How do we fix it? I say we make it a bit of a clone of Pokemon Stadium. Add gym leader towers that not only allow you to compete with others for how efficiently you beat them but also give them separate doubles teams that allow you to play them with another person, using rentals or your own Pokémon, you can also add leaderboards in game. New towers can also be gradually added in the game giving players something to look forward to. For ranked matches allow players to spontaneously join tourneys up to 8 players or be invited to tourneys with much more people in them. Also bring the announcer back, he would make online battles feel special. As for trading it's fine the way it is and trying to fix Wonder Trade is pointless.