Put your money where your Meowth is.
From the moment that it was revealed, I knew Pokémon Champions was going to be a tough sell for fans like me. You see, the battling has always been my least favourite part of the series — I’m more of a “catch ’em all” than “be the very best, like no one ever was” kinda guy — so seeing a game that promised to go all in on the action with very little of the adventure immediately struck me as something that probably wouldn’t be up my street.
After going hands-on with the game for around an hour a few weeks ago, I’m still yet to be fully convinced. I can see why Pokémon Champions should exist, and I can certainly see its potential to welcome battle-shy Trainers like me into the wonderful world of Stat Alignments, EVs, and IVs, but I still have questions that leave me hesitant, and most of them revolve around the “free-to-start” game’s many, many currencies.
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