The 13 Worst Places to Live in Pokémon

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Every city and town in Pokémon that I would absolutely NOT want to live in
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[@castform7618]

What I've gathered from this is that: -Mikey doesn't like isolation -Mikey likes going out in the evenings -Mikey isn't a fan of cold areas -Mikey REALLY likes his sunlight.

[@bigdave9188]

*photosynthesis*

[@pistincup352]

True, no wonder why his starter Pokémon is also a Grass type (Sceptile)

[@Nocturnal_Rei]

He's 100% grass type extrovert

[@sapnagupta8430]

True

[@menotyou4289]

His Texan is showing lol

[@AymarMaluenda]

"I like my sunlight", we discovered that, deep down, Mike is a Grass type

[@cristianordonez7976]

That’s why his favorite Pokémon is Sceptile

[@tabegailfrancs1sc05]

Mikey know sunny day

[@cyan_dreamz3616]

@@cristianordonez7976 I'm very sure it's castform

[@cristianordonez7976]

@@cyan_dreamz3616 no, every true fan knows his favorite Pokémon is Sceptile

[@claricetan6285]

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

[@StateBlaze1989]

For scenarios like these, I feel like the anime is the best source of how big these towns and cities can be, especially given the programming limitations he mentioned at the beginning. Also, it's been a somewhat popular theory that the tiny depictions of the towns in the games are because we are seeing them through the narrow world view of the player character, a child pokemon trainer. They would probably only perceive the more important locations and buildings for them: gyms for league badges, pokemon centers for healing, poke marts for buying health items and pokeballs. Plus a few other places for important items and npc info that is purely on the game side. Would also explain why, up until like gen 5, we never saw actual roads in these regions. Like, where did your moving van come from in gen 3? And how do any of these npcs travel to other locations without huffing it through the woods on foot for several days? I'm sure there plenty of holes in this, but hey, it's just a theory.

[@hrodriguez561]

Very true in the anime Cinnabar Island is incredibly huge despite looking small in the games

[@gamechanger8908]

Then there's Unova Trainers who are teenagers and live near Pokemon's NYC.

[@arloverde4099]

A GAME THEORY

[@ahhaahaah]

A GAME THEORY

[@Abhishek-ue6tj]

@@arloverde4099 thanks for watching

[@CesarACastillo]

On a rewatch I just realized that 0:24 is possible. It’s literally canon that if a Fire type Pokemon loves you unconditionally their fire loses its ability to burn you.

[@gengarzilla1685]

That's only canon for Ponyta and Rapidash specifically. They said nothing about that for any of the other Fire types.

[@CesarACastillo]

@@gengarzilla1685 Charizard toasting ash on the regular would suggest otherwise

[@fictionfan0]

@@CesarACastillo And that was before his attitude adjustment.

[@CesarACastillo]

@@fictionfan0 he always liked ash just didn’t respect his weakness. Why else would he cry for him when Ash sacrificed himself to stop Mew and Mewtwo’s fight if he did not love him

[@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214]

@@CesarACastillo Well most Pokemon there didnt even knew Ash and yet still cried, it was a sad moment

[@Sesosana]

“IT SNOWED HERE, AND THE WHOLE STATE BROKE” Best line of the episode

[@BigGrantyTheShanty]

Texas is a priceless vace and the snow is a big rock. You don’t often see a big rock in the fancy big house but your little brother brought in a big rock and through it at the vace. The vace is now broken

[@derekrodriguez8843]

As a Texan I can confirm that Texas did in fact break.

[@itzlapis_]

XD

[@toonirl6675]

As another Texan, got dam it sure did

[@XxTWolfxXGRi]

And here we are again ERCOT threatening to break the state again cause their grid can't keep up with the summer heat... lmao

[@WindriderDelta]

Pacifidlog surviving Kyogre's storm is an unexplained miracle

[@marisolramirez9591]

Sootopolis as well

[@MariOmor1]

They also survived Groudon's drought

[@jesusayala862]

Someone had a ratatta with sunny day

[@starlight0313]

@@jesusayala862 and a magikarp with rain dance

[@Shadowmare4575]

Your icon looks like a Quick Ball

[@emeraldsword4528]

They actually did something interesting for Sword and Shield. Chairman Rose is the head villain and most of the rest of the league representatives have to follow his command. Even Leon, the champion before the player, is given a lot of trouble for delaying or outright saying no to obeying corrupt orders. It was an interesting change from the typical evil team. But that does mean I'd be skeptical about living ANYWHERE in Galar.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I'm personally very glad that Geeta from Scarlet and Violet is not another corrupt executive repeat, because I thought Rose was a clunky and badly written villain. Pokémon needs to drop this twist villain rubbish because that bollocks doesn't work without good storytelling. It only works in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

@@gengarzilla1685Funny because people currently are making theories of just how Geeta is actually evil, which I am more 50/50 about it. 😅

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

@@gengarzilla1685 instead she's just incompetent

[@frozenfoxgames5300]

Rose isn't a villain, nor is he corrupt

[@StormgemThunder]

Tbf, corrupt leaders screwing things up all the time is accurate to real life (source: i live in the uk)

[@ggblister]

18:17 “you took over some buildings they were quickly shut down. Team skulls still running an ENTIRE FREAKING TOWN”

[@joshwall6710]

Mikey: Mentions almost every location in Hoenn Mikey: Doesn't mention the town where falling ash literally rips your throat apart

[@lohchong4862]

Which town?

[@srixeque204]

Sootopolis?

[@dya7145]

@@lohchong4862 the flannery gym one

[@TankEngine75]

@@dya7145 You mean Lavaridge?

[@memebro8703]

He wasn’t this violent in the anime.

[@mudfishnick9768]

"What if I'm not a trainer?! What if I'm... an ACCOUNTANT?!"

[@fallenolympian9860]

Accountant means something else on Tik Tok

[@mudfishnick9768]

@@fallenolympian9860 I'm going to assume it is not a good thing...

[@fallenolympian9860]

@@mudfishnick9768 only fans

[@yixunwang1376]

Asian kids' biggest nightmare in a parallel universe

[@danime35]

Pokéaccountant

[@starlightpastel279]

For pacifidlog its worth noting that raft cities actually exist in real life and although you need to carefully prep for them ocean storms are not a major problem as there are plenty of countermeasures in place including ones that would not be visible to the player in the games which can be assumed to exist

[@blackmantis1511]

Also to address his resource concern, it seems to be like maybe 5 miles from a major port (Slateport), so outside of really massive storms getting supplies there wouldn't be particularly difficult. Also another comment mentioned something I forgot, Sky Pillar is right next door, which houses Rayquaza, meaning Pacifilog probably only ever gets storms when both Rayquaza leaves the tower, and there happens to a storm on the way, so honestly they probably don't really have inclement weather, ever.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Seeing as the postgame ferry ship can go all the way from Slateport to Lilycove and back again, supplying Pacifidlog probably isn't too challenging for Slateport. I imagine these two settlements having some strong connections.

[@jonathanfranco8547]

I've been to a raft city in Peru, and it's a hard pass from me.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@blackmantis1511 TIL what "inclement" means. Now I know why they named that one hack "Inclement Emerald".

[@netweed09]

I think Pacifidlog & Cinnabar are among the _coolest_ & exotic Locations in the entire series. I mean, yes Cinnabar does get blown up lol - *but* ,,, at least you still get all that *Fresh, Free lobster* for yourself!! 🦞🦞

[@analoghabits9217]

The post-champion dialogue in hoenn always gets me thinking there must be passageways reserved for non-competitors like the professor. Idk if the hoenn rival is implied to have beaten all 8 gyms & elite 4, but couldn't beat the champ, or if their dad got them in with vip prof clearance. I wonder if maybe there's a northern harbor for non-challengers to skip v-road

[@gengarzilla1685]

The rival's name doesn't appear on gym statues, so I assume they're just tagging along under the professor's clearance.

[@rutgerniemeijer]

I guess you're right. I mean, what's the use of a hall of fame if no-one could ever visit it?

[@connaeris8230]

Lavaridge Town: is isolated, is right next to an active volcano, is mostly inhabited by old people Mikey: let me ignore all that and complain about rain

[@joshhallam6342]

So is Fallabor town and Lenimas Town and there hash weather I would not like to live in Lenimas Town especially because there a haunted house with ghost inside.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@joshhallam6342 Lenimas? Do you mean Lavaridge?

[@joshhallam6342]

@@robertlupa8273 Lenimas as in from Black and White 2

[@robertlupa8273]

@@joshhallam6342 Oh, sorry. I haven't played Gen 5 yet.

[@theepiczelda2331]

@@joshhallam6342 It's actually Lentimas, with a t, not Lenimas :D

[@TouruZen]

"Can you imagine a nincada on top of your face?" *Stares in Australian with the giant spiders*

[@Juanma_Cardona0725]

Imagine if they did a Pokemon Region based on Australia... yikes

[@SteveDice21]

Fun fact: Nincada is 0.5m (1'8") tall and weighs 5.5kg (12 lbs).

[@mertoslav4606]

@@SteveDice21 that's a one big and phat bug

[@jillianbailey7376]

And that's when I'd start raising or attracting bird pokemon in this scenario.

[@Juanma_Cardona0725]

@@jillianbailey7376 so you could fly away right? Because let me tell you that I was in Australia and I saw spiders the size of my hand and I’m Arachnophobic, I can’t even watch the scene of Harry Potter with the giant Spider’s without feeling uncomfortable, I can’t even beat the Zelda Twilight Princess Spider Boss without feeling sick, I’m pretty much Ron Weasley when it comes to Spiders. I don’t even have any Spider based Pokemon simply because Spiders are my Kryptonite Edit: I shouldn’t have said that last part

[@d.k.t.3380]

I'm curious what your thoughts are on towns from Scarlet and Violet. My vote on the worst town there (assuming the "Ice gym city" doesn't qualify since it's literally only a pokemon stand, gym, and one battle court) would have to be the Ghost type gym. Aside from the obvious "It's cold" and "it's up a mountain making supply routes questionable" arguments, the gym leader is a renown DJ that requires an opening act and a pre- and post- battle set every time a gym challenger challenges them. What if you don't want that EVERY NIGHT? Are you going to say something to them and either get humiliated in a rap battle or have your pokemon beaten up by a gym leader? On top of all that, those snow-covered peaks tower immediately over the town, and nobody is concerned about an avalanche (maybe, I don't know... a SOND INDUCED AVALANCHE?!)

[@SKuusk95]

I find your assessment of Montenevera quite on point. I may not know much about the dangers of avalanches, but having a somewhat LOUD sound-related gym up in the snowy mountains does seem a bit... questionable. Also, I'm not quite sure on the accessibility, as every time I've visited it has been climbing randomly over the snowy hills or flying to the nearest Pokestop, so I'm not sure if there's a walkable route you can use. There probably is something, though. Also, while not nearly as bad, but I'd rather not live in Cascarrafa either. It may be a nice and rather blooming city, but the lowest part gets buffeted by sandstorms from the neighbouring Asado desert. Which does not seem pleasant.

[@d.k.t.3380]

@@SKuusk95 There is one long, snow covered path switch-backing up the mountain past many (to the average civilian) high leveled Pokémon. Concerns about accessibility are rather on point. Fair point on Cascarrafa, but if Phoenix can make it work, I'm not surprised they can too. It's more "Irritating" bad than "potentially a hazard to life and wellbeing" bad.

[@r.j.penfold]

You right

[@gamersgamestorm8291]

Most cities are pretty chill in Paldea Montenevra is cold, hard to access, all those things mentioned The psychic city might be hard to access from one side but the other side should be fine Zapacito is kind of in the middle of nowhere but that isn’t inherently awful Paldea has for the most part normal cities

[@XenyxYT]

You all make a good point but I wouldn’t like to live (near the giant glowing screens and battle stadium) in Levincia because of the glowing posters, as mentioned previously Edit: They don’t seem to turn off, and I wouldn’t like to be randomly selected as Mr. Walks-About like Clavell did. If I got a house away from all the chaos the Iono makes, I’d for sure live there

[@noocshere6671]

To be fair if you don't want to worry about the ladder problems in fortree city, you can always catch a pokemon nearby to help you cary groceries or keep away other pokemon. I think having a tropius would help a lot since you can find them in the nearby route and they can also just fly you up the treehouse platforms and carry your stuff for you. Plus with their long necks, they would make a great lookout for any danger.

[@sev1120]

Or a spinarak/ariados, or a wingull/pelipper. Wingull are everywhere, it wouldn't exactly be hard to get a giant pelican to help carry your stuff. Hell, I'm pretty sure you can get Slakoth/Vigoroth in the nearby routes

[@petrosmixides2843]

What if a fire breaks out..

[@gengarzilla1685]

Then specifically get yourself a Surskit and evolve it since Masquerain can hold onto all of Surskit's Water moves. Plus it flies and gets String Shot, great for helping lift your shopping up to your house.

[@ghostbait1419]

@@petrosmixides2843 I doubt a fire is genuinely a threat considering it rains a lot

[@petrosmixides2843]

@@ghostbait1419 bruh the place could literally get fried burnt out with just a flamethrower from a charmander it doesn't have to be a natural disaster.

[@andrewwu4328]

Mikey: I like my sunlight *photosynthesis. photosynthesis*

[@ethantreadway9478]

SOLAR BEAM

[@acat3772]

@@ethantreadway9478 Mikey needs his sunlight challenge

[@ultimate.laezel_fan]

*✨Photosynthesis✨*

[@august4476]

@@ethantreadway9478 The virgin solar beam fan vs the chad solar blade enjoyer

[@kerrywien6775]

Giant Chasm is also dangerous area to explore since a legendary dragon/ice type monstrous dragon pokemon is said to resides on that area and is said to eat people and pokemons at nighttime.

[@lvlHive]

"What if I was an accountant?" is funnier than it should have been.

[@wingbeltcreations5455]

As a new accounting major, it kills me! XD

[@GadzieGadanie]

Tiktok ruined that accupation for me

[@blastmole299]

Funny thing is, even office workers in game have some pretty scary pokemons, like the colleagues double trainer battle in sword shield have a team of lucario, hippowdon, perrserker, and excadrill

[@Billy-vf9ds]

@@wingbeltcreations5455 as an actual accountant, same :(

[@Amit180s]

Sitting on the mountains accounting all day

[@ghostbait1419]

I wouldn't see Po town as such a huge threat to my safety considering Team Skull are reformed by the end of the USUM storyline and they're incredibly loyal to Guzma and Plumeria so I highly doubt they'd go against their boss' orders to not start any trouble.

[@fictionfan0]

I'd add Fallarbor Town to the list, personally, if only because of the constant volcanic ash in the next route over. I may not have any immediate respiratory problems, but I very much intend to keep it that way. I'd also like to point out that the area seems to get *all* the ash; to put it in perspective, Lavaridge Town is probably closer to Mt. Chimney, but gets more benefits (i.e. hot springs) with no nasty side effects.

[@samneason1071]

“I live in Texas, it snowed here, and it broke!” Too true

[@danielmaynard1582]

While you're merely weak in the cold, I live in South Dakota, so I'm used to it, so if you want to get used to the snow, come up here

[@stargazer99]

Funnily enough I live in Texas and love whenever it does get cold! I hate how hot and muggy it is down here. I told my family that once I feel I’m ready I want to move further up north.

[@Sheenifier]

@@stargazer99 cold is one thing, snow is another. I live on an island in tropical climate. If it ever snows here, the world is ending.

[@legendpybro5016]

I miss when it actually snowed here in Texas, snowed enough where it didn't screw us over but wasn't just 2cm of snow for a few days

[@samneason1071]

@@legendpybro5016 agreed

[@emma_nutella58]

I’m surprised he didn’t mention Lavaridge town, it’s isolated and it’s literally right next to an active volacano

[@sapphiredawn5773]

Honnen went on for to long most likely

[@peanutbutterex]

The hot springs tho

[@Brandon-lo6fo]

I was thinking fallarbor or dewfird too. I think hoenn is just a rough region hahaha

[@VanillaCreamPuff]

Let me introduce you to the Philippines, where we actually live on volcanoes, hi

[@marshmallow8617]

@@VanillaCreamPuff yes

[@paulnewton2284]

I know you didn't mention Circhester, but I feel like it also bears mentioning because it has a lot of similar issues to Snowpoint; it's always snowing, and the only ways to access it are by air, through the treacherous, half-frozen waters of Circhester Bay, or on foot over the rough, broken ruins of Route 8.

[@dinabit7969]

also, about cinnabar island is LITERALLY surrounded by water, and its tiny. every time i walk there, i usually bump into the edge of the island, now in a video game, they wont let u fall into the sea, but in real life, i would rather not step outside of my house, take a couple of steps forward, and fall into the glitchy and haunted sea.

[@CooperLVJY]

Mikey: staying in the pokemon center? on a slab of nothing on the ocean? Brock: I see this as an absolute win.

[@mohammadyounus3229]

LOL,Good one

[@ancientbaltoy8769]

No. He would also want a police station

[@CooperLVJY]

@@ancientbaltoy8769 the island is pretty small, I think Brock would be found trying to do 2 at the same time

[@wannabehistorian371]

But he’s a rock type gym leader.

[@johndamilkman]

You could say... It would be a *joy* for brock

[@shadexvii3975]

I find it funny Lacunosa town’s undesirable trait can literally be solved by your protagonist or some other trainer just…catching Kyruem

[@masterofdoots5965]

But, it's pretty god damn difficult to catch Kyruem

[@shadexvii3975]

@@masterofdoots5965 true

[@altariamotives3158]

@@masterofdoots5965 not if you're friends with Juniper who apparently has access to Master Balls

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@altariamotives3158 Good luck trying to get to her though considering Lacunosa is pretty far from the Pokemon Lab in that game

[@TheShadowMaven]

Yeah, Mikey could have put Lavender town next to Cinnabar island instead of having Lacunosa town where it is lol

[@NamlessOctarian]

14:50 What's funny is that story has a giant plothole simply due to Kyrem's design. It's mouth is completely frozen shut so how could it people remains a mystery to me.

[@teamawesomeness7137]

it eats people the same way waddle dees eat their food. (waddle dees have no mouths at all)

[@gengarzilla1685]

Well, has anyone actually seen Kyurem eat people? That part definitely feels like an assumption of what happens to the people stolen away by Kyurem and are never seen again. Perhaps Kyurem in those days was just an asshole who killed for sport.

[@NamlessOctarian]

@@gengarzilla1685 No there's a story about Kyurem that's been hidden in plain sight for a decade now and considering how deep Poketubers into other theories and mysteries, I'm surprised they've skipped of Kyurem's all this time which is why I aim to make a video and uncover it. (And no, it's not just the Laucunosa legend or how Kyurem was 1 dragon originally, it involves those stories but I go a lot deeper than that.)

[@rutgerniemeijer]

@@NamlessOctarian What is it? Since you haven't uploaded it I decided to ask.

[@NamlessOctarian]

@@rutgerniemeijer I'm still editing the video and it's almost done. I've been busy irl and haven't been able to edit it faster

[@neversparky]

I personally also think Lavaridge could be a pretty uncomfortable place to live. You don't see this visually in the games, but considering you're sandwiched between a Volcano and a route where it is constantly snowing ash....even just breathing in that area has gotta be hellish

[@virgohart8042]

The slow burn relationship between Grunty Boi and Mikey is everything and I’m here for it

[@Ray_Vun]

it's like an enemies to lovers fic

[@_prince_milo_]

@@Ray_Vun I WILL ACTUALLY WRITE AN ENEMIES TO LOVERS FIC

[@MinecraftLover58]

@@_prince_milo_ 👀 please come back and tell me when you make it

[@ArthurTRead]

Mikey's a real person....... why would you write a fic about a real person

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@ArthurTRead shshsh just let the internet internet

[@a_very_angry_pickle]

Mikey: Talks about Hoenn Lavaridge city which is literally a volcano: am I a joke to you.

[@rangertalksdogsgames7996]

That's what I was thinking!!

[@jjmississippi8125]

And Fallabor Town too. It literally rains ash and that’s not very healthy to be in

[@nathoghazi5026]

*T H E D E F I N I T I O N O F I S O L A T E D*

[@agentepolaris4914]

I love Lavaridge city

[@thecorruptedgamer7032]

He lives in texas he is used to that weather

[@AxoTheAxolotl1]

Mikey: Grunty Boy, you know what? I want you to take this bar of Grapefruit IPA. Subtitles: Crunchy Boy, you know what? I want you to take this bar of Grapefruit IPA.

[@AxoTheAxolotl1]

@Sky! It is I! Crunchy boy!

[@LilyPlaysGames214]

It is I, Crunchy Boi

[@wangsengsin2527]

Also, about Fortree City, the wooden bridges don’t have any handrails, so you’re literally one windy day away from falling to your death. Furthermore, if lightning strikes one of the trees (and that’s a very likely possibility given their size and how much it rains there), that’s bad enough but now the whole city has a chance of being destroyed in a wildfire.

[@PhantasyPen]

Remember than Team Yell is literally just Spikemuth's residents geared up for the league season. It's also the only city with a possible stripclub.

[@vibez_lionheart112]

Is that the place that only serves chicken strips?

[@mysanity_islow]

@@vibez_lionheart112 *C H I C K E N*

[@pamimoo]

Makes me think of college towns that tend to have big parties and riots in the city based on their team’s performance, so I’d be a bit worried about living there, there’s a reason I avoid campus here.

[@MinervaMinurvaaa]

Woah there calm down

[@Loganberry-bf7vr]

I'm sorry, WHAT?

[@eternaldata556]

Pokémon is not just an animated series or a video game franchise, it's an emotion that rages through my veins

[@parijatdiwan809]

Yes mine too for 24 years

[@joshuasuess8883]

@@parijatdiwan809 not 25 though just 24

[@manjularanjan6608]

I like this

[@LycanMOON]

@@parijatdiwan809 It’s only been 6 years for me

[@cosmictrainer2919]

10 years for me

[@alexc2265]

The Under in Pokémon Colosseum was really cool to visit but was underground, run by Cipher, and met its end before the sequel. Maybe good for a cautious visit or waiting till the postgame period.

[@verylostdoommarauder]

The thing about Lacunosa Town is that 1. They never show nor name someone who was taken and eaten recently and 2. Assuming you live there after the events of the BW and BW2 games, either way, Kyurem has canonically been captured.

[@pokepazion]

“What is the local government doing in this town?” I felt that.

[@royshaheer]

Probably vacationing at PKMN equivalent of Bahama's!

[@kerrywien6775]

Giant Chasm is also dangerous area to explore since a legendary dragon/ice type monstrous dragon pokemon is said to resides on that area and is said to eat people and pokemons at nighttime.

[@jameson_coasterlover3411]

Probably working on a new repel like a super ultra repel

[@romeonantenaina2067]

Thats what I wonder about my town, but I live in the UK so weed is what I'm.used to

[@ashishmehta8342]

@@kerrywien6775 That is Kyurem

[@AbsolXGuardian]

You know it never occured to me that Po Town was forcibly taken over. I assumed that it was abandoned for whatever reason and then Team Skull took it over, denying it from its new legal owner. But I think offical lore allows either version

[@thegreatbeavers]

The Alola Region, Po Town, Team Skull.... Seems like Gamefreak really did their research. That's sounds alot like Waianae XD

[@AbsolXGuardian]

@@thegreatbeavers I assume you mean Pu’uhonua o Waianae. That was the only thing about Waianae that resembles Po Town. And yeah, Po Town being a homeless encampment making the use of abandoned buildings makes sense. It also adds more depth to Team Skull's whole "we're only pretending to be evil" thing and would be consistent with Plumeria's characterization in Masters. It's just a mess because Team Skull aren't going to be that competent of community organizers. Also while Po comes from Hawaiian for darkness and Pu'uhonua means refugee, their first syllables are very similar.

[@SixArmedSweater]

I think Team Skull might *be* the locals.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

@@SixArmedSweater That would also be consistent with Hawaii. Buying a house there as a local is very hard, as most property is owned by people from out of state as their second vacation home or as companies running another tourist geared business. A resort goes up instead of a neighborhood. A hotel goes up instead of an apartment building. So a bunch of locals pretending to be tough without the logistical knowledge to do a well run off the grid community taking over a failed resort fits.

[@chriswentz5197]

Po town is literally living at Rio de janeiro in brazil,i dont live in there i live in like Vilhena rondonia(if you never heard of it thats ok pretty much the only thing this town is known for is probably being a footnote in a book) and its so different no cap

[@renownedbandanawearer1345]

Blackthorn City having a fairly safe exit at least helps. In emergencies they can evacuate down the mountain even if returning is slower and more difficult.

[@TTALeapMonster]

You mentioned SO many Hoenn towns already but Fallarbor town is covered in ash to the point that everyone is suffocating and Lavaridge is super inaccessable. Only able to get to it by fly or through the cable car then traveling town a super steep volcanic ridge.

[@awkwardsilence3951]

"I like my sunlight" *Photosynthesis flashbacks*

[@royalred4668]

Haha!!

[@thatnerdwithglasses8384]

Pain

[@ethantreadway9478]

SOLAR BEAM

[@robertlupa8273]

@@royalred4668 Please don't say that. I'm getting grunty boi PTSD and I don't like it.

[@tabegailfrancs1sc05]

Mikey used sunny day

[@MushKinPuff]

I love that Grunty Boy has this ongoing lore across every sponsorship

[@dommydom95]

@Griffin Calder even if grunty boi is in a advertisement I still will skip

[@yutomaikeru1967]

I always skip his advertising

[@jeffreygao3956]

He got Grimer stench on Michael.

[@twopercent5718]

9:24 That’s not to mention the sinking effect demonstrated in the games is caused by a pre-teen. I’m quite thin for my age but the average pre-teen would almost definitely way more than me. An adult trying to walk on the rafts would likely sink to or past their ankles, and considering the rafts are made of bound logs, an uneven surface, there’s a significant risk of slipping.

[@AisuKibaMystic]

Let’s not forget Pacifidlog town, least for the old games, didn’t have any “shallow water” areas so you can assume Sharpedo, Tentacruel, even Wailmer would be happily stopping by the city. Imagine just walking across some planks to go to the Pokémon Center and a Sharpedo helps you meet your demise.

[@adiscontinuedchannel.8209]

“I wouldn’t want to live in tapu village.” Acerola: “Are you sure about that?”

[@modelomegatyler]

why?

[@hypertension6572]

her house is at tapu village

[@adiscontinuedchannel.8209]

@@hypertension6572 I know, that’s why I said acerola.

[@hypertension6572]

@@adiscontinuedchannel.8209 no i meant to say to the guy who said why?

[@adiscontinuedchannel.8209]

@@hypertension6572 that makes a lot of sense now, sorry I didn’t realize that.

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

Guess a Pokemon with Teleport would be handy to get to and out of some of these places

[@ejey9694]

@Nathanael make that 2 ;)

[@ahebeshere5842]

Giving a man a job of teleporter with his pokemon? That’s a pretty good idea

[@endslayer5133]

Aside from the fact that you can only tp to pokemon centers that you were last at because reasons

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

@@endslayer5133 I meant in the 'anime variation' of Teleport there was the one D/P episode where the chick with an Abra used Teleport for Ash and the gang to get to Hearthome City.

[@tuckertrueblood308]

What about fly

[@LadybirdG]

The Pearl Settlement in the Hisui region (the predecessor of Snowpoint City) doesn't seems that bad for me.....they at least seems to have several hot springs that would help to make the snow and cold a bit bearable 🙂

[@stevenpeven258]

Yeah, team skull may not be the biggest, flashiest or most threatening villains you come across in the games, but they have arguably made more progress than most of the other teams by completely taking over Po town. A feat that’s arguably only equaled by team yell with Spikemuth, and only really surpassed long term by Team Rocket / Rainbow Rocket. Mainly because by the time you show up and give them what for in the generation one games, they’ve already established themselves as ma massive organised crime syndicate, that had enough going for it that they keep coming back after each consecutive smack down they get. (Yes they basically have nostalgia and plot armour on their side, but that’s besides the point)

[@DigiplayW8]

"I'd be stuck in the mountain accounting all day" lmao

[@fallenolympian9860]

Tik Tok accountant? 😳

[@samfoster5442]

Michael doesnt like snow/ice, and appreciates his sunlight. Conclusion: Michael is a grass type pokemon

[@fortymcmeme3846]

Photosynthesis

[@AmorphousPrimordia]

begins photosynthesis

[@Masked_Darkness]

@@fortymcmeme3846 I was going to say that :(

[@jackieplant9256]

No more hail yeah only damn sun

[@NarutoBunshin18]

Hence why Sceptile is one of his favorites

[@xavierhenke7230]

Your sponsorship skits are so creative and fun! 😂

[@Coontoons]

4:09 *pauses* DIDJA THINK ABOUT THAT?! I'm weak 🤣🤣🤣

[@Flugzeugdreger]

I just love how he goes from death by volcano to "Nah, I dont wanna climb ladders"

[@Someone-ro5ct]

🌋 💀 🌴😒

[@CW-po4bx]

I mean, the groceries would just fall out of the tree house

[@tornadey018]

"It snowed here...and our whole state broke." Yeah sounds about right.

[@Sianistic]

Greenlanders: "The snow melded and our whole country broke"

[@solgaleo3533]

Me, a Canadian: pathetic (sorry to be rude)

[@draglingstudios5418]

**PTSD Flashbacks**

[@muffin_the_dog121]

*2018 flashbacks* it literally snowed like 3 feet in one year here in Illinois

[@easymodegamer501]

This is the ultimate way to describe how hot it is in Texas.

[@ladyalesiel4209]

I would also argue that if you live in the Ballonlea town in Galar, if you leave, you gotta watch out for not only impadimp, but other dangerous fairy type pokemon known to hurt humans (looking at you morelull and shiinotic). Even so, I would probably chill there if I couldn’t afford rent in Celadon or Goldenrod lol

[@martynicholls5689]

With Pacifidlog town. The most pressing issue is supply, but storms actually aren't as bad as you'd think, there are real world towns that are built out of reeds including the 'ground' they float on. It is not the best place for most people to live as you can imagine and so this town is still very remote and a supply shortage would lead to the death of the populace. It's just the storms aren't nearly as bad as you originally mentioned, still a great video, good job.

[@joshuahunt3032]

When I first played the Gen 2 remakes and reached Cinnibar Island, my first thought was to pray that the people living on the island were able to completely evacuate.

[@pikasup1696]

Theory: Michael is a cherrim because he keeps mentioning "his sunlight"

[@Snowthree]

No. We know he's a Castform who loves his Sunny Day form.

[@thatfourkinnie6077]

He's a Cherrim, a Castform that likes being in their Sunny Day form and a Sunflora all in a human flesh suit.

[@diamondmoonwolf]

I love cherrim 😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰

[@isseiddraig2132]

*Photosynthesis Intensifies*

[@kerrywien6775]

Giant Chasm is also dangerous area to explore since a legendary dragon/ice type monstrous dragon pokemon is said to resides on that area and is said to eat people and pokemons at nighttime.

[@RandallStevenson]

well, in the anime, they stayed in the Pokemon Centers like hotels, so in the games, all of each town or island's (including post eruption Cinnabar) inhabitants could all be living in the Pokemon Center, assuming they all have steady supply chains.

[@AlexanderIsntThatCoolTBH]

Lesson learned : Mikey doesn’t like being isolated Mikey like’s his sunlight

[@TheRibottoStudios]

Okay so we know where Mikey wouldn't want to live. Now I'd like to see 13 places he WOULD like to live. Although Mikey is a Hoenn baby, I'm willing to bet that a lot of places high on his list, would be in Alola. Because he likes his photosynthesis.

[@MariOmor1]

Alola is my favorite region and hence I have a lot of places to recommend for him.

[@thefinephione355]

@@MariOmor1 You're from sinnoh.

[@anurodhpathak9725]

Pretty sure a lot of people would have Lumiose City or Nimbasa City as their top pick for obvious reasons.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@anurodhpathak9725 I actually would have to pick Anistar City or Shalour City. One has the stunning gem that allows mega evolution and would make for great r and r spot, the other is a nice coastal town with the tower of mastery. Plus in the anime Shalour looks HELLA nice. And its close to reflection cave. I like living in an area that has geographic diversity. Its why I love Arizona. You have the desert sure. But flagstaff is a 4 hour drive from Tucson or two hour drive from phoenix and is home to the grand canyon and one of the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world. For unova yeah nimbasa is too busy for me I'd go with Aspertia city. Can get there by boat, so it has the coast and the mountains where you can see all of unova.

[@stephenfong1144]

@@anurodhpathak9725 The music? Yeah.

[@-jonahdrake-]

Honestly starting to think that grunty boi is actually just Michael's roommate at this point. He's literally just that terrible dorm frat boy that you get stuck with in your junior year lol

[@TheRibottoStudios]

OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOM-MATES!

[@rossmusic25]

They could even be the same person

[@lilkirbyhasdream7894]

@@rossmusic25 nah that's impossible

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@rossmusic25 that's crazy talk

[@jeffdeadman2370]

@@rossmusic25 they're clearly in the same room of course they're different people

[@crafty453]

0:18 Mikey: "If there's gonna be giant fire-breathing dragons just walking around, them blasting me needs to do no more than cover me in some soot." Captions: "If there's gonna be giant fire-breathing dragons just walking around them, blasting me needs to do no more than cover me in some suit."

[@hollyflights]

As someone who already refuses to go out after sundown, Lacunosa Town is literally my ideal town.

[@Cy-Fi]

You forgot to mention there’s either a powerful whale or a weird lava creature inside of Sootopolis that can literally make you drown or get buried alive at any second.

[@jevonwoodsjr4873]

Just swim lol

[@bryanlemmens68]

I think groudon is supposed to be a salamander kinda like vah rudania in Botw

[@Alphapkmn]

@@bryanlemmens68 Groudon actually lives in Mount Chimney, Kyogre lives off in some cavern a short distance away (Emerald)

[@yeets_galore]

you mean Kyogre or Groudon????

[@Void_Echoes]

@@Alphapkmn Yeah, Sootopolis is just where they go to battle Following the Emerald story, Kyogre is still in the Seafloor Cavern as they both are in Ruby, Sapphire and ORAS, and Groudon is in the Jagged Pass (?) going up to Mt. Chimney, where the Magma Base was built

[@maxenglish5106]

"I'm gonna assume that the towns have a realistic number of buildings and houses And that they don't all face the same way" Hilarious observation we've all subconsciously thought about

[@gatorkid509]

11:16 This is actually one of the few times I think the anime had a better anime equivalent to the games. The anime made Ever Grande City an actual city, with buildings and people actually living there. It baffles me to this day that ORAS didn't give the city a complete makeover( A.k.a. an actual city) like they did with Mauville City. It would be understandable if the reason Ever Grande City was underdeveloped then originally planned due to the GBA's limited power at the time. But no, it was just like that all along! Why did they even name it if it was just an extension of Route 128?!?!?!?!

[@isenokami7810]

14:00 Okay, fair point…but if a skilled Trainer caught Kyurem, then Lacunosa would be fine, right?

[@paulschultz8011]

“I like my sunlight!” Mikey is a grass type confirmed

[@madethistocomment727]

Or 🔥

[@WalnutAnimations]

But sunlight powers up fire types so woud'nt that make it easier for them to kill him?

[@madethistocomment727]

"I like my sunlight" Flashback to the pokemon type stereotypes Fire: THE WEATHER TODAY.....IS...... BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

[@thaiangquoc9505]

@@WalnutAnimations not if I activate Chrollophyl and Sleep Powder them

[@paulschultz8011]

@@WalnutAnimations you could make an argument for either Sunny day= fire Solar beam= grass

[@L0AD1NG_SCR33N]

Mikey when he goes to a place with a permanent weather that isnt sunny: *Where Sunlight?*

[@saumyatyagi6763]

Lemme be the first comment

[@alexwolf3476]

Take a shot every time Mikey says "I like my sunlight!" Haha love the videos, keep them coming!

[@KingOfSciliy]

Paldea (based on Mikey's parameters): - Montenevera (permananent snow and too cold for Mikey) - Alfornada (really isolated, only available via a cave system while other side is a downwards waterfall) Kitakami (based on Mikey's parameters): none (there's only one settlement and while isolated it does have a connecting bus service)

[@kookiekracie1915]

Nintendo: lets just make some fun cities, surely no one would question the impracticality of it Mikey: allow me to introduce myself

[@JaelinBezel]

You have to admit that Pacifidlog has a pretty neat premise

[@slyar]

Game Freak

[@TheMiddleAgeWeeb]

in summary: Michael loves his sunshine, and he is always worried about his food supplies.

[@alexandratheavenger3436]

Great video, dude! Very well thought out!

[@brendiesel386]

10:11 “Just keep eating fish?!” Me: yes Idk I thought that was so funny

[@CJ-fu5tf]

Dr Squatch has never had a better ad than that shower scene

[@dawnbelleini8036]

The worrying thing is how Michael had that image in his brain? Was he in the shower with him?

[@yeetgamerytplays5204]

Lol tru

[@paulschultz8011]

Trey Kennedy’s comes close but you’re right

[@Sideqazxsw]

@@dawnbelleini8036 Maybe that's why Grunty Boi said they were shower buddies.

[@nickbelouin1120]

False.... donut media

[@zirzeus2645]

I love how no one has ever mentioned the fact that in alola the second island has an active volcano, so there’s always the risk for the whole island becoming destroyed

[@joshuaespinoza2117]

Yeah and they also have a trial there

[@sieragagne532]

The Tapus can supress or redirect any volcanic activity. Koko to control the volcanic lightning and push away smog, Fini to cool the lava, Bulu to plant new growth, Lele to heal anyone hurt by the volcano.

[@joshuaespinoza2117]

@@sieragagne532 oh really, I didn't know that

[@zirzeus2645]

@@sieragagne532 The thing is that i would prefer to detonate a nuke on the island before being helped by the OU meta itself, and as far as i know, they stick to their islands so lele could help, but only lele and that still does not remove the actual danger of a volcanic eruption: ash and toxic vapors

[@peachiequeen3897]

@@zirzeus2645 Plus the Tapu are said to be super fickle, so there's no telling whether they would even help if something did happen

[@2legit2quit70]

When I worked in ethanol plants some of those ladders were over 300 ft tall. Sometimes I’d get scared and get stuck on the ladder and once I got to the top I couldn’t make that leap to get over the edge so I’d climb back down 😅

[@swampygaming2975]

It’s a good thing the Pokémon center in geosenge town managed to escape while the ultimate weapon was being released and then destroyed (literally it’s not there in the cutscene lol 😆)

[@mynameis_ehe8373]

I always saw Po town as an abandoned town that nobody was living in, so the people in team skull who were obviously doing it rough all moved in as a giant family. There are pretty much only two competent people in the whole organisation, so I can’t imagine them being able to take over an entire populated town without the intervention of the police.

[@siaskies1704]

You have a point, but it's also specifically stated that the police do not care what happens there. Nanu tells you outright that if you die, you die, and he's not going in for your body. Of course, we know Team Skull is pretty harmless, but we play as immigrants from Kanto, an arguably more dangerous region. Our trainer is never afraid of them.

[@ryppt]

@@siaskies1704 This. Nanu: "Can get pretty rough here at night." Player: *Shows Kanto ID.* 2 hours later Player is sitting in Guzma's chair. 2 days later Player defeats Necroma. 3 days later Player is first Alolan champion.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Yes, the average Team Skull member is incompetent, but they still have Pokémon. I can actually see then shunting unarmed civilians out of this town.

[@Apollo_G]

@@gengarzilla1685 yea but most average citizens in the pokemon world also have pokemon, they're just not trainers. they have them as pets, but they would still know some moves

[@jmansword]

team skull didn't force anyone out po town was abandoned BEFORE they moved in

[@ubercow6611]

Mikey everytime he mentions a town/city without sunlight: *P* *H* *O* *T* *O* *S* *Y* *N* *T* *H* *E* *S* *I* *S*

[@spiritmanderthecharmander5666]

YES LOL

[@TheBallWithTheShield]

dang it you beat me to it by 9 hours...

[@Sunflowertheleafwing]

Snowpoint city sounds so cool, I love snow so much, my dream is a snow fort, I wait all year for the first snow and feel so disappointed when it doesn’t snow and have I said how much I love snow!

[@pikachu5664]

It would be cool if mt ember was the volcano on cinnabar island, it would make a lot more sense because the other places you can catch legendary birds is in the main map and also because there really is a volcano on cinnabar according to every kanto map in existence.

[@HakonArnin]

I might be in danger of getting eaten by a frozen dragon monster - Mikey 2021

[@Blank-lq2lr]

Good one

[@anyathepanther7977]

"Assuming that the houses dont all face in the same direction!" How have i never noticed this?! 😲🤦‍♀️

[@oa_swift3694]

17:18 its funny you said that because I would love to see more environment alternating stories in pokemon

[@ShiyarokuBasil]

Omg! I think living in Pacifidlog Town sounds amazing! I've always dreamed about living on a houseboat or on a ship. (I actually planned on living and working on a ship for a year or something, but before I could apply covid came and ... well ...) Being near water (preferable where I can swim) (and the closer the better) is my number one condition when moving.

[@kirinotosaki9004]

Mikey: "Im from Texas, it snowed, the whole country broke." Tropical Countries: "You guys are getting snow?"

[@AustinSPTD1996]

Texas is a state.

[@robertharris6092]

@@AustinSPTD1996 and is bigger than most of said countries.

[@Redfork2000]

As a person who has lived in Texas and in a tropical country, I can say that the heat in Texas during summer is a more extreme, but it does get colder during the winter. In the tropical country I live in now, heat doesn't get as extreme as it does in Texas during the summer, but instead it lasts pretty much all year long. The only difference is that half of the year it rains almost all the time, and half of the year it doesn't. That being said, while I'm used to living in hot places, I really would love to be somewhere cold for a change. While I was in Texas winter was actually my favorite time of the year because it was colder.

[@RepeatingCycle]

Yessssss

[@itzlapis_]

Country?

[@Parhel1on]

Michael in Fortree: Do you mean to tell me that Nincada just crawl into your house at night?! Fortree residents: No, no, no… they live underground. Spinarak, though …

[@tylerracero6646]

I’d imagine Cascoon being a real pain to deal with. Wurmple seem innocent enough, but Cascoon and Dustox come with a vengeance.

[@jaredcrabb]

Id love to wake up to one. Maybe not necessarily on my face, but Id still love it.

[@Arek.Arkadiusz]

07:57 have you ever heard about a backpack? It's the invention that allows you to carry object without using your hands. As the name may suggest - it's a pack that's worn on your back. Quite handy.

[@permeus2nd]

17:44 personally the whole zone is a massive nope from me I’m allergic to heat and even been in the UK it gets too warm for me (granted my bedroom regularly exceeds 30c and in a heatwave can hit 40+c) my preferred place to live would actually be someplace like winterspring from world of Warcraft (for any that have not played wow the zone has a purple sky to it that you get from almost dry snow storms, you could almost call it cosy snow) I can’t say I’ve seen a place like this in the Pokemon games but ied be setting up home there if I found one.

[@BigGoronSword]

"What if I wasn't a trainer? What if I was an accountant" that made me laugh and I don't know why

[@GreenLink500]

My mom is an accountant and she approves of this comment

[@ezekielbaskerville2710]

Well turns out you can be an accountant while still being one of the best trainers in the region. Now I didn't say it's healthy, just look at poor Larry, but it is possible.

[@thelordbidoof4457]

Lavender Town and Lavaridge Town: *are we a joke to you?*

[@amirahmednur1631]

Right? Lavender town is haunted in the canon lol

[@lycantabris]

@@amirahmednur1631 Just means you're never alone, even if you're by yourself!

[@AmiaN25]

Lavender Town’s just a graveyard. And Lavaridge is near a volcano.

[@SilverAceOfSpades]

@@AmiaN25 Lavaridge also probably has a lot of volcanic ash.

[@marinanieto7670]

To be honest id prefer living in lavender in lavaridge your lungs fuckin fossilise

[@Amit180s]

“Tapu Village is a historical site with a Pokémon center that I would not live in. There’s nothing there.” *Looks at Mount Lanakila and the Pokémon League*

[@AloneTheorist]

Living in fortree seems a good way to meet rare Pokémon, imagine waking up in the morning to a site of a shedinja sitting on the window sill looking at you longingly or a caterpie curling up at your feet to stay out of the rain. Adorable.

[@zentendoxn8955]

Me waiting for his top picks for Pokémon World locations he WOULD most likely choose to live in.

[@mrperson9838]

*sceptile*

[@papermarx6175]

sun

[@zentendoxn8955]

@@mrperson9838 ?

[@zentendoxn8955]

@@papermarx6175 ?

[@zentendoxn8955]

@A Astro I’ll assume you were talking about my response to ‘paper marx’, but that comment, even when I first saw it, made more sense as a reply to my initial comment than Wooper’s. That seems more like it’s trying to be free clout for MandJTV.

[@CarnivorousConnor]

8:22 I could imagine just waking up and seeing a shiny wurmple crawling in through the window. Fortree city must be the shiny bug type hunter paradise

[@casual3123]

One place I would love to live is Pokétopia in Pokémon Battle Revolution. It could be a bit loud with the announcer all the time but hey, a big city full of all sorts of Pokémon themed buildings is neat.

[@Mizumii25]

I don't recall seeing one, but I would like to see you do a video about placed you WOULD love to live in in the pokemon world. perhaps one for each region or contenders or something. and ima be honest: i think i was (and still am) one of the rare few where i've never imagined myself living in the pokemon world. Idk, just never occured to me. Just like I don't think I'd have a single main type and if any type fit me, my personal opinion is normal and larry tends to..... resonate way too much with me that it's kinda scary....