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You know how before you get into a battle on Random WiFi, you see your pokemon as well as the opponents pokemon and if their holding an item along with their profiles, shiny or not?
How do you feel about them? Do you think they contradict the point of random wifi? Or do you think it embodies a different way of playing?
I think it's actually a good thing we have that. Yes, it may seem like cheating, being able to see your opponent's pokemon before the beginning of a match, but in the end it doesn't matter much, especially since you can only use three to four pokemon to fight with. I think it actually brings a sort of mindgame metagame. Like, 'He has a Scizor but will he use it? My Magnezone can easily take care of it but his Heatran will give me trouble. Eh, I have a Dugtrio to solve him. But what if he's scarfed?', stuff like that. It also adds to the surprise value sometimes, like seeing an Ambipom or Infernape without Fake out, or a Scizor without Bullet Punch.
And trust me, surprises like this tend to happen very often in Doubles. It's a different world there.
So, what are your opinions on this sort of thing?
How do you feel about them? Do you think they contradict the point of random wifi? Or do you think it embodies a different way of playing?
I think it's actually a good thing we have that. Yes, it may seem like cheating, being able to see your opponent's pokemon before the beginning of a match, but in the end it doesn't matter much, especially since you can only use three to four pokemon to fight with. I think it actually brings a sort of mindgame metagame. Like, 'He has a Scizor but will he use it? My Magnezone can easily take care of it but his Heatran will give me trouble. Eh, I have a Dugtrio to solve him. But what if he's scarfed?', stuff like that. It also adds to the surprise value sometimes, like seeing an Ambipom or Infernape without Fake out, or a Scizor without Bullet Punch.
And trust me, surprises like this tend to happen very often in Doubles. It's a different world there.
So, what are your opinions on this sort of thing?