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brbigdogg

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So in the 3rd generation, they added contest to start a side story for the new co-star. This continued in the 4th generation but in the 5th generation do you think it will have something new. Yes or no and if so what you think they will have. I think they will have pokemon dance contests or pokemon karokees

p.s. how do you make polls
 
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I don't think there will be something new. However, if there is, I'd say Breeding Contests. I doubt that, though.
 
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I expect a new type of competition fifth generation:

1st - Battling
2nd - Nothing (breeding's introduced but not competitive)
3rd - Contests
4th - Nothing
5 - ...

Instead of replacing an old aspect with a new aspect they can have each member of the main group do a competition next time around (Battling/Contests/Whatever). Like Contests it'll probably be something that we at least thought about before, or was shown before, but wasn't an official type of competition at the time.
 
GameFreak has done all they can with Contests. In the games they upgraded them into Super Contests but there's no where else you can take that.

In terms of the anime, watching two girly girl coordinators do the same goal is enough. Between May and Dawn they would have shown us all aspects of the Contest arc and there's really no place else you can take it past them. We don't need to see a third girly girl coordinator pop up for gen 5 and do the same thing a third time.

I think we will get something new but I won't guess what it is.
 
brbigdogg said:
p.s. how do you make polls
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After the box for the post, the page continues down to "additional options" (not present while I'm typing this because this is just a typical post, and not a thread), and you should see "poll options".

Hope that helps.

~C_L~
 
If they brought back contests for another generation, that wouldn't be a big problem...but it's not the best idea to do. They wouldn't be able to add more stuff to them, or if they were able to, it would be just minor stuff that is not going to be any huge difference.
 
I think we will get something new but I won't guess what it is.
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Hmmm ...

They showcased racing a lot in the anime. In Johto they added that riding device that made it possible to use Pokemon smaller than the Trainer to race. Just like the elements in the gym they can have the characters race through different types of terrain, so they'll have to raise a Team diverse enough to travel across as many different types of terrain as possible.

In the games, well, they could do it a lot of ways. They can program each attack to have a specific effect in a race that can either improve your own Pokemon's condition or hinder your opponents. They could use natures to determine what berries to feed to raise a Pokemon's stamina (like how far they can go before getting tired), or the newfound characteristics given from IVs to make Pokemon behave differently.

I thought Stamina because Pokemon Trainer's Pokemon are the only characters to have this 'hidden trait' in Brawl which seems unusual since Stamina itself doesn't exist in Pokemon ... yet.
 
Remember that battling is an essential part of Pokemon. The Contests in the games have no battles, but the writers figured Contests would be too boring if all they had was appeals.

Funnily enough, the battle portion of Contests usually tend to be the most popular part of it, and generally the writers write them as standard battles and forget they're point based half the time.

The writers knew Contests had to have a battling segment to keep people interested, so a new goal most likely has to have something battle oriented in it as well.
 
Arguably the 'judging round' of the games could have been the battling section in those Contests since your Pokemon's attacks could be used to distract or otherwise hinder your opponents. They just took the idea and jazzed it up when transferring it to the anime.

The 'visual' portion in the games was just plain boring; completely dependent on a numerical stat based on the berries that you crush outside of said contest. Even when you could dress up your Pokemon it seemed you can slap flower petals and sparkles on it to get high marks. That Dawn dressed up, not her Pokemon, just takes away from any potential that portion could have had.

One thing I wished they kept from that portion was the 'theme' that they introduced in Super Contests. Instead of practicing roughly the same type of appeal over and over Dawn would have to come up with a number of appeals to fit the theme. Little shows your skills better than standing out from the crowd when you're all trying to accomplish the same thing.

Dancing ... well ... I'm glad they didn't use that.
 
I am hoping they do what An00bis said, have one girl do contests than maybe do some thing else for Brock. Than it could be Gyms/Contests/Breeders thing. I like that idea a lot that way they could keep contests in there but do some thing different so people won't get bored.
 
The battles will stay, and maybe the contests too, but they will add something new IMO. I'm sure the writers aren't that stupid.
 
i think where contests have gone as far as they can they should have again a boy aka ash and a girl. both doing contests, but have a new twists on completetion to enter the pokemon league. like have across the regions competitions, like a fishing contests where the trainers have to go a capture a spacific pokemon, a maze through a cave formation where you have to use you pokemon to help you locate a spacific gem in the game, breed a pokemon with at least 2 breeding moves taught to the baby pokemon, ect..... then when they arrive at the league they show there badges but also the have to show the items/pokemon they had to get/capture.
 
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They should put somethin like Pokemon races in the next one.
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I remember that there's already one in the early episodes, if I'm not wrong Ash won the race with a Rapidash.

Also there's a gym in Orange Islands where Ash has to race with the gym leader with their pokemon.

Sadly the writer hardly ever write about pokemon competitions other than gyms and contests, espcially after the Kanto episodes. They should've continue to write about Pokemon races plus other competitons such as the Whirl Cup in Hoenn.
 
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i think where contests have gone as far as they can they should have again a boy aka ash and a girl. both doing contests, but have a new twists on completetion to enter the pokemon league. like have across the regions competitions, like a fishing contests where the trainers have to go a capture a spacific pokemon, a maze through a cave formation where you have to use you pokemon to help you locate a spacific gem in the game, breed a pokemon with at least 2 breeding moves taught to the baby pokemon, ect..... then when they arrive at the league they show there badges but also the have to show the items/pokemon they had to get/capture.
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I'd love it if Ash was in both contests and gyms if that's what you meant? I liked it when he did contests.
 
Racing is a brilliant idea! And so is this thread, because I actually have something good to contribute
Unfortunately, it doesn't translate well into the game. The only way it would work would to be by experience (which is stupid) or having a real judge to judge. Yes, it's a contest, but a different take at them

You're given a camera and your goal is to take shots of Pokemon's attacks and attack collisions like two hyperbeams

Maybe the art can be judged on how rare/long the attack takes to learn. Or how much power a pokemon uses. That can determine what the attack looks like and how strong the colors are.

back to the anime - so the trainer takes pictures of her Pokemon attacking or of a battle she sees. She may/may not have to note the Pokemon using the attack. But in the end she goes to a contest place and submits her finest/chosen photo and the photoes will be rated by effect - artsy, pretty, colorful, bright, etc. Those elements could be used in the game too.

Gosh, I'm brainstorming in my own post. Weird.
I actually want to do fanart of it now. OMG
 
I like Neptune's idea for a filler arch or saga; it's like a scavenger hunt.

I remember that there's already one in the early episodes, if I'm not wrong Ash won the race with a Rapidash.
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There were a lot of racing episodes. They way they were evolving the idea around the end of Johto made me think it would be implemented soon. The races in Johto made it possible to use a Pokemon much smaller than the trainer (Ash used Bayleaf in the show and Totodile in Movie 5's intro).

You're given a camera and your goal is to take shots of Pokemon's attacks and attack collisions like two hyperbeams
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Completely random thought but Pokemon Snap 2 would be awesome on the Wii.

That idea could work in conjunction with having a Coordinator around; take pictures of their best appeals and battle moves. You can even have a Coordinator do that for an interesting twist. Not only would they have to appeal but they'd have to explain how they accomplished the task.

It's more interesting than like ... generic ice sculpture just because, at least.
 
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