I think you have to take into account the means to obtain the information. An employee that takes the info is one thing, The actual hacking of game freak and leaking of beta info along users personal info is unethical. Being a blind consumer is almost always a bad thing.
Here's my hot take: Open world is a bad format for mainline Pokémon games. As we've seen from Scarlet and Violet, it's literally just walking across a barren mass of land to go to different places, just to do a few battles and then move on. The linear games have fun puzzles between important locations, fun room layouts and even completely optional areas that you won't just walk into and instead have to find yourself.
One controversial opinion that I have is that I really have a beef with a lot of Pokemon redesigns where the intent is to “fix” them, but all the artists end up doing is completely missing the point of the design and/or completely sanitizing it of personality just to make it more safe and palatable.
Here is an opinion I have that has gotten backlash: I dislike the fact that they are now shiny locking legendary and mythical Pokemon so players will have to pay to hunt them in Pokemon Go. Gift Pokemon to a shiny hunter don’t count bc they don’t have you as the OT. Zacian, Zamazenta, and the Galar birds can only be shiny hunted in Pokemon Go.
I think it's a bad move to shiny-lock any Pokemon that can be encountered in-game. Shiny hunters are the players who are willing to play your game for thousands of hours, who are willing to buy any DLC or peripheral you sell if it makes hunting even slightly easier, and who post their shinies online and make other people want to play your game. As a developer, you should recognize that this is one of your most loyal demographics and in turn should avoid shiny-locking unless absolutely necessary, and should allow places to save between cutscenes and starter/legendary encounters. Instead, each game seems to get more and more difficult to hunt starters and legendaries, and as a player who doesn't really shiny hunt, but often resets for a a desired nature, it gets really frustrating. I reset in Sun until I found an Adamant or Jolly Rowlet and the cutscene around it was like 2 minutes long. And that's not a new issue either. In Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, you can't view your Pokemon's summary screen during the battle with Starly/the rival. They had to go out of their way to disable the feature of viewing your Pokemon just for that battle. Why on earth do they do things like that? How do they think making me wait even longer to see my Pokemon's nature makes the game better?
I hate it when they restrict options just to sell it back to us. The Pokemon GO mythicals are atrocious... You have to work a ton for a Pokemon _you literally payed for._
I think backlash vs popular is different things. If your opinion is on twitter, it is a cesspool of mentally unfit people. I believe your opinion of shiny locking legends is the popular opinion. Generally the fans only see it as a cash grab. The only push back I have seen that might make sense is some say that possibly with programming, and having overworld pokemon now, that it would be too difficult or something. I kind of get that however I think it more undermines the capabilities pokemon. They created these games whole world. I am not a coder though so I really couldn't tell you. I could see, as they do make the stories significant with shinies that maybe for lore reasons they are holding them back? not sure there either.
@@BeIlG I'm pretty convinced it's about making certain pokemon more consistent, since they've been making (especially story-relevant) legendaries more and more consistent characters rather than random examples of their species. For example, Ogerpon is always female and the loyal three are all males because they're specific characters rather than a random Ogerpon
Hot take, remove trade evolutions that aren't logical. Solo runs make it hard to complete a dex if you can't trade a kadabra/haunter/machoke etc. If you can't access online, you can't complete the dex?
There's literally items now that allow you to solo Evo trade mons, we had to trade to evolve before the internet was a mechanic in pokemon games and we had to find another person and use a cable
it's not the leak I dislike. It's how people make such a big deal about a controversial topic the devs killed at the idea stage, without considering that they thought about it, decided it was a bad idea, then discarded it, and still hating on them for it. Nevermind that it has a basis in folklore, or previous game lore, they devs never even implemented the idea people are going crazy over.
yeah thats definitely really annoying. like oh no they wrote a story based on folklore and it didnt make it into the game so it literally isnt canon anyway? oh nooo they totally ruined a pokemon with completely non canon folk tales. (sarcasm)
I know right?! People have been yapping about the new leaks all month! Crap like that is just gonna give gamefreak an excuse to shut down more fan projects, not saying the company is perfect, but people need to show a little more respect sometimes.
What I really hate about the leak is that a lot of personal information about all of Gamefreak's past and present employees were leaked along with everything else. It sucks.
Yeah, I mean everybody LOVES Typhlosion, so clearly the bipedal status is not solely the problem; I think it's shorthand for "too human looking," which is a valid critique...
@@emperorcubone agree, Gen 1-6 all had 2 bipedal (Well, gen 5 had Serperior, who is not bipedal but that's the outlier) but they all looked like Pokémon But recently mons like incineroar, Inteleon, Meowscarada and Cinderace are almost things you would see at a furry-con Bipedal is fine, just dont over-humanifie them
Agree with the emperor here. Nothing wrong with bipedal starters, and they've actually been a series staple (heck, just look at the covers of Red and Blue!) The problem is them being too humanoid and on-the-nose with representations of human classes/occupations (drummer, footballer, wizard, dancer, etc...)
@@tlrc_old exactly. Look different from Toxtricity v inteleon. One is a guitar but don't need to wear leather jacket and carry actual guitar. And most importantly not act like a human Actually rilaboom is the perfect case of this humanoid pokemon design. They badly wanted to make a gorilla( know for drumming on their chest) drummer, the made him carry a drum everywhere. Priority over the theme before the creature.
The guy who said the rival in Gen 4 wasn't a jerk in the same paragraph as mentioning why Gen 3 is better... Love how the Emperor so respectfully talks about Wally from Gen 3 who is the farthest thing from a jerk. Kudos. Even May/Brendan was far nicer than Silver and Blue. They even give the player items like Poké Balls and the Go Goggles for the desert route. Barry might not be a jerk but he sure becomes a thorn in the side with the talk of charging fines and making nonsense contests. He actually poses a threat with his honey tree team of Munchlax/Snorlax and Heracross and the Starter that can actually beat the player's Starter choice. Not jerk but definitely annoying.
I honestly don't mind any of the rivals, although I don't understand why they replaced Gary in the Let's go games, which we're basically Kanto remakes.
I have a love/hate relationship with datamines and leaks. On one hand, it makes people excited about the upcoming game, but on the other hand, it’s rude to the people making the game
Honestly all I want to know in advance is who the starters are, at least one of any new or improved features and whether or not they will implement a difficult setting at long last. Give me that and I'll happily go my tuning mode that I use whenever ads play and ignore any leaks and spoilers.
as for leaks I hate when story or characters are leaked but I always want to know all the new mons before I play the game so I can plan my team before hand
As someone that likes to plan their team for replays / trying new teams without having to keep swapping I sort of agree. But I disagree about leaks, especially for a new playthrough of a new game. There's something charming and better about not rushing the game and being surprised when you find a new Mon you really like and having to decide who to replace etc.. rushing through a new game for the first time with a strict team wastes the experience of the game. The old games were that greater originally for that reason, figuring stuff out without knowing.
Gen 7 games were great. Sun and Moon had great Pokémon designs, and a decent story. The Ultra versions were leagues better, but released a bit too soon after the base games. Also Let's go Pikachu and Eevee were the best looking Pokémon games on the switch with a nice shiny hunting method that doesn't feel free like in SV
You're speaking my language! Especially for preservation purposes; you can go pick up a Platinum version (and used DS!) today for the same price as the Deluxe DLC pack-in versions of modern Switch games, and if you don't then good luck playing the Crown Tundra once the Switch servers get shut down. It may be years from now but it WILL happen...
@@emperorcubone However, the downside is having to play the entire game from scratch again, sometimes the new pieces of story simply aren't worth it (seeing you Platinum). At least with DLC I can use my completed save file.
I think this is actually quite a common opinion. I would say the actual consumers agree. I have only heard different from youtube channels of people that buy multiple copies of the same game and money is no object to them. SO they believe the dlc being half the cost of a 3rd version is fine. HOWEVER, like we saw with SV, they keep removing standard features a base game SHOULD have. Even simple things like rebattling the elite 4 or having the 3rd legendary. The theropodous story makes no sense to keep till the dlc. I personally find it deeply inappropriate that they were withheld. ON TOP OF ALL THIS, e shops will end at some point. This makes the whole of the 3rd version now unable to ever been natively found again. That is very disturbing! It will basically be lost content unless you hack. That is terrible. I wish they released a 3rd version with dlc on it. Not anything needing the internet to download things.
14:39 you can actually get an espeon or umbreon in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. You set the time when you start the game, and while it’s not as noticeable as gen 2, there’s still a day and night cycle. I think you can hypothetically trade an Eevee into Ruby/Sapphire, and then just raise its friendship and depending on what time it is, your Eevee will evolve into Umbreon or Espeon.
I agree 100% on the spoiler one. Somethings, I’ll keep up with all the leaks and spoil myself. But I’ll do my best not to ruin it for others. The excuse of, “well stay off the internet if you don’t wanna get spoiled.” Is lame. It’s usually people that post a picture of the spoiler because they got excited and wanted the world to know but don’t consider everyone else.
I literally never searched out any leaks, yet was still bombarded with pictures IN the thumbnails of videos from channels that, frankly I had never even heard of before! How exactly am I supposed to prepare for that when I didn't know it existed?
@@emperorcubone that’s frustrating and seems like an algorithm issue along with inconsiderate people. Anything spoiler related should have warning. But people also don’t take accountability on the things they spoiled and that’s a huge issue.
I 100% agree. I remember when all I did was look up a trailer that pokemon themselves made and then got spoiled with a thumbnail on the starters final evos!!!! Or when I somehow managed to avoid every spoiler for legends. I had the game for only 2 days and decided to look up a pokemon I wanted to use for its location. I did so and then saw the final boss ... So I ended up spending my whole playthrough not trusting that npc because I know what he'll do. I even beat the game and haven't touched the post game yet. I feel like there's no point in doing so. What a Pokemon will evolve into is one thing but story leaks is something that I can't fully recover from. Just ruins the game you know?
@@Sailor-Khione 100%. It’s ridiculous that people choose to be jerks in that regard. And again, when they get called out, they take no accountability and blame it on you for going on the internet. Like, nah, you could’ve just… not posted the spoiler in the thumbnail. Or on a Facebook post or wherever.
UA-cam comment sections and thumbnails are like a minefield right now for people wanting to avoid spoilers, like myself. Some people don't always make their thumbnails as spoiler free as they could, and I find myself hesitating to even read some comment sections now.
As I've seen someone say: "Gamefreak will never be able to make a game that lives up to people's expectations." There's just too much variation amongst fans. Some like following Pokemon but I've seen others who don't. Competitive AI for in-game opponents but others don't want that. I liked Pokemon Contests but some think its stupid. Everybody can't be pleased🤷♂️
100% agree with your take on leaks. Knowing too much about a game before it comes out takes so much fun out of it for me. And if you're online at all, it's way too easy to just stumble across a spoiler that you weren't looking for.
Yeah. UA-cam is like a minefield for spoiler avoiders right now. One wrong step and boom, you learn something you didn't want to, just because of an inconsiderate thumbnail or comment.
My hot take is that expanding the main pokemon into the more open world style is a straight downgrade to the more classic route based maps. The fact that all the areas retain their same level curve no matter what you do really destroys the idea of going wherever you want in the world to start.
To be fair, not everyone like puzzles in their games, I'm not against it, but as someone who only got into pokemon about 3 years ago, I don't mind it being straight forward, no offense to anyone who thinks otherwise, just thought I'd share my 2 cents on the Matter.
13:02 every time i see the square enix mix or pixel art and beautiful and detailed sprites I want that for pokemon. I dont hate the 3D models and they have gotten better over time for sure, but man let those talented artists go off and do something like square does!
My hot take? I have 2. 1. Dexit was not only an inevitable thing, but a good thing. Not every single Pokemon should be available in every single game. 2. More games should do what Black & White did with its dex. Making us have to actually use a team of the new Pokémon helped us connect more with that gen long term, as opposed to using the same Pokémon in every game. Plus, Pokemon being gone in some entries would help you appreciate them more when they come back!
I don't think anyone was ever arguing to be able to catch literally every Pokémon in every single game, (we've had version exclusives the whole time!) just the ability to Transfer them over, like you could in Alola without every Pokémon having a spot in the Dex! But I do agree that most people should try the new Pokémon instead of fallign back on the same few like Machop, Zubat, etc...
Yup we saw how people complained when Urshifu was transfer only for a bit until the DLC and now saying there shouldn't be transferable pokemon that are not catchable
i have one - EV's should be completely changed and have a page on each pokemon summary where you can add or remove ev's, as long as you have them, so for example after you fight 1 ratatta you can allocate 1 ev point to one of your stats, and you can always press a - button to remove it and + to add it to another stat (between battles of course)
It'd be cool if there was a type chart in-game, keeping track of all of them can get confusing, especially with duel type pokemon, it would probably help new players get the hang of the mechanics, just food for thought.
I 1000% agree with your first point, Emp! I *hate* how nothing can just come out anymore without dataminers/leakers basically laying everything there is/could be bare to see for everyone.
Like what is Legends Arceus got leaked before the announcement? That would've deflated the excitement so hard at something so unexpected from the Gamefreak we all saw as constantly playing it safe!
I agree with the first one so much I don't even watch trailers. Put this bit me in the butt because I actually forgot when the new Zelda game came out.
I disagree about the leaks thing. Its different to spoil story elements or twists but telling us who the starters are the existence of a game or even new forms/mons/gimmicks/variants is nothing that would ruin your experience with a game. Bit of a weird hill to die on
It may not ruin it, but it can absolutely negatively impact how you recieve parts of the game. I would have had a *way* less memorable first encounter with Toedscool if I had seen it in a leak rather than riding around Paldea and being struck with "Wait is that a pink Tentacool?!?!"
My hot take: I don’t count unique typings as truly being implemented if they are only on legendaries, mythicals, and/or temporary form changes. I’m fine with Pokémon like Volcanion, Galarian Zan Mode Darmanitan, or Lunala/Hoopa/Calyrex-S being the types they are, but can’t we have their type combos permanently available in at least one run-of-the-mill line?
Arctozolt will always be the first Electric/Ice type in my heart and I'm still waiting for a Fire/Electric (and maybe a Grass/Electric because all we have for that are other former), because Rotom will never count as those types for me
That's why I was so happy with Dragapult (having Giratina's typing) and Kilowattrel (having Zapdos' typing tho Oricorio came out before Kilo but I like Kilo better)
How much you want to bet that the adults complaining that Pokemon isn't a kids' game are the adults that literally grew up playing the game as kids? I do think that Pokemon should give a difficulty option in the games though. Just so people that want a bunch of competitive battles can get what they want while the people that just want a fun run-through can also get what they want.
Oh wow I agree with almost all of these. Only one I don't is gen 4 making someone "lose faith" in the franchise. I Would like some more explanation there because I can't work out why that would be
Mewtwo being all over the place is exactly like Wolverine being on every X-Men team at the same time--logically it doesn't make any sense as there's only the one individual, but since it's based on popularity more than logic it doesn't really matter.
Honestly I wish they'd make Mewtwo a villain again, it's has a lot of potential to be both a physical and mental threat, plus they really didn't do much with him in the anime, so they could REALLY make its game counterpart something special.
I think my hot take would be I feel like Violet's Paradox mons are better than Scarlet's Paradox mons. I really feel like the robotic design fits well with the gimmick of the game especially with the reveal that the professor has been sending Pokemon through a time machine. As such, the final battle with Turo in such a futuristic setting in Violet fits much, much more better than Sada's fight in Scarlet. Also there are sick designs like Iron Valant, Iron Bundle, and Iron Crown. Plus, it's easier to keep up with their names as they all start with the word "Iron." Yeah it's basic but I feel it still fits.
I agree. As for the names, I saw someone on Reddit (if I'm not mistaken) propose alternate names for them that still sound futuristic (e.g., Hydro Bundle, Magnet Hands, Solar Moth).
My main issue with the Violet paradox 'mons is that they change so little about the actual models. In silhouette, it's nearly impossible to tell one from its base form, aside from the ones you mentioned
People are quick to dismiss their uniformity as a flaw or lack of inspiration, but it's honestly as much of a merit as the variety of the past Paradoxes. It makes them feel like a real cohesive team with a common origin, whereas the past ones are more like multiple unrelated dinosaurs each one fending for itself. It also makes them more unique, since the only other group with this many similarities (designs, names AND shinies) are the Tapus. And lastly, it doesn't completely stop them from having their own variety as they incorporate multiple devices/modifications into their designs.
My hot take is that Gen I is way easier than everybody says it is. I recently did a playthrough of Blue where I challenged the League with my team around Lv. 50, and I had only 1 faint during the whole run.
I think the main crux of why it was "hard" back then is because we were children and it wasn't always clear where to go so we would get lost. (That, and the Bind mechanics were broken...)
As a non-competitive battler, who just likes battling online with teams containing Pokemon I travelled with, Dyna/ Gigantamax has been my favourite gimmick so far. The randomness of who or when the effect would happen was a lot of fun that kept my guessing and engaged. This coming from someone who’s first games were Pkmn’ Blue and Red.
I do have plenty of hot takes but here is one of the biggest (I think): I think "Dexit" was a great choice to do! I feel like many do tend to only use their favorite Pokémon and otherwise you have the Pokémon you catch in your PC forever. This way the animators do not need to make over 1000 Pokémon in one game...And sure they have been very bad sometimes with the choice to include or not include some Pokémon but I do think we don't need all Pokémon in all the games. Think about how much we got exited for Gogoat to be included in Scarlet and Violet when it wasn't in Sword and Shield. I also think with a limited pool of Pokémon you tend to try different Pokémon and therefore you have other creative ways to make a good team eitherway and maybe you get a new favorite to use.
@emperorcubone I'm pretty sure unlike normal leaks, which usually come from somebody who knows somebody, this was the result of an actual attack on Game Freak's servers. Like they were holding some information hostage
I have 2 hot takes so i'll just write them here: 1. Mythical legendaries are usually forgetable and a wasted potential for a pokemon. They almost never appear in games and if they do, they dont have events and just are mystery gifts. Some mythicals do have events but you need online and they are limited. The events should not be locked to online/limited time. If they are in the game code, they should be in game to get to. Also the movie only/pokemon go- mythicals are the worst and most forgetable, like, movies are fine but they're always only mystery gifts so they dont feel special. And meltan, who? 2. HGSS are good games but felt short as remakes. I love the games, I really do but the replayability is so awful sometimes because of the dex (where are the johto mons like houndour etc?), Evolution items (i always trade from sinnoh games so i can use scizor/ninetales etc), limited/bad TMs in main game (there are the good ones yes but like, steel wing is post game?), The levels are still an oddity. Overall ORAS did much better as a remake and have better replayability imo
Well I always trade over a team of Pokemon to use in a new HGSS game so I don't really worry about the lacking dex. But I tend to agree on the mythicals; Mew was special because it was the ONLY one like that, when there are 3-4 mythicals every time they all kind of run together...
I wish the legendary/mythical pokemon had more defined characters, make us WANT to help them, not saying they're bad as is, bit it would be cool if they actually had dialog of some kind, idk, I'm weird.
My take is that Johto’s the most unfleshed region rather Kalos. Despite being known for rich history, a lot of it still remains unexplored and to me, Sinnoh is more deserving of that title. I feel it needs another remake or even a legends style game.
I can legally say that even after so many years, I never got the popplio hate. It feels like people just hated it for no reason, outside of "it looks unfinished", but it just doesn't. It's just simple. and i like it it like that ::)
My hot take is I can’t stand those artistic depictions of the pokemon with multiple middle stages between each evolution to make it more gradual. Feels like it defeats the purpose of how they evolve in the game. I know I am being nit picky.
The protagonists of Scarlet/Violet are the most spoiled out of any Pokémon protagonist. They enroll in a high-status school, are personally visited by the principal to get a starter, are given a LEGENDARY not even an hour after that, are given free reign of the region, have immediate and plentiful access to items that were super rare in previous regions both in stores and just infinitely respawning as random drops on the ground like vitamins and bottle caps, can gain superpowers from eating sandwiches that potentially make for the best odds of having shiny encounters in the series, canonically obtains THREE Masterballs with the ability to make as many as they want thanks to the item printer, and are able to get guaranteed catches on a number of legendary and mythical Pokémon, even to the point of repossessing another trainers' legendary Pokémon after publicly humiliating said trainer, and even that was after stealing away said trainers' dream scenario from him!
Fair point, they probably wanted the game to be easier or something, hard to say given it's rough development and release, but hey, at least we get a cool lizard freind! Also do Miraidon/Koraidon technically count as legendary pokemon? I'm pretty sure they're paradox versions of Cyclizar, who isn't a legendary but idk.
If I had to post a controversial opinion, I'd say that I miss the excitement of progressing through the game to find specific and special Pokemon and stronger Pokemon the more you earn badges or credits in-game. The wild area in swsh was a good idea but if I basically got my entire team( including a powerful ice/ dragon type) before the first/ second gym, I feel unmotivated to go through the entire game. I want Pokemon to be endemic to a certain location like real life animals, only making a few available everywhere ( probably make them have better iv or something as you progress) and another thing I miss is going to Pokemon center just to switch your Pokemon! There's no more HMs so it isn't a hassle. In newer games where being in the wild is really dangerous, the fear factor is basically gone because you can have like a million Pokemon switched in and save your main Pokemon. I want to have atleast some anime restrictions in the game so it feels like I'm going on a journey myself, and it's making me feel disconnected with my own Pokemon if I can replace them like apps on my phone whenever I get bored with them on the go
I would agree with that! The clear cut progression system of the past gave you tangible results for your hard work, giving you a new area with new Pokémon/items to obtain felt far more rewarding than making a bee-line to the tallest mountain just because you can... The only downside is that it locks some Pokémon away until far too late.
@@marinagaleotti no no I don't mean literally 😂 I meant like there's little worry about self preservation in the wild area because of all the Pokemon in your box, I kept losing my members in my first play through of shield 🛡️ which was actually good because I had to be careful with my limited healing items! But after catching a few members and switching them around for exp rationing, I didn't have to worry about anything making me black out, and I had a revolving team and basically no time to connect with them
@@emperorcubone that's right too ! But look at the alola games, you could have gotten a bagon and a rufflet/ vullaby before you leave the first island and they still wouldn't be your strongest team members, even though they're end game Pokemon in their games. And obviously there's more than a thousand Pokemon now, so they can be generous with the native species but restrict some older Pokemon to late game, like putting sligoo around the 7th gym but making deino earlier, like the fourth or third gym !
@@blue94rose I mean... they kinda did that with Galar though, with the native species (And i feel like Native is the wrong termonolgy here, since every Pokemon that lives in Galar is native to that region, unless its specifically mentioned they were brought in, but thats a totally different argument all together) Sizzlipede was only available on Route 3 (And a capture in Motostoke Stadium as part of the Gym Trail, but then also only one). Route 4 is the only route where we can get Galarian Meowth Silicobra and Galarian Yamask can only be obtained on Route 6 Falinks can only be obtained on Route 8 (Not counting Lake of Outrage here, since you are way to low levelled to even have a fighting chance there and you actually cannot acces it after gym 7 anyways). Galarian Darumaka can be found on Route 8 and Route 10 (But Route 10 is pretty much post-game, since you actually cannot enter it until after you have defeated Raihan. Pincurchin is only available on Route 9 Clobbopus is only available on Route 9 Galarian Ponyta is only available in Glimwood Tangle Stonjourner and Eiscue aren't only version exclusives, but also only available on Route 10 (Again, not counting Lake of Outrage). Cufant is only availble in the Bridge Field section of the Wild Area. Galarian Mr. Mime is only available on Route 10. Duraludon is only available on Route 10 (It actually won't spawn in the Wild Area until after you have defeated Leon). Dreepy and Drakloak are only availabe at Lake of Outrage (So pretty much late game). There is also the thing that there also aren't that much 'new' Pokemon available for capture in the wild area that you don't already have, since they are mostly evolutions of mons you could obtain earlier.
My hot take sword and shield were not bad. 1st of the extreme linearity is a thing that everyone hates about these games sure it's just go from the base of the region to the top but Pokémon has been quite linear since the very beginning sure it wasn't go from 1 side of the region to the other but the games were still very linear the wild area was amazing certain parts of the wild area change every day the weather effecting the spawns was a great idea and they should have done it sooner. The music direction was very unique and a lot more different from the previous games and a lot of the songs are very enjoyable and memorable. The game wasn't awful in the graphics department sure it wasn't amazing but I think there fine there by far better than the previous mainline games sun and moon Omega ruby and Alpha sapphire X and Y sword and shield also look better than the most recent games Legends Arceus and Scarlet and Violet and I can imagine that Legends Z won't be as good either. The villains plan while dumb isn't as bad as some other villains Maxie and Archie really didn't think about the consequences of there actions and how much problems there plans going forward would cause also Lisanders plan to rid the world of ugly people is beyond dumb and Giovanni while a better villain than chairman rose is a bit of a generic character. Sword and Shield really don't feel like the same game (well at least not as much as other Pokémon games) this idea of version exclusive gyms and characters was really good and I did find it kind of funny how the gym tests were just re textured versions oof the other games gym tests and they did still make sense a snowstorm or a Sandstorm theme and boxing gloves or Zombie hands. Sword and shield set the base for what a different Pokémon game version should be now all we need to see is a version exclusive Area A lot if the Pokémon designs are really cool and unique I would say gen 8 was where Pokémon started to feel less like Pokémon and more like there own thing and that isn't at all bad.
I think the Galar legendarys were cool, and honestly a power crisis in a world as tech heavy as pokemon is both a reasonable and increasingly relevant issue, that I'd like to see them take another Crack at, Rose isn't the worst villain on paper, but he could have been executed better.
2:47 It seems like they're hellbent on forcing everyone to play Pokémon cooperatively. Even in Pokémon GO there are more and more things that you can only do in a group and not individually. It seems like desperation for them to try to use players as promoters of the games in this way.
Not a controversial idea, but I would like for future games to be able to play as someone of any age. Most of us fans aren't children anymore. Besides it would be fun to win the Pokémon League as an old lady with a full team of cat Pokémon for once!
Maybe, but the player character's age is hardly the most important aspect. That'd be like saying kids can't play Mario because he's an adult and they're not, you can get lost in the emersion regardless.
Makes sense, especially since most gym leaders are adults, also it would make sure the character doesn't get stuck wearing a school uniform the whole game.
My take: Sword and Shield had a great art style, but the flurry of hatred surrounding the national Pokedex meant that no one was allowed to express any positive opinions on the games, for risk of being talked down to or yelled at.
I LOVED the game until I realized that all of the areas in the region I passed by that I assumed I could visit later were never developed and there were pretty much no optional routes, dungeons, or side areas. After that, the game just felt unfinished and when the paid DLCs came out, I refused to get them until they release a free patch to the base game to finish it. They never did.
After the slop that's been coming out lately, I couldn't give a toss about the story spoilers for Legends AZ or gen 10 though the algorithm hasn't been showing me much of the leaks anyways. I hate that the few videos I have been getting is about the stupid scrapped folklore controversy as people are blowing them WAY out of proportion or treating it like it's canon. There's been 100s of scrapped Pokémon designs and ideas but they're not treated as canon.
6:33 They could always create a trio of Eevee like starters that have branch evolutions. 8:16 I ended getting it like four times. Twice in my playthroughs of Gold, once in White 2 and again in Ultra Sun. 12:41 They could always add a difficulty setting.
I agree on the "leaks" they are also often falsified and just frustrating. Especially when the fans of leaders justify it by saying "oh they were just trolling they weren't wrong, look how they vaugly referenced something that did come out" like bro they were just wrong and got lucky.
Yeah I don’t mind spoilers, I like to find out as much as possible if a game as possible, but out of respect I do not spoil things for others. And also as for raids while I do enjoy them (to a degree, aside from most of Tera raid mechanics) makes me really angry how not “noob” friendly it is, I mean I know competitive strats and I still struggle with them, so what makes them think that the other player base wouldn’t be so off put by them.
The only thing I look up ahead of time is whether or not something is a trade evolution so I don’t waste my time leveling it up. Aside from that, I vastly prefer going in blind.
"I lost all faith in Pokemon after gen 4, I haven't played any of the games since gen 3. Rivals should be mean and bratty" Omg the genwunner energy is STRONG with this one. Do people even still say that? If not I'm bringing it back 😂
@@c0mpu73rguy Loving Gen 1 is one thing, but bringing the others down is another. I grew up with Gen 1, Pokemon Blue my first game. Doesn't mean everything it had was the best ever.
My opinion on these takes: 1.Mew2,Pikachu,Zard aren't the only ones that got special treatment, even Gengar,Snorlax,Gyarados,Mew2,Eevee,Slowpoke,Gardevoir,Lucario,Scyther,Magnemite,Ninetales,Zoroark,Garchomp got special treatment too. After all they are the cash cows/golden geese of the franchise But yeah I do agree that other mons needs buffs & special treatment via forms sort of 2. "It's a Children's game"-> Pkmn is rated E for everyone, so yes they should have difficulty modes just like a lot of games out there especially RPGs. Pkmn is an RPG after all
@@nickdentoom1173 Still they don't respect it sadly. Pika still gets hate just bcoz it's popular/is everywhere. I'd say that no mon deserves hate, be it popular/less popular mon
I fully get the gen 1 mindset. I think they all go around what you grew up with. If you grew up before pokemon and then experienced them in the first games, anime cards, and then the sequel in gen 2, You will not that gen 3 on were not the same thing we had before. The pokemon concept ended in gen 2. Like the creators said, the didn't plan anything else after gen 2. SO ultimately what pokemon was is fully ended in those games. Everything after truely is more of a spin off than a sequel. The trademark pokemon styles changed, the legendary concepts changed, yet the look of the games stagnated. They looked like the same thing. It didn't feel different enough and derivate away from what many viewed pokemon as in the early gens. By gen 4 they jumped the shark. They jumped to world creating and ending concepts. Final plot type things because you can't have more simple concepts. It disrupted the previous generations by now saying that those were not important, It created VERY DIFFERENT art styles, but ultimately what was terrible about it was it remained basically the same play of game. It even had the first overlap of a starter type. It felt SUPER desperate and thus felt like pokemon was out of ideas. I alway equate it to the 90s x men. They are fighting police type crimes till 3 seasons later they are fighting a creature that destroys universes. You cannot continue a series back to fighting petty theft after you saved the galaxy. Your series is effectively over. This was pokemon in gen 4. OF COURSE if you started with the world ending concepts you cannot feel what you lost, not can you appreciate the subtle nature of the original. This is the root of the gen debates online. It just is what it is. Gen 4 is great in a vacuum but for the series it was really bad. Gen 3 was this too. It is what it is.
a start to the raid/DA problem could be a system where you recruit beaten gym leaders who are then for some in lore reason allowed to take one of their pokemon into the fight. This way you'd be able to know and dictate the type of one of your NPC teammates, and I believe a gym leaders pokemon is less likely to have useless moves
my hot take is that the 3D era has had better pokémon designs than the 2D era not saying i dislike most of the pre gen 6 designs or anything but as an average i prefer post gen 6 designs
I agree - I love the Let's Go games. Such a great looking game with box organization options, riding Pokemon, and character customization that some games severely lack. And you can kind of get around the catching mechanic in handheld mode since you can aim better and just use a button to throw the ball. I hope for a Let's Go Johto one day.
I agree Pokémon that evolve at later level should evolve at lower levels because it’s gonna be usable in the game still and you still have a lot of story to go as well, so that way the Pokémon doesn’t feel useless
I'm 1000% on board with 3rd games returning; everyone fights me and says DLC is better because it doesn't "force" you to buy the same game twice, so it's a discount at $30, but that's crazy! Nobody is Forcing you to buy the first game you KNOW is unfinished because they can patch it in DLC later, and you're paying $90 for a complete game which is way worse than waiting a bit and paying the normal price (like for Platinum or Emerald...)
Yeah I go so far as to call the split version an unfinished tech demo becatse it’s literally not finished it’s rush and needs the third edition to actually release (well with the hood ones crystal not having all the dex was pretty terrible for a definitive edition)
Nah, I never sought out any leaks, they were all pushed in my face without my wanting them. But if those leaks are about the past that's not going to hurt anyone's enjoyment of a product like spoiling the future might...
Leaks are incredible imo, they give me same excitement for new things to come to the franchise that official teasers and reveals do + they give me more time to prepare for new content (instrumental in pogo!) + at times it gives game freak time to fix thinggs before they come out. Some of the leaks you can tell are intended by the company because they get more eyes on the topic than a run of the mill internet post.
Sure, but you do realize there are people that don't even watch the trailers right? They want to save as much as possible for the actual game; a common complaint of Alola was that they showed too much in the trailers, leaving very little for the actual game and that upset people so they don't do it at all anymore...
@@emperorcubone that is a horrible argument, if you can avoid official announcements you can avoid leaks. I do agree that there should be better tools and a more respectful culture when it comes to spoilers online but I don't see how that's a problem exclusive to leaks
Great Video! Regarding the raids opinion, Sword and Shield may be a fair comment but not impossible to do alone if I remember them correctly(I only really did Dynamax Adventures solo). I can't think of a single raid that you cannot solo in S/V. Myself and many others make solo raid builds for all the raids that come out in that game. NPC's don't effect the raid timer and generally can be quite useful at times. I understand not caring for them but they are totally possible/easy without online play. I used to hate raids too but once I put my head down and learned more about them, they became very fun for me as a solo player. :)
My hot take is that H-Decidueye should not have been a starter in LA but a wild Pokemon with regional pre-evolutions. The grass starter should've been Sceptile whose regional variant would be Grass/Electric. H-Samurott and H-Typhlosion look like "devine" forms that should be obtainable out of their regular counterparts by doing an ancient ritual on them.
@@Rikken552 Often they gain access to fighting moves and the elemental punches at minimum. Typhlosion can learn thunder punch, which means you don't need an electric type for electric coverage in Gen 2.
I generally have less of a problem with leaks of beta materials for older games, but there is still a problem with regards to beta Pokémon specifically. And that is that GF often likes to go back to their ever-growing well of rejected beta Pokémon designs and revise them for later games. Just off the top of my head, there's several evolutions and baby Pokémon that were originally intended for Gen II that got cut and later revived for Gen IV instead. Similarly, Shellos and Gastrodon were originally going to be Hoenn Pokémon. However, to my knowledge, this has never happened after the beta design became public knowledge. For example, we didn't know about or see Gen II's beta Leafeon until long after we got the Gen IV official Leafeon, and I think it is very likely that we would not have gotten an official Leafeon if the beta design had leaked beforehand. And I'm not saying this is somehow unique to Leafeon - all of the really cool beta designs that we've seen, I'm pretty sure they have no chance of ever being revived as actual Pokémon, specifically /because/ we've seen them, which is just unfortunate.
I didn't have a problem with the Gen 6 onwards battle gimmicks (megas, Z-moves, dynamax). Each is unique for that game set to make them stand out instead of the same game with adding new creatures. I also suspected they might've had inspiration from the anime in the possible Mega Gyarados (I haven't seen that episode but rather the pic), the Giant Dragonite and the Crystal Onix; unless those were planned in advance.
Majority of the VGC being accepting of genning in competitive formats, has definitely hurt the community on the long run. The only people that tend to hit the top player positions in most of the regions all seemed to have dubious teams going off past records like the Dream Ball Agieslash or all the max iv shiny legendaries we saw all over gen 5, a legitimate player is not gonna readily have acess to those (that are actually possible)without deep time investment/sacrifice of time that they could put into other pokemon. Like if genning didnt cause other players (specially legitimate players) to hit the stat ceiling, we would probably see alot more players get into competitive or at least have more interest in it since everyone would be on even footing.
My hot take is I massively prefer the art style of SwSh (And Legends Arceus to an extent) over the more realistic style of SV. The more realistic style for both characters and Pokemon just doesn't look as good, especially with the performance/design limitations Game Freak have. But even ignoring those, it just doesn't look right to me. The more vibrant, anime-esque art style they used in SwSh and LA just look so much better and feel so much more natural, and more like an evolution of the art style Pokemon has always had. I hope and pray they go back to that artstyle for Legends ZA & Gen 10
It’s not just the catching mechanics go’s entire control idea is a nightmare who likes a single joycon Who likes joycons (other than Scott the woz at home)
I don't know if I have any unpopular or controversial opinions actually. I want challenge mode, I'm ok with leaks to a certain degree, the new gimmicks need time to grow. The only thing I can think of is how a starting trio pair final evolutions should consist of a grass/rock, fire/fight, & water/fly so we can have a perfect triangle (grass fire water) with another (rock fight fly)
I don't mind leaks and spoilers, as long as they aren't revealing everything. With pokemon specifically, if it's just like a few mons or characters or whatever, then I think it's fine, but there is a tipping point. I am more forgiving of beta sprites tho since I know they're likely not going to see the light of day otherwise aside from a certain amount.
Yeah I mean the Beta Pokemon are a relic of the past, most of them being ones we've known for years so it's fun to see that! Or draw parallels like with the canceled Gen 2 Farfetch'd evolution and Sirfetch'd!
I find it crazy how you like Lets go but also like Legends. Its bad. It lied about being open world (being open zone), the gameplay loop is bad, it messes up past lore from Gen 4. Its weird
Did THEY ever say it was open world, or was that the fans? Either way I actually don't mind the "lack" of open world because I find that concept to be overrated and doesn't inherently improve a game just by being there (look at Gen 9!)
high tier raids have all been doable with NPCs with the exception of maybe mewtwo…but it takes effort at training up regular pokemon. To say they are impossible or locked to online is not correct
Games being easy because they are designed for kids is stupid. If kids can play manage to play through puzzle games like Prof. Layton, they can figure out the battle system of pokemon.
True. Even with Pokémon we figured things out as kids. Gens 2 & 3 had so much content. We figured almost everything all on our own or by talking with friends.
I agree. I like when ROM Hacks increase the difficulty of battles, but also give the players more resources and strategies at their disposal. I think one major missed opportunity for this was the gen 3 remakes. The changes to the EXP Share more than tripled the amount of experience you collect throughout the game, catching EXP also increased the exp gain, the reusable TMs changed the incentive so that if a TM is even slightly better than your existing moves, that you should use it on your Pokemon, and the Mega Stones, rarely used by any other trainers, give the player an advantage, and if you have any difficulty in the Elite Four, there are nearly 30 legendaries you have access to. I LOVE all of these changes. But the game wasn't balanced around them. Enemy trainer teams and levels are still approximately the same that they were in the Gen 3 games. The level curve is absolutely busted and the player has access to so many tools that NPCs never use. I played Omega Ruby recently and I took it slow: I explored as much as I could, I planted berries, I rematched every trainer I passed by, caught every Pokemon I didn't have and caught or defeated most Dexnav phenomena, I did daily events... And going into the 5th gym I had a fully-evolved team in the 50s. Going into the Elite Four, they were in the late 80s. It took me nearly 2 years to finish the game because I kept putting it down because of how boring the battles were. And obviously not doing those things would have made the levels more evenly, but these are all intended mechanics that users are intended to utilize and that developers should be balancing for. Giving players so many resources and advantages doesn't have to make the game stupid easy, but should have been viewed as an opportunity to showcase the game's deep battling system and strategies.
@@susear5939 Exactly! I needed no help figuring out the Battle Frontier! I figured out the teleporter puzzles! I even randomly found the braille in the games menu and noticed how similar they looked to the writing in those weird caves! I did not need my 8th gym leader to have 3 pokemon to beat the game!
@@c0mpu73rguy The kids are not the problem, it is assumptions made about the kids. You don't see kids complain about difficulty, it's other people saying it needs to be made easier for them!
I think Legends Arceus was a terrible game. Don't get me wrong, I liked the concept enough to pre-order but once I started playing I got bored after a few hours. The game was severely unpolished, looking bland and incomplete. You would walk into some random forest hear the Eterna Forest remix, feel that nostalgia kick in as you enjoy the sound then look at your surroundings and realize it feels nothing like Eterna Forest did in the original games. The game-play was repetitive after a while and the only break from the boring game-play was exploration (since trainer battles were waaay to rare and the battling system was inherently unfair to players too) but exploration was disappointing because, again, everything looked so bland and there wasn't much to find other than crafting materials. The whole game felt like a bad tech demo you would play for free at a con than a 60 dollar game that you'd expect to be worth the price (it's not). I would love a FINISHED and POLISHED Legends game and I hope Z-A is that game but Gamefreak's record kinda gets in the way of that and all the fans praising Arceus just makes Gamefreak think they can keep putting out unfinished games since they'll be bought and praised anyway.
Hoenn DOES have too much water. The water routes are annoying in terms of both getting easily lost in and the fact that you're traversing on a giant area where water pokémon can easily jump you when you weren't able to bring repels. This goes for both the original Hoenn games and their remakes.
Scarlet and Violet have their issues but I think the pokemon models in the game look great. I think modeling is getting better over time as they've even started reworking older pokemon to look better, eg. Kanto starters and Persian, and also bird pokemon are no longer stuck in the air or on the ground, they alternate in and out of battle, and also some pokemon even have different battle stances.
I'm 50/50 when it comes to leaks. If they are story spoilers then I agree. But when it comes to gameplay I want to know as much as possible before I buy a 60 dollars/euro game. And if it comes to games leaked before the game has been announced, even if it has been officially announced, the game will still take months and sometimes years until it is released, so knowing that a game is coming a few days or weeks before it is officially announced is not that bad.
My hot take? SW/SH > S/V. Granted, Paldea beats Galar in terms of new Pokemon, story, graphics and post game content if we’re not counting DLCs, but at least gen 8 is playable. I could be wrong, but I don’t think there were any areas in gen 8 that people avoided due to performance issues like in gen 9. Plus, the Crown Tundra is the best DLC experience. Side note, your take on leaks is almost exactly like mine. Looking at old scrapped ideas is cool, but leaks about future contents not even announced is lame.
It's not about profit dude; if people want to spend money on something for a bit of escapism they deserve to have that Wonder preserved to make the investment worth it...
@@emperorcubone I agree except we’re getting a constant mainline games full of game breaking bugs since xy and sv is no different but yeah I love my escapism when there’s not a single normal building to walk into or when my character falls through the ground or when my game crashes all the time
For me, it depends on the leaks. If its a leak saying a new Pokemons name, then it is fine for me. Where i draw the line is the design of the Pokemon. My hot take. Open World (At least in its current capacity) doesn't really work for Pokemon, especially since you still need to keep some form of linearity, because of the story, which also means you cannot really go - Gym level scaling based on your own party, but you need to do it around the story (Which basically already is a thing anyways). Its not only this as well. Because you needing to keep the linearity in tact, you cannot have level scaling for wild Pokemon either, because the story is again involved. Another point against Open World, is that the Pokemon itself in its current capacity don't interact with eachother in the wild, which imo, makes the nature of the Open World game pointless if the creatures you are supposed to catch, walk around aimlessly like robots. I actually think Galar worked better in this regard, since there was a mixture of open world (Wild area), routes and hidden and visible/walking Pokemon, you could also see that with the story as well. Like, i did a gym in Paldea earlier than i was supposed to, after that the Nemo storyline didn't make sense anymore.
my general rule is
leaks about past stuff = fine and good
leaks about future stuff = usually bad
I think you have to take into account the means to obtain the information. An employee that takes the info is one thing, The actual hacking of game freak and leaking of beta info along users personal info is unethical. Being a blind consumer is almost always a bad thing.
@@BeIlG An employee fell for a phishing link in an email.
There's no hacking involved.
Here's my hot take: Open world is a bad format for mainline Pokémon games. As we've seen from Scarlet and Violet, it's literally just walking across a barren mass of land to go to different places, just to do a few battles and then move on. The linear games have fun puzzles between important locations, fun room layouts and even completely optional areas that you won't just walk into and instead have to find yourself.
One controversial opinion that I have is that I really have a beef with a lot of Pokemon redesigns where the intent is to “fix” them, but all the artists end up doing is completely missing the point of the design and/or completely sanitizing it of personality just to make it more safe and palatable.
Here is an opinion I have that has gotten backlash:
I dislike the fact that they are now shiny locking legendary and mythical Pokemon so players will have to pay to hunt them in Pokemon Go. Gift Pokemon to a shiny hunter don’t count bc they don’t have you as the OT. Zacian, Zamazenta, and the Galar birds can only be shiny hunted in Pokemon Go.
I think it's a bad move to shiny-lock any Pokemon that can be encountered in-game.
Shiny hunters are the players who are willing to play your game for thousands of hours, who are willing to buy any DLC or peripheral you sell if it makes hunting even slightly easier, and who post their shinies online and make other people want to play your game.
As a developer, you should recognize that this is one of your most loyal demographics and in turn should avoid shiny-locking unless absolutely necessary, and should allow places to save between cutscenes and starter/legendary encounters.
Instead, each game seems to get more and more difficult to hunt starters and legendaries, and as a player who doesn't really shiny hunt, but often resets for a a desired nature, it gets really frustrating. I reset in Sun until I found an Adamant or Jolly Rowlet and the cutscene around it was like 2 minutes long.
And that's not a new issue either. In Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, you can't view your Pokemon's summary screen during the battle with Starly/the rival. They had to go out of their way to disable the feature of viewing your Pokemon just for that battle. Why on earth do they do things like that? How do they think making me wait even longer to see my Pokemon's nature makes the game better?
I may not care about Shiny pokemon myself, but I agree that is kinda frustrating, hope they figure something out.
I hate it when they restrict options just to sell it back to us. The Pokemon GO mythicals are atrocious... You have to work a ton for a Pokemon _you literally payed for._
I think backlash vs popular is different things. If your opinion is on twitter, it is a cesspool of mentally unfit people. I believe your opinion of shiny locking legends is the popular opinion. Generally the fans only see it as a cash grab. The only push back I have seen that might make sense is some say that possibly with programming, and having overworld pokemon now, that it would be too difficult or something. I kind of get that however I think it more undermines the capabilities pokemon. They created these games whole world. I am not a coder though so I really couldn't tell you. I could see, as they do make the stories significant with shinies that maybe for lore reasons they are holding them back? not sure there either.
@@BeIlG I'm pretty convinced it's about making certain pokemon more consistent, since they've been making (especially story-relevant) legendaries more and more consistent characters rather than random examples of their species. For example, Ogerpon is always female and the loyal three are all males because they're specific characters rather than a random Ogerpon
Hot take, remove trade evolutions that aren't logical. Solo runs make it hard to complete a dex if you can't trade a kadabra/haunter/machoke etc. If you can't access online, you can't complete the dex?
So then which ones would be considered logical?
Yeah, that's what I liked about PLA they had items in game, and you can complete the dex if ya really comit to it.
There's literally items now that allow you to solo Evo trade mons, we had to trade to evolve before the internet was a mechanic in pokemon games and we had to find another person and use a cable
@@emperorcubone Shelmet and Karrablast
@@theknightwithabadpictotall7639 I agree, as a kid finding out that they only evolve by trade with one another made me so mad.
it's not the leak I dislike. It's how people make such a big deal about a controversial topic the devs killed at the idea stage, without considering that they thought about it, decided it was a bad idea, then discarded it, and still hating on them for it. Nevermind that it has a basis in folklore, or previous game lore, they devs never even implemented the idea people are going crazy over.
yeah thats definitely really annoying. like oh no they wrote a story based on folklore and it didnt make it into the game so it literally isnt canon anyway? oh nooo they totally ruined a pokemon with completely non canon folk tales. (sarcasm)
I feel the same.
Not only that, it was poorly translated by a machine, so that adds another layer of non-canon.
@killingragethrowback-So because it's folklore that makes it ok? Good luck with that furry
I know right?! People have been yapping about the new leaks all month! Crap like that is just gonna give gamefreak an excuse to shut down more fan projects, not saying the company is perfect, but people need to show a little more respect sometimes.
What I really hate about the leak is that a lot of personal information about all of Gamefreak's past and present employees were leaked along with everything else. It sucks.
My unpopular opinion is thati dont mind the starters becoming bipedal. As long as the design is done well it should be alright
Yeah, I mean everybody LOVES Typhlosion, so clearly the bipedal status is not solely the problem; I think it's shorthand for "too human looking," which is a valid critique...
@@emperorcubone agree,
Gen 1-6 all had 2 bipedal (Well, gen 5 had Serperior, who is not bipedal but that's the outlier) but they all looked like Pokémon
But recently mons like incineroar, Inteleon, Meowscarada and Cinderace are almost things you would see at a furry-con
Bipedal is fine, just dont over-humanifie them
@@emperorcubonetrue. Since when pokemon became a sonic spinoff
Agree with the emperor here. Nothing wrong with bipedal starters, and they've actually been a series staple (heck, just look at the covers of Red and Blue!)
The problem is them being too humanoid and on-the-nose with representations of human classes/occupations (drummer, footballer, wizard, dancer, etc...)
@@tlrc_old exactly. Look different from Toxtricity v inteleon.
One is a guitar but don't need to wear leather jacket and carry actual guitar. And most importantly not act like a human
Actually rilaboom is the perfect case of this humanoid pokemon design. They badly wanted to make a gorilla( know for drumming on their chest) drummer, the made him carry a drum everywhere.
Priority over the theme before the creature.
Delphox is great, really overhated imo. The typing and design are dope
Agreed 100%.
Plus it looks super soft and warm, probably gives nice hugs, ( I swear to Arceus I'm not a weirdo)
Hot take: The hate against Delphox is collateral damage caused by Braixen 🧐
The guy who said the rival in Gen 4 wasn't a jerk in the same paragraph as mentioning why Gen 3 is better... Love how the Emperor so respectfully talks about Wally from Gen 3 who is the farthest thing from a jerk. Kudos.
Even May/Brendan was far nicer than Silver and Blue. They even give the player items like Poké Balls and the Go Goggles for the desert route.
Barry might not be a jerk but he sure becomes a thorn in the side with the talk of charging fines and making nonsense contests. He actually poses a threat with his honey tree team of Munchlax/Snorlax and Heracross and the Starter that can actually beat the player's Starter choice. Not jerk but definitely annoying.
Barry may not be a jerk, but he is FAR from the pushover rivals of the 3DS era...
It was obvious bait
I honestly don't mind any of the rivals, although I don't understand why they replaced Gary in the Let's go games, which we're basically Kanto remakes.
I have a love/hate relationship with datamines and leaks. On one hand, it makes people excited about the upcoming game, but on the other hand, it’s rude to the people making the game
Same. I've tried to avoid the stuff that leaked (about unreleased stuff) recently because they're so far removed from coming out currently
@@christophermitchell9739 I agree
Honestly all I want to know in advance is who the starters are, at least one of any new or improved features and whether or not they will implement a difficult setting at long last.
Give me that and I'll happily go my tuning mode that I use whenever ads play and ignore any leaks and spoilers.
It's also rude to people who enjoy unspoiled game, because at a certain point it's unevitable to stumble into a leak
@@nerdyfalco408 true
as for leaks I hate when story or characters are leaked but I always want to know all the new mons before I play the game so I can plan my team before hand
As someone that likes to plan their team for replays / trying new teams without having to keep swapping I sort of agree.
But I disagree about leaks, especially for a new playthrough of a new game. There's something charming and better about not rushing the game and being surprised when you find a new Mon you really like and having to decide who to replace etc.. rushing through a new game for the first time with a strict team wastes the experience of the game.
The old games were that greater originally for that reason, figuring stuff out without knowing.
Gen 7 games were great.
Sun and Moon had great Pokémon designs, and a decent story. The Ultra versions were leagues better, but released a bit too soon after the base games.
Also Let's go Pikachu and Eevee were the best looking Pokémon games on the switch with a nice shiny hunting method that doesn't feel free like in SV
I'm always blown away when I see Let's Go, because it looks so much better than all the games that came after it!
Let's Go are great looking games and I love how they took more liberties than the more faithful FR/LG did.
My hot take is I love third versions their a great way to go back and fix mistakes made in games and improve features I like them better than DLCs
You're speaking my language! Especially for preservation purposes; you can go pick up a Platinum version (and used DS!) today for the same price as the Deluxe DLC pack-in versions of modern Switch games, and if you don't then good luck playing the Crown Tundra once the Switch servers get shut down. It may be years from now but it WILL happen...
@@emperorcubone However, the downside is having to play the entire game from scratch again, sometimes the new pieces of story simply aren't worth it (seeing you Platinum). At least with DLC I can use my completed save file.
@@emperorcubone Nintendo has released physical editions of the games with DLC already installed, so DKLC doesn't really harm preservation
I think this is actually quite a common opinion. I would say the actual consumers agree. I have only heard different from youtube channels of people that buy multiple copies of the same game and money is no object to them. SO they believe the dlc being half the cost of a 3rd version is fine. HOWEVER, like we saw with SV, they keep removing standard features a base game SHOULD have. Even simple things like rebattling the elite 4 or having the 3rd legendary. The theropodous story makes no sense to keep till the dlc. I personally find it deeply inappropriate that they were withheld. ON TOP OF ALL THIS, e shops will end at some point. This makes the whole of the 3rd version now unable to ever been natively found again. That is very disturbing! It will basically be lost content unless you hack. That is terrible. I wish they released a 3rd version with dlc on it. Not anything needing the internet to download things.
@@BeIlG they do release copies with the DLC already on them
9:54 They actually did change shinies recently. Combusken and the Castform forms
I think we should see the protagonist's dad (other than Norman in Gen 3)
Right? Japan has dads over there!
That might be fun, as long as they can make the dad characters interesting.
14:39 you can actually get an espeon or umbreon in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. You set the time when you start the game, and while it’s not as noticeable as gen 2, there’s still a day and night cycle. I think you can hypothetically trade an Eevee into Ruby/Sapphire, and then just raise its friendship and depending on what time it is, your Eevee will evolve into Umbreon or Espeon.
I did exactly what you described earlier this month. I wasn't expecting Umbreon when it happened, though.
I can't BELIEVE they didn't give a Fairy typing to the Lake Trio from Gen 4 (Azelf, Mesprit, Uxie)
I cant believe they didn't give fairy type to Celebi
I can't believe they gave Fairy type to Jigglypuff's line
1:37 Funny enough, riddler khu, an infamous leaker in past years has said he hated pokemon games and doesn't play them.
I agree 100% on the spoiler one. Somethings, I’ll keep up with all the leaks and spoil myself. But I’ll do my best not to ruin it for others. The excuse of, “well stay off the internet if you don’t wanna get spoiled.” Is lame. It’s usually people that post a picture of the spoiler because they got excited and wanted the world to know but don’t consider everyone else.
I literally never searched out any leaks, yet was still bombarded with pictures IN the thumbnails of videos from channels that, frankly I had never even heard of before! How exactly am I supposed to prepare for that when I didn't know it existed?
@@emperorcubone that’s frustrating and seems like an algorithm issue along with inconsiderate people. Anything spoiler related should have warning. But people also don’t take accountability on the things they spoiled and that’s a huge issue.
I 100% agree. I remember when all I did was look up a trailer that pokemon themselves made and then got spoiled with a thumbnail on the starters final evos!!!!
Or when I somehow managed to avoid every spoiler for legends. I had the game for only 2 days and decided to look up a pokemon I wanted to use for its location. I did so and then saw the final boss ... So I ended up spending my whole playthrough not trusting that npc because I know what he'll do. I even beat the game and haven't touched the post game yet. I feel like there's no point in doing so. What a Pokemon will evolve into is one thing but story leaks is something that I can't fully recover from. Just ruins the game you know?
@@Sailor-Khione 100%. It’s ridiculous that people choose to be jerks in that regard. And again, when they get called out, they take no accountability and blame it on you for going on the internet. Like, nah, you could’ve just… not posted the spoiler in the thumbnail. Or on a Facebook post or wherever.
UA-cam comment sections and thumbnails are like a minefield right now for people wanting to avoid spoilers, like myself. Some people don't always make their thumbnails as spoiler free as they could, and I find myself hesitating to even read some comment sections now.
When I hear people's "hot takes" it makes me so glad that GF doesn't listen to us lol
As I've seen someone say: "Gamefreak will never be able to make a game that lives up to people's expectations."
There's just too much variation amongst fans. Some like following Pokemon but I've seen others who don't. Competitive AI for in-game opponents but others don't want that. I liked Pokemon Contests but some think its stupid. Everybody can't be pleased🤷♂️
I couldn't agree more man. Especially people who are like "Make the rivals brats again!"
My unpopular opinion is that BDSP is actually a pretty good game. I loved playing it, and it's kind of the first game I ever did a challenge run in.
I agree; I don't see them to be horrendous or beyond redemption in any way, I rather enjoy getting to go thru Sinnoh on my Switch!
100% agree with your take on leaks. Knowing too much about a game before it comes out takes so much fun out of it for me. And if you're online at all, it's way too easy to just stumble across a spoiler that you weren't looking for.
Yeah. UA-cam is like a minefield for spoiler avoiders right now. One wrong step and boom, you learn something you didn't want to, just because of an inconsiderate thumbnail or comment.
My hot take is that expanding the main pokemon into the more open world style is a straight downgrade to the more classic route based maps. The fact that all the areas retain their same level curve no matter what you do really destroys the idea of going wherever you want in the world to start.
Feels more like just a badly implemented open world. Skyrim does a good job at letting you explore and balancing what areas are what level.
The biggest problem with new Pokemon games is that the 3D element has removed a lot of the puzzle aspect of the games.
To be fair, not everyone like puzzles in their games, I'm not against it, but as someone who only got into pokemon about 3 years ago, I don't mind it being straight forward, no offense to anyone who thinks otherwise, just thought I'd share my 2 cents on the Matter.
13:02 every time i see the square enix mix or pixel art and beautiful and detailed sprites I want that for pokemon. I dont hate the 3D models and they have gotten better over time for sure, but man let those talented artists go off and do something like square does!
My thoughts on the leaks are that the beta ones are great, and I'm glad they happened. The stuff about upcoming projects is quite the opposite tho.
I didn't know u had a different none pokemon channel! Thank you for plugging it
My hot take? I have 2.
1. Dexit was not only an inevitable thing, but a good thing. Not every single Pokemon should be available in every single game.
2. More games should do what Black & White did with its dex. Making us have to actually use a team of the new Pokémon helped us connect more with that gen long term, as opposed to using the same Pokémon in every game. Plus, Pokemon being gone in some entries would help you appreciate them more when they come back!
I don't think anyone was ever arguing to be able to catch literally every Pokémon in every single game, (we've had version exclusives the whole time!) just the ability to Transfer them over, like you could in Alola without every Pokémon having a spot in the Dex! But I do agree that most people should try the new Pokémon instead of fallign back on the same few like Machop, Zubat, etc...
@emperorcubone I probably could've phrased that first part better, but yeah basically that. (Sorry, brain is fried after work 😅)
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Yup we saw how people complained when Urshifu was transfer only for a bit until the DLC and now saying there shouldn't be transferable pokemon that are not catchable
[1]: I agree.
[2]: I don't. I feel as though this just shortens the lifespan of the previous gen's roster.
i have one - EV's should be completely changed and have a page on each pokemon summary where you can add or remove ev's, as long as you have them, so for example after you fight 1 ratatta you can allocate 1 ev point to one of your stats, and you can always press a - button to remove it and + to add it to another stat (between battles of course)
Nice one!
It'd be cool if there was a type chart in-game, keeping track of all of them can get confusing, especially with duel type pokemon, it would probably help new players get the hang of the mechanics, just food for thought.
I 1000% agree with your first point, Emp! I *hate* how nothing can just come out anymore without dataminers/leakers basically laying everything there is/could be bare to see for everyone.
Like what is Legends Arceus got leaked before the announcement? That would've deflated the excitement so hard at something so unexpected from the Gamefreak we all saw as constantly playing it safe!
I agree with the first one so much I don't even watch trailers. Put this bit me in the butt because I actually forgot when the new Zelda game came out.
Haha, well Echoes of Wisdom was pretty good, because it is in fact out now!
@@emperorcubone thank Arceus that my discord friends haven't said anything except that it's good.
I disagree about the leaks thing. Its different to spoil story elements or twists but telling us who the starters are the existence of a game or even new forms/mons/gimmicks/variants is nothing that would ruin your experience with a game.
Bit of a weird hill to die on
It may not ruin it, but it can absolutely negatively impact how you recieve parts of the game. I would have had a *way* less memorable first encounter with Toedscool if I had seen it in a leak rather than riding around Paldea and being struck with "Wait is that a pink Tentacool?!?!"
@Shinntoku he was actually announced prior to the release of the game in official sources same as we got the alolan forms announced prior to snm.
@@jeffreyprice9790 no it wasn't, only Wigglet was shown
My hot take: I don’t count unique typings as truly being implemented if they are only on legendaries, mythicals, and/or temporary form changes. I’m fine with Pokémon like Volcanion, Galarian Zan Mode Darmanitan, or Lunala/Hoopa/Calyrex-S being the types they are, but can’t we have their type combos permanently available in at least one run-of-the-mill line?
Totally, I'd like to see them try another water/fire type.
Arctozolt will always be the first Electric/Ice type in my heart and I'm still waiting for a Fire/Electric (and maybe a Grass/Electric because all we have for that are other former), because Rotom will never count as those types for me
That's why I was so happy with Dragapult (having Giratina's typing) and Kilowattrel (having Zapdos' typing tho Oricorio came out before Kilo but I like Kilo better)
How much you want to bet that the adults complaining that Pokemon isn't a kids' game are the adults that literally grew up playing the game as kids? I do think that Pokemon should give a difficulty option in the games though. Just so people that want a bunch of competitive battles can get what they want while the people that just want a fun run-through can also get what they want.
Oh wow I agree with almost all of these.
Only one I don't is gen 4 making someone "lose faith" in the franchise. I Would like some more explanation there because I can't work out why that would be
It did have very few supporting details, but that also made it harder to refute so maybe they knew what they were doing!
@@emperorcuboneif anything it made it easier to refute.
Probally the game felt repetitive with no improvement besides a more
balance combat
What else gen 4 gave?
@@Watch-0w1 heartgold and soulsilver
@@aquashuriken1634 I don't count remake to define a gen.
If some say gen 3, they mean hoen, not FireRed kanto
Mewtwo being all over the place is exactly like Wolverine being on every X-Men team at the same time--logically it doesn't make any sense as there's only the one individual, but since it's based on popularity more than logic it doesn't really matter.
Honestly I wish they'd make Mewtwo a villain again, it's has a lot of potential to be both a physical and mental threat, plus they really didn't do much with him in the anime, so they could REALLY make its game counterpart something special.
I think my hot take would be I feel like Violet's Paradox mons are better than Scarlet's Paradox mons. I really feel like the robotic design fits well with the gimmick of the game especially with the reveal that the professor has been sending Pokemon through a time machine. As such, the final battle with Turo in such a futuristic setting in Violet fits much, much more better than Sada's fight in Scarlet. Also there are sick designs like Iron Valant, Iron Bundle, and Iron Crown. Plus, it's easier to keep up with their names as they all start with the word "Iron." Yeah it's basic but I feel it still fits.
On the whole I do prefer the robot aesthetic, but I think the sheer number of them made them each seem less special.
I agree. As for the names, I saw someone on Reddit (if I'm not mistaken) propose alternate names for them that still sound futuristic (e.g., Hydro Bundle, Magnet Hands, Solar Moth).
My main issue with the Violet paradox 'mons is that they change so little about the actual models. In silhouette, it's nearly impossible to tell one from its base form, aside from the ones you mentioned
His Boss Fight was scary thanks to his blank expression.
People are quick to dismiss their uniformity as a flaw or lack of inspiration, but it's honestly as much of a merit as the variety of the past Paradoxes. It makes them feel like a real cohesive team with a common origin, whereas the past ones are more like multiple unrelated dinosaurs each one fending for itself.
It also makes them more unique, since the only other group with this many similarities (designs, names AND shinies) are the Tapus.
And lastly, it doesn't completely stop them from having their own variety as they incorporate multiple devices/modifications into their designs.
My hot take is that Gen I is way easier than everybody says it is. I recently did a playthrough of Blue where I challenged the League with my team around Lv. 50, and I had only 1 faint during the whole run.
I think the main crux of why it was "hard" back then is because we were children and it wasn't always clear where to go so we would get lost. (That, and the Bind mechanics were broken...)
@@emperorcubone True. And the game doesn't even tell you what moves and items do.
@@emperorcubone Not only the Bind mechanics... Tauros Hyper Beam strat existed as well.
@@nickdentoom1173Tauros might be a cow but in gen 1 he was the goat
@@nickdentoom1173 The way Hyper Beam works in Gen I is most noticeable during the Lance battle.
As a non-competitive battler, who just likes battling online with teams containing Pokemon I travelled with, Dyna/ Gigantamax has been my favourite gimmick so far. The randomness of who or when the effect would happen was a lot of fun that kept my guessing and engaged. This coming from someone who’s first games were Pkmn’ Blue and Red.
I do have plenty of hot takes but here is one of the biggest (I think):
I think "Dexit" was a great choice to do! I feel like many do tend to only use their favorite Pokémon and otherwise you have the Pokémon you catch in your PC forever. This way the animators do not need to make over 1000 Pokémon in one game...And sure they have been very bad sometimes with the choice to include or not include some Pokémon but I do think we don't need all Pokémon in all the games. Think about how much we got exited for Gogoat to be included in Scarlet and Violet when it wasn't in Sword and Shield. I also think with a limited pool of Pokémon you tend to try different Pokémon and therefore you have other creative ways to make a good team eitherway and maybe you get a new favorite to use.
I don't mind leaks if they are solely about the game, but leakijg private info about the company or people who work at that company is just scummy.
Right? Like what was THAT supposed to accomplish; you didn't think to scrub that??
@emperorcubone I'm pretty sure unlike normal leaks, which usually come from somebody who knows somebody, this was the result of an actual attack on Game Freak's servers. Like they were holding some information hostage
I have 2 hot takes so i'll just write them here:
1. Mythical legendaries are usually forgetable and a wasted potential for a pokemon. They almost never appear in games and if they do, they dont have events and just are mystery gifts. Some mythicals do have events but you need online and they are limited. The events should not be locked to online/limited time. If they are in the game code, they should be in game to get to. Also the movie only/pokemon go- mythicals are the worst and most forgetable, like, movies are fine but they're always only mystery gifts so they dont feel special. And meltan, who?
2. HGSS are good games but felt short as remakes. I love the games, I really do but the replayability is so awful sometimes because of the dex (where are the johto mons like houndour etc?), Evolution items (i always trade from sinnoh games so i can use scizor/ninetales etc), limited/bad TMs in main game (there are the good ones yes but like, steel wing is post game?), The levels are still an oddity.
Overall ORAS did much better as a remake and have better replayability imo
Well I always trade over a team of Pokemon to use in a new HGSS game so I don't really worry about the lacking dex. But I tend to agree on the mythicals; Mew was special because it was the ONLY one like that, when there are 3-4 mythicals every time they all kind of run together...
I wish the legendary/mythical pokemon had more defined characters, make us WANT to help them, not saying they're bad as is, bit it would be cool if they actually had dialog of some kind, idk, I'm weird.
My take is that Johto’s the most unfleshed region rather Kalos.
Despite being known for rich history, a lot of it still remains unexplored and to me, Sinnoh is more deserving of that title. I feel it needs another remake or even a legends style game.
So you're saying we need a Legends Johto game to flesh it out? (I don't disagree with you either, I think Sinnoh is what Johto was aiming for.)
Good for you! I have been avoiding any content that has anything to do with leaks.
I can legally say that even after so many years, I never got the popplio hate. It feels like people just hated it for no reason, outside of "it looks unfinished", but it just doesn't. It's just simple. and i like it it like that ::)
they should bring back dificulty setting and make it normal, just make those "competitive like" gym leaders on the hardest mode like a normal game
My hot take is I can’t stand those artistic depictions of the pokemon with multiple middle stages between each evolution to make it more gradual. Feels like it defeats the purpose of how they evolve in the game. I know I am being nit picky.
That's okay; I don't like most "realistic" depictions of Pokemon. I feel like they're usually missing the point of what makes Pokemon unique...
The protagonists of Scarlet/Violet are the most spoiled out of any Pokémon protagonist. They enroll in a high-status school, are personally visited by the principal to get a starter, are given a LEGENDARY not even an hour after that, are given free reign of the region, have immediate and plentiful access to items that were super rare in previous regions both in stores and just infinitely respawning as random drops on the ground like vitamins and bottle caps, can gain superpowers from eating sandwiches that potentially make for the best odds of having shiny encounters in the series, canonically obtains THREE Masterballs with the ability to make as many as they want thanks to the item printer, and are able to get guaranteed catches on a number of legendary and mythical Pokémon, even to the point of repossessing another trainers' legendary Pokémon after publicly humiliating said trainer, and even that was after stealing away said trainers' dream scenario from him!
Fair point, they probably wanted the game to be easier or something, hard to say given it's rough development and release, but hey, at least we get a cool lizard freind!
Also do Miraidon/Koraidon technically count as legendary pokemon? I'm pretty sure they're paradox versions of Cyclizar, who isn't a legendary but idk.
@@Tyler-q3k they're legendary paradox pokemon
@@Tyler-q3k By technicality unfortunately they're legendary
Personally I don't think they deserve the title (or to be that good)
If I had to post a controversial opinion, I'd say that I miss the excitement of progressing through the game to find specific and special Pokemon and stronger Pokemon the more you earn badges or credits in-game. The wild area in swsh was a good idea but if I basically got my entire team( including a powerful ice/ dragon type) before the first/ second gym, I feel unmotivated to go through the entire game. I want Pokemon to be endemic to a certain location like real life animals, only making a few available everywhere ( probably make them have better iv or something as you progress) and another thing I miss is going to Pokemon center just to switch your Pokemon! There's no more HMs so it isn't a hassle. In newer games where being in the wild is really dangerous, the fear factor is basically gone because you can have like a million Pokemon switched in and save your main Pokemon. I want to have atleast some anime restrictions in the game so it feels like I'm going on a journey myself, and it's making me feel disconnected with my own Pokemon if I can replace them like apps on my phone whenever I get bored with them on the go
I would agree with that! The clear cut progression system of the past gave you tangible results for your hard work, giving you a new area with new Pokémon/items to obtain felt far more rewarding than making a bee-line to the tallest mountain just because you can... The only downside is that it locks some Pokémon away until far too late.
How did it scare you going in the wild? There was no fear factor to begin with.
@@marinagaleotti no no I don't mean literally 😂 I meant like there's little worry about self preservation in the wild area because of all the Pokemon in your box, I kept losing my members in my first play through of shield 🛡️ which was actually good because I had to be careful with my limited healing items! But after catching a few members and switching them around for exp rationing, I didn't have to worry about anything making me black out, and I had a revolving team and basically no time to connect with them
@@emperorcubone that's right too ! But look at the alola games, you could have gotten a bagon and a rufflet/ vullaby before you leave the first island and they still wouldn't be your strongest team members, even though they're end game Pokemon in their games. And obviously there's more than a thousand Pokemon now, so they can be generous with the native species but restrict some older Pokemon to late game, like putting sligoo around the 7th gym but making deino earlier, like the fourth or third gym !
@@blue94rose I mean... they kinda did that with Galar though, with the native species (And i feel like Native is the wrong termonolgy here, since every Pokemon that lives in Galar is native to that region, unless its specifically mentioned they were brought in, but thats a totally different argument all together)
Sizzlipede was only available on Route 3 (And a capture in Motostoke Stadium as part of the Gym Trail, but then also only one).
Route 4 is the only route where we can get Galarian Meowth
Silicobra and Galarian Yamask can only be obtained on Route 6
Falinks can only be obtained on Route 8 (Not counting Lake of Outrage here, since you are way to low levelled to even have a fighting chance there and you actually cannot acces it after gym 7 anyways).
Galarian Darumaka can be found on Route 8 and Route 10 (But Route 10 is pretty much post-game, since you actually cannot enter it until after you have defeated Raihan.
Pincurchin is only available on Route 9
Clobbopus is only available on Route 9
Galarian Ponyta is only available in Glimwood Tangle
Stonjourner and Eiscue aren't only version exclusives, but also only available on Route 10 (Again, not counting Lake of Outrage).
Cufant is only availble in the Bridge Field section of the Wild Area.
Galarian Mr. Mime is only available on Route 10.
Duraludon is only available on Route 10 (It actually won't spawn in the Wild Area until after you have defeated Leon).
Dreepy and Drakloak are only availabe at Lake of Outrage (So pretty much late game).
There is also the thing that there also aren't that much 'new' Pokemon available for capture in the wild area that you don't already have, since they are mostly evolutions of mons you could obtain earlier.
My hot take sword and shield were not bad.
1st of the extreme linearity is a thing that everyone hates about these games sure it's just go from the base of the region to the top but Pokémon has been quite linear since the very beginning sure it wasn't go from 1 side of the region to the other but the games were still very linear
the wild area was amazing certain parts of the wild area change every day the weather effecting the spawns was a great idea and they should have done it sooner.
The music direction was very unique and a lot more different from the previous games and a lot of the songs are very enjoyable and memorable.
The game wasn't awful in the graphics department sure it wasn't amazing but I think there fine there by far better than the previous mainline games sun and moon Omega ruby and Alpha sapphire X and Y sword and shield also look better than the most recent games Legends Arceus and Scarlet and Violet and I can imagine that Legends Z won't be as good either.
The villains plan while dumb isn't as bad as some other villains Maxie and Archie really didn't think about the consequences of there actions and how much problems there plans going forward would cause also Lisanders plan to rid the world of ugly people is beyond dumb and Giovanni while a better villain than chairman rose is a bit of a generic character.
Sword and Shield really don't feel like the same game (well at least not as much as other Pokémon games) this idea of version exclusive gyms and characters was really good and I did find it kind of funny how the gym tests were just re textured versions oof the other games gym tests and they did still make sense a snowstorm or a Sandstorm theme and boxing gloves or Zombie hands. Sword and shield set the base for what a different Pokémon game version should be now all we need to see is a version exclusive Area
A lot if the Pokémon designs are really cool and unique I would say gen 8 was where Pokémon started to feel less like Pokémon and more like there own thing and that isn't at all bad.
I think the Galar legendarys were cool, and honestly a power crisis in a world as tech heavy as pokemon is both a reasonable and increasingly relevant issue, that I'd like to see them take another Crack at, Rose isn't the worst villain on paper, but he could have been executed better.
2:47 It seems like they're hellbent on forcing everyone to play Pokémon cooperatively. Even in Pokémon GO there are more and more things that you can only do in a group and not individually. It seems like desperation for them to try to use players as promoters of the games in this way.
Well, Go was always a game intended to play as a group/community.
Leaks are great. It saves you from being in the dark with the franchises you like.
Not a controversial idea, but I would like for future games to be able to play as someone of any age. Most of us fans aren't children anymore. Besides it would be fun to win the Pokémon League as an old lady with a full team of cat Pokémon for once!
Maybe, but the player character's age is hardly the most important aspect. That'd be like saying kids can't play Mario because he's an adult and they're not, you can get lost in the emersion regardless.
Makes sense, especially since most gym leaders are adults, also it would make sure the character doesn't get stuck wearing a school uniform the whole game.
My take: Sword and Shield had a great art style, but the flurry of hatred surrounding the national Pokedex meant that no one was allowed to express any positive opinions on the games, for risk of being talked down to or yelled at.
Still hated how the region was visually linear.
Game was mid but the Pokémon were grand.
Sword and Shield are way too overhated, definitely.
I LOVED the game until I realized that all of the areas in the region I passed by that I assumed I could visit later were never developed and there were pretty much no optional routes, dungeons, or side areas.
After that, the game just felt unfinished and when the paid DLCs came out, I refused to get them until they release a free patch to the base game to finish it. They never did.
After the slop that's been coming out lately, I couldn't give a toss about the story spoilers for Legends AZ or gen 10 though the algorithm hasn't been showing me much of the leaks anyways. I hate that the few videos I have been getting is about the stupid scrapped folklore controversy as people are blowing them WAY out of proportion or treating it like it's canon. There's been 100s of scrapped Pokémon designs and ideas but they're not treated as canon.
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They could always create a trio of Eevee like starters that have branch evolutions.
8:16 I ended getting it like four times. Twice in my playthroughs of Gold, once in White 2 and again in Ultra Sun.
12:41 They could always add a difficulty setting.
I agree on the "leaks" they are also often falsified and just frustrating. Especially when the fans of leaders justify it by saying "oh they were just trolling they weren't wrong, look how they vaugly referenced something that did come out" like bro they were just wrong and got lucky.
Gen 6 and the gen 7 Ultra games were not aimed at children.
Mega evolution are confirmed for za
Yeah I don’t mind spoilers, I like to find out as much as possible if a game as possible, but out of respect I do not spoil things for others.
And also as for raids while I do enjoy them (to a degree, aside from most of Tera raid mechanics) makes me really angry how not “noob” friendly it is, I mean I know competitive strats and I still struggle with them, so what makes them think that the other player base wouldn’t be so off put by them.
The only thing I look up ahead of time is whether or not something is a trade evolution so I don’t waste my time leveling it up. Aside from that, I vastly prefer going in blind.
"I lost all faith in Pokemon after gen 4, I haven't played any of the games since gen 3. Rivals should be mean and bratty"
Omg the genwunner energy is STRONG with this one. Do people even still say that? If not I'm bringing it back 😂
Then again, without gen 1, you wouldn’t have any of the later gens.
@@c0mpu73rguy Loving Gen 1 is one thing, but bringing the others down is another.
I grew up with Gen 1, Pokemon Blue my first game. Doesn't mean everything it had was the best ever.
My opinion on these takes:
1.Mew2,Pikachu,Zard aren't the only ones that got special treatment, even Gengar,Snorlax,Gyarados,Mew2,Eevee,Slowpoke,Gardevoir,Lucario,Scyther,Magnemite,Ninetales,Zoroark,Garchomp got special treatment too. After all they are the cash cows/golden geese of the franchise
But yeah I do agree that other mons needs buffs & special treatment via forms sort of
2. "It's a Children's game"-> Pkmn is rated E for everyone, so yes they should have difficulty modes just like a lot of games out there especially RPGs. Pkmn is an RPG after all
At least for Pikachu its kinda excusable, since its the Franchise Mascot.
@@nickdentoom1173 Still they don't respect it sadly. Pika still gets hate just bcoz it's popular/is everywhere. I'd say that no mon deserves hate, be it popular/less popular mon
I fully get the gen 1 mindset. I think they all go around what you grew up with. If you grew up before pokemon and then experienced them in the first games, anime cards, and then the sequel in gen 2, You will not that gen 3 on were not the same thing we had before. The pokemon concept ended in gen 2. Like the creators said, the didn't plan anything else after gen 2. SO ultimately what pokemon was is fully ended in those games. Everything after truely is more of a spin off than a sequel. The trademark pokemon styles changed, the legendary concepts changed, yet the look of the games stagnated. They looked like the same thing. It didn't feel different enough and derivate away from what many viewed pokemon as in the early gens. By gen 4 they jumped the shark. They jumped to world creating and ending concepts. Final plot type things because you can't have more simple concepts. It disrupted the previous generations by now saying that those were not important, It created VERY DIFFERENT art styles, but ultimately what was terrible about it was it remained basically the same play of game. It even had the first overlap of a starter type. It felt SUPER desperate and thus felt like pokemon was out of ideas. I alway equate it to the 90s x men. They are fighting police type crimes till 3 seasons later they are fighting a creature that destroys universes. You cannot continue a series back to fighting petty theft after you saved the galaxy. Your series is effectively over. This was pokemon in gen 4. OF COURSE if you started with the world ending concepts you cannot feel what you lost, not can you appreciate the subtle nature of the original. This is the root of the gen debates online. It just is what it is. Gen 4 is great in a vacuum but for the series it was really bad. Gen 3 was this too. It is what it is.
a start to the raid/DA problem could be a system where you recruit beaten gym leaders who are then for some in lore reason allowed to take one of their pokemon into the fight. This way you'd be able to know and dictate the type of one of your NPC teammates, and I believe a gym leaders pokemon is less likely to have useless moves
my hot take is that the 3D era has had better pokémon designs than the 2D era
not saying i dislike most of the pre gen 6 designs or anything but as an average i prefer post gen 6 designs
I think the 3D era is very hit or miss; they either have the best designs ever, or horrible abominations, and surprisingly little middle ground...
I agree - I love the Let's Go games. Such a great looking game with box organization options, riding Pokemon, and character customization that some games severely lack. And you can kind of get around the catching mechanic in handheld mode since you can aim better and just use a button to throw the ball. I hope for a Let's Go Johto one day.
Totally agree on leaks, retrospective cut content is great but I don’t understand looking up the whole game before it comes out
I agree Pokémon that evolve at later level should evolve at lower levels because it’s gonna be usable in the game still and you still have a lot of story to go as well, so that way the Pokémon doesn’t feel useless
Somehow my option that third releases are better than DLC and the games shouldn’t be split in 2 are controversial
I'm 1000% on board with 3rd games returning; everyone fights me and says DLC is better because it doesn't "force" you to buy the same game twice, so it's a discount at $30, but that's crazy! Nobody is Forcing you to buy the first game you KNOW is unfinished because they can patch it in DLC later, and you're paying $90 for a complete game which is way worse than waiting a bit and paying the normal price (like for Platinum or Emerald...)
Yeah
I go so far as to call the split version an unfinished tech demo becatse it’s literally not finished it’s rush and needs the third edition to actually release (well with the hood ones crystal not having all the dex was pretty terrible for a definitive edition)
Thus far I’ve preferred the DLC to the third versions. I think either one could be done well or poorly, but thus far I’ve liked the DLC better.
"Leaks are awful, except for the leaks that I like to look at, those are fine."
Nah, I never sought out any leaks, they were all pushed in my face without my wanting them. But if those leaks are about the past that's not going to hurt anyone's enjoyment of a product like spoiling the future might...
Leaks are incredible imo, they give me same excitement for new things to come to the franchise that official teasers and reveals do + they give me more time to prepare for new content (instrumental in pogo!) + at times it gives game freak time to fix thinggs before they come out. Some of the leaks you can tell are intended by the company because they get more eyes on the topic than a run of the mill internet post.
Sure, but you do realize there are people that don't even watch the trailers right? They want to save as much as possible for the actual game; a common complaint of Alola was that they showed too much in the trailers, leaving very little for the actual game and that upset people so they don't do it at all anymore...
@@emperorcubone that is a horrible argument, if you can avoid official announcements you can avoid leaks. I do agree that there should be better tools and a more respectful culture when it comes to spoilers online but I don't see how that's a problem exclusive to leaks
Great Video! Regarding the raids opinion, Sword and Shield may be a fair comment but not impossible to do alone if I remember them correctly(I only really did Dynamax Adventures solo). I can't think of a single raid that you cannot solo in S/V. Myself and many others make solo raid builds for all the raids that come out in that game. NPC's don't effect the raid timer and generally can be quite useful at times. I understand not caring for them but they are totally possible/easy without online play. I used to hate raids too but once I put my head down and learned more about them, they became very fun for me as a solo player. :)
My hot take is that H-Decidueye should not have been a starter in LA but a wild Pokemon with regional pre-evolutions. The grass starter should've been Sceptile whose regional variant would be Grass/Electric.
H-Samurott and H-Typhlosion look like "devine" forms that should be obtainable out of their regular counterparts by doing an ancient ritual on them.
My unpopular opinion is that I don't mind starters becoming bipedal because it usually means their learn sets widen.
How does that work?
@@Rikken552 Often they gain access to fighting moves and the elemental punches at minimum. Typhlosion can learn thunder punch, which means you don't need an electric type for electric coverage in Gen 2.
These are the opinions of a mentally stable and well adjusted ADULT! Thank you EC!
I generally have less of a problem with leaks of beta materials for older games, but there is still a problem with regards to beta Pokémon specifically. And that is that GF often likes to go back to their ever-growing well of rejected beta Pokémon designs and revise them for later games. Just off the top of my head, there's several evolutions and baby Pokémon that were originally intended for Gen II that got cut and later revived for Gen IV instead. Similarly, Shellos and Gastrodon were originally going to be Hoenn Pokémon.
However, to my knowledge, this has never happened after the beta design became public knowledge. For example, we didn't know about or see Gen II's beta Leafeon until long after we got the Gen IV official Leafeon, and I think it is very likely that we would not have gotten an official Leafeon if the beta design had leaked beforehand. And I'm not saying this is somehow unique to Leafeon - all of the really cool beta designs that we've seen, I'm pretty sure they have no chance of ever being revived as actual Pokémon, specifically /because/ we've seen them, which is just unfortunate.
I didn't have a problem with the Gen 6 onwards battle gimmicks (megas, Z-moves, dynamax). Each is unique for that game set to make them stand out instead of the same game with adding new creatures. I also suspected they might've had inspiration from the anime in the possible Mega Gyarados (I haven't seen that episode but rather the pic), the Giant Dragonite and the Crystal Onix; unless those were planned in advance.
Majority of the VGC being accepting of genning in competitive formats, has definitely hurt the community on the long run. The only people that tend to hit the top player positions in most of the regions all seemed to have dubious teams going off past records like the Dream Ball Agieslash or all the max iv shiny legendaries we saw all over gen 5, a legitimate player is not gonna readily have acess to those (that are actually possible)without deep time investment/sacrifice of time that they could put into other pokemon.
Like if genning didnt cause other players (specially legitimate players) to hit the stat ceiling, we would probably see alot more players get into competitive or at least have more interest in it since everyone would be on even footing.
It also goes against the core themes of the series, encouraging people to treat their Pokémon as purely disposable...
My hot take is I massively prefer the art style of SwSh (And Legends Arceus to an extent) over the more realistic style of SV. The more realistic style for both characters and Pokemon just doesn't look as good, especially with the performance/design limitations Game Freak have. But even ignoring those, it just doesn't look right to me. The more vibrant, anime-esque art style they used in SwSh and LA just look so much better and feel so much more natural, and more like an evolution of the art style Pokemon has always had. I hope and pray they go back to that artstyle for Legends ZA & Gen 10
It’s not just the catching mechanics go’s entire control idea is a nightmare who likes a single joycon
Who likes joycons (other than Scott the woz at home)
That's why you just pay $50 for the Pokeball controller! yeah that doesn't help...
@@emperorcubone it was so bad I switched to handheld
I hadn’t used handheld in years because of the amount of joycon drifting putting me off it
@@emperorcubone don’t forget the 1 time mew that’s now impossible to get
I don't know if I have any unpopular or controversial opinions actually. I want challenge mode, I'm ok with leaks to a certain degree, the new gimmicks need time to grow. The only thing I can think of is how a starting trio pair final evolutions should consist of a grass/rock, fire/fight, & water/fly so we can have a perfect triangle (grass fire water) with another (rock fight fly)
I don't mind leaks and spoilers, as long as they aren't revealing everything. With pokemon specifically, if it's just like a few mons or characters or whatever, then I think it's fine, but there is a tipping point. I am more forgiving of beta sprites tho since I know they're likely not going to see the light of day otherwise aside from a certain amount.
Yeah I mean the Beta Pokemon are a relic of the past, most of them being ones we've known for years so it's fun to see that! Or draw parallels like with the canceled Gen 2 Farfetch'd evolution and Sirfetch'd!
I find it crazy how you like Lets go but also like Legends. Its bad. It lied about being open world (being open zone), the gameplay loop is bad, it messes up past lore from Gen 4. Its weird
Did THEY ever say it was open world, or was that the fans? Either way I actually don't mind the "lack" of open world because I find that concept to be overrated and doesn't inherently improve a game just by being there (look at Gen 9!)
@@j.corbygaming it's funny you say it messes up gen 4 lore because imo it actually perfectly sets up Platinum
Open world is bad for Pokémon games anyway
high tier raids have all been doable with NPCs with the exception of maybe mewtwo…but it takes effort at training up regular pokemon. To say they are impossible or locked to online is not correct
Games being easy because they are designed for kids is stupid. If kids can play manage to play through puzzle games like Prof. Layton, they can figure out the battle system of pokemon.
True. Even with Pokémon we figured things out as kids. Gens 2 & 3 had so much content. We figured almost everything all on our own or by talking with friends.
I agree.
I like when ROM Hacks increase the difficulty of battles, but also give the players more resources and strategies at their disposal.
I think one major missed opportunity for this was the gen 3 remakes.
The changes to the EXP Share more than tripled the amount of experience you collect throughout the game, catching EXP also increased the exp gain, the reusable TMs changed the incentive so that if a TM is even slightly better than your existing moves, that you should use it on your Pokemon, and the Mega Stones, rarely used by any other trainers, give the player an advantage, and if you have any difficulty in the Elite Four, there are nearly 30 legendaries you have access to.
I LOVE all of these changes.
But the game wasn't balanced around them. Enemy trainer teams and levels are still approximately the same that they were in the Gen 3 games. The level curve is absolutely busted and the player has access to so many tools that NPCs never use.
I played Omega Ruby recently and I took it slow: I explored as much as I could, I planted berries, I rematched every trainer I passed by, caught every Pokemon I didn't have and caught or defeated most Dexnav phenomena, I did daily events... And going into the 5th gym I had a fully-evolved team in the 50s. Going into the Elite Four, they were in the late 80s. It took me nearly 2 years to finish the game because I kept putting it down because of how boring the battles were.
And obviously not doing those things would have made the levels more evenly, but these are all intended mechanics that users are intended to utilize and that developers should be balancing for.
Giving players so many resources and advantages doesn't have to make the game stupid easy, but should have been viewed as an opportunity to showcase the game's deep battling system and strategies.
@@susear5939 Exactly! I needed no help figuring out the Battle Frontier! I figured out the teleporter puzzles! I even randomly found the braille in the games menu and noticed how similar they looked to the writing in those weird caves!
I did not need my 8th gym leader to have 3 pokemon to beat the game!
Super Mario Bros 2 (The Lost Levels) was a kids game, just saying. Back then, kids weren’t wimps like kids these days.
@@c0mpu73rguy The kids are not the problem, it is assumptions made about the kids.
You don't see kids complain about difficulty, it's other people saying it needs to be made easier for them!
i COMPLETELY agree about lets go being the most fleshed out on the switch!
8:00 They've removed Pokerus?? I was confident I'd be able to give more of my mons the virus in the newer games.
I think Legends Arceus was a terrible game. Don't get me wrong, I liked the concept enough to pre-order but once I started playing I got bored after a few hours. The game was severely unpolished, looking bland and incomplete. You would walk into some random forest hear the Eterna Forest remix, feel that nostalgia kick in as you enjoy the sound then look at your surroundings and realize it feels nothing like Eterna Forest did in the original games. The game-play was repetitive after a while and the only break from the boring game-play was exploration (since trainer battles were waaay to rare and the battling system was inherently unfair to players too) but exploration was disappointing because, again, everything looked so bland and there wasn't much to find other than crafting materials. The whole game felt like a bad tech demo you would play for free at a con than a 60 dollar game that you'd expect to be worth the price (it's not). I would love a FINISHED and POLISHED Legends game and I hope Z-A is that game but Gamefreak's record kinda gets in the way of that and all the fans praising Arceus just makes Gamefreak think they can keep putting out unfinished games since they'll be bought and praised anyway.
Hoenn DOES have too much water. The water routes are annoying in terms of both getting easily lost in and the fact that you're traversing on a giant area where water pokémon can easily jump you when you weren't able to bring repels. This goes for both the original Hoenn games and their remakes.
Scarlet and Violet have their issues but I think the pokemon models in the game look great. I think modeling is getting better over time as they've even started reworking older pokemon to look better, eg. Kanto starters and Persian, and also bird pokemon are no longer stuck in the air or on the ground, they alternate in and out of battle, and also some pokemon even have different battle stances.
I would be watching Disney, but they think self- hate is good, so I'm not anymore, for two years now.
I personally think you should have a difficulty option for adults if you want it to be more competitive like the blueberry academy DLC was tougher
I'm 50/50 when it comes to leaks. If they are story spoilers then I agree. But when it comes to gameplay I want to know as much as possible before I buy a 60 dollars/euro game. And if it comes to games leaked before the game has been announced, even if it has been officially announced, the game will still take months and sometimes years until it is released, so knowing that a game is coming a few days or weeks before it is officially announced is not that bad.
Neat video please continue your video I love them
My hot take? SW/SH > S/V. Granted, Paldea beats Galar in terms of new Pokemon, story, graphics and post game content if we’re not counting DLCs, but at least gen 8 is playable. I could be wrong, but I don’t think there were any areas in gen 8 that people avoided due to performance issues like in gen 9. Plus, the Crown Tundra is the best DLC experience.
Side note, your take on leaks is almost exactly like mine. Looking at old scrapped ideas is cool, but leaks about future contents not even announced is lame.
Chespin fans rise up!
How dare they spoil info on a billion dollar company who’s games don’t even function properly
It's not about profit dude; if people want to spend money on something for a bit of escapism they deserve to have that Wonder preserved to make the investment worth it...
@@emperorcubone I agree except we’re getting a constant mainline games full of game breaking bugs since xy and sv is no different but yeah I love my escapism when there’s not a single normal building to walk into or when my character falls through the ground or when my game crashes all the time
For me, it depends on the leaks.
If its a leak saying a new Pokemons name, then it is fine for me. Where i draw the line is the design of the Pokemon.
My hot take.
Open World (At least in its current capacity) doesn't really work for Pokemon, especially since you still need to keep some form of linearity, because of the story, which also means you cannot really go - Gym level scaling based on your own party, but you need to do it around the story (Which basically already is a thing anyways). Its not only this as well. Because you needing to keep the linearity in tact, you cannot have level scaling for wild Pokemon either, because the story is again involved. Another point against Open World, is that the Pokemon itself in its current capacity don't interact with eachother in the wild, which imo, makes the nature of the Open World game pointless if the creatures you are supposed to catch, walk around aimlessly like robots.
I actually think Galar worked better in this regard, since there was a mixture of open world (Wild area), routes and hidden and visible/walking Pokemon, you could also see that with the story as well. Like, i did a gym in Paldea earlier than i was supposed to, after that the Nemo storyline didn't make sense anymore.