Were Scarlet and Violet as Bad as we Thought?

That New Indigo Disk trailer with Evil Kieran and all wipes the floor with Sword and Shield's DLC
There's been a lot of talk about Pokemon Sword and Shield VS Pokemon Scarlet and Violet on the internet as of late, and alot of people think Gen 8 is better than Gen 9, but I gotta say... Scarlet & Violet is way better than Sword and Shield.
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[@HybridHero]

Go to NAnimerica.com and use code “HYBRID” for 30% off and a chance to win a 1st Edition Dark Magician Pendant! Also let me know what side are you on? Scarlet & Violet or Sword & Shield? This debate must reach its end 😤

[@sammyhorace7523]

@HybridHero not only that people seem to overreach to the new game just because it not exactly what they wanted this is not only the game but also to pokemon design people just call bad just because it not in ther favor. This is for the people In the comment. just because you did not like the design doesn't mean that is a bad design.

[@chrismeandyou]

Indigo Disk is going to have all the old starters and many more pokemon. I don't see how people can think Sword is better than Scarlett. Makes no sense.

[@sammyhorace7523]

@@chrismeandyou you be surprise

[@BirdCraftSSB]

One thing I really loved about SV is that they remade a lot of the Pokémon models I mean look at Pokemon like Charizard and Magnezone between swsh and sv Night and Day

[@HybridHero]

Yup! Dope as hell!

[@ZachaRicO]

I saw a short detailing some of the changes, and they're actually really good! Of course, no one talks about that.

[@BuizelCream]

I agree. They're very subtle and sometimes it's clear to see where they added the changes. It makes the experience feel new a little bit.​@@ZachaRicO

[@davinlee3412]

I agree. But there's one thing in Scarlet and Violet that is not superior. *THEIR DRIP.*

[@HybridHero]

YEO SWSH DRIP GOES CRAZYYY

[@octokraken6359]

As well as the music, the music in SwSh is ten times better than SV. SV has really good battle themes and a few good town themes but SwSh has great music in every category and fully outweighs anything from SV.

[@RayKrayZuh]

@@octokraken6359would’ve been better if Piers was voice acted though…the silent rock band 😂

[@gabe5918]

@@RayKrayZuhON GOD 😂😂😂

[@Togethicc468]

I thank Sword and Shield for introducing me to the Pokémon franchise, but I enjoy Scarlet and Violet more. Congrats GF, you made two switch games that were very memorable :) Just pls take your time for the next one you clearly need it ❤❤

[@HybridHero]

Hoping it’s a bangerrr

[@blakefenslerjr4858]

Black and white would be next for remake, x and y was never in 2d

[@Soullerious]

Scarlet and Violet is a gem. The only real issue is the bugs and some of the texture issues.

[@HybridHero]

FACTS

[@Coleymoleyart]

The animations are one of the main things I miss, most are downgrades from the previous games which I only noticed looking back at swsh

[@themasterblaze7563]

This is the majority opinion I see. A lot of people loved the games, but roasted the hell out of how easy it is to break.

[@mavisgrace5403]

Lol OH it's a "Gem" alright. You got that right 😂 oh its a gem.

[@Onestamente]

+Pokemons+DLC+The whole map+Rival+Story . This game is AWFUL

[@pikachulife8388]

Terastilization is great but I wish some of the Pokémon had different changes to their appearance other than giving them hats.

[@jakea3950]

Can you not give em hats? I dont want my min wearing hats unless its apart of the narrative not cosmetics

[@HybridHero]

You may be in luck for the dlc! Maybe idk

[@sammyhorace7523]

@pikachulife8388 nah ther to many pokemon the dev have to do

[@pikachulife8388]

@sammyhorace7523 They don't have to do all of them, but maybe a decent amount would be nice, like with dynamax pokemon. Maybe 14 to 25 would have been great.

[@tanandalynch9441]

​@@jakea3950 The "hats" are elaborate head ornaments that tell you what tera type the pokemon has. It's only there during the battle and for one pokemon it's not even actually a hat

[@krisdreemurr3533]

*I agree with you. Despite the bugs and glitches and a lot of hate on Scarlett & Violet, for me SV are good games no better than Platinum, BW or Johto, but let's say it has some pros and cons, but you have to wait for DLC's 2 to find out.*

[@HybridHero]

SV FOR THE WIN BABYYYY

[@user-ox1gd1du3u]

Scarlet and violet are way better sword and shield suck you have to get the dlc just to gigantimax and scarlet and violet you just get it. Also scarlet was my first Pokémon game

[@williammancio5390]

I agree finally somebody understands me SV are way better

[@renetheblackpanther8624]

To be honest. I liked sword and shield more because of 2 things... 1 dynamax adventures ( give us all the legendary and able to get them shiny ) the be no other game except for Usum that gave this options. With is very important for legit shiny hunters. . And 2 the Pokedex keep track on how many Pokemons you have battled from the same mons. And so keep track of you shiny odds. Also i think the breeding Pokemon where more fun and better odds... Still working on getting all different colored shiny forms of alcremie....so sword and shield still lifes very much

[@renetheblackpanther8624]

I wish they made the Pokedex like in sword and shield..and keep track on how many you have battled..so you not waste time one fainting 60 Pokemons before you start shiny hunting on this outbreaks.

[@oaktreeYT609]

With sword and shield, you could play it once, and never feel like you need to play it again, since it felt so empty. But with Scarlet and Violet, you could replay the game in so many different ways.

[@BuizelCream]

Totally true! Can't wait to play Gen 9 again with Scarlet and the added DLCs since I'm playing through Violet. I want the past Pokemon this time.

[@SoraFan23]

Scarlet and Violet at least improved on the Story and Characters. Plus it has great music and soundtrack.

[@McWaffles86]

I bought this on launch , thought I’d give it a proper go yesterday and I’m really enjoying it. Much better than Sword and Shield. Nice Mystic Cave music bro 👍

[@HybridHero]

SV GANG RISE UP

[@PerlePerle-ep9po]

you are right SV is overhated too much @@HybridHero

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

@@HybridHeroready to watch people in 10 years talk about how great g9 is when they realize not every game is shit because it doesnt meet extreme expectations.

[@basecatXD]

Honestly, i think both games are amazing. The Galar region is my favourite region (only con is that it doesn’t have Furret), and the major battles in sword and shield felt like you were really in a stadium with lots of people watching you. however, scarlet and Violet are also great games. there are still many areas in the paldea region that i haven’t had the chance to explore yet, and you might not even be aware that some of the areas even exist if you don’t explore.

[@DrSeniorMilminaman]

You can get Furret in S/S, but I think it might be exclusive to the dlc. You'd have to get somewhat lucky to roll one in Dynamax Adventures, with a pretty good chance to even get a shiny one without a shiny charm.

[@HybridHero]

Hey it’s fine you like em!

[@basecatXD]

@@DrSeniorMilminaman ik it isn’t, bc it’s my favourite Pokémon and i’ve checked multiple times to see if i can bring my furrets from bdsp into swsh via Pokémon home, but i cant

[@DrSeniorMilminaman]

Oh, man, I'm sorry. I accidentally confused Furret with Linoone since they look pretty similar. I really screwed that one up. Sorry again, bro. 😔

[@basecatXD]

@@DrSeniorMilminaman it’s fine linoone is still pretty cool tbh

[@natu01]

Average sword and shield hater: 🤡 Average scarlet and violet worshiper: 🤓 Average enjoyer of both: 🗿

[@acetrainerleo483]

I actually had a blast with both sword and shield and scarlet and violet. Im really positive when it comes to pokemon. Games and anime. It’s how i roll

[@tangomilano4503]

Hardcore fans hate you for having fun

[@acetrainerleo483]

@@tangomilano4503 wouldnt be the first time

[@HybridHero]

That’s a great way to keep it!

[@aninass]

I think it's a matter of perspective. Sword and Shield had a lot of things I loved that Scarlet and Violet don't have. That's why I think you can't just say that Sword and Shield are worse than Scarlet and Violet. That's simply not true.

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

yeah, ill be honest, ive watched my cousin play pokemon since 2014-15, but sword was my first game back in 2020 and the only reason i like it is because it’s nostalgic in a way to me (its not old i know, but its whatever) but id never declare sword better then sv, sv is a blast and the music is incredible, but my top 3 games are def bw2, sv and sm

[@peternguyen2908]

If the Indigo Disk doesn’t have a Battle Tower/ Battle Facility then it doesn’t beat Sword and Shield. All of this grinding of the Tera raids for the past 2 years would have been for nothing.

[@HybridHero]

We will definitely get something!

[@kingkirbostuff906]

Time is a bitch huh

[@shinyhunterjareth]

This man speaks the truth

[@HybridHero]

Nothin but FAX

[@3180P5]

Definitely

[@Euoplocephalus2003.]

He's speaking his opinion.

[@salmonfish5314]

I also agree that scarlet and violet are better games than sword and shield (if you ignore the performance issues)

[@octokraken6359]

The town and overworld themes are way better in SwSh but SV has really good battle music. The designs are a little better in SwSh but both are really good, I don’t understand the comparison and fight between the two. Great video!

[@HybridHero]

Thank you! Hope to make more like these!

[@netweed09]

Lol, what opinion is that?! The 'towns' in SwSh are barely there. They look like cheap postcard cut outs that you cannot even feel satisfied with exploring because the Camera won't comply with 2010 standards, rather the tech from the 90s. Poor! I only found Stow-on-Side and Ballonlea great and better than SVs best - but SV's are overall _far_ better. Alfornada and Cascarrafa are gems! It's not 'fight', SwSh deserved criticism for being limited.

[@octokraken6359]

@@netweed09 I was referring to the music. That’s what I wrote. lol

[@netweed09]

@@octokraken6359 The music in SwSh?? Lol, I really think you've got the 2 games swapped. SwSh's could not be more generic and boring! Just plain bad in many parts. In fact, it is the music that tilts it for Scarlet / Violet, Levicia and Cascarrafa are 2 of the catchiest and smartest themes in the series history!

[@octokraken6359]

@@netweed09Yes SV has many great battle themes and some good town themes like those you mentioned, but sword and shield has a larger amount of great themes and are way better than anything from SV. Motostoke snd Wyndon are way better than any of the town themes in SV. The over world themes in SV are very generic and don’t feel like Pokémon, at least SwSh had route themes which SV doesn’t even have.

[@ethantoh2084]

FR, even though i had finish the SV main story, i still can find things to do and participate more raid battles with my friends and do competitive battle practices together.

[@StarzyKK]

Regardless of how anyone feels, both games are intentionally unfinished. The series as a whole needs a lot of time, innovation, and detail put in going forward to change for the better. Although with the crazy amount of money made from how many copies of gen 8 and 9 that were sold to date, myself and many others in the community don't see that positive change coming anytime soon. (I'm literally shiny hunting in gen7 as I write this. I love pokemon, but i'm not gonna sugarcoat it the relationship between the fans and the pokemon companies is toxic and desprately needs to positively change)

[@tanandalynch9441]

By that logic all games in the franchise are unfinished.

[@StarzyKK]

@@tanandalynch9441 No, that's not what I said at all. That's an exaggerated assumption you just made yourself. Read what I said again.

[@tanandalynch9441]

@@StarzyKK Many games in the franchise had that and we're still glitchy and buggy. The first gen still has the most issues and glitches to date. Literally none of the games are finished since the thing that makes them "unfinished" are glitches apparently

[@rampage0092]

I personally just enjoy Pokemon. No game is perfect, but I just play the hell out of the game. I do have my favorites for sure, but I’m not overly down on any of them.

[@HybridHero]

That wonderful to hear :)

[@a.x.x8184]

Idky but I love the Gen 8 atmosphere, Post game (DLC included), Pokémon’s, Rivals, music and gimmick. Gen 9 is also amazing I love it, but over the long run I will prefer gen 9 just bc of the graphics and somewhat ok story bc Arven made this gens story cool. The post game of gen 9 tho even with kitakami is ass bc atleast isle of armor there’s still much stuff to do, but regardless I love the switch era of pkmn.

[@LunaP1]

Arven's story made me cry.😢 I haven't cried like that since the AZ story resolution.

[@lemonc5184]

Arven best boy 😢

[@HybridHero]

Wait for the Indigo Disk I think things will be good 👀

[@Mijzelffan]

The pokemon world has never felt more barren than in sv. There's nothing of note in the overworld other than the stakes that seal the legendaries, talking to npc's in towns doesn't give you anything anymore and you can't even enter houses. I'm baffled you say that you played swsh by just walking in a straight line and press A, and then claim SV is the game that has content, content to you apparently means empty stretches of land?

[@RJS2003]

Wow, you really hit the nail on the head about the nasty cycle us unfortunate Pokémon fans have found ourselves in nowadays. Every new gen it's always "oMg, ThE nEw PoKeMoN aRe So BaD! iT cOuLdN't GeT aNy WoRsE!" and then the gen after that comes out and rinse and repeat. It stinks. Although, I just can't say I agree with following pokémon being "done right" this time. What do they even do differently? They're the exact same slow and sluggish clumps of dead weight they were in Sw&Sh because I guess some twisted mf at Game Freak HQ genuinely expects everyone who plays these games to do so exclusively at walking speed. If they can't keep up with the running speed of a child then it will never be "done right." LGP&E still did it best! Also, another thing you didn't bring up was the customisation options, which Sc&Vi completely NEUTERED. Genuinely, _what happened?_ It's even more baffling after Sw&Sh, easily the most customisable Pokémon games to date! You get like 4 outfits and that's it. I'm legit envious. Also also, they should have kept going into houses, I don't care if it's nonsensical, a billion other games have done it before Pokémon and nobody cared. It would have made the cities feel so much more alive and bustling than the wastelands we ended up getting. Oh, wait a minute, they actually WERE supposed to be in the game, there are models of home interiors in the game's files, they just ran out of time, we have documented proof of this! Again, fantastic video that hits a lot of points but there is still a LOOOOOONG road ahead. I hope and pray on the next Nintendo system they bring their A game this time.

[@wenam87]

I agree with everything you said. I looove the egg move change with picnicking and hopefully they keep that or do something to future games. There are just a few things I would've liked to make this game even better: 1. Level scaling after each gym or some similar event so that trainers and pokemon become stronger. I just can't fighting trainers that have pokemon 10 or so levels lower. It just takes the challenge out of it. 2. More trainers dotted throughout the land. And smarter AI. 3. I love the let's go feature but it would be better if you can ev train using this method. Just like how the pokemon will avoid defeating shinies, you can select a certain stat in the menu, and then the pokemon will only attack those that give those repective evs. 4. And one last thing - BRING BACK shiny sparkles and/or sounds!

[@AlphaDal-if9vv]

I’ll admit I do think it’s fun to poke fun at the modern pkmn games as I’m not a huge fan of them in general, but as someone who absolutely hated gen 8, it was definitely confusing to hear people prefer SWSH over SV. Idk maybe I’m judging too soon as I only recently bought the game so I’m not too far into it yet, but so far what I have played has been enjoyable at least compared to SWSH. Think this will be the last PKMN game I buy for while though. Unless I hear that the next game that comes out is undeniably amazing I’m forced to check it out and buy it.

[@HybridHero]

I think you’ll change your mind with the Indigo Disk

[@MasonBeWildin]

@@HybridHerobro I enjoyed you video so im dropping a sub and that last speech MADE MY HEART FLY THANKS MY DUDE

[@Tierd]

Completed 3 main story playthroughs of scarlet and violet and all 3 of those playthroughs were actually so awesome, pokemon were awesome, story was awesome and characters were borderline perfect Paradox pokemon and convergent forms are super good concepts and I just thought the exploring in SV was chef’s kiss. Open world games combined with pokemon make greatness, PLA is also up there for me as an amazing game. Haven’t actually played sword and shield but SV’s first impression was significantly better imo, and I don’t love dynamax and I dislike gigantamax, terastalization is better

[@HybridHero]

The 3 storylines were 👌🏾

[@yesitsme1214]

i actually really like scarlet and violet. the best part is defifinently the union circle I played the whole game with 2 of my friends and it was some of the funest game experience I had with the pokemon games on the switch

[@renetheblackpanther8624]

The first thing i liked more in Scarlet and violet was going back to school and everything around the school. Making friends and rivals and going on your treasure adventure was super fun

[@Dxdarkness]

Why did you have to make the ending so emotional? Now I'm sobbing....

[@BrokenSoulConfession]

I agree. And my friend, who actually have the Switch (I don't, but he lets me play) would likely agree. He enjoyed SV so much, as proven by his 500+ hours playing Violet. He decided to buy a secondhand Shield after completing the Paldean dex and waiting for Home connectivity to transfer his soooo many Shinies (SV turned him into a Shiny hunter). He couldn't stand the game. Only playing to register the Galar dex in Home. And only returning for Pokétuber giveaways. 😅

[@HybridHero]

Hahaha you got a funny friend

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

Zac was right. Bro just wants to dunk on SwSh. After watching the video.... I hate to admit it, but he's kinda right.

[@HybridHero]

He wasn’t wrong.

[@KMALiamizer]

I'm not going to be able to truly compare them until Indigo Disc comes out

[@HybridHero]

Yeah that’s fair!

[@KMALiamizer]

Yeah Crown Tundra was such a massive improvement over the base game so it's only fair, would also love a DLC comparison video from you about that

[@QueenEspeon96]

I had a better experience with Sword than with Violet. I got Pokemon Sword on boxing day 2019. It was my safe haven during the mess that was 2020. My mess started on the 2nd of that January. I remember shiny hunting via online raids. The game itself didn't crash, and the bugs were tolerable. The day before Pokemon Scarlett/Violet launched, I tested positive for cov!d. I convinced my fiance to get the game for me. When I had the energy to play Violet, the game kept crashing. I lost a shiny Voltorb because of the frequent crashes. The lag was terrible and preferred to play Legends Arceus. So, in summary: one game was my safe haven while the other reminds me of a rough experience.

[@ohmygoddiosmio9138]

it's good if u have no standards like most pokemon fans

[@meloetta131]

I've been on an every-other-gen kick since Gen 5. Skipped 6 and 8. They just didn't jump out to me for some reason. Two gens worth of improvements made it seem much better to me. Because I adored Alola. That was really great. And I love Paldea. Also really great. Yes it does have bugs like crazy but whatever. I really like them. In fact, I may break the cycle and play next gen, 'cause I'm liking what I'm seeing.

[@mewmewfan1527]

I like both sword/shield and scarlet/violet but one big thing i wish scarlet and violet did was how graphics looked

[@HybridHero]

I think everyone wishes for that, but it’s not that serious imo

[@mewmewfan1527]

@@HybridHero yeah also i been going back to sword/shield for shiny hunting even pla

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

@@mewmewfan1527shiny hunting in swsh is so sad.

[@gabrielortiz3811]

I am pretty sure that if SV took more dev time at least a year to improve performance and patch glitches among many other things the it would have easily trounced SwSh in the eyes of the fans. Let me tell u when I saw a walkthrough for the game with the stories I was mind blown that was easily the best the story in any of the games including teal mask dlc. I really don't care that much about graphics.

[@HybridHero]

Yeah they just needed a bit more time

[@Goofydraco]

So what’s up with that lighthouse next to the performing Pokémon?

[@liamskarhed6068]

I love the deep part in the end lol. I have actually seen both good and add parts from both games. There many things i like from both Like the camp in SwSh witch was so much cute and interactive then SVs picknicks. And I think SwSh defenetly looks better even with the wild area. And I could go on about that. But SV had the best Story of any main line pokemon game witch made me cry several times and amazing fun ways to help and make compedative better. As a player who started with ranked, a few Tornaments and most of comedative is in SwSh. And Terra is less bad ass, but wow its fun to mess around with. I have so much fun with it. And the new items are so fun. There are a new few nitpicks that thy removed like th availability to remove and change items in the battle stadium part then u choose your teams. And if accidentally or intentionally pressing battle again in the link battles u can't regret it and go back and have to wait for your opponent to leave or keep playing witch many times are afk so I gotta turn of my Internet to get of from that screen. But all and all I love both games. And can't wait for the next part of the dlc and hope the motshi reddits and discords starts again so we actually can farm motchi. As I love that part and the minigame is so fun to. Just after the first month I can't get more players to join and then can't farm my motchi😄

[@HybridHero]

Always try to add deep parts wherever I can hahah

[@SavageLu]

Only here to say. NO. BREAKING AND ENTERING INTO NPCS HOMES TO BATTLE THEM AND TAKE THEIR STUFF IS PEAK POKEMON /s

[@dullah1434]

I haven’t played scarlet and Violet yet. I’m considering getting the game when the performance issues are gone or at least not that frequent

[@tanandalynch9441]

There's no real performance issues though. Just mild frame rates which are easily fixed by moving closer and maybe a mild clipping error which is easily resolved by moving your camera upward more

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

I can assure you majority bugs have been patched, and all the serious ones were from the early launch of the game. Only issues with performance is the occasional lag, but it’s usually not anything major and how slow online raid battles can be sometimes, but I heard gf is going to fix it around the epilogue event.

[@RayKrayZuh]

Biggest loss is removal of Repels. Especially with the draw distance and Pokémon spawning in below you or being too tiny to see. Bring back the repels so I don’t have to try and play dodgeball.

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

I was stuck battling sneasels for 10 minutes because they kept running into me while i was in battle smh

[@LunaP1]

The only good things Sw/Sd did was level progression and proper programming (the many glitches that S/V has where you can see through the ground/floor, music glitches and online Tera Raid battles having more issues than Sw/Sd with Gigantamax Raid battles). But the rest of S/V are good (although the Teal Mask dlc needs better work with the story and characters).

[@HybridHero]

Indigo Disk will bring it back home

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

14:17 It's hilarious that you mentioned this and have a picture of Wolfey Glick when he just recently said on Twitter that dynamax is better than mega evolution and the backlash he got was not surprising but it was really funny. I do feel bad for him.

[@KusuriyaV]

I still go back to replay sword and shield cause I like the customization and the immersion I had with the gym battles. The exploration of Scarlet and Violet is also great. I hope they take pages from both and now just combine them.

[@pieterhofkens7259]

I disagree. Swsh is better. It had the better national dex. Thats all which matters to me

[@tangomilano4503]

That's fine

[@WeebGuru6]

I agree that the Pokemon native to galar are way better then the ones in gen 7 and 9 who are filled with either goofy or gimmick pokemon

[@HybridHero]

Yeah that’s fine but because I hate SWSH so much ima say it’s not 👀 Jk but hey! Let’s see what the Indigo Disks dex includes might make SVs national dex better

[@pieterhofkens7259]

I am not just talking regional native dex either. When it comes to old returning mons, swsh takes the cake too

[@WeebGuru6]

@@HybridHero I hope so too that’s why I’m holding off on buying the game till indigo disk heck I knew Indigo is better then teal off rip and my suspicions were right

[@EshwarGx94]

U say that Pokemon fans can't appreciate anything ? They don't have any new expectations from the most popular & richest media franchise on our🌎. Everyone knows that they are some of the easiest fans to please fans in the🌎. Pointing out the flaws in the games is just as important as mentioning the good stuff in it. I'm not biased towards any game but Sw/Sh had these despite being a prev Gen game over SV:- 1.Set Battle mode(We had this since the 1st game-Red & Blue) 2.Ability to turn off Battle:Animations 3.Player Customization 4.Better gym puzzles 5.Graphics & Map design 6.Better performance 7.Less bugs 8.Battle Tower And if we dig in we can find more too,although I would say that both SV & SS are rushed games

[@jaydenjohnson4221]

At least SwSh wasn’t a glitch filled mess

[@ThePokeRaf]

Here we go x

[@HybridHero]

This is what I wanted from the pod bruv

[@TD_2214]

I think the moves in sword and sheild were better tbh because in sw and sh there were actual animations instead of the Pokemon punching the air and a waterfall appears.But I also think S and V have better shiny hunting methods and is easier to find one.Both games have different qualities to make them good.

[@HybridHero]

Yeah there will always be good and bad to both

[@kirinkirisake8719]

personally i liked both sword/sheild and scarlet/violet i don't care if gen 8s story was meh and gen 9 has some bugs to work out some of my favorite pokemon in recent years wouldn't exist without them so i'll take my scorbunny and sprigatito and be happy with that

[@drakeshotplays]

As a shiny hunter, i enjoyed 2 different styles of shiny the ultra rare were dowp, also Shiny Gmax forms were my favorites which is the only reason to do a raid js to flex and show them off

[@ghosthaunter2majors597]

This may not be seen by everyone, but I will admit it. I didn't want these games at the beginning but over time I love and will continue to love these games no matter what. These games make me still care about Pokemon and I have to thank these games too, because I want to get better at drawing, so I always draw fanart about my adventures in it and it's paying off. I've got one of my dreams shiny from these games too. No matter if these are failure games, I love and will respect others opinions. I love these games!

[@HybridHero]

Glad you love em now!

[@AuraStrikeAce]

I love Scarlet and Violet. Definitely a lot more than Sword and Shield. Mega Evolution is still the goated battle gimmick, though, but Tera is pretty good, minus the goofy crowns.

[@KingAmirGuy]

To be honest, there are no bad Pokemon games, there, I said it. Lets go, X/Y, SwSh,SV, they are all exellent games, and I will not accept people slandering them no longer!

[@ZachaRicO]

I'd say the biggest downgrade going from Sword and Shield to Scarlet and Violet was the trainer customization. The customization in Sword and Shield was peak; I genuinely felt for the first time like my character fully represented me. They literally just had to keep that system as it was going forward and no one would complain. What did they do instead? School uniforms. Stupid school uniforms. But that's a minor nitpick at the end of the day; the rest of the game, performance issues notwithstanding, is great.

[@sampds]

I really love scarlet and violet, in terms of story I feel is the best any pokemon game has done. I understand people love Black and White, but I feel like outside of N, the other characters aren't on the same level. Penny while we didn't see much of her, I found really compelling the lenghts she is ready to go for her friends; she decided to take the fall for them, and when she realized they could get expelled, took serious measures in order to try to save them, even going as far as breaking the law and the team that she created and adored. Nemona I feel is the first friendly rival that I can truly understand and get behind; we had a lot of these rivals who will praise you and never be mad when they lose, and it never felt that reallistic when it happened, even when I liked characters like Hau. But in Nemona? Fuck it not only it makes sense, it mimics the experience a lot of players had, of wanting to face a challenge because it just feels way too easy now. It makes sense why she is so happy that you are beating her, because not only she loves battling, she is excited at the idea of someone who can finally give her that challenge. I had seen many people doing the Indigo Disk, and being delighted at how much more strategic and difficult is the game; heck I include myself in those, I used to hate double battles but DLC really made me open my eyes in terms of possibilities. And Arven, the darling of this game. I have NEVER seen the pokemon community get so passionate about doing a storyline in pokemon. Like you will have the world ending time and time again, and is like yeah, sure, wahtever, but you put a sick dog on the line? MOTHERFUCKER YOU CAN COUNT WITH MY AXE, WITH MY BOW, I WILL BE YOUR ENTIRE ARMY. The fact that you can see where he is coming from; why he is so grumpy and why he is kind of reticent about trusting other people. He is a genuinely sweet guy who had a rough time in life and you feel for him. Something I saw among a lot of people is how they went for disliking or hating him, to becoming their favorite character, and that's quite an achievement in my opinion. And there are a lot of side characters who are lovely and full of personality. Clavell is a gem of a characters that has lots of charm, and I think everyone good laugh or two with him. Is impossible to not love at least one of the gym leaders, Larry is for SURE one of the most iconic gym leaders in all pokemon history. While not mandatory, the side story with the faculty of school is nice, and the classes can be truly useful for many people. And I feel in terms of antagonist, Rose vs AI Turo/AI Sada is like that meme of hydrogen bomb vs coughuing baby. In terms of antagonist Rose couldn't be more of a joke if you tried; it was suppose to be a "good man who is misguided," but his logic was beyond stupid (SPECIALLY considering Leon told the guy they would do it tomorrow, seriously was it going to kill him wait for an hour to do that crap?) but despite seeing the way more than AI Turo or AI Sada, I feel the time with him was wasted; it didn't amount to much and much less understanding what was his deal. The AI on the other hand? Holy shit even a year later, I still get chills when I see the "Please, defeat me." Now THAT'S an antagonist who is good but does bad things that I can get behind; unlike Rose's crap, I can completely understand where the AI is coming from. It knows that what is happening is wrong, but it is an AI so they can only do so much about it, and even when their program is forcing to, you can see for a brief moment when the text is glitching that the AI doesn't want to do this. In terms of storytelling and emotion, that ending in Area Zero was more weight that the entirety of Sword and Shield. And not gonna lie, the fact that this is the first pokemon game where you can truly go at your own pace is amazing; not bush that is stopping you from progressing, not a bunch of psyducks that refuse to move; I go where I want, whenever I want that. I don't know how many people would remember this, if they played the game, but in diamond and pearl (and maybe also in platinum? not sure,) on the town with the second gym, there would be a moment where not only it wouldn't let you travel to the next place (which was pretty normal on the games,) it would also NOT let you go back, some kid NPC would tell you that you need to do something and refuse to even go where you were before. I love pokemon games and I had been playing for over a decade, but it was always annoying that at some point it would just refuse you let you go to the next town unless you did the next story beat; because if you don't want to do that next story beat? Well sorry, you are out of luck buddy. I also feel that even the people who aren't interested in the story benefit from this because deciding when you want to do that story beat to progress makes the entire thing a lot more bearable than when you are forced. Sure, when you get to a specific place the screen will go to black and show you the next beat, but once that's over? You can just go the other way around and do your thing. I also like that it doesn't do that thing it did in Sword and Shield that if you found a pokemon who was too strong, will refuse you to let you catch it. Sure, it will still not listen to you, but I find that reasonable (since they don't want you to get a high level pokemon and breeze the rest of the game.) Is the level scalling an issue? Yes, is also an issue that there is no way to know the order you are suppose to do things unless you look online? Yes, big time. But overall, I really adore this games, bugs or not, the story and exploration is more than enough to make it my favorite. Fuck this really got long, this is why you can't let an autistic/adhd person write a comment.

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

Although I love bw2, I agree. Ghetsis and Hugh are probably my favorite characters from the games, but sv’s story is up there. Definitely better then gen 1, because im always hearing genwunners complain about how shit sv is when rby was just beat gym, beat million dollar mafia who has no reason to be evil or stealing pokemon, and catch the abomination on cinnabar island. You cannot tell me rby is even remotely entertaining now in the 21st century.

[@UmbraStarWolf]

Scarlet and Violet are my favorite pokémon games in a while

[@rustedbubble4756]

I really like these games I didn't run into any bugs that I cared about and I don't play many modern games so I don't mind the graphics either so sv is probably in my top 10 poiemon games

[@Laz3rCat95]

I never really got the hate for Scarlet and Violet either. I liked the 3 different stories and the open world exploration and personally I never experienced any significant issues while playing.

[@tanandalynch9441]

I mean outside of a few frame rate issues and a mild clipping glitch I haven't had any trouble. These games are designed better and are far more Polished

[@Ryanandtheamrhooliversepokemon]

The thumbnail Koraidon slap Zacian looks personal. 💀💀💀💀

[@xempororhxppyx]

It’s already a year old?

[@Drakromdemon]

Man the Pokémon fanbase has really turned into the Halo fanbase

[@aninass]

Sword and Shield are better than SV to me. It had the things that mattered to me, like character clothing and customization, I liked Max Raids better because you could solo even the toughest ones, I liked the Pokemon designs better (Obstagoon is a W design), SS didn't look as empty as SV (probably because Game Freak is new to this open world thing) and most importantly, Sword and Shield had a homely atmosphere and the stadium fights were awesome, with the crowd cheering and a W stadium soundtrack. Also the gimmick had special forms, which made it much more enjoyable (and honestly I think Terastallization is a good mechanic but makes the pokemon look goofy ahh).

[@jakea3950]

All those things sound terrible to me (or those topics i have litte intetest in). Horses for courses.

[@aninass]

@@jakea3950 It's a matter of perspective, really.

[@HybridHero]

Yeah personal preference will always be there, good you’re true to yourself :)

[@HybridHero]

Yeah personal preference will always be there, good you’re true to yourself :)

[@gustavju4686]

I'm more annoyed by the lack of the inside of shops. That said, SV would probably be my favorite games if not for the lag (only issue I saw)

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

Sword and Shield's meta was more diverse than Scarlet and Violet. It's all just Flutter Mane, Urshifu, Tornadus, Iron Hands, etc...

[@fembuss9528]

Miss going into buildings tho :,((

[@micabryant4513]

Refreshing to hear a more 'credit where due' response to Pokemon Co's recent output. The discourse i've heard has been pretty ridicoulus and maddening 😅

[@naruto16911]

I stand by it. Shield > Scarlet. Wanna talk about substance yet you're favorite game is the same 5 buildings in every town of which one u can maybe enter, terrible Fram rates and load times as well as jut bad resolution. For every good thing u can say about Gen 9 their is 2 things negative said. Shield ATLEAST gave us a decent traditional pokemon game as well as a tad bit of open world. This full open world shit just won't work on switch unless it gets the botw treatment

[@HybridHero]

Yeah everyone was tired of traditional games so it didn’t matter lol

[@michaelnelson1127]

I honestly agree with this sentiment. SwSh was pretty fun as is, but I never really felt the want to replay it. I just mainly spent time breeding competitive Pokémon and ev training them once the story was done. On a side note, I will say that I much prefer breeding and ev training in SwSh than SV since it’s more straightforward and non-taxing. But other than that, I’d say SV clears it in just about every way. It feels great exploring the open region, choosing your own route is a fun time, and the story is leagues ahead. Also, I’d say I’m part of the 1% that barely experienced any bugs in my playthrough. Sure, I got stuck a few times and had to respawn afterwards, but that was the worst it got. Plus, not only is shiny hunting (and later on mark hunting) fun, but I can see quite a few different playthrough ideas for the games.

[@K-Von]

I wish we could get into buildings and talk to NPCs more, I really miss it. Also it would be cool if in the meantime before Z-A, they drop more performance patches.

[@brianstanley1568]

This problem started from SwSh. Honestly though it is getting worse , lots of jrpgs recently has been making npcs as background noises instead of making them interactable..

[@StrayTato]

The only thing Sword and Shield did was introduce arguably some of the coolest new mons in the series.

[@Sman128]

In my honest opinion and experience both a good games with each having good qualities over the other, but the experience of SV story is way more fun then all of sword and shield

[@HybridHero]

Exactly how I feel!

[@DSmaster8585]

Hybreed didnt talk enough shit during the pod, so he decided to make a video😂

[@HybridHero]

Actually I made the vod first and I still wanted to talk LOL

[@FeZe1997]

If they can fix the performance I would be happy

[@lemonc5184]

I wish SWSH did more stories on the gym leader..

[@HybridHero]

Yeah it would’ve done alot

[@Ten-One99]

I’m in kitakami doing the 150 catching thing lol

[@AGuppy]

people hate on scarlet and violet way too much. it 100% has its flaws, but i personally think it’s one of the best games in the franchise. pokemon fans just like to bitch about anything. just watch, in 5 years or so everyone is gonna start changing their mind about sv just like they did with bw

[@rachadlendar4918]

cry about it

[@AGuppy]

@@rachadlendar4918 you the one who’s crying🤣 i like the games

[@lyteshadowz]

I've noticed a trend where the odd generation main titles tend go for something isolating but innovating whereas the even generation titles go for comfort and familiarity

[@HybridHero]

Yup! I’ve noticed that too

[@FTChomp9980]

I say Pokemon Legends Arceus is better then both SWSH and S/V.

[@HybridHero]

That’s fair! I think many people do!

[@derekosgood3230]

Arceus is near perfection lol I really thought that was it going forward. They kept some aspects but abandoned most. Arceus doesn't get enough praise.

[@linkiepai]

I love swsh art style and the camping much more compared to sv but sv has better game play. I want a mix of both. And yeah shield was my "first" pokemon game so I wasn't bummed about it being more like the other games in the series. (x was first but I never finished it and still haven't)

[@mellopelas2857]

I think Scarlett and violet is a step in the right direction. I wish their storyline and lore were more serious. Also the frame drops and performance issues are a problem. The pokemon company can do better, if TOTK can run well and look beautiful then so can pokemon games

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

Issue is, pokemon can’t really spend 5 years developing a game before fans get sick of it and started complaining and bashing on gf, so i think they have to run on a tight 3 year schedule. However, I don’t understand why they couldn’t of just done what they did with arceus, but make sv seem more modern.

[@skolped-7781]

Theyre objectively bad games that were rushed and are big proof of tpc's greed, I still cant say they arent fun. Gamefreal could serve us actual shit and put a pikachu on it and it still would be fun and enjoyable

[@DCPierrot48]

Sword and Shield to me after replaying and watching videos on it seems to be a more back to basics Pokemon, Storywise anyway keep it linear don't make the Villians too overly complex keep their motivation rather simple. Rose wanted to end an energy crisis but he went too far, Team Star just wanteed to end bully

[@marinagaleotti]

8:40 what do you want? A british based region with the form of a bagel?

[@michaelsmercy8377]

Fr though I’ve never heard anyone complain of map shape in my life

[@marinagaleotti]

@@michaelsmercy8377 its an extremely dumb complaint.

[@jimmibrooks9318]

I agree. These are the best Pokemon games since black and white 1. Although I think I’m a bit biased because it was the only Pokemon game where I genuinely questioned my in game morality. . I’ve played Pokemon since RBY. Ive remember feeling back then that black and white was best Pokemon mainline game ever.

[@HybridHero]

Ahhh another Gen 5 lover and Gen 9 appreciater, we’re in the same boat!

[@zinky240]

I hate most open world games because they don't give you enough inside places to explore.

[@Aesc_the_voyager]

I love scarlet and violet wish it had more customization options I truly do but that can be overlooked because of how much I loved the story and characters in it and it’ll be one of my top 3 pokemon games of all time

[@incineroar9933]

I do like the IDEA of the adults trying to handle the evil guys on their own but they really should have let us in on more

[@shrieesmith4984]

I like all pokemon ever since I was just 8 years old so it doesn't matter if the game had some bugs it only matters if you or your friends are having fun 😁😁😁😁😁

[@shinyraikou1518]

As one of the few people who enjoyed Sw/Sh on launch, I feel like there's a lot to address when comparing the games fairly First off, while at launsh gen 8 was given a lot of flak for it's problems, S/V is in a similar situation itself, at least in terms of having the same dex size of 400, and received a fair amount of criticism in the beginning Next, I'll address the regional mechanics between the two. Now, up frn, Dynamax was an absurdly strong mechanic, and yes Zard was a menace in the vgc. On the flipside, what about the menaces that came from S/V? No mention of a certain legendby the name of Chi-yu who broke singles and was a major feature of doubles? So in terms of mechanics, both are wildy unbalanced in their own way, if you take the time to look at both formats Next point, the Dynamax raids. Since the video did everything to ignore Tera raids, I'll bring them up in comparison to the methods of Sw/Sh.Gen 8 kept a functioning turn order, and managed to keep the raids reasonably challenging for the point of the game you're at. As for Tera raids? It'd benice if they actually functioned, the more atb system causes so may bugs in an online setting, to thepoint where getting softlocked is very likely. This is a huge problem, since multiplayer is the selling point of S/V, but if the very feature only functions 1/3 of the time, is it really fair to say it's a notable feature deserving of hype? As for the story, while Sw/Sh has more going on under the hood than was mentioned, there are many little things that could be brought up, but one thing worth mentioning is that this entry has a champion who was actually doing a tn of meaningful work, you know, as a champ should. The prime example is during the whole pokemon are dynamaxing out of control mid story. And while I found a good amount of S/V's story to be fine outside of Nemona the Yandere who gives me the creeps, the story itself is sort of forced into a single railroaded path, in thanks to the choice of static levels for each beat, leaving the options to follow the railroad, or be criminally overlevelled just to follow the path you want to take, making it as much of a straight line as Sw/Sh despite being "open world" I think I feel like this point should be made, but having a bunch of memorable and very enjoyable set of gym leaders has never really been a Pokemon thing, sure there are those people will come to like, but outside of Sinnoh, it's the norm for gym laders to be an unexplored venue, so while it's nice for S/V, it's not as much of a fair comparison to make I'm also gonna sdd this, S/V worked off of Legends: Arceus' mechanics, but didn't bring back the mechanic to catch pokemon without entering battle, so it's gone back on some of the established innovation we had prior (but at the end, this won't be factored for final thoughts) I won't deny that Tera is potentially the best mechanic competitively, as the market is chock full of wildly unbalanced mechanics, but seeing how many mons caused a centralizing meta in singles on multiple occasions, I think it's best to leave making the choice alone As mentioned in the vid, performance is king here, the fact that a year in and S/V is still performing very poorly is a crime, it's the only switch Pokémon game to run so consistently. Also, in light of having "something to play", a game that risks undoing hours of progress due to one of the many times the game gets softlocked loading, so having to redo the same something really works against it Since a lot of points are repeated from here on, I can safely give my final thoughts here. S/V doesn't dominate Sw/Sh in the slightest, and while Gen 8's content may not be as rich, being able to play it makes Sw/Sh a game that can be enjoyed, although it's not to say that S/V is greatly worse. The two games in my eyes have a decently small gap between them, but due to my own experiences with frequent crashes, the edge will be for the gen 8 games Thanks for listening to this Ted talk, and now to vanish into the wind for a nap.

[@HybridHero]

I hope you enjoyed the nap! 😴

[@rachadlendar4918]

So basicly both games suck

[@octokraken6359]

Also SwSh has vastly better music, and the Dynamax raids are so much better than Tera raids which don’t even function properly half the time. The designs in SwSh are just a tad bit better as well. SwSh was really fun, but SV does improve vastly on so many things that in my opinion SV has the edge over SwSh. Plus SV storylines were such an improvement for the series and were very heartfelt, they were good stories.

[@arandombomb5639]

Improvement comes from motivation which can be obtained from praise, if we can't get the tree, Pokémon will prolly hit the end

[@HybridHero]

I agree with everything you said, except the tree part. I got lost there LOL

[@Iwilltouchyoulilbro]

Its like how everyone hated g5 then everyone realized how good the story was and now its considered the best.

[@patrik3482]

They had over a year to fix the bugs, crashes and glitches. Instead they released DLC and ignored all the problems. That's why i will never call it a good pokemon game.

[@EeveeGirlAngela]

I think it's funny wow I never had the glitch problem on my games and only know about them because of KZbin

[@SunniestAutumn]

Nothing is as bad as what internet thought Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were. Literally, eating shit is probably better than internet's depiction of these games.

[@paigeshelby4656]

I agree with you so much. Yes SV is/was glitchy, but literally every single Pokemon generation people find something to complain about. It's always never good enough for them. Then immediately when the next generation comes out, they'll compare the newest two, and they'll always say the older one was better. Every single time. When the next generation comes out after SV, just wait and see. People will be like "Oh, but SV had this feature and blank doesn't"

[@unorganizedchaos5503]

That thumbnail is amazing 😂

[@corbingovers7559]

For Me: Love: 18 "gyms" - even though there was no scaling, each one has its own challenges. Iono's team is surprisingly tough to match up against. Most of the gym leaders had decent teams that had interesting type coverage even if some of them could just be swept (more an issue of the single battle format) Story - one of the first times that I didn't just mash A through the entire thing. Pokemon Diversity / targeted pokemon searching- due to being open world, it's fun to make a cool diverse team of new pokemon or pokemon that you usually don't get until much later. Sandwiches are much better than time travel for getting certain pokemon to spawn. Also union circle pokemon spawns means completing the pokedex is possible with a single game cartridge. Terrastalization - best mechanic since megas that actually changes teams and you can make interesting choices. Challenging DLC - Most challenging additions were added in the 'third version', which i'm lumping into the dlc here. BB academy can easily wipe you if you're not thinking through your team / comp. the Dragon trainer wiped me and I had to actually make my team to counter the issues I had. Meh: New evolution gimmics - sorry but Palafin and the walking evos were a pain since palafin isn't really foreshadowed, and the walking evos you couldn't check how close you were and the reset points were hidden. No level scaling - I would like the challenges to be scaled like we saw in the Pokemon origins anime. forgettable e4 - I'd like to have seen a better e4 that's harder to sweep like the BB e4's teams just in singles (held items, strategy..etc). dislike: World is 'big' but not 'full' - some sections seemed to be too large and empty. The ruins don't really have a reason to be there, trainer placement seemed random. random trainers location - I get wanting to explore, but the random trainers are basically vestigial to this game.

At 0:03 this guy encouraged me to watch this video in its entirety. Fellow content creators take notes.

[@HybridHero]

I knew it would get people to watch 🤣

[@bluuangel004]

Terastalization is definitely better than mega evolution overall but to say megas is trash? Bruh what are you smoking? Teras: - Change typing can be offensive (adaptability boost or stab) or defensive (resistance or immune to weaknesses) - Mind games - Applies to all pokemon Megas: - Additional typing (most of the time) - Additional base stats - Change in ability - Mind games in terms of holding mega stone or other items - Design changes Both are clearly good mechanics.