Explainer: The complexity of the global competitive Pokémon scene
Don't let its cute monsters and child-friendly main game fool you. The Pokémon video games are designed for sophisticated and intricate competitive play.
Before Infinite Lives was conceived and launched this time last year, there was another name floating around for this newsletter: Utility Jigglypuff. It was an in-joke among my mates that just wouldn't die.
Hot off watching a video from Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng, a competitive Pokémon player, professional commentator and YouTuber, I was explaining how the hyper-competitive side of this game had given the humble Jigglypuff a new lease at life as a utility Pokémon — a term for one that is focused on opponent disruption, as opposed to dealing damage.
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