>>58207751if they were better thought out it would have been fine.
>each pokemon has 5 contest stats>but they're all calced like base stats normally, and you can see them like normal base stats>all natures get a + and - to a contest stat also (or just a plus, or whatever, just have them tie in)>moves stay with their contest typeshere's where you change it: scrap most of the current contest mechanics and basically just make it a battle where you're using moves to impress judges. They have a base hp or equivalent (impress meter I guess we'll call it) and moves just increase the bar instead of decrease it. It can be hidden I guess if you want. Judges can also have "type effectiveness" where some will prefer cool or cute or whatever moves. Though less extreme than normal type charts. And status moves will be able to influence your next move like normal; using hone claws and then swords dance and then dynamic punch would be a great way to get a cool or tough judge to be swayed to your side as an example. Beyond that it's you having to get the judge or judges impressed with your performance quicker and more compellingly than the other pokemon in the contest. Bonus: now contests can have 1 to 4 mons in it and 1 to 4 judges. a 1v1 could just be a test of sorts seeing if you're good enough for contests where a 4v4 would have 4 mons competing to ger the most votes from the judges.
Bonus: you can optimize mons for being contest mons instead of battle mons which would be pretty fun.
There's some stuff I'm missing but regular contests are too simple and using battles as the basis makes a million times more sense.
