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Greninja vs Charizard was just Creator's Pet vs Creator's Pet and in the end the bigger Creator's Pet won out
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As I said before: Greninja's downfall was the fact that both ''Ash is not allowed to win'' and ''Charizard is the ultimate Pokémon and can be nothing less than that'' syndromes plagued the narrative at the same time, and Greninja could break both (at the same time to boot) by defeating Charizard and giving Ash the win, so the poor frog had to be put down by the higher ups/writers.Greninja vs Charizard was just Creator's Pet vs Creator's Pet and in the end the bigger Creator's Pet won out
to be fair, Dracovish managed to take out Dragonite only because Iris was not expecting Dracovish to pull off an ice type move, after Dragonite went down, Iris noticed her mistake and decided to take out Dracovish from afar instead of getting closer again.I honestly think ranking the power of each of Ash’s Pokemon has become ridiculously absurd, all thanks to the PWC.
A Champion’s Pokemon can be taken out by an inexperienced Dracovish, yet some of Ash’s top Pokemon couldn’t even compete with the E4 in Sinnoh.
In anything, it’s a clear sign Ash has gotten much better at training, but with everything else, it just means some of his older Pokemon would potentially be a lot stronger under the current Ash. So, I really think there’s a lot of room to debate the Pokemon anywhere from the top three to twenty if you think about it. Personally, I thought Snivy was pretty strong, but we all know what Unova Ash was like.
Also like,,, Ash probably has the only Dracovish in existence and she obviously had never met one before, so, it's absolutely reasonable she just didn't knew what it could possibly do, hence her not expecting it knowing Ice Fang and having that crazy powerful bite force.to be fair, Dracovish managed to take out Dragonite only because Iris was not expecting Dracovish to pull off an ice type move, after Dragonite went down, Iris noticed her mistake and decided to take out Dracovish from afar instead of getting closer again.
THIS. This actually why I never felt that these rankings of Ash's Pokémon were ever truly... ''fair''. Because not only is Ash evolving as a trainer as time goes on (well, I know that BW Ash was... something that happened, but my point still stands), but it's also cuz we just.. never see these Pokémon actually doing much when their series ends (at least up until DP, that is), so really: How much better would, say, Torkoal's, Boldore's and Unfezant's general perfomances would be like if they were to be under the most recent Ash's care? Is it still fair to compare them with Ash's more recent teams, or any of Ash's older mons, even the ones considered the best, as in: Charizard, Sceptile, etc, considering that these more recent teams were trained by a ''better'' Ash? I don't think the answer to strenght ranking is as simple/clear as we make it out to be.I honestly think ranking the power of each of Ash’s Pokemon has become ridiculously absurd, all thanks to the PWC.
A Champion’s Pokemon can be taken out by an inexperienced Dracovish, yet some of Ash’s top Pokemon couldn’t even compete with the E4 in Sinnoh.
In anything, it’s a clear sign Ash has gotten much better at training, but with everything else, it just means some of his older Pokemon would potentially be a lot stronger under the current Ash. So, I really think there’s a lot of room to debate the Pokemon anywhere from the top three to twenty if you think about it. Personally, I thought Snivy was pretty strong, but we all know what Unova Ash was like.
The anime itself made a reference to this matter, actually, when Ash and co. met Skyla in Mistralton City and dismissed Skyla's simple logic of assuming the winner of each match-up solely depends on type advantages of the offered Pokémon, while Ash and Cilan tried to prove otherwise as soon as they were involved.If every match-up was decided by the type advantage, like we have 80% of the time in competitive, then the anime would have been beyond boring within its combat because it would become predictable for each battle between two Pokemon, or extremely tedious with all the switching.
Skyla’s logic was flawed as fundamentally as her battle style. You can’t dismiss entire battles due to typings and then smugly announce your Swanna can shrug off electric attacks. As soon as Stunfisk’s attack did so little, her whole ideology should have crumbled.The anime itself made a reference to this matter, actually, when Ash and co. met Skyla in Mistralton City and dismissed Skyla's simple logic of assuming the winner of each match-up solely depends on type advantages of the offered Pokémon, while Ash and Cilan tried to prove otherwise as soon as they were involved.
Not to mention she ignores movesets. Krookodile had 2 moves that were SE against Swoobat and it was kinda BS that it lost. Then again, Unfezant NEEDED those victories!Skyla’s logic was flawed as fundamentally as her battle style. You can’t dismiss entire battles due to typings and then smugly announce your Swanna can shrug off electric attacks. As soon as Stunfisk’s attack did so little, her whole ideology should have crumbled.
I'd like to add that in Kanto I think they were intended to give us a glimpse at the more cyncial part of the world.I believe that TR are the most important part of the anime. Over the years, especially during D&P, I would always see people complaining about TR interrupting a battle, and that alone served as a reason for them to be cast aside. However, as stated above, I genuinely think they’re integral to the show.
I suspect part of Origins strong reception was that it was a Pokémon animation not based off the main anime, which has always been controversial in the game fanbase. We're getting those pretty often now though so it doesn't stand out that way anymore.Origins!Red's non-Charizard Pokemon are so weak and poorly trained that they seriously make Ash's Unfezant look like Swellow, Torkoal look like Infernape, and Torterra look like Snorlax. Say whatever you want about those guys, but at least none of them have ever been OHKO'd by a resisted non-STAB attack coming off of a weak offensive stat.
At least if the comments are anything to go by, more and more people are starting to realize how flawed Origins really was writing-wise.
This goes on to be harsher than I would but yeah, Paul's rivalry with Ash had a conclusion and dragging him back wouldn't add anything, just like having Gary come back to defeat Ash after Brandon was silly.This came up in another thread but I figured I should answer it here since it seems more fitting.
I don't wanna see Paul in the PWC. Ever. In no circumstance. And I say this as someone who has Paul as one of my fav characters in the Pokémon anime.