Put me in the boat that doesn't want Leon to be a fraud. I like the South Asian / Desi representation and it's nice to have prominent PoC characters.
Agreed, the Pokémon series is woefully lacking in South Asian rep and as a British South Asian, I have kinda latched on hard to Leon being the champion with his ace being Charizard. My favourite Pokémon.
I would be upset if it turned out that Leon is a fraud, especially when British is incredibly racist towards people of colour.
I also feel that Game Freak should also show disabled people in the Pokémon world, I mean it wouldn't it make sense that there would be service Pokemon to assist the disable folks akin to how we have service animals in our world.
If he is... well we've still got Nessa.
Yeah, I like Nessa. She's pretty cool and I loved her animation where she kissed the crowd as she walked into the stadium.
Ha ha, poor Impidimp. Honestly though, depending on its stats and whether it gets an evolution. I might add the little Pokémon onto my team.
Hypothetically, if Leon's team were truly all gen 1 Pokemon, I do wonder how fans would respond.
As long Leon's team is better put together than Diantha, it had no synergy, and is fleshed out and plays an active part of the story. Then I am fine with it.
I am so excited that I am finding it difficult to focus on anything as my brain is just filled with Pokémon. Though I am working now so my playtime will be limited, gone are the days where I could spend all day playing Pokémon. 😢
You know what we need?
Galarian Mr Mime
Oh god that would be a stuff of nightmare.
Also do you remember the Mr. Blobby song? 🤣
I remember X and Y leaking out. And that wasn't a datamine, that was an actual leak. It was some guy who was just playing the game and taking screenshots of the the evolutions and new Pokemon.
The response to Chesnaught was hilarious.
Heh, I remember that. I also found it frustrating that Europe got punished by having Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire and Sun and Moon being delayed by a week. Thankfully that shit ended after Ultra Sun and Moon after everyone complained.
Having said that I am just waiting for the game to leak, so I can know all about the new Pokémon and the location of Charmander.