Aug 1, 2016, 02:20 PM
Because when it comes down to it, megas did nothing good and only hurt the meta game. Whether it be in singles, or doubles; To play at a successful level you have to use a mega. But you can't even use just "any" mega, you have to choose a good one or play extremely gimmicky around a different mega to make it useful. Even then, most gimmick sets or good megas pale in comparison to the best. It made the game incredibly dry very fast. Instead of seeing teams commonly used that were unique, had weird tactics, etc: You see a top tier mega pokemon and 5 fillers.
There has always been Pokemon that ruled and have been good. Tyranitar, Rotom-Wash, Garchomp, ect. But even then there's always been fun mix ups with these mons, unique ways to use them, unique ways to fight the, etc. Where as you see Mega Khang, you know what you're getting. You know what you're fighting and even then you have to completely OUTPLAY your opponent if the Pokemon on the field isn't a hard counter/of equal strength.
You could argue that mega's brought us a new sense of evolution and made some Pokemon actually useful now, which is true. You can play around with mons now that were basically useless, which is nice. But the idea of mega Pokemon was a bad theory vs others. Mega Pokemon have to be.. well.. mega. They have to be outrageously strong in a sense. Like, they even gave outrageously strong megas like Lucario adaptability. If they went with a different route, either it be another evolution line or even an adaptation (like what we're seeing with this ice vulpix and such) they wouldn't have to make the Pokemon ridiculously strong. However they get to make it unique and special with new typings, new abilities, ect. Essentially, a weaker mega.
This way we get to use the Pokemon who aren't that good more viably now. Mega's were a cute idea I guess, but it was too good and messed up the game and basically turned it upside down. It's not all megas either of course. But some, like kang for example are too ridiculous. No one is going to want to play this game if we see ANOTHER year of mega kang on every vgc team. They need to recognize it was a mistake, and fix it.
I think we won't see any megas in this gen, and VGC rules won't allow mega stones.
There has always been Pokemon that ruled and have been good. Tyranitar, Rotom-Wash, Garchomp, ect. But even then there's always been fun mix ups with these mons, unique ways to use them, unique ways to fight the, etc. Where as you see Mega Khang, you know what you're getting. You know what you're fighting and even then you have to completely OUTPLAY your opponent if the Pokemon on the field isn't a hard counter/of equal strength.
You could argue that mega's brought us a new sense of evolution and made some Pokemon actually useful now, which is true. You can play around with mons now that were basically useless, which is nice. But the idea of mega Pokemon was a bad theory vs others. Mega Pokemon have to be.. well.. mega. They have to be outrageously strong in a sense. Like, they even gave outrageously strong megas like Lucario adaptability. If they went with a different route, either it be another evolution line or even an adaptation (like what we're seeing with this ice vulpix and such) they wouldn't have to make the Pokemon ridiculously strong. However they get to make it unique and special with new typings, new abilities, ect. Essentially, a weaker mega.
This way we get to use the Pokemon who aren't that good more viably now. Mega's were a cute idea I guess, but it was too good and messed up the game and basically turned it upside down. It's not all megas either of course. But some, like kang for example are too ridiculous. No one is going to want to play this game if we see ANOTHER year of mega kang on every vgc team. They need to recognize it was a mistake, and fix it.
I think we won't see any megas in this gen, and VGC rules won't allow mega stones.
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