July 7th: SM129 - Brawl! Battle Royal 151!!

[Agustin Gomez]

It's best to weed out trainers so only 16 remain. I think that's great, that way the remaining episodes can do some kind of justice to the characters, to give them some kind of focus per battle! The rest of the battles wouldn't need to feel rushed... too much

 

[Lucario At Service]

Why are people considering that Kukui would be taking part in the League as Masked Royal?
He is the League Organizer, isn't it.
Normally those who are in the organizing committee don't take part in event they are organizing (as it is considered as unfair).
At most, i think he would do a Exhibition Battle (as Masked Royal), against the Winner, or against one of the Kahuna's who are in the organizing committee.

On a different note, i wonder how fast we would go down from 151 (probably a reference to 1st Gen), to 16 Trainers?
Would it be done in a single episode, or would it take 2-3 episodes.
Also, since 'Battle Royal' is being mentioned in the title, does it mean we would have 4 vs 4 trainer battles?

And, don't forget, we need a League Winner, who haven't been a reoccurring cast member.
So, i guess Ilima would probably take part and win the League (since he is a pretty boy, and an all-rounder).

 

[Red and Blue]

Why are people considering that Kukui would be taking part in the League as Masked Royal?
He is the League Organizer, isn't it.
Normally those who are in the organizing committee don't take part in event they are organizing (as it is considered as unfair).
At most, i think he would do a Exhibition Battle (as Masked Royal), against the Winner, or against one of the Kahuna's who are in the organizing committee.

On a different note, i wonder how fast we would go down from 151 (probably a reference to 1st Gen), to 16 Trainers?
Would it be done in a single episode, or would it take 2-3 episodes.
Also, since 'Battle Royal' is being mentioned in the title, does it mean we would have 4 vs 4 trainer battles?

And, don't forget, we need a League Winner, who haven't been a reoccurring cast member.
So, i guess Ilima would probably take part and win the League (since he is a pretty boy, and an all-rounder).

That's just it though. Kukui is the organizer, not the masked royal. So who's to say Kukui couldn't find an excuse to make himself absent and enter the league incognito?

 

[Lucario At Service]

That's just it though. Kukui is the organizer, not the masked royal. So who's to say Kukui couldn't find an excuse to make himself absent and enter the league incognito?

But still, ethically it would be considered as cheating in a way.
I mean, as the League Organizer, he would technically have the advantage of knowing all the rules and regulations, as well as the format of the League before hand.

So, even if in the end, it all comes to battling skills, but knowing about stuff like format and rules before hand can be considered as a big plus.

 

[Lord Starfish]

I mean, the opening shows Kukui fighting Satoshi. Which, admittedly, the openings have showcased battles that never ended up happening before, but between his Pokémon being the main rival to Nyaheat, the battle in the opening and the fact that he's a rare case of a game final boss who isn't immediately ruled out by the sheer format of the anime's Leagues... I think it's not exactly unreasonable to expect he'll be in there.

 

[GarchompChain]

Why are people considering that Kukui would be taking part in the League as Masked Royal?
He is the League Organizer, isn't it.
Normally those who are in the organizing committee don't take part in event they are organizing (as it is considered as unfair).
At most, i think he would do a Exhibition Battle (as Masked Royal), against the Winner, or against one of the Kahuna's who are in the organizing committee.

On a different note, i wonder how fast we would go down from 151 (probably a reference to 1st Gen), to 16 Trainers?
Would it be done in a single episode, or would it take 2-3 episodes.
Also, since 'Battle Royal' is being mentioned in the title, does it mean we would have 4 vs 4 trainer battles?

And, don't forget, we need a League Winner, who haven't been a reoccurring cast member.
So, i guess Ilima would probably take part and win the League (since he is a pretty boy, and an all-rounder).

No, it's literally a battle royal. So all 151 trainers fight until there are 16 left. That'll probably take just one episode.

 

[Pikachu111213]

Wow. So this will be a short league! I wonder what they’ll do post league.

 

[Lucario At Service]

I mean, the opening shows Kukui fighting Satoshi. Which, admittedly, the openings have showcased battles that never ended up happening before, but between his Pokémon being the main rival to Nyaheat, the battle in the opening and the fact that he's a rare case of a game final boss who isn't immediately ruled out by the sheer format of the anime's Leagues... I think it's not exactly unreasonable to expect he'll be in there.

Well, that point can easily be clear out by making Masked Royal do an 'Exhibition Match', rather than making him take part in the League as a contestant.

No, it's literally a battle royal. So all 151 trainers fight until there are 16 left. That'll probably take just one episode.

Well, it would depend on how much focus they writers want to put on the matches of the other regular cast members of the Alola Saga.

I remember that, during the Johto(?) League, there was a knock-out round, similar to this one, and the writers took around 1 and half episode to cover it (and in it, only Ash was the focused contestant belonging to the regular cast).

 

[Red and Blue]

But still, ethically it would be considered as cheating in a way.
I mean, as the League Organizer, he would technically have the advantage of knowing all the rules and regulations, as well as the format of the League before hand.

So, even if in the end, it all comes to battling skills, but knowing about stuff like format and rules before hand can be considered as a big plus.

It's not cheating. They'll definitely explain the rules before the league officially starts. He wont have any advantage against the other trainers

 

[TheWanderingMist]

The classmates could do the "band together" strategy and keep each other safe while everybody else knocks each other out. Gladion would probably protect Lillie if a critical moment happened. Or vice versa, Lillie defends Gladion but gets knocked out in the process.

 

[UltimateNinja]

I can already see Snowy hiding itself somewhere until only 16 Pokemon are left on the field and Lillie winning that way.

 

[Mew2]

The classmates could do the "band together" strategy and keep each other safe while everybody else knocks each other out. Gladion would probably protect Lillie if a critical moment happened. Or vice versa, Lillie defends Gladion but gets knocked out in the process.

I could definitely see something like that happening. It would also be interesting to see if Team Rocket, assuming they enter, or the Team Skull Grunts and/or Guzma and/or Plumeria do the game, again assuming they enter. You could probably get your knock out round lineup right there, with maybe a few additions such as Illima, Hau, and Gladion.

 

[SlimKennedy]

Watch Youngster Tristan win the whole thing!

 

[mehmeh1]

I think we'll get some teases for the rest of the league, like ash and hau fighting for a bit but getting interrupted by other pokemon's attacks, or guzma and kukui

 

[p96822]

I think this is just rushing the Pokemon league

 

[AuraChannelerChris]

I think this is just rushing the Pokemon league

Gotta weed out the weaklings quick. Think of the made-up budget.

 

[kickachu]

I think this is just rushing the Pokemon league

but the league is just starting and plus we need to see the classmates battles and see how far they go as well

 

[Pokemon Power]

151. In the Pokemon universe, that's a very important number, and we all know why.

 

[Red and Blue]

I think this is just rushing the Pokemon league

With SwSh on the horizon not like they had much choice

 

[SatoSereFan224888]

I hope to god Ash wins the Alola League. He got screwed out of winning the Kalos League.