I'll admit I'm not sure why we need battle gimmicks of the Mega/Z/Dynamax variety. In fact, now that I think of it, wouldn't it have been better for GF to ignore the G4 outcry over Tangrowth et al. and keep bolstering previous generation critters? (What was the reasoning of the complaints, anyway? At least, in terms of anything that wasn't fixed by Platinum.) Megas, Z-moves, and Dynamax seem...flashy, for the most part. Not something I'm fond of. (How exciting does a game need to be, anyway? I know I wonder if "exciting" and "brain-stimulating" might vary inversely with each other. I don't think anyone's going to call chess exciting.)