Even if coincidence, if I was a kid read that in the later games after my earlier years efforts worked...I would have been over the moon thinking it worked lol. To your point, it probably got changed to make the game more family friendly (i.e. extinction/animal death isn't easy for a young kid to comprehend if they think the pokemon are dying similar to what happened to the game corner.
Jinx's controversial design came of a lack of cultural knowledge from both sides, U.S consumers not knowing what Yama Uba was and Japanese developers not knowing what blackface was.
When it comes to the pre-Physical/Special split times, there's a good rule of thumb to remember what types are which, in that the types of every Eeveelution [including Leafeon and Glaceon, even if those didn't exist pre-split] + Dragon are all Special, while everything else is Physical
Dragon being special and ghost being physical is the weirdest thing i have seen in Pokemon. Especially since almost all dragon types were physical attackers and ghosts were special
@@HarmandeepSingh-fy5zt Dragon being special does not feel that weird since dragons are supposed to be mythical. Ghost being physical and Dark being special feels way weirder, especially since all existing dark moves where changed to physical moves in gen 4
When Leech Life's power was changed from 20 to 80, some Pokemon's move sets change as well. Instead of Leech Life, that slot was changed to Absorb, at least with zubat
@@dawnsbuneary bruh even if you resist it. It would still have 40 base power and many early moves have 40 power. But the times it won't be resisted which is still 13 types it's good for early game.
Gastrodon being intended for gen 3 makes a lot of sense. Lots of gen 3 pokemon come in pairs. Ninjask/shedinja, dustox/beautifly, lunatone/solrock, plusle/minun. Probably had to do with double battles being introduced I would imagine.
Generation 3 was a large example of counterparts and doubles, so it could have fit in due to Storm Drain negating any water attacks at it or its ally in doubles
@@velvetbutterfly gen 3 seems to go beyond just trading counterparts though. If you look at pokemon pairs that are just thematic connections, gen 1 has the nidorans, the hitmons, and maybe the fossils if those count. But gen 3 has the ones I listed, but also volbeat/Illumise, gorebyss/huntail, latias/latios, then maybe the fossils and also maybe zangoose/seviper for being enemies.
But shellos doesn't have different forms like wurmple evolving to either cascoon or silcoon. Shellos evolves into gastrodon from the west side, (if pink) or the east side (if blue) so I can see why gastrodon got changed into gen 4
I always thought that the reason was that none of the Notable trainer had Flygon as there Ace. Really disappointed because Flygon definitely deserved a Mega more than Garchomp or Metagross
In response to these… - Flareon is an example of Pokemon with a Pokémon whose movepool doesn’t fit its attacking stats. Entei was an example of this until it slowly got more options. - Raichu should have gotten the boost with the Light Ball IMO since it’s the evolved form, not only Pikachu. - Chandelure’s HA was never released, similar to Serperior’s HA and the Legendary Beasts (Water Absorb, Volt Absorb and Flash Fire). Could have changed the meta in Gen 5. - I didn’t like how Darkrai got a nerf with the accuracy of Dark Void. It only being exclusive to it was reasonable but still… Good that PLA returned the original accuracy though. - Crits in Gen 1 being dominant made Razor Leaf, a rather weak looking move, be pretty strong. - Speaking of different designs, some Pokémon used to have different number of digits. Ursaring and Mr. Mime used to have 4 fingers in earlier sprites/artwork. - Tracey is pretty hated from what I heard, as it felt forced for him to be in the anime. - GS being the original last games make sense due to how the story was structured.
@@kitkatboard raichu would be op. Raichu's base stat sp.atk is 90. It's maximum is 306. With light ball,it would be 612. That would just be so op considering that It's choice band and specs but better in literally every way AND u can also raise ur sp.atk with nasty plot. No. That would just be TOO op.
One change I always found interesting is that stun spore and sleep powder no longer affect grass types. I believe this was added one gen after electric types became immune to paralysis
You should do pokemon that deserve an evolution, and you demonstrate some possible ideas ! Some pokemon deserve an evolution. You can also do Pokémon that deserve a pre-evo. (Ex, Girafarig)
Charizard was actually pretty decent in Gens 2 and 3 OU, and has gotten even better in Gen 3 OU in recent years, firmly becoming an OU-tier Pokemon in ADV.
and then gen 4 came along, introduced the sneaky pebbles known as Stealth Rocks and it utterly ruined charizard forever (hell in gen 8 singles, he currently sits in the lowest tier of PU)
Actually, all games were intended to be the last from gen 1-5, it was only 6 onwards where they realized the franchise simply would not end This is why gen3 remade the original games to be a definitive experience Why gen4 let a lot of old mons evolve to fill our the dex Why gen5 was a soft reboot of the franchise
I can see up to gen 4 being like that as gen 3 had a big decline. But by gen 5 they knew it would never die. The reboot was likely more so because they knew it was going to go on for a long time and wanted a fresh start
Source? I don't believe this to be the case. The reason Gen 3 remade the games is because you couldn't transfer Pokémon from Gens 1 & 2, making many of them unobtainable without the remakes. Gen 4's old evolutions could have been to being a sense of familiarity to old fans(this is just speculation), but Gen 5 being a soft reboot sets the stage for future generations rather than being a reason for closing off the series as a whole.
I thought you would say for one of them, “Flygon was originally planned to have a Mega Evolution, but then this changed due to artist’s block, apparently, which is ridiculous. Still not letting this one go until it happens.”
The weird thing about Koffing's sprite is that in the original Red/Green versions it had the skull symbol below the face, but in the Japanese Blue version (which is the basis of the internationally released Red/Blue versions) the sprite was changed to have the symbol above the face. All Pokémon sprites received an update in Blue, but these updates were usually intended to bring them more in line with their appearance in promotional art and the anime, so Koffing's sprite being changed to make it look less like every other depiction of it is very strange.
chandelure never actually got shadow tag in gen 5 so it was never a scary threat specifically for shadow tag it only had the hidden ability but was never released
Yeah the same thing happened with Serperior and the Legendary beasts, it could have made them more imposing imo (not that Raikou and Suicune were bad in Gen 5)
@@IgnitedQuils for what it's worth, Serperioir got their hidden ability released, and it was unchanged. So in the "what could've been", Chandelure never was, but Serperior eventually became. So the only threatening thing about Chandelure in Gen V is that Gamefreak was dangling that carrot… and odds are, if Chandelure ever released with Shadow Tag, they might've kept it like that for Gen VI. But that's just speculation at that point.
Wow, that was a super interesting video and featured quite a bit of info I didn't know! I'm also glad that you specified *why* the various changes were made, because a (very) casual Pokémon fan like me wouldn't have any idea! What do you think were the best/worst changes in your list?
Lol I remember using Centiskorch (sorry if it’s spelled wrong) and being super surprised how strong Leech Life was, I was confused if it was changed or if it was always op and just never noticed
I can't wrap my head around how the inclusion of a slot machine where you don't use REAL money somehow boosts the rating up almost 10 years. If there was actual real world currency then I could see that but there isn't. And why take them out entirely? Game Corner is the perfect place to put old minigames as an arcade! Take the stuff from Stadium and Pokémon Mini and put them in there as arcade games. It can be a way to fix the busted friendship mechanic, giving you a chance to bond with your team by using them in the games.
this was also the case with sneasel & spinarak, they had completely different colors in Gold & Silver, but when Crystal came out, those colors where corrected
@@bulborb8756 i know i felt it was worth mentioning Tangela since every time i ran into one in silver i couldn't help but think it was shiny because i encountered a few trainers with tangela which is more trainers than i thought
Woah a serious video here & not another troll video? Let's go! 🤣 I actually miss those types of video from you I don't quite understand why people hate freeze so much lol it's annoying yes like sleep but is it so bad that you'll consider it the worst status condition? How about sleep? Is it so annoying?
I mean sleep and freeze are the same thing the inflected person can't attack for a few turns so so i can't understand why people think that oneout of the two is really annoying then the other
I think people hate freeze more because while Sleep is turn based, meaning you have a set limit of how many turns you stay asleep, Freeze is percentage based, so if luck really isn't on your side and you don't have any fire moves or scald, you can stay locked in place, unable to do anything for much longer. Another thing to consider is that Freeze, to my knowledge, can only be applied by damaging moves, meaning you could kind of see it as insult to injury. You take damage and suddenly aren't able to do anything as well. On the other hand sleep can almost only be induced through status attacks where most have a not insignificant risk of missing, meaning your opponent might basically waste their turn, whereas with freeze is more like an added bonus
@@lassestvring3427 Compared to Freeze, which is only caused by damaging moves, the only Sleep-inducing damaging moves are Relic Song (Meloetta's signature move), G-Max Befuddle (G-Max Butterfree's signature move) and Secret Power (only in long grass [Gen 3], tall grass [Gen 4+] and on Grassy Terrain). Not very widespead, eh?
Gengar had levitate for 3 generations not 6, since gen 1 and 2 did not have abilities. Also arceus is still pronounced that way in Japanese and the rks system in the ar system in Japan to, so that's more official to me.
I’ve always Pronounced it Are-see-us because that’s how the announcer says it in Pokémon Battle revolution on Nintendo Wii and imho Game Lore always trumps Anime Lore.
Focus energy actually had some niche use in gen1, as crits ignored all stat changes. Focus energy could be used to make sure you wouldn't crit, as a boosted regular hit could be superior to a crit
I didn't know of moves so I spammed regular attack in mystery dungeon. Then I found loves, then I became sso overleveled that ai again spammed the regular attack XD
I just found your channel about a week ago and man I gotta say you moved up the list to probably my favorite PokeTuber homie. I love this kind of content and I can't stop watching your videos haha. Especially your content from years ago. I'm glad you're still making content too. Thumbs up homie
In theory Gen 1 Focus Energy could have a use, if you were ever in a scenario where you don't want Crits. As Crits ignore all stat changes, there are times when your Crits would be worse than regular hits.
One change i never see being commented is a piece of dialogue from Mars in BDSP Originally when you fought her at lake Verity she said "what is this, a lovey dovey couple to the rescue ?, not a chance! not even a tiny one!". But it was changed and I don't understand why
Now though mega garchomp is actually quite good in the mat dex format due to it getting scale shot. Hence the speed issue is fixed and you can make use of the higher attack and bulk mega chomp provides. Even special moves are viable since it has 120 special attack. Some may say life orb chomp outdamages its mega which is true but regular chomp usually prefers other items like leftovers anyways. Also life orb chips adds up which is cruicial considering nat dex has a lot of priority. Not saying any form is better than the other but the point is mega chomp isnt strictly outclassed by regular chomp anymore.
Eveything you said about gen 1, I remember, in some cases, painfully clear. Wrap was hell...and Persian with Slash, it did help me once through the Elite Four with how broken it was, in none of my playthroughs did I see it not be a critical hit. It was a very unbalanced game, full of flaws. But the worldbuilding around it was so good that it has stood the test of time for nearly 30 years. And I´m grateful for it, now I get to play Pokemon with my niece and she actually thinks Im cool :D
I wonder if Combusken's shiny was changed because of the Max Lair to make it more noticeable? People can easily skip over it's shiny on the summery if they kept it's old shiny
I dunno GF have been slowly changing shinies here and there for years. I'm not sure why they choose certain pokémon though, if it was to make them clearer there are shinies that are far worse than even the old Combusken one. Ever seen a shiny Gengar? Personally I can't even see any difference between the normal and shiny version. Garchomp is the same.
I’m mixed about it. It’s somewhat annoying but you can max out your moves permanently and it can spread to your teammates that have the same move. Also Ethers/Max Elixers.
Well actually, you made a "mistake" Chandelure never had Shadow Tag. It was it's hidden ability in the dream world but there was no way to actually get it because they never made an event with it. In the dream world tier on Pokemon showdown, Pokemons that were yet not released with their hidden abilities could use them to see how powerful they would be. Chandelure was broken and quickly got banned. Also, not related but the differences in Japan are probably related to how mainstream pokemon is there, and those cute Pokemons would definitely attract people. Plus there are surely a ton of plushies of them.
2:35 Nope, shadow tag chandelure wasnever officially realesed, so it never had a chance to use it in smogon standard play, but in gen 5 a "dream world" tier existed where every pokemon could use their hidden ability from the dream world and there I'm pretty sure chancelure was banned or something
I remember playing Pokemon Y thinking the physical/special were like the older games. And I just ended up having a really bad run. Even having a Haxorus with Hyper beam 😂
@@liselilerindram9916 It's racist to exaggerate the physical attributes of ethnic minorities, and thus making them look uncanny Racism: the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.
Yeah, wouldn't it be weird if other Pokemon could learn non-stab moves? Zoroark with Flame Thrower, Goldeen with Peck (when did you see a flying fish?)
@@velvetbutterfly I think in a sense that Water Shuriken is a signature move for Accelgor. You don't see many signature moves for pokemon that don't share the same type with its moves
The potion split always confused me cause I would go back and forth between the older and newer generations so I wouldn't completely notice but I'd think I'd Mandela'd the entire 120/200 thing
I miss the basic attacks from the firsts Mystery Dungeon games. I think that's due the fact that when I was just a kid playing my Explorers of Time version I didn't knew how to use the actual moves of the Pokemon. So I ended up using only the basic attack until the third boss fight, where I finally had the idea of opening the menu while in a dungeon 🤡
What did they do to one of the coolest original 151 Pokémon? Gengar can go through walls and the ground, it's a ghost and now they took his defense from ground attacks?
Ok that Charmander spike just blew my mind. I see it now, but I never saw it like ever. Oo And I played since 1998. Woah. I have to ask some of my friends, if they knew that!
I just found out today that Raikou, Enter, Suicune had their hidden abilities changed. Used to be the same as the first three Eevee evolutions, then all changed to... Inner Focus?
@@Lil_Ducky43 typing? Sure they don’t matter as it is a MOBA. However all the other Pokémon’s abilities correlate to the ones they have in the core games, they obviously don’t work the same way because it’s a completely different game but Gengar’s the only outlier for some reason.
The ability "RKS System" being introduced has the same vibe as when Toby Fox made a song called "It's Pronounced Rules" because people had trouble pronouncing the name Rouxls Kaard.
I find it touching how one person's efforts to raise the numbers of wild Lapras were acknowledged
I think it was just a coincidence. I highly doubt the developers were acknowledging that specific post.
@@blueflare3848 It could also be a English translation-only thing.
(citation needed)
Even if coincidence, if I was a kid read that in the later games after my earlier years efforts worked...I would have been over the moon thinking it worked lol.
To your point, it probably got changed to make the game more family friendly (i.e. extinction/animal death isn't easy for a young kid to comprehend if they think the pokemon are dying similar to what happened to the game corner.
Jinx's controversial design came of a lack of cultural knowledge from both sides, U.S consumers not knowing what Yama Uba was and Japanese developers not knowing what blackface was.
Yeah, the purple is definitely better because it's evocative of frostbite.
I wouldn't say they didn't know what blackface was but maybe they just didn't even think about it when designing her
(Purple is worse because Jinx canonically had no body. The black is shadow)
@@randomcatname7792 Purple is also used for shadows sometimes
theres nothing wrong with blackface
When it comes to the pre-Physical/Special split times, there's a good rule of thumb to remember what types are which, in that the types of every Eeveelution [including Leafeon and Glaceon, even if those didn't exist pre-split] + Dragon are all Special, while everything else is Physical
Dragon being special and ghost being physical is the weirdest thing i have seen in Pokemon. Especially since almost all dragon types were physical attackers and ghosts were special
@@HarmandeepSingh-fy5zt Dragon being special does not feel that weird since dragons are supposed to be mythical. Ghost being physical and Dark being special feels way weirder, especially since all existing dark moves where changed to physical moves in gen 4
@@HarmandeepSingh-fy5zt The only Ghost type move affected by attack stats in Gen 1 was lick, which makes sense to be Physical.
and thus, it can be concluded that we still need a dragon type eeveelution
@@Xcyiterr We absolutely do.
When Leech Life's power was changed from 20 to 80, some Pokemon's move sets change as well. Instead of Leech Life, that slot was changed to Absorb, at least with zubat
Imagine getting a zubat with 80 power physical healing move as soon as you get it. Zubat would have been a broken play through Pokemon.
@@HarmandeepSingh-fy5zt Bug is tied with Grass for being resisted by the most types. It wouldn't have been THAT broken.
@@dawnsbuneary bruh even if you resist it. It would still have 40 base power and many early moves have 40 power. But the times it won't be resisted which is still 13 types it's good for early game.
Wtf how did I never know that Leech life got such a massive buff... I had to check the comments to see if he was trolling lol
@@HarmandeepSingh-fy5zt Plus you can have types that can cover Bug, such as Water, Psychic, Ground or Rock
I like to think that the first beta form of the legendary dogs are what they actually looked like before Ho oh revived them
Legendary beasts Raikou is obviously a sabretooth tiger
@@LizzyTiger98 Raikou is a Jaguar. Entei is the saber tooth. Suicune is a leopard. They’re pretty much legendary cats.
@@ThousandOwl more like entei is a lion of some sort and suicune is a cheetah and raikou is a sabretooth
@@LizzyTiger98 tru mb
That's actually such a cool theory
Gastrodon being intended for gen 3 makes a lot of sense. Lots of gen 3 pokemon come in pairs. Ninjask/shedinja, dustox/beautifly, lunatone/solrock, plusle/minun. Probably had to do with double battles being introduced I would imagine.
They also have a lot of pairs just to encourage trading.
Nidoran & Nidoran, Pincer & Scyther, Hitmonlee & Hitmonchan, Every Box Legendary
Generation 3 was a large example of counterparts and doubles, so it could have fit in due to Storm Drain negating any water attacks at it or its ally in doubles
@@velvetbutterfly gen 3 seems to go beyond just trading counterparts though. If you look at pokemon pairs that are just thematic connections, gen 1 has the nidorans, the hitmons, and maybe the fossils if those count. But gen 3 has the ones I listed, but also volbeat/Illumise, gorebyss/huntail, latias/latios, then maybe the fossils and also maybe zangoose/seviper for being enemies.
But shellos doesn't have different forms like wurmple evolving to either cascoon or silcoon. Shellos evolves into gastrodon from the west side, (if pink) or the east side (if blue) so I can see why gastrodon got changed into gen 4
i dont think different forms existed then except for unown
51: Flygon was originally going to get a mega evolution, this was changed due to them not being able to come up with a good design.
Also Flygon being the only fully evolved Dragon type introduced in Gen 3 to not get a mega evolution
I always thought that the reason was that none of the Notable trainer had Flygon as there Ace. Really disappointed because Flygon definitely deserved a Mega more than Garchomp or Metagross
In response to these…
- Flareon is an example of Pokemon with a Pokémon whose movepool doesn’t fit its attacking stats. Entei was an example of this until it slowly got more options.
- Raichu should have gotten the boost with the Light Ball IMO since it’s the evolved form, not only Pikachu.
- Chandelure’s HA was never released, similar to Serperior’s HA and the Legendary Beasts (Water Absorb, Volt Absorb and Flash Fire). Could have changed the meta in Gen 5.
- I didn’t like how Darkrai got a nerf with the accuracy of Dark Void. It only being exclusive to it was reasonable but still… Good that PLA returned the original accuracy though.
- Crits in Gen 1 being dominant made Razor Leaf, a rather weak looking move, be pretty strong.
- Speaking of different designs, some Pokémon used to have different number of digits. Ursaring and Mr. Mime used to have 4 fingers in earlier sprites/artwork.
- Tracey is pretty hated from what I heard, as it felt forced for him to be in the anime.
- GS being the original last games make sense due to how the story was structured.
i personally think the darkrai nerf was good
@@raqeebahmed1452 same
I wish Raichu benefited from the Light Bal too... I love the little guy but it doesn't seem like Game Freaks do.
@@kitkatboard raichu would be op. Raichu's base stat sp.atk is 90. It's maximum is 306. With light ball,it would be 612. That would just be so op considering that It's choice band and specs but better in literally every way AND u can also raise ur sp.atk with nasty plot. No. That would just be TOO op.
@@shaktikhare7096 In a metagame where shit like Gorilla Tactics Darmanitan or Zacian Crowned exist, "too broken" doesn't really mean anything anymore
One change I always found interesting is that stun spore and sleep powder no longer affect grass types. I believe this was added one gen after electric types became immune to paralysis
Nope same hen actually. Gen 6 saw alot of changes like this. Including prankster not working on dark types.
@@PokeHokage Prankster not working on Dark types was introduced in Gen VII.
You should do pokemon that deserve an evolution, and you demonstrate some possible ideas ! Some pokemon deserve an evolution.
You can also do Pokémon that deserve a pre-evo. (Ex, Girafarig)
i second this
YASSSSS
I third this!
Totally. I think Charizard needs another evolution ;)
I feel like he's done this before 🤔
The guy who breeded lapras and released in the wild is a LEGEND!
*bred
Charizard was actually pretty decent in Gens 2 and 3 OU, and has gotten even better in Gen 3 OU in recent years, firmly becoming an OU-tier Pokemon in ADV.
Don't forget about gen 8 before crown thundra and dlc
It was never an OU stable it just had a niche there and his gen 2 was its most successful thanks to belly drum
and then gen 4 came along, introduced the sneaky pebbles known as Stealth Rocks and it utterly ruined charizard forever (hell in gen 8 singles, he currently sits in the lowest tier of PU)
Start of the video: 50 BIGGEST changes in Pokemon
Video: Will-O-Wisp's accuracy was changed from 75 to 85
Actually, all games were intended to be the last from gen 1-5, it was only 6 onwards where they realized the franchise simply would not end
This is why gen3 remade the original games to be a definitive experience
Why gen4 let a lot of old mons evolve to fill our the dex
Why gen5 was a soft reboot of the franchise
I can see up to gen 4 being like that as gen 3 had a big decline. But by gen 5 they knew it would never die. The reboot was likely more so because they knew it was going to go on for a long time and wanted a fresh start
@@PokeHokage 5's drastic tonal shift which was immediately discarded could also be seen a send-off to all the players that grew up with the series
Source? I don't believe this to be the case. The reason Gen 3 remade the games is because you couldn't transfer Pokémon from Gens 1 & 2, making many of them unobtainable without the remakes. Gen 4's old evolutions could have been to being a sense of familiarity to old fans(this is just speculation), but Gen 5 being a soft reboot sets the stage for future generations rather than being a reason for closing off the series as a whole.
I thought you would say for one of them, “Flygon was originally planned to have a Mega Evolution, but then this changed due to artist’s block, apparently, which is ridiculous. Still not letting this one go until it happens.”
Way to go Diego DeAlvarado! He's literally was one of the very few people Gamefreak gave attention to!
That Lapras fact is adorable, I love that.
The weird thing about Koffing's sprite is that in the original Red/Green versions it had the skull symbol below the face, but in the Japanese Blue version (which is the basis of the internationally released Red/Blue versions) the sprite was changed to have the symbol above the face. All Pokémon sprites received an update in Blue, but these updates were usually intended to bring them more in line with their appearance in promotional art and the anime, so Koffing's sprite being changed to make it look less like every other depiction of it is very strange.
chandelure never actually got shadow tag in gen 5 so it was never a scary threat specifically for shadow tag
it only had the hidden ability but was never released
Yeah the same thing happened with Serperior and the Legendary beasts, it could have made them more imposing imo (not that Raikou and Suicune were bad in Gen 5)
@@IgnitedQuils yep
@@IgnitedQuils for what it's worth, Serperioir got their hidden ability released, and it was unchanged. So in the "what could've been", Chandelure never was, but Serperior eventually became.
So the only threatening thing about Chandelure in Gen V is that Gamefreak was dangling that carrot… and odds are, if Chandelure ever released with Shadow Tag, they might've kept it like that for Gen VI. But that's just speculation at that point.
@@nicocchi i really wish shadow tag happened it would've probably made chandelure uber but yeah
chandelure was a beast in a showdown tier where every pokemon had access to their hidden abilities, even if they hadnt been released with them yet.
Wow, that was a super interesting video and featured quite a bit of info I didn't know! I'm also glad that you specified *why* the various changes were made, because a (very) casual Pokémon fan like me wouldn't have any idea!
What do you think were the best/worst changes in your list?
Lol I remember using Centiskorch (sorry if it’s spelled wrong) and being super surprised how strong Leech Life was, I was confused if it was changed or if it was always op and just never noticed
Don't worry, you spelled it correctly.
Leech Life was changed in Pokémon Sun&Moon to be 4 times as strong.
I can't wrap my head around how the inclusion of a slot machine where you don't use REAL money somehow boosts the rating up almost 10 years. If there was actual real world currency then I could see that but there isn't. And why take them out entirely? Game Corner is the perfect place to put old minigames as an arcade! Take the stuff from Stadium and Pokémon Mini and put them in there as arcade games. It can be a way to fix the busted friendship mechanic, giving you a chance to bond with your team by using them in the games.
Speaking of Decidueye considered for Smash Ultimate, Delphox was also Considered for Smash 4 until Greninja was ultimately chosen~
Nope, Sakurai decided to work with Greninja even before XY were released, he just saw the artwork GF had and he wanted Greninja immediately
Uh, I haven't heard about this one. Do you have a source for that?
Fun fact tangela’s normal sprite in gen 2 was green instead of blue and it’s shiny was even more green so basically every gen 2 tangela is shiny
this was also the case with sneasel & spinarak, they had completely different colors in Gold & Silver, but when Crystal came out, those colors where corrected
@@bulborb8756 i know i felt it was worth mentioning Tangela since every time i ran into one in silver i couldn't help but think it was shiny because i encountered a few trainers with tangela which is more trainers than i thought
13:15 "He had a miraculous *change of heart."*
So, _~He never saw it coming?~_
Phantom thieves are real confirmed
Woah a serious video here & not another troll video? Let's go! 🤣 I actually miss those types of video from you
I don't quite understand why people hate freeze so much lol it's annoying yes like sleep but is it so bad that you'll consider it the worst status condition? How about sleep? Is it so annoying?
I mean sleep and freeze are the same thing the inflected person can't attack for a few turns so so i can't understand why people think that oneout of the two is really annoying then the other
I think people hate freeze more because while Sleep is turn based, meaning you have a set limit of how many turns you stay asleep, Freeze is percentage based, so if luck really isn't on your side and you don't have any fire moves or scald, you can stay locked in place, unable to do anything for much longer.
Another thing to consider is that Freeze, to my knowledge, can only be applied by damaging moves, meaning you could kind of see it as insult to injury. You take damage and suddenly aren't able to do anything as well. On the other hand sleep can almost only be induced through status attacks where most have a not insignificant risk of missing, meaning your opponent might basically waste their turn, whereas with freeze is more like an added bonus
@@lassestvring3427 Compared to Freeze, which is only caused by damaging moves, the only Sleep-inducing damaging moves are Relic Song (Meloetta's signature move), G-Max Befuddle (G-Max Butterfree's signature move) and Secret Power (only in long grass [Gen 3], tall grass [Gen 4+] and on Grassy Terrain). Not very widespead, eh?
I think the lines on Dratini's belly were supposed to be like the belly scutes of a snake.
Gengar had levitate for 3 generations not 6, since gen 1 and 2 did not have abilities.
Also arceus is still pronounced that way in Japanese and the rks system in the ar system in Japan to, so that's more official to me.
Actually, four generations (3, 4, 5, 6)
I’ve always Pronounced it Are-see-us because that’s how the announcer says it in Pokémon Battle revolution on Nintendo Wii and imho Game Lore always trumps Anime Lore.
Focus energy actually had some niche use in gen1, as crits ignored all stat changes.
Focus energy could be used to make sure you wouldn't crit, as a boosted regular hit could be superior to a crit
I didn't know of moves so I spammed regular attack in mystery dungeon. Then I found loves, then I became sso overleveled that ai again spammed the regular attack XD
I just found your channel about a week ago and man I gotta say you moved up the list to probably my favorite PokeTuber homie. I love this kind of content and I can't stop watching your videos haha. Especially your content from years ago. I'm glad you're still making content too. Thumbs up homie
In theory Gen 1 Focus Energy could have a use, if you were ever in a scenario where you don't want Crits. As Crits ignore all stat changes, there are times when your Crits would be worse than regular hits.
Still worse than splash imo.
5:19 hey! swadloon it's cool
One change i never see being commented is a piece of dialogue from Mars in BDSP
Originally when you fought her at lake Verity she said "what is this, a lovey dovey couple to the rescue ?, not a chance! not even a tiny one!". But it was changed and I don't understand why
Now though mega garchomp is actually quite good in the mat dex format due to it getting scale shot. Hence the speed issue is fixed and you can make use of the higher attack and bulk mega chomp provides. Even special moves are viable since it has 120 special attack. Some may say life orb chomp outdamages its mega which is true but regular chomp usually prefers other items like leftovers anyways. Also life orb chips adds up which is cruicial considering nat dex has a lot of priority. Not saying any form is better than the other but the point is mega chomp isnt strictly outclassed by regular chomp anymore.
I didn’t know some of these so thanks for making a good video Alex 🙂
39) in the pokemon manga it makes references to machamp losing his belt when evolving though
Subliminal message at 13:06
Kadabra is flipping us the middle finger.
I’m so conditioned to receiving joke videos from you it took 4 minutes before I accepted it was serious XD
One of the things that I liked doing in the Gen 1 games was the toxic leech seed combination
Eveything you said about gen 1, I remember, in some cases, painfully clear. Wrap was hell...and Persian with Slash, it did help me once through the Elite Four with how broken it was, in none of my playthroughs did I see it not be a critical hit. It was a very unbalanced game, full of flaws. But the worldbuilding around it was so good that it has stood the test of time for nearly 30 years. And I´m grateful for it, now I get to play Pokemon with my niece and she actually thinks Im cool :D
13:40 Okay, this is legit cute af lmao.
GameFreak knows
Shoutouts to Buzzwole for being in the top of the polls for literally no reason. My man
We welcome you back goat 🐐🫶🏼
I wonder if Combusken's shiny was changed because of the Max Lair to make it more noticeable? People can easily skip over it's shiny on the summery if they kept it's old shiny
I dunno GF have been slowly changing shinies here and there for years. I'm not sure why they choose certain pokémon though, if it was to make them clearer there are shinies that are far worse than even the old Combusken one. Ever seen a shiny Gengar? Personally I can't even see any difference between the normal and shiny version. Garchomp is the same.
Getting rid of the regular attack in PMD dx is one of the worst changes.
I’m mixed about it. It’s somewhat annoying but you can max out your moves permanently and it can spread to your teammates that have the same move. Also Ethers/Max Elixers.
Good to see you back again man, always love your videos!!!
Honestly Diego was so wholesome that even Pokémon considers what he did as gamish canon
Well actually, you made a "mistake"
Chandelure never had Shadow Tag. It was it's hidden ability in the dream world but there was no way to actually get it because they never made an event with it.
In the dream world tier on Pokemon showdown, Pokemons that were yet not released with their hidden abilities could use them to see how powerful they would be. Chandelure was broken and quickly got banned.
Also, not related but the differences in Japan are probably related to how mainstream pokemon is there, and those cute Pokemons would definitely attract people. Plus there are surely a ton of plushies of them.
Pokemon is very mainstream in the West too. Maybe the reason could be because women are more into Pokemon in Japan than here
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Nope, shadow tag chandelure wasnever officially realesed, so it never had a chance to use it in smogon standard play, but in gen 5 a "dream world" tier existed where every pokemon could use their hidden ability from the dream world and there I'm pretty sure chancelure was banned or something
Fact 51: Alex is now serious
Every day i watch your videos,and now you put a new one:D yay
Raikou from beta to official design is like the goth high school kid that grew up into a chilled father
Impressive, very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's Pokémon Change.
Video idea: 50 pointless moves abilities and items for pokémon scarlet and violet
3:25 don't forget Charizard in Gen 8. Heacy Duty Boots, Solar Power, and Gigantamax move.
Heacy duty boots?
@@Lil_Ducky43 Typo, *Heavy.
Interesting video! I like hearing about obscure facts like this! Thanks for uploading!
Yes the best poketuber has returned.
Good thing these changes happened
Legend returns
Loved the Lapras part, I salute
I remember playing Pokemon Y thinking the physical/special were like the older games. And I just ended up having a really bad run. Even having a Haxorus with Hyper beam 😂
Chandelure had shadow tag coded into gen 5, but you couldn’t get it, as it was never officially released
Dratini's stripes made it more like its final evolution. Makes me wish they had kept them.
New editor?
"Arceus" was never changed. Its Japanese name matches its English name, that being "アルセウス" which in romaji is "Aruseusu" Note the S sound.
Sorry, but it clearly was changed if the devs themselves call it Ark-eus
When the world needed him most he reapered
Changing Jynx’s skin colour was unneeded. Making a black character in a game is just the opposite of racism.
Including a black character is good. Making the face literally black and giving it big lips is not
@@MorganKing95 it’s not racist though.
@@liselilerindram9916
It's racist to exaggerate the physical attributes of ethnic minorities, and thus making them look uncanny
Racism: the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.
4:19 Raikou prototype looks much cooler than what we got
"hey what's your favorite Pokemon!"
"Oh you know just *swadloon* "
Nice to see this is not a joke video. Good job.
I still think Kakuna has arms instead of a tie. It just keeps them close to the chest.
13:28. I respect him. ( shreads a single tear )
That water shuriken thing is weird because accelgor isn't water type
I mean it's a ninja too lol 🤷♂️ It makes somewhat sense
Yeah, wouldn't it be weird if other Pokemon could learn non-stab moves? Zoroark with Flame Thrower, Goldeen with Peck (when did you see a flying fish?)
@@velvetbutterfly I think in a sense that Water Shuriken is a signature move for Accelgor. You don't see many signature moves for pokemon that don't share the same type with its moves
Not really unusual since Pokemon learn moves that aren’t similar to its type
Raikou in the thumbnail looks like Super saiyan Houndoom
💀”super Saiyan houndoom” I love that
I was literally just playing platinum wondering why the opponent's feint wasn't working lol.
He's not dead!
4:20 Why does Raikou's beta design look like Chimera/Nina from Full Metal Alchemist?
i loved this video ^_^ aura guardian seriously one of the best poketubers
11:01
"Faithful remake" as they said
and they meant it
6:10 with subtitles.
So weird.
Be honest I know y’all did 46 too. I did that with a lot of rare Pokémon lol
The potion split always confused me cause I would go back and forth between the older and newer generations so I wouldn't completely notice but I'd think I'd Mandela'd the entire 120/200 thing
UA-cam: 5 interesting pokemon weakness
Me: Yep
11:48 fully disagree, No person I knew back in Pokémon’s early years called Jinx racist.
You probably haven't heard about Carole B. Weatherford
@@MorganKing95 how recent is this
@@TheLonelySoulja
She was the one who advocated for the whole change in Jynx' design
@@MorganKing95 so was this duh back in the 90’s or 00’?
@@TheLonelySoulja
She wrote her article on January of 2000
I miss the basic attacks from the firsts Mystery Dungeon games. I think that's due the fact that when I was just a kid playing my Explorers of Time version I didn't knew how to use the actual moves of the Pokemon. So I ended up using only the basic attack until the third boss fight, where I finally had the idea of opening the menu while in a dungeon 🤡
I can't handle this background music loop
What did they do to one of the coolest original 151 Pokémon? Gengar can go through walls and the ground, it's a ghost and now they took his defense from ground attacks?
Speaking about the Fairy-type upgrade, Gardevoir was just a Generation III Alakazam prior to Generation VI.
2:26 did you know that Chandelure never had Shadow Tag because you couldn't get them with their hidden ability?
Ok that Charmander spike just blew my mind.
I see it now, but I never saw it like ever. Oo
And I played since 1998. Woah. I have to ask some of my friends, if they knew that!
I thought it was gonna be another meme vid but it was a informative one which is nice.
I just found out today that Raikou, Enter, Suicune had their hidden abilities changed. Used to be the same as the first three Eevee evolutions, then all changed to... Inner Focus?
tbh their original hidden abilities where never released, so it was impossible for them to have lightning rod, flash fire or water absorb
I never thought Kadabra crads would be paying for my college tuition
12:13 Hey, that's Game Corner from Pokemon Essentials!
Shadow tag Chandelure was never released so we never got to know how powerful it would've been.
Damn I didn’t know that Gengar had levitate! 😁
And i didn't know it had lost Levitate lol
which is weird because it retains levitate in pokemon unite
@@unnderneath are have you not played unite before cuz typing and ability’s do not matter
@@Lil_Ducky43 typing? Sure they don’t matter as it is a MOBA. However all the other Pokémon’s abilities correlate to the ones they have in the core games, they obviously don’t work the same way because it’s a completely different game but Gengar’s the only outlier for some reason.
@@unnderneath really guess I need to log back in unite if I free up some space ofc
5:37 i noticed it while playing usum, I thought it was weird, its was always different
The ability "RKS System" being introduced has the same vibe as when Toby Fox made a song called "It's Pronounced Rules" because people had trouble pronouncing the name Rouxls Kaard.
0:22 objection blaziken better
SPEED BOOST