Why did they ditch Mega Evolution?

Because it was the marketing gimmick for Gen VI, and they wanted to do something different for Gen VII onwards. To Game Freak, Mega Evolution is not much different from Seasons or Z-Moves: tools used to market one generation, and one generation only.
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Why was Mega Evolution removed?

Because the games were severely rushed and they couldn't get it in on time. They also wanted to more heavily focus on Dynamax and felt megas and z-moves would distract too much.
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Will Mega Evolution return?

We do know from the new trailer that Mega Evolutions will be returning to the Pokemon franchise with Legends Z-A.
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Is there any reason not to mega evolve Pokémon?

There is no true reason not to Mega Evolve as long as the situation is not hostile for the move. The most key aspects to Pokemon battling is the ability to read the terrain and predict your opponent's next move. If you think it might be a bad idea to Mega Evolve at that point in time then don't.
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Are Mega Evolutions banned?

They're only banned in the gen 8 meta game if you go back to gen 7 you can use mega evolution and z moves again. The reason the new metagame does not allow mega evolutions is that the new games, sword and shield don't have them in the game, instead we have dynamax.
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What Happened To Mega Evolution?

Why is Mega Lucario banned?

Because of all this Mega-Lucario was thought too powerful by Smogon, and so they banned it.
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Why doesn t Ash use Mega Evolution?

In universe, it's simply because Bulbasaur doesn't want to. As many have said, no one can, and it is especially not in Ash's character to do so, to force their Pokemon to evolve. Outside of the anime universe, we all know it's because the anime is mainly used for advertisement.
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Why doesn't Ash Mega evolve his Pokémon?

Ash is the type of trainer that doesn't force his Pokemon to evolve. If they evolve naturally then he just lets it. Charizard is an example where it let it evolve on its own but he doesn't really mind that Chari has an obnoxious attitude towards him.
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How painful is Mega Evolution?

The Pokédex explicitly says this is painful to Houndoom, and yet we didn't know this detail when the Mega form debuted in Pokémon X and Y. This is just flavor text, as most Pokédex entries are, but it does add a new wrinkle to using the form, knowing you're hurting your demon doggy by doing so.
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Can you Gmax in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?

So Pokémon with the gigantamax factor can't be sent into scarlet and violet. So instead of removing the factor, or simply having it and just making it not usable, the Pokémon become locked out entirely. At least you can remove the factor using max soup.
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How much does it cost to mega evolve again?

Once you have Mega Evolved a Pokémon once, it is free to evolve again in future, once a cooldown has ended. Mega Energy can be spent to Mega Evolve that Pokémon before the cooldown ends. The shorter the rest period, the less Mega Energy is required.
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Why did Charizard get two Mega Evolutions?

Why does Charizard have two mega evolutions, while other Pokemon only have one (excluding Mewtwo)? because apparently the “X” mega evolutions are somewhat genetically modified. If you observe, Mega charizard X gets a completely new typing and looks very different from the original one.
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Are Z moves stronger than Mega Evolution?

Granted, any Z-Move is a more powerful attack than any single move a Mega Evolved Pokémon can launch -- but such an impressive powerup with zero drawbacks is much better than betting everything on a single strike.
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Who is the most powerful mega Pokémon?

Pokémon: 10 Most Powerful Mega Evolutions, Ranked
  1. 1 Mega Rayquaza.
  2. 2 Mega Salamence.
  3. 3 Mega Gengar.
  4. 4 Mega Kangaskahn.
  5. 5 Mega Charizard X.
  6. 6 Mega Mawile.
  7. 7 Mega Alakazam.
  8. 8 Mega Lucario.
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What Pokemon did Ash refuse to evolve?

Bulbasaur is the second Pokémon Ash owns that chose not to evolve, the first being Pikachu, but he is the first Pokémon that Ash caught that chose not to evolve because Bulbasaur was not ready to evolve yet. Pikachu wants to prove that he can defeat stronger Pokémon without evolving.
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Why can't Shadows Mega evolve?

Shadow Pokemon and Clone Pokemon can't Mega Evolve: A special exception to the Mega Evolution rule are extremely bizarre Pokemon variants such as Shadow Pokemon and Clone Pokemon, who are considered by the lore as rather “impure” forms of Pokemon.
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How powerful is Ash's Charizard?

Articuno fainted as Charizard got to his feet. Charizard was the first non-Legendary Pokémon in the anime to have defeated a Legendary Pokémon and won Ash the Knowledge Symbol before he returned to the Charicific Valley. As of then, Charizard's power rivals that of Legendary and Elite Four Pokémon.
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Why is Porygon still banned?

Porygon also fell victim to an anime ban after an infamous epilepsy attack caused by Pikachu. Unfortunately, the ban extended to Porygon's evolutions (even though they had nothing to do with the seizure) and has yet to be lifted at all.
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Was Ash's Gengar abandoned?

Gengar is the only Pokémon to have been abandoned by a previous Trainer and remain a wild Pokémon for years before being caught by Ash.
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Why is Togekiss illegal?

Togekiss is a ParaFlinch set, with Thunder Wave and Air Slash with the Ability Serene Grace. However, according to Smogon OU rules: Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset on any Pokémon that is capable of intentionally causing an endless battle is banned from competitive play.
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Why did Ash abandon Gengar?

However, the Trainer began to experience a string of bad luck, such as losing battles and not being able to catch Pokémon. Believing that Gengar had cursed him, he decided to get rid of him by telling him to wait until he came back.
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