>>39174324Gamefreak realized that making criminal mafias like Rocket would get stale overtime so decided to go for ideological criminal organizations instead. Team Rocket is a mafia that uses pokemon to make a buck and thats all, the anime/manga is the one that turned Giovanni into a world domination megalomaniac because it sells more duh. Skull on the other hand doesnt seem to be as mafia like as rocket so is a street syndicate on a lower level though to be honest I would run for my life if I saw any of the grunts walking towards me because you are gonna get robbed most likely.
Magma are human supremacist
Aqua are environmentalist
Galactic are nihilist
Plasma are pokemon preservationist
Plasma 2 is a terrorist organization
Flare are perfectionist to a batshit crazy level
Skull are just thugs
Aether is an unstoppable science institution