They actually fixed Flying Pokemon idle animations. Never stop voicing criticism.

At Gamefreak HQ: Wouldn´t it be awesome if you could challange the battle tower with the friends that joined the game? Executive: What battle tower?

It's so great that all the Flying types have land animations, undoing the travesty of permanent flying animation that Sky Battles caused all the way back in X&Y

Between this and Legends Arceus. The perfect Pokémon game is hiding. I'm very hopeful for Pokémon's future.

Why this channel is the best. Doesn't blindly consume anything GF creates and have horrible justifications for bad games " be greatful". As well as praising the games when they deserve praising and isn't just hating for the sake of hating. A real reviewer which is so rare these days

I didn't think it was possible to have *less* post game than usual. But GameFreak never fails to surprise.

I really don't understand why they remove optional settings like that... Nobody would complain if they simply made Exp. Share and Switch Style the default but let us turn them off. Otherwise, I'm curious what they have in store in terms of DLC - I could easily see them make a few more of /those/ Pokémon (IYKYK). Guess we'll get more news about DLC around the time Home gets updated?

I’m glad you posted an early review. I don’t have issues with critics normally but Pokemon reviews never end up lining with what I enjoy. This sounds like a good Pokemon game hidden under a technical mess caused by a rushed schedule. Hoping mods/patches fix it but this sounds fun.

considering all the criticisms ive read so far, i really didnt expect YOU of all people to be generally positive about S/V. like, this is nice. refreshing to hear good things about them for once.

I do not understand the removal of the Set option. That made it more apparent that they tailored the games towards people with little RPG experience. With that said, I'm glad to hear the game is at least pretty good. I'm still a little soured on Pokemon these days, but hey, you never know. I MIGHT have a look at them one day.

I think game freak needs to realize the 30+ year Olds like me, but ho grew up with Gen 1, would very much like a simple hard mode in game.

It's very disappointing in some ways. I'll still probably get it, but no set battle mode? No option to turn off exp share? They brought back affection... No difficulty settings either? These changes could be implemented so incredibly easily, yet we keep taking steps back every game for people who want even a slight challenge🙃

Not getting the game but happy to hear about these improvements. Removing Set play though? What? Why? C'mon now Gamefreak.

From what I've seen it's somewhat what I expected. Expands a lot on the concepts experimented on in the past few games but is ultimately noticeably held back by a lack of technical polish due to the brutal pokemon release timeline and stubbornness to expand the team to a level which a franchise of this popularity and release schedule should honestly have

Literally the only channel I trust with a Pokémon review

As someone that's not particularly fond of open world games myself, it's neat to hear you disclaimer on that regard. Aside from that though, just about everything I hear about these games makes them sound like they did a great job on the more fluffy charm aspect, but are going to have a lot of mechanical/gameplay elements that're going to be frustrating in one way or another.

this game looked like a game back in the 2000s, it literally looked like pokemon colosseum or pokemon gale of darknesss. this game is evolving only back wards.

Not getting it, mainly because of multiple visual issues I've seen so far, as long as those aren't solved. Things like characters clipping in and out of existance, object pop in, shadows disappearing at random and the camera issues really look like they would ruin the immersion for me and that's what I'm looking for the most in a game. Also find it hard to go back to these stiff battle animations.

I expected to not have exp share toggle, but having battle style permanently set to switch is going to be a pain in the ass, since I don't think I can mod my switch

Just a note, the affection mechanic isn't from BDSP, it's been around since Sun and Moon

Can’t wait to get it tomorrow. This looks like what Swsh could’ve been. Hopefully there’re updates for it.

I was expecting your opinion on this one, and I did anticipate a positive but objective reception. The only bad thing is that I'll miss your High Quality animations videos haha. Great video!

Ok now I'm hyped. It's been such a conflicting experience waiting up until it's release. My thoughts on wanting it to be good but also having expectations be in the dirt. I'm glad that gamefreak has finally gotten its act together somewhat. This bodes well for future games since they can improve upon this.

Man that battle style on shift only really took the wind out of my sails.

I actually like the affection system, it makes me have more of a connection with my Pokemon.

I feel like this game could use level scaling like in botw where every mile stone increases the level in order to enhance difficulty at least to where your not steamrolling the game

I just played the game and I'm so pleased with the Pokémons in the open world. I literally saw a pachirisu climb up a tree and sleep on a branch. Although I really don't understand why the legends mechanic of catching without battling was removed, but let's hope they combine the good things from this and legends in an awesome next gen.

I admit that I am still not getting either game, but I am glad to see things are getting better, even if only by a bit.

I’m going to watch a playthrough and save $80. This game isn’t worth it to me.

It's a small step for the Pokemon franchise. But when you step outside the box, and look at nearly any other RPG or Open World game on the market; you realize just how far behind it is... and that's the problem. Praise for improvement, but I think it's fair to say; this isn't enough, considering what they stand to gain in exchange for minimal effort.

I'm actually really, really considering getting Scarlet. I've checked out every review that's been released and like, for the most part, it's all positive and everyone's having fun and enjoying the adventure and open world. Biggest thing that holds it back is the performance, which yeah, hopefully patches will help fix it. But yeah I'm really considering getting it.

-Forced shift battle style -NO battle tower -Framerate issues and buggy cameras -(Still) Forced exp share Wtf, really wanted to get this game, but now I’m really on the fence.

I was really reluctant to give S&V a chance but hearing you, DistantKingdom, give it such praise. It is actually making me change my mind.

I am quite glad of the overall positive impression of the game. My copy is coming through mail. Hope GF doesn't just make another main Pokémon game next year and rush things out. S/V seems to mostly suffer from the rushed part.

Gotta say, the names of the new pokemon are pretty straight forward.. fido(typical dog name) dough… dog with dough aesthetics.. fidough.. But. LeChonk. Definitely my main

A few days ago I was literally thinking about this game and your channel is the first thing that popped in my head. Looking forward to watching this one I know it’ll be good!

It's a little sad that we have to wait for modders to fix GF's game, but it's good to hear that there is stuff to look forward to in this one!

I think I’m in the same boat as you, I am enjoying the game so far, but I do understand the major MAJOR issues that the have. My issue is that it’s clearly rushed due to the performance and there still no voice acting. Other wise the gameplay is alright, it’s what I was expecting honestly.

A lot of the pre-release complaints people had turned out to be non-issues in practice. -Yes, they do pull the "friendly rival" thing, where she takes the mon weak to yours, but honestly, that really only matters for the first battle. After that, you have access to such a variety that it doesnt matter. Also, she's a former champion who's just doing this for fun, and is a well written character unlike Hau or Hop. -The school is more of a full blown academy than than an elementary school like some people were thinking (and is actually super interesting to explore) -The lack of level scaling means that gym leaders can have more focused strategies that wouldnt work at different levels -The lack of level scaling also means that there are actual hard areas to go into and you wont end up steamrolling the whole game if you end up overleveled (a serious issue with more linear pokemon games) -Trainer battles being optional to where you need to initiate them works in an open world setting, since they'd be easy to avoid regardless. And running from them (while still causing you to forfeit money like a wipe) -Autobattle works because wild battles and trainer battles are fundamentally different things, and in order to keep trainer battles complex, without making wild battles tedious, autobattle is a great solution for clearing out the hoards of wild mons. Also, the main incentive of battling wild pokemon is to collect their drops, which means that youre much more likely to at least autobattle instead of just run from every encounter. -AUTO-BATTLE WILL NOT KILL SHINYS. In fact, its a great way to shiny check mons with subtle shinies or new pokemon that you didnt know about.

This game was actually insanely good, and other than visual issues, the open world feels amazing, and it almost doesn’t hold your hand ever (except for the tutorial and before a star base)

So far, the main problem I see with the game is the performance. It's pretty bad. There is a part in the game where you are with a bunch of Sunflora, and the framerate drops to like 10 fps. I would suggest to pick this game up once they fully patch it.

Thank you for the review, its extremely helpful for someone like myself, who is on the opposite side of the fence, looking for even a reason to be on the fence. I've been let down too many times, and I need to be wowed by the Pokemon company before I even think about giving them another dollar. Sadly, a lot of the criticisms about this game are a lot of the reason I had so much trouble with the last few, glitches and bugs happen but most of these could be fixed if they gave it some more time in the oven and weren't trying to hit a window for sales. As much as I like the new texture is on Pokemon and the way that something's look, I know if I were to buy this game I would just be overwhelmingly annoyed at the constant frustrations, bugs, loss of options, gimmicks, and all around presentation of this new generation of Pokemon games. I really want to get back into pokemon, but I think it's better for me and my wallet if I refuse until they make me feel excited. I need to feel the way I do about some of Nintendo's other franchises, like Kirby or breath of the wild or Splatoon. I'm at the point where they have to dig themselves out of the hole they made. But still, thank you so much for the honest review.

This is good to hear. I was a bit apprehensive about getting the game, but now I feel better. I think as fans of the franchise we have a duty to level criticism towards the games, especially when companies like game freak have ignored us for so long. I really hope they add voice acting to future games. I think would be a significant improvement and make some of the cutscenes feel less stupid.

As the biggest gamefreak critic i know you saying the games are "kinda nice" is definitely the small push I needed to be super excited about these games

Appreciate the small review and yeah it seems to improve, but I'm still not convinced a bit.

Oh my god, I hadnt been excited about a pokemon game in so long. I want to play it so much! Finally a decent over all pokemon game on 3D

It definitely seems like an upgrade from SwSh but it bothers me to even praise that low bar. I'll be buying it 'used' locally again like all my other Pokemon games recently. I want to play it and see for myself, but these games aren't worth $90CAD and I don't want to inflate the sale numbers--I'm petty 😎

i’m surprised there wasn’t more criticism of the performance in this review, but It makes me more excited to play the game!

The lack of Milotic has also left a sour taste in my mouth. The mermaid had been part of my main teams since 2003.

this game may not be perfect, but this is a HUGE upgrade from sword and shield, and gen 10 might be next to perfect

"it'll get patched, i promise!"

I just want a challenging Pokémon game 🥺

I would add some other problems, like the fact that there is no scaling for the gyms and bosses so you can easily miss for example the first gym e get to it when your pokemon are 3 times stronger, also I can personally confirm there are "softlocks" and also a system to save yourself from them by teleporting you to the poke center after getting your position reset by the game 5 times in a few seconds

Honestly, didn’t even know what Set battles were until I started hearing complaints about its removal. Though I also don’t mess with settings to much so that’s definitely a me problem. Still, seems really bizarre to remove modes/functions like that.

I WISH that the pokemon you sent out actually stayed out and didnt return after taking 6 steps away from them.

Now they removed 2 options? Ouch! Next thing you know, they're probably gonna remove text speed and just make it miserable slow.

4:43 I'll never get over how hilariously shitty this animation looks. Most profitable video game IP, everyone.

not getting this one. I'm done with gamefreak's incompetence.

The thing I want the most in this game is to finally be able to use my Shiny Greninja that is sitting in pokemon Home for years again, Greninja is not availiable in ANY of the Switch pokemon games and I don't know why, I know pokemons need to be cut now but starters are probably the pokemon people will want to transfer the most so I feel like they should always be in the games

I just arrived at Mesagoza and I’m already exhausted by the low performance. I’m excited to continue playing but I just wish GF had more time to optimize the performance issues.

Was thinking of just skipping this game, but aside from tyrantrum, most of my favorites make it into the regional dex, which is pretty epic. Might have to pick this one up eventually.

I've been positive basically this entire reveal/release cycle, and it looks like Game Freak actually fixed/improved a LOT of things. Super excited to get my hands on this (and hopefully they fix the performance issues).

Dude, you earned my sub. You mentioned the good, the bad and the ugly without hate or being overly negative on the game flaws. Keep up the good work.

I still don't get how the Switch can run The Witcher 3 can run at 30fps 90% of the time and Diablo 3 can run at locked 60, but Gamefreak can't optimize to hit consistent 30.

Im sorry to disappiont you, but the state of the game is WITH the day one patch. Thats why its called day ONE patch not day 30 something patch… Well maybe there will be another patch 🙃

Those frame rates 😢

I remember, after the release of Sword and Shield, I said to myself that the EXP share not being able to be turned off was as stupid as them removing the switch/set option. Now they've done that too, proving they learnt absolutely nothing from the disaster of gen 8, except that they have to put slightly more effort into the graphics. It really doesn't matter how much they improve the minor aesthetic issues, if the core gameplay mechanics are still gimped to prevent you from actually having any semblance of difficulty. At this point, it genuinely feels like Gamefreak hates the players that want to play their games any other way then how they think you should. What kind of developer actively removes the player's ability to choose how difficult they want the game to be? It's one thing for Gamefreak to not bother to put in the effort of having actual difficulty options, as they've never really done that in older games, but actively removing options that have been standard in basically all previous games is just bafflingly stupid. They saw the people complaining about this issue in all the gen 8 games and really went "Hmm this really annoyed people that we removed options from the older games. Lets remove even more!" I don't know if I can bring myself to support this game when Gamefreak continues to do more of the stuff that I hate and doesn't bring back any of the stuff I want. I consider the EXP share problem, dexit, mandatory affection increase, and the lack of mega evolutions to be deal breakers for me to even begin to consider a Pokémon game good. These are core issues that ruin the gameplay experience of every game where they are present, at least to some degree, and must be fixed ASAP. Otherwise, the best this game can hope to manage for me is a "Less shit that Sword and Shield and BDSP"/10. Thanks, as always, for the actually helpful review content.

why arent people talking more about how every city is empty...you cant enter any house, most npcs arent interactable and the ones that are say 1 line, do nothing and barely give you any items or even sidequests (like arceus).

Will be waiting for that full review, thank you for this video in the meantime, DK! I won't be getting the game myself, the minor inconveniences of performance issues, taking away improvements Arceus made like capture mechanics and physical battle contact, a pretty poor looking environment in a lot of places (great for Pokemon standards, but those are very low against any other game), and story beats not being able to scale with you if you do them in a different order, all kind of pile up for me into bigger problems. It's a step in the right direction, but not far enough for me to come back yet. The Pokemon themselves have never looked better though and that was one of my main complaints for a long while, they look much more alive and exist more believably in their environments from what I've seen, I know Charizard gets a lot of attention already but that new model was AMAZING, and I'm hopeful looking towards the future of Pokemon, but still cautious. If anyone is reading that is looking for a different monster capturing game to fill the void Pokemon has left for many, myself included, I'd recommend Coromon and Monster Hunter Stories 2! Both amazing games with a lot of love and passion put into them!

It is as though they listened to constructive criticism or something

I just finished the game. I hated the first 5 hours of gameplay because my game abruptly shut off, and the glitches were unacceptable. I almost raged quit actually. But after that, I got use to the glitches and actually started enjoying the game

This is a pretty good game. I experienced a t pose glitch at the beginning as well as my arm leaving out of existence during a cutscene but I do see a 9/10 game here. Game freak please fix these issues. This is as fun as BOTW!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I've been missing Pokemon for a long time, but Game Freak just made it so hard to justify at full price. I might actually play a new Pokemon game again.

My thought/s : - I really really love how they have nature doc style pokedex pictures. It makes the pokemon felt more animal like and alive. - Like you mention, I love the play with Pokemon textures. I can't believe I said this but I actually love Finneon now with the makeover and I don't like how they make Luvdisc's scale so giant compared to it's body. - The environment is gorgeous and it felt homey to me. Nothing beats ORAS Foretree city houses tho 😏. - When I saw the leaks about how they got rid of battle option, I thought it was set to "Set" like PLA but I was wrong. - This is a bit spoiler. I actually don't like the auto healing feature. Let me decide my own. That's probably the only things I can think of. I'll add more in the future once the hype died down.

Despite the flaws and glitches, Im having a blast. Already finished all storylines. Lets keep voicing out our criticism

This doesn’t feel like it’s aged well in the past *checks* two days.

this is best review for the game ive seen. you acknowledged the bugs without throwing out the entire game because of it! so many reviews just focus on the slow frame rates and give it 1/10. They completely ignore just how surprisingly good the actual game is. Thank you so much for such an honest thorough review

“One of gamefreaks better looking games” is very hard to agree with. I think this looks leaps worse than sword and shield or legends arceus. Great fun game though

I’m honestly curious what gen 10 will bring to the table. Expanded open world? Maybe but I guess that’s in a long time in the mean time we wait for dlc

Day One patch only added the online functionality and some other minor stuff. No performance/glitch patches; was known even before release. Felt the performance critique was too light compared to what they deserved, but somehow, even with the atrocious performance, the game is still one of the most enjoyables in a long time apart from PLA.

I'll just buy it on sale, the performance really is a death sentence right now

I would have bought it if not for the 20 minute battle timer. Back to showdown for me

While I am getting the game tomorrow, I hope they fix the performance issues. It was pointed out a few months that the Japanese version of the trailers had better overall performance than the trailers in English, so maybe they were just playing with an updated version. But one can only hope.

i feel like someone at gamefreak was listening to your videos, so much seems to have been fixed but especcially idle animations, and the pokemon that are soaring feel like they are instead of just floating

This is definitely a good step in the right direction. There were a couple times where the battle camera went crazy, and I saw under the map, and the battle would teleport me across a small body of water. I miss Arceus’s aiming system. But everything else is great

So they say they want us to play pokemon the way we want they don't want to add difficulty settings yet they will make it easier for you and force you to play the way they want you 2.

I recently learned that gamefreak's total staff count is 169. TOTAL. Not just animators or programmers, EVERYONE. Given a three year time crunch, with no delays. Thats disgusting. TPC is out here making all their money off of Pikachu plushies while not caring about the games that made them successful in the first place. This is why I hate the term "lazy devs". Problems like this are almost always a result of executive decisions, not the developers. TPC should be dissolved into Nintendo proper, GameFreak should be better staffed and given more time to actually work on stuff, and games should be delayed when necessary. I dont even get why Scarlet and Violet wasnt delayed since we dont really have any supplementary material released alongside them. The gen 8 anime isnt even over yet!

Thank you so much! Haven't watched it yet because I'm super busy, but this ties in with my appreciation - so happy you've kept it under 10 minutes, like for real!!! And I can simply listen to it!!!

Also I think terrastalizing looks like shit, it's just your pokemon wearing the same goofy hats with no new forms

It feels like an incomplete game, maybe in a beta stage, there are some good ideas thrown around but it just feels it needed more time and it could have been a decent one

I enjoyed the game. Definitely still a lot to fix but a step in the right direction. However waaaay to many text boxes I couldn’t skip

Also to be mentioned, I found that if you get into a softlock in terms of getting stuck in a single moving position, there is actually a fail-safe feature to displace you back to traversable ground.

Finally a full game which doesnt look like an alpha version

I love it, about 5 hours in and it’s the most fun I’ve had in a while playing Pokémon despite the flaws. I really really like it.

Sadly the game has crashed 3 times for me in total in the 30 or so hours I've managed to get in. Once online, and the other two while loading after a battle win and when loading up the Dex after a new entry

The only thing I didn't like was that they said you could "Choose your adventure" and could branch out in 3 paths, but it was still somewhat pretty linear. You can't just follow one path, then another. You have to do all 3 at the same time, or you're locked out of certain areas or find yourself severely underlevelled.

If you said that these games were bad I was gonna riot and say we are a toxic community because these look good, and seem to be made with some amount of love at least

I'm glad people like the game, but I still have a ton of issues with it. It's better than Sw/Sh, but like....how low of a bar is that? The world still feels empty and lifeless with even environmental assets popping in and out like crazy, and the hand hold-y nature of the 3 questlines undermines any sense of discovery or sense of a living world that exists with or without you being at the center of it. Why not encourage exploration by making the gyms the only thing the game tells you about, but making all the gym leaders much higher level? Why not use the environment to make Team Star's presence in an area really apparent, and create landmarks to encounter titan pokemon? Then fighting Team Star might feel meaningful, and helping this random dude out fighting the giant pokemon would be neat and make the world feel alive. Or do the opposite and make Team Star full of fucking hardcore pokemon battlers and give an incentive to come back to fight them after you've become champion to flex your rank. As of now, they're all just piss easy. You can take on a high level gym early, but it breaks the curve for later. Finding random items and occasional encounters off the beaten path is nice, but honestly doesn't give the world any kind of substance to explore beyond the ends of filling your pokedex and carrying way too many items you don't need. Idk. The technical issues get in the way a lot since I got super tired of running into rookidees 10 trillion times because they're so small and pop in so close, and not having a good perspective on the battle when fighting pretty much anything that isn't a set piece of one of the 3 quest lines really sucked the immersion away. Watching my Kilowattrel's feet dangle in the air for the entire battle just feels jank. This is on top of stuff like taking a step backwards in character customization, and again missing so many pokemon from the pokedex despite the pokemon still having jank af animations for everything and battles feeling so unimpactful. Idk, the game could be so much more if GF actually tried and maybe took a risk or two, but they just.......don't. PLA is still the best game imo because of the risks it took, and while not perfect, just feels way more satisfying to play overall imo.

No nat dex. No buy. That is the bare minimum for me at this point.

We're officially into 'Bethesda RPG' territory with the main series now. We got a 'seamless' 3D overworld by sacrificing the framerate, even the most casual player will encounter major visual / camera bugs, and modding has become necessary to restore functions and options which should've been there in the first place.