Ranking Every Pokémon Center

[@StibWoods]

Slight amendment, I didn't realize Platinum came out before HGSS, I thought it was like gen 3 where the remake was before the 3rd game. So Platinum specifically would have been C tier for introducing the WiFi plaza, but still not any higher bc it's boring as hell otherwise

[@reshiexe286]

You ranked Unova in S, me like video

[@Cool_Kid95]

wait it did?

[@ODISeth]

Look I know X and Y don’t get a lot of praise but their Pokemon center ABSOLUTELY should

[@anthophila_]

i was afraid he might succumb to peer pressure but everyone knows x and y's pokemon center is amazing

[@StibWoods]

Nah, I’m somewhat of an X and Y defender

[@tpsam]

​@@StibWoods the only Pokémon games I didn't play are crystal and green but green is basically blue diamond moon and everything on switch because I can't afford it Every other game not named here I have played it all and X and y are the goat gen 6 supremacy Being super easy isn't a mistake it's a feature

[@Dispencerhere]

X and y are good but not the best

[@ditchan1806]

X and Y are pretty good as games But the difficulty level is what makes it bad

[@dracojoule]

"The night theme is okay" The Sinnoh Pokemon Center night theme is one of the best, most relaxing tracks in the whole series wtf

[@StibWoods]

The night theme is okay

[@joshuabradley812]

SMH

[@MrMonkey2475]

Ikr

[@jakem4361]

@@StibWoodsbros delusional

[@StibWoods]

@@jakem4361 nah

[@eddie992]

Pokemon KZbinrs try not to put ORAS pokemon center theme in their videos challenge

[@JohnZ_GG]

(Impossible)

[@MiniAssassin17]

Challenge complete x10

[@Charlie-X-Ray12]

Nintendo even used it on half of their Pokémon 3DS themes

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

In the gen 7 games, if you feed your Pokémon some beans and then order a drink, I'm like 90% sure the guy sees you feed your Pokémon and gives you a Rare Candy. I think it was a daily thing too.

[@nightking8764]

You got Rare Candies from the cafe owner based on how many beans you fed your Pokemon overall, getting a single candy for each milestone. It was most certainly not a daily thing. What was daily was getting twelve normal beans from him when you buy a drink, along with a random regional specialty healing item.

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

@@nightking8764 Oooh, okay. Still, that's a really fun touch to what seems to be pretty useless.

[@ravio5868]

The fact you censored "British" caught me off-guard

[@StibWoods]

You have to these days

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

What about "French"? Does that also have to be censored?

[@Lugiaskr]

​@@Hijiri_MIRACHIONyes ❤

[@exequielbreton4393]

Bri'sh!?

[@pedrocto9474]

woah woah woah, language! We don't want young people to be exposed to the br*tish!

[@dankstermcmeme]

I feel so informed about Pokemon centers now

[@StibWoods]

repetition is key!

[@cliffturbo2146]

You mean... *Self-centered?* XD

[@Ale41976]

Bean coffee shop: let's you have a break date with the nurse -serves no gameplay purposes

[@UserNameHere-yb5fu]

In USUM i used the hell outta the cafe because i needed the beans to increase pokemon affection for the ultra necrozma fight lol. I used the cafe religiously

[@StibWoods]

Really? That’s crazy, I’ve never played USUM all the way through so I guess I wouldn’t know

[@UserNameHere-yb5fu]

@@StibWoods you should nuzlocke it lol ;) but seriously good video mate, XY pokemon center is top tier

[@astralizer99]

it could also at one point give you rare candy's if you were lucky

[@Garde_Mystik]

Drinking up that Tapu Cocoa in preparation of Necrozma? I see I see.

[@Lester_da_Molester]

Just use a level 1 rattata with endeavour and quick attack and holding a focus sash, simple

[@xAznSkyxx]

The single escalator can go up and down

[@StibWoods]

Revolutionary escalator

[@davie7670]

aCTually, all escalators can go up AND down

[@DeloofTegOrb]

I assume it’s like how they work in a mall, where there’s a middle platform that connects to one going up and another going down. You just don’t see that middle platform.

[@kobeeater3636]

Why am I barely realizing this

[@rotuh]

Here in Germany we actually have escalators that can go both up and down. When these escalators aren't in use you can make them go one of the two directions by approaching them, but if it's used and it's not the direction you need you gotta wait or use the stairs...

[@gewoonjohan8116]

I really dislike the Scarlet & Violet Poké Center, because it's in the gas station style. It feels so rushed and individualistic, where I'd rather put my beloved Pokémon in hands of a nurse inside a warm cosy building.

[@junipantoja6247]

I know right for some reason these gas station nurses look like they sale fent as a side hustle😂

[@Sheogoratful]

It absolutely reflect how is nintendo and how we are as a society nowadays. It has zero personality

[@Wiggler888]

But its so much convenient...

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@Sheogoratful Yeah there’s no reason for them to look like a gas station

[@dumbmonkey1313]

@@leonardofarias8843actually there is, it’s a fucking open world game you’re not gonna have hospitals or community centers on a mountain or in a forest are you? in the game where you ride literal bike dragons, gas stations make perfect sense

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Paldea emulates the experience of driving around Castilla, where there are only gas stations and castles.

[@FlowerKidLive]

SHOUT OUT TO ISAAC NEWTON, HE MADE COLOR THEORY

[@StibWoods]

BIG IKE MY GOAT FR

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Gen 5 pokemon center finally including the shop will always be peak.

[@dembonez19]

I remember being so relieved to see "POKE" in Pokemon Blue as a kid who didn't use Flash in Rock Tunnel and Repels while surfing that I'd put it in S-tier for that alone.

[@StibWoods]

That’s also how I got through rock tunnel as a kid lmao

[@Mucrush]

If the next gen games do include an open world again, I do hope that they return to buildings or something in between, making it feel easy to access in the open, but still have some sort of inside part. Pokémon Centers have always felt like inns, a comfy house to rest in, so SV kinda changed that idea...

[@Just-J2]

I mean, if you look at some of the pokemon center location in sv it makes sense why its open. You're not gonna randomly have a whole ass building in the middle of the bamboo forest.

[@MrSunnydrew619]

I’ve never disagreed so hard with a tier list in all my life

[@ShinobudRUski]

Where’s your list then?

[@eymenthug]

For real

[@noelgebert]

Make your own then😅

[@RammerHammer]

Worth mentioning that the Pokémon Centers in HGSS have different roof colours in some cities (I know Violet, Ecruteak and Fuschia are different) which is super fun

[@cosmo9925]

You forgot the Pokémon center in Mossui Town that’s just a baddie under a tent with a Pokémon healer.

[@thel3gendary289]

He thought he could get away with forgetting legends arceus

[@StibWoods]

If you can show me proof of a Pokemon Center in Legends Arceus I'll delete the video

[@_Orafu_]

​​@@StibWoodsThe Legends Arceus Pokémon Centers are the friends you make along the way. Seriously, they won't stop healing you after every fight against them.

[@StibWoods]

*LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER*

[@bonboniew2841]

​@@StibWoodswhere is pokemon brick bronze?

[@Halo_Eren]

Bruh​@@bonboniew2841

[@proxy617]

The pokemon center in Alola has the drinks area to give players so good status healing items, pokebeans to feed your pokemon for affection, and rare candies for feeding your pokemon a certain amount of beans.

[@bradywalker3654]

10:00 Dude is so real for censoring bri*ish 😭😭😭

[@scrawz1181]

I feel dumb because I have no clue why he did that

[@jonw9791]

@@scrawz1181because its a joke to hate on british but if you did the same for nigeria everyone loses their minds

[@JeshBee]

Friday night feebas is real guys

[@SourAttmoz]

Five night at feebas is what I thought of when I read this

[@traiges414]

Feebas to mouth is my favorite thing of freaky fridays

[@SourAttmoz]

@@traiges414 what

[@relicy]

The sinnoh hate is insane.

[@LordComradeAnarchoCapitalus]

he's just mad that infernape solos his favourite starter

[@aganbraganca4156]

ngl but its most basic pokemon centre

[@Mayahiime]

sinnoh fans when they see any criticism directed to sinnoh

[@relicy]

@@Mayahiime sinnoh games have plenty of flaws but the pokemon center and style are not one of them.

[@Mayahiime]

@@relicy lmaoo

[@lycturnal9546]

KZbin recommended didnt fail me today because this is a great video! I really enjoy people just appreciating the designs of architecture in the Pokémon games. Maybe you could do a ranking of something like Gym Badge designs or Victory Roads next? In any case, you earned a sub!

[@StibWoods]

Gym badge designs is actually a really good idea! Might get on that sometime soon!

[@ariffaisal3973]

Don't let this man cook again

[@mongeeses7112]

A little thing, but I like that the Sword and Shield one has doors behind the info center and shop. It’s always been a pet peeve of mine that there’s almost never any implication of an employees only area or how the employees actually get behind the counter aside from crawling over it lol. The Sword and Shield center is really just missing some seating (and a door for nurse Joy, but I doubt anyone else cares about that 🙃).

[@aceofaces0007]

The acoustic guitar Pokémon Center Theme from XY still remains the best rendition.

[@Konohaflash]

For me, Hoenn’s original Pokemon Center is S tier just off the Pokeballs on either side of the healing area. Beautiful decor

[@derekmann8239]

It always bugged me that you couldn’t stand on the exact middle of the Poké ball on the floor of the RSE games…

[@twitchtubeboyjamie]

"That's an anime thing, and we hate anime! RAAAAAAAA-" golden

[@exdf_1882]

RSE robbed dude

[@jahglypuff21]

gen 5 supremacy baby :))))

[@honeycomblord9384]

The music in Gen 5 is so peak

[@Leetz88]

7:40 go to jail. Right now.

[@jonathanpayne4772]

Can we have a sequel for Poké Marts?

[@StibWoods]

I’m probably gonna make it soon

[@BaconEater666]

Haha shopping mall 9 go brrrrr

[@Ranleva]

I'm a bit sad that the Pokémon Center in Kitakami doesn't get the respect it deserves.

[@yuanismism]

idk whats holding gamefreak back to make an unova remake but BRO. - good gym leaders - good map design - top notch pokedex - not-so-good starters and of course, THE POKEMON CENTER. it would be my end if they would do one

[@the_slime_cat]

We could get one on the Switch 2 when that releases eventually

[@ZoofyZoof]

Gen 5 does not need a remake. We need to start saying no to remakes. Remakes are only deserved when a game is so old it's barely if at all accessible by anyone anymore. They don't even make good remakes anymore. BDSP was extremely bad it's not even funny.

[@DankBlitzwing]

This video educated me on what every PokéCenter needs above all: *P L A N T S !*

[@StibWoods]

YES

[@patrickkh1245]

The outside of the galar center is very cute😊

[@giboit.]

The Galar pokemon center has the TVs for you to watch the pokemon battles. That's pretty cool.

[@AnimeKawaiiFantasyGameMusic]

The Pokemon Center Team Skull took over in Po Town was God tier!!!

[@kenxiong9776]

As someone who grew up watching the pokemon anime first rather than the game, the Scarlet and Violet one is kinda disappointing. The anime gave the pokemon center and nurse Joy so much personality and made it essential to it's size. But I can't feel that in the Scarlet and Violet. Why is it so small? Oh what's that? You mean to tell me that it's because they can just heal in the balls with a just a few press of the buttons, so it's not necessary to have a big place? Is that what your trying to tell me? You mean to tell me that they're just leaning in more to the game mechanics and game world? NAY I SAY!! That being said. I would be moreso satisfied if they didn't cram all three attendees in the same place.

[@alexanderhorter1287]

My favorite thing about the Unova P.C. is the hexagon shape when you heal. I love it more than the 2x3 shape and the curved line.

[@danielmalinen6337]

Kalos, Unova and Alola Centers are my personal favorites. Galar's bub design comes close behind, but drops out of the top3. I also like some Anime designs, such as the forest cabin Pokemon Centers from Indigo League arc and the movie I Choose You.

[@LolixLP]

About the globe in BW: It actually showed the locations of people you have battle and traded with, too. Not just your own. Super nice when you had like people from all over on your globe.

[@ArgonOil]

I am and always will be a firm believer that the pokemon center and the pokemart should be different buildings, we got done dirty by the removal of the pokemart music which was always some of the best in the game IMO especially in oras.

[@Kay_Three]

Never in a million years did I think I'd learn that Isac Newton invented the color wheel.... Specifically from a damn Pokemon Center ranking video.

[@RedNK]

7:39 aight that's enough KZbin for today

[@smithplayspokemon]

Me when the gen 2 pokemon center isn’t in the thumbnail 🙂‍↕️

[@dwarasamudra8889]

How about ranking mini games like the Pokeathlon or Contests? Or Ranking the Starting Towns, or the Biggest cities of each region, ranking the final gym designs of each region, the different evil teams etc

[@yoshidababies4222]

This content is S Tier. More please! How about ranking the Professors?

[@megamix5403]

Nah, that's Nurse Joy AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE NOR WHAT TO DO

[@corentindelobel286]

I love how you rate with dramatical sounds and turnarounds this is so funny pls continue bro 🤣🤣

[@cucumbermainline]

Solid takes. I love convenience and the one-stop shop change for Pokemon Center that persisted since BW was a welcomed one. The Pokemon Center should have tons of amenities as a center should normally have, given that it's an establishment centered around pokemons. It's just logical to include trainer gears and healing supplies shop in the pokemon center. Those spaces for pokemarts can be used for other features for world building. Separate buildings? That's just nostalgia talk and no one can convince me otherwise.

[@rythezooguy5866]

I completely forgot how blown away I was by the XY pokemon centers!! They definitely were something special. I feel like BW and XY definitely had HUGE upgrades to the Pokemon Center layout and aesthetic that made a great difference.

[@HierapolisPhrygia]

Can’t believe you threw the Ruby Sapphire Center in C tier, when it is the one that came up with the design for the rest of the series.

[@andrewrivera190]

Another detail about the Heart Gold/Soul Silver center. Here in Japan, there are advertisement color laws depending on the historical significance of some areas of Japan like Kyoto. In Heart Gold/Soul Silver, in any of the older style towns the Pokemon centers are a darker red to reflect this in the game. I didn’t realize this until I saw Kyoto style 7-11 and Starbucks.

[@jamiecinder9412]

I don't care what anybody else says. I will always call the ladies who heal your Pokemon "Nurse Joys".

[@gloriousleader406]

Weirdly enough, DPP's Pokemon center escalator sound is the reason I started playing the games, and started playing Pokemon in the first place lol

[@Stuufprodz]

He bleeped out the word “British”😂😂😂

[@StibWoods]

Yes I did hehehehehe

[@firebeetlethestagbeetle3901]

0:25 what the heck man, you didn't need to scream 😂

[@StibWoods]

Yes I did

[@firebeetlethestagbeetle3901]

@@StibWoods no you didn't

[@StibWoods]

@@firebeetlethestagbeetle3901 yes I did

[@firebeetlethestagbeetle3901]

@@StibWoods it was really funny, but not exactly necessary

[@carucath97]

I’m not a huge fan of the Alola games but I did really appreciate how lived in the region felt compared to the others

[@davidmadureira45]

fym she's not nurse joy???? 0:22

[@StibWoods]

That’s Pokemon Center Lady bro

[@seavistrums25]

Thats nurse joy u cant tell me

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

5:08 - Don't worry, as someone who actually had HGSS, I never got to experience it either.

[@DrPonk]

I gotta say all my rankings would be based on size and proximity to the door. Pokémon Centers serve less than no purpose besides healing and party management and you all know it. If I could do both at a random kiosk in each town it would eliminate the Center entirely.

[@krisdreemurr3533]

*The most underrated video ever.*

[@janthecoo4964]

imagine not putting diamon & pearl poke center in s tier because your music taste is trash. the night theme alone makes it the best of all centers.

[@s0apadopa]

I think we need a deep dive into Galar Gambling cultuire theres no way the info centre isnt also a bookie. Some man gotta be down 20,000 pokedollars on gym battles during the playthrough

[@Marmamartha]

Ah yes put Hoen and LF/FR and D/P/Pt in B C and D tier, because lack of furniture and plants. But somehow HG/SS with literally 1 plant more and 0,0 furniture gets A tier.

[@StibWoods]

Well yeah because big

[@bible.animations]

Cool video man!

[@Thematafata]

A bunch of the jokes had me cracking up. Keep it up, this is great

[@Athesies]

The sinnoh slander 😭 that music is my shit

[@StibWoods]

Naahhh

[@colbyrubyvods5737]

Now this is the unique Pokémon content we need!

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

I do honestly like the idea of pokemon centers being pit stops like because motorcycles and stuff, A-Tier is fair

[@thetreyceratops]

Thank you for finally saying that Pokémon Center Nurses are not Nurse Joy, but the Sinnoh Center slander hurts because I swear the Platinum one isn’t ugly DP is that way

[@gars129]

Its fascinating how much Gen 3 stuff became thestandard against which everything followed. Its often seen as Pokemon´s dark age, but it was basically Super Pokemon (or Pokemon Advanced), the series´equivalent to Link To The Past, Super Mario World or Super Metroid.

[@someonesomewherenew6628]

10:07 would like to point out this is literally the vibe of the standing area of a Wetherspoons

[@xhale671]

Glossing over DPPt Wifi Plaza but crediting HGSS 😔 they both have it Also i never noticed how much i like FRLG's design like it feels metallic and professional. You just know they get their job done

[@StibWoods]

I didn’t realize it wasn’t introduced in hgss, but still I don’t think it makes a huge difference like it’d be c tier at best

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Pokémon building design is my passion.

[@SilverSon87]

Great video, subscribed.

[@ArtisticPandemonium]

Finally someone gives x and y praise I replayed the games recently and it’s one of my favorites now. Do the same you’ll be surprised

[@carinseein]

You forgot the indigo disk self checkout counters and that 1 underpaid teenager in kitikami

[@StibWoods]

Ya but I don’t got money for the DLC. I also just don’t think it was worth a mention

[@carinseein]

@@StibWoods the pokemon universe also dealing with the threat of automation and teenage exploitation against nurse joy's job is absolutely worth a mention! 😆

[@Elwood7X]

9:54 He said, in full view of a chair.

[@Pichumale]

The scarlet violet pokemon centers may be a bigger crime against humanity than the civil war

[@Anchovy-404]

oh my god, you sound so absolutely idiotic right now. the american civil war only affected AMERICA. it had absolutely NOTHING to do with the rest of the world. it was not a crime against humanity at all. that would mean it affected everyone. you could have said world war 2 and no one would bat an eye. i was using my tv to watch this video but got so mad at this comment i took out my phone and came here. please educate yourself

[@Gloriaficent]

I didn't know the cut scene on the box on Pokemon Platinum is from Johto. I was so confused when I get to that spot, I never did. It was just in Johto remakes?

[@Vaak4791]

No way we got pokemon voice chat before gta 4

[@isaacwalker9997]

0:25 got me hysterically crying

[@Rockingin12]

the hell am I doing with my life watching someone rank pokemon centers

[@Smfsableye]

I really liked the Phenac City one in Colosseum and XD.

[@StibWoods]

I thought about doing the centers in those games but I couldn’t find good footage of them and I’ve never played them before

[@manuelvargas5583]

"we hate anime here" 😂 instasuscribe with that one

[@Pop5chan]

This was a nice video. The gen 4 Pokémon centers are nostalgic weirdly enough

[@Feurigel1806]

Edit: I've seen your top comment xD You do know thst the WIFI Plaza is from Platinum, right? RIGHT? xD HGSS only copyed it (same with the Battle Frontier), which was pretty cool to add both of them in the games, too. I remember how I bought my Platinum game on release and was so excited for the Wifi Plaza cause it was on back of the box of the game, but then I never got to try it out cause... well I couldn't really connect my game/DS Lite to our router cause idk, maybe I was too dumb, or our router wasn't able to. At least it later worked with my DSi and Black and White, cause the Dream World was super cool xD

[@theaveragesquire]

i don't know if anyone else feel/felt this way, but the RSE PC always pissed me off, even as a kid, because you can't stand in the exact center of the pokeball, and i always liked save and turn off my game while standing in the center of the ball in the floor in the other games

[@heethanthen]

5:15 you do know emulation is a thing right?

[@StibWoods]

You do know that was a joke right?

[@heethanthen]

@@StibWoods you do know you ain’t funny right

[@StibWoods]

Oh but I am

[@SHLogistics512]

4:48 that’s what she said

[@Klitty_Litter]

YES I SAID IT OUT LOUD AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED UR COMMENT

[@SpiceRainbow]

On the topic of changing rooms, why did they bring it back in sword, just to never use it again

[@Kivamusicchannel]

Because SV playable character is a pervert that likes to be watched while changing out in the open.

[@JoeyCotta-of4et]

In swsh they were available in shops so you could see how it looked on your avatar before you bought it, but you could change clothes anywhere from the pause menu so it was unnecessary to put them in centers.

[@thelytz9806]

Utility wise the Scarlet and Violet ones are by far the best, with no competition whatsoever, everything you need in a pokecenter is literally right next to each other, and the color coded vendors are perfect for new players

[@Sàkulant]

but there ugly

[@TheOriginalEwan]

Gen 5 was my first game as a kid, so forgive my bias when I say pokemon centers with the shops built into them are goated.

[@LucDeTruc]

Now we need a ranking of every Pokemart

[@AlfredoPuente8]

I never liked the lack of pokemon shops in Gen 5.