Remember how I said in my last journal entry I mentioned how I was excited because it seemed that Riolu might be appearing in the anime again due to the fact it'll be in the main Unova Dex in Black & White 2?  Well now I'm getting more excited because according to this page from CoroCoro ([link]) Riolu will not only appear in the anime again, but will most likely be caught by one of the main three characters will be owning one.  This has made me ecstatic and anxious to see what happens.

Some people on the fourms have been saying that Riolu is just appearing on there just for the sake of promotion and no one will own it.  But I have some rebuttles that can be said against that.

1. It is placed close to the front of the image alongside Ash, while others like Dragonite are way in back.  The fact that it's in that place would really make sense to have importance to the anime so that's one reason why it would be there.

2. Along side that placement in the picture, Riolu was one of the first of the few past Pokemon that was revealed to be in the Unova Dex, and it was at about #33.  This signifies that it'll be seen in an early point in the game.  And Game Freak would've probably have done this because they know about Riolu's popularity and they would want to make it one of the main Pokemon of the upcoming game.

3. One way that Riolu might come into play into the anime is with Cynthia, who also appears on the image alongside with what I believe is here Lucario.   I think that she might give one to one of the main characters, could be through an egg or not, but that is a possibility.

I don't know what people on those fourms are saying when they disagree with what I believe about what will happen.  I still have my hopes up.  I'll just have to wait and see.