I get way too excited whenever I see it being mentioned cause it genuinely felt like a "I found it through a friend of a friend's dog's babysitter" lol
you will literally never understand how much i love pokepark and pokemon conquest id literally cry my eyes out if gamefreak ever even so much as uttered their name ever again that's how low the bar and desperation have become.
I feel like no one is mentioning how porting Pokemon ranger includes finding a way to deal with the lack of a stylus and dual screens (you could use the switch touch screen but that would be way slower than the stylus circling) and that's likely more effort than it's worth compared to porting more easily translatable titles like mystery dungeon or something. Obviously Ranger wasn't crazy successful either but some of these ports can easily just be summed up to "too much effort not enough demand"
Pokèpark 2 is WAAAYY better than the first game. Like the world feels more like an actual Pokémon society, there’s an actual antagonist and but stakes, you can play as 4 different Pokémon. One of my favorite pokemon games!
Yes! Not mention the music all over wish park goes hard. I enjoy the space theme from that area, as well as the dance minigame theme. I also just think the darkrai castle was really cool! It keeps a lot of the core mechanics from the original pokepark, but gives it more of a story imo.
The only thing I didn't like was how mini games and friends were handled. I know violating your controller isn't a popular mechanic, but the old mini games gave a real incentive to befriend and use every Pokemon. Them helping out in battle is cool but is extremely limited by power creep.
My main gripe with Pokepark 2 is that in the mini games you can only play as the 4 heroes where the first game let you play as tons of different Pokémon in the mini games
Yeees, I had pokepark 2 first and loved it, so a year ago I got the first one cuz I thought it would be similarly good. I played it like two times for an hour and then never went back because it was soo boring and felt like it didn’t have any plot
imo part of Pokemon Conquest's appeal comes from the side stories you unlock after completing the main storyline! You can input codes to encounter specific pokemon, and you can try to get each character their best-match pokemon.
I remember playing it when I was younger, I had no idea that it was like a tie-in type of thing. I just remember goofy little pixel Pokémon doing goofy things. Honestly that's why I don't understand why we can't see a remake of that game as its own standalone thing where you just kind of play with Pokémon. It could even be like a free download thing so they don't have to worry about losing money.
It’s so funny when people say NO ONE talks about poke park because I see someone in the community begging/predicting/wishing for a new poke park game at least 2 times a week lmaoo 😭😭 like yea sure no one
I genuinely miss the older Pokemon games. Park, Ranger and Rumble have just kinda...vanished in recent years. The only pillar that remains is Mystery Dungeon.
also x and y had a good amount of hype behind them compared to the bottoming out of black and white. It was finally the jump to 3d which was crazy, memes of being able to sit was insane. Also megas were a huge thing.
@@spinceiling7442 agreed! I do think gen 3 was big but it was clear it wasn't hyped like gen 1 and 2. Gold and silver felt like the end of the story everyone loved in red and blue but gen 3 felt more like a start over or spin off from the original series. The anime felt different, the concepts were different and the art style was a bit different.
The Pokemon Ranger series is still my favorite pokemon spinoff series to this day, I used to play Shadows of Almia all the time when I was a kid, I loved the story, the music, etc, heck, I even love it even more than all the Mystery Dungeon games. Definitely an underrated series. 😅
You don't need to play Pokepark one to understand Pokepark 2, but if you intend to play both anyway, I suggest starting with the first one. Pokepark 2 has a wildly different vibe and system, and in my opinion is more fun than the first, but the first also has its merits and I wouldn't want its fun to be spoiled by its sequel. Please play them! They're incredible. edit/// i think it's a CRIME that you don't mention PBR's iconic soundtrack. I hear the colosseum music being reused in youtube videos ALL the time! And all of the tracks are AWESOME.
The Battle Revolution OST is ALWAYS in the back of my mind! Such an iconic soundtrack! (I prefer PokéPark 1 due to it having more attractions, but 2 was also fun to play!)
Finally, someone that remembers Pokemon conquest! I love that game so much. I got it on my birthday when I was like 5 or 6 so I barely knew how to play it, but I had a great time anyways :) I go back to it now and then and I'm so glad to have it. It's actually a crossover between Pokemon and another series called Nobunaga's Ambition and the gameplay is heavily inspired from that series down to the conquering/territory gaining and battle system.
It's suuuuuch a thick game I was befuddled to find that the story was just the beginning It should almost give you a subtle heads up to give your favorite characters Pokemon they like so you don't have to risk losing so much progress if you fail Also the amount of research you need to do to find pokemon, to evolve pokemon and to understand how perfect links work amazes me. Luckily we were entering the large Internet age. I question how fun it would be without any info outside of the game
I was so hyped for Pokémon ranger as a kid! I remember saving all my allowance to get the game and spending so much time on the website where your cursor turned into the ranger thing from the game
Aw, Pokemon Conquest is one of my favorite spin-off pokemon titles. Hearing you didn't like it is disappointing, but you have to really be into RTS in order to get into it, so I understand it being rather niche.
Absolutely start with PokePark 1! You'll appreciate Pokepark 2 and what they changed a whole lot more!! I'd love to see a playthrough with commentary with either though!!
When I bought my 3DS used off eBay in around 2014, it came with a copy of Guardian Signs. I didn't touch it a single time until probably around 2020 or so. And honestly I really wish the Ranger series got more love now. I didn't get to play it when it came out and wrote it off as a child's game, but it's truly one of the most charming and intriguing side series they've ever cooked up for the franchise.
Fun fact! The Mario Party DS minigame, Goomba Wrangler, has similar gameplay to the Ranger games- and the French name for it is even called "Goomba Ranger".
I recently filled my pokemon ranch with 1000 pokemon to get a mew. Was definitely a fun project! Helped feed my love for pokemon diamond and I basically ended up 100%ing the game in my venture.
as a big fire emblem and final fantasy tactics fan, pokemon conquest is genuinely one of my favorite spin offs! its not really a genre that lends itself to easily adapt what makes Pokemon "Pokemon" but for a tactics game with a pokemon skin its a lot of fun!
A completely forgotten (but absolutely goated) feature of Pokémon Battle Revolution was its ability to import your own Pokémon from Gen 4 games. Not only was that Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, but it also included HG/SS. It was pretty awesome getting to play with your own Pokémon (even gigantic legendaries) on the television for the first time. Your Pokémon even kept their same move sets! I had a boatload of fun with it as a child.
God i love this era. Pokepark is a pretty neat mini game collection. Ranger is genuienly a cool series. Xd gale of darkness and colosseum are beloved with a super unique catching mechanic.
I remember My Pokemon Ranch because I used to play it every morning before going to school. My old best friend from elementary school transferred some of his pokemon onto my ranch over a decade ago and they're stuck there forever now because he moved to a different country.
Pokémon ranger was my top 3 played DS game along with legend of kage 2 and the Simpsons game. It has such a unique charm that wasn't totally different from normal Pokémon games but a felling like you are really responsible for calming down chaotic situations and helping Pokémon...good times
As someone who got really into Pokémon conquest… you haven’t even seen 1% of it lol. You have to beat the prologue story to get into the rest of the game
I had Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs on my DSi, that game was VERY FUN and is a part of my childhood, i miss playing it i also had Pokemon Conquest, in my opinion it was a unique spin off and its a good classic game that was also part of my childhood :]
I love gens 3-5, but I will forever place Colosseum and XD on a pedestal above the others. The gritty world, the rpg focused story, the spin on the gameplay, the incredible music... something about it all hits insanely hard for me.
saw pokepark and clicked immediately. i miss pokepark so bad, i'm devastated we never got more games after the sequel 😭😭😭 i also miss pokemon colosseum and gale of darkness, those games are peak 3D pokemon games even in 2024
Amazing video!! PokePark Wii was the first Pokemon game I ever played and after recently replaying it, I can say it’s my favorite game in the series!! You’ve earned my sub!
I've played a few of the games mentioned. For Pokémon Ranger, I bought Almia a few years after it released and fell in love with it rather quickly. I've beaten the game at least like 10 times at this point, even trying to beat it without saving once. Later I did Guardian Signs, which despite having only played it once I may like even more than Almia. As for the OG Ranger... I was used to the improved catching mechanics so going back to the older ones was ... not a good experience. I believe I bought Poképark like 2 years after its release, and it definitely has a very child friendly story. While the game itself is definitely fine, I'd almost call it kindergarten-esque in the way that it's essentially "Oh no the world is having owies and you need to fix it by becoming friends with eeeeeeeeveryone". As for the second one, that one was a lot darker (Without spoiling too much, at one point there's a black hole and multiple characters get sucked in) and while I liked the different characters, there were a LOT less minigames which is what made the first one so fun to play. Did have a couple of post-game bosses in the 2 B&W Box legendaries though, that I beat with good ol' Oshawott (I swear, despite Oshawott trying to be pretty serious in this game it's fucking adorable). As for Dash, I'm a big racing fan so the idea of a Pokémon Racing game was a cool one. But wow it missed the mark. The controls are pretty shit, Pikachu is faster than any other pokémon by design so it's really easy, apart from the later tracks where it becomes a "where the fuck do I go" type of game. Not to mention it's extremely short.
My first ranger game was guardian signs and i absolutely love it. I even got a holographic bookmark from my school that featured entei and his call sign, which was and still is sick af
pokemon in 96 was bigger than pokemon go. When it came out it became like an overnight sensation. Thus those games sold better than any other pokemon games. It got so big that people thought all anime was pokemon and even handheld gaming being considered pokemon. Could you imagine if pokemon go cost $75 per person to play to still hit the tens of millions in sales? It was peak and has never gotten close to that. Through those days thery were in the macys day parade which was one of the biggest honors back in the day
Yeah the graph in the video is wack and not based on any real data. Pokémania was at it's peak in the 90s, it's where the term originated after all. Edit: On top of that we have the weird idea that Pokémon was more popular in the sword/shield era compared to the GBA era, you only need to look at sales figures to realise how wrong this is. The mainline GBA Pokémon games add up to 35,280,000 sales while sword/shield sits at 26,000,000 - still almost ten million behind the whole GBA line. To my surprise though, the DS line actually surpasses both at a total of 40,330,000 sales between Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Black/White and X/Y are when the series really started seeing a decline in sales, until Pokémon Go undeniably exploded. I guess if you count the entire Switch era as one sales figure the graph makes more sense?
shortly into the video i heard life will change in the pokemon soundfont and i was so confused because i didn't realize why it was so familiar at first
Pokepark Wii holds so much sentimental and nostalgic value to me. I remember everything about the day I got the game. 2010, it was the last day of year 4 and I had gotten a principles award for good work throughout the year. As a treat, my parents took to the shops after school to get a game. Immediately 10 year old me was drawn to poke park. From then till I went back To school the next year, I played that game nonstop. I loved it!
I remember seeing all these spinoffs and being sad that I couldn't afford most of them back at the time. At least I got to play Pokemon Ranch, Battle Revolution, Coliseum, and played the DS ones on my flashcart.
My top two favorite Pokémon games of all time ARE spin off games (shadows of almia and explorers of sky) no one does spin off games as well as Pokémon does
Truth be told, PokePark was actually my first Pokemon game, so despite imagining going back to it now with the awkward Wii remote controls, I still have very fond positive memories of it. And I know TPC is disgusted by the very concept of just giving people what they want, but man, I just really want a new PokePark game so much. Whether it be another sequel, a remake/port of the first two games, or maybe even a different approach to a 3D collectathon platformer with Pokemon, I just want it back ;w;
Pokemon Colosseum hit me at just the right time. I love that game. For something made by a studio that didn't know anything about Pokemon, they made a gem. Game Freak will likely never let another company explore the Orre region again, but I really hope they remaster the game one day.
i love the PokePark series so much it brought me and my friend so much joy as kids i even have a sealed copy of PokePark 2 its one of my favorite collection items
I find it funny how I played 2/3 main line games but I’ve played through most of the games on this list (mostly because I was a bored kid that had an R4 and modded wii), conquest is such an hidden gem for me, I hope they bring it back one day. Also Pokémon rumble was one of the games that I sunk a lot of time in!
This was my era of pokemon. I don't think I really played any of the weird little spinoffs back in the day, but a lot of my earliest pokemon memories are from the gen 3-gen 4 transitional era. I tried picking up pokemon ranger as an adult, but I mostly just felt like I was too old for it (despite still enjoying the mainline games)
Pokepark fans appearing from thin air whenever the series is mentioned for 5 seconds in any video:
Here
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pokepark is genuinely my favorite entry of ANY pokemon game :')
I get way too excited whenever I see it being mentioned cause it genuinely felt like a "I found it through a friend of a friend's dog's babysitter" lol
Right here
us pokepark fans never forget, we always come back lurking till someone mentions it
all 20 of us cheering in unison the second the word pokepark is said in any capacity
r/PokePark is a haven
@decayshadarkmoore6700 real
Same
@@ethanlittlejohn2536 Just wait till you find out theres a discord
you will literally never understand how much i love pokepark and pokemon conquest id literally cry my eyes out if gamefreak ever even so much as uttered their name ever again that's how low the bar and desperation have become.
I'm surprised they haven't gone the Megaman route, and just released collections of the Ranger games or Poképark games
@@Handles_be_dumbbecause they have 0 interest in the games now
you can always just replay them, why don't you?
I feel like no one is mentioning how porting Pokemon ranger includes finding a way to deal with the lack of a stylus and dual screens (you could use the switch touch screen but that would be way slower than the stylus circling) and that's likely more effort than it's worth compared to porting more easily translatable titles like mystery dungeon or something. Obviously Ranger wasn't crazy successful either but some of these ports can easily just be summed up to "too much effort not enough demand"
Pokemon rumble is so forgotten a video about forgotten spin-offs didnt have it.
seeing the like 5 seconds of rumble footage only for its name to never even be said :_)
And it’s the best spin off
Haha, I enjoyed finding a random legendary. Though it was sad they became too weak when I levelled up world difficulty.
That game was soooo good man
FR THATS MY FAV SPIN OFF
miss the spinoffs so bad but these terrible apps have taken their place ):
Hop off pokémon masters ex if you don't mind the gacha element it is a good fanservice game
omg you're so right. Just realized this was the case. They are just cheaper to make and make so much more money 😭
Quest Felt Like The Final One FR
Pokèpark 2 is WAAAYY better than the first game. Like the world feels more like an actual Pokémon society, there’s an actual antagonist and but stakes, you can play as 4 different Pokémon. One of my favorite pokemon games!
Yes! Not mention the music all over wish park goes hard. I enjoy the space theme from that area, as well as the dance minigame theme. I also just think the darkrai castle was really cool! It keeps a lot of the core mechanics from the original pokepark, but gives it more of a story imo.
@@-Vanova- exactly!
The only thing I didn't like was how mini games and friends were handled. I know violating your controller isn't a popular mechanic, but the old mini games gave a real incentive to befriend and use every Pokemon. Them helping out in battle is cool but is extremely limited by power creep.
My main gripe with Pokepark 2 is that in the mini games you can only play as the 4 heroes where the first game let you play as tons of different Pokémon in the mini games
Yeees, I had pokepark 2 first and loved it, so a year ago I got the first one cuz I thought it would be similarly good. I played it like two times for an hour and then never went back because it was soo boring and felt like it didn’t have any plot
imo part of Pokemon Conquest's appeal comes from the side stories you unlock after completing the main storyline! You can input codes to encounter specific pokemon, and you can try to get each character their best-match pokemon.
I remember I spent so much time finding each perfect link for all the warriors😂
Pokemon Ranch was my shit for months, it was my gift from my dad while I was sick with the flu as a kid
I remember playing it when I was younger, I had no idea that it was like a tie-in type of thing. I just remember goofy little pixel Pokémon doing goofy things.
Honestly that's why I don't understand why we can't see a remake of that game as its own standalone thing where you just kind of play with Pokémon. It could even be like a free download thing so they don't have to worry about losing money.
W dad
It’s so funny when people say NO ONE talks about poke park because I see someone in the community begging/predicting/wishing for a new poke park game at least 2 times a week lmaoo 😭😭 like yea sure no one
The pokemon Rangers games we're probably my favorite spin-off. 10/10 for all 3 for me
The 2nd and 3rd were really good but first the capture system was just bad
I genuinely miss the older Pokemon games. Park, Ranger and Rumble have just kinda...vanished in recent years. The only pillar that remains is Mystery Dungeon.
I cherish my pokemon Ranger ❤ I wish it got a Remake on switch
I loved Pokemon Ranger, and I got a Manaphy at the end too.
also x and y had a good amount of hype behind them compared to the bottoming out of black and white. It was finally the jump to 3d which was crazy, memes of being able to sit was insane. Also megas were a huge thing.
Yeah I would say 2013 was prob the most hype I had seen for Pokemon in general audiences since Gen 2
@@spinceiling7442 agreed! I do think gen 3 was big but it was clear it wasn't hyped like gen 1 and 2. Gold and silver felt like the end of the story everyone loved in red and blue but gen 3 felt more like a start over or spin off from the original series. The anime felt different, the concepts were different and the art style was a bit different.
The Pokemon Ranger series is still my favorite pokemon spinoff series to this day, I used to play Shadows of Almia all the time when I was a kid, I loved the story, the music, etc, heck, I even love it even more than all the Mystery Dungeon games. Definitely an underrated series. 😅
“Pokemon did decide to dip their toes into something more adult themed-“
Pokémon Mystery Du-
“Pokémon Colosseum!”
Pokémon Colosseum!
Pokepark was a really solid game and I loved the Pokemon ranger games great childhood memories
You don't need to play Pokepark one to understand Pokepark 2, but if you intend to play both anyway, I suggest starting with the first one. Pokepark 2 has a wildly different vibe and system, and in my opinion is more fun than the first, but the first also has its merits and I wouldn't want its fun to be spoiled by its sequel. Please play them! They're incredible.
edit/// i think it's a CRIME that you don't mention PBR's iconic soundtrack. I hear the colosseum music being reused in youtube videos ALL the time! And all of the tracks are AWESOME.
The Battle Revolution OST is ALWAYS in the back of my mind! Such an iconic soundtrack! (I prefer PokéPark 1 due to it having more attractions, but 2 was also fun to play!)
Finally, someone that remembers Pokemon conquest! I love that game so much. I got it on my birthday when I was like 5 or 6 so I barely knew how to play it, but I had a great time anyways :) I go back to it now and then and I'm so glad to have it. It's actually a crossover between Pokemon and another series called Nobunaga's Ambition and the gameplay is heavily inspired from that series down to the conquering/territory gaining and battle system.
It's suuuuuch a thick game I was befuddled to find that the story was just the beginning
It should almost give you a subtle heads up to give your favorite characters Pokemon they like so you don't have to risk losing so much progress if you fail
Also the amount of research you need to do to find pokemon, to evolve pokemon and to understand how perfect links work amazes me. Luckily we were entering the large Internet age. I question how fun it would be without any info outside of the game
Its actually a crossover between Pokemon and Samurai Warriors! Look at their designs, almost identical just Pokemon-ified :D
I remember looking forward to this game because I liked the artstyle. I really wanted to try it out. And then it never released in Germany ...
Pokepark 2 was part of my childhood, I always wanted battle revolution but never got it till I was older
I was so hyped for Pokémon ranger as a kid!
I remember saving all my allowance to get the game and spending so much time on the website where your cursor turned into the ranger thing from the game
Aw, Pokemon Conquest is one of my favorite spin-off pokemon titles. Hearing you didn't like it is disappointing, but you have to really be into RTS in order to get into it, so I understand it being rather niche.
Absolutely start with PokePark 1! You'll appreciate Pokepark 2 and what they changed a whole lot more!! I'd love to see a playthrough with commentary with either though!!
I would love to see Pokemon Colaseium and Pokemon XD brought over to the Switch. I loved both of those fames.
Thank you! Was waiting to see any comment about them. My favorite from childhood on the GameCube I still have them
When I bought my 3DS used off eBay in around 2014, it came with a copy of Guardian Signs. I didn't touch it a single time until probably around 2020 or so. And honestly I really wish the Ranger series got more love now. I didn't get to play it when it came out and wrote it off as a child's game, but it's truly one of the most charming and intriguing side series they've ever cooked up for the franchise.
Well they're all child's games but that doesn't make them not cool or fun
Fun fact!
The Mario Party DS minigame, Goomba Wrangler, has similar gameplay to the Ranger games- and the French name for it is even called "Goomba Ranger".
I recently filled my pokemon ranch with 1000 pokemon to get a mew. Was definitely a fun project! Helped feed my love for pokemon diamond and I basically ended up 100%ing the game in my venture.
as a big fire emblem and final fantasy tactics fan, pokemon conquest is genuinely one of my favorite spin offs! its not really a genre that lends itself to easily adapt what makes Pokemon "Pokemon" but for a tactics game with a pokemon skin its a lot of fun!
Pokemon conquest I miss you
A completely forgotten (but absolutely goated) feature of Pokémon Battle Revolution was its ability to import your own Pokémon from Gen 4 games. Not only was that Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, but it also included HG/SS. It was pretty awesome getting to play with your own Pokémon (even gigantic legendaries) on the television for the first time. Your Pokémon even kept their same move sets! I had a boatload of fun with it as a child.
God i love this era. Pokepark is a pretty neat mini game collection. Ranger is genuienly a cool series. Xd gale of darkness and colosseum are beloved with a super unique catching mechanic.
The Pokemon Ranger games and Pokepark games are some of my fav of all time, when I was younger I would play them for hours.
I remember My Pokemon Ranch because I used to play it every morning before going to school. My old best friend from elementary school transferred some of his pokemon onto my ranch over a decade ago and they're stuck there forever now because he moved to a different country.
Pokémon ranger was my top 3 played DS game along with legend of kage 2 and the Simpsons game.
It has such a unique charm that wasn't totally different from normal Pokémon games but a felling like you are really responsible for calming down chaotic situations and helping Pokémon...good times
The spinoffs deserve sooo much more love than they get
pokepark is so heat i love it (and yes i was summoned from the cursed realm to comment on this video)
If Pokemon Ranger or Pokepark come back for the switch or something I´ll be the first one to buy them, I like those more then the normal games
As someone who got really into Pokémon conquest… you haven’t even seen 1% of it lol. You have to beat the prologue story to get into the rest of the game
I had Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs on my DSi, that game was VERY FUN and is a part of my childhood, i miss playing it i also had Pokemon Conquest, in my opinion it was a unique spin off and its a good classic game that was also part of my childhood :]
I love Pokemon Conquest. I wish the pokemon company would try polishing the game and making a new Gen version
Forgotten? I think this is the most fondly remembered era of spin offs. Forgotten I'd think would have been the 3DS spin offs
I love gens 3-5, but I will forever place Colosseum and XD on a pedestal above the others. The gritty world, the rpg focused story, the spin on the gameplay, the incredible music... something about it all hits insanely hard for me.
Miror B. has the best theme.
Yep. They (especially XD) were among my favorite games in my childhood.
I WAS OBSESSED WITH POKEPARK I LOVED LOVED IT. Made me appreciate Pokémon so much more e
Pokemon Conquest is the best spin-off and nobody will change my mind (I love Pokepark, Ranger & Dungeons too)
contrary to what yall said, i and many others loved pokemon Ranger
Fun fact: Pokemon Dash had Munchlax in it before it was officially added to the series in gen 4. It was also in the gen 3 anime. Purty cool
Didn't XD have Bonsly? Also there was a Pokemon Ranger movie with Manaphy and Phione during Gen 3.
@@KoopaKid660 yep, XD had cameos from Bonsly AND Munchlax
@@F1areon Oh dang I didn't know that! Super cool
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team games also had Pokémon from Gen 4
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team has 5 pokemons form Gen 4. Those are Weavile, Bonsly, Mime Jr., Lucario, and Munchlax
saw pokepark and clicked immediately. i miss pokepark so bad, i'm devastated we never got more games after the sequel 😭😭😭 i also miss pokemon colosseum and gale of darkness, those games are peak 3D pokemon games even in 2024
I hated how in Pokémon dash you could only play as Pikachu and not any of the other Pokémon you raced against…
POKEPARK APPRECIATIONG LESSGOOOOOO!!!!
Amazing video!! PokePark Wii was the first Pokemon game I ever played and after recently replaying it, I can say it’s my favorite game in the series!! You’ve earned my sub!
I really liked the pokemon ranger games as a kid lol i loved the sprites and thought it was really fun seeing the pokemon around the places like that
I've played a few of the games mentioned. For Pokémon Ranger, I bought Almia a few years after it released and fell in love with it rather quickly. I've beaten the game at least like 10 times at this point, even trying to beat it without saving once. Later I did Guardian Signs, which despite having only played it once I may like even more than Almia. As for the OG Ranger... I was used to the improved catching mechanics so going back to the older ones was ... not a good experience.
I believe I bought Poképark like 2 years after its release, and it definitely has a very child friendly story. While the game itself is definitely fine, I'd almost call it kindergarten-esque in the way that it's essentially "Oh no the world is having owies and you need to fix it by becoming friends with eeeeeeeeveryone". As for the second one, that one was a lot darker (Without spoiling too much, at one point there's a black hole and multiple characters get sucked in) and while I liked the different characters, there were a LOT less minigames which is what made the first one so fun to play. Did have a couple of post-game bosses in the 2 B&W Box legendaries though, that I beat with good ol' Oshawott (I swear, despite Oshawott trying to be pretty serious in this game it's fucking adorable).
As for Dash, I'm a big racing fan so the idea of a Pokémon Racing game was a cool one. But wow it missed the mark. The controls are pretty shit, Pikachu is faster than any other pokémon by design so it's really easy, apart from the later tracks where it becomes a "where the fuck do I go" type of game. Not to mention it's extremely short.
My first ranger game was guardian signs and i absolutely love it. I even got a holographic bookmark from my school that featured entei and his call sign, which was and still is sick af
i can assure u i did not forget about pokemon rangers. almost broke my ds screen more than once playing that game.
This is the first I’m hearing of people not liking Pokemon Ranch. Everyone loved it from what I remember
Love the Pokepark games and Battle Revolution. They really outta make a remake of those
Pokemon Conquest is amazing imo. Also Pokemon TCG GBC is another amazing spin-off.
pokemon spinoffs my beloved!!! pokepark meant a lot to me
26:33 Skill issue I'm afraid
pokemon in 96 was bigger than pokemon go. When it came out it became like an overnight sensation. Thus those games sold better than any other pokemon games. It got so big that people thought all anime was pokemon and even handheld gaming being considered pokemon. Could you imagine if pokemon go cost $75 per person to play to still hit the tens of millions in sales? It was peak and has never gotten close to that. Through those days thery were in the macys day parade which was one of the biggest honors back in the day
Yeah the graph in the video is wack and not based on any real data. Pokémania was at it's peak in the 90s, it's where the term originated after all.
Edit: On top of that we have the weird idea that Pokémon was more popular in the sword/shield era compared to the GBA era, you only need to look at sales figures to realise how wrong this is. The mainline GBA Pokémon games add up to 35,280,000 sales while sword/shield sits at 26,000,000 - still almost ten million behind the whole GBA line.
To my surprise though, the DS line actually surpasses both at a total of 40,330,000 sales between Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Black/White and X/Y are when the series really started seeing a decline in sales, until Pokémon Go undeniably exploded. I guess if you count the entire Switch era as one sales figure the graph makes more sense?
Some of these need sequels, they’re arguably better than the recent Pokémon’s.
Crazy how the "forgotten era" is some of our prime eras
Surprised the comment section isn’t freaking out about calling Pichu a Pikachu at 9:58
Literally was about to come and comment that lmao
Pokemon Ranch was ahead of its time, Ranch and BR on the Wii is what I still
Expect from 3d Pokemon
Pokepark is the only Pokémon game I genuinely enjoyed doing a 100% completion run.
shortly into the video i heard life will change in the pokemon soundfont and i was so confused because i didn't realize why it was so familiar at first
I've never played any spinoffs, but I kinda wish I had Pkmn Ranch. Those little chonky models are so charming
Pokémon Rumble, my beloved.
I love both PokeParks and PokePark 2 is the reason why Oshawott is my favorite starter. I love his characterization in that game so much!
The third Ranger game was my very first introduction to Pokémon as a kid. I enjoyed it
Pokepark Wii holds so much sentimental and nostalgic value to me. I remember everything about the day I got the game. 2010, it was the last day of year 4 and I had gotten a principles award for good work throughout the year. As a treat, my parents took to the shops after school to get a game. Immediately 10 year old me was drawn to poke park. From then till I went back To school the next year, I played that game nonstop. I loved it!
Pokepark was one of the best parts of my childhood me and my sister would take turns watching each other play
Pokemon Battle Revolution has aged beautifully. The soundtrack is one of the absolute best soundtracks in gaming, period.
I remember seeing all these spinoffs and being sad that I couldn't afford most of them back at the time. At least I got to play Pokemon Ranch, Battle Revolution, Coliseum, and played the DS ones on my flashcart.
I love My Pokemon Ranch, still play it from time to time
The original Pokemon Rumble on the Wii being left out of this video shows how forgotten it is 😭
My top two favorite Pokémon games of all time ARE spin off games (shadows of almia and explorers of sky) no one does spin off games as well as Pokémon does
I love Pokémon ranch, I miss it so much
okay, I miss all of these
These games weren’t forgotten, just a whole generation that grew up not playing em tho😪
POKEPARK MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️‼️
WHAT THE FUCK IS A TRILOGY 🗣️🔥🔥😎🤔🤓🤮⁉️⁉️⁉️
(I am very sad)
no its ok maybe if all 20 of us come together and believe hard enough they'll bring it back! (collective coping)
@@decayshadarkmoore6700 r/PokePark
Pokemon conquest was my childhood.
POKEPARK MENTION
guardian signs had some pretty fun character and worldbuilding ideas.
shoutout to my guy Hocus and the bop that is the Sky Fortress theme.
The 2 main braincells of whoever was in charge of naming the Ranch caretaker "HAYley"
B1: bro...
B2: BRRUUUH
As a fella born in the year 2000, I was raised in the forgotten era.
we’re so lucky that the 1999 pokémon snap got remade! it is unironically one of my favorite games
New Pokemon Snap isn't a remake.
Truth be told, PokePark was actually my first Pokemon game, so despite imagining going back to it now with the awkward Wii remote controls, I still have very fond positive memories of it. And I know TPC is disgusted by the very concept of just giving people what they want, but man, I just really want a new PokePark game so much. Whether it be another sequel, a remake/port of the first two games, or maybe even a different approach to a 3D collectathon platformer with Pokemon, I just want it back ;w;
Was hoping to see Pokemon Channel make the list. My absolute favorite as a kid!
Battle Revolution was cool yet very disappointing as it didn't improve quite enough from the stadium games.
It's kinda ironic that most part of these games i knew the existence, but never played, just watched gameplay as a kid
I just want an open world Pokemon game where you play as the pokemon, have real time battles, and can recruit Pokemon to join your team.
Pokemon Colosseum hit me at just the right time. I love that game. For something made by a studio that didn't know anything about Pokemon, they made a gem. Game Freak will likely never let another company explore the Orre region again, but I really hope they remaster the game one day.
POKEPARK FANS RISE UP!
The library I used to volunteer for had a monthly Pokémon day. I used to bring my DSs so the kids could play Battle Revolution.
A gecko, ghost and shiny celery changed my life forever when I was 8 and no one talks about it.
i love the PokePark series so much it brought me and my friend so much joy as kids i even have a sealed copy of PokePark 2 its one of my favorite collection items
Pokémon XD and colosseum are amazing and need a remake or sequel desperately
8 bits megaranger opening nice
I find it funny how I played 2/3 main line games but I’ve played through most of the games on this list (mostly because I was a bored kid that had an R4 and modded wii), conquest is such an hidden gem for me, I hope they bring it back one day.
Also Pokémon rumble was one of the games that I sunk a lot of time in!
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE GOAT POKEMON BATTLE REVOLUTION!!!!!!! WE NEED A SEQUEL. IT GAVE EVERY POKEMON SO MUCH CHARM AND LIFE.
This was my era of pokemon. I don't think I really played any of the weird little spinoffs back in the day, but a lot of my earliest pokemon memories are from the gen 3-gen 4 transitional era. I tried picking up pokemon ranger as an adult, but I mostly just felt like I was too old for it (despite still enjoying the mainline games)