[Quarkboy]

Here's a crazy insane theory that's totally wrong:

Toei decided to pull out all the martial arts specialists from Pretty Cure for its third season so that they could be free to work on PPGZ! So we'll get to see some serious butt-kicking, and this time with actual fists instead of just stumps.

Let's just put it this way: If blossom, bubbles and buttercup have to finish off giant monsters with some kind of combined magical attack instead of punching them in the face, I will be very sad.