The History of Game Balance in Competitive Pokemon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, competitive Pokemon VGC player, commentator, and content creator Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng explores the history of game balance in competitive Pokemon, with a focus on the VGC format in particular. We take a look at some of the largest buffs and nerfs for the past few generations!
Thanks to the following for their work on the video: Justin Carris, Dro, SuperFlySky, TechTay
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Hey all, this is the first time I'm trying out edited video essay style content on this channel. I figured this would be the perfect time since Scarlet/Violet just came out and it'll take a few days before I can get some competitive teams in game. I had a lot of fun making this so I really hope you enjoy!
Love video essay-type videos on games I'm interested in. I really hope the algorithm is kind you with these types of videos!
THIS WAS GREAT!! MORE PLS!!!
Great video essay and editing! Did you use Wolfey’s editor!?
I love these type of videos and you did a good job of it. Just be aware that the algorithm really punishes when a channel doesn't stick to the same type of content and try not to be too discouraged by it
Great video! Background music is on point too!
I’ll watch any videos that you post, but man, I love this style of content. You’re very well-spoken and knowledgeable, and it really shines in this style! The editing is also great!
This type of video totally suits you, your analysis is so well written and thought out and I can't wait to see more of this in the future!
This was great, Aaron. I always enjoy listening to your thought process during battles, and it was a lot of fun to hear you talk about the overall state of the competitive game here.
I think the unique strength of your channel lies in your ability to explain your thoughts and strategies to your viewers. I'd love to see a weekly or monthly video essay if there's a particular topic you want to share your insight on.
Thank you aron for the thunder wave/prankster/swagger/confusion nerf and buffing will-o-wisp
Thanks for making good content for over a decade on the VGC format, I still remember reading your team guides in nugget bridge back in the day. You're incredible
This was fantastic and really well-written. Seeing more of these in the future would be awesome. It’s always great to hear your insight!!
Great job! It's nice to have an essay-format video with your narration. I hope you do more of these in the future.
Just started watching but this type of videos from you are great. Keep up the good work, so excited for your Gen 9 videos. Im mostly a Smogon player and you are my way to see things from a VGC perspective, im really interested cause in singles this gen is CRAZY.
Awesome content, you vibe really well with this format! Great flow, editing, and background music as well!
I love this kind of content! I'm not as into regular VGC gameplay but informative videos are really easy for me to listen to at work
I’m REALLY happy to see content like this coming out from your channel! I think this could be a style in which you really shine since you have such a deep well of knowledge that could really benefit players of all skill levels, particularly ones who are just starting out on their journeys.
You know so much about the history of competitive Pokémon, thanks for the insight/overview. Really like this video!
I enjoyed these type of essay video so much!! Would love to see more in the future!
Would love to see more video essays! This will tremendously help newbies as well as an avenue to share your thoughts on mechanics, etc.
First of all, i really love this style of video coming from you. It delivers information quickly but still digestibly and the way you read a script just feels natural.
This video also has me hoping to see regular balance updates in scarlet and violet. Gamefreak can look at what mons are doing good (or bad) on ladder and try to adjust them somehow
Loved the video essay hopefully they pop off would love to see more
I wasn't expecting video essays! This was really good.
Incredible video. Would love to see more of this from you!
Love this type of content. You are so eloquent and make things so very clear and to the point. You truly are a scholar of the game and a blessing to anyone seeking knowledge to improve. Thank you!!!
Great video, can tell a lot of work went into this. You are one of the best at analyzing and explaining things in a way that is easy to understand, probably the most educational pokemon channel. Hope to see you commentating vgc for the new games
love this type of video, glad you’re trying new stuff!! excited to see your content for gen 9
Very well crafted and well organized. Would love to see more stuff like this
Amazing content as always Aaron, would to watch more videos like this in the channel, specially at the start or even midway throught the game cycles, also would love a metagame recap every few months or when something relevant shake up the meta, love hearing your insights on this sort of thing.
Amazing video please don't be afraid to make more in this style, you did such an amazing job and your voice really suits this style too! I really enjoyed it.
Loved this style of video!
You have a great perspective and lots of knowledge, which makes the video really great!
Keep up the great work!
really love the essay format from you!
You're great at this format of video. It was a wonderful listen! I'd love more in the future!
This was incredibly well done! Love this type of content
I love this format! The analysis has so much depth especially when you draw upon your competitive experience as a player and a caster.
Amazing video! Very informative yet fun and kept me followed all the way. Btw I felt that semi-final not just led to the nerfs of several status moves but also resulted in the buff of Will-O-Wisp accuracy XD
Love this format!! I would love more video essays from the one and only Cybertron Zhang!!
Enjoyed this video quite a bit. It's always interesting to hear the perspectives of the world's best players when it comes to competitive games, and this was a very well thought out and articulated dive into the competitive side of Pokemon's balance. I think Pokemon is a game that will always be at odds with itself, trying to balance the hardcore VGC side with the casual story playthroughs of younger players, but with the rising popularity of VGC events and VGC content creators maybe Game Freak/Nintendo will start to look more towards the former and consider some more substantial adjustments mid gen
absolutely love this kind of content from you, Aaron
Hi Aaron, I haven't followed the latest competitive content but with ScVio coming back I ventured back to your channel. I love this format and reminds me of the primers you used to make at the start of each season. Thank you so much!
Just found this channel and I really love this type of content! It’s really well-made and informative 😊
This video was great! I'd love to see more like this in the future!
Amazing video, love this style of video in your channel. I hope to see more! I've been watching you play for years and always love to see how you manage to play teams so well, but man this video was such a great wach. Keep it up!
Really well made! You should consider doing more!
This video was perfectly done. Can’t wait for more!
Very interesting to see these analytical videos and the script was excellent
I love this type of content! Very informative and articulate!
Love this type of indepth stuff, tbh would love to see what you do with the format!
Loved this video! Such good quality, interesting and informative. Also you nailed the video essay TH-camr voice
Amazing video! This style works so well with your commentary and the editing was nice also!
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this kind of video format is awesome and I hope you do another video like this
Love this, definitely want to see more
Absolutely loved this video! I know you were going by specific categories but it's been so used and oppressive that I'm surprised you didn't bring up the general Incineroar problem. Would really love to see that fixed up so we don't just have a single go to support pokemon
Great video! I really like these kind of videos for a change! Very well executed for your first time :)
Love all your content but I mostly watch TH-cam while I'm out walking, or when I'm going to bed, so this style of video was perfect for me as I could just listen to it in podcast form without not being able to understand the video without the visuals.
Great video! Would love to see more content like it!
A lot of cool information presented in a nice easy-to-digest way.
Also, sad wolfey on the exxegutor part was *chef's kiss*
This is awesome. I hope for more content like this from you.
Would love to see more of these kinds of things!
Commenting and liking to boost the homies engaement stats, but ALSO because this channel has been such a huge part of my life for the most formative years of my life lol. Awesome to see you doing something new and its no surprise its of such high quality right out of the gate. We love you man and I cant wait to see your success in the new gen push you even further :)
Love the video! Also that smeargle darkvoid joke actually killed me LoL I don’t know why that was so funny
More of this please this should have gotten more views
This was a really dope video, loved to hear it all broken down.
incredibly informative, especially starting to only play competitive in Gen 9, thank you!!!
Love this style, please do more!
Very nice video going into how and why mechanics changes made to certain games -most certainly- are a result of trying to shake up the meta and making competitive more diverse when it comes to team building. Doing so help alleviate a centralization meta where " if I'm not using these pokemon with these moves, natures and spreads I'm playing at a disadvantage".
Once again. Very nice video essay. I enjoy this type of content for its take on understanding competitive pokemon - if but on a surface level - and to know the history that left it's mark on future gens.
Hi Aaron, I gotta say I LOVE video essays like these and I'm definitely looking forward to more!
Since I've been watching quite some video essays lately, I do have some feedback to make them even better:
Since you're making these video's to inform people who are not too familiar with the competitive aspect of Pokemon, it would be a great help to include the effects of the moves/abilities/etc. on screen when talking about them (eg. Talonflames Gale Wings at 5:00 : what does it so that makes it only usable on full health now and why does it matter? The description of the ability + maybe the moves Talonflames would run like Brave Bird and Flare Blitz would tell us everything).
Also some more visual aid could be very nice, for example with Hidden Power at 10:00 : for the example with Kartana and Nihilego, show their typing and which type of HP they are scared of (fire or ground: 4x effective).
These are all things that competitive players are familiar with, but are we the target audience for this video?
That said, everything else is really well done!
I like this alot! It's like 10 months late or whatever, but you articulate in a great way!
Great video Cybertron u never fail to amaze and bring joy to our faces keep up the good work
Loved this, you have a very clear flow and your analysis is great. Also, PMD music rule 👏
Love this video format from you Aaron! Totally suits you. One suggestion I would make is to move whatever device you have your script written on to be at eye level. That way, when you read off your script, you are looking directly at the camera, not down or away from it. Keep up the good work man!
I’ve never seen your other stuff but I like this format a lot
I love this type of video. I would love to see more
This was super interesting to watch! I was really into competing in doubles during the XY days. Life had me busier after ORAS released and I didn't have the time to build new teams and learn how the new megas changed the meta, but I look back on my brief time playing competitively in XY very fondly. It was insanely fun, but I don't think it's something I'll ever return to due to how much of a time sink it was for me and how busy I find myself these days. This video was a ton of fun to watch and gave me a good dose of nostalgia! Although, man, I forgot about Smeargle until you brought him up.......... Ahhhhhhh
I love this video Cybertron! Knocked it out of the park man love your content keep going!
I subscribe but I never saw this video on my sub tab or recommended until today, but this is awesome! I hope we get more content like this in the future :)
You know what this video is super well done. Congrats!
Some of your best work, Aaron -- great stuff
Holy crap, I'm loving these edited videos
Great videos very informative hope to see more like this in the future
More of these kinds of videos please!
Great video, super informative
I do not normally comment, despite having watched most of your videos for the last 5 years at least. But I have to say I love this video format, and your video quality recently has been insane. Keep it up!
Nice work, interesting/informative discussion 🙌🏿
I love the way you have accepted that unfortunate event in such a healthy way. Your sportsmanship is off the charts.
Once again another great video from the true master!
Really like this type of content! If you want to make more of this style of content some more going forward, I will definitely be keen to watch it 😁
Also looking forward to whatever content you make I've enjoyed everything so far
I like the idea of changing sleep to be 2-3 turns. That way players cannot play around the fact they know they will wake up turn 2 so there is some incomplete information, but if you don't get the turn 2 then you can play with perfect information knowing you wake up turn 3. This would make it possible for some big plays "risking" on turn 2, and still nerf it from a possible 5.
I thought it already maxes out at 3 turns?
@@Raven-2000 Yeah 3 is already the max. Changing the minimum would still help make the move balanced though - even though it’s a literal buff, the improvements to predictability would be preferred
Sleep hasn’t been five turns for a long time, dude.
Great video. I am curious of 2 turn sleep. sounds neat.
Congratulations for 150k
Love the video style!
Dude this was great thank you
Watching this gave me a lot of insight into my gen3 Nuzlocke soullink, when I watched my partner use Spore on a grass type and it worked. Now I also know that confusion is more powerful, and I can paralyze Electric types. (Crits are obvious.) This is a really cool video, and I feel like Aaron is in a place to honestly cover more Pokémon history.
Sooo epic video, thanks for the content
Absolutely great video
Loved the comedic touches
Glad to hear some PMD music in there
I love that Golem's nickname was "Deidara" in the video. Art is definitely an explosion! XD
Really dig the format. Keep it up
Loved the video!
Great watch this was sick
Love the video, would love to see more. The only bit of advice I’d like to give is to make a bit more eye contact. You’re very clearly reading from a script that’s below you, and it can be a little odd at times. Viewers would typically prefer it to feel like youre talking TO them, not necessarily AT them (even though that is the case). Obviously this is a very minor critique, but that’s just a testament to how well produced the video was. Keep it up!
Great video!
love this video. thanks.