The Secret of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

[@Sean_Bird]

Wait, the TCG's Delta Pokemon had actual lore behind them? That's really cool, I never knew about that.

[@TheJWittz]

You had to find it hidden in the art and promotional info on the packs, but they packed it in deep! I miss those days.

[@Evan_L_Rodriguez]

Yeah, user Hayden_IRL made a video about it a little bit ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKfRmaiIdtChpbc

[@theTRUEelectrek]

Same!! I never forgot delta species and the word "holon" but that's all I knew!

[@godminnette2]

@@TheJWittz This was my biggest takeaway from the video! I have tons of Delta Pokemon cards still, and I thought of both them and Crystal Onyx with Terastal Pokemon. I didn't realize just how much lore Holon has. It would be neat if Holon was ever referenced in the games... there is a fan game that makes use of Delta Pokemon, Insurgence.

[@Dracnea]

The EX Delta Species era was one of the few TCG era's that had full creative reign to design a whole new region with lore. I would love to see the Holon region make a debut in the games but its been so long we likely never will.

[@anonymousartist8751]

There’s also the bit about the war of Kalos and how Infinity Energy came from the ultimate weapon. Seeing as there’s a giant crater in the middle of Paldea, and that Paldea would technically be right next to Kalos (since Spain and France are connected in the real world), I rest my case.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Ooooh

[@digidrveKJ]

I think Hisuin Typhlosion being a reference to Delta Typhlosion would be cool if it isn’t and just happens to be a coincidence. Heck Delta Typhlosions ability is called Shady Move and his one attack is Burning Ball that uses ghost and colorless but if it has 2 fires attached it burns the opponent just like Infernal Parade being a ghost type damaging attack that has a chance to burn

[@NorthEevee]

On that intro speech, I remember playing Diamond in early 2008 when I was 7. Years later, in 2012 I remember talking to people who played 3th gen games and even 2nd gen games, and we all felt this sort of disconnect. But whenever I hear we're already at the 9th gen, all I can think is how close our experiences were to one another. We had different Pokémon, but the core games were all the same. In a good way of course; Map layouts were incredibly open, yet so linear too. You'd go from one gym to the next, but halfway in your playthrough you'd cross the first city you went to, on your way to the 6th gym. Then you'd also have some amazing event in the third or fourth city, mid to late-game. And the entire leadup to the Elite Four. You'd ready yourself for the big fight against the champion, only to get your arse kicked, because you decided to skip about 30% of trainer battles thinking you were above them. And for the next three hours you trained on Victory Road. And only then, were you ready to face the Champion. This comment got a little out of hand whilst writing. But I think it's nice to reminisce on the good old days. I think a lot of us OG fans should look back on that. You'll never get those same experiences as you did playing Pokémon underneath your bedsheets in the middle of the night. But we can relive them in our mind. And I think that's neat.

[@solidskullz5736]

I kind of like this new form. Having them basically be delta Pokemon sounds like a way to trip up opponents. They think they have the type advantage until they don’t

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Would be better if it didn't add a ridiculous hat, and instead altered the Pokemon designs a bit (like replacing Fire effects on Fire Pokemon with Bubbles, or adding branches or flowers to Pokemon with Grass terra types)

[@ajbXYZcool]

@@jesusramirezromo2037 Honestly that's a LOT of work, as not all Fire Pokémon have "fire effects", and it has to work where every Pokémon has to have access to Every Type. Without creating excess amount of extra work, because whatever you think about how "lazy" Game freak is, there does need to be a level of balance when it comes to where you put your focus.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

@@ajbXYZcool Not that much work if they actually begin to make a "base" for each Pokemon body type It would not be much harder to implement than megas, just have an additional layer to the Pokemon moddel

[@ajbXYZcool]

@@jesusramirezromo2037 Again, you're suggesting more work. They already HAVE a base - the default models. So your suggestion means they need to code and model, what, 400+ bases for the mons that end up in the game? Instead of what they have now, but use the default Form as the base and add something on top - the "crystal" texture and the type-based hats that are consistent across different Pokémon. You don't need to discern what makes each Pokémon flying type - does it have the balloons? Flying. And yeah of course Megas are relatively easy as they didn't make Megas for every Pokémon, so they were able to focus on making a limited number of new designs. They didn't paste modifying stuff on top of the default Form, those were completely different models. But since then, since they want to make the "gimmick" available to every Mon, then generally they cannot go as far and, yes, redesign them all. Not realistically. That's why Dynamax is just "make it bigger", and they limited how many they made Gigantimax (so less new designs).

[@Lew-CB]

@@ajbXYZcool nothing should be "a lot of work" for the single biggest media franchise in history, they have ALL of the money.

[@BlueLoveYT]

This really makes me appreciate the new Terastal mechanic from a lore perspective. Had no idea there was so much history behind it. Happy to see Gamefreak bringing such an obscure concept to light and turning it into a major battling mechanic. Now I'm even more hype for S/V.

[@ZoruaMaster]

I think the design of terastal itself is a bit much

[@Hollow_Tim]

I might appreciate it more if it didn't look like they just put a crystal filter on each Pokemon. And if they didn't get rid of good mechanics like Mega Evolution.

[@peskylittlebird]

It's super cool how the TCG has a whole region on its own. I didn't know the Holon thing had a whole backstory!

[@sleepyespurr2922]

It's also a coincidence that one of GameFreak's character designers, Haruko Ichikawa, has a manga that has gemstones as characters called Land of the Lustrous.

[@AFKei]

Coincidence? Honestly, I think not! :P

[@YarnLalms711]

Any video that brings up Delta Species is always gonna be a good video. Seriously, glad you're back. The man who runs the PokeLab is now a PokeDad.

[@MrRom92DAW]

I still remember being amazed by the Crystal Onix episode when it came out, really wanting one, and being annoyed when I couldn’t catch one in gold, silver, or CRYSTAL version. I was really hyped to be able to add one to my team and I could never do it, until now! Maybe! It would actually be pretty funny if they still didn’t give Onix a Terastal form, and knowing gamefreak I wouldn’t put it past them…

[@KingHaruWolfs_Infinitverse]

Omg man, it feels so good to see back and bringing really great media to us. Feels like an eternity, congrats for your family and hope to see more great content Another thing, great edition and thank you for this nostalgic and ancient memories, my best wishes for you and anybody who reads this.

[@Lampent12]

I'd love to see more Pokemon TCG lore, all that stuff about the Holon Region (which I've never heard about until now) has me hooked.

[@KK_Draws_Stuff]

NEW JWITTZ DROP, LETS GOOOOO

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

I think another possible connection is that looking for rare gems is pretty similar to bug-catching in that it's very much a collector's game, where it's just as much about the journey as the actual thing you are searching for, and that journey often grows exponentially as you deeper and deeper and look for rarer and rarer things. Combining the two is a pretty genius idea. I also imagine this original inspiration is why they continue to teeter on stuff like reusable TM's and other items. Scarcity is kind one of the things that make collecting fun. It's not so much fun for the people who just like battling, but it makes it much more rewarding once you go through breeding for the perfect nature and all of that.

[@ShinyGBZ]

I was just about to say this new mechanic looks exactly like how they did Delta species pokemon in the TCG lol, great video!

[@ssencipe250]

Elemental types being used in a variety of games tends to break down into 2 key reasons for existing. 1. Elements are a great way to add flair to designs. You can take the same type of enemy or item or whatever, and have different elemental variants of that concept with distinct a feel to each of them. 2. If a player is playing an RPG, they will just always use their strongest attack against every enemy. That gets boring fast, so by using elements, you can make certain attacks better for certain situations. A similar logic is used for the existence of status effect and critical hit systems.

[@amirgarcia547]

I love how JWittz breaks out his inner Steven in this video and becomes obsessed with stones lol

[@PokemonLoverHeather]

Terastral Pokemon have some pretty fun speculation in this video. lol Seriously though, I love how deep you dug for this video. It’s crazy how much the Pokemon cards have to offer through lore that’s often overshadowed unless you heavily collect/play the game or just have overall knowledge on the subject. I learned a lot through this video. It was fun!

[@petermaguire8139]

There could be reason to believe that the world in Pokemon follows the Gaia theory - that the earth and all living beings behave as a single entity, so that is why you can have energy transfer between the earth and Pokemon so easily - that said there are Pokemon from space and other gimmicks have been the result of different sources (like Dynamax from Eternatus), but even so it might be worth thinking about.

[@erm718]

More than one Jwittz video in a year is a BLESSING

[@KamenRiderGreed]

I am SO happy to see you back full time! We missed you king.

[@auditect950]

I thought the Snowman Snorlax were regional forms, rather than original Snorlax that changed their types.

[@williamholtzclaw3029]

It's so cool to see someone talk about delta pokemon, Crystal guardians was the first set of the tcg I ever got cards from and always thought the electric charmander were so cool

[@NitroIndigo]

I first heard of Delta Species because people compared regional variants to them back in 2016.

[@mdudegamer]

Man, Delta Species cards were so cool to me as a kid. Honestly, they still look really neat, having the ability to get Pokemon on different colored cards than usual. Except Gloom and Vileplume's Psychic typing as Delta Species cards- they could have been printed as Psychic types during the era that's what Poison was categorized under, but they never were. Only Oddish from their line got that treatment, perhaps because Oddish Delta Species was Water.

[@animereverie4380]

Oh my god, it’s been a while since I’ve watched a Jwitts vid!

[@dee_sguise]

I'm never really big into battle gimmicks but watching lore vids on KZbin about them is always great. I wonder what they'll do for gen 10 whenever that happens. Or maybe they'll one day throw all of them in a game together.

[@squidlytv]

They should never do that. The metagame would become absolutely mayhem.

[@Gloomdrake]

I'm just excited to crystallize Makuhita

[@Moon525]

It’s so wild. A month before the new gimmic was announced my friends and I were going through our Pokémon cards and fell into the delta Pokémon rabbit hole and were like “Man they should put this in the games!” Then the reveal happened and we were floored 😆

[@roninwarriorsfan]

So, the Crystal Onix may have been a Terastilized Onix who's terra type was resistant to water, but weak to fire

[@jpbo98]

I like the consistency of mysterious rocks with power over the elements, it might not be intencional but it’s FUN

[@Undrave]

Let me drop a little Ultraman lore on you: The Ultras were once human-like aliens until their sun began to die To save themselves from freezing to death, they created the Plasma Spark as an artificial sun! The Plasma Spark, however, emitted Differator Rays that transformed the people into silvery giants with amazing powers. Sounds familiar eh? Their planet soon became know nas the Land of Light and they went on to form a galactic peacekeeping force. Ultra Megalopolis seems to draw inspiration from the Land of light, the Ultra Spark being kept in a tower at its center.

[@sperryyoungerjr.3985]

For the Delta Species Pokemon cards I still have a Psychic type Treecko, am Electric type Charmeleon, and an Electric type Fearow card back from when I was in Grade School.

[@Aluhcav]

I remember Delta pokemon, and they were my favorite series of cards. I'm happy that is finally, in a way, in the games!

[@sumthinorother9615]

8:53 An ad for TemTem came on here. Best timed ad I’ve seen in a while.

[@GigaMan91]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard "Yeah, boi!" from Eevee's voice.

[@yungmarsupial]

I always felt like delta Pokémon got forgotten, I loved those cards when came out as a kid

[@StelarVA]

11:48 I feel like it's worth mentioning that, while not introduced until later in the franchise's history (after Pokemon was created I think, though don't take my word for it), it was said that the Ultraman characters were originally a human-like species who were mutated into their current form by a crystal that was made to replace their dying sun. And generally their home planet, the Land of Light, is depicted as having cities with buildings made from crystals. Could've been the inspiration for this particular trend or just a fun coincidence, but either way I think it's just a cool connection between Pokemon and one of its inspirations.

[@marin3933]

13 years?! Jwittz is uploading for 13 years? Oh god.. Im old

[@hellopuns2402]

This is why I like watch this channel, there’s always an emphasis on enthusiasm and FUN. It’s getting hard out there and these vids make me smile :)

[@iikorayoutpriv]

Had to fit a broken naughty reference in there somewhere. Surprised it wasn't Kid named Finger, or "Waltuh, put your deck away Waltuh, not playing cards with you right now, Waltuh."

[@SureyD]

Thanks for the deep dive! I didn't know or forgot about these! Also Artsy Theo killed it with the thumbnail.

[@Zistheone2]

10:53 Great, now I need to rewatch the entirety of Sun & Moon just to see which episode this scene was from

[@JB_idk]

NEW JWITTZ VID LET'S GO

[@abbexx4283]

TheJWittz: "And so I can support my family" holy heck a content creator that helps his family

[@SableGear]

Cool to see there's actually a lot of precedent for Terastal typing rather than it solely being the New Regional Gimmick. Hearing it broken down and tied into existing mechanics made it make a lot more sense; it really is basically overcharged evolutionary stones. I wonder if we'll get some lore/dialogue about that relation in Scar/Vi. (Also at 2:20, who else could hear this clip in their head, music sting and all?)

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

TIL Crystal Pokémon cards are also see-through. That's actually neat!

[@AlexTenThousand]

It may be because I was a kiddo when they came out and Gen 3 was the start of my journey into Pokémon both with the videogames and the card game, but I genuinely miss the Delta Species and think they were the coolest mechanic of the game, and I'm happy the Celebrations set brought back some of Gen 3's stuff like Delta Species Gardevoir and Umbreon Star.

[@yourgrandpabillyjohnson1888]

Videos you've been putting out are really good keep it up

[@milkman4328]

Omg he still upload’s it’s been 7 years since I have watched you I can’t believe you still upload you are my childhood

[@cloudricklloyd1]

Glad to have you back, Josh.

[@Ekami-chan]

This reminded me of people freaking out when violet/scarlet title came out because they feared it would do rebirth manga mechanic. :D

[@MrBizznessMan]

I know Birdkeeper Toby did some indepth Lore dives into all this. but short version: Terrastrial Phenomenon, Dynamax, Z crystals, and Megas are all part of the one singular whole energy. And each part is representing a part of the pokemon's being. (all ties into alchemy and such)

[@tannermccollum7060]

When I saw Delta Species I fell in love with type altered Pokémon.

[@rubiconprime1429]

Moral of the story: Pokémon+jWittz=fun

[@AlexMartinez-gv7hy]

I've missed this man and glad he's back. Will you do videos on digimon again? Kinda want to hear your take on some of the mechanics added since

[@jymllumpyre5290]

I think they were spot on with adding elemental types to spice up the combat system. As much as I love the Nidoking line (Used him for my very first team back in the day on the original Gameboy) and Rhydon (Used when I replayed Gen 1 with Fire Red), some of the most fun for me when playing new pokemon games is scouting for a team with multiple elemental types to cover weaknesses, boost team versatility and just add some variety.

[@Chibi_Rikka]

I don't know if it was intentional but I love that it lists 'Pokemon Crystal' as the game category for the video. xD

[@unlovednekochan94]

Conclusion: fun

[@TheJWittz]

FUN

[@zoa1-99.......]

Yep, finally, we get our Crystal Onix. NOW WHERE'S OUR GS BALL!!??

[@Swampert_Tube]

I remember having delta pokemon cards as a kid. I still have some too like 2 electric type crocanaws

[@Dracnea]

The Celebrations Delta Mimikyu is actually an interesting case. Delta Species pokemon are suppose to retain there original type weakness on the card. However, the Delta Species Mimikyu's weakness is the same as any other water type pokemon within the TCG. It's weakness should be Dark but instead it's Eletric.

[@sunshineunitz3833]

This makes me so much more proud of my Delta species pokemon cards that I thought were so cool as a kid. Shout out to my Psychic Ninetales and Electric Feraligatr

[@yasihiko]

I'd love to see you commentate again! Seeing you at Regionals was always a highlight

[@joemama1939]

Glad your back to regular content

[@Sebboebbo]

Da king is back baby he neva miss

[@Rder2779]

Man this is awesome. I’ve been watching you for years and years, I remember when you didn’t have a background and did fact of the days at that wooden table. And today is my birthday and boom, new video. So great man, keep up the great work, awesome to have you back!

[@LTDextel]

As SOON as I heard about Terastalizing I immediately was like "delta species!"

[@RavenZombieX]

I prefer to think of the Gold sudowoodo and swellow as precursors to BREAK evolution.

[@milk_choc7889]

I've always thought that the Burst mechanic from the manga was more akin to Z-Moves. There was that initial craze with the Z-Crystals resembling Burst Hearts, but Alola also gave us a human fused with a pokémon, and a mechanic called (Ultra) Burst.

[@kprojectskurt]

I knew about the Delta Pokemon in the TCG but not the Crystal ones, very interesting video

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Evolution methods have spiralled out of control for a long time. It's to the point where i think a big evo style crunch is needed. We have: level up, trade, special items, level up during the day or night, holding your console upside down, trading with special item, trading for a specific pokemon, being pretty, being happy, learning a move of a type, gender, level up while holding a special item, level up while near a special place, even the region we're in, or the sepcific game we're playing, if there is another pokemon in your party. The list never ends

[@eraserhead2620]

WE MISS YOU SO MUCH JWITTZ!!!!

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

I didn't feel ancient until you brought up ninth generation. Oof.

[@Mr1991bbk]

There does seem to be a big build up that the Pokémon Company has been setting up since Gen 6. I believe we got some information on four aspects of Arceus in the Legends game. The legendaries Zygarde, Necrozma, Eternatus and presumably an unannounced legendary that relates to Terralization fit seem to fit these aspects. I suspect that Gen 10 will see something huge for the Pokémon World that will give more information into these wierd occurrences that have been happening since Gen 6.

[@Isaac-vq9gw]

So the Delta Pokemon in that one fangame came from the card game!

[@LITTLE1994]

This form is actually interesting, especially for Eeveelutions.

[@ZexalDSJAsh]

I know this may be unrelated, but when I heard of the Terastal Phenomenon, the very first thought I had was "This is like Hidden Power and Mega Evolution. Hidden Power Evolution? *Hidden Evolution.* Thats what I'll call it."

[@thazkid]

I'll admit. That joke at 4:52 was so bad that it got a chuckle out of me. Lol

[@Hell_Soll]

this Eevee from the manga, my tiny teen brain thought that THIS was actually how there evolution works, that I can freely change the evolution each time I use an stone of them... and just like that I got my first Vaporeon lol

[@TheKpa11]

One day perhaps. Form changes and class changes are all the rage in JRPGs these days It’s too good of a concept not to

[@MrJakys1234566]

If you feel ancient by saying that, imagine how I feel when I remember you where part of Shofu’s Pokémon rap cypher back in 2013. Your part was and still is hype lmao

[@Compucles]

Well, this isn't the first time the main series games were seemingly inspired by the TCG. The first generation TCG cards had moves like Nightmare and Rain Dance before they were added into the games, and then Mega Evolution was a similar concept to the Level X TCG cards.

[@AerialHoopGuy]

Another awesome vid, thank you for your content and thoughts! 😁👍

[@ThatAlchemistGuy]

Love getting notifications of new jwittz videos again. First pokètuber i got into and still my favorite!

[@cecildesist]

My sentiments exactly!

[@Zhane-xs5sj]

Don’t forget the Pokémon fangame Pokémon Insurance which also featured Delta Pokémon

[@micaiah8097]

Definitely convinced that this is where it came from. Took them a while to get around to putting it into the games lol

[@nateweinand4209]

This video was.. FUN! Hahaha! Thanks for covering those Holon Pokémon: I’ve been wanting to hear more about that since your video “A History of Pokemon TCG Holos + Foils.” Nate Weinand 2 years ago This was really cool! The art on all of the cards was gorgeous! 9:36 I’d love to hear more about these Holon cards! Is that supposed to a TCG exclusive region, like Orange Islands is anime exclusive? And it was kind of like Alola with the different forms with different types. Thanks again for all your content!

[@pqulxv3810]

13:42 lol... I'm weirdly and fully satisfied with that conclusion

[@danieldvoracek7977]

Missed you looking forward to the content!

[@Monchan-l6h]

"you got a sudowoodo that's actually... Woodo" I love that joke lmao

[@ajanis95]

Always thought of Delta mon as the precursor to Regional variants personally.

[@SlashCraftJack]

PokéMon Cards made a ghost type Typhlosion before it was cool. In fact I was actually thinking about it a few weeks before this video was uploaded.

[@denverarnold6210]

Regardless of canonicity, it is pretty neat to look back at how often the new gimmick has be used already in cards and the show.

[@ViktorErikFade]

This also reminded me of Lucario and the new movie Where they used giant crystals to store memories and talk to one another and use aura moves....... And that was originally in sinnoh which we got remakes and a new game for right before this gen coincidentally

[@BobbyReborn]

"There are only a few alive." -- that truly is Eevee's Yellow dex entry. However Mewtwo's Red/Blue is still the most shocking.. "It was created by a scientist after years of horrific gene splicing and DNA engineering experiments."

[@jaydeejay4166]

I haven't had anything recommended to me from the Jwittz in years.

[@monkeyrul3994]

The first time i saw terrastalizef i remember Crystal guardian set, is one of.my favorite sets, actually all of the ex Ruby&zafire are My favorites!

[@CatsRul85]

I hadn't really been aware of delta mons/ what the tcg was doing so I was very confused when I had a fire type ludicolo card

[@LTDextel]

I love how your thesis of doing the research because it's "fun" ended up coming back around as the reason why Pokémon have types.

[@Anthintendo]

Drink every time JWittz says “fun.”

[@Trunks1stApprentice]

Gonna just ignore the Arceus portion of the video. Other than that, another excellent upload as always.