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Rank each series
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Xuxuba
Well-Known Member
1. OS Kanto (for the humour and originality) and XY (for the plot, character development and action).
2. AG and DP (for the good development of May and Dawn, plus it had some really good moments, although it had some really bad ones too, like Thunder armor, most of BF fillers and the huge and boring gap between gyms in DP).
3. BW (bc of the bad plot overall and also the ability to f*** up with some of the most important battles) , OS Johto (cuz of the absurd amount of fillers) and SM (bc of the underveloped cast, lackluster battles and the bad character design).
2. AG and DP (for the good development of May and Dawn, plus it had some really good moments, although it had some really bad ones too, like Thunder armor, most of BF fillers and the huge and boring gap between gyms in DP).
3. BW (bc of the bad plot overall and also the ability to f*** up with some of the most important battles) , OS Johto (cuz of the absurd amount of fillers) and SM (bc of the underveloped cast, lackluster battles and the bad character design).
Almighty Zard
He has returned.
BW and SM are dead last imo, the latter even more so than the former.
ash&charizardfan
Humans are tools
AG
XY
DP
SM
OS
BW
XY
DP
SM
OS
BW
Pokegirl Fan~
Liko>>>>>Ash
1. AG-didnt care for the first couple of years, but the Battle Frontier saves it for me. It also has the best continuity.
2. DP-Mostly because of Dawn. Paul was ok too.
3. OS-mostly because of the first series, which was entertaining to watch. Johto drags the series down for me though with those cotd Team Rocket fillers.
4. SM-I love seeing Ash getting hit and stuff, the companions are entertaining, and Lillie is my favorite character of the series. Team Rocket is also pretty much non-existent.
5. BW-Awful series, it showed us that Ash has become completely pointless as the main character and it's been made clear that he'll never win a league or be written off. Also the banning of 2 certain episodes as well as the art style redesign of Ash brought this series down for me. The good thing about this series is Iris and her interactions with other characters including Dawn.
6. XY-the worst of all the series imo. I didn't like Ash's redesign for this series either and his screen hogging was at an all time high here. It doesn't help that he was praised by everyone to the point where it became obnoxious. Team Rocket and the filler episodes were at their absolute worst here and the companions were the worst out of all of Ash's companions, particularly Serena, who became such a disappointment to me with the way she was treated throughout the series.
2. DP-Mostly because of Dawn. Paul was ok too.
3. OS-mostly because of the first series, which was entertaining to watch. Johto drags the series down for me though with those cotd Team Rocket fillers.
4. SM-I love seeing Ash getting hit and stuff, the companions are entertaining, and Lillie is my favorite character of the series. Team Rocket is also pretty much non-existent.
5. BW-Awful series, it showed us that Ash has become completely pointless as the main character and it's been made clear that he'll never win a league or be written off. Also the banning of 2 certain episodes as well as the art style redesign of Ash brought this series down for me. The good thing about this series is Iris and her interactions with other characters including Dawn.
6. XY-the worst of all the series imo. I didn't like Ash's redesign for this series either and his screen hogging was at an all time high here. It doesn't help that he was praised by everyone to the point where it became obnoxious. Team Rocket and the filler episodes were at their absolute worst here and the companions were the worst out of all of Ash's companions, particularly Serena, who became such a disappointment to me with the way she was treated throughout the series.
Almighty Zard
He has returned.
The reason why I rank SM last, is because of several things. I get that deviating from a standard formula and trying something new might seem good at first, but if you can't execute it right then it falls apart
1. I do not like the fact that traveling has been omitted, yes they have episodes where they go to other islands, but it doesn't have the same feel as Ash traveling through a normal region, I get that alola is smaller considering it's island based, but would it have killed them to let Ash actually travel around on the routes from the games rather than taking a "base" formula with the school? Also I know someone is bound to bring up Jouto or sinnoh and how many fillers those regions had, but not all fillers were bad, I personally enjoyed some of the late jouto fillers.
2. There are too many human characters, in somewhat of a reverse of unova (Where Ash got too many pokemon) and they don't exactly know what to focus on, other than Lana (who has her bubble dream) and does want to focus on it, but what about the others? Yes Kiawe is a good battler, and yes Lillie is knowledgeable about things, but they don't seem to be committed to a goal like Ash or Lana, it makes it hard to be interested in them because of that.
3. Somewhat of a continuation, because of their being too many human characters, Ash and by extension his pokemon are suffering as a result in the developmental department, Ash is still a competent battler which is good, but since Pikachu and Lycanroc have gotten much of the attention until recently, it really hurts Rowlet and Torracat's development, evolution or not, they should not have waited this long to focus on his main team members to be development when we're in the final stages of the region, but this leads to problem 4.
4. Why give Ash something he's not going to keep, he didn't need to get Nebby (in sun and moon flutes were used to change nebby into the legendary, not the Tapu's) and Poipole was just as bad if not worse since Ash actually caught it, and who knows if his recent obtainment will be permanent (I pray that it is) if the upcoming league is going to have full battles, the writers really need to figure out what their going to do since it seems like all outs at this point lead to bad writing by the perspective of one person's opinion or another.
Final Point: I also don't like how battles are not as prevalent in this series, this might sound cold, but pokemon were created to fight each other, and while I don't expect high intensity all the time, you'd think we'd get at least some of that this region, but we hardly get any at all.
I can only hope when gen 8 gets here, they go back to the formula they used in the past, I am not going to shame this series for trying something new, but at the same time, I feel this region has taken too many liberties that it hurts more than helps.
1. I do not like the fact that traveling has been omitted, yes they have episodes where they go to other islands, but it doesn't have the same feel as Ash traveling through a normal region, I get that alola is smaller considering it's island based, but would it have killed them to let Ash actually travel around on the routes from the games rather than taking a "base" formula with the school? Also I know someone is bound to bring up Jouto or sinnoh and how many fillers those regions had, but not all fillers were bad, I personally enjoyed some of the late jouto fillers.
2. There are too many human characters, in somewhat of a reverse of unova (Where Ash got too many pokemon) and they don't exactly know what to focus on, other than Lana (who has her bubble dream) and does want to focus on it, but what about the others? Yes Kiawe is a good battler, and yes Lillie is knowledgeable about things, but they don't seem to be committed to a goal like Ash or Lana, it makes it hard to be interested in them because of that.
3. Somewhat of a continuation, because of their being too many human characters, Ash and by extension his pokemon are suffering as a result in the developmental department, Ash is still a competent battler which is good, but since Pikachu and Lycanroc have gotten much of the attention until recently, it really hurts Rowlet and Torracat's development, evolution or not, they should not have waited this long to focus on his main team members to be development when we're in the final stages of the region, but this leads to problem 4.
4. Why give Ash something he's not going to keep, he didn't need to get Nebby (in sun and moon flutes were used to change nebby into the legendary, not the Tapu's) and Poipole was just as bad if not worse since Ash actually caught it, and who knows if his recent obtainment will be permanent (I pray that it is) if the upcoming league is going to have full battles, the writers really need to figure out what their going to do since it seems like all outs at this point lead to bad writing by the perspective of one person's opinion or another.
Final Point: I also don't like how battles are not as prevalent in this series, this might sound cold, but pokemon were created to fight each other, and while I don't expect high intensity all the time, you'd think we'd get at least some of that this region, but we hardly get any at all.
I can only hope when gen 8 gets here, they go back to the formula they used in the past, I am not going to shame this series for trying something new, but at the same time, I feel this region has taken too many liberties that it hurts more than helps.
UltimateNinja
Praying for the holy relics
DP>BF>XY>AG Hoenn>>SM=OI>>BW=OS Kanto>OS Johto
PokemonBattleFanatic-
Hardcore Paul Fan
1.AG
-The best Ash (Hoenn)
-Really good battles
-Ash's Sceptile
-Ash's Swellow
-Ash's Glalie
-Ash's Pikachu (Hoenn-Battle Frontier Pre Brandon Battle)
-Battle Frontier
-Ever Grande Conference
-Gym Battles
-Drew
-Harley
-Contests
-Kanto Grand Festival
-Hoenn Grand Festival
2.DP
-Paul
-Paul's Pokemon
-The best battles
-Lily of the Valley Conference
-Gym Battles
-Ash/Paul Rivalry
-Ash vs Paul Lake Acuity Battle
-Chimchar Storyline
-Hearthome City Tag Battle Tournament
-Barry
-Reggie
-Hunter J
-Team Galactic
-Elite Four
3.OS
-Ash's Charizard
-The Humor (Kanto)
-COTD/Filler (Kanto)
-Silver Conference (Johto)
-Ash
-Gary
-Brock
-Misty
-Team Rocket (Kanto)
-Ash's Bulbasaur
-Ash's Squirtle
-Ash's Snorlax
4.XY
-Alain's Charizard
-Great Animation
-Mega Evolution
-Really good battles
-Gym Battles
-Lumiose Conference
5.BW
-The Mini Tournaments (Club Battle/Clubsplosion/Junior Cup)
-Georgia
-Trip (Poor Man's Paul)
-Cilan
6.SM
-Gladion
-The best Ash (Hoenn)
-Really good battles
-Ash's Sceptile
-Ash's Swellow
-Ash's Glalie
-Ash's Pikachu (Hoenn-Battle Frontier Pre Brandon Battle)
-Battle Frontier
-Ever Grande Conference
-Gym Battles
-Drew
-Harley
-Contests
-Kanto Grand Festival
-Hoenn Grand Festival
2.DP
-Paul
-Paul's Pokemon
-The best battles
-Lily of the Valley Conference
-Gym Battles
-Ash/Paul Rivalry
-Ash vs Paul Lake Acuity Battle
-Chimchar Storyline
-Hearthome City Tag Battle Tournament
-Barry
-Reggie
-Hunter J
-Team Galactic
-Elite Four
3.OS
-Ash's Charizard
-The Humor (Kanto)
-COTD/Filler (Kanto)
-Silver Conference (Johto)
-Ash
-Gary
-Brock
-Misty
-Team Rocket (Kanto)
-Ash's Bulbasaur
-Ash's Squirtle
-Ash's Snorlax
4.XY
-Alain's Charizard
-Great Animation
-Mega Evolution
-Really good battles
-Gym Battles
-Lumiose Conference
5.BW
-The Mini Tournaments (Club Battle/Clubsplosion/Junior Cup)
-Georgia
-Trip (Poor Man's Paul)
-Cilan
6.SM
-Gladion
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Peter Harrison
Well-Known Member
1. DP/ Diamond and Pearl ( My favourite series)
2. AG
3. XY
4 BW
5: SM
6. OS
2. AG
3. XY
4 BW
5: SM
6. OS
Razor Claw
Active Member
DP
AG
OS
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SM
XY
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BW
AG
OS
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SM
XY
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BW
Razor Claw
Active Member
Same here. I’ve seen every episode of OS, AG, and DP, and missed several since. I’m like Team Rocket, haha
maartjeverhoef
Banned
Every series has its strengths and flaws so it's gonna be a close one:
SM>AG>OS>XY>DP>BW
SM>AG>OS>XY>DP>BW
PorcelainVulpix
currently watching LOK
1. Original Series (Indigo League and Johto)
- Kanto was the goat for humor and entertainment
- If you actually sort through Johto’s fillers, you find some great ones
- Will we ever get savage Ash back? Please?
- Misty and Brock!!!
- Nothing beats the OG trio’s chemistry. Nothing.
- Gary mf Oak
2. Sun and Moon
- Lana
- Kiawe, Mallow and Lillie too
- Ash actually has a personality again
- The continuity!!!!!!
- It’s a nice change of pace
3. Diamond and Pearl
- Dawn is best girl
- Has any rival ever compared to Paul?
- We have to protect Barry at all costs
- Best contest arc, best female arc in general
- Hunter J was the best Poke ani villain of all time
- Good battles
-Admit it, you had a soft spot for chimchar
4. Advanced Generation
- I just want y’all to know I HATE ranking AG this low because I really did enjoy it
-Ash was still entertaining
-May!!!
-Drew and Harley!!!!
-I just loved the Hoenn region
-The introduction of contests
5. Best Wishes
- Iris. She deserves better from y’all
- Cilan
- Um..that’s all but like I said Iris deserves better
6. XY
- What does XY even stand for?
- Clemont is cool
- Good battles
- That’s all. That’s literally all I got
- Kanto was the goat for humor and entertainment
- If you actually sort through Johto’s fillers, you find some great ones
- Will we ever get savage Ash back? Please?
- Misty and Brock!!!
- Nothing beats the OG trio’s chemistry. Nothing.
- Gary mf Oak
2. Sun and Moon
- Lana
- Kiawe, Mallow and Lillie too
- Ash actually has a personality again
- The continuity!!!!!!
- It’s a nice change of pace
3. Diamond and Pearl
- Dawn is best girl
- Has any rival ever compared to Paul?
- We have to protect Barry at all costs
- Best contest arc, best female arc in general
- Hunter J was the best Poke ani villain of all time
- Good battles
-Admit it, you had a soft spot for chimchar
4. Advanced Generation
- I just want y’all to know I HATE ranking AG this low because I really did enjoy it
-Ash was still entertaining
-May!!!
-Drew and Harley!!!!
-I just loved the Hoenn region
-The introduction of contests
5. Best Wishes
- Iris. She deserves better from y’all
- Cilan
- Um..that’s all but like I said Iris deserves better
6. XY
- What does XY even stand for?
- Clemont is cool
- Good battles
- That’s all. That’s literally all I got
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janejane6178
Kaleido Star FOREVER in my heart <3
Thanks for posting this. I agree with every word.
As to my rank:
XY > DP> BW>AG>OS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SM