531 - Absol Plays The Isle of Armor: A Movie (Sword/Shield Expansion Pass DLC #1) 

"Tell her off, Absol. Assert yourself!" "That's my max mushroom." "Great, now let her have it!" "You can have it."

This man plays better clarinet after not playing for who knows how long than most of my band mates

digletts in the anime: Diglett Digletts in game: dideyudoodeyudwadroomwedeldosteed

"I didnt bring tickets for all my pokemon" That made me laugh

I love these movies, they are really entretaining. They're especially good to listen to in the background while hunting shiny pokemon. Catching a blue Miltank wouldn't have been the same without listening to a dude talking about how he went sightseeing with his dishwasher

can't wait for more level 70 gauntlets

5:05 I was expecting to see Matt try to ride his bike on the water at the beach, maybe in the future

You just HAD to push it over ten minutes, gosh. Absol-utely loved it

Just so you know for the future, Neutralizing Gas is one of those Abilities that declares itself when the Pokémon enters battle, like Mold Breaker. So if you're ever up against another Weezing, you won't be left in any doubt as to whether it has that or not.

“Omg shiny palosand! Right after I sneezed!”-Absol 2021

Absolblogs "uploads" Me: throws pillow because of how excited I am

After 2 all-nighters and a buttload of work, this is what I need- Thank you almighty one for glory shall be to the... Wooloo.

Hey I’m the one who told you that you can find Palossand on the isle of armour!! :DD I’m glad that I could contribute to one of your videos even if it’s not even that big of a thing~ -MarsieHehe

We can always count on Umbrella to protect us through the storm, love these videos Matt!!!

Right as you said "are shinys in this game?" I found a random shiny crustle

music list(in progress): 00:00 Pokemon sword shield - Island of armor tower of Darkness 01:21 Pokemon snap (searching specific) 02:24 Pokemon sword shield train station 51:59 Fire Emblem Awakening - Don't speak name 56:49 Pokemon Ruby Sapphire commercial

this dudes so underrated like he deserves 1mil subs just for these movies alone

Ayyy man the Golden Sun music made me so happy! Great video as always Matt, your movies are always some of my favorite videos of yours!

Oooh boy, this upload made my day 10 times better!! Thank you so much!! By the way, for those who doesn't know... if you stand in between Mustard and the TV, he will acknowledge that and ask you to move out of the way, lol, found that hilarious!!

I love these movies you make, man. You've put so much effort and live in them. Are these Pokémon that you catch in Smile transferable to Home and Sword and Shield?

Everyone: where is gen 4 remaster? Matt: 5:17 gen 5 remix confirmed Love this movies, it even shows me how many things i missed while i was going through my isle of armor playthrough, thanks for the great experience.

Lickilicky is quickly becoming one of my favourite Pokémon. Something about it’s goofy design and the way it’s sprite always so seems so happy and bouncy just always makes me smile

I literally cannot put in words how exciting it is to see absolutely drop a vid. and even though I'm really mad at gamefreak and really don't enjoy swsh, I appreciate matt's reliable positivity about all of it

Absol: I shiny hunt a pokemon for each game Me: You have alot of determination

0:39 That was hilarious, Why do I laugh at everything

dude once again, ur making my quad fishing hunt in vermilion so much more fun with these videos. Amazing video dude!

"time for the next team member" *encounters sharpedo* "not sharpedo" text on screen : "NOT SHARPEDO"

Digletts in the anime: Diglett Digletts in the game: Diddeweideedoledealeddedood

When he tricks us by showing him catching a chansey but he caught a lickitung: We've been tricked backstabbed and quite possibly, bamboozled!

Crown Tundra is being released soon, surely there will be a move of that...

That moment when I have the same toothbrush as Absol.

Have I told how much I love Matt and his content? This is probably the best pokemon content on youtube

14:19 No way bro I just finished hunter x hunter, and I would like to say thank you because you (indirectly) introduced me to anime about a year ago and in that time I’ve watched and finished naruto, naruto: shippuden, hunter x hunter, haikyu, yu yu hakusho and more, thanks for giving me all these memories that have become nostalgic Edit: loved the level 70 gauntlet XD

Ive been binging your stuff while I Alpha hunt in PLA and as Ive said before, you are criminally underrated, your editing, memes, and ideas are all just so good and intelligent. Cant wait to see what the future holds homie, keep it up!

33:18 you were standing next to the diglett for so long I nearly had an aneurism

Your content has really helped me getting the motivation to shiny hunt! They’re great to have on in the background, thanks for making this.

I truly love these videos Absol, and I appreciate how much effort goes into making them. Keep up the great work!

Yeeeeeeeesssssssss This is one of very few hour long RU-vid series I can sit through

It's finally here :) Your videos make my day every time they're released

You do have to do community service on the isle of amour. It’s called watt collecting. ( still grinding for that rare league card)

you’re truly one of the best pokemon youtubers out there and enjoying pokemon with you is such a great and happy feeling. i really love your uploads and you’re one of the people that remind me why i love pokemon so much!

Awesome video once again, now I've got an urge to play more of the dlc. Also, early congrats on 100k, can't wait to celebrate!

i accidentally clicked a button and it had restarted the video but you wont believe how excited i got to rewatch it when i was mid way through LMAO

this was awesome to watch, as always edits are top notch amazing work !

this was by far my favorite movie you've done BRAVO!

Great vid, the editing on the catching montage was otherworldly

I ABSOLutely LOVE the work and time u put into this !!!! GREAT vid!!

You always have the best videos. Always glad to see your dedication to Pokemon. Your shiny reactions are always the best. You always have the best outlook on life. Always great to see these movies.

I always love these dude. Your videos are consistently dope!

Great video. Also you got mad skills on the clarinet!

Dude loved the video and you are the main reason quarantines good For me. And also SOOOOOO close to 100k. I’ve been watching for so long I know you can do it. You deserve a million

WOW this was amazing! Your videos have something that are just so fun to watch!

Seeing how well you did with this movie makes me even more excited for the crown tundra movie!

Bro your videos are actually the best thing! Thank you bro for these joyful videos!!

This is some of the best content in all of RU-vid. Keep up the awesome work.

I enjoyed it. There were a lot of laughs.

Thank you for an amazing video to keep me sane during quarantine

So Glad to be one of the first too see a video like this. Love your content man

38:38 Lets go Kubfu confirmed 42:12 bruh I was kidding

I’ve been binging these movies recently, and I looove the music and catch montage in this one! Great film, I await both safari week(I’ll be participating for my first time) and your next movie!

This has inspired me to finally finish Isle of Armor. Thanks Matt!

aaa i love these super long videos, they're great as a background activity for drawing, shiny hunting, etc. and they're also entertaining on their own :]

So close to 100k! Keep up the quality content and you’ll reach it in no time.

Matt: *trying to think of a good name* Also Matt: “Ah, dishwasher”

I always look forward for these movies! I loved it!

In the battle that Klara cheats in, it was very funny when I swept her with the Corviknight I had out in Front

Loved the adventure Absol. Looking forward to the next upload.

I’m enjoying this while grading lab reports for a chemistry lab I TA for. Thanks for the entertainment, I really appreciate your content!

Always hyped to watch these movies when they come out, they’re the best thing to have on at the side while doing hunts!

56:54 ahh that music throwback to a lady with a birds nest on her neck was appreciated!

RIP RASPBERRY 😔👊 Gone but not forgotten

Now you may have won the final mustard battle, but the Urshifu put up a fight, you have to admit. You were 1 hit from death. That’s why I chose the Darkness Urshifu. It’s just really strong.

Had this playing in the background while attempting some chaining in Platinum and actually managed to get a chain of 40 and a shiny through chaining for the first time ever tonight, got a shiny Shinx out of it! Your chaining tutorial vid was helpful in jogging my memory on what the shiny patch looked like not long before it showed up!

Since, due to my mom being heavily against handheld game devices when I was a kid, Sword is my first introduction to main series Pokemon games. I had experience with Colosseum, Gale of Darkness, and Battle Revolution up to that point, since those were "at home games." When I heard that Pokemon was coming to a home console as a main series entry, I was NOT going to miss that. An at the time 21 year old was getting excited to play his first Pokemon game. The other main games were played by other kids in school up to high school, ending briefly with Sun and Moon, mostly playing X and Y. The main one I remember everyone playing was Diamond and Pearl back in middle school. I really missed out because of her. Anyway, I put in a pre-order for Sword at my local Gamestop, and picked it up come time, despite all the news about the missing national dex and most Pokemon being incompatible. (I still think that not all being compatible is ludicrous) However, meeting Hop and reaching Route 1 gave me a feeling I never could experience twice. I was finally going to explore a (albeit short) route and catch MY OWN Pokemon. Not to mention that Scorbunny is the most adorable thing ever. I was excited to be exploring a new region and progress through a story. Yeah, I cringed at the animations (infamous Double Kick anyone?), but never thought the models looked bad (at least most didn't look dated). I grinded for levels to take on the gyms, which the challenges before facing the gym leaders were very cool in my opinion. The leaders were surprisingly easy though, even Raihan, in my experience. The epic fight to stop Eternatus was probably the highlight of the story. Although I wish we had gotten to see more of Rose's plot. I only struggled with Leon's fight because I had never seen a Dragapult up to that point and mistakenly used a fighting move on a ghost type. Otherwise, no issues. With that done, I sought after a complete Pokedex. Getting there with my then coworker Diego, I wondered what to do next aside from shiny hunt. I did give the Battle Tower a try, but only enough to unlock the judge function. I hatched a couple shinies from my favorite Pokemon, a Growlithe and Kanto Vulpix, but then I was basically bored since I had done everything. Then they announced the Expansion Pass. I was excited for both the Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra. My experience with the Isle of Armor was great. The giant, seamless Wild Area style worldspace was very refreshing compared to the fixed camera routes. Catching old Pokemon felt nice too. The Diglett hunt made me resort to a guide, but yeah. Facing off against Mustard in the final battle felt like the ultimate test of the bond between me and Urshifu (Even though I gigantamaxed my Cinderace for the final part). Oh, I forgot to mention: fighting the speedy Slowpoke threw me for a loop because I thought the speed was only an overworld gimmick. Then, of course, my jaw dropped dead to the floor when they moved BEFORE my 200 speed Cinderace. Turns out their speed stat is raised six stages for the whole battle. The section where Hop made an appearance and took me on a quest to find some honey was neat too. But of course, I like Hop, so I'm biased. Eventually I finished the Isle of Armor dex with the help of my boyfriend and my coworker Diego. (I actually bought the expansion pass for Diego) Then the Crown Tundra dropped. I had two days off and impatiently awaited the release, which was 8pm my time on the second day off. Giddy as fuck, I waited for it to download and then booted it up. Headed over there and instantly loved the chilling atmosphere. Peony was an instant favorite because of his vibe. Also his battle theme is fantastic. (You like jazz? Akechi does.) Max Adventures seemed really cool, and they force you to use rental Pokemon so you have to be more strategic. Then I was off on a series of quests to uncover the Regis, catch new mysterious forms of the legendary birds, and help Calyrex recover his lost steed (I went with Glasterier, personally.) I was hooked on the lore of Calyrex's story, and spent the time during the final battle to catch him and his steed in a Luxury Ball. Then I uncovered all the Regis (in the split temple I went with Regidrago when I found you could only pick one, and I'm still missing Regigigas), which was cool to catch them for myself. Then last was to go after the legendary birds, which ROAM. I never got to experience that in a Johto game, so chasing Articuno across the Crown Tundra, Moltres across the Isle of Armor, and Zapdos across Motostoke Wild Area felt GREAT. Took me a long while to track down Articuno, and then encounter it, but it's mine now. Moltres wasn't difficult to get to, but Zapdos kept running from me at FRICKIN LIGHTSPEED, so I had a hard time getting to him, until he just randomly stopped and I took no chances. Now that it's done, I have to catch the Ultra Beasts in the Lair. My plan for that, since most of the legendaries and UBs are not shiny locked, I'm going to hunt them all for shinies and catch them in Beast Balls, since all Lair Pokemon have a 100% catch rate. I did everything, from Postwick beginnings to the Galarian Star Tournament (oh, the first tournament I did was with Hop by my side, because Hop is... well, a favorite of mine.) with my starter in the first slot. My Cinderace, who I have the same bond with as most people my age do with their gen 1 Charizard or gen 3 Swampert, stood as the leader of my team from the very start, and remains there. Cinderace as a Pokemon, disregarding the games, completely replaced my favorite Pokemon of all time, Arcanine, after an eight year reign. His stats aren't the best, he's shiny locked, and there are many others like him, but he's mine. No nickname either, but I'd probably call him Cinder. (Original, I know) Sword and Shield are controversial games no doubt. But as a long-standing fan of the franchise, I can say, without a doubt, they aren't awful. I had a very fun time with them, and the DLCs only increased it further. It gave me my favorite starter, the one I bonded with the most, and a super fun experience. I felt the excitement of all the people I grew up with that played Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Do I wish the animations were better? Hell yes. Do I wish all the Pokemon could come in? Hell yes. Do I wish the games weren't rushed products of a typical Nintendo holiday deadline? Hell yes. Did I have a fucking blast playing it? Hell. Yes.

GOLDEN SUN MUSIC! Also good video, I love these movies you do. Idk why, so nice.

This man has so many talents. A good Pokémon player AND can play the clarinet?!

after my 3rd time watching this I notice my second favourite youtube after you MandJTV there and yelled for joy, keep up the good work Matt

I can’t wait for the crown tundra movie! It comes out tomorrow and I AM HYPED!

AN HOUR LONG VIDEO! thank you for this blessing

Always excited when you upload a video cheers mate

So you just happen to be a clarinet prodigy too? I can’t believe how legendary you truly are! 🙌🏼

I love watching your Pokémon movies a lot because whenever I watch them I’m really inspired to just play any Pokémon game

Found the next video I'm going to watch multiple times over the year.

I loved it this video!! And really cool music from arms. It works very well 👌

"Frosmoth the Frosmoth" Vulcarona- "Am I joke to you?"

What else can I say but SICK Really well done with this movie, from the rapid fire captions that give monogatari a run for its money to the fantastic choice of soundtrack (I mean the song from the Ruby and Sapphire US tv commercial?! Classic.) This is such a fun watch and absolutely worth the wait! 😁

I really love the content dude!! Not a chance I would miss this!

Great job Absol and keep up the amazing work and I really like how you make these movie videos

Yay you finally finished editing this good job! 👍

Thanks as always. I'm amazed by the length, it's longer than it took for me to beat the DLC.

big fan of the level 70 gauntlet, can't wait for more videos in the series

Everytime you post a video my day is made!

Amazing video, keep up the great work Matt!

I'm only at 19:00 minutes and I'm loving it. Can't wait till next September when the Crown Tundra movie drops!

This was bonkers

Love your vids keep up the work. Cant wait to watch this

Awesome vid! Had a lot fun grinding for shiny applin while watching this movie

“You dropped this king” 🤴🏻

Congrats on 100k you deserve it

Ahh dunsparce. My all time favorite pokemon. im so glad My best friend is back in the game. Nice video as always absol!