Not to mention that there was probably already concept art made for Big Bird considering that they showed up as early as Samus Returns in the Chozo Memories.

"Remember when I left birdseed on Zebes for you to follow, adopted one?"
....Oh right
League of Legends Worlds starts the same day as the Sakurai Presents, huh?
Probably just a coincidence.
Yes, I'm pretty damn sure that's just a coincidence and nothing more.Not only that, the Sakurai Presents and the Worlds 2021 opening are only a few hours apart. Coincidence?
Probably, yes.
The only edge case I can see is if Riot intentionally put Worlds' start to follow the Presents a la Minecon - and even then that will not guarantee a League character. TBF they're playing that in Reykjavik this year (GMT) and they started last year's Worlds (which used the same format) 18:00 locally. The Sakurai Presents will be 15:00 GMT.
However, such a thing will require Nintendo to intentionally coordinate with Riot / Tencent on this specific thing. I'm not going to toss the possibility away, but I'm not going to say it's anywhere near a favorite either.
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