Should Your Boyfriend Play Pokemon Legends: Arceus?

[@GirlfriendReviews]

We are playing Horizon Aloy Goes West if you want to come hang out with us!! Twitch.tv/girlfriendreviews

[@Aon_Duine]

Are you guys gonna play elden ring??

[@neileapenninan8706]

Ekta choudhari is pronounced like Ay-kta, the rest is correct

[@ashman8891]

Please play Outer Worlds. I guarantee you're gonna love it

[@davidpliskin3330]

@@Aon_Duine we all know they will.

[@mach3wgamer]

I hope you review Sifu as well. "Waifu plays Sifu"

[@TierZoo]

Wow, your Ash impression is better than the voice actor they got for that new pokemon netflix movie

[@loganpeterson7098]

Wym Netflix pokemon series? The only thing Netflix has done with pokemon is the remake of the first movie which used the same voice for ash that they have been using for years. Not only that, it isn't a series. If you are talking about the TV show that happens to be on Netflix. Why bring up Netflix? They have no influence over the decision of who voices ash. Very minor thing but so confusing.

[@jukilopc85]

Girlfriend reviews should review the game you always talk about.

[@HarrisonTheGrey]

@@loganpeterson7098 take it down a notch

[@Radwxlf]

You mean the voice actor they've been using for around 10 years??

[@Drekromancer]

Well said, king. 👑 Good to see you here.

[@seeamshahidnoor]

"It's because we love Pokemon more than we respect ourselves" 😂

[@TheSiemek]

That’s my argument when my wife asks me why I need to spend 200$ on used Pokémon Heartgold

[@charliec.972]

She not wrong

[@gunnarkr22557]

Ding ding ding

[@carpetfluff35]

It's true sadly, they know it'll sell now matter how little effort they put in. I just wish they respected themselves a little more so they'd actually want to try a little harder and be able to take some pride in it.

[@matttran7161]

FR I thought I "broke up" with the franchise after seeing the DP remakes. But a whiff of good reviews and I bought this game on launch

[@LaughBoys]

Thought you guys hired ash’s original voice actor for this for a second until I realized it was just Shelby killing it

[@Objection010]

I had several back and forths if they got the legit actor. Shelby really showing that voice talent.

[@loganbarbe-wilson1870]

Why does it feel like foreeeever since yalls last upload??

[@brycamp3237]

Exxxaaccttllyyy

[@LaughBoys]

@@loganbarbe-wilson1870 not sure if you are directing that at us but if so 1) hi! and 2) one of us has been abroad for a while but returns shortly so we’ll have more stuff outside of the KZbin shorts very soon!

[@OutXider]

Same. I remember ProZD did and I was like oh shit. But damn Shelby knocked it out of the park.

[@AstonishingRed]

When I was a kid, I was SURE we’d get voice acting in a Pokémon game before we’d ever get voice acting in a Zelda game. How wrong I was 😅

[@mersunarytigre]

Pokemon Snap literally has voice acting

[@finnycopper]

@@mersunarytigre i’m assuming they mean mainline games, cause if we’re being pedantic the zelda cdi games had voice acting first

[@patyos2]

Atleast theres voice acting in the Pokemon Anime

[@mersunarytigre]

@@finnycopper They didn't specify. Therefore my point still stands.

[@lyianx]

@@mersunarytigre dont think they really needed to. seemed like a "mainline" game comment to me.

[@extra4542]

When you put the IP being valued more than Star Wars and marvel combined, it really puts in perspective how unacceptable the lack of polish is for their games

[@madeofcastiron]

the moment shelby said to open my eyes, i was honestly mad. it looked like it was just halfway through rendering.

[@razzdiamond6447]

Facts I was flustered when I heard that. There's really no excuse. That being said, I'm about 40 hours into the game lmao

[@chananl2000]

It’s because almost no money comes from the games themselves, all the money comes from collectible sales. Gamefreak isn’t actually the ones making the most money for Pokémon, it’s the Pokémon Company. Money is allocated to merchandise over any actual game development.

[@gredystar8333]

@@chananl2000 while its true their merchandise has a much bigger market share, the games are no insignificant part of their revenue like you are putting it. The games have made a total of 11.16 billion dollars without adjusting for inflation since the 90s. Just the games have made more money than any other franchise in the history of games ALONE. No merchandise. I'll concede that its just around 11% if their total revenue as a company. But saying they produce almost no money is a bold face lie.

[@Knogooseness]

@@gredystar8333 yeah and just to put that into context, they’re the 4th best selling video game franchise only behind Mario, Tetris and Call of Duty. This is just number of sales, not actual profit

[@R2szoo2]

"We love Pokemon more than we respect ourselves" is the perfect summary.

[@Gzilla313]

Game Freak knows if they make Pokemon Poop and Piss they'd make Scrooge McDuck levels of money, so their incentive is to do the bare minimum for franchise engagement.

[@danieljensen2626]

@@Gzilla313 Honestly I'm amazed they changed things up even this much after releasing more or less the same game reskinned for the last 20 years.

[@VerbalLearning]

@@Gzilla313 That and like 70% or more of all the revenue generated by the pokemon franchise comes from merchandise. So while it started out as a game series it has become a merchandising brand which means the games, movies, anime, card game etc, all serve to sell more merchandise rather than the other way around. They could spend more money on making a better pokemon game, they could spend more money on hiring more people to help Gamefreak with the nitty gritty details of game development and leave them to their strong suit which is world, character and pokemon design. They could give the games more development time to polish them up both graphically and mechnically. They could do so many things, but they choose not to because it's not where the money is. Non-Merchandise pokemon items or media simply serve to keep the brand alive and fresh in peoples minds and memories as well as push the new pokemon into peoples consciousness so they're that much more likely to be able to sell plushies, bed sheets, posters, mugs, you name it. It's a sad state of affairs if you love pokemon because of the games but it's the reality we live and the sooner people realize this the faster everyone will understand why the games are the way they are rather than just blaming Game Freak for being lazy or incompetent (which they might be and they do deserve some criticism but so does The Pokemon Company and Nintendo for how they're choosing to run the franchise).

[@Christian-eq7uh]

And as long as the Pokémon fans admit this and stop pretending like the games are the second coming of Christ because of their pride then I’m cool with it …Otherwise I’m just still gonna make fun of how easy they are

[@remmer3380]

"We love pokemon more than we respect ourselves" ..... I felt this, on a spiritual level

[@MrGutsTheBerserk]

Every pop culture reference clip is always used in the perfect context. All the edits are hilarious, but the use of that Mrs Doubtfire bit was something else. One of the many reasons I prioritize this channel and love it so much. Just pure comedic art from you two.

[@julio1148]

this is a channel that if I see it on my homepage, I'm not even browsing through any other thumbnail, I just click here right away

[@PJ-io8pl]

The Napoleon Dynamite clip killed me. And the editing when the Poke Ball was thrown. Amazing.

[@rizkypratama807]

How does he do this anyway? It's like his brain is filled with these references

[@RachelTurtlebaum]

Okay was it always run-by fruiting and not drive-by fruiting?

[@MrGutsTheBerserk]

@@RachelTurtlebaum Just watched it, can confirm it is "run-by fruiting" in the movie.

[@storminmay]

Just happy to have a reviewer point out, for once, that GameFreak gets a pass because Pokemon but any other developer would be absolutely annihilated if they’d released this game in 2022. Don’t tell me they didn’t have the time and money and talent to make this better than what they released.

[@thomaslecomte1570]

The top grossing media franchise definitely can do better, and that’s from someone who enjoys the game

[@yomamasohot6411]

It's so funny to see Horizon Forbidden West look the way it does and know that that series as a franchise will never even surpass a fraction of Pokemon.

[@FPSKelly]

Pretty sure literally every review calls this out, every single time.

[@Ruminations09]

This is a pretty common thing that everyone is pointing out. No one is denying that this is well below the standards of the gaming industry in 2022, but despite that, it is well ABOVE the standards of Gamefreak and people are just happy to have a Pokemon game that's actually fun for the first time in like a decade.

[@zjmw1521]

What are you talking about LMAO literally everyone points this out stop circlejerking

[@stormtalksgames]

I like how every form possible of pronouncing "Arceus" was used

[@nickdawson9176]

Is she being sarcastic or does she not know the right Pronunciation? Lol I’m confused

[@2smexy4juu]

@@bigstu4700 Even as an American, I'm pretty sure when Arceus was first introduced I remember everyone pronounced it "Arse-eus" (and I think even in the first movie Arceus was in they pronounced it the same way)

[@vincentandre8500]

@@nickdawson9176 The ongoing joke is that the Pokémon Company has officially pronounced the name several different ways, so it’s not actually clear which one it is. For example in the movie “Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life” they actually pronounce it like 5 different ways.

[@Dunkleosteusenjoyer]

@@bigstu4700 It's pronounced like Amadeus.

[@Revoltine]

@@Dunkleosteusenjoyer "Amadoos" if we go by the PLA advertisement :^)

[@andrewthielmann5342]

As much as I absolutely love this game, yes, this is all 1000% accurate.

[@leonard9624]

Stop loving it and buying their games then so they could learn and improve

[@andrewthielmann5342]

@@leonard9624 Worry about yourself, ace.

[@kingamer1234]

@@andrewthielmann5342 united we stand divided we fall ace

[@andrewthielmann5342]

@@kingamer1234 Cool comment 9 months later. Dork.

[@williamwhite1036]

Shelby's VO work is impressive

[@standingbearwhisky]

Shelby is impressive

[@ericleef1319]

I was just thinking that!

[@TravisKerr1]

Just *imagine* what Pokemon could be if given to passionate, competent devs with the proper amount of time. Imagine if Bandai Namco took over publishing and used their dev teams - the amount they've done for Digimon games with such little budget is truly insane. With Pokemon levels of money, they could easily develop essentially what is Pokemon Arceus with the polish and fidelity of Pokemon Snap.

[@getthegoons]

We can only hope that the Shitshow of SWSH and BDSP finally gets Nintendo to put the boot on Greed Freaks neck and force them to make a game that's comparable in quality to stuff they put out almost ten years ago. Or at least put all the pokemon in the damn game again.

[@kristianpomida8259]

@@getthegoons with how scarlet snd violet is, your wish aged like milk

[@MohammedAli1228]

That Ash impression was insane, well done

[@maykol33]

Well her voice is almost the same... 👀

[@carolinefpurcell]

My husband has been religiously playing this game, he's obsessed and in love with it. It's almost everything he wants for new pokemon games

[@TallSilhouette]

Shelby's Ash impression is great but I gotta say the editing was especially hilarious in this episode, too.

[@Dan_Roland]

The Napoleon Dynamite bit was inspired

[@JacobYaw]

Once again, gamers complain they get the bare minimum, and then celebrate when pokemon gives them the bare minimum. It's a vicious cycle that GameFreak has ZERO incentive to break so long as people keep buying their half-assed games. Thank you for being honest! Also yes, amazing Ash voice.

[@rodrigocaceres2879]

I think that you arent considering that if this game does bad, it means that GameFreak has an excuse to say "told you so, only classic pokemon games with little change sell well! Of course it's a win-win situation for them, after all it's a business and that's their plan. This time they didn't do the "bare minimum", they just aren't the best at developing games and made a safe bet with it's resources which is definitely a mediocre result in many areas but at least an actual effort of doing something different and a fun product. I can guarantee you that if this would have flopped, you wouldn't have seen them try to do a Pokemon open world/sandbox in a long time, if ever. At least now there's a chance that they polish and improve on this type of game. Yeah, I'm aware that it's GameFreak and that there's a good chance that they make what they always do with sequels. But if there's one time that the fanbase actually has to support a new game it's with this one. If people also pass on the next main entry if they do the bare minimun again (unlikely), then there's even a greater chance of actual change and them considering the feedback of their games improving too little. After all they are a company and their income is the best way to make a point with them. It's whishful thinking, but from my point of view this is the only chance that we have as part of the fanbase that is tired of their products. Of course, people also have to be critical of the product even if they support it to see if they bet on it to improve sales.

[@gbdeck200]

Yup Poke fans are just desperate yet addicted, as she said in the vid, no standards for themselves

[@HaxStudio]

@@rodrigocaceres2879 There’s no excuse for these textures, the lack of voice acting, the control scheme, and some of these animations. This is the highest grossing franchise OF ALL TIME. Given that context this is absolutely the bare minimum. BotW looks better than this game and it’s been out for 5 years. 😐

[@rodrigocaceres2879]

@@HaxStudio No, the bare minimum would be without any kind of gameplay changes like they usually do. As I said, I agree that they could have done way more but I also explained why this project needs support. It's definitely a budget project, I'm not defending it's shortcomings, but it's important to understand why as customers interested in the franchise we have to recognize when it's an actual attempt of something different and ignoring this entry would do more wrong.

[@HaxStudio]

@@rodrigocaceres2879 It’s still bare minimum. This is the bare minimum they could do when it comes to “open world”, not the bare minimum they could do for a main series title. Even if I did relent and say it’s not quite the bare minimum… It’s still minimal effort. There’s quite literally no excuse for this game to run and play like this.

[@gavinwride3386]

That Napoleon Dynamite bit was one of the best I've seen on this channel! That's comedy right there

[@alexulrich2393]

That one clip alone justified the $60 I spent on the game hahaha

[@oldusernamewasbadlol]

I've been playing this, currently grinding my way through research to get to the end of the postgame. This is the first time I saw someone sum up my experience with the game, like it's "different" but it's not really THAT different and it feels like I've allowed myself to be gauged out of nostalgia for what is still basically a game of "catch a ton of animals including the ones we made it impossible to find/evolve without looking up a walkthrough." At the very least I'm gonna need a bonkers landscape and/or some kind of terrible tragic ghost pokemon story to lure me back next time.

[@reed1645]

It's super ugly and pretty basic but it is indeed the best pokemon game in a long time and surprisingly fun. Hopefully gamefreak builds on this to go from a solid n64 game to a solid gamecube game.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Maybe with a few more years Game Freak might finally be able to catch up to Genius Sonority, the absolutely unknown guys who made those Gamecube spinoffs and then got uncerimoniously kicked out because they upstaged the boss.

[@ArgenteonYT]

@@antonioscendrategattico2302 Fun Fact! They didn't get kicked out, they got relegated to the mobile spin-offs. I'd say that's a fate worse than death.

[@DemMedHornene]

@@ArgenteonYT even cleaning the toilets of a McDonald's sounds like a better job

[@Oxbloodmage]

Luckily for them you'd buy it anyway even if they don't. 🤷

[@parker469a]

Yeah, I almost think it's on purpose just so they can make the next one slightly better and have people be happy with it.

[@dr.wolfstar1765]

Wait..... her ash voice is so perfect

[@The02Podcast]

That Napoleon Dynamite edit was FIRE. Teach me your wayyyyysss Matt!

[@AaronTheBuddha]

For about 10 seconds I was like, " they got the voice of Ash for this?" LOL good job guys, another great video.

[@NoHandle44]

5:00 Bro! I had an alarm clock like that way back then! It's so bizzare just to see someone in 2023 even know what one of these things looked like.

[@MGLJake]

You hit on my frustrations with the graphics so perfectly. Your Ash voice is amazing!!

[@charteon9092]

I haven’t watched Pokémon for a long time. I had pretty much forgotten what Ash sounds like, but this brought me directly back to when I was five years old, watching the first few episodes of Jhoto and seeing heracross get captured by Ash on my tiny box tv in my basement. Bravo to you for making a ash impression so good, that it can immediately bring back a forgotten childhood memory.

[@JudgementNutter]

I know it's super unfair to compare the two but Horizon Forbidden West just came out and it's not even funny to think that will sell less than half of Arceus.

[@swissamaterasu]

Horizon Zero Dawn sold more than 20 million copies, the sequel is going to do similar numbers.

[@Smk42217]

Casual gamers are much more prevalent

[@OneAndZer0]

​@@swissamaterasu And Arceus has already sold 6.5 million. Horizon will probably sell half overall. Arceus looks fun, I know multiple people who enjoy it, but it's not hard to see the lack of polish and care put into the presentation. Gamefreak and Nintendo knows they can get away with it, so they do.

[@BK-ob3lo]

Smt5 will sell a fraction of this too despite being the exponentially more innovative and visually appealing monster catching game.

[@ahau123411]

tbf, its a kids game compared to an grownup game. kids games and movies do better commercially than stuff made for adults

[@thirdculturekid1529]

My partner passed away on Jan 27th he always loved watching your videos. Thank you for your videos and love.

[@kelvinr2507]

Man, I would love for you guys to do Sifu. I feel like it would be a pleasant challenge for Matt. I know I was not expecting to get as hooked as I did. Love you guys and appreciate all the work ya'll put in.

[@leonardoggy]

As someone who grew up with Pokemon, the thing that hit me most in the nostalgia is that clock in 5:07. My grandfather had one just like that. I'm not kidding, thanks!

[@EDM0ND0V0]

Yes finally a critic that complain about the control b for running with Wyrdeer is just horrible 🙏

[@michaelmcclelland9876]

4:57- The "1992 brown clock with red digital letters" burn killed me.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@salsamonkey65]

This is another game I'm not sure how to feel about. I was having a blast during the first half, even to the point where I was actually thinking about completing the dex for the first time. But the quest design hasn't been interesting enough to motivate me to finish all the post-game content. I don't know if I'm ever going to get my feelings on Pokemon sorted out.

[@zackyDB]

it was the same for me, after each region I was looking forward for the next regions to discover new pokemon. But once arrived in Icelands, this region was so empty and bland that every problem i have with the game manifest themselves at the same time. like you, I was actually thinking about completing the dex for the first time but not anymore sadly.

[@Lucifronz]

I think I know how to feel about it, but I get what you're going through. It feels to me like what I expected. A half-baked, but entertaining entry in the series that experiments and therefore is much more exciting, but I know that down the line it's going to bore me. Not bore me to the point I won't *ever* play it again, just... I can tell that all the stuff I was able to ignore this time around won't be ignorable next time. And more than that, if they make another Legends game and don't improve upon the previous one enough, it's going to be *painfully* obvious and people will shit on it harder than they've ever shit on a Pokemon game before.

[@chongvang5094]

For real

[@varsoonhks3211]

I'll sort your feelings out for you, then. It's a bad franchise and a poorly designed game from the ground up with developers that have refused to meaningfully innovate on their formula in over 30 years because people are too willing to purchase things that they enjoyed when they were children. If you have conflicted feelings and can't muster the motivation to complete even intrinsically set goals within the game it's not some personal failure--it's the game failing to do the literal one thing it should do; Entertain you. Once you're done basking in nostalgia or the novelty of a 'new Pokemon game, you're able to see it as the dull mess of a product that it is. Spend your time (and money) with literally anything else.

[@redsixx669]

Welcome to pokemon

[@reginaldsafety6090]

This game would be really impressive if they worked on it for about 5 more years.

[@somethingbanter]

and had a central development team of more than about 150 people that were all pulled across 3 different projects at once

[@timato234]

The editing in this, as always, is masterful

[@dwaynezilla]

That Napoleon Dynamite edit, combined with the levels of context, is a great summary of why this channel is amazing.

[@JackPelaFox]

Did Shelby take a skillshare class for Ash impersonation? That was spot on! 👏🏻

[@The_Gingiraffe]

Shelby’s Ash impression is so good i thought it was actual footage from the show

[@DarthBenneth]

Yes, the graphics leave something to be desired, but I had a hell of a time with it. The most fun I have had in any game in years.

[@darkoblivionmaster]

For a second I thought the voice at the beginning was ACTUALLY the voice actor for Ash

[@ssickhead1]

Damn you sounded almost exactly like ash's first voice actress

[@amy_grace]

“…those mountainsides in Skyrim that weren’t designed for platforming, but you’re too stubborn to go around, so you just kinda mash buttons and pray.” Oh wow, a personal shoutout on GR! I feel so honoured!

[@stephenbaker7750]

This game is the epitome of “I’m ugly and I’m proud!”

[@lyianx]

Its the epitome of "we're still going to make millions so we dont care"

[@theepisodeone256]

Editing: 10/10 Script: 10/10 Voice: 10/10 Its a solid 10/10 review. NANI?! 👌🏻🔥

[@PaulyGutes]

That Napoleon Dynamite bit was amazing! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

[@metacob]

If this game had been produced by two people in 1-2 years I would have been... mildly impressed.

[@ethanleach1252]

My wife enjoyed watching my play this game so much that she took it and smashed it out before I finished the game... its her first Pokemon game too 😄

[@webbedmonkey7293]

At this point, I mainly buy pokemon games for the nostalgia of a new pokemon adventure. Not quite worth the AAA price tag, but nostalgia is priceless

[@varsoonhks3211]

Pokemon : Most profitable franchise in media history Also Pokemon : lol enjoy your busted game that would be bad even 15 years ago Boyfriend : Time to buy that new pokemon full price!

[@tekkengod2120]

No Office meme... WHAT!!?? Where's Matt and Shelby and what have you done to them?!

[@danieljensen2626]

My god, your Ash impression is so good! As for the game, I 100% agree it feels like more or less the Pokemon game we should have gotten on the N64. Like I'm glad they made it more immersive finally, but they still have 10-20 years of catching up to do on modern video games mechanics.

[@chad5576]

how have i not stumbled upon this channel sooner? The references, editing, writing, ITS JUST SO GOOD

[@frozenninja4030]

Brilliant Ash VO, Shelby! I love how you guys can make a video about a game I could care less about that is genuinely hilarious and fun to watch. I wish I could Sub twice!

[@PhantomTissue]

3:12 Im crying right now, this is the best edit i've ever seen

[@iMac9991]

how'd shelby actually manage to sound like ash lmao

[@blueblitzblaze]

That colour-moving background in the close your eyes part instantly got me back to my childhood, gah!

[@jbivphotography]

LOOOOOOOOL the old school iTunes visualized 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@BigHeadClan]

That Ash impression was freaking spot on.

[@kikiphallin]

That intro couldn't have been more relatable and accurate 😂. It's exactly what we wanted in the 90s and 00s and 10s...

[@wallacec5378]

The references/edits in this video were amazing

[@Oopsgoops]

The jokes in this one had me WHEEZING great job as always!!

[@ChocolateAsian9000]

Did you just say Breath of the Mild? This is why I’m subscribed

[@Mojoanimeo]

As always, hilarious and amazingly edited! Love you guys! Also spot on with my thoughts on Pokemon. It's not that graphics necessarily need to be insane. But they have more money than god and seem to spit out some of the lowest quality games they can. The sad thing is they do it, because they know the fan base will buy it. It has just gotten to a point where its a bit mean to their fanbase. I really hope they do better next time. At least they are pushing the games in a different direction for once. Oh well I'll go play all the other non-Pokemon games till then. Woot!

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

My fave pokemon games ranked in order: Moon, Platinum, Crystal, Fire Red, Shield, Sapphire, Red.

[@xtranathor8143]

This review was spot on, and I loved every second of it! Well done Shelby with the voicing for Ash - it was excellent!

[@Alice-un3kq]

I looked in the description to see who you got to voice Ash and realized it was just Shelby, that was crazy good! Nice job!!

[@custodesmarco]

A step in the right direction. A step they should have taken a decade ago.

[@kaylamatthews3733]

Okay but those windows media player visualizations at 5:28 brought back a whole wave of nostalgia I was not expecting.

[@tomenglish2125]

This may be my favorite Fiancee reviews yet! (Life long poke fan since I got a purple gameboy color and red version back in 1998). Thank you for making me laugh for 15 minutes straight. You hit the nail on the head over and over again

[@ahau123411]

did you watch it twice, back to back?

[@dl5641]

That line about loving pokemon more than respecting ourselves literally had me spit my food out in laughter! I've gotta be careful watching your vids with those amazing zingers lol

[@fruitenantcolonel9207]

"Always set low expectations, so you can never disappoint anyone"

[@merewheel2653]

I love how Matt just dressed up as The Riddler for a new Pokémon game

[@ritterbrown5474]

The thing about every pokemon game is that you have to also remember each one is someone's first pokemon game.

[@averya7443]

Yep. Pokémon Shield was mine. This is my second

[@5001Fergies]

Wait why was that old digital alarm clock you showed the exact one my mom had until I was like 15 😭

[@TheWobolo]

would like to add to the request for Subnautica 🙌🏼 an amazing game 😍

[@monelmonelmonel]

Pokemon fans at Twitter are going to cry if they saw this.

[@Chaos_Dragoon]

you can run around in battle, but can't run up to your opponent and just deck him while he figures out his moves......how disappointing

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

Some great zingers. "Drive by fruiting" your Ash impersonation, breath of the mild and Napoleon Dynamite reference. Great work

[@DemonDrummer]

In the very beginning I actually thought, “woh! They got the original US voice actor for Ash?!” Well done Shelby! Well done!

[@MiriusTube]

The Ash voice is on point!

[@SpartanandPudgey]

Heh guys, I enjoy your streams! dont want too many streamers as I'm usually streaming myself but its always a fun time when you guys are streaming a game. Hello from Australia 😄

[@jutton11]

Really great video. 10/10. People are stuck at the good Ash impression, but they've ignored the good takes and nice edits.

[@MrGreensnickers1]

I agree with the stuff people say like this but what always makes me disagree is changing the game from turn based. I love the turn based, it's great. We just need abilities back and bring back double battling and it would have been even better. More trainers and held items would have been nice. But it's a step in the right direction.

[@BUGHUNTER6]

I agree, turn-based is great and it's a big part of Pokémon's DNA, it just needs more variety and polish. I think people really underestimate the amount of work it would take to overhaul the combat system into real-time. Though I was kinda disappointed that you can't even attack multiple enemies at once in this game... And being attacked three times in a row is kind of insane. They have to make moves a little weaker, Pokémon getting wiped with one move just happens almost constantly, taking away so much of the strategic aspect... Lots of problems still need addressing and I honestly doubt they will. It's always a few steps forward and a few back.

[@sciplaytester8640]

There are just significantly better ways of doing turn based combat. Look at the speed stat on pokemon? It doesn't really affect combat at all except for who goes first, and some minor things like the damage of Quick Attack. What if there was a "Turn Timer" that allowed your pokemon to use a "Normal" attack move and your Pokemon used that attack every time the timer hit zero, and how fast the time was is directly affected by your pokemons speed stat. And then the more damage your pokemon does / takes, you'll build up a "Special" meter which allows you to command your pokemon to use an ability like "Flamethrower". The combat could be really dynamic. Just look at Final Fantasy XIII. That was technically "turn based" combat but it felt like watching a FMV fight sequence because of the way it was designed. Gamefreak is just lazy and know that they can do the bare minimum and still make millions.

[@thepaper888]

The voice of ash in the beginning. Mad Props.

[@kumanight]

This is the most refreshing pokemon game since X & Y IMO. I hope they build on this foundation; a sequel to Arceus could end up being the GOAT of all Pokemon games.

[@jer103]

If you slap the Pokemon name on any "turd of a game", it will automatically sell millions. Pokemon is just too tied to nostalgia for so many people. They are like, *"SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!"*

[@milesfromhome69]

Tightest channel on KZbin, I'm always amazed by Matts writing and Shelbys performances.

[@_emory]

If your boyfriend only “almost” enjoyed this I hope he is able to appreciate a good time in other ways Like obviously the game has its drawbacks and seemingly cut corners but the game is far from unenjoyable

[@sk8brder40]

Eh, it was fine. I put 19 hours into it and got bored. Meanwhile, I'm at 160 hours in BOTW and still playing

[@blackmark2899]

@@sk8brder40 I'm the opposite. I put in only enough in BotW to beat the story and never touched it again after wandering around after I did that. I was turbo bored after I found a winning formula to beating the game. Meanwhile with LA, I'm well over 150 hours and still going.

[@_emory]

@@blackmark2899 I put them both down pretty much after story and main side quests were complete and put a solid amount of time into both. They’re both revolutionary for their franchise and hard not to have fun in

[@ceno10101]

5:09 I had that exact same clock when I was growing up!! nostalgia.

[@Hobbles_]

This had so many of my thoughts! Goodness did I love catching the pokemon, and was always a little saddened when I had to resort to fighting them rather than doing something else to calm them down or tire them out (yes I know you can just run away and come back, but that's not engaging) The graphical issues I think come up so well with this game because they're so obvious and in your face. It feels like little to no work was done to hide all of the issues, or blend the LODs together. The world was constantly popping and warping in front of you, and there were tons of times where effects just completely broke down (like those weird square cutouts around you when things like water were behind you). If this game had another 6-12 months of polish working on the visuals, I bet we could have enjoyed it much more, as they could have made the whole thing look more stable and cohesive. But as that seems completely impossible for GF to do that for some reason, I guess we'll never see a truly polished experience from them.

[@shmazpootaz4331]

Omg that reference to “The Death of Stalin” was brilliant and put me in stitches! Made my freaking week!

[@juannaym8488]

I think the biggest problem is how GF has to put out a pokemon game every year and how this makes the quality of the games suffer They should start advertising spin offs a lot more and instead do mainline games every 3 years or so, or maybe work with other developers and share the workload with these games

[@thatguywiththefunnyprofile1644]

When I read your comment, for a second or two, I thought GF stood for Girl Friend.

[@battlep0t]

That Veronica Taylor impression was incredible - thought you'd actually got her for the video.

[@caravaneerkhed]

Yea I mean… I agree the game is interesting and fun, but lacks certain features and depth I would like to see.. besides being dreadfully ugly, but it is a good foundation and as long as game freak continues to improve on the formula and move down this path we might actually one day get a real modern day Pokémon experience.. one day..

[@patrikkralik3610]

It's not "dreadful ugly" its just not that good. It's not THAT bad, people just wanna hate it, which is understandable

[@caravaneerkhed]

@@patrikkralik3610 I have 90 hours in the game. It’s ugly. The models are ok, but it’s not a pretty game, it’s just easy to look past the graphics. But if you stop to inspect textures it’s bad, even on some of the clothing for models there are blurry textures, and while the Pokémon look fine, they aren’t very alive, just serviceable.

[@bethbearmacethatguy]

@@patrikkralik3610 Get off the copium. It looks like mashed dog shit. Just because you've got the pokemon stockholm syndrome and can't suffer a bad word said about your master doesn't make it any less true.

[@dl5641]

Dang, I didn't even realize that was her for the Ash impression until she switched back to her normal voice, that was too spot on!

[@pkhitch1117]

"We love Pokemon more than we respect ourselves" And that right there is why I have abandoned Pokemon in favor of Shin Megami Tensei. I have too much self respect to be wasting my time on an inferior monster catching game. IF (and this is a big if) Gamefreak continues to improve Pokemon and Arceus isn't just some fluke, I might come back to the franchise. But I'm not gonna hold my breath on that one.

[@Amoradamian]

Same dude. I abandoned pokemon after the dumpster fire that was sword, and thanks to that I have met so new monster taming games that even they are older they are so much better

[@ender7278]

The animation at the end is adorable.

[@extra4542]

It’s sad to think how much further this franchise could be if it was in different hands. It’s been like 30 years and it’s just barely reached almost modern standards!

[@ZbNimble]

Your Ash impression is great. Well done.