Naki Feralkin
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I agree with this guy. We may just see a brand new generation right here off of HG/SS alone. That being said, I'd love to see Tyranitar up there.
If we're sticking to current sets though, I'm betting Metagross off the fact that he's pretty powerful, a stage 2, and a metal pokemon, something we haven't seen on the promo's yet. We won't see Swampert off the fact that Blastoise was two years ago, or Garchomp thanks to Dragonite. That leaves Metagross or Venusaur, and again, we saw Blastoise two years ago, a starter from Gen 1. Metagross comes from Gen 3, something we haven't seen since Exploud, though it would be more appropriate to throw a Gen 2 in there, seeing as how we have not seen one before and HG/SS is coming up.
However, seeing as how the announcements are typically made before cities (since the promos need to be set up and started for cities thanks to the base line), it will most likely be one of the two above, unless we break tradition and see something from Rising Rivals instead, which is possible based on the fact that Luxray from DP was the promo for 08, which was the set released BEFORE the first that season. All others that I remember (CG Blastoise, LA Dragonite) were the first of the season.
Now, if we're basing it off RR, this opens up:
Flygon (Dragon, unlikely, but would be awesome)
Shiftry (More likely, dark type would open up opportunity for a theme not used yet, and its third gen)
Aggron (See above, metal type)
Beedrill (Also very possible)
Nidoking/Queen (More doubtable off the fact that they're represented as a coupling, a promo type would be awkward off Nidoran lines)
Walrein (Ice type, but still water involved, Blastoise would negate this)
A couple more possibilities open up here, but I'd be better suited to saying Metagross or Venusaur are the most likely. Not that I'd complain to see any of the RR pokemon listed above, and they are possibilities, but not as likely as the other two.
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