The Biggest Pokémon Hot Takes

[@Na-mi3dx]

“Now, don’t get me wrong. I love black shinies. Some of my closest shinies are black”

[@rvs2677]

💀💀

[@yoshifan4456]

"I just feel like there should be less of them, yknow? Like, don't you feel it's not realistic-"

[@Na-mi3dx]

@@yoshifan4456 “Look at this footage of kalos, it’s rampant. It’s truly some type of displacement.”

[@xpastelxbloodx]

I thought you were joking but no that's actually how he says it 😭

[@LucarioAura208]

but green 👎✈🏢🏢

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Hot take: Macargo

[@SP_1st]

That is definitely a hot take

[@ssycooffwhite3893]

18,000 degrees hot

[@kyllernotkiller]

Another hot take: choosing fire starter

[@MegaKabutops777]

Macargo fast

[@Amelia4111]

There should be 2 G's in Magcargo!

[@teapillarVA]

I've never been bothered by npcs not having teams of 6. I mean, they live in this world of monsters with massive powers. Could we as humans realistically all care for 6 huge magical pets at once? I have respect for people who know their limits with pets.

[@sanhakim1335]

But not when their whole job is to take care of them and raise them. It's unacceptable for an elite 4 member or late game gym leader to not have 6 pokemon. It'd be like a coach only fielding 4 players in a game of soccer. It's blatantly throwing the game. I think it was in X&Y where the 8th gym leader had 3 pokemon. An absolute joke in universe

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

​@@sanhakim1335your right and that's inexcusable especially late game gym leaders or elite 4 Pokemon x and y was lazily rushed

[@Yeahmydude10]

​@@sanhakim1335but also why have 6 equally good Pokemon when you can have 4 great Pokemon. This isn't soccer where you need a specific amount to actually play a game all you need are really good mon that work well like look at Raihan

[@quwuirkyturkey]

@@Yeahmydude10half of the kalos gym leaders only have 3 moves on their mons😭😭

[@Yeahmydude10]

@@quwuirkyturkey never said it was a reality

[@jmurray1110]

Honestly I would argue that not having XP share actually guides you to overleveling your starter and letting your other members rot in the back

[@flaria185]

That was how it was before gen 6, Since most people's highest level pokemon is their starter, they would be used more and thus be higher level than everyone else. If you didnt level up your team purposely, you'd have an overleveled starter that destroys every battle😂

[@bugonboris6681]

The EXP share in the 3DS games isn't so bad since you still had the option to turn it off, but when they made it mandatory in the Switch Pokémon games, that's where it became a problem, because now they removed the option to let the player train other Pokémon. Maybe if you could fight with more than one Pokémon at a time for every match, then fine, but you can't!

[@kiwikarp9509]

@@jmurray1110 I disagree. I think the bosses(gym leaders, rival fights, etc.) are too simple to discourage that. There are exceptions like Whitney's Miltank and the Triplet Restaurant gym, but most fights are so easy that you can breeze through them by spamming a strong move.

[@windego64]

people you shouldn't play Pokemon normally. just mod it. heck there's a mod for scarlet and violet

[@kitkatboard]

And having the EXP share makes all my Pokémon overleveled so...

[@TheStickCollector]

I guess my hot take is that Raichu should be more featured prevalently, like how pikachu is. Can't just be for people in Ash's way

[@jnetegizi8375]

Especially since Ash is no longer the anime protagonist

[@ThePokemonKage]

I'm only disagreeing with this because Raichu is my favourite Pokémon and if it got more attention people will start calling it overrated, and I don't want that label on my child

[@TheStickCollector]

@@ThePokemonKage I get that. I will take it staying in major roles, where Pikachu can stay being always a background character. Doesn't have to show up much, but at least one protagonist role at least if not more. If I ever get a movie or something going then I would but knowing game freak you're safe.

[@QuasarBuasarEeveeTheUziFan]

Why is this considered a _hot_ take

[@TheStickCollector]

@@QuasarBuasarEeveeTheUziFan idk, but considering people hate the idea that if pikachu evolves they would leave the show says a lot about that. I assume it would be that this is a radical change of mascot? or main pokemon it might make people upset.

[@jgr7487]

Quick Ball + 9 Ultra Balls + Timer Ball.

[@ArcticDrought]

What

[@geno.b]

@@ArcticDroughthe’s saying how he catches his pokemon

[@ldmtag]

Just reset until the Quick Ball makes a catch. Why being so wasteful? Better spend that money on vitamins and bottlecaps

[@xzane1337]

just use regular pokeballs bru

[@jgr7487]

@@xzane1337 you're right. If I'm using the Quick Ball + Timer Ball method, using the regular ball is cheaper & as effective.

[@lasercraft32]

Hot Take: Object Mons are NOT lazy, they're actually really creative and I'm tired of people treating them like they aren't. Living ice cream cones and haunted tea cups are way more interesting than yet another bird, dog, or rat Pokemon.

[@Ilikesceptile11]

Fax

[@AntSugar]

Yeah I don't get the vanillite line hate "it's just a ice cream cone" well Pidgey is just a bird wdym?

[@painpapadopoulos8120]

Klinklang 😂

[@painpapadopoulos8120]

​@AntSugar birds are real animals. Ice creams are humans' invention. Making an ice cream with eyes is just stupid.

[@Soda27650]

in the pokemon universe, vanillite isnt based off of icecream, icecream is based off of vanillite

[@ColeLector]

Not sure if it’s a hot take, but I always hated how the future paradox forms started with “iron” when the past forms had very different names, especially since there’s so many different types of metals. Imagine names like Cobalt Crown, Titanium Valiant, Steel Treads, they could’ve had insanely cool names but nope, just iron.

[@Lilaclightning12]

Would be funny if they just used different materials instead

[@Mystmon]

Someone on Reddit came up with the names 'Hydro Bundle', 'Cyber Jugulis', 'Magnet Hands', 'Solar Moth', 'Mecha Thorns', and 'Laser Valiant'. While 'Cyber Jugulis' and 'Laser Valiant' would exceed the 12-character limit, this set of names would be far better in my opinion.

[@Ilikesceptile11]

​@@Mystmonhariyama boutta throw these hands

[@Rexred09]

Hot take, Greninja, Charizard and Lucario arent overatted, the correct term is overexposed or overused.

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

Charizard is just Charmander with wings, it feels very uninteresting compared to most other starters

[@verdragon5591]

Charizard is definitely overrated, if you throw a rock at it, it dies, and it isn't even big enough for you to ride on its back

[@Rexred09]

@@verdragon5591 Swampert gets sent to the shadow realm if it touches grass, but you don’t wanna diss Swampert do you?

[@verdragon5591]

@@Rexred09 Grass is an uncommon attacking type, and water/ground has no other weaknesses

[@Mister_Plink]

@@verdragon5591no way you’re saying charizard is overrated because it has a 4x weakness

[@gede1x2c50]

My biggest hot take: touching my mom's food after just getting out of the oven

[@turboshazed7370]

Thats not a hot take it's not even a take

[@gede1x2c50]

@@turboshazed7370 do you know what a "joke" is?

[@DoubleDuck2]

I see what you did there!

[@Ilikesceptile11]

That's not a hot take. That's a hot touch

[@FlareToga76]

Hot Take: Triple, Rotation, and Inverse battles should've become a bigger thing and been a competitive format. They spice up battles and with new gimmicks, would make for some insane metas.

[@GameurBlais]

I love it!

[@jacoblarkin267]

Problem is they’re so laggy

[@GameurBlais]

@@jacoblarkin267 I don't know where you saw any lag in gen 5

[@jacoblarkin267]

@@GameurBlais not in gen 5 but every gen after that. 3D models made it laggy

[@OtterFan48]

I am sad they removed them

[@klatchabobby]

I 100% believe every single game should be locked to only having that gen's Pokémon in the region to catch until the post-game. Black and White was goated for that. Nothing annoys me more than seeing cross-generational Pokémon filling up spots in trainers' teams and the tall grass in what are supposed to be showcases of the new region's Pokémon

[@kiwikarp9509]

@@klatchabobby I don't quite agree with this because they've been adding less pokemon in the newer gens. It would be fine with the older gens cause they were adding +100 pokemon, but since gen 6 they've struggled to reach 80 new mons. Stretching that between 18 types would be too limiting for the modern pokemon games.

[@persian338]

Also black and white initially flopped because of that

[@Zillionman2010]

@@persian338 While it's impossible to know for certain, I imagine it wouldn't have gone quite so bad if half of the Pokemon they introduced weren't obvious replacements for the Pokemon they were removing.

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

Most people use new Pokémon anyways, there’s already 1000+ Pokémon, makes more sense to use old Pokémon that haven’t gotten a chance to shine instead of new ones

[@verdragon5591]

I disagree, I like having a mix of old Pokemon with the new, because it can, for example, put Pokemon that you couldn't catch until near the end of the game (when you have no real room left to train a new party member) near the start or middle, IE Pawniard, a pretty late-game Pokemon in Unova, appearing in the mid-game of X and Y, or a bunch of past pseudo-legendaries having their first forms catchable at a plateau just south of Mesagoza in Scarlet and Violet. I do definitely think that the new Pokemon should be front and center, particularly in trainer teams, and that they should introduce more new Pokemon per generation, closer to 100 or above instead of 80-90.

[@falconfyre9286]

Hot take of mine is that meowscarada wouldn't have been hated as much if the internet didn't make such a big deal on the cat staying on four legs

[@matthewroberts198]

I feel that way about all the starters or heck just new evos in general when they compare them to fakemon images they've seen. Reminds me of when someone said that Gamefreak and the Pokemon Company will never live up to people's imaginations.

[@willmark7032]

Another W for Skeledirge

[@Zoroark_Master]

meowscarada Is actually pretty popular, especially in Japan

[@scantyer]

Meowscarada haters keep coping and seething

[@mectainea5575]

@@falconfyre9286 the four legs thing isn’t really an issue I had with Mewscarada, my biggest gripe is that it’s literally a 3rd attempt at ripping off greninja on a gameplay level like Cinderace which makes the Pokémon feel boring compared to the other starters in the series. Not only is it dull but it kinda feels like a wasted opportunity to Mewscarada’s theme when abilities like magic bounce or prankster would be more suitable to it being a trickster magician.

[@Cruzer108]

Hot take: emboar is a well designed pokemon that gets overhated due to its type i really enjoy them

[@virtualcolt]

3:29 This hot take would have been better if the person said that they wish we had a trainer in each route with a team of 6, kinda like a challenge after beating every trainer in the route. This is very similar to what the Alola games do, where there are routes with trainers that only battle you if you defeat every trainer in that route.

[@ssycooffwhite3893]

I know a lot of people might disagree with me, but I think the sinnoh cross-gen evolutions are really well designed and overall good pokemon. I especially don't understand the hate electivire, magmortar, and rhyperior get.

[@M4x_P0w3r]

Some people say that they are too fat and don't look enough like the pre-evos.

[@sinnohperson8813]

100%

@@M4x_P0w3r I thought that it was mostly how much they deviated from the prior forms. I think that Magmortar and Tangrowth stayed the closest, though.

[@FTChomp9980]

I grew up with Platinum I agree with u 100%.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

Hot takes are just another word for bad takes so I see why you like them

[@alihanbaran]

My hot takes: Druddigon is underrated as hell and Golurk deserves a signature move

[@d4nmark22]

These aren't hot takes at all man, I 110% support these

[@staringcorgi6475]

Hot take: game freak is not lazy at all however the time constraints hurt their execution which explains why everything looks and plays bad

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

Honestly I’m surprised SV turned out as good as it was, a few glitches here and there, but nothing that major

[@bluntizard4481]

4:55 Toggle option PER POKEMON in the party where you choose if it gets the share or not

[@melty_x_]

Liking charizard nowdays its like a hot take, they be throwing hate to whoever who likes him just because hes game freak favorite too

[@twisted2723]

Valid hate

[@derpypanda7]

Fr Charizard has been and will always be the GOAT

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

If Charizard wasn’t the only Starter in Sword and Shield without DLC or Home (and if the Johto, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos Starters were in Sword and Shield), then I wouldn’t hate Charizard. But that’s not the case. Charizard will forever be the worst Pokémon (in my opinion) for Sword and Shield alone.

[@v.i.pflame7607]

Charizard is one of my favorite pokemon overall but i can entirely see why people get tired of it so much as they do.

[@kaiba1656]

​@@IsleofPigsStudiosthinking Charizard is the worst pokémon Just because It got a bit of favoritism is one of the worst takes i ever see

[@Zoroark_Master]

Saying pikachu is an overrated Pokémon is like saying Link is an overrated Zelda character Charizard isn’t overrated, it would be more that he’s overexposed by TPC

[@prateekasolkar1438]

About the new Pokémon in new games hot take- I think gym leaders and major characters should have Pokémon from their regions as most of their team and aces rather than using primarily older gen Pokémon

[@Ilikesceptile11]

_cough_ _cough_ Johto _cough_ _cough_

[@Mr110074]

I 100% agree. It’s a great way to show off the new Pokémon.

[@moxiemouse24]

Leon shouldn't have had a freaking Charizard

[@rayaneouizare6885]

​@@moxiemouse24fr he should've used smt like dragapult aka a strong pokemon from his home region

[@DementedDoritoOfdoom]

Hot take: Trials are far more interesting than gyms, especially the totem pokemon battles. I feel like totem battles require a bit more strategy than any gym leader could. For gym battles, you really only need like one or two pokemon to sweep their team. This isn't always the case for Totem battles since the Totem Pokemon will generally always have something up their sleeve, making them a bit more of a challenge than gyms imo

[@GameurBlais]

It's funny cause you call it a hot take when it's only fact!

[@Ilikesceptile11]

Ngl I definitely enjoyed solving the trial puzzles in Pokemon moon and defeating all of the trial pokemon more than I did in any gym from any previous game and the totem pokemon can be really fun and challenging as well as being great rewards for completing the trial Anyways I'd like to say this again. F totem lurantis

[@sceptilesteven]

I don't know how hot this take is, but usum should of been just one game instead of two. The necrozma fusions felt kind of unnecessary and having one version with ultra nercozma on the cover would of been much cooler. Maybe it could of been just called pokemon ultra or something.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

especially when Platinum, Emerald and Crystal were just one games instead of two

[@KingKirby-q9l]

Funnily enough, Ultra Necrozma is technically on the cover. As a silhouette when you put the two games together.

[@richiboy6546]

This is definitely not a hot take

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

At least it doesn’t force you to get both

[@Ilikesceptile11]

I think if it was then it should be called pokemon ultra cosmos. Would be a sick name

[@castform7]

12:47 I feel like the push back of another type is exactly because of what you said. A new Pokemon type would be cool but the cool factor is all we're really doing it for. The matchups and overall type ideas either need stretches of the century to work or don't actually work to balancing types out.

[@Hairo-rv9kl]

I can't remember who but I recently watched a video were someone argued why we *don't* need a new type, and it really boils down to having to rework every other type around it, when we could easily just rebalance the types and mechanics we already have to deal with any "broken" or "underpowered" types, like how hail was changed to snow, which was actually a huge buff for Ice types

[@kelvinsmymiddlename5756]

Most likely it’s JPRPokeTrainer98 who you’re referring to, since he made a video last week arguing the infeasibility of another Pokemon type. Again, focus on re-balancing the existing types rather than further complicating the delicate balance with another type that also needs to justify its existence with new Pokemon or changing the types of old Pokemon

[@hankhill6404]

Disregard any take that uses the word overrated. If they just say their opinion, thats perfectly valid, but using overrated translates to "THING is popular but i dont like THING but i also dont have a reason i can put into words so im gonna say this to try to add some kind of objective weight to my opinion despite there not being a tangible scale to rate things"

[@brokenursa9986]

Lukewarm take: Normal-type is underrated. Having no super effective STAB is a small price to pay for having basically no weaknesses and access to practically every move in the game, plus some of the most powerful moves in the game as STAB. Also, you get some incredibly strong pokemon, like Snorlax, Slaking, Blissey, or the entire Porygon line besides Porygon itself.

[@GameurBlais]

I love lukewarm takes

[@yan7821]

i think its a pretty hot take to call slaking "incredibly strong" xd I like it though

[@brokenursa9986]

@@yan7821 Slaking has the same base stats total as Kyogre and Groudon and one of the highest Attack stats in the game. If you can get rid of Truant, which really isn't that hard, especially in doubles, it is an absolute menace.

[@yan7821]

@@brokenursa9986 its a gimmick pokemon, can you make it work? Yes. Is it "incredibly strong" no.

[@mr.sniffly5297]

@@yan7821strong doesn’t necessarily mean good. Slaking is objectively very strong, even if Truant keeps you from abusing that strength

[@GloomyFish]

I love the exp share, definitely. it makes grinding much less of a chore. but we should be allowed to turn it off if we want to, for various reasons. I've found that even if i don't do any extra grinding, with the exp share my pokemon get overlevelled pretty easily and i could control that by turnjng it off in gens 6 and 7... not anymore though

[@ThePokemonfan1993]

Need VS Want for Pokemon has always been a big thing, its hard to tell if people truly know the difference between those 2 words. We don't need new Pokemon, we want it

[@flareblitz198]

The worst part about the XP share not being a toggle is that it used to be in gens 6-7.

[@casualscrollron3923]

Hot Take: Object based pokemon (basically pokemon that aren't animalistic or humanoid in any way and are based more on objects) like klefki, Garbodor, vanilluxe, voltorb lines and more are underatted, never understood the community's hate for them, I mean, I don't see anyone hating on my boy Aegislash?

[@LeeDeeLee7]

In the defense of the chrome shinys... everything is chrome in the future!

[@romanansari2003]

Heres a hot take you won't like: gen 9 shinies are overhated!!

[@Ilikesceptile11]

Especially.... _shudder_ ......... Okidogi

[@kiwikarp9509]

This might not be a hot take, but it's a fairly rare one: Pokemon is greedy for not having multiple save files. Every other RPG under the sun has at least 3 by now, it should be the same with Pokemon. But then people wouldn't have a reason to buy both versions, which would make TPC less money, so they don't.

[@s0lsticefr4]

On the switch you can make multiple profiles so you have technically multiple save files. Maybe on the 3DS they could have done it and didn't but idk if they had enough space for it on the DS.

[@kiwikarp9509]

@@s0lsticefr4 1. Not an excuse, you should be able to do it in game like you can in every other game. 2. If every other DS game can do it, it's not a space issue, it's a Gamefreak and greed issue.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

exactly, but watch pokemon fans defend their favourite billion dollar company and make up an excuse for that

[@TheEmperorYTP]

version exclusives are the incentive to buy both versions what is this garbage take

[@kiwikarp9509]

@@TheEmperorYTP are they also the reason Gamefreak can't add a second save file? Even if they were it's a terrible reason to justify that.

[@lucinamain6861]

my hottest take is that Delphox is actually a really cool pokemon

[@sinnohperson8813]

It is

[@d4nmark22]

For me, it's Emboar, Volcanion, Simisage and Delphox, Can they be tweaked, absolutely, but i say that they're overheated, especially when we have mons like munkidori Sawk and Throh

[@grumpyentity2029]

My hot take; the Fairy Type made Dragon Types too easy to counter. I get that Dragon needed to be balanced a bit, but they went too far by making Fairy not only Super Effective against Dragon, but also immune to it. It’s hard to still see Dragon as a rare, exotic, and powerful Type when it can so easily be countered by a Type that’s actually fairly common. I’d be ok with it if Fairy just resisted Dragon, but making them immune is too much imo.

[@jaredparks4713]

In their attempt to make Dragon less overpowered, all they did was introduce a new overpowered type to take its place.

[@Ilikesceptile11]

​@@jaredparks4713 well nowadays it's not so overpowered

[@sansthedrummer]

One I've had all the way back since gen 1: mythical pokemon should be obtainable in game by completing certain tasks like completing the pokedex. Back in the day, the only legit way you could obtain mythicals like Mew and Celebi were from in person events that only happened for a couple days in major cities. So many of us more rural kids couldn't go, so we missed out. Having them obtainable in game would have made it far more fair.

[@Mister_Plink]

I actually like joke forms and evolutions like alolan dugtrio and dundunsparce. I see people talking about how much they HATE these Pokémon for being silly or stupid, but I think it’s totally fine to have some forms game freak create just to be funny and mess with players.

[@1BritishCigarette]

ngl i love flamigo. Gamefreak rly just said scrrw it on that one.

[@livelovelando]

I liked how exp share was a held item in previous generations, and only affected the pokemon holding it.

[@mrtrollnator123]

Hot take: mightyena 100% needs an evolution

[@castform7]

4:52 I to this day don't know why Pokemon in the Switch era is slowly just removing options from their games. It's the same thing with set mode not being a thing anymore despite it being in literally every game prior. What, does Game Freak think kids are so stupid they'll find a way to these options, turn them off/on by accident and struggle for the rest of the game. Why do they keep taking simple options away.

[@Sp4dester]

My "hot" take: Get rid of Freeze Dry and just make Ice super-effective or even neutral to Water. It gives a check to Water(and even a buff if a Water type faces another Water type), and gives Ice a buff. Win win

[@GameurBlais]

Actually in gen 9 with snow... ice type is pretty strong now

[@brokenursa9986]

Better option: give Ice another resistance besides itself. Ice is, without question, the single worst defensive type in the game. It needs something, anything, to offset its 4 weaknesses.

[@Yuzrnaime]

Honestly I think that Ice should resist Ground. It's already super effective against it, and plus, we'd have another check for one of the best offensive types in the game.

[@GameurBlais]

@@Yuzrnaime I have the same type in mind

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

That's not a hot take at all, in my opinion. You see people talk about how the ice type should be given some sort of advantage over the water type ALL THE TIME when they talk about ways to buff the ice type

[@silver7405]

Welcome back aura! You can make it through your hardships man, you'll only become a stronger person once your aforementioned difficulties are overcome. Much love from a long-time fan!

[@ventaverv3793]

40% of those Black Shinies you showed are Pokemon that are black normally and that isn't what the shiny changes, I don't think Pikipek's butt being black on both forms counts. Also; Purrserker? Runerigus? Salandit? Alolan Golem?? TOXAPEX??? Most of these aren't Black Shinies at all!

[@AwesomeMooseSmile]

My hot take is that Genwunners are NOT the most toxic part of the fanbase, not by a long shot, they just have opinions that hurt people's feelings the most. Say what you all about bias or nostalgia, which is something that every pokemon fan is guilty of, I've never had a genwunner personally attack me or anyone else because I had an opinion that they didn't like, which is more than what I could say for a majority of the Pokémon fanbase.

[@Mystmon]

That Shiny Tapu Fini, I would say, looks better than the real one.

[@sinnohperson8813]

Naw , fini shiny is good especially considering its dolphin . We can change Koko and bulu

[@treehouseoffun1242]

@@sinnohperson8813I thought it was supposed to be a swordfish. Her fins look way too “fish-like” and her nose is way too sharp for her to be a dolphin.

[@sinnohperson8813]

@@treehouseoffun1242 works for swordfish too

[@silverreaps6803]

easily

[@YoungRaw478]

Hot Take: The New Pokemon Horizons anime is actually really good.. Different from the normal that we had with Ash, and feels more like an anime with Pokemon

[@minicle426]

I prefer it.

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

Cold take

[@YoungRaw478]

@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo think so..?

[@YoungRaw478]

@@minicle426 I do too... Tried watching Pokemon again back during Sun and Moon but couldn't get into it... Journeys felt out of touch to me since I haven't played or watched in so long... Horizons sticks with me.. a new fresh adventure with fresh faces..

[@JZJ7777]

I don’t like anime that doesn’t have Ash anymore, since it’s become a classic. It’s just my opinion, though. The only anime I don’t like is Journeys, since it doesn’t focus on the Galar region. I think it would’ve been really cool to see a series focusing on Ash meeting the trainers and gym leaders of the Galar Region.

[@ShiningTaiga]

“I challenge you to never use it again” done I already do that and catch everything with pokeballs only

[@Lilaclightning12]

LIKE GOD INTENDED BROTHER/SISTER/SIBLING AMEN But fr quickball hate is unjustified, just use whatever ball you want idc

[@Kieranpokemonsisliterallyme]

Here's my hot take: Most of the people demonising Kieran as 'bratty' or 'psychopathic' are leaning into ableist talking points through the demonisation of autism through the demonisation of Kieran's autistic traits and his autism-coding.

[@animegamer547]

Fun fact Pokémon fusing with humans is not a fan idea as there is an actual manga about it called Pokémon Reburst which debuted in the March 9, 2011 issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday and has never been translated to English. Trainers having more Pokémon is not a bad thing but i agree it is better to space the trainers out but does add to the challenge when important trainers like gym leaders, rivals, etc. Have 6 mons latter on in the game. It is to me another reason why the gen 6 games are so easy as not only do you have megas a mechanic hardly anyone in the game has, but they didn't balance around it like a lot of fan games that have megas do so like previous games the vast majority of npcs have less mons and sometimes worse movesets than you which made the games a breeze.

[@giboit.]

I don't think this is actually a hot take but: There's nothing androgynous about Gardevoir despite the mental gymnastics that some vocal minority makes to pretend that they don't see how feminine Gardevoir actually is and always has been. I've seen people getting a lot of hate just for saying that they want Kirlia to only be able to evolve into Gardevoir if it's female. Which is utter nonsense because they aren't saying anything weird. Kirlia should definitely only evolve into Gardevoir if female. I always make sure to catch a female Ralts when I'm planning to have a Gardevoir in my team. And I honestly wish they make the evolution line to only be able to evolve into Gardevoir if female in the new games. Pokemon is no stranger to making pokemon that are intentionally designed with one specific gender in mind. Gardevoir was always meant to be portrayed as feminine. Some people just get confused by the japanese name but that's actually a full on misinterpretation since Sirknight due to the way is pronounced can be read as Saa-knight which roughly translates to "Come here, knight". They could even use the pokedex entries to say that the Ralts line is naturally evolving into being a gender based evolution. Similar to how the wormadam/mothim line currently works. And that way they could justify Kirlia only evolving into Gardevoir if female in the new games. But an excuse isn't even necessary because they've already made changes to the ralts line in the past like adding the fairy type and adding it to the human-like group. Not to mention that Gardevoir's portrayal in pretty much all forms of media has been exclusively female. So I hope for them to also adjust the gender ratios for Gardevoir to be female only and that way be consistent with its design and portrayal. In fact, they've already started to do that for things like the tera raids battles with certain pokemon. Pokemon like eevee, meganium, delphox and primarina, which are overall clearly seen as feminine looking had been added to the tera raid den events exclusively as females. I mentioned Gardevoir but this idea also extends to other pokemon in the same situation like Machamp, Lopunny and Gothitelle, which were clearly designed with a specific gender in mind for their concepts and designs. Gardevoir is just the most known example.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Arguably, Kirlia's the same, though.

[@giboit.]

@@GeorgeDCowley True, but Kirlia is a middle stage so it's not meant to be a permanent form anyways. Gardevoir on the other hand should definitely be a female only branch evolution of Kirlia.

[@yungmuney5903]

Heres a hot take, pokemon doesn't need to conform to your gender politics

[@giboit.]

@@yungmuney5903 To each their own I guess but pokemon is no stranger to design pokemon with a specific gender in mind. And Gardevoir has been portrayed exclusively as female in pretty much all forms of media. And they even made sure to add starters like Meganium, Delphox and primarina, which are widely considered feminine looking exclusively as females during their respective tera raid events in S/V.

[@davisroth5437]

My Hot Take I think the Pokémon Manga is the best thing to come out of Pokemon (in my opinion). it’s Funny, it introduces unique and cool new ideas ( like Yellow’s powers), it can be pretty dark at times, and it gives character development to a lot of the main Protagonists

[@heatherreagan8078]

I disagree with breeding being easier EVERY generation. Just look at Gen 9. First you have to be able to make an egg power sandwich, which you might not have the ingredients for. Then you have to stay in the picnic to keep getting eggs, meaning you can't HATCH the eggs at the same time like we used to be able to. And I have to only have the breeders in my party since the picnic will just randomly match any two compatible pokemon together.

[@dubbingsync]

It took me ages to work out I needed to make Sandwiches for Breeding… it makes no sense as to why that should be the way it’s done. Just give me a place to dump off the two I want to make an egg, don’t make me have to research what I need to do. I’m playing a game, not doing homework, it was bad enough being back in school in Scarlet.

[@GMP1isReal]

I get your point about how we don't *need* anything but a new type would be cool to have, but I would rather they focused more on rebalancing the types they already have so they can both do more with what we already have while also buffing older pokemon. Ice and Bug types desperately need it and won't just get better with a new type alone.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Make Ice resist Poison and Bug resist Fairy.

[@TheProbots]

We don’t need a new pokemon type, seriously though. It won’t add much too the gameplay and can only screw with balance Catching a pokemon is a chore, they didn’t argue it was bad, but it still a chore.

[@Drumming_Dragon]

correction: catching beldum and legendaries is a chore

[@WonUpChump]

I never use quick balls but I don't really get the hate. I personally don't like seeing a bunch of different balls in my party, I use a regular pokeball for everything

[@jjslider3026]

I actually will say that black for Primal Groudon makes sense. If you look at it as more of a blackened ash color, it kinda vibes. And shiny Rayquaza makes sense because the strongest and most dangerous storm clouds are the black ones. Kyogre though, definitely should be different, can’t think of a good reason besides…deep ocean trenches are black via lack of light?

[@Lilaclightning12]

I mean imagine deep diving to the bottom of the hoenn ocean. All you can see are some bright lights swim by and circle around you. You just think it’s some lanturn or chinchou so you kick some of the ocean sand in their direction to get them away. Then it’s ginormous eyes open and it’s pattern begin to glow.

[@BigRedAltoids]

Hot take: Pokémon was a better “kids game” on the Gameboy than it is on the Switch. I’ve been playing Sword with my kid sister (8) for a little bit now and what I’ve noticed is that all the cutscenes and story dialogue are really wearing her down. She’s only 8 so having to read walls of text in order to understand what’s going on is challenging considering that she’s still learning how to read, not helped by all the British slang used that’s unfamiliar to an 8-year-old American. There’s also the problem of all the cutscenes. She doesn’t really care about the story, she just wants to catch cute monsters and explore this video game, and I can’t blame her, that’s how I played video games at her age. At the beginning of the game, all she wanted to do was go back to her house and explore it, but there was so much hand holding, she couldn’t even go near her home. She got frustrated and I had to talk her into pushing through. I could tell she wasn’t having fun and that upset me because I was really excited to introduce her to the games and franchise I loved as a kid. She loves the cards and I thought that playing through the game together could be a good bonding experience and even help her with her reading skills. I knew the game was dialogue heavy, but I didn’t anticipate it being this much of an issue. When I was younger, I played the Gen 2 and 3 games (on emulator, but still) and they were a blast. Now granted, I was already a bit older than her and I had better reading skills but I think that they were much better experiences for a young player simply because they were simpler and allowed for more freedom. They still required reading ability, but there was less to read and no real cutscenes to stop and wait for. I think that’s what made them appealing to kids to begin with, and I think some of that has been lost the modern titles. Now, it has been a while since I played these games and I don’t even think I finished them, so I could be misremembering things, but that’s just how I feel as a big brother and someone interested in education and education through non-traditional means such as video games. It’s just my opinion, and I’m willing to hear yours. Thank you for your time.

[@maxhax367]

Not sure if intentional but you really show this by writing a wall of text about the issue.

[@BigRedAltoids]

My bad. I’m writing and thus formatting this on a smart phone, so typing things out is a little clunky.

[@BJGvideos]

Does she like reading in general? Because when I was 8 I would have eaten that up. That sounds more like an individual matter.

[@silliest-astro]

@@BJGvideosi was 7 when i played pokémon sun and i don't remember having this issue at all. i loved reading and loved learning more about the story, which says a lot considering alola is known for having the most cutscenes. i can definitely see this being an issue for some kids but it 100% wasn't for me

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

Really? My child loves reading the text

[@Thedawg2604]

My VERY hot take is that gen 8 had some of the best new pokemon added

[@GameurBlais]

Legit yes, I really didn't enjoy sword and sheild but those pokémon were fire

[@ansoni1295]

1. Charizard haters are more annoying the charizard lovers 2. Gen 1 is the worst gen 3. SWSH is a fun game 4. Johto not as great as people remember 5. Leon was one of the coolest champions 6. People talk about how Leon got favoritism but don’t talk about Cynthia’s ABUNDANCE of it throughout the series. 7. Ash was a great trainer

[@Thatdudejosh9]

Been wanting to replay swsh at some point. My hot take was that I thought Scarlet and Violet were fun but apparently that made people mad cause they assumed it meant i thought it was a fantastic game lol

[@FlareToga76]

Gen 2 is the worst gen. Leon was a solid B tier Champion. He felt like most other champions. Didn't stand out at all.

[@cliffe_rosethorn]

Finally someone acknowledging the over the top favouritism with Cynthia.

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

When did people say Ash was a bad trainer, sure he’s had some moments but his Pokémon still love him

[@Drumming_Dragon]

@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo that would make him a great tamer, not the same thing

[@cds7012]

Quick Balls also look cool! It's something I picture electric type specialists use to capture their mons.

[@BURNTOASTSR]

As far as I’m concerned, BD and SP were absolute, unapologetic, cash grabs, and the Pokémon community let Game Freak get away with it way too well

[@astonvillawaterbottle2708]

Late but I wish you had the option to use the old exp share where it was a held item

[@-Vanova-]

Idk if it’s a hot take or not, but I wish the little map markers in PLA had carried over to SV. They were really useful!

[@BelliEX420]

They should make region-locking a toggle, and still have un-important opponents with older pokemon.

[@ZardChari]

Hot Take: Pokémon games should give the player a way to learn how to evolve new pokémon that are harder to evolve, of course, not directly to the point, but rather giving the player a way to think with tips, puns and metaphors

[@KingKirby-q9l]

The weird thing is that they do give apparently, it's just that we as players don't see them, or they're really vague. Game Freak should really make some hints and tips clearer.

[@GameurBlais]

Huge fact

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

It’s so easy too, the Pokédex is right there

[@bananabroshsid8234]

ask any competitive player (especially those who got ptsd from fairy's intro) and you will see why having a new type will most likely flip competitive on its head

[@bdt2002gaming]

The Pokémon Ranger games fix several of people’s most common complaints about the main series, and the same can be said for several other spin-offs that explore more complex ideas.

[@latifadnan216]

Hot take: pokemon ultra sun and moon are the best pokemon games

[@1BritishCigarette]

I don't entirely agree, but I do think that Gen 7 had the best dex

[@marioipod]

I actually partly agree. I often cite UltraSun and UltraMoon as some of the best.

[@espurrseyes42]

Legendary Duo Shinies should be the color of the opposing Legend.

[@DementedDuskull]

My hot take: The human characters are nowhere near as interesting as the Pokémon.

[@sinnohperson8813]

Design? Newer games does it amazing Personalities and stories ? It's weird. Sometimes it's good sometimes it's meh

[@bugonboris6681]

Which is why they need to give the Pokémon their own victory animations at the end of every battle instead of just showing us the trainer's reactions.

[@midi5467]

Most aren't interesting. But every now and then you get a Guzma or a Larry and then it's all worth it

[@DementedDuskull]

@@midi5467 Agreed on that point.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

I mean, to be fair, the games are mainly about the Pokemon, so it makes sense that the human characters wouldn't be as interesting, as they are not, and were never meant to be the franchise's selling point. I can understand why some human characters are more popular and beloved than others at the end of the day, but it's getting to experience the new Pokemon that each game introduces that makes them exciting for everyone

[@shelmet5]

Urn ackually catching them all is required in legends arceus

[@dominicboscaino5491]

Actually Charizard really isn’t that overrated to be honest it’s just a Pokémon doing his job since everybody loves it plus it is almost as important as Pikachu not sure you could argue that people hyped up too much. We can’t blame the Pokémon company so overall Charizard it’s not overrated. It’s just a popular Pokémon that is really loved

[@geradrandle1214]

Hope all is well personally bud. Great vid btw

[@joncarlos1]

I wish HG/SS took from Black/White's example. I never understood why Johto was oversaturated with Kanto Pokemon, especially when YOU CAN GO TO KANTO in those games. It's one of the reasons why the Johto games are my least favorite

[@VictorPS1706]

Hot take: not all green shinys are bad, for example Machamp looks like Hulk, or Muk looks even more toxic

[@ikissrobots]

Shiny Espeon is my favorite shiny eeveelution,,, lil alien guy :]

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Guess it's like black shinies.

[@noahberan6498]

Im still not sure how hot this is now, but the gen 7 Alola games are my favorite games in the franchise, I adore everything about them

[@frankunodostres473]

well there are hot takes that make you feel different because of your opinion/taste/preference/etc. but there are also the type of hot takes that make me think "how the hell am I in the minority with this opinion, is everybody else just crazy?!"

[@Tristan_Shuler]

To this day I do not understand why EXP share is always on and Set mode was removed.

[@Aquageo555]

Hot take: black and white 2's gym pacing is a bit faster than other gens. You go through gyms 1-6 pretty quickly. It's not until 7-8 that it slows down. I think the game goes too fast until the end.

[@madvillainy16_29]

completely agree, i recently finished white and i’m now playing white 2. i liked white for the slow pacing and spread of the gyms but 2 is quite overwhelming considering you can finish the first 6 gyms in only a couple of hours with most gyms only having one or two routes in between.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

I kind of wonder if that's for people who played the first games, and want to get comparable quickly.

[@Surepeacooler]

My sister said that intellion looks like a hazbin hotel character and now I can't unsee it

[@moxiemouse24]

I could see it fitting in more in Helluva Boss's Envy ring

[@The_midladder_menace]

I like alolan dugtrio Let's guess when I have shady figures in front of my house because of this take

[@lulukomadori9651]

10:44 Hmmm, I can see some reasons why they would. Older mons like Pidgey used to have bad moves since the movepool wasn't that big back then, so people might use one and see what new tools it can do. Also if you use fenekin, why use fletching who'll also become fire type

[@bigmel26]

Hot take: Shadow pokémon are overrated in pokémon go.

[@krookodilegang6192]

Inteleon being my fav pokemon makes that thumbnail a W

[@lowcusyellow]

My hot take: I would take voice acting over amazing graphics/visual design

[@TheFuri0uswc]

I agree at this point now that we basically proper jrpg cutscene we should have voice acting.

[@jackslaven-hahn2959]

You somehow uploaded a hot take vid at the same time that odyssey central uploaded a hot take vid

[@CretronGaming]

2:31 buff castform

[@WolfMasterIsHere]

Hot take: Misty Is Overrated (Great But Overrated

[@Hairo-rv9kl]

I always thought I was in the minority for wanting to only use new pokemon in my playthroughs. So many people I've seen mostly use old favorites and really only their starter as the new mon. Even back in 9th grade when I was planning out my Sword team, my frined asked me why I wasn’t using any old pokemon, as if it's weird or wrong to only use new ones.

[@landshark9992]

COMPLETELY agree about EXP sharing I for one like it as I hate grinding, but I absolutely do believe it should be optional

[@xavierjohnson2321]

I agree with the stat adjustment one with the dact that they gave Masquerain, a pokemon that alot of people tend to forget about due to surskit being a 1% chance in Hoenn, got a slight power boost, so why not every other pokemon get the same thing?

[@Somedude582]

My hot take is that violet and Scarlet had the best story out of all the games

[@theicekn1ght367]

Cold take: snom

[@DobieMeltfire]

One fan idea that I still love to this day. You are free to roam anywhere from the start of the game and as you progress the level scaled up the more badge you collect.

[@SkorpTS]

I don't have a problem with bipedal Pokémon in general, but I dislike it when their proportions are very humanlike. There's plenty of bipedal Pokémon that don't look very human at all, like Feraligatr and Excadrill. When it comes to the ones that do look more humanlike, my tolerance to their design still varies a lot. To take two close examples, I'm okay with Hitmonlee because while it does sort of resemble a human, its legs are segmented and it doesn't have a neck, while Hitmonchan just looks like a boxer with a weird head and a weird outfit. I used to dislike Incineroar, because I think Torracat is really cool. I was pretty disappointed when the Alola starters' final forms were leaked, although Smash Ultimate has warmed me up to Incineroar a bit since then. I still dislike the trend they've been on where they make every final starter evolution look like a furry cosplayer. Decidueye and Skeledirge are honestly the only post-XY final starter evolutions that I don't dislike (although I dislike Rillaboom for a different reason, namely that it looks too generic).

[@flandulce]

I don’t know if you’ve heard this yet, but I love when I see you’ve uploaded because your voice is very relaxing. Great video!

[@AlanGonzalez-wv5pc]

9:10 Everything's chrome in the future

[@Goofyahhbowgart]

Hot take: humanoid Pokémon are fine

[@shukuchishikeishuu9540]

My biggest hot take in Pokemon is that Ash’s Pikachu should’ve evolved in the first season, so Raichu could be the mascot early on. A mascot for the franchise as a whole wasn’t established at that point, and Pokemon Horizons shows us that evolution for the main character’s partner Pokemon isn’t completely off the table. They were too cowardly to evolve Pikachu early on, and as such, they missed their chance to do so without causing the Pikachu fanatics to go nuts.