>>45733411I much prefered them being edgy contrarian collectors who used obscure monsters. Made for a good minor antagonist and a good trainer class all around.
Ruby and sapphire sprite was weird change, but I think it was executed well enough. He seems unhinged and like he doesn't quite grasp what being a pokemon master is really about, and so will be defeated by the protag.
>>45733419>>45733474>>45733532this and
>>45733701especially this. I personally knew kids i'd describe as pokemaniacs that were super edgy and used weird but strong monsters like slowbro so they could be strong but also sort of contrarian. Pokemaniac so perfectly filled a niche of people that a kid traversing the pokemon world would have to battle with. more formiddable than youngsters but less formidable than ace trainers.
unfortunately gamefreak forgot they were making RPGs and the art of worldbuilding and letting player's imagination fill in the gaps. Trainers don't act like believable people anymore they are just NPCS.
>>45733497I disagree, I'd rather the pokemon universe just not acknowledge furries at all, especially at the cost of based pokemaniacs. If they must, then make a new class
