DLC Pokémon Meme Review

[@patrickritacco3361]

“5 year olds are welcome. As long as they don’t do anything legally classified as labour. GO TEAM SKY!” I’m dying 💀💀💀

[@neotono5536]

I wouldn't have though laws would really matter to an evil team. After all this is the same man who told a woman her dress must fall.

[@bluebaron6811]

Can't wait for Mikey to do an Alola playthrough Team Sky when he finds Celesteela. "This is a behemoth... of THE *SKY!!!*

[@mecen8]

Solution: they do it them selves. You can’t call it labor if they’re the one who chooses to steal.

[@realsalu634]

Guess Lockstin can't be in the team, considering his "child labor" usage....

[@beanieboo-M.K.Y]

Does fighting count as child labor?

[@Cat.In.A.Wig.]

Lance literally says “not all dragon Pokémon are dragon type”, so Mikey’s philosophy with Team Sky is perfectly sound

[@10EightyPlays]

Yup makes sense. We need a third type for that.

[@MaxineInYourWifi]

@@10EightyPlays ah yes. the "fakers" type

[@RabblesTheBinx]

He was just talking out his butt so people would stop calling him Bird Keeper Lance

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

Champion Orange: Back in my day, Dragons were Dragons not Trees

[@Hibiki_Adolla]

@@MaxineInYourWifithe wannabe type

[@DR3RB]

As a deaf viewer of your videos, I love all the visualization and and effort you put in your videos thank you for making my life so much easier and as always I love the video!

[@mooncake8059]

Ok that’s wholesome

[@wooperman6960]

As someone who has ehh hearing, ( yours is so much worse, cant imagine) its so helpful too. Crazy how such s thing improves the quality of it so much

[@StoryTheSilly]

wholesome

[@silversleeper1193]

Hello fellow deafie! I agree!

[@Mr.Duckly69]

atleast im not alone

[@KalosChampionThunder]

The fact that Mikey can read unown better than cursive proves he is a Pokémon fan

[@mcfedoris1]

True

[@Shonarina]

I mean, unown are just letters with eyes so..

[@YOURETRAPPEDINHEREWITHMEMAGGOT]

I'm the same way

[@Madeline-z3k]

Yes but I can read both so what does that mean

[@ImGrassy2763]

Don’t you mean “unknown”?

[@skylon01]

Fun fact about Brennan Lee Mulligan since you mentioned his monologues: he literally has to force himself not to talk that way every single day of his life. It’s straight up his natural state. Crazy.

[@Charizmon]

(11:00) That is a good theory, but I think the real reason to why Violet sold more is because people preferred Miraidon over Koraidon, Ceruledge over Armarouge, and/or Turo over Sada and also because before the games released, many people didn’t look at the new Pokémon so they didn’t know about the Paradox forms yet. I also think that people though maybe it was time to choose the second game instead of the first. Example: People normally prefer Red over Blue, and you normally say Pokemon Red and Blue, not Blue and Red.

[@RambleBeard]

I 100% agree with this. I tend to prefer the first of the two games when mentioning them together like red over blue, ruby over sapphire, etc so that’s why I prefer scarlet. However, I do enjoy shiny hunting and riding around in Violet better because of the design of Miraidon.

[@kamou8499]

literally everyone was saying scarlet is better but more people ended up choosing violet😂

[@Charizmon]

@@kamou8499, for me it was the opposite, I've heard many more people wanting Violet and getting Violet.

[@kiryn5977]

For me, it was all that, plus the fact that I'd much rather be forced into wearing purple clothes over scarlet/orange. XD Also, the biggest deciding factor for me when choosing which game to start with is the version exclusive Pokemon that I can use on my in-game playthrough team, and the majority of the Paradox Pokemon are locked to the post-game (as the only one that's feasible to use is the ex-Titan Great Tusk/Iron Treads), so for me, the designs of the Paradox Pokemon didn't really matter as much.

[@YourRyeBread]

I thought it was just people preferring the purple lmao

[@catalyst539]

The one about Arven saying: “You really ruined my whole childhood, you know” to Terapagos fits because Terapagos is the Disk Pokemon that influenced Sada/Turo to want to bring Ancient/Future Pokemon to the present day. Them researching this and not spending time with Arven is what ruined his childhood, though the one who made them think that way was Terapagos. Cue Agatha All Along

[@cesarflamenco9484]

After completing the story, I basically came up with my own little DLC storyline that is meant to be the true finale to these games. As you can imagine, it basically goes back to Terapagos and the Professors.

[@BJGvideos]

But then that wasn't true and they only found Terapagos later on

[@barrybend7189]

I think with Suicune and it's paradox form brings up the idea of that Hoho much like the phoenix always brings back the same idea of its guardians but uses a different base pokemon. So for all we know theres 3 prehistoric versions of those pokemon and the newest iteration of them is a Hoho essence infused Spearo and 3 eeveelutions as the newest guardians.

[@ashtiller7471]

That or the paradox pokemon are what ho-oh used to base the forms of the legendary beasts on.

[@IdaMcClendon]

@@ashtiller7471 no, it is legitimately, said in the lore in both the games and the enemy Pokémon with no names at all died in that fire, therefore that automatically disconfirming the whole jolteon, flareon, and vaporeon dying in that fire and geting revived because seven back then those three existed and where already named by humans! No no these “PAST” paradox Pokémon lore leget state in the games THEY DONT HAVE ANY REAL NAMES ONLY MADE UP NAMES!

[@lyssadee3832]

Hearing that Mikey practices eloquently worded tyraids to try and be like Brennen Lee Mulligan is the cutest thing I've heard all day 🥰

[@JadenLeeKC]

I love this series as it keeps me sane unlike others.

[@AshleyCha-t2w]

Nice

[@Ditto.007]

Lmao, ifor me its the opposite, it drops my IQ but in a good way as I feel more relaxed

[@kvakq]

"others"?

[@xavier2492]

Watching this video was a great start to my morning!!

[@elliemcmullen7662]

The song at the start I love it’s very funny

[@Yellowmankey]

To explain the applin at 1:37, giving an applin to someone, you confess your feelings to them and ensure a happy future together

[@hlaw2830]

>confess your feelings Ban anime, lol.

[@zoeyvalkyrie]

It's specifically mentioned in a Sword and Shield sidequest that gives an Applin evo item as a Galarian tradition. Incidentally, the Hassel/Brassius shippers have latched on to Hassel having a Flapple.

[@AxelWedstar411]

​@@hlaw2830 Quit being such a baka.

[@TheUltima_Werewolf]

​@@zoeyvalkyrie People are shipping them together?

[@hlaw2830]

@@AxelWedstar411 My guy, I'm one of the last intelligent people in the Western world, after all, the people who claim to stand with Ukraine have embraced an ideology predicated on the idea that ethnically cleansing 9,000,000 Ukrainians wasn't going far enough, lol.

[@Flamaro]

the animator made John look so smug when saying "when you are PM7 you get more shinies" i love it lol

[@bridgettewade4167]

Zebstrika could definitely use an evolution! It's such a cool pokemon and deserves some more love and attention

[@jmurray1110]

Also we just need more wide spread physical electric moves

[@Moonbagel07]

2 MILLION!!! Well done for getting this far. I’ve been here for a while and you’ve helped my life so much, this is very deserved.

[@cryofrost3164]

Yeah I just saw now!!!!!!!!

[@germany8339]

👌

[@marcusmendyka]

yes

[@vorpalpizza3250]

Abso-friggin-lutely! We did it!🥲🤩

[@dragonslayeralex3316]

2 MILL!

[@eeveegirl5189]

Love how you defend Team Star because I love them so much as well! Obviously they aren't evil, but their story is so heart warming and dear to my heart 💜 Also that foreshadowing 🤣

[@ElectroFeather]

Friendly reminder, Google has also said: "How many people speak Swedish?": Google: AT LEAST 10

[@SemiHypercube]

Still would've been cool if Walking Wake and Iron Leaves looked like fusions of their trios, like how Iron Valiant is a fusion of Mega Gardevoir and Mega Gallade

[@Altamos0023]

I've been wondering if they'll integrate a form of fusion in the final dlc and perhaps we do indeed create their trios into 1 mon

[@jojidubi4]

Maybe we could have Paradox forms for Raikou, Entei, Cobalion, and Terrakion in the future with them teasing and baiting us about it.

[@Jupue]

They could also fuse in the dlc

[@vijaykrishnamoorthy9421]

Mikey: Figures out how wailord can float Also Mikey: Can't pop one of those pop balls in time to the pokemon meme review clapping

[@turtlemaster872]

My theory for Violet being more popular is that Miraidon gives a better first impression. When I first saw Miraidon, it looked like a sick robot lizard, but Koraidon was just a dinosaur with a tube on its neck. More recently, though, I have come to like Koraidon more.

[@ju5t.v1bez]

I want Violet because I like the legend on Violet better and I love the robot aesthetic of the future paradoxes. Iron Valiant is what I need

[@SatanicKale]

I personally like Koraidon more but it's kind of weird that he has wheels on his body but never uses them unlike Koraidon who actually uses them and has a boost.

[@intergalactic92]

The irony is that I picked violet because my brother wanted to get Scarlet, and I was fairly indifferent so picked the opposite.

[@turtlemaster872]

@@intergalactic92 What's ironic about that? I would just call it smart.

[@pinkponypuppy9586]

I got violet because my friend and I wanted to both get them so we got the opposite, she got scarlet and I got violet, she then left that game bc she didn’t like it and I was stuck with some goofy robot, while I like the uniform colors and the robot itself I rather have the past pokemon then the machine ones bc they look more badass lmao, I’m still sorta salty how I chose violet lmao. I was shocked that violet was more famous because I thought everyone wanted the scarlet, since yk “cool lizard”

[@mihaelabarrett5680]

5:02 My theory is that the "paradox" is just suicine sent to the past (Like the main character in hisui that was pulled from modern day sinnoh) and that suicune was in a loop of the past untill the machine that pulled the other paradoxes from the past, out pulled the suicune out of the loop and it aged in the loop so it looked like more dino like from age. That is my answer. 8:07

[@MagusAgrippa8]

I don’t actually think there’s only one of Suicune, Entei, and Raikou like the SpongeBob meme implied. Entei has dex entries talking about being born from volcanic eruptions, the shiny forms canonically exist, you can catch roaming beasts but there’s also certain characters who canonically own a member of the trio, etc.

[@Lunakinesis]

I have both but I just really love Miraidon for giving me so much nostalgia for all those robo-pets that were popular in the 90s-2000s. I also just like Violet's uniforms better and since we're stuck in them, yeah... it makes me play Violet more.

[@Its_F8]

Walking wake=the ancestor to the pokemon that died in the tower, when Ho-oh revived it, it made it more like its ancestor to have a higher shot at survival. I'm just so happy at least one meme mentions this

[@madnessarcade7447]

Ho-oh’s resurrection of the three mysterious Pokémon works the same way as mega evolution for aerodactyl and salamence does. All three Pokémon come from the same common ancestors and ho-oh awakened different parts of their genetics for what suited them in modern day the best I’ve said the samething glad I’m not alone

[@jamesscherck7385]

Another theory: the paradox beasts are the exact ones that died in the tower

[@maverickckj]

I got Violet solely because you ride of Miraidon instead of Koraidon. You can always get any of the scarlet paradox pokemon or game exclusives through trade, but you can't change your ride pokemon no matter what you do.

[@drippymario2830]

Yeah scarlet fans be getting a bit too mad that people like riding on a literal MECH LIZARD then a dinosaurs. Yes, I love dinosaurs, but I like Mech lizard more.

[@abdizur8765]

19:30 Don't know why but John crushing Mikey's hopes and dreams has me rolling on the floor so bad 😂

[@frazzianimations9027]

It a little something called salt 😂

[@amareeocart5116]

I love how the claps get weirder and weirder

[@The_powerhouse_of_the_cell69]

It's like the better call Saul intros

[@Ditto.007]

Wait until 5 years down the line, trust me it gets crazy in the future 😳

[@bestleefboi]

​@@Ditto.007are you a time traveller?

[@Rose-yx6jq]

​@@Ditto.007 how weird?

[@Rose-yx6jq]

​​@@bestleefboi you're perfection. Bulbasaur is best leafy boi.

[@sriramsaravana5984]

Mikey just playing with a pop it, a truly wonderful intro.

[@Ditto.007]

And his confusion with it 😂

[@DandTBros]

Yeah

[@WhosNathan_]

my adhd needs more

[@delorischambers6182]

I loved the animation for every time John found a shiny

[@youtube-kit9450]

Can't stop stressing how much better quality the posts featured became after the curation. Also helps that you're enjoying it a lot more again, it feels like.

[@michaelmann7816]

Just for reference, the Eeveelutions missing from Penny's team are Espeon and Glaceon. I've seen a theory as to why those two that points out that Penny doesn't really feel like a "walk in the sun" type of person and leaf stones are just easier to get hold of.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

My theory is that they're the two most superfluous Eeveelutions. Glaceon is basically worthless, as Vaporeon can use Ice-type moves and is better in every way, and Espeon is only really worthwhile for Poison-types, since Sylveon's there to counter Fighting-types, plus it has more utility because it covers Dark _and_ is a hard counter to Dragon. Granted, it gives her team a glaring weakness to Poison, but there isn't really a better mon to switch out, since having Leafeon for backup coverage is actually super-useful on a Veevee team, as it can cover Water/Ground-types that wall Jolteon or Water/Rock types that are neutral to Vaporeon. She probably _has_ an Espeon and a Glaceon. She definitely has at least one unevolved Eevee (you can see it with her in some of Dendra's classes). She just doesn't use them in battle because there's a team limit of 6.

[@CaptainvonDore]

I don't if it would be balanced but if I designed her team I would give her og 3 Eeveelutions, Sylveon and then she would have a gen 2 Eeveelution and a gen 4 Eeveelution but they will differ from Scarlet to Violet.

[@Zhane-xs5sj]

I’m pretty sure If Penny wanted to she could easily order a ice stone from someone either in paldea or one of the other regions we see she has no problem ordering merch.

[@Xytark4P]

@@RabblesTheBinx In regard to that Eevee: If you visit the same classes again after beating the main story, you will see that said Eevee has evolved into her Leafeon.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@Xytark4P maybe, maybe not. Arven brings a Maschiff to early classes and we _know_ that he canonically already had Mabosstiff before the story started. She easily could have just chosen to bring Leafeon to those classes, instead, since her classmates were all bringing evolved Pokémon by then, too.

[@awesometastic-1017]

For the paradox legendaries: I don’t remember where I saw this, but someone suggested that Paradox Suicuine is what suicuine looked like before Ho-oh revived it. It’s never confirmed anyway what Pokémon died in the Tower, even though it’s been suggested that they were starters, original eeveelutions, etc.

[@SirenPandaSabo]

The OG Eeveelutions makes more sense than the starters. If it was the starters, would we have seen a grass one? .3.

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

@@SirenPandaSabo Dark plot twist: the Grass type was so badly burned that there was nothing "grass" left about it that with what Ho-oh could manage it was revived as Electric type instead!

[@MaxWelton]

15:22 she tried to spell thicc correctly and Google wouldn’t let her

[@s24bro58]

25:03 "Find Groudon" has to be the best moment in this video

[@unitds27-delta]

idk i hate how hard it is to find him

[@frazzianimations9027]

Did they forgot to put him in?

[@treyrickey2423]

I think he's next t- wait no

[@concertpapyrus8361]

Wait, Groudon's in the image?

[@LosingThruLaughter]

should been overworld wailorad in sword and sheid(before caught

[@Gayliath]

That animated video of John catching shinies will live forever, rent free, in the warmest part of my heart ❤️

[@CrimsonPriestessofMiracles]

The video at 19:30 is a masterpiece! I can’t stop re-watching it! 💖

[@andreblueboy6019]

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU 100%!

[@SherbetSketcher]

It’s actually amazing lol

[@CrimsonPriestessofMiracles]

I request a video reaction from PM7 of the video as well! 😄

[@sparklestar6951]

Aw :,) ❤

[@xplainable4594]

@@sparklestar6951 It was great! also what was the ending music cause I like it a lot

[@zentendoxn8955]

10:57 Pokémon Moon & Ultra Moon: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@BrooksAnimationz]

Thats ****** dark blue!!

[@totalqualityanimations4855]

Personally I just prefer the Violet pokemon more. Each robot pokemon has a special feature, like Iron Bundle's bobblehead or Iron Leaves' swords.

[@Boredom-ds5yg]

Some of the Scarlet paradox Pokémon are really awesome, but the Violet paradoxes are more unique to me. We have plenty of organic looking Pokémon, but crazy robots? Hardly any!

[@roofwallplays7284]

5:09 I honestly think that the reason we know so little about what the beasts were beforehand was because of how much of a ruckus it would cause if there are ancient pokemon that still exist(fossils needed to be revived) and when they died Ho-oh just changed them to something more accustomed to the modern world

[@ZietheAlchemist]

Congrats on 2M, Mikey!! I've been watching your videos for over 4-5 years, and it's been incredible seeing your journey to get this far. I hope you can reach more milestones like this soon, we'll all be here cheering for you! Much love! 💙

[@eriksoderstrom8725]

5:05 suicune is what ho-oh believed that walking wake looked like

[@roberttoader464]

The Geodude at 32:19 refers to the amount of shiny Geodudes and Gravelers John found in Pokémon Legends Arkoos

[@fnfplayer4361]

Acually, when he says "Theres never been a purple colored game." He didnt remember about the cover for the 🟣pokemon moon🟣 game, purple with a giant lunar bat.

[@chamarama9323]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING

[@MaxmaPikachu]

it's more of a dark blue

[@TheRealSlowbroski]

Pokémon violet?

[@loganbyrd2597]

i’ve been watching mikey since he was at 500k, he’s now at almost 2 million, mikey has replied to me twice before and it just amazes me how he kept the same energy for so long, he never changed

[@SigmaSigma-xg8jg]

My theories behind the paradox legendary beasts is that they aren’t actually from the past, they are from the future, not as far into the future as violet paradoxes, but at some point in the future maybe like 100 years. They evolved from their reborn forms to become more powerful and dragon typing.

[@hisuianchar1548]

The amount of times I’ve been like “The reason they aren’t ancestors is because they’re PARADOXES!!!”. (Paradox means something self-contradicting, hence why walking wake is a PARADOX.)

[@t1r1g0n]

I mean they clearly aren't Pokemon that existed in the past or will exist in the future. The game itself more or less shows us that the time machine can't be a time machine, but must be an "imagination machine". Just because Saida/Turo believed they turly created a time machine doesn't mean they created one.

[@hisuianchar1548]

@@t1r1g0n exactly. Hence why paradox form makes the most sense, like how the amoongus form still has a pokeball. I’d not get why people try to overcomplicate it when it’s literally in the classification

[@hisuianchar1548]

@Arcana zero Studios good point. Base line: people need to stop getting these mixed up as ancestors or even forms. They’re an entirely different thing

[@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69]

@@hisuianchar1548 I agree with your initial point. Some of the Scarlet Paradoxes make sense as ancestors. Others not so much. This doesn't mean we should assume *ALL* the Paradoxes are ancestors. Like you said, they're called *Paradoxes* for a reason.

[@JoeThomas-lu6fy]

@@hisuianchar1548 According to Foongus' dex entries, no one knows why it looks like a Pokéball, and it's been posited that the Pokéball design is based on Foongus instead of the other way around. Brute Bonnet looking like a Pokéball is the one of the least weird things about Paradox Pokémon.

[@_sandakin_]

Mikey's confusion at the start had me laughing out loud 🤣 thanks for making my day mate :)

[@YourLocalCryptid164]

Grimmsnarl broke the trend of Fairy Types being cute but it fit more with the actual Folklore of The Fair Folk in many regions, especially England where SwSh was set XD

[@philspence3073]

the fuecoco meme reminds me of this sound off tiktok Person 1: Tchaikovski, Cannons are not instruments. Tchaikovski: Yes they are and I'm going to use 21 of them. Person 1: Tchaikovski no! Tchaikovski: Tchaikovski yes (Cannon sonata starts playing) Tchaikovski always yes!

[@BLfan4life]

for me personally when it comes to picking the game from the generation I wanna buy first, I almost always tend to lean more toward the blue one. Mostly because blue is my favourite colour but also because I tend to like the version exlcusives more in the blue one. And I got Violet mostly because I preferred the more futuristic stylizing as compared to the prehistoric one.

[@SoggySockssss]

Honestly though the violet paradoxes are kind of scary, they can faint and have no properties of robots other then their looks so they likely might have natural organs and nervous system…

[@NextgenTraveler91]

plus iron treads eats the herba mystica, and why would a robot eat so most likely that is the case.

[@zariasafonova7220]

You. I like how you think.

[@byzantine5761]

@@NextgenTraveler91 probably same as miraidon, either it gets super powered from the sheer strength of the HM or it is just an armor-plated cyclizar on some future herba mystica if you get what i mean

[@haroldgerken4835]

So they're basically robocop pokemon

[@randifloss]

You know its a good time when mikey does a new meme review

[@IIIC3YLOCO]

18:55 Mikey blushed so hard here. His face went so red 😂😂😂

[@Darthskippygp]

As someone who played and beat both Scarlet and Violet, I think the reason Violet sold more is because of which legend you ride. Even in the trailers Violet's motorcycle looked better than a dino frog just from how they moved

[@danbrads4711]

I was at 29:40 and I had a good feeling someone was gonna bring it up. I am proud to say that Mikey was rightfully victorious!

[@zandaka1763]

Really like how the new formats going. It gets less generic that way

[@ternodons3090]

My theory for the past paradoxes of the legendary beasts is that it wasn't Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon Ho-oh resurrected, but instead Walking Wake, Gouging Fire, and Raging Bolt who died in the Burned Tower.

[@b2j135]

I picked Violet solely because of Miraidon and Turo. I love them. I ended up making the right choice.

[@BJGvideos]

How did the twist about Turo hit you then?

[@ShinobiVIPER]

That restaurant comic and sparkle animation were absolutely brilliant, good jobs to the artists 🤣

[@phonehuawei6731]

Implement child rides on salamence

[@aehrol46]

The slides are definitely a great addition. I find myself smiling or laughing on them more than i did before

[@corynnightshade9049]

For the theory on why Violet sold more, I just got it because I genuinely liked the Paradox designs.

[@nightriva1992]

I think the problem with the violet paradoxes is that the official art don't give them justice, they look better in their animations (like iron leaves having 3 blades while attacking)

[@RabblesTheBinx]

Nah, the problem is that the majority are basically, "What if , but it's a robot?" Like, it works for some of them, but Iron Jugulis is literally just a robot Hydreigon with worse typing (when we could have had a badass hydra-tank), Iron Hands is just robot Hariyama, etc.

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

They look better in animation, but they're still not good.

[@theape6778]

​@@RabblesTheBinx the only explanation I heard that kinda make sense is that the original Pokemon they're based on don't exist in the future, that's why they look like perfect replicas bc they're built from the ground up

[@MercuryA2000]

While that is true, a big part of it is that having them all just be robots is just... Boring. It feels like the only word they could think of for future was "Iron" while the past versions had so many more options and directions to go.

[@modelomegatyler]

@@theape6778 i mean, that's a fair enough theory, but it doesn't change the fact they're boring.

[@Quartereli]

God I remember when Mikey was in his room with 3 pokémon posters in the back doing top 10’s and lore videos, it feels like i’ve grown up with this channel and has been a big part of my childhood (like 7) all the way up to now. Thanks Mikey, Glad you are almost to 2 mil

[@nicholaseklund39]

Dude, if you need the time for the team sky play through, take it, its your channel, and it will be that much better for us! Love the content, and excited that everyone, myself included, can be represented in meme review! Thanks so much!

[@mr_derp858]

Exactly, most want quality now quantity. Also I'd prefer him having g fun rather than stressing over uploading

[@ScarGold-fh9un]

*POV people buying “Violet” because it has future Pokémon. People who buy the game after people buy the games and play them this way they can buy the best game because they can’t choose between the box art legends* *Sees the paradox Pokémon because they were about to buy “Violet”* EXCUSE ME, CAN I RETURN THIS

[@Slipwerz]

I swear this was the best Meme Review i've seen this year, Keep up the good work Mikey!

[@MoonRaven1412]

I mean, yeah. I decided on Violet as soon as the titles were out. Violet is my fave colour and the uniforms looked better than in Scarlet. Then the box art and legendaries were out and... well, it didn't move me much though I did clock on the past-future theme.

[@KittMouri]

I actually got Violet because I preferred the box legendary. I just think Miraidon is cute. ❤ Scarlet got better paradox, but since I use my ride pokemon way more, I'm glad I stuck with Violet.

[@Carinail]

I got Violet because I liked the good robot boy. My game had a bunch of good robot boys. I couldn't be happier with the paradox pokemon of Violet, so much I've shiny hunted several of ALL of them, and most of them are now the definitive version of those pokemon for me. I want MORE robot boys. This doesn't get talked about but lots of us LOVE robot boys.

[@LuckyBones77]

I wish they’d gotten more creative than just Pokemon But It’s A Robot, but I still think the future paradox LOOK cool lol I got Violet MOSTLY bc I like Miraidon better (and a lil bc I’m a simp for Turo), but also bc me and my partner got a two-game package bc it was cheaper, and they were SO HYPE for Scarlet specifically, and I cared way less which one I got, even though I’m the way bigger fan of pokemon lol

[@keo549]

I got Violet because all we saw from Scarlet pre-release aside from leaks was a silly dino bike with a useless wheel you would spend 90% of the game riding around on and a pretty cool paradox donphan. Violet on the other hand had future dino bike with useful wheels and a pretty meh donphan paradox. I picked Violet because I HATE the ride form of Koraidon, and considering it would be the main mode of transport, yeah I rather go with Violet. I did like Koraidon first look, but when ride form was teased I immediately set in my preorder for Violet and never looked back

[@RabblesTheBinx]

I got Scarlet because I thought Koraidon was a better anime Toothless

[@HerrConner627]

I like the idea that when Ho-Oh revived the three dead pokemon, it simply based their new forms off of ancient pokemon

[@alexprobstfeld5461]

The reason why violet sold more copies that Mikey was explaining was the exact reason why I chose Moon and Ultra Moon over their Sun varients (also I really like the cool colors)

[@Erifire]

I'm surprised he hasn't run out of intro gags at this point lol, keep it up man

[@lampekartoffel]

20:30 Oh man! That was sooo good! Well done sparkle_star312!

[@shindoushuichi0287]

"i'm like a greek tragedy, like Macbeth" *theatre kids screaming in pain*

[@StickMaster500]

I’m glad that they finally added Mojo Jojo into the Scarlet and Violet DLC!

[@Rorororororo1]

Petition for all the team rocket Pokémon from the anime to be allowed in team sky as they all flew like every episode

[@WingsofWolfe]

YASSS *(signs petition)*

[@Jupue]

Same

[@codytoeung5089]

Mostly I think Violet is more popular because people prefer the sci-fi theme. Really it’s something that hasn’t been done before, whereas we can find a lot more prehistoric based things in other Pokémon. Plus people think robots are cool. The color theory also makes sense though. Especially since I see some of the blue games get more love

[@radiant3921]

As opposed to spikey and triangle make cool

[@Regirock-i8c]

33:22 what arvenmeans by terapagos ruined his life is because it’s responsible for professor sada/turo not paying attention to arven and sada/turo studying terapagos is how she/he came up with the idea for the Time Machine which brought 2 koraidon/miraidon and sada/turo dying and “ abandoning “ arven.

[@Error-gz3pp]

I would like to throw in my own two cents for Violet: I’m one of the two people out there that actually thinks the Violet paradox forms look cool. Miraidon also looks really sleek and futuristic and while I do appreciate Koraidon, in general the Violet designs feeling more minimalistic and utilitarian fits the general “futuristic robot” vibe. I’m also not really someone who enjoys overdetailed designs

[@blackmage5406]

My theory for the Walking wake/ Suicune situation is that Ho-oh saw Walking wake a long time ago and then modeled the Pokémon in the tower after them.

[@Subconsnatcher]

You know it’s gonna be a good day when a new Pokémon meme review gets uploaded

[@Ditto.007]

Indeed good sir

[@purplcurse3732]

So true. So, so true

[@bestleefboi]

Yeah

[@FTChomp9980]

Yep they are the best!

[@CocoBat]

Fax

[@OnyxLeigion]

I like Miraidon more than Koraidon, which is basically the entire reason I got violet. And it worked out since it turned out we can't switch out our ride Pokemon.

[@katanamoon536]

19:30 the most accurate thing ever 32:16 for anyone who doesn’t know John hates finding a shiny Geodude and Geodude evolution

[@crasher3203]

I picked up Violet because I just liked the look of Miraidon more than Koraidon, the futuristic design and look just gets me, also Iron Hands, Valiant, and Thorns are very cool to me, same with the rest of the Violet paradox forms, but those three are my favorites

[@Boredom-ds5yg]

Same here. Miraidon is why I picked Violet. The color was just a bonus. And I like the future paradox Pokémon too. Some of the Scarlet ones are really good, but I find the Violet ones more unique. We have plenty of organic looking Pokémon, but crazy robots? Hardly any!

[@xeenproof2024]

I’ll just throw this out there The main reason I picked Violet over Scarlet initially is that I liked Miraidon over Koraidon as a bike I chose not to spoil myself with the paradox form. Now I can say WORST MISTAKE EVER.

[@raineicorn1492]

my reason for choosing violet is because I always choose the "blue" version from the very beginning, but the violet paradox mons sucks so much I hate it. I also don't want to break away with my tradition of always choosing the bluish version

[@jadynworld2428]

Did you just relize this, all paradox pokemon come from a ultra whormhole (the time machine actualy opens ultra whormholes)

[@edgarjuarez2241]

I got Violet because it looked cooler, and based on my tastes I would stand by that statement, also Iron Leaves's signature move looks cooler.

[@Comett778]

My current theory about paradox is it’s all imagination which is why when the professor’s wanted to go throughout time a Time Machine worked but the powers aren’t strong enough to create a new world so they can only send pokeballs. Also it explains why the professor’s teams are in masterballs

[@BJGvideos]

I know imagination theory has basically been busted since then, but in the lighthouse lab we see that they were working on assembling their own balls. So they likely made their own master balls.

[@zeraorachampion7307]

I love how you’re concerned about child labor laws even though team sky is already an evil team😂

[@nicholaspost9017]

Don't you know that professionals have standards

[@Zekken_The_Lodestar]

"You are bad guy. But that does not mean you are bad guy." -Zangief

[@adamnewman1672]

Guys its Not apart of DLC walking wake & iron leaves tera raids end at midnight sunday march 12th 2023 USA time & monday 13th 2023 at Midday Melbourne Australia time

[@Lavollager]

@@nicholaspost9017 Be polite, be efficient, have a plan to kill everyone you meet - Sniper

[@SirRobertWalpole1720]

My theory for the past Paradox forms is that they are not ancestors of modern pokemon, but in fact pokemon from a alternate timeline where the pokemon evolved to be more primal looking. And the time machine is in fact some sort of a inter timeline gateway. Edit: I was continuing the video and saw a meme about the past Paradox forms that makes fun of the issue with Walking Wake.

[@spindash64]

5:40 to be fair, the guy who gives you the stone for Mega Pidgeot has a picture of Omanyte directly behind him in ORAS, which released not long after TPP

[@lpintair604]

I will say, I legitimately laughed out loud in the opening “clap clap” thing

[@itsdantaylor]

11:18. Thats a good theory. If i had to pick between the two I would say violet because I am more inclined to the 'future' aesthetic more so than the 'caveman' aesthetic the legendries and other elements have. I also think the idea of 'future' with a AI controlling a 'future' themed professor as well as developing a time travel machine, as a more general cohesion then the past aesthetic.

[@BJGvideos]

The AI wasn't controlling anything though. They were basically a marionette for the security program and thus their creator's will.

[@Emblyon]

Perhaps both sets of paradox Pokémon are from alternative futures, or even the same one but different locations/regions. Perhaps people made robot Pokémon to replace ones that went extinct, and others created clones of extinct and or endangered Pokémon, and or geneticly altered Pokémon in some way attempting to recreate the mewtwo experiment.

[@colinunzicker4434]

I would like to say for Walkinwake as the “ancestor” for suicune could be accurate. Because from what I remember Ho-oh was the one to bring to life the 3 legendary dogs Suicune, Entai, Raikou. They still could have paradox forms from the past but simply went extinct. Hens why Ho-oh revived or brought back to life by giving them life. This is just my thoughts on it and I am typing this out 5:09 into this video and just had to shake this. Let me know what you think.

[@3am_-]

Hear me out, Ho-Oh brought back the fossils of walking wake and the other two back to life, but combined them with the dogs that died in the fire to give them the look they have today

[@cerobathetalllady]

Nice spelling for Entei, you could add a H before Entai.

[@CrimsonCatGaming]

​@@cerobathetalllady that's a completely different Pokemon xD

[@RabblesTheBinx]

21:37 a man of class. Truly the only woman in Pokémon worth simping over.

[@Cyphonxy]

watching mikey late at night is very calming :)

[@Ditto.007]

Its 15:25 for me in England Edit: Oh no, everyone is tracking the time in England now in the comments 😂 I have a human alarm clock army!

[@williamvandergrift9741]

It’s 10:27 for me in the USA

[@marinagaleotti]

It's 16:31 for me in Italy

[@shivani-mz8dj]

​@@Ditto.007 it's now 15:50

[@scrp6638]

@@shivani-mz8dj now it’s 15:52

[@leedisley5243]

My theory about past beast Pokémon(I only know walking Wake). When Ho-oh revived the trio, they where revived as their 'past forms' and over time became Rico,Entei and Suicune.

[@thenecroticraptor8338]

Mikey, *THANK YOU* for appreciating Team Star! The Starfall Street route hit me in the feels really hard...! "Oh, I recognize these people, they're me when I was a kid!"

[@chloefletcher3007]

Congrats on 2M Mikey! Thank you for providing us with lots of laughs ❤

[@IceDarkEmber]

Really love the series, seeing how creative people can get, especially the slideshows that show that you don’t need a lot of upvotes to show your talent. Props to you and your editor.

[@technofreeze1970]

Fly:95% accurate Mikey:if its not 100% accurate its 50% accurate Me who use fly for go somewhere :Oh no!!!!