It’s probably considered a total boomer take now, but I’ll always stand by my opinion that Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald are fuckin’ peak. The perfect Pokémon games with great side content, amazing starters, and just generally a really high quality regional Pokédex.
The nostalgia is real for those games. I remember playing the game boy at night, and hiding underneath the pillow when the parents came in to see if I was awake playing it. 🤣 Good times!
@@ammobeltcole2207 I love those games as much as I loved the GBA Sp itself. Being able to play under the covers at night without a flex light attachment was literally gamechanging. Imagine if you told kids these days that handhelds without backlit screens used to exist, they would not believe you.
Let’s go! Another Pokémon banger. Totodile is my boi. I don’t care if he’s a great special attacker. His cheeked up evolved forms tanked so many attacks for me in Silver. Also the side quest on the Citadel involving the AI would be interesting to see the boys play out in the Mass Effect playthrough. Didn’t see it brought up at all.
I didn’t play some of the later gens, but I think they’re pretty much right on the money. I like the Chikorita line a lot though, even if it does suffer because of typing in the region. But it’s fun to pick to make an easy game slightly more challenging.
Nothing tells me the Presidents haven’t actually used Chespin like claiming it struggles with performance. I’ve used it in a casual run and a hardcore Nuzlocke and it consistently clears throughout the entire playthrough, including having the best matchup against that first Bug Gym in spite of being theoretically the weakest for that. Big L on the Presidents take there. They brought me back with their Fuecoco take though, Fuecoco is best boi. And on a side note I don’t want to see George’s search history… 😬
I have to say, this may be one of your best videos on the channel. The mixture of humor and analysis is quite spot on and meshes extremely well. It hits the nostalgic feels too as I played every game up to Pokemon Black. I know a lot of us know you for your Mass Effect content, but you prove time and time again that your gaming insight goes beyond that, and you express it quite wittily and smooth. I look forward to every video you release and to comment on it as well! Hope you and all the fellow homies have a great Valentine’s Day. 👊🏻
Fly and Bodyslam abuse. Cut is also op. He just diddles the Elite 4. IIRC it's just the fact he's the only one from the three that can use fly that makes him OP. I also remember Flamethrower as the 4th ability just ripping through any Pokemon regardless of type
He does look super simple, like a child who’d drawn a dragon and reduced it down to basic visual elements. I actually like Charmeleon better from a visual perspective. Blastoise is my favorite of the three but Venusaur is really cool too.
@@Akbar_and_Shaa I mean, That’s a joke right? Because a snapping turtle with shoulder artillery is definitely a more original concept than just a dragon.
Just here to appreciate the sprig evolution line the respect it deserves. All furry jokes aside its a solid grass starter that has an amazing design reminiscent of a masked magician and has one of the best grass moves in the game with Flower Trick having 70 power, guaranteed hit accuracy and guaranteed Critical hit. It deserves S but Ill be satisfied with A.
I was ready to fight for Charmander, but damn. They put my boy in S, no question. It doesn't help that speed is the GOAT stat in the original fire/red and thats what charizard does. All those ratata you fight early game only helps it.
Would’ve preferred the parameters leaning more into viability. Charmander and Pikachu being S-Tier above bangers like Chimchar and Scorbunny is wild to me. Still love the videos tho and will ALWAYS tune into the presidents ❤
Bush being a furry was a surprise. Barack is also absolutely right, pokemons that are four legged should stay four legged, it’s so weird seeing them become humanoids.
As someone who loves to use Grass type starters, I did stop playing the main streams after gen 5 so I was lucky to miss the fall of my grass type designs. though later picked up ROMS which used the later and earlier starters. Edit: I forgot about the Grass type owl as that was the one Gen I did not care for the grass type, The water type became my main of that gen and if i lived in the world of pokemon I would choose it as my starter, if possible, as the Fairy/Water type just made the starter amazing and saved me in each of the ROMs i had access to it.
Can't condone Snivy, or more specifically, Serperior going in D-tier. Serperior is supposed to represent royalty, the Fleur de Saints, the uptilted head, and it's arms clasped behind it's back; It nails the intended inspiration. This decision is impeachable.
There are SO MANY lists you can make with Pokemon! Like all of Ash's Pokemon (even the ones he released). Best support charactes or companion ones. Best legendaries. Best types. The lists go.on and on!
I only played a few of the games. I loved the ones I did play, but I gotta give my choices based on game and show. Squirtle,Totodile, Mudkip/Torchick, Piplup, Tepig/Oshowatt. Stopped playing after those. Favorite is probably totodile or mudkip.
I don't think Sobble was a sniper. The final evolution is modelled after James Bond. A sleek spy. That's what I got anyway. It's set in the UK, so you have a punk rock drummer, James Bond, and David Beckham. Such a positive representation of my culture.
I love how they bitched about Chikorita being clapped by most of the Johto gyms, but Greninja get's ROASTED by not only most of the Kalos gyms, but 3/4 members of the Elite 4, and by most of Diantha's team.
"Chikorita is dogshit!" 🤣 When the galar starters, Turtwig, Tepig and Fennekin is in another class above chikorita due to better design and viability, game freak definitely done f*cked up with chikorita.
My only 1 problem is Turtwig not being S. Obviously biased on that one but the typing always been one of my favorites and how perfectly it fits the line. Plus he's just cool turtle dude. But good list all around
This might age me but my first game was y and i had bought a pre owned copy that already had a fennekin on it. I didnt realize that starting out in a forest with a fire starter and 3 gen 5 monkies wasnt how the game was supposed to go so I just went woth what I had. Fennekin and later braxian and delphox was my first ever introduction into pokemon and for those reasons fennekin is not even in my top 3 starters sry. But nah fam, Delphox is my g but piplup, oshawatt, and grookie are higher up in my heart cuz they real ones but yall are the actual real ones for posting this video so thx
All this talk of starter Pokémon has made me remember the event torchic from XY. Still to this day one of the ballsiest things gamefreak has ever done. They really were like, here’s a free starter Pokémon with access to fire, flying, and fighting type attacks that can mega evolve and ALSO has access to speed boost from the very first moment you get it. If you had event torchic, XY went from a very easy Pokémon game meant for a new generation of players to an absolute cakewalk. Man even my dog could have beaten XY with torchic
Maybe could u do tier lists of pokemon movies I mean some movies made u want to buy the game I still remember the movie of rayquaza vs deoxys and the one movie about darkria
I think the higher tiers are inflated, making the ratings kinda fake. I feel like any there should be more average ratings and less stellar ones. However, given the format of allowing S tier to be the biggest tier (this makes no sense, but I’m working with it) then this is actually a very good and fair tier list that is mostly good and correct.
Turtwig is the best gen 4 starter it’s type combo as well as mixed attacking style and tanky build gives it the most utility as well as being able to heal and inflict status. Also not to mention if all three starters fought, Torterra can beat both Empoleon and Infernape in battle, it can eat an attack then one shot with earthquake
People hate on the 5th gen starters but gen 5 was absolutely fantastic. Black and white 2 might be the best pokemon games. Great story, pokemon variety and accessibility, gym leaders and progression and probably the best post game.
Meowscarada is peak mon design idc what the haters say. Sprig is also the only starter in the region to not have a clapped looking middle stage Flor is one of the best middle stages ever
Using my female Bayleef against Whitney was awesome. Setting up Reflect and Poison Powder was a great strategy, plus being a female prevented her Miltank using Attract so I fucked Whitney up good Also, Cinderace is best Soccer Bunny Mom
6:08 In Emerald, the treecko line cannot naturally learn a grass move that isn’t absorb until LEVEL 27!!! NO STAB MOVE WITH DECENT BASE POWER (its only got 20) UNTIL OVER HALFWAY INTO THE GAME. As much as I love the line (Treecko was my favorite mon at one point) this line is dogsh*t in Emerald (the best way to play through Hoenn)
Hey I love the love for Mudkip as it and Swampert, fuck Marshtomp, are peak Pokémon, but I cannot let the slander for Eevee slide. Why is Pikachu a ranked as a better starter when only game it's actually good as a starter in is the Let's Go games where Eevee is a better starter especially seeing how it gets 8 signature moves referencing all it's previous Eeveelutions and single one of those moves being really friggin' good, each are 80 base power with a guaranteed secondary effect. Also in terms of popularity, Pikachu might be the most iconic Pokémon but it's far from the most popular as seen in the Google most popular Pokémon poll from a few years back where Greninja won the title of the most popular Pokemon for the second time. On that list Eevee was not only in the final 10 but also it was higher than Pikachu So in terms of popularity and viability in the only games where they're both starters Eevee is superior, Eevee is also the starter of the best Pokemon spinoff Pokémon Conquest, also Eevee is cuter so checkmate.
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Mudkip being S tier is all it takes to make me happy.
Mudkip and Marshtomp are great. Swampert is ugly imo.
Ironic really. I love Swampert, he's a bulky swamp monster.
Oh yeah, in Pokémon colosseum you get espeon and umbreon as starters
Tbf not alot of people know alot about pokemon colosseum
If we're doing spin offs, mystery dungeon starters are the whole damn roster.
XD has an eevee you can evolve
Best starters confirmed
@@Nameandaddresswithheld That always became an umbreon for me lol
It’s probably considered a total boomer take now, but I’ll always stand by my opinion that Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald are fuckin’ peak. The perfect Pokémon games with great side content, amazing starters, and just generally a really high quality regional Pokédex.
The nostalgia is real for those games. I remember playing the game boy at night, and hiding underneath the pillow when the parents came in to see if I was awake playing it. 🤣 Good times!
@@ammobeltcole2207 I love those games as much as I loved the GBA Sp itself. Being able to play under the covers at night without a flex light attachment was literally gamechanging.
Imagine if you told kids these days that handhelds without backlit screens used to exist, they would not believe you.
@@ammobeltcole2207cool video I remember cartoon
I died at "I will throw my shoe at you"!!
I must thank George for putting some respect on Fennekin and Sprigatito and ensuring that they end up in a reasonable tier
I'm naming my next legendary pokemon after PrimeRadiancy
Not all heroes wear capes :)
I'm bracing myself for a total shit-take on Chicorita.
I know there's just me and 5 other people who like it, but I'm prepared to die on this hill.
Honestly if i was in Pokemon, id would hands down choose chikorita, not for battling but as a pet
I dont hate Chikorita, I get that some people find it cute. I just think that Typlosion and Feraligatr just look so badass in comparison
You have more than 2 people on the planet who like your starter? Must be nice (Chespin fan)
I word... MUUUUR...STAKE!
@@ATRStormUnit At least one person understands me
Let’s go! Another Pokémon banger.
Totodile is my boi. I don’t care if he’s a great special attacker. His cheeked up evolved forms tanked so many attacks for me in Silver.
Also the side quest on the Citadel involving the AI would be interesting to see the boys play out in the Mass Effect playthrough. Didn’t see it brought up at all.
I always had Feraligatr on demon time with the ice punch
The Donald Duck crocodile is best gen 2 boi
My sister hates Totodile. My sister is wrong.
Its 1AM. Work is tomorrow and I dont feel like sleeping. This is my comfort content.
Still putting out hits like these while working on the trilogy run through still, what a chad
This one is going to divide so many people.
I didn’t play some of the later gens, but I think they’re pretty much right on the money. I like the Chikorita line a lot though, even if it does suffer because of typing in the region. But it’s fun to pick to make an easy game slightly more challenging.
@@spiraljumper74 Yeah, post watch, I would probably make some minor changes. Other than that, yeah they were pretty much on the money.
Nothing tells me the Presidents haven’t actually used Chespin like claiming it struggles with performance. I’ve used it in a casual run and a hardcore Nuzlocke and it consistently clears throughout the entire playthrough, including having the best matchup against that first Bug Gym in spite of being theoretically the weakest for that. Big L on the Presidents take there.
They brought me back with their Fuecoco take though, Fuecoco is best boi.
And on a side note I don’t want to see George’s search history… 😬
Chikorita: who the hell are you, you put me in a shooting range worse than two cats who were pumped up better than Venusaur
Meganium is a sauropod, and sauropods are awesome.
@@cultreader9751 Meganium is Grass tank,grass tank are sh-
Im like Meganium too,im pass a heart gold with him
I have to say, this may be one of your best videos on the channel. The mixture of humor and analysis is quite spot on and meshes extremely well. It hits the nostalgic feels too as I played every game up to Pokemon Black. I know a lot of us know you for your Mass Effect content, but you prove time and time again that your gaming insight goes beyond that, and you express it quite wittily and smooth. I look forward to every video you release and to comment on it as well! Hope you and all the fellow homies have a great Valentine’s Day. 👊🏻
CHARIZARD GETS GLAZED WAY TOO MUCH I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT'S POPULARITY!!!!!!!!
Fly and Bodyslam abuse. Cut is also op. He just diddles the Elite 4. IIRC it's just the fact he's the only one from the three that can use fly that makes him OP. I also remember Flamethrower as the 4th ability just ripping through any Pokemon regardless of type
He does look super simple, like a child who’d drawn a dragon and reduced it down to basic visual elements. I actually like Charmeleon better from a visual perspective.
Blastoise is my favorite of the three but Venusaur is really cool too.
Dragons,fire,and METAAAAAAAL
Simple but also iconic. Blastoise is infitely less original literally a turtle with guns.
@@Akbar_and_Shaa I mean, That’s a joke right? Because a snapping turtle with shoulder artillery is definitely a more original concept than just a dragon.
Bad day at work, I come home to find this to help lift my spirits. Great as always!
Hey now, Chesnought is a tank.
I can use him to WIPE the entire team of one of the region’s Elite Four.
Oh look, a hurricane is coming
Okay it's 'chair'izard from now on
Just here to appreciate the sprig evolution line the respect it deserves. All furry jokes aside its a solid grass starter that has an amazing design reminiscent of a masked magician and has one of the best grass moves in the game with Flower Trick having 70 power, guaranteed hit accuracy and guaranteed Critical hit. It deserves S but Ill be satisfied with A.
Not putting Eevee in S tier is a crime against humanity.
Putting anything after Gen 2 in S tier is a crime.
@@VadeaShepardmudkip.
I was ready to fight for Charmander, but damn. They put my boy in S, no question. It doesn't help that speed is the GOAT stat in the original fire/red and thats what charizard does. All those ratata you fight early game only helps it.
The fact our boys are out here making Pokemon content too is FANTASTIC. Would love to see the boys do a playthrough of one.
My goat returns for another banger
always look forward to your videos best AI president videos on youtube hands down
Also charmander is the goat
Another great pokemon video. Do you think the boys could rank the spin off games like Colosseum and the Mystery Dungeon games at some point?
Would’ve preferred the parameters leaning more into viability. Charmander and Pikachu being S-Tier above bangers like Chimchar and Scorbunny is wild to me. Still love the videos tho and will ALWAYS tune into the presidents ❤
Calling Snivy "Smugleaf" is such a nostalgic throwback.
This Tier List was perfect, Froakie and Rowlet deserved S-Tier. George needs to be arrested
That’s oddly specific because George is the president out of the 4 of them who deserves to be in prison the MOST.
Wait? I just noticed. Each gen that they’re talking about the music changes to represent each generation.
cyndaquil popplio and fuecoco are my favorite starters, so seeing their tier placement, I agree with the presidents
"First ladies group chat"
Woah president lore
3:34 Damn it, George…
You didn't skip Pikachu and Eevee like most people.
That is good to see.
Bush being a furry was a surprise. Barack is also absolutely right, pokemons that are four legged should stay four legged, it’s so weird seeing them become humanoids.
Putting Primarena in S-tier is dangerously based and I'm here for it.
Great vid
As someone who loves to use Grass type starters, I did stop playing the main streams after gen 5 so I was lucky to miss the fall of my grass type designs. though later picked up ROMS which used the later and earlier starters.
Edit: I forgot about the Grass type owl as that was the one Gen I did not care for the grass type, The water type became my main of that gen and if i lived in the world of pokemon I would choose it as my starter, if possible, as the Fairy/Water type just made the starter amazing and saved me in each of the ROMs i had access to it.
Serperior is cool
Can't condone Snivy, or more specifically, Serperior going in D-tier.
Serperior is supposed to represent royalty, the Fleur de Saints, the uptilted head, and it's arms clasped behind it's back; It nails the intended inspiration.
This decision is impeachable.
There are SO MANY lists you can make with Pokemon! Like all of Ash's Pokemon (even the ones he released). Best support charactes or companion ones. Best legendaries. Best types. The lists go.on and on!
I only played a few of the games. I loved the ones I did play, but I gotta give my choices based on game and show. Squirtle,Totodile, Mudkip/Torchick, Piplup, Tepig/Oshowatt. Stopped playing after those. Favorite is probably totodile or mudkip.
And i thought Bill was down bad.
You should do a dragon age tier lists and other related content as it's Biowears other big franchise alongside mass effect.
Ranked the Gym Leaders, Elite Four, Champions and Bad Guy Organizations
You gotta admit, even though floragato stands on two legs which is what everyone didn't want again, it actually looks cool af
I don't think Sobble was a sniper. The final evolution is modelled after James Bond. A sleek spy. That's what I got anyway. It's set in the UK, so you have a punk rock drummer, James Bond, and David Beckham. Such a positive representation of my culture.
Intelleon is a spy, but also a sniper, as evidenced by it getting a literal sniper and sniper tower in its Gigantamax form.
I love how they bitched about Chikorita being clapped by most of the Johto gyms, but Greninja get's ROASTED by not only most of the Kalos gyms, but 3/4 members of the Elite 4, and by most of Diantha's team.
"Chikorita is dogshit!" 🤣
When the galar starters, Turtwig, Tepig and Fennekin is in another class above chikorita due to better design and viability, game freak definitely done f*cked up with chikorita.
Water starters stay winning
Chikorita second stage is so good, that’s an A tier second evolution
Every episode from Prime is a certified banger
the mudkip meme being in google docs is way to funny
9:54 Anteater t posing? You mean a tamandua? 😂 That’s there self defense display!
Gotta love the water starters dominance in this tier list.
My only 1 problem is Turtwig not being S. Obviously biased on that one but the typing always been one of my favorites and how perfectly it fits the line. Plus he's just cool turtle dude. But good list all around
This might age me but my first game was y and i had bought a pre owned copy that already had a fennekin on it. I didnt realize that starting out in a forest with a fire starter and 3 gen 5 monkies wasnt how the game was supposed to go so I just went woth what I had. Fennekin and later braxian and delphox was my first ever introduction into pokemon and for those reasons fennekin is not even in my top 3 starters sry. But nah fam, Delphox is my g but piplup, oshawatt, and grookie are higher up in my heart cuz they real ones but yall are the actual real ones for posting this video so thx
All this talk of starter Pokémon has made me remember the event torchic from XY. Still to this day one of the ballsiest things gamefreak has ever done. They really were like, here’s a free starter Pokémon with access to fire, flying, and fighting type attacks that can mega evolve and ALSO has access to speed boost from the very first moment you get it. If you had event torchic, XY went from a very easy Pokémon game meant for a new generation of players to an absolute cakewalk. Man even my dog could have beaten XY with torchic
Treecko line is the best starter line.
American senile coalition are wack for putting it in only A-tier
The Eevee hate is exactly why I will never vote in an election
Peak content yet again
Me who knows nothing about the Pokemon games: "Oh another Primeradiancy video let's watch the funny old men".
Something that should be mentioned is that Greninja was actually in smash bros before X and Y came out. At least iirc that is
Every 2nd starly has a yache berry in sinnoh and level 32 final evo plus earthquake makes turtwig the best turtle.
Oh a new presidents video this'll be good
Turtwig design is slept on, top 2 grass starter. Sceptile is bad stage one but stage 2 and onwards is amazing
Just subbed!
Let's go boys!
Turtwig is s tier in my heart
Hearing George say “Charizard meat riding” was all I needed
Maybe could u do tier lists of pokemon movies I mean some movies made u want to buy the game I still remember the movie of rayquaza vs deoxys and the one movie about darkria
I think the higher tiers are inflated, making the ratings kinda fake. I feel like any there should be more average ratings and less stellar ones. However, given the format of allowing S tier to be the biggest tier (this makes no sense, but I’m working with it) then this is actually a very good and fair tier list that is mostly good and correct.
If Meginaum got the Mega Spectile typing, it would be OP
3:45 Just these simple words to describe the grass type starter…
Mmmmmmmrrrrr.STAKE!!!
Snivy done dirty 😔
Indeed my brother
This tier list just shows how much GameFreak hates grass types.
I'd put Tododile and Cyndaquil into S Tier. And i agree with the boys that Oshawott was the one time we needed an Otter Samurai on two legs.
Turtwig is the best gen 4 starter it’s type combo as well as mixed attacking style and tanky build gives it the most utility as well as being able to heal and inflict status. Also not to mention if all three starters fought, Torterra can beat both Empoleon and Infernape in battle, it can eat an attack then one shot with earthquake
You got the best AI Presidents 😂
Nice didn’t expect to see my homie Primarina in S. Well deserved
Quoting Karen at the end because she spoke nothing but the truth 🙌🏻
Chair-A-Zard
Torterra slow? Guess the nature I always got made it fast (Aldo held quick claw lol)
Funny enough Everytime I'm given the opportunity to choose between the kanto starters i always choose Squirtle
Primarina and the best. Her and Typlosion make good buddies
30 years and fire type is significantly better than the others for example charmander and chimchar.
Okay hear me out. Pokemon Spin Off game tier list
Oh man, Snivys my fav starter but it only got C tier m, oh well, good video
People hate on the 5th gen starters but gen 5 was absolutely fantastic. Black and white 2 might be the best pokemon games. Great story, pokemon variety and accessibility, gym leaders and progression and probably the best post game.
does this mean no mass effect this week?
Victini actually did fire psychic before delphox
I’m gonna say it. I love Primarina
Meowscarada is peak mon design idc what the haters say. Sprig is also the only starter in the region to not have a clapped looking middle stage Flor is one of the best middle stages ever
Isn’t wood hammer grass type?
Nah you ranked all 3 of my starters in S tier, charmander, forakie, and rowlet, so im happy
Using my female Bayleef against Whitney was awesome. Setting up Reflect and Poison Powder was a great strategy, plus being a female prevented her Miltank using Attract so I fucked Whitney up good
Also, Cinderace is best Soccer Bunny Mom
I want to see Soulsborne rankings at some point!
6:08 In Emerald, the treecko line cannot naturally learn a grass move that isn’t absorb until
LEVEL 27!!! NO STAB MOVE WITH DECENT BASE POWER (its only got 20) UNTIL OVER HALFWAY INTO THE GAME.
As much as I love the line (Treecko was my favorite mon at one point) this line is dogsh*t in Emerald (the best way to play through Hoenn)
Don, this Chikorita slander will NOT go unpunished.
AND SNIVEY SLANDER AS WELL? (Though I guess that was feom all of them
next ranking should be done evelution
The presidents including Bush need to do a Battletech tier list
Hey I love the love for Mudkip as it and Swampert, fuck Marshtomp, are peak Pokémon, but I cannot let the slander for Eevee slide. Why is Pikachu a ranked as a better starter when only game it's actually good as a starter in is the Let's Go games where Eevee is a better starter especially seeing how it gets 8 signature moves referencing all it's previous Eeveelutions and single one of those moves being really friggin' good, each are 80 base power with a guaranteed secondary effect. Also in terms of popularity, Pikachu might be the most iconic Pokémon but it's far from the most popular as seen in the Google most popular Pokémon poll from a few years back where Greninja won the title of the most popular Pokemon for the second time. On that list Eevee was not only in the final 10 but also it was higher than Pikachu So in terms of popularity and viability in the only games where they're both starters Eevee is superior, Eevee is also the starter of the best Pokemon spinoff Pokémon Conquest, also Eevee is cuter so checkmate.