>>49620359>a wild pokemon attacking someone, causing you to frantically choose your own starter to stop it is the same as another wild pokemon attacking someone, causing you to frantically choose your own starter to stop it.Correct.
>>Maxie/Archie are nothing like CyrusThey're both megalomanics with good intentions that run goofy team organizations and then, fuck up somehow in the end. Maxie/Archie fuck up by giving the legends the wrong orb. Cyrus fucks up by freeing the Lake trio and giving you a masterball.
>>returning features like secret bases is copyingReturning features but made worse.
>>the champion being involved in the plot is copyingAny other champion that dresses formally and has an obsession with some field of study?
>>creation trio's shtick is nothing like the weather trio'sBoth world-ending legendaries that have orbs dedicated to them and in the anime, Palkia and Dialga constantly fights each other like Groudon and Kyogre.