【This plot is a bit too wild! If I were in this world, I'd throw this rat away in a heartbeat.】
【It's so different from what happened with Oak and Jessie. Dragonite and Gengar, such powerful Pokémon, were so obedient. This rat doesn't seem that impressive, and it has such a bad temper.】
【If I were Ash, I would have thrown it away and gone home to wait for a new batch of Pokémon. Garlic-head, Bulbasaur, Charmeleon, Charizard, wouldn't they be better than this rat?】
The children watching the TV, especially those in elementary and middle school, blurted out their dislike for Pikachu, uninhibited.
After all, they had seen Oak, played by Su Yi Huan, and Jessie, played by Jia Jing Wen, commanding Pokémon with such confidence.
Then they saw Pikachu's refusal to cooperate with Ash.
The contrast was too great.
The lack of real-time comments was a good thing in this case. Ten years later, with such a plot, the comment section would have blown up.
However, the older viewers were calmer.
They were waiting to see how Su Yi Huan would handle this plot.
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Seeing Pikachu repeatedly refuse to follow his commands, Ash got a little annoyed and decided to try to catch new wild Pokémon on his own.
This introduced a new setting – wild Pokémon can be caught using Poké Balls.
Looking around, Ash finally set his sights on a group of "little birds" gathered on the side of the road, pecking at the grass.
The Pokédex provided an introduction: "Pidgey, the Bird Pokémon. It is one of the most gentle and easiest Pokémon to catch in the Flying type, perfect for novice trainers."
Hearing this, Ash's eyes lit up.
This was practically tailored for him!
Unfortunately, even though it was "easy to catch", that was with the help of another Pokémon.
Like Ash here, trying to catch a Pokémon on his own, with human power.
Even if it was a Pidgey, a gentle Pokémon, it was impossible.
The result was predictable. Not only did Ash fail to capture the Pidgey, but he got a face full of dirt from its "Gust" move.
Seeing Ash covered in dirt, Pikachu grinned and showed a human-like mocking smile.
This further intensified the dislike the easily emotional children watching had for Pikachu.
They thought to themselves that they would absolutely never choose Pikachu when playing the Pokémon game with their friends tomorrow!
At this time, the screen briefly cut to Oak, played by Su Yi Huan.
Oak, who was organizing his lab, muttered to himself:
"Is that kid Ash really alright? That Pikachu was a wild Pokémon not long ago."
Indeed, the reason Pikachu was disobedient was because it was a wild Pokémon that didn't like or was not good at interacting with humans, so it resisted Ash.
In the previous life, this patch was only added by the official developers twenty years later. Su Yi Huan was simply patching it ahead of time.
After all, the original Pokémon anime, especially in the early stages, was really full of bugs.
For example, why did Pikachu's electric shocks work on the Ground-type Pokémon Onix and Geodude? Why didn't Ash use Flying-type moves when he used Charizard to battle Blaziken in the Silver Conference? And the Fairy type, a new type introduced in the sixth generation…
Everything needed to be changed.
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After failing to capture Pidgey and getting covered in dirt, Ash turned his sights to another Pokémon flying in the air on the other side, one whose appearance was clearly inferior to Pidgey.
Clearly in a hurry, Ash didn't even use the Pokédex to check its information this time. He just threw a stone to try and get its attention.
However, unlike Pidgey, which would at most give you a taste of its power and then let you go, the Spearow was not going to let you off easy!
Just as Ash was getting pecked and bruised.
He accidentally pressed the Pokédex's switch.
"Spearow, unlike Pidgey, is a fiery and aggressive Bird Pokémon. They like to attack humans and their Pokémon."
Seeing Spearow's reaction, which was completely different from Pidgey, Da Mi Mi pursed her lips and said:
"These virtual animals all have different personalities."
Hu Ti, from Tang Ren Company, stroked his chin and said:
"Ah Huan has perfectly constructed a virtual yet real world. And then there's Poké Balls, battles with type advantages, all these things... Suddenly, I feel like Pokémon is kind of like Xuan-Yuan Sword, it has that game design vibe."
It has to be said, his judgment was spot on.
Otherwise, why would Su Yi Huan make a self-deprecating comment that the "Pokémon" series was actually an advertisement?
This show was not only tasked with launching the IP.
But it also needed to subtly plant the seeds for future game releases, subtly implanting all sorts of settings in the minds of the countless potential players sitting in front of their TVs right now.
PS: Ten chapters finished for the first day. Life is tough, but I still have to keep going.
Hope this book has your company.