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And when it finally showed up in the anime thanks to Trevor it was essentially the equivalent of a punching bag.Poor Char-Y is so neglected.
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And when it finally showed up in the anime thanks to Trevor it was essentially the equivalent of a punching bag.Poor Char-Y is so neglected.
And when it finally showed up in the anime thanks to Trevor it was essentially the equivalent of a punching bag.
Which was something that didn't sit well with me. I love Togekiss, but Ambipom not only had seniority but more emotional investment as a party member, due to hailing from Kanto, exisiting in two sagas, and being owned by two protagonists of the show at one point. I still don't understand the reason they sent it off; nothing seems plausible to me, and I agree that doing so in favor of Cyndaquil was unlikely (keep in mind, Aipom/Ambipom are also obtainable in HGSS, so that actually would have been even more promotion for the games). They honestly could have just had Dawn rotate party members (like Ash did for his own summative Sinnoh experience) rather than give away one of the hallmark party members of the DP saga. Or at least let Ambipom participate in the Grand Festival, and then go with the ping pong guy. O, was it?Ambipom wasn't really sent off in favor of giving Dawn a Cyndaquil. I know that she got Cyndaquil not too long after Ambipom was sent away, but she didn't have a full team at that point. She could have had room for both Ambipom and Cyndaquil. It might be a bit more accurate to say that Ambipom was given away in favor of Dawn eventually getting Togekiss since that was the Pokemon that took up the last slot.
Goes to show why good planning is the key to a successful series: Ambipom's departure was definitely not planned ahead, and it's pretty commonly considered one of the worst parts of the otherwise beloved DP series.Which was something that didn't sit well with me. I love Togekiss, but Ambipom not only had seniority but more emotional investment as a party member, due to hailing from Kanto, exisiting in two sagas, and being owned by two protagonists of the show at one point. I still don't understand the reason they sent it off; nothing seems plausible to me, and I agree that doing so in favor of Cyndaquil was unlikely (keep in mind, Aipom/Ambipom are also obtainable in HGSS, so that actually would have been even more promotion for the games). They honestly could have just had Dawn rotate party members (like Ash did for his own summative Sinnoh experience) rather than give away one of the hallmark party members of the DP saga. Or at least let Ambipom participate in the Grand Festival, and then go with the ping pong guy. O, was it?
I never watched Origins--most of the reviews when it came out were positive but made it sound like uninteresting Red/Charizard fawning and since Charmander wasn't my starter it had no nostalgia value for me--so I only learned about this line years later and was some odd combination of shocked yet utterly unsurprised."If I don't win with Charizard, this battle is meaningless!"
See, when I read this I think "so Origins version of Red is like the villain from Braveheart?" which is not what you want people thinking about your hero.This right here is probably the worst choice of dialogue for an ostensibly heroic protagonist that we're supposed to see as loving and compassionate I've ever seen. It basically implies that Red purposefully sent out his undertrained Pokemon knowing that they'd get brutally curbstomped just so he could justify leaving his only competent fighter for last.
What league? As I remember it the show went six years without a league between the Unova and Alola ones and everybody was very happy throughout the entirety of XY's run.Shh! We don't talk about anything related to that league...
While this is true to an extent, no amount of making a series longer is going to make Red essentially going "yeah, Charizard is the only one of my Pokemon that matters, I don't care about the others even when they win" not come across as a major jerk move on his part.The problems with Origins is that its an incredibly short series. Four episodes isn't nearly enough to show off an entire region, its stories, the characters or even flesh out the main character. Aside from Charizard we don't really know much about his team, he used a Nidoran against Brock in the first episode but its gone by the time he reaches the Elite Four. So more than likely he was always switching out his Pokemon aside from his starter. On top of that they were clearly trying to also promote Mega Evolution, Charizard-X to be exact, even though the main anime was already doing that with Alain. Poor Char-Y is so neglected.
The only issue I see is that sometimes the catches come too easy but that's about it. I think my only major problem with Goh right now is that his character is starting to melt with Ash's, which is kinda disappointing, since I liked the contrast between the two at the start of the series, but that has severely toned down from my perspective.I only somewhat agree. I do have my issues with it, but I don’t think the execution is as bad as some people tend to make it seem.
I get that this is not an controversial opinion, but I still wanna talk about this.Which was something that didn't sit well with me. I love Togekiss, but Ambipom not only had seniority but more emotional investment as a party member, due to hailing from Kanto, exisiting in two sagas, and being owned by two protagonists of the show at one point. I still don't understand the reason they sent it off; nothing seems plausible to me, and I agree that doing so in favor of Cyndaquil was unlikely (keep in mind, Aipom/Ambipom are also obtainable in HGSS, so that actually would have been even more promotion for the games). They honestly could have just had Dawn rotate party members (like Ash did for his own summative Sinnoh experience) rather than give away one of the hallmark party members of the DP saga. Or at least let Ambipom participate in the Grand Festival, and then go with the ping pong guy. O, was it?
Which was something that didn't sit well with me. I love Togekiss, but Ambipom not only had seniority but more emotional investment as a party member, due to hailing from Kanto, exisiting in two sagas, and being owned by two protagonists of the show at one point. I still don't understand the reason they sent it off; nothing seems plausible to me, and I agree that doing so in favor of Cyndaquil was unlikely (keep in mind, Aipom/Ambipom are also obtainable in HGSS, so that actually would have been even more promotion for the games). They honestly could have just had Dawn rotate party members (like Ash did for his own summative Sinnoh experience) rather than give away one of the hallmark party members of the DP saga. Or at least let Ambipom participate in the Grand Festival, and then go with the ping pong guy. O, was it?
Pretty much this. And honestly, I’ve even gotten used to the easy captures at this point, so I’m not really bothered by it anymore. My main issue with him now is his total lack of battling prowess, but I get that that’s actually meant to be his main character flaw.The only issue I see is that sometimes the catches come too easy but that's about it. I think my only major problem with Goh right now is that his character is starting to melt with Ash's, which is kinda disappointing, since I liked the contrast between the two at the start of the series, but that has severely toned down from my perspective.
They mock the poor bird despite the fact that Pidgeot had it a lot worse. It lost just about every battle it was in, its only personality trait is that its reliable, and its only focus episode was also its evolution and departure.Ash's Unfezant does not deserve to get hated on so much. Especially since it barely had any screen-time to begin with, and at least won Ash a badge. Plus, it had a personality too.
When you have people hyping XY to be the greatest series in the history of the franchise and people also claiming its the "best attempts of the Pokemon anime going shonen" then people are more than likely going to go in watching it with extremely high expectations. And what happens when you go in with high expectations? There's a chance it won't be met, and that's what I can say about XY.
You know, despite all the attention it got online I never really felt anything about that ship; partly because I'm too old to really think two kids can have a lasting relationship, partly because I knew Serena wouldn't last and it would not go anywhere (sort of like those romance of the day episodes some shows have; I know it ain't going anywhere, writer, I'm not going to get invested in this).I'm going to be honest and say the only reason I somewhat support Amourshipping is because it seems to be the closest to a canon-confirmed ship(I'm pretty sure there was an interview somewhere implying that the two were going to get married in the future...???)and I tend to lean towards canon ships.
At the time I somewhat harshly said the writers "hate their own main character", but I think it's more accurate to say they don't really care about him. He's the vehicle used to show various events and other characters off.Like, if that's what the plan is, then why is he constantly pushed front and center and then in the arc that's supposed to FOCUS ON HIM he gets shoved to the side for the lackluster rival?
Don't apologize! I don't 100% agree (like I said, I did enjoy the XY episodes I caught) but this IS the "controversial opinions" thread.I actually have more points, but I'll stop here since this is already overkill. Sorry~
I feel like it depends on where you are. There are some places where not even the smallest criticism can be levelled against XY(Z) without generating a massive amount of backlash. I'd say it's gotten better overall, though.Another controversial opinion of mine: XY is the most overrated series.
I feel like it depends on where you are
While I don't blame people liking Ash in XY, it still feels a bit jarring for a ten-year-old to be so overly mature. He hardly seemed like a child during Kalos.Ash is incredibly bland in XY, and the only moments of his character that really shine through are in super small moments. But everything else is just forced. And I'm assuming Ash whining in the very first episode of XY was very mature. I'm sure him "finding love" suddenly makes him mature, because it doesn't.
Combine that with how late Showcases were introduced, and it makes you think if the writers initially even planned to do anything with Serena besides her traveling with Ash, or at least didn't know what she was going to do before they came up with the Showcase concept.Serena had character development, no matter how much her haters say she didn't. That being said, she took like seven episodes to join the group, where she was then PUT TO THE SIDE for like thirty episodes or so until the Summer Camp Arc, and was constantly shown focused on her CRUSH ON ASH.
Greninja honestly felt more like a protagonist of XY than Ash, in many cases, but I've already talked about that here before, so I won't repeat myself.One thing I always felt was kinda funny about Ash-Greninja, was how both Ash and Greninja have been shown numerous times in the series protecting Pikachu-heck, Greninja evolved twice, learned two moves, and activated Ash-Greninja with Ash for the first time...because they were SAVING PIKACHU.
This is just a personal preference of mine, but I'll never accept that a cute Pokémon like Eevee/Sylveon could be friends with a derpy rodent like Bunnelby, or why they gave a main character a Bunnelby to begin with. And don't even get me started on how their friendship began. Oi...I'd expect more people to ship Serena's Sylveon with Clemont's Bunnelby since it actually makes sense.
Derpy, rodent like or not good looking Pokémon cannot have friends that look cute?cute Pokémon like Eevee/Sylveon could be friends with a derpy rodent like Bunnelby, or why they gave a main character a Bunnelby to begin with. And don't even get me started on how their friendship began. Oi...
Let's me rephrase that. While I dislike Bunnelby's design, I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with them being friends if it wasn't for the way how they became friends.Derpy, rodent like or not good looking Pokémon cannot have friends that look cute?
"You cannot be friends with x because you’re not cute." Is wrong on so, so many levels. I don’t like Bunnelby's design either but that’s a problematic comment you made there.