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Well, starters start at a low level I presume. I think levels do exist (In the episode May the Real Professor Oak Please Stand Up, Oak and James (fake Oak) were asked which move Slowpoke learns at level 46, but they aren't referred as much as in the games.
I know that the original series referred to levels a few times, including that one, but I wouldn't really take that as proof that levels exist in the anime. I don't think that they've referred to levels as actual numbers since the original series and it wouldn't really fit with how they've presented Pokemon. It's one of those video game elements that just doesn't translate well into an anime. Not to mention they've had Pokemon learn moves that they wouldn't know unless they were at a high level if they were going by video game logic there.
QueenEevee said:As for an AU, don't they only care about the kids that started watching BW and not about those who started watching DP? If you started watching DP at 10, you were 14 when BW started and thus, you no longer matter. If they cared about those who watched DP, they wouldn't have turned Ash into an idiot.
Also, Best Wishes is one of the reasons why I don't have high expectations from the writers. Since the Pokémon anime will always have a lot of children viewers, they felt comfortable enough to give us this mess.
For all we know, Gen 8 could be another BW because those kids who watched BW will be older by Gen 8 and no longer matter.
But I know ranting about BW is off-topic. Still, it was very bad for their reputation.
I think that you're taking the whole the writers aren't interested in appealing to anyone outside of the target demographic way too personally by phrasing it like this. It's not like the writers suddenly thought of treating long time fans like dirt and actively decided to make the series bad. That just makes them sound like mustache twirling villains when they're just trying to do their jobs. There's also the issue of how they probably had to deal with higher ups telling them what to include, which could have included elements like Ash's regression and bringing back Charizard despite doing nothing. I do recall how they weren't allowed to include any older Pokemon besides Pikachu and Meowth at first, which kind of backfired on them when B2/W2 made a big deal about the return of older Pokemon within the main storyline.
Believe it or not, there were people who loved BW, so it's not like everyone agrees that it was a train wreck. Besides that, I'd say that the writing quality has improved at least a decent amount since BW, so holding that against the writers forever and assuming that they could do it again because older fans don't matter. The show has always been about appealing to kids. They might have thrown some bones for long time fans before, but the target audience has always been and always will be kids. BW didn't change that, so why bother getting so upset over how they appeal strictly to kids now?