Iris was already shown outside of the Masters 8. If she was going to end up in it anyways it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for Ash to have battled her so early. The fact that she’s in the opening means she’s returning again at some point but it’s likely just to help Ash prepare for the tournament.
It means as much as the random Rillaboom, Piplup, and absence of an Infernape and a red Gyarados. If we take it at face value we could say the Haxorus is Leon’s. The Gardevoir could be Tokio’s. It’s not like Journeys has been allergic to reusing Pokémon for different characters.
Rillaboom could be Hop’s, Goh’s or Leon’s. Piplup is obviously Dawn’s and if Haxorus is Leon’s then why couldn’t Rillaboom be? Since when has any other Champion’s Pokémon be promoted that’s another’s ace? Why not promote Aegislash? Dragapult?
No I’m not saying that at all, you’re creating entirely new sentences that I never said or implied. If the poster is meant to depict the Master Class why on earth is Piplup there? If your answer is because Dawn is returning, then why would you not think the same for Iris? If we consider that the Haxorus is Iris’s, then we can correlate that it being amongst the other Champion ace’s because she’s a Champion herself, not because she somehow made it into the Masters Eight.
Obviously isn’t on the same side as the other Champions ace. Piplup is in the middle with Pikachu with Eevee and you didn’t answer everything I asked. Who does Metagross and Duraludon belong to? Add Garchomp on that list.
Even if they aren’t on the same side, Piplup being there shows that the Pokémon on the poster can mean more than just being Pokémon related to the main cast and the Master Class. Iris is likely returning and Haxorus may be there to represent that, and again it’s with the other Champions’ aces because Iris is a Champion herself. And I did answer your question, Champion’s Pokemon have been promoted in merch outside of the Champion appearing i.e Tokio and Gardevoir.
And that's true but not others think in a linear way. It's possible that the poster is promoting people in the Masters and promoting upcoming episodes and character returns.
Okay.
That's a single example out of how many Champions? You also said that Haxorus could of been Leon's but questioned why Rillaboom was there.
Well considering she's not another "character" because she was apart of the main cast and is a Champion she's not on the same level as Marnie or Volkner.
Welp just gonna have to wait and find out right? She did promise Ash did she would increase her ranks unless you believe that was just thrown in there because. Like I said it doesn't have to make sense to you. It's not impossible that she got in there and your "it's a pattern!" thing doesn't work. How many times has that worked out for you?
She's there to prepare him, Paul is supposedly there to prepare him and Greninja is there to prepare him, how much prep does a person with an unlimited winning streak need?
We’re definitely going to have to agree to disagree here because it seems like your loyalty to Iris is clouding your judgement. While I’m not going to address every point to stretch this page even farther that we already have, I will say I completely forgot Leon can have the other starter evolutions, as I battled him in SWSH with his Inteleon and the Gotcha video showed him with Inteleon so I just assumed he had strictly an Inteleon on his team. Also, Iris isn’t the only one who said she’d scale up the ranks to not be outdone by Ash; Korrina, Bea, and even some of the COTDs have said the same thing.
Most people always play the “you’re a fan of X and that’s why you’re judgment is off” but it’s simply virtue signaling. I never said she’s for sure in there. What I said was that it’s ridiculous to think Alder would be there before her, that it’s interesting that her ace is with other Champion’s aces, that Haxorus being Leon’s is ridiculous and finally that it’s not an impossible thing. So don’t go planting those seeds. It’s no different than you thinking Diantha is there.
Yeah and I’m clarifying it as not to be taken as a insult, it’s a observation that you’re a fan of her so you’re more inclined to be passionate about her being in the Masters Eight than I am, so there’s no use in going back and forth when neither of us are going to let up on our stance. I never said anything about Diantha but you keep saying I did. I don’t know why you keep making it seem like I’m attacking you or Iris.
We dont really know of any further battles have taken place to replace someone in the master class or any rank ups and downs within masterclass. I expect them to reveal the master class after his battle with raihan.Anyone in this chart who's below Ash (which is pretty much everyone not in M8) and/or has a downward facing arrow, is automatically out of contention of getting into the M8 under normal circumstances, regardless of someone's opinion on it.
Like I mentioned in another thread, the only way they can make it into M8 before Ash despite him being ahead, is if the writers ignore their own worldbuilding and PWC rules/setting.
True, but here's the thing. At the least, the Hyper Class trainers + Iris are realistically 2 wins behind Ash to make it into M8. The Raihan battle is supposedly the final enrollment match, which effectively kills their chances as the Hyper Class matches are fixed schedule based so actively seeking out battles on the street like in the previous tiers won't help.
Dude, considering Ash upgrade like the hell when he defeated Iris, it's possible that she would have been rank 102~103, won a battle and up to rank 100
Idk writers don't know math
The rumour mill is turning again, I see..
