How the last bastion of Soul in Pokemon disappeared...

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People often say Pokemon has lost its soul, and to some extent, I agree with them. One example of where Pokemon has truly lost its love for itself is with its Gym Badge designs. In previous videos we've now covered the meaning and design of every Pokemon Gym Badge from the originals through Black 2 and White 2, and now... we reach Pokemon X and Y on the Nintendo 3DS. I would argue, that this game was the last time Game Freak put any meaningful thought and effort into the design of individual Pokemon Badges. Pokemon X and Y is the last bastion of soul...
This is Every Pokemon Badge Explained, part 6, Pokemon X and Y edition... The FINAL part... At least there's still some Pokemon Badge Symbolism
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00:00 The Missing Soul in Pokemon
05:28 Bug Badge
06:50 Missed Opportunity Badge
08:11 Cliff Badge
09:24 Rumble Badge
10:26 Plant Badge
11:46 Voltage Badge
13:29 Fairy Badge
15:26 Psychic Badge
17:50 Iceberg Badge
19:58 Alola, Galar, and Paldea
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If you don't know, here is a list of the Gym Leaders we'll be talking about in this video:
Viola gives the Bug Badge in Santalune City
Grant gives the Cliff Badge in Cyllage City
Korrina gives the Rumble Badge in Shalour City
Ramos gives the Plant Badge in Coumarine City
Clemont gives the Voltage Badge in Lumiose City
Valerie gives the Fairy Badge in Laverre City
Olympia gives the Psychic Badge in Anistar City
Wulfric gives the Iceberg Badge in Snowbelle City
Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!

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@Gnoggin 5 ай бұрын

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@jorgecorrea2762 5 ай бұрын

Interesting variations for the word "soul" in that context: Poetry, effort or creativity.

@mrmysterious8124 5 ай бұрын

The Pokemon games are like bubble gum and let me tell you something the Scarlet and Violet Pokemon game lost its flavor after being chewed for 2 minutes🔥🌳🌊and can you look at all of the Dinosaurs from the video game Fossil Fighters🦕🔥🦖

@Dahaka-rd6tw 5 ай бұрын

POKEMON EGG GROUPS EXPALINED!

@Fawnfreckle 5 ай бұрын

You called Arven a pokegirl. Now I must hc him as transmasc >:)

@michaeldaniels642 5 ай бұрын

I still suggest you go over the designs of the anime original badges.

@HealthGage0336 5 ай бұрын

You tricked us into another badge episode, but I do agree the badges have seriously become basic

@blackrapier713 5 ай бұрын

No that was gen 5

@Allen-qs2xr 5 ай бұрын

Basic badge

@edmg7 5 ай бұрын

Trick? I thought the thumbnail made it obvious.

@Planetmango48 5 ай бұрын

Ok.

@HealthGage0336 5 ай бұрын

@@blackrapier713 okay yeah you got me there

@angelfoot6426 5 ай бұрын

Is it bad to say that with scarlet and violet I didn’t realize we got physical badges. I thought the selfies were the badges.

@MattwosRandomNonContent 5 ай бұрын

IIRC Arven literally says he made his own badges for you

@datpoyo4900 4 ай бұрын

"so what proof do you have for beating all of the 8 gyms?" Player: *sighs while opening their gallery

@rileyackison4495 4 ай бұрын

Same

@jesusramirezromo2037 4 ай бұрын

Sameee, I taught the badges where just there to show the Gym's Type, Not the actual badge Especially since you get them for the Titans and Team Star, Wich doesn't make sence on why they look just like Gym badges

@RokonShimo 4 ай бұрын

The Star Badges are explicitly designed to rip off Gym Badges

@cuerdencats4151 5 ай бұрын

For me the most upsetting thing about gyms was in gen 8, they designed a gym uniform for each of the gyms (plus some extra) and you weren't allowed to wear them in the actual gyms, because you were forced to wear the standard gym uniform...

@steverempel8584 4 ай бұрын

That actually makes sense though. The whole game is designed like a socer match. You have to wear your own colours, can't wear the colours of the home team you are fighting against. But you can represent them when not playing against them.

@DucksAndCatnip 4 ай бұрын

@@steverempel8584 *football

@BladeSerph 4 ай бұрын

Dated response i know which was kind of silly but i still say that was a nice step up to push customization by not only having `casual wear` but `competitive wear` you could customize. Which was definitely a step up where you were forced to wear very generic one-note type of outfits for riding pokemon i believe was in not only sun/moon but also when wormhole hoping for the ultra version and the same occured for `riding` latios/latias i think in ORAS? Or maybe that was just Rayquaza specifically, thogh might of been cool if you could of wore those outfits specifically as wear, though maybe they did, maybe they didnt, i never played those specific titles directly since i clocked out of pokemon mainline titles after X/Y and besides a few nit picks like legends arceus, i didnt return to the mainline fold till scarlet/violet where i absolutely wasted 60 dollars. Hell i was not even aware of the `badges` of scarlet/violet because i was already half bored out of my head from all the other porblems. Which knowing now that Sword/shield did a interesting trick with its badges combining together into a `coin` just like its british counterparts mimicking a coat of arms is very cool indeed for subtle gimmicks. Though as for certain other badges getting dulled down, i can atleast see some of them being more to look like fanciful pins on say a suit you would wear, instead of carrying in a case, sort of like how in the pokemon anime in the early days especially, trainers like ash would literally wear the badges on the inside of his jacket instead of a badge case instead.

@nightpups5835 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I spent so much time trying to figure out why the gym uniform wasn't working right.

@scrittle 3 ай бұрын

@@steverempel8584 "I'm Team Protagonist!" Different outfits are worn for Home & Away matches, and change with sponsorships from various companies. So if you were wearing the dark type gym outfit, you would be endorsing the dark type gym while your team number and name would remain the same. Of course, Nintendo didn't implement different outfits in cutscenes due to time constraints (I reckon).

@roymustangsgirl007 5 ай бұрын

I think the soullessness of the badges actually fits the corporate feel of Paldea. I mean FS Larry is just told "okay you're a different type today chop chop" and he just goes with it

@declanmckenna6854 5 ай бұрын

Also that the badges are given as part of the country's university system. So theyre essentially diaplomias or certificates, no wonder they look so formal.

@Gabe0823 5 ай бұрын

I really really hate the school/corporate style that Paldea has. It's just so... bleh. SV probably has my least favorite aesthetic in the whole series.

@Free_Flowing_Anxiety 5 ай бұрын

I kinda like how each game has the gyms exist in a different context. In the older games, it’s just:these gyms exist and you fight them because reasons. In Alola you’re basically doing a hybrid of the traditional trials and new gym challenge that the professor is trying to introduce. In Galar, it’s literally a whole sporting event with huge arenas and fans that you have to be invited to. In Paldea, it’s part of a school assignment along with a bunch of other leaders that are basically more gym battles. The battles in each gen now have a different ‘flavor’, the huge sporting arenas in SWSH compared to the more personal but still spectator worth ones in SV.

@VegaPhil 5 ай бұрын

Nice try but you’re just giving gamefreak and the localisation team a pass for being lazy

@nefariosgliscor 4 ай бұрын

I'm not gonna say the type icon choice is truly justified. However, it's important to note that as the beginning of this video states, it is for kids and we're older now. Not only that, but Gen 8's Diamond/Pearl remakes are actually the first to introduce the new icons for each of the 18 types. It's about time for the revamp and to see them acknowledge it in the badges for Gen 9 is fitting. Also remember that this is the first time we've been able to get more than 8 badges since Johto connected with Kanto to give us 18. It's also greatly underappreciated by so many people that they gave the regular gyms a unique challenge besides the gym battle, non-gym adventures, and the option to complete them in ANY ORDER YOU WANT. I'm not a fan of the school theme or uniforms, but I can understand why they'd use the school plotline to make the badges more like certificates of completion with official and unofficial stamps.

@willow_song2596 5 ай бұрын

I always liked the Snowbell City badge because it looks like it is filled with blue water and you can slosh the water around inside.

@Armund_Wolffe 5 ай бұрын

yes!! i want to shake it so badly

@angelocasanova8567 5 ай бұрын

I thought it was filled with snow

@EliasMorals 5 ай бұрын

Also, someone mentioned that as you go through Kalos, the seasons change the farther in Vaniville starts in Spring, and by Cyllage and Shalour, youre in Summer, as theyre coastal. Then, when you get to Laverre City and its surrounding routes, its Fall/Autumn. And as you approach Anistar and Snowbelle, its winter.

@amirulamani1487 5 ай бұрын

That's definitely an interesting way to incorporate passage of time with seasons change without actually incorporating constantly changing seasons

@RevaloNodriana 5 ай бұрын

@@amirulamani1487Would be cool if the seasons did change in-game though, with a pseudo-calendar system in-game that changes seasons after every 2 badges and then you can backtrack to previous routes that now have new Pokemon and stuff, would make the "Pokemon journey" really feel like a journey with it taking place during a little less than a year in-universe.

@matthewgriffin9799 4 ай бұрын

@@RevaloNodriana I mean, it was kinda like that in BW/B2W2, it just changed basically every month

@ArendAlphaEagle 5 ай бұрын

All the sparks from the Voltage Badge meeting in the center like that makes me think it's inspired by the fact that Lumiose City takes place in the _center_ of Kalos, with the sparks themselves being the different paths that lead to there.

@emmaramirez4330 4 ай бұрын

It’s also a city that apparently is prone to blackouts

@arena7839 4 ай бұрын

the sheild thing also looks kinda like a V, as in Voltage

@A11V1R15 5 ай бұрын

There's a follow-up you can do here: In Galar every type has a logo that is utilised in the jerseys, every Gym Leader uses them, Avery and Clara use two unused ones and the other ones, you can still buy for yourself. I wish these symbols were the logos

@rotciv557 5 ай бұрын

I think most of the creativity in regards to the badges in Gen 9 was put towards making unique pictures rather than making unique badges, so it's moreso a case of whether or not the player appreciates the fun character interaction more or less than they do the inspiration for the badge design.

@felixhenson9926 4 ай бұрын

yeah i noticed and enjoyed the selfies more than i ever paid attention to the badge names or designs

@a.p.studios8713 5 ай бұрын

I think one really neat thing about the kalos badge (im personally playing Y right now and im about to fight the Snowbelle Gym) is that every one of the badges has a kind of gemstone incorporated in them (that clear bit), symbolizing the emphasis on beauty in Jalos (gemstones, jewels)

@AceAureus 5 ай бұрын

Makes sense given this gen invented mega stones

@beckhampang191 4 ай бұрын

what gems do rumble, voltage, plant and cliff contain?

@a.p.studios8713 4 ай бұрын

@@beckhampang191 I’ve always considered the amber blocks, garnet/topaz fist, aquamarine leaf, and citrine triangle to be the gems because in the xy games you can rotate the badges 360 degrees and those parts look like gemstones

@Ellie-bs5zq 5 ай бұрын

As someone with French as my mother language, this video was definitely a wild ride. Though the wildest parts were definitely the Fairy and Psychic badge explanations; I'm... really surprised that for Laverre city, Lockstin hasn't mentioned that... well... "verre" literally means glass, after talking about stained glass for the whole segment. Or how the pearl in the badge wasn't mentioned at all, since I'm pretty sure pearls are fairly popular jewelry in France? And for the Psychic badge section... well, let's just say that mispronunciation of anise was probably the worst of the video, and it's actually an English word lol

@diegoreckholder945 5 ай бұрын

i came here to comment about "la verre" too 🤣

@orbboom6119 5 ай бұрын

Xdd

@runningoncylinders3829 5 ай бұрын

Cool to know just a bit more about Witchcrafter Madame Verre having read this. The Magistus have directly dealt with glass. Maybe glass has an alchemic significance in some ways.

@erazall1485 5 ай бұрын

Yes alchemy use a lot of glass exactly like chemistry, because all of the tools are made of glass. Test tube, erlenmeyer....

@shadymahe 5 ай бұрын

The way he said Anis as Anus 💀

@danger_noodle1246 5 ай бұрын

Clemont's badge to me looks a lot like one of the symbols used in electrical engineering schematics. With this it seems fitting, as Clermont is an electrical engineer. This would also explain the lighning bolts coming out the side. He is an inventor with an electrical specialty, so his badge is a stylized symbol used in electrical engineering.

@anny8720 5 ай бұрын

The triangle part also seems to have bolts/screws along the edges to maybe indicate his mechanic work??

@Shadowfur 4 ай бұрын

Also reminiscent of the fact that Paris is a circular city with the Eiffel tower being the brightest tower in the city at the center and reaching out with light.

@SoliacTrahkorsky 4 ай бұрын

You notice it looks like an explosion?? Because his inventions would explode and/or malfunction all the time

@Reddotzebra 4 ай бұрын

In Japanese they straight up named the guy Citron, because of his hair color and... Lemon batteries I guess?

@JCasR3 5 ай бұрын

What I find interesting is that like Wolfrick other gym leaders have families that never show up in any form. The first gym leader in Galar has a bunch of siblings in the concept art, but there’s no mention of them anywhere else.

@tobysinbad 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like the buildings in Galar and Paldea. Barren due to time constraints/ limited workforce. I want to walk in buildings and meet npcs with non-generic dialogue, gym leaders with stories (though honestly Milo’s large family and single absent facial feature does give me Brock vibes) and pursue side quests out of curiosity rather than to get whatever reward I need to enjoy the game more..

@omarmansuri7099 5 ай бұрын

Ya through concept art, we find out that Melanie has 3-4 kids besides Gordie. Could be an interesting video in it's own right, Gym Leaders who have family mentioned or appear in their own right throughout various media.

@ChangedMyNameFinally69 4 ай бұрын

@@tobysinbadI only found him having a brother, but Bede having alternate clothes you never see her wear or Opal being young are things I wish we got referenced too

@pangorogrunt3114 5 ай бұрын

The thing about Wulfric's badge Is that there is actually water inside it. I think it's really awesome that a gym badge has something organic inside of it.

@misterzygarde6431 5 ай бұрын

Given that 3/8 of the Kalos badges are named after their types. I had ideas for new names. * Viola’s badge was a bit hard to think of a new name but given it resembles a beetle, perhaps the Elytra badge could go well, seeing as the elytra is the hardened forewing of beetles * Maybe they could’ve called the Fairy Badge, the Fae badge instead given that Fae’s another word for fairy. * The Psychic Badge could be called the Seer or Clairvoyance Badge with how Olympia could see into the future. 3:33 I thought of this idea where we could do a variety of tasks to get the gym badge. Like perhaps the gyms are closed and you have to help the gym leader with a task. Like for example, helping them get through an area, fending off goons from an villain team while they're busy with something important, recovering a Pokemon of theirs from a villain, getting medicine for them, battle alongside them against a Totem Pokemon and its goons, etc. Then during the post game, you can go through the reopened gyms and fight them like a traditional team.

@coreDesignix 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the Fairy Badge could be changed to the Sprite Badge, since sprites are a kind of fairy, but I guess people might think of the soda...

@perrylawrence7514 5 ай бұрын

Or Pixie. Or Sprite. Literally any synonym for fairy would have worked here.

@kronossscythe 5 ай бұрын

for the psychic one i was thinking the Pythos badge because thats the name of the snake that occupied the oracle of delphi in greek mythology and the smoke trail kind of can be seen as a snake

@pokechatter 5 ай бұрын

Oracle might also have worked for the Psychic badge.

@RByers404 5 ай бұрын

I think the fairy badge is ok in this scenerio, as Valerie's gym was the FIRST EVER fairy type gym

@parkerv543 5 ай бұрын

I thought it was cool how in Kalos, the gym badges start out bronze (with the bug badge) then go to silver (with the cliff badge and half of the rumble badge) and finally all the badges go gold (with the other half of the rumble badge and all the badges following). I personally would have liked to see more bronze and silver badges but the idea was there and is still cool.

@skarlettemango6744 5 ай бұрын

I can think of one defense for the Galar gyms. Instead of a fully fleshed out badge, they all have gym logos that have more thought put into them and if they were put into a badge format, they would look like the badges of the other regions. It makes sense for them to put more focus on the logo side of things as the whole gym scene in Galar is all reminiscent of sport leagues.

@ryninja5788 5 ай бұрын

Honestly given that Paldea is mostly focused on its school with the gym challenge as one of the things the students can focus on, it makes sense that all their badges are the same. They’re like standardized tests, so you get a standardized reward. Plus, no offense, but there really are only so many ways you can name a badge before you run out of good names that can be understood by most players (zephyr excluded). Decided to cut it off early I guess.

@RyushoYosei 5 ай бұрын

Hopefully they bring some soul back in the future, but I do agre, it does make sense for them to be very plain and standardized since they are "School test/reward/whatever marks."

@mysticdigital5936 5 ай бұрын

Endless excuses for lazy game design huh?

@ryninja5788 5 ай бұрын

@@RyushoYosei especially since they canonically rotate gyms out in the region. If a new leader becomes strong enough, they can replace a different one like how there was a fight for a fighting/psychic gym.

@kirbules0058 5 ай бұрын

It also makes sense as the gym challenge is not very popular in Paldea as it is in other regions, meaning that, canonically, they probably didn't have the budget to make each badge unique.

@ChangedMyNameFinally69 4 ай бұрын

@@mysticdigital5936Pokemon fans when people don't think the newer games are the spawn of Satan...

@nassimmebarki7452 5 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you went with stained glass speech for the Fairy Badge but didn't mentioned how Laverre could also pull from "verre", the french for "glass" (even more fitting of the badge)

@StarLight37-pw7xe 5 ай бұрын

Now I’m curious, what if you did a video on each Alola trial? Like, why you have to do X thing to get Y pokemon to come out and fight you. Maybe there’s some sort of traditional Hawaiian activity weaved into at least one or two of these little challenges?

@Shinntoku 5 ай бұрын

I can give one defense of the Paldea gym badges: they're "soulless" because the pokemon league is a corporation of sorts and the gym leaders are just employees. They didn't design the badges, they were put out by the soulless corporation

@DevilHunter2100 5 ай бұрын

Regarding the opinion on Gen 9, I always thought the Paldea Badges were designed to be like stamps for passports or postcards since Scarlet and Violet focus so much on travel and exploration, especially since the other story paths also give you badges. Also, each of the photos you get after completing a badge kinda look like postcards.

@mooreshmallow 4 ай бұрын

The badges are literally even pinned to the commemorative photos you take after earning each one. It wouldn’t surprise me if, in-universe, the Gym Leaders (or at least their type specialties) change periodically, leading to the League having spares on hand for the various types that could be represented at any given time. We already kinda see that with Larry anyway.

@moqyyyy 5 ай бұрын

Tbh it might have been a really good idea to make the SV badge’s designs after the main pokemon Ex: Fire Badge would be based off fire revavroom (or torkoal?), Rock would be based off Klawf, Bug would be based off teddiursa

@Nelsito99 5 ай бұрын

I think due to knowing the tyme used to be a gym leader but there is rock gym the types are constantly changing and the changing or gym leaders could have made making specific names for each type hard to do Arvin even says they he is giving you gym replica badges which are types that are not in the gym rotation

@AbsolXGuardian 5 ай бұрын

0:16 Honestly the Pokemon are the one place I'd say Game Freak has kept the same top quality. It's in the games themselves where things are lacking. And I wouldn't be surprised if the top executives of TPC were doing that consciously. Good designs for the Pokemon themselves also helps merch sales, the anime, and the trading card game. You get more bang for your buck.

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

You forgot the lore the lore is very good and the personality There are different ways to have soul it didn’t go away it’s just in a different form I disagree with this notion Pokémon is such a one of a kind unique franchise and ash and pikachu have such an one of a kind unique journey It was such an imaginative and unique and special and one of a kind journey and there will never be anything like it again in any franchise and I hope more people discover it for the first time There’s no characters like them in any anime or even within pokemon itself They are so special I’m gonna be showing the anime to my kids I’m sorry you got so lost and brainwashed by the superficialities of the industry you forgot what Pokémon was originally about And I know that the game isn’t perfect and that there’s issues Pokémon is a franchise where the theme is friendship is magic and meeting cute and cool unique monsters What the hell does graphics and performance have to do with those things? Nothing if you wanna criticize a franchise criticize it on whether or not it delivered on the messages and themes it promised Was friendship magic? Did you meet cute and cool unique creatures? Ok then it’s a good game Those are what’s important to Pokémon As the og theme said Pokémon is about Oh your my best friend in a world we must defend I will travel across the land searching far and wide each pokemon to understand the power that’s inside Our hearts so true our courage will pull us through you teach me and I teach you” That’s what it is about and that’s what it will always be about and if that’s what it continues to be about until the end Then that’s a strong enough ending for me Not sure what graphics and animation and performance has to do with that Performance graphics those things never Mattered You have to remember pokemon games have only been 3D since 2013 that’s pretty recent compared to other games like Zelda that have been 3D since the 90s and early 2000s so obviously they’re gonna be behind Mixed with the fact that They can’t delay the game because main console for only 5 years compared to Zelda since n64 The franchise was designed so that every aspect of it has a symbiotic relationship The games can’t release without the anime the merch and the manga and the manga the merch and the anime can’t release without the games And it’s about time you all understand that by now They are doing their best trying to balance the games with the tcg and the anime The Pokémon franchise is like a game of jenga If you move one thing it all falls apart They are doing the best they can sorry I’m the only one who appreciates that Unless you want them to hypothetically release the Gen 10 anime and then wait till the anime gets to Gen 15 to release the Gen 10 games they are still learning as they go so y’all gotta be patient and give them time to catch up Their partnership with take two they’ll apply what they learn back into Pokémon so that’s good You have to remember gamefreak are inexperienced with developing open world games so of course there will be some trial and error the more they work on and improve the game and do future games the better at it they’ll get Rome wasn’t built in a day we need to be patient Assuming we get more open world games NOT TO MENTION ScarVi’s development was probably screwed up by the pandemic Probably turned it upside down And before u say just delay the game They can’t delay the game The franchise was designed so that every aspect of it has a symbiotic relationship The games can’t release without the anime the merch and the manga and the manga the merch and the anime can’t release without the games And it’s about time you all understand that by now They are doing their best trying to balance the games with the tcg and the anime The Pokémon franchise is like a game of jenga If you move one thing it all falls apart They are doing the best they can sorry I’m the only one who appreciates that Unless you want them to hypothetically release the Gen 10 anime and then wait till the anime gets to Gen 15 to release the Gen 10 games ⁠it’s not outdated it’s rebellious and nonconformist They choose to live in their own bubble and be one of a kind and not imitate what everyone else does and they have my respect for that

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

The lore is amazing and the detain in the region’s culture as well

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

There are different ways to have soul it didn’t go away it’s just in a different form I disagree with this notion Pokémon is such a one of a kind unique franchise and ash and pikachu have such an one of a kind unique journey It was such an imaginative and unique and special and one of a kind journey and there will never be anything like it again in any franchise and I hope more people discover it for the first time There’s no characters like them in any anime or even within pokemon itself They are so special I’m gonna be showing the anime to my kids I’m sorry you got so lost and brainwashed by the superficialities of the industry you forgot what Pokémon was originally about And I know that the game isn’t perfect and that there’s issues Pokémon is a franchise where the theme is friendship is magic and meeting cute and cool unique monsters What the hell does graphics and performance have to do with those things? Nothing if you wanna criticize a franchise criticize it on whether or not it delivered on the messages and themes it promised Was friendship magic? Did you meet cute and cool unique creatures? Ok then it’s a good game Those are what’s important to Pokémon As the og theme said Pokémon is about Oh your my best friend in a world we must defend I will travel across the land searching far and wide each pokemon to understand the power that’s inside Our hearts so true our courage will pull us through you teach me and I teach you” That’s what it is about and that’s what it will always be about and if that’s what it continues to be about until the end Then that’s a strong enough ending for me Not sure what graphics and animation and performance has to do with that Performance graphics those things never Mattered You have to remember pokemon games have only been 3D since 2013 that’s pretty recent compared to other games like Zelda that have been 3D since the 90s and early 2000s so obviously they’re gonna be behind Mixed with the fact that They can’t delay the game because main console for only 5 years compared to Zelda since n64 The franchise was designed so that every aspect of it has a symbiotic relationship The games can’t release without the anime the merch and the manga and the manga the merch and the anime can’t release without the games And it’s about time you all understand that by now They are doing their best trying to balance the games with the tcg and the anime The Pokémon franchise is like a game of jenga If you move one thing it all falls apart They are doing the best they can sorry I’m the only one who appreciates that Unless you want them to hypothetically release the Gen 10 anime and then wait till the anime gets to Gen 15 to release the Gen 10 games they are still learning as they go so y’all gotta be patient and give them time to catch up Their partnership with take two they’ll apply what they learn back into Pokémon so that’s good You have to remember gamefreak are inexperienced with developing open world games so of course there will be some trial and error the more they work on and improve the game and do future games the better at it they’ll get Rome wasn’t built in a day we need to be patient Assuming we get more open world games NOT TO MENTION ScarVi’s development was probably screwed up by the pandemic Probably turned it upside down And before u say just delay the game They can’t delay the game The franchise was designed so that every aspect of it has a symbiotic relationship The games can’t release without the anime the merch and the manga and the manga the merch and the anime can’t release without the games And it’s about time you all understand that by now They are doing their best trying to balance the games with the tcg and the anime The Pokémon franchise is like a game of jenga If you move one thing it all falls apart They are doing the best they can sorry I’m the only one who appreciates that Unless you want them to hypothetically release the Gen 10 anime and then wait till the anime gets to Gen 15 to release the Gen 10 games ⁠it’s not outdated it’s rebellious and nonconformist They choose to live in their own bubble and be one of a kind and not imitate what everyone else does and they have my respect for that

@yourface2464 5 ай бұрын

@@madnessarcade7447holy hell, now that's a schizo rant if I've ever seen one.

@RatedMforMeenie 5 ай бұрын

aren't the pokemon designs made by Creatures Inc? So GameFreak has literally done nothing good in nearly a decade

@Celestiax001 5 ай бұрын

Voltage badge could be based on the idea that applying friction to amber with cloth will exhibit static electricity. Just my thought though.

@emanuellgabriel 5 ай бұрын

For me, I like the Unova Gym Badges a lot especially the golden coating outside of it. They look like Trainer accessories. Gen 1 badges are not bad too.

@arielalejandrodelfabro1740 5 ай бұрын

Also also fun fact Lavender is known to be good to relax people and make them sleep easier. So… it conects with the Dream part

@SpectroliteDS2400 5 ай бұрын

Fun fact: we've had *three different badges* called the "Fairy Badge" since gen 6. Let that sink in.

@jakobthomas1926 5 ай бұрын

I do like in Sw/Sh that each Gym has their own symbol, separate from the badges. Like Kabu's symbol is a Centiskorch helmet with the fire Kanji, and Pierce's is a monstrous jaw, which when turned on its side is the Team Yell logo Interesting stuff

@draghettis6524 5 ай бұрын

Here are the French names for those badges, a translation for them, the French name for the corresponding leader ( also, we call Gym Leaders "Maître d'Arène" ( Arena Champion ), with Pokémon Champions being called "Maître Pokémon" or "Maître de la Ligue" ( Pokémon Master/League Master ) ), and the French name of their cities : - Bug : Coléoptère ( scientific name for beetle ) : Violette : Neuvartault - Cliff : Mur ( Wall ) : Lino : Relifac-le-Haut - Rumble : Lutte ( Struggle ) : Cornélia : Yantreizh - Plant : Végétal ( self-explanatory, also in French the Grass type is called "Type Plante" ) : Amaro : Port Tempères - Voltage : Tension ( literally a direct translation ) : Lem : Illumis - Fairy : Nymphe ( notably, Sylveon is called Nymphali in French, and the type "Type Fée" ) : Valériane : Romant-sous-Bois - Psychic : Psychisme ( the type is called "Type Psy" ) : Astera : Flusselles - Iceberg : Iceberg : Urup : Auffrac-les-Congères

@Purriah 5 ай бұрын

I binge this channel for a day, forget about it for 3 months, and repeat. The quality and/or humor gets better every time.

@luisfrik 5 ай бұрын

Clemont's badge is probably a retro voltage gauge (or measuring device in general). The rivets on the edge make it look like the lens/cover is bolted into a machine.

@TimboFromLimbo 5 ай бұрын

I love the victory photos in Paldea, I wish I could look at them whenever I wanted.

@mason-. 5 ай бұрын

I never thought about it this way until I heard your description of galar's badges at 21:07, but maybe the fact that you have a bunch of separate pieces that come together to become a coin is a reference to how you can arrange the six British coins to make The Royal Shield

@tuvyamaeir4684 5 ай бұрын

The Voltage Badge is based on Lumiose Tower. All of the lightning bolts direct at the center of the town, where the tower is, the shape of the rounded triangle resembles the shape of the tower as you go away from the narrow middle, this seems pretty obvious to me.

@sonxicor254 5 ай бұрын

Think about the badges of Paldea as coins you’d find in a Treasure Chest meaning it’s “Treasure”

@KenMantheUltimate 5 ай бұрын

I thought the Paldean badges looked like Merit Badges from scouts, uniform in size and shape but with a symbol showing what they're about.

@NightFuryLover31 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, the badges were a major let down in Paldea. Barely worth noting. At least the Kalos badges look pretty cool. It's amazing you got this far. And thanks for reminding me I'm an adult now, still playing with my favorite childhood game! I was hoping for an existential crisis today! 😵‍💫😆

@adrianleonce455 5 ай бұрын

While the Paldea badges are a downgrade, I don't think they are a "major" letdown thanks to the pictures that come with them. The pictures you take with Gym Leaders, Arven and Team Star is always charming. They can be cool, cute or even funny. Honestly, I think they are the real "badges" of Sca/Vio.

@TheMightyX 5 ай бұрын

I kinda feel Clemont’s electric badge is meant to be reminiscent of his Heliolisk with its frill up? Iono. Thanks for another great badge video! ❤

@Wolfbane382 5 ай бұрын

Love the touch of having your videos playing in the background in the opening. XD Also I do agree that it is kind of sad the badges don't look really good in gens 8 and 9.

@corruptcamerupt2344 5 ай бұрын

I do kind of miss the uniqueness of the different badges, but I’m not gonna go into a depressive spiral over it. Personally I think out of the 3d games so far I think sv is the best. The different story paths are fun and I think it’s cool how they come together at the end, a lot of the Pokémon have great designs, and it has possibility the best rival/friends group of the 3d games.

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

5:11 it’s not that they are devoid of soul it’s that it fits the uniformity of the game since the region is centered around a school where you wear a school uniform and the Pokémon league is an exam So they are like school badges or boy/girl scout badges I think that’s a cool concept

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

They all have their own charm

@Joyful_Traitor 5 ай бұрын

To be fair it isn't hard to beat the last 3 games for friends from X and Y to Sword and Shield they are nothing to write home about

@formlessone8246 5 ай бұрын

I mean, honestly? Who really cares about the badges themselves? I remember there being a feature of the DS games where you could open your badge case to polish them. What I don't remember is ever so much as dusting them off because I had other more interesting things to do. Like going to the next town to conquer it's gym, beating the regional team, catching all the Pokemon in the Pokedex, and watching paint dry. You know, fun stuff.

@corruptcamerupt2344 4 ай бұрын

@@formlessone8246 I remember the badge polishing mechanic, it was in the gen 4 games, and I recently learned it’s also in the first black and white games. I would polish the badges to max shininess whenever the thought crossed my mind, but I have ocd so maybe I thought about it more then others. Though I do agree a bit that the badges really aren’t all that important as anything other then a sign of progression, and if they were the last bit of soul the franchise had then there wasn’t much soul to begin with.

@kaitlynlehman7414 5 ай бұрын

To better explain the Lumiose city badge (since pokemon y was my second pokemon game): Lockstein pretend the badge is 3D!(3d was big in pokemon games at the time) Yeah that "lens flare" design is actually Lumiose city tower if a bird was looking down on it. (because thunderbolts/ thunderstorms come form the sky) "But why is the badge's base a triangle Kat?" I got 2 reasons for that: 1. Its taking after the triangular caution sign warning planes not to crash into the tower(because pilots can get blinded by light. Ever heard of the Hindenburg blimp crash? 0.o ) 2. Another thing it can be cautioning is electricity! (Both in the gym itself, powering said gym and not to mention bolts of lightning attracted to the tower itself)

@worldsworstletsplay 5 ай бұрын

I greatly appreciate this perspective on badges, and it makes me rethink how I want to do my badges for the Fakemon region I'm creating. Thanks Lockstin for the valuable input!

@XymorBanjo 5 ай бұрын

The Badge series has genuinely made me glad to have started making my own Fan Region, honestly. One big thing that I also wish to note is Vivillon keeps getting its name botched. It's not evil, why is everyone making it a villain?

@lordofninjas1 5 ай бұрын

I assume part of the Vivillon thing is people sort of making a joke that it's Pokemon 666 (if you aren't aware 666 is the number associated with the Devil in Christianity). Besides that though, I think it really is just people trying to pronounce it and just saying it random ways based on how they understand grammar and such. Also yes, I know it's supposed to be Vih-Vee-On because it's based on a Papillon (Paa-Pee-On) Butterfly, but even I still say Vih-Vihl-On.

@MattwosRandomNonContent 5 ай бұрын

@@lordofninjas1 Oh so sort of like how Giratina isn't actually pokemon Satan and Zygarde isn't actually pokemon Loki? (Yveltal is absolutely pokemon Hræsvelgr though, even if all the Helheim Bird is actually known for is being where wind comes from) "I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there." - Eighth Doctor

@lordofninjas1 5 ай бұрын

@@MattwosRandomNonContent not exactly. People make "evil" jokes about Vivillon simply because it's #666 and it's name can kinda be a play on that, whereas the "Giratina is Satan" thing is more based on what Giratina is and concepts surrounding him and such, things like being an entity created by God that later betrays him and is cast out into their own realm (Hell for Satan, the Distortion World for Giratina) and stuff like that. I've not heard the "Zygarde is Loki" thing or "Yveltal being Hraesvelgr" thing, I have however heard of them being the bird that sits atop Yggdrasil and the serpent that eats at the roots of Yggdrasil, with Xerneas being the Deer that dance around Yggdrasil. That said, I could see Yveltal also having a basis in Hraesvelgr, since Zygarde seems to be based on both Nidhogg and Jormangandr. Also, while I appreciate the Doctor Who reference, it's not necessary nor common practice on KZfaq to sign comments like its a forum post, because its not a forum post.

@MattwosRandomNonContent 5 ай бұрын

@@lordofninjas1 Giratina didn't betray anyone. That's a load of BS. The _factual_ truth of the matter is according to the ever unreliable Pokedex, Giratina was _allegedly_ banished for being "too violent" something that's never even actually been backed up by any Pokemon media: In Pokemon Platinum, Giratina was happy in isolation and even brought Cyrus to the place he was always meant to be. And then Giratina in the movies was perfectly happy living in isolation and just wanted Shaymin's powers after Dialga and Palkia's battle from the Darkrai movie caused smoke to appear in the distortion world, then in the Arceus movie it attacked them for causing the smoke to appear in the first place. Zygarde's three forms are _supposedly_ based on Loki's children, you forgot 100% which some people believe to be based on Hel (I don't really know why though) and 10% which people believe to be based on Fenrir so at least one person has taken that to mean Zygarde is Loki itself. Also that's a quote citation... Do you not know how quotes work?

@lordofninjas1 5 ай бұрын

@@MattwosRandomNonContent I didn't say that *is* what Giratina is or did, nor did I say that it *is* what I personally believe to be the case, I was simply explaining why people may believe that is the case and how it differs from what I was talking about with the Vivillon thing. Also even with what you say, there is still enough there and enough similarities and such that it is easy to see why people may fall into that opinion, even if it's not an opinion you personally hold. Also also, for Pokemon it doesn't exactly work to use game stuff to talk about movie stuff and whatever cause they are meant as different continuities to each other, so how things happen in one medium doesn't effect how things happen in the other mediums because of that. I didn't forget 100% or 10% Zygarde, I didn't mention them because I didn't feel it was relevant to what I was trying to say. I can see the Fenrir basis for 10%, though I just essentially say the main Gen 6 Legends are based on things from Norse Mythology, so people can take that as they will. I'm well aware how quotes work, however you didn't make it clear that you meant it in that way (a simple "I think the following quote summarizes my feelings on the matter" or something to that effect would have helped with that) rather than just posting it with no other context in a similar manner to how people often sign forum posts, which makes it come across as such. I can tell you're very opinionated and very passionate when speaking about your opinions, I would just warn you for the future it did come across as aggressive for no reason (I didn't call you names or insult you in any way and was just calmly explaining things), you might want to watch out for that in the future.

@augstradus 5 ай бұрын

The Paldea Genericness makes kinda sense, because the Champion Institution is kind of a MegaCorp which are famously soulless

@FamiliarlyFrigid 5 ай бұрын

The Voltage Badge is so pretty! Idk why the base is a triangle, but the rest of it makes perfect sense. It looks like rays of light, which electricity can emit, and because Lumiose City's whole theme is light. The city's light requires electricity, as we see in the in-game blackout. The badge has one of the most unique silhouettes, too.

@silversonic1 5 ай бұрын

What some see as a shield on the Voltage Badge can easily represent a skylight or a window. Then again, if you strike a shield in certain ways you might cause sparks to fly. I'm actually a bit surprised you didn't think of that.

@magebear7 5 ай бұрын

The Voltage badge always reminded me a little of those fancy mirrors or signs with the lightbulbs around the edges that they use in the theater. Still not sure how the triangle fits in, or what it has to do with Clemont, but that part does make sense to me.

@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous 5 ай бұрын

Each new video from Lockstin & Gnoggin is like a shot of pleasure right into my brain. There is nothing like it. You rock!

@zepht 5 ай бұрын

I thought the Voltage Badge was like a segment on a wheel you would see on gameshows and such, like how the gym challenge is a quiz which is gameshow-ish

@redhoodprince5455 5 ай бұрын

Not the typo for Paldea badges! Psychic badge picture, fairy text haha love it

@sillyd93 5 ай бұрын

I think since gen 9's theme is treasure, the badges are themed of of challenge coins.

@WretchedRedoran 5 ай бұрын

Man, been a long ass time since I've watched a video from you. Finished watching it, good video.

@ShursGarden 5 ай бұрын

I actually liked the Badges in Paldea. The commemorative coin design looks really nice!

@jonnyboi72 5 ай бұрын

I thought the shape behind clements badge was sort of reminiscent to a game show, which is what his younger sister hosts in the gym for challengers before they challenge clement. And the triangle with the arched side was maybe a reference to game shows, such as wheel of fortune, or any other game show that has a segmented spinning wheel.

@justinn8541 5 ай бұрын

I wish pokemon had more soul in their games. They could start by hiring more people for development and spin-offs.

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with being humble

@Connowot387 5 ай бұрын

@madnessarcade7447 You make a long point. I like it, but… Idk, I want to bring up an “I need to win Worlds for GF to notice and hire me” schtick, but I am focus on some Pokémon cartridges I lost the other day. Also, *I* am unrealistic lol. That is why I haven’t given up. I’m not saying anyone else is/has. My unrealistic nightmare if I did would be like the TAWOG episode where the world lost it’s color if I lost hope. That’s really all I can say before bed.

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

@@Connowot387not sure what that has to do with what I said but ok lol

@justinn8541 5 ай бұрын

@@madnessarcade7447 I understand your point. I do agree that the Pokemon themselves are the most important part of the franchise. But I don't want the Pokemon Company to rush their products to the point they are glitchy. A boring game is preferable compared to a glitchy one. As long as the base is stable, I can live with it.

@kelleninouye4815 5 ай бұрын

I also noticed that eyes of the Bug badge in x and y also may be A possible reference to Kamen Rider eg:Kamen Rider 1,Kamen Rider 2, And V3. A Small detail, I didn’t easy noticed in my first playthrough.

@epigeios 5 ай бұрын

Whenever someone says "It was always that way, You just didn't notice because X", That's ALWAYS a coping mechanism. It's true that getting older makes people able to recontextualize the past, but that's only 1/3rd of the equation.

@Articfoxgamez 5 ай бұрын

One thing you can say about the Paldea badges is that they are actual badges now, before they were more like pins... its not much but its something!

@Noisymedal 5 ай бұрын

My friends and I have always called the bug badge the "Bottle opener badge"

@MoramothHauntz 5 ай бұрын

Weirdly cool dorks is a good way to describe the Team Star leaders

@ExploDjinn 5 ай бұрын

The lightning on the Voltage Badge could represent Lumiose City itself, with not only all the streets but all the region's routes converging in the middle like that.

@aidenwallin3523 5 ай бұрын

Paldea's badges are the race cup icons in Mariokart 8.

@BronzeFacade 5 ай бұрын

I like to dunk on XY a lot but I've always loved the art direction. The region, the character designs, the few but solid new pokemon all look great

@Darkviney 5 ай бұрын

Definitely agree here. I dunk on XY for a total lack of a cohesive story and for the desaturation of Pokémon colors, but the designs of the characters, buildings, new mons, and a lot of other things were phenomenal.

@indy_com 5 ай бұрын

I always assumed the Luminose badge was the big tower giving off electricity to the city, but flipped upside-down hence why the triangle is inverted.

@kupaakaleo137 5 ай бұрын

20:33 although I feel like it's worth mentioning that the passport you put the stamps in are likely based on Traveller's Passports (no not the legit government ID stuff) They're touristy little blue booklets that can be found in some select gift shops (I found some in the 'Iolani Palace shop) and they have little sites that highlight some visitor recommended locations throughout the islands that let you get a stamp wherever you go to (though most places didn't have a stamp to use or was even aware of what it even was so it's very niche) I got one for like $7 and I've filled out every location on O'ahu save for the Polynesian Cultural Center. From what I've found, there's about 3 types of these passports around the world: one for Hawai'i & Oceania, one for the US and Canada, and one for the Caribbean and Central & South America

@Armund_Wolffe 5 ай бұрын

22:37 Arven best Pokègirl for real lmao

@gamemasteranthony2756 5 ай бұрын

FUN FACT: Viola is a photographer. A nickname for photographers is “shutterbug”, which also works for Viola’s type.

@clayxros576 Ай бұрын

It works, but they probably could have called it thr "Shutter Badge" to make it sound less lame, plus a TON of bugs vibrate or shiver to communicate. Or in other words, they "shudder" to talk to each other.

@CaptainAlynthro 4 ай бұрын

I love you Lockstin! I appreciate all of the effort you put in every video! Your videos are super interesting and always such a joy to watch! I hope you and your family are doing well and for all of you to have a wonderful New Year ❤

@Tristan_Shuler 5 ай бұрын

Nice job tricking us into a badge video. I hadn’t watched them before this, but now I just might!

@murkrowyeet8484 5 ай бұрын

The thing is, the new games have had significantly more focus on the idea of the pokemon league being an official, organized... well, organization, so it makes a bit of sense that the designs are a lot more uniform. Personally I blame Geeta

@pikanonymous512 5 ай бұрын

I like to think the Voltage badge is similar to Heliolisk just like Clemont's Solar Charger is based on Heliolisk

@michaellovegrove9467 5 ай бұрын

Pokémon games since switch have been nothing but shovelware. Even Sun and Moon felt like they had a modicum of soul. It’s sad, but not entirely unexpected

@xF3arl 5 ай бұрын

I'll be honest, I usually skip the ads, but this one? This one I was kinda glued to.

@aureliodeprimus8018 5 ай бұрын

i haven`t play Gen 9, but the badges look like these boy scout badges you sew onto your sash to display. Which was propably the idea with the school theming.....

@takarijbartleby 5 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure the "Fairy Badge" in Gen 9 is the Psychic Badge? The symbol is of the Psychic type

@Iankepler-hf7xe 5 ай бұрын

The gym was psychic type. Tho I can see why you'd think that. They're very fairy like.

@MothcatAsh 5 ай бұрын

this is the first time I've ever seen the bug in the bug batch I've only seen the upside down recoloured tentacool in there

@Mike_Ka-Chowski Ай бұрын

I love how the Galarian badges form a circle together. Like a medal for you to have to show that you qualify for the championship

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

@beeneko7106 5 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking too.

@SPofSaturnProduction 5 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Grungus37 5 ай бұрын

But they could have given them more interesting names but just decided not too. And I think that’s telling of the issue modern Pokémon games have. They ask how little they can get away with not how much can they cram in.

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

@@Grungus37boy/Girl Scout and school badges have basic names too again it fits the theme

@madnessarcade7447 5 ай бұрын

@@Grungus37the lore disproves this because the lore is always so packed also this game has the biggest regional dex of original mons since bw

@gleamyortalkor8305 5 ай бұрын

I think the voltage badge might be mimicking the city layout. I remember there being multiple direct paths to the middle spaced out Edit: it's close but there aren't six clearly distinct paths.

@MattwosRandomNonContent 5 ай бұрын

The Blubeberry Academy Elite 4 should have their own badges because they're more like gym leaders lol.

@angeldude101 5 ай бұрын

I think that was the first time I've ever laughed at a deez nutz joke, probably because it lacked the usual setup and just flowed into the "nutz" part as though it was meant to be there rather than being added on afterwards as an obvious joke.

@ZonedOutPiggy_Builds 5 ай бұрын

I think you mean that the last “BASTIODON” of soul in pokemon disappeared?

@samuelpaech5628 5 ай бұрын

Alright, now that we’ve done the badges, *please* do the abilities, I really, really want to know the meanings of some of them.

@frankcaggiano8282 5 ай бұрын

Like which, if I might ask? I've always thought most of them were fairly straightforward, but I'm a native English speaker so maybe it's just me?

@samuelpaech5628 5 ай бұрын

Quick Feet, Scrappy, Leaf Guard, Multiscale, Libero, Pastel Veil and Good as Good to name a few. @@frankcaggiano8282

@Razor_Wing 5 ай бұрын

19:06 in the anime the locket contains his Key Stone to mega evolve his Abomasnow.

@Razor_Wing 5 ай бұрын

As someone who's watched the XY series several times.... the way Lockstin is pronouncing the Kalos cities among other things like Vivillon hurts my soul... soul... ˢᵒᵘˡ...

@grenindraw6947 5 ай бұрын

The only consistently goos thing about pokemon is 1. The music 2. The pokemon designs 3. And the human designs Everything else has fallen so flat lately, i couldn't even be bothered to play the violet dlc, or play it anymore past the meh story

@Eevee_from_paldea 5 ай бұрын

5:01 that’s… the psychic badge. Not the fairy badge.

@Allen-qs2xr 5 ай бұрын

Alternative names suggestions for the lame basic badges: 1. Creeper Badge - Creepy crawlers like bugs, and creepy stalkers like Viola who holds a camera to everything 2. Witch Badge - Otherworldly weirdo badge name for our furry body modifying Frankenstein 3. Cosmo Badge - Seriously that's her whole theme

@Hamantha 5 ай бұрын

The badges in ScarVi straight up look like Mario Kart 8 cup logos 💀💀💀

@danieldishon688 5 ай бұрын

So could you explain the type symbols for Normal and Psycic in gen 9. How did psychic go from being a 3rd eye to being a bland hexagon thing, and is Normal supposed to look like an alarm clock? Are Normal types really defined by rest and snore strategies?

@anonymousamethyst8157 5 ай бұрын

i think normal is supposed to be an animal head, bc they're mostly normal animals

@theLucidLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Honestly paldea's badges kinda fit because the school system itself has no soul XD

@lordofninjas1 5 ай бұрын

As far as the Voltage Badge goes, I always sort of saw it as electricity bursting out of a stylized electricity gauge, like the ones used to measure electricity levels that always get blown up in movies and such. I also agree that it is pretty boring that the badges nowadays are just the type name and the designs for both are pretty lackluster. They literally had gym badges for each type already designed in Galar, its the Gym symbol that displays when you start the fight with the gym leaders and that appears on the jerseys and such, not sure why they didn't just use those as the badges. Same with Alola, had they decided to have Gyms there the designs inside the Z-Crystals could have easily been the badge designs. I've seen some comments mention the badges are the way they are in Paldea because its more meant for them to be like Scout Merit Badges or like awards the school gives out, and while I can definitely see that I don't think it's the school that's in charge of designing or distributing the badges or anything like that, but perhaps the league designed them that way for the school project or whatever. I literally have a list of names for each type that the badges can have that relate to their type and aren't just the type name. I also wasn't aware of the scents theming in the Kalos names. Thats an interesting one.

@deadmeme2390 5 ай бұрын

You clickbaited me into watching a gym badge analysis. Lockstin, you've done it again! ❤

@flyinmehkite384 5 ай бұрын

I do think the Paldea gym badges make sense due to how much of a stranglehold Geeta seems to have over all the gyms and Elite Four. All creativity from the leaders are gone because it is how she wills it.

@calebroberson7264 5 ай бұрын

Even though the “SOUL” of the badges are gone in Gen 7,8,& 9 I feel like the “SOUL” of getting badges went into receiving the badge. In Gen 7 you get stamps after beating the challenge and leader, it was like saying “Hey you got a badge here’s a commemorative stamp for your time here.” In Gen 8 it goes back to gyms but instead of beating the gym leader and getting a badge with no flair it becomes a huge thing with both Trainers and Gym Leaders walking up in the middle of the battle field and shaking hands. Just like in most sports both players shake hands and say “Good Game” because it is good sportsmanship. And lastly in Gen 9 You battle the Gyms but without the huge crowds and in the end of the battle you get a fun selfie or picture with the Gym Leader. It shows that the player character is having fun and experiencing the joys of going on an adventure with their Pokémons. While in the end Gamefreak could put a little bit more effort into the badges both design and name to me it shows that they want the experience of getting the badge is fun and more rewarding than the previous titles. (I started playing Pokémon in the newer gens so please don’t hurt me.)

@rossgordanier 5 ай бұрын

Something I notice about the badges. Kalos was meant as kind of a jumping off point. Like the restart of the series but everyone seemed to dislike it so much so they went Altra basic in the next game. I think the bages are the ultimate consequences of this defeat

@scottmacaluso9102 5 ай бұрын

For the Cliff Badge, you missed that the top 3 sections reflect Olympic Medals - Bronze, Silver, Gold

@EpicRandomness555 5 ай бұрын

I don’t really mind the badge names much either way. S/V is my first Pokemon game so I’ve never played with the old badges. And I’ve tried making badge names, it really isn’t easy, especially when so many have been used, you start running out of words that make sense.