One of the complaints towards SM by many is that the battling as a whole has been pretty lethargic. I mean ones like Mother Beast Lusamine and Hapu's Grand Trial were infamously underwhelming. If they barely put the effort into main arc battles, Team Rocket's chances are pretty slim.
Still no reason for lack of a FUNNY rivalry between them and twerps until now (the Pokebase episode was about the only early SM instance they had a funny chemistry together, rather than the twerps being in stock hero mode and oddly losing all their humour value).
As for Mareanie, I'm not sure what evolving would do with her dynamic with James. Similar to Cacnea, they may think the gag works better with Mareanie compact sized. Truthfully I just want to see more times Mareanie appears at all.
Still no reason for lack of a FUNNY rivalry between them and twerps until now (the Pokebase episode was about the only early SM instance they had a funny chemistry together, rather than the twerps being in stock hero mode and oddly losing all their humour value).
As for Mareanie, I'm not sure what evolving would do with her dynamic with James. Similar to Cacnea, they may think the gag works better with Mareanie compact sized. Truthfully I just want to see more times Mareanie appears at all.
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