I literally do not care if Dragonite battles ever again. OLM could make a whole 52 episode spinoff series where every episode is just Dragonite hugging someone or something for the entire half hour, and I would be happy.
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Pocket Monsters (2019) Speculation Thread
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ImBeVillain
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hey guys, what if Lucario learned a Magnet Rise in offscreen? Cause this is a electric move and notice this title of this episode is "Super Electromagnetic Hyper Class Battle".
Electromagnetic - Magnet Rise...
Sounds suspicious?
Electromagnetic - Magnet Rise...
Sounds suspicious?
Mythical-Moonlight
I just ran, I ran all Night and Day ~
I love Dragonite but I really hope Ash doesn't use it in the Volkner battle
It's already gotten it's time to shine twice
Lucario and Gengar still need some big wins
It's already gotten it's time to shine twice
Lucario and Gengar still need some big wins
Dragonsoldier77
Bittersweet Satisfaction
or the tittle is just referring to volkner’s name.
PsychoLogical
Black and White, Yin and Yang, Light and Dark.
Yeeee.... Gengar and Lucario need some time now. Tho I expect that Pikachu is gonna be used unfortunately cause why tf not.
ImBeVillain
No more six members
Very possibly, writers very often refer titles to anything else.
PsychoLogical
Black and White, Yin and Yang, Light and Dark.
More like it’s the case. This isn’t rocket science m8.
Welcome to the Tomiyasu era.
ChampioN-Trainer-BriaN
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Next time Lucario battles Bea will have a type disadvantage ! 
I hope its Gengar's time to shine next.
I hope its Gengar's time to shine next.
Locormus
Can we please get the older, old forum back?
The Tinkerer is literally a Spidey Villain. The Filterer isn't that far off.. xD
It's not mean. I never wanted Ash to instantly get loaded with powerhouses. I'm sorry, but I kinda miss the AG/DP-days when the team would grow and develop along with Ash throughout the region. I mean BW handled the majority of evolutions terribly, XY had Hawlucha and Goodra forced quite soon (and again ditched Goodra soon after) so you only felt that with Talonflame and Greninja. SM was a joke, but I guess it gave Ash's pokemon enough character to care about when something did happen (Lycanroc and Torracat in particular).
Honestly having a Dragonite, Gengar and Lucario so soon in the series caused me to disconnect.
aipomadvanceshipper
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Everything is done off screen now. Ash should be using his team more they need more development
Kungfu-Bear
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Looks like Ash's Lucario is probably a monster at this point. It always bothered me how a baby Pokémon that has just hatched from its egg only took a few 'weeks' of training to go head-to-head with the main Pokémon of one of the world's top-ranked trainers. Even if they showed his training on screen (and they actually did, some of it), I would find it hard to believe that would be so easily possible, unless idk, Pikachu had left Grapploct much more injured than he actually was in that battle.
Almighty Zard
He has returned.
Thing is if it was another trainer there wouldn't be a problem, but when you constantly do it with the same guy for 5 gens in a row, (Kanto and Jouto weren't resets) it gets boring.
Hoenn was no better off than Kalos or Alola, Ash pretty much ran through all 3 of those regions with 4 pokemon, sure he got six by the time of the league, but the teams never felt complete, and the remaining 2 members felt like they were just there for the sake of team completion
they are pokemon that reflect what Ash's skill should be when he's not getting slammed by the reset button.
To be honest i'm also hoping Pikachu sits out the upcoming hyper class battle unless they plan on having it go and have it beat Luxray, since it already beat Electivire, and we've seen it beat a Jolteon in the past.
I know some would like to see how it fares against Volkner's Raichu, but considering it didn't get to finish fighting Visquez's they might as well hold off another Pikachu vs Raichu battle until Ash fights Surge.
For me, I have legitimately never cared about whether or not Ash's team reflects what his actual skill is. Nothing against Ash. He's one of my favorite characters in the franchise, but as I've stated previously, I do NOT care about the humans of this franchise nearly as much as everyone else.
For me, the trade-off has always been the stories and character arcs of Ash's Pokémon. Those make it all worth it. Charizard's obedience. Bayleaf's love of Ash. Sceptile's broken heart. Snorunt's Ice Beam. Literally everything to do with Chimchar. Gligar learning to battle and gaining confidence. Aipom and Buizel learning they're more compatible with each other's Trainers. Gible's Draco Meteor. And so on and so forth. That's what I care more about than anything else.
By giving Ash Pokémon that are already fully evolved or evolving in a shorter span of time without giving them an obvious character arc to follow and develop, Pokémon Journeys sacrifices ALL of that.
For me, the trade-off has always been the stories and character arcs of Ash's Pokémon. Those make it all worth it. Charizard's obedience. Bayleaf's love of Ash. Sceptile's broken heart. Snorunt's Ice Beam. Literally everything to do with Chimchar. Gligar learning to battle and gaining confidence. Aipom and Buizel learning they're more compatible with each other's Trainers. Gible's Draco Meteor. And so on and so forth. That's what I care more about than anything else.
By giving Ash Pokémon that are already fully evolved or evolving in a shorter span of time without giving them an obvious character arc to follow and develop, Pokémon Journeys sacrifices ALL of that.
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Yveltal91057
It’s Kalos season!
I can see Ash using Quilava, Rowlet and Oshawott for PLA promotion at some point this year.
Almighty Zard
He has returned.
Well some people do like them, but to each there own.
You only mention a handful for what it's worth, and even then not all were hits, alot were misses.
Yet despite this, they still got used in what their original owners professions were, more so with Aipom.
Not everyone was a fan of the trade either, especially since in the end, Dawn got shortchanged since Ambipom ended up leaving her.
I look back on this one as both a hit and a miss because while Gible was a nice addition and a first dragon to Ash, but the fact that they spammed Draco meteor so much made it feel to me like they only gave it to Ash to promote that attack, because there only a couple of times where Ash was not training it to use that move, i perfer pokemon to be abit more free than that when it comes to training, which is one of the reasons i don't mind the off-screen training that started with unova.
Look I like seeing characterization in pokemon too, but I also care more for seeing pokemon battle than anything else, because that is my personal preference to watching the show.
but that's what things boil down to, what you like watching the show for, and agree to disagree on things.
I wouldn't mind this, but i want them to evolve if they come back...meaing Rowlet needs to let go of the stone.
desdar300
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I feel like this is a series were both camps take an L because it's Pokemon are kind of OneNote and aside from Pikachu and maybe Dragonite they hardly ever get a chance to shine and battle especially with how sparse the matches are.
He has Pokemon that reflect his skills maybe but they're essentially in the background most of the time.
Mythical-Moonlight
I just ran, I ran all Night and Day ~
The anime seemed to have a personal vendetta against Decidueye. I doubt Rowlet will ever evolve
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