They could have made Axew marketable and still have it participate in battles (e.g. Piplup) rather than the Togepi route. I guess the writers just saw a better opportunity with Excadrill/Dragonite so Axew had no time.
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They could have made Axew marketable and still have it participate in battles (e.g. Piplup) rather than the Togepi route. I guess the writers just saw a better opportunity with Excadrill/Dragonite so Axew had no time.
Masurao said:Looking at it's serious battles in this series:
vs Georgia & Beartic (was easily beaten)
vs Luke & Golett (Outrage win)
vs Teaque & Vanillite (was easily beaten)
It doesn't seem like the writers really took the Pokemon seriously. It probably is the most inactive battling mascot Pokemon this series has seen. The writers probably would have been better off giving her a Dratini, and raising it to the Dragonite we know today, even if it wouldn't necessarily advertise Gen V.
Axew did seem to grow an whole lot stronger as the BW series went on, but they did decided not to do enough wth it.
I think the writers were going for a more competent version of Togepi, and while it wasn't a helpless baby and had way more use than Togepi ever did (seriously that thing just sat in Misty's arms forever and used Metronome every once in a while for almost 300 episode), it was stuck in the kid stage. For one it was her mascot, ala Pikachu, so it was never going to evolve, and she had Exacadrill and eventually Dragonite to battle for her, so what need was there to train Axew?
Axew is definitely more competent than Togepi. Regardless of the cheap moves, Axew did a lot more, confronted Team Rocket trio on numerous occasions and battled Cynthia's Garchomp which is more than Togepi ever did.I'm not even sure if I'd consider Axew a more competent version of Togepi. It battled more often than Togepi, but that's not really saying much given how it just in Misty's arms nearly all the time. Axew lost in most of its battles and its victories mainly consisted of overpowered moves being learned out of nowhere, so I don't think that I'd consider it a more competent version of Togepi.
Axew is definitely more competent than Togepi. Regardless of the cheap moves, Axew did a lot more, confronted Team Rocket trio on numerous occasions and battled Cynthia's Garchomp which is more than Togepi ever did.
The fact that she barely bothered to train Axew makes me question if she really wants to be a Dragon Master. She's not doing anything to further her goal. To be frank, she talked more about Dragons than actually bothering to raise hers.
She didn't use him very much because Axew is weak. But he's been weak for a long time considering her flashbacks because she, for whatever reason, just refuses to train him. And it really makes me wonder if she wants to be a Dragon Master at all.
Maybe the better question would be:The fact that she barely bothered to train Axew makes me question if she really wants to be a Dragon Master. She's not doing anything to further her goal. To be frank, she talked more about Dragons than actually bothering to raise hers.
She didn't use him very much because Axew is weak. But he's been weak for a long time considering her flashbacks because she, for whatever reason, just refuses to train him. And it really makes me wonder if she wants to be a Dragon Master at all.
Um, yes we can. Writers are the ones writing the fictional characters.Even if it does all go back to the writers, we have to take the character themselves into consideration, too. I mean, we can blame everything and anything on the writing.
Axew not being used enough wasn't because of poor writing, most likely it was due to the writers being lazy and not doing enough to developed Axew character.
Axew not being used enough wasn't because of poor writing, most likely it was due to the writers being lazy and not doing enough to developed Axew character.
And that was not poor writing?
But if they wanted that, they should not have made it clear that Iris was supposed to train Axew and evolve it. Because that fact makes it bad writing. They make a character say one thing and then the character just sits back and ignores what she said the first time. So yes it is poor writing.Axew not being used enough wasn't because of poor writing, most likely it was due to the writers being lazy and not doing enough to developed Axew character.
And that was not poor writing?
No i wouldn't call it poor writing !
It appears to me that the writers wanted to used Axew as an main mascot of the BW series, Iris has used it in a few Pokemon battles since she does want to become a Dragon Master and she do loved Dragon type Pokemon.
Axew not being used enough wasn't because of poor writing, most likely it was due to the writers being lazy and not doing enough to developed Axew character.