Pokemon Peta Edition

You know what? I support this.

I haven't even played it, and probably won't, but it makes a decent fundamental point (heck, it's one made in the first Pokémon movie), and looks reasonably entertaining and well-done. Arguably, what sucks the most wind out of the whole "like dog fighting" issue is that Pokémon face dangers and in some cases battle one another for survival in the wild and shock, burn et al one another there all of their own volition. All trainers do is take that situation and make it a matter of sport rather than one of survival, help the critters gain strength and confidence in themselves and provide prompt medical care when it's needed. Pokémon rarely get captured willingly, but they tend to form a bond with their trainers anyway, and the good ones at least would release them if they really were unhappy and not force them to battle under similar circumstances. That's my view, at least, but a lot of that is pretty subtle in comparison to how much the capturing/battling/breeding gets played up. So yeah, a point to you PETA, Pokémon can somewhat objectify its critters through bias of representation. I smile at your reasonably witty presentation of this, I'm not sure if I'm intended to do something more, but luls.