How British is Pokemon Sword and Shield? - Gaijin Goombah

[@GaijinGoombah]

I　AM　BAD　AT　PRONOUNCING　SUSSEX！　( ≧Д≦)

[@blakeloser5856]

Dont worry and I LOVE YOUR SHOW

[@TheKraig]

Actually crying, so funny!

[@MystLunarabne]

Yep...

[@monstersociety3360]

Have you ever considered making a video about why some Japan-developed video games mention the characters' blood types? (Street Fighter, Resident Evil, some Final Fantasy games & a few others have been known to do it) Apparently, it has to do with a common superstition from Japan that a person's blood type can have an effect on their personality, kind of like Astrology, where people believe what month you were born in designates what your personality is like. I'd love to see a Culture Shock like that!

[@disgruntledwelsh3817]

The ex husband of a woman named Sue. Sue's ex

[@jung.o.2080]

Also vikings used to travel with cats on their ships to eat rats and other pests. Which lead to the proliferation of orange cats in places far from Norway

[@TheMetastasia]

Also Viking cats are used to be smaller than todays house cats. And Perrserker is 0.8 m while Persian is 1.0 m tall.

[@TBustah]

Maybe, but ship’s cats aren’t exclusive to Scandinavian culture.

[@aliastheabnormal]

So Vikings gave us Garfield?

[@ryuuronin9852]

I like the subtle reference to the legend of the two rival dragons (from the Arthurian mythos) in Leon and Raihan's rivalry: In the story there is a prophetic dream of a red dragon of fire (representing Arthur) fighting and defeating a white dragon of ice (representing his enemies). Meanwhile, in game you have the current champion (ergo King) who uses the fiery Charizard (yeah it's more orange and not red but it's close enough) and his rival's signature Pokemon is Duraludon: a white dragon found in icy areas.

[@TheTofuexplosion]

Ryuu Ronin Hot damn, that’s cool

[@madness1931]

Not only that, but it's also a link to the War of the Roses. Red and White, with both playing a part in roses, and dragons, both recent and old.

[@dragontamerbenji4109]

Omg that makes perfect sense! NOW I understand why Charizard is Leon’s ace!

[@trevorvanderputten7430]

Good job figuring that out

[@CallieBlader]

as someone who needs to do research on arthur legends because there's a character who's a knight of the round and he's pretty important, this is helpful

[@ledge-magee]

I can answer this question easily. VERY. Being British myself I was like blown away by how much they managed to add. Wild Area needs more rain tho.

[@HaloForgeUltra]

*A LOT MORE FACKING RAIN? BLOODY GLOBAL WARMING RUINING NATIONAL PASTIMES!*

[@PhoenixNorthstar]

Bedfordshire checking in, I'd make a snarky comment but I literally just walked home and in the 20 minutes it takes it went from heavy rain to clear skys and back again.

[@ledge-magee]

@@PhoenixNorthstar Britain at its finest XD

[@Surkk2960]

I'd rather have rain than the endless snowstorms I keep running into...

[@TheHammerGuy94]

7.8/10 Not enough water

[@grayoso1828]

It's a shame you didnt mention Copperajah and Cufant and the uk's *ahem* "History" with india.

[@easygoingdude9990]

History is one way of putting it lol. KZbin would demonetise it instantly

[@technomorph6798]

We’re sorry :(

[@kage2701]

I'm not sorry. India would be better off if we had kept it under rule. Wouldn't have Pakistan causing all these troubles if the rest of the world hadnt guilted us into giving it back. Same with Hong Kong. Gave it back to china. Now look at the mess. The only thing the brits can be blamed for is we picked the wrong side during WW1. Should have joined germany rather than declare war on them. Was a bit of a coin toss which way we would go. Safe to say we picked wrong.

[@technomorph6798]

Dude, it’s a pokemon video on a geek channel, chill

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@kage2701 Hong Kong was contractually obligated to return to China though. It wasn't a guilt trip. The UK basically had a 150 year lease of the island.

[@pdstomo]

One other reason Sirfetch'd design so stoic is because of the leek. There is a tradition wear people wear leeks on their head during celebration of St David's Day. This is based on a myth of Saint David who told the Welsh soldiers to wear a leek on their helmet against Saxon army. Which made leek the national signature for Wales

[@Infernoraptor]

I am now naming my sir fetched, St David. (Does a saint-knight get called Sir Saint Or Saint Sir?)

[@epicwalrus7183]

@@Infernoraptor St David was a holy man, not a warrior but I think Sir Saint flows better. If you really wanna go all out name them "Dewi Sant" which is Welsh for St David.

[@swanscone6473]

In reality us Welsh folk wear both leeks and daffodils on St. David's Day and we typically wear them as a broach on our chest nowadays.

[@akumaking1]

Missing items: Scottish Pokemon player Dexit memes Monty Python references

[@monstersociety3360]

Dude, what if they made the evil bunny from Holy Grail a capturable Pokemon??

[@endergamer4]

They did... He’s called Scorbunny

[@disgruntledwelsh3817]

And the entirety of Wales.

[@monstersociety3360]

@@endergamer4 Somehow I doubt that Gamefreak had the evil bunny in mind when they created Scorbunny.

[@monstersociety3360]

@@disgruntledwelsh3817 Oh yeah, I guess they did leave out the Welsh. That's not fair. Tell me, what references could they have made? The only thing I know about Welsh culture is that sometimes a double "L" makes a "C" sound, and the only reason I know THAT as an American is because Jimmy Carr did a joke about it one time. Apparently, Jimmy Carr was corrected via heckler when he mispronounced the name of a welsh town one time. Some dude yelled out something like "In Welsh, two L's make a C!" and Jimmy was all like "Alright... no need to be such a LLUNT about it!" Seriously tho, what could Pokemon have done as your ideal Welsh reference?

[@frankunodostres473]

I really appreciate all the little details they put into the game to represent/reference "british" stuff without going over the top. all the little nods are incredibly respectful to english and european culture in general. my favourites being: stonjourner (the stonehenge pokemon), team yell (football hooligans with scarfs, vuvuzelas and all!), cinderace's move court change (taken directly from the game of football) and the beautiful bagpipes-inspired music in the wild area (clearly a nod to scotland)

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

It helps that they have a British man, James Turner, on their team

[@YujiUedaFan]

Yet no Lillipup, Sawsbuck or Swanna.

[@LenKirin]

@@YujiUedaFan Or Pyroar (like fr it was sitting RIGHT in front of them)

[@yodawg189]

I have huge respect for Corviknight because I went to London this past summer and saw the ravens being kept at the Tower of London, and they're really cool.

[@bricesonroy2350]

DanDokuro I named my Corviknight Mordred

[@technomorph6798]

I live in London, left a shop the other day and a crow screeched at me. I screeched back. This went of like 3 more times then i walked away as it stared me down. Dunno why im telling you this. Crows are neat. Also once saw a crow steal a ball of scrunched up tinfoil and drop it on someone

[@joshuahunt3032]

DanDokuro That begs the question, why wasn’t there a building in Wyndon absolutely swarming with Corviknight, or at least Corvisquire?

[@joshuahunt3032]

Technomorph Careful interacting with crows. At least some species are so politically complex that moving a crow corpse could easily earn you the ire of the far more alive crows, even if they killed the dead crow themselves. I wouldn’t be surprised if Corviknight politics were even more tense.

[@technomorph6798]

I don’t touch they or even try getting close, just that one time i screeched back and watching them be stupid from afar

[@peachibread1983]

the irony of a corgi(the queens favorite dog) turning into a pit bull/grey hound. (grey hounds are fine as they where imported to england and bred there to become racing dogs, explaining boltunds electric type, but the pit part is ironic because of the fact england currently has a ban on pits and is heavily regulating dogs who fall under the pit-like category, and the ears & head shape of boltund are unmistakably pit or pit-like)

[@Aflay1]

Capin Cruncheeze You can edit it to say pit instead of put. I won’t tell anyone.

[@monstersociety3360]

Wait... Pit Bulls are being BANNED there? But that's stupid! Pit Bulls aren't an inherently dangerous or more aggressive breed! They have a reputation for being such, but in reality they're only as aggressive as normal dogs, unless they're TAUGHT to be more ferocious by their owners! Granted they sometimes have breathing problems due to their smushed faces, but... why are they being banned in the UK?

[@Aflay1]

Monster Society You said it yourself. Reputation.

[@sarahw598]

Could also be based on a Staffy though (Staffordshire bull terrier), which has been voted Britains favourite dog breed in the past few years. So yamper goes from the Queen's favourite to the people's favourite

[@OMartinez91]

As the owner of a pit, I love this evolution. I was ecstatic when I saw the cute Yamper I caught after it ran towards me turn into a pittie. He ended up being my carry

[@Davanthall]

I like that the city of Wyndon is literally just the name London mixed with Win. ....cause...they’re so obsessed with competition there....I thought it was clever. They used the same naming strategies they use for the Pokémon for the towns too.

[@thehermit8618]

I thought it was a fusion of "Wynd" (british term of a narrow street between houses) and London. It may also come from Windsor, y'know the current reigning house if the UK

[@FaithOriginalisme]

@@thehermit8618 I thought it was more likely to be a reference to the Queen also

[@RileyRivalle2]

@It Just Works I thought it might be a partial reference to Wimbledon (a huge tennis tournament that fits into the era that "steampunk" draws inspiration from), but then again I didn't even know about "wynd" and the possible scores of other local words that might fit better.

[@YujiUedaFan]

Except for Spikemuth which is just a typo of spike"mouth" as in mouth of a river (which there are no rivers near there in the first place!)

[@Archris17]

Or Winchester, which was the capitol of Wessex, one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that pre-dated modern England and was arguably the most powerful and influential of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

[@WillyV089]

I was under the impression that the fossil mix ups were based on incorrectly assembled dino fossils on display irl.

[@CLB872]

It could be both honestly, or Gaijin could be mistaken, it does happen.

[@calvinmcneil9824]

A Poke tuber talked about the fossil Pokemon,unfortunately I can't remember the name I think bird keeper

[@TheJH1015]

You are correct. afaik it has nothing to do with that human skull reconstruction stuff

[@Infernoraptor]

Piltdown was part of a larger problem. There's a fine line between fraud and carelessness, especially in Victorian naturalism. A big example; "mermaids"; monkey tops sewn onto fish tails.

[@Blockheadfun]

Look up Victorian Dinosaurs they really botched up the depictions of Dinosaurs by mixing up fossil remains.

[@ravenbearden6695]

Mr. Rime is the most interesting because he resembles Charlie Chaplin

[@SuperFanFiction]

Why ice and psychic though?

[@ravenbearden6695]

@@SuperFanFiction *shrugs* i don't know

[@alexmercer6099]

Omg that makes more sense then Hitler.

[@JaxonHex]

@@SuperFanFiction That could be because his most fames character, The Tramp, (Which Mr. Rime gets his walking from.) was always out in the cold and he seem to know what to do when anything happens in the shorts.

[@666Vampirefromhell]

It might be there and I missed it but I'd have loved if they had a duo. One skinny and local to Galar and his partner who's fat and American. And before anyone gets mad it's a reference to Laurel and Hardy. Stan Laurel was British and skinny, Oliver Hardy was fat and American. And they were hilarious.

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

"How British is Pokemon Sword and Shield?" As a Brit myself: Very. Like, very British. Also, the way you pronounced Sussex at 6:21 made me laugh so hard.

[@seannoel8615]

Same and I'm not even British

[@bainbonic]

Soosex.

[@campkira]

japanese idea of british....

[@LokiToxtrocity]

Best Waifu has spoken

[@YujiUedaFan]

But so many British Pokémon are removed! No: Swanna Lillipup Snubbull Glameow Stantler Sawsbuck Sunflora Fletchling Starly

[@johnhoftb]

Speaking of Intellion being a shout out to James Bond, Rillaboom is one to the Beetles, and Cinderace is a soccer player.

[@Tfin]

1. Beatles. 2. Wut? Ringo Starr? I think not.

[@raymonderrity1419]

I'm pretty sure Rillaboom is based on that one Cadbury's advert with the Gorilla playing the drums.

[@bulbasaur15]

#001 So we now have Normal Meowth Dark Meowth Steel Meowth Does this mean we will be getting a Rock and Ice Meowth sometime in the next gens? Or also for that matter. Will we get a Regidark as well?

[@PregnantOrc]

Give us Psychic Meowth and then one of each type Eevee doesn't have an eeveelution for and we'll have matched the first extra pair it got and then stolen the remaining types. Good old cat vs dog rivalry

[@stupidstar4265]

Eevee has every special type evolution And now Meowth is getting physical type regional forms, and the dark type for some reason

[@solidskullz5736]

I love the subtle phrases they use. They don’t use them too much and it just feels natural, other than that I don’t know much about England and how it looks besides the sky not being blue

[@Xenothekid7]

Very clear skies visible is definitely artistic license with an England-based region.

[@deadshields8561]

My personal favourite is how the trainer says 'go on' when sending in a Pokemon, such as 'Koffing! Go on! You can do it!' Which is a pretty British thing to say when encouraging someone.

[@Realblack_m0nster]

Mine is the use of the word "mate"

[@LoveSasukeKai]

About the rune stones: The reason to why they were considered imbued with magic was the runes themselves. In fact, they have much more in common with alphabets like kanji than what I'm using to type this right now, due to being symbols of concepts as well as letter. And the way they were "discovered" in myth? Oden hang himself pierced by his own spear from the world tree for nine days and nights, before having the revelation of these magical symbols. For example 'M' may look like it'd make a 'mmm' sound to us, but it's an 'eh', and represents Sleipneir, drugs and astral travel. Which brings me to the whole berserker thing. Don't eat those fungi. You'll just get sick and throw up, not a good look for trading or pillaging. Best regards, a Swede who does rune readings and partly follows the asatro.

[@disgruntledwelsh3817]

When I saw the map I lived up to my username.

[@madness1931]

That makes two of us.

[@aaa1e2r3]

To my understanding isn't Wales Spikemouth? Making Marnie Welsh I guess

[@leopfaria]

@@aaa1e2r3 nah, Spikemuth is basically London's Camden Town

[@disgruntledwelsh3817]

@@aaa1e2r3 absolutely not! I wouldn't say that in Wales because most people hate being called English.

[@aerongray2228]

especially as the lancelot pokemon looks more welsh to me, with his leek lance!

[@aliastheabnormal]

The Pokemon league is basically the world cup. And Team Yell are the vuvuzuela fans who appear in them.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Hahaha!

[@sathu8317]

You literally get to do a Freddie Mercury pose It’s pretty british

[@Ims_valk]

Feddie Mercury is British? I didn't know!

[@sathu8317]

Indianna Scott the band is called Queen for a reason

[@Ims_valk]

@@sathu8317 oh

[@d4n737]

@@sathu8317 Freddie Mercury comes from Africa tho. The band is brittish

[@sathu8317]

@@d4n737 yes the band is British and famous that is the reason I said this. The origin of where Freddie or any of the band members were born doesn’t change that Queen is a British band

[@GaijinGoombah]

Likely going to be one of the last times I make content talking about culture outside of Japan for a good long while. I have a few other things I'm going to be trying.

[@Kaihatsu]

Gaijin Goombah Media I look forward to whatever you have planned. You make good videos!

[@RaiJolt2]

Since you've covered gen 6 and 7 and 8, maybe cover Gen 5?

[@monstersociety3360]

Have you ever considered making a video about why some Japan-developed video games mention the characters' blood types? (Street Fighter, Resident Evil, some Final Fantasy games & a few others have been known to do it) Apparently, it has to do with a common superstition from Japan that a person's blood type can have an effect on their personality, kind of like Astrology, where people believe what month you were born in designates what your personality is like. I'd love to see a Culture Shock like that!

[@owl-1314]

Enjoying the new content keep it up! I'm just wondering if you are going to be continuing the which ninja series in the future?

[@x100-j5r]

@@RaiJolt2 He already did a video talking about japanese gen 5 is, way back on game theory I believe.

[@susumuaoki422]

We discussed Sir'fertchd leek for a while. I can't find a plant nicknamed "lance leek" or "leek resembling a lance", but I found it being symbolic for Wales.

[@trustindean5164]

supposedly the actual reason for that was that the leeks in Britain are significantly bigger than the ones in japan, something the team noted when doing location scouting and decided to run with.

[@aerongray2228]

yeah, i saw that as immediately though, ah, wales!

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

So Hatsune Miku is Welsh?

[@gothnerd887]

​@@user-yc3fw6vq5n I would be amazed if Hatsune Miku sang in Welsh.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

@@gothnerd887 Let's make it happen。

[@realVoltairex]

I find the new fossil Pokemon have as much in common with Gideon Mantell’s depiction of the Iguanodon as Piltdown Man

[@Infernoraptor]

I see a bit of both. It's a very fine line between honest mistake (iguanodon), careless mistake (these fossils) and Piltdown (outright fraud).

[@adamwitt7788]

Although I did not immediately think of the piltdown man , I heard of a bunch of stories about fossil bones of different species being used to make one disportionate specimen

[@SpiritoftheWolf28232]

Culture shock me, Daddy Gim Gam! Edit: Not only does Duraludon represent the Shard, it also represents the Lancia Beta with its propensity to rust at a gnats piss.

[@Infernoraptor]

My God, that is a great euphemism. Especially since actual piss would actually corrode metal.

[@flimpeenflarmpoon1353]

"'Ello 'ello, what's all this then" surely someone with that accent would say "what's all dis den"

[@Micfal]

Everyone hating Game Freak for lack of creativity when in fact all the designs have a meaning

[@RaFaPilgrim]

Micfal no one’s hating them for lack of creativity, people are actually praising this generation’s awesome designs! What they ARE hating on them is for mismanagement, tho - and they kiiiinda deserve it

[@Mare_Man]

I see someone down talking Gen 8 Pokemon, and I'll raise them the *three* piles of animate sludge and the rocks with arms we got in Gen 1.

[@Infernoraptor]

Like 99% of game issues, I'd bet all the complaintsthis are from management issues rather than a dev issues.

[@TheDeathmail]

@@Mare_Man But they are not complaining about the game being worse but things like how the animation should be better for a console game and the fact that there is no national dex.... not about the Pokemon... or most of the Pokemon... but every generations has a few misses (and some are more personal complaints than anything). The complaints are about how the largest game franchise in the world didn't hire more people to clean up the graphics and animation... And the fact that Wailord is so freaking small...

[@mochoman312games2]

I'm just mad that the fans hated let's go to make it so they discontinued it I was so excited to get a gen 3 or 4 of let's go

[@SpaceJesus2098]

Morpeko is based on a British folk sprite called a brownie. It was a household spirit that would help around the house mending things or looking after animals in exchange for its favourite foods like cream, honey or sweets. But if you refused to pay a brownie with food it became enraged and turned into a boggart (or other troublemaking fae depending on the region) and absolutely trashed the place - causing general destruction and making your lives difficult until you fed it. You can see Morpeko's household sprite origins in the design from the little aprons they seem to be wearing and the hangry form is a clear reference to the Boggart transformation.

[@heek8964]

GAIJIN YOU'VE GOT ME SO HYPED FOR THIS DIGIMON STUFF! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG! I CAN'T WAIT!

[@angusrangers8]

I love/hate how the train was delayed at the beginning of the game. xD

[@elin111]

Because of a pack of soccer ball sheep no less.

[@1Thunderfire]

That's painfully accurate. :p

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

For a Japanese game it's extra shocking until you realise they're lightheartedly taking the mickey out of our trains! Haha!

[@parkzy2920]

As a british person I can vouch when we go up ladders the entire world freezes.

[@conorodowd123]

I am in love with the fact that scorbunny is just a footballer. Like shorts, high socks and all, which is the most british thing as the football (or soccer for the americans) started in England during the industrial revolution.

[@x100-j5r]

It's actually called soccer in Japan too, and if you want to play a fun soccer video game try inazuma eleven if you haven't already.

[@xvariable1521]

I love how galarian meowth and it's evolution have a striking resemblance to Gnasher, the pet of Beano comic's Dennis the Menace. (no relation to U.S. Dennis the Menace)

[@Magiccazza101]

As a Brit, I loved it so much how much Britishness they put into the game. I really like how it showed Motostoke as the industrial center just like Manchester was back in the Victorian times.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

I agree!

[@Readingeye]

I adore Runerigus, I already loved yamask and cofagrigus, but this just adds to my love to the artifact boyos.

[@rameball]

I haven't watched the video yet but I can a soild 110% British seal of approval from the pokemon to the names of the towns. I honestly love the architecture and design of the locations all have a very homey feel to me from the starting town looking like a village, To circhester have a massive inspiration to Bath.

[@YujiUedaFan]

I have an issue with one town though: Spikemuth. It's supposed to be Spikemouth, since mouth (as in Plymouth) may be pronounced "muth", but it's based on a mouth of a river, even though there ARE no rivers near there.

[@rameball]

@@YujiUedaFan well I could be bournemouth or Portsmouth

[@YujiUedaFan]

@@rameball That's not really the point, the point is they misspell mouth for one of their towns and strip the meaning.

[@rameball]

@@YujiUedaFan I know but they tried and to be fair it is still pretty good

[@eternalflame49]

Same :)

[@ParasocialCatgirl]

I personally liked how certain characters refer to a telly as a telly.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

I liked that the narration said "mum watches the telly". That's the players POV, which means your character speaks the same way. Really sold it more than "You just moved here! Let me teach you Hawaiian greetings!".

[@Konpekikaminari]

@@BonaparteBardithion As far as I recall, literally _every_ pokemon game up until this point starts with our character and their mother just moving in (except maybe HG/SS and B2/W2) so yhaa, having our character being local was a real breath of fresh air imo

[@BonaparteBardithion]

@@Konpekikaminari In Red/Blue and its remakes the player character always grew up in Pallet. I think being new to the area has become more common over the whole series, but it's definitely not where they started.

[@Konpekikaminari]

@@BonaparteBardithion well, it's been there since gen 3 I have no idea what it was like in gen 2, so I can confirm the new guy trend only for the last 4 generations (not including gen 8)

[@arthurpprado]

My favourite parts of British culture represented in Sword/Shield were the punk culture references. First, Toxtricity, who is punk rock to the core, even in his ability, moves and behaviour. Second, Piers and Team Yell, who rebeled against the mainstream culture of Dynamax by not only living in a town where it's impossible but settling a Gym there as well so any gym challenger would have to go without it, even for one battle. Piers himself does so well without it that he's almost beat Raihan, the second best trainer in the league, sometimes

[@KamikazeIsaaku]

Are we just gonna gloss over the fact that there's a shiny mawile in the back just chilling @11:28?

[@CallieBlader]

it was gifted by a viewer cause gaijin likes doing yo-kai only inspired pokemon runs, for some reason

[@monsterslugtm1476]

Remember grookys final evolution is the green man basically a forest spirit

[@9Tailsfan]

Yeah mixed in with famous British drummers Phil Collins and Ringo Starr.

[@plasmacrowcodile9145]

@@9Tailsfan and also essentially a gorilla

[@gustavju4686]

Yay, finally a youtuber who mentions the Piltdown man.

[@XXTacoBellLovaXX]

B. What. What And ye ar

[@hystericallover5989]

XxTaco-BellxX what

[@Personmr]

granted he made a mistake; it was in 1953 that it was discovered as a hoax. :p

[@cjstanky]

I like the cincerace line for its reference to football/soccer. You have the excitable scorbunny (kid playing a sport when young), to the moody Raboot (a teenager in a warm-up hoodie, in European soccer they have youth clubs and programs where young players get trained), and finally Cinderace the striker whose move literally is kicking a fireball the size of a soccer ball/football

[@GacLosen6556]

My favorite Britishism might be surprising. It's the inclusion of curry as a staple dish in the Galar region. Curry as we see it in the Galar region might be reminiscent of how the Japanese make curry, but that's because curry was introduced to Japan by the English. The story goes that after WW2, soldiers from the Japanese and British navies had a joint training session, and a British interpretation of curry (as a hearty stew) was served every Wednesday for dinner in the training ship's mess hall. That same interpretation made it out of the mess hall, and it's now a staple food in Japan.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Oh, that makes sense! I did wonder why we shared that interpretation with Japan!

[@Anglofish]

It’s something that I think gets overlooked, but they nailed the town names in Galar. I could certainly see places existing like Turffield and Spikemuth in the UK so kudos to the localisation team for doing their research.

[@YujiUedaFan]

But they misspelled Spikemouth as Spikemuth, yet didn't misspell any of the other town names. Wyndon still has don at the end, Turffield still has field at the end ect...

[@sarahhowell4519]

This might sound like an odd little detail, but the little red cafe's in every train station, let's just say they are strongly reminiscent of the Costa coffee chain.

[@domingadoflaminga3961]

IKR!!!

[@nwinterson740]

I'm sure someone has already brought this up, but the Fossil Pokemon are also a massive reference to Paleontological history. Many fossils were found when the study was first gaining prevalence, but often were mismatched (with some debate still being around many like the Brontosaurus to this day) and people would do what scientists do and try to theorize how they lived. Regardless of the true inspiration, I can't help but feel sorry for them (but that won't stop me from making an army of them until one's a different color).

[@cofagrigusfan24]

hey the fossils might be based on a hoax i still love them for how redicilous they are

[@gothnerd887]

@@nonoctoro4933 whenever I see them I just hear "kill me"

[@kurisu7885]

@@gothnerd887 "Whoever assembled me put my butt where my head should be!"

[@DeckKnight]

And then you get rid of the pain with a 6-0 Dracovish Fishous Rend sweep in Rain.

[@Dawleyllama]

Personally, I believe the fossil pokemon is all about how paleontology started. Look up what Megalosaurus and Iguanadon initially looked like. Basically giant lizards. Also the original Brontosaurus was a Brachiosaurus skull on an Apatosaurus body. There was alot of this when paleontology started and the first discoverers of recognized dinosaur bones were British. Still a great video!

[@imalltheragex2000]

6:56 I love the Galar Fossil Pokemon, Dracovish is my favorite out of the four, but they are all good derps that require snacks.

[@amirgarcia547]

Rage, The Mad Master of Ceremonies Dracovish is also my fave.👌🏽

[@scumbad7953]

It's an utter monster in competitive

[@Xenothekid7]

I can identify a majority of what makes up Wyndon. - First area with fountain: Picadilly Circus, along with the famous giant signs and the shop streets on the left. - Wyndon Hurricane: London Eye. - Wyndon Station: King's Cross Station. Both have a "mushroom" ceiling. - Rose Tower: The Shard - Monorail: Routemaster buses. - Wyndon Stadium: Likely the Olympic Stadium. - Hotel: Houses of Parlament and Big Ben Tower.

[@Sensiav703]

I would've said the Monorail was closer to the DLR myself.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

I'm an American of English descent, and even I can say that Galar is *VERY* British.

[@trustindean5164]

Another thing I really love is that the three starters are based off of three of the things Britain is most known for (that aren't stereotypical) being rock music, soccer, and James Bond.

[@relld05]

Damn. Really would like to see a Part 2 and 3 of this video. I just finished Shield and have literally been researching the real life references of the entire game. And I know there was one made after the trailer, but obviously there are way more references that can be found now that we have the entire game.

[@jamesnolan595]

My favourite little detail is that the train is always late or cancelled

[@souffle-d-eclair]

Me: "Mom can I meet Charles Darwin?" Mom: "We already have Charles Darwin at home" Charles Darwin at home: 6:14

[@YujiUedaFan]

Mum*

[@Ceser1999]

6:30 On the topic of badly assembled fossils. It's even more direct than that. During the initial dinosaur craze the "scientists" of the age (back then basically a curious rich guy who had enough time on his hands) where absolutely desperate for the prestige of discovering a new species with meany... meany... instances of them doing exactly what we see here and slapping together any old bones that vaguely fit.

[@barrybend7189]

Gaijin at 6:57 its actually about the earliest Fossil research into dinosaurs where these Frankenstein Fossil type Pokemon are poping up as not the fake early man fossil.

[@simonorourke4465]

Yeah there are actually a few reasonably famous examples of well known dinosaurs turning out later to actually be bones from several different dinosaurs that had been put together by amateur victoriana archaeologists who didn't really know what they were doing.

[@SilverSonic72]

I love the fact that punk rock music is so heavily represented in the Galar region. A lot of the most famous names in Rock 'n Roll come from the UK. That spirit of loud music and troublemakers that broke the traditional norms of that part of British history is so ingrained in the Pokemon region, that the native wildlife has been infected with the rebel spirit, allowing it to go beyond any other region's version of that species!

[@x100-j5r]

Rock and roll was more of an american thing, you're probably thinking of the various genres the U.K. created from that like punk rock and metal.

[@domingadoflaminga3961]

i would be raving if they made Keith Flint homages in the game since he's regarded as one punk icon, too

[@1Katakana]

I think they also choose Meowth because giving kittens as wedding gifts were popular/tradition, and I'm pretty sure they took cats with them when they went sailing, keeping mice and rats away from both their homes and ships 🙂

[@Rioluman10]

My favorite is probably Corviknight. It's based on the ravens of the tower of London which in itself is already awesome. Then, it's also a knight to drive home the idea of guarding the country from ruin. Possibly it's also being conflated with the Yeoman warders that are in charge of looking after the ravens and guarding the crown jewels.

[@tehferg2150]

I'm super hyped for the Digimon episodes! That series doesn't get enough love!

[@nowfelsajidkhan5165]

Gaijin Goombah, I just love the work you do and the discussion you encourage your viewers to have. The stuff you mentioned and the amazing factoids in the comment sections like Sirfetch'd and the Welsh leek (And the fact that I'm an English Major) makes watching videos like this all the more enjoyable. Though I was bummed out you didn't touch on the Galarian Box Mascots, since their origins are the more obscure ones (as of now) So it only makes sense that I add some of my favourite facts, through my own findings and from other sources: 1) Though the fossil Pokemon are obviously based on the 'Piltdown Man', but there's more to the origins. The first findings of the Iguanadon was thought to have walked on four legs and had a horn on its nose. It wouldn't be until long before it was found out that it stood on two legs and the horn on its nose, was actually its fricking thumb! Arctovish is a clear nod to this, as to an untrained noob the Pokemon looks fine, until you realize its head is put on backwards! 2) The Hatterene line may be a reference to the witch folklore, but there's more to this line. Hatterene's hat is actually not English, but from Mongol. And if you haven't noticed, most Hatterene's body is hair (kinda like a certain lap-dancing witch) which according to another Culture Shock video, is based on the lore that witch draws their power from their own HAIR! (Kinda like a Super Hero that Smashes bad guys, like how a certain lap-dancing witch smashes Angels) A cool bit of side note: The witch in the forest is quite common in most folklore, especially in India and Russia, with folk like Baba Yaga and the Churel (Daini if you're in Bangladesh) (Kinda like a Pokemon who was known as 'The Forest Witch') 3) Speaking of Hatterene, the Grimmsnarl may also be based on witch hair power and fay folklore, but what you may not know that it is a subtle nod to Arthurian Legend, namely the Green Knight, who once kneeled down so that he could assassinate King Arthur. Hmm, kinda like Morgrem and his signature move, False Surrender. And spoiler Alert, he's not the only one. Check out the comment section talking about Leon and Raihan's rivalry. And those were just a smidgen of what I found. Bravo to Game Freak for referencing awesome English lore.

[@PolyChromium]

I just want to say that I called the two legendaries being dogs, but I assumed they'd be more heavily influenced on black dogs or grim

[@elecrom_9757]

Actually I think they are more/also based around Romolus and Remus and therefore the Roman Conquest of Britain

[@PolyChromium]

@@elecrom_9757 That's a cool idea, but neither the sword nor the shield follow Roman designs and the way they link into a more Arthurian style of legend, what with the two kings, kinda doesn't mesh with the Romans, even though they were a huge influence on the island.

[@x100-j5r]

@@elecrom_9757 the unova backstory already used that.

[@skellycat7806]

I think theyre based on king arthur's sword excalibur and shield pridwen

[@CoolVictor2002]

odin's dogs that stand next to his *sword* and *shield*

[@AvidNightmareFan]

I love the singing you can here during pokemon gym battles pretty sure that was inspired by the chanting and singing during soccer games.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Hahaha that is so funny!

[@mehmeh3894]

Cara Liss is a name straight out of Ace Attorney XD

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Exactly!

[@queenelfyone]

I really enjoyed watching this video. it was great to see Mordo in it as well. Thank you for branching out and talking about an entirely different culture. Looking forward very much to the next one in the series

[@Formoka]

Fun fact that I learned recently. The word Viking is often misused. Viking is the act of pillaging and sailing around to do so. Someone may be called a Viking if they are partaking in the act of Viking, but to say something like “the Viking village” is actually incorrect terminology. Dom Noble talks about it in his video on the Viking romance novel genre and a book he reviews. I encourage people to see his stuff. He’s a great reviewer.

[@RaiJolt2]

Yeah.... Since the Vikings were a group of Norsemen... or the North men...

[@PregnantOrc]

Not misused as much as transformed its meaning. The altered meaning has remained in use while the original has gone they way of the dodo. Same with barbarian not meaning foreigner anymore. So a viking village is correct modern English term for a village of norsemen with a history of or the intent to go viking in its old meaning.

[@VinVaris]

I mean a Viking village was in reality an out post that Vikings would set up to rest before proceeding to their next raid. And towns that made their fortunes from having men going Aviking could be considered viking villages.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

So viking is another word for pirating?

[@laciereinheart9490]

I love how Hammerlocke City has a gigantic castle and a theme that makes you think you're about to fight the freaking Queen of England! Fair enough, the final Gym Leader hails from Hammerlocke WITH FREAKING DRAGONS.

[@shellknight1323]

Can I say im so proud that by "Waving my Feather on a stick" my pokemon insist that they must *GUT ME!!*

[@VirTaro]

9:34 "So yeah. Two cats? Why not three?"

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

I see GaijinGoombah, I click. Especially for Culture Shock. ^_^ Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I still enjoy your content regardless of what you cover, and I'm happy that you're doing what you love rather than caving to the curse of the YT search engine. Keep up the awesome work, but don't forget to take care of yourself. ^_^

[@SchwarzerWerwolf]

I like the most, that curry is such a big thing in the game. Curry being the national dish of england. Without it being originally english.

[@LordRael013]

Purrserker is Yogscast Honeydew and no one can change my mind.

[@vilelilman4252]

There's a leek named after sir Lancelot. 3:30 Credit of this fact goes to "Lockstin & Gnoggin"

[@GadolElohai]

11:05 To be fair, for us who believe, there _is_ no separation between faith and "reality". We believe because we're convinced that it's real.

[@mdalsted]

I heard a rather interesting theory concerning Meowth. What if the Galarian Meowth, which is a Steel-type, was the ancestor of other kinds of Meowth? It would explain why that otherwise-organic Pokémon has a metal coin growing out of its head; that coin could be the renainder of its Steel-type lineage.

[@mattwo7]

2:54 Sirfetch'd reminded me of Exclaibur from Soul Eater and I never even watched that anime.

[@lumiknightwithawrench2946]

I can hear his *BEEOOOTIFUL* voice Takehito is such a good actor

[@DocSleepy]

*_FOOL!_*

[@Raiga0310]

He's going to California

[@commonviewer2488]

Love the Galarian Koffing in the thumbnail, it is the missing link we needed in life

[@Ortinbras]

The way you pronounce “Sussex” as Soosex hurts... some of my favourite things were the small bits of British slang and accents that the characters from different areas had. Disappointed that there wasn’t a postman named Pat though.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Every County has a slightly different accent!

[@shannonxpennywise]

Being British/Welsh myself, I'm really disappointed that Gamefreak didn't add Wales and Northern Ireland to Pokémon Sword and Shield. After all, Wales are the true Britons and are rich in mythology and history too!

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Sophie Jones 3 years ago Sirfetch'd is also, it seems to me, a reference to Sargent Llewelyn in the play Henry V. His lance and shield are made from leeks. There is a tradition in Wales of wearing leeks or daffodils on St. David's day, which is in the early spring when those plants become available. In Henry V, there is a scene where Llewelyn teaches one of his underlings to respect other peoples' traditions...by beating the guy with a leek (that he was wearing in his cap for St. David's Day

[@TweetsieRailroader]

The only thing missing from Galar is the Island the Sodor.

[@arbiterofthehornedrat1570]

Lol

[@mattyluvspokemon08]

A small but really cool detail I appreciate is that the cafes in sword and shield are all modelled based on costa coffee the largest British chain of cafe, shown by the red logo and style of building. It's a small thing but being British and a fan of Costa it made me very happy to see ☺️❤️

[@demetriomattiarusso3049]

And the budew inn (in Motostoke) is the "Holiday inn"

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

How British is it? There wouldn’t be enough Fish N’ Chips in the world to compare it to.

[@Solqueen86]

Fun fact Rillaboom is a donkey Kong reference given the ape's later games as him as an independent hero not a villain were made by Rare a smaller company under Nintendo back in the day that's located in England.

[@dejaypage1575]

And there’s also the Sword and Shield Doggos, which I think are based on King Arthur’s Shield and Sword.

[@Deathbykittens11]

On berserkers: The term ber serk means bare/bear shirt (i.e. in old Norse those sounded the same, just as they do in modern English) this has led some to propose that berserkers did indeed wear armor and did not go into combat wearing nothing, high out of their minds, biting their shields. In fact, every historical account of berserkers describes them as somewhere between a bodyguard and a personal champion. The bear, then, is given as a status symbol for someone who got paid quite a bit to be a good fighter, more than enough to know the value of maille. The individuals mentioned as biting their shields in historical accounts tend to be portrayed as fools who could have their jaws broken by just kicking the shield. The myth of the berserkers as madmen who went naked and drugged into battle isn't convincing for anyone who knows anything about Norse culture and warfare.

[@VinVaris]

Most accounts of actual berserkers were that of just Viking norsemen who wore the pelts of bears over their armor so they could ambush villagers. In a way Berserkers were just muscular Ninja. Some accounts claim that berserkers first began when Vikings needed both food and warmth so they used bear meat and pelts, and then made a game out of it.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Okay, that makes a lot more sense now, thank you for your informative comment!

[@josephlytle1436]

I ran into alot of youtubers on here that critique the games as being poor in their representation of British culture, more "evidence" that GameFreak is "lazy". so after watching this video, I can clearly see that those guy didn't know what the hell they where talking about. Great work Gaijin!

[@NotAnEldritchHorror]

My personal favourite British-ism in Sword And Shield is a very little thing. The character usually named mom, is now called mum. As a person from England this used to annoy me very much.

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

As a British person, my favourite nod to our culture was finally seeing the word “mum” spelt correctly in my videogames

[@evalpenguin8797]

i second this. bloody yanks taking the "u"s out of our words...

[@ut3967]

@@evalpenguin8797 This is actually kinda interesting. The word mummy comes from the French word momie. Which also comes from the Persian word mum.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Mom is not incorrect. Most countries in the world have some sort of M word for mother because babies universally start to play around with the 'ma' sound when they begin to form words. Mom is from the word momma.

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

Robert Gronewold of course it isn’t, but it looks incorrect from a British perspective. That’s the joke

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Yay!

[@mettatonsagent7541]

My favorite was the thumbnail Pokémon’s line. The design of Galarian weezing was brilliant

[@leaguesmanoframsgate]

06:22 "East Soozix" oh dear god. Also this entire segment is... kind of no? The fossil mons are much more likely to be a reference to the fact that early dinosaur skeletons were cobbled together from mismatched parts - a notable example of the phenomenon being Iguanadon, which looked like about five different things as they finally pieced together a complete skeleton. Thumb spikes, anyone?

[@dubbingsync]

Well even if they aren’t a reference to the guy spoken about, at least the segment teaches people about the guy.

[@MegaPokefan97]

Missed opportunity to make Jigglypuff a Bagpipe

[@AnaxErik4ever]

I was waiting for a video like this from you. Pokémon sword and shield has more references to British history, culture, and even food than you can shake a sharpened leek lance at. Thank you Modo for your collaboration with Gaijin on this video, and fact checking/colloquial English checking for the script.

[@Feenixfire90GamingTFG]

I love how the new Ponyta and Rapidash are both references to the legends of the Unicorn. And how the Unicorn makes up the second half of the Royal British Coat of Arms and more specifically the Scottish Navy Royal Coat of Arms which has two Unicorns!

[@spiketheguy7091]

Three British Pokemon walk into a pub. One's a Gorilla drummer, one's a Rabbit footballer and one's a Gecko spy.

[@wikiuser92]

There is a Cabbie who mentions a legend that if Corviknight were to disappear Galar would be doomed. It's similar to a real life legend about crows and the Tower of London.

[@user-yc3fw6vq5n]

Wow

[@mkstarstorm8822]

I always thought that if there would be a UK based Pokemon game the 2 legendaries would be a lion and a unicorn for Scotland and England's national animals and UK coat of arms but I guess Galarian Rapidash will have to do.

[@codysonic1]

Well the weapons that the legendary Pokémon wield are very British. Zacian is obviously wielding Excalibur and Zamazenta is wielding the lesser known item of King Arthur. His shield Wynebgwrthucher

[@LadyLeomon]

Okay, so I know Galar has a Corgi, a Unicorn, Galarian Weezing has a monocle and top-hat ... there’s also foggy weather ... camping ... sounds pretty British to me 😅😅😅 Thanks for another great vid Gaijin Goomba 💙🐱💙

[@TheRoomforImprovement]

If I’m not mistaken, I believe, the legendary Pokémon Eternatus was likely based off of the poisonous dragon that was slain by St. George, the patron saint of England.

[@apjtv2540]

As a British guy, this is probably one of the funniest and most awesome videos I've ever seen.