EVERY Change Between EVERY Generation of Pokemon Games!!  

Bro got plank from ed, edd and eddy as his mic stand

minor correction- Pokemon G/S was not the planned final game. that came from a misunderstood translated talk a few years back. the person being interviewed worked with Pokemon on their ad/promotion work in Japan and was thinking Pokemon wouldn't be a big thing and thusly their contract would be final with G/S. there was 0 talk about G/S being the final Pokemon games, in fact, Pokemon devs said they had many more ideas for future games and products during G/S!

“Adios to Kalos, and aloha to Alola.” That was smooth.

Gen 6 also had the change of shiny odds going from 1/8192 to 1/4096

Gen 3 also added running shoes

Kalos was actually the game to introduce rideable Pokémon with the Skiddo farm, Ryhorn walking over pointy rocks, and the mamoswine to get through the snow

Not to be that guy, but you forgot the most important change in gen 2... they added exp bars

Can't believe you didn't mention the best part of gen 7. Which was completely getting rid of the dependency on HM's in Alola. Something that will hopefully stick around forever.

You forgot about how the Lets Go games introduced the portable PC Boxes that were later implemented and refined into Gens 8 & 9. For going the need to go to Pokémon center in order to swap out or just store Pokémon. No you just have to bring it up in the menu or in the party menu, depending on the game.

Something probably worth adding is the changes to the exp formula. The formula in gen 5 was altered to scale based level differences with the opponent and user pokemon. This mean it is easier to catch up lower level pokemon and harder to power level one pokemon. Gen 6 went back to the gen 1-4 formula only with a few methods to boost gains. Every generation since gen 6 has a new scaled exp formula that is basically the gen 5 formula only for the first time trainer pokemon no longer give 50% more exp.

Man it's a shame Pokemon Z never came out, it would've been a LEGEND amongst the other games

You missed one of the best quality of life changes! In gen 3 you could just press the A button when facing a boulder, tree, or water and you'll be prompted on whether you want to use Strength, Cut, or Surf. No more having to pause the game go into the pokemon menu, select the right pokemon and select the HM it just automatically recognized which HM could be used in the space you were facing.

The fact you pronounced Hawai’i properly makes me proud 🥹

Gen 2 also introduced a better backpack with the division of health items, pokeballs, key items., etc. Also the SELECT button as well to use the bike or rods

Big fan of the professional tone in this documentary. I appreciate this kind of comprehensive and to-the-point content. You earned a sub.

Gen 2 added roamers and headbutt trees. Added the C-gear? Gen 2 added dolls and decorations that gen 3 built upon with the secret bases. Pokéahalon and the gold crown in gen 4. Gn 4 added honey trees. Gen 4 added the Poketch and PokéRadar. Wifi events. Gen 4 gave players the ability to view their stats, such as Pokémon fished or caught. Gen 5 removed ribbons as collectibles. Wonder trading in gen 6. And the touch screen UI, I can't remember the name of it in general. ORAS added legendary worm holes and riding Latios/Latias. ORAS added Dex nav. Gen 7 added Battle Royal, (not sure of you mentioned that), overworld wild encounters, Poképelago. If I got any of these wrong, or some were mentioned in the video; I'm sure I'll hear about it.

This may be your best work yet Joey. I didn’t even know all the changes between each game. Simply amazin!

16:10 you forgot about the ability to record sound for Chatot’s cry with the DS mic- and the subsequent use of it to cuss at people in battle 😂

This is really well put-together!!!

Loved the video, good job. I think a good detail is that in gen 4 you can change deoxys form in the same game. As int gen 3 it was tied to the version your playing. Gen 6 also included cosplay Pikachu

Gen I had an unused type called Bird. Gen II introduced the ??? type and removed mandatory saving to access boxes. Gen III gave Pokemon their own minisprites that are used in the party and boxes, and had two Pokemon from the next generation in Pokemon XD. Gen IV corrected the capitalization of things other than Pokemon. Gen V removed the ??? type, made the Elite Four playable in any order, had difficulty settings, and got rid of the annoying low-HP beeping. Gen VI had roller skating and certain characters have models. Gen VII gave Pokemon walking models, had battle models for every character, and had trainers present in the battle scene. Gen VIII added access to boxes without a PC and had no excuse not to scale the models. Gen IX remade and added texture to the models, and merged the battle scene with the over world.

Just came across your video, absolutely amazing. You earned a sub and like. I’m 30 and have been playing Pokémon since day 1 with red and blue and I’m addicted to now for like 5 years to pokemon videos and pokemon facts etc.. this video is worthy of millions of views well done

Follow up video with all the comment-corrections would be fun! Or even a Q&A from all these comments? This video was so good. Thank you for making this ♥️

Such a great video! Really enjoyed learning a few new things about the games

the amount of effort you did for this video is insane i need more people to see this

i thought i was watching a big youtuber i havent heard of before, the way your video is edited and the presentation, way of talking, etc. is all very, uh, "advanced", like, i thought im watching a youtuber with like at least 20k subs or something. very nicely put together video man, you earned that sub

This is a video I will save and come back to over the coming years when i start a new generation! Because i have never played anything past Gen 3... but I will get to it eventually! I aim to fully beat each game and complete the pokedex in all 3 versions of a Gen, before I move forward. Great video!

this was really entertaining,thanks for this video :)

How does this only have 13 views?? Really enjoyed this video :)

God i miss when Pokémon was good.

My man, this has been one hell of a video, top job. Only a small number of things missed out of the insane amount of things added and removed, this has been very impressive to see documented

One of the best RU-vid videos I’ve seen in years. Excellent job 👏

this man sure parks

Didn't mention Legends: Arceus (Gen VIII) - 6 new pokemon, new Hisui region (past form of Kalos), 16 regional variations of existing pokemon, 24 new moves, no abilities at all. Also, instead of moving from town to town there is only Jubilife Village and a bunch of other stuff

Very detailed breakdown. Great work my guy.

This is so much information!! thank you!

1:00 They made a rap for the Johto Pokémon too.

Gen 2 started the trend of box legendaries with gen 3 starting version exclusive legendaries

My favorite change in gen 6 is that when you're in a wild battle npcs don't move so if you're trying to avoid an npc while you're in tall grass the don't move

Thank you for this video!!! A trip down nostalgia lane!

When I was a kid I didn't understand how Pokemon generations worked. I started with Pokemon Pearl, and I didn't really know about other games. When they introduced gen 5, I thought they were replacing all the pokemon and I was so mad about it for a while. By the time I actually played the games I got over this, which.. considering they didn't have any older pokemon until the post game, you'd think that belief would have persisted

Between the release of Japanese red and green and the international red and blue, Blizzards freeze chance was lowered from 30% to 10%

While this video isn't perfect....it is amazing! Super impressed and thanks for putting in so much effort!

Super entertaining video man glad RU-vid recommended you 🙏

Absolutely amazing video. You get a sub from me. Keep up the great work. If i didnt know better i would have said you easily had 100k+ subs.

Great video! The only thing I noticed is you didn’t cover the new pokemon from legends arceus but otherwise, loved it!

Dude idk why but I love your mic set up the plank of wood or whatever it is. Really good video i really enjoyed it great work

One thing I feel you forgot to mention about Gen 5 is that it's the only Gen in which the Evil Team isn't defeated BEFORE the Elite Four. I think worth mentioning, since I don't remember other Gens having done this. (Rainbow Rocket doesn't count, since not part of main story)

Gen 6 is also the first generation you can change your outfit and buy clothes to customize your appearance. Wanted to bring it up since the video implies the customization options were just limited to the character creator. Gen 6 also changed the base power of several moves, nerfed weather creating effecting, and was the first Gen to go back and buff old mons base stats (for several mons, not just Pikachu) Edit: Also benches! Which I only want to mention because I remember it being memably hype in the build up to XY

such a good job in the vid. will be subbing for more

One of my favorite gimmicks from Gen 2 was Mystery Gift. You can connect 2 GBC’s via IR and receive an item. Additionally, after getting access to Kanto, a trainer appears in the basement of a house in Viridian City with a copy of the team you connected with. Beating up my little brothers team without him feeling bad felt so good

Don't know if this was mentioned here somewhere - Gen. 8 removed friendship, so moves like Return became obsolete. Edit: Like I said, Return (and Frustration) was indeed removed in gen. 8, but I was mistaken about friendship. Friendship is still around, and still way too complex a mechanic for what it's used for (the latter statement is more of an opinion, lol). Sorry.

This was randomly recommended to me, and MAN am I happy it was! Was thoroughly engaged the whole watch time. Amazing work bro

Great video, I've been looking for a while for a video that explained all the changes from gen to gen in pokemon games, so thank you! One change you didn't mention (I don't remember if it happened in gen 2 or 3, though) is the pc/box system: before, they could store up to 20 pokemon, but when they got full you had to go to a pokemon center and manually change the box. If the box was full, you couldn't catch more pokemons until you changed it to a new one (and the game didn't notify you about this, so eventually you found out your box was full when you were about to catch a pokemon, it happened to me with articuno in yellow). But now the pc box changes automatically if one is full, so it's waaaay more convenient.

Overall great and well made video, enjoyed it!

23:51 -I thought you were dead -Pokemon Z: My death was greatly exaggerated

you have the editing style and talk like you have 100k subs. LOVE IT

Good vid. Even better mic setup. Youre going places kid.

Gen 3 introduced Berry farming alongside 60 new berries. Gen 4 improved the concept with items to control yield and growth. Gen 6 expanded things further with plant Mutations. Gen 8 removed the feature altogether. Also, secret bases were alive (somewhat) for two more generations. Gen 5 had bases at one point, it allowed players around the world to visit your base, water your berries and exchange items. It was tied to the Dream World service though, so when that got shut off, Gen 5 completely lost bases AND berry plants. Gen 6 gave us a powered up version of Hoenn's bases with the online features of the PSS and the flag collection of Gen 4. But they've been MIA ever since. This video does a great job showing how the franchise progressed. The amount of features and mechanics that they put into these games is crazy, but it's sad when one of the ones you enjoyed gets axed eventually.

I’m not sure if it counts as a rap, but Pokemon Johto also has a song that helps you memorize them all.

The biggest change the games ever had was my childhood.

Firstly this is a fantastically made video, can't believe you're at less than 1k subs. As someone who has only played gens 2-4 I was looking to see if any of the newer games are worth playing. There's definitely some interesting features but I think I just like the nostalgia of the older games.

This guy makes such good quality videos and deserves more love and and growth

I prefer regional fakes.

That was one awesome video. Thanks. Btw u could have included the affection bonuses introduced in XY & which were changed from Gen 7 onwards. Forced Exp share as well

Cool video, nice nostalgic journey 😌

In gen 5, in some routes percussions get added and the music speeds up a bit if you're running; if I'm not mistaken, it's the only generation where you can talk to some npcs to add new instruments to the music. Also, B/W had the battle subway, the entralink, the pokemon musical, were the first games where several areas were entirely different between games, and were the first games which let you battle the elite four in any order. B2/W2 also added the customizable join avenue, Pokewood, hidden grottos, the white treehollow/black tower, and had a secret area visitable only after completing the regional dex.

I thought you had at least 100k subs! Great video!

That was a lot of work Good job

I remember how much of a trip it was to “beat” Silver Version only to learn that I’d now be transported to Kanto for another few weeks/months of original gameplay

I thoroughly enjoyed this breakdown ALSO this is the first time i realised fishing was removed! I never even noticed 😂

Great job bro

Great vid - I loved all the quality of life changes gen 2 introduced back in the day vs gen 1. Doing a brain dump off the top of my head which I feel also helped set the bar for future gens (sorry if some already mentioned in comments!): - shortcut ('select') button for quick key item (bike!) use was revolutionary - 'move' pokemon function to make organising boxes easier (rather than just withdraw/deposit from gen 1) - backpack item pocket differentiation (rather than 1 long list) - smoother backsprites (rather than pixelated zooms from gen 1) - bike BGM changing to normal area BGM when moving between areas (couldn't do in gen 1 - was annoying 😅) - time capsule, backward compatible trading (just wow!) - daily respawning items (berries/apricorns) and regular events (eg. Loto, haircuts, bug catching contest) - saving money with mom (this one bit meh lol but still cool concept to hold twice as much money as future games) - decorate room and menus (another meh, but first steps towards player customisation options) - more differentiated overworld sprite groups for Pokémon than gen 1 (e.g. charmander, charizard and gengar line) - trainer rematches and swarms (didnt use this hugely myself) - different legendary pokemon BGM than standard wild encounter one (from Crystal onwards) - route/town signs when you enter (Crystal onwards) - introduction of *colour* (of course!) - your trainer turning to face the challenger who spots you (vs staying fixed in gen 1) - rage and bind not being OP anymore lol, and hyper beam in-between knocking out Pokémon needing recharge - in-battle sleep mechanic being rebalanced (Last few just ironed out gen 1 imbalances). I'm sure there's more (eg mystery gift etc) but these were my faves on top of what you listed - definitely made me nostalgic watching this! Thanks for making the vid :)

Quality video man.

Amazing video. Thank you

Funny you say Counter-Clockwise then turn the map clockwise, was a bit confused, but nothing bad happened so it's fine :D Anyway, awesome video, thought you were a way bigger channel already!

I might have missed you saying this during gen 3, but I think you overlooked a big one: a massive overhaul was the introduction of how EVs worked in gen 3. In the first two gens, all stats could be theoretically maxed (if you had the right IVs) because there was no EV cap. Gen 3 changed that, making it so that you could only max out a total of two stats (an EV cap of 510 points). This fundamentally changed stat training (and competitive team building), as you had to pick and choose and build strategies around which Pokémon’s stats would be taken into account when EV training. I’m not sure about this but I THINK the overhaul to EVs was essentially why Pokémon could not be traded forward from gen 1/2 to gen 3. Their EV distribution would basically be broken / incompatible with Gen 3’s overhaul.

Great video ! I seem to recall Hyper Training existing in X & Y via pretty crazy mini-games. There are also Pikachu forms in X & Y with the PokéStudio, which I guess is also something that could have been mentionned. X & Y also introduced the Boutiques for character customization

Great video my dude, 2 little pointers I wanted to add. 1) You should include how every new generation had a new way to evolve a pokemon. 2) You referenced pokemon go and how they added new mons, and I think you should references Legends Arceus because they also added new mons to the mix. Now with a question for you. Have you played every main series game?

Took me on a nostalgic trip of playing every game thanks for the fun memories

I’ve been fucking looking for this!!! No one had a video like this until I found this one. You rock!

Respect! I’ve played this series since gen1 was released in the UK in 1999, and I thought I knew everything, but I actually learned some cool stuff in your video! great job, you more than earned my subscription😅. Oh, thought you might be interested, gen 2 Pokémon got a poke rap song … it was garbage, it was called pokerap GS.

I'm gonna be honest. How this bro only has a tad over 1k subs with this many views is a crime. Gotta throw a sub for a really dope video. It's earned

this video is awesome, keep it up

thank you for the memories

Let's be real, Battle Frontier is the best post-game challenge. Earning those Frontier symbols and turning it into gold. I don't hate the newer versions, it's just Battle Frontier is the peak of post-game in the Pokemon series.

Some changes I know from competitive: Gen1-gen2 Normal types are no longer immune to body slam paralysis You can thaw out of freeze naturally instead of it basically being a kill It doesn’t take up a turn to wake up from sleep Hyper beam forces you to recharge even after you get a kill Wrap-like moves were changed to prevent you from switching while doing some damage over time instead of essentially flinching you over and over Stat changes doesn’t stack the speed nerf from paralysis No more 256 glitch, a glitch that gives 100% accurate moves a 1/256 chance to miss due to a coding error Critical hit rate used to be based on speed but was changed in gen 2. From gen 2 to 3 They changed the sleep talk mechanics, making it so if sleep talk calls rest the move will fail. They also added a glitch where if a sleeping pokemon uses sleep talk and switches out, the sleep counter will not progress, so the pokemon can stay asleep forever Spikes are changed so you can add 3 layers of spikes. Gen3-gen4 I’m pretty sure this is the generation that made it so if an opposing pokemon explodes it doesn’t skip your turn. Gen4-5 Explosion was nerfed no longer halving the opposing pokemon’s defence. Sleep turns reset after switching out It might’ve been this generation or from 5-6 that added various priority speeds, fake out above all other priority, than extreme speed, than the rest. Gems were added which gave a 1.5x boost to a specific type attack the first time a move with that type is used, the gem then disappears after that one usage Gen5-gen6 A ton of moves like surf flamethrower draco meteor and sucker punch got their base power nerfed Gems were nerfed and all except the normal gem were removed Sleep was changed back to what it is today Hidden power was nerfed from Removed triple and rotation battles 70-60 Thunder wave was nerfed to 90% accuracy Terrains were added Gen6-gen7 Prankster doesn’t work against dark types Dark void was nerfed to 50% accuracy and smeargle couldn’t learn it with sketch Ash Greninja was added with the ability battle bond so it can transform No mandatory HMs Inceroar was introduced and later got intimidate which isn’t a big change mechanically but has completely changed vgc and now haunts every player’s dreams. Gen7-8 Terrains were nerfed to 30% increase in power (except misty because it doesn’t increase fairy type move power) A ton of moves were removed. TRs were added as temporary tms. Curry Paid online Aegislash had it’s stats nerfed Gen8-gen9 Wicked blow was nerfed to 75bp Grassy glide was nerfed to 55bp Transistor was nerfed to 1.3x Intrepid sword and shield only worked the first time they got sent out Zacian and zamazenta crowned got a stat nerf New items like covert cloak, clear amulet and more 5 revavroom forms for the different team star battles Auto battles Materials from wild pokemon Great video! Just wanted to add what I could to the comments, there’s definitely more if you want to look into movesets and stat buffs of weak pokemon but that’ll take a long time.

Crazy that u dont even have 1k subs😦, happy I found this channel

I don’t think I’m going to make it through the video rn but I saw the mic set up and had to click on the video and give it a like. Epic mic setup

Gen 2: There were other bug fixes like the accuracy bug, the Hyper Beam bug, the Focus Energy bug, and the Toxic + Leech Seed bug. On the other hand, about half of the new acorn Pokéballs were bugged. This was especially disappointing, since the only other games in which they appear are HeartGold and SoulSilver. The Sleep status works a little differently. Night Shade, Seismic Toss, and Glare now respect type immunities. Wrap, Bind, Clamp, and Fire Spin no longer keep the opponent from attacking when you attack first and instead do some minor extra damage at the end of each turn. Counter is redesigned to work on all physical attacks (alongside a new special variant in Mirror Coat). Bide is reworked. Reflect and especially Light Screen are reworked. Conversion is reworked. Gust and Thunder can now hit Pokémon using Fly, while Earthquake can now hit Pokémon using Dig and for double damage. On the other hand, Swift (and other later "perfectly accurate" attacks) no longer hit during Fly or Dig. Struggle is now typeless. The OHKO moves have their accuracy reworked. Whirlwind and Roar now force switches in trainer battles. Dizzy Punch gains a confusion secondary effect. Haze no longer removes status afflictions. Rage no longer has locked nor continuous damage effects. Razor Wind gets a high critical rate. Rock Slide gains a chance to flinch. Skull Bash raises the user's defense on the first turn. Sky Attack gets a flinch chance and a high critical hit rate. Tri Attack gets its three status secondary effects.

>[Pokérus] doubles the amount of EVs you get after knocking out a pokémon Well, since you brought it up, the EV system (generally referred to as stat experience in Gen 1-2) was overhauled in Gen 3. While previously you could max out each stat, now you can acquire a limited number that's enough to max out two stats (with one point left over), creating a more tactical and customisation-focused iteration.

What I find funny is that, for the most part up until now with Gen 9, the main games were mostly just red and blue, here's why: Gen 1: of course, Red, Blue and Green in Japan Gen 2: was different with Gold and Silver Gen 3: Ruby and Salphire is basically Red and Blue Gen 4: Pearl and Diamond is basically red and blue since the colors of Pearl version are pink, a redish color and diamond is just blue Gen 5: Here they tried to be different so this one doesn't count Gen 6: Y colors are red and X colors are blue, same for the box legendaries Gen 7: Sun has orange-ish colors which is still in the redish family, Moon is blue purple-ish Gen 8: Sword has blue colors and Shield has red colors as also seen with their box legendaries Gen 9: Violet is just a different blue tone and Scarlet is just a different red tone So as you can see, out of the 9 generations, 7 of them follow the Red and Blue color scheme, even if altered a bit sometimes

The most important change was Gen 2 adding proper color and proper pokemon sprites. Gen1 sprites often looked like abominations. Pokemon cuteness and color increased the charm of the game by orders of magnitudes.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but double wild battles were technically introduced in gen4 with the partner npcs you have to escort, great vid!

This is a very good video!!

As a Gen 1 veteran, Pokemon indeed changed a lot from my childhood.

Good God I feel so overwhelmed. I think it's amazing to see how far Pokemon has come all the way from gen 1. Definitely makes me feel old considering when I was a kid I started with watching the very first episode. Jezz

This was way more entertaining and engaging than I would have expected.

The production on this video is insane I would have thought you had 250k+ subscribers already

"New Breeding Tricks", showcasing how an everstone can be used to pass on a nature... *_Displays Nidoqueen, who infamously can't breed_*