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I could see that schedule. It doesn't seem odd that in a series that seems like it's rushing thing Ash would have his Pokemon evolve in a sort of rushed way.
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Question, what's with the popular thought that Ash will get Sandshrew? Knowing Ash he'll get something that no one expects.
Possible schedule for the anime:
By late March: A chunk of the UBs are showcased, Ash catches Poliopole, Litten evolves
By late May: Ash catches Alolan Sandshrew and completes the Ula'ula trials
By late July: Necrozma is showcased alongside the remaining UBs, Sandshrew evolves
By late August: Ash completes the Poni trials, Torracat evolves
By late November: League (if there is one), closure
Sandshrew's rushed evolution would be justified due to the Ice Stone requirement. An extra 3-4 months would be enough to add more fillers.
In Japan? Either way, comedic starters have never evolved before.
League is usually a month and a half, so late November is already impossible for the league (Even the rushed Kalos League lasted 7 weeks), so the Alola League will start early-mid October at its earliest.
Question, what's with the popular thought that Ash will get Sandshrew? Knowing Ash he'll get something that no one expects.
But you're assuming there will even be a normal league to begin with. Just because Kukui said he'd like Alola to have a league similar to the other regions doesn't mean one will magically appear for Ash to take on. If anything it'll be a much smaller tournament that takes less time. Even if there is a tournament at the end of his time in Alola they'd have already set up the foundation of it by now regardless of when it takes place. Like I said they're not just gonna all of a sudden have a huge league for him to go into without letting him or the audience know it even exists. That'd be too out of nowhere given that Alola's thing is that it DOESN'T have a normal league. Plus other than Gladion Ash doesn't have any other real rivals in the region to pad things out. I suppose you could use Kiawe as one, but unless he has some secret Pokemon hidden away he only has like 3 on his team anyway. This series isn't like the others. It never has been. You can't keep comparing it to XY or even DP where there was a clear ending point (where he took on the league tournament) because at this point nothing is pointing to that even happening. Also Rowlet has no business evolving. It's whole thing is that it's small, goofy, and likes to hang out in Ash's backpack. Evolving it takes all of that away. From the very beginning Ash was essentially using this series as a vacation (quite literally actually). He's not even doing the Island challenge the way it's done in the game. It's all a very different formula and doesn't need to end in a tournament that Ash will inevitably lose. He can easily just finish up his Island Challenge, have one final big thing to test him, and then go home. All of this can happen without a tournament.
You say other than Gladion he didn't have other league rivals.
But in Kalos; he didn't have other League Rivals than Tierno (Since we didn't know Trevor was even doing the badge quest), before Sawyer and Alain where revealed, so thats a non-argument (Since in both Kanto and Johto, he had Only Gary as his rival before the league, in Hoenn he had Morisson and in Sinnoh he had Paul before Barry was revealed and Conway was the late league rival, since we didn't know he was doing the badge quest). So they can easily reveal Hau as the league rival... heck they can even throw Kahili in as a league rival, so she can win the tournament and join the E4.
The thing is: Evolving Litten takes away the perk it has with Delia, so that is also a non-argument.
The league is happening, else what was the point in hinting it, since guess what: They needed to build the league in Kalos as well (Since in the anime, the League is a Tournament).
I'm pretty sure Incineroar is more popular in Japan due to the whole wrestling and Tiger mask thing. And only Japan matters much to the anime.And seeing its the most popular Alola fully evolved starter
Or some league Rival of Ash's gets it.And if Dartrix/Decidueye hasn't been showcased before June, it think its confirmed Ash will get it.
Well they are bracketed in the same group as silvally by the pokedex but Poipole is one i think Ash might get.I don't think the Alola league tournament (if there even is one) will be anything like the scale we've seen in past regions as it's brand new.
As far as Im aware Ultra Beasts aren't considered legends, you can catch an infinite number of most of them. The anime doesn't really use base stats but at 420 I don't think you can say Poipole is overpowered.
Well they are bracketed in the same group as silvally by the pokedex but Poipole is one i think Ash might get.
Well regardless of the anime or any actual release dates I think we should still look to that analyst that is predicting at least some sort of reveal by the end of March. They may not be 100% accurate as they're only human and can only make said guesses based on what they do know, but considering they're not just some schmuck off the street I'd say they're more of a reliable predictor than most of the leakers. Since they're in a professional business they likely have reliable sources and intel on what is coming this year or in the future in general. I doubt they'd say what they did if they didn't think there was at least a small chance of them showing stuff this March. We'll just have to wait and see, but regardless of when the game comes out we may get a small peak into what it looks like and possibly a name at the very least.
In order to not clog this with anime speculation, I'll state this in less words. In the end, yes, the anime is a good meter for telling where the promotion is heading, but it's the anime that reacts to the games and not the other way around. They can make anything happen if they have to. We'll still need to know how the next arc is being paced to be certain.
And even if there is a traditional league, they have time for it even this year. There is no reason why they couldn't be done with the other developments by October.I don't think the Alola league tournament (if there even is one) will be anything like the scale we've seen in past regions as it's brand new.