Best Removed Features in Every Pokemon Generation

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

What's one feature you wish you could bring back? Although they're gonna be in BD/SP, I still wish Secret Bases were permanent!

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Pokéathelon

[@colesterling7418]

i hope pokestar studios gets an expansion in gen 5 remakes when they happen

[@lunagarcia3747]

PWT

[@segunthepikachufan1470]

The Player Search System from X/Y

[@Savariable]

Rotation battles. Just that. Rotation battles were honestly really cool and honestly shouldn't have been removed in my personal opinion.

[@ryancarter8134]

I honestly really was disappointed in the removal of the auto-run button from HGSS that was amazing and really made it so you didn't have to wear out the b button.

[@raidev_]

well at least the run button was removed all together in gen 8

[@Lambs4lyf]

@@raidev_ gen 6*

[@raidev_]

@@Lambs4lyf im pretty sure there was a run button in gen 6 and 7

[@ball.3841]

@@raidev_ there was

[@kyleellis9177]

@@ball.3841 Was a run stick I thought? Walking is Dpad?

[@browncow5210]

Gen 5 removed the ability to polish badges and use them as a xylophone. I loved that.

[@thebraveguy9808]

That was awesome, but over time I was really worried about all that friction with the stylus damaging the screen of the DS. Other than that it was fantastic.

[@chickage5717]

Wait what

[@browncow5210]

@@chickage5717 If you opened your badge case you could use the stylus to play music on them, or dust them off to change the pitch.

[@KazShiro]

Yeah a minor feature in gen 4

[@AGZhark]

@@chickage5717Gonna like this comment cause it seems like nobody except us are confused

[@DigiRangerScott]

Regular trainer rematches are SORELY missed. Even if it would’ve been a new device (possibly per region), it would’ve been welcome

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

This shouldn't even be a feature that was dropped. I have no idea why Game Freak hasn't brought it back. It is so easy to implement.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@TheAwesomeDarkNinja Is not that simple, actually. They would have needed to make at least twice the teams they were already making and the game was already too big as it was, they wouldn't have had time and there wouldn't have been enough space.

[@DayneGodwin]

Audino genocide was a poor replacement, and after that it was literally just "lol, Exp Share just doubles exp points!"

[@toumabyakuya]

@@DayneGodwin I mean, it speeds up the process of level grinding. Taking longer to gain a level is not good difficulty balance, all it is is an annoyance. Difficulty should be achieved by other mediums, like making the AI more competent or giving it better teams.

[@PeterGriffin11]

Or at least an area you could go to and rematch Trainers like you could in Pokémon X & Y with the Battle Chateau

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Give Gen 6 flak for its lack of difficulty all you want, but its bottom screen features were EASILY the best utility features we have ever had in any Pokemon game. The multiplayer interface was amazing, the soccer minigame was the most fun I ever had EV training and Pokemon-amie was way better than Refresh.

[@needabettername1559]

When I played it I sucked lmao

[@tidxlu7595]

@@needabettername1559 that's a system thing 💀💀💀not a general thing

[@castform7]

Yeah, as much as I enjoy giving gen 6 a hard time, that bottom screen was magic man. The PSS is still the best way to experince online in Pokemon, I never used the soccer minigame cause I don't EV train but the positivity towards it is nothing to scoff at and Pokemon Amie had som pretty sweet minigames along with petting and feeding your Pokemon.

[@Pokeman79797]

Lmao your mr boring hahahahah

[@mikedacoolnerd788]

Easily the best way to experience Pokémon online. Communicating with other trainers had never been easier. Everything flowed perfectly and felt nice to navigate. And if I remember correctly in ORAS the bottom screen also told you when you found all of the Pokémon in a route. Imo the best part of Gen 6.

[@bigsammichthoughts]

I really liked the rustling grass feature in gen 5. I know this feature kind of returned, we kept things like ambush encounters and stuff, but it wasn't implemented nearly as interestingly as it was back in Unova. It really felt like you had a real opportunity to discover something interesting when you saw that dust cloud or rippling water.

[@bafbaas1210]

U mean an audino or drillbur?

[@grmp1992]

It did came back in ORAS, It was implemented much better in that game since you can catch rare pokemons with it other than audino

[@dradel2050]

I feel like Audino was the only thing ever in these grass

[@choukrihersi6335]

Well it was audinos and emolga

[@Liberaaiytb]

@@grmp1992 You could catch something else more than audino, by my memory metang? i forgot which now but you could catch rares too in bw

[@Rikarikun]

technically due to the removal of the dream world, gen 5 also doesn't have a way to grow berries anymore either.

[@zjzr08]

I love planting berries so shoving it online where I didn't have ready access at that time was frustrating.

[@appalachiabrauchfrau]

tfw have to use dream radar to get berries if I want to replay w/b2

[@SockyNoob]

That's the single bad thing I hate about Gen 5

[@tekayo63]

so THAT'S why there's no berries... it was annoying to not just be able to slap on a sitrus berry for a gym battle

[@syxoed]

join avenue exists in white/black 2

[@insaneadem5014]

Mega evolutions were my favorite feature and got me back into the series. I like that it gave old mons new strength to make them better. I hope they come back in gen 9 and stay a permanent feature.

[@tobymacdonald5893]

same. hopefully they’ll realise that adding a new gimmick every generation isn’t gonna work

[@pn2294]

The fact that he didn’t talk about Z-Moves proves how useless this list is

[@alphawolf7417]

Personally I find most added gimmicks to suck. Mega's and Dynamax make the games they are in, a cake walk. And Z-Moves are basically a juiced up attack and nothing more. 2 of them pretty much break the game while the 3rd is basically only useful as a 1 hit K.O you can only use once.

[@neitherlink6612]

@@tobymacdonald5893 the “no superior region” excuse was so forced. Yes, I do expect the next GAME to have everything the last one did, plus new features, we normal people call it progression, and then, when you eventually make a remake, we hope to see the REGION reimagined with all the bells and whistles that had been added up until that point, Sinnoh with different seasonal looks for example. All they are doing is making people fall in love with regions not for their design, but because of the gimmick they had. GameFreak is such a lazy company smh…

[@LightStreak567]

Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, Dynamax, they are more than just special game features, they have connections on the world of Pokemon's lore. There is a reason why some regions have them, and others do not.

[@Boreas451]

In BW2 you could also farm exp from breeder trainers as when you leave and come back to a route they reset and can battle you again

[@montecristosmith2343]

True but I think Audino or Black Tower/White Tree Hollow are the best grinding methods for those

[@Boreas451]

@@montecristosmith2343 Once you beat the story for sure, but not when you are still doing the gym challenge, you get farmable money and exp with this method

[@sephikong8323]

I hate those fuckers with a passion,especially considering where they are located (the number of breeder that were located at a section where you had to pass through and battle them every single time (sorry I forgot the english names of the locations, but there's one just at the exit of the bridge hamlet and one at the desert entrance and I hate these two with a burning passion

[@jamiewalsh3349]

At least you can battle these guys. One problem however, they don't level up their Pokemon!

[@jbcatz5]

Gen 7 also removes inverse battles, a type of battle that flipped type match ups. As massively underused as it was, only available once a day in a specific late game location, it was a very neat mechanic that wasn’t as system intensive as triple, rotation and hoard battles, and could actually provide a challenge if better implemented (a gym leader could have used it, or it’s part of a post-game challenge).

[@kerrywien6775]

Reintroduced safari zone please since it’s good for exploration and home to rare pokemons. And no, friend safari isn’t a safari zone, because it’s just a smaller version of safari zone and safari zone is way bigger than friend safari and more open for exploration.

[@kerrywien6775]

Victory Road isn’t even in Generation 8. So that’s disappointing too because Victory Road is one of the best areas in Pokémon because it’s a maze to traverse the Cave of Victory Road before facing the Pokémon League.

[@kerrywien6775]

Don’t forget that gyms were also removed in Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and were replaced by island challenge/trials.

[@mectainea5575]

I liked the idea of inverse battles but it was not balanced well and made certain type way worse then the Ice type in standard battles. I’d love for it to come back if it strictly flipped weaknesses and type advantages but kept the resistances the same.

[@Liberaaiytb]

@@mectainea5575 resistance wouldn't make sense

[@alexv3375]

One thing that always irked me was how they treated Mega Evolution. In Gen 6, it was something awesome (an extra-strong new form built up with bonds between Pokemon and Trainer) and built up as such throughout the game... and then the _immediate_ generation after, its backstory is changed so that it's flat-out stated to be a terrible thing that literally drives its users insane while killing them slowly and painfully (not unlike Guts' Berserker Armour from _Berserk),_ and then it's unceremoniously removed from the series entirely before we even got to see ones that would've benefited from having a really cool Mega Form (Milotic, Lapras or the Gen 2 starters, for example) while replacing it with basically the same thing (Gigamax). Bring them back!

[@davonleesilvastorm3500]

U mean gmax instead of ultra beasts right? But yea agreed with u

[@alexv3375]

@@davonleesilvastorm3500 Yeah, basically that. Either way, very annoying!

[@Liberaaiytb]

By my memory the one who made the other backstory hated mega evolutions

[@jasonreed7522]

@@Liberaaiytb i personally never liked megas, and after using them in Alpha Saphire that didn't improve. (They made the game way too easy) But I definitely wouldn't change the lore to be something so, disrespectful of them. Just drop the feature and state game balance or say nothing like the million other dropped or changed features that don't have stated reasons. (The lore could be as simple as no megastones exist in this region or pull an alternative timeline the way ORAS states that their timelime with megas is a different timeline from the original RSE timeline) Tldr; even if you hate a feature you shouldn't change its lore from "litterally the power of friendship™" to "it's suicide with extra steps". (Especially in a child friendly franchise like pokemon)

[@mlpfanboy1701]

And not only that, they replaced it by using what is essentally an eldtritch power (max energy is lovecrafts color out of space) from an entity that wants to destroy the planet, with a gimmick so bad in universe that the box legendaries dedicated there own lives to killing max Pokemon. Say what you will about yvaltal but he didn’t strictly go after killing only mega Pokemon, he was indiscriminate. But galar’s gimmick was such an obviously evil thing that the lands guardians wanted it dead.

[@momom5429]

Lmao surprised you didn't mention Battle Frontier. Others already said it but swapping location based evos to stone based was definitely a positive change in my book and I hope they keep that up with other frustrating evo methods. I guess technically a feature that was removed post gen 2 but put back in gen 8 was ball crafting? Probably meant to be a regional feature but I miss making/having all the different Pokeballs. Gen 8 also removed the "power ups" we got in gens 5-7 like ones that improve catch rates and the like.

[@squadalaguydc]

Battle Frontier? Clearly nobody remembers it existing! Hahaha...kill me :D

[@ilngsisfh]

He said best not useless

[@AzureGreatheart]

I think we’ll probably get the Battle Frontier in BDSP, because it’s not just something fans have been asking for since Gen VI at the earliest, but because one of the Unova Elite Four doesn’t work as well without the Battle Castle being a thing.

[@flo4255]

I preferred the location based evo's instead of the now evolution stone evo's. It gave some locations that the game kinda glossed over some more importance.

[@AzureGreatheart]

@@flo4255 I prefer location-based evolution myself, but it never made much sense to me that the mossy rock could evolve pokémon a leaf stone couldn’t, and Sun and Moon _horribly_ botched the placement of the evolution locations, so I’m okay with evolutionary stones being an alternate catalyst for them. Having both allows for the areas to still have the added significance while neatly avoiding a repeat of the Vikavolt Incident.

[@sirenstrike4163]

Streamlining evolutions in Gen 8 was one of the best things they've ever done, and I hope they keep doing that for those trade + held item evolutions, by making them at least held + level up

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Or by making them wild encounters like in HGSS with Steelix

[@sirenstrike4163]

@@goldenhydreigon4727 They did do that in Gen 8 - but it'd still be nice to streamline further

[@cerromeceo]

I agree with you 100%

[@jackmisha2598]

There was also Galarian yamask

[@CaptainObliviousV]

@@jackmisha2598 unique methods for new mons within the gen are fine if you ask me, so long as they get streamlined afterwards (hoping Galarian Yamask becomes a Dusk Stone evolution later). I feel like that’s definitely gonna be the case with Legends Arceus; give the new evolutions their own methods and then make them Ancient Power evolutions in the games that take place in modern day.

[@KLGB76]

You forgot to talk about the removal of roller skates. Those were pretty fun to play with.

[@joshhallam6342]

That also a positive removal I don't like the fact that the roller skate took up the cicrle pad in x and y

[@stephengarza]

@@joshhallam6342 True, but that could be an easy fix if roller skates were brought back - just make it equipable like the bike was and not tied to a certain control pad or stick

[@Toastedmecha]

It’s best features removed from each game soz

[@montecristosmith2343]

I forgot about that. The one good thing besides mega evolution in XY

[@murrayisarobot]

Annoying as balls that you had no choice but to use them if you want to use the circle pad (which.. of course you would in a 3d game)

[@301nav]

2 things from your video that I'd like to comment on 1. You said that the Galar region removed growing berries, which I think you should have also said for the Unova games 2. Technically there are still location-based evolutions in Galar with Galarian Yamask evolving at the stone gate in the Dusty Bowl

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Unova games (through a technicality) still have growing berries in the Dream World, although it's now inaccessible. You are correct about Yamask though, totally forgot that one lol

[@toumabyakuya]

@@JPRPokeTrainer98 Also, the GB Sounds was actually removed in Gen 5, not Gen 6.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@301nav If am not wrong, the DSi couldn't deal with DLC at all, that "feature" was added to the 3DS.

[@301nav]

@@toumabyakuya he was talking about how the gb sounds was removed in ORAS because that was the next remake game that had a previous soundfont

[@301nav]

@@toumabyakuya Yeah that’s correct, I was saying that they should’ve added something before they released the game itself

[@woundedkarma]

The stone evo implementation as opposed the stupid level in a very specific spot was something I greatly appreciated.

[@OshawottLuke]

I'd say that the best gen 5 feature removed in gen 6, apart from the best Dowsing Machine, is the Habitat List. Incredibly useful, I'm actually sad that the Pokémon randomizers can't modify said feature yet or that no one has created a way or tool/program to modify it. Though it did come back in OR/AS in a different way, but it should be in every game for how useful it is.

[@ladycobra1773]

I don't think it was removed in gen 6

[@kerrywien6775]

Victory Road isn’t even in Generation 8. So that’s disappointing too because Victory Road is one of the best areas in Pokémon because it’s a maze to traverse the Cave of Victory Road before facing the Pokémon League.

[@kerrywien6775]

Reintroduced safari zone please since it’s good for exploration and home to rare pokemons. And no, friend safari isn’t a safari zone, because it’s just a smaller version of safari zone and safari zone is way bigger than friend safari and more open for exploration.

[@Sonickeyblade00]

To be fair, about Gold/Silver... Iwata himself had to step in and help with the game's programming, in order to cram the Kanto sections of the game into Gold/Silver... so 6 to 9 more sprites probably was an impossible task. They barley were able to squeeze in all of the game in the first place.

[@UltraBall23]

That has been debunked. Kanto was already in GS, Iwata just made a better process.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Yup that was why there was no safari zone, there literally was no more room in the catridge

[@GIR177]

@@thenerdbeast7375 Except the unused safari zone is in the game's internal files and can be accessed by hacking. It wasn't cut because there was "no more room", it was cut because they couldn't finish it.

[@xBox360BENUTZER]

@@GIR177 well only part of it is in so it could still be that they ran out of storage

[@rjd1922]

@@GIR177 Plus there were a bunch of early town maps (without event data) and other stuff unused on the cartridge that they could have deleted to make more space.

[@Frysbear]

Another thing I'd say Gen 8 got rid of was obstacles that required HMs to get past. I know they changed how they worked in gen 7, but they still had boulders to smash, rocks to push, and the weird bumpy rocks you couldn't walk on for some reason... I hadn't noticed until my last play through but in Gen 8 there is none of that. I think it really heightens the feeling of the routes being boring straight lines to the next town.

[@polygondeath2361]

Gen 8 was only somewhat fun because of competitive. Pretty fun despite my initial thoughts on dynamax. The story and map were awful

[@Frysbear]

@@polygondeath2361 Yeah I agree. Them making Compy way more accessible was great, but the rest feels really bare bones. Some of the characters are fun, but they don't really do much with them.

[@MidwestArtMan]

The thing I miss most from old Pokémon games is rematching regular trainers. After I beat the game, I like to go back to Pokémon I caught, but didn’t take to the elite four and then level them up like I did with the others. If I can’t rematch trainers, I would have to rely on wild encounters with their lower exp yields, so I don’t really do that anymore.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

GF in SwSh: *[removes Mega Evolutions]* Mawile and Kangaskhan's Viability: Adios

[@yorecf9641]

Don't forget about Lopunny, Glalie, Sableye, any hope for Beedrill if/when it comes back, Metagross and Salamence in upper tiers...

[@castform7]

Well at least Alakazam, Gengar, Lucario and Garchomp are fine.....which begs the question on why THEY needed Megas.

[@segunthepikachufan1470]

@@castform7 Lucario honestly needed the mega but other than that your right

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@segunthepikachufan1470 Plus we got rid of Mega Ray and the Primals

[@yorecf9641]

@@castform7 Lucario is currently NU Borderline so it definitely needs the mega. Gengar and Alakazam are UUBL. Really, their megas were to keep them solidly upper tier as power creep is a female Stoutland (and Gengar lost its immunity to Earthquake in Gen 7, so it really needs the extra power and speed now). The real question is why Mewtwo of all Pokemon needed TWO of them.

[@tricyclebicycle]

The thing is sword and shield didnt remove location based evolutions. They just removed every prior one and gave galarian yamask a weird specific location and condition in the wild area to evolve

[@199bobi]

I really like the Dex Nav from ORAS. Also Mega's in general, although that would have been a mess with dynamaxing, so I definitely understand why that got removed.

[@LimeLoaf]

Not really simply if you wear it no more dynamaxing on your team

[@zjzr08]

Some Megas have stats that are only comparable to pseudo-legendaries so it shouldn't be a problem for many of them - having only a Mega Stone which is useless after transforming also nerfs their power.

[@charlesnojinson4760]

@@zjzr08 Unless it's the AG Mega Rayquaz

[@Zactoshi]

KZbinr: **Mentions Gen 8** The Comments: 🤬😡😤👿

[@carlodomingo4592]

Hello

[@danielendless]

I know trash when I see it ey

[@snivy400]

In defense of the day/night cycle being removed in gen 3 it was likely due to the fact that the gameboy advanced lacked a back lit screen. If you look at the gba’s library of games you’ll notice that most of them have very bright colors in their artsyle and sprite work RSE being no exception which was done to make the games easier to see on such a dark screen. They likely didn’t bother with the feature simply because it would’ve made the game even harder to see at night

[@grydon6422]

Game boy color didn’t have that either but gen 2 managed just fine

[@snivy400]

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[@kristol569]

The gameboy, gameboy color and pockey didn't have backlight either. You couldn't play at night without a lightsource nearby

[@yunogasai1338]

@@kristol569 I remember having a stupid light clipped onto my GBA lol. And then battery acid destroyed it one summer when I was ten. The SP was a good upgrade so my sadness didn't last long.

[@PeruvianPotato]

2 words: GBA SP

[@dannigro8794]

The VS seeker was amazing and the secret bases were pretty cool

[@tarragoncake1556]

Both should come back.

[@PainCausingSamurai]

Things I miss from Gen. 1: 1) Creepy/Sinister story elements 2) Broken Slash mechanics 3) Sandslash being useful

[@real-horse]

Also in gen 5 the percussion stops when you stop moving for the most part I think

[@Ricaidius]

Technically Gen 1 removed the ability to pick your Starter with yellow. It was only 1 game and came back with Gen 2 but still.

[@ba11ard]

You end up getting all of the starters in yellow though.

[@joshernsteen2066]

You get Bulbasuar from a lady in a house when Pikachu has max friendship value, Charamander from a trainer outside a certain route and Squirtle from the Police officer outside Lt. Surges gym in the game, after you beat him up and get a gym badge, I believe.

[@cattiston374]

Yeah, the only other games who also have fixed starters would be the GameCube ones, Colosseum/XD, though at least XD you can evolve your started lol

[@bobromorca7198]

It is pretty funny that megaevolutions were looked down upon when first introduced but it also grew on a lot of people. Including me. It gave a new life to many old pokemon or pokemon that were not usable. Plus it had okay lore. With Z moves, most moves are not really worth sacrificing the item slot. Can't say much about dynamaxing cause I have never played Sword and Shield, I am one of those whose passion for pokemon died after seeing where the games were heading. Really wish that they gave the developers more time to work on the pokemon games to create the best product that they could be proud of.

[@joshernsteen2066]

Nintendo has their own reasons as to why they make the games the way that they do. It could also be related to the technical problems that they are having behind the scenes of the games development like it was trying to program pokemon gold and silver. They wanted to remake Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire as faithful as possible to the original game. By the way, you are probably missing TM Sludge Bomb in the game. They already gave their warning inside of Ruby and Sapphire about exactly what the player base would be doing surrounding the issue. I think that they actually wanted to the idea about the other flying pokemon in the game, but they probably jotted down to the idea to be used at a later time for another game. Deoyss would not even be inside of the game to be captured, if someone did not make a particular comment way back when Nintendo was doing the tours around the US in certain cities handing out the Aurora Ticket for Fire Red and Leaf Green. They did infact handout the Aurora Ticket for Emerald, but only for 1 day. Thankfully I found someone on Ebay selling the custom cartridge for Aurora Ticket for Emerald. He is not doing it anymore since it likely took out a lot of the credit to even be able to have it to sell in the first place. I found offered by the seller shortly after I found the footage on KZbin explaining exactly when and where Nintendo was handing out the Aurora Ticket for Emerald for a day only.

[@cavestoryfan10]

While the concept idea for Megas was "what if pokémon could evolve another time" (which is something literally any player had fantasized) z moves and dynamax only give out the feeling of "What if we made a new gimmick for this gen?".

[@castform7]

Kalos has to be the worst one. Yeah yeah, "Dexit", I know but Kalos took away so much good stuff. The music changing depending on the circumstance, the different gym themes, seasons. Just a lot of quality of game stuff stripped away.

[@maximumbeans9310]

For me, Kalos marks the point where GF tried to relegate most of their world building to story and dialogue rather than features and exploration. It’s less of a fleshed out world which is a shame because the region itself is gorgeous. It could have been one of the best ever.

[@browncow5210]

I'd argue before Galar, Hoenn was the worst offender. The original Dexit, no Day/Night and the subtle changes that came with them, no Ditto making breeding far more restricted, you only get one box legendary, practically no postgame in Ruby and Sapphire, and your rival is a joke of a challenge who doesn't even fully evolve their starter. There are actually fewer Pokemon available to catch in Ruby or Sapphire than Gold or Silver. The time system in Johto and its events made it feel like a world that's going about its business in spite of what you're up to, while Hoenn just feels stagnant and unchanging. This is the point where they started focusing far more on story, which this series is seldom good at, instead of gameplay which is normally its strength.

[@pedromonteiro2248]

Kalos is the best generation ever! Just Mega evolution crashes to ash anything that Gen 5 tried to make good. Gen 6 made me enjoy Pokémon again after I drop the franchise because of Unova.

[@zjzr08]

I will say it did give things like active backgrounds that give items when you use a particular attack, PSS, Amie, and I guess 3D models, although I agree those weren't utilized well.

[@windhelmguard5295]

seasons were a garbage mechanic. seriously whoever had the idea to lock content behind potentially needing to wait for nine months, woke up that morning and chose violence.

[@RocketJo86]

Wow, you made me realize what it was, that I didn't like in Sun and Moon. There where all those little features I loved in Gen 6 that went missing just one game later. This in combination with all those unskippable cut-scenes and characters you can only either like or hate and (at least in my opinion) just overall missed "feel" of the region made it hard for me to appriciate Alola in the first couple of runs. I only recently come to like the games a bit more, mostly by realizing how big of a Pokémon choice there is in the beginning. Still very flawed games, though.

[@debug77-B]

the cut-scenes are like 15 seconds long

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

Alola is extremely handholdey and rather tedious at the beginning because of that, but the core gameplay in Alola is miles ahead of Kalos and Galar.

[@CabbageYippee]

GTS makes sense being in home, it means you dont have to spend money on Switch online while the free version of home exists, and you get full national dex functionality. It isnt very hard to defend that decision, it’s simply impractical to exist in SwSh.

[@UltraBall23]

You don’t even have to buy the games to get the new Pokémon now.

[@layerex3957]

@@UltraBall23 Yeah, you could theoretically get them all for free in GO.

[@Taenarius]

Counterpoint, listing a GTS trade now takes significantly longer as you have to transfer between 2 devices and have to install an external app. Sure, in Home, it is free to do so without giving Nintendo money, but that doesn't mean the GTS (A core feature at this point) should have been cut from the main game. The decision is pretty much indefensible.

[@CabbageYippee]

@@Taenarius no not really it doesn’t take that long, you dont install the app every time you make a process and a transfer doesn’t actually take that long, it literally makes no sense to have to worry about a GTS function in every game when it would be better for the consumer to have it in an app you have more freedom with.

[@Taenarius]

@@CabbageYippee You can't just say you have more freedom, especially when that statement isn't true. Fundamentally the GTS feature is the same as the one introduced in gen 4, pick a pokemon, ask for a pokemon and a level range and you're done. It would have been the same in the game, save the premium slots, that I must stress cost extra money. It is better for the consumer for it to be in both the game and the app, to say anything otherwise is apologism. Home isn't terrible, the ability to trade away from the switch is nice, but it should not be required.

[@Dusxio]

Honestly, the location based evolutions doesn't really seem like a 'best feature' ^^; Cool lore, sure. But I like being able to get my leafeon and glaceon under my control more lol

[@GoriazeTV]

Strongly disagree

[@JoshusBarber]

@@GoriazeTV I strongly disagree with your disagreement. I’m playing Black 2 for the first time right now, and I’m battling the elite 4 with an Eevee because Glaceon isn’t available until the postgame due to it being a location based evolution.

[@GoriazeTV]

@@JoshusBarber The problem is the eeveelution being post game mon's. Stone evolution are the most uninteresting evolution methode along with level up imo

[@jhomi3839]

I do agree. These location based evolutions are cool for the games they‘ve been introduced with, but should be changed in the next generation. These locations are meant to be memorable and give a bit of flavor to the region itself as well. If you think of Leafeon and Glaceon you should think of the moss and ice stones in Sinnoh; It gives these Pokemon this identity of belonging to Sinnoh. It loses it‘s identity when every region following Sinnoh has a place, where you can evolve these Pokemon. It doesn‘t make the landscape of Sinnoh as cool or unique anymore. The only reason to make location based evolutions is, to make these Pokemon more intertwined with the landscape of the region itself. I don‘t see a point to to implement a location in every following game, which intertwines with this Pokemon as well as a location in the region it originates from. Why do you even do location based evolutions, if you can find these locations in like every region?

[@tpayne7020]

Location based evolutions are annoying and restrictive.

[@ras_alhim]

Professor Sycamo's theme activated a flashback to 2013 in me...I'm getting old

[@Jdudec367]

Me too...it's so nostalgic.

[@sealcuddl3r]

They removed the Safari Zone for gen 2! I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned!

[@pn2294]

That’s because we’re the only ones who appreciated it sadly.

[@Liberaaiytb]

@Cerinol gen 2 actually had safari zone but incomplete

[@Liberaaiytb]

so technically isn't it removed?

[@etkefjsckwti3068]

@@Liberaaiytb hgss had on with a banging theme but not gsc

[@spongebobbatteries]

NGL that Lyra and Chikorita image looks insanely cute

[@RBGolbat]

Pokéathalon Forever! I am the Pokéathalon master and no one can dare challenge my supremacy

[@BurakkuHishou]

I definitely miss the secret bases feature, and Hoenn's a lot more than Sinnoh's. It's just cool to traverse across the map and find those little areas in either obvious or obscure places where you can have your own little place to call home and to decorate as you see fit. Then after you've connected to the internet, figure out where other's have made their secret bases and travel to them, see how they've constructed their secret base, and even battle them.

[@SquirtleSquado]

What ever happened to the VS Seeker Item? Im so confused why its not a thing anymore? Means you can go back and rebattle trainers. Pretty sure in some games, when you use the Vs Seeker to rebattle trainers, some of the trainers had actually gotten stronger.

[@jovannydiazabad6123]

Battle Frontier is something I'm surprised no one brings up as not being shown in BD & SP

[@Mgauge]

I had forgotten all about the seasons. It was one of many reasons Gen V was my favorite. It really added to the world.

[@DigiRangerScott]

There was one feature removed from the original Kanto games that wasn’t brought back until Generation 6 (7 off of mobile): MISSED BALL THROWS

[@BuizelCream]

Removing that feature is definitely considered as a life-quality update from here on out 😆

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@BuizelCream Well, Sword and Shield removed it, but because it wasn’t the same type of Gameplay as LGPE

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@BuizelCream That's for sure. It's a feature that only exists to aggravate people, the way I see it

[@maximumbeans9310]

I recently replayed Red on the 3DS virtual console and I’d completely forgotten this was a thing. Absolutely slapped me in the face.

[@DigiRangerScott]

@@maximumbeans9310 When Pokémon Go (which brought back the mechanic as a whole) launched and only had Kanto Pokémon it was an odd throwback

[@alphaareus]

God, i still remember the overwhelming joy and excitement i experienced learning about Latios and Latias flight for the first time. I remember being obsessed with those two pokemon for YEARS, so seeing them with not only their own mega forms, but also with a feature designed only for them, was,,, yeah, i was more that excited.

[@neonknight7348]

I really miss the medals from b/w 2 they gave some kind of challenge to most things

[@iLLya_]

Gen 5 was the peak in terms of music it's not even a competition but the downward spiral from 6 onward is pretty staggering

[@geridax7027]

The only thing they really removed in Gen 4 was a good game corner. D/P wasn't really slot machine-like, it depended on a ball on the bottom screen or not (yes, luck, but doesn't feel like actual gambling). The music was pretty dope tho.

[@ShadowMario3]

Hey, great video! Just want to mention that the footage used at 8:24 is actually from my channel!

[@shadowcelebi3595]

11:12 also because the games were bloatwares since they copied the lillie model so many times and used those copies for pretty much every cutscene instead of reusing the model. that right there is the reason why the games take up more space then they should.

[@vitopalmito2768]

"Best Removed Features in Every Pokemon Generation" Galar: *Everything*

[@dmtrsgrksrphl2501]

It's like Game Freak's idea of making each game unique they keep features in only one game

[@toumabyakuya]

Weird, why is nobody mentioning B2/W2 Shortcut list feature (where you could mark any and all menus and Key Items and could be accessed by pressing "Y")? That streamlined playthrough's a lot and made accessing anything not only easier but faster too!.

[@Missingno0479]

I'm pretty sure they kept that feature through out the generations once it was introduced

[@toumabyakuya]

@@Missingno0479 Nope, that one only exists in B2/W2. Gen 6 oesn't have one and Gen 7 only lets you register 4 Key items at a time.

[@HighPricedManiac]

Gen 4 really had everything

[@joshernsteen2066]

Gen 4 was actually everything that Nintendo could put in at the time of release, they included making the Membership Pass accessible to used by action replay. They made sure for a fact that the player could get both orbs before even starting the game without fighting any trainers with the wall through walls cheat code. They explained that was intended to be used by single children or people who cannot afford both games. They then mentioned to male sure that you turn off the cheat code and then play the game normally until you encounter your game legendary. They did not mention anything about how using other cheat codes will affect affect the legitimacy of the items. Although they did immediately remedy the situation with encountering Munchlax on trees as soon as possible, since they were fully aware if his existence. They just did not put into the game with the reason being something related waiting for the game to get remade or something like that. Nintendo fully gave an explanation as why exactly they did what they did.

[@frylock456]

I never see anyone mention this, but in gen 5, they took out the option to assign the L button to work as the A button. Not really THAT noticeable, but that feature used to make level grinding more bearable. They brought it back in gen 6 though

[@jwanie366]

11:54 you are spot on with that. Having Dynamax, Megas, and Z-moves all in one game would’ve been an absolute nightmare for VGC players. Megas seem to be more loved by non-competitive players, as a lot of people in the VGC community have negatively criticized them

[@pedromonteiro2248]

Megas are missed by Competitive and non-competitive players. In every corner of Pokémon community is asked by the megas returns. What are you talking about.

[@pn2294]

@@pedromonteiro2248 Nostalgia. People only started missing it once they got rid of it.

[@pedromonteiro2248]

@@miikapm2 There are always some hater in Pokémon community crying about something. Pokefans love to be contrarians... But Megas always has been worldwide praised as the best feature of all Pokémon games.

[@pedromonteiro2248]

@@pn2294 No. Nostalgia is to praise gen 5 nowadays. Megas has been generally praised since day one of XY. Check out how many views the video withe the announce and presentation of the new megas has (in Pokémon official channel in KZbin).

[@pn2294]

@@pedromonteiro2248 Gen 5 was actually good.

[@korsaiyajinkami3766]

How could you forget the best feature from Gen 2 that Gen 3 removed? That being more than one region.

[@saiyan4414]

can’t believe you didn’t mention the friend Safari being removed.

[@kerrywien6775]

And don’t forget that Victory Road isn’t even in Generation 8. So that’s disappointing too because Victory Road is one of the best areas in Pokémon because it’s a maze to traverse the Cave of Victory Road before facing the Pokémon League.

[@kerrywien6775]

Reintroduced safari zone please since it’s good for exploration and home to rare pokemons. And no, friend safari isn’t a safari zone, because it’s just a smaller version of safari zone and safari zone is way bigger than friend safari and more open for exploration.

[@241164jman]

As a bit of a counter argurment to your overworld sprites arguement for Johto, those games are a miracle to begin with. They managed to fit all of the kanto and johto onto a single gameboy cartridge, so storage was at its absolute limit. As well as the fact that those games are held together by duct tape and a dream anyway.

[@davidtrojanowski1861]

I will never understand game freak. You’d think after 30 years they’d be able to take the best part of every gen and put it into a single awesome game. Sometimes it feels like they’re going backwards.

[@neotono5536]

They cut corners wherever they can now. Its obvious they don't care about the games anymore and its all about corporate greed.

[@davidtrojanowski1861]

@@neotono5536 crazy considering Pokemon is the highest grossing IP on the planet right now. You'd think spending a little more money to hire more staff or extend the games development would be no problem for them. But like you said, a lot of these companies no longer care about a quality product they care about pre orders, DLC and making as much money off this cash cow as they possibly can.

[@stevenquartz3743]

Top 3 best features that got removed (For really no good reason) 1. Challenge mode(We will surely miss you) 2. Following pokemon(Sword and Shield + BDSP do not and should not count under any metric) 3. Certain shiny hunting methods(Chain Fishing, Pokéradar, SOS chains) The franchise would be better if they innovated consistently while maintaining the greatness of the features they introduced.

[@MuhammadAmin-ov4uv]

Weather based themes would be nice in kalos but seriously x and y is very underrated it has some real nice themes as part of the ost like the powerplant theme , main kalos theme , most route themes ,and the legendary battle theme for the box art legendary

[@dzigayu4944]

Dexnav, one of the most versatile quality of life features ever introduced. It not only gave you a way to encounter whatever Pokémon available in the area that you want, but also gave you an alternative method to obtain egg moves, perfect IVs, hidden abilities and Shiny Hunt, in addition to making finding every Pokémon and filling the Dex way more convenient since it let you know when you encountered or registered every Pokémon available in a given area. I have absolutely no clue why this feature was discontinued or why people don't talk much about it, I guess it is because its from ORAS which people tend to forget and view negatively I guess?

[@christopherlane6372]

One feature I miss from the game which is a very small one at that.. Yet one I miss the most is the ability to cut grass in the over world. Granted that'll be gone when the HM for cut is removed.. I get it. Yet the interaction with the over world like in the older gen games I miss in the new gen

[@DexTag]

Kanto: They did not remove anything *MissingNo would like to have a word with you*

[@castform7]

I would NEVER want to live in a world where Megas, Z-Moves AND Dynamax are in the game. Two regional mechanics was already to much in SM. Imagine all 3 in one game. Yeah, no thanks.

[@eli2210]

That’s why tiers and bans exists. You could make tournaments for only megas, z moves, or D-maxing

[@momom5429]

Technically it would be 5! If Megas and Z-moves were in, you'd also have Primal Reversion and Ultra Burst. Soooo yeah, have fun with that. (:

[@kerrywien6775]

Don’t forget that gyms were also removed in Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and were replaced by island challenge/trials.

[@AndrewVaughanOfficial]

The removal of the day-and-night cycle in Gen 3 was because there were concerns about people losing save-files, especially in Crystal version.

[@____thecommenter1569]

Kanto: they did not remove anything The beta design leaks: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I could never figure out how to get the difficulty settings to work in B2W2.

[@Liberaaiytb]

challenge mode and easy mode?

[@sillyman2]

I long for the return of being able to fly around the world as a form of quick travel like in ORAS.

[@-voiddemoni-9243]

Honestly I still think Megas were a good thing to be removed. They were a good idea but honestly done horribly because they only gave them to the already good Pokémon and not the ones that needed it

[@thevaultdweller4709]

I didn’t even notice the evolution things for Gen 8!! Although Galarian Yanmask has a location evolution

[@ShadowSora8491]

I wish GF never removed having to go to a special location to catch an event Pokémon

[@Cool_Kid95]

I like the removal of location based Evolutions for Eevee. It makes it more consistent and gives those stones more use.

[@NoahDaGreat]

Honestly I really enjoy Dyna/Gigantimax over Z-Moves and Megas. I know it's controversial but I view them as a happy medium between the 2. Instead of a single use (Z-Move) that provide a single buff. And 3 turns Instead of the full time (mega) and give either buffs/debuffs to you or your opponent. I feel like it could've been improved on if they gave each Gigantimax unique abilities, though I feel like it would break things in the game.

[@sammydray5919]

Depending on impactful the buffs max moves provide or just the ability to wreak havoc for three whole turns, dynamax is far stronger than permanent megas. Megas took away your item slot (except mega rayquaza) which is huge in competitive battling and the limited amount of megas meant that it was much easier to predict which mon was the mega or predict when the opponent might dynamax could determine the flow of the entire battle if you predict right. Not to mention megas that changed abilities often had completely different play styles pre and post mega. Like how manectric users would delay mega evolution just to utilise its lightning rod ability before finally evolving. Or how sableye would not mega evolve just to utilise its prankster ability and would only evolve when magic bounce was needed. Then there were mons like garchomp who just never used their megas because of the loss of speed. Point is as restrictive megas were distribution wise, they were a great addition to the game and competitive as a whole. Now I am not saying dynamax is bad or unskilled. Vgc and doubles in general have shown just how skillful it is and how much creativity it allows. However as far as singles go, dynamax is HORRIBLY designed (which is kinda bad since almost all of your in game campaign is single battles and the game itself doesn't really do anything to push players towards doubles even though thats the official format). There is a reason why dynamax got banned from basically all tiers. Point is while dynamax is universally available, its just too unbalanced and only designed with one format in mind while completely disregarding the other. Which is just bad game design.

[@yusefjefferson2576]

Who remembers in Gen 4 during online battles able to use revives and items

[@CelticVizard]

I miss HMs... I grew up with these and they honestly had some good attacks in them. So what if Cut & Rock Smash were duds!? That what, 6 outta 8 good attacks.

[@pn2294]

If a Pokémon isn’t perfect, people don’t care about it.

[@kristophesiem5336]

The attacks still exist, the problem was the fact that you had to give bad movesets to good mons or bring a MO slave to advance through some parts of the game

[@pn2294]

@@kristophesiem5336 I never bring slaves. Ruins the experience

[@Stinkoman87]

I miss field moves. I loved how you don't need HMs to complete the story of gen 5, but you could still use them to open up side paths to explore or shortcuts through dungeons.

[@CelticVizard]

Maybe I should explain further... I miss the entirety of HMs. The HM focused Pokémon, too. It was simply part of the game.

[@Mgauge]

I can honestly say I haven’t heard anyone complaining about the location evolutions being replaced by stones. I know I was not amused to know that the Charjabug I got in the first two hours of the game couldn’t evolve until 85% through the game for no reason.

[@Ditidos]

I think location-based evolutions are fine but like, when the location the Pokémon evolves in is not really too late into the game.

[@sammydray5919]

I think location based evolutions are fine if handled as just an additional option. Like if you dont want to wait till you get to the location you can use a rare item to force it early

[@Ditidos]

@@sammydray5919 In the end it can be the same thing, though. Like, if there is no way to get an Ice Stone until Snowpoint city it doesn't really matter if it is location based or not. It's just too late. That said, Chargestone Cave wasn't that far into the game to allow evolution. Similarly, Mount Cornet is even better since you pass through it multiple times in the game. But Alola was really bad in this regard, though, almost all location-based evolutions were very late-game content. That's not saying location-based evolutions themselves are flawed, just that the Alola games did it horrendously.

[@sammydray5919]

@@Ditidos very true. Alola just seemed to handle it very poorly

[@felipedestickman]

I wish they had Gen 1 features... Wait... They did not remove anything! Aww yeah.

[@browncow5210]

I would argue being able to just walk up and buy evolution stones.

[@Stinkoman87]

They removed a lot of bugs. Also they removed the Special stat.

[@RikelWirkkunen]

“Back to the video” *ad plays*

[@GamerBoyDevin]

The pokemon breeders in B2/W2 were seemingly the only rematches but they would refresh the second you reloaded the area. Used that to get mad money and easy levels. Especially the one with the Liepard that used fakeout.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

I miss seasons. They should've carried it over to Kalos and Galar. Alola didn't really need it.

[@Stinkoman87]

I wish the weather in the wild area was weighed by season. More likely to see snow in the winter and more likely to have bright sun in the summer.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

Such a missed opportunity for that as well

[@josephgonzales4549]

Was so shock that toxic isn't a tm in Gen. 8. Also shocked, that it is illegal to use Umbreon with toxic move in rank battle.

[@LautaroArgentino]

Am I the only one who actually disliked the removal of HMs? I feel using ride pokemon removes quite a bit of the adventure aspect of the games.

[@majoraborne403]

2 years too late but nope! Would’ve liked them as 5th or sixth slots only to be used in the overworld if we didn’t want it in combat though. Simple fix and you still get to ride around with your favorites not be forced to fly around with Charizard A La Gen VII

[@skalty9868]

I literally cannot imagine how you have this opinion. What’s inherently more “adventurous” about having a random Pokémon take up a space that you don’t use for anything but field moves? It’s JUST an annoyance

[@adnagapot]

One fun things about Kanto, I really love the hyper beam doesn't need a recharge turn if you ko a Pokemon with it, I really wish that had stuck around

[@MuhammadAmin-ov4uv]

Mega evolution was amazing pokemon that were easily tossed aside benefited greatly though odd thing to see is when we had mega evolution people hated it but when it was gone people who hated it wanted it back though mega evolution is the only mechanic that pokemon actually built upon with lore , history , heck there is even a separate timeline specific to mega evolution that exsists right beside the regular timeline there was a great war , and some pokemon became overpowered hou already know which pokemon I'm talking about hopefully it does come back in the future as it was awesome.

[@montecristosmith2343]

Pretty much a classic case of people not knowing what they have until they've lost it

[@imperialwyvern]

Truer words haven't been said.

[@sunifred8517]

I'd also add that Ruby/Shappire and Fire Red/Leaf Green removed the animated sprites feature added in Crystal. Fortunately, they returned in Emerald

[@justinr.507]

I pretend that swsh take place in the "The weapon wasn't fire" timeline.

[@GumCow]

No need to pretend, that is their timeline. Unless they update it

[@justinr.507]

@@GumCow so like the zelda timeline

[@shaobues]

5:06 This makes a lot of sense. Johto is the region that sticks out to me the least, likely because it doesn't differentiate enough from Kanto

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Actually replacing location based evolution with evolution through evolutionary stone was best possible decision. Though even better would be removing of trade based evolution (it's one of the stupidest thing in whole Pokemon). And worst was removing Mega Evolution, which was IMO best feature in Pokemon history.

[@scubasteevo7013]

"No one region is supposed to have all the gimmicks, so that there wouldn't be an obvious favourite." Romhackers: You've only given me more power!

[@hank2188]

I miss HMs as they added a bit of Zelda into it. I love those puzzles. But I’m also an old pokemon fan who prefers gen 1-4 over anything else

[@Liberaaiytb]

HMs were awful in gen 4, thank god they removed it

[@danethehero2729]

I wouldn't mind HMs, they were the best way to add, as you said, a Zelda-like progression to the world. The bad part, especially in Gen 3 and 4, is that they cannot be forgotten, forcing you to get stuck with many suboptimal moves that you cannot get rid of unless you talk with one specific NPC (and it doesn't help that in most cases he's right near the end of the game, by which point HM slaves have already become dead weight in battle). If they could be forgotten like normal moves or have a way to work around at least the important ones (Surf, Fly, Strength - like ORAS' Eon Flute, which is basically a better version of the Fly HM in all but name), I definitely wouldn't mind them.

[@ethan_6strings186]

I played Gen 8 for like an hour and realized something In that time The biggest thing they removed from Pokémon was fun (And cool new designs I’m sorry that dark grass monkey is cool but he can’t carry the whole gen of decent at best designs)

[@BunchyPanther42]

For the 3 gimmicks, it could be balanced, just only allow the trainer to use one gimmick per battle

[@AlienSnowflake]

Subbed *-* You got a nice voice and how you explained everything

[@Gunter4life]

"There are no location based evolutions in gen8" Galarian yamask: am i joke to you?

[@SuperAceCrusher]

Looks like I've found another gem of a Poketuber. Great content bro!

[@phupham2946]

Honestly, if can chose between Dynamax, Mega or Z-move, I will always go for Mega. Litterally, Mega is what make certain pokemon special and deserved attention. Z-move and Dynamax do not bring those special feeling, because simply, hey any pokemon can use Z-move or Dynamax, what so special about that. Gigatamax is just fancy Dynamax, no point there.

[@ScorpionNova]

tbf, in Gen 2, they did cram 2 regions into one cartridge, took up alot of space

[@kesofcom7578]

The thing in generation 1 they removed that I was curious about. How would have a truly neutral type have turned out? No resistances/weaknesses and nothing that has a weakness or resistance/immunity. They likely would need to balance it by weakening overall stats. But curious how it would have effected the meta.