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hey i love gen 4 says the guy whos plaing gen 4 music in the background

can you talk about the characters next

However, it is better if the Ken Sugimori art style is kept, so people will recognize the series as Pokémon. It worked when the Mario, Kirby, and Metroid games kept their own, and people recognize them too. SNK do change art styles, but only for the character arts as the character models would stay the same in especially the Neo Geo era KoF games.

Honestly kinda expected you to talk about how much the midern era gave their deisgns so much cultural research. The last three generations specifically it feels like they make pokemon not only to be appealing, but also to be able to properly represent the regions they are based on. It honestly makes it have some charm and care to it that I don't think peole appreciate enough.

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I personally like more animalistic pokemon, more sharp and wild, like you compared persian and delcatty.

Really great video but the audio loop wasnt really enjoyable. Metroid has so much good music kind of missed potential to upper the quality you already bring to the video but still great to watch

The Dread Varia suit is not only my favorite suit in Metroid, but in gaming as a whole. It's such a sick and badass look, and you nailed everything perfectly.

I always find it funny that people harken back to the nintendo power artwork. That image was an unofficial illustration in an American magazine that no one actually involved with the game approved or knew of at the time, and the height and weight (over 6 feet, over 200 pounds) were never official. The Other M build is a stark contrast, but as far as I can tell were always the case.

Were silicoon and cascoon in web strings vs having spikes?

Im still disapointed they didnt bring back the designs from Fusion properly perosnally

Cool fact: varia is actually a mistranslation of the Japanese word for barrier, but sounded so cool and sci-fi so it was kept in the series ever since.

I just liked it because Dread is the first game in the series to have actual lighting, meaning I can finally play as golden Samus

i feel like the open world pokemon games from now on might have a new art style to convey that there living creatures in a open world and there might be new design philosophies due to that

yh your really just reminded me how peak gen 7's designs were. IMO best pokemon designs in the new era (second to megas but overall gen 7>gen 6). Gen 7 was on par with the heavy hitter of the middle era like gen 3 and gen 4 in terms of designs

Thing is Pokémon should look different from animal, basically should kinda represent them not look like Cartoons of them. For instance kycanroc is too much like a dig not a Pokemon

Thank you. I've always said that about generation 4.

Great video man

I still love the first 3 gens, specially Hoenn, but I really love the Pokemon designs from the current era (gen 6 to now) I dont care what people say, I grew up since it beginnings in Gen 1, so its not like I grew up gen 6 to be bias with my opinion. Both Gen 4 and 5 were the point that I almost fell of from Pokemon, I did bought the games, but hardly played them, gen 6 brought me back and while I still didn’t exactly love the game I felt it more fresh than the pseudo-reboot of Gen 5, but gen 7 is the one I really enjoyed Pokemon again and both Gen 8 and 9 continued with trend. The other day I was doing the list of favorite Pokemon from each type and most are from gen 6 onwards, and for example even though I love Gardevoir design I still prefer the Mega-Gardevoir design

Probably the best video I’ve found on Pokémon designs, thanks for the vid <3

I like to think that Samus could've rebuilt herpower suit to be as bulky and protective as it used to be, since in fusion it was light due to removed parts from her surgery, but after the end of fusion she grew fond of the newfound agility, leading to her redesigning it for Dread but keeping it light.

oh yeah, about the visor, it feels really fierce because it contours similarly to the ogee curve created by a strong jaw, cheekbone

honestly, I prefer the normal power suit of Dread, simply because I prefer colors on the cooler end of the color spectrum. also the blue, used in tandem with the red of the chestplate and helmet, gives a more appealing balance between warm and cold colors in my opinion

I remember one friend of mine once said "the painted Azumarill artwork looks more threatening than Yveltal, who is literally death incarnated". I think the main issue of older fans not liking the latest artstyle is that they have too many colors that are too bright, there is a general lack of neurtal colors that make them look "natural". Since Pokémon should be actual animals of their world, older fans expect they to be... I don't say "realistic"... but at least natural. The "plushie" era makes them feel like thay are artificial. I say this because the main yell of older fans is something like "there's no way something like THIS exist in nature, even if it is a fantasy". I personally like most of gen 6 and 7 Pokémons (8 and 9 are hard to elaborate for me, sorry) and I like the new style, but I hugely prefer the older style, and if you compare pokemon that should have the same role (Swampert and Quaquaval, both water starters), the change in artstyle is too big, and I understand those who say "the desing by itself is ok, but the artstyle is too eccentric in latest generations", and I personally agree. Great video ❤

Love this video and the points made! Taking a critical eye and explaining what we all perceive intrisically is truly fascinating. I love the more athletic look of Samus in this game, and your points illustrate why the revisions made for Dread suit her character so well in this game.

This is the most unique video ive seen on Pokemon.

Imagine "Who's that Pokemon" without distintive silhouettes

So they made Pokemon look like plushies for money? No way

Bro just casually dropped a banger and dissapeared

I wish this guy still made videos. I only just found him 2 years later

snes varia suit is unmatched how dare you

Good call in the conclusion. Paradox Pokemon are clearly Gen 9's answer to how to create an appealing twist to designs without radically shifting the core principles. They'll likely continue to introduce gimmicks like this in each generation (Mega, Dynamax, Paradox, etc.) to push the design language and gameplay features without having to make any permanent changes to the core formula.

no. this is wrong and will kill pokemon in the long run. Without the video games there's no merch. Nintendo is just Japanese Disney at this point and it's going to end up horribly for both companies. I don't think any of us are complaining about Pokemon or Disney because we're not being catered to as much as we are starting to realize the implications it has now.

Varia suit OK but what About Gravity suit

Awesome vid

Great video

new designs sucks. so simplified. doenst look like natural animals

The best video I’ve seen in a while about Pokemon.

I don't like the halfway off canon suit design. That is simply not what Samus would look like after the events of Fusion. Her new look is way more organic, as seen in Fusion and Metroid Prime when you unlock the Fusion Suit. The idea to go halfway back to classic Super Metroid Suit design is heavily flawed.

Power suit is good in this game, Gravity is overdesigned, but the Varia completely blew me away seeing it for the first time. I would prefer the yellow muscles done away with, but even with them there, it's definitely my favorite look Samus has EVER had.

I’ve been looking for good videos on Pokémon design and this is one of the best I’ve found so far, thank you!

Bruh… abstract era >>> all

I feel like Pikachu’s design even followed these 3 eras. He went from a chubby, anatomical design to a more balanced version with its head closer balancing with his body, and then his current version that is chibi or plushie all the way.

You mentioning real gems in the abstract era and showing my #1, Maractus ❤

Though I have my issues with a lot of the level design and some story elements in this game, I also do really like how this suite is an evaluation of her fusion suite, when she had surgery, and much of the suit was destroyed and taken off giving her the less bulky design from games like super Metroid as well as the blue color that she has at the start of the game. This suit gives her a lot more of a thin waste like in Fusion, due to her surgery at the time, but as she recovers and has time to build some of her suit back up she gains some of the bulk back that she once had, but is still unable to have what she used to pre surgery. And that I can understand all of this, just from how her suits were designed is really impressive, and shows how well designed this is.

For the amount of sh't fans give GF for their new "lazy" designs, they don't take a step back & take time to look & appreciate how gr8 & unique designs have gotten since the very beginning. Maybe Im saying this cuz I'm currently an amateur artist so I'd be the 1 to be easily pleased by any signs of cleverness & stylization towards them. Legendaries & Mythicals have only gotten better as the passes (talking solely about their designs, not how they're handled).

More like Devolved, the classic era is what defined Pokémon and seeing them walk back on that is ridiculous. The Plushie era is especially an abomination to the series.

I actually learned a ton about character design from this. You’ve earned yourself a sub.

While we are no longer their key demographic, our generation continues to support this franchise. Just like we should not complain when they don't specifically go out of their way to appeal to just us, they should remember we do not have to buy their merchandise. If they forget us completely, they may find fewer people buying their goods. Just look at Star Wars and Marvel...