Pocket Monsters (2019) Speculation Thread

[Durrendal]

Guys, I have forgotten but has May made an apperance yet in Journeys? If so, what episode?

 

[Rikerran]

Yes, let's act like we know all about the region from a game that hasn't released and that it's SV's job to fix Journeys' mistakes.

The same boring routine we sat through for 20+ years when both BW and XY proved there's no place to take that formula anymore? XY was a good enough sendoff to the old formula and even then it had flaws.

 

[wellwellwells]

Guys, I have forgotten but has May made an apperance yet in Journeys? If so, what episode?

May had a cameo in the Serena return episode, though it wa wonky mentioned and seen statically when Wallace remembered the Wallace Cup. It was also implied that the costume Chloe used for the performance was hers.
Other than that, she won’t appear in a prominent way as her seiyuu retired due to health issues.

 

[Rikerran]

Guys, I have forgotten but has May made an apperance yet in Journeys? If so, what episode?

A 3 second flashback. She's basically the least relevant female companion of the series now.

 

[shinydracovish]

Where's the post about Alain being in Masters 8?

 

[Durrendal]

May had a cameo in the Serena return episode, though it wa wonky mentioned and seen statically when Wallace remembered the Wallace Cup. It was also implied that the costume Chloe used for the performance was hers.
Other than that, she won’t appear in a prominent way as her seiyuu retired due to health issues.

A 3 second flashback. She's basically the least relevant female companion of the series now.

I really liked May back when I was a kid. Wish she'd return for a few episodes. Kinda miss that gal in the series. But yeah, I know the anime industry wants to respect the seiyuu and that's admirable, but multigeneration series should look at recasting their seiyuus.

 

[Rikerran]

I really liked May back when I was a kid. Wish she'd return for a few episodes. Kinda miss that gal in the series. But yeah, I know the anime industry wants to respect the seiyuu and that's admirable, but multigeneration series should look at recasting their seiyuus.

After both Dawn and Serena mentored Koharu, there's just no room for her. Iris can be used in the PWC, Misty for Kanto nostalgia, and the Alola girls just whenever Alola is visited. Problem with May is she has nothing to offer storywise so they have no reason to have her appear.

 

[desdar300]

We still have Galar Gym leaders to debut and they can have the rest of the Galar pokemon debut next gen. Also, what's the big deal? Most of next game looks to be open world wild areas, you can't really make too many episodes about that.

It takes a total of 24 hours to beat a Pokemon game and they extend that into a three-year series.
You can make a story about anything if you have enough imagination.

On top of that we don't know anything about scarlett or violet to say otherwise

 

[Rikerran]

It takes a total of 24 hours to beat a Pokemon game and they extend that into a three-year series.
You can make a story about anything if you have enough imagination.

On top of that we don't know anything about scarlett or violet to say otherwise

Difference is if most of the game is designed similar to Legends Arceus it's hard to write Ash into something like that, even if the next game has Gyms. Most of it is based around catching pokemon in the wild which would suit Go however.

 

[Ignition]

It takes a total of 24 hours to beat a Pokemon game and they extend that into a three-year series.
You can make a story about anything if you have enough imagination.

On top of that we don't know anything about scarlett or violet to say otherwise

I’ve said this before but the anime’s biggest strength has always been taking what the games provide and building on to it in a world unrestricted by the limitations of game mechanics.

 

[desdar300]

Difference is if most of the game is designed similar to Legends Arceus it's hard to write Ash into something like that, even if the next game has Gyms. Most of it is based around catching pokemon in the wild which would suit Go however.

This is a series that has built the foundation around the franchise that has lacked any semblance of character or narrative for almost 25 years.

Everything that we know about characters like Brock and Misty are OLM ideas.

Same as the Pokémon saying their names.

They can easily adapt whatever material gamefreak and Nintendo cooks up.

In regards to the galar gym leaders, I say why bother?

They made it clear that this series was focus more on fan service and celebrating the anime as a whole so why regurgitate them for G9?

Bea, , Raihan, and Leon were chosen for PWC purposes and the others are don't matter

 

[Rikerran]

They been writing him into a series based around a video game franchise that historically has never had strong narratives, yet somehow have been doing it for almost 25 years now.

I also have to ask who cares about the other Generation 8 gym leaders by now?

They drew their Line in the Sand by choosing a handful of characters from swsh and based a few of the PWC around them.
They prioritize the 25th anniversary
This is a series that has built the foundation around the franchise that has lacked any semblance of character or narrative for almost 25 years.

Everything that we know about characters like Brock and Misty are OLM ideas.

Same as the Pokémon saying their names.

They can easily adapt whatever material gamefreak and Nintendo cooks up.

In regards to the galar gym leaders, I say why bother?

They made it clear that this series was focus more on fan service and celebrating the anime as a whole so why regurgitate them for G9?

Bea, , Raihan, and Leon were chosen for PWC purposes and the others are don't matter

The other Galar gym leaders like Nessa are very popular. If we don't see them in random fillers by the time this arc ends, it makes me believe the world tour format will continue. They would have thrown them all in by now like Piers even if Ash didn't battle them

 

[desdar300]

The other Galar gym leaders like Nessa are very popular. If we don't see them in random fillers by the time this arc ends, it makes me believe the world tour format will continue. They would have thrown them all in by now like Piers even if Ash didn't battle them

Well unfortunately as the Almighty Zard stated, this wasn't a series based around swsh and Leon and Raihan outrank the rest.

 

[World Turtle]

I say I would prefer a mix regional team that is composed of Pokémon captures from any generation along with bringing back some reserves. Also instead of having just a team of 6 have him actually do rotation that way we can get captures and reserves from more regions.

I am tired of the 6 Pokémon limit when there are just so many fun and interesting options for Ash to get. Especially now when they opened the door to all the regions.

 

[Red and Blue]

If the keep the world tour I hope they give him captures outside of Kanto. And hopefully one of the Spanish starters

 

[Blood Red]

Is it even the same leaker or just another Twitter troll spreading misinformation? Last I recall, she went underground to let the blowback from the Serena episode cool down.

The Alain leak came from the same person, yes.

 

[Decidueye23]

I think Khu has confirmed who the master 8 will be.

 

[Decidueye23]

If the leak is true, i wonder if Ash will battle diantha or alain. Because no way they bring back alain and not let him battle ash.

Also, if they really are bringing alain back, then i really hope we get an Ash greninja vs Mega charizard X.

 

[Master Pikachu 11]

I went a full Gen 9 team since I like watching him raise a team but if they’re going to give him old Pokémon, give him Pokémon we haven’t seen constantly.

What would be your suggestions?

 

[Ali.Frenstein]

Tomorrow is the end of the month. We should get the titles for May 20 and May 27 episodes very soon.