What is the Best Area of Every Pokémon Region?

[@Pichupedia]

Since there have been a couple of comments commenting on what is and isn't a route, I figured I'd explain my reasoning. I actually originally began making this video with the idea of only including actual full-on routes, but the problem with that is that the further into the Generations you go, the more ambiguous it all becomes, with Scarlet and Violet as prime example of course. So instead, I went for the definition of 'in nature', meaning landmarks don't count, but areas like the Safari Zone do. After all, it is an natural area that you MUST traverse in order to complete the game. So yeah, feel free to disagree with me, but that's the idea behind it.

[@ZingoBananaa]

i still like the video, but the title doesn't fit and i actually wanted to hear about actual routes. Scarlet and violet just having a bunch of SwSh wild areas slapped together strays from the typical pokemon format.

[@matthewwomack9740]

I think it's actually less about what is and isn't a route, and more that you said "landmarks don't count" and started the video off with the safari zone, lol. Banger thoughts, and I found you via this video and am looking forward to watching your backlog of content.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Unova route 18 is easily the definition of how to do a water route _right_ Water trails, mountain cliffs, strength hm puzzles, above the mountain is a pokemon healer and a free egg from a ranger, and just above it is the p2 lab

[@crystalcove99]

Some pretty good choices here, but I dont know how I feel about your choice of counting some areas like the Safari Zone as a "route." I know you differentiate between routes and landmarks at the start of the video, but I feel I would call the Safari Zone and National Park "landmarks" far before I would call them routes. And as for Village Bridge, thats always been a town in my book, just with a lot to explore in the surrounding areas. In my opinion, if you wanted to include them, the video shouldn't have been talking about the best "routes" in the first place. All that being said, glad to see some love for Unova Route 23 and Kalos Route 8.

[@WherearewegoinginNSW]

How there isn’t a “every route and area of Pokémon ranked” yet on KZbin is a surprise to me. I absolutely love the wilder areas in games like this

[@SwerveStarEx]

That is absolutely an idea I wanna do sometime.

[@KABIGON4445]

Thank you so much for adding area zero. No one appreciates it as much as I do. Everything about it is so magical

[@finnjackson77]

Kalos route 15 being left out is criminal imo That music might be my favorite from any game

[@piratehunterzoro6]

Such an underrated theme

[@BitterSweetNitemare]

Love how your favorite spot in Hisui is just prototype Eterna Forest haha, which was also your pick for Sinnoh hahah

[@ZingoBananaa]

i think putting anything which doesn't have the name "route" or a number in it among routes is kinda cheating...

[@icecreamorc]

Dude be like, Distortion world is my favorite route.

[@Xylarxcode]

I'm inclined to agree. Routes should be fairly self explanatory. If it's not a route and not a town, then it's a separate location. Things like the Safari Zone, Distortion World, Spear Pillar etc aren't routes. The Safari Zone pick didn't really sit right with me either. Rough way to start the video, if you ask me. Its title clearly mentions it will be about routes and the first thing he does is make a rule for why there will be exceptions. Just title it something else, then...

[@ZingoBananaa]

@@Xylarxcode i get the feeling he made the video with the premise "best areas in every game" but then changed it to "routes" in the title or halfway through.

[@brandonm8901]

This would make including Paldea impossible

[@ZingoBananaa]

@@brandonm8901 that’s fine, it’s deliberately made not to be like other pokemon games, so excluding it when comparing other games in the series should be fine.

[@prithvirajsawant4048]

Vast Poni Canyon deserves an honorable mention.

[@TomsSauce]

Route 119 is my favourite route in the franchise, glad to see it get the love it deserves

[@tpsam]

As a gen 6 fanboy clicking on this I immediately knew west of kalos sandy route by the cliff side obvious winner unless we count caves kalos has a couple of contenders In route we both agreed it's kalos best and gf perfecting the high elevation multi heights design of a route That's where you can catch bagon because obviously he tries to jump from the cliff to fly only to bash his head down below on the beach Like the cave had axew and getting out of the cave the 2 professor assistants update your dex and immediately you can catch bagon Gen 6 still my favourite gen because only in this gen before gym 2 you could build so many different types of teams The touch screen super training gives you access to stones so you can fully evolve gallade before gym 2 or aegislash The choices are almost limitless really almost not even fanmade romhacks give you so much freedom at the beginning of the game in how many combinations of teams you can have before gym 2 while also having probably the fastest first gym ever you can almost immediately get that badge Really a start your adventure and immediately go get in the main course no need for appetizers

[@hq698]

He literally explained his thought process in the first 20 seconds and y’all still complaining 😭

[@jaceb3106]

But it didn’t make sense lol he said he would exclude things like Power Plant as they are more like landmarks. Then first 2 picks were National Park and Safari Zone. Both are landmarks and not routes lol

[@Gagafreak92]

My favorite routes/natural places in each region are: Kanto - Mt. Moon Johto - Route 43 Hoenn - Meteor Falls Sinnoh - Route 224 Unova - Route 23 Kalos - Route 8 (never thought someone would like it as much as me for the exact same reason) Alola - Vast Poni Canyon Galar - Route 6 Hisui - Coronet Highlands Paldea - Chilling Waterhead (Kitakami)

[@Machoke.]

Jhoto is Mt. Silver for me. The site of what I think is still the most legendary boss in pokemon history

[@OSmeone]

SMH how are the Kanto Safari Zone or National Park considered to be routes? Better to rename this video to 'best areas' instead

[@RobynAnarchist]

Lots of great Unovan locations, but can't go wrong with R23, it's gorgeous.

[@jakobr_]

If you ask me, what makes a route a route is whether you can go through it to some other (significant) destination, or whether you can only stop there, hang out for a bit, and leave the way you came. Village bridge is a route, the various safari zones aren’t.

[@SwerveStarEx]

I just gotta give a shoutout to my homie Route 209, my favorite route in the whole series. Nostalgic music, a variety of different areas all throughout, a mini-dungeon at the end, Spiritomb, it's part of the road for egg hatching, and HUGE coziness all the way through. EDIT: Also, it has Chansey in it! And you can get Vulpix here via dual slot!

[@moldpoke]

Galar's best "route" is definitely route 8. As soon as you enter the environment contrasts most of the previous grassy routes with you being able to see the exit past the maze you must first explore through. The entire place is just a straight up better version of route 6 + stow on side. The compact ruins with less annoying ladders as well as a variety of new unique trainers like the office workers and the dancer and the wild encounters fit the area well. Seeing the falinks shuffle in between the ruins is one of the coolest things after walking out of Hammerlocke and breezing by that so called "route 7" with its short passage. There's a camping tent for a small break before you enter the second half of route 8 which is this short ice route that welcomes you into Circhester that also has unique trainers and cool pokemon like snom sneasel and galar darumaka. Majority of the time in pokemon snowy cities are generally at end of many mountain or snow heavy routes, while route 8 was able to deceive you with its desertish ruins before shocking you with the presence of snow. After beating the double battle at the end of the first part of the route and walking into the second part of the route feels like going through a portal, and the best part is that the short snowy section is very skippable if you just wanted to scroll to the city quickly. This route beautifully invites the player to Galar's snowy area and city with grace, unlike the intensive mountain climbing to get to the last 2 gyms in Paldea or having to use a mamoswine through route 17 in kalos. The northern mini snowy Route 8 also preserves the beauty of the snowy Circhester by only briefly presenting what Galar's ice type region has to offer, instead of forcing you with endlessly snowy encounters and battles that would exhaust you completely once you reach a pokecenter and making you lose interest in exploring the city.

[@olivergro7105]

Man beeing in eterna forest the first time as a kid was great. The tough battle vs the psychics, the weird leafstone for eevee that I had no clue about, the mansion that you really badly want to go into but you can't so you do it later on and ko all the lvl14-15 mons with your lvl30 mons but then you see the ghost and get creeped the f out

[@shieldon530]

great video i appreciate your pace and the closed captions

[@WFierce]

Sure, early Gen routes lack distinctiveness, but at least they make more sense as a cohesive location. Why is Mt Chimney only depositing ash over a single route to the north? Why does the sandstorm in route 4 stop at the borders of Castelia and Nimbasa cities? Why does Anistar City have 2m deep snow drifts to the west and a temperate forest to the east? Why do some areas think it's Autumn while others don't? I get that each region is condensing a real-world location into a smaller space, but it creates some really weird climate patterns.

[@AdsyJr]

I really enjoyed this video

[@Pichupedia]

I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😁

[@marcodipietro813]

I'd say Route 44 in Johto is a favorite of mine. Playing HGSS, you only can access it after taking out the Team Rocket takeover- and thus it feels like you're finally exploring new territory. Not only that, the route is teeming with Trainers that have all sorts of Pokemon- not to mention the wild Pokemon found in the water or the secluded area in the middle, which includes Lickitung, Tangela, and Remoraid- weird little fellas that can really add some spice to a team, especially with Lickilicky and Tangrowth added in Gen 4.

[@ProfessorFudin]

I'm surprised we didn't get any mention of the underwater areas of Hoenn. I know they're technically part of their generally underwhelming routes above, but they blew my mind as a kid

[@jgr7487]

I absolutely love Village Bridge!

[@jakisrandom1]

disagree about the eterna forest. it only got its signature shade/vibe/aesthetic in platinum and had it taken away (like most other platinum things) in bd/sp. personally, it always felt like the most typical "early forest" route gamefreak made and that makes eterna forest not really unique. haunted chateau is placed at the very end of the forest right before the gate which is also such a bad game design because imagine if the forest was larger and the chateau was placed in the middle of it and you had to go through the forest again to actually visit it, but instead its just a nice surprise for people who want to backtrack.

[@AndreaszTP]

Poni Meadow is my favorite area in all pokemon games

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

Maybe the best route was the friends we made along the way

[@Xylarxcode]

Surely you mean the best friends we made along the route

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

​@@XylarxcodeSo according to you the route is actually the friends we made along the friends we made along the friends we made along the friends we made along the friends we made along the friends we

[@BJGvideos]

I mean that IS basically our plot in the Paldea area here

[@jakisrandom1]

Unova Route 22 feels really cool at first but then it gets so unrealistic with its strength puzzle. It's got to be the most unique route design in the franchise tho. I think Unova Route 13 is better simply because it actually feels the most like an actual route that could appear in real life and not just game design.

[@calebroth2064]

Started off talking about how you won't pick land marks but I would consider the first two choices being more in the landmark category. Still, all great places and great video!

[@Pichupedia]

Thanks!

[@quinntendo4622]

I just wish there were 2 different videos - routes and special areas

[@luis_zuniga]

Do you count the Glimwood Tangle as a route? If yes, that’s my favorite from Galar, design wise.

[@theleaderturtle]

My favorite route theme is the Hoenn Route 113 theme.

[@LeafyVanGoghVT]

area zero made me cry when I first entered it

[@whatsinaname691]

Village bridge is my favorite route in all of Pokemon.

[@Sailor11Sedna]

Jhoto: Ice Path Hoenn: 113 Unova: 10 The music might be too much a part of my reasoning.

[@wokul3793]

Imagine talking about national park nad not mentioning the music.

[@juandiegotorres9632]

Agree with you on route 8 from X and Y

[@jermainespeid4934]

I love the route in the Sinnoh region

[@daniyalchaudhry1408]

Bro I just watched the other vid 😂 Good timing

[@krisrainbow2350]

Route 113 from RSE has the best route music in any game in my opinion, unless it's the remake version.

[@juandiegotorres9632]

I wish the areas mentioned in 9:59 were bigger

[@juandiegotorres9632]

The areas you mentioned in SM were not less free than thw ones in X and Y

[@jermainespeid4934]

I love the gen 9 area route

[@juandiegotorres9632]

Village bridge isn't very natural though

[@jermainespeid4934]

The route 113 hoenn that we never see how it looks in the amine

[@Samsungor]

Power plant is a landmark but not literal landmarks!?

[@evanmehlhose6793]

You forgot the oar region man?

[@trealbright]

3 minutes in I'm like.... these are not routes? Should be either named something else or you should stick to ... actual routes.

[@mysticmongrel1289]

The hate comments on here are absurd. It's like people hate fun

[@zekiado90]

Yes, I stopped the video after the first two places. If that counts as a route, it makes no sense for me to continue watching the rest.

[@mysticmongrel1289]

Way to not listen to the pre-requisites and being uptight about a video about admiring Pokémon

[@zekiado90]

@@mysticmongrel1289 You can see it that way or as constructive feedback. I saw it as the latter.

[@remyoconnor3141]

“(Heartgold and Soulsilver) are not even remotely as good as the original.” Wow, one of the most wrong things I have ever heard on the internet. Gen 4 Johto is superior to Gen 2 in literally every way. You just destroyed your credibility. Telling KZbin never to recommend you now…

[@Pichupedia]

I'm not talking about the games, I'm talking about the Safari Zone...HGSS Safari Zone vs. Kanto Safari Zone, basically. HGSS is way better than GSC, it's not even close

[@knavenformed9436]

Okay I know PokeTube is just white noise for most of the part, but first example being a side-content optional zone as a whole makes this just extra special slop

[@Pichupedia]

The Safari Zone isn't optional, you need Surf to complete the game

[@knavenformed9436]

@@Pichupedia Fair point, it's been over a decade since I've played pre-gen5 games Makes it more valid as a "route" but still I sid expect more literal vanilla routes

[@shadowdragun]

A MAJOROTY of whats in this vixeo srent rputes but landmarks lol. Cant even follow your own rules