Pokémon's Wild Encounters are ESSENTIALLY Annoying - Dissecting Pokemon Game Mechanics - Tama Hero
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- If you ask most people what they find annoying about Pokémon game mechanics, the common answer would be wild encounters with enemies. They come out of nowhere, interrupt what you’re doing when you might be focused on something or finding your way, are quite repetitive, and usually the rewards for engaging with them aren’t that great. But interestingly, Pokemon games, and especially early Pokemon games set in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos would be much worse experiences without them and Tama's here to explain why.
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I have a bites idea, WTF was gamefreak thinking with making feebas so hard to find in gen.3, seriously, the whole point of XD gale of darkness was to make it easier to get version exclusive Pokemon and hard to get/evolve pokemon like Dragonite, yet NO ONE on the development team ever thought, hey, the whole can only be found on 6 water tiles that change thing is stupid, let's throw the dex completionists a bone with a shadow feebas. Why?????
Effortlessly elaborating on how Game Freak used a common JRPG trope to magnify the theme of their game is one of many reasons why I tune into these videos. Very informative!
I’ve always appreciated how you explain the underlying intentions/subtle storytelling done in Pokémon. People give early Pokémon flack for being simple games, but you’re the first person I’ve seen point out the environmental themes present by the way encounters and the overworld are designed. I look forward to more videos in the future!
I’ve always thought about stuff like this
I always appreciate the little things about Pokémon that’s taken for granted
This is the unique charm of Pokémon
YES MORE OF THIS
I didn't consciously realize how much random encounters added to the realism and world-building of the game. Awesome video!
Tama’s 2022 arc has been low key one of the best this year. Really enjoyed this video!
I'd save my Masterballs for Tamashi uWu😍
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I would love to see you talk about Ribbons! They once felt like a huge part of the game (the extra side content part of the game, at least) and added a ton to a Pokémon's personality and nowadays they've just been pushed to the side and have been completely forgotten. Also, your hair looks really really good!
I was doing the ribbon challenge but I stopped because the Battle Tower ribbons are a pain to get and it just kept annoying me.
I would note that they're being pushed forward a bit again with the ability to use them to equip a title to the pokémon that has them (and sorta kinda with the introduction of marks, which are treated the same and listed in the same place but you either have one or not, with no way to get or change them)
It's kinda weird, since they introduced Marks as well, which also give you new titles.
It would be nice if there were more ribbons in the modern games...
I love how understated the urbanization narrative is in Pokemon Red & Blue. I would love it if the games returned to telling a story through the environment as opposed to exposition and cutscenes.
So kinda like the Mario mainline games, I mean, I don't mind that, hehe.
I don't know if pokemon fans are going to be receptive to a shin megami tensei (1-3) style of storytelling, seeing as how gens 1-3's themes and metaphors tend to fly over most people's heads. In general I think most video games have moved on from this style of story telling to more direct exposition (cutscenes that really drill the theme of the game in) or environmental storytelling exclusively for lore like in dark souls. In general higher fidelity gaming has robbed us of the old style of minimal storytelling early jrpgs had.
Nowadays they kind of do a mix of both
Very cool discussion! The random encounters mechanic faded out of focus for me because most rpgs have them but your points were thoughtful and inspired curiosity to think more critically about these things. Great video as always! I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the fade-out of HMs and also changes to TMs
Glad to see you back at it and just as thoughtful and informative in ten minutes just as much as an hour! Kudos.
I always feel weird because I prefer random encounters to overworld encounters in not just Pokemon but games that used turn-based combat in general. Even outside of the thematic reasons for having them in Pokemon, it always takes me out of a game to see overworld encounters just sort of stand around and pop into existence instead of letting my imagination fill the gaps.
That and I don't like being chased. SwSh love to put you in narrow areas and have Pokemon chase you down, which I would rather just experience as a random encounter. You could say that helps make Pokemon seem more like wild animals, but it does so in a way that makes my animal brain say "you're going to get eaten" and I don't like that.
*You Will Know Our Names starts blaring in the distance*
i’ve never clicked on a video so fast! it’s been too long
The bird you have a video of is a red tail hawk! They're big for hawks but not as big as turkeys lol Cool to see one up close and wading around in the water like that! Fun fact: the call of a red tail hawk is often dubbed over bald eagles in film (because an actual bald eagle cry is squeaky and unpleasant kind of like a gull)
I also think random encounters were harmonious with the gotta catch em all slogan of early Pokemon. They were exciting to see what kind of new critter you may find. I appreciate the connection to nature. Im glad they’ve changed random encounters as an older pokemon audience member, the hype of finding a new pokemon is taken up by nintendo directs et.
Thank you Tama that was a good video!
This series is really worth everything i am excited.
Would love to see a breakdown of DexNav from ORAS! Great way to get hidden abilities, egg moves, and shinies. Lots of DexNav exclusives on mirage islands and after getting the national dex. Great method / gimmick
I love this new format of videos, it is nice to have little bytes of info in between your larger releases!
Not that I have a bias or anything... >_>
Random encounters basically dying out has always made me incredibly sad and I wish that I wasn't always argued with on that front as I feel like it's a more nuanced topic than just "seeing them is better" because it's deeper than that.
Super informative! I knew vaguely about the theme of urbanisation affecting wildlife being in thr games but this tied everything together really well
loved getting a smaller episode of your banger content, this was a real treat and further evidence of why you're one of my favorite youtubers - even when we disagree, you still give me a lot to think about and consider. i've always been pretty negative towards random encounters, and i still do think i feel this way because a lot of the time, the problem with them is that they're constantly intrusive which isn't always a bad thing, but in instances where you're going through a low-level area or backtracking in any capacity, this tends to make things even more frustrating than they already were. i'll always prefer when games provide more purposeful overworld encounters where interacting with the environment or going to certain areas causes battles, and engaging with those at a reasonable rate will be enough to help you get through the game. a lot of the time, random encounters seem to just be there because they absolutely had to be in the older games, and this feels like a way to call back to that era or something along those lines. although that being said, keeping that strictly to tall grass or caves has been a big reason as to why i don't mind they're inclusion as much in pokemon, since here it feels like they found that middle ground of including them, while also making the encounters feel as purposeful as they would've if they had just been overworld encounters. although i'm happy with what we have now - the overworld and tall grass working together, because they maintain that unpredictability, we can see the pokemon behave in unique ways outside of battle, and backtracking becomes a lot less of a pain than it would've been otherwise. while a lot of modern pokemon's game design gets a lot of flack, i do think that this area is one that was given a lot of thought, especially after viewing it through the lens i am now after watching this great video.
sorry for the really long comment, but like i said, you gave me a lot to think about. again, great work as always, ya don't miss
Love your analysis on game machanics, they are so well written. I too have always defended the random encounters and I'm happy that you brought it up with this video. The thrill of not knowing who's gonna come out of the patch of grass is a staple of the Pokémon game for me and it felt so weird and off to see them go after LGPE.
Always hyped when I see a new vid from you! Hope to see more like these. Also can’t wait for the long form videos too.
This was a really well-written piece. It’s been great to see your development as a content creator. Thank you for all the work you put into making videos for us.
No one commenting on tama calling that hawk/falcon/bird of prey a turkey xD !!!! "No 😐"
Awesome video! Really excited to see more of this series. I’d be intrigued to hear you unpack evolution methods - from the simple (Evo stones) to the absurd (Runerigus lol).
Pumped for the Colosseum video!
1:57
"You don't have any say in the frequency of battles"
Repels: Am I a joke to you?
@@Hynotama it's not that hard to farm money in Pokemon. The people who actually think encounters are annoying and won't accept to pay in game money for repels are either 5 year old kids who just got to play Pokemon for the first time in their life or the ones who have started playing Pokemon from Gen 8. I do agree about black and white tho. That game's encounter rate was nuts
@@Hynotama when is grinding ever fun? Obviously but it's worth it. A couple hours of grinding for no encounters the whole game. That's an easy win for someone who hate encounters. (I personally don't)
@@Hynotama man I'm talking about Pokemon where the heck sonic came from. Lmao you actually made me spit water out of my mouth man my keyboard is all wet now lolol
have to say, i absolutely LOVE how your hair looks in this video. the curls are absolutely gorgeous 😌
Been watching you since 2014, I'm so happy you've grown with us! I'm 29 and it's rare to see UA-camrs grow with their audience and understand their audience. Your video essays are always pleasant to watch. Much Love, Ameerah 💖
Can I just say, your hair looks FANTASTIC! Such a cute length!
I also love the concept of Tama Bytes.
This video was great - it made me think more about WHY certain Pokemon appear in certain places of various regions, and I enjoyed that - and I'm excited for more.
Also, I was today years old when I learned that the ability to run from an encounter is based mainly on your Pokemon's speed. I'm 33! I've been playing Pokemon since I was, like, eight! You can learn something new every day.
this is soooooo good!! I've watched too much pokecontent over the years and genuinely nobody is more thoughtful in their analysis than you. Like the way that you framed wild encounters as tying into the themes of the games was mind-blowing and you mentioned a ton of examples I had never considered. Thank you, Tama!
Great insight into wild encounters in past and present games. I quite like the personality added to wild Pokemon in the newer games.
I think random encounters are good, it’s just the time it takes. If I could increase the game speed like you can in emulators, I would find it much more fun. I’d find it hard to believe that forcing a player to wait is a good way to make a reward feel better. I like a challenge that I can do better at or worse at depending on my performance (the battle itself) rather than the tedium of waiting.
I fully agree that random encounters can be frustrating, but I appreciate the argument that Pokemon's enhances the narrative. We are exploring the wild, some surprises popping up make sense.
Oooh I like this idea! I'd like you to tackle the concept of how Pokémon is more minimalist in its story and characters from other RPGs, when it works and doesn't work with your thoughts on that, would be really cool to find out what you think
Honestly, I love random emcounters as someone who likes suprise in thier gameplay. It can be a little annoying sometimes, but exploring an area and seeing whats available randomly always seemed really engaging to me. I would love to see random encounters return
I just started the video, but I just wanted to say that your hair looks absolutely gorgeous.
I have to disagree about Viola’s gym. If you pick Chespin, you can spam Rollout and win easily, even if you’re under-leveled.
The video in-general is great though! It’s always a good day when you upload, and we can never have too many videos about game design :D
Always happy to see a new Tamashii video.
I would love for you to dive into evolution mechanics and the ways they’ve added to the diverse ecology of pokemon, player-player interaction, and player-pokemon interaction!
Personally, I prefer overworld encounters. Seeing the pokemon actually inhabit the world is pretty cool. Plus sometimes random encounters can feel a little tedious if the mon you are looking for is a low encounter rate.
I think this format (video-per-concept instead of video-per-game) is perfect for you! You have a great analytical mind
As of right now the first thing that comes to mind is maybe a Tama Byte about the elemental types? Like "why so many compared to other rpgs" and "what's even the point of having so many" and what that really does to the combat system?
Always ready for Tama Hero content, looking forward for the Colosseum game video!!! I never had a problem with running into every Pokémon, I always put the fattest in my party in the lead for that reason. So I can see every Pokémon in the area
Wow! I almost didn't recognise you on the thumbnail!! You look so preety!!
This was oddly refreshing for a pokemon video. THANK YOU!
Wow I love when a video gives me new perspective on why I like something. I did recognize the environmental connections in each area, but I didn't connect that to the theme's expansion.
If you're taking requests, I'd love a byte on any of the decisions for the combat mechanics. I'm particularly interested in how typing replaces classes from other JRPGS
Yeah I never noticed any of the stuff in terms of the themes of nature in Pokémon tbh lmaooo
It's exciting to see you do small things like this as I really liked your segments like this in your bigger ones.
Also I cannot get over the Liz Lemon comparison.
I love how one of Tama's videos makes me think.
Ooooh I'd love to see a video on Critical Hits and maybe items
Omg I'm excited for the Colosseum video
I'd love to see you go over Abilities and how this one mechanic completely revolutionized how Pokemon plays as a franchise! These passives opened up entirely new strategies and playstyles, and they shook up the ways we can build teams even today!
I always like the random encounters and can't understand why people hate it so much (as you said, you can always use repel). People seem to forgot (or at least never experienced) what it is to hunt a 1% pokemon in a route and finding it. I don't know, I always enjoyed and I hope they keep it in some way in SV and the future
Also the fact that you might actually find a pokemon quicker in a random battle as you won't have to wait for it to spawn in the overworld
Hey Tama, I want to say I really appreciate your content. I've been watching you for like maybe 12 years and I appreciate how much you're able to iterate/evolve/grow while creating rich content that's true to yourself. I think you're a great example of someone who's found a very positive space in UA-cam and grown. It should be talked about more. That aside , please more of this.
You're prettier than ever. Wow.
I thought viridian forest was cut down due to memory constrains?
Love the intro! Reminds me of my childhood!
I wonder if this has something to do with them introducing TM crafting in Scarlet and Violet, so that even if you know exactly what Pokémon you want to use going in, you have to go out of your way to interact with other Pokémon multiple times to make your favourites as good as they can be.
In fact, as I type this I wonder if they thought of this while making Legends Arceus as well, and that's why they made the Pokédex more research based, and why so many tasks require you to catch and battle so many Pokémon. Tying Pokédex progression directly into the story, making it a requirement to advance and unlock new areas and Pokémon, forces the player to interact with the Pokémon in the same way as random encounters.
Couldn't have added anything more. Without wild encounters the thrill and surprise is gone as well. Not to mention hunting down roaming pokemon. I still get slightly anxious when I hunt down the Latis, Mesprit or Cresselia almost like I never grew up from when I was a kid.
Yes. Yes they are. I like when you can avoid Pokémon you don't want to battle. Except in Legends when some Pokémon really have it out for you.
Love your Videos.
Loved them way back in 2011 when I first found your Videos on UA-cam.
The first Video I saw was your Pokémon Green Myth Video which I believe is your first Video in general.
Didn't lost interest in your Videos, but eventually forgot your Name and never found it again.
Found you again a few months ago and I'm so happy about it, even though you do not upload frequently. :D
What's the song in the background? I thought it was something made for ProJared's Now in the 90s, but since you are also using it I guess it's not.
2 things- 1 I'm looking forward to your Pokémon Colosseum video! I did a 100% Pokéball only run of it and JEEZ it was exhausting! 2 I will say that random encounters only bothered young me when it comes to necessity items like the Safari Zone because it makes you disoriented.
I agree they are Important but once you have seen and beaten them and leveled way above what exp they could give you there's no point
Thank god Repel exists but I like how Earthbound Just simulates the battle and gives you the exp If you are over leveled
Wow you look fantastic holy cannoli Tama
I actually really like random encounters theoretically. My problem, as is my problem with most RPG's, is that non-interactive turn-based battles are not a compelling gameplay mechanic to me. I like the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi RPG series, not because it's Mario, but because the combat is interactive and imbalanced, making for a more compelling experience. (It also helps to have platforming and puzzle-solving sections in the main world.) I don't know how this would translate to an RPG that's supposed to be balanced like Pokemon, though.
02:36 Yeah, I do agree that the relationship between humanity and nature is a vital, yet implicit, historyteling device from both Gen I and II. Nonetheless, I do think that using Viridian Forest as an example of man-made environmental changes within the Pokémon world wouldn't be accurate. My reasoning is that said part of the map Kanto map had to be shrunk for the developers to be able to fit both regions inside the same cartdrige. If someone would use such examples the norm for comparison then it would theoretically lead to think that the Safari Zone was also "demolished" because humans stopped caring about Pokémon preservation at all. That doesn't mean I do disagree with how you presented the topic and I'm glad you made a video about it! Best regards.
Very interesting, I gotta admit all the environmental themes and writing kinda went over my head as a kid!
As the series moves away from purely random encounters, I have been thinking about what that means for what I personally enjoy about the games. When playing through Sword, I could avoid most wild Pokemon and with the shared EXP I never had much reason to seek them out. A lot of people love this and would say it's a big improvement, but honestly I can't say the same. That's around the time I realized how important the random encounters were to not only setting up the overall "feel" of an area, but also to building "bonds" with your team. By the end of the game I had no real attachment to my team since I barely used them (even though I fought every trainer along the way), because the fear of overleveling was a huge disincentive to fight anything in the wild.
I like how you brought up Animal Crossing for your example, because that's exactly it. The player doesn't always need complete agency over everything in their environment. I want to play the game *they* created, I don't want to build my own!
Personally, just like how classic Wild Encounters made the Pokemon you’d battle a surprise each time a random encounter started.
To me, that feeling you get each time you see a brand new Pokemon you’d never seen before appear in a Wild Encounter is one of the biggest reasons I fell in love with Pokemon as a kid, and is something I’ve looked forward to with each new entry since. It also made roaming Pokemon feel like a really big deal whenever they’d pop up on the screen in Gen 2.
And to me, just seeing Pokemon walk around in the open world as your first introduction to them feels pretty flat by comparison. Of course seeing them walk around in the world is super cool, and something I wished for as a kid. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve definitely come to appreciate the sense of exploration that the old Wild Encounters brought with them.
Yet another things game design-wise you're entirely correct on and do a great job explaining. There's a reason game developers never take complaints about games at face value and people complaining about Pokemon random encounters is one of the best examples of this.
Edit: It's also worth noting, since you didn't really mention this explicitly, that part of the appeal/excitement of hunting for Pokemon is that reveal you get at the start of every encounter. With the knowledge of what you're fighting before getting into combat, you lose a large portion of the appeal and reward of getting into combat to begin with. In my personal opinion, this change somewhat undermines the very core game loop that Pokemon uses, significantly lowering the quality of the games as JRPGs.
Long story short. If you still find them annoying then USE REPELS. It's not that expensive and neither it's hard to farm money.
You weren't paying attention. Were you?
@@DoubleEdgeCat no I'm just saying generally if you find them annoying then use repels end of debate.
Some people really seem to have zero gameplay sense. Random encounters are part of the challenge of a JRPG. Sure, you might be mostly mashing A, but you are spending resources, and managing them is the challenge. If you make every battle easily avoidable, you are just walking around, and oops, the boss is too high level.
Since you brought up your Animal Crossing video in this, I'd like to mention something that's been on my mind for a while: New Horizons' biggest problem is that they're trying to force it to be a game that doesn't fit in the Animal Crossing framework. Why do you have to lay paths one tile at a time? Why do you have to go through lengthy cutscenes to move villagers' houses? Because Animal Crossing was designed as a game where you play as a character and talk to other characters, but fully customising your town is better suited for games where you play as an omnipotent cursor.
FF8 let's you early on take away all wild encounters if you wish. Just gotta fight Diablos early by using the lamp you get after the first mission.
If it has to be a Pokemon mechanic I'd love to see you discuss the slow battle VFX, and Pokemon's strengths/weaknesses using animations to convey information.
If we're talking general game mechanics how about the many approaching to saving in games?
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Do know that in gen 1 and 2 (maybe 3) you can rearrange moves by pressing SELECT during battle. So now you don't have to have growl as your first move
Ok so a game mechanic I want to see tackled is the super contests of gen 4.
I know you are not a fan of that generation, but I've always been able to beat the contests of gen 3 but the gen 4 ones are just so tricky!
Help me out here
I feel like S/V occasionally kept a similar feelings, as Tauros will relentlessly chase you, and getting out of a pack of aggressive Pokemon can be difficult.
Can you turn the audio level of your voice up by a tiny bit next time?
Besides that though great video! I enjoyed it :)
The Pokémon appearing in the overworld is one of my favorite aspects about modern Pokémon games. It makes the games so much more imersive. I particularly loved the roaming Galarian birds: we actually got to see them running away from us!
fantastic video, and a great idea for a series. your in depth reviews and analyses about pokemon games and mechanics is always great.
also that was a really cool ass bird
Well, maybe BDSP are an indication that the might keep the traditional formula and random encounters at least for upcoming remakes?
What a lovely appetizer before the 12 course meal that will be the colosseum video, looking forward to it!
You don't upload often but when you do it is always great stuff. Wheather you upload frequently with small videos or not often with big ones I will watch them and have done for a LONG time now.
Great video! One other example to add: In the Isle or Armor DLC, Sharpedo will chase you down while you traverse the open sea and they are FAST and OUT TO GET YOU. While technically “annoying,” it fits because speed is one of Sharpedo’s best stats and its dex entries call it “the bully of the sea.” It fits with the themes you describe of how random encounters force players to interact with the environment, to remind you that these are living creatures.
Fascinating breakdown.
i think not being able to run away due to speed is so dumb. What if my favourite pokemon i want out front is slow and powerful
Ecstatic to hear of an upcoming Colosseum video, that’s my favorite video game!
the turkey clip hahaha
2:40 I think, and considering the remakes, that was more of a hardware limitation than an intentional story driven choice.
I just into mtg and it's reminding me of my Pokémon tcg league days. Good Times.
"Digimon: Cyber Sleuth" took an approach I loved for random encounters:
As you progress into the game (and depending on your party), you can lower the chance of encounters, heavily lower it, or disappear it entirely. And viceversa, you can increase the chance or even force it, so as soon as you activate your skill, a random encounter will start. "Sweet Scent" kinda did that in Gen 2, but the system could be expanded upon.
I don't think random encounters are bad per sé, but after the 10th Zubat, you're starting to feel the dread. And you need to faint those Zubats because you need that EXP. Also time: it would be great to manually skip animations with the + button (like in Zelda), without the need of going through the settings and disable all animations. I want to fully enjoy the gym leader battle, I don't care about the 10th Zubat Leech-Seeding me.
I never cared for the challenge that random encounters proposed, but I can't deny that they seamlessly give the exp you need. Even in USUM, despite being just as linear as past games, I've found difficulty in having the right levels at the right time.
Really appreciate your analyses, as always! I'm especially compelled by your argument that the encounters is how we meet different pokémon in different habitats. Ideally we'd have Snap-like environments, filled with pokémon, but random encounters are the next best thing, and probably *the* best thing within the limitations.
Yay, Dragon Quest is featured! But oh no, it’s Dragon Quest VII… j/k I like that one but it’s definitely my least favorite DQ in the series.
I never thought of random encounters in Pokémon in this way and yet I feel like it’s intuitive. The Pokémon you encounter do usually match their environments. You see that in other RPGs, too, now that you got me thinking about it. For example, in Dragon Quest VII you encounter living pillars in towers and aquatic type monsters in the underwater palace. On the other hand, there are some strange monsters, usually the humanoid kind, who can feel out of place from time to time.
Great vídeo!
I know the game doesn't exactly have the same mechanics, but after playing PLA I simply can't go back to old blind random encounters (even with it's flaws).
You see everything before aproaching, you decide if you want to keep moving or aproach to catch/battle stuff. If you are focused on doing something else, just run past them (altough that might go wrong if you are in an area with high level Pokemon as well as alphas). And the best part is that you don't have to "warp" to a pocket dimension outside of the overworld with each battle. You can fight and choose moves and read the narration box while moving freely and looking away to plan your next spot.
You casually unpacked why Gen2 Kanto feels so lifeless and eerie to me in GSC. I always put it onto the fact that nostalgia and passing time are a bit... uncomfortable to me, but the way encounters are handled certainly add to it. The sudden appearance of Grimer in Celadon's lake (?) in place of the previous Poliwhirl and the complete disappearance of ghosts in Lavender in favor of a radio tower so corporate you can't even enter the upper floors are the examples I tend to think of because they feel more organic. Viridian Forest being just a hedge maze is always a huge downer, but as I grew up, the idea of it weakened as I learned more about GSC's development and started explaining away Viridian Forest by "they dropped it to save space and fit the rest of Kanto". In reality, it's probably a bit of both and they managed to cleverly use the lack of space as environmental story telling.
As an aside, I think SwSh strikes a nice balance. The world feels more alive by seeing mons walk around (and react to you) but the rarer species that aren't quick to show their faces are still unseen "random" encounters. The one exception being Wimpod, which gets to be the same wimpy quick to flee overworld encounter as in SuMo, likely because it's not clever enough to hide properly (at least, that would fit the mon perfectly)
Oooo, definitely looking forward to more videos in this series, I love this kinda stuff.
And I feel like it really doesn't get appreciated enough just how much Pokemon weaves the meta-narrative into the very fabric of the game design, and it's something I believe the series has always been great at
Good video but I think it would be useful to talk about how Pokémon could create the same themes while modernizing random encounters.
Random encounters are a product of technical limitations in video games. I think that Legends Arceus really shows how you can improve the gameplay of Pokémon games by showing Pokémon in the overworld and then giving the player the choice of whether to engage or not.
This isn't really new either! Earthbound and Chrono Trigger have been doing this for decades! It removes the frustration of having to run from every fight from the player and makes for a tighter experience in my opinion.
I really hope the new games follow in Legends Arceus' footsteps because that game was a blast from a gameplay standpoint!
This video was very well-made and interesting, as always, but it honestly just made me kind of sad... I love the old Pokemon games' encounter system, and the JRPG encounter system as a whole, and the fact that so many RPG series have dropped it is just depressing to me. This is probably a hyperbolic statement, but it feels like the genre is losing most of the things that define it, and Pokemon is a great example of that- it used to be that it was statistically near-impossible to clear a Pokemon game with no random encounters, but in modern games, you can avoid wild encounters almost entirely if you're just paying attention to your movement. I guess that could be a metaphor for urbanization, to be fair, but I just find it depressing, because that's already such a thing in real life. Maybe I'm just being blinded by nostalgia, but I wish Pokemon could go back to the way it was back before Gen 7 removed the grid-based movement plane.
This is outstanding, it baffles me when I think you could stretch the script by adding pauses for emphasis or just talking slightly slower...
However that's why there's so much highly-concentrated substance. I feel like this vid is a future classic already. Once again, good job!