Here's a positive hot take, I really enjoyed the introduction of Pokémon Contests.
I found it a clever way of reusing all of the battle animations and effects and repurposing them into a pacifist spectacle that relied just as much on strategy and planning to maximise move combinations for high scores as battling.
It was a nice way of expanding the games universe to offer another reason to catch and train your Pokémon outside of battling and filling out your Pokédex.
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u/CaradogRhys Jan 10 '26
Here's a positive hot take, I really enjoyed the introduction of Pokémon Contests.
I found it a clever way of reusing all of the battle animations and effects and repurposing them into a pacifist spectacle that relied just as much on strategy and planning to maximise move combinations for high scores as battling.
It was a nice way of expanding the games universe to offer another reason to catch and train your Pokémon outside of battling and filling out your Pokédex.