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Lol don’t wanna finish it. We only have 9 more iterations of all 3 of voting before we're done. Would be ashame to not see all of our grinding through to the end ;-).

The trailer wasn't bad at all, though it'll get some getting used to seeing the Pokémon in live action CGI.

More than anything it was really surprising since I never thought I’d see Pokémon in a live-action format.

I will admit though that I did enjoy Pikachu’s snarky attitude in the trailer.

You talking about the Kevin Anderson v Thiem match lol? I do like both players

No, I'm talking about the Epl (football). And tbh, since Nadal withdrew, my interest has obviously waned for the WTF, though I'll definitely still watch the high stakes clashes.

Oh dang. Woah I'm an idiot. Ye, I only really watch the Djokovic matches as well. I'm hoping for him to tie Fed with 6 WTFs

You're underestimating Novak :D. He gave Nadal a hard match this year on clay while being nowhere near his current form

I'm predicting a tough 5-setter between Novak and Nadal for RG. Novak's been able to take it to Nadal in previous yrs and next yr should be no different

He's probably the only one who can go toe to toe with Nadal on clay. Who can forget 2011 ;)

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Yeah Pikachu are aplenty in Viridian Forest. I caught a 32 streak Pikachu, so it's sure to have 4 IV's. I guess they wanted to distinguish your starter Pikachu from the abundance of wild ones by making the starter BST much higher. Also, if you keep combo catching, Bulbasaur will spawn in Viridian Forest.

Oh that’s why the starter Pikachu’s stats are unusually high. Yeah honestly the catching mechanic gets real old real fast. I’m honestly dreading it at this point.

Yeah if I'm not wrong, the starter Pikachu has a BST of 425 compared to the usual 320.

I hate Sun and Moon as a whole, games and anime, so I knew what I was going for.

I see. :)

Hmm in that case I’ll amend mine to #bringbackmypokemonanime

I would put SM/USUM on the lower end of games, but I don’t think it went against the “spirit of Pokémon”.

Ah I got it. It just sounded like it was from there. Good to know.

And one more question: Are the beaches in SIngapore as beautiful as they say! I even hear they're getting their own Pokemon Center soon!

Uhm I'm not really a beach person, so I can't compare the standards of beaches around the world, but I guess yeah, they're really clean here. The whole appeal of Singapore is its cleanliness.

And yeah, a Pokémon Centre is coming here in 2019 as part of this mega shopping mall being built around the airport.

Of course Ash vs Paul is the GOAT battle in the show, but practically everyone here (except TWM) acknowledges that, so I figured I might give another episode some spotlight especially since it’s technically filler and so a lot of the newer fans who want to catch up on major events from the older series may end up skipping this entirely.

Yeah same reasons here. That episode is probably the best episode that focused on Pokémon, with the starter trio having golden moments.

Have a league worse than BW, which means Hau would have to somehow be even worse than Cameron, or through some ridiculous BS, such as Ash getting into some slapstick drama that ruins his league match, etc. Secondly would be having a filler arc like DA to drag the series till gen VIII.

Though unfortunately, the chances of a filler arc happening are quite high, since there is no major story arc they can do anymore, and LGPE promotion shouldn't last more than 2-3 months.

Unfortunately both of those are within the realm of possibility given SM’s current trajectory :\.

Hmm that's tough to say, but I think it goes: Kiawe>Lillie>Mallow>Sophocles>Lana

Yeah that looks about right. Do you think the show would’ve been better if it were Ash, Kiawe and Lillie as the main group traveling Alola with the others serving as maybe reoccurring characters?

Probably, but even then, in such a scenario, Lillie's whole story would've needed a major change, closer to the game version.

That's what I feel. Idiotic episodes like SM028 and SM051 (baseball and rope jumping episodes) were frankly very well animated episodes, and none of the few battles and arcs we've gotten this series looked as good. Of course I'm not attributing the poor battles this series only due to animation, since as you've said, poor pacing, storyboarding and choreography have also lead to that.

The Nanu battle in particular was really hard to watch due to all those reasons mentioned. I really disliked that battle.

Oh man don’t even get me started on the Nanu battle though I do admit that my primary issue with that battle is more to do with the in-battle writing quality that honestly makes it very hard to believe that SM Ash is a successor of his DP and XY selves in terms of trainer skill.

Yeah. Honestly, Makoto = best, but I love so many of the other girls equally. So for me, Ann, Futaba and even Haru all tied for second best.

My favorite confidant is hands down Kawakami and Sojiro. Love Sae as well.

Hmm... interesting. I mean I liked all the PT members but honestly there’s a pretty clear divide between Makato&Futaba and Ann&Haru in terms of character writing. At least the majority agree that Makoto is best girl :-).

That 'new' Pokémon aside, lol wtf is up with the names of the new moves. Floaty Fall, Bouncy Bubble, Buzzy Buzz, Pika Papow, Sizzly Slide, Splishy Splash, Veevee Volley. It's like the translators think kids are dumber than ever now with these super childish names.

Do you know what the direct Japenease translations would be? Anyways if they think that using such names will overturn the gradually decreasing young player turnover rate then they’re in for a rude awakening.

Pokemon's current direction is really starting to make me jaded at this point. I really hope gen 8 turns out alright (and please let it not be contaminated by Go)

Sometimes yes. But truthfully, I feel like I've lost a major portion of my interest in Pokémon for everything due to gen VII as a whole. Hated the games, and the anime is pretty rubbish as well.

Yeah, unfortunately as have I. I'm holding my hopes for gen 8, but if it doesn't look like it'll be changing, I'm pretty sure I'll be fully done with everything Pokemon. Including Serebii. Hope you'll stay till gen 8 at least

I've not yet seen the last episode, but yeah, the first three, while not bad, definitely don't convey a sense of danger. This arc hasn't been bad, just really underwhelming.