Review HZ006: The Ancient Monster Ball

[Die-Hard Dragon Devotee]

But at least we had Fuecoco & Sprigatito working together and activating their abilites

Aha! So that scene with Sprigatito and Fuecoco glowing green and red, respectively, was them activating their abilities Overgrow and Blaze wasn't it?

 

[JollyYoshi]

I was extremely surprised in this episode that Amethio was replaced already by a different enemy. I definitely thought that he would last as the one going after Liko for at least a fifth of the series. It seems way too early for him to have a redemption arc of some sorts. It would definitely make sense if they did it at the end or within the middle of the series. When an evil character gets replaced or their boss gets angry at them, they see the wrong in their boss’s ways and begin to turn. That usually doesn’t happen early on. Though, unusualness could work in Pokémon’s favor?

 

[nickdt]

I was extremely surprised in this episode that Amethio was replaced already by a different enemy. I definitely thought that he would last as the one going after Liko for at least a fifth of the series. It seems way too early for him to have a redemption arc of some sorts. It would definitely make sense if they did it at the end or within the middle of the series. When an evil character gets replaced or their boss gets angry at them, they see the wrong in their boss’s ways and begin to turn. That usually doesn’t happen early on. Though, unusualness could work in Pokémon’s favor?

At the end, i got the feeling the thing the boss really wants is that Shiny Rayquaza and that going after Liko might be a test for Amethio, while the other members will chase Roy from now on.

 

[TheTimeForPoke]

while the other members will chase Roy from now on.

No one should go after Roy, the bad guys only go after Liko. The pendant is what the bad guys want. Roy is not interested them.

 

[Eitarou]

No one should go after Roy, the bad guys only go after Liko. The pendant is what the bad guys want. Roy is not interested them.

It was firmly established that the pendant and ancient Poke Ball are connected. They have every reason to target both kids now.

 

[TheTimeForPoke]

It was firmly established that the pendant and ancient Poke Ball are connected. They have every reason to target both kids now.

not exactly. The pendant is part of Liko, the pokeball (which is empty now) won't help them. They don't need Roy as much as they need to kidnap Liko who is part of the pendant. The pendant is much more important and it cannot be activated without Liko. Apart from that, Roy's story with the pokeball (whose grandfather just found the pokeball and gave it to him) only shows that there is really no connection between Roy and the pokeball and Rayquaza, Rayquaza was even interested in Liko and not Roy. In any case, the main target of the bad guys is the pendant which cannot be operated without Liko.

 

[SamurottMan]

They'll surely need Roy's Pokeball too if they want to capture Rayquaza since it doesn't seem like a regular pokeball.

 

[TheTimeForPoke]

They'll surely need Roy's Pokeball too if they want to capture Rayquaza since it doesn't seem like a regular pokeball.

It didn't go into the pokeball even though Roy called it back. Besides, only Amethio is looking for Rayquaza now, the other bad guys want the pendant.

 

[Mr. MoonStone]

I was extremely surprised in this episode that Amethio was replaced already by a different enemy. I definitely thought that he would last as the one going after Liko for at least a fifth of the series. It seems way too early for him to have a redemption arc of some sorts. It would definitely make sense if they did it at the end or within the middle of the series. When an evil character gets replaced or their boss gets angry at them, they see the wrong in their boss’s ways and begin to turn. That usually doesn’t happen early on. Though, unusualness could work in Pokémon’s favor?

I got the impression from that scene that it's less about Amethio stepping out of the spotlight and getting a redemption arc and more about there being some rivalry among the various Explorer admins (if that is what they are, I'm just using that term for the sake of discussion). Essentially we could see in fighting for recognition among the villainous organization.

 

[vivian20]

Does shiny Rayquaza counts as Roy´s pokemon , since Roy own its pokeball? Pokemon that dont obey their trainers still count as their pokemon.

 

[Eitarou]

Does shiny Rayquaza counts as Roy´s pokemon , since Roy own its pokeball? Pokemon that dont obey their trainers still count as their pokemon.

The Poke Ball belongs to whoever caught Rayquaza. Roy having it in his possession doesn't make it his.