Pokémon Hoenn League | Review 

Anime's pokemon league rule number 1 : Introduction of random character/rival right before league = Ash lose.

Let's be fair with the Meowth. Tysons Meowth got a ass load of training and actually wins stuff while Team Rocket's Meowth is weak. The difference between the two Meowth is that one has a lot of battle experience and wins, while the other literally gets defeated without a problem. One-hitting every meowth won't prepare you for that one meowth that can't be defeated in one shot

This is the reason why I like Ash's Swellow so much. It's so underrated...

Was nice they included some full fights that wasn't rivals only.

Man, Pikachu sucked in this league. But Katie, though...

10:21 looks like swallow didn't skip leg day

Honestly, Pikachu losing to a Meowth isn't that surprising. Team Rocket's Meowth is pretty well-established to be a wimp. He gave up any chance of being a good fighter when he devoted his life to learning to talk and walk like a human. Tyson's Meowth had to learn how to walk again too, but he used that to become stronger.

To be fair to Pikachu...you really have to blame Ash for its two early faints against Katie and Morrison. Seriously, Ash let it battle a Dugtrio and a Steelix! Thunderbolt and Thunder do 0 damage against them and Iron Tail and Quick Attack aren't very effective on Steelix haha

"Leaving Ash's fate to Glalie of all pokemon" Yeah; it's not like Ash's Glalie has lost a SINGLE BATTLE and has caused trainers to resort to immediate Destiny Bond strats. Glalie was Ash's powerhouse. And it's wins were against disadvantages.

Swellow was the mvp during this league for sure!

I honestly, wish more battles in the series were like the Katie one. She's shown to have a serious grasp on strategy and tactics, and there was a time when I thought Ash would lose. Sadly most battles afterwards pretty much fell back into the same tired formula.

This league was pretty alright, but was still enjoyable.

Funny enough I actually watched your Kanto League video again yesterday lol Great series dude and glad to see your review on the Hoenn League. Tyson was one of my favourite rivals especially as he used a Cowboy Cat 🐈

Glalie never lost without taking some out with it aside from winning.

I’m I the only one that thinks that ash’s Corphish is underrated?? Like it put up a nice fight in this league and was really really solid during the whole gen 3 anime

Tyson, Katie and Ash’s Swellow were the real MVPs.

I can't wait for the Sinnoh League review

This league isn't my favorite league, but I think it was a pretty good league. Pikachu may wasn't great in this league but at least he did better than Torkoal. Torkoal sucked.

A weakness of the Advanced seasons was lack of an ongoing rival for Ash, so his opponents in the Hoenn League are mostly people we only meet once he gets there except for Morrison, who he’d met not long before. May’s Hoenn contest campaign did have recurring rivals who challenged May’s skill as a coordinator and her as a character, which Ash would get in Sinnoh with Paul. It’s easy to see why Ash didn’t get this in Hoenn, as this was the first region to introduce an ongoing campaign for one of his friends and the writers were probably still working out how this affected the campaign/arc vs filler balance. Battle Frontier also lacked this as it didn’t end in a tournament arc for Ash. Having an ongoing rival for Ash in Hoenn would have made the Hoenn League more dynamic, giving some history to the context of the Victory Tournament battles, showing the type of person the rival was and their Pokemon across the seasons and making the victory and losses mean something more. Tyson and Morrison lack the history to make their battles have an emotional stake beyond the risk of preventing Ash from winning the whole thing, and apart from Tyson’s Meowth their Pokemon lack personality. Looking ahead with Paul he’s going to have a much stronger dynamic with Ash and develop a history where their clash at the Sinnoh League really feels epic and the point where things will be proved. His Pokemon have character, like Torterra looking out for the newly evolved Grotle and we see his journey with Elekid as it evolves into Electabuzz and Electavire.

Nice video can't wait for the sinnoh unova and Kalos review!

I think is safe to say Swellow, Grovyle and Glaie where the mvps of the league.

The Hoenn League was good because of all the full battles and showing off Glalie.

Can we give credit to glalie and swellow for the fact that in this whole league, they didnt fully lose to anyone. They either defeated their opponents (2 opponents in swellow case, twice as well) or tied them

When you first mentioned Morrison, I wondered "Why did they bring back someone who basically a one off character of the week?" Then I remembered he's voiced by Masako Nozawa in the Japanese version, famous for playing Goku in Dragon Ball, so creators probably wanted to work with her again. But here's a real fun fact. You know who the English voice of Morrison is? Sean Schemmel, who also plays Goku! He did some work for 4Kids and this might have been a lucky coincidence.

12:23 Hey, Ash's Hoenn team was actually pretty good at the time. Remember, this was the first league where he wasn't relying on his reserves, and unlike his main Kanto team and especially his Johto team, he actually bothered to evolve about half his Pokemon (even if Grovyle still needed to evolve all the way). In fact, way back when Advanced Generation was first airing, I remember how excited I was to see Ash actually evolving Pokemon way more than he did during the previous two generations (Snorunt evolving into Glalie just before the league was especially a pleasant surprise since I figured they'd just treat the thing like Phanpy; an unevolved, inexperienced cutie that came in too late to make a difference). A trend that thankfully continued into gen4 and gen6 (we don't speak of gen5.... though his fully-evolved Krookodile was boss, and probably the only good thing to come of it).

Lol you did a great job with this video. Those video gags/memes were hilarious

Your League reviews are awesome, man! :D

What I liked about the Hoenn league is that he start over and fresh. Even since I saw him do it, I did the same thing in life. So respect to this season.

I think the anime wanted to show that although rocket's meowth was an idiot, not all meowths are. And after all, cats are stronger than mice

*honestly I respect Tyson for raising his overpowered meowty..*

love your videos, especially your reviews

I loved this league! Can’t wait for Sinnoh! I’m especially looking forward to Ash and Paul!

Why you're criticizing it for losing against meowth not every meowth can be same as TR meowth just like not every pikachu can be as powerful as ash pikachu, and rat loses against cat doesn't seems unrealistic

“Choose It or Lose It” is one of my favorite episodes of the whole series.

Great review Zac!

If only he used is older pokemon. I'm pretty sure he would've dominated the league

I wish corpfish evoled in to an Crawdaunt

3:01 Shadow Ball hitting a normal type...

"He's a Big Chungus" 👌

The Hoenn league was tons of fun to watch.

I would've loved to know how Ash would've done if he entered the Hoenn league after his time in the battle frontier. It was pretty underwhelming in Hoenn

Am I the only one who was freaking pissed knowing Morisson would have beaten Ash if he fought seriously in the beginning? lol

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Nice video Zac. I can't wait to see the next one.

You do realize Tyson's Meowth was actually a more competent fighter that Meowth, right? Like... better in every way.

Probably one of the best Pokémon review series

I loved the hoen league. The battle were one of the most creative in the series.

This video made me realize how useless torkaol is

I remember I decided to watch every episode in order. I only watched ur league reviews after finishing said league. The last review I watched before shopro was this one Can’t wait to see sinnoh unova and kalos

Love this reviews of the leagues

Yeah, Pikachu will show you something in the next league. Tie with a freaking LATIOS.

The problem i have with the hoenn region is that theres no main rival at the start but sinnoh fixed it with paul

Yes the next review will be sinnoh I can't wait

Zac: Tyson has fully evolved Pokémon Me: but he has a meowth

Also Swellow was amazing during this league.

I can't wait for the sinnoh league review

I love your videos they never fell to make me laugh😂😂😂

That guy that’s here when the video first comes.

Toarkoal sp. Attacks reduces harshly because he use overheat which misses and it was mentioned in anime that his other fire. attacks will be very weak because of that.

I feel like the anime will end with Ash turning 11

Great video! The next league has the most mysterious guy of all Pokemon lore..

Swellow and Grovyle were the powerhouse In this league. Corphish and Pikachu were inconsistent. Glalie meh and Torkoal jobbed 😂

Swellow best flying type so awesome in the anime it has a never give up attitude and never lost a battle without defeating another pokemon

Can’t wait for the Unova League review, hahaha 😂😂😂

Well that Meowth complaint sounds petty. "Because Pikachu keeps beating Team Rocket's Meowth". Yh, a Meowth who's been revealed to have sacrificed its ability to grow and learn moves so it can speak human.

1:20: Everybody gangsta till Meowth turns into Wolverine.

Solid review both on the episodes League Overall Rating. I liked that Pikachu wasn't good in this league cause it felt similar to the video games, but I still respect your opinion. Also, really excited for the next league as well, just wish Torterra would have done better.

3:06 "Hate for Persians" Me as a Persian "Should I be concerned"

To be fair, you can't really compare Tyson's Meowth to Team Rocket's Meowth. Tyson's Meowth has had a crap load of training and battling experience whereas Team Rocket's Meowth rarely battles at all and has little to no experience battling. It's basically the equivalent to Ash's Pikachu. I did find Meowth's cheerleading for it to be very annoying and cringy though.

It should be noted that Tyson's Meowth was trained and had battle experience, compared to Team Rockets Meowth who can't even stand a Thunderbolt and has only really battled like twice by this point, not a fair comparison to say the least.

the only league showing 3 full 6 vs 6 battles :O eventhough it all goes quite fast

Hey Zac are you going to review the Battle frontier in this series

I'm going to need more vids from bro 😎💯

what is the music that plays when you show episode two ?

I think glalie is underrated it took out a CHARIZARD and a metang

You say Ash’s fate against Morrison was left to Glalie as if Glalie is no good when we all know Glalie and Swellow were Ash’s killers in this league while Pikachu and Torkoal were atrocious.

3:52 Bone Club wouldn't have done anything since Gligar is part flying

that pun was onixpectedly well done

Did you redo these. I have a feeling i have watched unnova and kalos. Sorry if you've mentioned it before

And back when leagues were interesting to watch not just singles matches but double battles

Tyson had pretty similar team as i had in Ruby for E4.We both had Sceptile and Hariyama,he had some ground and steel types(he had Donphan and Metagross while i had Groudon(lv 47) and Aggron).The not-fully-evolved in our teams were his Meowth and my Kadabra.And the last ones are his Shiftry and my Walrein.

How did gligar get hit by bone club? And misdrevis getting hit by headbut?

3:45 wtf? Lmao 4:10 animu logic bruh that’s how

Swellow underrated for how badass he is... But not staraptor talonflame good though

The Gligar thing wasn't really that risky. Bone Club is a Ground-type move, and Gligar is a Flying-type. It shouldn't have had any effect anyway, so it's like walking through a revolving door (i.e. there's nothing to be lost).

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Goes from losing to a meowth to a latios so I see some major improvements

Finally here 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

“ then Morrison put on his big boy pants” okay that was funny as hell😂

5:32 & 9:27 utimate proof Glalie is one of ash's best pokemon 12:33 tyson is probably one of the few rivals that beat ash in the league that everyone agrees "yeah, he deserved the win"

I know it doesn't count as a league but i would want you to review the battle frontier

Hoenn League was my second favorite to watch. Sinnoh and Kalos are hands down the best leagues in the anime.

Yes!

6:54 YEET

Corfish and torkaol are my favorites out of his hoen Pokémon

The last league with the original voice actors, makes it that much more special.

I really liked the Vibrant colors of this generation of the anime

Tysons meowths back story is also Similar to Kunta kinte because Kenta also had to wear boots in order to hide his cut off foot

2:39 when my friends congratulate me

Losing to Tyson's Meowth is the worst thing the anime can do..... Anime writers: Well, we can best that. *Jumps to Ash's Unova League performance.*