Detective Pikachu: 7 Reasons To Be Excited
4. Legendaries?
Usually, Pokémon movies focus on Legendary or Mythical Pokémon from the most recently released Gen. Obviously this flick is a little different, in more ways than one. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Legendaries won’t feature though...
It’s a little blink and you’ll miss it, but there’s a poster for Articuno in the background. It actually advertises an Articuno v Steelix match coming soon to a Pokémon fight club, which raises a lot more questions. Are Legendaries still one of a kind in this universe? If so, why is the only person on Earth with an Articuno using it in an underground fight club?! More to the point, why against a Steelix with an obvious Steel over Ice type advantage? The trainer’s probably Ash Ketchum, seeing as how he still struggles with type balancing from time to time.
Regardless of how strange the match and location seems, it could be foreshadowing the Legendary Pokémon to be featured in the movie. Seeing Ho-Oh’s Sacred Fire in live action would be absolutely jaw dropping.