Pokémon Masters Eight Tournament | Review

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After seeing how much damage Pikachu could give and take in his battle against Cinderace and Charizard, Pikachu taking out both Cradily and Mega Metagross was like a preview of how strong Pikachu has become. It also showed how smart Cynthia was, because she was the only one who mange to take out Pikachu, and it was because of Spiritomb's Destiny Bond.

Ash REALLY had the odds piled against him. He had to face the 3rd, 2nd and 1st strongest trainer. But that just made his win MUCH more better

I have one point about Leon's Cinderace. I think Leon was legitimately expecting the battle to end with Cinderace taking down Pikachu, and wanted to use the big flashy G-Max Fireball for all the fans, defeating Pikachu and keeping Charizard in the back to tease Ash. However, that didn't come to fruition, and when Cinderace went down, we cut to Leon sweating, showing genuine fear. He toyed around too much with Ash, and was now forced to bring out his Charizard in a final do-or-die battle.

That final Pikachu vs Charizard battle is Gamefreak's marketing team's nuttiest dream

Ash should’ve battled Alain first. Steven should’ve battled Leon first to show how strong he really is.

Here’s how I would personally rank each battle: 1. Leon vs Alain: 5/10 2. Lance vs Diantha: 8/10 3. Iris vs Cynthia: 9/10 4. Ash vs Steven: 8/10 5. Leon vs Diantha: 2/10 6. Ash vs Cynthia: 9.5/10 7. Ash vs Leon 10/10 Overall I’d rank the Masters 8 Tournament a solid 8-8.5/10. Congrats Ash Ketchum, World Champion.

Pikachu vs charizard had it all It is old school It is their first partner It accumulates the journey since the 90s And the best part? It perfectly portrays what a regional champion ace fight should be. Tierlist and all

There's only a few more cameos I'd have liked to see: 1) Sabrina and Haunter watching Ash's Gengar 2) Casey and the Beedril Ash caught for her 3) The Frontier Brains, especially if it meant Lucy and Brock interacted again

The Leon vs Ash fight is a visual masterpiece. You can see the animators went all in with that one

One thing I don't see many people talking about or at least not in the video, is the simbolic weight that Charizard as a pokemon has for Ash. He couldn't advance in his first tournament bc his Charizard wouldn't obey him, so having him overcoming one feels very much like the end of a gigantic journey. He is really going far beyond the trainer he one was. I really like the choice of a Charizard for a final foe for thar reason.

I like how Ash vs Leon took vibes from the Ash vs Kukui and Ash vs Paul and wrapped it up with a role reversal of Ash vs Ritchie

Ash's Greninja in the Kalos League: loses Alain's Charizard: You underestimate my power! Also Alain's Charizard: clapped by Leon's Charizard Ash's Greninja: I love the smell of karma in the morning As much as Team Rocket loves to go after his Pikachu, Ash is lucky to have them as his cheerleaders. Because no matter where he goes, there they are, following him and supporting him at the leagues. They are fully aware of just how special that Pikachu is

This is easily Ash’s greatest victory and greatest achievement by a long shot

In my Opinion both Leon and Ash had their advantages for the final fight. For Ash :Leon allowed him to use all his mechanics and knew Ash would use journeys team and for Leon : Ash didn't used his Veterans.

I mean, Iris being the only competitor Ash interacts with is understandable, because she was one of his traveling companions. Not to mention they're both young. So naturally, she'd be the one he's most comfortable with. And I'm guessing Alain didn't really want to interact with Ash because he was too focused on keeping his eye on the prize aka beating Leon...didn't help that he'd be up against Leon in the first match. But yeah, that Alain vs Leon match was a disgrace. I would've much preferred Ash vs Alain or even Steven vs Alain since Steven and Alain have such a deep connection as shown in the Mega Evolution specials, and the battle would've showed once and for all which of the Mega users is the strongest. Still, that Leon vs Ash battle and the way they chose to do it was absolutely perfect. Especially when you consider the fact Ash was knocked out of the Indigo League because his Charizard refused to listen to him against Ritchie's Pikachu, that Pikachu's Japanese name is Leon, and now Ash is using his Pikachu to defeat a Charizard owned by someone named Leon.

Alain wasn’t being cold he was just incredibly focused

I really liked this tournament, I think it’s already a better format then other “leagues” because it’s all people you know and are strong instead of some random rival being set up just to beat up ash, and I loved seeing all the matchups.

Fun facts about masters 8: 1. All masters 8 have at least one pseudo-legendary pokemon. Leon: Dragapult Cynthia: Garchomp, Kommo-o Steven: Metagross Lance: Dragonite, Hydreigon Diantha: Goodra Alain: Tyranitar, Metagross Iris: Dragonite Ash: Dragonite, Larvitar, Gible, Goodra (While Larvitar and Gible don't evolve, also Larvitar isn’t his official mon) 2. Aside from Iris, all masters 8 have at least one of the three gimmicks. Leon: G-Max (Charizard, Cinderace, Rillaboom) Cynthia: Mega (Garchomp), Dynamax (Togekiss) Steven: Mega (Metagross) Lance: Dynamax (Gyarados, Dragonite) Diantha: Mega (Gardevoir) Alain: Mega (Charizard X) Ash: Mega (Lucario), Exclusive Z-move (Pikachu), G-Max (Gengar, Pikachu) While Iris doesn’t have one of the three gimmicks, she has a special ability to communicate with dragon-type pokemon. 3. All masters 8 members are “champions” of a region or conference. Leon: Champion of Galar region. Cynthia: Champion of Sinnoh region. Steven: Champion of Hoenn region. Lance: Champion of Kanto/Johto region. Diantha: Champion of Kalos region. Alain: Champion of Lumiose Conference. Iris: Champion of Unova region. Ash: Champion of Alola region. 4. Ash had fought at least once with other masters 8 members except for Lance.

"It's so cute, it's the best of all." Hearing that line and seeing the original team sent me back to when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There were tears in my eyes. Then a certain set of notes began playing (if you know, you definitely know). Nostalgia hit freaking HARD.