The Best & Worst Cities in Every Pokemon Region

These are the best and worst cities in Pokemon!
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[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

The fact you can't enter Paldean buildings kinda sucks

[@thewhatness]

It definitely affects the memorability of the areas. But it _does_ turn out that there are models for building interiors with interactable NPC's from data dumps, so it was likely planned, but scrapped due to scheduling prioritization.

[@NockLegacy]

Not kinda, it does suck

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

It’s pretty tragic 😢

[@dayvonlouis5187]

@@JPRPokeTrainer98but it is expected 20+ years and Game freak still isn’t ready for a game with a scope like that especially when the uniqueness and atmosphere of the towns in Galar and Paldea are mostly lacking here’s a test ask a friend of your who plays Pokémon to name 5 different locations in Paldea that is not mezagosa, levincia or area zero and if they can’t do so in less than 20 seconds that should be reference for how memorable Paldea as a whole is most people I’ll bet that grew up with the franchise can name atleast 10+ from kanto to alola like the back of their hand

[@Josh-qt5zi]

​@dayvonlouis5187 Honestly, this why it better just one town/city in game like Jubilife village than multiple of empty one's

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

In defense of Viridian City, I think it's a really interesting twist that this tiny quiet town you barely even think twice about is the base of operations for who is most likely Kanto's most wanted criminal

[@mattitude4464]

Hiding in plain sight. Same with him being a gym leader. One of the most noticeable professions.

[@cassowary1817]

Makeshift base while he tries to get his team back together anyway, but being his origin and his real job is still quite the twist.

[@ashmander3465]

There's even a drunk old man in town too

[@atomicpunk2360]

Giovanni is kinda similar to the mayor in Weeds lol

[@BlazingCyberKnight95]

Don’t forget that Snowpoint City has one of the most evil Pokemon Character ever created.

[@TheFirstCurse1]

Who?

[@jameszetterman4487]

​@@TheFirstCurse1 Mindy

[@ShadowBlade1994]

​@@jameszetterman4487also fun fact, Mindy has a dedicated sub reddit hating her just because she put an Everstone to her Haunter 😂

[@MyNameIsNigel]

Never Forget Mindy

[@TheFirstCurse1]

@@ShadowBlade1994 OH THAT PERSON.

[@HybridHero]

Celadon City had everything man, water, buildings, nearby grass, Snorlax, crazy pokemart, evolutionary stones, Eevee, and who could forget… GAMBLING 💸💸💸

[@lightyoshiman]

and a gym full of girls

[@thinandminty]

I used to spend so much time in Celadon. Mostly because of the theme, but I also love how lively it feels.

[@darrellholland-ry2tg]

@@lightyoshiman roshi and steve smith would be in heaven

[@gabrielvictorsousa]

is celadon the one with the girl and the boyfriend and the brother??

[@cinder.ace_trainer9029]

Paldea really is bare bones. The route before snowpoint city has more heat than the city has in terms of music. Then in Unova we really got 3 bangers in a row from castellia to driftveil in both versions

[@smackjack78]

Nimbasa is my favorite city. Not only does it remind me of home with it being heavily inspired by Coney Island, but so much plot stuff happens here. Just as one example, we get N’s reveal of being a part of Team Plasma just before a gym battle. This place is pretty hype

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Coney Island gaaang

[@Volkaroar]

One thing that was skipped out on was the Join Avenue addition in B2W2 which is a great area to get extra bonus items and features like iv training right at the front of Nimbasa, to add to its credit. It's basically the one city you can spend so much time per day there before doing anything else in the game.

[@krillffxiv5021]

Hello fellow ny citizen!

[@blues4509]

Fellow New Yorkers! Hello!

[@Gyokuro_Ch.4801]

I hate to be a nerd but... For those who read this comment, I came here to let you all know that the giant in Turrfield is NOT based on Stonehenge. In fact, it's based on a different historical site known as "The Cerne Abbas Giant" in Wessex.

[@ulmwilliams57]

THANK YOU! Someone else who understands that this was based on Hill Figures and not Stonehenge. Fortunately that didn't copy the Giant too closely

[@hadzicrae5364]

10:32 i wasnt paying attention and heard "Bianca's father comes back for her AND is revealed as the king of Team Plasma". i kinda wish that was the actual plot twist now 😭

[@lightyoshiman]

Bianca father has a somewhat opposite goal of ghestis while he wants all trainers to let their pokemon go so he can rule Biancas father wants all young trainers to stay with their parents forever that way a young protagonist won't arise to foil his plans like the other villains

[@errorbirdesther]

I would so play a rom hack of gen 5 if that was the plot !

[@TaylorReedHudson]

From an aesthetic point, Ballonlea is probably my favorite town in the series. It's so stunning and atmospheric. Which is why it pains me to no end we do absolutely nothing there and have no reason to stay or go back.

[@i-likeyummystuff]

i know right it had so much potential 😭 my personal headcanon is that when you go past the houses in the front where you see in the game there are many more houses and people :D but if i were to live anywhere in the pokemon series i would live in galar, in ballonlea

[@ElizabethCherryBlossom]

Yeah! As I was playing pokemon Shield and I walked into Ballonlea I fell in love! I loved how pretty it looked. It's my favorite fairy type theme city!

[@HoennMaster]

Happy to see you pick Ecruteak over Goldenrod because I agree. For Sinnoh I really love Solaceon Town. It’s at a crossroads for going basically every direction in Eastern Sinnoh, nearby Route 209 is beautiful and it’s part of a decent egg hatching route. Shoutout to Aspertia City in Unova for being a cool starter town because of the Gym and lookout. For Kalos I absolutely love Laverre City because of the theme. Circhester in Galar is a cool town as well. I liked Casscarafa as well because water, but hate that it’s next to the desert so the sand is blowing around a lot. Artazon is probably my favorite. Windmill, hedge maze, playground, lots of flowers, beautiful. I also love the simplicity of Medali. Not a huge town, but has the amphitheater in town, the Treasure Eatery, and has great views of Glaseado Mountain and Casseroya Lake.

[@benjaminwilliamson8653]

For coumarine city, you claim to see an area that is unexplorable. The area you see from the distance, is the area you came from first, rotated 90 degress so that the game could have explanation for its route and city design while working with a fixed camera.

[@therfrouge456]

For Hoenn I would argue Evergrande City is the worst city since what there is in that city is a Pokémon Center and uh …….

[@aaronthesaxman660]

But some bopping music

[@blues4509]

Really would've been awesome if it was an actual city full of highly skilled trainers that all congregated there, training to beat the league. Would flesh out the challenge that is the elite four if people failed to best them so many times they just built a city outside of their HQ for all of the regular challengers.

[@ivanzoneBR]

I dont know why but I never see nobody talking about the cities and towns from Alola.

[@5ashll303]

Yeah and I think most of them are awesome

[@SpookyBits]

I personally can't remember any of them and am fine leaving it that way. Very few remain memorable from a gameplay perspective and the 3D didn't translate well to exploration or sense of wonder the previous games did well in 2D. It all felt so small and in the moment. Not meant to last or leave strong impressions on their own.

[@ScubaShark8857]

It’s really bizarre. While Alola doesn’t have the most cities at all, it definitely has some of the most memorable (although not really by name). Seafolk Village and Mali City alone are fantastic, and the city Olivia lives in is absolutely beautiful.

[@5ashll303]

@@ScubaShark8857 yeah. It feels like the cities have a purpose and I do love all of them. I really think the trial sites not being cities but instead landmarks really works to alola’s benefit. Or maybe I’m just biased since gen 7 is my favourite Pokémon gen?

[@ivanzoneBR]

​@@5ashll303 So thats might be why I see mostly no one praising Alola cities and towns, because the natural landmarks overshadow the civilization.

[@kotoneshiomi8882]

I came from the future. A Greek region is highly speculated to be 10th gen base

[@zaiahxiii5965]

So it's still just a rumor?

[@kotoneshiomi8882]

@zaiahxiii5965 i think?

[@richardtaveras3593]

It’s like they sacrificed so much to make SV open world only for the open world to be so bland, lifeless, and forgettable

[@ginak5802]

I like SV for the most part, but there is a serious lack of charm (?). I'm not sure what to call it, but I don't find myself wanting to replay SV the same way I enjoyed ORAS or even HGSS.

[@MrsLittletall]

@@ginak5802 Funnily enough I love the charm of SV. I love chilling with the Pokémon. It is the only game where I can just chill with Goomy in a cave. The non aggressive Pokémon coming up to you and being curious adds sooo much charm to me. I wanted this since I was a little girl. But also I am biased towards SV since it helped me through a HORRIBLE time in my life and now the game is my second favourite after Sinnoh (which also helped me through a bad time of my life).

[@ganoninthepit]

It makes the whole thing not worthwhile at all to me tbh. Why bother having all this empty space only to do nothing with it? It makes the whole game feel like a chore.

[@Monty2289]

This is what I mean by scale. No one really want a giant open world pokemon. Literally if they simply just increased the scale of major areas shorten all route but really filled them to the brim with interesting things i.e. just made a more robost Gen 6/7 game S/V could have been incredible. IT's what these game devs need to learn. Giant lifeless worlds aren't my idea of a good time. Tight but really well made areas with lots of content.

[@Primzyy55]

This is why I liked Legends Arceus so much, every place felt full of life

[@ShadowXeldron]

I really look back fondly on Lumiose City. Getting lost in there was practically the main thing I did on my Pokemon Y save file and the Looker Quest made it stand out in my mind even more. Where'd Looker go, anyway?

[@Josh-qt5zi]

After my sour experience with scarlet and violet waiting a long time for the new game I'm be in an refreshing mind for legend Z-A

[@manupm9161]

11:21 What are you talking about? What can be seen from over there is literally what you can explore before riding the monorail...

[@tpsam]

He was tripping with this one

[@garchompelago]

My favorite town of all Pokemon is probably Undella town. Depending on the season, the music will either be upbeat or mellow. Its also a beach with access to underwater tunnel which allows you have have a beautiful ocean view. You can even dive to go treasure hunting. Amazing sights and adventures in just one town. *Just ignore that one house in the middle. Dont go near there.*

[@leeeroyjenkins555]

In Hoehn the worst city should be Ever Grande City. Makes you think is gonna be this GRAND place with all sorts of things and stuff... but is just some pillars and the league. If anything, Wyndon feels like what Ever Grande should have been. (Music is even similar!) Then again, you could also say the battle frontier is what ever grande could have been

[@ClaraFinn]

The fact that ever grande is classed as a city is really weird. It was never “indigo city” in the first two gens because they knew it was just the Pokémon league

[@justinn8541akaDrPokemon]

I don't even know a single town from Paldea because of how forgettable they are.

[@Castersvarog]

I genuinely had to google search the city names during the quiz you’re given before the elite 4 because genuinely nothing is memorable about Paldeas cities

[@franknova987]

I mostly visit Larry's and Iono's city do to the soundtrack of their cities but yeah...

[@TheBestEver1998]

There are like 4 important cities in the whole game. The one with the daily rotation market, the one with the restaurant terra dish, the one in the mountains where you hyper train your monsters and Mesagoza with the Delibird shops / plot relevance

[@pokebattles9781]

Same other than Mesagoza because you have to come back to that city the most and the academy is there. However it says enough you can't even name them. I have the same really with Sword and Shield. I also don't know everyone of them

[@joltx9909]

While I remember liking snowpoint as a child, snowbelle city in X and Y does the same thing but better in every way

[@SpookyBits]

The Snowpoint slander will NOT go unaccounted for.

[@paulparker6645]

gen 5 music might be mostly all amazing but you gotta give village bridge best town music (maybe town in genral too) and the way you can add to the music by interacting with the town members so amazing

[@kalosianporygon]

BW are also the first game where every settlement has its own unique music.

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

TRUE

[@CrimpyPlate]

I feel like Medali is a pretty good contender in Paldea. It has the only gym battle that takes place in a unique location, the Treasure Eatery. Plus, if you fight online, you've got pretty good reason to go back there in order to change a pokemon's tera type

[@AJ-ey5eh]

It’s the only one I remember NGL 😂😂

[@pokemfan951]

Only problem: aside from the Treasure Eatery, there's no reason to ever go there. No Delibird Presents (battle items), no Chansey Supply (vitamins/mints), and too many restaurants to actually decide what Food Powers to use (Yes, I know picnics, but still).

[@Jlaps941]

Plus it’s Larry’s town. Enough said

[@miikaroos3809]

All Gym Battles take place in unique locations. Larry's Gym Battle is just the only one that happens inside a building.

[@Zactoshi]

Bringing back Lumiose Trainer Zac for this video 😎

[@sylvelouise8388]

Actually, you do have access to the whole Coumarine city. The part you can see from afar in the upper part is actually the harbor, at the other end of the monorail (just rotated). And between the two, there seems to only be plains, trees and cliffs. I also kinda like the idea that the upper part of Coumarine and Route 13 is rotated compared to the rest of the region

[@Jimmymusic14]

I have to disagree with you on the worst Alola town. It’s obviously Megalopolis.

[@Volkaroar]

Technically, that isn't even in the Alola region. It's an otherworldly city.

[@dekumidoriya2928]

​@@Volkaroar And it isn't even made like any other town there, it's literally just an elevator and a straight path, has no healing or purchasing options, serves more like a battle location than anything else, and is a "city" just because that's what the design was meant to be Tho i absolutely hope for it to be developed in any Alola legends game, don't get me wrong i too got disappointed when i saw how bare bones it is

[@TheForNoReason]

Dear JPR, your videos bring me joy and your intro always puts a smile on my face

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Glad you enjoy them!

[@wikiuser92]

A new JPR video after sauna has become a weekly routine for me. What a nice way to spend my evening, so thanks for that!

[@nachobaeza]

They really dropped the ball in the last 2 gens huh... At least SwSh's cities were pretty (if empty), but SV's are just disgraceful. Like the footage you showed of the Charcadet town made me think "ew"

[@utatanepiko7087]

I get the reason for it, because there's very few loading zones, but like...come on. Surely since it's on the switch, it could've even bigger. Also the only differences between them is the Delibird Presents stock The only loading zones I can think of is going into buildings, going to the DLC areas, going into Area Zero, using the games equivalent of fly, going to your classes, going between rooms in the two schools, and doing rematch tournaments

[@icetypejulia]

The real life Stonehenge was also an ancient burial ground so that could potentially be why they didn't do much with it in the games

[@mr.Arsene]

6:19 do NOT pass this guy the Aux😭🙏

[@hinderance2284]

Eterna I think is my favorite in Sinnoh, it has a bangin song and you get so much stuff to do in it! From the gym to the bike shop to the underground man to the team galactic building, the game really opens up once you reach Eterna. Plus it’s steeped in the region’s story and history

[@Yuzrnaime]

My favorite city in all of Pokemon is Virbank City, and this is mainly just because of how sentimental it is to me. Pittsburgh is the city I grew up in (and still reside to this day), and Virbank reminds me of so many areas in Pittsburgh that it just feels so nostalgic to me.

[@MrsLittletall]

Really surprised to not see Hearthome mentioned, my favourite Sinnoh Town! I love how cozy the town feels and there is a lot to do there with the contest hall and taking Pokémon on walk, a gym and you can cook the Poké sweets (forgot their English name). I spent sooo much time there in my first playthrough.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Considering that the Lake of Rage was meant to be its own town in the beta, I can’t help but feel that they should’ve merged the scrapped Town of Rage and Mahogany town. Anyways, I’m a fan of how New Bark Town led into Kanto and it’d be cool if they did it again in a future game but up to eleven. Like having your starting town feature the Pokemon League Reception Gate which leads into Victory Road. So that whenever you go back, you are reminded of what you’re aiming to do. Hell it’d be cool if Victory Road had the starters present as wild Pokemon since it’d help sell the fact that they’re native to the region and you’d have a full team by the time you get there.

[@jodygrottino8257]

I think that the scrapped lake rage town was indeed supposed to be Mahogany, but then they split the two locations and moved the town south. But yes, I agree, the original plan would have made both the location better. 😢

[@rxttencandy]

its funny you mention wanting greece as a pokemon region one day because the gigaleak has revealed a LOT that points to gen 10 being set in a greece inspired region!!

[@msslamajama2]

I'd personally say circhester is the best town in SwSh, but that partially cuz of the vibes, but there's also some things to explore like the hotel rooms.

[@theangrycolossal]

A friend of mine went on a trip to Japan recently including Osaka and Kyoto so after he got back we had a conversation about how well places in GSC like Goldenrod and Ecruteak translated the key details. Talking about it sounded like they did a great job. Also agreed that Unova had some amazing cities and towns. It's hard to pick a favorite because they all feel so good? It's almost like some of them feel like subdistricts of a larger metropolis, which... feels pretty fitting, all things considered

[@castform7]

The cities in Paldea feel so half baked (mostly because they were) I don't know every single town and city in Pokemon but the fact I struggle to remember one here isn't great. They're all just gym locations of varying sizes but they have the same problem of being boring and laggy.

[@Josh-qt5zi]

Paldea Town and city is like that one scene in Drake and Josh on the tree house but outside

[@GheeJuice]

Viridian City was my place as a kid! Mostly because when I got a copy of Red, I was too young to speak English yet (being Dutch). I never passed Viridian Forest, so I was always walking around there. Though the music is unfortunately used in more places, it will always feel like my childhood tune. When I eventually passed the forest to Pewter and on, Viridian always felt like home.

[@PenCatStudio]

I live in Honolulu and sun and moon came out when I was a kiddo, so IMAGINE MY GLEE when I realized they basically turned my home city straight into pokemon. Little me was downright giddy lol

[@kami_in_the_skye]

This is the beautiful dream that fakemon regions run on.

[@ogsimpson969]

The only city name from Paldea I actually remember is Mesagoza. Partially because it's the main city, but mainly because it sounds like Jar Jar named it

[@reececollins9212]

Black City in Pokémon Black is so bad with people leaving very quickly there and the only exclusive reward for keeping them around is a bunch of expensive items that you can buy my cheaply in other cities

[@TrvisXXIII]

Viridian City’s anime music slapped tho, probably the most memorable song in the series lol “I’m on the roooadd, to BE-come the greatest trainerr” 🗣️🎙️

[@pokemontrainerkywan8327]

I understand why they couldn’t allow you to enter every building in Paldea but it still disappoints me to this day that there’s not much to do in all of those Towns and Cities aside from buying stuff or doing Gyms (well, there’s Mesagoza that has classes at the Academy which is optional if you’re into that sort of thing for the rewards)

[@kalosianporygon]

0:30 - 0:37 I have to admit, I was here for you to roast Cherrygrove City, Oldale Town, and Ever Grande """City""".

[@bigboyrox7]

I gave you a like for the music... The music in Pokemon is iconic, plus your background music hits hard 🤩

[@raykreiger4123]

always loved the artstyle in the unova games

[@nickandrusin7122]

That nimbasa theme goes SO hard

[@miniblitz3971]

6:41 bro is like the reverse Nostradamus

[@peterhyphen]

Doesn't Zapapico also have that outdoor battle arena that's just... Never used?? I feel like it was supposed to have more plot!!

[@BJGvideos]

Yeah it's not even a versus battle arena option!

[@cassowary1817]

Is there a town without a battle arena in Paldea?

[@BJGvideos]

@@cassowary1817 In Medali you just fight Nemona in the middle of the street

[@shatteredyoshi]

Hearing you pronounce "Phenac City" finally connected the dots. I knew the region was based on Arizona, but I always pronounced it like the fox. Thanks for making Orre even more awesome to me.

[@ashwinkarnik115]

Cascarrafa was perhaps one of my least favorite towns in Scarlet/Violet. It ran so poorly on my system. The elevators were just unnecessary and took sooooo long. That said, I can’t think of a city I actually liked in those games

[@foramoreperfectamerica8490]

The Harmonica in the second town in Galar is fire.

[@elgobaldez3487]

Dawg evergrande city is right there💀

[@josephcirrincone9596]

You NEED to do a video going over the best and worst music in every region with honorable mentions for each region

[@scrub-jayleague]

I'm glad you said what you said about Verdanturf. It's definitely the place in the Pokemon world I would live in. I also just love Ecruteak City!

[@Sylvieboy72]

I really dont care what people say, but Levincia is probably my favorite in the Whole Series, and it's mostly because of the music, it's the go to place where i surprise trade, participate in Tera Raids, walk around with my Pokemon, and the Billboards! I honestly never get tired of it

[@SuparNerd]

I will not stand for the Snowpoint City slander. That music slaps.

[@gloweye]

Worst city in Kalos is Lumiose City. That camera and the controls... its just horrific. It just makes me dread having to navigate the place, and makes it impossible to enjoy any of the good ideas there.

[@Unison23]

Kitakami worst city: Mossui Kitakami best city: Mossui

[@TheMissileHappy]

I love Heahea town! I love the touristic atmosphere and the vibes. Konikoni on the other hand feels like it should have been so much more, it's beautiful but feels like it should be bigger.

[@Sh4dowgale]

My fave town in Sinnoh is Eterna. I love the layout and bah gawd the theme is FIRE!

[@samuelstannard730]

Someone's out here fundamentally misunderstanding the fascination with Stonehenge.

[@eminences6764]

Just waiting for one day where he says “Good Afternoon” or “Good Evening”

[@calebhorton4701]

Dewford is just a generic-brand Cianwood

[@Josh-qt5zi]

It is actually base on the real life Tsushima by the way

[@ScubaShark8857]

The craziest thing about Snowpoint City is that they try to make it look like it’s somewhat big by having all the boats and construction stuff at the port, but then it’s like the gym, them temple, and two houses or something… It just doesn’t work…

[@YvaanAvesna]

Aspertia city was actually my favorite city in BW2 solely because I love the idea of starting in a place that ACTUALLY feels like people live there. We don’t live in a town with three houses and nothing else, instead we live in an actual city with a Pokemon Center and a Gym!

[@kidwilks]

5pm on a Friday leaving work hearing "good morning everybody, goooood morning!"

[@LAZERAK47V2]

The ragecandybar guy. I had completely forgotten about him because after my first playthrough, I never interacted with him again. But now I remember him. The guy blocking the path forward and pushing you to buy what is essentially a Potion, at the point in the game where that amount of healing is effectively worthless. If anybody deserved a Hyper Beam from Lance's Dragonite...

[@trashketgamer4580]

I like how in scarlet and violet they made it to where even the pokemart and pokemon center were both just outside.

[@raikaria3090]

There is something else to do in Cascarafa. It has one of the three Delibird Gift branches; so is where you obtain a large chunk of held items; includeing Leftovers!

[@Manueltion15]

I don’t think Snowpoint is that bad though. I wouldn’t say any town in Sinnoh is bad but if I had to pick one it would probably be Solaceon Town

[@LabMatt]

Honestly, Stonehenge is a big nothingburger in real life too, you just go, stand around gawking for 15 minutes, take a few photos, then go back home, so if we're giving points for being true to life then Turffield gets a perfect score.

[@nemoflexual]

the part of Coumarine visible in the distance is the first half of the city. you can see the port where you buy incenses and even the monorail station you take to reach that vantage point

[@ScubaShark8857]

Wait, what do you mean with Coumarine City? The area you look down upon from the monorail is just is just the area that you get ON the monorail from, but rotated 90 degrees. Seriously, go to the bottom part of the city and check out that layout, then compare it to the one you see there, it’s identical. In fact, I actually didn’t even know you could look down on it like that until now. That actually makes it stand out a lot more for me.

[@OfficialAshArcher]

It’s actually scary, I agree with all the picks except for one gen - Galar. You’ve done well!

[@MagillanicaLouM]

I know i think this is the first time i actually watched one of your vids IN the morning. Well the sun ain't up yet, but AM hours regardless. So good morning lol

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

So, nobody else gonna talk about how he put the 2 Best Girls in the thumbnail?

[@VessIGuess]

15:41 I mean we do have Stonjourner in Galar, a pokemon based off the Stonehenge rocks, so that COULD be why there's no proper Stonehenge in the city, because they instead made the reference to Stonehenge into its own Pokemon.

[@xhale671]

Sunnyshore is really unique and totally gives summer vibes and has great music Def one of my fav cities

[@jerimiahsaiah]

15:49 😂 bro said "I hate that city."

[@SweetBananaDigital]

I agree that Celadon is easily the best city in Kanto. I remember every time I played Red/Blue/Yellow as a kid I would actively look forward to getting to Celadon. Not only does the world literally start opening up to you when you get there, but the access to the department store, the Eevee, the Game Corner, and a little later one of the Snorlax and the HM for Fly just outside the city, really makes you feel like you’re not a weak beginner trainer anymore.

[@felipesteb]

How do you hate Snowpoint city theme!!! It's a beautiful tune

[@tedscheett9420]

Maybe it because I was born and lived in snowy areas my entire life, but I don't hate Snowpoint City. The quiet atmosphere reminds me a lot of a winter morning when it's just snowed and no cars are out and about. The city is in the shape of a snowflake and aside from one resident here, I have no reason to hate it or call it the worst. I think the worst is honestly Solaceon Town. It's a pretty generic rest stop of a town. The only thing of note is the daycare and ruins and that's not saying much. I wouldn't blame someone if they just popped in the Pokemon Center and went on their way. And while I will say Canalave City is solid, Sunnyshore City is just so much better. It has a big Munchlax Rock, a Lighthouse, a Marketplace, walkways that double as renewable energy, what's not to love?

[@ScubaShark8857]

I think the most forgettable town in Unova is actually one you may have forgotten. Off of route 14 (I think) South of Undella Town, you can make your way to a small area called Distant Village. The only function of the area is to find Landorus (and get a bit of lore on it) after getting both other genies… and that’s ONLY in Black and White, not in the sequels. While the area is cool because you have to go out of your way to get there, there’s really not much reason to… I think Mistralton outclasses it any day. Also, the music in Mistralton is awesome.

[@JustaGr8GuyHere]

6:38 Dang. Kid Icarus can’t catch a break.

[@PhilFromSchool]

agreed about snowpoint city. such a trek to get there, such a disappointment. maybe it's a realistic town, but for our first pokemon snow town i was hoping for something more quaint, cozy and jolly, like snowbelle or montenevera

[@revalentinemashups510]

11:27 I'd still give worst city to Coumarine, but that little sliver you see is literally the first part of the city. You can see the docks, the cliff and the monorail station, just turned 90 degrees.

[@jayvinjohnson9569]

Personally for paldea my favorite is levenica iono’s town that one feels like an cool big city :the music , the billboards, the cool little alleyways, and the actual good clothing shops especially after the dlc , it’s definitely the town i spent the most time in and is my favorite to just experience i like that it’s near a lighthouse and beach

[@turtleisland4829]

You can’t see the Ninjas in Mahogany town because the ninjas are just that good at being ninjas

[@Spiritwolf3157]

8:56 IS THAT CARMEN SANDIEGO!?

[@SpiritOfGotham]

Don't think I didn't catch that Mindy cameo during the Snowpoint section. Snowpoint deserves worst just for her.

[@jbcatz5]

Another knock on Dewford, no Pokémart. Another reason to move the Dewford gym to Slateport, the beach is perfect for catching waves and playing into Brawly’s surfer persona.

[@sinnohperson8813]

7:23 give a try to bdsp theme of it. It's pretty good

[@hauwasagoodcharacter2557]

One thing I really like about Paldean cities is just how Spanish they are in architecture. For a region based off of the Iberian peninsula, it doesn’t feel especially Iberian with its Pokémon designs. At least compared to alola and galar. So it’s nice to see the cities at least feel partially Spanish and Portuguese

[@ridensroom6957]

I guess Gamefreak were doing a homage to Final Fantasy 13 with how badly towns were treated.

[@The1HP]

6:38 Lmao, after the leaks, this did not age well.

[@paulwalker3758]

“It’s a water/ground type, at the water city with ongoing sandstorms.” But yes, highly original.