The Most Overrated Parts of Every Pokemon Generation

[@truegreen7]

I’m here to say that I no longer think Cynthia is overrated. Her champion battle in BDSP was the toughest battle I’ve ever faced.

[@bakubread9308]

oh god, here i was watching this video thinking "oh, phew, guess i'll be able to do the pokemon league without a hitch next time i can play"

[@hagid_2411]

Would you say the underground in bdsp is better than the one in the originals?

[@garrusvakarian267]

This video: Anything that is popular is overrated

[@thequincy_]

She is still overrated. Even though her battle may be "tougher" than her original, it still can be beaten with relative easy. Especially with the sheer amount of Pokémon variety at the player's disposal.

[@BlackReshiram]

the heretic has been converted. /j

[@determineddaaf3]

I gotta be honest, I wish we saw more of Marnie, Bede, and even Hop. Some cool side quests with them could've made for some amazing post-game content.

[@spoopbagoot4628]

I really enjoyed Pierrs as well

[@KaizoCPFC]

Klara.

[@d1nesh._223]

No please, I don't want to hear him talk about type advantages again

[@majorhoolahan]

I don't think we need more Hop, we need better Hop. He's not an adventuring partner, he's a fairly bland yet also obnoxious interruption most of the time. I like the Wooloo line a lot less than I normally would entirely because of Hop. TL;DR: Hop would probably do the game a lot more good if he was simply a more interesting character rather than a "friend" the game aggressively shoves down the player's throat.

[@silvershadow1271]

i personally wish we saw more bede, my boy needs more love

[@MegaJSK123]

I think Galar has my favourite set of music, however watching your video I realised why... Growing up playing Pokemon games on multiple handheld devices, I mostly kept the sound off and just played the game, Sword and Shield however I mostly played on my TV, where the sound was always on, so for that reason the galar music stuck with me.

[@yeetmaster75]

Toby Fox did help with it...

[@bidoof367]

@@yeetmaster75 he just made one track

[@yeetmaster75]

@@bidoof367 It's something

[@HarmandeepSingh-fy5zt]

Same man

[@buhgingo2933]

That gym battle music tho

[@jackcowles441]

I think Cynthia is easier because we’re all so aware of how difficult she can be so we plan around it much more

[@trueMCGRaven]

exactly this. When you played Gen 1 Lance was "difficult" because there was no real counter to him available (dragon Type only had 1 move and ice types were kinda doodoo butter in gen 1 besides Articuno) in Gen 2 the entire league was not difficult and Red the big postgame boss only was "hard" because he was ridiculously overlevelled (The average player reaches him before any of their mons get to level 60 meaning he is on average 20! levels above you. Excluding Pikachu which is a joke and shouldn't be 80+) Steven...wasn't hard. Blaziken stomps him, Swampert stomps him, Pelipper stomps him, Sceptile is kind of difficult in that fight but you are still given about 100 options to beat him before you even know you will fight him and just by virtue of many of those being relatively early in the game you are practically guaranteed to have one or two. This is because his team is mostly Rock and Steel Types thought. Cynthina though? She has an actually diverse team and she leads off with Spiritomb. If you don't know she is coming as the champ you have no way to prepare for her lead alone. Similarly her Togekiss and Lucario can hurt you a lot and Milotic can stall some of your PP before you even get to the big guy Garchomp who if you aren't prepared for a big speedy beatstick can take out your pokemon one at a time with little trouble. The moment you know she is coming she becomes easy though since you'll have something like Toxic to remove SPiritomb, a strong Electric Type to delete Milotic and Togekiss and probably your own Garchomp to beat hers. N, Alder and Iris in Gen 5 are all relatively easy too (N mainly because they almost force the other dragon on you which helps significantly) and DIantha is a joke. Leon would actually have been really good had they not kept praising his Charizard so we knew what to do for his "best" pokemon in advance. Kukui in Gen 7 was so uninteresting as a champion/E4 member that i forgot him initially. And before anybody goes "BUT THE RIVAL IN GEN 1" you fought his team literally like 6 times by this point. You know his team better than he does and have literally beaten him every time including 10 minutes ago before entering Victory road. He's not hard.

[@trueMCGRaven]

@person person i think if they hadn't told us all game that he will use a Gigantamax Charizard it would have been fine to have it. Since if we didn't know what his G-Max was going to be they could have surprised us with the sudden Fire Flying mon and hurt us much more. This way everybody i knew brought a Rock Type and deleted Zard instantly. The remainder of his team was fine after all.

[@arpandas2243]

​@bruhmoment1548ok woman hater leon Red simp Cynthia in BDSP would beat both of them

[@Andesz2x4]

In Kalos, I remember we were so hyped over being able to finally SIT DOWN. That was the most overrated thing in gen 6 imo

[@nonametherabbit8593]

Pokemon d/dx and d/dy when???

[@jellycore1316]

Aww, yess XD I always have to think of Marilland's XY walkthrough, that I watched before I got the game around 2014, where they were so hyped about being able to sit down on benches, and I was so excited that I imitated their shouting of "BENCHES" when I reached that point in the game myself XD Nostalgiaaaa

[@generalsynnacle23]

The biggest oversight Game Freak made was the lack of Johto Pokemon on Gym Leader, Rival, and Elite Four teams. Falkner uses no Johto Pokémon, Bugsy doesn’t, Whitney only has a Miltank, Morty doesn’t, Jasmine has a Steelix only, Chuck has jack shit, Pryce uses Piloswine, and Clair uses Kingdra, with the Rival’s only Johto Pokémon is their starter and Sneasel, and it’s not until Gen 4 when he evolves his Golbat into a Crobat. The Elite Four aren’t too bad, with Will using two Xatu, Koga using Crobat, Ariados, and Forretress, Bruno only has a Hitmontop, Karen has a Murkrow, Umbreon, and Houndoom, and Lance… didn’t add ANY. Easy solutions to this would’ve been to give Faulkner a Ledian, Skiploom, or underleveled Noctowl, Bugsy an Ariados, Ledian, or Shuckle, Whitney could use a Stantler or Teddiursa, Morty benefits from a Misdreavus, Chuck DEFINITELY needs a Heracross, Hitmontop, or Tyrogue, Jasmine deserves a Skarmory, Pryce could use a Delibird, and Clair could use a Yanma (DRAGONfly, despite not having the type) maybe? Elite Four are mostly alright, though Will deserves an Espeon if Karen gets an Umbreon, and giving our Rival half Kanto Pokémon for his team get lazy, so how about giving him a Granbull and/or Scizor too? As for Lance, for God’s sake, at least give him some sort of resistance to Rock with a Tyranitar, since it can learn Dragon Dance later on in future generations…

[@jayq2571]

They made Will's pokemon a complete push over lol espeon, slowking, girafarig, and alakazam exist yet they decided to to give him 2 xatu.

[@generalsynnacle23]

@@jayq2571 Slowking over Slowbro, Girafarig over the first Xatu, and Espeon over Jynx, because Jynx sux.

[@nickdentoom1173]

They should have given Bugsy Spinarak, Ledian and Heracross (Replacing Scyther).

[@haseebahmed2544]

They should also lance a lapras over one of his dragonite's

[@generalsynnacle23]

@@haseebahmed2544 That still makes his whole team weak to Rock.

[@thequincy_]

I agree with every point mentioned. Gen 5, 6, and 7 will forever be my favorite generations. My favorite games being 1. B&W/B&W2 (music, graphics, art, story, etc) 2. S&M/USUM (MUSIC, characters, Lusamine, plot, etc) 3. X&Y (music, landscapes, megas, atmosphere, etc.)

[@unaicasal3061]

I 100% agree

[@BerryHuttz]

It's a good thing to be able to critique things we enjoy. That just shows how much we enjoy it that much more.

[@yeetmaster75]

This is so true.

[@Rooms-guy]

Yeah if the critiques were close to being accurate

[@marymcallister7963]

One thing I loved about Galar is the stadium feel of gym battle. I got so excited when i heard fan chants. Hope they keep this aspect in later games

[@coffe3136]

Spoiler: no.

[@SmolRageMatti]

Cynthia is my favorite. Back when I first played, it actually took me quite a few tries to beat her. Since I wasn't use to teams that were relatively well rounded compared unless they're your rival. Steven and Wallace weren't that much of a pain since I knew the weaknesses of they main type they used. Plus she was the first female champion which meant a lot to me personally. Love the list though. Been awhile since I've watched.

[@pedromonteiro2248]

Cynthia is overrated! I destroyed her team just with a Gyarados...

[@squarbrainman4037]

@@pedromonteiro2248 I agree Cynthia has a diverse team doesn’t make it a good one

[@anonfalco7880]

@@pedromonteiro2248 I mean that goes for all the champs no? Take a level 90 Gyarados into any Elite 4 or Champion and you'll wash with just Surf. Water-Flying is busted

[@Walrus5]

@@anonfalco7880 level 90? you can beat cynthia with a level 60 gyarados. Set up dragon dance and its ez

[@arpandas2243]

​@@pedromonteiro2248ok woman hater leon Red simp in BDSP she is stronger than red and leon. You can sweep every champion with gyrados

[@2centswanted113]

I agree and disagree with a lot in the video but the only thing I have a "gripe" with is Cynthia. Cynthia was the first balanced Champion we got since Blue. She wasn't just a rival, she felt aloof despite her kind nature. Which gave me even more of a desire to defeat her. It felt like you had to beat her to feel any accomplishment. Cynthia's team is very difficult to deal with without planning. You could feasibly sweep Steven and Lance with 2 attacks each. Trying to beat her with two moves will get you banished to the distortion world.

[@michaelballack3051]

Facts

[@divout6688]

Silver being overrated? Wierd, I don't think that I've ever heard anyone rating him 😛 Best part of Johto by the way? The roaming legendary dogs meaning that any run were you actually caught one or both of Raiku and Entei was special ❤️

[@MicoDossun]

People started praising Silver once they decided that rivals that aren’t evil is another thing to point at as a reason modern generations suck

[@damianruiz6294]

Divout imma be real with you Roaming legendary aren’t fun

[@Biothermiac]

@@damianruiz6294 Well he/she clearly enjoys them so in some cases that's wrong.

[@damianruiz6294]

@@Biothermiac yeah understanble at least someone enjoyed them

[@divout6688]

@@damianruiz6294 I'm for everything that actually makes legends feel special. I remember bragging to my friends that I actually managed to catch Entei in one run. That's what legends should be.

[@NoLuckJustSkill1337]

06:59 Perfect Move for Giratina

[@perritoshido5845]

Haha Defog Poke-satan go brrr

[@maas2563]

In competitive then yeah

[@Tamo8]

I personally think Greninja should be the most overrated aspect of Gen 6/Kalos, I don't get why that Pokemon is so ridiculously popular.

[@Cross-vo1ui]

It's better than Charizard, Charizard get more love then Greninja by GameFreak and I kinda don't like it.. but that's my opinion

[@perritoshido5845]

Mainly the anime

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

Mostly because it’s a ninja. Ninjas are incredibly popular in media like Batman, The Ninja Turtles, and all the animes and video games characters with ninja themes backgrounds. Of course a ninja theme starter Pokémon is going to be ridiculously popular.

[@coldsobanoodle7407]

Greninja fans vs Chesnaught and Delphox enjoyers

[@buhgingo2933]

@@gioanysgonzalez3396 pretty sure it was the anime

[@Christian_Luczejko]

Unpopular opinion here, but I always loved the weird Pokemon like Tangela, Klefki, mr. Mime, ditto, chandelure, garbodor and vanillish. They're more interesting to me that bird, mammals, and fish.

[@joltx9909]

Finally! someone who can see why linearity can be actually good! I mean, I too love the sense of freedom and exploration, but in more linear games you know you will always battle against opponents that are set to be at the right difficulty level for your point in the game

[@nickdentoom1173]

Yeah and Pokemon doesn't lend itself for less linearity anyways, due to it being a story and lore driven game.

[@zachb4561]

100% agree that Unova has a better story and lore, but that SuMo had a better plot. Despite how much hate SuMo/USUM get, they're still my favorites of the 3D (post gen 5) original games. Both BW/B2W2 and SM/USUM were great swansongs for their respective systems and eras, with amazing soundtracks to boot.

[@daftbanna7202]

I don't think you understand what story means

[@mcxopjesh]

The reason I like silver as a rival is because he's not just a jerk rival, he's a jerk rival that warms up to you as the the story progresses. He has actual development. That's on top of having an interesting backstory that he has to cope with.

[@lazyhippie6139]

Yeah I like him too, but I somewhat agree with Ron after doing several Johto playthroughs. He'd be top tier for sure if the main story included his relation to Giovanni. My favorite part of his character development is when he has a Crobat in the final fight with him at the league. It's so subtle and you'll miss it if you don't re challenge the league. It shows he progressed as a trainer because his liken obviously like him. Very cool. You just don't see much of this until after Johto, and I wish there was some kind of acknowledgment that he stole one of Professor Elm's Pokémon (I think this actually is in HGSS, but it really should've been in the originals). So yeah, he's one of my favorite rivals, but he is a little overrated. His arc is good, but not incredible.

[@brodyphillips5355]

I appreciate a lot of what you have to say here, but I feel like the swsh ones are a little unfair. If gen 8 music is overrated, then so is the gen 4 and especially 5 music for sure. Also a lot of people despise the wild area from what I’ve seen. I’m sure we’re all exposed to different Pokémon takes online, but I’ve seen extensive hatred for that area and I don’t think it’s overall overrated. Rated pretty justly overall. I think these types of videos are great for starting discussions about these kinds of opinions, so keep em coming!

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

Agreed, I was a bit surprised when he said that the wild area in the base games are overrated. Guess it's just a matter of what he see and what we see

[@dycast8561]

Pretty sure it’s only cuz finding something overrated about Gen 8 is kinda difficult since almost everything about it has been criticized

[@potato4439]

Gen 5 overall is underrated , when it gets remakes I hope everyone realises how amazing to music and story of these games are. The music isn’t overrated it deserves it

[@theoaremevano3227]

It could also be that people experience the music of older vs. newer Pokemon games differently due to both nostalgia and technology. To someone who played some of those older game when they were new, each new OST held more weight and gained nostalgia, and later on, many covers and remixes came out showcasing their many strengths with much better sound quality than the originals had access to, and potentially quite a few improvements. Meanwhile, someone starting on Swoshi, hearing its music blaring from a full TV setup then going back to hear the older songs may still be impressed with some of them, but there's none of that nostalgia and a noticeable difference in the sound quality if listening to the original versions that captured peoples' imaginations back then. Looking at it that way, I can see how both Gen 8 music and older Pokemon music end up being overrated by different people.

[@brodyphillips5355]

@@potato4439 I assume you've not been super involved in the Pokémon community recently (probably a good thing tbh haha) but Gen 5 are actually insanely beloved now! If you're looking to see gen 5 appreciation, you're in luck. :)

[@nickdentoom1173]

About your rival point is exactly why Hop is one of my favorites. He has an arc that he wants to become stronger than Leon until he gets pummeled by Bede, making him realize he needs to follow his own path and that arc even goes as far as the post-game of the base game, when he sees the player and Sonia having become the Champion and professor and during that arc, he realizes that is also the path he wants to go on because he loves Pokemon.

[@ikilledkennyubastard7053]

His arc is cool and all but why tf did he choose the starter that’s weak to mine? The dude is a trash trainer lmao

[@alternativezujoghurt5560]

@@ikilledkennyubastard7053 Because that’s the starter strong against leons

[@sylvia4232]

@@alternativezujoghurt5560 true, or what if he just liked that particular starter lmao.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

I love this series,and I wish yall are having a good day.

[@squarbrainman4037]

Finally someone mentions how overrated Cynthia is

[@mbcmechachu]

7:40 thank you so much for mentioning this. I never understood the appeal of a Battle frontier I didn't give less of a care about it being excluded in the remakes. I always saw it as this one thing I tried once and never again. I've heard talk about how it's an excellent way for someone to do what they can't do online but all I've seen it is you just constantly battling random NPCs without being able to gain experience from said battles. I've also been told it's an in-game competitive mode, I've never been a competitive player. So to me the Battle frontier was kind of pointless outside of the outstanding music that plays for each facility.

[@jaretco6423]

Agreed.

[@jerryakatony5724]

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH CYNTHIA!! I don’t even dislike the characters. I just feel she I mega overrated!

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

She's Gigantamax overrated

[@anothergamer112]

She is beat for beat the same character as Steven. I'm pretty sure people rate her higher because she's pretty and has a pokemon that swept everyone's overleveled starter and five rounds of cannon fodder to heal when they were 8.

[@arpandas2243]

​@@Aiden-rw3vbok woman hater leon red simp play BDSP

[@NobodyDungeons]

So one of the top 10 underrated things in Pokémon games is exploration. I want to dive head long into a deep cavern, cleave through a massive jungle, and traverse a vast desert all in the same day finding hidden secrets in every nook and cranny with the sheer vastness of the world bringing awe all on its own without even considering everything in those places. A cave that would have been little more than a short walk on an early route with some flying rodents is now a massive underground complex containing a mythical Pokémon in its deepest depths hidden away from the world behind all manner of difficult obstacles and extremely powerful wild Pokémon above level 90 with EVs and strong AI.

[@Taydar]

The concept of something being overrated is in fact overrated.

[@juanrocollazo]

The minute this video started, I just knew Hoenn's overrated aspect would be the Battle Frontier. I love it, but Ron's not wrong.

[@ubercow6611]

But Ron is Ron

[@David-gj9qr]

Yeah I like the character of Cynthia but I don't remember having trouble against her either. Even as a kid I don't remember having trouble against her. When I replaced platinum when I was older I had more trouble with Lucian then I did with Cynthia

[@arpandas2243]

Why do you idiots belittle her just by playing DPPT play BDSp.

[@daffyfable1983]

Ron: Marnie is an overrated character *Jazz Music Stops*

[@GabiteEditz]

She is

[@edmilmaldonado5756]

Best, Worst, Controversial, underrated, overrated, it doesn't matter! While each Pokémon games have their own pros and cons, it's these differences that makes the whole franchise special to lots of fans!

[@kappaprimus]

Your statement contradicts itself, the fact that diversity and differences in features and aspects of these games make them special implies that they do matter. Additionally, it is important to acknowledge criticism, especially if it is put out in a constructive manner. That is how things evolve and improve.

[@cactusman5774]

@@kappaprimus tru

[@edmilmaldonado5756]

@@kappaprimus Well said.

[@sebastiankulche]

i wouldnt mind it if the fandom wasnt so toxic and respect everyone opinions.

[@icecat4818]

“If something fans say is a 10 but in reality it’s a 9 it’s overrated” I don’t like how you worded that you made it sound like calling some overrated is objective.

[@williammerkel1410]

By definition everything about a video game other than actual technical bugs or glitches that cause the game to operate in a way that is not advertised or intended is 100% subjective, you cannot prove that something is good or bad or overrated. The sooner we stop caring about what other people think and focus solely on what we think of something the happier we all will be.

[@brandonm8901]

From my actual job working on games I could not agree more with the non-linearity in gen 1. Non-linearity is one of those really interesting features where the vast majority of users think they like it, but the data shows the response is never as good. What usually works best in RPGs is pseudo non-linearity, where users are sent all over the map and often backtrack in a way that feels non-linear, but is actually following a strict path. The best examples of this in Pokémon are the Hoenn games and Platinum. You travel the regions in what seems like a mad order, and can go for small explorations to the side, but the overarching story progression is very rigid. Unfortunately the way they withhold regions that you reach geographically before they are reached in the story is by HM use which obviously a lot of players don't like, so then another issue arises..... I could go on about this forever 😅

[@МихаилЛотов-о8э]

Tbh, I never understood so much obsession with Gen 4. Like, yeah Sinnoh in general is great with great designs and everything, but I could never forse myself to play DP, since Dex was awful, game in general was very slow and ridiculous reliance on HM. Hopefully BDSP will be better. HGSS has atrocious level curve with tedious amount of grinding to the point, when you need to grind 20 levels in half empty Kanto just for 1 fight against Red. And Battle Frontier: never understood it`s appeal. Also Lucario: easily the most overrated pokemon by fanbase of all time.

[@averytubestudios]

I agree. Platinum fixes a lot of problems with Pokemon distribution and difficulty. I highly recommend you play it before BDSP comes out. Johto is my least favorite region, but HGSS is good, but not they're definitely not best games in the series. Lucario is my favorite Pokemon, so I may be biased, but I feel like it's praise isn't as bad as people make it out to be. It's certainly annoying, but it's never gone past that for me.

[@coldsobanoodle7407]

I feel like my problem with Gen 4 is that it is generally slow. I also have the hot take that many of the designs in gen 4 aren't as amazing as they are praised to be. Like a large portion of the pokedex in Sinnoh is made of the evolutions of pokemon from previous regions, many of which I feel are overdesigned (while I do think Gen 4 has some especially cool ones, which is why I believe some people get annoyed by how many people rate the likes of Lucario.)

[@ElonMusk-tb2yi]

Reason why it is so famous because In this region they introduced Creation Trio, Lucario and Garchomp

[@mbcmechachu]

10:28 my main gripe with mega evolution specifically was the fact that they had the mindset to originally make it exclusive to the region. And because of that Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire suffered terribly in my eyes. It gave birth to confirmation of that god-forsaken multiverse theory. This is when to me Pokemon started to become a bit like legend of Zelda. A game that it had a timeline that was both convoluted and pointless. I came to play Pokemon to play with the Pokemon. Not to get hooked up on what happens in a stupid timeline that has no realistic bearing on the overall plot in most of the games after it.

[@generalsynnacle23]

The problem with how Mega Evolution was handled was that Game FreK fueled our nostalgia and were biased on which Pokémon received a Mega. Pokémon like Sudowoodo, Ledian, Dusparce, Dusknoir, Raichu, and Delcatty? Fuck ‘em. Overused fan favorites like Charizard and Mewtwo? Hell yeah, let’s give them TWO EACH. Thankfully, they made useless Pokémon like Sableye (post-Gen 5, because prior to Gen 6 and Fairy types, it wasn’t half bad), Mawile, and Ampharos actually viable to use, though they really dropped the ball on at least half, like did the fucking Psuedo-legendaries need a Mega? Really? Tyranitar, Metagross, Garchomp, and Salamance needed one over the aforementioned Pokémon?

[@maromania7]

I'd say worse than LoZ, because they chose to make it when nobody wanted this and they had a perfectly normal one already. As opposed to LoZ, which opposed even having one for decades before begrudgingly stitching one together to sate fan pressure.

[@buhgingo2933]

No more Megas! *vine boom sound effect*

[@jdude99lolz]

Wait if you don't care about the timeline theories then why is it a problem? They aren't in the game at all so idk why that would lead to the game "suffering terribly."

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@generalsynnacle23 Exactly. This is exactly the reason why i hate Mega's. They made already OP mons even more OP. But then again, another side coin to the argument is that Mega Evolution wouldn't have become this popular if they didn't give them to Fan Favorites. Another crime is that the Kalos mons (And yes, i don't count Diancie since its a mythical), didn't get them. Another issue i have with them is that it makes no sense for a certain Pokemon to get a Mega, but its counterpart in the same evolutionary line doesn't (Read Slowking and Froslass), but also counterparts in general - BEedrill got one, Butterfree did not. Gengar and Alakazam got them, Machamp and Golem did not.

[@jakebyday]

The Johto region itself just feels very cohesive and beautiful. It was very poorly implemented though

[@z4vendetta]

Marnie's Battle Theme is one of my favorite themes in the whole series. I agree with a lot of what was said here, especially how Johto is seen. Pokemon Challenges (although very blunt in his explanation) gave these reasons and more that Johto is extremely overrated. Great video, Ron!

[@Slimeonian]

Gen 1: the Pokémon Gen 2: the post game Gen 3: the battle frontier Gen 4: the region Gen 5: the story Gen 6: mega’s Gen 7: ????? Gen 8: the characters

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

gen 7 has nothing overrated, its the best

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

How is gen 8's characters overrated?

[@WheelStart]

I would say the overrated thing about Gen 7 are the characters..

[@DucMeLana]

i'm surprised that u passed "Greninja" for Gen 6

[@ThePhantomVulpes]

Overall response because I have too much to say about stuff: Gen 1, nonlinear routes. I get the point of view for progression, but it kind of depends on what you're looking for. I played Leaf Green earlier this year and had a full team planned out and played to see how far I could get with as few badges as possible. I made it across the entire region with only 3 badges and a full team of Pokemon that I wanted to take across Kanto and battle gym leaders with. One of those badges I only needed because I had to get to Cinnabar to restore my Aerodactyl. That was probably the most fun I've ever had in a Kanto game. The adventure was _completely_ my own and it was amazing. Even though the routes are somewhat bland and very _very_ poorly designed ("What do we put here?" "Uh... I don't know, a ton of fences..."), it's the variety of Pokemon that got me excited. I want something like this to come back in future games so that there are more varying environments like the snow, mountains, deserts, grasslands, etc... Gen 2, post-game. I agree, the post game could absolutely be better. I think a lot of Pokemon fans are just used to mediocrity and consider aspects of Pokemon games that are pretty alright to be phenomenal. This isn't me ripping on Game Freak for their recent shortcomings either. I don't think Pokemon has ever lived up to its full potential. But I don't agree that Johto _depends_ on Kanto. I think it's more that fans think Johto is better _because it has Kanto_. Gen 4, Cynthia. SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP I'M NOT LISTENING LA LA LA LA LA Gen 6, Mega Evolution. I agree that non-competitive players don't see much of a need for Megas. This is basically 100% a game design problem. More opponent trainers could have used Megas, there could have been optional boss Pokemon in the overworld like MewTwo or the legendary beasts or something that were just way stronger than you and needed Megas to beat, but then Megas would probably have ended up much stronger, messing with the competitive scene. I don't think there's _really_ a good way to do Megas, one that satisfies the single players _and_ the competitive multiplayers, but I think the way they did them, favoring competitive balance, is the better option. And I can't disagree more with Dynamaxing being a better version Gen 8, Wild Area. Oh my god is the vanilla wild area trash. People love it because you can go anywhere and encounter a ton of different Pokemon and, yeah, that's great, but that's what all _routes_ should be like. The wild area has nothing interesting in it. "Oh, cool, look at these ruins. Is there anything here? No? Welp, guess I'll just forget about it then." Basically everything in the wild area is set dressing.

[@jaretco6423]

Cynthia is from Gen. 4, dude.

[@ThePhantomVulpes]

@@jaretco6423 Oops... pressed 3 instead of 4, my bad...

[@jaretco6423]

It's ok.

[@greentitan0262]

The general "Overhype" of cynthia makes you more prepared for her team, I think. That's why her battle now feels easier, since your subconsciously make a team to deal with her, and the elite four becomes an aftertought. At least, thats what I think.

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

If so then that wouldn't really qualify as being hard at all. Hard would be going in prepared and still get rekt, or having only specific strategies to not get rekt, but in this case it's really just because they're unprepared.

[@returnofskurk1633]

The funny thing is people claim she's an easy fight, but then struggle with easier trainers. No champion is harder than Cynthia, none.

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

@@returnofskurk1633 really? A chunk of ice could get rid of half her team, which is why no champion is harder than the other since it really just comes down to whether you have a counter against them or not.

[@thisisaterribleargument_but]

@@returnofskurk1633 *laughs in weavile*

[@returnofskurk1633]

@@Aiden-rw3vb LMFAO, Steven has a team only of rock, ground and steel. That means you need two mons at best to beat him. Blaziken deals with basically his entire team. No, champions are definitely harder than each other, pretending they're not just says you're not skilled enough. Also half of Cynthia's team are not affected by ice. Spiritomb does not get oneshot, Lucario does not care, Miloctic does not care and Gastrodon does not care. That's 4 Pokmon, math.

[@psychochief5090]

Oh boy, this episode is gonna be controversial

[@L_KagePT]

My thinking exactly

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Hard Disagree with Johto. When people say Johto as a region is amazing, they mean the atmosphere, lore, art direction, etc. All of that is some of the best in the entire series and definitely deserves praise. Very much agree with gen 5's story. Gen 5 as a whole is so massively over rated. Personally I think both scarlet/violent and sun/moon have better stories. Gen 6 mega evolutions never should have left. HARD disagree that gigantimax forms were cooler. They just got bigger, that was it, boring. Bring back megas, they were the only cool gimmick pokemon has done. Also HELL NO the music in gen 8 is some of the best in the entire franchise.

[@alexmac8000]

I love the concept of Megas, and it’s so fun to design them, but I can’t in good conscious put them on my team when they’re so powerful that they could theoretically sweep the game when no one else uses them. They just need a debuff. Maybe just a ten stat increase in every stat?

[@buhgingo2933]

No. Mega Swampert helped me beat Steven when everyone else died

[@alexmac8000]

@Buhgingo by the sound of it it seems like that’s because you sent them out last, and then won with one Pokémon after all your others fell. In which case that is further support for them having been too powerful. If you sent them out first, it is likely you would have had zero faints.

[@buhgingo2933]

@@alexmac8000 what? I sent all of them out first tho. I ran out of revives so everyone died except for my swampert, who was barely doing damage to his mega metagross. Only reason I won was because it was tanking hits

[@alexmac8000]

@Buhgingo when I said “them” I meant all your other Pokémon, the non-megas, you sent out first. Also, if your battle was against one of the only other Megas in the game, it doesn’t really factor in to the difficulty of the rest of the game which has none of those Megas to battle.

[@ItsYuhBoyyyy]

That nerf would defeat the purpose of having megas. And they're less broken than Dmax and Gmax

[@palathaxx]

Hot take: Overall, Pokemon music got much worse after Gen 5. It stops sounding like videogame-y Pokemon tunes, and more like generic pop and rock. The strong Hawaiian and Polynesian influence gave Gen 7 a bit more flair, but Gen 6 and Gen 8 overall sound incredibly bland and tasteless.

[@anothergamer112]

I'd say the anime gave some much needed life to the gen 6 tracks.

[@robertschrage5018]

I much prefer how the new ones are not so videogame-y, the old music felt too repetitive, now it feels like a music you wold see in a movie rather than a videogame, which is great considered how cinematic these battles are

[@ExtremeAce]

It hurts me that I grew up with Johto and yet I know it's one of the most overrated regions ever lol. Johto relies way too much on Kanto and hg/ss doesn't solve a lot of issues that g/s/c had. I honestly would love to see a fully revamped Johto game that gives the region it's own strengths while also improving on the bland mess that post-game Kanto is (Yes I love exploring Kanto again but dear god it's so bland)

[@triples1035]

I m being honest. It's been months since I didn't watch your vids. But this vid got my interest so I decided to watch it. And the moment I heard ur voice, man, I got goosebumps. I had a huge nostalgic wave hit me.

[@primarinegaming6761]

Wow, I can honestly relate. I used to watch every single video Ron put out and then this summer I just stopped watching and I finally decided to start watching again 4 weeks ago

[@Wolfu_02]

I’m suprised you didn’t mention Hugh from gen 5 He’s a really good rival and character but he now gets a large amount of praise

[@KP_does_pointless_things]

Ya' know sometimes I really don't get why people like Charizard it's just a fat lizard with wings I don't get why people like it so much

[@amayurubashaka3608]

Imo it doesn't properly utilize the fire aspect of its design. The other fire starters like infernape and typhlosion utilize the fire in their design or actually have personality like cinderace/incineroar but charizard is just blank but so popular because it's the original.

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

It's just a fat lizard with wings? Well Blastoise is just a big tortoise with cannons, the other fire starters are just animals with fire powers, Treecko is just a lizard, Snivy is just a snake, so is literally every other snake Pokémon.

[@Tsukune2001]

@@Aiden-rw3vb The difference is all of the pokemon you mentioned are actually cool and fun to use in a team. Charizard has been overused and and overrated for years. It didn't need two mega evolutions when the other two Kanto starters only got one each and it shouldn't have gotten a gigantamax form before the other two. And it definitely shouldn't have been Leon's ace in sword and shield. How can you not realize how overrated it is?

[@KP_does_pointless_things]

@@Aiden-rw3vb so you want to go let's go Arceus is what a f**king llama? palkia and dialga's heads are shaped like f**king penises, Mewtwo has literal BALLS for hands zacian is just dog with a sword, Xerneas is just a deer on steroids, (I'm gonna go to hell for this) Flareon is just a dog with extra fur, Vaporeon it's just a dog with fins, Umbreon (do I even have to explain), Espeon is the most laziest eeveelution I have ever seen (not to mention that it's shiny is the most ugliest shade of green) Jolteon I don't even have anything to say about it because of how DAMN FORGETTABLE IT IS , Sylveon is the Pokemon embodiment of "UwU don't touch me or I'll kill you UwU" , Glaceon is weak as f**k , and leafeon I have no opinion on it because of how bland it is! Good now we're even.

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

@@Tsukune2001 cool and fun to use in a team isn't an objective take so no I wouldn't take thay for an answer, it didn't need 2 mega evolutions yes I agree with that actually, but I really don't think ANY except Mawile, Sableye, and Pidgeot deserved a Mega Evolution. The gen 8 part, couldn't care less bout that since it's not like it's the first time they showed us a new gimmick from an old Pokémon that is a champion's ace (Mega Gardevoir, Gmax Charizard)

[@DNNYYCLR]

I won't talk about games as overrated in this video. Proceeds to call all gen 1 pokemon overrated and how johto is bland as a whole.

[@Bluebatstar]

Yes- I agree with almost everything here, especially that overrated ≠ 'I hate it'. The only thing I'd say I disagree with is the Island Trails (I'm trying to be unbiased here since the Alola games are my favourites by a lot)- I agree with your point that they aren't great on their own. I've tried to objectively praise them before and failed. But I don't really see too much praise for them all things considered- if anything I think they're more controversial. I like them (mostly for the totems) but I've seen some people say they're the worst part of the games.

[@midorispinarak1201]

I really agree with the gen1 criticism! Gen1’s Pokémon are really only popular because they were the first.

[@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew]

I personally love Sword & Shield and i don't want Mega Evolution to return in the main games, people still give me hate for these opinions

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

Honestly the one of the few things I hated about Sword and Shield was Chairman Rose. I think he’s one of the worst villain in the series. Not because I hate his character but because he’d had some much potential to be a memorable character. Like Seriously, Twilight Wings made him look like this Intimidating evilly corrupted president behind a good guy facade which was awesome until you see him in the game and he’s nothing but a last minute bad guy and that’s really disappointing.

[@ConnectedGamerGirl]

Pokemon Diamond was my first Pokemon game. When I was 7, I spend literally hundreds of hours exploring Sinnoh, and had even more fun when I used a walking-through-walls cheat. But when I played Soul Silver, I remember being very disappointed with Kanto. The routes were bland. The Pokemon were weak. And I didn't understand why there were more Gyms but not another Elite Four and Champion. Mt. Silver with "Ash" was definitely the stand-out, but I have to say that the Kanto post-game is overrated.

[@AkamexAris1023]

If it weren't for Kanto being in the Johto games, it'd be in contention for the worst Generation.

[@jrlaps521]

Gen 2 and the gen 4 remakes definitely focus on quantity over quality since Kanto and Johto are barely fleshed out yet people want to call them the best games

[@redrazorx-23]

I say that all the time and people give me shit for it.

[@Androtesh]

Most Overrated Thing in Pokemon is Hating Charizard because it's Popular

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

4:35 facts, I really couldn't care less if a rival is a jerk or a goody-two-shoes if they don't have a proper character, then out to the garbage cans you go. Don't get me wrong Silver and Blue are good rivals, but the reasoning behind them being because they're jerks are so overrated, I'm willing to think these are the same people who goes saying "evil is kewl" 6:27 again, this is just pure facts. When I replayed the og sinnoh games, I was a bit disappointed with team galactic, it's only strong points is that they're actually fucking evil and that Cyrus is dope af, but the rest are meh at best. The grunts doesn't even KNOW what the heck is Cyrus doing and they're just doing bad things for... Bad things, unlike Team Skull or Yell for example. Team Yell actually have their goals and motivations, their goal is to cheer for marnie and block the other gym challengers so she could have a higher chance to win, with their motive being that's the only way that their hometown could recieve some attention because Spikemuth is just completely abandoned by the chairman. 8:06 Istg this is the last thing I'd point out lmao, but I also agree with this. I'm quite frankly surprised by how much people feared Cynthia, maybe it's because they don't have Ice types? But then, all that about saying -this champion is weak-, or -this champion is strong-, would just be a matter of whether your team have a counter for their Pokémon or not, for me personally, I didn't struggle with Cynthia's platinum team because I had a Glaceon on my team. But even past the battle, I see people saying that Cynthia is, and the only champion to ever have a relevance to the story; Excuse me what? Is Leon not a character anymore? And are we just going to forget how in every Cynthia scene ever, she doesn't even do anything but give orders to the protag (aside from the distortion world where she KINDA guided the protagonist) Tl;dr I agree, and Glaceon best girl.

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

Sorry I couldn't resist making another more BUT I also agree with gen 5's plot being overrated. Loved the story, Loved the characters, but the crown of best plot easily goes for gen 7... Gen 4 if we count Mystery Dungeon. Mega Evolutions are overrated, Gigantamax are...rated, Z-Moves are underrated. IMO, so I also agree with that one. And last but not least, I also agree with swsh having overrated music, the music isn't what made the game my favorite but the characters and the pretty places, so I was surprised to see the music getting the most love out of every one here.

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

Honestly the reason why Cynthia is my favorite champion is because her fight feels like a actual fight. Lance has 3 Dragonites is kind of dumb, Steven isn’t really that hard (especially if you have a swampert on your team), N was kind of cool because technically he was the first villain champion since he defeated Alder, Iris is not gonna lie a better dragon champion because she has a more diverse team, Kukui and Hau were ok, and Leon is my second favorite because he’s actually a does put up a decent fight. Cynthia’ team didn’t have a theme, a gimmick, or some reused Pokémon. It just a clean fair fight with have a balanced team just like you.

[@coldsobanoodle7407]

@@gioanysgonzalez3396 Leon definitely surprised me. I myself don't really vibe with his design, his overall outfit when he has the cape is pretty tacky. Though I was pleasantly surprised by his team actually putting up a fight when the rest of Gen 8's trainers hardly did so.

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

@@gioanysgonzalez3396 but the problem is that's really all there is to Cynthia, a diverse team.

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

@@Aiden-rw3vb Well yeah That’s majorly what make Champions memorable. The battle. Plus she’s a really interesting character since she’s a Archaeologists who studies the history of the Pokémon world and even helps the players summon Arceus during the special event. Not to mention that she’s a explorer so it’s no wonder why you she her in some many different places. That and I also think she has the coolest design out of other champions. She’s not over the top like Leon but also not to simple.

[@Cake2019_6]

Ngl Gen 6's Mega Evos where good but many Overrated Pokémon got it, Kanto Starters: Have Mega Evos, Kalos Starter: No Mega Evo even though they are the very first Pokémon from the very first Region that has Mega Evos (Yeah i say the very first Region with Mega Evos since OrAs released in Gen 6)

[@Langharig_Tuig]

Good to see my boy gen 3 with only the Battle Frontier. Gen 3 was just the best. The mechanics it introduced were fair and impactfull enough to see further use, it had some great designs, some meh ones, the map is pretty good. I'd say the only severe weakpoint of gen 3 is the characters... most characters feel dumb and lack personality; and that is indeed compared to other pokemon games

[@waterbottleblue238]

He should make a video of making Pokémon for each major holiday(New Years, Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, and Easter in one video. In the other 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in the second video.

[@noterg3776]

Alternate title: popular is now a new definition for overrated

[@WheelStart]

Popular is the first stage and overrated is the second stage...all things that he mentioned already in the second stage, way too popular that people started called them overrated

[@HashiNuke]

I say that Lucario is the most overrated mon in gen 4

[@vollied4865]

I don't think you really paid attention to Silvers story at all. The reason he's so beloved has little to do with Giovanni and more that he's a meta narrative about choosing power over what you love, he starts off as a thief who steals and uses whatever means to try to strike back at team rocket (later revealed to be more about daddy issues than team rocket) but as he keeps losing to the player character which in most cases are using pokemon they like/love versus him typically using pokemon with a singular stat higher than most, and you watch him grow from a selfish arrogant shithead into a trainer who loves and treats his pokemon like family, example: his golbat doesn't evolve into a crobat til after his character growth. Is he overrated? Maybe but I think you completely missed what his character is and about and why he's so well written in the less is more category, or maybe I've just read watched and played games with such deep lore than something this surface level just seems normal to me.

[@michaelballack3051]

Yes

[@amaze_z1953]

Finally, a chance to say how I feel about Gen 5. People say that it's on par with some of the best RPGs of all time, but I would personally give it an 8/10. The gameplay is way too slow (even though it tried to stop the gameplay from being slow from the last gen) and people's main appraise for the game besides the story is the music when every Pokemon's game is a 9.5 or 10/10 (Besides Kanto). Honestly I think USUM are on par with the quality with the games.

[@snostorm350]

Gen 5 the best 👍

[@Drakeon555]

This is why USUM and BW2 are tied for my favorite pokemon games.

[@gordon.sarratt]

Some of this seems accurate, but I still love gen 5. But I am a gen 5 kid so I might be biased

[@theoaremevano3227]

Yeah, I play a decent number of RPGs, and while I'd gladly say Unova's story is the best constructed in this series, it still doesn't have a ton of stuff to it, and some parts that seem unremarkable compared to usual RPG fare, but it finally brought some of that good stuff INTO Pokemon and that's what made it significant. Additionally, something else I'd praise about it is its world-building aspects. Prior to Gens 7 and 8, I had some major issues with the formulas for how certain elements in Pokemon were portrayed after the first game, specifically things like Gyms, leaders, champions and evil teams, but in scrutinizing the series as a whole, I'd say that before that point, Gen 5 did the best job sidestepping some of those problems and adding more logic to the world of Pokemon.

[@Drakeon555]

Might I take this opportunity to mention that Ron is right about Cynthia. I beat her while being 15 levels underleveled without healing, toxic stalking, or using a legendary while also only using 5 mons (and no I didn't use a competitively perfect team just a playthrough one) in my first Sinnoh playthrough last January.

[@sandeepsingareddy6331]

Switch mode or set?

[@sandeepsingareddy6331]

@Mikal Coleman yeh fair enough but for me personally, because I was playing on set, her team comp made her so memorably difficult for me

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@sandeepsingareddy6331 tbh, everything depends on Team build-up as well, has nothing to do with Set or Switch mode. Like, if you play DP and your starter is Torterra, you are gonna have an easy time defeating Cynthia, since Torterra alone checks 3 of Cynthia's mons on typing alone (Lucario, Gastrodon and Milotic) and isn't weak to the other 3 (And is also the only Sinnoh starter not weak against Garchomp). People often praise Cynthia for having such a diverse time, while if you look at in in-depth, Lance's team is more in-depth than hers, since Lance has more counters to all the starters.

[@sandeepsingareddy6331]

@@nickdentoom1173 yeh see the whole torterra doesnt work as well in set mode, cause after u beat let's say gastrodon, she can switch into her garchomp with flamethrower which u now have to play around instead of switching out torterra for something else to switch it back in later. If u havent tried set, I highly recommend it, it's a big step up from switch as long as ur still not overlevelling

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@sandeepsingareddy6331 Not talking about movesets here, only about typings.

[@arthurmorganhere]

I had no sweat defeating Cynthia. None of my Pokemon didn't faint at all, because I had a Weavile, so I just outspeed and OKHOed Garchomp in one hit, and my other Pokemon took care of her other Pokemon with little issues, but they still didn't faint, so if you're playing through Sinnoh.......USE A WEAVILE IT MAKES YOUR LIFE EASIER. But Iris in Black2 tho....Iris, killed my entire team in less than 2 minutes, my Pokemon were 4 lvls weaker...but she beat me 3 times in a row even I was prepared to defeat her, but she keeps destroying my plan.

[@arpandas2243]

Ok woman hater Leon red simp play BDSP...

[@sinnohperson8813]

Gen 3 starters. They are overrated Probably only blaziken tho Sceptile and swampert are pretty cool

[@kingwilliamlobo]

Sceptile is definitely much more overrated than blaziken

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

How is the Gen 3 starters overrated? Kanto I can understand but Gen 3?

[@sinnohperson8813]

@@gioanysgonzalez3396 they are popularly labeled best starter trio. But it's no where near gen1 gen4 and gen7 . People who played those as their first game are now in early twenty and poketubers and they labeled it as the best starter trio which is false

[@gioanysgonzalez3396]

@@sinnohperson8813 I never heard that before. Most often I always hear that Gen 1 and Gen 4 mentions as the best starter trio. Besides everyone and their moms knows that Gen 1 is obviously more overrated. I know they’re a classic trio but seriously they don’t need so much attention.

[@sinnohperson8813]

@@gioanysgonzalez3396 I understand but the amount of poketubers calling gen3 starter trio the best stater trio is absurd. I have no problem with swampert and sceptile but blaziken doesn't deserve to be called the best. The same persons liking blaziken dislikes delphox, cinderace , emboar for being humanoid, tho they make sense. But not blaziken because they are blinded by nostalgia glasses

[@The_PokeSaurus]

I really like your definition of overrated and understanding of it. Unlike other people who use the word to degrade and belittle things they personally don't like.

[@benmarsh8563]

2:22 what, Johto is the most overrated region when Kanto exists wtf 😂😂

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

I think its because johto is praised more

[@pixiezxie]

I see so many people now saying ‘charazard is overrated’ I haven’t seen anyone overrating him in a loooooonnnnggg time

[@Grandflea02]

It's not so much that charizard is overrated now, it's just that he gets way too much favouritism from gamefreak.

[@chrisshorten4406]

Sonya is lovely, so I agree that she's a 10.

[@argentcochon]

I think right now with the Sinnoh hype train, almost everything about Sinnoh is overrated, from Cynthia and the Underground to Bidoof and the character’s designs are extremely praised and fawned over when it is pretty on par with the generations before it, especially visually.

[@narxmagee727]

The Cynthia stuff...kinda hurt but it's understandable. What I'd like to put as a counter argument though is that every popular challenge in Pokemon (Whitney, Ultra Necrozma) is overrated. I had no problem with Whitney and had a Metagross for Necrozma. But the thing is, I didn't see the challenge cause I knew the challenge. I knew what was coming and how to avoid it. For anyone who didn't though, which is a lot of people, they're gonna think these very powerful Pokemon are quite challenging.

[@nickdentoom1173]

And thats the whole argument: Everything depends on team load-out. I had a harder time defeating Diantha than Cynthia, because my team wasn't made to be styled around Diantha, because at the end of the day, she is just the last challenge, but what made her more challenging was her team build-up in general compared to Cynthia's.

[@gyppygirl2021]

@Rice&ChickenIsTheBEST Part of the problem is just that the Ultra Necrozma fight is one of the very few things that's actually praised about gen 7. Everything else just gets hated on... and as a major Alola fan (second place behind Unova), that just makes me sad.

[@NoNamE-jk9pn]

for when it comes to overrated aspects: Team Rocket i find them to be pretty boring with their very throwaway dialouge and mediocre team builds, theyre an archetype of "simple villians" that i find really boring, for me Team Skull is what team rocket SHOULDVE been, actually charming and interesting whilst being very harmless in the long run

[@ryzoroaklr9274]

Get your "early ticket" here

[@sushikorpse7979]

no

[@reptileillusion8153]

Claimed

[@DJ792YT]

I heavily disagree with SM having a better plot than BW... I felt the story events flowed way better in the latter, wheras I couldn't bring myself to care about Lillie or Gladion or any of those characters with all those forced cutscenes slowing the game down. As much as I love a good story, it should not come at a cost of other important factors like gameplay.

[@chaosthegamer4111]

About the sword and shield soundtrack, it even incorporates British football fan culture with the fans making the music in the gyms at the final pokemon. They really thought the soundtrack through. Especially for the routes and tunnels. I just dont see how the perfect soundtrack is overrated

[@adalineharbert2371]

I love Johto for the overall atmosphere of the region :) also I agree that gen 8 has an overrated soundtrack, but the gym theme is absolutely NOT overrated, it deserves all the praise it gets. It single-handedly saved the gen 8 gym experiences for me. Also yes I was very disappointed that the gen 7 trials were just glorified simple puzzles, I had been expecting something way more hardcore. Exempting Mimikyu.

[@enoki8900]

Why don't you put the music in the description anymore?

[@SegaMario]

I'm so sick of Cynthia. She's been shoehorned into nearly every game following her debut. Where's the love for other Champions? Where's Lance? Where's Alder? Where's Diantha?

[@yawninglion1677]

I love Cynthia, but I can see why people would find her overrated for the reason I find Red overrated. Let some of the other protags come back damn it!

[@SegaMario]

@@yawninglion1677 I doubt you found someone else who found her overrated. Because they're *THAT* thirsty for her. I'm down for having more protags show up as superbosses. I think some were hoping Lucas would appear in BW1.

[@yawninglion1677]

@@SegaMario Lucas, Dawn, Ethan, Kris/Lyra, May, Brendan... They all should've come back. They're all champions, too. As for Cynthia I personally just think she's cool and I like how diverse her team is, probably because I don't think a Champion should have a specialty and I skipped 6 and 7 so I can only really compare her to champions like Lance, Iris, Steven, and Wallace.

[@tonycarbajal7812]

He should do a overated part in every remake/enhanced version

[@mipho5899]

I don't know if I can really agree with saying swsh music is overrated. And I can also not agree that Pokémon always has always good music. I think gen 4 music is super overrated due to lack of good battle themes and general themes that are as good or even less good than in following generations. Gen 1 to 3 also only had music that was more atrocious than good. Gen 1 to 4 music is overrated, while swsh feels actually more underrated. Especially if you look up the amount of views their ost on youtube gets. Gen 7 and 8 had by far the best soundtracks in the series, followed by gen 5 and then 6. Saying overrated feels like you need to forced yourseld into something.

[@narxmagee727]

Marnie is just so uninteresting. She's cute but she's kinda just there. I don't need every single rival to have some kind of arc but I at least want some kind of character. Speaking on rivals, I think jerk rivals are popular because there are so little of them compared to friendly ones. I like friendly rivals more and like how there are more people friendly competing with you instead of snot nosed kids belittlling you even though you whoop them each time but I understand the demand I guess.

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

That's exactly the definition of they want what they don't get lmao, or maybe it's just because the jerk rivals were first in lines so nostalgia nerds said fuck logic return to nostalgia.

[@leftygurl]

personally i think megas and battle facilities are overrated. they were never going to be mainstays, just gimmicks, and if we had all understood that to begin with, it would’ve saved us a lot of headache

[@Zoroark_Master]

No Pokémon is "overrated" some peoples simply like certain Pokémon to a different degree (overrated is basically saying that X Pokémon shouldn’t be as praised as it is, but that’s a completely subjective matter)

[@devcode2346]

Deciding to do a nuzlocke of sword, or replay let’s go again! Love your stuff Ron!!

[@zattart]

Gigantamax is off-putting to me because of how unnatural some of the designs turned out. I can accept Pokémon getting bigger, but the unnatural elements added to some of them is like multiplying the clothes on Pokémon and humanoid complaint by 100. Alcremie shouldn’t know what a wedding cake is, and Garbodor shouldn’t suddenly produce gigantic toys like wind-up cruise ships and dolls. I can stomach Kingler’s gigantamax form a lot better - seems plausible.

[@spark.1209]

Gen 6 is my favored region. It needs more attention. Please, do a video all about gen 6. I wanted this for 3 years.

[@Ash-GreninjaExpert]

Hey Ron can u do a top 10 favorite shiny Pokemon plz 🤔🤔🤔

[@Pururumpai]

I think why SWSH soundtrack is so good is because of how well it blends with the situation player faced. Listening it on its own outside the game is still good, but not as good as when you listen it in game during the play

[@blazedj]

I couldn’t agree more with each of these points. It is what it is, and I’m someone who loves each and every generation, as I’m just happy to get a new game and idea from my favorite franchise.

[@awesometoadultimate8562]

In my opinion Gen 2 and Gen 4's difficulty is overrated. Every Gen 2 gym leader except Clair has either two or three Pokemon, and every Gen 4 gym leader except the last two uses three.

[@jointser1008]

FINALLY Someone say it gen1 mons are overrated as hell! Genwunner praising gen1 mons and bashing against other regions they are absolutely wrong. Gen1 mons are definitely not the best they have also garbage pokemons like: Kingler,Jynx,mr.mime,muk,Parasect,Machoke and Electrode. Gen4 gen5 and gen3 mons are better in my opinion.

[@TheDeathmail]

Also, a defense for Gen 1, you realize a reason a lot of Gen 1 stuff doesn't feel as creative is due in huge part to the fact that it was normalized. Pokemon is now something normal for us. Think about it. The reason Gen 1 has such praise is because at the time, it was revolutionary, nothing else like it. It was special and unique. But to some people, it became so normal that they don't view it as special. It's like how rich people won't understand how a starving poor person would feel finally getting some bread... Right now, Gen 1 is something most people already grew up with and is considered old. It became so normalized that it's not seen as special anymore. Weezing and Muk was so unique because they were the pollution of the cities becoming actual monsters. The reason Poke'mainia was a thing was because of how unique and special something like Pokemon really was. And a lot of the issues people even have with Gen 1 are because of things it wasn't designed for, like competitive playing. Yes, it had bugs... but we as kids enjoyed that. And Gen 1, while smaller had one of the tightest lores and region connections in the entire game. The main issue that Gen 1 has in it's appreciation is that it's now marred with a lot of it becoming normal and people having different expectations for the series than it once did. In some ways, Gen 1 is almost a different game than modern Pokemon, and when you view it as such, there is a certain enjoyment to the game that modern Pokemon games don't give. That said, Gen 8 is actually my favorite Generation and I love later Generations a lot... Gens 1-3 had a different feel to the generations than the later Generations do. In fact, I believe each and every generations of Pokemon is still so much fun and replayable because each game has something unique and special about them... until Gen 6-8. The 3d transition kinda sucked and Gens 6 & 7 almost feel unplayable for me...

[@marc_8o0]

I'm honestly so glad you said the gen 1 pokemon are overrated... BECAUSE IT'S TRUE!!🤧😤

[@DigitalAqua.]

1:42 i love how the 59th pokemon is at level 59

[@ricochet0928]

10:27 * slams fists on table * *_YES_*

[@marisolramirez9591]

2:59 I found myself getting lost more often than other Pokémon games while playing Crystal for the first time

[@toganium4175]

Team Plasma will always be great antagonists to me.

[@_george_jorge2067]

I totally agree with Hoenn! Also, I don't know what other people think but personally I loved my sun and moon games! ☀️🌑