More Top 6 Best and Worst Version Exclusives in Pokémon 

The thing i dont like about having to choose between Drampa and Turtonator is that they are in very different parts of the game, so I feel like you miss out on more since you are left with an uncomplete area, instead of the same area having one or the other

They're not proper version exclusives, but I've always disliked how in Sword, they made Pikachu more common than Eevee, while doing the opposite for Shield. Not only does Eevee have eight evolutions compared to Pikachu's one, meaning you need to catch more for dex completion, but Eevee also has a lower odds of being Female, so you can't even rely on breeding to help, unless you get a Ditto.

As of today, Armorouge and Ceruledge are, imo, the best couterpart Pokémon in the whole saga.

Stonjourner is cute rock type

EXCUSE ME??!! galarian farfetched's counterpart is galarian ponyta, NOT PONYTA

Mareep not being available in Pokemon Crystal is to this day one of the most baffling choices when it comes to version exclusives. It's one of Johto's best Pokemon.

To rub more Nacli into the wound in regards to the Glameow line is that it's only natively/normally available -(Without trading, events or transferring etc.) in three mainline games: Pearl, Shining Pearl and Legends Arceus. Whilst the Stunky line is in: Diamond, Brilliant Diamond, Legends Arceus, Sword + Shield and Scarlet. Heck, they even changed the Stunky line's counterparts to the Gulpin line in gen 9.

Tauros Blaze Form, Tauros Aqua Form, Tauros Forest Form But... what they should have done Tauros Blaze Form Tauros Torrent Form Tauros Overgrow Form There... you can even give them those abilities.

I can't help but feel a little bad for Glameow and Purugly, since they're the oldest Pokemon that haven't been in a regional Dex since their introduction (apart from starters, Legendaries, and Mythicals) while Stunky and Skuntank got into 3 others, and were paired up with Gulpin and Swalot as exclusives in Paldea.

I genuinely love the gothitelle line and always use them

Question for you all: Do you think we should get some type of Murkrow Paradox form so that we can keep up the linking between it and the Misdreavus line because it got Flutter Mane?

Breeding a Volbeat/Illumise has a 50% chance to hatch either of them, regardless of which one the egg came from

I love how Paldea did version exclusives. Non of the new pokemon are exclusives up until post game (paradox), so you can discover most of the new mons by yourself (which is the most fun). They also added Tauros forms as a non compulsary rare additional exclusive mon

Armorouge and Ceruledge are definitely the most “balanced” version exclusive Pokemon. Typing, preference, and difference in the popularity between the two aside, you really don’t feel like you are missing out if you plan to use either of them in the game. Both have really great signature moves and have really cool designs. I also wholeheartedly agree with the Unova psychic duo being one of the worst. It’s pretty obvious which of the two people favors more and Renuiclus even has far superior abilities. Anyway, nice video Emperor Cubone.

My favorite version exclusives are definitely Sirfetch’d, Armorouge and Ceruledge. They’re my top 3 favorite Pokémon, and all of them have awesome designs, and were also pretty strong members of my Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Scarlet team Also, off topic a bit, but I managed to complete the Pokédex in Pokémon Scarlet. It was my first time completing the Pokédex in a Pokémon game 😄

I found Lunatone & Solrock to be an interesting version Exclusive duo.

Funny how they separated Reuniclus and Gothitelle now. The latter is in Paldea while Reu isn't. I think GF thinks of Gothitelle now as a 3 stage waifu we seem to be constantly getting. Like how the only middle stages added to Pokemon Cafe Mix for a while were Kirlia, Gothorita, Hattrem and Steene

gothitelle is great. cool design and stellar inspirations (lolita + cosmic being). but regardless, the reuniclus line aren't even in scarlet and violet so clearly the pair can be seperated.

Just a quick correction about misdreavus in gen 2. It actually was a version exclusive to pokemon gold (GBC) and its counterpart in silver (GBC) was sneasel. Sneasel also received a new evolution in gen 4, but the method of evolution was different from misdreavus; severing the former bond they had.

I used Gothitell! My older brother got white before I got black. So I trained one up as my psychic type 😊

Surprised you didn't mention Seviper and Zangoose They even had a in story rivalry that made sense why they were version exclusive

what makes it worse that Illumise and Volbeat are version exclusives is that you can breed an Illumise and get Volbeat

Version exclusives appearing in raid battles is good idea. So you can get other version Pokémon.

6:34 Gothita is in Scarlet and Violet while Solosis isn't

Speaking as someone who picked Sprigatito, Armorouge is a fantastic addition to my team. I love the animation of his arm cannons as he uses his signature move

Bought omega ruby for the sole purpose of using mega mawile in a playthrough team. One of my favorite pokemon

6:16 Competitive players: "Are we joke to you?" And in Competitive scene, they has different playstyles, so they're not the same. Also, Gothitelle got into S/V WITHOUT Reuniclus, and also can be obtained in both versions. Edit: As Gothitelle fan, this a big win for me.

Turtonator is unironically WAY better than Drampa , Turtonator is catcheable in the third island , while Drampa isn't avaible until literally Mt.Lanakila a.k.a the VICTORY ROAD , meaning that you're wrong when you said that the two are the only dragon rep until the very last of the game as Kommo-o is obtainable before Drampa

I hard disagree with Reuniclus and Gothitelle and less so for Tyranitar and Aggron. Starting with Tyranitar and Aggron, I think the pair is fine and both are very strong and both mons you might choose a game over... but one is a psuedo legendary while the other is a strong but still regular pokemon. I'll give them this if any pokemon can manage being a pseudo and non pseudo version exclusive it's those two since they share a lot of overlap in inspiration and both got a mega... but the thing is I don't think pseudo legendaries should really be split with non pseudos since pseudolegendaries are so uniquely cool and powerful that even as someone who quite enjoys aron for being a little metal guy I still regret picking pokemon X just because I lost an entire psuedo legendary and especially one that can enable team styles like Tyranitar and its sand stream. Had ORAS not been in the works at the time I would say Metagross and Larvitat would've worked but I think something like Garchomp and Larvitar would've done just fine as well and just moving Aron to Gible's spot in route 13 would both make sense and help balance out the game by not overflowing you with pseudos and strong dragon types really early on For Gothitelle and Reuniclus I don't think either of them are wastes of space since we're not comparing them to past gen mons because gen 5's gimmick was not having any past gen mons so just saying "use Alakazam instead" misses the point both in their usage in gen 5 and later because part of the point of including them is to make each region feel unique and vibrant instead of just having the same gen 1 pokemon over and over each time. I think in terms of adding diversity to the pokedex they do an amazing job both having very unique designs that stand out amongst the other psychic types especially in their generation. I will say Reuniclus does have the better argument for it since it makes much better usage of its stats but Gothitelle is no slouch either being a more balanced spread to fit well in a variety of roles especially with its very rare shadow tag ability. I feel like shadow tag alone makes Gothitelle a valuable inclusion and a decision worth pondering, even if it's less useful in playthroughs it is still an amazing trait to have that sets it apart from other psychic types much like Reuniclus's amazing magic guard and regenerator abilities. I feel like both make amazing use of the 3 stages as well since they show a very fluid transition between the starting form and end with both having a very unique feel despite simultaneously being very well connected that I feel has actually been missed in gen 9 with a lot of two stage lines not really providing the stages to show how the prevo becomes the fully evolved mon. Looking at you Espathra. In short I think Gothitelle and Reuniclus have enough differences between the two to make it a real choice while also still filling the same role on a team so you don't miss out on a strong bulky Psychic type no matter which one you pick. As for my favorite version exclusive... well I have admittedly shown my bias already towards gen 5 but I really like Whimsicott and Liligant since they have the same status as similar enough to fill a role on a team but with enough unique differences and tools to set them apart despite that, prankster for Whimsicott and quiver dance for Liligant. Adding the fairy type to Whimsicott did hurt the balance but Hisuan Lilligant more than makes up for it leading to both being among my favorite pokemon of all time. I also really like Iron Valiant and Roaring Moon and to a slightly lesser extent the rest of the paradox mons, the sheer power of all of them and just the designs alone of the two strongest paradox pokemon(past the legendaries) is just amazing to me My least favorite version exclusive is the clothing in sv because it almost singlehandedly makes me not want to play scarlet because I do not like the orange. Really gamefreak why can't there be customizable outfits like the literal game prior.

The real problem with turtonator and fampa is that nator is available very early and can be helpful for those who didn't chose litten, but drampa con only be found at the freaking , you know, the place you go to when you already have a full team of 6 and your are not taking applications anymore

Don’t trash talk the bugs, I love Volbeat and Illumise! Also, I adore Eiscue! Lol also, also, Ceruledge and Armorouge....good, but overrated lol

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I honestly really like Solosis and Gothorita They're both cute, their evolutions are pretty different, and they don't fulfill the same role in battle Ntm that they don't ALWAYS include the other Pokemon's counterpart when adding pokemon to the regional dexes.

I low-key like Volbeat and Illumise. They're definitely aweful, but you mentioned in another video that they're a *Lightning* bug and *Fire* fly matchup, so I feel like they could have been great options for regional forms with those typings added. And maybe a small BST boost with it 🤷🏻‍♂️ You can never go wrong with more fire and electric types that aren't starters, sub par or pikachu clones imo ❤

Bruh perfect #1 charcadet line is GOATED

Why does he talk about gothitelle and reuniclus both having to be in the dex if one of them is in, despite only gothitelle being present in sv

i too chose the best starter Fuecoco but when i played Scarlet i wasn't dissapointed by Armarouge only issue from me is homeboy learns his signature move like 20 levels after Ceruledge does

Just to let you know Stunky isn't a bad Pokemon at all when it evolves into Skuntank at level 34 it learns Flamethrower straight away so you won't need a Fire type in Sinnoh and Skuntank is actually really good. I used a Male Purugly on my original Pearl team in 2007 I caught it as a Glameow on Route 222 and I kept it on the team and used it against Cynthia I really like Purugly it gets so much negativity but it can be a great Pokemon if trained correctly. Volbeat & Illumise are in both Ruby & Sapphire but there is something you missed Illumise is more common in Ruby and Volbeat is more common in Sapphire and the same encounter rates apply to Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.

You do know that if you breed Illumise you can get both Illumise and Volbeat eggs right?(same with a Volbeat with a Ditto)

I think Aron x Larvitar is one of the worst version exclusives since Tyranitar is way stronger than Aggron and that make stuff unbalanced. And I dont think the psychic trios of Unova are fated to be put together in every game since we have examples of previous exclusive pokemon appearing in regional dex without its counterpart, like Arcanine and Braviary in SV.

I LOVE Bug types but I couldn't care less about Volbeat and Illumise

I like the Zangoose and Seviper pair. I just really like those Pokemon :P

I dont like the icecue and stonejoiner (dont know how to spell these things). But the critisism is a bit to much. Yes the they have their superefective weaknesses are are physical, bu mt that is a positieve, cause that way they dont get knocked in 1 hit. And icecue gaining speed instead of attack is better, because it gets bella drum but it is slow, and would otherwise be eliminated super easily. And they arent their gymleaders ace? What is wrong with that?

I think an Honorable mention goes to Black City and White Forest . White Forest Literally has alot of good pokemon you can catch like the Ralts. Aron. Trapinch, Bagon line. While Black City let's you battle the full evolved version of those mons but not catch them legitimate and since gts is down you can't even request one for trade. I mean it' not a pokemon but a location that prevents you getting 32 more pokemon

The Reuniclus vs Gothitelle part is not very accurate. Gothitelle is actually not bad in competitive even being very good in gen 9. Speaking of gen 9, they split her and Reuniclus so there goes that part of your argument too.

#4 is blasphemy, I love my gothic Lolita and stem cell pokemon

Your point about gothitelle is invalidate considering that line is in scarlet and violet and not reuniclus…. It is weird you didn’t mention that Also, I like stonjourner and eiscue way more than the charcadet evolutions, which is frustrating because I may be the only one

12:44 you better not be serious. having a branched evolution for each version was a great idea and the fact there is an offensive branch which is in sword and a defencive branch in shield made it better

How are you complaining about the Spanish region having bull Pokémon?

Unova psychic type are the coolest psychic type, gothitelle is a excellent design, is the cooler gardevoir

"This is an automatic 6 pokemon stricken from the roster when the abra line could have done well enough" Me who likes all 9 of those pokemon seeing Scarlet and Violet using none of the aforementioned 9 psychic types: "Reality is often disappointing"

ceruledge is the reason i chose violet version. scarlet may have cooler paradox pokemon but ceruledge design is fire. i even like its shiny. it is now tied with charizard as my favorite pokemon.

I love Oranguru but it is always in the version i dont have. I love its cry

Funny how gothitelle is ranked one of your worst but was in the winning team of the previous vgc regional

Poor sableye losing it's counterpart Mawile in gen 9.

But... Gothitelle is in SV, but Reuniclus not. So yes, you can do one, without the other. And despite being 2 Psychic types, those 2 have different playstyles.

Oh, and Volbeat and Illumise can't be version exclusives, since you can breed Volbeat to get Illumise and vice versa

I cannot stress how much I despise Eiscue and Stonjourner

Um wait I thought galarian farfetch'd counterpart was galarian ponyta

No idea what you are talking about. Duosion is sick

Just what I love to see when I get home from roofing

Your speech on the gothita line is blasphemous

Ah.. Ceruledge and Armoruge. The "megaman" Pokemon that most of the community hated on and memed. Only for them to wind up using them in the end to sweep teams.

I think Gothitelle is cool.

Reuniclus is not in SV but Gothitelle is

Stonjourner is one of my favourites design wise because it’s a Stonehenge with big legs and a smug face

My favorite version excludices are definitely dragalge and clawitzer. The choice is tough, cause i love em both

This channel is so underrated

Gmax stonjouner(?) definitely should have been a Stonehenge circle.

Awwwww, I loved my Drampa.

Fun fact: It took until Ruby & Sapphire, a Generation 3 title, for Sandshrew and Sandslash to not be version exclusives in a two-version Pokémon title.

Gothitelle>>>>>>>>Reuniclus

wow this video was not meant for me who loves Gothitelle, Illumise, & Glameow lol

i really like reuniclus lol

Hm, how very interesting, personally I don’t know which exclusives i like more, haven’t really given it much thought, but I do like the Gothitelle-Line and I don’t mind their counterparts, so maybe them?

To be honest the Scarlet and Violet paradox forms pissed me off a bit. In Scarlet there are 3 of them that are not even based on fully evolved forms, while Violet gets two that is based on pseudo legendary pokemon AND the combination of Gardevoir and Gallade. It does makes sence in the lore, but it's still feels unfair.

I have a DS lite, a 2ds, a copy of pokemon platinum that I want to complete the pokedex, a copy of soul silver and a copy of pokemon saphire... The fact that I can technically complete the pokedex all the way through but need a copy of Diamond AND Pearl to get Stunky and Glameow is every disencouraging

I mean Drapion is Poison/Dark type and can be caught in both games; so it’s not a huge loss that Pearl can’t get Stunky.

I understand the "need" for exclusives. I just rather not have to trade to get what I want when revisiting older games down the line. Same goes for trade evolutions. There is always Rom Hacks I guess.

I ran into a shiny illumise bug thing in Y right after I beat the game. I hadn't had a shiny in years prior. I was heartbroken

I am pretty sure galarian farfetched and galarian Ponyta are the counter part exclusives and not corsola

Someone wanting separate versions?! That’s gotta be a hot take.

Another thing about Stunky and Glameow: you can't get either in Platinum. You can get every other Gen 1-4 Pokemon if you have Heartgold, Soulsilver, and Platinum, but not these 2, meaning you NEED a friend with Diamond and you NEED a friend with Pearl. Terrible. They did a similar thing in Yellow, but they moved away from 3rd versions having to trade with both other versions in Crystal. In gen 3, you only need Emerald, Leafgreen, Colosseum, and XD. One of each game. In gen 4, you need 2 Johto games and 3 Sinnoh games to complete the Dex. So useless. I'm glad they stopped making 3rd versions like that so now we can get all the Dex Pokemon with only the 2 games and the remakes instead of needing 5 total games. That's just adding onto why this is such a bad pair imho

Fair enough they did messed up the Paldean Turos. The Blaze and Aqua version should have been included in both versions. They are very rear already, and hard to find. I don't mind the pure fighting version, witch reference to the bull fighting culture, since after all it's based on Spain and Portugal in real life. Where's the Grass fighting version. Hopefully they added in the DLC as the 4th variant both versions of scarlet and violet.

Great video man! You have the best ideas for videos out of all the poketubers I watch and your writing is second to none!

The fire knights being Burning Bionicle’s that’s a first they’re mainly compared to MegaMan since they were designed by a MegaMan designer, personally reminds me of a red megaman and a blue/purple protoman from battle network but they also give off a kingdom hearts vibe, iron valiant is also amazing giving me the metal sonic feeling XD, heck it’s shiny reminds me of the 2 player mode androids in shadow the hedgehog

I wish someone at gamefreak had the courage to say "no" to so many designs. Theres just so many misses. A ton of absolute bangers too, dont get it twisted. But so many where I just ask... Why? I feel like if they would have introduced less new pokemon in every generation, they could have avoided the precedent and we could be at like 600 right now, of just the best pokemon. I get that people may disagree with that though. I'm just old school and want to "catch em all" but that's just... Not really possible anymore :/

The problem with version exclusives especially back with the GBA is trading wasn’t possible without the additional and, for a child with a tiny allowance, expensive equipment Once the DS came out with wireless connection it was fine.

How dare you bad mouth Purugly, I would die for Purugly lol it’s seriously one of my actual favorite mons

If anything, they should've made Stonjourner's counterpart Garganacl. I mean, same typing AND they look similar! The only thing with that is Stonjourner would need an evolutionary line, but would that really be that difficult?

I just want to point out that Gothitelle is in Scarlet and Violet and Reuniclus is not so you saying that every game Gothitelle is in also includes Reuniclus is very much incorrect Also Sableye is in Scarlet and Violet but Mawile is not so does that disqualify them from this list? Also I don't get the hate for Stonjourner like have you seen it's stats? They're as lopsided as Shuckle for goodness sake that's just so ridiculous it comes back to being funny and you can't tell me the image of Stonjourner punting a smaller pokemon across the horizon with it's giant rock legs isn't hilarious, Eiscue however just looks pathetic when it doesn't have it's dumb ice cube, like there is no pokemon that looks more pitiful than Eiscue

What are you talking about?! You can easily get the other one for Volbeat and Illumise! you just have to breed it (with Ditto for Volbeat), and your egg has an equal chance of hatching into either a Volbeat or an Illumise, since they're the gender counterparts of the same species, just as with Nidoran♂ and Nidoran♀.

Number 1 they look like mega man characters they're really cool.

I don't mind the existence of two different versions of the Pokémon games but I do feel they need greater justification for two versions existing. Ruby and Sapphire with it's differing teams as well as Black and White with it's differing philosophy (and town + Gym Leader) were the only times I felt they justified the two different versions. 1:56 - The complaint about the Turtonator and Drampa pair went in a different direction than I was expecting though it is one my younger brother would agree with you. He did not have a fun time using Turtonator. As for myself, well I had to scrap my plans to use a Drampa when I found out it could only be caught right before the end of the game. 5:21 - I forgot that Aggron got the Mega Evolution all the way back in X and Y; here I was thinking it didn't get it until Alpha/Omega. I do love how Aggron's Mega Evolution turns it into a Pure Steel as the type change-up worked well for a surprise defensive play. 8:02 - Ruby and Sapphire really wanted to promote that Double Battle theme but I don't see the appeal of using a mono-type tag team. It has it's advantages of course but it seems less interesting. I always felt that they should have been combined with Plusle and Minun; keep one mouse, keep one bug, and have the two be the plus-and-minus tag-team that can boost the other as cheerleaders. Likewise in the Lunatone and Solrock case, I feel Lunatone would have made more sense as Rock/Dark... though I suppose that would mess up the Tate & Liza Psychic Gym thing. 11:03 - This route difference is what I was expecting you to complain about with Drampa, who suffers this to an even worse degree. Really, these version exclusive pairs should be placed in the same place where it made sense, which it would for both Glameow and Stunky being underneath the bike path. 11:55 - Oh yeah, Mawile was the first pure Steel. Both Mawile and Sableye are really cool Pokémon, an while I believe there were issues with their introduction (pure Steel Mawile introduced by a Fighting gym and with only special attack dark moves at her disposal) they later corrected that with the Attack/Special split and Fairy typing. One of the coolest and type distinct pairs about. 12:58 - A stonehenge Pokémon being very exclusive was a baffling decision, particularly when paired with an unrelated penguin. I'm surprised Stonjourner wasn't part Psychic, Fairy or even Ghost given it's origins. A Pokémon that would have been neat to use but whom I didn't because it was far too late game.

I hope that as long as I play Pokémon socially, I never befriend anyone with opinions as bad as yours. Thorough L takes.

I'm going to beat a dead horse at how disappointing that the shiny variants of Armarouge and Ceruledge are just their eye-color. I wanted a Megaman and Zero palette swap for them.

Why do they keep making physical defense ice-types? They'll never be good unless they give them a good secondary type that counteracts most of its weaknesses.

love Sableye..... if any game has it, and its counterpart doesn't.... sorta makes my decision for me lol

Thought this was going to be version exclusives where one was clearly better than the other, could make an interesting list. Still enjoyed the video

Ceruledge has become my favorite Pokémon! It’s so good