keepitsimple
site of lies
I'd pick Ash. Alain is so unlikable, and in this episode especially.
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Mega Evolution IV (XY SP)
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I'd pick Ash. Alain is so unlikable, and in this episode especially.
Pikachu52
Well-Known Member
To be fair we only saw a little bit of the globe up close - the Horn of Africa and Arabia. Most of the globe was either obscured by the angle or covered in cloud. The Pokémon world could easily be similar to the real world with a few continents altered
Bguy7
The Dragon Lord
Had to look around to find an image.
https://40.media.tumblr.com/591b3c4ada0c854415f74a6628df7935/tumblr_nx0a6wFbc01tmac17o1_500.jpg
We can see at least half of Africa, half of the Americas, and a decent portion of Europe. Specifically to my example, we can see part of France and the state of New York. The problem still stands, at least as far as I'm concerned.
I'm just going to assume that this was a case of the animators either getting lazy or slipping up. I am not going to count this as a canon potrayol of the Pokemon World.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
You do realize this anime is pretty much Pokemon fan fiction in official form, right.
Jangobadass
Fear the Chicken!
I just hope those trainers come back sometime. They seem like a interesting bunch.
T'would be a shame to waste such colorful designs and (apparently) over the top personalities on them being cannon fodder (in battles we barely see no less)
T'would be a shame to waste such colorful designs and (apparently) over the top personalities on them being cannon fodder (in battles we barely see no less)
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
I'd rather keep the stereotypes away. Having a main, badly-handed stereotype is enough.
Bguy7
The Dragon Lord
But it's still official, and does a place in the canon.
I thought we were past that kind of stuff at this point, that's my problem.
Pikachu52
Well-Known Member
In fairness references to those places have occurred within the anime. Mew was said to be originally from Guyana, Misty thinks about Paris in "School of hard knocks," Ash references the US state of Minnesota in "Mewtwo Strikes back," Delia refers to Holywood as being in the US state of California in "Go west young Meowth," and in "The Scheme Team," Giovanni sends Jessie, James and Meowth on an assignment to Antartica.
That being said I agree with you that the use of the real world globe with no obvious Pokémon regions on it is, is lazy writing. It's a pity they haven't released a map of the Pokémon officially yet, although I suppose it would be impossible to do without prejudicing the creation of future regions. There is a globe map in Pokémon super mystery dungeon but it probably doesn't count as it's implied the world in Mystery Dungeon series and the main series are separate locations.
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Ha ha the mega Venusaur trainer in particular was interesting to me so I also hope we'll see more of him and not just the minor battle scene he got here.
CyberBlaziken
A Greater Evil
How awful in Marin's dub voice? I was watching it and for a supposedly rookie trainer who should be around 10-12, it doesn't fit and too loud.
Decent episode regardless. The battles were a bit too short, and Malva losing still seems off.
Decent episode regardless. The battles were a bit too short, and Malva losing still seems off.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Absolutely none of the young trainers frequently seen in here have believable voices. They all are voiced by adults that can't do children voices well.
Except maybe Todd Haberkorn.
Bguy7
The Dragon Lord
I personally don't think it's that bad, but I don't find problems with most of the dub voices.
NegaiFreak
Plus Ultra!
Who does he voice by the way?
Lord Trollbias
Y'all Salty Bishes
Tierno and Cheren
TheMaster327
Well-Known Member
One of the things I couldn't get my head round was who the hell gives Alakazam Psycho Cut? Alakazam's physical Attack is low. Very low even as a Mega.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Tell that to the woman who somehow made Fairy Wind look OP in a M-Wavile tearing a M-Lucario a new one.
In this universe, I don't doubt a M-Aggron with Tackle can tear a building in one go.
Emperor Empoleon
Honor of Kalos
I love how they ended 2015 with what is essentially the lead into Zygarde mythos. Nice timing.
I rather enjoyed the voice acting for this episode too. That little growl at the end by Alain (Johnathan Silver) felt so real. I've been that mad before. lol.
And Malva (Samara Naeymi), something about her felt like a perfect fit. She just sounded right, and I'm not sure how else to describe it.
I rather enjoyed the voice acting for this episode too. That little growl at the end by Alain (Johnathan Silver) felt so real. I've been that mad before. lol.
And Malva (Samara Naeymi), something about her felt like a perfect fit. She just sounded right, and I'm not sure how else to describe it.
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Pokemon Fan
Knuckle Trainer
The anime has never separated physical attack and special attack stats as far as I know. Basically if a pokemon has a lot of power then so will its attacks, regardless of whether they are physical or special.
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Malva had a great voice here, its too bad such a cool character is so morally ambiguous (admittedly her rather twisted worldview does make her interesting).