Review JN012: Daimax Battle! Dande, The Greatest of Them All!!

[L-05308]

That's just trying to deny what we have. He clearly recognizes Lance as someone he's met and interacted with.

Still only implied- I’m not arguing that this series isn’t canon with the previous- it certainly is. I just don’t like how they skirt around explicit continuity. The only real continuity was the flashback in the Ho-Oh episode.

it’s like in XY when Ash actually referred to a Piplup he one knew- that’s a proper continuity reference; as opposed to when he said “Wow, so Sceptile can Mega evolve too!” Which could be interpreted as him thinking about his own Sceptile but it’s not explicit by a longshot.

 

[Egakor]

In Lance's introduction of this episode, the MC clearly said "G-Men". So the writers even managed to put that detail into his introduction in this episode.
And Lance even mentioned Galar's Dragon Gym uniform after the match. Nice!

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Still only implied- I’m not arguing that this series isn’t canon with the previous- it certainly is. I just don’t like how they skirt around explicit continuity. The only real continuity was the flashback in the Ho-Oh episode.

it’s like in XY when Ash actually referred to a Piplup he one knew- that’s a proper continuity reference; as opposed to when he said “Wow, so Sceptile can Mega evolve too!” Which could be interpreted as him thinking about his own Sceptile but it’s not explicit by a longshot.

The Red Gyarados is there. Ash recognizes Lance. Lance is mentioned to be in the Pokémon G-Men. I'd call that explicit contuity.

 

[Knightwolf09]

That was a pretty epic fight. Glad I finally got the dynamax battle I wanted to see. And we even get a glimpse of Eternatus first thing. Which brings up a couple of questions of events that'll happen in Galar. Still Charizard is quite the monster, and Gyrados the mighty beast it's always been. So the question now is, what leads into Ash battling Leon, along with how does he get a Dynamax band? And will Pikachu Gigantamax next ep? Cause I saw a spark in his tail in the preview.

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

And will Pikachu Gigantamax next ep? Cause I saw a spark in his tail in the preview.

We even saw him starting to grow. So yeah. He will most certainly Gigantamax. Or at least Dynamax.

 

[Emmy]

God, Daisuke Ono was so good as Leon, such a perfect fit.

Oh, Ono voices him in the mainline anime? That'll be interesting to compare and contrast with Sakurai who'll play him in the Twilight Wings mini-series.

 

[Fwahm]

And hey, we finally get some sort of confirmation on how the audience is protected in stadium battles... let's not forget the Gym theme and that eerie Eternatus cameo.

We also saw the barrier in Ash vs Paul, though admittedly it was a lot easier to miss then.

 

[MegaGreninga]

i thought to be exciting battle
ash vs leon might get interrupted
lol
Team rocket getting one pokemon now from that machine so far weird

 

[Shadowlarvitar]

Lance, the second best champion, losing to the utterly worst champion ever conceived was just pure crap. Even if it was obvious it'd happen, in reality Lance would be destroying Leon not the other way around. God I can't wait for Ash to kick Leon's ass, I never liked that guy.

Eternatus before Sobble, Grookey, and the wolves? Wut
Between Wailord and Bellsprout, the Gacha machine is becoming a bit bearable but it'd be nice if the TRio get to capture Galar Pokemon of their own like Polteageist, Sandaconda, and Cramorant.
The TRio have a smartphone? That's cool but where did it come from? Kinda prefer James' cards...
So Drednaw is indeed wild, not the gacha Pokemon, great! Maybe Ash stands a chance at capturing it in the next episode

No team changes for Go, absolutely none. Awesome! Hopefully this is the first of many episodes that happens in, his captures contribute absolutely ****ing nothing to the plot and just waste valuable time.

For once the pros outweighed the cons, but still a 7/10. Leon sucks, Lance rules

 

[BigDocFan]

Whilst not a big fan of Team Rocket, they weren't too bad this episode

Was good to see them try and catch a Galar Pokemon, hope that they might actually catch something this season instead of relying on the Gachat

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

Lance, the second best champion, losing to the utterly worst champion ever conceived was just pure crap. Even if it was obvious it'd happen, in reality Lance would be destroying Leon not the other way around. God I can't wait for Ash to kick Leon's ass, I never liked that guy.

Leon is actually one of my personal favorite Champions.

 

[Silktree]

I'm tempted to skip the next episode, but I need to know if Ash is going to pick a goal other than "I'll beat Leon one day."

Dynamax is very tedious to watch and 10 minutes is too long for any 1vs1 battle.

 

[Shadowlarvitar]

Leon is actually one of my personal favorite Champions.

lol how? His only traits are owning Charizard and getting lost

 

[DarkraiKnight]

God, Daisuke Ono was so good as Leon, such a perfect fit.

Speaking of which, anyone notice how Leon literally said “Ora Ora” when telling Charizard to use Thunder Punch? He even sounded exactly like Star Platinum!

 

[BigDocFan]

One disappointment I have with this episode was Ash and Lance not getting a scene together which would have been nice

 

[FinnishPokéFan92]

lol how? His only traits are owning Charizard and getting lost

He's actually involved in the plot of his native games' story, has a high-level team, and can actually be seen as a grown-up player character. Think about it: his ace is a starter Pokémon, he never lost once, and became Champion at the age of 10. That describes pretty much every core series protagonist.

 

[Knightwolf09]

He's actually involved in the plot of his native games' story, has a high-level team, and can actually be seen as a grown-up player character. Think about it: his ace is a starter Pokémon, he never lost once, and became Champion at the age of 10. That describes pretty much every core series protagonist.

Huh, that's kinda funny I never thought of that before XD Leon a fully realized protag

 

[MegaGreninga]

do u think Leon battle with ash be interrupted they usually do that because they dont want to have full battles and it always be poitnless

 

[Knightwolf09]

do u think Leon battle with ash be interrupted they usually do that because they dont want to have full battles and it always be poitnless

Next seems a bit confusing, but I think they'll battle after they deal with Drednaw, seeing as the stadium looks damaged while they were battling. So not sure if there'll be an interruption

 

[MegaGreninga]

Next seems a bit confusing, but I think they'll battle after they deal with Drednaw, seeing as the stadium looks damaged while they were battling. So not sure if there'll be an interruption

you think ash could win though charizard might be weken by lance though ash pikachu might be weaken too