Hey everyone, sorry for being so slack on reviews but I really haven't been in the mood for doing any reviews lately so I haven't been doing much. At the moment I am watching Pokemon XY so I thought I might do a review on the collection released by Beyond Home Entertainment.
The series XY continues on from the previous Black and White series in which Ash and Pikachu go on and continue their journey by visiting the Kalos region. Just like when Ash traveled to Sinnoh and Hoenn, Ash decided to leave all his old Pokemon behind once again except for his partner Pikachu.
I know this series has similarities between the first season and the Ruby and Sapphire arc in which for one thing, the opening uses the same lyrics as the original series, and also (Spoiler Alert), Ash loses his gym battle and decided to train up his Pokemon. Oh yea, did I mention that there's a girl chasing Ash??? Let's not reveal too much so soon :) Also in this series Ash travels with with a young girl who is still too young to be a trainer(remember Max??) though she doesn't have the brains Max did, but let's not compare them :P
A few things that has changed is that Ash's region starter isn't a grass type, and Ash has had some cosmetic changes which I don't think are too noticeable. Also Ash's male friend doesn't have the different eyes Cilan and Brock had, but we are introduced to the art of science :) Oh yea, whenever there's a TBC the episode usually ends as a cliff hanger which is a bit different to usual episodes which normally end. This is usually because the story for that episode ends but then they bring in a bit of the story for the next episode to make that cliff hang, annoying! >< Don't get me started on Nurse Joy ai-ya!
That's all I want to say about the series at the moment anyway. For the series I think it's pretty average but it's quite enjoyable at the same time. My rating would be 7.5/10 :D The series follows what normally happens in each series so there's nothing much different, just new Pokemon and characters etc.
As for this collection, I like how Beyond has finally taken the time to make a nice selection screen instead of just a list of episode so good job! Just like the usual designs, Beyond has split up this series into two collections. This collection features a red and blue Poke-Ball, though I'm not certain if they just made that Poke-Ball or not, the design continues on from the previous collections so yey :D
So what's missing from this collection?? I know many people are still wanting subs and Japanese versions, but I guess it can't be helped too much, but why no English subs?? Let's hope everyone knows what they're saying right?? I also noticed that the audio is still 2.0 so that's not too great, but it's still typical for a TV show. At the moment I'm still waiting for Blu-Ray releases of the series so Beyond Home Entertainment, please keep that in mind!!
Not much else to say really, so let's leave it there. If you're wondering how much I got it for, it was around $18 price matched on Mightyape, so it's pretty normal. Usually it sells for around $25 so if you can, be sure to price match it to save yourself some $$. Until next time, cya!
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