I think the reason merely mortal guys in tech-powered Suits are the only Superpowered Beings that doesn’t get mistaken for Pokemon by forever 10-year old Kid named Ash Ketchum, as well guys in high-tech exosuits are only Superpowered beings that doesn’t get retconned into Pokemon by Pokemon anime writers(before they retires Ash and Pikachu) was: wearing Powered Exoskeleton was supposedly the only way of having Superhuman Powers IRL
no, I’m talking about having superhuman powers from absolutely anything other than mundane power suits automatically makes anyone nonhuman