What happened to Pikachu's Volt Tackle?
He forgot it so he could learn Electro Ball.
Electro ball is shit, Volt tackle was cooler
>>29017834
Electro Ball is less violent and they can hide the impact with special effects so they replaced it with that.
>>29018052
That stupid smoke explosion that everything in this show results in?
>>29018190
Yep.
Can't show the magical battle animals, you know, actually hurting each other in battle.
>>29018190
Yes
>>29018196
>Korrina Arc
>>29018633
Exception.
They had fighting types as the focus so not much chance to hide anything. People would have complained if they had Lucario do nothing but dodge and throw Aura Spheres every fight.
But it's obvious they favor the "stock footage energy blast/sphere into dust explosion" every other time.