So yeah, does anyone think that monotype battles in any way, shape, or form could ever work in the anime?
Personally, I could see it working in any one of these ways…
Scenario 1: It can become like contests and require a person to travel the region trying to win around four or five monotype tournaments to compete in a monotype championship tournament.
Scenario 2: Make it a single competition that takes place in the next region similar to the whirl cup that took place in Johto where they were only allowed to use a water type. Except this time the person is allowed to choose the type they wish to use in the tournament.
Scenario 3: It could also be presented as a hobby for the third traveling companion who would only participate in them sporadically throughout the region.
This idea would have been impossible a couple generations ago considering the lack of pokemon they had for certain types back then. But now that we are nearing generation 5 and there are plenty of pokemon for each type it should allow for plenty of variety in matches. Also considering the fact that ash has already gathered a good amount of pokemon for different types such as water, flying, ground, and grass not to mention what he will catch in Isshu, it could work for him if he chooses to participate in any tournament along the way. Anyway I was only suggesting this because I think that monotypes battles have so much untapped potential In the anime. I hope that it is something that will be explored sometime in the future.
Personally, I could see it working in any one of these ways…
Scenario 1: It can become like contests and require a person to travel the region trying to win around four or five monotype tournaments to compete in a monotype championship tournament.
Scenario 2: Make it a single competition that takes place in the next region similar to the whirl cup that took place in Johto where they were only allowed to use a water type. Except this time the person is allowed to choose the type they wish to use in the tournament.
Scenario 3: It could also be presented as a hobby for the third traveling companion who would only participate in them sporadically throughout the region.
This idea would have been impossible a couple generations ago considering the lack of pokemon they had for certain types back then. But now that we are nearing generation 5 and there are plenty of pokemon for each type it should allow for plenty of variety in matches. Also considering the fact that ash has already gathered a good amount of pokemon for different types such as water, flying, ground, and grass not to mention what he will catch in Isshu, it could work for him if he chooses to participate in any tournament along the way. Anyway I was only suggesting this because I think that monotypes battles have so much untapped potential In the anime. I hope that it is something that will be explored sometime in the future.