Wouldn't be impossible haha, but I can also totally see Pokémon going down the route of just try to beat this Raid boss by doing a bunch of big damage fast enough.

Yup! As someone who played a whole lot of FFXIV at one point, having certain roles in online raids would make the most sense and help with balance. It would take some coordination for sure. I think Pokemon Go has leaned into this too with them introducing the Dynamax and G-Max stuff.

I do think the battle system of Z-A really lends itself to a way on how Raid battles work in other games like in MMOs where if people really uphold specific roles, things can go smoothly, but otherwise just an all-out brawl with a Rogue Mega Evolution could be dumb fun.

That's a good question since it would be interesting to see how a penalty system could work. I was thinking since healing would be a hard thing to implement, something similar to Pokemon Go where if you whole team gets ran through, it would take some time for them to get healed up and go again.

Right? It would make a lot more sense too. The game mostly had an NPC join in on the battle, but it's weird for our actual friends to not be able to.

Especially with the battle system of Z-A, it's probably the best way to do Raid battles compared to those in SwSh and SV.

And if you wanna do it

Can my Meowstic be friends with your Meowstic?