How Pokémon Lost Its Magic - The Story of Pokémon on the Switch
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Pokémon has had its fair share of controversy on the Switch, but how did this really happen? How did the fan base become so divided and the Pokémon Company so criticized? In today's video essay I tell the story of Pokémon on the Nintendo Switch so far, and give my own analysis along the way. Everything in this video is my own opinion, and if your opinion is different that's perfectly fine.
I've actually been planning on making a video essay on modern Pokémon ever since the release of Pokémon HOME, but it just kinda went on the video essay backlog. The recent direct covering Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends was the point for me where I said "alright, I need to get my thoughts out there on this now".
Something crazy is for most of Pokémon on the Switch I've been kinda indifferent about things, I understood people's criticisms but didn't really have any myself and just kinda went with the flow. It's mostly around the midpoint of our story here than I began considering the consequences of what was happening to this IP.
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0:00 Intro
1:30 Chapter 1 ~ New Beginnings | Let's Go - Sword/Shield
13:42 Chapter 2 ~ Service? Or Disservice...? | Pokémon HOME - Expansion Pass
24:10 Chapter 3 ~ The Next Step Forward | Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl - Pokémon Legends
35:47 Chapter 4 ~ How Pokémon Lost Its Magic
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Games: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee, Pokémon Sword/Shield, Pokémon HOME, Pokémon SwSh Expansion Pass (Isle of Armor/Crown Tundra), Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, Pokémon Legends Arceus, Nintendo Switch Online (is that a game? whatever, it's something we talk about here)
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Timeline: May 29, 2018 - February 26, 2021
Developers/Publishers: GameFreak, Pokémon Company, Nintendo - Hry
Usually this is where I'd write some extra thoughts of mine or insight into why I created the video or whatnot, but this time I honestly don't know what to say. This isn't an easy topic for me to talk about, considering Pokémon is one of my big three childhood franchises (other two being RCT and Sly), and it's definitely helped shape a fascination in video games in me that's had me pursue game design today. It's hard for me to look at the current state of the series and really just express what I feel needs to be said, like during the whole Sword/Shield fiasco I never really brought up any issues myself at the time and just went with the flow, even semi defending some bad design decisions. But at the end of the day, it's a multi-billion dollar company, they don't care about x random person defending them on the interwebs. What they do care about is if fans are aware of the issues that can otherwise be gotten away with, and if a great number of fans express that things aren't up to their expectations. And so I figure for that reason it's more important to spread criticism and problem awareness than defense, but that's my hot take on that matter at least.
As I say in the video though, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Like if you're hyped for the remakes, then great, I hope you get lots of fun out of them. You have no obligation to follow my opinion, but I do thank you for taking the time to hear it out.
And please, let's be civil. I know this is a controversial topic, but please don't say anything to anybody in the comments section you wouldn't say to somebody face to face. Behind every username is a real person with their own experiences, aspirations, personalities, sensitivities... Somebody having a different opinion on a series of children's video games is never enough reason to personally attack them. (Literally hundreds of commenters anyway: "This can't stop me because I can't read!")
Anyway, as always I'll use the pinned comment for any updated information or things I got wrong (and despite including this here I'm STILL "corrected" by several people in comments on a daily basis ALWAYS for these exact two points, so uh, there's that)
-Turns out Pokemon HOME doesn't immediately pull the trigger on your Pokemon if you stop paying, it just keeps them permanently locked away until you can afford to pay their bail. Even if it's not immediately deleted this is still glorified ransomware, your data is still being kept from you unless you pay up. Almost any other cloud service you'll be able to download your data before your plan runs out, but sure not for Pokemon HOME if it's any Pokemon not allowed in Sword/Shield, literally the only way to have any control over any of these specific mons put in there is to pay. I have also heard some reports that if you don't pay for long enough they may be deleted after an undisclosed amount of time as well.
www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/f8sciw/pok%C3%A9mon_home_will_delete_pok%C3%A9mon_after_some_time/
-Yes technically you can still receive the Pokemon added by the SwSh DLC from trades or such even if you don't own the DLC
Greetings from December 2021. Since CZcams recently hid the dislike count on all videos on the platform, I'm sure a lot of people might be wondering what the Like ratio is on this video anyway?
92.3%... 92.3% is the Like ratio as of December 4, 2021. Ever since the dislike count became hidden though, let's just see I've seen a dramatic increase in those with a "greater than thou" mentality in the comments.
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Also it's neat to have seen so much reception on this video, but, I do have other videos too ya know...?
You literally want them to bring that magic back so that others can feel what you feel, so they made the Sinnoh remakes. They’re keeping it as original as the originals were, by only upgrading them to 3D, as far as we know, so that the younger generation can experience what we did 15 years ago, yet you complain about the BDSP? It doesn’t make sense to me, your logic.
It doesn't make sense because you took my argument out of context.
The magic I felt was the will to create something new the world hadn't experienced before. Even in remakes in the past it would be so different to the originals that it felt like experiencing the world of the originals with the gameplay of a completely new game.
I don't want people to experience the exact same game scaled up (they could just go play the originals), I want people to feel the passion that goes into creating something new and unique instead of the lazy way out.
Yeah I agree with your second comment I'm in the boat that the remakes were the lesser of two evils or at least for the community I would have loved to see completely remastered versions of the games but then people would complain that they lost the originals charm at worst we just got the games that I enjoyed when I got into the series at best we get it with possibly new features there is evidence for it but it's too early to call though everything you said on bank I wholeheartedly agree with that service is trash at least it doesn't delete your pokémon though
@@SqueezySponge it's fine for me people to disappointed with these remix considering that so far they haven't done what other remakes have I think what he was talking about and the latter part of the video was that the community pushing so hard for the remix to be made led to gamefreak just rushing it out which I could definitely see as they gave it to another company which isn't necessarily a bad thing but kind of shows that they wanted to work on Legends more than gen 4 remakes
Nah dude you are right, the Switch is their cash cow and they don't give a shit about their fans. All the Switch games are trash compared to what they should be given how big they are and how polished everything else Nintendo puts out is.
Pokémon really feels like it’s just in an endless loop of trying to appeal new fans while at the same time trying to keep old fans with nostalgia
More like holding old fans at gunpoint
Yeah
Thats just nintendo all together right. They just remake old games over and over on all their systems lol
@CP D2191 would’ve failed miserably eventually because Sega has no idea how to operate as a business, hence why they’re a shell of their former self. Plus Sega’s creature design is ass, I’d kms if Pokemon had SMT or Sonic monster designs
@@CredibleCommenter SMT designs are more detailed and often varied compared to Pokémon. I don't even know what I'm looking at when I see a Gen 8 mon that isn't a starter or new evolution to an older one.
Seeing the newest games is like seeing an old friend from school that’s gotten on crack they used to be a chill cool and creative person but now they seem like they’re in a rush and ask to borrow money
Lmfao THIS!
I’d like to hear your life story man 😆
@@ssplague bro it’s honestly so wild it seems like a meme. If you genuinely want to hear it sometime we could get together on a discord or something and chat but until then here’s a highlight reel. Since I was about 8 my mum would feed me weed cupcakes to “mellow” me out, at 19 I became homeless while also being a preschool teacher, I was gonna be the actor for the blue power ranger but lost the role because I was to tall and I once got into a brawl with a horse over food. These are all things that have actually happened to me
This is so accurate, and should also be top comment 😂👏🏾👏🏾
Probably the most accurate analogy ever
Sadly... amen...
I know things aren't going to get better. There's no financial incentive to make good games when anything you make sells, no matter how bad it is. But I miss the point in my life where I was blown away by every new Pokemon game, where it wasn't annual and so much effort went into the experience. Those were good times.
Me too. But yeah why the hell SHOULD any of the owners of Pokémon TRY when it practically PRINTS money and people will buy whatever they shit out and call a game.
Gen 4-5 was amazing, Gen 6 was the last Gen I played. Back in Gen 4-5 Gen 3 was my fav, but now I think Gen 5 is my fav
When I grow up and have kids I'm gonna emulate all the old pokemon games and give them to my kids and guide them a little and hint at secrets in the game to give them a really fun game to play in their childhood and hopefully something they can feel nostalgic over in the future.
How would gen 2 even have DLC when that concept didn't really exist yet? Seems kind of stupid to mention that when, yeah, of course it didn't have DLC.
tbh the games are better than ever, zoomers just like to hate everything.
My big brother had pokemon Home, we saved all our mons on it. I have lost him 8 weeks ago, and his home subscription is past, so all our childhoodmemories, are mostly in the void now. Thank you dearly for making this video and bringing it to Light, lets hope it reaches them
sorry for your loss
I’m pretty sure it doesn’t delete the Pokémon, on the phone app it says they just aren’t in the basic box, which means you can’t see them but they are still there, just need to pay for a month sub (kinda scummy) to get them back and transfer them
It's on his switch account, we can't touch it sadly. Thanks for the advice though
Im so sorry for your loss, I know your brother is in a better place, 🙏
M
P.S. is there a reason you can’t get into the switch?
@@HumanGeweld If you have his switch you can grab stuff out of the boxes of other users on that console
It sounds like he’s about to break down in tears the entire time.
He reads these y'know
@@AcousticHarmonia Oh, did that insult you in any way? If that’s the case, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to portray my comment about you in a negative light.
@@whitechocolatte5863 Sorry if I misunderstood. I've just gotten a lot of comments saying essentially the exact same thing for over a year now on another one of my video essays, I probably read 1-2 of this same thing a week on that other one (even got 2 today), and I think at this point my mind just kinda jumps to assuming people are trying to get to me or something. I have thought about going more monotone in narration, but I prefer portraying the emotions I feel each scene should feel like.
@@AcousticHarmonia I like the emotions you put into this video, it really shows how deeply you care about this series, and I know you are someone truly authentic (don't become a monotone robot lol).
I don't normally comment on videos, but I see the passion that went into this video, so let me share some of my thoughts. I used to love Pokémon; it was a large part of my childhood and teen years. I must have put in thousands of hours into the games alone. I stopped playing up to diamond and pearl (on the ds). I basically caught them all (besides one or two event based only pokemon), I remember having to do the whole safari thing in diamond to transfer my entire collection from fire red and emerald. It was stupidly tedious, but I did it to (hopefully) future proof my pokemon, as I assumed that transferring pokemon from the newer generations from then on would be a piece of cake since the technology was no longer the limiting factor, I just never thought I’d had to take into account Nintendo’s greed…
There was a large gap where I just stopped playing pokemon games. I heard the story of black and white was great, so I did go back to play them a few years back (the story was indeed great). I also bought a fresh 3ds just to play pokemon sun, but it became abundantly clear that there was little to no point going through the humongous effort to transfer all my old pokémon into the newer generations. All I ended up doing with these newer pokemon games was beat the story, and that’s it.
As a kid, playing a 3D pokémon game was practically my dream. Pokemon Sun fulfilled that for me, though I felt disappointed that I couldn’t easily bring my old pokemon that I worked so hard to train (ev trained and everything). I know it’s not impossible to do it, but seeing how Nintendo is behaving, I have zero incentive to do so, and I officially consider myself retired from playing pokémon. I treasured my hard earned 5 star black trainer card on my pokemon diamond, so to commemorate it, I dumped my original cartridge into a rom (so it’s digitally preserved forever), and now I carry it with me wherever I go on my phone (using the drastic emulator). I don’t really play it, but it’s so incredibly nostalgic for me to look back at all my pokémon once in a blue moon, it’s a trip down memory lane for me.
And that’s really it tbh, I have not played any of the newer pokémon titles past pokémon sun, and don’t really have any incentive to do so, because as you say, pokemon has lost its magic.
There is so much potential for Nintendo to do something great with this series (especially with all the tech available today), but unfortunately their greed is too great. I actually stopped purchasing anything from Nintendo a while back, beyond just the pokemon series, I am disgusted with their business practises, and refuse to support them in any way. I don’t have much time to play games these days anyway (unfortunately), but if I want to check out Nintendo titles, I will gladly and proudly pirate them, because I no longer believe this company deserves anymore of my hard earned money. I think a major part of the issue is the pokemon fandom constantly rewarding them for their bad efforts. We vote with our wallets after all; if sword and shield was such a disappointment, why buy it?
@Lost Soul
Gotta love how the only good looking Pokemon game isn't made by the Pokemon company, pokemon snap is made by bandai
The Pokémon IP should be exclusively in the hands of Bandai Namco and Genius Sonority. But Game Freak prints money, so that is never going to happen.
@@Smfsableye I love all the spin offs even the mobile ones, I just think they explore interesting genres
And they'll still slap u with dlc
@Angel Ake I do, I love that game, I still have the game installed on one of my old phones so they let you see the figurines
Bruh dp remakes isnt made by the pokemon company as well, and if you say legends arceus looks bad you are crazy
The biggest problem with sword/shield’s main map is that the wild area has a bunch of Pokémon in areas that don’t work. Basically it was like they didn’t have their own habitats. But also that each route was super linear and kind of meh. They should have not done a big wild area and worked on each route actually being unique with good habitats, more spread out.
Honestly, while i would love to have better routes, the wild area was absolutely needed. It's an experiment, they were learning how to do open area pokemon and they have to start somewhere
@@Sammy_The_Umbreon They dont need to make entirely expensive game for that come on ! Also if they were sincere they would make some prototype project for free then . Also they have the ressources they don't need to "experiment" THEY ARE AND SHOULD EXPERIEMENT AT THEIR WORKS PLACE AND LABS like lmao come on dude.
Thats a nitpick compared to the horrible graphics and bad story of the game lol.
Honestly, the dex cut was really good for competitive and for me who kinda pretty much used the same couple of pokemon for ever game if i could
there's nothing more linear than ruby/sapphire. zoomers just want to hate everything new.
The vast majority will settle with mediocre gameplay and anticonsumer practices. This is why Pokémon has no chance of changing. It's a sad truth I've come to terms with over the years. Thank you for this video, it addressed the many unspoken complaints I've had.
It Really does feel like it's falling apart, no offense.
Even when they do change people still dislike them. People hated black and white. People also disliked ORAS.
@@defaultyboi9916I mean at this point black and white are seen as great games
@@defaultyboi9916 such a good point. Newer games will always get hated on no matter what. People dont realize that hating on a game also sends a signal that the bad as well as the good are all trash. So in the next installment pokemon may scrap all the cool additions altogether and go back to the old repetitive pokemon formula. When we get something new, people complain and say they want the older games. When we get an 'old' game design, people also complain.
That’s how I feel really sad to see how much they have hurt pokemon with these ways of operating
The models were even referred to as “future proof” when they first went 3D with XY, meaning they could just yoink them, increase resolution, and be done. Which they did, but still cut Pokémon.
Let's Go Brandon
They cut Pokemon and removed megas to promote their phone app and gigamax
@@kevinho8616 trying make everything political eh?
@@b.m.4415 Just talking about my pal Brandon :)
@@b.m.4415 #Lets_go_Trubbish XD
Someone probably already mentioned this, but Snap 2 isn't being made by Game Freak. It's a third party game from Bandai Namco. The most beautiful Pokenon game on the Switch isn't even made by the main Pokenon devs lol
You know it's laughable when a 3rd party developer a.k.a. Bandai Namco, can bake a better cake (Pokemon Snap 2) than GameFreak (BD/SP and Legends).
@@tiruliru1189 Uhhh you realise Game Freak isnt making the gen 4 remakes
@@riskyworks Yes, it's made by ILCA. Too bad Masuda is working with them. Masuda will be a director.
@@tiruliru1189 Again, the issue is that fans push the developers to rush the game, and then complain when it turns out bad, the fans have too little patience
@@riskyworks Dont even start putting fans as 'the issue' here, that is a ridiculous point. Of course they could be a little more patient and aware of what they actually want but please, there is no 'fans make game bad'. As if there isnt some push for pretty much every other loved franchise, and somehow they seem to manage. I feel like thats the most redeeming quality Nintendo actually has.
Sad news is there is no "well it's just your opinion" anymore. The employees have outlined in their complaints about the company exactly what we have been saying for years. and worse like not getting the proper funds and required materials to gain better skills because the higher ups are fine so long as they are getting the easy money of the current games. Their lack of care and skill is hurting everyone beneath them. (well except the creative teams who are mostly fine. it's the technical side that is suffering.) Yes time crunch is a problem but also one that they themselves set and the top brass are ok with. So while it's okay to have sympathy for those at the bottom who are just as tired of their shit as we are, it's also important to keep criticizing GF and TPCI as well as not buying the games anymore. Something people tried to tell the fandom as a whole ages ago. it might already be too late but verifying the truth from them directly was enough for me to want to try again.
Pokemon has been a huge part of my life since I was about 8 years old. I can't Even tell you all how many hours I've spent playing Pokemon. Pokemon got me thru so much honestly, as stupid as that might sound to some. It's truly heartbreaking to see the direction of the franchise that embodied a ton of my favorite childhood memories. With the way things are now in the gaming world I can't see things really improving. All good things come to an end. What once struck a match and blazed into a glorious fire eventually dies out. Everything has a shelf life. Even pokemon I guess. All I can honestly say is at least we can still play the old games. And still feel the serene nostalgia and relive the magic we found as kids. As sad as it is. We will always have those memories.
I feel the exact same as you
Thats cause you got older bud. Playing the older games is only magical because that is what youve grown up with. My younger siblings and cousins grew up playing gen 6 and it feels surreal to them playing through the 3ds games. The older games mean nothing to them
@@Tam-lv1mpeven the 3Ds games while being not as good as the DS & game boy ones still have a lot of charm the switch games lack
@@DerpySloth exactly i mean pokemon omega ruby and alpha sapphire are good i love that games even pokemon X but all switch pokemon games are trash. Look what they do to pokemon Diamond so dissapointed
Facts, they ruin the essence of Pokemon. I only play the old games now, it brings back that magic from my childhood (nostalgia).
I feel like Greed is becoming more prevalent in the Gaming world. I know there could be circumstances that change the final products. But It's getting increasingly uncommon to find developers that seem genuinely involved in wanting to make their games good and enjoyable.
i agree
I think this is a big reason Indie games have taken off so hard. Now that making a video game is much more accessable, someone with a true vision for a great game can make it!
Not developers, companies.
The devs are just doing their job. It's the company that doesn't give them the time, resources, and/or creative direction that they need to execute their job as well as they can
EDIT: FYI, Gen 1 took 6 years to develop. Sure they were laying the entire foundation for the game (and eventual series) at the time, but I highly doubt Let's Go, SwSh, or BDSP had anywhere near that much development time.
and this is exactly why the majority of my favorite games nowadays are indie games
It's our duty as Consumers to not support greedy/anti-consumer companies. If you see this type of behaviour we can't just give in because we're afraid of missing out or because we don't think it'll matter, otherwise the abuse will never end.
If Game Freak can’t adapt to being competent with more powerful hardware, they need to start outsourcing development to more capable studios.
Well they can, they just are way too impatient with game sales to take the time to learn Hd development
@@beastlylordhorse3612 nintendo puts the time constraint on the guys at game freak. Gen 2 was made as the sequel and last game for Pokémon
Maybe you guys should stop paying for their garbage you don’t like so they’ll actually make it properly.
Bandai Namko, the studio working on New Pokemon Snap: Allow me to introduce myself
@@whiteshadow9095 Exactly. Most of the fan-base for Pokemon is so blindly loyal now that they know they can make something half-baked and it will still sell like crazy.
ngl Legends was the first time in a long time where I felt excited to play and explore
It was literally so boring tho, I couldn’t even finish the game, it was literally just a larger scale safari zone or pokemon Go, no gym leaders, no trainers, boring.
@@Damian-ni2jy hahaha you think? Try sword and shield, it's worse
@@Determinator21Why not both could be bad hehe.
The thing about the remakes is that they are, for some players, their first experience with the region. I first played Blue version well into gen 3's run, and entirely skipped out on gen 2, so when I played Heart Gold I wasn't just playing another gen 4 game, or another johto game, but I was having an adventure in an entirely new region hot off the heels of the sinnoh games, and honestly, it was probably the best introduction to the johto region I could have asked for, and the ability to go from an entirely new (to me) region to the one I had only seen in 8-bit and rematch the kanto gym leaders was a... really unique sensation, one that I don't think was directly planned (I had played neither the gen 2 games, nor the kanto remakes), and one that I don't think I'll ever get from the series again.
Also, I like just how seamlessly the gen 3 and 4 additions felt in HGSS. Abilities are always nice, but I love how the regional dex was expanded to include the evolutions that had been added in the meantime, and let's be honest, feraligatr and sneasel feel like they were released a couple gens too early given their typings and stat spreads, so it's nice that they have actual physical STABs (and sneasel got an evolution to boot). It just felt like "gold and silver if they were made with an extra two generations of hindsight", which is arguably what any remake should strive to be.
I fear that they won’t learn from their bad decisions until they finally end up killing their golden goose.
I fear if you told them that, they'd give the same response another manager gave Marty-o-donel. "yeah the story of the golden goose is a good one... but sometimes there's nothing like a good foie gras."
Or they could just shut it down since the fans kinda helped kill it lol wouldn't be a issue for Nintendo.
This beloved Franchise is Burning
and the sentimental people dont realize
cause its so beloved.
That in itself is sad...
pikachu is a rat not a goose
They won't, pokemon is literally too big to fail
I know that im one month late,but I feel bad for Pokemon fans.Something that you loved when you were a kid and see it come this way it's just disappointing and makes you miss the old days of being a kid,instead of being betrayed by a company and franchise that you loved and grew up as a kid.
Thank you, most people see Pokémon fans as “uNgRaTeFuL fUcKs” while sometimes it’s true we all have the right to be hella disappointed with how it has turned out
@@lillrice27 Im still questioning why Gamefreak doesn't put as much effort as Mario or Zelda it angers me that they could have potential of making more gorgeous and beautiful graphics,and I know that the switch isn't a power house but atleast Mario and Zelda try to stand out from each other.Oh and also how come Bandai Namco make Pokemon Snap a Spin off tittle look more gorgeous than the main tittles is beyond me,and I think Bandai Namco should be in the main tittles working on the graphics department since Gamefreak have no clue how to put effort into their games.
The issue is that you think that a company can betray you. Y'all are a bunch of fucking fools. Nintendo and by extension game freak and especially the Pokemon company were never your friends. They make a product to be sold. You are literally owed nothing and actually fucking crying like this is a person that has hurt you personally and not a multi billion dollar corporation turning a profit for the lowest investment they can is so fucking harmful to our society. You are giving them so much power to let them have your feelings like that.
@@RoyalGhost-27 Listen im not saying that im huge pokeman fan cause I've never played a single Pokemon game in my life but I know that you should atleast put some effort into your games and not end up looking like games that belong in the 3ds.And I know that Nintendo in general can be shitty at sometimes but atleast they put effort into their games and try their best to innovated and stand out from each other,and Gamefreak here is straight up lying that their making new animations for their game which I clearly see that they rushed it so they can get that holiday money from people's pocket.
"A delayed game is eventually good,but a rushed game is forever bad"-Shigeru Miyamoto
@@RoyalGhost-27 Basically you are saying stand up for yourselves and stop critiqing the games
I personally really liked the old pixelated style of the games
Pokemon sprites will always be superior to 3d forever
Heartbreaking to watch. Got into Pokémon as a young kid, was huge for me as well. Despite recently getting back into gaming and enjoying the new Pokémon games, your points are entirely valid and it’s sad to see how much of what the experience is being removed or put behind a paywall
One point you didn't really elaborate was also the end of Mega Evolution for... Dynamax. Literally just bigger Pokemons.
Mega evolutions were so cool, making some fan favorite Pokemons relevant again. I also remember the hype train when the community was speculating on who would be the next mega. Why remove a feature that most fans came to love to add such a basic feature as Dynamax?
Different engine maybe? Wanted to go a different direction
Nah I actually like gigantamax more. And its better for battles
cause its easier to make pokemon bigger rather than making another cool design for a pokemon. Utter laziness, complete mediocrity and those that accept this are easy prey for the higher ups that know they can do ABSOLUTELY nothing and still get "liked" for it.
@@rose_5kai720 personally, I prefer Mega Evolutions. It allows old and new pokemons that don't have great stats to get a battle-long stat boost and a new design. Were all the Megas for those weaker pokemon? No, but having a new mega form as an option for Pokémon could be super helpful.
I also just don't like Dyna/Gigantimax because it feels somewhat lazy, if that makes sense. But I understand your viewpoint.
Not gonna lie I prefer Dynamax to Mega evolution. It's a lot more tactical because you have to decide which Pokémon will dynamax and when, and still pleases Mega evolution fans with the Gigantamax forms
gamefreak in 1996 : we made this cool monster collecting game hope you like it
gamefreak in 2021 : we are holding your pokemon hostage
hahaha
Fanmade Pokemon Games: You Mom is dead. Oh and yes I am a cultist lmao
@@pome-granit992 when the bean is sus
@@ilovecakecanihaveapiece GETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEAD
@@pome-granit992 rom hackers: we on the same place
I almost teared up at the last bit. Pokémon has always been my favourite franchise. I too, was disappointed when I found out there was no National dex. I love Gumshoos (he’s based on a detective, and my nickname is Detective Osprey), Bruxish (he’s based on a triggerfish, and I had a toy triggerfish that would squirt water, so I get nostalgic seeing Bruxish), Furfrou (design is amazing), Honchkrow (honestly such a sleek looking Pokémon), Ledyba (sounds silly but I was given a toy of it when I was a child by my dad), Pidgeot (its mega is so cool and it’s probably based on an Osprey), Finneon (it’s based on a Neon Tetra, my favourite pet fish) and many more that were missing from SwSh.
I remember when I shiny hunted pidgey right away in let’s go so I could get shiny mega pidgeot and she carried my team through the elite 4 and champion
It’s always funny to me when modders show how lazy and unqualified some game devs are. Like you’re being paid to do this for years and some redditor did it better in 2 weeks for free💀
It really makes me worried Black and White will have the same treatment,.. I just- don't think I could handle seeing Unova disgraced in this way.
I'm truly sorry for you, Sinnoh fans
We all know that Legends is not going to be as they claimed
We'll always have the originals, dude. Just stop buying this new crap 💀
I was so hyped now i just fear the worst😰
Idk, why I'm having the time of my life lol
I honestly don't know if they could improve anything from gen 5. Especially the music is perfect as it is.
BW came out when I was 15, so I don't really have the early childhood nostalgia for it that I do for RSE. Gen 5 seems recent enough to me that the gameplay is still solid (not slow and clunky like gen 4) so I'd rather not see remakes. The originals are fine, thanks.
I am surprised you didn't mention the cool colored cartridges they use to make. I was happy they when back to carts hoping we get those cool colored carts again. The crystal pokemon clear cart was my fave and the pokemon red game cart was my first.
They definitely had that degree of charm to them, though I think it was just a bit before my time. Most people of my age range started with the GBA games, but I only got into it later with the NDS.
It is a nice touch. And clever marketing. I remember when I was a kid, everyone had gameboys, but as soon as you saw those cool red or blue cartridges, you knew what they were playing.
@@AcousticHarmonia how old are you?
@@Atlas92936 My guess would be early 20s or late teens.
@@Atlas92936 well considering he seems to have started around the time I did, Id vouche to say anywhere between 18-22.
Legends Arceus brought me back to the series because for once they actually did something different. And while it definitely could be optimized it runs fairly well in most cases. The main thing I'm worried about is how gamefreak is gonna handle scarlet and violet since it looks like an actual progression in the series
Henlo I’m from the future, it’s kinda good now except for sky pokemon like Staraptor
@@lers0305 is it?
Scarlet and violet is an embarrassment just look at the reviews it’s at 2.9 stars
Honestly we live in a post Elden Ring world now. A game that just ask 70 dollar from you without any additional fees attached. The amount of content this game has is truly unbelievable. This needs to be the industry standard. It highlights how low the bar is for gaming as a whole. But Game Freak somehow manages to even be scummier then Take 2 and Rockstar and those are already the very bottom of the barrel. Nintendo games are always seen and judged in this vacuum. Completely ignoring the standards of other platforms. Nintendo fans and especially Pokemon fans are kinda brainwashed. I wish I was joking.
Well said 👍
I think EA and activision would be considered the bottom of the barrel.
@@marcusmaynard1526 In comparison to Take2? Hell no. They treat their costumer base like absolute Garbage. GTA+ for example. What a joke and that is just the tip of the iceberg. EA and Activision doesn't hold a candle against the shitfuck that is Take2.
@@marcusmaynard1526 nope that would be Bungie because they been removing content that people paid for like the whole game and then some dlc
You're the brainwashed one I think. Pokemon is a Japanese children's media franchise, and eldin ring is dark souls with botw gameplay
Hop literally has all recycled animations from Hau
I wonder hau they did that
I thought you were making fun of me but then I realize the joke I’m actually the stupidest thing ever
Hop is basically hau 2.0
Hop= Hau with depression
By the way, Hop is a terrible rival.
Felt depressed after watching this. Me and my brother both got ds's for christmas to get diamond and pearl. He is six years older than me, and a lot of his high school friends and their younger siblings joined in, in our race. It's genuinely sad knowing that the chances of other people having a similar experience, year by year just gets smaller and smaller.
I’ve been playing games since PS1 & windows 98 games. I miss my socom 2 clans on ps2, gears of war multiplayer group, Playing golden eye multiplayer during lunch, and halo 2 multiplayer afternoons after school. You’re not alone in this feeling it effects gamers across many games and platforms. Ironically gamers get labeled as loners when it builds large and small communities around games and series. Some people I’ve played with a lot have never logged on again, some may have even passed away. Nostalgia hurts sometimes.
It’s sad knowing some people will never experience sitting under the blanket on christmas eve waiting to get your new pokemon game for your gameboy in the morning.. miss my childhood lol
I'm surprised people don't really the dynamic of game making and software. The person who made this Comment is the same type of idiot who made the video. A person who has little ability actually understand Pokemon games. The same type of person who isn't much of a fan.
Also for your information the color carts are a bit pricey.
@@Narci626 I think I had a stroke reading what you wrote.
Nerd
Gotta say, I'm personally not someone who cares for the national dex. For me, the game experience is about experiencing each region as is. I make a new team with the pokemon mostly only available from the region. My old favorites stayed on their original consoles, and the knowledge that my babies are still there, waiting for me if I ever want to go back. The one thing I'd love is multiple save slots because I simply cannot ever delete my original save
This is me exactly. And battling my friends
the ideal way is the black and white way imo. all new pokedex, maybe with some iconic old pokemon or ones who fit the region's theme, but with all pokemons data included for postgame
But even so you shouldn't be fine with it, because even then, the OPTION should be there. I usually also do my first playthrough with pokemon from that game, but there's a difference between knowing I can get my favorites over anytime afterwards, and knowing that someone cheapened out and couldn't be bothered to program it in so even if I wanted to I couldn't.
Regardless of if you use the additional content or not, we shouldn't be fine with getting less content than before, for the same or more money than before. We used to have 800+ pokemon per game. We used to have good side activities like contests and post game battle areas, we used to still have acess to older gimmicks like Z-Moves and Mega evolutions. We used to have all of that stuff and more. And now they cut corners whereever they can, so they can sell SOME of it back as DLC or just not bring it back at all. That's not ok. I never really did contests but I know they were popular so just cutting stuff other people like and not even replacing it with something else or better but just, cutting it and shrugging it off is not smart.
just wanted to say what an incredible video, your passion shines and i feel you
i'm still hoping one day pokemon will be back to being a passion project rather than a money making machine
I very much appreciate the kind words, and glad you enjoyed the video!
The Pokemon Home System was the reason I stopped moving my Pokemon from previous game to next. Now they are retired under Alola's warm sun and waiting for better times to battle again with me in new region.
Nice
I'm just worried Pokemon Company will close Bank eventually and try to force people to pay for their Home ransom service. If that happens I'll just retire my gen 1-7 Pokemon in Alola.
@@LuffyMcDuck That would upset me greatly if they shut down bank.
Mine too.
Cartridges are awesome.
I miss the times when X and Y were fresh. I met so many friends playing this game that I still talk to to this day 😔
X and Y was where the series went in the wrong direction
@@jumpyman9754 yeah I hear that a lot and about how it was too easy, but I still took my time enjoying my (at the time) new 3DS. Will always love and respect X and Y for what it is.
@@jumpyman9754 I'd argue Black and White was, as controversial as it is to say. Not because Black and White are bad, but they did introduce most of the things that the franchise would be infamous for (Removing beloved features like Battle Frontier, focusing more on the story that Pokemon has never been good at, making the region incredibly linear in the level design, etc.)
@@christianmckee2116 it’s not linear at all. People who say that are just dumb. It had many optional routes and secrets. It also has many great replacements to the battle frontier.
@@jumpyman9754 Linear in terms of story progression. While Platinum is technically the first game to be streamlined since it removed Diamond and Pearl's option to challenge gyms 3-5 in any order, Black and White is notable for locking half of the region into the post-game. Eastern Unova was post-game only for no real reason, and it's not like the Battle Zone from Sinnoh where it was seperate from the main region and made sense that way; it's just blocked off arbitrarily from the rest of the region it's connected to. There are definitely still great side areas like Lostlorn Forest, but the linearity was really noticeable due to the structure of the region. As for the Battle Frontier replacement, the PWT in Black 2 and White 2 you could argue was a good replacement, but Black and White had no really good replacement for the Frontier. The Battle Subway was nowhere near as good as a Frontier with multiple facilities and the Institute was essentially a mock battle simulator. Not to discredit you; these are just my observations.
It's also pretty hilarious how people also here in the comment section will be like "oh yeah very bad games" and then RUSH to pre-order whatever gets announced lol
Legends arceus is the only good game of the last 6 years
The fact I got genuinely excited to see Oshawott have a full modelled mouth as opposed to the sticker half the dex has like it used to shows how far expectations for GF have dropped.
I agree. These new games are ok at best. My expectations for game freak and the Pokémon Company have dropped so low.
It's wild to see how much fuller older animations looked lol
even rowlet got 3d polygons for the eyes and cynaquil having the fire on its back like in the original sprite, seems like gamefreak actually remade the models for PLA, or maybe only for the starters, idk
The models didn’t bother me too much until I just recently replayed Pokémon Battle Revolution. I miss seeing the new sprite art, and the over-exaggerating animations from the coliseum games. It made the world feel so alive.
The models aren't the problem. It's the laughable attempts at animation that's the problem.
Yes, I would have happier overall if the following animations were better. I though the music was innovative. The best I have heard since returning to the series.
The new models and particle effects are great. But the models themselves barely move, just like chess pieces that jump in place.
@@inconemay1441 you guys are right but lets not forget what they came from , handheld ds and 3ds to a large console , i wouldnt expect them to get their 2 first games right either yk? And they do some stuff right and some not but as for animation personally i understand why they havent focused on that, hopefully in arceus they to it justice
@@souldierlinkgaming247 How are people still making excuses for Game Freak?
PLA slaps tbh it's a very good step in a new direction for innovation and im so glad it's had a good reception so far! I love the fact that pokemon are walking around and you need to hide, which honestly makes more sense for encounters, and the open world even if it's still segmented 💀 I still hope pokemon can have it's big console jump in quality like botw and mario did, including mechanics, I'd love for being able to ride or fly with big pokemon kinda like the mega latios latias fly
I love how Legends is the first time the Pokedex as presented in the games makes sense. The anime version makes sense, it's a pre-made encyclopedia. In the games we are apparently the one responsible for the entries, but it doesn't make sense why simply catching something fills out so much oddly specific info in the dex. It clearly wasn't available before catching, so you must be responsible for getting info.
In Legends we are completing various research tasks and catching different species en masse, under the assumption our box pokemon get studied. It's still abstracted to a degree but it actually makes sense in universe how the dex is completed by our actions.
Such a minor detail but something that's always kinda bugged me about the games and one I never thought would be addressed at all. Game is far from perfect but going to lengths like that are why I feel like Gamefreak actually cared about Legends feeling immersive in the new style. They didn't need to drastically evolve the series like that despite people asking for decades now, but they did it and took an ambitious risk after so long, with some small touches that really made it feel like a fresh start made with passion behind it.
The Pokémon Company has seemed like it hated the fanbase loooong before BDSP. Nintendo in general has zero respect for their audience and I can’t really blame them for it. They’ve become well aware that their fans will literally buy any first-party title regardless of quality, completeness, price, etc. and then violently defend it as a masterpiece.
They’ve not only never been punished for their anti-consumer practices, they’re usually handsomely rewarded with every new game seemingly breaking some kind of new sales record. For a tentpole release like Sword and Shield, they wouldn’t risk charging $200+ dollars for the Complete Pokémon Experience™️ if they didn’t think they could get away with it. They got paid an additional $70 dollars per copy just to turn Breath of the Wild into a finished game six years after release and people have been calling it the Game of the Year since we even knew what the real title was.
People always demonize the business practices of EA, Ubisoft, Activision, etc. and that’s all 100% valid and has been discussed to death, but Nintendo is the one people should really be complaining about yet it’s almost always absent from those conversations. They get a free pass on things that any other company would be crucified for. Imagine if the Steam Deck or the PS5 released with hardware that was 10 years behind the modern standard. They would have been dead on arrival, yet Nintendo just announced today that it has no plans to drop the price of their six year old console with 10+ year old specs. And I saw people in the comments defending it…
We once knew the Pokémon company as a GAME company, now we realized that it’s just a game COMPANY
It hasn’t been entirely about games for quite awhile
You said the same thing twice... I don’t get it
@@Legendary_Bleu before it use to be a game company that focused on the games (hince better quality games,stories,original ideas, less laziness and much less about profit profit profit) they had passion for the games and that showed.
Now they are a game company that focuses on the company part more now. (Hinces just pushing out the same old formula and lazy designing just to make cheap games that could be amazing if they actually cared to put a bit of more money)
it always was a game COMPANY, or you forget that pokémon has the worst anime in the history of asian animation (maybe could save first season) just for trying to be right for everyone, meanwhile the manga was so freakin' amazing, but was clouded for being dark and raw, to pokemon company always the most important thing was money!!
@@mauriciom5555 Nice opinion but false because season 1 of Pokémon is only like the 3rd best behind D/P and Xyz. And it’s bold of you to talk about “Asian” anime when I can clearly tell you probably haven’t watched more than 10 (I’m being sarcastic here)
pokemon home is even more nefarious than i realized. didn't think that was possible. a damn shame
That's a name I wasn't expecting to see on one of my videos 👀
Yeah, it's not the best situation...
Worth noting though I had a smidge of information wrong in the video, namely that Pokemon aren't immediately deleted when you stop paying (though they say they reserve the right to do so if/when they please), instead they're just held in Home jail without you being able to do anything with them until you pay their bail from what I can tell
@@AcousticHarmonia the fact that your fav pokemon can be deleted at all if you don't pay is beyond gross, especially since you literally can't put them elsewhere for the time being
Awesome vid btw : D the end really got me in my feels
@@AcousticHarmonia I think Pokemon home was good but Pokemon bank sucks
@@11thecat4 bank was cheaper to get a years worth a service and you can take ur Pokémon out even if the subscription is over
@@keithflippers4429 but I think it’s dumb you have to pay to use it at least Pokemon home was free
Absolutely amazing how you broke down literally everything good and bad about how pokemon evolved to be and the company evolved to do things.
It is very difficult to explain these points in few words, a long video like you did was nessessary and again, i think you did it perfektly!
i will never forgive Game Freak for allowing Sinnoh to get the worst remake
In my experience fan's generally aren't asking for "release a new Pokémon now". If anything I tend to see people saying they should EXTEND their development time to get a good completed game out instead. Usually they just want confirmation that something is coming at all. Even with Legends coming up for example. Most people I see talking about it are hopeful and think it has potential, but are worried that it's only got one more year of development considering how the trailer was. As in: they would feel safer if it had more time before release to polish out issues.
The "release a new game every year" is entirely The Pokémon Company's own decision because they tie the entirety of new merchandising waves to the Pokémon game's release. A new anime, new toys, new clothes, etc are all set to come out with the release of a "new pokemon game" as the spearhead.
But that means if the release day is coming around and the game is blatantly unfinished, they just basically stitch up the loose ends, cut what they can't, and release whatever they had at the time. Because they *can't* delay it. They're not allowed to because that would involve delaying _everything._ Originally they would then just implement whatever they couldn't finish into the "third version" and/or Remake of that gen. But they do DLC now and, presumably due to pride, seem to refuse to update the base game with said DLC. (walking Pokémon implemented in DLC areas but not the base Wild Area for example.)
Worse, historically "a new game every year" business models for series don't turn out very well quality-wise and lead to fan backlash and a general reputation for mediocrity. A lot of the complaints leveled at Pokémon now seem incredibly similar to those I've heard leveled at games like Madden or CoD in years past. "Soulless, greedy, full price graphics upgrades of the same game over and over" and such.
I honestly think they should take all of their time to develop the game THEN release. This “1 game 1 year” thing isn’t working and game freak really needs to realize that fast
Exactly!
I'm so tired of people blaming Pokemon fans like we're demanding some kind of yearly release. That's all on the Pokemon company and their obsession with draining money out of every kind of fan out there by constantly rushing new products. Fans might be curious what's next like any fan of a video game series....but most are just waiting to finally have that true Pokemon console game that we've been waiting far too long for, and are willing to wait for it
@@bestplayerofalltime105 agreed. This is why the Legend of Zelda is thriving to. They usually make there games in a span of 2-5 years with some content in the middle. It's the same reason why Breath Of The Wild was such a hit. But because the development team had more time to develop, they were able to explore and come up with new ideas. But the pokemon games don't actually have the time to do it. And it's not just because Game freak doesn't have enough time, but they also make bad decisions when it comes to development. Like the "1 game, 1 year".
I'm sorry I had to right the paragraph this long, I had to vent out my sadness.
Exactly. And I feel like the fans that ARE asking for a new game to come faster either just do it cuz they love Pokemon and want more like any other fan, and/or are doing it because they want a new, different entry they can play because they’re tired of the last entry.
Precisely.
Platinum, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Black, White, Black 2, White 2 weren't made overnight.
I think there's a big issue with Game Freak, like they still operate as a small indie company while working on the biggest franchise. I don't know if it's out of their own volition or not but it's just so weird.
I feel that. They almost seem like a sort of nuthouse. Like, if EA came over to buy them out, they wouldn't say no, they'd just say 'who are you'.
I don't think it's under their own volition, it's probably just the pokemon company shortstaffing and shorttiming them because they know pokemon fans buy anything
@@borederlands5387 There's also the problem that the game releases are tied with the anime seasons, and the Pokemon anime itself never goes into hiatus. Sometimes, I wonder if the games should be allowed more time to develop and the anime seasons should be run somewhat more independently and with hiatuses or re-runs.
Ryan from Brainscratch even called them out on this mindset during the crew's playthrough of New Pokemon Snap.
Would you rather EA or Activision take the reigns?
I've been a fan since 1999, got my GB with red on my 7th birthday. It was a huge part of mine and my siblings childhood. To see what's happened to this series in the last few years is sad. I bought shield and haven't purchased anything else since. It's infuriating to live in the world of subscriptions, home and online. Let me pay for something once and keep it. Free time is scarse now a days and I feel like I would waste money on subscriptions if it turns out I didn't have time to play that month...
Yeah gaming industry went to sh!t with all these dlcs and subscriptions. Selling you half a game for full price to sell the other half later is so crappy.
Pokémon White was my first game, and it will always be my favorite. Of course I decided to buy the older games and give them a try, I enjoyed Soul Silver and Platinum. And even played Emerald on an emulator. I know Pokémon X and Y weren't the best, but I still enjoyed it and have lots of nostalgia staying up at night trying to get a legendary on the GTS. The R/S remakes also gave me a ton of nostalgia along with Sun and Moon. But, I slowly started to feel like Pokémon got bad after US/UM. Let's Go was just more Kanto, Sword and Sheild didn't even try and BD/SP is too faithful. I of course still gave them a try! But I'll always prefer the DS and 3DS games
I completely agree with everything you just said, the DS and 3DS games were my favourite :D
I’m still waiting for Pokemon Ranger to make a return.
If only...
Damn, that game was hella fun
Omg yes!
Yeah, I don't want to break my Switch's screen
@@diode_wowSimple fix, motion controls.
"Doesn't matter if they hate you, if they still buy your game"
- Gamefreak probably
*EA actually*
That isnt an excuse, thats evidence of wrong doing
Jojo reference?
Today's Bethesda, EA, 2K, Konami and Activision in a nutshell.
I haven't bought a single Pokémon game since Ultra Moon. After the move from the DS systems to the Switch, everything I've silently heard from the Pokémon community, and my own disappointments - disappointments this video really put into words about - about some of the new games, I made a decision to only "retire" from playing the Pokémon games. Don't get me wrong, I still very much love Pokémon though as I've bought other Pokémon merchandise over the years and have been a fan since I was in elementary school. Just not the new games anymore. And if I ever were to buy Pokémon games again, I think I'd most likely buy copies of the DS games to replace any of mine that have mysteriously fallen between time and space over the years...
Recently got back into the game. I’m happy there’s finally a CZcamsr who gives valid criticism of the lack of the national dex, rather than calling fans losers for being upset. I got back into the games after stopping for around 8 years, so I’m an just figuring out about dexit, but you make the best points. “Gotta catch some of ‘em… I guess, sorry guys, it’s for our shitty graphics.” 😂
A worthy poketuber. You got a subscription.
Also, when I finally got serperior on Pokémon home, I was SO excited, only to find out that it can’t transfer to ANY GAME AT ALL. Like…? Also a lot of my favorites got cut, like serperior, metagross. The same Gen should at least have ALL of the same Pokémon because you’re right, now there’s no compatibility within that generation, only between that game.
i grew up with gen 3 and have been playing since then, so this really hit me hard because i realized how true this is
I honestly agree and one thing that bugs me is that 20 years in we’ve yet to have adequate voice acting. But in BW2 at least Roxie is ACTUALLY singing. Piers...yeah we don’t talk about that.
bruh when i went up against him and he started “singing” i just wanted to turn my switch off from how embarrassed i was 😭
@@vbooty20 ahhhh, Piers was a good character but that ONE particular scene was just cringe incarnate lmao
Almost no Nintendo games have voice acting, mainly because of their “name the player character” feature (Pokemon) or their desire to have the characters be reflections of the players (Animal Crossing). The times they have are usually for characters that have established names, and even then for every hit (Fire Emblem and Kid Icarus), there’s also a miss (Super Mario Sunshine and Metroid: Other M). The only reason Breath of the Wild was able to have the best of both worlds was because they just defaulted Link to being called Link, and because they wrote his character having a mental disorder in order to avoid having him talk - something I highly doubt they want to impose on a ten-year-old.
This beloved Franchise is Burning
and the sentimental people dont realize
cause its so beloved...
That in itself is sad...
They also "tried" to make a final gym leader pokémon battle theme like in BW and it's sequels but failed miserably.
The current state of the Pokemin franchise is just plain sad.
IT'S WAY BETTER THAN IN LAST 3-5 years. Pokemon games are evolving instead of being stuck in same. It's way better this way than having something so horrible and bad as sword/shield.....
@@jannepeltomaa3175 Gen 6 was easier but it felt like it had passion for some reason, sun moon didnt and ruined that magic for me
@@jannepeltomaa3175 Does Arceus look like a passion project to you? To me it looks like something they cobbled together inna few months in response to outrage.
Compare the Arceus trailer to the trailer for a game called "Kindred Fates" there is no way Gamefreak have been working on this game for a while or plans to put enough time into it.
all of you are the types of people who buy the games to find something to hate on then complain about being given what you wanted for the sake of complaining
@@privateterry2885 I haven't bought a game I hated since Arms and a game I disliked since BotW. So I don't fall into that camp already and I assume most people sh*tting on Pokemon rn are in a different camp as well.
A lot of people grow to dislike series they used to love, especially when there is no nostalgia to carry it anymore. So many people play Persona, SMT, Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Octopath Traveller, or other turn-based JRPG's and it just retroactively kills Pokemon in comparison. And the people who never picked up other JRPG's are now also playing games that have advanced over the decades with good writing, more involved combat/mechanics, a unique set of mechanics or impressive level of immersion, more strategic gameplay in general, all games having more impressive graphics, etc. Those are the people sh*tting on Pokemon, the people who came back to a childhood i.p. and just realize they got a pitiful failure of an experience.
And then the people still hopeful or buying the games after that realization are just dullards tbh.
"I'm sure the switch can be able to run a game like Pokémon legends if they take the time to optimize it"
That's the thing. The Pokémon Company doesn't want to put time into their games.
I wish there was a wider variety of clips in the video as there are many repeats, but I love the video, love the reasons you put out
The pokemon home thing is genuinely disgusting and I'm shocked more people haven't called it out.
Edit: I have been informed that your pokemon are not deleted if you cease paying your subscription fee, that part of the video was misinformed. However, I think the fact your data is being held somewhere and you can't get them back until game freak decides your favourite pokemon is finally cool enough to be in a game again is terrible and should be fixed pronto. Literally just let people withdraw their mons from Home, what's the issue?
I just realised it by watching this.. What did you expect in a world where money is the only thing that counts.
It was because of home I stopped playing new Pokemon games.
Same. The MOMENT they said they were cutting the National Dex I thought "But wait, what about all the Pokemon that aren't in the game? What happens to them? Are they stuck in online storage?" and sure enough the answer is "Yes."
I even thought over getting Pokémon Bank for another yr only if my Pokémon werent deleted after unsubscibing. Well good to know I wont be getting Pokémon Home
☝️ This tbh...
I don't own any switch pokemon games, nor home. For this exact reason, pokemon lost it's charm for me. 😕
As an adult who plays pokemon, When I spend $60 on a game I expect to get my money's worth.
Same
Got mine
I felt satisficed with what I paid for it was fun and enjoyable with a decent amount of content available.
In this day and age that's a wild concept
@@jayjr6487 if i spend more than 15 hours on a game, i consider that getting my money's worth
Pokemon made on of their worst games with SWSH, cut out the national dex, added dlcs, and people who still bought it.
"Wow. We don't even have to try. You guys will actually buy anything we make."
The funny thing is, I've come to really love Sword and Shield. I like the characters and how it hypes up the gym challenges. If it weren't for the lack of a national dex it would have been my all time favorite of the series for all that you can do. I hope that GameFreak learned from this and make Gen 9 have a national dex.
That aged poorly.
Not all Pokemons are in SV.
Let's hope they do it for Gen 10.
This will probably age poorly too.
I think the fanbase is the problem. By pre ordering and buying everything at launch without thinking twice about it you give Gamefreak and TPC the excuse that they need to deliver less content for a higher price
Agreed you put all great features and all pokemon in one game people going complain.i hear all time gen 5 got ugly pokemon .them create themselves damn
You get the point. For every fans who want good games, you get bootlickers who will eat up any garbage after garbage.
Let's Go games were terrible, but then Sw/Sh were worse, and now BD/SP are worse. Eating bad food (Let's Go) is better than eating garbage (Sw/Sh) or turd (BD/SP), but it's still bad food.
@@tiruliru1189 you can’t say the gen 4 remakes are bad,all we got to see was a 2 minute long trailer...the games won’t even be out until probably December
Holy shit that burger image from emplemons video is so true here
Blaming the consumer for a big company's mistakes is probably the shittiest thing you can do
You can feel the emotion in his voice. He’s a passionate person about Pokémon. This guys has my respect 💯
I appreciate the kind words, thank you
I was searching for a comment talking about his voice. I'm sorry for him and his pokemon.
He sounded really sad and about to cry, unless it's just his voice in general, but for me, a new person, that's how it sounds
And mine
I thought he had a cold lol
Something that pisses me off is how Pokémon is being pressured by fans, the games wouldn’t be bad, gamefreak isn’t bad. Their just another incredible company that have gotten trapped in modern toxicity.
None of this is gamefreaks fault, none. Just Nintendo and the fan base who demand more and get annoyed when it’s worse or “not as good as they wanted”, they aren’t real fans, they’re assholes who have no idea how life, entertainment and business works. Never blame gamefreak, if you do, you’re no better than them.
While I do agree with some of the points here, I am more on both sides, I think the fans have every right to complain about a thing they don't like, though I do agree it's not gamefreaks fault, it's Japan's toxic work culture fault, if the employees were able to work on the game for 6 years then the games would be good, I know because someone said that a gamefreak employee told them that
@@TankEngine75 I’m fully aware that fans have a right to complain, but that can only be to gamefreak if the fans let them take as much time as necessary, support them and the game is still shit. Which is something most of them aren’t doing.
Personally, I found that the peak of Pokémon was at gen 5 as there was detailed sprite animations done for every Pokémon compared to gen 8’s lack of animations. It really goes to show how far gamefreak has fallen as a video game company when trying to please the masses.
That's the problem. They aren't pleasing the masses. That's not their job. Their job is to make money and just the name Pokemon sells.
@@mosheahvows5071 I blame Junichi Masuda and The Pokémon Company for the lowered quality of the recent games. The hardcore fans too. 👎
Imagine making a Dojo themed DLC and not putting Makuhita and Hariyama in it, I’m shocked lol. 😂
Seriously, this game is STILL missing 250+ Pokémon (after two DLCs). What a joke
yes that dojo screams hariyama omg
When Mankey and primape ain't there either 😔
@@lolggez primape is in the crown tundra i think
I bought it but didn’t even play it because i lost my interest for it right after i bought it but it doesn’t sound very good
I love how you point out the flaws of the game without just completely hating on the game and give good critics
I do genuinely think with games like Let's Go and Sword and Shield I did enjoy the experience overall and still think they're good fun games, it's everything behind the scenes that's a bit more sketchy
@@AcousticHarmonia and to be honest its for those reasons that im personally dissapoint by bdsp because i really wasnt expecting a swsh style remake of gen 4. I would have 100% been okay with the overworld design style of lets go pikachu and eevee (so long as they bring back the difficulty and wild encounter game style of the original) so thats why i was dissapointed to see what looked like a 1 to 1 remakes in "faithfull" form as i was just like "ah...unless theres something amazing revealed in the future i may as well go play the originals instead of paying another 80$(CAD)"
@@AcousticHarmonia you sound like your about to cry
@@near5148 I think they're really passionate about pokemon too
Guys, there are, like, 900+ Pokémon. Catching them all is not only an unrealistic goal, but you won’t even play with them all. The only reason to complete the National dex is to attain the shiny gem/pendant, but at that point, you’ve caught every Pokémon in existence. I think it’d be more fun if you granted the shiny gem to players that complete the original dex and then granting a modified National dex of 400 more Pokémon to collect. That means that the everyone can hunt for shiny Pokémon and still get lots of the Pokémon they love. But honestly, who cares about the National dex? The beauty of Pokémon is that you get to enter into a whole new world and catch a fresh batch of Pokémon. The ND yes adds Pokémon you love but overshadows the new Pokémon. I had a friend play Shield saying he would only catch Pokémon from Gen 1 or 2, and because the game has a surplus of them, he never played or caught any of Shield’s brand new Pokémon.
TL,DL you National dex people need to get over yourselves. I don’t wanna fill a National dex in one game and then fill it all over again in another. It’s repetitive and honestly taking the “gotta catch them all” montra a little too far
Discovering your channel and your video essay format and I must say I'm really impressed, even accounting for the fact that longer formats are more common nowadays, your work and reflection on the matter are astounding.
What's kind of ironic with my relation to the switch era, even moreso with Gen 9, is that not only do I feel fine for not buying any of the games, there would outright be no reason even if I wanted to. The fact behind the matter is I am completely blind, typing this very comment thanks to a screen reading software named NVDA, and as a kid I learnt how to appreciate how complete Pokémon's sound design was, not only for Game Boy standard but for RPGs in general back then. As a result there were quite a few things I could do to the point of nearly completing a game, apart from select dungeons or gym puzzles.
The last game I completed was Omega Ruby and that was almost exclusively on my own. Then, grid-based movement was essentially abandoned, PLA and Gen 9 were essentially 3D open worlds and so it seemed clear that playing these games in a productive way would be much harder.
The sound design basis of the series was so good that it was almost exclusively the only series I played that wasn't a fighting game, in that sense I would have sort of a legitimate reason to be impatient for new releases, but I'm really not. I was only a bit sad that I couldn't experience PLA, but easily delt with it in the end.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching other videos of yours, especially your essay on Gen 9. Also thanks for anyone taking the time for reading such a long comment.
This viscerally reminds me of the quote: "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" x.x feels like the pokemon company has become team rocket.
It's true too. So many IPs out there that basically did a one and done deal, or maybe a couple/possibly a trilogy, games that have not been revisited or remade because of their companies having failed, been bought out, or wisely decided to move on. These games seem to become classics in the hearts of many people. Pure and uncorrupted classics that keep enduring in the collective consciousness of gamers because of the creativity and ingenuity of these past gaming companies. They left their mark and ended up leaving things on a high note. Not the case for Game Freak, as we have seen. It's a strange but observable thing that seems to pop up over and over throughout history. That any long standing establishment eventually rots from the inside out, and becomes entirely corrupt.... It's sad really.
@@Jimmy9298 Agree, all the established names in gaming have gone rotten now.
As a former Blizzard fan, I know that sentiment lol.
Nintendo in general turned into EA since the Switch Dropped
They were always team rocket but at the beginning they were smart so you didn't noticed but now you do. There was a drop in quality even in Cristal/gold over yellow/red. Just look at how they cut corner in kanto in the cristal version, I was 13 at the time and I noticed things were way better in the yellow version. So many things were in the yellow version that wasn't in the crystal version, I felt the drop in quality even if it was produced with better graphics. Just look at how team rocket was awesome in yellow with the silph being so big and detailed, none of that in Crystal. Now I love Crystal because what you have today is so below standard it's obvious with a few exception sometimes. But look at how the league is portrayed in Yellow as you have to present your badges at each step, none of that in Crystal, the list goes on and on and on, each detail makes the games less good until you feel that version was a shadow compared the first version.
As much as it breaks my heart to say this, but there is close to zero percent chance of this franchise getting any better. The multi-billion-dollar company has learned that they can put in less effort and still get the same amount of profit. It’s time to move on.
Solution: wait until an indie game comes along that can actually compete with Pokémon (eventually it will happen)
If a big indie game comes along and sells well enough, Game Freak will have no choice but to put in effort.
@@anthonystrangio tem tem
@@anthonystrangio Not necessarily. Pokémon is too huge a brand. It's like competing with Disney. Sure other studios do that, only to either get eaten up by Disney or be compared to how they rip off Disney. Pokémon is simply too big to fail, especially since their primary audience, children, don't care how "pretty" the graphics are compared to it having Pokémon they recognize in it.
@@anthonystrangio I actually do play alternatives to Pokémon like Creature Keeper and Monster Sanctuary, but I will try that one out too, thanks for the recc.
Felt it was falling as soon as Gen 3, but it started dropping like a rock with GO and Sun and Moon in 2016 after GO became so lucrative.
When I was a kid I got my ass beat by the Elite Four in Emerald and went on a whole little journey training up a Flygon I'd caught as a Trapinch to help me against the opposing team, I still have most of that team, even.
I've brought them up since I was a child and I genuinely think the point where all my enthusiasm for Pokemon died was when I learned that Nintendo would now be price gauging me for the possibility of continuing this tradition with the real risk that I might lose them forever if their service decided this one and that one couldn't be transferred and got shut down or the subscription lapsed.
At least I can pet them in the copy of UltraMoon they're trapped in, I suppose. Completely baffling that they removed *being able to pet pokemon* in SwSh but that's ~small indie company~ GameFREAK.
Rip Pokemon Company in 20+ Years where they have to include 3000+ Pokemon in every single game
Ultra Sun was the last main game I felt enjoyment playing. Seeing a series that has helped me forget my depression in the past fall from Grace makes me tear up.
🌙 Moon was my last one.. not even Ultra it’s like why are they ruining our favorite thing...
Opposite for me, I hated USUM and almost dropped Pokemon entirely, but SWSH brought me back into it. I love it, and I’m not ashamed of saying that
Gen 7 was the last best
@@riotkitty same. I’m really enjoying shield so far. I had to struggle to finish ultra sun it was so bad. The cutscenes destroyed it. I’ve been playing since RBY and gotta say that shield may be my favorite since ORAS
For me it was sun
The Pokémon Home Pokémon Bank separation is so bizarre to me. I don’t understand why they made 2 seperate services.
“I like money!” -Gamefreak
If only, but Home is free. Bank is the one you have to pay for
Because Pokémon Home was created to be glorified ransomware, as stated in the video.
Best part is when you want to transfer a Pokémon from an older gen to current... you will need both services
@@kristophesiem5336 both are payed... 25$/year
This man sounds like he's trying not to cry throughout the entire video, thank you for making this video dude we see that you are passionate.
2 years later I still can't believe the region based on EUROPE doesn't have Salamance.
You know.
The EUROPEAN DRAGON.
Pokemon didn’t lost it’s magic, it just ran out of PP
And now using Struggle.
@@Gamedraco Until it killed itself
@@benjamincecilio5063 And then it died.
They gotta get an elixir
@@dumdum672 A max elixir.
The yearly releases is definitely a problem with Pokemon since it means Game Freak can't put 100% of their workforce onto the new gen because they have DLC, Remakes or Spinoffs to work with ontop of other games that they develop. They made Giga Wreaker and Little Town Hero along side Sword and Sheild and that surely reduced the man power on Sword and Sheild.
They claimed to have some sort of burnout from having to make new Pokemon games constantly. But.....I think focusing on Pokemon is still much better than dividing your workforce to make what ends up as 2 mediocre games (Sw/Sh and Little Town Hero). I don't think Giga Wrecker and LTH even sold that much. Heck, LTH just disappeared from most people's mind after like, a month since release lol. Definitely wasn't worth it to make, should have just taken a more normal short break, then continue focusing on Pokemon.
Although, TPC is the bigger culprit to blame in here, they were the ones who set the stupid yearly schedule. GF should have stood up to them and say "we can't do this, we'll quit making Pokemon and be content with making games we want to make, if you insist on yearly schedule". GF crews are the ones actually making the games that spearheaded all the merchandise, logically they should be the one with the most power here. If they refuse to make themselves available, the rest of TPC would have no games at all, instead of simply having to wait a bit more for new games. That means TPC would need to find new company to do it, which would be more time, effort, and money spent than if they simply agree to relax the schedule. Not to mention the new company they choose might refuse if they have to make a new game in just 1 year. When they contract a new company like with New Pokemon Snap being from Bamco, I don't think the contracting and the game making is done in just 1 year time. It must have been planned and discussed for at least 2 years. So in the end it would be the same waiting time as if they just let GF work on the games for 1 more year. I think TPC has no real option here besides agreeing to GF, if GF actually stands up to TPC.
Problem is, GF higher ups seems to be too lazy to stand up to TPC.
@@starlightgalaxy8286 You think that if GF stands up to TPC they're gonna sweat getting another developer? They can easily give the game to the second developer that's been there from the start, Creatures Inc. which entirely made the Poke Park games so they know Pokemon well enough to take the helm. The day TPC changes from GF is the day GF goes bankrupt, the only profitable series for them is Pokemon, everything else sells so bad they don't even sales reports.
@@kirara4953 it still takes time, money, and effort to make a new game even if they can quickly get a new developer. Not to mention the workforce needs time to get used to the system. Creatures' staffs aren't used to making games yearly just yet, not to mention the last time they developed a game, it's for Wii, not Switch. In the end, I think it's more profitable if TPC just stays with GF and give them a little bit more time, even just 1 more year would be good.
Although yes, you're right that GF likely still wants the money from Pokemon because that's what most of their money comes from, which is why they don't want to stand up. It's a risk, one that I think GF can win depending on how they presented it, but it's obvious the higher ups definitely don't want to take the chance.
@@starlightgalaxy8286 nah game freak. Is a trash company they only made one good game and the rest are failures
The Gear Project at GameFreak is literally for tiny groups of developers to work on something besides Pokémon. Little Town Hero had eight people actually developing it, and Giga Wrecker was around a dozen. Besides, they’ve been doing these games long before either of them were thoughts.
From one longtime pokemon fan to another, much respect for making this video. Looking forward to the future, here's to the series that made us who we are! Much love
My entire life I have loved Pokemon just as much as the next guy. Sure, there were some times where I didn't like what was happening, but in retrospect, I was just nostalgia blind. I was born in 2008, so naturally, the Pokemon games I would grow up with would be Black and White. The only problem was that I am the younger brother, so when we got the games, I didn't get them. I didn't have a DS for a few years after that, but I loved the cards, I loved the original anime, and I loved watching my brother play Pokemon White. As I grew I got my own DS, but didn't get any mainline Pokemon games. That was until 2015, where I got Omega Ruby. It was my first Pokemon game, and for some reason, I didn't like Sun and Moon when it came out? I don't know why, I was probably just being a dumb kid and sticking to opinions like how the older games were better. Pokemon has always been in a special place in my heart, it has always been one of my favorite games, but this was all boosted in 2019, when my local library had the Pokemon Adventures manga. I read them and loved them so much. It is the reason I like pokemon the way I do today, it showed new light on Pokemon, it wasn't just catch monsters and make them fight for badges, it was a world with wonderful creatures and stories waiting to be told. So once Sword and Shield was revealed, I was so excited. I thought that I could finaly make a team full of pokemon I found throughout my journey. I thought that it would be me in the adventure. But you can guess the disappointment I felt once I played that game. And then after a while of occasionaly playing Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Legends Arceus was revealed. This could be what I wanted from Sword and Shield. I didn't think it would be everything I wanted, but I knew it was a step in the right direction. It came out, and I played it a bit, but it wasn't what I wanted it to be. There just wasn't enough to do in the world. A little while later Scarlet and Violet were revealed and by the looks of the teaser, it may be just what I have wanted. I know that I should know by now, I shouldn't be thinking like a naive 11 year old, but in Pokemon, you're supposed to feel like an 11 year old, someone just old enough to finally get a taste of the wonderful world, seeing what's really out there. Throughout my life I have loved pokemon and still do. And I will continue to look forward optimistically towards the franchise's future. And thank you for reading about my life with Pokemon, idk why you would.
BRO I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO TYPE LIKE THIS AT YOUR AGE LMAO GG
Pokémon adventures is dope. Great manga with cool parts. See if you can find a copy of heart gold or soul silver, they’re my favorite games in the series. Or you can emulate them for free
Regardless of whether Pokemon continues to go down this dark path, I will still always love the earlier games and generations and all the memories I made.
I'd pay for a serviceable fangame of Kalos having up to the gen 8 dex
I do as well!
*Hides emulators*
What’s a good path, going back to the same old boring and overdone formula of trainer after trainer, long grass after long grass, grind after grind? Because let’s go was such a breath of fresh air, and accessible to people who did not want to spend all that time grinding to get good IVs and competitive, or how about how much easier breeding etc was in S/S.
Yeah let shit and piss (sword and shield) rot in hell because it can't take the good games away from us.
I was so disappointed by brilliant diamond and shiny pearl. They look incredibly old-fashioned and most of the time (especially in close-ups) it looks like a cheap children's show. I think that sun and moon looked fine design wise. the fan made trailer is a dream that I do not expect to come true any time soon.
I haven't played since Gen 4. My GF who is just getting into them bought Brilliant Diamond. I was watching her for 10 mins until she went into a battle, I noticed something, next to her moves there was a little bit of writing under each of her moves... I was actually horrified to see it tells you which moves are effective, super, 4X (I think) and also not very or doesn't effect. I actually got angry and was pacing up and down our living room while going on a huge rant about how I had to find Lugia or Ho-oh with no help, how for years I used to think i could OKO Quagsire with thunderbolt because I kept forgetting he was ground type. God they make games so painting by numbers these days, not just Pokemon, the industry at large is all about mass appeal. Makes me sad. That for me is a huge part of the magic (I haven't actually watched the video, I'm off to press play)
@@Sum41rthe1 And honestly it wouldn't even be a problem as long as they give the option to turn it off. Baby mode is not bad but don't force it on us.
Finally, someone who agrees with that. I think pokemon sword was the only one that was okay to look at, it used a appealing more realistic movement system, slow in- slow out. I stopped playing let's go games because it looked too toy like. I couldn't even look at it- heh. Most of us play the games because of brand loyalty or sheer boredom.
Hmm interesting, because I feel like the graphics for BDSP blows SS out of the water
@@suraangel6956 most of us mean the graphics when you go into battle, it.. looks really bad-
In terms of Pokemon Home I thought it a brilliant new addition. Yes there is a subscription but your pokemon aren't deleted, you just can't access them again until you re-subscribe. Albeit this point wasn't communicated well, I believe I had to contact them directly to get an answer. But the benefits of moving all your pokemon from all the games you play only one platform is huge. Completeing the pokedex as a casual player is now a somewhat achievable goal (especially if future games will no longer feature all the pokemon to date).
When you realize that each Pokemon's individual data is basically just kilobytes as most of the work comes from the games they go into (i.e. how the battles are programmed, graphics, interactions with side activities, updates to mechanics) it shows it shouldn't even be a subscription service and you buying the games to get those Pokemon is should be why it generates income IMO.
I'm not sure how it's too different from Bank, where at least you are guaranteed to have games where you can actually PLAY with them.
I applaud people to try the digimon games from the past few years if you are tired of pokemon, the cyber sleuth series is fantastic.
What really killed it was having to pay to trade pokemon between players.
You have to what?
You have to pay to use Nintendo online services now.
Game Freak proved they can do it all, but refused to.
There's no need, they make money either way...
@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon and people but their games even though they're overpriced, and cr*p. People need to stop buying the games.
@@ipadair7345 the literal mentally ill audience of Nintendo is incapable of judging a product, so no chance of that happening anytime soon...
@@ipadair7345 it’s sad how a lot of game companies are like that nowadays. Like with Bethesda and the Fallout series. But Pokémon is different than these other games because of how it’s a household name and a lot of us played them as kids.
Also, I found it funny how you censored crap
There’s no direction. They’re still updating a mobile app from 2016, remaking a pair of games from 2006, making a brand new open world adventure, and keeping up with a yearly release of a new mainline game, all at once. It’s not just hard to be a fan nowadays. Imagine, just IMAGINE how hard the developers are working.
I just want to mention, with Pokemon Home, your mons won't be deleted when your subscription expires, its just that you can only access the first box until you renew your sub
Been in the pinned comment for years
@@AcousticHarmonia my bad, I didnt read it, lotta text there
Pokemon GO effect killed it. They figured out they could just print money by going for the lowest common denominator. Thank you for this video
im still stuck with pokemon usum, I wish everyone in the whole world rn could just play pokemon BW and B2W2, or gen 4 or 6
@@ShadowofHalimHonestly gen 6 was the start of the decline, we just gave it a pass at the time because it was their first attempt at 3D and we thought they'd get better over time. Turns out they didn't so I'm no longer willing to defend gen 6.
@@LordFinkenstein oras was amazing, story mode was easy, but who cares, as far as new features, hunting, roaming, legendaries, pvp, awesomeness, oras is amazing, gen 7 they coulda gave the games more life, but alola is the dream vacation for sure
@@ShadowofHalim ORAS blew up competitive Pokemon, i remember starting in XY and getting fucking adicted in ORAS
@@yzt9822
Competitive ORAS was awesome. 999+ hours spent on Omega Ruby. Good times.
Just to let it sink in. Greninja was voted as the most popular pokemon...and it was still cut from the game. There's one thing to be dumb, but gamefreak is straight up out of touch.
They need to suck of gen 1 mate.
Gen 1 makes them money bc of nostalgia so they’re going to milk that gen forever
It's STILL out of the game! I know this because one of my absolute favorite starters is Delphox, and I KNOW for a fact that all 9 of those pokemon are still not in the game.
@@stagdragon3978 incineroar, rowlet and popplio are in the game.
@@raccoonapproves9775 yes, but I use primarina. Which has been fantastic for my playthrough don't get me wrong. but I'm also used to having psychic fire from delphox as well.
19:20 I sent all of my pokemon in Pokemon Home from when it released. Then I didn't pay for it for 2 years and the mons were still there.
Just leaving this here for those who thought they lost their mons. They are probably still there, unless I was majorly lucky...
That's a nice set of arguments senator, why don't you back any of them up with a source?
At some point, there will be a breaking point. And when they reach that, they are going to have to reevaluate their strategy. I don’t know the original creator very well, but I know that that is NOT what he wanted.
Creators. Originally it was a group of friends consisting of Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sugimori, and Junichi Masuda who made a glitchy mess (pokemon green) which got super popular who then got swamped with work making a bunch of sequels like gold, silver, red, and blue all at the same time. Satoshi Tajiri has been an executive producer for most of the pokemon games including all the switch games
So if it wasn't what they wanted they could have stopped it
This beloved Franchise is Burning
and the sentimental people dont realize
cause its so beloved...
That in itself is sad...
@@slevinchannel7589 "you can't put out a fire from inside the house"
@@slevinchannel7589 Unfortunately, it's working too well. People are buying Sw/Sh (no matter how bad it is) just because it's Pokemon.
And you know the situation is bad when even Bandai Namco makes better games than GF and TPC combined.
Omega ruby was such a magical game, i played diamond when I was a child and played for hours. I found myself doing the same in middle school but with omega ruby. I’m pretty sad my first Pokémon game will never get the remake it deserves
I feel ya. I’ve enjoyed Omega Ruby as much as you did. It was the game where I bred my first Pokémon for comp battling. I fear for what they’re going to do with the B/W remakes. I have ~600 hours in Pokémon Black and that game is near and dear to my heart. I really hope they can capture the spirit of gen 5 and not rush the games/do a lazy job on them.
Yeah as someone who played sapphire, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire were probably the best remakes ive seen for pokemon
I got to relive all of my best memories again, and make new ones, all with a fresh feel to it
And as someone who's first game was Diamond, seeing what they did to the remake was kinda heartbreaking
The fun i had with decorating a secret base and the strategic challenge of contests, they ended up boiled down into these bland shells of what they used to be
Meanwhile, ruby and sapphire, which had both similar features i loved, got these right with ORAS, and even made them better
How did they fuck up something they'd previously got right?!
Omega ruby was my first game and is still my fav I agree 100%
It was the game that got me back into Pokémon. Loved it. It hasn't been the same since imo.
Off topic, but you basically said you weren't a child in middle school?
Great video. I'm getting really sick of buying incomplete, broken games and then being asked to pay even more to fix it. What happened to the days where I buy a game and get a full game?
can't wait for the gen 10 games! pokemon: one step forward and pokemon: two steps back!
Liveless 3D models and animations that haven't changed in almost 10 years helped a lot.
I agree. Even Pokémon coliseum had more life to it.
The models themselves aren't lifeless. They are perfect and look like the official artwork of pokemon brought to life. It's just that gamefreak is so lazy that they don't even care to put life in them. Bandai used the same models for pokemon snap and they looked absolutely amazing. They had the right textures, colors, facial emotions, correct size scaling, and all in all felt like living things.
Which makes me mad even more.
And same 2D graphics every time for the 15 years before that.
IMO it's not that the 3D is bad so much as overdue.
Well utleast legends Archeus will finnaly break that curse by having Better animations
I’m worried that Cynthia is going to get Nerfed to be on the same level of Leon in her champion fight in Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond.
lame leon sucked he was joke i kciked that fool ass easy
If you do use items and battle switch on, literally every single Pokémon game in the series is easy. I will admit pokemon Swsd is extremely easy, the final champion fight is honestly tough if you turn the easy mode setting off and don’t use items though.
@Owen Leitch I dont see how nerfing the champions battle will let the game die considering how there has never been a difficult fight in the game ever
Cynthia will be a Dumb Blonde
in this Version.
Thats what i expect of GF.
Nerfed how? She is already somewhat easy to beat
even tho BDSP was a huge disappointment, the pokemon company redeemed themselves with PLA
i feel like it still was missing something, but it was a good step forward.