Quote Originally Posted by Arrow-Jolteon View Post
I always try to use the new Pokemon as much as possible too. The thing is, once I'm done doing that (i.e. I finish the story mode) what I like to do next is take my new absolute favorites and mix them up with old favorites to make new semi-competitive teams, and that's gonna be hard to do now with this "new direction" unless the stars align in such a way that literally every single thing I like makes it into a game: say for example that I wanted to make a team with Yamper's evo and Aggron for the postgame stuff like Battle Tree or online matches. I can't. It's literally impossible because Aggron is not in the game. Therefore the only way it can ever be paired up with Yamper is in either an online simulator or by praying to the RNG god that a future game will include both. And that's just one possible combo. And that's not even getting into the move exodus which absolutely ruined what little viability my precious Jolteon had...
Move exodus? Ack that's a bit of spoilers I hadn't really heard about. Good to know I guess?

Either way I can understand that. Normally I just run competitively with whatever I feel like and don't worry about using old favorites unless I'm dying to. Like I did include Zoroark in teams a lot because it was a fun gimmick but this just means I get to use a new pokemon instead of resorting to just Zoroark. Plus I do think Showdown is a lot of fun so I wouldn't mind resorting to that.