Do you think that there will be an Alolan Pokémon League Conference in the Sun & Moon anime series?

[Zoruagible]

If reserves are available then could those be what gives the classmates their 6 pokemon?? I highly doubt Kiawe is gonna get 6 anytime soon and Ash has some fire types like pignite that would love to be used again

....what?
Kiawe's the only one participating. And it wouldn't exactly be fair to Kiawe, Mallow, or Lana if they won with Pokemon that didn't belong to them. Not to mention all Ash has to offer Lillie is Glalie, and nothing for Soph.
Kiawe doesn't exactly need a full team, he's not going to last until the round with six Pokemon. He'll lose in either the three/four Pokemon rounds. There are plenty of Fire types out there that have never gotten the big spotlight treatment that could benefit from Kiawe owning them like Arcanine, Rapidash or Flareon. I mean if Kiawe beat Ash I wouldn't mind in the slightest, but Kiawe's not going to last that far into the competition

They already have Ilima and Gladion participating. And there are other possible candidates like Acerola, Mina, Guzma, Hau(If he gets in), Ryuki, Discount Ben 10(LGPE rival) maybe Kukui? It'd be crowded enough

 

[Deleted member 384931]

....what?
Kiawe's the only one participating. And it wouldn't exactly be fair to Kiawe, Mallow, or Lana if they won with Pokemon that didn't belong to them. Not to mention all Ash has to offer Lillie is Glalie, and nothing for Soph.
Kiawe doesn't exactly need a full team, he's not going to last until the round with six Pokemon. He'll lose in either the three/four Pokemon rounds. There are plenty of Fire types out there that have never gotten the big spotlight treatment that could benefit from Kiawe owning them like Arcanine, Rapidash or Flareon. I mean if Kiawe beat Ash I wouldn't mind in the slightest, but Kiawe's not going to last that far into the competition

They already have Ilima and Gladion participating. And there are other possible candidates like Acerola, Mina, Guzma, Hau(If he gets in), Ryuki, Discount Ben 10(LGPE rival) maybe Kukui? It'd be crowded enough

I am curious if there will be trainers from another region accept Alola.

 

[Nightlingbolt]

I'm curious as to who the anime will depict as the Elite Four, considering Hala is replaced by Moylane in USUM.

 

[pokedigijedi]

Probably although I am not expecting anything amazing, when and if it does happen it will probably be just one big joke, Ash will rank lower than he did in the Alola arc, probably do as poorly as he did in Unova, there will be a big controversy do to fan backlash, and then the whole thing will back to square one in the next arc

 

[DatsRight]

Twist: Mallow eliminates Ash, his whole team curb stomped with just Tsareena.

The way things are going I'm almost worried they'd actually do that for a gag.

 

[Pokegirl Fan~]

Twist: Mallow eliminates Ash, his whole team curb stomped with just Tsareena.

The way things are going I'm almost worried they'd actually do that for a gag.

I think that would only happen if Ash just used Rowlet

 

[DatsRight]

I think that would only happen if Ash just used Rowlet

And if they go for the 'one Pokemon per trainer' gimmick?....

 

[AznKei]

Twist: Mallow eliminates Ash, his whole team curb stomped with just Tsareena.

I would like that tbh, but I think the Ash fans would riot, harder than compared to his lost at the Kalos league.

 

[DatsRight]

I might like the concept for the sheer audacity, but I'd root for anything to knock out Tsareena.

Sophocles or Lillie, go ahead, they're fun enough to forgive for it.

 

[CabochonJaw]

Are you doubting Professor Kukui? I'm looking forward to the league because the last one was decent. Kukui is going to make it happen.

 

[DatsRight]

I'm hoping that they'll keep to SM's premise of focusing more on making things FUN instead of relying on hype bait.

NO ONE is going believe Ash will win the league now, so why not just try to make some really fun and diverse battles?

 

[Cyb3r4c3DS]

You know with how SUMO has trolled fans a lot I would not be shocked if the alola league is like the champion league. Mention but never shown. After all it is still new so it is possible it might not be done in time. (Part of me would actually laugh if this happens but I could totally see people being so pissed too)

I'm hoping that they'll keep to SM's premise of focusing more on making things FUN instead of relying on hype bait.

NO ONE is going believe Ash will win the league now, so why not just try to make some really fun and diverse battles?

I do a so do a lot of people. I mean he makes progress. If he never did ok I see the point. But last league he made it to the top 2 so to say he can't win is silly it is just taking a long time but the progress exists.

 

[lolipiece]

You know with how SUMO has trolled fans a lot I would not be shocked if the alola league is like the champion league. Mention but never shown. After all it is still new so it is possible it might not be done in time. (Part of me would actually laugh if this happens but I could totally see people being so pissed too)

Please explain to me when SM has "trolled" its viewers.

SM has, since the very beginning, treated trials and the like with complete seriousness. Ash has done several of the trials in the games, with the others done by his friends, Team Rocket, and Gladion. He has also done three out of four Kahunas so far, the third he specifically challenged because he was told the League would be coming.

Sun and Moon can be goofy, wacky, and all-around silly at times, but it has never once made these concepts out to be jokes. The characters in-show have always treated them with respect.

So I'd like to know why people are constantly assuming that SM will always take the lowest common denominator when it almost never does. It was somewhat frustrating going through the Pikachu vs Mimikyu thread only to see a bunch of "Bewear will end the battle early" posts when they had little reason to think that. And guess what? That never happened.

 

[DatsRight]

The Dewpider and Sandshrew episodes were kinda underhanded, I'll give that (though they did at least give Lillie something else in the latter so the audience didn't feel completely ripped off).

 

[Pokegirl Fan~]

So I'd like to know why people are constantly assuming that SM will always take the lowest common denominator when it almost never does. It was somewhat frustrating going through the Pikachu vs Mimikyu thread only to see a bunch of "Bewear will end the battle early" posts when they had little reason to think that. And guess what? That never happened.

The fanbase is being the fanbase I guess, which is why I don't post in this section much anymore.

 

[DatsRight]

So I'd like to know why people are constantly assuming that SM will always take the lowest common denominator when it almost never does. It was somewhat frustrating going through the Pikachu vs Mimikyu thread only to see a bunch of "Bewear will end the battle early" posts when they had little reason to think that. And guess what? That never happened.

In fairness that's as much towards the anime as a whole than just SM. TR battles are not known for being depthful (even in that one we got the DEM move learn cliche). Old habits really die hard with the anime so after all these years it's best to go in with low expectations. In fairness SM is more liable to pleasantly surprise me than previous series due to how often it breaks formula.

 

[Cyb3r4c3DS]

Please explain to me when SM has "trolled" its viewers.

SM has, since the very beginning, treated trials and the like with complete seriousness. Ash has done several of the trials in the games, with the others done by his friends, Team Rocket, and Gladion. He has also done three out of four Kahunas so far, the third he specifically challenged because he was told the League would be coming.

Sun and Moon can be goofy, wacky, and all-around silly at times, but it has never once made these concepts out to be jokes. The characters in-show have always treated them with respect.

So I'd like to know why people are constantly assuming that SM will always take the lowest common denominator when it almost never does. It was somewhat frustrating going through the Pikachu vs Mimikyu thread only to see a bunch of "Bewear will end the battle early" posts when they had little reason to think that. And guess what? That never happened.

I meant with possible captures. Even people here have said they felt trolled by that. No need to get triggered by a comment that was more a joke over anything geez lol

 

[AznKei]

I meant with possible captures. Even people here have said they felt trolled by that. No need to get triggered by a comment that was more a joke over anything geez lol

I actually laughed at the Dewpider episode, especially at the last few minutes on how well the producers/writers tricked us. But I watch the show more casually and as a passtime, so whether the episodes are good or bad, I just watch them through regardless, and give my quick impressions about them.

I'm usually critical with the "status quo" of the show, which is about Ash hogging the spotlights more than the companions, especially when the latters would be written off at the end of the series, but the producers won't change their minds about it, so I just accept the reality of it.

 

[Cyb3r4c3DS]

I actually laughed at the Dewpider episode, especially at the last few minutes on how well the producers/writers tricked us. But I watch the show more casually, so whatever the episodes are good or bad, I just watch them through regardless.

I'm usually critical with the "status quo" of the show, which is about Ash hogging the spotlights more than the companions, especially when the latters would be written off at the end of the series, but the producers won't change their minds about it, so I just accept the reality of it.

Personally any episode that has been focused on the classmates to me has been really boring so I am skipping them which I never did in any prior series even BW. Honestly the only parts of SUMO I've enjoyed are Ash doing things solo,the Kanto arc or Team Rocket episodes. For some reason the episodes with his classmates just make me want to bang my head against a cement wall since I find them to be so cringe.

 

[Ignition]

Please explain to me when SM has "trolled" its viewers.

SM has, since the very beginning, treated trials and the like with complete seriousness. Ash has done several of the trials in the games, with the others done by his friends, Team Rocket, and Gladion. He has also done three out of four Kahunas so far, the third he specifically challenged because he was told the League would be coming.

Sun and Moon can be goofy, wacky, and all-around silly at times, but it has never once made these concepts out to be jokes. The characters in-show have always treated them with respect.

So I'd like to know why people are constantly assuming that SM will always take the lowest common denominator when it almost never does. It was somewhat frustrating going through the Pikachu vs Mimikyu thread only to see a bunch of "Bewear will end the battle early" posts when they had little reason to think that. And guess what? That never happened.

Seeing as how Bewear has been known to stop TR from confrontin Ash and co. or stopping a battle half way through, I don't see how you can't see people presuming that.