Is Pokemon Losing It's Identity? | PUCL #760

This week, Thatch is joined by Sharkfinnigan and R. Sigma for a new kind of PUCL discussion! What started as an experiment with a more structured debate format quickly became a larger conversation about the direction of the Pokémon franchise and what we think the future might hold.

Has Pokémon become too casual? Do we really need a new battle gimmick every generation? How have Pokémon Bank and Pokémon HOME changed our relationship with our collections? And, with Legends: Z-A embracing real-time battles, could we eventually see a future where main-series Pokémon leaves turn-based combat behind?

0:00 Opening

01:24 What We've Been Doing

12:09 News

25:19 Pokemon Identity Discussion

1:27:36 Pokequiz Trivia

1:49:31 Poke Opinion

Mailbag Question

What do you think about Pokemon's identity? Does Pokemon care about things like "Gotta Catch Em All"?

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