You say this but then later on in this same message, you write:
Make up your mind.
Hypocritical much when you used the exact same power nonsense of saying Gary beat Ash’s Pikachu back in Battle Frontier to justify Gary eventually becoming Champion while in the same breath, continuously writes about there is next to no chance of Iris being a regional Chanpion because of Iris being vastly inferior to the regional Champions during her run.
In the anime, Iris wasn’t tied to a Gym. She didn’t even pursue being a Gym Leader, only wanting to defeat Drayden, the Opelucid City Gym Leader. Also, Iris isn’t a type expert. She was a rookie and is still working towards her dream of becoming Dragon Master. If she was a type expert, she would have more/only Dragon Type Pokemon on her team and they would’ve actually obeyed her.
No I didn’t (and that swimming comment was true in a joking way.) Not once have I said that. All I wrote was that we barely saw her train her Pokémon. But in that same message you wrote:
From an anime perspective, there was literally nothing that suggested at the end of the series that Iris was on her way of becoming the Regional Champion.
(“Assuming that a Gen 1er became the lead writer in the anime, Gary would’ve came back as Kanto Champion.”)
Because Alan didn’t pursue battling Diantha for the Champion title.
It doesn’t apply when the writers could’ve made Gary Kanto Champion a long time ago but refused to. And there’s distinction between anime characters and their game counterparts. They’re not exactly the same and are treated and handled as different characters.
Because he wants Go to get stronger. That’s motivation for Go. What rival wants an easy target that doesn’t present a challenge?
Alan. May.
Possibly Serena for her invincible DEM energy. At least those were full battles and not 1v1 or unofficial.
You say this as though we didn’t see Iris beat Ash in a tournament. Or she wasn’t shown to be a battle prodigy. She had an 100 battle winning streak before she could even become an actual Pokémon Trainer, she went toe to toe with the likes of Cynthia & Claire as Trainers, and various other Dragon type Pokémon by her own hands.
Does XY ring a bell? SM when he became Alola Champion?
No one’s denying this.
Because Team Flare intruded, because Alan didn’t bother battling Diantha for the Champion title, because he
didn’t have Mega Charizard X to rely on anymore wanted to go back to research.
I was clearly replying to
@Psajdak
Implying that Gary was pursuing the Kanto League and competitive battling again, but he isn’t.
Which should be the final nail to end this argument made by yours truly a.k.a. You. And by the way, you made that comment.
Yet Gary isn’t the Kanto Champion and he didn’t pursue it which is why he isn’t in the PWC. The difference is is that Alan has interest in getting stronger and battling strong Trainers from all over, just as he did when he wanted to become the strongest Mega Evolution Trainer, but Gary doesn’t. Don’t be surprised when Gary has to publicly admit he didn’t want to compete in the PWC because of this thread.
The anime has always taken the liberty to use elements from the games to create their own.
End of argument.