Iris Is Probably One Of The Best Developed Female Companions Ash Has Gotten In The Show.

Iris is probably one of the best developed female companions Ash has gotten in the show.

Misty & Dawn feel inferior. Misty became a tiny bit more motherly, but never grew in skill, and remained extremely static. Dawn is similar. She became a tiny bit more mature and creative, but also didn’t change much.

May is probably the most developed, though if it was well handled is up for debate. It started off really slow, and once it happened, it flashed by. From there pretty much all her development was in Contest Episodes (She’s a Coordinator, yeah, but you need to too be better spread.) She also had no transition into wanting to find a goal. She just kind of stumbled across and contest and said “Hey! I want to be a Coordinator”. I still like her (More than Misty & Dawn in fact), but her development was kinda eh. Nice, but needed more

Serena is also debatable. Her development is a copy-paste for May’s, and starts slow and remains slow, but I feel it was handled better. With Serena questioning herself, then finding out about Showcases, watching one, setting her goal (catching her first Pokemon at the same time), entering her first but failing, allowed us too see her progression from The girl with a crush on Ash, into someone who wanted to take themselves seriously. Then when she won is was satisfying to how far she’s come. XY isn’t over yet, so she’s not done yet.

We get too see Iris’s progress more viably than other girls, going from a Bossy/Vain character with a team full of derps, into an appointed Gym Leader with a Team all suited for battle, let us see her growth more than most other girls 

“I think Iris is an amazing character. She and Ash have amazing development together, and she plays a cute, funny, supportive role.”

I honestly agree. I gave Dawn a few chances before I gave up. She’s not an awful character, I actually didn’t mind her in DP’s first 27 Episodes, but it ends up screwing over after that. She just became a Stale Ash/May Hybrid. I think Diamond & Pearl’s Anime Screwed Up a lot when it came to developing the characters, and Dawn is a good example

“I’ve tried to warm up to Dawn, but she ended up being my least favorite character. I watched the episodes, attempted to ship her with tons of characters, and watched AMVs, but the more I watched her arc, the more I came to dislike her. I couldn’t get into her story since we already had May become a coordinator. I couldn’t relate to her at all. I want to feel bad for disliking her, but I feel justified since I gave her a chance unlike others who automatically hate. She just didn’t appeal to me.”

Well, That’s a really different idea to mine. I always thought they did after the backlash Iris got. 

Remembering back, you said that Dawn was really popular in Japan, and considering her personality was very girly, it’s significant. However, going over to Iris, who was really badly received, even causing some fans to drop out, and that leading to loads of the Best Wishes writers to get fired, it may have made them fear making a character similar may have the same effect, so being in a character with Dawn’s personality to a bit more of an extreme. That’s just me though :P

Hi Tamashi. I know you don't like Serena (Anime) at all, but if you had to guess one reason why she was created the way she was? I've got my own idea, But I'm wondering what yours would be. Thanks :)

Because they needed a character to showcase the fashion aspect of X and Y. Pokemon is a giant commercial after all. Also they were too lazy to create a character so they made her romantically attracted to Ash and substituted that for character development. Serena is lazy and contrived through and through.

a child only a mother could love

I’m guessing people think because Pokemon is coming up to it’s 16th Anniversary (I think :P, not sure about the exact number), they think their going to release a remake of Gen 1 to commemorate the occasion. Basically wanting a 2nd Gen 1 remake as the last Gen 6 Game.

I honestly think it’s pointless. Not only is it a remake of a game which has already been remade, but it’s just lazy. Gamefreak could be doing better things with their time, like developing a 3rd Version/Sequel Versions for Kalos to improve post game content & story, or just move on the the next generation.

I would rather spend money on a new game I don’t know very well, and be surprised, rather than replay a prettier version of a game I already played, meaning I could finish the game in under an hour, cause I already know every angle of it. Also, 2 remakes in one Generation, Please -_- Gimme something new, not a lazy repeat of a repeat

Do you think there will be a remake of the remakes of Red/Blue/Yellow? I'd love to see Pokemon Burning Fire Red :P

But… why?

My eyes feel like waterfalls right now...

Cheer up little guy...

Your breaking my heart ;_;