true that

*Driftveil City intensifies*

*Entralink is a underrated gem*

Lacunosa 😭👌🏻

Hamburger cheese burger big mac whopper

if you ask me he comes off more as unhinged really but...he may have been the only one. In the games that is, although sun and moon lusamine for a second looked like she was gonna kill lillie actually

He certainly put in more effort than even Cyrus. Actually, even Cyrus was doomed to fail - his blasé behavior kind of screwed him over in the end.

@@jaydenc367 Yea, Lusamine sounded like she disowned her children right before, too

@@jaydenc367 You know who else looked like they were going to kill Lillie? Ghetsis in USUM's RR episode.

@@foundthenlost904 I know that

Soft reboot and reboot are the same he wanted no emotions in its dreamed world but there are still emotions. I failed and that's it

Maybe Cyrus' plan did work but the player intervening caused the universe to be reset in a good way rather than the bleak, nothing world Cyrus wanted. Kind of like when Lucas pulls the final needle at the end of Mother 3.

We were many years too late, we really need to start appreciating change instead of attacking it at first sight

I actually didn't, at the first time i saw gen 5 it instantly became my fav generation

They really aren't. Gen 5 is considered good nowadays for the same reason gen 1 ever was considered good. Nostalgia. Gen 5 kids grew up and replaced genwunners on the internet as the "vocal majority". No old pokemon? Actually a good change, fair enough. Designs? Just as terrible as gen 1's, with few actually cool ones scattered around. "Deeper" story? If by depth you mean a splash of water on the sidewalk. It's pretty much "baby's first philosophy lesson" level of depth. "More interesting" characters? Straight out of people's assholes; the characters are not particularly different from any previous gen. Graphics? Still terrible for the standards of its day. Nintendo graphics have always been subpar up until Switch.

@@pan2614 most people liked gen 5, gen 5 sold out instantly, it was the most sold gen at the time, which is why its the only game with a direct sequel. gen wunners whined and whined as a vocal minority

@@JohnSmith-kb4re okay sure No old pokemon - good, agreed Designs - Most of all of the designs were good and meant to improve the gen 1 designs, and they did that phenomenally Deeper Story - yes absolutely. It dealt with problems in the real world instead of just "There are bad guys, let's defeat them and become the champion". It had the most and best character development Pokemon has ever seen More Interesting Characters, yes. Let's compare: Cheren - Wanted to become champion, later realized there's more than just strength involved. Compare him to Blue - Just your childhood friend who thought he was tough. No goals. Compared to Barry - Another childhood friend who thought he was tough, also was a nuisance. N - Had a vision for the good of pokemon, and sought that future out. Giovanni - Mafia Boss. Archer - Wannabe Mafia Boss. Maxie/Archie - wanted more land/water. Cyrus - An insane person who disliked the world. Get my point? Graphics - Pretty good for the time. It was on a DS. There was a massive world in Pokemon, and you think they could have made it 3D in just three years? On a DS? While still working on remakes and games for the Wii and DS? Also, for you "Gen 5 kids grew up and replaced genwunners on the internet as "Vocal Majority", that's false. Ever since the Sinnoh fans got Sinnoh, they had been whining for remakes. And when they got them, and they were trash. You never hear about Gen 2 Kids complaining "we don't have remakes yet". Same for Gen 3, 5, and 6 kids.

Thank you!!! I have always been saying this; I swear that if people had seen B/W for the gems they were at the time they were released, Gamefreak wouldn't have seen a need to "rework" the games in XY to what the series is today. I actually enjoy the modern games, but man, would I not kill to see how these modern games would have turned out if game freak put the same love into them they did BW.

I don't think Sword and Shield are anywhere as bad as a lot of people complain it to be. But even if it was, they do deserve it after scoffing at Black and White. And all this scoffing at Sword and Shield just might make things worser if we think about it.

@@byronlyons3548 hell i loved black and white, i still think it is better than omega ruby and alpha sapphire

Agreed for the most part, but I think the fan base's reaction really shaped what kind of reboot Pokemon got. A lot of people don't seem to realize they've been talking about the number of new Pokemon being unsustainable since back then. If Black and White succeeded they may have kept making games with completely new Pokemon, but because they didn't do so well Game Freak decided to play it safe and do a mix of old and new. Regional variants are a sort of compromise. They cater to gen 1 fans the same way Nintendo caters to Ocarina of Time fans with Zelda. As much as fans complain about the direction the series has taken they really are the reason for it, ironically even right down to the more mature tone being reverted back.

Maybe if they had actually gauged interest from the people buying the games they would have realized the new ones wouldn’t go over well. Seems like they just simply don’t care about satisfying the returning customers anymore.

same

This is how I felt too!

It arrived at the exact right time, and really reignited my passion.

Yeah, technically white 2 was my first pokemon game, not the original black and white, but it definitely still feels like my gen 1. The previous games kinda had the same feel as games that your parents played when they were young. You almost feel like you aren't being you, but someone else

That might not've come out right, but that's the best way I could word it 😂

Don't forget Pikachu

I personally hate this idea with a passion, but I respect your opinion

That idea goes against the whole point of pokemon tho, "gotta catch them all" is the pokemon's slogan, many people love those pokemon and have strong connection with them

@@renatoalmeyda8273 thats why the national dex exists.

@@trevorswims5754 i was just talking about the idea in general

They could never replicate Gardevoir's massive success

@@DarkPsychoMessiah until... Hatterene came in... (which kind of wrong when you know Hatterene is just a small girl)

@@FinnManusia People like lolis und onee chans lul If u combine them...

@@davity9000 But Hatterene also the "Checking your vibe" Pokemon

Ikr?! Zoroark as a furbait?! Unbelievable I say! Everyone obviously knows that Emboar was the furbait for Gen 5!

You're right, lockstin forgot or something.

Yeah it's a english dubbing thing

Not only that, that clip was from a pokemon movie special, it wasn't even from the anime itself.

Here's another option: Add up all the times the characters complain about having been lost in the wilderness/needing multiple days to get to the next town. It definitely adds up to more than a year.

@@RoninCatholic Also, isn't the league always in a specific date? I think I remember them saying the conference being held in like a year so there's always a limited amount time to collect the badges, correct me if I'm wrong but I think I remember it being that way.

well in journeys yeah but less other regions. even in journeys you have to expand it to Pikachu and riolu.

Lm f a o

Took a few fails until Alola

@@igorlopes8463 He DID get closer and closer to championship with each league, though.

@@w925gaming6 Pikachu literately gotten so jealous in one episode just because Ash was spending more time with Riolu, Gengar, Dragonite, and Farfetch'ed that he ran away. (like seriously WTF Pikachu?)

*slaps* FACTS

Same. Black was my first video game ever and it was honestly a great point to start

Yo same

2:48: ...Wow... ...That's... not at all the thoughts of current gamefreak, that's for sure... oh wow... Hey: Remember the time when houses were inside bigger than outside? Now it's the opposite. Stuff is always less good than it looks. Funny how people still defend these current games. Funny. And sad.

@@slevinchannel7589 bruh, pokemon's fanbase is so toxic

@@slevinchannel7589 when is stuff less good then they luck?

Obviously, in fact, it was never rebooted. There was no actual Reboot, that's just freaking obvious. ...Ah, whatever. More importantly: When are Bliack 3 and White 3 coming out already?!

2:48: ...Wow... ...That's... not at all the thoughts of current gamefreak, that's for sure... oh wow... Hey: Remember the time when houses were inside bigger than outside? Now it's the opposite. Stuff is always less good than it looks. Funny how people still defend these current games. Funny. And sad.

and pikachu

I think he meant HUMAN companion.

@@slevinchannel7589 it’s obvious that the “older fan” concept they went for FAILED, and that’s why they’ve gone back to appealing to their original younger audience. The current games have their flaws but are better than some of the older games.

Ultra Necrozma?

Ultra Wormholes

Imagine of ORAS was just all "Let's reset this universe but we do it so hard it would actually reset the one without Megas"

How about trying to absorb the mystic energy that holds the universe together, in turn destroying the universe and they will even kill the protagonist to obtain their goals. That good? Maybe the mystic energy/magicky stuff was made by unown so some more lore for unown

Also obviously it was "let's look within" instead of escalating like a shounen anime Which was refreshing

Yeah, it's amazing games. I knew that instantly, cause I'm unaffected by fanbase-nonsense.

The story was also badly executed though. Let's not overlook that. It was very badly handled, in the end. You were told what to think, which is really stupid. They did the great story wrong.

@@slevinchannel7589 it's still the best story Pokemon tried to have to date. Poorly executed yes but still the best one In the main line games anyway

@@shadowlance8212 Yeah, you're right.

@@shadowlance8212 Especially with your notion of 'only main games' it's absolutely right. Of course Pokemon Ranger and Mystery Dungeon had vastly better Storys. Of course. But all that is exactly why i want Black and White 3. Even though it might sound silly to want a Part 3, i dare to differ. I think improving these games even further will create amazing stuff and bring back the old quality. ...But I'm not very optimistic about anything at the moment... Aside from the Erma Comics maybe... they rock...

And same thing happened in gen 7 and gen 8 too, fans really stabbed in the back of gamefreak and thier efforts they put in gen 5

@@Diabolos1007 pretty much why gen 5 was realy the best. They didn't afraid to try New Idea , making a real story etc. Gen 6 feel juste like a remake of gen 1. They even reuse some map from gen 1. The first forest is the same layout of viridian forest with the same pokémon and trainer... The game even give you starter from gen 1 and said "hey look its gen 1 starter and they have mega evo. You can trow away your New starter and take them."

I think your very first statement is wrong, they *tried too hard* with it.

I wish they just focused on hardcore fans and not just the competitive ones. Give us more new Pokémon. Stop trying to pander to Gen 1 when Gen 2 got nothing along Gen 6 mons and some gen 5 mons that deserve attention. Make a story that makes sense.

In Gen 6, they basically forgot to focus on the new Pokemon entirely. None of the new Pokemon got Megas until ORAS, which then only added a Mega for a Mythical Pokemon that didn't even exist for most of XY. Your starter was basically guaranteed to be overshadowed by the Kanto starter you got because it could Mega Evolve. Gen 5 did have a similar problem initially with only 2 of the new Pokemon having access to their Hidden Abilities initially, but this was at least fixed in B2W2, where only a couple of Pokemon didn't have access to them. Gen 7 didn't have this problem because any Pokemon could use a Z move and the starters even got exclusive ones right away. Gen 8 had this problem a bit simply because the starters didn't have Gigantamax forms until the DLC came out, but at least any Pokemon can Dynamax.

Just replay it, duh.

@@slevinchannel7589 i'm still playing through gen 2, i have a long way to go before i get there.

@@gregorymirabella1423 Does that mean you NEVER played Generation 3, 4 and 5?!? Never?? Wow, you're gonna have something beyond you. Enjoy it. And important: Dont skip the Spin-Offs. Pokemon Ranger and Mystery Dungeon have better Humor AND much better Stors than most if not all of the Main Games. They are extremly good... except 'Super Mystery Dungepn' - i genuinly dont know what went wrong with that one, but for some reason, dont ask me why, but it's the worst game by many levels... So you should really give them all a try, except that one. Sorry for the long comment - just wanted to help. Bye.

I dunno if "so hard" is right. It's just barely under Gen IV.

It didn't flop that badly. XY and SM barely did better did BW (less than a million) and B2W2 did better than Crystal, Emerald, and Platinum

this is why you shouldn't expect the games & anime to be the same lol that doesn't work

That snivy was probably lv 100

Lvl 16 to be correct

I thought Snivy used leaf storm? In the anime it was Trip's Servine which knew leaf tornado.

That's all that matters, they were good, They ARE Good, *_They Are The Best Of All Games_*

@@butofcourse not the best

@@zubair-rp1ie opinions, i guess

@@zubair-rp1ie Personally I did prefer it over Diamond and Pearl. (2 fire types... Two)

@@zubair-rp1ie Ah, who am I kidding I do think it's the best

I wonder what you think about gen 9's story, is a bit darker for Pokemon standars, yknow, divorce, a child having neglectful parents, someone straight up dying and it not being mentioned until a fake one says it, a child having to say goodbye twice to it's parent even if he couldn't do it in person the first time, and even if later they didnt give him much attention, his parent still loved him Now that I think about it, all of this is connected to a single character, a tragic character for sure, the other ones is one who made a team to stand up to bullying and then being blamed as the bad guys while the school director didn't give a frick about the bullying and another one who's basically a Pokemon player, became the greatest and nothing is a challenge anymore to the point it's boring and wishes there was a challenge, someone difficult to beat The protagonist is just there for the ride

LOSERS BAHAHAHAHA

This. While I understand that you have an attachment to your old Pokémon, I always thought that bringing all your old Pokémon to new game is kinda pointless. That will limit your exploration and wonders of the new game

@@spotsthecat7913 WELL SAID! Now let the others who complains not want to start a new game with new team know about it

Black and White was the freshest the series had felt since Gen 2 for me. X and Y blew it out of the water, but still.

Gold Silver was epic for letting us revisit Kanto after you flip the game at the end

Alola only had a regional Dex. (And because of that it's the only game I will likely ever get the shiny charm in.

@@TheSpencermacdougall by regional dex I mean only new Pokemon should've been more specific

Gen 5 was dexit done right. It encourages you to bond with the new pokemon, while still allowing you to get your old friends when it matters. Let's be real, there's no reason you need your full team of level 100s in the main story. Sword and shield was kinda the worst of both worlds. Not only can only certain pokemon be brought forwards, but some can, and you can go out and catch a full team of old mons pretty quickly, leaving your starter and any new pokemon boxes. Gen 5 was the first and only generation to encourage you to bond with the newer pokemon rather than using them as a way to get to your older favorites and maybe bonding with them in the process. It didn't need that in black/white 2, because everyone has had the time in between games to bond with the gen 5 mons, so at that point it would have served no purpose except to piss off the people who didn't like it.

I think BW 2 are my favorite pokemon games of all times, because it was the first ones, but more, the story is definitelly a bir worse than the first one but a lot of stuff like the bigger map, more modes and the variety of pokemon being included made it really enjoyable And i still love BW1 but i think it isnt as replayable mainly for the lacking variety of pokemon even if all od them are great

@@TheRibottoStudios oh yeah, i would love a new pokemon only dex of gen 6 with 70 mons. Every trainer could have 6 fletching on the team. Either that or bloat the pokedex with more filler mons than necessary.

AND the Story was fantastic!

The designs have a lot of highs but I feel like there are a lot of low lows

@@M_Alexander I'm with you on that! I also feel like the first games, especially early-on, lack variety.

I actually have the opposite opinion to you, but for the same reasons you like it, at least when it comes to the Pokemon: Gen 1 and gen 5 have some serious low points in designs for me, and a lot of mediocre ones, which has always kept them from being my favourites.

@Nadia Blue Well, that does make _a lot_ of sense if we consider GameFreak's possible intentions as pointed out in the video. They wanted to gauge the reactions of new fans into the series as well as old fans to figure out what went well in the beginning and, hence, why they replaced many first gen pokemon and stuck to a similar yet still unique story line by adding in new elements that still distinguishes it from gen 1. Given the fact that gen one was nearing 20 years prior at that point, it's not unreasonable to think they may have lost ties to original fans and didn't make the best of notes about what went well initially and what went wrong. Hence, retesting the waters was probably a great move on GF's part as they probably lost touch with their fanbase after such a long time. Even if sales were at its lowest for B&W, it still was a learning opportunity for them so they can make some necessary changes to future games as per fan input, while still sticking to their personal view on where the series should move forward. Also, it may have helped them to learn where they could make risks with major changes/additions into their later games despite knowing about potential backlash: mega-evolution and a new pokemon typing in gen 6, regional variants, concept of ultra beasts, no gyms in gen 7, dynamax/gigantamax gimick, raid battles, [partial] free-roam mechanic, and no elite four in gen 8, etc. Tl;dr Hypothesis: Gen 5 was a _necessary_ experimental gen for a great learning opportunity for GameFreak. After a long time, they may have lost touch with fans and didn't take good notes of criticisms in the beginning.

Truth

gen 6 very much went back to the basics in a different way. gen 5 felt like a soft reboot of what worked before while gen 6 was appealing to new players gameplay wise.

The jump to 3D really set Gamefreak back. They are just not good at it.

@@archiiebarrett jump to 3d went fine with sun and moon. it is like it takes a while for the devs to be Ok with the new tools they are given. Same with gen 4. gen 5 really perfected the DS spritework. And now, it will be the same with the HD games. If gen 9 or 10 still looks and runs like SWSh, then we will have an issue. Gamefreak is obviously lazy and incompetent for being unfamiliar with HD development. It's not like they have been working on handheld mainly for the last 2 decades. They can't magically make SE caliber looking games on their first get go. They just need a better workflow now because of how much time HD games takes compared to 3ds games.

Because it was, that's why the dimensions split in those games. It's so obvious I don't know why he didn't include that.

To be fair, the games themselves never really confirmed that Team Rocket was behind Mewtwo's creation - just hints that Giovanni wanted to get it for himself.

@@MrAuthor3DS Right! However, the texts in Cinnabar Island do confirm his creation in general. Just like Genesect they both aren't natural beings. I think that's why they created the Genesect movie too. Just to show there was such a deliberate similarity by having both pokemon in it.

A lot od people complained about garbodor but god is it better thann muk xd

2:48: ...Wow... ...That's... not at all the thoughts of current gamefreak, that's for sure... oh wow... Hey: Remember the time when houses were inside bigger than outside? Now it's the opposite. Stuff is always less good than it looks. Funny how people still defend these current games. Funny. And sad.

@@nahemiasalbo5927 "Better than the orginal" is a good reason for a LOT of gen 5 Pokemon

Well no wonder you love B&W so much-it's where you BEGAN the franchise! If I started with generation 5 instead of generation 1, it would have been my favourite too.

@@Enigmatism415 Probably, nostalgia automatically gets rid of all the flaws, lol

The charizard comeback was cus the audience of the anime going down

Ash's Charizard came back sometime after the Unova Pokémon League. The last Season for Black and White brought back plenty of past Gen Pokémon as Game Freak were working on X and Y.

I believe they brought back past gen Pokemon in the anime after the black and white league, or during to coincide with the games seeing as you could catch past gen Pokemon after the pokemon league in game.

Disco inferno

2:48: ...Wow... ...That's... not at all the thoughts of current gamefreak, that's for sure... oh wow... Hey: Remember the time when houses were inside bigger than outside? Now it's the opposite. Stuff is always less good than it looks. Funny how people still defend these current games. Funny. And sad.

*"It's Time For Your [NOT] Controlled Shock"* - Zekrom, 2010 Original Source: One Of Scrap Baby's Dialogues After Killing You in UCN, Except for the "[NOT]" Part

Hey but why pikachu lost against a panpour. Its a pure water type and is veryyyyy weak.

@@shanchar you sure it's "weak"??? 🤣 don't understimate cress & panpour

@@maganhassan2627 yeah it is level 999 and pikachu was just level 0 So IMAO a move water gun by level 999 panpour will kill a zekrom of level 900 so pikachu was no close i mean if zekrom ( a pokemon who made a level infinite pokemon into 0 )cant stand a chance against lord panpour then what will a 0 level pikachu do😕😕

@@shanchar dude...this is why you cannot expect the anime & games to be the same that doesn't work I know cress is a skilled battlier & him & panpour work well togther so yeah I ain't too surprised panpour beat pikachu

@@maganhassan2627 yeah i was surprised when ash beat tobias two legendary pokemon and tell me who was stronger there. Tobias or pikachu

Same

I always saw it as a reboot.

Same, if you're talking about the game's, I haven't even seen people on Reddit say it

Gen 5 is the reason we get mature writing in xy sm and swsh

Tierno dancing is wholesome and whimsical

Honestly, it's on par with gen 4, which I believe to be the best in background unnecessary to understand what's going on lore, kinda like dark souls and how it gives lore. Honestly, if the two had a love child, I'd forget sword and shields ... story? Is that what it's supposed to be?

@@madnessarcade7447 Huh, I liked the writing in XY, but I'm part way through Black and, well, the gameplay and lack of Pokemon are making it tough for me to get to the plot stuff that people say they like, and N just feels kind of... confusing?

I’d argue Alola had it a little better, but unova isn’t far behind

I think it was their second attempt to revive the series, that time using different methods

*protect girl

@@SuperPlacido1 no, no. That's the joke.

team yell isn't the antagonist of swsh. chairman rose is.

They aren’t completely wrong though, protecting Marnie is kinda important imo

other words, they bowed down to the casual and smogon pokemon fanbases. Roleplayer pokemon fanbases are not valuable anymore.

I....disagree with game freak not putting substance or love to the story & other things part SWSH like wild area I think it's there maybe not so much & improved by the time crown tundra came out

@@maganhassan2627 yeah, most of the problems are timecrunch and gamefreak being elevated to a level of "importance" they never expected. If anything, GF probably want to get away from Pokémon, I'm pretty sure they're aware of how people see them as "the POKEMON Devs". That's one of the major reasons LTH exists, showing the crowd they can do more. It didn't work. Can't wait for GF to genuinely get lazy and people will start praising gen 8 and LTH for trying so hard despite those same people previously spamming videos where they import Colosseum middles into sword and shield and act like they're talented. In other words, like all games before it, SwSh will have a sudden surge of popularity. We're currently seeing that with Gen 5, and sudden praise of OrAs makes me think a gen 6 hype train is right around the corner, and I know it. This is basically the most formulaic fanbase out there, and as such you can easily tell when something is about to be a trend. I'll just be sitting here and waiting for the next five or so years until people suddenly love sun and moon. Thx for listening to my insane rambles. I don't know how to end this. NEBBY GET IN THE BAG

swsh had more meaningful story than you think, i felt bad fighting hop and defeating him, leon was the greatest champion since sinnoh the wild area brought back the non linearity of the series, the dynamax mechanic was mega+3 turns of a Z move.

@@matthaisstupidus well, Gamefreak are elevated to above atlus, and stand on the hall of fame with Mario and zelda team. pokemon is a 90 billion franchise.

@Sun Studios the likes beat it out, the man speaks the truth, the concept of every pokemon game is amazing, bud sadly GF isn't given enough time with the 3D games.

@@BBWahoo that wouldn't even change much even if gamefreak gave us another gen 5 with only new pokemon it would be caused the worst pokemon game ever like every pokemon generation since 4, I learned a lot of pokemon fans don't want the franchise to innovate or evolve.

@Sun Studios I don’t see any dislikes

Yeah x and y really sucked for us Golden Age Trainers to easy and way less diversity in Pokémon like they used Megan’s to cover it up

No.

Every time I hear the word “Reshiram” I think of JustinRPG.

no te hagas el que habla inglés gil

XD i speak 2 languages

So 9-10 are HD?

Do you mean "eras"?

Well said

AnD ONly ThE fiRsT TwO WeRE gOOD. AiNT i OrIGinAl. Sorry it just annoys me seeing so many people act like this. Have your opinions but don't be a dong about it. Pls and thx- some random teenager on the internet who really should be sleeping right now.

@@matthaisstupidus what's your favorite gen and why?

I think only Dawn and Cynthia came back, and Charizard of course.

Kross Cilan met Brock in a special episode and met Clemont in a XY special episode too

to me black & white's direction changed since team rocket vs team plasma ep got cancelled & by that time people hated BW maybe the writers felt bring back old characters will attract older fans back to pokemon anime

@@maganhassan2627 makes sense to me

The entire Best Wishes anime got screwed when the planned Team Rocket v.s. Team Plasma showdown had to be scrapped due to the earthquake and tsunami. All their plans had to be changed, and what they decided to do as a result turned out bad. And when Black 2 and White 2 came around they decided to just throw that content in without a second thought.

I hope he's good again. Also I want know more about vibat

Asking the important questions.

@@an8strengthkobold360 the real questions

@@emperorarkoos2919 I want to know how they changed sudowoodo into a cell tower

@@utkuayranc3210 oh yeah I forgot bout that

Ironic

If gen 5 was a soft reboot, then gen 8 was a hard reboot (jk)

Yes, that’s exactly how I want every new Gen Pokémon game to be, only new mons until post game

Which gen was the first you played?

@@Enigmatism415 gen 2

@@jacob9639 Playing gen 2 without having completed the story of gen 1 first is anticlimactic. They're definitely a pair.

@@Enigmatism415 I played it when I was like 6, I got my pokemon and then didn't know hoe to progress so I was just stuck on the first route, because I was dumb of course

@@Enigmatism415 Holy crap you're asking people who their first gen was to pull the "pffff it's your first game so of course you'll love it" card

That’s a pretty rudimentary summoning ritual. THIS is how you do it: “Gen 8 has the most content and best plot of any Pokémon series! It’s also the most mature and challenging.”

Cool, gen 5 is sitll better tho

there you go

@@MineNAdventurer That's your opinion. Personally my favorite is 8.

I have been summoned! Black and White are the best games in the series, how dare you say otherwise! Eh, just kidding. Actually Gen 8 has a lot of cool Galarian forms of Gen 5 Pokemon so I liked it.

As an old German saying goes: People don't know what they want. Edit: And IF somebody knows what he / she wants, said person gets called a weirdo, stupid, salty or not entitled.

@@MelodyCrystel Then the Germans are very wise

Being a ripoff isn't inherntly a bad thing.

Especially because they weren't literal copy pastes. A lot of the time it was similar but different, with different typings and the like. Writing this out, I realized that they are basically Unovan forms of gen 1 pokemon lol. Regional variations before they were a thing. Plus still other unique stuff.

Swsh is awesome it’s wholesome and unique

@@madnessarcade7447 yeah. I know the graphics are sorta bad, but I really don't mind. I LOVE the new mons. The starters are great, the legendarys are great, and even the national bird is somewhat useful! (I know, Talonflame is pretty decent, but steel/flying? That's really really good!)

@@EmmyBlubonic Its just a buffed up Skarmory with the ability to make it Gmax.

@@alucard8433 eh, whatever

@@madnessarcade7447 yap bro

Yeah, seriously. He said that with Magneton over Klinklang of all comparisons...

I mean...I vastly prefer most of the gen 5's too...except for GARBODOR. Like...eww...please no trashbag pokemon thanks.

@@kiradeki3561 so muk is better? Slime with face?

Trubbish and Garbodor I prefer over Muk and Grimer Trubbish is adorable in a weird way

We are talking personal preference, and honestly I do think there are winners and losers in both camps. Dugtrio, Dodrio and Magneton sadly I think lack originality, though Magneton sorta works. However, as an example, Electrode and Amoongus as minics both have their perks from a visual standpoint- the issue is that Amoongus is actually good enough to be an inconvenience to run into, while Electrodes kind of a joke. Ill have to say overall both sets are amazing, and while some arguments, like human clothing on Sawk and Throh, wild fighting "creatures" being offputting, or Timburrs line, especially Conkeldurr, being nightmare fuel has some weight behind it, the same could be said for say Hypno being, while accurate to mythology, an absolute nightmare of a tapir compared to Musharna. But some find Drowsee and Hypno alluring, and even their favorites, and same can be said of Sawk or Conkeldurr. For me, the major thing with Pokemon is they should look like monsters and animals. Its why I like Primape and Boufallant as Pokemon, but not Duraludon. Primape, while not my favorite, looks like an animal, albeit one that wants to rip your face off. Duraludon is supposed to look like a specific skyscraper, and that doesnt lend itself to looking like a naturally occurring creature, or even a manmade one like Magnemite, Porygon or Klink in any way, shape or form. While we may not like all Pokemon gen 1-7, we can at least agree that most or all look like animals, which they should, while some of the new ones dont as much. And according to Gamefreak, they are trying to make non-Pokemon looking Pokemon, which is why in Galar they look so unnatural in general. I have to give it to Kalos and Alola for this- at least they did a pretty good job maintaining the look of most of them being animals, even if art direction displeased some. Edit: Its not that the designs are bad designs, but many are either monster or character designs, not animal designs. And thats a problem for Pokemon moreso than other game series.

that's exactly why I stopped being in the Pokémon Community as a whole, when game freak gives the change people asked, they ask for something they already had, saying that change is bad and all that. I just can't get over it

think about how huge the pokemon fandom is. seriously, think. there's no possible way for anybody to give that large a group of people exactly what they want. there's always going to be a sizable chunk that's unhappy with whatever decision is made. its no use bitching about it, people are people and we all have our own ideas of what pokemon should be. If someone doesn't agree with something you like, that doesn't make them wrong. it just means they're not you.

Ya forgot to take into account that Cynthia is reachable only AFTER beating the main game, which is also when you can find previous gen Pokemon. A reward for beating this new challenge and experience.

Cynthia is an endgame boss. You can't encounter her after beating N.

this statement would've made sense if they made the ones that show up have more personality via better or new animation styles but no, Gamefreak either gave up or got lazy and decided to reuse the same EXACT idle animations and attacks. They even didn't bother to make sure moves and animation makes sense together (the best example being Dubwool performing a Double Kick with a bouncing animation and performing a Headbutt with a kick. Pretty sure there are many other similar situations but this is the one I remember)

@@inoob26 Do you mean to say that improved battle animations would have made the pokemon from gen 5 look good and the dexcut a good idea, but since B/W didn't have better animations gen 5 had no character and the dexcut was an unfun mechanic?