SWSH is like a new dancer at your favorite strip club and BDSP is like your former favorite dancer who returns to the stage after getting a ton of botched plastic surgery. All polished and misshapen.

Genuinely happy I watched this. Im just getting to the end of post game arceus and was wondering what games I should get down the road and this made it very clear. Awesome video dude.

It's so sad that the "better" pokemon experiences for the Switch is actually one of the worst Pokemon games out there according to fans, thank god we got Legends Arceus.

Thank you for this! I just finished Arceus and am on sick leave from work. Need something to fill my time and couldnt decide on a game. This really helped , great video.

I didn’t remember SWSH existed and I bought BDSP and regretted it

I’m glad I found this video. I recently picked up scarlet and violet and I’m having a blast. I wanted to pick up some of the games I missed on switch but having played LA and SV I think I’m good

Honestly I’m brand new to pokemon youtube but I’m shocked to see that after watching the entire video you only have 32 subs, keep the uploads active and you’ve earned yourself a sub sir!

I’m going to buy my first Pokémon title since the DS Pearl. Since I’ve gotten to this point in the year, I guess I’ll wait to see how Scarlet and Violet look. This was a great review for someone who has been out of touch for the past 15 years😅.

Sword and shield is the best pokemon game I've ever played. Nothing compared to it anymore. Damn.

Excellent video. My first experience in Pokemon was Blue.on Super Game Boy many many years ago. I got about half way through Gold and then didn't really play anymore. This year I just completed Let's Go Eevee, am working on Omega Ruby, and thanks to your video, I will probably be doing Sword/Shield after that!

Great perspective in comparing the two games. Hopefully Scarlet and Violet will build up more on what SWSH and Legends Arceus has established for newer gen Pokemon games, as BDSP seems to have regressed on the engine that SWSH has used.

Woah bro i thought you had a lot more subscribers. Very well made video! 👏

Honestly, SWSH feels like It’s made for kids who can’t remember that they need to do every 5 min. I had BDSP chose to get SWSH while waiting for violet, SWSH is not a bad game but it holds your hand really tight and a lot of cutscenes. Its a good game but it feels like de difficulty is set in very easy (and I’m not very good at pokemon) With BDSP I had difficulty and was genuinely surprised by some combos gym leaders and team galactic did fainted out a few times as well. Half way in my journey I tought I could do a nuzelock.

32nd! Awesome vid, keep'em coming with that level of quality and you'll grow rapdly!

Little did he know that scarlet and violet would be completely BUSTED

Gen 7 is the new Gen 5. Many people hated it when it came out, but it's gonna be loved someday

Think I'll choose bulbasaur as my starter as i did in shield by v lining it to armor isles before finishing rest of the game. Honestly the original 3 are the best

Thanks you for your feedback on these games. My first pokemon game was leaf green / fire red and then played saphire/emerald/ruby, then mystery dungeons. I am planning to buy a switch and if I were to buy a pokemon game, I would prefer BDSP. It is just way more stream lined to what I am used to and the best part is that I never got to play this game therefore it would be a new experience. The same would go for SWSH but it seems like there are a few things that I don't appreciate yet. Maybe time will tell but as of now, I will keep it at bay.

I pick Sword/Shield over BDSP, though they still don't match the Let's Go games. Pokémon had been losing polish since Gen 4 or 5. Hopefully when the brand new Gen 9 comes through, it'll get better. Arceus is worth the fun, though.

nice video bro you gonna get big one day

I just recently bought the oled and Pokémon violet, I finished it. Should I buy the sword or Shield, Or brilliant diamond? Or wait for something?

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, it's very informative and helped me decide to play Pokemon Sword first. I haven't played Pokemon since my Gameboy Advance Colour - Pokemon Gold, so I'm excited to experience this newer version.

Hi I've never played a pokemon game before should I start with one of these four or should I just wait for scarlet and violet

Pokémon sword is my first Pokémon game I’ve ever played and I find it pretty fun, I haven’t played the other games but they all see fun, waiting for sv

It’s hard to play BDSP when platinum is just so much better

Honestly, I would take more BDSP games with a complete national dex over more SWSH. IMO, Pokémon peaked with ORAS. Still excited for SV though, and hoping to be wrong!

Just played arceus. It was alright, didn't have a huge difficulty factor. I haven't completed it though. I've played mostly the first couple gens so I may wait for violet. But never played pearl so I may need to add this Gen. Just started playing link's awakening. My favorite Zelda game. The two remakes of awakening and pearl look to be the same formula in graphics. Can you use the d pad in shining pearl, sadly not in link's awakening. Thanks for the comparison video, exactly what I was looking for!

When's the Yu Gi Oh vid coming?

Thinking of getting a switch the last good Pokémon I played was diomond on the DS ... should I get diamond or sword or scarlet?

I started playing Pokemon shining pearl and it's just like I remember from pearl on the nds

I just want a Switch release of silver version.... is that too much to ask for?

Im looking pokemon switch game for my 10 year old nephew. He is never play pokemon game at all, but watch the series. Which one is the best for him? He really love playing roblox. Thank you.

I know this is 8 months too late but, Don't forget game freak didn't make brilliant diamond and shining pearl, it was a company they paid so gamefreak can focus on legends arceus at the time

Nervous for framerates in S&V. It’s bad enough in the empty landscapes in Sw&Sh

I know SWSH has some flaws. But still. It is the most fun I have ever had in a pokemon game in a loving time. Ever Since I played Pokepark as a kid. I also prefer SWSH before Let's Go. Let's go was really fun. But the world building and routes made the experience worse. Especially sinse I got lost all the time in my first playthrought. Same thing with brilliant Diamond. I had a hard time traversing the landscape. In 3d and fast travel points in Sword and Shield made it a lot more enjoyable. Even though I can se why some don't like it being linier. I wouldn't mind it getting less linier. But pls give me a good map and fast travel points. I am terrible at knowing where I am going. Even after all of that. The biggest reason I love SWSH more. Is bc of the convince of making battles easier. And that's also why I think SWSH is Legends Arceus. I just love to battle and show of my shiny. And Legends didn't have that. But BDSP is just a pain bc of all the traversing and work you need to just get a TM. They did the right choice to get infinite TMs. They are so useful. Just sad it is hard to fight in my favourite pokemon Region. As I love the pokemon there. Especially Honchcrow, Missmagius, Gliscor and Hounddoom. I love their designs. I do admit I was a bit frustrated at the dexit at first. But yeah not now. I had a blast. And the format then the Legendarys wasn't introduced into the game was so much fun. The battles was so diverse. And I so hope they'll do it in gen 9. Cause if it is one thing I hate then battling is Legendary spam. But only thing I hope they'll change is the 20 minute timer. Come gamefreak. Let me make a theme team if I want. The only thing conserving SWSHs battles that such is just the 20 minute timer. Hopefully gamefreak will hear our calls. I love SWSH I still xomw back to it bc the battles are so fun. Story is OK. World design looks amazing. Only ground textures look very bad. Same as Legends. Trees are OK. Never bothered me. Just the ground textures. I hope in the future SWSH is gonna get better appreciation. Good luck k trainers!

For the new Pokémon game for my starter I’m choosing grass type

You can get a houndoom from the grand underground pretty early game!

Yooo love the video but i can say we fully expect them to put every pokemon in every new game 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣but na hopefully with the switch 2 and new hardware they can fit all pokemon in gen 10 game and have it be open world not locked behind having to upgrade your mount like in violet

I mean looking back they were really the bland underground and the mild area

Arent you forgetting Gen 7, Sun/Moon (or Ultra versions) and Let's Go?

I am looking to buying a pokemon game and i really dont know will i buy bdsp or swsh. I like bdsp mire since post game has way more content but swsh is better during the story itself. Im taking any recommendations from fellow pokemon fans.

I'm new to Pokemon so my perspective is probably pretty different, but I liked BDSP more than SWSH. I liked SWSH, but BDSP held my attention longer and the combat felt more focused for me. Honestly though, I thought Arceus outclassed both of them. My only complaints with Arceus is bad graphics and dumbed down combat.

Honestly I think pokemon remakes should be remastered like BDSP when it comes to the older faithful ds gba gbc gb days and that new pokemon games are only 3d and that the games that already got remade just get remastered that way it saves time I think gamefreak should do the new pokemon games while ilca just remakes or remasters remakes like HGSS could get a remaster in BDSP graphics but either way I love all pokemon games so far either they are 2d or 3d it's the story and gameplay that I love I do love sword and shield more then BDSP cause of the stadium and the open wild area and battle scenes feel more better but BDSP has that underground that's addicting also

great quality video

6:15 Most people dont play like that lol

after seeing all your pokemon... yeah i stink at these games

I choose the red alligator. Lol

BDSP is a disgrace and shoulnt even exist, even a port of platinum would have been more than enough. SWSH is the best pokemon game on switch so far but luckily SV is sure to surpass it from what weve seen.

Is Go Pikachu still worth it now?

My plan: Pokemon shining perl Pokemon sword Pokemon legends Pokemon lets go pi Pokemon (the New one, forgot the name)

Regarding the drop of the national dex, at first I was completely against it, now I'm actually both against how they are doing it and for stopping it. I'll explain. With black and white that was an amazing refresh, everything was a surprise. I have favourite pokemon that are being ignored now though in favour of the same old pokemon that are in EVERY game, it's tired. I think they need to look at the pokemon they KEEP putting in the games and completely remove them, and after what I said about BW, maybe they could even use that as the starting point for any pokemon to be included, it would definitely make it fresher, they could bring back pokemon from the DS and 3DS gens that have never got a chance to be in another game at all. I'm sick of seeing Psyduck all the time, do we really need Gengar in yet another game, imagine a world without the magnezone line and hell I'm even sick of seeing Pikachu all the time when they could give Togedemaru, Emolga, Morpeko, Dedenne a chance to shine and the love deserved with a surprise evolution. When so many pokemon appear so frequently in the games it just looks like a fall back for when they can't be bothered thinking or putting effort in. The new regional variants and such would even be better for freshness if they were to insist on using the aforementioned pokemon yet again, why not have a Slyduck/Scolduck Dark/Psychic type, an evolution to Wigglytuff like Bigglyruff, a swole Snorlax idk, just newness

Why play swsh when you can play legends arceus?

Well I just buy Nintendo switch OLED and I thought I can play other pokemon like ultra sun and moon in switch then after I check it i can't play it from switch 😭🤣, I'm fu*ked up

I haven't watched this video yet, so I figured it's time to share my opinion. I personally believe swsh to be the superior game cause I actually finished it. That sound stupid but bdsp failed to keep me entertained long enough to start the league, I'm planning to finish it soon (once I get through the damn training I have to do) but I think swsh is more balanced cause I nearly lost to every gym leader except roark and actually lost to Maylene and Cynthia's perfect IV garchomp (I haven't fought the league yet but I watched ALOT of videos), that may have been my fault for not training but it was really boring. The story is pretty bad in swsh but I'm more into catching and battling anyway.

The new starters and new Pokémon get less cool with every new game

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Pokemon shining pearl is better because it have misdreavus Pokémon sword don’t have it

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Sword and shield are cool.. but the music style sucks....

When it comes to Pokemon games, im there pretty much no matter which game. But, for me, I don't like being able to see everything in the grass. I really love the set chance they give you of encountering what you want in the grass, because it just makes it so much more fun and involving. Although there arent as many Pokemon implemented into pearl and diamond, I just find it so much more enjoyable due to it's "limitability". I find it's camera view more complimenting and nostalgic and fun compared to freedom like in sword and shield. Of course, im not just trying to bash sword and shield into the dirt, its not like BDSP is perfect, it has its fair share of mistakes and flaws. I like to consider myself an adventurous person in general, and it's not like im afraid to try SWSH, i've played for my cousin on his switch, because he was stuck and he knew I had more experience. (I knew what type advantages were other then fire water ground and grass, lol). Of course, I only played for maybe an hour, but from what I gathered, I didnt really like it very much. It all just seems to... modern. Of course, modern is good, what else is there to advance without any advancements? However, it just was lacking the nostalgia for me. That may not be important to some people, but it is to me. It's like taking the switch over something like the Wii U, or a 3ds. The Switch is much more advanced with more convenient and better features, but its just missing some kind of nostalgia. Whether that's the settings menu, console size, home screen music, or even just the old features themselves, whatever it is to you that changes it, thats pretty much all I need to be on board. When it comes to features and accessibility and development, thats going to SWSH. I wont fight that its a better game in general compared to BDSP. However, I just like the features and design of BDSP more. So therefore, i'll be getting BDSP for Christmas.

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The wild area was literally the safari zone, expanded somewhat but at the same time trying to accommodate too much -- too many gens at once -- and it wound up being a big field with no thematics.