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I did watch all of XY/XYZ including its fillers. They could've been better. There were a few gems, like the Bonnie-Meowth episode and the Mirror World episodealso anytime Bonnie got focus because she's my favorite, but the lack of continuity outside the first few epiosdes and the very last damaged them a bit. At the very least Professor Oak should have been shown a few times like he is in every series. SM has it beat in continuity with its first handful of episodes. SM's fillers are also very few so far and the two that we do have (13/16?) are more entertaining than a lot of the XY fillers were. I love XY/XYZ but it was clearly aimed at the older fans (especially the Senshioblique pun is oblique) rather than the newer ones the anime is meant to draw in.
Yeah, that. I was always put off by the tongue.
I'm fairly neutral on Charizard. I did enjoy its return in BW but from what I remember it did very little except fight with Dragonite. Also, iris should've gotten a Deino at some point. At the very least, they could have had the Y form show up for more than a curb-stomp battle against its X form. I prefer the Y form, it gives me pterodactyl vibes, and it annoyed the extreme dragon fans when its typing was first revealed.
I personally didn't like a lot of the fillers because it did show a lot of goofy Ash, but that was fine. I do agree that S/M has better continuity.
What's wrong with them actually making a series that is supposed to draw in older fans?