The Reason EVERY Pokemon is in Paldea! ✨ Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Explained

[@Gnoggin]

Other than Area Zero, what do you think is the most important Paldean Landmark? AD: Thank you Helix for sponsoring! Visit helixsleep.com/lockstin to get 20% off your Helix mattress. Offers subject to change. #helixsleep

[@Cozmixyte]

Maybe Glaseado mountain

[@tracieadams5660]

The Academy

[@MaximusWHIP]

probably the mountain leading into area zero

[@Cozmixyte]

@@MaximusWHIP the Great Crater of Paldea?

[@RyokoAsakuraLastFan]

There's landmarks? Everything seems default settings

[@AllanGuiHaya70]

6:47 I like to belive that they added Sudowoodo purely because of the Terastalizing mechanic

[@skywalkerb6746]

I felt similarly about Komala as it seemed like the perfect pokemon for Larry to throw out first

[@pavansakthivelvijayakumar7756]

For just the trulywoodoo pun honestly

[@AiLoveAidoru]

Well sudowoodo is supposed to be a faux plant so I like to think a few bonsly eggs arrived in Paldea via sneaking into the boat that was importing sunkern eggs from johto, only to hatch and get released into the wild by Paldean locals who were scammed into thinking they were also grass type.

[@jeronimoledesma6804]

15:00 the reason for qwilfish can also be purely mechanical, as they brought all of the pokemon with hisuian forms to be able to move those forms to a main game

[@potatoqueen5248]

Id argue Garchomp is more of the "it's popular so it's here" category like Gyarados or Lucario. Pokemon knows fans love Cynthia and her Garchomp

[@DeinoChenus]

Yeah Garchomp has been in every game after diamond and pearl I can't imagine a new pokemon game without Garchomp 😂(well if you count let's go then I guess not)

[@BrendenTait8858]

In general Pseudo legends just seem like they're almost always gonna be around

[@Blastosie_Offical]

@DeinoChenus Garchomp wasn't in Galar until The Crown Tundra

[@zigslotheon]

@@DeinoChenustechnically speaking no Pokémon has been available naturally in every game. You can thank BW1 for that.

[@onepieceking1770]

​@@Blastosie_Officaldespite it being a DLC it still technically counts as long as it is placed in a certain region of galar which the crown tundra definitely is apart of

[@sodium_and_scales]

16:24 Komala spends the entire time sleeping. Siestas (basically afternoon naps) are a massive part of spanish culture, it's so big there'sbeven a stereotype about us being lazy and sleeping all the time, you know, like Komala.

[@canaisyoung3601]

I thought that stereotype was associated with Mexicans, not people from Spain. Then again, a lot of older American media conflated Spain with Mexico.

[@cesargpfis]

@@canaisyoung3601it is a stereotype for Spain, I have never heard of it applied to Mexicans in general, maybe some social groups in particular. Specifically it is a stereotype for the South of Spain. Source: I am from the South of Spain and have lived with it for all my life.

[@ThePmso]

@@cesargpfis It's also the same for the middle south of Portugal (Alentejo) They are known to be lazy because, in the past, they sleep through the hottest part of day and only worked at night. So people always saw them sleeping under a tree in the fields during the day

[@johnroberts524]

@@cesargpfisit’s also a pretty common stereotype for Mexicans. They use to sell garden statues of Mexicans sleeping under a sombrero and wearing a poncho

[@Lemubaby8]

The fact that Paldea doesn't have Ponyta and Rapidash drives me batty. A flaming white horse? In Andalusia? COME ON!

[@zigslotheon]

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[@onepieceking1770]

​@@zigslotheonbasically they're saying a horse pokemon like ponyta and rapidash could fit in paldea more likely since alot of horse species do exist in multiple countries and have been apart of many wars through the years so.... it's not impossible to say ponyta and rapidash at least their kantonian forms can be allowed in paldea but not their galarian forms since they're based on unicorns... and that fits more galar's esthetic which is the UK and they're really known for their mystical creatures as well as other lands too but galar has unicorns lol

[@avaliantsoul5408]

@@onepieceking1770 its also because there is a fairly famous breed of horse known as an Andalusian, because they're from Andalusia (the iberian peninsula), and Paldea is based off the region. Its a pretty well known breed, although if you don't know anything about horses, you probably won't have heard or remembered the name. it does kinda strike me as weird, especially as Spain is well known for its riding schools, and horsemanship in general

[@onepieceking1770]

@@avaliantsoul5408 oh no by all means I do accept this! Very interesting indeed! This confirms even more that ponyta and rapidash couldve made it to paldea!

[@adam2802]

​@@avaliantsoul5408The Spanish were also the first (afaik) Europeans to introduce horses to N. America. In my brain horse and Spain go hand in hand...

[@daruks_no.1_fan]

They loved the name "truleewoodo" so much they just HAD to put Sudowoodo in the game

[@hamsi_bey4850]

I have a headcannon that there was a pokemon equivalent of the Roman Empire and they really liked falinks, they included them in their teams and armies frequently and introduced them to places they used to not live before. and so falinks can be found all across the mediterranian(or the pokemon version of it)

[@SerDerpish]

Headcanon 🤔💭 Headcannon 😃🔫

[@arde29]

Another fun fact regarding tea in the UK: it was Charles II's wife, Catherine of Braganza - a Portuguese princess, who popularized drinking tea in Britain during her time as Queen consort

[@zigslotheon]

The Serpent Queen herself?!

[@arde29]

@@zigslotheon I think that’s Catherine de Medici, Queen of France right?

[@jorgeferrosuarez6989]

Komala is not a strech. Eucaliptus has basically become a meme in Galicia(northern Spain) for the absurd amount of trees planted in the last half century. It's actually a pretty big deal here, and the lack of proper managment has greatly endangared the native forests. You can see them everywhere nowadays. If only we got the koalas too...

[@blackroses96]

Portugal is covered in eucaliptus from North to Central region, at least (from what I've seen myself). That's why we got such bad fires all over the freaking country these last years...

[@omage3457]

14:09 so Iberia actually has some fossils of hippos. Hippos once ranged as far into Europe as the UK.

[@powersurge_beast]

Was gonna say

[@powersurge_beast]

We should bring em back fr

[@omage3457]

@@powersurge_beast the hippos that lived in Europe were a species that went extinct around the middle pleistocene

[@gama4773]

And small elephants too, we even have a museum about that here (in Italy tho 😂)

[@haven_lady675]

Aaaand A herd of hippos were found in a river in Colombia. They were descendants of the hippos that once belonged to Pablo Escobar. And Colombia was once part of the Spanish Empire.

[@OriginallyAlfonz]

There's also the fact that there always has to be at least 1 pokemon with weather setting abilities for competitive reasons. That can easily explain why hippowdown/tyranitar are there

[@SuperAntiPaladin]

I feel like a good chunk of these Pokémon don't need to be explained for why they're in Paldea, but instead why they're in Kitakami and Blueberry Academy. The latter is easy: humans put them there for research as it's a man-made environment built for education.

[@James-lr3xg]

Why are these pokemon in Kitakami video when?

[@onepieceking1770]

Kitakami's explanations of them being there for "experimental research" isnt entirely the case besides the new mons like dipplin and sinistcha there r a few pokemon that actually match the theme of wat kitakami is based around which is doing the whole Japanese theme in which a pokemon like say duskull does fit to be there due to it having like a yokai connection or even having litwick which yes has different inspirations from unova that's more for the haunted house theme and lighting candles in dark houses with ghosts and all that but... again it works cus it could also be like a spooky yokai or some other spooky reference is the reason litwick's line exists in kitakami

[@SuperAntiPaladin]

@@onepieceking1770 I think you may have misread. I never said "experimental research." I also wasn't referring to Kitakami when I mentioned educational purposes, I was talking about Blueberry Academy.

[@onepieceking1770]

@@SuperAntiPaladin well that is my bad blueberry academy yea its 100% for research hands down hell if they really wanted to they couldve added the paldean forms of the pokemon in the terrarium to really experiment with the regional forms and could explain y they underwent the changes similar to how they can explain grimer and muk or exeggutor having their regional forms cus the coastal biome is similar to alola so that's good research there but the swamp lands in the savanna biome could be perfect for wooper and see if theyll become the paldean wooper or not (actually that sounds like an idea lol we should definitely add more with this)

[@nickdentoom1173]

I mean... for Blueberry its already explained all the Pokemon were brought in due to it being a man-made environment.

[@Azzatron5000]

Every pokemon that got a hisuian form/evolution in legends arceus were featured in their base forms in the paldea region. Which explains stuff like Qwilfish

[@perceivedvisions5015]

My guess with Qwilfish is that the devs knew that players would want to use all the new Hisui Pokemon competitively when Home was updated, so their base forms are all in Paldea already since regional forms get loaded in the same dex file. Like if you have Growlithe in the dex, Hisuian Growlithe is likely in the files too. Thus, every Hisui Pokemon's modern equivalent is here somewhere, Stantler, Qwilfish, Ursaring, Electrode, etc.

[@Kronosaurus-1924]

19:18 actually, woobat and swubat could fit a New Zealand region because bats are some of the only native mammals the country has. edit: okay, because i feel this context is necessary, I was responding to the part about UNOVAN pokemon in a new zealand region.

[@fuynnywhaka101]

Along with Palafin, and the Seel and Spheel lines.

[@James-lr3xg]

got unresibly annyed at his NZ comment. We got living dinosuars, dead birds that were as big as pidgeotto. the earlest known ancestors of pengiunes were discovered hear. There is so much going on hear with wildlife before getting into Maori myth and folklore for the supernatural and legendary side of things.

[@Kronosaurus-1924]

@@James-lr3xg I’m pretty sure that the new zealand was supposed to mean that because new zealand is such a weird place with all this cool stuff, most of the old pokémon wouldn’t really make sense.

[@James-lr3xg]

@@Kronosaurus-1924 Thing is they would via the reginal and now convergent forms. And there is no need to reinvent the wheel in ever situation. Pidgens, Sparow, Gulls, rats/mice, dogs, cats, sheep, horses, deer, the list goes on. These are all things we have there that I've seen without going out of my way to see them.

[@joshwillson4129]

As an Australian NZ should be DLC to an Australian region

[@swagkirby3449]

I feel like the real reason Psyduck is included in the Dex is director's bias. Psyduck is Junichi Masuda's favorite Pokemon and it has been in every regional Pokedex because of that

[@ryninja5788]

18:09 you can also justify tyranitar being here cus of baxcaliber, aka the other Godzilla-ish monster.

[@Ceaseroni]

Tyranitar will show up anywhere another kaiju tries to claim the crown.

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

i think a better reason is popularoty, as they put all the pseudo's in the game

[@onesimplefool5250]

personaly i think rotom could just be a "people are here" pokemon cause its based of electrical apliances which will always be around people.

[@costby1105]

Oricorios is only found as Balle Style in the Paldean Wilds, Sensu in the Kitakami Wilds and Pa'u in Blueberry academy. It and the Tynamo line are the only pokemon that are in all three pokedexes.

[@MarshtompGames]

Pom-Pom style is found in South Province Area One.

[@redhoodprince5455]

I feel like some of these pokemon were added "before the DLCs" because they have some connection to Unova and BB Academy is based on Unova now we're getting Legends Z-A. Also as I'm writing this I had to pause the video because I am befuddled! That Koala diss was savage!

[@ScaphPotato]

I think garchomp and jts line is in paldaea due to them being "land sharks" and the very spanish concavenator is usually called a "land shark"

[@Kormeister]

That's a great point actually!

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

i think its in there because of popularity, they added all the pseudo's to paldea

[@patrickmohr6985]

I would imagine Komala is a reference to the siesta culture of Spain. They love their naps

[@SaturnYoshi]

I think Pokémon like Garchomp and Tyranitar were included because they eventually wanted to have all of the pseudos available in one game. Just like how all the starters can be caught in the Indigo Disk.

[@marcobenevi]

Im glad Pokemon Company is more aware of these, because I'll never understand why Bellossom was not available in Alola 🤯

[@johnellis9077]

I wish it was as simple as trusting the Pokemon company but your Bellossom became my Starmie and neither make sense for being left out in these two games respectively.

[@marcobenevi]

@@johnellis9077 Really ? I didn't even noticed their absence! And then we add Solrock and Lunatone in this mix and it gets even wilder ... lets wait for the remakes 😬

[@kernnnnnnel]

Some of the animals you mentioned in "other" like the blowfishes, camels and sharks are actually present in the Canary islands! an archipelago that even though its closer to Africa, is a Spanish colony

[@kernnnnnnel]

also the Carnival is one of the most known festivities in the islands, being the 2nd biggest in the world after Brazil B)

[@AbsolXGuardian]

16:48 I assumed it was there as a siesta joke

[@sagasilverwolf5242]

Adding some info that may help with some Pokémons: - In Coria del Río, a Samurái, who serve Date Masamune, sets and form a family. Their descendents now have the surname "Japón" (Japan). - the Iberian peninsula were colonice by greeks, romans, fenicians, visigoth, Arabs and Moros (north África tribes). - Spain owns part of the Sahara Desert. - Spain discover Australia, but they thought It was to far and didn't colonice It. - There are great White sharks near Spain and a lot of sharks. - In Iberia there are shark dishes. Sorry for my english and I hope this help you to understand more things

[@sagasilverwolf5242]

I forget: - Godzilla visit Cádiz (the home town in paldea) in Godzilla X Kong

[@nickdentoom1173]

Spain didn't discover Australia, the Netherlands did.

[@jozabean]

Admittedly, thinking about Garchomp. I think it falls in line with the Popularity category. Paldea was announced shortly after PLA/Sinnoh Remakes had been released so a lot of kids ended up falling into Sinnoh region as their first, revitalizing the love for pokemon like Garchomp, Luxray, Infernape, etc. Which in hindsight might explain why the recent tera raids this last weekend were Sinnoh based.

[@joewoloson1224]

In all fairness, Pokemon like Komala would never be able to return ever if they tried to only choose ones that fit well. Some are just based on things that are too area specific for that. Like it's great that they try and it works most of the time, but I don't think it's possible for every mon to fit the region without it feeling samey.

[@Hide_Me]

"Pokemon like Komala would never be able to return ever if they tried to only choose ones that fit well" Lmao this guy forgot about the entire concept of the Safari zone.

[@joewoloson1224]

@Hide_Me They haven't had a new safari zone since gen 4. They clearly don't want to do another one

[@Hide_Me]

@@joewoloson1224 so?

[@prof.reuniclus21]

@@Hide_MeSo there more than likely will not be a safari zone in future games.

[@Hide_Me]

@@prof.reuniclus21 this does not mean the safari zone is not a solution

[@dinosaurno5]

5:15 "bees love Spain" Best line of the entire video 😂

[@colbymullenix9140]

14:02 so fun fact, There are actually Hippos from South America, though of non- native to say the leader. They were actually brought over to Ecuador by Pablo Escobar for his own private zoo, but when Pablo was eventually apprehended by the authorities, the hippos were just allowed to run free within the area. And sure enough their numbers grew to over hundreds individuals, due in part to the stable, year-round tropical climate, and little to no predation pressure to be had.

[@madnessarcade7447]

0:26 one of the reasons they mentioned for the dex cut I call it geographical realism

[@Cozmixyte]

2:04 Am I the only one who noticed that this Falinks has 6 Brasses instead of one Brass and five Troopers? Was this intentional?

[@retwerd]

I feel it’s important to mention that all the pokemon that got hisuian formes got into the regional dex. I assume they wanted to have them ready so that they’d be easily transferable once pokemon bank access came to ScarVi

[@DaenaMichelle]

Fun fact! In the past, hippos were a thing in Iberia as well, but we are talking about thousands of years ago, Mammoths were alive back then and also around Iberia as well.

[@grantpetsch7602]

I think another good reason for Tyranitar is because of rivalry bias. It’s why Oranguru (which is the same but on a version exclusives level), is here. It works as a Kaiju pairing with Baxcalibur.

[@donaldmcronald6796]

I have a feeling this next lore video is going to be very interesting

[@danielmalinen6337]

Hippos, lions and hyenas used to be native animals in Europe and their fossils can still be found all over Europe in those parts that have not been under ice.

[@KingChiggy]

My argument for Qwilfish is "It got a new regional form in the previous game so they had to include it to show that you could add this pokemon to the game at some point". Kinda like Stantler, Teddiursa and Scyther being added too. It wouldnt make sense for Pokemon to introduce these new forms and evolutions and then leave them locked in a game that had basically no online or competitive functionality AT ALL for the better part of 5-6 years.

[@francorodriguez-vr8ri]

You could argue that Tyranitar is also here because of Iron Thorns, like devs came up with Iron Thorns and then decided that if they were gonna have this MechaGodzilla like Pokémon they might as well add the Godzilla like Pokémon to the game to it wouldn’t be weird to have one without the other.

[@SerDerpish]

I would like to add Gholdengo to the list of mons which make sense due to colonization, as it is very clearly an indigenous or african person in dreadlocks who has then been dipped in gold as per the south american legend of “el dorado.” The only thing missing is that Gholdengo doesn’t do a capoeira dance like hitmontop does (a fighting style originally developed by the “HM user”-class disguised as dance to prevent their training being discovered)

[@MaximusWHIP]

there is no pokemon that "doesnt fit" because you can always just bring up the treaty of tordesillas

[@danielstokes2127]

I feel like tyranitar is here because it’s counterpart iron thorns is here

[@Super_Top_Secret_Area]

I'd say that serves as even more proof that Tyranitar is there because of popularity. It is imported from Japan and people love it immediately, merchandise pops up everywhere in Paldea and in the far future, scientists create Iron Thorns as a parallel of the real world's Mechagodzilla.

[@akilcharles3473]

1 thing that often bugs me is the fact even with how most of the Pokemon do tend to fit in Paldea, there others more that would most likely also fit this region as well. Such as for some like: 1. Mandibuzz: Spain is Europe's stronghold, hosting 90% of the European vulture populations and that there is some dessert settings in Paldea that would make sense for Vullaby & Mandibuzz to fit in. 2. Maractus: Same goes this Maractus for it being also a cactus Pokemon as well. 3. Rapidash: Spain is also known for their Spanish horses and the fact they're not in Paldea confuses still. And 4. Ludicolo: This one is just self explanatory cause of what it's design is more likely based upon.

[@zigslotheon]

There is a difference between Spain Spanish and Mexico Spanish. Ludicolo and Maractus are the latter not the former.

[@AllanGuiHaya70]

@@zigslotheon a huge chunk of the pokedex (and also a category in this video) is based around countries that Spain and Portugal colonized

[@cezaryg5365]

Dhelmise feels like a huge missed opportunity for Paldea region.

[@akilcharles3473]

@@cezaryg5365 That's the anchor Pokemon correct, that too most definitely would fit in Paldea.

[@cezaryg5365]

@@akilcharles3473 Agreed. Even if it could fit perfectly, GF decided to not included to avoid referencing "dark side" of colonialism in pokemon game.

[@NightFuryLover31]

Deep Pokemon lore: Yay! Sasha the cat appears: YAY!!! I like the underwater effect on your voice used for Lumineon. I get Oricorio’s Baile form in Paldea, but its Pom-Pom form confuses me. I guess because the other forms fit so well for the DLC.

[@Youre_not_perfect]

8:35 Goth as in Gothic Rock the music genre and Goth fashion, came from England in the late 70's. It became pretty big throughout the UK and also Germany. So that's just another fun detail for Gothitelle being within the European Vibes category. Fun fact: The Gothitelle line is actually inspired by Gothic Lolita, which while seperate from Goths and not that related, is Lolita fashion with inspirations from Goth. Lolita fashion comes from Japan, so there's that too. With that, Lolita fashion is, I think, directly inspired by European fashion, specifically from the Victorian era. Besides Gothic Lolita, Japan also has a really cool Goth scene. They had some great bands in the 80's.

[@riquini1587]

I have to say pokemon like Komala fits perfectly in Paldea thanks to ¨la siesta¨ is like a tradition where you sleep for between some minutes or a couple of hours, is very popular in South Spain and were do you find Komala, thats right ins South Paldea, it is so well done and it is strange that snorlax cant be found in paldea but well at least you can find it in Kitakami.

[@owenvanbruchem1863]

I like how you tried to say van gogh in dutch and not how everyone speaking english says it

[@powersurge_beast]

Man thank you for the consistent quality. I wish more fandoms had a channel like yours to offer their communites.

[@powersurge_beast]

Specifically WoW, oh my god your style of cultural analysis on WoW raids would be so cool

[@joeyteter9383]

As someone who loves Komala and Qwilfish despite whether they “fit in” the best or not. I’m still glad they’re here as they’re two of my favorite Pokémon lol

[@cairneoleander8130]

Oricorio is here not just because of flamenco dancers being the inspiration for the Baile style (it was btw). Portugal had a HUGE cultural and historical influence/impact on Hawaii. A lot of Native Hawaiians nowadays have at least partial Portuguese heritage, my spouse and his family included. There are so many families with Portuguese in them that it’s got slang for it that’s over a century old. Portugal had a lot of business with Hawaii.

[@noahberan6498]

Nice to see someone else from Hawai'i here. Also Oricorio is my favorite Pokemon, so its nice to see people discussing it too

[@cairneoleander8130]

@@noahberan6498 sadly like many Kanaka nowadays, hubby doesnt live in Hawaii but he was raised on Oahu. (Only specifying so I don’t misrepresent)

[@noahberan6498]

@@cairneoleander8130 oh that's sad, I hope you guys are able to come back one day! If you want to of course

[@blackrockfire]

Maybe you could argue that Tyranitar is in Paldea because The Iberian Penninsula is a very rocky and mountainous place, and the evolution line needs to eat mountains to evolve, hence why they are drawn to Paldea

[@Zoroark73]

Hippowdon is likely included because there ARE Hippos in South America. Long story short, In the late 1970s an infamous drug-cartel leader Pablo Escabar kept his own private Zoo with imported animals, including a small group of 4 Hippos, one male and 3 females. After his death in 1993 these Hippos were left to wander his estate, breed and escape. Now there is a population of over 100 hippos, just wandering Columbia because it is too expensive to relocate such large and dangerous animals. If you'd like to learn more about them, they're nicknamed the "Cocaine Hippos"

[@JamesDavy2009]

The Grand Tour stars (Orangutan, Hamster and Captain Slow) found that out when they were tasked to spot certain animals in the Amazon.

[@dr.crazystein9536]

The Fidough what we know in love is likely more of Milcery coated in dough. So if you're asking me, I would love to see the Dachsbun of Every Type. Croissant = Fairy/Normal Banana Bread = Fairy/Grass Lava Cake = Fairy/Fire Taiyaki = Fairy/Water Pizza = Fairy/Flying Spider Cake = Fairy/Bug BubblePop Electric Cake = Fairy/Electric Pretzel = Fairy/Rock Cinnamon Sugar Messy Bread = Fairy/Ground Protein Batter = Fairy/Fighting Cookie Dough = Fairy/Poison Raspberry Iced Brain Buns = Fairy/Psychic Ghost Toast = Fairy/Ghost Mochi = Fairy/Ice Sweet Dragon Fruit Claw = Fairy/Dragon Dark Rye Bread = Fairy/Dark Pot of Gold Cake = Fairy/Steel

[@Cozmixyte]

Is that pizza one a reference to the fact that chefs throw pizzas into the air? Because I’d love to see that as a Pokémon

[@JaxonBellve]

Mochi and Cookie Dough should be swapped because...Pecharunt.

[@dr.crazystein9536]

@@JaxonBellve Are you even sure? Because the chocolate in cookie dough are one of few things that kills canines.

[@Super_Top_Secret_Area]

​@@Cozmixyte I imagined the pizza Pokémon spinning in the air like an UFO.

[@dr.crazystein9536]

@@Cozmixyte Absolutely Y E S. Besides, Mothza Supreme is already a Flying-Type few years ago. Additionally, they're also 2 types of Pizza Faces that floats easily. One is in 2012's TMNT, and another is in Pizza Tower. Convenient, huh?

[@AaronL0905]

My favorite category ever tbh is always the "yeah just 'cause" or the popularity dragged here

[@erocketman7611]

i'm surprised you didnt do a donkey oaty/Don Quixote joke for mudbray

[@Msalazar2011]

I was waiting for that too

[@kraquervc2]

Loving finding KOF 99’s stages here in this video.

[@JonCrs10]

Here's an idea, what Paldean originals would work in Kanto? If you retconned EVERY region's dex to include newer Pokémon, who would go where?

[@the_godbodor7026]

Here’s a video idea for future Lockstin. Since the new pokemon regions are most definitely incorporating pokemon based on what fits with the region, you could make a prediction video for future generations on what returning pokemon you think will be in the regions going solely off of the region’s inspiration. Personally I think a video like that could be really fun.

[@erryj7777777]

Fun fact about Britain. Until semi recently, it was possible for animals (including humans) to walk from UK to France, and by extension Spain

[@gliscornumber151]

The reason qwilfish (and a handful of other pokemon) is here is so that they could have the original form available for when they released the legends Arceus forms into the game. Every pokemon that got a hisuian form or evolution was in the base game, except for the starters who were released in tera raids before the PLA pokemon were released

[@cofagrigusfan24]

5:10 but he's Dutch, not Spanish 11:13 and the Dutch!

[@JamesDavy2009]

And the foreign traders were only allowed to be in certain sections of Nagasaki.

[@Randyhoar]

The Chlamydia joke got me 🤣 Though technically Koalas are marsupials, not bears. They just resemble tiny bears, so it has been a misconception since Europeans colonized Australia

[@gregovaromoreno6318]

11:31 With that same logic I am surprised Minior wasn't in the base game. Konpeito was originally from Portugal and still surprise there wasn't a Castella inspired Pokemon. It would have been awesome if they had made a sleepy pokemon based on castella.

[@burkhart614]

Alright, but i think it still doesn't make sense for me why they decided to just put a bamboo forest WITHOUT Pancham and Pangoro, and judging by how the area seems to have Teddiursa and Ursaring, it was as if they were aware of that?? Idk, that has just been a huge ick for me since the game launched, and i always found it weird...

[@bananaspice1967]

"With the one exception of the Portugese!" Angy Dutchy noises

[@JamesDavy2009]

I learned only the Dutch were allowed and even then only in certain areas of Nagasaki.

[@nickdentoom1173]

Yeah, if you want to teach a history lesson in a video, tell the entire story. The Portugese weren't the only ones allowed to trade with the Japanese, the Dutch also were. The Japanese even enlisted the Dutch to get rid of the Portugese when the Portugese wanted to force religion on the Japanese.

[@KefkeWren]

Garchomp is probably there as Popular Pokémon. Cynthia is one of the most popular characters of all time in the franchise, and Garchomp is her ace. It's been in every generation since its introduction, and I think it's here to stay.

[@misterzygarde6431]

I think Garchomp could fit in the popular category given it’s been recognized as Cynthia’s Ace and has been seen as notable enough to get a Wikipedia Page.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

I feel like Rotom is there to go along with the Rotom Phones around.

[@riquini1587]

I have to say the pokemon that I most miss in Paldea is Boltund because Galgos are VERY popular and VERY important in Spain.

[@lonk2902]

I'm impressed with your attempt to pronounce Van Gogh's name. It's not right yet but it's a lot closer than most native english speakers get.

[@JamesDavy2009]

The Dutch "G" is not a common sound in other languages.

[@Wolfbane382]

What an awesome video for my birthday! I've been waiting for this video and it was worth the wait. ^^

[@fountainnymph]

happy birthday!!! he made it just for you lolll

[@ThePmso]

About Komala, we can say that it is very fitting to Portugal, if you consider the Komala body being the tree (like the Komala shiny theory says).

[@gabrielchee8470]

Funny you mention "exploration" as the dex theme, since i think SVs so pushing exploration,what with the whole treasure hunt and whatnot.

[@VenomousVillain36]

Camerupt is there because there are camels in some parts of the Canary Islands (dunes), which are a part of Spain bruv

[@Pheonix686]

I'd be inclined to disagree with the last point about overdoing the colonialism aspect in galar and paldea. Given the lasting impact from Britain and Iberia combined on the entire world you could argue they're under selling it.

[@richie_the_pawmo]

I was disappointed the Roserade line didn’t make the Paldea dex 🥀

[@miamakura]

16:27 i was half asleep and this struck me back to life

[@mjvdg4194]

The Sudowoodo entry got me thinking; do you reckon we can tell what’s ’not’ going to be the next generation by seeing who’s in the Pokédex office the previous one? E.g. Sudowoodo is here so Gen X probably won’t be Greece or Germany; Camerupt means not Northern Africa; Komala not Australia, etc. I don’t know if there’s any precedent for that

[@JamesDavy2009]

A leaker suggested the region to be an archipelago. Greece is a possibility.

[@shadowmarauder6033]

I personally feel Paldea’s dex(both new & old pokémon) lacks focus on Spain & Portugal and instead went in a “generally latin american & european” direction.

[@Alex-RPG]

As a spaniard myself, I also felt a bit let down from the lack of trully iberian inspired pokemon, only one of the starters resembled an endemic animal, and almost all other new pokemon either came from south america or france, as if you couldn't have a full pokedex based on spain and portugal folklore, culture and ecology. We didn't even have any islands, and the canaries and balears are really unique and famous to justify having them. I get that the four first gens were inspired almost exclusively on japan, and so the majority of pokemons are japanese oriented, so we were never going to get the same amount of iberian pokemon, but even so, I was expecting more. And im glad that people from south america have now pokemon based on their culture, dont get me wrong, obviously if you have a mainly spain oriented region, some south american pokemon make a lot of sense, but you could maybe use those designs for a mexico/south america region, and diferentiate both places better

[@parrotenthusiast1181]

As a dutchie, i love the fact that you pronounced van gogh basically correct 5:10

[@trevorpacelli8056]

I'm pretty sure Tyranitar's only here because it has a paradox form. Qwilfish is a similar case, it's only here because all Pokemon with Hisuian forms/evolutions are here, making transferring those forms from LA through Home easier.

[@Stequal2]

If i can argue one thing: Garchomp and Tyranitar are psuedo-kalos because of the megas? Maybe? Thats just a theory. AAAAA POKETHEORY

[@McJethroPovTee]

Would be nice to have one of those multivideo series about all pokemon abilities explained. Like how and why each ability does what it does and why each ability fit their pokemons. Like Geodude and sturdy. Rocks are sturdy, and some rocks need more than just one strike to break them

[@demitriussmith741]

"You're loose Komala, hence the chlamydia " is actually insane 😂😭

[@EtaryaFae]

Surprised by the lack of comments about that line, I made the mistake of eating while watching and almost choked. 😂😅

[@theultimategoose8428]

16:50 no. Wrong koalas are not bears.

[@demoncet1998]

Deerling and Stantler would work for a New Zealand game. They're an exporter of farmed venison.

[@JamesDavy2009]

Along with Mareep and Wooloo-more sheep than humans there.

[@professorkauri]

I'd be super keen to see a New Zealand based region as well. Particularly to see how Pokemon could utilise Maori mythology with the shape-shifting taniwha for legendary pokemon, one of the islands being the giant fish Maui pulled from the ocean, And then there's the now extinct Moa (largest flightless bird), Giant penguin, and giant shark which could be fantastic for a legendary trio like Suicune and co, or they could be the fossil pokemon.

[@mattvarley3462]

Another fun fact about Portugal and Tea! The reason we call Tea, Tea, is because the Portuguese word for tea is Tcha and when they were labeling the bags for the trade ships they didn’t want to take the time to write it out so they just used the first letter and marked all the bags with a big “T” The tea showed up, people saw the T and started calling it exactly that! It still is crazy that Portugal use to be the World power for so long thanks to the trade routes! Lots of cool history there!

[@Mirawaru]

You should do one for the Kitakami dex too

[@ntlvr]

I'm from New Zealand and we have quite a lot of cool creatures, for instance we have no native mammals except for bats, we have a plethora of birds that could fit many lines, a Piwakawaka type companion pokemon( because they are very friendly and come up to humans) or a Tuatara based pseudo-legendary, the evil team could utilise all the pest species that have been introduced here, such as dogs, weasels, cats, rabbits, hedgehogs etc. Also a Kuri based dog line could be awesome aswell. I'd also argue Alolan Rattatta would fit really well because of the whole introduced species thing.

[@charlessavilla2894]

What a great birthday video! Thank you Lockstin. (Edit: I meant this in the sense that it came out on my birthday)

[@ZyroDemon]

Gen 9 only had Zebstrika and Gogoat but left out alot of good ones that SwSh had but im so glad the elemental monkeys and the Watchog line get to be on the switch next year

[@beauvogames]

This definitely could have a "because it's in Legends Arceus" category, which explains a bunch of Pokémon including some ones you had to make a stretch to find, since they had new forms or evolutions that hadn't yet been in a more traditional game, so: Qwilfish, Sneasel, Growlithe, Stantler, Scyther, Basculin, Voltorb, Ursaring, Petilil, Zorua, Braviary, Goomy and Avalugg plus the starters. I wouldn't be surprised if we get an Enamorus 7* raid event at some point in SV. P. S. I LOVED your Galar video so I'm really happy to see one for Paldea 😊

[@albertfronton3634]

Respect to the hippopotamus in paldea. In my hometown theres a large park with hippopotamus statues because in that place we found hippos fossils, theres a recreation mold made out of concrete next to the hippos. Im from Terrassa in Catalunya, north east of spain, and theres other small sites where similar fossils have been found. So yeah, no current hippos live here NOW, but they did a long time ago.

[@supasid6591]

Wait so Hawaii and New York are “colonizer countries” but New Zealand isn’t?

[@Layorgenla]

19:00 I'd also like to say that all the regions so far have been regions whose main language is one of those the game is translated into. Kanto, Johto, Hoen, Sinnoh = Japanese; Unova, Alola, Galar = English; Kalos = French; Paldea = Spanish. So I think it wouldn't be improbable to assume that the next new generation would be set in a country that speaks these previous languages or somewhere that majorly speaks Chinese, German, Korean or Italian

[@Aster_Iris]

Aww man I'm sad that you didn't mention that a big reason the Rockruff line is present in Paldea is how much Spain contributed to werewolf cinema. They had a huge chokehold on the subgenre throughout the 60s and 70s. :(