For quite some time on the internet there has been a Pokemon Simulator to conduct Pokemon battles on. The first big one was Shoddy Battle. An early Gen 4 sim when online Pokemon battling became a thing. Next was Pokemon Online. Biggest of the 3 big ones so far. Introduced mid Gen 4 and lived on remained big until mid Gen 5, Pokemon Online was the peak of simulation battles.
Finally our current platform. Pokemon Showdown. Produced in house by Smogon and has the ability to play any Smogon tier, any Nintendo tier, and many more. Now for the Pro's and Con's of Showdown.
Pro's:
Con's:
For now that's all of the Pro's and Con's I can think of. Agree or disagree? Lemme know if there are any Pro's/Con's I missed.
Finally our current platform. Pokemon Showdown. Produced in house by Smogon and has the ability to play any Smogon tier, any Nintendo tier, and many more. Now for the Pro's and Con's of Showdown.
Pro's:
- In browser and app download. Both great ways to access the service.
- Smogon tiers updated almost automatically. With Showdown being produced in house by Smogon updates to the big tiers of OU, Ubers, UU, and RU are updated almost automatically.
- Quick team building. Tired of spending 10 hours breeding and training the perfect team? Don't like wasting time on the Battle Maison? Showdown allows you to put in a team in under 10 minutes and get to battling.
- Ladder. Wanna see how much better you are than other players? Go right ahead. Work your way to the top and take a hold of the number one spot with your team.
- Interaction. Showdown has many servers in which you could speak with many other people who have the same goal as you. Better yet in battle you can have a conversation with your opponent.
- Quick replays. Don't have to go through the hassle of connecting to the internet, uploading your video, and typing out your code just for other to see your battle. Just click share replay and copy/paste the link for other to see. Also an infinite backlog of any battles of your that you want to see.
- Instantaneous battles. (Twinkles)
- Quick Battles (Gaara)
- DC with consequences on ladder (Gaara)
- Further Meta exploration (DCM)
- Easy to jump into (DCM)
- People who know what they're doing higher on the ladder. (Glory Blaze)
Con's:
- No "connection" with your team. You don't need a connection with your team. They are pixels meant to take you to be the very best that no one ever was.
- Widespread access to the meta. How is this bad you ask? Everyone using a gimmick and claiming it to be original even though its been used before and its bad.
- "But why can't I use my favorite Pokemon Mewtwo?" Well you can. Just not in OU.
- Some unsportsmanlike conduct. (JDawgs)
- Lack of real battle animations. (Twinkles)
For now that's all of the Pro's and Con's I can think of. Agree or disagree? Lemme know if there are any Pro's/Con's I missed.
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