Thoughts on the Sinnoh Saga

In about fifteen minutes from me posting this thread, the final episode in Sinnoh will air. As we head on to Unova, what do think about Sinnoh. Was it good? Was it Bad? Whhat was your favorite pokemon?

Going to shift this over to the main board, rather than here in Episode Discussion. I just finished watching the final DP episode, so I'll be back to give my review of Sinnoh later.

I like the Sinnoh saga because of how Ash, Dawn and Brock interacted with each other. I also liked Team Galactic's plot and how Ash faced off against 2 legendary Pokemon in the Sinnoh League.

The plot development in story was, in my opinion, very good throughout the Sinnoh Saga. A few more fillers and the like I could have done without, but overall I thought it was great.

I'll keep it short and say that Sinnoh started off really slow but when the voices somehow got better it really picked up and ended in a great way. It was a great four years and I didn't think it'd be so hard to see it end.

Personally, I thought the start was quite good because it seemed a bit different to Hoenn (which is my favourite saga) then it seemed to drag on a bit. However, the battles were some of the best yet (e.g. Ash & Paul's full battle and their league battle) especially with the introduction of abilities and more extravagant variations on how moves are used.

..so yeah overall quite liked it :)

When the Sinnoh saga first started off I believe they had a marathon? It was sometime during the beginning of June. I started to like it until they exploited Piplup and Dawn. And they began to get on my nerves. I watched all the way until Ash's gym battle against Paul (6v6), and then comcast got rid of Cartoonnetwork and I was unable to watch it for a few months. Then I tuned in for the last 2 episodes of the saga and I was happy that it was finally over. Overall I wasn't too fond of it, maybe cause I missed about 20 episodes, but there was no need for it to take 4 years to finish it.

Hmm, I didnt even get to see the episode with Dialga and Palkia vs. Team Galatic. I'll probably watch that sometime today....

I believe that the saga has been strong, according to the standards Pokemon, especially as regards global history and continuity. I liked the history of rivalries and Paul Ash Infernape and commitment to this. I liked the action-packed battles and episodes of high stakes such as those involving Hunter J. And on paper, I thought a lot of ideas that came Arch competitive great.But Dawn was on the other hand, I thought I was weak in terms of characterization, interaction and dialogue for the main characters in the series.

Of course there were good and bad parts. Good parts like Paul and Ursula and there were bad parts such as when the trainers sent out their Pokemon the throwing of the Pokeball animation was a lot worse than that of previous seasons and the boring fillers. But overall it was still entertaining.

I loved this saga

Pros: Pearlshipping, Dawn, Paul/Ash's rivalry, Barry, Barry/Ash's rivalry, all of Ash's Pokemon were cool and you got to see. I kind of liked Dawn/Zoey's rivalry was ok and I really liked Ursala {Think I spelt that name wrong} Wish she was added early, she was a great rival for Dawn. OF course the Hunter J/Ash storyline. Jessie's contest arc was pretty fun, she didn't even cheat this time.

Cons: Kenny, worst rival of Dawn's ever, always getting jealous of Ash and telling Dawn to choose I mean gese. Than the contests weren't that great this year, some were ok.

Over all, a fun saga one of my favorites.

I'll miss Brock, he was a very well developed supporting character. I'll also miss the theme songs :P.

But, on topic, I think they finally gave Ash a good rival in Paul the likes of which we haven't seen since Gary Oak became a softie. A few other interesting plot points and a great team of Pokémon all around made the DP saga one of the greater ones in my opinion.

god until snowpoiint. really 40 episodes just to get to the sunnyshore? thats a whole season not one walk to a gym!

I hated sinnoh, it is probably the only region that I don't know every pokemon in it.

I feel so sad, I barely watched the Sinnoh saga. This could be partially attributed to me losing interest in it half-way through, then CN changing the time slot to friggin' 6 a.m., or 6:30 whichever it was. I suppose I could have just watched online.

The saga did seem to drag on forever though, much longer than Hoenn. I would say I was rather dissappointed that Dawn's piplup never evolved. That is the most upsetting of the Sinnoh saga for me.

I really liked the Team Galactic plot. It was organized fairly well so that each smaller event such as Iron Island contributed to the larger plans. Plus, it was cool to see Cyrus interact with the party prior to the finale.

I also liked the introduction of Hunter J. I feel that she fit in well as an independent source of recurring evil that lacked Team Rocket's incompetence. Though I admit that I would've expected the writers to emphasize more on the differences between the party and J, as her apathy towards humans and Pokemon alike separates her from most other characters.

The rivals were also unique, with deeper qualities than those in previous seasons- for instance, Hoenn. Paul in particular made a good rival to Ash in that they had some many conflicting values. Nando was a unique fellow, participating in both contest and trainer battles. I also liked seeing Zoe's change in character over time, as well as seeing her past in Snowpoint. I do miss Harley though; he was a very flamboyant and sneaky character.

However, I feel that the writers failed to align the series' climax properly. I felt that the climax was in Galactic Battles. The English theme seemed to suggest the quest reaching its ending, which I thought fit well with the rapid approach to the Mt. Coronet finale. However, afterwards they had a whole season that lacked few extra plot elements outside of the Grand Festival and Sinnoh League. There were a couple things to do beforehand, suchas the Sunnyshore badge and Dawn's second battle against Ursula, but it was clear that the season was dominated by the Grand Festival and Sinnoh League. I did enjoy the competitions in each, especially the interesting tactics used. However, there was not much else outside of those battles to keep me interested.

I was hoping that J or Charon would make a reappearance as a last challenge to the heroes. After all, their departures were left rather open: J was sucked into the Lake Trio whirlpool, which was said to be a portal to the Lake Trio's dimension, while Charon mysteriously vanished after Team Galactic's arrest. Either would have added more plot to Sinnoh League Victors. Plus, their exits lacked closure with the party: J disappeared without a final battle against the heroes, while Charon, who had obvious ulterior motives, never revealed or acted on them.