the anime of Pokemon has been going strong alongside popular games since shortly after the initial titles were released in 1996, and both games and anime continue to go hand in hand today. A Pokémon fan has pointed out that the long streak of Ash Ketchum of being banned from Pokémon video games is coming to an end with the debut of its character model in Pokémon Masters EX.
Ash Ketchum He has been the protagonist of anime and movies Pokemon since the first episode aired in 1997, and is still the main character of the ongoing Pokémon Journeys. The Pokémon hero has undergone several changes over the years, but despite all these adjustments, it has been exempt from the Pokémon games, save for a title that depicted the character as an image instead of a character model.
This occurred with the N64 game Pokémon Puzzle League that was released in 2000, which used art from the Pokémon anime to reflect Ash. Ketchumbut Pokémon Master EX will be the first to use an official model of the character.
Twitter user Akilvers was one of the first to notice that the addition of the character model from Ash Ketchum in Pokémon Masters EX ends the long history of the main character of Pokemon of not appearing in the Pokémon games.
The first titles Pokemon focused on a Pokémon trainer named Red, who became one of the final challenges in Pokémon Gold and Silver, but Ash Ketchum he was never a featured or even supporting character in any title in the series.
Akilvers noted that this means Ash Ketchum isn’t going to be an “easter egg, clue, or card” like it has been in other Pokémon games like Pokémon X and Y or Pokémon Sun and Moon.