Terastallization Vs Every Pokemon Gimmick
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- After discussing Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves and Dynamax, it's time to break down Tera Types and see how they compare to the previous gimmicks!
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Happy JPR Friday! Where do you rank Terastallization among the other gimmicks?
Probably 3rd at least dynamax had forms
1) Megas
2) Dynamax
3) Tera
4) Z moves
1. Mega Evolution
2. Terastallization
3. Z-Move
4. Gigantimax/Dynamax
@@mazharsiddiqi7288 This is how I'd rank them too
With rumors that Tera types mite get some type of different forms in the DLC…Terrastalization is 2nd regardless because this gimmick can make certain Pokémon, like Ninjask, WAY better. :P
My main gripe with Mega Evolution is the fact that the starters couldn't access the gimmick. Every time I play a new game, I always try to use Pokémon of that generation, but doing so in gen 6 meant no new gimmick for me.
This is why I think tera excels. Every Pokémon can access it, and can also have unique type that can change the fight (i love that the gym leaders have an ace who's not of that gym type but teras into it).
So in my very humble opinion, Tera is the best gimmick.
Also I love it both aesthetically and I like the music when your opponent uses it
I think that's more of a problem with XY than with Mega Evolution. ORAS didn't have this problem, and XY seemingly did it because they wanted to promote older Pokémon, thus rather than promoting the new starters get went with the typical Kanto choice, and gave you a second starter early on from there *with* a Mega Evolution.
@@Hazearil you're right, I forgot about the gen 3 remakes. My point was that since it was introduced in gen 6, they should have given megas to the starters. In gen 7 the starters have their own z move. I could have phrased my comment better. But I agree with you
Mega evolution was limited to fully evolved pokemon and further more to oneley a handfull of pokemon. I still liked it better then z moves cause it worked for the entire battle. Some sed z was better cause all pokemon could use it and it was stronger. It was a one shot and I couldn't rely on it for multiple battles. I never played ss so I'm not familliar with it's gimic. I beleve mega was dropped for it's limitation and if it was built up.more it would need more mega animation. I once sed what we needed was a powerup like an aura bond or something to give pokemon a power boost during battle withe the lasting qualities of mega and z moves varied use. This would make a powerup option with the good eldments of bothe. Teressalizing basicley did that so it's my favorite yet. I didn't like z moves much because of the one shot use and I found the little dances\pose silly.
It’s the best as far as fairness, but my favorite is still Mega Evolution.
Disagree about the fairness part, it’s bound to have certain Pokemon like
Flutter Mane or Kingambit exploit it.
Still a great mechanic tho.
@@Ryan_D. I’d disagree like yes some min maxed Pokémon can seem busted but fluttermane is only good with good players it’s one shot by like ant physical move
@@Ryan_D. i mean using that logic nothing would be fair since there would always be a pokemon that will abuse the mechanic. Of the 4 gimmicks it is the most fair. Is it my fave? no, Mega Evolution is still my fave one but if we are talking strictly on how fair it is then yeah, tera is the fairest of the 4.
@@Ryan_D. Tyranitar with assault vest can eat two choice specs tera fairy moonblast from flutter mane
Really strange take to say that it is “fair” what does that even mean in this context??
If they changed the 50 shards required to change a Tera Type to something like 10 or 20, then I feel like it would be much better. After I completed the main story, I set the goal for myself of having a viable pokemon of each Tera Type and, let me tell you, that grind was really starting to get to me when I was hunting for raids to change my Scizor from a fairy type
I def agree. A good way around this is to Take advantage of the Blissey raids, you’ll get a crap ton of shards!! Way more than grinding out the regular raids
Nahh he right takes to long and no one wants to grind 200 hours of blissy just for a gimmick /.-
@@J2BGaming650 they’re super easy, I solo them. Doesn’t take 200 hours lol
its alright acc. to me, it makes u play the game instead of playing it once and then just not playing anymore bcz u have done everything
@@SirSmokeVGC ima a men of perspective if I want 600000 dragon Tera gems I’m not guna grind it out takes way more then 200 hours to get the amount I need also ur not always grantee to get a dragon type bliss’y or what ever Tera type u want takes for ever if u wanna grind like 5000 k elec gems fire gems ect
I think XY refrained from giving Gym Leaders Mega Pokémon is because they were saving that for a more challenging Z, but then it never happened. They're not doing 3rd versions anymore, so all Gym Leaders get to use the gimmick.
No they just wanted to make the game easy because to many found gen 5 to be hard
Karina: Am I a joke to you?
@@idreadFell365 Didn't use it in the Gym Battle, can't touch ghost-types, so yes!
@@commonviewer2488 still doesn’t change the fact she used it.
@@idreadFell365 yes but she used megas because of her grandfather not because she’s a gym leader
6:05 That's not an unfair coin flip, that's just an opponent who successfully kept options open until the end.
My thought too. You could just as easily say, “he could use a fire type move, or a flying type move, it’s an unfair coin flip”
I think that kind of thing just adds to the fun personally.
The hats are kinda dumb but the gimmick itself is fun. It's basically an extension to Hidden Power that's more moldable
Mega will always have my heart as a casual. A true trump card experience and helped bad pokes get the stage light on them
but at the same time ended up being a curse as now mons like mawile are significantly worse now then they where before
@@bulborb8756 True, a double-edged sword
And jerking off Charizard's huge ego Game Freak gave it. Hell, most of the Pokemon didn't really need them. I could think of like 10 that could have.
@@bulborb8756 that’s an issue caused by…. Game freak obviously . If megas were never removed that “curse” wouldn’t be ther e
@@bulborb8756 Mawile Was NEVER Good To Begin With . 😂
I would love to see a game that pits all the gimmicks together and fight NPC's that uses different ones and you can pick from one and is a critical plot point to the story.
So we could get like in the anime's final, Mega Evolution vs Gigantamax. I'd love that.
@@xtrem5428 Yes, but all of them. Megas, Z-moves, the Max forms, and Terastallization. You'd have to choose one and the one you choose changes the story in a key way.
Personally I think it's the best mechanic, it feels the most balanced and creates the most interesting strategies. Z moves were annoying and once per game, yawn, megas were oftentimes overpowered and the mega stone didn't counterbalance it, dynamax was insanely broken, but terastallization feels just right to me. this mechanic is in the Goldilocks zone of being strong but not broken.
mostly because it doesn't modify stats or cause attacks to be overpowered. it just modifies typing and STAB. manageable.
Mawlie sucks in all gimmicks except mega evolution so thats why megas are the best
@@azeria1 Yeah but lucario, gengar, metagross, swampert, and more are completely broken
@@azeria1 to be fair, mega mawile, sableye, banette, and medicham should have just been evolutions for them. would have been nice. especially banette since its counterpart duskull has a 3rd evolution
@swordmaster305 It doesn't matter if some useless mons get better with this mechanic since already broken mons get even better and since you can only use one mega per game it's just not worth to use those useless ones.
And also legendaries were totally allowed in VGC (the official metagame), and they ruined the whole thing. Everyone ran at least one primal mon.
Sorry for my bad English
I don't have any feelings about Terastallization. But I would prefer it if GF would expand, work and ballance on already introduced gimmicks instead of dumping them in the next games...
Agreed.
Yugioh has countless summoning mechanics that they never ditched. Sure its not perfect but at least even rituals can get some continued support.
Mega Evolution is still the best in my eyes. Creates hype moments during battles, made previously weak or irrelevant Pokemon a chance to shine. They could've just keep that gimmick around and added more every generation.
I also would have prefered mega to stay but it was limited to fully evolved and oneley a handfull of pokemon. Plus more mega animations would need to be created to keep the gimic growing and that animation would have outspaced uther areas in tbe game so a powerup animation that could be used on all pokemon was a better solution. I still would have liked mega to stay but I see why it was dropped.
Tera is definitely my favorite. And while the process to change types is grindy, I think it's necessary (at least for the main story). If I could easily change type would be way less interested in Tera raids.
I think a reasonable compromise would be that during the main story, you would need like 30-40 Tera shards if you want to change your Pokémon Tera type. But after you complete the main story the amount of shards needed is lowered to around 20 to ease the mind numbing grinding you need to do
I love the actual transformations for Mega Evolutions but fully accept that it's sort of limited in scope for that reason since giving EVERY Pokemon ever another form would be ludicrous even when Megas first came out. And conversely even if Teras don't look as cool and they definitely feel the most balanced in terms of every Mon getting to use it and not blowing matches completely out of the water upon its activation
This may be a hot take but I like that not every pokemon got a mega, it made it special
I agree with that, but it would have been cool if more had them (and especially during the main game. ORAS had many new stones like Gallade being post-game only)
Facts + if they continued with it to the next generations we could’ve expanded on it with more Mons that can get it
Hot garbage take megas we’re the best
why exactly are only some pokemon capable of Mega evolving? kinda forces u to use only a certain pokemon
The biggest complaint is why Starters Pokemon didn't get mega?
It was introduced in gen 6 but gen 6 starters can't get benefits from it.🥴🥴🥴
Tera is the best. So many options and adds an extra strategy/ layer to battling …. A single Tera can change the hole momentum and dynamic to a battle. I just wish more ai used it correctly like how iono and her levitate Thunder mismagius does
I'm enjoying it too. Verry versitile for pokemon and with the diferent types it can realy add up especially combing terra and abillities. Levitate and electric' water or volt absorb with fire and water' grass type with flash fire. The matchup posibilities are realy good.
Terastalization has a few solid points. Anyone can use it, there's a variety of ways to use it, and it's used all over the game. Unfortunately I think the hats are remarkably dumb. I'd prefer if the Pokémon just gained that crystal skin and a very obvious type based aura. It's still more interesting than Dynamax to me.
I do kinda wish for Terastal Forms of some kind. I like alternate forms associated with these gimmicks and it's rare for that nowadays.
Unless it’s a dual type tera, I just don’t see how “Tera forms” would work. If it’s a transformation, then it’s no different than the base mechanic, just a cosmetic difference. If it’s a stat buff then it’s just mega evolution 2.0. I’m not shooting down the idea, I just don’t know what people are expecting when they bring it up.
it is rumoured in the DLC we might get terra forms
yeah, the hats look pretty stupid to be fair
@@CaptainObliviousV The way I'd see it, is if a certain Pokémon had a certain tera type, maybe they got a unique transformation. That said, dual type teras would also be really really cool. Maybe these special dual types have unique form changes.
I just really want any option that doesn't have a silly hat xD.
@@MagusAgrippa8 Maybe they gain a pixilate like boost to their normal moves?
Ironically enough, despite the opinion that Terastallizing is a core and integral part of Scarlet and Violet, I hated those stupid hats so much that to this day I have never used Terastallizing. Not even in the final battle with the characters practically begging me to.
The whole thing really would be infinitely cooler without the hats tbh, I feel like they could have gone with a unique partical effect for each type or even just color to tell the typing
I don't see how the Mamoswine, Garchomp coinflip has any issues. Other features are similar and you're left guessing what action your opponent does like switching out is basically identical to the Tera situation. Also, you had some control over whether the game would develop to this point and they saved their Tera for something impactful. Win or lose, it seems pretty fair to me
Honestly, I miss megas 😢
Same
Hey, don't be sad, Gen 6 remakes will bring back your precious megas
We just gotta get through Gen 5 remakes lol
Then go play the let's go or one of the 4 other mainline games it's in cry baby
@@angryaromatisse1801 I'm really hoping when the time for gen 6 remakes comes, they actually put effort into them and add new mega evolutions instead of doing what BDSP did. It would also be cool if the games before the remakes brought back mega evolution too
I can’t be the only one who initially thought terra types added a third typing, can I?
I wouldn't blame you. It really just gives three STAB options
Terra should get some extra points added to hype because of the gym battles
When the music changes it’s wild
*I've been sweeping with a Drought-Torkal and Solarbeam Grass Tera Armarouge...*
*It is SOOO FUN😂*
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don't worry I won't LOL
4:20 I don't agree this just made me never use tera on my regular playthrough outside of important battles as i wasn't frequently healing at a pokemon center and its just annoying to have to recharge it every time
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A Better Question: Which Terrastallize Hat is the Best
the steel hat is pretty tight ngl
@@JPRPokeTrainer98 Tera Hat tier list?
If they focus more on actually changing types, Terastallization has potential to be the coolest of these powers
How could they focus on changing types moreso than they already have? There’s a move that shifts type based on your tera, terastalizing further boosts your matching type moves beyond just stab, terastalizing can even be used defensively. Not sure what’s wrong with it.
Imagine double teralizating
I like Tera because the mechanic itself opens up a lot in terms of competitive battling. Megas as a mechanic kinda sucks becasue it only applies to a very few number of pokemon, and doesn't actually do anything to buff those pokemon. You aren't ever choosing to mega a pokemon or not becasue the mega is ALWAYS better. Z moves are probably the second best. Most of the time it is used for a large blowout attack, but the effects granted by status moves are interesting. But that never saw too much competitive use because the big blowout move was just too valuable. It wasn't vertisitle in thay sense, becasue it was only used for offense. Dynamax is awful. Concept is neat, but execution is horrible. You get a blowout move for 3 whole turns, all the while getting buffs in an unkillable state. It was made to facilitate unfair sweeps.
Tera on the other hand can be used in so many different ways and applied to so many different pokemon. You can Tera to boost your attacks. You can Tera to gain a better defensive position. You can Tera to give a pokemon a new stab type. This applies to every single pokemon in the game as well. Some of course utilize Tera better than others, but the idea is that all pokemon can use it in some way. It's not a coin flip like it would seem at first glance. When you play enough, you realize how some types are more common than others. You can adapt to these tendencies and form your own strategies around it. It's not overcentralizing in the slightest. If a pokemon is broken in gen 9, it's more likely becasue the pokemon itself is broken.
Game Freak is probably sweating knowing after Gen 5 Remakes they're coming up to games that Introduced gimmicks
Well ORAS and LGPE had the mega evolution gimmick as did USUM
So far BDSP are the only remakes post-Gen 6 to ignore Mega Evolution or the other gimmicks
@@mazharsiddiqi7288 I don't have hight hopes for Gen5 Remakes considering the poor state of BDSP...
Game freak know their marketing, if it isn't ILCA, it would probably be half decent at least.
I think there are two big points that I think you overlooked with Tera Typing in your video for negatives.
One is the fact no one in the main story uses Tera Types SMARTLY. They just Tera Type their last Pokémon into their specialty type or it’s own type (in Nemona’s case), which Dynamax beats because the moves can hit harder on weaknesses and they can cause weather and terrain changes after use. The Gyms in Galar are smarter with Dynamax than the Gyms of Paldea (Biggest example is Larry Tera Typing his Staraptor to pure Normal, removing its resistance to Fighting moves).
Another thing is the transformation scenes and animations for using Tera boosted moves are a bit too long and kind of unnecessary (specifically the attacks). Honestly, I never used Tera Types and found it to be kind of lame that it changes a dual type Pokémon into one single type. If it only changed one type, maybe different. And I don’t play competitively.
Do i have to mention Iono’s Mismagius
You'll live. You don't play competitive so you probably wouldn't understand how good the mono type can be instead of having a dual typing like grass/bug
Second best gimmick. Megas are just hard to beat. People want them back idk if people will want Terra’s back once they’re gone
Agreed
Mega evolution: like the concept, dislike the designs (most of them)
Gmax: dislike the concept, like the designs
I really like Tera, I rank it just below Dynamax for number 1, personally. I know this is a really unpopular opinion, but I feel like Dynamax was by far the most interesting gimmick because any Pokemon could use it at any time and you could decide to use it or not based on the flow of the battle, unlike Z Moves or Megas where you have to use it on a predetermined Pokemon. That sort of quick decision making makes for really interesting and fun battles and situations. Being able to set up a terrain for instance to avoid being put to sleep in a situation where otherwise it would be impossible to avoid is all thanks to Dynamax, but you have to weigh whether it may be better to just Dynamax another Pokemon instead. Not even taking into account Gigantamax with even more varied effects, and I just feel it's both the most fun, thought out, and interesting from a competitive standpoint.
From a gameplay standpoint, love the terrastalization. From an aesthetic standpoint, hate it 😅 The giant hats are so ugly and keep me from using it as much as I’d want to 🤣
Ikr!
Another accessibility factor for terastallisation is that no held item is required. Once you have the key item and a charge on it, you can use it while the Pokémon who it’s used on doesn’t need to drop the item it’s holding. This also means unlike mega evolution and z moves you don’t need to obtain an item to first use them, since getting a specific mega stone, z crystal type or specialised z crystal could sometimes be more trouble than they were worth even when they weren’t event exclusive.
What I liked about the Tera fights (both gym and raid dens) is the fact you can't brute force your way through most of the time.
I.E. Iono has a Tera Electric Mistrevious with levitate so ground moves are ineffective. And the 6 star raid dens are challenging because you gotta think of potential counters the pokemon might have against your own.
This video was uploaded at the same time as a false swipe gaming video. Crazy
It's certainly one of the better Gimmicks added to Pokemon.
Good vid my dude keep up the good work 💯💯
JPR having the background/wallpaper on the edges of the screen the whole video reminds me of Scott the Woz's blue border and I will never shake that
I'd honestly say it's probably the best. Megas are still the prevailing favourite to the masses but to me it's mostly coasting off of the raw hype they bring with people ignoring the issues that came with it. Yeah, Tera isn't exactly gonna be turning heads at first but the simple act of letting a Pokemon change type is so interesting and dynamic with battles, especially with how it's balanced.
Great video, JPR.
Lore wise I really love Megas and I think they are cool and flashy but Terra has been surprisingly awesome. To me it’s tied with Megas. They are both the best for different reasons
I've always believed that Mega evolution should return as a permanent feature, but with some changes
1. All non-evolving and final stage evolutions get one, aside from legendaries
2. The stat boosts provided by mega evolution get cut in half or even eliminated (I'm not entirely 100% on this one)
3. Mega evolution always causes a change in typing and abilities, and in some cases known moves
4. Remove the need to hold a Mega stone, so you don't need to sacrifice your item slot or collect 600 stones
Another great video bro.
w jpr upload but all ima say is gmax urshifu is best gimmick design besides mega ray
also saying tera raids >max raids is wild tera raids feel like they dont work
I like the depth in how versatile Tera can be used. In singles I think it’s great. In doubles however it can produce a huge number of combos that are stupid op insta wins if your not prepared for it.
I know Mega Evolution is a very popular gimmick, for some reason, and this is gonna be a very unpopular opinion, but I don't like it. It is terribly unbalanced and I hope it never comes back.
On the other hand, Z-Moves, Dynamax and now Terastalization are more well-balanced, used by pretty much every major character you encounter, and can be used by any Pokemon rather then being reserved for only a handful of select Pokemon. It just makes them more fun, honestly.
And yes, I think Z-Moves are better then Megas, you can shoot me now.
Lets be honest, every pokemon fan ever in the exsistence of the universe loves Megas or atleast a few Megas, but i don't think we can call Terra the worst gimmick. Its somewhere in the middle ig
Some megas are cool, but overall I never liked the gimmick tbh
It being completely limited to a small pool of pokemon essentially forced you to use one of them if you wanted to be on equal footing power-wise in the main campaign and I kinda just hated that fact
Things like Mega Gardevoir, Gallade, or Metagross aren't exactly the easiest thing to overcome
At least the later gimmicks allowed any pokemon to use them
I liked the new designs, but appart from that the only game I can use them in is let's go where it didn't feel like it added anything and I heard it is just not balanced at all in the competitive scene (mega legendaries shouldn't exist). not to mention if you want to use it you have to add certain pokemon to your team, which just sucks.
dynamax has the same benefits (new designs for some pokemon in the form of gigantamax), but felt like it changed something and is more balanced simply because every pokemon could use them.
for the anime though, megas were way cooler.
Hmmm that snubbull cookie?! I wonder who made it lmaooo 🤣🤣 ahh awesome video as usual ❤
More then likely the DLC will change how many Terra shards you need or a way to get more faster. One option is a shard trader that converts any shard to the same amount of your choice.
Mega > Z moves > Tera > dynamax
Imagine all four (or five if you count weather-changing abilities as a gimmick) gimmicks in one game and having one major battle where the gimmicks are all combined into a single ultimate Pokemon boss battle where you face a Terastallized (plus whatever thing they might add to that in the DLC), Gigantomaxed/Dynamaxed Mega-Evolved Legendary Pokemon (that can change the weather) and that can use a special Tera Z-Move.
In the extra features I'd say that terastallization has improved quite a bit the possibility of using a Pokemon from a typically considered bad typing (Bug, Ice, etc.) and still do good despite being from said bad type. I didn't classify this as a balance discussion because there's no special interaction of terastallization with these bad types whatsoever, it's the same with every type, it just happens that Pokemon originally from these "bad" types benefit a lot from terastalizing and it allows them to be viable (at least more than before) with this battle gimmick.
I like the tera type gimmick, because unlike Mega Evolution, you don't know what Tera type your opponent's pokemon is, and which pokemon they'll terastilize.
Tera types can make you have to change your strategy in an instant, which I really like!
I like tera just for the cool hats the pokemon get!!
I don't know if Regionals count as a "Gimmick",
If it does, Then I've really loved the Regionals
they're in all the games now so they don't count as a generational gimmick but they are very cool
Because of how widely it was implemented terastallization was fantastic for people who liked it and horrid for people who didn't, I wish these gimmicks were optional.
It made ace pokemon in big battles more important so that was good I guess
The designs aren’t great but I def find myself using it more than when dynamaxing came out. To basically change a Pokémon’s typing and give priority to moves it otherwise wouldn’t have STAB for is pretty cool and it changes up play styles for certain Pokémon.
Would like to add the theory of “tera-max forms” coming out soon too. If that’s going to be a thing, I’d love to see how it’ll be implemented along side regular terastalizing
I like the idea of them being able to tap into the power of their type, or even the cross typing like a water type that Terras into a fire. Im just a big fan of the giant chandeliers on top of their heads. Kinda silly looking
Huh, didn’t know you could recharge your Tera Orb just by interacting with a Tera Raid Den, that’s so good to know, and totally makes sense. Now I won’t be too stingy using it bc I don’t like hitting up the Pokéstops too often.
I would say Terastallization, but I cannot find it in me to like the stupid hats. I think it only enforces the idea that it's a gimmick and is a bit too gaudy. I would love it they could've had some more variety like capes, armor, or other effects that also distinguish type instead of literally just hats
They should've stopped at Mega-Evolutions.
Kinda would've felt boring
@@armani3298 Gigantamax, Totems, and Tera is overkill.
The idea is interesting. I like that Pokémon can change type. But the “hats” just look tacky and weird
But why would anyone care about terraforming or even bothering around with it when you know its nothing but a gimmick and won't last long.
It's cool that can keep useful held item and actually use them which the other three prevent
Plus the ability to completely change up the type match-ups during a battle can make or break a strategy
Especially paired with the right ability as I saw during AntlerboyLive playthrough where Normal Terra Jolteon is immune to Iono's Mismagius
7:23 were those one of cosmicvengeance's cookies?
Dynamax didn’t require any item either
@grydon6422 but in the form your held item wouldn't be used
Wouldn't eat berry if low or get boost, etc.
Edit: just checked Bulbapedia
I assumed all items but only choice items it seems are negated in Dynamax
@@mazharsiddiqi7288 Your items are used in Dynamax, where are you getting this idea that they aren't?
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I love Terrastrializing, but Megas will always be #1 in my heart. I’m still hoping they make a comeback at some point.
A cool way they could do the crystal onix evolution was put the ice tera type on your onix and use it 10 or 20 times.
The biggest complaint about XY is not enough mega evolution opponents. As you get mega bracelet every story relevant character should get mega evolution. Imagine how tough that bridge gauntlet battle would be if all 3 of them had used mega evolution.
It’s the most ridiculous, looking one that’s for sure
Terra just felt like an inevitable gimmick. Dyna and mega are cool just like paradox. Cool wins
Tera made me miss having a mono type it makes the game way more better
I just think the designs could've been better than just a hat tho.
I think terastilizing is okay, but I also wonder if a Pokémon game could be good without a new gimmick from here on out.
I absolutely hate it when the raids just lag out and you lose precious time just to have your tera orbs energy stolen and half your team wiped out.
9:40 there's a reason megas are so popular to this day
I feel like they could've made all of these tweaks to Mega Evolution instead of making new gimmicks...
Give every Pokemon a "flat" or "standard" Mega Boost and give some access to the Evolutions (give more of them additional forms to choose from so we'd get more variety and possible strategies), add that Pokemon Center recharge thing, give more NPC Trainers Megas in general...
So a bit like Dynamax and Gigantamax? Could have been neat, yeah.
Mega evolution is the coolest gimmick, but Tera is the best gimmick so far.
You’re forgetting an important consideration. Mega, while only pertaining to certain Pokémon, was able to breathe life back into some long forgotten Pokémon, making them useful and good to play. Tera doesn’t do that. Mawile is ok. Mega Mawile is awesome! Tera Mawile is just Mawile. Yeah, Tera is pretty cool, but it doesn’t really help out weaker Pokémon in the way Mega did to those that got it.
Maybe but it does help mons with horrible typings that can't live up to their maximum. I see that as the equivalent to what you said personally
I love when the opinions I hear are the correct ones
Depends what you mean by best, if you mean has more strategic depth and wide usage by any and all Pokemon, then yes, Terastilization is the best.
Mega Evolution is a just a glorified power up for a very limited number of Pokemon limiting usage and variety.
Z-Moves are cutscenes that take off large amounts of damage one time only. A one time KO move.
Dynamax and Gigantamax is a short compromise of Megas and Z Moves.
Terastilization is the best gimmick they've come up with so far, it is extremely versatile and can be implemented is various ways.
i think tera types are probably the best gimmick in modern pokémon games. i love how theres no special treatment for popular pokémon on how tera types work, like a special power up when they terastallizatize
z moves, megas, and dynamax felt like you just press a button to win battles, building teams around your nuke pokémon. but with terastallization you get to build teams around synergy and how your pokémon’s tera type work with each other. another positive is that with all the other generational gimmicks they’re mostly used offensively, but with terastallization you’re rewarded with using it both offensively AND defensively.
terastallization feels much healthier for the game, incentivizing making predictions during battles and planning what tera type you should use on your pokémon to either eliminate weakness or amplify their stabs. it feels so much more dynamic with the game with so many possibilities on how to use it effectively, even giving underused pokémon a chance to shine with terastallization (like torkal)
with all the other gimmicks it just felt like a button you press to just automatically win a battle with one pokémon, but terastallization can be both a positive and a negative so players have to be more aware on how to get the most value out of their pokémon
while i still love mega evolutions and their designs, terastallization feels more balanced and genuinely fun to make strategies about. so many people have actually gotten into competitive pokémon in gen 9 because of how fun and versatile terastallization is. i couldn’t be any happier with it
I hated it at first, but I've come to like it based on the fact you can be strategic with what terra type your pokemon has
At this point I'm just really curious how thay can make any more battle gimmicks that don't feel derivative of one's we already have. Like, we saw megas give pokemon Stat boosts and new forms, we saw z moves do powered up moves, dynamax did kind of a mix of both, and terras gave pokemon powered up types. At this point I feel like the only other thing they could do is some kind of gimmick that impacts abilities. So like Probably a gimmick that'll let a pokemon have two abilities or something
maybe they'll just start recycling them but that would feel weird I think
megas already impacted abilities in the sense that megas had new abilities
To me is tied up in second place with Gigamax.
First place ofc is megas and last is the god awful z-moves
Idea 1+
Looks in game 5-
Averages to a 3 to me.
Mega would be a straight 1+ overall.
I don't see the 50 tera shards thing as bad, back in my day you could not change the pokemon's nature or IVs so just being able to do it ilat all is amazing
Terastallization overall is likely the best mechanic. It's impactful, but usually it's not overbearing. Z-moves shaped the singles and doubles metagames, Dynamax was overpowered in singles and extremely central in doubles (though this was often liked there) Megas had the same issues (while being disliked in doubles) and was limited in scope. Tera types are much less impactful compared to these three, while remaining accessible for all mons.
I know it's a point of contention in singles, but the idea that was floating around for revealed tera types akin to open team sheets should alleviate most of the issues on that front (and I think people have mellowed out on terrastalizing on Smogon a bit since the suspect test).
The main reasons megas are so popular is because they tend to be more balanced in a tiered singles system (barring some mega stone-less exceptions) and, more importantly, the designs are generally very cool.
Tera Types feel like a riskier Hidden Power, which I like.
it's ridiculously ugly unless I'm forced to I never use it. Honestly, I think all the gimmicks except Mega Evolution have been trash all gamefreak had to do was continue Mega Evolution clean it up and make it more accessible because the reward for finding a mega stone is one of the greatest things in the series. Honestly to me it feels like when I find a legendary
Best gimmick and hope it never goes away
7:22 you better give me that cookie! 😁🍪
I just want Megas back 😔
I like Terastallization (grinding woes aside), but also like Megas and Z. It really only comes down to Dynamax being something I dont think would return. You could always bring back Teras later in the series and same could be with Z moves as they are more about the types than anything. Megas a bit harder, but if they just added more n more megas would be a nice way to change up format.
I wonder what's the Gen X gimmick they will come up with.
they will come up with a new gimmick which will cause you to take less damage from foe's attack and will cause your stats +1 in atk,spatk,speed..just a guess lol
If I could bet on something on the DLC, It would be new tera forms, like megas/GMax
Maybe the dlcs can serve as the main postgame material, as seems to have been the case lately?
Wouldn't call it the best, solely because we have mega evolutions.
“Best of Worst Gimmick”
I mean it’s not the worst I’ll say that
That prize for Worst goes to Mega Evolution