>>38629712Yo what the fuck, I didn't realize the anime ever had shit like that.
>>38631468>>38632287Yeah GF puts a lot of work into trying to make it be anything but just making animals fight each other. The fact that battling is sort of just a common thing for Pokemon to do in the wild is meant to reinforce that humans aren't necessarily forcing them to do it against their will, and GF bolsters that by stuff like Pokemon Amie and all that shit. They're just bad at making it have actual gameplay effects.
Although I'm one of those sentimental types who manages to feel touched when a Pokemon that's got high friendship with me has special messages pop-up in battle or survives a hit with 1 HP due to its loyalty to me. That shit gets me every time, man. 