Gym leaders/ Pokémon League

[V Faction]

What I mean is, given that all we know so far is that Gyms are returning (despite already knowing two of the leaders!), we may be misjudging what to base our assumptions on. We know that Gyms no longer look like gyms from the outside. We know that Dento apparently quizes people on compatibility. Do trainer battles still exist? Are Gyms the same as the Gyms we're accustomed to? We're limited on what we know concerning how Gyms have changed, if at all.

So my statement isn't so much concerning the differences between games and anime but how we see what's been presented so far in the anime and are relying on our older concepts to make assumptions.

Earlier today, I read a small conversation. It was discussing Dento again. One of the ideas that was being presented brought up this thought: what if Dento isn't a Grass-type trainer, what if he's a simian trainer? You know, what if he uses monkey Pokemon? And I thought, "wow, that's an interesting perspective". Of course, it might be a bit outlandish to say he only uses Pokemon based off of monkeys, but it's no different from us saying he uses Grass-type Pokemon based on what we know of the games so far. We all keep saying "Type Specialist" and that may not be true anymore.

 

[Falconwing]

Hair is a really weak piece of evidence. Case in point... Falkner. He's not a water type. And what about Misty? She's a redhead.

Frankly, nothing about Dento's design screams grass trainer.

 

[The Outrage]

Hair is a really weak piece of evidence. Case in point... Falkner. He's not a water type. And what about Misty? She's a redhead.

Frankly, nothing about Dento's design screams grass trainer.

Well, most water gym leaders have had a blue motif going on, not necessarily their hair, speaking of which, Green seems to be the most common anime hair in the games.

Now take a look at this post from Pokebeach, notice how Dento has a green shadow whereas Aloe has an orange-ish brown one? Though that may not really be indicative of anything since it only seems like the water trainers who have an affinity for being blue coloured.

 

[Falconwing]

Well, it's a common art technique, to use of the major colors as a shadow. Aloe wears orange, and Dento has green hair, so it probably means nothing.

 

[Rоulette Goddess]

it doesn't matter whether the rainbow badge has many colours or not; we can clearly see that it's based on a flower. dento's badge, however, doesn't seem to be based on any grass-related thing (a tree, a flower, a plant, etc.). it might though, we just haven't figured it out yet. and as i said some time ago,

but his badge doesn't seem to represent the grass-type. types such as grass are *obvious* types. grass-type gym leaders give out badges that are aesthetically related to the grass-type. water-type is also an *obvious* type, since water-type gym leaders give out badges that are aesthetically related to the water-type. gym leaders who specialize in the psychic-type, for example, give out ambiguous badges. the psychic-type is an open, ambiguous type.

 

[mariowie]

did i miss something did they reveal dento's badge ?

 

[Rоulette Goddess]

did i miss something did they reveal dento's badge ?

near aloe's face:

Spoiler

 

[FatKidLovesCoke]

it doesn't matter whether the rainbow badge has many colours or not; we can clearly see that it's based on a flower. dento's badge, however, doesn't seem to be based on any grass-related thing (a tree, a flower, a plant, etc.). it might though, we just haven't figured it out yet. and as i said some time ago,

exactly, but no one would really understand what i would be saying, look at the badge, look at the gym, even if he has green hair and a green bow, does he have to be grass type?

 

[mariowie]

near aloe's face:

okay thanks

 

[βƹβƹ ɱɪɢηѻη]

exactly, but no one would really understand what i would be saying, look at the badge, look at the gym, even if he has green hair and a green bow, does he have to be grass type?

I did get what you were saying.

And I didn't say he HAD to be the grass type gym leader. It's the little things that make him look like he could be one.

 

[badwolf1234]

i believe his badge is a parody of his gym being the red blue green gems the tiles to answer the questions about him! look closely the formation of the gem is very alike to the formation of the tiles inside his gym green then red and blue.

 

[Falconwing]

While that may be the case, the tests all have to do with compatibility apparently, so what does that have to do with grass typing?

 

[GiraFragMich]

Of course. But Dento being a Grass-type specialist is currently the most likely theory out there. Most Gym Leaders' appearances bare some resemblance to their type, and with Dento, it may be his hair. It'd also be odd to advertise Broccomonkey as his Pokemon, if he didn't specialize in Grass-types. The Badge may suggest otherwise, but we can't dismiss how another badge which featured multiple different colors was the Rainbow Badge ... which belonged to a Grass-type specialist. We also can't forget how Candice using Medicham was the result of the lack of Ice-types in the Sinnoh Dex... and how Medicham was replaced in Platinum, thanks to the expansion of the Dex.

It's certainly plausible that Dento may be more than another Grass-type specialist (and believe me, I hope so), but I just don't find the theory very likely. Here's hoping I'm wrong.

It's also that Dento is the FIRST leader, which at most have three Pokemon in their party, so with Yanappu confirmed that doesn't leave much room for others.
I'm all for him being Grass - for once the Water starter has a real disadvantage.

 

[deuxhero]

I still hoping for a non-type theme.

 

[Luigibuster89898]

I still hoping for a non-type theme.

By non-type what do you mean?You mean like as in the move curse with ???

 

[βƹβƹ ɱɪɢηѻη]

By non-type what do you mean?You mean like as in the move curse with ???

He wants gym leaders to be varied, not just one type.

 

[deuxhero]

By non-type what do you mean?You mean like as in the move curse with ???

Trick room, sunny day, stats up moves, entry hazards+pesudo hazing ect, some non-type theme (they did it with Blue in HGSS running a trick room team).

 

[βƹβƹ ɱɪɢηѻη]

Trick room, sunny day, stats up moves, entry hazards+pesudo hazing ect, some non-type theme (they did it with Blue in HGSS running a trick room team).

Non typed team makes no sense. What you're trying to say is that you want no gym leaders to be mono-typed. You'd want teams that contain various Pokemon, moves, etc.

 

[Enzap]

Non typed team makes no sense. What you're trying to say is that you want no gym leaders to be mono-typed. You'd want teams that contain various Pokemon, moves, etc.

Well I think he means that it's not so much that he wants Gym Leaders to not have same type pokemon, but more that he wants them to base their team around different strategies instead.

 

[Goold]

If Dento is a Grass Gym Leader, Aloe is a Ground Gym Leader. One of the two first Gyms have a type super-effective against the other. (Rock < Water ; Flying > Bug ; Rock < Fighting ; Rock < Grass)