It's been a long time, but I was told in another thread to list 5 reasons why Gardevoir should be in brawl, because apparently, I can't have an opinion on the matter if I haven't played a game she's in.
5 - I haven't played a game she's in, and I know who and what she is. Obviously shows something. If Lucario and Deoxys were so popular, why haven't I heard of them prior to this forum? If they're so legendary, and their films so wonderful, why were they not mentioned at some point in my life? Gardevoir obviously has something the other two don't, something to promote acceptability towards the common non-pokemon-minded man. Especially considered the fanbase is supposedly twice as high for both of those other pokemon, how they have films, are "awesome" and whatever else it is fans of those two pokemon are spewing forth. If they were so wonderful, why have not only I not heard of them, why have none of my friends heard of them? Why have all my friends heard of Gardevoir? Luck? Nonsense. Circumstantial evidence is this? Sure. But pretty good evidence for
something, I think.
4 - She's a dancer. That's awesome. I don't remember there being any other cool dancing pokemon. How cool is a fighter pokemon? Not cool. Those are all over the place. Fire ones? Also everywhere. Dancing can allow an all new cool move-set added to with psychic attacks to make for something spectacular.
3 - She's awfully pretty. She's not super pronz material like Krystal or Samus, she's not super weird like Jigglypuff, she's simply attractive. She's also female (or considered such by most, even if male Gardevoir exist) and Sakurai not only stated he wanted more females, but Gardevoir was on his poll. But the real point is, attractive = good.
2 - She's popular on both sides of the pacific. People know who she is, even people who don't go around playing a bunch of pokemon games or watching their films.
1 - That emotion thing is awesome. Come on, she's the embrace pokemon! That alone puts her ahead of all the other pokemon (exept the obvious, like Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Mewtwo. ) What's that? Your Lucario has innate abilities with Aura? Pfft. My Gardevoir is better with plain old psychic abilities, and it also dances! Let's not forget how Gardevoir cares a ton for its trainer, while stupid Lucario questions pokemon/human relationships (and isn't even the first to do so, *and* did it in a far more crappy way than Mewtwo did). Anyway, I digress. The emotional attachment innate in Gardevoir is very original and just plain ol' cool, which could again lead to more originality than any other pokemon.
So there we go.