My Unpopular Pokémon Opinions

[@TheRogueRenegade]

We're back to square one, which means more Pokémon videos. Let me know your unpopular Pokémon opinions in the comments. I won't be able to reply as quickly due to my phone currently being extremely broken but I will reply as soon as I can

[@AlexMatrix0]

i like the rogue when he made the happy wars videos

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Never again

[@crispy3325]

I liked it when you made happy wars

[@rezcheddar8320]

I didn't like basculegion's design at first.

[@abhinnbaxi6295]

@@rezcheddar8320 and then what? Do you like it now?

[@MagicShamu]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that hates using legendaries

[@TheRogueRenegade]

The only thing I do now with legendaries and mythicals is collect them

[@gleipnirrr]

sounds like you might enjoy temp6t's channel. he uploads videos of him dumpstering players that use only legendaries in pokemon showdown

[@karthis5911]

Unless it's related to the story I never use them. Like back when I played Sun, I used mine as the poor guy wanted to go on an adventure and it fit. I think that's the only time I really used one.

[@MelonHere20]

Yeah same here

[@derpydude2413]

If I’m playing gen 1 or 3 I put the legendary in my party because they are some of my favorites

[@amesstarline5482]

Finally, someone else who isn't bothered by Whitney. Also, Sprite-based Pokémon is epic.

[@treeman73272]

I probably struggles the first time but only because I was using 1 pokemon that was under leveled, now I have an appreciation for Abra and usually catch 1 before fighting Whitney

[@joaoguilhermeuchoa5061]

All you gotta do is form a strategy. For Gen II, the best one I can come up with is Gastly + Quagsire. Gastly + Weepinbell/Victreebell works, but Quagsire is a better tank. In Gen IV, you can still do this, but you're gonna have to sack Gastly, due to Scrappy.

[@amesstarline5482]

@@joaoguilhermeuchoa5061 I mostly just used a Bayleaf, with a sacrificed Muscles the Machop.

[@joaoguilhermeuchoa5061]

@@amesstarline5482 Bayleef is only good here because of Poison Powder/Toxic. But it can work.

[@KaleCulain]

Yeah honestly if you have a female rock type of your team she really isn't difficult

[@daggerthedragon1582]

Video essay idea: Pokemon and Idealism; How Satoshi's creation is his idea of how he wanted to live as a child. He wants the world to be safe enough for a young child to travel the world without fear, and organized enough to facilitate Joy, Adventure, and Fun.

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Sounds like an interesting video topic!

[@raymaikeru]

"He wants the world to be safe enough for a young child" *Rotom Dex called.*

[@agentepolaris4914]

He actually just wanted more people to experience what he felt whenever he went to the nearby a nearby forest near hist hometown to catch bugs when he was a kid.

[@BlueOtakuDemon]

I'm partway through the video but I wanted to bring up that I recently did a playthrough with the Black 2 Hard Mode and that really made things more interesting too. Like, every single trainer always being 1~5 levels in or out of your range, and most important trainers having one extra Pokemon no matter the battle really spices things up. If they wanted to address people who think Pokemon has gotten too easy they should really do this again. The only issues with the original implementation are that it required you to finish the game once already and the other version needed to trade keys, but really if this was a menu option from the get-go it'd be great.

[@christianturner1687]

I’m doing an ultra sun randomised nuzlock and it’s annoying at times but so fun

[@abscinding]

Unfortunately hard mode is glitched where it's only a level increase, their stats are still the exact same as normal mode, so if you're playing level caps or nuzlocking with level caps, it actually is just easier for the most part.

[@pandawoozy3774]

Sometimes when I use legendarys I think to myself "I feel like I'm cheating "

[@TheRogueRenegade]

The few times that I do use them, I think the exact same thing

[@rockowlgamer631]

i killed a Dawn Wing Necorzma with a Indeedee, then nicknamed it God Killer afterwards

[@sushigivesmelife2131]

That and you are just so attached to your team. Using a legendary means you have to remove a beloved team member, and it never feels right

[@cheeze588]

me as well, that's why I ban legendaries

[@Jakeimator]

one of my main team members is a mewtwo

[@krillius5364]

“Playing Pokémon underleveled is the best way to play” “A difficulty option that just increases levels just results in more grinding”

[@Jigglypuff_and_Tsareena_fan]

He played himself on that one

[@TheRogueRenegade]

So true

[@prodfife]

"i dislike generation 8" "gen 8 had the worst story" yeah man you're 100% alone on those. no one is gonna agree with it. what a couple of spicy takes.

[@lolgod1695]

sarcasm?

[@karthis5911]

@@lolgod1695 Yeah it's clearly sarcasm, I found it really weird he added it to the list, it's pretty common.

[@fl0werumbrell43]

its not the best but its also not the worst *stares at x and y, even though i love em*

[@yeeyt464]

i love all including gen 8 but i can easily admit its the worst of all of them. Its not that its bad, its just that everything else is better than gen 8

[@leonseuropeanislandadventu7398]

I agree so...

[@victoriathoberdosreismacha3656]

My two most unpopular opinions: "gen 5 introduced a lot of the best Pokémon in the franchise" and "double battles are easier then singles ".

[@NekomonYT]

double battles are fun

[@ViriatoIH]

All the gen 5 bug types along with some of the fighting types like Sawk were my favorite

[@MontyMoleLoreMaster]

I agree with the first point as well lol.

[@JesseX7]

It’s kinda sad for gen 5 bc all the good designs are later In the game. When I played for the first time I lowkey hated it for the first bit then halfway through the god designs started rolling in and it was great.

[@justjohn2146]

Look at this Chad playing Gen 5 music as the background music

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Gen 5 music hits different

[@ChalkMuncher]

And Marnie’s theme!

[@SuperPlacido1]

What Chad ever mean%

[@J2ojuiced95]

I’d say when it comes to Team Galactic most people like them because of the commanders designs, also because they’re one of the few teams that actually felt like a threat in the anime.

[@Lo33y_]

Also actually were interesting to follow, an organisation whose leader is lying to them about his true intentions and created this cult following with actually threating commanders. Who later start to question whether Cyrus is going to far. And then when he goes into the distortion world the sadness from the commanders. All of that plus the fact that gen 3 was basically lets flood the world or create more land makes team galactic stand out as top 2. Think team plasma/ neo plasma is still the best team due to it bringing around serious morality questions about the games. But I just wish we had more influence in the story so it played more like a fallout game.

[@castform7]

Yes to both but mostly the second one. The only commander's design I really liked was Mars and that only cause I think she's cute.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

@@castform7 commander Jupiter is best

[@castform7]

@@somechupacabrawithinternet8866 I don't know, I've always found Mars better.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

@@castform7 i wasn't trying to disagree with you, mars is factually the better commander i was just paying respect to commander Jupiter cause she's my favorite character

[@FabschOblivion669]

6:35 You see, I’d agree with that hard, but in later Pokémon games (most notoriously Sword and Shield), keeping your Pokémon under-leveled is actually hard since the game constantly makes itself easier by forcing the EXP share and you can’t turn it off. In other games this can be done and yes, I tend to do it. The best way for me to play are just doing Nuzlockes.

[@3dsfan2002]

Unpopular Opinion, I like Gen 7 it was a great way for me to get back into the series

[@spiritedchung5926]

My unpopular opinion is gen 6 is the first time i encounter pokrmon game. I thought pokemon was just a anime show only but until gen 6. Because of that i like gen 6 game. (Even thought i didnt play any pokemon game)

[@3dsfan2002]

@@spiritedchung5926 Both gen 6 and 7 deserve way more love and it just breaks my heart that people didn't

[@spiritedchung5926]

@@3dsfan2002 they only cares about stories. Gameplay is understandable.

[@3dsfan2002]

@@spiritedchung5926 the game play has always stayed the same there’s no difference

[@spiritedchung5926]

@@3dsfan2002 except gens with gimmicks like megas, z moves and dyna/gmax. I think dyna/gmax were balance in competitive while megas were too op to the point some were in uber (too bad mega ray is banned above uber)

[@realdogking]

Alright, here we go: I think gen 7 is in the top 3 best gens I agree that object pokemon are cool Ash should have won the _UNOVA_ league, or at least gotten to the finals. I don't have a problem with humanoid Pokémon (Lopunny is well designed, but of course now that I say that I'm going to be viewed as a creep) Goh isn't bad (he's mediocre at worst) I don't like shipping.

[@TheRock3tDoctor]

Gen 7 is so underrated, I kid you not, if gamefreak added a skip dialogue button, added slightly more animations, and added an option to turn off flag markers, then most of people's main problems with Gen 7 would be gone.

[@insertnamehere658]

Gen 7 sucks. It's definitely bottom 3 for me.

[@chendror872]

Agree it deserves way more love

[@joskalnunez381]

@@TheRock3tDoctor finally gen 7 respect, also the gen 7 starters are underrated

[@TheRock3tDoctor]

@@joskalnunez381 Almost everything about Gen 7 is underrated, especially in the Ultra games

[@ChalkMuncher]

I don’t care if you don’t like gen 8 (most don’t) but anyway it’s nice to see someone who doesn’t like it acknowledge that the music, Pokémon and characters are incredible, they really are!

[@ChalkMuncher]

And I agree with most of the claims like the story being bad, I really hope the next gens are better in that way

[@joskalnunez381]

How are the characters incredible? I mean they are used very poorly in the story, and if they do their story is rushed and has an abrupt end (i'm looking at you hop and bede).

[@ViriatoIH]

Having a Mankey/Primape before getting to this gym made it pretty easy for me ngl

[@vivimannequin]

6:40 I completely agree with this. The same people who complained about the gen 4 remakes being super easy were the same ones using garchomp,box legendary, and lucario on the same team (probably overleveled too). Every time I play through a pokemon game nowadays I just focus on using pokemon I've never used before and it usually means I'll be at the elite four with crappy pokemon like venomoth or even carnivine but that won't stop me from beating the champion

[@TheRogueRenegade]

I try doing that too but I accidently end up using the same team

[@EllisMurray7]

They were super easy because of the affection mechanic.

[@shironasama0445]

I was onboard with everything you said until you mentioned the Alola league By far the best league IMO, where he wasn’t relying on Greninja with an ass pull naruto transformation as a crutch. Every one of Ash’s Pokemon get a chance to shine. Ash vs Kukui alone makes it far more enjoyable than Kalos. The fact that Pikachu gets the final battle, his life long partner feels much more earned than the fan favorite ninja frog.

[@Elitus]

Yeah ( cause is opponents sucked )

[@Snowballsage]

All of his Pokémon got a chance to shine in xy

[@shironasama0445]

@@Snowballsage Nah, was all Greninja fanbait. Noivern especially was completely useless.

[@Snowballsage]

@@shironasama0445 didn’t his pikachu literally beat a metagross

[@Arzeeree]

@@Snowballsage goodra and noivern were meh, hawlucha was okay but they made him dirty vs sawyers slaking talonflame was okay too. Pikachu was fire but the frog had the most spotlight.

[@espurrseyes42]

Fairy and Light can coexist as different types. Fairy is based around magic, specifically nature magic as opposed to arcane magic (Dragon). It's got nothing to do with the element of Light, which could easily be its own type. Frankly, it should've been a type given the Gen 7 Legendary Trio. Solgaleo would've been Light/Steel, Lunala Light/Ghost, and Necrozma Light/Dark, losing Dark to take one of the other Legendaries' types, and finally becoming Light/Dragon when it goes Ultra.

[@jakisrandom1]

People who say light and fairy type can't coexist have played Pokemon too much and don't realize that ground and rock types have more reasons to not co-exist...

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

​@@jakisrandom1Yep

[@-Vanova-]

I think gen 6 gets too much hate, it’s just a fun game to wander in, the locations and music is very charming! If they ever give us Pokémon Z, I hope they add something similar to the Pokémon contests in the XY anime, they seem very fun!

[@espurrseyes42]

I agree with this.

[@ssickhead1]

12:24 facts. Early Ash was a savage and his roasts were hilarious. I've been saying this exact same thing for a long time

[@samgoesbam1108]

that’s it, i’m naming my dialga jimothy

[@RuralSquirrelJuror]

I like going with absurd nicknames for pokemon, but sometimes I give them human names because it feels even more absurd

[@MarceloZ2]

My exact thought process. One time playing through XY, I gave an Umbreon the name "Zack&Cody" just because. It was hilarious and I regret nothing.

[@OswaldAurelia]

I like giving absurd human names to pokemon Like my Iron Jugulis "Sam and Junior and Junior the Third" Or my first ever shiny, a banette named Bob Simon

[@ThePeachTube]

I’ll never stop saying that Ash VS Paul should’ve been the finals of the Sinnoh region. That would’ve been the best way for Ash to win his first league championship.

[@Nosretep]

I think the Battle Frontier would've been good for those who don't have Wifi and wanted a challenge that was just only the Battle Tower.

[@leonardopuente1262]

This was a nice Yu-Gi-Oh video

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Thanks Leo, Yu-Gi-Oh is my favorite

[@TheNodfullNod]

Since I don’t like recording my voice for my own video I’m gonna make a list of my own unpopular opinions since you said I could do it in the comments -I like delphox quite a bit -I like lickilicky, it’s awesome -I like Kanto Raichu more than alola raichu, it’s also one of my favorite Pokémon now -I agree about Whitney’s Miltank but that’s mainly because of certain preparations (particularly if you use a herracross) -Zinnia is my favorite Hoenn character I love her a lot -I like Black and White 1 more than their sequels. They’re also in my top 2 favorite Pokémon games (idk if I like BW or HGSS more) -Hoenn is my least favorite region in terms of exploring it. -I agree about the not liking Pokémon for looking human is silly. Same with Pokémon that wear clothes. I love that sawk and throh have funny karate gi -similarly the “bipedal (fire) starter” debates are really pointless. Ok so Incineroar is a bipedal fursona looking Pokémon, does that make it an objectively bad design? It just feels so silly to put down a whole Pokémon just because you wish it were slightly different -I personally don’t feel too strongly about a lot of legendary Pokémon -Shauntal is my favorite character in the series. Idk why her specifically probably design and she has a Chandelure -However I love almost all mythical Pokémon, even the newer ones -speaking of newer mythicals, people get mad that they either don’t have enough lore or don’t have an event associated with them, and I agree I wish they were better utilized, i don’t think that makes the mythicals any less good, it’s just the way game freak that handles it is stupid (I love Zeraora, Diance, Hoopa etc) -I personally don’t care about postgame stuff too much in most pokemon games. That doesn’t mean I think game freak shouldn’t put more effort into the post game, I just personally play Pokémon games just to make a team and play through the main game -I don’t like how Black and White 1 has you use only Unova Pokémon in the main game. They’re some of my favorite games, but it sort of limits team building for me, because I don’t wanna end up using the same Pokémon in future playthroughs. I also don’t like how if you want to grind you basically need audino. I love that audino exists, but given how you get less exp if you’re overlevelled wild battling can be annoying. I don’t like to be super overlevelled and spend hours grinding but I like all my Pokémon to be at a certain level range that -I don’t like the critical health theme in the Unova games. I like the song itself, but it personally kills the mood of certain battles for me, mainly in battles that already have really intense music such as elite 4, N, or Ghetsis These next few are especially Pokémon fanbase related stuff so warning if you don’t wanna see - I don’t like it when Pokémon fans take a flaw of a particular region, game and/or generation and inflate its flaws as if that’s all the game has to offer. For sword and shield it makes sense, but people hate on ORAS for not being more like emerald, even though it added a lot of its own things and is just as valid as a way to experience Hoenn as any other game, or like how Sun and Moon are shitted on for interruptions and hand holding, even though it has a great story and awesome characters, as well as a unique region with (as always) awesome Pokémon. -I also don’t like it when people hate on popular Pokémon just because they’re popular (mainly Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, Mewtwo, Greninja etc). Mainly referring to Charizard, but it’s fair if you like these Pokémon less or feel their over saturated, but I’m just sick of certain Pokémon getting bashed because they’re “overrated” or being included in spin-offs, or that multiple prevalent trainers use a certain Pokémon (Charizard having two megas is a bit much though) -similarly, I don’t think “Kanto pandering” is that much of an issue. It’s the first generation with some of the most recognizable Pokémon so obviously it’s gonna have some sort of prevalence. Kanto showing up a lot isn’t necessarily a bad thing either, because aside from Gen 1, we had two remakes which are centered in Kanto, and then the original gsc and hgss which have Kanto in the post game, and it does seem like a lot but it’s not like Kanto is ever just shoved in to have Kanto for no reason, the reason it existed in the johto games is because gold and silver was more of a sequel to red and blue. Alolan forms only being Kanto Pokemon was the only time I felt Kanto had an unfair amount of representation. I also don’t think every generation needs to be represented equally, although of course Gen 5 only having 1 mega is quite unfair -I think people are too obsessed with a certain generation being considered “the best”. Whenever I go on any Pokémon music video their will always be someone saying “this Gen had the best music” followed by a shit ton of replies claiming another Gen has better music. Certain generations may have done more noticeably good things than others, but the war about having a certain generation be THE BEST OBJECTIVELY kind of takes away what I like about each Pokémon game and what makes them a unique experience. -I feel like people are a liiitle too focused on animations and graphics. I do mean a little. Swsh deserved the backlash they got, however I don’t think people need to focus on animations for every game afterwards. Like for bdsp, obviously in February they didn’t look good, but now that they worked on the game more they look better than swsh. But there’s still a sizeable group of people that think they’re atrocious just because chibi. With legends Arceus it could use more polishing, but the game has so many more promising elements and looks really exciting, but people say it looks BAD or “like a ps3 game”(btw everytime I’ve heard someone make that comparison, it’s always for games that don’t even look bad like Metroid Dread or Legends Arceus. Nintendo was never known for great graphics especially now that the switch is really underpowered) or a few people complaining that Pokémon don’t have super detailed animations and interactions (which even if it doesn’t, we know certain Pokémon interact with you differently and that determines how you catch it, and also in the trailer buizel sleeping then waking up, which isn’t super major but it’s a good sign of what’s to come), I don’t think graphics and animation should be the ONLY thing these games are judged on -I think certain Pokémon fans are way too negative. Lots of times whenever me or someone else says something like “what if a future Pokémon game has *insert certain feature or thing* or what if Pokémon does generations/origins/other cool animation again”, someone gets all pissy and says “that’s not gonna happen knowing game freak” or “you don’t know that’s gonna happen”. Not liking modern Pokémon is one thing but don’t be an ass and ruin the fun for others That’s all I have for now, I might add more later, also twewy is great

[@raymaikeru]

ALL OF THIS Except for the Raichu one. I just like both of them equally for their strengths and weaknesses.

[@MelonHere20]

YES

[@MelonHere20]

@@raymaikeru agreed, I love both raichu equally

[@persian338]

Delphox is cool, i also agree about some fans being too negative sometimes

[@persian338]

@@charnalk5572 I think the only reason people hate on graphics now, is because game freak said they had remove pokemon to get better graphics and animations, and people went mad, there was the whole dexit thing ecc... if game freak never made that statement, maybe the majority of the fans wouldn't have hated the graphics so much

[@barrington5438]

Pokémon Black and White were great games. So many things going for it. The character designs were great. Especially N. The locations were cool. I still remember the high tech city as being one of my faves. The legendaries have two of the coolest legendary designs. And their backstory is very well thought out. The whole truth and ideals things was deep. I don’t even have to bring up the music right? Right?!

[@jonwoods4590]

i prefer to use bottle caps over genetics for good IVs but i agree that breeding is really fun!!! i love using it to fill my pokédexes and it’s just as satisfying to finally see your regional dex hit 400🥰

[@nextyear523]

There’s one thing I really disagree with, and that’s the point on legendaries. In fact I think high level trainers like the elite four should use them more often. It feels so underwhelming pulling up to the best trainers in the region with your stacked team only for them to throw out a Mightyena. Not only that, but there are many normal Pokémon that are much scarier than legendaries, like pre-nerf Aeigeslash, or a properly built Dracovish. There are also a bunch of weak legendaries and mythicals, like Diancie (non mega) or Silvally, Pokemon that’ll get stomped by your average pseudo legendary. And none of it matters if you don’t use them right

[@natecgames4612]

I think that Whitney's team is scarier in theory than it is in practice. With the worst-case scenarios that get you to Miltank, your Pokémon will be hurt bad by Clefairy spamming metronome for good moves and double slap. Then Miltank will be able to flinch you with stomp, infatuate you with attract, rack damage with roll out, and heal itself with milk drink. The flinch is only a 30% chance, and that's if your Pokémon are slower. Roll out does high damage but is very committal so you can bring in something that takes not very effective damage. And attract works on only male Pokémon for the Miltank. Now I'd still be hard if the gym wasn't after a route with an easy to find Pokémon that you can trade for a machop who's female. And if you want to refer to gen 2 only, Ghastly can cheese the crap out of her, especially if it's female. Scrappy was put on it in the remakes specifically so that people don't just cheese the Miltank with a Ghastly.

[@dragon-spins1060]

I've never played swsh but I don't think they're gonna be terrible, I never really care for the story line of the games just catching new Pokemon and completing the gym challenges is enough to make me entertained

[@dynastygirl2912]

Unpopular opinion: The first unova games are my favorite games, I really liked that it was an entire Pokédex of new Pokémon because it was like playing Pokémon for the first time, you had to discover which mons you liked, disliked, which were competitive from the ground up. That concept was great to me

[@cthulhutentacles4994]

I love that too, felt like I was playing Pokémon for the first time again

[@dynastygirl2912]

@@cthulhutentacles4994 exactly. I really enjoyed that

[@RealCryptoTest]

I already loved the Simimonkeys but you’ve made me love them more

[@thepurplebirdwunderwaffen]

Therougerenegade trying to do the "dont spam pokemon anime frames every 3 seconds challenge" (impossible)

[@alexisschiffer4830]

I agree with your point about being under levelled. I played Black 2 a while back and after completing the game, I skipped a lot of the post game stuff and suddenly found myself battling trainers who were like 10 levels higher than me. It felt kind of fun to see my Pokemon get knocked out and having to strategize and actually use the many Full Restores or Max Revives I had.

[@makiroll218]

I’m so happy I found your channel! I love listening to fun things while I draw and I had a shitty day at work today but finding your videos. ❤😊

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Thank you I'm happy you enjoy it!

[@Hynotama]

Finally, I hear about a game other than Sonic having "a rough transition into 3D".

[@Quackra]

As soon as I heard, "I dislike gen 8," I immediately was confused because that is the popular opinion as Gen 8 unless we are talking Legends: Arceus was subpar for pokemon standards.

[@elementalchampions2748]

I think bringing back challenge mode from Gen 5 would make everyone happier

[@Stuff-ut4bb]

YES, it feels weird nicknaming my pokemon with human names, i always try to name them something related to their concept or make a anagram

[@LordEpos]

The non-cyrus parts of Team Galactic mostly stick out in the manga, but I also think that just by having tougher battles than the villain team commanders in any other game, Mars and Jupiter stand above the other team commanders. Then again, maybe it's because all you have to compare them to is crap like Plumeria and Proton.

[@TheRogueRenegade]

I gotta catch up on the manga, I stopped reading at around the time Yellow became the protagonist

[@Nosretep]

Definitely. They gave the 5 Stat Trainers a bigger role.

[@pons8288]

6:34 saaaaame!! Octopath Traveler looks so amazing! The pixel art with the small animations are great especially the really big enemies/bosses! Finally someone who also like Octopath Traveler and had no trouble with Whitney :)

[@supersonic9495]

I agree with you about Whitney’s Miltank. I also defeated her Miltank first try with an Onix. She was nowhere near as hard people make her out to be.

[@TheRogueRenegade]

She couldn't live up to all the hype which is a bit disappointing

[@ericv5435]

I didn't realize until a few years ago, I used geodude with rollout and it was easy.

[@zedantXiang]

I remember the city more than her, I just steamrolled her lol.

[@retrictumrectus1010]

I too defeated her many times with one try. Except the last time I played the game where I really struggled with Miltank's rollout. Weird since I am supposed to have more experience beating her. Then it reminded me of the anime. I was like, beating her is supposed to be like this.

[@otaviopalanca]

Actually, Ash doesn't have a voice actor, it's an actress who gives him voice. I strongly agree with you about the bullsh*t Alola ''League''.

[@daffyfable1983]

These were the first Pokémon games I played for a long time and I loved it. Seeing all the new features like Overworld Pokémon, Pokémon Camp, the wild area, and Dynamax were awesome. The Pokémon in the overworld added so much life to the world. Pokémon Camp allows me to interact with all my Pokémon at once and allows the Pokémon in my party interact with each other. Also, the curry dex was just a fun thing to knock out, and it is nice to see the recipes of ones that I already made unlike in Breath of the Wild. The Wild Area looks a little underwhelming, but it was fun to be able to make a beeline to your destination, or stay, do some max raids, fight strong Pokémon, and hunt for items. I like Mega evolution more than Dynamax, but it is nice that they sort of mixed Megas and Z moves into one feature. It is also cool that every Pokémon can Dynamax. Gigantamax leans more towards the Mega side of the spectrum for obvious reasons. In addition to that, the new Pokémon are pretty cool. I really like Sobble, Yamper, Grimmsnarl, Centiskorch, and Zacian. Also, the characters are some of my favorite Pokémon characters of all time. Marnie, Milo, Hop, Oleana, Leon, Nessa, and Kabu are all awesome! I love these games, but they do have some faults. The graphics are pretty mediocre and some of the animations are lacking. However, I had too much fun with these games to really care since I really enjoyed my time with the games! I do respect your opinion though. I feel that objectively, there are no bad Pokemon games, but since the fanbase is so big, people's opinions will vary on each.

[@Josh-md1bc]

A good fan, rare to find. Props to you bro😎

[@daffyfable1983]

@@Josh-md1bc Thank you so much! I don't know about your opinions of the game, but I am sure that you are a great fan as well! :)

[@raymaikeru]

Me personally thought the game wasn't terrible, but at the same time it wasn't a game to write home about. Really my only issue was the climax.

[@Cman04092]

Team yell is the worst evil team ever, and the most annoying, and the dumbest looking. This is another factor in why gen 8 is one of my least favorites, especially story wise.

[@enderlovesbagels101]

I think overleveling your mons can be the most fun part of the game, as well as the most time consuming. There's still story left so you're not done with the game, and it allows for a lot of exploration. Maybe you get side-tracked and wanna complete the dex. Or just get really into the leveling. I didn't really enjoy SW/SH, but leveling was absolutely the most fun part for me. The raid dens, getting tms, the xp candies, and just all the items that you could use later one.

[@AutumnBlaze689]

My unpopular opinion is that I don’t like Silver and N. I don’t like Silver because he’s really edgy and I’ve gotten sick of edgy/angsty characters. And I don’t like N because he’s just the worst kind of person when it comes to people who can’t take different opinions well. Also his philosophy is weird since Pokémon even after being released could always go back to their humans.

[@dougcoffey3496]

I’m so glad you brought up the walking animation. I’m on my first ultra Sun play through and it’s bothered me from the moment I started playing

[@whatshername69]

I’m just imagining this guy’s search history for all these images 😂

[@firstaid223]

Ay I agreed with a good few of these! Someone finally brought up both the Gen 7 walking and Current Ash's unnatural laugh. Can't say I have many issues at all with Sarah Natochenny as Ash, but the laughing has always felt a bit weird

[@fool184]

I strongly agree on the tcg scandal I've been playing the pokemon tcg for 4 years but i can't even buy cards anymore due to the craze.

[@angelsemprit536]

Everybody knows sword and shield had a bad story it’s hysterically bad it makes no sense I also dislike double battles mostly because they feel so complicated like they go over my head and single battles i enjoy i try em out at the battle tower and it’s actually fun eventually I’ll try online battling i cant right now lol don’t have a lot of variety in terms of Pokémon since my only competitive Pokémon are shiny and have overlapped typings The alola anime was bad and his team felt weak if it makes sense cause we barely saw him train and he only won cause of the script cause yeah it was kinda crazy

[@khaoticmage2027]

I also hate the Alola anime, though I suppose it was a nice breath of fresh air compared to the stale style from the other anime.

[@shironasama0445]

He’s Ash, how much more training do you want them to show? SM actually took a huge gamble with the art style change. It was basically as good as any other season, if not better because Alola is small enough that the characters of the day make reappearances. He had 5 unique companions, more than any other series. “He won because of the script” Its not like he lost because of the script every other league. You’re complaining that Ash won a fucking league for once.

[@cringe9768]

@@shironasama0445 *XY AND XYZ ANIME INTENSIFIES*

[@toastthedragon777]

7:27 that's why i write the pokemon i caught and what route i caught them on in a notepad file when i play nuzlockes. it makes things a whole lot easier to keep track of

[@Marabo77]

Collosseum and Xd fans unite

[@TheRogueRenegade]

More exist??? Let's gooooo

[@stringtales]

Those are the first games I played to the end. Maybe that's why I always think every pokemon game is so easy

[@egeorgiades93]

LETS GO!!!!!

[@CypherJj4457]

Love this game

[@LG22475]

Colosseum was the first pokemon game I ever played due to it being available on console (I was one of the few kids who never had handhelds), being so difficult/story driven/ limited really forced my to remember some the more strange type match ups. Also, imagine my excitement when I got Platinum and found out that you could catch whatever pokemon you wanted. Good times.

[@PokemonProfessorNebula]

My unpopular opinion, The pokemon games didnt get easier, we just got stronger over the years playing it.

[@LG22475]

Breeding and leveling competitive pokemon teams is just so cathartic to me. I really don't get why some people dislike it so much. In modern games, it takes very little time at all to get 6 competitively viable pokemon to use.

[@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo]

I agree with you. However, GF needs to do a better job of explaining their deeper mechanics.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

@@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo Facts. Personally I think in Gen 9 the Gym Leaders should be used to teach competitive tactics and their ace Pokemon should have one of the many items used in competitive.

[@karthis5911]

IDK how it is in the modern pokemon games but I really hated it in the older games as it was fairly tedious and I would need to manually write down EV's and what not. I prefer the older 2d games by far compared to what I've seen, but I really want some of the modern quality of life changes that just make the game more fun.I was so happy for the minigames in x & y as it was a nice simple way to train my mon and you can even do it early game so those pokemon don't become useless post game.

[@VladimierTheVagabond]

People who think pokemon like Infernape, Greninja, and many others seen as humanoid probably think subway sucks even if they made the sandwich.

[@jake9107]

the quality of the ingredients are ass n u have the taste buds of an anal gland

[@abhinnbaxi6295]

"They've Been playing since their dogs second wedding" I am wheezing that caught me off guard. Edit: when u said ash should've won Kalos I could kinda agree but when you said he had the type advantage I was Like WAIT WHAT? cuz dragon resists water and water is super effective on fire so water is basically neutral on mega charizard x right?

[@TM_Em0lga]

I have an unpopular opinion. I don’t think the Black and white anime was bad. It was enjoyable, introduced me to my favorite Pokémon. And looked great

[@ilyspankyy]

Just wanted to say I love your videos man. :) keep it up and I soon hope you make it to the top!!

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Thank you! The support truly is appreciated!

[@-irene-29]

the rollercoaster of emotions and unorganized-ness throughout the whole video made me immediately subscribe. great humor dude

[@Eclipsmon8421]

I mostly agree with those, but here are two in particular I agree so much that you can't imagine. First, I agree that playing the game without grinding is way better. Thanks to that, I actually found Leon to be a challenge, since I was more than 10 levels under his charizard. Second, I agree that Ash shouldn't have won the Alola league. The thing is, in Alola when Ash won it was like, "Alright he won." Meanwhile, if he had won in Kalos, it would have been a lot cooler, because during his Kalos journey he was a model for many characters like Serena, Clemont, Sawyer, and even Alan to an extend, and he also learned things throughout his journey. Like you really feel that Ash reached his peak, not only in term of battle capabilities, but in everything in general, while in Alola, he just did things.

[@shironasama0445]

“Alola bad” cry me a river. His skill was actually shown much more in Sinnoh, would have been the place to give him a win. XYZ fanboys continue to worship kalos like the Ash greninja thing wasn’t totally an ass pull. Instead of simply letting him have a mega. Alan was a dull slate designed for Charizard fanservice and nothing more. Ash relied heavily on Greninja to win him everything. Where as in Alola, every one of his Pokémon were given a chance to shine.

[@Eclipsmon8421]

@@shironasama0445 Ok so first, while the results of battles could make you say that in Alola, Ash was at his strongest, I never FELT Ash was particularly stronger, because where in Alola he often won just for being stronger I guess, in Kalos he always came up crazy strategies almost every fights. Like he wasn't strong only because of Ash Greninja, but because his strategies were refined to the max. Second, while your comment explains why Ash is at his best in terms of combat in Alola, you didn't explained me if Ash was at his peak emotionally, which is kind of important to me in order to make me want to see Ash win. My whole comment explained that in Kalos, Ash wasn't only great in battling, but that he was a great model for the people around him. In Alola, Ash just does stuff in that season, and the most you can say about him is that he kind of inspired Lillie I guess.

[@nether-works]

I'm one of the few people who enjoyed gen 8. I enjoyed the story and love the characters.

[@alejandrobernard3828]

When you've been a pokemon fan since you where 5 and you agree with everything this man said: Me:🙋‍♂️

[@TheRogueRenegade]

I speak truth!

[@neetifice]

Same. Except for the fact that he said Klingklang is stupid. I don't agree with that.

[@Barmeecarba]

Reasons why Ash should've won the Kalos league: -He cool -He have cool frog Reasons why he should've won the Alola league: -The region actually has significance to him -The league was filled with all the people he met during the series rather than mostly nobodies -He gets to battle Kukui who is basically his father figure -He gets to be the first champion ever which is a much cooler first title to have for a league win -He inspired the very league he would win Seriously you can be salty all you want about Ash's lose in XY but him winning the Alola league has way more significance no matter your opinion of the SM anime.

[@Napkinsnapkinsnapkins]

Here’s mine: Gen 7 (specifically Sun Moon USUM) is my favorite gen and is better than most, it’s story is actually NOT bad, the characters are interesting and playing Ultra Sun after Moon the story differences especially with Lusamime actually shocked me (not to mention that the cutscenes looked AMAZING for the 3DS) and Rowlet, my only issue with the gen is the trials not being executed as well as it could’ve been One more: Hop is a great rival, he has the friendly rival vibes which isn’t bad on its own, but later in the story he get beaten down a lot and you see it get to him when he gets a lot less cheery and more serious

[@IceFireofVoid]

Hop is better Hau and he doesn’t deserve hate.

[@Atlas-tv9jb]

Loved gen 7. I'm a sucker from bug types, and alola gave us SO many good bug types, so that alone makes it awesome in my book

[@patrickdavies9790]

Hop is awful, I had to personally handicap myself just so he could have a chance. He was such a klutz and I couldn’t care less about his “struggle”. Marnie and Bede were much more entertaining.

[@Cman04092]

I think nicknames are stupid except if im doing a nuzlock and gonna delete them all after, but i definitely agree that human nicknames are trash. At least make them themed, or clever or something.

[@LindsayTheWolf13]

Here's my unpopular opinion: We don't need any more Eeveelutions. There's already eight of them. And tbh, the more they make, the more... overdesigned they look, of that makes sense? I'm gonna get in so much trouble for saying this, but I think Sylveon stands out from the other Eeveelutions way too much. Like look at any picture there is of all of them; Sylveon looks bigger, has more stuff on its body, and... Idk it just doesn't fit with the others. Like the further away we get from gen one the stranger they look. Espeon and Umbreon fit in fine with the original trio because gens one and two were made so close to each other. Glaceon and Leafeon, especially Leafeon, from gen four look a little out of place but you get used to them. But I still haven't gotten used to Sylveon. But yeah making Sylveon fans hate me aside, we already have overkill on the amount of Eeveelutions. We don't need a dragon type Eevee, or a steel type or a flying type. That only one of those I can even picture looking good as an Eeveelution design is maaaaybe the dragon type, but that would probably look as overdesigned as Sylveon if not worse. Like... We have enough. I already have a hard time choosing which one is my favorite on a regular basis as is.

[@TuesdaysArt]

What type would another Eeveelution be? Certainly not a bug type or dragon type. Ground? Rock? Flying? Ghost? There's not a lot of options.

[@marinasjp7163]

I think not only the eeveelutions , Pokémon have really old passed designs it really weird having a battle with a really old design pokemon with a really new styled pokemon Fighting a hitmochan with an Appletun for example Or comparing the artworks of 3 gen with the new ones looks out of place They could redesigning them but would affect the marketing part.

[@austinmccormick8952]

Oh, I loved that part! That was awesome!(When Bede got disowned)

[@TheRogueRenegade]

It truly was

[@maddiemcnugget1076]

I feel like a lot of people enjoyed the stories of colosseum and XD more than most if not all the main game stories. It’s just that most people have not played those games

[@Ghostonatoast]

I think as a video idea, you should read some of these opinions out, like how you do the headcanons. I agree with your dislike for the walking animations for sun and moon; Ive been playing ultra moon recently and I hate the cut scenes so much because they make those robotic turns and shuff, I dont like it. unpopular opinions from me: -Gen 7 and higher were the best for Mc's in the context of the mc being an insert to the game, yeah, gen 6 was ok but gen 7 kicked it off from there in my opinion. -I really enjoyed the scarlet and violet stake finding for the mythical pokemon; added more character and took adventage of the fact it was a free roam game. -Zacian and Zamazenta were not poster worthy pokemon as the mascots for the games. -Kalos movies were even better then the series; im not saying the kalos series was bad, quite the oposite, but the movies just did so much more

[@codyburgin8290]

hey man I respect your opinion, thank you for the video, I personally loved sword and shield and I know we are all looking forward to Legends of arceus

[@illusionistmercenary-ki6yg]

i agree with your take on the elemental Monkeys and i did not even know that they were based on something more other than the see no, hear no, speak no evil monkeys so i learnt something new. personally, i like them but they look like middle stage Pokémon. i really want them to get evolutions and become starters for a legends game.

[@ApparentlyChad]

I’ve been playing through some of the old Pokémon games without really grinding or anything and it has resulted in me being significantly under leveled which is great because the games are really challenging that way. By contrast, in sword and shield I didn’t grind at all and was just naturally over leveled. I guess the only way to avoid it is to box your entire team and never catch any Pokémon.

[@MoonIitStroll]

I was _so damned excited_ for Galar but then they decided that (as far as I know, I didn't actually play it because of this) all the gyms would be soccer field and I hate sports with a passion. The 'cheering' in the background of every gym battle seemed _sooo_ annoying.

[@sifibruh7055]

Only 3 minutes in and I already agree with most of this. I have the same opinions on gen 8 except I’d say I love it just because the ups that you mentioned as well as good lore is what I care more about. I think I like the expanded world more than the games themselves🤔.

[@michaellennerman7844]

Im so glad someone else said it, i like the elemental monkeys from unova. I like their designs and the lore behind their design. Simipour is my favorite.

[@butterflyexists]

sprites *are* really nice, to be honest

[@TheRogueRenegade]

They had so much personality in so little pixels

[@no-rj1tn]

Boom, I just liked and subscribed.

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Perfect

[@bfdirockythelugiastan]

I'd definitely say playing underleveled is worth a shot. You won't lose much from it UNLESS you're playing a nuzlocke, the stakes are much higher. Losing a battle means your run is over (or you lose your entire team from that fight, depending on how you like to handle blacking out. Still a heavy loss if that's the case) making sure you're leveled good and prepared is key to success

[@plains7000]

I love the 3d image models for the over 1000 current pokemon we have here in Gens 6, 7, 8 and 9.

[@Mediocre_Comments]

Gen 5 had the best looks. I'd love another 2D game

[@SMCwasTaken]

I have to disagree, as much as i love Gen 5, the graphics look really chunky and Gen 4 looked better, it looks like a 3ds game demade into a DS game Gen 5 should've been a 3DS game

[@sketchyann609]

I LOVE Pokémon channel! I played it all the time! I thought the room theme was calming! I enjoy the Pokémon spin-offs more than the mainline games..

[@pokemonfan999o3]

My unpopular opinion is that x and y are some of best pokemon games

[@TheRogueRenegade]

I have a lot of nostalgia for generation 6 because I played a lot more during X and Y and ORAS, and the community seemed to be growing a lot back then

[@pokemonfan999o3]

@@TheRogueRenegade I probably only like them for them being my first pokemon games(with oras)

[@TheeSethCage]

My unpopular opinion is that gen 6 is the best generation of pokemon. This is mostly based on the fact that I went off pokemon around Gen 3, because I felt like, leaving story aside, I really was playing the same game over and over again. Gen 6 gave me something familiar, but just different enough. And I liked that. Also, Adamant Speed Boost Blaziken users were never actually that good at the games, either. Patient, yes, because of how RNG breeding was, back in the day. But good? Because they copy-pasted a thing someone discovered? I'm not convinced.

[@naganut9718]

The sprite art is pretty much agreed by everyone. Like their 3D models were so bad that people makes video about it Also my unpopular opinion: Quagsire is the best water type as well as the best ground type... Period...

[@dingdawng]

I respect your opinion but I think swampert is the best water and ground type.

[@dev6658]

quagsire earns my respect, as it can live hits from zacian (due to its unaware ability) and take zacian out in 1-2 hits

[@Tully-tittles]

I ALSO ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE UNOVA MONKEYS PANPOUR IS MY FAVORITE POKÉMON It makes me so happy to see someone with the same opinions

[@TuesdaysArt]

My unpopular opinion: I want to have the freedom to do things that aren't battling. I know it's the main premise of the game and it's not like battling is bad, I just need more variety. I'm playing Sun and it feels like I'm always either in a cutscene or in a battle. I liked the contests and underground bases. I like to be able to use my Pokémon for things other than a weapon.

[@majinbuu_gaming]

SOMEONE WHO LIKES THE ELEMENTAL MONKEYS OF UNOVA TOO YESSSSSSS

[@abhinnbaxi6295]

#1st Unpopular opinion:- I like every single pokemon. Yes I have played through the games. Yes I have done competitive and yes I have also read their dex entries and origins. I dare anyone to change my mind. #2nd Unpopular opinion:- Castform is cute. That's it

[@stego7782]

Even the absolute abomination called Chewtle? With his stupid oversized head, the ugly color combination, the weird one tooth and the ice cream cone on his head?

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@stego7782 Chewtle is kind of adorable in my opinion due to how dorky it looks, lol

[@abhinnbaxi6295]

@@stego7782 yes. Even chewtle

[@abhinnbaxi6295]

@@matthewkuscienko4616 yes you got it right.

[@Hypnotichypno]

The amount of joy when I named the god of time “Derek” will never ever be matched

[@BairTheBeagle2047]

I don't know if this is unpopular or not, but I actually really like Hops character and his arc. I genuinely felt bad for him whenever I constantly beat him throughout the story, and I liked his resolution at the end to become a professor.

[@TheRogueRenegade]

I feel like an opinions about generation 8 are overall divisive. I agree though, I like how depressed he gets throughout the story and his resolution!

[@angelmew25eeveelution66]

My brother hates Hop btw.

[@JakeHario]

I got a pretty good laugh about the "pokemon being objects" segment

[@rihasanatrofolo2472]

Damn, I managed to get 10:41 in before being slightly triggered gen3 ftw

[@TheRogueRenegade]

I love generation 3, don't worry

[@stevek8337]

I miss the Colosseum and XD double battles & trainer battle Pokemon catches. It added an entire new level of strategy, and I'd love more of it.

[@RunningRonan]

I love Eiscue! It’s my favorite Pokémon!😁👍🐧

[@TheRogueRenegade]

Great taste

[@ImDudeRandom90]

Here's an unpopular opinion: Dynamax is actually really fun. You cannot convince me that taking tiny little Joltik and beefing him up to kaiju size isn't funny.

[@blueiceybirb]

You are not alone on preferring the 2D animation. :,) I miss the old animations, sometimes less is more. (That’s my opinion at least)

[@hawshimagical]

so THATS why i always loved simipour's design so much...