Contests

[Chris 2.0]

Ok this Poll is basically on which contest set-up you liked better. Hoenn Contests used one Pokemon in the contest for appeals and all battles, but the Kanto rules (like the Grand Festival ones) deemed one Pokemon to be used for the appeal and one for the Battle.

Which did you prefer?

I much prefered the Hoenn ones; it felt more like her team was given an even stab at contests (each getting to do an appeal and battle, to show off their skill; albeit some [Skitty, Beautifly/Bulbasaur] did two contests).

With Kanto it got jumbled; some Pokemon had too much spotlight, others not enough; with the Hoenn ones it seemed slightly more even.

 

[Yamato-san]

well, it depends, really. You were right, the Houen contests gave all of her team an equal chance to shine. Really, the Kantou contests could work, but the problem is, Haruka never has a full team of 6 for whatever reason (and in Kantou, she only had a team of 3 for about half of it, and she never even used her 4th member, a newborn that needed training, until her second to last contest). With so many choices narrowed down, it f***ing annoys me that a certain piece of crap festering in her party got to appear often. It would be nice if contests allowed the usage of more Pokemon like Satoshi's gym battles, but sadly, it's not probable. In actuality, we're fortunate that some contests and the Grand Festival allow multiple Pokemon usage, seeing as contests allow the usage of a single Pokemon in the games (though, there are 5 different competition categories and you can collect ribbons from each one, and you'd likely needed a different Pokemon to specialize in each one).

 

[Chris 2.0]

I suppose also as the Contest arc progressed we were introduced more to the aspect of 'Appeal Pokemon' and 'Battle Pokemon'. Drews Flygon is a tough battler but rarely appeals (it hasnt been seen appealing) whereas Masquerain appeals but rarely battles.

While Mays team do not have specific roles, Squirtle does a lot of appeals and Combusken battles a lot.

 

[Anikin]

Try not to double post ok. Anyway to me me I like both but I voted for the Hoenn rules because I wanted it to tie with The Kanto rules.

 

[Chris 2.0]

Thanks but I just pressed post twice. Slow browser. I'm not new to forums. Either way has Eevee done an appeal yet? To my knowledge it has only appeared in the May VS Brock Contest in the battling stage. Can anyone confirm it?