What other movie had shiny versions of already known legendaries as co-stars? The Zoroark one.
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