[Gaming] Pokémon Champions - My honest takeaway

I haven’t been posting here much lately, but I’ve been playing Pokémon Champions since it came out and I’m honestly having a good time. It might sound controversial, but as someone who grew up playing Pokémon, it’s amazing to see all the improvements they’ve made to make the competitive scene more approachable to newcomers. This is my main takeaway and something I really want to praise here, instead of all the "flaws" that X, Twitter, and Reddit have been spilling out. Well, I’m not trying to defend it or say it's a perfect game, but as a long-time fan, it’s amazing to have an "official competitive battle simulator" that is free-to-play for everyone. As most competitive players know, if you wanted to dive into the mainline competitive scene, you would have to grind through the actual game until the end, then check out the metagame, and build 6–9 good competitive Pokémon with the right IVs, EVs, natures, TMs, and items. This is not normal. This is a full-time job. As a Pokémon fan, I…