Pokemon's Greatest Glow Ups

Which character do you think had the biggest glow up?

Y’all are forgetting one clear piece of Wally that happens after the main story. The battle Maison. I know most of y’all didn’t play it, however when you get the 50 win streak in a row Wally challenges you again but this time with a competitive team which is absolutely crazy this man pulled up with the comp team and was ready to sweep you

Imo I'd personally add an honorable mention towards Sabrina. I swear it feels like somewhere deep inside the Pokemon company they're obligated to give her a new design every other year, og, anime, manga, FRLG, gen 5, masters etc, for being a character who is not that important in the grand scheme of things she gets a lot of love. Not that i mind as a Sabrina fan myself.

2:38 I love that on the aqua side you can see one of the male grunts simping for shelley

I agree with Silver, and I want to add something since you mentioned Neo Champions from Masters; I like Silver’s story in it, both overall and his Neo Champ story. Silver had a lot to work with for after HGSS, and I think it was shown pretty well progression-wise. Like, the first pair you get with him(albeit free) is with Ho-oh, who “reveals itself to pure-hearted trainers”. When he had the chance to either battle or save Ethan, he chose Ethan. And when he thought Ho-oh would pick someone else, Ho-oh chose him. Then there’s the Neo Champ event, where he finally got the chance to battle against Lance 1v1. Lance comments on him using a Tyranitar to try and win instead of other pokemon he has a deeper bond with, but Silver retorts saying that Tyranitar is battling for ALL of Silver’s team. It just really shows his growth as a character compared to his first appearance, and a nice end* to his story. * = he’ll still want to battle strong trainers, since he hasn’t beat Giovanni alone yet

I feel bad for not knowing your intro is the original series' Japanese opening.

Pokémon Masters has been doing incredible things when it comes to character development

The thumbnails get better and better every time

Wally's final battle in ORAS made for one of the best moments in the franchise, even. That fight is GRATITUDE. He's come as far as he has because of you, and it's your responsibility to accept his gratitude in the language trainers share. Face him as equals, and fight his Mega-evolved starter with your own.

This makes me wish even more that the Sinnoh remakes had redesigns and character improvements.

I am a guilty of listening to Wally's ORAS Battle theme on repeat... It's just so damn epic! And Generation 5 truly is home to some of the best character developmets in the whole series.

If you've played a randomizer of Gen 5, you'd know how Bianca got Virizion. She's just built different.

Real quick side note for Hau: The only reason he wasn't there to help on Melemele Island is because all hell broke loose while you were at Aether Paradise in the original games. He was down there with you. Still glad he got his character arc... Even if we had to sacrifice Lillie and Lusamine's for it...

I know it was briefly touched upon, but I loved how HGSS expanded the Rocket Executives and made it clear they were all different people and gave them different designs. Made HGSS Team Rocket a little better than GSC.

ORAS really did the characters justice

There is also the fact that Wally also has a post game battle at the Battle Maison in ORAS once you defeat one of the Battle Chatelaines in a Super Battle (i.e. beat them as part of a 50 win streak). After you defeat him the first time at the Battle Maison, he has a random chance of appearing in the lobby each day and can be rematched but uses held items as one would in competitive (ex: Azumarill with Assault Vest).

Wally is amazing, never call him forgettable.

Annabelle in Sun and Moon is heavily redesigned to look like Kyoko Kirigiri from the Dangan Ronpa games. You cannot change my mind on this one. Blaine also got incredibly dripped out in HGSS in a similar way to Morty. Red going from original protag to secret superboss in the sequels pretty much shook the series in a way we're still feeling to this day.

As someone who has always really liked Hau even in SM, I'm glad he got to finish his arc in the Ultra games even if they are the Ultra games. Even I can admit that Hau felt a bit undercooked by the end of Sun and Moon so the extra bit of spice really helped. I don't think it was a massive improvement for him but they made a character I already liked complete in a way.

As much as I do miss jerk rivals. BW and B2W2 had the best of the friend rivals.