7 Heroic Video Game Sacrifices That Meant NOTHING

Ah Pokemon, the franchise in which teens run around with a group of animals with powers bordering on "planet-destroying" in their pockets and use these bound creatures as warriors in a neverending war to shake the coins from other trainers' comfy and easy-to-wear shorts.

It's...a bit weird when you walk through the premise verbally, isn't it?

Still, one thing that is crystal clear is the Pokemon's desire to keep their owner's safe no matter the cost, which can result in some pretty unorthodox methods of attack, namely any Pokemon who has access to the "self destruct" move. Now as we all know the best offence is a good defence, but I doubt the person who made that statement was dealing with a Voltorb exploding like a frag grenade because clearly, the best offence is the best offence.

You know when you say a word over and over it loses all meaning? Offence.

Anyway, the point is, this move can be dressed up like the Pokemon in question turning to their owner and saying "hey buddy, I know the chips are down and that we're in a sticky situation, so let me jam up these fools hopes and dreams by sacrificing myself for the team". Almost brings a tear to the eye right?

Well, suck that tear back in fool, because this move kinda sucks. For the player, it may delete one of their opponent's poke-pals, but will do so at the cost of one of their own, and if that foe is a ghost or immune to the attack through other means, well you're gonna feel right Trubbish. Worse still is that these heroic sacrifices when used by enemies are even worse, as here not only do you often outnumber your opponent in terms of available pokemon on your team, but half the time the game fudges the numbers so you don't even lose a single pocket critter!

All that bang and next to zero bite.