>Ash had 45 badges when he said this >Actually 52 if you

He beats himself to near death every set of 8 to forget all his experience

I think the badges only really matter in the region you're in.

>>138154356
I think the skill required to get those badges transfers over regions

>>138154497
I doubt it considering he gets rid of all his pokemon every region.

Shitty previous regions badges don't count.

>>138154807
Except pikachu who delevels to lvl1 each series, even losing to a magikarp after ash already had 50 badges.

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>>138157294
>Pikachu losing to a fucking Magikarp

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>>138160188
It was a level 100 magikarp with the perfect stats. Shits scary yo.

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>>138160188
And then there was this fucker.

>>138157294
Don't forget about the level 5 Snivy just given to a brand new trainer fighting his very first battle.

>>138153571
>he's still 10 years old

>>138157294

Reminder that Pikachu tied with a fucking Latios.

I kind of assumed ash would have achieved some kind of notoriety or legend by now, considering this shit has been going on since I was a kid. Are you actually telling me ash is still just a fucking nobody, pikachu loses to basic ass pokemon, and they just keep doing the same show over and over again every season? Hasn't he won a couple tournaments by now?

>>138161266
>Ash
>Win
Only if you count the fucking Orange League

>>138161266
At least Yu-gi-oh learned to use a new mc every time they restart the franchise, to give it some hope of having continuity.

>>138161266
>Sinnoh League

>>138160310
>>138160413
>Electric type
>losing to water
Fucking incompetent

>>138161266
They just want to keep it going as long as possible. If every episode is about one or half a day then Ash should at least be 12 by now.

>>138161937
Brock lost to Ash and he was a fucking gym leader.

>>138161937
The second one was an electric type.

>>138161880
God Ash should have fucking gained status from being the only person in the whole League to knock out Tobias' Darkrai, let alone his Latios.

At least in Sinnoh, they actually had some form of continuity and recognized that Ash was a veteran trainer in previous Leagues. Paul being pissed that Ash beat the Battle Frontier was pretty great.

>>138160310

a level 100 magikarp would have serious trouble trying to defeat a level 40 pokemon even if were a first evolution

>>138161266
He almost became a Frontier Brain in Sinnoh if I remember correctly. So he's one of the best on the region but then he goes over to another and suddenly he has the skills of Youngster Joey.

>>138162177
>So he's one of the best on the region but then he goes over to another and suddenly he has the skills of Youngster Joey.
It's the cost of consuming the youth of his partner females. Every time he moves to another girl he loses all the skills he got out of the previous one.

>>138162659

I like this

>>138162066
Yeah but Ash and Pikachu's entire strategy was throw an even bigger rock

>>138160875
Pikachu is written like superman.
His power level is whatever it needs to be for the story to progress no matter how canonically wrong it is.

>>138160310
>>138160413
The writers were trying to go for "even a weak looking pokemon can be overpowered as fuck" but it doesn't work like that in the games.

That does sound like a little plothole but not when you consider that ass is still in a coma and redreams new adventures until his family finally shuts down the machine which keeps him alive.

>>138160188
>>138160310
Umi is on the field so its an additional 200 atk damage.

>That Lucario faggot in Unova who beat out Ash

>>138160310
Pokedex in one game mentions that magikarp can splash over mountains given enough practice, potentially. If you an direct that velocity towards something splash becomes like tackle with the power of a hyper beam.

>>138167622
> faggot that brings 5 to a 6v6 match and only get carried by plot evolve

>>138153571
The Pokemon anime doesn't even make sense.

>Pokemon anime
>The protagonist should basically be a self-insert, it's the obvious choice
>He's an incompetent
What is the anime trying to tell me?

>>138153571
>Ash

>>138167650
>pokedex in game mentions practicing splash
Thank god I never got that game. I'd of spend days just splashing shit hoping it unlocked a secret splash skill.

>>138168889
Look at your "quads" and accept the truth

>>138167650
From what I remember the general consensus on Pokedex entries is that they tend to be greatly exaggerated and unreliable because they are literally written by a ten year old in most games.

>>138169573
Nice point, senpai. I wonder why there is no Asshat or Bloodpunchthehedgehog Pokemon

>>138169573
I can't help but wonder why the job of filling out the pokedex is always left to ten year olds in that case. I mean what's even the point of a complete encyclopedia if all of the information in it is false.

>>138169963
Also how do they keep losing the encylopedic knowledge everygame?

>>138170013
Because it's entrusted to ten year olds. Who apparently never share their pokedex data with the proffessors who gave them out like candy.

>>138169573
Nice headcanon faggot.

>>138170013
anime world has yet to invent pokebank

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>>138165564
Hopefully Pokken Tournament will fill that gap.

chronicles stays true to the games. unfortunately, chronicles is shit

>>138161266
Considering it's been less than a year and he's just a slightly above average trainer why would he be?

>>138160768
No, in universe he is 12 now

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>>138167523
I miss my legendary ocean deck

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>>138169573
No, Pokedex are nice.
Its like a species dex, and the subspecies list for humans go by Olympic world records.
So you capture a level 5-10 black plateu runner, but the Dex Entry is for Hussain Bolt.

The day Ash stops being an incompetend idiot is the day I will rewatch pokemon.

>>138168889
Remember that the anime is made for 10-year old kids and I guess the anime is supposed to teach them some lessons (like it's not bad to lose).

>>138153571
Why hasn't the new generation of marketing execs and writers decided to pass Ash's torch? Surely the ones working at the company now were at least pre-teens when pokemon first aired?

Or is it really japanese-y to drill a method over and over until it fails?

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>legendary pokemon
Nah, zero fucks.

>>138153571
The Pokemon anime is a bi-product of the games.

You are retarded if you take the characters and story seriously, just watch it for the battles.

Digimon Anime > Pokemon Anime

>>138162170
>>138165564
I do recall magikarp sweep being a thing some time ago.

I hope Pokemon Go will be fun.

>>138171346
Is he actually? When and where in the world do they say that.

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>>138174870
I hope it won't suck as the hoopa movie.

>>138174383
No, he's still 10.

>>138170155
That asshole Mega Lucario.

Don't bully the Pikachu

>>138170190
We need an adaptation of Special.