That's true, but I definitely want to see a use for all the coins I've collected.
I think I encountered a bug. When I was playing in online mode just now, the person I was playing with left the party, and my whole game froze. I had to end it in task manager. I was playing in competition mode, if that makes any difference. Also, related to that, I've noticed that once you're in an online game of any type, you can't disconnect from the party unless you end it in task manager, either, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, I can only assume it's an anti-cheating measure of some sort. On the other hand, sometimes unavoidable things come up, and bailing on the game is the kinder thing to do in that situation, rather than leaving the rest of the players hanging indefinitely while you attend to whatever business you might need to deal with. It seems to me that you should be able to press escape, at the very least, between games or battles. Especially if it's going to take down the other person's game as well.
Finally, I want to ask a serious question, but don't exactly know how to do so without coming off like a whiny bitch, but here goes. I came across some people the other day who were playing online in battle mode. We selected teams, and I didn't know what type to pick, because, unlike with cooperative, you're playing against real people, who make their displeasure known if you pick a crappy type. During the incident I speak of, someone asked me if I was new to battling, and whether I use Team Talk, which made me cringe so hard it wasn't even funny. I felt like a complete ass hat, someone so pathetic that I needed to be coached by a virtual stranger on a platform that I really don't care for to begin with. In my experience, at least with cooperative, while you may very well be dealing with people whose first language isn't English, so they shout at you to pick normal type the whole time, they're not actually going to say anything negative if you pick something else, unless they kick you, which of course can also happen, but that's beside the point.
So, what's the best type to choose when you're dealing with people who want to battle, and they pick that option that gives everybody 2500 HP or whatever ridiculous amount it is?
The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's just holding half the amount it can potentially hold.