admittedly, yeah fully non-battle moments aren't as fluid, but I'd still put them above most non-battle scenes from BW and before, partially due to the style being less blocky (or JN for that matter even if that one isn't blocky either). Plus it does have quite a few good ones:
Example 1
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Also this reminded me how hype XYZ ep 1 was back on the day......and also that I wish we had sakugabooru embeds here
Instead it was doubly as good.Journey animation wish it was half as good as this.
I just didn't like the whole "it was all my fault" plotline. Like it's really easy to screw those up, and they did that with alainSaid it in another thread but the "XY Ash is a battlebot" comments are always nonsense and just show people don't actually watch the show.
I also think the Mega Evolution Specials and Alain are overrated. Only real standout episode was the blatant ORAS promotion but the last one is ok.
Speaking of, I like Alain as a character but he is far from a good Ash's rival, he was not even interested in the league and had significantly less rivalry development than Sawyer.I just didn't like the whole "it was all my fault" plotline. Like it's really easy to screw those up, and they did that with alain
Because if I remember clearly. It wasn't even his fault. He had absolutely nothing to do with chespin coma incident. He just randomly blaming himself in some vague "if I was stronger" bull that the audience is supposed to get invested in. It felt so needlessly edgy
Alain feels like what people criticize Ash for being in XY
Eh na I'd disagree, esp with BW. Im not saying XYZ didn't have it's incredible moments outside of battles sometimes but still but as a whole overall it really felt janky, esp during so many of its fillers which were also just plain boring at times too. BW to me always felt much more expressive.admittedly, yeah fully non-battle moments aren't as fluid, but I'd still put them above most non-battle scenes from BW and before, partially due to the style being less blocky (or JN for that matter even if that one isn't blocky either). Plus it does have quite a few good ones:
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Also this reminded me how hype XYZ ep 1 was back on the day......and also that I wish we had sakugabooru embeds here
Atleast they were watching Iris match. Poor Burgundy, Cameron and Virgil didn't even get thatAlder and Trip should've gotten appearances during Journeys at some point. It's kinda odd that Wallace and every other main rival got an appearance and they were just left in the dust
Said it in another thread but the "XY Ash is a battlebot" comments are always nonsense and just show people don't actually watch the show.
I also think the Mega Evolution Specials and Alain are overrated. Only real standout episode was the blatant ORAS promotion but the last one is ok.
Ugh this take is so basic it taste like airI've complained about Pikachu before, but I'm here to complain about him again.
He should've stayed fat. Not only was that his original look, it was the look that made him so iconic and world famous to begin with.
Sure, the original design probably couldn't convey emotion in the way that the current one can, but why should he have this emotional range!?
Just like Blastoise and Venusaur didn't get redesigns that allowed them to express themselves better, so should Pikachu have stayed in his original design!
That's part of it for me but it's also just not finding him engaging. Don't see why I should care about this character besides "omg he's strong and has Charizard!1!1". I wish XYZ kept him out of the main series.I just didn't like the whole "it was all my fault" plotline. Like it's really easy to screw those up, and they did that with alain
Because if I remember clearly. It wasn't even his fault. He had absolutely nothing to do with chespin coma incident. He just randomly blaming himself in some vague "if I was stronger" bull that the audience is supposed to get invested in. It felt so needlessly edgy
Alain feels like what people criticize Ash for being in XY
Wasn't using it being ORAS promotion as an insult (generally the remake influence for a given series make for some of my favorite episodes). Wouldn't say it comes close to the best of XY but it was solid. Made me actually care about Steven for one.It was ORAS promotion, but Mega Evolution Act III might arguably be the best episode of XY...
There was a war!?Dude perpetually lives in the First Great Shipping War of the 2003-2007 era.
After Chloe, Eevee man getting a cameo would've given me whiplash and the other series side characters didn't really get cameos either. Wallace (a former Champion) and Gary, Alain and Paul did.Atleast they were watching Iris match. Poor Burgundy, Cameron and Virgil didn't even get that
There's been shipping wars for a while now, my child. It's just that was a notable time because up to that point, Misty was the only real potential love interest for Ash. When she left and AG started, May was introduced and shook everything up. You really had to be there. I was just old enough to be browsing Pokemon fan sites and forums at the time, and it was brutal. Unfortunately, it's only gotten worse with each new female companion introduced. (I am being intentionally dramatic, but it does get pretty toxic.)There was a war!?
I mean we had literal CoTDs from AG pop up, would have liked to see Virgil and Cameron there watching :/After Chloe, Eevee man getting a cameo would've given me whiplash and the other series side characters didn't really get cameos either. Wallace (a former Champion) and Gary, Alain and Paul did.
Eh I didn't really care, she didn't really know them as well at the other rivals, especially Virgil. At least Ash actually knew Katie, Drew Harley etcI mean we had literal CoTDs from AG pop up, would have liked to see Virgil and Cameron there watching :/
Ashs pikachuGary's Blastoise should've beat Ash's Charizard.