I feel stupid for not realizing this sooner (the "secret" to Pokemon)

[@marjoleinvanderaa2317]

I remember playing Pokémon X after midnight every night, with barely any internet connection. The wifi was so bad, my 3DS only got in range when I laid in a very specific position and pose. X & Y had these online functions where you could add random people from all over the world as friends and you could write a short sentence as your bio. I remember being so excited when I made friends in France, Canada and India and we talked using those tiny bio sections. Using as many improvised abbreviations as possible to cram as much as possible into that tiny section and waiting for the bio’s to refresh every 10 seconds or so to see the newly typed other half of the message. It was insanely stupid. But it felt amazing being able to interact with fellow Pokémon fans from all over the world. And the craziest thing was, we came back almost every night for weeks and weeks. We all had a couple hundred hours registered next to our bio’s… what a great time

[@TrayMoomsy]

This is the most wholesome thing i have read in a long time regarding the Pokemon community thank you for sharing that !

[@nobodies6853]

I really relate to that only getting wifi in a specific position/ pose lmao. Memories

[@dmphax]

@D D aww that hit me right in the feels. For me, it was Gen 5 & a player I "met" through limited in game communication from Spain. I recall I named one of my mons my Twitter handle, and he got the message & found me. From then on, he was my foreign Pokemon trade buddy. Haven't chatted in years now, but often wonder if he is still playing Pokémon.

[@Rikisballs]

No fr though, Having friends in X and Y was such a crackhead experience. I miss those days

[@havoc2864]

Mannn this comment brung back so many good memories from pokemon Y… I used to always battle with and trade shinies with the same person named Quinn every single weekend

[@obits3]

Aside from the social aspect, there’s one other thing a lot of people miss about Pokémon games that wasn’t made explicit until Generation 5. In Gen 5, N battles you with a new team from the local area in every battle. This is supposed to teach the player to change out their team as they play. That’s why some of the Generation 5 Pokémon evolve so late: you’re supposed to use them in the late game. If you try this method, you’ll quickly find that grinding is a non-issue because most of the games since generation 3 give you local Pokémon that can beat the local challenge. The exception is Gen 2. Johto’s busted level curve relies on stat experience, so you practically have to develop a single team early on to win.

[@excalibur493]

The only thing that I can see wrong with it is EVs. Yeah, mons like Deino and Rufflet are great when they're evolved, but would I really want to swap out someone I've had the entire time with buffed stats for a pokemon that might not evolve until after the main story?

[@declanmckenna6854]

When they reworked the Exp Share in Gen 6 and reworked the National Dex that should have made it clear that you should be expected the swap out party members as needed and then in Gen 8 we got the ability to access our box from anywhere. That should make the message clear.

[@masmurdermonkey9233]

I never thought about this, I always use one team, occaisonally switching out some members. Man, should've thought of that.

[@justdominik9812]

yeah, thats how I played gen 9. I had a team in mind I wanted to use for the endgame and I kind of slowly worked towards that team and meanwhile using a variety of diffrent pokemon.

[@but_heres_the_homestuck]

but my foinds :(

[@yveshku5583]

While I technically play solo almost all the time, I had always had people to enjoy Pokémon with. As a kid, it was my brother and my cousin, playing the games, tcg, watching the anime/movies. Friends at school, it became a common ground, people online as I began poking around more through high school. Even back when gen 5 was new, I was the only person I knew who had Black or White. But family/friends still expressed interest in it, still had other games to experience themselves, and soon after I was in high school and made a couple new friends who did have the newest mainseries games. Some of my online friends I can thank Pokémon for being a common ground to talk about.

[@gmedley]

I'm glad you brought this up! (and thanks for sharing) I actually cut a portion of the video discussing how my early experiences with Pokemon (the gameboy games / the tv show / the cards) were something that I shared with my family and friends and are probably half the reason for my warm memories of the series as a whole. But as that 90s era of hype started to fade I knew less and less people playing and its probably a big reason I dropped off after gen 4. So to correct my statement slightly: I did play pokemon "correctly" as a kid in those early days to an extent but didnt realize it / took it for granted (whereas now its a much more deliberate choice). And yeah even still a lot of my actual playtime is solo but having somewhere to go and people to share ur progress with is the key.

[@pandaman1331]

Me too. It's nice that even though I'm 31 I still have two friends to share this hobby with.

[@sunflowersharks]

my personal challenge i did was doing a playthrough where i could only use pokemon based off of things that live in my home state! it was fun learning which pokemon would be near me irl based off of their inspiration and i was very surprised to find out that deerling and sawsbuck are in fact not whitetail deer...which was the main reason i wanted to do the run at first so. lol apparently we have lampreys in my area though so i got to use an eelektross :)

[@mel-bc6ei]

thats actually pretty cool ngl

[@sunflowersharks]

@@mel-bc6ei thanks :D

[@DarkKnight-q2d]

Wish I could do that, but unfortunately my team would be mainly just birds or bugs. Haha.

[@sunflowersharks]

@@DarkKnight-q2d you'd be surprised at how much variety there is, i wasn't expecting a lot of the pokemon that worked!

[@GenJuhru]

My most memorable team was themed after the Journey to the West with chimchar, meditite, psyduck & munchlax. And a squad of pickup mons...

[@BrolyIsMinimum]

This video's INCREDIBLY well put-together though I'm not gonna lie I almost clicked away because it didn't really get to the point- though honestly the revelation is super important. This series has always been made to play with friends. It's why we have multiple versions and online battling. It's an amazing community experience! I'm subbing. Hope to see you grow more on this platform!

[@joshualauer2862]

I almost also did 2 until I read this

[@SuperVexal]

Before I clicked on this video by the title I knew it was going to be just that, You aren't alone. What makes these games so special is the sense of community, sharing experiences whether it be shiny hunting, getting EV help or team building ideas, new strategies or catching a legendary in a pokeball. Everyone connects to the experiences and essentially you create bonds with these people.

[@Big_Dai]

None of the things you mentioned really require a community.. shiny hunting is borderline-obsessive behavior that rewards no one, and it is no longer what it was (not that it has ever been anything).

[@NonexistentIntellect]

This explains why this is the first time I'm really enjoying it since gen 3. Back then it was playing with friends. This is my first gen playing with my son.

[@danielpruitt8550]

Scarlet and violet is great, but the single player of legends arceus Is definitely something to be grateful for!

[@davidstratton696]

Legends arceus sucked. Definitely something I’m not grateful for. Catching Pokémon is literally the most boring part of Pokémon and that’s essentially what a lot of that game is. Not to mention getting rid of abilities and held items making everything extremely bland, and stat boosts only lasting for a few turns. Hated everything about it.

[@ManBird999]

Seeing the community gather around playing and talking about their goals of sv is super amazing and its honestly the best I've seen it since legends arceus was announced. As for my own goals for this game however, I'm gonna shiny hunt iron valiant and name it "MilfKiller"

[@natomom62]

Awesome video, Gabe! I really love just wandering around shiny hunting, tera raids, leveling up. I beat most everything... still need to find all the swords but I'm having fun 🤗

[@gmedley]

Thank you!! (and good luck with the swords haha, those were a huge struggle for me since i insisted on doing them without a guide 😅)

[@skyender8353]

I got both Scarlet and Violet, and focused on violet more since it was my favorite (I like them both about equally, I just like that Miraidon is an actual bike lol). I have completed the dex on violet within 2 weeks of having it, and now I just have no idea what to do until dlc. So I've started going through scarlet to see everything again but different. I've been in love with pokemon since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

[@gmedley]

Yeah ill be honset a big reason for my Violet pick was the bike (lowkey dreading having to stare at the flailing limbs of koraidon for my entire buglocke coming up)

[@kaluth7668]

If you have a 3ds and omega ruby/ alpha sapphire you could go spinda hunting, the amount of rare/ probably hacked legendaries I've gotten by trading those little bastards is amazing.

[@JosiahYT]

Dude this video was genuinely beautiful to watch and every second was amazing. Awesome content man. The pokemon community needs you!

[@Cool-Vest]

None of my friends liked Pokemon until last year. And now that one of them has Violet, he has started acting like Nemona. He challenged me to a battle with his level 60 team before I even entered the school for the first time...

[@mikeweimer4783]

Really cool to hear about this sort of story, man. I’m happy that you’ve found your ways to enjoy the series! Everyone has their own goals and outlooks, as you said

[@yami1389]

I've tried to get into Pokémon many times before Scarlet came out. Finally I accepted that I was just never going to finish any of them. But with Scarlet, I found that two of my friends are getting it, and they inspired me to buy it myself. Playing with them for four hours at night was the most fun I've ever had while playing Pokémon.

[@vizualdrieamz]

It’s not often that a banger video comes across my recommendations, glad this one did :)

[@michaelfreestone8184]

You just gained a sub. I’ve played Pokémon my whole life, and word for word. I can appreciate Pokémon more, like you said bc of friends and community. The days of playing Pokémon silver alone and never completing the Pokédex are in the past

[@cleverman383]

I recently got into Pokemon again for the first time since Red/Blue (and a tiny bit of Gold/Silver before getting bored because it felt like the same game again) because of Legends Arceus actually being daring enough to drop the whole "gym badges and elite four" plotline and somehow go from 0-10 instantly by having God isekai us into the past to patch up the relationships between colonists and natives, humans and pokemon, and two religions, while also working for God to solve a giant hole in the fabric of time and space and invent the first Pokedex. Wow! I had totally given up on Pokemon being for me for the past 20 years but that was a crazy enough change that I just had to give it another chance. And I'm so glad I did. But somehow that's launched me into wanting to catch up on all the games I've missed. And unfortunately I don't have any community to be a part of, seeing as I'm just a tad late to the party of playing the GBA and DS games for the first time, but luckily I've found that watching streams and Let's Plays of games I'm currently going through gives me that feeling of "playing with someone else"

[@Hiruban]

Don't worry about "not being part of the community", not having played any games except from Red/Blue and a bit of Gold/Silver is like a dream for some fans who would like to experience it for the first time again, they'll love to see a new person enjoying them ! Heck, there are even communities specialised on gen 1-2 competitive, and I even saw a reddit post compiling a lot of extremely good rom hacks (modified pokemon games made by fans) of gen 1 & 2, even tho those games are around two decades old ! It's super interesting to have people come back to pokemon after quitting, and finding out all the different ways to enjoy them :D

[@infernape100]

my current scarlet end goal: Building some competitive, trying to get shinies, just seeing what can be fun. I haven't played very much lately, I was streaming but with a new raid coming...gotta try

[@margurkatyberius]

Funny, I realized something similar for myself a few years ago. I realized that I don't think any game is really meant to be played alone. When I fell off Pokemon, it was for a similar reason, I couldn't catch them all. I came to the conclusion this year you're still basically meant to catch 'em all, which means having fun with friends like you said. I haven't enjoyed this game before like I am this year with my wife who also grew up playing alone and fell off, and it's like our child selves were saved.

[@Roadent1241]

I'm so used to playing alone, but hey, there are literally single player games, with no multiplayer. How are they 'not meant to be played alone'? Backseat gaming? Lucky you have friends. Nevermind if you had a different system to everybody else or no internet at home/for the console (I didn't even know PS2 had internet stuff until years after getting a PS3 when we got 'decent' internet and everybody else I knew had Xbox) or people don't want to play with the disabled person in general, rather bully for them liking what they like XD Let's try playing Another Code 'not alone', either of the two games XD Literally no way to even if you have an NPC companion for most of the game. If CING were still around I bet we'd have a third or fourth which would allow remote playing like Beyond Two Souls did. I got my Switch in 2019 with Eevee, about crapped myself when I accidentally activated a second character in Viridian Forest somehow (Never done it again either on purpose or accident) because it wasn't something I'd been warned about. Same with Death Stranding. I thought they were both single player (and yes I turned the internet off on DS because I didn't understand how a bridge had appeared in the tutorial when mine refused to be made and had to be abandoned), I'm so used to playing Pokemon (and everything else) alone because the other 20-ish years had been that way. I'm still struggling with the concept of MMORPGs supposedly being Multiplayer and literally just play by myself, don't talk to other players etc. Maybe one friend who introduced me to the game but that's it.

[@margurkatyberius]

@@Roadent1241 You yourself are engaging in the social aspect of playing a "single-player" game right now. Discussion of the games, sharing experiences, and connecting with others via discourse of the topic. I withdrew from the world and into games many years ago as a way of coping with undiagnosed depression. Without trauma dumping; it was miserable. After some treatment, I learned from the excitement of the Fallout 4 announcement trailer that I wasn't as excited for the game- or gaming as a whole for that matter- as I was to share in the experience with that friend. We were jumping up and down like school girls at a boy band concert. It was hilarious and one of my most treasured memories. And so is playing Pokemon on the couch with my wife. That's what I mean by games aren't meant to be played alone

[@user-nj6bt5gy4s]

@@margurkatyberius I get what you mean by that. Lately for me it’s been sharing that experience… with myself. I felt like I was more into games back then than I am now and sometimes I want to try to get back into it. I’m mainly into single player stuff but I don’t have anyone to talk about those things especially since I usually play older titles. Only way I can think of having that old “talk about a game with someone” experience is by searching up any community of it online. Some day I’d like to just get into a game, fully into it, like I was back when I was kid. I am alone and I don’t think I will get that friend again.

[@margurkatyberius]

@@Roadent1241 PS, that's hilarious, I had the exact same experience with Let's Go Eevee. Even though I knew it had a multiplayer component like that, I completely forgot about it until I accidentally summoned someone while swinging my switch controller during catch mode. Learning about synchronized catching was almost like coming across the Regis for the first time again

[@margurkatyberius]

@@user-nj6bt5gy4s I don't have a lot of time for friends these days. Slowly I've been making and creating friendships through every opportunity I can, accepting that just cause me and these new people don't have time for each other like I did in high school doesn't mean they don't like me is tough, but I got lucky to have a really cool boss at work about my age who is into a lot of the same stuff and been through a few similar things to me. I can imagine how difficult it is, but putting yourself out there is a great start. What was your first Pokemon game?

[@MagusAgrippa8]

Even now where my wifi connection is really crap, sharing my journey with friends is super fun. I used to do a lot of trading and team challenges with friends like soul links or even just playing at the same time and battling after each gym. I love crafting a tale through the playthrough and limiting my usable Pokémon through some sort of challenge. Usually monotype or themes. With what I’m stuck with now, the most I can do is tell my friends about the silly crap I’m doing, like creating a pirate themed team named after the roles in Luffy’s crew.

[@Daytonious]

Pokemon is certainly something that needs to be experienced with a community. These games... are not very good. But I love 'em! For me, my second playthrough has already been completed as a DTQ, which was a blast. My goal for now is my 2023 shinies bingo card, which isn't exclusive to SV, but has some hard ones on there. Mainly 3 segment Dudunsparse and rare mark Flutter Mane come to mind. Having a blast so far though!

[@remnants9974]

I've often enjoyed playing Pokemon on my own, so I wouldn't say it *needs* to be experienced with a community, though you do miss out on some aspects of the game this way so of course, they were intended to be played with someone else.

[@Daytonious]

@@remnants9974 Yeah, I pretty much play alone too, but the experience is wildly elevated by the community. And I do count just watching videos and streams too of course. Which would include this!

[@remnants9974]

@@Daytonious I didn't do this as a kid either so that's more recent for me

[@murkywaters5502]

Why do you think these games are not very good? Or do you just think about the newer ones (however you define that)?

[@Daytonious]

@@murkywaters5502 I was referring to gen nine. They're buggy, glitchy, laggy, and don't include every Pokemon in the national Dex. But I don't care about all that. I've probably spent over 300 hours on them now, despite their many flaws. And the 3d models and animations still don't live up to Black and White in my opinion. But that's okay. I still really enjoy the games, despite their objective flaws!

[@Redstorm_Mars]

I was a solo player since I was little, not because I didn't want to play with the community, but because no one of the community was there at all. I never had a friend play Pokemon with me, and when I saw some trade evos I was super super excited because they were so off limits to me that they felt like legendaries, even simple mons like gengar and golem would feel so out of reach that just thinking about them would be like "yeah those unique super rare pokemon". I wished so much for someone to play pokemon with since I was a little kid, and soon I'll be 19. My favourite games are all of the games gen 1 to 5 and legends arceus and in my spare time I'm working on a living dex where every pokemon has to be from their og generation games: for example charmander from r/b/y , totodile from g/s/c rayquaza from r/s/e and so on. Would anyone like to be gaming companions with me? I would genuinely be happy if I finally got someone to share my fun with. To whoever has read this far, thanks for reading my silly comment, lots of love

[@nicedood614]

I had grown so bored with Pokémon recently and I think the whole lacking of a community thing is why. I used to play the games with my brother all the time while we were in college and it had made me really love Pokémon especially competitive battling but recently as we’ve grown older it’s been hard to get that same excitement out of it. But you’re 100% correct, pokemon is so fantastic when done within a community.

[@totalSLACK]

I don't have friends, and a bad at making them... I don't have this. BUT I did realize also that Pokemon ranked battles is a huge part of Pokemon. Team building, move sets, knowing your mons.. makes me think getting highest friendship levels in-game are too low 😅

[@SinfulDMs]

Good on you for pointing this out. It may be simple but so many people miss this you are not alone trust me. I’m glad you’ve managed to find enjoyment in Pokémon again and I hope this vid helps others regain their enjoyment as well.

[@seven2045]

Regarding the 'bug-locke' I think you should use a team consisting of Vivillion, Scizor, Forretress, Rabsca, Lokix, and Volcarona. Vivillion gets acess to the very useful Quiver Dance, Substitute, and Tailwind (which will most definitely benefit the painfully slow Bug types.) It's got Sleep Powder to sac over Substitute and Energy Ball to deal big SE damage to Rock types or Draining Kiss to prolong its health when it's Quiver Dance boosted. Scizor is notorious for having only one weakness: (though your entire team is going to be weak to it), Fire. It's got the highest Attack stat among the Bugs (and the highest Speed if you don't evolve it from Scyther.) Great ability in Technician that'll power up its weaker Bug moves and loads of coverage. Forretress for the funny, definitely wanna use one of these guys at least once in your playthrough since Explosion is just a funny thing. Would love to see you beat Geeta with a Forretress Explosion finisher. Also, hazards and great bulk. Rabsca MIGHT be breaking the rules with Revival Blessing. I say that you're able to use RBlessing once per battle, and if that Pokemon is fainted by the end of the battle, you are no longer able to use it. Lots of Special Defense and Special Attack, too. Great damaging moves. Lokix is available probably very soon after Tarountula. Axe Kick might clutch some battles. Also a badass cry. Didn't use him in my Scarlet playthrough because my friend told me that my Floragato would become a partial Dark type. Volcarona is the strongest Bug type, no contest. Quiver Dance. Bug Buzz. Fiery Dance. Though do be wary because it's available RIGHT BEFORE THE WATER GYM. And it takes absolutely FOREVER to evolve. At the endgame you should probably sac one of your lesser members for a Slither Wing, if you feel it just. Just remember why Slither Wing is next to Sandy Shocks as one of the worst Paradox Pokemon. (I really like it's design, though. Don't think we've ever had a fluffy bug type. There are definitely fluffy bugs, though: moths in particular.) (I, also, like Sandy Shocks' design. It looks like a 1960s rock star. It's just not strong.) (I have one named Kurt.)

[@Jason13Official]

I felt like I knew where this was going and it still twinged in me when you said it. I didn’t have any friends to trade with/play with growing up, everyone around me was into digimon and Yugioh somehow, I wish I could relive those days with friends to trade with

[@godminnette2]

About one third of my final project for my game design track in university was dedicated to indirect socialization mechanics in video games, and Pokémon was my primary example for several such mechanics being baked deep into the design of a game.

[@Neevkl_7]

For me post game is competitive Pokémon, completely sucked into VGC and will be for the next 3 years then I’ll start again in gen 10. And with that comes all sort of challenges like season 1 I built a team around Spiritomb due to it being buffed this gen with trick room, it took a lot of iterations but eventually I had an 80% winrate with Spiritomb

[@willywomby]

Amazing video 🙏🙏🙏 Please keep on uploading these full length videos, they are amazing

[@gmedley]

thank you so much! I love making these types of video (but they are time intensive so it might be somewhat sporadic when I can 😅)

[@abiotic_sloth1768]

Growing up I used to obsessively play Pokémon games and collect Pokémon cards, but none of my friends were ever into Pokémon beyond “I think pikachu is cute!” So, I grew up thinking that Pokémon was meant to be played alone, because I was the only person I knew that cared about Pokémon. Even today, this still stands. I have no friends so I had no intention to get Scarlet or Violet. I play Legends Arceus so much because I just love collecting and it is made to be played alone. After watching this video, it really makes me wonder how much I’ve been missing out on. I’ve never played any game with friends before, mostly sticking to single player campaigns. Never considered how different a game could be with someone else. The issue is just I struggle to socialize and don’t know how to begin playing with people. My struggles and voice is so small that it feels like i will never solve this. Thank you for this video. It has given me some insight.

[@Mozhoven]

The earlier games was more "friendly" to play alone.

[@fatefulthreads]

First video of yours I've ever seen, one of my favorite videos of this type, you made me tear up a little bit man

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

You're not alone, I always played solo because i never had anyone intrested in it in my imediate vicinity, but when Gen 6 Rolled out withtge Wondertrade my whole pokemon experience just did a 180 and I loved even more

[@Odorokasu]

I always play fairly casual when it comes to pokemon, but my own take of a challenge is catching everything in only regular pokeballs (minus shinies). I'm also working on getting big mons for my living Dex right now.

[@fattymyers2747]

The pokemon red and blue version commercial brought back so many memories

[@dragoonman1478]

The PMD Sky music at the beginning was a nice touch. Love that game

[@Lora2788]

Shout out to your friend hunting 18 shiny Sudowoodos. What an absolute hero and I may have to copy the idea. Also my favourite Pokémon, I got him tattooed

[@theletters9623]

Me: what? I have always played pokemon solo but I love it tho? I don't get it Also Me: *spent my entire childhood playing the games and then immediately going on Old KZbin and watching letsplays of the games* Also Also Me any time anything even mildly interesting happens in my current playthroughs: *enters groupchat* HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT JUST HAPPENED

[@gmedley]

Right?? hahahaha

[@Roadent1241]

I've spent nearly 30 years playing alone too so yeah, what's the problem? We've enjoyed ourselves XD At least you have a groupchat and friends to talk about it with.

[@kaluth7668]

I really do feel that coop ruined scarlet/ voilet simply because it was over ambitious of them, I feel it's the reason why poke centers are just a desk near a land mark, you can't enter 95% of buildings, and after going back and replying the older games a lot of the charm I feel is missing. They had to strip it to the bones to make 4 player coop work and even thing it's tearing at the seams. :(

[@ciennaquidd6486]

damn really? i didnt realize people enjoyed the building interiors so much that it ruins the experience without them. sure i think they're fun too, but most of them in older games were only a handful of copy pasted tiles until like sun/moon with all the important character bedrooms. but in s/v i didn't even notice it was different until after i completed the game and saw someone mention it online. i quite like the outdoor pokecenters, it really streamlines healing

[@Eli-akad]

@@ciennaquidd6486 I believe it’s not the interiors specifically. It’s about having more to explore and interact with. It makes the towns less like just a hub for the next story section and more of a town, at least in a in game sense. I can’t speak for everyone but this is my take on it

[@kaluth7668]

@@ciennaquidd6486 Why not streamline breeding by removing ivs, that would save a lot of time grinding out breedjects and free up a lot of gts clutter, why not streamline battling by auto healing your pokemon after each fight and remove healing items, why not streamline the whole thing by giving Nintendo money for cardboard cards and just put a bullet in the games as that's all they really seem to care about now, merch, cards and maybe the anime. It's not about "Oh boy, I can't wait to see what's inside this cookie cutter building" It's about what had to be cut in order to make 4 player coop work. Oh boy! A tower! Let's climb it and enjoy the low res view! Oh boy! Hey gang, there's some ruins lets go explore the tiny ass ruins and maybe find a Gimmighoul coin. There's no life or soul to be found, even the caves are boring as fuck to explore let alone the world. Why climb a tower when there's either a Gimmighoul chest maybe a tm and that's it, as the view sure as fuck isn't worth it. I found a small cave and found a tera pokemon and some other useless shit, that was under whelming to say the least. So here's my idea for pokemon coop. You take the game play of Pokemon Legends: Arceus and just make that the coop game, you throw in monster hunter style lobby and queuing up for a quest, now you don't kill them of course but instead of hunts you go out on a expedition like "Hey there's some Starly acting all weird, can you go check it out" You go around, stalk them and see what's happening then bam you find out it's some Shinx wanting to throw down. Or "Hey there's some weird ice storm and shit it getting real bad out, go out there and look into it", turns out you gotta deal with a enraged Alpha Froslass. There's plenty of ways of doing a mulityplayer/ coop pokemon game, but to me Scarlet/ Violet sure as shit not the way to go. I really do hope that the next attempt is closer to like Legends Arceus though.

[@westenev]

I mean, I don't particularly mind the lack of buildings. I always found it weird how a 11-15 year old kid was committing home invasions in the hopes of picking up items.

[@kaluth7668]

@@sionnachrealta5534 I agree with all of that, which is why I said the game feels so lifeless compared to the older games. I also stand by my statement that making it coop was also a massive mistake as well. With each game it's more and more stripped to the bone. It wouldn't suprise me if rather than getting a X & Y remake, it's just dlc bolted onto Scarlet/ Violet. More so given the shit show that was bdsp, why give the content from Emerald when you can just be lazy and use the old bones of diamond/ pearl as a starting point. I'm still pissy with what they did to the contests.

[@qzmicronsr9067]

I didn't even get to the end of the video before I felt I had to comment. I feel it's ironic that as I played Scarlet and Violet, I never knew what my treasure was. I was sure I would find it, and I even took it personally and envisioned my treasure would encompass who I am and what I stand for in playing Pokemon. I came to a similar conclusion, and that my treasure is the bonds and memories I make on my journey. The characters, people I battle online, even pokemon I encounter, they all highlight my enjoyment for the series, and I can honestly say Scarlet and Violet has done an amazing job of making it feel steps close to that perfect adventure.

[@treeman73272]

Starting the video with a great song

[@Mr.Heller]

Ah yes, having friends to play with... easy.

[@realsanmer]

"Pokémon wasn't meant to be played alone" Me, who has never had anyone to play it with: *aight cool*

[@erineilise]

Excited for the lives. Also, I died with the screaming Flaaffy.

[@gmedley]

haha thank you that was a last minute detail that almost didnt make it 🙏

[@Wilfoe]

My first video game was Pokemon Red. Pokemon opened my mind up to a whole multiverse of possibilities and will always hold that special place in my heart for that.

[@fattymyers2747]

My first pokemon game was yellow i miss the gameboy color

[@Xamewst]

My first game was LeafGreen and we pretty much shared it with my brother, trying to figure it out together and choosing our team together. After that we each had our own games but quite frequently we would plan a "shared adventure", where we would play together and fight each other after each gym badge. That's how I sometimes played gens 3 to 6, and even went back on gens 1 and 2. Gen 7 was around the time where we parted ways due to studies, and I struggled to enjoy gens 7 and 8. I couldn't quite understand why at first and it took me a while to understand that one of the reasons was that I wasn't used to playing pokémon completely on my own. It's weird how despite being a series I love so much, I can't just pick it up and play it whenever, it's truly different. I did enjoy gen 9 but that was mostly because the open world made it more dynamic and because the story was more interesting to me. I know it's a dumb story but I wanted to share it here even if just for myself, because this video definitely hit close to home.

[@ChaplainSD]

I can definitely agree with his statement that these games should be played with other people. Just seeing the GO commercial with crowds in the streets took me back to 2016 and seeing camps of people around hot spots trying to get rare pokemon, not shinies not legendaries but just general rare spawns. What is just as exciting, is sharing it with other community members and seeing their eyes light up. It really is about community and sharing your love for Pokemon with other trainers young and old alike.

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

Well, my mid game was challenging because I forced myself to go around Paldea, so after the poison star boss the fighting came

[@CSpottsGaming]

Totally agree with the social aspect of especially ScaVio. My sister and I have played Pokemon since Yellow/Red but we've almost never played it *together*. I'm 28 years old and S/V is the first main series game I've played since Diamond/Pearl (much like you, it sounds like) and I'm having a BLAST with it. My sister and I will hop on the phone and just run around the world and shiny hunt and do all sorts of stuff together and it's just infinitely better.

[@PooCassoX]

I can’t believe your channel hasn’t blown up yet. Great content and really well edited. Hoping to play together with you sometime ✔️

[@aurakun7835]

And then there is me, playing the post game turnament over and over with only le chonks

[@MasterTemplar781]

but how do you play the OG games like pokemon yellow or pokemon red and blue or pokemon gold and silver toghether?

[@Kepsin]

I have always played pokemon by myself because i've never really had friends who also played. But everytime I would meet someone else who played it always made it much more exciting for me! Now I have a whole friend group based around pokemon and it just makes pokemon mean so much more to me!

[@Celtic1020]

Yeah, I never had any friends with the same Pokemon Gen as me as a kid. I had the Gen 3 games and only those until 2012. Even after that I never really got to trade or battle anyone. It wasn't until Pokemon Scarlet that I started playing with friends. It really changes the vibe.

[@banjo-kazooie]

How could such an on the nose "no duh" kind of statement be packed into such a super wholesome video?

[@Boredom-ds5yg]

I wish I had friends to play with. 😞

[@NekomonYT]

same

[@gemodemplay415]

Me waiting for the explanation of the title. Me still waiting for the explanation. He explained. Me: 'o brother this guy stinks' '

[@nezumi4696]

I was expecting some super technical reason and got hit with this adorable sweetness. Games, particularly Pokémon games, are always better with friends. And it's really interesting to have that community around a mainline series game (S&V) that finally hit the 'friends' trope just right.

[@madnessarcade7447]

Every Pokémon game hits it right always

[@TheCoolestUtensil]

Shiny king must learn to live like Larry

[@thelegendoflink9140]

I love what you do! to play the games you love you really go all out. But, its kind of sad all those people have to actually go to that extent to make the game interesting at all. sadly I couldnt take the game anymore and after end game i deleted it to have space for another game, and I have played thousand of hours in pokemon up to now and even replayed pokemon shield x-amount of times, so its a bit sad. But, im glad to see so many 'trainers' are still keeping the game alive in so many different ways!

[@Romhack0101]

I got into competitive battling because of some friends online. I met people on Pokemon X, and just learned how to battle them and to battle with them. Ever since then, I haven't seen Pokemon the same way... I miss competitive battling but I'm glad to just simply trade with people.

[@bangerangrufio13]

I just played pokemon violet and just beat the game and when starting this playthrough I found out about goldengo and bought the game for that guy then went through the painstaking task of evolving him. I had to beat the whole game basically to get mount upgrades and what not. But now I'm breeding Pokemon to trade over to a new save file starting with all lv 1 Pokemon and 1 level 6 goldengo. Almost have enought coins for a second one just gonna evolve and level 5 gimme ghol Just putting this out there but I have a theory that the amulet coin pokemon item might increase the amount of coins you pickup whether it's in it's roaming form or cheat form. I get more then 50 coins on the reg more 60 to 80 I've gotten 100 twice and I've heard legends of ppl finding 777

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

When I look at Gholdengo I think of Cheese string

[@nyenyx]

lol I thought the same thing. love how he skateboards around in the let's go mode

[@gmedley]

Love the commitment to our new coin boy LOL but yeah he was one of my last dex entries cuz those coins were such a grind (felt very satisfying when I finally got there though, still not sure how i feel about him being the 1000th but at least they made getting him memorable!)

[@MyFaithfulSword]

That’s crazy that people were kids in gen 4

[@tobeavus]

Ring fit was my favorite pokemon game

[@gmedley]

Glad im not alone! few people know the lore that connects it to the main series 🤷‍♂

[@Nightstormshadow1]

To answer your question of "what im doing in violet" well this is my first EVER pokedex that I finished and got the shiny charm for so... I'm working on IV and EV training a few Pokemon. They made it easier for people to understand IV and EV training so I found it fun to actually do now. I'm enjoying myself. And when im not playing that im playing Legends. I love that games old world theme and play style. ^-^ Also, you go guy trying to be like Larry. You can do it!

[@doodlebloom_]

i dont have any goals per se at the moment, so i'll just share what happened today in pokemon scarlet :] (tldr at the bottom) i was heading to grusha's gym when I noticed a cetoddle that looked slightly different from the rest. sure enough it was a full-odds shiny - my first one since pokemon moon (besides pokemon go). i was so excited and hopped on a call with my online friend from england and we joined a union circle to show off our shinies and hang out. i told her that earlier that day i was shiny hunting for toxtricity but couldnt find one. she said she had some herba mystica so we made a sandwich together and headed to cortondo to find a red toxel. she had the shiny charm so it definitely helped but i wasnt having any luck until i had like five minutes left on the sandwich and found a shiny toxel with the perfect nature to get the form i wanted (high key) ! it was a very good day :D tldr: i found 2 shinies, a full-odds cetoddle and a toxel with the help of one of my friends :]

[@aarondeonarine]

Great recap video. It’ll be fun to see what happens going forward.

[@justdominik9812]

this video is shockingly great for a channel with 1k subs, I thought you had like 100k. Too bad I cant really play any of the official pokemon titles with my friends as much as I would love to.

[@robmccoy5207]

That's why we love the GTS system and the Surprise Trade feature.

[@davidh6868]

bro, youre totally right. fax. dude this intro is so heard.

[@thefirehawk1495]

I stopped at Gen2 and picked up Pokémon Go in 2022 (yeah I know I'm late) with very specific personal goals. 1 - Have a maxed out hundo gyarados - got a hundo magikarp in my second day of play, now a level 45 gyarados 2 - Have the best attacker in the game - got my first shadow mewtwo just one and a half months after starting to play and it had maxed out attack stat, now at level 35 with psystrike obtained through elite TM 3 - Catch trubbish and tangela - I really like these two pokemon, I've achieved this goal 4 - get to level 37 and make at least one pokestop - done a few days ago 3 months after starting to play

[@aspiringwayfarer]

My goal - aprimon collecting!! What is that? Collecting EVERY Pokémon in all the apricorn balls, so dream, love, moon, fast, heavy, etc. So fun! It makes seeing breeding really great to personalize/color coordinate with the Pokémon 😄

[@nav3346]

I've only ever had 2 experiences with playing Pokémon with other people. Once was with from a friend about 8 ish years ago who happened to have the same game as me in his junk drawer and I'd picked up my old ds around the same time. We had 3 battles and I won 1-3. The second was when I kind of got into Pokémon Go for a small amount of time. I'd never done a raid until I signed into a discord and just showed up to a raid spot. Both instances were probably the best times I've had playing the game, and I'll never forget them. They were so different from what I was used to, and I would definitely be open to playing new series of game with others. Just have to shell out the $350ish dollars for a switch and Scarlet or Violet 😅💸💸💸

[@gmedley]

I still have never actually battled another person in a mainline pokemon game i dont think?? But oh yeah Pokemon Go was a gamer changer for a lot of people, wouldn't be here today if that wasn't a thing

[@nav3346]

@@gmedley It was pretty fun. Talking smack to my buddy and using Pokémon that I raised such a long time ago. It's like if you grow fruits or veggies and eat them yourself: That's playing the game solo. If you want to share the bounty of your fruits and veggies and have others admire them by chucking these lovingly grown Pokémon from across the room at someone and start a food fight, shoving your victory in there face or demanding a rematch in a day or two: That's playing with others. I 100% recommend fighting with people you may or may not know 💪🌱

[@marlonsmusic]

omfg how beautiful is this realisation 😭

[@Leto85]

05:10 My answer would I be I'm working on a all forms, all genders (not just variants) level 100 livingdex in where each Pokémon has at leach the Elite Four ribbon of each game it game from, is either from their original region and caught by me or is a mythical coming from whatever event I could legit get my hands on. That's my way to keep myself entertained for years to come. :) It also gives each games replay value. Take Legends Arceus for example: Enamorus has two forms, and both forms are boxable, but it's one Enamorus per game, so I'll have to play it twice.

[@kairam5142]

This video turned out quite wholesome

[@larsvinterqvist3342]

The one who wanted to become Larry probably just meant finding a job which I think is also a very solid challenge

[@treyvonnecarter8908]

My post game content for scarlet and Violet was actually playing the game in order and picking the “strangest” Pokémon. Mainly meaning traded ones, and Eevees and Charmander and the HAUNTER THAT ACTUALLY EVOLVES 😢😂❤ My first run was fun and whacky and I was over powered with a strategy team but I wanted to just have plain old fun so I went for the Pokémon I actually wanted to use in my first run but didn’t because they weren’t team sweepers. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@treyvonnecarter8908]

Now it’s just the ones that I want :)

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

EVERYTHING is more fun with friends. That's not an argument lmao

[@gumbarius]

Tbh, Pokemon is one of the few games where I actively want to talk with people about my experiences in game while I'm playing it

[@louks9068]

same kinda story here i stoped with Gen 2 tho. then started back up with pokemon Go. now i got almost all the switch pokemon games!!

[@serpentmaster1323]

Here are my goals: -Finish the dex. (Need to find an in-person trade partner in person since I don’t pay Nintendo more than I need to) -Maybe finish the postgame? Credits rolled and clavel wanted me to his office, Instead I went stake hunting. -Find all of the stakes without a guide. So far I have 2 of the ruined legends, the 2 I care about most. There’s only a single chain left on the other 2 doors -find all ‘10 sites of Paldea’ without a guide these are signs and when you read them they become fly points. I’ve found most of them but Im missing a few. -find a shiny klawf. In Maryland we like our blue crabs and I freaking love klawf’s MOOOO. My team is too low level to effectively herb hunt tho. Stretch goals: Do worm/glob locke. I want to win with only orthworm, clodsire, and dunsparce/dudunsparce. Not nuzloke rules, but no over leveling, Do a birde locke: flamigo and espathra mostly. But also quaquaval I think?

[@JMrealgamer]

Im still plying it with a combination of other great games from Nintendo. When you see it for what it is and all it entails for many years, there is a reason why like you said it’s not just your everyday RPG.

[@madnessarcade7447]

2:26 I mean yea that’s always been the point that’s why there’s 2 versions lol Pokémon is such a one of a kind unique franchise and the games have such a one of a kind unique journey There’s no franchise like it in any game They are so special I’m gonna be showing the games to my kids

[@PopRocksDemon]

I'm still doing a Shiny gym challenge in Shield and I was so happy when I got my Route 1 shiny Wooloo, Now named Marshmallow! This adds into a challenge that I started when I was little when by pure dumb luck I found a shiny tentacool in my lil sister's copy of Heartgold. This long time challenge pretty much contains me naming every shiny I find in the main games after food or drinks from around the world that fit the colour scheme! My first Shiny, Jelly, Is the exception but I think it still works for her lol!

[@Skibididrob]

Homie have 80,900 hours of playtime💀

[@draconicrain7609]

I love vanillite so much I had a whiteboard cutout made so I can write my notes on it

[@Great_tusk]

I quit Pokemon but for some reason the newer games like legends and Violet got me back into it. I hated on it ever since gen 6 and stuff released but now im playing so much Pokémon and playing all the older games as well. And I’ve also kinda realised this

[@Kabi0908]

This vid made me smile today. Thank you.

[@juraganash2809]

I am glad that I am not the only one who came back to pokemon from PoGO

[@RobertDecker417]

For me, I want to eventually get all my favorite pokemon shiny. Braviary, Gardevoir/Gallade, Bisharp, Garganacl, Toedscruel. And more if they show up in the DLC.

[@IFledFromKansas]

Wow that was profound. It's like when I realized that when you use a toilet you sit on it like a chair, not straddling it.

[@TalaIsDarker]

As a kid I already knew that, had 1 friend who sorta played but after that I just jumped to groups, hoping to trade but still I play alone

[@craigstephenson7676]

I like competitive Pokémon and nuzlocking. The new game I decided I was actually gonna complete the dex before I start playing competitive on my actual save game and not showdown. It’s been fun so far

[@madnessarcade7447]

Welcome back hope u can go back and do the games u missed at some point

[@linebeckland83]

Yes, as someone who always had someone else to play the games with, it was crazy when people told me they didn't like pokemon, and it all came down to this reason!

[@Roadent1241]

Odd, because I've had Pokemon as one of my special interests and yet I've played alone. I know I'm wierd but...?

[@Coneydog7]

I have been getting back into competitive Pokemon. Got to Masterball Tier for the first time and now am grinding all of the other Pokemon games to get ready for transfer. I also stopped at Gen 4, so I am playing BDSP, X, and Ultra Moon. Still gotta get BW2.

[@ange0042]

I’ll see if I’ll have time to add everything that I plan on doing in an edit however currently I’m trying to defeat every single trainer on the map right now, I’m trying to truly 100% the game in my personal way before buying a new game, (I got splatoon 3 to fall back on if I start feeling burnt out)