Yeah, I probably should have thought about how to word that question differently. Still, I did want to see if there was any actual facts for this theory. Since I would imagine that there have been different interviews with people connected to the series, I wanted to see if they had said something that supported that kind of theory.
I'm not sure how that interview shows that the writers consider Ho-Oh as an important aspect of Ash's journey. The interview mentioned how it has only shown up a few times to show that Ash is a special trainer and to make Ash travel to different regions. That doesn't sound that important to me. My guess is that they probably didn't have enough of a storyline for Ho-Oh to have its own movie. They could have had one in Johto, considering it is a second generation Pokemon, but they decided not to do so.
I don't think that all movies have featured the current generation Pokemon. I would argue that the movie 2000 had more focus on Lugia than the other legendary birRAB, or at least equal focus. The Latios and Latias movie was set in Johto, even though they're third generation Pokemon. The Manaphy movie also focused on a fourth generation Pokemon, even though we were still in the third generation, just like with the Lucario movie.
True, but I didn't say that anyone said any of that. I was just wondering if there was anything other than fan speculation to this Ho-Oh theory and apparently there is not. I've heard it for years, but I haven't come across any kind of solid proof that supports it.
I'm not sure if that would really promote that rumor. It could be that they just aren't interested in making Ho-Oh the focus of a movie. They never gave much attention to Raikou, but I don't think that they're saving it for something big. Technically speaking, they never gave Entei its own movie since the one in the third movie was a fake. I think it comes down to more if they could make a movie centering on a Pokemon, legendary or not, and how it would promote the current and/or next generation of Pokemon games.