I'm sure this has been brought up before but I wanna ask how people here feel about there being no 6v6 singles battle option on Battle Spot. Don't get me wrong I love the other modes, I have been doing a ton of triple battles lately and it can be really fun.
Still, I really would love 6v6 to be an option. Growing up playing pokemon, I've always considered 6v6 battles to be the standard, although I now realize that it is not, at least not in Japan.
I just love the the flow and strategy of 6v6. The only available alternative: 3v3 singles, seems just too limiting. It depends too much on getting lucky (or unlucky) with the pokemon match ups that you and your opponent choose. With 6v6 I feel like it is much more possible to have a well rounded team that leads to more interesting matches, unlike in 3v3 when it's like :"Oh well his lead completely counters mine, GG." That's an exaggeration, I know, but it sometimes feels like that. 6v6 also provides more possibility for epic comebacks than 3v3 does. I like long drawn out battles sometimes because to win them is just that much more rewarding.
The lack of 6v6 singles has really made me consider switching to a sim like Pokemon online or Showdown. I haven't been able to bring myself to do that yet because I love the animation and 3D models of X and Y. Plus it's much more fun to actually breed and raise the pokemon you use in battle rather than just checking them off the list in a team builder. It removes a lot of the magic for me. The last time I used a sim it was with the G/S/C meta, but from the screen shots I've seen of the common sims used today, the animation and overall presentation of battles seems pretty awful - especially for any Gen VI pokemon. The 3D rendered battle system is one of (if not
the) best part of the game and there's really no comparison between sims and the real thing.
Ok, I'm done. Sorry for the wall of text I am presenting