JPRPokeTrainer98 gen 2: needs more available Pokemon even before post game,regular trainer rematches should happen, hms removed dead giveaway same with walking with our Pokemon,
Gen 3 and 6 need more of a challenge Gen 4 needs to keep the battle frontier Gen 1 needs to find another way of level training our Pokemon since we can't fight wild Pokemon anymore which sucks due to catching mechanics and I don't think berries will simply do it
Gen 1: Better Ghost and Bug type moves available, better Wrap and CH mechanics, and have a post game besides Mewtwo. Like Pokédex completion unlocking some events. Gen 2: Make Kanto more challenging and interesting (addressed in remakes) Gen 3: Find a way to fit all 386 Pokémon into the Hoenn region even if a metric ton are shoved in the Safari Zone. Gen 4: Colosseum and XD sequels. Slow surfing and huge gap between Gen 2 and 3 :( Gen 5: Make the 7 sages battle bosses and Hugh more interesting other than a vengeful edgy teen. Gen 6: Needs more post game. Gen 7: Useful TMs not being available until post game and also just bogging down the story in points of the game that didn’t need it as much as others.
Lunar Eclipse Im 25, Venezuelan, loved Pokemon since ever and just recently have been able to play Pokémon Y in the Citra. My life stopped around fith generation.
or you could be me and be absolutely terrible at the game and barely beat it in a few months because you've never picked up a pokemon game before still fun games though
@@CaelVK At least Barry could actually put together good teams that require switching and strategy. I'm pretty sure I've swept Hau and Hop with whatever Pokemon I led with every time, including Nuzlockes.
Player: uses a super effective move on his pokemon Hop: "ha, i knew you'd go the super effective route" "proceeds to not adjust his strategy in any way, shape or form"
Gen 4 is my favorite generation of pokemon! There's probably a lot of nostalgia taking over that opinion since diamond was my first pokemon game, but even so, I love the pokemon in that region more than any other region, except with maybe gen 5 making it competitive. I could replay that game over and over again any amount of times.
Summary: Gen 1: broken game mechanics Gen 2: lack of Pokemon diversity Gen 3: characters are stale Gen 4: pacing is slow Gen 5: region/game is linear Gen 6: way too easy Gen 7: too many cutscenes
*saves before a battle* “Oh dang I should switch which Pokémon I have in the first slot” *saves* *reads moby dick* *climbs everest* *learns Latin* “Saving complete!”
Generation 4, specifically Platinum, was also probably the peak of intentional difficulty. Rather than moves or stats being broken engine-wise, you had stuff like Cynthia's maximum-meta team with a level 62 Garchomp beating people into the ground that probably only had mid-50s pokemon, unless you specifically picked up a Piloswine and evolved to Mamoswine just to counter it.
@@BushDidMT-T According to Bulbapedia in Diamond and Pearl it was 66. She trades out Gastrodon for Togekiss and her Garchomp goes down four levels to 62 in platinum, likely after Game Freak realized it was already far too powerful and needed fixing. If it had been 75 on the first encounter I guarantee almost nobody except perfectly min/maxed teams would have been able to beat her without grinding for days beforehand.
@@lukebarber3899 Yea, her team is on average lv 75 in black and white 1, (and overall way harder than her DP iteration in things like movesets) although in BW2 her team does get slightly easier
@@gallantmon4 Gens 2 & 3 weren’t quite as bad in this regard. For one thing, there were multiple pockets in the bag. Also, you could still see what item it was, so you could decide whether it was worth making room for.
The Current Gens from Generation 5 onwards are Linear, Generation 5, Generation 6, Generation 7 and Generation 8 are Linear, but Generation 5 & Generation 7 are the Most Linear because the Story is damn good, so the progression are the most Linear in Both Generation 5 & Generation 7, Logic right ? Generation 8 is Linear too because the story is good, but it’s not as Linear as Generation 5 & Generation 7.
I’m just gonna say that not being linear causes an issue where the middle gym leaders all have to be around the same strength, look at the johto games, The mid game sucks lol.
@@oliverleonard7730 you CAN do them in any order, however in 2 the 6th gym leaders Ace is a higher level than the 7th gym leaders. And not a single trainer in the post game other than blue and red have stronger Pokemon than elite four.
Noxtrin going in water is like entering a cave except no zubats and you only encounter water types. (When I think of it, what’s even the point in fishing rods??)
Without a doubt, my least favorite thing about Pokemon X and Y is that the game basically hands you a complete Pokemon team without you even having to lift a finger. 80% of the time that I asked my friends what their team was they would say WITHOUT FAIL: Their Kalos Starter Their Kanto Starter Lucario with Mega Stone from 3rd Gym Leader Lapras (given by game so you can Surf) Talonflame (Route 1 Bird Pokemon) Xerneas/Yveltal (Game prevents you from NOT catching it)
50% of that was my team. Chestnaught Blastoise Tyrantrum Umbreon Talonflame Goodra Chestnaught and Blastoise was given as a starter. Caught a Fletching in one of the routes along with Eevee and Sliggoo and revived a fossil to get Tyrunt. To this day I still play Pokemon Y because it can be nostalgia.
Oh and I noticed ORAS literally throws legendaries at you like they’re candy and the whole thing that excites me about legendaries is that they’re hard to get.
B2W2 did that too, since gen 5 those 2nd installment games are meant to catch new players up and give them a way to access those older legends without having to jump through insane hoops to get them.
M Elizabeth I liked how you can get a lot of legendaries. However I wished they made you do a puzzle or something since that’s fun. Hence why the REGI’s are considered the best TRIO of all Gens. The puzzles make it unique
Deoxys was so hard to catch tho. Since I had used my masterball on kyogre I had to ultraball rayquaza and Deoxys and it took so long cause every time I messed up I had to go through the cutscene. It was so bad that my second time playing through I saved my master just for Deoxys
As I 90s kid who can recite you the first 151 Pokémon by Pokédex order....Gen 2 is the best and those genwunners who don't love Gen 2 (despite Gen 2 being the ideas that weren't ready in 1996, just look at Scizor and Lugia) are fake genwunners.
Some here are saying that Game Freak is focusing too much on their child audience these days and how children aren't the core audience anymore. I disagree. I don't think the problem is that they support a younger audience too much. I believe the actual problem is that they underestimate the younger audience too much. Game Freak seems to forget that children were perfectly capable of beating and enjoying Gen 1 even with all it's difficulty and broken behaviour. In America kids don't care as much about Pokemon anymore, but there are still many who do. In Japan the audience is still extremely large among children. The problem isn't the kids abilities, the popularity of Pokemon, or a shift in the ages of the core audience. The problem is Game Freaks perception of their child audience. They think they'll pull in more people by over simplifying the games. That may be true for some in the short term, but long term they will damage their core fanbase (as we've seen the beginnings of recently). People aren't attracted to Pokemon because it's easy to digest like "X amount of mobile games" out there. They play Pokemon because it's incredible to go on a journey with naught but your creatures by your side on an uphill battle to be the best and collect them all. That is the appeal, to believe it is something different is to doom the brand. Personally I believe the current direction of the mainline Pokemon games is primarily the doing of Junichi Masuda given his statements on the matter in recent years. I can only hope he realizes his error before it's too late.. or someone else takes a step in this ring
I disagree and you contradict yourself. Pokemon is about collecting all pokemon and winning battles, that much you said, but for that there is no need for it to be challenging. Simple as that. And to be clear I DO like challenging gyms/leagues better, but I could easily handle any of it, I am no longer 10. Also do kids still play their friends? That was the most fun in pokemon for me and for that i didnt need a hard AI.
@@placebo4874 You disagreeing with half of my statement is not me contradicting myself. You're correct in saying there is no "need" for it to be challenging. Heck, if it's only about collecting Pokemon and battling then there's no "need" for the not so challenging gyms or elite four to begin with. That wasn't my point. The fact that you yourself, an older fan of the series, attest to enjoying more challenging gyms is proof that their inclusion would benefit the playerbase. Especially given your tastes are not rare within said playerbase. Yes, we are no longer ten, but those Pokemon fans that are near that age are not going to up and stop playing because the game made a return to a higher difficulty. Plus I'm not arguing it be standard, just an option for older/more experienced players. Also yes, kids still have friends to battle, that doesn't nullify my argument. I remember specifically growing up making semi competitive to actual competitive teams and having no one around who was half decent to play against due to my location. So no, what I said still stands. You can disagree, but these are my points. Do you have further thoughts on it?
*Junichi Masuda* will not be in charge for the next pokemon games, including the 2019 core pokemon game. I really appreciated his work but now it’s time for some new blood
I...actually like the slower pacing of Gen 4. Makes the adventure feel bigger, longer and beating it gives ya more of an accomplishment feeling and hey Routes takin more time is a reason why Gen 4 music and areas are so iconic But not everyone likes that, I understand
ZearibIn i swear to god,when I used to play Gen 4 a long time ago without the gen 5 being released it was pretty much okay because it was the only Pokémon I’ve got under my hand but when I started playing gen 5 and then coming back to the game,it was such sufferings:’),The game was way too slow,the dialogues felt slow,the encounters you had,the fights and just because overall the difficult completing since I had started a new one..I was unable to continue the story I didn’t even reach the league because with all my nostalgia,the game has become too painless and difficult...,I’ll do admit way too long and difficult games aren’t made like that anymore
Yeah it was my first game and some thing should be speed up BUT not the health bar or routes I agree. Make it difficult. Make experienced players fear they might jot make it out of a cave or not.
Gen 1. unbalanced Gen 2. bland Gen 3. laid out poorly Gen 4. slow Gen 5. linear Gen 6. not enough new pokémon Gen 7. handholding Gen 8. cut the dex in half
@@uberdawn Yeah I'm sure the amazing Flash will sure be missed! Oh man I'm so mad they removed Flash! It was my Starter's best move! Awh man! What's next? They remove Karate Chop?! Oh man they removed that too! Now I can't beat the game with the amazing Flash/Karate Chop combo! Nooooooo. 🙄
Gen 8’s flaws are pretty big imo, intensely easy, cutting the Pokédex initially sucks, a lot of animations from recent gens got worse somehow, like the Pokémon refresh animations that are now complete trash
Wrong! I believe that there is not enough water on the Hoenn map! Hence why I bought AS and as soon as I encountered Archie I lost and never played the game again!
Gameplaywise the water is easily the worst part of Gen 3, though. It was a pretty common criticism of the game but everyone likes to pretend like it wasn't because they don't know how to read IGN reviews.
I hate that comic where the Genforer is thrown from the building... Makes me want to break the guy's fall, go right back up myself and break the offending party's face.
deSnes That is nice, but if you’re trying to grind up levels it can make for an annoying experience. Some people can argue that it makes the game harder and challenging but I feel like it just makes it a chore.
i love gen four but did they really think lowering acurracy of all stats would be fun?? its not even an interesting challenge, like lowering atk or something COULD be. it just slows the game down
The supposed linearity of Gen 5 never really bothered me. Maybe it's because I'm way more forgiving for that sort of thing for a good story, but frankly, it made the game a lot more simple and fun to play in a weird way.
@@gold3987 dude literally same gen 5 is a fresh experience because it's only current gen Pokemon before post game along with the fact that some of the Pokemon are suuuuuuper cool. People like to have on some of them like vanillice but overall done if the best Pokemon designs went into that game imo.
LMAO i just kept my 3ds on charge and went to watch youtube videos while waiting for the cutscenes to end ...and come back 3 hours later after I forgot
I find it so fascinating how each generation has their own particular flaws and strengths. Its irritating because they ARE flaws, but the fact that they all have different ones make you realize how different they all truly are from one another. Now I feel like I need to think of the greatest strengths of each of the generations...
maybe something like this? gen 1 has that familiar feeling even if you never played pokemon, which just draws people in gen 2 by far the best post game gen 3 idk gen 4 idk gen 5 best story gen 6 megas gen 7 something new and different
Gen 1: Invented the series. :P Gen 2: Day and night cycling, better balancing, returning to Kanto. Gen 3: Introducing remakes and differences between versions. Gen 4: Physical/special split. Gen 5: Incredible story and post-game. Gen 6: Finally becoming 3D. Gen 7: No gym battles (I love gyms, but it’s a nice breath of fresh air)
Lmao the games not even out yet, hold your horses people. For all we know there may be greater flaws, or this whole National Dex fiasco was just an excuse to fill post launch content updates with all the Pokemon, since stupid update culture exists in gaming now.
You nailed my biggest complaint with gen 4. The snow and mud just drags this game to a crawl along with the slow engine and pacing. Also with gen 5 I have a bigger problem with the late evolutions. Who wants to use a Mienfoo or a Pawniard until level 52?! I wouldn't mind as much if the main story had levels up until at least 70 but it doesn't. Gen 6 just felt incomplete. It's just felt like there was supposed to be more to the story and Kalos in general but Gamefreak had to cut it short for some reason. Xerneas and Yveltal felt shoehorned into the story at the last second and Zygarde got completely shafted. Also what ever happened to AZ's Floette? It has it's own signature move so it must've been planned to be distributed at one point.
Gen 6 would have been fixed so much if: A) ALL gym leaders (Edit: all gyms after the first with mega stones) and Elite 4 carried a mega & you occasionally came across a trainer carrying one
@@darko-man8549 I still agree with you, though. I'm pretty sure that the last 5 gym battles were the easiest ones. They just really missed a Mega (and of course, full movesets on their Pokémon).
I would give Korrina a mega Lucario in her gym battle, but only use a Lucario and a Mienfoo to make up for the use of a mega in the third gym. Then, I wouldn't give Ramos or Clemont Megas because mega evolution doesn't really fit with them. Then, Valorie would be the first since Korrina to have a mega, and she'd have mega Mawile. Olympia would have mega Alakazam. Wulfric would have mega Abomasnow obviously. As for the elite 4, Seabold would have Mega Blastoise, Malva would have mega Houndoom, Wikstrom would have mega Scizor, and Drasna would have mega Altaria.
Exactly why is it so hard to add a easy and difficult mode. I mean it’s not like almost every other game in the world has it. I miss the old times where you had to grind hard to prepare for a gym battle. Back then I was scared entering an arena. Now it’s like I came into a new city and enter the arena before even considering going to the poke center.
So true. And in gen 7 they even told you which moves were effective on which Pokémon. Even if most players know the types effectiveness by now, let new players find out mid-battle that an earthquake doesn't do anything to the opponent's pidgeot
Just typing the generations I played: Gen 1: Utterly broken moves - my Slash Sandslash was beast. Gen 2: Lack of diversity of pokemon - basically it was catching the same squad over and over. Gen 3: Two the same bland bad guys - "I will land/water you!" and "Oh no, what have I done. Fix pls ;-;" I still like the Hoenn most. Gen 4: They made it so slow, that even running is like crossing snowdrifts. Gen 5: THE PATH IS CLOSED. But at least they "tried" to make it look legit (better than being blocked by few Psyducks with headache; potion won't help, find aspirin, pls)
If I recall correctly, in B2W2 there was a route blocked by a bunch of random dudes and when you speak to them they just say something like "we are here dancing for no reason and one day we'll disappear for no reason", but to be fair that was hilarious.
Quils I have no problem with it when it’s amusing. Also especially when you remember it’s set in the US. I can see those people doing something like that.
@Callum Booth because the real quality games (mario odyssey, botw, smash,...) came out in previous years. This year, no big games were released, apart from lm3, wich comes from a franchise with a smaller fanbase than pokemon, and mario maker 2, a game that already proved it will release epic updates with tons of new stuff. So your argument doesn't prove anything. Game freak should be ashamed to release such poor quality on such a strong console.
@Callum Booth the only hope of Pokémon becoming good again, is that GF gets some competition, and people buy their games instead. The problem is 12 year olds will see this new franchise as a rip-off, even if the company put more care in it than GF did. (looking at games like Temtem) I honestly believe Pokémon is doomed
The hand holding is annoying as hell. Its like Game Freak thinks everyone playing a Pokemon game is 10 years old and playing one for the first time ever. That and the Hawaii 2.0 gimmick got old really quickly...
Not gonna lie the two features that will massively improve any future Pokémon game that game freak needs to add are a difficulty setting so you can make the game harder or easier, and I’m not talking about just having things be higher lv, I mean that the A.I. Gets smarter and more strategic battle types like double battles become more common and you have to actually put a good team together to beat the game. And the second feature is to be able to skip all tutorials. Would save so much time and pain.
True. Would like to see a Pokemon game that requires different team setup for different oponents like most mobile Gacha games out there. These Pokemon games can be beaten all the way with the same Pokemon's you use to defeat the first gym.
James Dudeck True! It would be cool if easy difficulty was like gen 6 and very hard difficulty was like "You need an iv'ed/ev'ed balanced team of 6 to even get a chance"
Platinum is still my favorite to this day, but I agree that the pacing does feel sluggish at times, especially in Diamond and Pearl. To me, Platinum was everything I wanted: Difficult at times, a decent post game, memorable characters, and endless replayability with the VS seeker. I still remember smiling after I beat the Elite Four for the first time and rechallenged the very first trainer. His Starly was a nearly level 60 starraptor, and I was happy for him.
I don't want to bash your favourite game, but I don't get why people like Gen 4 I absolutely hate it. Pacing is soooo sloooow, i'm uninterested in every character because they are boring imo. Cyrus is the only one who actually makes the game exciting. I don't care about the legendaries, the story is boring and the regional pokedex is horrible. I hate the big amount of HMs and i don't want to explore the region because I hate going back to the pc to get my one Starly that knows defog. Personally, I think the region doesn't have any notable places and the atmosphere is relaxing but also boring. I do get though when people say they like the atmosphere. Though I have to say I love some of the Gym battles and Cynthias battle was pretty great aswell. A challenge is always nice
Generally when people call the game slow I don’t think they mean pacing? They mean battle speed, saving the game, etc, instead of plot speed. The game just runs really slow and clunky like compared to others. I’ve not heard many people complain about the plot speed itself other than a few people who just hate the whole game in general.
@@mr.fister4738 damn you really left this long ass comment bashing someone’s favorite game when no one asked and it has very little to do with what they commented about
For pokemon...can we just have a DISABLE TUTORIALS option? Because after 7 generations...I think a good portion of us know how to use pokeballs and fight... Heck, add in a skip cutscene option as well for good measure...maybe I want a shiny starter but don't want to wait for 5 years to finish the 4 cutscenes to reset my game and try again...
Well here is a general list of all the stuff Gen 7 had you do: Intro stuff (moving in and whatnot, introduction to professor) Ok let me take you to this patch of grass Select item, select Pokeball, throw Pokeball, wait, catch. (how hard is that...?) Ok now let me take you to this trainer school where you can skip the next 30 lines of dialogue telling you about hm's, tm's and type advantage. Oh, btw we won't tell you which people are trainers so better click on them all and initiate the 5 lines of dialogue on each of them. Oh btw here is the new stuff you have to learn. Did you forget about the pokemon snap tutorial they had and forced you to do? It was unnecessary and should have just been a side thing you could skip... I have a tolerance for that stuff but even I was getting fed up at that point, and that was still halfway through the first island...I would kinda like to skip the old stuff I've known since I was 5 and get on to the new stuff just a tad quicker...Especially since it seems like every generation's introduction is getting longer and longer... Gen 7 has the longest intro area of every game right now, with the longest amount of time before you even get your first pokemon. Skipping the first tutorials of the first few games was not necessary because the games were not *too* deep, but with more stuff being added the tutorials get longer and longer and you start seeing the old tutorials first going through the same exact information they have gone through for nearly 20 years. The ultra versions helped fix it a bit, but it's a noticeable trend. I just want an "I am a veteran of pokemon" option and skipping right to the new tools and features It's not even that hard to implement, it's just a boolean check when they are about to do a tutorial and an "Oh you already know that stuff? Great! Let's move on" Maybe a slight quiz or something just to be sure if they are really worried about it That being said I enjoyed it still, I was just annoyed that it took me an hour to get through all the basic information before I could really play the game. It's like they put the manual down and forced you to read it all before playing the game. And god forbid I have the other game in addition and have to redo all of that again...
Long Schnozzed Tribesman He didn’t say it’s ok he said that he’s not being a hypocrite because this video made lots of money so it wouldn’t be a waste of time.
I agree with what you said with gen 7. I think they focused too much on the tropical, tourist land that they ended up trashing the free roaming for a lot of things. However I will say that I did enjoy the hidden areas that there were such as most of vast poni canyon.
I kinda like how alone you feel in R/G/LG/FR. I mean the whole world is literally against you, even your only “friend” - your rival - tries his best to put you down at every turn. You literally play as an 11 year old poke-nerd that uses his crazy-ass-determination, his smarts, and his love for Pokemon to take down the pokemafia (rocket). You single handedly save your rural little region from the grips of the corporate elite and their lack of humanity. Then, because you’re so pokejacked and talented you go right on and fulfil your dream of defeating the elite 4. You even help an old lonely man that spent his life loving Pokemon instead of raising a family of his own; Oak, the mentor that kickstarted your journey and so desperately wanted to complete his Pokédex as a boy, you help him fulfil his life long dream. You complete the Pokédex. You tame the untameable. You defeat the undefeated. You exorcise Marowak’s demons. You clear roads of sleeping Pokemon because nobody else dares shift a Snorlax. You liberate mount moon. You defeat a TM Thief. You lay the groundwork for Bill’s Pokemon transfer system. The whole game is about you, alone, having the power to achieve your dreams and help others, against all odds. All you need is willpower, self-belief, determination; and a little help from your friends. Only then will you find success; becoming seasoned, and comfortable. Having achieved your goal to be the very best, you pass on your beloved Pokemon - to the pal park - for the next generation to enjoy. Or, frolick about sight seeing on Alolan beaches.
Oh look someone actually pointing out a genuine flaw with Gen V instead of just bashing on the Vanilite and Trubbish lines. Neat. Gen V was my first, and so is my favorite, but even I admit that game has some issues. Thanks for seeing something differently. It was refreshing.
So what you're telling me, is if someone made a version of X & Y that was actually difficult, and a version of the Gen 7 games that had a skip cutscene button, they'd be the two most popular points on the internet?
I kept running into the level limit in my first run, and so when I’d try to do the next trial some of my Pokémon wouldn’t always listen and it was o o f
I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say that Game Freak is severely underestimating their audience. To me, Pokemon is a lot like the best seasons of SpongeBob, or the Simpsons, as in that it's something enjoyable for both children and adults alike. This is true for quite a lot of these older franchises, and Pokemon isn't an exception. Me and my father still play the Mario series despite both of us aging with it, and I'll likely be playing Mario games until the day I pass. And yet Mario games of today are still of a similar difficulty to the games of Nintendo's past, the only real difference being that they're more streamlined and fair now. So, why should Pokemon be an exception? I think Game Freak is worried about challenging people, that it might scare them off, and yet they're forgetting that the challenge is a part of what makes Pokemon so fun to begin with.
You're comment is spot on. I feel like Gamefreak actually thinks Pokemon is becoming less desired and kids don't want to play it as often when meanwhile, Pokemon is just as you said, one of the most revolutionary series and still is. It's fanbase is still gigantic. I hope that Gen 6 and 7 taught them that people really want them to go back to a normal game experience like Gen's 1-5.
I agree. I watched a video on RUclips (his channel name is TheActMan) that goes something along the lines of "what makes a video game fun?" or something. Well, to get to the point, his main reason of why games are fun are because of the challenge. No challange = no fun, and challenging = fun
So are we all going to ignore the fact that in gen 7 Rotom gives you information you already know or you've told by him or others a million times, and he doesn't stop, you never ask him no he just does it when he decides he wants to which is like every couple of minutes.
And Rotom even acknowledges it. It says something along the lines of "Now it's time for me to give you information you never asked for! Did you know you can use Pokeballs to catch Pokemon?!" Wow no way. Thanks Rotom! Now can I please access my map???
To me, worse than Kalos' incredibly low difficulty, I think it's worst feature is its abysmally hollow emptiness. At a glance, it seems like a big region, but you can explore all of it and beat the game quicker than any other entry in the series. Not to mention, there are straight up segments of the game that hinted at areas that might be playable in a potential sequel that we never got, and it feels even more that the region was released before even being properly finished. And it suffers for it by feeling really shallow, in my opinion.
thewhatness Let's not forget the seriously underwhelming battle music that were mostly blocked by the excessively loud in-game sound effects! Overall, a very boring experience with very forgettable gym leaders and Elite Four members.
That game deserved a sequel as much as gen 4. I mean any game that includes a legendary that goes with the main two but is seldom mentioned deserves its own game if not a good spot in the post game
Yea, Kalos just felt very unfinished and the plot was just not interesting. Which is sad because you could make a thrilling story in regards to the pokemon that are basically the incarnates of life and death. I wish they did more with that generation. It deserved to be better than what it was.
There was a lot of soul to the game, but it lacked a lot of meat/content/stuffing. Keep the soul and include more in the guts (characters, things to do, enemy team, post game). I think Sun and Moon did that part well, (only too many text boxes)
Before Video: I can't even think of a single bad thing about gen 3! Gen 3 was the BEST no question! Amazing pokemon, new abilities, double battles, it's just perfect! After Video: ... Yeah, you right.
Sounds like gen 3 and 5 are the least flawed. Main characters isn't comparatively a big deal, and like you said gen 5 was linear to improve the story line, which is is the best in the franchise
Parsa Rathernotsay Still liked gen 4 even if it was slow I really didn't notice or mind. Hated getting to giratina in platinum though the layout to get to him still confuses me to this day.
3rd and 5th gen are my favorite and the only gen that i beat more than 4 times, Also i cant forget how awesome gen 5 music is, like when you are low on your pokemon HP, instead of boring beeping sfx, it plays awesome arangement of the beeping sfx sound, or the last gym leader's pokemon apeared, then the sick music plays like the game says "c'mon, you can do it!".. i wonder why they didnt bring it back in the later generation.
I will say that as a Pokémon crystal fanboy I'll let you know one thing. You can get the evolutionary stones early. You have to use the phone to talk with specific trainers and then they will occasionally call you when they find the Stone. You can get the Firestone as early as the 3rd gym from the psychic type trainer right before the Sudowoodo fight. Which is ironic because the first patches of grass before mahogany town have growlithes in them. Fun fact.
Gen V is by far my favorite, I have like 300 hours in White 2. I appreciate you didn’t go after the Pokémon design like a lot of people do. I agree about the linearity too
Jacen dude same, and like, sure they arent the best designs but look at magneton, Grimer literally just grows bigger. A lot of Pokémon aren’t designed the best, that doesn’t make the whole region bad, but imo in gen 5 I loved the story I just wished it was a little more focused on the other characters, maybe not like sun/moon but give them a couple moments in the sunshine.
I actually quit playing the main games during Pokemon Sun. I believe I was close to the end, but I just wasn't having fun so i stopped playing it, never finished it or bought any of the games that followed :(
Wow I never realized how linear gen 5 was... I guess because it has other strengths and such a strong post game it never ruined my experience. Black 2 and white 2 had a lot of optional content and was one of my favourite generations to complete the Pokédex.
@@nameman9997 when I read bug I thought of the type and got really confused. I read it as something like: "Also, due to it being a bug in gen 1, psychic was actually immune to ghost"
Gens 3, 4, and 5 are the peak of pokemon. Edit: Going to address this because Im not sure everyone followed, FRLG is gen 3, HGSS is gen 4. Im getting people telling me how great Johto is, when Im already saying HGSS is amazing.
My problem with gens 6-8 are the lack of new Pokémon. Sure you can make arguments like that for the other gens but it feels like there are barely any new Pokémon being introduced in these specific games.
Those gens could've used more 'mons (especially gen 8 with the nat dex incident) but the 'mons they do have are actually pretty cool heck, unpopular opinion, but gen 8
4th gen was my favorite (dppt specifically), so I gotta say.. I was never bored with it and I felt like I always had something to do and some action going on. About the balancing, I agree but there's always been some moves that are much better than others and that's simply unavoidable. The lack of fire types I completely agree as I love fire Pokemon. Great vid man
Gen 7 was so close to be awesome... Imagine SM story, USUM gameplay and overall less cutscenes. Easily one of the best pokemon games together with Platinum and BW2!
Gen 7 was okay, but I missed the gym battle and I was disappointed that there were no national Pokédex and we couldn’t Mega evolve until we beat the game and had to buy the mega stones from the battle tree.
Now that you've made the claim that you can beat X and y nuzlocking with no items and no megas, I expect to see a nuzlocke starting soon to back it up lol.
@@ninototo1 the bullshit part comes with no hands no sight and strapped into a chair. I would say make him do that with a padlock so he cannot escape and do not feed him until he completes XY under the conditions he stated
llysender um, he didn’t said without sight. He only said without exp share, with nuzlock, without items, without megas with my hands tied to my back (you’re right about the hands tho)
HG and SS are great but i have a problem with then that i hear nobody say, THE SAFARI ZONE, im not playing 100 days in a row of heart gold just to get a gible or bagon.
pyro master alex lol that’s true. I was referring to the content and the story overall. They’re the best games I loved playing. I still remember passing them to this day.
Gen 4 and 5 were the peak of pokemon. Gen 4 improved the competitive scene greatly, had the second best story and the best post game. And Gen 5 had the best story of any Pokemon games.
I always know when I'm in a comment section full of people who are still literal children because they present their opinions as incontrovertible fact. Rofl.
My favourite Pokémon games are from Gen 4. • one of the best starters trio ever (like, all three are so good for a play-through and have a cool design for each evolution) • over all, Gen 4 Pokèmon are so cool • yes, the game is utterly slow, but that never really bothered me 😅 • I love the story, especially in Platinum • the music 💕 • for me Sinnoh is one of the coolest regions in Pokèmon • Cynthia is just the best champ who ever existed 💁🏼♀️ • so many good memories, because it was my first Pokèmon game
Grace Berlin I never saw the game being slow as a problem, it’s still better then getting forced into a cutscene everytime you progress in the game. And team galactic is still one of my favorite antagonist teams not to forget that the legendary designs are awesome
I really liked that gen 4 was slow. Having to use many vms on each route and stepping through the deep snow on the way to snowpoint town felt like a real journey for once and was not like a stroll through your backgarden like the routes in gens nowadays are.
That's one thing I loved about gens 3, 4 and 5 Gen 3 has you swimming through deep ocean around a volcanic island Gen 4 gives the sense of a real journey, it is long, slow and feels hard Gen 5 has you wandering about deserts and ruins, and depending on the season you can even struggle through snow All of them feature a kid or a teenager alone on a dangerous journey, fighting to proceed, free to explore Now we have some smol bois having a walk on their garden with their babysitters, literally
Old rival: heya, you just fought 3 gym leaders, bashed a mafia alone as a ten years old qnd captured a super soldier pokemon in a cave with over 100 balls. It would be a shame if i, you know, fight you right here right now
Nate Cason he states that when he was talking about the characters; truth be told, there's almost nothing in gen 3 that can be considered as a flaw (aside from the lackluster characters). Gen 3 is, in my opinion, one of the best when it comes to plot and design.
Gen 4 might have been slow with exp, but I loved the fact that the map was really big. It made it feel like more of an adventure to me, as I got to explore all the open areas and try to find everything. I liked the openness of the map and exploring every little bit of it. That’s mostly what I don’t like about the games past gen 4, as gen 5 really shoe horns you into going a specific route and a lot of gen 6s map feels extremely linear as well. Gen 7 was also a bit annoying with the cutscenes and definitely felt like the game was just trying to hold my hand throughout the whole thing, but I just wanted to get a nice big area that we could try to explore and find all the little hidden areas and stuff in.
4 was my first true play through and it was with friends when I was about 6 years old and it really shocked me how large of a world Sinnoh was. I felt like it was never ending
Sorry to say but I can’t get myself to beat Pokémon pearl because the trainers are so hard for me to level up on because they’re really low leveled compared to the gyms and I felt like I have to grind in this game. Furthermore, I felt like the running speed wasn’t bad, but the text speed was slowwwwww. On the other hand though, I feel like the Pokémon designs are great I love all the starters, staraptor, floatzel, and all the legendaries. Over all I wish I could get myself to play it, but I can’t with Diamond. And I don’t want to have to buy platinum to play the game with better speed
I think the rotom dex is kind of annoying. At first I thought it was a cute idea to have a living pokedex, but it won't shut up long enough for me to see the map!
Yeah. That whole segment felt painful. The Tapu-Koko(?) at the end was also a kick in the teeth for me. Like the devs wanted to say: "We couldn't fit this thing into tye main story or the postgame, so here you go I guess." It actually made me so mad that I didn't do the postgame and just gave the game to my sister.
I didi admit it was long and since my game is little bit laggy and it took me forever to beat Kukui i was praying for the cutscene to be over. The one thing that kept me from ignoring it was the music
I remembered that I was at someone’s house, I just beat Kukui(I was bad at Pokémon at the time and it took me a lot of trys so I Was very very happy) and then my ds was at the urge of dying, I couldn’t save cause the 10 minutes of credits. It died, curse the long cut scenes.
I feel so old when i read the comments under these pokemon vids all the time.. i started my journey with pokemon yellow on a yellow gameboy color My favorite gen is probably gen 3 tho Loved also the remakes oras but they really felt like a piece of cake
Platinum is such a good game, Truly the successor Diamond, Pearl and Emerald deserved. It even brought back and expanded the Battle Frontier, Which used to be Emerald exclusive.
RUclips recommended this today and I have to say this is such a well made video and you really nailed the problems with each gen. Liked and subscribed!
we got some good designs tough, I mean, that bug dragon (don't recall the name) don't look half bad, but I get what your saying tough, but I just liked SOME off the designs, basicly 2 - 4 designs were OK, not good, OK
Personally, I'd love if all future games came with a Challenge Mode, like in Gen 5. Smarter AI, Trainers with larger teams, better movesets, etc. Honestly one of my favourite Pokemon games to replay is a modified version of Black 2, called Blaze Black 2. Blaze Black 2's challenge mode gives every gym leader and E4 member a full 6-mon roster, and with incredibly diverse movepools with plenty of type coverage. It also makes it so the overwhelming majority of the National Dex is findable and catchable before taking on the E4, and in several cases it modifies evolution requirements so trades aren't necessary, and several overworld items are replaced with others. You can build the most ideal team you can, and still get bodied because even some basic trainers like Team Plasma Grunts are using high-levelled, fully evolved Pokemon. One battle that sticks in my mind is a Plasma Grunt with a Level 60 Metagross, at a time when your team is probably around Level 55-60. Burg is a genuinely terrifying trainer to face, as he has coverage for every conceivable weakness, and Skyla challenges you to a Triple Battle with an absolutely bonkers lineup. It's the toughest Pokemon game I've ever played, and it is a glorious feeling to conquer it every time I succeed.
I'm playing Blaze Black 2 right now and I agree on everything you said, it's probably the best modded pokémon game ever. Challenge mode should be available in every Pokémon game, so you can choose to go the easy way or not.
My first ever experience with gen 5 was a nuzlocke of Blaze Black 2 just a few weeks ago. Had no idea what I was in store for, and couldn't even predict the gym types I was going to come up against. Wiped out right before Victory Road, after a grueling struggle with Team Plasma. I don't ever want to go back and play the vanilla games now though, because I know they'll disappoint me in terms of challenge.
Man, I hate seeing Gen 4 getting eaten alive all the time. Kickass music, badass characters (there's a reason Cynthia keeps coming back, Looker too) and the legendaries were much more important to the plot. Sure, it was slow, but Platinum was pratically an entirely different game that mended most of DPS problems, and while still slow it was defintely faster. Cyrus was also the first villain who actually felt like a serious one. Giovanni just wanted to steal pokemon and such, and Archie/Maxie just felt more lighthearted, especially since their motives were fairly weak. Cyrus? Yeah, he wanted to DESTROY THE UNIVERSE AND CREATE HIS OWN. Without the intervention of Giratina, his actually plan would've succeded (again, I'm only focusing on Platinum here). Honestly I could go on and on about how Gen 4 is my favourite gen (I'm not necessarily disagreeing with the flaws said in this video by the way, and this is all just my opinion mind you). Oh, and do I even NEED to mention HGSS?
[[Jayla ]] Whilst I do admit Black and White are great games, there are plenty of problems along with it. Firstly the game felt too linear, and the story of it all starts really slow. The good parts of the story don’t even start until after the 4th gym. Another problem is that the Pokémon are underwhelming. As great of a Pokémon Bisharp or Hydreigon is, who wants to wait 50 levels anyways? Meanwhile the only Pokémon you can achieve in the main game are just... decent. Krookodile is great and all, but compared to that, the others are just... decent. Granted 4th Gen has problems too because it’s too slow and the surrounding areas, not to mention the story progression also felt slow, it’s still a great game. It’s up to you which is better, but I personally prefer Generation 4 more.
RJ 64 it’s funny seeing everyone get butthurt over their predicted sequels not happening. We didn’t get Gray, Z, or Stars but I do feel like XY should’ve gotten a sequel of some sort even if ORAS was kinda supposed to link to XY’s story
vaporterra We did get Grey and we also did get stars. It doesn’t matter what tittle is it. What matters is that the 3rd legendary Pokémon of the region gets its own story. Black and White got B2 and W2 which is about the grey Pokémon Kyurem and Sun and Moon got UltraSun and Moon which is about the star Pokémon Necrozma. X and Y don’t even got a Z or a story exclusively for Zygarde so yeah the worst thing about gen 6 it’s that it didn’t get a “Z” third installment.
Yeah, it was really weird, that Kalos was the only region being limited to only the two original games. Nothing will ever beat B2/W2 though. The PWT is just way too awesome!
Be sure to leave a like if you enjoyed! What do you think could be improved in every generation?
JPRPokeTrainer98 gen 2: needs more available Pokemon even before post game,regular trainer rematches should happen, hms removed dead giveaway same with walking with our Pokemon,
Gen 3 and 6 need more of a challenge
Gen 4 needs to keep the battle frontier
Gen 1 needs to find another way of level training our Pokemon since we can't fight wild Pokemon anymore which sucks due to catching mechanics and I don't think berries will simply do it
Gen 1: Better Ghost and Bug type moves available, better Wrap and CH mechanics, and have a post game besides Mewtwo. Like Pokédex completion unlocking some events. Gen 2: Make Kanto more challenging and interesting (addressed in remakes) Gen 3: Find a way to fit all 386 Pokémon into the Hoenn region even if a metric ton are shoved in the Safari Zone. Gen 4: Colosseum and XD sequels. Slow surfing and huge gap between Gen 2 and 3 :( Gen 5: Make the 7 sages battle bosses and Hugh more interesting other than a vengeful edgy teen. Gen 6: Needs more post game. Gen 7: Useful TMs not being available until post game and also just bogging down the story in points of the game that didn’t need it as much as others.
Devin Wilson That was the Lets Go stuff and promoting Pokemon GO. So don't worry about the wild battle stuff
JPRPokeTrainer98 you messing with mah gen 5
The best part of gen 6 is that when you’re sitting on the balcony with Shauna a butler comes out and gives you the tm for PROTECT
It took me way too long to get that.
condóm, madam?
@@FishManChannel mercì,madame
*reads your comment*
Literally handed to you on a silver platter!
*Reads comments*
Oh... Oh! OH!!
Baron_O'Beefdip then I read your comment saying exactly what I did and I go Oh...oh! to your comment
The worst parts of every game is.....
Caves.
PTSD flashbacks of zubat and geodudes
At least they had every Pokémons in it
Astra *A WILD ZUBAT APPEARED*
Green Food Gaming *_CANT ESCAPE THE BATTLE_*
Tea
Me a 9 year old, on my birthday: Oh boy I cant believe believe I got pokemon X!
Also me on my birthday:
Oh the credits
Holy hell, it's been 6 years since X/Y came out!?
Christopher Herr Wait, Wait, wait, WHAT?! It’s been six Fricken years?!
Lunar Eclipse Im 25, Venezuelan, loved Pokemon since ever and just recently have been able to play Pokémon Y in the Citra.
My life stopped around fith generation.
You're not old enough to have a youtube account, sorry.
or you could be me and be absolutely terrible at the game and barely beat it in a few months because you've never picked up a pokemon game before
still fun games though
"Kukui, Hau, and Lillie show up every 15 steps"
Hop: _write that down, write that down_
Alolan and Galarian Barry
@@CaelVK At least Barry could actually put together good teams that require switching and strategy. I'm pretty sure I've swept Hau and Hop with whatever Pokemon I led with every time, including Nuzlockes.
I didn't find the cutscenes in gen 7 bad. Gen 5 was pretty painful to spam through the dialogue, but I think gen 7 has better pacing.
Player: uses a super effective move on his pokemon
Hop: "ha, i knew you'd go the super effective route"
"proceeds to not adjust his strategy in any way, shape or form"
@@tommygun641
Hop: "I've been studying my type advantages."
Also Hop: *sends two water types out in a row against a grass type*
"Im pretty sure the term hm slave was popularized by bidoof"
Zigzagoon: Am i joke to you?
That is the truest I feel.
Starly: Am I a joke to you?
@@TrossardWasUnavailable why starly?
Sentret: am i a joke to you?
Starly is sad until Staravia it has good stats
I guess Gen 4 is slow... but anybody else rack up like 400 hours and would still play it all over again?
Sehaj Kaler im with u bro, but first time I would just finish the game and then the second time around to tried completing the pokedex and stuff
I hope there’s a remake for the switch
@@warchiefv5207 YES
Gen 4 is my favorite generation of pokemon! There's probably a lot of nostalgia taking over that opinion since diamond was my first pokemon game, but even so, I love the pokemon in that region more than any other region, except with maybe gen 5 making it competitive. I could replay that game over and over again any amount of times.
500h+
Summary:
Gen 1: broken game mechanics
Gen 2: lack of Pokemon diversity
Gen 3: characters are stale
Gen 4: pacing is slow
Gen 5: region/game is linear
Gen 6: way too easy
Gen 7: too many cutscenes
I always struggle to find 6 pokemons in Johto.
So gen 3 remake of gen 1 is best
Thanks. Am I the only one who likes cut scenes in pokemon? Added a great visual to the story
CrashHopper I liked the cut scenes and definitely added more narrative to the story
@@DeeznutztheOG Same
Me: Plays Diamond for 2 minutes and saves
Diamond: Saving A LOT of data
Can we get Dialga to speed things up with its time powers?
*saves before a battle*
“Oh dang I should switch which Pokémon I have in the first slot”
*saves*
*reads moby dick*
*climbs everest*
*learns Latin*
“Saving complete!”
Turns out the reason why it saves a lot of data sometimes is when you use the PC Box and move pokémon around
this is why you should always use emulator for the gen 4 games
..
it still takes like 5-10 seconds to finish saving with speedup
@@gypsysprite4824 I don't have the ability to use an emulator
Generation 4, specifically Platinum, was also probably the peak of intentional difficulty. Rather than moves or stats being broken engine-wise, you had stuff like Cynthia's maximum-meta team with a level 62 Garchomp beating people into the ground that probably only had mid-50s pokemon, unless you specifically picked up a Piloswine and evolved to Mamoswine just to counter it.
Her garchomp was like 70 or 75 in diamond and pearl
@@BushDidMT-T According to Bulbapedia in Diamond and Pearl it was 66. She trades out Gastrodon for Togekiss and her Garchomp goes down four levels to 62 in platinum, likely after Game Freak realized it was already far too powerful and needed fixing. If it had been 75 on the first encounter I guarantee almost nobody except perfectly min/maxed teams would have been able to beat her without grinding for days beforehand.
@@BushDidMT-T I swear it was 75 in a different game... maybe black and white where you battle her and it has the sickest music
@@lukebarber3899 Yea, her team is on average lv 75 in black and white 1, (and overall way harder than her DP iteration in things like movesets) although in BW2 her team does get slightly easier
I could had sworn her Garchomp knew Flamethrower...
Gen 1: “The Bag is full!”
TangerineTux fr
Gens 1,2 & 3 you mean?
@@gallantmon4 Gens 2 & 3 weren’t quite as bad in this regard. For one thing, there were multiple pockets in the bag. Also, you could still see what item it was, so you could decide whether it was worth making room for.
@@TangerineTux Well yeah they have the multiple pockets in the bag they just retained the 20 item limit per pocket I think.
@@gallantmon4 Still better than 20 items for the whole bag :D
"The Alola games hold your hand tighter than when your parents do when they see people like me at the mall."
- JPRPokeTrainer98, 2018
Play N Think than*
Lol
Doesn't Let's Go do that too? On top of making spoilers about your next encounters, as well?
When you see 649 likes:
"Say, they got the gen 5 national DeX done"
666 likes i can't like im sorry
5:57: “The Unova region is linear”
Galar region: *sweats nervously*
The Current Gens from Generation 5 onwards are Linear, Generation 5, Generation 6, Generation 7 and Generation 8 are Linear, but Generation 5 & Generation 7 are the Most Linear because the Story is damn good, so the progression are the most Linear in Both Generation 5 & Generation 7, Logic right ? Generation 8 is Linear too because the story is good, but it’s not as Linear as Generation 5 & Generation 7.
I’m just gonna say that not being linear causes an issue where the middle gym leaders all have to be around the same strength, look at the johto games, The mid game sucks lol.
@@HomeCookinMTG Kanto has the same problem - after you arrive at Celadon you can do pretty much every gym in any order except the last one.
@@oliverleonard7730 you CAN do them in any order, however in 2 the 6th gym leaders Ace is a higher level than the 7th gym leaders. And not a single trainer in the post game other than blue and red have stronger Pokemon than elite four.
The biggest problem with gen 3...
7.8/10 too much water
Technically ORAS is gen 6
damm that got me harder than it should have
Noxtrin going in water is like entering a cave except no zubats and you only encounter water types.
(When I think of it, what’s even the point in fishing rods??)
Orion Adams UH its a reference to IGNs review of ORAS
and no fire pokemon
Without a doubt, my least favorite thing about Pokemon X and Y is that the game basically hands you a complete Pokemon team without you even having to lift a finger.
80% of the time that I asked my friends what their team was they would say WITHOUT FAIL:
Their Kalos Starter
Their Kanto Starter
Lucario with Mega Stone from 3rd Gym Leader
Lapras (given by game so you can Surf)
Talonflame (Route 1 Bird Pokemon)
Xerneas/Yveltal (Game prevents you from NOT catching it)
Can’t forget about the free torchic in the beginning of its release
50% of that was my team.
Chestnaught
Blastoise
Tyrantrum
Umbreon
Talonflame
Goodra
Chestnaught and Blastoise was given as a starter. Caught a Fletching in one of the routes along with Eevee and Sliggoo and revived a fossil to get Tyrunt. To this day I still play Pokemon Y because it can be nostalgia.
You are 66% correct; wow
83% correct. I didn't have Lapras.
@@Axeloy Speed Boost & Mega Stone on a fighting type/special attacker? How much more easy do they need to make it?
Oh and I noticed ORAS literally throws legendaries at you like they’re candy and the whole thing that excites me about legendaries is that they’re hard to get.
Yep been playing for the nostalgia but then you just get handed a legendary pokemon no shade to latios or latias
B2W2 did that too, since gen 5 those 2nd installment games are meant to catch new players up and give them a way to access those older legends without having to jump through insane hoops to get them.
M Elizabeth I liked how you can get a lot of legendaries. However I wished they made you do a puzzle or something since that’s fun. Hence why the REGI’s are considered the best TRIO of all Gens. The puzzles make it unique
Deoxys was so hard to catch tho. Since I had used my masterball on kyogre I had to ultraball rayquaza and Deoxys and it took so long cause every time I messed up I had to go through the cutscene. It was so bad that my second time playing through I saved my master just for Deoxys
TsubakiiHime at least B2W2 did it tastefully by putting them in dungeons. Gen 6 lazily shoved them in using hoopa rings.
**points out the problems of gen 1**
Gen oners: **tough guy snapping**
This comment is severely underrated oh my god
Then they immediately get nuked by the entire rest of the fanbase.
Ngl, little kids whining about GeNwUnNeRs is even worse. Think about something else lol why are these people living rent free in your head.
Ngl I don't really see toxic generation 1 fans anymore. I see more bad gen 5 fans
As I 90s kid who can recite you the first 151 Pokémon by Pokédex order....Gen 2 is the best and those genwunners who don't love Gen 2 (despite Gen 2 being the ideas that weren't ready in 1996, just look at Scizor and Lugia) are fake genwunners.
Gen 2 has difficulty settings
Typhlosion is piss easy
Feraligator is easy
And my boi Meganium is hard mode
Satanic Domain I always picked chicorita for a challenge. This time I did the glitch to get all 3.
@@austinbrown8449 how did you do the glitch can you plz tell me that
Pratik rath look it up
@@pradiptarath5270 Google/RUclips is your friend ;)
@@austinbrown8449 I did that too, seeing my rival's puny one starter and destroying his team with my three starters was amazing.
Some here are saying that Game Freak is focusing too much on their child audience these days and how children aren't the core audience anymore. I disagree. I don't think the problem is that they support a younger audience too much. I believe the actual problem is that they underestimate the younger audience too much.
Game Freak seems to forget that children were perfectly capable of beating and enjoying Gen 1 even with all it's difficulty and broken behaviour.
In America kids don't care as much about Pokemon anymore, but there are still many who do. In Japan the audience is still extremely large among children.
The problem isn't the kids abilities, the popularity of Pokemon, or a shift in the ages of the core audience. The problem is Game Freaks perception of their child audience. They think they'll pull in more people by over simplifying the games. That may be true for some in the short term, but long term they will damage their core fanbase (as we've seen the beginnings of recently). People aren't attracted to Pokemon because it's easy to digest like "X amount of mobile games" out there. They play Pokemon because it's incredible to go on a journey with naught but your creatures by your side on an uphill battle to be the best and collect them all. That is the appeal, to believe it is something different is to doom the brand.
Personally I believe the current direction of the mainline Pokemon games is primarily the doing of Junichi Masuda given his statements on the matter in recent years. I can only hope he realizes his error before it's too late.. or someone else takes a step in this ring
I completely agree, Pokemon, regardless of graphics or simplifiers will always be great.
I disagree and you contradict yourself. Pokemon is about collecting all pokemon and winning battles, that much you said, but for that there is no need for it to be challenging. Simple as that. And to be clear I DO like challenging gyms/leagues better, but I could easily handle any of it, I am no longer 10.
Also do kids still play their friends? That was the most fun in pokemon for me and for that i didnt need a hard AI.
@@placebo4874
You disagreeing with half of my statement is not me contradicting myself. You're correct in saying there is no "need" for it to be challenging. Heck, if it's only about collecting Pokemon and battling then there's no "need" for the not so challenging gyms or elite four to begin with. That wasn't my point.
The fact that you yourself, an older fan of the series, attest to enjoying more challenging gyms is proof that their inclusion would benefit the playerbase. Especially given your tastes are not rare within said playerbase.
Yes, we are no longer ten, but those Pokemon fans that are near that age are not going to up and stop playing because the game made a return to a higher difficulty. Plus I'm not arguing it be standard, just an option for older/more experienced players.
Also yes, kids still have friends to battle, that doesn't nullify my argument. I remember specifically growing up making semi competitive to actual competitive teams and having no one around who was half decent to play against due to my location.
So no, what I said still stands. You can disagree, but these are my points. Do you have further thoughts on it?
*Junichi Masuda* will not be in charge for the next pokemon games, including the 2019 core pokemon game.
I really appreciated his work but now it’s time for some new blood
@@angon4xd824
I hope you're right. Can you link me to the source of this info?
I...actually like the slower pacing of Gen 4. Makes the adventure feel bigger, longer and beating it gives ya more of an accomplishment feeling and hey Routes takin more time is a reason why Gen 4 music and areas are so iconic
But not everyone likes that, I understand
@@B-Side.72 You mean that the pacing would be faster? 'Cause that's what you'd prefer; or well "better for you"
ZearibIn i swear to god,when I used to play Gen 4 a long time ago without the gen 5 being released it was pretty much okay because it was the only Pokémon I’ve got under my hand but when I started playing gen 5 and then coming back to the game,it was such sufferings:’),The game was way too slow,the dialogues felt slow,the encounters you had,the fights and just because overall the difficult completing since I had started a new one..I was unable to continue the story I didn’t even reach the league because with all my nostalgia,the game has become too painless and difficult...,I’ll do admit way too long and difficult games aren’t made like that anymore
Yeah it was my first game and some thing should be speed up BUT not the health bar or routes I agree. Make it difficult. Make experienced players fear they might jot make it out of a cave or not.
The Gen 4 is more centered on the entirety of Pokemon worldbuilding, the slow pace is what actually made it good.
@@B-Side.72 Play Platinum, they quite literally speed up many animations and polish aspects of the game.
Gen 1. unbalanced
Gen 2. bland
Gen 3. laid out poorly
Gen 4. slow
Gen 5. linear
Gen 6. not enough new pokémon
Gen 7. handholding
Gen 8. cut the dex in half
StormedTech There’s 728 moves and 891 pokémon so they are going to have low quality animations
@@uberdawn Yeah I'm sure the amazing Flash will sure be missed! Oh man I'm so mad they removed Flash! It was my Starter's best move! Awh man! What's next? They remove Karate Chop?! Oh man they removed that too! Now I can't beat the game with the amazing Flash/Karate Chop combo! Nooooooo. 🙄
The wild area tho 😤 I love the free camera movement it just feels so nice to play a Pokemon game like that.
Gen 8’s flaws are pretty big imo, intensely easy, cutting the Pokédex initially sucks, a lot of animations from recent gens got worse somehow, like the Pokémon refresh animations that are now complete trash
Comparing Sword and Shield to other great RPGs on the Switch is a joke. Now you're paying 60 dollars + 30 on DLC for a lower quality product.
JPR: *gets to my favorite gen*
me: here we go with the water thing aga...
JPR: "the character's are boring"
me: "oh! ...oh... yeah..."
Wrong! I believe that there is not enough water on the Hoenn map! Hence why I bought AS and as soon as I encountered Archie I lost and never played the game again!
@@leviewings4689 thats amazing
Gameplaywise the water is easily the worst part of Gen 3, though. It was a pretty common criticism of the game but everyone likes to pretend like it wasn't because they don't know how to read IGN reviews.
Jpr?
@italkcrab Gen 8 in a nutshell.
Thanks for not bashing on "Too much Water" and "Garbage and Ice-Cream"
7.8
ExtremeAce249 the same people who bash on Garbage and Ice Cream are the people who think the pile of sludge and and pokeball Pokémon are ok
@@gold_leader928 pile of sludge they actually made conceptually better than literal trash, But the pokeball one is still stupid AF.
@@thebulletdragon2876 at least it's a mushroom and not a literal ball..
@@hdckighfkvhvgmk the literal trash actually looks cute tho 😭
Generation 4 is my favorite generation but YES 100% yes the games are so slow. 😫
John Nakhadray thats why Plat was made
I hate that comic where the Genforer is thrown from the building... Makes me want to break the guy's fall, go right back up myself and break the offending party's face.
I prefer gen 3, unless emulating with a speed up to make the games run faster
I think its better when its slow because you can enjoy the music
deSnes That is nice, but if you’re trying to grind up levels it can make for an annoying experience. Some people can argue that it makes the game harder and challenging but I feel like it just makes it a chore.
I am just glad that Defog never made it past Sinnoh.
Tropius would like to know your location
🤣🤣🤣
Didn't defog after gen 4 do what basically rapid spin did
@@KazShiro
Yea, it's quite relevant in competitive play
i love gen four but did they really think lowering acurracy of all stats would be fun?? its not even an interesting challenge, like lowering atk or something COULD be. it just slows the game down
The supposed linearity of Gen 5 never really bothered me. Maybe it's because I'm way more forgiving for that sort of thing for a good story, but frankly, it made the game a lot more simple and fun to play in a weird way.
@@gold3987 dude literally same gen 5 is a fresh experience because it's only current gen Pokemon before post game along with the fact that some of the Pokemon are suuuuuuper cool. People like to have on some of them like vanillice but overall done if the best Pokemon designs went into that game imo.
But yet still people say it's a bad game
It's decently challenging as well
Epic L
Epic no
Me after I beat Kukui: hey can I save so I Can play another game or charge my DS faster?
Game: haha Nope, take this cutscene!
Me: ...
I accidentally killed the damn chicken and had to do the last battle again
LMAO i just kept my 3ds on charge and went to watch youtube videos while waiting for the cutscenes to end
...and come back 3 hours later after I forgot
🤣🤣👏🏾💯
@@alvinkim3961 😂😂😂😭😭😭
I find it so fascinating how each generation has their own particular flaws and strengths. Its irritating because they ARE flaws, but the fact that they all have different ones make you realize how different they all truly are from one another.
Now I feel like I need to think of the greatest strengths of each of the generations...
maybe something like this?
gen 1 has that familiar feeling even if you never played pokemon, which just draws people in
gen 2 by far the best post game
gen 3 idk
gen 4 idk
gen 5 best story
gen 6 megas
gen 7 something new and different
WhoCanusMaximus Here's 2 pros for Gen 6 if you need help thinking of one: It ended and everyone hates it like it was Sonic'06.
Gen 1: Invented the series. :P
Gen 2: Day and night cycling, better balancing, returning to Kanto.
Gen 3: Introducing remakes and differences between versions.
Gen 4: Physical/special split.
Gen 5: Incredible story and post-game.
Gen 6: Finally becoming 3D.
Gen 7: No gym battles (I love gyms, but it’s a nice breath of fresh air)
Perfect. Couldn't have said it better myself
VeranaXS thx to gen 5, you could use tms over and over again
"the alola games hold your hand tighter than your parents do when they see people like me a at the mall"
relatable
the dung defender 😊
Ultra moon is harder
No argument here
Gen 8.
The day of the great community divide because of the not every Pokemon thing.
Also how bad it graphically looks
@@pieV3000 At least the main character doesn't have Vietnam flashbacks every damn second of their lives
Not to forget the Pokemon immigration rule, you cannot take with you, your old Pokemon.
Lmao the games not even out yet, hold your horses people.
For all we know there may be greater flaws, or this whole National Dex fiasco was just an excuse to fill post launch content updates with all the Pokemon, since stupid update culture exists in gaming now.
@@Dave_Chrome Even if that is true, it doesn't change the fact that the community is divided.
I love everyone who loves Gen 4
JzlPlys #Gen4Rocks
Ikr, other than the slow pacing and Bidoof, Gen 4 was practically perfect •w•
Maddieplayz9630 Bidoof is the god of all pokemon
Bidoof > Arceus
I love you to
You nailed my biggest complaint with gen 4. The snow and mud just drags this game to a crawl along with the slow engine and pacing.
Also with gen 5 I have a bigger problem with the late evolutions. Who wants to use a Mienfoo or a Pawniard until level 52?! I wouldn't mind as much if the main story had levels up until at least 70 but it doesn't.
Gen 6 just felt incomplete. It's just felt like there was supposed to be more to the story and Kalos in general but Gamefreak had to cut it short for some reason. Xerneas and Yveltal felt shoehorned into the story at the last second and Zygarde got completely shafted. Also what ever happened to AZ's Floette? It has it's own signature move so it must've been planned to be distributed at one point.
I can agree with everything you said. Gen 6 has always felt like it was rushed.
ForestFairy1 more like abandoned with the quickness
THIS
ElectabuzzKing At least it kinda prepares you for the challenging post game in BW/BW2 with the high level you have to get to.
Those late evolutions in Gen 5 are probably my most hated thing in all of pokemon to be honest.
Gen 6 would have been fixed so much if: A) ALL gym leaders (Edit: all gyms after the first with mega stones) and Elite 4 carried a mega & you occasionally came across a trainer carrying one
I see your point, but ALL gym leaders? I wouldn't really want to take on Viola's Mega Heracross with my level 12 Froakie and my level 10 Fletchling.
@@Max-rz8br okay fine agreed, all after the first Mega stone
@@darko-man8549 I still agree with you, though. I'm pretty sure that the last 5 gym battles were the easiest ones. They just really missed a Mega (and of course, full movesets on their Pokémon).
Max indeed. I think Megas can be summed up as missed opportunity overall.
I would give Korrina a mega Lucario in her gym battle, but only use a Lucario and a Mienfoo to make up for the use of a mega in the third gym. Then, I wouldn't give Ramos or Clemont Megas because mega evolution doesn't really fit with them. Then, Valorie would be the first since Korrina to have a mega, and she'd have mega Mawile. Olympia would have mega Alakazam. Wulfric would have mega Abomasnow obviously. As for the elite 4, Seabold would have Mega Blastoise, Malva would have mega Houndoom, Wikstrom would have mega Scizor, and Drasna would have mega Altaria.
I hate the whole idea of making a game easy. Im not saying make it darksouls, but if you handhold through the game. Is it even a gamr then.
It becomes a movie you need to press buttons to continue.
I would like a challenge mode, or ingame nutzlocke or randomizer( everything after you won the league once)
Exactly why is it so hard to add a easy and difficult mode. I mean it’s not like almost every other game in the world has it. I miss the old times where you had to grind hard to prepare for a gym battle. Back then I was scared entering an arena. Now it’s like I came into a new city and enter the arena before even considering going to the poke center.
Make it like dark souls, only then I will recognize it as a 'game'.
So true. And in gen 7 they even told you which moves were effective on which Pokémon. Even if most players know the types effectiveness by now, let new players find out mid-battle that an earthquake doesn't do anything to the opponent's pidgeot
Just typing the generations I played:
Gen 1: Utterly broken moves - my Slash Sandslash was beast.
Gen 2: Lack of diversity of pokemon - basically it was catching the same squad over and over.
Gen 3: Two the same bland bad guys - "I will land/water you!" and "Oh no, what have I done. Fix pls ;-;" I still like the Hoenn most.
Gen 4: They made it so slow, that even running is like crossing snowdrifts.
Gen 5: THE PATH IS CLOSED. But at least they "tried" to make it look legit (better than being blocked by few Psyducks with headache; potion won't help, find aspirin, pls)
Nicolas Dominique Gotta agree
Nicolas Dominique Pysducks are know for getting headaches so it a weird kind of block.
If I recall correctly, in B2W2 there was a route blocked by a bunch of random dudes and when you speak to them they just say something like "we are here dancing for no reason and one day we'll disappear for no reason", but to be fair that was hilarious.
Quils I have no problem with it when it’s amusing. Also especially when you remember it’s set in the US. I can see those people doing something like that.
Nicolas Dominique want my X? I don’t want it
I liked the last roast on the gen “my wife died yesterday”
I think that actually cannon- there is a guy who is near the black sand beach that you get to fight and he just talks about his dead wife
Not funny
@@freetriptobahamas8640 this was a year ago why does this matter now?
@@NameName-yj7lp yes
Gen 8: "Hold my half empty beer, I'm gonna ruin this franchise's whole career."
*Ooof*
@Callum Booth because people dont understand quality products
@Callum Booth because the real quality games (mario odyssey, botw, smash,...) came out in previous years. This year, no big games were released, apart from lm3, wich comes from a franchise with a smaller fanbase than pokemon, and mario maker 2, a game that already proved it will release epic updates with tons of new stuff.
So your argument doesn't prove anything. Game freak should be ashamed to release such poor quality on such a strong console.
@Callum Booth the only hope of Pokémon becoming good again, is that GF gets some competition, and people buy their games instead. The problem is 12 year olds will see this new franchise as a rip-off, even if the company put more care in it than GF did. (looking at games like Temtem)
I honestly believe Pokémon is doomed
@Ghoul Gaming everstone my dude since gen 3 geodude can have one.
As much as I love Sun and Moon (as well as the Ultra games), I wish cutscenes were skippable after the first playthrough-
Agreed
The hand holding is annoying as hell. Its like Game Freak thinks everyone playing a Pokemon game is 10 years old and playing one for the first time ever. That and the Hawaii 2.0 gimmick got old really quickly...
Not gonna lie the two features that will massively improve any future Pokémon game that game freak needs to add are a difficulty setting so you can make the game harder or easier, and I’m not talking about just having things be higher lv, I mean that the A.I. Gets smarter and more strategic battle types like double battles become more common and you have to actually put a good team together to beat the game. And the second feature is to be able to skip all tutorials. Would save so much time and pain.
Double barrels?
ha! they're probably going to give the a.i 99 full restore
True. Would like to see a Pokemon game that requires different team setup for different oponents like most mobile Gacha games out there. These Pokemon games can be beaten all the way with the same Pokemon's you use to defeat the first gym.
James Dudeck True! It would be cool if easy difficulty was like gen 6 and very hard difficulty was like "You need an iv'ed/ev'ed balanced team of 6 to even get a chance"
Play the ultra sunMoon hacks Supernova and Penumbra, the challenge is very nice
Platinum is still my favorite to this day, but I agree that the pacing does feel sluggish at times, especially in Diamond and Pearl.
To me, Platinum was everything I wanted: Difficult at times, a decent post game, memorable characters, and endless replayability with the VS seeker.
I still remember smiling after I beat the Elite Four for the first time and rechallenged the very first trainer. His Starly was a nearly level 60 starraptor, and I was happy for him.
I don't want to bash your favourite game, but I don't get why people like Gen 4
I absolutely hate it.
Pacing is soooo sloooow, i'm uninterested in every character because they are boring imo.
Cyrus is the only one who actually makes the game exciting.
I don't care about the legendaries, the story is boring and the regional pokedex is horrible. I hate the big amount of HMs and i don't want to explore the region because I hate going back to the pc to get my one Starly that knows defog.
Personally, I think the region doesn't have any notable places and the atmosphere is relaxing but also boring.
I do get though when people say they like the atmosphere.
Though I have to say I love some of the Gym battles and Cynthias battle was pretty great aswell.
A challenge is always nice
Generally when people call the game slow I don’t think they mean pacing? They mean battle speed, saving the game, etc, instead of plot speed. The game just runs really slow and clunky like compared to others. I’ve not heard many people complain about the plot speed itself other than a few people who just hate the whole game in general.
@@mr.fister4738 damn you really left this long ass comment bashing someone’s favorite game when no one asked and it has very little to do with what they commented about
For pokemon...can we just have a DISABLE TUTORIALS option?
Because after 7 generations...I think a good portion of us know how to use pokeballs and fight...
Heck, add in a skip cutscene option as well for good measure...maybe I want a shiny starter but don't want to wait for 5 years to finish the 4 cutscenes to reset my game and try again...
Nope. Because new players need guidance lol
that's why I said option. So you have to manually disable it in a options menu.
Well here is a general list of all the stuff Gen 7 had you do:
Intro stuff (moving in and whatnot, introduction to professor)
Ok let me take you to this patch of grass
Select item, select Pokeball, throw Pokeball, wait, catch. (how hard is that...?)
Ok now let me take you to this trainer school where you can skip the next 30 lines of dialogue telling you about hm's, tm's and type advantage. Oh, btw we won't tell you which people are trainers so better click on them all and initiate the 5 lines of dialogue on each of them.
Oh btw here is the new stuff you have to learn.
Did you forget about the pokemon snap tutorial they had and forced you to do? It was unnecessary and should have just been a side thing you could skip...
I have a tolerance for that stuff but even I was getting fed up at that point, and that was still halfway through the first island...I would kinda like to skip the old stuff I've known since I was 5 and get on to the new stuff just a tad quicker...Especially since it seems like every generation's introduction is getting longer and longer...
Gen 7 has the longest intro area of every game right now, with the longest amount of time before you even get your first pokemon. Skipping the first tutorials of the first few games was not necessary because the games were not *too* deep, but with more stuff being added the tutorials get longer and longer and you start seeing the old tutorials first going through the same exact information they have gone through for nearly 20 years. The ultra versions helped fix it a bit, but it's a noticeable trend.
I just want an "I am a veteran of pokemon" option and skipping right to the new tools and features It's not even that hard to implement, it's just a boolean check when they are about to do a tutorial and an "Oh you already know that stuff? Great! Let's move on"
Maybe a slight quiz or something just to be sure if they are really worried about it
That being said I enjoyed it still, I was just annoyed that it took me an hour to get through all the basic information before I could really play the game. It's like they put the manual down and forced you to read it all before playing the game. And god forbid I have the other game in addition and have to redo all of that again...
Kyle B if your reset your game then it would turn the help option back on so u would be doing the tutorial again
It never resets your chosen text speed, when you soft reset. So I don't see why it would reset the option.
"People who talk about this on Twitter have nothing better to do with their time."
"Welcome to my ten minute RUclips video about this topic."
Hey, depending on his cpm, this video probably made ~$1000 - not really a waste of time when it's a job.
efnfen im like 100% certain that remark was a joke haha
Thanks for listening to my TED Talk!
Long Schnozzed Tribesman He didn’t say it’s ok he said that he’s not being a hypocrite because this video made lots of money so it wouldn’t be a waste of time.
@@cggcgg4612 no.
I agree with what you said with gen 7. I think they focused too much on the tropical, tourist land that they ended up trashing the free roaming for a lot of things. However I will say that I did enjoy the hidden areas that there were such as most of vast poni canyon.
"Steamroller through with your starter Pokémon."
Yeah, Whitney says hi.
During my Meganium troll run, I actually won first try because I kept on soft resetting for a Female Chikorita
just get that ingame traded Machop from Goldenrod Mall and Whitney will be a breeze lol
SS and HH will always be my favorite games for the sheer amount of content in those games also the music is amazing.
I feel like HgSs has the problem of keeping all the actual design issues of Gen 2, while only barely fixing the moveset issues.
Ty it’s better than platinum
Hg ss are my favorites for way too many reasons
Hh?
Good games, but i prefer platinum
I kinda like how alone you feel in R/G/LG/FR. I mean the whole world is literally against you, even your only “friend” - your rival - tries his best to put you down at every turn. You literally play as an 11 year old poke-nerd that uses his crazy-ass-determination, his smarts, and his love for Pokemon to take down the pokemafia (rocket). You single handedly save your rural little region from the grips of the corporate elite and their lack of humanity. Then, because you’re so pokejacked and talented you go right on and fulfil your dream of defeating the elite 4. You even help an old lonely man that spent his life loving Pokemon instead of raising a family of his own; Oak, the mentor that kickstarted your journey and so desperately wanted to complete his Pokédex as a boy, you help him fulfil his life long dream. You complete the Pokédex. You tame the untameable. You defeat the undefeated. You exorcise Marowak’s demons. You clear roads of sleeping Pokemon because nobody else dares shift a Snorlax. You liberate mount moon. You defeat a TM Thief. You lay the groundwork for Bill’s Pokemon transfer system. The whole game is about you, alone, having the power to achieve your dreams and help others, against all odds. All you need is willpower, self-belief, determination; and a little help from your friends. Only then will you find success; becoming seasoned, and comfortable. Having achieved your goal to be the very best, you pass on your beloved Pokemon - to the pal park - for the next generation to enjoy. Or, frolick about sight seeing on Alolan beaches.
Oak did raise a family of his own. He has a grandson and he's been your rival since you were a baby. Erm, what is his name again?
@@ididzelda I don't think he meant oak, I think he meant Mr. Fuji
This made me cry
A 10 year old...
ididzelda oh wow you worded it so well, i didnt even think about that but thats such a huge factor!
Oh look someone actually pointing out a genuine flaw with Gen V instead of just bashing on the Vanilite and Trubbish lines. Neat.
Gen V was my first, and so is my favorite, but even I admit that game has some issues. Thanks for seeing something differently. It was refreshing.
Am I the only one who actually LIKES the Vanilite line?
@@benjaminpeterson455 nope I've seen several people that like it, and I personally don't have a problem with any of the designs. Gen 5 is my fav
Vanillite and Trubbish aren't even bad Pokemon like Garbador is pretty good tbh
Scarlett Acid same, I grew up with gen5
Ethereal Scorpio he was a good poison type
So what you're telling me, is if someone made a version of X & Y that was actually difficult, and a version of the Gen 7 games that had a skip cutscene button, they'd be the two most popular points on the internet?
By the time I reached level 50 with all my Pokémon in Alola I was fighting level 35 wild Pokémon
Exp share change was the worst change ever
Kalos, I had level 100’s by the third gym from the Battle Chateau
@@josephrunyon8081 You were obviously playing that for tens of hours then
Ethan Swartz Meh, if you fought the kimono girls they all had audino. Those were easy xp if your used the writs correctly
I kept running into the level limit in my first run, and so when I’d try to do the next trial some of my Pokémon wouldn’t always listen and it was o o f
"MA WIFE DIED YESTERDAY"
Alon Graf “This is mah wife”
i like gen 5...
We do not care. @anthony qin
Missing her? Why don't you join her today?
Not funny. Angelo definitely not funny
I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say that Game Freak is severely underestimating their audience. To me, Pokemon is a lot like the best seasons of SpongeBob, or the Simpsons, as in that it's something enjoyable for both children and adults alike. This is true for quite a lot of these older franchises, and Pokemon isn't an exception. Me and my father still play the Mario series despite both of us aging with it, and I'll likely be playing Mario games until the day I pass. And yet Mario games of today are still of a similar difficulty to the games of Nintendo's past, the only real difference being that they're more streamlined and fair now. So, why should Pokemon be an exception? I think Game Freak is worried about challenging people, that it might scare them off, and yet they're forgetting that the challenge is a part of what makes Pokemon so fun to begin with.
You're comment is spot on. I feel like Gamefreak actually thinks Pokemon is becoming less desired and kids don't want to play it as often when meanwhile, Pokemon is just as you said, one of the most revolutionary series and still is. It's fanbase is still gigantic. I hope that Gen 6 and 7 taught them that people really want them to go back to a normal game experience like Gen's 1-5.
I agree. I watched a video on RUclips (his channel name is TheActMan) that goes something along the lines of "what makes a video game fun?" or something. Well, to get to the point, his main reason of why games are fun are because of the challenge. No challange = no fun, and challenging = fun
Yes because let's go eevee /pikachu was way too easy and wasn't a challenge
Yes! Your comment is spot on! 👏👏👏
Idk man odyssey is a cake walk compared to mario 64..
I'm really grateful that you did not just leave Hoenn at "Too much water".
So are we all going to ignore the fact that in gen 7 Rotom gives you information you already know or you've told by him or others a million times, and he doesn't stop, you never ask him no he just does it when he decides he wants to which is like every couple of minutes.
This Pokemon is So annoying
That's my second least favorite thing about that damn. No one, not even your PokéDex, will LEAVE YOU ALONE.
And Rotom even acknowledges it. It says something along the lines of "Now it's time for me to give you information you never asked for! Did you know you can use Pokeballs to catch Pokemon?!"
Wow no way. Thanks Rotom! Now can I please access my map???
Gen 7 is the worst in every way hate those games
You actually paid attention to it? I always ignored it.
I don't know anything about Pokemon youtube just recommended this to me
Justin Y. Well it's cause you comment everywhere and RUclips wants to help you
Justin Y. This must be because you're almost everywhere in RUclips comment sections
*O. M. F. G.* YOU. ARE. EVERYWHWRE. DAMNIT.
Is there a comment section that you are not in?
Why do I see you everywhere
To me, worse than Kalos' incredibly low difficulty, I think it's worst feature is its abysmally hollow emptiness. At a glance, it seems like a big region, but you can explore all of it and beat the game quicker than any other entry in the series. Not to mention, there are straight up segments of the game that hinted at areas that might be playable in a potential sequel that we never got, and it feels even more that the region was released before even being properly finished. And it suffers for it by feeling really shallow, in my opinion.
thewhatness Let's not forget the seriously underwhelming battle music that were mostly blocked by the excessively loud in-game sound effects! Overall, a very boring experience with very forgettable gym leaders and Elite Four members.
That game deserved a sequel as much as gen 4. I mean any game that includes a legendary that goes with the main two but is seldom mentioned deserves its own game if not a good spot in the post game
Yea, Kalos just felt very unfinished and the plot was just not interesting. Which is sad because you could make a thrilling story in regards to the pokemon that are basically the incarnates of life and death. I wish they did more with that generation. It deserved to be better than what it was.
I bought a 3DS for XY.
I sold both the console and the game before i even beat it. It was bad.
There was a lot of soul to the game, but it lacked a lot of meat/content/stuffing.
Keep the soul and include more in the guts (characters, things to do, enemy team, post game). I think Sun and Moon did that part well, (only too many text boxes)
The fact that the “my wife died yesterday” is an actual cutscene that is real about sums up sun and moon
Before Video: I can't even think of a single bad thing about gen 3! Gen 3 was the BEST no question! Amazing pokemon, new abilities, double battles, it's just perfect!
After Video: ... Yeah, you right.
Bullshit
My only gripe with it is that it had almost no new fire types.
Gen 3 had the laziest designs overall imo
@@countengladx7156 But was better than Sinnoh as a region
There's so many event Pokemon and the clock system was nearly pointless
In a nutshell without watching video: Any long cave with lots of zubat.....
Repels exist for a reason tho.
@NokoFace Yes, until you realize that in the earlier gens, a lot of Pokémon would *still* attack you, regardless of repels.
@@BlueTheSquid only if they were a higher level than your first pokemon.
@Video catcher that were retarded if someone did that.
Sounds like gen 3 and 5 are the least flawed. Main characters isn't comparatively a big deal, and like you said gen 5 was linear to improve the story line, which is is the best in the franchise
Parsa Rathernotsay Still liked gen 4 even if it was slow I really didn't notice or mind. Hated getting to giratina in platinum though the layout to get to him still confuses me to this day.
Ew linear succs but gen 5 is awesome though
imo gen 3 and 5 are the best gens. 5 even better.
3rd and 5th gen are my favorite and the only gen that i beat more than 4 times, Also i cant forget how awesome gen 5 music is, like when you are low on your pokemon HP, instead of boring beeping sfx, it plays awesome arangement of the beeping sfx sound, or the last gym leader's pokemon apeared, then the sick music plays like the game says "c'mon, you can do it!".. i wonder why they didnt bring it back in the later generation.
And to be fair Gen 4 fixed a lot of its issues in Platinum and HG SS and the improved stat and move systems totally make it worth it
I will say that as a Pokémon crystal fanboy I'll let you know one thing. You can get the evolutionary stones early. You have to use the phone to talk with specific trainers and then they will occasionally call you when they find the Stone. You can get the Firestone as early as the 3rd gym from the psychic type trainer right before the Sudowoodo fight. Which is ironic because the first patches of grass before mahogany town have growlithes in them. Fun fact.
Gen V is by far my favorite, I have like 300 hours in White 2.
I appreciate you didn’t go after the Pokémon design like a lot of people do. I agree about the linearity too
Jacen dude same, and like, sure they arent the best designs but look at magneton, Grimer literally just grows bigger.
A lot of Pokémon aren’t designed the best, that doesn’t make the whole region bad, but imo in gen 5 I loved the story I just wished it was a little more focused on the other characters, maybe not like sun/moon but give them a couple moments in the sunshine.
We got animated sprites no ? That's why I love sprites in Gen 5.
i just loaded up white and it said i have 420 hours......
@@pirahna0145 nice
I knew gen 7 wasnt for me when the whole time I was thinking "Jesus christ just let me get through the story so I can actually have fun with this."
I've played every other pokemon game and I'm playing gen 7 for the first time. Might be the only one I never end up finishing.
@@thejman36 I tired several times, on sword its already hard but i just skipped them, i could never play them for more then some time...
I actually quit playing the main games during Pokemon Sun. I believe I was close to the end, but I just wasn't having fun so i stopped playing it, never finished it or bought any of the games that followed :(
im here just to feel old
MyViolador ur old
MyViolador shut up you old man !
finally
I know that old feeling. Red/blue released when i was in second grade.
Same. I was #1 in the world at the TCG nearly 20 years ago...old now. Tired zzz
Wow I never realized how linear gen 5 was... I guess because it has other strengths and such a strong post game it never ruined my experience. Black 2 and white 2 had a lot of optional content and was one of my favourite generations to complete the Pokédex.
Plus it is a linear path story wise, but there’s still plenty of areas to explore off the main path unlike later regions
@@jrlaps521yep. Every gen 5 has many flaws and many things to love. It's still my personal favorite
So basically heartgold and soulsilver are the best games?
Yes.... yes they are.
they peaked as remakes, have the most post game content, huge lands to explore and refine gen 4's slowness.
Depends, they’re great games but still have the shitty levelling distribution from the originals, which is really inexcusable
And even the original "limited team building" wasn't as bad as he claims. Kanto pokemon also appeared in Johto
no gen 5 is
Leaf green is my fav
Also, due to a bug in gen 1, physic was actually IMMUNE to ghost
What?
Bhartiya Gaming Party it was a glitch, physic was supposed to be weak to ghost and gen 2 onward it is
@@nameman9997 when I read bug I thought of the type and got really confused. I read it as something like: "Also, due to it being a bug in gen 1, psychic was actually immune to ghost"
SuperSloBro yeah. In gen 1 physic was weak to bug but immune to ghost
Name Man bro u mean „psychic“ which is basically the exact opposite to „physic“ :D
Gens 3, 4, and 5 are the peak of pokemon.
Edit: Going to address this because Im not sure everyone followed, FRLG is gen 3, HGSS is gen 4. Im getting people telling me how great Johto is, when Im already saying HGSS is amazing.
Facts
Mitchell Jacobson exactly and sadly we’ll never get games like those again😔
100% agree
4 was ok, diamond and pearl that is. HG and SS both were amazing. DP just seemed unoriginal in my opinion.
*cough, cough* Gen 2 *cough, cough*
My problem with gens 6-8 are the lack of new Pokémon.
Sure you can make arguments like that for the other gens but it feels like there are barely any new Pokémon being introduced in these specific games.
It's because there aren't. Gen 2 has 100 which was the lowest for a while and the last 3 all have fewer than that.
@@donaldjgumpofficial5754 Gen 7 doesn't reach 100 new Pokemon? Geez
Those gens could've used more 'mons (especially gen 8 with the nat dex incident) but the 'mons they do have are actually pretty cool
heck, unpopular opinion, but gen 8
*Waits for you to get to gen 3* "There's basically nothing wrong with gen 3". YASSSSSSS. I approve.
Same, I also agree that Wally was handled poorly and I think the Escort Theme deserved better.
Gen 3 flawed
@@eLite-Tiss91 flawed but not wrong
Plus gen 3 gave us the best starter! The karate chicken!
Gave also the best rule 34
4th gen was my favorite (dppt specifically), so I gotta say..
I was never bored with it and I felt like I always had something to do and some action going on. About the balancing, I agree but there's always been some moves that are much better than others and that's simply unavoidable. The lack of fire types I completely agree as I love fire Pokemon. Great vid man
Dude I got the events and now have 12 pokemon to catch
Gen 5 will forever be my favourite
But I totally agree with the map problem
Megu-dah gen 5 was horrible.
Comedy 3000 I disagree
@Winston nah man gen 5 is thee best
@Rockin' Roll Didnt like X and Y in terms of Pokemon design, me and my brother were kinda sad seeing swords and keys as pokemon....
@Rockin' Roll so a set of keys, a ball, the same ball but upside down, a pile of slime and etc are better?
Gen 7 was so close to be awesome...
Imagine SM story, USUM gameplay and overall less cutscenes. Easily one of the best pokemon games together with Platinum and BW2!
nah nah nah. BW story with USUM Gameplay
Include Ultra Necrozma in that and you get the perfect game
@@Graceisanerd The most challenging fight I think I've ever had, alongside the final boss of Legends Arceus (not arceus)
legit necrozma took me months
What's really wrong with the 3rd gen games is it has too much water
- IGN
No surfing is funn and the music is beautiful (to with one o or tooooo but not too has a Different meaning)
Yoshidude Bleung HAH you clearly don't get the joke...
7.8
I will give it 7.8/10
Gen 3: Too much water
(Edit) Thanks for the likes.
Although It Has The Two Best Fire Types, Still Water.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love the Gen 3 and yet that is too true
This but unironically.
Yup.It took me 3 hours for me to even figure out how to get to the champion
Gen 7 is actually the worst. I feel like I'm playing a tutorial 😩
Dr. Marmalade the Pokémon don’t make it worth it either imo. Gen 7 has bad anime too. Plus why does prof oak look more like black face than tan??
I just flat out quit that one. Never been so bored playing a Pokemon game for the first time.
Gen 7 was okay, but I missed the gym battle and I was disappointed that there were no national Pokédex and we couldn’t Mega evolve until we beat the game and had to buy the mega stones from the battle tree.
And the Pokémon sukc
Matthewliu1 ...that’s Samson oak. Prof oak’s cousin from alola.
10 year old me picking up a pre-owned Diamond: Oh boy! I can’t wait to see how this game turns out!
Me 3 years later: It’s... it’s over...
Gen 7 would have been better off as a visual novel
A visual novel needs a good story. Gen 7 has many cutscenes with no actual interesting dialogue. That's the real problem.
M. M. Gen 7 is a good story though, that's why there were cutscenes to improve upon its story. Most hardcore players don't care about that though
@@solstice003 No the story is terrible.
M. M. Maybe you just wanted to get through it as fast as possible. If you say that, then I doubt you pay attention to any story in the game
@@m.m.2341 the actual story is decent
Now that you've made the claim that you can beat X and y nuzlocking with no items and no megas, I expect to see a nuzlocke starting soon to back it up lol.
Honestly doesn't sound challenging at all
@@ninototo1 the bullshit part comes with no hands no sight and strapped into a chair. I would say make him do that with a padlock so he cannot escape and do not feed him until he completes XY under the conditions he stated
llysender um, he didn’t said without sight. He only said without exp share, with nuzlock, without items, without megas with my hands tied to my back (you’re right about the hands tho)
Check Polygon’s XY Nuzlocke!
So far, Soul Silver and Heart Gold are my personal “best” Pokémon games made right next to Leaf Green and Fire Red
HG and SS are great but i have a problem with then that i hear nobody say, THE SAFARI ZONE, im not playing 100 days in a row of heart gold just to get a gible or bagon.
pyro master alex lol that’s true. I was referring to the content and the story overall. They’re the best games I loved playing. I still remember passing them to this day.
“My wife died yesterday” 😂😂
HeartGold is by far, the best Pokemon remake. And the best mainline Pokemon game. Period.
Yeah, I'd say those remakes are where the games peeked.
Gen 4 and 5 were the peak of pokemon. Gen 4 improved the competitive scene greatly, had the second best story and the best post game. And Gen 5 had the best story of any Pokemon games.
I always know when I'm in a comment section full of people who are still literal children because they present their opinions as incontrovertible fact. Rofl.
@@kevinb5417 welcome to the internet, please take anything you see, hear or read with the slightest grain of salt
Totally agree here. I was young but still put over 200 hours into that game. Lost my DS years ago tho... R.i.p. Typhlosion you will be missed
Gen 3 and 4 have best music: Change my mind
t r u m p e t s
No I will not change your mind
Just listen to the B/W Credit theme ;)
Lowgain gen 5 easy
@@CatRyu
f r e n c h h o r n s
My favourite Pokémon games are from Gen 4.
• one of the best starters trio ever (like, all three are so good for a play-through and have a cool design for each evolution)
• over all, Gen 4 Pokèmon are so cool
• yes, the game is utterly slow, but that never really bothered me 😅
• I love the story, especially in Platinum
• the music 💕
• for me Sinnoh is one of the coolest regions in Pokèmon
• Cynthia is just the best champ who ever existed 💁🏼♀️
• so many good memories, because it was my first Pokèmon game
Gen 3 has best starter trio. Emerald has best post game
Gen 4 and gen 3 are my favourite starter trios
Cynthia is SUCH A BOSS! WE LOVE HER TEAM!
Ryan Hansen Steven,Red,Blue are far better
Grace Berlin I never saw the game being slow as a problem, it’s still better then getting forced into a cutscene everytime you progress in the game. And team galactic is still one of my favorite antagonist teams not to forget that the legendary designs are awesome
I really liked that gen 4 was slow. Having to use many vms on each route and stepping through the deep snow on the way to snowpoint town felt like a real journey for once and was not like a stroll through your backgarden like the routes in gens nowadays are.
Phil Zerza stfu
Evil Maddox lmao
@@onthaticeburgess109 kinda how I feel about these comments. Gen 4 has been blowing my attention span for 8 years. I'm still on the 5th gym
That's one thing I loved about gens 3, 4 and 5
Gen 3 has you swimming through deep ocean around a volcanic island
Gen 4 gives the sense of a real journey, it is long, slow and feels hard
Gen 5 has you wandering about deserts and ruins, and depending on the season you can even struggle through snow
All of them feature a kid or a teenager alone on a dangerous journey, fighting to proceed, free to explore
Now we have some smol bois having a walk on their garden with their babysitters, literally
Ivo stfu
"Hi! I'm a friendly rival-! May I heal your team sir? May I heal your team sir? Do you want this revive sir-"
Okay Patrick, I get it.
Old rival: heya, you just fought 3 gym leaders, bashed a mafia alone as a ten years old qnd captured a super soldier pokemon in a cave with over 100 balls. It would be a shame if i, you know, fight you right here right now
I loved how he had nothing to say bout gen 3 lmao
Ordinary Gamer you mean nothing to say positive right? He said he only interesting thing was Steven stone
Well, this video consist of only the worst parts so we were not looking at the good stuff.
Nate Cason he states that when he was talking about the characters; truth be told, there's almost nothing in gen 3 that can be considered as a flaw (aside from the lackluster characters). Gen 3 is, in my opinion, one of the best when it comes to plot and design.
maquel dalisay I misunderstood the video, my bad. thanks for correcting me
lmao
Gen 4 might have been slow with exp, but I loved the fact that the map was really big. It made it feel like more of an adventure to me, as I got to explore all the open areas and try to find everything. I liked the openness of the map and exploring every little bit of it. That’s mostly what I don’t like about the games past gen 4, as gen 5 really shoe horns you into going a specific route and a lot of gen 6s map feels extremely linear as well. Gen 7 was also a bit annoying with the cutscenes and definitely felt like the game was just trying to hold my hand throughout the whole thing, but I just wanted to get a nice big area that we could try to explore and find all the little hidden areas and stuff in.
SO TRUE GEN 4 IS THE FIRST GAME I HAD
4 was my first true play through and it was with friends when I was about 6 years old and it really shocked me how large of a world Sinnoh was. I felt like it was never ending
Sorry to say but I can’t get myself to beat Pokémon pearl because the trainers are so hard for me to level up on because they’re really low leveled compared to the gyms and I felt like I have to grind in this game. Furthermore, I felt like the running speed wasn’t bad, but the text speed was slowwwwww. On the other hand though, I feel like the Pokémon designs are great I love all the starters, staraptor, floatzel, and all the legendaries. Over all I wish I could get myself to play it, but I can’t with Diamond. And I don’t want to have to buy platinum to play the game with better speed
"I will bash your favorite generation"
"Ok"
"Unova is too linear"
"SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE"
(It was my first game don't judge me)
I think the rotom dex is kind of annoying. At first I thought it was a cute idea to have a living pokedex, but it won't shut up long enough for me to see the map!
At least USUM has the coupon things which...
They're FRICKIN awesome
YES i completely agree with u there
I wish rotom dex could be disabled
Yeah it was kinda cute a first but now I just don't even bother with it even if I need to see the map.
the cutscene after beating kukui in sun and moon was so painful
it lasts forever and then it immediately throws you into a battle with tapu koko
Yeah. That whole segment felt painful. The Tapu-Koko(?) at the end was also a kick in the teeth for me. Like the devs wanted to say: "We couldn't fit this thing into tye main story or the postgame, so here you go I guess."
It actually made me so mad that I didn't do the postgame and just gave the game to my sister.
@@thatonepersonnoonecaresabo3163 Lol, I reacted pretty similarly. It pissed me off royally.
I didi admit it was long and since my game is little bit laggy and it took me forever to beat Kukui i was praying for the cutscene to be over. The one thing that kept me from ignoring it was the music
I remembered that I was at someone’s house, I just beat Kukui(I was bad at Pokémon at the time and it took me a lot of trys so I Was very very happy) and then my ds was at the urge of dying, I couldn’t save cause the 10 minutes of credits. It died, curse the long cut scenes.
Gen 3 for life
same
Yes!
Orielenap My first pokemon gen
Heck yea
Ya
“My wife died yesterday”
I died when i heard that
You're his wife?
@@blubbfisch98 I didn't hear it yesterday
I love all the Pokémon games. But the one that got me started and I still love to this day is platinum. I just have that connection to this game.
RabidRounds785
Pokemon Platinum was my first game too. I loved it but I think my favourite game is Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.
I feel so old when i read the comments under these pokemon vids all the time..
i started my journey with pokemon yellow on a yellow gameboy color
My favorite gen is probably gen 3 tho
Loved also the remakes oras but they really felt like a piece of cake
Platinum is such a good game,
Truly the successor Diamond, Pearl and Emerald deserved.
It even brought back and expanded the Battle Frontier,
Which used to be Emerald exclusive.
RUclips recommended this today and I have to say this is such a well made video and you really nailed the problems with each gen. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you for addressing the lack of exploration found in the Gen 5 games. Everything else was solid, but that is easily my biggest issue with Gen 5.
Alex Crivellone yeah I felt most Pokemon in gen 5 were pretty lackluster
we got some good designs tough, I mean, that bug dragon (don't recall the name) don't look half bad, but I get what your saying tough, but I just liked SOME off the designs, basicly 2 - 4 designs were OK, not good, OK
MiddleGround akaBG3 BW2 fixed that iszue though.
Alex Crivellone Such as?
Gameplayer 119 No, they really didn't.
I see 0 lies in this video and I don't see how you don't have more subs, definitely liking the channel so far. You just earned a new sub my guy
Personally, I'd love if all future games came with a Challenge Mode, like in Gen 5. Smarter AI, Trainers with larger teams, better movesets, etc.
Honestly one of my favourite Pokemon games to replay is a modified version of Black 2, called Blaze Black 2. Blaze Black 2's challenge mode gives every gym leader and E4 member a full 6-mon roster, and with incredibly diverse movepools with plenty of type coverage. It also makes it so the overwhelming majority of the National Dex is findable and catchable before taking on the E4, and in several cases it modifies evolution requirements so trades aren't necessary, and several overworld items are replaced with others. You can build the most ideal team you can, and still get bodied because even some basic trainers like Team Plasma Grunts are using high-levelled, fully evolved Pokemon. One battle that sticks in my mind is a Plasma Grunt with a Level 60 Metagross, at a time when your team is probably around Level 55-60. Burg is a genuinely terrifying trainer to face, as he has coverage for every conceivable weakness, and Skyla challenges you to a Triple Battle with an absolutely bonkers lineup. It's the toughest Pokemon game I've ever played, and it is a glorious feeling to conquer it every time I succeed.
I'm playing Blaze Black 2 right now and I agree on everything you said, it's probably the best modded pokémon game ever. Challenge mode should be available in every Pokémon game, so you can choose to go the easy way or not.
For gen 6 and 7 I waited for the person who made blaze black to mod hard modes and just played those versions instead. They're amazing.
My first ever experience with gen 5 was a nuzlocke of Blaze Black 2 just a few weeks ago. Had no idea what I was in store for, and couldn't even predict the gym types I was going to come up against. Wiped out right before Victory Road, after a grueling struggle with Team Plasma. I don't ever want to go back and play the vanilla games now though, because I know they'll disappoint me in terms of challenge.
Man, I hate seeing Gen 4 getting eaten alive all the time. Kickass music, badass characters (there's a reason Cynthia keeps coming back, Looker too) and the legendaries were much more important to the plot. Sure, it was slow, but Platinum was pratically an entirely different game that mended most of DPS problems, and while still slow it was defintely faster.
Cyrus was also the first villain who actually felt like a serious one. Giovanni just wanted to steal pokemon and such, and Archie/Maxie just felt more lighthearted, especially since their motives were fairly weak. Cyrus? Yeah, he wanted to DESTROY THE UNIVERSE AND CREATE HIS OWN. Without the intervention of Giratina, his actually plan would've succeded (again, I'm only focusing on Platinum here).
Honestly I could go on and on about how Gen 4 is my favourite gen (I'm not necessarily disagreeing with the flaws said in this video by the way, and this is all just my opinion mind you). Oh, and do I even NEED to mention HGSS?
Destroy the universe*
Ok...?
AngryRedJuiceBox BRO, pokémon aren't machines of fighting , best lore
AngryRedJuiceBox Did you play Black and White?
[[Jayla ]]
Whilst I do admit Black and White are great games, there are plenty of problems along with it. Firstly the game felt too linear, and the story of it all starts really slow. The good parts of the story don’t even start until after the 4th gym. Another problem is that the Pokémon are underwhelming. As great of a Pokémon Bisharp or Hydreigon is, who wants to wait 50 levels anyways? Meanwhile the only Pokémon you can achieve in the main game are just... decent. Krookodile is great and all, but compared to that, the others are just... decent.
Granted 4th Gen has problems too because it’s too slow and the surrounding areas, not to mention the story progression also felt slow, it’s still a great game.
It’s up to you which is better, but I personally prefer Generation 4 more.
Worse thing about Gen 6...no Pokemon Z! Glad Zygarde got some love in Alola.
RJ 64 it’s funny seeing everyone get butthurt over their predicted sequels not happening. We didn’t get Gray, Z, or Stars but I do feel like XY should’ve gotten a sequel of some sort even if ORAS was kinda supposed to link to XY’s story
vaporterra We did get Grey and we also did get stars. It doesn’t matter what tittle is it. What matters is that the 3rd legendary Pokémon of the region gets its own story. Black and White got B2 and W2 which is about the grey Pokémon Kyurem and Sun and Moon got UltraSun and Moon which is about the star Pokémon Necrozma. X and Y don’t even got a Z or a story exclusively for Zygarde so yeah the worst thing about gen 6 it’s that it didn’t get a “Z” third installment.
RJ 64 More like Zygarde got shoehorned into its new home because its current home is rotting in hell.
vaporterra I agree completely with you
Yeah, it was really weird, that Kalos was the only region being limited to only the two original games.
Nothing will ever beat B2/W2 though. The PWT is just way too awesome!
"gen 4 is slow"
*Laughs in wall hacks*