“Not getting to fight the real champion” I’m not sure who you’re referring to as ‘real champion’ in FireRed, because Blue is the first Champion we know of, who gets beaten by Red(who you play as) and becomes Champion - then Red goes away and someone else takes his place for Johto games.
Never played Pokemon, but I do know two things: 1) Larry is the best character in all of Pokemon. 2) The Pokemon that doubles as a motorbike is the most cursed Pokemon design by far.
3:01 Don’t worry, a lot of Pokemon fans have joked and criticized how same-y the games have been for decades. You’re good! Me personally, while I do agree the games should branch out from the traditional formula more (and they have, as of late-Legends Arceus and Scarlet/Violet show they’re trying) I don’t think this issue is unique to Pokemon. I mean, a lot of mainline Mario games are just 2D platformers where you travel through eight similarly-themed worlds to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser, right? And while Zelda games tend to vary more in story and tone, the gist of it is mostly the same. Play as Link, travel through Hyrule to rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon (or bad guy equivalent), after going through multiple similarly-themed temples, oftentimes with Seven Sages that have the exact same names across different games (or those same names are used for different characters or locations instead.) I guess the main difference is series like Mario and Zelda have more mainline games that try to shake things up a little more than Pokemon does? Like how 3D Mario and 3D Zelda are a thing. On top of having more spin-offs.
well there are baseline similarities ofc but what makes each game unique is the different Pokemon the lore of the region and the diverse characters and the lore of each game as well as features and stuff
@@madnessarcade7447 You can be a “die-hard true fan” and still have personal issues with the series. I think it’s understandable to feel the games should branch out from the formula more.
@@komarunaegi7460 Pokémon has always been innovating and changing things up so I wouldn’t say predictable Predictability isn’t the samething as tradition They have always experimented with new concepts and mechanics Like breeding,natures,abilities, following pokemon, overworld encounters, physical special split, mega evolution,Zmoves, gigantamax/dynamax amie/refresh/camping, even motion controls from let’s go do these features not count as evolving/progressing are these things not ambitious? The restructuring of the traditional Pokémon format by having the third legendary as the main focus not to mention being the first Pokémon games ever to do DLC and the regional evolutions Also the various QoL stuff even having dynamax and gigantamax and you would not have SV without the wild area all of these new ideas and things for the franchise Are these not ambitious I mean all these things have changed the franchise in substantial ways Every generation offers something ambitious is replacing gyms with trials not ambitious? Or making the galar league a tournament like the anime instead of a traditional elite four is that not ambitious Sure none of them have ever been this super drastic But to say it’s “not innovating” is a bit disingenuous Has the steps in previous games been a bit smaller I mean sure But baby steps and even medium steps is still progression Why do we count this and not those Shouldn’t it all count? Some of these things maybe temporary and get swapped out and replaced but they are still creative and ambitious and drastically change the course of the franchise so they count
24:43 if their story didn’t make you tear up Y’all have no soul The entire story was about abuse and being bullied and being part of a toxic environment and how to recover and get away from it but people end up villainizing you As someone who is part of a minority it really hit home with me Idk how people just don’t pay attention to the writing and lore at all And just go LALALALALA STORY BAD LALALALALA without remotely paying attention to the nuance Give them another chance
I love that she spotlights overlooked mons it’s very different from other trainers and it makes her team one of a kind and unique and it sets her apart as someone who does the samething with their teams she has my heart for that So haters leave her alone Is it possible that Geeta is on the spectrum that would make her behavior make more sense difficulty is irrelevant and that lore and worldbuilding is a bigger priority
Pokémon is so endearing and whimsical and the lore is so unique and deep as well as the messages and core themes The haters don’t get it they never understood what made Pokemon so special to begin with
3:13 well there are baseline similarities ofc but what makes each game unique is the different Pokemon the lore of the region and the diverse characters and the lore of each game as well as features and stuff
14:20 the twist of the champion being your rival was something so iconic, so ingraved in the lore and mythos of the community and to the people that grew up with kanto as their first that it was genuinly suprising that you had a different reaction to this moment. its cool to see, but it kinda sad that coming from modern titles the twist ages poorly
How is May more annoying than Brendan ? I had May as a rival as a kid and she was very supportive. And then I tried playing as May and Brendan was like "I guess you're okay". He's more blunt and I feel like he kinda looks down on me. I mean at the end of the day, they're both supportive, but I don't see how May is more or less annoying than Brendan.
Bdsp is misunderstood Bdsp is misunderstood it may not have had platinum content but it did add it’s own new stuff like expanded underground, updated qol, modern type chart, modern movepool, ramanas park etc and it’s got wholesome vibes Also Ilca is more experienced now It was loved by the mainstream casual audience The more hardcore fans may not have liked it but they weren’t the target audience The game was designed to be an approachable game for beginner players so they had to make it look as cute and as welcoming as possible hence the chibi appearance Bdsp added more new content than platinum tho It’s got the up to date type chart as well as the move pools It completely overhauled the underground It gave us the hardest elite four and champion out of any pokemon game We got ramanas park It’s got clothing customization as well It removed the hassle of HMs It’s way faster not slow anymore How are all these new things not considered definitive Sure platinum added its own stuff but to say bdsp didn’t add anything when it added a lot is pretty disingenuous
@madnessarcade7447 I rather have a platinum remake. The original Diamond and Pearl were such low quality games until Platinum came out. That's the only thing that saved gen 4 from being the worst gen ever.
I think the video I make when I play Sun and Moon is going to be very fun, they are not the best games but their villain team is among my favorites, after that the other villain teams but they seemed meh
I like the x and y games. They are not the best and are easy af but I had a lot of fun growing up with them! My Favorit is Black 2 as that was my first Pokemon game I Had
No joke my fav pkmn game is SV, BW close second, I liked what SV had to offer, and they gave a free mew, when I got the game.(I love my little Mew), and I think the pokemon themselves were fairly unique
Overleveling is the only way I beat Cynthia in BDSP and ive played since the first gen (and am also An Adult). Prior to that i spent hours trying to beat her to no avail. Huh, Galactic is my favorite team and Plasma is one of my least favorites. Also, Star isnt an evil team and that's sort of the point of their storyline. The old headmaster and his unnamed deputy are the villains of their plot. Not that the game didnt have a region-destroying villain but...y'know, since you avoided the spoilers so will I. XY weren't BAD just...not great. Now THAT series has my least favorite evil team. If you play a game set in Alola, please please please make it base Sun or Moon. Ultra rewrote the plot in some baaaaaaad ways
Welp that’s unfortunate since I got ultra moon for Christmas lol. To be fair, I do think the idea of team star is interesting. It just wasn’t what I was hoping to see in scarlet (Spanish inquisition team would’ve been hilarious)
@ItsColorfulMarty Oh yeah at least look up the original plot then because it's SO much better, especially the way the villain is characterized. That character is SUPER watered down in Ultra and I don't know why they did it.
For Cynthia I used Mothim with Quiver Dance and for some reason the Spiritomb will spam Sucker Punch and do nothing letting you sweep her at x6 Quiver Dance’s
@@BJGvideos looks like your team was really weak to psychic & ground, and your Pokémon overall had very low-tier early game move-sets 🤷🏻♂️ Don’t underestimate support moves like Thunder Wave or even a Swords Dance / Calm Mind.
In ORAS the exp share is a Toggle so u could have turned it off if u wanted something more challenging Although challenge is irrelevant in Pokemon it’s more about the vibes and it’s cozy
In pokemon ultra sun and moon for the post game you have to fight a group called rainbow rocket they are team rocket from a universe were they win and all of the other games evil team leaders are from universe's where they win.
99% of players don’t encounter the glitches Also every Pokémon game since day one has had glitches and people liked them in the older games even saying they make the game better At least they patched most of them There’s no difference
Holy crap that fire red team is almost one to one the same one used by Presidents Playdates. The only difference being you used Exeggutor over Primeape, but the presidents were considering using Exeggutor over Snorlax at one point so yeah... this was their team by the way: George - Charizard Mike Tyson - Primeape King Donald - Nidoking Zenitsu - Jolteon Joe - Snorlax Neptune - Lapras
would reccomend playing Black 2 aswell since you enjoyed Black. Black 2 is direct sequel (the only one they did in the franchise) and not a third version
if it makes you feel better, most of us fans also forget some of the type match ups even tho we've been playing the games for years lmao. when i play gen 2 and 3 games i keep forgetting they were before the physical special split in gen 4. so i end up losing a mon by accident sometimes.
Yeah, I forget dual types. Luckily the singular ones are logical like birds eating insects (flying > bug), or ranged beating physical (psychic / flying > fighting) or fairytale knight defeats the evil dragon (fairy > dragon), you get the idea. 😅
I don't have a favorite game. Either it is XY (the one I progressed the furthest in before losing my save) or Sapphire (the one I am slogging through now). Any game that could let me get Raichu easily would probably be it (assuming I have a copy of it already)
14:47 whoever told u that is wrong Let’s go are really good they have grown on people U should really try things yourself not rely on the community’s misinformed opinions
29:15 it’s not The lore is super deep and people do have nostalgia for it But you have to play it now anyway cuz legends ZA is coming out and u gotta play XY if u wanna play that Also ORAS references XY Xy is chill
Wish gen 3-5 were easier to get... not just so people could play them without having to emulate, but because I honestly see no reason BDSP should ever be played over the more polished Platinum... or even ORAS over Emerald...tho ORAS is surely an easier entry into the series, it just has nothing on Emerald as a definitive interpretation of a Hoenn adventure 😅 Would recommend Emerald as a future playthrough basically, cause it's surprisingly differenr from ORAS
Bdsp is misunderstood it may not have had platinum content but it did add it’s own new stuff like expanded underground, updated qol, modern type chart, modern movepool, ramanas park etc and it’s got wholesome vibes Also Ilca is more experienced now It was loved by the mainstream casual audience The more hardcore fans may not have liked it but they weren’t the target audience The game was designed to be an approachable game for beginner players so they had to make it look as cute and as welcoming as possible hence the chibi appearance Bdsp added more new content than platinum tho It’s got the up to date type chart as well as the move pools It completely overhauled the underground It gave us the hardest elite four and champion out of any pokemon game We got ramanas park It’s got clothing customization as well It removed the hassle of HMs It’s way faster not slow anymore How are all these new things not considered definitive Sure platinum added its own stuff but to say bdsp didn’t add anything when it added a lot is pretty disingenuous
As a longtime fan, I have to disagree. Sure Black and White had a very interesting premise, with characters in the game calling you out on what you're doing as a trainer. But they fumbled the ending, because after we defeat Ghetsis, N is like "Nevermind, I was completely wrong, forget I ever said anything", even though the whole thing that made Team Plasma and N's message hit is that, maybe they had a point. But no just forget about all that, no need to put your position in question. You've always been right and you will never be anything else but right, because you're the protagonist. Meanwhile OrAs has the Delta episode, which revolves around Zinnia who is dealing with the grief of losing someone dear to her. And she can't take the time to properly grieve because as the Lorekeeper, it's her duty to summon Rayquaza to stop the meteroid from destroying the world. She literally has the weight of the world on her shoulders, all the while she's still dealing with the loss of Aster. It's so much that she literally has suicidal ideation, which is not something I ever thought we'd have in a Pokémon game. And the Delta Episode also adresses the atrocities that the Devon Corporation commits, and Steven's hypocrisy about the whole situation... And the ending doesn't say "You were right all along, go you". The ending shows that things are messy, and complicated. But that step by step, they're getting better. Finishing the Delta Episode didn't fix everyone's problems, but it's a step in the right direction, and it shows that even if things aren't good in the world, it's okay. Because things are getting better, one step at a time. And that's such a hopeful message. So basically Delta Episode > Black and White. Though I don't know why they changed Archie and Maxie in base OrAs. In Ruby and Sapphire, they only wanted to expand the sea/land to an extent, but not flood/dry up the entire world. Of course that's still a bad thing, but they're genuinly well-meaning idiots who don't realize what they're doing is not a good thing. They really think that it would help. So when they unleash the legendary and it's gonna flood/dry up the entire world, they understand and they're like "Oh sh*t ! We messed up !" But in OrAs, they do want to flood/dry up the entire world in order to reset it basically. But when they unleash the legendary, they're still saying "Oh no, it's too much ! It's not what I wanted !" What do you mean ??? How can there be too much when your goal is too flood/dry up everything ??? It doesn't really make sense anymore if you ask me.
I love that she spotlights overlooked mons it’s very different from other trainers and it makes her team one of a kind and unique and it sets her apart as someone who does the samething with their teams she has my heart for that So haters leave her alone Is it possible that Geeta is on the spectrum that would make her behavior make more sense difficulty is irrelevant and that lore and worldbuilding is a bigger priority
Pokémon is so endearing and whimsical and the lore is so unique and deep as well as the messages and core themes The haters don’t get it they never understood what made Pokemon so special to begin with
In ORAS the exp share is a Toggle so u could have turned it off if u wanted something more challenging Although challenge is irrelevant in Pokemon it’s more about the vibes and it’s cozy
“Not getting to fight the real champion” I’m not sure who you’re referring to as ‘real champion’ in FireRed, because Blue is the first Champion we know of, who gets beaten by Red(who you play as) and becomes Champion - then Red goes away and someone else takes his place for Johto games.
this video is really high quality!! I enjoyed it! can't wait to see more from you in the future!
Thank you! Welcome to the channel!
Never played Pokemon, but I do know two things:
1) Larry is the best character in all of Pokemon.
2) The Pokemon that doubles as a motorbike is the most cursed Pokemon design by far.
But how cool would it be if your body could turn into a vehicle?
Oh honey no those aren't even in the top fifty cursed designs
You should probably play then
3:01 Don’t worry, a lot of Pokemon fans have joked and criticized how same-y the games have been for decades. You’re good!
Me personally, while I do agree the games should branch out from the traditional formula more (and they have, as of late-Legends Arceus and Scarlet/Violet show they’re trying) I don’t think this issue is unique to Pokemon.
I mean, a lot of mainline Mario games are just 2D platformers where you travel through eight similarly-themed worlds to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser, right?
And while Zelda games tend to vary more in story and tone, the gist of it is mostly the same. Play as Link, travel through Hyrule to rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon (or bad guy equivalent), after going through multiple similarly-themed temples, oftentimes with Seven Sages that have the exact same names across different games (or those same names are used for different characters or locations instead.)
I guess the main difference is series like Mario and Zelda have more mainline games that try to shake things up a little more than Pokemon does? Like how 3D Mario and 3D Zelda are a thing. On top of having more spin-offs.
Genwunners criticize that
Not true die hard fans like myself who acknowledge how much every gen differs from the previous one
Genwunners criticize that
Not true die hard fans like myself who acknowledge how much every gen differs from the previous one
well there are baseline similarities ofc but what makes each game unique is the different Pokemon the lore of the region and the diverse characters and the lore of each game as well as features and stuff
@@madnessarcade7447 You can be a “die-hard true fan” and still have personal issues with the series. I think it’s understandable to feel the games should branch out from the formula more.
@@komarunaegi7460 Pokémon has always been innovating and changing things up so I wouldn’t say predictable
Predictability isn’t the samething as tradition
They have always experimented with new concepts and mechanics
Like breeding,natures,abilities, following pokemon, overworld encounters, physical special split, mega evolution,Zmoves, gigantamax/dynamax amie/refresh/camping, even motion controls from let’s go do these features not count as evolving/progressing are these things not ambitious?
The restructuring of the traditional Pokémon format by having the third legendary as the main focus not to mention being the first Pokémon games ever to do DLC and the regional evolutions
Also the various QoL stuff even having dynamax and gigantamax and you would not have SV without the wild area all of these new ideas and things for the franchise
Are these not ambitious
I mean all these things have changed the franchise in substantial ways
Every generation offers something ambitious is replacing gyms with trials not ambitious? Or making the galar league a tournament like the anime instead of a traditional elite four is that not ambitious
Sure none of them have ever been this super drastic
But to say it’s “not innovating” is a bit disingenuous
Has the steps in previous games been a bit smaller I mean sure
But baby steps and even medium steps is still progression
Why do we count this and not those
Shouldn’t it all count?
Some of these things maybe temporary and get swapped out and replaced but they are still creative and ambitious and drastically change the course of the franchise so they count
24:43 if their story didn’t make you tear up
Y’all have no soul
The entire story was about abuse and being bullied and being part of a toxic environment and how to recover and get away from it but people end up villainizing you
As someone who is part of a minority it really hit home with me
Idk how people just don’t pay attention to the writing and lore at all
And just go LALALALALA STORY BAD LALALALALA without remotely paying attention to the nuance
Give them another chance
The algorithm really wanted me to watch this video. I don't regret it. I wish you fun on your future Pokemon journeys
I love that she spotlights overlooked mons it’s very different from other trainers and it makes her team one of a kind and unique and it sets her apart as someone who does the samething with their teams she has my heart for that
So haters leave her alone
Is it possible that Geeta is on the spectrum that would make her behavior make more sense
difficulty is irrelevant and that lore and worldbuilding is a bigger priority
I have grown up playing Pokémon in my childhood on the N64. And that’s what made me love Pokémon since.
Pokémon is so endearing and whimsical and the lore is so unique and deep as well as the messages and core themes
The haters don’t get it they never understood what made Pokemon so special to begin with
3:13 well there are baseline similarities ofc but what makes each game unique is the different Pokemon the lore of the region and the diverse characters and the lore of each game as well as features and stuff
14:20
the twist of the champion being your rival was something so iconic, so ingraved in the lore and mythos of the community and to the people that grew up with kanto as their first that it was genuinly suprising that you had a different reaction to this moment.
its cool to see, but it kinda sad that coming from modern titles the twist ages poorly
I think every team has its own unique charm 8:49
There are no bad types every one has its own unique charm
ORAS has unique lore
5:11 the newer games tell u the type weaknesses in battle so it’s not as required to memorize
How is May more annoying than Brendan ? I had May as a rival as a kid and she was very supportive. And then I tried playing as May and Brendan was like "I guess you're okay". He's more blunt and I feel like he kinda looks down on me. I mean at the end of the day, they're both supportive, but I don't see how May is more or less annoying than Brendan.
iirc she has a stronger team than brendan, so shes more annoying to deal with as a rival than he is
@@kyleetheshinystealer Oh okay I thought they meant she was annoying as a character.
"Apparently XY is terrible"
In a world where BDSP exists, XY is a banger. just not the top one XD
Bdsp is misunderstood
Bdsp is misunderstood it may not have had platinum content but it did add it’s own new stuff like expanded underground, updated qol, modern type chart, modern movepool, ramanas park etc and it’s got wholesome vibes
Also Ilca is more experienced now
It was loved by the mainstream casual audience
The more hardcore fans may not have liked it but they weren’t the target audience
The game was designed to be an approachable game for beginner players so they had to make it look as cute and as welcoming as possible hence the chibi appearance
Bdsp added more new content than platinum tho
It’s got the up to date type chart as well as the move pools
It completely overhauled the underground
It gave us the hardest elite four and champion out of any pokemon game
We got ramanas park
It’s got clothing customization as well
It removed the hassle of HMs
It’s way faster not slow anymore
How are all these new things not considered definitive
Sure platinum added its own stuff but to say bdsp didn’t add anything when it added a lot is pretty disingenuous
Xy is chill
@madnessarcade7447 I rather have a platinum remake. The original Diamond and Pearl were such low quality games until Platinum came out. That's the only thing that saved gen 4 from being the worst gen ever.
Great video!
Atticus is a ninja not a graffiti guy
I think the video I make when I play Sun and Moon is going to be very fun, they are not the best games but their villain team is among my favorites, after that the other villain teams but they seemed meh
Breloom mentioned 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🍕🍝
5:24 “hopping out of the water”
You mean earth’s atmosphere 😅
Fun fact: his name N is short for Natural harmonia gropius yes that's his name. Also in let's go it was stated that blue was the very first champion.
4:04 BASED PICK
The rivial is the chapion the whole point of it is that they were always one step ahead you there was no champion before them.
"I never played Pokémon as a kid."
Good.
Bad
Omigod I'm obsessed with Rotom cause he can turn into different appliances which is VERY helpful for a vegan like me.
You seem to be judging the champions solely on the battles rather than their impact on the lore as well as their diverse personalities
Welcome to the world of pokemon!
I like the x and y games. They are not the best and are easy af but I had a lot of fun growing up with them!
My Favorit is Black 2 as that was my first Pokemon game I Had
Difficulty is subjective I struggled in some parts
The "building with ice in it" that you had displayed was actually the water gym.
Jessie and James
Are also in the OG yellow
No joke my fav pkmn game is SV, BW close second, I liked what SV had to offer, and they gave a free mew, when I got the game.(I love my little Mew), and I think the pokemon themselves were fairly unique
Overleveling is the only way I beat Cynthia in BDSP and ive played since the first gen (and am also An Adult). Prior to that i spent hours trying to beat her to no avail.
Huh, Galactic is my favorite team and Plasma is one of my least favorites. Also, Star isnt an evil team and that's sort of the point of their storyline. The old headmaster and his unnamed deputy are the villains of their plot. Not that the game didnt have a region-destroying villain but...y'know, since you avoided the spoilers so will I.
XY weren't BAD just...not great. Now THAT series has my least favorite evil team.
If you play a game set in Alola, please please please make it base Sun or Moon. Ultra rewrote the plot in some baaaaaaad ways
Welp that’s unfortunate since I got ultra moon for Christmas lol.
To be fair, I do think the idea of team star is interesting. It just wasn’t what I was hoping to see in scarlet (Spanish inquisition team would’ve been hilarious)
@ItsColorfulMarty Oh yeah at least look up the original plot then because it's SO much better, especially the way the villain is characterized. That character is SUPER watered down in Ultra and I don't know why they did it.
For Cynthia I used Mothim with Quiver Dance and for some reason the Spiritomb will spam Sucker Punch and do nothing letting you sweep her at x6 Quiver Dance’s
@@Kaiji... well I've got the whole thing on video if you wanna look
@@BJGvideos looks like your team was really weak to psychic & ground, and your Pokémon overall had very low-tier early game move-sets 🤷🏻♂️
Don’t underestimate support moves like Thunder Wave or even a Swords Dance / Calm Mind.
Alpha sapphire rather than the newer games that’s interesting
Still a good pick tho
In ORAS the exp share is a Toggle so u could have turned it off if u wanted something more challenging
Although challenge is irrelevant in Pokemon it’s more about the vibes and it’s cozy
But I love X and Y, it's got the best legendary duo and introduces the broken exp share. Plus: Rollerskazing is fun af!
I've played every single mainline pokemon game and STILL don't know the type match ups. Like... I just use what I like and wing it xD
I remember playing Pokemon hart gold on the ds but it was actually Pokémon blade for the GameBoy
In pokemon ultra sun and moon for the post game you have to fight a group called rainbow rocket they are team rocket from a universe were they win and all of the other games evil team leaders are from universe's where they win.
Spoilers
99% of players don’t encounter the glitches
Also every Pokémon game since day one has had glitches and people liked them in the older games even saying they make the game better
At least they patched most of them
There’s no difference
15:09 u actually didn’t have to farm the coins there is literally a clerk that sells them to you 😂😂
Holy crap that fire red team is almost one to one the same one used by Presidents Playdates. The only difference being you used Exeggutor over Primeape, but the presidents were considering using Exeggutor over Snorlax at one point so yeah...
this was their team by the way:
George - Charizard
Mike Tyson - Primeape
King Donald - Nidoking
Zenitsu - Jolteon
Joe - Snorlax
Neptune - Lapras
Who cares about graphics
Lore and vibes and chill gameplay most important
would reccomend playing Black 2 aswell since you enjoyed Black. Black 2 is direct sequel (the only one they did in the franchise) and not a third version
Is Broa a reference to Maplestory? 😅 only reason I ask is since the logo for that World was green and looked like vines, similar to Serperior xd
I wish it was a cool reference. I literally just went “Broa! Like… a boa constrictor surfer dude” cause I couldn’t name it Bananaconda haha
11:09 they weren’t easy for most people u probably just overleveled
if it makes you feel better, most of us fans also forget some of the type match ups even tho we've been playing the games for years lmao. when i play gen 2 and 3 games i keep forgetting they were before the physical special split in gen 4. so i end up losing a mon by accident sometimes.
Yeah, I forget dual types. Luckily the singular ones are logical like birds eating insects (flying > bug), or ranged beating physical (psychic / flying > fighting) or fairytale knight defeats the evil dragon (fairy > dragon), you get the idea. 😅
I don't have a favorite game. Either it is XY (the one I progressed the furthest in before losing my save) or Sapphire (the one I am slogging through now).
Any game that could let me get Raichu easily would probably be it (assuming I have a copy of it already)
Geeta gets better in the dlc u should probably play the dlc
14:47 whoever told u that is wrong
Let’s go are really good they have grown on people
U should really try things yourself not rely on the community’s misinformed opinions
Actually scovillain is a habanero not a jalapeno
29:15 it’s not
The lore is super deep and people do have nostalgia for it
But you have to play it now anyway cuz legends ZA is coming out and u gotta play XY if u wanna play that
Also ORAS references XY
Xy is chill
22:05 sure u could but then u miss out on a lot of important lore
Wish gen 3-5 were easier to get... not just so people could play them without having to emulate,
but because I honestly see no reason BDSP should ever be played over the more polished Platinum... or even ORAS over Emerald...tho ORAS is surely an easier entry into the series, it just has nothing on Emerald as a definitive interpretation of a Hoenn adventure 😅
Would recommend Emerald as a future playthrough basically, cause it's surprisingly differenr from ORAS
Bdsp is misunderstood it may not have had platinum content but it did add it’s own new stuff like expanded underground, updated qol, modern type chart, modern movepool, ramanas park etc and it’s got wholesome vibes
Also Ilca is more experienced now
It was loved by the mainstream casual audience
The more hardcore fans may not have liked it but they weren’t the target audience
The game was designed to be an approachable game for beginner players so they had to make it look as cute and as welcoming as possible hence the chibi appearance
Bdsp added more new content than platinum tho
It’s got the up to date type chart as well as the move pools
It completely overhauled the underground
It gave us the hardest elite four and champion out of any pokemon game
We got ramanas park
It’s got clothing customization as well
It removed the hassle of HMs
It’s way faster not slow anymore
How are all these new things not considered definitive
Sure platinum added its own stuff but to say bdsp didn’t add anything when it added a lot is pretty disingenuous
W h y
As a longtime fan, I have to disagree.
Sure Black and White had a very interesting premise, with characters in the game calling you out on what you're doing as a trainer.
But they fumbled the ending, because after we defeat Ghetsis, N is like "Nevermind, I was completely wrong, forget I ever said anything", even though the whole thing that made Team Plasma and N's message hit is that, maybe they had a point.
But no just forget about all that, no need to put your position in question. You've always been right and you will never be anything else but right, because you're the protagonist.
Meanwhile OrAs has the Delta episode, which revolves around Zinnia who is dealing with the grief of losing someone dear to her.
And she can't take the time to properly grieve because as the Lorekeeper, it's her duty to summon Rayquaza to stop the meteroid from destroying the world.
She literally has the weight of the world on her shoulders, all the while she's still dealing with the loss of Aster. It's so much that she literally has suicidal ideation, which is not something I ever thought we'd have in a Pokémon game.
And the Delta Episode also adresses the atrocities that the Devon Corporation commits, and Steven's hypocrisy about the whole situation...
And the ending doesn't say "You were right all along, go you". The ending shows that things are messy, and complicated. But that step by step, they're getting better.
Finishing the Delta Episode didn't fix everyone's problems, but it's a step in the right direction, and it shows that even if things aren't good in the world, it's okay. Because things are getting better, one step at a time. And that's such a hopeful message.
So basically Delta Episode > Black and White. Though I don't know why they changed Archie and Maxie in base OrAs. In Ruby and Sapphire, they only wanted to expand the sea/land to an extent, but not flood/dry up the entire world.
Of course that's still a bad thing, but they're genuinly well-meaning idiots who don't realize what they're doing is not a good thing. They really think that it would help.
So when they unleash the legendary and it's gonna flood/dry up the entire world, they understand and they're like "Oh sh*t ! We messed up !"
But in OrAs, they do want to flood/dry up the entire world in order to reset it basically. But when they unleash the legendary, they're still saying "Oh no, it's too much ! It's not what I wanted !"
What do you mean ??? How can there be too much when your goal is too flood/dry up everything ??? It doesn't really make sense anymore if you ask me.
I love that she spotlights overlooked mons it’s very different from other trainers and it makes her team one of a kind and unique and it sets her apart as someone who does the samething with their teams she has my heart for that
So haters leave her alone
Is it possible that Geeta is on the spectrum that would make her behavior make more sense
difficulty is irrelevant and that lore and worldbuilding is a bigger priority
Pokémon is so endearing and whimsical and the lore is so unique and deep as well as the messages and core themes
The haters don’t get it they never understood what made Pokemon so special to begin with
In ORAS the exp share is a Toggle so u could have turned it off if u wanted something more challenging
Although challenge is irrelevant in Pokemon it’s more about the vibes and it’s cozy