5 Things Pokemon Could Learn From Monster Hunter Stories 2

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[@SilverEternal22]

>”Riding Pokemon being better in every single way” >shows gardevoir fanart NOW WAIT JUST A MINUTE

[@rcthekinglol7973]

Yeah that made my morning 😂

[@FakeHeroFang]

They did it in the Let's Go games already if you want to nitpick. Yet another mechanic that just gets tossed in the garbage after one generation and never sees the light of day again.

[@rcthekinglol7973]

@@FakeHeroFang We don’t really know if its fully tossed out for sure. I assume the reason why it wasn’t present in sword and shield is because following pokemon as a whole was an after thought.

[@daeryk6424]

Lopunny though.

[@draw2death421]

Yeah thats another way ;)

[@JoseMedina-14]

Bro even monster hunter stories 1 have more effort than sword and shield. I’m really liking this spin-off of the MH saga, i hope that this game become a success for capcom.

[@Stories-ji7lz]

The game sold a million copies in just 2 weeks, that’s more than double of the sales of the original stories and that game has been out for 5 years now. I think we’re good

[@dreamingahopefuldream4439]

With the success of the second game I doubt they will be dropping the spin off any time soon.

[@bookroach6742]

It's astounding that Mhs 1 on the 3ds pulled off the wild area better than SwSh on the Switch.

[@dreamingahopefuldream4439]

@@bookroach6742 even for lower quality visuals too. I have played games on the wii that have better visuals than SwSh

[@raynegallaher7661]

@@bookroach6742 now the most concerning part of this comment is the fact that I seriously have no idea what you are talking about. Not because I can't think of when stories 1 did the wild area better, but because you could argue EVERY area in stories 1 besides the dungeons was practically a better wild area, or you could be talking about that labyrinth in the post-game. When someone says what you just said and I have to respond with "yeah it did the wild area better but it did that several times which one are you talking about" we know that pokemon has a problem.

[@lynxfresh5214]

The fact your battle buddies actually nickname their monsties and even call out their names during their kinship attack is a nice touch imo.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon. If anything, i guess Pokemon Attacks, though not quite HM's, have bigger Potential here, if done right.

[@caramel9154]

@@loturzelrestaurant hey again, remember me? :)

[@NeedsMoreBirds]

@@loturzelrestaurant I'm pretty sure the gen 7 ride pokemon are specifically trained for their job and they come to you when you signal them with the shiny thing your character holds up, so they're not unexplained or created out of nothing. It still doesn't change the fact that it's some random pokemon who you're not attached to, though. Something like MHS's field skills/ride actions would be really useful for Pokemon. Instead of tying them to moves, they can be inherent to the species or taught to a compatible Pokemon through some separate skill memory thing. Like in Stories, they could be context-sensitive or usable at any time, and I honestly think assigning a separate button to each skill would be a more flexible way of handling it than just having one button to use for whichever skill is relevant to what you're doing. Maybe the d-pad could be used.

[@michaellewicki7093]

@@loturzelrestaurant me with reverto as my buddy at all times, "what monstie"

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@michaellewicki7093 ???

[@wildcatxpert676]

One thing that gives Monster Hunter a huge leg up compared to most of creature games to give a more immersive experience is that the devs and design team have a huge understanding of real animals and apply that knowledge to world building and creature design. Not only do monster look cool and have special abilities, but those abilities are explained and used in ecology segments for every species. There’s also variation by gender, subspecies, and even age. The Monster Hunter universe is extremely immersive because they’re creatures feel like actual animals, which is something that not a lot of other designers consider when making a creature. For example, Paul Wes Anderson was criticized by the Design team for his initial diablos design for the live action film because he made the claws more like a carnivore instead of for a burrowing animal (diablos is also a herbivore) and he had to change it for the final product. While the monsters looked quite good in that film (except nerscylla), they did not act at all like they would in game based on their ecology, and that made tons of fans upset.

[@Ashamedofmypast]

Thats not so much an advantage so much as its, adequate planning, due diligence in research and general competence. At least from my perspective.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

True.

[@wildcatxpert676]

@@Ashamedofmypast I mean, I can’t really name any other monster collector that follows this rule though. SMT has a more supernatural setting that kind of treats it’s monsters as people (and most designs are humanoid) and Digimon has a digital setting that allows them to kinda do whatever that want with little to no justification or explanation. Even Spectrobes, one of my favorite monster collectors, does not give much insight to the monsters since they were all revived from fossils. Pokémon, due to its setting, has the most potential to follow Monster Hunter’s example of ecology, but the closest thing we have is the Pokédex and Pokédex entries are considered to be here say and laughingstock and don’t obey the natural laws of the world (magcargo being hotter than the sun). Comparatively, I could tell you about the entire life history of zinogre and brachydios from the information available in monster hunter games. It’s not necessary effort, but it is well noticed, especially to people in the wildlife/ecology field like myself.

[@KingExalted]

Pokédex entries makes no sense and none of the things that’s said in them never happens like Krookodile’s jaws being strong enough to crunch up a Car.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

@@KingExalted True.

[@MatthewBoone]

I’m glad you said something about single type Gym Leaders. I want to see Gym Leaders that love the pink and only have pink Pokémon or ones that love turtles so they have Carracosta, Turtonator, Blastoise, Drednaw, Torterra, and Torkoal. Why not have Gym Leaders that have gimmicks like that so it requires you to strategize and balance your team more?

[@yoshter135]

Fr fr. Raihan from SwSh was actually a great step in the right direction

[@shadowbanningcommentssucks3551]

@@yoshter135 -his gym wasn't tho-

[@yoso378]

If they made gym leaders based on gimmicks instead of types it would do so much for the games. Just imagine how great it would be for kids to see combos and advanced strategies in action and have the opportunity to show them how and why they work, and how satisfying it would be for them to figure out how to counter it with some nudging in the right direction. Unfortunately these games aren't made for kids, these games are made for long-addicted adults to auto pilot through.

[@thegaminggman266]

Tate and Liza are my favorite gym leaders purely because it’s a double battle, would love to see more gimmicks for gyms than “I use X type Pokémon”

[@shadowbanningcommentssucks3551]

@@thegaminggman266 it's astounding that over 8 gens, we've only had two gyms with double battles, and one of those "gyms" was just a goddamn room..

[@Pokefan8263]

That fan made Diamond and Pearl footage made me sad cause we’re probably never getting anything that nice looking from Pokemon ever.

[@DistantKingdom]

yea watching that again after a while cut deep - seeing how amazing it is but knowing it will never be a reality

[@yellothekunt6826]

@@DistantKingdom Hey DK, who's your waifu in MHS2?

[@lynxfresh5214]

Smh not even the literal Pokémon gods get treated with respect anymore.

[@PinkBunnyCorporation]

I think we might get something like it in another 10 years, but not now. Game freak doesn't have the number of employees or talent on their team to pull off anything like that. The biggest factor is that they just pump out 1 game a year with only a single studio. Even CoD games would cycle between 2 or 3 studios giving each studio several years to make a game. That is why I am so confused that they are releasing the gen 4 remakes, which were farmed out to ILCA, so close to the Arceus game. They could have given themselves a whole extra year for arceus. But instead it comes in january, and this also canibalizes sales between the two games. Even third version releases back in the day waited a year. Hopefully they get a grip on the series, but I think they are confused about how to handle the sudden and hasty release of the switch console. We may not see a proper pokemon game ever again, but I think after the console is released they may go back to a complete pokemon game with national dex. We will see.

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

@@DistantKingdom Did u watch the OLED switch trailer where we got to see the vastly upgraded graphics? Cuz BDSP can look a lot better now

[@bluewind7988]

"They brought back the bike, despite riding Pokémon being better in every single way." *Proceeds to show Gardevoir*

[@DistantKingdom]

[@gojiboi8908]

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[@jonahboris6681]

@@gojiboi8908 I can never understand these types of comments. What's the point in replying if you're not going to say anything?

[@FXL-mx8iz]

@@jonahboris6681 exactly

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

@@jonahboris6681 i Think the objective is honestly just pure confusion

[@crowMilatonin]

Imagine an alternate universe where swsh is a revolutionary Pokémon game, complete with beautiful graphics and lively animations

[@hwaht8084]

We're living in the distortion world

[@lynxfresh5214]

The distortion world is paradise, we're actually living in one of the worst timelines from episode team RR (3rd time is a charm).

[@perfectlyslicedegg3348]

S&S has sold over 20 Million but it looks and plays like a cheap budget indie game.

[@hwaht8084]

@@perfectlyslicedegg3348 *shovelware

[@crowMilatonin]

@@perfectlyslicedegg3348 Toy Story 3 for the xbox 360 plays better than swsh

[@duskyer]

Mentioned this on another vid, but I really like how when Alwin sneezed in one cutscene the NPCs around him actually reacted and emoted. Leagues above the expressions that your goddamn main character in Pokemon makes.

[@lynxfresh5214]

Even something as simple as changing your hairstyle are worlds apart when you compare MHSt 2 and SWSH: MHSt 2 gives you several style options (with more that you can unlock), a full colour spectrum, the ability to use two colours at once (via highlights), a preview option before saving the changes and all for free in your character's room. While in SWSH there are limited style options, only a handful of colours to choose from, no previews and all locked behind in game currency. How do you mess up such a basic system?

[@yoso378]

Could you imagine that scene in a pokemon game? Navirou walks up to Alwin, the screen fades to black. Navirou says whatever, Alwin says not to come closer, sneezes a bunch. The screen fades back in and Alwin is in a sad looking hunched over pose. Cutscene ends.

[@LittleParade_]

I felt this same way when I first saw someone hand the mc the handbook, and they not only had it in their hand and offered it to you, you grab it and quickly tuck it away. That was all animated, unlike Pokemon that would've cut to the most detailed black screen haha

[@browncow5210]

I love how expressive the avatars are. They're like a customizable Toon Link. My favorite had to be the hot spring dumplings scene.

[@IRUKANJI]

@@browncow5210 I've been checking these videos comment sections every time to see if someone mentions the dumpling scene so I can if nobody did. But I haven't found one time someone didn't. That just makes me happy that so many people loved the dumpling scene.

[@Espeon804]

Oh yes you finally talk about this game. I'm having a blast with it. There's so much endgame content and the battles are always fun and lively. I still have the first game on my 3DS, do I occasionally turn back to that as well. Monster Hunter Stories is a game series I recommend to all Pokémon fans. It has a great balance of difficulty, different strategies and so much more.

[@sandywolfr26]

First game is on the 3DS? Where was the marketing on this game when it first came out?! Would have brought it if I knew

[@marcusgo6784]

@@sandywolfr26 It was a messy history in the mh franchise before world, mh fans before have to wait for localization of some games like years later and stories is one of the games that stayed for japan during its launch in 2016 until like 2017 where it realeased to ios

[@turntsnaco824]

Is it really that good? I feel like I heard that the strategy was basically just rock paper scissors and not really much deeper than that. It was something I was interested in but I didn't need another "babby's first rpg" to play. I want depth and challenge, that's one reason I would be interested in it over Pokémon.

[@Espeon804]

@@turntsnaco824 Well sure. It does have a rock, paper, scissor format, but it's not strictly that. Even if you "lose" you still deal some damage. You can use attacks that don't need the format as well, such as one that targets all enemies. Some turns you have tug wars. Others you have to outspeed the other opponent... I'm not great at explaining things, so I doubt my words will be much help here. If you wish you can see some gameplay for some insight. I understand if you don't like the format though.

[@sechabatheletsane9784]

Hey. Its you

[@mectainea5575]

The time issue is especially agonising when you also include stat change text boxes being repeated multiple times per stats like with no retreats omni stat boost, the long Dynamax animations (which is especially aggravating when mega evolution and z moves both had cut down animation versions for online) or field effects like weather and terrain being applied ONE POKÉMON AT A TIME which frankly ate up so much time that the 20 minute timer in SWSH a became a problem and unfortunately many people took the issue with the timer itself rather than the deeper fundamental problems with the series.

[@yoso378]

This is exactly how I feel about people saying pokemon is great because it "respects players' time". Like almost everything on the Switch lets you jump in and out really quickly thanks to the sleep mode and the fast startup times, and a majority of games now have some form of autosave. People with little time will get through and enjoy a long and involved game as long as it's worth it. It's why Dragon Quest still does so well in Japan, even with a large amount of its audience being middle aged salarymen and the games usually being incredibly long. If pokemon needs to make xp share mandatory and let you just level to cap and max out your stats in order for the game to be fun and "respect your time", maybe it's because there's nothing worthwhile to do in the game at all and THAT is the problem.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@yoso378 Hi. Cant find the Stream about the Pokemon Reveal: Can someone send me a LInk? Its weird, i cant find it AND the 'Reminder' glitched, apparently. Stupid KZbin!!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon. If anything, i guess Pokemon Attacks, though not quite HM's, have bigger Potential here, if done right.

[@caramel9154]

@@slevinchannel7589 You posted this and several other comments with your Loturzel account and already got an answer. Is this for attention?

[@omegon2540]

Battle Text Boxes? * flashback of 5 star eldergoss raid Those are worse than the story not cutscene text boxes

[@yiangaruga4928]

Yessss finally a video on Monster Hunter Stories 2. This is the bare minimum standard that Pokemon games should reach. How good the games could be if actual effort and care was put in them. MH Stories 2 is but a spin-off game and yet it feels far more advanced in every regard.

[@lucastolter6344]

I knew that i would find you Here :D

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

If MH would be more popular than pokemon, we would have the nowadays quality of pokemon in MH games. And i m pretty sure, you dont want that.

[@lucastolter6344]

@@fatihzeyrek2069 wouldn't be Sure about that , the devs have a Passion for their mh Franchise that is unmatched by Most other Game Studios .

[@lynxfresh5214]

Aye good to see you here Yian Garuga, bird up!. Jokes aside I've already put over 100hrs into MHSt 2 while I've had SWSH for over a year and I've barely made it past the 90hrs mark (including the DLC).

[@yiangaruga4928]

@@lucastolter6344 Oh hey again! :D Yeah I've not been nearly as active as I was on the Rise hype time but I appear where I'm needed

[@SassyYariKu]

I'm glad Stories 2 sold so well. Pokemon needs successful competitors

[@LittleParade_]

I played the first one when it came out and I was like "wow, I wish Pokemon could be like this" and when they announced the second, I was so happy! I'm currently playing through mhs2 and I'm loving it so far! I keep thinking while I'm playing, "why can't pokemon be like this." The scenery looks really great for the switch! And the animations are absolutely incredible, every monster feels incredibly alive, even when they're near death with exhaustion animations! THIS GAME is why I continue to be disappointed with Pokemon as it is now. Thank you for making a video on it!

[@LittleParade_]

Oh and one small thing I noticed just now while playing! I have a battle buddy with me in an area they're not from, in the main town. When I talked to them, they didn't bother reiterating the current quest to be working on to me, and instead commented on the climate of this new place they were in! Just thought that was a nice little touch that really grounds these characters in a way!

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@LittleParade_ Hi. Cant find the Stream about the Pokemon Reveal: Can someone send me a LInk? Its weird, i cant find it AND the 'Reminder' glitched, apparently. Stupid KZbin!! Someone's got a Link for me?

[@LittleParade_]

@@slevinchannel7589 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZXNkmyjab6fipY here you are! You can also see it on GameSpots channel in case you're having trouble seeing the pokemon channel itself

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@LittleParade_ Cool! Nice! Cool! As a payback (cause i dont have actual money for ya), here have a valuable recommendation of high quality: -Pokemon: Banette's Curse. -Starship Goldfish. -Cliffside.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon.

[@CronoEpsilon]

> Seeing Gardevior each time I hear the word "rideable". Nice.

[@andymcclurg9916]

😐

[@leonardovaldivia5200]

No

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@leonardovaldivia5200 Hi. Cant find the Stream about the Pokemon Reveal: Can someone send me a LInk? Its weird, i cant find it AND the 'Reminder' glitched, apparently. Stupid KZbin!!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@leonardovaldivia5200 I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon. If anything, i guess Pokemon Attacks, though not quite HM's, have bigger Potential here, if done right.

[@nolsee1176]

Even old, obscure games like Jade Cocoon 2 have more quality than modern Pokémon games. In that game, you arrange and grow full formations of monsters based on the 4 elements. And that was 2001.

[@bubalackgaming8892]

In Monster Rancher 4 you could not only combine Monsters, but customize their moves to add different types to them, which didn't just give you some rock-paper-scissors advantage but would actually modify the moves stats, not to mention you could take into account monsters' different elemental affinities (ex. Garu has a great affinity with fire, so putting fire on its moves would help a lot). Pokemon just looks like a low-budget mobile game when you compare it to pretty much any great monster raising game now.

[@kazoorion7993]

Not that obscure, but the Dragon Quest Monsters are also better than the modern Pokemon games.

[@FakeHeroFang]

@@bubalackgaming8892 Monster Rancher leans more on the virtual pet sim mechanics though, whereas Pokemon has standard RPG progression with light monster taming elements. They are very different types of games in my eyes, but in terms of objective quality, I would not be surprised if the more old school games in the monster taming/capture category beat the newer Pokemon titles.

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@FakeHeroFang It is a good point that MR1-MR3 are more virtual pet sim than RPG, but have you played MR4? MR4 (the one I used as an example) and MR: EVO are actually more team-based dungeon crawlers than virtual pet sims, so I think my point still stands. Edit: typo

[@FakeHeroFang]

@@bubalackgaming8892 No, my experience with Monster Rancher was some weird spin-off card game kinda thing for the game boy and the older ps1 games. Monster Rancher kinda fell into obscurity so I just assumed the games were very similar. My bad, I am an ignorant boi.

[@danielz6177]

I’m glad that Pokemon fans are liking Monster Hunter Stories 2

[@bert7651]

Pokemon fanboys hate that we're enjoying stories 2. I remember when we were called toxic for applauding yokai watch 2.

[@maximillianlylat1589]

Hell i bought the first 1st stories just to try out a pokemon esc game, absolutely loved it

[@danielz6177]

@@bert7651 Maybe I should’ve specified real Pokemon fans not Gamefreak stans

[@bert7651]

@@danielz6177 Good man. I feel I should clarify I'm a Pokémon fan as well.

[@danielz6177]

@@bert7651 What’s your favorite gen? Mine is 4th and it really pains me that I’m not really looking forward to BD and SP.

[@02DooD]

Stadium had a cool way of handling multi hit moves The attacking Pokemon threw them all out one by one and then you see each one land with different camera angles. It looked way fucking cooler. Now I have to watch this HD Gameboy animation in Sword and Shield

[@slevinchannel7589]

Hi. Cant find the Stream about the Pokemon Reveal: Can someone send me a LInk? Its weird, i cant find it AND the 'Reminder' glitched, apparently. Stupid KZbin!!

[@caramel9154]

@@slevinchannel7589 You already got a link lmaaao

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@vannisy7971 "NO! SHUT UP!" This alone tells everything about the State of Denial people are in. I have no more to say than this. I have no more points. The lawyer stands down, your Honor.

[@disu317]

@@slevinchannel7589 you have the link yet

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@disu317 Yeah, i got it now. I watched it.

[@toasterteostra5906]

A huge plus for Stories 2 is, that capcom is OBSESSED with tiny details in their games. Monster designs, ecologies, descriptions and especially animations show this. it fills the world with life and adds a certain charme to it. I always love watching the bird wyverns walk around and do bird things, instead of like charizard just standing there, doing nothing.

[@StockeTepes]

Well, now I’m just super motivated to play Monster Hunter Storys

[@Eclipse_101]

Yes, please do…. It’s fucking amazing.

[@TheZestyCar]

You should. I recommend it.

[@outrageouslamp4539]

Plus there is the fact that both monster hunter stories games had free dlc to keep some longevity. Granted these dlc's did not add much to the game, however the fact they were free when they easily could have charged is respectable.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon. If anything, i guess Pokemon Attacks, though not quite HM's, have bigger Potential here, if done right.

[@thelonemask]

Except for the fact that most of the dlc for the first game never made it outside of Japan, meaning we never got the elder dragons as monsties. Glad they were in the base game for Stories 2.

[@outrageouslamp4539]

@@thelonemask While we didn't get it all we still did get a fair few monsties.

[@khahoang649]

@@loturzelrestaurant what are you talking about bro? Aren’t Pokémons from Pokémon balls that you always carry along? Why is that stupid?

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@khahoang649 What? I dont get what your even asking.

[@sushiroll3795]

It would be one thing if Game Freak just didn't bother with fleshing out the Pokémon because they'll make money anyway, but the thing that always baffles me is that they spend so much time and effort making stuff like the unique sleeping and eating animations and then just...refuse to include them in the overworld? Like, why?

[@Blackmage456]

Ikr. Like Donphan has the correct rollout animation when you tap the mon on the summary screen but in battle it still changes to the Boulder model spinning towards the opponent. I’m at a point now where GF needs to go back to sprites or the devs need to be swapped out for someone more competent because Pokémon deserves way better.

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

Very brave for writing this down while using a rioulu Profile lmao.

[@TomboyGamerGal]

Webbster Pokemon should definitely go to Bandai Namco.

[@annedrieck7316]

@@Blackmage456 someone in gamefreak probably swallowed a good chunk of everstone. Maybe Jahy-sama could make some example of them

[@n3k0hgueimis]

@@fatihzeyrek2069 based

[@Snakedude4life]

I’m still surprised that Pokémon doesn’t keep the best things of every series and continue using them in the future games. For franchise that grosses 900 million a year; You think they can figure out how to develop a game without shortcomings. They cut Pokémon and Pokémon moves. I just want double battle mode for the story. 🎩 🐍 no step on snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

[@conceptofartz276]

Its especially weird when one of the most demanded features is a difficulty setting, which did happen in gen 5 with the challenge mode....only for it not to comeback? Like there's no real reason why they shouldn't put a difficulty setting when it's very obvious old school fans still play and buy into this series

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

Who cares, people still buy it. Gamefreak will only react to it, if it sells less, which wont be the case ever.

[@lynxfresh5214]

Agreed they removed pokémon/moves to "balance" Gen 8 yet Galar gave us objectively the most broken mons ever (I mean base Zacian is now in AG now).

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

@@lynxfresh5214 whats AG? Didnt play Smogon since 2017.

[@FakeHeroFang]

They'll just keep doing the bare minimum until people stop buying the games, or they end up releasing such a stinker that it's inexcusable and they have to make changes. I don't know which will be first, but one of these outcomes feels inevitable.

[@staples515]

As much as I’d love to see Pokemon take on these changes, mhs2 is just so much better in most ways that Pokemon is gonna have to pull something massive out of its ass to make a comeback. And from what I’ve seen of legends, this is not that comeback.

[@GodzillaEA]

I may have to agree with ya on that.

[@turntsnaco824]

I don't disagree with you about Legends, but at the same time, we've seen basically nothing. I guess we'll see tomorrow. But even still, they really can't take the Pokemon formula as it is, even with a little tweaking, and just throw it into a big open world that is like one giant wild area and think that will just fix the problems with the series. I really hope they don't actually have it in their heads that "big open world = successful game today". The problem is definitely not just the world design and the linearity of it. It's that everything from navigating the world, catching the pokemon, combat, and even the entire item system is exactly what it was 20 years ago on the freaking Game Boy - it's just all in 3D. The game has, ironically, not _evolved_ in interesting and dynamic ways the way you expect any successful series to over that kind of time. The graphics have changed a lot, sure. And they've added a few bells and whistles. One new battle gimmick with each gen that gets replaced in the next. But that's it. They've basically been giving themselves a facelift over and over for decades, thinking it makes them look as nice and fresh as all the other new shiny games coming out, but in reality, underneath that tightened skin is the same decrepit game that's been there the whole time. Anyone who's played games like Bugsnax or New Snap knows that there are ways of exploring the world and searching for Pokemon in their natural habitats could be expanded on and made to be so much more interesting and dynamic than just finding them awkwardly hovering around in just as awkward patches of grass like windup toys.

[@GodzillaEA]

@@turntsnaco824 I couldn't have agreed with ya better... sometimes I feel like that too, even if I'm a causal Pokémon fan and still like the series for the most part.

[@splatonk]

the problem is that no, pokemon doesn't have to. It's pokemon, of course it doesn't have to put effort into its games because people WILL buy it no matter what.

[@ShadowViper001]

Also worth noting for that last point: the game does make a point to show you how to add genes onto your monsties, via the rite of channeling. This also helps with the idea of overcoming challenges, as it is another layer for the battle mechanics that one can utilize. Genes are new abilities, some passive (e.g., Critical Up L), some offensive (e.g. an Ice, Power-type ability that hits every enemy) that you can put onto any monstie. If you match up three of a kind (e.g. Three Ice genes in a row, or three power attacks) you get a damage bonus to the matching type. You can upgrade the gene What this does is it fluffs out the game a bit, the idea of building the perfect monstie for combat. It also encourages exploration of dens to encounter and obtain eggs of all kinds, since not every monstie has every gene. You can also upgrade the genes by channeling the same gene onto a monstie (e.g. Critical Up L + Critical Up L = CritUpL+). You can do this for both Passive and Offensive genes.

[@littlekitsune1]

Yes! It's a bit like a better version of the EV/IV system, and way more accessible and fun!

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

@@littlekitsune1 and the egg moves.

[@kyle123456789986]

The thing they can learn is not be lazy and release an amazing game that took time and effort

[@aikou2886]

They already know the spineless fans will just buy whatever has the name pokemon on it without questioning.

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

Yeah, no rushing

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

@@aikou2886 Dude, u do realize that GF is forced to rush the games because of terrible release dates (and maybe the natdex) because of TPC right? This is why every game (except the Alola games to a certain extent*) is the same thing. Its funny how u call GF lazy when u guys dont even acknowledge the terrible development

[@aikou2886]

@@skullerclawerbandicoot7966 They made sure to transfer experienced devs into little town's hero while refusing to hire more people to wprk on pokemon when they clearly can afford it and should have done so. So yes, they are lazy on top of being greedy.

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

@@aikou2886 Or maybe they wanted to take a break from Pokémon for a bit. Again, maybe its TPC that's the issue with the hiring thing. Why are u so hellbent on GF being lazy when making games (and greedy) when TPC is literally the reason the games have less quality (some parts GF was lazy on tho), blame that bull crap on TPC for rushing the games

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3 has 712 monsters in one game and you can ride all of them to my knowledge. Also, all 5 of these of these quality things apply to Yo-Kai Watch games as well.

[@HyouVizer]

yep & that's on 3DS as well **shrugs**

[@yiangaruga4928]

There's a catch though, alot of them are just color swap reskins of the monsters rather than actually unique ones from one another. So it's not really the same. I don't think that quantity is the way to go in the first place. The dex cut would've been fine if we actually got 400 newly animated high quality models with smooth animations and extra attention to detail. But alas, they cut the dex and gave us nothing in return and that's the actual issue. Monster Hunter Stories has "only" 81 obtainable monsters but each of them apart from some subspecies are completely unique and their models are of high quality with the same awesome animations from the actual MH games as well as super cool kinship attack animations exclusive to Stories. The seemingly low amount of monsties doesn't matter cause they're all so well done.

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

@@yiangaruga4928 You say that while each of these recolors actually do unique things in battle on top of actually understanding color theory meanwhile Pokemon fans are willing to give an arm and a leg just to get recolors that have awful color schemes that they make entire videos on how they would make their color schemes NOT suck on top of these recolors doing NOTHING. Pokemon fans are the last people on earth that have any right to act like monster recolors are a negative.

[@rainpooper7088]

@@DrCoeloCephalo That’s actually a pretty darn good point. I‘m fine with shiny Pokémon not playing any differently, but the fact that a lot of them don’t even look particularly different from the original, including Pokémon with significance like Reshiram/Zekrom, Gengar, Garchomp or Glaceon/Leafeon, should just not be a thing. Stuff like shiny Komala should not be a thing. They should at the very least have a color specialist on the team to assist in making shiny Pokémon actually feel different from the original versions.

[@DrCoeloCephalo]

@@rainpooper7088 All of my own favorite Pokemon have awful shinies and shinies don't do anything, so why bother? At least with Monster Hunter Stories, Dragon Quest Monsters or Yo-Kai Watch, I can get some kind of unique utility out of a rare recolored monster on top of its colors NOT making me wanna vomit.

[@brandonrais7867]

you forgot to mention the fantastic orchestrated music, voice acting, better character design, better worlds and environments, better animations, fun gameplay, etc.. Pokemon can learn a lot more than what was listed here.

[@lynell2B375]

It's kinda funny that pokemon popularize the monster collecting genre. But then gets beaten by a lot other monster collecting games

[@legionbeast]

You also forgot how when you're severely overpowered to CPU opponents, you're given the ability to instantly win the encounter, giving you full experience and full materials without needing to weaken your monsters. On top of that, there is a failsafe where monsters you've never encountered before CANNOT be beaten with this mechanic, their health bar being white and not displaying how much health they have, forcing you to LEARN. I also hope you revisit this and talk about the Story beats of MH Stories 2 and how it paints such a potent story using it's world and the characters within.

[@ricardomilos10]

They will make a 5/10 game with. The arceus one and the diamond and pearl remakes, they will still sell millions of copies and nothing will be learnt ONCE AGAIN

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

And apologists will still defend them

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

ILCA isnt GF, however Masuda is the Director, so i m worried.

[@theonetrueedgelord3596]

And you'll still buy it

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

@@fatihzeyrek2069 If Masuda is the director, expect the worse.

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

@@xlbthedemigod5662 yep, i keep my expectations low for the upcomming pokemon direct, so i wont get sad.

[@97dusk]

One thing you didn't mention for the fourth point is that MHS2 has a Quick Finish system. If your Rider's level is high enough, and you've fought that monster once before and have beaten it, you can immediately end the battle right then and there by pressing ZL+ZR, as seen in the footage demonstrating the battle speed setting. This makes the grind to level 99 (which starts requiring over 20 million XP starting at level 96) so much more bearable, I cannot stress enough how much time was saved because of the ability to immediately end the battle, while still gaining materials and XP. Edit: MHS2 also has a catch-up feature, in which lower level monsties will gain boosted XP up until they catch up to where your Rider is. This allows you to almost instantly level a monstie (or an entirely new team of monsties) from level 1 to 50 in the postgame, which also helps with the Rite of Channeling in that some genes are locked off until level 30-40, depending on the monstie in question.

[@guardian4452]

They could even take notes from rise. In rise if two monsters are in the same area the will attack each other and will even have special animations for some monsters if they are in the same area like rathian will pick up and slam zinorge to the ground for example

[@legionbeast]

That was fantastic, and I knew MHS2 would give you ample topics to point at what pokemon SHOULD be doing.

[@GodzillaEA]

Right! just played the Demo of MHS2, like the First Game on 3DS, Immediately Attached to it (can't wait to built my Dream Team after I get the Full Game)

[@lucastolter6344]

I really Hope He also Covers the Story. especially the final Arc was such perfectly written

[@adrigl3371]

They will make absolutely zero of this changes, because they will make up a reason not to, and their fan base will agree and add other nonsensical reasons as to why the game is perfect as it is

[@azure4622]

That first clip with sora holding the monado on a video about pokemon and monster hunter... This video is like a sensory overload.

[@niyaking-khari3515]

So glad to see MHS2 being talked about more. I started playing it recently and it's like virtually all of my criticisms about pokemon over the last few years have been addressed. It's incredibly sad that MHS2 isn't getting more attention

[@Konayo_]

You know what's even more incredible? Monster Hunter Stories 2 sold less than 2 million units, while (for example) Sword and Shield is at over 25 million - so more than 10x times the sales... and still ... Monster Hunter Stories 2 is superior.

[@lubbo5261]

Sales don't equal Quality.

[@lil_Maccao]

​@@lubbo5261sadly true

[@dunsparcetv9036]

In yokai watch you can skip nearly every dialogue and cutscenes so yeah if you want to replay ykw and don’t want to read the dialogues you can skip them

[@mr.preston1632]

R.I.P. Yokai Watch 4…

[@calvinmatthews1527]

I love your respectable bashing of the Pokémon franchise man. I know it's not because you hate it but that you love it so much to point out it's apparent flaws as of late. One of the reasons I subscribed to this channel is because you speak the truth and you're not afraid to. That and much of the credit you give to other PokeTubers and fan-made content.

[@Haildawn]

Thisss. Those that really care about Pokemon know how much better it could be, and we want it to be the best it can be.

[@SinisterPixel]

The funny thing about the "saving the players time" thing that you mentioned is that there already exists a Pokemon game that does all that. It's Pokemon Masters. A gacha Pokémon game let's you speed up battles, fire off multi attacks super fast, has cutscene skipping (albeit not perfect but hey) and you can also disable text scrolling if you just want to mash through text. On top of that is got an auto battle system and an auto text proceeding system if you want them.

[@Kratos263]

Everything that pokemon games lacks are in the spin offs made from other companies than gamefreak. The sad truth

[@mkw9621]

I’ve never played a monster hunter game before. After seeing this video I’ve decided to change that, and I’m questioning myself why it’s taken me this long

[@Stories-ji7lz]

Better late than never

[@adrianheredia6494]

Monster hunter or monster hunter stories?

[@lynxfresh5214]

@@adrianheredia6494 Might as well get both ;-).

[@azure4622]

Dew it

[@sandywolfr26]

Same here. I guess I was waiting for a game where I can ride the cool monsters I see instead of just fighting and capturing them. But I love the fact that I went in blind and don’t know anything cuz it was so cool seeing how alive the monsters feel. I gave the monsters nicknames based on what I see them do whenever they are new. Like there this lava monster that is mostly boney makes a clacking sound so I call it clack before finding out the name. But now I want to play monster hunter story 1. Maybe they will port it to the switch though. But I do want more stories cuz love being a rider vs a hunter

[@thebigidea9659]

I'm honestly dreading what they are going to show tomorrow.

[@frostmint3584]

The anxiety is real

[@GodzillaEA]

Whatever happens, I, for one, won't be surprised, except BD and SP may be the first Pokémon games ever that I'll skip and not bother getting (cause if I wish to get back to DP... well, I have Platinum, admittedly the Definitive Version of the Sinnoh Games).... for Legends: Arceus, it better be worth the wait, it was a surprise back last year but it has some questionable first impressions, and they have all till next year to really polish/ fix that up.

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

I’m just waiting for the remakes to come out to see if all 898 Pokémon are programmed in there so me and others can move our homies to sinnoh.

[@crobatoverlord7378]

MHS 2 was a really facinating expirience. The first game was already really good, especially when you keep in mind it was on the 3DS. And MHS2 topped that in almost every regard. The only two downgrades compared to the first game: 1. I can't retype my Monsties anymore. 2. I miss a sorting function when going through my Monsties and equipment. The basic filter isn't enough in my opinion. But the raphics are on point. It is easier to work with the genes. The flying-riding is like absolute perfection. And to top all of this, the fighting system is super fun in single player. While in Stories1 it was partiallly random, which move the opponent monster chose, in Strories 2 they always follow a set pattern. You might struggle the first few times, but eventually you learn what they do and develop strategies that guarantee your win. At least for me this makes it super fun and satisfying to fight.

[@retroplasm8031]

Digimon Cyber Sleuth does a much better job with Multi-hit moves, they are quick and snappy, it the hits coming in all at once instead of pausing just to play the same animation again

[@sandywolfr26]

I love mhs2 as soon as I saw how fast multi hit move animations was. Like spike bomb. Or a tech attack from some monsters. Was like why Pokémon can’t be this fast and snappy

[@bittybears5287]

Monster Hunter Stories 2 to me, completely blew SwSh out of the water. The only thing that keeps it from being absolutely perfect was the fact that they removed the element change mechanic from the first game. For those not in the know, if you gave your Monster a gene that boosts a specific element, not only would they appearance change, but their Kinship Attacks would also change appropriately to that element, so you could get essentially get up to 6 shiny versions of one monster as opposed to 1 shiny Pokemon. Also, you could give your Monsters ANY attack from ANY monster. You could watch a DEVILJHO eat HONEY!

[@mori6434]

Is that not a thing in MHS 2? I'm new to the franchise, but I swear I've heard about that, color changing and all and I can't imagine I heard it anywhere else but in regards to MHS 2

[@bittybears5287]

@@mori6434 They just removed it with the first roadmap update. You can use it if you haven't updated the game.

[@mori6434]

@@bittybears5287 oh bummer, it seemed like a cool feature

[@marcusgo6784]

@@mori6434 they might probably add that in the future expansions

[@RightEyeRaptor]

I really miss my Dragon Nerscylla...

[@FutaYuuta]

Pokemon is not going to change until they start making less money, which unfortunately is not now. At the end of the day, Pokemon is a business, a hugely successful one. Why would they pump more money into producing their games when they can put minimal effort and budget into them and still make billions? It's just simple economics.

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

Exactly this. As long as they hit sells over sells, we wont see QoL changes in pokemon ever again.

[@lynxfresh5214]

Pokémon is kinda like the junk food of RPGs tbh.

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

@@lynxfresh5214 you wrote McDonalds wrong. Its shit but people still eat there.

[@FutaYuuta]

@@lynxfresh5214 Should we be okay with that though? Shouldn't we strive for something more and better? I think Pokemon has the potential to be the best RPG of all time, but Gamefreak doesn't seem interested at all in realizing that potential.

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

It’s just laziness

[@melon1674]

I've been really enjoying mhs2, I saw it in the eshop one day and wanted to get it. Now I got 50 hours of playtime when I completed the main story, and there's still extra content left to do. Pokemon should take some notes.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon. If anything, i guess Pokemon Attacks, though not quite HM's, have bigger Potential here, if done right.

[@Neonant-]

@@loturzelrestaurant would it make more sense for there to be a Pokéball opening animation then?

[@fireflamegamer8321]

@@Neonant- right dude just started talking 😂

[@bottledducky9610]

I agree with 5 SO much, I played a few rounds of pokemon showdown and they were so much fun, pokemon's battle system is already good as it is, but the fights in the mainline games just don't utilize it to its full potential which is very frustrating

[@DeWeerman1]

The first thing i tought while playing monster hunter stories was, why cant pokemon be like this

[@loturzelrestaurant]

I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon. If anything, i guess Pokemon Attacks, though not quite HM's, have bigger Potential here, if done right.

[@Drby_]

Pokémon needs a hard mode option right from the start.

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

B-but we have to consume product and get back to our phones.

[@mr.preston1632]

Answer: Nuzlockes and rom hacks

[@Drby_]

@@mr.preston1632 I know bro. I just recently played through emerald kaizo. Really fun

[@fatihzeyrek2069]

@@mr.preston1632 shut up bro

[@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF]

3:27 your subscribe button animation is neat lol Tox using sparks to ring the bell

[@BelgianWaffle6791]

I'm a hardcore pokemon fan, have been since the very original games. But playing MHS2 has literally changed the way I look at the pokemon series. MHS2 is easily one of my favorite games of all time, and you can tell that a LOT of love went into the game. I feel like I can never enjoy pokemon fully again just because I have something so much better to compare it to. Honestly it fills a void that pokemon hasn't been able to fill for many years- I'm glad that at least one "poketuber" has taken the time to actually call out how good this game is. Most of them have been avoiding it, I think because they don't want to admit that is does pokemon better than pokemon lol.

[@charleskimblecomics5714]

I’m glad you finally got around to comparing these two! I’ve been looking forward to it

[@moldyshishkabob]

Always happy to see more people talking about Monster Hunter Stories! So glad they decided to do a second one and show people creativity in the "monster taming RPG" outside of our favorite stagnant childhood memory. And this was despite Stories 1's meh sales...

[@stuffandthings617]

About the time saving. In Stories 2 when your level is high enough you just can skip battles and get rewards and exp. You get lesser items cause you don't destroy parts but you can farm faster.

[@Y0G0FU]

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is such a great game. Not perfect but definetly amazing. I wish Gamefreak would learn something from it but i highly doubt it. :P

[@sandywolfr26]

Compared to Pokémon it is perfect lol

[@WheelStart]

@@sandywolfr26 it's a shame that most of pokemon rip-off are literally better than pokemon itself

[@mr.preston1632]

@@WheelStart How are they ripoffs? Is it because they feature catchable monsters, well suprise dude, POKEMON DID NOT INVENT CATCHABLE MONSTERS, calling them ripoffs are the reason Digimon and others have never taken off

[@garchompelago]

If HMs returns. Watch how the Gamefreak Bootlicker apologist would praise and defend this stupid move and insult us for "complaining" about regression.

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

They will shit on anyone that has complaints, concerns, and criticism

[@fireflamegamer8321]

Facts pokemon fan boys really are annoying

[@fireflamegamer8321]

@@xlbthedemigod5662 facts I'm still wondering why they can call me ungrateful if I haven't bought a pokemon game since omega Ruby like I quit the games when I saw sun and moon what should I be grateful for lazy gameplay, story and graphic

[@mr.preston1632]

@@fireflamegamer8321 Yeah I saw this channel called shiny Kyogre and the 2 comments said “Improve the textures please” “the graphics look horrible but the gameplay is nice” yet that counts as being ungrateful?

[@fireflamegamer8321]

@@mr.preston1632 facts😔

[@TouzY69]

Man, Monster Hunter Stories 2 was phenomal. Its the best game most people will never play...

[@Pikacrew1]

I saw that monster hunter gameplay and immediately said "Copping that today"

[@fireflamegamer8321]

Did u enjoy it

[@Pikacrew1]

@@fireflamegamer8321 it was lit. A breath of fresh air honestly.

[@GlitchCityMissingNo]

I went to a pawn shop the other day and saw MHS2 was on display. The owner told me a guy came in and said he didn't like it, so he swapped it for Pokémon Shield. That poor sap. MHS2 is mine now, and this is MILES better than Pokemon Shield, which says a lot.

[@AbsoleonDisaster]

I love MonHun Stories so much. I wish it got as much attention as Pokemon, since it really solved all the issues I had with Pokemon.

[@beedrillbot121]

8:46 God stop going back to a 2008 Wii game, after all Pocket Monster Stadium 1 on the Nintendo 64 solved this problem in 1998.

[@SuperZergMan]

I enjoyed the way Pokemon Unbound used HMs; as long as any Pokemon in your team can learn the move you can use it in the overworld, without having to take up a move slot.

[@minoru8391]

DK: "Monsties" Me: 🥰😊🗣💓👂

[@sinister-oni4177]

I moved on from Pokemon and went over to Monster Hunter and I haven't looked back on it ever since.

[@dreamingahopefuldream4439]

As someone who loves both the first and second game, I feel way more engaged into the combat than in Pokemon. There are tough battles where I have gotten my ass kicked and had to rethink my strategy, come back, and try again. It actually makes me have to think instead of just pulling out a super effective type and win easy. It always feels so rewarding after a super hard battle, something that Pokemon just utterly lacks

[@justjordyn6729]

I also loved how in Stories 2, you could skip the battle and it’d end. It’s very helpful if you’re just trying to get parts. But in Pokémon, it would be faster to do that if you need to grind.

[@AfterglowSavannah]

As someone who's a long time Stories and Pokemon fan, I can say with certainty that even though Stories only has 2 games under it's belt, they are still far better than whatever Pokemon has released recently (mainly referring to SWSH)

[@pockystyx4087]

I think one thing I also really love is that the monsties have various animations to pull from the main series; so even using other special moves from genes can result in interesting visual differences in attacks. It can also be hilarious; like when monsies just run like crazy using bombing raid lol

[@samvimes9510]

If you haven't already, you should check out the Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth games. They basically took Persona 4 and turned it into a Digmon game, right down to you being a teenager playing detective. The gameplay is great, the music is great, and there's plenty of Digimon waifus. Also, your Digimon follow you when you're running around. _All three of them_ in your front line.

[@ammarfaiz7315]

The dungeon is kinda boring and the gameplay isn't that engaging to me at least, especially the eater.

[@arcturus64]

Can't wait to Ride Gardevoir in VR.

[@Shadowhero43]

The hm thing they fixed in Sun & Moon is also seen in Monster Sactuary (A great metroidvania pokemon game)

[@M3rtyville]

This is why Pokemon Stadium 2 and XD are such amazing games. Even in-game characters take advantage of various mechanics and strageties. Like in the Gym Tower in Stadium 2, you have average trainers that use Defense Curl + Roll Out or Curse + Quick Attack. You have Team Rocket Grunts taking advantage of Toxic + Protect to wear your team down and Explosion to speed up to the end game. Red is using maxed out Hidden Powers on his Pokemon which you don't see any trainer using like that in the mainline games. XD has double battles with trainers using icy wind + Rock Slide/Headbutt, Own Tempo + Teeter Dance/Swagger and Roar + Hyper Beam/Blast Burn etc. You obviously have your Raindance + Thunder, Sunny Day + Solar Beam and your Follow Me + Belly Drum stuff even in Colosseum, but I don't recall seeing stuff like this in the mainline games. The only thing close to a stragety that is competent I remember is Viola with her Surskit using Water Sport to weaken Fire Attacks. Ironically fighting her with the fire starter gives you an disadvantage. This is why I love Viola and why she is the best and only memorable gymleader of Karlos.

[@fireflamegamer8321]

Hello again

[@magirexx4663]

#3 let's not forget quick finish - one shot ending the match for quick unintended random encounters when your level is high enough

[@aliasv6964]

While I don't really engage in pokemon anymore, it was nice to see your passion on the subject. That kind of love makes me wanna revisit games just to see my old friends again. I am sorta a gym trainer always using fire quadrapeds in my games. It so amazing searching for my old friends and finally coming across them again.

[@greatestcait]

Regarding battle speed: look at Persona 5. The game is as flashy as they come, and yet the combat is quick as lightning and smooth as silk. Skills that deal successive hits (like Hassou Tobi, a late game physical skill that can hit up to *eight* times) don't even have to pause to count the damage along the way!

[@adamforkan5488]

I dont think they would make those changes because people seem to buy pokemon games regardless of there quality

[@Lenniefinch]

I think this video convinced me to try Monster Hunter Stories

[@MrMarinus18]

1:55 I think if they increased Cut's accuracy from 90 to 100 it would have become actually quite a decent standard move. It has 30pp and 50 power which makes it an ideal move to finish off weak Pokémon to save pp on your stronger moves. Strength is actually quite a decent move at 80 power. Surf and Waterfall are actually top tier moves and were for a very long time the special and physical water type moves of choice. With Fly I think they should have reworked that to pretty much make it a flying equivelant of strength. It's actually quite a decent move but many people don't like the wait for the 2 turns.

[@rodrigocaceres2879]

I was pretty sure that you'd talk eventually about this game. I've been in love with this spin-off since it's first entry. For people interested in other character collecting rpgs such as Monster Hunter Stories I recommend: Digimon Cyber Sleuth (both games), Monster Sanctuary, Dragon Ball Fusions and Little Battlers Experience, although these last two games are 3DS titles.

[@yoso378]

Shin megami tensei 5 also comes out this November and looks incredible, especially for a switch exclusive. It's definitely not going for the same audience as pokemon though lol. I will vouch for monster sanctuary though, I ended up liking it a lot more than I expected. My only complaint is that the end game difficulty spikes up hard, but from what i understand they have ironed that out since I last played it and added more difficulty options that you can change anytime.

[@_guillermo]

Those clips from MilleniumLoops starting at 4:11 are brilliant. If only🥲

[@stefanlangenhoven78]

I've been playing a lot of Dragon quest xi and the system in that game would be pretty cool for pokemon as well

[@jczn5468]

When I first found your channel a few months back the Wailord going crazy at Armor Isle was one thing that stuck to me Glad to see he's still there lmao Great vid as always man, can't wait for your reaction/thoughts about the new trailer

[@MrElvenbrother]

A good way to handle a HM style system and environmental obstacles might be the Ranger approach with field actions based on type and separate from battle moves.

[@The_Big_Jay]

Pokemon could learn a lot of MH: Rise and World. The Monsters interact with You, the player, each other, AND the environment. Have you injured a Monster and it managed to get away? It's probably looking to eat, sleep, or both. You can find out where that will be and ambush it! Find 2 monsters that don't like each other? Lead one to the other and let them fight it out to give you an advantage on one. All this stuff could easily be in Pokemon.

[@Ionn_]

"easily" lmao

[@The_Big_Jay]

@@Ionn_ They very easily can. If they will is another question entirely.

[@gabrieldabc]

in regards to exploration i think it would be cool if you unlocked overworld moves like in lgpe but they be type dependant like you could teach a fighting type rock smash (maybe even let you summon poké from your box?) it's also simple as, maybe i'm wrong but all it would take is creating a variable in the game to store each pokemon in the corresponding move slot (allowing to be changed via npc or etc.) that way the pokémon format wouldn't need to be changed. also great video!

[@htfs493]

I often pay attention to the music in game such as Pokémon and mh stories. And if I had to pick which one has the better music, in every alternate reality I would pick mh stories. Have you heard the final boss’ theme? It’s incredible!

[@queeeencsgo]

I was a pokemon fans but after all the letting down, i gave mh a try. Little did i know mhs2 was such a nice take of breath. Our expectations for modern Pokemon games are realistic, we kind of starting think they are not because all the underwork games Nintendo is releasing of pokemon. Thanks Capcom love you game, and i paid this game and still happy with it. ( No micro transactions for the future, please)

[@dantefilsdesparda]

I totally agree. You know since many years Pokemon is Pokemon Showdown and not the actual game for me. The game has so many flaws (as you often point out) but a such interesting combat system. Playing against a good player is really enjoyable. Of course AI can't predict, scoot for your set or have a game plan like a human, but still... The games are so easy. We should see better set (with 4 attacks !), entry hasard, more switches (the basis of the solo strategy), some trainers with gimmic strategies that you must prevent... All of the points in this video would make the games better, but I don't have hope. We talk about The Pokemon Company and Game Freak, not Capcom. They don't want quality, they want to make the slighest effort that can allow them to make money.

[@Kratos263]

Temtem has much better AI than Pokemon, while being balanced aroud 2v2, and even has an enhanced AI for dojo rematches where they almost feel like a player. It's really time pokemon starts evolving

[@soulslvr9562]

If they bring back HMs they better be - forgettable on the fly - be more powerful - and have more type variation. Like i can see Cut being Steel type and Strength being fighting type. Not all of these hms have to be normal... -Also add more so that way there can be multiple solutions to one problem it makes the world more interesting

[@Triixster]

Honestly, it’s why I appreciate the Colosseum and XD games Mt. 100 battle and simulation battles. The made the AI have actual strategy, and use hold items. Because the games were purely double battles, they could do a lot more with it.

[@Missiletainn]

Monster Hunter Stories is such a good game.

[@GodzillaEA]

I'm Currently waiting on the delivery of the First Game very soon and by September, I'm thinking of getting the Deluxe Edition of Second Game.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@GodzillaEA I always like to agree with this channel, but the idea that riding-pokemon are the future is just a misconception. They are without logic and immerson; you just create a pokemon out of nothing and thats very Stupid. Let me ride my own pokemon, not some 'Where did this even come from??'-Pokemon. If anything, i guess Pokemon Attacks, though not quite HM's, have bigger Potential here, if done right.

[@GodzillaEA]

@@loturzelrestaurant I can Agree to that

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@GodzillaEA Random, i know, but: Random Recommendations BECAUSE we are in a Quality-Draught: -Cliffside. -Pokemon: Banette's Curse. -Hilda. -Internecion Cube. -Starship Goldfish. Random comment? Yes, but i think you can figure out why i wrote this to ya, especially as i did mention the 'Draugth'. I just wanna spread some Joy; is that so wrong? Is that so random? I just wanna spread some Joy, so i recommend stuff to Random People... randomly! ...

[@GodzillaEA]

@@loturzelrestaurant Hey there, No Worries, I thank ya 4 these, I'll check these out once I have the time to do so ^w^ 👍

[@FutureReedeemd]

Man, I like how much love MH Stories is getting and as for pokemon, they really need to stop rushing out their games regardless of what reason they're doing it for, they really should know better by now but I guess they know better that people will still keep buying their games even with minimal effort put into it...

[@wiltedcypress3940]

I was dying inside every time I saw you attack the flying fury paolumu’s neck pouch without piercing weapons, since that would pretty much lead to a part break fast and drop him like a sack of bricks

[@SpiritaeliaWolf]

Let's not forget, MonHun Stories 2 added a feature where you can quickly skip battles all together if what you're battling is under leveled and can be one shot, saving even more time. And, in both versions of the game, you can quickly level up a new monster companion by using craftable exp food so they're closer to the level of your more experienced monsters, again removing pointless grinding time. I know Pokemon has rare candies, but those are rare and are basically useless if you're raising a pokemon from level 1. MHS, and MHS2 even more so, has really helped improve the one problem I had with RPGs: slow, boring grinding. It keeps everything great about RPGs but helps improve the time wasting areas.

[@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF]

Finally the MHS2 x Pokémon video. Yes daddy!

[@LessonSmith]

I would watch a series where you compare pokemon to other franchises.

[@AJtheDestroyer]

2 seconds in and I’m pissed that is not regivolt’s actual shiny

[@diogoferreira5883]

If only Game Freak had an advisor with your level of vision of the game