What’s your unpopular or controversial Any Forums opinion?
I’ll start. I actually like Leon. He’s just a fun character, his battle theme (along with the GL theme) helps immerse you into a world where Pokémon battles really are a spectator sport and to be enjoyed by all. I think SWSH could’ve been the best games in the series if they weren’t thrown under the bus for SV (testing open world + introducing Dexit so a game that actually “needs it” won’t take as hard as a fall), plus I actually just enjoyed the atmosphere of SWSH which was let down by its gameplay and story.
Hell, I even like that he has a Charizard. It perfectly fits him - he’s an older, more experienced character who’s extremely popular. A Gen 1 starter compared to your Gen 8 starter or the Gen 8 starter he takes under his own wing and still makes a powerhouse is an amazing juxtaposition. If I could change anything, I wish the Kanto starter he used changed depending on your starter - this would include Hop picking the starter strong against yours with Leon taking the weaker one.
Alola is one of the best regions. The environments, the pokemon distribution, the characters are all top tier. If you turn off the exp share, the Alola games are some of the most balanced difficulty-wise.
Ian Powell
I've only played base Moon once, would it worth replaying? Or should I pirate USUM instead?
Parker Anderson
I like Leon too. It's neat that he's basically what grown-up Red is, with Sonia being grown-up Blue. One went the battler path and reigns as champion while the other went the research path and becomes professor.
I think USUM are noticeably better. You have an expanded pokedex, some tougher battles and exploring the Ultra Beasts' home worlds.
Parker Walker
.... It sounds like you're just a fan of blue and red
Wyatt Moore
I don't know where you'd get "just" from. I like Red and Blue, but I'm explaining that the parallelism is one way it makes my admiration for Leon and Sonia more than surface level.
Ayden Rogers
Always on EXP Share is a good concept because it allows the designers to build fights around your entire team being a certain level range rather than building it around it being off and then making it being on an easy mode by association, encouraging the "cheese everything with your overleveled starter and item spam" mindset that's permeated the series since the start. The problem is the execution of it, SwSh was still piss easy due to the Pokemon signature of bad movesets+shit AI and it distributing EVs to everyone on the team still was shit for getting mons used during the campaign battle-ready. Here's my proposed fixes 1. >Just build some good movesets and bump up the AI intelligence you dumbasses. You now have the perfect excuse to balance the challenge like a traditional JRPG would and you're not taking it. 2. >Teammates gaining EVs by default is now gone. The extra EVs training gear items now enable a mon to gain EVs even when not participating in battle on top of their already existing value bonus effect
Caleb Thompson
The champion themes for Gen 7 and Gen 8 were...maybe not bad, but very unmemorable. Sticking a few leitmotifs in there is cool but I don't like the base of the entire track being one of the Pokemon themes. I would really prefer they have a specific theme for each Champion.
Leo Thomas
I like a lot of nu-pokemon designs, Gen 6 is still the low point for me.
Christopher Ross
Sugimori is a hack. Turner and Ariga are the best artists Pokemon has ever had. The first two generations were just as dogshit as XY-present. Pokemania was the worst thing that ever happened to Pokemon. Anyone who still watches the anime past age 10 is mentally ill.
Ethan Hall
The Alola games were relatively good with interesting ideas that should've been carried on and expanded on. Boss mons with gimmicks you don't get, like Totems, and UBs having less obvious typings coupled with Beast Boost made for relatively interesting battles. Being the muscle for someone else's story like in a western was fine for me, I wonder if it would've been better received had it been new people needing you to fight their battles for them rather than Lillie every time.
Josiah Adams
This Pokémon is kino and I'm tired of pretending it's not
