Bleh. Maybe this show will liven up once it gets past all the obligatory 'have you ever noticed how things that happen in games aren't always realistic?' jokes, e.g the pokeball is cramped, escape ropes don't work like that, e.t.c... Also there was far too much exposition at once in this episode, and I thought the comic timing could have been better, namely the being given the trainer card bit, there probably needed to be more of a build-up for that to work.