Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Area Zero is the Series' Best Finale
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- čas přidán 4. 02. 2023
- Going into Generation 9 with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, I honestly didn't know what to expect; however, I never believed that I would be getting one of the best, if not the best, story in the franchise and that's all thanks to the game's final location, Area Zero. I'll be discussing all things Area Zero from the bosses to the flowers to see why it's so effectively constructed. Enjoy!
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Minor detail, but I just wanted to point out that the second Area Zero theme being for Paradox Pokémon is a misconception. It's only used during the story event where you get swarmed outside Zero Lab.
For all other battles, it uses the standard Area Zero battle theme. Yes, even for the legendary in the post game.
Area Zero: A true paradise for Pokémon. With many mysteries behind it.
I’d like for some mysteries to remain, but I’m also equally excited to see the DLC tackle some of it like the third Legendary and maybe the strange symbols.
I do love how the Professor AI isn’t the bad guy here.
They easily could have made this simply “Real prof dead, now the AI version is taking it to extremes because they’re a robot”. Or, worse, “AI magically grows morals and feelings”.
Instead they have the cool, logical AI analyze that situation once they’re free to act on their own, and, by using simple facts and logic, something AIs are literally made to do, they come to the conclusion of “No this time plan is hazardous and illogical with no real benefit, time to call in backup to stop this project”.
In a way, they’re the true hero of the story, because literally no one else had a clue as to what the professor had been up to in Area Zero.
Exactly, it turned out to be the complete opposite, in fact. The real professor was so obsessed with making his/her conception of paradise be a reality that they dismissed the ecological damages the Paradox Pokemon could deal. Meanwhile, the AI professor framed an entire plan around having you shut down the time machine and, consequently, itself. I'm curious if the DLC will put any more background into how operations in Area Zero were ran at that time, and whether there were more people than just Turo and Sada in the exploration.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Area Zero is one of the most memorable experiences I think I'll ever have in the series, because it honestly feels pulled out of a different game like SMT. Plus, I love how you actually see your three buddies following you on your first visit and they play off each other so well, with Penny's snark grounding everyone, Nemona's hilarious brick brain breaking tension, and Arven's lore dumping. I won't forget this game for a long time, that's for sure.
Yeah, the interactions between the party members with Penny warming up to Arven given the circumstance was really nice! Area Zero really made this game for me.
Area zero is the point where I fully realized just how good pokemon scarlet and violets characters actually were.
Nemona was always a joy to fight and I loved seeing her battle junky self interact with everyone. Penny was just great and I loved her interactions with arven, especially on the topic of their parents and on that note ive never felt more awful for a character in pokemon than with arven.
In short: Best friend squad is great and I hope we can get writing and characters this good in generation 10.
I really enjoyed this cast from the main party to some of the Gym Leaders. Arven, in particular, was my favorite from the main squad and his battle theme is an absolute banger.
funnily enough I didn't like Nemona all that much, I thought she was annoying and quite honestly a bit creepy. And while I still think that she isn't a good character to carry a narrative, (the reason victory road is my least favorite story... it's lucky it has Larry, sadly he is on screen too little to save it) she is a great supporting character that plays really well off the other two.
Making me want to have them in future content/dlc, something only Looker really achieved for me in pokemon.
@@hamdepaf6686Path of Legends is Arven’s story. The Gym challenge story is Victory Road.
@@fencerderio9814 oops.
Howdy, frens! Thank you so much for watching and two things I want to clarify briefly:
1. I used very intentional wording like "confirmed" death and "by Pokemon" because of Mr. Fashion Lion himself, Lysandre. Although it makes plenty of sense that he would be un-alived in XY, it hasn't been officially confirmed. SV, on the other hand, is very clear about Turo/Sada's fate, which I really appreciated!
2. With the exception of some edits, this script was originally written before the patch dropped. There certainly are some frame dips in Area Zero, but my two subsequent revisits to Area Zero seemed to run much smoother than they did in my original play-through. Glad to see some improvements were made.
It’s really hard for me to let go of BW’s finale, so I can’t say for sure which is better.
BW and SV’s finales are definitely my favorites and I think a lot of that comes down to how they managed to do so many unique things. Going into N’s Bedroom in BW and then BW2 has always stuck with me.
It was honestly really amazing how much S/V's endgame borrowed from the design cues of its now sister series Xenoblade to push its narrative into unexplored territory. On an objective point, that makes it a truly unique and standout experience that will be treasured in the series for years to come
That final Turo battle gave me chills, even more when I saw how the machine worked, it makes perfect gameplay/lore sense that if you can send a poke ball through a time machine to try and bring back a Pokémon, logically, you would only use master balls for assured success. As there construction assures success, even on arceus.
And DEAR LORD THAT THEME GOES SO HARD.
Paired with the drop that your new freinds father is dead and before you is his cold replica who only obeys his programming.
As close to and ideal final fight as possible imo
They've honestly been killing the final bosses recently. This battle as well as the ones against Volo and Red round out my top 3 from the series.
Big agree, my only wish is that they would have put more effort into rainbow rocket, it was nice to see them all together, but you definitely should have had to chase them all down and keep them from wreaking havoc rather than just fighting them sequentially in a mansion.
Glad I'm finally getting to see this video now! Fantastic job, man! You put into words all of my feelings on the end of Gen 9.
The second I first looked at area zero I got made in abyss vibes and I was all for it
I loved my time playing Scarlet and when I got into Area Zero made me feel like I haven't felt in pokemon games in ages. SC/V and PLA are truly special games for me because they showed me pokemon and GameFreak still have what it takes to make a special experience, but is such a shame SC/V came out in such an embarrassing state. I hope they keep moving the franchise forward and finish the next game
Yeah, despite the issues their big drops last year had, I thoroughly enjoyed them! I think with that extra level of polish, these games could be phenomenal and it's a shame that they don't get more development time in order to keep up with the schedule.
It also felt like there was a semi-meta-bait too where I was beginning to think, "oh, the Crater is going to be DLC, huh?" Because of the way they display it on the map and such. And then when it was part of the story and NOT DLC, it almost felt better than it would have.
Super good video as always, Area Zero is really damn special. It captures a surreal atmosphere and feeling of mystique that I feel like I'm always chasing in games. the feeling of being rewarded by stumbling upon something so secret that it's otherworldly is really a big part of why I love Pokémon in the first place and Area Zero does it *so* well. I hope Pokémon fans talk about Area Zero for many years to come, I really think it deserves to shine.
The fact that you travel as a party in Area Zero is one of my favorite things about it. It's the first time in the series you actually travel as a party. In the anime Ash always travels in a party, and it's a traditional JRPG trope. I hope they make parties a bigger part of future games.
I knew I was in for something incredible as soon as that music kicked in
To be honest I love your videos when you talk about Pokémon because I can also talk about this stuff for hours and I love seeing someone passionate about breaking down the music and also the body of work so thoroughly and you’re doing such a great job at doing it please keep it up❤
The final duel between the two Miraidons or Koraidons where the protagonists dragon stands up to the evil dragon gives the feeling of someone standing up to a bully.
The whole time I was doing this finale all I was saying to myself was “didn’t I just do this last summer” cause it reminded me so much of xenoblade 3’s final act
Really thoughtful analysis, well done. I share a lot of the same sentiment about this finale, it was one of the more pleasant surprises I've ever experienced in a game.
Thank you!
Actually just finished Area Zero and honestly I wasn’t feeling Scarlet/Violet story before but Area Zero absolutely changed that. I loved the heading down as a group, the design of how beautiful the area looks, plus the reveal of the Professor being dead the whole time just completely blew me away. Honestly had felt this way about an ending since Xenoblade 2. It’s obviously not as impactful as Xenoblade 2, but for a Pokemon game it is just wow. 10/10 ending and really changed my opinion of S/V from just okay to great!
Area Zero was a fantastic finale that goes to places you'd never expect from a Pokémon game. I enjoyed the story paths but Area Zero alone made Scarlet my favorite Pokémon game of all time
Now version difference that was pointed out to me is that the AIs protest differently against the Paradise Protection Protocol.
Apparently, AI Sada’s eyes glitch out more when being consumed by the protocol, while AI Turo twitches/spazzes out more. The thing with AI Sada’s eyes could imply that it more of emotionally tried to fight it off; the thing with AI Turo’s more violent twitches could imply that it tried to physically fight it off by attempting to lock it’s joints. Alas, their fight was in vain as they ultimately succumbed to the protocol, to tired to fight any more.
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Area Zero will stand the test of time for the modern pokemon games. Definitely wasn't expecting the color pallete to shift.
One thing no one ever seems to talk about is what is the significance of moths in area zero? Every moth pokemon in the franchise can be found there
This part of the story felt much more like it’d be canon in the Pokémon lore through Scarlet version
This game truly has the best character roster. Pre-Switch era the rivals you constantly encountered ranged from one note (R/B), boring (B/W and 2), to flat out annoying (X/Y), but Sw/Sh and especially these games have given us great rivals. In between the characters, the story, to the battle mechanics (goodbye annoying Legends combat), this is probably my favorite entry in the entire series. Can't wait for some DLC.
(Late, but I had to make the joke)
"Let's begin the experiment!"
-Sada/Turo probably
great video, as always!
Thanks so much!
If it just had voice acting tho. Really 2 simple things that could make it an amazing game. Make it run better and give it voice acting.
Well as long as stuff like this aint getting fixed I wont give them my money, still happy people can make good videos like this one out of it. :D
Honestly, while S/V is flawed it's nice to see someone talking well about it.
crater music had some huge Akira vibes for me, the chorus was intense
I love a good chorus in a soundtrack.
I loved Scarlet and Violet. The story is probably my favorite in the series with a bunch of characters that I adored, even some minor ones. The music was incredible, the new Pokémon designs are basically all impeccable, and I really enjoy the whole paradox Pokémon concept (made better by all of them being at least kinda cool, if not outright awesome). The ending is the icing on the cake. I wasn’t bothered by any of the technical issues besides the frame drops, but even those can be mitigated somewhat (and besides, I was probably having too much fun to care).
I'm really hoping the DLC gifts us more Paradox Pokemon. I know there are the designs in the Scarlet/Violet books for Pokemon that are mixtures of the Legendary Beasts and Swords of Justice, but I believe they were mentioned to be just sketches of theoretical Paradox Pokemon. They would be sick to see, though!
Some interesting things to speculate about. If you rest in the last research lab, the music that normally plays is distorted. Also something that is really interesting and not really delved into, terestialising seems kind of parasytic, evident by the trees that slowly morph into crystals and the research building completely encased in one. I'm really waiting to see if we can get some answers on the incredible mystery they build for us
Bro when I’m going down some hill it teleports me back
Area zero was so cool man. It reminded me of one of the better pokemon movies, which was amazing!
I loved Pokemon 2000, 3rd Movie, and Heroes, but I don't think I've seen a Pokemon movie since DPPT era. I should sit down and watch some of the newer ones.
I wouldn't have pegged you for a Smogonite... That's neat to know!
Going into this, half expected a joke about how Paldea’s map is suspiciously similar to Aionios’s, at least in regards to the general ecosystem distribution.
This story tore my heart out of my chest. I did not like Arven very much as a person, but I couldn't help but feel really bad for him at the end. Poor kid always was alone until he made some real friends. Pokemon took a huge risk with this dark turn for storytelling, but it paid off big imo
I really enjoyed Scarlet and felt it was a return to form narratively after the very weak Sword/Shield...although I do think I like Galar better than Paldea overall. The only thing I didn't love about the Treasure Hunt setup is that you still had to complete all three paths to unlock the endgame. It would have been cool if you could go at it with just one or two of your companions and skip a third if you just weren't interested in fighting gyms/Team Star/titans. Not to say I wouldn't have gone back to finish the league to get Nemona on my side if I knew it was an option, but it would have been a better REASON to go back and finish whichever leg of the journey you were least interested in.
The glitchiest master peice
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When I heard the music in this area I lost it. This is some of the best music I've ever heard in a pokemon game! It's a shame it took 9 generations and countless spinoffs to get here, and the graphics/performance are garbage, but I still love this game!
My biggest complaint about Area Zero is how Arven describes it as a terrible place, so I expected it to be a dark labyrinth of caves with little zones tailored to the paradox pokemon, sort of like Ultra Space environments. Instead we got this really bright and colorful area, which I don't think fits the overall tone. The bottom half with the caves and crystals is good, and I feel it would have made a good environment for Koraidon/Miraidon or Roaring Moon/Iron Valiant.
It's a shame that's not what we got, but I still like what we did get! They just raised my expectations too high.
Random question, but what do you use to record audio?
I use Audacity in a sound treated room and then I have a list of effects I apply to the audio file!
@@KayJulers Thanks! What microphone do you use?
@@selimacast725 I use a Blue Yeti. I’ve been thinking about upgrading at some point, but I think it does the job perfectly fine with the right adjustments in Audacity.
@@KayJulers It sounds really good!!! Thanks!
For me, nothing will top the fight with Red on Mt. Silver.
No words needed, just a give it your all no holding back 6v6 fight with the strongest trainer in the world… You
Silver was my first game ever and then I played Yellow immediately afterward, so I still have fond memories of that final encounter.
The current state of Pokemon makes me quite sad. I'd never support them financially again unless they started making polished, quality, games that actually allow you to catch them all but I'll get around to emulating this game. Despite the many shortcomings and unforgivable crimes this and other recent Pokemon games commit they are worth yarrharring at least.
I hope the next Pokemon main entry will have voice acting, it would improve the game in many ways :(. I have never bought a Pokemon game, but I hope that changes in the future.
I would also like to see voice acting show up in some capacity, but the past year has been very solid for Pokemon! SV and Legends: Arceus have their issues, but I had an absolute blast with them.
As long as they make sure the main character is not voiced. Way too often we see an annoyingly voiced main character detract from an RPG.
@@gligarguy4010 Xenoblade, Final Fantasy, Persona and Fire Emblem have done a really good job at doing that.
@@RevaliHeeHo Exactly, all of those franchises keep giving us annoying voiced main characters.
Tidus, Rex, Lightning, Corrin, etc
It makes me so mad that this fantastic part of the game had to be obscured by the justified public narrative that the game is a buggy mess. I would hate for them to shy away from this kind of content.
how low must the standard be if thats the best... pokemon games are truely shit...