Truth be told, I had more trouble with Sabrina than Lance. :P And Alakazam was very annoying to deal with in Stadium.
Dragonite was also portrayed as unstoppable in the anime, but it lost to Pikachu, something Kadabra didn't... ^^
I was so traumatized with Psychic Pokémon that, when GSC came out, I had two Dark Pokémon in my team (Houndoom and Tyranitar). But Alakazam wasn't nearly as dangerous anymore.
And I agree, there are too many dragons among ubers...
I think I sounded sexist, I'm sorry. :(
Well, Ice was certainly a good type in RBY, IMO. Being part Ice was a blessing for Water types back then, because the things that could kill Ice (Rock and Fighting) weren't very good, and Fire had strong moves but wasn't that good either. I'd say Lapras was superior to Blastoise and Vaporeon.
In GSC it started to suck. Blizzard was nerfed and Fire became resistant to it.
I personally think the Fairy type doesn't make any sense. What's good and bad against it is strictly because of balancing, not common sense like the other types.
I'm curious about Noctowl, actually (also a favorite of mine).
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I rather like it, but you're probably right. I don't even know Glaceon's stat distribution, actually! Never used one. I wanted to, but you get it so late in Platinum that it isn't much worth it.
I would blindly fire Earthquakes at him, actually. But restarting in the E4 wasn't practical because you had to fight Will again. Granted, Will was easy, but it was still a waste of time. Unlike in the games, you couldn't save between trainers, and there were no continues.
Karen's Umbreon doesn't have recovery, I think, so you can wear it down with strong attacks. I wouldn't use Mewtwo in Gym Leader's Castle, that's overkill! Except in the first Stadium. I used him to get stuff like Caterpie in the hall of fame.
I hid my Pokémon passion from people until recently.
I think here in Brazil it took a very long time for the anime to reach the Johto league. I still watched it in 2002, when RS were released in Japan, and they were in the middle of the badge hunt. :P The last episode I watched was the Olivine gym battle. I don't understand why they did so much filler, actually. The problem, I think, was that the games were longer than what the anime could follow. But Ash couldn't return to Kanto to get the badges, as he already had them. Later seasons were made artificially longer by adding Contests and Frontier battles. Johto didn't have anything else to offer, because Ash couldn't return to Kanto, unless they did another Orange League thing, which would actually be helpful as it would seem like progress.
I think Pokémon could've benefitted from a new set of protagonists, like Yu-Gi-Oh. But Pikachu was too strong of a mascot to let go of.
Well, if they wanted to erase male Gardevoir from the books of the series, I think they should've gone as far as retconning the Pokémon and made Gallade the only thing male Kirlia could become. As cool as he is, the only reason Gallade exists is because people thought Gardevoir was too feminine to be male.