#hes clearly out of his element in hisui and we can see the effects its had on him

[perenlop]

not to complain abt a thing every pokemon fan and their mom has complained about but man i just realized another reason why not putting the battle frontier in oras was a failure of a decision- because the next game, sumo, and its postgame kinda hinges on you already knowing who anabel is, and i think a good chunk of the fandom either didnt know or didnt recognize her at all because the last time she appeared was in the deep postgame a game that had come out nearly a decade before. so having the battle frontier, or at least the frontier brains, in oras would have reminded the audience and told new fans who anabel was and given us a reason to care about her

#like i didnt know who anabel was so a good chunk of the meaning of her appearance was lost on me #yes shes older and looks different in that game but the game like. clearly expected you to know who this was #and why her being a faller is ironic #and itd make the parallel of looker being amnesiac in the battle frontier area in oras more clear #putting the battle frontier- hell actually having the frontier brains appear in any capacity- would have told new fans who anabel was #so her appearance in the next game feels less random and ‘’wait who?’’ #bc like. lol i had no clue who she was when i first played sm. even as someone who’d beat emerald by then #partly bc itd been years since i touched the cartridge at that point but also bc shes not accessible easily #echoed voice #someone liked an old post i made about ingo and wow yeah in perspective hes handled way better #bc hes also like an important battle tower npc but he a) was easily accessible to people who had gen 5 or saw the anime #b) was already an extremely popular character who was getting referenced as late as the acacia vid that year so even if youre a newer fan #youd probably have heard of him in passing or seen him with emmett #and c) is one half of a whole. hes partnered with emmett hes usually seen with him hes made to match with him #their relationship as brothers is emphasized #hes clearly out of his element in hisui and we can see the effects its had on him #contrast with anabel who’s connected to nobody. only the other brains if you squint #and ig that crush she had on ash in the anime which doesnt count bc this is gameverse #and she probably forgot about that within a week anyways #bc shes ten #so like. oras was the moment to re establish her. give her those connections. have her talk to looker. give her a background #and instead they prioritized what feels like spite towards the new generation of kids #ofc theres also the idea that legends is someones first pokemon game but even so it wouldnt dampen the experience #especially once you looked him up online or something #meanwhile with anabel i looked her up bc i was confused and went oh. oh that person. battle frontier. ok