>>46973679>The concept has been broken from it's inception and the series is ultra hypocritical about itThen that's a franchise problem, not a Go one.
>Hell, just look no further than the games. POWER OF FRIENSHIP! USE YOUR BROS! Except some Pokemon are objectively better than othersYeah, no shit that Butterfree you caught as a Caterpie in Viridan Forest is gonna hold a candle to a legendary who are specifically made to be strong. Only retards think the games, either lore or gameplay wise, would be better if everything was on equal footing
>Enjoy playing Eugenics and mass breeding your "bros" to get a "perfect speciment". CATCH THEM ALL AND LEAVE THEM BOXED FOR ETERNITY.Or you can just used stuff like Ability Capsules/Patches, EV Berries and Vitamins, and the Egg Move transfer in SwSh to get your bros in top shape without having to mass breed.
>Irrelevant. It still exists. The franchise is schizo as fuck and that's the reason why people get pissed at Go. We're supposed to see the shit he does as a "good thing" despite it NEVER having been portrayed as a good thing.pic related, you dumbass
>>B-But he bonds with Pokemon! Honest!Yes, he does. Whether its using them to trian against Ash, helping them with their problems like a food crisis or Scyther's want for battle, ot even just generally playing with them, we've been shown or told that he cares for them time and time again. If you want to plug your ears and scream at the top of your lungs to all of it, be my guest.
>>46973691You DO realize that the very first Pokemon anime theme song is titled "gotta catch 'em all" right? Not "gotta catch some of them", not "gotta catch a small, consistent team and care for them exclusively", it's "gotta catch 'em all"
