i didn't forget satoshi saw ho-oh at the end of journeys.
but even if i did, as i said, i also believe that lucario should have appeared in this miniseries (beyond that photograph in the first episode; that actually didn't stick with me), the arguments i would make to show ho-oh are all the same as i used for lucario:
1) it's too important for satoshi's journey. show it in both places, journey's finale and this finale if you want. it's that important.
2) or, if it's argued that ho-oh really isn't that important, i would again say, "well, why not show it?" it wouldn't have been that hard to show, and many were expecting it-at least as many if not more as were expecting pidgeot in this episode.
i think ho-oh's absence was much more glaring than lucario's (i mean, i'm sure i'm one of only a very few wondering about lucario not being here in the series, or in the opening), and i just doubt the reasoning was as pure from the writers/people in charge as let's not show it in too many places at once to give something else a chance. even if that's what they might say if asked.
i think what's most important should be shown in the finale, even to the point of overemphasis. if there's room for more, then sure, show more. but the most important things, or what a large percentage of the fanbase considers important even if they are misguided in the minds of the writers, should be there, or at least addressed.
but, as a few others have said and going further with this point, taking the end of journeys as the real true finale to this series is not losing much and may not be a bad thing. there is ho-oh in the journeys finale. and then, two scenes in the aim to be a master series can be safely ignored: 1) takeshi's answer to "what about being a pokemon doctor" and 2) satoshi saying he doesn't care about being champion, both of which change the outlook of those characters that have been had for a really long time, with one very quick answer.
but even if i did, as i said, i also believe that lucario should have appeared in this miniseries (beyond that photograph in the first episode; that actually didn't stick with me), the arguments i would make to show ho-oh are all the same as i used for lucario:
1) it's too important for satoshi's journey. show it in both places, journey's finale and this finale if you want. it's that important.
2) or, if it's argued that ho-oh really isn't that important, i would again say, "well, why not show it?" it wouldn't have been that hard to show, and many were expecting it-at least as many if not more as were expecting pidgeot in this episode.
i think ho-oh's absence was much more glaring than lucario's (i mean, i'm sure i'm one of only a very few wondering about lucario not being here in the series, or in the opening), and i just doubt the reasoning was as pure from the writers/people in charge as let's not show it in too many places at once to give something else a chance. even if that's what they might say if asked.
i think what's most important should be shown in the finale, even to the point of overemphasis. if there's room for more, then sure, show more. but the most important things, or what a large percentage of the fanbase considers important even if they are misguided in the minds of the writers, should be there, or at least addressed.
but, as a few others have said and going further with this point, taking the end of journeys as the real true finale to this series is not losing much and may not be a bad thing. there is ho-oh in the journeys finale. and then, two scenes in the aim to be a master series can be safely ignored: 1) takeshi's answer to "what about being a pokemon doctor" and 2) satoshi saying he doesn't care about being champion, both of which change the outlook of those characters that have been had for a really long time, with one very quick answer.