Game Freak's Forgotten Legacy

[@arandomidiot1593]

KZbin continues to pop off with recommending me amazing small channels. Excellent video, and I really appreciate the captions :)

[@Ukri1]

Wow what a well made documentary. Top notch, how doesn't it have more views?

[@DeepWeeb]

Hey! did you know I was the one who found out about the scrapped Tembo DLC? I feel Game Freak's other games have the same issue as any non-Souls game by FromSoftware; there are fans of their main franchise who might name a few and wax lyrical about them with an air of authority but in reality their interest on those other games is purely tangential and/or surface-level as they are made by the same guys who made the franchise that made them so rich, rather than a genuine desire to play and enjoy those games on their own, which is a massive shame

[@Danominator]

Dude, I LOVE HarmoKnight and Pocket Card Jockey. Fantastic creative ideas that really show the potential of the studio when they aren't shackled to the Pokémon franchise. Big shame about Little Town Hero, but I guess when your studio is actually allowed to experiment with ideas for once, not everything is going to stick. Here's hoping they get to dedicate their time to more original projects in the future!

[@JoyasInmaculadas]

I seriously consider you to be one of the greatest indie creators in KZbin. Your quality, your attention to detail and the originality in your approaches is seen in very few creators. I feel like KZbin is extremely unfair with you.... but I do think this video has the potential to explode, it should....

[@JoyasInmaculadas]

I can't complain about it, because I really love your style.... but maybe you could try to be slightly more clickbaity. Most people have absolutely no idea what's Gamefreak and why it matters, therefore far fewer people will click or stay when they do click. BUT A LOT of people understand what's Pokemon and why it matters. I think a clearer intro and a clickbaitier thumnnail could make this video your most popular one by a fair margin. Lol. Why am I even trying to give advice to someone who's so freaking good at what he does? (You're SO much better than I am at this) But... I do feel KZbin is unfair with you and I'd love to see you get the millions of views you deserve.

[@JoyasInmaculadas]

I might have a plan

[@JoyasInmaculadas]

BTW I am expecting a 16 hour video essay about the TTYD for Switch. Only you can do it Jakstalgia! We trust YOU!

[@strain42]

Not getting Pulseman before the Wii shop shut down is one of my big gaming regrets. I know it's available on Switch online, but that obviously won't be around forever.

[@tlst94]

What if GameFreak became a game company sooner in 1985 and released their games worldwide? With Quinty, Jelly Boy, and Pulseman in 1985, 1986, and 1987 respectively? And if Pokemon came out sooner in 1989 as the GameBoy's launch title(and as a smaller non-RPG game with a 6-month dev cycle)? And if all their games were successful and each IP got a sequel every 5-10 years(and only two versions per-Pokemon game)? How'd history have played out? And what would've changed about GameFreak, their IPs, and the game industry?

[@odd_inhd9250]

Hey jak, i haven't watched your videos in neigh 10 years or so, back then you were jakeydarocker. After some searching i eventually stumbled upon this channel and i wanted to ask, what happened to your old videos? Is your old channel gone? I understand if the reasoning is private, i just wanted to watch your sonic r series again lol.

[@APEGantz]

This video about to go loko for sure now lmao

[@Elfo_]

I loved Little Town Hero so, so much! I would guess I played over 1000 games in my life so far an Little Town Hero is easy in my top 3. It's so good! I get why Little Town Hero is not for everyone and has a very small audience but I will never understand why it's so widely hated and nearly everyone dislikes it.

[@hipstersephiroth3722]

He was born he died he risen and he was coming back for to all you

[@kylegantert4568]

Not gonna lie. I mainly watched this video to see someone gush about Drill Dozer besides me. I did learn about Mario and Wario as a bonus.

[@Jakstalgia]

I played Drill Dozer for the first time for this video, and I'm so sad I slept on it for all these years. I would kill for a Drill Dozer 2...

[@g-starthefirst]

19:00 I AM RAGING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU DIDN’T TALK MORE ABOUT THE MONKEY GAME I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ¡T IS

[@bugwells]

HARMOKNIGHT MENTION IN 2023 HARMOKNIGHT MENTION IN 2023 (nice video btw)

[@JoyasInmaculadas]

So now that we know everything that we need to know about Game Freak, I think we need to find a consensus on the whole "Vaporeon situation". Is Vaporeon really the most appropiate Pokemon for... humans? I've seen that thesis many times online and I honestly don't see myself IN a fish. That actually sounds repulsive IMO but many people seem to love that idea. What I propose is that the most appropiate Pokemons for humans should be anthropomorphic Pokemon like Machamp, Jynx, Gardevoir. The idea doesn't excite me but, if I had to do it to preserve mankind, I'd be willing to. Now, if I HAD to choose an eeveelution, I'd probably have to pick Espeon, maybe it could hypnotize me or something and make me think it's a btagf

[@5days5hearts25]

Little Town Hero is so weird to me because I remember all the Nintendo KZbinrs I had been subbed to talking about it and then it just kinda vanished from all Internet discourse I was privy to. GameFreak definitely needs room to make more original titles. Even when they make a Little Town Hero there's clearly a lot of potential and passion behind them. Pokemon definitely needs to find a developer that will handle it with passion and enough hands. One that can do the workload required and such. Not sure if splitting GameFreak is the right choice but I guess we'll find out

[@PIKMINROCK1]

I think part of the problem is for mainline Pokemon is that they need to be Ubisoft size for it and they refuse to take the time properly expand to that even counting their outsourcing. I think Scarlet/Violet credits has them around 700 discounting localization but, that's still a tad short especially if these weren't all active through main development. That is comparable to Tears of the Kingdom but, Pokemon is a fair bit more demanding when you break it down. I'm curious how their Private Division game will turn out though

[@Salvidrim]

44 mins with no timestamps is too long for a single chunk, sorry Jak!

[@Ghostgamer3535]

Give pokemon to someone else. Let gamefreak be free!

[@g-starthefirst]

31:52 this game seems… familiar