PAX Pokemon League

Burn baby burn!

This could either be a good time or completely the wrong time to bring this up.

Back just before XY released we were subjected to some mega hype fuel in the form of Pokémon Origins. There was one little detail in the first episode that stuck out to me and got me excited about a potential change to the standard game formula (that didn't eventuate, but hey, I could dream).
So... When Red first challenged Brock, Brock asked how many badges he had. When Red admitted he didn't have any yet, Brock then responded by only choosing a team of two for a newbie challenger - this neatly explained the whole progressive challenge of gyms in the game...

So of course I got a little excited that this explanation could mean that the game could be changing to an open world / hub style progression with any given gym scaling up as you collect more badges. Wasn't the case but I liked the concept.

So maybe as an option C, rather than having a fixed format or preparing different level teams, why not change the format based on the challenger - a newbie could bring their whole team of up to 6 to challenge the leader's 3, something like that?

@Beavwa This is how I was thinking of handling trainers of different levels, as well as probably setting up a two teams which have been trained to different degrees (one properly trained, one just kinda setup through gameplay)

I really like that idea, it's true to both the show and the games where you rarely fight a full team XD

I'd definitely give that a shot if I didn't love using different Pokemon personal preference, but in principle I very much like that idea

Thoughts..... I have an old brick and a link cable..... Is it worth me spending time to set up gen 1 stuff in case we get trolls?

@Kaka, I'll be bringing a link cable and my GBC this year though, but I probably won't be breeding a team special, or playing very far in (assuming my saves are all gone). So I would say, if you plan on carrying a large bag, bring one! But no pressure

I could probably do a game from every generation...

Though 1st gen would be dodgy, no actual dark types :p

Yeah my potential Gym may be a little... more Normal