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Can You Beat Pokemon Shield With ONLY Grookey?
Pokemon Sword and Shield released 5 years ago, and to celebrate I revisited these games to answer one simple question: Can you beat Pokemon Shield with only Grookey? It may have taken some morally ambiguous strategy at times, but this journey with one of my all time favorite starter pokemon was an absolute blast. If you love memes, monkeys, and pokemon like I do, this is the video for you. Thanks for watching!
My videos are all about Pokemon! My favorite Pokemon Games are Pokemon Emerald and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet! I love delving into Pokemon topics and talking about everything from Shiny Hunting to Nuzlockes and everything in between. Oh yeah! I also do Pokemon Playthroughs and challenges and stream Pokemon Games on occasion!
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The Problem with Pokemon's Villains
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Pokemon Villains have always been a little lackluster in terms of character development, so this video is a deep dive into each evil team, why some are better and more nuanced than others, and how some just repeat the exact same story as old ones. Since the evil team is always tied closely to the game's story, and since the villains are so repetitive, that's why a lot of Pokemon game's stories ...
Pokemon Emerald But Everything Is Shiny
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Pokemon Emerald is my favorite and easily one of the best Pokemon games ever. Shiny Pokemon are a community favorite phenomenon. So, why not combine the two? In this Nuzlocke of Pokemon Emerald, everything on the screen is shiny. Maybe it takes away from the rarity of shiny pokemon making them special, but hey, doesn't everyone just love seeing Pokemon on screen no matter the context? I know I ...
The History of Obscure Evolution Methods in Pokemon
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The History of Obscure Evolution Methods in Pokemon
The Rise and Fall of Pokemon Game Intros
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The Rise and Fall of Pokemon Game Intros
The Decreasing Rarity of Dragon Type Pokemon
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The Decreasing Rarity of Dragon Type Pokemon
Starter Pokemon Will Never Be the Same
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Starter Pokemon Will Never Be the Same
Pokemon's Obsession with Creepiness
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Pokemon's Obsession with Creepiness
10 Pokemon Abilities You've NEVER Heard Of!
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10 Pokemon Abilities You've NEVER Heard Of!
A Brief History of Pokemon Remakes
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A Brief History of Pokemon Remakes
I Beat Pokemon Violet Using Only One Move
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I Beat Pokemon Violet Using Only One Move
Speedrunning Pokemon In Infinite Craft!
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Speedrunning Pokemon In Infinite Craft!
I Ranked EVERY Gym Leader in Pokemon!
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I Ranked EVERY Gym Leader in Pokemon!
I took a Pokemon Quiz, with a SPICY Twist
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I took a Pokemon Quiz, with a SPICY Twist
Ranking EVERY Starter Pokemon in a Tier List
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Ranking EVERY Starter Pokemon in a Tier List

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  • @cerebralassassin2185
    @cerebralassassin2185 16 годин тому

    I think from gen 6(besides frokie) onward the starter pokemon have been drastically going down quality wise. I think they're leaning too much into gimmicks/characters. I miss when it was animals mixed with a gimmick(gen 4 and 5) or just an animal that's pokemonified(gen 1, 2, and 3). The only 2 starters that actually look like pokemon since gen 6 are frokie and fuecoco.

  • @Ty2000.
    @Ty2000. День тому

    The real reason why Charizard is not dragon is game balancing. It wouldn’t be weak to Blastoise’s water moves.

  • @AstroEphemeris
    @AstroEphemeris 5 днів тому

    9:35 not cohesive enough? Who tf doesnt get the bird ontop? Genuinely that’s your gripe on its design? Anyone who takes 3 seconds to watch nat geo, open their eyes to the world or touch grass can see its idea is taken from nature. Birds are known for cleaning the teeth of bigger animals. Go back to school if that isn’t obvious.

  • @nerri4779
    @nerri4779 5 днів тому

    THE OBVIOUSLY A CROCODILE AND BIRD IN REAL WORLD IT IS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP

  • @garydrago
    @garydrago 5 днів тому

    What game are you playing at 3:15?

    • @mrjorri
      @mrjorri 4 дні тому

      Its pokemon scarlet DLC

  • @nomore9458
    @nomore9458 6 днів тому

    Your opinion sucks

  • @chip-toons
    @chip-toons 6 днів тому

    btw, torterra's inspirations pulling from the world turtle is referenced in the detective pikachu movie :)

  • @lordmew5
    @lordmew5 6 днів тому

    I think most people don't understand that ninjas are unironically apart of the same fantasy ninjas show up in the same fantasy settings even if rare and often as a mob enemy

  • @eveningowl9443
    @eveningowl9443 7 днів тому

    it would be farmed and traffiked for its cottom wings

  • @jaschabull2365
    @jaschabull2365 8 днів тому

    Skeledirge's bird actually seemed like a pretty clear allusion to depictions of the Egyptian plover to me. And I think it's pretty cute how it hatches from crocalor's sombrero-fire-egg. Plus, birds are, like, the first animal that comes to mind when you think of singing, and it turns into a microphone when skeledirge uses torch song, so it makes sense on that front too. It might be neat if a new design philosophy is come up with for starters, I somehow suspect straight elemental animals might be unlikely to return due to worries it may come off as boring, but doing something besides incorporating human roles would probably be a good idea to make the concept fresh again.

  • @hime-senpai5938
    @hime-senpai5938 9 днів тому

    I love my meowscarada

  • @Idk-v3y7x
    @Idk-v3y7x 11 днів тому

    idk bout y’all but what’s going on there’s always other Pokémon to catch other than the starters.

  • @DBZMacky
    @DBZMacky 12 днів тому

    I can say as someone who only managed to finish his BDSP Nuzlocke postgame because of X-items, the game really does change once you start using them.

    • @FargusPhil
      @FargusPhil 12 днів тому

      I’m convinced you could beat any challenge by using X items lol

  • @phillipwalker3692
    @phillipwalker3692 13 днів тому

    Monke

  • @kushalchoudhary1208
    @kushalchoudhary1208 13 днів тому

    Why not just enjoy what's going on and stop comparing how it was before with how it's going on.

  • @LightningIgnis
    @LightningIgnis 13 днів тому

    Kieran is the best champion in the franchise and his battle would be harder had he started with Grimsnarl

  • @lucasdanielcardosonunes1531
    @lucasdanielcardosonunes1531 14 днів тому

    They shit now 😢

  • @knightarmor6981
    @knightarmor6981 17 днів тому

    They started to look too human that's the reason i left watching pokemon. The reason why Mew too stand out in gen 1 was it was too close to human with superpower than a pokemon

  • @TheBoringLlama
    @TheBoringLlama 17 днів тому

    These aren't records and u basically are just repeating the same thing 4 times

  • @pinx884
    @pinx884 20 днів тому

    always a spot for my team.

  • @CydonianKnights11
    @CydonianKnights11 20 днів тому

    I love the new grass cat

  • @andrewallyeno
    @andrewallyeno 21 день тому

    My favorite Pokémon - Cloud birb dragon 🐉 ☁️

  • @danielbrito6
    @danielbrito6 21 день тому

    All of the new starters share the carnival theme, and the games are set on the region of Portugal and Spain, carnaval is part of the culture, they are performers, skeledirge is a singer clown, meowscarada a mascarade magician and quaquavel a samba/capoeira dancer Crocodiles are part of a lot Spanish stories a god choice for the starter has is an Iberian Linx for obvious reasons, a duck/peacock is the least inspired I would say but not out of place Idk what ur on about with the “uninspired, complicated but not enough” There is so much culture on this starters and just cuz you don’t get it is a bad thing

  • @uranague7572
    @uranague7572 21 день тому

    Gen 1 - 9/10 really good and simple, and have the best starter ever charmander. Gen 2 - 1/10 terrible, except Feraligatr looks cool. Gen 3 - 10/10 perfect; every single one of them. Gen 4 - 6/10 mid, infernape goated torterra generic, empeleon had a good idea (Napoleon amazing) but the execution is terrible, design is horrible. Gen 5 - 0/10 all bad, snivy is kinda cool. But samurot was supposed to be a samurai but he doesn’t look like one. Pig looks goofy Gen 6 - 7/10 Greninja carries hard. Gen 7 - 8/10 very decent. Incineroar has the most basic design. We’ve literally 2 other biped fire starters who know how to punch. But the other 2 are really great. Gen 8 - 4/10 I really like Rillaboom, his design is brutal, he looks op. Honestly don’t like cinderace. His design is simple but his role is so specific, that combination is just bad. Gen 9 - 7/10 honestly love them. And they have the best first stage in all generations, look really cute. Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly are the best. But unfortunately their final evolutions are not that good. Except for Skeledirge, who’s a ghost colorful singer, the other 2 have disappointing evolutions. Meowscarada is not that bad but Quacaval is such a let down. Specially because Quaxly is my favorite looking first stage starter.

  • @uranague7572
    @uranague7572 22 дні тому

    Honestly you didn’t research enough on gen 8. They’re supposed to represent British entertainment. Football (Beckham), Action movies (James Bond) and music.

  • @phucpham7081
    @phucpham7081 22 дні тому

    I hope next pokemon games the game studio would make a new evil organization instead a group of gangs bullies

  • @ChileanRipliancum
    @ChileanRipliancum 22 дні тому

    Chokorita is still my favorite pokemon ever 💚

  • @LilHaze117
    @LilHaze117 22 дні тому

    Why does everyone call BulbaSAUR a frog?? It's very clearly a DINOSAUR... The first starters are a Dino, a Dragon and a Kaiju

  • @xcmet
    @xcmet 22 дні тому

    For me totodile is the best designed unevolved starter. I can see why the animaters did not want to evolve it.

  • @rhett5058
    @rhett5058 22 дні тому

    Chestnut is a porcupine

  • @Drewxx1-n4x
    @Drewxx1-n4x 23 дні тому

    My fave mega of all time

  • @the_charliecp8859
    @the_charliecp8859 24 дні тому

    Gen 6 was the last good starter gen, im Spanish and we got done dirty by gen 9, could’ve done a bear starter, sprigatito could’ve turned into a Lynx or a lion, and how did they waste the idea of having a bull starter in a region based around the Iberian peninsula

  • @r1ckyish
    @r1ckyish 24 дні тому

    Quaquaval was so bad the moment i got him i released it....... Even though the typing looked fun the whole design and the way it moves during a battle is terrible......

  • @emolejules8665
    @emolejules8665 24 дні тому

    No way bro used a signature move on a level 19 pokemon😢

  • @samirankalita5260
    @samirankalita5260 25 днів тому

    Gen 1, 3 & 4 have the best starters till date

  • @graylee945
    @graylee945 27 днів тому

    You can really tell which starters are new and which starters isn't - I'm cutting the line between Gen 4 and Gen 5, though I still think Gen 4 starters is already characterized

  • @SantosOverlord
    @SantosOverlord 27 днів тому

    tho this day i have no idea what kind of drugs GF was on when they made Decidueye stats, he should have gotten stats similar to mewoscarada, instead they are all over the place, like someone just randomized them

  • @icewaterk
    @icewaterk 28 днів тому

    oshawott my favorite pokemon but dont disrespect my boy snivy ever again

  • @ivoizzy123
    @ivoizzy123 28 днів тому

    Most starters these days would work better as legendaries

  • @pranavk281
    @pranavk281 Місяць тому

    How are you criticizing gen 2 for being too simple? Gen 1 is literally the most. Squirted is literally just a regular turtle design other than the cannons. And charizard and is also a pretty generic winged reptile design. Typhlosion with its flame collar is about as much special design as regular charizard. Flower around meganiums neck and leaf on top isn’t any more simpler than venusaur with the tree as plants parts on grass types is pretty common. Blastoise is only one unique with the cannons compared to feralligator and feralligator certainly looks like it already has a personality. Plus design certainly stands out among other alligator/crocodile/lizard mons.

  • @jankamedova2190
    @jankamedova2190 Місяць тому

    Like pokemon cat and dog

  • @pro_gemer
    @pro_gemer Місяць тому

    I noticed that with the release of gen 9 when I thought the new starters didnt fit well as pokemon at all

  • @Qqq3qqq
    @Qqq3qqq Місяць тому

    the way i saw it, kanto/jhoto south/north korea. the starters are essentiallly lizards except for quilava who similar to hoen (hoen being japan) who torchic alao a furry lizard

  • @saran758
    @saran758 Місяць тому

    Its not magician for paldea its dancer singer and actor

  • @seisXcinco
    @seisXcinco Місяць тому

    It doesn't matter for anything

  • @Eatbutternow
    @Eatbutternow Місяць тому

    This is all just subjective opinion. “Feraligatr is plain, it’s just a crocodile.” “Sceptile is a lizard, but it has personality.” When I look at those two next to each other they look more alike than any other two starters. They are slightly different lizards. People do mental gymnastics to come up with reason to dis Pokémon designs they don’t like and praise their favorites. This conversation topic is a waste of time. Gamefreak does whatever it wants. If they cared about fan opinions we would have much better games. Just pick the one you like best, or dislike the least. You spend most of the game just looking at the back of their heads anyways.

  • @nunobatista5822
    @nunobatista5822 Місяць тому

    In paldea i can see the grass and water starter actually enjoying their "job" skelridge however i cant imagine a crocodile singing, and he doesnt seem to enjoy that anyway 😅

  • @noahwyatt4449
    @noahwyatt4449 Місяць тому

    This guy is so valid

  • @lreporte
    @lreporte Місяць тому

    gen 8 and gen 9 have a really trash design, are very forgettable and out of place considering the pokemong world. they should stop doing this bad new gens and instead create like a remaster of the previous games and gens. and all these z moves, dynamax, all trash and out of place, just lame and dull

  • @GhostsInThisHouse
    @GhostsInThisHouse Місяць тому

    The last two are exactly the same