>>31731555>How are they done right?A bit of a broad question, but I feel like they should play to the themes of the story in some way or another.
Mechanically, I feel like one shouldn't hesitate to make villain teams feel a bit more challenging than the run-of-the-mill trainer. Possibly even use
level scaling so they'll always match the levels of the player's highest pokemon to make the player always feel they might be getting in over their head to take on these criminal organizations.
>Do you like recycled teams or completely original ones?Another thing that depends on the situation. If I'm doing my autistic gen-1 remake, you bet your ass I'm not going to replace Team Rocket with Team Crumpets vs. Team Biscuits.
But if I'm setting it in a new region or down-the-time-line of an existing one, I'd probably make a new team.
with some admitted irony, in my 'original region, donut steel', the villain team technically is a recycled team.
Team Triad is made up of the remains of Neo-Plasma, Rocket, and Flare out to recapture their glory-days.
