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  • Well, Misty resumed gym duties for the time being. However, she and Brock did say they'd like to visit Alola again, meaning we're most likely going to have at least one more visit from them before SM ends. Let's hope next visit, they actually LET Misty resume her Water Pokémon Master goal again.
    A few news: 1. Misty a couple of days back was unveiled in the Pokémon Anime Talk Show, with Mayumi Iizuka as well as Lana's voice actress having guest roles on there. And 2. Her and Brock's return was just announced today as occurring on December 23, so have a early merry Christmas (never was fond of "Happy Holidays", TBH).
    Hey, Betty, if you're still around, I've got some very good news: Misty, she's coming back next season, and if the poster she appears on is of any indication, she's definitely going to have at least a bigger role, certainly have more appearances than just two:

    BTW, Dogasu did a translation of some director's commentary for the 20th movie that aired a month back, and he revealed something: Apparently, Verity's mother is NOT Cynthia, though she is indeed someone strong and famous. The director doesn't reveal who it is, though. You can read it for yourself here: http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/movies/2017_pm_i_choose_you/pm_i_choose_you_directors_commentary.html

    Probably doesn't make up for their replacing Misty and Brock for the movie (and no, it being an AU isn't an excuse. Path to Power was also an AU, yet even THAT kept the Dragon Ball Team from the Pilaf Saga intact), nor does it really make up for the rather inappropriate shilling of Sinnoh, but at least we now know that they aren't shilling Cynthia.

    Not much else to report at this point, however (and I'm still looking out for any announcements on Misty and Brock's return).
    BTW, a further update to you, Betty: Junichi Masuada was interviewed recently regarding Pokémon Let's Go, and he says something interesting regarding Generation VIII and connectivity: When asked if the Let's Go games will connect to the 2019 game (referring to Generation VIII), he answered that there was a time that players felt bad that they couldn't transfer their team forward (obviously referring to the software transfer problems between new systems from Gen III up to at least Gen VI) with the implication that such would be a thing from the past. If that's correct, we probably won't need to worry about remakes for Generation IV. That said, it's not confirmed one way or another, so we'll have to wait until late 2019. I also went to Atlanta Comic Con, BTW, and got an autograph from Linda Larkin (would have asked a few questions for Paige O'Hara regarding Belle, but... well, it's not a meet and greet, so I ultimately didn't).

    Speaking of which, Mayumi Iizuka had a twitter post of her dressing room. While the tweet itself dealt more with some performance she had done fairly recently and plans for a future performance than about any future roles as Misty, she does have the plush Misty toy I alluded to earlier in a fairly prominent manner, which is nice to see: https://twitter.com/MayuTama0103/status/1018123952168681473
    Well, we've gotten our first announcement for Generation 8 today in the Pokémon Conference... kind of. They announced that there will be more Core Series Games on the Switch in 2019, though they did not directly name Generation 8 so much as strongly hint at it. We don't know their names yet, nor even when exactly they'll release in 2019, not even in terms of quarters. That kind of gives us an idea of how long Pokémon Sun and Moon will last in the future (and by extension how long we'll expect Misty and Brock to appear in Alola). Hope you're still around.

    EDIT: According to Bulbapedia, Gen 8 is specifically going to be released during the latter half of 2019, meaning either Q3 or Q4. That gives us a rough timetable for when Misty and Brock's going to return, the latest we can expect one at least.
    Seems that we're getting a reboot of Gen I or at least a game taking us back to Kanto... at least that's what all the hints and rumors are pointing towards. Perhaps even a reboot of Gen I and II if Ho-oh and Lugia are hinting at anything... Or like I said before, a return to Kanto and Johto.
    Just so you know, Takara Tomy released Misty and Brock plushies back around Mid-March (and I even got a Misty plushie on eBay). That would certainly point to Misty and Brock possibly returning in the near future, since the 20th Anniversary's all but done as it is.


    True, but at least he actually chose to follow in Oak's footsteps, instead of being forced to do so unlike Misty. Same deal with Tracey, so I could at least tolerate it with them since at least they chose to do so of their own free will, which is far more than what Misty got.


    Yeah, acting as lab assistants in all but name, and also doing field research. That probably would have been a bit more useful to the group than what Brock does (the only thing he has going for him that's actually useful is cooking, and even there, Orange Islands proved they can do without him regarding that. Heck, Ash and Misty had very little problem with food when they were lost in Viridian Forest, and they were there for about two weeks based on what Ash said in the Pewter Gym episode). I'm even willing to bet that Misty could handle cooking (and had it not been for Sick Daze, that would have been a very reasonable assumption, especially considering that one of the Orange Islands cards had Misty cooking stew, plus the whole Salveyo Weed she needed to get to prepare an antidote for Stun Spore that Ash, Tracey, and even Jessie contracted, and her being implied to have cooked during Episodes 3 and 4 of the series). Heck, even if they absolutely HAD to bring May and/or Dawn into the cast (without replacing Misty, anyway), they could have given them similar goals regarding field work.


    Agreed there, and not just because it was a complete waste of an advertisement opportunity for the games: It's also because they practically screwed up a viable way to bring characters back and see how they're doing (especially Misty, which something like this actually WOULD have given her character actual closure, something which her return in Battle Frontier completely failed to give).


    Honestly, I could understand and tolerate Dead or Alive doing something like that since at least the girls there were all of the age of consent (and even prior to Dead or Alive 5, the youngest the girls were ever at was 16 years old, which is still pretty close to the age of consent (Aurora, Ariel and Jasmine were of marriable age at 16 years old, for example.), and either way they clearly weren't prepubescent children unlike the Pokémon kids). Pokémon, that really shouldn't have been done. It's actually reminding me a bit about Disney's Beauty and the Beast, where they talk down to the audience more than a few times with Gaston, and yet have no qualms with showing Lumiere as an unrepentant womanizer (something that's definitely not appropriate at all to the intended audience, and what's worse, this was blatant and not merely a parental bonus), pretty much demonized the concept of marriage, and designed the triplets and the featherduster maid's human form in a manner that not only outranks Belle's physical appeal in a way that caused a massive plothole as to how Belle is even remotely the most beautiful woman in the village, but also comes across as inappropriate especially to the intended audience (though to be fair to them, they obviously weren't prepubescent children either, which is still better than what Pokémon's doing.). I don't think Satoshi Tajiri would be too happy with what's going on with his series right now. Someone needs to stop this madness right here and now.


    Yeah, agreed. I'm hesitant to call Gary or Emerald Brendan cute, though (I'm a straight guy, I'm not exactly fond of using those kinds of descriptions on those of the same sex). Still, they actually do look their age to some extent, so I can tolerate them.


    Yeah, I heard. At the very least, we definitely won't expect a new Gen 7 game. I'm still on the lookout for a new Mystery Dungeon game per your suggestion, though, just in case the end doesn't come at all soon. And personally, I hope Gen 7 is the last for the anime, even if they do confirm a Generation 8. Like I said, I'm sick and tired of constantly seeing Ash lose or have his victory stolen from him, especially in instances where there was literally no reason to believe he was supposed to lose (DP and XY, I'm looking at you), at least give him one victory that's actually worth it, actually let him achieve his goal of Pokémon Master just for once. That's all I ask.


    No, you're not the only one. Heck, it made zero sense for anyone besides Misty to get Togekiss, let alone Dawn, especially when the Togepi line, even in the games, let alone the anime, is so rare to find that you'd pretty much would only find it due to luck (heck, in DPP, the only chance you have to find a Togepi in the wild is at Route 230, and even THAT requires the Poke Radar, and you can forget trying to find Togetic or Togekiss in the wild as well). In fact, in the anime, they're pretty much impossible to find without going all the way to a pocket dimension, with the only known entry point being in Hoenn, maybe Kanto considering that Ash found Misty's Togepi by accident at Grandfather Canyon.


    Agreed, though I'll still need to wait until at the very least E3 comes up, since if there's any new Pokémon related news, whether it be Gen 8 or even PMD, it's definitely going to be at that event, especially considering that Nintendo is confirmed to be at E3 2018 for Splatoon and Super Smash Bros. for the Switch (I'd go with Nintendo Direct, but that's more of a hit and miss, especially when they AFAIK don't tend to announce when the next Direct will be.).
    Yeah, here's hoping. Let's hope the writers don't screw this up.


    Yeah, no kidding. Though at least Tracey got a mention in Best Wishes. And hopefully, if they do have Gary come back, they don't have him beat Ash again (not that I don't want him to be weak, but he retired from doing any leagues, and I personally wasn't too fond of how he beat Ash after Battle Frontier due to him retiring from being a trainer to do the family business of being a Pokémon Researcher).


    Agreed, not to mention it would have truly allowed more expansion on the various characters goals. I definitely think that would have been a good idea, certainly much better than what we've currently got.


    True, but on the other hand, we could have at least gotten a cameo from Misty regarding the Pokémon World Conference in BW (skipping that was definitely one of Best Wishes' worst mistakes. That would have been a grand opportunity to bring her back, heck, most of the old cast back for that matter. I don't know why they completely ignored such a golden opportunity the games provided them with).


    Ugh, no kidding. It's already bad enough that the anime does that, but the games too? They're sexualizing kids? You'd think after what happened earlier that they'd learn to quit doing that. Well, when Gen VIII comes out, we'll see if they'll stop.


    Honestly, I've never been a big fan of Jersey Shore, but having a 12 year old be that... ugh. Probably what's worse is that it's guys being that as well... This really needs to stop, stat.


    Since when does being "hot" or "pretty" enough act as qualifications for a character, anyhow? Especially characters who were supposed to be prepubescent children? Well, all I can say is that if they do in fact make that Gen IV remake, they'd better cut down on the jailbait stuff, especially after what happened to Nobuhiro Watsuki a few months back (while he was given a light sentence of only paying a 200,000 yen fine for child porn possession, he nonetheless is most likely going to have his reputation destroyed as a result).


    Ugh, well, sooner or later, they'd better stop.


    Yeah, agreed, especially if the rumors are true and Zeraora's going to debut on that April 9 trailer for the film.


    Yeah, no kidding, it's a shame that had to happen, to Misty and especially to Togepi (though that being said, poor development aside, they still had a far better done relationship than May and Manaphy did). Still, at least Togepi doesn't erase people for sheer laughs, unlike Zeno (and the reason I made the comparison is because the characters are actually voiced by the same voice actress in Japan).

    So far, the only game that might be on the lookout is Pokémon Rumble due to updating trademarks. Even there, nothing is confirmed (and I'm not sure if that impacts Generation VIII's release in any case).
    Well, I've watched both episodes with subtitles (at least it eliminates having to listen to the audio track). And they're definitely very good on a second viewing. Probably my only real complaint was Misty leaving out the fact that her sisters were out of town in the first part (though to be fair, that's probably because that came about in a quiz segment that got left out of the dub). Well, that, and Misty making it sound as though she gave the badge out of pity in the second part (it was actually her sisters who did that. If anything, she protested the decision). But oh well, they were definitely good episodes, and more than redeemed the Gym Leaders of their shoddy treatment since AG. And the fact that Brock beat them effortlessly seems to reinforce that, as good as the Gym Leaders were, and as impressive Misty's battling prowess was, she ultimately needs to leave the gym soon, since Brock rivaled her in that area (and it's repeatedly stressed that he's the former Gym Leader). I so can't wait for their appearance within the Alola Region itself, we know it's going to happen thanks to the second part's ending, and speaking of which, we also can safely say that Ash is probably going to fight the Pokémon League, thanks to that teacher's voicing his intention of creating that league.


    Something like that. I probably could tolerate it if they at least kept the art style, but the two combined, sorry, I'd rather spare my ears.


    No kidding. Seriously, I honestly can't see why they can't have Ash just mentor the new male protagonist, which would be something that actually would work in a relationship standpoint. He's not even a Coordinator, so he's pretty much divorced in chemistry from May and Dawn for that reason alone (and don't get me started on Serena, of whom males are persona non grata from Showcases). Plus, I wouldn't feel like an idiot naming the new character "Ash" in Hoenn and Sinnoh.


    I agree, it's indeed very gross. 16 year olds, heck, 20 year olds, I could somewhat go along with, but 10 year olds?! Are you freaking kidding me!? This sort of crap is what got Nobuhiro Watsuki into hot water recently. Probably the only saving grace is that unlike the anime, some of the characters were older than 10, even if not much older than 10 (like around Brock's age).


    Will be on the lookout for it.


    Yeah, agreed. It's not a good thing to market towards kids. At least with Dead or Alive, it was marketed towards teens and those in early adulthood instead of kids. Most kids wouldn't really like that kind of fanservice, and I have my doubts about the parents approving either. Come to think of it, one episode of Robocop had a woman basically engineering a jailbreak by turning into living water, though even THAT at least was largely obscured (and the woman when naked was pretty much had the molecular shape of water anyway, so it's not really much, especially compared to what Pokémon's doing right now).


    Will also look out for that. As soon as we get an announcement either via one of the upcoming Nintendo Directs or, hopefully, during E3 2018 involving Pokémon, I'll start planning the period in-between. Besides, Dragon Ball Super is drawing to a close anyway, so I don't have to worry about much else (a side note, but if you ask me whether Misty's Togepi or Zeno qualifies as a hated character, I'd probably go with Zeno, definitely, especially with this current arc where he and his future counterpart simply had too much fun erasing universes to Kefka levels. It actually makes Zamasu look like a decent person, and that's the guy who had a genocidal hatred towards mortals this past saga that Zeno erased, which speaks volumes of just how much worse Zeno is acting right now. At least Misty's Togepi actually does try to do things that are good, and actually did go out with a bang saving people.).
    Thanks. And as of a few seconds ago, I have just watched both episodes. Granted, I had it on mute the entire time (I don't think I can bear to hear what the voice track's like with how the animation was), and I didn't know until the second episode that there was closed captioning, so I'll probably need to watch it again with the CC on, but I've at least met my goal now.


    Agreed. They need to have their character arcs closed now. It's the best they can settle for now, after being mismanaged for quite some time now.


    Agreed with that. Not to mention, even ignoring the whole coordinator thing that was truly unnecessary, especially in terms of advertising the games via the main characters, May's NPC characterization would NEVER have worked via May's characterization in the anime regarding her hatred of Pokémon (especially when May in the games, the NPC anyway, didn't even mind Pokémon).

    And yeah, it also irritated me as well regarding keeping Ash on, speaking as someone who, with the exception of Pokémon Coliseum, frequently named the Male character after Ash.


    Hmm, haven't heard anything on that front. And sure, PM me the details. I probably won't leave until after Sun and Moon is finished, anyway, think of it as a bit of honor that keeps me here.


    Yeah, no kidding. I'm guessing Quality Control was on vacation when they did that ad.

    And honestly, I probably wouldn't mind the not growing with the audience too much if they replaced the characters, all of them (although not before making sure they succeed in their goals of course), and especially if they didn't outright treat the girls as sexual fanservice starting with May (I'm sorry, but I fail to see how that was even REMOTELY appropriate for the age bracket. Then again, I'm questioning why making Brock into Glenn Quagmire starting with Johto was even a good decision for the audience, or for that matter, why Disney thought it was a good idea to make Lumiere into an explicit womanizer despite his acts being very family unfriendly as it is. There's parental bonus, and then there's outright pushing dirty material to kids in an undisguised manner.).


    I hope they don't. But on the other hand, that magazine interview implied that more of Ash's friends besides Misty and Brock will make a return, so might as well brace for it.


    Well, since they're running out of Event Pokémon to tide the kids over, they probably should call it quits soon. Not unless they want to pull an AG where they had the latter movies promote a new-Gen Pokémon despite it not being anywhere close to announcing the new generation. Let's hope Misty and Brock fulfill their end of the bargain before then, I'm still keeping an eye out.
    Well, Episodes 42 and 43 have officially been uploaded to Pokémon TV. I have to contact pool companies to make my pool usable again as well as do Metal Gear Survive and The Phantom Pain, plus do any household chores, so I can't say I'll watch both today. However, I do intend to make sure I do it before next Saturday.


    Yeah, they've had a bit of that during Johto as well, especially after Wobbuffet entered the picture (he's a poor villainous equivalent to Misty's Psyduck. At least Psyduck actually DOES manage to take out the enemy when he has a headache and is useful for last-minute saving the day in addition to being comic relief). Still, even in Johto, they still at least had some moments where they proved to be genuinely credible threats, which is a lot more than in AG or DP, or for that matter XY and SM.


    Yeah, no kidding. And quite frankly, as you implied with your description of idol culture, using the phrase "eyecandy for the boys" isn't even a valid excuse since the audience for that isn't even children, but grown men who are coming close to acting like pedophiles. And quite frankly, pumping them with drugs aside, Idol Culture is coming far too close in resemblance to our fashion industry in America, the West even.

    Heck, it doesn't even work for May, let alone Dawn or Serena, whether you go by May being the daughter of Norman and thus the player character (as the anime chose) or if she was the daughter of Professor Birch and thus was the rival NPC instead. In the latter, it's heavily implied from her interactions with the player that she, similar to Dawn in fact, was pretty much acting as Birch's lab assistant and doing field work and capturing Pokémon for his research, and had no plans to be a full-time trainer, especially not a league challenger. In other words, she was pretty much a female version of Professor Oak when she had more interest in cataloguing Pokémon in her Pokedex than battling in that iteration. If they really needed to promote contests, they should have made an anime-only main character for AG to allow for that promotion. At least there, we don't have to worry about it breaking the games needlessly.

    At this rate, it's better off if they used non-Rival NPCs instead of player characters, or even their rival NPC equivalents. At least with the NPCs, they try to make them more in-line with their game characterizations.


    I remember seeing a Blue Bloods episode dealing with a very similar thing, only instead of Idol Culture, it was the fashion industry, and a friend of the family's daughter ended up comatose from poisoned food.

    And honestly, I don't mind girls being innocent (provided it's not done as a form of mockery unlike with Will Ferrell's "Elf") and virginal, but they shouldn't fetishize something like that, as it's not meant to be sexualized, a contradiction in terms. Not to mention with their age it skirts far too close to the child porn category.


    Funny, I actually played Pokémon RSE and FRLG, and even played Diamond and Pearl before I dropped off from them due to the boycott.

    Though I won't be surprised if it being considered uncool, at least here in America, dealt with this marketing gaffe done by KidsWB in some way (honestly, that ad pretty much drove me away from Pokémon, made it look more like Barney and Friends. Heck, that ad alongside Return to the Sea and possibly some shows geared towards toddlers that dealt with singing is probably the reason why until recently I had an immense hatred of singing, especially those done in English and done by characters.).


    Both of those might work as well.


    Yeah, good thing too. Too bad they didn't bring Iris back. She at least had actual potential. And yeah, agreed. I know Iris isn't exactly all that popular, but if they really needed to bring Dawn back, they should have given a far better story justification for her doing it. Even having her mention she's on a layover and mention she's done with Hoenn and waiting for the Kanto Contest season to start would have sufficed at least.


    I'll still need to wait for them to post something in CoroCoro actually confirming these suspicions, not to mention episode titles, but I think we can expect a Misty appearance in the near future, Brock as well (certainly before the end of the year, which I suspect will be the end of SM since, revealing and distributing Zeraora aside thanks to USUM expanding the Aloladex by adding new Pokémon, they don't have anything else to cover for SM.). After all, they did promise to visit Alola, and they might as well tie up that loose end (and hopefully, after Alola, Misty will actually be allowed to resume her goal, whether she rejoins Ash or not).
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    Yeah, agreed. They should reuse that plot so they are given a proper exit (and hopefully this time around, they don't have the misfortune of having a disaster occur in Japan that gets it banned). They've overstayed their welcome since AG, and with the exception of BW (which even there, they overdid it to be honest) failed to be even slightly threatening or credible threats.


    Agreed as well. No real point to him challenging the gyms again, so might as well have him adopt a more mentor role.


    Yeah, no kidding. Though at least Japanese Idol groups aren't likely to take drugs or OD as a result (and for good reason, as drug abuse is not tolerated in Japan. Just ask Sakai Noriko, the narrator of Pikachu and Pichu. Heck, that short was BANNED in all but name thanks in large part to her 2009 drug possession charges.), unlike modeling here in the States, where it if anything is openly encouraged in the industry (Kate Moss was infamous for starting the coke-addict appearance thanks to her very obviously being addicted to cocaine). Either way, Contests are pretty much a dead end job, and if it's anything like the real life counterparts will just result in massive pain and misery. I preferred the Princess Festival Contests from Princess vs. Princess since, while beauty did play a factor to the event, someone's competency in battle is the most prized element. Not to mention it's only a minor distraction rather than a full-fledged career.

    Heck, Lana from Hyrule Warriors was obviously based on the Idol girls (though to be fair to her character, her actual characterization and reasons for staying celebate despite having an obvious crush on Link are closer to that of a Roman Catholic Nun than an idol girl).

    And yeah, I remember what happened to Lindsey Lohan (I liked her in that film "get a clue", the one where she has to clear her teacher's name after he had to fake his death and go into hiding because of apparent embezzlement).

    Ultimately, I find it really sick as well, especially in light of what Masamitsu Hidaka tastelessly stated about why the girls starting with AG even exist (thank goodness that Iris and Lillie averted that trend, since at least they acted their age and weren't exploited). That's actually part of the reason I'm determined to stop that stereotype.

    Plus, I never understand how 25 is considered "too old." I could understand, say, 60 years old being too old, but 25? Even Dead or Alive has fallen into that trap with Xtreme 3 (barring Helena Douglas, whom I suspect was only added in because we Westerners managed to trick the polls by creating Japanese accounts, or Nyotengu since she's... well, a female Tengu and literally over a millennia old as a result, the only character who actually IS in her 20s is Momiji. The others are generally 18 minimum. The other girls got cut, even Tina, and I'm very fond of her in spite of her more showy aspects largely because she alongside her dad are positive representations of America, which I must admit is pretty rare in the Japanese gaming industry as they have a really nasty tendency to demonize America as a concept and even openly root for people who would be considered scumbags ordinarily [Metal Gear, Resident Evil, Dead Rising, and Vanquish all come to mind]).


    I don't know if it was considered uncool to play Pokémon as an adult a while back (I mostly was afraid thanks to something shown in Arthur regarding the titular character calling Mary Moo Cow a baby show), but yeah, it is nice to see it being spread to the next generation.


    Yeah, agreed. It's a bad idea to just leave them out to dry like that. And besides, it would get new generations hooked to the games as well, maybe even the anime.


    Agreed, or if they DO need to have Lyra return, at least make her Kris's cousin or something so that she could still be related to Kris without replacing Kris.

    And yeah, I for one would like to see what Red's personality is like, his canon personality anyways.


    Yeah, agreed. Probably the only way they can avert remakes is if they decide to add Virtual Console editions of those games and make sure they're compatable with the Pokemon Bank.


    Yeah. I mean, Misty's pretty strong herself, even during the OS. And honestly, even though I don't mind her at all, she really shouldn't have to be present in all those places or used when it doesn't really suit her. At least with B2W2, the World Conference acted as a sufficient excuse for her to appear since it dealt with all the gym leaders, E4, and champs in all the regions up to that point (such a shame that the anime screwed that over. That would have been a PERFECT opportunity for not just Misty, but also Brock and even May and Max to return. Instead, they wasted a character cameo on Dawn despite her having zero reason to be in Sinnoh in the first place, not even having a gym leader relative, which May and Max at least would have had they appeared under the pretense of the World Conference.).

    Well, Celeste Town's at least where her relatives lived. Though I must admit, her saying "My house? Even the region is a secret!" in the context of her house in Platinum did seem to imply that she held residence in a region besides Sinnoh.


    Well, then we still might have hope, since if VC sales are to be counted, USUM may not have surpassed at least Crystal.


    Yeah, agreed, and I've never been a particularly big fan of AUs (probably the only thing that's worse than an AU is someone outright retconning the heck out of every entry in actual canonical works). I'll tolerate an AU as long as there is an actual valid explanation for the need for an AU in-universe (like, for example, Stargate: Continuum, or Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, or even the 2009 Star Trek movie, all of which at least had time travel as an excuse for using an AU).


    Yeah, agreed. And I also hope they make sure they bring Misty back soon, especially considering that, while I'm no longer as sore about her being made gym leader largely because of the SM episode showcasing her time as a gym leader leaving her nearly invincible in combat to anyone not named Ash (heck, she and Brock if anything redeemed Gym Leaders' names after AG trashed them, with their getting bad results up to XY, with XY until that point coming the closest to truly redeeming them.), she still needs to resume her goal, plus, it's repeatedly emphasized that one can only grow stronger by traveling, meaning, for all her gains at the gym, even that won't suffice in the long term. She needs to resume her goal, especially when she's the only character barring possibly Max who was forced out of her goal. The others either pursued their goals or at the very least managed to choose of their own free will to change goals with no outside influences making them make that decision. And since we're pretty sure Misty and Brock are going to be returning before the end of SM thanks to them swearing to Ash that they'll visit Alola, that may be the perfect opportunity. Heck, a few twitter posts by Maasaki Iwane regarding artwork recently may actually imply that Misty at least may be returning soon:

    *https://twitter.com/animator1965/status/911192841610600448
    *https://twitter.com/animator1965/status/911193273254895621
    *https://twitter.com/animator1965/status/911195203729420288
    Agreed, we'll have to wait and see what comes about. Good point regarding BW.


    Yeah, if they do the route of the Rainbow Rocket thing for the Anime (or at least something similar, considering that Maxie and Archie have reformed, Ghetsis is most likely locked up, and both Lysandre and Cyrus are most likely dead, meaning none of them are likely to join), that would be a good time to put Team Rocket away.


    Let's hope they have sequels to those games, true sequels at that. It's been a while since they've covered that area, and since we know Red and Blue are adults, that makes it all the more necessary to do so. And it would allow for further development of Ash's character, actual character growth, and a way of passing on the torch. And they'd better have Ash win the Alola league.


    Heck, not even 1958. I can name at least one female character from the 1950s who actually WAS surprisingly strong-willed especially considering she otherwise had an utter crappy life (namely, Cinderella. And you have to admit, she definitely had to have nerves of steel to not break under a rather abusive life under Drizella, Anastasia and their mom's thumb.). This... this kind of crap actually is pretty demeaning of women and very stereotypical to an unnecessary degree. Not to mention, especially what you mentioned about fashion elements and beauty queens, I'm also not liking the inherent implications behind the Pokémon Contests and Showcases in the anime right now (namely, they strike me as being the Pokémon equivalent of the Fashion Industry, and not in a good way obviously. May and Dawn's future is most likely going to be them becoming addicted to coke, and not Coca-Cola type of coke, obviously, being left emaciated due to being driven to think they are not thin or young enough, and if they even live that long without ODing themselves on drugs or starving themselves or, heck, even throwing themselves out of a high rise apartment, are probably going to be complete mental wrecks by the time they're cast out at age 25. Don't get me started on Serena, either. Honestly, even homemakers would be a far better profession than the fashion industry, at least that actually has the benefit of raising and imparting values to the next generation, and is actually safer and healthier at that. Not to say that women should only be in the kitchen, of course.). Heck, I don't even like the Disney Princess franchise for largely the same reason (note that I said I didn't like the franchise as a whole. The individual characters in the franchise are perfectly okay for the most part, some not being my cup of tea, but the others, such as Ariel, I have immense respect towards for one reason or another). Probably the only way May, Dawn, and Serena could turn out even WORSE than they already are is if they were treated like Samus Aran was treated in Metroid: Other M (you remember what happened there, right? How they turned her from a badass proto-Master Chief type of warrior lady into a woman who thinks she can only exist by obeying even completely suicidal and foolish orders and cowered against a clone of her arch-nemesis despite defeating him multiple times before [not to mention in the manga, the only other time she had PTSD against him, she ended up getting over it], and their somehow making Adam Malkovich look bad as well.).


    Yeah, agreed, not to mention RBY/GSC have compatability with the Pokémon Bank, meaning that it's no longer even a concern regarding whether the games are backwards compatible with, say, SM/USUM now. And we don't really get much intel on what happened in Kanto/Johto after GSC, anyways (probably the closest we've got to that is Unova and to a certain degree Alola with that Yoda-Rocket guy reappearing and giving up on recreating Team Rocket/the whole World Conference thing as well as Red and Blue's cameos, respectively), would be nice to see that. Maybe also actually GIVE Red some characterization while we're at it (in GSC and HGSS, he's mute. In RGBY/FRLG, I can forgive it since he's an avatar of the player anyway, but they didn't need to make him mute in GSC/HGSS). And let's not forget they'll need to do remakes of Gen 5 and 6 as well, since those were dual screen games as well (heck, Gen 7 as well), and thus would obviously be negatively impacted by the... ahem, switch to the Nintendo Switch (if Generation 8's going to be on the Switch, anyway). And good point regarding Gen IV remakes as well. So I'm basically out of ideas regarding the promotion.


    Well, I don't know about her being from Sinnoh (since she implies at her villa that she originated outside Sinnoh), but yeah, as much as I don't mind her (her design actually reminds me of Lisa from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night), she really had no business in Unova (and Iris fangirling her didn't really make much sense anyway since she isn't even a type-trainer, let alone a Dragon trainer). Maybe if she had the G-Man profession Lance had, I'd buy it a bit more, but other than that...


    Just so we're clear, is this counting or not counting the Virtual Console rerelease of Crystal's sales?

    Well, here's hoping M21 underperforms, maybe that will send them a wakeup call regarding at least the movies. And yeah, I've heard of similar stuff with Direct to Video sales (and I don't mean the Japanese stuff where that's generally considered high quality, I mean the American stuff where it has the opposite reputation [barring exceptions such as the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line].).


    Yeah, at least we GOT a Kanto revisit, not to mention truly restoring the reputations of Gym Leaders after AG made them out to be jokes and were badly handled from now up until then, as well as actually revisiting some of Ash's old Pokemon (heck, even REDEEMING Brock's character for that matter). Let's hope now that the writers don't squander this chance at making things right.
    Sorry for not responding earlier, life got in the way.


    No kidding. It also doesn't help that Team Rocket doesn't even come across as even remotely threatening in AG or DP to make up for it. With all due respect to Takeshi Shudo, his decision for keeping them in due to their being his favorite characters was about as short sighted of a decision as JJ Abrams failure to actually reunite Luke, Leia, and Han in The Force Awakens (especially in light of Carrie Fisher's death). Still, if there's a silver lining to Sun and Moon (besides Misty and Brock returning and redeeming Gym Leaders after their trashy depiction in AG and Ash potentially winning the league this time, anyway), it's that Dogasu has heavily implied recently that this saga might be TRio's last saga.


    Agreed, especially considering that even in Best Wishes, they have hinted at time passing (just look at the Bullet Train being functional there, despite the OS strongly implying that the system wouldn't be active until "the year after next Tuesday"). If this were the Simpsons, I could understand since that show used negative continuity, and besides which had no overarching goal of the protagonists, but Ash had a Rocky-esque goal of becoming the best trainer. Though to be fair, Johto did at least have him actually increasing in rank, which is a LOT more than what occurred in Hoenn even if he still lost.


    That definitely would have been a lot better, especially considering that her hatred of Pokémon spat in the face of the entire POINT of being a Pokémon Trainer (heck, her even needing to do Pokémon Training as an excuse to travel didn't make sense because there have been plenty of COTDs that traveled without even HAVING any Pokémon on hand. Case in point: Seymour the Scientist back in Clefairy and the Moon Stone [and believe me, if he had Pokémon on hand, he wouldn't have needed Brock and Ash to save him early in the episode]). There has been a Tumblr post that attempted to explain it, namely indicating that her hate towards Pokémon had something to do with her relationship to Norman at that time. Quite frankly, I don't buy that explanation for a few reasons. Namely, Misty and Brock had similarly bad relationships with their families, who also happened to be Gym Leaders, as well (Misty was treated as the runt of the litter, not to mention it's heavily implied her parents ditched her and her sisters while they were young and pretty much forced them to be Gym Leaders, and Brock pretty much had to care for his siblings thanks to his parents ditching them), and they didn't hate Pokémon as a result. Heck, not even Jessie and James hated Pokémon despite coming from a family background that was arguably even WORSE than the heroes' family backgrounds (James' family pretty much forced him into an arranged marriage with a sadistic dominatrix that resembled Jessie, and Jessie had to go around multiple foster homes because her mom died in the line of duty trying to capture a Mew), and bear in mind, Jessie and James were members of an organization that, at least in the games, had no qualms with outright murdering Pokémon (based on the Marowak ghost in Pokémon Tower). So no, no matter how bad her relationship with Norman may have been, it's no excuse for her hating Pokémon and pretty much trashing the entire point of the profession.


    Like I said, I don't mind Sinnoh or Gen IV myself, but it is getting to be a bit overkill regarding the focus. I guess I'll wait until this year's E3 to find out the answer, just in case they do end up having Gen IV remakes somehow (I have my doubts that they're going to do Gen VIII soon, mostly because they would have hinted at it by now), which is the only other explanation for the odd amount of focus (wouldn't be the first time, anyway: Let's not forget that in Generation IV, they waited until after Platinum was released before they released the Gen II remakes).


    Yeah, no kidding. Would have been a good time to showcase him anyways rather than waste him in favor of someone who shouldn't even be involved in any way with Gen I.


    Dogasu seems to think it will underperform compared to Movie 20, so it may be a possibility that it will flop. But yeah, let's hope so, especially considering I wasn't fond of what M20 did anyways. They should have done a Path to Power-style anniversary retelling of the first episode, or at least the first saga.


    Agreed, though I'd probably tolerate it a bit more if they at least allowed Ash to actually pursue his goal from the start rather than forcing him out of pursuing leagues in favor of a school environment. They should get back to the old art style, with the only real change being to add in the fluidity of the new animation. That way, it would be the best of both worlds.


    Agreed. Let's hope they appear soon. Don't want yet ANOTHER broken promise (and not even from Ash this time around). Besides, Misty needs to resume her goal anyhow, since that was her biggest desire, to be a Water Pokémon Master.
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    It's almost 2am now so I won't get to it tonight, but I don't have work tomorrow night, and shouldn't have much going on during the day tomorrow either, so I should definitely be able to get to it.
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    What happened is I am a terrible friend and got sidetracked :( I'm sorry.
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