The Best and Worst Areas in Every Pokemon Region (Unova - Galar)
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- The second part of the best and worst Pokemon areas, focusing on Unova, Kalos, Alola and Galar!
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The final areas of Unova in the Black and White are amazing. They really do set up the games epic climax.
Agreed. Although Castelia and Humilau are pretty good too
Indeed, However In the Sequels the Badge Check Gates Me Pretty Sad;-;
My favorite area from alola is actually vast poni canyon. For alola there's alot to explore in there, there are some seriously tough trainers there and you travel together with lillie and you can see how much she's grown. Its a way better victory road than alolas victory road. Plus I adore the music
Vast Poni Canyon's music kinda made me think of the valley from the original Pokémon Snap when I first heard it.
USUM Mount Lanakila says hi.
The entirety of Poni Island is just a chef’s kiss
When I replayed Ultra Sun earlier this year I was surprised to see the end of the cave with the Kommo-O trial so soon. I swore that place was a lot longer.
I love the scene where Lillie crossqs that bridge, it's so nice to see her conquer her fear (even if in the grand scheme of Lillie moments, its nowhere near as amazing as a lot of other ones in the game)
The final battle with Hapu was very cool too and I like the final trial quite a bit, love how ancient and empty it feels
I think they made some psuedos more accessible in X/Y because a lot of them are Dragon types, and their thought process was "Well since Fairy types exist now, Dragons are a little more balanced, so let's give players the opportunity to use them in a normal playthrough for once"
It doesn’t matter, like he said it minimizes the fact that you can encounter a pseudo legendary so easily makes it feel so much less rewarding. I have the same problem with sword and shield, I don’t like how easy it is to find every Pokémon in the game in a static encounter at level 60+
@@MegaMetal96 Yeah but Pseudo Legendaries aren't an actual rarity, it's a fan-made term for any Pokemon with a total base stats of exactly 600.
For example, Slaking has a base stat of 680 and therefore isn't a Pseudo Legendary.
@@AUselessGod but it's no secret that pseudo-legendaries are some of the most popular pokemon and 600 is a very high BST for a non-legendary
I didn't realize it but yeah the routes in the newer games are really plain, I like black & white and Black and White 2 because they had a lot of nooks and crannies to explore through.
Also in BW2 those nooks and crannies are explored differently, a bridge is complete in one, it appears cut off in the other, trainers switching positions.
Kalos has pretty good route design with each route having a unique aesthetic. Alola would be fine if they weren’t all so samey, there’s only so much of the same lush tropical area you can look at before getting bored. Galar though, absolute garbage tier level design.
@@handsoaphandsoap it's a tropical archipelago, of course its gonna looke the same, the same happens with Orre (Col./XD), it's a desert.
@@Velociraptor2000 All the routes have basically the exact same environment copy pasted, down to color palette and assets. Yeah, it should all have a somewhat similar vibe to keep it within the tropical island aesthetic but at the end of the day, this is a video game and not real life, there's no reason they couldn't have played with the visual design of the routes. Plus, even if it was the real world, tropical islands have all kinds of variety in environments, they are generally rich with both fauna and flora.
When you look at Kalos, we've got the standard route design but then we also have a route with an upper level on a cliffside and a beach down below, a route with a big fountain in it, one with a roller skating arena, one filled with leaves, a marshy looking area, one route that's just completely covered in snow, etc. etc. Compare that to Alola, it's got pretty much three kinds of routes; grassy tropical looking route, a rocky looking route with yellow grass instead of the green, or a beachside route with access to the ocean. There's the occasional graveyard site or beach with black sand but other than that, there's not much variety to go about, especially when it comes to the color palette. It's all the same shade of green, blue, yellow and brown, only occasionally breaking up the color palette but just for like one part of one area. They somewhat improve it in USUM by changing some of the routes to have more interesting plantlife but it's still fairly monotonous.
XY and SM have somewhat similar problems with exploration, where the game constantly stops you in your track to expose something or having some random fluff text for no reason, but XY are a lot more fun on a replay than SM because they break up the monotony of the gameplay with all the different types of areas you pass as you adventure through Kalos.
Do I think SM are stronger games? Yes, absolutely. They're probably in my top 3 of Pokémon games because of how strong the story is and how fun many of the battles are, with a great variety of different Pokémon to choose for your team. However, whenever I want to revisit the 3DS era of Pokémon games, I always find myself rather wanting to replay XY because of how much more exciting the region is, and because of how much of a slog SM are to get through, in a major way due to the constant interruptions, but the underwhelming level design is an even bigger factor in my eyes.
the routes in Sinnoh are the best ones in the Pokémon franchise imo. grassy plain routes, mountain canyon routes. bridge routes, foggy routes, snowy routes, bike routes, and sea routes
Po Town is so cool. I think it's where dialogue takes a backseat (a VERY welcome implentation considering this is Sun and Moon we're talking about) and the game shows us this broken down area Team Skull choose to reside in. Honestly I think it's reflective of the team itself. A reject town no one goes to, an outcast to the society of Alola brought down by bad luck and torment. It's subtle but it works here. Plus we have the classic Team Skull shenanigans which I love to see and also provide a good amont of contrast with the somber area. Man I love Team Skull so much.
Yeah Team Skull is by far the best evil team imo, and a big reason for it is Po Town
It's also a great representation for the parts of Hawaii - Oahu in particular - that all of the travel brochures and ads don't show you. Something like 75% of the population makes less than the junior enlisted U.S. military personnel stationed there and certain roads and areas of the island are covered in small, wood rotted houses, abandoned cars and homeless camps.
@@letsgetfluffy3138 lol no, team plasma got castle and invade the pokemon league, beat that
Still pissed they took the guy on the truck out in USUM.
The best area in Unova is under Elesa's high heels.
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I’d rather be under skyla 😜
Get a load of this simp
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Me who never played the original BW, fell in emotions when I got to the Celestial Tower in B2W2. The music is so amazingly deep and touching that is why I think so fondly of this place. Even not considering the music, i think the area is not bad at all, I genuinely wanted to use a Litwick in my team, but I dropped the idea because Tepig was my starter, and other than that I love the bell in the top of the tower and the feeling you are higher than the clouds, I thought it felt heavenly when I got in the top.
Yh it's an amazing area
Plus, this place is a symbol of one thing that will eventually come, death. I mean, this tower was built for it, putting graves for the ones that passaway and the bell ontop make it uniqe more
Did you still remember you cant fight a powerful girl trainer that were known as ex of a boy trainer ? That a mini challenge and i like it
Yeah, all of unovas routes are so good that the worst one is still very cool
I've always liked Celestial Tower in both games.
Lumiose City! Let's Go!
I'll count that as a shout-out 😌
OMG is that THE Lumiose Trainer Zac from Lumiose City???
Of course the Lumiose Legend himself would appear.
@@JPRPokeTrainer98 JPR?
@@JPRPokeTrainer98 it’s the guy from Pokémon
Lumiose city and Castelia City are the best main Pokémon game towns imo
Unova's Victory Road theme builds up depending on which gate you are. Great. Perfect. Gen 5 supremacy.
Talking about the inaccessible doors in Kalos just make me remember how I _really_ wished they went back to the “definitive third version” formula for Kalos at the very least.
I mean, one, “Z” just naturally follows after X and Y, it’s just perfect. Sun and Moon, whatever, it’d be more ambiguous as to whether we’d end up getting the so called “stars” or the more creative “eclipse”,(which Cosmog doesn’t have an evolutionary form to make a trio for, and Necrozma, I suppose technically counts as a third legendary that gained a larger story role in another game of the same generation, doesn’t feel quite right to me personally) but regardless.
Two, yeah, there was so much that could have been expanded upon in a pokemon Z. Inaccessible areas that were teased, themed areas that could have held more special Pokémon, giving Zygarde a larger role in the game he was _introduced in as the third of a main legendary trio,_ like Giratina in Platinum, instead of just anticlimactically being at the back of a shallow cave with even less fanfare than Mewtwo.
Instead, Zygarde straight up gets pushed off all the way to the next generation, where you basically collect the cells scattered throughout the region like ProZD collects pinecones before his fight with King Dragun. A nice little way to get strong stuff fast, but literally playing no story significant role. It’s just kind of… there.
And what's worse? There were planned X and Y sequels/updgrades as revealed by a 3DS datamine, though they were cut for whatever reason.
@@gengarguy8801 I think it's because b2w2 didn't sell as much and the gen 5 games in general got so much flack in the past so they try not to redo it again.
They even hinted a Z in the anime. I'm pretty sure the cells thing was meant for Z, but I have no proof.
@@gengarguy8801 They were canceled because it was either Z or Hoenn remakes. And EVERYONE was demanding for Gen 3 remakes, some even sending threats to Game Freak.
So they only had time for one. And therefore we got Gen 3 remakes instead of Z.
X, Y, and Z would have been PERFECT because it was the series's transition to 3D and what do you use to find where you are in 3d space? Your XYZ coordinates
Celestial Tower as the worst? Really? Celestial Tower...? One of the most memorable parts to me of any Unova playthrough is climbing to the top and ringing the bell, especially in Nuzlockes where i'm dedicating that ring to my own fallen pokemon as well. And the actual content of the tower itself is fine. I don't see how it's somehow the worst. I'd give that to the Moor of Icirrus for just being...more of icirrus. pretty boring place. Anyway...
Kalos: I'm gonna try to avoid putting towns on this, but the best area to me is the cliffs of route 9 and the towns that surround it. I love the feeling of seeing the sea and beach from overhead, only to climb down and travel there myself once I've passed through Ambrette town, and the route transfers seamlessly into Cyllage city. Kalos has a lot of great locations. (Route 13 is the worst tho, I'll give you that.)
Alola: I gotta give it to Vast Poni Canyon. Exploring this area before the final confrontation in SM felt incredible, It's such a unique looking area. It also stands out to me personally because I've been to it's real life equivalent! Worst...does festival plaza count? I'm gonna say festival plaza counts. It's festival plaza.
Galar: I gotta agree with Route 10 being the worst, but as someone who hasn't played the Crown Tundra yet...Glimwood Tangle is pretty for the 5 minutes you're in there???
I was so sad that Glimwood Tangle was SO SHORT. It and Ballonlea were exactly the kinds of areas that I had been looking forward to exploring in Galar - even more than the Wild Area - and it took no time at all to get through them.
Honestly, Unova is my favorite region out of all the regions of Pokemon. There isn't an single area that I hate nor doesn't go anything wrong. They're all so good. I agree that the final routes in both BW & BW2 are the best ones. And I don't mind Celestial Tower. I can agree that there's to many trainers to battle that u can't avoid for the most part. But at least there's a nurse that can restore your Pokemon. So u don't have to worry about getting your Pokemon to the Pokemon Center or using items in order to stay healthy. And the area itself felt more alive and had an unique backstory. The only area in Unova that; while I don't despise, but doesn't like an whole lot is the Abysmal Ruins in Undella Town. While it's nice for it's backstory & taken place in underwater, the puzzles aren't too bad & the items u get are reliable, the concept of it is pretty tedious. U only had whatever minutes to explore the underwater ruins and it'll collapse. Forcing u to head up back the surface & try again. Thankfully that area is totally optional and the items u get are still with u. But going back to the beginning again and where u left off is pretty annoying.
Speaking of Route 10 in Galar ( which is the complete opposite of Unova's Route 10 in terms of uniqueness ), why are there swimmer Trainers in that area? It's an snowy area. And there isn't an beach in Galar.
Kalos Route 8 is lowkey slept on, its a completely different experience whether you navigate it from up on the cliffs or down on the beach. It's also the point in the game where the Pokedex opens up. Elevated routes are goated (examples being Unova Routes 13 and 23).
I do have to say, Unova's Victory Road in B2W2 is really awesome.
I actually slightly prefer it in BW I think. Maybe also bc it is the first time you encounter all those endgame cool mons like Fraxure, Deino, Vullaby, Durant or Heatmor - and it legit felt threatening to me (Durant consistently outspeeding me and KOing my mons. good times!)
I liked how Unova's victory road had you going in and out of the cave as it was different to the previous 4 generations. These videos really hammer home how lackluster later gen (especially Galar) routes are. It does make me laugh that they made the escape rope a key item in a generation where the caves in the main region were so simple and short that it's impossible to get lost or weary from battles (still doesn't excuse it though).
Ultra Megalopolis was the most disappointed I've ever felt in a Pokemon game. There's NOTHING there.
Me: Oh geez, I wonder which Galar route he'll pick. They're all just kinda bland and straigh-
JPR: ALL OF THEM!
Me: That...that works too.
This is why we need HMs or an HM equivalent. It doesn’t even have to take up a move slot, but it makes exploration and backtracking so much more satisfying.
I frankly disagree with Lumiose when Laverre City and Anistar City are around, Laverre because theming and Anistar... God the Anistar City theme is too good.
@@Emmetlovesredvelvet13 Goldenrod is a boring hub?
@@letsgetfluffy3138 the whole johto region is a boring landmass.
How could you say Anistar City theme is too good when Snowbelle city theme exist?
@@showmeyourmoves8551 well atleast it ain't Kanto or Hoenn, the former is boring as hell, Hoenn had a lot of water and even their hub city kinda sucked
Celestilal Tower Had this cool sidequest with some at least a Bit challanging Fights. Thst was good about it. I also liked the camera spin
Same
Things said in the Luminous City section I liked:
Knowing that Taxi Drivers can fight you
Realizing pant prices
Play Persona on 3ds but bad
I actually think the slumbering wealth is the best area in galar, the music and the aesthetic of the area really go well together to add a sense of mystery that's the perfect set up to see Zacian and Zamamenta later on in the woods. It really makes you why you're seeing the box arts so early and if there's more behind them, too bad that the same sense of intrigue couldn't be carried out through the rest of the game.
It was really cool the first time, and coming back was nice, but it could have used a lot more. Maybe a strong Pokemon is guarding the sword and shield that you and Hop have to team up against to take it down? Basically a Totem? I think that wuld have been neat.
Would be cooler if it wasn't a literal straight line
Unova's got some BELTING areas tbh
Relic Castle and Chargestove Cave are my favourite conceptually, navigating them is irritating though, but they're saved by their themes
It's so refreshing seeing another Nexomon fan here.
@@PRDGL_WindyBW Same to you XD never got comments about my username, It's heartbreaking
For me the best route of Unova is the Sky arrow Bridge. I still remember the first time crossing it and was awed by it.
I couldn’t agree more with all your choices. Megalopolis was personally the biggest letdown. A city in an alternate universe or in space, full of blue skinned people & poipoles, but instead of allowing us to explore it, they just give us a hallway.
Glad you said it about the Galar Routes, they're genuinely so lackluster and boring to get through.
I disagree. I honestly liked Galar Routes. The music was great, and the selection of Pokemon, even in the early game was very good, too. I do think Gamefreak halfhearted the game itself, though
@@Sobeitut I disagree on the selection of Pokemon early game and on the music as well.
@@Sobeitut I don't think the developers "half-hearted it" by their own volition. It seems more like the product of a rushed deadline. The game has plenty of good ideas but could have used more time to iron out some of the kinks, especially with its storytelling.
@@rocknroll909 I agree
“If you make a mistake and don’t correct it, that is a second mistake! Oh sorry I was thinking of a quote from a better Pokémon game.”
HE DID NOT JUST DISS ALOLA LIKE THAT-
I would say Main SWSH has 2 good locations actually!
Glimwood Tangle and Ballonlea!
They might be small but the lighting is amazing and I love how there are Pokémon hiding around and a few dead-ends!
The town is just as beautiful especially with random wild Pokémon all over the town! But it's a shame it also has the worse Gym challenge of the region...
Galar might have small routes but they all look beautiful. Bit harsh to pick them all
There's also Slumbering Weald, which felt wonderful to revisit late in the game. It had great music and atmosphere, as well as some neat pokemon and story
@@arikaaa69 OK I have to ask, what story? It legitimately has zero lore behind the area besides "this is where the Legendary sleep".
The only place with any less lore is Cerulean Cave...
@@NagaYamiyo By story I just meant how the main story leads you there, encountering the legendaries in the fog and then later finding their weapons later in the story before they arrive to fight Eternatus. Tho the place really should have had a lot more lore, it's so mysterious and wonderous and it was really underused
@@arikaaa69 I can agree that was fairly well done.
But honestly that is what pisses me off so much about SWSH! It is FILLED with wasted potential!
Everything is nothing but corridors! The story felt rushed, and the villains felt like it was added last minute! Like they realized few months before launch they only had Team Yell in the game and nothing serious!
Celestial tower is amazing because of the atmosphere. The mechanical aspect of the area doesn't really matter imo
Shout out to abyssal ruins. Nice music and super unique and mysterious place to explore. Wish it had a pokemon at the end or something though instead of mostly just money as an award.
Routes 10 and 23 were so good they remixed the songs in Smash 4.
I was so excited for Ultra Megalopolis, and actually getting there and seeing that it was just a hallway made me so depressed that I just ended up restarting.
I really need to play B/W again, that's the only gen i've only played through one time and I feel like i've been missing out
Couldn't agree more about Univa and I love the game so much, thanks for another awesome video!
Even though I enjoyed Sword and Shield, and found the Crown Tundra, itself to be the most interesting area in the game. A lot of the Galar Routes, and even the mines just felt very underwhelming and empty.
9:30 Well, no. In the Giant's Bed, you can catch a level 100 Regigigas. And of course in Platinum, you can fish up a level 100 Magikarp in the Resort Area with a Super Rod.
"any legendary in any game before it" was the quote. Trust me I covered my bases because I knew about those two lol
@@JPRPokeTrainer98 Lol, yeah. Fair enough. Still, not the strongest wild Pokémon. Maybe that could be a video idea, "The Strongest Wild Pokémon Possible In Each Game".
@@ShayTheValiant I'll give it some thought, there are definitely some more obscure ones out there to discuss!
@@JPRPokeTrainer98 But do u think Ultra was lazy (from someone named Gireum)
You bashing on Galar Route 10 made me realize there’s a TM there I never grabbed in any playthrough. Thank you for showing me TM98!
This was a super refreshing and cool Pokémon video! Loved it, subscribed :)
Lumiose theme brings back memories... by far the best city in Pokemon with Castelia right behind it
unova has the best visual appealing locations. like the 4 bridges
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I think (to me at least) it’s clear which videos will do better. I hope you get more success man, I love that you make interesting content and make what you want to cover
I’m sorry but I just can’t for the life of me say that Route 13, the route with Gible in, is the worst area in Kalos when Parfum Palace is a thing 😂
As for the unreachable areas of the power plant? It’s another reminder to me on how a Kalos sequel was desperately needed considering how basic the region feels.
Hey, Parfum Palace is cool!
@@wikiuser92 it’s a cool concept, but it’s the most boring part of the game for me, like legit the only reason your there is to pick up the poke flute, why have I gotta chase down a furfrou in someone’s garden just to get that? 😂 it’s definitely one part of X and Y that could be cut out and it wouldn’t affect the game at all.
@@themotordrive4827 Hey! It's a place full of history and lots of cool sights!
@@wikiuser92 if you like it that’s fine bro, good for you 👍
@@themotordrive4827 Yh it's such a slog
I would argue that Glimwood Tangle and Route 6 are at least a cut above the other routes in Galar. Glimwood Tangle could use some work on the layout and level design, but in terms of atmosphere I think its one of the best in the series. Getting to see Impidimp dart in and out of the light provided by the multicoloured mushrooms is so cool to see, and the mushrooms themselves provide such dynamic lighting that we never see in the series otherwise. Most of the time the routes are either perfectly bright or pitch black with very little in between. Also, Route 6 has some really nice background details like the Diglett statues in the sides of the cliffs and the teams of Falinks marching between their burrows. The only thing I don't like about it is how we somehow stop time whoever we climb a ladder.
Agree with a lot of what you said, but the “Galar main game areas are all bad” joke doesn’t go over well for me personally. How is Glimwood Tangle not good? A forest that is actually dark like a real forest that you navigate with bioluminescent mushrooms and has a very distinct roster of new and unique Mons to catch? That place is full of charm. Other places like Stow-On-Side have a lot of culture and personality to them. I get it if you don’t like them overall as much as other regions, but to say Galar main area had no redeeming areas at all is a stretch.
It’s not that the areas or their concepts in Galar aren’t nice, but there’s literally nothing to do in any of the routes. Pokemon is a game, not a piece of 2D artwork. You can’t go off anywhere to explore or find cool little details that add more to the world, the whole route just circles back in on itself rather than branching off and making you feel like you’re exploring alternate paths and connections and areas - you have to use a variety of tools to access certain areas. Just pick a random route like Unova route 14. Yes, conceptually, it’s ‘just rivers running through field and woodland’, but when you’re playing, you see items and trainers just out of reach, and you have to figure out different ways of traversing the area that’s not just ‘walk into it’. Unfortunately Galar just looks pretty, but has no real substance in that sense, which is super frustrating because, as you say, the concepts they had were amazing. They just didn’t make it fun, at least for me anyway.
@@TheClearSummer thats my big problem with Galar, lots of things to look at, but not a lot of substance (look at the rushed story, the underdeveloped characters, boring route design, etc.)
If only Glimwood Tangle wasn't literally just a straight line... Like all of Galar
@@user-pp6pr5fg8w Did you even read my post? Because you completely missed my point. My point was that this video isn’t”t “Best and Worst DESIGNED Areas in Every Region” just “Best and Worst” in general. That by definition includes all other aspects besides navigation design, including things like aesthetics and available encounters. You want to think Glimwood is too linear, cool. Hell, if you want to think all of Galar is too linear, cool. But when you are saying not a single area of Galar has ANY redeeming features, that not ONE has an interesting appearance, that not ONE has an interesting set of encounters available, etc., THAT is what I’m saying is cringe. Even if you don’t like aspects of Galar, or don’t like Galar overall that much, it DOES have redeeming features as every Gen has. Claiming otherwise is a pretty hot take imho.
I also liked the loop between Hammerlocke, Circhester, and Spikemuth. It’s a good variety of environments between standard grasslands, ruins, tundra, and an icy bay which I think may be a first for the series.
Keep it up on your work and this channel
Ah, Galar's route 10 with the random surgeon standing half way up a snowy mountain...
Seriously, what is with Galar and surgeons standing around in random places?
"you found Stomping Tantrum!"
Seemed very fitting for the final route
Lumiose city, I used to know that whole city due to having most of the daily events take place there.
That said, I cant say it's the best due to how barren it felt. Not as lived in as Castelia, Nimbasa or the newer ones in SwSh (although I feel Galar as a whole to feel so small).
I loved the second Wild Area in Galar, not only for the variety, but man.... the music is SO GOOD! When those bagpipes start you know this is what you were waiting for in SwSh!
Omg YES I FOUND IT! I've been rewatching your videos to find the clip of you saying "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" And I finally found it at 3:50. I feel like I've just found a shiny pokemon lol
As much as I loved USUM, I definitely agree with your comments about Ultra Megalopolis. And I gotta say, that intro to Galar - I mean the Crown Tundra - was hilarious lol
Ngl the most rewarding route to go in galar Route 2.
Like I felt rewarded for finding that lake!
i dont remember a lot from gen 7, but i do remember po town a lot. its my favorite area in the game and was a great part of it
I agree with you on Alola. Po Town was really interesting and Ultaspace had a lot of potential that was just wasted.
I hope when the DLC of Scarlet & Violet come out you revisit this video for those games
Hear me out, the real biggest problem with both the galar region and sword and shield isn't the national dex, it's the heavy over reliance on the wild area when it offered almost no exploration or special secrets at all
Po Town was surprising and I liked it a lot!
I have to disagree with Celestial Tower. It legit is a memorable area and funnily enough there is a side quest in BW2 that legitimately is interesting
I ain’t gonna lie lol haven’t played a Pokémon game in over a year and watching this makes me miss the franchise
Love your videos
I never knew about the Stomping Tantrum TM on Galar Route 10... I.. just went down the hill not looking to the sides... usually the side juts are kind of obvious..
Unova Route 10 was where I lost my Serperior in my Nuzlocke run of Pokemon Black. I... didn't know about Sap Sipper.
Route 9 in Galar is pretty dope tho (sea-route after Circhester with branching paths)
I watched part 1 minutes before this dropped, perfect timing
You've done what game freak hasn't for me, made me want to go back and play more of the crown tundra.
3:46 I’m gonna start using this, that was a great line
Routes 8 and 9 from sword and shield where both really good in my opinion
I agree
I also adored Kalos' parfum palace, and Motostoke kinda grew on me after seeing the other areas of Galar 😂😂
I remember that tower in white! That's actually where I stopped playing the game and didn't get back into Pokemon until ORAS
Twist mountain any season other than winter can be pretty annoying too
after watching both videos and have a thought of it myself, I came out with my own favorite and least loved areas in the pokemon games that I've played.
In Gen 1
I love SS Anne the most. During my childhood I had the privilege to enter a big ship, and it's a wild experience. SS Anne in the game is that experience for the player character. Big ship, good amount of trainers, and it's the place to get the first ever HM in the history of pokemon.
I really don't have a place that I don't like in gen 1, but I do have one that I enjoyed the least when I'm exploring it. Power Plant may be the place where one of the legendary birds house, but it's bland, a single floor location with nothing else to offer.
In Gen 2
Dragon's Den may be one of the locations where players just go to catch a pseudo legendary in Dratini/Dragonair and never come back, but I love the idea that Dragons making one location as their nest. Unfortunately it's limited to the Dragon types available at that time, which is really just a few.
While I don't have a place where I dislike in Gen 1, I can easily say I really dislike Cianwood City. Before the remakes, almost every characteristics it has already been done with Cinnabar Island in Gen 1. A gym location where you need to surf to the corner of the map ? a legendary house itself next to it nearby ? It's a location where the player has absolutely no reason to return to until the additions of a Johto safari zone in the remakes.
Excluding dlc, I think the wild area would have been a clear choice for Galar. The worst area is literally everything else
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that all the routes in SwSh were literal hallways. Going back to replay BdSp made me realize how much better the routes and caves were designed with exploration and the wonder of getting lost in the older games.
My favorite zone in X Y is route 8, because is the only route in the game where you are able to see the routes below
Now that bdsp are out you should do a best/worst areas of sinnoh again as they have added new areas
I honestly think there's not a single bad area in Alola. I love just walking around the region encountering some Pokémon hoping for a shiny and soaking up the atmosphere. I just love this region.
I love alola but it does not have an an area comparable to lumiose city.
@@showmeyourmoves8551 3 of the 4 main islands have big, central cities from where you can reach everything. They are not as big, but in comparison to there islands they are as important as Lumiose City.
@@Besitzerstolz yeah but its not as alive a lumiose where you can actually get lost.
@@showmeyourmoves8551 true
I thought for the worst in Kalos was route 1 if you can even call it that. It's better off being part of the first town. While route 13 have it's downsides, at least there's items, pokemon, and a bit of elbow room to explore a bit, even if there's nothing to really see other than the power plant teasing everyone. I wouldn't be surprise if everyone just forgot about it, but it's better that way.
Galar Route 9? Great route for Galar standards imo, the misty sea vibe of the area is amazing, you can find lots of cool Pokémon there for the first time (Snom, Darumaka, Clobbopus, Dhelmise...), and it's divided into multiple sections... it might not be an *amazing* route but it's nowhere near deserving of being included in the "worst areas of Galar" discussion
Dhelmise is from Gen 7, but ok)
@@goGothitaLOL I said "cool pokemon" not "galar pokemon" and dhelmise in my opinion is cool.
@@Ben-wu3or It's not even an opinion. Dhelmise. Is. Cool.
The entire region of Unova is so good that even the worst thing is so memorable and iconic that it beats most other region's best areas.
I had this video paused for a while and the first thing I hear when I come back is "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln how was the play?"
**jpr intro plays**
CRANK THAT VOLUME UP
Litwick in that tower was great for EV training.
Wait I totally forgot about those locked power plant doors.
Gen 5 was so good it’s crazy
Gen 5 was so mid it's crazy
The last little bit of Black/White was highly enjoyable I have to agree. I was actually shocked that I had to fight N and then Ghetsis right after with no chance to save or prep in between. I hadn't seen that coming but thankfully my team was well prepared and strong enough to overcome it with little difficulty. I think his Hydreigon took out one of my weaker Pokemon because I made a mistake and switched it in not knowing Hydreigon had a super-effective move to use against it, but that's about the extent of the trouble I had. As far as N goes I don't think he even damaged any of my Pokemon. Which I thoroughly enjoyed destroying him and finding out that I was correct about my assumption of him being used by someone else. I didn't know the story of Black/White prior to my playthrough of it, but N's lack of true conviction in what he was fighting for made me think that someone else was pulling the strings
i forget what number it is, but one of the galar routes is actually decently interesting... I remember a desert or rocky one with some ladders and stonehenge looking things that looked fairly intereting
For Kalos I really like Route 15, with all the autumn leaves and rivers
My sheer disappointment on galar routes can be summed up by the route to the Circhester town. it is a tiny zigzag that is as small as the straight path on route 1 in XY. You are at your 7th gym and you get the tiniest route possible. At least the route after the town is much better and probably the only semi-complex route in the main game.
Mount Lanikila in OG Sun and Moon is the worst Victory Road I've ever seen. I encountered precisely one Pokémon, and they mention how dangerous the place is, and it's basically a hallway with one path to the side to get the Icium Z.
I leave a like everytime just for the intro
It's a bit of a slog but I loved celestial tower when I first played black. Maybe it was the music.
The glimwood tangle is a great location in Galar.
Shout out to clay tunnel from bw2 which basically connects the entire west half of unova
YASSSS BEST TUNNEL EVER
@@contraryshinysnivy based
"other than that, mrs. lincoln, how was the play"
lmfao
Unova:
Worst Area: Twist Mountain. I don't like to be locked out of places or items when exploring because I need to wait for winter or wait for it to end. And no, I don't want to have to mess with my console's clock to get around this. This also applies partially to Icirrus City and Route 8.
Favorite Area: Victory Road in Black 2 and White 2. It was a joy to explore, and even more in the post-game, when you can find the ruins of Team Plasma's Castle.
Kalos:
Worst Area: Dang it, I forgot how much I hated Route 13... the wind is the absolutely worst thing about it.
Favorite Area: Anistar City. Love the aesthetics and music, and the old man's event got me right in the feels.
Alola:
Worst Area: Ultra Megalopolis in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Yeah, I was expecting way more from a WHOLE NEW CITY.
Favorite Area: Team Rocket's Castle in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. As much as I disliked how these games changed Sun's and Moon's stories and removed most of what made them great, I LOVED the concept of Team Rocket being an interdimensional threat. The puzzles were a nice throwback, and fighting every leader from the other teams in the series, each packing their own signature legendary Pokémon, was a joy.
Galar:
Worst Area: Circhester Gym in Pokémon Shield. The third part of the gym is a blindness simulator.
Favorite Area: Wild Area, Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra. The explorations of those areas are what I loved the most about Sword and Shield, and to this day I boot up my games every now and then to do some Max Raids when I want to kill time.
Imo the music and encountering Litwick saves Celestial Tower. The worst area for me would either be the bridge between Driftveil and Route 5, the train town that you can access through the Subway system or Lost Forest, all for the reason of being underwhelming. Out of those the forest was underwhelming to me because I never got to do the event as a kid and it gets better in BW2, and the bridge is just a bridge so you can't expect too much from it, so the train town would have to be the worst area for me
I didn’t even know about the level 90 greedent.
I remember when I encountered a shiny Dugtrio in the desert I saw the blue noses and I pooped myself . Good times
I really like the celestial tower because it helps you 😀
Lumiose city also has ✨Clemont✨, that one gym leader who has a mental breakdown over a TM