The championships were abominable in my oppinion. There were clearly not enough battles shown (or enough within the battle), and it was certainly slapdashed. I didn't find it to be axciting at all, as a matter of fact, I am utterly disappointed. Ash's Pokemon worked extremely hard to reach this point, and they weren't given enough face time to exhibit their unique skills and battling techniques; I just felt as if there wasn't enough pay off for the amount of work they put into earning those badges. It was almost as if the creator's didn't want to fabricate another league, thus not enough effort was put into Hoenn. Take the Johto and Kanto Championships, for example, and compare them to Hoenn: A gap of effervescence that separates them.
Each battle didn't appear as unique as it should have, and I found them boring and chimerical - even for Pokemon. With the matchups and Pokemon chosen, there should have been a plethora more diversity used within the attacks designated and executed. Fervently, the battle between Metang and Glalie was just plain bromodic, and the battle that took place between Sceptile and Swellow was just as uninteresting and erroneous - both incapacitated the other.
However, the only thing I found reedemable was Morrison. His reluctance to battle Ash was interesting, though pathetic and nonsensical at the same time. The meowth owned by Tasuya also appealed to me (as I am quite a fan of Puss in Boots).
Aside from that, I despised it and found it to be a waste of time. Hoenn had the potential to be great and could have been done a plethora better. The battles just killed it for me. >_>
Psycho
