>>50509955This is a shit take. Despite being more accessible than ever on a console that would otherwise support native multi battles from one console and comes with two controllers, the Sword/Shield Battle Tower was not only lackluster but a downgrade from previous iterations. Even at least counting streaks would have been nice for people that like to go for high scores.
The best Battle Towers in the series subsequently have some additional mechanics which make them stand out. Sinnoh's had the WiFi Tower, Hoenn's used record mixing, and the Battle Tree had PWT styled battles thrown into the mix. Galar's Tower was just so that you could see what happened to Leon after you cucked him and a piss poor introduction to online play, especially since the AI and rules are nothing like online play.
>>50509921Conversely, I don't think BDSP's Tower is amazingly better than any others specifically, but I think it is more of an apology from ILCA due to most likely being told that they could not make Platinum content like the Battle Frontier. I prefer this style of preset teams in fact, because they make more sense and have genuine synergy within the sets. I would appreciate it if someone posted the one Ambipom set that specifically counters Garchomp. Still, I would trade it all for the WiFi tower, especially since there is a Miiverse like system with NSO that could have been used to make your own unique WiFi Tower code to play with all of your friends.
