POKEMON VIOLET: The Whole Thing

[@baddragonite]

To be fair to Nemona, in the post game she actually admits she thinks sandbagging was a bad idea and she only did it cause no one would battle with her and she was sad, and from now on she was gonna go all out

[@AlmeaCulpa]

Isn't sandbagging bad because it's deceitful though? I mean, she says at the very starts she's not using her real team because obviously she'd destroy you.

[@RGC_animation]

Go all out with her level 67 Pokemon against my level 93 Pokemon!

[@gribberoni]

@@AlmeaCulpa I think she meant that even if she wasn't using her real team she still wasn't trying her best, so still sandbagging. It's like how some peeps don't go too hard in fighting games when playing couch pvp just so the peeps they play with can have fun too

[@AmnesiacDoe]

@@RGC_animation if you pulled into the end of the league storyline at level 90something then that's just an interesting decision you made yourself. not that i wouldn't love level sync, but good lord.

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

What _is_ sandbagging anyway? I’m not familiar with the term.

[@lowkey_Ioki]

I love the idea of some kid just casually on a walk, then he looks behind a rock, sees a lucario and goes "yeah, you'll do!" And then beats the elite 4 with it.

[@idontknow-sh4bj]

What's the time stamp?

[@themonkeyman2910]

Where does he find the Lucario

[@ZorotheGallade]

(Grabs random Lucario) "You're my friend now" (Fren :> )

[@assassins61599]

@@themonkeyman2910in the cave on the way to the psychic gym

[@dimwarlock]

Sounds like one of those 4 panel parody comics that feel smart for putting game mechanics in a more logical world... but it actually happened.

[@blacky_Ninja]

Gotta admire the commitment though. His dad really invented a time machine and made a special robot, just so he could abandon his son twice.

[@mitch5944]

It's hilarious that the ai also decided the best course of action was abandoning his son

[@vanthemanproductions9185]

@@mitch5944well, the AI couldn’t even leave area zero. The Tera crystals were the only thing keeping it alive.

[@penitente3337]

It's even funnier if you believe the fan theory that the Paradox Pokémon are made up, which would imply that instead of a time machine, *it's a literal wish-granting machine* that's summoning the Pokémon. Imagine if he actually just made more copies of himself so he could abandon his son again.

[@emma_nutella58]

Gotta love how Arven’s whole world was shattered finding out his dad is dead and now the robot one goes out to get milk, and then Nemona kinda just goes “ok cool, what’s next?”

[@MercuryKurogane]

When he says he feels like calm or that his head feels empty at the end my only reaction was "no Arven your in shock you aren't okay with this"

[@catboysephiroth560]

And this is AFTER he thought he was gonna lose his dog. The implication if doing the titans with Arven is that if you didn't help his ass Mabostiff would've died. Poor Arven just getting absolutely gutpunched by the writers.

[@sinteleon]

To be fair, he's always suspected it to some extent, considering the number of times he's raised his suspicions about his dad/mom during the descent.

[@theanonymouschicken169]

And penny just goes “I bet your robo dad having fun without you”

[@kitkatiecat]

Nearly lost his dog Found out his dad is dead Because of the legendary he just cheered on to beat the last remnant of his dad Found out his dad only really cared about his research Last remnant of his dad goes to the future forever He got told "I love you" a grand total of once by an AI that disagrees with the person who made it - yknow, his dad Penny, the protag and Nemona do not try to give him emotional support Literal next day he gets scolded for bad grades by Cavell after a half-assed attempt to be sorry for him Jesus Christ he needs a break and it pisses me off that the writers never gave him an actual happy ending

[@brodesseus3904]

"his father died in a motorcycle accident" actually made me cackle for a good 2 straight minutes.. man, i got the giggles

[@hv8763]

"he went to get iron milk" got me even more

[@worldoftoys3642]

1:29:10

[@Barriertriostruckapose]

I had the honor of making an emote for this stream of Smoliv after SmallAnt asked for one, and got paid $150 for it too, so thanks again, that was super generous and I was hype as shit when I got picked lol

[@bananakingtheIII23]

Good job! The emote was very cute.

[@A_Loki]

Good job!!

[@Aiion]

I was on stream when that happened! Big congrats to you and nice of smant for the good offer lol

[@uglyrat3858]

nice :)

[@queentianamarie]

Congrats that's awesome!

[@ozzie6447]

i’m glad the description clarified this wasn’t Scarlet, never would’ve known otherwise. thank you Smallant.

[@SpiderManNoir1929]

-🤓

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

@@ImNotReal574 t h i n k

[@ozzie6447]

*you will never know my true intentions*

[@supnova6737]

♻️

[@SpiderManNoir1929]

@@ImNotReal574 🤯

[@hikarinio5786]

Smant: *enters Normal Gym* *Completely guesses gym test solution* *Does not realize what he just did* *Wins gym and leaves*

[@evanfriedland2961]

Larry don't even get paid enough to care

[@miaspaghetti]

i did the same thing lmao

[@Mega_Tron6891]

@@miaspaghetti ppl

[@Mega_Tron6891]

I was watching this while I was sick, I fell asleep and rolled over my phone, and discovered someone like my comment "ppl" that I did not consciously write 🤣🤣🤣 must've changed their mind cause I don't see a like anymore

[@maxlaidlaw5828]

My jaw just dropped

[@Xantrahx]

Yknow I just now realized at the Paradise Protection Protocol battle, when the text changed from 'You are challenged by AI Turo' to 'You are challenged by the Paradise Protection Protocol', between those 2 there's actually about a frame or 2 where it says 'AI Turo has no intention of fighting anymore!' kinda neat little easter egg if u ask me

[@kirbwarriork3371]

For anyone watching, slow down around 1:34:53 to see these.

[@AliceinEntropy]

"But he cant be evil hes hot" genuinely how cults start

[@mitch5944]

Richard ramirez type beat

[@Superellysan]

La Primera really forcing Larry to use flying types so that everyone in the elite four mirrored the Titans

[@RGC_animation]

Rip Rock type then

[@RefrigeraThor]

Only works in violet, Scarlets paradox Donphan is Fightning. Edit: I've come to realize im an idiot. Donphan was ground related, not the steel. Steel is Orthworm. So it still holds true.

[@RGC_animation]

@@RefrigeraThor My guy, Great Tusk is Ground Fighting.

[@ThatGuyThomas]

Wait how have I never noticed that

[@taiwilson4431]

Oh wow no ones acually noticed this yet, good eye!

[@julianheng1298]

34:19 You're supposed to go out and battle the trainers to get their hints for the order menu, but Smallant just had to use his insane luck and first try guess that lmao

[@abagegael]

im actually speechless lol

[@_Fuscous]

He cut that part out.

[@MrMilkyway]

@@_Fuscous you can see chat freaking out

[@trapbuilder2283]

@@_Fuscous Nah, chat is freaking out about him guessing it right without finding the clues

[@anoukdevries8144]

I read the chat. Pure luck would have been cool BUT he knew because at least two people in chat wrote down exactly what to pick for him, and you can see him reading it.

[@That1Guy112]

“I just want to pick one up and… throw it.” Smant is so casual about things like this and I absolutely love it

[@MattMorency]

Reminded me of outset island chasing piggies around.

[@SilvarusLupus]

Wind Waker urges

[@laihvn3753]

if they added voice acting to this game i would’ve wanted smant to voice larry.

[@mattyorshin]

No voice acting was huge missed opportunity to make this game actually good

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@mattyorshin honestly the game wasn’t bad

[@mosstits]

@@mattyorshin Writing and characters are phenomenal, it just looks and performs really bad.

[@captainblue5096]

@@theminecraftjester1738 Honestly. If they just scaled the Gyms and made their teams a bit better (like, give them items and competitive movesets like they did with BDSP) it would actually be a pretty tough game, especially with some of the new Pokemon being just really tough.

[@vfea7756]

Idk whats up with everyone's game, mine performed fine. Sure it became extremely slow on water but I had 0 to no bugs or glitches.

[@Dliciousization]

A real plot twist would be if Clive was actually just some dude and not the director, and then they meet each other and comment on their drip or something. That'd be pretty hilarious.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

It irks me when people get mad at how the Team Star storyline turns out after barely reading the dialogue. The whole point is that you'll misunderstand them if you don't listen--Clavell is good for wanting to investigate Team Star before outright expelling them, despite the ill rumors surrounding them. Regarding Penny's punishment, I think it shows proactivity on Geeta's part, promoting the idea of punishments being primarily beneficial to society over strictly detrimental to the one being punished. Besides, Penny is still a kid, and one with good intentions at that. (And, as chat mentioned, this is sometimes what happens with hackers in real life.)

[@veswacito]

it’s just really not fun. i like the game, and the gym/titan stories, but tens star just felt so stupid. i read all of the dialogue, it’s just not for me at all. felt really corny

[@Pokemonleafmon]

Hard agree with all this

[@cullenhutchison6528]

@@veswacito If you understand it and it's not for you, that's fine. What annoys me is when people don't read everything and just assume Team Star follows the standard "evil team" trope.

[@kyx5631]

The Team Star storyline is my favourite of the 3. I'm always sad when people skip the text.

[@VexSaber]

Yeah, i know KZbinrs need to rush everything in order to make money but if you're gonna do that don't complain

[@dylansturdivant5404]

A futuristic Miltank with laser udders called Iron Milk would be awesome actually

[@willowrose6008]

Yes but also 💀

[@Celestia282]

I am now sad that doesn't exist. Here's hoping the DLC adds more paradox mons, eh?

[@raytheman5316]

No

[@A.S._Trunks]

@@raytheman5316 Yes

[@TreeckoDX64]

@@Celestia282 probably yeah, the datamine says that still have some not released paradox mon, so there's that

[@luluknighty1044]

How cool could it have been if the gyms scaled, their Pokémon were evolved or not, had different moves, etc depending on when you get there (your teams levels)

[@Y0G0FU]

That would require effort on gamefreaks part D:

[@LarsFromNorway]

Pass. I actually appreciated being able to tackle the game severely out of order and give myself a challenge for once. I don't really want a modern Assassin's Creed kind of thing where the enemies are just "your level minus a few".

[@Pokemonleafmon]

I dunno. I feel like that would invalidate the individualized experiences inherent to an open world game. It has the benefit of making it more approachable and easy, but it takes away the ability to try an extend beyond your reach.

[@Stupididiot-ci5gf]

I feel like this is the only open-world game where you can go the "wrong way". The reason BOTW is so special is because you can go anywhere you want and the game evolves alongside you, something this game doesn't do. I appreciate the ability to tackle things out of your league, but so many times I've heard people say "oh, I'm not supposed to be here yet." and then get their ass handed to them.

[@veryblocky]

The problem with this is that there is no incentive to train

[@jennabunny7840]

Professor Turo the giga Chad that even men swoon over kills me every time. Small Ant literally lost his breath

[@minaly22]

Plot twist: Turo and SmallAnt look similar enough that they could feasibly swap places 😁😁

[@microwavedforks]

Why arvens parents both hot as fuck bro wtf

[@rhikke07]

The part I think is the funniest is just seeing Smant struggle to understand the story while he intencionally skips the intire plot.

[@MaidenOfAir]

Right like. Don’t sit there acting confused about why you’re still friends with penny or disliking Arven when you also admit that you really don’t read the dialogue

[@Xomni19]

When smant got shocked that Iono didn't freak out at the "5k" donation, it was actually just equal to 50 dollars.

[@komarunaegi7460]

Fifty dollars is still a lot of money, though...

[@slimebunny5700]

Dude just acted like 50 bucks isn't worth acknowledging as a good amount of money, man pass it over here if it isn't a lot of money cause my family is kinda poor tbh

[@Severezz]

​@@slimebunny5700 Large streamers get gifted similar amounts all the time, so they kinda get numb to it. Like yeah, 50 bucks is a shitload of money for a lot of people but if you get multiple 50 buck donations a day it kinda loses its charm and you lose perspective.

[@NihongoWakannai]

@@komarunaegi7460 Not for big streamers, they get them all the time. And while they may acknowledge them sometimes they don't always interrupt their stream for every $50 donation

[@komarunaegi7460]

@@Severezz True, that fair. I’ve seen that happen for some streamers that have gotten big enough to constantly get $50+ donations every few minutes. Thanking every single one would also slow down the pace of the stream and piss a lot of viewers off, like what happened with Etika when he kept getting donations that big even after raising the minimum over and over to slow them down. Rest in Peace. Though it also shows how vain and popular Iono is, shrugging a donation like that off since her being hungry for views and clout is kind of her thing.

[@Wappl26]

Did you know that pokemon violet (and scarlet) actually have the most bug type pokemon in one game in the whole series? This is foreshadowing to all the bugs found in the game

[@Walrus5]

Did you know that in swsh, if you make rotom follow you it will start rapidly glitching around. This is a subtle reference to the glitches in s/v

[@bowser_the_flamingshell]

@@Walrus5 oh ahut up the game came before it

[@marcusborderlands6177]

@@bowser_the_flamingshell It was foreshadowing

[@gabagoof]

34:30 my man got so lucky he just thought you have to order any food to beat the gym challenge

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

“That’s not a Pokémon, that’s just a flamingo” Yeah and Ekans isn’t just a snake lmao

[@trapbuilder2283]

And rattata isn't just a rat, and pidgey isn't just a bird, and so on.

[@A.S._Trunks]

And Voltorb isn't just a Pokeball with eyes, lol.

[@rayflyers]

And Klefki isn't just keys.

[@razer1158]

Pidove isn’t just a pigeon, Toucannon isn’t just a toucan, Ursaring isn’t just a bear, Komala isn’t just a koala…

[@nebulous9280]

@@razer1158 Goldeen isn't just a Goldfish, Seel isn't just a Seal, Krabby isn't just a Crab, it really goes on.

[@eshaansimha3625]

Protagonist Mom: "Oh so you made a new friend!" SmallAnt: "She kinda forced me into it." Nemona in a nutshell🤣🤣🤣

[@Celestia282]

There's an awful lot of KZbinrs who skip through all the dialogue in the Starfall story and then complain about it not making any sense. What a weird coincidence.

[@bitchtownusa]

came into the comments to say the same thing lol

[@idiatico]

First meeting: they're the bad guys. Skip all dialogue revealing they arent that bad and are actually good guys Last meeting: wait I thought they were evil they got no punishment?

[@gabrielgoes0]

That's because this game is absolutely BORING

[@SweetMeatTM]

because the dialogue is cringe 90% of the time. baby story for a baby game. it’s gets tiring hearing 5 people say the same thing, when half of the dialogue already means nothing. just finished arceus recently, god what a slog

[@Skywing452]

i don’t blame them, it was torture going through the dialogue myself. It should have been voice acted at the very least. like these are full priced games on the switch not $35-40 on handheld devices from before on the 3DS back

[@cycled9073]

I love the idea of Smant doing casual playthroughs on this channel

[@MiuXiu]

The way Mela walks with the huge boots really is so entertaining lol

[@nebulous9280]

I feel like they were only supposed to be knee high, and they're rigid so she can't bend her knees lmao

[@Bladehound83]

Mela looks so cool... until she starts walking.

[@theunadulteratedpretzel]

6:00 clodsire with water absorb is such a brilliant tank, and has been on my team since my first 10 minutes of playing. its called "sigma male" as well

[@Junistheog]

Clodsire is up there with garchomp btw

[@Airlo-rk8wj]

Clodsire's water absorb allowed me to decimate the double battle gym with quaquaval's surf.

[@K-7Maylis]

Definitively being added into my regular team, especially since you can get it from the start, my favorite pokemon is Whiscash, I was able to beat every gym in Sword and Shield with it mostly alone and it's proven to be god considering it swallows a masterball in the anime

[@bubbykins4864]

They're neither inherently annoying, nor inherently psychotic, nor a mistake (why do NONE of the Lake Guardians have secondary types!? Uxie could have been part Ghost because _knowledge_ is made up of the lessons of the past, Mesprit could have become part Fairy in gen 6 because creating and exploiting _emotions_ sounds like something that type would do, and Azelf could have been part Fighting because it takes a lot of _willpower_ to become and remain a highly effective combatant), nor inherently a clown, so you named your Clodsire wrong.

[@midgematic8659]

Alternate title: Man can’t find first gym, kills god first

[@Justsomedudeokay]

59:54 It was Ms. Tyme, the Maths teacher. She of course appears after the Clavell battle, so her model must have loaded in early.

[@roope8086]

Dont trust him

[@NyanSquid]

Grusha successfully took out one pokemon and tricked Smant into thinking he was a girl in the same video. 10/10.

[@randomgarbage5938]

Fun fact, here's a few of the Spanish things that are in the game that is like Ekans in its level of creative naming: Uva = grape Naranja = orange (scarlet) Turo = part of futuro, meaning future Sada = part of pasada, meaning past (scarlet) If no one's got Quaquaval yet, it's supposed to be like Carnivale, because hes like one of the dancers, but hes a duck, so quack. Had lots of fun playing the game. Skeledirge, everyone's favourite little funeral singer, is the best and I also had the "why he look like a clown tho" for the first hour and then I got used to it as flames instead cause I looked at the sprite often. Nearly cried over the dog, was also blown away by attractive poison-type hood man (Atticus)

[@theh3647]

-Finds and catches a overleveled lucario -Proceeds to use it -"exhilarating gameplay isn't it"

[@Frxzt]

Rewatching this after playing the game and realizing SmallAnt has the reading proficiency of an 8 year old child was not a welcome sight

[@roxlife8173]

True

[@chandrasekarsanjay]

Love how polished this game is - I load in and see bugs immediately

[@corvus5630]

I saw scatterbugs and tarountulas aswell!

[@drakordarkstar]

I've heard of people who skip most of the dialogue but this is the first I've seen of it, gotta love watching people get confused over clearly explained plot points lmao.

[@thatGillessGamer]

35:21 I feel so bad for Dudunsparce. I personally love this Pokémon; it's my all-time favorite, in fact. I always get so sad when someone says something negative about Dudunsparce. I don't care what anyone else says about it. I will love and cherish this Pokémon until the end of time.

[@pete5516]

Don’t worry bro I’ll give you some positivity: dudunsparce doesn’t deserve the hate at all when it’s in the same generation as the worst pokemon design of all time - Maushold/Mauswhatever I don’t want to know the name of this abomination

[@Feraligatrfjhgujvgh]

Dudunsparce is amazing and I can't wait for Dudundunsparce

[@Celestia282]

Dudunsparce is stupid as all hell, and that's why its perfect. Dunsparce was designed to be a worthless, weak Pokemon. Everyone clamoring for a cool, powerful evolution were entirely missing the joke; they just didn't get it. So when Gamefreak finally gives in and gives Dunsparce an evolution, what do they do? Dunsparce but more. It is one of the greatest trolls in gaming history, and I love it. Dudunsparce is one of my favorite Pokemon of this generation, and this one is full of bangers.

[@Celestia282]

@@pete5516 Maushold is lazy and boring, but it's inoffensive. It's not worth hating, and it's certainly not "the worst Pokemon design of all time," especially not when it's sitting in the same generation as Scovillain. They finally gave us the grass/fire type we've all wanted and even based it off a hot pepper like we've all wanted, so why does it look so hideous? Why does it have a generic lizard body? Why does it have a fire head/grass head dynamic if the entire thing is grass, anyways? Why does it look like it ran faces first into a brick wall a few dozen times? Why do its teeth clip through its jaw?! I just cannot stand looking at this complete monstrosity, and I loathe that it's now part of the franchise forever. With any luck, it'll be Venonat part 2, and we won't see it in another game until generation 16.

[@pete5516]

@@Celestia282 I’m sorry but I respectfully disagree. Maushold is offensive specifically because of its inoffensiveness. This shows pokemon slowly spiralling into an uninspired, lazy digimon clone. It’s actually depressing how terrible of a concept and execution Maushold has. Scovillian can be saved, Maushold is actually disgusting.

[@mettatonex7221]

Seems like quite a few people are confused by Penny's motivation (though I'm sure skipping through the dialogue isn't helping), so here's how the Team Star story unfolds. A year and a half before we start our adventure, there was a very serious bullying problem at Naranja/Uva Academy, and the teachers were neglecting the issue. Penny, who was a noteworthy victim of this bullying due to her small stature and status as a nerd, decided to take action by uniting all the victims to declare war on the bullies. Using the Cassiopeia persona because she's too socially anxious to reach out directly, she formed Team Star and appointed five captains from other noteworthy bullying victims: Mela, who was bullied for her aggressive attitude, Atticus for his obsession with ninja culture and archaic dialects, Giacomo for being too much of a stickler with creating and enforcing rules as the Student Council President, Ortega for being a spoiled rich kid who was also tiny, and Eri for being too kind and easy to take advantage of. With enough members to the team, they began Operation Star, in which everyone prepares for a large-scale battle against the bullies, this being the focus of the flash back scenes involving each captain. Giacomo came up with the code and mixed the music, Atticus designed the uniforms, Eri trained everybody for battle and nursed anybody who was injured, Ortega engineered the Starmobiles, and Mela provided fuel for the Starmobiles, all while creating a close bond and unbreakable friendship in the process, including with their anonymous leader. When all the preparations were in order, Cassiopeia gave the word and the members of Team Star mobilized, declaring their intentions to fight tooth and nail against the bullies. And the grand fight to win back control of their lives in the school... never actually happened. All the bullies were so terrified by their show of strength that most of them simply dropped out one by one. While a resounding victory that meant no violence actually occured, Cassiopeia viewed the turn of events as having gone too far, since the mere declaration to defend themselves has caused more harm than she could have anticipated. So she announced to the team that she would sort things out on her end and advises the group disbands for good, as this would be the last time she ever contacts them. Penny then goes to the then-director and takes complete responsibility for the ordeal, who opts to deport Penny to Galar for the next 18 months and initiates a total cover-up to protect the image of the school. Cutting to the events of Scarlet and Violet, Penny has returned to the Academy and discovered that Team Star had not only stayed together, but their situation has gotten out of hand. They have stopped going to class altogether, instead staying tucked away in their own camps, and have begun harrassing kids at the academy to join them, in a way becoming the very thing they banded together to stop in the first place and making them the bad guys. Because of this, the now-director Clavell is ready to expell each of them from the academy. In a desperate bid to protect them from this, Penny decides the group needs to disband for their own good. Unfortunately, the code that Giacomo wrote and the other captains ratified states that noone in the group, not even the ultimate leader Cassiopeia, is allowed to issue direct commands to anyone else, so she can't just order them to disband, and since they clearly didn't listen when she requested the first time they likely won't when they're in this deep. But since that code also states that defeating the captain means they surrender their rank in the group, and understanding that their faction would promptly disband following this, Penny concocts Operation Starfall. Using the new transfer student who has shown the ability to stand up to Team Star and repurposing her previous identity as Cassiopeia, she has us go to each base and eliminate each of the captains, forcing them to resign their positions and thus disband their factions. Once each member was defeated, she reveals herself as the ultimate leader and has the new kid defeat her and send the footage to the captains to finally confirm that Team Star is no more, so they can just go back to attending classes again. Operation Starfall was meant to only involve the new kid and Penny, but of course, a mysterious student with an aggressive pompadour weaseled his way into being in on the plan, this being Clavell using the Clive persona. One of Clavell's goals as the head of the academy is to understand his students, so he doesn't necessarily want to expell the members of Team Star without understanding why they do what they do and what transpired with them before he was director. So by poorly but somehow convincingly disguising himself as a student, he convinces Cassiopeia to let him in on Operation Starfall, so he can confront the leaders and learn more about them. He learned about their true plans (or lack thereof; he heard rumors they were planning an attack which turned out to be false), why they banded together in the first place, and what became of Operation Star, including hearing the truth of the cover up from the previous director. Being present for the fall of each base, Clavell understands how he should proceed with dealing with Team Star and even ultimately decides to lift the threat of expulsion and allow the members to continue operating together provided they start attending class again and cease their troubling behaviors, recognizing that the Academy and its faculty failed the students by not intervening with the bullies and covering up the issue for the sake of the school. I think this is a pretty good story and a pretty successful take on the punk teams that Pokemon seems to be pushing for now. It doesn't come together perfectly as a narrative and I can understand how even somebody that reads through everything can lose track of the why and how, but I just find the relationships of all the members of Team Star to be adorable and believable; they have a real sense of comradery that other teams in Pokemon are really lacking. Penny and Clavell emerged as my two favorite characters in the game after all was said and done.

[@thedarkestguest7838]

I have Pokémon violet and i was searching the world like one dose and came across this trainer and decided to fight him. He was an 80 year old UVA student. Im now scared of UVA...

[@RGC_animation]

The school was canonically founded 800-something years ago.

[@sco0t26]

That student was there since day one

[@RGC_animation]

@@sco0t26 A true OG

[@kablammo123]

@@RGC_animation fr

[@margenen]

You made me actually forget how to spell the word "does" for a minute while I tried to figure out what was wrong with your first sentence

[@yoschiii]

smant being smitten over Turo is something I didn't know I needed

[@e_is_for_existential_crisis]

Don't blame him 😳

[@alebit_]

turo looks like someone trying to sell you nfts

[@Rubenlostit]

@@alebit_ he looks like a full time crypto bro

[@trapbuilder2283]

@@Rubenlostit He can't help it, his consciousness is on the blockchain

[@ZorotheGallade]

The pure joy reaction at Clodsire is what that boy was made for.

[@benpecto.benpecillton]

I just love how the normal type gym leader is just a normal man. All hail Larry

[@mystictabletop6040]

The best part bout the dev marker pokeballs is they match whatever ball your lead is in which to me is hilarious.

[@LunarAnimeAngel]

The games are great outside of performce. The new mechanics are interesting. At first , I was upset about breaking TMs but thankfully you can have Pokémon remember even TMs you taught them.

[@MessyGamer616]

lmao bruh the story is the most boring shit ever, the fights are insanely easy due to lack of level scaling, the lack of concrete order to the badges makes the game directionless, the enemy team is literally not even a threat or an 'enemy', just a bunch of kids gathering together to push back against bullying, and the world is bland and empty. I dont think theres a WORSE pokemon game, except maybe arceus, but even then that one wasnt nearly as bland

[@cmalol]

@@MessyGamer616 you sound absolutely miserable lmfaoooo

[@BriarBeeBenson]

@@MessyGamer616lmao alright then edgelord go play Eldin Ring then 😂 like seriously if you hate it that much then why tf are you watching a video about it and biting people’s heads off for enjoying it??

[@TreeckoDX64]

@@MessyGamer616 have we played the same game? Better, have YOU played the game?

[@Junistheog]

@@MessyGamer616 bro from your description, i think you just hate open world game in general

[@b_megamaths]

smallant: "none of what happened makes any sense" also smallant: "dialogue isn't really for me"

[@bubbykins4864]

The plot: 💺💀💨 SmallAnt: 🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🔫👱‍♂️ The plot: 💺💀💨 SmallAnt: (Why did this happen?)>😕

[@Blockbuster4299]

30 seconds in and I’m already laughing when he says “I really hope the intro isn’t too long”

[@reveluvly]

Violet is such a frustrating game because it has so many cool and interesting ideas for mechanics and stories without the good performance to back them. It would be like a 10/10 game if it actually functioned without issue

[@Celestia282]

If they just had another year, maybe even just six months, it could have been a perfect game. I absolutely despise the unstoppable content train that the Pokemon Company forces onto Gamefreak. I don't care if delaying the game hurts the anime or stagnates the card game or kills the merchandise engine. If you're making art, your top priority should be to make that art as good as it can be. Everything else comes after. Also, I'm pretty sure that the number one most profitable media franchise in human history can afford to take a small hit to the bottom line in the name of securing a brighter future. Because at this point, Pokemon is on a collision course with a bad end. Ever since Pokemon went to the Switch, the games' quality have been going downhill fast. They cannot keep putting out half finished garbage. The name will only carry them so far before people finally have enough and stop taking it. Things may be working out fine right now, but eventually something is going to break. The tech requirements are only going to increase as the years go by, and if Gamefreak can't keep up with the Switch, how bad will it be on whatever console comes next? This isn't even a choice; they need to slow down. If they don't take a break and shore up the holes in quality and standards, they could end up destroying their franchise. They really need to think things over before they kill the golden goose.

[@TreeckoDX64]

@@Celestia282 ever since the 3DS imo

[@eluhrion7406]

@@Celestia282 well, they can keep going with putting out half finished garbage because the fanbase is shoving their money down gamefreaks throat, even buying both versions just for the luls, why change something if you still get your big money

[@dusklunistheumbreon]

Welcome to corporate nonsense. They'd rather shovel things out as fast as possible while screwing over employees as much as they can get away with rather than actually finish things. Not a recent development by any means, though.

[@anonymous0_0.]

this game could never be 10/10 even if it was perfectly flushed out, it's just not as good as any other games they've released. id rather play thru OG diamond and pearl w 0 fire types thsn this shit

[@TheCompanyRepresentative]

Smant sweating while ten levels above, using x items (which make battles stupidly easy), reviving and healing. "Yea...... real challenging........ "

[@morganmememachine466]

I swear every single youtuber I've watched just does NOT read the dialogue for Operation Starfall and then complain about how confusing it is. *KZbinrs not reading the plot* "THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE"

[@A_Professional_Idiot_mk.2]

I just realized Miraidon is called that because “mirai” means “future” in japanese(I think). And it’s from the future

[@ani_and_colour]

Same logic for Koraidon! Rlly cool

[@damocles7406]

Nah it's called Miraidon because Miraidon Deez Nuts.

[@Alita_Kazami]

6:43 I just spit out the lemonade I was drinking from laughter. I hate hearing that about Vaporeon but it was so finely tuned I can’t be mad it was so funny.

[@Ayuraos]

I'm starting to get some haaard fear induced into me any time I see that Copypasta, and I am a furry myself, so I've seen some people who agree with this, but the copypasta still scares me, so so much, no matter what.. I live and love vaporeon, but when I see Flareon's copypasta, I feel soooo much relief, so so much relief. I'm starting to like Flareon so much more now.

[@Alita_Kazami]

@@Ayuraos I didn’t know flareon had one either

[@Ayuraos]

@@Alita_Kazami It's so wholesome, believe me.

[@mambodog5322]

@@Alita_Kazami The flareon one is for cuddles

[@Alita_Kazami]

@@mambodog5322 gotcha

[@otaku3OBSESSION]

Flamigo is like Seel and Dewgong. They're pretty much just animals, with maybe one quirky feature, like flamigo's neck knot, and dewgongs mini horn.

[@maui1234]

to clarify at 55:00 if a poison type uses toxic it will ALWAYS hit even in the semi-invulnerable turns of dig and fly. if the same pokemon uses any other moves that use accuracy on the same turn they also skip the accuracy check known as "the toxic sure-hit glitch". in swsh version 1.3.1 and onward this glitch is no longer present

[@zozoey_0537]

i like how there is one frame at 1:34:57 where it says AI turo no longer wishes to fight

[@scrunkore]

it's so cool that they did that

[@ChiyumiiIdols]

It was kinda frustrating seeing you not read the scenario and then say things doesn't make senses, it really does when you just read the dialogue lmao

[@inksoakedsquid]

seriously!! and the fact that he just overlevels and just pops x attacks to kill them all.. it's pretty annoying

[@notraf3597]

My first shiny in violet was wooper and i immediately Called him woop woop. Thanks for the content smant :D

[@USSWisconsin]

The single best change in this game is the fact that you can pickup items without stopping.

[@reefa4655]

70$ for that, worth it right ?

[@ianmatthynssens3315]

As entertaining as SmallAnt is it’s very frustrating watching someone ignore the story and then complain about the story

[@NoSweatMan-_-]

When I was doing the grass gym puzzle, I didn't actually start it, and I just looked everywhere for about an hour.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

The fact that the AI is more of a chad than the actual Professor is just amazing. We do NOT stand neglectful, terrible professors Turo or Sada. Even if they are hot af.

[@cansofworms]

This was still a really fun experience to watch and be apart of 🙂💚 thanks again for the great weekend streaming this!

[@TheFizio]

"Items are OP" Definitely, one friend of mine almost beat a trainer's Krookodile that was in the mid level 50 range... with a team of lv. 20s.

[@Stereo6400]

finding out mega revaroom doesn’t actually have PP is the most painful thing in this entire game

[@roope8086]

Do not trust this guy

[@OriginalGameteer]

Finding out alot of things about the super Revavroom is painful

[@aedaniammx7559]

I love watching him skipping the story and then being confused by the story, it’s hilarious /lh

[@mortyC-137.mortycom]

That plot twist though, got me in the feels.

[@xEeveee]

LMAO love how u predicted it before seeing the vid

[@sriramaniyer9415]

@@xEeveee he may have seen the stream

[@mortyC-137.mortycom]

@@xEeveee WAIT REALLY

[@mortyC-137.mortycom]

I didn’t even know there was one I was joking.

[@xEeveee]

@@sriramaniyer9415 oh yh forgot abt that

[@ZackTheOmnipotent]

1:07:38 well no wonder you didn't feel massive sympathy for the Team Star members and their incredibly touching story.

[@sinteleon]

If it wasn't clear, the final battle is essentially a raid battle. Tera orb charges up after 3 attacks, and you were getting boosts from team-mates cheering.

[@Shranha8]

I'm so triggered that Ant said: "Permanent addition, it's not comming out of the party" and immediatly when it evolved, Clodsire was banished to hell

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

The angry shouting as he tries to wrap his head around the Team Star subplot lol

[@fredranzalot4849]

Angry shouting as he tries to wrap his head around the Team Star subplot he hasn't read.

[@rairaion2612]

3/4 of the comments are bots bruh

[@ChinaGovernmentOfficial]

What in tarnations

[@dailydelphox]

It's so dumb seeing someone skip dialogue and then get mad when they don't understand what's happening. Not that Starfall Street isn't confusing, but Smant didn't even try to get it.

[@joa6336]

1:04:49 you skip all the dialogues and you wonder why don't undestand whats happening? Lmao. The director apologizes because he thought the team star was a bunch of hooligans and did not know the real story (people who had been bullied in class)

[@Frostboss18]

it’s crazy how he perfectly guessed the secret dish at the normal gym

[@LongLiver]

Pretty sure he just read chat

[@esmaeriva]

Thanks mate for uploading your experience! I really enjoyed watching it

[@DevilripperTJ]

Imagine a lvl scaling system that increases lvl of trainers and titans based on beaten gym leaders and titans .... Sounds like a dream.

[@reefa4655]

Man it must be so hard to code…

[@asquared1317]

I love how at the beginning he said I hope the intro isn’t too warm even though there is so much time that you have to spend with pneumonia before you’re a free man lol

[@ltfguitar]

At least Melanoma isn't Hop 2.0

[@arcanemaster8722]

It becomes a chore on the second play though having to trudge through every dialogue pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is featured in

[@MisterManGav]

Pneumonia?😭

[@jesseyu162]

@@ThePenguinMan The word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious means terrible…

[@lucasyang4178]

i thought chat saying iron dad when it came to ai turo was gunna be the funniest thing in the video but i absolutely lost it at iron milk ☠️☠️☠️

[@Pokeman0070]

I have not seen one person use endure during the final battle after Penny says to “Hang in there”. I’m pretty sure that was the only reason Miraidon had Endure, but I haven’t seen anyone but myself use it. 😅😂

[@Corridor3000]

Ngl I just threw a max potion at it lol

[@JayFolipurba]

The introduction of food makes everything so much more complicated, lore wise. Like, where do the eggs come from ?

[@orochiran]

The fact that the debug team for the game was 3 people says a lot about how much effort a small indie company like Gamefreak puts in their products

[@alexy5611]

Bruh now it makes sense

[@mitch5944]

That plus them always having a strict annual release makes me feel very bad for those three people lol

[@AJ2006-u9f]

Wow ! Scarlet and violet is the best undeveloped game i have ever seen...

[@philosophicaljay3449]

It is disappointing seeing people play without paying attention to the story. Arven's story is absolutely something I wanted to see various streamers react to (as it is the best story in any Pokemon game), but then to see people not pay attention to it is just disappointing.

[@AnAverageArceus]

I think these games could have been the best ones in the series if they managed to fix all the performance issues. The new mechanics are great and the story is incredible (which makes me sad that so many streamers mash through the story and then complain about things not making sense). This is the most fun I've had with a pokemon game since gen 5.

[@Agent_C69]

31:55 “electric fighting is a really good typing” bro needs to see iron hands

[@Silvertonium]

i have so much respect for the editors

[@zak7886]

you shouldnt have skipped the team star dialogue. Honestly one of the best story arcs in all of the pokemon games imo.

[@ethanblank90]

These are some of the Pokémon challenges I’ve come up with. Anyone is welcome to use them! Pokémon but every attack takes a turn to charge up. Pokémon but opponent Pokémon change every time they are hit Pokémon but all enemy Pokémon explode after they faint. Pokémon but for my party, perish song is always in affect Pokémon but all my Pokémon have the truant ability

[@whateverwhocares3805]

“Violence is based, face your bullies… in unarmed combat* 😂

[@rodneysmith1763]

This is by far the best play through I’ve seen! Everything.

[@rodneysmith1763]

Can’t believe I’m only just seeing these!!

[@remitsu9715]

so glad to finally see a long Smallant video I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE A LONG SMALLANT VIDEO YES YES YES FINAAAAAALLY

[@Hoitado]

An hour and a half of Smallant? Heck Yeah

[@roope8086]

More like hell yeah

[@hat7607]

After finally getting Scarlet on Christmas I looked at your channel to see if there was anything on this game so far and low and behold and hour late I get to watch this masterpiece!

[@SemiHypercube]

over an hour and a half of SmallAnt Pokemon content, you love to see it

[@mdudegamer]

For some reason I could've sworn that what I saw in my subscriptions was Alpharad's supercut of his playthrough, which made me confused as he hadn't uploaded all the individual parts yet. But nah, I get to see Smallant's playthrough now! Very nice, should be a fun time.

[@ZombiHalfBreed]

The “I’ve got one ball that might work…” fuckin killed me in the end.

[@SirChoccyMilk]

You know, in all honesty, I love these games. As incomplete and buggy as they are, which do definitely hold it back, I don't think I've had such a good time with a Pokémon game's story in quite a while. They had a crazy idea, and to me, it worked pretty well

[@roope8086]

DO NOT TRUST

[@-Burb]

Agreed. If they just had more time to actually finish the game I think they would’ve been some of the best Pokémon games ever made. (I didn’t even personally like Team Star’s storyline much, but Arvens storyline and the super fun gameplay totally made up for it).

[@spencerdunn866]

I really like the theory that the events that AZ caused in the kalos region the creation of the ultimate weapon. could have lead to the creation of area zero.

[@zj1671]

might be the first time that I have seen you play a game the way it‘s supposed to be

[@lagtduckgirl7993]

From what I heard speed runners haven't been able to crack this code to sequence break So apparently the testing of the game went into making sure the dumb kid couldn't just get away from the tutorial But maybe my knowledge is outdated

[@sinteleon]

"supposed to". He's still doing BLJ. And while yes you can't get away from the tutorial, you CAN get to most of the rest of the world before actually entering uni via BLJ and battle warps (throwing your pokeball at an incessible area to warp to said area when battle starts)

[@cravonomire9971]

Bro insulted one of the elite four for being a child and forgets that the Alola elite for had two children

[@tweekbros]

the "performed by ed sheeran" in the credits knocked me tf out, i thought people were JOKING about the credits having a song by him in it 😭😭

[@leek8656]

I watched every second of the three original streams. Time to watch this entire video as well even though I’ve already seen all of it! But like seriously this video clearly took ages to make, absolutely insane!