"do you remember that round electric/steel type pokémon that has Sturdy?" "Magnemite?" "no, Gen 7's Pikaclone!" "Mimikyu?" "no, the spiky ball that has Iron Barbs!" "whirliped? oh, Ferrotorn!" "no, it starts with Toge-" "Togepi? Togetic? dude, you are making no sense!" "no... uh... yeah! Togedemaru!" "Togede-what!?" and that is him.
Eh. I play vgc so Togedemaru has a spot in my mind. Togedemaru isn't *super* good, but it had a huge niche as weird anti-fairy support. I used it a lot in vgc 2017 and 2018. Also I think Togedemaru is much much cuter than Mimikyu but that's just me.
Game Freak themselves is aware of how overshadowed Raichu is. Here's its Ultra Moon Pokedex entry: "Because so many Trainers like the way Pikachu looks, you don't see this Pokémon very often."
@@MagillanicaLouM It's disrespectful, yes, but it's also unfortunately Raichu's fate. If they EVER had Ash's Pikachu evolve, it would ruin the franchise, seeing as it's based around Pikachu's popularity in no small part
@@matthewkuscienko4616 I know this comment was made a year ago, but today they revealed the pokemon anime will have an 11 episode special as a goodbye to pikachu and Ash, and the next generation will start with a new protagonist. I think it woukd be cool if pikachu finally decides it's time to evolve in the last episode
I like your motivation, but, in actuality, they didn't use more varied Pokémon because Team Magma couldn't reflect the same variation, given the low amount of Fire Types.. Which is something they should have fixed (why isn't Magmar in Hoenn, for example?).
Team Rocket drop Ash multiple times. Everytime they get a new Pokemon they beat Ash and co. When Mimikyu won team rocket got screwed over by Bewear. When they do beat him Ash gets lucky. Jessie and James are very competent trainers. Ash just has plot armor, don't believe me they decimate countless trainers across all regions. In the Unova series they were extremely tough and serious. Ash only won against them once during the Unova series. After that Giovanni actually see's what Pikachu is capable of and he assigns Jessie and James to get it. He also considers Jessie and James his best field operatives.
@@stumpytheviolator3118 Jessie and James arent bad trainers, Ash is who got plot armor, is shown that they can beat Ash and his friends easily, remember when Dawn won against Jessie... even if she just used two Figthing moves...from a Togekiss that Dawn was using...okay plot armor helped her, and now James defeated Dawn with a Carnivine against a Mamoswine... Okay Mamoswine didnt want to listen Dawn but why Mamoswine would obey someone like Dawn, she is unexperient, imature and somethimes is annoying
I used Raichu in X, Alolan Raichu in Moon, Cosplay pikachu in Alpha Sapphire, and Ash hat pikachu in sun. I’ve used this line more than ANY sane person should and I love them all equally. They deserve all of the love in the world.
A really overshadowed Pokemon is Sentret. Rattata and Bidoof won the meme wars. Rattata being a massive competitor in his main game (a fate shared with Hoothoot), and now even Furret, his evolution started to see some time in the light. But no one seems to cares about Sentret, who can simply see his senpai walking away, keeping watch for the moment someone will finally notice it. Sentret may not be the strongest, but it's still plenty cute.
I always try to get a Sentret early game, and Furret is one of my favorite Normal mons in the game, so I've used one plenty, and honestly, I really don't get why they aren't more popular. Their movepool is pretty impressive, even in G/S/C when move diversity wasn't great, and their speed is pretty decent. I've completed HG and Silver with one on my team, and my Furret was even my Surf-er in my recent playthrough of Crystal.
My issue with Kanto Raichu is that it doesn't learn any moves by level up. Which is the primary way i teach pokemon moves. Onix also suffers from an abysmal learnset. (Another travesty) I just prefer to not spend single use items that can't be replaced, or be forced to reach the end of the game before evolving. Pikachu's last move is around lv55 and in most playthroughs that is the effective level cap by the time you reach the elite 4. Otherwise i have had several Raichu crush my team on me, so i know it can be a monster with its base stats.
Having to trade twice and with two different items makes it a real pain unless you have friends who all invest a lot of time and money into pokemon together
you literally need one other person provided you dont already have another system somewhere in your reach. and besides, both items are usually in a fairly easy place to get, and theyre placed in a way so you dont get it too early. it really isnt that bad. you likely have more than one pokemon game if youre a pokemon fan.
He's fun in trick room teams but not much else. Problem is it's sooo slow and all its moves have recoil so at best it will get one very strong attack off then die or at least that was my experience with it
I love the porygon line in general. They're so unloved by the pokemon franchise (mainly because of the...incident. which wasn't even porygon's fault!) Porygon z is such a good boy!!
Some super forgetable pokemon because there are so many fish and they have no gimick or niche in competative pokemon either. To be honest though most fish pokemon are not that popular. Aeaking has got to be one of the least used gen1 pokemon
@@yourlocalbeeswarm1942 the only thing holding it back for me is that the other two members (Tepig and Pignite) are mediocre at best. Emboar however is noice.
Same. Raichu was always better then pika imo. I never liked pikachu that much. Untill lets go. But hey on pokemon go some event pikachu can evolve now I got raichus with hats!!!! :3
@@pikafanfan9405 I always use om-nom which instakills the opponent and maxes all of your stats. People get salty about losing but it's only 99% accurate, just dodge it losers😑
I actually used Whiscash in my team during my first play of Emerald. My starter was Treeko Edit: Also had Raichu during that play as well. Got it from Safari Zone I think
I completely agree with you on Raichu. I'm a Raichu fan, I like it's design specially the tail. It's sad how it's always going to be ignored by the series mascot.
I love Rotom and Porygon Z! Rotom’s adorable and I remember him being the owner of the haunted mansion in Pokepark. My first ever EV trained Pokemon was a Porygon Z and I love using it in the battle tree with Z Conversion and thunderbolt, it sweeps pretty much everything
Always nice to see some love for Emboar; my first Pokemon game was White and I picked Tepig, so it feels very saddening to see what was basically my Charizard equivalent get overshadowed so much.
With gen 6, Greninja overshadowed both of the the other starters, which is a shame because Delphox has a cool type combo (and ended the fire fighting trend) and is pretty good while the chespin line is pretty fun to use.
I feel like the same has happened with the Alola Starters as well sadly. Incineroar seems to have overshadowed Decidueye and Primarina now. I like them both a lot more than Incineroar. Especially Primarina, because she's my favorite Starter Pokémon
@@AuraStrikeAce Decidueye is really cool, I chose Rowlett in Pokemon Sun. Though in Ultra Sun I picked Litten, and honestly even if Incineroar might have overshadowed the two others, it is still a really good Pokemon, especially with its move Darkest Lariat
@@VictorbrineSC I personally don't like Incineroar very much, but it's fine if you do. I do think Decidueye's kinda cool though, but I love Primarina so much more
Can’t wait to see which Pokémon need more love! Thanks for another great list most Royal of Cubones 💙🐱💙 (P.S Sorry Mr Mime but the Detective Pikachu movie sealed your fate for me 😖😖😖)
Togedemaru is probably my favorite Pikaclone. I find it memorable for a poor reason, though-- how often I messed up trying to say its name. Otherwise, its an adorable metallic chomk.
This soundtrack give so much nostalgia put me to tears back n my child hood only played up to platinum version but I'm a old school gen 1 fan n the 90s
I think you forgot to mention one more pokemon, and that is Raikou. Out of every single legendary trio both Entei, and Suicune got there own game, and movie but for Raikou didn't get nothing at all. It sad to see a pokemon that is base off of smilodon(SaberTooth Cat) didn't get that much love compare to his brothers.
@@ralpbeez8414 One of the few things that _didn't_ involve Ash... Raikou is one of the few Legendary/Mythical Pokemon that Ash hasn't met. Although the only one of the Legendary Beasts he has actually met is Suicune, as the Entei in the movie was a Psychic projection/creation of the unown and Doesn't really count.
Raichu was actually used a lot in competitive play if I remember correctly. That said, the fact that it ALSO has a cool Alolan variant makes it even more overshadowed, because who would want boring ol' Raichu when they can have the cute pancake-loving psychic type electric surfer Raichu?
I don’t really have much interaction with the genera Pokemon community so I can’t say for sure but does either Golurk or Palossand overshadow the other? I love both of them.
I think togetic is pretty underrated. With eviolite, it's a great wall. Gets access to nasty plot as well. So you can run bulky offensive sets, with roost and even fire blast. Togekiss is great, but for lower tiers, togetic is a great and viable option. And also my favorite Pokémon
My favorites are Muk and Scolipede, and I really don't think many Poison types get enough respect. Heck, Scolipede (something very similar and the same size) existed on this planet at one time.
Great vid, but I think the reason Team Aqua doesn’t use Whiscash is because it’s part ground type which is the main type of their enemy (team Magma). But I still agree with most of this vid :)
I love base Rotom and Porygon-Z. I‘m surprised you didn’t mention the fact that Porygon-Z never even got to be the focus of an Anime episode due to the whole Electric Soldier Porygon incident despite being incredibly unique and easily able to hold its own in a 22-minute episode. And with Rotom, the only form besides the base I have used is Wash because it does a cute little dance when you pet it in PokéMonAmi. The other ones I always thought were a little weird, especially Rotom-Fan with its Flying-type *and* Levitate ability.
Funny thing Emboar being overshadowed by Infernape is it's also the case for their mythological inspirations as well. They're both based off characters from Journey to the West, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bazhie (iirc, case in point lol) where Bazhie (Emboar) is the second strongest of their crew after Wukong (Infernape). And is depicted as the goofy, lazy comic relief who gets the group in trouble a lot
Its just sad how underrated The Black n' White starters are. Emboar, Serperior and Samourott are great - they're some of the only pure typed starters in the games. Serperior is quick and powerful, Emboar is strong and tanky and Samourott has exellent special attack.
If Ash's Pkachu was ever to evolve Raichu would probably be more popular as it would be the main Pokemon in the Anime. But I don't think that will ever happen now.
Video idea, what are some of your favorite nicknames you've seen Or what nicknames are synonymous with specific pokemon Two for me are Cinnamon for Emboar and Bixbite for Sableye
I had a Porygon Z in all of my playthroughs up till Ultra Sun. I have a head cannon that mine is a loose cannon and very crazy. It really helps during battles
I was actually kind of offended seeing Raichu at the number one spot, but when you started talking I realized how right you are. I never even thought about using Raichu till my Alola play through, but after that I appreciated it more and went back and used one in a Emerald play through, now I love Raichu
Haha this video is so old but I stumbled upon it recently and couldn't agree more! Especially raichu! For me, I love the whole line. Its so incredibly satisfying getting a pichu and eventually getting a raichu. It feels like the line just gets better and better. I always like to evolve my pikachu towards the end-ish and make it a dramatic "cinematic" moment. Find a really cool place and pretend I'm dramatically offering my partner a thunder stone lol. Just feels so satisfying and complete. I think it goes back to playing Shining Pearl at 9, my very first pokemon game. I was a total n00b and ended up accidentally switching the pikachu I got with my starter pokemon at the front of my party. Like an idiot I couldn't figure out how to switch it back so by the end of the game I had the most over powered raichu ever lol. She was my GOAT and obviously the first pokemon I always pulled out. I grew so attached to her, she was my staple, she got my through Cynthia. Now I must have a pikachu and raichu in my playthroughs, a game just doesn't feel complete without one. I tend to favor female pikachus/raichus with brave/rash/bold nature (even though its not the best competitively) since thats what I first caught. (Okay, and the heart tail is waaaay cuter in my opinion lol) Getting raichu is my favorite moment in every generation, raichu is such a cute and cool design. It just feels like the natural conclusion. I love pikachu amd pichu, but raichu needs more love!! Its such a cool pokemon and awesome Evolution for an already cute and cool pokemon!
He really just put porygon-z here over blissey. Sure porygon2 is a great stall Pokemon but z fills a completely different role as a glass cannon. Blissey, on the other hand is pretty much just worse chansey with a bit more special attack.
Raichu was my first favorite pokemon, though it quickly had competition from Mew. It's still usually my answer and always top 3. Though I don't see Alolan form as a slap in the face. It made me excited to get ot use Raichu in another generation again.
I would have put Crustle on the list I mean he’s a tank and can do BIG numbers with body slam (which uses the defense stat rather than attack) who doesn’t like a big derpy hermit crab. Fun fact: I did a bug type only run in gen 8 and Crustle carried the team or just sat down and spammed rock throw... I think it was both
@@emperorcubone What about Clawitzer it's super underated yet it's a great Pokemon that looks super cool and is really strong especially with it's ability yet I never see people talk about it.
I was really hoping Raichu was going to be a flagship mascot for regional variants. In every new region, having a Raichu have a variant would be amazing. Gives them a reason to always have a Pikachu while boosting Raichu. Seeing how Galarian forms are here and no sign of any Galarian Raichu, and the presence of Raichu in the Dynamax trailer makes me sad we won't be getting it though. There's still hope for Gigantamax Raichu that is evocative of Gorochu.
Oh, and for a pokémon that is greatly overshadowed: Simisear. It is always rock bottom in favorite pokémon lists, but it's not the poor thing's fault. It's a fire monkey. After Infernape. In the same region that has Darmanitan. It never stood a chance.
What are the top six hardest types to train according to lore? I assume dragon and ghost are two. Or what are the top six hardest pokemon to train in general?
I kinda wanted to rage when I saw Raichu on the list since it has been in my personal Top 10 Pokemon list since I started liking Pokemon... but then I realized that in general it is probably very much overshadowed. I love it so much and I cry whenever I catch one of the event Pikachu in Pokemon Go that can't be evolved.
@@cubrakadabra No, light ball pikachu gets rekt by ground pokemon (and a ground pokemon is on my every team) EDIT: Even ALAKAZAM has better defense than Pikachu
@@xyzzy-dv6te raichu gets rekt by ground types as well, what's your point? You can usually outspeed them as both pikachu and raichu and, even though it isn't the best move, volt tackle out of there.
@@cubrakadabra Raichu is faster, so it has a chance of using something like grass knot. Raichu's defense still is terribad (but a bit better), but the HP gets improved on evolution and sp def gets massively improved. Also, 110 sp atk from light ball isn't that much better than 90 sp atk when you have nasty plot (which Raichu can get going easier due to higher HP and defenses). EDIT: 90 and 110 base speed is a big difference
Raichu has honestly been one of my favourites since Gen1, right after Nidoking. The Lt Surge episode was the first episode of the anime I ever watched so I had no real attachment to Ash and Pikachu, I think even then I could understand what plot armour was even if I didn't know the term.
Eh, I thought about him for a bit, since Wimpod got a lot more exposure but ultimately decided to leave him off, so I guess kind of an honorable mention? (Also so as not to spoil the actual list)
I know the most overshadowed Pokémon! DEWIPPER! It isn’t weak to fire and it has decent stats. But the reason it’s SO OVERSHADOWED is because you know it is, and put it in the thumbnail but didn’t put it in the actual video. It’s overshadowed within the community of overshadowed Pokémon!
Ghost type best type, I will always love rotom in all his forms. Speaking of ghosts, porygon-z has nothing on dusknoir. Poor guy is completely obsolete compared to dusclops.
I second that, i remember having such a powerful sableye in sapphire. Basically nothing can deal major damage to it with that ghost/dark typing. But then they added fairy and i no longer have all type interactions memorized.
I love Raichu. I used to TRADE the Pikachu received as starter in Pokémon Yellow in order to be able to evolve it to Raichu after trading it back. This pokémon is in my gen 1 team of favourites, aside with Poliwrath (my favourite of all time), Vileplume, Pidgeot, Rhydon and Ninetales.
"do you remember that round electric/steel type pokémon that has Sturdy?"
"Magnemite?"
"no, Gen 7's Pikaclone!"
"Mimikyu?"
"no, the spiky ball that has Iron Barbs!"
"whirliped? oh, Ferrotorn!"
"no, it starts with Toge-"
"Togepi? Togetic? dude, you are making no sense!"
"no... uh... yeah! Togedemaru!"
"Togede-what!?"
and that is him.
Lol
wow, 100+ upvotes!
thx everyone!
JoaoG R upvotes. Lol
I think people never mention togedemaru because they can’t say the name or don’t want to
Eh. I play vgc so Togedemaru has a spot in my mind. Togedemaru isn't *super* good, but it had a huge niche as weird anti-fairy support. I used it a lot in vgc 2017 and 2018.
Also I think Togedemaru is much much cuter than Mimikyu but that's just me.
Game Freak themselves is aware of how overshadowed Raichu is. Here's its Ultra Moon Pokedex entry: "Because so many Trainers like the way Pikachu looks, you don't see this Pokémon very often."
Absolute disrespect lol
@@MagillanicaLouM It's disrespectful, yes, but it's also unfortunately Raichu's fate. If they EVER had Ash's Pikachu evolve, it would ruin the franchise, seeing as it's based around Pikachu's popularity in no small part
I love Raichu. I'm not a huge fan of Kantonian(?) Raichu, but I adore Alolan Raichu. It's my second favorite Electric type, after Luxray.
@@hotaruishere2133
The video specified Kantonian Raichu, so you saying that only further proves its point
@@matthewkuscienko4616 I know this comment was made a year ago, but today they revealed the pokemon anime will have an 11 episode special as a goodbye to pikachu and Ash, and the next generation will start with a new protagonist. I think it woukd be cool if pikachu finally decides it's time to evolve in the last episode
Maybe team aqua doesn't use wishcash because it's part ground type
Same for Team Magma except vice versa
@Purple Haze Exactly.
I like your motivation, but, in actuality, they didn't use more varied Pokémon because Team Magma couldn't reflect the same variation, given the low amount of Fire Types.. Which is something they should have fixed (why isn't Magmar in Hoenn, for example?).
Screw Team Aqua for not using one of the best Water types of all time.
Kevin Flores they do... they use numel
Let's not forget that Mimikyu actually defeated Ash, making that Team Rocket's first victory to Ash.
did not get to see that myself but an interesting situation all the same
i think i'm a meanie Marinie helped too, but yeah, that’s definitely a point for Mimikyu
🐐 FEAT
Team Rocket drop Ash multiple times.
Everytime they get a new Pokemon they beat Ash and co.
When Mimikyu won team rocket got screwed over by Bewear.
When they do beat him Ash gets lucky.
Jessie and James are very competent trainers.
Ash just has plot armor, don't believe me they decimate countless trainers across all regions.
In the Unova series they were extremely tough and serious.
Ash only won against them once during the Unova series.
After that Giovanni actually see's what Pikachu is capable of and he assigns Jessie and James to get it.
He also considers Jessie and James his best field operatives.
@@stumpytheviolator3118 Jessie and James arent bad trainers, Ash is who got plot armor, is shown that they can beat Ash and his friends easily, remember when Dawn won against Jessie... even if she just used two Figthing moves...from a Togekiss that Dawn was using...okay plot armor helped her, and now James defeated Dawn with a Carnivine against a Mamoswine... Okay Mamoswine didnt want to listen Dawn but why Mamoswine would obey someone like Dawn, she is unexperient, imature and somethimes is annoying
Another overshadowed Pokémon I love is Chinchou/Lanturn. Rotom Wash completely dominates the Water/Electric typing
I agree. I love Lanturn. As soon as I can I want to use one!!!
I really dont like it
Lanturn's a long time favorite of mine. Used to be my #1 till Gogoat came around and took it's spot
@@Drakwind L
Also hate how Raichu is used as a villain most of all. I used raichu before and love it so much
I used Raichu in Pokemon Y and is still among the strongest team member, alongside Blaziken and my Aegislash
I used Raichu in X, Alolan Raichu in Moon, Cosplay pikachu in Alpha Sapphire, and Ash hat pikachu in sun. I’ve used this line more than ANY sane person should and I love them all equally. They deserve all of the love in the world.
Pokemon talk anyone?
The FLLOOR TENTACLES
Luxurius Litten hi it’s pleasure to be on your show today.
Noob hahaha
A really overshadowed Pokemon is Sentret. Rattata and Bidoof won the meme wars. Rattata being a massive competitor in his main game (a fate shared with Hoothoot), and now even Furret, his evolution started to see some time in the light.
But no one seems to cares about Sentret, who can simply see his senpai walking away, keeping watch for the moment someone will finally notice it. Sentret may not be the strongest, but it's still plenty cute.
Sentret is my current hm slave, but that's about it. He's cute, but I don't care for normal type pokemon
I always try to get a Sentret early game, and Furret is one of my favorite Normal mons in the game, so I've used one plenty, and honestly, I really don't get why they aren't more popular. Their movepool is pretty impressive, even in G/S/C when move diversity wasn't great, and their speed is pretty decent. I've completed HG and Silver with one on my team, and my Furret was even my Surf-er in my recent playthrough of Crystal.
But when Sentret evolves :-)
I actually think he's lucky his evolved form is the most popular
Even zigzagoon got some fame with the new version in sword and shield
it was in an episode where togepi drove a tank! Sentret looks really cool and could work well with part as sentries
Heck yeah! Emboar and kanto raichu gets some justice! Thank you so fricking much for this. You have no idea how much this means to me.
My issue with Kanto Raichu is that it doesn't learn any moves by level up. Which is the primary way i teach pokemon moves. Onix also suffers from an abysmal learnset. (Another travesty)
I just prefer to not spend single use items that can't be replaced, or be forced to reach the end of the game before evolving. Pikachu's last move is around lv55 and in most playthroughs that is the effective level cap by the time you reach the elite 4. Otherwise i have had several Raichu crush my team on me, so i know it can be a monster with its base stats.
Porygon-Z is one of my all-time favorite Pokemon. Glad to see someone give it some light! Great video, man!
I'm so glad to find out I'm not the only Porygon-Z lover.
#GivePorygonZMoreLove
Porygon Z biggest problem is how much of a pain in the butt to get one.
Having to trade twice and with two different items makes it a real pain unless you have friends who all invest a lot of time and money into pokemon together
you literally need one other person provided you dont already have another system somewhere in your reach. and besides, both items are usually in a fairly easy place to get, and theyre placed in a way so you dont get it too early. it really isnt that bad. you likely have more than one pokemon game if youre a pokemon fan.
Nah, the biggest problem is Porygon-Z in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of TDS. Discharge... ugh.
Porygon-Z is actually a unique Pokemon; it's the only final stage of a three-part evolution line that can legit be obtained at level 1
@@PieEyeToon Budew needs to level-up (at high friendship) to evolve, so you can't get Roserade at lvl1
Man, Raichu is my favorite pokémon since I was a child... and everything you said about it is true.
Emboar, with Scald and Grass Knot, have a move for each starter Type. It may very well be the only one in this case.
He's fun in trick room teams but not much else.
Problem is it's sooo slow and all its moves have recoil so at best it will get one very strong attack off then die or at least that was my experience with it
@@petelee2477 It get Reckless and a lot of recoil moves. It's not too good competitively but at least it's not PU
@@sterling8389 yeah the damage output it good but when you are so slow that nearly every Pokemon will attack first the recoil damage starts to rack up
@@petelee2477 it can be decent in the right tier
But a physical Emboar is always better.
As somebody who has Porygon-Z as their favorite Pokémon, I'd like to thank you for giving him some publicity.
YAS!! I thought I was the only one who loved this thing!
We are now friends even though we don't even know each other.
@@shyguyissoawesomeguys Nice bro. Still stuck on your boss fight from cuphead though
I love the porygon line in general. They're so unloved by the pokemon franchise (mainly because of the...incident. which wasn't even porygon's fault!) Porygon z is such a good boy!!
Yoylebubble17 what incident?
I love Raichu, many leafgreen playthroughs I try and nab him early!
Iron Tail & Hyper Beam my pal
Lumineon line is always “meh” to so many people but i really really like them..
Same
Plum. EXE I’m glad it is appreciated
Some super forgetable pokemon because there are so many fish and they have no gimick or niche in competative pokemon either. To be honest though most fish pokemon are not that popular. Aeaking has got to be one of the least used gen1 pokemon
@@extonjonas6820 doodoohead
I'd say that the Lumineon line is more forgettable than overshadowed since it's never really used by any important characters
I actually like Emboar. It was my first starter ever. I used it to great amounts with Seismitoad! I love Emboar and hea should've been more popular.
I agree. Even if I don't like Pignite so much, the other members of the line have grown on me over the years...
Exactly right! And one of the most overshadowed pokemon in my opinion is also my favorite, Dewgong. With Lapras, Walrein, and Cloyster.
Holy heck same. I entered black and white 2 as my first games and chose tepig too. To this day it’s my favourite starter
@@emperorcubone
I think Emboar and Seismatoad should switch their second typing with each other to fix this situation! ;-D
@@yourlocalbeeswarm1942 the only thing holding it back for me is that the other two members (Tepig and Pignite) are mediocre at best. Emboar however is noice.
Emperor cubone our here making wholesome content for the masses, truly a benevolent ruler!
All hail, Emperor Cubone.
I give him a chance once a month and I usually hate the video and his opinions more then the last one of his videos
I perfer Empress Snivy.
Love the video. And I also love Raichu. Always thought it was cooler than Pikachu.
Finally someone agrees with me
It’s my favourite Pokémon of all time. I appreciate your opinion.
Same. Raichu was always better then pika imo. I never liked pikachu that much. Untill lets go. But hey on pokemon go some event pikachu can evolve now I got raichus with hats!!!! :3
IKR
Pikachu is overrated. Raichu is better.
Mega Rayquaza is overshadowed by Bidoof. :/
Just goes to show how awful powercreep has been. Even though rayquaza came out first, bidoof is like 1000% better in every way.
Trainer Richard yeah and people rage quit every time I one shot them with spammed swords dance and aqua jet. Bidoof did nothing wrong
@@pikafanfan9405 I always use om-nom which instakills the opponent and maxes all of your stats. People get salty about losing but it's only 99% accurate, just dodge it losers😑
Bidoof? I think you mean Patrat.
You have to be talking about tha perfect bidoof you better be😂
The only Mon I would add to this list is Flygon getting completely overshadowed by Garchomp in almost everyway
You mean Salamence
Yeah, garchomp completely replaced him, ignoring even his ability to fly
I feel Flygon is too popular for this list. He technically is overshadowed, but I definitely don't think he's in the top ones.
FLYGON NEEDS A MEGA
i love flygon lol
Lol I didn't even know Togedemaru (probably spelled that wrong) was an electric steel type 😪 poor Togedemaru
Don't worry you spelled it right
🔥🔥
it's really cute in the anime
I would have said electric/normal
I thought it was Electric/Fairy for so long until once when I was battlign one on Pokemon Showdon.
Raichu has always been one of my top 3 Pokemon. Whenever I fire up Gen 1 it's always Clefable and Raichu as must haves.
I used a shiny, physically offensive Raichu in competitive battling for a little while, I definitely appreciate it for what it is ☆
Part of me wants this video to be all dark types, but i like bad puns
This was clickbait i didnt see a single dewpider
Maybe it’s number 7
@Ryan Wieber ok no put em up we gotta fight now
Exactly, it was overshadowed
At least he didn’t use Gardevoir with tits.
@Ryan Wieber ??? At least make your own comment smh
I actually used Whiscash in my team during my first play of Emerald. My starter was Treeko
Edit: Also had Raichu during that play as well. Got it from Safari Zone I think
I completely agree with you on Raichu. I'm a Raichu fan, I like it's design specially the tail. It's sad how it's always going to be ignored by the series mascot.
Don't worry Whiscash... We'll remember you for that time you ate a Master Ball. The legend will be remembered.
I love Rotom and Porygon Z! Rotom’s adorable and I remember him being the owner of the haunted mansion in Pokepark. My first ever EV trained Pokemon was a Porygon Z and I love using it in the battle tree with Z Conversion and thunderbolt, it sweeps pretty much everything
Tasha W rotom sux
I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves it.
@@piss282 Change the word "Rotom" to "I" and you are correct.
Always nice to see some love for Emboar; my first Pokemon game was White and I picked Tepig, so it feels very saddening to see what was basically my Charizard equivalent get overshadowed so much.
With gen 6, Greninja overshadowed both of the the other starters, which is a shame because Delphox has a cool type combo (and ended the fire fighting trend) and is pretty good while the chespin line is pretty fun to use.
Yea like most of the other generations starters receive somewhat equal love but greninja basically became the X and Y mascot
I feel like the same has happened with the Alola Starters as well sadly. Incineroar seems to have overshadowed Decidueye and Primarina now. I like them both a lot more than Incineroar. Especially Primarina, because she's my favorite Starter Pokémon
@@AuraStrikeAce Decidueye is really cool, I chose Rowlett in Pokemon Sun. Though in Ultra Sun I picked Litten, and honestly even if Incineroar might have overshadowed the two others, it is still a really good Pokemon, especially with its move Darkest Lariat
@@VictorbrineSC I personally don't like Incineroar very much, but it's fine if you do. I do think Decidueye's kinda cool though, but I love Primarina so much more
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Also greninja got a new form and alot of attention in the anime.
So it's obvious greninja overshadowed the other starters.
Can’t wait to see which Pokémon need more love!
Thanks for another great list most Royal of Cubones 💙🐱💙
(P.S Sorry Mr Mime but the Detective Pikachu movie sealed your fate for me 😖😖😖)
they set him on fire...
Oh yeah, I remember that ... he blew up at the end of that scene 😂😂😂
Thanks Maggie Ent!
Togedemaru is probably my favorite Pikaclone. I find it memorable for a poor reason, though-- how often I messed up trying to say its name.
Otherwise, its an adorable metallic chomk.
Well Togedemaru actually made someone ragequit at worlds 19 finale. Stepping in the foot steps of Pasharisu
This soundtrack give so much nostalgia put me to tears back n my child hood only played up to platinum version but I'm a old school gen 1 fan n the 90s
I think you forgot to mention one more pokemon, and that is Raikou.
Out of every single legendary trio both Entei, and Suicune got there own game, and movie but for Raikou didn't get nothing at all. It sad to see a pokemon that is base off of smilodon(SaberTooth Cat) didn't get that much love compare to his brothers.
in gen 2 Entei was considered the worst legendary beast
Raikou got a TV "movie" through Pokemon Chronicles at least.
@@ralpbeez8414 One of the few things that _didn't_ involve Ash... Raikou is one of the few Legendary/Mythical Pokemon that Ash hasn't met. Although the only one of the Legendary Beasts he has actually met is Suicune, as the Entei in the movie was a Psychic projection/creation of the unown and Doesn't really count.
Raikou was my favorite of the 3
4:35 'It can be just as good in battle as its predecessors'
Infernape and Blaziken: *Laughs in faster than a Magneton*
don't matter if you can't use Head Smash and Scald.
Raichu was actually used a lot in competitive play if I remember correctly.
That said, the fact that it ALSO has a cool Alolan variant makes it even more overshadowed, because who would want boring ol' Raichu when they can have the cute pancake-loving psychic type electric surfer Raichu?
Emperor cubone: makes overshadowed pokemon list
99% of the unova pokemon: hold my beer
I don’t really have much interaction with the genera Pokemon community so I can’t say for sure but does either Golurk or Palossand overshadow the other?
I love both of them.
This is a great video. I think so honestly. I hope you keep up the good work. You're my favorite Pokétuber afterall.
I used Togedemaru in S/M, so I can’t forget it lol
I used one in ultra sun but with 4x weakness to ground, I can tell how mimikyu got the spotlight
I love how there are these discreet Digimon references in these Pokemon videos. It makes me happy.
FINALLY MY BOI RAICHU GETS SOME GOOD ATTENTION
Out of all of the Fire/Fighting starters, Emboar has the best shiny.
That's just objectively true!
@Lord Venom You clearly don't know what you are talking about.
Lord Venom emboar is worse than blaziken tbh
@@Actual_Factual_Valen you deadass just sound salty someone likes something you don't
Thank you for putting Togedemaru on this list!!! 🙏🙏
I think togetic is pretty underrated. With eviolite, it's a great wall. Gets access to nasty plot as well. So you can run bulky offensive sets, with roost and even fire blast. Togekiss is great, but for lower tiers, togetic is a great and viable option. And also my favorite Pokémon
Togetic was totally in the running! That's why it was in the opening being literally in the shadow of Togekiss...
My favorites are Muk and Scolipede, and I really don't think many Poison types get enough respect. Heck, Scolipede (something very similar and the same size) existed on this planet at one time.
I freaking love Togedemaru and Raichu. I really appreciated that you included them on this list.
Great vid, but I think the reason Team Aqua doesn’t use Whiscash is because it’s part ground type which is the main type of their enemy (team Magma). But I still agree with most of this vid :)
Hah, that's a fair point. Can't touch anything filthy Magma might ever use...
I’d say fire is more of magma’s main type with ground being secondary
I’m so happy someone else appreciates Raichu, he’s my absolute favorite Pokémon and I hate how overshadowed he is
Togedemaru is actually one of my faves, I have a plush of one and used it in my sun team. I think it's so adorable
these videos are literal powerpoints
Togedemaru is my hands-down favourite Alolan Pokémon! I mean look at the lil hedgie 🥰
I love base Rotom and Porygon-Z. I‘m surprised you didn’t mention the fact that Porygon-Z never even got to be the focus of an Anime episode due to the whole Electric Soldier Porygon incident despite being incredibly unique and easily able to hold its own in a 22-minute episode. And with Rotom, the only form besides the base I have used is Wash because it does a cute little dance when you pet it in PokéMonAmi. The other ones I always thought were a little weird, especially Rotom-Fan with its Flying-type *and* Levitate ability.
I’ve been going over all my games using mons I’ve never used before, Whiscash is an absolute monster.
Funny thing Emboar being overshadowed by Infernape is it's also the case for their mythological inspirations as well. They're both based off characters from Journey to the West, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bazhie (iirc, case in point lol) where Bazhie (Emboar) is the second strongest of their crew after Wukong (Infernape). And is depicted as the goofy, lazy comic relief who gets the group in trouble a lot
Raichu is my all time favorite pokemon so seeing it overshadowed is heartbreaking
Its just sad how underrated The Black n' White starters are. Emboar, Serperior and Samourott are great - they're some of the only pure typed starters in the games. Serperior is quick and powerful, Emboar is strong and tanky and Samourott has exellent special attack.
Serperior has some useful moves like Taunt, Glare and Leech Seed
Love your videos
Emboar is my third favorite pokemon good video.
Raichu is my favorite Pokemon and has been since I was a kid! I would never not evolve a Pikachu lol
They had a design perfectly suited for reuse into a megaform ... and didnt use it.
If Ash's Pkachu was ever to evolve Raichu would probably be more popular as it would be the main Pokemon in the Anime. But I don't think that will ever happen now.
Video idea, what are some of your favorite nicknames you've seen
Or what nicknames are synonymous with specific pokemon
Two for me are Cinnamon for Emboar and Bixbite for Sableye
Turt Reynolds (for Turtwig, obviously) would be awesome if it wasn't too long
Also Roids for mega Swampert, but that's about it
🔫 ⚡️ 🔫 📷
rotom: trust no one, not even yourself
I had a Porygon Z in all of my playthroughs up till Ultra Sun. I have a head cannon that mine is a loose cannon and very crazy. It really helps during battles
Togedemaru definetely captured my heart beyond how Mimikyu could ever. I like Mimikyu, but Togedemaru, in my opinion, is way better than Mimikyu
I thought Pinsir was gonna be in the list, he definitively was overshadowed by Heracross.((but great video as always))
Yea cuz when scyther got an evolution, pinsir never got one, we just got heracross. Plus all 3 of them got megas, giving pinsir nothing really special
emboar can learn scald???!
that's pretty cool, but he's a physical attacker so idk if it's a move worth running
It's good for coverage and he has a decent sp.Atk of 100
Plus, it has access to Grass Knot
11:51 - never ceases to amuse me when thunder sound effects make THIS face villainous
I want to move to Japan because
1:I can speak English so school is easy
2:I want mice in my house
-1:I cant speak Japanese
I was actually kind of offended seeing Raichu at the number one spot, but when you started talking I realized how right you are. I never even thought about using Raichu till my Alola play through, but after that I appreciated it more and went back and used one in a Emerald play through, now I love Raichu
Togedemaru wasn't just overshadowed by Mimikyu, but also Alolan Raichu as well.
Poor togedemaru, at least they did it justice in anime
Awesome piece of content. Keep up the great work! :))
Speaking of being Overshadowed by itself, Rotom isn’t even a Dex Entry in The Rotom Dex!!!
A bit late but porygon-z finally got his neich in swsh... the best user of the super over the top new hyper beam animation
0:29 Why does this have to look so accurate?
True
I've actually used original Raichu, Emboar, and Togedemaru on my main teams before! They really are great Pokemon that don't get enough love!
yeah I agree raichu is a great mixed attacker with a pretty solid movepool
Look at that boy's ears. Raichu is v. cool
Haha this video is so old but I stumbled upon it recently and couldn't agree more! Especially raichu! For me, I love the whole line. Its so incredibly satisfying getting a pichu and eventually getting a raichu. It feels like the line just gets better and better. I always like to evolve my pikachu towards the end-ish and make it a dramatic "cinematic" moment. Find a really cool place and pretend I'm dramatically offering my partner a thunder stone lol. Just feels so satisfying and complete.
I think it goes back to playing Shining Pearl at 9, my very first pokemon game. I was a total n00b and ended up accidentally switching the pikachu I got with my starter pokemon at the front of my party. Like an idiot I couldn't figure out how to switch it back so by the end of the game I had the most over powered raichu ever lol. She was my GOAT and obviously the first pokemon I always pulled out. I grew so attached to her, she was my staple, she got my through Cynthia. Now I must have a pikachu and raichu in my playthroughs, a game just doesn't feel complete without one. I tend to favor female pikachus/raichus with brave/rash/bold nature (even though its not the best competitively) since thats what I first caught. (Okay, and the heart tail is waaaay cuter in my opinion lol)
Getting raichu is my favorite moment in every generation, raichu is such a cute and cool design. It just feels like the natural conclusion. I love pikachu amd pichu, but raichu needs more love!! Its such a cool pokemon and awesome Evolution for an already cute and cool pokemon!
He really just put porygon-z here over blissey. Sure porygon2 is a great stall Pokemon but z fills a completely different role as a glass cannon. Blissey, on the other hand is pretty much just worse chansey with a bit more special attack.
not to mention the fact that in smogon porygon z is UUBL and porygon2 is RU, because z-conversion is really good on Z
Um pre gen 5 blissey was the best special tank in the game lol
Raichu was my first favorite pokemon, though it quickly had competition from Mew. It's still usually my answer and always top 3. Though I don't see Alolan form as a slap in the face. It made me excited to get ot use Raichu in another generation again.
Would probably watch the anime if they put Umbreon in Pikachu's place and made something of Ash consistantly
the way he pronounces Rotom will keep me up at night
How are you supposed to pronounce it, then?
@@cubrakadabra 'raw-tum' is the indisputable correct pronunciation
I always say row-tom
Let's not forget Wishcash repelled a FUQING MASTER BALL in the anime.
I would have put Crustle on the list I mean he’s a tank and can do BIG numbers with body slam (which uses the defense stat rather than attack) who doesn’t like a big derpy hermit crab.
Fun fact: I did a bug type only run in gen 8 and Crustle carried the team or just sat down and spammed rock throw... I think it was both
I feel like Scyther is pretty overshadowed as well.
This content is peak quality
maybe mimikyu is a togedamaru that new how overshadowed it was and killed itself
Hah! Somehow that makes TOO much sense...
@@emperorcubone What about Clawitzer it's super underated yet it's a great Pokemon that looks super cool and is really strong especially with it's ability yet I never see people talk about it.
I was really hoping Raichu was going to be a flagship mascot for regional variants. In every new region, having a Raichu have a variant would be amazing. Gives them a reason to always have a Pikachu while boosting Raichu.
Seeing how Galarian forms are here and no sign of any Galarian Raichu, and the presence of Raichu in the Dynamax trailer makes me sad we won't be getting it though.
There's still hope for Gigantamax Raichu that is evocative of Gorochu.
Oh, and for a pokémon that is greatly overshadowed:
Simisear.
It is always rock bottom in favorite pokémon lists, but it's not the poor thing's fault. It's a fire monkey. After Infernape. In the same region that has Darmanitan. It never stood a chance.
What are the top six hardest types to train according to lore? I assume dragon and ghost are two.
Or what are the top six hardest pokemon to train in general?
Id probably put either cosmog or larvesta as the top hardest to train, also some of the pseudo legendaries like dratini and larvitar as well
I kinda wanted to rage when I saw Raichu on the list since it has been in my personal Top 10 Pokemon list since I started liking Pokemon... but then I realized that in general it is probably very much overshadowed. I love it so much and I cry whenever I catch one of the event Pikachu in Pokemon Go that can't be evolved.
Also, having a light ball pikachu is usually better than raichu, which makes me kinda sad, cause I also like Raichu
@@cubrakadabra No, light ball pikachu gets rekt by ground pokemon (and a ground pokemon is on my every team)
EDIT: Even ALAKAZAM has better defense than Pikachu
@@xyzzy-dv6te raichu gets rekt by ground types as well, what's your point?
You can usually outspeed them as both pikachu and raichu and, even though it isn't the best move, volt tackle out of there.
@@cubrakadabra Raichu is faster, so it has a chance of using something like grass knot. Raichu's defense still is terribad (but a bit better), but the HP gets improved on evolution and sp def gets massively improved. Also, 110 sp atk from light ball isn't that much better than 90 sp atk when you have nasty plot (which Raichu can get going easier due to higher HP and defenses).
EDIT: 90 and 110 base speed is a big difference
porygon z is one of my favorite pokemon
Yaaaaaaaaaaas! Same here!
Raichu has always been awesome to me , even got the sleeping plush on my desk
This topic feels new and original, even though it isn't, maybe it's just how you portray it, it feels like a nee thing
Raichu has honestly been one of my favourites since Gen1, right after Nidoking.
The Lt Surge episode was the first episode of the anime I ever watched so I had no real attachment to Ash and Pikachu, I think even then I could understand what plot armour was even if I didn't know the term.
Why Dewpider in thumbnail?
Eh, I thought about him for a bit, since Wimpod got a lot more exposure but ultimately decided to leave him off, so I guess kind of an honorable mention? (Also so as not to spoil the actual list)
I’m guessing he does that a lot
Looks Much too cool to be forgettable
I know the most overshadowed Pokémon! DEWIPPER! It isn’t weak to fire and it has decent stats. But the reason it’s SO OVERSHADOWED is because you know it is, and put it in the thumbnail but didn’t put it in the actual video. It’s overshadowed within the community of overshadowed Pokémon!
Ghost type best type, I will always love rotom in all his forms.
Speaking of ghosts, porygon-z has nothing on dusknoir. Poor guy is completely obsolete compared to dusclops.
I second that, i remember having such a powerful sableye in sapphire. Basically nothing can deal major damage to it with that ghost/dark typing. But then they added fairy and i no longer have all type interactions memorized.
I love Raichu. I used to TRADE the Pikachu received as starter in Pokémon Yellow in order to be able to evolve it to Raichu after trading it back. This pokémon is in my gen 1 team of favourites, aside with Poliwrath (my favourite of all time), Vileplume, Pidgeot, Rhydon and Ninetales.
I used glitches to evolve Pikachu in Yellow