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Anyone else find it funny that Wolfe says things like 'In singles blah blah blah but in competitive Pokemon, it's different', implying that singles doesn't count as competitive Pokemon?
I've been playing Unite lately and one thing that strikes me is how simple it is to get into it. All I had to do was spend currency to pick up my Pokemon of choice and I was instantly able to hit the field. There are some customisable options that require materials, such as items which are purchasable and upgradable, and emblems, which need to be collected through gacha or rewards or whatever, but once you have collected these items, you can equip them onto other Pokemon without unequipping them or upgrading them again or anything.
You can't do that in VGC. Once you decide on what you want to do, you have to catch or breed those Pokemon, train them up, then equip their items. Decided on a new team, or maybe just want to tweak some EVs? Well off you go repeating that process, e.g. clearing EVs before applying them again. Of course you can use the same Pokemon in multiple teams once you've EV-trained them, but if you want to change anything about them, most notably EVs, it's a whole process.
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I've been playing Unite lately and one thing that strikes me is how simple it is to get into it. All I had to do was spend currency to pick up my Pokemon of choice and I was instantly able to hit the field. There are some customisable options that require materials, such as items which are purchasable and upgradable, and emblems, which need to be collected through gacha or rewards or whatever, but once you have collected these items, you can equip them onto other Pokemon without unequipping them or upgrading them again or anything.
You can't do that in VGC. Once you decide on what you want to do, you have to catch or breed those Pokemon, train them up, then equip their items. Decided on a new team, or maybe just want to tweak some EVs? Well off you go repeating that process, e.g. clearing EVs before applying them again. Of course you can use the same Pokemon in multiple teams once you've EV-trained them, but if you want to change anything about them, most notably EVs, it's a whole process.
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