Pokemon: Then Vs Now

[@bismix4]

Aiming to upload a fe engage video next! Thank you for the comments, I really appreciate it. You guys are the best.

[@ieltsthaytrung]

no, you are the best, keep it up man I love and look foward to your videos

[@shiina4826]

excited for it 🙏🙏🙏

[@danny18894]

I can't wait we missed you So much

[@sonictj3]

Can't wait for the Come back of THE WARP STAFF

[@justagrump5627]

I still haven't beaten Chapter 3 of Genealogy. Kill me.

[@Nemenon]

It's crazy how humanity throughout history walked everywhere until Pokemon Sapphire and Ruby invented running, incredible feats.

[@kjn3350]

Incredible feats, terrible feet.

[@rafaelzavros4391]

It's also equally crazy that until 2013 we needed shoes to run

[@gentlemancharmander4411]

Actually, pokemon the trading card game for the gameboy color invented running, and they didn’t even need shoes!

[@spencerallison3196]

Me who just pushes the turbo button on the emulator.

[@Stolanis]

@@spencerallison3196 That ain't running, that is the ancient and venerable sport of SPEEDWALKING.

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

Literally was having the move discussion yesterday. I can't believe you needed to level up a Shroomish to LEVEL 54 in order to get Spore for Breloom.

[@bismix4]

That’s ridiculous

[@richardsphd]

You still can't evolve it right away, you're stuck with Shroomish until Level 40

[@Nyzer_]

To be fair, that's because Spore is kinda broken, and Breloom's stats aren't bad at all. It's the fastest user of Spore. Putting it on Shroomish makes it less easy to abuse. Besides, nothing's stopping you from taking a high level female Shroomish and breeding it with a Parasect to get a Shroomish that hatches with Spore.

[@Theoriginalotaku96]

I’ve done it before on Pokémon blaze black lol. It was very much worth it especially with some IV training.

[@xxmega7433]

Same thing for Growlithe and Fire Blitz

[@enbaconing9507]

Thank god I thought I was the only one who misses Furfrou

[@ElTaitronAnim]

Same, I love Furfrou.

[@wolvian]

You are NEVER the only one that misses any pokemon that gamefreak keeps away from the players in pokemon jail. Remember, every pokemon out there is someone's favorite :D

[@myanimethighs73]

Furfrou sucks

[@LukeA471]

I miss my cotton guard toxic defensive wall Furfrou

[@ElectricalFlare7201]

I was literally just thinking this about Furfrou yesterday lol.

[@linebeckthejohoe4876]

babe wake up new bismix upload

[@UnlimitedMrX]

"Battle Frontier Now" hit me like a truck lmao. I still remember exactly how hard I was seething when I realized that it was never gonna be completed.

[@kaidenkidwell]

I just dont see why they wont go for another one. That was the most enjoyable experience I had on a postgame pokemon, considering there was no wifi for emerald, you had to do it all local wireless. Still had a blast with all the facilities (excluding arena-)

[@coolyeh1017]

@@kaidenkidwell The director's excuse was pretty much that kids don't have the patience or brainpower nowadays to handle such difficulty because of mobile gaming and stuff. I take on the matter is Colress's "I DISAGREE!"

[@ergastolo4281]

@@coolyeh1017 He's kinda right tho. We're talking about the same kids who grow up with TikTok's videos that are 10/max 15 secs each. Their attention span is significantly more reduced than kids who grew up back in the 80s/90s/2000s and so is their patience at learning and getting rewards from a videogame. Back then if you sucked at a game it you were encouraged to try harder, because yes it is challenging byt not impossible, so, if you put all yourself in it, you will eventually beat it. And once you did, you felt like you could overcome the end of the damn World alone. Most kids nowadays want things immediately, they don't want to learn shit, they don't want challenges, they don't want to get good at something. If they suck at a videogame is the developers' fault and the game sucks. It's hard to believe but it's the truth. What he's essentially saying is that himself, like every developer in the team, is adapting to this "modern behaviour"

[@blasboise5613]

“Heh, gotta catch them all!” “But you can’t catch them all” I’m forever using this line when I that 😂

[@Konpekikaminari]

This is hands down the most objective "then vs. Now" pokemon video I've seen

[@kyrarose4517]

Replayed Pokémon yellow recently and the part about learning moves was SO true. Seemed like their was a larger emphasis on TMs since you find so many of them scattered constantly and like, no mons ever got good moves (Jolteon can't learn Thunderbolt on its own, Rhydon only gets normal moves,etc)

[@Namingway248]

the bigger problem in the first two gens (imo) comes when pokemon can't learn most of the TMs in the first place. the amount of pokemon with arms who weren't able to learn any "punch" moves never made sense to me.

[@Forged4War206]

@@Namingway248 I was so triggered when I found out that Nidoking/Queen couldn't learn Dig but fucking Kadabra and Alakazam can. I guess those spoons have more uses then I thought.

[@Evilriku13]

@@Namingway248 tbf in gen 1 and 2 it felt "easier" to break the game with too strong attacks. I think this is the SMT emphasis GameFreak had in mind still back then when they created Pokemon. I mean you can still finish the game with like a Butterfree in your team, but it was still hard because of its stats and how damage was calculated back then that you have to think about what you do with it.

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

It's especially annoying in Nuzlocks. "I'll save my Earthquake TM for later. I'm sure my Nidoking will be fine. Oh yeah, Jolteon has Pin Missile. Oh yeah, Bug was Super Effective on Poison. Oh yeah, my Nidoking is dead. It's fine. I'll just teach Earthquake to my Dragonite, and he can't learn it."

[@kyrarose4517]

Actually, I super liked that Jolteon got pin missile! 9/10 times it's going to just use Thunderbolt, but one of the types that resist electric is grass. Additionally, all but two grass pokémon in gen 1 were either part psychic or poison (the odd ones out being Tangela and Parasect). This means that Jolteon's pin missile could hit for x4 weakness against mons that would otherwise resist its main move. Plus pin missile being multi-hit meant more chances to score a crit with its high speed. -end of rant

[@venomasmark14]

Red at the end saying "wait, you guys can run-?" is the cherry on top of that entire last segment

[@bladedasher]

"You get Eathquake, and you get Earthquake..." *One double battle later* "...And you get protect"

[@guilhermeteodosio40]

Pokémon in gen9: "I can summon a rain depending on the number of syllables on my nature but only in Thursdays" Pokemon in gen1: "it punches"

[@Chaud31423]

The fact that TM's are consumable was what made me miss the Regi's in Pokemon Ruby. I needed Dig, which was a TM I used a long time ago. So you know what my solution was? I sent all my best pokemon to Pearl and... started the game all over again.

[@bismix4]

You have my condolences

[@THENikNak]

Here’s a fun fact I learned doing that exact same thing. Trapinch learns dig at level up if you avoid evolving.

[@Chaud31423]

@@THENikNak For me I figured it might've been Dugtrio. I even went through a few dozen pokemon from the Move Rememeber in hopes that one of them was taught the TM at one point in my adventure.

[@Mijzelffan]

I think Trapinch learned Dig naturally back then to prevent this kind of lock out

[@SaturosCombato]

@Brett Nakamura yes level 41 trapinch only no vibrava that was my only option back then too

[@tenderquirkydragon8643]

It's funny how Bismix's house layout is ingrained into my memory by now

[@TheAngriestReptileAlive]

"for the love of God learn something your level 30" just earned you a subscriber

[@DigitalxGamer]

Fun fact: They knew that including every Pokemon was going to be unrealistic going forward. That's why they haven't used the "Gotta Catch em All" tagline for a few generations now, and why they changed it to "Battle On"

[@persian338]

The "gotta catch them all" thing didn't even exist in japan, it was created for the western audience

[@robertlupa8273]

@bruh moment Pokemon, getto daze! (starts singing Mezase Pokemon Master)

[@robertlupa8273]

@bruh moment Thank you.

[@gameboyn64]

They haven't used gotta catch em all since gen 2.

[@omfg322]

its not unrealistic, they ripped the models from sun and moon so they never made brand new models, all the "new" movement animations look worse then the gamecube games and they know that people are dumb enough to still shell out more money for pokemon dlc that should have been in the game in the first place

[@briansilva3765]

As much as working hard for a good pokémon back then was satisfying, after giving mints and bottle caps to just make them good, I really don't miss spending so many hours breeding and EV training. Also glad to have you back, can't wait for the FE video!

[@LoudWaffle]

While the intention of unchangeable IVs in the past was to make each pokemon feel like an individual slightly different from all others, the ability to objectively improve your Pokemon by changing their IVs actually incentivizes being attached to the friends you took with you on your journey. People who want to step into competitive with their starter can now do so, rather than working to make their ubermensch grandchild competitively viable.

[@gameboyn64]

Imagine what it was like in gen 1 without breeding. 1 in 50625 to get a perfect pokemon

[@mcihay246]

@@LoudWaffle In regards to a competitive standpoint, that won't do. However, what you're stating is exactly what casual players do. All the grinding is unnecessary when making a bond.

[@greyscaleadaven]

@@LoudWaffle Honestly I'm all for it. Pokemon has historically had one of the highest information walls in front of competitive. I wanted to abolish IVs entirely bc I think they disincentivize new players from getting into the scene, but I kinda like this solution better. Pokemon Showdown dominated the meta for so long just because people like me couldn't be bothered to spend hours breeding countless pokemon even when I have all the knowledge/resources to do so. So it's nice to actually feel like if I wanted to, I could make a competitive team very quickly or borrow one using a rental code. You still have to grind tera raids or money for bottle caps/vitamins if you want to use them, but it's not like that's entirely unattainable even going in blind.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@LoudWaffle It would be better if the IVs were locked to a fixed maximum total points, which were spread among the stats. So your mon could only be so good in a certain stat, and if it rolled max on that stat, it would suffer in others. That way they would feel individual and unchangeable, while also not requiring you to use cheesy items, or spend quite as many hours breeding or grinding. Then again I never play competitive for reasons like this exactly, so changing it to my whim would mean catering to someone who doesn't even play competitive.

[@juandediosruiz4637]

Bismix uploading a video is like God coming to the Earth. I'm very happy to see you again, hope you're feeling better, have a nice day man

[@TheAngriestReptileAlive]

I just now discovered this man

[@ZaxFSO8083]

@@TheAngriestReptileAlive definitely check out his videos he got a lot of great Fire Emblem ones across the ages and games too

[@DouglasStewart99]

As a guy who started with Gen 5 as his 1st mainline game I *FELT* those TM skits Bismix.

[@AlphaStoutland]

TMs being infinite in Gen V was a game changer for sure

[@tepigninja7198]

I felt the one about the battle frontier in my soul. Scarlet and Violet didn’t even get a battle tower. 💀

[@ktbsc]

The Gyrados part had me dying hard as I got one many times for my Kanto playthroughs and I would never understand why they would have it learn leer during that time.

[@bennythemonk]

"How about leer?"

[@shironasama0445]

I mean just Bite and Bubblebeam are good enough for most of the early and mid game.

[@a-s-greig]

Bite in FR/LG is an _excellent_ Gastly repellent.

[@palmtree2711]

Unironically the best possible takes on all of these lol, always happy to see a new upload!

[@zeoxyman]

The funny part with the last one is how in gen 4, it felt they slowed down movement so much that your running speed was barely keeping up with gen 1 walk speed

[@nessdbest8708]

until platinum

[@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox]

platinum is the only valid gen 4 game

[@nessdbest8708]

@@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox what about HGSS?

[@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox]

@@nessdbest8708 don't like your own comments, now I'm not going to answer your question.

[@nessdbest8708]

@@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox I don't need a child's opinion.

[@griffinmoore8274]

Every time bismix uploads it's like a mini Christmas 🎄

[@matthewfera2954]

YEAH NEW BISMIX VIDEO LET'S GO!

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Like a true FE protagonist, the release of a new FE game awakens Bismix from his slumber... But I'm all for it. I love his videos and my only complaint is that he doesn't make more of them!!!

[@14bj337]

Hello there!

[@blu_ranger71]

I didn't use TMs until gen 5 when they became reusable. I was always scared like, "what if I need this later what will I do?" Unless it was in the department store. I had so many Pokémon with Return back in the day.

[@jasonmiller2379]

ah yes the good old logic of "I'll save this for when I need it" and that time never coming

[@B.L.U.S]

I actually was like This is my team and I won't swap it And used all my Tms to make my team buff as shit Util I had to swap becaus HMs Feraligator with rocksmash swaped with suicune

[@osirisavra1301]

Unless it was a game with dup glitch thank god for that,i remember crystal and emerald had that and i was spending countless hours duping moves and Candy

[@B.L.U.S]

@@osirisavra1301 I dislike using glitches... I prefer enjoying my time playing the game normally And spending countless hours on gen 1 completing the pokedex ,wich made me realize that Gen 1 is the worst ever! I also finished the pokedex on gen 2 recently and I liked it a lot!

[@B.L.U.S]

Well if you disconsider getting a rock blow up in front of your eevee and it being ok

[@SkyBrickStudios]

This is so depressing, and I only started in gen 6... I laughed so hard at the "hey ready for the Battle Palace, kid?" part, holy crap Bismix's excited kid imitation killed me. Good to see another video of yours, man.

[@ChaosSolo]

OMG! That Gyarados one brought back a memory. My brother was so mad when his Gyarados trying to learn Leer. 😂

[@snivy400]

“How long will that take?” “Don’t worry about it” As a competitive battler since gen 6 I felt that in my soul

[@cobaltepsilon1080]

Having done a playthrough of FireRed recently with Gyarados and MY GOD the emotions were spot on.

[@AlphaStoutland]

Gyarados having primarily a special moveset and lacking Flying moves probably didn't help either, I imagine.

[@cobaltepsilon1080]

@@AlphaStoutland Oh yeah 100%

[@znspyder]

Eh, gyarados has dog shit movepool on gen 3 unless u give it physical attack TM or egg moves

[@WhiteFeathers669]

"How about leer?" I kept rewinding and laughing. 😂

[@suchmisfortuneproductions6013]

Eyyy the man's back! Always puts a smile to my face! Really missed these videos. :)

[@OdaSwifteye]

This is all insanely on point. The TM thing hits personal though because I was one of those idiots who complained about TMs being consumable and HMs being easy to remove. Infinite consumables added to strategy where before you coveted TMs because you couldn't get another one of a specific kind.

[@TyGuy9001]

Lol these jokes are always on point. So much of this is absolutely dang true. This is honestly a really good structure for some short form skit content I think. The editing is also top notch as usual. I also miss the Battle Frontier, what an unfortunate exclusion in most of the new games.

[@negare6647]

Ayyy, I was literally wondering where you were the other day. Glad you're back.

[@zeo_saki1750]

So cool to see you upload again! Not many youtubers make me drop everything when they upload a new video :)

[@bismix4]

Thank you so much!

[@hamtier]

love that last scene where you actually tried to look like the player character of each game, to the point of wearing brandon's sock hat.

[@NEETKitten]

I wasn't expecting a Scott cosplay for the battle frontier section. That one had me laughing for a good minute.

[@14bj337]

"Hey all, Scott here. I just opened the Battle Frontier! No reason, just felt like it."

[@ninjaydes]

You get Earthquake. You get Earthquake. You get Earthquake. Really felt that. Great move. XD

[@dootdoot3065]

I was already laughing throughout the video but I lost it at "You guys can run?" (Happy that you uploaded another video btw, your videos never fail to put a smile on my face)

[@masterember8323]

Love the content. Thanks for comin back man!

[@iam3dski]

And he's back. So happy to be able to watch your videos again. Always A+ content

[@xenocross6597]

I love this video. I was expecting it to be a real downer on the new games, but this was actually really nice.

[@xTheMenaceHimselfx]

These vids give me early 2010s vibes! Love them!

[@SuperPlacido1]

*videos not vids. I do not understand the concept of wanting to shorten a word that is already short enough as it is. I find it ridiculous. But I do understand wanting to shorten long words.🤦‍♂

[@xTheMenaceHimselfx]

@@SuperPlacido1 Nobody cares

[@Birdseed99]

Dude you pop in like a warp staff and then bounce. Can’t tell you how much I needed your content. Seeing this pop up lit up my day.

[@Ink_deep]

Always love your detailed observations disguised as comedy. You could put out non-comedic analysis videos and they would be warmly received as well. In the same vein, thoughtful people take longer to share their art with others. Take it easy on yourself for the time between uploads. Hope you've been doing well!

[@jacksunslight]

I like that this video is not an only way criticism on one of the two but criticize both and underline the good parts for each

[@The-Secret-Dragon]

the problem with the mint and bottle cap is that they're still annoyingly hard to grind out to get more

[@potatoexe5410]

Not in SV. It's become so much easier considering you can buy them for fairly cheap instead of having to grind for BP

[@RikuoTanaka]

@@potatoexe5410 on top of that money grinding trick with a turbo controller, I'd say it has become MUCH easier to make a competitive build.

[@mopettetm8220]

Makes sense

[@janecklyn]

Those are easy, now the problem is Herba Mystica and Tera Crystals

[@RealNitetales]

I love this. Things really have changed over the years. I also appreciate that it’s not exactly biased one way or the other.

[@samuelcaldwell8160]

Missed your stuff dude. Can't wait for engage. I still watch your FE vids like once a week

[@SuperPlacido1]

*videos not vids. I do not understand the concept of wanting to shorten a word that is already short enough as it is. I find it ridiculous. But I do understand wanting to shorten long words.🤦‍♂

[@miwestraveler3986]

@@SuperPlacido1 You speak a language where people commonly shorten the words "us" or "is" by saying "let's" and "it's", yet you tear this guy down because of "videos"? You good?

[@SuperPlacido1]

@@miwestraveler3986 Yes I am great! You?

[@samuelcaldwell8160]

I love that I'm here supporting a content creator, enjoying his content and wishing for more, then there are people like this who have to be negative and bash on others. Bravo sir

[@rosheafan]

@@SuperPlacido1 criticizes someone for shortening videos to vids Misses a comma and then makes an incomplete sentence

[@5Porygon]

One of the top videos on KZbin for me. Zdraví Nogy. Greetings from Czech Republic.

[@soulxcvzc1561]

Man I didn't expect a Bismix upload. This is like a christmas miracle!

[@nepsit219]

It’s good to see a post from you! You’re so funny and it always feels like I am joking around with a friend when I watch your videos. So homely.

[@jakethedragonymaster1235]

Hear me out: your starter Pokémon should guaranteed have perfect ivs so a trainer is more likely to bring their very first Pokémon to a championship

[@JustSomeMemes]

The missing battle facilities in SV hurt. I miss fighting double team spam Blisseys.

[@skullbazon]

"But you CAN'T catch them all!".....oh man i felt that one....

[@dtm2911]

new bismix upload I’ve been waiting months for this 🙏🙏

[@skywardsword2804]

The return of the king

[@arcanusafonso2647]

Bro, I watched your videos for years without realizing they were by the same guy because I never expected someone to have nearly the same taste in games as me! Just subscribed and I wish you the best wishes!

[@AlphaStoutland]

The best part about training Pokémon easier nowadays is that you can use your starter and entire playthrough team for competitive battle. Just wipe the EVs from the stats you don't want EVs in, raise the rest with vitamins and feathers, mint it and boom. Plus with the Ability Patch, your starter can wield that Hidden Ability! All that to say this had me cracking up the whole way through. I miss Furfrou too o7

[@reginlief1]

Just want to add my voice to the thousands that (I assume, haven’t even looked at the comments but this is how much I have faith in your content’s appeal) are welcoming your return after a bit of a break. Seriously, your delivery is always on point.

[@malmasterson3890]

I'm surprised there wasn't one about the actual pokemon, but I'm glad there wasn't. Too many people actually unironically think new pokemon suck just cause of their nostalgia.

[@persian338]

I think a lot of people hate the new pokemon just because they are new and have a different style from gen 1. Too much nostalgia

[@TechnoArpan]

@@persian338 true

[@oscarmendez1477]

@@persian338 Its not gen 1 anymore, I have heard lots of people doing with gen 4 and gen 3, "Pokemon Ruby had cooler pokemon! New Pokemon suck!". Gen 3 and gen 4 have become the new gen 1 fans.

[@persian338]

@@oscarmendez1477 gen 5 too. I love gen 5 but a lot of people are like "after gen 5 everything is shit"

[@oscarmendez1477]

@@persian338 Well, remember the times were people said, "Gen 5 is shit"? And now people praise gen 5. I love gen 7 so freaking much. It has the best boss battle ever in a pokemon game. When I fought it, I was like "THE HYPE IS REAL!". In every pokemon online battle I would put the Necrozma song is just too good.

[@hoonterpee]

Can’t believe you finally posted. On my birthday no less. Already a good day.

[@fiercy3750]

One thing I like about the "then vs now" videos is that you don't really seem to prefer one or the other, like yeah, they both have flaws Personally, I like modern Pokemon better! It feels way more accessible to do higher-level play, and (b e s i d e s t h e b u g s) Gen IX looks to be one of the best gens yet IMO

[@mreevee7785]

Nah s/v is ass lol. Idk if uve played them or not but thats my opinion at least

[@coolyeh1017]

@@mreevee7785 Competitive accessibility wise it is probably one of the best games yet dramatically cutting down the time it takes to make competitive teams.

[@mreevee7785]

@Sol yeah but in terms of casual gameplay it has little fun to offer

[@joe_simon]

@@coolyeh1017 It's really good if you like VGC or 3 vs. 3. If you like 6 vs. 6 S/V is dead because the 20 minute timer is way to short for a 6 vs 6 battle.

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

@@mreevee7785 Other then one of the beast stories we've gotten in a while.

[@Neogears1312]

I’m glad this isn’t all doomsaying. People really undervalue how the newer games have done a lot to make the series more enjoyable.

[@Zino.57]

Fun stuff, It's nice to see some good ole pokemon content

[@AngelKnightZeo713]

1) The most accurate Pokemon based video by far! 2) Hope all is going well on your end. Take care & be safe.

[@thepopulargirl1784]

I liked the new mechanic of being able to make tms from pokemon bits, but I still miss the unlimited uses from previous gens. Kinda wish they'd bring back unlimited uses but make it so whenever you found a new tm, it was just the recipe, you still have to make it before you got the unlimited uses.

[@Eric-xy4uy]

Bis I just wanna thank you for all the amazing videos can't wait to see what you have for us next

[@renegade6578]

"What do you mean there's a portable PC now?"

[@gameboyn64]

Back in my day, we had to save the game to change boxes

[@traviswilliams2348]

Holy shit dude. I just thought of you yesterday and rewatched some stuff and you upload. Awesome.

[@ElTaitronAnim]

It's honestly shocking to go back and see how bad level-up movesets used to be. A while ago, I was playing a Gold/Silver/Crystal romhack and leveling up Spinarak, which learned String Shot (Speed -1) at level whatever, then about 8-10 levels later it learned Scary Face (Speed -2), with nothing in-between. Just, why?? Always happy to see a new video from you!!

[@paps3841]

I started with Gold and Spinarak was on my team on every playthrough because I like spiders...but yeah that sucked so much, it was a long term investment

[@ironneko]

I got a Warp Staff in Engage today and thought of you and now I find this video. Couldn’t be happier.

[@starryslight7095]

BIIIIIIISS all of your uploads put the biggest smile on my face !!!! 💖💖 this was so funny ! Love the different hats per gen 😂😂😂 wait you guys can run ....

[@DatNikku]

Always nice to see new videos pop up every now and then! Love the content dood !

[@TheMadRedHatter]

“These are infinite!” Yeah… about that

[@bismix4]

I’d say they’re still infinite, you just gotta play a bit of monster hunter now 😉

[@reanukeeves2812]

"How about leer?" I felt that pain.

[@NRF-ql3bq]

Thank you, Pokemon Showdown. EV Training, as Dorkly puts it, takes the fun out of it. Great and funny video!

[@tapwater3478]

I was just rewatching ur old vids 2 days ago, and was wondering when you’d come back. THE GOAT RETURNS

[@jas9222]

Very nice to see a Bismix vid, hope you’re doing well

[@bismix4]

Thank you very much Jas! I’m starting to get better.

[@SuperPlacido1]

*video not vid. I do not understand the concept of wanting to shorten a word that is already short enough as it is. I find it ridiculous. But I do understand wanting to shorten long words.🤦‍♂

[@Wtftruck]

@@SuperPlacido1 I think video is two syllables longer than necessary. Great vid, Bis!

[@SuperPlacido1]

@@Wtftruck Think about it! You wrote three letters, so two should be nothing! Think logically! Can you do that? Because I'm sick of stupid lines!

[@Wtftruck]

@@SuperPlacido1 If I write "vid" instead of "video" for the rest of my life, I will save thousands and thousands of key/penstrokes. That seems logical to me.

[@mikeweimer4783]

Great video, my man! It’s awesome to see how far you’ve come. I loved the use of music and tbh your Scott impression was great haha

[@hecatia666]

Always love when Bismix brightens my day! ...paldea needs at least at least a battle tower i'm okay with not having a frontier there but can i have a tower? a tree? or mansion even?

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

Welcome to modern gaming and corporate greed, where Pokémon is the latest of fallen giants consumed by it…

[@couchpotato2222]

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 If by "fallen" you mean the best selling gen......then alright, Ozymandias

[@littlehorn0063]

it might be best selling, but it isn't b2/w2

[@TechnoArpan]

@@littlehorn0063 Better story and characters, actually got emotional a few times. Better gameplay too imo. Far worse performance however

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

Wait I just remembered, doesn't the school have battle tournaments or something like that?

[@sbfh014]

My uncle was setting up a super Vaporeon yesterday for the level 7 Greninja raid and I just went "lol just hit it till it dies", also good to see you back with another video, can't wait for engage

[@myssledissle]

Lilligant pokemon is the funny flower and she doesn't have a movepool 4 gens later still. Let the plant live

[@Noteneuro]

Thank you for a good video. Good to see you upload again. Love your content.

[@rampantmutt9119]

I have not played pokemon in about five years now (my first was leafgreen and my last was moon), so I had no idea that you can use items to fix your IVs and nature. Things sure have changed!

[@WyvernRex2099]

Bottle Caps were a thing in moon, albeit they were very obscure due to being placed in the Poke Festival. Nature mints were introduced in Sword and Shield in the Battle tower for 50 BP each. Other quality of life mechanics were added too, a lady in the Sword and Shield DLC can reset your Pokemon’s IVs in exchange for some items, an item was introduced that changes a Pokemon’s ability to its hidden ability, and you no longer need heart scales to relearn moves. But for some reason the past 2 mainline pokemon games (Not including Legends Arceus) got rid of berry farming, Scarlet and Violet removed the faster ways to EV train seen in the past few entries, and there’s no more button combination to instantly reset your game. So, there’s pros and cons to the newer games.

[@Freedmoon44]

@@WyvernRex2099 seriously no instant reset anymore? God saves us

[@x10creeper52]

damn, the battle frontier sketch hit close to home also the Scott bit was awesome

[@geistgrace6452]

I've actually seen people complain about TM's being multiple use because it "ruins the challenge". As if the games were hard outside of buggy programing or bad hindsight.

[@gameboyn64]

People also love to complain about the exp share because they love grinding. Gotta love killing the entire ecosystem just to get pokemon up to level.

[@NEETKitten]

@@gameboyn64 The exp share is more complaining that it's forced. I know that I sure as hell don't like it. Forced exp share de-incentivizes you from using multiple pokemon and instead doubling down on the "steamroll the whole game with your starter" mentality. Because now, that's objectively the best option since there's no upside to using any other pokemon unless you run into something that hard-counters your main mon. Which, considering how easy it is to cover nearly all of your bases in terms of type coverage, will never happen.

[@gameboyn64]

@@NEETKitten I've played pokemon from the beginning. The lack of an exp share is what incentivizes juggernauting. You are encouraged to only use one pokemon because only one pokemon gets exp from battle and therfore one pokemon is incredibly likely to out level the others. The modern game disincentivizes juggernauting by generously giving non combat pokemon exp so they are actually viable relatively easily. A second thing modern pokemon does is that it scales exp gains based on level differences. This means it's mathematically more difficult to juggernaut modern pokemon games as higher level pokemon get less exp per kill than they did in older games however, lower level pokemon get more and therefore become usable much faster.

[@NEETKitten]

@@gameboyn64 Alright, I can see the logic in that. I realize that I've started to think of pokemon in more of a challenge run mentality (hard mode, rom hacks, nuzlockes, etc) as time's gone on and that's admittedly sort of skewed my perspective on how these games are "supposed" to be played. (And to be honest I'm not entirely sure when that mentality started for me) So while I think that exp share is bad in that scenario, since it eliminates a lot of the challenge that you're looking for to begin with, I can definitely see how it benefits casual play. However there's a second problem it creates that I forgot to mention the first time: it feels too handhold-y. Like, Pokémon is already a very easy game series, and giving every pokemon exp regardless of their contribution makes it even easier. To a patronizing degree, I'd argue. Even just looking at the games as a casual, it's damn-near impossible for you to fail with all of the accessibility features the game forces on you. Sure, it alleviates a lot of the tedium of postgame grinding or pokedex completion. But in doing so, imo, it made pokemon boring. There's no reward, no sense of growth or accomplishment, the games basically just hand you the win as soon as you press start. It really feels like the devs are going "Sorry our baby easy RPG is giving you a hard time. Here, we'll make it easier for you so you don't have to think and can just mash the A button. Now who's in strong little idiot?" At least that's what it feels like to me Even as a dumb kid I woulda found this boring. Because the game doesn't let me engage with it enough to form a connection to it. I have no reason to play a game then or now when said game half-plays itself. And this sentiment is shared by a lot of the community, which is why all of these QoL changes, which should on paper be objective improvements to the formula, are so hated. The players aren't being respected. They're not being challenged or made to feel like they accomplished something when they win. They're being told to press the button and watch the PowerPoint presentation.

[@darkcrown1sking973]

I've missed your skits, you and prozd are my favorite skittubers

[@marcosmunoa6453]

What do mean "you can't skip the first gym anymore"?

[@dragoonman1478]

Good to see you uploading again. I hope you're doing better. Another gem of a video 👌

[@A_ZEAL0T]

Can relate with the pokedex one lmao.

[@Evilriku13]

just needed an extra "oh Pokemon XY isn't in this gen? No XY no buy!" moment xD

[@peytonibarra8992]

This is equivalent to running into an old friend you haven't seen in a while. Glad to see you back!

[@Chichaetomate]

Well TMs are not infinite anymore... You just have to kill a bunch of pokemon for their parts to get the TMs...

[@DukeDarkshadow]

You know you're really old when the video starts with "Competitive Back Then" and your brain automatically assumes he's gonna be joking about battling with friends in the Gen 1 days where everyone just spammed Earthquake.

[@BeanKally]

I was honestly just expecting a slander of S/V (which are really good don’t let people who never actually played the game tell you otherwise the glitches aren’t even that prominent) but instead I got this masterpiece 👏👏👏

[@megamanzero29]

Red: My bike makes me move faster! Scarlet/Violet player: Mine glides, climbs walls, swims, battle, AND makes me move faster

[@aids2132]

Engage video when?

[@bismix4]

I’m hoping it’s my next upload

[@deusvult6550]

Yoo the king is back. Love your videos man