Why did they change Mewtwo in the Genesect movie?

Okay, one thing that is grinding my gears and destroying me from the inside, is the fact that Mewtwo is… not even Mewtwo. Everyone in my age, older and younger by some odd years HAS KNOWN WHO MEWTWO IS!!! A savage, clone of Mew, powerful, MANLY Pokemon. His voice gave us chills. He is the creator of cloned Pokemon (Mewtwo Strikes Back) and Ashes friend since Gen1.

But, yet, in this Genesect movie, Ash doesn’t even know who Mewtwo is. As a matter of fact, I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO MEWTWO IS. Who thought it was a great idea to show Mewtwo’s protective, feminine side? They are basing these movies and new shows off of the games. The new generation wants to know why Ash and Pikachu are friends. How Ash is where he’s at. By saying Ash and Mewtwo never met, is pretty much saying Ash just appeared in some random city with battling skills already.

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There is speculation on weather the Mewtwo in the first movie is the same as the one in the Genesect movie.

In my opinion, I think Mewtwo had a female voice because Mega Mewtwo Y has a more feminine look to it, so the producers decided to make it that way. As for the multiple Mewtwo’s, I personally think that there is only one. Although most people seem to go with the fact that there are 2, or more.

This is quite a long answer but I hope this helped :)

Sources:Two Mewtwo’s exist/Details of multiple Mewtwo, and mutiverse theory/Discussion on the subject/More discussion/ A search on google and many things come up about this.

This is to show off the new Mega Evolution, obviously. Mainly sort an advertisement of the changes introduced.

Also, it can be assumed that this takes place in an alternate universe on the whole. Funny, I know, but it explains how his age never changes.

Also, this has happened before, where Ash meets a Legendary once, but it is kind of forgotten, in a way. I guess that is to help with the story line. So as to the exact reason, should be better answered by the Pokemon Company, but this is what I feel.

All the originality is not lost though, as

In the credits, a reference to the original Mewtwo is made when the Mewtwo in this film is shown standing on top of a building overlooking a large city at night. This is the same scene that the original Mewtwo last appeared in at the end of Mewtwo Returns.

from Bulbapedia

I might be really REALLY late to this, but in case anyone else gets bored and sifts through the internet at random, I have an answer to this. Both the MewTwo we know and this new MewTwo are the same MewTwo and different MewTwo at the same time. What’s the one thing about MewTwo that fueled him? He was alone and didn’t have any sense of identity. What was he good at? Cloning. I genuinely think MewTwo cloned himself and the new MewTwo is the product resulting. It would also explain why the new MewTwo is stronger, his evolutions are always stronger than the originals. I hope this helps others.