Pokemon Sword & Shield: 10 Things The Game DOESN'T TELL YOU

Pokemon Sword/Shield (Nintendo Switch) is filled with new things to learn, as well as some nuances that only hardcore fans will know going in. Here are some things we think you should know.
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[@Narutalia65]

Okay, milcery evolving from spinning is so cute. It's cream, when you spinn/whip cream it gets fluffy and turns into whipped cream. Which is basically it's Evo.

[@crystaljewel8906]

To me it makes sense and is a nice little detail. If your baking something you clearly got mix the ingredients. How do you mimic that with movements? Ya spin. But still it's nice that there seems to be some more experimental evolutions that aren't "Give your this Pokemon this one item to evolve it" cause it adds a little more charm into what may of otherwise been another within 812+ Pokemon.

[@marshallwingerd8074]

True

[@WyvernVin]

I hadn't thought about it! omg lol!

[@mauricio6622]

it is supposed to be milk, and then when you spin it it turns into ice cream, and the items you add to it change the flavor of ice cream

[@haaaa1162]

Timby Tank your likes right now are 444 and im trying to not mess it up but i wanna like

[@ZhadTheRad]

Tip for everyone: do 5 star raids with friends or make sure you bring a very strong Pokémon, because the NPCs are bad

[@abrawolf]

@@TheCatslock or a useless pikachu because mascot

[@trainersquad5467]

Agreed took 5 hours to get g max butterfree named it mothra

[@Sitarman345]

Shout out to the school girl bringing a magikarp to a 5 star raid. You the real mvp.

[@trainersquad5467]

@@Sitarman345 don't forget focus sash

[@nickdentoom1173]

Or they bring Wobbie (Wobbuffett).

[@poptartpoltergeist9765]

A small thing I thought was adorable: When you play with and cook for your Pokémon, you'll get more exp and your Pokémon will get closer to you. This said, when you get to a certain point in battle, and the opponent gets a crit or something of the sort, and KO's your Pokémon, sometimes it'll stop at 1. After, a heart will float out from them and text will pop up reading "[Pokémon name] hung in there so you wouldn't feel sad." Which saved my skin because I'm doing a blind nuzlocke and he was my MVP

[@lloydxxlolamvs7095]

I wanted to cry because that happened to me and my Cinderace and Excadrill, I didn't know how that happened but I was so happy and it was so wholesome-

[@sarah.lovelace.animated]

I want to eat gym leader Bede

[@thedarkgamer3730]

How do u do a nuzlocke in swore

[@thedarkgamer3730]

Sword

[@canadiankid9035]

@@thedarkgamer3730 don’t die

[@bellapatch5656]

‘Everyone has stories of struggling against Brock with a charmander’ Pokemon yellow: am I a joke to you?

[@mitsoku3]

idk how but i learned you can get a mankey in the wild from trying to go to the elite four(obviously you can't) perfect for brock

[@guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543]

@@bellapatch5656 Nice you got the monster that IS nidoking. A legend

[@guilhermefloresfeitosaguer4543]

@@bellapatch5656 WOW nice

[@AudioGAWD]

Nidoran (male) with double kick for Pokemon Yellow or Mankey being Mankey

[@BigDaddyD807]

@Haylie Renée ah yes.. good ol fire red/leaf green..

[@diamondzazulirblxandmore365]

When you announce that the yellow aura around pokemon is good me In my brain is like : So I skipped some good pokemon thinking they were stinky

[@poeticdavide]

Sometimes they have better or hidden abilities, too :)

[@le_squid_dance_3995]

I just thought that meant they were stronger ;-; I skipped all of em

[@pizzaleftovers2562]

@@le_squid_dance_3995 f

[@raidenmetalgear3572]

Sometimes they are shiny too

[@JellySquishies]

Stinky with power XD

[@TheLegendarybehemoth]

"First time we've seen version exclusive gym leaders." Black and White would like a word.

[@FraserSouris]

I assume in this case, it's leaders with different types entirely. Rather than B/W where you still fought a dragon type leader

[@exmaarmaca]

Also if you count Ruby/Saphire with Emerald the 8th gym leader was different.

[@FraserSouris]

@@exmaarmaca Emerald wasn't a "main series" game. Ruby and Sapphire were. Juan was also a water type leader like Wallace was

[@prinoftherng]

@@FraserSouris it's still an enhanced version of ruby and sapphire. You're just arguing semantics

[@FraserSouris]

@Enzi Gee Fact Check me but I recall Games like Crystal, Emerald and Platinum are considered "enhanced re-relases" as opposed to main entries

[@drizzydre8894]

So how did someone realize that yamask needs to take 49 damage and survive and then walk under a rock to evolve? Lol

[@A_Small_Rodent]

*run

[@ryanlambert4391]

Trial and error.

[@hmm4651]

Probably in the game's code

[@springtrap7277]

I never knew that. Thx.

[@CToast74]

Doesn't the game have an official guide?

[@LollyLab]

Imagine finding a shiny goslisopod and having no quick balls and the goslisopods ability is emergency exit

[@frederickkriesel2724]

Butterfree sleep

[@yakijacob]

Rip

[@mrdrprofessoroak497]

Just spam regular poke balls till you catch it. Has a catch rate of 45 which translates to about 12% with a normal poke ball at 100% HP.

[@ThatGuyLegend]

Just make drednaw use lock jaw

[@meteor1651]

Just use Yawn or Sing and then use an Ultra Ball, Dusk Ball or a Great Ball.

[@ptrckcjmdn]

What's good about the Free move tutor is you can get a low level Ninetales/Arcanine that knows Flamethrower

[@HeilRay]

Sweet

[@jeanpaulgaudet5622]

Double checked fully evolved pokemon. Fully evolved pokemon sometimes have a different remeber move list than there previous evolutions.

[@NileSings]

O wow!

[@brrboy6]

It's dumb how it's free now tho

[@AnUtterMesh]

@@brrboy6 Is it? I personally love it. I don't have time to grind resources or re level another pokemon that is bred for moves from level 1.

[@heroofmasks]

I'm just happy we FINALLY got a dark type gym

[@squeed77]

Heroof Masks and you cant even dynamax in it yaay

[@heroofmasks]

@@squeed77 meh nice change of pace and it built up not all gyms could dynamax due to being unlucky

[@squeed77]

Heroof Masks eh true

[@victhorpe7199]

I mean, one could argue that there have been dark boss battles. Nanu, anyone? But yeah, I was so happy!

[@squeed77]

lgslli lol true

[@missmarreynolds]

"Pokemon has come to the nintendo switch" Lets go Eevee and Pikachu: Sad pokemon noises

[@magoslucius4245]

They're not really pokemon games. Pokemon battling was diluted do much for those games

[@Spud_Farmer]

@@magoslucius4245 bro it was my 2nd switch game U probably never played it

[@LaIniestra]

"Brilliant aura pokemon are something that you definitely want" lmao i didnt know, I just ignored them, i thought they only gave extra Watts

[@Coinfliptails]

Sameeeee, I thought that was the only purpose of them, to try and intrigue players to not just skipping all the grass.

[@imway2cut34u]

I thought the same thing 😖🤣

[@unreliablegachatuber1147]

Ah yes Scorebunny *laughs in pyro ball*

[@sanss5721]

*also laughs in pyro ball*

[@leolalondemarchand8196]

Sans The Skeleton also laughs in pyro ball

[@anotherrandomcat6813]

*also laughs in pyro ball*

[@DistortedPaintings]

*Also laughs in pyro ball*

[@somethingstuffguy4159]

*laughs in dragon darts*

[@thecrimsonguy]

Game Freak: Mega evolution was a mistake, an error *(Almost)Everyone dislike that*

[@nicolaswarren3453]

I would argue that some of the Megas were a mistake. Stuff like Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Rayquaza snapping the game and even competitive play in half is clearly a design flaw. I still prefer Megas as a design philosophy, but hopefully, Dynamaxing will keep things more balanced.

[@lifewhatsoever]

Next gem they’ll get rid of dynamax and find a new gimmick

[@sakuraxavier4748]

hides in the fact I don't like megas and doesn't do comp

[@bruhmoment7741]

lifewhatsoever thats what they always do

[@eshryo237]

Nicolas Warren Dynamaxing is very useless. There are many fights where normal pokemon do the same damage of a dynamax pokemon. I’d rather have them balance Megas and Z-Moves rather than introduce bs that no one will use.

[@thegodofwood_]

Will we just ignore the fact of how he pronounced “Zacian”?

[@fantasticelements7674]

That what I was like

[@Astraaaaaaaaaaa]

*N O*

[@3ftninja132]

I'm gonna ignore it, why is him pronouncing an unspoken word a problem??

[@barachurch9724]

@@3ftninja132 it wasn't unspoken, during the e3 trailers, they said zacian's name multiple times. it's also pretty easy to google the pronunciation lmao

[@mirthless5603]

How do you pronounce it,then?

[@Smellvin07]

Sobble’s actually a wise choice since Drizzile can learn ‘U-turn’ and works perfectly against the first gym leader.

[@ReaperGames7752]

I am very much so aware that this is a year late but I checked Sobble's and Drizzile's moveset and they only learn U-turn at lvl 24 for Sobble and lvl 30 for Drizzile which is a bit of over lvling and Scorbunnys entire evolution line can learn U-turn tho from Tm

[@xavi_]

@@ReaperGames7752 it's very easy to level up your pokemon to level 100, had my mons maxed up to 70 before stow on side lol

[@ReaperGames7752]

I know its very easy to lvl up your pokemon. Im saying that if you want to use Sobble/Drizzile against the 1st gym leader, you have to over lvl and if your lvling your pokemon almost 10 lvls higher than the opponents then I dont think you need to worry about getting a super effective hit.

[@OPRAYED]

@@xavi_ yea I leveled up my kubfu to level 76 in one night

[@professoroak445]

@@xavi_ no point if you haven’t beaten the first gym genius

[@cortster12]

Another weird evolution is inkay. Similar to the DS games, you evolve inkay by turning your switch upside down when it gets to level 30. Yes, really.

[@cortster12]

@DueMagician921 Hence why I said similar to the ds games. I didn't mean to imply it was new, just thought it was neat.

[@bry7ant]

Bose-Einstein i LOVE inkay, yet I had NO idea it was in the game. TF

[@projectgarchomp2380]

F in the chat for everyone who broke their 3DS/Switch trying to evolve it...

[@alexananes9561]

I fear the strength you have to break your switch just by putting it upside down

[@projectgarchomp2380]

@Alexa Nanes I mean since there’s a pretty good chance of dropping them...

[@DragonProtector]

kinda hard to catch when you 1 shot everything :(

[@ziyaad9234]

Get a Pokemon with false swipe

[@yusufk4825]

get a gallade with false swipe. as for ghost pokemon, just pray ur quick ball works

[@tatsuyaa105]

@@yusufk4825 if quick ball doesnt work use bulky mon to stall for 20 turns and use timer ball

[@ElysetheEevee]

I started using a Ninjask with False Swipe early on to make it a lot easier until I could get better Pokes. You can catch Ninjask at like level 15.

[@sanss5721]

Get a gallade It can learn false swipe

[@AZREDFERN]

Gigantimax Meouth looks like a cat someone is trying to pick up.

[@Liosisighost]

Yeah it kinda like meow meow lol

[@Comica-_-]

Says “let’s talk about shiny Pokémon” “Shows picture of a normal ditto”

[@rocky_danger_buff5845]

Why is the title called "10 things that the game doesn't tell you" when these are things that you find out as you play the game not any secret things that you cant find out by yourself.

[@TheChocolateDrop2]

For real😂 especially the move guy. It's your fault if you're not talking to npcs

[@sh_ogun4288]

Turbo Burst so you were gonna let your yamask take 49 damage and then walk under that specific rock on your own? The title is fitting lol

[@prinoftherng]

@@sh_ogun4288 to be fair, x and y doesnt tell you that inlay evolves by outright flipping your 3ds upside down. But I do see your point

[@anexistingperson8540]

How dare the game not tell you what type the first gym is

[@Nookiezilla]

@@prinoftherng inlay? What Pokémon is that?

[@Confron7a7ion7]

Idk we couldn't have just kept Mega evolution. Literally everyone likes it.

[@EvlEgle]

Except the super hardcores that could literally only use like Mega Kangaskahn and/or Mega Rayquaza, and the Primals (Groudon and Kyogre) Like there was like 3 or maybe 4 more pretty good megas. But Mega Kangaskahn was broken. They needed to nerf Mega Kangaskahn, and buff some others, and ofc add new ones. Giantmax or whatever the stupid shit is, is stupid.

[@xxo5294]

i grew to like it but it was so wrong from the begining it was totally digimon and blurred the line that seperated the two

[@barreljam]

Because it's less work for the developers to make/create new skins for the mega evolutions.

[@EvlEgle]

@@DAMWOKE Im not talking smogon's fake bullshit

[@barreljam]

@911child good point, didnt think of that.

[@snowpea2393]

2:48 actually the game does tell you this, when you are walking on route 5 you'll see one of those red information boards, it tells you that auras around pokemon are better. So if you didn't know that then it's kinda on you for not reading the information boards

[@kiraplays1631]

@SnowPea just so you know, some people don't pay attention to those so don't go around making others feel like crap for not reading those or seeing where the board is.

[@hihihithere17]

The game doesn’t tell you that you have to pay to trade online

[@AyyeeNano]

Jay Master bro I’ve been looking for a comment like yours ! Good looks bro

[@AnthonyMartinez-no9kv]

i traded with my friend for free

[@SandwichbutWorse]

Anthony Martinez they mean with Nintendo Online to trade all over the world

[@Zedexization]

Only way to trade for free is locally.

[@dcdubzgaming3846]

just use your master ball duh

[@Earl_Black]

Meowth gigantamaxed will be my new sleep paralysis demon.

[@terminalvelocityrunner2202]

At least you get free money.

[@Spud_Farmer]

Tall skinny boi

[@ZipTheSilliest]

It’s so scary and for what

[@Forever_Zero]

I'm still wondering why Game Freak hates the Battle Frontier

[@cheeseballgooberpants3591]

Forever Zero We won’t know

[@Divridend]

I guess because you can keep playing that, thus it adds to the content. If you've done everything you could do in a pokemon game, you'll buy the next one faster.

[@truearea53]

Forever Zero ugh just like they chewed out battle frontier from OR and AS 😞

[@Minohorse]

I don't remember if it was Masuda or Ohmori (probably Masuda), but he said that they don't make the Battle Frontier anymore because children nowadays have smartphones with access to a lot of games and won't dedicate much of their time to Pokémon, yadda yadda, basically: "If only a minority of people will use X feature, it's not worth including it".

[@NessaWyvern]

I adored the battle frontier in pokemon emerald, and was really looking forward to seeing it in pokemon alpha sapphire and omega ruby. Only to find that when I got there, it was mostly un-built, with the tired battle tower we have had in every single game in the past. I really liked the unique battle rules pokemon emerald's battle frontier had, and would love for it to make a come-back.

[@SG_Supreme]

I wish there was more exploration in the region. There was always extra towns and routes to explore and more trainers to battle in the older games. Well they took out the national dex, but how come the game makes me follow a straight path?

[@MeanyBooters]

What I hated the most was when anything interesting started happening, Leon or someone would just be like, "keep completing those gym challenges and don't worry about this," then at the end we have to clean up a mess we weren't even involved in pretty much. Like I was told to beat it noob and now I'm expected to save them all lol

[@nicolegoh9748]

@@MeanyBooters hey at least these have been the only bunch of adults who tried to do something rather than the other adults in prev games expecting children to save the world

[@Em-fz5uh]

I thought I was the only one. Personally I enjoyed the gyms (even though they were easy) but the story in between was so short and linear. I wish we could explore more but I love open world games so maybe that's just me. Minus the Wild areas there wasn't much to explore. Not really side quests either.

[@MattZRJSRoxy]

you aren’t wrong not only that but the evil team story isn’t really made into that big of a deal

[@MattZRJSRoxy]

@@MeanyBooters yup I hated that too

[@thestinkieststinker]

I started with sobble and I’ve grown so attached to him and he’s evolved twice Now he looks like a sassy lady

[@unlistedsans4862]

The names Pond, James Pond

[@yeets_galore]

Sobble sooooooooooooo op

[@thestinkieststinker]

@@yeets_galore it really is

[@ZipTheSilliest]

He does though. *I don’t have him,but I know because I’ve seen it.*

[@dean8705]

Inteleon is actually great and underrated.

[@lawlrd6655]

Sword veraion can be cleared using only Scorbunny and Gengar. Gengar counters almost every sword gym, just give it a fairy move. Fast boi

[@Ninjaman50]

This is why Gengar is my favorite ghost type.

[@neeko.b]

LAWLr :D Someone cleared the game only using Wooloo. It's on the Pokemon subreddit if you want the details.

[@justwait4]

Literally just did this

[@Ascendedninja6]

Any Pokemon game can be beat if you stick to and only level up whatever starter you chose.

[@neeko.b]

Ascended Ninja Wooloo's not a starter

[@misterturkturkle]

Everyones got a story about taking brock on with just a charmander... Except me. Bulbasaur or gtfo

[@frumbolo]

You can have fun with your frog, I'll be with my fire breathing -dragon- lizard

[@Gagrant90]

Ye, Green Team ftw. Bulbasaur is my favourite to this day

[@sayoofthesnowmoonflower8422]

Fellow Bulbasaur lovers... I thought my kin were extinct!

[@Gagrant90]

@@sayoofthesnowmoonflower8422 nah man we are just lurking in the shadows and disguised as plants

[@Redeemed001]

Mine was a Pikachu lol harder than a charmander

[@valkner4091]

"Every Pokémon in the game." *shows thanosed pokemon*

[@joeysmith5086]

LMAO

[@vulcan8724]

What’s thanosed?

[@valkner4091]

Pokemon that are well gone

[@vulcan8724]

@@valkner4091 o

[@astrophelX]

Actually, if you're willing to do a bit of grinding, Drizzile - Sobble's evolution - learns the bug-type move U-turn at level 30. So you'd be okay for the first gym if you did a bit of leveling.

[@LuckyBenjamin_]

Thats 10 levels above his ace so thats a bit lame personally I play with level cap

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

I wasn't expecting to see Drew Carey in the curry.

[@heavenonearth7049]

Drew curry

[@SadKaladin]

I was expecting Tim Curry actually

[@ninja_tony]

@@SadKaladin That would have actually been a much smarter joke.

[@MulinaTheAngelWolf]

I was so hopeful giratina would be in that getting transferred list. Damn

[@cosmo9925]

Dragapult is a dragon ghost too, so he’s a replacement I guess lmao

[@thechopstick5059]

Giratina is my favorite pokemon and i must have my baby with me while killing off pokemon in the wild area

[@Thomas_Morse]

@@cosmo9925 yes, you are very right about that. If only everyone else was smart enough to realize that.

[@Thomas_Morse]

Also: new water/dragon and dragon/steel pokēmon. Anyone else get the reference?

[@trent800]

@@Thomas_Morse Creation trio yeah

[@FowlsNest]

Things they didn't tell you: Furret was getting too popular for walking

[@lilnutt5580]

Few missed things about brilliant pokèmon: •Brilliant pokèmon give you watts when they're defeated (usually about 200-300). •The chances of getting them is increased with encounters, not captures. •Brilliant pokèmon actually hsve a higher chance of being a shiny because they roll for it several times. This also increases after a few encounters

[@lucriciousthetrainer4365]

For the shiny tip, it's not just catching more will increase odds. It's battling.

[@crystaljewel8906]

Do you mind clarifying that? Is it the combination of battling and catching or is it just battling? I've been trying to do as much spoiler free research as I can....

[@lucriciousthetrainer4365]

@@crystaljewel8906 It's just battling. Gamefreak released information about how Shiny hunting works and how to get Brilliant Pokemon. The only thing you need to know is that the charts for the shiny chances for battling pokemon are always constant (no combos that increase shinies exist). The other thing to note is that if you chain the shiny that you're looking for, the Pokemon will end up appearing more.

[@crystaljewel8906]

@@lucriciousthetrainer4365 Alright. Thank you for the information.

[@Gagrant90]

Iirc a guy in another video explained that it is 500 battles with a single species (which dont have to be after one another) listed in the pokedex as fought and then a catch combo where you catch 25+ Pokemon of that species in a row for the highest chances of getting a shiny. Combined with the shiny charm that would be the highest odds. So basically you cant go for random shinies that way anymore but instead have to farm one species at a time. Edit: you still can go for random shinies with enough luck I guess.

[@shantyphantom63]

Started yesterday and already got lucky enough to catch a shiny Growlithe. The last shiny I caught was back in Shappire so 2003.

[@beanybread]

God I was born in 2003 this feels so weird-

[@omintteao]

@@beanybread I was born in 1994. So, when I was 9 you were just born.. Crazy lol

[@beanybread]

Mint Tea aaa-

[@blaynegreiner9365]

@@omintteao I was born in 1988, so I was 6 when you were born...it's craaazy

[@CarlosJimenez-kk6bv]

I was born in... Wait who cares.

[@baggedtreptune7147]

Gamefreak: hey want a shiny sand slash? Just grab and alolan one

[@mindy7601]

Missed something with remembering moves. The moves you can remember aren't just ones that you replaced or skipped over. They are every move that your pokemon could have ever learned up to that point. So it doesn't matter what level you get your Eevee to evolve at, you won't miss any possible moves.

[@lem0ncrunch]

When they haven’t brought back the ability to change in a Pokémon center :)

[@sirkat9477]

I don't wanna see your junk while I'm handing over my pokemon to nurse joy.

[@jigglypuff452]

Sirkat that’s what she said

[@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing]

@@jigglypuff452 You know those have to be clever jokes and not something you say when you hear a sex word right

[@CarlosJimenez-kk6bv]

@@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing that's what she said. And I'm talking about your Username. Rofl

[@navyblues6661]

@@sirkat9477 The changing rooms completely cover you up...

[@yummy_the_braix]

“Zackian”

[@hollyishereblue]

Yummy The Braix zacians cooler order brother rollerblade doggo

[@brandon22539]

I cringed sooo hard

[@GcorpCoPrez]

drach the octoling i want that drawn!

[@mechashadow]

Go back to bed, Zachary

[@Heyyofryman]

Guh Lar region

[@thisguy1413]

I really appreciate that you're succinct and keep things brief. I definitely subscribed. ✊🏻

[@juanboom1]

Honestly, your video is awesome! I have been playing pokemon Sword addictively on my Nintendo switch and i have never played pokemon apart from dabbling in pokemon Go at one point and I figured, "this probably makes sense to people who have played the previous versions" lol! Thank you for this video! Everything now makes sense

[@jonathanaguilar1235]

I've been killing those max aura Pokemon cause I thought they only give you watts :/

[@sweettarts0812]

Same xD

[@doritello4303]

Help, me too

[@kristuphergaming8390]

Same 😐

[@ddrakgo]

Jonathan Aguilar killing them also give you watts?

[@raven5048]

You can catch for watts too

[@ClwkInstnct]

A few days ago I got this game and was at route 2 when I was trying to catch a yamper, and the one I found was shiny

[@ClwkInstnct]

@@tsubatasan I did indeed

[@yokai59loi36]

Began with a shiny. Well done.

[@3m3c7]

Wow job well done

[@Nonikt]

Dude i have 324 hours on the Game and i havent met My first shiny

[@pokemonri3446]

Depending on the moves sets you pick for the fire type you can beat every gym leader except for the water and dragon with just the right moves. I recommend one normal, 2 fire, and one fighting move to increase your chances of beating your opponents in the gyms.

[@seanmchugh1981]

I have two fun facts I found on accident. 1: There is, for some reason, an animation of throwing a pokeball at a trainer’s Pokémon. (Thanks drift) 2: In Galar mine No. 2, if you whistle in the stunfisk areas (pressing the left joystick), they will pop out like a bear trap, letting you know if that’s a Pokéball, or an fake one on a stunfisk

[@catjammy1099]

The moment you just spent 60 dollars on pokemon sword, thinking galarian ponyta and the ghost gym leader were in it...

[@iloveyoux310]

That’s okay. For the Ponyta you can get it via the surprise trade. I got mine like that. I even got the three starters like that. For the gym leader that’s bad luck but don’t worry about Ponyta 😉

[@catjammy1099]

@@iloveyoux310 oh great! I can live without the gym leader but im glad i can get then without throwing another 60 dollars into the nintendo eshop

[@yokai59loi36]

@@iloveyoux310 and you can randomly get it in raids or get a gift.

[@hannahroot9435]

I got Galarian Ponyta, and I have Sword.......

[@catjammy1099]

@- FrogGurl - dude i posted the comment a year ago 😭😭 its not my favorite, i dont like how fast the main story is, and i dont like that it was so much more expensive for less content, but i still think other people can enjoy it

[@BriskSunrise]

It's a bit flawed saying that in order to increase the chance on finding Brilliant Pokemon, you need to keep catching them. You don't. You just have to keep battling them. The more battle encounters you have with a certain species of Pokemon, the higher the chance of encountering Brilliant versions.

[@KimoyaFTW]

do you have to KO or can u encounter and dip?

[@dreamwolf7302]

See, i went Sobble, but caught a Yamper, and mained that sweet little electric type up to level 80 by the time i hit the 5th gym...

[@N1jimura.]

Don’t tell me I’m not the only one that fainted the good aura pokemon

[@jateg5506]

Yup your not the only one

[@GretchenGoebel]

I did one worse I ran from it because I was searching for wooloo

[@honeysal]

6:18 when you said Zackian I about died oh my gosh. Zacian (Zā-she-un) I guess it’s fine if you want to say it weird, but that’s the official pronunciation, so now you know 👍🏻

[@serPomiz]

There have been multiple official pronunciation for multiple pokemon from multiple generation. Now, gaze at the official anime, and weep, as they screw up the official pronunciation!

[@CelticStar8]

1:02 Everyones got a story about taking Brock on with a Charmander. Not me. First time I ever fought Brock was in pokemon yellow. Fun times.

[@umadbro4493]

I HAD BULBASAUR HEHEHE!

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

Why didn't you do what ash did? lol

[@ThumberBulls6]

@@Avriel_Mimiga but we don't have the power of -plot control- friendship

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

@@ThumberBulls6 ahh yeah, forgot bout that

[@cousinrolf871]

Yeah this was just an untrue comment on his part. Brock was the first gym leader regardless of which Pokémon you started with. I remember how much of a breeze it was with my Squirtle

[@GoblinDave152]

What it doesn't tell you is it doesn't let you wear gym uniforms in the gym battles, you're stuck with the standard trial uniform 😭

[@Rebel_riot151]

*Did you guys know that if you press the right side joystick like how you would press one of the buttons you can expand your view of the wild area as you move and if you press the left side joystick like how you would press one of the buttons you can whistle to call a wild and a flying overhead head pokemon to get their attention and run towards you to encounter over-world pokemon easier than just chasing them?*

[@TheZarpia]

The first curry i cooked was awful lol

[@sirgeen]

Shockingly mine was decent. I looked at my character and said you actually liked that?

[@grayterminal232]

Mine was good

[@Kovu1224]

Same here

[@mynameisnotcory]

Ive yet to make a bad curry in over 150 recipes and i never looked any recipies up either

[@Tyler26858]

Charizard (Gold) > Copperajah (Silver) > Milcery (Bronze) > Wobbuffet > Koffing. I've only made the Wobbuffet class curry when alone and seem to always make the Milcery whenever I'm at another trainer's camp. Not sure if I need to add more berries or what.

[@Vorusen]

Being able to learn old moves from pokemon you caught at a high level is the best thing they've added to pokemon outside of the wild area which is basically a safari zone that levels with you

[@Shahaneh]

A lot of 90's references in here, and I actually like it. Good pick on the 90's references.

[@fluffyflare578]

Haven't finished the video yet, but Scorbunny is great for a first run pretty much all the way through, not just the first gym: About half of the gyms consist of types weak to fire. The only two the evolution line may struggle against are the ground and water type gyms. However, most Pokemon in the ground gym are weak to fire, but Scorbunny's evolution line is weak to majority of the moves used in that gym, so a double-edge sword essentially. That, and it learns a handful of fighting type moves which do well mixed with fire type, in my experience. Just thought I'd throw this out there.

[@rgr010]

LOL I've been killing aura Pokes like crazy

[@mihawk508]

rgr010 me too! I wish I knew that earlier!

[@HeilRay]

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

[@Matthiasrj]

Right? Harvesting those sweet Watts. All that NPC nonsense dialog we have to put up with, a little headsup sure would have been nice.

[@rachellecam]

It pays to talk to most of the people in the game. I was doing the same thing until someone in the wild area told me what the aura is 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@fardstudio5771]

I caught a aura Wooloo as my first pokemon

[@pierce607]

I have loved this game so far. It's been a ton of fun. I was able to do a raid with a friend, trade a couple pokemon, and just enjoy seeing it on the big screen so our son could watch, and play along too. It's so much fun to react so excitedly when he catches anything... like... his 8th wingull... but to still react like he caught a shiny Mewtwo has been great! It's really instilling an enjoyment of the game for him as well, I hope we can always share.

[@Nighthowler1313]

Literally had no problems beating the first gym with sobble. This is the first game where ive used water type as a main and i love it.

[@kstanni87]

Move Reminder can also unlock certain moves that are usually referred to as hidden starting moves because they don't learn them without help such as Piloswine needs needs help getting Ancient Power before you get Mamoswine (Ancient Power isn't earned through levels) But in the past games it wasn't easy getting items to pay those reminder persons and even worse trying to find them. They weren't in Pokemon Centers before Gen 8 Brilliant aura also grants higher experience and free watts if you defeat them.

[@NessaWyvern]

0:34 WTF is that, is that a love-child between a mudkip and a turtwig? Because it sure looks like one.

[@thomaspereira1545]

That's Chewtle and he's adorable

[@boeyyikming]

The funny thing is... I knew exactly who you were talking about despite not having watched the video!

[@normal6483]

Who you calling a pinhead

[@B1ackKingStar]

Oh. I was saying squirtle and turtwig but that def works too.

[@ceilyurie856]

it is USPPOSED to be the prevo of drednaw...and ain;'t the worst abomination in the game

[@dimetime1482]

Combo doesn’t matter in this game, just encountering it and also cathing or feinting it.

[@paleoleft]

combo still matters lmao

[@WittyPractitioner]

@@paleoleft from what the Nintendo article said the combo is for fishing only and effects your chances of getting a brilliant pokemon. So yeah it does still matter technically... but not for shines or non fishable pokemon so it doesn't have as much use as people thought it did

[@Littlelovelady]

WittyPractitioner no it still counts, not encounter combo but every 100 you deafeat the higher the chance, and if your catch 25 in a row your chance gets skyrocketed.

[@shadycactus6146]

i’ve heard people pronounce “zacian” several different ways, but this is the first i’ve heard it pronounced like “zack-ian” lol

[@mrdrprofessoroak497]

It's apparently supposed to be a corruption of "the cyan"and Zamazenta is "the magenta."

[@shadycactus6146]

yeah i’ve heard that too, although in this case it’s so far removed that i’m not sure how much knowing the etymology helps with pronunciation lol

[@MdSahil-kd9gw]

9:21 "It's me. Austin" I died laughing😆😆

[@standbyjoe]

when you talk about shiny pokemon. all the pictures you showed weren't the actual shineis fyi. those were just like a fan re color

[@angryrick2330]

But the point was made, shhhh.

[@darkkirbygod]

I will prank you know...

[@shubham-pawar]

And here I'm still enjoying Pokemon GBA games on my phone with GBA emulator.

[@serPomiz]

Gba games where the most balanced between battles and non cramp inducing non-battle content i love HG as nr next kid that had GoldN but some of that stuff is just flat out party game spinn off material...

[@cdixon198]

It doesn’t work anymore on my phone so I had to upgrade lol

[@shubham-pawar]

@@cdixon198 try using 'myboy' emulator app from google Play Store. I use it and works great and is stable. I didn't had any issues playing any GBA game on it. Works smooth.

[@KhanMann66]

Just recently finished Emerald randomizer. I had a blast!

[@arowdychild5561]

Me: picks scirebunny without knowing it’s the best starter*

[@Krioux3]

This is my first time ever playing a Pokemon game so I'm learning on the fly, this video is very helpful. Looks like I have a lot of work ahead of me.

[@yokai59loi36]

It really isn't if you played until the 6th or 7th gym and fight all pokemon along the path.

[@Nox_The_Box]

Falcon has such a good voice it sounds great even when he’s sick

[@jonathanhuff884]

"It's a pokemon game, it's not that hard" Togedemaru from Ultra sun and moon: Am I a joke to you?

[@TheJayeagle]

Just use a fire move on it.

[@TheJayeagle]

@Zetsubou I one shotted it with Salazzles Flameburst so I never understood the difficulty.

[@Lukas-yt1mn]

Ultra necrozma if you are not prepared is a monster

[@squeed77]

My level 60 xurkitree that a got from a trade: haha no

[@squeed77]

True story btw

[@travisdeines17]

My experience in the game is that you DO NOT HAVE TO beat the game in order to get Charmander. You can find him in a raid den, Look up some videos on it, I have 2 Charmanders that I didn't beat the game or trade for, just using the raid dens

[@ChacetheBass]

"Shiny Pokémon officially started in black and white" bruh did we all forget about shiny Pokemon in Gold and Silver? My brother is literally doing an entire shiny playthrough of it right now. Come on.

[@xXscreamingkoalaXx]

No he said they were only called "shiny" starting in gen 5. Before that Nintendo called them "shining" not "shiny."

[@ldoomsl]

The shiny ratio doesn’t have to be caught , it can also be knock outs

[@ZackeryCochran]

David Evans yeah, he was just saying the shiny percentage goes up with those Pokemon being caught as well. So the most efficient way is combo catching the same type of Pokemon.

[@SundayNightGames]

ThunderDrummer where is this proven?

[@ZackeryCochran]

JacobJewfro idk. Just saying what we said.

[@Moisty-oo4hx]

Chances of a shiny don’t go up from how many you’ve caught. It goes up from how many you’ve *battled*. Check your Pokédex and it’ll tell you.

[@naimcool36]

Its both

[@Jennifer_Devote]

@@Churdington yeah my first pokemon game was crystal and we called them shiny....idk what the fuck has talking about

[@paleoleft]

@@Jennifer_Devote canonically weren't called shinies till black and white

[@Jennifer_Devote]

@@paleoleft really? It had a shine Sprite and everything.

[@paleoleft]

@@Jennifer_Devote they were in game, but not called shinies

[@alexadame4437]

Just started playing Pokemon. You're definitely my favorite to watch!

[@UsaM]

Aside from the night and day cycle introduced in Gold and Silver I hope they also add a mechanic where the game would match the weather where you're from.

[@c_alam1ty]

tbh that would be pretty cool, but it would make getting weather exclusive wild area pokemon a pain. instead of just changing your date to lock the weather, you'd probably have to wait for a while. and imagine trying to get pokemon that only can be found during snowstorms in a really hot place...

[@justforplaylists6375]

@@c_alam1ty here in Canada, we would get both. Only need to wait a couple of months. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. IT NEVER ACTUALLY STAYS ONE SEASON THE WHOLE TIME. So, every week we would get different climates.

[@johne3534]

6:22 "Each version also has a unique Gym Leader, which is new for the series." *awkwardly looks at Black and White...*

[@jacobfransson5383]

It's different in this case because it's different types not different leaders but same type

[@johne3534]

Jacob Fransson Ah fair.

[@kajickuca2594]

Even further awkwardly looks at Emerald...

[@jacobfransson5383]

@@kajickuca2594 same typing, same gym, different leaders. It would be a different story if it was different types

[@russianbot5302]

Allister is better Try and change my mind

[@gillloteen9475]

Excuse me but Pokemon conquest was like the best spin off game ever

[@NileSings]

It's my favorite Pokemon game period!

[@toastybread2493]

In my opinion, it's best to choose sobble. Yeah, I know its bad for the first gym but that's preatty much it. When you fight leon, his last pokemon is charzard, who is fire type. So if you stick with sobble forever you can take down his charzard with ease. (Yes I beat the game)

[@vaisoni4315]

Bro I was searching for eevees and the frat one popped up had brilliant aura I was confused but I’m glad I caught it anyways cause it’s a tank on my team now

[@OceanShark384]

No Squirtle, this game makes me cry.

[@goldengaymer7550]

You can get squirtle....

[@cutemisskitty7568]

@@goldengaymer7550 How?

[@dantemustdie00]

Dataminers have found that the Kanto and Alola Starters as well as most box legendaries and mythicals are in the game, most likely to be released as event specific pokemon later.

[@cutemisskitty7568]

@@dantemustdie00 Okay, that sounds cool.

[@paleoleft]

@Brazul Blint not really, you've got 7 gens and spin offs that still have the ogs

[@joejanota707]

Is it weird I hope this game bombs so they can take extra care with the next game and bring back National dex, mega evolution, battle frontier and Pokemon followers with multiple regions and capability to catch every Pokemon? All they need is a budget from after the 90s and a bigger team, which we know they can afford. A decent production time couldn't hurt either. Wishful thinking I know.

[@dragonwing1982]

I agree with you I hope it bombs and I love pokemon

[@CJTAMBER]

Beggars can’t be choosers

[@Titaniumjake1472]

I agree 100% im returning my copy wish i had known in advance how hard it was guna suck

[@HaohmaruHL]

@@Titaniumjake1472 what are you gonna return, you didn't even buy anything, haha

[@dauntlessodin5648]

Idk. I'm havin a great time. Also I really dont want megas back. It was neat for a bit but just got so obnoxious after a while. At least dynamaxing doesn't happen in EVERY battle in the game. And I'm fine with not having all pokemon. Sure some pokemon i liked got cut, but I'll take quality over quantity. Also fuck having to balance 800+ pokemon. I think Gamefreak has done pretty damn well with their first try on the Switch.

[@ArsonCrow]

I love the new games sm but am kinda sad they didn’t add in giratina or darkrai (favs) I just hope maybe they’ll update it and make it so you can transfer over more pokemon from older gens (or at least all legendaries cause that’d be hella cool)

[@KittyStar9]

I got a shiny on route two before I even had a badge while trying to find a caterpie

[@yokai59loi36]

Lucky

[@KittyStar9]

@@yokai59loi36 I feel like it was the game saying "happy birthday" because my birthday is November the 8th

[@yokai59loi36]

@@KittyStar9 EXTRA LUCKY

[@KittyStar9]

@@yokai59loi36 how would you feel is I told you that I got a secret rare power plant from a pokemon tcg pack a week before the games came out?

[@yokai59loi36]

@@KittyStar9 that would say that either luck is on your side or the game has an issue

[@93Chowo]

So far I like the new experiences like the Dynamax-Battles, the wild area or the new Pokémon. What I personally not dig is the fact that you have to pay for a membership to use the online service like Online-Trading. In previous games I could easily trade online for free to get Pokémon which I can´t get otherwise because I can´t find people to trade localy.

[@slainetroyard4571]

day/night cycle in cities only happen after doing the post game.

[@quinn8336]

Oofey poopy

[@squeed77]

Wat da fuk

[@squeakboy3666]

what, does the sun not work?

[@Thomas_Morse]

@@squeakboy3666 nope. I've tried.

[@zebraroll2037]

Wha I haven't done the post game and the day and night still cycles

[@Maugan-Ra]

In love with this games Rapidash 😍

[@jonathancook2043]

One more thing that has a huge impact on the game and you will have to use if you even think of playing competitive bottle caps they are used to max out IVs and the you can do it at the rose tower

[@Jmanfire2105]

_HEY_ _DON’T_ _DISS_ _POKÉMON_ _CONQUEST_

[@ElysetheEevee]

Jared Modisette I thought that game was pretty fun actually and I loved the art.

[@Thomas_Morse]

... I miss games like that one.

[@nam3unkn0wn20]

The Move tutor also has something most probably dont know, if a pokemon learns a move from a TR and forgets it, they can relearn it at any time from the move reminder guy as if they naturally learned it from level up

[@benkkuboii101lastname2]

nicee!!

[@beardlessdragon]

This is SO good to know. Thank you

[@somber9807]

Love how he says Zacian as Za-ck-ian and how he says Zamazenya perfectly fine. I feel like this is every person.

[@kiyoshiokamura530]

"open world a macanic borrowed from lets go pikachu" Pokemon sun and moon cries in incineroar

[@dogeofomen6732]

Wow learning about that aura thing is cool I literally walked past many in my journey and thought they were nothing great and walked away

[@theoutcast9215]

My friend found a shiny milcery accidentally when looking for a feroseed in route 4

[@thecakeisalie652]

I bumbed into a shiny onyx and have noone to trade with 😅😭

[@pixelpirate2222]

U can get charcoal alcremie!

[@ElysetheEevee]

Sophie T Lol I would trade with you...if I had an online membership. Planning on getting one sometime in the next couples months though :p I would say message me later but KZbin doesn’t do that anymore I don’t think :(

[@zebraroll2037]

*screams internally because ive been trying to find a shiny milcery for fovever*

[@yokai59loi36]

Same but with a nuzleaf while looking for nincada

[@shiratama2681]

i always see the brilliant aura pokemon in my game and thought they just give you watts. Also that means i have a bunch and let more than 10 go just to make space :0

[@anthonyosullivan7759]

Pokemon diamond your rival has your super effective POKEMON starter