But all of the Pokemon were available in Diamond and Pearl... Only a few special legendary forms and the mythical Pokemon were Platinum exclusive. Have your forgotten that the DS had a GBA to DS transfers system and Wi-Fi to utilize the first iteration of the world trade Center?
Landorus (both forms), Volcarona, Tornadus-Therian, Garchomp... Just to name a few. Might wanna look up Smogon Gen 7 OU to understand what I mean
I think it was more the disparity between OU and UU mostly. NU is the fourth lowest tier, for those who don't follow Smogon metas. It goes Overused (OU), Underused (UU), Rarelyused (RU), Neverused (NU), PU and ZU. There is also Ubers. Which is mostly where all of the box art legendaries fight endlessly for best slot (except Mega-Rayquaza, the only most to ever get banned from Ubers).
Coalassol also only has a base 30 speed compared to Volcarona's base 100. Steam Engine is also Coalassol's weakest ability (most sets run Flame body and Flash fire is better for offenaive sets). Volcarona has access to Roost, Quiver Dance, Giga Drain and Psychic... Meaning it can set up and still hit Coalassol for neutral damage (or just OHKO if it get set up... Remember that Bug Buzz is still a move it can abuse and Coalassol doesn't have the best Special Defense).
Dynamax is banned in OU...
Megas are different from Dynamaxing... And they almost did bam Z-moves because of how unpredictable they were (with megas, only a set number of Pokemon could mega evolve... But any Pokemon was capable of Dynamaxing or using a Z-crystal). Mega evolved pokemon also had their usage tiering separate from their base forms (Beedrill being a prime example as it was untiered in it's base form, but UU if you were using Mega Beedrill). Basically it's banned for roughly the same reasons why Swagger, OHKO moves and Moody are banned... They are just to hard to have to build around and negatively impact the playing experience.
I'm assuming they are the main character for Three Houses... I don't have the money or Console to care tbh with ya :/
Yeah... but one of the points in non-competitive is being able to transfer all the old Pokémon you had. Was one of the reason I played Pokémon (I love you adorable Infernape Eon.) But times change and I recognize that Pokémon is trying to test the waters. If they succeed, they succeed and Pokémon changes a bit. If they fail, they fail and Pokémon remains the same. Either way, as long as the games are full of delightful character that make me smile and remember them long afterwards, (FUCK YOU CYNTHIA, FOR ALL THE PAIN AND THE DOZEN LOSSES) I'll be content.
Bidoof MVP of Explorers of Sky, change my mind
Well, to be fair, no switch to play smash means no interest from me... that and I WISH THEY WOULD'VE MADE BLACK KNIGHT INTO AN ACTUAL FIGHTER, BUT OKAY... so less to deal with interest and more to do with... well lack of ability to play it, and I haven't played Three Houses yet (Been avoiding spoilers for a long time now)