Pokemon Has a Pokemon Problem

Let's talk about the controversy surrounding Pokemon Sword and Shield for... Seriously? A half-hour? Sheesh! Ever heard of a little thing called BREVITY, Arlo??
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[@seangoldman6833]

Graphics aren't everything, but when they're used by the company as an excuse not to include features it's open for every bit of criticism

[@amyrose4ever157]

This. This right here is what some defenders don’t understand, I get their point but they seem to not get why people are upset at that.

[@lordgeovanni]

Absolutely true. I dont care for the highest level of graphics such as on the PS4 or Xbox One, I will make due with the graphics on Switch. But when you make Graphics your weapon for why you cut content... those graphics better be good to make that excuse. And I will ridicule those graphics unless they are perfect.

[@netweed09]

Yeaaa,, so lets attack those massive pixels in that tree some more yes?? Maybe it will turn into a Trevanant with enough abuse -,-

[@afarensis9720]

Exactly! I had no problem with the graphics of any Pokemon game ever, because what I want is lots of Pokemon, a fun region, and actual improvements in other aspects like the 3D models. When we don't get stuff like that, I expect the graphics to be perfect

[@alexpotts6520]

Especially when the resultant graphics *aren't even that great.*

[@king_big_pp]

Graphics aren't everything... but they're not nothing.

[@pyrojinn]

Commander_Ninja in fact, I would think graphics mean a lot in a Pokemon game. It is necessary to represent what a Pokemon looks like, what its behaviors, and how the moves would look like. Gives them personality and things. I had been supporting Gamefreak for almost a decade, and this might be the first time I’m not willing to invest my money and time in a Pokemon game.

[@octaviuspenney4410]

I always like to look at b/w for an example of how much graphics help a game. Sure it was all pixelated, but IMO the animations of the pokemon always seemed waaaay more lively then x/y and future games did. Like, bird Pokemon for example, in b/w they all had fairly unique animations, and the 3d games are all... Bird Flaps Wings™

[@maxstupidos]

Commander_Ninja that’s a double negative! YOURE UNDER ARREST

[@Guobeans]

Commander_Ninja well said

[@madimot]

@@pyrojinn Exactly. The graphical quality is part of what makes the Pokemon world come alive and what can make the Pokemon feel like amazing creatures you can bond with.

[@AniGaAG]

Actually, lil' update: People did proper comparisons, and they really are the exact same models. They weren't updated.

[@riguor9876]

It seems that SOME models are being updated, Ribombee looks noticeably different with bigger wings. But I've seen the gyarados comparison, and it's pretty blatant.

[@zjzr08]

​@@riguor9876 If you see here, RIbombee still has the same model: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJPOk3Sngb5kgac

[@TheRaptor77]

@@zjzr08 You talking about Mitt Romney?

[@slevinchannel7589]

Their statement about the Rival-Issue shows they are impressively fanbase-distant and even off-reality they are. Even some really nice, polite KZbinrs i know where like "WTF? This is nonsense. Literal nonsense." Their statement about Rivals alone shows how distant to the fanbase they are. They literally dont know what the product is they're selling. Also... just overall: Remember this company is big and rich and big... just a little thing to remember...

[@slevinchannel7589]

Not just before Release it was clear this would be a Mess, but EVEN AFTER THE DLC WAS SOLD (for money again...) ITS OBVIOUSLY STILL A REALLY BAD GAME!!! This is an objective fact! People should really stop defending the worst game ever - which COINCIDENTALLY is also the First main-game ever on the Switch...yeah...

[@pacoramon9468]

Multibillion dolar company needs more money, please understand.

[@davidinhawaii9243]

exactly, think of the poor billionaire children who cant fly in the 2020 private jets. instead of a large island they have to get a medium large island like some low tier multimillionaire.

[@Lester_da_Molester]

Multibillion dollar com needs to make other games aswell

[@nonsononessunooko4066]

make sense

[@ilikeceral3]

Developing games is really hard. Please understand.

[@roberthgamer6311]

Its about them giving a dang about their consistency, not money.

[@DrAnimePhD]

“Other franchise fans are speculating what new features will be added in their next games. Pokemon fans are speculating what features will be cut.” -Smogon University

[@differentlyabledmuslimjewi4475]

Truth

[@blackdot105]

@Tom The Fish For once? What's that meant to mean?

[@averybrown7312]

@Tom The Fish well that's rude. Your opinion is valid, but "stupid cunts?" That's just distasteful and childish

[@FamilyTeamGaming]

@Tom The Fish Smogon just tries and make their own type of metagame. Nothing wrong with that.

[@M3rtyville]

@Tom The Fish Smogon players also play VGC and make VGC analyses...

[@ArloStuff]

To be honest, I've been really nervous about doing this video. Mainly it comes down to my opinion of the graphics. I'm sure there are plenty of people who think they look great, and my fear is that those people will think I'm being unreasonable. But I've got to stand by my opinion here--they look very nice in certain places and conditions, and the color especially makes things pop. But I just think it's lacking that extra level of sharpness and polish that I've come to expect from AAA Nintendo games, and the animations leave a lot to be desired. If you're one of those people who love how it looks and just don't see the same thing I see when you look at it, I totally understand that and I hope we can respectfully disagree.

[@Nxsski]

Ree

[@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101]

Brandon Lesky ............

[@insertlaughter4436]

You have a point but this is by far the most beautiful game yet.

[@nanoff815]

I've seen some good shots but a lot looks muddy to me. And some of the textures look bad to me. My main problem is the re used models.

[@rasul01]

Disappointed by how apologetic about your own opinions you sound. If someone doesn't agree with you because they have other opinions and are rude because of it, telll them to fuck off, simple as that. Also personally agree with you on how bad and unexcusable 90% of the graphics are.

[@Expandedsky]

Smash ultimate: EVERY ONE IS HERE Pokemon: SOME OF US ARE HERE

[@Expandedsky]

9600GTMAN My whole Pokémon diamond team is excluded except for machoke... I was really looking forward to transferring that team up😰

[@bluevolt2014]

F

[@Derethevil]

Just you wait. Soon Smash Ultimate will have more Pokemon than the mainline Pokemon game. Oh wait.. I guess it already has, if you count Spirits.

[@hobihope2981]

Expandedsky5280 this comment actually made me literally laugh out loud

[@therealdrdogg]

lol

[@joaovitorweber1423]

What pisses me off the most isn't even the National Dex, but the way they are handling the situation, instead of comunicating and giving info about it. They at least shouldn't keep it shut

[@seanss]

One word..... leakers and the element of surprise (think of it like sakurai's take on revealing smash characters)

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@seanss Yes, leakers will tell us why GF is being so lazy about Pokémon. Seriously bro, learn how to read.

[@missanthropist5806]

@@seanss Do you even know what youre talking about...

[@seanss]

@@missanthropist5806 I am talking about the pocket monsters video game series which has shared ownership between nintendo, gamefreak, and the pokemon company. It currently has 8 mainline series titles, and numerous amounts of spinoffs.

[@nefhelimwhat609]

SeanSS you still haven’t explain your whole point of leakers and shit

[@orkermon7292]

What annoys me the most about the lack of a National Dex is that I know for a fact that later on "Bringing back the National Dex" will be a selling point for future generations.

[@biazacha]

And they will act like they're doing this massive work for the fans when was already showcased in multiples ways that their reasoning for dropping the National Dex is pure bs.

[@user-fi3or2ee7k]

I don’t care for national dex. I just want the floating keychain out

[@Hoopalover]

Dirty Dan true that Pokémon is so annoying I’m sure it will be out because gamefreak is going to remove Pokémon that people really don’t care about

[@webs2099]

@@Hoopalover trubish ice cream and still no greninja

[@masteroflag]

Beatriz Zacharias was it not clear they are doing this because of Pokémon home? Like models and animation arguments aside it seems perfectly clear the only reason is cause we are switching from Pokémon bank to home. Because while possible in this Gen as it was planned as a 3ds generation, there isn’t a guarantee Gen 10 for example won’t have this issue because by then they’d be using the same models for 12+ years worth of games any any sain company would be all about a visual overhaul or more lively models by then. So somewhere in the future of using Home we won’t have access to any Pokémon at all, so they are pulling the bandage now because if consumers are used to all their Pokémon in home working on mainline games for years and then suddenly not, that’s a bigger issue for selling Home than having that be an issue right from the start so anyone who has home is used to ir

[@alejandrobenavides766]

"no dlc" This is the company that sells almost 2 exact same games at launch and expect long time fans to buy both

[@emc246]

They introduced many features specifically so you wouldn't buy both. They don't expect it.

[@dozzy9984]

Yet still, there are like 20+ Pokemon that evolve through trade and if you aren't lucky to have friends that also play Pokemon, you're kinda screwed. Yes, technically you can trade those Pokemon with people met on the internet, but they are rarely willing to do that (at least from my experience), saying to just put that Pokemon on GTS - but with that it's no longer the same Pokemon (not to mention if you would like to evolve f.e. your shiny Kadabra or perfect IV Gurdurr).

[@lordjugga168]

@@dozzy9984 Therr are subreddits that will help you trade pokemon that evolve through evolution. They do tradebacks or whatever you would need.

[@kwayke9]

This is also the company that ACTIVELY forces Kanto into everything. Dynamax would be a Kanto only thing if Let's Go wasn't a thing, mark my words. I wish Nintendo would just take over Pokémon at this point

[@BUGHUNTER6]

@@kwayke9 It's all about dem sweet Poké-dollars

[@beatofromuminekorealnotcli4574]

God I love how wholesome this guy is. Like he gives the most polite and lighthearted rundown of his opinions and then he's like "BOY, that was spicy of me." Please never change, Arlo.

[@shaunm6383]

Don't let our precious Cookie monster puppet change.

[@pinguthepenguin4487]

Shaun M best comment

[@slevinchannel7589]

Those who claim all critics only care about the National Dex are delusional, that's just an objective fact, evidend by the fact that many dont even care about the National Dex at all. But they do care about the other 8282 Problems//Issues of the last 2-3 Main Games. This Franchise is in a Peril, but because people still buy the games, Gamefreak does not even notice, cause they are noobs who only look at Sale Numbers - which is dumb in itself.

[@slevinchannel7589]

But i dont see any apology or change-of-heart of any kind, shape or form from Nintendo and/or Gamefreak. So i dont see how itr should be possible that the Remakes are not worse but better than the Original Gen 4 Games!

[@kar1100]

@@slevinchannel7589 wrong comment to reply to

[@laserwolf65]

Games that sell AAA numbers deserve AAA development support. That's it.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Those who claim all critics only care about the National Dex are delusional, that's just an objective fact, evidend by the fact that many dont even care about the National Dex at all. But they do care about the other 8282 Problems//Issues of the last 2-3 Main Games. This Franchise is in a Peril, but because people still buy the games, Gamefreak does not even notice, cause they are noobs who only look at Sale Numbers - which is dumb in itself.

[@jackychang4045]

“If you want graphics, don’t play Nintendo Systems” Arlo: Are you *kidding* me? *everyone liked that*

[@davidtg803]

Jacky Chang TV ikr. Look at Odyssey and Botw

[@al3xand993]

The Metroid prime Games look great for there system

[@robinvanbaar8947]

Wind Waker HD shoutout!!

[@Protendo]

Ban Fortnite Please this isn’t the Wii. The Wii came out over a decade ago. The argument of gameplay over graphics is something I agree with, but that doesn’t mean we can’t expect a 2019 game to look good. Just look at some other Switch titles, Breath of the Wild, Odyssey, etc. Great looking games. GameFreak has no excuse.

[@ult935]

David Gutierrez Odyssey looks great all around but BOTW looks terrible in some places

[@nothayden9192]

Arlo: The Pokémon Company could make the game better because they have tons of money! The Pokémon Company: He knows too much.

[@BUGHUNTER6]

@JC [Ridley] Both sides have shitty people and good people. From my experience, those toxic people have been predominant on the side of the Pokémon defenders. But that might just be because I pull in those people. In any case, I'd rather a game be overcriticized at first and loved later, than the other way around. That being said, I don't think it is being overcriticized. Some people are just hateful and/or jump on the bandwagon for poor reasons. Perhaps if the Pokémon Company spoke out on the matter, making a positive promise for improval, I would tone down my voice... but until then, there's no way in hell I'm gonna pretend I'm happy with what they're putting out.

[@blueyoshi7501]

@JC [Ridley] Pokémon used to be considered a friendly fanbase which helped new people. Now we have a massive flame war, our reputation will be destroyed. When we have debates we can't insult each other and let millions of people down. I'm not going to buy the game but I'm not going to insult someone who wants to get it. So lets stay a friendly fanbase where anyone feels at home.

[@steven310250]

@JC [Ridley] well that's your problem. Stop associating yourself as well other people in fan bases. You can enjoy the worst possible game ever made when many people don't . That doesn't take away the experience for you at all. By all means do what you gotta do and ignore those people. It's your money that matters most, not the fanboys.

[@alemirdikson]

I mean it's simple business. More money = more profit = better product. That is the very definition of profit. Extra money made from a product after cost that can then be used to improve the next product. They're not doing that. It's not some grand secret conspiracy. Anybody with even the smallest amount of business sense can see that these guys are not putting the appropriate amount of resources into these games.

[@classicspeeder]

@@alemirdikson agreed I mean they are also removing a good bit of stuff from the other games and uping the price

[@galloviking4766]

Graphics aren't everything, but when they're saying they're working on graphics and models so hard they are cutting Pokémon from the final game, you're expecting graphics to be pretty darn good...

[@slevinchannel7589]

Those who claim all critics only care about the National Dex are delusional, that's just an objective fact, evidend by the fact that many dont even care about the National Dex at all. But they do care about the other 8282 Problems//Issues of the last 2-3 Main Games. This Franchise is in a Peril, but because people still buy the games, Gamefreak does not even notice, cause they are noobs who only look at Sale Numbers - which is dumb in itself.

[@dapperghastmeowregard]

"Stop complaining about them slaughtering Mismagius, they had to keep the numbers down so the games could have good graphics." "Why do the games look like this then?" "Calm down, graphics aren't everything lol." [Screams into a pillow]

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

In some way I'd like to believe that Nintendo is now putting the money they haven't put into the games into "advertisement" by paying trolls to defend them. I don't want to believe that there are that many dumb zombie like idiots out there. But sadly, there are, and thanks to them Nintendo knows that it can deliver shit and people will still eat it.

[@FalconOfStorms]

If you're screaming into your pillow over Pokemon we have bigger problems to talk about than a smaller Dex.

[@zjzr08]

@@FalconOfStorms It depends on what is valuable for a player in a Pokemon core game -- seeing having all Pokemon provides a solid base that is consistent sign of progress, somewhat, I think that's what people wanted to priortize, then do others after (where they can readjust their schedule immediately after incorporating the Pokemon in).

[@hangyao479]

better to have a bit poorer graphics but have all pokemon. we have neither

[@ManofSex69]

Hang Yao I was playing Alpha sapphire a few weeks ago, and my ENTIRE TEAM except Gardevoir were unavailable in Sw/Sh

[@SuperSonic68]

"You're not being the game developer Mr. Rogers thought you could be" *BIGGEST OOF*

[@maggieent3215]

What, that knocked the wind out of you?

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

@@maggieent3215 If you don't know who Mr. Rogers is, let's say he's a man you would rather not disappoint for all the right reasons

[@knucklesechidna2124]

I keep forgetting there are children being born who will never know Mr. Rogers. RIP

[@LeviathanTamer31]

Yeah, for some context to those who don't know who Mr. Rogers is. He was quite possibly one of the kindest people to ever live on this Earth. He started up a show to teach kids along the lines of Sesame Street, called Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. He went out of his way not only to teach children how to be kind and how to be safe and learn in this world, but he did the same for everyone he met. He was renowned among reporters and interviewers as one of the hardest people to interview, because he'd always start asking the interviewer questions and wanting to know about them. He made scrapbooks of pictures he took with people that he met. He wrote back to every piece of fan mail personally, dedicating I believe 3 hours every day to it. His kindness and belief that everyone had the ability to do and be good was so genuine. It's why the phrase. *"You're not being the person Mr. Rogers thought you could be."* Is such a biting piece of criticism. It's barely even an insult, instead it's a critique on how you're acting. He always believed that people could choose to be better than who they are now, even if it's a slow process. Getting hit with the realization that someone _genuinely_ believed that you can be acting better than you are now can put you into a daze.

[@knucklesechidna2124]

Even crazier when it's said by a Muppet.

[@DaftBrian1]

TL;DR: “pokemon has too much money to look this mediocre”

[@doodlebob3374]

Good thing it doesn't look mediocre

[@drag7405]

@@doodlebob3374 um yes it does Trash models Trash animation Trash graphics Wild area looks like a muddy golf course Npc walking like robots .

[@ratio1037]

@@drag7405 dont worry about him he seems to be some troll contradicting everyone who is displeased and concerned with pokemon's direction

[@ELaster1]

@@doodlebob3374 I'm with you, friend

[@doodlebob3374]

@@drag7405 Um that's your opinion The models are ok The animation is superb Best graphics of any Pokemon game Wild area looks like botw You following trends like an npc

[@decusq]

You know thats one thing that always weirded me out. Pokemon makes billions of Dollars for Nintendo and yet I keep hearing the phrase "Not enough funds for development'... Are you kidding me? If your company is making BILLIONS of dollars you don't have the right to say "Development costs." Pay your workers what they need, use techniques that make the game look it's best and develop the best game you can despite the CEO wanting another mansion!

[@trevorandrew8726]

Pokémon video games aren’t made by Nintendo at all they’re published by Nintendo the Pokémon games are made by GameFreak and GameFreak doesn’t receive funds for these game’s development from Nintendo or The Pokémon Company. The games don’t sell billions or enough millions of units to create a billion in revenue let alone profit. The Pokémon franchise as a whole makes huge bank for The Pokémon Company but the games are handled by GameFreak and they do not make billions of dollars at all whatsoever. Not excusing these games for that reason but a lot people seem to be severely misinformed on how these games are made and who makes them.

[@markedmondson4403]

@Scott Slater watch out remainders will get ys

[@DugtrioGaming]

K Ace Thanks for informing people but then why doesn’t the Pokémon Company give more funds to Game Freak?

[@slevinchannel7589]

Not just before Release it was clear this would be a Mess, but EVEN AFTER THE DLC WAS SOLD (for money again...) ITS OBVIOUSLY STILL A REALLY BAD GAME!!! This is an objective fact! People should really stop defending the worst game ever - which COINCIDENTALLY is also the First main-game ever on the Switch...yeah...

[@slevinchannel7589]

"Graphics arent everything." ...Yeah, but... what is everything then? Or rather, what is important? I mean, Story, Graphics, Pokemon, Villains, Evil Team, Rivals and i just repeat: STORY - all of it is extremly bad. All of it. I have played ALL Games (Main and Spin-Off) except Colloseum and Generation 6. All of them. And i played Sword and Shield including DLC - so I HAVE THE DAMN RIGHT TO SAY IT'S THE WORST GAMES EVER MADE ABOUT POKEMON!! It's just a fact.

[@ErosionXperment]

"Purposely low budget and lack of ambition." The perfect words to describe Game Freak's ideals. Excellent video.

[@doodlebob3374]

Top tier clickbait

[@drag7405]

@@doodlebob3374 nope this isn't clickbait

[@doodlebob3374]

@@drag7405 This is clickbait at its worst hate to see it come from arlo honestly thought he was a good guy

[@drag7405]

@@doodlebob3374 no it isn't stop being in denial what he gave was the facts.

[@elijahmuller5041]

Doodle Bob The title of the video is “Pokémon has a Pokémon problem” that is probably the least clickbaity title you could come up with, from what I understand, I think you just don’t agree so you call it clickbait because you can’t counter his arguments

[@dawashingmachine9158]

Game freak had 2 choices 1. Only use some old Pokémon, but make new animations or 2. Use all Pokémon, but reuse old animations They decided to do neither, and give us the worst of both

[@TheAbsol7448]

I'm sure they could do the great best of both if they really wanted to.

[@lay-lowandsmash1519]

Or do what sun and moon did.

[@lay-lowandsmash1519]

@@luisandrade7171 but lets go was their side fame. This game has all the time to do what a 3ds release a accomplished. 2 and a half years from announcement is enough... they want to sell you pokemon home

[@luisandrade7171]

Lay-Low and SMASH true however i am getting pokemon home because my pokemon alpha sapphire with 1000+ hrs and shiny charm got corrupted and i lost everything. So i don’t want that to happen to my pokemon that are in Ultra Sun. Also i had my black 2 corrupt twice so im scared of my cartridges getting corrupted with everything on it

[@lay-lowandsmash1519]

@@luisandrade7171 that's what they they are manipulating. I love pokemon but they know this happens pokemon bank was great but now we have to buy home instead of them making bank on switch. They made you have no option to put your pokemon they sold you on your switch. It's very wrong. But yeah why wouldn't you do that? No one wants to lose their shiny pokemon that took 1000 hours to collect. (Most tedious thing ever

[@thescarecrowman]

If they didn't want us to talk about the models, graphics, and visual polish they shouldn't have used it as their excuse for why the national dex wasn't included.

[@snowyinferno]

Nintendo: Hey you ready for your latest console game? Gamefreak: ...You mean our latest handheld game?

[@slevinchannel7589]

Those who claim all critics only care about the National Dex are delusional, that's just an objective fact, evidend by the fact that many dont even care about the National Dex at all. But they do care about the other 8282 Problems//Issues of the last 2-3 Main Games. This Franchise is in a Peril, but because people still buy the games, Gamefreak does not even notice, cause they are noobs who only look at Sale Numbers - which is dumb in itself.

[@crazyfire9470]

@ Slevin Channel stop spamming

[@lalehiandeity1649]

Pretty much. People need to stop treating Sw&Sh as a home console game.

[@RavenWoodsDE]

So.. basically.. It's not about the budget. It's not about the assets. It's not about technical limitations. It's about them don't giving a sh*t about consistency.

[@azurephoenix8132]

I'm quite sure they're just pretty bad at making games, they admitted to be having trouble making a pokemon game for a home console

[@Smiley_Face0]

@@azurephoenix8132 oh :0

[@AlphaladZXA]

Its about time management, and what happened last time they made all the pokemon come first... that was X and Y. Arguably the worst mainline games in the series, and I guess they didnt want to repeat that. But even with that said it's been marred by the bad press from gamefreaks dumb PR excuses and lack of understanding the expectations of making a game on a "console" like system.

[@isaakw5221]

Alpha AX I highly agree with that last part. GF underestimated the expectations of making a console Pokémon game.

[@MattMatrixJohnson]

Diogo Pereira emerald was fye

[@hiimstatic6948]

Whatever happened to the GAMEFREAK that made Pokemon BW/B2W2, which pushed the DS system to its absolute limit

[@maggieent3215]

And USUM, with the Warp Ride and the cool aliens with their own dimensions, and the small little overworld sound effects... and also made the Dive feature and the soaring feature too... I think they were infiltrated by the spirit of Team Rocket. They seem more greedy. Or maybe burnt out like Team Skull. Either way, they dont have the passion of Ash or the artistic cleverness of Professor Oak anymore. I would've loved to return to Kalos, too... like with Johto and Kanto

[@CEDL0W]

They realize they’d still make money even if they don’t put any effort in the games around generation 6. And it’s sorta snowballed since.

[@vankleiss299]

Gone. Reduced to atoms.

[@bobjeezorham7658]

Black and White were originally disliked by fans, sadly, because it didn't have all the Pokémon and people liked to shit on the Gen 5 mons (they aren't all like Garbodor and Vanilluxe but they act like they are, don't get me wrong tho Vanilluxe is one of my favorite Pokémon).

[@dani-png]

BW/BW2 and USUM pushed the limits on their respective consoles because they were the last Pokémon games on their consoles. While both consoles had rough Pokémon games to start with with DP and XY. Let’s hope that SWSH are the XY of the switch and game freak improves as they get used to the hardware and push it to the limit with gen 9 or 10.

[@Luke-pp2lw]

Love him or hate him, you have to acknowlegde he's spitting straight facts

[@Fragile_Media]

Ricegum out here speaking straight facts kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIXanKt8nLOSiqc

[@corphish129]

Come on now, no one hates Arlo.

[@Lucidshum5541]

Pink Chicke

[@almightykeys4734]

Yes sir! This is the best of arlo. Its not even an opinion he is providing. Straight facts.

[@connorbell7301]

I heavily disagree with some of his opinions in other videos, but I can't hate him. I'm just as opinionated as him, and I'm no hypocrite.

[@mirthfulArtist]

"That's why I found Black and White so refeshing!" *clicks the Like button*

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

It's hilarious because Black and White were the beginning of the end

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@MrSlime-mx4en I meant what I said

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@MrSlime-mx4en Yeah, I have

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@MrSlime-mx4en Bad story, bad graphics, bad Pokemon designs, a general obsession with pretension, it's not hard like everyone says it is and this is when the mechanics became stagnant, as Gen V barely innovated, bad rivals, etc. We got a sequel that barely feels like a sequel instead of a remake or third version...I could go on and on

[@joshuahart153]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 The story was better than almost every other gen and certainly more involved. Most other stories in Pokemon games are not exactly the most thought-out things in the world. Bad graphics? These games were possibly the most ambitious in the series, with the dynamic camera both in overworld and battle, all-new moving sprites for every single Pokemon, etc. Overly pixelated at times, but I enjoy looking at it much more than some of the other games in the series. It's a bit pretentious, but I don't see that as a continuing trend. It may not be the most difficult, but it's not as easy as XY or the games that came after. The reason earlier games were difficult were because of bad level pacing (DP and HGSS in particular), and these games are paced pretty well. There weren't many changes to the mechanics, so yes this is where the stagnation started, but they added quite a bit to the existing mechanics in the forms of hidden abilities and such. This game innovated quite a bit with formula breaks in story, visuals and presentation - I don't see how you can say they didn't innovate. And the bad rivals have been a thing since gen 3. As for the sequels, they are one of the most content-filled games after HGSS in the entire series, and they do many more things differently than 3rd games like Platinum or Emerald ever did. Bad Pokemon design isn't really worth talking about, there are great designs and bad designs in every gen.

[@AleT118]

So basically S&S is gonna have the development of Sonic '06. How great.

[@Mikewolv007]

Aleksi Taunimaa do you think there will be a Pokémon/human kissing scene?

[@kintaro1851]

@@Mikewolv007 There is a new Pokemon that is based of a servant, fused with a cat or something that looks alike. And the females are known for beeing great at caring for babys. So it's a servant cat girl that's great with kids. What could go wrong? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jjc4924]

Wasn't X & Y the development of Sonic 06?

[@slevinchannel7589]

Their statement about the Rival-Issue shows they are impressively fanbase-distant and even off-reality they are. Even some really nice, polite KZbinrs i know where like "WTF? This is nonsense. Literal nonsense." Their statement about Rivals alone shows how distant to the fanbase they are. They literally dont know what the product is they're selling. Also... just overall: Remember this company is big and rich and big... just a little thing to remember...

[@slevinchannel7589]

Not just before Release it was clear this would be a Mess, but EVEN AFTER THE DLC WAS SOLD (for money again...) ITS OBVIOUSLY STILL A REALLY BAD GAME!!! This is an objective fact! People should really stop defending the worst game ever - which COINCIDENTALLY is also the First main-game ever on the Switch...yeah...

[@SakuraAvalon]

Your Pokemon are stuck in Pokemon Home? Is Home just a ploy by Team Rocket?

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

Game Freak became the thing they swore to (make players )destroy

[@knucklesechidna2124]

Oh god, I can see Jessie, James, and Meowth now. XD This is like them opening a Pokemon Center at the Indigo Plataeu and running off with all the trainers' Pokemon. lol

[@SakuraAvalon]

Knuckles Echidna Can't wait for the explosion, following soon after the cry of an angry Pikachu.

[@yooooooooooooooo696]

Nah the team rocket members aren’t in the dex either so they are stuck there with them.

[@VidyaBros1]

Yeah, to hold all our Pokemon hostage.

[@CruxisAngel954]

What’s crazy is that fire emblem which will never sell anywhere near what Pokémon will shows how you bring a series into the HD era.

[@CelineSera]

What I find crazy is that Fire Emblem had way more changes than Pokemon, but that might be its selling point.

[@MysticalRK]

I really had doubt about Three Houses first because speculation about what sort of game was going to be, but turns out it was very well made with lots of content. Good job, IS.

[@davidtg803]

SweetDangos well said brother

[@SnipingIsFun]

Fire Emblem is also one of Nintendo's oldest franchises.

[@SlimeBlueMS]

Fire Emblem has to make good games or else nobody will buy them. That's not the case with pokemon.

[@putridmoldyman306]

"Pokemon doesnt have microtransactions" No, they make you pay $60-$80 for literally the same game but with a different pokemon

[@nugsboodlepoo]

They don't make 2 games so you'll buy both, it's so people will have to trade with eachother to get the Pokémon they can't get in their version. Trading is part of the fun. You could buy both games but unless you had 2 systems, you couldn't trade with yourself.

[@cools-mc-fools]

But they are 60$ now

[@mirthfulArtist]

STONKS ↗️

[@N12015]

NOW THEY HAVE.

[@ladymarcy7830]

@@nugsboodlepoo Pokemon Home, so...

[@sparklepawz1185]

*doesn't have the game and criticizes the game after seeing the gameplay* "you can't criticize a game unless you own it. You don't have it so you don't have the right to an opinion!" *owns the game and criticizes the game after their own experience* "If you don't like the game then why did you even buy it? You're just a hater!"

[@kongism]

Simple Solution: Don’t be a dick to someone over their opinion on a Pokémon game

[@admiralstone2456]

"It's difficult to win in an argument against a smart person, but it's impossible to win an argument against an idiot!"

[@TheIndomitableF]

I legitimately expected you to not go far beyond the simple "shrug, it doesn't matter that much to me" perspective. I'm proud of you for empathizing with the disappointment we all feel inside.

[@ratedr7845]

As if that approach is bad

[@netweed09]

''We all'' Come off your high horse; the sales figures will show how small your 'all' really is!!

[@user-pe1bv9xw7q]

Frank Owen not all bro

[@valletas]

@@netweed09 remenber casuals (that make most of their fanbase) and japan doesnt know what is happening

[@vanafsossfigokolarios5181]

Yes unfortunately there are many sheeps

[@eintheoverlord4997]

"You are not being the game developer Mister Rogers wanted you to be" (Critical hit in the feels)

[@theravenmonarch9441]

Gimmicks being gimmicks, they really should stop changing it every. f-ing. game.

[@matthewdylla6090]

Also 4x super effective.

[@zye....]

We're paying 50% more but aren't getting even close 50%, maybe - 50% of the pokedex..

[@RJM1410]

Have they said how many are getting cut? I feel like a lot of people are just assuming that it's close to 50% with no evidence

[@joshuafogg6600]

@@RJM1410 The fact that *_ANY_* Pokémon is getting cut is bad.

[@RJM1410]

@@joshuafogg6600 True. But my point is that people are making up stats with no evidence that could make the situation look worse than it is.

[@joshuafogg6600]

@@RJM1410 The intent was not to spread misinformation. It just happened when the Thanos snap was still in the zeitgeist, and you know how pervasive memes are. Still, half (or more) of the Pokémon sure feels real. After all, we are at over 800 Pokémon now.

[@josh44026]

Switch games are overpriced

[@swizzler]

Holy crap. I've been a fan of the games since the beginning and the constant dropping of amazing new features always baffled me, but I never had considered your "line of mediocrity" argument. It makes perfect sense...

[@lucmorris9183]

"If you want nice graphics you shouldn't be playing a nintendo system" Arlo: hold my beer.

[@FLForrest]

Retro Studios: hold my beer (calling it now, Metroid Prime 4 will rip off heads and shit down necks)

[@gavin.l4440]

ForrestMagus right

[@VGamingJunkie]

The Switch version of Doom 2016 looks surprisingly good, all things considered. It has more or less all of the effects intact and just comes off as a mostly blurrier version of the other console ports. You can point out some things that look more different like no screen-space reflections and lights culling at shorter distances but, when it comes to things like pbr, motion blur, particles, depth of field, ambient occlusion, etc. that really make the game flourish, all that's in the Switch version.

[@rhettmitchell]

ForrestMagus "rip off heads and shit down necks" that's a new one

[@megamanx1291]

MetroidJunkie A phone could run Doom 2016 better though, the switch seriously needs a revision when the ps5 drops to keep up with the 3rd party scene

[@FloatingSunfish]

I'm not mad about them reusing models and animations. They've been doing that since the Gameboy days. What I'm mad about is them lying about making new assets and using that as an excuse to cut features from newer titles.

[@knucklesechidna2124]

I prefer Game Boy Pokemon tbh. :)

[@Maxusdadream]

Well they didn’t lie about making new assets bc how do suppose the starters exist in the game, Drednaw, alcreamie, and dynamax corviknight.

[@squigglypop8748]

THIS SO MUCH! Not only did they lie about using new assets but they lied about having high quality animations. They’re promising stuff that isn’t even in the damn game. Game freak is just rushing these games out for Christmas and that is so sneaky to me. Pokémon fans aren’t even asking for that much, especially when gems like Botw and Smash Ultimate exist on the switch.

[@justice8718]

If you complain about high quality animations, you don’t know what cutscenes are.

[@user-pe1bv9xw7q]

Floating Sunfish how do u know its a lie. exactly. the graphics look really good compared to USUM people are rlly cynical in 2019(not u in specific) but ppl like u are ignoring the great improved animations like Brave Bird, Giga Impact, Dragon Pulse, Vaccuum Wave, and many more... smh

[@thebloodyaussie1458]

GameFreak: "we future proofed these models so we wouldn't have to redo all 800 Pokemon" Also GameFreak: "we cut 60% of old Pokemon because it's too hard to redo." You literally wanted to make high quality assets so you WOULDN'T HAVE TO CULL THEM! That's the main reason I'm not getting it. EDIT: I caved and got it and the DLC as well. I'm liking Isle of Armour a lot, the main story sucks and it's fun to overlevel Pokemon with exp candies.

[@DugtrioGaming]

THEY DIDN’T EVEN UPDATE ANY OF THEM!

[@deadname569]

The Bloody Aussie #shuttheheckupaboutthedex

[@thebloodyaussie1458]

@@deadname569 So I shouldn't talk about the Dex.... on a video about the Dex.... Your logic astounds me sir. Either way, I'm not so much upset about the Dex being cut but the reasons why they said they cut it. Also, this was a few months ago back when everyone was talking about the Dex. I couldn't care less now.

[@Rajin90]

@@deadname569 Criticism bad. Consumption good. BAAA~

[@uppindown8466]

I agree with your point, but why does everyone in this comment section have bad spelling/grammar?

[@joshuafogg6600]

The main problem: Masuda lied to us, and did so to our faces.

[@TSPH1992]

"kids don't have the attention span nowadays to play a Pokémon game on a console" Really masuda?

[@slevinchannel7589]

Not just before Release it was clear this would be a Mess, but EVEN AFTER THE DLC WAS SOLD (for money again...) ITS OBVIOUSLY STILL A REALLY BAD GAME!!! This is an objective fact! People should really stop defending the worst game ever - which COINCIDENTALLY is also the First main-game ever on the Switch...yeah...

[@jamesbenson2090]

Then why is he trying to sell this game to kids if he thinks children are that dumb (and us fans as well)

[@joshuafogg6600]

@@jamesbenson2090 Because we apparently ARE dumb enough to accept the lowering quality and the microtransactions.

[@jlkhalaf4335]

Masuda is a jerk!

[@trashmeme2328]

Everybody gangsta until the Machop start ganging up on you.

[@technic1285]

Imagine getting jumped by a gang of Machop and one of 'em says, "Hrrrggh, hu-ah, Grrrraaaaggh!" (Bench press 'em, boys!)

[@netweed09]

Oof, finally, some decent comments about this game!

[@neko7936]

Everyone gangsta till the wingull start t-posing

[@blaster.m1943]

Everybody gangsta till the pinsir starts flyin---oh wait.

[@tjmario64]

Lel

[@kingrocky7519]

I was insanely patient. When they released Ultra Sun & Moon, which was virtually the same game as before, I said “Okay, Game Freak is building up money and time to really invest in the next generation console Pokémon game.” When they released Let’s Go: Pikachu and Eevee, which was admittedly underwhelming, I said “Okay, Game Freak is just dipping their toe in the water. Once the next generation hits, it’s gonna take the world by storm.” And after all that waiting, I get a game with extremely underwhelming graphics and doesn’t even contain all the Pokémon. From the highest-grossing media franchise of all time. I was on the edge of growing out of Pokémon, so believe that I am saying this with complete neutrality. These games just don’t look like fun anymore, and I just don’t feel like buying them.

[@Mopsie]

Good, don’t buy it. That’s the only way they will understand

[@hyoeden]

Same here, hope they don't sell at all, so they star to behave like actual developers that need to invest to sell.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Get Digimon Cyber Sleuth on the Switch.

[@ShelledHandle]

I was even more patient, I havent really liked the games since XY and kept waiting for things to recover. By USUM I was done and nothing coming after makes me think i made a bad decision

[@nautilume7114]

Preach, this was exactly how I felt. I didn’t feel like I’d grow out of Pokémon, but the quality has dropped SO much and they’re cutting any and every corner so they can appease the company. I don’t feel like it’s directly Gamefreak’s fault but gosh dang the Pokémon Company has to stop focusing on the quick buck, start focusing on the quality, and get its crap together!

[@angelgoldennight]

Alro: "I mean look at the tree!" Me: looks like it straight out of ocarina of time Arlo: "it looks like it came straight out of ocarina of time!!!" 🤯

[@slevinchannel7589]

Those who claim all critics only care about the National Dex are delusional, that's just an objective fact, evidend by the fact that many dont even care about the National Dex at all. But they do care about the other 8282 Problems//Issues of the last 2-3 Main Games. This Franchise is in a Peril, but because people still buy the games, Gamefreak does not even notice, cause they are noobs who only look at Sale Numbers - which is dumb in itself.

[@ziksy6460]

The leaks are out...Dexit is way worse than expected.

[@markedmondson4403]

Brexit now dexit just add exit on the end trexit zexit

[@daniellee8688]

This is going to sound incredibly mean, but Game Freak has gotten away with playing it safe and doing the bare minimum for too long. Nintendo needs to force them out using the majority holdings and give Pokemon to a hungry third party developer who wants to innovate. We have played through Kanto in Red, Blue, Yellow, Fire Red, Leaf Green, a re-release of Red, Blue, and Yellow on the 3DS, a re-release of Red, Blue, and Yellow on the Virtual Console, Let's Go Pikachu, and Let's Go Eevee. All of the Alola forms in Sun and Moon were from Kanto. The majority of mega-evolutions were Kanto pokemon. Twenty plus years of serving up the same thing over and over. Heck, the Galar champion's signature pokemon is a charizard because heaven forbid we do anything that isn't firmly attached to Kanto. The minute we got 3D models in X and Y, the pokemon all just sit there lifeless after they pop out of the pokeball. I long for the days of Black and White 2 where the pokemon at least have personality.

[@witchingjokress]

THIS ☝️

[@phantomliger89]

They can't. They dint own a majority. It's shared equally last I read.

[@shouldveusedsafesearch8099]

It was B/W that had originally brought the animated 2D sprites. Other than that, spot on.

[@moronribbons5774]

*I wanna see victini hop again*

[@shevrett2658]

I’m more hyped about the idea of GF losing custody of the pokemon games than I am about Sword and Shield

[@darkriku144]

"hammering on their keyboards and phone screens" sorry Arlo, but I'm posting this from a fridge

[@Tiny_24]

I'm on a tree.

[@derekw8039]

Welcome to the future!

[@gordonlynch771]

While playing Skyrim on said fridge 😎😆

[@Fix_]

Plot twist he's telling the truth

[@Dinoman972]

I'm telepathically uploading my comments to the internet from the moon.

[@ArasAudioDump]

After completing Pokémon sword, I have come to my conclusion. It’s a fine game. Not good, not great, just fine. However, definitely not worth the 60 dollars in my eyes.

[@uniokld9110]

Ye its not 60 worth... I know many other Pokemon games that are great and way longer! And they were less than 60 .v. (Well atleast I think their good)

[@slevinchannel7589]

@Hen It's literally the worst game in the Franchise, i have seen no worse one. It's not "a fine game" as Aras Audio Dump said.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Not just before Release it was clear this would be a Mess, but EVEN AFTER THE DLC WAS SOLD (for money again...) ITS OBVIOUSLY STILL A REALLY BAD GAME!!! This is an objective fact! People should really stop defending the worst game ever - which COINCIDENTALLY is also the First main-game ever on the Switch...yeah...

[@uppindown8466]

For $90, you could get three whole complete Pokémon experiences. For $0, you could get infinite Pokémon fan hacks that include story changes, all 800 Pokémon, and even open world exploration.

[@MaximumRK]

@@slevinchannel7589 The DLC was the best part of the game, and the game is kinda OK. But it is the worst game in the series, absolutely, and I really hope Arceus is better. If it isn’t, I will definitely boycott any further games because this is all ridiculous.

[@thiskneegrow]

Pokémon has turned into a child’s animal collectors game being sold as a AAA game when an indie developer could do wayy better with the same resources.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Those who claim all critics only care about the National Dex are delusional, that's just an objective fact, evidend by the fact that many dont even care about the National Dex at all. But they do care about the other 8282 Problems//Issues of the last 2-3 Main Games. This Franchise is in a Peril, but because people still buy the games, Gamefreak does not even notice, cause they are noobs who only look at Sale Numbers - which is dumb in itself.

[@ssacredheartt]

Arlo I'm always so thankful for these controversial videos thank you for not being a pushover

[@maggieent3215]

I'm thankful too.

[@wiiztec]

It's really not contraversial, the apologists are just screaming at the top of their lungs

[@ilngsisfh]

wiiztec where bitch? I don’t see them

[@FLForrest]

@@ilngsisfh Check Twitter. People like Fawful's Minion, the Serebii site owner, and countless randos reee about how mean people voicing their issues with an upcoming product are.

[@mAcroFaze]

When Arlo tells you he's disappointed, you KNOW you've screwed up.

[@crazyfire9470]

Kinda easy to do to be honest.😄

[@SlimeBlueMS]

He also said hes still buying the game so his opinion really doesnt matter

[@poisonedyoyo]

Nope, it just means this guy is using other people's opinions to forumlate his own. He's riding on social media coattails, don't try to butter it down to something it's not.

[@SlimeBlueMS]

@@poisonedyoyo the guy isnt wrong about anything though.

[@decidueyezealot8611]

K

[@talkytabby2878]

I'm literally begging for a game delay

[@dasutanehineri]

🙃

[@TSPH1992]

It's not a sin to take an extra year unless you have TPC pushing for a yearly release

[@andrewtucker94]

Boycotting =/= a hate campaign. It's how you actually affect the quality

[@Kastor774]

What I don’t see mentioned enough is that Game Freak promised a game that would satisfy “hardcore” fans after seeing that LGPE would be directed at the most casual (GO players) audience. Also we are not just mad at the removal of the Nat Dex, that was already gone in Gen 7, they further said that Megas and Z-moves are gone. Imagine if your favorite was Mawile and you were thrilled that Gen 6 made it so powerful. And now it’s gone with the wind. Hell there might not even be a Mawile at all. But a Charizard fan, they can sure rest easy that even though their TWO megas are gone, they are but guaranteed a Gigantamax form.

[@jigglypuff452]

I don’t think there’ll be a Gigantamax Charizard Edit: I am speechless

[@runawayspodiac2945]

PK Starstorm just remember this comment you made when you see it become reality lol

[@jigglypuff452]

RunawaySpodiac I guess, but I said I *don’t think* there will be one, but I could be totally wrong.

[@doodlebob3374]

Lets go was for everyone Its one of the best Pokemon games ever made

[@Kastor774]

@@doodlebob3374 I would have bought it if it had Kingdra. But GF won't make an expanded Kanto Dex because muh 151.

[@larhyperhair]

"you're not being the game developer Mr. Rodgers wanted you to be" is the most powerful insult of all time, the thought of hurting mr. Rodgers made my heart break in half before shattering into a million pieces.

[@knucklesechidna2124]

Are we refering to Fred Rogers, Roy Rogers, or Steve Rogers? Because all of them were AWESOME.

[@Daniel328DT]

Arlo went too far

[@knucklesechidna2124]

I think he's being fair here instead of going either way to the EXTREME.

[@xersys2556]

“If you want nice graphics you shouldn’t be playing a nintendo system.” Are you kidding? It’s called ‘nintendo polish’ for a reason. They’re well known for making everything they do look and play to the absolute best of the hardwares ability.

[@brremsilverte.9022]

“I can only hope that is not the final tree in the final game”. Little did he know 😔 that was the final tree in the final game

[@Blappyboop]

Who’s ready for gen 9 where all the Pokémon and humans are t posing?

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@BlueAizu_ Let's Go, T-Pose Pikachu! *Sells 10 million copies*

[@Klonoahedgehog]

And the fans defend it lol

[@M3rtyville]

I made a video with most T-Posing Pokemon in USUM... I doubt they will improve anything during the transition to SwSh...

[@jooj3596]

Donovan Howes Gen 11, there is no cartridge, it’s just a blank switch case with “pokemon” written on it with comic sans

[@gearsoftime9375]

Mabye I should reconsider

[@chuganoga1908]

It honestly just looks like a glorified 3DS port

[@TheKitsuneBlue]

I mean... Smash Ultimate was basically a smash for Wii U port. No lies

[@chuganoga1908]

TheKitsuneBlue yeah kinda, somewhat

[@Snivy102]

@@TheKitsuneBlue Ya but the jump from WiiU to Switch is much smaller than the humongous leap from 3DS to Switch.

[@tarynwinterholler3099]

@@TheKitsuneBlue graphically, the art style looks the same but a bit different, but the quality of graphics Is only slightly hire.

[@joshuafogg6600]

It's not even worthy to be called a port.

[@anhvo606]

Dynamax is kinda not that interesting in my opinion Just give some new mega evo would be better for the fan

[@jdmking4776]

It seems like it was done by a first grader... "I want bigggg pokemon mum"

[@neelverhoeven6790]

They have gigantamaxing and galarian forms so plz delete this comment because it is completely dismissed

[@anhvo606]

@@neelverhoeven6790 Nah man won't delete it just because they have galarian forms. Sun and moon also have alola forms and mega evol (which is now rep by gigantamax). It's obvious that they do something like fill the void left by national dex It's just a lame Idea in my opinion to make pokemon bigger haha ( this is for dynamax).

[@dasutanehineri]

@@brandonhansen4413 while i can't agree on gen one being the best i can certainly say i am not a fan of mega evolutions. just sorta felt like "uhhhh fuck ok guys we need a new idea" "make some pokemon...have another evolution but its not actually another evolution cause it wears off and its technically the same pokemon just with more power and a varying design"

[@syeo501]

Imagine getting Pokemon Home and you transfer every Pokemon there. Every Pokemon you collected over the years, unable to transfer them back to ORAS/YX/USUM, but you also can't transfer them to Sword Shield. Also catching Pokemon in Pokemon Go and transferring them over to Home and you can't use some of them. Gud quality service

[@mads9112]

Arlo, this has been the most level-headed response to the situation I have seen from anyone so far, I appreciate the way you look at it from multiple perspectives while maintaining a healthy amount of skepticism. Seeing quality stuff like this reminds me why you are one of the best gaming KZbinrs out there. Keep it up!! :D

[@JB-tl8rj]

He's not the greatest remember when he wanted thousand year door remastered

[@hurricanian6146]

Hey what about Mangakamen

[@rjshredder2377]

Watch lockstin and knoggin

[@maggieent3215]

@@JB-tl8rj negative opinion of a game does not mean the game itself is neccesarily bad. You need to give proof. *uses Intimidate*

[@Seth_Hezekiah]

@@JB-tl8rj you mean the movement he started that's a good thing???

[@PaytoBiss]

No one should be called a hate mongerer for questioning why a billion dollar company is lying to it's fans

[@HerpDerpTheTank]

Amen. Pokémon is my favorite franchise. It's been an enormous part of my childhood and Adulthood. This entire situation has me pretty much mourning the future of the franchise.

[@netweed09]

Because they aren't. Hate-monger

[@netweed09]

@@HerpDerpTheTank So, the most progressive game in the series by scope and fact has you , a supposed lifelong fan 'moaning'? Yea,,, believable,,, yeaaa,,,,

[@Purple_Sloth]

netweed09 1. They are, they are saying it would be too much time, but then again, they have essentially infinite black hole of money they can use on working on it. 2. It’s understandable why Matthew Miller would be upset. Seeing how you play smash, for example: A. Let’s cut every character except for the original 8. We need that because else wise there would be too much fighters! We will, however update the game’s graphics. a. Now they don’t upgrade their models. B. We cut fighters so we can have better environments. b. Has stages that compare to n64 ones, and look plain and not really interesting. Now how do you feel for the future of Smash? This is how Pokemon fans have been feeling about this situation.

[@berrystrawhat]

@@netweed09 I get it man, you're probably just being an ass for the sake of being one, but you definitely cant think these are the most progressive games yet. I want to believe that these games will be fantastic, but most of the veteran developers from the older games are working on Town and no SwSh. The most progressive games have always been the last ones on the consoles, think Gold and Silver, all of Gen 5 and Gen 7

[@anomymous1286]

I’ve been waiting for an “Ocarina of Time moment” for Pokemon for 15 years. The fact that they gave us the same game they’ve been making for all these years AGAIN and in such a shitty presentation is incredibly disrespectful. Zelda gets BOTW. Mario gets Odyssey. Pokemon deserves an entry on that level.

[@aspenpawarts9333]

It all went down hill after USUM, the 2d games increased in quality until they went to 3D where there was a rocky start, but then went up until USUM. Let’s go has a bit of an excuse because it’s effectively a remake and a bridge game, and at least at the time people thought it was that quality because it wasn’t a main series game (it technically is but still) then nope, S/S just sucks. TLDR: For Pokémon at least the 3DS is the best console you can have, great games and can play DS games

[@MyMiniMovieMagic]

3 years later and I'm still pissed. And the best part is, Pokémon Home, the thing you have to pay for to store your pokemon if you want more than 30 slots, isn't even compatible with the current Gen game until almost a quarter of a year later (or possibly more) Gamefreak really did its best to try and stomp out our passion for this franchise. It's just so ridiculously wild how they can sit there and print money while giving us the middle finger - all still relevant in 2022

[@donthevalen]

Still relevant now 😂😂😂 fuck Gamefreak and creatures. They’ve become scum

[@Ronnie06spartan]

Gonna quote a comment someone left on Jwittz video on the subject: "Really loath when people bring up "but I just end up using the new pokemon in the new games, so it doesn't matter;" Implying that people who are upset about their missing pokemon WEREN'T going to do that? I'd play with the new pokemon as well, but I still want to be able to transfer my favorites for AFTER the story. Moreso, so what if people want to go through the story with their beloved older pokemon? It doesn't affect your game at all." I agree, wanting the National Dex back does not mean you don't like playing with the new Pokemon. Those things are not mutually exclusive. I hear from a breeder's perspective, not having the National Dex is really bad: www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/bzrdcg/a_breeders_perspective_from_the_latest_news_i/ I was really hoping Pokemon on the Switch would be in the same league and caliber as BotW and Odyssey in terms of how big, grand, epic, polished, and innovative those games were for their respective series

[@mattok101digitaltamer9]

*Meanwhile, Digimon goes and re-releases both Cyber Sleuth games and makes them earlier releases than pokemon, taking advantage of the controversy.*

[@TheAbsol7448]

I really hope Digimon becomes more recognizable and popular from this.

[@mattok101digitaltamer9]

@@TheAbsol7448 Me too bub.

[@JB-tl8rj]

Digimon did first come from toys

[@xedusk]

Have you seen Digimon Survive? So good!

[@TheAbsol7448]

@@JB-tl8rj No. It came from a Virtual Pet, which is officially recognized as a video game.

[@smoker9777]

i really did come here expecting some big youtuber trying to suck to nintendo and ignore any valid problem but you proved me wrong glad to see some honesty from this community

[@moonronic]

i just wish a company that had genuine passion for the franchise could make the main games, gamefreaks heart just isnt in it anymore, its why town is described as a passion project whereas swsh is just another passable cash cow entry for them. swsh keeps the lights on & town, other games, are something they care about now also id honestly say the third entries in the series are basically just 30 dollar (now 60 dollar 😬) dlc, usum was such a joke also i think gamefreaks lack of communication w fans is troubling too, we had to start a whole trending hashtag on twitter for multiple days just to get the director to see fans weren't pleased. theres a lack of communication abt pkmn home, the lack of pokemon in the game was spoken about in a comment in a treehouse video, there was no big huge noticeable statement made abt it. asian fans didnt even know abt no national dex for a long time

[@aspenpawarts9333]

moonronic it’s not gamefreak- half their team was shoved onto another project and new people were brought in- it’s the Pokémon companies fault for being stupid. The team did the best they could with the small timeframe and limited budget

[@gekkovonthefish7310]

My problem with this is that they are cutting Pokemon and other features like Megas and Z-Moves to enhance graphics, animations, new 3d models and balance... But clearly they are not doing any of that... Reused animations from 3ds, models that are so similar to the 3ds ones, upscaled graphics that look like a 3ds game in HD (i know they enhanced lightining and other things)... Seeing how double kick has the same animation from XY is painfull because those things add life to every creature.... In the other hand i know that remodeling every pokemon is a hard task but i think they could ask for help to other developers to bring the ultimate pokemon experience and not a cutted one like this (o and Masuda said that they will never remove pokemon and that pissed me off xD)

[@nuclearbeeberman]

Thank god that z moves and megas are gone... But they have this new big pkm now which suck

[@pringledaprangle7480]

If you compare USUM to SWSH SWSH looks way better idk where this “upscaled 3ds game” ideology came from.

[@imaginoryx5674]

Plus they have the f****** money to do all that

[@TruzzleBruh]

@@pringledaprangle7480 it is the same engine.

[@Dead_Hitori]

It's the same models from the last game

[@rhodie9338]

"I'm about to say some fairly harsh stuff about the Pokemon Company" *Unsubscribes just so I can resubscribe even harder*

[@Ben-sn4tu]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@pierrebegley2746]

I just did that too!

[@JeremySheer]

you are all babies

[@planeta3059]

JeremySheer learn how to take a joke, dummy

[@gearsoftime9375]

Aw man

[@leopereira4718]

Before, I was ready to accept Sword and Shield’s poor graphical fidelity and just chalk it up to the whole “Nintendo games ain’t about graphics” fallacy. But then I actually bought the Switch Lite with BOTW, and that’s when I realized how big of a lie that is. BOTW is beautiful, as are most of the primary switch titles. Astral Chain, Odyssey, Mario Kart, SSU all look incredible, with great animations and graphics. There’s no excuse for Pokémon to look as bad as it does.

[@icanhasyellow]

The most depressing thing of all.. after actually playing the game, even the story is awful. And the towns are empty and there's so little to do. And they've removed GTS and online sucks. Ugh... :(

[@WillyFresh92]

I do get a good chuckle out of people calling Pokemon Home, Pokemon Jail

[@maggieent3215]

Pokemon home arrest

[@knucklesechidna2124]

Pokemon GO Home and Sleep, you're drunk.

[@Ben-sn4tu]

Pokémon homing missiles will be on their way if you don’t lock your pets up right now

[@what_did_you_expect]

Pokemon cemetery

[@ABHyt]

Pokemon Purgatory

[@faimynth6030]

Animal crossing has made me angrier with Pokemon honestly Animal crossing! Of all games with so much stuff premade and so much mechanics they could easily copy and paste into the new game, no they went and put the effort and Nintendo even stepped up and told them no, delayed MISSING THE CHRISTMAS SALE, a MUCH larger sale. Yet Pokemon a much larger game just gets copy and pasted, no more work. And it sucks.

[@annthom5301]

To be fair, at least itll be a fun game and it wont and isnt being rushed

[@faimynth6030]

@@annthom5301 *looks at the 'new' evil team* :) Sure.

[@Diwasho]

I'm not buying their excuse of delaying AC to make it better, they had plenty of time since 2012 to make a new game and by the time it comes out the Switch will be three years old. They're probably delaying it so they can milk Pocket Camp for a bit longer.

[@Fireflythegirl]

@@Diwasho there's no way that's true. No company would choose to miss the christmas market without good reason.

[@zye....]

Finally someone who is as upset and was as excited as I was for animal crossing.. Pocket camp is a joke, as every mobile game

[@dariusg7044]

I agree with you... but I'm not buying the new games. I'm not feeding into that low effort ba anymore.

[@thomasappel2973]

I can't understand some people defending this i'm looking at trees from 1998 OOT in a 2019 almost 2020 pokemon game

[@slevinchannel7589]

Those who claim all critics only care about the National Dex are delusional, that's just an objective fact, evidend by the fact that many dont even care about the National Dex at all. But they do care about the other 8282 Problems//Issues of the last 2-3 Main Games. This Franchise is in a Peril, but because people still buy the games, Gamefreak does not even notice, cause they are noobs who only look at Sale Numbers - which is dumb in itself.

[@thewileyweavile8569]

Pokemon reds trees do be lookin fine as hell

[@kongism]

“I can’t understand some people having an opinion that’s different from mine”

[@1dayago843]

I agree with you 100% *except* with the whole "I'm gonna buy it anyways" deal. It really is perpetuating this low effort, high profit thing TPC is striving on. We should expect better from a multi-billionaire company.

[@SlimeBlueMS]

Agreed, I am not rewarding pokemon yet again for another lazy entry to the series. Blindly supporting a game while ignoring massive issues is why pokemon can get away with being lazy.

[@Pantherblack]

Same. I've decided I can't reward a game for offering me less content for more money. No one should be okay with that.

[@JEEVES635]

Hey man, I want a fun pokemon game and it looks like what I want.

[@Tonithealtwing]

I’m going to be a sneaky fellow and buy one of the games pre-owned.

[@nikfighter262]

True, he should wait till the Super or something sword and shield games come out like 1 or 2 years after sword and shield.

[@YoshiWare]

"You're not the game designer Mr. Iwata thought you could be, Masuda."

[@sketcher445]

Exactly

[@TylerjWebb]

OUCH that's harsh... But earned.

[@_V.Va_]

That's literally a hit to the heart.

[@deanscott8165]

Oooooooof

[@rivaledrandom1282]

Pokemon's defense was a metal shield and you shot them with a tank round

[@pokelight6077]

Whos looking back at the this video in the future??

[@matthewgorial2419]

"You are not being the game developer Mr Rogers want you to be" is a powerful quote

[@rouge939]

Who is Mr Rogers?

[@matthewgorial2419]

@@rouge939 Fred Rogers

[@daaave_]

Pokémon is the COD of Nintendo. It makes me sad but I’m a Pokémon fan and I believe this now.

[@lr4164]

Modern warfare looks good though.

[@TheMattLuigi]

DJ I was a Pokémon fan until this whole drama. I’m done with the shit Game Freak keeps pulling. They lost me.

[@MeEveree]

And they both disappointed fans with removing beloved things that were in every game (campaign and national dex)

[@AlphaladZXA]

@@lr4164 until u see its monetization plus a 60$ down payment, fuck COD

[@yokaiwatcher8500]

@master knight I thought gen 5 was controversial course I love it, first Pokémon game, ever since I picked my tepig gummie (which is a horrible misspelling of gummy cause I thought it looked like a candy) I have loved Pokémon, I have tried to shiny egg hunt tepig so many times in Omega ruby to have a beautiful shiny emboar, no mater how competitively inviable it may be since I'm not hunting shiny with good Iv's because heck no I'm doing full odds I'm not bothering with the incredibly bad odds but anyway besides the point completely so you know sorry bout dat

[@eg5676]

Truly, if you want more from the company, not indulging them in their shady business practices is the best message to send; if you make a list of criticisms and then follow it with "I'll still buy the game and play it" then it's empty, a company won't change if they already have your money.

[@tylerhatton9523]

This comment is heavily underrated

[@TheKrossRoads]

Yeah, I got the same impression from this video. All the -bitching and moaning- criticism of this video won't mean a thing if he still ends up putting money down anyway. "Look all the mold on this bread, it's practically an ecosystem at this point! All the shades of green are here. Someone should be ashamed at the lack of care. I can't believe they are still selling this in good conscience! .....I'll take two loaves, please." - 'Not A Deal Breaker' Arlo

[@CrimsonKobaNakirigumi]

Exactly, you can whine all you want, but if you still buy the game, it's all meaningless. Look at FIFA/Madden, fans asked and asked to don't buy the next iteration since 2014 or so, now the games are an unfixable mess but on top of sales every year, I don't want Pokemon to be an unfixable mess too.

[@igelfullmetal1307]

@@TheKrossRoads He's still gonna buy it because, like he said, his excitement outweighs his disappointment. I feel the same way, especially after the most recent direct.

[@IAMMechakirby1]

Arlo Should know it feels when a developer ignores and throws their hardcore fans under the bus. After all he's a PAPER MARIO FAN

[@gato_feliz605]

Elmo: “Hi im elmo! And today we will learn about circles” Arlo: “Hi im Arlo! And today we will learn about managing a multi billion dollar buisnesses and game development ethics” Elmo: ...

[@slevinchannel7589]

"Graphics arent everything." ...Yeah, but... what is everything then? Or rather, what is important? I mean, Story, Graphics, Pokemon, Villains, Evil Team, Rivals and i just repeat: STORY - all of it is extremly bad. All of it. I have played ALL Games (Main and Spin-Off) except Colloseum and Generation 6. All of them. And i played Sword and Shield including DLC - so I HAVE THE DAMN RIGHT TO SAY IT'S THE WORST GAMES EVER MADE ABOUT POKEMON!! It's just a fact.

[@palix5925]

Graphics aren't everything, but they're definitely something....and these graphics ain't it.

[@petelee2477]

I wasn't that concerned about graphics until they claimed that cutting the nation Dex allowed them to focus on "high quality animations" after that I went back and looked at the graphics decided to boycott it

[@RicochetForce]

Graphics aren't everything, but in a visual medium like Video Games, they are important. And related to graphics, performance is KEY. Remember X&Y and Sun and Moon? They ran like dogshit. I'm worried this game will run like junk.

[@Cosmic_Mario_]

RicochetForce I never noticed them running bad to be honest

[@xeveemon]

RicochetForce Umm...if graphics are so important in a video game, then why were you people okay with the graphics of Re:COM / Days / Re:Coded in the Kingdom Hearts HD Remix collections on PS4? Why didn’t you yell about those? 😅

[@ilngsisfh]

Graphics aren’t final do you not know how game dev works?

[@joshuabober9171]

Thank you so much Arlo. Despite your self deprecation, you provided some amazing insight and retrospect to the entire pokemon debacle.

[@cantcommute]

The self deprecation is probably what makes him so through and well said!

[@Joltz9]

just like lockstin

[@brandonw6139]

Graphics won't take old fans away but someone who's never played pokemon and sees the gameplay isn't gonna be blown away and buy it

[@cynicthehedgehog385]

There's a reason that series like final fantasy and dragon quest don't come out yearly anymore like they did in 1987. And pokémon needs to learn that lesson. Even assassin's creed learned that lesson.

[@FranciscoMoreira23]

For the first time in my life, I'm not gonna buy a Pokémon game. Have them all but I'm sick of this. Ultra Sun being the almost the same as Sun already pissed me off but this situation is too much. I don't even mind not having all Pokemon but the number of excuses they're throwing around is just ridiculous. They want to push the game, just like in every other year and I'm not having it.

[@cullbear55]

Me too. They're not getting my money for this. I'll stick to my Gameboy and DS, thank you very much, Game Freak.

[@AJ-ey5eh]

Halving? How do you know it’s half and not like 20% of them

[@FranciscoMoreira23]

@@AJ-ey5eh I didn't use the word halving anywhere.

[@AJ-ey5eh]

Johnny Cocaine I’m sorry, I misread your comment. Sorry about that I thought game freak said something about the number

[@FranciscoMoreira23]

@@AJ-ey5eh Don't worry about it, man.

[@RedNovaTree]

While not made by Nintendo, what’s affecting some people, even me, is just how amazing Colosseum and Gale of Darkness were. They, and to a degree Battle Revolution, were just spectacular games on home consoles. Just wowed me and, perhaps unfortunately, set a bar for home console Pokémon games.

[@justice8718]

They were honestly not that great. The shadow Pokémon mechanic was god awful.

[@Ageman20XX]

​@@justice8718 When people compare Sword/Shield to the old console games I don't think they're talking about the storyline or the campaign or anything like that - I think they're talking about the battle systems in those games and the amount of effort and polish that went into the animations and visuals. Each and every Pokemon is represented with love and expression in those games including their intro and idle animations, the various attack animations (Pokemon actually KICK when they use a kick move!), damage, knockback, and even faint animations. If you compare that to footage of Sword/Shield's battle system, you'll see that Gen 8 looks no different than Gens 6 or 7 from the 3DS. The Pokemon stand there motionless while idle, they barely flinch when hit by an attack, their fainting animations are as barebones as possible, and a good portion of the early-game move animations (like the infamous Double Kick) are so lazy they can be recreated with a single mouse-drag in most animation software. There's just no comparison.

[@justice8718]

But Arian, battle animations used to be the only way the Pokémon expressed themselves or even move. Now, they have walk animations, interact with you in the over world, and they even have a goddamn petting mini game. If you want them to be better, that’s fine, but don’t act like Gamefreak completely overlooked the Pokémon.

[@ShamrockShows]

Justice you mean like the wingull that Don’t flap their wings and turn like their on a dark ride track

[@Number_27]

@@Ageman20XX Can the newer games' idle animations even be called "animations" anymore? The Pokémon just stand/float there and bob up and down and occasionally move a bit, and some flying Pokémon don't even flap their wings, they just glide in place. The only exception I can think of is Ludicolo.

[@KesiIshtar]

it will forever bother me that Lets Go had propper pokemon scaling in battle but Sword and Shield didn't

[@andresreynoso7254]

Especially after seeing that Onix in Brock’s gym

[@PaintraSeaPea]

My least favorite thing about all the pokemon drama is people calling the developers "lazy," since I am sure the relatively small team that develops these games is doing the best they can with the restrictions and deadlines that they have to follow, so I'm glad this video addresses more of the issues with higher-ups on the financial level

[@colinmcglynn694]

"You're not being the game developer Mr. Rogers wanted you to be."

[@InnerRise]

He dead . Do what you want

[@colinmcglynn694]

@@InnerRise I'm quoting the video

[@InnerRise]

@@colinmcglynn694 yeah I just finished the video and saw what you were doing.

[@knucklesechidna2124]

It's a beautiful day in the Galos region.

[@maggieent3215]

@@knucklesechidna2124 a beautiful day to see

[@stevengc125]

Some of the businesses of the Pokémon company are extremely shady. Specifically, enhanced versions. I've hated them ever since I first got into Pokémon. It feels like you are punished for being being an early adopter. Not only that, but Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were advertised as being drastically different than Sun and Moon. I felt lied to as I thought Sun and Moon were more exciting experiences thanks to the better plot. I sort of understood Crystal, Emerald and Platinum, after all, you couldn't update those games via the Internet. But in an age of updates and DLC this whole thing is a bit off. Especially when you consider the Ultra games were planned before Sun and Moon were even out. This whole thing feels like something EA would do, not Nintendo.

[@rainpooper7088]

Steven C. BW2 were amazing and completely deserved to be sold as a double version, USUM didn’t. They should have just called it Pokémon Stars and released it as one game. Even the Necrozma form you fight at the end of both games is exactly the same. Just put that mofo on the cover and you’re good.

[@notrod5341]

@@rainpooper7088 Or make it one damn game in the first place. US/UM is a 40 dollar patch. It doesn't need to be its own title.

[@jaydenc367]

where did you hear about it being considered before sun and moon were out? it was never asvertised as a sequel I agree though it was less different then it let on still different though but yeh… as for the plot feels weird to say sun and moon had a better plotalthough I still think the ultra games still had a good plot honestly as for your opnion on the "enhanced games"you makea goodpoint like seriously everyone expects them but at that point why even buy the base version?

[@jaydenc367]

@@rainpooper7088 which fight? you mean the one in the mountain cause you fight him three times actually

[@peterjack1.0]

Steven C. Emerald and Platinum were FANTASTIC, and BW2 was a completely new experience. Ultra SuMo was shady tho, it was exactly the same as SuMo

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

21:12 This video has aged like fine wine. Nothing has changed with the most recent pokemon games.

[@Austin-bz6wm]

After the graphical mess that scarlet and violet gave us hearing this blows me away. My son just got a switch lite for Christmas and he booted up sword and I was stunned by how nice it looks compared to violet I have been bingeing.

[@kalanamalros]

Yeah that's what I've also noticed as well Sword and Shield don't look amazing like BOTW and TOTK do but at least Sword and Shield can run on the Nintendo Switch without crashing and without people experiencing some game breaking bugs

[@GeorgisTrying]

This is a company that deliberately keeps the quality of their games at a specific point instead of trying to make the best games they can. That's a red flag, don't put all your eggs into this basket, the Pokemon Company doesn't want to make great products

[@sharkpyro93]

if they make the definitive pokemon experience with lot of stuff and modes to play, people will not have a reason to buy the next title, typical marketing strategy, don't reveal all of your cards at once

[@donbionicle]

@@bowserlv100 Well, you have to pay extra money to get online! That's a new feature! And you have to pay another, separate fee for the Home service to transfer your pokemon from the 3DS games from the soon-to-be-outdated Pokemon Bank. That's a new feature too! ...man, it's hard to list new features that don't involve *something* old being cut out and replaced.

[@ZinfinityX]

@@sharkpyro93 I understand where you're going with that, but it became a poor strategy because of GF's reputation. I like that you specified that this is typical, what I'm saying is that said strategy is all there is to Game Freak's basket. The games are the same and the gotta catch em all slogan is played out. I wanted to argue for your first point how Pokemon 1 & 2 were efficient in demonstrating value. As archaic and buggy as the early titles were, most of us bear fond memories of them because of the precedent that was set. Nowadays, they're having trouble indicating what makes pokemon relevant. This evidenced by so called Dynamaxing and things like Koffing with a top hat. This is not good because games are demanding a higher price. They could get one over on teens (as they have for some time) with the handheld versions. Not so much for adults who control the home console market. Parents trying to introduce the series to their kids at a 60-70 price mark isn't as compelling as games parents could buy for themselves at the similar prices/bargains. Switch version two, but it can't dock- they're hoping to dip in to the handheld market again.

[@louismccormick3263]

Stamina but that’s scummy, look at smash. Sakurai makes every game like it’s the last and does everything he can to please fans.

[@tablettablet3028]

I guarantee you that gamefreak's stupidity will get the best of them.

[@monotropa_uniflora]

"You are not being the game developer Mr. Rogers wanted you to be". - You go teach them Arlo!!

[@DCRStudios]

I'm not buying Sword/Shield, I'm not interested, I prefer use that money in Zelda or Fire Emblem

[@DeletedUser662]

D.C.R. Studios Don’t let people shame you for this. You are the consumer and you have every right to buy or not buy any game.

[@markedmondson4403]

Which is okay but it's pokemon isn't it?

[@Tman-gt7fk]

imepic1234 thank u so many other people start acting like I’m doing something terrible just cause I ain’t gonna buy the game

[@muffinknight8101]

All the Respect man I got out of Pokémon for awhile and when I got my switch I just decided to get the new Pokémon game because I loved the series if I knew they were pulling this shit I wouldn’t have purchased it

[@jjc4924]

Yeah. And for better RPG games on the Switch, there's Octopath Traveler, Dragon Quest 11: S Definitive Edition, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, an port of any Final Fantasy games. Heck. Even Mario & Rabbid: Kingdom Battle is an better one.

[@Jos3jmsfkl]

They’re reusing assets, the giant versions of the Pokémon don’t have a new form or model, all of the animations are reused! *THEY. ARE. LAZY*

[@insertnamehere7621]

cloridan Beauchamps Lazy and incompetent

[@snozer6966]

Honestly what I would've preferred was expanding on mega evolutions. Mega Evo's were so fucking cool, seeing old pokemon get super formed but not just getting larger in size was fucking amazing. Z-Moves were less cool but still pretty cool. But this dynomaxing shit is fucking lazy

[@paulelkin3531]

@@snozer6966 Pokemon would be way better if they expanded older ideas they had instead of replacing them every generation. The second type of grass they had in black/white could have pokemon not catchable anywhere else, and I'm sad horde battles and SOS battles are gone. TMs being reusable also makes headbutting trees to find pokemon easier.

[@matthewmuir8884]

That or they are being very rushed.