Thread: Do you wish Ash would bring in his Pokemon from older regions from time to time?

Personally, I would like if he brought his older Pokémon back sometimes, but not in the "Ah let's just destroy everybody in my way with my Charizard" way. Something like using them to help the new members. For example, while Oshawott was having problems with Aqua Jet, maybe bringing back Buizel to try to help him with it... Or Infernape to try teaching Pignite new moves, things like that. I think maybe it would be kinda interesting. o0o

As much as I'd love to see the old pokemon get a good run out, I think it should be reserved for only the big battles, the pokemon league finals/ battle frontieresque competitions, otherwise we won't see much of the growth or the journey the new pokemon are on.

Originally Posted by Spark Eletran

Personally, I would like if he brought his older Pokémon back sometimes, but not in the "Ah let's just destroy everybody in my way with my Charizard" way. Something like using them to help the new members. For example, while Oshawott was having problems with Aqua Jet, maybe bringing back Buizel to try to help him with it... Or Infernape to try teaching Pignite new moves, things like that. I think maybe it would be kinda interesting. o0o

But the ah lets destroy everybody with charizard is the best way! casey got what was coming to her.

L-05308, you are awesome. I totally agree. To all of the people out there who hate Ash, well, he's just a normal person with a stubborn streak. Also, he is always in the right place at the right time to meet the legendaries. Just think, if Pokemon was real, you probably wouldn't be able to catch legendaries either.

Complaints about Ash are fine if they're relevant to the thread's topic. Any general complains or comments about Ash himself should be taken to the proper debate threads in the Pokemon League.

This. Just, this. Ash should bring in some older Pokemon immediately! Kingler, Muk, Tauros, Gible, Glalie, Heracross, and Torkoal are the ones I want back, either from lack of screentime, lack of battling, lack of development/personality, etc.

I wouldn't mind Ash bringing back his older Pokemon every now and then for maybe a smaller scale tournament or even part of a League, as long as they aren't the key to many of his victories like with the Johto League, but I wouldn't want to see him use them more frequently. While there are plenty of his older Pokemon that I do like and wish that it got more screentime during its specific series, I also don't want them to overshadow his current Pokemon team since this is their main chance at getting development and impressive victories under their belt. Plus, I think it's more impressive to see Ash start off from scratch with his new team to win a League than it would be to see him rely on all of his older Pokemon more frequently and it can make the League more satisfying to see how far his Pokemon have come since the start of the series.

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i would prefer he stays fresh and uses the pokemon of the curent region not like in johto where all he did was spam pikachu and charizard who are old pokemon

in fact pikachu should be lv 500 by now

I think bringing in one or two of his Oak'd Pokémon to help him train his current team could be a good way to do filler episodes. Like bringing his Buizel in to help him train his Oshawott for an episode as someone mentioned above. It could even be used as an opportunity to throw in the odd evolution of his older Pokémon.

I wouldn't mind if he brought the underutilized Pokemon in a few times, maybe let one participate in Gym matches. Like, an older Pokemon could be used along with two new Pokes in a Gym battle, or make all Gym Leader matches consist of 4 Pokemon each.

But I don't think Pokemon need to be brought back to help Pokemon learn new moves, since Ash should be the one teaching them things. Buizel wouldn't have been able to help Oshawott master Aqua Jet.

Heck yeah I wish he evolve ALL of hi starters, catch a legendary or two, and revive his original team!

I doubt Ash even remembers he has a charizard anymore. It probably had to fly all the way to Unova just to visit his disgrace of a trainer who lost the unova league because he used garbage like scraggy and oshawott instead of charizard.

I'd love to see Pidgeot return in the Unova League.

I think ash/Satoshi should bring back older pokemon to create a well rounded team. Like, instead of having to limit himself to just the Pokemon he caught in his current region, he could bring in a pokemon to have a variety of types and more ability to strategize as a trainer. It also enables the series to tie in all the regions and the older episodes because, honestly, sometimes it feels like the Indigo and Johto League doesnt exist anymore! I mean, I know it does, but we only see one episode each season that shows older Pokemon and chacters like Misty/Kasumi haven't been seen since Hoenn... At least they brought Gary/Shigeru back in Sinnoh XD

Originally Posted by SimH5

I'd love to see Pidgeot return in the Unova League.

Yes!! I miss Pidgeot, Butterfree, and Lapras! T_T (Sorry! Forgot to quote! ^^;)

Originally Posted by Mythicalzoe

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Originally Posted by Mythicalzoe

i would prefer he stays fresh and uses the pokemon of the curent region not like in johto where all he did was spam pikachu and charizard who are old pokemon

in fact pikachu should be lv 500 by now

It should! I love how it lost to a probably level 5 Snivy in the first Best Wishes episode~ XD Speaking of Snivy, I like your avatar :3

I'm on the fence on this really.

"For" Ash bringing his old Pokémon to a new region:
- It would be a nice nostalgia kick if, say, Ash's Charizard appeared in the new anime, even if it were just for a few episodes
- I don't like some of his newer Pokémon, so yeah, bringing back some of his old favourites would make me happy

"Against" Ash bringing his old Pokémon to a new region:
- I understand why they don't, it's to showcase the newer Pokémon, and it is nice to see which newer Pokémon will get the spotlight
- They've had their time, and if Pokémon were real I can imagine trainers wanting to move on etc, so yeah, it makes sense

In reality though, I probably would prefer to see some of the old classics to make a comeback, at least for a few eps.