A Good Game Made Badly - A Long Critique of Pokémon Legends Arceus 

All Music & Footage Credit 🎵Music ___________________ Chapter 1 - Approaching Legendary Arrivals (& The Intro) Big Shot - Deltarune - insaneintherainmusic - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fxf8scKOIgY.html Route 12 - Pokémon RBGY - GlitchxCity - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ER2oPumdpOM.html Malie City - Pokémon SM - insaneintherainmusic - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5WrSpZv32nQ.html Aquarium Park Act 1 - Sonic Colors - sheddy - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VrAGm55ca7I.html Night - Pokémon Legends - Mewmore - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--zKY_3NSl9E.html Chapter 2 - Story Great Canyon - PMD1 - Audistory Music - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2WcSS4ub9zQ.html Jubilife Village - Pokémon Legends Arceus - NoteBlock - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yqIYRPFRzeA.html Unwavering Emotions - Pokémon BW - NuzLok, Jawnhto - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E6gFghZ7YtU.html Cynthia - Pokémon DPPt - sheddy - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oW7HbBOK9M4.html Chapter 3 - Gameplay Undella Town (Autumn) - Pokémon BW - Mewmore - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-przuDM1KdIQ.html Game Corner, Lucky Channel (Radio) - Pokémon HGSS - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jb6Kwd8KWNg.html A Cyber's World? - Deltarune - insaneintherainmusic - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CnwuQgEjEzQ.html Graze The Roof - Plants Vs. Zombies - Ruscel Torres - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OC40LR8tako.html Beneath The Mask - Persona 5 - Fantasy Heartbeats - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nykExP3GWeQ.html A Nopon's Life - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8xVUX7Q9mvI.html Kazotsky Kick - Team Fortress 2 - NoteBlock - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2a9XETSe6KU.html Song of Storms - The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time - insaneintherainmusic - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WDzGGHNaoV8.html Song of Giga Rosa - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GcNiNVfiXfc.html Loonboon - Plants Vs. Zombies - Ruscel Torres - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qVhEcqUU4TI.html Jubilife Village - Pokémon Legends Arceus - Mewmore - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qvnLn-9b4Sg.html Kalos Power Plant/Pokéball Factory - Pokémon XY - sheddy - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rCoUfj4nbBg.html Jubilife City - Pokémon DPPt - Snivys - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EyYHXW8WEuE.html Tin Tower - Pokémon GSC - sentsinkanteun - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fRiUb9H2hsA.html Route 209 - Pokémon DPPt - NoteBlock, Klaymore - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xjuK-apW4mU.html Hero Giraffe - Planet Zoo - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uOwHzxev_QU.html Lillie - Pokémon SM - sentsinkanteun - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V-cntDfVVi8.html Through The Sea of Time - PMD2 - Kamex - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7GhcaSJG0mM.html Never Alone - PMD2 - Kamex - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--UK8NctzVM0.html Bonetrousle - Undertale - insaneintherainmusic - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TpW3W8IN1hc.html Eterna City - Pokémon DPPt - GlitchxCity - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uRzH1iEfQAk.html Chapter 4 - Soundtrack The Four-Limbed Titan - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna ~ The Golden Country - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3HU8t4pNfnY.html The Riverlands - Octopath Traveler - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--x3HiBY1jwM.html Obsidian Fieldlands 1 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zDs-8W-q5TQ.html National Park - Pokémon HGSS - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TxhyvwJRdDA.html Route 203 (Day) - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ReqDaJ3Zr5s.html Obsidian Fieldlands 2 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kLHj0z3VZZs.html Crimson Mirelands 1 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sxClfQtUwYQ.html Solaceon Town, Pastoria City (Day) - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_a_X-x8cz_c.html Crimson Mirelands 2 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZEkk4dePlbE.html Route 210, 211, 214, 215, 223, 224 (Day) - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5mdxbXlfkvo.html Cobalt Coastlands 1 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J5Tz_L1ek0U.html Cobalt Coastlands 2 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OYUGZfOpOO8.html Coumarine City - Pokémon XY - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iXpURAKAmNY.html Coronet Highlands ~ Base - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EcVDRsdcGDY.html Coronet Highlands ~ Summit - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lg2VdSyHSRU.html Mt. Coronet - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-97xGNZQYTuk.html Snowpoint City (Day) - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1cd1dt0LWCM.html Alabaster Icelands 1 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ycnr-LIlAdI.html The Power of Darkness - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rkiIG-DqKew.html Alabaster Icelands 2 - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qOYajtcWaxo.html Theme of Hope - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MCwoX6pgHO4.html The Heartwood - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LE30s3d7W-w.html Eterna Forest - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dR0wsly8t_M.html Field (Night) - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qc5KJ671GvM.html Field (Late Night) - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LhtSPsFp0ZI.html Jubilife Village - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vPfpBq1UMQA.html Galaxy Expedition Team HQ - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-24cWHI70ANg.html Professor Rowan's Pokémon Lab - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1vEWx4vScsY.html Mystery Gift - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eVu3-qICQVQ.html Pokémon Wielder - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eUKPCnSMRu4.html Pokémon Trainer - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x4dT_eTdfXg.html Wild Pokémon - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pIVJRhDTkgM.html Wild Pokémon - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-moHhhgrOTvw.html Clan Warden - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9E0rxb2GJOs.html Gym Leader - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NZhrxn6vQE4.html Obtained a Gym Badge! - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6iqdOI6-3ug.html Noble Pokémon - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8uoEkHmniU8.html Dialga, Palkia - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FMlUKd7DyPk.html Origin Dialga, Palkia - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9MO4IcSHWGw.html Lake Guardians - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SbIA-B30A7A.html Lake Guardians - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mstVPV5oWYA.html Legendary - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ipZERqEu85A.html Cynthia Encounter - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cho2NsCKZZc.html Volo - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0yqm7vrCp-g.html Giratina - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u39QcvgF4FQ.html Arceus - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HzfOAlFgyY8.html Arceus (Phase 4) - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eokOgs5I8k0.html Route 209 (Day) - Pokémon BDSP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xJjuMwknRds.html End - Pokémon Legends Arceus - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K2xY3mXcK4w.html Chapter 5 - Visuals & Aesthetics The Heartwood - Pokémon Legends Arceus - Catorstrax - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WdsJnlVr-Rs.html Lake - Pokémon DPPt - Snivys - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lx0ywuGCq2U.html 'Cherish' ~ Mystery Gift - Pokémon Platinum - sheddy - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WtSB6uJbmNk.html Planet Wisp - Sonic Colors - Nathan - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XYU4TP2D--U.html Unwavering Emotions - Pokémon BW - Emdasche - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bg6Q_hx3-BU.html Big Bang! - Mario & Luigi Paper Jam - Gamliel Zafrana - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IFBpk2YIQEw.html Song of Storms - TLoZ Ocarina of Time - sentsinkanteun - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-znY9X5CXBaI.html Pokémon League - Pokémon DPPt - Snivys - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FGBZ81mGdGI.html Chapter 6 - Legend Astray Ancient Retreat - Pokémon Legends Arceus - GlitchxCity - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iMhkUuG_gKc.html Pokémon World Tournament - Pokémon BW2 - sheddy - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PkNpsnk5zaY.html Lear - Pokémon Masters - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9pBKm2U-l9Q.html Relic Song - Pokémon BW - GlitchxCity - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XrGqMK1VtSY.html Kalos Power Plant ~ 'Polarity' - Pokémon XY - sheddy - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a7bdgiUeB7Q.html Route 111 - Pokémon RSE - GlitchxCity - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VN8s1qVA0Hg.html Never Alone ~ Cutscene Medley - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers - Kamex - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--UK8NctzVM0.html The Heartwood - Pokémon Legends Arceus - Spaceroast - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zSzNUPh29Fs.html Unwavering Emotions - Pokémon BW - Mewmore - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SFa7MSXR8hg.html Lake - Pokémon DPPt - sentsinkanteun - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pT7y_3obCH4.html ___________________ 📋Other Credit ___________________ Chapter 1 - Approaching Legendary Arrivals PS4 Used Game Sharing Instructional Video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kWSIFh8ICaA.html Arceus Event Never Released Reasoning - www.reddit.com/r/pokemonconspiracies/comments/35wdb0/why_the_azure_flute_was_never_released/ Game Freak Staff Comparisons - www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c0336h/the_number_of_employees_at_gamefreak_is_less_than/ Genshin Impact Mobile Gameplay - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-996NB5GXqdk.html They Took My Eyes - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0QkRnteGd-w.html Brilliant Diamond Speedruns are incredibly broken. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-894lpym1FCw.html Chapter 2 - Story Cr1TiKaL Clip - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Iu3ACqelfeY.html It's Mr MVP - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r3T8WbthnZ4.html Gates to Infinity - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9UN4d2-VbGk.html Pokémon Player Age Demographics - www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/dvs2kl/the_majority_of_pokemon_players_are_over_18_years/ Chapter 3 - Gameplay Pokémon Red/Blue Fly - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nkh8gv7wShc.html Distortion Pokémon - www.nintendolife.com/guides/pokemon-legends-arceus-space-time-distortion-pokemon-complete-list Scotch Tape Brick - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f2sFqGFhSnQ.html Oh dang - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NZOFukA2V0A.html It's out of the park! - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ICDqsa-dJ8c.html BDSP Sea's Legend - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z_I9NOq1mjE.html Brilliant Diamond Speedrun - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-894lpym1FCw.html Chapter 4 - Soundtrack National Park - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BRQp8W33QV8.html Coumarine City - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GWvteD7p8X4.html Chapter 5 - Visuals & Aesthetics What Did Ninetales Say? - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OwesBs1iV-U.html Legends Graphics Comparison - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z8T7lIdAjLw.html Flute - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVYWhB0oGWM.html Hair Options - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9s93K6mQiFg.html Chapter 6 - Legend Astray SwSh Animations - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ty5lUK-EM-A.html ___________________ (All the other footage would've been from my own playthroughs or official game trailers. I get comments all the time on the BDSP essay asking "what's the game at x timestamp?", and really the best way to ask is through the Discord server rather than comments if you really want to know what a particular game is)

You know if Pokémon really wanted to add voice acting they could just do something similar to genshin where they replace your name with a more generic term like traveler… THEY WOULD LITERALLY JUST HAVE TO CALL YOU TRAINER!!!

It always amazes me how adults will happily tell other adults that criticise new pokemons games that they "just grew up" whilst demonstraiting that they themselves never did because they are unable to accept that their childhood franchise might have some flaws.

Just wanna say: Clefable's eyes are actually meant to look the way they do. The official art has the 'weird circles' round them.

34:15 There is actually dialogue in the game that you can stumble upon with Cyllene where Kamado talks about disbanding the Galaxy team when it is no longer needed, and Cyllene says that she will keep its memory alive for future generations to remember. I guess the implications are that Cyrus based his team off of the Galaxy Expedition team. Edit: Also the thing where clefairy and clefable's eyes look weird is intentional, its been like that since the 2D days.

About the Spiritomb Wisps: Iirc you can actually go back to the npc that gave you the quest in jubilife and she'll tell you how many you have to collect in each area, and you said that sometimes you have to get really close to make the wisp appear, that only happens during the day, if you search for them during the night the render distance is increased and this is not a bug it's on purpose it makes the task easier, but I agree that the game needs to indicate on the map where you got wisps

I've never believed Giratina to be a villain, he's always been chilling in his cave or pocket dimension until someone comes and annoy him.

PLA literally does Volo’s character precisely zero favours, they do him so dirty. You can *kinda* find his reasoning for his plans if you really squint and look but a lot of them are a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ kind of situation. Which REALLY sucks because if you look at these clues and piece it together then I’d wager that Volo is almost as complex as N as a villain. Volo’s stated goal for wanting to recreate the world is because the world is full of suffering. He wants to dethrone Arceus and create a world that has no suffering because he is hyper aware of all of the cruelty and injustice around him. Volo feels as though Arceus is an inadequate, apathetic god and he’s pissed at it. Volo also does have an obsession with trying to find answers to a lot of impossible questions, it is never explained why he has this obsession though. He is however, hinted at actually being a kind person at heart both with him being kind and gentle when he really doesn’t need to be, his photograph with Togepi and his team. His team that consists of: 3 friendship evolutions and his partner being a god damn Togekiss, him befriending Spiritomb a very misunderstood Pokémon and having an Arcanine, a Pokémon featured in one of the quests that has themes of death and bereavement, everlasting love and sacrifice. Of course Volo pretty much has a carbon copy of Cynthia’s team but still… any antagonist, like Silver for example, who was meant to be seen in a sympathetic light always have at least one friendship evolution on their team. Through this game all about making connections though one thing stands out: Volo is incredibly lonely. He never states this but he is. You don’t see him with any other characters, he doesn’t talk to anyone or even hang around his coworkers. Cogita, who appears to be very clearly related to him straight up loathes him and is really cold and abrasive when the protag only knows Volo as someone who is helpful, kind and almost charming. If you interact with other characters within PLA pretty much all of them have connections to other characters and have a history with them. Whereas when Volo disappears no one acknowledges his lack of presence, not even his boss or coworker say anything. No one notices that he’s gone apart from Cogita who immediately calls him a scoundrel and then quickly moves on from the one-sentence acknowledgment and Laventon who speaks with him for the last time when you go to confront Giratina. So its pretty obvious that Volo is a really… lonely person for someone who is so charismatic and friendly, like it seems very odd. Which leads us into the last crumb of clues game freak left us; the old verses and some and Volo’s dialogue. Volo states that he is a descendant of the ancient Sinnoh people, seemingly blessed by Arceus or at least worshipers of Arceus. And he states that he suffered in the past and also believes that his level suffering is the case for literally everyone (the implications of this is pretty dark actually). The Old Verses that you dig up state that: long ago the Celestica People were in Hisui and then all of a sudden they left for reasons the player isn’t given. They also state that people came from across the seas and appropriated the beliefs, culture and names of the Celestica people and used the name ‘Celestica’ when they had no right to. So basically colonisation. This is even reinforced when Kamado when he apologises of Mount Coronet says “for the good of pokemon and the Celestica People”. However, Old Verses state that Celesticans left long ago and the only ones we know of are Volo and Cogita, of which no one really knows who they are. So Kamado is talking about the clans who appropriated an entire race’s identity. Holy shit. Then its eluded that the clans split off and *war* broke out due to a difference of beliefs of basically the same religion. So if we assume that the ‘Ancient Sinnoh People’ are the Celestica people then that means that Volo is descended from people who were colonised and are no longer around and also grew up in times of war. If we take a look at history and how native peopke were treated in colonised countries then… fucking yikes. If these assumptions are correct, and for PLA they’re not a huge leap, then Volo’s past is incredibly tragic. Like… where is his family? what ‘heartbreak’ did he experience? I can only guess that everyone Volo loved dearly is dead and I… really feel for the guy because now he just works a retail job to get by and pursue his passions and because he was so isolated he got in wayy too deep and by the time he finds someone to connect with then well… it’s already too late. If Game Freak had bothered to do more than just leave context clues and little crumbs of information then this could have had the potential to be a VERY powerful, emotional and complex post game. To travel with Volo and learn more about him and what happened to Hisui and why everyone is so terrified of Pokemon. It could have answered just soooo many questions. You could have had the chance to make a genuine connection with him. The protag’s entire purpose in Hisui is to bring people (and pokemon) together and introduce empathy essentially yet we don’t get the option to treat a clearly very wounded man with any empathy at all despite him as being established as one of your friends who sticks his neck out for you. I just- PLA leaves *hints* of story. They elude to stuff and this isn’t good enough. Like… they HAVE to tell us this stuff. Because if they don’t then all tehy are doing is opening a character up to being simplified, watered down and completely misread. All they are doing is creating a collection of writing prompts and forcing the fandom to draw their own conclusions which like… no! That’s just such lazy storytelling and wasted potential. Characters like Volo and Cogita are really, really interesting and its such a huge shame that game freak just didn’t go into depth with them.

Giratina, a creature that was banished for an unknown amount of time, sees Pokémon Infront of it without hostility... Not knowing company for so long it greeted the ones who showed it kindness... It then looked at the trainer and thought "Oh, I suppose you are the one who has bound them". And proceeded to attempt to set them free.

48:15 Fog is active. Accuracy is lowered. That said, the real frustration is that the move information doesn't update to account for fog.

GameFreak uses the agile style on their games. They make them faster, but lose quality in the process.

In regards to Clefairy and Clefable’s eyes, check out their other artwork. They have always had that line next to their eyes going back to original Gen 1 artwork. So in reality, those “placeholder circles” are actually intentionally included due to them being part of the original design.

While I agree with the majority of these critiques, some have justification for why they are the way they are. I noticed 8 points like this that I'll mention below. 1) Why the player is chosen instead of the clans or town guard? Because the clans don't use pokeballs, so they aren't skilled at capturing. As for the guard, he can catch some of the weak ones that tend to find their way into the village, but he's not skilled enough to handle the more dangerous pokemon out in the field. He can train the ones he does catch just fine, but that's not the same as being able to catch stronger ones in the heat of battle. 2) How did the good Galaxy team become evil team Galactic? The Galaxy team would have been disbanded at some point, due to not being needed. The name would live on as a general symbol of progress, so Cyrus used the symbol to represent his twisted version of progress by rebuilding a new world after destroying the old. 3) Fast travel between the 5 areas isn't quite the same as travel between cities in past games. Each area in Arceus is closer to an entire region from old games, so you're closer to asking why can't you fast travel between Kanto and Johto. But even in GSC, you had to cross over to the other region first before being able to swap maps. 4) Wisps show up better at night, which is why you can see them from much farther away at night. This makes sense, since they are a light source as well as being a spirit (thematic to night). 5) The satchel issue seems more like an issue you caused for yourself. The average player will interact when an NPC calls out to them, even if they already have an idea of what will be said. The only reason you didn't was because you were frustrated at how long the tutorial was going (which is a legitimate flaw). If he had called out to you earlier on in the tutorial, before you could get sick of it, you probably would't have skipped him. But you being too annoyed to respond to him doesn't mean they didn't convey it properly. 6) Why can't you run during boss fights? To be honest, I didn't even know there was a running feature until this video. But it would take away from the whole "dodge to avoid damage" setup. It also works thematically, since you are standing up to a frenzied creature instead of running, so you only dodge attacks and square up to face it again. 7) Why don't Adaman/Irida have ball throwing animations? I believe you already answered that yourself by saying they don't use pokeballs. Though the pokemon being gone until the battle is a valid critique with that in mind. Especially when Mai always has Munchlax with her. 8) Clefairy's eyes have always been like that. The official art shows half circles on the outside of its eyes (like Krillin in DBZ). It was never a fully closed circle around them, but that's what it's conveying.

“Superior men understand what is right. Inferior men understand what will sell. ” - Rood from Pokémon BW

I loved that BotW often didn't play any music whatsoever. It was a bold decision, that made me get immersed into game much more. When you are in the wild exploring, you don't hear any music. What you do hear is rich nature sounds, and BotW captured it perfectly. I can't speak for Legends Arceus, since I didn't bother playing it, but I would definitely not count this approach as something bad

You got some of these wrong: - Volo does imply heavily on the reason as of why he tried to do what he did tho. Specially regarding his lineage. - The lucky sisers were not trying to help, they just wanted to but were too prideful to actually do it. - You don't need to fight 15 magnemites within distortions to complete the pokedex entry as there are some trainers with magnemites on the world. Actually, there's no point of doing any tasks after getting max research, tasks are just suggested ways to get to 10 anyway. (Also, I'm pretty sure the pokedex red arrows are explained somewhere in the game, because I knew what it meant and I didn't figure it out nor searched for it online) - You can check how many wisps are left in each area talking to the kid that gave you the quest. Also, wisp render distance is related to the time of the day, as most of them become more visible during the night, information also given by the kid who gives you the quest. - Wing balls are not designed for range (tho it can be used that way and I do agree it would benefit the game if it worked that way), it was design for air catch. - There is a button to change targets. Most often than not it will not change on it's own unless you use it, which may be bad in some cases but good in others as you can rely it will keep locking on the one you manually selected unlike in some other games. - Many of the things that happens in the footage you show on the background are bugs that were already patched out. When I played I faced none of these issues. (There is still room for argument that they shouldn't be there in the first place tho, as always) Many nitpicks aside, some valid criticism was made here. I wouldn't go as far as to call it an "alpha build" (as funny as it is in the context of this game), but it really feels like it was an experiment that they didn't want to put too much resources into it for the case it flopped. Now that they saw it works, I'm expecting that the next game in the sub-series to be taken more serious by TPC as a whole and end up being of higher quality in general.

Bro this guy writes like a slide, there is never a stop in subjects and changes in the vibe. He just writes and converts the conversation from one part to another without you even noticing, it's insane.

Regarding music there is also how Jubilife Village theme gets more layers as get more requests done and get villagers closer to Pokemon. Otherwise if you ignore side quests you will just have the og Jubilive Village theme. I like music in battle changes tempo when item/Pokemon Party menu. Having a muffled or slowed like feeling while you ponder your options. Also Volo's theme that plays before the battle after revealing his true self is a creepy distorted/dissonant remix of Cynthia Battle Theme. While his battle theme is a remix of her Encounter theme. Show just in musical sense reflects the reverse in morals to his descendant.

As someone who has dabbled in hacking this game I can confirm a method similar to a paint bucket tool was used for the pokemon it even makes recoloring shinies (or even the regular forms) as easy as selecting a color and changing it.

At 47:28 the opponent didn't get two turns. The first message displayed was telling you it was paralyzed and "MAY" be unable to move. Not that it was paralyzed and didn't that turn. Just that you had paralyzed it in general.

Imma be honest tho. Even with its flaws, it was one of the best Pokemon experiences since the series started imo.

I think my biggest issue with the game is how short and empty it is. It does feel like a tech demo for a future Pokémon game.

The reason your 100% accuracy moves were missing was due to overworld weather effects (eg fog) which reduce accuracy and with your turn order in the ursaring fight the opponent was never paralysed and only had one turn as the game stated they would. The game said “it may be unable to move” this was reminding the player that ursaring was paralysed however the ursaring never got “full paralysed” and never lost a turn and so when it attacked your pachirisu that was its first move.

47:20 The pop up saying Ursaring was paralyzed wasn't actually saying that it was losing its move, it was actually triggering the effect of spark that paralyzed Ursaring again, effectively reapplying the condition. So actually, there was no error here, Ursaring's play rough just didn't get stopped by it's paralysis

2:37:52 This is such a bad example of a bad model since clefable has always had circles around their eyes. They're even visible in the official artwork. I suppose you could chalk it up as a bad interpretation of the artwork since previous gens had the circles drawn on as a texture rather than being actual indents, but it's still not a wrong model.

Around the halfway point in the video, you mentioned how BOTW’s “lack” of overworld music kind-of felt odd for you; while I see where you’re coming from and somewhat agree, I think BOTW’s primary overworld OST being ambient piano solos and of the likes actually enhanced the game. It personally gave me a sense of peace and the overworld music felt like it was a part of the environment. I think it not really “existing” was intentional, though I can see how an overworld theme not constantly blaring in a Zelda game can be off-putting. I love the video otherwise and I really love the content you put out!

As a data analyst and fellow OCD patient, I appreciate you correcting the math on shiny spawns, but you were still wrong. Everyone always says shiny ODDS when they mean shiny PROBABILITY. Odds are successes divided by failures. Probability is successes divided by total possibilities. For example if 3 out of 4 pokemon are shiny, then the odds are 3:1 (or just 3), whereas the probability is 3/4 (0.75 or 75%). Love the video btw!

Of all the criticisms you present, the one I have to honestly argue with..... Bidoof's eyes have NEVER been more than black dots. So I guess I'm wondering what your point is with that one.

The shadow popping in and out at 1:54:15 is not a render distance issue, it is a problem with frustum culling. Simply put, the game ceases to compute the tree when it goes off-screen to free up that memory and processing power, which is normal, but in this case the shadow disappears when the tree does. The game should know that the shadow is on screen, and therefore the tree, or at least the projected shadow, need to remain in place, but it was not programmed that way. Likely, the lighting system is designed to generate simple silhouettes from the active models. No model, nothing to process, no shadow. I'm not trying to defend the tender distance in this game, it is also terrible. The incompetence in modern Pokemon games is astounding.

I have been with Pokemon since it came out in in the 1990s, I love it so much, but I wish they would just f#%^ing slow down a bit... give the fans a bit to enjoy the game, sometime to breathe, and use that time themselves to put more polish and finesse on the games they're already working on...

I literally only did one "Path of Solitude" quest after finding out that I'd need to box my party and add them back every single time. I don't know why, but that specific instance of poor design really bothered me.

In all fairness, the footage of thunder fang/hydro pump missing was take in fog. The fog effect is super light. Same with the strong style sleep powder, but with hail.

Regarding Ingo, I sawba theory that stated that Ingo was brought back in time to help popularize/normalize Pokemon battles, which is what he claims he wants to do once he manages the training grounds in Jubilife. It makes sense to use someone like him since he's basically a Frontier Brain, who are considered on the level of Elite Four or even Champions in modern day Pokemon, and they are able to battle under many niche situations, which is fitting for the new battle style introduced in this game. So basically this theory makes Ingo to be the founding father of Pokemon battling, at least as a norm than more of an exception in Hisui. A darker and more boring theory is that Ingo was the original isekai but his trip back into the past was botched, resulting in his lost memories and stuff, so the player character was essentially his replacement. It also sorta ties well since Arceus wanted an experienced modern battler to face Volo, whose skills with controlling Pokemon would be considered too dangerous in the past but more manageable for someone like Ingo(and the player character ofc).

woah I didn't expect someone to point out the missing long hair options for guys in games in general. I also have really long hair and those stereotypes are things I have also dealt with or seen, so it's cool to see it talked about.

So about the Clefairy line, I believe their model always had indented eyes. It’s just that they are so low poly in this game they look out out place.

Legends Arceus was designed to be a single player experience, which is why there are no trade-required evolutions within it. I do kinda wish there could be some online pvp battles at the battle dojo, that would’ve been cool.

2:45:20 this is called "reflection mapping". It is a much cheaper way to get the appearance of reflective surfaces but of course it does not hold up to close scrutiny. The game already runs only moderately well, so I assume it cannot handle real time reflections of any sort. The question is probably whether a matte finish would have been better, or the fake reflection.

Despite its issues I really did enjoy this title a lot especially as a nerd on Japanese mythology and Ainu culture As for Volo, I think a lot of his behavior can be explained by him being it's just a read as an indigenous person. From the old textbooks, he basically saw his entire culture get overrun by colonizers and appropriators to the point that the original cultures that dwelled in Sinnoh was completely forgotten. It must be absolutely maddening to know that a deity exist that allows such despair to befall the people of his land.

3:01:12 the lack of voice acting is even WORST when you know that POKEMON MASTERS the moble game has it!

1:10:29 You can favorite and rearrange items based on your liking, you don't need to cycle through all of it. If you open your bag, there are instructions below on how to do those things

My issues with the wisps is that I tried marking them off on my map manually, which you shouldn't have to do, but THEN they limit how many markers you can have on the map, so then I just had to give up because I ran out of markers!! It was ridiculous.

"The legendary bars of soap-- I mean, plates." I hate that I laughed at that. Lol!

(Oh and by the way, I say during this video that there's still no word on when HOME support is coming to BDSP or Legends, when it actually had been announced that it's coming soon. So why wasn't it in the video? Because it's a nearly 4 hour video that I spent months working on and this HOME announcement was made YESTERDAY, the day I uploaded this video and scheduled it for publishing.)

You can check how many spiritomb wisps are in each area by talking to the girl who gave you the quest. Also, they're render distance is based on the time of day. You can see them from further away at night.

Good video, though some things I'd like to note: Clefairy and Clefable always had these eye indents, and Bidoof always had black, dead eyes.

I'll go on record as saying that I was one of the disillusioned fans whom this game brought back. I didn't buy Let's Go or BDSP, but I did buy Legends Arceus, and it gave me hope for the franchise again (even though, yes, the unfinished quality was very distracting). I have another friend who didn't buy any Switch Pokemon games except Legends Arceus, and he said he'll probably stick to the Legends series from now on.

As for why Volo wanted to destroy the universe, I’m wondering if that wasn’t his initial intention. Maybe he just really wanted to meet Arceus, to the point he’d summon Giratina to do it, and Giratina’s influence twisted him over time. Given that Volo is the one who opened the Space Time rift, and it was apparently open long before the player showed up, there would definitely be enough time for it to be believable that he’d go crazy. As for why he so desperately wanted to meet Arceus, I don’t know, but maybe we’ll get more info in Scarlet and Violet, especially if the “Volo time traveled” theories are correct

A move's accuracy rating is (and always has been, since the beginning of the series) only 1/4 of the formula for whether a move hits or not. It also depends on the user's accuracy stat, the target's evasiveness stat, and modifiers (such as weather conditions). A move's accuracy stat being 100 doesn't mean it will never miss, that's why moves that actually can't miss like Swift are always explicitly labelled as such

Thank you so much for talking about the non-existant ending after completing Arceus's request, it is extremely concerning to me that seemingly no one cares that the story simply forgets to acknowledge/resolve the very most vital plot point, that makes the story exist in the first place (being isekai'd into the past).

Finally somebody that actually criticizes the game instead of just saying that it looks like a PS2 game

Fog. Fog. Fog. You are missing because it's blatantly foggy in the background, you could have pointed out that making fog be a common weather effect was a questionable design choice, or why the UI doesn't account for fog, but it's foggy, that's why you were missing with hydro pump so much and missing with 100% accurate moves as well. You can check which weather is in effect by clicking the plus button

Someone has probably mentioned this, but there's a girl in Jubilife that tells you how many wisps you've collected and which areas are complete. She also gives you rewards for progress.

Here’s a way I thought the Miss Fortune sisters could’ve been used better, or at least conveyed their desire to help more. After the player is banished but before they meet Volo, they run into the trio. Coin and Clover are quick to pick a fight, but Charm notices the forlorn expression on your face. She (probably passive aggressively) asks what’s wrong and you tell them that you were banished. Charm, who was once a member of the Galaxy Team, empathizes with your feelings and offers to help or shelter you (though still in a stand off manner). You then have a cutscene with the four of you around a campfire and they each hint at or briefly explain why they left their respective settlements; mainly that they didn’t agree with them in many ways, to the point that they no longer wanted to even associate with their groups, and ultimately found a family in each other (I don’t know if they’re actually related. Given their appearances and that they’re from different clans I don’t think they’re blood related). You all spend the night together and say your goodbyes in the morning, needing to find a way to solve the whole red sky problem. Charm gives you the advice to find your own family like she did, and that doesn’t have to be the one you’ve stuck with this whole time. You leave and then we have the scene with the Shinx and Volo. Also, later I think they should be the ones to find the ore for you; they roam all over the region, it isn’t a stretch that they’d recognize what you’re looking for. They claim they’re only doing it for themselves, but maybe it can be hinted that they’re also doing it for you, since they formed a small kinship with you. AND, the advice Charm gives could be even more impactful if, like in PMD Gates to Infinity, the player staying in Hisui was their decision. They decide that, even if they have “real family” back in modern day, they’ve found a new family here in Hisui. Or maybe the hurt their new family caused them was something they couldn’t forgive and now want to start over again and find new/old family in the life they once knew. There was SO MUCH more potential that these three had and could’ve done to influence the story and the player, it really is a shame they didn’t do much in the grand scheme of things

idk if anyone else in the comments has already pointed it out and if they have sorry for reiterating but the clefable eye inset things are definitely deliberate, if you look at the 2d art it has little lines around its eyes that those insets are obviously meant to be mimicking, the shitty shader they use on the models just makes it look like a mistake lmao

Honestly, I faded away from main series pokemon after Emerald. The games are okay but they have two main problems for me. They are too formulaic. But also, from a technical perspective, they have not really kept up with technology. They were technically impressive in terms of content and gameplay hours on the GB/GBC. They were pretty average for all the competition with JRPGs and SRPGs and good sprite work on the GBA. As time has gone on, the gap between where the hardware is and what they produce as games is just more and more disappointing. Like to a person picking up a modern pokemon having not played one, the weird digital screeching of early gen pokemon is just weird. That was a creative solution to an old limitation that doesn't need to be anymore. Just record modern monster noises for them. I'd want that even before voice acting for the people. Visually Sw/Sh and arceus are bad looking by switch standards. The games don't feel like the flagship product of the biggest franchise on earth. They feel budget. The attack animations in sw/sh are so lazy. This isn't being packed into the limited storage of a GB cart anymore. You can do better. Arceus animations are better actually, but probably only because they have removed so many moves and pokemon that they can focus on the few that exist more. But arceus environments are so ugly. They look like they were player made with a basic in-game map maker tool. Its so blandly mass textured with items so bluntly dropped in little corners and unnatural plateaus in a very robotic way. Games on switch like Botw look better technically, and creatively while also having the handicap of being actual large contiguous landmasses. This game loads in delineated areas and still can't even reach a baseline of years old games technically or artistically. Mechanically, I like the concept of the real time overworld and starting turn based instances of combat. I like the attempt to change things up with the "style" combat. But the changes to speed and multiple turns seem a bit wonky. Having no multiplayer battles almost seems like a blessing with how unbalanced it has the potential to be. Otherwise in terms of gameplay, I found the game refreshing. I liked it was like a more open ended progression. You just "research" which involves interacting with pokemon in a couple of ways. I like the de-emphasized trainer battles. I don't need another game where I walk down every road and every one tries to fight me, fight 8 gym leaders in 8 cities, fight the elite 4. The game is more about catching them all than it has ever been. I loved red/blue, but the real tagline for the franchise in terms of the content of the game is "fight them all for your profit". This game is closer to what professor oak talked about. Understanding pokemon more rather than optionally just catching one to check it off a list and then giving up when you can't get all 3 of the eevees because no one wants to permanently trade them. The story was fine. I don't think Its ever been a strong point of pokemon. I don't think it was particularly bad by series standards. Music was great, I think its the best single aspect of the game. Some real catchy tracks. Overall, I enjoyed it, because novelty goes a long way for me in this franchise. I like pokemon, I just didn't want to keep playing the same basic structure with a few gimmicks added and the names changed. But the technical issues I have with the series still remain. I think I responded to how it was more designed as a single player game. Its not a dual release, they added in some pretty smart items like the link cable evo item. Its a limited dex, it all added up to make for me, a better paced game to catch everything in. I think that lack of multiplayer or connectivity is way less core to my enjoyment or "magic" of pokemon for me than it is for you and it more easily allowed me to just enjoy this game.

Watching these videos just makes me miss the pixel art style more. Pokemon's new 3D look is soulless.

For the point in the research tasks, I don't think game freak wanted you to do every single research task, but rather they wanted to give you plenty of options to reach research level 10 for each Pokémon

About the cranidos.... you can just stun him with an item, throw a ball and that's it. Dude, you suffered more than what you needed to for some stuff.

2:36:55 Im sure someone has already mentioned this, but they do indeed explicitely state that they exclusively keep their pokemon out of their pokeballs. When they were both introduced it was stated that pokeballs is this new thing the professor came up with and the clans initially believe that carrying pokemon in pokeballs is cruel

On the topic of EVs, IVs, and the new System. From the perspective of a casual player, I completely understand why the new system is better, and I understand that the old system is annoying, tedious, and bad. But from my perspective, which is that of a competitive player, the IV/EV system is absolutely needed. It allows player creativity to shine, and so that not every Mon has the same stats as the same Mon. If every stat could be maxed, there would be no decision making, no risk, every Pokémon would be fast, strong, and bulky. No reason to make any decisions. The current IV/EV system definitely could use some help, but it’s core is absolutely necessary for competitives growth and playability.

47:14 I agree the turn counter is stupid, but that time you just got pranked. Ursaring got “reparalyzed”, so you got the paralysis chance on Spark and mistook it as Ursaring losing its turn(notice the text that displays). Should the game notify you that a Pokémon gets a status it already has? Probably not, but since about every OTHER status has a turn counter that resets if it gets, say, “reburned” or “refrostbitten”, I guess I can forgive that small oversight

48:33 my Garchomp has missed dragon claw, a 100% accurate move, with no accuracy changing effects active. 1:06:22 my biggest nitpick (a phrase which makes no sense) is ursaluna being in the scroll menu 1:01:06 My wisps were bugged and I couldn’t even get spiritomb. I spent three hours getting the rest of the wisps, and I ended with the mirelands. However, at the end I was missing one. I had 106, but I needed 107 to talk to Vanessa and get the last one. I talked to her, and she said that I was missing one in the mirelands. 2 and a half hours and 6 online guides later, I gave up because no matter how many times I checked every spot, nothing was going to change. I ended up having to look up someone’s stream on RU-vid of giving away shinies (because the game doesn’t have random link trading) and I only managed to get a spiritomb by trading my shiny infernape. I am still salty about this. (Not sure of the timestamp): I spent 45 minutes chucking stuff at enamorous using various tactics until I finally got into a battle. 1:10:37 I actually figured out that the order stuff is in your inventory is the order it appears in your hotbar. I put my smoke bombs next to my wing balls and jet balls and my sticky globs next to my heavy balls and gigaton balls, so the system actually feels really smooth. However, I wish there was any indication that the inventory and hotbar orders are the same, because I figured it out after getting the shiny charm. 1:22:29 there’s actually a “bonk range” where if you throw a poké ball from too far, it bonks and does nothing. I actually like this because there’s a risk/reward factor to trying to catch an aggressive Pokémon without battling it. The range for a feather ball and the upgrades for it is actually slightly larger than the range aggressive Pokémon will become angry, so if you’re willing to waste some poké balls you can get the distance just right and keep chucking balls until it works. 1:25:20 fun fact: all the trees in this game are actually 4 times as large as they appear, the main character just isn’t big brain enough to see 1:54:03 That’s actually intended, it’s a backstep that Pokémon sometimes do idly. They often do it when you lock on or are facing that specific Pokémon, making it a little harder to catch them. 2:15:13 the late night theme reminds me of a couple subnautica themes, and it always reminds me of the calm parts of subnautica. 2:15:16 you should have lol 2:45:50 I think that the amount of options was similar to sword and shield, the only major differences being that there aren’t gloves or packs to customize. In the cons section, I think that players not knowing how they and Ingo got to Hisui is on purpose, as a mystery to leave to the fans. It could’ve had more hints while not having an answer though.

I didn’t encounter nearly as many bugs/problems as you and I overall REALLY enjoyed the game, but as you pointed out, the graphics are a bit all over the place in terms of quality, and the ui/menus are a mess. One thing that really frustrated me was the fact that not only are you not able to check your pokedex during battles, you can’t do it either from the team menu or the boxes. It made completing the dex tasks really annoying and needlessly tedious (I only went for the basic 10-tasks-completed pages, so I had to switch pokemon a lot more than if I grinded 100% every time) and not having a shortcut from your team menu to directly check the page of the pokemons currently on your team was an annoyance. Also, catching pokemons on the water was SUCH a pain istg.

-the game starts with you fighting low level enemies and animals -you are welcomed into the game’s world by and enigmatic godlike voice -The bosses have elements of bullet hell -the game ends with you fighting the god that welcomed you into the game Man this game is a fucking ripoff of Everhood

I feel like they only threw Ingo into the game to spark speculation about a potential Black & White remake.

I think that ingo was brought on accident by volo/giratina messing with space/time (which is why they had words for space time rift before), while arceus brought you to hisui intentionally, which is probably much safer.

Some pokemon do react with water depending on the depth (bidoof swims and it is adorable), but it is super weird seeing pokemon not just walk through water like its no issue, but for the water to not really even react to the pokemon

2:38:20 That's actually intentional, both Clefairy and Clefable have those lines around the eyes, you can see them in their official art and other games too.

On the part where you were talking about accuracy, the reason you kept missing was because it was foggy outside, I don't know how much fog lowers your accuracy but I know it brings it down a noticeable amount.

Legends Arceus was a brilliant idea but made terribly but gamefreak. Nintendo needs to give more time to make pokemon. Yearly releases need to stop.

Finally, someone else mentions the button mapping! I thought I was insane, I couldn't find others taking about it. The controls nearly drove me insane, enough where anytime I go back to the game, it takes a while just to relearn everything, haha! Great video!!

I've put over 200 hours into this game, and I'm still not use to the menus. I've tried to save before trying to sneak up on a Pokémon and scared it off by hoping on braviary.

I love your analysis of the story. The game had a cool concept and (for the most part) interesting characters. But the writing and execution left much to be desired in my opinion. The conflict between the two clans and the lack of cooperation between humans and pokemon both felt meaningless because they weren’t explored well. And Volo was cool but they didn’t do a good job explaining his motives. Admittedly it’s been a while since I played through the story so maybe I’m just forgetting/misremembering things. But to me, it really felt like Gamefreak forgot these characters and worlds are supposed to exist outside just the short window the story takes place in I enjoyed legends… a lot less than it seems most people did. Shaking up the ways to catch Pokémon was a great idea, but the mechanics still got pretty old pretty quick for me. The world designs were nice at first but after playing the game for a while they felt empty and sad. Overall, I didn’t hate Legends but it was far from my favorite game in the series

Funnily enough, I found Eevee to be the most common for me (around 20-30 I believe I caught before getting any of my eevolutions) and some of my friends that played pokemon, however, getting cranidos and bastiodon was a pain I can agree. Also in case you missed someone else's comment about the wisps, you can check how many you've gotten, it's just this obscure girl npc that looks like any other in the hub area one other thing with wisps, for whatever reason, the rendering for wisps is so much easier at night as it is explained by this random npc girl I believe and at 1:02:10 you show it is daytime so it makes sense why the render isn't that good as it's supposed to be seen at night compared to 1:01:31 where it is night time, however I do agree that there should have been indicators of where wisps you already collected were.

2:37:54 they did that intentionally actually! clefable always had those weird little eye-circles as part of it's design, an odd design choice imo but it wasn't a mistake :)

it’s amazing to hear someone gush about mystery dungeon in a video game essay! it’s one of my favorite series and one of my biggest game dev inspirations!

It always really bugs me when people use the "it's a kid's book/game/movie/show" cop-out about something for kids having a bad story. Kid's media _can_ have good, even great, stories. The Secret of NIHM, the Harry Potter series, Undertale (on the border of kid/teen), almost everything Studio Ghibli does, almost everything Pixar does, Avatar: The Last Airbender (the TV show; Shamalammadingdong's movie is hot garbage) Zelda: Majora's Mask, ... There's a massive list and giving a kids' game's story a pass is just excusing mediocrity or it's makers just not caring enough.

Of course as soon as you upload the critique, Pokemon announced Home compatability for Legends: Arceus and BDSP, great timing as usual... lol

The Diamond and Pearl clans weren’t fighting because they believed in different gods; they believed in the SAME god (Almighty Sinnoh). They fought because they believed their specific *version* of that god and the values it represented was the *correct* version; and they were both *wrong.*

You can absolutely run during boss battles, just not when you’re locked on with ZL. That’s how the game always works. And running is usually way better for avoiding attacks since you can throw a balm without having to wait for the roll animation to finish.

Okay, Bugged Diamond and Shipped Early Pearl is literally the funniest and most clever thing I've heard in a while lol

Real talk, I hope EVs and IVs stay gone forever too because they just make creating a competitively viable team so needlessly time consuming. I tried EV training for the Battle Frontier in Platinum and it took me a full week of constant playing just to get the team I wanted. This was on an emulator with fast forward mind you.

I'm glad somebody else pointed out the lack of voice acting. It's something the Pokemon Community as a whole hasn't really cared about, because the games have never had voice acting. But the games also weren't full price $60 releases until the Switch either. If they're going to charge the same price as games like Elden Ring and FF7 Remake, I feel like they need that same level of polish and AAA features. Also, I think the way Nintendo treats their fan creators is an excellent point. Companies like Sega and Square Enix actually hire people that make really popular fan games/mods/romhacks into their development staff, while Nintendo just takes the romhack down and sues the creators. It's not hard to see why the franchise is stagnating when they don't bring in new, passionate individuals that are clearly talented.

Your complaint about the satchel dude actually happened to me in Breath of the Wild, I never found the tree dude until I had killed like half the divine beasts because I just never went near that area and when I finally did I doubled all my inventories.

So I noticed in the catching section of the gameplay chapter you left out the ability to stun Pokémon with mud, flash bombs and other items which helps out a lot in catching aggressive Pokémon or Pokémon that have already noticed you. I’m only about an hour and 30 minutes in so maybe you bring it up later but I wanted to point that out since it seems like you overlooked such an important part of catching mons

Regarding Bagin, honestly you should probably just take the "L" instead of trying to blame bad game design. Yes, it's the responsibility of game designers to effectively communicate their mechanics and minimize player mistakes like this as much as possible, but it's absolutely impossible to account for every possible mistake a player can make. Even Super Mario Bros world 1-1 confuses some people. In this case they were VERY clear that you should talk to the guy, to the point of stopping what you're doing, and complaining that a pretty clear statement like "do you keep running out of space in your bag," to designate a solution to the problem of running out of space in your bag, isn't clear enough sounds to me like ex post facto rationalization to preserve your dignity. I can understand your criticism that there are too many tutorials in the beginning, but overall I don't think that's as much of an issue as it has been in every Pokemon game since X and Y, since these are legitimately new systems that they're trying to introduce, and they actually need tutorials. If anything, it seems like you're asking for MORE tutorials; you want a Bagin tutorial, after all. To me, it seems like in an RPG, a genre in which exploring and talking to everybody you meet has been firmly established as an important mechanic since the days of Dragon Quest 1 and Ultima, it's not too much to assume you should talk to a guy that the game takes the time out to stop what you're doing and say "talking to this guy is important." Honestly, insofar as a problem even exists, I think this is a streamer-specific problem. This is a mistake that can only be made if you're trying to rush through content to make it entertaining for an audience. Personally, I don't think games should be designed with the intent of being entertaining to an audience other than the player as a primary focus. Don't take the wrong message from this comment, overall you make some excellent points in the video, but I'm a nitpicky sort of guy, and this was one nit that I felt deserved picking.

Dude your work on these videos are astronomical, I appreciate the hard work you’ve done. I still love pokemon arceus and it was one of my favorite pokemon games, but your points make much sense.

Ngl I don't play any games besides Pokémon, so as someone who doesn't have any games to go off of, I thought the modern Pokémon games looked great! But after getting out and into other games I realized holy shit *this* is what games can look like?! Honestly how does no one else talk about modern Pokémon's quality?!

I feel like I'm one of the few people who found TLA really pretty. Very beautiful and immersive in a low-poly way, like a well-designed game from the 2000s with some upgrades. I don't think the team could have got it running so well if they'd beefed up the graphics more, and I like how they worked within their limitations. There was great attention to detail with the design overall.

I subscribed after watching the BDSP essay and watched the essay the day before. Really nice timing. Also, loved the background music.

I would absolutely sit through a critique of the various mystery dungeon games from you! The time, detail, and discussion put into this videos topics are just a joy to hear you discuss, and I've re-watched this video at least three times now just because It's both engaging and relaxing, and the intermittent references to games like EOS and DX make me so happy.

Putting this in my watch later, but I saw the title and my only first impression was "So, every modern Pokémon game?"

48:35 About missing a lot of the time: pretty sure you are battling in Mist, which decreases accuracy. The bad part of it is that, I believe, it's not stated ANYWHERE that the environment can change stuff like that, but otherwise I thought it was a neat detail. Like, if you are in the middle of a field covered in mist, it makes sense that you wouldn't be able to see and as such no one should really tell you beforehand. ... THEN I remember that this is also a Pokemon game and it wouldn't hurt to be told this anyway because its a videogame, but oh well... 51:40 As a completionist, I actually like all the research tasks. Sure they can seem a little tedious, but the amount of satisfaction you get once you finish all of them is... Well, feels pretty awesome. Perhaps its something that only completionists get to feel but sometimes the satisfaction comes from all the sense of achievement you get by grinding all of that, so eh~. There are also completionists who just go "I like number to go high" and... Yeah, that's all. So hey, perhaps it isn't as bad for us as it would be for you who are not interested in that, which just points out that, in my opinion, it caters to more interests beyond the casual or the completionist player out there. It also helps too when you realize that "caught" can be used synonymously as "evolved" in some cases. For example, I never struggled with Golbat because I just made sure to evolve all my Zubats at Night and voilá. Got both the generic caught and the caught at night. True, the game doesn't tell you this, but it's honestly not a big deal (at least for me). I don't know, in general I disagree with your point about us completionists because it doesn't feel as a punishment, at least for me, and in fact feels more interesting and rewarding (to myself, at least) to see all that time, and all of that just to have a sparkly pokeball. Is it a lot of time? Yes. Are you obligated to do it? No. Will I still do it because it is something I enjoy and helps me de-stress because I know I can do mindless chores with a sense of accomplishment once I finish them? Hell Yeah. So, again, maybe it's something that only completionists understand and that you as a more casual person don't see? Could be! Could be not. 1:00:00 RE:Cranidos. OOOOOR you could've just stun and backstrike them continuously? ._. Honestly, you just made the game harder for yourself on this one, dude. Sorry. THO' I do get where you are coming from, what with you using non-STAB moves and all that... But still, if there are multiple ways to catch a Pokemon... Why didn't you try to do the stun/catch thing? Another thing is that, if you pay attention to how the distortions work, you would've realized that there are only 3 unique Distortion-mons in each one. So you get in, spawn those 3 (who btw are ALWAYS in the same spots), and if they are not what you want, go outside, rest (change the time at camp) and go and do the other tasks you most likely need to do in that area. Just want to say, I'm not saying this as if "Oh god this was SO obvious, you noob!" or anything, but rather a peek into what my brain as a completionist does and notices in order to not feel as if the game is dragging on. However, this time around it might be ME the one who doesn't understand your more casual playstyle tho', because I never found it tedious at all to wait for a distortion because I always had stuff to do. However, for you who have a goal to achieve, I can see why it WOULD be tedious. The Spiritomb thing has been explained by others in here, but in short: there IS a way to check the amount of wisps. They are meant to be searched at NIGHT and you were told that by the same person who gave you the quest. 1:03:05 There IS a way to change the weather without resetting the area. Just rest and change literally to any other time. You got in at night? Go to sleep and change it to morning. Not the weather you need? Change it to midday. So forth and so on. 1:12:00 OR you could've choose favorite on a berry and a pokeball and reorganize your items and they will be beside each other. Unfortunately, again, the game doesn't tell you this tho'.

Haven’t finished the entire review (about half way so far) and great retrospective as always. You are fair, give relevant examples, and give advice on how to fix many of the issues. It sucks that your sub count is so low considering your takes are better than 99% of other RU-vidrs who only know how to POG or OMG.

In this game if you turn off the music, like I usually do for all games, in all cut scenes with the flute playing (even getting new ride pokemon) there is no flute playing, but running around the flute noise is played when summoning a ride pokemon. This means the flute is stored as a sound effect and music file, this makes cut scenes a lot more quite with no flute noise. Most NPCs in Jubilife Village have a neat aspect to them as to not trap players. If you run into them long enough (1-10 seconds) you'll pass right through them and they become ethereal until they are reloaded. The biggest bug I experienced durring this game was in Turnback Cave. Every time I would enter it the cave would be so extremely dark I couldn't even find the torches, until I undocked my switch and the cave lighting would just start working fine in handheld mode. It was so broken in docked mode and unplayable I had to walk across the room pick up the switch and play in handheld mode inorder to catch the alpha golbat and unknown in there. (More tedious than anything, but still dumb)

I've always excused Pokémon games lack of voice acting because he anime comes out afterwards and you don't want characters in both media having different voices. But this isn't impossible to overcome.

...you can press A while targeting to swap targets. It says that in the tutorial.

You can know where to find the wisp (the zone) if you talk to the questgiver. it will tell you were you have whisps left.

Clefary's line always had that little line around their eyes since the Ken Sugimori art for Red

As someone who hasn't bought a mainline game since BASE Sun & Moon in 2016... Legends Arceus did bring me back. Oh hell, it's not perfect but for me, it just felt nice to play a Pokemon game again after being away for so long. Don't expect Scarlett and Violet to really change much though. Hell.. I'm pretty sure we're back to the traditional stuff including battling Pokemon in order to catch them and that's it. XD The video games are merely an anchor for everything else. If it's... _GOOD ENOUGH_ , that's all they care about. Think about it like this: I didn't buy Sword and Shield but I LOVE Twilight Wings. It breathed so much life into the world and it's core characters (including the main character: _Corviknight Taxi Driver_ lol) Like, I LOVE how characters like Bea, Nessa, and ESPECIALLY Oleana were portrayed. Their personalities, their lives, etc. (Like watch their respective episodes) And... I could appreciate all of that character growth and lovely animations and visuals... _without playing Pokemon Sword & Shield_ because I could feel the care, the passion, etc. Going into them and they don't feel like super rushed products that HAVE to leave the door soon or else. While I might not agree with EVERY criticism in this video, I appreciate that there IS some criticism that isn't just about the damn graphics lol. I feel like the biggest problem with this franchise... _It's TOO big for its own good_ and everyone loves Pokemon for different things and different reasons so it's almost impossible to create something that will please the majority of fans... I know it doesn't mean they shouldn't try but you get the idea.