>>48916502>So do you understand why people call it a rehash?Way back when DP/Pt first released a major point of contention was the upscaling of Legendary power continued from RSE. Reshiram and Zekrom being downscaled in power was refreshing, at least to me.
One thing I'm sure was a common sentiment is that Dialga/Palkia were a major upscaling from the titanic Groudon and Kyogre. To the point where people had ground Pokemon plots down to a formula (bad guy gets legend destroys the world) and made fun of it for years.
From a surface level perspective, they're basically the same. The evil team's hunt for a deific power culminates in the near destruction of the world. But there are nuances in how each evil team is implemented that make them distinct from one another, and these nuances ultimately make for a more immersive experience in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.
Some people think Groudon and Kyogre were too powerful already, which is a fair perspective, but the real reason that people think Team Magma and Team Aqua are retarded is because they're a very poorly implemented political allegory that, after causing mayhem all across the Hoenn region, ultimately flounders in their goal, ends up endangering the lives of everyone, and then they just stand there looking stupid saying "Whoops! How could this have happened?"
It's different from Team Galactic. The only people who could possibly think Team Galactic are stupider than Magma/Aqua are people who disagree with the increased powerscaling on a fundamental level. The actual plot favors Galactic. Their leader nearly achieves exactly what he wants. There is no unforeseen calamity, because his intentions were calamitous from the outset.
Intentionally destroying the world is a very simple storybook plot element on paper, but it's a lot cleaner than the
>villain has noble intentions, but his methods went awry causing untold havocangle, which is so often susceptible to immersion-killing questions.
