How Pokémon Lost Its Magic - The Story of Pokémon on the Switch

[@AcousticHarmonia]

Usually this is where I'd write some extra thoughts of mine or insight into why I created the video or whatnot, but this time I honestly don't know what to say. This isn't an easy topic for me to talk about, considering Pokémon is one of my big three childhood franchises (other two being RCT and Sly), and it's definitely helped shape a fascination in video games in me that's had me pursue game design today. It's hard for me to look at the current state of the series and really just express what I feel needs to be said, like during the whole Sword/Shield fiasco I never really brought up any issues myself at the time and just went with the flow, even semi defending some bad design decisions. But at the end of the day, it's a multi-billion dollar company, they don't care about x random person defending them on the interwebs. What they do care about is if fans are aware of the issues that can otherwise be gotten away with, and if a great number of fans express that things aren't up to their expectations. And so I figure for that reason it's more important to spread criticism and problem awareness than defense, but that's my hot take on that matter at least. As I say in the video though, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Like if you're hyped for the remakes, then great, I hope you get lots of fun out of them. You have no obligation to follow my opinion, but I do thank you for taking the time to hear it out. And please, let's be civil. I know this is a controversial topic, but please don't say anything to anybody in the comments section you wouldn't say to somebody face to face. Behind every username is a real person with their own experiences, aspirations, personalities, sensitivities... Somebody having a different opinion on a series of children's video games is never enough reason to personally attack them. (Literally hundreds of commenters anyway: "This can't stop me because I can't read!") Anyway, as always I'll use the pinned comment for any updated information or things I got wrong (and despite including this here I'm STILL "corrected" by several people in comments on a daily basis ALWAYS for these exact two points, so uh, there's that) -Turns out Pokemon HOME doesn't immediately pull the trigger on your Pokemon if you stop paying, it just keeps them permanently locked away until you can afford to pay their bail. Even if it's not immediately deleted this is still glorified ransomware, your data is still being kept from you unless you pay up. Almost any other cloud service you'll be able to download your data before your plan runs out, but sure not for Pokemon HOME if it's any Pokemon not allowed in Sword/Shield, literally the only way to have any control over any of these specific mons put in there is to pay. I have also heard some reports that if you don't pay for long enough they may be deleted after an undisclosed amount of time as well. www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/f8sciw/pok%C3%A9mon_home_will_delete_pok%C3%A9mon_after_some_time/ -Yes technically you can still receive the Pokemon added by the SwSh DLC from trades or such even if you don't own the DLC Greetings from December 2021. Since KZbin recently hid the dislike count on all videos on the platform, I'm sure a lot of people might be wondering what the Like ratio is on this video anyway? 92.3%... 92.3% is the Like ratio as of December 4, 2021. Ever since the dislike count became hidden though, let's just see I've seen a dramatic increase in those with a "greater than thou" mentality in the comments. cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/427865701441732643/916644444688748544/Like_Ratio.jpg Also it's neat to have seen so much reception on this video, but, I do have other videos too ya know...?

[@SqueezySponge]

You literally want them to bring that magic back so that others can feel what you feel, so they made the Sinnoh remakes. They’re keeping it as original as the originals were, by only upgrading them to 3D, as far as we know, so that the younger generation can experience what we did 15 years ago, yet you complain about the BDSP? It doesn’t make sense to me, your logic.

[@AcousticHarmonia]

It doesn't make sense because you took my argument out of context. The magic I felt was the will to create something new the world hadn't experienced before. Even in remakes in the past it would be so different to the originals that it felt like experiencing the world of the originals with the gameplay of a completely new game. I don't want people to experience the exact same game scaled up (they could just go play the originals), I want people to feel the passion that goes into creating something new and unique instead of the lazy way out.

[@Random__Guy]

Yeah I agree with your second comment I'm in the boat that the remakes were the lesser of two evils or at least for the community I would have loved to see completely remastered versions of the games but then people would complain that they lost the originals charm at worst we just got the games that I enjoyed when I got into the series at best we get it with possibly new features there is evidence for it but it's too early to call though everything you said on bank I wholeheartedly agree with that service is trash at least it doesn't delete your pokémon though

[@Random__Guy]

@@SqueezySponge it's fine for me people to disappointed with these remix considering that so far they haven't done what other remakes have I think what he was talking about and the latter part of the video was that the community pushing so hard for the remix to be made led to gamefreak just rushing it out which I could definitely see as they gave it to another company which isn't necessarily a bad thing but kind of shows that they wanted to work on Legends more than gen 4 remakes

[@brettvandermeer5297]

Nah dude you are right, the Switch is their cash cow and they don't give a shit about their fans. All the Switch games are trash compared to what they should be given how big they are and how polished everything else Nintendo puts out is.

[@Ikcatcher]

Pokémon really feels like it’s just in an endless loop of trying to appeal new fans while at the same time trying to keep old fans with nostalgia

[@victorroberts983]

More like holding old fans at gunpoint

[@larniieplayz6285]

Yeah

[@nebthekillaukable]

Thats just nintendo all together right. They just remake old games over and over on all their systems lol

[@CredibleCommenter]

@CP D2191 would’ve failed miserably eventually because Sega has no idea how to operate as a business, hence why they’re a shell of their former self. Plus Sega’s creature design is ass, I’d kms if Pokemon had SMT or Sonic monster designs

[@UncannyEXP]

@@CredibleCommenter SMT designs are more detailed and often varied compared to Pokémon. I don't even know what I'm looking at when I see a Gen 8 mon that isn't a starter or new evolution to an older one.

[@jebbryant6522]

Seeing the newest games is like seeing an old friend from school that’s gotten on crack they used to be a chill cool and creative person but now they seem like they’re in a rush and ask to borrow money

[@ssplague]

Lmfao THIS! I’d like to hear your life story man 😆

[@jebbryant6522]

@@ssplague bro it’s honestly so wild it seems like a meme. If you genuinely want to hear it sometime we could get together on a discord or something and chat but until then here’s a highlight reel. Since I was about 8 my mum would feed me weed cupcakes to “mellow” me out, at 19 I became homeless while also being a preschool teacher, I was gonna be the actor for the blue power ranger but lost the role because I was to tall and I once got into a brawl with a horse over food. These are all things that have actually happened to me

[@joelgittens7392]

This is so accurate, and should also be top comment 😂👏🏾👏🏾

[@pjwarren4038]

Probably the most accurate analogy ever

[@haroldtan7806]

Sadly... amen...

[@whitechocolatte5863]

It sounds like he’s about to break down in tears the entire time.

[@AcousticHarmonia]

He reads these y'know

[@whitechocolatte5863]

@@AcousticHarmonia Oh, did that insult you in any way? If that’s the case, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to portray my comment about you in a negative light.

[@AcousticHarmonia]

@@whitechocolatte5863 Sorry if I misunderstood. I've just gotten a lot of comments saying essentially the exact same thing for over a year now on another one of my video essays, I probably read 1-2 of this same thing a week on that other one (even got 2 today), and I think at this point my mind just kinda jumps to assuming people are trying to get to me or something. I have thought about going more monotone in narration, but I prefer portraying the emotions I feel each scene should feel like.

[@zomaclee2894]

​@@AcousticHarmonia I like the emotions you put into this video, it really shows how deeply you care about this series, and I know you are someone truly authentic (don't become a monotone robot lol). I don't normally comment on videos, but I see the passion that went into this video, so let me share some of my thoughts. I used to love Pokémon; it was a large part of my childhood and teen years. I must have put in thousands of hours into the games alone. I stopped playing up to diamond and pearl (on the ds). I basically caught them all (besides one or two event based only pokemon), I remember having to do the whole safari thing in diamond to transfer my entire collection from fire red and emerald. It was stupidly tedious, but I did it to (hopefully) future proof my pokemon, as I assumed that transferring pokemon from the newer generations from then on would be a piece of cake since the technology was no longer the limiting factor, I just never thought I’d had to take into account Nintendo’s greed… There was a large gap where I just stopped playing pokemon games. I heard the story of black and white was great, so I did go back to play them a few years back (the story was indeed great). I also bought a fresh 3ds just to play pokemon sun, but it became abundantly clear that there was little to no point going through the humongous effort to transfer all my old pokémon into the newer generations. All I ended up doing with these newer pokemon games was beat the story, and that’s it. As a kid, playing a 3D pokémon game was practically my dream. Pokemon Sun fulfilled that for me, though I felt disappointed that I couldn’t easily bring my old pokemon that I worked so hard to train (ev trained and everything). I know it’s not impossible to do it, but seeing how Nintendo is behaving, I have zero incentive to do so, and I officially consider myself retired from playing pokémon. I treasured my hard earned 5 star black trainer card on my pokemon diamond, so to commemorate it, I dumped my original cartridge into a rom (so it’s digitally preserved forever), and now I carry it with me wherever I go on my phone (using the drastic emulator). I don’t really play it, but it’s so incredibly nostalgic for me to look back at all my pokémon once in a blue moon, it’s a trip down memory lane for me. And that’s really it tbh, I have not played any of the newer pokémon titles past pokémon sun, and don’t really have any incentive to do so, because as you say, pokemon has lost its magic. There is so much potential for Nintendo to do something great with this series (especially with all the tech available today), but unfortunately their greed is too great. I actually stopped purchasing anything from Nintendo a while back, beyond just the pokemon series, I am disgusted with their business practises, and refuse to support them in any way. I don’t have much time to play games these days anyway (unfortunately), but if I want to check out Nintendo titles, I will gladly and proudly pirate them, because I no longer believe this company deserves anymore of my hard earned money. I think a major part of the issue is the pokemon fandom constantly rewarding them for their bad efforts. We vote with our wallets after all; if sword and shield was such a disappointment, why buy it?

[@AcousticHarmonia]

@Lost Soul

[@morganqorishchi8181]

I know things aren't going to get better. There's no financial incentive to make good games when anything you make sells, no matter how bad it is. But I miss the point in my life where I was blown away by every new Pokemon game, where it wasn't annual and so much effort went into the experience. Those were good times.

[@MrSpartan993]

Me too. But yeah why the hell SHOULD any of the owners of Pokémon TRY when it practically PRINTS money and people will buy whatever they shit out and call a game.

[@oksobasically3278]

Gen 4-5 was amazing, Gen 6 was the last Gen I played. Back in Gen 4-5 Gen 3 was my fav, but now I think Gen 5 is my fav

[@arandomguyontheinternet3111]

When I grow up and have kids I'm gonna emulate all the old pokemon games and give them to my kids and guide them a little and hint at secrets in the game to give them a really fun game to play in their childhood and hopefully something they can feel nostalgic over in the future.

[@trashtrash2169]

How would gen 2 even have DLC when that concept didn't really exist yet? Seems kind of stupid to mention that when, yeah, of course it didn't have DLC.

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

tbh the games are better than ever, zoomers just like to hate everything.

[@ThatLoudCockatoo]

Someone probably already mentioned this, but Snap 2 isn't being made by Game Freak. It's a third party game from Bandai Namco. The most beautiful Pokenon game on the Switch isn't even made by the main Pokenon devs lol

[@tiruliru1189]

You know it's laughable when a 3rd party developer a.k.a. Bandai Namco, can bake a better cake (Pokemon Snap 2) than GameFreak (BD/SP and Legends).

[@riskyworks]

@@tiruliru1189 Uhhh you realise Game Freak isnt making the gen 4 remakes

[@tiruliru1189]

@@riskyworks Yes, it's made by ILCA. Too bad Masuda is working with them. Masuda will be a director.

[@riskyworks]

@@tiruliru1189 Again, the issue is that fans push the developers to rush the game, and then complain when it turns out bad, the fans have too little patience

[@Nelsathis]

@@riskyworks Dont even start putting fans as 'the issue' here, that is a ridiculous point. Of course they could be a little more patient and aware of what they actually want but please, there is no 'fans make game bad'. As if there isnt some push for pretty much every other loved franchise, and somehow they seem to manage. I feel like thats the most redeeming quality Nintendo actually has.

[@keldeo05]

Gotta love how the only good looking Pokemon game isn't made by the Pokemon company, pokemon snap is made by bandai

[@Smfsableye]

The Pokémon IP should be exclusively in the hands of Bandai Namco and Genius Sonority. But Game Freak prints money, so that is never going to happen.

[@keldeo05]

@@Smfsableye I love all the spin offs even the mobile ones, I just think they explore interesting genres

[@Devil-Speed8]

And they'll still slap u with dlc

[@keldeo05]

@Angel Ake I do, I love that game, I still have the game installed on one of my old phones so they let you see the figurines

[@flintbeard9889]

Bruh dp remakes isnt made by the pokemon company as well, and if you say legends arceus looks bad you are crazy

[@Thunderstar7]

The models were even referred to as “future proof” when they first went 3D with XY, meaning they could just yoink them, increase resolution, and be done. Which they did, but still cut Pokémon.

[@kevinho8616]

Let's Go Brandon

[@richardshiflett5181]

They cut Pokemon and removed megas to promote their phone app and gigamax

[@b.m.4415]

@@kevinho8616 trying make everything political eh?

[@kevinho8616]

@@b.m.4415 Just talking about my pal Brandon :)

[@Andy-xn9zn]

@@b.m.4415 #Lets_go_Trubbish XD

[@HumanGeweld]

My big brother had pokemon Home, we saved all our mons on it. I have lost him 8 weeks ago, and his home subscription is past, so all our childhoodmemories, are mostly in the void now. Thank you dearly for making this video and bringing it to Light, lets hope it reaches them

[@simaosenos91]

sorry for your loss

[@nob0dy_374]

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t delete the Pokémon, on the phone app it says they just aren’t in the basic box, which means you can’t see them but they are still there, just need to pay for a month sub (kinda scummy) to get them back and transfer them

[@HumanGeweld]

It's on his switch account, we can't touch it sadly. Thanks for the advice though

[@ajx2956]

Im so sorry for your loss, I know your brother is in a better place, 🙏 M P.S. is there a reason you can’t get into the switch?

[@juggertr0ll]

@@HumanGeweld If you have his switch you can grab stuff out of the boxes of other users on that console

[@roguespectre9656]

I fear that they won’t learn from their bad decisions until they finally end up killing their golden goose.

[@stagdragon3978]

I fear if you told them that, they'd give the same response another manager gave Marty-o-donel. "yeah the story of the golden goose is a good one... but sometimes there's nothing like a good foie gras."

[@DarkMoonRaven100]

Or they could just shut it down since the fans kinda helped kill it lol wouldn't be a issue for Nintendo.

[@slevinchannel7589]

This beloved Franchise is Burning and the sentimental people dont realize cause its so beloved. That in itself is sad...

[@cjemmanuelrocena7709]

pikachu is a rat not a goose

[@vergildisparda]

They won't, pokemon is literally too big to fail

[@avadoksorem2854]

If Game Freak can’t adapt to being competent with more powerful hardware, they need to start outsourcing development to more capable studios.

[@beastlylordhorse3612]

Well they can, they just are way too impatient with game sales to take the time to learn Hd development

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

@@beastlylordhorse3612 nintendo puts the time constraint on the guys at game freak. Gen 2 was made as the sequel and last game for Pokémon

[@whiteshadow9095]

Maybe you guys should stop paying for their garbage you don’t like so they’ll actually make it properly.

[@haruhitomaeda4802]

Bandai Namko, the studio working on New Pokemon Snap: Allow me to introduce myself

[@Gamedraco]

@@whiteshadow9095 Exactly. Most of the fan-base for Pokemon is so blindly loyal now that they know they can make something half-baked and it will still sell like crazy.

[@mikiarkensaw]

The Pokemon Home System was the reason I stopped moving my Pokemon from previous game to next. Now they are retired under Alola's warm sun and waiting for better times to battle again with me in new region.

[@marcdimartino9118]

Nice

[@LuffyMcDuck]

I'm just worried Pokemon Company will close Bank eventually and try to force people to pay for their Home ransom service. If that happens I'll just retire my gen 1-7 Pokemon in Alola.

[@marcdimartino9118]

@@LuffyMcDuck That would upset me greatly if they shut down bank.

[@bigorange2082]

Mine too.

[@rainthedraconic402]

Cartridges are awesome.

[@Wynntersenk6017]

The biggest problem with sword/shield’s main map is that the wild area has a bunch of Pokémon in areas that don’t work. Basically it was like they didn’t have their own habitats. But also that each route was super linear and kind of meh. They should have not done a big wild area and worked on each route actually being unique with good habitats, more spread out.

[@Sammy_The_Umbreon]

Honestly, while i would love to have better routes, the wild area was absolutely needed. It's an experiment, they were learning how to do open area pokemon and they have to start somewhere

[@SquaulDuNeant]

@@Sammy_The_Umbreon They dont need to make entirely expensive game for that come on ! Also if they were sincere they would make some prototype project for free then . Also they have the ressources they don't need to "experiment" THEY ARE AND SHOULD EXPERIEMENT AT THEIR WORKS PLACE AND LABS like lmao come on dude.

[@draw2death421]

Thats a nitpick compared to the horrible graphics and bad story of the game lol.

[@goodtimesgivecancer1]

Honestly, the dex cut was really good for competitive and for me who kinda pretty much used the same couple of pokemon for ever game if i could

[@levitatingoctahedron922]

there's nothing more linear than ruby/sapphire. zoomers just want to hate everything new.

[@kekitus490]

One point you didn't really elaborate was also the end of Mega Evolution for... Dynamax. Literally just bigger Pokemons. Mega evolutions were so cool, making some fan favorite Pokemons relevant again. I also remember the hype train when the community was speculating on who would be the next mega. Why remove a feature that most fans came to love to add such a basic feature as Dynamax?

[@samjohnson1992]

Different engine maybe? Wanted to go a different direction

[@rose_5kai720]

Nah I actually like gigantamax more. And its better for battles

[@Balbaneth]

cause its easier to make pokemon bigger rather than making another cool design for a pokemon. Utter laziness, complete mediocrity and those that accept this are easy prey for the higher ups that know they can do ABSOLUTELY nothing and still get "liked" for it.

[@andpeggy3987]

@@rose_5kai720 personally, I prefer Mega Evolutions. It allows old and new pokemons that don't have great stats to get a battle-long stat boost and a new design. Were all the Megas for those weaker pokemon? No, but having a new mega form as an option for Pokémon could be super helpful. I also just don't like Dyna/Gigantimax because it feels somewhat lazy, if that makes sense. But I understand your viewpoint.

[@humanpersonthing]

Not gonna lie I prefer Dynamax to Mega evolution. It's a lot more tactical because you have to decide which Pokémon will dynamax and when, and still pleases Mega evolution fans with the Gigantamax forms

[@phinnyfarr8916]

I feel like Greed is becoming more prevalent in the Gaming world. I know there could be circumstances that change the final products. But It's getting increasingly uncommon to find developers that seem genuinely involved in wanting to make their games good and enjoyable.

[@deathfangthegothicgamer5601]

i agree

[@RagsinatorMusic]

I think this is a big reason Indie games have taken off so hard. Now that making a video game is much more accessable, someone with a true vision for a great game can make it!

[@renatatostada3318]

Not developers, companies. The devs are just doing their job. It's the company that doesn't give them the time, resources, and/or creative direction that they need to execute their job as well as they can EDIT: FYI, Gen 1 took 6 years to develop. Sure they were laying the entire foundation for the game (and eventual series) at the time, but I highly doubt Let's Go, SwSh, or BDSP had anywhere near that much development time.

[@bananatheo3796]

and this is exactly why the majority of my favorite games nowadays are indie games

[@Aaron-qe9ms]

It's our duty as Consumers to not support greedy/anti-consumer companies. If you see this type of behaviour we can't just give in because we're afraid of missing out or because we don't think it'll matter, otherwise the abuse will never end.

[@frokydafroakie]

gamefreak in 1996 : we made this cool monster collecting game hope you like it gamefreak in 2021 : we are holding your pokemon hostage

[@genkimichael7329]

hahaha

[@pome-granit992]

Fanmade Pokemon Games: You Mom is dead. Oh and yes I am a cultist lmao

[@ilovecakecanihaveapiece]

@@pome-granit992 when the bean is sus

[@afiqrizal9949]

@@ilovecakecanihaveapiece GETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEAD

[@sukunahaha]

@@pome-granit992 rom hackers: we on the same place

[@poi5352]

The vast majority will settle with mediocre gameplay and anticonsumer practices. This is why Pokémon has no chance of changing. It's a sad truth I've come to terms with over the years. Thank you for this video, it addressed the many unspoken complaints I've had.

[@joshcoy6748]

It Really does feel like it's falling apart, no offense.

[@defaultyboi9916]

Even when they do change people still dislike them. People hated black and white. People also disliked ORAS.

[@des4929]

@@defaultyboi9916I mean at this point black and white are seen as great games

[@Tam-lv1mp]

@@defaultyboi9916 such a good point. Newer games will always get hated on no matter what. People dont realize that hating on a game also sends a signal that the bad as well as the good are all trash. So in the next installment pokemon may scrap all the cool additions altogether and go back to the old repetitive pokemon formula. When we get something new, people complain and say they want the older games. When we get an 'old' game design, people also complain.

[@cth4904]

That’s how I feel really sad to see how much they have hurt pokemon with these ways of operating

[@Flameblight]

In my experience fan's generally aren't asking for "release a new Pokémon now". If anything I tend to see people saying they should EXTEND their development time to get a good completed game out instead. Usually they just want confirmation that something is coming at all. Even with Legends coming up for example. Most people I see talking about it are hopeful and think it has potential, but are worried that it's only got one more year of development considering how the trailer was. As in: they would feel safer if it had more time before release to polish out issues. The "release a new game every year" is entirely The Pokémon Company's own decision because they tie the entirety of new merchandising waves to the Pokémon game's release. A new anime, new toys, new clothes, etc are all set to come out with the release of a "new pokemon game" as the spearhead. But that means if the release day is coming around and the game is blatantly unfinished, they just basically stitch up the loose ends, cut what they can't, and release whatever they had at the time. Because they *can't* delay it. They're not allowed to because that would involve delaying _everything._ Originally they would then just implement whatever they couldn't finish into the "third version" and/or Remake of that gen. But they do DLC now and, presumably due to pride, seem to refuse to update the base game with said DLC. (walking Pokémon implemented in DLC areas but not the base Wild Area for example.) Worse, historically "a new game every year" business models for series don't turn out very well quality-wise and lead to fan backlash and a general reputation for mediocrity. A lot of the complaints leveled at Pokémon now seem incredibly similar to those I've heard leveled at games like Madden or CoD in years past. "Soulless, greedy, full price graphics upgrades of the same game over and over" and such.

[@bestplayerofalltime105]

I honestly think they should take all of their time to develop the game THEN release. This “1 game 1 year” thing isn’t working and game freak really needs to realize that fast

[@MobbinMic]

Exactly! I'm so tired of people blaming Pokemon fans like we're demanding some kind of yearly release. That's all on the Pokemon company and their obsession with draining money out of every kind of fan out there by constantly rushing new products. Fans might be curious what's next like any fan of a video game series....but most are just waiting to finally have that true Pokemon console game that we've been waiting far too long for, and are willing to wait for it

[@Crispy-Chips]

@@bestplayerofalltime105 agreed. This is why the Legend of Zelda is thriving to. They usually make there games in a span of 2-5 years with some content in the middle. It's the same reason why Breath Of The Wild was such a hit. But because the development team had more time to develop, they were able to explore and come up with new ideas. But the pokemon games don't actually have the time to do it. And it's not just because Game freak doesn't have enough time, but they also make bad decisions when it comes to development. Like the "1 game, 1 year". I'm sorry I had to right the paragraph this long, I had to vent out my sadness.

[@chrissolace]

Exactly. And I feel like the fans that ARE asking for a new game to come faster either just do it cuz they love Pokemon and want more like any other fan, and/or are doing it because they want a new, different entry they can play because they’re tired of the last entry.

[@TheMasterBlaze]

Precisely. Platinum, Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Black, White, Black 2, White 2 weren't made overnight.

[@Furiousg7]

I know that im one month late,but I feel bad for Pokemon fans.Something that you loved when you were a kid and see it come this way it's just disappointing and makes you miss the old days of being a kid,instead of being betrayed by a company and franchise that you loved and grew up as a kid.

[@lillrice27]

Thank you, most people see Pokémon fans as “uNgRaTeFuL fUcKs” while sometimes it’s true we all have the right to be hella disappointed with how it has turned out

[@Furiousg7]

@@lillrice27 Im still questioning why Gamefreak doesn't put as much effort as Mario or Zelda it angers me that they could have potential of making more gorgeous and beautiful graphics,and I know that the switch isn't a power house but atleast Mario and Zelda try to stand out from each other.Oh and also how come Bandai Namco make Pokemon Snap a Spin off tittle look more gorgeous than the main tittles is beyond me,and I think Bandai Namco should be in the main tittles working on the graphics department since Gamefreak have no clue how to put effort into their games.

[@RoyalGhost-27]

The issue is that you think that a company can betray you. Y'all are a bunch of fucking fools. Nintendo and by extension game freak and especially the Pokemon company were never your friends. They make a product to be sold. You are literally owed nothing and actually fucking crying like this is a person that has hurt you personally and not a multi billion dollar corporation turning a profit for the lowest investment they can is so fucking harmful to our society. You are giving them so much power to let them have your feelings like that.

[@Furiousg7]

@@RoyalGhost-27 Listen im not saying that im huge pokeman fan cause I've never played a single Pokemon game in my life but I know that you should atleast put some effort into your games and not end up looking like games that belong in the 3ds.And I know that Nintendo in general can be shitty at sometimes but atleast they put effort into their games and try their best to innovated and stand out from each other,and Gamefreak here is straight up lying that their making new animations for their game which I clearly see that they rushed it so they can get that holiday money from people's pocket. "A delayed game is eventually good,but a rushed game is forever bad"-Shigeru Miyamoto

[@mr.preston1632]

@@RoyalGhost-27 Basically you are saying stand up for yourselves and stop critiqing the games

[@GrimCrumbz]

The models didn’t bother me too much until I just recently replayed Pokémon Battle Revolution. I miss seeing the new sprite art, and the over-exaggerating animations from the coliseum games. It made the world feel so alive.

[@sonario6489]

The models aren't the problem. It's the laughable attempts at animation that's the problem.

[@ronaldwilliams5189]

Yes, I would have happier overall if the following animations were better. I though the music was innovative. The best I have heard since returning to the series.

[@inconemay1441]

The new models and particle effects are great. But the models themselves barely move, just like chess pieces that jump in place.

[@souldierlinkgaming247]

@@inconemay1441 you guys are right but lets not forget what they came from , handheld ds and 3ds to a large console , i wouldnt expect them to get their 2 first games right either yk? And they do some stuff right and some not but as for animation personally i understand why they havent focused on that, hopefully in arceus they to it justice

[@kered13]

@@souldierlinkgaming247 How are people still making excuses for Game Freak?

[@lillith7257]

Sad news is there is no "well it's just your opinion" anymore. The employees have outlined in their complaints about the company exactly what we have been saying for years. and worse like not getting the proper funds and required materials to gain better skills because the higher ups are fine so long as they are getting the easy money of the current games. Their lack of care and skill is hurting everyone beneath them. (well except the creative teams who are mostly fine. it's the technical side that is suffering.) Yes time crunch is a problem but also one that they themselves set and the top brass are ok with. So while it's okay to have sympathy for those at the bottom who are just as tired of their shit as we are, it's also important to keep criticizing GF and TPCI as well as not buying the games anymore. Something people tried to tell the fandom as a whole ages ago. it might already be too late but verifying the truth from them directly was enough for me to want to try again.

[@samsorensen5246]

Felt depressed after watching this. Me and my brother both got ds's for christmas to get diamond and pearl. He is six years older than me, and a lot of his high school friends and their younger siblings joined in, in our race. It's genuinely sad knowing that the chances of other people having a similar experience, year by year just gets smaller and smaller.

[@StarScreamReee]

I’ve been playing games since PS1 & windows 98 games. I miss my socom 2 clans on ps2, gears of war multiplayer group, Playing golden eye multiplayer during lunch, and halo 2 multiplayer afternoons after school. You’re not alone in this feeling it effects gamers across many games and platforms. Ironically gamers get labeled as loners when it builds large and small communities around games and series. Some people I’ve played with a lot have never logged on again, some may have even passed away. Nostalgia hurts sometimes.

[@mikeytuns]

It’s sad knowing some people will never experience sitting under the blanket on christmas eve waiting to get your new pokemon game for your gameboy in the morning.. miss my childhood lol

[@Narci626]

I'm surprised people don't really the dynamic of game making and software. The person who made this Comment is the same type of idiot who made the video. A person who has little ability actually understand Pokemon games. The same type of person who isn't much of a fan. Also for your information the color carts are a bit pricey.

[@FEKana]

@@Narci626 I think I had a stroke reading what you wrote.

[@Vuden13]

Nerd

[@KarimJovian]

I am surprised you didn't mention the cool colored cartridges they use to make. I was happy they when back to carts hoping we get those cool colored carts again. The crystal pokemon clear cart was my fave and the pokemon red game cart was my first.

[@AcousticHarmonia]

They definitely had that degree of charm to them, though I think it was just a bit before my time. Most people of my age range started with the GBA games, but I only got into it later with the NDS.

[@xilencered7788]

It is a nice touch. And clever marketing. I remember when I was a kid, everyone had gameboys, but as soon as you saw those cool red or blue cartridges, you knew what they were playing.

[@Atlas92936]

@@AcousticHarmonia how old are you?

[@panamajack5972]

@@Atlas92936 My guess would be early 20s or late teens.

[@border9lime59]

@@Atlas92936 well considering he seems to have started around the time I did, Id vouche to say anywhere between 18-22.

[@liekkianimaatio3652]

The fact I got genuinely excited to see Oshawott have a full modelled mouth as opposed to the sticker half the dex has like it used to shows how far expectations for GF have dropped.

[@deadmanfan1000]

I agree. These new games are ok at best. My expectations for game freak and the Pokémon Company have dropped so low.

[@ArtisChronicles]

It's wild to see how much fuller older animations looked lol

[@v_4l3_r]

even rowlet got 3d polygons for the eyes and cynaquil having the fire on its back like in the original sprite, seems like gamefreak actually remade the models for PLA, or maybe only for the starters, idk

[@mrlionsfan1135]

Pokemon has been a huge part of my life since I was about 8 years old. I can't Even tell you all how many hours I've spent playing Pokemon. Pokemon got me thru so much honestly, as stupid as that might sound to some. It's truly heartbreaking to see the direction of the franchise that embodied a ton of my favorite childhood memories. With the way things are now in the gaming world I can't see things really improving. All good things come to an end. What once struck a match and blazed into a glorious fire eventually dies out. Everything has a shelf life. Even pokemon I guess. All I can honestly say is at least we can still play the old games. And still feel the serene nostalgia and relive the magic we found as kids. As sad as it is. We will always have those memories.

[@VanessaDMusic]

I feel the exact same as you

[@Tam-lv1mp]

Thats cause you got older bud. Playing the older games is only magical because that is what youve grown up with. My younger siblings and cousins grew up playing gen 6 and it feels surreal to them playing through the 3ds games. The older games mean nothing to them

[@DerpySloth]

@@Tam-lv1mpeven the 3Ds games while being not as good as the DS & game boy ones still have a lot of charm the switch games lack

[@pabloes.4945]

​@@DerpySloth exactly i mean pokemon omega ruby and alpha sapphire are good i love that games even pokemon X but all switch pokemon games are trash. Look what they do to pokemon Diamond so dissapointed

[@javierdavilarosa4615]

Facts, they ruin the essence of Pokemon. I only play the old games now, it brings back that magic from my childhood (nostalgia).

[@keyvwee1367]

I love how you point out the flaws of the game without just completely hating on the game and give good critics

[@AcousticHarmonia]

I do genuinely think with games like Let's Go and Sword and Shield I did enjoy the experience overall and still think they're good fun games, it's everything behind the scenes that's a bit more sketchy

[@mesieurt2]

@@AcousticHarmonia and to be honest its for those reasons that im personally dissapoint by bdsp because i really wasnt expecting a swsh style remake of gen 4. I would have 100% been okay with the overworld design style of lets go pikachu and eevee (so long as they bring back the difficulty and wild encounter game style of the original) so thats why i was dissapointed to see what looked like a 1 to 1 remakes in "faithfull" form as i was just like "ah...unless theres something amazing revealed in the future i may as well go play the originals instead of paying another 80$(CAD)"

[@near5148]

@@AcousticHarmonia you sound like your about to cry

[@SogonD.Zunatsu]

I think there's a big issue with Game Freak, like they still operate as a small indie company while working on the biggest franchise. I don't know if it's out of their own volition or not but it's just so weird.

[@KnownAsKenji]

I feel that. They almost seem like a sort of nuthouse. Like, if EA came over to buy them out, they wouldn't say no, they'd just say 'who are you'.

[@borederlands5387]

I don't think it's under their own volition, it's probably just the pokemon company shortstaffing and shorttiming them because they know pokemon fans buy anything

[@HenryMidfields]

@@borederlands5387 There's also the problem that the game releases are tied with the anime seasons, and the Pokemon anime itself never goes into hiatus. Sometimes, I wonder if the games should be allowed more time to develop and the anime seasons should be run somewhat more independently and with hiatuses or re-runs.

[@SabeNo-rh7mb]

Ryan from Brainscratch even called them out on this mindset during the crew's playthrough of New Pokemon Snap.

[@xilencered7788]

Would you rather EA or Activision take the reigns?

[@nekkerscam]

Hop literally has all recycled animations from Hau

[@toxic8129]

I wonder hau they did that

[@nekkerscam]

I thought you were making fun of me but then I realize the joke I’m actually the stupidest thing ever

[@PsychicJaylen]

Hop is basically hau 2.0

[@nekkerscam]

Hop= Hau with depression

[@tiruliru1189]

By the way, Hop is a terrible rival.

[@Kaito-fk6cj]

ngl Legends was the first time in a long time where I felt excited to play and explore

[@Damian-ni2jy]

It was literally so boring tho, I couldn’t even finish the game, it was literally just a larger scale safari zone or pokemon Go, no gym leaders, no trainers, boring.

[@Determinator21]

@@Damian-ni2jy hahaha you think? Try sword and shield, it's worse

[@zjzr08]

​@@Determinator21Why not both could be bad hehe.

[@sharkyy9037]

Lowkey the franchise died when sun and moon dropped imo. X and Y were pretty good but the last good games in my opinion were black and white and every game before that. But when Sun and moon dropped it just fell off and the show sucked ass as well.

[@Gamedraco]

Learning about Sun and Moon taking out the Gym and HM staples of the previous generations before buying them was the final nail in the coffin for to get out of Pokemon for good. Gens 1, 2, and 4 was when Pokemon was at their absolute finest.

[@HungrySnowBadger]

@@Gamedraco I actually liked the removal of gyms. It felt fresh and different from what we were used to. Also the totem pokemon were well executed imo. There are other faults in sun and moon that make me dislike that gen more. Also pokemon was not at their best in gen 1 and 2. Gen 1 is super broken mechanically and gen 2 was quite boring and tedious. Hell, you still only encounter level 20 pokemon in Kanto after becoming the champion. How are you supposed to rebuild your team with these low level encounters? Nostalgia likely clouds many peoples judgements of the earlier gen games.

[@Gamedraco]

@@HungrySnowBadger Gen 1 started it all, and Gen 2 took Gen 1 to new heights and had the most effort put into it of any generation before or since. The multiregion aspect of Gen 2 would not have happened if it weren't for the late Satoru Iwata working alone and overtime to put Kanto even as bare bones as it was into it. Gen 2 and their Gen 4 remakes remain the only multiregion games in the series. They abandoned what made those first two generations great Gen 3 and onward apart from Gen 4, and Gen 4 did not push the hardware limitations like Gen 2 did.

[@Flamesaph]

@@Gamedraco here my problem with gen 2 1. The leveling, how do we go from level 63 champion in gen 1 to level 50 champion in gen 2? 2. How do you keep most of the new Pokemon's after you beat the game? Isn't the whole point to show off new Pokemon's so we can catch them before the elite four? I mean think about it. 1st gym could have had a hoothoot or murkrow to introduce some cool new flying type, but yet we got gen 1 flying type? Gligar could have been his ace..hard to beat at the beginning Gym 2 is where Bugsy ace is heracross but instead it's scyther? And yenma could have replace butterfree while pineco replace beedrill Gym 3 You can give Witney a dunsparce, or a Granbull, maybe a Stantler? (Teddiursa would have fit perfectly) instead of clefable..give her 2 extra new mons Gym 4 Morty has 2 hunters, which can be easily replace 1 of them for a misdreaves Gym 5 is where chuck could have gotten hitmontop instead of primeape Gym 6 is where it would have gotten juicy. Give jasmine a scizor and a skarmory as well as fortress Gym 7 my man pyrice could have gotten a sneasel replacing seel and add in a smoochum with lovely kiss who is annoying Gym 8 Has 2 Dragonair. I mean of lance has a charizard that resemblance a dragon, might as well give Clair An arbok who somehow is in the dragon egg group. Gyrados for her as well..and give her aerodactyl instead of lance While lance gets tyranitar It's not a dragon I know but neither is aerodactyl what's so ever. Anyway the whole point is to show off nearly all your new mons that can be catchable early in the game or before the elite four instead of locking some of them behind mt. silver or at the very end of your gym quest. Also if you're gonna bring team rocket back, give them some new weak mons as well (Aipom, Delibird, remoraid, smergle, shuckle? etc) But that's just me Sorry for long rant ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@frytoes]

I thought Sun and Moon were pretty good. The story felt really ambitious, but they missed the mark with a few ideas.

[@Jik_Jik8080]

We once knew the Pokémon company as a GAME company, now we realized that it’s just a game COMPANY

[@larniieplayz6285]

It hasn’t been entirely about games for quite awhile

[@Legendary_Bleu]

You said the same thing twice... I don’t get it

[@brandonenke2680]

@@Legendary_Bleu before it use to be a game company that focused on the games (hince better quality games,stories,original ideas, less laziness and much less about profit profit profit) they had passion for the games and that showed. Now they are a game company that focuses on the company part more now. (Hinces just pushing out the same old formula and lazy designing just to make cheap games that could be amazing if they actually cared to put a bit of more money)

[@mauriciom5555]

it always was a game COMPANY, or you forget that pokémon has the worst anime in the history of asian animation (maybe could save first season) just for trying to be right for everyone, meanwhile the manga was so freakin' amazing, but was clouded for being dark and raw, to pokemon company always the most important thing was money!!

[@pakaman9101]

@@mauriciom5555 Nice opinion but false because season 1 of Pokémon is only like the 3rd best behind D/P and Xyz. And it’s bold of you to talk about “Asian” anime when I can clearly tell you probably haven’t watched more than 10 (I’m being sarcastic here)

[@bobi200samatar6]

The pokemon home thing is genuinely disgusting and I'm shocked more people haven't called it out. Edit: I have been informed that your pokemon are not deleted if you cease paying your subscription fee, that part of the video was misinformed. However, I think the fact your data is being held somewhere and you can't get them back until game freak decides your favourite pokemon is finally cool enough to be in a game again is terrible and should be fixed pronto. Literally just let people withdraw their mons from Home, what's the issue?

[@Sander-qf3zx]

I just realised it by watching this.. What did you expect in a world where money is the only thing that counts.

[@williamgibson3862]

It was because of home I stopped playing new Pokemon games.

[@GELTONZ]

Same. The MOMENT they said they were cutting the National Dex I thought "But wait, what about all the Pokemon that aren't in the game? What happens to them? Are they stuck in online storage?" and sure enough the answer is "Yes."

[@NoobKiller24PiLLe]

I even thought over getting Pokémon Bank for another yr only if my Pokémon werent deleted after unsubscibing. Well good to know I wont be getting Pokémon Home

[@levischuurmans9400]

☝️ This tbh... I don't own any switch pokemon games, nor home. For this exact reason, pokemon lost it's charm for me. 😕

[@urdad9724]

I personally really liked the old pixelated style of the games

[@Alien42011]

Pokemon sprites will always be superior to 3d forever

[@Cheshiregrinn91]

I was so disappointed by brilliant diamond and shiny pearl. They look incredibly old-fashioned and most of the time (especially in close-ups) it looks like a cheap children's show. I think that sun and moon looked fine design wise. the fan made trailer is a dream that I do not expect to come true any time soon.

[@Sum41rthe1]

I haven't played since Gen 4. My GF who is just getting into them bought Brilliant Diamond. I was watching her for 10 mins until she went into a battle, I noticed something, next to her moves there was a little bit of writing under each of her moves... I was actually horrified to see it tells you which moves are effective, super, 4X (I think) and also not very or doesn't effect. I actually got angry and was pacing up and down our living room while going on a huge rant about how I had to find Lugia or Ho-oh with no help, how for years I used to think i could OKO Quagsire with thunderbolt because I kept forgetting he was ground type. God they make games so painting by numbers these days, not just Pokemon, the industry at large is all about mass appeal. Makes me sad. That for me is a huge part of the magic (I haven't actually watched the video, I'm off to press play)

[@Cheshiregrinn91]

@@Sum41rthe1 And honestly it wouldn't even be a problem as long as they give the option to turn it off. Baby mode is not bad but don't force it on us.

[@Coalgate_frsh]

Finally, someone who agrees with that. I think pokemon sword was the only one that was okay to look at, it used a appealing more realistic movement system, slow in- slow out. I stopped playing let's go games because it looked too toy like. I couldn't even look at it- heh. Most of us play the games because of brand loyalty or sheer boredom.

[@suraangel6956]

Hmm interesting, because I feel like the graphics for BDSP blows SS out of the water

[@Coalgate_frsh]

@@suraangel6956 most of us mean the graphics when you go into battle, it.. looks really bad-

[@kirara4953]

The yearly releases is definitely a problem with Pokemon since it means Game Freak can't put 100% of their workforce onto the new gen because they have DLC, Remakes or Spinoffs to work with ontop of other games that they develop. They made Giga Wreaker and Little Town Hero along side Sword and Sheild and that surely reduced the man power on Sword and Sheild.

[@starlightgalaxy8286]

They claimed to have some sort of burnout from having to make new Pokemon games constantly. But.....I think focusing on Pokemon is still much better than dividing your workforce to make what ends up as 2 mediocre games (Sw/Sh and Little Town Hero). I don't think Giga Wrecker and LTH even sold that much. Heck, LTH just disappeared from most people's mind after like, a month since release lol. Definitely wasn't worth it to make, should have just taken a more normal short break, then continue focusing on Pokemon. Although, TPC is the bigger culprit to blame in here, they were the ones who set the stupid yearly schedule. GF should have stood up to them and say "we can't do this, we'll quit making Pokemon and be content with making games we want to make, if you insist on yearly schedule". GF crews are the ones actually making the games that spearheaded all the merchandise, logically they should be the one with the most power here. If they refuse to make themselves available, the rest of TPC would have no games at all, instead of simply having to wait a bit more for new games. That means TPC would need to find new company to do it, which would be more time, effort, and money spent than if they simply agree to relax the schedule. Not to mention the new company they choose might refuse if they have to make a new game in just 1 year. When they contract a new company like with New Pokemon Snap being from Bamco, I don't think the contracting and the game making is done in just 1 year time. It must have been planned and discussed for at least 2 years. So in the end it would be the same waiting time as if they just let GF work on the games for 1 more year. I think TPC has no real option here besides agreeing to GF, if GF actually stands up to TPC. Problem is, GF higher ups seems to be too lazy to stand up to TPC.

[@kirara4953]

@@starlightgalaxy8286 You think that if GF stands up to TPC they're gonna sweat getting another developer? They can easily give the game to the second developer that's been there from the start, Creatures Inc. which entirely made the Poke Park games so they know Pokemon well enough to take the helm. The day TPC changes from GF is the day GF goes bankrupt, the only profitable series for them is Pokemon, everything else sells so bad they don't even sales reports.

[@starlightgalaxy8286]

@@kirara4953 it still takes time, money, and effort to make a new game even if they can quickly get a new developer. Not to mention the workforce needs time to get used to the system. Creatures' staffs aren't used to making games yearly just yet, not to mention the last time they developed a game, it's for Wii, not Switch. In the end, I think it's more profitable if TPC just stays with GF and give them a little bit more time, even just 1 more year would be good. Although yes, you're right that GF likely still wants the money from Pokemon because that's what most of their money comes from, which is why they don't want to stand up. It's a risk, one that I think GF can win depending on how they presented it, but it's obvious the higher ups definitely don't want to take the chance.

[@wisdomfox857]

@@starlightgalaxy8286 nah game freak. Is a trash company they only made one good game and the rest are failures

[@riotkitty]

The Gear Project at GameFreak is literally for tiny groups of developers to work on something besides Pokémon. Little Town Hero had eight people actually developing it, and Giga Wrecker was around a dozen. Besides, they’ve been doing these games long before either of them were thoughts.

[@SlowNSteady123]

Just to let it sink in. Greninja was voted as the most popular pokemon...and it was still cut from the game. There's one thing to be dumb, but gamefreak is straight up out of touch.

[@BartEmbregts]

They need to suck of gen 1 mate.

[@daviduchiha8592]

Gen 1 makes them money bc of nostalgia so they’re going to milk that gen forever

[@stagdragon3978]

It's STILL out of the game! I know this because one of my absolute favorite starters is Delphox, and I KNOW for a fact that all 9 of those pokemon are still not in the game.

[@raccoonapproves9775]

@@stagdragon3978 incineroar, rowlet and popplio are in the game.

[@stagdragon3978]

@@raccoonapproves9775 yes, but I use primarina. Which has been fantastic for my playthrough don't get me wrong. but I'm also used to having psychic fire from delphox as well.

[@emmetstanevich2121]

The thing about the remakes is that they are, for some players, their first experience with the region. I first played Blue version well into gen 3's run, and entirely skipped out on gen 2, so when I played Heart Gold I wasn't just playing another gen 4 game, or another johto game, but I was having an adventure in an entirely new region hot off the heels of the sinnoh games, and honestly, it was probably the best introduction to the johto region I could have asked for, and the ability to go from an entirely new (to me) region to the one I had only seen in 8-bit and rematch the kanto gym leaders was a... really unique sensation, one that I don't think was directly planned (I had played neither the gen 2 games, nor the kanto remakes), and one that I don't think I'll ever get from the series again. Also, I like just how seamlessly the gen 3 and 4 additions felt in HGSS. Abilities are always nice, but I love how the regional dex was expanded to include the evolutions that had been added in the meantime, and let's be honest, feraligatr and sneasel feel like they were released a couple gens too early given their typings and stat spreads, so it's nice that they have actual physical STABs (and sneasel got an evolution to boot). It just felt like "gold and silver if they were made with an extra two generations of hindsight", which is arguably what any remake should strive to be.

[@ayayawa]

I honestly agree and one thing that bugs me is that 20 years in we’ve yet to have adequate voice acting. But in BW2 at least Roxie is ACTUALLY singing. Piers...yeah we don’t talk about that.

[@vbooty20]

bruh when i went up against him and he started “singing” i just wanted to turn my switch off from how embarrassed i was 😭

[@sleepydoggo4341]

@@vbooty20 ahhhh, Piers was a good character but that ONE particular scene was just cringe incarnate lmao

[@Gemnist98]

Almost no Nintendo games have voice acting, mainly because of their “name the player character” feature (Pokemon) or their desire to have the characters be reflections of the players (Animal Crossing). The times they have are usually for characters that have established names, and even then for every hit (Fire Emblem and Kid Icarus), there’s also a miss (Super Mario Sunshine and Metroid: Other M). The only reason Breath of the Wild was able to have the best of both worlds was because they just defaulted Link to being called Link, and because they wrote his character having a mental disorder in order to avoid having him talk - something I highly doubt they want to impose on a ten-year-old.

[@slevinchannel7589]

This beloved Franchise is Burning and the sentimental people dont realize cause its so beloved... That in itself is sad...

[@surprisedadrianlol]

They also "tried" to make a final gym leader pokémon battle theme like in BW and it's sequels but failed miserably.

[@Tyranogre]

As much as it breaks my heart to say this, but there is close to zero percent chance of this franchise getting any better. The multi-billion-dollar company has learned that they can put in less effort and still get the same amount of profit. It’s time to move on.

[@anthonystrangio]

Solution: wait until an indie game comes along that can actually compete with Pokémon (eventually it will happen) If a big indie game comes along and sells well enough, Game Freak will have no choice but to put in effort.

[@steffen7451]

@@anthonystrangio tem tem

[@hootle4641]

@@anthonystrangio Not necessarily. Pokémon is too huge a brand. It's like competing with Disney. Sure other studios do that, only to either get eaten up by Disney or be compared to how they rip off Disney. Pokémon is simply too big to fail, especially since their primary audience, children, don't care how "pretty" the graphics are compared to it having Pokémon they recognize in it.

[@hootle4641]

@@anthonystrangio I actually do play alternatives to Pokémon like Creature Keeper and Monster Sanctuary, but I will try that one out too, thanks for the recc.

[@Gamedraco]

Felt it was falling as soon as Gen 3, but it started dropping like a rock with GO and Sun and Moon in 2016 after GO became so lucrative.

[@DistantKingdom]

pokemon home is even more nefarious than i realized. didn't think that was possible. a damn shame

[@AcousticHarmonia]

That's a name I wasn't expecting to see on one of my videos 👀 Yeah, it's not the best situation... Worth noting though I had a smidge of information wrong in the video, namely that Pokemon aren't immediately deleted when you stop paying (though they say they reserve the right to do so if/when they please), instead they're just held in Home jail without you being able to do anything with them until you pay their bail from what I can tell

[@DistantKingdom]

@@AcousticHarmonia the fact that your fav pokemon can be deleted at all if you don't pay is beyond gross, especially since you literally can't put them elsewhere for the time being Awesome vid btw : D the end really got me in my feels

[@11thecat4]

@@AcousticHarmonia I think Pokemon home was good but Pokemon bank sucks

[@keithflippers4429]

@@11thecat4 bank was cheaper to get a years worth a service and you can take ur Pokémon out even if the subscription is over

[@11thecat4]

@@keithflippers4429 but I think it’s dumb you have to pay to use it at least Pokemon home was free

[@liamk7720]

Heartbreaking to watch. Got into Pokémon as a young kid, was huge for me as well. Despite recently getting back into gaming and enjoying the new Pokémon games, your points are entirely valid and it’s sad to see how much of what the experience is being removed or put behind a paywall

[@TSPH1992]

I think the fanbase is the problem. By pre ordering and buying everything at launch without thinking twice about it you give Gamefreak and TPC the excuse that they need to deliver less content for a higher price

[@andersonweir11]

Agreed you put all great features and all pokemon in one game people going complain.i hear all time gen 5 got ugly pokemon .them create themselves damn

[@tiruliru1189]

You get the point. For every fans who want good games, you get bootlickers who will eat up any garbage after garbage. Let's Go games were terrible, but then Sw/Sh were worse, and now BD/SP are worse. Eating bad food (Let's Go) is better than eating garbage (Sw/Sh) or turd (BD/SP), but it's still bad food.

[@redrazorx-23]

@@tiruliru1189 you can’t say the gen 4 remakes are bad,all we got to see was a 2 minute long trailer...the games won’t even be out until probably December

[@dontreadthiscomment3026]

Holy shit that burger image from emplemons video is so true here

[@Soniman001]

Blaming the consumer for a big company's mistakes is probably the shittiest thing you can do

[@WilliamKogoi]

The Pokémon Home Pokémon Bank separation is so bizarre to me. I don’t understand why they made 2 seperate services.

[@hollyshock8400]

“I like money!” -Gamefreak

[@kristophesiem5336]

If only, but Home is free. Bank is the one you have to pay for

[@Super60429]

Because Pokémon Home was created to be glorified ransomware, as stated in the video.

[@LetsWinWithTim]

Best part is when you want to transfer a Pokémon from an older gen to current... you will need both services

[@mandolen3317]

@@kristophesiem5336 both are payed... 25$/year

[@greatnovastar]

I miss the times when X and Y were fresh. I met so many friends playing this game that I still talk to to this day 😔

[@jumpyman9754]

X and Y was where the series went in the wrong direction

[@greatnovastar]

@@jumpyman9754 yeah I hear that a lot and about how it was too easy, but I still took my time enjoying my (at the time) new 3DS. Will always love and respect X and Y for what it is.

[@christianmckee2116]

@@jumpyman9754 I'd argue Black and White was, as controversial as it is to say. Not because Black and White are bad, but they did introduce most of the things that the franchise would be infamous for (Removing beloved features like Battle Frontier, focusing more on the story that Pokemon has never been good at, making the region incredibly linear in the level design, etc.)

[@jumpyman9754]

@@christianmckee2116 it’s not linear at all. People who say that are just dumb. It had many optional routes and secrets. It also has many great replacements to the battle frontier.

[@christianmckee2116]

@@jumpyman9754 Linear in terms of story progression. While Platinum is technically the first game to be streamlined since it removed Diamond and Pearl's option to challenge gyms 3-5 in any order, Black and White is notable for locking half of the region into the post-game. Eastern Unova was post-game only for no real reason, and it's not like the Battle Zone from Sinnoh where it was seperate from the main region and made sense that way; it's just blocked off arbitrarily from the rest of the region it's connected to. There are definitely still great side areas like Lostlorn Forest, but the linearity was really noticeable due to the structure of the region. As for the Battle Frontier replacement, the PWT in Black 2 and White 2 you could argue was a good replacement, but Black and White had no really good replacement for the Frontier. The Battle Subway was nowhere near as good as a Frontier with multiple facilities and the Institute was essentially a mock battle simulator. Not to discredit you; these are just my observations.

[@requiemagent3014]

Honestly we live in a post Elden Ring world now. A game that just ask 70 dollar from you without any additional fees attached. The amount of content this game has is truly unbelievable. This needs to be the industry standard. It highlights how low the bar is for gaming as a whole. But Game Freak somehow manages to even be scummier then Take 2 and Rockstar and those are already the very bottom of the barrel. Nintendo games are always seen and judged in this vacuum. Completely ignoring the standards of other platforms. Nintendo fans and especially Pokemon fans are kinda brainwashed. I wish I was joking.

[@ThePrismaticEnder]

Well said 👍

[@marcusmaynard1526]

I think EA and activision would be considered the bottom of the barrel.

[@requiemagent3014]

@@marcusmaynard1526 In comparison to Take2? Hell no. They treat their costumer base like absolute Garbage. GTA+ for example. What a joke and that is just the tip of the iceberg. EA and Activision doesn't hold a candle against the shitfuck that is Take2.

[@theteamrpmgfs3901]

@@marcusmaynard1526 nope that would be Bungie because they been removing content that people paid for like the whole game and then some dlc

[@beelzebug9498]

You're the brainwashed one I think. Pokemon is a Japanese children's media franchise, and eldin ring is dark souls with botw gameplay

[@Its_A_Gundam]

The current state of the Pokemin franchise is just plain sad.

[@jannepeltomaa3175]

IT'S WAY BETTER THAN IN LAST 3-5 years. Pokemon games are evolving instead of being stuck in same. It's way better this way than having something so horrible and bad as sword/shield.....

[@thenintendogamer1542]

@@jannepeltomaa3175 Gen 6 was easier but it felt like it had passion for some reason, sun moon didnt and ruined that magic for me

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@jannepeltomaa3175 Does Arceus look like a passion project to you? To me it looks like something they cobbled together inna few months in response to outrage. Compare the Arceus trailer to the trailer for a game called "Kindred Fates" there is no way Gamefreak have been working on this game for a while or plans to put enough time into it.

[@privateterry2885]

all of you are the types of people who buy the games to find something to hate on then complain about being given what you wanted for the sake of complaining

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@privateterry2885 I haven't bought a game I hated since Arms and a game I disliked since BotW. So I don't fall into that camp already and I assume most people sh*tting on Pokemon rn are in a different camp as well. A lot of people grow to dislike series they used to love, especially when there is no nostalgia to carry it anymore. So many people play Persona, SMT, Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Octopath Traveller, or other turn-based JRPG's and it just retroactively kills Pokemon in comparison. And the people who never picked up other JRPG's are now also playing games that have advanced over the decades with good writing, more involved combat/mechanics, a unique set of mechanics or impressive level of immersion, more strategic gameplay in general, all games having more impressive graphics, etc. Those are the people sh*tting on Pokemon, the people who came back to a childhood i.p. and just realize they got a pitiful failure of an experience. And then the people still hopeful or buying the games after that realization are just dullards tbh.

[@AceSilver78]

This viscerally reminds me of the quote: "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" x.x feels like the pokemon company has become team rocket.

[@Jimmy9298]

It's true too. So many IPs out there that basically did a one and done deal, or maybe a couple/possibly a trilogy, games that have not been revisited or remade because of their companies having failed, been bought out, or wisely decided to move on. These games seem to become classics in the hearts of many people. Pure and uncorrupted classics that keep enduring in the collective consciousness of gamers because of the creativity and ingenuity of these past gaming companies. They left their mark and ended up leaving things on a high note. Not the case for Game Freak, as we have seen. It's a strange but observable thing that seems to pop up over and over throughout history. That any long standing establishment eventually rots from the inside out, and becomes entirely corrupt.... It's sad really.

[@Gamedraco]

​@@Jimmy9298 Agree, all the established names in gaming have gone rotten now.

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

As a former Blizzard fan, I know that sentiment lol.

[@Nephalem2002]

Nintendo in general turned into EA since the Switch Dropped

[@MrManiac360]

They were always team rocket but at the beginning they were smart so you didn't noticed but now you do. There was a drop in quality even in Cristal/gold over yellow/red. Just look at how they cut corner in kanto in the cristal version, I was 13 at the time and I noticed things were way better in the yellow version. So many things were in the yellow version that wasn't in the crystal version, I felt the drop in quality even if it was produced with better graphics. Just look at how team rocket was awesome in yellow with the silph being so big and detailed, none of that in Crystal. Now I love Crystal because what you have today is so below standard it's obvious with a few exception sometimes. But look at how the league is portrayed in Yellow as you have to present your badges at each step, none of that in Crystal, the list goes on and on and on, each detail makes the games less good until you feel that version was a shadow compared the first version.

[@Osmium498]

I’m still waiting for Pokemon Ranger to make a return.

[@Dvdh2903]

Damn, that game was hella fun

[@THESHOWBOAT]

Omg yes!

[@diode_wow]

Yeah, I don't want to break my Switch's screen

[@Osmium498]

@@diode_wowSimple fix, motion controls.

[@paoloh885]

Yeah and they should do it with motion controls so that you can actually use your controller as a capture styler. Would be pretty cool but gamefreak wouid likely find a way to fuck it up anyways.

[@wildspirewarrior211]

Legends Arceus brought me back to the series because for once they actually did something different. And while it definitely could be optimized it runs fairly well in most cases. The main thing I'm worried about is how gamefreak is gonna handle scarlet and violet since it looks like an actual progression in the series

[@lers0305]

Henlo I’m from the future, it’s kinda good now except for sky pokemon like Staraptor

[@lerdog]

@@lers0305 is it?

[@TheGreninjaGamerX]

Scarlet and violet is an embarrassment just look at the reviews it’s at 2.9 stars

[@realkingofantarctica]

Regardless of whether Pokemon continues to go down this dark path, I will still always love the earlier games and generations and all the memories I made.

[@haroldtan7806]

I'd pay for a serviceable fangame of Kalos having up to the gen 8 dex

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

I do as well! *Hides emulators*

[@cosmosjam2508]

What’s a good path, going back to the same old boring and overdone formula of trainer after trainer, long grass after long grass, grind after grind? Because let’s go was such a breath of fresh air, and accessible to people who did not want to spend all that time grinding to get good IVs and competitive, or how about how much easier breeding etc was in S/S.

[@matthewbraith0411]

Yeah let shit and piss (sword and shield) rot in hell because it can't take the good games away from us.

[@izuku166]

You can feel the emotion in his voice. He’s a passionate person about Pokémon. This guys has my respect 💯

[@AcousticHarmonia]

I appreciate the kind words, thank you

[@kaironst2969]

I was searching for a comment talking about his voice. I'm sorry for him and his pokemon.

[@MoogusMan]

He sounded really sad and about to cry, unless it's just his voice in general, but for me, a new person, that's how it sounds

[@sora654able1]

And mine

[@Benjamillion]

I thought he had a cold lol

[@narukouzumaki2885]

Ultra Sun was the last main game I felt enjoyment playing. Seeing a series that has helped me forget my depression in the past fall from Grace makes me tear up.

[@Ookami20]

🌙 Moon was my last one.. not even Ultra it’s like why are they ruining our favorite thing...

[@riotkitty]

Opposite for me, I hated USUM and almost dropped Pokemon entirely, but SWSH brought me back into it. I love it, and I’m not ashamed of saying that

[@n13475]

Gen 7 was the last best

[@Scottk2022]

@@riotkitty same. I’m really enjoying shield so far. I had to struggle to finish ultra sun it was so bad. The cutscenes destroyed it. I’ve been playing since RBY and gotta say that shield may be my favorite since ORAS

[@fernandodacosta7666]

For me it was sun

[@julianjolts5050]

It’s always funny to me when modders show how lazy and unqualified some game devs are. Like you’re being paid to do this for years and some redditor did it better in 2 weeks for free💀

[@wickedboo2595]

"Doesn't matter if they hate you, if they still buy your game" - Gamefreak probably

[@DanteCrowlley]

*EA actually*

[@mlpfanboy1701]

That isnt an excuse, thats evidence of wrong doing

[@biscuit4278]

Jojo reference?

[@tiruliru1189]

Today's Bethesda, EA, 2K, Konami and Activision in a nutshell.

[@MellowOptimist]

I haven't bought a single Pokémon game since Ultra Moon. After the move from the DS systems to the Switch, everything I've silently heard from the Pokémon community, and my own disappointments - disappointments this video really put into words about - about some of the new games, I made a decision to only "retire" from playing the Pokémon games. Don't get me wrong, I still very much love Pokémon though as I've bought other Pokémon merchandise over the years and have been a fan since I was in elementary school. Just not the new games anymore. And if I ever were to buy Pokémon games again, I think I'd most likely buy copies of the DS games to replace any of mine that have mysteriously fallen between time and space over the years...

[@antonioreyes421]

Pokemon didn’t lost it’s magic, it just ran out of PP

[@Gamedraco]

And now using Struggle.

[@benjamincecilio5063]

@@Gamedraco Until it killed itself

[@tiruliru1189]

@@benjamincecilio5063 And then it died.

[@dumdum672]

They gotta get an elixir

[@Gamedraco]

@@dumdum672 A max elixir.

[@tyanthony3159]

Pokemon GO effect killed it. They figured out they could just print money by going for the lowest common denominator. Thank you for this video

[@CeoScarlett]

im still stuck with pokemon usum, I wish everyone in the whole world rn could just play pokemon BW and B2W2, or gen 4 or 6

[@LordFinkenstein]

@@CeoScarlettHonestly gen 6 was the start of the decline, we just gave it a pass at the time because it was their first attempt at 3D and we thought they'd get better over time. Turns out they didn't so I'm no longer willing to defend gen 6.

[@CeoScarlett]

@@LordFinkenstein oras was amazing, story mode was easy, but who cares, as far as new features, hunting, roaming, legendaries, pvp, awesomeness, oras is amazing, gen 7 they coulda gave the games more life, but alola is the dream vacation for sure

[@yzt9822]

@@CeoScarlett ORAS blew up competitive Pokemon, i remember starting in XY and getting fucking adicted in ORAS

[@heavyrain5949]

@@yzt9822 Competitive ORAS was awesome. 999+ hours spent on Omega Ruby. Good times.

[@saikyouiku]

Gotta say, I'm personally not someone who cares for the national dex. For me, the game experience is about experiencing each region as is. I make a new team with the pokemon mostly only available from the region. My old favorites stayed on their original consoles, and the knowledge that my babies are still there, waiting for me if I ever want to go back. The one thing I'd love is multiple save slots because I simply cannot ever delete my original save

[@LightningKing91]

This is me exactly. And battling my friends

[@vivifrfx1530]

the ideal way is the black and white way imo. all new pokedex, maybe with some iconic old pokemon or ones who fit the region's theme, but with all pokemons data included for postgame

[@EskChan19]

But even so you shouldn't be fine with it, because even then, the OPTION should be there. I usually also do my first playthrough with pokemon from that game, but there's a difference between knowing I can get my favorites over anytime afterwards, and knowing that someone cheapened out and couldn't be bothered to program it in so even if I wanted to I couldn't. Regardless of if you use the additional content or not, we shouldn't be fine with getting less content than before, for the same or more money than before. We used to have 800+ pokemon per game. We used to have good side activities like contests and post game battle areas, we used to still have acess to older gimmicks like Z-Moves and Mega evolutions. We used to have all of that stuff and more. And now they cut corners whereever they can, so they can sell SOME of it back as DLC or just not bring it back at all. That's not ok. I never really did contests but I know they were popular so just cutting stuff other people like and not even replacing it with something else or better but just, cutting it and shrugging it off is not smart.

[@BlackStarSymphony]

I just don't want a gimmick, I want a great story, a great experience and to go on an adventure and catch them all. I haven't played sword and shield because I don't want to support the pokemon company for producing a lack luster game.

[@vivvy_0]

Wish i wasn't naive too and didn't gave them money :(

[@knutnputn]

I don't regret buying the game. But I regret buying the dlc. I won't be buying the gen 4 remake. The jury is still out on legends but I might not buy it

[@onizuka2307]

don’t worry, those were the worst pokemon games ever made imo

[@Grr33nie]

I recently just used emulators to get ALL of the pokemon games (from red and blue to sword and shield) for free, i dont normally do this as i enjoy supporting companies that i love, but the pokemon company just seemed to be giving the finger to the fans, so i thought why the heck not :/

[@Th1boi]

I regret buying sword and shield and I just rushed the game and finished the story in 10 hours. Was so bored I didn’t even bother to catch the legendary pokemon. I am going to buy the remake if they have improved it like in the switch oled trailer. I want to get into a classic pokemon game and maybe complete the pokedex. Sword and shield story sucked, hopefully is this one better.

[@auramaster8763]

At some point, there will be a breaking point. And when they reach that, they are going to have to reevaluate their strategy. I don’t know the original creator very well, but I know that that is NOT what he wanted.

[@BLazeWigglytuff]

Creators. Originally it was a group of friends consisting of Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sugimori, and Junichi Masuda who made a glitchy mess (pokemon green) which got super popular who then got swamped with work making a bunch of sequels like gold, silver, red, and blue all at the same time. Satoshi Tajiri has been an executive producer for most of the pokemon games including all the switch games

[@BLazeWigglytuff]

So if it wasn't what they wanted they could have stopped it

[@slevinchannel7589]

This beloved Franchise is Burning and the sentimental people dont realize cause its so beloved... That in itself is sad...

[@BLazeWigglytuff]

@@slevinchannel7589 "you can't put out a fire from inside the house"

[@tiruliru1189]

@@slevinchannel7589 Unfortunately, it's working too well. People are buying Sw/Sh (no matter how bad it is) just because it's Pokemon. And you know the situation is bad when even Bandai Namco makes better games than GF and TPC combined.

[@DengekiVR]

As an adult who plays pokemon, When I spend $60 on a game I expect to get my money's worth.

[@TSPH1992]

Same

[@Hydra_X9K_Music]

Got mine

[@jayjr6487]

I felt satisficed with what I paid for it was fun and enjoyable with a decent amount of content available.

[@mylesobrien7477]

In this day and age that's a wild concept

[@Hydra_X9K_Music]

@@jayjr6487 if i spend more than 15 hours on a game, i consider that getting my money's worth

[@ajflink]

There should be a meme picture with Activision and EA patting Nintendo or Game Freak on the back saying. "Couldn't resist the scent of money?" There would also be Sony scratching their head in confusion with Sega very nervous in the corner.

[@fasshunmonsuta3377]

Imagine making a Dojo themed DLC and not putting Makuhita and Hariyama in it, I’m shocked lol. 😂

[@SlimeBlueMS]

Seriously, this game is STILL missing 250+ Pokémon (after two DLCs). What a joke

[@greenbxtch8853]

yes that dojo screams hariyama omg

[@lolggez]

When Mankey and primape ain't there either 😔

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

@@lolggez primape is in the crown tundra i think

[@BigSizzle69]

I bought it but didn’t even play it because i lost my interest for it right after i bought it but it doesn’t sound very good

[@TheZiros]

What on earth are you doing in my heart, speaking out the things about pokemon so well that I've been trying to explain to others? This video is fantastically put together, extremely heartfelt and honestly I wish you weren't hurt by this as much as you are, but I know that's hard, because pokemon's hurt me just as much. Simply because it's such a big part of what we all grew up with. I can only hope it finds its passion again, someday.

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Liveless 3D models and animations that haven't changed in almost 10 years helped a lot.

[@brunomillalaf8553]

I agree. Even Pokémon coliseum had more life to it.

[@treek10k]

The models themselves aren't lifeless. They are perfect and look like the official artwork of pokemon brought to life. It's just that gamefreak is so lazy that they don't even care to put life in them. Bandai used the same models for pokemon snap and they looked absolutely amazing. They had the right textures, colors, facial emotions, correct size scaling, and all in all felt like living things.

[@treek10k]

Which makes me mad even more.

[@KnownAsKenji]

And same 2D graphics every time for the 15 years before that. IMO it's not that the 3D is bad so much as overdue.

[@pokeymaster9415]

Well utleast legends Archeus will finnaly break that curse by having Better animations

[@silverwings9276]

It's also pretty hilarious how people also here in the comment section will be like "oh yeah very bad games" and then RUSH to pre-order whatever gets announced lol

[@EinsamPibroch278]

Game Freak proved they can do it all, but refused to.

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

There's no need, they make money either way...

[@ipadair7345]

@@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon and people but their games even though they're overpriced, and cr*p. People need to stop buying the games.

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

@@ipadair7345 the literal mentally ill audience of Nintendo is incapable of judging a product, so no chance of that happening anytime soon...

[@Eloweh]

@@ipadair7345 it’s sad how a lot of game companies are like that nowadays. Like with Bethesda and the Fallout series. But Pokémon is different than these other games because of how it’s a household name and a lot of us played them as kids. Also, I found it funny how you censored crap

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

I’m worried that Cynthia is going to get Nerfed to be on the same level of Leon in her champion fight in Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond.

[@ssjgotenks2009]

lame leon sucked he was joke i kciked that fool ass easy

[@RedNayl]

If you do use items and battle switch on, literally every single Pokémon game in the series is easy. I will admit pokemon Swsd is extremely easy, the final champion fight is honestly tough if you turn the easy mode setting off and don’t use items though.

[@judehaylesa]

@Owen Leitch I dont see how nerfing the champions battle will let the game die considering how there has never been a difficult fight in the game ever

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Cynthia will be a Dumb Blonde in this Version. Thats what i expect of GF.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Nerfed how? She is already somewhat easy to beat

[@BackwardsHat]

What you said about the passion being lost is very on-point. These games used to define the industry and be filled with creativity and artistic integrity. Now it's just a soulless, shameless moneymaker.

[@Gamedraco]

And from pushing the absolute limits of cartridge storage capacity on the super primitive Game Boy Color in Gen 2 to deliberately greedy half baked laziness on the Switch in Gen 8.

[@zookeeperguy3249]

@@Gamedraco logically speaking this game could have up to 3-5 ENTIRE regions. So yeah.

[@Gamedraco]

@@zookeeperguy3249 And yet the only multi-region gen is still Gen 2 excluding their remakes in Gen 4. Going back to 1 region in Gen 3 and later really struck me as laziness even back then when they had so much more storage space to work with compared to Gen 1 and 2.

[@zookeeperguy3249]

@@Gamedraco why not have the previous region in every game? Laziness. Imagine Gen 6 with Gen 5 as a second region. Such a better game. but you know funny looker postgame

[@larniieplayz6285]

??

[@jamesbrincefield9879]

The Pokémon Company has seemed like it hated the fanbase loooong before BDSP. Nintendo in general has zero respect for their audience and I can’t really blame them for it. They’ve become well aware that their fans will literally buy any first-party title regardless of quality, completeness, price, etc. and then violently defend it as a masterpiece. They’ve not only never been punished for their anti-consumer practices, they’re usually handsomely rewarded with every new game seemingly breaking some kind of new sales record. For a tentpole release like Sword and Shield, they wouldn’t risk charging $200+ dollars for the Complete Pokémon Experience™️ if they didn’t think they could get away with it. They got paid an additional $70 dollars per copy just to turn Breath of the Wild into a finished game six years after release and people have been calling it the Game of the Year since we even knew what the real title was. People always demonize the business practices of EA, Ubisoft, Activision, etc. and that’s all 100% valid and has been discussed to death, but Nintendo is the one people should really be complaining about yet it’s almost always absent from those conversations. They get a free pass on things that any other company would be crucified for. Imagine if the Steam Deck or the PS5 released with hardware that was 10 years behind the modern standard. They would have been dead on arrival, yet Nintendo just announced today that it has no plans to drop the price of their six year old console with 10+ year old specs. And I saw people in the comments defending it…

[@gg_hero]

Holy shit, this video captured exactly my main gripes with the diamond and pearl remakes. It's not that it's 100% certain that they'll be *bad* games, but compared with how Pokemon has handled remakes in the past, it's impossible not to be underwhelmed by these entries. That part about hgss and oras building up from the main games of their generation is so spot on, and what makes them great remakes (or rather, reimaginings) to me personally. SPBD will be the first "mainline" games I'll be skipping entirely. Congrats to you if you enjoy them but they're not for me.

[@yrrosmi3303]

Same, feels weird to knowI'm not gonna be playing a main series game in years, but dang they just look so bad

[@benballier9580]

@@yrrosmi3303 you probably never even saw the updated graphics. Skip out all you want lol. You’re gonna miss a great game.

[@eggs65]

I've never even played the original diamond and pearl so brilliant/shining will be great for me

[@Quentinthemudkip]

Yeah man x&y was my last game

[@shark6350]

Congrats

[@sandwich6536]

You can really feel the emotion that's displayed. Being betrayed by someone or something you love that's helped you out so much is one of the worst feelings people can feel. I'm not a life time pokemon fan and pokemon shield is my first mainline game but even I feel that they could have done more. I'm lucky my dream team can be made but others can't say the same. I just hope the pokemon company can redeem themselves

[@slevinchannel7589]

This beloved Franchise is Burning and the sentimental people dont realize cause its so beloved...

[@topcatgaming2678]

My first mainline game was sword but my first in general was quest

[@IgnoreSolutions]

41:50 Based on GameFreak’s recent track record, I’m willing to bet the 3DS could handle it but they werent willing to put in the *time* to *optimize* the engine for it. Which is also probably why we’re having bad experiences on the Switch (lazily porting over the 3DS engine with near 0 time spent on optimizations)

[@nicholasmontgomery9626]

I wouldn't be surprised if they were working on both Sword and Shield and Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee, thinking that Sword and Shield would be the final Pokemon game for the 3Ds and that Let's Go would hold people over on the Switch until they could work on and release the first mainline Pokemon game for the Switch. Then corporate came in and told them that they needed to make Sword and Shield available for the Switch because they were thinking of closing down services for the 3Ds and to have it ready within a year after Let's Go was released which would explain why Sword and Shield feels like a high end 3Ds game and a low end Switch game.

[@mvShooting]

@@nicholasmontgomery9626 According to leaks and information collected by TCRF, Let's Go and SwSh were in simultaneous development, but always for the Switch.

[@CHLOCHLOLP]

they would also much rather we all buy a switch instead of keep playing our old 3DS which they cant make money off anymore. at least it would have been bearable to look at on the resolution of the 3DS, sucks they didnt go that way.

[@AreesDaOG]

Agreed, also I hate how they canceled 3ds games. It sucks because 3ds games are my pride and joy, and they made so much money on the 3ds they could've had it beside the switch.

[@GeenoGab]

Pokemon is in a unique position no other franchise is in. In that, no matter how crappy their story is, PEOPLE WILL STILL BUY THE GAME, because it virtually has a monopoly on the concept of finding, collecting, and battling other monsters. So in that case, why don't they start experimenting with their storylines, add more depth, and put in a little dark concepts. Heck learn from Baldur's Gate 3 and maybe add the mechanic of choices altering the game. They don't have to copy that concept 1:1 cuz that will add a huge amount of additional work for the developers, but at least loosely borrow that concept. Here's an example of a storyline they could do, I'm giving this for FREE: Let's call the next generation Pokemon game: "POKEMON UPRISE and CONQUER" In this setting a new LEGENDARY pokemon has been artifically created with the intellect beyond any being on the planet. This new legendary pokemon learns the history of Mewtwo and decides to succeed where it failed. With it's extremely powerful telepathic powers it rallies almost all the Pokemons of the world to uprise against their human masters. 5 years have passed and the humans have lost the war and the roles have reversed with the humans subjugated by Pokemons and forced to kill each other just for their mere amusement. But small rag tag groups of human rebels along with some of their loyal Pokemon companions are scattered everywhere on the planet in an attempt to fight back. One of these rag tag rebels happens to be the son of the same scientist who created the powerful legendary pokemon that started this whole thing in the first place. He is secretly in the process to creating another legendary Pokemon powerful enough to counter the other legendary pokemon who is ruling the world. But inorder for this Legendary Pokemon to be completed, it needs the DNA of all the Pokemons in the Pokedex. So here is the concept: If you buy POKEMON UPRISE, you play as the human rebel and you take the initiative to beat the 8 Pokemon Generals to acquire the 8 badges that serves as the key to the Legendary Pokemon Rulers lair. IT IS OPTIONAL if you catch all the Pokemons in the pokedex that is required to complete the creation of the Legendary Pokemon who is destined to challenge the other Legendary Pokemon Ruler of the world. If you buy POKEMON CONQUER, you play as the human slave who has showcased amazing prowess in combat and because of this has gained the attention and been nominated along with 8 other human slaves by the Legendary Pokemon Ruler to play a game wherein you compete to see who will be the first to infiltrate, locate, and destroy ALL the human rebel camps. There can only be one winner, hence you are compelled to kill the other 8 human competitors. You also learn of the rebels plan to capture all the DNA of the pokemons to complete the Legendary Pokemon who is destined to challenge the Legendary Pokemon Ruler. You keep this knowledge a secret as you decipher whether you will disclose this to the Legendary Pokemon Ruler or steal the technology from the rebels to create your own legendary pokemon and use it to free yourself. IT IS OPTIONAL if you decide to capture all the Pokemons to complete the opposing Legendary Pokemon. See there you have it, interesting concepts and you still have the usual Pokemon trope of catching them all, beating 8 other bosses to become champion, and exclusive Legendaries But hey here's the END GAME twist. In POKEMON UPRISE after beating the Legendary Pokemon Ruler, you have gained absolute power and have the choice to free all the humans, OR take over as the new Ruler of the world. In POKEMON CONQUER, after wiping out all the rebels, you have the choice to continue your life as slave promoted to the Legendary Pokemon Ruler's most trusted pet, or join the rebellion and take down the Legendary Pokemon Ruler. So there you have it. They have nothing to lose if they take that risk cuz their franchise is already a sure money maker no matter what storyline they take. In fact, current POkemon fans will be impressed if they take the route I'm suggesting. Show less

[@keithkennithson9972]

What really killed it was having to pay to trade pokemon between players.

[@gh0rochi363]

You have to what?

[@keithkennithson9972]

You have to pay to use Nintendo online services now.

[@Ralloris]

I might be in the minority with this, but I think the Let's Go games started the downfall by accident. From everything I've heard, it was a great game, and added so many good features. But it also, again as far as I know, didn't have the national dex. So the implication could have been drawn that fans are okay with the lack of national dex because they were okay with it in Let's Go. However that doesn't defend how they've handled the SwSh DLCs. I think they had such a huge opportunity with finally being able to add DLC to pokemon games, bypassing the need for the rerelease version by being able to add that content afterwards. But it just doesn't feel like they took enough time with the base SwSh experience, which has caused the DLCs to become worse by proxy.

[@TheKingRiku]

Pokemon was already tripping into downfall before Lets Go games, but the Lets Go games pushed it off a cliff.

[@TheAuron32]

@@TheKingRiku agreed, Ultra Sun and Moon say hi, literally the same damn story with a few tweaks that might as well have been a DLC mode.

[@Mantenner]

Black and White already removed the national dex years before, it was nothing new.

[@amberanime]

@@Mantenner I also actualy dont mind a lack of national dex. The dex becomes bigger every time, and forcing the devs to include and animate ALL those pokemon means much less attention will go into actualy making those pokemon have great animations and feel more alive. The kanto dex works because it's just kanto. they made the mistake after to keep importing pokemon from old gends to new regions instead of just focusing on new fresh pokemon line ups for every game without any old pokemon around in the wild (maybe a few available for trade in game from travelers of other regions). The larger the dex gets, the more messy it becomes for them to include them all, the fewer interesting new pokemon we'll get as they will just rely on old fanfavorites. The less attention and time they will put in other things. There is really no need to clutter every pokemon game with all pokemon ever. They should change the formula to a dex of max 150 pokemon per game. And thats it for that game. In game anyway. For the story. Competitive should just get it's own game at this point where they do animate all pokemons and make them all available. But because they wont have to redo stuff for every gen, just add the new mons, they can be much more creative with it. They should split up the hardcore competitive players and the lets explore a world and experience the story and become champion players. They want very different things, and catering to both in the same game makes them clutterd and soulles because they cant properly focus or invest in either. fewer pokemon in a game is not a problem. They should keep doing that and make the ''catch them all'' only relevant within that game. not all games need to be connected. You can just make it that that dimension only has those mons. Anyway, people want everything all the time without realising the games will get more and more hollow the more and more they need to maintain for the sake of it. Like say the whole dex..including a shit ton of pokemon almost nobody uses anyway.

[@Renegade7654]

@@amberanime I agree with most of this but I do think 150 is too low. I think 500-650 would be way better, at least for the switch games. 150 is far too low for a series with almost 1000 Pokemon. I think what they should do is just cut out all the unpopular ones/the ones people don't like. Maybe run online surveys, and stuff like that to get a grasp on what the general consensus is and then get rid of the most common ones that occur.

[@notme8652]

They're slowly turning into a Modern corporate game company

[@shierubea]

They already are. Not always a bad thing but...yeah.

[@donovanberserk4993]

Nintendo is out to make EA look like Splash attack

[@piperkuyiop]

I mean every big gaming corporation nowadays only cares about money, like, do you think Valve actually care about the community of their games?

[@ryaquaza3offical]

They did lie several times about the whole dex thing and putting content that should be there since launch behind a paywall so they are already closely approaching EA territory. Seriously the whole “it was for better models and animations” lie gives me some mad “sense of pride and accomplishment” vibes

[@introvertion6460]

Is Minecraft counted?

[@yugglesandstone]

The funny thing is, I've come to really love Sword and Shield. I like the characters and how it hypes up the gym challenges. If it weren't for the lack of a national dex it would have been my all time favorite of the series for all that you can do. I hope that GameFreak learned from this and make Gen 9 have a national dex.

[@FoxGalahArtStuff]

That aged poorly. Not all Pokemons are in SV. Let's hope they do it for Gen 10. This will probably age poorly too.

[@Aldgri]

when he said that his pokemon was held hostage i started to laugh and then realised how messed up it is. i didn’t know pokemon home would trap your pokemon, and i was considering to buy it till now. thank you.

[@BLazeWigglytuff]

It doesn't delete the pokemon if you don't pay it just makes them unaccessible. So you could buy it, put stuff in, stop paying, and pay a year later and your pokemon will be fine. Additionally you can use home fore free your just limited to one box

[@mlpfanboy1701]

@@BLazeWigglytuff it also has a chance to lock you out of a “service” you paid for if it detects illegal Pokemon. Why are they policing home, it isnt a tournament battle system. If it was it would be an infinently better product.

[@BLazeWigglytuff]

@@mlpfanboy1701 don't then? And if you do keep it in the game that's like saying. The bank sucks because it detects when I input counterfeits

[@mlpfanboy1701]

@@BLazeWigglytuff thing is it flags for ANYTHING they find unusual. Intentional or not!!

[@notnick7963]

@@mlpfanboy1701 All that gameshark hacking people did in the gba/ds days turned out to have consequences, imagine that.

[@TheSenate-ef9xp]

I don’t know why but I’ve always just preferred the lower resolution Pokémon games like Pokémon Platinum instead of the art styles in the games Pokémon X and Y

[@onizuka2307]

Same

[@flbreglass]

3D models are lifeless and static

[@redgta2506]

I think they should have stayed with the gen 5 sprites

[@Grr33nie]

@@flbreglass Its because pixilated models are just that, pixels, they are timeless and unique. However with 3d models every year they become outdated, and therefore look bad to the latest game

[@spoopbagoot4628]

Pokemon Emerald and Platinum to me look better than XY/SM

[@phoenixstar33]

After the 5th gen, Pokémon was never the same. A lot of my friends stopped playing Pokémon after Black 2 & White 2.

[@necro9541]

I mean gen 6 and gen 7 are still good. Even the guy you watched on this video who has studied game design also says it lost the magic on the switch. So don’t make gen 5 your spiritual cow

[@decoral]

Gen 5 is awesome and you know it.

[@forestreflection2066]

Gen 6 has no post game and gen 7 holds your hand and it's very linear like gen8. Gen 7 your character has no emotions just blank happy face which takes me out of the story cause ur character is seen front and center all the time.

[@jvc776]

I liked gen 5 onwards, but the 5th gem is so precious to me, it's like everything after it didn't have the *THING* . i liked how the game was more mature and complete, the lore was interesting. for me gen 5 are the best pokemon games and they were already in my heart since the first time i played them.

[@DetectiveUnknown]

After owning Gold I didn't play another pkmn game until HGSS was released (a good 10 yrs) . I went on to play W2 and was blown away w the story and the content. I said to myself, "if this is where the franchise is at now, the next Gen can only get even better!" Sigh, how wrong I was..

[@tiffyfemboy]

*Aaaand Scarlet and Violet still have the same copy-pasted free assets ground and mountains...* I don't play these new poke games, and am glad... People say graphics aren't everything, but playing BOTW or other switch games made me realize how gorgeous they're...

[@John-nk8tx]

Man it's sad because some of my favorites could still not come over with or without DLC. Like samurott, breloom, floazel, ETC.

[@CGFillertext]

“Most of the pokemon that are being cut are forgettable” they said. “You won’t miss them when they’re cut” they said. And then SwSh cut Ampharos, one of my favorites ever :(

[@John-nk8tx]

@@CGFillertext Dude i miss Ampharos too😭. also Gamefreak basically said that almost all starters are "forgettable"

[@lucycookies4060]

@@John-nk8tx wait really! Where?

[@John-nk8tx]

@@lucycookies4060 What Game Freak most likely thought when only keeping gen 1,7, Starters in the game. And if you wanna count DLC Gen 3 starters.

[@dumb_idiot9391]

@@John-nk8tx I want my Delphox back so bad TwT.

[@arunavagupta9382]

I genuinely think Game Freak are still invested in this franchise, even if they are grossly incompetent. Just delaying the development cycle for one gen might see a great game come back instead of the rushed, barebones titles we have now. But Nintendo and TPCi will never compromise on cash for quality and as a result Game Freak will keep working under their cudgel, and never resolve the programming issues that force them to keep cutting content.

[@ratking1330]

One thing in particular worth note is that Creatures Inc. was responsible for the creation of the 3d models in the 3d games but in sword and shield, they were dropped by gamefreak as a partner in which they now handle the modeling in house. Plus on top of Gamefreaks split attention with their own game, their production team was split in half on top of the 3d work also being cut in half as well. Though still isn't an excuse, gamefreak has only really had prior experience on handheld games where the switch functioned more like a console. Their team is relatively inexperienced I'm that regard so with nintendos mounting expectations, they are simply getting overwhelmed.

[@6ghK5fho]

Yes this. The problem is the time frame, not the developers. It is impossible to turn sprites into 3d models in an open world game (meaning they can be seen from all angles instead of curated scenes like in Pokémon snap.) Doing this for almost 900 Pokémon would have consumed an incredible amount of time and resources. I’m sure the developers would love more generous time frames.

[@ProfessorHobo]

The Pokémon company no longer has a vision other than money. It used to be about so much more than that.

[@kg888]

Because you guys keep buying it.

[@treek10k]

If you idiots stop buying the games and listen to your favorite poketuber to buy the games. Then pokemon could be better.

[@moeshrooms385]

Don’t blame the consumer for a company’s mistakes. Yes they are buying the game, but the company is the one putting out a shit game. Especially with people who are content creators, if their content focuses on Pokémon a good amount they kind of have to buy the games. You can’t blame consumers for having high hopes for a franchise they hold dear to their hearts.

[@talanmortensen3534]

Too late! I already preordered the brilliant diamond and shining pearl double pack! I don’t care what Nintendo makes as long as it has Pokémon in the title. 😂

[@skeletonxi]

No? The series went to shit when DP came out. Only then, you started complaining about 3d games the same way DP is exactly.

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

i will never forgive Game Freak for allowing Sinnoh to get the worst remake

[@yoyoman8775]

i’m glad someone said it. After experiencing ORAS, a great reimagining of gen 3, how could ANYONE accept the DP remakes?? It’s embarrassing.

[@johnsonsmith9487]

My thoughts exactly

[@Shazam1998]

How could anyone accept them? I dunno, because they like them and actually sort of appreciate the artstyle? Also, you're comparing an entire game that you've played to a 2 minute trailer of a game you know nothing about.

[@Lipidwave]

@@Shazam1998 It could be 30 minutes and it would still be shit.

[@sweatpee8564]

@@Shazam1998 A trailer is supposed to show off the games and it showed us that these games look terrible. The colors, the shading, the models.

[@Shazam1998]

@@sweatpee8564 Your point being what exactly? Whatever your experience from the first trailer is doesnt have to be the experience of literally everyone else. Seen nothing but hate for people that even give the slightest notion that they would possibly be excited for the game.

[@DDM1995]

It's company, companies start out as passionate enthousiasts, but when things go great, they'll turn greedy.

[@Pensushets]

You feel like you're about to cry and that speaks volumes to your disappointment, I'm very similar, my brother got me into Pokemon at a very early in my life through the anime, Pokemon has shaped my life in some pretty big ways, from teaching me English through Pokemon Ruby (My first actual game, my brother bought me a used copy in 2004) to my first adventure through Sinnoh (while knowing english) And it's thanks to Pokemon that I took an interest in different cultures and languages (I loved learning the origins behind the Pokemon's designs and their names as a teenager) and even now I've met countless people because of Pokemon but I've slowly had this creeping feeling that something isn't right with the series.

[@Sensei_Frog]

Something that pisses me off is how Pokémon is being pressured by fans, the games wouldn’t be bad, gamefreak isn’t bad. Their just another incredible company that have gotten trapped in modern toxicity. None of this is gamefreaks fault, none. Just Nintendo and the fan base who demand more and get annoyed when it’s worse or “not as good as they wanted”, they aren’t real fans, they’re assholes who have no idea how life, entertainment and business works. Never blame gamefreak, if you do, you’re no better than them.

[@TankEngine75]

While I do agree with some of the points here, I am more on both sides, I think the fans have every right to complain about a thing they don't like, though I do agree it's not gamefreaks fault, it's Japan's toxic work culture fault, if the employees were able to work on the game for 6 years then the games would be good, I know because someone said that a gamefreak employee told them that

[@Sensei_Frog]

@@TankEngine75 I’m fully aware that fans have a right to complain, but that can only be to gamefreak if the fans let them take as much time as necessary, support them and the game is still shit. Which is something most of them aren’t doing.

[@nintennerdz6939]

Imagine if when you beat Cynthia in shining diamond or brillian pearl you get a text at the bottom saying “you’ve unlocked 3D mode” and it’s just the sword and shield camera and proper model in the over world

[@steel.9714]

Just like Challenge mode right?

[@olivierdubreuil-gagnon2201]

That would actually piss me off more. So you're saying that it COULD'VE been that way from the start but WASN'T for no reasons at all?

[@nintennerdz6939]

@@steel.9714 yeah

[@nintennerdz6939]

@@olivierdubreuil-gagnon2201 Ik it won’t happen but it would be a thing gamefreak/Ilca might do

[@olivierdubreuil-gagnon2201]

@@nintennerdz6939 True. I do trust them to be scummy like this.

[@samuellaakso7012]

I think one aspect of Pokemon losing it's magic is the modern games simply being too easy. The constant handhelding, the lack of challenge from Gym leaders and even Elite four. Gen 6 was the biggest dissapointment for me personally, especially coming right after Gen 5 (the best in my opinion). Despite the Mega-evolutions, one good gimmick is not a game saved. And I never even made a full team of six in AS. There was never need for lack of challenge. Or finnished the story from the sheer boredom. While there is always the argument that in the end Pokemon is a childrens game, that should not be an excuse for a boring game. Try to remember when you were a kid, frustrated with a hard challenge of a Gym-battle, but the ammount of that sattisfaction after finally winning. Kids love to be challenged (hell, people of all ages do). And Pokemon company is not gonna reel in new generation of a long time fans from offering them games that are simply boring (while simultaniosly dissapointing older fans) and that's the biggest mark Pokemon's gonna leave them with.

[@Tomani02]

They should introduce the option to adjust difficulty, that way new players can learn to play the game on easy difficulty. And then experienced players can face a challenge with more powerful rivals on hard difficulty.

[@tiquismistica9417]

I only played pokemon sapphire on gameboy, pokemon diamond and pokemon black or white on nintendo ds. I remember how difficult sapphire was, when I was on the gyms I had to go out and try to level up my team evenly and get a bit more levels ahead of the pokemons that the gym leader has. I loved the story in pokemon white and the difficulty was still there. But then I got the switch a year ago and tried pokemon sword... Omg. I was so dissapointed in how easy the gym leaders and league were. And dont even get me started on the story and characters. Not sure if I want to spend 60€ on he shining diamond/pearl remake , but I'll surely give 1 chance to arceus, as it looks very different from the other games.

[@watchyourprofanity8708]

it sucks that all the other gens had great remakes, but they shit on gen 4. It just had to happen to my fave pokemon game ;-;

[@SkittyDangerzne]

Right?

[@RedNayl]

But it isn’t out yet.

[@Dylan-Frost]

@@RedNayl that's what makes it worse

[@eclipserrampage8489]

I feel like gen 4 has a good remake tho

[@blackdot105]

@@RedNayl I'd love if it stayed that way

[@benny6934]

just wanted to say what an incredible video, your passion shines and i feel you i'm still hoping one day pokemon will be back to being a passion project rather than a money making machine

[@AcousticHarmonia]

I very much appreciate the kind words, and glad you enjoyed the video!

[@БрухБрух-щ7и]

Pokemon s/g/c had almost the entire kanto region to explore. There is absolutely no excuse to do this shit with DLC

[@Amy-si8gq]

i want all the scuffed pokemon swsh designers to listen to the wild area music until they go insane

[@PebblepantsTV]

LMAO

[@piyushmenon4987]

bruh, that's just cruel

[@dippertrees]

@@piyushmenon4987 they derserve it for making games graphics so bad

[@piyushmenon4987]

@@dippertrees Doesn't matter if you think the graphics are bad or not, saying THAT is not ok.

[@tesladrew2608]

The main problem I have with the wild area is that I keep getting the same 5 pokemon showing up.

[@captainhades1583]

I agree with everything in this video. I would rather wait 3 years for a Pokémon experience I love than be scammed by low-effort high-prices “games”

[@PotatopancakesOMG]

Legends arceus is the only good game of the last 6 years

[@zephra1675]

It’s kinda unfortunate, because my childhood was literally embedded with Pokémon. I was first introduced to the series from a set of cards held together by a rubber band in preschool, a classmate giving me his Pokémon cards as a birthday gift. I remember thinking how cool charizard x was, how the galactic absol looked really neat. This eventually culminated in kindergarten, where my parents got me a ds lite and Pokémon ranger shadows of almia for getting straight A’s. I learned to read thanks to this game, it being the push to motivate me to really learn, something which has grown into a love for reading in general. I played my ranger game, i grew to love the game, soon convinced my parents to buy my first main game, soulsilver. I adored the game, not always knowing what I was doing, but I had my super cool typhosion with the awesome cry, and a nidorino I had no clue how to evolve but still absolutely loved the design of. So I played soulsilver, which soon grew to diamond, then mystery dungeon blue rescue team, explorers of time and sky, heartgold joining the roster, gen 5 finally coming out and there were suddenly all these cool new Pokémon! And their sprites constantly moved! And the story, it gave me just as many feelings as explorers of sky had! The sequels came, they were just as enjoyable as the first gen 5 games, ended up with all 4. From there the transition to 3D happened. Sure, x and y weren’t too memorable, but the mega evolution was really cool, and there were this entirely new type called fairy! I could find a new love for Pokémon I’ve never used before by getting it to try out it’s mega, or use old Pokémon retyped as fairy who were given new purpose with the typing. It’s was a bit unfortunate that they made a paywall to transfer Pokémon to the new generations, but I don’t need to transfer my old mons, I’ll just keep them in their old games. ORAS followed after, and while unbiased from the original gen 3 games, I found the remake a great time, just like I had hgss long before I knew they were remakes to begin with. The primal reversions made the legendaries look even cooler, the story was pretty neat, and the 3D look worked. I found out about shiny hunting with this game, tried it out on the first route and it worked, a golden poocheyena. Suddenly, I had this whole new aspect of Pokémon that I could explore, I quickly wanting to get a shiny rayquaza since I had a random person trade me one back in black and white when the services were still up; still one of the most exciting moments for me, even if it was probably hacked in retrospect. But then I noticed the first disappointment I’d had to the series, shinylock. Made to make event shinies worth more, I didn’t really see the point since I found more value in the shiny o worked for rather than got by driving to GameStop or buying something, but it’s whatever. Sun and moon soon came out, variant Pokémon were released and they were really cool! The lack of gym leaders was a change, maybe not something that I found too amazing but I could appreciate the attempt to get new things. The remakes of sun and moon followed the next year, and I’ve since then finished my play through of moon, and started doing shiny hunts and new play through of gen 4 and 5. I got the new game, tried playing, kept losing interest. Kept going back to my older games, where I had more time and love invested. The sword and shield debacle happened, and I honestly had to agree with the hate; why would I want these games that are so expensive and approve of the lack of quality, the massive cut in the dex that removed a large portion of my favorite Pokémon? That would lie to their fans’ faces and make excuses for something held so dearly by many only for the said excuse to be a bald faced lie? My parents ended up getting me the games regardless, my love for Pokémon having literally become a staple gift if someone wanted to get me a gift they knew I’d use. Then the dlc came out, and it honestly felt worse, here was a set of dlc that honestly could have fit as post game material, that they’re selling for $30. Thinking about major hit games like undertale, costing $10 and Persona 5 costing $20, these games cost wise have been deemed inferior to the dlc of Pokémon sword and shield. To find out they put some more Pokémon behind the paywall only felt like salt on the wound, the Pokémon they cut out for supposed design quality were back! …except the majority of them seemed to be the same as they were prior, so why weren’t they there from the start? At this point I’m officially turned off from the newer games, almost feeling ashamed to have gotten the sword and shield games at this point. Eventually the announcements came out for the new Pokémon games. And diamond pearl remake and a whole new game, one set in ancient sinnoh. The newest remakes I gave up on early on, the chibi style just not really appealing to me personally, but I wouldn’t treat that as a reason for the game to be completely ignored…only for the subsequent news and leaks all pointing towards a relatively identical copy of the original games, decent battle backgrounds, and a follow Pokémon mechanic that I love that apparently makes the game into easy mode…in this scenario, I’ll just stick to my old copy of diamond and send my Pokémon over to soulsilver if I want to have them follow me. Legends arceus is probably going to be my last ditch attempt at holding out for the game, though I personally wish they would set the release date back a bit so they can have more time to work on it. I really want the game to be a success, and I believe that extra time is what they really need to do this, just like Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild had with its 4 something year work time before being released. I am now 18 and have literally spent over a decade playing Pokémon…and I can’t say it doesn’t depress me to see this franchise, this integral part of my life all throughout childhood and teenagerdom, fall apart into what seems to be a money first passion second series. This doesn’t mean I still don’t cherish the series itself, as I do still love the older games of the series, but I cannot garner that feeling of excitement towards the future, the wonder of what the new games will hold. I personally find my fun nowadays through shiny hunting mainly, doing shiny play throughs of my old games as well as plan out how to get a living dex. As of now, I’d say my most memorable hunt would be my semi legit shiny darkrai I got through the void glitch, SR’ing only for him to pop up at 3 in the morning and me to subsequently panic while keeping track of his pp XD So I suppose what I’m trying to say is…even if the future of the games isn’t bright, make sure to not let that tarnish your love of the older games. This is my personal experience with Pokémon as I’ve grown up, and I’d like to think that it has played a similar role for many others as well.

[@Gamedraco]

Feel the same way, only I go back to the very beginning outside of Japan in 1998. Gens 1 and 2 were astoundingly excellent, and then they lost it completely Gen 3 and onward. I have since jettisoned everything Gen 3 and later and re-bought Gen 1 and 2 that are still great to this day.

[@dragoon6551]

I've begun to think lately... it might be possible that in the excitement of pokemon we all had this automatic belief that everyone else enjoyed the games in the same way we did.. but maybe the majority of players at least these days don't care about the same things... maybe most people never bothered to try for the dex, or never got into competitive, or never bothered with events or anything.. you have to realise as well that I guess for a lot of people pokemon go and let's go were their first ever experience of a Pokemon franchise.. So maybe we've been looking at the problem wrong.. maybe we don't all have to agree. Maybe that's the problem. Instead of trying to please everyone and failing, maybe they should just make separate games for us older folks.. and at the same time cater to the more casual majority. Nintendo and gamefreak are financial juggernaughts.. and they've certainly funded some terrible games nobodies ever heard of in the past... so they can definitely afford to take the chance on appealing to an aging and newer audience if they wanted to. It just seems were all caught up having to be right and define one thing that pokemon has to be.. maybe it can be a lot of things.

[@alanmiraanime]

mucho texto

[@cactusshaq6753]

Bruh who is reading all that? Paragraph your shit lol.

[@Raven-so4tz]

more than 2 lines, I dont read it.

[@breezey3195]

Pokémon fans: ugh we get games that aren’t as good as the old ones Yokai Watch fans: wait u guys get games?

[@modm8843]

I love yokaiwatch so much !

[@tallslime_]

Comment made me cry yokai watch is really gone

[@blueboobybanters4333]

I miss Yokai watch so much....

[@breezey3195]

@@blueboobybanters4333 Dont worry YKW4 is still being Localized and #SaveYokaiWatch is a thing so I think there could be hope

[@blueboobybanters4333]

@@breezey3195 that's good

[@SlimeBlueMS]

SwSh is the nail that sealed the coffin and made me quit playing mainline Pokémon games

[@cpettigrew3072]

Same I'm done with the main series game because of latest announcement of open world pokemon game and I jump onto animal crossing now.

[@anonymouscandle1223]

@@cpettigrew3072 Yikes, ACNH isn't much better. A lot nicer looking sure but it's plagued with issues of its own.

[@pspmaster510]

The only pokemon game that might bring back the nostalgia is the diamond and pearl remake.

[@gamechanger8908]

You guys should try Monster Hunter Stories or the upcoming sequel, pretty much Monster Hunters take on a Pokemon like game, instead you have the monsters as companions

[@LanieMae]

@@anonymouscandle1223 anch is good though