>>52677808The contests subplot was better executed with May imo.
Sinnoh contests had better aesthetic and good ideas like the Wallace Championship, but none of Dawn's rivals got enough time to shine, except for maybe Zoey.
Ursula was such a blatant and poorly made copy-paste of Harley the writers probably added at last minute when they realized Dawn had literally zero real obstacles in her career besides her own insecurities.
And her Grand Festival did all of her rivals dirty ... Except for, again, Zoey who won.
Jessie was the most interesting part of Sinnoh contests, it was nice to see her truly develop a love for them and try to play by rules after being a cheater didn't pay off in Hoenn and Kanto contests.
