@@emperorcubone You mean like another Delta Episode? Anyway, when we look at the anime, I think it's apparent that a Pokemon Z was at least planned at some point, but for some reason or another, they just decided to shelve it and hold over all the new form changes for gen7. But at least we got Ash-Greninja and Zygarde Complete in the end. The same can't be said for Eternal Flower Floette, which they're still apparently keeping in gen7's data (they even have a Dex entry for it), yet seem to have no plans to ever release the thing. To a lesser extent, I'm also a little miffed that Zygarde Core turned out to never be playable, literally just being an item (I could understand that being the case for the Zygarde Cells since they supposedly have no will of their own, but the Core?). Granted, I'm guessing the thing would've had the strength of a Pichu at best, but still, seems really off to have a Pokemon (form) featured heavily in the anime for a year yet they never give us the capability of actually using it in the games.
It's a case of, why have the door there, if you can't go in? Video gamers are programmed to try to get into doors and find secret areas. If you mess with their meta-expectations this way, it tends to create frustration.
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
Yeah, I don't understand how one can be a content creator of pokemon and then oppose the idea of a mechanic in the game that made X and Y enjoyable. I would imagine he just lost subs after this video.
@@GamerGrovyle okay, pokemon are just a bunch of 1s and 0s. If anyone was worried about how their Pokemon felt, you wouldn't play the games and force them to fight and enslave them in high tech devices.
@@socaltrojan286 That is not the point here. Not everyone likes *Using the power of evil* in order to win battles. The point is that some people with emotional attachment to the Pokemon franchise doesn't like the idea of such a dark thing happening to their Pokemon.
the biggest problem with kalos is that there isn't a third game. lets be honest, how many people remember the fourth generation for diamond and pearl? they remember platinum which is without a doubt the perfect way to enjoy sinnoh. I always hoped pokemon Z would flesh out Kalos saving it from its lack of completion but well...it seems gamefreak didn't care about Kalos or something...
@@notscorchingsands9718 i mean, people loved crystal, emerald, and platinum. if pokemon z was released as a "director's cut" of the region, it would probably be pretty popular
@@rishabhanand4973 Some people think crystal and emerald aren't needed. Ultra sun and moon are better versions and some people hate them for some reason.
*+Megabakufun2* Umm, dude, if you are using hate as a way to gauge is something is needed or not in this world then I must guess that most things aren't needed because everything has somebody that hates it.
@@notscorchingsands9718 its not essentially the same game since it adds more to features and more story etc like Platimum did. Or better yet a direct sequel taking place some years later like with black/white 2
Bug Maniac Lynke YESSSSS but not exactly like Johto I still want Galar to shine and not like Johto which was completely ignored because of kanto have some interesting stories in galar too not like Johto where Johto was just ignored and all the shine went to Kanto
@@loveruwi I was touching on the fact that post-game in Johto had you going back to Kanto. Have all the stories we need in Galar, but, then go to Kalos to fill in the holes that X and Y left.
You are right bur looking at how lazy gamefreak has been lately they just don't seem to give a major treatment to the series so i doubt they will do that
I think Kalos was just left overall incomplete. It honestly felt like there was more planned for it but they just got bored and decided to move on to the Hoenn Remakes and while I do love them I wish they had spent a bit more time on X and Y because honestly Kalos is a pretty cool region, it just wasn't given the same care that previous generations were given and it really is a shame.
Well I agree but somehow it's my most played pokemon game with ca 370h played. But it was just sooo easy to fight people via the system, trade and train your pokemon. That's why I never got much into sun and moon btw the plaza system was just to uneasy. I really wished that they would have made a pokemon Z rather then a gen7 to be honest because Kalos had soooooo much to offer
I'm pretty bummed that they no longer do in-game mythical encounters. Because Kalos had the perfect setup: power plant: flare grunts trying to steal volcanion. Get the first key via distribution. Maybe have get the other two plant keys and fight the decoy teams in the other two plants to enter steam last. Sundial: As hinted by an NPC, make an area accessible only with a distribution item at the top of the Sun dial's shadow. Maybe make the whole dial descend into stairs where Diancie rests. Couriway town: Get a train ticket via distribution and head out to a blocked off track. There, you enter the giant, aesthetically out of place palace that just appeared one day (hence the closure). Inside this treasure filled castle, guess who? HOOPA! The last one requires a stretch, but I think all would have preferred some more answers and cooler encounters (Heck, the cover legendaries are fought in a lab for Pete's sake!)
I definitely agree about the sundial! It's clearly related to Diancie, but the closest we ever got was the mini interaction in a Pokemon Center in ORAS to get its Mega Stone...
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
I would say this was the beginning of the whole "hand- holding" experience with the games. Your rival is friendly. Everyone gives you stuff... constantly. And the Exp Share mechanic...
While I think the Exp Share complaints people have are a bit much, (you can turn it off), I completely agree! I had forgotten just how bad it was, but it's definitely Sun and Moon levels at times with loooong cutscenes...
@@emperorcubone I didn't complain that much since I simply thought Gamefreak messed Exp Share up and the next games would be balanced as every game in Gen 1-5. well, then came ORAS and (U)S(U)M and basically nothing changed except some harder totem battles... :-(( and you don't get a free Mega Lucario/Latios in Gen 7, but Z moves are way too overpowered for non-boss trainers too.
The reason the region is divided is not because of geography, but because of cultural/ethnic divisions. Coastal Kalos represents Brittany, which is the Gaelic (well, Celtic) section of France. Central Kalos represents central Metropolitan France, which is Paris and surrounding cities. (It also has some French/Wallon areas of Belgium in the map though they are non-traversable in-game). Mountain Kalos represents Grand Ost, or as it is traditionally called, Alsace-Lorraine, which is the (culturally) German part of France. This is also why the Legends are there, because they are based on Germanic myths, not French ones. Southern Kalos, if it were a thing, would also represent Occitania, whose regional flag's colors are represented in Volcanion. Same goes for Alola. Different islands correspond to different islands IRL. Edit: Edited the post due to Nevinrhal's response so it is more readable, though their response is still mostly wrong.
That's actually really awesome information! I just wish I had felt that significance at all in the game! As it stands the divisions really only serve to say that Inkay lives over here, and not there...
I imagine that Kalos also has "Overseas Territory" just like Real Life France, where Serena/Calem and her/his Mother are living before moving to Mainland Kalos.
I have to completely disagree with you. The Germans annexed a good chunk of Alsace and a small part of Lorraine, but not a sixth of the entire country ! Here's a map of what the Germans annexed : ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine#/media/File:German_Empire_-_Alsace_Lorraine_(1871).svg ) Here's a map of the Grand Est : ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Est#/media/File:Grand_Est_in_France_2016.svg ) Brittany is Celtic, not Gaelic. And Coastal Kalos go as south as Ambrette Town which represent La Rochelle, very far from Brittany and Celtic origins. No, the only reason they divided Kalos in three parts is because 454 Pokemon in one national Pokedex is waaay too much.
@@nevinrhal7704 Yeah, I live in France and though Paris's region is quite large, it certainly not extend to a quarter of the country ^^ Same for Brittany, there's a lot of differences between northern France, Brittany, Normandy and Vendée ^^ Even if you try to simplify all the cultural differences (before XIXth century, we don't even speak the same language in all of France XD), this regions don't correspond to anything real ^^'
I actually disagree with you on the perms-climates. For me it gave a sense of progression throughout the game. You start going through meadows with tons of flowers (spring) go to hot beaches and deserts (summer) then to areas with falling leaves (autumn) and finally the cold, snowy areas (winter).
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
It's pretty clear that a Z version if not XZ and YZ were in the works at some point, before getting cancelled presumably to focus work on Sun and Moon. The going theory is that they wanted a new generation to come out for the 20th anniversary, so Sun and Moon had to be rushed out the door with Gen 6 ending prematurely. This is evident in so much content that was obviously meant for Z being shoehorned into Alola where it otherwise has seemingly no place, not to mention Sun and Moon themselves having a lot of unfinished content, like the lack of access to the Golf Course and a number of cave entrances and other paths visible around Alola that you simply cannot access at all.
Im gonna be honest with you, your point about Mega Evulutions was pretty, PRETTY bad. By that logic, Pokemon was always about trapping animals in balls and then forcing them to fight with others of their own just for your own gain and making them go horrible mutations that are pretty darn bad. Just going out of the alolan pokedex and anime dosen't reenforce your point, either, as we all know how innacurate both the pokedex and anime are. Edit: Pokemon lets go also retconned the "mega evolution bad" thing, so, yeah.
One theory I've heard is that Rotom, being a ghost type, edited the entries in the Alonan pokedex to make them way spookier, especially the mega evolutions. That would explain why every entry is so weirdly dark and why later games contradict them (Rotomdex says that mega Gyrados is a mindless killing machine, Let's go Pikachu says it still trusts and obeys its master.)
There's also AZ's Floette which have unique stats and a unique move in every generation 6 and 7 games, yet was never released. It hints to some special event that could be quite cool and emotional, but no. Nothing.
you expect an event for that? dont make me laugh, all the mythical pokemon are just given to you instantly and given exposition immediately and that's it.
There was already an emotional event when Floette reunited with AZ, which I found pretty terrible. The only way to explain Floette leaving AZ would be killing off the latter, and that's unlikely for obvious reasons.
If Pokemon Z hadn't been cancelled Zygarde most likely would've taken a role similar to Giratina in Platinum, where it didn't show up during the main crisis in the inital pair of games but does get directly involved in the sister game.
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
Kalos while being the game that was introduced to the 3DS it left a lot to be desired. The routes and towns are too barren with very litle to see, gym leaders are lackluster with a team of 3 pokemon each and the difficulty wasn't there at all. Story "if there's any" is quite easy to forget, the roster while it had a cool variety of Pokémon it wasn't enough for me sadly and the Champion. Dear Arceus the Champion is by far the worst, it served no purpose whatsoever other than "Hey, i'm the Champion and i'm an actress as well see ya" and the E4 is by far more challenging "in a sense" than the Champion. Don't get me started on the rivals because they're not worth my explanation neither my time to type it up. X&Y was a game that had a lot of untaped potential but the execution was badly handled, for me in my experience it left nothing of impact in any place at all and i tried to give it a second chance and yet the same feeling stays. Haven't touched my copy of X in two or three years and i doubt that i'll ever go back and play it.
Story, "if there's any"? Where the heck did that come from? I cried three times in XY, first when they told us AZ's story and Floetee left him, second when Lysandre's plan to kill all Pokemon was revealed, and make a world without them,and third, when AZ's Floette returned to him after 3,000 years. Technically I cried a fourth time when I learned (before playing the game) that Yveltal had obliterated the region a long time ago and made several species of Pokemon extinct. I guess there was some crying in Sun as well but NOT IN ANY PREVIOUS GEN. Which means XY has a better story than most Pokemon gens.
I certainly took a chance to get invested in AZ story but ended up just eh in my opinion as for the being the "best story in the main series" that can be debatable
@@poisonedyoyo that backstory was heartfelt but that all that was good or rememberable other than the very short post game, and it came from a picture book mostly. AZ the most interesting character there we only saw twice, technically three times, and the most significance he had was after he was already caught and that key was taken away from him, and he still doesn't do anything of importance, a complete waste of what would have been a good character. The legendarys were treated like literal batteries, how low can you go to treat your own legendarys as a household power source?
even though the story wasn't the best I remember it full really and I know people like to trash it compared to other games saying 'oh well it didn't get a third version likw the other games' True but I wonder if people say that are the implying every game without a seqeul or third version is a bad game?cause they aren't
Kinda dissapointed you didn't mention the laughable Team Flare and its laughably obvious leader (Edit: all the team leaders are obvious but Mr. Lionhair was impossible to take seriously)
I've never been disguted by a Pokémon Game before like I did when I saw his excuse to do all the things he was doing. Also, honestly, the same happened with Pokémon Gen 7 and the shitless Filler Region Alola...
Victor Rocha Yeah, but Lusamine was more relatable than Lysandre since she was Lilie and Gladion's mother. In my opinion, the drama there came from that more than her crazy crush on Zeroid (in sun and moon) or insane plan to save Alola (in UsUm).
not every single Mega Evolution hurts the Pokemon, for example mega Rayquaza, and actually the Pokedex entries are very inaccurate, there are major contradictions within the Pokedex.
Plus it's quite possible that those entries were just the Rotom Dex being an edgy SOB, as the Let's Go games retcon that whole "Mega Evolution hurts the Pokemon" deal
I love how our scientific quest to create a comprehensive, accurate Pokedex has resulted in mostly contradictory nonsense. Just like REAL SCIENCE, kids! (If you know anything about biological classification systems, you know what I mean.)
Only some cause problems, Lopunny becomes an uncontrolled fighting machine, but it's only for a little while and there's never any lasting harm to you or your pokemon.
I feel like Kalos was rushed and underperformed in a lot of ways. I don't believe for a second that most trainers got the Ace pokémon they were supposed to get. Kalos only has one Bug Pokémon, one Ground Pokémon (excluding Zygard), and a little too much of past Pokémon because of Mega Evolution. This ends up adding to no trainer really having special Pokémon because everyone shares team members, including Aces (In other generations you wouldn't see other people have the same Pokémon as Leaders' Aces for the most part). Take Grant, for an example. If he were to even have more Pokémon, his only options would be Carbink and Barbaracle. Wulfric would have an Aurorus, and would be the third important figure of the region to have one. Even when there would be better options, they let it slip. I have NO idea why Valerie wouldn't have a Florges as her ace. I feel like Diantha is specially weak because of this: Hawlucha - It's Korrina's Ace (if you discount Mega Lucario, which I do because it isn't his original region); Both Fossils - Are Grant's Aces; Gourgeist - Should have been with Ramos; Goodra - What should have been a star of her team gets overshadowed by; Mega Gardevoir - I have a lot of problems with this. Gardevoir, previously, was Wally's signature. Then they changed it to Mega Gallade to accomodate. Now that makes Wally and Lucian share signatures. It is messy and terrible. She could have had a way more interesting team that would help her stand out and show her personality. She is the kind of character I'm sure would have a Furfrou (not only it is a good representant of the local culture, it could be surprisingly bulky, it starts fast, and has a movepool to choose from. It could be a shocking first 'mon to go against). I'd even think she could have a Diancie if she was further worked into the plot and not event only. Maybe the starter strong agaisnt yours too, after all she is good friends with Sycamore. And yes, I whole heartedly agree with number 1. There's just too much leading to a Pokémon Z that never happened. I've always wondered if it was in production for the Wii U and it got shut down because of the low sales, or if they planned to have another european region in Gen 7 that would connect back to Kalos and have more lore; but I guess we won't know until we have another european region. I actually feel the same about Unova, too. Their train yard city (Anville) is very well hidden, far off in the distance, and it's nothing but glorifyied item trading. It is obviously there to connect to other places, but it doesn't.
Wow, I didn't even realize the problems with Diantha's team until you laid it out... Three Pokemon that same as the gym leaders? That's just terrible! Even if there were less than 100 new Pokemon surely you can do better than that...
@@emperorcubone I'd really have loved it if she had a Diancie. It would make wonders for her team. Not only it could have given her plot relevancy, she'd also stand out for having the only Gen 6 Pokémon with a Mega. Also Diantha... Diancie... There's something there, right?
@@verloaded2564 I wouldn't go that far. Surely it is full of oversights, but every gen is a slightly less 'beta-y' version than the last. Purely building blocks. It SURELY isn't as bland as Gen 1, poorly designed and grindy as gen 2, convoluted as gen 3, as slow as Gen 4 and it /is/ a lot more innovative than Gen 5, who played it safe because it wanted crazier designs and didn't really implement any new mechanics. It also has a lot more content than Gen 7, lol. It is also a very, very decent first step into 3D, and it translates a lot very well, which is probably where most resources went.
Tbf Pangoro And Diggersby don’t get used by s big trainer do they? That would be cool from Diantha. Also yes I have always hated how there is a psychic gym on this region when they only add Meowstic onto the game. And your rival uses a meowstic too. If you look on serebii where you see Meowstic it is a long entry.
Love the video! I don’t agree with your mega evolution point but the new perspective on it was nice. My theory is that the reason mega evolution is morally accepted is that the Pokémon is pushing itself to its limits for you like a runner sprinting at the end of a marathon. It’s not “healthy” but the Pokémon does it because it loves its trainer. But that’s just my theory keep up the great work!
I also disagree with Emperor Cubone's Mega Evolution point (mostly). But my reason is that I don't pay much attention to the Pokédex anyway. I view it as an amusing novelty, and maybe one Trainer's insight into one specific instance of that Pokémon. And that Trainer, whoever it was, clearly exaggerated some points, as with Alakazam's IQ or Magcargo's temperature The Pokémon clearly have more varied features and personalities than the Pokédex suggests, as we see sometimes in different media.
I think Emperor's "opinion" sounded like a copy-paste of the reason we were given in alola as an attempt to make us prefer z moves over mega evolutions (which I think was idiotic but hey, they had to introduce this new gimmick somehow). I do agree on the point that the mega would be a "limit breaker" or "overclocking" of sorts, hence only one team member can perform it safely (and the bond lore behind it) but it is true that every pokemon can do it once you unlock it, having the mega stone as the only requirement. I think it would have been both better and more consistent if they had made it friendship dependant on ORAS/S/M/US/UM. Hopefully they will correct that mistake on the Switch's title.
@@aikou2886 Friendship dependant sounds like a cool idea. I also think there should be a level requirement of 50 so the Pokemon is strong enough to withstand the pain.
They even try to hide the three Pokémon party limit on Gym Leaders through lore. They seem to insist several times that *most* trainers in Kalos only carry three Pokémon. Even Tierno, Shauna, and Trevor follow that rule. You and Serena/Calum are like literally the only people that normally carry around a full team. As for Mega Evolution. I do see your point with those dex entries, but isn't that something shown only in Alola? Of course Alolans despise Mega Evolution. They want to push Z Moves. Mega Evolution has always made far more sense to me as a form of Super Saiyan. A power up transformation. That's it. That's why it lasts only in battle because there's no reason to Mega elsewhere... except when Latios and Latias want to show off. And even compare Red's Charizard in Origins. He doesn't look in pain or all. He just looks like he powered up after he reached his limit. Just like Super Saiyan.
Fire Bandit I didn't mean that it was exactly like Super Saiyan. Just that it is what it is. A power up transformation. One powered by strong bonds, not the death of a friend.
It's seen as mythical. If you wanted it you needed to get an event that was given out. You never find one in the game. So it's seen as mythical the way Mew is. And the Mega Stone was a gift from the event.
Infinity energy isn't the energy coming from dead Pokémon, it's the life energy of Pokémon themselves. The energy is from dead Pokémon when it's used by the ultimate weapon or the Devon corporation.
"Do you wanna make your pokemon pain in mega evo?" Yes. because no pain, no gain. Edit: if you think mega evo is bad, why not you think catching pokemon with small poke ball is bad too?
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
X & Y felt rushed and lazy in hindsight. They leaned too hard on gen1 nostalgia and improved graphics to sell the games. The drop-off in quality between gen 5 and 6 is massive. Plot took a nose-dive, pacing, number of new pokemon, any sense of difficulty, rival quality. All awful, and those trends have almost completely stuck with the series afterwards (thankfully Sun/Moon has a plot and side-characters that are interesting, but the rest of those problems still persist).
@@andresmarrero8666 no doubt. At least the side characters are interesting...but it still suffers so much from being a massive tease. "What's this area over here? Too bad because you can't go there!"
@@tyranitararmaldo I hate that, but I hate it even more when things don't make any sense. Like how and why did the creation trio and spirit trio not intervene in Alola when legendarys absolutely hate their domains being messed with. Or like how it makes no sense for poke-France to be filled with pokemon from Poke-Japan to just name two.
I wouldn't say it dropped off in quaity sure it may not have the best pacing but it has a way better region layout sure there wasn't as many pokemon working 3d models cries and amie takes time and whatnot and atleast they don't seem at all like ripoffs plotwise?yeah it's not all gen 1 pandering or grahics may have been rushed but I wouldn't call the game really lazy no offense but you kinda act like everything it added was bad bad rivals or friendly ones?not really new at all yeah it was way to easy and the plot and characters could have been improved on I just wanna say a first main series 3d game never really is perfect and not everything gen 5 had needed to be in gen 6 either also gen 7 is more difficult then gen 6 trust me and oh yeah...ultra necrozma...and goivanni battle
Hi, emperor Cubone! You're my favorite Poke-tuber, I absolutely love your content! I've been looking forward to this video for a long time!! I really enjoyed your opinions in this video; you have some really unique opinions and it's very refreshing to hear your ideas and thoughts. Thanks so much for this video! I've been really enjoying your Let's Go Eevee LP as well, looking forward to the next episode! I hope you and your family had a wonderful New Year!
Thank YOU! It's so wonderful to hear from people like you that you're enjoying everything. :) (And even enjoying the Let's GO series; I'm glad someone is!) :P
Honestly I would honestly like to see a sequel game, that addresses the problems of mega evolutions by arfticially creating Mega Stones that put less pressure on the pokemon. Probably a conservation group that tries to address the harmful effects of Mega Evolutions. Doesnt gloss it over, but doesnt outright abandon it
Anyone waiting for Top 6 Problems with Alola Region? Ps. Couriway train station could lead to Galar Region. If that so, a Kalos region follow up game might happen.
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
Mine would be: 2) they give you so many Pokemon. A starter A second starter A fossil A lucario A lapras That’s five Pokemon! 1) it’s so easy I beat the entire game without losing a single battle, and I didn’t grind once! I didn’t even fight every trainer
This was a fun video. All of your points hit with the exception of the Mega Evolution. While the pokedex does imply that these transformations are painful, I mean, the pokedex has also said Magcargo is as hot as the sun. And then stated it is as hot as lava/magma. I don't particularly think that it's the most reliable source.
The pokedex is supposed to be taken as accurate, and they would most certainly check the validity in labs. Pokemon are ridiculous, that's just a fact of life in the pokemon world.
*+Andres Marrero* So you are trying to say that the Pokemon World has millions upon millions of Magcargo going around with a temperature similar to that one of the surface of the Sun?! Yeah, then I ponder of what both the Pokemon World, humans and Pokemon are made of to survive something like this!. Heck, shouldn't Magcargo be the strongest Pokemon then?.
@@megagustman No because pokemon are ridiculous to begin with, a lot of fire types can go to such temperatures. Due to how thermal dynamics work, the only thing that Marcargo would be melting is what it is directly on and that is assuming that it is always at that temperature which there is no reason to suggest that it is. The cycles and ecosystems of the pokemon world are way different from ours, a bit more destructive and active but it still keeps it's balance. The terran is always changing, mountains being destroyed and then put back up, and so on.
*+Andres Marrero* Sorry, but that isn't how it works. Nothing can survive the Sun's surface's temperature. Not only there would be a lot of forests fires but everything in a close radius to Magcargo would melt. Besides, you are only thinking of only one, but there are millions so the problems increase. Besides, we do need to believe (based on your logic) that they cannot regulate their temperature because we are taking the Pokedex entries literal as you stated. That's why everybody takes those with a grain of salt. But do you want one that not even you cannot deny makes no sense? Banette. The Pokedex establishes that he's a possessed doll that wants to kill the kid that discarded him and that does fit with the Yokai that it originated from, but then you have to remember that Banette is the evolved version of Shuppet, a hand puppet. How could a hand puppet have had a kid that threw a doll version of itself? Much less how could it develop hatred towards that kid?.
@@megagustman that is quite the question, Shuppet is a spirit that feeds on negative emotions like hate, it becoming a Tsukumogami because of that is not out of the question. The pokedex never said that they are always at that temperature, only that they can go up to those temperatures. Thermal dynamics would also create a heat shield around them, it is what happens with our hands all the time.
I looooove Kalos- but am also equally annoyed with most of your points haha. The easiness of the games was a bit annoying; like you said all they’d have to have done was added more Pokémon to some of the teams. I both like and dislike Mega Evolution. I love how Pokémon like Ampharos, Altaria, Absol, Mawhile, Houndoom, etc. that were cool but seemed incomplete for forms; making them viable after being outclassed. But then you get mons like Garchomp, Salamencr, Ttar, Metagross, and the other pseudo-legendaries getting one- while Dragonite gets left out. It seems like these Pokémon are plenty strong and loved without Megas- don’t see why they need them when there are other loved mons like Flygon, Lapras, Tropius, etc that aren’t as strong that people would love to see get stronger. The starters I understand getting a Mega and it even made sense with the bond theory- I’m just going to be mad if gen 1 and 3 are the only ones who ever get starter megas (and I’m afraid they will be). I have to admit- I honestly think the Pokédex entries saying how painful mega evolution is and how some Pokémon basically turn evil or overly animalistic from it is just speculation from Pokémon scientists who haven’t used them. It is something that is very rare that only the most powerful trainers seem to have- and from the experiences we see we don’t seem to see any pain or evil qualities other than most of them looking more fierce and going through bodily changes. A lot of the Pokémon do look more natural even (like Pinsir and Aerodactyl), in my opinion. So I feel okay using one- if there were dialogue of us seeing them look sad or in pain or even like the happiness meter goes down each time they mega evolve I’d definitely be really against it too haha. But until then I think it is just unproven theories from scientists to fill Pokédex pages and maybe even discourage people from using it if it is indeed dangerous for a weaker trainer to use it. Definitely agree with the last point. All of the gaps in story seemed masterfully done at first when we expected a Pokémon Z; but then when Z never came it just felt lazy. My hope is that we get a Switch Pokémon Z. I know it is unlikely; but it would be cool with the trend of new main series game and then reboot. Gen 8 comes then we get either the Sinnoh remakes or Pokemon Z which is like a continuation like black 2 and white 2. Would be so incredibly psyched for that. Multiple new areas we could see; hopefully harder gyms and elite 4. I think even seeing the fire type Elite 4 member try to resurrect Team Flare but with a slightly different feel to them would be really cool! It’s doubtful- but X and Y deserve more closure; and to have an even deport look into the Kalos region and lore would be so satisfying. Sorry for the long comment. Great video!
The problem with Mega Evolution for me is that they are MASSIVELY half-baked and underutilized despite being one thing that is supposed to define Gen VI, though ORAS at least slightly utilize them more, gameplay and story wise.
My top 6 problems: 6. Power plant: They should have make a sidequest for this, with a new character, exclusive pokémon and strong trainers. 5. Gym Leaders & Elite 4: Too easy to defeat them. They should have more pokémon, more moves and higher levels. 4. Water routes: There are only a few water spots. More water spots means more pokémon and more areas to get access to. 3. Geography: Bad geography, snow & mountains in the south-east and should have make more sense. 2. Areas: More areas to get access to, maybe with the monorail or the train station to get access to another region. 1. Mega Evolution & legendaries: More Kalos-pokémon should have mega evolution and add more legendaries in the games.
There's a quite popular theory suggesting those three structures in the power plant we never can get to were supposed to contain legendary Pokémon. Kinda like the legendary beasts and the golems being "secondary trios" in their respective regions. Like, post-game, after completing certain tasks, you can visit those facilities, but the developers ran out of time to fully develop those events so the facilities are just left. This is just the general concensus of the theory though, different people have different takes on this.
I agree with all your points, aside from more kalos Pokemon getting megas. The whole point of mega evos was to bring back old Pokemon to relevancy (ik an over used saying but that was the main reason) mostly... So we had the kanto starters get megas at first. I mean i do agree it would be nice if we had potentially a handfull of megas so the starters and the box art legends, or even zygarde although we have zygarde 100% form.
@@tandues_orbis3182 but it makes no sense lore wise. Kalos created mega evolution in a war. They out of all the regions should have had the most megas, instead they only got one.
Something i noticed in my first playthrough of X is that Anistar City appears to be a coastal city it but it's actually pretty far from the coast of Kalos.
Yeah, I think it has to do with all of the rivers that liter the official map; you can see them on some routes and things, but others have no evidence. But that must be a pretty wide river to give that view from the Sundial...
I didn't know the fact that Mega Evolution was a mutation and all of that. I'm reading comments here, one says "It's not 'healthy' but your Pokémon does it because it loves you". WTF? One reply to that comment is basically "idk, I don't pay attention to the PokéDex, so it isn't a bad thing for me". No, definitely no. No one can leave a comment in this video disagreeing with your "Mega Evolution is bad" points. It definitely is. I'm sure they first thought about the new megas and then they added more depth to its lore, so it didn't hurt Pokémon at first, but then they implemented those lines and BAM, Mega Evolution is abuse. A bad idea, just like the Latios/Latias gift so early in OR/AS.
I’m sorry but from The origins Ova it says it’s a power busted by the link between trainers and pokemon, somehow Origins is canon for one thing but then when it comes to dissing megas it’s not LOL.
My biggest concern is why did they decided this to be the official description on how mega evolution works? Did Game Freak think this would be a good idea for a back story? It still sounds like a lame rushed attempt to add megas. If they added more thought into why megas should be included, then maybe people wouldn't have it so much.
You know that you're talking about a game in which your main goal is to capture wild animals and force them to fight until at least one of them is completely knocked out, right? If you want to consider mega evolutions pokemon mutilation... you should also consider the whole game as well :/ Really, the best way to look at it is if you look at the pokemons as some sort of athletes, willingly fighting for you. And if you think like that, well... unnatural and unhealthy procedures to enhance your performance DO happen in professional sports, so yea
Thinking about, Kalos certainly has the biggest remake potential of all regions. So many little mistakes, so many unanswered questions. They can flesh out the power plant, Zygarde, the hotel, they could even go so far as to change the regions climate or layout to make it more realistic, without that weird desert and the blizzard route or better yet, moving them so they make sense. SO much potential.
Me, Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
I agree,most other ones I don't like because they curse,but of ALL of the videos I have saw he has never said a single,not so very good,word,and I love the ideas like the omnitrix
Just like Diamond and Pearl, X and Y were pretty much guaranteed to have problems since they were the first main series Pokémon games on a new system. I only played through X for the first time about a year ago, and among other things that bothered me (especially the unresolved mysteries), the janky camera angles in Lumios City made me not want to go back there unless I absolutely had to. I also wish X and Y had more post-game content. The Looker sidequest was just kind of "meh" to me.
That very reason is why I'm glad we have Let's Go before Gen 8, so they can work out the kinks on the Switch. But I totally agree; the postgame in Kalos is basically nonexistent. If I hadn't been trying to fill the dex, etc. there'd be nothing...
I mean dex entries have tons of rhings that seem like hyperbole or just wrong so that could explain why megas dex entries are so violent but no one seems to care
iirc in Lumiose City, there's an npc who says that they heard the lava dome pokemon (heatran) is in jaune plaza. Despite this, it never appears anywhere in Kalos and transferring a heatran and going to jaune plaza or the npcs does absolutely nothing. Why was that a thing again???
@Pink Kirlia The NPC mentioning the "Lava Dome Pokémon" was supposed to be saying something around the lines of "it sounds like there's a real Lava Dome Pokémon in the plaza" because the other NPC was supposed to be imitating Heatran's cry.
@Pink Kirlia Yeah, the NPCs in Lumiose City are a little... Strange. There was an NPC couple talking about their Pokémon down Vernal Avenue, and one time the dialogue box showed "Y'know... my Emolga really wants to shock your Dedenne." Me: ...???
@Pink Kirlia The Sun and Moon demo with the lady walking off with the Machamp as a date? Yeah lol. Crikey. Luckily, children don't understand innuendos.
Wow, way to catch us all off guard, man. I was expecting Mega Evolution to be #1 on this list given how much you've expressed your disdain for it in the past. But I could not agree with you more about your #1 and #2 choices. (Also, it's incredibly appropriate that you used Scooby-Doo and the gang at the beginning of the #1 section, since that's who I always think of when I see the X/Y main character and the four friendly "rivals," LOL.)
Oh wow, I've never even thought of comparing the Scobby gang to the X/Y rivals but that's hilarious! Mostly because they work surprisingly well with the parallels...
The Kalos region and X and Y are one of if not my favourite games and region next to Sinnoh and DPP I don’t know what it is about it that I love so much about these games I just really love the feel of it
The Mega Evolution thing is... Interesting. But I never believed nor cared about what Pokedex entries say. They're stupid and they change in every Gen.
5:56 The Desert in Kalos also has a different problem in terms of topography. Which one? Simple: Leave Courmaline City and go down the 13th route (means going south as proven as soon as the very first route of the game) do nothing else and after a short while, interrupted by aggressive non-avoidable Wild Pokémon with Arenatrap, you will end up in Lumiose City. Now take a look at the Kalos Map. How? To be fair with the ghost girl: It's the very same thing with the three (or four if you consider a pair of red eyes on a painting a spirit) ghosts in Sinnoh's Old Chateau.
i've been waiting for this day! i hated the part where in Lutmiious city(yeah i spelt it wrong. the Big City) where the lights go out and you cant go north, but NPCs can walk past just fine. the construction worker just hated you
Not to mention if you go at night you can see lights on behind him in the buildings with "no power." They really need to come up with better excuses for roadblocks in these games...
I have a theory that the different climates were meant to represent seasons and influence Deerling and Sawsbuck's forms. Central Kalos is very spring-like and flowery, Coastal Kalos gives off Summer vibes since it's mostly beach (also Kiloude City being tropical), and Mountain Kalos has elements of Autumn and Winter with fallen leaves, cold air, and snow. I guess the idea was scrapped at some point since it was too much to program for one line of Pokemon.
Correct me if im wrong but wouldnt mega evolution usually fail if the pokemon doesnt want to undergo it? I mean team rocket needed a machiene to force garchomp in the anime.
My biggest problem with Kalos is that it covers the entirety of France. What, Japan gets 4 regions based on itself and still isn't completely covered? The USA has 2 so far, and presumably we could get another one for each of the remaining 48 states. But France apparently doesn't deserve to be split into multiple regions.
I knew this one was coming but I still consider X/Y my absolute favourite games thus far (and OR/AS by extension) because it gave us Pokémon Amie and *finally* I could fuss and play with my Pokémon after a hard-won battle (Pyroar, Tyrantrum, Aurorus ... all such funny and cute reactions!) Thanks for yet another great vid Emperor of all Cubone =^_^=
That's true; the amie feature was a nice touch, and I'm glad they've kept it going thus far. But man, I really do love Gen 6 too. They just had a great feel to them...
Emperor Cubone yes me too! While I love playing with the partner Pokémon in Let's Go I miss being able to do that with all the Pokémon ... but we can also have other Pokémon follow us so 50-50? Thanks so much for the reply and already looking forward to the next one about Alola =^_^=
@@LadyLeomon I hate pokemon amie because it guilt trips you and warps the game into your favor. The elite four are made into literally jokes when any lasting damage they manage to do is immediately remedied and nullified due to pokemon amie and the near limitless amount of berries you get.
Andres Marrero you've made good points, I turned off the Exp.Share right after getting it and haven't used it since, if I could turn it off in the Let's Go games I would! In-game yes Pokémon Amie can make things too easy, no argument there. But none of it applies to online battling, so that's something at least. But I'm not a competitive battler, I can count on one hand the number of battles I've had against other players, so I just really enjoy this feature over anything else. Thanks for the reply!
When I was fighting Clemont, I forgot to heal before fighting him, so I only had my lucario and two others I think. I took him out just with my lucario.
the mega evolution pokedex entries were added in sun and moon, so my personal theory is that they wanted to push megas to the side for the new gimmick of z moves, and the horrific pokedex entries were just another way to discourage people from using it. i think it was really poorly thought out though, since it retroactively makes every character who uses mega evolution abusive and makes the entire region of kalos look bad (since nearly everyone thought it was a good thing). something worth noting is that mega slowbro is the only one (to my knowledge) whose sun and moon entry actually DOES sound good. apparently it's comfortable and safe in there.
Is it bad I DO like X and Y? Not because of the story or difficulty, because of the Pokémon, the post-game with Looker, and the character customization. I REALLY wish it had a third game. It would have been epic. However, I do like Black and White better.
Fun fact: If you are doing a Nuzlocke of X/Y, you actually get more catches between the 1st and 2nd Gyms than between 3 and 7. Kalos' pacing is GODAWFUL
Loved this! I really like your take on a lot of topics. You’re dry pessimism on certain subjects is really funny. And it was warranted for lots of Kalos. The main problem for me is how rushed it feels. So many unfleshed plot points and areas, a horrible post-game and a clunky geographical layout. Oh, and AZ being 1000 years old is weird to me. Thanks for another great video 😃
My problem with Mega Evolution comes two fold. One plot, one usage. The plot problem is how its built up to the third gym and then...dropped. That's it. Done. The usage problem is that you battle Korrina and then...no one else has a Mega until Lysandre at the end of the game, and the Champion. Such a new important feature the game barely uses.
I enjoy the darkness that Mega Evolution adds. It puts a layer seriousness into the game. It lets you defy the pokemon narrative that you need to love your pokemon. It lets you be more like Silver and just train your pokemon for efficiency.
Z-Moves are better than Mega Evolutions. I can have a super cool, powered up move with my favorite Pokémon team and know that none of them are suffering while using it. And I completely agree that a whole lot more could have been added to Kalos as post game material. I've wanted so bad to know the mystery behind the ghost girl of Lumiose, and see how Zygarde plays out in its own version, but gamefreak decided "Meh" and pretty much shelved all that! Boo! Finish what you started I say!
I also find Z-Moves better because you can use it with any Pokemon, even involved ones, but there's only around 40 or so possible Megas in the whole game, so it's a lot more open...
Indeed. Before, I was hoping they would make Mega Evolutions for Eevee and its eeveelutions, but if these evolutions are gonna make my favorite Pokémon suffer in so much pain, it's not worth it.@@emperorcubone
Actually, that whole deal with Mega Evolutions hurting the Pokemon is all but confirmed to have been the Rotom Dex being an edgy SOB, as the Let's Go games retcon the "Mega Evolutions are harmful" thing.
One. Question. How long did you research for this video? You don't seem to like almost no place around the kalos region or at least don't like where it was put to. But did you ever consider that almost every place or landscape is there because it is there in the real France on which kalos is based on?
@@c0mpu73rguy you're right there are no deserts in France, but especially in the south there are some very dry and desert-like places, like for example the cote'd Azur
One major issue that I'm super glad you mentioned in Kalos are the power plants we can't access. That you can see,that actually have _door,_ but are completely blocked off. They're right there just let me explore them ;-; Alola does the with the Hano Grand Resort, with all that glorious gilf course on the map that you can't even see.
Pokémon X and Y are trash Games. Why ? Because it’s too easy, lacks a plot/storyline, have a bad cast of characters, lacks a proper follow up/definitive enhanced version/sequel to fleshed out the third legendary pokemon, have a bad postgame. The only good thing about Pokémon X and Y are the region and the layout of the region, the region of Pokémon X and Y are the most diverse thanks to being dissected into 3 parts, coastal, central and mountain and there’s so many optional/explorable areas and explorable routes.
In fact, The only good thing about Pokémon X and Y is the region and the layout of the region is one of the best if not the best in the Pokémon Series, the region of Pokémon X and Y is the most diverse thanks to being dissected into 3 parts, coastal, central and mountain and there’s so many optional/explorable areas and explorable routes in Pokémon X and Y which makes it even more good.
My first ever Pokémon games were X/Y. I remember absolutely loving the games because I was relatively young so the challenge wasn’t a problem. I remember falling in love with the series from X/Y. When I see hate, I understand it but I adore these games.
I didnt really look into Mega evolution. My theory was that it takes a future adaption as to explain the different Y and X Stones. For Charizard it was that one moved into a Desert and the other in to a Cave
Yeah this resume my feelings about Kalos. It's a great region, but it's... too much. It's a patchwork of awesome sceneries that don't quite fits together. Then there's the Pokémon, which are both the best and worst point of the games. Variety is great, and having a massive team makes the game somewhat more challenging (it goes from being a breeze to being just easy). But there is such a thing as too much variety. Most of the Pokémon appears only on one single route. Which means none really have the time to shine. And the new Pokémon, who are already too few to begin with, suffers even more from this, never truly being able to shine.
I completely agree about the new Pokemon being overshadowed. I was thrilled every time there was something actually NEW to jump out of the grass, and likewise disappointed to see yet another Psyduck, or Volbeat, or any other thing I've seen a hundred times. Even if they don't make as many new Pokemon they should at least give them more of a highlight...
@@emperorcubone This actually is my other issue with Mega Evolution on a more meta level. Even the starters gets overshadowed by the cool Kanto Starters.
To be honest, I think Kalos ultimately fails compared to many of the other Pokemon games, not because of things like difficulty, the region itself or the Pokemon distribution - but rather the story. Difficulty, or the lack of it, is a prevalent flaw in these games; but I found that there are many random trainers that can catch you off guard with their team; proving to be somewhat of a challenge with nuzlockes. Turning of the EXP share also helps. Yes, the AI is dumb to begin with; but it's far worse in ORAS - which are seen as much better games. The issue is the story. It's hollow, flat and contains no interesting segments. Not a single one of the characters has a personality beyond that of one dimensional, and characters and their actions are the driving force of the story. And with such a needless abundance of forgettable characters, there is no focus to the plot - which, in of itself, is not only poor, but horrendously paced. The overall plot and ideas are seemingly arbitrary, character interactions are mostly pointless and the messages are barren. But it's weaved together so one part of the story takes place hours after the other, but mere minutes before the next. The issue is that the plot is entirely character dependent, yet none of the characters are interesting. In Heartgold and Soulsilver, there may not have been much plot, but characters like Silver, Lance, Clair and Archer wove together what little there was, and made everything so much better. Say what you want about the minimal plots are in Pokemon games, there are many characters that do not have much screen time and are captivating nonetheless. In the aforementioned ORAS games, there was Archie, Maxie, Wally, Birch, Steven, Wallace and Zinnia. It did not feel like an achievement to stop team Flare or beat Diantha, because who cares? There were some characters in the game I found to be worth my time, but Looker and Emma were in a short postgame. Az was the only one to have some thought put into him. But, he was undermined and had little dialogue. And in all honesty the only good moment he even has is when he is reunited with floette. He still lacks a character, motives, etc. He's only interesting because the circumstances in which he's in are interesting, which the story focuses on very little in favour of more shallow material. Though still, I'd rather play X and Y over some of the old games simply because of the updated mechanics. Yes, Gen 7 is more technically vibrant, but X and Y aren't chock full with pointless cutscenes that make me want to gauge my eyes out. I do like sun and Moon quite a bit despite their lack of replayability since the game is more difficult and has a much better story. However, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon remain to be my least favourite games in the entire main series by far. That's beyond the point, though - X and Y are not the worst, but they are far from the best.
Pokemon Z had to be one of the most needed third version in pokemon, but we never got it and most likely never will
They could always surprise us and throw it in when we're not expecting, like they did with ORAS...
@@emperorcubone You mean like another Delta Episode?
Anyway, when we look at the anime, I think it's apparent that a Pokemon Z was at least planned at some point, but for some reason or another, they just decided to shelve it and hold over all the new form changes for gen7. But at least we got Ash-Greninja and Zygarde Complete in the end. The same can't be said for Eternal Flower Floette, which they're still apparently keeping in gen7's data (they even have a Dex entry for it), yet seem to have no plans to ever release the thing. To a lesser extent, I'm also a little miffed that Zygarde Core turned out to never be playable, literally just being an item (I could understand that being the case for the Zygarde Cells since they supposedly have no will of their own, but the Core?). Granted, I'm guessing the thing would've had the strength of a Pichu at best, but still, seems really off to have a Pokemon (form) featured heavily in the anime for a year yet they never give us the capability of actually using it in the games.
Instead we got ultra dlc zzzz
Fiery Gaming maybe 15 years from now when we get to this remake.
no?
People complain and joke about some random kid being able to walk into whatever building they want, but then when they can't, everyone complans.
It's a case of, why have the door there, if you can't go in?
Video gamers are programmed to try to get into doors and find secret areas. If you mess with their meta-expectations this way, it tends to create frustration.
Weenkerz but u can go in a part of the power plant, so why not the other parts?
we live in a society
@@MajoradeMayhem Trainer: *Tries to open door*
Door: *Doesn't open*
Trainer: *Confused screaming*
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
Came here to see top 6 problems with Kalos,
Ended up watching a PETA ad about Megaevolution
Yeah, I don't understand how one can be a content creator of pokemon and then oppose the idea of a mechanic in the game that made X and Y enjoyable.
I would imagine he just lost subs after this video.
@@socaltrojan286 Though the Gen 7 Dex entries confirm that Mega Evolution isn't a pleasant experience for Pokemon.
@@GamerGrovyle okay, pokemon are just a bunch of 1s and 0s. If anyone was worried about how their Pokemon felt, you wouldn't play the games and force them to fight and enslave them in high tech devices.
He is clearly being sarcastic and just doesn’t like the mechanic in the game.
@@socaltrojan286 That is not the point here.
Not everyone likes *Using the power of evil* in order to win battles.
The point is that some people with emotional attachment to the Pokemon franchise doesn't like the idea of such a dark thing happening to their Pokemon.
the biggest problem with kalos is that there isn't a third game.
lets be honest, how many people remember the fourth generation for diamond and pearl?
they remember platinum which is without a doubt the perfect way to enjoy sinnoh.
I always hoped pokemon Z would flesh out Kalos saving it from its lack of completion but well...it seems gamefreak didn't care about Kalos or something...
So you want to buy the same game again
@@notscorchingsands9718 i mean, people loved crystal, emerald, and platinum. if pokemon z was released as a "director's cut" of the region, it would probably be pretty popular
@@rishabhanand4973 Some people think crystal and emerald aren't needed. Ultra sun and moon are better versions and some people hate them for some reason.
*+Megabakufun2* Umm, dude, if you are using hate as a way to gauge is something is needed or not in this world then I must guess that most things aren't needed because everything has somebody that hates it.
@@notscorchingsands9718 its not essentially the same game since it adds more to features and more story etc like Platimum did. Or better yet a direct sequel taking place some years later like with black/white 2
People may hate me, but, I think Galar needs the Johto treatment. I want to go to Kalos so we can get some of these questions answered.
Bug Maniac Lynke YESSSSS but not exactly like Johto I still want Galar to shine and not like Johto which was completely ignored because of kanto have some interesting stories in galar too not like Johto where Johto was just ignored and all the shine went to Kanto
@@loveruwi I was touching on the fact that post-game in Johto had you going back to Kanto. Have all the stories we need in Galar, but, then go to Kalos to fill in the holes that X and Y left.
Too bad we probably won't get this since of the snap from game freak. :,)
Crossing Corner Yeah, it’s gonna be too much work for them 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
You are right bur looking at how lazy gamefreak has been lately they just don't seem to give a major treatment to the series so i doubt they will do that
I think Kalos was just left overall incomplete. It honestly felt like there was more planned for it but they just got bored and decided to move on to the Hoenn Remakes and while I do love them I wish they had spent a bit more time on X and Y because honestly Kalos is a pretty cool region, it just wasn't given the same care that previous generations were given and it really is a shame.
Hense why Pokemon Z should have been made... but was scrapped...
Well some people are saying that the new Pokémon sword and shield will be connected to kalos somehow, so that might make up for that.
@@jonathanwilson5355 while I'm super cool with the kalos/galar connection, I do hope galar is going to be it's "own region"
Well I agree but somehow it's my most played pokemon game with ca 370h played. But it was just sooo easy to fight people via the system, trade and train your pokemon. That's why I never got much into sun and moon btw the plaza system was just to uneasy. I really wished that they would have made a pokemon Z rather then a gen7 to be honest because Kalos had soooooo much to offer
@@worthywill9294 well Jotho is it's own region and I think gallar would not suffer if we got to go to Kalos in the late game
I'm pretty bummed that they no longer do in-game mythical encounters. Because Kalos had the perfect setup:
power plant: flare grunts trying to steal volcanion. Get the first key via distribution. Maybe have get the other two plant keys and fight the decoy teams in the other two plants to enter steam last.
Sundial: As hinted by an NPC, make an area accessible only with a distribution item at the top of the Sun dial's shadow. Maybe make the whole dial descend into stairs where Diancie rests.
Couriway town: Get a train ticket via distribution and head out to a blocked off track. There, you enter the giant, aesthetically out of place palace that just appeared one day (hence the closure). Inside this treasure filled castle, guess who? HOOPA!
The last one requires a stretch, but I think all would have preferred some more answers and cooler encounters (Heck, the cover legendaries are fought in a lab for Pete's sake!)
I definitely agree about the sundial! It's clearly related to Diancie, but the closest we ever got was the mini interaction in a Pokemon Center in ORAS to get its Mega Stone...
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
I would say this was the beginning of the whole "hand- holding" experience with the games. Your rival is friendly. Everyone gives you stuff... constantly. And the Exp Share mechanic...
While I think the Exp Share complaints people have are a bit much, (you can turn it off), I completely agree! I had forgotten just how bad it was, but it's definitely Sun and Moon levels at times with loooong cutscenes...
@@emperorcubone I didn't complain that much since I simply thought Gamefreak messed Exp Share up and the next games would be balanced as every game in Gen 1-5.
well, then came ORAS and (U)S(U)M and basically nothing changed except some harder totem battles... :-((
and you don't get a free Mega Lucario/Latios in Gen 7, but Z moves are way too overpowered for non-boss trainers too.
Why does that bother you? You want an edgy game ?
Why does everyone want pokemon to be hard? They can't make it hard if your good .
@@notscorchingsands9718 agree
The reason the region is divided is not because of geography, but because of cultural/ethnic divisions.
Coastal Kalos represents Brittany, which is the Gaelic (well, Celtic) section of France.
Central Kalos represents central Metropolitan France, which is Paris and surrounding cities. (It also has some French/Wallon areas of Belgium in the map though they are non-traversable in-game).
Mountain Kalos represents Grand Ost, or as it is traditionally called, Alsace-Lorraine, which is the (culturally) German part of France. This is also why the Legends are there, because they are based on Germanic myths, not French ones.
Southern Kalos, if it were a thing, would also represent Occitania, whose regional flag's colors are represented in Volcanion.
Same goes for Alola. Different islands correspond to different islands IRL.
Edit: Edited the post due to Nevinrhal's response so it is more readable, though their response is still mostly wrong.
That's actually really awesome information! I just wish I had felt that significance at all in the game!
As it stands the divisions really only serve to say that Inkay lives over here, and not there...
I imagine that Kalos also has "Overseas Territory" just like Real Life France, where Serena/Calem and her/his Mother are living before moving to Mainland Kalos.
I have to completely disagree with you. The Germans annexed a good chunk of Alsace and a small part of Lorraine, but not a sixth of the entire country !
Here's a map of what the Germans annexed : ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine#/media/File:German_Empire_-_Alsace_Lorraine_(1871).svg )
Here's a map of the Grand Est : ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Est#/media/File:Grand_Est_in_France_2016.svg )
Brittany is Celtic, not Gaelic. And Coastal Kalos go as south as Ambrette Town which represent La Rochelle, very far from Brittany and Celtic origins.
No, the only reason they divided Kalos in three parts is because 454 Pokemon in one national Pokedex is waaay too much.
@@nevinrhal7704 Yeah, I live in France and though Paris's region is quite large, it certainly not extend to a quarter of the country ^^
Same for Brittany, there's a lot of differences between northern France, Brittany, Normandy and Vendée ^^
Even if you try to simplify all the cultural differences (before XIXth century, we don't even speak the same language in all of France XD), this regions don't correspond to anything real ^^'
I actually disagree with you on the perms-climates. For me it gave a sense of progression throughout the game. You start going through meadows with tons of flowers (spring) go to hot beaches and deserts (summer) then to areas with falling leaves (autumn) and finally the cold, snowy areas (winter).
I think they had it devided into seasons for the metaphorical link to the legendaries
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
It's pretty clear that a Z version if not XZ and YZ were in the works at some point, before getting cancelled presumably to focus work on Sun and Moon. The going theory is that they wanted a new generation to come out for the 20th anniversary, so Sun and Moon had to be rushed out the door with Gen 6 ending prematurely. This is evident in so much content that was obviously meant for Z being shoehorned into Alola where it otherwise has seemingly no place, not to mention Sun and Moon themselves having a lot of unfinished content, like the lack of access to the Golf Course and a number of cave entrances and other paths visible around Alola that you simply cannot access at all.
Im gonna be honest with you, your point about Mega Evulutions was pretty, PRETTY bad. By that logic, Pokemon was always about trapping animals in balls and then forcing them to fight with others of their own just for your own gain and making them go horrible mutations that are pretty darn bad. Just going out of the alolan pokedex and anime dosen't reenforce your point, either, as we all know how innacurate both the pokedex and anime are.
Edit: Pokemon lets go also retconned the "mega evolution bad" thing, so, yeah.
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Plus it is just a game, to be completely honest
He fully went "Evolution Vegan", talking about the morality of a cool extra form in a game 😂
One theory I've heard is that Rotom, being a ghost type, edited the entries in the Alonan pokedex to make them way spookier, especially the mega evolutions. That would explain why every entry is so weirdly dark and why later games contradict them (Rotomdex says that mega Gyrados is a mindless killing machine, Let's go Pikachu says it still trusts and obeys its master.)
@@AlteredNova04 I always thought that one of the writers was going through some stuff when writing them.
There's also AZ's Floette which have unique stats and a unique move in every generation 6 and 7 games, yet was never released. It hints to some special event that could be quite cool and emotional, but no. Nothing.
you expect an event for that? dont make me laugh, all the mythical pokemon are just given to you instantly and given exposition immediately and that's it.
There was already an emotional event when Floette reunited with AZ, which I found pretty terrible. The only way to explain Floette leaving AZ would be killing off the latter, and that's unlikely for obvious reasons.
"Your home town has only three houses" yeah and palette town has only 2
If Pokemon Z hadn't been cancelled Zygarde most likely would've taken a role similar to Giratina in Platinum, where it didn't show up during the main crisis in the inital pair of games but does get directly involved in the sister game.
Is there evidence that it was ever even started? You can't cancel something you don't start.
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
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I really do like the aesthetic of the Kalos region
I will give it that it does feel very unique, and I like that. (But tipping is stupid!!)
That's France for ya. A medium-small country with somehow diverse climates.
Keyon J I really liked it. Yeah, maybe it wasn’t that great, but I just really liked it.
Kind of for me. I blaze through it too fast to notice. That's another problem though :)
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Kalos while being the game that was introduced to the 3DS it left a lot to be desired. The routes and towns are too barren with very litle to see, gym leaders are lackluster with a team of 3 pokemon each and the difficulty wasn't there at all.
Story "if there's any" is quite easy to forget, the roster while it had a cool variety of Pokémon it wasn't enough for me sadly and the Champion. Dear Arceus the Champion is by far the worst, it served no purpose whatsoever other than "Hey, i'm the Champion and i'm an actress as well see ya" and the E4 is by far more challenging "in a sense" than the Champion. Don't get me started on the rivals because they're not worth my explanation neither my time to type it up.
X&Y was a game that had a lot of untaped potential but the execution was badly handled, for me in my experience it left nothing of impact in any place at all and i tried to give it a second chance and yet the same feeling stays. Haven't touched my copy of X in two or three years and i doubt that i'll ever go back and play it.
Story, "if there's any"? Where the heck did that come from? I cried three times in XY, first when they told us AZ's story and Floetee left him, second when Lysandre's plan to kill all Pokemon was revealed, and make a world without them,and third, when AZ's Floette returned to him after 3,000 years. Technically I cried a fourth time when I learned (before playing the game) that Yveltal had obliterated the region a long time ago and made several species of Pokemon extinct.
I guess there was some crying in Sun as well but NOT IN ANY PREVIOUS GEN. Which means XY has a better story than most Pokemon gens.
I certainly took a chance to get invested in AZ story but ended up just eh in my opinion as for the being the "best story in the main series" that can be debatable
@@poisonedyoyo i guess you've never played B&W because you will cry at the ending cutscene of that game, XY story's is nothing compare to BW.
@@poisonedyoyo that backstory was heartfelt but that all that was good or rememberable other than the very short post game, and it came from a picture book mostly. AZ the most interesting character there we only saw twice, technically three times, and the most significance he had was after he was already caught and that key was taken away from him, and he still doesn't do anything of importance, a complete waste of what would have been a good character. The legendarys were treated like literal batteries, how low can you go to treat your own legendarys as a household power source?
even though the story wasn't the best I remember it full really and I know people like to trash it compared to other games saying 'oh well it didn't get a third version likw the other games' True but I wonder if people say that are the implying every game without a seqeul or third version is a bad game?cause they aren't
Kinda dissapointed you didn't mention the laughable Team Flare and its laughably obvious leader
(Edit: all the team leaders are obvious but Mr. Lionhair was impossible to take seriously)
I like calling him Captain Doritobeard because his head looks like a Dorito
I called Lysandre Mr. Pyroar. And named my male pyroar after Lysandre. It was fitting that I beat his team with it, too!
Advance493 Neither that nor his ridiculous plan (killing all the ugly people)
I've never been disguted by a Pokémon Game before like I did when I saw his excuse to do all the things he was doing. Also, honestly, the same happened with Pokémon Gen 7 and the shitless Filler Region Alola...
Victor Rocha Yeah, but Lusamine was more relatable than Lysandre since she was Lilie and Gladion's mother. In my opinion, the drama there came from that more than her crazy crush on Zeroid (in sun and moon) or insane plan to save Alola (in UsUm).
not every single Mega Evolution hurts the Pokemon, for example mega Rayquaza, and actually the Pokedex entries are very inaccurate, there are major contradictions within the Pokedex.
Plus it's quite possible that those entries were just the Rotom Dex being an edgy SOB, as the Let's Go games retcon that whole "Mega Evolution hurts the Pokemon" deal
I love how our scientific quest to create a comprehensive, accurate Pokedex has resulted in mostly contradictory nonsense. Just like REAL SCIENCE, kids!
(If you know anything about biological classification systems, you know what I mean.)
Only some cause problems, Lopunny becomes an uncontrolled fighting machine, but it's only for a little while and there's never any lasting harm to you or your pokemon.
Whatch the game theory gardevoir episode
Yeah I mean, Pokemon can have problems with their power that they can't control like Korrina's Lucario but pain to the Pokemon? Don't make me laugh...
I feel like Kalos was rushed and underperformed in a lot of ways. I don't believe for a second that most trainers got the Ace pokémon they were supposed to get. Kalos only has one Bug Pokémon, one Ground Pokémon (excluding Zygard), and a little too much of past Pokémon because of Mega Evolution. This ends up adding to no trainer really having special Pokémon because everyone shares team members, including Aces (In other generations you wouldn't see other people have the same Pokémon as Leaders' Aces for the most part). Take Grant, for an example. If he were to even have more Pokémon, his only options would be Carbink and Barbaracle. Wulfric would have an Aurorus, and would be the third important figure of the region to have one. Even when there would be better options, they let it slip. I have NO idea why Valerie wouldn't have a Florges as her ace.
I feel like Diantha is specially weak because of this: Hawlucha - It's Korrina's Ace (if you discount Mega Lucario, which I do because it isn't his original region); Both Fossils - Are Grant's Aces; Gourgeist - Should have been with Ramos; Goodra - What should have been a star of her team gets overshadowed by; Mega Gardevoir - I have a lot of problems with this. Gardevoir, previously, was Wally's signature. Then they changed it to Mega Gallade to accomodate. Now that makes Wally and Lucian share signatures. It is messy and terrible. She could have had a way more interesting team that would help her stand out and show her personality. She is the kind of character I'm sure would have a Furfrou (not only it is a good representant of the local culture, it could be surprisingly bulky, it starts fast, and has a movepool to choose from. It could be a shocking first 'mon to go against). I'd even think she could have a Diancie if she was further worked into the plot and not event only. Maybe the starter strong agaisnt yours too, after all she is good friends with Sycamore.
And yes, I whole heartedly agree with number 1. There's just too much leading to a Pokémon Z that never happened. I've always wondered if it was in production for the Wii U and it got shut down because of the low sales, or if they planned to have another european region in Gen 7 that would connect back to Kalos and have more lore; but I guess we won't know until we have another european region. I actually feel the same about Unova, too. Their train yard city (Anville) is very well hidden, far off in the distance, and it's nothing but glorifyied item trading. It is obviously there to connect to other places, but it doesn't.
Wow, I didn't even realize the problems with Diantha's team until you laid it out... Three Pokemon that same as the gym leaders? That's just terrible! Even if there were less than 100 new Pokemon surely you can do better than that...
@@emperorcubone I'd really have loved it if she had a Diancie. It would make wonders for her team. Not only it could have given her plot relevancy, she'd also stand out for having the only Gen 6 Pokémon with a Mega. Also Diantha... Diancie... There's something there, right?
Yeah this game was wack honestly. Mega Evolution and visuals are the only things that made this game somewhat playable.
@@verloaded2564 I wouldn't go that far. Surely it is full of oversights, but every gen is a slightly less 'beta-y' version than the last. Purely building blocks. It SURELY isn't as bland as Gen 1, poorly designed and grindy as gen 2, convoluted as gen 3, as slow as Gen 4 and it /is/ a lot more innovative than Gen 5, who played it safe because it wanted crazier designs and didn't really implement any new mechanics. It also has a lot more content than Gen 7, lol.
It is also a very, very decent first step into 3D, and it translates a lot very well, which is probably where most resources went.
Tbf Pangoro And Diggersby don’t get used by s big trainer do they? That would be cool from Diantha.
Also yes I have always hated how there is a psychic gym on this region when they only add Meowstic onto the game. And your rival uses a meowstic too. If you look on serebii where you see Meowstic it is a long entry.
Love the video! I don’t agree with your mega evolution point but the new perspective on it was nice. My theory is that the reason mega evolution is morally accepted is that the Pokémon is pushing itself to its limits for you like a runner sprinting at the end of a marathon. It’s not “healthy” but the Pokémon does it because it loves its trainer. But that’s just my theory keep up the great work!
But a pokemon that absolutely hates you can still mega evolve
I also disagree with Emperor Cubone's Mega Evolution point (mostly). But my reason is that I don't pay much attention to the Pokédex anyway. I view it as an amusing novelty, and maybe one Trainer's insight into one specific instance of that Pokémon.
And that Trainer, whoever it was, clearly exaggerated some points, as with Alakazam's IQ or Magcargo's temperature The Pokémon clearly have more varied features and personalities than the Pokédex suggests, as we see sometimes in different media.
I think Emperor's "opinion" sounded like a copy-paste of the reason we were given in alola as an attempt to make us prefer z moves over mega evolutions (which I think was idiotic but hey, they had to introduce this new gimmick somehow).
I do agree on the point that the mega would be a "limit breaker" or "overclocking" of sorts, hence only one team member can perform it safely (and the bond lore behind it) but it is true that every pokemon can do it once you unlock it, having the mega stone as the only requirement.
I think it would have been both better and more consistent if they had made it friendship dependant on ORAS/S/M/US/UM. Hopefully they will correct that mistake on the Switch's title.
@@aikou2886 Friendship dependant sounds like a cool idea. I also think there should be a level requirement of 50 so the Pokemon is strong enough to withstand the pain.
@@aikou2886 There's another reason Alola turns Mega Evolution into a nightmare factory. The Dex is literally haunted in-universe.
They even try to hide the three Pokémon party limit on Gym Leaders through lore. They seem to insist several times that *most* trainers in Kalos only carry three Pokémon. Even Tierno, Shauna, and Trevor follow that rule. You and Serena/Calum are like literally the only people that normally carry around a full team.
As for Mega Evolution. I do see your point with those dex entries, but isn't that something shown only in Alola? Of course Alolans despise Mega Evolution. They want to push Z Moves. Mega Evolution has always made far more sense to me as a form of Super Saiyan. A power up transformation. That's it. That's why it lasts only in battle because there's no reason to Mega elsewhere... except when Latios and Latias want to show off. And even compare Red's Charizard in Origins. He doesn't look in pain or all. He just looks like he powered up after he reached his limit. Just like Super Saiyan.
That's all I really can view mega evolution and it rings hollow because of that.
It makes me jokingly wonder if gen 8 will demonize Z-Moves.
@@Nekosage I hope so.
But how you get super sayin 1 is from being put through an immense pain? Physical or emotional, right?
Fire Bandit I didn't mean that it was exactly like Super Saiyan. Just that it is what it is. A power up transformation. One powered by strong bonds, not the death of a friend.
Wow, i didn't notice that none of kalos native pokemon got a mega evolution except diancy, and its a legendary (or maybe mythical? IDK).
It's seen as mythical. If you wanted it you needed to get an event that was given out. You never find one in the game. So it's seen as mythical the way Mew is. And the Mega Stone was a gift from the event.
Infinity energy isn't the energy coming from dead Pokémon, it's the life energy of Pokémon themselves. The energy is from dead Pokémon when it's used by the ultimate weapon or the Devon corporation.
Sorry but using your soul and the souls of countless pokemon isn't one that should be stomach.
"Do you wanna make your pokemon pain in mega evo?"
Yes. because no pain, no gain.
Edit: if you think mega evo is bad, why not you think catching pokemon with small poke ball is bad too?
you sounded like a peta spokesperson when you were talking about mega evolution😂
RIGHT
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
X & Y felt rushed and lazy in hindsight. They leaned too hard on gen1 nostalgia and improved graphics to sell the games.
The drop-off in quality between gen 5 and 6 is massive. Plot took a nose-dive, pacing, number of new pokemon, any sense of difficulty, rival quality. All awful, and those trends have almost completely stuck with the series afterwards (thankfully Sun/Moon has a plot and side-characters that are interesting, but the rest of those problems still persist).
Sun and moon still has a couple of massive holes in it.
@@andresmarrero8666 no doubt. At least the side characters are interesting...but it still suffers so much from being a massive tease.
"What's this area over here? Too bad because you can't go there!"
@@tyranitararmaldo I hate that, but I hate it even more when things don't make any sense. Like how and why did the creation trio and spirit trio not intervene in Alola when legendarys absolutely hate their domains being messed with. Or like how it makes no sense for poke-France to be filled with pokemon from Poke-Japan to just name two.
I wouldn't say it dropped off in quaity sure it may not have the best pacing but it has a way better region layout sure there wasn't as many pokemon working 3d models cries and amie takes time and whatnot and atleast they don't seem at all like ripoffs plotwise?yeah it's not all gen 1 pandering or grahics may have been rushed but I wouldn't call the game really lazy no offense but you kinda act like everything it added was bad bad rivals or friendly ones?not really new at all yeah it was way to easy and the plot and characters could have been improved on I just wanna say a first main series 3d game never really is perfect and not everything gen 5 had needed to be in gen 6 either also gen 7 is more difficult then gen 6 trust me and oh yeah...ultra necrozma...and goivanni battle
They didn't focus on story in gen 6 unlike 5
Hi, emperor Cubone! You're my favorite Poke-tuber, I absolutely love your content! I've been looking forward to this video for a long time!! I really enjoyed your opinions in this video; you have some really unique opinions and it's very refreshing to hear your ideas and thoughts. Thanks so much for this video! I've been really enjoying your Let's Go Eevee LP as well, looking forward to the next episode! I hope you and your family had a wonderful New Year!
Thank YOU! It's so wonderful to hear from people like you that you're enjoying everything. :)
(And even enjoying the Let's GO series; I'm glad someone is!) :P
Honestly I would honestly like to see a sequel game, that addresses the problems of mega evolutions by arfticially creating Mega Stones that put less pressure on the pokemon. Probably a conservation group that tries to address the harmful effects of Mega Evolutions.
Doesnt gloss it over, but doesnt outright abandon it
Pokemon X was the first game I bought. Love the video!
X/Y must be pretty good if regional dex "wasting your time" made the list. lol.
Anyone waiting for Top 6 Problems with Alola Region?
Ps. Couriway train station could lead to Galar Region. If that so, a Kalos region follow up game might happen.
He says mega evolution is abuse in a game about fighting animals
True, true
Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
Mine would be:
2) they give you so many Pokemon.
A starter
A second starter
A fossil
A lucario
A lapras
That’s five Pokemon!
1) it’s so easy
I beat the entire game without losing a single battle, and I didn’t grind once! I didn’t even fight every trainer
So true. Pokémon X and Y are too easy
This was a fun video. All of your points hit with the exception of the Mega Evolution. While the pokedex
does imply that these transformations are painful, I mean, the pokedex has also said Magcargo is as hot as the sun. And then stated it is as hot as lava/magma. I don't particularly think that it's the most reliable source.
The pokedex is supposed to be taken as accurate, and they would most certainly check the validity in labs. Pokemon are ridiculous, that's just a fact of life in the pokemon world.
*+Andres Marrero* So you are trying to say that the Pokemon World has millions upon millions of Magcargo going around with a temperature similar to that one of the surface of the Sun?! Yeah, then I ponder of what both the Pokemon World, humans and Pokemon are made of to survive something like this!. Heck, shouldn't Magcargo be the strongest Pokemon then?.
@@megagustman No because pokemon are ridiculous to begin with, a lot of fire types can go to such temperatures. Due to how thermal dynamics work, the only thing that Marcargo would be melting is what it is directly on and that is assuming that it is always at that temperature which there is no reason to suggest that it is. The cycles and ecosystems of the pokemon world are way different from ours, a bit more destructive and active but it still keeps it's balance. The terran is always changing, mountains being destroyed and then put back up, and so on.
*+Andres Marrero* Sorry, but that isn't how it works. Nothing can survive the Sun's surface's temperature. Not only there would be a lot of forests fires but everything in a close radius to Magcargo would melt. Besides, you are only thinking of only one, but there are millions so the problems increase.
Besides, we do need to believe (based on your logic) that they cannot regulate their temperature because we are taking the Pokedex entries literal as you stated. That's why everybody takes those with a grain of salt.
But do you want one that not even you cannot deny makes no sense? Banette. The Pokedex establishes that he's a possessed doll that wants to kill the kid that discarded him and that does fit with the Yokai that it originated from, but then you have to remember that Banette is the evolved version of Shuppet, a hand puppet. How could a hand puppet have had a kid that threw a doll version of itself? Much less how could it develop hatred towards that kid?.
@@megagustman that is quite the question, Shuppet is a spirit that feeds on negative emotions like hate, it becoming a Tsukumogami because of that is not out of the question. The pokedex never said that they are always at that temperature, only that they can go up to those temperatures. Thermal dynamics would also create a heat shield around them, it is what happens with our hands all the time.
I looooove Kalos- but am also equally annoyed with most of your points haha.
The easiness of the games was a bit annoying; like you said all they’d have to have done was added more Pokémon to some of the teams.
I both like and dislike Mega Evolution. I love how Pokémon like Ampharos, Altaria, Absol, Mawhile, Houndoom, etc. that were cool but seemed incomplete for forms; making them viable after being outclassed. But then you get mons like Garchomp, Salamencr, Ttar, Metagross, and the other pseudo-legendaries getting one- while Dragonite gets left out. It seems like these Pokémon are plenty strong and loved without Megas- don’t see why they need them when there are other loved mons like Flygon, Lapras, Tropius, etc that aren’t as strong that people would love to see get stronger.
The starters I understand getting a Mega and it even made sense with the bond theory- I’m just going to be mad if gen 1 and 3 are the only ones who ever get starter megas (and I’m afraid they will be).
I have to admit- I honestly think the Pokédex entries saying how painful mega evolution is and how some Pokémon basically turn evil or overly animalistic from it is just speculation from Pokémon scientists who haven’t used them. It is something that is very rare that only the most powerful trainers seem to have- and from the experiences we see we don’t seem to see any pain or evil qualities other than most of them looking more fierce and going through bodily changes. A lot of the Pokémon do look more natural even (like Pinsir and Aerodactyl), in my opinion. So I feel okay using one- if there were dialogue of us seeing them look sad or in pain or even like the happiness meter goes down each time they mega evolve I’d definitely be really against it too haha. But until then I think it is just unproven theories from scientists to fill Pokédex pages and maybe even discourage people from using it if it is indeed dangerous for a weaker trainer to use it.
Definitely agree with the last point. All of the gaps in story seemed masterfully done at first when we expected a Pokémon Z; but then when Z never came it just felt lazy. My hope is that we get a Switch Pokémon Z. I know it is unlikely; but it would be cool with the trend of new main series game and then reboot. Gen 8 comes then we get either the Sinnoh remakes or Pokemon Z which is like a continuation like black 2 and white 2. Would be so incredibly psyched for that. Multiple new areas we could see; hopefully harder gyms and elite 4. I think even seeing the fire type Elite 4 member try to resurrect Team Flare but with a slightly different feel to them would be really cool! It’s doubtful- but X and Y deserve more closure; and to have an even deport look into the Kalos region and lore would be so satisfying.
Sorry for the long comment. Great video!
Yess Exactly Marta was that e4 name?? Nooo Malva hahaha. Btw with more mega as your said. It would make more sense to have mega evos.
The problem with Mega Evolution for me is that they are MASSIVELY half-baked and underutilized despite being one thing that is supposed to define Gen VI, though ORAS at least slightly utilize them more, gameplay and story wise.
kaloooos, France, paris, eiffel tower, and BAGUETTE
Mmmmmm
and surrender so we know the reason why they gave up on making pokemon Z
Sacre bleu
X/Y: Have this mega Lucario and Kanto starter!
Me: Nice! Thank you so much!
X/Y: Have fun!
Me: But what about the other mega evolu-
X/Y: Who?
Your videos are awesome! They are very well created and you deserve a ton more subs! Keep up the work :) (edit: love the riverdale gif
X and Y where the first pokemon games I played so I hold them close to my heart... Closer than others.
Right after Kalos is Hoenn
Acts like Grant doesn’t kill entire Nuzlocke and Wedlocke playthrough’s because it’s *“too easy”*
Bruh
My top 6 problems:
6. Power plant: They should have make a sidequest for this, with a new character, exclusive pokémon and strong trainers.
5. Gym Leaders & Elite 4: Too easy to defeat them. They should have more pokémon, more moves and higher levels.
4. Water routes: There are only a few water spots. More water spots means more pokémon and more areas to get access to.
3. Geography: Bad geography, snow & mountains in the south-east and should have make more sense.
2. Areas: More areas to get access to, maybe with the monorail or the train station to get access to another region.
1. Mega Evolution & legendaries: More Kalos-pokémon should have mega evolution and add more legendaries in the games.
There's a quite popular theory suggesting those three structures in the power plant we never can get to were supposed to contain legendary Pokémon. Kinda like the legendary beasts and the golems being "secondary trios" in their respective regions. Like, post-game, after completing certain tasks, you can visit those facilities, but the developers ran out of time to fully develop those events so the facilities are just left. This is just the general concensus of the theory though, different people have different takes on this.
I agree with all your points, aside from more kalos Pokemon getting megas. The whole point of mega evos was to bring back old Pokemon to relevancy (ik an over used saying but that was the main reason) mostly... So we had the kanto starters get megas at first. I mean i do agree it would be nice if we had potentially a handfull of megas so the starters and the box art legends, or even zygarde although we have zygarde 100% form.
@@tandues_orbis3182 but it makes no sense lore wise. Kalos created mega evolution in a war. They out of all the regions should have had the most megas, instead they only got one.
odd complaints
About the geography part. It's kinda south east where Wulfric's gym is located
Something i noticed in my first playthrough of X is that Anistar City appears to be a coastal city it but it's actually pretty far from the coast of Kalos.
Yeah, I think it has to do with all of the rivers that liter the official map; you can see them on some routes and things, but others have no evidence. But that must be a pretty wide river to give that view from the Sundial...
I think it's a big mountain lake
@@paulgrotebeverborg1119 that's what i think too.
I didn't know the fact that Mega Evolution was a mutation and all of that. I'm reading comments here, one says "It's not 'healthy' but your Pokémon does it because it loves you". WTF? One reply to that comment is basically "idk, I don't pay attention to the PokéDex, so it isn't a bad thing for me". No, definitely no. No one can leave a comment in this video disagreeing with your "Mega Evolution is bad" points. It definitely is. I'm sure they first thought about the new megas and then they added more depth to its lore, so it didn't hurt Pokémon at first, but then they implemented those lines and BAM, Mega Evolution is abuse. A bad idea, just like the Latios/Latias gift so early in OR/AS.
It is a power born out of one of the worst tragedies in pokemon history, either you get something good or something horrible from that.
I’m sorry but from
The origins Ova it says it’s a power busted by the link between trainers and pokemon, somehow Origins is canon for one thing but then when it comes to dissing megas it’s not LOL.
My biggest concern is why did they decided this to be the official description on how mega evolution works? Did Game Freak think this would be a good idea for a back story? It still sounds like a lame rushed attempt to add megas. If they added more thought into why megas should be included, then maybe people wouldn't have it so much.
But evolution stones are ok?
You know that you're talking about a game in which your main goal is to capture wild animals and force them to fight until at least one of them is completely knocked out, right? If you want to consider mega evolutions pokemon mutilation... you should also consider the whole game as well :/
Really, the best way to look at it is if you look at the pokemons as some sort of athletes, willingly fighting for you. And if you think like that, well... unnatural and unhealthy procedures to enhance your performance DO happen in professional sports, so yea
Is there a good site where I can look at the zoomed out maps of areas from the 3DS and DS games? It looks so cool seeing it all from that angle
when I'm the only person watching this video who's favourite region is Kalos
Thinking about, Kalos certainly has the biggest remake potential of all regions. So many little mistakes, so many unanswered questions. They can flesh out the power plant, Zygarde, the hotel, they could even go so far as to change the regions climate or layout to make it more realistic, without that weird desert and the blizzard route or better yet, moving them so they make sense. SO much potential.
Who still plays Pokémon XY in 2019?
Letzgopedro 64 🙋🏻♀️
Me, Pokémon X and Y are too easy, but the region is the most diverse and the most fun to explore thanks to the 3 different sections of coastal, central and mountains combined into one beautiful environment. Pokémon X and Y have the best map designed region.
You are litterally the best poketuber I ever saw! I have seen a lot.
Thank you! :) That's so nice, especially since there's so many out there.
I agree,most other ones I don't like because they curse,but of ALL of the videos I have saw he has never said a single,not so very good,word,and I love the ideas like the omnitrix
Shibe King you are a very smart person
Who else’s favorite region is kalos?
Also one of the reasons I love you is that YOU DONT PUT 300 ADS IN YOUR VIDEO
❤️ your videos Cubone
My first proper game aside from white 2 (couldn't read English at the time) so I hold the game dear to my heart even with it's flaws👍🏼
@@tandues_orbis3182 SAmE lol
XY are my favorite games! ❤️❤️❤️ Kalos ❤️❤️❤️
Not my favourite region but I love the restaurants and the exp share
It's up there with Johto tbh. I think it's one of the prettiest regions for sure and has really good overworld music.
Just like Diamond and Pearl, X and Y were pretty much guaranteed to have problems since they were the first main series Pokémon games on a new system. I only played through X for the first time about a year ago, and among other things that bothered me (especially the unresolved mysteries), the janky camera angles in Lumios City made me not want to go back there unless I absolutely had to. I also wish X and Y had more post-game content. The Looker sidequest was just kind of "meh" to me.
That very reason is why I'm glad we have Let's Go before Gen 8, so they can work out the kinks on the Switch. But I totally agree; the postgame in Kalos is basically nonexistent. If I hadn't been trying to fill the dex, etc. there'd be nothing...
This is the third or so vid ive seen from you EC... Subscribing now :)
Yeah! Been waiting for this!
I didnt realize that I was going to be watching an activists standpoint against using mega evolution 😂
This is An underrated channel
I mean dex entries have tons of rhings that seem like hyperbole or just wrong so that could explain why megas dex entries are so violent but no one seems to care
8:26 and where do these dex entries come from? Allolah where they are trying to propagate z moves over it.
iirc in Lumiose City, there's an npc who says that they heard the lava dome pokemon (heatran) is in jaune plaza. Despite this, it never appears anywhere in Kalos and transferring a heatran and going to jaune plaza or the npcs does absolutely nothing. Why was that a thing again???
It was a mistranslation.
@Pink Kirlia The NPC mentioning the "Lava Dome Pokémon" was supposed to be saying something around the lines of "it sounds like there's a real Lava Dome Pokémon in the plaza" because the other NPC was supposed to be imitating Heatran's cry.
@Pink Kirlia Yeah, the NPCs in Lumiose City are a little... Strange. There was an NPC couple talking about their Pokémon down Vernal Avenue, and one time the dialogue box showed "Y'know... my Emolga really wants to shock your Dedenne."
Me: ...???
@Pink Kirlia The Sun and Moon demo with the lady walking off with the Machamp as a date? Yeah lol. Crikey. Luckily, children don't understand innuendos.
@Pink Kirlia the innuendos are the best part, especially with game freak pushing Pokémon as a baby game lately
Wow, way to catch us all off guard, man. I was expecting Mega Evolution to be #1 on this list given how much you've expressed your disdain for it in the past. But I could not agree with you more about your #1 and #2 choices. (Also, it's incredibly appropriate that you used Scooby-Doo and the gang at the beginning of the #1 section, since that's who I always think of when I see the X/Y main character and the four friendly "rivals," LOL.)
Oh wow, I've never even thought of comparing the Scobby gang to the X/Y rivals but that's hilarious! Mostly because they work surprisingly well with the parallels...
@@emperorcubone Surviving members of Team Flare: "And we would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids and your Pokemon!"
@@LeahLovesNature Why put "rivals"?
I mean
"A thing that happens with no context around it" is pretty much how most ghost encounters are suppose to go so...
The Kalos region and X and Y are one of if not my favourite games and region next to Sinnoh and DPP I don’t know what it is about it that I love so much about these games I just really love the feel of it
The Mega Evolution thing is... Interesting. But I never believed nor cared about what Pokedex entries say. They're stupid and they change in every Gen.
5:56 The Desert in Kalos also has a different problem in terms of topography. Which one?
Simple: Leave Courmaline City and go down the 13th route (means going south as proven as soon as the very first route of the game) do nothing else and after a short while, interrupted by aggressive non-avoidable Wild Pokémon with Arenatrap, you will end up in Lumiose City.
Now take a look at the Kalos Map. How?
To be fair with the ghost girl:
It's the very same thing with the three (or four if you consider a pair of red eyes on a painting a spirit) ghosts in Sinnoh's Old Chateau.
i've been waiting for this day! i hated the part where in Lutmiious city(yeah i spelt it wrong. the Big City) where the lights go out and you cant go north, but NPCs can walk past just fine. the construction worker just hated you
Not to mention if you go at night you can see lights on behind him in the buildings with "no power." They really need to come up with better excuses for roadblocks in these games...
And the other roadblock is the same roadblock from the previous games (Snorlax), not too creative i could say
Is it bad I got stuck on the second gym in this game? I was like 9 and the first game I played, so whatever.
U deserve more subs top notch work and editing
Agreed
I have a theory that the different climates were meant to represent seasons and influence Deerling and Sawsbuck's forms. Central Kalos is very spring-like and flowery, Coastal Kalos gives off Summer vibes since it's mostly beach (also Kiloude City being tropical), and Mountain Kalos has elements of Autumn and Winter with fallen leaves, cold air, and snow. I guess the idea was scrapped at some point since it was too much to program for one line of Pokemon.
If that were the case, and it actually did allow Sawsbuck to keep the seasons feature I would like it a lot more!
I’ve barely started the vid, but great video anyway! Also, do you have an everstone to stay Emperor Cubone and not EmperorMarowak?
Thank you! And yes; at this time I have decided to forego evolution, should it present itself and remain a Cubone...
Correct me if im wrong but wouldnt mega evolution usually fail if the pokemon doesnt want to undergo it? I mean team rocket needed a machiene to force garchomp in the anime.
My biggest problem with Kalos is that it covers the entirety of France. What, Japan gets 4 regions based on itself and still isn't completely covered? The USA has 2 so far, and presumably we could get another one for each of the remaining 48 states. But France apparently doesn't deserve to be split into multiple regions.
And somehow most of it's pokemon are from Poke-japan. That makes no sense!
It actually doesn't cover the entirety of France, they left out the southern part
The Orre region is based on the city of Phoenix, AZ so that's 47 left
@@mathewricafrente5984 Let alone France's Overseas Regions (Guyane, Mayotte, Reunion, New Caledonia, Guadeloupe, etc).
The "inspirations" hardly mean anything anyway. Kanto "represented" Japan about as much as it represented Argentina...
Great video! Keep making awesome videos just like this one
I love this video
I knew this one was coming but I still consider X/Y my absolute favourite games thus far (and OR/AS by extension) because it gave us Pokémon Amie and *finally* I could fuss and play with my Pokémon after a hard-won battle (Pyroar, Tyrantrum, Aurorus ... all such funny and cute reactions!)
Thanks for yet another great vid Emperor of all Cubone =^_^=
That's true; the amie feature was a nice touch, and I'm glad they've kept it going thus far. But man, I really do love Gen 6 too. They just had a great feel to them...
Emperor Cubone yes me too! While I love playing with the partner Pokémon in Let's Go I miss being able to do that with all the Pokémon ... but we can also have other Pokémon follow us so 50-50?
Thanks so much for the reply and already looking forward to the next one about Alola =^_^=
@@LadyLeomon I hate pokemon amie because it guilt trips you and warps the game into your favor. The elite four are made into literally jokes when any lasting damage they manage to do is immediately remedied and nullified due to pokemon amie and the near limitless amount of berries you get.
Andres Marrero you've made good points, I turned off the Exp.Share right after getting it and haven't used it since, if I could turn it off in the Let's Go games I would!
In-game yes Pokémon Amie can make things too easy, no argument there. But none of it applies to online battling, so that's something at least. But I'm not a competitive battler, I can count on one hand the number of battles I've had against other players, so I just really enjoy this feature over anything else.
Thanks for the reply!
When I was fighting Clemont, I forgot to heal before fighting him, so I only had my lucario and two others I think. I took him out just with my lucario.
the mega evolution pokedex entries were added in sun and moon, so my personal theory is that they wanted to push megas to the side for the new gimmick of z moves, and the horrific pokedex entries were just another way to discourage people from using it. i think it was really poorly thought out though, since it retroactively makes every character who uses mega evolution abusive and makes the entire region of kalos look bad (since nearly everyone thought it was a good thing).
something worth noting is that mega slowbro is the only one (to my knowledge) whose sun and moon entry actually DOES sound good. apparently it's comfortable and safe in there.
Is it bad I DO like X and Y? Not because of the story or difficulty, because of the Pokémon, the post-game with Looker, and the character customization. I REALLY wish it had a third game. It would have been epic.
However, I do like Black and White better.
Fun fact: If you are doing a Nuzlocke of X/Y, you actually get more catches between the 1st and 2nd Gyms than between 3 and 7.
Kalos' pacing is GODAWFUL
Oh awesome a new vid
Loved this! I really like your take on a lot of topics. You’re dry pessimism on certain subjects is really funny. And it was warranted for lots of Kalos. The main problem for me is how rushed it feels. So many unfleshed plot points and areas, a horrible post-game and a clunky geographical layout. Oh, and AZ being 1000 years old is weird to me. Thanks for another great video 😃
OH MY GOD! I forgot about the hideous rivals. None of them are likeable at all. Thank god the supporting cast improved exponentially in Gen 7.
now this. this is good content
My problem with Mega Evolution comes two fold. One plot, one usage.
The plot problem is how its built up to the third gym and then...dropped. That's it. Done.
The usage problem is that you battle Korrina and then...no one else has a Mega until Lysandre at the end of the game, and the Champion. Such a new important feature the game barely uses.
I enjoy the darkness that Mega Evolution adds. It puts a layer seriousness into the game. It lets you defy the pokemon narrative that you need to love your pokemon. It lets you be more like Silver and just train your pokemon for efficiency.
Z-Moves are better than Mega Evolutions. I can have a super cool, powered up move with my favorite Pokémon team and know that none of them are suffering while using it.
And I completely agree that a whole lot more could have been added to Kalos as post game material. I've wanted so bad to know the mystery behind the ghost girl of Lumiose, and see how Zygarde plays out in its own version, but gamefreak decided "Meh" and pretty much shelved all that! Boo! Finish what you started I say!
I also find Z-Moves better because you can use it with any Pokemon, even involved ones, but there's only around 40 or so possible Megas in the whole game, so it's a lot more open...
Indeed. Before, I was hoping they would make Mega Evolutions for Eevee and its eeveelutions, but if these evolutions are gonna make my favorite Pokémon suffer in so much pain, it's not worth it.@@emperorcubone
Actually, that whole deal with Mega Evolutions hurting the Pokemon is all but confirmed to have been the Rotom Dex being an edgy SOB, as the Let's Go games retcon the "Mega Evolutions are harmful" thing.
1st video I've seen of him ..... Well done .. 🎖️🎖️🎖️
well pokedex entries are always weird...
watch pokemon origin and you dont see charizard having any problems with the mega evolution^^
One. Question.
How long did you research for this video? You don't seem to like almost no place around the kalos region or at least don't like where it was put to. But did you ever consider that almost every place or landscape is there because it is there in the real France on which kalos is based on?
I don't remember this country having a desert or an eastern ocean where Germany is supposed to be XD
@@c0mpu73rguy you're right there are no deserts in France, but especially in the south there are some very dry and desert-like places, like for example the cote'd Azur
Yeah, but it isn't depicted in this game if I recall. And the southernmost city looks more like a tropical place than a dry one.
hearing what you had to say makes me wish kalos got the chance to shine like it needed
Not to mention that the Zygarde Exclusive Moves "Thousand Arrows" and the other one i forgot the name of are programmed into X & Y.
When you said that you don't like the mega evolution I liked and subscribed
One major issue that I'm super glad you mentioned in Kalos are the power plants we can't access. That you can see,that actually have _door,_ but are completely blocked off. They're right there just let me explore them ;-;
Alola does the with the Hano Grand Resort, with all that glorious gilf course on the map that you can't even see.
Kalos is probably my favorite region
How? Why? Ahem, I mean, would you care to develop your thought please?
Pokémon X and Y are trash Games. Why ? Because it’s too easy, lacks a plot/storyline, have a bad cast of characters, lacks a proper follow up/definitive enhanced version/sequel to fleshed out the third legendary pokemon, have a bad postgame. The only good thing about Pokémon X and Y are the region and the layout of the region, the region of Pokémon X and Y are the most diverse thanks to being dissected into 3 parts, coastal, central and mountain and there’s so many optional/explorable areas and explorable routes.
In fact, The only good thing about Pokémon X and Y is the region and the layout of the region is one of the best if not the best in the Pokémon Series, the region of Pokémon X and Y is the most diverse thanks to being dissected into 3 parts, coastal, central and mountain and there’s so many optional/explorable areas and explorable routes in Pokémon X and Y which makes it even more good.
My first ever Pokémon games were X/Y. I remember absolutely loving the games because I was relatively young so the challenge wasn’t a problem. I remember falling in love with the series from X/Y.
When I see hate, I understand it but I adore these games.
I don’t agree with your point on mega evolutions. To me the explanation was just that. Other than that great video.
I didnt really look into Mega evolution. My theory was that it takes a future adaption as to explain the different Y and X Stones. For Charizard it was that one moved into a Desert and the other in to a Cave
Yeah this resume my feelings about Kalos. It's a great region, but it's... too much. It's a patchwork of awesome sceneries that don't quite fits together.
Then there's the Pokémon, which are both the best and worst point of the games. Variety is great, and having a massive team makes the game somewhat more challenging (it goes from being a breeze to being just easy).
But there is such a thing as too much variety. Most of the Pokémon appears only on one single route. Which means none really have the time to shine. And the new Pokémon, who are already too few to begin with, suffers even more from this, never truly being able to shine.
I completely agree about the new Pokemon being overshadowed. I was thrilled every time there was something actually NEW to jump out of the grass, and likewise disappointed to see yet another Psyduck, or Volbeat, or any other thing I've seen a hundred times.
Even if they don't make as many new Pokemon they should at least give them more of a highlight...
@@emperorcubone This actually is my other issue with Mega Evolution on a more meta level. Even the starters gets overshadowed by the cool Kanto Starters.
Let’s just pray that In Galar we can go back to Kalos and replay the story with the questions answered
To be honest, I think Kalos ultimately fails compared to many of the other Pokemon games, not because of things like difficulty, the region itself or the Pokemon distribution - but rather the story. Difficulty, or the lack of it, is a prevalent flaw in these games; but I found that there are many random trainers that can catch you off guard with their team; proving to be somewhat of a challenge with nuzlockes. Turning of the EXP share also helps. Yes, the AI is dumb to begin with; but it's far worse in ORAS - which are seen as much better games.
The issue is the story. It's hollow, flat and contains no interesting segments. Not a single one of the characters has a personality beyond that of one dimensional, and characters and their actions are the driving force of the story. And with such a needless abundance of forgettable characters, there is no focus to the plot - which, in of itself, is not only poor, but horrendously paced. The overall plot and ideas are seemingly arbitrary, character interactions are mostly pointless and the messages are barren. But it's weaved together so one part of the story takes place hours after the other, but mere minutes before the next.
The issue is that the plot is entirely character dependent, yet none of the characters are interesting. In Heartgold and Soulsilver, there may not have been much plot, but characters like Silver, Lance, Clair and Archer wove together what little there was, and made everything so much better. Say what you want about the minimal plots are in Pokemon games, there are many characters that do not have much screen time and are captivating nonetheless. In the aforementioned ORAS games, there was Archie, Maxie, Wally, Birch, Steven, Wallace and Zinnia.
It did not feel like an achievement to stop team Flare or beat Diantha, because who cares? There were some characters in the game I found to be worth my time, but Looker and Emma were in a short postgame. Az was the only one to have some thought put into him. But, he was undermined and had little dialogue. And in all honesty the only good moment he even has is when he is reunited with floette. He still lacks a character, motives, etc. He's only interesting because the circumstances in which he's in are interesting, which the story focuses on very little in favour of more shallow material.
Though still, I'd rather play X and Y over some of the old games simply because of the updated mechanics. Yes, Gen 7 is more technically vibrant, but X and Y aren't chock full with pointless cutscenes that make me want to gauge my eyes out. I do like sun and Moon quite a bit despite their lack of replayability since the game is more difficult and has a much better story. However, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon remain to be my least favourite games in the entire main series by far. That's beyond the point, though - X and Y are not the worst, but they are far from the best.
You know why it’s called turnback cave?
Because you only go there to turn back as soon as you get there!