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I heard a rumor somewhere that the Berserk Gene from G/S/C could make a comeback, which I guess would explain Mewtwo's supposed new forme, and perhaps even explain why the Berserk Gene wasn't in HG/SS.
Here's my theory, in the situation that the new forme is legit: in G/S/C, the Berserk Gene was a consumable item that could be found in Cerulean Cave that raised the user's Attack power. If the Berserk Gene were to make a comeback, then that would lead me to believe that the Berserk Gene has been repurposed to be a forme-changing item like the Reveal Glass or the DNA Splicers in BW2, and that Mewtwo's new forme is a berserk forme that's more Attack-focused than its base forme. Perhaps with X and Y, we'll get more of a backstory behind the Berserk Gene as a sort of callback to Gold and Silver.
I for one think the prospect of Gen I and II Pokemon getting new formes is great; it's been something I've been wondering about since the release of Gen V, since the last three generations have had at least one Pokemon with an alternate forme, and yet no Pokemon from Gen I and II has ever had one.
I'd really like if that isn't true. Beserk Gene has also been rumored to reappear in roughly every game since its removal from the data coding in Ruby/Sapphire. It was rumored to appear in FR/LG and Emerald, but didn't. Someone said it would appear in D/P it didn't. Platinum rolled around still no Gene, and when the remakes appeared it was still gone. Its most likely been deleted for good just like Cacophony.
Also even if it gets an alternate form it may have no back story at all. Not all of them with form changes have stories. Even if they include it it can also be Post National dex.
I do feel like this would be a good moment to have the item appear again as it was missing in gen IV's gen II remakes. However what could cause the second forme as it's believed that it has two new forms. Unless we get a choice of which forme to turn it into using one item :)
I sorta remember them saying they just removed it since it was scrapped data to begin with like Cacophony. It didn't appear in the remakes because it wasn't supposed to exist or something.