Is Pokemon Sword and Shield BETTER Than Scarlet & Violet? (DLC INCLUDED!)

[@TheStickCollector]

I may be a hater but I shouldn't have to spend around $100 just to get a decent "complete" pokemon package. Especially when they should have the money to hire more employees to make at minimum the glitches disappear for a majority of players.

[@marcu545]

Right, I rather spend $150 dollars on a DS game that’s over a decade old and obsolete. Not trying to bully you, but pokemon has always been expensive. You probably just don’t remember that for some reason.

[@FTChomp9980]

Your not a hater your a fab who voices your criticism with Pokemon.

[@pinetreek1227]

​@@marcu545 Bruv, the DS games did not cost $150 when they came out. They were $35 and the 3DS games were $40.

[@terrancelord5185]

Your not wrong. But scarlet and violet itself is a full game in my opinion. Sword and shield was not. The graphics on the other hand is a whole other thing.

[@Murr248]

If you technically think about it didn't All gens except maybe 5 do this? You had two versions of the same game released and then a third game that was basically the definitive edition. I'd much rather have DLC over a third game.

[@giboit.]

I love SwSh. I had a lot of fun with the game and with the dlc as well. I love the vibrant colors, the story is interesting, the gym challenge feels like a huge and important sport event that everyone watches and looks forward to (the gym challenge even has a really cool anual inauguration ceremony where you meet all the gym leaders beforehand) the atmosphere is great (even the npcs stsrt noticing your achievements during the game and the gym challengers also have their own pseudo mini stories if you paid attention) dynamax/gmax is easily the most visually impressive game mechanic of any pokemon game and the music during the gym and rival battles is awesome and really gets you hyped. Sure, you can use terastalization against random npcs but the presentation for the battles that actually matter in SwSh is far better than in Scarlet and Violet. Also, contrary to what you said, Dynamax and Gmax are both equally strong and useful. The only difference with gmax is the cool form change and the special gmax move but those aren't ridiculously OP moves or anything like that. You can perfectly use either dynamax or gmax during battle. None of them is particularly stronger than the other, they're equally useful. I don't even know where you come up with that (wrong) idea of gmax being significantly stronger than dynamax . And when it comes to soundtrack, both of them have great musical themes but I honestly prefer the ones in SwSh. The pokemon designs are really cool and the human character design is amazing and you get a lot of lore about the story of the region in basically every town and city (they all have some kind of connection to the legend of Galar with the exemption of Spikemuth for being the town that doesn't relate to dynamax/gmax and Balloonlea due to its hidden fairy town theme). Not to mention that even the gym trainers that fight you before the gym leaders have a way better design (that fits their gyms) in SwSh. You get to know the gym leaders outside their own gym and the league cards were also an amazing way to get to know even more about them and about the region itself. And you even get to see the most early game characters getting spotlight later on as well. During the main game, you don't get any meaningful interaction in Scarlet and Violet unless you're near a gym, a team star base or a titan. And, honestly, the ones you do have can get pretty repetitive. The gym leaders in SwSh are by far more charming than the ones in Scarlet and Violet in my opinion. And Leon is easily the most fleshed out champion of any pokemon game. We know everything about his story: his gym challenge, his friends, rivals, family, his habits, who trained him, how he got his starter, how he became the champion and even his new goals after losing the title of champion. The lore of the region is incredibly interesting and fleshed out in many ways when you actually pay attention to it. That's a difference that SwSh has with Scarlet and Violet. SwSh doesn't spoon feed you the answers. But you can definitely get them if you connect the dots. Scarlet and Violet expects you to wait until the very end of the game to throw you all the lore of the region in the face in the last part of the game. Not to mention that Sword and Shield allows itself to be more funny than Scarlet and Violet too. And the dlc story was a lot of fun. It had a cool chinese aesthetic to it with pretty fun characters. Your rival literally cheats during your battle and Mustard has two sides to him (the super chill old man with a pretty wife and a cool ex-champion that is pretty strong literally fights you with a legendary that fits his theme and you even get a secret boss fight with Honey, and she has a pretty cool theme. Not to mention that the upgrades for the dojo are far more easy to get than in Scarlet and Violet. Peony is full of charisma, the side quests involve going to the other parts of the region to catch pretty cool looking legendaries and the lore behind calyrex (if you actually pay attention) is really interesting because he literally fought against Eternatus. And while not technically about the games themselves, I prefer Twilight wings so much more over Paldean wings. Because it's pretty much a sequel to the entire story and features all the characters we met instead of three randos that had nothing to do with the story.

[@vanthemanproductions9185]

Agreed. The bias for ScVi is insane.

[@Atlas92936]

Did you play ScVi?

[@oo0Ash0oo]

@@Atlas92936I personally player it, and yeah i liked it, but sword and shield are way better.

[@carelesspixels]

​@@vanthemanproductions9185fr sw sh had a much cosier and better gameplay....i was immediately impressed

[@badsolja1]

I agree I think swsh is an awesome game The cities are so cool and distinguishable and lively also it feature something that pokemon related , like statute , historic painting or explorable building Like the mansion in gen 6 Or the museum It’s meaningless yet it such small and nice touch Or even statue like dialga and palkia in gen 4 Gen 8 carried this tradition too The dragon castle in hammerlocke city (Which’s btw you can enter by a dragon head from the wild area ) Or turffirld city cool feature you can see clues and makes you wonder of what coming next The AI interaction that completely gone in gen 9 No building exploration either in gen 9 On the contrary Every city is very well designed in swsh You can see texture and small details Like steam rising Or water on the ground You can see paint peeling And the metal rusting And Stone Aging and cracking Meanwhile cities in gen 9 they are all so soulless and boring and repetitive and so forgettable The open area have nothing in it just large patch of grass few bushes and trees The theme music is awesome and very region related hammerlocke city Freezington village Even the natives tell you a story make that area much cooler and more relatable The route is cool too in swsh Look at gen 9 second dlc they put a circle slice it to 4 areas and that’s it no effort whatsoever nor any originality or creativity Pokémon designs of gen 8 > gen 9 You hardly look at any bad designs Aside from the story everything in gen 8 imo was much better Character customization in gen 8 , you hardly ever see two people with similar look Just for the record I’m gen1er I played all gens and gen 8 one of my all time favorite along side gen 6 and 5 And honestly I’m not ashamed to rank gen 9 as least favorite

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

I prefer the open world more but SwSh felt more traditional. Ultimately, I'd prefer a Legends Arceus gameplay but with the open world.

[@maxspecs]

Legends Arceus was an amazing game but the fact you can clear like 90% of that game without actually sending out your Pokemon kind of invalidates calling it a “Pokemon” game. Like it’s part of the franchise but the gameplay isn’t what I’m looking for in a mainline game. Still a great spinoff, the franchise has a ton of spinoff games with arguably better quality than their mainline games.

[@HauntedMusicBox]

​@@maxspecs How was Arceus a great game? You just go from point A to B catching everything you see with easy battles.. Arceus would have been amazing with gyms, multiplayer, and *all* pokemon, all maps etc. It felt like a cheap game. (I just finished the game yesterday) It was not fun or exciting. Just something to do.

[@maxspecs]

@@HauntedMusicBox Your mistake was treating it like a mainline Pokemon game, where you go from point A to point B and just catch everything you see. The game is about exploring zones, not speeding between plot points lol. Honestly the game isn’t over until you’ve explored everywhere and caught the full Pokedex. That game style isn’t for everyone, and I get it if it’s not what you think makes a good game. It certainly doesn’t make a good mainline Pokemon game, but that’s why it’s a spinoff title.

[@The_EXolatl_is_Thou]

⁠​⁠@@maxspecsbut legends IS a mainline game.

[@maxspecs]

@@The_EXolatl_is_Thou By that logic, Conquest and Snap are mainline games.

[@derekosgood3230]

I give it to scarlet and violet mainly because of the story overall. But DLC wise, I was more disappointed with scarlet and violet. The DLC for sword and shield had nothing to do with the main story so there was no pressure really. Just extra content and new pokémon so it was just fun. Hidden treasure of area zero ties in to the main story so it meant more in my opinion, and it just didn't deliver the way it should have. I was pretty disappointed with the indigo disk lol either way I like them both.

[@timurtheking]

i agree, blueberry part was super solid but as soon as we entered area zero and terapagos....really sad and disappointing stuff. Alot of questions not answered - more made. Rubbish boss battle, super rushed etc...

[@derekosgood3230]

@@timurtheking Yeah that's actually my biggest gripe. Unanswered questions and it added more questions just to get no answers. It just felt incomplete. Extremely disappointing. And I loved the base game.

[@munchrai6396]

Oh yeah, they had an opportunity to really nail down the origins of the Paradox Pokemon into something more concrete and they just completely ignored it. Could've done something like they did for ORAS and I'd probably be fine with it. Multiverse shenanigans are already pretty evident, so why not make it explicit like in earlier gens

[@bryankusoo]

We gave them months to answer our questions

[@iancastro1327]

Yeah i agree, i was expecting a lot more of the story on that one, loved teal mask, indigo disk was meh, maybe the free epilogue is going to be better

[@DarkChaoto]

One thing I like about sword and shield more than scarlet and violet is the Y-Comm system is much quicker and better to use than Poke portal. Best example is being able to invite/join friends alongside randoms. In Scarlet and violet, it's one or the other.

[@jeremystone4139]

There were more frequent Raid-Den events in SW/SH, a Battle Tower, Legendary Shiny-Hunting in the DLC, a way to breed pokemon that took half the time it does in S/V, community hosted Shiny Raid-Dens, etc. I like shiny-hunting in S/V, and Tera-Raids can be challenging. That's about it, I really hope the next generation is more like gen VIII because I spent a lot more time in SW/SH than I ever will in S/V.

[@randomedgygamer2191]

exactly , also loved the ycomm it was so much faster than the poke portal

[@citizen4602]

Honestly. I replayed swsh a few times. With sv I don't even feel like completing the dex much or playing dlc. Sv is very laggy and I don't really care much for the story. It would have been a better game on a newer system.

[@MikeHunt-xi2pq]

The atmosphere in Pokemon Battle Revolution was ahead of its time.

[@XZagatoX]

Nah its just that Pokemon got complacent

[@kiyeandkoleadventures3461]

I’m gonna have to lean towards Sword and Shield on this one. I definitely enjoyed the story of SwSh a lot more as it felt more like a story, rather than various Tidbits that feel like kind of a hassle to find. The SwSh characters were also way better and were fleshed out a lot more, while in SV, the only characters we really get to know are Arven, Penny and Nemona, who were decent, but fell into many common tropes. I also believe the Gym Challenge was much better in SwSh (including titans and star raids into gym battles) as they felt like a driving force within the region rather than something that’s just there. The Gym Leaders in Galar felt like star athletes, which was awesome to me, while the Gyms in SV really didn’t feel like they carried much weight within the region. I can’t say I don’t like the legends better in SwSh too, as in SwSh, Zamazenta and Zacian were very well designed and fit very well into the region, which I can’t say for Koraidon and Miraidon, which is to a certain extent understandable, as they are from different times and are supposed to be foreign, they didn’t really have much lore nor did they have the best designs. I also believe the SwSh had much better DLCs. One of my biggest gripes of SV is how incomplete it was and how it relied on the DLCs to finish the game, rather than truly finishing it on its own. My other gripe and perhaps one of my bigger ones, is that the DLCs also felt like they had very little to do with the actually game. I mean, we spent the DLC of a Spain based game in Japan and America, which really doesn’t make much sense to me, given that there was an area next to the Paldea region (I believe it was the area based on Barcelona but I’m not sure) that they didn’t use and would have been perfect for the DLC. It really felt very random to go from a Spanish region, to 2 completely seperate regions, which may factor into why I felt that Ogerpon didn’t fit into SV very well. I also can’t help but dislike how little the DLC has to do with area zero, with a very small portion of the American part of the DLC actually being set in it. It felt as if it was something slotted in at the end to tie loose ends. I mean, Terapogos has very little to do with the rest of the indigo disk other than what we did in AZ. I feel like Fan Specualtion for the DLC was super interesting, and showed pretty obvious paths they could have taken, and really would have made more sense for them to take, such as the theories about Geeta, and Briar and such that never were expanded on. I also felt that Terapogos was very underwhelming, especially compared to our last to gimmick embodiments in Eternatus and Necrozma, who were both, like Terapogos, sleep for the majority of the story, but still managed to make an impact Terapogos just didn’t have. On the other hand we have the SwSh DLCs which were literally the opposite, taking place in areas that made sense, expanding on a completed story, making the Expansion pass seem like an Expansion rather than the rest of the story we weren’t give in the actually game, and included more interesting characters, Pokemon and legendaries that were awesome. Finally, I also believe that SwSh was more replayable (this may have been a personal thing though, as I managed to replay SwSh 8 times, while I can’t bring myself to replay SV even once), as I felt that sword and shield offered more interesting game play than SV did.

[@gat0rcrazzi]

Sword/Shield felt more complete without the dlc and the dlc truly felt optional. Scarlet/ violet felt their stories needed the dlc and paired with the main dialogue for the story, they told more on the whole which can be a positive or negative depending on how you look at it.

[@iancastro1327]

Love the part when the villian purpose is bc they are running out of energy in athousand year

[@jimmyjohn6479]

sword and shield without dlc has to be the most hated pokemon game the dlc is so absolutely needed

[@lordmolag45000]

This is honestly laughable. Sword and Shield has one of the worst stories I've ever seen not just in Pokemon, but in any game in general. Scarlet and Violet has one of the best, most satisfying conclusions to a Pokemon game in years without DLC. Also, I've played both games, and I can confidently say that Scarlet and Violet are much better than Sword and Shield. Yes, SV are technical disasters, but then again, I'd rather play a game that way than a game that feels like a slog to progress through.

[@Shadow-Joop-157]

It actually started with Black and White 1 and 2 everyone hated Gen 5 and now it's in the top 5 for everyone White was the first Pokemon games I played so it's good to see that everyone thinks it's amazing now

[@marcu545]

Nah Platinum,HGSS is peak. Everything that follows is just grasping at straws at trying to be nostalgic and innovative

[@Skyrus646]

people hated black/white back then because it had the original dexxit.

[@sleepyespurr2922]

​@Akash666999 I think there are other factors that led to its low sales other than people hating it.

[@rachadlendar4918]

Fuck those hm hell games ​@@marcu545

[@veevendetta3448]

Black 2 and White 2 are amongst the best Pokemon Games of HG/SS, Platinum and PLA.

[@FreeTheRobots]

Bro, ik no one is going to mention this but that Sonic Unleashed background music is blissful. I always told people that game’s OST is amazing

[@SoulStoryMode]

A comfort game fr

[@tlst94]

And Sonic 06's Aquatic Base.

[@_Paul_N]

Sword and Shield destroys Scarlet and Violet and both games run a trillion times better without hiccups and freezes. Scarlet and Violet plays like Fallout 76 and Early Cyberpunk and was never patched.

[@TheMadSnorlax]

When it comes to the DLC for gen 9 I think the main thing missing is some type of replay factor/minigame to bring us coming back. (Examples: Dynamax Adventures in Sword/Shield DLC or Ultra Wormholes In USUM.) Both let us shiny hunt legendaries / other random Pokemon and were overall enjoyable in general. Now that I shiny hunted the starters and found every shiny locked legendary In the Indigo Disk... Well thats it. Gen 9 is technically "done" until that event on the 11th. (Which seems to add 1-2 hours of gameplay max) And now ironically I'm just going back to Sword and Shield Crown Tundra DLC (Dynamax Adventures) and Legends Arceus (More fun Shiny Alpha hunts / completionist content) Even for people who don't LOVE dynamax adventures/Ultra wormholes at least it gave us some way to shiny hunt legendary Pokemon at the time. But removing shiny hunting legends in general, AND not having some type of DLC/post game gimmick.. It's really going to hurt the longevity of these games. This means were probably gonna get a rushed gen 10 (whenever it comes out) and more rushed remakes in 2024.. I think overall Scarlet & Violet win this one, but as for replayability Sword and Shield edges it just because of the DLC features

[@ej13012010]

Its great to say sv had better story line, open world, pokemon got a little realistic with fur/scales being more in the environment, the legendaries fit the story, wow factor especially with kiran, besides the mess ups with the environment n not having alot of clothing options one thing they did get right is blk men hair styles FINALLY!!!!! something thats fits me!!! i definitely would choose sv i am constantly playing it n i haven't put my system down since

[@CorviKid999]

I personally like the pokemon design in Sword/Shield over Scarlet/Violet (which is a point that I think should have been brought up) since it fits with the region quite well, but I do agree with all of the other points.

[@orangemonks894]

Yeah comparing wigglet to ting lu Is a very big difference. Same could be said with eternatus and Wooloo but eternatus is more cartoony

[@Hellaluyeah]

Sword/Shield has Dynamax Adventure in the DLC with non shiny-locked legends and good odds. So that is always a reason to go back to those games.

[@TXFDA]

As someone that hasn't played either, it is incredibly hard to figure out which one I should actually try. Even lookin at the comments here, half the people say Sword and Shield is better, the other half says S/V.

[@micclman5537]

You can tell what Pokémon the gym leaders are gonna terastalize and that is the one that isn’t their type specialty

[@GAMM_SAGE]

DLC 2 of SV was pretty disappointing while DLC 2 of Sword and Shield has infinite replayability due to the underground Raids where you could hunt for the legendary of your dreams while in SV the only way to get old legendary is by making blueberry quests and some legendary need group quests to unlock so if you don't have online or friends you are pretty much blocked of certain legendaries and there's also the fact they are all shiny locked

[@vanthemanproductions9185]

I definitely think Dynamaxing was better. The game has so many cinematic moments and the gimmick just complements that. Also, your point about gigantamax makes no sense and could also apply to mega evolution.

[@rtbear674]

Just played SWSH yesterday from SV. -It looks good, but tbf, the locked camera angle made it far easier to give a picturesque scenery. The tone looks nicer in SWSH. Though things like mezagoza also looks nice, and the chef gym town. -I played SV after 1.30 patch so never get any crash. -Gimmick, I think SV Terastalize is ok mechanically, the design tho, you put crystal dragon hat on top of dragon's head. I mean, can they design something that make it looks cooler, than just pokemon wearing dragon hat, lightbulb hat, etc. Gigantimax looks more awesome. -Though I think SV is quite good, You really feels like having freedom roaming around. I quite enjoyed Tera Raid. Though I'd like to know which tera raid is 5* or 4* from the map

[@dinoisgood404]

same about map view stars for tera raids ngl

[@WerewolfKweef]

SwSh is infinitely better than SV. The only reason you'd prefer to play SV over SwSh at this point is for easy shinies with the DLCs or playing wifi competitive. I'm currently playing sword because Scarlet and the DLCs are literal garbage and i dont care about wifi battling. I'd rather master the battle tower, complete the dex of GOOD pokemon, and maybe rarely shiny hunt. SV is a total failure.

[@excalibursonic32]

Damn, how high are you rn, gimme some of it pls

[@clarkfamily3822]

I agree

[@soteloz13]

Agree as well. I'm a bit scared now about what they'll do with the next pokemon is it more based on SWSH or SV?

[@noticemeonii-chan5347]

I feel like we need a letter voices to be heard about how we are about the DLC. It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t perfect. It was OK. It wasn’t worth the wait like goddamn.

[@timurtheking]

half this shit shouldve just been free postgame - at least kitakami

[@noticemeonii-chan5347]

@@timurtheking I pretty much gotta agree with that they wanna act like they’re all ambitious. They got so much potential if they really cook a good game, don’t get me wrong Scarlet and Violet the story was great, but they could do so much more if they had voice acting holy shit, I will give that game probably a 9 out of 10

[@orangemonks894]

I really prefer swsh art styles over scarlets overly realistic

[@DaiomunSevra]

We need more reviewers/people like this who give constructive, honest feedback & criticism of Pokemon games. ⭐️ Despite S/V's flaws: It's my 2nd overall favorite game, Next to B/W 1 and 2

[@joshuakolton9955]

Without having seen the video yet: from a story/content perspective, absolutely not, S/V is far superior. From a performance/gameplay perspective, SW/SH are much better. It almost pains me to play S/V because the performance issues are just that bad especially when I'm battling on water.

[@pierregreen5921]

I skipped sword and shield because they rushed it and it was trash if it wasn't for legend of Arceus I would never come back to Pokemon. But this just my opinion no sword and shield is not better than Scarlett and violet. And maybe skip a generation but I know better 0:11

[@sanane66543]

same skipped sword and shield trash map design it literally is linear straight path to get to location

[@Find_Fresno_Nightcrawler]

Pokemon Cardboard VS Pokemon Hemorrhoid

[@krampusapprenticeofdarksan7870]

In my opinion Graphic Wise: SWSH/Story:SV. I will say I do prefer SV textures because the Pokemon have depth and texture to them now like Seviper having visible scales and Megnemite being shiny since they're made of metal. I will say I am disappointed with SV poor fashion since we have to wear uniforms when literal NPCs like the Gym Leaders having unique styles. I wanted to look unique too, not a boy/girl scout. I liked that they gave you unisex face/hair customization in which I can kinda see why they didn't add fashion because then people would ask about how come the clothes aren't unisex which would awaken a "woke" argument but we all know that the unisex character costumization from these games except the selection of your characters skin tone is going to be removed in future games. I still want clothes like from X and Y fo return and the clothing rating system to see what styles of clothes I can mash to see what's "Elegant" or "Punk/cool". And SWSH brought that style back to a degree. I will say I do like X and Ys art style more compared to both these games because our trainer kinda actually looked mature despite following the trope of a kid, but SV makes us look like we are/under 9 years old and SWSH we still look like a kid but like 10-12. But to me they both have equal faults/positives which makes them even to me.

[@ollievalentine4239]

I mean They could go the animal crossing route with no pronouns and access to all clothes I do appreciate the removal of style locking And the clothes was a way suppressing that But like Just let me wear a skirt :T Splatoon does Animal crossing does Femboy rights

[@turtlenator6249]

@@ollievalentine4239That’s only in the English version. Every other version still addresses you as boy or girl.

[@ollievalentine4239]

@@turtlenator6249 the pronouns thing? Eh No matter Non-binary is still non-binary even if it’s just English :p That said it still doesn’t genderlock clothes

[@turtlenator6249]

@@ollievalentine4239 then why not just say boy and girl?

[@Namehere629]

I actually prefered swsh as pokemon games, but I do also really love sv.

[@giboit.]

This is my opinion as well

[@nabuko434]

I know that I am late but I wanted to State this.The dlc from sword and shield are what Scarlet and voilet should have been! The graphics from Scarlet and violet dont scream Pokemon in my eyes and were dissapointing.

[@rockowlgamer631]

I just want a stable framerate, both games have their merits and faults. Gen 8 had better framerate over Gen 9. Area Zero alone though was fucking awesome especially the music.

[@ashleejones586]

The big stadium battles in Sword and Shield….I feel like all league/gym battles should feel like that. I legit felt hype the first time I slow walked out onto the battle stadium and seeing the crowd and the cameras and hearing the cheering. the sponsors and how every battle felt like a sporting spectacle were great. If they ever let us make our own teams/leagues, that would be DOPE. Also, I agree that the customization in Scarlet/Violet is ATROCIOUS. I liked how unique I could make my character look in Sword/Shield, even without the DLCs. I don’t understand Game Freak’s decision to force us to wear dumb ass, stupid ass school uniforms ALL THE TIME. I’m torn on whether I prefer Terastalizing over Dyna/Gigantamaxing. I like them both a pretty fair amount. However, I’m just now REALLY getting into Pokémon in my 30’s, thanks to my parents not letting me play it growing up, so I’m not sure how much I know.

[@royalgelly8948]

bait

[@ashleejones586]

@@royalgelly8948 What do you mean, “bait”?

[@vanthemanproductions9185]

I feel another thing that SWSH did better is the region design. The most recent regions feel so unique and akin to their specific inspirations. But there are only 1 or 2 small places in paldea that have Spanish influence (design wise). While Galar was completly British. From the countryside to the big cities, Galar feels so alive. Even the Pokémon centers feel British. Edit: also, the towns in paldea feel so lifeless with nothing to do. Take Levincia for example. It is a lifeless group of tall grey buildings with the only buildings being enterable are the shops. While the ice town in SWSH (I can’t remember the name), has so much stuff to do/enter. It specifically has two hotels that each have tons of rooms that each have something to do or a cute little secret.

[@pink.sensei8842]

In my opinion sw/sh is just a better game because it acc feels complete, and also the art style in Swsh just aesthetically looks so much better and plus dynamaxing > Terrastralising

[@owensanfordstuff]

These aren't my opinions on all the topics, just the ones I care about. For the dlc - Scarlet and violet, even tho the story isn't great, at all(i know it's a pokemon game so the writing is the bare minimum) but I couldn't tell you the story for the sword and shield dlc. Scarlet and violet is fun. The region - galar, it just needed better route designs and just depth to buildings. Paldea didn't feel like a region, just a tick list, and the depth to buildings is even worse than before. New Pokémon - I can't decide. Both are great. Quality of life: scarlet and violet for sure

[@giboit.]

There's a lot of lore about the legendaries. Literally every town and city in the region had some kind of connection to the legend of Galar (except for ballonlea for the whole hidden fairy town aesthetic and spikemuth for being the town that doesn't relate to dynamax). Eternatus fell like a meteor on Galar (the other probably in the place where the dynamax adventures take place in current times) and forced Calyrex to teleport an entire forest to save the pokemon living there (the same forest that is now near the house of the player and that was probably what was there instead of the dynamax adventures place). Turning pokemon into giants while flying through the region (passing through the crown tundra and some of the islands near the Isle of armor). While passing through Hulbury it ended up causing the existence of the first gmax pokemon (gmax toxtricity) that saved hulbury from the attack and that it was so big that people from Milo's town were able to see it happen (and thus, created the geoglypht). Around the same time, Regigigas, that was roaming around Galar (that's why there's so many places called "Giant's something" in the region) saw the first darkest day as a giant "storm" of dynamax energy (which is dragon type energy) which was very likely what inspired regigigas for the creation of regieleki (electric type regi inspired by the "storm") and regidrago (made literally from the draconic energy left in the process). Then the ancestors of Swordward and Shieldbert (that witnessed Eternatus arrival on Galar) were the ones that found the shrine with the ancient relics necessary to summon Zacian and Zamazenta (after Calyrex teleported the entire forest to mainland Galar) and they used them to summon both of them. And thus, Calyrex and Kubfu/Urshifu (the fairy king and the fighting master) made a team with Zacian and Zamazenta (the hero duo) to defeat Eternatus and after defeating it, this made Eternatus scatter wishing stars through the entire region. This fight was so intense that Calyrex ended up super injured and was rescued by the people of the crown tundra that healed him up. And even then Calyrex was still so traumatized from the fight that he couldn't see people with an opened hand because it reminded him of Eternatus. And Zacian and Zamazenta got so hurt that they needed to go to the (currently called) "Hero's bath" in Circhester to heal their wounds before going back to their shrine. Because of this, the people of Galar attributed the entire victory to the ancestors of Swordward and Shieldbert (creating the ancient tapestries to remember the real legend) but the events of legend eventually got so mixed up with the pass of the centuries that people ended up believing that it was just a single human hero with a sword and a shield who saved the day back then. Eternatus fell into what currently are one of the Galar mines owned by Rose and was discovered by him eventually, taking it to hammerlock to (eventually) start his plan. It's very likely that Eternatus arrival 3000 years ago caused several (permanent) mutations to pokemon and plants while flying through the region due to overexposure to its energy. Like Calyrex's blue aura, the giant tree from the crown tundra, the galarian legendary birds (that I personally think that are three flying type pokemon mutated by Eternatus energy) and the tree where you can currently find the max honey in the isle of armor and the max mushrooms that you can find through the entire (main) island as well. Also, all the galar legendaries are tied to an entire set of constellations that are near each other: Lepus the hare (Calyrex), Orion the hunter who wields a sword and a shield (which was a giant and very obviously inspired the idea of dynamax/gmax and the legend itself), The spectral horse head nebula (spectrier), Monoceros the unicorn (glastrier), Canis major and canis minor (zacian and zamazenta), which are right next to the hydra constellation (Eternatus), with this one being the largest of the western constellations (just like Eternatus is the largest of all pokemon). And that is also said to have dragon breath and poisonous blood. This group of constellations is also next to gemini (the identical twins: the two forms of urshifu) and such constellation lies across the border between two quadrants: the quadrant of the tiger and the quadrant of the vermilion crane, which just happens to be the real world fighting styles that inspired both forms of Urshifu.

[@owensanfordstuff]

@@giboit. That's not the story tho

[@giboit.]

@@owensanfordstuff You going through the gym challenge and finding out all of this is a VERY important part of the story.

[@owensanfordstuff]

@@giboit. Ah well

[@owensanfordstuff]

@@giboit. I'm talking about characters and plot lines that I enjoyed, not lore.

[@greek1237]

Gen 9 many glitches does hurt it a lot vs SWSH though. Fallen though the floor, lag, crashes, sometimes you just want the game to run lol.

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

SwSh look and play better than SV. Even still, 2D anime graphical Pokémon games should be made to have plenty of fun content, smooth gameplay, and stable physics from the start without DLC.

[@sageofchange7443]

The only things I disagree with is about the raid battles and about the rivals. I personally found fighting Hop in the stadium more impactful than with Nemona in the town centre. It’s as you said because of the atmosphere of the previous stadium battles and how people gradually started reacting to your accomplishments, I felt like I had become a strong trainer. After fighting in pretty generic gyms in Paldea however where they try to hype the small battle courts as much the giant stadium it doesn’t feel as large in scale and influence. Especially after beating the chairwoman champion so easily the next battle felt so underwhelming for me. The rest of the game tho I loved and agree with the rest of your list.

[@oddsage9736]

Yah that crowd chanting for gym battles and that 3D mix with classic Pokémon game play do it for me sword and shield will forever be better in my opinion

[@xfurygamingx3027]

I put 80 hrs in my sword game but when i bought scarlet i fell in love with it i havtme 500 plus hrs into it bought violet and have 400 hrs in it also. The only pokemon games where i literally learned the mechanics of EV and IV training. Something i've never bothered doing in old games.

[@veevendetta3448]

965 Hours in here pal. I had as much almost in Sw/Sh but S/V has the better story and I prefer Terastilizing over The Dynamax/Gigantamax because of the ability to change our type. Those hours were Shiny Hunting every mon and then whooping ass in VGC.

[@xfurygamingx3027]

@@veevendetta3448 i still have to get my hands on Online Battling with other players. I heard its completely on another level of ev training and whatnot

[@kefentseKdot]

You couldn’t pay me to play sword and shield again! Once you go open world you can’t go back I’m 200 hours on both games roughly

[@rtbear674]

@@kefentseKdot Imagine me, coming from XY, go to SV then back to BDSP to try to complete pokemon home. SWSH i think a bit fine, the dlc is pretty much open world.

[@rainhyrt1530]

Both are pretty bad and have me questioning if I'll ever buy another pokemon game, especially after playing SV. I would rather play oras, x&y, sun&moon over these two. Here is hoping that they do better next time. If i can't change what i look like, I'd rather have set character designs like older generations, not this school uniform garbage we got. Also, I'd rather have interesting linear routes over boring, bland open world. We finally get some awesome looking professors, and they are hardly part of the story and turn out to be bad. What a waste. SV has way too many pokemon I'll never use or even care to catch. There are so many single forms.

[@grayfullbuster2545]

Sword and Shield is astronomically better for me. The colors and the graphics are 10 times better than Scarlet and Violet and thats saying a lot. The Wild Area graphics arent great but in comparison to the dumpster fire that is scarlet and violet they are better. And Sword and Shields graphics at non Wild Area locations is honestly not bad at all. Scarlet and Violet looks horrible, lacks color, boring towns, has a boring gimmick, terrible gym experience, and doesnt feel like a pokemon to me tbh. Cant believe people play it

[@Pheelleep]

Wait what the heck! I thought Sonia WAS the professor in SW/SH, that explains why she wasnt named after a tree

[@FlashOfBlood]

The thing that I really dislike about scarlet & violet is the battle interface/menus or layouts, I would have wanted s&v’s interfaces to look like sword & shield’s

[@Jawbreaker8k]

I guess naming Armarogue Zero is more common than I expected

[@SoulStoryMode]

Crazy to call me out like that but alright boss 😭😭

[@Jawbreaker8k]

@@SoulStoryMode I also named my Armarogue zero. It’s a good name

[@edwardhill7297]

My opinion differs but i think thats due to our different priorities. For me, region building is near my favourite part of any pokemon game, and this is the area where sw/sh REALLY excel. From the gym challenge to the towns, the game is steeped in galar culture. Being british as well, it really feels homey to me. I will say Sc/Vi are much better for the franchise and I think gameplay wise its the right move to make. Legends arceus has the gameplay/story of sc/vi and the worldbuilding to match sw/sh. Legends is by far the best switch game game freak have made imo.

[@JohanAlvarez-jk2gy]

I honestly prefer sword and shield over violet and scarlet but arceus gameplay and open world, sword does look better in my opinion with the towns and all that

[@tlgdasboot222]

Iv never cared about story really its all about gameplay mostly. Sword and shield took it for me. Replayed it 7times and tride scarlet and violet 3 times and cant its just graphicly ass aswell as it takes forever to get through the tutorial.the pokemon designs are like they were made for children the pokémon designs were ass. Got to the first gym and had to do a challenge by pushing a ball to the other side just to go one tap everything in the gym it was ridiculous sword and shield did it right That's just my opinion

[@Manueleaf2]

I need to add that part 2 of the dlc starts right sfter you just pass the prologue of the part 1 dlc, I don't know if it's a bug but I was able to go right after part 1 prolouge was finished

[@Manueleaf2]

Adding to this, I ended up fighting the lvl 70 plusle and minum with a lvl 14 fuecoco

[@maxspecs]

Blueberry Academy was the first time I’ve really had fun with random battles in a long time. Double Battles vs a semblance of actual competitive teams with gimmicks and strategy is something the games has needed to keep me awake. If there was proper level scaling, it would have been perfect.

[@goldam1986]

I need to see more of the Scarlet & Violets Inigo disk DLC first.

[@Murr248]

Short answer: No. Long Answer: Scarlet/Violet felt more ambitious and more like a game trying to step into the modern era. Sword and Shield does not. In terms of plot, SV ends up being better because the player has ultimately more freedom and, in my opinion a more likable cast of characters. In addition to being treated as a god among men, Leon came off as annoying with how often he'd stop the player or take care of events. Team Yell is, In my opinion, the worst team yet, and the true villains of the game aren't much better. Star might not be as evil but all five admins have very likable personalities. the climax, alongside multiple story lines and better characters help give SV the edge in that regard Dynamax Raids are infinitely more enjoyable than Tera Raids, but Terastilization is infinitely better than dynamax. it is more unique, and much less annoying to deal with compared to dynamaxes. Pokemon are subjective so I can't really say which game has better pokemon SV DLC mostly wins, Teal Mask is infinitely better than Isle of Armor, which had a sloppy rival and a legendary basically handed to them. Crowned Tundra only really got by via Dynamax Adventures Kieran is an infinitely better character and there is actually a tad more to do in Blueberry Academy. the overall plot is much better too. So no, i do not believe SWSH is better than SV. If the next game can retain what SV did without all of the performance issues ill gladly accept this new era of Pokemon

[@arissaraisyarah6061]

I think if scarlet & violet use the graphics asset of sword & shield, it will be played well. I hate to play Scarlet & Violet with crappy framedrop.

[@goldam1986]

I'm still mostly interested in the art of the Pok'emon battle. And the fact that some game features lock you into keeping all monsters at the same level during the duration of the battle, no matter how high you level them up. Until I see something like that. I don't really know for sure. So far, it seems like only Sword and Shield have that feature.

[@preciadoproductions1360]

I’ve played every single game in the entirety of the franchise and sword/shield ranked all the way at the bottom for me so much so that I was about to quit the franchise and stop buying the games.

[@DRFESTERPUS69]

Both Swsh and ScVi had great story potential. Scvi just capitalized on its story more. Swsh was wasted to much and a lot of the cool part happened off screen. I think the Art design was much better in Swsh though. ScVi map design is better. Im divided on the Pokemon though like a good amount in both gens. Swsh ws more annoying to play though with all the hand holding. but the Gym stadium made it super cool. In total im give the a 5 or 6 compared to other. But its pokemon so its still fun even if its bad lmao.

[@Slackmana]

I loved how Pokemon sword and shield adopted the concept of battling inside a stadium. I really like the Stadium atmosphere.

[@mozzie2729]

Thanks for making this comparison. I ended up opting to buy Shield for my kid, it seems more like what I knew from Pokemon plus it should be easier for them to follow along the story. Violet seems to be more for veterans.

[@Brsn98]

I found sword and shield to be boring to be honest, the gym fights are epic but thats about it. Scarlet and violet has it's flaws but to me the gameplay is so much better.

[@lichslayer0045]

No at least for now it took a while for Scarlett/Violet to fix there messes and with the Dlc it was the Turtle who won the race in the end to me. And the legendary pokemon they brought at the Indigo Disk made it worth it then Sword/Sheild at least to me.

[@jakemcgoldrick3552]

One thing I don’t like about scarlet and violet raids is that there is a huge disincentive to play online with others. The fact that you lose time on the raid if any player’s pokemon dies but not if an NPC dies makes it so much more likely that you’ll just quickly lose with other people. That and the fact that tera raids are just so sluggish makes me enjoy max raids way more.

[@ShockerPlayZz]

Sword and Shield is EVERYTHING! I do love it, I really do. Scarlet & Violet from the jump just didn't do it for me. when it first came out I didn't even know it was a main line gen 9 game, I thought it was a shitty spin off. I was very wrong. Sword and Shield from the start gave me LIFE! It was the game that made me gate the switch. And do not even get me started with my love for Leon and Hop! My all time faves now!

[@linus4023]

Honestly, while SV is factualy better however I had more fun with pokemon sword and shield idk why just did. Swsh also had better postgame (battle tower zacian&zamacenta) while SV has no post game

[@Kendall719]

Unfortunately as a shiny hunter, swsh dlc solos because of dynamax adventures. Meanwhile sv is stuck with its shiny locked legends

[@falconblack]

NOPE - sword shield was a bore fest with a week open world and story. Violet scarlet intrigued me with its dynamic world, acquiring the legendary early and Area Zero story blew it out the park

[@Htiy]

I agree. Didn’t even have fun with it. Not with The map, story, or battles. Sv isn’t PERFECT but I’d trade The former 3 for lag and less customization instantly

[@ZentaBon]

Now compare Legends. I FORGOT HOW ADDICTIVE THAT GAME IS

[@SoulStoryMode]

I did that actually 😭

[@ZentaBon]

@@SoulStoryMode OH SHIT SORRY

[@micclman5537]

Nemona still holds back because she doesn’t ev train and no items

[@rdfarley89]

You may have touched on this and I missed it, but in Scarlet/Violet you can modify your facial appearance by pressing + in the wardrobe menu. It's kinda hidden, but there are quite a few customization options.

[@LaughingMerc]

I think my ultimate pokemon game gameplay/aesthetic wise would be a mix of Sword/Shield, Scarlet Violet, and legends Arceus Art Style of Sword/Shield Open World of Scarlet/Violet Overworld Pokemon with personalities and ability to attack me and me catch them without battling like the ones in Legends. When I would like to battle, I want the style of Sword/Shield. Also, maybe controversial, but I really miss being forced into trainer battles, so I would like that to come back.

[@Sobble_99]

That too.

[@framerant4434]

I’ll take SwSh over Scarlet/Violet any day by MILES. Paldea lacks way too many features in my opinion. Lifeless region, ugly empty areas, worst/most boring evil team in any Pokémon game ever, box art legendary event basically non-existent. Theres some moments in Gen 8 that’s are just graphically really gorgeous color wise like the last battle with Hop. Raiding the team star dens feels like the most boring chore to complete. Sc/Vi has the worst starter trio of all 9 gens in my opinion. Don’t like any of the final forms (Skeledirge is the only one I think is half decent but that’s subjective). Gen 8 has great mechanics for making a battle competitive team. The gyms/gym leaders are WAY more interesting. Victory road is basically non-existent in Gen 9 not to mention the elite 4/Champion battle is abysmal. The championship battle environments basically had no flare to them just a basic white empty room (like an office cubicle). Gen 9 also has some of the weirdest looking npc trainers I’ve ever seen. For a region with basically nothing but a school for young people, so many of the npcs look super out of place. Like where do these people live lol there’s damn near no houses in the whole region lol. The buildings that do exist basically can’t be entered or there just a menu screen lol (talk about world building). Mossui town in the dlc is the one place that feels lived in fr fr but you gotta get the dlc to even go there lol. I’ll take SwSh over Gen 9 anyday. And the icing on the cake… gen 9 runs like 💩🤣.

[@IzzyItachi]

Scarlet and Violet are better than Sword and Shield. But at the end of the day, both games are cheeks.

[@anime-channel7209]

I like scarlet and violet more due to the fact that you can move around as you want. When I started to catch or battle pokemon, I found myself lost after a few minutes and had to open the map to even see where I was. While you always knew where you were in SwSh. The game was the most linear of all pokemon games and you had nowhere really to go to explore. While I got lost in scarlet and violet even before arriving in the academy city due to how big and different it was

[@warehog3000]

There are two things that i loth in Scarlet & Violet. 1. The battle triggers.. Didn't see that capsakid you stubbed your toe on? Too bad battle time! Get blindsided by a off screen tauros running at you at mach 5? Too bad battle time! Just end a battle only to find out your character model has been teleported into a grope of pokemon? TOO F##ING BAD BATTLE TIME! 2. Event bubble size and triggers for unskippable cutscenes THAT TELEPORT YOU AWAY! Just spotted a shinny? Too bad cutscene! Just spent 30 minuets back hoping to get a thing you saw and wanted? Too bad cutscene! THAT SHIT CAN GO DIE SLOWLY OF FOOD POISING!!

[@adriannaa545]

16:00 Personally, Nemona just grated on my nerves. I havw no idea why, but her aloof atitude and clear privilege over the other chatacters just rubbed me the wrong way. I liked Arven a lot more.

[@geo_dragon6008]

Man, Pokemon being on the switch, what a rollercoaster lately huh? If i had to pick which of the two generations i prefer, it's Scarlet and Violet (it's ok Legends Arceus, i still love you bby) it's just a way better Swsh imo, tho that bar is all the way down the Mariana trench but i mean it! I just love goofing around in Paldea's open world. I also appreciate games like SV and PLA giving incentive to catching pokemon and explore because it always reward you! So yeah, scared yet excited what's next for Pokemon in the future lmao

[@dustinsw]

Very amazing video, I can feel the effort put into it and it wouldn't surprise me if this video will somehow blow up. Keep up the good work mate. I have shield and scarlet but i bought them like 2 days ago from ebay for 30€ each, I mainly played Scarlet cuz I like a open world. I will buy the scarlet dlc and probably then only buy gen10 if it does what scarlet does but better.

[@ctv186]

Overall I like SV better, but I noticed visually SwSh lookes more colorful due to increased saturation, but SV looks like someone shifted the overall brightness level without much saturation. I also had a stoner thought that there is a game out there that did SwSh's basic story premise (opening Hell as a power source) much better and quite well. It was Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal.

[@citizen4602]

Tbh swsh runs way smoother. The swsh dlc was also more fun imo. I like the puzzles and the dungeons.

[@vitruviandrums]

I don’t think I’ve ever fundamentally disagreed with almost an entire video, this is crazy 🤣 S+S imo is twice the game S+V is. It’s not even a fair comparison! SS was a 8 for me and SV was more like a 4 or a 5!

[@blinkspot2667]

I wish The Wild Area in SwSh has better weather. It felt wierd going from a sandstorm, to a blizzard instantly. Why not just randomly generate the weather on a day by day for the whole wild area, instead of an area by area.

[@Maho3942]

When it comes to performance, I'd play swsh, for story I'll give it to sv but I can just watch cutscenes on KZbin instead of buying an unpolished game

[@lipika2841]

Gameplay: while there's now a option to relearn moves & nickname your mons in the Poke center of SwSh, SV goes further & lets u do them right from the menu so u don't have to go anywhere for that. TMs are craftable through the materials u picked up. Gen8 had TRs as the breakable TMs & u can either get them by defeating raids or locating watt traders in the wild area. & yeah, I prefer the way it's in SV though reusable TMs should make a comeback cuz that's what everybody prefers. Gimmick: 1 crucial u didn't mention is that changing the tera type of any Pkmn (even once) takes 50 shards of a respective type & that requires grinding out tera raids or find wild tera Pkmn but those r far from being guaranteed to what u want. The Indigo Disk made it way easier, yet this shouldn't have been an issue in the 1st place. This once again caused headaches for competitive players. 1-5 tera shards should be the maximum amount to switch the types. Imagine if u had to look for Z-crystals for each of your Pkmn. Wouldn't that be unnecessarily tedious & annoying? Rivals: SwSh had 3 rivals & out of them, only 1 got the spotlight whereas the other 2 got pretty shafted. Even then Hop is quite despised in the community, so the rival/friends in this gen take a massive L. I only hope Nemona returns in future games & turns into our main rival again cuz she's a champion & champions do make a lot of reappearances. Also, it'd the 1st time where an older character becomes a reoccurring rival in the next game/gen.

[@ClefairyFairySnowflake]

I, sadly, cannot comment on the DLC of Scarlet and Violet, because I have not played it (yet). But the base game was good. Although I have to argue in favor of Sword and Shield's DLC, because I have played that. I found it to be very memorable.

[@AlpacaLipzMeow]

S&S gym battles were the most excitement I've ever had. You gigantimax and it feels like the crowd is bursting with fervor, best gym battles in the series. Easy. Find I agree with most of your points, S&V definitely have story and speed on it's side, but atmosphere for S&S... that's a huge thing. Now if they could combine the two in a meaningful way (Most importantly personally speaking, we NEED good performance, nothing less then 30 fps steady, never dipping below that number) we'd have the best pokemon game of our time I think.

[@Draco7876]

Before i watch the video Story and character wise no SV wins out Game play wise they're about the same. SV has a lot more bugs than SwSd while SwSd has a lot more imergence breaking things like pokemon shrinking up from the ground to pokemon disappearing. Now back to the video and leaving a like ❤

[@BluescreenDev]

Can you explain what do you like about the story, I've played both games, but I can't understand why people like SV story so much?

[@Draco7876]

@BluescreenSharp because you're actually involved with the happenings going on in Paldea. SwSd you're essentially told to focus just on the gym challenges and that's really it where as with SV you're in multiple things from the regular gym system to helping Arvin beat titan pokemon(personally my favorite aspect cause seeing great tusk as a giant titan was so freaking cool) to finding out the truth and helping team star and the staff come to an understanding of what both sides did wrong. Then you have the area zero story pre-dlc which was absolutely heartbreaking and a huge investment for me. There's so many different things SV did with its story and how it interacted with your character where as SwSd didn't do or allow the player to interact until imho the crowned tundra. The story for the main villians in SV was also done so much better as the "villians" weren't villians they were just people who fought back against bullying and got punished for it which I can relate to in my life as i did that a once or twice and got severely punished for it where the bully didn't get half as harsh of a punishment. SwSd villian..... dude imma be honest Rose was just a shit villian and his motivation made no sense to do what he did. 1000 year later problem can't wait until after the championship battle? Really, my guy? You also don't get much of seeing eternatus being used as an energy source it's just dropped there before fighting rose. There's so much lack of a story and showing for SwSd it was really underwhelming. SV took those mistakes and cranked it to 120 and I loved it. We got the regular gym system, Arvin's past and current objective saving his pokemon, Penni who is still the leader but wanted to do what's best for her friends of team star, Ogrepons past and her struggle against the toxic trio, and Kiki's story on self improvement and growth theres a lot not only in story but in characters.

[@StormRaid417]

All of your points are spot on and undeniable. I agreed with everything you said. Pokémon Scarlet felt more fun, and the story sucked me into it even more. The positive points you've made for both games should be considered for the next big Pokémon game. Pokémon on the Quest 3 VR headset should definitely be the next big step for Nintendo. I hope Nintendo and Quest talk about that.

[@brandonvelasco240]

scarlet violet because of recency bias we’ll see how it holds up later tho

[@chahal6356]

Sword and Shield just looks so good it’s hard to enjoy Pokemon Scarlet with those disgusting graphics and art style

[@ankuk099]

What’s the name of the beat you have at the end of your videos? It’s goos

[@im_justin_u9493]

The one thing I do appreciate about sword and shield is the lack of shiny locks on returning legendaries that’s one thing I’ll give SWSH over SV. Dynamic adventures are really slow and boring though so im just gonna get the sun and moon legends ultra beasts and zygarde gotta complete the shiny collection.

[@jermainespeid4934]

To be honest I like both sword and shield and scarlet and violet

[@YukiZero]

SS was an overall better game graphically and DLC wise. the only advantage SV have is the difficulty of the battles in ID but overall SS is the bettter game... its less more disgusting on the eyes than SV

[@Rowdy_Raider]

I find the main problem with Pokemon as a game franchise is just the fact they make new systems for their games every iteration and instead of updating and refining they throw it away and start again on over and over. The amount of dev time they waste is almost amazing if it wasn't for the fact people pay for this to continue.

[@richardgee123]

I need the crisp sword and shield graphics in an open world with 100% all pokemon pokedex with mega evolutions

[@JoBry2003]

What really frustrates me is the setting of Galar and the characters you interact with have some really cool potential. An unbeatable champion who’s suffering from some aspects of Peter Pan syndrome(just wants to have a fun time battling and has to learn to do more “adult” things), his younger brother, your rival, who wants to be like his brother and grow out of his shadow, but clearly isn’t suited for it, Sonia, a Pokémon professor in training, Pokémon battling being treated as an actual sport, but it all falls flat on its face when the guy who is clearly being set up as the villain doesn’t do anything villainous until right before the end of the game, because he decided that an issue that won’t be a serious concern for another ONE THOUSAND YEARS cannot wait just ONE MORE DAY for the champion to figure this out with him. No, he’s got to interrupt the biggest sporting event in the country to start DOOMSDAY. There’s some other issues with the story, obviously, but Chairman Rose is probably the worst handled Pokémon character ever. It’s a cool concept for a villain, but it’s handled so poorly that it just makes Rose look like an absolute idiot. It’s a miracle he stayed head of his company.

[@mew4ever23]

Scarlet and Violet absolutely, no question COULD have been the best games in the franchise. There was a lot of good ideas there. Unfortunately, what comprehensive technical failures they were bring the games down a LOT. Gamefreak needs to be given lots of time on the next one. DLC, I'd give it to SwSh over S/V. My chief complaint there is that it's too short.

[@IdkjuschillinYT]

I honestly love Sword (I completely forgot to get Shield lol) when I got Violet (I just got Scarlet yesterday, so no real time to play) I HATE and still hate the fact that in S/V you have to TALK to trainers along routes. I was stoopid on my first playthrough, and didn’t bother to challenge any and… heheh…. I was absolutely DESTROYED by EVERYTHING. Then, once I decided to Exp grind a bit, I was over the level cap. Idk if this was just me, or a lot of peeps, but ye. I COMPLETELY agree that Gen 8 was better, I couldn’t put the game down! With Violet, I got lost and just gave up after a bit. Still a personal thing, but it is my opinion. I did love the fact that I was traveling on a Pokémon instead of a bike. Sword was a more controlled environment, and that can be good in some ways, definitely less buggy, but I had some fun with the landscapes (even tho I got lost lol). In my eyes, Sword will always be better, but Violet was a good experience. The fact that I can pick up Violet again and have more fun after beating the main game is amazing! I find it hard to pick up Sword again and enjoy it without PAYING to buy the DLC, and Ik S/V has a DLC, but at least I can roam around freely. Just my long ass opinion rant tho XD.

[@robwilliams6991]

I love all 4 of those Pokémon games! Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019) and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022) are really good, awesome, energetic games, full of surprises (new Mythical and Legendary Pokémon).

[@Jt-lp9ki]

Neither, both run like crap and are missing too many pokemon and features that we had previously. The performance on both but particularly scarlet and violet is just NOT OK. Both are a significant step down for the series and as a community we should not be giving them money for this. I have never felt more ripped off than when i launched scarlet for the first time.

[@adampeterson9664]

Can you draw a video ranking the UI in every game? I personally LOVED Gen 7's beautiful layout.

[@promienodrzutowysamuel790]

Okay but we can all agree that SV has by far the worst UI, right?

[@Sobble_99]

Yes​@@promienodrzutowysamuel790