Was thinking about how Blaziken is treated, did GF really like that Pokemon? It seems like several times they tried to market it even with its first appearance in the anime (having it defeat Ash's Charizard, one of the most popular Pokemon worldwide). But it seems to have failed unlike Greninja.
I noticed that competetively once Inerfnape was on the scene it was basically pointless to choose Blaziken over Infernape, then with the dream moves they give Blaze speed boost which never made any sense to me since that typically applies to Pokemon that are clearly in constant movement like Ninjask and Yanma.
Next it was one of the first Pokemon introduced to have a Mega evo, and we were given a Torchic with XY I beleive? Also appeared in the beggining of the XY anime arc, and while I did not watch the episodes religiously, I dont think the mysterious Blaziken and his trainer appeared much and may have been dropped altogether. All of a sudden a trainer with an unstoppable Charizard X comes on the scene and has a rivalry with Ash's Greninja who is given a new form currently show exclusive. Blaziken canned again.
I'm I the only one who noticed this? Is there any actual statements or info on how GF feels about Blaziken? It seems like its the only Pokemon they continually try and fail at popularizing to major levels.
Torchic is one of Masuda's favorite Pokemon and from what I remember it was in fact fairly popular. The Mega Blaziken from the anime only appears when they visit Lumiose City and will probably appear later on.