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Yet Another S/V Missed Opportunity?

D-ManBlue
D-ManBlue Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
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So it's recently come to my attention that S/V doesn't really do much with its concept of Champions.

The whole idea is that in Paldea, multiple people can hold the title of Champion after beating the Pokemon League. However, the only Champion we really know of other than ourselves is Nemona. No other Champions are featured in the game.

Could they have done more with this? If so, what are your ideas? I personally hope they expand on the idea in the DLC.

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  • TheJeffers
    TheJeffers Member Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It was an interesting concept when they introduced it in the game. It would actually make sense for an organisation to have one person (or even several people) operating as a kind of qualification test for a rank rather than a single individual holding the title and having it constantly change hands every time the champion loses.

    The administration alone would be a nightmare.

    Perhaps beyond that, they could have trainers of champion rank face off against each other to determine some kind of ranking system within the champion rank. They could have regular champion rank tournaments to determine rankings for a year or season, much like the way a real league might operate.

    It could definitely open the door to featuring more champion characters to challenge in the game. Maybe even past champions from older games and other regions could show up and automatically qualify for champion rank.

  • Flametix
    Flametix Member Posts: 578 ✭✭✭
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    I felt like the whole concept of Geeta being the Top Champion was undermined by the fact that every other champion has to beat her and is thus stronger than her.

  • Elberta
    Elberta Member Posts: 91 ✭✭
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    I would like to add on to that. They could've just made a tournament like the Masters 8 in the Anime, I mean, if they have the idea to do it in the anime, they could've used that idea and implement it into the SV games as well.

  • D-ManBlue
    D-ManBlue Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
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    @Flametix I know right? It's one of the main reasons I think her team isn't her ACTUAL team and just a team she's forced to use so she doesn't dominate everything.

  • TheJeffers
    TheJeffers Member Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I guess it makes beating her the bar. The bare minimum. As @D-ManBlue said, she probably has another team. Maybe we'll see it in the DLC, along with Nemona's team.

    We already had the Pokémon World Tournament in B2W2. Why not bring that back?