User blog comment:Jojobeanz/The six lettered Sasquatch owns the Ski Lodge?!?/@comment-24731554-20140908190253/@comment-24801399-20140911192124

Hes not a mascot because the CP team has not made him one (if he even exists)

And I dont think shadow has been planned since the beginning. Its been planned since at least after Card-Jitsu Water came out though.