Pokemon Battle Revolution Animations are AMAZING

#pokemon #pokémon #animation
I mean, have you even seen some of this stuff? Even the voiceovers are fantastic!

[@mattypaul87]

I love how this game carried over the animations of Pokémon Stadium 1+2 AND kept that same energy when modelling the newer Pokémon.

[@Trist797]

If you pay attention, the health bar has a different effect depending on the type of the move when receiving damage.

[@JustinObi54]

Oh, just noticed, noice

[@andrews5723]

It's the little things like this.

[@vernonowen5358]

The coolest thing was seeing the “rare?” moves like sheer cold, blast burn, or legendary/mythical signature moves. The narrator saying them with extra intensity was icing on the cake

[@NatalieE500]

The announcer for this game was amazing!

[@whyamihere5835]

SET AFLAME BY SACRED FIRE

[@NatalieE500]

@@whyamihere5835 IMMOLATED BY BLAST BURN!

[@whyamihere5835]

@@NatalieE500 JUDGMENT HAS BEEN DEALT!

[@astralguardian5930]

​@cradilytributes6022 *"JUDGEMENT HAS BEEN DEALT!!!"*

[@greencomet2011]

I always loved how Rayquaza faint animation looks like someone just popped a baloon full of helium

[@PikminandOatchi]

This announcer went way harder then he needed to do.

[@garrangery8180]

I KNOW. ITS LIKE THEY GAVE HIM LINES FOR EVERYTHING

[@zenofthezealous1582]

IMMOLATED BY BLAST BURN!!!

[@NatalieE500]

It's the same VA who is the narrator for Pokémon: the Series, Rodger Parsons! He's great!

[@yukowolfang8645]

It's referred to as passion. That and well put together contract.

[@Aego384]

TORN APART BY SPACIAL REND!

[@thearbiter2366]

I just revisited this game and honestly I still think it’s an absolute banger. The music, the announcer, the animations, the trainer customization with added personality in intros, wins, loses, and switches. Definitely one of my favorite Pokémon games just in general.

[@lusio1579]

I agree, the only downside is that there's no story, but the game is amazing

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@lusio1579 Honestly that,I get you can complete all colloseums but the lack of narrative drive makes It more forgettable compared to games like colloseum and dx, did wish we had a plot to stand out

[@LiveTwinReaction]

This game was incredible during its time. If you liked competitive pokemon battles, you would have loved PBR back in 2006-2009. It was the ONLY way to have random match-made single battles over wifi for gen 4 without the use of a friend code. Having to put in friend codes all the time in diamond pearl platinum was really annoying after a while. So when I got PBR and realized you don't need a FC at all to find battles in the online queue it was amazing. Loved all the costume options too. The biggest downside with this game is that it really suffers in singleplayer. Imo there's pretty much no reason to play it without online connectivity and definitely not without the corresponding DS games to copy teams over. So I would harbor a guess that is why the game did fairly poor in reviews and sales, it's effectively an online add-on to the gen 4 games, and of course when Black and White came out we got Battle Spot, which was pretty much the same thing so PBR no longer had an exclusive niche. Great animations and funny announcer though.

[@mdrw13]

Gamefreak should really look back at this game and feel ashamed of what they put out now, so many years & advances in tech & processing and this one looks far better. At this point what is the difference in specs between a Wii & a Switch?

[@t.jeggleston3141]

You can also by chance get shiny trainers when they wear there character costumes. Saw someone get the basic boy trainer with the shiny groudon costume.

[@ZeroSignal92]

Its unbelievable that a game that came out 16 years ago looks so much better than the more recent Pokémon games

[@krystleburnette6454]

true do

[@soleil4332]

Literally was just telling myself that. And i wish they would bring the announcer back it was so good :(

[@rebrum]

I think about this every time people say that the recent games are totally fine animation and battle performance

[@SuperUngidGaming]

They reused so many models lol, it doesn't even look remotely better. More life, sure, but the fact that they ripped a ton of animations and models from past games that look hilariously inconsistent and choppy does not help your point at all lol, some of them even come from stadium iirc.

[@peachylover4598]

true, its such a fucking joke

[@KingdomSmashhearts]

The water hitting the screen after hydro cannon hits is such a beautiful detail

[@zenofthezealous1582]

God SO MANY of the animations were GOATED. The Surf/Muddy Water moves had SO MUCH IMPACT being a DAMN TSUNAMI WAVE! Ice Type moves LITERALLY freezing ‘mons for a sec before damaging. Little touches like that make the game SO MUCH MORE ALIVE. Also Why did they get rid of the announcer? The man’s reactions to some moves were GREAT

[@yusufcanbaz8194]

But they cant do stuff like this now because there are way more things they need to focus on

[@AlexeiIgnavich]

@@yusufcanbaz8194 nah, gamefreak easily has the money to have a whole separate team dedicated to just the Pokémon’s animations when they were working on the mainline games.

[@yusufcanbaz8194]

@@AlexeiIgnavich but the problem is that would take too long, and its clear gamefreak is rushing there games makeing them as fast as possible

[@AlexeiIgnavich]

@@yusufcanbaz8194 nah, they easily could; they have the money to have a lot of people working on a game, hell, they could’ve easily gone back to Genius Sonority and asked them to handle just the Pokémon and their battle animations while Gamefreak worked on the rest of the game.

[@ciosguru]

Battle Revolution animations on a big screen feel like you actually are in the colosseum. When I play this I blast the volume so it feels I'm in and it's so epic. And the narrator, is so damn good.

[@oliverorchard6774]

0:56 that cleffa did not deserve to be sheer colded lol.

[@somacruz7759]

I love how they got the narrator from the anime to be one of the announcers :)

[@TheLeadElite]

What I would give for the modern games to look even half as good as this. So many mons just look lifeless now. Also love the different effects on the health bars reflecting what type of attack was used.

[@yusufcanbaz8194]

Ok genoner

[@zerostarkai]

@@yusufcanbaz8194 No, no, they’re right. This is WELL beyond the quality of the current games. Anyone can agree on that

[@yusufcanbaz8194]

@@zerostarkai but that is impossible with how game freak is rushing games.

[@fletchqc9900]

The pokemon themselves are getting worse too. I know this is a genwunner argument, but there has been a genuine chance in design philosophy eversince gen 8. With the switch's graphical capacity, they could afford more detailed designs with more color. Sounds great, but that was actually a double edged sword. They went WAAAYY overboard with how many details they could cram in a pokemon just because they could. They forgot what made pokemon great: their capacity to make so much with so little in a design. Almost every pokemon before gen 7-8 was very simple: few colors, few details. And that was a GOOD thing. Easier to remember, easier to animate and draw, and simply put, way cleaner. It also gave them an iconic look.

[@reavershank8985]

They should just make a game purely for tournaments again, that just gets updated along the way instead of hosting VGC in a new game every 3 years

[@SavantPete]

I love Honchcrow the best. He tips his hat right before he passes out

[@astralguardian5930]

And seeing Probopass just spinning while the Mini-Noses pop out as if it's slowly losing control of the magnetic powers as it goes down actually is interesting.

[@PeircingBattleDamage]

Thank you someone else agrees with me

[@SavantPete]

@@astralguardian5930 Terrified me but, I it is interesting

[@SavantPete]

@@PeircingBattleDamage It's genius

[@tilanitaliarin]

i wish we had pokemon games with such care in the main series too

[@leonardofarias8843]

I wish there was a remake with way more content

[@donathan2933]

Same. They’re so lazily animated at times

[@BootlegCroagunk]

@@leonardofarias8843 If this game had a remake, i would buy it in a heartbeat if i didnt have a seizure after seeing it for a nanosecond

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@BootlegCroagunk It would be such a massive improvement if you didn’t need a mainline game

[@BootlegCroagunk]

@@leonardofarias8843 ok

[@anotheruniqueusername]

LOL “what the dog doin” on the entei faint has me dead

[@candada1315]

I miss games like these :(

[@betafishmast3r252]

I honestly love Golbat's animation in this. It is standing with it's wings wrapped around it. It is adorable.

[@lydfunkgamer8701]

I could say that the games of stadium and revolution, it was a very interesting time also where it shows that there were still products made with love for the fans, the detail of the attacks, Entrance animations, like fainting And of course the narrator of the fights that is the same narrator of the Pokémon anime

[@namelesslang5909]

It's also a time where the franchise wasn't so massive it was feasible to get this much stuff out the window. And keep in mind, the details had time to become crisp because in the end, the game was nothing but battles. There weren't other things like story, catching mechanics, creating new characters, etc. The game is basically made for those whose sole interest in the franchise is for the battling. Such a thing isn't a bad thing, as it's a pure, refined concept, but it's hard to imagine this kind of thing being done in a mainline game because there's so many other things they need to focus on. And that's on top of potential mismangement like hard-to-meet deadlines. In the end, it's a complex feat to pull off, so it's easier for us to think about what we could get without any of those time constraints and end up wishing such a thing was feasible.

[@armorbearer9702]

The visuals, shadowing, music, and the announcer are perfect. I have to give special props to whoever did the Dive animation(0:29). It makes me want to teach my Pokemon Dive.

[@MusSupremeJAR03]

Not to contradict you, but Dive is at 1:29, not 0:29, 0:29 is Eruption

[@thepizzaman6310]

Gotta love how much of a gigachad poliwrath is in this game.

[@ctswag4204]

I hate that Pokémon animations have regressed as technology has progressed

[@Lostcontroller]

Taking shortcuts and reusing old content just to crank out the games as fast as possible. Welcome to the modern video game industry.

[@TheAbsol7448]

@@Lostcontroller Reusing assets isn't necessarily a problem, it's how they reuse them. I think that reusing models is fine, but my god, they need better animations.

[@MrCrow-tl5tv]

I am sorry why can't they include an announcer for main pokemon games, even if its just for the gyms.

[@espurrseyes42]

Because that would take effort. And GamefrEAk doesn't do effort.

[@Superluigi881]

Because that would require paying a voice actor/actress.

[@Random_dud31]

@Superluigi881 pokemon s&v sold 10 million copies in 3 days. Thats 600 million dollars in revenue. I think they can afford it

[@Superluigi881]

@@Random_dud31 It's a lack of effort, not a lack of money. But they are also cheapskates.

[@Random_dud31]

@Superluigi881 i would argue more "lack of time". That being said, thats just an excuse the pokemon company uses. Its not like God will smite them if a new pokemon isn't released every year.

[@-Magnus.]

I'm so spoiled with the lazy design in today's games that I was surprised that Surf and Muddy Water didn't have the same animation but with swapped colors. Incredible how a 2007 game is better than the current ones.

[@yusufcanbaz8194]

But, the new ones are better

[@youkaijsgb]

@@yusufcanbaz8194 Not animation-wise 🙃

[@jacopom.7477]

@@yusufcanbaz8194 Copium

[@swoon_tv]

@@yusufcanbaz8194hahaha mald

[@maxoyew2965]

0:44 my favorite one by far

[@gaytor_rex1029]

3:10 Probopass fainting makes me feek so anxious hahah

[@bathrobe4015]

Even as a kid I always thought Rayquaza was being such a drama queen in this game I love how extra she is 💅

[@Carnidoom]

rayquaza genderless

[@killmii8473]

​@@Carnidoom it's a joke

[@latticeddreams]

@@Carnidoom You probably use masculine pronouns for animals of indeterminate gender, yet lose your mind at a female pronoun on a dragon. 🤓

[@Kurayamiblack]

I thought Rayquaza got hit so hard its brain suffered massive damage and those were all involuntary reactions coupled with excruciating pain... Or maybe that's what Rayquaza wants me to think

[@lakeviak2001]

@@Carnidoom yall don't say anything when other people call rayquaza a guy

[@JennyBlaze253]

Battle Revolution was such a fun game! Even before I was able to get a DS and Pokemon games to connect to it I loved playing this game just with rental teams alone. I know nowadays we can have the games in 3D on our Nintendo Switches, but I do still appreciate the novelty of Battle Revolution and the fun times to be had.

[@juraiyah]

one day. one day I hope Genus Soroity makes a sequel to this

[@marcoasturias8520]

They won't, cafe remix is apparently the only thing they know how to do nowadays

[@PhoenyxRysing]

@@marcoasturias8520 So much for getting another Orre game, then

[@boredstudent]

They put the Genius in Sonority. Really though, Genius Sonority were the developers

[@ThatoneCrobat]

Can we agree that Rayquaza fainting animation is literally cool?

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

I can never forgive Pokémon, GameFreak, Nintendo or whoever for giving us these amazing animations, and never giving them back to us in the recent games. I love Scarlet and Violet, but the move animations are so lackluster. Since SV focused so much on open world and other things and they have a foundation for open world games, I hope the next Pokémon games focus on improving move animations, having it look like rain and ice are on our screen, and making the moves like powerful like the animations in this game.

[@KNK44]

This game and Colosseum/XD were made by a separate studio/company called Genius Sonority, and the Pokémon company never brought them back…

[@_Stormfather]

Hoping that GameFreak will bring back beloved features from previous games. You're funny.

[@pathlastname9278]

Imagine this type of animation playing for every single random wild encounter. Do you still think that’s a good idea

[@Nelsituh]

@@pathlastname9278 sure, why not? Make it this way: Options -> Battle animation -> [None, Fast, Long] There, problem solved.

[@pokemongamer7992]

I'm with you 110%.

[@soniyashi]

Gardevoir was so extra. I love it .

[@LuisSilva-yc5fz]

hydro cannon splashing on the screen and creating that rainbow effect was wonderful

[@waitingwarmly]

muddy water and surf are so cool the way the wave comes crashing down is sick

[@adamj.cuthbert7528]

Haunter at 3:15 - I feel for you, man.

[@Superluigi881]

When you get up in the morning and realise it's Monday again.

[@MxTeeee]

Literally me in math class

[@thecraftykingdomking7029]

Gardevoir did an entire modeling session

[@midasfilm3]

3:00 lost in the school contest

[@kurei746]

We need more pokemon games that only focus in battles and making everything look as polished as possible

[@cockyhelmcorv1719]

if gardevoir doesnt FUCKING SLAY.

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

i love how dramatic they are

[@MusSupremeJAR03]

0:15 - I bet that was the reason Regigigas got Slow Start xd

[@flars8539]

"It couldn't survive a second hit and goes down". It fucking died.

[@nekorina9011]

Why does it take Pokemon fans 10+ years to appreciate games :// this game has had all these things Pokemon fans would have liked but nobody cared about it when it came out

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

the gen 5 fan experience

[@kugonah]

Blizzard always felt amazing to watch, I just love the small detail of the Pokemon freezing and then immediately shattering

[@eddiesrockinvlogs1781]

Not only that but it’s got accurate size representation, best examples are wailord and budew

[@will420high4]

Perhaps one more decade and we might have this quality in a main game... growing old here though

[@stellan0va]

we cant. even if we wait 20 more years. the game wasnt developed by gamefreak, it was made by genius sonority with a little of contribuiton from game freak. genius sonority also made pokemon colosseum, a rather popular title in the pokemon community, and pokemon XD, which is a more underrated game. now i guess game freak dosent work with genius sonority anymore, i dont think we can get another title like this.

[@DanTheMan33088]

Honestly, Genius Sonority needs to start co-developing the mainline games with Game Freak. GF's vision for Scarlet and Violet was excellent, but my God, all those technical issues dragged the game down so much. GF obviously can't handle development by themselves anymore

[@matthewbraith0411]

Or kick out the garbage get the gold in.

[@Ninetails2000]

All this would really need was a model swap so that the Pokemon can use their modern designs and this would still be running circles around everything GF has done as far as battling is concerned.

[@valhalax25]

Gardevoir is so dramatic. 😂😂😂

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

It's like she's praying to Arceus before she collapses.

[@lauravturner]

I still say these lines out loud whilst playing pokemon... and smash bros... and a lot of games. "An intense blow! Such A-Amazing power!" "...but this was not a favourable match-up." "A huuuuge amount of damage! It went dowwn!" I also loved the way he says Houndour as "Ho-un-dower." He's just so great. ... but Seismic Toss-ing sleeping pokemon will always be the best thing in this game.

[@sunsetgames2622]

I love that the camera angle is put directly in the way of surf/muddy water to show how much force is put behind the attacks and even the lenses are soaked in it!

[@ericlizama8552]

Fun fact: Every previous generation Pokémon reuses their model and animations from their debut generation; Kangaskhan from 'Stadium 1, Steelix from 'Stadium 2, Gardevior from Colosseum and XD, etc.

[@shinyrayquaza2729]

i love the way gloom looks when he faints

[@SavantPete]

Rayquaza having a seizure just before it passes out is kind of traumatizing

[@justyouramateuryoutuber]

I just wished they'd remake this for the Switch

[@untillthat]

It makes sense that a Pokémon game based solely around the battles puts this much detail into them. Hopefully they can collab with the companies that worked on these again to bring these into newer games and take a note from Colosseum and Gale of Darkness too for a more edgier storyline.

[@raddest549]

IT WENT DOWN

[@Boris-ui8sk]

The only problem with these animations is that they are a little bit time consuming. If the move announcment and the animation overlaped it be much faster.

[@anonymousalien7417]

True, and considering how our attention spans shortenwith each year I'm sure more and more people would hate these kinds of animations

[@astralguardian5930]

Yeah, that is true. But this game is about the battling as the focus so they attempted to go the extra mile to make it feel like these attacks would hurt.

[@ZeroWingGrifter]

Yes! *Those* are the 3D models I remember!

[@lemonray1043]

This is how i aspire to animate

[@JCDragon2819]

I'd love to one day see all the animations for physical attacks, special attacks/status moves, and the recoil animations (after being hit by an attack).

[@Cope.247]

THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD

[@PokeShadow77]

0:42 subbed

[@goGothitaLOL]

Pokemon Stadium (1 and 2), Pokemon Colosseum/XD Gale of Darkness, Pokemon Battle Revolution

[@Zac_Frost]

Blast Burn looks like a nuke going off lol.

[@snugs3633]

I love how expressive there animations are

[@neilbryllemalunes3837]

Best animation for me. Haven't even played it but I love watching clips on KZbin 😅

[@LazyPirate8]

This game, pokemon stadium, and pokemon XD are the quintessential of good sprite animations in 3D done right. GameFreak really has cheapen its 3D since the shift to its mainline games. Sucks man. I use to love this series all the way though high school. Gave up, and never looked back on it.

[@PhoenyxRysing]

If you can still get a copy and haven't yet played it, might I recommend Pokemon Colosseum?

[@jesusceren1594]

I would like to recommend you Pokemon XD; it is a good game.

[@PhoenyxRysing]

@@jesusceren1594 I know! I actually played through XD before Colosseum, ironically.

[@PsykoSpirits]

I can't believe I totally missed this game I didn't even know it existed

[@Sonicfalcon16]

I never heard the sheer cold line before

[@dharkonic2211]

Its not even just the animations that are awesome, the commentary is also sooo good

[@nialvessal]

What's stopping GF from animating all of their games like this?

[@LazurBeemz]

Firstly, the fact that there are twice as many pokemon and tons more moves now, than in Gen 4. And I assume you want an actual pokemon game with an open world and a story mode and everything, not just a battle simulator like this game. The amount of work to create this level of animation, for twice as much content, while ALSO making a whole jrpg, and keep the yearly release schedule? Not happening. Secondly, the fact that this game was made by Genius Sonority, not Gamefreak.

[@nialvessal]

@@LazurBeemz we found them, guys It's one of those GF apologists GET THEM

[@terminal354]

@@nialvessal They aren't apologising for gamefreak considering once again, the game wasn't even developed by them, besides it's not that they're saying a game like this would be impossible to make, just that it wouldn't be able to be made in a year, and unfortunately GF won't go that long without making a major sale of some sort.

[@NaviWolf9]

This game was peak. And featured double battles a lot which i loved.

[@Sonicfalcon16]

2:14 thats really funny line

[@ohohothisrocks]

Aww Abra is cute, how he inches back to position with his legs

[@josephcavera7298]

1:50 Poliwrath knockout animation is peak 😂

[@PeircingBattleDamage]

Where's Honchcrow's fainting animation? I love his "my lady" before passing out

[@jeronade7109]

This game is one of the best pokemon games out there worth playing even if its 2023

[@abcbixo]

I think the coolest one is Gardevoir's. It looks so dramatic, kinda like Rayquaza's and Meowth's

[@queen_quinnnn5031]

I really love that they got the narrator from the anime to voice the announcer. still mad they never told us who that was.

[@inigoerrandonea2513]

That little abra dragging itself back is so CUTE

[@crabman5420]

Cool thing is a lot of the animation came from previous games, so they are even older than the actual game, and they still kill it 🔥

[@FarawayBrawlHacks]

What ruined PBR for me was how boring the game was if you didn't have a DS+game to link with. Stadium 1 and 2 were bangers even without the gameboy games due to the sheer amount of stuff to do, Collosseum and XD had massive stories to play through if you didn't have the GBA and the games + the GBA link cable. PBR, in that aspect, had nothing. Plus the narrator was kinda boring in comparison to Stadium's. He did a good job, but really lacked in hype.

[@toes9208]

It can be fun without the ds games if u get cool pokemon from the trade battles in from the forsf collosseum

[@AmericanBrit9834]

You and I clearly heard different things, this announcer is amazing.

[@kuronaialtani]

This announcer lacks in hype? Are we listening to the same guy?!

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

@@toes9208 pity some of the mons don't have a great move pool... *sadly looks over at Salamence* he could have gotten Flamethrower or Fire Blast as a randomized 4th move.

[@LazurBeemz]

Yeah, I didn't like this game as a kid for that reason. I enjoyed rental teams like in Stadium, or a story mode like Colosseum. in BR you just... Load up your Diamond/Pearl team. I already played a whole game with those guys, I don't want to keep using them! I want to try new Pokemon!

[@betotapia602]

"Ouch, that was rather self destructive", can relate xp

[@ryanadler8227]

I’m gonna type it and you’re going to hear it: “TORN APART BY SPACIAL REND!!!”

[@bmgklein520]

Imagine renting out a movie theater to play this game

[@LazurBeemz]

Looks great except for Typhlosion's cardboard cutout flames at 0:29

[@Cope.247]

What save file do you have for this 😅

[@King_Kenny_II]

I love the dramatic fainting some Pokémon have including… 2:56

[@yan7821]

I loved battle revolution, sadge that you didnt showcase psychic, I always thought it looked super sick in this game, but a lot of moves did, cant show off all of em i suppose. Nice video^^

[@jb0258]

I use to hook up soul silver on here with friends. The battles were crazy good!

[@biggrayalien4791]

I thought that Cleffa just straight up died when it shattered. I'm so glad it was just obscured by the snow-effect for a few frames. 😅

[@luckydueces5873]

I was so sad when my disc stopped working as a kid

[@dgchvz]

Spheal is the perfect pokemon. I will not elaborate.

[@Dexter-cl1kv]

Bing us a damn pokemon Battle Revolution 2

[@katshandel2391]

Tal vez, pero las del Pokemon Stadium no las han podido superar.

[@dollhorror3462]

We need a new version of this

[@WhiteInk47]

I loved playing this game online

[@Veryfreshveryflourish24]

I kinda miss how expressive pokemon were in battle in these games altho i take it as consolation that Scarlet and Violet have bunch of new animations for idle pokemon like idle and battle stance or some pokemon having swimming animations like Aqua breed tauros or Pawmot or how Ogerpon will play with different masks depending on the form it is in.

[@roxasdeviluke317]

wow scarlet and violet look great... Wait this was made a decade ago?

[@anonymousalien7417]

Almost TWO decades ago