The physical/special split is probably my favorite improvement. It made a lot of Pokemon more usable.

Not having a limited bag space is so much better. I remember in gen 3 how I constantly had to leave some items in the box, just to get more space for new items.

I still think the Soaring in ORAS was such a good idea and I wish it became a standard for flying in pokemon games

The fact that the last game with HM is almost 10 years ago makes me feel old

I’m suprised you didn’t mention poisoned Pokémon taking damage while you walked in the overworld. That screwed me over so many times

An improvement I liked in Legends Arceus was that you could finally evolve trade evolution pokemon with items instead of having to trade. It’s too bad they didn’t bring it back in Scarlet/Violet

Not having to save to change my pokemon boxes is one of my favorite lesser known changes

2:50 in BDSP move relearning has an accidental upgrade. In-game you need heart scales but with the Home upgrade to change moves in-app, the heart scales are no longer needed. It was funny when I realized this.

One improvement that I was relieved to get came in Gen 2. Back in Gen 1, there was no indicator in a wild battle if you had ever captured a specific wild Pokemon (which I remember aggravating me one day in the Safari Zone as I encountered a Venonat). Gen 2 onwards, hasn't been a problem since.

I have an headcanon that when a new pokemon game relaesed with some convenience, the reason of this upgrade actually because the tecnology of pokemon world is developing in time like the real world. this idea helps to pokemon world feels more alive

One that I believe people don’t appreciate nearly as much as they Should Is critical captures. Gone are the days of the super long drawn out battles where you easily burn through over 20 to 30 Poke balls trying to catch something with a low Capture rate. And Legendary’s were way worse because you would need tons of HP restoring items And pray that it doesn’t kill itself through struggle.

As a competitive player, I really appreciate the in-game counters during battle for how many turns are remaining for the effects of certain moves, weather, terrain, tailwind etc. Back then, you just have to count manually or guess. Its hard to keep track of everything while youre trying to strategize as you battle especially when so many things can happen in doubles. Tailwind Weather Terrain Taunt Encore Etc... Im so glad I can see how many turns are left by just pressing Y then selecting the pokemon/field. (BDSP removed this feature which is so fuckin dumb.) Also thanks to new features, no matter how bad the nature IVs and etc of a shiny, you can now make your shiny into a perfectly competitive viable Pokemon. Its amazing!

Another one - You went from having no way of knowing that the PC Box was full before trying to catch one and it failing, to Bill telling you that you needed to change it, to a caught Pokémon being deposited in the first available slot.

I was disappointed when they didn't add the frostbite status in Scarlet and Violet it could've worked well with dealing with special attackers like the Mewtwo Tera raid battle.

Move Relearner was available in Generation 2... as a reward for completing Gym Leader Castle in Stadium 2. And pretty sure only one Pokemon that was in your setup could use it each time, so yeah (though you didn't have to bring it to the battle at all, as long as it was one of the 6).

It is so frustrating that the gym leaders and other s/v paths dont scale with how many you have completed, so you could actually do the game in any order

My favorite improvement from this amazing franchise is just the many growths and changes that have effect each games for the better and this video shows greatly Hope you all have a great day

I wish you could toggle the exp share to only target selected pokemon or maybe have a in game setting that stops you from levelling past the gym leaders pokemon like in some roms

6:00 Agreed. I regularly use Quick Balls. I love them. The colors are also amazing

2:53 There’s an easy way to get the scales: fishing spots with Luvdisc (50% chance to hold a scale) and a Compound Eye lead (increases chance that wild Luvdisc has a scale) which knows Thief/Covet. Alternatively a Sticky Hold/Suction Cups lead if fishing fails too many times (guarantees fishing encounter).

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Personally, I wish they didn't make it so we could choose whenever to battle trainers. I liked the forced encounter if we weren't sneaky enough

I will say having every tm only once made your playthrough more strategic, which I do like, but still, it's so much more convenient now.

I also think legendary is responding after you kill them is a HUGE improvement! I remember losing a legendary to struggle, because I forgot to save before encountering it. Now, even if it dies, it will just respawn in front of you, or after you leave and re-enter the area.

Recently bred a few pokemon in the older games in order to complete my Home pokedex, and was amazed at how much slower it felt compared to picnic breeding in Scarlet and Violet.

I personally think it was a better being forced to sometimes fight trainers it can teach you to problem solve in some situations like maybe how to get around him also about the PC I liked it when you had to travel to get to a pc because then you get to explore more even if it’s a town you’ve already been too

I am disappointed you didn't mention anything about USUM in your third version improvement list. Right off the bat, you could've said something about how they are the first games to introduce completely new Pokémon in the middle of a generation (a trend that all generations going forward would follow), or, easier still, the increase in general difficulty compared to the games they are based on, and even among the previous third versions. When you have a pair of Pokémon games that Nuzlockers unanimously agree is the hardest to do a challenge run in, then it's safe to say that the increased difficulty is very noticeable.

i like the improvement of the audio

while some of these things (exp. share, IV's) are much more efficient and make gameplay easier now, there is something to be said about the grind from before. it was magical

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu. Zdraví Nogy.

Great video, Alex!

This guy is the definition of quality over quantity

I'm rather surprised to see someone praising the new EXP Share system, with how many people really hate it because of it making the game too easy. I've not played much of S/V, myself; due to hardly having the time, of course; but I will have to see if I can adapt to and mitigate the overleveling problem.

His and Mr.Beast's video uploading schedule is the same lol. Btw great video I really liked it.

many nice improvements. we can hope for more though.

Oh, the hours wasted in Pokemon Red when trying to find a certain pokemon in the pc and not remembering the box it was in. Having to open each box one at a time, and every single time having to go through "Do you want to save the game?...... saving now will overwrite your previous save file, are you certain?", only to find out the pokemon isn't in that box, so you then have to close the pc and try again several more times until you find the pokemon you wanted. It took so long.

#1 Biggest Improvement: Pokemon Showdown (I know it’s not an official game,but it’s so convenient)

the distortion world was a pain in the ass to explore

Omg you still make videos. I just back into pokemon recently and I remember seeing your videos like 6 or 7 years ago.

love your stuff

so early the video has no audio lol

The pc was probably the most horrible thing to use in gen 1, glad they made it more usable throughout the years

I love how Pikachu broke out immediately.

Flygon was supposed to get a mega back in ORAS but the devs couldn’t think of a design for it

riley: if you wanted to catch a pokemon this is how long it would take youtube: and now a 40 second word from our sponsors me: while timed perfectly in a comedic fasion i still hate ads and wish i could still use my adblocker 😡

It's easy to forget just how far we've come

The move is called Feint, with the same pronunciation as faint.

Now we need 20 biggest downgrades

PSA: WARNING! There is an impersonator of Aura Guardian in the comments, DO NOT LISTEN TO IT. The real AuraGuardian would not say that you won something. Report any replies that say “You won something” (Until it gets removed) it is a scam. Not real.

As a gen 4 guy, who only played gen 5 and 6 after (gen 6 also maaaaaaany years after it came out), I feel older than I really am in hearing of all these changes.

8:02 Too bad none of the gym leaders scale to your level, basically making you have to fight them in order anyways

"If you want to throw a Pokèball, this is how long it would take-" *2 Unskippable ADS start*

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Remember the good ol' days of finding a rare or legendary pokemon, getting it to the red, then going to throw a poke ball only to be told your box was full and you can't catch any more pokemon? Fond memories....

Great video

I'm not that into Pokémon mainline games anymore, but man did this video give me nostalgia of the older games!

Despite the limitations of Gen 3, I’d argue the leap from 2 to 3 was as big as any change. Still the only 60 FPS games in the franchise

Honestly, the remember moves mechanic is probably my favorite thing in S/V. It pairs so well with the open world nature of the game and I hope it never goes back.

THE KING IS HERE

I appreciate this positivity. I'm so tired of people calling the new Pokémon games bad.

Throughout the entirety of Brilliant Diamond I don’t think I even realised that the could customise your character until someone pointed it out to me

you did not mention item pockets in #11! that was so wonderful for keeping things organized

Video sounds great

I like the improved, more difficult league in BDSP.

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this video is pure nostalgia like I've never seen before.

If I had a dollar for everytime someone thinks Flygon deserves a mega evolution.... Well, you would definitely notice.

Also, the Fairy type made Poison and Steel not totally useless on offense. Poison used to only work on Grass and had no ability to deal 4x damage. Steel only was super effective on Ice and Rock...which also lost to Fighting, making it utterly redundant on offense. Not anymore!

Even with all the improvements, we still have so many people hacking mons, like all the people at Worlds. It’s ridiculous! Keep it up Aura!

Title of the video: Improvements. Me: *sees the new Exp Share being mentioned.* Hold up...

an opposite one is the change to TR/TM system since gen 8. I miss infinite tms

As someone who actually didn't hate random encounters, the ! icon that appeared in the grass in Sword and Shield was a huge improvement. Instead of just running up and down until the encounter happens, you actually SEEK the pokemon out. Or you could avoid them if you wanted to... when the annoying overworld pokemon weren't constantly swarming around you. Now we have only overworld Pokemon and they pop in and out of reality constantly, making me wish we had just kept the random encounters, or have them spawn out of bushes or something.

Tfw you realize that 90% of the music in the background of his videos is from Battle Revolution alone. Amazing tastes good sir. 👌

5:49 **SAFARI BALL has entered the chat.**

The clothing styles definitely is getting better and I’m glad that it is

Biggest improvement: Having Every Starter in a Generation again (Even if it’s only with DLC, and the only gap was Gen 8)

One of my personal favorites is the automatic prompt to use another Repel after the last one's effects wear off, which started in BW2! I remember being awestruck when I saw that being a thing

Tbh the best part about having more pokeballs is better color coordination lmao, I never care about whether a ball has a higher catch rate or not. I would still use luxury balls on luxrays

You should change your title to "20 Changes That Made AuraGuardian Less Impatient"

Yes. Frostbite is so much better than Freeze. We need it. And we also need an equivalent to Intimidate that lowers Special Attack.

1:48 hot take but i actually really like HMs. I thought they were a nice way to have the player and their pokemon feel more like an actual team, overcoming a variety of obstacles that isn't exclusively battles. the only problem was that HMs for the most part seemed to be on the weaker side which i always felt was unnecessary. i think HMs should be worth keeping on your team's movesets, so cut and rock smash imo should definitely be stronger now dont get me wrong, i UNDERSTAND why most people dont like HMs, but for me personally, i'd rather have HMs over ride pokemon, since otherwise, i feel like my team can be more of a glorified battle army rather than an actual TEAM, and that honestly does kind of break the immersion for me a little bit when it comes the team aspect. just make the HMs actually decently useful moves, and make being able to remove them easier (i'd recommend have the move deleter in every pokemon center for those who wanna remove HMs) TL;DR, - i feel that HMs, and field moves in general, were a genuinely good idea that i think should've probably been kept with better execution. that way you can have the player and their pokemon feel less like a general and his soldiers. i dont want ride pokemon again nor do i want the HMs to be handled by pokemon i dont already own

switching Pokemon out at a moment's notice was all the way back in Gen I, but only in the anime and forgotten after it was mentioned.

I just started playing Pokémon like since 2022

Alex think we wouldn’t notice that mega symbol but I definitely agree. Flygon was a mainstay on my Emerald play through. It needs a mega

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Hah! Sent out “Subscribe.” 9:05

So I’m only 18. The Pokémon games that I played as a kid and give me the most nostalgia are Black and White, ORAS, and X and Y. Those games don’t feel that old but it’s crazy watching this video and seeing just how many of these changes were implemented later on, and that I didn’t grow up with. I had to deal with HMs, going to the Pokémon center to use the PC, using the move reminder, only random encounters, grinding to level up, etc. Even though I’m not that old of a fan all things considered.

My first game was Pearl and Sinnoh has an absurd amount of needed hms

I feel like the exp all is TOO MUCH of an improvement tbh

The pc thing is my favorite. I remember the anime. Ash caught a seventh pokemon and Brock said he just has to press a little white button on his Pokédex to swap em. This was after he “battled” and caught krabby. In KANTO. I was so annoyed as a kid that we didn’t have this alleged ability and it was that way until gen 8

I still have no idea what the premier ball does. I’m still not convinced it’s not just a reskin with no effects.

13:33 I want to see that feature in Gen 10.

BD/SP's league rematches were something else...(I know the gym leaders borrowed their Survival Area teams from Platinum, but still.)

9:25 stantler actually Is very powerful in gen 2 NU Yes it is NU and gen 2 NU specifically is hilariously underpowered, but still noteworthy

some of this stuff made me realise why some old people hate the fact younger generations have it easier, because i was thinking the same things about younger generations of pokemon (my first and favourite game was pikemon X, not exactly old but old enough to remember HMs)

I like the use of Forest Maze off the grid

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Bruh, I had no idea they had changed the Premier Ball thing. Here I am, still buying 10 Poké Balls at a time, like an idiot. Ugh. 😅

1:11 WELL ACKCHYUALLY that change happened in Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, which are part of Generation VII.