I agree.. Worst league yet.. Kinda like Kanto, but without the nostalgia factor..
- Kanto: Had quite a few battles that were really memorable, but no full battles. At that point, it was kinda understandable I'd guess. Top16 was good.
- Johto: Had quite a few battles, some were less memorable (vs. Vincent?), but the full battles were okay, eventhough it was the Charizard/Snorlax-show. Top8 obviously meant Ash got better.
- Hoenn: Had by far the most battles, but I can't remember how 'Harry Potter', or that other guy were called, the full battles were nice, though Morrison's was lacking.. Top8 was good enough, because he lost to Tyson.
- Sinnoh: I know people have qualms with Quilava's battle being a tie and mostly skipped, but vs. Nando and Conway were really good and had some thought to them. Vs. Paul was epic, but could've done with a Torterra win, and I had no qualms with Tobias, as it meant that Ash was in effect better then the official runner up.
In my eyes, he got like Top32 in Unova.. They skipped two rounds, aside from Scraggy finishing up a Darumaka.. I don't really want to count that at all.. Aside from that, Kotetsu being 6-3'd against Virgil was too harsh as well, made Ash look like an even bigger tool. Dino had the best team of the league:
- Darmanitan, Leavanny, Mandibuzz, Cofagrigus, Galvantula, Druddigon.
I'm glad that he went that far, eventhough he was a CotD.. Though with that, I can't actually see why he lost to Virgil's Bug-weak team:
- Jolteon, Leafeon, Umbreon, Espeon, Flareon, Eevee.
Best fight for Ash was vs. Stephan, but yeah.. That was his only 'real' fight that wasn't a prelim or a fixed loss.