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I don't think the Yakuza references really translated that well outside Japan, which didn't help the Gen I Rocket story. A return to a Team which isn't a world-ending threat would be nice, though I can't really see it happening (In fact I rather expect the fan reaction would be "these guys...

Aside from the "complete the pokédex" plots, the reasons are pretty flimsy. This is where the medium is a limitation in itself - the protagonist is supposed to be pretty much a blank slate for players to project themselves onto. I like it that way, but it does mean that there's only so much that...

I quite agree. Half the problem is that it's always the same characters who have a costume among the sea of ordinary NPCs. If a character has fancy clothes or kool hair, you already know they're probably going to be either a rival, a Gym Leader, an Elite For member or a villain

I thought the BW story was frankly half-finished. Everyone always mentions the question of whether N was right, but there are some crucial elements missing in that idea. We didn't even really know if pokémon were sentient in the game, or how much pain they felt from battling, whether the...

Quite so. I actually think a really good post-game mature plot hook would be looking at the idea of looking at what comes next. The anime looked at that for all of five seconds when Drake turned up (Well, technically also when Gary decided to call the Silver Conference his last tournament) - ok...

Well, you know my feelings - it's pretty rubbish, and usually I don't care because the story is pretty rudimentary, and can therefore be pretty much ignored. Aside from the Delta Episode, I think my favourite bit of story silliness has to be the 3,000 year old war. Now there's a textbook example...