>>54972325That puts us back at "yeah they're pretty good" like older generations, OP saying they're 'consistently amazing' just reeks of someone who's desperate for something to praise about these games.
Also what the hell is wrong with comparing something to something else? It provides a good benchmark and frame of reference for what counts as good writing, OP asks why people don't talk about the characters enough, and the answer is because if you've played any halfway decently written video game, then you know the characters in Pokemon are barely worth talking about past which ones you like, or who you ship with whom.
Nemona is a good, fun rival, I like her a lot actually, but that's only in the context of SV characters, as soon as I put SV down, she's forgotten about because she's not actually that memorable as a fictional character, I mean, what can you even say? Her battle autism is entertaining, I guess you could do something with how she's the throwaway heir, or how she's too strong for the average students, but like...that's really it. Nemona's character is simple and well defined, but not exactly complicated. There's 10 million "pretty entertaining" characters in games, that's what they're supposed to do, doesn't actually make them worth very much.
If Pokemon's writing was actually good, actually 10/10 like OP claims, we'd get a deep dive in Nemona's backstory, her motivations, her fears, maybe even see her Pokemon and what they think of her, shit, SOMETHING more than literally a single scene or two lines of expositional dialog to fill the air as you go down Area Zero. Nemona is better than like...05% of rivals in terms of writing, but I don't think about her arc like I would a character from a game with good writing.
Seriously, play other games, Pokemon characters are really and truly not worth hyping up.
