Sharing Your Unpopular/Controversial Pokémon Opinions
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- The Pokémon games are full of wonder and exploration, but also occasionally frustration and sorrow because of certain aspects like taking out your favorite feature or maybe there's one Pokémon that's too dominant in a Generation... But there are no shortage of opinions people have that might be considered controversial, so let's see what some of you had to say are your Pokémon "Hot Takes!"
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
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)
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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!
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
Delphox is great, really overhated imo. The typing and design are dope
Agreed 100%.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
My unpopular opinion is that I don't mind the dexcut. I actually think it's a good thing since it forced people to try out Pokemon he normally wouldn't bother with if their gotos were available.
It's the main reason i love the Unova dex since only had the new 150 to pick from. Though my only complaint is that it still didn't give use enough type variety to make full teams of a typing. They should have made some Pokemon dual typing or added more. Let 150 be generation 1s thing, it detriment for later games. Like the original Sinnoh Dex.
I do wish people had more self-control to try new things of their own accord, but sadly some will always pick the same Pokémon over and over...
@@emperorcubone
Some people just want to use their favorites over and over again, following the whole "if it ain't broken don't fix it" mentality.
But recently I've been wanting to challenge myself by replaying in regional order and avoid using the same pokemon twice.
And then even with the dex cut, some Pokemon get favored over others as well, especially the popular ones.
I am fortunate that my favorite Pokemon is an Ice type (Glalie), so its gonna be mandatory in every game probably, because we don't have a lot of Ice types to fill the roster anyways. However, i try to avoid using Glalie at least in my first three playthroughs in a game, since then i want to use the new ones and mons i never used before. Its also the reason why i try to avoid the already existing Popular Pokemon like Riolu/Lucario or Gardevoir in a playthrough. Many people will use them.
I don't really think the BW dex is comparable to the dexcut. I like playing through the games with an entirely new team, but do the post-game with my faves that I transferred up and it's just not possible to do that when they literally don't exist in the data.
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.
I think we should see the protagonist's dad (other than Norman in Gen 3)
Right? Japan has dads over there!
My Hot takes
1. the Galar region is one of the best ones it has Pokemon that fit the region as they are all based on British things, inventions, Folklore and history, a lot of Pokemon in other regions don’t feel like they fit whereas the Galar ones fit perfectly and I like the region too it is just Great Britain in Pokemon and for that I’ll always love SW/SH
2. Some of the Pokemon that got megas didn’t need them, then having megas now prevents them from getting evolutions (sableye and mawile are good examples) Charizard and Mewtwo didn’t need or deserve 2 megas it should have only been the X megas for both.
3. Rillaboom is the best Galar starter no arguments.
4. Ash’s pikachu should evolve, if they want to they can just make up some reason that allows it to switch between its Kanto and Alola form whenever so that it can be cute/cool like how Pikachu is
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.
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.
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!
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!
Unpopular opinion: Ash-Greninja was a complete mistake just like the entirety of the XY anime. Cheapens Ash's Journey, makes the fights lame, and the stakes are non-existent. Not to mention Greninja is a pokemon I refuse to believe Ash would ever have.
my general rule is
leaks about past stuff = fine and good
leaks about future stuff = usually bad
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.
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.)
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.
Honestly, your hot take is something I agree with a lot. There’s a little wiggle room, but not much. Honestly, it’s not even that hot.
Emperor Cubone: You wouldn't drink Spoiled Milk!
Naruto: 💩💩💩
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 😅)
Based
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.
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.
I would be watching Disney, but they think self- hate is good, so I'm not anymore, for two years now.
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
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 did waste a little too much time trying to evolve my male Salandit so I had to look it up...
I am super glad that they seem to be doing away with Trade Evolutions as whole. We haven't gotten any since gen 6 (Alolan Golem don't count imo, since it was a trade evolution already anyways). The only one you can make the argument for is Finizen/Palafin, but thats a different take on the trade evo, since you actually don't need to trade to evolve it.
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.
The first two minutes of this video is so good. I couldn't have said it any better way.
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.
1:37 Funny enough, riddler khu, an infamous leaker in past years has said he hated pokemon games and doesn't play them.
MastersEX and online animation is rubbish, not canon and hilbert should have Emboar, Brendan with Swampert and Lucas with Torterra
Yes. Leaks are spoilers and make it if you look at these, you know everything people work hard to make.
For those who think this is ok spread spoilers everywhere, how would you like it if what you work hard on, is upload everywhere days before you released it.
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
For me a leak is mix bag,
I agree on the beta sprites on the fun what fun to see what was.
Leaking something small makes thing like a guessing game. Then the fan making what it can be of Alolan Pokémon and trying to figure out which is which. It the mew behind the truck.
I also love a good surprise so I am happy not know everything I was surprised by Galar story. The only reason why I never played the Ultra games was Necrozma ending was spoiled by UA-cam.
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. :)
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
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
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.
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 agree with the Hoenn take. Yes, there are lots of good designs in gen 3- Flygon, Zangoose. But, there's a lot of bad and mid-ters for me. I know the Hoenn nostalgia is strong, but it has never been one of my favorites. Which is just due to personal taste and preferences.
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.
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!
Hot Take 1: The next Pokemon Generation would be a better made game if it was made by anyone other than Game Freak
Hot Take 2: Pokemon starting out under any AAA Studio would have killed the enthusiasm for the series a generation or two ago.
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'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.
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.
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 controversial take is that I don't hate BDSP. I think they're perfectly good games that improved on a lot of stuff, most notably harder boss battles (as mentioned in this video too) and the expanded Grand Underground offering new Pokémon to catch earlier on.
not sure how many here have tried local raids - I happen to have irl friends that also play pokemon. You’d think a local connection would mean a less buggy laggy experience but you would be oh so wrong.
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.
The Let's Go games have the BEST graphics
Chespin fans rise up!
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.
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.
I would love to see a trio of fairy and ghost or something with something else for starters. I’m a big fairy fan but fairies are also kind of rare as types go. It would also help challenge the design team. I don’t really care for leaks, mainly because they’re not always reliable. Unless Pokémon team says something I don’t pay attention. I think we should just see; starters, pikachu clone, and legendaries. Just see them, as the game gets closer to launch. Let us learn their names see how they move with basic attacks maybe. Then as soon as we know what promotional Pokémon people get for early copies or whatever they should have all the information on at least the starters or the clone but not both and let us learn as we go. We’re supposed to discover a new region after all.
Ideally to best emulate the matchups we could either get Grass, Ground and Poison, or Rock, Flying and Fighting!
I agree 3-D models and the sprites are good in their own way
Naw the 3-d models sucks
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 personally like leaks and I’ve been enjoying this drop, but I agree that anyone who just freely spoils the games for everyone is a jerk
Nintendo will surely unleash its ninjas against the leaker, the hacker instead will have it's house door busted down by swat armed with rams.
Leaks are fine, just dont tell them to someone who dont wanna hear em, its perfectly okay to know exactly whats going on before you set ur expectations
Tldr some people such as myself like to know what their getting into in its entirety beforehand, but no i wont spread them
I love spoilers and leaks simply due to the fact that i like the aspect of researching a game just as much as the game
Do not spread leaks to those who refuse to hear, keep it to people who will not care for spoilers
I love leaks of things that came out or about when more information will come but leaks for future content ruin it
Hot Take: BD/SP are the second best remakes (only behind OR/AS) and people tend to exaggerate how bad they are. Honestly, being pretty similar to the original product is not a bad thing, just see Ocarina of Time 3D.
At the end of the day, everybody is going to have something they don't like about Pokemon and no matter what Game Freak does, you're going to have people not like it. I like to look at the positives of every game and appreciate what is presented. There is no perfect Pokemon game, but the important thing is just to have fun with a franchise that has endured for so long.
Positivity?! In MY pokemon community?!
Im 50/50 on higher base difficulty for these games. I think there should be an option that you pick prior to startinga new game, but base difficulty being like a challenge mode? Nah, i think it would be too much and depending on how they do it, would make it stray away from a game made for everyone of all ages and just cater to people who want a challenge
Not sure it's a hot take but I'd love to see a starter trio that type wise is Fire/Grass, Grass/Water and Water/Fire
That would be really fun, but I don't think they'd ever do it; closest we get might be another elemental monkey trio or something?
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
let me see... For my hot take, i guess, its that:
I think the Pokémon introduced in the 8th generation (including regional forms and the Pokémon from Legends) have the best designs. I think the visual quality of this generation's Pokémon is the most consistent.
I could never call any generation with Stonjourner in it as the Best designs, but I can see the argument!
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...
Mewtwo pandering really is kinda ridiculous, but the Kalos thing does make sense. Canonically no Gen 1 protag catches it and it runs away to Kalos to a place that pretty much is a natural reserve. It's it having multiple forms, specially Megas is what doesn't make sense. Specially because Mega forms is something about species evolving to use Meteor/MegaWeapon energy. Something that a man made Pokémon can't adapt to, realistically, not without Mew also being able to do the same.
My hot take is that Game Freak does a horrible job at picking signature Pokémon for trainers and it has only been getting worse. Seems like they have no synnergy when drawing most humans and the Pokémon that go with them, when their signature Pokémon should be the forefront of a region's design, even if makes it so that you need to add another 30 Pokémon to your Pokédex in order to do it.
Gen 9 has examples of that out of the wazoo.
Arven not having a Cyclizar is ridiculous. Not having a Dragon Eeveelution for Penny is ridiculous.
Even with the flimsy way they use Terastal, Katy not having any pastry/food Pokémon is ridiculous.
Brassius not having a Brambleghast is ridiculous.
Iono never touching a Magnemite or a Sandy Shocks; or having her outfit be more inspired on Bellibolt is ridiculous.
Kofu being a traditional sushi chef in a place that should be Portugal with a Marluza instead of a Cod is ridiculous. Even if you do want to keep him as a sushi chef, him not having Dodonzo nor Tatsugiri is also ridiculous.
All of Larry's teams are super boring even if he's popular for being boring.
Ryme, Tulip and Grusha are kind of ok. Eri kinda is... but
Giacomo not having a Lokix is insane.
Mela not having a Scovillain is insane.
Atticus not having a Grafaiai is insane.
Ortega not having a Tinkaton anywhere on his team, or a Fairy-type Terastal Revavroom is bonkers.
Datamines and leaks are awesome
How dare they spoil info on a billion dollar company who’s games don’t even function properly
Bipedal kantonian Meowth should be an event pokémon. The ones in the wild should be on all fours.
Oh, that's an interesting idea. I've never heard that before but I like it!
I skipped DP/P for HG/SS and I found Brilliant Diamond underwhelming. I don't think it was bad enough to warrant giving up on the franchise, though.
I don't have controversial opinions, I just have correct ones.
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 think Typhlosion used protection?🤔
Hyperbole train has left the starion
Dexit was understandable.
Not sure I agree on the raids. Pretty much every 7* raid has had a solo strat available within hours. Plus, they're not essential apart from a couple of cases such as Walking Wake/Iron Leaves as other than the stats and Mightiest Mark nearly all of the Pokémon can be caught in-game.
I don't like leaks when it's talking about new games coming out. Especially when it's in the thumbnail so I can't avoid it. Even when I didn't look it up.
An unpopular opinion I guess I have is that I don't like when pokemon has competitive NPCs like in the blue berry academy or how bdsp is. I know that some people in the community are but, I don't think pokemon should force us to play that way just to complete the game. I think they should have brought back the difficulty system from black and white 2 and refined it to where easy, normal and hard mode are right there at the begining. I hope someone sees this.
I love those kinds of "hypocrites hot takes"
The 2nd hot take: I lose my faith in the franchise with gen 4. Rival should be bratty, mean and teasing.
Also the 2nd hot take: I never play games after gen 3. A gen that dont have a bratty, mean and teasing rival (blue/garry in FR/LG kinda doesnt count since hes from gen 1).
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)
They should've just made spinoffs, instead of making a whole year with nothing.
The leaks wouldn't be as popular as they were, had we actually had anything.
Yeah, if nothing else they could've waited to have Detective Pikachu this year sometime.
Hot take. Gen 4 is the goat because it was the lat game where you could truly catch them all. Pokédex’s after gen 4 are a joke! Give me all my mfin Pokémon. Also at this point there should be a difficulty setting.
As somebody who played pokemon blue on the original brick Gameboy (no colors and no back lighting)... I love the 3d sprites. Just some pokemon have movements and stuff that I can't stand. Like the fully evolved water starter from scarlet and violet. It's little dance is annoying to me.
Haha, yeah the dancing duck is a bit much...
Emp, you said they didn’t give Kanto any dark types…
Go to Alola then come back.
There aren’t many Pokemon to be changed at this point, so the best option is to use regional variants, SOME OF WHICH, are consider the original.
Sure, but that doesn't help anyone playing FRLG on the Gameboy Advenced!
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?
Neat video please continue your video I love them
Here's a take, a large amount of the fanbase cut Gamefreak way too much slack, Pokémon Sword & Shield were hot garbage with Scarlet & Violet only being better in it's character writing and basically nothing else, but the moment anyone suggests that the LARGEST GROSSING MEDIA FRANCHISE IN THE WORLD should put more time/effort into the games suddenly "PoKeMoN fAnS aRe EnTiTlEd AnD sElFiSh", even more so now that Gamefreak is doing DLC now meaning you need to pay EVEN MORE MONEY for more half-baked content.
And before anyone says something like "Well I enjoyed Sword & Shield, etc." Here's something to consider, you can enjoy bad/poorly made things but that doesn't erase their faults
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
Good video !
Hoen have better desing. That when pokemon creation dont priority theme over desing
I would say the game is exclusive to everyone. Layely, adult aim media are far immature. Limitations create creativity.
Maybe offline raid should really be 3 v 1 battle. So u have more control.
Gen 4 fix and balance competitive battle.but I dislike the Gen region and story.
I don't mind switching starter trio
It also nice they add difficulty setting.