This took 3 weeks to make, the good news is... the Game still isn't fixed. LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE

Actually, we don't deserve better, because we keep giving them money anyway.

i didnt have issues with the game so am i lucky or did this guys try to glitch it

This is the only time that we really need a third version...the completed one

The closing song, coupled with the statement filled of Pokémon puns about how game freak needs to be better was perfect

I really missed going into buildings and talking to people, as a person who compulsively talked to everyone and looked in every person I saw. I spent basically no time in towns because of the lazy and repetitive designs.

Wood, you've really knocked it out of the park with this one. Some of us know how much of a struggle this video and just present times have been, so I'm just blown away and so grateful that you've put this together for us. Thank you, happy holidays, and I hope January is great for you. ❤️

Looking at sales numbers, I'd dare to say "we don't deserve better"

Gamefreak really needs a bigger team and more time to make their games

I'm actually surprised you made it through the entire video without mentioning Flamigo 😂

Well said about pokemon needing to trade developers to evolve, I couldn't have chosen better words to describe the state of pokemon

9:59 For Arceus map design, Gamefreak got help from Monolith Soft, the guys that made the Xenoblade franchise. They also helped with Breath of the Wild (and the upcoming sequel). Why Gamefreak or NIntendo didn´t ask them to work on Scarlet and Violet is a mistery to me.

Damn. Quite a bomb you dropped at the end, but I agree. In order for it to “evolve”, they cannot be behind the wheel in game development anymore. They’ve proven it time and time again. And yet…

Dude this video format was so good. The editing and pacing was on point

Making the song with you was a lot of fun!

I'm gonna spend hours replaying the ending song just so I can laugh at all the names lol. Brilliant.

VOICE IT LOUDER!!! I completely agree with "the empty town" opinion! After i finish the game i feel something is missing, what is the different between this and old gen.. Now i know, in the old gen, whenever i enter new town, i ALWAYS explore all the houses, talk with all NPC hoping to get extra item/TM.. Now, it just straight to the gym. Man, pokemon company have to learn to hold back, take their time, do not rush their game!!

I also really think the game would be better if it had side quests.. I really liked in Arceus that you can do quests for the town people and some of those quests would be to get a pokemon and that Pokémon would stay there

It’s hard to admit but this is the mentality we all need to adopt. Just because the game works and had some good moments doesn’t mean GameFreak gets a pass, they need to do better!

The saddest part is, under all the crap and lack of design, there is an incredibly good game experience. There is so much POTENTIAL and it hurts.

Glad you took your time with the review to properly address every detail. Most people don't seem to realise performance and visuals are not the only problems the game has, I actually think that's the least important part when you take into account the big picture. Also, I loved how you kept the "é" with an accent from "Pokémon" in your subject titles, just a little detail I found funny xD

Only pokemon fans would blame the switch for a problem that is GameFreak’s fault not Nintendo’s

This was totally worth the wait! I know how hard you worked on this video and it really shows! Keep it up man!

The editing in this video is top tier. Most definitely worth the wait!

This is the best-edited video you've made since your Cyberpunk review. Seriously, good job! I'm absolutely floored by your editing skills!

Thank you for acknowledging the forced scheduled release date. Too many stakeholders making it come out “On time” this is a really solid review of the game. Coming from someone who has always enjoyed every main line Pokémon game and actively enjoying S&V. I have definitely poked holes in its performance. P.S. Jordan Fringe cameo perfection

That rap though... absolutely loved it

Nah, the Fuecoco line is perfect. Crocolar's wearing a sombrero, very spanish inspired, but look closer. It's found an egg, and is keeping it warm. Then Skeledirge, it's literally dead, but is still protecting the now hatched fire bird, it's actually really deep, and falls into the Spanish cultural relationship with death.

Stop supporting game freak people

I've had the same theory about what is going on for awhile now. Gamefreak is forced to rush out a new gen every couple of years or the whole tower will come crashing down. And I agree, they really need help in the programming department. But God I'd be living if I said scarlet and violet aren't the most fun I've had with pokemon in a long time, and that's including arcueus. Don't get me wrong arceus was for for a bit but I got sick of the mindless catching gimmick after about a week. I keep coming back to violet and just like running around. Now admittedly I haven't experienced the worst of the glitches, minor framerate drops, camera going into the ground in battle and my game has crashed 2 times but both with full party of 4 in multiplayer.

Imagine finding a shiny Pokemon after hours, only for it to spawn inside of a wall and you can't catch it!

I haven't laughed this hard over a video game review in a long time XD! Great job with this. Also, not a bad rap either, had me literally laughing out loud in the office (luckily there is no one here - everyone is on xmas vaca early ~except me :(. Keep up the great work Wood!

You know it’s serious when Wood uses the full green screen 😂 amazing video!! 🎉

I am a lifetime fan of pokemon, and i can confidently say that if this didnt have the Pokemon name on it, people would be preparing for a class action lawsuit

So glad missingno got their own game, a true OG gets awarded

One thing I never understand is the lack of voice acting in the game. They already have the majority of voice actors from the anime. The game size is around 6GB while Xenoblade 3 with full voice is around 13GB. They can certainly have that on the cartridge.

Just want to say how amazing and thought out this video this , you probably put more effort in a 30 minute video than Nintendo did with quality of Pokémon scarlet and violet 🤡 In all seriousness you did amazing on this video

What you said in the Nontendo podcast is so true. The Pokémon Company needs to just hire actual game developers to make the game. They can handle the art development, but the game should be made by actual professionals, not old farts stumbling around new technology they can’t understand

How they can’t get voice actors for Pokémon as the biggest franchise in the world is a joke

That End Poke Rap was the best. you sum it up pretty Good I don't why my didn't many glitches but I did were trippy. I look forward to the DlC Review when we get them.

I love that the first mod ever released for Pokemon SV was "Remove Ed Sheeren"

remember in the beginning when youre leaving the cave, and nemona *yells* at you silently? but a few seconds later, she claps and its HD audio with echo and everything? that gave me the worst lack of voice acting whiplash ive ever experienced

Howdy, Wood! A great video as usual but it'd be really nice to add a prominent warning for photosensitive epileptics as there are several points that are difficult even for me, a non-epileptic, to watch. I have several friends with photosensitive epilepsy and they would be dangerous for them to watch this. You mentioned the famed seizure-inducing episode, even, but didn't provide any protection for folks who would be affected. Thanks!

The rap at the end had me in stitches! This video was worth the wait Great work Wood. Your video was better then the game itself

Great editing, funny and clever writing, thoughtful take-this was both a delight to watch and also a really well planned and comprehensive review. The huge amount of time you put in really shows! Honestly it feels like more effort went into this video than into the games themselves :( Keep up the awesome work, we appreciate you!!

your videos are absolutely amazing! you are such a big role model for me in regards to editing, story telling and more. absolutely fantastic! props!

Scarlet & Violet should have been released in 2023, but for business things (probably) I don't know nor understand, it came out in 2022, I can't wait for gen 10 where the title screen crashes the game

The end with the throwback to the Pokémon rap hit me with so much nostalgia

Hot take: no, you all deserve this, because you bought the game without thinking that the game may not be up to the standards we can all expect as clients. And this way Game Freak, TPCI, Nintendo or whoever you wanna blame gets this message... "People buy the game en masse, so we're doing the right thing!" Rinse and repeat. Talk with your wallets and think twice before buying, bozos.

A masterpiece. The rap was incredible

"Cornering the market" got me real good 😂

"We deserve better" If that was even remotely true than these games wouldn't have sold 10 million units in a weekend.

I think a lot of it is nostalgia bc as someone who has never played pokemon is baffled by how anyone could enjoy this game

I think they should’ve stuck with the sword and shield graphics maybe even the let’s go graphics

I hate crafting TMs. I miss finding them once and just having them forever. Farming for materials is not fun at all. Especially when one of the needed materials is from a Pokémon you haven’t encountered yet so you have no idea who you need to farm. I also hate the change to breeding. Maybe it’s better than the daycare if you’re breeding for shinies but if you’re breeding for perfect IV competitive Pokémon the process has been slowed WAY down and there’s a bunch of extra steps. I don’t want to make a sandwich every single time I switch in a slightly improved Pokémon on my way to my perfect one. These are my two biggest gripes with the game. I can deal with the janky graphics and performance but the changes they made to TMs and breeding are really annoying.

The rap at the end was a nice finish to this long video. Worth it.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 coming out a few months ago really emphasizes how BS the "hardware limitations" excuse people try to use for Pokemon is

Another thing to add to the two you mentioned in the 'what went wrong' section was that the majority of fans will buy these games no matter what. Gamefreak has them right where they want them.

the problem with the game is not even the bugs. it is the bland, boring world design, useless NPCs, weird looking trainers that all wear the same dumb school uniform, no character customization, boring new pokemon (basically 30% are re-skins of old ones)

That rap was so good. 😂 It's so sad to see one of my favourite franchises struggle so bad to put out a game in working condition. GameFreak badly needs help, they just aren't grasping 3D very well. And Pokémon just don't give them enough time on top of that. A few years is more fine for a Gameboy or DS game, but a Switch game, especially one as ambitious as Scarlet and Violet needs at least a few years longer. And yea, if they want to be heavy on dialogue and have musical characters. The games really need voice acting. It's awkward when it's just silence. Piers in SwSh and now the likes of Ryme in SV. Plus just talking in general would be improved.

I heard the pokestops compared to gas stations. Which somehow makes sense considering our ridable poke-partner.

i really dont understand why there's so many ppl okay with buggy, glitchiness, frame rate drops ect. (when those sort of problems were never issues to begin with in the first place in hardly any other pokemon game)... just because it only happened a little bit for them, I'm sorry but not sorry at all but I expect to be impressed and ESPECIALLY from pokemon one of the biggest iconic games ever. Like everyone knows pokemon. If I saw even 2 glitchie things or being able to camera angle and see through walls/floor I'd return the game right away because that's a broken unfinished game to me and not worth the money. Pokemon Arceus impressed me a lot more. Although not a fan of the gym leaders being gone in that game it was not buggy hardly ever. I'd rather have open zone than open world improved graphics quality and including many more pokemon as the "improvement" of pokemon arceus. I'm very very happy I didn't buy scarlet/violet. Had a feeling it was rushed and seems i was right. Trying to find other switch games to try and am still trying to get really into playing the switch even if its not pokemon but having a hard time finding an addictive somewhat relaxing non-grindy game or even multiple games. In the meantime I'll definitely view his other vids about which games are fun on switch to try making a decision on my next game thanks so much for ur content its always great and oftentimes funny! :)

Gamefreak: Customers, we deserved LESS $$$. But owell, can't complain.

Tbf, "Go mode" is moreso for materials/items/tms. You can farm materials to create TMs much faster with go mode than standard battling.

Nice finish. You definitely hit MY nostalgia button with that rap. Not as catchy as “CD Project are all liars”, but still

I genuinely laughed so hard at that 17s better healthbar😂

This was the first game I’ve played that crashed my switch system. I only wanted to close the game but ended up having to restart the system

28:41 "Like some Pokémon, I think its finally time that Game Freak traded its development to somebody else. Because at this point, that's the only way it's going to evolve."

This video made me laugh so hard, so many times. Thank you for the hard work that went into this one, and for sharing your insights... I agree, it was a barely baked game that we gobbled up in a wave of nostalgia.

"Assuming that you are nearsighted" made me giggle. I hate that the pokemon span so late more than the other glitches

I hope they get worse. After arguing with copium Pokemon fans I hate them. The game looks like an untextured map sketch thing. The battle mechanic looks dumb and is kind of basic. Could have been a good game if it wasn’t made by lazy money hungry people and instead by someone who likes the games. How could anyone like these games.

As a 90s kid who hasn’t played a Pokémon game since Silver I’m glad Your here to save me from ruining my childhood by playing this game 😅

If you dont put that ending rap/song on tiktok you’re doing the internet an injustice lmao that was gold

i would literally forgive every single one of these absolutely atrocious aspects IF the gameplay loop was actually fun, instead of the insane grindfest it really is...

This is the main reason that Video Game Companies allow the developers of their IPs and other projects,delay the release of upcoming Video Games and Media. I'm not a Pokemon or Nintendo fan in general! But I would like to have this comment stand as an argument against Shigeru Miyamoto himself on behalf of Real Nintendo fans, as a whole. I don't know anything about business,game development, or even adulthood in general, since I'm 18,have no job,and still live with my parents...But I do know a lot about not disrespecting people that genuinely care about you. There's a difference between doing something for someone because you care about them, and doing something for someone because you just want to mooch of of them.The fact that Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo file cease and desist after cease and desist onto non profit fan games, like Pokemon Uranium, and AM2R, just to release stuff like this, glitchy, unpolished, piece of trash,and price it for fourty-five dollars...just to meet a deadline and make money off of it! And then go patch it later in an update? Nintendo clearly does not care about their fans anymore, and I am aware of the fact that they don't want people to pirate their games and software, and their rights as the owner of the games and software in question...But that does not excuse the fact that they will straight up resort to hurting their fans,just because they made a non profit fan project of the games that they love and care about. If Nintendo really did care about their fan base, then they would at least delay their upcoming games and patch them before release, so that their games can actually be worth the fourty-five dollar price tag.

I will stand by this, game freak needs to stop making a new game every year. I believe it’s the main reason pokemon games never look that great anymore. It would make game freak less money probably but they have enough to have a little drop in overall revenue. I think if BDSP or legends Arceus never came out SV would’ve looked and performed way better, Gamefreak will probably never stop releasing games every year, but I really think we would get better games overall if they did stop. I will still give them money either way though sooooooo…

I feel nuts. I've never seen many of these issues. I've also almost never done any multiplayer. I wonder if the multiplayer makes things worse each time you have someone join and leave.

I really like open world games but all of this... tbh it reminds me of playing roblox on my VERY old pc. Seeing through walls and mountains, glitchy maps, falling off the map, and flickering people.

Pokemon's main strategy for changing the formula is "remove feature and hope nobody notices". Legit I remember when pokemon games felt like games. Now, they just feel empty and devoid of any real emotion except sadness and dissapointment. I feel like Scarlet/Violet is a huge example as to why the classic formula worked so well. Open world was not a good approach for pokemon.

It's so hard because I have never actually gotten any of these super glitch things in my playthroygh. The worst it got was the lake in the top left corner being laggy.

All 3ds Pokemon Games are 50x better than Scarlet and Violet

The towns are so depressing, there's literally nothing there, just a gym

"Laggiest, rainiest, borderline unplayable-ist game I have ever played." - Beatemups on Pokemon SV. This man played Cyberpunk 2077 upon release.

Mid way through the game I stumbled upon a white tatsuguri without realizing it was a shiny, and completely disregarded it because I thought it was a normal color varient. Took a pink murcrow to realize there's no overworld shiny indicators.

When Wood sits on a stool, you know it’s gonna be a 🔥 video

Even the first Jak and Daxter game an early 2000s game has better landscapes than Scarlet and Violet

There is honestly no excuse. Releasing the games unfinished to meet a deadline because "we'll only make 4 billion instead of 5" is not an excuse.

Yessss a pokerap at the ending! Wood did it again, love those videos. Keep up the good work~

whoever designed pokemon snap should do a game. Man it looked so good from the clips I've seen.

Glitches aside, I really dislike my pokemon being a bike. It's weird.

This game suffered from the same thing Pokemon X and Y suffered from, not enough development time which means they're going to extend it to 3 years instead of 2.

For the most part, I haven’t had a bad time with glitches the only glitches I’ve had was when evolving sometimes I would be able to see underneath the map, but that’s it

Oddly enough the only real bugs that I experienced was the occasional being able to see through the terrain and the occasional FPS drop aside from that I didn't really experience any other bugs. I think I just got lucky in that regard

I honestly think I’m done with Pokémon games until they decide to radically make a big difference like actual voice acting and fix all the stupid game issues like crashing.

21:36 I can see you named your Sprigatito after your cat Logan

everyone's trying to give it a pass for being innovative for the pokemon franchise... but tbh it crashed so often during my playthrough and bugged out so much I hated the experience but they forced our hands when they made this the new competitive mon game. Shouldnt have charged us full price for it. First time ever that I've been disappointed in pokemon

Nice work! I loved that glitch rap at the end!

It's sad that gen 5 had some voice acting, specifically in Roxie and Elesa's gym. Like, come on gamefreak and TPC, you're a billion dollar company and can afford voice actors

Everything has its time and GameFreak has already shown that it is not even worried about its consumers. It was time for the Pokémon company to move on to another game creation company and make the real Pokémon game that we have long deserved. Peace Wood ✌

Your videos are so fun! Congratulations on everything you have accomplished over the years!