Thread: Rocket/Meloetta Episodes

During the movie special that aired tonight, a preview featuring footage from the upcoming Rocket/Meloetta episodes were shown.

Pictures coming shortly.

Will we get a thread for today's special?

I can't believe that Team Rocket are still going in to battles using Woobat and Yamask, they should either go all in with the technology or get some vaguely useful Pokemon on their side. At least Wobbuffet could stand its ground. If the mission is worthy of Giovanni appearing (assuming that's not a dream sequence) - surely it's worth shipping over some decent Pokemon for them to use?

That attack from Pikachu looks really interesting - looks way too powerful to just be an Electro Ball - perhaps this is a pre-league powerup of Pikachu with a much stronger electric attack?

Dragonite back battling in the skies? Ugh.

Suppose that Meloetta will be out in force to calm down the rampaging Pokemon (or Stopping the Rage of Legends as it were) - which will solve everything until Team Rocket come out to capture it? Will be interesting how they make this unique compared to the fairly poor first attempt, a different forme, but same helicopter and same Team Rocket failures. Oh, and jetpacks - don't forget the jetpacks.

Good one Tomioka, good one.

Edit: Credits to Bisharp from Serebii for trailer pic.

Originally Posted by martianmister

Will we get a thread for today's special?

Yes, in just a minute. This preview is more important.

Here's caps and summary:

• TRio goes after Meloetta
• Kami trio get involved
• Big fight that involves the twerps
• Sakaki FINALLY reappears
• TRio jump in after Sakaki
• Something weird happens to Meloetta

I really don't think they'll kill off the TRio, but this may just be the end of Sakaki...

Originally Posted by Moe

That attack from Pikachu looks really interesting - looks way too powerful to just be an Electro Ball - perhaps this is a pre-league powerup of Pikachu with a much stronger electric attack?

It was shown using that attack though.

OMFG, I expected this to happen sooner or later ;__; That Rockets will risk their lives to save Sakaki. Hopefully it will lead to character development in which they'll realize that Sakaki never cared about them in the first place... But since it's Team Rocket's "last battle", I wonder what will happen to the TRio afterwards?

Originally Posted by Musashi

It was shown using that attack though.

Something looked a bit different about it - at least at a glance. Certainly looked a bit more powerful even if it still is Electro ball.

edit: on watching again, yeah, that's Electro Ball, but massively more powerful. Will be very disappointing if Pikachu uses the little tiny ball of electric in future battles knowing how strong that move can be.

Who's Golurk is that?

TV Tokyo zeigt neue Anime-Previews - FilbBoard

Video of the preview.

Dawn doesn't seem to be featured in these episodes, unlike Cynthia. So much for her having an extended role.

The connection between the Abyssal Ruins, Meloetta and Kami trio is certainly not self-explanatory. I suspect that the link will be very forced, as evidenced by the fact that the first few episodes of the season barely did anything to make sense of Team Rocket's agenda.

Originally Posted by jessierocketka

But since it's Team Rocket's "last battle", I wonder what will happen to the TRio afterwards?

When was this stated? I only recall exaggerated descriptions of this being their most dangerous plan yet.

I guess Hikari isn't there...

Oh. Looks exciting.

Buuuut...after the last few plans, I'm not getting my hopes up.

Uh, Giovanni's snapped, it seems. I hope Jessie, James, and Meowth will be able to snap him out of it.

Originally Posted by Silktree

Originally Posted by jessierocketka

But since it's Team Rocket's "last battle", I wonder what will happen to the TRio afterwards?

When was this stated? I only recall exaggerated descriptions of this being their most dangerous plan yet.

Well, it says "Farewell Team Rocket", but I don't expect anything to seriously happen....to JJM, though.

There's also text at the end that says "A finale after 15 years of activity?!".

I know "?!" usually means something wont happen, but in this case I think it signals the end of the organization.

The timing is really awkward. While Team Galactic got their finale nearly a year before the end of the DP series (and the gap was even longer with Team Magma and Team Aqua), Team Rocket disbanding would directly affect the screentime of three important characters. Why do it now as opposed to the end of the series?

I also find it weird that they're making us speculate about the end of the organization around a month before the relevant episodes, thereby reducing the stakes of their supposedly final plan.

I want you to notice this: Kojiro waits clearly that Musashi jumps up on the boss to try to save him, before to rush in his turn
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg546/scaled.php?server=546&filename=image4nrl.jpg&res=landing

Oh, it really feels like the end of Team Rocket. The scene of them jumping towards Giovanni reminded me of Mars wanting to go to the world created by Dialga and Palkia with Cyrus.
I don't want them to die, I was hoping they'd come back to be funny in the next series. =/

And Dawn is not here? How frustrating!