User blog:Plasmaster/Smash 5's Gen 7 Pokemon Rep?

Hey Smashers! So now that Pokémon Sun and Moon is out, I think it is time to think about what Pokémon from Generation 7 will be in the next Smash game as playable fighters.

I think that only one Gen 7 Pokémon will appear as a playable fighter, but I am willing to admit the small possibility of two.

Obviously the three most likely ones are the starter Pokémon. Each one has three evolutionary stages/forms though, so which form of these three Pokémon do I think will appear? I think the Grass starter, Rowlet, will appear as their final evolution, Decidueye. I think it is safe to say that Decidueye looks the coolest of three final evolutions and is the 'Greninja' or Gen 7. As for the Water starter, Popplio, I think Popplio would stay Popplio if he appeared in the next Smash because Popplio is the most popular basic evolution of the three starters. That leaves the secondary evolution of the Fire starter, Litten, that I can't remember the name of. Of these three, I think Decidueye is the most likely with Popplio being a close second.

As for other Pokémon, it is harder to say. The Legendary Pokémon of Gen 7 are both designed in a manner that would make them impractical as a playable fighter in Smash, though that isn't to say that it wouldn't be awesome.

For Pokeball Pokémon, I think it would be really cool to see some Alolan forms of Pokémon like Alola Raichu or Alola Meowth. Then of course there's new Pokémon. Pallisand would be an awesome one to see, and then Cosmog and Mimikyu would be really cool as well.

Tell me what Gen 7 Pokémon you would like to see playable and what Pokémon you would like to see appear from Pokeballs in Smash 5 in the comments.