23:44 so all those years ago "I wish heracross was my dad, that guy's cool as fuck" Finally came back. I figured it was just drunken rambling at the time, but no. It was not
Seeing someone else appreciate dragonair made me so happy. It's literally my favorite pokemon of all time. Honestly, the amount of mid stage appreciation from alpha impressed me. So many just default to either the base form or the fully evolved form (myself mostly included, with dragonair really being my only exception), but I really respect him for actually considering them
Grovyle is loved by many for obvious reasons too. I always thought Grovyle was grass/dark and reverted back to grass with Sceptile since it learns Pursuit via level up. Thought it was some neat lore until I found out
I have a random love for Fraxure. It's not my favorite or anything, but it's such a solid middle stage that at times I even like it more than Haxorus. It's also got a stellar shiny. Honorable mention to Hakamo-o.
@@nategwright absolutely. Take out nostalgia pandering and XY are mid at best (ORAS is better but remakes shouldn't be better). Legends-zaza Cannot afford to be less than amazing
@@HazeEmry I just realized that Gen 9 is the first gen since 5 to introduce more than 100 new Pokémon, which is kind of disappointing. Quantity is not necessarily everything and Gen 7/8 did hit a lot more home runs in the Pokémon designs than Gen 6, but having so few new mons does kinda hurt when you have a type specialist that has to fall back on basically all older Pokémon to have a team. When you factor out regional forms, Alola had basically no Dark types, and so you have Nanu who has a team with no truly new Pokémon. At least Gen 8 finally started to (barely) break the Kanto pander trend and started giving us regional forms for newer Pokémon and bringing back crossgen evolutions (still not a fan of a Gen 8 Champion having Gen 1 starter as his ace tho).
@@nategwright oh god yeah Nanu... I was so disappointed in him and the lack of dark types in general in Alola since I "specialise" in Dark, Bug, and Ice (horrendous favourites I know). Love him as a character tho. That said, Bug has been getting better through the years. THAT said, it sucks that Golisopod isn't in gen 9... While I do agree that quality > quantity, I'd say the quantity is important in gen 9 simply because there are 3 routes before you enter Area Zero and you can go through each route with an entirely different team. I wouldn't have tried out one of my now faves Arboliva if it weren't for the 3 routes for example. I usually make a team and stick with it . About Leon... Let's not talk about him. He doesn't deserve the breath coming out of my mouth
Of the two primal forms, I give it to Groudon. I'm a bigger fan of Kyogre, but the groudon form actually incorporated more omega symbols, the lava flowing on him is dope, and the overall design works better
This is like the best pokemon video I've seen in months. The ability to remember each one's name is amazing. Sucks that gen 9 just gave up on creative names
Gen 9 really did cook. Meowscarada really vying for my number 1 spot that is currently typhlosion. Also both starter lines I consider to have the best middle evos.
Glad to see more love for Meloetta I love Meloetta and glad people also like Meloetta Meloetta is adorable and loves to sing and dance as much as I do Meloetta is underrated af Nice list Jacob!
I love stuff like this. Its so cool seeing people love pokemon that I've never really cared about. It's great that everyone can find a pokemon to love and each one has its fans. Like I really disliked most of the gen 9 pokemon but I love seeing that other people l9ve them. Sableye is the best guy though. Especially mega form. Ninetails, Perserker, and Piplup are also in the running. These are facts that can't be debated.
It's refreshing to see a big TH-camr that covers pokémon content that doesn't immediately dismiss the anthropomorphic/ humanoid pokémon designs to meet the societal status quo. Based taste Alpha, you keep being you!
For me, basically any Pokemon that is cute, looks at least remotely like a cat, and/or is Psychic, Ghost (not Goth btw, just that I like the sheer diversity of designs), Water, or Grass. Also, Jaiden's commentary at around the 3:00 minute mark made this more valuable
24:24 Well ill be damned, his starter choices are nearly identical to mine!! 😮❤ The only differences are Typhlosion and Infernape(even tho i don't really vibe with any gen 4 starter)
Gen 2-5, shinies were mostly color shifting. A few, like legendaries and fan favorites (Charizard) were manually given colors, but this is why so many become the same ugly green, or you cam barely tell its shiny apart. Thats why giant woman had a shiny, lol
link to make your own: cajunavenger.github.io/
Thank you alpharad
Thank you for the link, many creators forget
I want to do it but it won't fullscreen nicely?
@@pionirskizec1004 You gotta zoom in a lot
I'm literally Shinx!
omg
:O
YOOO its Shinx!
I'm literally Rayquaza!
True😮
Alpharad defending his Braixen pick like he didn't also pick every other humanoid pokemon that appeared instantly, he's never beating the allegations
Bro nearly every semi feminine pokemon that exist is Alpharad's favourite. This is basically his smash or pass tier list.
He's also doing so many mental gymnastics to pretend that Meowscarada isn't feminine looking.
"chat behave" immediately into "here we got throat goat" is crazy
24:35 "I really like the androgynous masquerade vibe" Balan really was the blueprint, huh?
Uh... ever heard of NiGHTS into Dreams!?!?
23:44 so all those years ago "I wish heracross was my dad, that guy's cool as fuck"
Finally came back. I figured it was just drunken rambling at the time, but no. It was not
Drunk smash, I remember
It's crazy how much more justice the sprite art does for the modern mons
Honestly, they never should have gone beyond the 3D of black and white. Probably get better games out of it just because it'd be easier to develop.
Facts, even Pokémon designs I hate look 100x better when in sprite form. Its simply how Pokémon should look
Seeing someone else appreciate dragonair made me so happy. It's literally my favorite pokemon of all time. Honestly, the amount of mid stage appreciation from alpha impressed me. So many just default to either the base form or the fully evolved form (myself mostly included, with dragonair really being my only exception), but I really respect him for actually considering them
I love dragonair, too. Also Wartortle
Grovyle is loved by many for obvious reasons too. I always thought Grovyle was grass/dark and reverted back to grass with Sceptile since it learns Pursuit via level up. Thought it was some neat lore until I found out
I have a random love for Fraxure. It's not my favorite or anything, but it's such a solid middle stage that at times I even like it more than Haxorus. It's also got a stellar shiny. Honorable mention to Hakamo-o.
finally, something that illustrated just how hard gen 9 cooked with its mons.
Ngl, gen 9 knocked it WAY out of the park with the new stuff but the old stuff we loved not coming back really took away from it.
and something that lays bare how mid the Kalos dex was
@@nategwright absolutely. Take out nostalgia pandering and XY are mid at best (ORAS is better but remakes shouldn't be better). Legends-zaza Cannot afford to be less than amazing
@@HazeEmry I just realized that Gen 9 is the first gen since 5 to introduce more than 100 new Pokémon, which is kind of disappointing. Quantity is not necessarily everything and Gen 7/8 did hit a lot more home runs in the Pokémon designs than Gen 6, but having so few new mons does kinda hurt when you have a type specialist that has to fall back on basically all older Pokémon to have a team.
When you factor out regional forms, Alola had basically no Dark types, and so you have Nanu who has a team with no truly new Pokémon. At least Gen 8 finally started to (barely) break the Kanto pander trend and started giving us regional forms for newer Pokémon and bringing back crossgen evolutions (still not a fan of a Gen 8 Champion having Gen 1 starter as his ace tho).
@@nategwright oh god yeah Nanu... I was so disappointed in him and the lack of dark types in general in Alola since I "specialise" in Dark, Bug, and Ice (horrendous favourites I know). Love him as a character tho. That said, Bug has been getting better through the years. THAT said, it sucks that Golisopod isn't in gen 9... While I do agree that quality > quantity, I'd say the quantity is important in gen 9 simply because there are 3 routes before you enter Area Zero and you can go through each route with an entirely different team. I wouldn't have tried out one of my now faves Arboliva if it weren't for the 3 routes for example. I usually make a team and stick with it . About Leon... Let's not talk about him. He doesn't deserve the breath coming out of my mouth
I see flygon, therefore no hate shall curse this land
You’re not getting a mega lil bro, lame ass overrated ass pokemon. garchomp owns u
Of the two primal forms, I give it to Groudon. I'm a bigger fan of Kyogre, but the groudon form actually incorporated more omega symbols, the lava flowing on him is dope, and the overall design works better
hard agree
“My three favourite starters right there” 10:58
My 2nd favourite pokemon, my second favourite smash character, and literally me :D
3:18 this puts a smile on my face
4:38 BRELOOM FOR THE WIN BABY WOOOOOOOOOOO
Or 4:36 rather
Wooooooo baby! That's what I'm talking about!
"You know what, I'm gonna pick some bulk"
Proceeds to pick the most fragile glass cannon 💀
This is the same energy of a 2013ish TH-cam of gaming channels doing top 20 pokemon. Makes me feel good :)
Gen 3 dragons are so stacked. So many bangers
My favorite Gen 3 dragon is Metagross
@@braxinIV what
Oh so close. The correct answer for favorite Gen 1 ghost type is actually Haunter
11:50 Yessssss Aegislash supremacy :D
Im so happy you included oddish! He’s my favourite Pokémon ever!
Man, I love a good ranking sesh.
Personally, my favorite Pokémon is Armaldo!! :)
Shiny monica is wild, wonder how many soft resets it would take for that encounter 🤔
I’m surprised it was the only pokestar studios character included since all of the fightable ones have typings too
@@colour_fall3851 she's not
I think you're the youtuber who most closely aligns with my pokemon preferences so far. Out of the ones that I've seen do this.
Looking forward to the Pokéball Tier List!
this is like when alpharad ranks his favorite pokemon
Love the remix of the Pokemon sleep music!
I’m so glad that the Galarian birds are getting some respect here, those guys are awesome. I especially love the pose they gave Galarian Articuno.
Let's go Meloetta, that's my favourite mon of all time! Nice to see some more appreciation for it.
It makes me so happy that you’re a Smeargle fan! Smeargle is my favorite Pokémon!
Honestly good picks! I appreciate the love for Absol and Porygon-Z, those two are probably my favourite mons overall.
I was just watching (some of) the 2 hour pokemon ranking video earlier today! :o
This is a great list
This is literally a Dewott moment
Best second stage starter
The Jaiden Jump scare, I looked away for a moment and then heard her laugh 😂
This is like the best pokemon video I've seen in months. The ability to remember each one's name is amazing. Sucks that gen 9 just gave up on creative names
Can’t lie the music for the gen 7 part took me back man
Gen 9 really did cook. Meowscarada really vying for my number 1 spot that is currently typhlosion. Also both starter lines I consider to have the best middle evos.
Glad to see more love for Meloetta
I love Meloetta and glad people also like Meloetta
Meloetta is adorable and loves to sing and dance as much as I do
Meloetta is underrated af
Nice list Jacob!
I love stuff like this. Its so cool seeing people love pokemon that I've never really cared about. It's great that everyone can find a pokemon to love and each one has its fans. Like I really disliked most of the gen 9 pokemon but I love seeing that other people l9ve them.
Sableye is the best guy though. Especially mega form. Ninetails, Perserker, and Piplup are also in the running. These are facts that can't be debated.
It's refreshing to see a big TH-camr that covers pokémon content that doesn't immediately dismiss the anthropomorphic/ humanoid pokémon designs to meet the societal status quo. Based taste Alpha, you keep being you!
For me, basically any Pokemon that is cute, looks at least remotely like a cat, and/or is Psychic, Ghost (not Goth btw, just that I like the sheer diversity of designs), Water, or Grass.
Also, Jaiden's commentary at around the 3:00 minute mark made this more valuable
6:05 For me, Happiny, my favorite pokémon of all time 😍
I'm glad Torterra was acknowledged. This is the sustenance I'll need for the next couple of years.
Alpha talking about Gen 9's designs is so true. PKMN Company really made some great designs with the most recent version
Luv when aplafred posts
Man, Gen 3 is so hard to choose your favourites in. It did not miss when it came to design.
16:01 thank u mr fish
I can’t wait for the “only those guys” nuzlocke!
“I’m just a huge fan of Ultra Beasts all around” BAAAAAASED
Nice Poison list too, Crobat is always the correct choice
5:30 Ah, yes. The ultimate Palkia-slayer.
I love how Sylveon has such a special place in pokemon.
I love the whimsicott appreciation :)
2:08 and that ladies and gentlemen, is why I’m subbed
SMEARGLE!!!!!!!! SMEARGLE FANS FINALLY GETTING THE W!!!!!!
can't wait for wolfe to get to rank 1 on ladder with only alpha's favourite pokemon
This man gets me about 90% of the time I agreed with his ranking
I've never seen opnions so great as Alpharad opnions on Gen 5 pokemons
Swablu and Altaria are my goats, I love the cloud birds, but Whimsicott is definitely 3
ayy, while the aren't my favs, it's good to see people appreciate them.
What are the odds that’s my favorite Spinda pattern too. So rare to see that nowadays 😅😅😅
where can you do this ranking website?
Alpharad has good taste
let's go Primarina!
My top 6 team (which coincidentally doesn't have any overlapping types):
Misdreavus
Gliscor
Breloom
Sylveon
Greninja (shiny)
Magneton
My Other top 50 Pokémon (ranked):
Whimsicott
Paras
Lurantis
Cyndaquil
Hisuian Zoroark
Darkrai
Frosslass
Fluttermane
Floatzel
Hisuian Typhlosion
Ceruledge
Golisopod
Armaldo
Bulbasaur
Gardevoir
Mawile
Mimikyu
Primarina
Vaporeon
Giratina
Piplup
Oshawott
Gligar
Noivern
Alolan Raichu
Lapras
Scolipede
Scizor
Garchomp
Meowscarada
Plusle/Minun
Rayquaza
Pachirisu
Zoroark
Shedinja
Ninjask
Spinda
Alolan Vulpix/Ninetales
Crawdaunt
Seviper
Xerneas
Dragonair
Give me freedom!
Give me fire!
Give me Iron Valiant or we retire!
WHIMSICOTT WILL BE LEADING THE REVOLUTION TO DETHRONE THE EDGY KING SOON, AND THEN WE’LL ALL BE SORRY!
He’s NOT beating the allegations
Trapinch is the fucking GOAT. All my homies love trapinch. I don't know how true that is. I just love how cute it is.
Gen 5 has the BEST grass type of all pokemon, so much bangers
Maractus
Leavanny
Whimsicott
Serperior
Liligant
24:24 Well ill be damned, his starter choices are nearly identical to mine!! 😮❤
The only differences are Typhlosion and Infernape(even tho i don't really vibe with any gen 4 starter)
Gen 2-5, shinies were mostly color shifting. A few, like legendaries and fan favorites (Charizard) were manually given colors, but this is why so many become the same ugly green, or you cam barely tell its shiny apart. Thats why giant woman had a shiny, lol
Someone should do a run with only Alpharad's favourite pokemons
1:56 BASED
Oh yeah... never evolved my little shiny snot bear after your stream lol
SKORUPI
Shiny Porygon-Z my beloved ❤
I love how there's 3 clear categories here: "Huge monster", "Cool design", and "Little Guy".
Tbf like 80% of pokemon fit into those 3 categories
I love how he said like 15 pokemon are top 10 to him
This is peak
I popped off when Alpha chose Quilava xD
I fell validated
FERALIGATR LOVE AND RESPECT LETS GO
10:50 YESSIR
omggg there is not much that i disagree with here great taste 🥳
From now on shiny giant lady legs is my favourite pokemon of all time
i remember you saying a while ago "i'm a sucker for edgy pokemon"
damn you were right
could you let us know where you did this ranking? i'd like to do it too
Espurr is high on that purple kush
I understand that no one liked Pokestar Studios, but the costumes and gimmicks (giant lady) where fun
Do you have a link to this or did you make it juet for the video?
I knew Alpha was my goat when he chose Dewott
Baxcalibur is the greatest Pokémon of all time charizard is also cool
this is great
Lovin the love alpha ❤
If you don’t consider Lapras, then we should have a discussion about everything. Ttyl! ^_^
Mimikyu is peak fiction
"truly skilled trainers use their favorites" ok well my favorites are Koraidon, Flutter Mane, Raging Bolt, Ogerpon, Chien-pao, and Kingambit
I can never do these, so many options I have multiple favourites and I can never chose
Should have done the rule that you cant use the same pokemon for 2 categories
Spheal is the best. Change my mind