The 10 Best Things About Pokémon Scarlet and Violet 

I love how Pokémon behavior can change depending on the weather. Watching Bonsly and Sudowoodo run around like crazy when it’s raining is hilarious. And seeing the Bramblin get carried away in sandstorms is great.

11:06 When I saw Toedscool running around for the first time I laughed so hard I started crying. ITS SO GOOD.

Props to Yoshiller for syncing Arlo humming the overworld music up with the actual song! 😁 really cute moment

As much as the performance issues suck, I adore these games and really hope this formula is perfected in the future

One thing I saw and love is the fact that you can finally relearn moves without having to go to some move tutor! You can finally experiment with your Pokémon's moveset and I think that's so cool!

I'm having a ton of fun with this one. I definitely miss the ball chucking and dodging in Arceus, but otherwise it's pretty excellent.

The way they streamlined the process of getting in to competitive play is incredible and actually has me super interested in trying out the scene.

I was impressed with how they presented the story in Area Zero. It kind of had a Xenoblade vibe with having a party and dialogue while traveling - even deeper character exposition that couldn't be done with just a silent protagonist. It felt like a preview - or proof of concept to where they envision the franchise some day.

The soundtrack in this game is an certified banger imo The fact that each providence in the game has it’s own soundtrack, how great it transitions from walking, Raidon mount music, and battle music. The towns definitely have some winners, Levincia is my personal favorite. Plus I love how the Star Admin (Mela, Giacomo, etc.) theme is canonical in the game.

This game probably has one of the best story finales in Pokémon. HUGE step up from Sword and Shield.

I genuinely enjoyed the story in Pokemon Violet. It went places I didn't expect it to go and even had me tearing up at times.

Honestly its crazy how fun it is to ride your Koraidon/Miraidon when they’re fully upgraded

My number 1 actually was the final story arc - that was just perfect.

Top 5 in no particular order: 1: Being able to use battle items right from the beginning unlike previously when they were postgame BP exclusive. 2: the whole crafting TM’s. I want this TM, let me just hunt down a couple of these Pokemon. 3: the map, its size, environments, details, variety, freedom, EVERTHING! 4: the new Pokemon, awesome, silly, cute, cool, even the dull. 5: the ride Pokemon (best friend).

Toedscool is great, and while I didn't really understand its inspiration at first, Bulbapedia says that it's based off a real-world mushroom that's known in Japan as the tree jellyfish, and I love it all the more for that. If I hadn't chosen Sprigatito as my starter, then I'd probably be training it as my Grass type. On that note, Sprigatito's final evolution looks like a Sonic and Persona crossover and I am so totally there for that. And I don't even play Persona. (Not a big fan of the particular paranormal aspects.)

Clive is the best character in the entire game After reading replies, I agree that Larry is also a giga chad

One thing I really like about this game is that the professors have a very mysterious energy to them. you never see them except on a TV screen at the beginning of the game and you only hear from them over the phone. You don't meet them in person until later and, may I just say, this is why Violet is one of my favorite Pokemon games of all time.

The way that they have the Pokedex in this one is just so satisfying again, like in the alola games but better.

I'm only about halfway through, but Nemona is such a breath of fresh air compared to recent rivals. She's actively excited when you win because she gets off on knowing you're getting closer to her real skill level, and she can't wait to finally go all out. She's combines the vibe of always being ahead like the great rivals of old, with the kindness of newer rivals (minus the pouting about never quite catching up to you). And it just makes so much sense that she keeps losing to you, since she's supposed to be starting with a fresh team. She's already completed her playthrough, and is pushing you forward in her postgame. I also really like the development of the teachers as time goes on. They feel way more alive when you have to unlock further interactions with them over the course of your adventure. Even the lessons themselves are relatively useful compared to the simplistic lessons past poke schools gave on their chalkboard. They really help sell the idea of people understanding the mechanical aspect of pokemon.

Having the open world aspect of the game and the 3 stories gave me the best pokemon experience I've ever had since I found myself constantly swapping my entire team to new, local pokemon as I would occasionally be overleveled for an area after tending to matters elsewhere. I was out there in the mud wheelin an dealin

Flamigo being a straight up flamingo is possibly the funniest bad design I have ever seen. I love them.

I love Nemona. They made a rival who was nice but actually super likable. She's like me when I get a hyperfixation. Your battle with her at the end of the victory road is super satisfying. Also, the classes! Super interesting stuff (except for Language that class is very stupid, starts interesting enough with learning real language then just becomes a guessing game)

SV has the most charming and down to earth Elite 4 of all Pokemon games in my opinion and all four of them make me very happy.

6:00 oh my goodness absolutely YES. I'm so happy they decided to bring back that dynamic music element. It's just such a good feeling that's been very much missing since Gen 5 when it was introduced. I love that the *crowd watching you battle* sings this song at the most climactic part of the battle. just UGH so good. so good. The transitions between songs in this game are just very well done overall. The Gym battles move seamlessly into this hyped up "Now's your Chance" feeling, and especially the route tunes change dynamically with what your doing. They're different when walking, riding Mirai/Koriadon, and battling too. The most important is the battling. There's not long intro like typical pokemon, the music just does a big hit like "HEY, a Pokemon!" and then adds in that JAM with a bass guitar. It felt almost like BoTW's way of doing dymanic music and it's just the best.

Arven and the Path of Legends single handedly make me want to play through the game again, love that story. And the open world helps it make sense to do multiple playthroughs. Also like the Herba Mysticas and how not only can you get them, but they're great for shiny hunting. With a Sparkling Fairy power lvl 3, I got a shiny Iron Valiant in 26 minutes

My favorite thing was that as soon as the school part was over, the game just said "ok, go do what you want now." Loved that so much

Arven's whole arc is great.

My personal best things about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: 10 through 1: Clodsire. Thanks for reading!

Without getting into spoilers, the final boss theme is incredible and I can't wait for it to be put among the likes of Ghetsis, Lumine, and Chairman Rose's battle themes.

When I finished the tutorial at the academy, I remember staring at the open map and thinking "What DO I want to do first?" It was the most amazing feeling because I had this massive world to explore and I couldn't decide which path I wanted to follow first. Being that spoiled for choice SO quickly in the game is incredible. Also 1,000% agree with you on the whole "seeing a new Pokemon and wanting it immediately" thing. It's the reason I keep coming back to Pokemon again and again; the sense of discovery and wonder they still bring me.

I love how good the pokemon look in this game. I had a Krookodile and I was able to see it's scales it was so awesome!

10 - Fidough 9 - Tinkaton 8 - A postgame where you have RPG dialogue banter between NPC that follow you 7 - Rechallenging the GYMs in postgame 6 - Fights I actually struggled with for the 1st time in many many years 5 - Finally a Dolphin (it was so obvious) 4 - Open World - For Real this time 3 - Professor MILF (thats a tree right?) 2 - A team and NPC that have depth and I actually liked 1 - Tinkaton's freaking Hammer!!!

The best thing imo...Is the story...the 3 paths are each really good with charcter arcs and some twists and turns...and the way they all converge is amazing...fr I was choking up a few times during my play through lol

The ending of this game is genuinely one of my all time favourite story climaxes in the entire series. If you haven’t had it spoiled for you please make sure you stay that way, it’s a great thing to experience blind.

The Scarlet and Violet review probably won’t come out until 2 years from now, so I’m glad you put out a smaller video in the meantime

My number 1 best thing about this game is: my brother playing it I've been on a bit of a pokemon burn out recently because I bought and played so many over the pandemic but watching my brother play this game and go on his own journey, pick his favourite pokemon and fight gyms while I'm there telling him type matchups, how to use TMs. It makes me feel like a retired old man teaching my apprentice

Yessss dude the chant for the final gym pokemon rocks!!! It makes me smile every time haha, took a good cue from Black and White, except with making it a more seamless transition to the new song this time

I love the pokedex rewards you get as you fill it out. Makes catching feel like more than just make the number get bigger. Also that pokemon centres are in the open world itself so I don't have to go through a transition if I want to top up my team

Everything that happens after you've completed all 3 main stories was *very much* what I expected to be number one, and I expect only isn't because Arlo hasn't finished the game yet.

The ending of the main story is one of the best and most atmospheric in the franchise. That whole section of the game is amazing, particularly the music. Gave me some Metroid vibes

I had toedscruel as the lead when I did the emotional spectrum practice. It's movements were so funny. Toedscool came out of nowhere, literally on its two toes. Just sprinted out from behind a tree, and I couldn't stop laughing. I caught it and it never left my party.

I know Miraidon and Koraidon are just Toothless clones. But having them from the beginning of the game, their behavior the cut scenes you get when you beat titans and feed them, the way you have them in other cut scenes where they feel like more than just basic pokemon in a ball you use for a ride. I love it. I want more of that.

I loved the story and the way it ended. It's a great climatic finish. Also, nothing brings a smile to my face quite like the singing during finale of the gym leader fights. So enjoyable!

I really like how they don't force you to do trainer battles. Especially when you're trying to level up your baby pokemon to see what they evolve into and don't have a good team on you right at that moment.

I love so many things about the game. I think my favorite is the whole ending section. Not gonna spoil but the vibe is so good!

First of all, I hope you feel better Arlo, being sick sucks :c. Secondly, I love how you mentioned the gym leader final Pokémon music change thing, I ADORE that in SV, it was first a thing in the gen 5 games and it worked brilliantly there too, added so much hype and excitement to that final Pokémon and made me feel like an utter badass while beating it and it’s exactly the same here, I love it so much and I was so happy when I realised it was a thing while playing

This story really hit a home run with me. I love the three parallel plots with the gyms, the Team Star showdowns, and the Herba Mystica quest. Each of the major characters involved are just such a delight. Arven is awesome, Nemona is great as a rival, but Penny’s gotta be my favorite. I want that Eevee backpack so bad. And the payoff in the crater? 10/10 I cried. Hitting each checkpoint felt like unveiling a new layer of clues of what the heck was going on. The chemistry between all your allies is so enjoyable, it really felt like a group of friends who were getting in way over their heads. I also love how terrastallizing was implemented into the story. It really felt like what Sword and Shield were trying to do, but it was executed so much better. Also, I love how there’s such good attention to character animation detail. It’s really noticeable in the gym leader and elite four/champion battles, the way they throw their poke balls out or unleash terrastallizing really does add to the charm and personality. Dachsbun is heckin adorable and has a surprisingly useful ability that solidified it as one of my main crew through my whole playthrough. AND IT HAS BUTT FLUFF.

My favourite thing in Scarlet & Violet is the scale/fur textures on the pokemon.

Without going into spoiler territory, the last hour of the main story is the most amazing experience I've ever had in a Pokémon game.

As someone who hasn't played a Pokemon game since I was little, this game really hooked me in. I've been honestly surprised how fun it's been despite the issues it has. It makes me feel like a kid again. Thanks for the positive vibes. 🔥 🔥

Sure the game is super unpolished but I’m still enjoying it and can’t wait to play more. The open world is fun, the actual slight occasional challenge is a nice change of pace, I like quite a lot of the new pokemon, the music is good, the characters are good, yeah! Oh yeah I completely forgot about autoheal, what a nice feature. A good solution is often one that goes unnoticed.

The ending was such a freaking banger. Not only each story ending but also the main ending and the ending theme! Also, I am proud to say I got you to the legendary 69 like 9.27 that's a fair reason to pick Arven. He's my favorite too.

DYNAMIC MUSIC IS AMAZINGGG ^^ That was the one thing that absolutely caught me off guard. The music being dynamic and changing in battles while still keeping the motif.

SV's characters and stories really blew me away. I love how we're able to learn more about the gym leaders and getting to know them as a character. They did the rivals really well this time around too I love how much writing they gave them, and they all mean so much to me. I think the new pokemon this time around are real winners I don't think I've ever gone through a gen with entirely new pokemon since BW/BW2 and it's really refreshing. There's so much to do in this game with the three storylines, classes, pokedex, and other stuff. I think a lot of people were surprised and sad that there wasn't any level scaling, but I can't deny that I had some really terrifying and hilarious moments in the game because there was no scaling. I wish this game was able to have the time it deserved to be polished and fix a lot of the performance issues, because the rest of the game really shines through for me.

I think the #1 BEST thing about Pokemon Scarlet and Violet for me has got to be the story. Wow. I can't remember a time where I felt like every single emotion during my playthrough and just kept on wanting more. They really nailed it

The number one best thing about Scarlet and Violet: The eternal mood that is Larry

I love how self aware this game is. GF definitely watches RU-vid or has reddit or something. Not all of the quips and jokes land, but some of them are gold. Like the normal type gym leader being a literal salaryman was perfect. Also I can't believe the second GF made the tutorial optional was the second I HAD to keep coming back to the school for more of it. Of my own free will.

i love penny and arven the most! i relate to penny's personality and arven's, ahem, history. all the characters feel so alive and unique! the story was truly amazing; it's not just a step-up by pokemon standards, it's a good story in general. i got violet and love sci-fi so i'm a little biased, but i was blown away by the drastic improvements made to the storytelling. i've seen the credits roll and the past few days i've just been wandering around with no real objective, the map is so huge that i'm perfectly content doing this for hours. i haven't re-battled the gyms or anything. i love this game so much, and i hope that the rocky reception doesn't steer game freak in the opposite direction. they just need to give their devs more time, everything else was perfect to me.

The multi-player is beyond fantastic. Getting to roam around and explore and catch pokemon with a friend is the greatest.

My number one favorite thing about the games is how you just amass an audience of wild pokemon for whatever you're doing.

I love the videos where Arlo is happy, thanks for spreading some joy :)

I was on the fence about the game until I watched a review that showed how the level scaling, or lack thereof worked. Having things become more difficult the higher you go is much nicer to me than having everything around you scale to your current level.

Love the freedom, the stories, Area Zero music, the mount... everything mentioned already. But most of all I love Maushold. The mon's name and the way they move just put a smile on my face.

My favorite thing is the interactivity with your pokemon. I love that. And putting up a Picknick on random ledges with nice views feels like I'm playing the anime. I just wish it had voice acting 😭😭😭

The ten best things are all ten frames per second this game has.

I absolutely love how the gym leaders actually gave me a challenge this time around, I haven't had the feeling of being at a major disadvantage since I first played through FireRed back when I first started playing the games. Every gym leader was like fighting Brock for the very first time all over again and that is probably because I did them out of order but still it was amazing! I even lost a couple of times and it felt so good, I've always been major Pokémon fan and I play every game but Scarlet and Violet are bringing me back to what I love about Pokémon in the first place. The story is great, I moved at my own pace, and I actually had to work to become the very best like no one ever was! These games also marks the first time I've ever had a full team of new Pokémon, every single one of my party members are gen 9 mons. I've also been blessed with no bugs so the whole experience has been really wonderful for me. Now if only I could get my hands on a Blastoise everything would be perfect, maybe I'll get him if they do DLC again.

Multiplayer Multiplayer Multiplayer. It's insanely far from perfect but oh my gosh has it been so fun to just play with my siblings in the same room, running around, joining each other for terra raid battles, showing off our Pokemon, hosting picnics and seeing which of our Pokemon has a child. It's so much fun

I love the freedom to go wherever I want whenever I want, the ability avoid all trainers, how easy it is to encounter shiny pokemon in the wild and the well written stories (in particular Arven's story)

One thing I love about Scarlet and Violet is the new Pokémon animations! There haven't been any new animations for the Pokémon since gen 6 and now they've updated all of them for this new game and I love them 😄 They each feel like they fit the Pokémon and it's just great to see them whenever I send my Pokémon into battle or have them walk with me ^^ Ooh! I also love that Pokémon can walk with you again! They're so cute to just have at your side and they automatically go back to your pocket if you go too fast. And they don't glitchely block your path like in Brilliant Diamond and Pearl ^^

Well, I dunno if you've thought about it, but if I want to use a specific Pokemon but can't due to Type Overlaying, you could always do a challenge playthrough where you only use a single Type. I've done this with SWSH and it's honestly awesome, cause I get to use Bug Types to fight against Kabu, who uses Fire Types.

“you can even skip cutscenes.” I wish that worked on the first playthrough because I had that feature turned on and it still plays the cutscenes.

Arven is easily my favorite Pokémon character in the whole series. Not that there was that much competition, but he’s great in his own right.

Arlo, what did you think of Fuecoco's evolutions? I'm very curious since you spent a whole video picking your starter! Also I'm curious what you think of Tentacruel too :P Actually maybe you could do a whole video on what you think of each of the new pokemon!

I disagree about the towns. I think they're really bland and boring, yes they look nice visually but they feel tiny with nothing to do other than gyms and some shops that you can find in any other towns. In previous gens we got so much more to do in each town (save swsh) that the towns in this game feel like a downgrade, and you can't even go into any of the houses! I was happy that they seamlessly meshed into the open world, however.

Thank you for a positive take on this generation! The tech criticisms are absolutely valid, but they are equally exhausting.

Those gym leader battle double-terrastalization moments are really quite something. The first time I saw it happen and heard the music it kind of blew my mind, and I’m so glad to hear Arlo echo my exact thoughts. The excitement of Pokémon battling has never been so well realized anywhere else in the entire franchise.

Very much agree with number one. Whole playthrough I'm finding things I want to use like cetitan and annihlape but I just don't have space in the party because I absolutely love clodsire, I think dudunsparce is hilarious, meowscarada and ceruledge are cool, scovillain is amazing, and bisharp was already a favorite of mine so I of course enjoy kingambit alot. I might end up doing 5 playthroughs just to use everything I want to.

I think if the game didn’t have stutters, things would be so much more bearable

I love how much easier ev/Iv training is to where I could actually do it during my play through

I love this positivity because this pokemon game was so fun. I got this game during thanksgiving break and I played 40 hours in like 4 days. It took all of the bad things about Pokémon away and added so much.

I'll eventually give it a try. I am still buried in 50 games. Xenoblade, Nier, Monster Hunter. Zelda on the Horizon. It may already be discounted some day. (by the way any updates on predictions of switch sales? Could possibly pass 120 this month)

I am so on the fence about this game right now. Obviously it does many great things, but I'm still finding it very difficult to justify getting it because I just don't want to support the practice of rushing out games before they're ready. Even if I could potentially look past all the technical hiccups and enjoy the things the game does well, it's still unacceptable for a mainstream pokemon gave to be released in a state like this. It's so frustrating honestly. If this game had been given enough time, it could've been amazing.

Every time the singing kicks in at the end of a gym battle I have to sing along. It feels so awesome

You know without the Pokémon attacking you it does feel weird to actively fight them. Like they’re just trying to chill.

Number 1 SQUARESPACE

Great fun video, it’s nice to see a positive take or two on this one. I have noticed most of the stuff you hit on and I too agree all these little changes really help streamline the experience. Fingers crossed for some stability patch to the program.

When I heard the game is open world, I kept saying "No way. There has to be blocks, so you can progress." Turns out, I was shocked to learn that I REALLY CAN GO ANYWHERE. This has been something I wanted to have in Pokemon, and is kind of a first. Gen 1 is a close second because mid game is open too. As inexcusable this game is, it's surprisingly fun. Makes me frustrated in away that this is the first pokemon I've truly enjoyed since Gens 1-5, and Game Freak wanted to rush this out.

I love that they added the gym challenges. Really makes you get to know the gym leader, rather than walking into a building, thrashing them, leaving and never thinking of them again. Larry’s was my favourite so far

*everyone in the beginning of the game:* hating the games is gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience. *everyone in the end of the game:* hating the writers for making Arven suffer is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

seems like shit that should have been in the previous games,or gimmicks that won't stick n be forgotten immediately next year

so happy to see u enjoy it

Wahhh I love Arven too! I haven’t finished his story quest yet but he seems super interesting and it’s pretty fun to fight the Titan Pokémon. Also Tandumouse is my favorite new Pokémon hands down ❤

Maybe by gen 11 we'll have a decent switch game.

I e actually really enjoyed this game so far. 75 hours in 😅. It’s buggy but I haven’t had it that bad.

Personally, I loved the professors ending in the post game. It was one of the most unique story lines and I had an absolute blast uncovering the mystery and playing through the final battles. Also, Toby Fox working on the music really showed as I loved undertakes music and I love this games music

Arlo I love your content because you are a rare positive voice in the gaming communit, bringing important critiques to light, but not letting them completely overshadow the positive aspects

Gen 9: the best Pokemon games ever made at the worst performance possible.

I wish you wouldn't go to the trouble of of giving credit to a game that should never have been placed on store shelves for how buggy it is by trying to elevate the concepts that were poorly implemented, or otherwise don't affect the game play all that much.

Sorry to hear you’re sick - Hope you get well soon!

Thank you Arlo for your positivity we all appreciate it!