>>58192020>Making an OC is easier than using established characters within the gameIt's the other way around; it's easier to work with game characters since they have a pre-existing fanbase and details. Writers only need to tweak their character slightly to fit the show. It's much harder to create a new OC from scratch for a long-running weekly anime, as there's no guarantee the OC will succeed. If writers overestimate their OC and bet everything on them, it all falls apart if the OC isn't well-received. They likely thought Alain would be cool, awesome, serious, and invincible, expecting everyone to forget Ash and root for Alain, but it didn't happen.
If Pokémon 2023 was the "Sinnoh Summer Camp" arc 2 with Ash, Arven, Juliana, and Team Star Leaders as students of Class O, competing against Class A with Nemona and other prodigies, it would have been more interesting than Liko's journey to learn about her special bloodline.
>Roy has no ties to the game so you can literally give him any pokemon you want to shill and it'll do its job.Is it your first time watching Pokemon anime? Because game characters caught many pokemon that weren't part of their game team. Heck Iris's starter in the anime was an Exadrill.
