Bro got plank from ed, edd and eddy as his mic stand

“Adios to Kalos, and aloha to Alola.” That was smooth.

I remember how much of a trip it was to “beat” Silver Version only to learn that I’d now be transported to Kanto for another few weeks/months of original gameplay

Gen 3 also added running shoes

minor correction- Pokemon G/S was not the planned final game. that came from a misunderstood translated talk a few years back. the person being interviewed worked with Pokemon on their ad/promotion work in Japan and was thinking Pokemon wouldn't be a big thing and thusly their contract would be final with G/S. there was 0 talk about G/S being the final Pokemon games, in fact, Pokemon devs said they had many more ideas for future games and products during G/S!

Not to be that guy, but you forgot the most important change in gen 2... they added exp bars

Gen 6 also had the change of shiny odds going from 1/8192 to 1/4096

Kalos was actually the game to introduce rideable Pokémon with the Skiddo farm, Ryhorn walking over pointy rocks, and the mamoswine to get through the snow

Something probably worth adding is the changes to the exp formula. The formula in gen 5 was altered to scale based level differences with the opponent and user pokemon. This mean it is easier to catch up lower level pokemon and harder to power level one pokemon. Gen 6 went back to the gen 1-4 formula only with a few methods to boost gains. Every generation since gen 6 has a new scaled exp formula that is basically the gen 5 formula only for the first time trainer pokemon no longer give 50% more exp.

You missed one of the best quality of life changes! In gen 3 you could just press the A button when facing a boulder, tree, or water and you'll be prompted on whether you want to use Strength, Cut, or Surf. No more having to pause the game go into the pokemon menu, select the right pokemon and select the HM it just automatically recognized which HM could be used in the space you were facing.

Can't believe you didn't mention the best part of gen 7. Which was completely getting rid of the dependency on HM's in Alola. Something that will hopefully stick around forever.

Man it's a shame Pokemon Z never came out, it would've been a LEGEND amongst the other games

Good God I feel so overwhelmed. I think it's amazing to see how far Pokemon has come all the way from gen 1. Definitely makes me feel old considering when I was a kid I started with watching the very first episode. Jezz

You forgot about how the Lets Go games introduced the portable PC Boxes that were later implemented and refined into Gens 8 & 9. For going the need to go to Pokémon center in order to swap out or just store Pokémon. No you just have to bring it up in the menu or in the party menu, depending on the game.

Gen 2 also introduced a better backpack with the division of health items, pokeballs, key items., etc. Also the SELECT button as well to use the bike or rods

Sword and Shield also removed CO-OP Battle tower... that was the killer for me, i use to play with my wife about 20 hours a week since ORAS (when we started dating)

16:10 you forgot about the ability to record sound for Chatot’s cry with the DS mic- and the subsequent use of it to cuss at people in battle 😂

Big fan of the professional tone in this documentary. I appreciate this kind of comprehensive and to-the-point content. You earned a sub.

The fact you pronounced Hawai’i properly makes me proud 🥹

Gen 2 added roamers and headbutt trees. Added the C-gear? Gen 2 added dolls and decorations that gen 3 built upon with the secret bases. Pokéahalon and the gold crown in gen 4. Gn 4 added honey trees. Gen 4 added the Poketch and PokéRadar. Wifi events. Gen 4 gave players the ability to view their stats, such as Pokémon fished or caught. Gen 5 removed ribbons as collectibles. Wonder trading in gen 6. And the touch screen UI, I can't remember the name of it in general. ORAS added legendary worm holes and riding Latios/Latias. ORAS added Dex nav. Gen 7 added Battle Royal, (not sure of you mentioned that), overworld wild encounters, Poképelago. If I got any of these wrong, or some were mentioned in the video; I'm sure I'll hear about it.

This may be your best work yet Joey. I didn’t even know all the changes between each game. Simply amazin!

this man sure parks

Didn't mention Legends: Arceus (Gen VIII) - 6 new pokemon, new Hisui region (past form of Kalos), 16 regional variations of existing pokemon, 24 new moves, no abilities at all. Also, instead of moving from town to town there is only Jubilife Village and a bunch of other stuff

Gen I had an unused type called Bird. Gen II introduced the ??? type and removed mandatory saving to access boxes. Gen III gave Pokemon their own minisprites that are used in the party and boxes, and had two Pokemon from the next generation in Pokemon XD. Gen IV corrected the capitalization of things other than Pokemon. Gen V removed the ??? type, made the Elite Four playable in any order, had difficulty settings, and got rid of the annoying low-HP beeping. Gen VI had roller skating and certain characters have models. Gen VII gave Pokemon walking models, had battle models for every character, and had trainers present in the battle scene. Gen VIII added access to boxes without a PC and had no excuse not to scale the models. Gen IX remade and added texture to the models, and merged the battle scene with the over world.

As a Gen 1 veteran, Pokemon indeed changed a lot from my childhood.

Between the release of Japanese red and green and the international red and blue, Blizzards freeze chance was lowered from 30% to 10%

Gen 2 started the trend of box legendaries with gen 3 starting version exclusive legendaries

23:51 -I thought you were dead -Pokemon Z: My death was greatly exaggerated

Loved the video, good job. I think a good detail is that in gen 4 you can change deoxys form in the same game. As int gen 3 it was tied to the version your playing. Gen 6 also included cosplay Pikachu

When I was a kid I didn't understand how Pokemon generations worked. I started with Pokemon Pearl, and I didn't really know about other games. When they introduced gen 5, I thought they were replacing all the pokemon and I was so mad about it for a while. By the time I actually played the games I got over this, which.. considering they didn't have any older pokemon until the post game, you'd think that belief would have persisted

I started playing with Gen 1, and I stopped playing after Gen 4. When my son started playing Gen 6 and beyond I was shocked at how much had changed.

That sword and shield sold so well despite having objectively less in them than the previous title while being on an objectively more powerful machine is bonkers to me. Humans really are too stupid to be allowed to live.

One thing I feel you forgot to mention about Gen 5 is that it's the only Gen in which the Evil Team isn't defeated BEFORE the Elite Four. I think worth mentioning, since I don't remember other Gens having done this. (Rainbow Rocket doesn't count, since not part of main story)

Don't know if this was mentioned here somewhere - Gen. 8 removed friendship, so moves like Return became obsolete. Edit: Like I said, Return (and Frustration) was indeed removed in gen. 8, but I was mistaken about friendship. Friendship is still around, and still way too complex a mechanic for what it's used for (the latter statement is more of an opinion, lol). Sorry.

Id want to add that emeralds battle frontier was the first ever proper competitive battling in mainstream games. The NPCs have pokemon that have good IVs, are fully EV trained, have abilities+moves+held items that were then considered to be competitive sets. One needs to get very good at battling to actually clear the facilities at the factory. A normal player will not manage even 1 silver emblem.

Hypnosis was updated to 70 accuracy in Diamond and Pearl, but was reverted back to 60 in Platinum

Gen 6 is also the first generation you can change your outfit and buy clothes to customize your appearance. Wanted to bring it up since the video implies the customization options were just limited to the character creator. Gen 6 also changed the base power of several moves, nerfed weather creating effecting, and was the first Gen to go back and buff old mons base stats (for several mons, not just Pikachu) Edit: Also benches! Which I only want to mention because I remember it being memably hype in the build up to XY

1:00 They made a rap for the Johto Pokémon too.

My favorite change in gen 6 is that when you're in a wild battle npcs don't move so if you're trying to avoid an npc while you're in tall grass the don't move

Gen 3 introduced Berry farming alongside 60 new berries. Gen 4 improved the concept with items to control yield and growth. Gen 6 expanded things further with plant Mutations. Gen 8 removed the feature altogether. Also, secret bases were alive (somewhat) for two more generations. Gen 5 had bases at one point, it allowed players around the world to visit your base, water your berries and exchange items. It was tied to the Dream World service though, so when that got shut off, Gen 5 completely lost bases AND berry plants. Gen 6 gave us a powered up version of Hoenn's bases with the online features of the PSS and the flag collection of Gen 4. But they've been MIA ever since. This video does a great job showing how the franchise progressed. The amount of features and mechanics that they put into these games is crazy, but it's sad when one of the ones you enjoyed gets axed eventually.

the amount of effort you did for this video is insane i need more people to see this

How does this only have 13 views?? Really enjoyed this video :)

Let's be real, Battle Frontier is the best post-game challenge. Earning those Frontier symbols and turning it into gold. I don't hate the newer versions, it's just Battle Frontier is the peak of post-game in the Pokemon series.

In gen 5, in some routes percussions get added and the music speeds up a bit if you're running; if I'm not mistaken, it's the only generation where you can talk to some npcs to add new instruments to the music. Also, B/W had the battle subway, the entralink, the pokemon musical, were the first games where several areas were entirely different between games, and were the first games which let you battle the elite four in any order. B2/W2 also added the customizable join avenue, Pokewood, hidden grottos, the white treehollow/black tower, and had a secret area visitable only after completing the regional dex.

God i miss when Pokémon was good.

you have the editing style and talk like you have 100k subs. LOVE IT

Had to comment on the macgyvered mic setup. Love seeing creators make do, rather than make an excuse to buy unnecessary equipment. Solid!

Wow, he missed a lot of stuff about Gen 5. 1) he didn’t mention Pokéstar Studios, Musicals (which kinda replaced Super Contests), or the Entralink. 2) he completely forgot about the Dream World (which as I years later found out was how you farmed berries in Gen 5) 3) there’s probably 3 or more features I’m forgetting, but I will mention that B2/W2 had the first ever Pokemon fusion (which does come back in Gen 7) 4) even though it’s not apart of BW directly, I feel like the Dream Radar should’ve gotten a shout out since that’s how you got the Therion forms of the Genies.

This was randomly recommended to me, and MAN am I happy it was! Was thoroughly engaged the whole watch time. Amazing work bro

i thought i was watching a big youtuber i havent heard of before, the way your video is edited and the presentation, way of talking, etc. is all very, uh, "advanced", like, i thought im watching a youtuber with like at least 20k subs or something. very nicely put together video man, you earned that sub

AMAZING commentary amazing video I wish you the best on your KZfaq adventures! :]

The most important change was Gen 2 adding proper color and proper pokemon sprites. Gen1 sprites often looked like abominations. Pokemon cuteness and color increased the charm of the game by orders of magnitudes.

This is really well put-together!!!

Great video! The only thing I noticed is you didn’t cover the new pokemon from legends arceus but otherwise, loved it!

Some changes I know from competitive: Gen1-gen2 Normal types are no longer immune to body slam paralysis You can thaw out of freeze naturally instead of it basically being a kill It doesn’t take up a turn to wake up from sleep Hyper beam forces you to recharge even after you get a kill Wrap-like moves were changed to prevent you from switching while doing some damage over time instead of essentially flinching you over and over Stat changes doesn’t stack the speed nerf from paralysis No more 256 glitch, a glitch that gives 100% accurate moves a 1/256 chance to miss due to a coding error Critical hit rate used to be based on speed but was changed in gen 2. From gen 2 to 3 They changed the sleep talk mechanics, making it so if sleep talk calls rest the move will fail. They also added a glitch where if a sleeping pokemon uses sleep talk and switches out, the sleep counter will not progress, so the pokemon can stay asleep forever Spikes are changed so you can add 3 layers of spikes. Gen3-gen4 I’m pretty sure this is the generation that made it so if an opposing pokemon explodes it doesn’t skip your turn. Gen4-5 Explosion was nerfed no longer halving the opposing pokemon’s defence. Sleep turns reset after switching out It might’ve been this generation or from 5-6 that added various priority speeds, fake out above all other priority, than extreme speed, than the rest. Gems were added which gave a 1.5x boost to a specific type attack the first time a move with that type is used, the gem then disappears after that one usage Gen5-gen6 A ton of moves like surf flamethrower draco meteor and sucker punch got their base power nerfed Gems were nerfed and all except the normal gem were removed Sleep was changed back to what it is today Hidden power was nerfed from Removed triple and rotation battles 70-60 Thunder wave was nerfed to 90% accuracy Terrains were added Gen6-gen7 Prankster doesn’t work against dark types Dark void was nerfed to 50% accuracy and smeargle couldn’t learn it with sketch Ash Greninja was added with the ability battle bond so it can transform No mandatory HMs Inceroar was introduced and later got intimidate which isn’t a big change mechanically but has completely changed vgc and now haunts every player’s dreams. Gen7-8 Terrains were nerfed to 30% increase in power (except misty because it doesn’t increase fairy type move power) A ton of moves were removed. TRs were added as temporary tms. Curry Paid online Aegislash had it’s stats nerfed Gen8-gen9 Wicked blow was nerfed to 75bp Grassy glide was nerfed to 55bp Transistor was nerfed to 1.3x Intrepid sword and shield only worked the first time they got sent out Zacian and zamazenta crowned got a stat nerf New items like covert cloak, clear amulet and more 5 revavroom forms for the different team star battles Auto battles Materials from wild pokemon Great video! Just wanted to add what I could to the comments, there’s definitely more if you want to look into movesets and stat buffs of weak pokemon but that’ll take a long time.

I could've sworn fainted Pokemon could evolve even back in gen 1.

Just came across your video, absolutely amazing. You earned a sub and like. I’m 30 and have been playing Pokémon since day 1 with red and blue and I’m addicted to now for like 5 years to pokemon videos and pokemon facts etc.. this video is worthy of millions of views well done

The biggest change the games ever had was my childhood.

Great vid - I loved all the quality of life changes gen 2 introduced back in the day vs gen 1. Doing a brain dump off the top of my head which I feel also helped set the bar for future gens (sorry if some already mentioned in comments!): - shortcut ('select') button for quick key item (bike!) use was revolutionary - 'move' pokemon function to make organising boxes easier (rather than just withdraw/deposit from gen 1) - backpack item pocket differentiation (rather than 1 long list) - smoother backsprites (rather than pixelated zooms from gen 1) - bike BGM changing to normal area BGM when moving between areas (couldn't do in gen 1 - was annoying 😅) - time capsule, backward compatible trading (just wow!) - daily respawning items (berries/apricorns) and regular events (eg. Loto, haircuts, bug catching contest) - saving money with mom (this one bit meh lol but still cool concept to hold twice as much money as future games) - decorate room and menus (another meh, but first steps towards player customisation options) - more differentiated overworld sprite groups for Pokémon than gen 1 (e.g. charmander, charizard and gengar line) - trainer rematches and swarms (didnt use this hugely myself) - different legendary pokemon BGM than standard wild encounter one (from Crystal onwards) - route/town signs when you enter (Crystal onwards) - introduction of *colour* (of course!) - your trainer turning to face the challenger who spots you (vs staying fixed in gen 1) - rage and bind not being OP anymore lol, and hyper beam in-between knocking out Pokémon needing recharge - in-battle sleep mechanic being rebalanced (Last few just ironed out gen 1 imbalances). I'm sure there's more (eg mystery gift etc) but these were my faves on top of what you listed - definitely made me nostalgic watching this! Thanks for making the vid :)

I played a ton of generation four, but I never knew about these extra hidden features. I wish I knew I would’ve had a lot more fun 😁

I’m not sure if it counts as a rap, but Pokemon Johto also has a song that helps you memorize them all.

Absolutely amazing video. You get a sub from me. Keep up the great work. If i didnt know better i would have said you easily had 100k+ subs.

There's also the Speed Mechanic change in Gen 8 where Tailwind and sudden weather effects (switching a Pokemon in with Drought for example) are applied instantaneously instead of the next turn

31:22 Legends Z-A: Hello there

You missed a big change from gen 1 to gen 2: color.

I prefer regional fakes.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but double wild battles were technically introduced in gen4 with the partner npcs you have to escort, great vid!

A big one! IVs weren't the only thing to change between 2 and 3! In Gens 1 and 2, every time your Pokémon would defeat an opponent, they'd get Stat Experience equal to the opponent's base stats added to their stats, up to 65,535 per stat (with some more calculations as to how that experience would influence their actual stats, giving up to a +63 bonus to a stat at level 100). This allowed Pokémon to essentially grind and max out every single stat simultaneously. In Gen 3, they overhauled this system and replaced it with EVs, where defeating a Pokémon would yield between 1 and 3 points spread across a selection of stats depending on the defeated Pokémon's species (so, for instance, KO'ing a Linoone would give your Pokémon 2 Speed EVs). These EVs max out at 255, also give up to +63 to a stat at level 100, and, crucially, the total EVs a Pokémon can have is 510, making it impossible to grind more than two stats to their highest potential. While not really influental for casual playthroughs, this had massive ramifications for competitive battles, specifically by forcing players to make real choices as to what to focus on instead of just making everything a tanky, fast, mixed attacker.

16:27 Oh I wish you mentioned Voltorb flip. I had way more fun playing Voltorb flip than ever playing any slot machine and any pokémon game before it. And I love the music there too was so good.

as someone who has never played Gen 3, secret bases look cool as fuck

>[Pokérus] doubles the amount of EVs you get after knocking out a pokémon Well, since you brought it up, the EV system (generally referred to as stat experience in Gen 1-2) was overhauled in Gen 3. While previously you could max out each stat, now you can acquire a limited number that's enough to max out two stats (with one point left over), creating a more tactical and customisation-focused iteration.

Good vid. Even better mic setup. Youre going places kid.

Breeding in ScVi is the best it’s ever been. I love how I can just go AFK for 10 minutes at a time, and come back to 10 eggs, collect them, and reset the timer for 10 more minutes. Much easier than biking back and forth and looking to see if the Day Care girl has anything for me.

Gen 5: low hp: ambulance sound Last gin leader's pokemon: epic song Wild spots: find gen (in caves), wild rare pokemons Plaza: build your own shop and upgrade it, to hatch eggs faster, improve pokemon's evs, buy rare itens... Nimbasa's training arena: everyday you can fight and get some itens with trainers to level up faster. New gin mechanics/puzzles: new animations and challenges with 3d effects Gen 5 is one of my favourites (gen 2 is pure nostalgic)

Leech Life is now stronger than it once was when it was first introduced in Generation 1. It now has a higher base power starting in Generation 7.

Who remembers 1996; in order to catch Mew, train you pokemons to level 100, the 3rd pokemon has to be Ma Champ and use Rare candy at midnight and Mew will appear... well, it didnt happen! Impossible to verify because internet didnt exist!

If I remember correctly, you couldn’t evolve an Eevee into Espeon or Umbreon at all in FRLG because the time function is completely absent in those games. You had to trade it over to the Hoenn games to be able to evolve into Espeon or Umbreon. Kid me learned this the hard way by raising an Eevee to level 68 during the post game lmao.

Gen 2: There were other bug fixes like the accuracy bug, the Hyper Beam bug, the Focus Energy bug, and the Toxic + Leech Seed bug. On the other hand, about half of the new acorn Pokéballs were bugged. This was especially disappointing, since the only other games in which they appear are HeartGold and SoulSilver. The Sleep status works a little differently. Night Shade, Seismic Toss, and Glare now respect type immunities. Wrap, Bind, Clamp, and Fire Spin no longer keep the opponent from attacking when you attack first and instead do some minor extra damage at the end of each turn. Counter is redesigned to work on all physical attacks (alongside a new special variant in Mirror Coat). Bide is reworked. Reflect and especially Light Screen are reworked. Conversion is reworked. Gust and Thunder can now hit Pokémon using Fly, while Earthquake can now hit Pokémon using Dig and for double damage. On the other hand, Swift (and other later "perfectly accurate" attacks) no longer hit during Fly or Dig. Struggle is now typeless. The OHKO moves have their accuracy reworked. Whirlwind and Roar now force switches in trainer battles. Dizzy Punch gains a confusion secondary effect. Haze no longer removes status afflictions. Rage no longer has locked nor continuous damage effects. Razor Wind gets a high critical rate. Rock Slide gains a chance to flinch. Skull Bash raises the user's defense on the first turn. Sky Attack gets a flinch chance and a high critical hit rate. Tri Attack gets its three status secondary effects.

Rest in peace "PokeRap GS" , you are already forgotten ;-; I will always remember your weird inclusion as a free music video hidden on the pokemon movie 3 soundtrack CD when put in a PC.

Follow up video with all the comment-corrections would be fun! Or even a Q&A from all these comments? This video was so good. Thank you for making this ♥️

I love the mic setup with the 2x4, duct tape, and a sock 😂

One of my favorite added features is the possibility to surf, cut, etc by just pressing A, without having to go to the Pokémon menu and select the Pokémon with the HM in question

Could tell this took a ton of work. Great stuff, thanks. I’m finding that never made it past ruby/sapph / fired/leafgreen. So, all you recapped DS+ was a Great look at what I’ve missed.

2:00 isn’t it sad how red, yellow, and blue were able to battle with others but legends arceus nearly 25 years later couldn’t even do that 💀

The gen 2 games were never considered to be the last Pokémon games. This comes from an translation error that unfortunately everyone is taking for granted now.

That was one awesome video. Thanks. Btw u could have included the affection bonuses introduced in XY & which were changed from Gen 7 onwards. Forced Exp share as well

This was way more entertaining and engaging than I would have expected.

This video popped up on my recommended and my page refreshed so I went out of my way to search for this

"New Breeding Tricks", showcasing how an everstone can be used to pass on a nature... *_Displays Nidoqueen, who infamously can't breed_*

I'm gonna be honest. How this bro only has a tad over 1k subs with this many views is a crime. Gotta throw a sub for a really dope video. It's earned

Gen 2 gave some shops daily rotation of goods. Don't think it really caught on after gen 2 but it was at least in gen 2

They really made huge improvements with X & Y, Sun & Moon and pkm let go. But it all went downhill from Sword & Shield

I remember when Red/Blue were the big players. I had Red Version, and Charmander was always my go-to, though I loved all three of them. I mean how can you not!? When Yellow came out, and you could get all 3 starters, it was a big deal. I miss the 90s.

I only wish for 3 thing's in gen 10: 1) the presence of the national dex, and by this I mean I want all, ALL, the pokemons. 2) return to Megas, more cool and simple. 3) return of the "life like" world, I want day, night, summer, sprint, fall and winter.

You forgot to mention that Gen 8 removed a bunch of moves (besides just the Z-moves) in the first place before they gradually brought some of them back in the DLC and in Gen 9.

Didn't mention PLA or BDSP, I am very impressed that this small KZfaq has made such an epic, good quality video!

He ended that video like "thank god this is over."

One of my favorite gimmicks from Gen 2 was Mystery Gift. You can connect 2 GBC’s via IR and receive an item. Additionally, after getting access to Kanto, a trainer appears in the basement of a house in Viridian City with a copy of the team you connected with. Beating up my little brothers team without him feeling bad felt so good

Imagine traveling to Japan and then trading with your best friend there and corrupting both save files

Earlier in the Gen 6 era, I think you should’ve mentioned ORAS in a few ways since you did mention HGSS for following Pokémon: 1) Soaring and Mirage Spots 2) the PokéNav has many new functions including the PokéFinder that helps chain a single Pokémon to hunt for egg moves or shinies. 3) and if you wanted to mention it: the GLARING lack of Battle Frontier 😒 but we did get the Delta Episode