EXPLAIN THIS

>>32725243
The anime is just a marketing tool to sell the game. Anyone over the age of 10 who gets invested into it is an idiot. Just like how Ash eternally remains the same age, the target audience also remains the same age.

>>32725273
Kids shows do have main characters succeeding though. You could make Ash win all the leagues and still market the show.

>>32725243
Everyone wants the story to end ash is very unlikable and his journey is one long convoluted mess

>>32725288
Their reasoning for not wanting Ash to win a league is contradicted by their own writing

>>32725243
Remember that episode where Ash and them team rocket people took some exam and one of the questions was about jigglypuff seen from above volorb

Well think of it like getting a degree, professors are gonna throw all sorts of creepy stuff your way but hey there are honorary degrees

A pokémon professor may pass exams and get their masters but up against a poochyena they need help from some kid, some kid can stop a legendary in a parallel universe and save the world and a champion or gym leader knows more about a certain species of pokémon than some professor with their masters who may actually be the one acknowledged as a pokémon Master

>>32725287
Other kids shows don't have to market a long running video game series so they can afford to have character progression. It's much easier to have Ash lose the league and explore the next region l rather than have him deal with the consequences of winning the league.

>>32725330
What? Let him win so we can move on is what I'm saying

>>32725243
Ash won the orange league and he placed top 4 in sinnoh, he managed to take down some legendaries

Considering the absolute shitstorm that happened at the end of XY due to him losing I fully expect future seasons to just not have a league.

>>32725367
>No league in Alola

Well there's the trials maybe he'll become Champion

>>32725332
Whitney ascended to throne as Gym leader by invitation...

Just imagine there are probably trainers with 6 or 7 gym badges wishing they could be a Champion or gym leader and nope...meanwhile little miss Miltank is invited to the position for whatever reason, same with Iris and possibly even Claire but I guess that gives it an inverse effect in that family ties and politics could prevent a trainer from rising to a position and keep them grounded in a position, just being family wasn't enough to let claire usurp Lance

>>32725243
Ash won the orange islands league.

>>32725722
the special olympics doesnt count as a win

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>Ash beat Emerald's Battle Frontier, but he can't win a league from the games.

In what world does that make sense? Isn't the Battle Frontier a more difficult challenge?

>>32725243
The "the anime would have to end if Ash wins a league" is a misquote. He actually said "if Ash becomes a Pokemon Master".

The interview was in fucking English, so I have no idea why it gets misquoted by every single retard out there all the time.

>No one knows what being a Pokémon Master means, not even GameFreak or the advertisenent (anime) department

Eternal franchise

>>32725981
It was literally stated in the anime the the Frontier Brains are stronger than gym leaders, but weaker than the Elite Four.

It's almost as if different adaptations can portray things in different ways or something.

>>32725981
>>32726048
>the Frontier Brains in the games are stronger than the champions
>but for some reason they're not champions

Anime version makes more sense. In the game you got a giant area set up and built around the idea of collecting trinkets for beating trainers that are so strong even the regional champion can't touch them, in what world does THAT make sense?

>>32725419
>implying she didn't suck lance's cock