It could be wild/wild, wild/trained, trained/trained, whatever you want.
Personally I'd like to see two of Ash's pokemon have a long-standing rivalry with each other over who the stronger one is, and who contributes more to the team. It wouldn't be one of those one time spats that end in a friendship or jealousy over who Ash loves the most. Just two strong members on Ash's team (probably his two strongest that arc aside from the fluctuating pikachu) who don't like each other and constantly try to outperform the other. They both have good battle records and are prone to forcefully coming out of their pokeballs when their rival is called out. They'd watch each others battles and motivate each other to win and get stronger - not as friends or allies, but almost-enemies who don't want to look bad in front of the other. A Zoro-Sanji similar relationship for those who read One Piece.
I also really enjoy the 'HBIC' style they're going with Snivvy. She rarely participates in the various shenanigans that her teammates get into and sees it as childish, but has a big sister mentality/presence in the group fixing their mistakes and coming to the rescue. It's definitely new and one of the few things I enjoy about BW's roster, and her rivalry with Emonga (who I consider the rebel, the resistor of authority) is another aspect that I'd like to see highlighted.
I can honestly say that if they changed all C.O.T.D filler episodes to pokemon-interaction focused episodes (like Scraggy's birth or the emonga/snivvy ep) the series would be significantly better as a result.
Are there any pokemon interactions you'd like to see done for the first time, improved, or highlighted?
Personally I'd like to see two of Ash's pokemon have a long-standing rivalry with each other over who the stronger one is, and who contributes more to the team. It wouldn't be one of those one time spats that end in a friendship or jealousy over who Ash loves the most. Just two strong members on Ash's team (probably his two strongest that arc aside from the fluctuating pikachu) who don't like each other and constantly try to outperform the other. They both have good battle records and are prone to forcefully coming out of their pokeballs when their rival is called out. They'd watch each others battles and motivate each other to win and get stronger - not as friends or allies, but almost-enemies who don't want to look bad in front of the other. A Zoro-Sanji similar relationship for those who read One Piece.
I also really enjoy the 'HBIC' style they're going with Snivvy. She rarely participates in the various shenanigans that her teammates get into and sees it as childish, but has a big sister mentality/presence in the group fixing their mistakes and coming to the rescue. It's definitely new and one of the few things I enjoy about BW's roster, and her rivalry with Emonga (who I consider the rebel, the resistor of authority) is another aspect that I'd like to see highlighted.
I can honestly say that if they changed all C.O.T.D filler episodes to pokemon-interaction focused episodes (like Scraggy's birth or the emonga/snivvy ep) the series would be significantly better as a result.
Are there any pokemon interactions you'd like to see done for the first time, improved, or highlighted?