Re: Hikari/Dawn to appear; in what capacity unknown
The only thing we know for sure is that she wants to sharpen her skills in Eastern Unova. Entering the tournament wouldn't be too surprising but there's plenty the writers can come up with. It's not that hard throwing any silly half-contest-like thing at us or basically any freakin event that "justifies" Dawn's development, and there you go, easily pulled out promotion for pre-GenV Pokemon.
As for her skills, I imagine the problem would be something like she was so obsessed with grace and tactics that the lack of actual power cost her a lot of matches lately. Maybe the reverse, taking into consideration that we're talking about a coordinator. Either way, the Junior Cup from her part is the same when Ash entered the Wallace Cup. Even though I was like ugh, another contest - longer than ever -, that turned out pretty sweet so I don't see any reasons why she couldn't do kinda the same.
For her time in the main cast, I predict 10-15 episodes. Six Pokemon (re-)added to the family holds a lot of opportunities like we can see in the trailer.
The only thing we know for sure is that she wants to sharpen her skills in Eastern Unova. Entering the tournament wouldn't be too surprising but there's plenty the writers can come up with. It's not that hard throwing any silly half-contest-like thing at us or basically any freakin event that "justifies" Dawn's development, and there you go, easily pulled out promotion for pre-GenV Pokemon.
As for her skills, I imagine the problem would be something like she was so obsessed with grace and tactics that the lack of actual power cost her a lot of matches lately. Maybe the reverse, taking into consideration that we're talking about a coordinator. Either way, the Junior Cup from her part is the same when Ash entered the Wallace Cup. Even though I was like ugh, another contest - longer than ever -, that turned out pretty sweet so I don't see any reasons why she couldn't do kinda the same.
For her time in the main cast, I predict 10-15 episodes. Six Pokemon (re-)added to the family holds a lot of opportunities like we can see in the trailer.