Pokemon scarlet and violet are.... something 

what do u mean scarlet and violet were 6 weeks ago I upload everything in a v timely manner (happy new year !!)

Nemona being bored cuz she was already a champion is legit, the fact that she got excited to see someone who actually matches her skills is awesome too. The game has some bugs, but it has so much to do, explore and appreciate, that whatever. I love it. Cant describe everything here cuz it will become a long comment.

The dead cities and lack of people to talk with actually killed the mood for me. I can’t even walk into Pokémon Centers and talk to the fun NPCs anymore

I felt the same way. I had frame rate issues and some glitches but I actually had fun. And its sad because the story and the characters are so likable and the best Pokemon delivered in terms of that. But it's no excuse for the issues it had. We really should be getting Pokemon every two years. Nevertheless, I live for Larry. Lol. Best character.

It's very refreshing to hear Lucy expressing her undying love for the series and at the same time recognize the very obvious issues, I wish more people were capable of that because this game definitely took some steps forward and some steps back. Also I'm glad to see I'm not the only one still waiting for the Battle Frontier.

My main problem with the game is the fact that the shinies don't have sound effects anymore. I feel like there was no reason to remove it since even Legends: Arceus had it's own sound effect

You give criticism the way it should be. There is no rage baiting, no over the top condemnations. Thank you for your videos. I haven't played a new Pokemon release in several years, but it makes me happy to hear someone enjoying them still.

The soundtrack of this game is superb. Shoutout to Team Star's Giacomo for doing God's work. Seriously though, Levincia is Paldea's Driftveil City! Penny's theme is the ultimate quiet kid music. And the flute in West Province goes WAY harder than it should. As someone who knows a lot about Spain and Portugal, I appreciate that this region exists and the research they did for this. Like Cortondo having an olive festival as a reference to its counterpart Jaén being famous for its olive oil (producing 20 percent of the world's olive oil), and Medali having a Roman amphitheatre in reference to one in its counterpart Mérida.

Watching these reviews makes me happy to know I wasn’t the only one breaking into every house I saw and forcing the people in there to talk to me in the older games

I think my biggest gripes are the clothes and the lack of character from the npcs and town. Usually i like just running around towns talking to the npcs this game just felt like oh i need more items better go to the “towns” (malls)

I’d say my only problem with scarlet/violet is the raid system. It’s fine until the game pauses for 5 minutes, not letting you do anything and runs your clock down, or the raid Pokémon heals itself even though you have a competitive Pokémon that ohko’d it. Also when a teammate faints, I believe it depletes your time a bit too much. That system needs to be fixed.

I cant wait for the shiny hunting tales from this gen! Out of everything honestly the problem that really sticks out to me is the lack of sparkles with shinies.. I've seen streamers pass shinies live and it hurts my soul to see, at least you cant really accidentally run from one in battle cause you werent paying attention

I agree with Nemona being a fun rival. And, unlike in previous versions where you had a single rival present at the giveaway, her picking the starter weak against yours makes perfect sense: She's already a champion, and she's excited to possibly face a challenge in the future. Not only does she give herself a deliberate disadvantage (which, with secondary typing, has a chance of being erased, or at least eased, at later levels), she's trying not to scare you off prematurely. The best description of her I've seen is: "Nemona is the protagonist of another Pokémon game, serving as an NPC in Scarlet and Violet".

The bigger issue I honestly have with shiny hunting without the charm sound is that it forces me to look up what the shinnies actually look like to check if their just a slight off colouring which sucks because I like the surprise of finding the shiny and checking out it's cool new look but now I already know what they look like and It takes some of the fun away. Overall this game is amazing though

The biggest frame issue for me is the boxes they load so slow

I actually appreciate that I don't have to run up to people and they just say what they're going to say in overhead bubbles. The shop concept is also good, I would like them to keep it just being a menu for important stuff but I'd love to still enter houses.

Out of the friends, Arven was my favourite. He was so wholesome and please GameFreak let us give that man a hug following the events of the story.

I think X and Y customization clothes were the one the best since some was modern to it’s time😊

I was recently listening to a couple of your older videos from 7 years ago and I really appreciate how you’re still passionate about Pokémon after all these years even if each game has its quirks. It’s like the only thing that aged about you was your voice. Keep up the good work, sister!

The core issue, as mentioned in a video that I watched, is that the Pokemon company makes more profit from merchandise, such as plushies, than they do with the main series. So TPC is more willing to sacrifice the main series games if it means not delaying the merchandise that features Pokemon that are revealed in said game

The days CandyEvie uploads are always peak

My overall opinion on SV is that they're fun games to play, albeit with some questionable features. The glitches and bugs don't get me enraged like some people do (I personally had a lot of fun laughing at how silly some of them were), but not being able to change the clothing or see/hear the sparkling sounds when you're close to a shiny do hold it back from being a really great Pokemon game. Also, Happy New year, Boss

Literally took the words right out of my mouth. When people ask me what I think of the new games, I'll send them to this video. 110% agree

I love how Pokemon is going into more weird designs. That's cool.

After one of the first cutscenes of the game, all of the character models glitched out, and for a second they were all t-posing staring at the screen. It was amazing.

Honestly, Sandy Shocks is the sort of weird that I kinda like. It’s got gremlin lizard-monkey energy while actually being a gestalt of living magnets, and the expressiveness of some of the animations are what makes it *really* work to me.

Your take on the bugs and glitches is very much how I feel as well. They are there and we shouldn’t just accept them as the usual, but they also shouldn’t keep you from enjoying the game! :)

Also can we all collectivly agree in the cutscenes or in general for this matter KORAIDON'S FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE AMAZING I feel like it has some more life to it like sometimes you can tell its happy or a little sassy

When you said there weren't many interiors to buildings, that made me realize that they probably stopped the tradition of including a secret Game Freak battle

Battling NPCs has been kinda weird on how you approach them. When you're new, it's your main source on EXP. You gain more resources and it becomes addicting to just battle. Then as you catch on, you just either naturally gain more EXP through spending time doing other things or you form strategies around being lower leveled. I personally started avoiding trainers like the plague. So when I saw it was optional, I literally didn't fight a single trainer till I 100% the entire dex, and it was just so I could access Thunder Wave.

If Game Freak ever took the time to smooth out the glitches and bugs in Scarlet and Violet, they would be S-tier titles.

Candyevie be that person that spends years looking for a slightly different colours of pixels and somehow make it fun to watch

Two little points that got sided as jokes in the video that interested me were the "I'm a pokemon fan, I'm willing to throw my money at them and they know that" and "Don't go to twitter to yell at the devs" I think there's a problem with that, game freak seems to think that the quality of the game doesn't matter anymore because people will buy it anyway, we will just get more and more garbage main line games unless they actually stop making money. I agree with the "don't yell at the devs on twitter" only because that's not where the devs are, only some media management guy that is told what to tweet lol

I tried to play this game but my character keeps getting shoved in lockers how do you get past that part????

I have a similar situation when it comes to seeing new Pokémon in the games takes a bit for me to get use to them. I remember thinking how lazy a design flamigo was, but now that I’ve used one and got a better look of it, it might be my favorite gen 9 Pokémon. Cause it takes two of gamefreaks oldest design philosophies of making a Pokémon a very stylized version of a real animal or adding a couple of unique or magical qualities to an animal.

Still love how Fuecoco is the textbook example of “no thoughts, head empty”

6:23 ok but you cannot deny: she is spitting facts

scarlet and violet were my first ever full odds shinies, a psyduck right after leaving the first area from the light house and a cryognal (not sure the name) and I gotta say, made the game feel more fun to randomly encounter them

“Not that gym, they’ll mess you up” Me, who spent an entire day power leveling my Pokémon on the poor, poor fools around the mountain, because I decided to do Ice third: “Spite is a powerful motivator”

Usually performance issues don't bother me too much. Like some frame drops is fine, but when it actually slows the game down, I get bothered. I had that happen with double battles in Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Moon, button presses and menus were delayed and it just took too long so I avoided them as much as possible. Sometimes S/V is the same unfortunately

They are definitely the games of all time

The Box Arts have become my favorite box art legends. I just love both of them with a burning passion. Also love the designs of the places and Pokémon in this game! Especially how the time machine looks like a kaleidoscope on crack 😂. So the theme for the starters is that each one is based off a different Latin festival. For Meowscarada, it's Mardi Gras. For Quaquaval, it's the Rio Carnival (hence the dumper and the extravagant outfit). And finally for Skeledirge, it's Día de los Muertos. When it comes to rematches, you CAN rematch Top Champion Geeta, as she participates in the post-game Academy Ace Tournament. Since Hassel is the art teacher at the Academy, he's also participating in the tournament with a team of six, his Elite Four team and a Dragonite. You can also rematch Larry, but he won't be using his Flying-type team again as he will be at his Gym (using five Normal-types) as part of Geeta's Gym inspection.

One of the most entertaining bugs I’ve found was making sandwiches; as my bread and ingredients would just- fall through the plate idk if other people experienced this but it’s an absolute riot

Don’t forget to get the Flying Pikachu. And please tell us your final team in your play through. Happy new year!

The despair portrayed on quaxly and fuecoco in the thumbnail is hilarious omg

love the little art panels/animations :D great vid

This video brings me joy during my time right now. I suffered from a panic attack and now I'm sick but this helped me. Thank you and happy 2023!

As much as i love the Violet version, damn. i truly wished they had like at least 6 months to a year to finish it. with less problems. but damn i loved Arven a lot, since i could personally relate to him quite a lot. and the Team Star also was quite relateable too, as a person who got bullied a lot in school, and then became a bit of a delinquent. but in the end, it's probably the "1 pokemon main line game per year thing" management, and tbh i would've loved if the new games were bit more invested and i would love to wait for maybe 1 game in 2-2.5 years, we would get probably better games. but tbh to even think about it. gen 1 had 6- year dev hell, but it also had like 2-6 people working on it. and it's a bug/glitch fest.

The game is definitely something… Glad I chose the grass starter, it’s my most favourite. 💚

The shiny hunting get worst when you realise that Pokémon can spawn incide walls

Your video’s are always so amazingly fun, all the small jokes you make are so well timed and good! Love this content!

Honestly my only flaws with the game are the obvious performance issues and while they said you can start your adventure whenever you can either be under leveled or over leveled for a battle. It’s easily one of my favorite Pokémon games ever and it’s all because of the story especially Arven’s. I have never cried in a Pokémon game until this one like wow how depressing is Arven’s life and I can’t wait for DLC.

It's a good day when CandyEvie uploads

Shiny hunting in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is a big issue considering the fact that there are no shiny sparkles in the overworld. Whereas in Pokemon Legends Arceus, there are shiny sparkles in the overworld. This can be annoying at times because if you find a shiny that barely changes it's color, you might end up running past it without even realizing that it's shiny.

Even with all the issues- and there's plenty of them, to be sure- Scarlet is the most fun I've had with a Pokemon game in almost a decade. It's the first time I've completed a regional dex since all the way back in Gold and Silver, usually I get bored with an installment's endgame long before I even get close. But now here I am, a whole month and a half after release, and I don't think a single day has gone by where I haven't picked up my switch to play. Spamming raids, hunting shinies, and even (for the first time!) playing around with competitive PVP teams. Heck, I started an electric mono-type run on a whim and I'm having a blast with that, too. The games would have undeniably been better if Game Freak had an extra 6-12 months to iron out some problems, but even so, as someone who's been playing these games since I was ten years old back when Red released, I think this is the best the series has been in a long time. ...give me some real fashion customization though, Game Freak, I beg you.

One thing I hate about scarlet and violet is that there’s no sparkle noises or a effect to tell you, like what happened to colorblind people?

Penny's theme goes hard

donis videos always brings a smile to my face and I end laughing myself silly

I kinda like the new breeding mechanic, but I can't stop imagining my starter Meowscarada and the Psychic Tera Tsareena I caught doing the deed near the food.

Fun fact: This video was published both in 2022 and 2023 at the same time

i’ve been waiting for this post ♡ ♡ ♡

I finally subscribed after you said Sprigatito was your favorite starter. It's incredibly refreshing to hear somebody else loving my sweet green kitty.

Nice to see a final upload from you this year here’s to more amazing animations

What a brilliant new year gift. She doesn't upload often, but this is what everyone needed to get out of the post Christmas blues.

I loved the new breeding system. It makes you feel like you could rp as a Pokémon breeder.

This is a pokemon game alright. Jokes aside this is easily one of my favorite games in the series. The amount of fun I have had with the terra raids and the main game is honestly scary. I had to take a break from it to finish up stuff for school but once I was on break in December I legit just played solidly for a whole two weeks even coming close to getting the dex completed something unheard of for me. Also the story and characters are great and this is coming from someone who already loved Sword and Shield despite it's odd story and Sun and Moon despite it's crazy story. I think this one is a good compromise being down to earth but also still crazy with good motivations for everyone involved and the characters themselves are just perfect! I love Nemona, Penny, Arvin, the professors, Clavell, all of Team Stars and so many others. It has performance issues that even I can see and it was a bit off putting to me, my strangest was my fidough had it's paw go under the ground during a battle and I was like umm what? It's crazy to see these type of glitches and while I don't like it I can still love this game for all the good it has and after a year long break (sorry I can't stand get 4 or anything associated with it so I skipped BDSP and LA) it was a well deserved trip back into this series.

Im gonna have to say it your drawings are so adorable that makes me always feel calm when I think about pokemon

Happy new year, I haven’t actually watched the whole video yet but I really am enjoying the game and I hope you did too! I know people have been complaining about the graphics (My only complaint is that it looks too beautiful for the amount of pixels the switch has) but it’s really nice to just enjoy the game with your Pokémon battling and picnicking and just having a relaxing time!

The story did make me cry, the characters actually are friends and they act like normal teenagers/friends would. The teachers are also amazing, my favorite is Hassel and Professor Gible ❤

I wish I felt the way she did about Scarlet and violet, but unfortunately it will be the first pokemon game I will never finish.

The game definitely feels a few steps short of being so much better. As for the gym fluidity, i had no trouble with most gyms, i only failed the electric gym but that was due to my own hubris

The main issue with the games (that I had a ton of fun playing as an FYI) is bugs that actually cause your game to crash or that cause you to not be able to participate in raids

The big thing that I noticed with frame rate issues is that they slowly went away as I progressed through the game. There's no loading screens between routes, towns, etc, so the game is *constantly* loading as you explore. That's also why it feels "empty", as I've heard people put it. While the open world aspect is nice, I think that the games would be better semi-open world. Give us proper towns as loading buffers between big routes that have lots to do in them. We're not on super computers, we're on the Nintendo Switch, a console that released in 2017, so while progression is nice, there are some steps back that would improve the quality of games.

ive been looking forward to this video. did not disappoint

Incredible new year's gift, Thank you Canned Eevee!

I mean she makes a good point that players can't talk with a majority of NPC's. And the fact that there's so many, at some point it just got tedious to me and rather than exploring towns and dialougue, I went to grind for the Pokedex instead. If Scarlet and Violet had interactions with all NPC's I'd probably have taken my time talking with all of them.

The fact that their is an entire group of all-powerful cosmic immortal mystical monkeys that lie outside general categories is just hilarious

the only good thing about the shiny sound effect being basically gone, is that i no longer have auditory hallucinations of it while shiny hunting

A great start to the New Year when CandyEvie uploads 🥰

4:46 Lucy: "It's not the size that matters but how you use it."

These are some good thoughts. Definitely feel like the cities are a bit stretched thin, but the update mechanics are fantastic, and overall another good entry to the series

9:26 Very important for me, i'm colourblind, so shiny hunting is especially hard in this game.

I totally agree with the sentiments about towns in Paldea.

Happy New Year! I agree with all you've said in this video, actually. Since I've beaten the stories on both games, I still love this game. The glitches sometimes are funny. I look past the visuals mostly because I just love pokemon. Also, 1,000,000,000% agree with the missing of the shiny sound... Anyways, great video can't wait for more and happy new year again.

Shiny hunting is indeed something in this game.

Thank you for this incredible new years gift just after the fireworks

This is the most accurate review I’ve heard. Its a great game but it need more development time, voice acting, and shiny sparkle sounds…I NEED MY SPARKLES!!! It just feels like a reward.

Amphros lighting up the light house in it's Pokedex entry has got to be another clue to a gen 2 remake. If you look in the psychic gym leader town there is a tower there with the battle arena. They have the 1 and 2 gen party sprites all over the outside in tile. Edit: You also mentioned the party sprites. Still think it's clues to a 2nd gen remake. I'm a Pokemon master and I don't care about the performance issues. The game is still fun... Though yesterday my outbreaks randomly reset at 7PM while I was shiny hunting Froslass and it made me mad... Until I found a random shiny Flittle. Upset I didn't get the Froslass, but a shiny is a shiny especially if you don't have it yet.

Happy new year to you as well Lucy! These games did have stuff that were noticable like you mentioned but overall it was solid still! Definitely amazing in story! I was worried about team star especially but it turned out well!

From 11:20 I guess this is the perfecr region for Barry (DPP Rival) No bumping anymore🤣

4:07 I can see someone thought its level 30-ish Fire type could deal with Grusha, take down Frosmoth with ease just to be yeeted by Beartic. It knows, EARTHQUAKE.

Beautiful video! I also wish you a happy new year with the best luck and health!

I have a lot of the same issues and grievances as well general enjoyment as you, so it's great to see another voice in that way! The jank is certainly there, but part of the fun is mixed in with that mess clearly. Also, hope you had fun at the party! May you have a good new year!

Hear that fellas. Size dosent matter 4:45

I was so surprised that Penny's bag was not immediately available in shops at launch~ As for the game, I am giving it a lot of leeway due to the ~Great Illness~ messing with everything for the past 2+ years. Especially since they focused on the core needs: Good Designs (something for most aesthetic tastes), good story, and freedom of playstyle. All the other things that would have been nice but lower priority were treated with lower priority. This is how I would want a game to be, I would rather have a worthwhile game than one that is empty but pretty (looking at you BotW)~ However, the excuse only lasts so long, so the trend of the next few games will determine whether they are worth continuing with~

first Pokémon game I would actually say I really liked since oras. I’ve got logged well over 600 hours thus far due to how easy it is to make competitive mons(altho tera types can be irritating at first and getting all 4 gholdengo sets I wanted took longer then I felt it should). I’m pretty pleased with most of the mons this time which is a step up from last gen for me especially the skeledirge line, which is definitely in my top 25 mons now. obviously it’s missing some pretty major content and what made the cut is incredibly unpolished but it’s still a great breath of fresh air after the dumpster fires that was s/s, bdsp and pla

I love Sprigatito so much! I never cared whether starters were bipedal or not, as long as they’re cool.

Candy I seriously love you. You make my day! Xoxo

I've been saying this too about the shiny sparkle sound. I have bad eyesight. If I don't use the Masuda method in scarlet and violet I would never find them.

They really should add back the shiny noise. My first shiny in the game was a Flittle. _That i only caught because i wanted the pokedex entry._ I didnt even realise it was shiny until i encountered it!