Scarlet and Violet pokemon fighter submission:
Skeledirge is a final evolution of Paldea fire starter Fuecoco that evolves after Crocalor at level 36. It also has fire/ghost type.
This pokemon is based on crocodile (specifically nile crocodile), mexican culture (Dias de los muertos, alebrijo art, calavera art, mexican marigolds and mariachi music), Iberian culture (Trencadis mosaic art/Gaudi's art, Rooster of Barcelos - due to a bird probably and spanish crocodile-related stories like Cocollona, Lizard of Magdalena or Drac de na Coca) and it takes from different cues from Egyptian mythology like Sobek (Crocodile god).
Skeledirge is considered as one of popular mons from Gen 9 and it was acclaimed by critics and fans due to being very strong pokemon (as it was very strong mon for competitive scenes) and concept of crocodile mon with mexican theme, which is quite fitting due to Mexico being under control of Spain in times of "world exploration" and mexican culture takes cues from Iberian culture.
"Cómo podría funcionar/How it would work?"
For it's moveset, Skeledirge would use a lot of fire type and ghost type moves. For fire type moves, it would use
torch song as his neutral special or
fire blast as side special move. As for ghost type moves, it would use
lick as down tilt for example. Heck, he could even use other moves that are taken from Sc/Vio movepool like bite (dark type) or body slam (normal type) and even original moves like bird flight (the bird on his nose would pick it up and flap like Duck Hunt's up B, but with flame effect).
It's final smash would be
Tera Blast, which it would activate the "terestal" phenomenon (the tera type of it would be fighting type due to Smash being a fighting game, hence the reason) and it would launch at couple opponents with the blast. After the final smash, it would still have the "terastal" gem on it's head, leading to activating it's secret gimmick:
Terastal phenomenon which it can give him resistance to various attacks (if it's in fighting type, then immune to darkness attacks and burying due to fighting type resisting rock and dark-type moves) for while.
Speaking of Terestal gimmick, this pokemon gets a boost in speed and attack, making him more stronger than before for while.
(The terastal icon is displayed while in the mode)
As for it's playstyle, it would be mid-heavyweight mix-up fighter with ability to crawl and inability to swim (quite ironic, since it;s based on Nile crocodile and they are known for swimming in water like other crocodiles). While idle, it would stand on two legs while moving it would move by four legs (running or walking).
It's alternate costumes could reference various pokemon types due to Terestal phenomenon, other Paldean mons, other crocodile mons (say, it could get blue alt based on Feraligatr) and even real life crocodilian animals.
¿Por qué debería estar en smash?/Why he should be in smash?
Thereare a lot of reasons why Skeledirge should join Super Smash Bros as gen 9 rep, here are the reasons:
1. He could be another fire type pokemon after Charizard and Incineroar, which it could be another playable starter mon.
2. He could be another quadrupedal fighter in the game after Ivysaur, Duck Hunt and Barista (even if it stands on twos when idle, but only matters that he goes on fours when moving)
3. Another music-themed fighter would be great, plus it has fire effects unlike Barista.
4. Also we don't have playable pokemon that has a ghost type.
5. It would be funny to see quadrupedal crocodile fighting with K. Rool (who stands on twos like a cartoon animal character)
6. Also his design is cool. Look at him, isn't he fancy with the skullpaint on it's face?
7. And a "terastal" gimmick could be fun, since he could resist some attacks by fighters, making him stronger and faster.
8. He would break the cycle of adding "bipedal" mons since the mons that we've been adding are walking on two legs (say, Grovyle and Celebi or Incineroar).
Pensamientos finales/Final thoughts:
Well, here's my write-up for Skeledirge, a final evolution of Fuecoco that was based on crocodiles and mexican culture. I'm really happy that I submitted it as a Scarlet/Violet rep due to being one of popular Paldean pokemon among pokemon community and unique moveset potential revolving around both music and fire/ghost-type moves.
Thanks everyone for reading my write-up that I wrote for the job.
(I also wrote some stuff in spanish due to Paldea being based on Iberian peninsula which it has Spain on it and one of most spoken languages in Mexico is spanish obviously. It also makes the write-up more unique)