Title: Re: BW 35: ガマガル、マッギョ!水辺の戦い!/Gamagaru, Muggyo! Suihen no tata...
Quote From: precitaAsh is capturing a lot of pokemon this gen. We're only 35 episodes in and he has 8 new pokemon. This is really strange, as back in the DP and AG series Ash would usually only capture a set amount of pokemon and then stop.
They're really making BW more like Kanto where Ash would try to capture a lot. They're treating Iris and Cilan very similar to Misty and Brock as well, with a lot of the same personality traits.
I think the explanation is even more simple : they're just getting rid of all the previous gen Pokémon entirely, and by that I mean we're not going to see any of Satoshi's previous Pokémon at all during this series (Pikachu being the only exception of course).
They're doing as if Satoshi had never caught any Pokémon before he came to the Isshu region, and in a way, you're right when you say they're making him like he was in Kanto. That means he probably won't call any Pokémon back for the Pokémon league, at the end of the series. I'm pretty sure he'll only use the Pokémon caught in Best Wishes, which would explain why he's getting so many of them... and I think it's for the best, in a way. He's starting to have so many Pokémon, it would be quite difficult for him to know which one to chose... and we wouldn't be able to see all of them, of course.
That being said, I'll really miss his charizard !
With Best Wishes, the writers decided to make a clear break (and reboot) with the previous series, and looks like they're really serious about that.
Personally, I really liked that episode. Mijumaru is getting stronger and stronger... hope we'll see it evolve (as I absolutely love its evolved forms)!
I was quite surprised to see both Satoshi and Dent getting a Pokémon in the very same episode, especially since I just can't picture Dent with a Muggyo...
Looks like they're really putting a lot of emphasis on character development in this series, which is a very good thing in my opinion. The next episode looks really awesome, by the way.