Install Raid for Free ✅ Mobile and PC: clik.cc/GIyX4 and get a special starter pack 💥 Available only for the next 30 days Also since recording this video, I have some updated opinions. Arctibax is now a solid 10/10, and Baxcalibur is 9/10. They are very fun to use.
I don't think people realize that annihilape is referencing the old dex entry that said that if primeape got angry enough, it would die. When primeape uses rage fist enough, it turns into a ghost type
On top of that, do you know how hard it would be to hit a bird out of the sky, with a pebble, using a war hammer? She's also very precise on top of that anger
Gotta say, Game Freak giving us just a longer Dunsparce as a long-awaited evolution as well as us thinking Larry would have a Normal team in the Elite Four so we prepare our Fighting-types until he says it's actually a Flying team are the biggest trolls I've ever seen. Well played, Game Freak Spain has historically hated the UK, whether it's over the sinking of the Spanish Armada or its current dispute with Gibraltar, so it makes perfect sense to have a Galar-hating Pokémon like Tinkaton. Game Freak did their research
Also dunsparce evolving and still being a pretty useless snake apparently also fits the lore inspiration So it’s an excellent troll and fits lore. (I am disappointed of course but GameFreak did a little trolling and I respect that)
@@moonshiro the tsuchinoko yokai I’m gonna do a little more digging on it, but it’s a chubby snake-like being which bites on its tale and rolls around like a wheel as transportation (based on what I’ve read)
The thing with the Violet paradox Pokemon is that they're supposedly new Pokemon built by the future people to preserve the ancient forms. They're all described as "machines/devices described by the research team."
The books in the academy combined with the journals in the research station imply that the Paradox pokemon aren’t actually from the past/future. But instead are created from people’s imagination. So that also explains the robots.
@@exa_eille pretty sure that's just Scarlett Dex entries Idk cuz I haven't played the game🥲 And that actually makes the main comment more true They are "Pokemon" made by the people of the future
@@kannan07 No, no. What the guy above is saying is absolutely correct. Paradox Pokémon exist because of people's imaginations. To be specific, the Professor's imagination. That's why they look the way they do, the past ones looking more colorful and caveman like and the future ones look more dull and robot like.
@@kannan07 You're talking mighty big for someone who hasn't looked at the end of the games' story from let's plays or played through the end of the games' story yourself. I've done so and what I'm saying is crystal goddamned fact, this is real whether you want to believe or not. Sorry you had to find out this way but all's well that ends well, right?
I feel like the future Pokemon just come from a future where most Pokémon became extinct, and people began building Pokémon to replace extinct species. Iron Valiant is a good example, as it’s both Gardevoir and Gallade, a streamlined version of the extinct Ralts line without having multiple models.
I'm not sure about that really, I mean we have pokemon that sentients trash bags... I could see them evolving into something more robotic over time, wouldn't be the wierdest thing pokemon have done.
@@CM-hx5dp my theory is that future paradox pokemon came from a future where a cataclysmic event occured that wiped out almost all life forms on poke-earth. Humans being the most adaptable, survived & built these robotic pokemon to replace them.
I think it is because of microplastics. We have things evolving currently to eat microplastics, so in the future, maybe they will use it as part of their biological construction? That's one idea anyway lol
Solid theory. I actually like the future pokemon's robotic designs. I don't understand how they evolved that way either, but I still think they look cool. Great tusk is better than iron tread, though. That weird trunk over the face thing is so weird.
I love the Sprigatito line because I literally have a cat named Basil and it just fit so well. Also kinda find it funny that half of your reasons for disliking a Pokémon are the reasons I like them.
Yeah same. When I first saw Floragato I didn’t like it, but it and Mewoscarda have seriously grown on me! I still picked Fuecoco as my starter, but it was extremely close between him and Sprigatito.
Yeah i just love Sprigatito as soon as they showed the starters she was my first pick and unpopular opinion I love when they have Pokemon stand on two legs. I'm also biased cuz I love cats.
Chien-Pao is actually ingeniously designed! It, like the other 3, is based on the Four Perils from Chinese Mythology. In particular, Chien-Pao is based on Qiongqi. In Chinese folklore, this Peril is depicted as a great feline beast, such as tiger, hence the cat-like design points. In Japanese folklore, it is depicted as a Kamaitachi, a yokai that rides the wind and slices people to ribbons with its sword-like claws. This yokai is often depicted as a weasel, hence the slender body. It’s design is superb! Lastly, if you look closely, the saber “teeth” are actually two halves a broken sword. In times past, a human king stabbed it through the head, trying to undo the ruin that it brought upon his kingdom. Obviously, to no avail. The sword snapped in two, and is now a weapon used by the monster it sought destroy. A grim reminder of how often mankind creates demons it then cannot put down! What a design!
I like that. It's something that took me a good be to realize as well. The sword-stuck-in-snout also reminds me of Norse mythology's Fenrir, who's also not exactly a bringer of happiness either. Not in the new God of War tho, of course. There, Fenrir is the goodest of boys.
I like all the four peril legends in this game. It’s so inspired, the kind of cool folklore and fantasy mix that pokemon has the ability to bring to life.
I specifically hunted down the four dark type legendaries before doing the league, so I could put this kitty cat on my team. I also ended up going with the witch moose as well. The reason I call it a witch moose is because the bowl on its head reminds me of a cauldron.
I think my favorite things about the Ruinous Quartet that often gets overlooked in favor of the whole "their bodies look weird" thing that people have with them, is that their bodies are not the Pokemon. The artifacts contained in the design are the Pokemon, and they used what was around them to form a body Wo-Chein is a bunch a cursed wooden tablets that gathered a bunch of leaves and twigs to become a Pokemon Chien-Pao is a ruinous sword that covered itself in snow to become a Pokemon Ting-Lu is a broken vessel that formed a sturdy body from mud and Earth to become a Pokemon. Chi-Yu is some cursed beads that cloaked itself in flame to become an ADORABLE LITTLE FISHY!! All of them are 10/10 for me. Except for Wo-Chien, he's a 9 simply because he doesn't stack up to the other three. Also their theme is a freaking bop!
I didn't even care that there bodies looked weird that is the reason i love em and now your telling me that they made em themself i think imma get these pronto
The other part of their origins makes Wo-Chien much cooler. Each of the four relics is imbued with a negative emotion caused by the relic. For the tablets, it's the grudge of a person who was punished for carving the sins of his king on them. Considering the relics are said to have come from the East, and it's very possible said king was none other than AZ himself.
My only problem with them is that Chi-yu just doesn't look like a pokemon to me. The others do but that one just... looks like it's from a different franchise. I love the design, it just doesn't scream Pokemon to me.
@@DarthMolgy I knew about the imbued with negative emotion thing, along with coming from the east, but I completely forgot that Kalos is to the East of Paldea and Galar to the Northwest, so they very well could've been AZ! I really hope we get more lore about these four along with the immortal king of Kalos. Maybe in another Legends game?
Plus unlike Nihilego, another Rock/Poison type, it has Earth Power which can take care of Steel types, and it has well rounded bulk unlike Nihilego where it’s very frail physically.
@@IgnitedQuils yeah, granted glimmora has to fear ground types, sure it's got some wide coverage, but does have to deal with "4 Move Slot Syndrome" cause it would want earth power for steel...but may also want energy ball for water & ground
I love all the dog Pokémon lines in this generation especially since they all stem from the same inspiration. You see there’s a folktale that’s told all across Europe and the Americas about a spirit-like dog creature known as “The Black Dog” and depending on the region that’s telling the tale the creature is described as a fairy-dog, a peaceful ghost-dog, or a horrifying demon-dog. Which is why there’s three different dog lines that have the types Fairy, Ghost, and Dark they’re used to reference the three different descriptions of “The Black Dog”.
@@asaka616 perhaps, it seems the grass-starters and the prehistoric creatures they’re based off become more modern as the generations increase. I mean Meowscarade is just a Iberian Lynx which has gone extinct very recently in most of the region, so stands to reason we’ll get a grass-starter at some point based on an extinct breed of dog.
@@bluebaron6811 it could be both I just know that it’s a lynx dressed in masquerade. Also did you notice that that starters are all themed after Mardi Gras? Skeledirge is a jazz musician, Meowscarade is well dressed in masquerade, and Quaquaval is a Carnival dancer (which is very common for the holiday).
@@danteswildlife4411 yeah, I find that cool. Another thing I noticed: the Kalos starters are all based off of stereotypical RPG characters. Chesnaught: samurai Delphox: mage Greninja: I don't need to explain this lol
Diglett and Dugtrio are Poo. It's clear what they are inspired from...unless they have two little balls underneath them but then our childhood is ruined.
Wugtrio's name actually makes more sense than you think. The ug wug is actually a mythical worm-like sea-dwelling creature from Canada, so "wugtrio" technically means "three aquatic worm-like monsters".
"Putting the face beneath the trunk means it's not a trunk any more." D-dude... have you seen donphan animated? It's face is underneath it's trunk too.
The "fire sombrero" Crocalor is wearing is supposed to be an egg on a nest. While the fire surrounding Skeledirge is meant to be this egg being hatched into a bird in the form of a Phoenix. This was based off the Egyptian plover's relationship with the Nile crocodile, as the croc relies on the plover to help keep their teeth clean and free from infection, while the plover relies on the croc for its diet. It's a really neat detail they added. Even better that Fuecoco got the Kraft Singles treatment...cheese is love, cheese is life.
Yes, and when you use it's signature move, "Torch Song" the little fire bird on it's head becomes a microphone for it to sing into and then it turns back into a firebird to strike at your foes. It's so cool!
I like how most of us saw that Crocalor is wearing a "Sombrero" but it's actually a nest on its head, and the egg hatches into a lil fire bird if it evolves into Skeledirge
@@SpeedwagonZaidan Yep. Ground nesting birds and crocodiles will often nest in close proximity and work together to protect the nests. The birds help keep small, fast animals from raiding the nests while the crocs ward off larger creatures.
9:04 Dunsparce’s inspiration is the Tsuchinoko (reflected in its Japanese name, Nokochii), a yokai while rare is ultimately not that interesting. Nothing in the Tsuchinoko’s lore seems to point towards it becoming something awesome so Dudunsparce seems right on the nose.
@@eljordinio7647 Dunsparce was never meant to be cool and you soured yourself by getting your hopes up. You're simply going to have to cope, seethe, and mald.
@@eljordinio7647 You can prefer certain pokemon but calling one garbagr just because it doesn't fit your tastes says more about you than about the pokemon. If every pokemon were gyarados, or garchomp, or rayquaza, it would not only take away from that variety, but significantly lesson the impact of the pokemon that are truly cool, and pokemon would not succeed nearly as well as franchise because of it. I personally love dudunsparce not only because it's hilarious, but because it feels like a middle finger to people like you, who acts like a narcissist parent and calls a fictional monster a failure on the internet because it didn't grow up into exactly what you wanted it to be.
@@jonathanflanagan1504 I don't care if that freak is meant to be a joke. It's not even funny or worth trolling the fans for If u can't make a top tier cross gen evolution like Crobat, Weavile, Farigiraf, Annihalape or Sirfetch'd, then don't make one at all. There are already enough trash in the list of mons we have, we don't need more of them
It didn't came out right . But then again what could they do with it that other fish like (body) Pokemon don't have. Maybe turn it into mermaid seal similar to Alola water starter Nvm I take it back. The idea is good but design is horrible. They only to add a damn red cape to make it work. Can make the red cape out of stretch out fin. Can shoot water laser out it blow hole.
Yeah, Dolphins were always associated with aquatic superheroes. DC Comics has a superheroine called Dolphin, Aquaman always had pet dolphins, even Yu-Gi-Oh has a superhero dolphin
I heard someone mention that it is inspired by a brazilian myth about a dolphin that can turn into a man and sleep with people's wives.... tough i havent checked if its true so take it with a grain of salt
I wasn’t sure about Meowscarada at first. But having it in game I started loving it. The designs, how it acts, the signature move, the typing. Easily one of my favourite Pokémon in Gen 9, if not my favourite. And definitely in my top 3 starters ❤
same. Was gonna go Sprigatito since its reveal and when I saw leaks about a week before the game release, I was a bit disappointed. having it on my team, it's AWESOME. this thing is so freaking fast and has some pretty great type coverage
What i was hoping Quaxly’s evolution line was gonna be like was that the evolutions was gonna center around like those spanish pirate looking explorers, where Quaxly’s hair becomes like a captain’s hat and has those old spanish explorer uniforms when Quaxly becomes Quaquaval
I actually love Iron Valiant, not only is it a fusion of my 2 favorite Pokémon (Gallade and Gardevoir) but it's also their Megas as seen in it having Mega Gallade's arm blades and Mega Gardevoir's dress and elongated spines.
What I believe what they did was make mega Gallade’s cape work as the dress, I also like that the weapon turns staff like when in battle mode, I know a lot of people like roaring moon way more, but iron valiant is my favorite paradox pokemon
I don't know if anyone's else has gotten to catch it but it is crazy strong with its signature move and a specific item where it where to one shot all of my team... I hated it but now I love it
Greavard and Houndstone may just be two of my new favorite Pokémon because they are the first shinies that I got purely by accident (I’ve gotten them in X via Masuda method and Ultra Moon via the wormholes). I was hunting for a Kirlia or Gardevior in the Glaseado Mountains when I accidentally ran into a Greavard and saw that instead of white, it was golden. Caught it right away.
I once caught a houndstone and named it "old yeller" but then realized that name would be more appropriate for a shiny houndstone cause the shiny houndstone is the color "yeller" Also do you get the joke in the nickname cause I don't want to explain it.
I _really_ hope that he does this kind of video again now that he’s finished the story. I’d imagine that seeing how the Pokémon move and fight could sway his opinions a little bit. Like…he said _very little_ about Mabosstiff. Anyone who’s tackled the Path of Legends knows that there’s a lot more to be said.
They really did a genius move with Mabosstif. Mabosstif on his own is a decent pokémon, with a fun design idea, but it's nothing special otherwise, be it stats, movepool or whatever. Then they just fucking went there and gave it cancer in Pepper's story and it probably went from a "not very special" pokémon to one of the most precious bois of the generation for many people. At least I still feel bad for any Mabostiff I k.o. even if it isn't Pepper's.
Fuecoco honestly won my heart almost the second I first saw it & I am proud to say that I successfully beat the main story with Skeledirge on my team during my 1st complete play through of the main story.
When you said brutebonet shouldn’t hav the pokeball sign because it’s from ancient times, I thought maybe the foongus, amoongus, and brutebonet’s mushrooms are the inspiration to making a pokeball look like them
It's pretty much comfirmed cuz one of Foongus's dex entries in these games says that the creator of the modern Pokéball seems to have been obsessed with Foongus.
Also, didn't someone go into the past in scarlet lore? Which means they likely had pokeballs with them and maybe they quickly evolved into looking like them
When I first caught my flittle, I could've sworn it was a psychic baby dumbo octopus. Imagine my reaction to finding out it was actually a pastel ostrich chick all along.
i feel like a lot of object-based pokemon can be looked at with a similar philosophy. Maybe the modern magnet design like what we see with magnemite was inspided BY Sandy Shocks/ancient magnemites, just like the pokeball was inspired by Foongus.
@@Toxica47 and there are some that are explicitly confirmed to be that way. Klink is said to be the inspiration behind modern day gears in its Shield dex entry
I'd like to hear his opinions again after beating all the stories and reading the dex entries, cuz many of my opinions changed as I progressed through the game
As a Meowscarada fan as well, i also think its mask could have been a bit smaller but then again, i don't know what the normal size of the masks in a masquerade ball is
I feel like its worth mentioning that Tandemaus evolves into Maushold without you ever seeing. One moment they're two, the next they're 3/4. Theyre also extremely cute and expressive in motion.
I find it cute that you need to travel with them to evolve them. Like you have to show them that they're safe with you to start a family, or it's like a couple seeing the sights before settling down with children 🥺
Still wish it wasn't so plain looking like they could have each one having unique markings akin to Spinda and the kid's markings would be random. However, the fact that it becomes a family just because the little ones suddenly show up one day and they immediately accept them according to the dex in addition to its unknown gender is a big plus.
The Meowscarada line didn't need that much hate. They are all 10 for me. Skawquabily being a full double the points of Meowscarada honesty feels like a crime
Especially since Skeledirge got points for supposed novelty that it decisively lacks, but doesn't give the actual novel starters any points for novelty.
It’s my personal opinion but I hate Meowscarada because they “Incineroared” it by turning a 4 legged cat with potential to be something really cool into 2 legged humanoid furry bait. Meowscarada to me looks more like a human in a fur suit than it does a cat, and that’s just weird. My points were basically the same as Mikey’s
The reason the paradox forms have those names Its because they are like giving them names of cryptids like Big Foot or Brute Bonnet since in game people dont really belive in them
Why do I get the feeling that Sprigatito's evolutions and Dudunsparce would've got a higher rating if you hadn't raised your expectations with fanart beforehand? That doesn't seem fair to rate them so low just because you've been basing your hype on something else that you had already seen.
Exactly! And this is just how I feel, but I don't think those fanarts are even that good. One is just a big cat with leaves and the other isn't even remotely related to Dunsparce. I just don't get why everyone wanted those.
SO true though. not to mention, in the case of bipedal starters, gamefreak has spoken about their design philosophies incorporating the starter evolving with you as a trainer, which is why they often become bipedal and somewhat human-like. even the non-bipedal ones still evolve very human like characteristics, like samurott using its blade and torterra looking like an old man in the face. that concept has only become stronger since gen 1, hence why it's been so frequent since then. i actually really admire the concept and try to look for it whenever i see the new starter evolutions now!
@@PrismaticatheOne the sprigatito fan evo doesn't seem like it knows what it's doing, it looks like a whole different pokemon, no design elements from sprigatito were used in it's fan evo and the fact that it goes bipedal but changes back to quadrupedal in the last evo seem like he just did it to pander to the "bipedal designs are bad" crowd
Iron Valliant is my favourite of the new Pokemon, but I don’t really care about the rest of the future paradoxes. Overall the past forms win it for me, but iron Valliant is still my fav!
Unpopular opinion: I like Dudunsparce. Dunsparce was always a simple pokemon, and I think the adding of a segment was kinda funny and something I think a dunsparce evolution could look like
You're not alone, I love Dudunsparce. It stays loyal to the actual Pokémon's origins - which most of the fan concepts didn't. Something about Dudunsparce's design makes it both derpy, a little fearsome (probably due to the size, imagine if it smacks you with its tail), and makes it clear the designers knew why people liked Dunsparce. Dudunsparce forever!
Ah yes, I love listening to a grown man give his opinions on fictional creatures No really I love these videos they are so addictive keep up the good work dude :)
Skeledirge overtook Charizard becoming my favorite pokemon of all time over night. As someone who's from Tucson, where Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated I really love everything about it. His name is on point with skele = skeleton and dirge = lament of the dead. It's based on Dia De Los Muertos, and alebrijes. The fire at the corners of his mouth are not flames, but marigolds. They line ofrendas and their scent and bright colors guide spirits to them. It's executed better in game, where you see the petals flow through the orange. The colorful head is based on sugar skulls, another big thing for Dia De Muertos. It's a Mexican holiday, but has roots in Medieval Europe and Spain. Dirges are more Catholic based than Dia De Muertos, but again works with this Spanish crocodile Pokemon since Spain's major religion is Christianity/Catholicism. And the reason why they colonized Mexico was to spread that religion across the Americas.
Personally I really like how it seems like they weren’t too afraid to lean in on the goofy, cartoonish aspect of Pokémon in terms of designs. When I first saw Dudunsparce, I just laughed. It’s such a dumb design and idea that I kinda love it. Same with tandemaus and maushold. Love this generation so far.
Alright so nobody even knows about Golden Sun, but it will always be my favorite game in history. And I’m mentioning it because “Dunsparce” evolving into “Dudunsparce” makes me think about Donpa, Dodonpa, and Dodonpapa. 😂
Honestly Sprigatito, Florigato, Meowscarada are a 10/10 for me. I love them dearly but I also never gave a crap about the whole standing up starter thing.
@@jamisanwooten2022 quaxly is great, the only thing that is good about quaxwell is its name garlic-ass Mr.2 Bon Kurei-looking b*tch, and somehow I hate Quackoval even more.
Arbolivia is kinda weird for being Grass/Normal, but it’s ability creates Grassy Terrain when damaged and that pairs with it naturally learning Terrain Pulse which is stab with or without the terrain active. It’s high Special Attack also makes firing off stab Hyper Beams to finish off strong opponents really fun
Yeah it's a solid Grass type, it may be slow but it has pretty decent bulk with recovery in Synthesis, and coverage for Steel types in Earth Power. Is it the best Grass type? No. Is it still a good Pokémon? Yes. :)
I've realised that Mikey simply isn't a fan of the Normal type, probably because of his experiences with it. He doesn't think Smoliv's type is unfantastic because he thinks Normal is lame, but because Normal doesn't give him good vibes and he'd prefer to not add it.
@@EnriqueLaberintico It's not only that, it's his Wild ratings. I mean , look at 6:50 - ''I respect the Pokémon overall - bam,,, 6/10'' - I mean, hello??! If 6 is 'Respect' - what's 'dislike' - a minus 2/10?? Makes 0/10 sense.
Mine knows both Hyper Beam and Giga Drain and that combined with Seed Sower makes it a fairly bulky mon. Plus, being able to switch to normal tera type helps by giving it ghost immunity and removes it's grass weaknesses.
I think Violets Paradox Pokémon are man-made. They are meant to look like Pokémon from the past but with upgrades in places. Such as Iron Valiant being fairy/fighting taking the best of the two Ralts lines final evolutions and going this will work. I have a feeling that Pokémon in the future have basically died out and now their making them, but the typing's are wrong so we're getting these robotic copycats that are just a bit off. Though each one has at least one common typing based on their original counterparts being, ground, ice, fighting, fire, dark, rock and as we understand Iron valiant is a combo of both Gardevoir and Gallade fairy and fighting. (Sorry, this is long, but it does make sense)
I honestly agree with this, the future of Pokémon kinda seems to be suggesting all organic ones either died out or were replaced by more efficient machines, and their names all starting with "Iron" sort of suggests they were all manufactured almost like a brand, there's no love put into their name because the ones who made them in the future only wanted efficiency, kinda horrifying to think about but kinda interesting too
@@shakinspider that also might explain why Iron Valiant is a mix of Gardevoir and Gallade, they just got confused like it's gen 8 fossils cool idea of yours
@@arynoob1392 But since Meowscarada’s big bonk doesn’t improve any stats, you can’t always use it for full sweeps. I’ve done full sweeps with Work Ups and Aqua Steps or Torch Songs
@@arynoob1392incorrect, Torch Song and unaware is absurdly strong and skeledirge can solo elite 4 and geeta while most of elite 4 is resistant to grass, meowscarada ain’t it🤷🏻♂️
15:26 Nihilego's origins are the glass jellyfish, an invasive species to Hawaii. Glass is made of rocks, and jellyfish are poisonous. Rock/Poison type.
Stop trying to "justify" it with "glass", which would actually be grounds for a Ground typing, and start with "ayo, it's an Ultra Beast". They could have went with Electric/Fighting and the fact that Nihilego is an Ultra Beast would justify being typed as such.
@@Genericmug Sand has been established as a Ground type thing since the first generation, and processed versions of soft earth turned hard are still considered Ground type things judging from the Golett evolutionary family being considered Ground despite being made of terracotta, the only logical explanation for the type combination is that it's an UB, and thus, could be any type combination and still make sense simply by virtue of being an Ultra Beast.
Wouldn't annoy me so much if I hadn't hoped he would become Eevee like with a fairy, dragon, and ground evolution like the other snakes or as the troll, "just the troll" doesn't win high praise when you just squander fun potential.
@@hajidle I agree competitive... Well I would if I hadn't seen broken uses, but designwise it has a badass tail, some wings that could grow to competence and a face to un-derp... There are a bunch of directions to left turn his look to something interesting if not competent. Heck they could even go the Shedinja route and make him a derptrio with his own shed skins...
Despite the robotic appearance, I feel that the futuristic paradox pokemon are possibly cyborgs rather than complete machines. If they were really just machines, they wouldn't really be pokemon that can be caught in pokeballs and be trained. Plus they and Miraidon eat food.
I get what you're saying, but we do have a Pokémon that's a completely artificial life form. Though I suppose Magearna can be considered an exception to the rule
I’d like to argue in favour of dudunsparce being an awesome evolution because dunsparce, at least to me, has always been a goofy Pokémon that didn’t need a cool evo. Making it longer and staying relatively goofy was probably a good thing. Maybe a little bit of tweaking to the design would be good but I really liked it.
You won't be calling Lokix weak when you see it's IMMENSE potential competitively with Bug and Dark being a solid STAB combo combined with Tinted Lens AND Swords Dance making it essentially unwallable And Dudunsparce becoming longer has some sense to it from another perspective since Dunsparce IS based on the Tsuchinoko, who's essentially the JOKE Yokai. While other Yokai are supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore, all the Tsuchinoko does is.... Bite.
If you didn't know, a "Wug" is an old folk language name for a creature with worm or insect like features so it fits perfectly if you ask me with it being garden eels (or the equivalent of sea worms):)
Maushold is my favorite new Pokemon in this generation, so that 2/10 really hurt. I thought Tandemaus looked adorable and decided it should be a temporary member of the team. When it evolved at level 25 completely off screen, I thought I found a glitch in the game (I avoided all leaks leading up to the game). That was when I came to think that they were actually just cool and cute at the same time, so I decided to keep them around. Near the endgame, they finally learned population bomb, and I was advised to give them the wide lens. They became the most broken Pokemon I have ever used in a playthrough and one of my favorites in the entire Pokemon series. 10/10 for me.
I agree 10/10. I feel like a lot of modern pokemon are also grossly overdesigned as well so I like that it's just a family of little mice :) and yeah it's potential with wide lens + technician will be fun
Yes. But I feel it still looked a bit to 'teeny' (so the many teens who would play it can relate of course.) But, I like the final stage just as much. I mean, I'd have also liked the obvious choice of a fancy Grass special-attacking Lynx (yes, quadrupedal) that everyone and their Magikarp wanted - but I'm sort of glad they went for the bolder bipedal Zorro-magician style. 👏👏 for Gamefreak on that. *But* - sadly, they Nerfed Protean!!!!!!!!! Boooo!! Put it back Gamefreak!
So about the robotic paradox pokemon, I was confused at first too but my friend gave me an explanation that kinda makes sense. Its a future where resources are low and pokemon are dying out, but the battle culture isnt. So they might transfer the consciousness of a pokemon (Or just mimic one) into one of these robots as it would allow for more resources for humans, but still allow battle culture
Books in the library, and in the research labs in area zero, imply that Paradox pokemon aren’t actually from the past/future. But are created from people’s imaginations. Hence the robots all being based on in-universe fiction according to the pokedex.
Life’s been extremely busy in a couple of years with a move to the startup ecosystem. Used to see your videos a lot once and today it just took me back, Michael❤️
"i don't feel attached to a WEAK early bug Pokemon" "I wouldn't use it because of it's bad stats but the different forms are cool" "It looks cool but bug/dark is really bad" He contradicted himself in the first 3 minutes of his video
Here’s a bit of lore and pokedex stuff that may or may not change one’s opinions on some of these Pokémon: The Tinkaton line starts by being bullied by Steel-type Pokémon only to evolve and hunt them down out of sheer spite and to use their metals to keep upgrading the hammer. Tinkaton is the sole reason why Corviknight Taxis aren’t a thing in Paldea, since they throw boulders with their hammer to knock them down. Koraidon and Miraidon have similar names to the other paradox Pokémon but somehow got “actual” names. While I don’t remember Koraidon’s nickname, Miraidon was known as the Iron Serpent. The 4 other legendaries are cursed relics that turned into Pokémon and were sealed away in shrines due to their malicious behavior. I don’t remember their names, but the snail came from cursed tablets wrapped around its body, the sabertooth came from a broken sword that turned into fangs, the moose comes from the bowl thing I think, and the fish comes from the beads around its eyes. Meowscarada uses tricks and illusions to hide the stem of the flower behind it. That one isn’t as interesting but I just think it’s neat. Skeledirge is known as the Singer Pokémon due to it making strange musical sounds from its mouth. But the thing is, it’s not Skeledirge making those sounds, it’s the fire bird on its nose that hatched from Crocalor’s egg that plays on the colorful marks on Skeledirge’s head.
I'm so sad tinkaton got such a low score. I used her pretty much the entire gane and loved her. Tinkaton and ceruledge were my absolute favorites of this entire generation.
Oh wow, that must've really sucked! Luckily for me, I've had Meowscarda in my party for the ENTIRE duration of the game and they got a high score so, sucks for you:)! Oh, wait-
19:37 I REALLY like shiny iron thorns it's silver like mechagodzilla, but still green energy, almost perfection for shiny iron thorns. also, maybe duralidon is kiryu and iron thorn is mechagodzilla. (kiryu is a version of mg from 2002 and 2003 but on the good side unlike mechagodzilla.) 20:12 i agree, but real different than the present day spino, it's like the first design of spinosaurus, when carnivorous dinosaurs were standing like godzilla. Even if we got a cat starter 2 gens ago, I think it's cute. We can even make a cat starter choice for 1 game (maybe spinoff) we just need a water type cat and boom! Cat starter trio! 🐱👍
Not only that, but the Floragato, Meowscarada, and Skeledirge entries are proof that there is such things as wrong opinions. A starter's novelty should be within their actual peers, the type they are. The fact that neither Floragato nor Meowscarada got points for being part of the first Grass type line to go from quadruped to biped, but Skeledirge got points despite being part of the third¹ Fire line to go from biped to quadruped _and having the same flaws that made Incineroar so disliked before getting into Smash_ is just wrong. ¹counting Johtonian and Hisuian Typhlosion as separate lines
The sprigatito line deserves more love because it’s so cute and because Meowscarada has the ability protean and a signature move that can’t miss and will always crit
Exactly its my favourite out of the three floragato looks like a cool rogue/thief and meowscarada looks like an evil mage and the bandit vibes carries on nicely with the black mask.
Iron Valiant is by far the best paradox pokemon it's awesome, and I love how it can combine its arm blades into one weapon. Also, it's a fairy/fighting type whats's not to love.
@@pahaninYT I think that's kind of the point. They aren't even described as alive in the dex entries, they're referred to as "objects". Perhaps those species of Pokemon went extinct and the humans of the future recreated them through mechanical engineering
@@cold-bloodedbeats4139 it seems like future people didn't know that gallade and gardevoir were different pokemon and thought they might have been a gender difference so they made a pokemon resembling both
Same for floragato. It is BY FAR the best looking of the three middle stages. Also like pnly 5 starters are quadruped when they reach their final form why are people still angry about that when its been happening since...ever
My ranking for Skeledirge’s line: Fuecoco: 10/10. A bean. Crocalor: 9/10. A bean with a sombrero. Saved my own backdoor sombrero against kofu. Skeledirge: 11/10. What can I say. A giant fire croc. Swept Larry, grusha, geeta (AAT (Academy Ace Tournament) because I gave it earth power).
I think Sandy Shocks implies that Magnemite/Magneton are naturally occuring Pokemon rather than being man-made. Like maybe in the Pokemon world, regular magnets are based on Magneton instead of the other way around. I like how the magnetic sand around it and the tails made of screws make it seem more like an animal.
On the other hand it could just be Magnemite/Magneton that got lost within space and/or time and they adapted into Sandy Shocks over time. Things being lost to space and/or time is something we have seen for ourselves over the course of the past several games including Magnemite/Magneton being introduced into Sinnoh's past before they should have been.
Thought you would give Crocalor and Skeliderge more points because of the fire bird spirit they walk around with. One of the most creative designs to date honestly
@@sushi287 the intent was how alligators and some birds have a symbiotic relationship where the bird will eat food from the alligators mouth and the alligator just chills while its teeth get clean. Idk if that helps. Knowing the origin makes me like it more so maybe the same will be for you. Have a nice day❤
@@alexandrite-dj2rx dude I freaking love how some fish and birds just became dentists and spa workers for other animals. It's hella interesting and I'm glad that fire croc got a bord friend
Baxcalibur is 100% a Godzilla reference. The spike on its back it’s absolutely a Godzilla spike, and it’s signature move is a reference to Godzilla’s ability to fly away using its atomic breath. Which is hilarious. Gholdengo looks like a golden wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.
Hit me hard when he called Scovillain hideous. That thing is beautiful, looking like a Zippleback from How to Train Your Dragon. The fact it arms looks like its either angry or in pockets makes it even more badass
Everyone had the same thought about what is Wug Until you look it up and it means a creature with worm like features and the fact the name actually fits is concerningly perfect
I hope this list updates in the future. Because in my opinion the iron paradox pokemon are awesome. And the dex entrys are mysterious as hell and I just love them all.
After he described Iron Valiant's terrifying eyes and how it would kill him, I thought he'd say "9/10", lol. Like, we should have cool intimidating pokemon. I love all of the future ones, but I agree that it's dumb that Scarlet's pokemon at least had different names, while Violet had "Iron -----"
Just my opinion, but I think the “dex entries are mysterious” actually harm them, all paradox forms are “Looks similar to a Pokémon found on a book” instead of describing them. Future Paradox at least have a bit of theory like Iron Valiant being apparently created by a mad scientist, Iron Moth being a UFO or Iron Hands being a cyborg, but still, it’s all theory, almost none of the entries have a unique flavor
@@chriskagamine358 By the way, it’s kind of dumb but it has a reason. While Past Paradox have names people would give to cryptid-like monsters like “Great Tusk”, Future Paradox having all the same title makes it look like organized models and a series number, and I think it makes sense considering they come from a very distant future in which it looks like machinery has taken over
@@bluevern904 I think it works. I love that we get very little information about these cool pokemon. I also hope that when the DLC for this game comes out (yes there will be dlc and it will have way over 400 pokemon) we get new paradox pokemon as well.
They gave us an astounding high number of unique type combos never seen before: Grass/Fire, Electric/Fighting, Normal/Poison, Steel/Poison, Ground/Fighting, Bug/Dark, Fairy/Fighting... I don't think I'm missing anything else. Now we still need Normal/Ice, Normal/Steel, Normal/Bug, Normal/Rock, Rock/Ghost, Fairy/Fire, Ice/Poison, as well as proper Electric/Fire, Dragon/Fairy and Ice/Fire types, and perhaps a new Fire/Water type that's a bit easier to access than Volcanion? Might have missed a few missing type combos, these are just off the top of my head.
@@Rubywing4 The fact that GameFreak has always felt the need to mandatorily give all fossil Pokemon (pre-Galar) the Rock type is even more astounding that there's never been a Rock/Ghost type yet. You would think that in 25 years of bringing fossils back to life, they'd somehow find a way to make a Rock/Ghost. Maybe a Pokemon that scientists weren't fully able to bring back to life and is still partially dead (zombie-like maybe?) could be that Rock/Ghost.
I think a really cool explanation as to why primape evolves into annihilape is because when it gets so mad it dies, and it has to use RAGE punch 20 TIMES to evolve into a GHOST/fighting type pokemon. Edit:I'm also one of those people who like armorouge more than ceruledge.
Same ceruledge looks a bit to edgy for me plus there was another ghost fire this Gen I liked more (tho I used greavard for ghost cause I needed a polterpup)
Fun fact: Finizen and palafin are both based on the Boto cor-de-rosa, a folkloric creature that usually takes the form of a pink dolphin but sometimes the dolphin comes out of the water in the form of a handsome man to get some females thinking about it, the protagonist doesn't seem to have a father present in his life and his mother lives in a house near the sea... could that mean something?
I’m brazilian, and the legend of the Boto was commonly used as an excuse in ancient times by young maidens who got pregnant in, let’s say, illegitimate ways.
Chien-Pao isn't a Sabertooth cat. It's a Sabertoothed Mink or maybe an Ermine. Look up what a mink and an ermine are and you'll see the similarities. They even waddle run similarly. It's adorable and strong.
@@wikiuser92 Possibly. Might explain it's great speed stat. Although in that case they should have made it have Scythes instead of a broken sword. Lol. Either way I love Chien-Pao cuz it's really cute how it runs when following you and curls up to sleep.
@@wikiuser92 it’s actually more based on the four evil creatures of the world from Chinese myth. The one that it’s based on is Qiongqi, the representative of depravity and war, hence the sword as it’s teeth and why it drops your defenses as it’s ability.
Scovillian is my favorite name though. A fire grass type based on chilipeppers who's Hotness is measured on the Scoville scale, thats brilliant. The thing thats makes chillis "Hot" capsaicin into the pre-evolution Capsakid got get some bonuspoints aswell ;) Looks is a different matter not a fan of the looks either. Baxcalibur is my favorite in name+looks. "Excalibur on its back" he actually uses his swordfin to attack with its singature move "glaive rush" and it looks like 60's Godzilla.
i absolutely love scovillain and capsakid. Everyone expected the first fire grass to be pepper inspired and i think they executed it perfectly with mean looking pokemon. used one on my playthrough and it alone swept geetas last 5 pokemon after espathra at level 62
@@efuii thats why i said "Everyone expected the first fire grass to be pepper inspired and i think they executed it perfectly with mean looking pokemon." hahaha. what are you talking about?
Man, I freaking love the Sprigatito line. Sprig is cute, Floragato is honestly really cool given that the mid stage evolutions tend to be kinda awkward, and Meowscarada is awesome. I've never had a problem with the bipedal starter trend, and while I would have also liked a cool sabertooth tiger, Meowscarada honestly isn't terrible either. Plus its signature move animation is DOPE
Honestly, even if Sprig did go bipedal, I chose it in a heartbeat. I genuinely love the entire line, and I feel like all three of the Paldean starter lines are unreasonably hated. They’re all pretty cool, even if I find them all a bit strange. In a good way, they’re all unique and well designed.
The future paradox pokemon are underrated. The cons: Same adjective Almost completely still in battle All robots The pros: Robots are cool The Pokémon they chose are cool The designs are excellent They match the “time machine+AI” story a lot better I get why people dislike them, but I honestly can’t agree. Iron Valiant is one of the coolest Pokémon I have, Iron hands, treads, and bundle are bad, but iron thorns, iron moth, iron valiant, and Titan Iron Treads are really cool Pokémon. I think it’s time we give these Pokémon some love. (Also I get why people prefer Koraidon, but I like Miraidon more)
I personally like iron treads a lot more than most iron variants due to how it isn’t just a robo version but the face and head have been altered and lost to time, to the point the nose is just an actual tread, referencing the name
Sprigatito's second stage is oddly my favorite , probably because it's body shape is litrally just a kemono fursuit,like you could litrally not modify anything about it's desing and turn it into a fursuit
If ur not into furries tho then ur not gonna like it… that’s my problem with most of the games now all of the final forms have more of a humanoid look so… Yes I’m aware of skeledirge but most of the time now it’s like 70% human forms pretty much ;-;
@@7thlittleleopard7 I don’t hate furries either (I’m not one) but I was just saying I understand why people aren’t a big fan of the last couple gens… also I think Mascarada is the best final evo out of all of them
I dint get why people dont know that dunsparce is NOT a dragon its a worm its not based of a dragon making it longer was very clever because worm can become longer or shorter at will so people have to stop crying about dunsparce evolution is dissapointing (sorry for the people who didnt know)
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Also since recording this video, I have some updated opinions. Arctibax is now a solid 10/10, and Baxcalibur is 9/10. They are very fun to use.
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Ah he'll naw
Yes lord mickey
Could we see more relevance to the team skull roommate that grunty boy is with i found it hilarious the first time
Shut up!! People who actually play raid need to touch grass
I don't think people realize that annihilape is referencing the old dex entry that said that if primeape got angry enough, it would die. When primeape uses rage fist enough, it turns into a ghost type
Oh oh no
MY LIFE IS A LIE
@@aidendean9212 ohhh yeah B]
Too angry to die incarnate
@@aidendean9212 brooo......
I still feel like they missed a perfect chance to give fidough an evolution named doughberman
Honestly there are so many punny names for a Fidough evolution that they could have gone with. I like Labreador myself.
I named mine Puppernickle.
Or purebread
There was also a name that was “leaked” before the game’s release (turned out to be fake) but Barkery sounds like a really cute name as well! 😭
Or make it fairy/poison and name it Moldibun .
Tinkaton woke up and chose to be a hater. The way she tries to kills corviknight is just pure hilarious
Corviknight isn’t even weak to Rock,she’s so angry and I love that 💀
On top of that, do you know how hard it would be to hit a bird out of the sky, with a pebble, using a war hammer?
She's also very precise on top of that anger
Tries to? She succeeds at it, that hammer of hers is MADE from Corviknights....
Michael didn't rate it 10/10
*time for genocide*
Little menace made Grusha a piece of cake. Oh 10 level advantage? WHOMP em with Gigaton Hammer 😂
13:45 Wug actually is a word. Wug means to describe any creature with worm-like features so Wug in Wugtrio does actually makes sense
Next dugtrio variant should be called Wumbotrio, why? Because why not
This is made up lol what's ur source
@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yoWUMBOTRIO FOR THE WIN
@@koffibeen3818 How hard is it to google "wug meaning"
@@koffibeen3818 wiktionary
Gotta say, Game Freak giving us just a longer Dunsparce as a long-awaited evolution as well as us thinking Larry would have a Normal team in the Elite Four so we prepare our Fighting-types until he says it's actually a Flying team are the biggest trolls I've ever seen. Well played, Game Freak
Spain has historically hated the UK, whether it's over the sinking of the Spanish Armada or its current dispute with Gibraltar, so it makes perfect sense to have a Galar-hating Pokémon like Tinkaton. Game Freak did their research
Also dunsparce evolving and still being a pretty useless snake apparently also fits the lore inspiration
So it’s an excellent troll and fits lore. (I am disappointed of course but GameFreak did a little trolling and I respect that)
@@tyrannapusandfriends6254 also theres no difference between the 2 and 3 segmented version even though the 3 segmented version is much rarer
@@tyrannapusandfriends6254 what is the lor inspiration?
@@moonshiro the tsuchinoko yokai
I’m gonna do a little more digging on it, but it’s a chubby snake-like being which bites on its tale and rolls around like a wheel as transportation (based on what I’ve read)
Can’t believe Kalos gets a pass if we’re basing it off of ‘historical Spanish enemies’ 😂.
The thing with the Violet paradox Pokemon is that they're supposedly new Pokemon built by the future people to preserve the ancient forms. They're all described as "machines/devices described by the research team."
The books in the academy combined with the journals in the research station imply that the Paradox pokemon aren’t actually from the past/future. But instead are created from people’s
imagination. So that also explains the robots.
@@exa_eille pretty sure that's just Scarlett Dex entries
Idk cuz I haven't played the game🥲
And that actually makes the main comment more true
They are "Pokemon" made by the people of the future
@@kannan07 No, no. What the guy above is saying is absolutely correct. Paradox Pokémon exist because of people's imaginations. To be specific, the Professor's imagination. That's why they look the way they do, the past ones looking more colorful and caveman like and the future ones look more dull and robot like.
@@GoinGreninja this bullshit theory again?
Seriously?
That's literally just a translation change from china cuz they couldn't cope with time travel
@@kannan07 You're talking mighty big for someone who hasn't looked at the end of the games' story from let's plays or played through the end of the games' story yourself. I've done so and what I'm saying is crystal goddamned fact, this is real whether you want to believe or not. Sorry you had to find out this way but all's well that ends well, right?
I feel like the future Pokemon just come from a future where most Pokémon became extinct, and people began building Pokémon to replace extinct species. Iron Valiant is a good example, as it’s both Gardevoir and Gallade, a streamlined version of the extinct Ralts line without having multiple models.
I'm not sure about that really, I mean we have pokemon that sentients trash bags... I could see them evolving into something more robotic over time, wouldn't be the wierdest thing pokemon have done.
@@CM-hx5dp my theory is that future paradox pokemon came from a future where a cataclysmic event occured that wiped out almost all life forms on poke-earth. Humans being the most adaptable, survived & built these robotic pokemon to replace them.
I think it is because of microplastics. We have things evolving currently to eat microplastics, so in the future, maybe they will use it as part of their biological construction?
That's one idea anyway lol
That’s really smart
Solid theory. I actually like the future pokemon's robotic designs. I don't understand how they evolved that way either, but I still think they look cool. Great tusk is better than iron tread, though. That weird trunk over the face thing is so weird.
I love the Sprigatito line because I literally have a cat named Basil and it just fit so well. Also kinda find it funny that half of your reasons for disliking a Pokémon are the reasons I like them.
Yeah same. When I first saw Floragato I didn’t like it, but it and Mewoscarda have seriously grown on me! I still picked Fuecoco as my starter, but it was extremely close between him and Sprigatito.
I hate the third evolution of Sprigatito care or not
@@o1syt I personally see why. Even though it has grown on me it’s still not the best.
Okay furry
Yeah i just love Sprigatito as soon as they showed the starters she was my first pick and unpopular opinion I love when they have Pokemon stand on two legs. I'm also biased cuz I love cats.
Chien-Pao is actually ingeniously designed! It, like the other 3, is based on the Four Perils from Chinese Mythology. In particular, Chien-Pao is based on Qiongqi. In Chinese folklore, this Peril is depicted as a great feline beast, such as tiger, hence the cat-like design points. In Japanese folklore, it is depicted as a Kamaitachi, a yokai that rides the wind and slices people to ribbons with its sword-like claws. This yokai is often depicted as a weasel, hence the slender body. It’s design is superb! Lastly, if you look closely, the saber “teeth” are actually two halves a broken sword. In times past, a human king stabbed it through the head, trying to undo the ruin that it brought upon his kingdom. Obviously, to no avail. The sword snapped in two, and is now a weapon used by the monster it sought destroy. A grim reminder of how often mankind creates demons it then cannot put down! What a design!
I like that.
It's something that took me a good be to realize as well.
The sword-stuck-in-snout also reminds me of Norse mythology's Fenrir, who's also not exactly a bringer of happiness either.
Not in the new God of War tho, of course. There, Fenrir is the goodest of boys.
I like all the four peril legends in this game. It’s so inspired, the kind of cool folklore and fantasy mix that pokemon has the ability to bring to life.
Weavile is based on a kamaitachi and is also Dark/Ice type, that's why Chien Pao has the same type.
Chien-Pao's Violet dex entry states that the pokemon itself IS the sword, which used snow to make itself a body in the form of Chien-Pao.
I specifically hunted down the four dark type legendaries before doing the league, so I could put this kitty cat on my team. I also ended up going with the witch moose as well. The reason I call it a witch moose is because the bowl on its head reminds me of a cauldron.
I think my favorite things about the Ruinous Quartet that often gets overlooked in favor of the whole "their bodies look weird" thing that people have with them, is that their bodies are not the Pokemon. The artifacts contained in the design are the Pokemon, and they used what was around them to form a body
Wo-Chein is a bunch a cursed wooden tablets that gathered a bunch of leaves and twigs to become a Pokemon
Chien-Pao is a ruinous sword that covered itself in snow to become a Pokemon
Ting-Lu is a broken vessel that formed a sturdy body from mud and Earth to become a Pokemon.
Chi-Yu is some cursed beads that cloaked itself in flame to become an ADORABLE LITTLE FISHY!!
All of them are 10/10 for me. Except for Wo-Chien, he's a 9 simply because he doesn't stack up to the other three. Also their theme is a freaking bop!
Agreed, and LOVE that we can learn a bit more about them in History Class at the school
I didn't even care that there bodies looked weird that is the reason i love em and now your telling me that they made em themself i think imma get these pronto
The other part of their origins makes Wo-Chien much cooler. Each of the four relics is imbued with a negative emotion caused by the relic. For the tablets, it's the grudge of a person who was punished for carving the sins of his king on them. Considering the relics are said to have come from the East, and it's very possible said king was none other than AZ himself.
My only problem with them is that Chi-yu just doesn't look like a pokemon to me. The others do but that one just... looks like it's from a different franchise. I love the design, it just doesn't scream Pokemon to me.
@@DarthMolgy I knew about the imbued with negative emotion thing, along with coming from the east, but I completely forgot that Kalos is to the East of Paldea and Galar to the Northwest, so they very well could've been AZ! I really hope we get more lore about these four along with the immortal king of Kalos. Maybe in another Legends game?
I love Glimmora for the sole fact that it's a special attacking rock type that *actually learns Power Gem*
I also like it, it looks like something straight out of James Cameron's Avatar, and it's a beast at setting up hazards.
I absolutely love Glimmora for everything it stands for. It's simple yet elegant. Who can ask for more?
Plus unlike Nihilego, another Rock/Poison type, it has Earth Power which can take care of Steel types, and it has well rounded bulk unlike Nihilego where it’s very frail physically.
wish my Coalossal could do the same since its a good special attacker
@@IgnitedQuils yeah, granted glimmora has to fear ground types, sure it's got some wide coverage, but does have to deal with "4 Move Slot Syndrome" cause it would want earth power for steel...but may also want energy ball for water & ground
Sprigatito: just a cat 4/10
Quaxly: just a duck 9/10
…
what?
Its the Elvis Presley hair tho
My point exactly :)
But seriously have you seen sprigatito’s shiny?
I love it
quaxly got the drip tho..
But….. Ducks are better than Cats… right? No? Just my opinion? Okay..
I love all the dog Pokémon lines in this generation especially since they all stem from the same inspiration. You see there’s a folktale that’s told all across Europe and the Americas about a spirit-like dog creature known as “The Black Dog” and depending on the region that’s telling the tale the creature is described as a fairy-dog, a peaceful ghost-dog, or a horrifying demon-dog. Which is why there’s three different dog lines that have the types Fairy, Ghost, and Dark they’re used to reference the three different descriptions of “The Black Dog”.
I hope we get a doggo starter line next gen.
@@asaka616 perhaps, it seems the grass-starters and the prehistoric creatures they’re based off become more modern as the generations increase. I mean Meowscarade is just a Iberian Lynx which has gone extinct very recently in most of the region, so stands to reason we’ll get a grass-starter at some point based on an extinct breed of dog.
@@danteswildlife4411 I actually think Meowscarada is supposed to be Puss in Boots.
@@bluebaron6811 it could be both I just know that it’s a lynx dressed in masquerade. Also did you notice that that starters are all themed after Mardi Gras? Skeledirge is a jazz musician, Meowscarade is well dressed in masquerade, and Quaquaval is a Carnival dancer (which is very common for the holiday).
@@danteswildlife4411 yeah, I find that cool. Another thing I noticed: the Kalos starters are all based off of stereotypical RPG characters.
Chesnaught: samurai
Delphox: mage
Greninja: I don't need to explain this lol
Diglet and Dugtrio = D for dirt. Wiglett and Wugtrio = W for water
And a Japanese its name literally translates to “Sea Diglett/Dugtrio”.
Poggle
Diglet is the best Pokémon in competitive.
You cannot change my mind.
Diglett and Dugtrio are Poo. It's clear what they are inspired from...unless they have two little balls underneath them but then our childhood is ruined.
I thought it was W for Wumbo
Wugtrio's name actually makes more sense than you think.
The ug wug is actually a mythical worm-like sea-dwelling creature from Canada, so "wugtrio" technically means "three aquatic worm-like monsters".
Sore-y to give you such a lame regional variant of an old school Pokémon eh?
@@johnbuck4395not u makin fun of canadians accented sorry 🤡🤡🤡
@@johnbuck4395 are you implying people outside of canada dont pronounce it like “sore-y”?
@@johnbuck4395 Wow, hey this guy does not know about convergent evolutions
The "worm" it the context of the legend would be spelt wyrm
"Putting the face beneath the trunk means it's not a trunk any more."
D-dude... have you seen donphan animated? It's face is underneath it's trunk too.
I was legit thinking the same thing lmao
Great Tusk is the exact same way 🤦🏾♀️
But great tusk still looks cooler. He's a prehistoric Beast meanwhile Iron treads is....literally a robot Donphan
The "fire sombrero" Crocalor is wearing is supposed to be an egg on a nest. While the fire surrounding Skeledirge is meant to be this egg being hatched into a bird in the form of a Phoenix. This was based off the Egyptian plover's relationship with the Nile crocodile, as the croc relies on the plover to help keep their teeth clean and free from infection, while the plover relies on the croc for its diet. It's a really neat detail they added. Even better that Fuecoco got the Kraft Singles treatment...cheese is love, cheese is life.
That's really interesting
Yes, and when you use it's signature move, "Torch Song" the little fire bird on it's head becomes a microphone for it to sing into and then it turns back into a firebird to strike at your foes. It's so cool!
That’s cool 😮
@@darthpaul99 ariana grande crocodile. Living for it
I really thought it was a sombrero until like 2 weeks ago lol
IT LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE A SOMBRERO 😭
I like how most of us saw that Crocalor is wearing a "Sombrero" but it's actually a nest on its head, and the egg hatches into a lil fire bird if it evolves into Skeledirge
Oh that's cool, I'm pretty sure there is a symbiotic relationship between crocodiles and birds in nature. I just can't remember off the top of my head
@@SpeedwagonZaidan I believe there’s a type of bird that cleans the teeth of crocodiles
@@SpeedwagonZaidan It's called protocooperation
@@SpeedwagonZaidan Yep. Ground nesting birds and crocodiles will often nest in close proximity and work together to protect the nests. The birds help keep small, fast animals from raiding the nests while the crocs ward off larger creatures.
no no shut up, its a sombrero
Now we need the CRAZIEST Dex entries for Scarlet and Violet
Tinkaton is right there killing other steel types
Tinkaton up there for sure
Tinkaton ...the reason there are no Corvinight taxis is Paldea. 😂😂
Tinkaton
Dat girl out here murdering every steel type she sees
Tinkaton is probably the reason Bisharp's evolved in the first place
9:04 Dunsparce’s inspiration is the Tsuchinoko (reflected in its Japanese name, Nokochii), a yokai while rare is ultimately not that interesting. Nothing in the Tsuchinoko’s lore seems to point towards it becoming something awesome so Dudunsparce seems right on the nose.
No interesting origin is going to save this garbage
@@eljordinio7647 Dunsparce was never meant to be cool and you soured yourself by getting your hopes up. You're simply going to have to cope, seethe, and mald.
@@jonathanflanagan1504 then it shouldn't have been created to begin with. It's a failed experiment for a failure of a Pokemon
@@eljordinio7647 You can prefer certain pokemon but calling one garbagr just because it doesn't fit your tastes says more about you than about the pokemon.
If every pokemon were gyarados, or garchomp, or rayquaza, it would not only take away from that variety, but significantly lesson the impact of the pokemon that are truly cool, and pokemon would not succeed nearly as well as franchise because of it.
I personally love dudunsparce not only because it's hilarious, but because it feels like a middle finger to people like you, who acts like a narcissist parent and calls a fictional monster a failure on the internet because it didn't grow up into exactly what you wanted it to be.
@@jonathanflanagan1504 I don't care if that freak is meant to be a joke. It's not even funny or worth trolling the fans for
If u can't make a top tier cross gen evolution like Crobat, Weavile, Farigiraf, Annihalape or Sirfetch'd, then don't make one at all. There are already enough trash in the list of mons we have, we don't need more of them
I think the reason they made Palafin a superhero is because of stories of dolphins saving people's lives.
It didn't came out right . But then again what could they do with it that other fish like (body) Pokemon don't have.
Maybe turn it into mermaid seal similar to Alola water starter
Nvm I take it back. The idea is good but design is horrible. They only to add a damn red cape to make it work. Can make the red cape out of stretch out fin. Can shoot water laser out it blow hole.
@@Watch-0w1 dolphins are mammals, bro.
It's like Cryogonal; I don't hate it, but I just stare at it and say "yup, that sure exists now."
Yeah, Dolphins were always associated with aquatic superheroes. DC Comics has a superheroine called Dolphin, Aquaman always had pet dolphins, even Yu-Gi-Oh has a superhero dolphin
I heard someone mention that it is inspired by a brazilian myth about a dolphin that can turn into a man and sleep with people's wives.... tough i havent checked if its true so take it with a grain of salt
I wasn’t sure about Meowscarada at first. But having it in game I started loving it. The designs, how it acts, the signature move, the typing. Easily one of my favourite Pokémon in Gen 9, if not my favourite. And definitely in my top 3 starters ❤
Ayyyy glad to see some more meowscarada love.
Furry
me too,i also really like the flower grabby-looking thing,i like how that also terastilises too
I dont like Meowscarada or Sprigatito but Florgato is top tier design and probably the best middle stage starter
same. Was gonna go Sprigatito since its reveal and when I saw leaks about a week before the game release, I was a bit disappointed. having it on my team, it's AWESOME. this thing is so freaking fast and has some pretty great type coverage
Apparently popular opinion: Meowscarada is, in my opinion, the best gen 9 starter
I support this
🗑️
fr
Isnt that a poplular opinio-
I agree
What i was hoping Quaxly’s evolution line was gonna be like was that the evolutions was gonna center around like those spanish pirate looking explorers, where Quaxly’s hair becomes like a captain’s hat and has those old spanish explorer uniforms when Quaxly becomes Quaquaval
A conquistador?
A Conquistador thats what we all thought 😢
Duccaneer
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
Conquistadors are not the most friendly people so I don't think they wanted to reference that.
I absolutely love mabostiff simply because of story events, it’s melts my heart every time
I wonder if Mikey recorded prior to hitting that part of the story 🤔
@@creatureloversandtoesandja895 He says so in the video, yes.
@@JC_JN4 They are a little strange, I’ll admit
Ma bone stiff
IT MELTS MY HEART, NOT IT'S MELTS MY HEART! PLEASE SAY IT RIGHT!
I actually love Iron Valiant, not only is it a fusion of my 2 favorite Pokémon (Gallade and Gardevoir) but it's also their Megas as seen in it having Mega Gallade's arm blades and Mega Gardevoir's dress and elongated spines.
What I believe what they did was make mega Gallade’s cape work as the dress, I also like that the weapon turns staff like when in battle mode, I know a lot of people like roaring moon way more, but iron valiant is my favorite paradox pokemon
Ayo favorite Pokémon gardevoir???? AYO?????
@@natethegreat12345 Everyone's favorite pokemon is gardevior nowadays
@@yourfavoritepsychopath unless your a furry, than it’s Lopunny
I don't know if anyone's else has gotten to catch it but it is crazy strong with its signature move and a specific item where it where to one shot all of my team... I hated it but now I love it
Greavard and Houndstone may just be two of my new favorite Pokémon because they are the first shinies that I got purely by accident (I’ve gotten them in X via Masuda method and Ultra Moon via the wormholes). I was hunting for a Kirlia or Gardevior in the Glaseado Mountains when I accidentally ran into a Greavard and saw that instead of white, it was golden. Caught it right away.
I once caught a houndstone and named it "old yeller" but then realized that name would be more appropriate for a shiny houndstone cause the shiny houndstone is the color "yeller"
Also do you get the joke in the nickname cause I don't want to explain it.
I _really_ hope that he does this kind of video again now that he’s finished the story. I’d imagine that seeing how the Pokémon move and fight could sway his opinions a little bit. Like…he said _very little_ about Mabosstiff. Anyone who’s tackled the Path of Legends knows that there’s a lot more to be said.
Poor Arven
Mabosstiff is so cute, i have one in my main team
They really did a genius move with Mabosstif. Mabosstif on his own is a decent pokémon, with a fun design idea, but it's nothing special otherwise, be it stats, movepool or whatever. Then they just fucking went there and gave it cancer in Pepper's story and it probably went from a "not very special" pokémon to one of the most precious bois of the generation for many people. At least I still feel bad for any Mabostiff I k.o. even if it isn't Pepper's.
BRO I COULDNT SEE THROUGH MY TEARS ONCE MABOSSTIF FINALLY STOOD UP
@@StackatackaStudios Same
Fuecoco honestly won my heart almost the second I first saw it & I am proud to say that I successfully beat the main story with Skeledirge on my team during my 1st complete play through of the main story.
Fuecoco is the best starter for me too
Same, but 1st complete play through implies ur doing a second. If that’s the case that’s pretty noteworthy.
I chose Quaxly mostly cause I wanted to use ceruledge on my team if I replay it I’m gonna choose fuecoco
I love Fuecoco simply cuz it's final evo Skeledirge gets the ghost tuping which has been a monster on my mono ghost team on pokemon showdown lol 😎😎🔥🔥
Gotta ask, what’s your opinion on the other two? IMO this is one of the best starter trios in Pokémon
When you said brutebonet shouldn’t hav the pokeball sign because it’s from ancient times, I thought maybe the foongus, amoongus, and brutebonet’s mushrooms are the inspiration to making a pokeball look like them
It's pretty much comfirmed cuz one of Foongus's dex entries in these games says that the creator of the modern Pokéball seems to have been obsessed with Foongus.
Also, didn't someone go into the past in scarlet lore? Which means they likely had pokeballs with them and maybe they quickly evolved into looking like them
@@red_flare3784 What kind of genetic mutation can induce evolution at such a rapid pace?
@@WizardAmbrose what type of person can create a ball that creates animals to digital code?
We need a new version of this video. This time with Mikey actually experiencing using them all
When I first caught my flittle, I could've sworn it was a psychic baby dumbo octopus. Imagine my reaction to finding out it was actually a pastel ostrich chick all along.
Honestly I think it IS a dumbo octopus
...that becomes a Lady Gaga ostrich
@@BJGvideos it's either Lady Gaga or Sia and I can't decide which one I like more
When he rated Quaxly’s final evolution he said the “hat on its head looks a bit weird” but it is clearly his hair
Brute Bronnet makes sense to have the pokeball pattern as foongus's pokedex entry mentions it being the inspiration behind the modern pokeball design
i feel like a lot of object-based pokemon can be looked at with a similar philosophy. Maybe the modern magnet design like what we see with magnemite was inspided BY Sandy Shocks/ancient magnemites, just like the pokeball was inspired by Foongus.
THATS WHAT I'M SAYING
Fr, people be hatin amoongus out of their misinformed opinions. Can we get some love for my foongus boi?
@@Toxica47 and there are some that are explicitly confirmed to be that way. Klink is said to be the inspiration behind modern day gears in its Shield dex entry
@@choppercove have you... seen the end of the game?
I'd like to hear his opinions again after beating all the stories and reading the dex entries, cuz many of my opinions changed as I progressed through the game
just three dex entries?
@@tcmkeef5766 yes only 3 😅
Imagine hating on Dudunsparce. They just added more perfection to perfection itself.
Skeledirge is also the first fire-type quad-starter.
While I love the Sprigatito line, I feel it could've emphasized its fangs more.
as a meowscarada fan, yeah I definitely agree
Which is something that am not a fan of
Yes, i dont really like the new starters, i wish they were designed a bit different
As a Meowscarada fan as well, i also think its mask could have been a bit smaller but then again, i don't know what the normal size of the masks in a masquerade ball is
like a sabertooth?
I feel like its worth mentioning that Tandemaus evolves into Maushold without you ever seeing. One moment they're two, the next they're 3/4. Theyre also extremely cute and expressive in motion.
Yep. They’re Probably my favorite of the new mons. Also one is wearing a shirt and one wears pants. Everything about it makes my heart melt 🥹❤
If they're the first pokemon on your team you do see them evolve (I think Austin John Plays demonstrated that).
I find it cute that you need to travel with them to evolve them. Like you have to show them that they're safe with you to start a family, or it's like a couple seeing the sights before settling down with children 🥺
That evolution line sold me on the names alone, honestly
Still wish it wasn't so plain looking like they could have each one having unique markings akin to Spinda and the kid's markings would be random. However, the fact that it becomes a family just because the little ones suddenly show up one day and they immediately accept them according to the dex in addition to its unknown gender is a big plus.
Putting aside the bipedal factor, I think meowscarada is pretty good. Also, floragato is the best middle stage starter we've had for awhile.
I hate meowscarada tho
It looks high
@@mranima748 are you just saying that because we cat or is that what you really think?
Lmao meowscarada is overrated as hell and it might be more overrated then charizard
The Meowscarada line didn't need that much hate. They are all 10 for me. Skawquabily being a full double the points of Meowscarada honesty feels like a crime
Not really,tired of bipedal.they ruined litten line w it after torracat aswell.
Especially since Skeledirge got points for supposed novelty that it decisively lacks, but doesn't give the actual novel starters any points for novelty.
I love Squawkabilly, its an interesting Pokemon, it deserves more love
@@_lycanxite_2547An opinion about a design can’t really be wrong since it’s all just personal preferences and tastes
It’s my personal opinion but I hate Meowscarada because they “Incineroared” it by turning a 4 legged cat with potential to be something really cool into 2 legged humanoid furry bait. Meowscarada to me looks more like a human in a fur suit than it does a cat, and that’s just weird. My points were basically the same as Mikey’s
The reason the paradox forms have those names Its because they are like giving them names of cryptids like Big Foot or Brute Bonnet since in game people dont really belive in them
I feel like people just don't like Meowscarada because it is bipedal but it is honestly in my top 3 starters of all time.
It’s my favorite line overall too. I think if they would have kept the mask more bandit/zoro like it would have helped.
Meowscarada is by far my favorite starter next to quaquval
bro what, it is literally just a green furry, I can name at least 6 starters that are better
@@victoryvishmasterblader5020 it's a cat magician, that's pretty cool.
@@Infinitystar225 doesnt it seem kinda plain for a magician thought like they definitely could have done more to give it a magician vibe
Why do I get the feeling that Sprigatito's evolutions and Dudunsparce would've got a higher rating if you hadn't raised your expectations with fanart beforehand?
That doesn't seem fair to rate them so low just because you've been basing your hype on something else that you had already seen.
Exactly!
And this is just how I feel, but I don't think those fanarts are even that good. One is just a big cat with leaves and the other isn't even remotely related to Dunsparce. I just don't get why everyone wanted those.
Me with Skeledirge. Seriously, a lot of the evolutions to me looked better
SO true though. not to mention, in the case of bipedal starters, gamefreak has spoken about their design philosophies incorporating the starter evolving with you as a trainer, which is why they often become bipedal and somewhat human-like. even the non-bipedal ones still evolve very human like characteristics, like samurott using its blade and torterra looking like an old man in the face. that concept has only become stronger since gen 1, hence why it's been so frequent since then. i actually really admire the concept and try to look for it whenever i see the new starter evolutions now!
@@PrismaticatheOne the sprigatito fan evo doesn't seem like it knows what it's doing, it looks like a whole different pokemon, no design elements from sprigatito were used in it's fan evo and the fact that it goes bipedal but changes back to quadrupedal in the last evo seem like he just did it to pander to the "bipedal designs are bad" crowd
Iron Valliant is my favourite of the new Pokemon, but I don’t really care about the rest of the future paradoxes. Overall the past forms win it for me, but iron Valliant is still my fav!
Welcome to the# Iron valiant gang my fav gen 9 Pokemon to 😍😍
I love iron valiant so much and it's my favourite gen 9 Pokémon too, probably one of my favourites ever
Unpopular opinion: I like Dudunsparce. Dunsparce was always a simple pokemon, and I think the adding of a segment was kinda funny and something I think a dunsparce evolution could look like
Exactly, dudunsparce is a perfect Pokémon
You're not alone, I love Dudunsparce. It stays loyal to the actual Pokémon's origins - which most of the fan concepts didn't. Something about Dudunsparce's design makes it both derpy, a little fearsome (probably due to the size, imagine if it smacks you with its tail), and makes it clear the designers knew why people liked Dunsparce.
Dudunsparce forever!
Yeah, it's like they were trolling the people who expected dunsparce to evolve into a giant dragon which made no sense.
I don’t think that’s an unpopular opinion
I agree, dudunsparce looks like a good dunsparce evolution and it is also surprisingly powerful. It has been the reason I won many battles.
Ah yes, I love listening to a grown man give his opinions on fictional creatures
No really I love these videos they are so addictive keep up the good work dude :)
Fictional creatures...damn I wish Pokémon was real ugh.
@@Ditto.007 Mega Garchomp
@@spaized8191 Magcargo will incinerates us all if it was real.
And listening to a grown man give his opinions about a child's videogame too.
@@MysticAceXYZ the games have started to become the slightest bit more mature, the stories for SV are pretty decent examples.
The fact that Annihilape is a ghost type makes the joke in Alpharad's first nuzlocke where he named Gastly after his dead Mankey more funnier.
THERE SHOUKD BE 2 N'S AND 2 I'S IN ANNIHILAPE! AND THERE IS NO H IN GASTLY!
@@Amelia4111 theirs nofing rong wif mi speling
You thought Tyranitar looks like godzilla, here comes baxcalibur
What might have been fun is if the starters had final forms based on the version's paradox forms. I bet ancient Skeledirge would look awesome!
nextt gen they should DEFINITELY make Version-exclusive starters!
Skeledirge overtook Charizard becoming my favorite pokemon of all time over night. As someone who's from Tucson, where Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated I really love everything about it. His name is on point with skele = skeleton and dirge = lament of the dead.
It's based on Dia De Los Muertos, and alebrijes. The fire at the corners of his mouth are not flames, but marigolds. They line ofrendas and their scent and bright colors guide spirits to them. It's executed better in game, where you see the petals flow through the orange. The colorful head is based on sugar skulls, another big thing for Dia De Muertos. It's a Mexican holiday, but has roots in Medieval Europe and Spain. Dirges are more Catholic based than Dia De Muertos, but again works with this Spanish crocodile Pokemon since Spain's major religion is Christianity/Catholicism. And the reason why they colonized Mexico was to spread that religion across the Americas.
TRUE!!! I’m loving the Spanish inspiration with the starters
Pretty cool and all, but this makes me afraid Mexico and Latin America in general won’t get regions for a while
Personally I really like how it seems like they weren’t too afraid to lean in on the goofy, cartoonish aspect of Pokémon in terms of designs. When I first saw Dudunsparce, I just laughed. It’s such a dumb design and idea that I kinda love it. Same with tandemaus and maushold. Love this generation so far.
@Logan McGlynn Just my opinion, that’s all.
Alright so nobody even knows about Golden Sun, but it will always be my favorite game in history. And I’m mentioning it because “Dunsparce” evolving into “Dudunsparce” makes me think about Donpa, Dodonpa, and Dodonpapa. 😂
Honestly Sprigatito, Florigato, Meowscarada are a 10/10 for me. I love them dearly but I also never gave a crap about the whole standing up starter thing.
Yeah, this evo line is high tier, the middle evolution though...
I agree. Quackoval is an abomination. Literally the ugliest Pokémon in the entire game lmao
@@jamisanwooten2022 true lol
@@jamisanwooten2022 quaxly is great, the only thing that is good about quaxwell is its name garlic-ass Mr.2 Bon Kurei-looking b*tch, and somehow I hate Quackoval even more.
@@zacheray to me they're cat-like enough that it doesn't feel like a human with cat-like qualities. They're a cat with humanlike qualities.
Arbolivia is kinda weird for being Grass/Normal, but it’s ability creates Grassy Terrain when damaged and that pairs with it naturally learning Terrain Pulse which is stab with or without the terrain active. It’s high Special Attack also makes firing off stab Hyper Beams to finish off strong opponents really fun
Yeah it's a solid Grass type, it may be slow but it has pretty decent bulk with recovery in Synthesis, and coverage for Steel types in Earth Power. Is it the best Grass type? No. Is it still a good Pokémon? Yes. :)
I've realised that Mikey simply isn't a fan of the Normal type, probably because of his experiences with it. He doesn't think Smoliv's type is unfantastic because he thinks Normal is lame, but because Normal doesn't give him good vibes and he'd prefer to not add it.
@@EnriqueLaberintico It's not only that, it's his Wild ratings. I mean , look at 6:50 - ''I respect the Pokémon overall - bam,,, 6/10'' - I mean, hello??!
If 6 is 'Respect' - what's 'dislike' - a minus 2/10?? Makes 0/10 sense.
Mine knows both Hyper Beam and Giga Drain and that combined with Seed Sower makes it a fairly bulky mon. Plus, being able to switch to normal tera type helps by giving it ghost immunity and removes it's grass weaknesses.
THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE I IN ARBOLIVA! AND WE DO NOT USE THE WORD ITS AS A PRONOUN IF THERE'S AN APOSTROPHE IN IT!
I think Violets Paradox Pokémon are man-made. They are meant to look like Pokémon from the past but with upgrades in places. Such as Iron Valiant being fairy/fighting taking the best of the two Ralts lines final evolutions and going this will work. I have a feeling that Pokémon in the future have basically died out and now their making them, but the typing's are wrong so we're getting these robotic copycats that are just a bit off. Though each one has at least one common typing based on their original counterparts being, ground, ice, fighting, fire, dark, rock and as we understand Iron valiant is a combo of both Gardevoir and Gallade fairy and fighting. (Sorry, this is long, but it does make sense)
Don't you dare slender my boy iron valiant! Also, that's way too dark for Pokémon.
I honestly agree with this, the future of Pokémon kinda seems to be suggesting all organic ones either died out or were replaced by more efficient machines, and their names all starting with "Iron" sort of suggests they were all manufactured almost like a brand, there's no love put into their name because the ones who made them in the future only wanted efficiency, kinda horrifying to think about but kinda interesting too
i like the idea that the future paradox pokemon are like “restorations” or fossil pokemon of our current pokemon from the future
@@shakinspider that also might explain why Iron Valiant is a mix of Gardevoir and Gallade, they just got confused like it's gen 8 fossils cool idea of yours
@@sebastianb.3978 you're new to pokemon if you think THIS is too dark
Meowscarada is in my opinion the 2nd best looking starter, but definently has the best signature move.
Super late but I disagree, you can Torch Song sweep or Aqua Step + Work Up sweep with the other two starters’ signature moves
@@TampaBayGator20 those require a couple turns to get going though. mewoscarada just has big bonk
@@arynoob1392 But since Meowscarada’s big bonk doesn’t improve any stats, you can’t always use it for full sweeps. I’ve done full sweeps with Work Ups and Aqua Steps or Torch Songs
@@arynoob1392incorrect, Torch Song and unaware is absurdly strong and skeledirge can solo elite 4 and geeta while most of elite 4 is resistant to grass, meowscarada ain’t it🤷🏻♂️
@@L3Vł4TH4N.7 i dont think were talking about it in the context of the actual games
Dudunsparce is the best troll evolution and it’s adorable. It’s unironically my favorite Pokémon of this generation ❤️
Same! Actually such a perfect Pokémon, I love using it on my team!
They couldn't improve perfection
They improved perfection by adding more perfection
And if nothing else, at least it’s finally strong now.
@@michaelnelson1127 lol its not tbh
not strong
bad in competitive
15:26 Nihilego's origins are the glass jellyfish, an invasive species to Hawaii. Glass is made of rocks, and jellyfish are poisonous. Rock/Poison type.
Cool
Stop trying to "justify" it with "glass", which would actually be grounds for a Ground typing, and start with "ayo, it's an Ultra Beast". They could have went with Electric/Fighting and the fact that Nihilego is an Ultra Beast would justify being typed as such.
@@bubbykins4864 well glass is made of sand and sand is eroded rock
@@Genericmug Sand has been established as a Ground type thing since the first generation, and processed versions of soft earth turned hard are still considered Ground type things judging from the Golett evolutionary family being considered Ground despite being made of terracotta, the only logical explanation for the type combination is that it's an UB, and thus, could be any type combination and still make sense simply by virtue of being an Ultra Beast.
Dudunsparce was a deliberate move to troll the Pokémon community, so I give him a 9/10. I love a good troll 😂
Wouldn't annoy me so much if I hadn't hoped he would become Eevee like with a fairy, dragon, and ground evolution like the other snakes or as the troll, "just the troll" doesn't win high praise when you just squander fun potential.
@@michaellane5381 dunsparce had no potential it's ass
@@hajidle I agree competitive... Well I would if I hadn't seen broken uses, but designwise it has a badass tail, some wings that could grow to competence and a face to un-derp... There are a bunch of directions to left turn his look to something interesting if not competent. Heck they could even go the Shedinja route and make him a derptrio with his own shed skins...
@@michaellane5381 very true, but Hyper Drill is a nice consolation prize lol
If you want a dragon dunsparce evolution just Tera dudunsparce into a dragon type
Despite the robotic appearance, I feel that the futuristic paradox pokemon are possibly cyborgs rather than complete machines. If they were really just machines, they wouldn't really be pokemon that can be caught in pokeballs and be trained. Plus they and Miraidon eat food.
Yeah, exactly.
It's got to suck for AI Turo being the only fully robotic being surrounded by cyborgs. He probably doesn't even have a sense of taste.
I get what you're saying, but we do have a Pokémon that's a completely artificial life form. Though I suppose Magearna can be considered an exception to the rule
I’d like to argue in favour of dudunsparce being an awesome evolution because dunsparce, at least to me, has always been a goofy Pokémon that didn’t need a cool evo. Making it longer and staying relatively goofy was probably a good thing. Maybe a little bit of tweaking to the design would be good but I really liked it.
Exactly it literally meant to be a joke GameFreak played us they played us all.
It’s a little redundundant tho
@@pokemonbb4227 you've all successfully made me love dudunsparce
@@NoelUmbra I hate on the grounds that it isn't named "Dundundunsparce"
OH I HAVE SUCH SIGHTS TO SHOW YOU
You won't be calling Lokix weak when you see it's IMMENSE potential competitively with Bug and Dark being a solid STAB combo combined with Tinted Lens AND Swords Dance making it essentially unwallable
And Dudunsparce becoming longer has some sense to it from another perspective since Dunsparce IS based on the Tsuchinoko, who's essentially the JOKE Yokai. While other Yokai are supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore, all the Tsuchinoko does is.... Bite.
Plus Lokix has a usable attack and speed stat so it’s not a bad Pokémon
Tsuchinoko also jumps really far
Lokix is also competitively viable due to his ability as well. His stats are very insane for a bug type which was well needed.
WE DO NOT USE THE WORD ITS AS A PRONOUN IF THERE'S AN APOSTROPHE IN IT! CAN YOU PLEASE STOP DOING THAT?
If you didn't know, a "Wug" is an old folk language name for a creature with worm or insect like features so it fits perfectly if you ask me with it being garden eels (or the equivalent of sea worms):)
Armarouge was so cool, I had one on my team even though I picked fuecoco. Didn’t regret it for a second they were an amazing pair
Maushold is my favorite new Pokemon in this generation, so that 2/10 really hurt. I thought Tandemaus looked adorable and decided it should be a temporary member of the team. When it evolved at level 25 completely off screen, I thought I found a glitch in the game (I avoided all leaks leading up to the game). That was when I came to think that they were actually just cool and cute at the same time, so I decided to keep them around. Near the endgame, they finally learned population bomb, and I was advised to give them the wide lens. They became the most broken Pokemon I have ever used in a playthrough and one of my favorites in the entire Pokemon series. 10/10 for me.
I agree 10/10. I feel like a lot of modern pokemon are also grossly overdesigned as well so I like that it's just a family of little mice :) and yeah it's potential with wide lens + technician will be fun
It's just a basic cartoon mouse. As basic as basic can be. I don't get it.
My is flamigo. It has carried my team heavily.
I'd have to say the same, it's not my favorite but it's definitely up there! The shiny being the same hurt though, you'd think they'd learn by now.
I understand that meowscarada isn’t everyone’s taste, but floragato is amazing! It’s one of the best middle evos ever and has major grovile vibes
Same thoughts
Yeah its good
And it has a yoyo
Yes. But I feel it still looked a bit to 'teeny' (so the many teens who would play it can relate of course.) But, I like the final stage just as much. I mean, I'd have also liked the obvious choice of a fancy Grass special-attacking Lynx (yes, quadrupedal) that everyone and their Magikarp wanted - but I'm sort of glad they went for the bolder bipedal Zorro-magician style. 👏👏 for Gamefreak on that. *But* - sadly, they Nerfed Protean!!!!!!!!! Boooo!! Put it back Gamefreak!
And at least Sprigatito started standing up from the middle evo instead of becoming bipedal out of nowhere (looking at you, Torracat and Incineroar).
So about the robotic paradox pokemon, I was confused at first too but my friend gave me an explanation that kinda makes sense. Its a future where resources are low and pokemon are dying out, but the battle culture isnt. So they might transfer the consciousness of a pokemon (Or just mimic one) into one of these robots as it would allow for more resources for humans, but still allow battle culture
They gave you an explanation that works based on real life. However these creatures cannot exist in real life, that's why they're paradoxes.
Books in the library, and in the research labs in area zero, imply that Paradox pokemon aren’t actually from the past/future. But are created from people’s imaginations. Hence the robots all being based on in-universe fiction according to the pokedex.
So they accidentally give them lower/higher stats than their original forms?
Life’s been extremely busy in a couple of years with a move to the startup ecosystem. Used to see your videos a lot once and today it just took me back, Michael❤️
“I’m judging only on appearances” also “Klawf is cool but not as strong as I thought it would be.”
"i don't feel attached to a WEAK early bug Pokemon"
"I wouldn't use it because of it's bad stats but the different forms are cool"
"It looks cool but bug/dark is really bad"
He contradicted himself in the first 3 minutes of his video
Also he gave Wugtrio a 1/10 because he didn't understand the origin of its name like yikes man 😭
Here’s a bit of lore and pokedex stuff that may or may not change one’s opinions on some of these Pokémon:
The Tinkaton line starts by being bullied by Steel-type Pokémon only to evolve and hunt them down out of sheer spite and to use their metals to keep upgrading the hammer. Tinkaton is the sole reason why Corviknight Taxis aren’t a thing in Paldea, since they throw boulders with their hammer to knock them down.
Koraidon and Miraidon have similar names to the other paradox Pokémon but somehow got “actual” names. While I don’t remember Koraidon’s nickname, Miraidon was known as the Iron Serpent.
The 4 other legendaries are cursed relics that turned into Pokémon and were sealed away in shrines due to their malicious behavior. I don’t remember their names, but the snail came from cursed tablets wrapped around its body, the sabertooth came from a broken sword that turned into fangs, the moose comes from the bowl thing I think, and the fish comes from the beads around its eyes.
Meowscarada uses tricks and illusions to hide the stem of the flower behind it. That one isn’t as interesting but I just think it’s neat.
Skeledirge is known as the Singer Pokémon due to it making strange musical sounds from its mouth. But the thing is, it’s not Skeledirge making those sounds, it’s the fire bird on its nose that hatched from Crocalor’s egg that plays on the colorful marks on Skeledirge’s head.
I think Koraidon is the Winged King
I'm so sad tinkaton got such a low score. I used her pretty much the entire gane and loved her. Tinkaton and ceruledge were my absolute favorites of this entire generation.
Yea she’s my favorite paldaen mon hands… I mean hammers down
@@LittleMissZackyVee I laughed harder than I should've at that
Oh wow, that must've really sucked! Luckily for me, I've had Meowscarda in my party for the ENTIRE duration of the game and they got a high score so, sucks for you:)!
Oh, wait-
Honestly she's my favourite for this Gen also alongside great tusk who looks bad a$$ and his titan actually gave me some trouble.
But on a serious note, tinkaton is super cute yet deadly. The BEST combo for sure. It almost CLOBBERED half of my team in the elite four.
19:37 I REALLY like shiny iron thorns it's silver like mechagodzilla, but still green energy, almost perfection for shiny iron thorns.
also, maybe duralidon is kiryu and iron thorn is mechagodzilla. (kiryu is a version of mg from 2002 and 2003 but on the good side unlike mechagodzilla.)
20:12
i agree, but real different than the present day spino, it's like the first design of spinosaurus, when carnivorous dinosaurs were standing like godzilla.
Even if we got a cat starter 2 gens ago, I think it's cute. We can even make a cat starter choice for 1 game (maybe spinoff) we just need a water type cat and boom! Cat starter trio! 🐱👍
Not only that, but the Floragato, Meowscarada, and Skeledirge entries are proof that there is such things as wrong opinions. A starter's novelty should be within their actual peers, the type they are. The fact that neither Floragato nor Meowscarada got points for being part of the first Grass type line to go from quadruped to biped, but Skeledirge got points despite being part of the third¹ Fire line to go from biped to quadruped _and having the same flaws that made Incineroar so disliked before getting into Smash_ is just wrong.
¹counting Johtonian and Hisuian Typhlosion as separate lines
The sprigatito line deserves more love because it’s so cute and because Meowscarada has the ability protean and a signature move that can’t miss and will always crit
Yes!! Meowscarada is highly underrated
Exactly its my favourite out of the three floragato looks like a cool rogue/thief and meowscarada looks like an evil mage and the bandit vibes carries on nicely with the black mask.
It has the worst signature move out of all three starters
FYI, protean was nerfed by it only working the 1st time you use a move
@@edgyanole9705 moxie quaquaval sweep will go crazy (I think)
Iron Valiant is by far the best paradox pokemon it's awesome, and I love how it can combine its arm blades into one weapon. Also, it's a fairy/fighting type whats's not to love.
idk man, i’m not sold on the robot thing. It looks too manmade to be a pokémon
@@pahaninYT I think that's kind of the point. They aren't even described as alive in the dex entries, they're referred to as "objects". Perhaps those species of Pokemon went extinct and the humans of the future recreated them through mechanical engineering
Fr iron valiant is such a cool design, especially the arm blades turning into a staff
I do love the concept, but I wish it wasn’t a robot. A regular flesh and blood version of that would be so much cooler.
@@cold-bloodedbeats4139 it seems like future people didn't know that gallade and gardevoir were different pokemon and thought they might have been a gender difference so they made a pokemon resembling both
I honestly don't see any issue with Meowscarada outside of "it's not on four legs" which is something I think is overblown in the first place.
Yeah, I think it's cool.
I love Meowscarada
I know right, it's meant to be fictional
Same for floragato. It is BY FAR the best looking of the three middle stages.
Also like pnly 5 starters are quadruped when they reach their final form why are people still angry about that when its been happening since...ever
I disagree. I just don't like treating Pokémon that look like people as pets. I really dislike these human looking Pokémon.
My ranking for Skeledirge’s line:
Fuecoco: 10/10. A bean.
Crocalor: 9/10. A bean with a sombrero. Saved my own backdoor sombrero against kofu.
Skeledirge: 11/10. What can I say. A giant fire croc. Swept Larry, grusha, geeta (AAT (Academy Ace Tournament) because I gave it earth power).
I think Sandy Shocks implies that Magnemite/Magneton are naturally occuring Pokemon rather than being man-made. Like maybe in the Pokemon world, regular magnets are based on Magneton instead of the other way around. I like how the magnetic sand around it and the tails made of screws make it seem more like an animal.
And being Elec/Ground feels like a nice backwards evolution of a Elec/Steel, and it WALKS rather than float.
On the other hand it could just be Magnemite/Magneton that got lost within space and/or time and they adapted into Sandy Shocks over time. Things being lost to space and/or time is something we have seen for ourselves over the course of the past several games including Magnemite/Magneton being introduced into Sinnoh's past before they should have been.
I just like the total change of pace and quirky 'Security Bot' theme of it. 8/10 easy, it's so cool.
Thought you would give Crocalor and Skeliderge more points because of the fire bird spirit they walk around with. One of the most creative designs to date honestly
I don’t think most people noticed it. I surely didn’t until a long time!
Honestly I feel like it’s kind of stupid
@@sushi287 the intent was how alligators and some birds have a symbiotic relationship where the bird will eat food from the alligators mouth and the alligator just chills while its teeth get clean. Idk if that helps. Knowing the origin makes me like it more so maybe the same will be for you. Have a nice day❤
@@alexandrite-dj2rx dude I freaking love how some fish and birds just became dentists and spa workers for other animals. It's hella interesting and I'm glad that fire croc got a bord friend
He hasn't gotten far enough and is going off the models and dex pictures.
Baxcalibur is 100% a Godzilla reference. The spike on its back it’s absolutely a Godzilla spike, and it’s signature move is a reference to Godzilla’s ability to fly away using its atomic breath. Which is hilarious.
Gholdengo looks like a golden wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.
I also get Gumby vibes from it lmao
Man, 2 tokusatsu pokemon lol. First being Lokix (Kamen Rider)
Gholdengo looks like the string cheese guy
Hit me hard when he called Scovillain hideous. That thing is beautiful, looking like a Zippleback from How to Train Your Dragon. The fact it arms looks like its either angry or in pockets makes it even more badass
Agree
Same here but why does scorvillian look a dark type?
13:43 Wug is a creature with either worm or insect-like features, so Wugtrio makes perfect sense as a name.
Nice
nah you gotta set it to wugbo
Everyone had the same thought about what is Wug
Until you look it up and it means a creature with worm like features and the fact the name actually fits is concerningly perfect
I hope this list updates in the future. Because in my opinion the iron paradox pokemon are awesome. And the dex entrys are mysterious as hell and I just love them all.
After he described Iron Valiant's terrifying eyes and how it would kill him, I thought he'd say "9/10", lol. Like, we should have cool intimidating pokemon. I love all of the future ones, but I agree that it's dumb that Scarlet's pokemon at least had different names, while Violet had "Iron -----"
Just my opinion, but I think the “dex entries are mysterious” actually harm them, all paradox forms are “Looks similar to a Pokémon found on a book” instead of describing them. Future Paradox at least have a bit of theory like Iron Valiant being apparently created by a mad scientist, Iron Moth being a UFO or Iron Hands being a cyborg, but still, it’s all theory, almost none of the entries have a unique flavor
@@chriskagamine358 By the way, it’s kind of dumb but it has a reason. While Past Paradox have names people would give to cryptid-like monsters like “Great Tusk”, Future Paradox having all the same title makes it look like organized models and a series number, and I think it makes sense considering they come from a very distant future in which it looks like machinery has taken over
@@chriskagamine358 in my opinion I love the iron names. It gives them mysterious titles that make them sound like legends.
@@bluevern904 I think it works. I love that we get very little information about these cool pokemon. I also hope that when the DLC for this game comes out (yes there will be dlc and it will have way over 400 pokemon) we get new paradox pokemon as well.
13:44 to answer your question, "wug" is a term used to describe any creature with worm-like features, according to Bulbapedia.
I am glad they gave us electric/fighting. Those are super effective against the three most common types in the game, so it's nice.
They gave us an astounding high number of unique type combos never seen before: Grass/Fire, Electric/Fighting, Normal/Poison, Steel/Poison, Ground/Fighting, Bug/Dark, Fairy/Fighting... I don't think I'm missing anything else.
Now we still need Normal/Ice, Normal/Steel, Normal/Bug, Normal/Rock, Rock/Ghost, Fairy/Fire, Ice/Poison, as well as proper Electric/Fire, Dragon/Fairy and Ice/Fire types, and perhaps a new Fire/Water type that's a bit easier to access than Volcanion?
Might have missed a few missing type combos, these are just off the top of my head.
@@Rubywing4 Yeah, looks like someone working with the company is expanding the type combos a bit.
Lowkix is actually a bug dark type!
@@Rubywing4 The fact that GameFreak has always felt the need to mandatorily give all fossil Pokemon (pre-Galar) the Rock type is even more astounding that there's never been a Rock/Ghost type yet. You would think that in 25 years of bringing fossils back to life, they'd somehow find a way to make a Rock/Ghost. Maybe a Pokemon that scientists weren't fully able to bring back to life and is still partially dead (zombie-like maybe?) could be that Rock/Ghost.
@@DukeDarkshadow Or possessed fossils, it could be pretty cool
I actually kinda fell in love with Meowsquarada during my playthrough, far and away my favorite starter evo
I think a really cool explanation as to why primape evolves into annihilape is because when it gets so mad it dies, and it has to use RAGE punch 20 TIMES to evolve into a GHOST/fighting type pokemon.
Edit:I'm also one of those people who like armorouge more than ceruledge.
Same ceruledge looks a bit to edgy for me plus there was another ghost fire this Gen I liked more (tho I used greavard for ghost cause I needed a polterpup)
Yeah, I love armorouge. Also i never used to like primeape but annihilape has to be one of my most favourite new designs
ceruledges knee pads are too big
19:37 "Iron Thorns is just a robot Tyranitar"
Isn't that what Mecha Godzilla is to Godzilla?? Just a robot Godzilla?
Fun fact: Finizen and palafin are both based on the Boto cor-de-rosa, a folkloric creature that usually takes the form of a pink dolphin but sometimes the dolphin comes out of the water in the form of a handsome man to get some females
thinking about it, the protagonist doesn't seem to have a father present in his life and his mother lives in a house near the sea... could that mean something?
I don’t know if I should be grossed out or laughing
based
I’m brazilian, and the legend of the Boto was commonly used as an excuse in ancient times by young maidens who got pregnant in, let’s say, illegitimate ways.
@@brunoemf90 isnt that what everyone attractive mythical creature was used for im sure mermaids were used as an excuse for sailors to get laid
Are you implying the protagonist’s mom may have boned a Palafin?
Chien-Pao isn't a Sabertooth cat. It's a Sabertoothed Mink or maybe an Ermine. Look up what a mink and an ermine are and you'll see the similarities. They even waddle run similarly. It's adorable and strong.
I have a feeling it might be also based on Kamaitachi, an Eastern ferret yōkai.
@@wikiuser92 Possibly. Might explain it's great speed stat. Although in that case they should have made it have Scythes instead of a broken sword. Lol. Either way I love Chien-Pao cuz it's really cute how it runs when following you and curls up to sleep.
@@wikiuser92 it’s actually more based on the four evil creatures of the world from Chinese myth. The one that it’s based on is Qiongqi, the representative of depravity and war, hence the sword as it’s teeth and why it drops your defenses as it’s ability.
No, it's a cat. It's not that complicated. Its cry is a meow.
@@astuart2282 Since when have cats had bodies like that?
The sprigitito opinions were expected but I still felt a little bad because I really like sprigititos line
Same here
Mee too
same
There a persona five character
Understandable becouse it is the best starter of this gen in my opinion
Scovillian is my favorite name though. A fire grass type based on chilipeppers who's Hotness is measured on the Scoville scale, thats brilliant. The thing thats makes chillis "Hot" capsaicin into the pre-evolution Capsakid got get some bonuspoints aswell ;) Looks is a different matter not a fan of the looks either. Baxcalibur is my favorite in name+looks. "Excalibur on its back" he actually uses his swordfin to attack with its singature move "glaive rush" and it looks like 60's Godzilla.
THE SECOND I IN SCOVILLAIN SHOULD BE AFTER THE A!
i absolutely love scovillain and capsakid. Everyone expected the first fire grass to be pepper inspired and i think they executed it perfectly with mean looking pokemon. used one on my playthrough and it alone swept geetas last 5 pokemon after espathra at level 62
Yeah the mean looking eyes look cool.
But he is pepper inspired lol
i had a torkoal on my team too, those 2 are made for each other.
@@efuii thats why i said "Everyone expected the first fire grass to be pepper inspired and i think they executed it perfectly with mean looking pokemon." hahaha. what are you talking about?
Man, I freaking love the Sprigatito line. Sprig is cute, Floragato is honestly really cool given that the mid stage evolutions tend to be kinda awkward, and Meowscarada is awesome. I've never had a problem with the bipedal starter trend, and while I would have also liked a cool sabertooth tiger, Meowscarada honestly isn't terrible either. Plus its signature move animation is DOPE
Bro it’s Flower Trick is BROKEN and I love it!!!!🤣
Honestly, even if Sprig did go bipedal, I chose it in a heartbeat. I genuinely love the entire line, and I feel like all three of the Paldean starter lines are unreasonably hated. They’re all pretty cool, even if I find them all a bit strange. In a good way, they’re all unique and well designed.
I also don’t have a problem with humanoid starters
Literally a fusion of my favourite two Pokemon, thank you so much Paldea.
Edit: Justin K. you ask, they are Meowstic and Roserade.
I don’t like the design of every starter in this generation. All the signature moves are broken though.
Tbh I really liked Floragota, I wanted to do a play through with Sprigatito and name it after my cat that “looks” similar!
The future paradox pokemon are underrated.
The cons:
Same adjective
Almost completely still in battle
All robots
The pros:
Robots are cool
The Pokémon they chose are cool
The designs are excellent
They match the “time machine+AI” story a lot better
I get why people dislike them, but I honestly can’t agree. Iron Valiant is one of the coolest Pokémon I have, Iron hands, treads, and bundle are bad, but iron thorns, iron moth, iron valiant, and Titan Iron Treads are really cool Pokémon. I think it’s time we give these Pokémon some love.
(Also I get why people prefer Koraidon, but I like Miraidon more)
I personally like iron treads a lot more than most iron variants due to how it isn’t just a robo version but the face and head have been altered and lost to time, to the point the nose is just an actual tread, referencing the name
Iron treads also focuses on the tire concept of donphan
Sprigatito's second stage is oddly my favorite , probably because it's body shape is litrally just a kemono fursuit,like you could litrally not modify anything about it's desing and turn it into a fursuit
Ikr, but everyone is just a hater to it
If ur not into furries tho then ur not gonna like it… that’s my problem with most of the games now all of the final forms have more of a humanoid look so…
Yes I’m aware of skeledirge but most of the time now it’s like 70% human forms pretty much ;-;
@@TheRealReptilus I'm not into furries. Like, I don't hate them and there's some cool designs out there. I love my grass cat evos.
@@7thlittleleopard7 I don’t hate furries either (I’m not one) but I was just saying I understand why people aren’t a big fan of the last couple gens… also I think Mascarada is the best final evo out of all of them
@@TheRealReptilus same I get Dark Magician vibes from it... pretty sure Im not the only one
Why has no one ever thought, "Maybe they made pokeballs look that way because of Amoongus?!" It seems obvious Amoongus existed before pokeballs!
If I remember correctly one of its pokedex entries that it might be the pokémon that inspired the design of poke balls
I dint get why people dont know that dunsparce is NOT a dragon its a worm its not based of a dragon making it longer was very clever because worm can become longer or shorter at will so people have to stop crying about dunsparce evolution is dissapointing (sorry for the people who didnt know)