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Feb 11, 2014 8:16 AM
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I watched non-sub.

It was an OK special, nothing amazing, but was quite enjoyable seeing Ash and Pikachu set off on their journey to Kalos c:
Apr 28, 2014 8:48 AM
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Mostly just a recap of 2 episodes of original Pokemon anime and some preview/commercial of upcoming (at that time) XY anime). Oh and also a couple sleeping Satoshi (Ash) and flying plane scenes.

Recap is fine, preview is not necessary, so I recommend against watching it if you're not hardcore "I watched all the stuff pokemon" guy at the very least))
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Dec 11, 2014 5:09 PM
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I really like the recap they did for the first few episodes of the original pokemon, and I am glad that they included the scene where Ash protects Pikachu from the Spearows, that is one of the best scene in the entirety of Pokemon. It's really nice to hear the songs from the original too.



Some of the scenes here are pretty spoilerific -.- I watched some and I skipped the rest, don't wanna be spoiled much more before I actually get to watch it in the XY anime.
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Mar 29, 2015 8:11 PM
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Good recap. It was good seeing Ash again and am pumped to tackle XY.
Jul 23, 2016 7:47 PM
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An alright recap. The highlight was Gen 1.
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Oct 10, 2016 2:05 PM
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nice recap to the original pokemon series, I'm just starting to watch X&Y now and hoping it will be as good as people say
Mar 15, 2020 1:17 PM
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Yeah, basically a 24-minute commercial for XY with some scenes from other seasons, especially episodes 1 and 2. I also liked hearing Mezase Pokemon Master again.

And they actually discussed why Team Rocket wants to get Pikachu for new/forgetful fans. Because they're stupid and don't know it's a relatively common, weak species of course! No, actually it's because Ash's Pikachu showed skills way beyond a normal pikachu and every time it defeats them it cements in their minds that this pikachu is special.
Dec 28, 2023 3:05 PM
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Recap bit was alright, to be fair the first episode is still one of the best in the series.

The new footage of the battles that will occur in XY looked promising though, a lot more detail at least.
In fact most of the stuff looks great, glad too after Best Wishes.
Dec 28, 2023 3:08 PM
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It’s time to ditch the text file.
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