1 Minute Reviews of Every Single Gen 1 Pokémon

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @TheSeleneSeipher
    @TheSeleneSeipher 2 года назад +710

    Don't know why I did this just felt like providing the chapter timestamps. T B Skyen do with them what you will.
    0:00 - Bulbasaur Line
    0:53 - Charmander Line
    1:47 - Squirtle Line
    2:41 - Caterpie Line
    3:35 - Weedle Line
    4:29 - Pidgey Line
    5:22 - Rattata Line
    6:16 - Spearow Line
    7:10 - Ekans Line
    8:03 - Pikachu Line
    9:50 - YT Self Promotion
    10:38 - Sandshrew Line
    11:32 - Nidoran♀Line
    12:26 - Nidoran♂Line
    13:19 - Clefairy Line
    14:13 - Vulpix Line
    15:07 - Jigglypuff Line
    16:01 - Zubat Line
    16:54 - Oddish Line
    17:48 - Paras Line
    18:42 - Venonat Line
    19:36 - Diglett Line
    20:30 - Meowth Line
    21:24 - Psyduck Line
    22:17 - Mankey Line
    23:09 - Growlithe Line
    24:02 - Poliwag Line
    24:56 - Abra Line
    25:50 - Machop Line
    26:44 - Bellsprout Line
    27:38 - Tentacool Line
    28:32 - Geodude Line
    29:26 - Ponyta Line
    30:19 - Slowpoke Line
    31:13 - Magnemite Line
    32:05 - Farfetch'd
    32:58 - Doduo Line
    33:50 - Seel Line
    34:39 - Grimer Line
    35:32 - Shellder Line
    36:25 - Gastly Line
    37:17 - Onix Line
    38:08 - Drowzee Line
    39:03 - Krabby Line
    39:56 - Voltorb Line
    40:50 - Exeggcute Line
    41:44 - Cubone Line
    42:37 - Hitmonchan/Hitmonlee Line
    43:30 - Lickitung Line
    44:24 - Koffing Line
    45:17 - Rhyhorn Line
    46:11 - Chansey Line
    47:04 - Tangela Line
    47:58 - Kangaskhan
    48:52 - Horsea Line
    49:46 - Goldeen Line
    50:40 - Staryu Line
    51:33 - Mr. Mime Line
    52:27 - Scyther Line
    53:21 - Jynx Line
    54:15 - Electabuzz Line
    55:10 - Magmar Line
    56:02 - Pinsir
    56:56 - Tauros
    57:54 - Magikarp Line
    58:55 - Lapras
    59:48 - Ditto
    1:00:43 - Eevee
    1:01:37 - Vaporeon
    1:02:31 - Jolteon
    1:03:21 - Flareon
    1:04:12 - Espeon
    1:05:06 - Umbreon
    1:05:59 - Leafeon
    1:06:50 - Glaceon
    1:07:43 - Sylveon
    1:08:36 - Porygon Line
    1:09:30 - Omanyte Line
    1:10:24 - Kabuto Line
    1:11:18 - Aerodactyl
    1:12:11 - Snorlax Line
    1:13:05 - Articuno
    1:13:59 - Zapdos
    1:14:53 - Moltres
    1:15:45 - Dratini Line
    1:16:38 - Mewtwo
    1:17:31 - Mew

    • @LoveSasukeKai
      @LoveSasukeKai 2 года назад +10

      Slightly disappointed Ditto isn't timestamped as Award Bait Song

    • @iamireland
      @iamireland 2 года назад +1

      You're good folk.

    • @peeko_luxx2873
      @peeko_luxx2873 2 года назад +6

      Something about a list of the initial 151 Pokémon just tickles my fancies. Reminds me of the old posters of the first gen id have on my wall when I was like 9

    • @naoruaikidokai1742
      @naoruaikidokai1742 2 года назад +2

      Capeless hero!!

    • @Sassafrass95
      @Sassafrass95 Год назад

      for Ekans it makes sense that there are no visible fangs as snakes don't have fangs that peak outside of their mouths like sabertooths, the only time we really ever see ekans with fangs is in the cartoon but in game it's probably harder to show fangs inside of a mouth during attack animations.

  • @ymotle
    @ymotle 2 года назад +1331

    Im ready for: “The gen 1 design policy its to take normal animals y and make them kinda cool” 151 times XD

    • @redlemonsydney
      @redlemonsydney 2 года назад +76

      "League champions were created to embody archetypes not to challenge them".... 2!

    • @GreysonMacAllister
      @GreysonMacAllister Год назад +7

      To be fair, he also sang about Ditto and gushed about Tangela being great for a few minutes

    • @ThePinkBabyMusic
      @ThePinkBabyMusic 10 месяцев назад

      Stoatle missplay

  • @WriothesleySimp
    @WriothesleySimp Год назад +318

    1:16
    Fun fact: applin is a dragon type because of a joke
    Since apples are always associated with having worms inside of them… they made applin a dragon type because the word “worm” sounds exactly like “wyrm” a mythical creature which is basically a dragon just kissing a few legs I believe

    • @logtheghost
      @logtheghost 6 месяцев назад +10

      yeah a wurm is just dragon but snake also haha kissing typo

    • @bonj214
      @bonj214 5 месяцев назад +10

      the legs after 9 months: 🫃

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust 5 месяцев назад +6

      Damn so a leg kink is all it takes to become a wyrm 😮

  • @wingdings_1738
    @wingdings_1738 2 года назад +322

    I like to imagine that these are the field notes of a Pokémon researcher.

  • @Gabriel_LlG
    @Gabriel_LlG 2 года назад +359

    Regarding the yellow rings on Umbreon. In the beta for pokemon gold and silver, Umbreon was originally supposed to be a poison type, not a dark type. They probably based the rings on how some poisonous animals have bright colors to show predators that they are poisonous.

    • @feiradragon7915
      @feiradragon7915 2 года назад +34

      That would make sense. There's a rl octopus that has rings on its skin and is poisonous to touch, plus bioluminescent chemicals are generally toxic to ingest so combining those on a would-be poison type would be creative. Though at least the rings still work as conveying a glowstick vibe like a visual cue to avoid being bumped into at night.

    • @thebestpilot7
      @thebestpilot7 Год назад +27

      @@feiradragon7915 I know this is several months late, but overtime they gradually made the inner section of the rings narrower so now they look like eyes in the dark. Which I think is a super cool way to slightly modify the design to work more for its type

    • @feiradragon7915
      @feiradragon7915 Год назад +1

      @@thebestpilot7 I never noticed that. Cool.

    • @Gabriel_LlG
      @Gabriel_LlG Год назад +4

      The idea of the poison type Umbreon was before the original games came out, during the beta. So the name planned could have been different. Also, the official Japanese name of Umbreon is "Blacky". Back then, they would release the pokemon games in Japan a year or some months before other countries. This means that the name of Umbreon for the English name was chosen after Umbreon was decided to be a dark type.@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes

    • @imimdanger9779
      @imimdanger9779 11 месяцев назад +2

      Doesn't it just mean something like the light in the dark? Or is it something like ringlights?

  • @peytonashby6789
    @peytonashby6789 2 года назад +116

    "Dragon Ball Donald Duck" has now somehow made me like Golduck if for nothing else than that joke.

  • @PeterDivine
    @PeterDivine Год назад +158

    Boy did my bro Umbreon dirty. I'm of the absolute opposite opinion, I think the yellow doesn't look tacked on at all and the shapes provide an excellent contrast to the black fur, making the observer think of flashlights in the dark, fireflies in a nighttime field, or the moon and stars contrasted against the night sky.
    I look at Umbreon and I see a member of the Midnight Crew- this Pokemon isn't evil, or even mischievous, but it is absolutely a night owl and it loves prowling through the quiet and solitude of street lamps illuminating empty nighttime streets when everyone else is asleep- the slinking alley cat to the refined, demure chic of Espeon.

    • @ElvesvsShinyRocks
      @ElvesvsShinyRocks 6 месяцев назад +24

      from the way he described espeon as well, I kinda think he just, like, missed the boat on their whole 'Sunlight vs Moonlight' gimmick.

    • @daral9217
      @daral9217 5 месяцев назад +10

      @@ElvesvsShinyRocks Yeah the Sunlight and Moonlight split between them is what makes the yellow moon like markings on Umbreon make sense.

    • @jacobtrost5048
      @jacobtrost5048 5 месяцев назад +9

      THANK YOU. Between Umbreon and Arcanine both getting low scores I was about to riot

    • @NicaNicu31
      @NicaNicu31 5 месяцев назад +1

      What other Pokemon are part of the midnight crew?

    • @ShubhamSingh-xc9dq
      @ShubhamSingh-xc9dq 4 месяца назад +4

      He had quite some controversial opinions about some of the fan favourites. I didn't agree with arcanine and Joleon either. Also, Joleon is nowhere near the worst option as an electric type in Kanto. I would always choose it over the overrated mascot and other late game electric types.

  • @pawcanada
    @pawcanada 2 года назад +111

    I believ the Pokémon that bites Slowbro's tail is actually an unused one from an earlier/beta build rather than a Shellder. They kept the design and claimed it was a Shellder once they dropped that Pokémon from the game. I also believe said beta revealed a different final form for the Squirtle line, with Blastoise being from a separate one, then those two got merged into the one we have today, scrapping the others.

  • @marche800
    @marche800 Год назад +44

    For Alolan Marowak the ghostly flamedancer element comes the cultural significance on that kind of traditional dance in that flame dances are a way of honoring the spirits, preparing for war and celebrating life in Polynesian culture and given that Morowak is already so tied to mourning conceptually having a final evolution that can properly bring closure to the life lost while celebrating the life it still has is a really nice full circle moment that ties both the pokemon and the region together in a very resonant way while also being really cool.

    • @Amelia4111
      @Amelia4111 Год назад

      MAROWAK IS SPELLED WITH 2 A'S THE SECOND TIME, NOT 2 O'S!

    • @fishbowlheretic
      @fishbowlheretic Год назад +6

      thank you for explaining this! i was pretty upset that they thought the idea &design seemed out of place, when it fits beautifully and is a perfect regional variant for marowak!

  • @walkaway1764
    @walkaway1764 2 года назад +572

    it's funny that you mentioned that Nidoran F aren't directly based on any animal found in nature. Earlier this year, I woke up at about 2am. Got up to use the bathroom. Got back to bed and just as I was about to fall back to sleep, it hit me. Nidorans are rabbits.
    Needless to say, I could not sleep after that revelation.

    • @BunsGlazing768
      @BunsGlazing768 2 года назад +100

      Okay smart guy with the big brain and the multiple brain cells
      can you explain to me why SandSHREW, who resembles a pangolin and evolves into a hedgehog, is categorised as the 'mouse' pokemon?
      checkmate athiests

    • @sunray501
      @sunray501 2 года назад +33

      Lagomorphs would be a helpful word for this sort of description. Good catch tho. I think the further Nidoran evolutions made it hard to spot.

    • @nickshane5985
      @nickshane5985 2 года назад +17

      Before your mind is made up, look at the Godzilla villain Baragon. They are almost a perfect match.

    • @Valtamerisielu
      @Valtamerisielu 2 года назад +7

      @@nickshane5985 I’ve always nicknamed my Nidokings Baragon haha

    • @duncandisorderly9445
      @duncandisorderly9445 2 года назад +20

      I mean… the old sprites in Gen 1 had Nidoran with weirdly long legs and ears. So I always assumed they were rabbits.

  • @iferlyf8172
    @iferlyf8172 2 года назад +114

    The edgier characterization of mr mime in détective pikachu made him less creepy, and in swsh onwards, he's got that animation of sitting in a couch and drinking a beer that makes him more charming

    • @ExpandDong420
      @ExpandDong420 Год назад +7

      Yeah but that just brings him to creepy uncle territory at best

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox Год назад +16

      @@ExpandDong420 Creepy Uncle? That's no way to talk about Ash's dad.

    • @trashdanarts
      @trashdanarts 8 месяцев назад +1

      i still think its creepy bc it ‘ s seeing ash ‘ s mom

  • @Deadflower019
    @Deadflower019 2 года назад +201

    Fun fact: these shorts are how I first discovered you, and by extension, everything I know about League of Legends lore. Thanks!

  • @liamwhite3522
    @liamwhite3522 2 года назад +82

    Jigglypuff and Clefairy lines being siblings means that Wigglytuff having rabbit features makes sense. In Japan, rabbits are accociated with the moon, so while Clefairy fell to Kanto from the moon, Jigglypuff lived in Kanto and lived alongside them after they landed, picking up moon-based evolution in the process.

    • @tinyteacupzz
      @tinyteacupzz 3 месяца назад +1

      I'm glad someone else noticed that

  • @UrbanBeauty166
    @UrbanBeauty166 2 года назад +48

    I always thought Koffing and Weezing were based off of underwater mines, with how they can self destruct and look unstable

  • @coltonmcpherron7607
    @coltonmcpherron7607 2 года назад +58

    What I think's missing here is how these designs communicate and interact with the gameplay.
    There's a noticeable trend towards to more dangerous pokemon as you go down the line. Subtley increasing the stakes of the journey while communicatimg your player character's increasing power as the world throws far more deadly looking threats at you.
    It's starts early as spearow being far more predatory than pidgey. Even meoth communicates this being an early-mid rattata. Upping the ante by being a cat instead of a rat. I'd argue even venonat commuicates more danger than weedle or catterpie.
    This caps out with the legendary birds and mewtwo bringing your journey in contact with the mythical and demigodly
    This progession is even hinted at by the rarer 5% pokemon you find early on. Sticking around in early areas shows you a hint of the world's higher power.

  • @smusher6
    @smusher6 2 года назад +31

    Bellsprout is still my favorite pokemon to this very day, and your segment here about its evolution line absolutely slew me. SCREAMING FLYING BANANA

  • @Juniper_Rose
    @Juniper_Rose 2 года назад +35

    A note about Muk; Alolan Muk LOOKS more ferocious, but in actuality it's way more friendly! Assuming you feed it. The Moon entry says it's very friendly, but if you don't feel it properly it'll smash your furniture and devour the pieces

    • @VixstraLarge
      @VixstraLarge 2 месяца назад +1

      So it's basically a slime cat, neat.

  • @Miss_Reapers
    @Miss_Reapers 2 года назад +30

    Galarian Zapdos is actually based on a road runner! Its great because Zapdos is my favorite legendary and growing up in Nevada where they are fairly common makes the whole line perfect to me!

  • @rhysh7789
    @rhysh7789 8 месяцев назад +19

    I don’t really believe the gyarados and dragonite were switched theory anymore. The similarities between dratini and gyarados are pretty surface level (they are both serpentine dragons, they are both blue) but gyarados and magikarp share various features that make it clear they were designed to go together (they have the same moustache, same tail and pectoral fins, same crown-shaped dorsal fin, same fish lips and same segmented body. Dragonair and dragonite are less similar, but they have the same gentle expression, horn on their head and soft rounded shapes. I think Dragonair evolving into gyarados would be more out of place than dragonite

    • @jessechavez4820
      @jessechavez4820 3 месяца назад +3

      Right on the money with that one. Literally just started because their colors and took off from there. It's kind of dumb how many people believe the switch theory

    • @Blartyboy
      @Blartyboy 3 месяца назад +4

      Exactly, make Gyarados red and literally no one would’ve ever considered this ever.
      On top of that, the reason for the colour change between dragonair and dragonite is fairly logical, going from a somewhat larval serpent thing that lives in the water, which makes sense to be blue, to being a fire-breathing, flying dragon, it makes sense to therefore make it orange so that it feels it fits the theme more.
      I’ve always had a particular hatred for this rumour, it makes literally no sense.

    • @thedaniel4999
      @thedaniel4999 3 месяца назад +2

      I agree, the only switched in development theory in the original 151 that I’m convinced about personally is that Venomoth and Butterfree were switched

    • @rhysh7789
      @rhysh7789 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@thedaniel4999 Yeah I agree with that one too. butterfree and venonat share specific features the same way magikarp and gyarados do. Plus the switch makes sense there - the caterpie line is very important as an early game tutorial, so it makes sense that devs would be switching it around late in development to get it just right. Blastoise originally being from a separate evolution line is pretty much confirmed so it's not really a theory, but that's another line where a switch clearly happened.

  • @HateSonneillon
    @HateSonneillon Год назад +19

    If you were to do this for all generations I would watch every minute. I've always enjoyed your fairly objective critiques. I like that you even mentioned how seal and dewgong are based on fountains which a lot of other people miss.

  • @BreakTheIce222
    @BreakTheIce222 2 года назад +48

    Fun fact you're not wrong about Staryu/Starmie being something other than just starfish. They're considered extraterrestrial in the later gens.

  • @irregularstuff5290
    @irregularstuff5290 7 месяцев назад +4

    A note about porygon-z: his limbs are not just in random order, but look like axis you see in any 3d software: X, Y and Z. So basically he's just going in the new dimention and is continuation of the joke.

  • @GrayVBoat
    @GrayVBoat 2 года назад +68

    You forgot to mention that Gigantamax Lapras, with its multi-tiered shell design, looks quite a bit like a cruise ship or ocean liner.

  • @Kellan__they-them
    @Kellan__they-them 2 года назад +64

    And so I get another opportunity to request a full cover of the Gigolo song you sang part of for Ditto.

    • @mittarikinz
      @mittarikinz Год назад +8

      Same
      His voice is so pretty lol

  • @LoveSasukeKai
    @LoveSasukeKai 2 года назад +89

    I would absolutely love to see an actual tier list! Maybe it's my ADHD, but it's hard to remember what pokemon gets what grade and seeing all A grade ones at once would definitely help. Also this is my favourite series of yours and your Dratini/Magikarp rant gives me LIFE.

    • @TBSkyen
      @TBSkyen  2 года назад +49

      Someone did compile all the grades in a chart: twitter.com/Laretiaz/status/1583516007188303872

    • @LoveSasukeKai
      @LoveSasukeKai 2 года назад +12

      @@TBSkyen oh wow, thank you for letting me know!

  • @yrmoththebuhuhu3893
    @yrmoththebuhuhu3893 2 года назад +18

    I will not take the umbreon slander, it has a smooth slick design, the almost all black makes it look like an exellent nocturnal hunter and the yellow circles makes him also look mistycal, he s an easy A, but for me its an easy S

  • @TheInfiniteAmo
    @TheInfiniteAmo Год назад +9

    Sandshrew's based on a pangolin moreso than an armadillo, though the animals are similar enough that what you'll see is down to which of the two you're more familiar with.
    Also, Wigglytuff (and the Nidos) are Moon Rabbits. That's why they use Moon Stones to evolve. A few of the original designers for Pokemon had similar ideas and all ended up doing their own take on 'moon creature' informed by Japanese culture, I assume. That's also how we got Azumarill in Gen 2!

  • @capuchinosofia4771
    @capuchinosofia4771 2 года назад +20

    Loved the magikarp/dragonite/dratini/gyarados um.... "discussion" lol
    Had never thought about it before!

    • @comyuse9103
      @comyuse9103 Год назад +5

      i haven't thought about gyrados specifically, but dragonite has always ruined the dratini line. before him the line is elegant and has a consistent form.

    • @berserkerciaran
      @berserkerciaran 6 месяцев назад +3

      Except, Gyarados is segmented and rough, like Magikarp, while Dragonite is friend-shaped and smooth-looking like its preevolutions

  • @mognum5136
    @mognum5136 2 года назад +201

    Hearing you speaking in the shorts speed for an hour while being used to watch the longer vid in the background feels like I'm having a seizure

    • @3twibles4sweetrevenge
      @3twibles4sweetrevenge 2 года назад +6

      I feel the same towards his normal videos because I only watch his shorts

    • @ThomasBD
      @ThomasBD 2 года назад +10

      You can play the video at 0,75 speed. There ae some moments that it sounds kinda weird, but when he's speaking REALLY FAST it gets normal.

    • @capuchinosofia4771
      @capuchinosofia4771 2 года назад +3

      Sameee
      Though i tried the 0.75 speed and i couldnt bear it, was way too slow sometimes. But if one could do 0.90 (here in mobile i cant) that would be perfect

    • @Seergun
      @Seergun 2 года назад +1

      or just be me and listen to everything at 2.5x speed as my base speed

    • @ThomasBD
      @ThomasBD 2 года назад +3

      @@Seergun I think you have some anxiety problems, or too little freetime.

  • @Pktommy1
    @Pktommy1 2 года назад +12

    I have always like Raichu more than Pikachu. It doesn’t get much love as it deserves and I think they both get more hate than deserved too, I think neither are actually all that bad in battles.

  • @pippastrelle
    @pippastrelle 2 года назад +18

    Awesome thoughts. Each so concise, insightful, and funny. You use it to highlight overall design trends in Gen 1 designs if you plan to do other generations, I can't wait.

  • @RetnabBanter
    @RetnabBanter 2 года назад +11

    The one thing I would add to Ditto is the additional nightmare fuel lore hints that Ditto's are the failed attempts to create Mewtwo on Cinnabar Island (where Ditto's are a dime a dozen), and under that lens they're more something you'd find in Made In Abyss than a kids "catch 'em all" game.

    • @marcoasturias8520
      @marcoasturias8520 2 года назад

      Dunno, they seem natural enough

    • @JaharNarishma
      @JaharNarishma 2 года назад +2

      Mewtwo and Mew have the same colour schemes. Ditto has got another one. Shiny Ditto is also not the same. Talks with the devs show that the design similarities were unintentional. Even the lore part of Ditto in the place were Mewtwo was made was incidental. The choice of location for the Ditto encounters were not because of lore.
      The creators say that Ditto is not related to the creation of Mewtwo. Many of them were surprised when they heard the fan theory.

  • @arthurxavier3515
    @arthurxavier3515 2 года назад +10

    Most people I hear prefer the Alolan form of vulpix/ninetales, but for me the original design is so much better. Ninetales specifically looks more majestic and menacing at the same time with the smaller red eyes and more defined tail. And I say this as someone who never used them on a playthrough because I'd prefer using either Arcanine or Charizard (or another fire type for other gens). I think Kantonian ninetales had the bad luck of having other popular fire options, but it's an amazing pokemon for me

    • @alonedownthere47
      @alonedownthere47 2 года назад

      any fire type that can make solarbeam work for me is my favorite fire type, same reason i like magmortar more than most people. but even as a kid with no knowledge of good type coverage, ninetales was top two for me

  • @ENDERSTYLE74
    @ENDERSTYLE74 2 года назад +13

    I’m very happy that you seem motivated to move onto gen 2 ! It’s a very nice series and It’s always somewhat heartwarming to see it pop on my feed~
    Can’t wait for gen 3 :>

  • @joshuagreen818
    @joshuagreen818 2 года назад +9

    The lines on machoke's arms are because it's muscles are growing so large they are literally splitting its skin open. The pants are a power dampening belt that it has to wear to keep its strength in check.

    • @twobladedswordsandmauls2120
      @twobladedswordsandmauls2120 2 месяца назад

      The belt is the power dampening belt. The pants are actually just part of it's skin.

  • @autumnavalanche1097
    @autumnavalanche1097 Год назад +3

    THE MUSICAL INTERLUDE IS SO UNEXPECTED BUT WELCOME OMG IT'S SO CUTE

  • @Kailova07
    @Kailova07 6 месяцев назад +3

    59:50 can we talk about how you’re singing voice is kinda fire? 🔥

  • @leahs.9941
    @leahs.9941 2 года назад +5

    Not a lot of RUclips content keeps my attention, but I could listen to yours for hours! Something about your voice and how succinctly and eloquently you put your thoughts together is mesmerizing, and I appreciate it 😊♥️

  • @awesomeblb3407
    @awesomeblb3407 2 года назад +5

    8:30 female pikachu is adorable with the 2 bumps mimicking a heart

    • @bobtheball5384
      @bobtheball5384 2 года назад

      Ditto, it's one of the gender differences that I like looking for in pokemon ngl

    • @JaharNarishma
      @JaharNarishma 2 года назад +1

      @@bobtheball5384 I am taking the opposing stance of thinking that the soft heart shape takes away one of the key design features. The sharp lightning tail is important.
      The only use of a rounded bolt is to ease in the Alolan Raichu, which isn't gender exclusively female.

  • @chorizord6974
    @chorizord6974 Год назад +2

    26:48 the SCREAMING FLYING BANANA is my sleep paralysis demon

  • @Hgamern
    @Hgamern 2 года назад +3

    I paused Starman on Spotify to continue watching the Staryu/Starmie reviews, and I lowkey freaked out when you quoted the chorus! LOL

  • @KingJH0510
    @KingJH0510 2 года назад +8

    I like hes like
    'Ok cannons are fucking cool'
    'Ok 3 is a bit much it looks dumb'
    'OK A WHOLE SHELL OF CANNONES NOW WERE TALKING'

  • @LordTentai
    @LordTentai 2 года назад +18

    Im sad to see Umbreon, my favorite eeveelution get kinda shafted here. To my understanding, the yellow loops are meant to evoke reflective strips like you might wear while out walking in the dark to be easily spotted by drivers

    • @TBSkyen
      @TBSkyen  2 года назад +13

      Yeah, I've heard 6 or 8 different explanations of them at this point

  • @Beairstoboy
    @Beairstoboy 2 года назад +5

    Mankey and Primeape are some of my favorite Pokemon from the first gen just because the episodes with them were my first real introduction to Pokemon, and I understand why you don't love their look but I still think they're adorable fluffy little guys. And there are a lot of monkey species that just look like big balls of fluff and are crazy aggressive. My favorite example would be Hamadryas baboons, they're rough little cotton balls!

  • @wentoneisendon6502
    @wentoneisendon6502 Год назад +2

    The bellsprout line creeped the fuck out of me as a kid. Hated facing them

  • @tyrdunbar
    @tyrdunbar 2 года назад +6

    Im upset you didnt mention the rock paper scizzors theory of the scyther line. Also porygon is clearly a duck but this made me release we have so many duck pokemon

  • @dmfyre
    @dmfyre 2 года назад +35

    I'm a bit sad you used the Shiny colorations for Alolan Grimer and Muk instead of the normal colors, since I think it's SIGNIFICANTLY more interesting! Living slime is one thing, but has so many chemicals stewing in it that it becomes brightly colored from the chemical reactions, which is a neat way of explaining the difference in colors and the sudden crystals!

    • @musicmeister2797
      @musicmeister2797 2 года назад +5

      He was unable to find 3d models for the regular coloration

    • @GreySkaler
      @GreySkaler Год назад +1

      He used shiny models for all allolan varients

  • @tartarustrommler5454
    @tartarustrommler5454 2 года назад +29

    I assume you will once again withhold the surperior one minute version from us.
    I crave its superior information density.

  • @Chaptor
    @Chaptor 2 года назад +6

    Even if I didn’t agree with many of the rankings the analysis was fantastic and the format great. Good work on this one!

  • @Kwevin6659
    @Kwevin6659 2 года назад +6

    Everyone who's seen early spongebob growing up knows what a butterfly looks like close up and it is as rough as advertised

  • @nekochan1692
    @nekochan1692 2 года назад +5

    10:49 my mind is blown. In 20 years I actually never realised it was a brick pattern 😐 and I used to draw all 151 pokemons back in the day, more than once...
    I wonder how many design choice I missed in gen1 now. Time to find out!

  • @tinyteacupzz
    @tinyteacupzz 3 месяца назад +1

    15:32 wait. WAIT. I just realized. Is the reason Wigglytuff looks like a rabbit to be a sibling pokemon to the alien from the moon, the Clefairy line?? In Japan there is a legend of a rabbit on the moon, after all, so were they keeping this in mind when designing Wigglytuff?

  • @mikeCD62
    @mikeCD62 6 месяцев назад +1

    Various commentary from someone who loves your channel:
    Machamp and golem represent the idea that traded pokemon borrow from each others traits. Graveler loses its 4 arms and gains a reptilian snout, while machoke loses the snout and gets extra arms.
    Sandslash probably is based on a pangolin rather than being a chimera

  • @iguessimhere2632
    @iguessimhere2632 Год назад +3

    6:15 I assume ratatta and raticate aren’t meant to be domestic rats, which do behave differently from the wild variation. Rats that live in the wild tend to be more aggressive, more rugged, and less cuddly than their domestic counterparts. I do agree however, domestic rats are adorable

  • @Hydraina
    @Hydraina Год назад +1

    Bleeping the swear word with politoed's cry at 24:38 is genius

  • @ravenfawr7415
    @ravenfawr7415 8 месяцев назад

    I came for these when I first saw you review the Arbok line, and that led to me exploring pretty much all of your content. You're presentation of design philosophy is fascinating and I genuinely think I understand how to design my characters better now.
    Thanks for all that you do, Skyen!

  • @queeeeeeenn
    @queeeeeeenn Год назад +1

    Applin is a Wyrm (a Serpentine Dragon) that hides inside an Apple as a form of defense

  • @kiwi40238
    @kiwi40238 Год назад +1

    1:15 the Apple dragon is a word play. The apple is just a shell but the actual Pokemon is the worm inside the apple. The pronunciation worm can also be written as Wyrm i.e. a Dragon. That's why it is a Dragon type.

  • @MarioFRC32
    @MarioFRC32 2 года назад +13

    I fully expect once you finished the Paldean pokémon a 10 hour video of all shorts (tho by that time surely another region has release, gen 1 alone took one year)

    • @noahtaylor1721
      @noahtaylor1721 2 года назад +4

      If 151 (and some others) takes a year, then it’ll probably take 3-4 more years to finish all Pokémon up to gen 9, meaning at least one more generation will have probably released since scarlet/violet

  • @randaljones6052
    @randaljones6052 4 месяца назад +1

    bro got to umbreon and I was like oh yeah he's gonna love it, and he was like 🦗🦗🦗🦗but then got to LEAFEON and was like 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @SaintoftheHonest
    @SaintoftheHonest 2 года назад +3

    Just quickly saying, I LOVE using Politoed in PMD. Especially as a Zero Isle mon, where you’re reset to L1 when you go in, coz Bubblebeam gives you mad range, hypnosis lets your team body stronger wild opponents and multihit moves (ie, doubleslap) are MAD overpowered in those games.

  • @ofanichan
    @ofanichan 2 года назад +3

    Im nit gonna rant too much about Blastoise - for my own sanity’s sake. But Blastoise and Wartortle had different designers, and Blastoise was supposed to be in a different evolution line. Which is why Wartortle and Blastoise doesnt at all feel like the same family line. Wartortle was originally supposed to have a very different evolution.

  • @NextToToddliness
    @NextToToddliness Год назад +2

    Espeon's tail is supposed to be an allusion to dousing rods and magic wands.

    • @Amelia4111
      @Amelia4111 Год назад

      ILLUSION DOES NOT START WITH AN A, IT STARTS WITH AN I! *FIX IT NOW!*

  • @ryanbradleyrankin
    @ryanbradleyrankin 2 года назад +4

    Aerodactyl is supposed to be a gargoyle mixed with a pterodactyl hence its rock typing.

    • @JaharNarishma
      @JaharNarishma 2 года назад

      I thought it was just a "fossils are stones" thing.

    • @ryanbradleyrankin
      @ryanbradleyrankin 2 года назад

      @@JaharNarishma hmm. Column a column b maybe.

  • @Prof3ssorWalnut
    @Prof3ssorWalnut 6 месяцев назад +1

    To be clear, their are tadpoles that have a wierd trait that they do not reach the "frog" state of their lifespan and are forever tadpoles.

  • @kairu_aname
    @kairu_aname Год назад +1

    I always thought that sandshrew to sandslash went from a armadillo to a pangolin

  • @Hyrule-Postman
    @Hyrule-Postman 2 года назад +2

    I've another youtuber talk about Alolan Diglett/Dugrtrio pointing out that their hair was probably a reference to Pele's Hair (Pele being the Hawaiian Goddess of volcanoes).

    • @JaharNarishma
      @JaharNarishma 2 года назад

      And the metal "hairs" that can be found on said volcanoes.

  • @latrodectusmactans7592
    @latrodectusmactans7592 2 года назад +3

    Gyarados is a koinobori, a carp wind sock.
    So yeah, it’s supposed to evolve from a carp.

  • @mattiascrowe2549
    @mattiascrowe2549 Год назад +1

    "What if... horse... but on fire? It's a simple concept but it's a strong one"
    I think I've heard this joker monologue before

  • @LeSpireGirl
    @LeSpireGirl 2 года назад

    I've really enjoyed watching the shorts here and there, but it's very nice to watch them back to back like this. Thank you! I'm looking forward to your commentary on the other generations!

  • @therun7024
    @therun7024 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fun fact, poliwhirl is the creator of Pokémon’s favorite Pokémon.

  • @ultimatedespairgamer6722
    @ultimatedespairgamer6722 2 года назад +6

    Isn’t the bulbasaur line frogs ? Lol I know the name ends in saur but they look like frogs and it makes more sense with turtle, lizard, and frogs

    • @ThomasBD
      @ThomasBD 2 года назад +3

      They are like, frog dinosaurs or something

    • @bobtheball5384
      @bobtheball5384 2 года назад

      Ngl frogs are amphibians but uh yeah im pretty sure bulbs is supposed to resemble a dinosaur, it having claws instead of fins kinda help with that

  • @booleaninfernusstudios5352
    @booleaninfernusstudios5352 Год назад +1

    Charmeleon is Zuko before he became the Fire Lord

  • @redlemonsydney
    @redlemonsydney 2 года назад +13

    In defense of Charizard being fire/flying, it'd make it neutral to water and break the type triangle, it's rly just a game balancing thing
    As for Applin, it's not an apple, it's a wyrm *in* an apple, hence Apple - In.

    • @JaharNarishma
      @JaharNarishma 2 года назад +1

      The fire flying fits the Japanese roots of salamanders being the fire animal. Dragons are water animals. They give water and life. Charizard is a flying salamander.
      Dragonite is the odd one out with its western design tacked on at the end of an evolution line with eastern dragons.

    • @theskoomacat3106
      @theskoomacat3106 2 года назад +1

      Fire/ Dragon would would probably have been more broken than Psychics were in Gen 1.

  • @ArtsyJet
    @ArtsyJet 5 месяцев назад

    I like that you included the evolutions added on in later generations.

  • @NWolfsson
    @NWolfsson Год назад +1

    58:34 Don't worry, man, I'm with you. When my Dragonair evolved (after weeks of finding a god damn Dratini which was extraordinarily rare in G1, thank you; and getting it up to level) into Dragonite, I considered if it was worth it to reverse to my previous save. Thankfully I only had to grind my Dratini to level up to my team and prevent it from evolving, I already had it on the save.

  • @danwg3368
    @danwg3368 Год назад +1

    Holy shit, the reference to that old Geodude meme hit a real dusty spot in my brain

  • @boyarbeloved
    @boyarbeloved 2 года назад +1

    wow i didn’t expect an Arthur Brown reference less than two minutes in

  • @bdroop6100
    @bdroop6100 2 года назад +2

    Nice! I'm not that much into shorts, this is perfectly meaty enough to watch while I do chores :p looking forward to reviews of modern pokemon designs if you ever find it to be pertinent

  • @aquashuriken1634
    @aquashuriken1634 11 месяцев назад +1

    Applin is a wyrm, a type of dragon, it's type is justified

  • @robbyv109
    @robbyv109 7 месяцев назад

    The circles on Umbreon symbolize an eclipse to me. The bright circle around the black of a blocked out sun.

  • @jojosilver7408
    @jojosilver7408 2 года назад +2

    "arcanine is more of a lion than a dog"... Exactly, it's based on a Chinese lion dog statue. Hisuian form made it even more obvious with the rock type

  • @OmolonFluidDynamicsEnjoyer
    @OmolonFluidDynamicsEnjoyer 2 года назад +3

    I wonder what he'll think of annihilape, the new primape evolution in gen 9.

  • @uorimoon
    @uorimoon Год назад

    I love that for a lot of the regional forms, you used the shiny versions.

  • @ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502
    @ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 Год назад +1

    You've made the mistake of assuming that "the 3D sprite was bad" means "the pokemon looks bad in 3D". Look at skarmory in colosseum and XD, it looks great there.

  • @defeatstatistics7413
    @defeatstatistics7413 3 месяца назад

    A point on the legendary birds; Zapdos and Moltres share beak shape (and access to Drill Peck) with Fearow. Articuno shares its beak shape with Pidgeot, as well as the prominent head crest. I feel like they're meant to be versions of Kanto's native birds that embody the elements, rather than their own separate thing.

  • @bobjeezorham7658
    @bobjeezorham7658 2 года назад +1

    I'm glad to see some Fearow appreciation here. I've always really liked the way it looks.

  • @jevo_2228
    @jevo_2228 Год назад

    Dude fuckin “SCREAMING FLYING BANANA” is the funniest thing I’ve seen/heard in a very long time

  • @Grimm-A
    @Grimm-A 2 года назад +1

    "Yeh for sure gyarados and dragonite are weird evos but i wont agree with you ever"
    1 minute later:
    OH NO HE IS RIGHT

  • @TNTNinja2
    @TNTNinja2 3 месяца назад +1

    I was unprepared for 26:45 and had to pause the video to cry-laugh

  • @anonbefallen4807
    @anonbefallen4807 5 месяцев назад

    I always really liked Victreebell. The idea of a man-eating plant that can literally swallow you whole is awesome, and the only reason I never use it shares the same typing as my favorite gen 1 starter Bulbasaur

  • @dreeg1896
    @dreeg1896 3 месяца назад +1

    14:07
    I’m always shocked when people disregard this as a fan theory when the name Genar literally comes from the word doppelgänger. There’s a reason the name didn’t change between Japan and English, and doesn’t sound Japanese, and that’s because it’s German.
    I might even go as far as to say Gengar might be a decent part of the reason Poison and fairy interact the way they do, go give THE fairy Pokemon, the one with the type in the name, a weakness to its darker, more insidious counterpart, whereas before the switch, they couldn’t reasonably interact because of their typings, much like you can’t interact with your reflection in a mirror.

    • @TBSkyen
      @TBSkyen  3 месяца назад +1

      I don' t think that's quite true. "Gengar" seems to me to derive from "gjengänger" or "genganger," which is a Scandinavian Germanic word that literally just refers to a ghost. It means "re-walker" or "repeat walker," as in, someone who was dead but who walks again, usually in a haunting.

    • @dreeg1896
      @dreeg1896 3 месяца назад +1

      @@TBSkyen huh. That I didn’t know. It could absolutely be both, and I guess we’ll never know bc Game Freak hates confirming anything 😕

  • @insomniacnerd5592
    @insomniacnerd5592 2 года назад +1

    Espeon and Sylveon are my two favorite eeveelutions, so I feel validated today.

  • @ac4941
    @ac4941 2 года назад +1

    Chansey line to me feels like it took light design inspiration from chickens, but I wish they leaned into it a bit more for Blissey.

  • @ilikewalls956
    @ilikewalls956 6 месяцев назад +1

    god i love that ditto song

  • @Poillip
    @Poillip 5 месяцев назад

    You brought up the Tentacool line's alien aesthetic without addressing Tentacruel's straight up UFO design!! It even gets extra tentacles and a big grabby pincer-beak thing for abducting stuff!

  • @MystLunarabne
    @MystLunarabne Год назад +1

    1:05:32
    I think the main issue with Umbreon is that where as Espon was designed to embody the slightly otherwordly potential of Psychic types, Umbreon was just designed to be the opposite of Espeon's design which in a lot of ways means it fails and even fails at the basic premise of being an Eeveelution because it's simply not designed to embody its own type.
    It's not exactly a terrible design though it just doesn't ever feel like what it shouldbe so it has an element of both disappointment and slight blandness.
    You could definitely change some things about Umbreon thoughand make it a far better design on darkness and shadows, by just making its fur more shadowy and obfuscating and focusing on those red eyes to give it more of that cartoony feel of something unknown peering at you from inside a bush or dark cave etc. Its marking could then also perhaps be a different colour and slightly different pattern alongwith themetically only lighting up when it is actively attacking to give an extra surprise and confusion about just what exactly the shape and size of this thing that pounced out of the shadows really is.

  • @joshualind9854
    @joshualind9854 Год назад +1

    the ditto song gave me life 😅

  • @acehealer4212
    @acehealer4212 2 года назад +1

    I really enjoyed this series! Thanks, Skyen!

  • @ninacochrane569
    @ninacochrane569 2 года назад +3

    Watching through all these back-to-back was extremely fun and genuinely made me smile. But I realized, watching them all in sequence with alt-forms and babies and such, that Skyen missed Munchlax entirely from the Snorlax video. I do want to know what you think of the cute little raccoon goblin baby.

    • @TBSkyen
      @TBSkyen  2 года назад +5

      Right now my plan is to cover him in gen 4

    • @ninacochrane569
      @ninacochrane569 2 года назад +2

      @@TBSkyen I look forward to it! Though I suppose it goes to show how completely enamored I was with the Snorlax short that it took until (at least, if not more) my third viewing of the short to notice the absence of munchlax