Talk:Charizard VS Greymon/@comment-26363797-20151211003548/@comment-2255534-20151211021429

Alright. I'll explain exactly why wilds shouldn't be used in more detail.

Because wild pokemon aren't individual characters per say, as well as the nature of pokemon as a whole, they're simply too variable that requires a player and trainer's influence. What move to give it, what ability it should have, what kind of skills would it bring, what kind of weakness would it bring...

As Ben and Chad said many times, they have to put in the effort to take out "our" influence on the individual in question, and focus only what the "character" would want to have. This is why wild pokemon can't work. They are nothing but a giant blank slate.

Ash's Pikachu and Red's Charizard worked because they aren't those blank slates. The reason the battle royal worked was they didn't do it based on any particular character. They did it based off the pokemon gameplay.