Pokemon X & Y's Biggest Problem (And How to Fix It)

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[@Kawaiitwo]

X was my first ever Pokémon game.

[@raulmiranda6809]

Hello

[@jackdwoods2009]

@@Kawaiitwo ssme 😱

[@notjeff9058]

MandJTV i played the game and i got bored,sOrRy!

[@R5O_63O8]

You are cool UwU

[@KittyLitterYT]

I think the stupidest part is that they don't even have full movesets... like seriously, their pokemon are weaker than some of the pokemon you can find in the wild.

[@wimbearn]

True.

[@kutlachakela]

True.

[@Kali_Krause]

True. The Kalos Elite four is weaker than the rest of the regional elite four members

[@totodile4271]

I disagree I think the problem is their lack of type coverage

[@ZylowHF]

I agree with both of you

[@Itnasias]

Kind of weird how X and Y, the game that introduced mega evolutions, has you fight so few mega evolutions (4 if you include your rival’s Mega Absol). But in ORAS, you fight 6 (10 if you include the elite four rematch).

[@kghostthegreat]

Which always do after getting rayquaza

[@choxecko7977]

I really think that they should have made korrina the 4th or 5th gym leader, and then after her all the gym leaders have megas, it would make the game harder and advertise megas

[@emperoricy3598]

@@choxecko7977 honestly fair she could have mega lucario ACTUALLY ON HER TEAM and we could have wulfric have a mega abomasnow

[@ethantreadway9478]

Here’s who I think in X&Y should have a mega: Korrina Clement Viealre Olympia Lysndare Sycamore (I thought when I first played X&Y) Tevor Welfare Serena/Chelam All the Pokémon League

[@Kyumifun]

And the fact that starters don't have mega forms that's so disapointing. Only Greninja can tranform into Ash-Greninja but it's not even in the game

[@abrarnoorani8385]

I feel bad for Lysander, he was epic in the anime but in the games, he was *significantly* worse. They even took away his shiny garydos for a regular one

[@r4nd0mguy99]

The shiny Gyarados isn't really interesting. It's too common and the colour doesn't suit Gyarados. Lysandre was alright in the anime, but Team Flare was pretty good. Lysandre just seems to be the typical "I'll destroy the world!"-villain, while otherwise being a pretty smart and reasonable person.

[@Udon_Noodle]

@@r4nd0mguy99 that Gyarados godly in the Anime though

[@gioc2512]

@@r4nd0mguy99 shiny gyarados fit his appearance better

[@dragonfenix9080]

and team flare in the x and y books was fucking ruthless

[@ethantreadway9478]

His last is always the easiest for me. All you do is Legendary Move on 3 of his Pokémon then Mega Lucario attack his Mega Garydos and it’s over.

[@gat0rcrazzi]

I know I’m late to the party, but Unova having four mons for their E4 I feel is more justified in BW as there isn’t a presence of mega evolution and no mons outside the unova dex. I also give credit to the post game teams they have which they at least gave them with more than 4 mons.

[@conansglasses2645]

They also have 5 pokemon in challenge mode in b2w2

[@christianjericho7948]

Unova E4 Was already tough despite only have 4 pokemon.

[@PhoenixAce]

Also those 4 Pokémon are still a massive challenge to deal with

[@nolsee1176]

Yeah and those mons were very powerful with advanced move sets.

[@georgetheanimator]

​@@christianjericho7948yeah, and that FREAKING COFFARIGUS

[@slippinsydney]

“X and Y’s biggest problem and how to fix it” Thumbnail: Just delete Korrina

[@nazeersadek6705]

Sydney Kidney I think he meant she doesn’t give you the mega Lucario until later

[@slippinsydney]

Nazeer Sadek yeah, I was just yolkin around lol

[@8bitty192]

j u s t m o n i k a

[@cintronproductions9430]

Nah, Korrina's great, delete her stupid grandfather!

[@EmoChris]

Korrina

[@black97_0]

[MEANWHILE! In an alternative universe] Michael: "X and Y games were much too hard, how to make them more balanced?"

[@LunchBox092]

Ahaha

[@sergiorubens8475]

Reply

[@viktorignatov5698]

X and Y were my favorite games for a really long time and I don't complain there easy because the first time I played them I was really young and had a lot of trouble, but looking back they should be more balanced

[@ericgabrielalvesdecarvalho3496]

@@viktorignatov5698 yes They should Here some ideas: Viola: Vivilon, Surskit and Burmy Grant: Tyrant, Amaura, Kabuto/Omastar (Version pokémon) Ramos: Victrebeel, Gogoat, Trevenant and Jumpluff or Carnivine Note: Yes i know korrina is before Ramos but If korrina Will give you acess to mega evolution soo at least being late is fine Clemont: Luxray, Dedene, Helioliolisk, Magnezone Valerie: Mega Mawile, Sylveon, Granbull, Klefki and Mr Mime Korrina: Mega Lucario, Machamp, Hawlucha, Sawk and Chesnaugth Olímpia: Mega Alakazam, Slowking, Meowstic, Gothitele (A pokemon who can fucking read the stars isnt given to a trainer who have a obseevatory as a gym) Gardevoir, Starmie Wulfric: Mega Abomasnow, Cloyster, Avalugg, Beartic, Aurorus, Glalie

[@GlitchyNoibat]

@@ericgabrielalvesdecarvalho3496 I think they should have made a Mega Sylveon for Valerie, like a Fairy-dark or Fairy-flying or something like that, or maybe just fairy

[@thelagnificentleader]

I think Gen 6 remakes and/or sequels could be potentially really good, seeing as how the originals bombed hard. It could fix a lot of problems, add some cool new dialogue and story, maybe even have a delta episode for Zygarde (of course not recycle the Delta Episode storyline). Hell, maybe they could even expand on Mega Evolution!

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

And even give the major trainers perfectly competitive teams like they do in BDSP, by not just giving them Megas but also competitive tier builds with movesets, abilities, held items, natures, and max EVs/IVs

[@toxictick5007]

I got good news as of today 🤭

[@thelagnificentleader]

@@toxictick5007 I SAW DUDE HOLY CRAP

[@nuxmitikuna7718]

​@@thelagnificentleader To be fair, the originals didn't really bombed, they're like top 6 best selling pokemon games, they even sold more than Sun and Moon

[@hoopamaster0235]

This makes me sad because Kalos is the region I started with, therefore I feel nostalgic over it. I really wish they would come out with Pokemon Z over anything else besides new generations as Kalos is the only region to not have anything outside it's main games

[@PokemonJacob-vi2li]

Yeah, even paldea has something

[@godofwar2011]

Just play rom hacks like eternal X and you will enjoy it significantly more, trust me.

[@IrregularEmulation]

Boy do I have some NEWS

[@jeffreygao3956]

So if there was Z version with Korrina as Champion and Diantha as a postgame boss(with a rematch where she replaces Hawlucha with Pangoro and Tyrantrum with Arcanine), how tough would they be?

[@Heheheha-sh5zh]

Someone’s wish came true. In a way

[@rainpooper7088]

Yeah, can we mention how the Gen 2 gym leaders really avoided using Gen 2 Pokémon? Why doesn’t Chuck have a Hitmontop? Or Morty a Misdreavus? Or Falkner a Hoothoot? Or Bugsy a Ledian?

[@temmiejunior4783]

I Love Battle Cats

[@decoral]

EXACTLY! Only 4 of them use only 1 Gen 2 Pokémon each. It's honestly infuriating!

[@wowidk7014]

Rainpooper I thought of that too I was thinking that is stupid

[@irrespondible]

@Thomas Irwin Give Whitney another... ARE YOU MAD???!!!

[@irrespondible]

@Thomas Irwin Yeah... there's a double problem with that. First is that, yes, you get a Machop...ONE Machop. By an In-game Trade. And unlike the In-game trades of later gens, the level of the pokemon you get is the same as the level of the pokemon you give. In Gold and Silver this is moderately bad because Whitney's two pokemon are a Level 18 (Clefairy) and 20 (guess who), while the highest level you can get the pokemon to trade it for (Drowsee) is level 14 (wild in Route 35)... but in Crystal you get screwed up, because the pokemon you have to trade Machop for is ABRA, which you can get at most in the wild at level 10 (same route), but capturing one is a chore because Abra only learns Teleport. You can get one in the Game Corner by only 100 coins... but in a cruel twist of nature, instead of being at level 10 as it was in Gold and Silver, it's at LEVEL 5 in Crystal. And given you can't actually train an Abra except by Exp. Share (and SURPRISE, you don't get Exp. Share in GSC until you go for the Red Gyarados and get a Red Scale, and that's only possible around the 7th gym), you get a Machop at only level 10... and that leads to the second trouble, more heavily in Crystal, but still hard on both. Second Trouble: The Machop you get... well, it has a lot to handle. First and foremost, Machop is not resistant to the Normal attacks that may be thrown at it (besides Rollout, Whitney's Miltank knows Stomp and the previous pokemon, Clefairy, knows Double Slap, the former can cause flinch and the latter is a 2-5 striker attack). And while it may defeat Clefairy... it still has the trouble of facing Miltank and... well, Miltank is WAY stronger than Machop. Machop's Attack is 80, the same as Miltank... but that's its BEST stat, and the other stats are all WORSE than the same stats in Miltank. For example, Miltank's best stat is 105 Defense followed by 100 Speed. Machop's stats in those areas are 50 and THE ABISMAL 35 respectively. So, without STAB and type advantages playing, Machop will hit the same, but will be hit first and will be handle the punch taken worst. Also Machop loses in HP with 70 against 95. And the worst thing is... yeah, the STAB and Type advantage it gets in Gen II is HORRID. It only gets Karate Chop (50 power, 100% accuracy, high chance of being critical) and Low Kick (50 power, 90% accuracy, 30% flinching... before you ask, in Gen III it was changed to weight variant power and 100% with no secondary effect). And it's worse in Crystal, because it doesn't get Karate Chop until Level 13, meaning you get it at least 3 levels before it can learn Karate Chop. Sure, it's not that hard, but you'll have to grind prior to get to Whitney. And to top it off, Stomp is 65 power, has 100% accuracy and can cause flinch... and it's a STAB move on Miltank, meaning that, numerically, Stomp will cause more damage on Machop than anny of Machop's attacks will cause on Miltank. Sure, Machop can resist Rollout, but it better be tough enough to handle that, as the starting power of that attack is already 30 and it doubles each turn (30-60-120-240-480). So... yeah, if Machop doesn't knock Miltank out fast, it will be flattened like a pancake. And yes, those are the only chances, as the TMs for other fighting moves that hit can use (specifically, Dinamic Punch, the strongest Fighting move it can learn) are AFTER beating Whitney (the TM01 for Dinamic Punch comes after defeating Chuck). The only advantages Machop get, actually, are the type and GENDER. Miltank knows Attract, but the Machop you get is female (all Miltanks are Female, of course), so it will still be able to attack (forget your starter enters the action as all starters have a 7 to 1 ratio of male over female, so it's heavily likely your starter is a male). And yes, the type makes Machop resistant to Rollout and also the STAB moves are super effective, but it's still not like it makes it an immediate win. Fun Fact: In HGSS, the trade is the same as in GS (For a Drowsee in Goldenrod, max level being 14) and Machop is better here as now Low Kick is the current version, meaning its power against Miltank is 80 and the accuracy is 100. It's still the same in the rest (and given it's like GS, it still knows Karate Chop) but the change to Low Kick makes a difference. I would say the HGSS battle with Whitney is the easiest of all three battles, and the Crystal one is likely to hurt the most.

[@BrianStorm742]

X&Y: the only instance of the anime being more exciting than the games.

[@justjoannak]

*AGREED!* I need to catch up

[@AquariusSubscribeToTechnoblade]

Nah The Anime has always been more extreme, only real exception is Sun and Moon (and maybe Sword and Shield idk im waiting for dub)

[@spook7617]

No. The only one that is uninteresting is Aloala

[@nerdymidwesterner3662]

Eh. Honestly I prefer the anime all across the board, even the BW one.

[@BrianStorm742]

@@nerdymidwesterner3662 really? I mean, I think gens 1 and 4 are up to debate but gen 5? The games with the best story vs the series with the absolute worst one? Damn.

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

I find it frustrating how NOBODY has megas in this gen. Gen 7 and 8 kinda nailed this for more use of rad z moves. It's probably because of how megas don't scale like z moves and dmax did, but even then you were given mega stones pretty early on

[@Leosloth2011]

I hate how more trainers use z moves compared to megs when z crystals are limited in existing quantities while mega stones arent

[@stephaniemaestre796]

Who else is here after the announcement of legends za?

[@kaih_the_viewer]

I am

[@Joseph-ru8de]

Me

[@KodasToyReviews]

🖐 me 🖐

[@georgerobinson7280]

Any one who watches it know so me

[@KrissyBlues]

I feel like giving Drasna garchomp makes her more intimidating and fits her lore as being from sinnoh, but otherwise solid changes

[@jeffreygao3956]

Garchomp is Cynthia’s Pokémon.

[@KrissyBlues]

@@jeffreygao3956 that hasn't rly stopped anyone from having duplicates Milotic is wallace's ace but how many fancy trainers, cynthia included, has one lol

[@clemetflosanial781]

@@KrissyBlues but not as the ace pokemon. being mega mean it is the best, the most dangerous

[@KrissyBlues]

@@clemetflosanial781 It's rare but there's been ace dupes too I'm pretty sure. Like Allister and Agatha, and Bea and Bruno. Actually Lance is the only one of the E4 who's ace WASN'T stolen by someone in galar lol

[@realmario979]

@@KrissyBlues They can't steal your ace pokemon when you have 3 of them

[@amryp.301]

"But Whitney's Miltank is so freaking difficult that *Miltank alone should count as five Pokémon* " Why is this so funny?

[@alexdietz7362]

That's what kids get for thinking they can sweep every battle with quilava

[@paxtonthegamer2217]

at least i don’t have pokémon gold or silver

[@maxogaming6244]

Even battling her in Pokémon masters is annoying! NORMAN is easier tha Whitney in Pokémon masters!

[@JogG4DX]

Why's everyone over exaggerating with Whitney's Miltank? It's an easy battle lmao

[@Lina-un1fj]

@Levi Russell The in-game trade machop, What else? A overleveled-Quilava?

[@conansglasses2645]

Imo , from clemont and onwards every gym leader needs to have a mega evolution. For example give clemont a mega manectric And valerie needs a 4th pokemon , she should have a sylveon, a florges an a slurpuff and a mega mawile Olympia needs to be a double battle , open up with meowsic female and prankster male meowstic and the second duo is slowking and mega alakazam Wulfric needs 2 extra pokemon imo , a wevile with aerial ace , a mamoswine , his cryogognal replaced with lapras with psychic and his ace should be a mega abomasnow

[@vee3732]

This is actually pretty clever! And I also totally agree that from Clemont, every Gym Leaders and the E4 should have Mega Evolution aces!

[@justice7659]

I think Clemont should have a Mega Ampharos

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Cool ideas dude!

[@hindubanodhruvnahi779]

@@justice7659 mega ampharos is more suited for drasna

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

That could be the hard mode! If the games got remade with different difficulties, the original would be easy difficulty, Mikey's proposal would be medium and yours would be hard.

[@dutchvanderlinde8264]

Although gen 6 easy, it's really fun to play and has one of the better reigons, which makes it my favorite in the franchise personally

[@curtdog647]

Gen 6 is actually my favorite If it was balanced just a bit better they would have had extreme potential.

[@dominicthegamingnerd8650]

I was a little kid when i played pokemon X, and i thought release meant my pokemon could follow beside me as best buds....yeah, i lost a tyrunt and Xerneas to that misconception and was pretty depressed for a while

[@zush16]

Dang bro i felt that

[@dominicthegamingnerd8650]

@@zush16 what did you lose?

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Thats painful, ooooh i feel bad for you

[@waterdrinker_]

I saw it as me releasing them back to the wild, and that I would find them again...bye empoleon...

[@dominicthegamingnerd8650]

@@waterdrinker_ that just hurts to read

[@Swampfactor]

Wulfric: I am the toughest gym leader in Kalos 11 year old me with a Talonflame with Flame Charge: *Doubt*

[@sageblast3143]

Aegislash after using three sword dances: Hold my Shield...

[@Go-OnR]

Ashes talonflame lost to wolfric

[@sageblast3143]

@@Go-OnR Actually the Game and Anime follow different logistics..... Based on Game logic Talonflame should have solo'd wulfric..

[@whoisterwoister8560]

The music in that town is so sad

[@livgreenie]

11 year old me with my freaking delphox: oh really?

[@torpedo_r8192]

Mikey: The Kalos gym leaders are too easy Me: Fails the Grant gym battle 10 times

[@defeatstatistics7413]

Wait, really? I swept it with a Whirlipede with Rock Smash.

[@peachiequeen3897]

To be fair, I've always found Grant to be fairly difficult, at least during runs where I didn't have Fighting coverage on my team

[@midnightmotorist-gn9pk]

That's a skill issue

[@jacobrocket1734]

anyone else see a counter to korrina's entire team? ....no? well in the route at the top of the mountain before grant you cant get a pokemon called drifloon, so literally just use drifloon on mienfoo and hawlucha and you will not take damage at all, as for the machoke id recommend sending your starter into it, drifloon makes the korrina gym battle the easiest battle in the entire game

[@BatmannotBruceWayne1]

Just outside of geosenge golett can be found and counters even harder, as rather than being weak to rock tomb, it resists it

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

@@BatmannotBruceWayne1 Even earlier than both of those, you can catch a Honedge just south of the mansion you go to to find some guy's Furfrou.

[@BatmannotBruceWayne1]

@@kaelanmcalpine2011 while yes you can, that’s on a non mandatory section of the route, as you can just walk through the middle of the pathway, we’re honedge doesn’t spawn. I bring up golett, because it spawns outside geosenge, which is pretty close to her location, and you catch it, at a level that it can solo the entire gym by itself without needing to level it

[@user-hj5lr7yf6z]

Honedge: am I a joke to you?

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

​@@user-hj5lr7yf6z The guy/gal explained why he/she is not considering Honedge so...

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Fun fact: Ramos' Jumpluff used Sunny Day in the anime for that very reason.

[@leonardofarias8843]

Fun fact: Sunny Day and Sleep Powder in the same moveset troll mega pokemon

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Why is the anime the logical one here?!

[@nazeersadek6705]

Lion Heart when the anime has more logic than the game you know how big the problem with X & Y is

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@nazeersadek6705 Another idea is fully EV train every pokemon

[@nazeersadek6705]

Leonardo Farias that should be the NORMAL thing for all gym leader, elite four and champion Pokémon

[@dreepersen.9201]

I remember playing these games for the first time and expecting Korrina to use her Mega Lucario in the gym :O Probably a good thing that she doesn't, but it still bothers me.

[@crazyvillainfan4877]

A problem that I had with the gen 6 and 7 games, and this was nitpicky, was that the sprites felt very desaturated. The visuals of the 3d models, trainers, and pokemon look amazing, but the color felt very desaturated visually. In all the games prior to gen 6, all the sprites felt vibrant and colorful, giving off more of an exotic vibe. In gen 6 though, a lot of colors were taken out. What used to be a very dark and saturated yellow and red on Pikachu, is now taken out and feels lackluster. even the black on its tail looked more greyish. I'm glad that this was fixed in gen 8 because now with a bigger budget, they visually look more interesting and distinct

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

The desaturation also ruined a couple shinies. Shiny Gengar isn't the best shiny, but at least it used to be noticeable because regular Gengar used to be a significantly more vibrant purple before the jump to 3D. At least they made the mega's shiny an awesome white.

[@bunnybug1918]

Heads up for Drasna with what we now know: she has a Mega Altaria in the anime, so that settles it. Besides, Ampharos isn't even a Dragon type if it doesn't Mega Evolve, so maybe he'd be a better option for Clemont (whose dad has an Ampharos in the anime; just saying) Instead she should be given a different Pokémon, and I think that Goodra is the best option. Two Gen VI Dragon types found in the Kalos dex are Goodra and Tyrantrum. Since Tyrunt is already taken, she could have the former. It's a formidable pure Dragon type with some nice abilities (Sap Sipper, Hydration with Rain Dance and Gooey? Its options are dazzling!), and while its movepool isn't huge, it's nothing to sneeze at, either. If you're concerned about looks, I'd say its horns/ears/whatever suit her.

[@Rainb0wzNstuff]

Korina: "the most toughest gym leader" Me: I got a braixen with phybeam and I struggled more with the wobbafet in the cave near by

[@walkingtowersyndrome]

Psybeam Wobbufet

[@snehithkamepalli9293]

Lol...same...wobbufet op

[@L00t00wii]

I also had kadabra and struggled just as much in that cave

[@marcysDonutHoledChest]

Me: breezing through the Kalos region A Wobbuffet in Glistening Cave: *no*

[@firelandgeek9512]

So true!

[@nategwright]

Give Viola a Mega Beedrill, no one’s beating this game on my watch

[@a.m.aworld2802]

It would be good first taste of the power of megas. I agree

[@itchyrock]

Diantha has Level 80+ pokemon, with Gardevoir at Level 92

[@quastusaqua6067]

And give grant a mega diancie

[@Go-OnR]

NO MEGAS FOR NO1 GYM LEADERS

[@tredecim_]

@@Go-OnR that was the point of the joke

[@jaidenhowell1194]

Part of me wishes that Korrina actually had been the final gym leader, and that’s when you would receive the Mega Lucario from her, because not only could she have a decently strong team, but it would make much more sense to receive the Lucario at that point in the game, rather than having super easy mega evolution from the 3rd gym onwards. Might just be me, but I definitely think just swapping the order of some of these gym leaders would have made the games quite a bit more challenging. X and Y are definitely still my favorite games in the series, though.

[@joenavy6859]

I didn't take the Lucario and didn't use Mega evolution until the last gym and the game was still a breeze lmoa.

[@joselynneroberts]

I still have the Mega Evolution for the Lucario from my Pokemon X game

[@danielclatfelter6993]

after defeating Korrina, which was child's play all of my party is mid 40's, fully evolved and I just wish this game was even slightly challenging.... is there a battle tower in this game? please i really hope so...

[@robertlupa8273]

@@danielclatfelter6993 There's Battle Maison, I guess.

[@IJC039]

I think Korrina should’ve been the champion. You see her around more than the actual champion, and she has interesting lore with mega evolution, plus she could still give you the mega lucario around the final gym.

[@BobThePenguin.]

18:39 *commentors when drasna is revealed to have a mega altaria in journeys, over a year later which mikey could not have known* : UhM aCtUaLlY-

[@JellySLCB]

Me, age 10 playing X: Wow this game is hard :( Me now: What the hell, I was just dumb

[@kats1203]

Yes.

[@kats1203]

I finished x and y a month or 2 ago and realised I made many mistakes

[@JesusChrist-bq6lu]

I miss this game so much definitely going to buy a 3ds just to play it again

[@-irene-29]

Played it 5 years ago. Completely ate the game with Blaziken, Charizard, Delphox and Talonflame 😂😭 Stupid 10 year old me

[@deante6721]

This is how I feel with every Pokémon game I played since gen 3

[@tomatoroth]

In my opinion Clermont should have a Luxray cause: 1. He has one in the anime 2. It could be his boss/main pokemon since the other mons are a bit lack luster

[@SafiaAtirahBintiSyaifulAzwan]

4.his first option as a partner

[@linhardtvonhevring9752]

Luxray isn’t in the Kalos Pokédex. It only becomes available in the Friend Safari after youvlear the game and ergo have access to the National ‘Dex. ... ALSO SIEBOLD SHOULD HAVE A MEGA SLOWBRO!

[@PaulExists]

@@linhardtvonhevring9752 r/nobodycares

[@GioGio_1208]

Yes I agree

[@user-it2zg9sr7e]

It’s not in the kalos dex though, although I wish it was because of how cool it is and the anime

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

I think the biggest part is that the elite 4 and the last gym leader DOES have Megas in the anime but somehow they didn’t think to do the same for the games. Granted the games came way before the anime so I could let that slide, but if the anime department agrees that it’s ridiculous that these people at this point don’t have Mega’s, than yeah that was probably an issue.

[@Gina_Silverrain]

That fact that the elite four members had mega in the anime, makes it more likely for them to have mega's in the remake.

[@umapessoa240]

The most baffling thing about Korrina’s movesets is that Rock Tomb, the only move that can hit ghosts, is ineffective against both ghosts available up to that point: Honedge and Golett.

[@25Dzone]

Pokemon in general just needs to balance the main story - Sword and Shield had this exact same issue. If I challenge a Gym Leader I don't wanna win with one Pokemon, I wanna scrape my way through just barely.

[@MandJTV]

What I did to make SwSh more interesting is always make "official" battles "fair." I aimed to use only the same amount of Pokemon as them, and I did the battle on Set style (I didn't have my game set to it bc it made random trainer battles more convenient; I just chose not to switch when it asked). Some of them were still sweeps, but it did make a few of them more interesting.

[@true.2652]

I can say that I enjoyed the era when Pokémon was more simple Like back in Gen. 1-3 and the NDS in Gen. 4-5

[@babel_UV]

if you have the type advantage, you really can do the one pokemon sweep in every game unless you dont have any good pokemon avaliable which is bad game design. They really should do the gyms based around themes instead of typings

[@kara6618]

@@MandJTV Did that as well back in gen 5, which meant I only ever used three mons for most of the leaders. If those three fainted, I would reset lol. Made things more interesting and fun though so yay!

[@25Dzone]

@@MandJTV that's a good way of doing it - I quite liked the idea of gyms being limited to a certain number of Pokemon and felt they should have just implemented that for trainers across the board. It adds a nice little strategic step where your choice would likely have pros and cons that sometimes cannot be prepped for. It could get annoying & likely needs some incentive to do so but it was fun for the gym leaders. I just think in SwSh in particular, all trainers could have received a 10% buff in levels and it would have been fine. The Wild Area already threw ridiculously strong pokemon at you sometimes - likely causing most players to want to over train so they could beat a few.

[@IHateCopperGolems]

"All [wulfric's] ice types are big and scary" Cryoganal: ^ - ^

[@Marfa1818]

Cryoganal just grans favorite Christmas ornament

[@matthaisstupidus]

Don't single him out from his friends, you'll make him cry(oganal)

[@Kyumifun]

Have you read the gen 8 pokedex about this Pokémon?

[@Eric-py8yy]

They could add Beartic and Glalie to his team

[@mr.preston1632]

@@matthaisstupidus i see what you did there..

[@freezi7919]

The funny thing is that clemont’s sister,Bonnie owns a dedenne in the anime

[@linhardtvonhevring9752]

Bonnie doesn’t own the Dedenne, it’s still under Clemont’s Trainership. Bonnie just takes care of it, and it’s been explicitly stated that she’ll start training it when she turns ten.

[@jeffreygao3956]

You're a keeper!

[@tailong3077]

3 years later and let’s see if Legends Z-A fixes these

[@schaffs2]

It would be harder if each gym leader for their final Pokemon was a Mega Evolution, like with Gen 8 and Gigantamax

[@Snoebal]

That would be awesome. I was very disappointed when Wulfric didn’t have a mega Abomasnow.

[@mostlywholesome]

reminds me of pokemon brick bronze :') rip. by the way, you're right.

[@penggao7034]

Even MILO has the gmax. The first leader in galar. In kalos, NONE OF THEM have megas. really gamefreak?

[@ryanm7522]

@@mostlywholesome from the 5th gym leader they all had mega's

[@mostlywholesome]

now I understand why kalos was unenjoyable. also, the whole gang thing with the rivals just doesn't work for me. I can't remember a single name.

[@zenithmarshadow5098]

Everybody: *asking for sinnoh remakes MandJTV: *asking for XY remakes or Pokemon Z

[@Sobber.]

Me: Silently rooting for gen 5 remakes

[@oresti9271]

At this point I just want gen 8 remakes 😂

[@alpha-sama]

We're probably a decade or two away from seeing XY remakes

[@oresti9271]

If we see the pattern then the I think it will happen like this Sinnoh remakes Let's go johto or gen 9 Gen 9 2.0 or a dlc Unova remakes If let's go johto will happen then let's go hoenn will be next Gen 10 Gen 10 2.0 or a dlc Then kalos remakes you are right we will wait soooo long for the kalos remakes

[@bearrett_8783]

Tbh I really like X & Y It's my favorite generation

[@burningwindow_7435]

When I first played Pokémon Y, it took me like a month to beat the elite 4. You want to know why? All of my Pokémon were under leveled (and it was my first time ever playing Pokémon so I didn’t know what a balanced team was.)

[@eggy6815]

So glad Pokémon Z-A took Michael's advice and added more megas

[@Almighty_S]

I can’t be the only one that forgot Wulfric existed I’m playing through X again and I was wondering who the last gym leader is LMAO

[@franknova987]

I forgot most of the Elite 4, only remember the fire elite cause of lore

[@fusedbrololy8672]

@@franknova987 i only remembered drasna because during her rematch she mentions the sinnoh dragon duo (palkia and dialga she doesnt mention giratina)

[@deepfriedcats3041]

For me I always forget about Olympia. Only reason I remember Wulfric is because of that interaction at Pokemon Village.

[@Missingno_Miner]

Honestly without the anime I would forget this entire generation. Korrina was the only trainer who offered any sort of challenge, and even then only because flying press caught me off guard and it took me awhile to figure out the game wasnt buggy, and it was actually supposed to be super effective against both my snorlax and my freshly evolved machoke.

[@jaydenc367]

honestly...I had a hard time beating his avalugg with my talonflame don't think I could even do it

[@gabrieldabriel]

I love how Unova always comes up as the exception when the Unova games are probably toughest games in the series

[@elvinr6207]

And the music was fantastic as well.

[@six_ouroboros]

Elvin R Is it because of Accumula Town?

[@wafflebread100]

Agent 8 probably

[@notalbvin6845]

What about ultra sun/moon

[@gabrieldabriel]

Would have been tougher if the exact same game but easier game out right before it

[@Simran-qv4iz]

I know this would be semi broken but I think every gym leader should’ve had a mega stone especially with x&y being so mega Evolution focused

[@zzeroara9511]

i agree, kinda like how all Kahunas are guaranteed to use a Z-Move in the alola games.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

I'd say aftet the third gym. Clemont should have mega manectric. Valarie should have mega mahwile. Ramos with mega venasaur. Olympia should have mega alakazam. Wulfric should have mega abomansow

[@Ghoulofidiocy2917]

@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd valerie taking the new hardest kalos gym leader is what you want?

[@UnwantedGhost1]

I agree after the third gym leaders. Or at least when you rematch them in the Battle Chateau.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd I don't know why they didn't give the 8th gym leader & Elite Four mega evolution. 🤦‍♂️

[@MasterCombatant]

15:45 actually I’ve always thought it to be underwhelming for the elite 4 to have only 5 Pokémon. They should have 6.

[@Mr110074]

They have five so the champion can have 6 and be more challenging.

[@joenavy6859]

I say they can have 5 in normal mode but have 6 in a challenge mode.

[@matrixmega8749]

Ive always had this same idea. This whole time I though sun and moon were the only games where the elite 4 have only 5 instead of 6

[@axolofa]

Also, having Drasna's mega be Ampharos continues the tradition of Dragon-type specialists not using Dragon-types

[@wisteriarequiem2762]

Mega Ampharos gains the dragon type when it mega evolves

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Drake & Drayden: They are a dishonor to us, the *real* Dragon masters!

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

XD I LOVE THIS COMMENT

[@CassiusSharp]

Actually recently it's been revealed Drasna's Mega is a Mega Altaria.

[@jeffreygao3956]

So then what about adding Goodra to her team?

[@paarthshetty6440]

Michael: Gives Clemont Dedenne. Also Michael: COMPLETELY forgets Clemont’s Luxray.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Shinx was only found in the Sinnoh wild and Sinnoh wild alone.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Natural Harmonia Gropius Let's pretend that this is a remake of XY on the Nintendo Switch and in this newer version, the Shinx line is available in the wild

[@dudhhrmcdudhhr6071]

KSound Kaiju xy was already on the 3ds

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Dudhhr McDudhhr Meant to say Switch

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

@@ksoundkaiju9256 by the xy remakes come out the switch should be outdated or the death of consoles should've happened already

[@lukaskback9710]

I feel like another issue is that strong Pokémon are too easily available. You will most likely encounter Bagon, Gible, Goomy, Honedge and more without even looking for them. I really like how big the Kalos pokedex was, but the encounter rates of these types of Pokémon really should have been lower, or they should be encountered in optional areas or areas available later on.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Yea, except Honedge. You gotta go kinda out of your way to find that one. Other ones... yea they feel like finding the baby version of ultimate power & getting chance to grow it up... which won`t be hard.

[@lukaskback9710]

@@pkmntrainerred4247 Eh, Honedge is a 15% encounter on a mandatory route. While the grass isn’t mandatory, there are quite a few items and trainers out of the way on the route, so people will likely find it by just looking for other things.

[@defeatstatistics7413]

Bagon's encounter rate is 5% on half a route, it isn't that common.

[@thechallengemaster7522]

anyone watching this in 2024 after annoucement of Legends Z

[@KodasToyReviews]

🖐 me 🖐

[@meredithholt9988]

Meeeeee

[@tristianfigueroa6302]

Me two

[@timonobel615]

Me three

[@RandomNintendoEnjoyer]

Me four

[@darthgroot1309]

Everyone: Says that Korrina is the hardest leader in x and y Me: *laughs in honedge*

[@slevinchannel7589]

The Problem is really that Gamefreak is totally out of contact with the Fans. Best Example is the Issue with the Rivals and best example for that is the official Statement they made about the Reason for the Rivals being like they are. You know that Statement?! It's basically an Insult against the Fans... No kidding... If they don't change their thinking and stop drinking too much Alcohol, games will become EVEN EASIER in the Future.

[@simosgaming]

@@slevinchannel7589 can you link me an article or something with their response for the rivals being the way they are?

[@psychie8625]

@@simosgaming I wanna know too. So I looked it up, and... Wow. Masuda could not be any more mistaken. People love douche canoe rivals.

[@5mac866]

imo, the hardest is grant, i've failed to him in nearly all my runs, exept for a nuzlocke i never finished

[@invaderzin1858]

*laughs in sableye and poison jab*

[@terminator1683]

“X and Y is very easy” Vinny: *Doubt*

[@annechng462]

Core 4 cagelocke

[@ExtremeAce]

"This game sucks"

[@codyhansen1073]

Sword and Sheild are even easier... exp candy can get you a fully evolved starter before the first gym.. I liked the grind it made getting mons like Tyranitar extremely rewarding to get because you put in the time.

[@fusedbrololy8672]

@@codyhansen1073 well gen 8 experience share isnt busted and experience candy is your option to use

[@ExtremeAce]

@@fusedbrololy8672 Well then even Exp. Share is just an option. But the thing is that the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 in X/Y are themselves too easy, and hence the Exp. Share doesn't make any difference.

[@alextony335]

18:30 :"but the anime disagrees with you"

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

0:26 Honestly I turned off the exp share & changed to set battle mode from the start & realized that Grant is the equivalent of spiky walls that trap you & keep coming closer to you with every turn.

[@TreeckoJedi9]

It's SO weird how there's liek a massive pause in gyms in between the first and second. No wonder Grant is so high leveled.

[@ethantreadway9478]

Hello this is Milo from Sword & Shield here.

[@manyiahandret5119]

@@ethantreadway9478 uhhh but you can just max raid and use exp candy, i love max raid so much and use all the exp candy and ended with lvl 24-28 team lol

[@philspence3073]

I thought viola had done goofed when she said "Lv 30"

[@teodoramatasdominguez979]

Young me: wow, this game is decently difficult Me now: .....

[@108spirits5]

Too ez!

[@adamlueth8968]

@@108spirits5 Korrina could have been a problem depending on your Pokemon

[@108spirits5]

@@adamlueth8968 I would just remove Korrina entirely.

[@HeelBJC]

Are you referring to X and Y specifically or Pokemon games in general? Because if it's the latter, it's not just your childhood naivety. I recently played through Fire Red after being fed up with Shield's easiness and there were numerous times where I got absolutely destroyed and needed to step back and level up. The rival fight and Misty in Cerulean City, the Silph Co. Rival Fight, and the Elite 4 all fucked me up and made me need to grind a bit, which I actually like in small doses as it makes it much more rewarding when you win. If they want to remove grinding they need to add difficulty elsewhere. There's no reason that double battles against teams that use actual, strategic doubles tactics should be nonexistent in the games. XD and Colosseum already proved that you can have games that use double battles exclusively and there are ***far*** more opportunities for cool and challenging strategies with them.

[@Underworlder5]

@@HeelBJC mon with earthquake + mon with ground immunity, slaking + mon with skill swap... yeah, that might bump up the difficulty a bit

[@dragoneatery]

Having done a mono-fairy run, Mawile (even non-mega) is a good member of the team. That poison immunity is really sweet.

[@artimist0315]

Viola should really have either a Joltik or a dwebble, it would make her team cover almost every early game Pokémon making the first instance when you have to switch the mon in the game, accurate for the first boss and it would be coherent with the spider themed gym. Maybe her ace should also be level 14 instead of twelve. Yes, her team is fine but this would be even better.

[@madster4324]

except for the fact that you can't get a dwebble that early so it wouldn't make sense for Viola to have one

[@artimist0315]

@@madster4324 That is the case for a tone of bosses in the franchise, the first ever Pokémon boss is Brock with two Pokémon you can't obtain this early. She's a gym leader and as a photographer she travels a lot so it wouldn't be illogical for her to have one

[@dse763]

I understand Joltik to counter flyings and Froakie but Dwebble ?

[@LoganPettipas]

Fun Fact: almost every pokemon game can be played on the 3ds Gen 1: Virtual Console, *Switch* Gen 2: Heart Gold, Soul Silver Gen 3: Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Gen 4: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum Gen 5: Black, White, Black2, White2 Gen 6: X, Y Gen 7: Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon Gen 8: *Requires Switch*

[@pedroajax1]

That's why i still have my 3ds

[@femcelfootjob]

they really should put rbe on the virtual console

[@hauntedalley8892]

Actually, not a single pre Gen 4 Pokémon game can be played on a 3DS. In addition, Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee along with Sword and Shield are Switch games. Here’s a list of the main series Pokémon games that can’t be played on the 3DS: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, Leaf Green, Let’s Go Pikachu, Let’s Go Eevee, Sword and Shield the ones you can play on a 3DS include: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X, Y, OmegaRuby, AlphaSapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon This means that there are 34 main series Pokémon games, 18 that can be played on the 3DS, and 16 that can’t.

[@femcelfootjob]

@@hauntedalley8892 you can actually play the gen 1 and 2 games on the 3ds. you just have to fork over $10

[@hauntedalley8892]

Magolor with a gun I’m talking about the actual game cartridges, which means, no you can’t.

[@Stevvvvv]

Alternate Title: Michael roasting the Pokemon Company for doing a worse job of making the Pokemon X and Y Gym Leaders

[@mlgkoalaplayz8977]

Yes Perfect

[@biyuuu127]

too long

[@godwinmbata5117]

And elite four

[@biyuuu127]

@Lyn Wood Only you considering you liked your own coment.

[@katiephilpott70]

17:53 Journeys: Say less! Michel: YES Journeys: But lets give her altaria!

[@valithesphealdude183]

3:59 pretty much explains why both Roxanne and Roark are considered by me the best 1st gym leaders

[@Shinotheblackcat]

The fact that Korrina took me one try to beat on every one of my playthroughs. The fact that Grant took me hundreds of tries to beat on one play through

[@curiouscreator8806]

same, but it took me about 3 or 4 attempts to beat grant

[@Shinotheblackcat]

@@curiouscreator8806 it took me way more than that no matter what I did it seems like rock types are just not my thing because i also struggled with Olivia in Sun and Moon

[@bradxlee._]

All I did for Korrina was 1 swords dance and 1 aerial ace with Honegde

[@Shinotheblackcat]

@@bradxlee._ I used ariel ace with honedge for her first 2 pokemon and then I used psychic with sigilyph they were all one hit KO

[@viktorignatov5698]

The fact that his Tyrunt can't be beat by any of the starter really because he walls all of them

[@DXRCYirl]

The water type megas are Blastoise, Sharpedo and Gyarados Mega Slowbro: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

BUT WHY IS THE SHELLDER EATING HIM?!

[@DXRCYirl]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 because yes

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 Slowbro is actually comfortable in there, it likes it.

[@seich-of-lacan-getter514]

Mega Swampert: *WHAT THE HECK, WHAT ABOUT ME!?*

[@dawnsbuneary]

@@seich-of-lacan-getter514 Swampert isn't in the Kalos Dex

[@SonicspeedLuke]

KZbin's algorithm is on point today. Finally getting Z. Here's hoping the difficulty in Legends Z-A is tougher than these.

[@tammymckinsey3121]

11:15 Mikey: Also Fire Fang for steel coverage Me: How about just give it Earthquake for Steel and Poison coverage

[@meep1299]

Michael: Gogoat can get synthesis Me: PHOTOSYNTHESIS

[@MiniDuncan]

Steam Dragon you beat me to it

[@jamiethedinosaur869]

Goatosynthesis!

[@abeerandotra7540]

michael: greetings pokefans michael here! auto generated subtitles: go reaching cevennes

[@Iheartkagepro]

True

[@plasmagreninja1577]

Yes

[@sahuanitasahu7696]

Oh the times before grunty boy

[@starfoxsmash7002]

I never realized how easy X & Y are. I never paid any attention to how hard or easy the games are. I remember getting both games and a Nintendo 3DS for Christmas back in 2013. (I was 16.) I practically spent that entire winter break playing Pokemon X. (I did start Y, but I wanted to get through X first. Plus, X & Y were the only 3DS games I had at the time.) Regarding the Mega Evolutions, I think they wanted the player to use them, instead major bosses.

[@Psycho_Raged]

Has nobody used the Honedge line against her? The only move that "hurts" is rock tomb on Machoke.

[@kiquesbrothers1454]

My favorite Pokémon

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

I never realized that Machoke could even touch Honedge because it kept using Leer in my fight.

[@shadowofroserade]

The Aegislash line sweeps most battles, including Diantha if you just swords dance against Hawlucha.

[@Missingno_Miner]

-I didn't know honedge was available at that point for quite some time-

[@Stabilization]

I swept her with a Hawlucha actually during my Nuzlocke of Y. It was speedy enough to not be damaged much (if at all) by her Machoke if memory serves right.

[@obsivx1102]

The exp share being a problem. Sword/Shield: I'm gonna do whats called a pro gamer move.

[@Sightnado]

69th like. Nice.

[@soulflaya2271]

ObsivX haven’t played sword/shield yet, what’s the difference with the exp share?

[@ultimelol5907]

@@soulflaya2271 just dont play that game okay...

[@Mepphy99]

@@soulflaya2271 exp Is shared for all pokemons And you gain exp from catch as Always (also from Den and Candy exp). and Gamefreak IS STILL NOT ABLE TO BALANCE THE EXP SHARE properly that's the problem. If someone Tells you the problem Is you can't give the exp share ... They are stupid dumb dumb

[@c3ntravaswani427]

@@soulflaya2271 Well for one EXP Share is still OP. You don't need to grind much at all. They also added more ways to gain EXP, which is just unnecessary. You can get EXP candies and occassionally rare candies from Dynamax battles, and you get EXP when you camp with your pokemon as well. Now as bad as all of the above are, they don't actually matter much since you can just decide not to camp or do gigamax battles, as they aren't required. You also don't have to feed your pokemon the EXP candies you get from dynamax battles. The BIG issue is that they turned EXP share into an in-game mechanic when it was an item before. You could turn the item EXP share off in previous games if you wanted to challenge yourself (or in games where it was a held item, not have anyone hold it), but as an in-game mechanic it cannot be turned off. This pretty much forces you to play the game in easy mode unless you either impose a huge challenge on yourself, hack the game, or actively avoid playing the game. Battle too much? Over-leveled. Camp? Over-leveled. Catch pokemon (because that gives EXP and the EXP share works with it)? Over-leveled. Now the cherry on top of all of this is that they turned the freaking SOUND SETTINGS into an item that you don't have immediately. Heck, it even comes from an NPC that you have to talk to, rather than from someone that approaches you. If you don't know about this and don't talk with them, you go through the whole game without sound settings. If some guy in Pokemon Platinum will actively walk up to me and talk to me to give me a fashion case then an item this important should have that too (or just, y'know, be in the settings). So why is something as important as the sound settings locked behind an item that the game doesn't give to you, but the EXP share is forced upon you from battle 1 onwards?

[@Cc-tl1fc]

the exp share allowed me to use other pokemon to prevent overleveling. with this, I was able to give some "worse" pokemon a shot which I would never do in a game without this broken exp share iteration.

[@flashfrozen7401]

I feel that gen 3 had some of the hardest gyms in the original games. I remember struggling against Brawly and the twins, with the Elite 4 being one of the hardest to beat out of all current games, then bookended by one of the hardest champions. I can't tell you how many times I had to restart by game against Steven when I played RS.

[@royroyroy333]

And how i fix it: CASTFROM NEEDS A BUFF!

[@happypika3]

Ah yes Michael Favorite pokemon CASTFROM

[@sw1shstyx777]

Can I get a *hail yeah*

[@yourfellowpolishtranslator2918]

@@sw1shstyx777 HAIL YEAH

[@wan7062]

Hailyay

[@cintronproductions9430]

No, it doesn't. It needs an evolution, one that doesn't look like a drop of c*m with b00bs for feet. XD

[@samyakjain3603]

Michael-Why is x and y easy Also Michael- Hating on Whitney's miltank even tho it's nowhere related That's true HATE

[@Yehe13]

👏🏽

[@darkfiredragon3410]

I mean, can you blame him?

[@schaffs2]

Because Whitney is hard, which makes the game harder, so it’s showing how Gen 2 is harder

[@userguestaccount2619]

I find her easy because my starter is Chikorita that I can poison it. However, it is not good at competitively, but in games, it is good for its evolution.

[@avonzapper]

I think all the games are equally easy and you can't change my mind

[@boscolalocosfantasydragrac4914]

In an alternate universe: Michael: I love miltank and hate sceptile and castform

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

Watching this vid now with Drasna's debut coming soon and where she uses Mega Altaria is surreal

[@zapp9092]

Show this to my stupid younger self who replaced my yvaltal’s (is that how it’s spelled I forgot) oblivion wing with shadow ball

[@kats1203]

It's yaveltal Or yveltal if you don't want to follow the pronunciation with the spelling.

[@zapp9092]

ThatOne Kat thank you

[@recover1828]

@@kats1203 nah I think it's pronounced "eviltal" just with some weird spelling

[@Master-mu8pl]

ThatOne Kat Its literally Yveltal not yaveltal

[@zense2974]

Obviously not Pokémon talk fans. Ew.

[@aliesterus1.023]

"That Miltank should count as five Pokemon" *Sweats in ohko from a technician boosted Bullet Punch from Scizor*

[@shardtheduraludon]

You can’t find a metal coat that early.

[@aliesterus1.023]

@@shardtheduraludon That's why my friend traded it over, he already completed the game. EDIT:While that's not standard practice... _I did go in with nothing but a Chikorita for everything up until that point._

[@shardtheduraludon]

Aliesterus 1.0 oh, ok

[@cxstellation]

*laughs in ohko from Machop with revenge*

[@knweeb514]

Revenge on my water starter I kept building revenge on the clefairy then by the time miltank was brought out I could 2 shot it

[@WaterCrane]

I think they keep the enemy Mega Evolutions to a minimum in order to surprise the player. Initially, only Korrina knows about it and teaches it to you, so when Lysandre suddenly mega-evolves his Gyarados out of nowhere, it throws a major screwball at you... if you weren't overlevelled. With Diantha, I think they intended for you to forget that the enemy could mega-evolve, so once again, her mega-evolving Gardevoir catches you off-guard (and it has some pretty strong typing to boot).

[@Random_Autistic_Kid]

1:41 THE ONE Z IS REEEEEAAAAALLLLL

[@ChiTheDemiguy]

*can we get much higha*

[@kaih_the_viewer]

Okay the “One-Z” was a cleaver pun and I applaud you for making it

[@NicolasClark7732]

I've played through Y half a dozen or so times. I still hardly remember it. And the big reason I've replayed it? To use the other starters, as well as simply other teams. I would consider that being the biggest issue, it just doesn't feel memorable to me. But, fixing the difficulty would probably end up fixing the issue of being forgettable. Edit: A few things regarding the gym leaders. Give them all megas for the ones including and after Korrina, since that is when you can mega. On top of megas, give them berries, too. I know I've noticed this before during playthroughs, but it really is remarkable how bad the teams are designed in this game, not even just for the gym leaders.

[@c3ntravaswani427]

"This video is sponsored by..." Oh ok, an ad I'll probably skip "Battle Cats" WAIT

[@RealCrazyCoolYT]

I see you are a person of culture as well.

[@azorus8144]

Yes battle cats is awesome

[@Atlantadancer2008]

freakin’ love that game.

[@psychopianist630]

Virgin RSL vs Chad Battle Cats

[@lanalana8429]

HATE THAT GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Rubywing4]

Ampharos is my favorite Pokémon and I love its Mega Evolution, so I am happy you picked that as Drasna's Mega. :3 From all the Mega Pokédex entries I've read, Ampharos' seems like one of, if not the only one, that doesn't seem to suffer from its Mega Evolution. Of course, a few of these Pokémon with Mega Evolutions don't have Pokédex entries in S/M, like Altaria, so we don't really know if they suffer from their Mega Evolutions or not... I mean, Altaria doesn't SEEM to be suffering - just like Ampharos, it just looks more fluffy.

[@TheMan05555]

5:39 I think Grant’s Tyrunt should have Thunder Fang not only to have a full moveset, but Grant can counter Water types. Also, thanks to Tyrunt’s Strong Jaw ability, it’ll pack a serious punch. Or should I say bite?

[@dse763]

Tyrunt has many weaknesses but Water isn't one of them.

[@aaronmiranda3899]

Wow u gave wulfric the “cold shoulder”

[@108spirits5]

good pun

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

The door is that way, good sir. Please escort yourself out... Into the cold.

[@108spirits5]

@@vanguardbreaker8826 Why with the puns?

[@rebeccaansong7131]

People: BRO ITS TOO HARD TO GET EXP IN GEN 5 Nintendo: Ok *Makes Gen 6 easy to get exp* People: BRO ITS TOO EASY TO GET EXP IN GEN 6

[@overlooked4174]

Not Nintendo it’s gamefreak

[@-Dovahkiin]

Bro in B2W2 you can easily grind using the Lucky egg and battling Audino's

[@geg708]

_Bro grinding in gen 5 is hella easy you only need to search for Audino._

[@hillcat7685]

Celebrate difficulty, don't just tolerate it. In other words, embrace difficulty, don't just tolerate it. Why do so many people think "struggle" and "difficult" are negative words? They aren't! A powerful video by "Team Fearless" says that struggle makes you stronger. You should watch that video sometime if you haven't already. And if you have watched it, watch it again. It doesn't hurt to watch that video again. Pain is your friend.

[@jasonroberts7039]

I feel like the update really f’d it up. Now the leaders are a bit difficult. I swear cyllage gym leaders used rock tomb consistently to slow down my Pokémon and used bite with a constant flinch effect. So I literally could not get one single hit on tyrunt. And the real kicker. My Pokémon over leveled his by about 6 levels

[@potatowo69]

imagine losing to viola *coughs in anime*

[@r4nd0mguy99]

to be fair: Kalos was right after Unova and Unova-Ash SUCKED! That makes it even more surprising how good the XY/XYZ-anime ended up being. It's easily my favourite anime-region.

[@med4g59]

@@r4nd0mguy99 it was great ngl i probably loved sawyer and alain the most out of all other rivals

[@ummaysamihamubusharasamia7255]

If the first gym leader starts spamming Sticky web, Ice beam, solerbeam, signal beam I don’t think it would be easy and you have to battle in a floor coverd in ice! This is the first gym so I don’t blame Ash for loosing.

[@pacesplace]

Uh.. I lost

[@ethantreadway9478]

If you picked the Fire Starter and got a Flying Type before then it would be a cakewalk. Just like me!

[@zentendoxn8955]

17:55 makes me wonder if Ash in Journeys will go back to the different regions to duel the Elite Four members he hasn’t yet fought in the anime, meaning Drasna would finally show off which Mega she’d use.

[@michaelnelson1127]

Well he’s facing Wikstrom later on, so we can hope that there will be others.

[@omkartelang1064]

This aged like a wine 🍷

[@takethechance8104]

lmao

[@MaxEditzCoolThings]

You are correct!

[@ayushraj371]

Wait what !

[@nottristan6300]

There should be an regular mode and then an expert mode in new Pokémon games. In expert mode Pokémon could have better moves and higher levels and much better ai and different strategies and held item usage

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Well, Mike, you’ve made some good points. Yes, I’m watching this video years after its debut, but I only discovered your channel in this last year, so give me a break. Anyway, I absolutely agree that there should be more Mega Evolution. Not even the postgame teams in the Battle Chateau have it. Elite Four members should always have five Pokémon each, and I still don’t get why they didn’t here (Unova was the weird exception). And more importantly, both the Gym Leaders and Elite Four should showcase more of the new regional Pokémon. It’s not like there aren’t plenty to choose from. As for Valerie, I kind of disagree about your ditching Mawile. As a Steel-Type, it naturally prevents a trainer from just sweeping her with Poison or Steel moves. Although the fact that it doesn’t have Play Rough or Iron Head is dumb. As for other Fairy-Types, Carbink would take neutral damage from Poison, but quadruple from Steel. Azumarill would take neutral from Steel, but still be weak to Poison. Granbull is a great choice, especially since it can learn Ground moves (thus countering both of its weaknesses). I’ll say one thing though: thank goodness Valerie didn’t use Mega Mawile. That thing is WAY too strong for a Gym ace.

[@zach_lando]

MandJTV: ALL OF THEM ARE TOO EASY Me: quietly crying while my whole team gets swept by Wikstrom in my nuzlocke

[@GoodnessandTruth]

That's brutal. Hardest decision is whether or not to say screw it and keep going

[@sonoflaw]

Here’s a tip, Fennekin and Amaura are god tier for me. In that elite 4, Aurorus takes care of Fire Dragon and Water, just teach it Freeze Dry for water. And use Delphox for Steel. Champion shouldn’t be that hard to deal with.

[@historyrules5951]

Ya when I went agenst sreana before the 3rd gym and only my charmilion and bebarle I lost because of that

[@jyothishivram6190]

my team swept him in my y nuzlocke

[@dse763]

​@@sonoflawFunnily, Wilkstrom was the hardest Elite 4 in my Fennekin line solo run because : _ That as....e Klefki prankster tormenting me before dying. _ Probopass refusing strictly to die with the Sturdy/Full Restore combo, while hurting me with Power Gem. _ Scizor enjoying me unable to use Flamethrower and spamming Night Slash. _ Aegislash forcing me to put Protect in my moveset.

[@saraldwivedi]

6:00 I really anticipated that Miltank would be there in this video😂

[@lelandthacker8081]

Found a random x copy that I don’t remember buying, playing through it and it is really easy, but still fun and I love the megas. I’m about to fight the 3rd gym, wish me luck! :)

[@coltondraws6566]

Are you finished with it yet? If so, what’s your team ? :D

[@d-danielk5525]

The first 2 gyms were the hardest in my opinion. I haven’t grinded once in the game, but still managed to take down the whole e4 + champion with a sylveon only (lv 65 at the start) with the use of 2 full restores in battle total.

[@Sean-km2mh]

Despite the obvious flaws, X was my introduction to Pokemon and I’ve played 700+ hours shiny hunting, competitive battling, etc. so it’s still my favorite Pokémon game

[@elissafrasure8523]

Same

[@wimbearn]

Same here. It’s my first Pokémon game that I got in 2016 on my birthday cause I got a 3DS for Christmas in 2015 and that’s what made me get into Pokémon.

[@thatfourkinnie6077]

I started with Black 2 and White 2 but XY is my favorite game because it introduced Sylveon. UwU

[@wimbearn]

UwU

[@coltondraws6566]

@@Wolfywolf7 I mean, there is things wrong with it. It’s imperfect, and that’s okay. The games are still amazing either way

[@marsh8774]

The training wheels should've come off after the 3rd gym

[@396dog8]

I agree. It would only be hard until you you get all of yours evolved. It would be good to have a hard part at a certain point of the game. I would rather have a game harder than easy

[@belh9587]

Gen 2 they were off after the 2nd

[@smashmaniac2008]

I think even before that

[@yiangaruga4928]

Unfortunately all games after X&Y have been pathetic in difficulty and looking at Sword and Shield it's just getting worse. I love how in the gen 1-3 and even 4 to some extent kids couldn't really look up information online that well, the games were alot harder. Now that internet is full of information, guides and walkthroughs the games are so easy and handholding that even a monkey could beat them... Let alone a veteran gamer. I'm probably not gonna buy another main series game (skipped SwSh too) until they put effort in making the gameplay more challenging. Is it really so hard for them to add a feature pretty much every modern game has nowadays aka the difficulty settings? Heck, it's been a default feature in most video games for decades already. All I'm asking for is a somewhat challenging game with decent story and a region rich with exploration. So essentially what 4th and 5th gen games were. Seeing how Sword and Shield has none of these things present it really makes me disappointed with the main series games and Gamefreak in general.

[@Zebliin]

@@yiangaruga4928 I would argue that Sun & Moon were much harder than X & Y. Not to mention the Ultra versions are supposed to be even harder

[@franciscoalvarezhigareda2740]

I think the main story mode undersells Mega Evolution when players first arrive in Shalour City, home to the Tower of Mastery. Players can breeze through the events of Shalour City and leave with a meager understanding of the awesome power of a Lucarionite-wielding Lucario all within a few minutes. Here are the narrative changes I suggest: When players first arrive in Shalour City, the path to the Tower of Mastery is blocked by crowds surrounding a stage/battlefield on the beach. Shalour City is celebrating the "Mega Evolution festival" and the Kalos League Champion has arrived for an exhibition match against local Gym Leader (and Mega Evolution specialist) Korrina. Gurkinn is actually first seen as the referee introducing the two trainers, including Diantha (who players casually met earlier in Lumiose City) now revealed as the Champion. A cutscene unfolds wherein Diantha summons her Gardevoir against (one of) Korrina's Lucario while crowds cheer in the background. Both trainers Mega-Evolve their partners from the start of battle, but while Korrina's approach is basically all "go-go-go!", Diantha expresses some lines about the trust she has in her partner. Given their respective types (Fairy vs Steel), the battle isn't necessarily lop-sided (despite the obvious level-curve), but Diantha's Mega Gardevoir emerges victorious after a few impressive attacks. After the battle, Diantha may or may not interact with players but players will meet their rivals Tierno and Trevor who will express their awe at Mega Evolution and remember that Professor Sycamore entrusted them to "speak the the Mega Evolution guru…at the Tower of Mastery". Thereafter the original storyline ensues as Tierno hands the Intriguing Stone to the player and the posse of rivals proceeds to meet Gurkinn at the Tower. This additional scene works on a few levels: it showcases Mega Evolution, presents it as culturally significant in the identity of Shalour City, and cements Diantha as a powerful trainer carrying out her duties(?) as a Champion. The scene also provides a smoother narrative transition into the momentous events at the Tower of Mastery because frankly, all the rival interactions with Tierno and Trevor upon first arriving in Shalour City in the original storyline feel forced and awkward. Your battle against Korrina's (underwhelming) Mega Lucario also hits different after seeing the awesome power of Diantha's Mega Gardevoir and leaves you wondering about battles to come.