Because Phione winning, or even making it past the first round, would be WAY MORE HILARIOUS than any other possible result and also FORCE NINTENDO TO LET PHIONE BE AWESOME FOR ONCE.
(NB: everyone seems to be assuming that the winner of the tournament will be downloadable from the Global Link by Wi-Fi, but no official source has ever said or even implied that this is what “special downloadable prize pack” means, so I’m just going to keep supporting Phione even though we all know she’s useless)
Pokémaniacal 