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I feel like the main reason SV has so few regional variants is that for one, we have the paradox pokemon that are technically new forms for older pokemon, also it be better to save a lot of regional variants for another legends game as that's the only practical way to add new pokemon to an older region
Honestly yeah, the Paradox Pokemon and convergent forms feel like they were meant to take the place of regional forms. Whether or not they will continue this trend in the future, we don't know.
@@clothieredwardI can see convergent forms being more common than Regional variants going forward with paradoxes just sticking to this generation only
It actually took me about three days to complete the DLC because A. I had school, and B. I kept getting sidetracked EV training and setting up movesets for my new DLC team. All I have to say about the DLC is that Ogerpom is a blessing.
I have only managet to go to two of the sign boards in the very first mission, havent had time to play that much yet from all the work and other life, and when I have played I got stuck catching and evolving mons for the dex. But that is completely fine, it’ll be months before the next dlc comes
Personally, I enjoyed the Teal Mask way more than either of the SWSH DLCs. It just had so much more substance to it than those DLCs did IMO. The story was way more engaging and interesting, even for just this first part, the new setting was better, exploration was better, there was actual trainer battles outside the main story, there were actual sidequests, and the story is actually going to continue into part two instead of having two separate unrelated plot lines. The performance issues do suck for sure but overall I enjoyed the DLC a lot. And I don’t hate the SWSH DLCs by any means either lol, I just thought the Teal Mask was way better.
Yeah. IMO, the swsh dlc was more of a catching tool than anything. But I was fine with it because it gave me the opportunity to get some old mons back as well as those I never had the opportunity to yet.
Decided to downloed the dlc for my birthday in october and it was verry nice. I found it pretty short compared to the main story but I wasn't exspecting an antire new game or something. also with the main game cleared and my ride pokemon at full power travalling was no problem climbing mountians and such so I wasn't restricted to where I could go much. It isn't exactly a new region but it's a new place to explore. Hadn't had that sence gold and silver. Looking forward to indago disc. Specially the new pokemon added.
The characters were kind of abrasive at first but they grew on me. I had fun with this overall, but the same issues persisting really dragged down the experience.
To play Giritina's advocate here, some would consider more Pokemon getting added to the game as a good thing as it gives them a chance to use their favorite Pokemon if it wasn't previously available before the DLC. As a decent fan of the Poliwag line them being included is a good thing to me.
I really enjoyed it and the storyline. Especially since they're doing what I've wanted for years with one of the new rivals, Kieran, by having him start out as a friendly rival only to be consumed with resentment towards the player as the storyline progresses, and will probably be some sort of antagonist when it comes to P2. Like this is something I've asked for for years and I'm super excited to see where they'll take things! There were some performance issues, but all I really had was frames drops and graphics flickering, which didn't really take away from my enjoyment of things. Overall I'd probably give it 8.5 out of 10.
Exactly my thoughts. The lag was definitely some bit more noticable than it was before DLC. But the gameplay, exploration and the story was engaging enough for the small price we'd to pay. Besides, all of us knew deep down that The Indigo Disk is gonna be the real meat in this bundle. And yeah, I'd rate it similar too, in a 0-10 scale.
@@thatman666 It's a bit more than just angst, as far as I could see, but angst is definitely there. Some amount of resentment from disliking his sister's attitude, wanting Ogerpon before and wanting to impress her later, his want to get strong so that his inferiority complex, his view of seeing himself as weak even after having talent needing some fixing or what have you. He's definitely selfish and a bit mopey, but that's what makes him interesting, in my opinion.
@@thatman666 Imo, it wasn't really teen angst, but he likely already had some issues from his sister being a bully and not really having any friends (it's even possible that given his admiration of Ogrepon when the other villagers hated it, that he was ostracized somewhat), then there is the fact even those he's closest to are hiding things from him and lying to him, the insecurities caused by numerous losses, and then us basically stealing his dream out from underneath his nose. I mean, I think that would be a bit rough on anyone, especially a kid.
I had a really good time with the dlc. It felt much better than the isle of armor cause there was a plot. The twist with the loyal 3, the side quests, the new Pokémon I liked it all.
They did mention that the tera crystals on ogerpons masks were brought to kitakami by the man and ogerpon, so there is an explanation to how and why those are there
"How did the gems in the mask get here" its implied that it was brought w ogerpon and its old friend when they came from their home place. Which then implies theyre from Paldea 😊 which can be part of the reason Ogerpon likes you so much (also outsiders dont have GENERATIONS worth of hate towards it, therefor is safer)
Um… the crystals come from crystal clusters from the Crystal Pool atop Oni Mountain. Not that hard and doesn’t require speculation about things the game doesn’t even hint at.
I will say i love how game freak is actually giving us characters who are more then just one thing....mostly. Arven was the first big example of this as a developing character and Penny was a bit as well. Nemona was just your typical battle junkie rival. However Kieran and Carmine felt like actual characters with development and i can certainly appreciate that. Same with the legendaries in these 2 games and DLC actually having personalities and involvement throughout the stories, instead of just being a boss/prize at the tail end of the story.
The thing about the Isle of Armour - to me, it seemed such an improvement on SwSh main game (the location) where as Kitakami is not necessarily an improvement on SV (still great) but that makes me feel as if Isle of Armour wowed me more.
Oh they will happen, didnt you see those images of what the game was intended to look like? Personally that will not stop me from enjoying the games cause I only care about what the gameplay can offer (after all games are not movies), but the glitches are just annoying.
I enjoyed this dlc more than crown tundra tbh. And I enjoyed crown tundra too, but SV is just more fun to play despite performance issues Also you usually talk about game difficulty in pokemon alot so I'm surprised you didn't mention some of the battles actually using stuff like held items and good movesets
both the main story and the perrin one are really good, loved both of them. but i was expecting much more, especially more focused on tera, maybe some paradox mons and more Area Zero lore. at the end of the day it is part 1 of the SECRET TREASURE OF AREA ZERO and on that subject is just revealing the turtle in the S/V book is Terapagos. not much more. also, lag was terrible, really really bad. screen was getting frozen for a couple seconds every 10 minutes or so. i was constantly thinking game was about to crash overall for me this DLC is a 5. not much else. good story, but not the one we were expecting and with terrible performance. i am just saving the fail for it because i really enjoyed both stories, but this is not exactly a good product
Yeah, part 1 just felt like set up for Briar and Kieran. Who knows maybe we come back to kitakami in part 2 for that lake and it's another entrance to area zero or something.
I wish we will get some actually threatening villains again. I personally believe pokemon peaked at Ghetsis. Its the first time you find a villain in the main line pokemon games completely motivated by evil to the point where he is willing to cross the line. (not to mention he is the one who almost killed the mc at once point in B&W2) and we have no idea about his past. Giovanni is basically a mafia leader, Archie and Maxie are rivals and so had their ancestors, Cyrus was an abused child, N was brainwashed, but Ghetsis we dont know his past and how he got this way so for all we know he could have been evil since along time before he found N. (After this was Lysander who was pretty screwed up in the brain, and then came Guzma who is really well written to me, but then comes team yell......do I have to say more?)
I agree with you 100%. But in my opinion gen 5 was the peak of pokemon. I don't think there will ever be a pokemon game that comes even close to black and white 1&2.
Tbf, the villain of Scarlet and Violet was Professor Sada/Turo. In that they were ready to not only screw over the ecosystem by introducing an invasive species which would cause an ecological collapse, but they also made the Paradise Protection Protocol. In which if the player didn't have Koraidon/Miraidon, they along with Nemona, Arven, and Penny would've been slaughtered with no means of self-defense. All for the selfish and obsessive goal of wanting something akin to Jurassic Park. So I would have to disagree that there haven't been any "actual" threatening villains.
We've had joke villains/harmless villains since Gen 6. That's almost 10 years. And yeah maybe we'll get a high-stakes villain battle at the end, but we spend most of the game dealing with jokes. Gen V handled it best: you had Grunts that were as whole, competent and slick. But you'd get the occasional gag Grunt, and those ones are way funnier than any of the "flow any joke at the wall and see what sticks" vibe of Team Flare. You got the best of both worlds, because the writing knew when to be silly and when to be serious.
@@sourdough3533 Team Skull, Yell, and Star are not so much villains but moreso antagonists. The expectation that they should be villains because they have "Team" in their name is... Rather amusing. There hadn't been a villainous team since Team Flare, and it's honestly about time that they don't need to necessarily follow every formula and make absolutely all the "teams" villainous. Could have instances where the Professor of the region is villainous instead, assuming it makes sense (which it does, and about time).
@@mcihay246 Skull are good antagonists (Largely Guzma and Plumeria, who conveyed the team's ideas while being able to be ridiculous AND serious depending on the scene.) But the team as a whole is largely ineffectual and not meant to be taken seriously. And they're fine. But the argument is that the bulk of antagonists we get, outside of the big villains, are jokes. "They don't need to follow a formula," yeah. But they've just created a different Team formula. 4 generations and 10 years STRAIGHT of non-villainous, largely-jokey teams. It's so repetitive. And it sucks because they had a good balance with the first five generations.
You have to read between the lines a bit but terastellization in Kitakami *is* explained. The stranger who arrived with Ogrepon brought some crystals, most of which were set into the mask, one of which ended up in the pond on top of the mountain where it grew. Those crystals are clearly, visually, the same as the ones in Area Zero. So we can deduce that those crystals are a big part of it.
You hit the nail on the head regarding the performance issues. They weren’t too huge of a deal at first, but they’ve stuck around and possibly gotten worse over time. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve decided that I WON’T be buying Generation 10 on launch day if they release it in two years. This has gotten completely inexcusable.
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Here's a question if it weren't for the bugs and glitches would SV and the Teal mask be liked way more since I saw IGN give teal mask a 5 which makes me sad cause they gave isle of armor a 7
teal mask is only just slightly ahead on the level of new content as isle of armor imo aside from being open world and the performance issues are extremely serious and inexcusable so i think the rating is justified.
@@charles2183 I agree that the performance was low and because of it, ScVi got a 7 in IGN. It's a fairly reasonable rating too. But giving it a 5 is just insanely harsh, especially in comparison to the Isle of Armor, in which it does everything better on except the performance. A 6 could've been a reasonable rating, I'd say.
Ehhhh, Scarlet and Violet and Teal Mask would have been much better received if there weren't as many bugs and performance issues. That is true. But there were plenty of other things holding this game back too that not enough people are talking about. The lack of building interiors, the absence of a level scaling system for the game's major trainers, and a lack of memorable landmarks were things that stopped the game from becoming my absolute favorite Pokemon game. Scarlet and Violet are good games but there are things that hold it back from being great.
I never noticed lag that slowed me down, but i did see some pop in and at a long distance some pokemon were kind of choppy in movement. That said, it might be helped that i never play online.
There is literally no way you had 0 lag. It is just subtle and you have got used to it playing S/V base game as it is everywhere. These games do not perform flawlessly on anybody’s Switch, the issues are in the code
The DLC gives me more Pokémon to shiny hunt, so I'm quite happy despite its flaws. I already have almost half a box full of shiny returning Pokémon, all without using Herba Mystica.
quick answer : NO don't buy these broken games's dlc when the base game is still broken and the dlc doesn't run well either despite being less it also costs more than swsh's dlc ($30 - $35) which tells u how scummy it all is
Absolutely cap. The games do not perform flawlessly for anybody, because they are simply not polished enough to do so. You are either so used to suble lag from the main game to not even notice/consider it as performance issues, or you are just in denial trying to defend it with all your might like so many others. Either way, the lag is there, for some worse than to others but still there
I was waiting for Scarlet to get significant patches before I would even consider DLC. Seeing how busted the DLC is, I'm not thinking that's happening any time soon. Also, why the hell does the DLC add more legendaries than normal Pokemon? More team building options would make this a lot more appealing (along with stability updates, of course)
Usually, DLCs offer more regional variants or Legendary Pokémon more because they're easier to create, at least according to Gamefreak. Have you not noticed the Isle of Armor with two new Pokémon and two forms? The Crown Tundra had way more Pokémon but also did forms and no other new Pokémon.
In this instance they were doing a pokemon take on the Momotaro story, so making pokemon versions of even just the ogre and the Momotaro companions meant making four new legendary pokemon (though they are not meant to be high tier box legendaries, functionally just unusual normal pokemon that are a bit stronger than average). That alone ate up a lot of slots for the few new pokemon they introduce via DLC. Even then, the total new pokemon are 4 "normal" and 4 legendaries (Bloodmoon is not considered a legendary as it can breed like a normal Ursaluna and is just a Ursaluna variant).
Tbh, the legendaries feel a more like regular pokemon. Only 550/555 bst definitely proves that. I get they need to be legendaries bc plot and momotaro lore, but ogerpon should have been the legendary, and the loyal 3 could be really strong regular pokemon.
It was alright, but it's very obvious that it's a preamble to DLC2. If not for the low scale of the story, then just for the returning pokémon being just kind of middling. At least Carmine and Kieran are interesting characters, but yeah. It's very obvious that this DLC was pretty much just to set up Carmine and Kieran to the player so that their actual story can play out in DLC2.
It is interesting that, on a story level, they decided not to have the overarching goal be uncovering the hidden treasure of area zero. It seems like you could go into this DLC and completely forget that it's supposed to be part of that storyline. In terms of story I think that is a failure, and unfortunately I think it'll be a detriment to the overall narrative of the bundle. I hope it doesn't, ultimately, have a negative impact on the Indigo Disk. It hurts to think that Kieran may end up feeling like some rando from a spin-off by time we get to the Indigo Disk.
Tbh I didn't have any frame rate issues at the lake at all, but I know everyone's experiences have been different. But I did get a new glitch in paldea.
To explain the masks link to teras The masks have tera shards in them, that's the "special gemstones" the mask maker of kitakami put into the masks, which is why you need to go and get shards of the teracrystals on the mountain to fix the mask. What's interesting however is that the masks change ogerpons type without ever having to terastalize which hints that they are filled with the types infinity energy.
The constant lag I experience in this game is absolutely inexcusable. I have a red box Switch and the game is constantly dropping down in fps which really just ruins the fun from these games. The people defending the lag saying its not bad have clearly only played this one franchise all their life. I play alot of first party titles and this game has probably the worst framerste I’ve ever seen from one
One thing I miss with the DLC model, is that they seem afraid to touch up the base game with any kind of QOL updates like the "third versions" used to do. At most, the SWSH DLC added the additional Tournament... And that was it?
I think a main reason we didn't get a ton of new Regional Variants this gen, is because of the whole new slew of Paradox Pokémon, along with the new "ecologically similar" Pokémon which are basically just Regional variants only cooler. I think they want to keep the regional variants around, but want to expand it, so they have room for more unique ideas with the concept. They've been doing it since gen 8. Gen 7 only had regional variants of specific Pokémon. Gen 8 opened the possibility of new evolutions for regional variants Gen 9 introduced Paradox Pokémon and ecologically similar Pokémon (I think only the latter will appear in later gens)
Honestly, I really liked this DLC, the terrain, the characters, the mystery, all good for me. I was never much to care about performance and SV was already a trainwreck on that regard so I was not expecting ANY kind of improvement, so that might've influence that. And about regional forms/evolutions... Well, we got something. I won't say I wasn't expecting more of them, but I'm happy with what we have. And to tie things up, I think we all can agree that the Teal Mask was more a Setup for the Indigo Disk, with some story as bonus. And as a setup i think it works perfectly. so yeah! good DLC for me LOL
The history of the masks and "how they got there" is given in the plot. When Ogerpon and her human got to Kitakami people didn't want them in the village due to fear so the only person who cared made them masks to blend in. That's all there is about them.
For none recorded personal play throughs id recommend looking into emulation either on a steam deck to keep the form factor or on pc for even better visuals!
Ngl, there have been a few returning Pokémon that I’ve been hyped for. Torterra, my favorite starter, finally got shell smash. (I know technically it’s returning in Indigo Disk, but you’re already able to transfer over the sinnoh starters)
I enjoyed the DLC.. kinda wish it had a bit less crossovers in that dex and the paldea one to have more new pokemon instead. But i feel like the next DLC will have a lot more new dex entries for us
That's my biggest gripe too. I'm not asking for cities in a rural region like kitakami, but give us more than 1 town/village. Hell, it would actually be beneficial for the story as you could have the loyal three rampage in one of the other villages - which would make kieran's talk no jutsu on the town work better.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 Exactly this. There's barely any trainers around Kitakami either, and not even something like an outpost at the other side of the mountain. While the Isle of Armor was pretty barren too, it had the two towers for Kubfu at least.
@@michelzwiers7742 you’re forgetting that this is a dlc, not a new game. And also this is part 1 of the dlc.the part 2 is massive. And will continue off of part 1. You asking to much for a dlc that meant to be small and meant to be the first part.
@@iiiisssssaaaaaacccccc dlcs don't have to be tiny or only have 1 settlement (the hall doesn't count). And as i said, the narrative of dlc1 would flow better if there was some 2nd settlement to use as fodder for the loyal three's antics.
Your trainer,"Yes Kieran let the hatred flow through you,give into being a Dark type trainer,you'll leave only fainted pokemon in your climb to Champaign mwhahaha"
happy early birthday btw, but to be honest, even since day 1, I had zero performance issues or fps drops. people are free to say it's cap but to me that's how it went down. maybe it's because I'm 3 feet away from my router, or I'm on table top mode using the least amount of electricity , or I'm using an extended battery that has automatic cooling fans. but moving on, I find the story in theme to it's mature setting, and actually like the teases to dlc part 2. I theorize briar is the villian, carmine is the soldier with doubt, and kieran is the soldier that will fight to win, regardless of moral objection as long as he can successfully take you out.
Sounds like not enough time in the oven was the main issue, but still prepping for the next dlc. Speaking of game & region ideas (core or side) for upcoming ones, have you ever considered a trip to Korea or Taiwan, maybe Vietnam? I've a feeling those could make for nice Pokeregion bases (even both North & South Korea as well as nearby islands) & could give some nice opportunities for minigames (such as ones based off of ssireum & the fitted rules) & parts that could incorporate other aspects such as natures & personality traits, as well as showcasing the inner cultural diversities greater than many outsiders realize including those of the indigenous minorities
I think it's good to remember that even though it's been "patched" if you read the patch notes, almost nothing has changed. They fixed some very specific battle issues and a couple of other game breaking fail-states. There's no mention of performance or any other technical improvements really ever being made. As far as their official notes are concerned, they basically gave up trying to improve optimization.
The launch day was more laggy for some reason. Now im facing slight lagging if i play a little longer the frames drop 😂 but that was a thing even in base game. Its not a deal breaker for me in fact it reminds me to take a break from playing.. the story well i wasnt really a fan of it its kinda short. Hopefully next part is better.
I heard old Lucky raspberry actually synchronized with riskrunner. U know like necrotic grips but I only heard that once as I have not seen anything saying the same it was also after the buff.
Happy birthday mate I was hoping this would be the DLC where we get a regional form of gyarados where he becomes water-dragon finally. And his sp. Attack is his best stat. Im still waiting gamefreak! Overall im mixed on the DLC. Not entirely sold on getting part 2 when it comes out.
Yep, that was quite metal, I agree. And as payback, it seems that Ogerpon paid blood for blood and killed them as revenge also. It's not for nothing that The 'Loyal' Three were in the ground before they were mysteriously awakened.
I already felt like waiting until Indigo Disk to play Teal Mask due to its lack of content compared to Indigo Disk and a desire for a better experience. Hearing that it takes 5 hours tops to beat the DLC makes me even more compelled to wait until Indigo Disk. Which will make the wait all the more worthwhile imo. I truly can't wait to play Teal Mask and Indigo Disk at the same time once the second part of the DLC rolls around whether it be in the end of 2023 or start of 2024. Ohh, and by the way, there have been more buffs to older Pokemon that I wish you would've mentioned. Empoleon got Competitive instead of Defiant, Torterra now has Shell Smash and Headlong Rush, and Tyranitar got Knock Off for the first time. Ohhh, and Weavile got Knock Off back which is one step towards making Weavile more viable again now that Mega Weavile is stuck in Ubers. And more one thing. Happy early birthday, JPR. Congratulations on being one year older than before! Or something like that. Either way, I hope you have a fantastic birthday tomorrow.
Thanks for the honest review. My opinion - bummed out on the performance. I do like the story and the soundtrack is awesome. I enjoy competitive, so having more Pokémon and more raids is always a plus. Furthermore, Ogre Oustin’ gives me a fresh way to get EV items. I’d love it a bunch if it wasn’t because of the frame rate. Like you, I play about an hour and then quit because it literally gives me a headache.
I personally like the mini game. I find it fun and absolutely love the mochi rewards. They are essentially re-skin vitamins giving 10 EV’s when used and have a special one the resets all EV’s when used just like Isle of Armor did with the discount vitamin vending machine and Lady Clear making EV spreading for competitive pokemon easier. But this is better cause these mochis are free! Yeah money making isn’t exactly hard but there are so many terra raids you can do (and fail) for money before you start going insane.
I loved it. The story was good(much better written than anything in sword&shield that's for sure), my girl Carmine's development is really heartwarming and there are some banger tracks. My expectations were admittedly low, so it was not gonna be hard to exceed them, but it definitely did so beyond what I could've ever expected
Same here. I came into this expecting just an excuse to catch more mins like Isle of Armor, but the writing here is actually good. Kieran is the best character to come out since N.
Imo, not every Pokemon that returns need to be different in anyway. Im just glad to ue certain Pokemon again because most of them wont be playable in that Gen. Imagine trying to come up with new regional forms for over 100 older Pokemon...yeah thats not happening and will be time consuming. Time that the developers dont have because they're forced to rush content out
There's some QoL changes I like. Ogerpon is probably my new favorite legendary. I wish you didn't have to use his hold slot for his other masks. I'd give it a straight 7/10
so fun fact: My friend had a day 1 switch (emphasis on *had*), and playing this game actually broke it from all the bugs/performance issues :), made him lose hundreds of hours of progress and basically quit
I liked this DLC. Aside from the lack of relevance to Area Zero, I just wish that they gave us Obstagoon instead of freaking Furret!!! Also, a SUBARASHI HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, John.
I personally love The Teal Mask and lag is the only issue but honestly it didn't last long. I can't speak for all regions and cartridges but i think that this corner of Europe overall gets luckier. I actually wanted some glitches and bugs to happen but i got very tame ones, if they even were bugs and glitches. The lag when it happened, didn't bother me. I do play other games other than Pokémon btw but i will still say that i don't really experience big issues. I know that's annoying but that's just how it is with my one copy of Violet. I will never get to see the bug/glitch of Wugtrio wrapping and strangling an NPC but you just might and i would say, you darn lucky bird. Anyways it was a nice twist that Ogerpon is a girl and that the not so Loyal Three are all male. Always neat to get another Legendary who isn't afraid to show its gender rather than keeping us guessing like certain Dragons, Wolves, Bears etc have been doing. I loved the mini Hisuian experience, the Kitakami Ogre Clan & Glitterati side quests were fun, it was nice to actually restore a destroyed site for once. I mean previous times, unless it was part of the after story requiring it to be restored, once something was destroyed during a Pokémon game's story, it stayed destroyed. So was nice to see it addressed here with the statues. As for Ogre Oustin, its fun but not easy to get to the next difficulty to get certain prizes i want. I have yet to try multiplayer on it so i'm looking forward to trying that by teaming up with people i know on it. I'm looking forward to exploring Blueberry Academy still as well
I would prefer the third game over any DLC or update ever. Third games were the best of the best for each generations and solved a lot of issues. Heck Platinum literally saved the shit that diamond and Pearl were
I think alot of ppl gotta also realize the story takes place before u become champion i believe. Considering the start of the dlc makes it seem like no one knows ur a champion
I have not played the first part yet because imo it just made no sense to play one part of the dlc and have to wait for the other. So when the second part comes out I will gladly buy both parts and play them at the same time. For future games i will do the same.
Weird it seemed to be the opposite for most outside the occasional memory leak the game preforms just fine the outliers seem to be the ones experiencing massive bugs(like the influx of Meme videod where models would warp or things would glitch out but later shown to be just a few) So i dont think its people speaking out of turn or defending anything most people arent being affected by this lag. Doesnt mean the few who do experience arent there or that it shouldn't be fix But it weird to assume that anyone saying they havent experience it is special in this regard
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I feel like the main reason SV has so few regional variants is that for one, we have the paradox pokemon that are technically new forms for older pokemon, also it be better to save a lot of regional variants for another legends game as that's the only practical way to add new pokemon to an older region
Honestly yeah, the Paradox Pokemon and convergent forms feel like they were meant to take the place of regional forms. Whether or not they will continue this trend in the future, we don't know.
I love the Teal Mask and eagerly await the arrival of the Indigo Disk DLC later this year.
@@clothieredwardI can see convergent forms being more common than Regional variants going forward with paradoxes just sticking to this generation only
@@kevin-cy3cfyeah I feel like paradox pokemon will only be from gen 9 just like Ultra Beasts are only from gen 7.
Convergent forms are a concept I hate because we got the stupid Toedscool line from it. The Paradox forms are the only good repeats of old Pokémon
It actually took me about three days to complete the DLC because A. I had school, and B. I kept getting sidetracked EV training and setting up movesets for my new DLC team.
All I have to say about the DLC is that Ogerpom is a blessing.
I have only managet to go to two of the sign boards in the very first mission, havent had time to play that much yet from all the work and other life, and when I have played I got stuck catching and evolving mons for the dex. But that is completely fine, it’ll be months before the next dlc comes
Personally, I enjoyed the Teal Mask way more than either of the SWSH DLCs. It just had so much more substance to it than those DLCs did IMO. The story was way more engaging and interesting, even for just this first part, the new setting was better, exploration was better, there was actual trainer battles outside the main story, there were actual sidequests, and the story is actually going to continue into part two instead of having two separate unrelated plot lines. The performance issues do suck for sure but overall I enjoyed the DLC a lot. And I don’t hate the SWSH DLCs by any means either lol, I just thought the Teal Mask was way better.
Yeah. IMO, the swsh dlc was more of a catching tool than anything. But I was fine with it because it gave me the opportunity to get some old mons back as well as those I never had the opportunity to yet.
Decided to downloed the dlc for my birthday in october and it was verry nice. I found it pretty short compared to the main story but I wasn't exspecting an antire new game or something. also with the main game cleared and my ride pokemon at full power travalling was no problem climbing mountians and such so I wasn't restricted to where I could go much. It isn't exactly a new region but it's a new place to explore. Hadn't had that sence gold and silver. Looking forward to indago disc. Specially the new pokemon added.
The characters were kind of abrasive at first but they grew on me. I had fun with this overall, but the same issues persisting really dragged down the experience.
To play Giritina's advocate here, some would consider more Pokemon getting added to the game as a good thing as it gives them a chance to use their favorite Pokemon if it wasn't previously available before the DLC. As a decent fan of the Poliwag line them being included is a good thing to me.
I really enjoyed it and the storyline. Especially since they're doing what I've wanted for years with one of the new rivals, Kieran, by having him start out as a friendly rival only to be consumed with resentment towards the player as the storyline progresses, and will probably be some sort of antagonist when it comes to P2. Like this is something I've asked for for years and I'm super excited to see where they'll take things!
There were some performance issues, but all I really had was frames drops and graphics flickering, which didn't really take away from my enjoyment of things.
Overall I'd probably give it 8.5 out of 10.
Kieran's storyline is def my favorite part
Exactly my thoughts. The lag was definitely some bit more noticable than it was before DLC. But the gameplay, exploration and the story was engaging enough for the small price we'd to pay. Besides, all of us knew deep down that The Indigo Disk is gonna be the real meat in this bundle. And yeah, I'd rate it similar too, in a 0-10 scale.
Not fond how he turn antagonistic because of teen angst as his sister pointed out, but slightly looking how his arc would conclude in the next update.
@@thatman666 It's a bit more than just angst, as far as I could see, but angst is definitely there. Some amount of resentment from disliking his sister's attitude, wanting Ogerpon before and wanting to impress her later, his want to get strong so that his inferiority complex, his view of seeing himself as weak even after having talent needing some fixing or what have you. He's definitely selfish and a bit mopey, but that's what makes him interesting, in my opinion.
@@thatman666 Imo, it wasn't really teen angst, but he likely already had some issues from his sister being a bully and not really having any friends (it's even possible that given his admiration of Ogrepon when the other villagers hated it, that he was ostracized somewhat), then there is the fact even those he's closest to are hiding things from him and lying to him, the insecurities caused by numerous losses, and then us basically stealing his dream out from underneath his nose. I mean, I think that would be a bit rough on anyone, especially a kid.
I had a really good time with the dlc. It felt much better than the isle of armor cause there was a plot. The twist with the loyal 3, the side quests, the new Pokémon I liked it all.
They did mention that the tera crystals on ogerpons masks were brought to kitakami by the man and ogerpon, so there is an explanation to how and why those are there
"How did the gems in the mask get here" its implied that it was brought w ogerpon and its old friend when they came from their home place. Which then implies theyre from Paldea 😊 which can be part of the reason Ogerpon likes you so much (also outsiders dont have GENERATIONS worth of hate towards it, therefor is safer)
Technically it's not them who had the crystals but an outsider who did, which was implied to be the mask maker and from that the masks were made.
I recommend climbing to the top of the mountain and visiting the crystal pond.
@@danielmalinen6337lmao right? Like how do you miss the ginormous clearly tera crystals in the pond up there
There's a lake with crystals atop the mountain
Um… the crystals come from crystal clusters from the Crystal Pool atop Oni Mountain. Not that hard and doesn’t require speculation about things the game doesn’t even hint at.
The only thing I really noticed in this dlc was the almost unbearable lag ngl if it wasn't for that it would be a lot nicer
I will say i love how game freak is actually giving us characters who are more then just one thing....mostly. Arven was the first big example of this as a developing character and Penny was a bit as well. Nemona was just your typical battle junkie rival. However Kieran and Carmine felt like actual characters with development and i can certainly appreciate that. Same with the legendaries in these 2 games and DLC actually having personalities and involvement throughout the stories, instead of just being a boss/prize at the tail end of the story.
The thing about the Isle of Armour - to me, it seemed such an improvement on SwSh main game (the location) where as Kitakami is not necessarily an improvement on SV (still great) but that makes me feel as if Isle of Armour wowed me more.
If these performance issues happens in gen 10 thats gonna be my sign to wave goodbye to pokémon 4 ever
Oh they will happen, didnt you see those images of what the game was intended to look like? Personally that will not stop me from enjoying the games cause I only care about what the gameplay can offer (after all games are not movies), but the glitches are just annoying.
@@virtualcolt i didn't no
@@virtualcolt the performancr issues are not done, its a multi-billion dolar company, they can afford quality. We deserve better
Npc ass opinion
Just for the performance issurs?
I enjoyed this dlc more than crown tundra tbh. And I enjoyed crown tundra too, but SV is just more fun to play despite performance issues
Also you usually talk about game difficulty in pokemon alot so I'm surprised you didn't mention some of the battles actually using stuff like held items and good movesets
both the main story and the perrin one are really good, loved both of them.
but i was expecting much more, especially more focused on tera, maybe some paradox mons and more Area Zero lore. at the end of the day it is part 1 of the SECRET TREASURE OF AREA ZERO and on that subject is just revealing the turtle in the S/V book is Terapagos. not much more.
also, lag was terrible, really really bad. screen was getting frozen for a couple seconds every 10 minutes or so. i was constantly thinking game was about to crash
overall for me this DLC is a 5. not much else. good story, but not the one we were expecting and with terrible performance. i am just saving the fail for it because i really enjoyed both stories, but this is not exactly a good product
yeah definitely wanted to know a bit more about Teras or Area Zero. I know it's coming, but it does feel like it was barely touched on here
Yeah, part 1 just felt like set up for Briar and Kieran. Who knows maybe we come back to kitakami in part 2 for that lake and it's another entrance to area zero or something.
That’s weird it doesn’t lag for me
That’s because you can play it at the start of the adventure
Please don't write names in all caps like that. It reminds me of Ken Penders. >_
I wish we will get some actually threatening villains again. I personally believe pokemon peaked at Ghetsis. Its the first time you find a villain in the main line pokemon games completely motivated by evil to the point where he is willing to cross the line. (not to mention he is the one who almost killed the mc at once point in B&W2) and we have no idea about his past. Giovanni is basically a mafia leader, Archie and Maxie are rivals and so had their ancestors, Cyrus was an abused child, N was brainwashed, but Ghetsis we dont know his past and how he got this way so for all we know he could have been evil since along time before he found N. (After this was Lysander who was pretty screwed up in the brain, and then came Guzma who is really well written to me, but then comes team yell......do I have to say more?)
I agree with you 100%. But in my opinion gen 5 was the peak of pokemon. I don't think there will ever be a pokemon game that comes even close to black and white 1&2.
Tbf, the villain of Scarlet and Violet was Professor Sada/Turo. In that they were ready to not only screw over the ecosystem by introducing an invasive species which would cause an ecological collapse, but they also made the Paradise Protection Protocol. In which if the player didn't have Koraidon/Miraidon, they along with Nemona, Arven, and Penny would've been slaughtered with no means of self-defense.
All for the selfish and obsessive goal of wanting something akin to Jurassic Park.
So I would have to disagree that there haven't been any "actual" threatening villains.
We've had joke villains/harmless villains since Gen 6. That's almost 10 years. And yeah maybe we'll get a high-stakes villain battle at the end, but we spend most of the game dealing with jokes.
Gen V handled it best: you had Grunts that were as whole, competent and slick. But you'd get the occasional gag Grunt, and those ones are way funnier than any of the "flow any joke at the wall and see what sticks" vibe of Team Flare. You got the best of both worlds, because the writing knew when to be silly and when to be serious.
@@sourdough3533 Team Skull, Yell, and Star are not so much villains but moreso antagonists. The expectation that they should be villains because they have "Team" in their name is... Rather amusing.
There hadn't been a villainous team since Team Flare, and it's honestly about time that they don't need to necessarily follow every formula and make absolutely all the "teams" villainous.
Could have instances where the Professor of the region is villainous instead, assuming it makes sense (which it does, and about time).
@@mcihay246 Skull are good antagonists (Largely Guzma and Plumeria, who conveyed the team's ideas while being able to be ridiculous AND serious depending on the scene.) But the team as a whole is largely ineffectual and not meant to be taken seriously. And they're fine. But the argument is that the bulk of antagonists we get, outside of the big villains, are jokes.
"They don't need to follow a formula," yeah. But they've just created a different Team formula. 4 generations and 10 years STRAIGHT of non-villainous, largely-jokey teams. It's so repetitive. And it sucks because they had a good balance with the first five generations.
You have to read between the lines a bit but terastellization in Kitakami *is* explained. The stranger who arrived with Ogrepon brought some crystals, most of which were set into the mask, one of which ended up in the pond on top of the mountain where it grew. Those crystals are clearly, visually, the same as the ones in Area Zero.
So we can deduce that those crystals are a big part of it.
You hit the nail on the head regarding the performance issues. They weren’t too huge of a deal at first, but they’ve stuck around and possibly gotten worse over time. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve decided that I WON’T be buying Generation 10 on launch day if they release it in two years. This has gotten completely inexcusable.
This video seems more free form and tangenty/ramble-y then the usual videos and This might be a hot take but I really like it!
It still feels concise and scripted as not to get annoying like you're constantly off topic but it feels more chill similar to how you are on the pod and frankly I'm all here for it!
Also happy early birthday
Here's a question if it weren't for the bugs and glitches would SV and the Teal mask be liked way more since I saw IGN give teal mask a 5 which makes me sad cause they gave isle of armor a 7
Tbh I don’t trust whatever ign ever says for obvious reasons
@@raptorskilltor4554same
teal mask is only just slightly ahead on the level of new content as isle of armor imo aside from being open world and the performance issues are extremely serious and inexcusable so i think the rating is justified.
@@charles2183 I agree that the performance was low and because of it, ScVi got a 7 in IGN. It's a fairly reasonable rating too. But giving it a 5 is just insanely harsh, especially in comparison to the Isle of Armor, in which it does everything better on except the performance. A 6 could've been a reasonable rating, I'd say.
Ehhhh, Scarlet and Violet and Teal Mask would have been much better received if there weren't as many bugs and performance issues. That is true.
But there were plenty of other things holding this game back too that not enough people are talking about. The lack of building interiors, the absence of a level scaling system for the game's major trainers, and a lack of memorable landmarks were things that stopped the game from becoming my absolute favorite Pokemon game. Scarlet and Violet are good games but there are things that hold it back from being great.
I never noticed lag that slowed me down, but i did see some pop in and at a long distance some pokemon were kind of choppy in movement. That said, it might be helped that i never play online.
There is literally no way you had 0 lag. It is just subtle and you have got used to it playing S/V base game as it is everywhere. These games do not perform flawlessly on anybody’s Switch, the issues are in the code
@@grydon6422 I didn't say it performed flawlessly. I just never had issues with lag time or crashes.
Happy birthday JPR!!!!
The DLC gives me more Pokémon to shiny hunt, so I'm quite happy despite its flaws. I already have almost half a box full of shiny returning Pokémon, all without using Herba Mystica.
quick answer : NO
don't buy these broken games's dlc when the base game is still broken and the dlc doesn't run well either despite being less
it also costs more than swsh's dlc ($30 - $35) which tells u how scummy it all is
Ive had absolutely no performance issues or any bugs other then a werid spawn where my feet were clipped into the ground once.
Absolutely cap. The games do not perform flawlessly for anybody, because they are simply not polished enough to do so. You are either so used to suble lag from the main game to not even notice/consider it as performance issues, or you are just in denial trying to defend it with all your might like so many others. Either way, the lag is there, for some worse than to others but still there
@grydon6422 No, honestly, the game is mid at best but I have not had any performance issues
I was waiting for Scarlet to get significant patches before I would even consider DLC. Seeing how busted the DLC is, I'm not thinking that's happening any time soon. Also, why the hell does the DLC add more legendaries than normal Pokemon? More team building options would make this a lot more appealing (along with stability updates, of course)
Usually, DLCs offer more regional variants or Legendary Pokémon more because they're easier to create, at least according to Gamefreak. Have you not noticed the Isle of Armor with two new Pokémon and two forms? The Crown Tundra had way more Pokémon but also did forms and no other new Pokémon.
In this instance they were doing a pokemon take on the Momotaro story, so making pokemon versions of even just the ogre and the Momotaro companions meant making four new legendary pokemon (though they are not meant to be high tier box legendaries, functionally just unusual normal pokemon that are a bit stronger than average). That alone ate up a lot of slots for the few new pokemon they introduce via DLC.
Even then, the total new pokemon are 4 "normal" and 4 legendaries (Bloodmoon is not considered a legendary as it can breed like a normal Ursaluna and is just a Ursaluna variant).
Tbh, the legendaries feel a more like regular pokemon. Only 550/555 bst definitely proves that. I get they need to be legendaries bc plot and momotaro lore, but ogerpon should have been the legendary, and the loyal 3 could be really strong regular pokemon.
It was alright, but it's very obvious that it's a preamble to DLC2. If not for the low scale of the story, then just for the returning pokémon being just kind of middling. At least Carmine and Kieran are interesting characters, but yeah. It's very obvious that this DLC was pretty much just to set up Carmine and Kieran to the player so that their actual story can play out in DLC2.
It is interesting that, on a story level, they decided not to have the overarching goal be uncovering the hidden treasure of area zero. It seems like you could go into this DLC and completely forget that it's supposed to be part of that storyline. In terms of story I think that is a failure, and unfortunately I think it'll be a detriment to the overall narrative of the bundle. I hope it doesn't, ultimately, have a negative impact on the Indigo Disk. It hurts to think that Kieran may end up feeling like some rando from a spin-off by time we get to the Indigo Disk.
The Teal Mask tasks had more content than the Isle of Armor from Sword and Shield.
Tbh I didn't have any frame rate issues at the lake at all, but I know everyone's experiences have been different. But I did get a new glitch in paldea.
To explain the masks link to teras
The masks have tera shards in them, that's the "special gemstones" the mask maker of kitakami put into the masks, which is why you need to go and get shards of the teracrystals on the mountain to fix the mask. What's interesting however is that the masks change ogerpons type without ever having to terastalize which hints that they are filled with the types infinity energy.
The constant lag I experience in this game is absolutely inexcusable. I have a red box Switch and the game is constantly dropping down in fps which really just ruins the fun from these games. The people defending the lag saying its not bad have clearly only played this one franchise all their life. I play alot of first party titles and this game has probably the worst framerste I’ve ever seen from one
One thing I miss with the DLC model, is that they seem afraid to touch up the base game with any kind of QOL updates like the "third versions" used to do. At most, the SWSH DLC added the additional Tournament... And that was it?
I think a main reason we didn't get a ton of new Regional Variants this gen, is because of the whole new slew of Paradox Pokémon, along with the new "ecologically similar" Pokémon which are basically just Regional variants only cooler. I think they want to keep the regional variants around, but want to expand it, so they have room for more unique ideas with the concept.
They've been doing it since gen 8.
Gen 7 only had regional variants of specific Pokémon.
Gen 8 opened the possibility of new evolutions for regional variants
Gen 9 introduced Paradox Pokémon and ecologically similar Pokémon (I think only the latter will appear in later gens)
Honestly, I really liked this DLC, the terrain, the characters, the mystery, all good for me.
I was never much to care about performance and SV was already a trainwreck on that regard so I was not expecting ANY kind of improvement, so that might've influence that. And about regional forms/evolutions... Well, we got something. I won't say I wasn't expecting more of them, but I'm happy with what we have.
And to tie things up, I think we all can agree that the Teal Mask was more a Setup for the Indigo Disk, with some story as bonus. And as a setup i think it works perfectly.
so yeah! good DLC for me LOL
Kieran hates you so much he’s going to start his own evil team… 😂🤣
Happy B-Day JPR! I haven’t gotten Scarlet yet, so I will have to get the DLC, and the game for Christmas.
The history of the masks and "how they got there" is given in the plot. When Ogerpon and her human got to Kitakami people didn't want them in the village due to fear so the only person who cared made them masks to blend in. That's all there is about them.
Great video, JPR! And welcome back! I hope your visit to Japan was awesome! I bet you've been to one of those Japan-exclusive Pokémon events? 😉
For none recorded personal play throughs id recommend looking into emulation either on a steam deck to keep the form factor or on pc for even better visuals!
Ngl, there have been a few returning Pokémon that I’ve been hyped for. Torterra, my favorite starter, finally got shell smash. (I know technically it’s returning in Indigo Disk, but you’re already able to transfer over the sinnoh starters)
I enjoyed the DLC.. kinda wish it had a bit less crossovers in that dex and the paldea one to have more new pokemon instead. But i feel like the next DLC will have a lot more new dex entries for us
I count myself lucky that I'm not experiencing any performance issues
before watching the video, my biggest gripe with DLC 1 is that Kitakami feels really, really small and really, really depopulated
That's my biggest gripe too.
I'm not asking for cities in a rural region like kitakami, but give us more than 1 town/village. Hell, it would actually be beneficial for the story as you could have the loyal three rampage in one of the other villages - which would make kieran's talk no jutsu on the town work better.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 Exactly this. There's barely any trainers around Kitakami either, and not even something like an outpost at the other side of the mountain. While the Isle of Armor was pretty barren too, it had the two towers for Kubfu at least.
@@jaernihiltheus7817you’re forgetting that this is a dlc, not a new game. And also this is part 1 of the dlc.
@@michelzwiers7742 you’re forgetting that this is a dlc, not a new game. And also this is part 1 of the dlc.the part 2 is massive. And will continue off of part 1. You asking to much for a dlc that meant to be small and meant to be the first part.
@@iiiisssssaaaaaacccccc dlcs don't have to be tiny or only have 1 settlement (the hall doesn't count).
And as i said, the narrative of dlc1 would flow better if there was some 2nd settlement to use as fodder for the loyal three's antics.
Your trainer,"Yes Kieran let the hatred flow through you,give into being a Dark type trainer,you'll leave only fainted pokemon in your climb to Champaign mwhahaha"
happy early birthday btw, but to be honest, even since day 1, I had zero performance issues or fps drops. people are free to say it's cap but to me that's how it went down. maybe it's because I'm 3 feet away from my router, or I'm on table top mode using the least amount of electricity , or I'm using an extended battery that has automatic cooling fans. but moving on, I find the story in theme to it's mature setting, and actually like the teases to dlc part 2. I theorize briar is the villian, carmine is the soldier with doubt, and kieran is the soldier that will fight to win, regardless of moral objection as long as he can successfully take you out.
I did the main story of the Teal Mask on launch day and beat the Ursaluna storyline a few days later. I like the Teal Mask
Sounds like not enough time in the oven was the main issue, but still prepping for the next dlc. Speaking of game & region ideas (core or side) for upcoming ones, have you ever considered a trip to Korea or Taiwan, maybe Vietnam? I've a feeling those could make for nice Pokeregion bases (even both North & South Korea as well as nearby islands) & could give some nice opportunities for minigames (such as ones based off of ssireum & the fitted rules) & parts that could incorporate other aspects such as natures & personality traits, as well as showcasing the inner cultural diversities greater than many outsiders realize including those of the indigenous minorities
I think it's good to remember that even though it's been "patched" if you read the patch notes, almost nothing has changed. They fixed some very specific battle issues and a couple of other game breaking fail-states. There's no mention of performance or any other technical improvements really ever being made. As far as their official notes are concerned, they basically gave up trying to improve optimization.
The launch day was more laggy for some reason. Now im facing slight lagging if i play a little longer the frames drop 😂 but that was a thing even in base game. Its not a deal breaker for me in fact it reminds me to take a break from playing.. the story well i wasnt really a fan of it its kinda short. Hopefully next part is better.
I just finished Teal Mask last night, and I think it was worth it. Now waiting for Part 2, I hear it is awesome!
I heard old Lucky raspberry actually synchronized with riskrunner. U know like necrotic grips but I only heard that once as I have not seen anything saying the same it was also after the buff.
Happy birthday mate
I was hoping this would be the DLC where we get a regional form of gyarados where he becomes water-dragon finally. And his sp. Attack is his best stat.
Im still waiting gamefreak!
Overall im mixed on the DLC. Not entirely sold on getting part 2 when it comes out.
Can we talk about how it's pretty much implied that the "Loyal" Three murdered Ogerpon's trainer?
Yep, that was quite metal, I agree. And as payback, it seems that Ogerpon paid blood for blood and killed them as revenge also. It's not for nothing that The 'Loyal' Three were in the ground before they were mysteriously awakened.
We have the exact same opinion lol. Had fun, ideas were really cool. Super mixed. Liked it more than Isle of Armor for sure.
Funny how you rank Crowned Tundra above this while I never finished it because I hated it and I loved the Isle of Armor
I already felt like waiting until Indigo Disk to play Teal Mask due to its lack of content compared to Indigo Disk and a desire for a better experience.
Hearing that it takes 5 hours tops to beat the DLC makes me even more compelled to wait until Indigo Disk.
Which will make the wait all the more worthwhile imo. I truly can't wait to play Teal Mask and Indigo Disk at the same time once the second part of the DLC rolls around whether it be in the end of 2023 or start of 2024.
Ohh, and by the way, there have been more buffs to older Pokemon that I wish you would've mentioned. Empoleon got Competitive instead of Defiant, Torterra now has Shell Smash and Headlong Rush, and Tyranitar got Knock Off for the first time. Ohhh, and Weavile got Knock Off back which is one step towards making Weavile more viable again now that Mega Weavile is stuck in Ubers.
And more one thing. Happy early birthday, JPR. Congratulations on being one year older than before! Or something like that. Either way, I hope you have a fantastic birthday tomorrow.
6:58 At least the boxes load pretty fast now, so they patched something.
Happy early birthday JPR!
Thanks for the honest review.
My opinion - bummed out on the performance. I do like the story and the soundtrack is awesome.
I enjoy competitive, so having more Pokémon and more raids is always a plus. Furthermore, Ogre Oustin’ gives me a fresh way to get EV items.
I’d love it a bunch if it wasn’t because of the frame rate. Like you, I play about an hour and then quit because it literally gives me a headache.
I personally like the mini game. I find it fun and absolutely love the mochi rewards. They are essentially re-skin vitamins giving 10 EV’s when used and have a special one the resets all EV’s when used just like Isle of Armor did with the discount vitamin vending machine and Lady Clear making EV spreading for competitive pokemon easier. But this is better cause these mochis are free!
Yeah money making isn’t exactly hard but there are so many terra raids you can do (and fail) for money before you start going insane.
Scarlet and Violet are the best Pokemon games to date.... is what i would say if they worked properly
I like to call them "the worst best games I ever played."
Happy birthday JPR
I loved it. The story was good(much better written than anything in sword&shield that's for sure), my girl Carmine's development is really heartwarming and there are some banger tracks. My expectations were admittedly low, so it was not gonna be hard to exceed them, but it definitely did so beyond what I could've ever expected
Same here. I came into this expecting just an excuse to catch more mins like Isle of Armor, but the writing here is actually good. Kieran is the best character to come out since N.
Imo, not every Pokemon that returns need to be different in anyway. Im just glad to ue certain Pokemon again because most of them wont be playable in that Gen. Imagine trying to come up with new regional forms for over 100 older Pokemon...yeah thats not happening and will be time consuming. Time that the developers dont have because they're forced to rush content out
Aside from light flick i haven't found any glitch so far since day 1
There's some QoL changes I like.
Ogerpon is probably my new favorite legendary. I wish you didn't have to use his hold slot for his other masks.
I'd give it a straight 7/10
Ogerpon is a girl.
They should've had at least give you the option to evolve into Hisuian forms
For both SV and the DLC, i love how the game is designed, but the technical issues hold it back so much
Perrin should have been in the main game. She would have made a better partner for exploring Area Zero.
Happy birthdayJPR have an awsome day 🎉🎉🎉
6:58 did Glimmora just 💩 out rocks to attack.
You can literally complete the Kitakami Pokedex in 5 minutes if you have at least 10 rare candys
For the most part I felt like they fixed the day 1 memory leak issue in the base game. That made the return of the issue in the dlc suck more.
It's bad because no national dex. I don't care I'll be saying this when I'm 80 even if Gamefreak finally gives us Battle Frontier
Bro they can’t even drop a finished game
Imagine an game with a NationalDex 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@unclephillymya if there are missing Pokémon in a pair of games, is it possible for the games to be truly finished without them?
so fun fact: My friend had a day 1 switch (emphasis on *had*), and playing this game actually broke it from all the bugs/performance issues :), made him lose hundreds of hours of progress and basically quit
yeah it is good. I went in with no unreasonable expectations and it was enjoyable. And i believe Indigo Disk will be even better.
I liked this DLC. Aside from the lack of relevance to Area Zero, I just wish that they gave us Obstagoon instead of freaking Furret!!!
Also, a SUBARASHI HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, John.
happy birthday broski
I feel like they people who continue to complain aboutbthe frame rate will continue to complain. Which is fair, but annoying.
I would rather have a well design landscape than a barren wasteland ie island of armor
I personally love The Teal Mask and lag is the only issue but honestly it didn't last long. I can't speak for all regions and cartridges but i think that this corner of Europe overall gets luckier. I actually wanted some glitches and bugs to happen but i got very tame ones, if they even were bugs and glitches. The lag when it happened, didn't bother me. I do play other games other than Pokémon btw but i will still say that i don't really experience big issues. I know that's annoying but that's just how it is with my one copy of Violet. I will never get to see the bug/glitch of Wugtrio wrapping and strangling an NPC but you just might and i would say, you darn lucky bird. Anyways it was a nice twist that Ogerpon is a girl and that the not so Loyal Three are all male. Always neat to get another Legendary who isn't afraid to show its gender rather than keeping us guessing like certain Dragons, Wolves, Bears etc have been doing. I loved the mini Hisuian experience, the Kitakami Ogre Clan & Glitterati side quests were fun, it was nice to actually restore a destroyed site for once. I mean previous times, unless it was part of the after story requiring it to be restored, once something was destroyed during a Pokémon game's story, it stayed destroyed. So was nice to see it addressed here with the statues. As for Ogre Oustin, its fun but not easy to get to the next difficulty to get certain prizes i want. I have yet to try multiplayer on it so i'm looking forward to trying that by teaming up with people i know on it. I'm looking forward to exploring Blueberry Academy still as well
first. advanced happy birthday jpr
What’s the ost in 3:25
Did not expect honkai star rail to be the sponsor 😂
I'm extremely creeped out by kieren
I would prefer the third game over any DLC or update ever. Third games were the best of the best for each generations and solved a lot of issues. Heck Platinum literally saved the shit that diamond and Pearl were
I think alot of ppl gotta also realize the story takes place before u become champion i believe. Considering the start of the dlc makes it seem like no one knows ur a champion
Just realized I can have my Darkrai in the game.... Damn
Ogrepon was worth my Poké dollars.
I have not played the first part yet because imo it just made no sense to play one part of the dlc and have to wait for the other. So when the second part comes out I will gladly buy both parts and play them at the same time. For future games i will do the same.
I got the day 1 switch and man I only feel the lag where it feels like it could crash but doesn’t
Love this video! But you should know Pokemon will never answer any questions that are genuinely interesting.
Weird it seemed to be the opposite for most outside the occasional memory leak the game preforms just fine the outliers seem to be the ones experiencing massive bugs(like the influx of Meme videod where models would warp or things would glitch out but later shown to be just a few)
So i dont think its people speaking out of turn or defending anything most people arent being affected by this lag. Doesnt mean the few who do experience arent there or that it shouldn't be fix
But it weird to assume that anyone saying they havent experience it is special in this regard
Also trainer encounters in the dlc is something to bring up because I was disappointed in sword and shield for a lack of that
Mine has p bad performance issues/crashes after and raids and lag. It’s actually pretty noticeable, more so than the base game
I never thought I’d say ANYTHING positive about Sword and Shield but they handled DLC much better than this
I only finished Ogre Ousting for the shiny Munchlax
Kerian by the end gives me almost incel vibes