Ampharos King
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Re: BW106 Krookodile and BW107 Hydreigon
It's not just a matter of a trainer making a mistake by choosing to use his or her most powerful pokemon right off the bat. Kotetsu has probably never even seen Bianca battle, so she is she another league opponent to him. The writers are merely deciding to eliminate the rivals that they have focused a lot of time on already first, and are focusing on rivals that barely had any screentime to begin with. The writers ultimately decide who wins and loses these battles; the match-ups are inconsequential. This battle could be Ferrothorn vs. Emboar, or Riolu vs. Escavalier, and the writers will still construct the battle in a way that will grant victory to the character that they want to showcase more in this league. The writers just want to focus on Kotetsu and Virgil in this league. That's all.
Besides, we have only seen Trip and Bianca use one or two pokemon on-screen since BW070. Just because a trainer is shown to be using just one or only a few pokemon on-screen most of the time does not mean that these trainers don't have experience battling with their other pokemon. We don't know how Trip or Bianca's teams have changed since their latest appearances. Obviously both have earned the eight badges needed to advance to the Unova League. For all we know, both Bianca and Trip have six pokemon each.
That is still up for speculation. What happens to all of these characters after this competition is anybody's guess.
It seems to me that the writers were running out of Gen V pokemon that were not legendaries to give to the major rivals. I could not have seen Stephan own a Liepard, or Kotetsu owning a Hydreigon. Again, there are only a few non-legendary pokemon that have yet to debut in Unova: Zoroark, Klang, and Eelektrik are the others, and two of them are not fully evolved. Most of the evolutionary families in Unova either belong to a main character, a rival, or a recurring COTD. The writers don't like featuring pokemon from the same family belonging to two different trainers unless one of them was a main character.
Meanwhile, no major character has owned a member of the Deino family. The writers did not want to give Virgil anything that was not Eevee-related, so they choose to give a Hydreigon to Kotetsu by process of elimination.
True, Riolu is arguably Kotetsu's main pokemon, not Samurott or Hydreigon. On that magazine scan highlighting the league competition from a few weeks ago, Ash and his main rivals were featured on their own panels with their main pokemon. Trip had Serperior, Bianca had Emboar, Stephan had Sawk, Virgil had Eevee and Vaporeon, and Ash had Pikachu.
Again, it does not matter whether a pokemon is unevolved. The writers can decide how strong certain pokemon will be in certain situations, and Kotetsu's Riolu is no exception. Upon further examination, Riolu's victory over Emboar (assuming that this is a 1-on-1) is very similar to Pikachu winning over Trip's Serperior despite the massive type disadvantage.
It's not just a matter of a trainer making a mistake by choosing to use his or her most powerful pokemon right off the bat. Kotetsu has probably never even seen Bianca battle, so she is she another league opponent to him. The writers are merely deciding to eliminate the rivals that they have focused a lot of time on already first, and are focusing on rivals that barely had any screentime to begin with. The writers ultimately decide who wins and loses these battles; the match-ups are inconsequential. This battle could be Ferrothorn vs. Emboar, or Riolu vs. Escavalier, and the writers will still construct the battle in a way that will grant victory to the character that they want to showcase more in this league. The writers just want to focus on Kotetsu and Virgil in this league. That's all.
Besides, we have only seen Trip and Bianca use one or two pokemon on-screen since BW070. Just because a trainer is shown to be using just one or only a few pokemon on-screen most of the time does not mean that these trainers don't have experience battling with their other pokemon. We don't know how Trip or Bianca's teams have changed since their latest appearances. Obviously both have earned the eight badges needed to advance to the Unova League. For all we know, both Bianca and Trip have six pokemon each.
That is still up for speculation. What happens to all of these characters after this competition is anybody's guess.
It seems to me that the writers were running out of Gen V pokemon that were not legendaries to give to the major rivals. I could not have seen Stephan own a Liepard, or Kotetsu owning a Hydreigon. Again, there are only a few non-legendary pokemon that have yet to debut in Unova: Zoroark, Klang, and Eelektrik are the others, and two of them are not fully evolved. Most of the evolutionary families in Unova either belong to a main character, a rival, or a recurring COTD. The writers don't like featuring pokemon from the same family belonging to two different trainers unless one of them was a main character.
Meanwhile, no major character has owned a member of the Deino family. The writers did not want to give Virgil anything that was not Eevee-related, so they choose to give a Hydreigon to Kotetsu by process of elimination.
True, Riolu is arguably Kotetsu's main pokemon, not Samurott or Hydreigon. On that magazine scan highlighting the league competition from a few weeks ago, Ash and his main rivals were featured on their own panels with their main pokemon. Trip had Serperior, Bianca had Emboar, Stephan had Sawk, Virgil had Eevee and Vaporeon, and Ash had Pikachu.
Again, it does not matter whether a pokemon is unevolved. The writers can decide how strong certain pokemon will be in certain situations, and Kotetsu's Riolu is no exception. Upon further examination, Riolu's victory over Emboar (assuming that this is a 1-on-1) is very similar to Pikachu winning over Trip's Serperior despite the massive type disadvantage.
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We know his true power ignites in battle when he's pushed around a little bit.
