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激闘！バトルパレスでジャングルバトル!!

Fierce Fighting! Jungle Battle at the Battle Palace!!

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A Jungle Battle? Definately sounds like Sceptile will be used here.

Rush, rush, rush. Something big is coming up.

Where's Tarzan when you need 'im?

And dear God, can't they use something else besides 'Fierce Fighting!'?

Sceptile is gonna be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy overused for the series.

Meh. I wouldn't worry too much. It'll be gone by the end of the year, anyway.

Sceptile is gonna be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy overused for the series.

It'll problably be gone as fast as Charizard was after Ash started to gain control of it - so about 4 months from now, I'd think.

Originally Posted by Zhen Lin

Rush, rush, rush. Something big is coming up.

With any luck that something is D/P.

Given that they've already covered ranger, I'd say that's an almost certainty.

So, just for the record, how many more ribbons and symbols do we have?

At the moment, three symbols and ribbons. However, there is likely to be two of each left by the end of this episode.

Yeah Ash has 4 symbols (Noland, Greta, Tucker, Lucy) and May will have 3 ribbons by the time that Drew/Wakana contest episode airs.

It's obvious that the writers are pressed for time, which is why everything is happening quickly.

After this we still have two more Brains for Ash (Anabel, Brandon), 2 more ribbons for May, and then another Grand Festival for May.

Seeing as how Ash might still lose against one of the Brains that may take some time, and May could still lose one more contest (after the Harley one).

Here's hoping Ash has something extra after Brandon though. Otherwise May will have a league this saga and Ash won't. I'm still hoping for Wallace to be Ash's final opponent after Ash gets all 7 symbols.

Realisitically, I'd say that if Ash battles a champion after the Frontier, it'll be Steven or Wallace - both of whom actually own the title, the latter of which even more likely since he was kicked out of his Gym by Adan.

And compare the Orange Islands 'league' final to any other real league. Battling Drake was practically like battling in the Indigo, Johto or Hoenn leagues anyway - only without about 6 or so episodes centric around the thing. Considering May's Grand Festival wont last more than 3 eps itself, could possibly be shortened to 2 and maybe even shown as an all in one special again, it's really not that unbalanced.

Assuming May actually wins this Grand Festival that is. THAT would be a bit unbalanced - considering Ash has never won a major Tournament, only the Orange League reworking of the Elite 4 concept.

At most May will probably defeat her rival Drew at this Grand Festival and then lose to a new coordinator. (ala how Ash defeated Gary but lost to Harrison)

Robert represents how powerful you have to be to win the Grand Festival, and May isn't anywhere near his level. It's likely that May will lose the GF quite a few times before she wins.

That really depends on whether the writers want to keep her. If she is in the D/P saga, (which partly depends on what the games will feature,) then she will definately lose. If the writers decide to take her out for a while, she will either win or lose and decide to do some intensive training on her own.