Interesting fact, Scarlet and Violet can be linked to being in the mega universe because of Roaring Moon’s Pokédex entry. By extension this includes Sword and Shield because you can find Sonia’s book at naranja/uva academy.

One major factor you forgot about was their initial reveal. All throughout XY and ORAS, the reveal of a brand new Mega Evolution was always exciting. Speculation was also rampant. People did know what Mega Mewtwo Y was they, though it was Mewthree. People though Lucario got a brand new evolution. People though Ash and Greninja fused somehow. You could see this impact online from 2013 to 2016. Look up on KZfaq how many top 10 Mega Evolution video there are or Pokémon that need mega evolutions for Sun and Moon. You barely saw this with G-Max and you never saw it with Z moves and there isn't a point to discuss it with tera types.

the smallest bit of mega lucario screen time clears the whole black and white series

I feel the need to mention it due to the topic being the gimmicks, Ultra necrozma’s signiature Z-move, Light that Burns the Sky, has a much cooler name when directly translated from Japanese. Heaven-Scorching Light of Destruction. WHO LET A MOVE NAME BE THAT COOL.

Megas were meaningful AND unique. Megas took some pretty underappreciated Pokemon and made them beasts in battle. Kangaskhan and Mawile would have been completely unused Pokemon if not for their Megas. But it turned them into beasts in unique ways. You don't just get a universal power-up like with Z-moves, Dynamax and Terastilization. Mega Kangaskhan gets a buff no other Pokemon has ever seen before with Parental Bond. Yet it's different from Mega Mawile who gets Huge Power. Which is also different from Mega Banette who gets Prankster and Mega Lopunny who gets Scrappy. Megas allowed weaker Pokemon to shine by giving them synergistic buffs for their base kits. This no longer happens with the subsequent three gimmicks. There's no point in using Mawile with Tera when you can just use a better steel type with higher stats or even just tera a Pokemon into steel type. All it does is make the strong stronger and make the weak, even more irrelevant.

I love mega evolution I remember when I first seen the megas I started doing research on it love the story and lore it.

Lets just hope gamefreak gives us a whole story about megas

I loved mega evolution because the idea of how a bond with a trainer could be awakened to make the Pokémon even stronger was cool to me. Made me feel like when I was playing the games I had an actual bond with my Pokémon.

Mega Evolution brought the best parts of Ben 10's Ultimate Alien series into Pokemon. Yeah, Mega Evolution is basically Ultimate mode, have fun with that realization because I sure did.

it's not often brought up by by far my favorite part of the mega evo gimmicks were how the trainer presents them. sawyer has his stone as a bookmark, alain had a black bracelet that matches his outfit, diantha is a necklace, cynthia's a lipstick. its a small thing but it just give the trainers so much personality without needing to speak. the other gimmicks are presented just as.... gimmicks, all trainers have the same z-ring bracelets, all dynamax bracelets are the same (though it could be argued that they were designed based on wristband for sports) and the tera orbs are no different; they tell nothing to us about the trainer's personality and thats honestly is a shame.

I think there will be some middle ground if Battle Bond Forms Are Added.. I have a theory that mega evolution is an artificial attempt to copy Battle Bond.. I think Mega Rayquzza is the only one that can naturally Mega Evolve

I wished Pokemon would add more Mega Evolutions

I also think the fact that not every mon has it adds to this. Ik the competitive community may complain about it but the fact that it’s unique to only a few pokemon makes it seem more special. (And what you said about the anime at the end is soooo true too)

Wow I just found your channel I watched 2 vids I'm subbing I'm hoping for more content like this😅

they better give my man Flygon a mega he is long overdo for one

I really do hope Megas get expanded on tenfold in Legends ZA

even tho i'm a late comer to the Pokemon series i always thought when reading on mega lore on how interesting it is compared the other gimmicks! if i can honestly i hope to get a ds or something to experience the kalos and alola games! also great vid as always pokee! very informative :)

See you in 12h i gess it is time to sleep after this wholl mess

Not to mention it help improves upon weaker Pokémon like mawile and absol

I love megas the lore and i love how its not a I used and I one shot . mega evolution is my favorite its basically super saiyan but for Pokemon no lie.

Pokemon X & Y was my first pokemon game ever, got it when I was 7 so I am really attached to kalos and mega evolution and it felt like a staple to me bc it's what I started off with so when it got taken out in swsh It felt weird, especially since I accidentally released my frogidier in pokemon Y bc I thought "release" made your pokemon follow you so the lucario korina gives you was my partner pokemon so I always mega evolved it, so when I transferred it to swsh and couldn't mega evolve it, it just felt weird.

People want to make a real bonding with their favorite pokemon Mega is the symbol of it

Liked the video. Can you do a video on amourshipping or shipping in future

Personally I think regional variants are better than mega evolutions. They do a much better job improving old designs. But mega regional variants would be super cool. Since legends ZA is a legends game, regional variants are guaranteed

Can you talk about bigest Nerf's in Pokémon Anime 😅😊

Megas would forever be the best gimmick ever made by Pokemon Hoping there's more Pokemon to mega evolve like the eeveelutions

Crazy

Personally Megas don’t feel like gimmicks to me, they feel like something with proper world building and an extension or an evolution to what was previously there… All other gimmicks are kinda meh, especially when every pokemon can use it… Gigantimaxing and Dynamaxing was kinda cool because of the Kaiju aspect but personally I hated SwSh games… Z-moves hot stale real fast as they felt generic especially because of the not so great animations… Terrastalization as a concept is amazing, but I feel its just tacked on and with the crowns it feels even more so like a gimmick… Megas felt powerful, exclusive, unique and were beautifully designed giving the pokemon a new appearance, so they just felt natural, thought through

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Gmax and Tera dont need bons, idk abt Z moves

Bro Mega-Evolution Should Be The Main Gimmick Of Pokemon. Sure Other Gimmicks Can Co-Exist And All But Mega-Evolution Just Fits Pokemon As A Whole Alot More Cause Of Pokemon's Whole Thing About There's So Much We Don't Know About Pokemon Shtick And Mega-Evolution Fits The Bill Cause It Has Alot More Lore Than The Other Gimmicks And The Fact That A Trainer Needs A Strong Bond With There Pokemon In Order To Do It And As I Said Just A Few Seconds Ago Mega-Evolution Fits With Pokemon's Whole There's So Much We Don't Know About Pokemon Cause There's Alot To Mega-Evolution That We Don't Know Like Battle Bond Primal Reversion's Heck Mega-Evolution Got It's Own Side Series Not To Say The Other Gimmicks Are Lame It's Just Mega-Evolution Is Far More Superior Cause It Fits With Pokemon So Well Unlike The Other Gimmicks Like For Dynamax/Gigantamax We Know That Trainer's Can Do Them Just From Having A Wishing Star In A Max Band And That The Wishing Star's Come From Eternatus When It Was Defeated No Mystery There As Well As Z-Moves We Know That Z-Moves Came From Ultra Nekrozma When It Lost It's Light (I'm Not To Sure On The Z-Moves One) But Regardless We Know Z-Moves Originated From Ultra Nekrozma Again No Mystery There Contrast To Mega-Evolution That Has Mass Lore And Depth.

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I missed megas so bad, it’s my favorite gimmick by a *longshot* and means a whole lot to me.

Another thing about Mega Evolution when it's comes Competitive Pokemon battle it make the pokemon extra base stats making the pokemon more powerful and their ability making it broken for example Mega Rayquaza ability Delta Stream which makes it flying weakness gone

short answer: hehe charizard iz dragon now

One point i disagree with you on is saying that every other gen gimmick is based on the bond btwn trainer and pokemon. G max and tera have literally no reference to a bond being needed whatsoever

Well whatever Pokémon company is doing they should keep at it, combining two of the most popular games in the franchise making Z-A has massive potential if they don’t screw it up

I mean mega just makes more sense. The other gimmicks just amp the Pokémon’s power somehow. With mega it makes more sense because we already see pokemon evolve up to three times, so why can’t there be a fourth

I've always been someone who doesn't hate megas but im not crazy about them either. Always just kinda annoyed me that people think their the best and some think their flawless and that the other gimmicks aren't valid or equal (mind y'all i just think their all important in their own ways) another thing that bothers me is the concept (at least in the manga and anime) of not having you have to earn mega and then them stay permanently like that after despite providing your bond and dedication. I can get the game reason since that's to broken. But the others don't have a excuse. (Side note on Tera) It technically does have a legendary Pokemon and lore connected to it in Terapagos. It's said that Area 0 is full of it's own self created energy due to its slumber down there and with Terapagos said to have been common in olden days it adds up why Kitakami has natural tera energy. 😉

I think I also comes down to the fact that mega evolution is actually quite rare in Pokémon law, with the other gimmicks it feels like anyone and everyone can have it

bc they arent a gimmick

It’s nostalgia based.

Mega lore is actualy trash m8 literally goes against the core of pokemon, it hurts your pokemon alot of the time in lore, some of them go berserk and are known to beat up their trainers we see this with lucario often in the anime, its also the moat toxic competitive gimmic adding 0 actual dept besides bringin in a mega or a counter to watever mega is popular at the time(mega raykuaza) tera added better dept to the gameplay with its variation and the fact anione could use it so any pokemon can benefit(it fucking saved ice tipes for arceus sake) and gigantamax was a better mote balanced version of megas.

lol megas wouldn't be popular at all if they switched place with terastal

I Like G-max better also SWSH review when???

No offense, I love mega evolution, but I think it’s worse than Tera in competitive or multiplayer. Only like 15 or less of these things were ever good at some point, and only an even smaller number of them were consistently good. Mega Beedrill: That insane attack and speed is gonna be useless if you get one shot by mega Scizor bullet punch or mega Salamence quick attack. Plus, beedrill is a bug and poison type, the two worst types in the game. Mega Rayquaza: I don’t think he needs any explanation. Salamence: Gets bulkier, faster, stronger, and turns Double Edge into Brave Bird on steroids. Other megas are really broken and some are underwhelming. My first and only main series Pokemon game is Sword. I like its graphics, but I also just think Dynamax is a better mechanic because since any pokemon can dynamax, it makes more Pokémon viable.

Well whatever Pokémon company is doing they should keep at it, combing two of the most popular games in the franchise making Z-A has massive potential if they don’t screw it up