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Man I remember when gen 5 was considered the worst generation.

BDSP were actually very special games. They were released in 2021 but were leaked all the way back in 2006. I don’t think you can name any other games that did this.

I love how the fandom change their opinions overtime. People used to hate on Trubbish or Chandelure but ive seen people call them cute or eveb respect and love Chandelure's power.

As one of those people who was waiting years for gen 4 remakes my disappointment is unmeasurable

I always preferred Zamazenta over Zacian. Zamazenta actually looks like wolf combined with a shield whereas Zacian just looks like a wolf holding a sword.

Crabominable has been growing on me too. It's design is a lot to absorb, but I can appreciate how this thing was designed to explain yeti sightnings in a funny way.

Deoxys is definitely supposed to be red, since its based on the DNA base codes ACTG, which are red, blue, green, and yellow. This is supported by the fact that its shiny is green and yellow. I think the only reason it looks kind of orange is because the Pokemon art style loves using super desturated/lighter colors in general. There are plenty sprites from mainline games where its color leans way more red than orange. I think its just an inconsistency thing.

I think shiny Pokemon being "more common" has helped me like them more. I remember back in the earlier gens, I never found a wild shiny Pokemon outside of Gyradose. Now, I've run into at least 1 or two, especially in Scarlet and Violet per playthrough. I think it helps for people who aren't going to dedicate hours to shiny hunting Pokemon get actual shiny Pokemon in their playthrough

The thumbnail is a perfect representation of how everyone felt about bdsp

Honestly, Espeon has always been my favourite eeveelution purely just because of how perfect its design is Its so simple yet so fitting

pokemon taking a break would be amazing but lets look at it like this. every gen there are new pokemon released. with these, there come new plushies, new cards, new figures, new episodes in the anime revolved around them. the whole company is dependent on new pokemon every few years so they can keep this chain of marketing going which kinda sucks

I used to think Ho Oh was cooler than Lugia. But after hearing the story of Takeshi Shudo it's creator and writer of the first three Pokémon movies. About how Lugia was intended to be exclusive to the Pokémon 2000 movie and was only included in the games thanks to a delay on Gen 2 and how the creator saw Lugia as a maternal goddess of the sea and life and became depressed when the studio went against his wish and gave it a male voice. All that definitely made Lugia much more interesting to me as the only Pokémon who was created outside of the games and is tied directly to the tragic story of a man who shaped a lot of our childhood.

I love seeing people giving Ludicolo some love because I love Ludicolo

I've recently started seeing people praise the Alola games much more now. People called me crazy for calling those games great, and now here we are.

Even though it isn't my favorite Gen, I think the recent Gen 2 hate is condusive to what I dislike about game criticism nowadays, even down to creating every discussion about said game in such a dour or cynical way because its seen as the way to be "critical" when a lot of issues people point out about the game in the many video essays I've seen are problems the games as a whole have had or were overarching problems of the first 4 Gens that make me wonder if I'm even playing the same game. And for every positive step newer games take with QOL, they take steps back to fight itself in every other game, outside of Gen 5 I don't feel the series ever reach a fully formed generation. Even competitively I find less fun too! I'm just not a fan of the overly critical, yet cynical approach people take toward reviewing games now. Namely older titles, everyone always acts as if you have to be overly negative with emotional rants that turn vitriolic. like yeah, I believe in being critical, because part of critiquing a form of art is to look at all sides. But people can be critical without turning the discussions into dour vent sessions on discord or every platform. It has made engaging with older games unfun and often just amounts to a series of echo chambers who repeat the same thing over again. They also have this weird defense mechanism for other games when they bash certain games too. It isn't fun to watch or engage in.

I used to hate Ash because he never took the easy route of using his old pokémon and was too sentimental by letting his strong pokémon go. But now I sort of feel like I was wrong this whole time. He did it his own way and sure he could've won sooner but he did what he thought was right and followed his own path knowing he would achieve his dream. He sort of showed us all not to give up. Good on him 👍

You’re so right about going into Pokémon presents hoping to see no games since the release schedule is really hurting the quality of the recent games. Can you imagine how much better legends Arcues would have been if it was released in Nov 23 instead of late Jan? And how much SV will be better if they released it in Nov 24?

I used to watch you a lot in 2016 when I was 11 but stopped…now I’m 18 and I have to give you big props for maintaining such a big following after all these years. You deserve all the praise. Loved your content and glad to see you still making them like you do👏🏻

7:26 That second list can’t be real. There is no universe in which *Whismur* is the 11th most voted Pokémon

I love how he used Mikey’s for the Miltank bit lol

As soon as I saw Miltank, I knew exactly where that was going . MBF was definitely my favorite series on this channel. I think my favorite part about it was the juxtaposition between both your commentary compared to the traditional way of commentary and the juxtaposition between that series and your other videos.

Have any of you ever just... stop liking a favorite pokémon? Sceptile was my favorite as a child but the more years pass, the more indifferent I feel towards it.

Honestly i always loved Gen 5. It has so many memorable pokemon like Haxorous. Krookadile. Darmanitan. Hydreigon. Zoroark. And so many more

The thing I never will understand is why ppl really expected Game Freak to keep the National Dex forever, Gen 9 already made the total a thousand Pokemon and thats a thousand Pokemon they would have to code into every single future game And ppl dont realize that

For me, when I first saw meowscarada, I hated it for the fact that it turned bipedal. But after using it as my starter in Violet, it has become one of my favorite starters ever. Can anyone else relate? Or am I just weird?

Ever since I got a Poliwhirl plush and read the manga, Poliwrath has been my favorite Pokémon. But I also really love Chardizard and Mewtwo out of Gen 1. I like a lot of Pokémon out of every generation (or at least 1-8, I haven't played Scarlet and Violet yet). Garchomp, Pangoro, Sceptile (and all the Hoenn starters), Decidueye, Grimmsnarl, are some standouts of their respective generations.

The only thing I’d say with nicknaming people is that if you’re going through a new region it’s sometimes hard to remember their actual Pokemon name

A recent Pokemon opinion of mine that changed involves a story with Sprigatito in my Scarlet playthrough. I wanted to box my starter ASAP as I did not like the starters in this gen, especially Sprigatito with it's final evolution. I lost a bet and had to pick it, so I was very upset. I couldn't find a good Pokemon to replace it with so it just... became a main stay on the team, but I still resented it. But... During the Champion Nemona fight when it was just my Meowscarada left, I kinda... stopped hating it and grew to at least respect it as it just destroyed her last two team members with ease. This is why you don't judge books by their cover.

Please bring back the metronome battles again. Those were my favorite pokemon videos ever on KZfaq. You winning with miltank was peak entertainment

To be fair the second poll was Japan only and Dedenne won because some big Poketuber or person their it was their favorite so people made it into a meme

i absolutely love the music in pokemon, and i enjoyed your videos about it a lot! would love to see an updated one since your opinions changed

I used to really not be big on gen 5, but now i really like it. I still like gen 6 more than anything because nostalgia bias lmao. Also in recent years, I've grown to like pokemon TCG more than basically any of the videogames

Thank you so much for mentioning gen 5 It was my first ever Pokémon game, and I’m super nostalgic with it, and I also just think it has one of if not the strongest story of a mainline Pokémon game. Also the Pokémon are the best looking in my opinion, and I think they get way too much hate.

Bdsp aren’t bad games, just terrible, terrible remakes.

I’d love it if Game Freak dedicated more time into Scarlet and Violet even after release. They have a lot of potential, but not all of it has been fulfilled. Also I’d love a Pokémon Platinum remake because it’s my favorite.

We all love when a new video of TheAuraGuardian’s come’s out! 👍🏼

I'm glad the starters I picked for the last 2 gens (scorbunny and sprigatito) were the ones whose evo I liked the most in the end

Very much appreciate your love of Koraidon. It’s not exactly on any of my favorites list but too many people have hated on it.

I remember watching your videos so many years ago! Your voice hasn't changed lol (i think its nice)

8:27 When I pick a starter pokemon, I personally stick with them until the end.

I was team Sobble but after I saw Inteleon...I was even more team Sobble. Its so cool, and I don't get the hate for it

3:28 DAMM now I know why mandjtv hate milktank so much

I'm love the fact that me and Auraguardian have the same fav pokemon - Infernape, Lucario, Dialga and Koraidon and ofcourse the love for Gen 4

Person: "Let me get this straight. You think BDSP are overhated?" Me: "I do and I'm tired of pretending they're not"

When sun and moon was new I was team popplio and it's still one of my favorite starters today. Many fans made fun of us for choosing it instead of litten. Let just say it was glorious seeing their reaction to litten's final evolution from the leaks. Thank goodness it not a fire/fighting.😂

The reason people don't like Gen. 2 anymore is: 1. There was a video essay saying it wasn't very good, and people will immediately make up or change their mind if a KZfaqr says something 2. A lot of people who are older now are Gen 5 kids who haven't even played the games and think that anything on the Game Boy is "outdated". The only thing I'll agree on with Gen 4 being the best is that it does have the best game, it's just not any of the mainline ones because they're all pretty mid.

I used to watch you all the time in like 2016. Now hearing your voice is so nostalgic to me good to see your still doing good

My recently changed opinion was my favorite type being Fire but after doing that same sheet that made you change Leafeon to Espeon, I realized far more of my favorite Pokemon are Fighting types, especially with new additions from Pokemon SV in Great Tusk, Koraidon, and Annihilape. I've realized being Fighting type allows for far more variance in design and concept compared to Fire and as the Gens went on, more and more dope Fighting types came and influenced my preferences

love the Avatar the last airbender and some my hero acedamia names at 6:33

I definitely relate to the Zacian one. Didn't happen until Unite, though, since I don't really play competitive battles in the mainline games. Some other opinions that have changed is that I used to dislike Delphox, but it grew on me, and I began liking it. I was originally on Team Litten when Sun and Moon was coming out...then I noped out when I saw Incineroar, and I switched to Team Popplio. I love Primarina way more.

It's weird to me people didn't like Black and White, I absolutely loved them and I think they aged gracefully

I remember when I first ever encountered a skiploom. It was pokemon battle revolution, me and my older brother were playing it, however the skiploom a random trainer had stopped us in our tracks thanks to it's powder moves. I always held a grudge on Skiploom until I eventually used a Hoppip (Nicknamed Skiploom) and went through the whole of Scarlet with it. That was the day I gained a whole new respect for it and it's evolution line. Skiploom is one of my faveroute non starter mons now.

I swear I am a reverse pokemon fan... I loved Gen 5 (especially the sequels) but I actually dropped out of the fandom for Gen 4... I still don't like them...

Unpopular opinion: When I think of how much I like Pokémon designs, while the newer generations are good and certainly more out-there, I always think of generations 1-4 first with some gen 5 designs. Could it be because the newer Pokémon feel more like character designs than animals? Perhaps. Is it because I grew up with generation 4? Perhaps. Could it be because some designs are hard to love without investing time to understand their origins? Maybe. But it could be just that I prefer the direction Pokémon went in with their designs with not only the main series games, but all the fun side-games too. Mystery dungeon, Pokémon Ranger, and even seeing their official art on websites made me exited since I could obviously not get every Pokémon in Platinum. You don’t really see side games for people to get attached to the newer Pokémon anymore.

I feel like a fun video you could do is top 50 favorite pokemon characters from the game but its based on design only

I saw myself frame one of the video. This is awesome

I didn’t like incineroar when sun and moon came out, it was my second least favourite gen7 Pokémon. I’m a big cat person and was disappointed when litten, hoping it evolved into a cool quadrupedal tiger, evolved into evil Tony the Tiger. Although now still like the other two alolan starters more, incineroar is in my top 50 favourite Pokémon of all time. Basically, it as to do with being in smash. Even though i would’ve preferred decidueye, incineroar grew on me. Principally because of a character in alpharad CPCS series blue incineroar (winning two tourney in a row while being labeled as an underdog compared to regular incineroar narratively) and that later on playing as him in smash was pretty fun, definitely top 10 most fun characters to play in smash for me.

I really used to like the 3D models too but recently I’ve been playing through black and white 2 and I really wish they could go back to the animated sprites because it made Pokémon like excadrill and Charizard look so much more threatening

i used to use nicknames as a kid but stopped as i got older. however i started again when gen 9 came out and i love doing it

8:06 - 8:28 never happened to me, never will the only starter I regret having was during Gen 3, here’s what happened: I picked Torchic during my first playtrough in Ruby when i was a middle schooler, my friend decided to borrow the game and reset it so he can play with Mudkip and returned it to me, and I was deeply frustated, so I pick Torchic again in Alpha Sapphire first playtrough, then I picked Treecko later to try out different approach while decided to never touch Mudkip ever again due to that I have strong determination when choosing a starter, I never had any outside influence for example I picked Cyndaquil during my first Silver playtrough, and I keep choosing it in Heart Gold, Legends Arceus, heck even in Emerald and ORAS where it became starter choices same goes with Squirtle and Piplup and about the recent generations, the only leak I was exposed to was Sword and Shield, and the first time I saw Scorbunny, I was touched and determined to pick it, and then Scorbunny final evo got leaked, it exceeded my expectations and I love it even more same goes with Litten and Sprigatito, I don’t care what people say about them being bipedal or furry, I only saw 2 strong Dark Cats, and as a cat lover, I love them the same reason for Snivy and Froakie as well

I was on Team Sobble from the very start, and after seeing the final stages, my choice didn't change.

5:51 There is one isuue however, Pokémon has a anime and trading cards that keep with the games. If they took multiple years off, those would either stop for years on end, or become very repetitive.

I don't agree with the sprites thing, it's more that game freak doesn't put as much detail into the models as they once did in the sprites. It's not an intrinsic issue of the models, if game freak did put as much soul and care I to the models and actually used them to have cool animations and stuff, I think people would see it isn't just a "sprites were better"

Honestly, I would like to see a stylized 2D animation if/when unova gets remade Not necessarily sprites, but something similar to what Nexomon does, where they’re vector animations of the Pokémon but smooth lines. Happy medium between sprite art and 3D models for the game that first flexed it’s skills in fully animated sprites and 3D overworlds. An HD pixel art style like octopus tg could also be cool, but personally I don’t find that style visually appealing for king play sessions, especially when docked on the switch. The pixel art doesn’t scale as well in higher resolutions

I like the models better than sprite, not gonna lie the sprite did have the retro charm factor with it. But one thing I think is an unpopular opinion is I hate the battle circle platform in x and y where your Pokémon stands on, in the sprite era it looked fine but on models it looks terrible, so much so they removed it entirely in oras.

I mean red & green was developed for 6 years & while that game is popular they got multiple problems 🤷‍♂️ longer development time isn't everything I can argue that can be worse than you think Personally I don't think pokemon needs to be like other games but if the quality is improved then that's nice 🤔

I originally did not like sneasler from leaked images. In game though I became one of my favorites.

“I think every Pokémon fan would be okay waiting 5 years” We tried telling everyone this 4 years ago in June 2019, but people didn’t wanna listen. The fanbase wanted to have a schism instead

U were fighting MandJTV with miltank lol 😂

i don't like gen 5 but idk if i will play it i lost multiple saves of this game so i never finished and i don't want to start again for the 10th time

Nice video, also hoping for 2d games, would also be awesome to see some ports, especially heartgold, cause i have no idea hoe to homebrew my oled

I remembered Dexit came around I was completely worried that some of my top favorites won't be in Swsh and it did at base launch but since GF adds more Pokémon in the DLC and next games it doesn't matter to me anymore (The only that I liked that hasn't been on the Switch is the Snivy line) My Favorite Pokémon had been changed over the years, My favorite used to be Glaceon as a kid bc I love Eeveelutions and Ice types and then in the next few years it became Gardevoir because of its Mega Evolution and Shiny and Several years later My Favorite Pokémon recently is Zoroark since with the reveal of its Hisuian Form.

I used to think Pokemon needed to go 3D, but now I want it to go back to 2D. I used to dislike GSC before it was nitpicked, but I appreciate it now even more. I have a theory that the female avatar in Crystal is related to HeartGold and SoulSilver's Executive Proton. I believe Ash peaked in Sinnoh until I analyzed his entire team. He really sucked in that saga! I once thought Dawn had a better arc than May, but nowadays I've come to realize May had better character growth and story pacing. I used to love the real-time based data in GSC, RSE, DPP, BW and XY but now I have no patience for it.

10:11 Ok incoming rant because I’m sick of hearing that Gen 2 is a lower tier Gen. In this essay, I will present the case that Generation II is one of the strongest generations with one of the single greatest impacts on the franchise. Point 1. The Split - In Generation 1, Special Attack and Special Defense were one stat, the Special stat. This led to a massive imbalance favoring Special Attackers like Alakazam or Exeggutor. Generation II saw this imbalance and split the Special stat into two: Attack and Defense. This made the game far more balanced to the point where now a Pokémon with a sky high Special Attack stat doesn’t also live any Special hit. Point 2. Psychic - I don’t need to go over this, everybody is aware of the much needed nerf of the Psychic type in Gen 2. Point 3. Moves - A lot of moves introduced in Generation II have become staples in modern battling. Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Belly Drum, Crunch, Steel Wing, Baton Pass, Curse, Destiny Bond, Encore, Extreme Speed, Giga Drain, Hidden Power, Icy Wind, Protect, Mach Punch, Megahorn, Mirror Coat, Morning Sun, Moonlight, Outrage, Pain Split, Perish Song, Pursuit, Reversal, Safeguard, Sleep Talk, and Synthesis. Not to mention balancing out other moves like Recover which had 20 PP in Gen 1. Moves were a huge part of what makes Gen 2 so great. Point 4. Pokemon - Generation II began the trend that we see to the current day, power creep. Sure Generation 1 had some impressive stats, but Gen 2 put it to shame. Pokémon like Scizor with a sky high attack stat that it can actually take full advantage of, Steelix with unheard of defense, Blissey with unreal HP, and Umbreon with incredible Special Defense. The power of these Pokémon is undoubtedly unmatched by any Gen 1. Point 5. Mechanics - And lastly, Generation II is the source of a great deal of mechanics that have stayed true to this day. Friendship, breeding, weather, and most importantly, held items are all from Generation II. Friendship while not the most popular mechanic has allowed for new evolutions to old Pokémon that have become beloved, like Sylveon and Crobat. Breeding is central to competitive play. It allows players to be able to get the most desirable traits in order to get the best possible Pokémon for battling which cannot be understated. Weather to this day impacts battling to the point where entire teams form around weather conditions because they are just so impactful. And lastly held items define Pokémon. From Nuzlockes to competitive to regular play throughs, held items cannot be understated. And it all began in Gen 2. In conclusion, Generation II is far from the worst generation. Rather it is the reason that Pokémon exists the way that it does or even at all. Gen 2 was supposed to be the last generation of Pokémon. But due to its success, Pokemon went on to become the most successful media franchise of all time. Generation II is one of the most impactful generations, and there is no sustainable argument to the contrary.

9:17 Deoxys and Charizard are definitely not the same color. Deoxys is the color of tomato soup after adding a dash of sour cream. Charizard is Kraft Mac n Cheese colored.

“Is there a show or film you’re dying to see?” The qBittorrent in my pocket:

I can relate with the Ash opinion change after watching the final arc of his journey Made me remember all the emotions I went through watching him back in the day Just wished we got a more complete ending and tribute to every character

My favorite eeveelution is vaporeon then the Internet ruined it for me

Glad to say with both Sw/Sh and S/V I was grookey gang/ quaxly gang and did not change my choice. Rillaboom and Quaquaval were both easily my favourites of the evolutions

I'd like to see a sort of Pre-make where they take one of the 3D games (Gen 6 onwards) and make a 2D version of the game with sprites and everything

I liked greninja instantaneously. I also liked hisuian deci. I also loved klefki and the abominal. I dont give all pokemon nicknames, i have to feel the nickname naturally. I also liked the pokedex cut because we always kinda had it. In addition to this players should be forced to only use new mons so they can develop a relationship with them.

Unpopular opinion here, but DPPt is my least favourite set of games. I'm not saying they're bad by any means, but definitely the one I'm least lkely to pick up and play again

Nicknaming certainly helps when starting in Gen 8 you can rename traded Pokemon once if they don't already have a nickname.

I am with you that the mainline Pokémon series should take a break for like a few years until we get one that’s polished and finished than the gen 9 games

I used to think Piplup was the best pokemon. Now I know Piplup is the best pokemon.

Will people eventually like BDSP like how they with gen 5 or maybe ORAS

10:48 absolute mood tbh! Happened to see that video as well and it made me wish for the main Pokémon games to go for that style 😮

I need to make my list of my Favorite Pokémon of each type. I should get to it someday soon

I can say that let TPC agree to let ILCA do half of the games, because you can see that they have a knack for graphics and would relieve GF from what TPC gives them to do. Whatever you say about BDSP, it's a very pretty game

My favourite pokemon is and always will be, Lugia. When Lugia appeared in the 2nd generation, it symbolized that the Pokemon world is huge and mysterious, still holding incredible legendaries. I will never forget the feeling of wonderment when I pulled her from a neo pack back in elementary school :)

All true except for the National Dex. I buy second hand to keep the sales low. It's not the ultimate fix and it's a bit hypocritical, but since Pokemon don't want to change, we only have a few options.

As a dude who has BDSP on update 1.1.1 I have to say this was one of the most true to form Pokémon remakes we’ve gotten. We had a missingno glitch basically. And you found the real secret of Pokémon ……..nicknames.😂

I hate to say it but Infernape is.... Not great

I used to not bother with nicknames either. But it's something I've started doing now. One because it gives each Pokémon more of an identity and two because I kept getting my nameless starters mixed up upon transferring them all to Sun since I have multiple of the same species. My naming skills still leave much to be desired through, I have enough trouble naming only my player character in other games, but maybe I'll get better at it in future. I want to eventually go back and rename the old Pokémon too but it's harder to come up with names I'd be satisfied with for them.

6:41 i see that you nickname your staravia as sora too, i been using this nick in every flying mon since gen 1 (pidgeot, swellow, staravia, unfezant, talonflame and toucannon) i also nickname all my eletric mons Raiga (Raichu,jolteon,manectrike,luxray,zebstrika, jolteon e vikavolt)

Gen 5 was easily one of the best generations we had. The story was amazing, the characters were complex, the settings were detailed and interesting. The thing that brought it down was that they went with a different design style for the pokemon. They went with more simplified designs and more pokemon based on objects rather than animals, which is what people focused on. All the other aspects of the game were incredible.

I want remasters not remakes and especially not "faithful" remakes

Woah Klefki love. That’s rare. I love to see it. It’s my second favorite Pokémon period, and sometimes I consider it as tied for my favorite.

Hey aura guardian remember the video where you did a poketubers video then vs now how about remaking it since the video is 4 years old and would be cool