Which character do you think had the biggest glow up?

Y’all are forgetting one clear piece of Wally that happens after the main story. The battle Maison. I know most of y’all didn’t play it, however when you get the 50 win streak in a row Wally challenges you again but this time with a competitive team which is absolutely crazy this man pulled up with the comp team and was ready to sweep you

Imo I'd personally add an honorable mention towards Sabrina. I swear it feels like somewhere deep inside the Pokemon company they're obligated to give her a new design every other year, og, anime, manga, FRLG, gen 5, masters etc, for being a character who is not that important in the grand scheme of things she gets a lot of love. Not that i mind as a Sabrina fan myself.

2:38 I love that on the aqua side you can see one of the male grunts simping for shelley

I agree with Silver, and I want to add something since you mentioned Neo Champions from Masters; I like Silver’s story in it, both overall and his Neo Champ story. Silver had a lot to work with for after HGSS, and I think it was shown pretty well progression-wise. Like, the first pair you get with him(albeit free) is with Ho-oh, who “reveals itself to pure-hearted trainers”. When he had the chance to either battle or save Ethan, he chose Ethan. And when he thought Ho-oh would pick someone else, Ho-oh chose him. Then there’s the Neo Champ event, where he finally got the chance to battle against Lance 1v1. Lance comments on him using a Tyranitar to try and win instead of other pokemon he has a deeper bond with, but Silver retorts saying that Tyranitar is battling for ALL of Silver’s team. It just really shows his growth as a character compared to his first appearance, and a nice end* to his story. * = he’ll still want to battle strong trainers, since he hasn’t beat Giovanni alone yet

I feel bad for not knowing your intro is the original series' Japanese opening.

The thumbnails get better and better every time

Pokémon Masters has been doing incredible things when it comes to character development

I am a guilty of listening to Wally's ORAS Battle theme on repeat... It's just so damn epic! And Generation 5 truly is home to some of the best character developmets in the whole series.

Wally's final battle in ORAS made for one of the best moments in the franchise, even. That fight is GRATITUDE. He's come as far as he has because of you, and it's your responsibility to accept his gratitude in the language trainers share. Face him as equals, and fight his Mega-evolved starter with your own.

This makes me wish even more that the Sinnoh remakes had redesigns and character improvements.

If you've played a randomizer of Gen 5, you'd know how Bianca got Virizion. She's just built different.

Real quick side note for Hau: The only reason he wasn't there to help on Melemele Island is because all hell broke loose while you were at Aether Paradise in the original games. He was down there with you. Still glad he got his character arc... Even if we had to sacrifice Lillie and Lusamine's for it...

I know it was briefly touched upon, but I loved how HGSS expanded the Rocket Executives and made it clear they were all different people and gave them different designs. Made HGSS Team Rocket a little better than GSC.

ORAS really did the characters justice

Wally is amazing, never call him forgettable.

There is also the fact that Wally also has a post game battle at the Battle Maison in ORAS once you defeat one of the Battle Chatelaines in a Super Battle (i.e. beat them as part of a 50 win streak). After you defeat him the first time at the Battle Maison, he has a random chance of appearing in the lobby each day and can be rematched but uses held items as one would in competitive (ex: Azumarill with Assault Vest).

Annabelle in Sun and Moon is heavily redesigned to look like Kyoko Kirigiri from the Dangan Ronpa games. You cannot change my mind on this one. Blaine also got incredibly dripped out in HGSS in a similar way to Morty. Red going from original protag to secret superboss in the sequels pretty much shook the series in a way we're still feeling to this day.

As someone who has always really liked Hau even in SM, I'm glad he got to finish his arc in the Ultra games even if they are the Ultra games. Even I can admit that Hau felt a bit undercooked by the end of Sun and Moon so the extra bit of spice really helped. I don't think it was a massive improvement for him but they made a character I already liked complete in a way.

"Morty had the biggest upgrade in HGSS designwise" Bruh look at croaking centenarian GSC Pryce vs. Drip King "your daughter calls me granddaddy" HGSS Pryce.

As much as I do miss jerk rivals. BW and B2W2 had the best of the friend rivals.

Wait, what about Ingo?? His journey is crazy and I'd actually say it's crazier than Annabelle's. He literally ends up in the past in an entirely different region from his own. He doesn't even seem to remember who he is or how he got there, which makes his story even that much more fascinating. If they do end up remaking the Unova games, I would love if they added something more about him disappearing.

Morty getting a Ho-oh in PokeMasters made me so stupidly happy. And a shiny one no less!

I also didn't know they posed an M

That part about Bianca really made me think about what could have happened to the XY friend group, commonly incorrectly referred to as rivals, if we had X2Y2. Trevor is essentially Bianca 2 and he could have had a similar role in the sequels. I wonder if Kalos will ever get the continuation it was robbed of. I'm really curious to see what happens with Shauna after she's older

You forgot Cyrus between DP and Platinum.

I like that in Masters when I see screenshots characters few lines becoming there character basis point. Then add from there

when I battled Wally in Omega Ruby I had a Gardevoir, oh how poethic to be my Gardevoir the one who defeated his Gallade

5:54 something about watching Ampharos use signal beam against a Crobat hurts inside.

Wallys ORAS theme alone is 🔥

Everyone in oras got amazing character redesigns

Another nice bit of development could be seen in the Dragon's den Fight as well. If on the off chance you're using a Pokemon with Water absorb and Silver has a water type out, He'll use it to heal your mon.

Whilst he didn't get any "character" changes, Pryce also has a major drip glow-up in HGSS, easily on par with Morty

BDSP in shambles

Bianca forever a fav in personality, development and design

Just like we got Hisuian versions of Lucas & Dawn in Legends Arceus do you think we’ll get Legends Z-A versions of Calem & Serena?

I think Koga deserves an honorable mention. Say what you want about his teams and whatever, but he was proof that Gym Leaders could advance up when he became an Elite Four member.

You're also forgetting Caitlin. In gen 4 she was the princess of the battle castle in the battle frontier because she couldn't control her psychic powers. In Unova, she's gotten older and is able to actually battle herself. I think that's pretty neat.

@2:02 Actually I listen to Zinnia's battle theme more than Wally's

Ok but Wallys theme is a banger

Thought it was worth noting that another connection Mewtwo has to Team Rocket was when Rocket members were demanding Mr. Fuji start working for them again. At least in Let’s Go. That’s after USUM though.

Excuse me? Did you say ORAS was 2014? How? Those feel like a generation ago to me. But I guess that's probably because I didn't much care for Sw/Sh or S/V, so I haven't sunk a lot of time into a gen for a while.

ORAS were too easy and the battle frontier and some emerald additions are sorely missed, but the character redesigns and updates to story and characters imo deffo made ORAS amazing remakes. Sad BDSP didn't follow suit much, if at all.

Wally's Gardevoir/Gallade transition guys! /j

S&M Hau: Malasadas, LMAOOOOOOOO! *hands you a Max Revive* Ultra Hau: Yeah, I know I'm weak, but that just means I need to try harder, for my Pokémon that believe in me. I'm still gonna eat a malasada while I do it, though.

Just found this channel this week after watching every video I knew I had to get the bell notification

I am really happy Bianca gotten an update in PMEX as a neo champion. From a clumsy starting trainer, dealing with daddybissues to an elegant and confident Neo champion, what's to hate about her?

Idk if it's counted in video, but games Lysandre to his portrayal in the anime. The games version was way too blatant and how characters reacted to him was just kinda dumb with how they played off this creepy and clearly dangerous man. His anime self masks his true nature so much better, and even seems pretty nice at points, such as how he interacted with Mairin. I can see why Alain trusts him, I might've too had I not already played XY. The twist that he's evil is so much better handled in the anime.

Morty actually sports Drifblim aand Mismagius in his roster in PMEX. Bianca glow up was real. same for Silver's Neo Champion Story. (My boy having 8 pokemon who love him

Jpr back from the dead ⛽️

I know you already talked about Ingo in the most Tragic character video. But Legends Arceus changes him from one of the only Gen 5 characters not in the main story to one of the most popular characters ever.

I wonder if Ash counts as a character up grade? Throughout the series there has been some ups and downs, some good and some bad. Also, Bianca's character arc reminds me bit of Liko with her figuring out herself and what type trainer she want to be.

10:02 Well... Actually! It was explained in Masters that she got Virizion before coming to Pasio. So... Yeah! She probably got it after Black 2 and White 2?

Yeah, some of the best character glow ups never leave our mind!

3:14 Courtney without doubt best girl admin ever 👌

Diantha had a brief moment of a social glow-up after beating Lance in the Masters 8. That lasted about 2-3 weeks. We all knew she was going to loose to Leon, just… yeah. Here’s hoping Z-A does something with a version of Diantha.

While all the characters from BW to B2W2 had an amazing shift into the development & changes, my vote would be Sabrina. Going from an cold & sinister alike Gym Leader to her makeover and being intelligent & more calm in Heartgold & Soulsilver was pretty neat. But than she also become an hollywood star at the Poke Studio in B2W2 was mind blowing.

The kingdom hearts sounds make me giggle

I love the opportunity Black 2 and White 2 gave us to check in on characters 2 years later

While I am glad that USUM did expand on Hau's character, I don't agree that his battle to be the champion was better than Kukui's. That legit took me by surprised when I first played Sun and Moon; I didn't expect the guy who gave me my first Pokemon to be my final challenge! And it was a nice change from other professors that just sit around and do nothing for most of the game after the beginning.

Another great vid by Sir JPR

Giovanni in this is a joke. Him retiring after Gen 1 felt like a pretty good ending for the character. Rainbow Rocket and everything rocket since gen 7 just feels like needless nostalgia pandering

I love your vids JPR !!

I didn't know that Silver was hinted to be Giovanni's son in FRLF and I can't find anything on the internet, do you have the source, please?

Who tf is using signal beam against a Crobat??

I think that Bede from Sword and Shield should have been included. Say what you want about the story for that game, but Bede's arc was one of the better told parts of it.

Would Ingo be an upgrade or a degrade? I genuinely feel bad to say getting amnesia and being placed out of time as an upgrade

He forgot to mention Ash-Greninja 😭

I am surprised Courtney got more fanfare than Shelly

What be some flanderizations to cover in response to these if that's not gonna be the next video's subject?

3:17 I know you did NOT just diss the new Shelly? Let Kyogre's Primordial Sea drown you and your channel!

WHERE is kieran. He is the best example of this yet

Not gonna lie, even if the story of USUM is a slight downgrade over the original Sun and Moon, it's still better than every other game in the series (except for maybe Scarlet and Violet).

I mean Hilbert or Rosa could've given Bianca her virizion

Yeah, the online animation and masterex are not canon and sh!t

The original character designs at most are better since the characters are supposed to be like anime characters. Remakes should at least improve the gameplay. Remasters are basically rereleases of the same masters in sharper quality on newer formats like those music CDs.

Shelly>Courtney No debate. Just fax

I feel good for barking at godzillas spanish opening 😰

Unrelated, but Ampharos using Signal Beam on Crobat at 5:46 really triggers me

I will never forgive them for not giving Sinnoh characters a proper upgrade

Ok am I crazy or did he change his KZfaq name? Haven’t watch a vid in while btw

Lets Gooo🎉

nice

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I always preferred the story of USUM. Lillie's family story didn't work for me but at least it had good continuity with itself and the rest of the IP. Lillie being the main character and never battles pokemon made it hard to connect in this series. The battles was half the character building in this series for every character. The story of Sun and Moon pacing issue really dragged on. USUM shortened the story slightly, made Hau better and fixed other story points.

I Hope the title IS bait

Considering how much I don't like Hau and really enjoyed Lilly and her mothers respective arcs, I am really not fond of what they did to the story in the ultra games. And I'll say it now, I think they did Hau's ark better with Hop.

Wally really gaslit an entire community into thinking he was a better character in the remakes just because of a cool theme song lmao

I always despised Wally for having a male Gardevoir (which is an abomination that shouldn't exist) and I was so glad that they fixed it and gave him a Gallade.

Fun fact, Courtney from team Magma is 17

I hate ORAS Wally with a burning fiery passion