Pokemon: Gaming's Most Successful Failure

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Edited by Owen: / donalds28__
sources:
How Pokemon Started: www.thegamer.com/pokemon-orig...
Who Owns Pokemon: zenmarket.jp/en/blog/post/100...
Highest Grossing Franchises: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Pokemon Scarlet Violet Development: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%...
gamerant.com/game-freak-confi...
Pokemon Profits: medium.com/@atultalaviya9/pok...
BOTW Development: screenrant.com/legend-zelda-b....
The most I could find on Game Freak Work Culture: kotaku.com/pokemon-scarlet-vi...
Call of Duty Team: www.gamesradar.com/over-3000-...
Scarlet Violet Patch Update:
www.nintendolife.com/news/202...
Incomplete Pokedex, The Scope of Pokemon: www.gamerevolution.com/origin...
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━CHAPTERS━
00:00 Pokemon's Scarlet Violet's Buggy Release
02:34 Who Makes the Pokemon Games?
05:30 Liquid I.V. #ad
06:28 Why Pokemon Games Have Gotten Worse
09:15 Complacency
10:38 Development Time Has Gotten Shorter
12:52 The Scope of Pokemon After Almost 30 Years
14:17 Expecting the Game to Work on Launch Day / Bug Patches
15:24 The Scope of Pokemon After Almost 30 Years (cont)
15:45 I'm Still Gonna Play lmao
tags: #pokemon #commentary

[@brandman965]

Slight correction: People were upset over re-used assets in Sw&Sh because the reason they gave for cutting the national dex was so they could make higher quality models and animations for older mons. It wasn't just laziness, it was a straight up lie.

[@fishettibean]

Another correction: Let's go (pikachu and eevee) came out 1 year before sword and shield. As its a spin off, the community don't count it as first main line game on switch.

[@brandman965]

@@fishettibean Okay. Don't know when I said Sw&Sh were the first switch Pokemon games but yeah, you are correct. And people don't count Let's Go as a mainline game because it's NOT a mainline game, it's a spin-off.

[@fishettibean]

@@brandman965 you didn't say it. But the video at 8.05 said "after SwSh came out, let's go, PLA and S+V came out afterwards"......

[@brandman965]

@@fishettibean Oh gotcha. You replied to me so I thought you were correcting me.

[@indeed260]

@@fishettibean No, they were just adding on with another correction, which is why they said “another correction”, although I can see the confusion

[@kieraseestadt6569]

the worst part of the models and graphics for sword and shield was that Game Freak had stated that they were remaking the pokemon models from the ground up and that the games would have a limited dex so that they could spend time on the graphics. People were angry because they just lied. the animations were the same, the graphics were awful, and the models had the exact same poly count.

[@ammarbaagu]

The model was definitely better this generation. You can actually see the fur and scales of Pokémon. Even Wolfey said so

[@petty6260]

@@ammarbaagu local youtube-commenter breaks to the world that textures/material lighting are in fact the same as models. Programmers everywhere baffled. Even wolfey said so 👁️👄👁️

[@apperusenpai]

Looking at the models for this gen (and Legends Arceus), I honestly wonder if that was the truth at first and they just ran out of time to make them, which is why we got the slightly upscaled 3DS models instead. It'd make a lot of sense imo

[@kieraseestadt6569]

@@apperusenpai even then, they could've put more in for the dex. they had the switch formatted models for the let's go games, so i don't see why they didn't at least add more gen one pokemon.

[@BroZilla-vh3tu]

game freak didn't lie, they confirmed what they said was true in a meeting a few months ago. it was the toxic fanbase that made up the fact that game freak lied

[@joyboy6472]

also there's a japanese review i particularly like saying that they hate that they made the consumers/palyers basically pay $60 to become the bug testers lol cuz that literally sums up this entire mess

[@thecalham]

I don't write game code but as a machinist I edit alot of computer generated code and old code from people. I can tell you computer code is stable but redundant and slow. Their problems are coming from base source code

[@IsaiahHollins]

The sad part is gamefreak will be faster to patch the shiny, cloning exploits than the actual glitches

[@tokofukawap4055]

Yeah bc they suck

[@netweed09]

This is why you're not a Games developer lol.

[@Blastronaute]

The “it’s a step in the right direction” thing is what makes being a Pokémon fan so frustrating. They don’t even have to do anything new at this point as there is at least one game where they did each game aspect (music, new mons, etc) really well and all they have to do is put it together

[@redgarlicbred6228]

I always found that argument annoying. Like yes it's a step in the right direction sure, but it's a 30 YR FRANCHISE BACKED BY NINTENDO. This isn't some tiny indie dev team, it's pokemon ffs. Even my parents who are seniors know what pokemon is. They shouldn't be taking steps anymore, but they still put out trash bc fan boys will just shill up and bend over with no regard to quality while small devs struggle to get even a glimmer of attention that they have.

[@xiggles]

But... They DID do something new. This game isn't anything like any other pokemon game in the series. It's a vast improvement from Sword and Shield, its not just a step in the right direction it's a mile, in terms of the game design. The issue with the performance is time crunch and strict, impossible deadlines that are imposed on the developers, not laziness on the part of the artists.

[@lvnar5734]

@@xiggles Exactly, I swear people just like to focus on the negatives it drives me insane. This game has its problems but wow is it a blast Don’t worry though, tons of people like it and the sales show

[@tzarg]

@@lvnar5734 ok I'm not someone who knows this but like... maybe they do because it's something that they should already have been fixed

[@braxinIV]

I like to imagine it like a compass. If the best Pokémon is due North, then the Pokémon company have been taking steps northwest. Technically north, but not really.

[@JamesSmith-rb5lv]

Pokemon is like the gifted child that started so far ahead but is now behind everyone else. Pokemon just realized it can try new things but as a result they haven't actually improved that much.

[@rpgfanatic9719]

How is it behind everyone else? Its only competition as of now is SMTV which had a 5 year leg up and still became a total joke in the end as its open world was crapped on by Arceus, something that didn't even really try to look good possibly for the sake of frame rate, and it was dunking on that series 7 generations prior to switch. It never just started far ahead, it was ahead in the rpg gaming industry for a very long time in sales, and its world and mechanics were all rich, it has the biggest rpg roster ever with the most abilities ever in a game, you cannot beat that. Ever. There will be no other company that will beat Pokemon in sheer amount of content. not even smash ultimate did. Pokemon was the smash ultimate of rpgs long before Smash ultimate existed and it continued to grow further after that erasing very little in terms of roster and mechanics along the way for 18 years, no company will ever try doing that.

[@wednesday122]

@@rpgfanatic9719its behind everyone else in the competition of good games, smarty pants

[@Old_Harry7]

@@rpgfanatic9719 Legend Arceus crapped SMT V world map? You joking right?

[@rpgfanatic9719]

@@wednesday122 Pokemon isn't a good game? How is 807 playable characters, 728 moves, godlike amount of forms not good? What does SMT V have that is Pokemon's only competition in terms of characters? 200? How many abilities? 100? Oh and they're all basic shit too? No transform, foul play, trick room? Nothing to break the laws of regular turn based combat in interesting ways? No passive abilities? Oh what about PVP? No multiplayer? Pokemon is a good game, dip shit. It's an incredible game, the best RPG hands down.

[@lemon-ity]

@@rpgfanatic9719 Nobody say nun about pokemon being bad bruh they just said pokemon needs to do better

[@kaileykitsune7272]

I want them to bring back being able to decorate how your pokeballs open like you could in gen 3 :') loved Emerald so much, being able to have your secret fort, the contests, making pokeblocks. I also high key miss the safari zone

[@kaileykitsune7272]

I also miss being able to use Dive whiling surfing with your pokemon, totally takes away the purpose dive balls used to have. And exploring underwater was so cool

[@milky7257]

Ball capsules were a Gen 4 feature and they brought it back in BDSP.

[@thecalham]

I'd probably buy a Nintendo console/handheld if they brought back Pokémon pinball

[@abscinding]

Doesn't sound like you love emerald that much tbh when you're over here saying the ball capsules were in gen 3.

[@zacmayes2802]

Gen 5 - Has one of the best games in the franchise (Had one of the worst sales in the franchise) Gen 9 - Some of the worst games in this entire franchise (10 million in 3 days) Marketing, people. Take a shot everytime you see another post from the official youtube channel about SV.

[@Rikken552]

Gen 5 was very hated when it came out

[@BINKLERONKLE]

that would be extremely unhealthy. that's the point of the channel.

[@ccelure]

i think i remember someone saying that game freak has an "indie" complex, where they keep their team intentionally small so it doesn't affect communication. its that, and the standard of how the pokemon company functions, with releasing the merch and anime alongside the new game. the formula and cycle that worked ok in the past, is getting worse as time progresses.

[@natnat8393]

Unfortunately nothing might change since all these sales records are being broken for this generation

[@HarvestHollows]

Then they never had a good structure to begin with. Like you're getting paid and are managing the most successful media in the world, it's kinda your responsibility to figure this shit out by the next generation. The Pokemon Company isn't helping either in the case, so it's leaving Game Freak to fend for themselves and they're showing how incompetent they are when it comes to management and resources

[@razrv3lc]

The thing about that was it was fine when they working on smallish GBA and DS games but the moment it went 3D in gen 6, it became SO obvious they were out of their depth

[@Droxal]

I am one of the people who haven't bought a Pokemon game since X & Y for the reasons you listed. This franchise has so much potential, but sadly it's been squandered by corporate greed.

[@doorbox788]

the transition to 3D is when it all started goin downhill. I at least loved ORAS but that was mostly cause it was a recreation of already fleshed out games. They clearly can’t make quality stuff anymore

[@KaosOrder]

Gabi makes some good points about the lack of development time and people buying it regardless. However, the "step in the right direction" rhetoric is wrong. There have been some big, dumb decisions if you look at the progression of the series. 2 really obvious examples that take up a ton of dev time: * Z-moves/mega-moves/giga-pokemon are just huge wastes of development time because they mess up the flow and balance of the whole system. When the whole concept of the game is based around balancing a team of 6 pokemon and 4 moves, having one move or one pokemon be specialized removes that balance, and requires a ton of development time for how to animate the new move/size that could be spent elsewhere. * Open world conceptually doesn't work super well with the current formula of pokemon. Pokemon's formula has always been a linear story, and they haven't changed the story formula to match branching paths/open world. This is something people complained about in generation 2 when the gym levels were unbalanced by the split in the flow, and continues to be a problem when you can fight gyms out of order.

[@doorbox788]

@@KaosOrder %100 agree with everything you’ve said. Open world pokémon was a mistake

[@limeee8775]

most of the 3d games are stale, except ORAS which was because it was a recreation of an already made game. The only game I wholeheartedly enjoyed on the switch was Legends Arceus, which was an open world game with great graphics, ran great and had a great storyline with new features not including NEW GAMEPLAY MECHANIC YOU CAN MAKE YOUR POKEMON MERGE WITH ANOTHER MON!1!!11!

[@KaosOrder]

@@limeee8775 Did you say Arceus had good graphics? The game where if a bird was more than 10 yards away it went down to one frame per second like a slideshow?

[@frankendress7795]

honestly, pokemon legends arceus was the freshest thing pokemon has done in a long time. yes, the graphics were hilarious at best, and the draw distance was so short that an entire *mountain* surprised me and almost knocked me out of the sky in the obsidian fieldlands. but the element of danger and the trainer having hit points (sort of), pokemon having to watch out for the trainer in the tall grass, the trainer character even having negative relationships with the npcs around them because they're a distrusted stranger-i loved it. i loved all the pokemon having different levels of aggression or shyness, having to seriously keep on my toes in case an infernape wanted to torch me or something, being able to simply physically run from a wild pokemon battle... i will say the boss battles were too stressful lmao. they can keep that one. i had to ask a friend to beat arceus for me at the end and it still took her like 20 tries. but going back to sword after beating legends arceus, and then moving to scarlet after that... idk. i wish i could wipe the memory of legends arceus from my brain so i could experience it all over again. also scarlet and violet has ZERO DRIP! I BOUGHT SCARLET NOT KNOWING I WOULD HAVE TO WEAR STUPID ORANGE PANTS OR SHORTS THE ENTIRE GAME! i've just had to accept that everyone else has outfits and i look like a rube

[@kennyjohnson26]

very true, the lack of drip was devastating. besides the one daft punk helmet lol

[@valletas]

Pokemon games always had some really dumb clothing choices Like the safety gear that is in like every 3d game exept oras It looks so bad especially the swsh bike clothes with you will spend most of the game in and it makes your character look horroble

[@antoniobatelier]

A Step in the right direction FOR SURE. but repeating the point of the video, these right steps seems to be taking a lot of time. Like A LOT

[@mosstits]

I bought Violet instead of Scarlet because the violet uniforms look SO much better than the stripped orange outfits. It's not all bad though, SV's face/hair customization is a step in the right direction (especially since hairstyles aren't locked behind gender anymore). I hope they keep the new custom features combined with good clothing.

[@frankendress7795]

@@mosstits you are so right about the hair and face customization tbh. they really gave us hair with no gender lock, more colors, more diverse styles, and more FUN styles too-i've stuck with the space buns for most of my playthrough.

[@badatchoosingnames3556]

The uncooked cookie thing is so true lmao. Is it delicious? Damn right it is, got me hooked no lie there. But is it hard to eat? Does it physically hurt you while eating? Yes and yes and it's actually painful.

[@samu-chan]

it ain’t that deep

[@fatcat4642]

@@samu-chanannoying game freak enabler

[@N8ertot]

I wish that Game Freak / Pokemon Company would take like a 3 year break from at least main series releases, and put their money and time behind a truly amazing modern Pokemon game.

[@emilybixler3166]

I totally agree! And during that time they can still hire other developers to make, say, another mystery dungeon game or remake, or a ranger game. They'd make mad money off the nostalgia buys

[@benjamindesjarlais5713]

@@emilybixler3166 oh man I'd k*'ll for a new game in the Ranger style with the recent gens' pokemon, I miss Ranger

[@07Flash11MRC]

The problem is that they will never do that. The games always keep up with the TV series that it's tied to. Every time a new season of the series comes out, they release a new game (or rather 2 games that are exactly the same except for like 10 pokemon) for it.

[@matthubbard2607]

Can we get a Pokémon game where u don’t have to make a kid character? Be nice to make a adult character

[@maxonite]

@@matthubbard2607 Large chunk of the target audience is still kids. I don’t mind being a kid in Pokemon, the whole idea is you get your starter as a kid and go on a coming-of-age kinda journey. Black and White had the oldest protagonists at like 15, that I wouldn’t mind seeing again

[@PunidRamesh]

Pokemon should just stop at this point with all the new regions and just build up on the existing lore

[@itsgabibelle]

that would actually be really cool to see

[@Nightingale_time]

... it's called Legends Arceus

[@abbyz13]

That’s what made pokémon go stop being fun for me, I want to build more on the classics instead of catching weird made-up pokemon that someone invented this year :(

[@theunovanchampion]

I feel like you are a genwunner

[@Lonewulf321]

And stop making money? What are you CRAZY

[@mattpederson903]

Satoshi Tajiri actually wanted every single cartridge to be unique in the beginning. So, doing the two different versions was actually Miyamoto downsizing.

[@helena9305]

"Pokemon is like that ex you keep going back to when you don't know why.." - that had me 🤣

[@deadpoolnerd]

What's funny to me is if the game was unfinished or unpolished at release, the development studio could've pushed back the release date. Now I understand wanting to get those sweet holiday bucks, but it's Pokémon and Nintendo. This was not a make or break situation for them, and whatever loss they would've taken pushing it back they so would make back and probably tenfold with a working fully polished game.

[@chaserseven2886]

nah the game was just unpolished

[@giantpinkcat]

They could've maybe just released it in late December. That's literally when Christmas arrives and over a month away from this was released.

[@erdbeermus4352]

its just what they did with animal crossing new horizons , they publish unfinished games and put updates to it acting like its new stuff when its content that shouldve been in it before the publish

[@devforfun5618]

ironically Shigeru Miyamoto said " A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever"

[@zzeroara9511]

it's funny you say that because pokemon is the ONE franchise i gaming that literally couldn't delay a game if they wanted.

[@CapedGeekMarcel]

Something to note too: In 2020 Nintendo MOVED Game Freak into their main building in Tokyo. Moving while trying to output a giant title, and the new chemistry of being under the eye of big brother. Insane.

[@akinarii1]

good lord why did they not delay these games

[@HarvestHollows]

Isn't Nintendo located in Kyoto? And don't Nintendo have nothing to do with the Pokemon franchise outside of licensing rights? Something ain't adding up.

[@CapedGeekMarcel]

@@HarvestHollows Nintendo's admin buildings are in Kyoto (2 locations). However Tokyo is their development hub. GameFreak is heavily subsidized and controlled by nintendo, both financially and decision control. However, game freak is still "independent".

[@ausgod538]

Nintendo didn't move anything. Gamefreak chose to move to the Tokyo building, which is irrelevant because they still are a separate company

[@ausgod538]

@@CapedGeekMarcel they aren't "independent". They literally are independent and act as such for decades. They literally are one of the owners of Pokemon too

[@cykurosaki1337]

So sick of these mainline games not having voice acting. And when I do voice my opinion, 10 fan boys will defend the company and say “it’s already perfect”.

[@maxevocal]

Also i feel like i got spoiled with a wild, nuanced story for team plasma in gen 5 as my first pokemon game! In gen 6 we could pet our little fellas and i was golden

[@silvermoondarkening]

My gateway to Pokémon was literally Purrloin as a card my cousin gave me, I owe it all to Unova fr

[@tylerwebb2495]

Actually, they’ve had a consistent 3-4 years between generations since day 1. The difference is they’re not on the gameboy doing pixel art anymore. The amount of effort required has increased dramatically but the time allotted and amount of people on the project haven’t changed much

[@maxonite]

Theres far more all new Games released now. They used to have the special editions like Emerald and Platinum, which were just expanded versions of the existing games of the Gen. Now they have to build several games from the ground up each gen. Arceus and Scarlet/Violet came out within a year of each other and were both developed by GameFreak simultaneously.

[@tylerwebb2495]

@@maxonite in the past they had several side game franchises they worked on, more than they do now. It may have been done by other companies, but there were way more that they likely had to oversee. Likewise, they’ve been reusing assets and game engines for years

[@jtroxler8]

Also, it should be added that Game Freak actually didn’t develop BDSP themselves. They outsourced it to ILCA while GF only worked on PLA and SV. Granted, that was still likely a much bigger work load than Game Freak could reasonably take on since both games were likely being worked on at the same time for a significant portion of both of their development times which were already fairly short and didn’t need GF dividing resources, but it’s still not quite as bad as Gabi described it.

[@ziron5385]

Dunno man they still had time to do every animation of every pokemon for bw and as they told everyone they would cut Pokemon off the Pokédex to make better animations, they *could* do it in my opinion

[@tylerwebb2495]

@@ziron5385 they could if they gave themselves more time, which they don’t and can’t because they’re under the Pokémon Company’s deadlines, not their own. I think they’ve been rushed since they jumped into 3D with XY, since 3D modeling is completely different than pixel animations. They still struggle to make fluid and natural motions to this day. Most publishers give AAA franchises 6 years between games to accomplish that. You also seem to think there was the same amount of Pokémon in BW as in SwSh, let alone the animation medium difference

[@chizzicle]

the patch didn't fix the performance issues, in case you're interested. Not entirely sure what they did, but only noticeable differences are that they fixed an item dupe glitch, and the tera raids are even more wonky than they were before

[@ilngsisfh]

it fixed performance issues my dude, the game doesn't lose frames as often that was the performance issue

[@cardcaptorkiwi2019]

They also fixed the elite 4 music loop where it plays the first 5 seconds over and over

[@ShadowJss]

@@ilngsisfh Not at all. The patch was only for fixing the E4 music, the ranked battles and the dupe glitch. Dataminers already confirmed it. You only have better performance in handheld mode. Performance in docked mode is still fcked in the water or in the fairy team star for example

[@friendlyotaku9525]

It actually made a lot of really good fixes, some that are less noticeable but this is just the first of quite a few patches that will be released

[@kithalie]

They fixed the fps drops. It runs smoother and it isn’t as noticeable as before

[@DDA69ERS]

Arceus hands-down, one of the best Pokémon games I have ever played and I have been playing since Pokémon red and blue. I have them both when they came out.

[@rumanazaman812]

Black 2/White 2 exists bud

[@HorseSqurriel]

@@rumanazaman812yeah and maybe he doesn’t like that

[@razrv3lc]

Arceus was kind of overhyped in hindsight. The maps were empty, the gameplay was hyper repetitive, and all the game was good for after the short story was shiny hunting. I love shiny hunting and spent like 400 hours in that game but I haven’t touched it in forever since I pretty much got all the shinies I wanted.

[@oscarm7787]

On of the biggest problems is that the main line games are now tied into the merchandise and the TCG product releases, and are unwilling to budge on moving the deadline and the developers are refusing to upscale to help with the strict release date

[@Atlasintokyo]

Yeah the merch gets made before the games are finished and ends up having sponsors and contracts where they have deadlines they need merch on shelves fast or companies pull resources and funding

[@regojozsa]

It really makes me wonder why GF can't just hire more people. Since the team is small and they outsource a lot, there's a lot of people on short-term contracts who are brought on to help with development. The problem with this is these contractors are not employees and they have to figure out things with Pokémon and GF on the fly, as opposed to employees who actually worked on the previous games. GF should just hire more people properly. Also with the 2D Pokémon games (and especially the original Red/Green) the late Satoru Iwata himself helped with bug fixes, coding, testing, etc. While gen 1 games still have their glitches, if it weren't for Iwata then there's a good chance the original games would have turned out a lot more glitchy and the franchise might never have taken off. Iwata helped with Pokémon for years until his passing. The reality is that GF always needed help, they were never able to make the games themselves. The difference is that now there's serious crunch time to line the games up with new TCG, anime, and merch releases, and the fact that Iwata is gone

[@07Flash11MRC]

They don't need more developers, they just need more time. Unfortunately this is the lame excuse that fans keep falling for, and it isn't even true. When you count all of the people working on Scarlet/Violet, you end up with more than 700 people! GF clearly don't know what they are doing. Indie games look and function better than Pokemon and none of those games have mor than maybe 20 people working on them. However, at least indie devs know what they are doing and know how to program in 3D.

[@MrReset94]

They do not hire more people because Masuda and Co. want it that way, He literally stated his preference for a small team in an interview. Basically he a dumb B and should be arrested at this point for the amount of lies and outrageously stupid ish he said.

[@MrReset94]

@@07Flash11MRC the 700 people are mostly outsourced work as OP stated. Their own team is around 169, as Gabi stated in the video.

[@07Flash11MRC]

@@MrReset94 @Akuma: I know. If GF weren't so bad at 3D design (and programming), they wouldn't have to outsource everything. That's yet another problem.

[@MrReset94]

@@07Flash11MRC well ofc, but one issue doesn’t erase the other ahahah. They have a very little team, are not the best at their jobs, have higher ups that have some stupid ideas and are greedy (but are doing that the wrong way as well ahahah), which leads us to the last issue: the need to take time. The past showed us they can still make craploads of money with both games and merch even if the new games come out at longer paces. Merch analysis even show how the best selling stuff is the one relating to old content (old mons and such)…so everything makes it clear that is stupid and pointless to chase that yearly release, when you can achieve the same ,and maybe more, by taking the time needed for the games to be developed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@finncoleman697]

I really wish they kept some of the details from Legends Arceus, like the sparkle sound when you come across a shiny spawn. That really enhanced how fun shiny hunting was for me and many others, and I've heard they're releasing DLC? If it's paid I'm jumping off a cliff

[@Tilt_TM]

The lack of a shiny spawn indicator makes it basically impossible to happen across any physically small shiny Pokémon like Floette or Tadbulb.

[@finncoleman697]

@@Tilt_TM I caught shiny Tadbulb the other day, I just happened to be lucky enough to try and kill it with "let's go" mode and my pokemon refused to attack because it was a shiny

[@SoulZeroTwo]

Small correction around 8:03 but Let's Go came out before Sword/Shield

[@tighnarisfav]

the fact that jirachi and bulbasaur were cut from the nationaldex is an unforgivable crime tbh

[@KyleZonePlus]

Well bestie do I have amazing news for you

[@tighnarisfav]

@@KyleZonePlus WAIT WHAT

[@KyleZonePlus]

@@tighnarisfav YEA THEY WERE ADDED BACK IN THE DLC YOU CAN TRANSFER THEM EVEN IF YOU DON'T OWN IT

[@evankeegandonnelly7736]

Gabi is truly an epic gamer girl

[@TheRealTRizzo]

Especially when you take into account she was “in the back of class trading Pokemon in red and blue” back in ‘96 when she was born in ‘97. Gaming at -1 years old is epic.

[@mrboost4186]

@@TheRealTRizzo Red + Blue came out in 98 not 96

[@TheRealTRizzo]

@@mrboost4186 crap, ‘96 in Japan. I’ll never be an epic gamer

[@cringe5973]

You guys know that it is not obligatory to be playing a game just when it releases, you can also play it like 2 or 3 years after release?

[@my-spinning-wheel]

@Brian Spelt I played red on gbc in like 2000 and 20001

[@dirtydan4492]

I just miss how the older games were designed and layed out. They used to feel like proper adventures, with huge sprawling routes laden with alternate paths, hidden items, even secret optional dungeons. I havent played the newest entries but the past few games have felt like the routes are just straight lines with a couple of trainers to fight and thats it.

[@someangel-shape6797]

This game is open world and doesn’t have routes lol I don’t think this really applies (although you’re very right concerning Sword and Shield)

[@danf7411]

B@w was peak but it sold poorly and was hated by og fans at release. Most content alternate routes seasons lots o love and it sold like shit. Every game since has been more linear with less content and has sold better. Violet is the best selling modern poke game they just got a green light to keep doing what they been doing.

[@adoboFosho]

Speaking like a guy that never tried the game? I started on pokemon blue and this is possibly what they were going for the entire time in terms of a journey lol

[@anthony_depaz]

Well do I have a pokemon game for you

[@miaemblem8072]

I miss pre 3d era too 😭

[@squeeg8324]

Nintendo has been going in a downward spiral of not releasing finished and polished games, in 2022, Nintendo Switch Sports had so many bugs and was missing like half the Wii sports, Splatoon 3 had and still has a nightmare of a connection service and Pokemon Scarlet, the worst of them all, literally can't even handle a gym battle before it glitches out.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

BoTW looked so good and ran so well because Monolith soft made it. Those guys are literally the #1 open world game developers in the world. There's a game called Xenoblade Chronicles X that, I believe, is STILL the biggest open world game in history, and runs on the WiiU in 2015 PERFECTLY, while looking AMAZING.

[@kylegonewild]

I would have to imagine all the big MMORPGs that have been running nonstop for 2-3 decades have the biggest open world games in history unless the meaning of "open world" has become more specific in recent years to mean a single contiguous map and to exclude older "open world" games with many continents and/or planets worth of large contiguous maps.

[@Hufflepuff528]

The new update honestly made it so much better but as much as I love the games this was absolutely unacceptable for TPC, those poor gamefreak employees are probably running on fumes (It worked better when I updated idk why I’m sorry it isn’t for you guys it’s still unacceptable 😭)

[@SpectralFlame25]

The update doesn't affect performance at all. They acknowledged that there are problems, but no fixes yet.

[@Danny328DT]

You've been misinformed.

[@petty6260]

The cope is unreal man. The game gained less than 1fps according to testing. I take it your statement is a fuckin anecdote tho, keep spreading misinformation champ

[@TurbopropPuppy]

@@Danny328DT do you think TPC is some bastion of worker rights

[@seifenspender]

Did you actually watch the video or are you just shitposting?

[@JeanneDGames]

I have additional commentary on the state of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. These games were actually contracted out to a studio by GameFreak. This studio, ILCA, is primarily a "support" studio, a type of development studio that typically receives piecemeal contract work for the creation and upkeep of assets for larger AAA projects in other studios. While it has credits in a lot of different games (Nier: Automata and Yakuza 0 among them), as a support studio they do not have very many big-name credits as the core developer of a game, mostly small-time VR apps and a couple of corporate projects using AR tech (the Dominos Miku app being one of their most recognizeable credits). This is all to paint a picture that ILCA is not inexperienced when it comes to crunch and development, but they are very rarely the one in the driver's seat. ILCA was contracted to make Pokemon HOME for GameFreak as a replacement for Bank. Shortly after finishing this, they were contracted again to produce the Gen 4 remakes, Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl. BDSP was given a VERY narrow scope and timeframe for production. ILCA only started on the project a month or two before the games were announced, which puts the rough development time at about 8~10 months at best estimate, which is probably LESS time than GameFreak gives THEMSELVES to put out a game. Again, this is not a studio that is in the driver's seat very often, and this is thier FIRST AAA title where they were the core development team. They're competent, but this is new territory, and it's trial by fire. To compound this new stress, GameFreak reportedly had a number of stipulations with how the game was supposed to be developed. This allegedly included adherence to the art style, the format of the Gen4 games, and most importantly, the exclusion of any and all Platinum-related content, INCLUDING the fixes to the game's design, pacing, gameplay, and layout that Platinum brought beyond just its new advertised content. ILCA was forbidden from basically remaking Platinum and splitting it in two (note that this is exactly what every Gen4 fan will tell you they wanted: "Just give me 3D Platinum with the new stuff in it"). There's also reports that ILCA wasn't allowed to have the source code for DP, or original notes, and were told like 3 times to restart development, but these things sound like People Lying On The Internet and have no real tangible evidence or source, so I question their validity. In any case, I don't hold ILCA at fault for the state of BDSP on release. It's clear that whether it was because they were inexperienced with a project of this scale, or GameFreak being an annoying helicopter parent, they were not in a position to put out the game the fanbase needed at the time.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

Then they should have whistleblowed and brought up how horrible Nintendo and Gamefreak was treating them, yet they decided to be complicit in putting out manure.

[@JeanneDGames]

@@Bored_Barbarian Whistleblowing the biggest franchise in the world? In a Japanese studio? Even if they should, that shit was not going to happen. The culture doesn't exist there, and they would've likely just never gotten any work ever again.

[@PhoenicopterusR]

@@Bored_Barbarian Much easier said than done.

[@yurisei6732]

Anyone who was a genuine fan of gen 4 didn't want "platinum but 3D". 3D is really what killed Pokemon, they've just been playing catchup ever since they decided to do that.

[@kylegonewild]

@@Bored_Barbarian "Torch our entire studio and lose everyone their jobs to point out something everybody already suspects or knows"

[@aliandkay1930]

Tbh I have never played pokemon until violet/scarlet. So this video was really interesting to watch and made me realise that if pokemon has been around for longer than I've been alive the company should be better at their job by now

[@orlandorodriguez539]

I love the open world aspect of scarlet and arceus. I've played from red-platinum and took a hiatus because of life and the feeling of pokemon just feeling like a continual reskinning. I just got the arceus and scarlet and have been having lots of fun with them. They made me realize how much I've missed pokemon over the years. One of the main things I would like to see: 1 game Every region Players can choose their starting region

[@shiveringstencil3662]

The fact that so much thought was put into lore/story for SV and the gameplay is as engaging and addictive as it is serves as a strong indicator that the Gamefreak team still cares deeply about Pokemon and wants to make a quality title. Rising expectations and increasingly strict development time placed on a very small dev team is the recipe for disaster here. Scarlet/Violet was almost guaranteed to be released as a broken, buggy mess from the get-go with the short development window and holiday release crunch. It screams bad work environment and burnt-out developers. As someone that has completed the game and sunk 80+ hours, I can say with confidence that it's the most fun I've had with a Pokémon game to date. All three tracks (gym badges, titans/herba mystica, team star) tied into the main story and built up to the ending beautifully. They've also done well with making the open-world format work and seemingly made a nice blend of Legends Arceus and traditional Pokemon as far as gameplay goes, not to mention the additional mechanics not seen in Pokemon before (auto battling, being able to develop closer relationships with NPCs, etc.). There's a lot to appreciate here, which is why it's even more disappointing to see it in such an unfinished state.

[@itsgabibelle]

very well said, i feel like a disappointed father

[@likepocketsjingling]

I agree. I'm a first time player and while I'm enjoying it, I was surprised at the graphic quality from such a large franchise. Initially I was likening the developers more to a naturally gifted student who realises that they don't need to study or complete their homework in order to pass the class and so coasts by with a B- when really they're capable of an A. Upon learning more I feel that they're more like a teacher in an underfunded public school - not without talent and ideas and with all the good intentions in the world, but without the time and resources to deliver their best.

[@SicklySeraph]

To add to the fact BoTW dev team grew to 300, they also had like half of the team behind Monolithsoft to help devlop the game as they were also developing an open world game and were familiar with designing those types of games (Xenoblade)

[@TheGirlOfAllTime]

i wish monolith soft would help with a pokemon game

[@Huggbees]

You can't slip that reference by me. My ego knows no bounds.

[@Redbikemaster]

Holy moly it's the man himself. The man who had the most Chad WWTBAM player in his comments. Praise be.

[@HorseSqurriel]

Is this a pokémon a rinsing or filling machine

[@chrissnow1781]

@@HorseSqurrielI’m hella late just lurking in comments but what the fuck did you just say? Like genuinely huh? I have to know now cuz I spent way too long trying to decipher it

[@HorseSqurriel]

@@chrissnow1781 idk tbh

[@thebeetbandit1732]

I love how this is the narrative among many Pokemon fans, I just wish everyone would express themselves like you lol. Pokemon is hurting so much right now, we can only hope It gets a better developer but Nintedo is known for never listening to their fans and thinking they know best.

[@pooka4373]

It’s not Nintendo responsible for Pokémon, it’s Game freak.

[@TheHollisterPerson]

You've basically hit the nail on the head: they have zero incentive to put out a quality game bc the money comes rolling in either way.

[@basilliketheleaf]

Great video and super fair response to the topic at hand. Pokemon is a franchise dear to my heart and I was so disappointed with Sword and Shield and Lets go, but Scarlet&Violet made me fall in love with the series again despite it being the most poorly made game in the series. I genuinely think if it had 6 more months of tweaking and testing, it wouldve gotten 9 and 10s across the board. We DONT NEED A NEW POKEMON GAME EVERY YEAR Anyway, im just parroting what you'd said super well. Gr8 video gabi!

[@dmnbrg]

these games reignited my love for Pokemon. i understand everyone’s criticisms but it feels like they’re outweighing how cool the game actually is!

[@Spky_Ghst]

Totally agree!!

[@matizluv1316]

I honestly wish they would just release a game that gets a lot of support and updates and additions for like 5 years instead of the annual releases. I'd even pay for DLC for a game like that if I knew it had ongoing support behind it. Otherwise I do not see a point

[@Spky_Ghst]

@@matizluv1316 I can see were your coming from. I would much rather wait for a game I love rather than something thrown together

[@ParadeofCrows]

I dunno man, this game genuinely seems like a massive step backwards in a lot of ways, there is barely any customization - and I feel like a lot of the criticisms gamefreak have been given over the years are just being completely ignored and frankly I don't think a triple A developer should continuously be rewarded for making games that are completely lacklustre - I genuinely believe that if any other franchise was putting out products like this fans wouldn't defend them, instead its pokemon so they get passes.

[@XxJERICHOHOLICxX13]

The main reason that Scarlet and Violet run so terribly is because they wanted the whole region to be one big continuous zone, the way continents are in World of Warcraft. You can walk all the way from Stranglethorn Vale to Eversong Woods without hitting a single loading screen. Pokemon Legends Arceus was the same general idea as Scarlet and Violet, except they broke Hisui up into several zones that you have to sit through a loading screen to get to. This meant they could up the draw distance so you could see Pokemon and other things from much further away. There are ways to have a big map like that and not have it run so terribly, World of Warcraft did it in 2004 on a MUCH bigger map and mostly inferior hardware, and Breath of the Wild did it on the same hardware and even the Wii U several years ago. But they had a very strict deadline to hit and the easiest thing to do was cut down the draw distance and accept the fact that the game would look like a PowerPoint slideshow in certain areas. The audacity to deliver a half-baked product and still charge full price for it is crazy.

[@Suitednlooted]

Pokemon X and Y are my favorite generation. The jump to 3D in a handheld was amazing to me! They also included the best mechanics, mega evolution and Pokémon Aime. Good times 😢

[@derbettnasser4027]

3D was the downfall of Pokemon, cause they absolutely suck at making 3D games

[@KyleZonePlus]

@@derbettnasser4027 Sit down, there have been some banger 3D games like PLA, SV, USUM, ORAS... like be fr.

[@ABrainlessThot]

Dude I was SO excited when Arceus came out, I was like “wow they are going in a good direction. If they could fix the graphics and add more to do, this game would be FANTASTIC!” And then they dropped Violet and Scarlet and my dreams went into the sewer (or back to reality with their history) 🙃😆

[@ammarbaagu]

First question, have you played the game?

[@TropicalCyc]

@@ammarbaagu i played the game, it looks and perfoms like crap.

[@nightshroud9671]

The fact that Dexit is continuing doesn't help either.

[@ABrainlessThot]

@@ammarbaagu Violet? Scarlet? If you’re asking if I threw $60 away to pat GameFreak on the a*s for giving me yet another sub par game, no. I’m not one of the crazed fans that reward laziness. I don’t need to play it to convince myself it’s of any value. It’s not worth being $60 period. I don’t need GameFreak to “fix” a $60 game that should perform well and be graphically visually pleasing on release. I need them to do better in the first place. But they won’t because people like you Ammar, will buy it anyways. They could give you a hot pile of dog sh*t, and as long as they said it came from Pikachu y’all would buy it.

[@rpgfanatic9719]

I feel like gen 7 was the better alternative direction than arceus and a great magnum opus salute send off to the series before the series stepped into a warzone on the switch and went to absolute shit. It changed gyms completely turning them into dungeon biomes to catch Pokemon in and turned badges into a god tier held item called Z crystals. It even got rid of HMs in favor of rides. Granted Arceus was at least a better open world than most open world games, especially its competitor botw in terms of traversal and having very convenient mechanics that make exploration in the open world breezy. It also handled weather far better than botw did. Botw's weather system is intrusive, while Arceus's changes the gameplay but it doesn't halt you by forcing you to change clothes or mash through cricket juice because of rain making you slip off cliff sides and screwing your stamina.

[@captainmoonunitsexparty2903]

Pokemon peaked at Pokemon Bong, the bongwater caverns on route 420 and plot twist villian of 3 digletts in trench coat was some damn good story telling.

[@profl0g1c38]

I always knew those digletts couldn't be trusted

[@gh0use]

Naaaa Pokémon bing where Microsoft’s bill Gates was the leader of the search engine crew is way better than bong Bing>bong

[@StarlightMoss]

Wow spoilers much 😤

[@raccoonchild]

The possessed clock tower from Bong is my favorite legendary in 69 years

[@aw8951]

Watching this 9 months later and the patch did nothing lol. Game is still buggy. Framerate drops. Poor textures and performance in general. Just a horrible experience for a 2023 game.

[@Scrib6le]

New subscriber here and I just wanted to say that I have never played Pokemon a day in my life but I just watched your entire video. Your editing (in my opinion) is top notch. I laughed, I cried, I wondered, I was engaged. This is what KZbin should be and I'm glad I came across your video. You're hilarious 😂 truly. Reminded me of my favorite KZbinr Phillip DeFranco a little bit with way more comedy. Great video!

[@TtimeXP]

I am really liking this new game. The storylines for the students and teachers you talk to are actually genuinely good. I really like a lot of the new Pokemon. Hype gym battles when they are on the last Pokemon and the crowd starts singing, like I get goosebumps everytime haha. But they really need to iron out a lot of this stuff. I've mainly only been playing handheld offline so not many crazy issues I've come across but fixes to make the game run smoothly would make it a lot more enjoyable. And there are so many missed opportunities: Making characters sit on the floor or benches, adding singing or more emotes to interact with the wild Pokemon (like you can spin and some wild Pokemon will mimic you!!.... Add more of this!). Voice acting, quicker statues effects like in Arceus, more animations to fights, more clothing would be awesome.

[@joshentertainment2]

I don’t like Pokémon center

[@FlyffUniverse]

I was genuinely disappointed that I couldn’t sit on a bench. Like, what??? This was possible 3 gens ago - and I could do it while wearing a hat with most hairstyles and wearing clothes I picked out

[@ozm0zesjoe466]

Even the pokemon centers are bad lol

[@Ratciclefan]

A few corrections: Pokémon isn't the only Nintendo series that isn't developed in-house by Nintendo. Super Smash Bros., EarthBound and Kirby are from Hal Laboratory (Smash moved to a company called Sora Ltd. starting with Brawl tho, and has been co-developed by Bandai Namco starting with U/3DS) The Diamond and Pearl remakes are also not from Game Freak themselves, they were developed by a company called ILCA

[@Ratciclefan]

Kid Icarus is also from HAL

[@brycebitetti1402]

Most Nintendo series actually aren't developed in-house anymore. Of their first party titles, only mainline Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, and Mario Kart are developed in-house. Intelligent Systems makes Fire Emblem, Hal makes Kirby, Bandai Namco makes Smash Bros, Retro and Mercury Steam handle 2D and 3D Metroid respectively, etc.

[@penuji7981]

HAL and Sora are sakurai’s companies, well not HAL but Sora LTD is his company and he still works at nintendo so I guess it can be considered second or first party developer

[@stupidmonkey089]

@@brycebitetti1402 Nintendo fully owns Retro. It's in-house. The others hold true though

[@toasty_tonsty]

​@@Ratciclefan lets go!! Someone who knows about Kid Icarus!!

[@cameronfarrell9076]

I think rom hacks are the way to go for new pokemon experiences these days. I've been burnt out on the series since gen 6 but recently i played the pokemon storm silver rom hack and ive just had a blast, it fixes all of gamefreaks bullshit while keeping what was great about the original game in tact, absolutely fantastic. Best Pokemon experience ive ever had

[@tylerlytton]

You have a good journalistic and entertaining approach to your videos, I saw my first one yesterday and this is my second. It shows me you’re gonna get big as long as you don’t sell out and keep expanding

[@aes2621]

One correction: at 11:30 you attribute Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl’s development to game freak when that’s not the case. Those games were outsourced to a Chinese mobile game company, with Masuda “overseeing” the project (basically that dev team had to get his approval to check stuff off before release) Can also def be a argument towards gf rushing too much as dataminers found in BDSP’s code that the outsourced devs actually copy and pasted Pokemon platinum’s code, w minor changes for hardware and unity engine. Besides that great vid

[@Animemus]

You made a mistake here. The Chinese company you’re thinking of, TiMi Studio Group, made Pokémon Unite. The company that made Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is a Japanese company called ILCA, Inc.

[@Octorocker743]

Yeah I was waiting on the patch to see what would happen but since nothing really changed I’m returning the game. Thankfully I’m a cheap bastard that keeps things sealed during the return period lol

[@friendlyotaku9525]

Actually quite a few things were changed but remember this is the first patch of a few that have been promised.

[@zergtoss1]

Bro that is hilarious. I am in the same boat. Have a double pack and haven’t played since yellow. I am heavily debating returning mine even though I was gonna play it with my kid… I am torn. My relatives and friends at it is real fun despite small issues so idk who to trust lel. All I know is pc gaming > console. Console shite is so expensive.

[@__Tsunami]

I'm 15 years old, and i started with pokémon violet. I loved the game, and i fell in love with the games. i wanted to play more pokémon games on my modded 3ds, and when i came back to my switch to play pokémon sv, i understood the hate. These games felt like they were made for money, the magic just isn't there. Pokémon za better be onto something

[@baddragonite]

I've quite literally obsessed over the details of this in detail for ages. I think there are genuinely incredibly talented and literally genius people who work on the games, not just on the art and gameplay side but even on the writing/story front and the amount of in jokes and deep lore you can discover, it's a legit rabbit hole to fall down, it just always deeply feels like those talented/genius people are leashed. Like they're constantly on the cusp of making something truly amazing then the leash is pulled back right at the edge.

[@jonclark1405]

A Monster Hunter and/or Dragon's Dogma style Pokemon game would slap. Imagine climbing up Rayquaza's back as you try to slay it. I'd play that.

[@JR-he6fn]

"the game should drop and work LIKE IT USED TO" couldnt said it better myself

[@CoconutChriss]

Really well researched and done video! I enjoyed listened to your reasonable arguments! You bring up all the important points. Lets hope they will fix up scarlet and violet. By now the patch doesnt seem to do much.

[@hutinthecut]

Pokémon’s first game on a home console was Lets Go Pikachu and Eevee

[@jotiko2146]

Every year or so a barely working AAA game comes out and there is a whole buzz about it and every time i hope "well maybe THIS time the industry will learn to release fully finished products" and then another broken mess comes out and the cycle never ends

[@JoshDare]

I’ve learned that a chicken Pokémon is something I need in a future Pokémon game

[@PoisonFlower765]

Blaziken?

[@yoshiebear]

torchic

[@PaintedHoundie]

@@PoisonFlower765 now you know blaziken is a human furry. Its not even in the bird egg group

[@raccoonchild]

@@PaintedHoundie A humanoid shamo is still a shamo.

[@burgundychipmunk2590]

I'm surprised Winnie the Pooh is above Pokemon in success

[@Taranea123456789]

The first jump into 3D was with Pokemon stadium for the n64 and the first role play game that was 3D was Pokemon colosseum and afterwards Pokemon XD for the GameCube! The first 3D Handheld title was X/Y though.

[@VKiller]

Mmm, I dont they could just re-release the old games without updating anything cuz then people really wouldn't buy the new games. Imo they've found the perfect formula of updating the game and minimising money needed to develop the new games to maximise overall profit.

[@CapnNapalm]

At this point, the spin-offs like mystery dungeon and XD gale of darkness were cool enough that they can just keep making whatever games they want as long as Pokémon are in them somehow and I’ll be happy with it

[@nigiljohnson]

I bought this game for my wife because she is a huge dedicated Pokémon fan. She has got me into Pokémon more than I ever used to be as well. However, everything I am seeing on this game is abysmal. We still had Pokémon legends, going strong, and they could have put Scarlet and Violet off for another year to perfect the graphics and work on the texture packs of the background.

[@LuluTheCorgi]

They literally couldn't have delayed it tho. Their main income stream is merchandise, which has deadlines. You can't tell Walmart to wait another couple months with your merch taking up their storage capacity, and you can't release the merch before the games are out either So publishing a rushed game instead it is

[@kylegonewild]

@@LuluTheCorgi "you can't release the merch before the games are out either" in a culture of preorders and early access is a laughable idea.

[@coopigeon619]

What a great video that covers this situation very concisely in a very entertaining way. I liked the way you delivered your information while adding in some humor and being relatable. I too enjoy the crap out of Pokemon and as you said, you should expect a game to be working correctly right out of the gate, not hope that they'll patch the performance and bugs...sometime down the line. Yeah the patch makes it work...a little better but not much. Still a fun game, I'm not saying it isn't...you can still like something and still point out the flaws.

[@scory22]

Haven’t had a chance to watch the whole video yet but THANK YOU. Your intro is one of the best takes on the situation so far and puts how I’ve felt about it into words better than I could.

[@doyoulikejazz9516]

this is like the 10th "step in the right direction" for a mainline Pokemon Game. when does it finally arrive?

[@polk-e-dot8177]

Ok but who here remembers playing gen 1 pokemon. It's one of the most glitchy messes. Glitchy releases are just part of the history of Pokemon

[@mallow2902]

Pokemon was never good, it was just an extremely well engineered multimedia machine designed to rake in as much cash as possible for as little effort as possible.

[@basman2006]

I would really like to see a visually pretty game with a lot of pokemon running around in the towns doing stuff to help people. And a lot of sidequests with small stories that could be right out of the show.

[@BABILA.]

this might be my favorite one of your videos so far, everything is just so well polished. humor, editing, subject matter, A1 video

[@knight4041]

I also think they need more time making these, because if the game released without all those bugs the overall opinion would have probably been, that this is one of the best Pokemon games to date. They ARE moving in the right direction but at a snails pace, if they ever arrive at their destination I don't know. I still like the games, I still like catching colorful guys and making them a sandwich, but yeah they need to do better, they really do. At the point their updated released I finished the storyline in both version and compelted one Pokedex, I hope they fix more and turn this into a solid and working game, but it should have released like that. They also got rid of some things? And I hate it? Mass release, option to chose if you want to switch out Pokemon or not, turn off battle animations (listen. the animations aren't great - I don't need to see them). And then there's just small things that make me wonder if someone play tested ANY of this. Like when you can't move after a cut scene for like 5 seconds - why? Nothing is happening on screen and I can't move the character, why is this a thing?

[@Euphoric21]

I fully agree With you Here, The Graphics Look like ultra sun trying to be realistic, But I did Actually find story quite compelling and Interesting And the connections and scenes between each character that of course, Shapes Your character.

[@gatz900]

Scarlet Violet fun to me, but I find most Pokemon games fun because the core gameplay loop is inherently fun. Performance issues aside, if you look closer, the SCVI's game play is very shallow and some of the QOL changes are frustrating. SCVI seem to be a logical extension of SWSH's streamlined, bare-bones, buggy initial releases. Unfortunately, this is what mainline titles will look like moving forward. I hope they continue doing the spinoff Pokemon Legends because PLA was a great game imo. 1) Star missions are a huge let down. Its the same thing over: press R, faint 30 pokemon, and fight the star boss + their car. There is no real challenge here. You get a full 10 minutes and it takes 3 minutes at most to complete the mission. The game play has the same shallowness of mobile games 2) Gym challenges pale in comparison to previous titles where there were interesting puzzles and tough fights. I did find some of the gym leader battles challenging, so that was a good point 3) Freedom of exploration is a myth. There is no level scaling, so if you want the game to be challenging, you have to progress in a set order. Mobility is handicapped off the bat so its not like you can really go everywhere and do anything without finishing the titan quests. Want to try catching a level 50 Pokemon right off that bat? Not happening with the obey mechanic 4) Removal of set match options and animation skip options. Still no XP share off. Cut-scene skip option does not skip the in-game ones (still!), and the in-game cut scenes are 95% of them 5) Synchronize doesn't work. I think this will be the case moving forward. Get used to farming mints or catching many copies of a pokemon (like Arceus but much more tedious) 6) Without any spoilers, the final area is pretty but very bare and with very low Pokemon diversity. This was a huge missed opportunity 7) Breeding is two steps forward, one step back. You can get eggs really fast, but in that time of AFK'ing you cannot hatch anything. I hope they go back to daycare and just work on speeding up that system 8) Overall, this game very much feels like we have to play the way the developers want to play. They must think every animation, cutscene, mechanic is super interesting to sit through but its not.

[@BlazeShadowPheonix]

Scarlet and violet have their issues, for sure, and I ended up skipping the last few games because they just didnt feel special. But these games are the 1st games that ever inspired to complete the pokedex I do get the occasional frame drops. Or maybe a single input lags a bit here and there. But I really enjoy playing it and appreciate what went into the games. It's a shame they don't run as well as they could. My roommate and I have each finished a living dex of every pokemon in the game and keep destroying raids together after working up strategies. This is the most fun I've ever had playing a pokemon game

[@jbmp1390]

I appreciate seeing you promote liquid IV. I know that creators generally have to take sponsorships but it's nice that you're not just advertising yet another energy drink or something. And it actually works pretty well too.

[@nethowarrior3294]

found the liquid iv employee

[@maxonite]

Or just drink water

[@ryanxamp]

X and Y are probably my favorite games of all time. Diamond and Pearl are a close second. I really dont mind the bad graphics for this game, but the lagging and stuff does drive me crazy. I havent played scarlett and violet yet.

[@zacmayes2802]

Aaaaand they surpass Winnie the Pooh by a large margin now

[@kathryn2769]

This perfectly sums up all my thoughts. In a far more eloquent way than I could ever pull off. Great video!

[@rjdruhan]

I can't wait for the Lightning McQueen of video game consoles

[@Josie_Woah]

Lmao the Mario joke got me, great video! I just found your channel and love your content tho

[@friendlyneighborhoodnoob]

Not everything that makes millions of dollars is good, it just means that people will blindly buy it Pokemon fans spend a lot of time calling any Monster Catching game that isn't Pokemon a clone, but they don't realise that Pokemon is dying because of it

[@BearOfZU]

I remember being so disappointed with sword and shield that I became a digimon fan (I don't mean that as an insult, I watched Digimon as a kid, I just never touched the games) and I gotta admit Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth was such a blast (and obviously way more polished)

[@DrawciaGleam02]

I watched the anime as a kid too! Did you see Jaiden's video on playing a Digimon game?

[@BearOfZU]

@@DrawciaGleam02 YEAH I DID! She's awesomeee

[@shinyy8918]

I know you didn’t mean that as an insult, but god damn. 💀💀💀

[@BearOfZU]

@@shinyy8918 SO SORRY AH I didn't mean to offend anyone, I could've worded that better 😅I meant I only really ever played Pokemon games as a kid (actually in general not just in the monster collecting genre but I branched out as I got older) so when I found myself unhappy with the state of Pokemon it opened me up to other options like Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Monster Hunter Stories 2

[@PhantomHalf]

I hate how no one talks about Gale of darkness. We need another one.

[@linekerv]

I do not play pokemon for the story or complete the Pokedex, mostly because I am a competitive player. The last two generations have made competitive battling most accessible than the other games. I love the direction they made, making the VGC community happier and more enjoyable to grind for. SV had the best story since BW2, and I did enjoy playing pokemon again. Catching shiny pokemon is easier; using herbal mystica sandwiches has been an excellent addition. I understand that 99% of people playing pokemon don't even know how to use EVs for battling. And care for the story and graphics when playing the game. It is a significant step in the game but also going backward. I hope the competitive scene improves in future games; the graphics would be nice.

[@kristenroberts4502]

Scarlet and Violet have taught me more about competitive play than the previous 8 generations combined.

[@yipyipbrrring]

this touched on my problems with pokémon at the moment absolutely perfectly, incredible video!!

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

I love Pokémon to death but I would like to briefly talk about my second favorite game of all time. I would really like it if more gaming companies took the same route as Studio MDHR. They worked on Cuphead and its DLC for about a combined total of 17 years, and there were even news articles about how it was given all the time it needed without working their employees to death. The game works with minimal bugs, looks absolutely beautiful, and is still fairly popular to this day. Obviously Pokémon was made in 3D as opposed to purely traditional 2D animation, but it's always incidents like this that really highlight the problems of the normalization of crunch culture in video game development and the need to just slow down and release it when it's ready. It's obviously not great for the company's bottom line, but it would be a lot easier than having to patch it constantly just so that we can experience the game fully without the game breaking completely.

[@Djsonley]

You can go the other route too though and do a Berthesda and milk a game for 15 years alienating half your fanbase in the process. I'll give Pokemon credit in that it at least releases new games on the regular.

[@callnight1441]

my personal theory for why pokemon has always been behind when it comes to graphics and performance is just the sheer quantity of stuff. not only are there 1000+ pokemon now, but also different forms, shinies, as well as 800 moves, 350 items and dozens of abilities: all of which need to be animated.

[@SenorGuina]

I can see you don't play a lot of games

[@Jwashere4]

"Gaming's Most Successful Failure," perfect title description for the recent mainline Pokémon games.

[@kprojectskurt]

I mean, the jump to 3D was new, exciting and refreshing, XY was amazing. The problem is how they just recycled everything for everygame since and just went lazy with everything

[@7koalabear7]

Gabi is one of my new favorite youtubers she always has good topics well done editing and seems to really be comfortable on a camera I always keep an eye out for when she uploads

[@cheesegaming6064]

gabis content is up to par with any other commenter with millions of subs!!! keep up the good work love ur stuff hope you get more recognition

[@Midnitethorn]

I'd love a Pokemon game that is a lot like the anime when it first came out. Be able to have companions with their own goals travel with you, open world with interactive environments, gyms are a big goal/story and maybe have events with the leaders, good amount of side quests that can dictate your characters morals, and a story outside of that like a villian or event happening in the region. S/V was so close, yet so far.

[@IWLGaming]

It was NOT the transition to 3d, it was pretty much just Gen 8. X&Y get so much hate because they were the first to 3d but those games were fantastic on a technical level, and I'm tired of them getting shit for it because...I'm biased and I love gen 6 but my point still stands.

[@hazelgrunts]

Pokémon IS improving, but it’s still at an embarrassingly poor state for such a large franchise. What’s sad is that if they just took even a few more months to polish the graphics and make it run smoother, this game would be one of (if not the best) Pokémon games to release in the last decade. Actually, it could have been a contender for the best Pokémon game ever if it had gotten an extra year for development. Edit: Why are y’all hyper focusing on the graphics, that is just one component of many that I was referring to..

[@BabyGirlTiny]

No Pokémon is not improving. Saying they have better graphics doesn’t mean it’s improving, it just means it has better graphics.

[@hazelgrunts]

@@BabyGirlTiny I think that it’s improving because this new game isn’t linear like the 3DS games were, new things are being tried out like convergent evolutions, and the Pokemon designs are more inspired than the last few generations

[@Wynneception]

@@BabyGirlTiny it doesn’t even have better graphics. The 2D graphics and old 3D graphics looked better. Newer isn’t better

[@Wynneception]

@@hazelgrunts different isn’t better

[@hazelgrunts]

@@Wynneception What do YOU want then? Something that isn’t trying to be innovative and fresh? This game is very flawed, but at least the devs tried to make something unique despite their restrictions (Not enough development time, outdated console, must be 3D, etc.)

[@mickael486]

"Mario is already over 30 and still fixing pipes for Peach" 🍑 nice.

[@jazzercise300]

It makes me sad how all this is facts after 24 years of playing pokemon. Its pretty much the only game i ever play (mainline series and competitive online). Side note: so many more pokemon to make and Blaziken is a fighting chicken 10/10. Edit: i dont think they fixed the bugs as of 7/30

[@aaronmarchbanks5394]

I really fear that Pokémon will start to end up like assassin’s creed from the mid 2010s with the amount of games they make every year