The End of Pokémon Violet

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0:00 Episode 1: My First Day in Pokémon Violet
16:06 Episode 2: Pokémon Violet working as intended
45:35 Episode 3: Pokémon Violet, but Larry.
1:06:43 Episode 4: My Problem with Pokémon Violet
1:31:00 The Finale (aka The New Stuff)
EDITOR:
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[@bsanders3]

penny's punishment isn't terribly unrealistic. A legitimate strategy for dealing with hackers is to just employ them so you can monitor them and make sure they don't do more illegal stuff. Plus shes doing "volunteer" work, aka unpaid labor

[@bsanders3]

although she still should have to pay back what she stole, thats wack

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Ah, yes, child slavery, the preferred method of justice in Pokemon. Team Rocket suddenly makes sense.

[@bsanders3]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 exactly

[@daviddaniel8304]

@@SpaceAddress huh

[@vtn05001]

@@bsanders3 through labor lol

[@ChristopherMoom]

2:18:24 Love how Penny essentially tells Arven "skill issue + daddy issue" right after he learns his dad died and sees Dad 2 book it into the Metaverse

[@ChristopherMoom]

also 2:08:06 is awesome =)

[@lief5957]

I've never seen a better explanation of what transpired in the end until now, thank you

[@RalphThePyro]

He got Ratioed by his dad.

[@bluebaron6811]

AI Turo really hit Arven with the ✌

[@carsons8389]

@@bluebaron6811 bro went to get the future milk

[@SanctuaryReintegrate]

Nemona's lack of emotional intelligence really shines when Arven is going through what is undoubtedly the single most stressful and depressing event in his life, god damn

[@aidorygregan3849]

While that is true, in the end it’s her trying to take his mind off of it alongside Penny that helps him. The way they decide to take the long way home to go on a longer adventure is such a lowkey beautiful moment. Because in real life, when people are struggling with these heavy issues that nobody can really do much about, it can do so much good just to invite them out with a group of friends and take their mind off of it. Nemona definitely said some insensitive things, but she really did help him in the end, and I find it so wholesome and surprising that they end the story on an answer I feel most people don’t know about.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

I sense that nemona is a bit nuerodivergent. As an austist myself, she feels similar, lol

[@southtown72305]

@@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 agreed, she is definitely neurodivergent coded

[@Mr.Tw1sty]

​@@southtown72305she definitely has the 'tism

[@highdefinition450]

​@@southtown72305literally everyone in this game is at this point lmao what

[@dmcmahondm]

"I inherited all the thoughts and wishes of the professor" *still leaves Arven*

[@kiraina25]

He literally didn't have a choice. Blame Turo for literally forcing the AI to reboot the time machine automatically if it ever shut down.

[@zerrierslizer1]

@@kiraina25 nonono, dont come with that bs lol. if that AI was so sophisticated, it could 100% find a way to stop the machine AND be allowed to stay. hell, a Female Anime Harry Potter Knockoff managed to hack the systems ffs!! xD

[@RockStoneLee19]

​@zerrierslizer1 that's the best you can say? "Find a way"? At least have some theory, otherwise their choice is justified. Being sophisticated doesn't make you the ultimate problem solution-ist as you can see they didn't even expect the paradise protocol nor the kids beating it.

[@zerrierslizer1]

@@RockStoneLee19 let it go dude. my point still stands. if the AI was so sophisticated, it should have calculated all possibilities that bade sense as well as being able to calculate as things changed. if it can't do that, it isnt as sophisticated as the story obviously wanted us to believe it was.

[@RockStoneLee19]

@@zerrierslizer1 all I wanted was an explanation than just "Find a way", dude. I'm not really looking for a counterargument to give back at you. So yeah.

[@Pikasayan]

Okay, but real talk: The professors in this game have to be some of the most callous villains Game Freak have ever put in Pokemon. The Paradise Protection Protocol was an extra failsafe they put in to terminate anyone trying to stop the Time Machine by locking their pokeballs and then siccing a murderous future pokemon on school kids

[@suarez9108]

The literal AI that is built of all their memories and feelings straight up also had no idea just how uncaring the original professors were.

[@Pikasayan]

@@suarez9108 Version doesn't even matter in this case, the other professor walked out on both Arven and the Professor that went mad too.

[@AcemanXD]

To be fair, the Professors didn't know that it would attack students; just anyone who tried to stop the machine.... that's better right?

[@Pikasayan]

@@AcemanXD Not really? Given that the Paradise Protection Protocol was made to kill anyone that wasn't the professor or the AI

[@HindsightWildin]

@@Pikasayan Which is ironic, considering how the professor died.

[@emma_nutella58]

Gotta love how Arven’s whole world was shattered finding out his dad is dead and now the robot one goes out to get milk, and then Nemona kinda just goes “ok cool, what’s next?”

[@maxspecs]

And then he gets yelled at for having bad grades, its great.

[@ainulvr9808]

@@maxspecs "WHY DO YOU SUCK IN SCHOOL?!" Arven: "My dad´s a robot" "AND HE COULDN´T TEACH YOU MATH?!"

[@chezux979]

@@ainulvr9808 his new father is google

[@Twilor]

@@ainulvr9808 Explain these horrible grades My dad died and was replaced with a robot that tried killing me and my friends SO WHAT THE GRADES ARE MORE IMPORTANT

[@WildWeavile]

based nemona... not for real nemona wasn't really close with her parents so she wouldn't give the best advice. She literally calls them "father" and "mother", penny calls her out for being a pampered princess.

[@kittyjuneo2218]

Nemona, Alpha, and Penny: Happy that their problems were resolved and they made it through! Arven: Freaking dissociating in the background

[@disneydork100]

Hey, his dog isn’t dead. His dad is super dead, but his dog is alive!

[@NoMind93]

Dude that split second when it said "AI Turo no longer wishes to fight" gave me fucking chills. The story in this game is just 👌

[@maxolotl7089]

I never saw that until now- had to slow down the video to see it. Though he was in the middle of talking so slowing down at that part exactly was really runny

[@notNyxiann]

yeah!

[@highdefinition450]

yea i like the story this game could have been truly special if they had put a little more time into it lol

[@hakun0695]

yeah all that shit with team star is trulyyy amazing

[@MelodyLumina]

@@hakun0695to be fair, while it definitely could've been written better, i think alpha was wayyy too cynical about it

[@Dave-cw2mj]

As someone with several friends in computer science I can confirm Penny is 100% suffering in that volunteer gig

[@genesisa6458]

THIS BOT ISNT EVEN TRYING LOLL

[@sinteleon]

"volunteer"

[@sakatrol]

@@genesisa6458 the bot is having a bad day man, just gotta give him a break, they get so overworked yknow.

[@FlareBlitzBanana]

@@genesisa6458 AI Professor Turo went through the portal and was reincarnated as a KZbin spam bot

[@JigglesMcRibs]

She got converted black hat to white as an unpaid underage intern for the government. Her passion for tech stuff is going to be leeched before she's allowed to drink away the pain of being in CS.

[@mrtoejam3]

Nemona has 3 brain cells and 2 of them are eternally locked in a Pokemon battle, I love it

[@ilovebirds1298]

Another bot on the same video?!

[@Lockerft]

I like how Alpha just described the starters. The stoned cat. A good description.

[@stevenjimenez6977]

And the other is for simping over your character

[@bigredindahouse456]

What about the 3rd one

[@Lockerft]

Which other one.

[@SpairM]

Biggest shock of this game for me was the very heartwarming ending, followed by the credits with FUCKING ED SHEERAN’S CELESTIAL PLAYING

[@-Morgan_Hailingsun-]

You can never escape him. He is in the sky, he is in an egg carton, and he is in your closet.

[@ZaChemas]

@@-Morgan_Hailingsun- JOKES ON HIM, I AM IN MY CLOSET TOO (help there is no food here, only burger king foot lettuce)

[@madnessofmen]

Hehe ed Sheeran jumpscare

[@daveykinqy]

Ngl I busted out laughing as soon as that happened I was like aww how sweet!! Then boom fucking Ed sheeran

[@timjohnson506]

I like how someone gifts $5,000 to the gym leader but she only gives $4,320. She made money in that fight and she lost.

[@highdefinition450]

absolute scam

[@orangeapples]

Poketube takes 30% of all donations so she only got $3,500 from that.

[@FireLover7004]

Rather Pokètube than the twitch version taking 50%

[@brittwit7758]

My favorite detail about the fight at 2:10:54 is that if you read the glitching text, for a moment it says "AI Turo has no intention of fighting any more!"

[@chickennugget6684]

The Al Turo fight is a master class of staging and theming i absolutely love it. ..unfortunately for Arven though, Nemona was present.

[@SuperRitz44]

Oh damn, that a very neat detail!

[@nickhoude21]

"You are challenged by AI Turo" "AI Turo has no intention of fighting anymore" "You are challenged by Paradise Protection Protocol"

[@Mewtwo-xi5og]

miraidong

[@Christian-fn4cw]

AI Turo is sparing you

[@TeeQueueSA]

Pokemon canon has held for years that Master Balls were created for the exclusive use of renowned researchers to let them carry out their projects on Pokemon, and I am incredibly pleased that scavi took this to its logical conclusion of an irresponsible researcher yeeting balls through time and keeping whatever they happen to hit.

[@iannisito9211]

He's litteraly the best researcher of the region and probably the world and thats not irresponsable, they're Pokémon from the future, that would be the best dicovery of the world, so they would give him the money or materials

[@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise]

@@iannisito9211 He’s irresponsible because he wants to bring the future/past into the present, which would have disastrous effects on the ecosystem. Have you watched Jurassic park?

[@jamielikesbread]

@@iannisito9211 did you not pay attention to the story? the whole point was that he was completely irresponsible with his research and that it would have devastating results if it wasnt stopped

[@draghettis6524]

The professor created Terastalisation as a side project so that they could get the funds for the Zero Lab and the time machine. They were geniuses, but really irresponsible ones.

[@raumarsene9910]

@iannisito9211 he literally attempted ecoterrorism

[@Bakuganmaster51]

The real reason we need voice acting: So that Alpharad doesnt have to attempt to read dialogue, skip 90% of it, and then say that it doesnt make sense I saw a video where they said How much you like Starfall Street depends on how much you resonate with them but maybe it actually depends on how well you can read

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

honestly the only thing i find, cheesy, about that plot is the bullying angle in a school setting, but i guess i was lucky through my highschool. or maybe my time on the internet has just jaded my reactions to bully plots in general.

[@tpfoxCastro]

There are two possible reasons for Alpha not liking Starfall Street: First reason-He didn't read the rext. Second reason-He was never bullied, he was the bully and because of that he doesn't relate at all

[@AnimaLepton]

​Even ignoring the bullying piece, it's mostly a cute "the real treasure was the friends we made along the way" story plot. Like it's nothing crazy, but that angle is a good vibe.

[@Blaze-nm1uh]

I mean considering his three houses takes I just don’t think he has story comprehension. How did he get “edelgard killed her siblings” out of her directly saying they were all experimented on and she was the sole survivor of the torture?

[@ryanblount2210]

Honestly, I had just assumed Turo's head not moving was because the animation team was lazy, but the fact that it's relevant with him being a robot actually blows my mind. All the budget for this game went into story, I guess...

[@Alex.650]

And music

[@twashgoat]

there was genuine love that went into this game, its very obvious that there was a time issue.

[@marieporter9488]

@@twashgoatI’m not buying another Pokémon game until the employees at Game Freak get more pay, better working conditions, and are not forced to make a new game every single year

[@ZaChemas]

@@twashgoatYeah, Scarlet and Violet tried HARD to be a great game, but the starting gamebreaking bugs, the dogshit performance at launch, the fact that it was confirmed that it wasn't finished because of time issues, some gamefreak employees quitting because of the bad job conditions, made it so fucking hard to actually notice the love, until now, that is more complete and polished with who knows how much updates

[@raeste.claire7093]

@@marieporter9488

[@bunglesii9204]

I love the part where Turo travels to the future to get milk

[@colowny3007]

It’s very relatable

[@EpicMan-pe8do]

Iron jugs

[@FirstRunTanker]

@@EpicMan-pe8do that sounds like a name for the paradox form of miltank

[@sentientmustache8360]

Iron Udders

[@sodafin6874]

He went to get The Iron Milk

[@FierceGalactaKnight]

Funny story, on the pre-champion assessment I answered "Larry" to the gym leader who gave me the most difficulty. So when he appeared as an Elite four member I thought the game was literally trolling me with the Gym leader who gave me the hardest time lol

[@venelonastyle8150]

SAME

[@mkkarate6495]

I thought so too, but looking at the story of larry, it makes sense

[@tomrijnders]

I really WISH they did that, it would make everyone's run feel so much more unique. And they already have teams for all the other gym leaders anyway, so they could have easily used those. (Even if Larry became a flying type specialist instead)

[@SerDerpish]

What I would have liked to see would have been if they replaced the gym leader who you selected as being the easiest during your post-game boss rush with Larry. Getting one of them replaced for underperforming on their yearly review would have made all the other meaningless choices seem worth it. Plus I hate Brassius enough to want to get him fired out of spite 🧐

[@fishyboi8508]

I did too but just because to me it was probably the most difficult but still pretty easy

[@Pharagill]

I love that all the phallic imagery in the game subconsciously caused Alpha to read Miraidon’s ability as Hardon Energy.

[@langleysenterprise5134]

I mean they knew what they did. Hadron Energy?

[@O_CABBAGE]

Alpha: *skips 90% of the dialog, and essentially admits that he would be one of the bully that would cause Penny to form team star* Also Alpha: "I don't understand this"

[@kingofgamesandanime1683]

Except he was saying he would’ve been bullying them for all the team star edgy rich kid stuff and not being actually punished for anything, not for being nerds or losers or whatever. And like, Team Star was causing problems. Even if it wasn’t coming from the five at the top, the prologue shows that Team Star is harassing other students to join, which I would call bullying. Not to mention they’re not going to classes and have stolen literally thousands of desks and other pieces of equipment from the school. And the whole time, they’re all treating it like breaking up Team Star meant never seeing each other again, when it’s like, no, you can still be friends, you’re just not allowed to be a gang.

[@ZaChemas]

I think actually he would bully them, BECAUSE OF THEM FORMING TEAM STAR

[@ZaChemas]

@@kingofgamesandanime1683 YEAH, THEY ACT LIKE THEY WON'T SEE EACH OTHER, HAVE THEY HEARD OF CASUAL FUCKING HANGOUTS?!

[@justunnam3d]

@@kingofgamesandanime1683,,team star was causing problems” That probably what Penny meant by ,,its gotten out of hand” and wanted to disband

[@FirstLastname604]

The absolute joy in his face and voice when he saw “The Way Home”

[@heartbeat4atinman]

pokemon violet; the way home

[@TheNico2000]

@@Real_Alpharad.. thanks Real_Alpharad

[@bluebaron6811]

@@TheNico2000 nooooooo!

[@poiri]

I didn’t order a creeper

[@bluebaron6811]

Area Zero; the way home

[@Skele10bro]

Alpharad: "What is this story?!? It makes no sense!!" Also Alpharad: *A Button Mashing through Dialogue Intensifies*

[@YamiTheEevee]

Yeah like, this storyline was also my least favorite of the three but come on man

[@riplix20]

@@YamiTheEevee yea the way he goes on and on about it is like watching a 12 year old lmao

[@mrmc101]

the story has to be interesting in the first place thats the problem lol

[@RiversEagle_]

@collin campbell That's besides the point. You cannot bash and criticize a story when you completely ignored the story. It's like if I said a movie sucked but I didn't watch it. One has no place criticizing something they didn't consume.

[@gigifabulous]

My god this annoyed the shit out of me too. He gets so worked up over a story he DIDN'T READ. "They're just a bunch of rich kids" when one of the big things was that they wouldn't accept help from their parents and made everything themselves.

[@BubblegumYum]

Love how Alpharad points out how he doesn't care for story, yet ignores that the only rich kid was the Fairy one, and that the team was formed to go against some bullies

[@gigifabulous]

Plus going on a tantrum that the kids who got bullied didn't receive punishment. Like, what?

[@iantaakalla8180]

Especially given that Penny still had a punishment because she illegally transferred LP. If he wishes for at least Penny to have comeuppance, he got it.

[@prestonstanley7736]

@@iantaakalla8180and with how Penny is as a person, being essentially forced to work for the Pokémon League, directly under Geeta, she’s gotten the ultimate punishment; social presence. It’s the same as unpaid labor, and with how Geeta seems to be very unliked by all of the Gym Leaders, I imagine anyone who works for her shares that sentiment.

[@daneroberts1996]

I'll be honest, when I played it I thought that Arven's dog was dying of old age and he was in denial and looking for these mythical plants because he was desperately searching for anything to save its life. Turns out it was just injured, and I was a bit disappointed because I was hoping for some tough story threads, but then the game pulled a fast one on me by saying "instead of his dog, it's his DAD! AND his dad's actually been dead for YEARS", so I actually love that

[@troomatot402]

Ah yes, just permanently injured to the point only magic can save him, only that

[@Gina9001]

​@troomatot402 well you could say its evolved herbs that weren't affected by humans and had grown and evolved to so certain things. There are things like that in real life I mean they don't give the same affect in the games but the stuff like clear your stomach and increase immune system are similar to certain things in real life.

[@maryjanekappenman5706]

I've never seen a man get so passionately angry about not understanding a story he refused to read lol

[@danwithnoplan2584]

arin from game grumps is also pretty bad LMAO

[@SodorTimesToday]

I know, he's so insufferable at times lol

[@tommasorandis4796]

EXACTLY it made me even angrier just watching him.

[@maryjanekappenman5706]

Hate/Glad to say we got gas lit. I was a fool

[@Mr.Comedian42069]

“This book makes no sense! The dialogue in page 12 doesn’t even lead into the one in page 34”

[@Disukehyuga]

Best part, Alpha never learned the Academy is a public school, with some students being well into their "creepy old man hanging around children" years.

[@tizurl]

Clive? Asking abt the last part cuz I don’t have SV

[@EstablishmentInitiative]

@@tizurl when you meet students during trainer battles across paldea some of them are middle aged adults or even elderly

[@MagusAgrippa8]

There’s legitimately a ‘student’ who goes out of his way to say he’s 60 and challenging the first gym.

[@danielbarnes1241]

Doesn't the game say multiple times that the school is for anyone who wants to learn regardless of age?

[@ashleylightheart126]

its sorta like a community college of sorts but with a uniform? Given how adults can enroll and there are optional extra classes.

[@marcusdalton1467]

Alpharad: _skips half the dialog_ Also Alpharad: "This plot makes no sense!"

[@elizapetersen8302]

The thing you missed is that Fairy Kid was the only rich kid. Team Star was supposed to be an anti-bullying vigilante group, and then they decided that that wasn't working and decided to resort to seperatism

[@nataliet9454]

Man, as an adult playing this game and seeing Arven get told to like. Just Cheer Up after seeing the closest person to his parent he's seen in YEARS leave him AGAIN, and all the trauma that comes with the implications in the lab. I was. Just so sad. Like put me in the game, coach, I'll drive this poor guy to his therapy appointments myself.

[@JulianimeIsAmazing]

Drive? Just give him a lift on the back of the embodiment of all of his abandonment issues!

[@ellencoleman4604]

When did that happen? I thought they were trying to distract him from spiralling.

[@Cinnaschticks]

I literally started at my switch in shock. "Lol I know your dad just died but golly gee I sure hope there are snacks on this adventure 😊" HELLO??? WHAT??? 😨

[@ZaChemas]

@@ellencoleman4604 I mean, yeah, that was the intention, at least with nemona since it is the only way she knows on how to distract herself, but PENNY?! SHE STRAIGHT UP ROASTED HIM NOT EVEN 5 MINTUES AFTER HIS DAD LEFT HIM AGAIN

[@abewheels5512]

Alpharad skipping through the dialogue explaining that Turo brought 2 Miraidon to the present, and then getting confused as to why there are 2 Miraidon, and also why none of the other characters are confused as to why there are 2 Miraidon, will never not be upsetting.

[@vanishli6645]

fr, most poketubers always skip the dialogue then get confused and call the story bad when theyre the one who dont read. amusing, but mainly infuriating.

[@GenderedMess]

He did the exact thing in the last video too and said 'there was no plot' and made fun of the Starfall story.

[@emilymonahan5232]

@@GenderedMess well no but as someone who reads the dialogue the starfall story was shitty

[@bluerious5475]

@@emilymonahan5232 I feel like its not too far from the harsh truths about the education system, a group of students are bullied to the point of standing up against their bullies, leading to them being blamed for acting out and being violent, and the teachers are ignorant to the bullying going on in the first place.

[@ScallyWag637]

Doesn’t mean it’s a good story line

[@VelvetCake423]

Alpha during the team star story: tell me you weren't bullied in school without telling me you weren't bullied in school

[@ZachPlum]

Bro even admitted he was a bully

[@Plumgoblin]

@@ZachPlumwait What

[@angriestjoker]

“I can’t relate to team star at all!” Dude, they’re literally a bunch of school outcasts who got bullied non stop and formed their own group to fight back. Then they almost got expelled for standing up for themselves when the school staff never did. Idk, I find that pretty relatable

[@gigifabulous]

He then also says all of them deserved to be bullied and that he would gladly do it himself. I think he relates to the bullies more tbh.

[@haghuro9843]

@@gigifabulous tbf they did deserve to get bullied lmao. They seemed so edgy

[@RockStoneLee19]

​@@haghuro9843._.

[@simpfor2d294]

@@haghuro9843”oh no! their different! they all show their quirks instead of hiding them like everyone else in society! quick, bully them! we can’t have edginess here!!”

[@kitsunekun2345]

My favorite part of the Director helping out with Iono's gym test is that in German, instead of Mr. Walksabout, she refers to him as Schlendermann

[@Yeehawee]

I laughed so much during that sequence of the game

[@Chmmr]

Iirc, in German there's also a bit where Clavell asks the protag what 'cringe' means

[@girlygamerstudios]

@@Chmmr I wish they had that instead of “cheugy”, I literally had to look that word up

[@Chmmr]

@@girlygamerstudios same lol

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

@@girlygamerstudios made ME feel out of touch, lmao

[@yagurlry1602]

He clearly just mashed through the team star plot. They actively AVOIDED using their family money. Uva/Naranja is a public school that formerly had a severe bullying problem. Penny cannot be jailed due to being a child, and she's literally under the eyes of Geeta, who's hinted to be a very aggressive person in secret.

[@gigifabulous]

Thinking about it, Geeta seems like the only person who is still affiliated with the school after the whole bullying thing. And every single gym leader seems to despise her.

[@madhatt3r93]

Right? Holy shit, that was infuriating.

[@KeeboReebo]

I never noticed the implications that La Primera was a aggressive person but I’ll believe you

[@KeeboReebo]

I also don’t remember shit from scarlet and violet so…

[@thecoconutnutisagiantnut7525]

Haven’t seen anything saying something like that, could you provide some dialogue?

[@opaltoralien4015]

It just occurred to me that in the beginning, when "Cassiopea" hacks your phone, she may have meant that instead of finding your phone number online or hacking the school's personal data files, she locally hacked your phone via public Wi-Fi to get your phone number, and THEN called you like a normal person. Just another crime I guess.

[@michaelboyle7632]

I have some major issues about your comments on team start... 1) they were ALL severely bullied so they formed star 2) only Ortega is rich, and actually DOESN'T take money from parents, making their own stuff and inventions through their own efforts 3) they broke school rules, didn't show up, and even went as far as to literally round up and attack the ones who bullied each of them for being different (weird). 4) this story and the fact the consequences didn't really happen is simple... here in the US we seemingly love to imprison troubled kids and adults after a single offense, and instead of helping them and re-educating them, we throw them under the rug and expect them to just change and get better. Hell lots of the crimes, especially on impoverished or lower class kids, get embelished by prosecutors all the time to increase the sentence, just to ensure a sentence passes. SO this story is more about how you can help troubled youth without just throwing them away and hoping for the best. Penny comitting a felony is serious sure, but giving her an outlet to use her talent for good is MUCH fucking better than arresting her. especially since no malice was present, and she did it to protect her friends and hurt no one what so ever by hacking in. I clearly saw you ignore the story, and then complain it was the "1%" getting away with shit, but that couldn't be further from what it was.

[@shaukahodan2373]

Arven's mom also walked out of him and Turo, like the kid ends up an orphan by the time the game ends. The only real upside is that his dog is okay again.

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

considering what Arven (and us) had to go through to drag that dog from the light, he better be sticking with him.

[@thecoconutnutisagiantnut7525]

@@xaldrortenderofthevats8948I actually beat all 5 titans with my team not even being lvl 30, great tusk and false dragon were the only ones I struggled with both beaten with poison though with great tusk I had a chance at beating it normally

[@opaltoralien4015]

Yeah, it was awful. Like, his mom walked out before Arven's first word, his dad slowly starts spending more time away from home, tries to adopt a lizard as a second son, chose the lizard over his real son when it lashed out violently, then stops returning entirely. Arven tries to check on him, and his only companion, an insanely high leveled Mabostiff he's had since he was a baby, was brought to the brink of death. He hates Nemona for constantly trying to battle him when all he wants is for his best friend to not die and thus he can't ask her for help. He finally saves the dog that was more family to him than his parents were, only to learn that the dad he's resented for years DIED while he was working, but it was so normal for his dad to leave him alone that he just thought his dad finally forgot him. Then his father's AI body double declared he loves him, only to LEAVE HIM ANYWAYS. He is then dragged along on a road trip, which to be fair he enjoys, but doesn't even get time to GRIEVE before the director is reminding him about all the classes he needs to catch up on to graduate. You know, the classes he ditched in an effort to save his only living family, his dog, from a slow and painful death.

[@ZaChemas]

@@opaltoralien4015Poor Arven, they did him so fking dirty

[@paynemoschillo5470]

“Oh Ed Sheeran NO!” might just be one of the best cutaways he’s done.

[@rogue_2k374]

Ed Sheeran Jumpscare.

[@heplaysgames199]

@@rogue_2k374The copyright jumpscare

[@Flutter_Aeina]

Alpha’s reaction to the team star storyline and calling it bs after he skipped 90% of the dialogue is so infuriating and I can’t believe he doesn’t see the problem with how he’s misinterpreting it

[@jackall-trades6149]

Well to be fair, he does mention before he never plays pokemon for the plot.

[@LinkJTO]

@@jackall-trades6149which makes it more infuriating, you can’t complain about the plot of you don’t pay attention to it in the first place

[@jackall-trades6149]

@LinkJTO I agree. It's just from Alpha I expect it.

[@RedMadMichael]

​@@jackall-trades6149 except 1) he then goes to complain about it and 2) he clearly paid attention to Arven's plotline as well as all of Nemona's dialogue so like.... come onnn

[@ratbagissnooping511]

watching alpharad loose his mind over penny not being punished is one of the best moments ever

[@DontSayBlahh]

Watching a man child throw a tantrum all because he didn't want to read. like you know, a child? LMAO

[@dracomon4682]

Voluntary work IS punishment

[@kamenkuma05]

Funny since Penny was frustrated about that, too.

[@williamtatum2147]

2:15:44 I love how immediately after he finishes talking about how Turo favors the PC over Arven, the next shot has Miraidon posed to perfectly block Arven out of the frame

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

Bro 😭

[@LeOwwAndRose]

NOOOO Turo's an ass

[@grimmashley8422]

Alpharad is the first person I’ve ever seen to care about Nemona more than Arven or Team Star and I can’t help but wonder if his willing ignorance of the dialogue had anything to do with it. That said, it makes me so happy that he genuinely enjoyed the battle with Nemona and the Area Zero finale. Those really are two of the spots where the game shines brightest and gets you hyped

[@_zealos_8213]

Nemona top-tier rival

[@cinderleaves3949]

Honestly for me, it's a super close 3-way tie, but Nemona is at the top for me. I really like her story and personality, and while I think the others shine brighter in other spots, Nemona is the shiniest star of them all.

[@deletedaccount6388]

Arven had a pretty interesting storyline but the game doesn’t dive too deep into it which is probably why I didn’t get as invested as some I just didn’t like the Team Star plot line lol, like sure they were bullied but I personally felt like it wasn’t that fleshed out, plus Penny as a character is fun or charming like Arven or Nemona Nemona is just a hyper energetic rival who’s capable in battles and a bombastic personality I enjoy. And since I care about battling the most I liked her plot line the most lol

[@NioEvelynn]

Honestly I had a similar experience to Jacob in my playthrough. Nemona being a rival who is literally holding back till your final fight is amazing. The one complaint i have about your rivalry is not even about her, its about how Geeta is the top champion even though Nemona is not only harder with a more cohesive team, but somehow not the top champion?! Nemona’s story and personality is just nearly perfect. Her motives and desires are pretty damn clear from the get go and up till the end is literally cheering you on so that she could find her treasure which is finding the perfect rival who could make battling not mundane anymore

[@Alb410]

Well, we all know what happens to characters Alpharad likes.

[@Gaypunkott]

Other than the fact he skipped majority of the team star dialogue and then claimed it made no sense, it’s crazy to see Penny as a villain lol. All of team star were literally victims of bullying that took a stand and lost the plot along the way. Saying you’d shove penny into a locker is tone deaf af lmao.

[@cartonraff8039]

Arven: « Dad… I will miss you so so much… Why did you have to g-» Nemona: « WOW LOOK AT THAT SICK POKEMON!!! »

[@EKproductionsarg]

I'm really mad Alpha skiped the BIGGEST innuendo at 2:18:02 where Penny says she'll die if Miraidon nudges her to rub it when it's big like that. Been waiting all run for that moment

[@Officewaffle]

Honestly the bot saying "let's talk..." Is an extremely appropriate reaction to this comment

[@NotCyclone64]

🗿 Edit:I like how the comment has 69 likes

[@CyanPlushCaptain]

🙄 yo what the fuck did i just read above me

[@0008loser]

Like most of everything he has done in the game lmao

[@Zachattack10213]

I like how of you pay attention to how much money Iono gave after Alpha won the first battle (4320), she still technically turned a profit due to the person that gave 5000.

[@ZombTDZ]

Fun Fact: during the glitch effect against the Paradise Protection Protocol, the text briefly says "AI Turo/Sada has no intention of fighting any more!"

[@KirbyCom]

Area Zero: (talks extensively about how there were 2 Miraidons) Alpha: why is no one surprised there's 2 Miraidons

[@GenderedMess]

Fr, it's talked about everywhere (and some books around the stations talk about it too) yet somehow he avoided all of the plot like he did with team star.

[@idioticlight]

gamers avoid plots like the plague

[@0008loser]

@GenderedMess alpha is too dumb to read so

[@Nick94956]

@@idioticlight And then they say that the plot sucks

[@kyndabeckett1176]

I love how in literally all of the play throughs of this game literally everyone’s reaction to the first two notes of the end credits music is literally ‘oh sht! Ed Sheeran!’ And they scramble to turn the music off 😭😭 I know it’s because of copyright but it’s still so funny

[@Sosjjsndndnbd]

Giveaway,,,,,

[@fra8673]

I did that too since ed sheeran's song doesn't fit in the damned ending💀So i just opened spotify and listened to something else during the credits

[@skilynnclari]

@@fra8673 I just hate Ed Sheeran's music so I did the same thing lol. I watched the trailer that had his song muted as well.

[@niar1726]

Ed Sheeran jumpscare

[@Whispernyan]

@@fra8673 I'm sorry, you can not like a song but saying it doesn't fit just isn't true

[@dragontamer2204]

Love how Alpha doesn't realise that flower trick always crits until the end of the game

[@aydenator2770]

he was just pretending to not know so he’d get comments and reactions saying “BUT IT ALWAYS CRITS” whenever he said “ooh crit mattered”

[@dragontamer2204]

@@aydenator2770 well, I guess comments ARE good for the youtube algorithm

[@petrarock7695]

Aside from everything else, I'm forever amused and frustrated about the fact that Alpharad seems delightfully surprised when Flower Trick crits. You know, the move that never misses and is a guaranteed crit.

[@sargentgullible2794]

It's Alpha. You know he's playing it for the content.

[@ahsunk6537]

1:53:16 Every time Arven's dad ignores him, Arven does 1 pushup

[@sandybeehives]

He is gonna be buffer than bidoof memes

[@-Morgan_Hailingsun-]

He gonna be buffer than machamp

[@ZaChemas]

@@-Morgan_Hailingsun- he beats machamp easy

[@whateverIFeelLike]

Alpharad: Wait so since when was this a thing?! Also Alpharad: *Skips 50% of the dialogue*

[@jmd1999]

It seems like he skips about 80% of the dialogue just to make jokes and be an “internet funny man”

[@VelvetCake423]

@@jmd1999 yeah, its about the only thing that bothers me. Alpha's fun to watch.. but his complaints about the game were based on his own half-hearted attention to the story ending up being a big downer while watching. i almost clicked off because it was so frustrating

[@CrazyNaturekitty]

@@VelvetCake423 Yea its irritating. This game is so good story wise that when people skip over it or completely misinterpret it, it irritates me. Like all of the story lines are so good.

[@blair2806]

I was getting so frustrated when Alpharad was playing the starfall street story. Team Star wasn't just some spoiled rich kids or an after school club. They literally were bullied victims that wanted to get revenge on the people who bullied them. Just because Ortega said that he should've just asked his mom to buy the cars for team star, doesn't mean that team star isn't some "spoiled rich kids club"

[@secondairy]

@@blair2806 And immediately after Ortega say's that the other leaders explicitly remind him how they're not going to rely on their parent's money to solve their problems.

[@DrZeroToHero]

A cool little tidbit I noticed is that at 2:10:54 if you watch at 0.25x speed you can see that when the dialogue changes, it at one point says, “AI Turo has no intention of fighting any more!”

[@arissabyrne6895]

Starfall street is about bullied kids. They were heavily bullied to the point where they didn't want to go to school and then came up with plan Star, Which backfired because even though they didn't actually do anything to the bullies dropped out all at once. All of the old teachers and headmaster resigned which caused the new staff hired. Penny was sent to Galar for a year and a half to heal. She made plans Starfall because she didn't want her friends to get expelled. It was about friendship and helping them to realize that it's safe to go to school now

[@EpicNerdsWithCameras]

I'm glad Alpha picked up on the fact that the reason why Miraidon's pokeball wasn't locked was because it belonged to Turo. That was such an "aha" moment as I was playing through the game and I loved it.

[@sombrerothei8720]

Truly a URETHRA moment

[@cescimes]

@@sombrerothei8720 well that's enough internet for me

[@aydenator2770]

i actually never picked up on that… i thought it was just like “miraidon’s ball isnt locked because of their undying loyalty” or something like that but thats actually smart

[@Cowmaize]

Lmao I did listerally everything but that- it took me so long to realize I could use Koraidon

[@Nix.Nix_66]

Larry being in the Elite 4 was a bigger plot twist than Penny being Cassiopeia

[@dandelyon2796]

Cassiopeia was a plot twist?

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

But nothing is a bigger plot twist than Clive.

[@idioticlight]

@@shirshobanerjee7751 what about clive?

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

@@idioticlight I wasn’t expecting to see him, since most games would not have the boldness to have Clive.

[@CJOnReplay009]

my jaw hit the floor when larry appeared bruh

[@LionelRGuy]

See, this is what happens when Alpha clearly skips through the story: he misses the entire point of the Team Star story, and how the school mishandled the Star kids who were being bullied, and how it created more problems as the kids rebelled against a system that failed them.

[@Raisinsaredelicious]

18:57 “Yay Sprigatito’s first murder!” Along with the movement was absolutely hilarious 😂

[@arltom]

Jacob: they’re just a group of spoiled rich kids Team star: the whole point of team star is to not rely on our parents!!

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

History is written by the victors

[@nickhoude21]

Wrong. Like genuinely completely wrong

[@daviddaniel8304]

@@nickhoude21 it’s written in their code that they can’t rely on their parents. Ortega’s backstory is literally telling you this in the face

[@nickhoude21]

@@daviddaniel8304 That doesn't mean it's the whole point. The point of team star was to have a group where people were free to express themselves without being accosted by bullies

[@BottomShelfGames]

@@nickhoude21 Only for them to become bullies themselves.

[@evotheevolutions9437]

Alpharad: Screams on how Penny isn't punished. The current justice system: She's a kid so we can't punish her.

[@GodaBoham]

Justice system: She’s a socially awkward genius. Prison would ruin her chances for a future

[@starvoltnexus3139]

We find out she Kind of is in the post game. But yeah My reaction was essentially Penny what the fuck!!!

[@staydetermined6717]

Still can’t get over that SHE WAS ALREADY PUNISHED, look I get it it’s for comedy but come on, He called team star a bunch of rich kids, honestly tho Sorry for the salt

[@GodaBoham]

@@staydetermined6717 Yeah I definitely know that. Team Star’s story made me feel bad for them but on the bright side Penny was in Galar to witness Leon’s defeat and Eternatus

[@star-aether]

They also straight up pulled a CIA! They hire hackers that breach their systems all the time and turn them into ethical hackers

[@polwigle]

1:51:46 is the exact moment I've been watching this entire playthrough waiting to see and it is everything I ever wanted. We finally found our way home

[@logeyperogi1805]

Alpha, I’d like to explain Team Star plot line to you Team Star was formed by a group of outcast students who were being bullied so they could group up and stand up for themselves, but when they stood up to the bullies, the bullies got scared, making Team Star look like the bullies, the school would’ve punished all of Team Star but Penny took the fall for all of them, forcing her to return to her home in Galar for a year and a half, Team Star refused to return to school until the big boss did, and this resulted in them nearly getting expelled It’s pretty shit compared to almost every other team except for Team Yell in Sword and Shield, but as a kid who was bullied and got punished for standing up for myself, I related to it

[@ChaseL16357]

I love how mad alpha is about penny getting away with her crime and getting a job, yet, that's not super uncommon for young first time hackers. As long as they didn't do anything super bad, alot of time they are given a chance to use there skills to help. While it's not the norm, it's not uncommon

[@Sosjjsndndnbd]

Giveaway,

[@DCreed013]

Not to mention that she's like, 12 at most. He's calling for a literal child to go to capital P Prison, lmao. Recruiting her and giving her a chance to turn it around is 100% the correct play there.

[@blindmelon2007]

@@DCreed013 Yes, a 12 year old child who robbed a bank.

[@iamstumped]

@@blindmelon2007 and is now going to work FOR SAID BANK. Literally the most obvious security risk. Edit because I didn't explain my point: I'm not saying it's a terrifible choice, I'm just saying that there's an increased risk over hiring a hacker who has NOT stolen from you.

[@theendersmirk5851]

@@iamstumped from the sounds of things they essentially gave her a plea deal of "patch the holes in our system, all of them, and we'll drop the charges. Option B is enjoying a lovely stay in prison," so I'd say while it isn't a punishment, they'd be watching her league point account like a hawk from then on, and she seems to want to not be in prison, so their choice is reasonable enough from a perspective of "how can we not put this child in prison for the next two times her current age years?"

[@heartbeat4atinman]

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that Alpha saying "crit mattered" every time Flower Trick lands was a joke.

[@kyndabeckett1176]

No I was the same for a while too 🤣🤣

[@A-Microwave]

He still didn't realize it always crit till the garganacl in area zero

[@xenowolf7285]

I couldn't tell the entire time. Every time he said it I was honestly wondering if he was unaware or joking, I count that as being a pretty good entertainer if it's that hard to tell.

[@alexpineda5960]

@@A-Microwave he did realize, its just that he intentionally never pointed it out, you could tell he knew because he said "crit mattered" in a sarcastic tone everytime he said it, that was the entire joke

[@the-project-is-terminated]

@@alexpineda5960 but what if the crit did matter?

[@lodestarting]

58:44 “Maybe I just want to watch things die.” “Oh hi Professor-“

[@MJunkis]

Poppy isn't a 3 year old. They say multiple times in the game Nemona was the youngest to complete the gym challenge, so Poppy is a adult that dresses and talks as a 3 year old

[@spacefloppaa]

being in the elite four doesnt make you a champion. The elite four are simply the four best trainers in the region, with champions being above them

[@Pixel_Rocket23]

​@spacefloppa They also blatantly tell you that the only reason they're the elite four in the first place is cuz Geeta is forcing them to be.

[@leonardoscutari11]

Apparently poppy is 9 year old which makes even less sense imo

[@keithwiechart7744]

And let’s not forget that on top of Arven getting no closure to his daddy issues, the time he spent desperately searching for a way to heal is dying partner left him sorely behind on his schoolwork. I don’t think there is a single character in a game rated E for everyone that suffers as much as Arven does.

[@NioEvelynn]

Arven does get his little bit of extra story game, but 100% you’re right. Even post game hes struggling to find his place with not having a particular task during the setup at the ace tournament. Arven’s story is a sad one masked only by the fact he dealt with the sadness by being angsty 80% of the time 😂

[@AuraHero]

@@NioEvelynn Hopefully the DLC expands on Arven's story further.

[@apairofsteeltoedboots4729]

@@AuraHero I do think that arven’s story has now been almost fully fleshed out, and we do apparently learn about nemona during the ace tournament. Penny is confusing though, she also has daddy issues but much milder than arven.

[@star-aether]

This is why I love this game. Every character has an ending, but it isn't a real ending. Because life always goes on, even afer the highest highs and lowest lows. It's not like they're being an asshole to Arven. They're all just teenagers, and they're trying to do the best for their friend even after he got such terrible news. Dispite how shitty it may seem for him, he's taken a necessary step towards recovery. Now that he truly knows the fate of his father, faced the place that injured his lifelong friend, and processed the feeling of hatred for the legendary he's carried for so long, he can truly grow to be himself and recover.

[@Dr.Meme-Man]

But there’s ONE obstacle that he has yet to face: the Pokémon that injured Massbotif. Its most likely the rumored legendary in the Professor’s book.

[@star-aether]

@@Dr.Meme-Man wait .I never actually realized that arven has never disclosed what exactly hurt mabostiff- Thank you SO much

[@godzillagod9752]

The story ending with arven is that his dad went to get iron milk

[@supersoup6147]

@@godzillagod9752 paradox miltank???

[@lukebytes5366]

@@Dr.Meme-Man It's heavily implied it was the other legendary that also killed the professor.

[@alicestolze8327]

I really liked the climax with the two Miraidons showing their stuff. You could tell they were both going hard on each other and throbbing with power, but the terastalization win shows that it's not just about how big your Miraidon is, it's about how you use it.

[@Joe-lu8og]

Man just refuses to read the story and gets angry that he didn't understand anything 😂

[@the_godbodor7026]

In case you were wondering why there are random poke balls around the make like I did, it seems like its because they’re used for reference point when making the cutscene animations and they forgot to remove them before launch. Yes, this game is definitely finished

[@emilyofjane]

It’s actually just another consequence of the memory leak glitch. The cutscene loads in the last model loaded in the RAM, which is typically a pokeball, instead of unloading it. I don’t know all of the details but Bulbapedia explains it really well, pretty much 99% of the game’s problems are caused by RAM issues lol

[@MightyKirkhammer]

For me it's been Diglett

[@KenanTheFab]

@@emilyofjane I don't think so. If you have a pokemon team with different pokeballs and then switch the first pokemon in your team with another then the ball will also change. I think it is just pre-loading the ball for when you throw and summon a pokemon. It likely exists in the overworld too at 0,0 but that point is under the map or somewhere the player cannot go.

[@novastardust1200]

1:27:10 alpha having not read the dialogue just completely ignoring the fact that they weren't attacking the school, they were rebelling against the other students who were bullying them

[@Dr.Meme-Man]

And even then, they technically didn’t…do anything. Their bullies just fled and dropped out of schools the moment Team Star pulled up.

[@idioticlight]

1:59:20 same thing here, doesnt read the dialouge and is confused by two Miraidons..

[@bait4sale9001]

If the dialogue or scenes were interesting, they may have caught his attention. As is, I kinda just thought they were rebelling for the sake of it myself

[@idioticlight]

@@bait4sale9001 MFs who never got bullied:

[@mittarikinz]

@@bait4sale9001 Are Pokemon fans just allergic to reading

[@EskChan19]

Honestly this entire game is just the origin story for Arven being the new evil team leader in the next pokemon game.

[@ash1mari]

"I'll be honest, I thought that they were just gonna let it die" "I know that's not very pokémon, but.." Litten's Stoutland in the anime:

[@poccer7722]

ngl I loved Clavell/Clive. Just this old director who is trying to keep up and understand young people. If you act like you don't know clive, he even thinks he actually deceived you when he reveals his true identity, it's so pure. Rolled like that with almost all of the stories, and in the end I actually enjoyed them. They're not fun if you call them out on their cringe all the time, but if you just roll with it they're great xD

[@tranatkikomi6873]

Or how he winds up involved in Iono's Gym Challenge and is happy to play along!

[@skillshare385]

He's the Pokemon equivalent of "How do you do, fellow kids?"

[@apairofsteeltoedboots4729]

@@tranatkikomi6873 he kinda owed either her or the league a favour. But it was still funny seeing him clueless in a stream.

[@mechajason]

First time I actually knew it was him was OK. You made a great disguise, but do us a favour and shave off the goddamn goatee.

[@breadman6549]

He is an old man that is “sick with the kids” and it’s amazing

[@LeonOwO]

man the ending of this game is so good, its so sad how arven's mom/dad's ai commits actal suicide to stop the time machine in the end since they cannot live with out the tera crystals around the lab, they just couldnt bring themselves to say it to their boy.

[@forisp5805]

BEGONE BOT

[@aboogala4678]

Well hopefully there's Tera crystals in the future

[@dragonITH-nk3yk]

I completely forgot the AI was powered by the crystals, that's really depressing.

[@futurefruits4982]

I’m pretty sure there would still be tera crystals in the future, no?

[@zackalbright3661]

@@futurefruits4982 I mean probably but it's unknown. Just depends on how you want to perceive the ending

[@benji6325]

Knowing now that the legendary pokemon Miraidon/Koraidon were the future/past versions of Cyclizar, it now makes sense as to why it's stats are so high even though you can catch him in one of the first areas

[@lyconYT]

Arven wasn't using his dog to fight those iron hands, he was fighting them on his own.

[@pillowmoment]

I love arven!!! His storyline is the best. His cutscenes are great. His design is so silly. I especially love the cutscene just before the gang enters area zero. When your character is almost left behind? The sheer strength of that man to pull another maybe 100+ pound teenager by just their arm? Wacky. Not to mention how he doesn’t even let you get yourself situated her just throws you down on the giant bulky lizard bike like that isn’t probably dangerous in some way Silly guy, 10/10, would befriend.

[@anonymousnlonely3315]

69 ayyyyyy but I totally agree!

[@castform7618]

I was so taken a back. How'd he even do that so effortlessly? And mostly with ONE ARM!? Makes me think he worked out while cooking and cleaning. Must have a body that would make a Machamp blush under that vest.

[@ScallyWag637]

He’s a Pokémon character soooooo it’s not like it’s really based off of the real world. Plus who really cares about it?

[@emilymonahan5232]

he worked out while he was waiting for his dad to come home

[@enocjimenez972]

Hes giga chad jr.

[@dragonair2013]

Man, I like Alpharad's sense of humour and editing so much, and I agree with some of the things he says...BUT DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT PLOT IF YOU DON'T READ THE DIALOGUE.

[@GenderedMess]

Its a real common thing for pokemon youtubers sadly. Like I rarely see them actually reading the plot since they want to get content for the channel.

[@dragonair2013]

@@GenderedMess It really isn't, though? Unless they have already played through the game before, most poketubers read all dialogue. Only a handful don't, like ex-speedrunners and people used to doing challenge runs not caring about the plot

[@sova-g9174]

Yeah when I see people skip through important dialogue that will make you actually like the story it makes me scream and stop watching the video especially when they make fun of a character when it was explained why they did something in a line of dialogue that they skip

[@jai49b]

Freakin seriously

[@basicsimp8798]

He's just that dumb.

[@Anonymousanimated]

"Oh gods he's hot." "This is Rika, she's a girl." "Oh gods, she's hot."

[@RinaldMcDinald]

Seeing larry getting judged by god via a pink gremlin with a hammer will always be funny

[@simonhoran9775]

I actually like seeing Penny and the rest of Team Star put into community service instead of just tossing them into jail and calling it a day. Nice to see a justice system built on reformation rather than simple imprisonment or punishment. They don't get off scot free, and are made to give back to the community. Good stuff, Pokemon Company.

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

They also uhh... literally did nothing wrong, so it'd be extra shitty if they were genuinely punished.

[@asprinjuice8877]

@@jonathanflanagan1504 I mean the others didn’t do anything wrong but Penny did commit like, money laundering lol. I’m glad they don’t actually give her a criminal record though, she was trying to do good

[@smthcrptc]

@@asprinjuice8877 thats not money laundering, more just straight theft. money laundering is used when you have "dirty"(stolen) money that you need to "clean", to make it less suspicious as to how you've obtained it, ie; giving people in the know a set amount of money and them "buying" something off of you.

[@tear959]

+ they are freaking children

[@witch0fdoom355]

This. Alpha’s not reading the dialogue and then wanting them in prison is funny to hear but wouldve been totes messed up Edit: …actually after trying to watch the whole video I don’t really even find it funny

[@canadianlucifer8446]

Getting a job working in computer security after hacking a system is actually fairly common. Hacker gets a job, company gets a skilled worker and doesn't get hacked into anymore

[@Irn0x]

And gets a security flaw fixed

[@MeboDotExe]

nemona: pokemon battle fun :DD penny: i like eevees and computers! arven: my mom left, my dad is dead, and my replacement dad also left

[@sparks1455]

Alpharad: Pokemon wouldn't have plot twists. Me: Oh boy... 20:47

[@beanboy7172]

I feel like if Jacob actually paid attention to the Team Star storyline he’d realize he could relate to them

[@Dreq458]

True. He's right about the crimes, but wrong about everything else.

[@Choomba78]

He'd realize that we were the bullies all along.

[@reaperofthings]

I’m pretty sure Jacob’s admitted to actually having been a bully in school/high school/college during an Alpharad Deluxe/Plus episode. He really wouldn’t relate to Team Star. He’s the reason the exist in the first place. Which makes it all the more ironic that he, whether jokingly or not, ends up acting like exactly what Team Star were made to fight against. Ignorant, unsympathetic and cruel. That part however is kind of just the character Alpharad, which is an over exaggeration of Jacob the person.

[@Zoroark_Master]

In one of his alpharad gold video he "claims" that he did know and paid attention to the story, and just wanted to had his own "interpretation” (he did seems pretty upset at the team star stuff specifically. So he’s basically saying he was upset at stuff he himself added in, or was he faking being upset?)

[@thatonepokemonwhateveritwa8371]

​@@Zoroark_Master I love how to this day people still think he does all this stuff genuinely. It's all about content baby. He lied in 2 pokemon nuzlockes (he pretended he lost lol) for better content, he redoes many shots live and exaggerates parts of his character for better content, and he prefers to build his own storyline rather than follow the game's. I love him. (Also he's right about the crimes but it's pokemon whatcha gonna do.)

[@lynx4082]

I still find it hilarious that he never realized the only spoiled rich kid in team star was Ortega and that the actual plot was that they were all extremely bullied for being stand outs lol

[@0008loser]

And they refuse to use thier parents money also

[@goomyiscute777]

No, he did He thought it'd be better content to pretend otherwise

[@Zoroark_Master]

Apparently he did, but just wanted to add his own "interpretation" of story or so he claimed (said in a recent alpharad gold video)

[@icarue993]

Also a pretty Japanese concept...

[@Toneill029]

@@Zoroark_Master So he did it to get people mad at him and yell at him in the comments because that makes him happy…well played me Rad…well played indeed.

[@JaffaCakes4221]

So I THOUGHT that I saw some other message in between when it changes from “You are challenged by AI Turo!” to “You are challenged by Paradise Protection Protocol” And I was right. When I watched it back slow, the message in between the two was “AI Turo no longer intends to battle you.” which is even more sad because it just goes to show how AI Turo doesn’t want this. The robot was a better father than the actual man 😭😭

[@Ed-1749]

I love how hype every flower trick crit was. Love to see those lucky crits when we need them

[@ari-mariberry]

Does he know?

[@LinkJTO]

@@ari-mariberryhe knows

[@Weird-to-the-core]

The Star arc had to do with a group of outcasts who were abused by bullies while the school did nothing, so they teamed up and they scared the bullies to leave the school. The victims of bullying were blamed and they left and isolated themselves from fear. The way it played out *is* cheesy, but the problem is Alpha most likely didn't even know that part of the story since he kept skipping dialogue. Just kinda pisses me off.

[@0008loser]

Like how it pissed everyone else off

[@knightshade2654]

I apologize, but I cannot see why Team Star continued to operate like it did after Operation Star. The game states that Cassiopeia/Penny took all of the blame for the event and was only sent back to Galar as punishment. All the staff and faculty at the time resigned out of shame for glossing over the bullying, and even the bullies eventually all dropped out. Somehow, despite this being a massive scandal, it was forgotten about due to the former director (I forgot his proper title) throwing away records of the event. I went to a private school that was no stranger to sweeping things under the rug, but having scores of students charge onto campus in massive, Poketrucks to confront their bullies is a difficult event to sweep under the rug. Overall, I have no idea why the members of Team Star, who did have very touching stories and relations, did not simply return to school instead of risk expulsion by playing hooky all day.

[@williamwarren3833]

This is all I was thinking about when he was complaining about Team Star. He definietly skipped every segment about the kids being bullied and in turn became the bullies. It's meant to serve as a tragic story.

[@astrixfizz]

@@knightshade2654 I feel like it was definitely a testament to how they were treated. Even if all the staff resigned out of guilt, that wouldn't make someone feel better. In fact, it may make them even angrier, because they get to hang their head in shame and then have no real repercussions for allowing children to be treated so terribly that they had to round up and threaten their bullies. Like they resigned, so they could just go on and get a new job without any sort of complications. Some other reasons I think they didn't go back was: They felt safer as team star bosses than they did in school They felt a sense of commitment to both eachother and Cassiopeia to not let team star die They felt that they would be bullied again once they return They wanted to stick it to a school system, ran by adults who failed to look to protect them, then felt guilty after the fact

[@fnfailer2476]

I think it's more because the "bullying" story point is awful and it's hard to feel bad for any of the admins or leader.

[@mistermaxie6487]

Jacob's inability to read or understand a story as badly as Arin Hanson is still absurdly hilarious.

[@daviddaniel8304]

Hilarious for the most part but when he criticises a story he read 1/3 of its kinda annoying

[@creator-link]

Reminds of that time when he played Orgami King and got stuck looking for the red building

[@vsptylore3639]

@@daviddaniel8304 Even then if it wouldn't be that annoying, but then he spends the other 2/3rds still ranting about that 1/3rd he didn't read

[@lobsterspasta]

He’s slowly becoming as annoying, unfunny and insufferable as him 💀

[@zetsubanned4308]

I payed attention to the whole-ass story and it's just not very good. His criticisms weren't far off, some of y'all got rose-tinted shades on.

[@VampDemigod]

"If I met Penny in high school, I'd shove her in twice as many lockers" Bullying totally wasn't the real villain of the Star saga...

[@tiesvdbiggelaar1411]

The gen 9 legendaries are probably my favorite because you bond so much with them which makes it so adorable

[@TheRibottoStudios]

Jacob doing the sign of the cross while going "oh okay I thought he got sent to the future but....this is worse." had me rolling. Poor Arven. He needs all the hugs. He didn't deserve the life he got. One parent deserted him, the other died not saving HIM, but the box art legendary, and the AI loved him more than his real biological parents ever did. And yet he turned out pretty okay. His story is a great reminder that while we might not have the best beginnings, our story doesn't have to stay bad. It's what we make it. Also EVERY Poketuber freaking out over Ed Sheeran is never going to be NOT funny. I love it. These games had the best story since gen 5. And it's even BETTER than gen 5's story. Yeah I SAID IT.

[@Sosjjsndndnbd]

Giveaway,,,,,

[@jamaicachu]

yeaaaa idk about that take. I respectfully gotta disagree I still think Gen 5 had the best story ever but S&V story definitely snuck up on me and surprised tf outta me especially since how god awful Sword n Shields story was. Very good story one of the best but I still don’t think it’s as good as either gen 5 game

[@moon4236]

"The AI loved him more" how

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@moon4236 I mean considering he was willing to try and save face by saying "your father truly loved you" that's him showing he cared more about Arven. The father didn't give a fck. The AI even states "is keeping the time machine truly all the professor cared about" so to me, that tells me the AI cared more about Arven than his own mother who walks out if you read the books, and his father who died saving the legendary, not his own son.

[@moon4236]

@@TheRibottoStudios "your father truly loved you" is not the AI saving face, it's just the truth, the professor even refers to Arven as a treasure in their diaries and it's part of the reason why the professor wanted to create paradise in the first place and they even had photos on him in their lab. The second thing is not a statement, it's a genuine question the AI has. Also the AI never acted anymore like a parent than the og, they still never called or wrote to him or anything like that. Now I'm not saying the professors were good parents or good people or anything like that they were still neglectful but it's clear that the game is telling us that they did love Arven.

[@typemasters2871]

Dang is Jacob salty about Penny X) Star leaders: we were being bullied so we stood up for ourselves and that caused a misconception that we’re bullies Jacob: no, you’re just being spoilt rich kids Star leaders: we did break rules so now we have to help out with community service that makes use of our strengths for the community Jacob: no, you’re being let off the hook and being allowed to do whatever you want to again Penny: I, a pre-teen, hacked a government facility, admitted to it, and the league said they would go easy on me if I worked for them Jacob: no, you should go to adult jail for theft

[@DCreed013]

lol, when he was calling for her to turn herself in I was like "she did though?"

[@MissJukeBox8]

well to be fair he skipped literally every text box explaining that wait no, getting mad nothing is explained while skipping the text that explains it all is worse actually

[@Grim-Owl]

Yea Ngl, got pretty annoyed at Jacob getting really annoyed because he couldn’t be bothered to read the texts

[@nakedstatue8517]

i mean, it's not like the story was any good so might as well make shit up to spice it up ig....

[@MissJukeBox8]

@@nakedstatue8517 sounds like you skipped all the text too

[@zerothehero6100]

I'm kind of impressed he kept in the whole giant segment where he yelled about how much he didn't read anything about Team Star.

[@gigifabulous]

Feels like an "ignorant people are the loudest" moment

[@elizabethsmith7224]

Also considering how many people yelled at him about that.

[@jethiliusavalar6449]

How he reacts to Penny offering her assistance to him reminds me of the So This is Basically Fire Emblem video "Let me join ur army." "No, go to jail!"

[@mrcwillis6970]

That ending part of the game is kinda crazy.

[@mslabo102s2]

It's the most cinematic they've gone in the main series games for sure.

[@repenexus518]

I know, right? Ed Sheeran is so terrifying!

[@maxenglish5106]

Everything SW/SH's endgame wishes it was

[@johanalaerts775]

one thing that makes me laugh very hard is the fact that the AI professor leaves with the violet book, WHICH YOU NEED TO SHUT DOWN THE MACHINE AFTER HE LEAVES! That machine is still active, we solved nothing LMAO!

[@Shakzor1]

Now they just gotta put that production quality into the next game in its entirety and maybe also DLC for gen 9