To be honest I didn't want a new Ash I wanted Ash to grow up he'd started too with the Greninja arc then poof Disney takes over hes ten again and badly drawn. That sucked. As to this guy who knows with Ash's affinity for pokemon if he asked for help I think the legendary pokemon like Mew and Mew 2 Celibi and quite a few others he befriended in the past would him if he went into battle against this guy. Plus he has some really tough Pokémon of his own. Who knows how far Ash will go. He's left the naritive far too soon.