>>39545093I think a big problem with Team Rocket and why they can't go all out with them is that they are too realistic in themes and presentation
Lysandre wanted to commit genocide yes but him and all the villains literally look and behave like morning cartoon villains (who also had very dark goals but their presentation helped)
Giovanni or rather Japanese man Sakaki is a yakuza clad in a bussiness suit who engages in the pokemon equivalent of animal trafficking and gambling and got his people and himself inside the pokemon equivalent of a sports federation (reminds me of the whole "yakuza olympics"), add human trafficking and real estate and you have him be exactly as the real life Yakuza. Where do you go from here without making him too realistic and threatening in a way it isn't suitable for children anymore and belongs into a Yakuza or Megaten game? And making him more cartoonishly evil like USUM was dangerously getting close to is probably gonna be poorly received
