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October 21st: PM2019 129 - The Finals I: Torrent

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AJ97

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It's a game rule, but was it ever mentioned in the show?

During XY, both Sawyer and Alain had 2 Pokemon who could mega (Salamence & Sceptile/Metagross & Charizard), but the situations where they used both only came up during the Kalos League. I don't think anyone else relevant had multiple mega-possible Pokemon + Mega Stones weren't exactly easily obtainable in the show (unless you're Audino but we don't talk about that episode). My in-universe headcanon says the Kalos League might have had rules against multiple Megas, but the real reason probably was to emulate the games. That being said, I don't want to watch all of XY again to figure out if they explicitly said anything.
The bar for Mega Evolution in the anime was that you need to have the closest bond/trust with this Pokemon (Outside of having the appropriate Mega Stone). So it was less likely for someone (Outside of MC) to have a deep relationship with everyone single pokemon on his team.
TL;DR: unless anyone wants to go back and find a clip of someone explicitly mentioning 1 per battle for DMax, I still think it's a possibility. + As you said, it would be unfair if Leon only has 2; I'm down for the anime to break the game rules to balance things out.
Makes no sense. If that were the case, Cynthia and Lance would've simply dynamaxed the entire team.
 

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Gooo Dawn. This might be a bit of a reach but is it possible somebody else is coming to watch with them? If you notice, there is a big gap between Chloe and whoever she’s sitting by.
I can't believe they are pulling a spiderman there
 

Rohanator

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You can only Dynamax your Pokemon once per battle. Dynamax Pokemon will return to normal after three turns. During your playthrough of Pokemon Sword and Shield, your trainer will receive a Dynamax Band. Only trainers who possess a Dynamax Band are able to Dynamx their Pokemon.

Perhaps I have to replay the games but this what I got. I don’t even remember Dynamaxing multiple times in the Gyms.
Yea that's why I said in the anime, hello? Game rules only matter if the writers want them to matter, and if it's convenient for the story they'll likely ignore them.

And if they DO insist on following game logic then I guess they can have Leon use Eternatus revive his Dynamax band or something lol
 

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The animation actually looks really good. I'm allowing myself just a tiny dose of Hopium.
I will hope with you. LET'S HOPE
Sure, Cinderace can still GMax with that and retain the type change, but then that's putting a lot of focus on this rabbit when Mr. Great Blaze is the main target here.
Well Pikachu will probably beat it and Gengar will job probably lol, it is getting swept by Inteleon and Mr Rime
 

doofinc

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Makes no sense. If that were the case, Cynthia and Lance would've simply dynamaxed the entire team.
Except those fights had the explicit restriction of 1 gimmick/battle + we're speculating on what happens on Leon's side if that restriction is being lifted for Ash vs Leon?
 

Sham

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Yea that's why I said in the anime, hello? Game rules only matter if the writers want them to matter, and if it's convenient for the story they'll likely ignore them.

And if they DO insist on following game logic then I guess they can have Leon use Eternatus revive his Dynamax band or something lol
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Yeah one Dymamax per battle has only been mentioned as a man made rule in the anime
Which I’m assuming you thought originated in the anime and not something actually verified in the games but yeah. I highly doubt if you can Dynamax multiple times, Cynthia would have did the same thing to her ace and even out the playing field with Mega Lucario. And that wouldn’t conflict with the rules because it says you can only use one gimmick not how many times. It’s likely impossible
 

AJ97

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Except those fights had the explicit restriction of 1 gimmick/battle + we're speculating on what happens on Leon's side if that restriction is being lifted for Ash vs Leon?
In your comment, you talk about Dynamax in particular. Whether the rules state that contestants are allowed to only use 1 variation in terms of gimmicks (So in essence, can use Multiple Mega Evolutions, Dynamaxes etc"..
This isn't the case.
 

masdog

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In your comment, you talk about Dynamax in particular. Whether the rules state that contestants are allowed to only use 1 variation in terms of gimmicks (So in essence, can use Multiple Mega Evolutions, Dynamaxes etc"..
This isn't the case.
I think the point is what happens if the rules are dropped. Is game logic followed where you can only Dynamax/Gigantimax once in battle? Or can you continue to use that gimmick if there aren't any rules preventing it.

Like in the Alola League finals - it required the Tapus to recharge both Ash and Kukui's ability to use Z-moves before the Pikachu/Tapu Koko battle. Is there a similar limiting factor here where Leon would need to use Eternatus to refill his Dynamax band?
 

doofinc

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What lead me to come to this conclusion (and this is just speculation), is that while Lance Dynamaxed as a his last resort Pokémon, Cynthia didn’t. She purposely placed a bet and Dynaxed Togekiss instead of Garchomp and didn’t even use it to advantage with Garchomp, her ace. So I’m assuming she had to pick only one.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying here, but I don't see why she couldn't have used Dynamax Garchomp instead of Dynamax Togekiss (she just didn't). 1 gimmick/battle rule was still in place for Ash/Cynthia. For the record, whenever I say 1 gimmick, I mean 1 instance of the gimmick i.e. only 1 DMax, not sure if that clears things up.
 

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Hey wait a minute.

If Leon had an Inteleon this whole time...

Why the hell did they bring in a random CotD to debut it in that Sobble - In - Possible episode???

They could just used Leon's Inteleon and pretty much everything would've gone exactly the same.

Hell it would've been better because then there would've be actual build up for more members of Leon's team!
How dare you accuse the showrunners of having foresight and doing this little thing we call 'planning ahead'!
 

Sham

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Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying here, but I don't see why she couldn't have used Dynamax Garchomp instead of Dynamax Togekiss (she just didn't). 1 gimmick/battle rule was still in place for Ash/Cynthia. For the record, whenever I say 1 gimmick, I mean 1 instance of the gimmick i.e. only 1 DMax, not sure if that clears things up.
Oh. I mean I took the “each trainer can utilize bla bla bla” of what they can do and not how many times they can do it.

And also I wasn’t saying she couldn’t have Dynamaxed Garchomp. I was saying that if it was possible to Dynamax both of them, she most likely wouldn’t have sent her ace flat out there instead utilizing it again to give her a chance of winning.

But most of this is just speculation. I just assumed the Dynamax band wouldn’t allow you to do something that quickly and instead need time to time back in
 

AJ97

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I think the point is what happens if the rules are dropped. Is game logic followed where you can only Dynamax/Gigantimax once in battle? Or can you continue to use that gimmick if there aren't any rules preventing it.

Like in the Alola League finals - it required the Tapus to recharge both Ash and Kukui's ability to use Z-moves before the Pikachu/Tapu Koko battle. Is there a similar limiting factor here where Leon would need to use Eternatus to refill his Dynamax band?
I think it's a given that trainers can only G-Max/Dynamax once per battle. The only exception would be the Eternatus scenario you listed. (Leon managed to figure out a way to use Multiple G-Maxes etc"). Could be a reason why they did the whole Eternatus episode with him before his match against Ash.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying here, but I don't see why she couldn't have used Dynamax Garchomp instead of Dynamax Togekiss (she just didn't). 1 gimmick/battle rule was still in place for Ash/Cynthia. For the record, whenever I say 1 gimmick, I mean 1 instance of the gimmick i.e. only 1 DMax, not sure if that clears things up.
Sham basically trying to add comments to diminish Ash's victory over Cynthia and make Iris seem better lmao..
 
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