Ojama Yellow

'Kanata Hongō as Souji, a young trainer who aims to become a Pokémon Professor. He is seen with a Lucario.

Shiori Sato as Makoto, an energetic trainer who travels alongside Ash and Souji. She has a Piplup as her starter Pokémon.'

these two are apparently appearing as ashs companions in the new movie 'I choose you'. coincidence?

in lucarios case, probably. gamefreak loves lucario a tad too much.

piplup, though. the last time starters from a previous gen had a somewhat important role in a movie, was back in 'arceus and the jewel of life'. those were chikorita, cyndaquil and totodile, and that was because hgss existed.

nintendo, theres literally no way youre not gonna announce sinnoh remakes tomorrow.