I... liked... Sword and... Shield...

You can also just try different monster collector games. They're are plenty.

note: your repeating hand gestures are distracting. Try making them more purposefully

generally agree with a lot of that, nice vid. My fav pokemon experience in recent times is pokemon Kuray infinite fusion, an incredible mod. You should check it out.

Legends Arceus was such a fun game, I was really looking forward to Scarlet/Violet but it just fell so flat

Despite how Scarlet and Violet released, (yes, I had my own glitchy experiences to talk about), it was the first game that me and my now-husband played together and shared in full. I loved the story, the personality that they gave Miraidon and Koraidon, and 'Celestial' is now considered 'our song'. There are still many moments I can recall that made that game worth it for me in the end. But to this day, I have yet to finish Let's Go: Pikachu and BD. Didn't even catch the legendaries in SWSH because I didn't want to bother going for them after the credits.

my favorite series of games without a doubt. owned all the games from firered and leaf green all the way to black. picked up all the 3ds games and a 3ds just to play them and can’t convince myself to buy a switch to play the new games. they look so atrocious, soulless, and pathetically lazy in comparison to the ds games. it’s a shame what it has become. in my eyes the last playable games were from the 3ds and possibly sword and shield. what a fall

I feel like the fall of the franchise is soley the fans fault. Alot of decisions made, actively made the game worse because fans wanted it. We got rid of HMs because their annoying and the puzzels and complex maps left with them. The games were made to easy, trainers taken out to speed up the game, XP shares made for entire teams make game go even faster so people can rush off to competive. Lastly the influx of legendaries is ridiculous, playing omega ruby/saphire getting latios/latias at sexond gym was ridiculous.

I remember buying for Platinum in 2018 and feeling guilty for paying like $50 for it. Man am I glad I did

I really like the Lets Go art style, and I wish they pushed it further with day/night cycles and seasons. The games could have been the best modern pokemon games if they didn't remove so many mechanics and included the later gen evolutions of gen 1 pokemon

F this play FireRed

Pokemon games have gone bad because: a) Pokemon “fans” don't want a Pokemon game, they want a completely different game b) the company decided to follow the worldwide trend of corporate greed.

God damn you're a geek bruh, even for a pokemon channel

Hey I love let's go Pikachu, it's incredible

Not meaning to be a downer, but... I don't see it. I don't see how exactly I am supposed to expect change for the better, there is no evidence to support this. The trajectory is very clear, and they're raking the money in like crazy. I'd love for me to be wrong, but I just don't see it. Oh, and do play Persona 5. That's what a turn-based RPG can actually be like.

Those lines about Sonic are honestly very amusing in times of Frontiers, Superstars and the military-grade berserker armed with a fire axe come to wreck your life that is Shadow Gens. xD

I mean... sorry, but what you call "not handholdy" about S/V is just awful open world design, where everything is leveled like in a linear structure and the game just doesn't tell you where to go first, content to let you trial and error it out. That's not open world design, it's amateurish, and even freaking GameBoy Color ROM hacks do this correctly. (Yes, I mean Crystal Clear.)

Legends: Arceus was, ultimately... simply a good game. It had flaws, it wasn't perfect - but it was just a good game. It functioned, it offered me frequent, meaningful and enjoyable minute to minute gameplay choices, it respected my intelligence, it valued my time, it was simply _enjoyable._ No dumb strings attached. And that's way more than almost any mainline Pokémon game has ever given me.

One addendum: Let's _not_ pretend things were entirely rosy on 3DS. Really, the very origin of what would turn into the current state of Pokémon and the fanbase was the whole cash grab barebones "double release" situation with US/UM.

Not even just Pokemon but the Switch era in general has taught me Nintendo has no idea wtf they're doing. Enhanced graphics and mechanics not enough? Add a gimmick. Given the console power to make a more expansive experience? Release trash and never update it. Just my own gripes coming through but ACNH ended up the single greatest disappointment of my time gaming on Switch after that one week of wonder wore off.

6:25 Nintendo fans have no qualms about paying the same price for cheap and lazy side scrollers like Kirby Star Allies and NSMB as they do for elaborate 3D AAA titles like BoTW and Odyssey, why would they complain about Pokémon LeGo being priced the same as the main Pokémon games on Switch? People have no standards. 9:15 Not even that, Gen 5 already had a green monkey. 55:10 Because the games are now irrelevant beyond serving as a basic platform for introducing new monsters, with this franchise the real money is made elsewhere. Yes, it sucks, but it's been the state of the franchise for so long it's time to accept that Pokémon games will never be good again. 1:03:00 Since BW? All BW really had is the darker tone compared to the later games but the story themes themselves are relatively mild and come off as pseudo-intellectual compared to the really dark stuff in some of the later games, like the mass genocide of both people and Pokémon, the curse of immortality, animal abuse and even more messed up family relationships than those between Ghetsis and N. 1:16:25 Sadly you can, and they've been doing just that. The designs of Pokémon creatures can be enjoyed in complete isolation from the game series they originate from, the games may help provide some context and story for them but for most customers of the Pokémon merchandise this is largely unnecessary. Not too long ago Hello Kitty used to be the second biggest brand right after Pokémon and you know it's not because of the quality of its anime.

Anyone else really dig Pokemon quest tho??

I'd say pokemon peaked as a game in gen 5, and conceptually in gen 6 with mega evolutions For all people meme about them being ultra painful transformations for the pokemon and what have you, but I can't think of a single thing more pokemon than the literal power of friendship pushing your partners and friends beyond their normal limits The "battle frontier" in ORAS though... that was an omen for things to come, even if we thought it might mean it'd come in a future update or something Everything after has just been one long, slow slide into ever deepening disappointment and mediocrity

He has such a high pitched whiny voice.

Swagtastic video! Loved the intro!

So while I would agree, that the main games do suffer a lot in terms of quality, I have to defend the remakes, srsly. You can say what you want, but the remakes always did a great job, they look good, they feel good, they are good.

ngl rewatching that first episode of the anime motivated me to keep pushing myself a few weeks ago

This is why i support Palworld, they even do more work then Pokemon does these days it's just sad.

I am surprised you didn't talk about the mini controversy with XY.

Move on my guy. No need to pull the bandaid off slowly

wait, pokemon games are $80 DOLLARS?????? NO F WAY

I think sword and shield was a good step forward and they should have elaborated on it more, and I loved the mechanics and openness of Arceus. Then they just completely fumbled with Scarlet and Violet…

Idk I still like it

pokemon games were significantly better in pixels. you don't need 3D HD graphics to make a good immersive game.

I will never understand pokemon fanboys, but that is okay. I will never stop laughing at them too. surely the next pokemon game will be a banger! - great video, you got me watch the entire thing without losing my attention and even pause gaming for a moment.

The answer is more than holiday release. Look to the tcg and merch. The card game has a semi regular release schedule. As new expansions come out, old ones get retired. As for the merchandise, merch is THE biggest chunk of their sales. It's not even a comparison. Merch sales dwarf all other profits the company sees. In other words, the vg needing more time to cook doesn't stand a chance of getting in the way of holiday sales season. That's why we don't get more mature content. Your interests interfere with profiting from little kids wanting this year's pikachu backpack, bedroom set, shoes, watch, pencil box, etc.

I just want a pokken 2 man. Fighting games are popping off rn

None of this compares to when I found out BRICK BRONZE is still alive

Won't stop until pokemons fans grow a backbone

actually, the forest navel is the best area in pikmin 1 and you are totally wrong 🤓

hop off my goat lets go pikachu

These companies know their product is highly desirable no matter its state, and the more money people will throw for a poor product, the more money they can make upon release of properly made product. They understand they could provide everything their demographic wants and more, but that all starts with people buying lame product.

When will people finally realize digimon is just superior

Say what you want about the games but I won’t take the Kanto disrespect. Kanto is the best by a mile you’re just saying this as you have never played gen 1 games. Come on bro you seriously never played gen 1 games before this? Your opinion cannot hold any wait if this is the case. So less disrespect to the OG gen 1

I love gen 4, it's my all-time favourite generation (shortly followed by 5th) Which makes the remakes even more disappointing I don't have a problem with the art style by itself, it's very cute, but it's just not suited for gen 4's story The reason why I believe this is that the art style tells a story too and a light art style like this can't tell a heavy and (in my opinion) deep story. Not to say that gen 4 is particularily deep or dark, but I certainly view is as less light than for example gen 3 or 6 But I can't take the gen 4 story seriously when I see mad chibi Cyrus

the 9/11 joke was peak *I love dark humor sue me*

Try Honkai Star Rail It will ruin your perception of Gamefreak as developers. Hoyo devs add in stuff every 6 weeks and create the equivalent of a whole game after a year. There's no excuses left for AAA companies when a mobile game company is cooking them.

turn down the music please