so in sinnoh that makes him... around 16-17? im not trying to be negative but i think they should end the season now. i'd hate it if they continue it with a different main character.

I think they're sunk after Sinnoh. Ash will be too old and I figure the company ran out of ideas

srsly. they already aimed for the "god" pokemon. theres no more left. but MAYBE one more pokemon game is possible. they can use other animals that they havent used (idk an example and im too lazy to think) and hopefully, less legendaries. they over did it in sinnoh.

Yeah, they WAAAAAAAYYY overdid it in Sinnoh. Think about it, they already covered human emotion, time and space and even God.

One more will come out, and the legendaries will be life and death

hahaha

"in the new pokemon hell and pokemon heaven! you can visit heaven and hell!! we'll be releasing a new types of pokemon, angel type! (wtf?)" xD

actually, im just waiting for them to finally create the ultimate pokemon game. well more like my wish dream game. wwhere you start in any region, and you play through all the regions. of course the limit is level 100 but its always fun training a whole different party. dont you guys just get tired of playing with the same party the whole time? (i do) xP

Well one would hope that the next set of games would be a proper 3d gotta catch em all type game with all the regions.
Start in either Kanto or a new area and be able to go to the other regions as the game progresses.
Either way, get back on topic!
If they keep making Pokemon anime they should make Ash get a job of some type and show those adventures.
Like technically Ash is an Aura Guardian, so explore that some more.

would you mind explaining some more of this aura guardian and stuff? i quit watching the anime after the beginning of the 3rd gen. i found it annoying. lol or probably its because they got rid of misty and replaced her with may. and i didnt like it as much.

Well, the first two gens of pokemon really brought the house down, but after the third gen I felt like something was missing, but I'm not sure what it was...Anyway, Ash is not a cheater, in my opinion, because if the guys at Pokemon HQ took the exact same approach to the Pokemon anime as they do to the games, then it would be a total mess, imagine this: in an episode Ash uses Pikachu, to fight off some wild Gyarados, as he decides what attack to use, he thinks about running away, and the battle just stays there...Now that is what I call a boring episode.

Excuse the cut and paste job, but this was the easiest way of explaining Aura Guardians...

Aura is a form of spiritual energy introduced in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. It is described as the essence of every living creature.
It's the energy that Pokemon use to perform moves like Aura Sphere.

In the Pokémon world's past, there were once humans that could sense and control its power. These humans, known as Aura Guardians, traveled around doing good deeds and passing on their skills to those who also possessed this innate ability.

The Aura Guardians disappeared from history for some undisclosed reason a long time before the present era. The only humans in the present time known to have the ability to control aura are Riley and Ash, though Ash has chosen to continue his journey as a Pokémon Trainer.

Visit http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Aura for more info and episode details.

If that's the case, then how come nothing bad happens to a pokemon using aura sphere? Wouldn't using up this energy, ya know, hurt or tire them?

well he has to advance some how. but yeah he could just win but wouldn't just watching his gym battles get boring after episode 2 maybe. but still he cheated.

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If that's the case, then how come nothing bad happens to a pokemon using aura sphere? Wouldn't using up this energy, ya know, hurt or tire them?

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Yeah it would tire them I suppose, but just like using alot of other attacks tires a Pokemon. But don't ask me how it works, I mean people in Bleach can use spirit energy and they only get tired from using it.
But it would be dependant on the sheer amount of spirit energy they have.
Obviously a Pokemon (or human) with enough energy to use Aura Sphere is just bursting with energy.
It would be the same as an athlete jogging. They get tired, but only a tiny bit.

Also, if it uses spiritual energy, why is it a FIGHTING type move?

I don't know, I didn't make the move
One could suppose that it's linked to the saying "Fighting spirit"?
"The user looses a blast of aura power from deep within its body"

Also spiritual energy doesnt mean psychic energy, remember it says its also described as the essence of every living creature.
If you prefer, think of it like "The Force".

Some other attacks that use "Aura":
Aura Sphere, Dragon Pulse, Dark Pulse (So as you see there's also those that use the dark side of the force too ), and Focus Blast.
The move Detect also possibly uses it.

I can't believe that The Force applies to pokemon. ! Is Ash a jedi?

Quite possibly the equivilent of a Padawan or Jedi Apprentice yes.
Here we see Ash using Aura:

As you can see, it's very much like the beginings of an Aura Sphere...

What the hell were the show creators thinking? So the guy has super powers now?! They really are running out of ideas

they probably werent thinking.? idk. but since they came across lucario having aura sphere thing, they might aswell have the main char. (ash) have it aswell. cuz then if not, THE MAIN CHARACTER would sit there and not do anything lol and that would kinda lead to a sucky plot? (in my opinion)

Yeah, because if they WERE thinking, that wouldn't have happened. But maybe Ash is really a pokemon...

WHAT IF!! he was some illusion created by some legendary pokemon. and everyone around him thought he was real! but he was just some creation. idk, im thinking too much lol