Kirbonic_Pikmin
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Yeah, its just a general issue with the Verse. There's very little to use in terms of banter potential, Pokémon are typically extremely one note in personality, and Pokémon Trainers are an absolute mess to use and typically don't have much in terms of matchups outside of like, Ash really, who has a few. Poke lore can also be vague and not the most quantified at times, and they generally just feel limited in what you can do with them. And typically, if a character has a matchup with a Pokemon, they also usually have a more thematic, more interesting matchup with another character. It also seems like it'd be generally hard to build an analysis around any non-legendary Pokemon. Most Pokemon Versus matchups have also just, fallen out of relevancy. Like I don't really see people still talking about Lucario vs Renamon, certainly nobody cares about a Gen 1 Starter Battle Royale anymore, and the Pokemon vs Digimon (and Yugioh) rivalry as a whole really has died down, Shadow vs Mewtwo isn't really talked about much either unless its ******** on the DB episode.no, they really haven't. Goro vs Machamp is one of the few match-ups that work outside of Pokemon vs Digimon/Yugioh rivalry and even then those rivalries aren't really a thing anymore.
I like Pokemon, but as Kirbonic put it, it's just not a good verse to use...in VS.
I think the only major Pokemon Versus fights left are:
Mewtwo runback (getting stomped by BWG?)
Arceus fight (getting stomped by Yggsdrasil or stomping Amaterasu, for some reason)
Ash MU (Yugi or Lucy really)
and to REALLY stretch it
Kyogre vs Chaos
Is Deoxys still popular in Versus? I remember he kinda was way back...
It's honestly kind of strange, that such an enduring megafranchise, literally the most profitable media franchise ever, isn't super suited for Versus just because of the type of series it is, lol.