How Pokemon Scarlet & Violet RUINED Pokemon- A Retrospective Of The WORST Pokemon Game 

There was an issue where the premiere froze. Hope it's fixed.

Sometimes I just really wonder, there's no way someone playtested these games and were like "yeah this is acceptable"

I broke the game within five minutes of playing, the camera legit just left my body and I could go out of bounds, keep in mind, this all happens within my first five minutes of playing

It's more than obvious that Fuecoco was your starter choice. Respect. EDIT: Could this be the start of a Smarty Boi Redemption Arc?!?

I lose braincells every time I hear someone say the trials in Sun and Moon were an improvement over gyms as if the only difference between trials and gyms wasn't just the name. Trials are still puzzles, smaller battles then a big battle. There is LITERALLY no difference between gyms and trials and I can't believe people actually fall for this shit still.

This is… kind of the Sonic 06 of the Pokémon franchise. A game that has the bones of being the BEST game in the franchise but winds up being one of if not the worst games in their respective franchises because they’re glitchy unfinished messes. (Shame because the good is there and leaves me on the fence about S/V as a whole.)

Thank you for being completely honest about these games and not being biased because 'it's Pokemon." I've grown tired of seeing people defend them on that grounds alone. The Switch could've easily handled a better game. Honestly, it just makes me worried about the future of the series. The over saturation of these games will eventually cause it issues.

XY is where Pokémon started falling off. It was painfully easy, it started the tradition of over-relying on Gen 1 nostalgia, it began the trend of every game needing some sort of battle gimmick, and the postgame was completely devoid of anything interesting or worthwhile (another trend to be continued from that point onward). And none of that even mentions the fact that Kalos gave us the least new Pokémon in the series by far, which is especially noticeable coming off the heels of Unova which gave us the most new Pokémon to this day.

Man, now that’s how you end off a year. Demeech has single handedly became my favorite Video Game Reviewer in the span of a few months. The first video I watched from him was his Mario Forever video and I’ve been hooked ever since. Here’s to 2023 to everyone who has worked with Demeech and the Awesome Alligator himself!

its crazy how well say we want better, people defend poor billion dollar companies and call us entitled, when the point of being the consumer is getting the best product for the least amount of money.

Gen 7 did have megas, just no new ones

All Demeech’s Fury: Demeech’s Fury: 14:51 Demeech’s Anime PFP Fury: 22:18 Demeech’s Fury DELUXE: 30:30 DEMEECH’S MAXIMUM FURY: 39:30

One thing I'm sure won't be mentioned because the video is in English, but why have you never been able to change your language in Pokémon without deleting your save? This was a relic of a time when you needed multiple PAL versions of a game or else you'd run out of space, but whereas other games started cutting them down to 2 or 1 by the GBA/DS era, with the only understandable holdouts being licensed games with a lot of options or stuff like Rhythym Paradise where the songs were all covered in the four extra languages (go check out the Spanish version of Fan Club 2 btw). In fact, you couldn't even pick a language without importing the game from another country until X and Y

I really wanted this to be the game that I could use to finally get into the Pokemon series, but after the state it released in, I think I'll probably stay clear of the brand for the coming years.

I love the points you're making because they are true! I skipped every single Pokémon game on the Switch and I think I'll keep doing that for the next entries because there is no sign of changing. And yes, you talked about it but I don't think GameFreak will change what they do because the bad reputation is OUTSIDE of the fanbase. The Pokémon fanbase just accepts everything GameFreak, The Pokémon Company and/or Nintendo shovel down their throats. If the criticism was coming from the fanbase itself, than I think we could see a change in the next entries, but... That's not the case. So yeah, Pokémon is dead for me. I'll keep track on what's happening because I'm still a fan but I won't buy them until they are fixed.

As a long time Pokémon fan, I am genuinely HURT by what the franchise has become. Scarlet and Violet are Pokémon's ANGEL OF DARKNESS! I have been a Pokémon fan since Red and Blue. My brother and I got our copies imported from the States before they came out here in the UK. I even remember Sky One (replaced by Sky Showcase and Sky Max in 2021) started airing the Pokémon anime HALF A YEAR (roughly) before the games were released over here! When Pokémon Mania was in session here in Britain and over in America, it was a GREAT time to be a kid! Even after Pokémon became less popular outside Japan, I still continued to be a devoted fan of the franchise, importing every main series game from the US, but buying the PAL versions starting with Black and White! The Pokémon anime is still one of my favorite cartoons ever, although I stopped watching new episodes due to the bad change of art direction for Sun and Moon. I admit X and Y aren't the best Pokémon games but at least you didn't have to go to an external online world with a PC or Mac to plant berries, one of Black and White's STUPIDEST design flaws! I declared Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon the UNOFFICIAL end of my Pokémon journey. Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee I decided not to bother with because I heard they are butchered takes on Gen 1, Sword and Shield I skipped due to Dexit, I pre-ordered Shining Pearl because it looked promising, I like the art style they chose for it and I wanted A Pokémon RPG experience for my Switch. Shining Pearl sucks. Legends Arceus is a VERY good substitute for a main line Pokémon RPG. Out of desperation and hope that Scarlet MIGHT be an improvement over Sword and Shield, I pre-ordered. I deeply regret doing so. As soon as possible after release, I am washing down the pain of Pokémon Shining Pearl and Scarlet with Digimon World: Next Order. I have always loved both Pokémon and Digimon but even if I was a biased Pokémon fanboy who hated Digimon with a passion, the current state of Pokémon would've caused me to get into Digimon. I hear there is a new Pokémon anime on the way with a new protagonist (or is it 2 new protagonists?), if at the very least the character designs are as good as what we got before Sun and Moon, I'm checking it out as soon as it can be watched legally here in the UK.

I don't think level scaling would fix anything, yeah, maybe it would feel more open world, but alot of my enjoyment from games comes from going into areas that feel like I'm not supposed to be in, trying again and again to beat a lynel in botw when I was underprepared, trying my best to beat a high level boss I found in Xenoblade, and even the high level alpha encounters in pokemon legends , those parts where highlights of those games to me, and being able to do that in a standard pokemon game was really fun. I do get most of my enjoyment out of playing online with my friends on pokemon games, and for that, the games have been a blast. Though I do acknowledge everything else is really a joke.

I remember being so excited for Scarlet and Violet, and I originally planned on buying it a couple days after launch (to wait for reviews to come in first). I am so glad that I didn’t…

Somehow this video makes me appreciate Sonic frontiers even more now. The reason why is I know for a fact Sega wanted to create a very good Sonic game after the failure of Sonic forces. I can tell Sega took all the time they need cuz I'm assuming they developed the game during the pandemic learned from their mistakes thankfully and actually followed their own path rather than listening to fan criticism and fan complaints. I'm assuming Sonic Frontiers might have taken 5 years to develop after the downfall of Sonic forces and you can definitely tell they did a good job. Sonic Frontiers is a masterpiece anyway 💙

I absolutely loved the twist regarding what your overall opinions actually are. Regarding your "When did Pokémon decline?" summary, just a note on Gen 6. While I definitely agree that Gens 6 & 7 are overall solid and by no means comparable to the wreck that was Gen 8, I do think there was _some_ laziness with X & Y, aside from your own admission that it needed proper postgame content and deeper lore. Many major trainers (Gym Leaders, rivals, villains...) over the course of the whole game have incomplete movesets. First Gym is understandable due to the low levels. Second Gym I might be willing to tolerate. But there's _absolutely no reason_ why the final Gym Leader should have an Abomasnow with only three moves. Most egregiously, when you fight Tierno in Route 19, his Roserade only knows ONE move. Mercifully, all of the Elite Four and Champion do have full movesets on all their Pokémon. And while it's true that story is not the series' main draw, it's hard to ignore the problem Kalos had with too many characters (while I sort of see what they were going for with the rivals, I'd have cut a couple of them, same with the Team Flare scientists who are beyond forgettable) leading to a failure to make us care about them due to insufficient screentime and fleshing-out (also, the "twist villain" was so obvious). There's also the big pacing issue with the climax; the conclusion of the Team Flare plotline is pretty fatiguing, with the player having to go storm their base in Lumiose then immediately go storm their _other_ base in Geosenge (well, the bunker is full-on linear as opposed to the lab being the series-tradition 'maze', but it's still exhausting). It's not comparable to how disastrous Sword & Shield were, but it's definitely not easy to ignore either. I see Gens 3 through 5 as a "Golden Age of Pokémon" and consider Gen 6 somewhat of a step down, but I do recognize Gens 6 and 7 were handled with a lot more care than Gen 8 and at the moment 9. EDIT: I also understand that the "When did Pokémon decline?" summary is far from the most important part of the video. I understand it was not the time to go into too much detail, and this doesn't really affect the overall point you were making. Just sharing some thoughts, really.

Sword and shield killed the series. Scarlet and Violet are just the zombie of the series.

I'm extremely stumped about how it runs better on Switch Lite than a normal Switch. I'm not even a Pokemon fan and I was HOPING these could be a good intro to the series, but the opposite ended up happening. Glad I ended up telling my parents NOT to get it. I instead got other games I wanted, like Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 and Kirby Triple Deluxe (I WOULD have gotten Sonic Frontiers if it wasn't out of stock, but I still spent my money well). But I still want to get into Pokemon. So for people who play the games, which of the modern games (the ones on Switch) could be a good intro to the series?

Hey guys, I forgot which "worst pokemon game" we are currently on, is it the 8th time in a row? I'm not sure anymore Just counted, we are currently on the 9th time people called the newest pokemon game the worst

15:00 I love how you matched Crocalor screaming with the sound effect for the Demeech’s Fury segements That and the fact you named her Fury lmao

I love how when demeech premiered this video the Premiere stopped working at the coffee scene

THANK YOU! I love how there are still non-brainwashed Pokémon fans like yourself who are willing to call out GameFreak for pushing out crap like this!

Dark Age Of Nintendo 2022 Anyone? Nintendo Switch Sports, Mario Strikers Battle League, Pokemon Scarlet And Violet

This was my favorite Trash Or Treasure episode you've done yet! As someone who got into Pokemon this year with Legends Arceus, I bought Violet and had a okay time with it. But if there's one thing I hated about this game it was constantly crashing. I eventually beat the game, but then went to play the older gens and enjoyed my time glad there's people like you who give their honest opinions on games like these. Let's hope Game Freak steps it up!

Honestly, say what you want about Scarlet and Violet, I can sorta see why some people like it to an extent since it had potential, but you really can't deny that, regardless of whose fault it is, whether it's Nintendo's or Game Freak's, it still is unacceptable to release a game with THIS many bugs, glitches and even crashes in it in 2022, ain't about to be 2023... Even Switch Sports and Battle League, for all of their many (and I mean MANY) problems, didn't have this amount of bugs in them (besides the Waluigi Hyper Strike one in Battle League, but still)

21:12 I used to think Pokémon appearing out of nowhere was pop-in as well. After a while, I noticed that I could see Pokémon a farther distance away from me than the proximity they initially popped up. This lead me to the realization that it wasn’t pop-in at all. It was actually the game’s method of spawning random Pokémon encounters. This also explained why once a Pokémon was out of rendering distance it ceased to exist entirely. I could go into the mechanics behind how Pokémon spawn, but the point is it’s not pop-in, but an intentional effort on the part of the developers to keep some semblance of the random encounter system from the previous games. That’s not saying it’s a good implementation as both Sword/Shield and Legends had arguably better spawn methods, but it functions at the very least.

28:41 unfortunately thats due to contracts with the anime tcg manga and merchandise. They really should figure out how to make it a 4 or 5 year cycle though especially because that would allow for more substantial stories to the manga and anime. less designwork needing to go in with pokemon designs, so thats less money they'd need to pay the artists, and would probably allow them to finally do the only piece of pokemon merch that I want, which is a rotom minifridge

For sure. Especially when you give them only 2 or 3 YEARS TO MAKE IT!!!!

This is the reason why I played Pokemon Moon and Pokemon Shield and I even watched the anime Pokemon Black and White I have the game on my switch but after hearing the glitches and the bugs And even also and sword and shield you can enter the clothing shops and walk around and this game you can't no more

I can say they scarlet/Violet repetitive in some areas, the lack of dungeons & puzzles also kind of hurt, the limitations on the trainer customization is annoying and the dex cuts are still a problem.(at least for me) Though story is major improvement from Sword and shield though.

I hope that the future mystery dungeon games continue to have good quality, those are what I truly look forward to whenever a new generation is released

Woah that was an amazing video, really all the arguments seems to be valid, and hopefully we get to see a good Pokemon game in.... 2 or 3 years.

1:14 _there are laxatives in the coffee_

Goofy crocodile man changes a file in his computer to an angry crocodile man as he rages about a kids game

Even as someone who's never played a Pokémon game in his life, I can't deny that 2022 was not a fun year for Nintendo fans, at least not the blind fanboys, and we ended with total Rock Bottom and missed the bus.

Game Freak and Nintendo are not the same thing. Just because Game Freak released something broken but quality doesn’t mean Nintendo will do that, as even after the free update games I still don’t see Nintendo stooping that low. Edit: If you see this Demeech, sorry for coming off as a shill, as I agree with most of this, and GF should get punished for this. While I had fun with the game, I still feel for those who didn’t, and wish the patch that fixes stuff (which was already announced) would come already.

2022 is officially the year Pokémon fell from grace, and sonic rose to glory.

My particular stance on this set of games is just that under all of the bugs there is in fact a really good story. This is the first time I’ve actually felt something big while playing a Pokémon game. In conclusion I feel satisfaction with this series for once and thus no longer need to shell out 60 dollars every 3 years to observe quality I will never find.

"I don't understand why they ditched mega evolutions." "Brand new designs for every pokemon."

I personally enjoyed the game myself honestly, I really like going around the region and the new Pokémon were pretty awesome! Teratalizing was a neat concept that was unfortunately hardly used well in the main game but it’s a blast to use online and has a lot of depth for something relatively simple. However, While I do personally think that calling it one of the worse games of 2022 is a bit hyperbole, i am in zero ways defending the issues this game has. The performance is abysmal, there’s a lot of questionable decisions with how certain animations are applied like eating a sandwich and while I didn’t deal with any crashes, there were quite a few bugs that made me question how this slipped through the cracks. It’s a really fun game that definitely deserves the criticism it’s receiving.

Bad Pokemon Games are loved while the good ones are hated

You are the biggest RU-vidr I discovered in this year, i'm so glad to have found you because i'm a Big Mario Strikers fan and thanks to you i managed to avoid buying Mario Strikers battle League After realising what you were saing was actully true. Happy New Year Demeech and thank you for this Amazing Year! :D PS : i Love your content so much that i'm made your Sprite on Scratch and a Mini Figurine

I should probably be glad I only like the older spin-offs.

To me, I think the legendary being so integral to the story was a bad design choice, because it's totally reliant on my liking it, I personally hate both the designs of them, I hate the concept of them being a futuristic/ancient dragon motorbike, I didn't want anything to do with it, not only that but there is no alternative like a bike, I'm just forced to see and use this pokemon I don't want, it felt like it overshadowed my whole team without even being on it This is why I've realised I actually miss HMs, cause it let's me use the pokemon I want to overcome roadblocks, it made me feel like I was actually bonding with my pokemon, instead I was stuck walking cause I didn't want to use the stupid box legendary to get around but that just made exploration and travelling anywhere just as bad The open world format just isn't it cause there isn't anything to explore, it's just open spaces with nothing in it but pokemon standing around doing nothing, this also makes me miss random encounters, I think if the pokemon are gonna be out in the open world they should be more curated in how they are presented and interact with the world around them, it doesn't feel alive, the world should be smaller, more dense with more branching routes, Alola did that perfectly, I dont see how they can go from that to Galar which every route was a hallway then to PLA and SV which are so open there's just nothing interesting to explore because it's all just dead space

I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. You did give the games a fair chance, but criticized the aspects that warranted it. It's a shame that buried underneath the rubble you mentioned is a gem that the Pokémon games need. They need more manpower to actually finish the digging, and stop constantly having every single release be baby steps. I heard that Game Freak wants their team small to make communication easier, but for a brand as colossal as Pokémon, hiring more people to work on the games isn't just recommended, it's necessary. By the way, I don't think level scaling is as easy as you make it out to be. Level scaling seems to be one of the most difficult elements to get right in RPGs, because in a genre that has growth as part of its core, level scaling could make it seem like you're not actually getting stronger. I want level scaling to be in this game and future games to keep with the lore established by the anime that Gym Leaders use different teams based on how many badges they have. Anyway, with all that said, you did well explaining what went wrong with Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and the whole series as of late. Keep fighting the good fight out there. I would join you, but I've just about had enough with Pokémon after 20 years and trying new monster-taming games. Also, is the Maximum Fury timeline when Nintendo approved a new Kablooey game or something?

Sorry I misses the premier, am in the middle of a massive road trip and didn’t have the time, great stuff as always.

While yes, Scarlet and Violet were not the best upon release, I do genuinely enjoy the games.

Sonic has had to have patches twice for Colors Ultimate and Origins and both games were at least playable at the very least and Pokémon is way bigger than Sonic by the way.

not being able to enter any buildings was crazy to me

Even though I personally like the game, I can understand it's flaws. And it's sad that series like Pokemon get a pass because it's Pokemon, but other series like WarioWare often got shat on. Game and Wario was a complete, good game for the Wii U, and it got shat on for "not being WarioWare". It doesn't even say WarioWare in the title, the main reason people complained about this was because it had the characters and it was fun to crap on the Wii U (it was not but ok). Same thing with GIT, the reviewers find small things to nitpick and turn it into their main point while series like Pokemon get a free pass because Pokemon and Nintendo Switch.

So....this is weird to say, but i love this game and favor it over sword and sheild. However, i am 100000% aware of the performance issues and glitches. As a matter of fsct, mine crashed and i lost progress a few times. To me, this gen has more charm than sw/sh and is much more fun. Yes, i am aware i sound insane.

10:29 There he is! It's quite fitting since 2023 is the year of the rabbit.

What baffles me more than the lack of level scaling is the fact that both sides of the map do not increase in level at the same rate. This is most evident in the level difference between the Steel titan and the Ground titan. This even makes it feels like gen 1 had better overall level layout than these games because at least their later challenges were much closer in level

Hey Demeech. What do you think about Spanish controversy at this game and in Pokémon in general? I think that most part is about the laziness of Nintendo of America to bring a LATAM Spanish translate...

Also doesn't help that there's *NO Level Scaling* meaning none of the gyms, titans, nor bosses scale. Level Scaling is also ideal for a open-world. EDIT: The GTS has been exclusive to Pokemon HOME since Gen 8.......................specifically the Mobile version of Pokemon HOME.

It’s not just Pokémon. This has become a norm in the AAA game industry and it doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. Deadlines above all else. Personally, I had fun but these games were definitely undercooked. 1 step forwards, 2 steps back, sadly a norm for Pokémon games nowadays.

Now lemme get one thing straight. As much as I quite like this game, you are absolutely correct about most if not all of its shortcomings. Just because I like something doesn't mean I have to defend every single aspect of it. For example, Fairy Tail is one of my favorite animes of all time and inspired me in a lot of ways. However, I will also point out that the animation quality took nothing short of a nosedive starting with the second half of the Grand Magic Games arc, the filler arcs are all poorly written first drafts that contribute nothing of any real value to the series, Zeref is probably one of the worst written villains of any show I've ever seen, and the constant reliance on fan service and boob shots gets old fast. Similarly, as much as I liked Scarlet and Violet, I simply can't bring myself to defend the fact that the graphics are on par with early PS2 games, the glitches and bugs are somehow worse than those of Red and Green ever were, the WiFi straight up doesn't work, and the game crashes if you so much as breath on it. As such, I tend to agree with basically every criticism that isn't levied at the plot or characters. Again, I like these games, but I'd be lying straight through my teeth if I said that I didn't mind the plasticky character models or the fact that the game crashes more often than a Long Island driver.

You know a game is bad when it takes 2 entire seconds to open a menu

I think the laziness and lack of polish started back in Gen 6. It started with no Battle Frontier in the ORAS remakes, then releasing the same game TWICE IN A ROW FOR THE SAME PRICE WITH WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE HAD AT LAUNCH THE FIRST TIME(The Alola Games). SWSH then started the whole “Not every Pokemon available in each game despite re-using the same models since 2013.” Then BDSP came. That’s when it happened; The Franchise killed itself. These are the worst remakes of all time. So much laziness, a Day One Glitch that removes the music and SFX, and more. And lastly the nail of the coffin, S/V. What do I even say that hasn’t already been said? They forced this game out despite the fact Arceus released FINE.

I still like the games! BUT! Demeech’s criticism is more than valid! I can’t believe we live in an age where I have to say this but… DO NOT by any circumstance go after, harass, or attack anyone who has an opposing viewpoint to yours! There isn’t a correct opinion and yours is more than valid!

Imma be honest, this game really isn't bad. Glitchy, yeah but it still works for the most part and doesn't damper the gameplay for the most part. And people gotta stop complaining about more pokemon. Considering the amount of Pokemon we have...400 is enough honestly. Just have fan favorites or underrated Pokémon appear in raids or mystery gifts or DLC. I don't need a Pokémon game with almost 1000 Mons. Yeah it's great for variety sake but that's about it

Yeah I don’t really like the exp share like I just beat Pokémon white last year and when I first played it like 6 years ago I only used my starter which made that one really powerful and others not which meant I actually had a reason to use my other Pokémon besides from just gym battles, and also I loved how the exp share worked in that game

Crazy, I was ready to buy this on day 1. Even blocked out Pokémon news to not spoil anything, but on that day I somehow got a recommended video about its poor performance. Didn’t it get it. That was the last straw for this franchise.

Here my overall thoughts on S&V after the vid: while is nice to hear that the game have really good story and good story is the second driven point for me enjoy a game I cannot really let it to consider the game automatically good, the frame rate issue is something that really bother me I can manage 30FPS in games but when it look like the game choke it can cause me a headache, the pokemon line up is alright I don't really complain about the line up but I can understand if you see the misses as damaging, but the crossed line that you can try everything but still have forced locks is a serious problem that I can't really compare to anything aside from mega man granted you can take the harder route but at least you not forced to have specific weapons to get through a spefiic levels and beat unless you count that you need the super arm to get the magnet beam or retry and get the thunder beam in mega man 1 which I don't give it a pass as in both cases you punish the player for expirience the game. As for the presentation my god I am know to be a broken record at this point that presentation don't matter for me as long I can understand what is going and isn't causing a headache and granted while they reached the bar they still one of the ugliest games I see in my life, really the only thing that look good are the charater models, and as someone that despite a passionate minecraft fan I agree the presentation is ehh this is just a low point, but isn't the ugliest game of all time in my opinion in gaming I can think on bubsy 3D and pac land to be uglier and the switch had uglier games that while not exlusive to them like popeye and crash dummy this is just a walter white shock face. How I see pokemon financially in the future, well I think isn't gonna get financially punished even in later titles and I explain why, as demeech said pokemon is the biggest media franchise and as far as I saw even a low quality moment it didn't really punished them until they gave low quality product in a short time despite how critically not recived well sonic O6 was this and titles afterward did got financially sold until sonic boom rise of lyric which granted the lack of sales in the wii u did some damage but still they pulled a poor product and pay the price so I belive if sonic did sell well after the mess of O6 was I am sure pokemon will have the same case unless they pull poor product in a short time say what you will on sword and shield and briliant diamond and shining pearl but they not really come to the O6 levels when the public forgive less for this mess. Bottom line is feel like the same case of what happened to dimps with their last 5 sonic games which the short development time only really give us 2 worthy title to return in my opinion being sonic colors DS and generations 3DS with the other 3 you know are not really worth to return nowdays, I give pokemon scarlet and violet the rank of middle D tier I really want to give it low D tier but consider some freinds and family members of mine have the game and for some it played with no issues I cannot really say it hit on the same levels of mess that is balan wonderworld or bomberman act zero. As for my overall thought on demeech's retrospect as a whole I think it was mostly well done but I saw some stuff that were a bit weird for example when the fury deluxe section was showed up I didn't here the small double dash jingle like previous fury deluxe sections I don't know if you forgot to add it but if you can add it back please do it, I think the main shill section was really well done though it could be a bit shorter and for the maximum fury section I think is your second best only behind your very first one, it was pretty focused and kept not too long but I felt the first one was more epic in vibes and feeling but regardless it was pretty solid but I also wonder what happened with the ugly pokemon person character that was promoted in community post does it was meant only for the posts or it was scrapped during the later editing

I think ALOT of the problems with current day pokemon did start with Sun and Moon. Sun and Moon was where the Rival personality issues started, the dumbing down of the game and gameplay, lack of care for some locations and other route designs, cinematic over something more meaningful, the dreaded boxed in trend where we are given new locations to "explore" but they are essentially a box or 1 way street with a few toys and bland scenery(the ultra traveling being the worst offender), pretty barren locations with little to no people or things to do, etc. etc. The only reason Sun and Moon have a leg up on Sword and Shield is because at least you could say the games were competently made and they tried with going for something a little more ambitious. But I think by the time we got to Sword and Shield, that's more like the pinnacle of what was already started. It took the worst traits of Sun and Moon and made a game out it with even worse things, and Scarlet and Violet are no different. A lot of people seem to be falling for the jingling keys and pretty sparkles approach Pokemon have been doing. Where to people as long as the game looked decent a good portion if the time and you could play it most of the time, that means it's an amazing game cause it's "new" and "modern". I believe these people would be called consumers

30:39 do anyone find is weird the fury deluxe don't have the double dash item jingle?

Speaking of nostalgia and the Olive game, the main bounce sound reminds me of Jumpstart's Pearl Push/Egg Push games, one being even on the Wii. Perhaps they and Webkinz, and by extension, Pokémon, sampled from Universal Media Group, hence the generic sounds.

Pokemon tried to take us down

I went ahead & skipped the cutscenes because there's a feature where you can do that

Another thing that this game annoys me with is the clothes I get that the game is in a school setting but you only spend a hour or two there and its all cutscenes that barely work so just let me customize my character how I want them to look or at the very minimum get rid of the clothes icon in stores as if it’s an option.

Despite being a Nintendo fan, I never was a fan of the pokemon series, they have good ideas, i like some of the creatures designs/concepts and I actually loved Black and white 1 & 2 plus the gold and silver remakes but the rest of the series is not for me, there are a lot of problems and take the fact I'm a casual player, I can easily do an large essay about why the pokemon franchise has problems even in the day of it's birth red and blue on the Gameboy (and no I'm not defending scarlet and Violet). Talking about the current state of Pokemon is just seeing what is wrong with the actual videogame industry (that being the enterprise and consumer), you can even add the free update trash and the Mario sports games on that. I don't know why people take criticism as an attack to their person, both side of the coin are bad then. Outside of that Great video Demeech I was waiting for it, unlike pokemon you didn't disappoint

25:45 the only thing I disagree with in the video, because that's just a stock sound effect and that's what stock effects are for. zelda uses them, mario uses them, star wars uses them, kirby uses them. maybe not this exact sound effect, but its still a stock sound effect.

It's embarrassing how level scaling still hasn't been incorporated to pokemon, i don't know coding but it should be fairly easy imo, object your party pokemon median level, opponent level assigned within a distribution of 5 points. Forget new mechanics, just give us 5-10 new mega evolution per new game and do 60-80 new regional forms per new game and add another 20-30 regional forms and fill with old mons

Unfortunately the franchise may be too big to fail…

I expected this to happen. Damn it seems like every Nintendo franchise is getting screwed over now (with exceptions). Pokémon SV could have been good, but as with recent Nintendo titles they had to rush it. Sticking to indie titles and games I can actually trust to be good. Thanks for making this video mate.

Multi billion dollar franchise btw

Don't tell me this isn't Sonic '06 but with Pokemon characters

I’m surprised you didn’t mention some of the other issues people have been having on Twitter, like I’ve seen clips of people clipping through the floor and falling to the very bottom of the world, and I’ve also seen clips of the world loading in during a Pokémon Battle, this is honestly, quite possibly, the buggiest game Nintendo has ever published. People tend to talk about how the Switch has been Nintendo’s Renaissance, but I feel like this has slowly become one of their worst eras. It looked promising with games like Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, but while they continue to release quality games every once and a while like Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Splatoon 3 (broken online aside), Bayonetta 3, and assumingly Tears of the Kinngdom, it’s VERY apparent to me that they have gotten exceptionally greedy this generation, willing to release more unfinished games than ever because they’ll know that they don’t need to do anything to make a profit off of a product. I’m extremely disappointed with Nintendo lately. I’m always there for the good Nintendo games, and while the Switch has given us some of their best, the level of disrespect they show for the spin off franchises is truly tragic.

Not even Lechonk could save these games.😔

I honestly expected a 2 hour long video essay, considering how much good and bad there is. But great video none the less.

Yh I have 132 hours on the game imma say im dissapointed my frame were 5 💀 and I had a glitch were Arvens dog didn’t spawned in dialogue and the graphics looked ugly and I can’t even play it anymore I do hope they put many patches to fix it but I doubt this mess can be fixed

Gen 7 was the big signal that things were going south.

Sonic Frontiers - 60+ employees, 5 years Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - 169 employees, 3 years at most (whiling they were working on 2 games at once, with the other one being PLA) which one has more polish?

I don't know how many people are going to read this, but I can't overstate how important this is. PLAY YOKAI WATCH. I had been on the fence about the series for years before finally giving it a shot about two months ago and it was easily some of the most fun I have had since I first played Pokemon way back. These games are innovative, fun, full of life, and absolutely CRAMMED with content. On top of that each one is only 40 dollars on the 3ds eShop and come as more complete experiences than the recent 60 dollars plus dlc Pokemon games. If you were a fan of the charm gen 7 Pokemon had, these games did it before Game Freak and they did it way better. The biggest example of this is Yokai Watch 3. This game is the largest 3ds game content wize, and it really shows. There is more content in this 3ds game than Breath of the Wild and on top of that it just so happens to have a 20 dollar side game built into it, you know, just because. There is a free demo for the first game on the 3ds eShop and I highly recommend y'all try it out. Yeah it's kinda cringy, but it's honestly really fun and I regret not trying these games out earlier. Thanks for reading this and have an awesome day! :)

The only good nintendo game where thE gimmick is to grow BEEG is New Super Mario Bros DS. Anyways, this video was great. These games CLEARLY needed 1 or 2 more years in development, because they do have really good things going for them. Also the ending was hilarious. Way to end off the year and here's to a great 2023!

I honestly don't know how Gamefreak can fix this heap of technical debt. Even with its technical problems solved the art is so botched. Crudely tiled and blurry textures, crudely sculpted terrain, and completely botched lighting. Even with its more cartoonish look the game is hideous to look at. Even the sandwich minigame is completely broken. Just compare it to Pokémon Arceus Legends and you'll see what I mean. The even more absurd thing is that this game gets DLC. I'm so done with Pokémon. I haven't touched it since release.

11:22 Yes, _Kirby and the Forgotten Land_ also does this, as does Mario Kart 8. However, Forgotten Land and MK8 are optimized for Switch hardware and neither do it as close to the camera as SV. Low framerates in both games can also be justified (8 goes to 30fps in 3 and 4 player local multiplayer because of how much there is to render). Though I do wonder if KatFL could run at 60 if the devs used BSP mapping like your old CoDs and Quakes (which was used so players with weaker computers could play) instead of fully 3D-modeled environments. 13:30 The quick battle mechanic is rather dumb. I imagined that it would act as a first strike. 15:00 Game Freak, add a difficulty slider. 17:11 The game only tells you this for mons you've seen. Again, give players the ability to turn this off. 17:26 The ability to change types mid-battle and expand STAB could've been interesting if the game was more difficult and the AI did this a lot more aggressively. 19:04 Co-op would have been way cooler if you could actually battle together. Limit it to 3 people and bring back triple battles, and this would be a lot more interesting. 24:00 My sister and I were watching my cousin, who is unfortunately still too big of a Pokemon fanatic to stay away from this, absolutely burst out laughing at this animation. 25:06 You must've not experienced the elite four music bug.

was not expecting a close-up of cenk uygur in the middle of a pokemon video lol

2:36 Actually sun and moon do have megas you can even get some stone's from the battle tree that includes the ultra games

it only tells you type matchups when you have beaten that exact pokemon before.

idk i havent played it but all my friends who have have been playing it have been raving about how fun it is. I might just pick it up for the multiplayer but its always good to see both sides of the argument

I clocked in 30 minutes before I quit. After boring cutscenes I finally got to step outside the house, and there was no sky box. Never picked it up again since.

Game Freak, despite being the sole developers of the primary medium of the biggest media franchise in the world, run on a rushed development cycle with sub-200 employees on the payroll. If they were _serious_ about making these games at this pace, they'd have as many employees as there are Pokemon, not a smaller number than we had in Gen 2. Splitting a team this small compared to their intended scope _in two_ to develop two rushed games at once, that's just begging for both products to fail. Which is what happened here, with Scarlet/Violet and Legends Arceus each being made by separate teams _within_ Game Freak.

Galar had at least some challenge, I played it when I was seven, kept getting lost, couldn’t beat gym leaders etec ( I wasn’t a dumb seven year old either). My seven year old sister complained this game ( apart from getting lost constantly) was too easy

The gaslighting from fans saying their game runs perfectly with no lag and anyone saying they have lag is lying.... the lake area ran at 5fps I did not suffer that for nothing'! 😂

I did pick up a copy of the game, I have to say it is pretty fun running around with all the story options. However the entire experience is brought down by the terrible draw distances and battles near the water where my Pokémon just disappear into the water.