you get through everything with your team to the semi last big bad or big trainer and they like

use some psychic type pokemon or other bullshit mechanic and turn your team on you

so your own pokemon are the last battle and you are forced to lose the first encounter (due to. not having any pokemon)

have have to scramble to put together a new team to get by

INFURIATING? YES. BUT WOULD IT MAKE ME PERSONALLY GO NO GIVE ME MY STARTER BACK!!!!! yes

It'd have to somehow stay unspoiled cuz ppl could cheese it by just having a crappy team that's ready to be swapped out lolol

my "pokemon is the friendship we made along the way" brain just going "oh man all your friends and rivals throughout the game offer their starters for your new sudden team"

GAWD THAT'D BE REAL GOOD TOO

You get to pick a pokemon from each of their teams OR you can build one from scratch, it's an option

yes exactly exactly

bangs hands on table GAME FREAK STEAL THIS IDEA PLEASE IT'D BE SO GOOD

AND ALSO WOULD FORCE YOU TO MAKE YOUR RIVAL WRITING BETTER--

(i know it's a lot better in ScarVi but I'm still bitter over how bland the XY extras were alkdfjdlskf)

THAT WOULD RULE

it'd be so fun!! THE DRAMA!!

indeed the story is improved in ScarVi but I was still falling asleep during the main campaign and only woke up when the DLCs dropped

lmao

I stubbornly think their rivals could be vastly improved if they went back to having assholes

KIDS LIKE CHARACTERS THEY'RE MEANT TO HATE C'MON

they could also be improved if I didn't have to read mountains of text boxes with bland ass bg music

also i just realized a way to prevent players from cheesing the boss fight with a weak team is that after you beat and rescue said team you are forced to use them in the final FINAL boss fight

power of friendshiiiiip

DragonScope: I don't mind reading without voice acting since. [gestures at visual novels lmao] but it def needs to have banger music if you're gonna make ppl read

I will amend my statement that bland is relative, but Team Star really droned on IMO

(relative and subjective)

WHICH IS SAD CUZ I LOVE THEIR THEME/DESIGN

BIG OLD CAR GANG??? C'MON

Yet ZERO impression aside from Penny being a good character lmao

I LOVE THIS IDEA ESPECIASLY THE ADDITION ARCHIVIST GAVE

POWER OF FRIENDSHIP

FRIENDS OFFERING THEIR CHERISHED STARTERS FOR YOUR SAKE!!!

IM ALREADY CRYING

ALSO IF THE POKEMON YOU GET HAVE MAX AFFECTION TOWARDS YOU BECAUSE!!!! They think you’re really swell!!! And wanna help!!!

I made myself cry

but also yeah to Pokemon battles with wild scripted mechanics- this might actually make me feel something again

YEA!!! I WANT SHIT LIKE THAT

WHAT'S THE POINT OF BUILDING THIS STEAM BOND IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA HIT ME ASIDE THE HEAD WITH IT

TEAM* TOO

.... also the Nuzlockes people would write lol

RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT

Also if, maybe near the end of the fight or like an Act 2 part of it, your stolen pokemon stop obeying

Because they don’t wanna hurt you and the pokemon you’re using.

YESSSS

'[STARTER NAMED] is Confused!'

CLUTCHES MY HEART

YES EXACTLY

IM IN TEARS

OH.

GOOD MORNING, MY HEART.

pokemon hire me i got good ideas

[TEAM MEMBER NAMED] turned away!!

[team member named] used Struggle!

emexceedschangezearu: AAAAAAHHH

alternately what if it's only Pokemon you have that don't have max affection for you

even better if it can pull pokemon from your PC so you can't just bypass it