The reason for Pokémon Let’s Go being made was to get the Pokemon Go players to get into the mainline games. It did it’s job. So it’s a good remake in what its intention for being made was.
That’s by far the dumbest reason to have. Literally anyone who played Pokémon go literally already knows what Pokémon is. Only people would be literal children and even then the games have all been made for children yet adults and poke tubers are buying them the most. This is literally the biggest cope I’ve ever seen
That and they wanted something easy for the young new players of switch and not necessarily the older players that played these games so many times before.
@gardevoirtrainer4526 it's true that bdsp has the better post game but almost everything about it is super boring and bad unlike let's go where it's decent imo
Gamefreak looks at the sales numbers Lets Go didn't fail as far as Gamefreak is concernt, as it outsold every single one of the remakes. Estimated revenue is also interesting to look at, as its a remake of yellow. However, Lets Go brings in the most revenue for remakes, the only one coming close is BDSP. Even looking at Lets Go and the Original Generation introduction games (So every first game in a generation), only 5 of them outsell Lets Go (With most of them being later generation, from gen 6 and onwards, the only oddity being Sun and Moon, who brought in less revenue and the other 2 are RBG and GS. So it might seem a fail for the fanbase, for Gamefreak it isn't.
These games are actually incredible remakes, they're just not for an entrenched Pokemon fans. If you stop looking at this as a mainline game and instead as an onramp to mainline games from people who were introduced to the series by Pokemon go
The main reason I hated let's go was the only mechanic in the wild is just throwing a bunch of pokeballs and you run out of money fast. Only time you battle is at a gym or a trainer and that was not fun
@@KingZoroarkthat’s because it was made using the Pokémon Go mechanics. It’s a Pokémon Go spin on a remake. If not for that, Let’s Go wouldn’t have existed. It was made to get the Pokémon Go players into the mainline games.
I’m dealing with this right now on my first playthrough. I try to level everything up to the point of evolution to fill out the dex, but the only way to train/level up is to just go catching. Which means I’m usually broke because I have to spend all my money on pokeballs!
I love the design and I know it's mad easy but I think it's the perfect game for my girlfriend who has never played a pokemon game. I can shadow and walk around with her because 2 people can play at the same time and it makes for a very fun, casual, really nice looking pokemon game that takes place in Kanto which is where I would want to start her.
i genuinely enjoyed this game. i’m not a huge pokemon fan but i only really know the first 151 pokemon and that’s what i grew up with. i didn’t really play any other pokemon games with the newer pokemon. it was nostalgic for me.
Looking back, Pokemon Let's Go isn't a bad game at all. It just screams lost potential. As someone who grew up not only during the Pokemon boom of the 90s, but with the Yellow version, it saddens me that we have this misrepresentation of what made the original Yellow version awesome. So I'm totally with you on why it failed, you only have the original 151 Pokemon + Melmetal & Meltan, their Mega and Alolan forms and that's it. You don't get access to the other generations like FRLG did. Now, I'm not asking for a 1:1 remake a la BDSP, but at the same time, they could've improved on what made the originals so great, instead of making a weird Pokemon GO/mainline hybrid.
I mean... its fine it doesn't include Pokemon to other generations... however, they should have included cross-gen mons. Don't even have to introduce them from the start, but make them available post-game.
I get why some many people don't like this but personally I disagree. But then again I recognize that I'm the weird one here. I'm just not interested in later gen pokemon... at all.
I love Let’s Go. It’s my first ever Pokémon game and I’m deeply fascinated by it. It does a great job introducing me to the Pokémon world, I enjoyed so much that later I went to bought all the Pokémon games available on 3DS and Switch.
11:04 exactly the reason why i don't regret buying Let's Go. The biggest flaw of the game for me was that it was too easy as I literally soloed the game with my Eevee. However, the visuals, the art style, the way we could interact with our pokemon and how we could even ride them was worth it. I see Let's Go as an incredibly cute remake for noobs cheers
It seems like you're confusing rival with enemy. A rival is just someone you compete with to reach a shared goal. They don't have to be an antagonist, they just have to give you competition. You can prefer antagonistic rivals, but that doesn't mean a friendly rival "doesn't make sense"
It was a good way to bring Pokemon Go players to the main line series. Also I enjoyed it because grinding wild pokemon for low percentage encounters gets old fast and catch combos leading to rarer spawns was novel and more fun IMO.
Yea me too I love when a lvl 20 pokemon breaks out of 15 ultra balls in a row, I think "wow this is so good, I can't wait to catch 30 more in a row so I can get more than 100xp at a time"
The greatest remakes are obviously heartgold/soulsilver. I want a REMASTER of these remakes on switch. I do not trust them to re-remake gold/silver with the current formula. They'll just ruin it
My biggest gripes against these games were the catching mechanics, the cut of content like Abilities, Breeding and Items, and especially strictly limiting the Pokemon available to the original 151 (plus Meltan/Melmetal). They could've at least gone the ORAS route and allowed post-gen 1 evolutions like Crobat, Magnezone and Sylveon. I was especially not fond of the lack of wild battles since essentially the only times you "fought" wild Pokemon were Electrode, Snorlax and the Legendaries.
1st problem of let's go. It's a remake of yellow edition. Not a remake of fire red They cut the sevii islands and the gambling In terms of gaming nowadays. It looked like a demo. It was a way to advertise the switch. 2nd problem was the catching mechanism. Which I personally like very much. It was refreshing and I felt I didn't have to grind so much as I used to. Believe me I love the old style more than anything, but it wasn't that bad. They could remake it like pokemon legends arceus. This is the way to go.
i dont play switch pokemon games, i still play the older ones. There is a hell of a lot of charm from the animation and art style of the Gameboy Pokémon games. the new games feel wrong. Sometimes better graphics doesnt mean its better. Remeber how big johto felt as a kid? remember all the mysteries and urban legends like how to catch mew? it was all simple and just worked. The games werent hard but they werent a cake walk either. tons of people got stuck in victory road or the elite four. modern day games are just easy mode. I loved the sprites.
Visually, I believe Let's Go is one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen, but gameplay wise, it really is sad. I totally agree it needed a difficulty setting, because then it could be a game for newcomers and older players at the same time, and the lack of content that was already in FireRed and LeafGreen seems ever worst. I really hope that they take this feedback from the community and make a better remake when it comes to redo the 2nd generation again. Johto is considered by many the best region and I really hope they do justice for it.
This video has helped me understand why people don't like these games. They were never my favourite, but i still have some respect for them at Pokémon LGP was my first experience of the main series.
I honestly love this game. Seeing as how I never played the original red/leaf green or their remakes, I thought this game was super fun and I liked the catching mechanic. But your video is great and u made good points
I have played at least 1 or both versions of each of the paired games from Gens 1 to Gen 9. I also played Legends Arceus. I never miss out on any main series Pokemon games aside from the Lets GO games. I skipped it. I cant imagine spending $60 on a game that us vastly inferior to a GBA game (FRLG) when it runs on a significantly mote powerful console. LGPE is a blatant cash grab meant to take advantage of our nostalgia and it worked. But I aint falling for it. I saw how lackluster its contents are. Also the $50 paywall for Mew is like the icing on top as to why I hate LGPE. -No held items when FRLG had it. -No sevii islands thus making its postgame almost non-existant. -Megas are available but due to the lack of abilities, Megas are basically useless -Abilities were removed when FRLG had it -153 Pokemon only when FRLG had 300+ I cant find one good reason to drop $60 on a blatant cash grab. The only way I would play LGPE is if it gets released as a 1 week free trial for NSO subscribers (Pokken Tournament got released as a Game Trial for NSO subscribers but I doubt they would do the same for LGPE). But overall, aint no way im wasting money on this trash. LGPE sucks. Btw BDSP sucks too. But at least it has more features and content than LGPE! Goddamn im scared on the future of remakes. They are turning to just cash grabs now. Back then when remakes get announced, you'd expect additional features/mechanic that the original one didnt have. Nowadays its the same shit with a different coat of paint. I bought BDSP(Brilliant Diamond only. Not both) because I was hoping to get something new out of it but alas, there was none. At least I succesfully shiny hunted Shaymin, Darkrai and Arceus in my Brilliant Diamond. Gotta make that $60 worthwhile somehow. ☹️
I refuse to think of these games as remakes in the first place - in my mind these are spin-offs. Even pretty damn decent spin-offs insofar as they make for a different experience that successfully simplifies the core Pokémon concept for people with extremely short attention spans. Certainly helps that the Let's Go! games actually have pretty damn good visuals. Legends: Arceus was kind of the continuation of this concept to me in that both of these games are primarily about watching cute Pokémon waddle around and then catching them. Which is fine! But it's also not what the series is about in my mind.
Tbf pokemon lets go was never designed with the average pokemon fan in mind, it was designed to give pokemon go players (a good percentage of that being young children) there first tradition experience, they did what they had to do (have the 2 most well known base evolution pokemon (pikachu and eevee) as cover pokemon, have the words pokemon and go everywhere, have connectivity with pokemon go, keep it easy because of the target audience, keeping the story and map simple and familiar, not adding heaps of post game like gen 5 onwards). Would of loved it though if they added gen 2 as an additional dlc for £/$10-15
I'm playing it currently and really enjoying it-it's relaxing and comforting. I was a huge fan of Emerald and Leaf Green back in the day (I even watched Pokémon on VHS!). Some people are complaining about not being able to battle wild Pokémon, but for me, that's a plus! I love going straight to the catch attempts. Also, being able to see wild Pokémon and avoid them without constantly needing to reuse Repel is a huge improvement. The graphics style is chef's kiss-the vibrant color palette and art style are just perfect! Has a cozy vibe and as an adult with a plethora of responsibilities. This game is a nice reprieve! Would recommend to people who last played a Pokémon game in 2005. This game is a proper prescription for your mental health. (Using an emulator to play in 1440p on a 32" screen with a ps4 controller)
Nintendo sacrificed yellow versions possibly only remake into a Pokémon go game and i honestly hate it even more so since yellow version was my first ever gameboy game and my childhood they should have stuck to the original formula of the game with the 3d graphics
Pokémon Lets Go is a good game but it failed in so many ways and losing alot of features from the Original Fire Red and Leaf Green game here are my opinions of how lets go failed: 1. Lags sometimes even on the switch OLED (Low Performance) 2. Lack of Content including Post game content. 3. Lack of Pokemon apart from Alolan forms and Mew Meltan and Melmetal 4. Forcing you to play the game the way the makers want you to play it (Like what kind of remake will force you to challenge a gym with a cute pokemon? Game Freak didnt do it in the anime ir previous remakes so why would they do it in the game?) This shit has got me wondering about the future of pokemon remake whether it will be worse than this or better. The worse part is that this isnt the only game that got done dirty, BDSP got done dirtier too but Im saving that for another video. 5. Consistent and broken way of shiny hunting pokémon. I mean, just take a look, nobody can deny that this game is the easiest game to shiny hunt pokemon in the entire franchise. The game is good I guess but Game Freak could have added more. I recommend Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green games because you could get all or more you have been wanting from a remake. It is the best way to play through Kanto and I hope it gets added to Nintendo Switch Online as well as an Online Multiplayer feature for it which allows you to trade and battle pokémon.
So I feel lost in between both what you’re saying because I agree with you in specific things. Like for example I do think the rival being a jerk to us was motivational for the player. I agree that the game was incredibly easy to get done. I was a fan of the graphics and the work that they put into the game, but I do wish they would let us battle the other wild Pokémon because that also was a part of training these Pokémon to begin with.😅 After learning just the basics to game design I know why they didn’t include the best things about it. Coding and debugging could be hell. I want more storytelling with more people to battle, more expeditions, and don’t change rivals anymore. I want Gary back in the game to the extreme and make him a jerk. And let me battle wild pokemon!
As someone who's grown up w the franchise since RSE I prefer FR/LG yes it's a basic remake & it has its issues especially the dumb Force Evo cancels til Nat dex. But on the other Hand in retrospect Let's Go is a fun game, I've played every game in the series & they're 2 VERY different games meant for dif audiences. Let's just appreciate the games that are fully made & not buggy messes like BDSP/SV
When I saw Let's Go games I was happy, the chance to play the Kanto Region on Switch was something I was looking forward to. I bought the game, played it for 20 minutes, turned it off, and put it in the drawer. I haven't bothered with it since, which is a shame for such a good-looking Pokemon game. If I wanted to play Pokemon Go I would have reinstalled it on my phone and played it there. They should have done a straight-up remake of Pokemon Go's catching system when you try to catch a wild Pokemon and return all the removed content. I still hope they will drop a DLC to fix what they have done, but I don't see that happening.
I was initially gonna get it, but decided against it not because it was a Pokémon GO tie-in, but because the Sevii Islands weren't there. But now that I've seen this, I see I dodged a bullet.
It's funny that you complain about how easy the game is, but then you complain that pokemon moving around are hard to catch. There's berries that make them stay still.
I bought it thinking it would be Pokemon. It really isn't even a Pokemon game to me. I can't even battle Pokemon in the wild. Where is the Safari Zone? It forces me to have certain types of Pokemon at certain times. It isn't for me.
Ignorance is Bliss I’m a Gen 1 guy that had left of on Silver and Pokemon Stadium before I stopped playing. So I decided to pick up let’s go since it was Kanto. I had no idea it was missing all these things
Great video man, this is a topic I've wanted to make a video on for so long but never got around to it! Let's go had some things going for it but it felt like they made so many weird decisions and squandered it.
I think this is the reason why Genwunners appreciated these games. They are 3D improved and Blinded with nostalgia. No abilities, no natures maybe, don't care about Mega Evolutions without abilities or Fairy types and Steel types or Alola forms. Trace is something else as Blue returns. Very few wild battles and catching Pokemon mechanics as simple as the Genwunners' original games.
For how much Let's Go lacked in content compared to every previous remake (as well as doing scummy stuff like the cruel Game Corner tease and locking Mew behind a $50 accessory), these games should've been $20 at most. Also, LGPE should've been one version because Yellow was one version. I cannot overstate enough how greedy it was that they split a $30 single version Gameboy game into two-version $60 Switch games. The Rescue Team remake had the right idea turning Red and Blue Rescue Team into one definitive DX version. And despite LGPE's main goal of trying to draw players from Pokemon GO into the main series, it was two years too late because GO's popularity had declined significantly after its initial hype in 2016. So trying to cash in on GO's success at that point made LGPE doomed on arrival. It didn't help that they lacked a lot of the Pokemon that GO added in before LGPE even came out, and LGPE straight up couldn't connect to the other Gen 7 games at all, so Meltan and Melmetal couldn't be transferred over to either SM or USUM. This also meant that these games would be the first ones to implement the infamous "Dexit", making them look really bad in retrospect. Anyways, there are good things that LGPE does provide like the good 3D character models and the way Ride Pokemon were handled, but I have way too many problems with them to consider them acceptable by AAA Switch standards or even the standards set by every previous Pokemon remake. Regardless, I loved watching your video and you brought up a lot of good points. Great job and I would love to hear more of your opinions on other games in the future. Ciao! 👋
@@KingZoroark Just watched your BDSP video. About to watch your HGSS video! 👍 EDIT: Just watched your HGSS video. It's great, and you did a good job going over what makes them awesome remakes!
luckily i bought this game second hand on ebay, realised what a complete crap it was by the time i reached the safari gym, and returned to sender. i lied and said something was wrong with the game so i got my return postage paid for too. Despicable me? Yes.
Pokemon Let's Go was literally just a cheap, barebones cash-grab to attract Pokemon Go players and to see what's the bare minimum they could charge full price with, on a Switch console. The game sucks as a remake and is really nothing more than a Remaster to entice Go players, and people bought it by the millions. I don't like the concept of the game at all, ir the fact you can't even play as Red in it, but it sold lots of copies, even mainline players bought it, and they put absolutely zero effort into the game beyond the art style. So I wouldn't call it a failure of a remake, but I do agree it's not a good one (and yet ironically, is still probably the best Pokemon Switch title; maybe tied with the over-hyped Legends Arceus.)
I think let’s go is its own thing to be honest if they want to do a remake of Pokémon yellow, which they did and they really didn’t wanna expand on the areas like they did with fire red and leaf green, which is very good in that case, then they did it the best way that they could. There’s a lot they could’ve added, but since they wanted to make a simple yellow remake while building upon a lot of current features like importing from Pokémon GO and better animations I think they did a pretty good job. Adding all that extra stuff breaks away from the story and the objective I think the game was pretty much for newcomers who wanted something easy and not really made for all those people that played all the old games.
wait!!! waiit!!! what if there was complete old pokemon games on the machines on the casino? like you play every old version of pokemon there on the machines, its not hard to include! those games are tiny in terms on mb, why not?! it would be a perfect game!!
As someone who played them all, I perfer lets go just because it’s the best looking and you get xp share by default so I don’t gotta grind every Pokémon
This game is a trash, i’m trying to play this but this game disrepect everything Previously established on the series, some pokemons They should be weak against mine, my ground Pokemon got defeated by a poison Pokemon, i mean, the poison have the weak against the ground, wtf a pokemon who should be weak againt my type is defeating me with 1 fucking hit, thats unfair, unlogic and stupid.
I feel like the Lets Go games aren't meant to be remakes but rather are supposed to be a bridge between Pokemon Go players and Pokemon main series players. The Lets Go games are alright, not the worst we got out of Pokemon. Not necessarily meant to be the Fire Red and Leaf Green, but a Pokemon Yellow brought into the modern age with Pokemon Go compatibility.
The only thing that irritated me about these remakes was the fact that they'd allow Mega Evolutions and the Alolan forms, but wouldn't allow cross-gen evolutions for Kanto Pokemon.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say pokemon needs a drastic overhaul of the battle system, the "level" system, gyms, wild pokemon encounters, and trainer battles. I think pokemon shouldn't have "levels" any more, and should have master stars, from zero to five stars to show how well trained they are. The moves that pokemon use should have mastery stars corresponding to how many times the pokemon has used the move, starting with zero and going to five. Pokemon should unlock new moves by gaining master stars or by their moves gaining in mastery stars. For example, a pikachu learns thunderbolt when thundershock reaches 3 mastery stars, a pikachu learns quick attack when its tackle reaches 3 mastery stars, a pikachu learns "thunder tackle" when its quick attack and thunderbolt both are 3 mastery stars. I would also remove PP, and give pokemon "stamina", the moves they use reduce their stamina, stronger moves cost more stamina.
I won't mind a 2nd gen remake like let's go Pikachu. But drop the go tactic of having to catch every pokemon for exp. But I wish a second Gen remake comes out soon.
I liked let’s go I just didn’t like the only catching option you couldn’t battle the Pokémon you encountered but it was a great game and I started playing them when red first came out
I just wanted to say I love your content man!! You fs dieserve to have way more subscribers! I was whching some of your Pokémon chalange videos, and was wondering on how you were able to capture the gameplay on the ds?
The very weird part about Pokémon let’s go Pikachu and Eevee is that give it the remake status kind of feels wrong these games are really arbitrary sequels yes I know that sounds weird but that’s because it actually is the case for this game
While I vastly prefer the additions of Let's Go compared to FRLG, I can't deny that they are a little style over substance. (Except for the overworld encounters, those are a true game changer!)
I think a lot of companies nowadays are scared of trying new things because newer generations complain WAY too much, this not only happens with Pokémon it also happens with media in general.
Honestly, the Pokemon catching aspect is my only throw-off. I understand that it was made to appeal to the Pokemon Go players, but it just sucks in my opinion They could have either kept the Pokemon catching aspect intact, or just make up for it in some game-changing way
I had to reinstall this week to add Tangela Goldeen Seaking Farfetch'd Cubone and Marowak to my living dex- what a nightmare, that task should have been incredibly easy and fast but no, it took three hours and over 120 ultra balls to catch and then level them up enough to evolve respectively. I was so happy when I was done, I uninstalled immediately and I will never play it again, ever. I laughed so hard that the clods who made this game made me swim back and forth in a tiny 4×1 water patch until a goldeen appeared, and tangela wasnt much better- just run around in circles on this 3x3 tiny island and good luck avoiding all the pokes you dont want in this little phone booth of an island. I would rather wipe my save data and hardcore nuzlocke SV than play through this awful mess again
I got this game for free along with a Nintendo switch I got for cheap at a pawn shop. I’m currently on my way to Celadon City and I gotta say I’m honestly having a good time. Yeah I could be left wanting more but if I had a kid who was 4-5 like me when I first played Pokémon Red, I’d gladly give him/her this game. I think it’s a good first experience for people new to the games and fun/nostalgic for people like me who haven’t gamed in years. Overall I’d give it a 3/5. I wouldn’t call it bad-it’s like playing Yellow Version all over again. It’s pretty mediocre for today’s standards is all. Still loving the game though
so the whole video is you complaining about lets go not having the sevii islands. let me guess, your favorite region is johto because you can travel to kanto?
😂 lol no my favorite region is the Unova region. I love how well New York was depicted. Also no the whole video isn't about complaining about the lack of the Sevi Islands.
And still... despite not having the sevii islands... Lets Go massively outsold FR/LG (Not looking at revenue, but just sales numbers). Heck... its the best selling remake even.
The reason for Pokémon Let’s Go being made was to get the Pokemon Go players to get into the mainline games. It did it’s job. So it’s a good remake in what its intention for being made was.
That’s by far the dumbest reason to have. Literally anyone who played Pokémon go literally already knows what Pokémon is. Only people would be literal children and even then the games have all been made for children yet adults and poke tubers are buying them the most. This is literally the biggest cope I’ve ever seen
@@eli2210 not everyone. There are lots of people that first got into Pokemon through Pokemon Go. Convinced their friends and/or family to get it.
Exacly, this people dont understand
That and they wanted something easy for the young new players of switch and not necessarily the older players that played these games so many times before.
@@eli2210 oh yes bc everyone who has a mobile already has a nintendo console and has played a pokémon game before
Rivals can be friendly, but they have to be well written to be memorable. Barry is a good example of this.
Barry was a dork. Blue was dope, had an edge to him and was always miles ahead of you.
The weird thing is that I'd rather play let's go then bdsp like at least they tried to do something different
How's that post game? Oh right there's little to nothing, not even a Battle Tower.
@gardevoirtrainer4526 it's true that bdsp has the better post game but almost everything about it is super boring and bad unlike let's go where it's decent imo
@@BeefCake_97let’s go is bad and boring with way less Pokémon
The underground feature in BDSP alone is better than lgpe
@@TenshinhanIsKing caaap
@@BeefCake_97 cope
Gamefreak looks at the sales numbers
Lets Go didn't fail as far as Gamefreak is concernt, as it outsold every single one of the remakes.
Estimated revenue is also interesting to look at, as its a remake of yellow. However, Lets Go brings in the most revenue for remakes, the only one coming close is BDSP.
Even looking at Lets Go and the Original Generation introduction games (So every first game in a generation), only 5 of them outsell Lets Go (With most of them being later generation, from gen 6 and onwards, the only oddity being Sun and Moon, who brought in less revenue and the other 2 are RBG and GS.
So it might seem a fail for the fanbase, for Gamefreak it isn't.
These games are actually incredible remakes, they're just not for an entrenched Pokemon fans. If you stop looking at this as a mainline game and instead as an onramp to mainline games from people who were introduced to the series by Pokemon go
The main reason I hated let's go was the only mechanic in the wild is just throwing a bunch of pokeballs and you run out of money fast. Only time you battle is at a gym or a trainer and that was not fun
Exactly the catching mechanic completely broke the immersion of the game
@@KingZoroarkthat’s because it was made using the Pokémon Go mechanics. It’s a Pokémon Go spin on a remake. If not for that, Let’s Go wouldn’t have existed. It was made to get the Pokémon Go players into the mainline games.
I’m dealing with this right now on my first playthrough. I try to level everything up to the point of evolution to fill out the dex, but the only way to train/level up is to just go catching. Which means I’m usually broke because I have to spend all my money on pokeballs!
I agree with this, I despised the catching mechanic. I didn't learn a lot of traditional things about catching Pokémon until I got Sword and Shield.
Let's Go seems more appealing to me now than current Scarlet and Violet, and BDSP.
I agree with you the games look nice and run pretty good compared to SV and BDSP.
I love the design and I know it's mad easy but I think it's the perfect game for my girlfriend who has never played a pokemon game. I can shadow and walk around with her because 2 people can play at the same time and it makes for a very fun, casual, really nice looking pokemon game that takes place in Kanto which is where I would want to start her.
i genuinely enjoyed this game. i’m not a huge pokemon fan but i only really know the first 151 pokemon and that’s what i grew up with. i didn’t really play any other pokemon games with the newer pokemon. it was nostalgic for me.
Looking back, Pokemon Let's Go isn't a bad game at all. It just screams lost potential. As someone who grew up not only during the Pokemon boom of the 90s, but with the Yellow version, it saddens me that we have this misrepresentation of what made the original Yellow version awesome.
So I'm totally with you on why it failed, you only have the original 151 Pokemon + Melmetal & Meltan, their Mega and Alolan forms and that's it. You don't get access to the other generations like FRLG did. Now, I'm not asking for a 1:1 remake a la BDSP, but at the same time, they could've improved on what made the originals so great, instead of making a weird Pokemon GO/mainline hybrid.
I mean... its fine it doesn't include Pokemon to other generations... however, they should have included cross-gen mons. Don't even have to introduce them from the start, but make them available post-game.
@@nickdentoom1173 it’s based off the ordinal game tho with a dash of new stuff. You can’t expect it to have more than what the original had.
I get why some many people don't like this but personally I disagree. But then again I recognize that I'm the weird one here. I'm just not interested in later gen pokemon... at all.
I love Let’s Go. It’s my first ever Pokémon game and I’m deeply fascinated by it. It does a great job introducing me to the Pokémon world, I enjoyed so much that later I went to bought all the Pokémon games available on 3DS and Switch.
11:04 exactly the reason why i don't regret buying Let's Go. The biggest flaw of the game for me was that it was too easy as I literally soloed the game with my Eevee. However, the visuals, the art style, the way we could interact with our pokemon and how we could even ride them was worth it. I see Let's Go as an incredibly cute remake for noobs cheers
It seems like you're confusing rival with enemy. A rival is just someone you compete with to reach a shared goal. They don't have to be an antagonist, they just have to give you competition. You can prefer antagonistic rivals, but that doesn't mean a friendly rival "doesn't make sense"
Thanks for the correction 🤗
Agreed, tho I also would have love a mean rival lol
People will hate me, but i think the capture mechanic was actually very good.
It was a good way to bring Pokemon Go players to the main line series. Also I enjoyed it because grinding wild pokemon for low percentage encounters gets old fast and catch combos leading to rarer spawns was novel and more fun IMO.
Yea me too I love when a lvl 20 pokemon breaks out of 15 ultra balls in a row, I think "wow this is so good, I can't wait to catch 30 more in a row so I can get more than 100xp at a time"
Nah
It was good but they should of added an option to use classic controls in the settings, the motion controls can get annoying
Agreed
The greatest remakes are obviously heartgold/soulsilver. I want a REMASTER of these remakes on switch. I do not trust them to re-remake gold/silver with the current formula. They'll just ruin it
I just thought these games were just okay
My biggest gripes against these games were the catching mechanics, the cut of content like Abilities, Breeding and Items, and especially strictly limiting the Pokemon available to the original 151 (plus Meltan/Melmetal). They could've at least gone the ORAS route and allowed post-gen 1 evolutions like Crobat, Magnezone and Sylveon.
I was especially not fond of the lack of wild battles since essentially the only times you "fought" wild Pokemon were Electrode, Snorlax and the Legendaries.
Let’s Go is my favorite modern remake. I mean nostalgia is huge, but challenge running it is a lot of fun.
I can understand that one day I’ll definitely have to challenge run the let’s go games.
I will give this game some credit, overworld encounters are amazing, and being able to see shinies / specific things right there is god sent
39.99 dollars when converted to todays money is 77.91 dollars so its actually cheaper if you account for inflation
Thanks for the information I forgot to take inflation into account
$40 adjusted for inflation comes in at $63, not $78.
FRLG cost $30 when i bought it in 2006
4:40 - tbf, $40.00 USD in 2004 is the equivalent of $65.31 today because of inflation... so, more or less the same price
1st problem of let's go.
It's a remake of yellow edition. Not a remake of fire red
They cut the sevii islands and the gambling
In terms of gaming nowadays. It looked like a demo. It was a way to advertise the switch.
2nd problem was the catching mechanism. Which I personally like very much. It was refreshing and I felt I didn't have to grind so much as I used to.
Believe me I love the old style more than anything, but it wasn't that bad.
They could remake it like pokemon legends arceus. This is the way to go.
What's the name of that first song? Nostalgia hitting hard!
I believe it’s the from seven island for the sevi island in fire red or leaf green
5:30 Minor gripe, but did you just call Mega Evolution, something introduced in **Pokemon X & Y**, a “Gen 7 mechanic”?
My bad I meant a gen 6 mechanic
One thing that still irks me is the fact that Meltan and Melmetal are considered Gen 7 when they can't even be transferred to USUM.
i dont play switch pokemon games, i still play the older ones. There is a hell of a lot of charm from the animation and art style of the Gameboy Pokémon games. the new games feel wrong. Sometimes better graphics doesnt mean its better. Remeber how big johto felt as a kid? remember all the mysteries and urban legends like how to catch mew? it was all simple and just worked. The games werent hard but they werent a cake walk either. tons of people got stuck in victory road or the elite four. modern day games are just easy mode. I loved the sprites.
pokemon switch games are so bad that Let's Go is my favorite switch entry, and the best looking pokemon game yet...
Let’s go looks the best on the switch for the Pokémon games
Visually, I believe Let's Go is one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen, but gameplay wise, it really is sad. I totally agree it needed a difficulty setting, because then it could be a game for newcomers and older players at the same time, and the lack of content that was already in FireRed and LeafGreen seems ever worst. I really hope that they take this feedback from the community and make a better remake when it comes to redo the 2nd generation again. Johto is considered by many the best region and I really hope they do justice for it.
Hard exist, play without candies and that op starter and you'll have a harder game than the first 3 gens easy
I love it and am playing it right now. Different strokes for different folks.
I like lets go, it reminds me of pokemon yellow. And its fun.
$39.99 in 2004 adjusted for inflation is $64.91 today.
I still agree the remake kinda blows. But I guess about the same price now huh 😂
This video has helped me understand why people don't like these games. They were never my favourite, but i still have some respect for them at Pokémon LGP was my first experience of the main series.
I honestly love this game. Seeing as how I never played the original red/leaf green or their remakes, I thought this game was super fun and I liked the catching mechanic. But your video is great and u made good points
I’d rather play Let’s go over BdSp because at least let’s go is trying something
What game are you showing at 12:28? Also, the S/V rival is VERY FRIENDLY.
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@@KingZoroark Thank you sir. I tried putting the caption and I couldn't understand what you said lol.
I have played at least 1 or both versions of each of the paired games from Gens 1 to Gen 9. I also played Legends Arceus. I never miss out on any main series Pokemon games aside from the Lets GO games.
I skipped it.
I cant imagine spending $60 on a game that us vastly inferior to a GBA game (FRLG) when it runs on a significantly mote powerful console.
LGPE is a blatant cash grab meant to take advantage of our nostalgia and it worked. But I aint falling for it. I saw how lackluster its contents are.
Also the $50 paywall for Mew is like the icing on top as to why I hate LGPE.
-No held items when FRLG had it.
-No sevii islands thus making its postgame almost non-existant.
-Megas are available but due to the lack of abilities, Megas are basically useless
-Abilities were removed when FRLG had it
-153 Pokemon only when FRLG had 300+
I cant find one good reason to drop $60 on a blatant cash grab.
The only way I would play LGPE is if it gets released as a 1 week free trial for NSO subscribers (Pokken Tournament got released as a Game Trial for NSO subscribers but I doubt they would do the same for LGPE).
But overall, aint no way im wasting money on this trash. LGPE sucks.
Btw BDSP sucks too. But at least it has more features and content than LGPE!
Goddamn im scared on the future of remakes. They are turning to just cash grabs now.
Back then when remakes get announced, you'd expect additional features/mechanic that the original one didnt have.
Nowadays its the same shit with a different coat of paint.
I bought BDSP(Brilliant Diamond only. Not both) because I was hoping to get something new out of it but alas, there was none.
At least I succesfully shiny hunted Shaymin, Darkrai and Arceus in my Brilliant Diamond. Gotta make that $60 worthwhile somehow. ☹️
You summed up why I consider LGPE both bad remakes and bad games.
I disagree, never has shiny pokemon ever been easier to obtain.
I'm definitely going to get this game. The moment we can play the original Kanto region I was sold
I refuse to think of these games as remakes in the first place - in my mind these are spin-offs.
Even pretty damn decent spin-offs insofar as they make for a different experience that successfully simplifies the core Pokémon concept for people with extremely short attention spans. Certainly helps that the Let's Go! games actually have pretty damn good visuals.
Legends: Arceus was kind of the continuation of this concept to me in that both of these games are primarily about watching cute Pokémon waddle around and then catching them. Which is fine! But it's also not what the series is about in my mind.
Tbf pokemon lets go was never designed with the average pokemon fan in mind, it was designed to give pokemon go players (a good percentage of that being young children) there first tradition experience, they did what they had to do (have the 2 most well known base evolution pokemon (pikachu and eevee) as cover pokemon, have the words pokemon and go everywhere, have connectivity with pokemon go, keep it easy because of the target audience, keeping the story and map simple and familiar, not adding heaps of post game like gen 5 onwards). Would of loved it though if they added gen 2 as an additional dlc for £/$10-15
I'm playing it currently and really enjoying it-it's relaxing and comforting. I was a huge fan of Emerald and Leaf Green back in the day (I even watched Pokémon on VHS!). Some people are complaining about not being able to battle wild Pokémon, but for me, that's a plus! I love going straight to the catch attempts. Also, being able to see wild Pokémon and avoid them without constantly needing to reuse Repel is a huge improvement. The graphics style is chef's kiss-the vibrant color palette and art style are just perfect! Has a cozy vibe and as an adult with a plethora of responsibilities. This game is a nice reprieve!
Would recommend to people who last played a Pokémon game in 2005. This game is a proper prescription for your mental health.
(Using an emulator to play in 1440p on a 32" screen with a ps4 controller)
Nintendo sacrificed yellow versions possibly only remake into a Pokémon go game and i honestly hate it even more so since yellow version was my first ever gameboy game and my childhood they should have stuck to the original formula of the game with the 3d graphics
7:02 7:10 the trash throw for emphasis after all that movement got me deceased
Pokémon Lets Go is a good game but it failed in so many ways and losing alot of features from the Original Fire Red and Leaf Green game here are my opinions of how lets go failed:
1. Lags sometimes even on the switch OLED (Low Performance)
2. Lack of Content including Post game content.
3. Lack of Pokemon apart from Alolan forms and Mew Meltan and Melmetal
4. Forcing you to play the game the way the makers want you to play it (Like what kind of remake will force you to challenge a gym with a cute pokemon? Game Freak didnt do it in the anime ir previous remakes so why would they do it in the game?)
This shit has got me wondering about the future of pokemon remake whether it will be worse than this or better. The worse part is that this isnt the only game that got done dirty, BDSP got done dirtier too but Im saving that for another video.
5. Consistent and broken way of shiny hunting pokémon. I mean, just take a look, nobody can deny that this game is the easiest game to shiny hunt pokemon in the entire franchise. The game is good I guess but Game Freak could have added more. I recommend Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green games because you could get all or more you have been wanting from a remake. It is the best way to play through Kanto and I hope it gets added to Nintendo Switch Online as well as an Online Multiplayer feature for it which allows you to trade and battle pokémon.
So I feel lost in between both what you’re saying because I agree with you in specific things. Like for example I do think the rival being a jerk to us was motivational for the player. I agree that the game was incredibly easy to get done. I was a fan of the graphics and the work that they put into the game, but I do wish they would let us battle the other wild Pokémon because that also was a part of training these Pokémon to begin with.😅 After learning just the basics to game design I know why they didn’t include the best things about it. Coding and debugging could be hell. I want more storytelling with more people to battle, more expeditions, and don’t change rivals anymore. I want Gary back in the game to the extreme and make him a jerk. And let me battle wild pokemon!
Oof the video didn’t finish processing 😅Edit: The video should be at 4K now 🤗
Looked good to me
Me three
Let's Go Pikachu was the first Pokémon game I completed and I enjoyed it and I'm thinking of playing Fire Red next.
As someone who's grown up w the franchise since RSE I prefer FR/LG yes it's a basic remake & it has its issues especially the dumb Force Evo cancels til Nat dex. But on the other Hand in retrospect Let's Go is a fun game, I've played every game in the series & they're 2 VERY different games meant for dif audiences. Let's just appreciate the games that are fully made & not buggy messes like BDSP/SV
I agree with you at least let’s go runs better than the other games.
Using CPI inflation calculator $40 for FRLG in 2004 is equivalent to $54.44 in 2018 so the price comparison is not as severe as you present.
When I saw Let's Go games I was happy, the chance to play the Kanto Region on Switch was something I was looking forward to. I bought the game, played it for 20 minutes, turned it off, and put it in the drawer. I haven't bothered with it since, which is a shame for such a good-looking Pokemon game. If I wanted to play Pokemon Go I would have reinstalled it on my phone and played it there. They should have done a straight-up remake of Pokemon Go's catching system when you try to catch a wild Pokemon and return all the removed content. I still hope they will drop a DLC to fix what they have done, but I don't see that happening.
The Let's Go Gym requirements are akin to the ones seen in the EToP manga that was a retelling of Season 1 in manga form
That mix of I wonder at the end was slapping
I was initially gonna get it, but decided against it not because it was a Pokémon GO tie-in, but because the Sevii Islands weren't there. But now that I've seen this, I see I dodged a bullet.
It's funny that you complain about how easy the game is, but then you complain that pokemon moving around are hard to catch. There's berries that make them stay still.
why do so many people have such a hard time pronouncing the word connectivity lol
I bought it thinking it would be Pokemon. It really isn't even a Pokemon game to me. I can't even battle Pokemon in the wild. Where is the Safari Zone? It forces me to have certain types of Pokemon at certain times. It isn't for me.
00:16 What is this from?
Ur mom
Let’s go was good for what it was, but the exaction itself was a bit…😬😬
At least shiny hunting is easier in it
Oh God, the GBA was nowhere near the level of the PS1. It was a SNES with a much smaller resolution and slightly better sound. Jesus.
Ignorance is Bliss
I’m a Gen 1 guy that had left of on Silver and Pokemon Stadium before I stopped playing. So I decided to pick up let’s go since it was Kanto. I had no idea it was missing all these things
Great video man, this is a topic I've wanted to make a video on for so long but never got around to it! Let's go had some things going for it but it felt like they made so many weird decisions and squandered it.
Thanks and I agree 100% with you Let’s go had some potential but gamefreak missed the mark with a lot of the decisions they made.
The “Let’s Go” games are the first time Pokémon Yellow got a remake. It gets added points for that. A remake of Yellow was long overdue.
I think this is the reason why Genwunners appreciated these games. They are 3D improved and Blinded with nostalgia. No abilities, no natures maybe, don't care about Mega Evolutions without abilities or Fairy types and Steel types or Alola forms. Trace is something else as Blue returns. Very few wild battles and catching Pokemon mechanics as simple as the Genwunners' original games.
Imagine if let's go had wild battles
For how much Let's Go lacked in content compared to every previous remake (as well as doing scummy stuff like the cruel Game Corner tease and locking Mew behind a $50 accessory), these games should've been $20 at most.
Also, LGPE should've been one version because Yellow was one version. I cannot overstate enough how greedy it was that they split a $30 single version Gameboy game into two-version $60 Switch games. The Rescue Team remake had the right idea turning Red and Blue Rescue Team into one definitive DX version.
And despite LGPE's main goal of trying to draw players from Pokemon GO into the main series, it was two years too late because GO's popularity had declined significantly after its initial hype in 2016. So trying to cash in on GO's success at that point made LGPE doomed on arrival. It didn't help that they lacked a lot of the Pokemon that GO added in before LGPE even came out, and LGPE straight up couldn't connect to the other Gen 7 games at all, so Meltan and Melmetal couldn't be transferred over to either SM or USUM. This also meant that these games would be the first ones to implement the infamous "Dexit", making them look really bad in retrospect.
Anyways, there are good things that LGPE does provide like the good 3D character models and the way Ride Pokemon were handled, but I have way too many problems with them to consider them acceptable by AAA Switch standards or even the standards set by every previous Pokemon remake. Regardless, I loved watching your video and you brought up a lot of good points. Great job and I would love to hear more of your opinions on other games in the future. Ciao! 👋
Thanks and i defiantly will. Also If you haven't seen it I made two another video Talking about the gen 4 remakes.
@@KingZoroark Just watched your BDSP video. About to watch your HGSS video! 👍
EDIT: Just watched your HGSS video. It's great, and you did a good job going over what makes them awesome remakes!
This game was perfect for my 5 and 7 year old. How do you make new pokemon fans? By occasionally coming out with games like this
Lets go pikachu was awesome to play, wtf you on?
Controversial opinion but let's go is very mid...
It's basically just DLC for Pokemon GO
luckily i bought this game second hand on ebay, realised what a complete crap it was by the time i reached the safari gym, and returned to sender. i lied and said something was wrong with the game so i got my return postage paid for too. Despicable me? Yes.
Pokemon Let's Go was literally just a cheap, barebones cash-grab to attract Pokemon Go players and to see what's the bare minimum they could charge full price with, on a Switch console. The game sucks as a remake and is really nothing more than a Remaster to entice Go players, and people bought it by the millions. I don't like the concept of the game at all, ir the fact you can't even play as Red in it, but it sold lots of copies, even mainline players bought it, and they put absolutely zero effort into the game beyond the art style. So I wouldn't call it a failure of a remake, but I do agree it's not a good one (and yet ironically, is still probably the best Pokemon Switch title; maybe tied with the over-hyped Legends Arceus.)
I think let’s go is its own thing to be honest if they want to do a remake of Pokémon yellow, which they did and they really didn’t wanna expand on the areas like they did with fire red and leaf green, which is very good in that case, then they did it the best way that they could. There’s a lot they could’ve added, but since they wanted to make a simple yellow remake while building upon a lot of current features like importing from Pokémon GO and better animations I think they did a pretty good job. Adding all that extra stuff breaks away from the story and the objective I think the game was pretty much for newcomers who wanted something easy and not really made for all those people that played all the old games.
for beeing that new, ure videos are allrdy very good, i wish u the best for the future, keep going!
Thank you so much!
Just goes to show updated graphics doesn't mean it's a good game.
wait!!! waiit!!! what if there was complete old pokemon games on the machines on the casino? like you play every old version of pokemon there on the machines, its not hard to include! those games are tiny in terms on mb, why not?! it would be a perfect game!!
As someone who played them all, I perfer lets go just because it’s the best looking and you get xp share by default so I don’t gotta grind every Pokémon
This game is a trash, i’m trying to play this but this game disrepect everything Previously established on the series, some pokemons They should be weak against mine, my ground Pokemon got defeated by a poison Pokemon, i mean, the poison have the weak against the ground, wtf a pokemon who should be weak againt my type is defeating me with 1 fucking hit, thats unfair, unlogic and stupid.
I really liked Lets go! Played with the Polished Pikachu romhack which ramps up the difficulty and allows you to capture every pokemon
I feel like the Lets Go games aren't meant to be remakes but rather are supposed to be a bridge between Pokemon Go players and Pokemon main series players.
The Lets Go games are alright, not the worst we got out of Pokemon. Not necessarily meant to be the Fire Red and Leaf Green, but a Pokemon Yellow brought into the modern age with Pokemon Go compatibility.
Uh.... No? It didn't fail. It was a fun and cute game. And I never heard anything regarding it was a failure. What are you smoking?
ugly af thumbnail too
You should watch the video before you emotionally hate comment. He literally compliments the game for its art style within this video.
I liked let's go but what ruined it was their stat mechanic
I'm not gonna lie I'm just doing it to complete my national deck. As long as the game is playable and doesn't bore me to death I have no issues
The only thing that irritated me about these remakes was the fact that they'd allow Mega Evolutions and the Alolan forms, but wouldn't allow cross-gen evolutions for Kanto Pokemon.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say pokemon needs a drastic overhaul of the battle system, the "level" system, gyms, wild pokemon encounters, and trainer battles. I think pokemon shouldn't have "levels" any more, and should have master stars, from zero to five stars to show how well trained they are. The moves that pokemon use should have mastery stars corresponding to how many times the pokemon has used the move, starting with zero and going to five. Pokemon should unlock new moves by gaining master stars or by their moves gaining in mastery stars.
For example, a pikachu learns thunderbolt when thundershock reaches 3 mastery stars, a pikachu learns quick attack when its tackle reaches 3 mastery stars, a pikachu learns "thunder tackle" when its quick attack and thunderbolt both are 3 mastery stars.
I would also remove PP, and give pokemon "stamina", the moves they use reduce their stamina, stronger moves cost more stamina.
Let’s Go is an amazing game. It absolutely didn’t fail. Lmao.
I won't mind a 2nd gen remake like let's go Pikachu. But drop the go tactic of having to catch every pokemon for exp. But I wish a second Gen remake comes out soon.
BDSP failed waaaay more in my eyes, Lets go has a ton of charm
I liked let’s go I just didn’t like the only catching option you couldn’t battle the Pokémon you encountered but it was a great game and I started playing them when red first came out
Yea let’s go getting rid of traditional wild battles made training pokemon a pain and made things unnecessarily tedious.
I just wanted to say I love your content man!! You fs dieserve to have way more subscribers! I was whching some of your Pokémon chalange videos, and was wondering on how you were able to capture the gameplay on the ds?
a 3ds capture card and thank you so very much.
The very weird part about Pokémon let’s go Pikachu and Eevee is that give it the remake status kind of feels wrong these games are really arbitrary sequels yes I know that sounds weird but that’s because it actually is the case for this game
While I vastly prefer the additions of Let's Go compared to FRLG, I can't deny that they are a little style over substance. (Except for the overworld encounters, those are a true game changer!)
Either way good video u were fair and to the point which is great
Thanks I didn’t want to be biased in anyway
@@KingZoroark I'm glad u do that unlike other RUclipsrs who r harsh and kinda unfair if I'm real. Some r harsh to the point where it's comical lol
@@KingZoroark people who r level headed and fair attract a lot of people I find
I think a lot of companies nowadays are scared of trying new things because newer generations complain WAY too much, this not only happens with Pokémon it also happens with media in general.
Honestly, the Pokemon catching aspect is my only throw-off. I understand that it was made to appeal to the Pokemon Go players, but it just sucks in my opinion
They could have either kept the Pokemon catching aspect intact, or just make up for it in some game-changing way
after the slop of Violet and Scarlet and BD/SP I came to appreciate the Let's Go games a lot.
I had to reinstall this week to add Tangela Goldeen Seaking Farfetch'd Cubone and Marowak to my living dex- what a nightmare, that task should have been incredibly easy and fast but no, it took three hours and over 120 ultra balls to catch and then level them up enough to evolve respectively. I was so happy when I was done, I uninstalled immediately and I will never play it again, ever. I laughed so hard that the clods who made this game made me swim back and forth in a tiny 4×1 water patch until a goldeen appeared, and tangela wasnt much better- just run around in circles on this 3x3 tiny island and good luck avoiding all the pokes you dont want in this little phone booth of an island. I would rather wipe my save data and hardcore nuzlocke SV than play through this awful mess again
this is a really high quality video, i honestly thought you had 200k subs lol
Thanks so much for watching.🤗
@@KingZoroark no problem subbed as well you deserve it
I got this game for free along with a Nintendo switch I got for cheap at a pawn shop. I’m currently on my way to Celadon City and I gotta say I’m honestly having a good time. Yeah I could be left wanting more but if I had a kid who was 4-5 like me when I first played Pokémon Red, I’d gladly give him/her this game. I think it’s a good first experience for people new to the games and fun/nostalgic for people like me who haven’t gamed in years. Overall I’d give it a 3/5. I wouldn’t call it bad-it’s like playing Yellow Version all over again. It’s pretty mediocre for today’s standards is all. Still loving the game though
so the whole video is you complaining about lets go not having the sevii islands. let me guess, your favorite region is johto because you can travel to kanto?
😂 lol no my favorite region is the Unova region. I love how well New York was depicted. Also no the whole video isn't about complaining about the lack of the Sevi Islands.
And still... despite not having the sevii islands... Lets Go massively outsold FR/LG (Not looking at revenue, but just sales numbers). Heck... its the best selling remake even.
they made let's go kid friendlier
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Inflation is a thing