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Quick note on Silver - if you talk to Elm after beating Silver in Mt Moon in HGSS, he mentions that Silver came by to try and return the starter he stole, but Elm could tell the starter loved him so let him keep it. We can assume the same thing happened with his Weavile, so TECHNICALLY they became retroactive gifts.
also he kind of destroyed his own father twice on a moral stance and called him something like an embarresment and not being able to get his familiary duties done. He clearly has other motives today.
@louiscorreia8152 if she's made the final gym leader, the battle would be competitive. And I think she just wants more frequent fights, when the player character first meets her, she mentions that most trainers won't battle her anymore. Make her a gym leader and they'd have no choice.
@@justinkennedy8 Not to mention, the game starts out with her leaving her own Pokemon in the Box and taking a brand new starter (since she never got one at the start of her own journey) just to be on equal standing with the player. Even taking the disadvantageous starter, if I remember right. So she would absolutely be happy to take a few team nerfs just to battle fairly.
@@josephbiddle1637 absolutely! Nemona is a trainer who loves battling passionately over winning. The chance to battle Trainers as a key member in their progression to champion would be her dream come true!
I want a second part of this video that includes: - Pokémon that every Gym Leader would use. - What TM would they give you? - If this Region is Open World, then what is the consistent Ace Pokémon through all the badges (Like Sophocles uses the Vikavolt line either you have 1 badge [Grubbin] or 8 Badges [Vikavolt]) - How do they fight based on difficulty? (How many potions do they use? Do they use other items like full heals? Do they put items like Sitrus berries on their aces? If this game has Hard Mode, what changes do they make in EVs and held items?) I know it's a lot, but as someone that usually listens to the video while working it would be an amazing long video while I clean carpets :3
A note on Drayton: there is a bit of dialogue between him and Geeta where she starts to attempt to recruit him for the Paldea league, and he shuts her down immediately. I doubt he’d take the offer of a job very seriously; he’s content with slacking off.
14:21 You know how you get Mallow to come to your region? Invest in her family opening a new branch of their restaurant in your region! She can run this new branch and spread the family name around the world! Heck, combine the restaurant with the gym like Larry did in Paldea, and she wouldn't have to go anywhere to be the Gym leader!
This was my initial thought, too, but she would need to expand within Alola successfully before branching to other regions, which could take a while. Also, Mike is broke... Realistically, he couldn't afford to pay for all the teainers, gyms, AND an restaurant franchise all in the same year. Mallow would have to wait, sadly.
I don't think they would need to expand in Alola first. Top chefs having more then one restaurant around the world is not uncommon. Plus It is hard to compete with other restaurants when you are all serving the same kind of food, so she might get a leg up simply by serving Alolan food which is not common in this new region. There is definitely risk but depending on how well her restaurant has been doing since we last saw her it could be worth it
I love these videos because any other poketuber would just look at the teams and pick good ones but Mikey’s like “uhhhh I’m not relocating a minor to another country” or “what’s Bianca’s career trajectory?”
Nemona has definitely shown precedent for scaling back her own challenge to meet someone on their level. I’d say definitely one to keep an eye on for when she is older as she’d happily slot into any rung on the league ladder.
She's willing to back down her challenge, but she's already high ranked in Paldea, why would she leave that behind to head to a region without battling culture.
@@riolufistofmightshe would be bringing the battling culture with her and with her in the league that battle culture might take a more competitive role
I'd add, she's willing to do so especially if it means she's helping cultivate that person's own talent, allowing them to later challenge her at her full strength. Gym leader is absolutely a job which fits that description!
11:29 "Which maybe I can overlook, if I behave like the NFL" You have no idea how hard I laughed, & my dog staring at me like I lost my mind 😂😂 (go Giants!)
I love how much personality Mikey adds to these videos. Like, we could have just had: "So X uses this and that pokemon, and that's strong, blah, blah" but Mikey adds so much more to them. I love these little stories
No, make it so his ace is super effective against multiple of your Pokemon. Primarily the biggest threats to his team (Basically use the Pokemon damage calculator, and excluding moves like self destruct.)
By the standards of the pokemon world, the range of 12 to 15 seems to be the "Legal age". I mean, Brock in the anime is AT LEAST 15, and he seems to be the youngest to qualify as an adult. I'm not sure how old is Iris, but when we met her, she's at least around 11 or 12 in the anime. and from the time we left her to meeting her in journeys, she became the gym leader of Opelucid to Regional Champion. so my safe bet is 12 to 15.
Silver getting a Crobat always made me smile, knowing he eventually made friends with his pokemon on his own journey, he thought of them as tools but grew to love them and his character growth is subtle and wonderful
I feel like Trevor would be a very good Pokemon Professor for the region since his whole thing in X and Y was completing the Pokédex, researching, and comparing his to your pokedexs
Vito Winstrate is an exceptional candidate tbh we know he’s a very powerful trainer having gotten 8 gym badges but he realizes in the victory road he himself is not championship or elite 4 level. He feels like he’s let his family down, however the chance to become a gym leader in a new region could be just what he’s looking for
Between the E4 video, this one, and mentioning “not yet” making the region, I get the sense that there’s an MandJTV romhack that could be made in the future
My leaders would be (in order): 1 - Kiawe as fire. Mikey made a good argument for him, and I'm still an Alola baby. 2 - Klara as poison. I feel like she'd be better now. 3 & 4 would be Dexio and Sina as Psychic and Ice. They'd be great. 5 - Riley as a fighting leader. I'm a bit surprised Mikey didn't consider the Stat trainers, and Riley just feels right to me. 6 - Barry as normal. I love that maniac. 7 - Wally as fairy. Here me out here - he goes back to Gardevoir, and gets a Mawile. 8 - Brock as a Rock specialist. The OG return, replaces Onix with actually good rock types like Tyranitar and Coalossal, evolves his Geodude all the way, and gets a fossil and a Stonejurner for lols, and he's good. I know that existing gym leaders were meant to be off the table, but I don't care, I need him.
14:40 for mallow, you can maybe find a way to have her parents expend the restaurant to the new region. She can run it along with her but brother and it can also function as a gym like Larry’s gym goes form a restaurant to a battle arena.
I had another thought... The region's professor. And I think the best choice would be N, who focuses on growing the bonds and understanding between people and pokemon. Plus, he can talk to Pokemon, and would be able to get the Pokemon's input if it wants to go with a trainer if picked. Yes, there's that whole history with Plasma, but I kinda see it like a Gladion and Aether situation because Ghetsis picked him up as a little kid and N legitimately wanted what is best for Pokemon. Good intentions, baaaaad home life. Also, it would totally prompt the joke of "In [Region], Pokemon chooses you!"
I always LOVED n's character. Respectful, true, determined, and (most importantly) willing to admit when he's wrong. He's also just really cool and he cares about the feelings of both people AND pokemon. 10/10 "rival" character
I think so too. I think as long as Mabosstiff can come, he's in. Maybe he doesn't want to be a gym leader though? Maybe he'd be more interested in caring for trainers on the road (Arven acting as a mentor for kids on their own for the first time is something very close to my heart. Teaching them survival skills and home economics)
Everyone always forgets about my girl Emma. She's a talented trainer with a stacked team, on top of being a great detective and even having some awesome athletic feats thanks to her suit, which could possibly translate into a very unique battle style. While she is running a bureau/playing crime fighter in Lumiose and thus might want to stay at home, I can see her following in the steps of her InterPol mentor and going around the world to make use of her skills if she can find someone to replace her at the Bureau.
12:37 hey I object! I played Pokémon violet with only her team and move set and I’m telling you right now,Lana’s Araquanid is basically the choo-choo Charles of Pokémon!
About Barry, I think he should be a Water gym leader. He has an Empoleon (in the anime and in Masters) and a Floatzel, plus Crasher Wake is his idol. Nanu isn't exactly Acerola's uncle. She just likes to call him that because he's like an uncle to her
@ I know, I’m saying in most media, Barry is seen with an Empoleon, including the games if you chose Chimchar. Plus he idolizes Crasher Wake, a Water type gym leader
7:32 I think something they could work is that when trainers come to Gladion’s gym, they could get a choice: take on his team without Silvally, or take on Silvally EXCLUSIVELY. That way trainers who want a standard experience can get it, while those who want to test their mettle against a legendary can have that as well.
I feel like that's still a bit lopsided; granted I haven't played Sun and Moon in ages so maybe I'm underestimating Silvally, but depending on where Gladion is in the lineup, it might still be an easy win just from the numbers advantage.
Silvally has 95 in every stat, so if he is the first 5 gym leaders, it could work, but he'd probably get demolished if he's any gym after that. A way this idea could work is if he replaces one of his pokemon from his 'casual' team for Silvally, or add it into his party, making a team of 5/6 (depending on how many pokemon he had before).
Two ways to make this work for higher up gym battles: Creating an actual hard mode for people who want a challenge which would have Gladion use Silvally as a 7th Pokémon, much like Volo with his Giratina. Take a page out of legends Arceus and create a “legend RKS disc” which would have Silvally change types on the fly so it can stand up against a full fledged team.
I love Mikey's moral integrity (not hiring minors) and he's clearly putting in genuine effort to create the perfect League. Other regions could learn a lot from him. (Also, I like to imagine that Tulip, the influencer/Gym Leader would frequently visit her "friend" Dendra, which would bring even more publicity to the region.)
Having not watched past 1:16, my picks would be: Riley - Explicitly considered for being a Gym Leader in Sinnoh, is willing to travel, explicitly trains a wide variety of Pokemon Klara/Avery - Kind of cheating because they are technically Gym Leaders (in the Minor leagues in Galar) but it'd probably be a promotion for them to be main League challenge Gym Leaders. Eusine - An expert on Legendary Beasts, he'd probably be able to pick out interesting folklore to base his gym around. Has traveled across an entire region (so probably not tied to a specific place) Primo (AKA PokeDude) - Experience with media (formerly having a TV Show), has powerful pokemon (having at least trained a Rhydon and Machamp). Has explicitly moved regions at least once. Enjoys teaching beginners
I really loved this fully fledged, lore-based analysis on the potential candidates. I like your final choices, but at the same time I can see a few "minor" problems: - Dendra is a teacher at the Paldean Academy, which means she already has a job. Would she really move out and change her job even if she's still a young adult? - I think Sina and Dexio are great as a couple. That said, them being separated Gym Leaders would mean they'd run two different Gyms, and so each Gym would be built in two different places. They'd be apart from each other most of the time, even if both locations were nearby. I know there have been similar situations, for instance Norman running the Petalburg Gym and him actually living in Littleroot Village with his family, but even he is implied(?) to have so much work as a Gym Leader he can't return home as often as he'd want. I'd either have Sina as the Ice-Type Gym Leader and Dexio moving in with her and doing research, while Wally steps up as the Psychic-Type specialist (he'd really be a great inspiration for new trainers); or have Sina and Dexio as a couple of Leaders of the same Gym (same dynamic as Tate and Liza), maintaining Sina's type speciality, while still keeping Wally as I said I got too invested in this explanation XDDD
me and a mate are actually using your concept of a new region not even having a league yet and attracting trainers for our own custom region too. keep up the good work man, GO TEAM SKY!!!!!
Another group of trainers that could be considered are the Stat trainers from Sinnoh: Cheryl, Mira, Marley, Riley and Buck. While they don't use a specifc typing, because they are Stat specialists, you could just assign them the typing of their ace (Riley being a Fighting or Steel Gym Leader e.g.)
14:35 You could hire her and when she leaves hire Drayton since he might’ve graduated high school by then which also opens up the possibility of anyone else in Paldea
Yeah, I find it funny how he gets a headache from the multiverse of the games, when he himself as multiverse of personalities. Also, I guess him finding Perrin hot is still a canon event.
Maybe Sina and Dexio could be a dual gym, like Tate and Liza? Since you don't wanna break up the couple, of course. It's a pretty unique challenge, good for PR. Then Gladion could be the last gym leader with a Dark Silvally, even more PR!
Make them a truly idabolical snowscape + Aurora Veil/Trick Room team. Many Ice types are notoriously slow and there are super bulky slow psychic types. Just for the fun of it.
Thats something I decided to do, having them be a pair of Double-battlibg Fairy type leaders, due to their working with the man who discovered the fairy type
A cool way to handle Wally as the psychic gym leader would’ve been giving him dual aces, Gardevoir and Gallade (honoring his gen 3 and gen 6 aces) and make it a DOUBLE BATTLE. Hoenn even has a double battle Psychic type gym, so he could’ve taken inspiration from Tate and Liza in-universe
9:51 🤣 okay this completely caught me off guard,I was FULLY anticipating you to say the actual name at first like nothing happened but, my god this through me so off guard and was so out of left field that I laughed out loud!
I love that "multiverse headache" gags lolz 😂😂😂. I'm totally agree that the multiverses are very complicated and confusing issue, obviously not worth discussed. will take a long time and a lot of (never ending) debates......
With Arven he might be 16 yrs old now. If you follow Old British Law in your new region; at 16 yrs old (in Britain & possibly the rest of the UK) you can leave school, start working full-time, and even buy low percentage Alcohol (Beer, Hard Cider, possibly Mead) in bars as long as you also get a meal. In the US in certain rare cases you can get yourself Emancipated from Parents at 16 and can start working full-time. With all that, since Arven has no parents or guardians left there is possibly something in the laws that would allow you to hire him without legal issues. 9:38
That's kinda how Pokemon Masters first arc goes, you have to challenge Skyla, Erika, Norman and Hapu iirc before you can participate in the massive tournament to decide "the strongest trainer".
But what about the allying trainers from Gen 4? There are Riley, Cheryl, Mira, Marley and Buck, which all would fit shockingly well considering they are all independent trainers who have a team of 5 in the Battleground + additional Pokemon in the Battle Tower.
I'd bring in Bonnie, in the hope of getting Clemont as a two-fer. Even without paying him more, I think he'd probably love to support his sister in her new role, and he'd love to have the opportunity to build, personalise and perfect the infrastructure from the ground up. Clemont as Electric leader, Bonnie as Fairy leader, with her Dedenne. They're both clever and enthusiastic. ❤
Love this type of video with an in-universe approach, they're really creative and fun. Mikey going into a "shipper" mode about Sina and Dexio made me laugh... Especially because the whole traveling to Alola together thing was also what Blue and Red did in Gen 7 - it's a valid take for them too though, let's be real. 😂 Still, the BIGGEST thing that caught my attention in this whole video was Grunty Boi's new shirt... Interesting! I'm sure it makes sense in general if, uh... If Grunty Boi doesn't rock a copyright-related shirt when he stops by - and maybe that was part of this particular sponsorship! But it's just interesting and neat see that kind of thing as the channel continues to grow... Especially if it means maybe some Grunty Boi-related merch in the future? Maybe? (I mean, I also think that with the serial numbers filed off, there is such potential for the MandJTVverse as a book or comic or something, and ngl I'd love to see it, but lol idk if Mikey has any interest or even if it's feasible... A guy can dream tho!)
Given Raihan’s Team and strategies, I’d make the suggestion of telling him to sticking with his sandstorm team but pivot marketing wise to a ground type and/or lean into the multiple types unified by one strategy. This solves the typing issue and likely helps marketing wise as Raihan would no longer compete for attention with the gigantic amount of dragon trainers (at least 9 others, 2 of which being champions at one point) instead only competing with the few ground trainers (Giovanni who is no longer a leader, Bertha, Clay & Rika). Also I’m incredibly biased as ground is my favourite type
8:18 I don’t know, gym leaders often have jobs outside of being a gym leader and a region’s professor being a gym leader would be pretty fun. They could be a grass type specialist
24:00 You can't say you'd have to hire the pair of them with Scyamore's assistants when Dendra is DEFINITELY seeing Tulip, the Psychic type gym leader. They are ABSOLUTELY an item and you can't convince me otherwise. Also, come on Bulbapedia, 'Childhood friends' is almost as bad as 'roommates'
Reminds me of a family friend’s recent conversation when he got a part-time job at a golf course after retiring. Golf course people: Would you consider a part-time job here? Family friend: Will I get to play the course for free? GCP: Yes. FF: I accept! GCP: Don’t you want to hear how much we’ll pay you? FF: Oh, I’m sure you will.
You could offer internships to students of the Paldea region which would count as class credit while also providing housing for the time being and then once they come of age you could offer them the position in full. That’s a way to work around having skilled students like Arven, Penny, Kerian, and Carmine as gym leaders.
Arven and Carmine may be adults by now. That's the problem with having vague ages. Though Arven is more interested in cooking and nutrition, and Carmine is...Carmine...(Namely, a bully)
Raifort is also strongly implied to be a criminal, a thief of ancient, rare relics. She also tries to talk Jacq into letting her sacrifice him, er "become her assistant in a ritual" so that doesn't bode well.
Absolutely. There's an unstated reason why she wants the treasure legendaries that goes beyond mere historical curiosity. I'm certain she'll become the villain of Paldea's future.
I just gotta say. This video along with recent videos are just amazing. So well detailed and perspective is just on point. It really makes you think about topics you never would have thought of before. The Pokemon world truly is endless to say the least.
27:37 there’s also the overlap of Lance (Shares Dragon with Clair since he was an E4 member in Gen 1) and Koga (shares Poison with his daughter Janine since he is an E4 member in Gen 2)
Fun fact: My Fakemon region has a similar plot. The region the story takes place in a region that was recently chosen to have an official Pokémon League. Your character is one of few other people chosen to take on the region's temporary gyms. And then taking on a tournament for who the champion will be 1st is champion. 2nd is 4th elite 4 member, 3rd is the 3rd elite 4 member, 4th is the 2nd elite 4 member and 5th is the 1st elite 4 member. After that it's up to you which gym leaders stay and which ones go to he replaced.
Dexio and Sina could have the same gym. Imagine you beat Dexio, heal up, then you run around to the 'back' of the building only to realize it's the front of Sina's gym. but if you're skilled enough, they open up a secret door in their shared wall to let you challenge the other one immediately.
He only ever used one fairy type while his ace consistently stayed a psychic type. The psychic type even pivoted away from a fairy type in the remakes, so he deffo doesn't seem to care about fairy types.
Alternatively, the last gym is BOTH Sophocles and Ryuki. You can go the route of having one of them exclusive to each version of your region, or make the gym a double battle.
I'm so glad you made this video! I actually commented on the last video with a description of my choices for the Elite Four and why. In that comment I mentioned that I took a slightly different approach to how I selected characters I looked at. Being 'Unique Trainers, Ace Trainers, Veteran Trainers, and Notable Trainers.' I also kept to the idea of the Child Labor Laws in the comment in the other video but with your mention that it's reasonable to give older characters age increases because it would just make sense for them to well age it helps a little! My Elite 4 ended up being Peonia (Peony's Daughter in Crown Tundra), Klara (The Minor Gym Leader from Isle of Armor), Riley (The Stat Specialist with a Lucario theme), and Ace Trainer Grayson (From Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee, Is a Master Trainer with Dragonite, and the idea was he'd use a bunch of Psuedo-Legendaries as the final Elite Four.) In the previous Video I didn't really pick for the Types of the Elite 4, however I could simply say Peonia is Steel (The other two closely related characters to her are Steel Specialists), Klara is Poison (It simply is what she is), Riley can be Fighting or could be one without a type specialist since he is uniquely classified as a Stat Specialist, and as mentioned Grayson uses Psuedo-Legendaries so he would either remain without a Type OR would be Dragon as most of the Psuedo Legendaries are Dragon types. One last thing I'll say is that you mentioned a lot of trainer's teams they have. I personally think that can obviously be remedied by them just getting more pokemon. So anyways! Youngster Joey: He was a runner up in my last comment, part of why I didn't pick him was for child labor laws. But that issue is actually resolved as he's from an old enough game that he can definitely be old enough to be hired! As the Normal Gym Leader obviously. Perhaps the first Gym Leader or maybe even throw the region for a loop and make him the Last Gym Leader with a bunch of really strong route 1 normal type pokemon as his team. Mira: Similarly to Youngster Joey she was also one I said I thought would be cool but child labor prevented her, but again she is from a game old enough she is probably easily able to be hired as a Gym Leader now. Specifically Psychic Type if we have to absolutely give her a specific type. As she is a Stat Specialist for Special Attack which is probably the most associated attack type with Psychic Types. Lisia: I mentioned in my last comment that Lisia has a similar appeal to Raihan or Iono. She is a popular public figure, however I didn't choose her as an Elite 4 because I figured her ace may be Altaria. However as a Flying Gym leader rather than an Elite 4 member? Having Lisia would be amazing. Iono: And what better way to continue the trend of people who are public figures than to also hire Iono. Obviously as the Electric Gym Leader, combining both her and Lisia into the Gym Leaders would be nice. Having both of them in the region could even lead to some interesting collaborations between the two of them. Kiawe: I think I just absolutely agree with the points you made about him in the video. Fire Gym Leader, give this man his time in the sun! Marley: She and the next one would need a little bit of an adjustment, but she has a very unique concept and could actually be the Dark or Ice gym leader, with Weavile as her ace. (Her normal ace is Arcanine) or maybe even she could just be the Dark Gym Leader with Arcanine as an Ace with Tera Dark Arcanine. She is speed stat specialist normally. Cheryl: Again, maybe a little adjustment might be needed. She is an HP specialist, Grass would actually fit her aesthetically. Having a grass team with Tera Grass Chansey/Blissey would be for an interesting challenge perhaps. Perrin: I mean....she's Perrin! What else do I have to say? She can be the Rock-Type Gym Leader with a Hisuian Arcanine as her ace. As it is the pokemon she is probably most closely related to. However a cooler idea than just that would be to make her a unique trainer kind of like Raihan. Her gimmick is just generally using Hisiuian pokemon, which she gets....who knows how.
When you mentioned not wanting to seperate Sina and Dexio, I immedistly thought "what a perfect opportunity for another double battle gym!" You could keep them with the types you gave them, or integrate them together in some way. But i do like them as two seperate gym leaders, who just visit eachother a lot
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I would have also taken the stat trainers from Sinnoh into account - Cheryl, Buck, Riley, Marley and Mira. All of them make it to the battle tower and participate (experience), they all join up with the player (teamwork) for double battles and adventure (even if only temporarily), all have been shown to have well levelled teams of 5 pokemon at once, with much longer lists for other battle modes (including minor legendaries like the birds and golems in some cases) for that talent and drive. Granted, they focus on pokemon biased towards a certain stat, so there's much more type variety on their known pokemon. Unless you did a Blue style gym, you could still narrow it down to some degree or just do (stat) themed teams rather than typed teams!
@Nameless_mixes absolutely, the others are a little shakier but you've got the brother of an elite four member and someone Byron already asked to be a gym leader so CLEARLY has the skill for it!
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Quick note on Silver - if you talk to Elm after beating Silver in Mt Moon in HGSS, he mentions that Silver came by to try and return the starter he stole, but Elm could tell the starter loved him so let him keep it. We can assume the same thing happened with his Weavile, so TECHNICALLY they became retroactive gifts.
And Crobat!
@@ElavieateI think that’s a bit irrelevant to the point
true! his pokémon got so attached to him that they didn’t want to leave despite how he started out.
Lol. If you kidnap someone and they grew attached to you its not a gift but a Stockholm syndrome.
also he kind of destroyed his own father twice on a moral stance and called him something like an embarresment and not being able to get his familiary duties done. He clearly has other motives today.
Mikey playing HR manager with unnecessary attention to detail is my favourite new thing
I was thinking he was going to get a call from
HR for inappropriate comments to potential gym leaders lol
Why he's the best team leader!
"I can't afford Nemona"
Hahaha you fool! She doesn't care about money, only the fight. Fight! FIGHT!!!!!!!!
She wants competitive fights, I doubt she'd get a lot of those as a gym leader
@louiscorreia8152 if she's made the final gym leader, the battle would be competitive. And I think she just wants more frequent fights, when the player character first meets her, she mentions that most trainers won't battle her anymore. Make her a gym leader and they'd have no choice.
She travels to the Mikey region and becomes the champion.
@@justinkennedy8 Not to mention, the game starts out with her leaving her own Pokemon in the Box and taking a brand new starter (since she never got one at the start of her own journey) just to be on equal standing with the player. Even taking the disadvantageous starter, if I remember right. So she would absolutely be happy to take a few team nerfs just to battle fairly.
@@josephbiddle1637 absolutely! Nemona is a trainer who loves battling passionately over winning. The chance to battle Trainers as a key member in their progression to champion would be her dream come true!
I want a second part of this video that includes:
- Pokémon that every Gym Leader would use.
- What TM would they give you?
- If this Region is Open World, then what is the consistent Ace Pokémon through all the badges (Like Sophocles uses the Vikavolt line either you have 1 badge [Grubbin] or 8 Badges [Vikavolt])
- How do they fight based on difficulty? (How many potions do they use? Do they use other items like full heals? Do they put items like Sitrus berries on their aces? If this game has Hard Mode, what changes do they make in EVs and held items?)
I know it's a lot, but as someone that usually listens to the video while working it would be an amazing long video while I clean carpets :3
I was about to suggest the same thing! What order are the gyms in? What are the gym tests/puzzles for them?
Pokémon they would use would be great, as well as fleshing out what Pokemon are available in the region itself.
A note on Drayton: there is a bit of dialogue between him and Geeta where she starts to attempt to recruit him for the Paldea league, and he shuts her down immediately. I doubt he’d take the offer of a job very seriously; he’s content with slacking off.
14:21 You know how you get Mallow to come to your region? Invest in her family opening a new branch of their restaurant in your region! She can run this new branch and spread the family name around the world! Heck, combine the restaurant with the gym like Larry did in Paldea, and she wouldn't have to go anywhere to be the Gym leader!
This was my initial thought, too, but she would need to expand within Alola successfully before branching to other regions, which could take a while. Also, Mike is broke... Realistically, he couldn't afford to pay for all the teainers, gyms, AND an restaurant franchise all in the same year. Mallow would have to wait, sadly.
@@sparrowflyaway yea that's what I was thinking
Why not start a restaurant chain?
Wasn't one of the elite four members also a chef? A thriving restaurant scene would really help boost numbers!
I don't think they would need to expand in Alola first. Top chefs having more then one restaurant around the world is not uncommon. Plus It is hard to compete with other restaurants when you are all serving the same kind of food, so she might get a leg up simply by serving Alolan food which is not common in this new region. There is definitely risk but depending on how well her restaurant has been doing since we last saw her it could be worth it
I love these videos because any other poketuber would just look at the teams and pick good ones but Mikey’s like “uhhhh I’m not relocating a minor to another country” or “what’s Bianca’s career trajectory?”
This is why Mikey's the best Poketuber /j
Yeah exactly, he thinks about them as a character not just an NPC.
Sophocles
@@JayTheProtag*one of* Ttar is the best poketuber 😉
Certainly makes for deeper video!
"Since Sun and Moon came out 8 years ago... Jesus..."
I felt that
Same. Alola is my favourite region too, so hearing this was 8y ago.... My gods
Felt that in my bones...
i remember having the deluxe edition handbook where Alola was the most recent.. omg..
I bought Ultra Sun and Moon when I was 10…. my god
@@rainfallen7574 just bought a 2ds because thats what i had as a kid so same
Nemona has definitely shown precedent for scaling back her own challenge to meet someone on their level. I’d say definitely one to keep an eye on for when she is older as she’d happily slot into any rung on the league ladder.
She's willing to back down her challenge, but she's already high ranked in Paldea, why would she leave that behind to head to a region without battling culture.
@@riolufistofmightshe would be bringing the battling culture with her and with her in the league that battle culture might take a more competitive role
I'd add, she's willing to do so especially if it means she's helping cultivate that person's own talent, allowing them to later challenge her at her full strength. Gym leader is absolutely a job which fits that description!
11:29 "Which maybe I can overlook, if I behave like the NFL" You have no idea how hard I laughed, & my dog staring at me like I lost my mind 😂😂 (go Giants!)
Oh you poor soul
@ I know lol. I miss Eli and the old team. It's been painful for a while.... I miss 2012 lmao.
Hey, at least it's not the Jets. (:
im a seahawks guy so i feel you 😂
Could you afford barry? Its one million dollars just for being late, imagine what his wage negation would be like
Lmao yeah what would it be-
100 MILLION DAILY!!
To be fair, that's a fine, and fines are normally expensive since they're supposed to dissuade you from doing it again
deep cut
Oh my god I hope he's become disenchanted with the economic opportunities for his generation and will accept way less!
lmfao 😂@@MandJTV
I love how much personality Mikey adds to these videos. Like, we could have just had: "So X uses this and that pokemon, and that's strong, blah, blah" but Mikey adds so much more to them. I love these little stories
Adding wordlbuilding to Pokémon is nice, especially when it’s something the mainline series desperately needs.
It really makes this video stands out cause honestly watching pokemon strength be discussed constantly can get dry
@@agatha6999 like, if I want to compare numbers I'll find a spreadsheet..... I watch these for the 👏 FLAIR 👏
A cool gimmick with Gladion could be: Randomise the disc Sylvally holds! Make him a normal-type leader, but his ace Sylvally could be any type!
No, make it so his ace is super effective against multiple of your Pokemon.
Primarily the biggest threats to his team (Basically use the Pokemon damage calculator, and excluding moves like self destruct.)
Or restrict Sylvally to the Dark type disk. So few Dark gym leaders. There are previous Dark Elite 4.
Overlap wirh Karen, but still I Like the Idea of him being a DARK Type Leader. Zoroak would fit in Perfectly
One thing I think could work is his Sylvally could have a disk for any of the types not used for another gym leader.
Or make his team normal, but have silvaly get a disc in the starter type trio that beats the players starter
21:45 rare moments of Mickey (intentional) shipping characters
23:23 that wink makes my knees crumble. Good lord
i agree
Mikey: I’m not hiring children!
Tate and Liza: *sad twin noises*
to be fair, his rules said that he can't choose already existing gym leaders, so they're safe
Mikey said he's not RELOCATING minors to a different region
My bad lol
By the standards of the pokemon world, the range of 12 to 15 seems to be the "Legal age".
I mean, Brock in the anime is AT LEAST 15, and he seems to be the youngest to qualify as an adult.
I'm not sure how old is Iris, but when we met her, she's at least around 11 or 12 in the anime.
and from the time we left her to meeting her in journeys, she became the gym leader of Opelucid to Regional Champion.
so my safe bet is 12 to 15.
15-16 seems a decent age in the pokemon world to be considered an adult regarding pokemon trainer/battle.
I love how Mikey is looking at everything about the trainers to decide. Not just their teams, but also their stories and personalities.
Silver getting a Crobat always made me smile, knowing he eventually made friends with his pokemon on his own journey, he thought of them as tools but grew to love them and his character growth is subtle and wonderful
I feel like Trevor would be a very good Pokemon Professor for the region since his whole thing in X and Y was completing the Pokédex, researching, and comparing his to your pokedexs
26:06 it is now my headcanon that their towns are neighbouring and the gyms are actually one giant building with their living quarters in the middle
Vito Winstrate is an exceptional candidate tbh we know he’s a very powerful trainer having gotten 8 gym badges but he realizes in the victory road he himself is not championship or elite 4 level. He feels like he’s let his family down, however the chance to become a gym leader in a new region could be just what he’s looking for
"I don't want you to copy me, but weirdly we do look good in... similar eccessories." this line had me laughing so hard.
Between the E4 video, this one, and mentioning “not yet” making the region, I get the sense that there’s an MandJTV romhack that could be made in the future
And we technically do have a "What if I was the Champion?" Video. Sinnoh Champion specifically, but it counts.
My leaders would be (in order):
1 - Kiawe as fire. Mikey made a good argument for him, and I'm still an Alola baby.
2 - Klara as poison. I feel like she'd be better now.
3 & 4 would be Dexio and Sina as Psychic and Ice. They'd be great.
5 - Riley as a fighting leader. I'm a bit surprised Mikey didn't consider the Stat trainers, and Riley just feels right to me.
6 - Barry as normal. I love that maniac.
7 - Wally as fairy. Here me out here - he goes back to Gardevoir, and gets a Mawile.
8 - Brock as a Rock specialist. The OG return, replaces Onix with actually good rock types like Tyranitar and Coalossal, evolves his Geodude all the way, and gets a fossil and a Stonejurner for lols, and he's good. I know that existing gym leaders were meant to be off the table, but I don't care, I need him.
Wally also uses an Azumarill at one point iirc
14:40 for mallow, you can maybe find a way to have her parents expend the restaurant to the new region. She can run it along with her but brother and it can also function as a gym like Larry’s gym goes form a restaurant to a battle arena.
I had another thought... The region's professor. And I think the best choice would be N, who focuses on growing the bonds and understanding between people and pokemon. Plus, he can talk to Pokemon, and would be able to get the Pokemon's input if it wants to go with a trainer if picked. Yes, there's that whole history with Plasma, but I kinda see it like a Gladion and Aether situation because Ghetsis picked him up as a little kid and N legitimately wanted what is best for Pokemon. Good intentions, baaaaad home life.
Also, it would totally prompt the joke of "In [Region], Pokemon chooses you!"
Honestly, N being a Pokémon researcher rather than a trainer makes sense
Actually N could be pokemon breeder as well or a pokemon connesiur like Cilan
If that were the case I’d simp so hard
I always LOVED n's character. Respectful, true, determined, and (most importantly) willing to admit when he's wrong. He's also just really cool and he cares about the feelings of both people AND pokemon. 10/10 "rival" character
i like how this is a continuing series now
I mean, Arvin is probably an Emancipated Minor, what with his whole parent situation. He's probably fine to hire
Also, I’ve always thought of him as a 15+ year old character, and may even be 18.
I've always seen him as, like, several grades higher than the player and Nemona, although not having the same interest in battling
I think so too. I think as long as Mabosstiff can come, he's in. Maybe he doesn't want to be a gym leader though? Maybe he'd be more interested in caring for trainers on the road (Arven acting as a mentor for kids on their own for the first time is something very close to my heart. Teaching them survival skills and home economics)
@@myheartismadeofstarsSounds like first-Gym material to me!
@@RuBoo001 that's certainly an option, similar to Cheren being a teacher
Everyone always forgets about my girl Emma. She's a talented trainer with a stacked team, on top of being a great detective and even having some awesome athletic feats thanks to her suit, which could possibly translate into a very unique battle style.
While she is running a bureau/playing crime fighter in Lumiose and thus might want to stay at home, I can see her following in the steps of her InterPol mentor and going around the world to make use of her skills if she can find someone to replace her at the Bureau.
12:37 hey I object! I played Pokémon violet with only her team and move set and I’m telling you right now,Lana’s Araquanid is basically the choo-choo Charles of Pokémon!
About Barry, I think he should be a Water gym leader. He has an Empoleon (in the anime and in Masters) and a Floatzel, plus Crasher Wake is his idol. Nanu isn't exactly Acerola's uncle. She just likes to call him that because he's like an uncle to her
The uncle thing could also be a direct translation from japanese, where young people tend to call older men uncles (instead of old man)
@ That’s true. I’m just going off of what I remember from the games
But in his team he has the combination of both staraptor and Snorlax. Barry has the other 2 types of the starters that he doesn't get.
@ I know, I’m saying in most media, Barry is seen with an Empoleon, including the games if you chose Chimchar. Plus he idolizes Crasher Wake, a Water type gym leader
Nanu isn't related to acerola but he is her legal guardian and she is set to take over as kahuna when he retires
7:32 I think something they could work is that when trainers come to Gladion’s gym, they could get a choice: take on his team without Silvally, or take on Silvally EXCLUSIVELY. That way trainers who want a standard experience can get it, while those who want to test their mettle against a legendary can have that as well.
I feel like that's still a bit lopsided; granted I haven't played Sun and Moon in ages so maybe I'm underestimating Silvally, but depending on where Gladion is in the lineup, it might still be an easy win just from the numbers advantage.
Silvally has 95 in every stat, so if he is the first 5 gym leaders, it could work, but he'd probably get demolished if he's any gym after that. A way this idea could work is if he replaces one of his pokemon from his 'casual' team for Silvally, or add it into his party, making a team of 5/6 (depending on how many pokemon he had before).
Two ways to make this work for higher up gym battles:
Creating an actual hard mode for people who want a challenge which would have Gladion use Silvally as a 7th Pokémon, much like Volo with his Giratina.
Take a page out of legends Arceus and create a “legend RKS disc” which would have Silvally change types on the fly so it can stand up against a full fledged team.
I love Mikey's moral integrity (not hiring minors) and he's clearly putting in genuine effort to create the perfect League. Other regions could learn a lot from him.
(Also, I like to imagine that Tulip, the influencer/Gym Leader would frequently visit her "friend" Dendra, which would bring even more publicity to the region.)
Having not watched past 1:16, my picks would be:
Riley - Explicitly considered for being a Gym Leader in Sinnoh, is willing to travel, explicitly trains a wide variety of Pokemon
Klara/Avery - Kind of cheating because they are technically Gym Leaders (in the Minor leagues in Galar) but it'd probably be a promotion for them to be main League challenge Gym Leaders.
Eusine - An expert on Legendary Beasts, he'd probably be able to pick out interesting folklore to base his gym around. Has traveled across an entire region (so probably not tied to a specific place)
Primo (AKA PokeDude) - Experience with media (formerly having a TV Show), has powerful pokemon (having at least trained a Rhydon and Machamp). Has explicitly moved regions at least once. Enjoys teaching beginners
I really loved this fully fledged, lore-based analysis on the potential candidates. I like your final choices, but at the same time I can see a few "minor" problems:
- Dendra is a teacher at the Paldean Academy, which means she already has a job. Would she really move out and change her job even if she's still a young adult?
- I think Sina and Dexio are great as a couple. That said, them being separated Gym Leaders would mean they'd run two different Gyms, and so each Gym would be built in two different places. They'd be apart from each other most of the time, even if both locations were nearby. I know there have been similar situations, for instance Norman running the Petalburg Gym and him actually living in Littleroot Village with his family, but even he is implied(?) to have so much work as a Gym Leader he can't return home as often as he'd want. I'd either have Sina as the Ice-Type Gym Leader and Dexio moving in with her and doing research, while Wally steps up as the Psychic-Type specialist (he'd really be a great inspiration for new trainers); or have Sina and Dexio as a couple of Leaders of the same Gym (same dynamic as Tate and Liza), maintaining Sina's type speciality, while still keeping Wally as I said
I got too invested in this explanation XDDD
me and a mate are actually using your concept of a new region not even having a league yet and attracting trainers for our own custom region too. keep up the good work man, GO TEAM SKY!!!!!
Another group of trainers that could be considered are the Stat trainers from Sinnoh: Cheryl, Mira, Marley, Riley and Buck.
While they don't use a specifc typing, because they are Stat specialists, you could just assign them the typing of their ace (Riley being a Fighting or Steel Gym Leader e.g.)
19:50 this joke made me laugh wayyy more than it should have. I love you Michael
Really unexpected from micheal, it really took me back and laughed my ass off
Same 😂😂
It caught me by surprise. I wasn’t expecting to laugh and it took me out lmao
I loved it very off brand from what I’ve seen and was perfect
Down vote
For Mina, you could argue that she was a kid when she was in Kanto, maybe she’s gotten better at time management.
14:35 You could hire her and when she leaves hire Drayton since he might’ve graduated high school by then which also opens up the possibility of anyone else in Paldea
“ARGH THE MULTIVERSE” “it’s a canon event..”
Yeah, I find it funny how he gets a headache from the multiverse of the games, when he himself as multiverse of personalities. Also, I guess him finding Perrin hot is still a canon event.
21:48 .... why not both? Make them a double team gym, their shared pool of pokemon and a theme of partnership would make for a fun gym
THATS WHAT I SAID-
the first thing I thought of when he mentioned that was Tate and Liza
Love how Grunty Boi now has a GB sweater! So precious lol
I was wondering if anyone else noticed!
@@DDuckworth I didn't 🥲
Thought there was something wrong with me when I noticed it, and asked myself if this was new lol
Ok so it is new thought I was just slow
That winstraight joke was such a surprise, it sucker punched my funny bone and had me laughing longer than I'd expected.
Maybe Sina and Dexio could be a dual gym, like Tate and Liza? Since you don't wanna break up the couple, of course. It's a pretty unique challenge, good for PR. Then Gladion could be the last gym leader with a Dark Silvally, even more PR!
thats also two people to pay 🤷♂️
@slinky6415 aye it's all worth the PR, no other region has a gym leader with a legend, and only one has a double battle
Make them a truly idabolical snowscape + Aurora Veil/Trick Room team. Many Ice types are notoriously slow and there are super bulky slow psychic types. Just for the fun of it.
@youtube-kit9450 i like the way you think
Thats something I decided to do, having them be a pair of Double-battlibg Fairy type leaders, due to their working with the man who discovered the fairy type
A cool way to handle Wally as the psychic gym leader would’ve been giving him dual aces, Gardevoir and Gallade (honoring his gen 3 and gen 6 aces) and make it a DOUBLE BATTLE. Hoenn even has a double battle Psychic type gym, so he could’ve taken inspiration from Tate and Liza in-universe
9:51 🤣 okay this completely caught me off guard,I was FULLY anticipating you to say the actual name at first like nothing happened but, my god this through me so off guard and was so out of left field that I laughed out loud!
Hahaha 🤣 I’m dead
Same! I had to pause I was cackling so hard!
The Brazilian representation!! 🇧🇷❤
Im brazilian and i don't know if i should be furious or flattered
@@wafflehead27 both?
I love that "multiverse headache" gags lolz 😂😂😂. I'm totally agree that the multiverses are very complicated and confusing issue, obviously not worth discussed. will take a long time and a lot of (never ending) debates......
With Arven he might be 16 yrs old now. If you follow Old British Law in your new region; at 16 yrs old (in Britain & possibly the rest of the UK) you can leave school, start working full-time, and even buy low percentage Alcohol (Beer, Hard Cider, possibly Mead) in bars as long as you also get a meal.
In the US in certain rare cases you can get yourself Emancipated from Parents at 16 and can start working full-time.
With all that, since Arven has no parents or guardians left there is possibly something in the laws that would allow you to hire him without legal issues. 9:38
Petition to give the player a Shiny Miltank if their name is either Michael or Mikey
omg yes
@@Gangsta_Playz Oh the PTSD will make it all the merrier
DO IT DO IT DO IT
Speedruns boutta go crazy
Nah. Shiny Treeko for that.
Shiny Miltank if you name yourself "Mickey"
24:54 that was personal
We need a game that's just like this video. Where the gym leaders, and maybe even the Elite 4 and/or Champion are from different regions
There's a rom hack that does that, i think it's called Pokemon Saffron but i could be misremembering things
That's kinda how Pokemon Masters first arc goes, you have to challenge Skyla, Erika, Norman and Hapu iirc before you can participate in the massive tournament to decide "the strongest trainer".
Mhm, this is kind of a thing in the region I've been working on off & on for the past several years.
GASP! Deep cut idols reference?! 19:42
But what about the allying trainers from Gen 4? There are Riley, Cheryl, Mira, Marley and Buck, which all would fit shockingly well considering they are all independent trainers who have a team of 5 in the Battleground + additional Pokemon in the Battle Tower.
I'd bring in Bonnie, in the hope of getting Clemont as a two-fer.
Even without paying him more, I think he'd probably love to support his sister in her new role, and he'd love to have the opportunity to build, personalise and perfect the infrastructure from the ground up.
Clemont as Electric leader, Bonnie as Fairy leader, with her Dedenne.
They're both clever and enthusiastic. ❤
Clement is already a gym leader. He might visit though!
@Evoimations I know, I explained the reasons why I figured he might be willing to move even without a pay rise. 🩷
I mean with his sister our of the region id imagine clement’s geographical mobility will increase
Love this type of video with an in-universe approach, they're really creative and fun. Mikey going into a "shipper" mode about Sina and Dexio made me laugh... Especially because the whole traveling to Alola together thing was also what Blue and Red did in Gen 7 - it's a valid take for them too though, let's be real. 😂
Still, the BIGGEST thing that caught my attention in this whole video was Grunty Boi's new shirt... Interesting! I'm sure it makes sense in general if, uh... If Grunty Boi doesn't rock a copyright-related shirt when he stops by - and maybe that was part of this particular sponsorship! But it's just interesting and neat see that kind of thing as the channel continues to grow... Especially if it means maybe some Grunty Boi-related merch in the future? Maybe? (I mean, I also think that with the serial numbers filed off, there is such potential for the MandJTVverse as a book or comic or something, and ngl I'd love to see it, but lol idk if Mikey has any interest or even if it's feasible... A guy can dream tho!)
keep an eye out early next year :)
@@MandJTVwhy is "boy" spelled with an I?
@@dawnsbuneary For the lols
Given Raihan’s Team and strategies, I’d make the suggestion of telling him to sticking with his sandstorm team but pivot marketing wise to a ground type and/or lean into the multiple types unified by one strategy. This solves the typing issue and likely helps marketing wise as Raihan would no longer compete for attention with the gigantic amount of dragon trainers (at least 9 others, 2 of which being champions at one point) instead only competing with the few ground trainers (Giovanni who is no longer a leader, Bertha, Clay & Rika).
Also I’m incredibly biased as ground is my favourite type
I gotta say, you COOKED with this script. I haven't cackled like this in a *hot* minute.
Peony - Steel
Eri - Fighting
Lucy - Poison
Ryuki - Dragon
Silver - Dark
Guzma - Bug
Shelly - Water
Crispin - Fire
THE HUNIEPOP SOUNDTRACK AT 24:35 IS INSANE
Mikey whenever he sees hot babes like her: Bing Bong ding dong, here comes my Ding Dong!~
8:18 I don’t know, gym leaders often have jobs outside of being a gym leader and a region’s professor being a gym leader would be pretty fun. They could be a grass type specialist
That Winstrate joke is definitely going in an out of context video...
Mikey: I have very concrete requirements I cannot bend
Also Mikey: I present to you - Perin
24:00 You can't say you'd have to hire the pair of them with Scyamore's assistants when Dendra is DEFINITELY seeing Tulip, the Psychic type gym leader. They are ABSOLUTELY an item and you can't convince me otherwise.
Also, come on Bulbapedia, 'Childhood friends' is almost as bad as 'roommates'
9:05
Hey nemona wanna be a gym leader?
Youd be able to battle strong trainers all day
Nemona: WHEN CAN I START!
Nemona: *gleeful Goku squeal* 🤣🤣🤣
It would give her high energy bursts and plenty of down time just like her weak constitution needs
Reminds me of a family friend’s recent conversation when he got a part-time job at a golf course after retiring.
Golf course people: Would you consider a part-time job here?
Family friend: Will I get to play the course for free?
GCP: Yes.
FF: I accept!
GCP: Don’t you want to hear how much we’ll pay you?
FF: Oh, I’m sure you will.
Yeah, you'd have to remind her that she would also be getting paid
Nemona then proceeds to totally not stalk the first strong trainer she battles
You could offer internships to students of the Paldea region which would count as class credit while also providing housing for the time being and then once they come of age you could offer them the position in full. That’s a way to work around having skilled students like Arven, Penny, Kerian, and Carmine as gym leaders.
Arven and Carmine may be adults by now. That's the problem with having vague ages. Though Arven is more interested in cooking and nutrition, and Carmine is...Carmine...(Namely, a bully)
Raifort is also strongly implied to be a criminal, a thief of ancient, rare relics. She also tries to talk Jacq into letting her sacrifice him, er "become her assistant in a ritual" so that doesn't bode well.
Stop, stop, I'm already sold.
And Jacq is just like oh okay sure! Him agreeing to stuff like that is probably a part of why Clavell watches him like a hawk.
Oh so she's the Lara Croft of the pokemon world...yeah I see that
@@moxiemouse24stg Jacq is attracted to people who are toxic for him
Absolutely. There's an unstated reason why she wants the treasure legendaries that goes beyond mere historical curiosity. I'm certain she'll become the villain of Paldea's future.
“Are you having a stroke? I hope not, cause I have to go!” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
26:57 A link to the E4 video would've been really helpful here, especially since it was made a year ago and wasn't the easiest to find.
I just gotta say. This video along with recent videos are just amazing. So well detailed and perspective is just on point. It really makes you think about topics you never would have thought of before. The Pokemon world truly is endless to say the least.
25:00 this feels like he's dealt with things lmao
What it do, I just got a job after a year and a half of searching. He did. And one day you will too.
27:37 there’s also the overlap of Lance (Shares Dragon with Clair since he was an E4 member in Gen 1) and Koga (shares Poison with his daughter Janine since he is an E4 member in Gen 2)
Deep down we all know Lance is a bird keeper, so he overlaps with Falkner actually.
Fun fact: My Fakemon region has a similar plot. The region the story takes place in a region that was recently chosen to have an official Pokémon League. Your character is one of few other people chosen to take on the region's temporary gyms. And then taking on a tournament for who the champion will be 1st is champion. 2nd is 4th elite 4 member, 3rd is the 3rd elite 4 member, 4th is the 2nd elite 4 member and 5th is the 1st elite 4 member. After that it's up to you which gym leaders stay and which ones go to he replaced.
Dexio and Sina could have the same gym. Imagine you beat Dexio, heal up, then you run around to the 'back' of the building only to realize it's the front of Sina's gym. but if you're skilled enough, they open up a secret door in their shared wall to let you challenge the other one immediately.
Classic style MandJTV content, glad to have this back
idk, I like the idea of Wally being a fairy type gym leader. Suits his personality way more as being a gentle but strong character
Considering his ace is a (mega)Gallade, that ship kinda sailed.
Wally could also be a Fighting type gym leader because his ancestor was a Ninja
He only ever used one fairy type while his ace consistently stayed a psychic type. The psychic type even pivoted away from a fairy type in the remakes, so he deffo doesn't seem to care about fairy types.
25:07 Woo That was Too Real 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Alternatively, the last gym is BOTH Sophocles and Ryuki. You can go the route of having one of them exclusive to each version of your region, or make the gym a double battle.
Micky: “Wally would be a good psychic type gym leader”
Fairy type: is right there
Also micky: “Gladion would be a dark type gym leader”
Friendship evos: 🥲
8:02 Says Hop has clear talent, but while saying this, shows a clip of him getting one-tapped 🤣
Bro how has pokemon not hired this man yet? Its a crime
I'm so glad you made this video! I actually commented on the last video with a description of my choices for the Elite Four and why. In that comment I mentioned that I took a slightly different approach to how I selected characters I looked at. Being 'Unique Trainers, Ace Trainers, Veteran Trainers, and Notable Trainers.' I also kept to the idea of the Child Labor Laws in the comment in the other video but with your mention that it's reasonable to give older characters age increases because it would just make sense for them to well age it helps a little! My Elite 4 ended up being Peonia (Peony's Daughter in Crown Tundra), Klara (The Minor Gym Leader from Isle of Armor), Riley (The Stat Specialist with a Lucario theme), and Ace Trainer Grayson (From Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee, Is a Master Trainer with Dragonite, and the idea was he'd use a bunch of Psuedo-Legendaries as the final Elite Four.) In the previous Video I didn't really pick for the Types of the Elite 4, however I could simply say Peonia is Steel (The other two closely related characters to her are Steel Specialists), Klara is Poison (It simply is what she is), Riley can be Fighting or could be one without a type specialist since he is uniquely classified as a Stat Specialist, and as mentioned Grayson uses Psuedo-Legendaries so he would either remain without a Type OR would be Dragon as most of the Psuedo Legendaries are Dragon types. One last thing I'll say is that you mentioned a lot of trainer's teams they have. I personally think that can obviously be remedied by them just getting more pokemon. So anyways!
Youngster Joey: He was a runner up in my last comment, part of why I didn't pick him was for child labor laws. But that issue is actually resolved as he's from an old enough game that he can definitely be old enough to be hired! As the Normal Gym Leader obviously. Perhaps the first Gym Leader or maybe even throw the region for a loop and make him the Last Gym Leader with a bunch of really strong route 1 normal type pokemon as his team.
Mira: Similarly to Youngster Joey she was also one I said I thought would be cool but child labor prevented her, but again she is from a game old enough she is probably easily able to be hired as a Gym Leader now. Specifically Psychic Type if we have to absolutely give her a specific type. As she is a Stat Specialist for Special Attack which is probably the most associated attack type with Psychic Types.
Lisia: I mentioned in my last comment that Lisia has a similar appeal to Raihan or Iono. She is a popular public figure, however I didn't choose her as an Elite 4 because I figured her ace may be Altaria. However as a Flying Gym leader rather than an Elite 4 member? Having Lisia would be amazing.
Iono: And what better way to continue the trend of people who are public figures than to also hire Iono. Obviously as the Electric Gym Leader, combining both her and Lisia into the Gym Leaders would be nice. Having both of them in the region could even lead to some interesting collaborations between the two of them.
Kiawe: I think I just absolutely agree with the points you made about him in the video. Fire Gym Leader, give this man his time in the sun!
Marley: She and the next one would need a little bit of an adjustment, but she has a very unique concept and could actually be the Dark or Ice gym leader, with Weavile as her ace. (Her normal ace is Arcanine) or maybe even she could just be the Dark Gym Leader with Arcanine as an Ace with Tera Dark Arcanine. She is speed stat specialist normally.
Cheryl: Again, maybe a little adjustment might be needed. She is an HP specialist, Grass would actually fit her aesthetically. Having a grass team with Tera Grass Chansey/Blissey would be for an interesting challenge perhaps.
Perrin: I mean....she's Perrin! What else do I have to say? She can be the Rock-Type Gym Leader with a Hisuian Arcanine as her ace. As it is the pokemon she is probably most closely related to. However a cooler idea than just that would be to make her a unique trainer kind of like Raihan. Her gimmick is just generally using Hisiuian pokemon, which she gets....who knows how.
When you mentioned not wanting to seperate Sina and Dexio, I immedistly thought "what a perfect opportunity for another double battle gym!" You could keep them with the types you gave them, or integrate them together in some way. But i do like them as two seperate gym leaders, who just visit eachother a lot
Loved the video. I'm glad we got sequal to the last one. Have an amazing day Michael you're an amazing guy and made my childhood rewatching your videos. it has made my day the last few days 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
11:53 Thanks for making us feel old
There are children in schools who are being taught about multiplication right now, who are YOUNGER THAN POKÉMON SUN AND MOON.
ikr 😢
The mind screw that happened when he said that broke me.
11:53 the way we said "Jesus" at the same time 💀💀💀 how has it really been *8 WHOLE YEARS* already???
personally i would’ve taken the stat trainers into consideration, all of them are incredibly capable with full teams
2:21 "Which of you is... the main one- who's the champion here?"
Brendan+May/Serena&Kalem: Yesn't
11:50 I felt that.
22:20 Maybe if they got haircuts lol!
Though switching Sophocles to be the rock type was a stroke of genius.
4:25 I love the Grunty Boi logo on Mich…. I mean Grunty bois shirt 😂🔥
I would have also taken the stat trainers from Sinnoh into account - Cheryl, Buck, Riley, Marley and Mira.
All of them make it to the battle tower and participate (experience), they all join up with the player (teamwork) for double battles and adventure (even if only temporarily), all have been shown to have well levelled teams of 5 pokemon at once, with much longer lists for other battle modes (including minor legendaries like the birds and golems in some cases) for that talent and drive.
Granted, they focus on pokemon biased towards a certain stat, so there's much more type variety on their known pokemon. Unless you did a Blue style gym, you could still narrow it down to some degree or just do (stat) themed teams rather than typed teams!
I just commented about this! So glad to see someone else thought id these five too! They’d all make great candidates (especially Riley and Buck)!
@Nameless_mixes absolutely, the others are a little shakier but you've got the brother of an elite four member and someone Byron already asked to be a gym leader so CLEARLY has the skill for it!
I totally thought that Grunty Boy was going to say he had stolen a dialga toy and claimed to have stolen “time.” 😂
21:57 hire their lesser known brother, Gunther
Ze Ring General?
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@@qwilliams1539 World Heavyweight Champion?
“King dragon sends his regards!”
Another Birthday Surprise from another RUclipsr I’ve a storied history with.
Thank you for being a constant beacon of joy and capturing the spirit of Pokémon the best you can
Mikey: "Which maybe I can overlook if I behave like the NFL"
Me: *Proceeds to get an ad about the NFL* "Well that's something"
Now we just need a video about what exactly this new region is, what it’s like and the Pokémon that live there (including possible legendaries, mythicals, Ultra Beasts & Paradox Pokémon along with anything I’m forgetting)
Would be cool if he made this new region and planned it out, yeah. Probably way too big for one video, but put it into chunks I guess?
24:24 guy spoke for all of us
Not everyone. Some of us are into men.
Guys, I don’t think Mikey’s ever gonna escape the allegations 😂😂😂 if you know you know
He stole the words from my mind😭😭
Your ad reads are some of the only ones I actually enjoy sitting through! Thank you for making the effort to keep us entertained even through the ads!
Your set of gym leaders turned out really good! Love the synergy and thought behind it.
"We have a gym leader with a legendary pokemon! - and we just don't tell them it's one of the lamer ones! 7:37