Recent content by BettyNewbie

I'm out of the loop, myself. I've been seeing a lot of people leaving over the last couple of days (including a very good friend of mine, whom I'm still trying to get in touch with), and I've been seeing comments about the site dying. What's going on? :frown:

Kris, the Odd Egg, a more fleshed-out Suicune story, the GS Ball, and Bank compatibility are all very good reasons to play Crystal over HGSS. That, and the fact that HGSS cost an arm and a leg nowadays. (That being said, Polished Crystal is still the very best version of Gen 2. :tongue-poke: )...

RBY and GSC. The franchise was at the peak of its popularity, competitive battling didn't exist outside of small (and easily avoidable) internet circles, the games had yet to introduce "save the world" plots, and god Pokémon didn't exist yet, nor did Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, and Ultra Beasts...

Nope, the movies are considered canon, at least up through M19. It's not common, but the show did reference the movies a few times over the course of its run.

NOPE! Amourshipping was always a one-sided deal, right to the very end. Serena may have had a crush on Ash, but he never once showed the same interest in her. She may have kissed him, but he never kissed her back. It's not any more "canon" than these kisses were: As long as Ash remains...

This. ^ ^ ^ ^ Ash is always and forever going to remain the same prepubescent 10 year old who never wins any Leagues and always ditches his Pokémon and friends at the end of every region. Trying to ship him with people has become a waste of time because no Ash ship has even the slightest...

Kris is my #1, always and forever. First female protagonist, and she has an awesome design, to boot. Always loved her dark blue hair and spiky pigtails, and her outfit's sleek and sporty, yet still comfortable and practical. This is a girl who's ready to go out on an adventure, kick Team...

It all goes back to the way the show views these girls as disposable "eye candy." As long as they keep swapping them out every new saga, fans will only continue to fight over them and pit them against each other. :(

I feel your pain on what a disappointment this so-called "20th anniversary" has been. :( While the newest games did do some interesting things with storytelling, Alola still feels like a half-baked filler region (ie. more akin to the Orange Islands than Kanto or Johto) that was quickly thrown...

From what I've noticed, there seems to be an inverse relationship between linearity and storytelling in this franchise. RBY and GSC had fairly barebones plots, but gameplay was actually pretty open by Pokémon standards. In RBY, Surge, Erika, Koga, and Sabrina could be fought in any order...

Sexism. Same reason the show kept swapping out the girls, but kept Brock around through DP. I like Mateo's take on what happened to Lorelei -- She had to go off to another region for important business during GSC, and Will was temporarily filling in her place (as you find out in the Pokémon...

Kris (because screw Gold, Gen 2's hero is a girl) always has this team whenever I write about her: Feraligatr Togekiss Gengar Jolteon Dragonite Houndoom Totodile is her canon starter, and nobody will ever convince me otherwise. It goes the best with her color scheme (just as Typhlosion fits...

I have a feeling that BW and especially B2W2 would've had a lot of features cut from them on the 3DS. None of the 3DS games have come anywhere close to the level of content offered by HGSS and B2W2, and graphical/mechanical limitations are a reason why. Full 3D models require more time and...

It's okay, Kuzehiko. I have days like that, too. Since you love Gens 3-6, consider all of the characters from those games who either didn't appear in the show at all or only got a minor, watered-down appearance because the show insisted on keeping Ash, Brock, and the TRio around. Like, what...

Thank you, Weedle. {:3} When you look at all of the game characters who got robbed of an anime appearance, it's almost always because of Ash and the TRio sticking around. They can't portray any male protagonists because Ash is filling their role, and the female protagonists who do appear will...