I really couldn't care less about who's in the Super Bowl, unless it's the Vikings or the Giants. I'm more just looking forward to hanging out with friends and watching commercials, which I hope weren't as bad as last year.
It's probably because the your game save data stores your Pokemon's abilities as numbers, and then the game goes to reference lists to check which ability that is, but the reference lists' abilities may have very well gotten moved around and switched in the transition from Gen V to Gen VI.
I actually had a bit of hand in it and it feels good. Now I can finally start a new playthrough too. But I have to say, what the hell is up with the new banner? It's kind of desturbing.
Unless Victoria comes back, we only have two rivals right now. I could see your opposite counterpart as a third Rival. I still want to see Victoria come back and gym leaders we've beat come back and have a part in the story.