The whole chairman rose thing is bizarre, because the plot would totally work if they just... took out the millenia. Say that the energy crisis is already here, and that they've been covering up the problems it has been causing, and they will run out of power in just a handful of years. Suddenly, his character makes sense.
Yeah, he no longer looks like an insane old guy who can't wait even a second. Then it's "Oh I was trying to prevent the energy crisis from getting worst and things got out of hand" And it makes sense! Does it make Leons character look worst sense he's putting the championship battle before the crisis? Yes, but I'd say that would make you want to beat him more.
@@masked_undead539 also makes the blackouts and quakes all the more serious. As instead of them just being glossed over and chalked up to Rose fucking around, they're instead symptoms of the impending crisis. Like if they just put in five more minutes of thought into the story, it could've been better.
But that also would have meant he would have been a sympathetic villain, who actually has a reason for the things he does. Can't have THAT in a kids game! Just where would this world end up, if the ten year olds of the world actually learned, that the world isn't black and white.
It gets even dumber considering the world they are in. In our world that would be a problem, there world have creatures that can power an entire city by just tickling them. They dont need to go into lovecraft color out of space stuff to get electricity in there world.
@@Tatokat A villain doesn't have to by sympathetic to be relatable. Chairman Rose could have been relatable by wanting to fix an energy crisis but non-sympathetic by him being willing to sacrifice the immediate wellbeing of countless people and Eternatus itself.
As my younger sister put it when the in-game interviewers asked her and Hop what it was like to be endorsed by the champion: "Whoa whoa, *I* was endorsed by the champion." "Hop was endorsed by his *brother* ."
I always thought he added the gunshot sound effect when he spun around and then I got the game and realized it was real. Sometimes, the world is more alpharad than alpharad.
@cryolitegem Oh f*cking absolutely, closest thing he would do to a move would be flapping his wings just enough to make Scorbunny and Grookey or Sobble fall over.
I was scared to death of that thing (and I should be cuz the stats are crazy) but it died to one Max Lightning from my Pikachu (no, this was not intentional)
Personally, I like to think that the reason that Hop will always pick the starter that gives him a type disadvantage is for the power move of beating the crap out of you with a pokemon that is weak to you. And then he's shocked that you're aware that water will put fire out.
I saw someone else suggest that he picked it knowing that that would leave Leon with the last starter - and that he'd therefore Hop's would have the type advantage when fighting _Leon._
What I expected: Hau What I got: a 10 year old boy rethinking his life choices, going through depression, wondering whether he is good enough, all while I destroy everything he ever loves with my overleveled team.
That yamask evolution had to be a prank by Gamefreak. No way they expected a kid to have a Yamask on their team, battle a wild Pokemon in Dusty Bowl with it, rush back to the Pokemon Center after taking at least 49 hp of damage without fainting and accidentally pass under that one specific arc
I think they know by now the game will be data-mined and there are a dozen videos day of release that show exactly what to do. Kids know how to google, so they made it annoying instead.
I mean there's probably some lore or something involving celtic snakes and the British countryside but STILL. I purposefully sought out Yamask once I realised it was in the game and had NO clue what to do in the slightest.
@TheQuashingoftheTub 49 in japanese is pronounced shiku, which is Also the word for "a painful death." same reason basculegion takes 249 damage to evolve, the kanji can be read as the word hatred
@@thecheesen yea rewatching this video I def see that but at the time I didn't even realize it as I had just started watching alpha and didn't know his personality really
@@DreameR09055 do you understand that this isn’t why it is it’s that is funny he chose the dark haired girl but then dyed her hair the same color as the one she could have picked do you understand?
Broke: The spinning pose is Leon's famous Charizard pose like Hop stated in like his first line to you ever. Woke: It's actually a Jojo reference. Alpharad: I invented this, Leon stole it from me, AND its a Jojo reference.
This game’s story feels like they wrote a synopsis and were on their way of fleshing it out and then the higher ups just suddenly barged in and said writing time is over
@@Superboologan1I hate how poor the story is cause Galar as a region is so cool and the setup is there, this could’ve been such a banger story but they just did nothing with either the region or story
@@Crxsseyed1This game just reeks of being fucked with midway trough development. I feel like it was probably being developed for 3DS, but then shifted to switch and in trying to hastily upgrade things for the switch and adding things like the wild area to make it feel like a generational jump, a lot of the content was probably scrapped cause they just wouldn’t have had time to implement it with the deadline they had
I continue to think he's annoying to this date. Maybe because I'm a naturally competitive person who sees going all out as a sign of respect, and don't see it fit to feel bad for rivals.
I think hop was pretty annoying, but in my opinion he’s the almost realistic 12 year old kid as a Pokémon rival, exited but queit annoying. I also like how the game shines light on hop for character, but the ending of is just kinda bland (not gonna spoil)
I was trying to be as nice as possible to hop from the beginning BC he was really nice and he wasn’t mean like half of the other rivals,but when I found out he was depressed from me beating him every single time he challenges me made me have a soft spot for him and feel bad for him 🥲✋✨
i will literally never get over the fact that game freak couldnt even be bothered to put an animated cutscene during the talk between rose and leon. they gave us a slideshow to explain ALL of rose's motives and intentions. AND THEY DIDNT EVEN DO A GOOD JOB.
In my opinion, I didn't think the slideshow was that bad. A lot of games do that. Also, what difference would an animated cutscene make honestly? Wouldn't it just be the same dialogue but their mouths moving and having the in-game 3d style with a bit of hand movement here and there? I don't think it would impact much.
frogcupcakes Animation literally means to bring something to life... the difference would be a dynamic more emotional or whatever storytelling instead of a slideshow(and i dont thing they do slideshows so often these days in Games)
@@Sipsipsippinonlambtears Licht Mond also said this, but animation makes the scene more emotional, immersive, and (arguably most importantly) entertaining. animation would also enable the audience to get a read on these characters through their body language and expressions. it gives the viewer something to look at beyond words on a screen (and a still image). imagine if the scene in SUMO where the mc and lillie play the flutes was a slideshow as well? it's a jarring change in story-telling, and (for such an expensive game and profitable franchise) it's cheap and lazy. when i think of cutscenes, i think of unique camera angles, dynamic expressions and body language. if we had gotten to actually *see* leon struggling and hesitating to keep up with rose's far-out thinking, and if we could *see* rose being unhinged rather than some uncomfortable amalgam of crazy and composed (which can be done correctly, but i don't think is done [if at all] in swsh. most of the blame can fall on the game's overall incredibly weak storyline and writing) then it adds to the immersion and tension of the game. slideshows can be done incredibly well (such as in the introduction to Undertale), but i dont think they suit (supposedly) climactic scenes like the one where it's used in SWSH. especially not in a 3-D game where cutscenes are used elsewhere throughout.
Hop is the quintessential second child. And it's actually really tragic that we don't really get to flesh out his character but I really do feel like he's the best rival we've had in a long time. The game glosses over it (because it's pretty clearly an incomplete game, but w/e) but Hop sees a ton of pretty classic parental neglect. Like, none of his mom's or his grandmother's dialogue talks about him. There are only pictures of Leon on the shelves and walls. He's got big shoes to fill and his personality is pretty consumed by trying to disappoint everyone by not being the Champion at age 10 like older brother was. AT AGE TEN. After losing to Bede he starts literally showing signs of clinical depression and we can't do anything about it other than worsen it by STOMPING HIM AGAIN. We kind of just crushed his hopes and dreams to the point that he _fucking quit and decided to be a Professor instead_ and we don't really get to talk about it at all. Because the story's over. Seriously. He owns 33% of the Legendaries in the region (kind of sad for another reason) and he fucking quit being a trainer because we beat his ass over and over again. You know who Leon gave a Charmander to? Not his fucking younger brother. He probably _could_ beat his older brother by the time we meet him last! BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW. Because this depressed child got steamrolled over and over by life. Probably would have become the champion if it weren't for the fact that he was the unlucky bastard that happened to do his Gym challenge the one year all of the sweaty overachievers like you, Marnie, and Bede decided to compete.
@@mickys8065 I'm not saying it's a good character. I'm saying he's got good framework but shit execution because he, like the rest of Sword/Shield, is pretty obviously incomplete.
@@PhantomJavelin "I really feel like he is the best rival we have had in a while" I read that as him being a good character, since I stopped paying attention to Pokémon after black and white 2 I guess the rivals before this game sucked then if hop is the best in a while?
Micky S alright so let me tell you about the rivals you missed in between Black and White 2 and Sword and Shield. X/Y- Shauna, Tierno, Serena/Calem, and some other “rival” (I forgot his name.) All of them are friendly, but you barely battle Shauna, Tierno, and the other rival. Serena and Calem are also friendly but fight you from time to time. Shauna, Tierno, and the other rival are honestly just bad, while Serena/Calem are just ok. Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon- Hau and Gladion. In my opinion, they are both great rivals with lots of development, and are big improvements from X and Y. Hau is a friendly rival while Gladion kind of is and kind of isn’t. What I mean by that is that Gladion isn’t really nice to you, but you become friends overtime
Imagine Hop grows into Mr. Tall, dark and handsome, becomes the professor in the next game and the fandom backtracks and simps over him. I'll be here enjoying the fireworks lol
@@ratthew3256 he deserves the love, he keeps getting stomped over with hate. Bede too, I mean he gets what he deserves by being a jerk but wouldn't it be nice to see him change and mature? Honestly Marnie is the only rival that everyone loves and these two are either hated so much or loved like there's no in between lol
Ok but hear me out, Leon is the embodiment of a 5-year-old beating the elite 4 with a full team of legendaries thinking “I’m so good at pokémon!” after barely beating the champion using a full team of level 88 legendaries
oddly specific but i would say being undefeated would make someone cocky and arrogant. Sometimes i myself get caught up in the moment and can be like "get fucked!" or if i dominate my friend in pokemon (because im a nerd who spend way to much of my childhood to the point i can name any pokemon if i see it) "haha you cant beat me" yeah i only get arrogant because i never lose, and sometimes get caught up in the moment but im not like leon saying it everytime. i only do it when its in the moment
@@sceptile7581 the catching tutorial comes the second time you get poke balls. If you caught even 1 Pokémon with the first 10 you get, Leon will have dialogue that mentions you having another Pokémon and you get to skip the catching tutorial.
8:26 Alpharad: "oh ok it's a bracelet that gives us the ability to mega evolv- uh no, uh I mean Z moves- no oh god! I mean dynamax, sorry!" this man just called out gamefreak's indecisiveness
Mega Evolution: New intricate designs for all types of Pokémon, weak and strong. Z Moves: More powerful moves, kinda simple, but cool animations. Gigantamax: Worse beeg mega evos. Dynamax: Pokémon... but B E E G!!!
I think Hop might just be depressed about his lack of any skills regarding any sort of squabble between pokemon so he is absolutely helpless in battles which makes him rely on lying to himself with stuff like "Backed into a corner? This will just make my victory even better."
1:45:53 "It all comes full circle" - alpharad Well when you think about it, when Sonia and Leon were doing the gym challenge Sonia started training to be a pokemon professor and Leon became the champion. Now its flipped with Hop starting to train to become a pokemon professor and we become the champion.
The ridiculous thing with Piers is in B&W2 they had a gym leader, Roxie, who was also a singer and in the overworld you’d hear her sing/spell Pokémon. No reason for Piers to not have any form of simulated singing nor any music.
i will NEVER get over the "can you not cancel evolutions in this game? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY SOBBLE?!" the absolute raw emotion in that last sentence gets me EVERY time
The same thing happened to me and my Sobble. I messed up. After it evolved I shoved it in a box so it can’t torture my eyes anymore. It sits there to this day.
I know we all like to make fun of the character motivations for Rose, and honestly I think it is warranted, but his actions get a lot creepier if you look at them as manipulation tactics. Like, why the hell would he be reacting to a problem that won't rise up until 1000 years later? Because if the "great Chairman Rose" was able to stop the Darkest Day from ever happening while he is in office, he would be regarded as a hero for centuries to come. It was never about the people of Galar, he was just a slimy and manipulative billionaire who only cared about his self-image. The reason he interrupted the Champion battle? Because just the day before, Leon disobeyed him. Leon told Rose that they could wait until AFTER the battle even though Rose wanted to do it right then and there. And the entire time throughout the game Rose has this persona of innocence while at the same time talking down to the characters like they're stupid children that are in way over their heads. He blames Leon for not following him, he blames the overheating reactor on us because we just "wouldn't listen to reason". He abuses Leon, the player, Bede, and even Oleana. Rose is an absolute creep, and I will die on this hill. Or maybe I'm just giving the writers way too much credit on this, but hey it's food for thought.
rose gives me bad vibes, even in the new show. he has that self-absorbed slimy person vibe. i didn't have any ig, reason to think that, so, ty for clarifying that it is very possible he does indeed, have bad vibes.
@@iiaxstheticalflower2966 Basically the bad guy from the first Kingsmen, a slimy billionaire appropriating real climate concerns to advance his own self interests. Anime Elon Musk
In their defence, it is truly the most British thing to have a solution right in front of you, but refuse to use it due to ✨social norms✨ and ✨politeness✨
@@TheDoggoPearl I mean, make them 15-20$ dlc and *I* wouldn't mind. But having them added as free updates would be better (tho only accessible to those with Crown Tundra)
Honestly for one of these rival characters, i want it to at least feel like like he is trying to beat you Like, have him fill out his party early game, have him change what pokemon he challenges you with based on who was in your party the last time you fought, have it so that his pokemon level roughly matches the level of your pokemon because he was grinding that tall grass same as you I want the rival to feel like a challenge who is keeping up with you every step of the way One thing that would be really nice is that if you lost to him, the game didnt have you retry the fight but the game just kept moving
@@CallMeVidd Nemona was a good mix of competitive rivals from the older gens and rivals that are just basically your friends from the newer ones. She’s your friend but she also wants to destroy you. She really likes battling you, but doesn’t have an existential crisis like Hop when she doesn’t win, cause you’re challenging her and she absolutely loves that.
@@MorriganReads keep in mind that this kid had no idea what he'd do if he didn't succeed, which is actually very similar to my situation GOD DAMN IT HOP STOP BEING A CLONE OF ME (I'm sorry)
@@MorriganReadshop doesn't have an existential crisis because you beat him, it's because someone else told him he was a shame to his brother while he thought all his life that he had the capacity to be as good as him. he's a nice guy, it's just too bad they didn't make him more challenging also nemona sucks
The fact that Hop beat every Gym leader first try and constantly talks about winning despite losing every single battle with the player, made me have a headcanon that Hop is just going easy on you when you fight
I hated Bede bc in my Shield nuzlocke he went up to me, was like “Hey, look at my Solosis’s new move!” and proceeded to use that move to murder my newly caught Noibat in one hit
@@adithyasuresh9720 that was when he used exclusively Psychic types. I knew he opened with Solosis like the last battle, just expected to live the first hit.
@@dominator3651 Dubwool is stupid, Wooloo is not. Wooloo is adorable and has genius level intellect. Its evolution into Dubwool makes it turn ugly and become a Devry University fanboy who says it is a good school
You know what I liked most about this game? You get to beat Hop so many times that he finally loses his will to become the Champion because he realizes he just can't...
@@wackzach1220 I chose Sobble and kept finishing off his Scorbunny in one hit. The first time I saw that fire bunny use an attack, it was in the post-game
9:27 The one-hand option is for accessibility...so that people who can't use both hands (due to injury, disability, illness, etc) can play the game too. This is actually a common (but not as commonly granted) accessibility request for videogames! Other normally requested accessibility features include subtitles/CC, blind mode/color filters, controls customization, phobia-related options (like drowining animations or less scary spiders), dyslexia-friendly fonts, to mention a few.
oh yeah! when i ended up with carpal tunnel, games with one handed controls were a godsend. unfortunately later i developed carpal tunnel in my other hand so this doesn't help anymore
Just went from one of Alphas newest videos back to this. Jesus his voice has changed so much. After hearing his modern voice, this guy sounds like he’s making an Alpha college parody video
His pokemon supercuts show his evolution so perfectly Like from Sun to Sword to Violet is the best way to show how his style, humor, voice and editing's changed
Roger Dodger i mean i didnt buy pokemon to get some crazy graphics or really. Good stir6 or challenging puzzles i buyed it to catch meself some new pokemon
1:45:37 Hop: I want to be someone who can help out Pokemon that're in trouble, wherever they are... Me: So, what, a Pokemon Ranger? Hop: I think I want to become a Pokemon Professor! Me: Dude that's like the exact opposite of what you just said.
Veronica Van Taco the Pokédex isn’t even as good as a calculator it doesn’t do math And Hop getting angry at his grandchildren implies that he will have kids
I am a Hop defender. Not because he is a good rival, he is kinda annoying, but I think he has the best character development out of any rival. Most rivals just disappear after you fight them for the last time, but he takes his final defeat and makes something of himself (working in the lab). I liked that. But I will still admit that he is annoying.
I think it was a bad move from pokemon. His development was that he stopped copying Leon to finally choose his own path... And copy Sonia? No, thats not well done
The anger he fells towards Yamask trying to evolve it. I tried for 30 minutes I swear, I had it down 49 hp, I checked that multiple times, kept running under the exact arch Alpha did to evolve it and it wouldn't evolve no matter what and finally after so long it evolved, and that was only to fill up my pokedex. And some more salt on top of that my family member started playing the game, too, and did it in under two seconds when they ran under the arch.
I like to imagine Leon became Champ when he was 5 years old, then Mr Prez walks up and tells him that he's stuck wearing his uniform until he loses. He really wants us to beat him just so he'll finally be able to change clothes. And then post game comes along and completely smashes my theory into the ground.... fuck
But!! There is another thing! When you play the battle frontier thingy in the rose tower, you will encounter Leon after a few battles and he is in a COMPLETELY different outfit!! Theory is still up!!
@@YukkiTheBard no no not that, when you do the battle frontier thing in the rose tower, you encounter Leon after a few battles and Leon will be wearing something different
I believe that the reason you need 49+ damage is because 49 in Japanese looks similar the the character lettering as "to die a slow and painful death" or something really similar to that phrase Just like why 4 is an unlucky number I think The rock arc could just be where that specific set of ruins that runegrius inhabits originated in universe That's why it has a STUPIDASS evolution lol
I'm guessing chat made him catch yamask just to get him do the tedious evolultion method just to watch him suffer Because that seems like something twitch chat would do
25:00, there must be a serious water treatment facility if they’re able to pump so much clean water at such high pressure so constantly through this gym, holy cow
@@thecoolguy4035 No- Look, what Jacob is describing is Pokémon having 3 types SIMULTANEOUSLY. Wolfe Gluck tutored him around this time and made a video on why 3 types at once wouldn’t work
He took the champion title, humiliated him in front of a crowd and possibly cut the champions family fund all because he stole his pose
*I like it*
Makes sense
i woulda just killed him
Dont steal alphas thing
Plot twist: Alpha actually stole the pose from Leon.
There. Now at 777 likes.
“at some point you have to run out of white guys in tracksuits, right?”
have you seen England?
seightyx he defo hasnt 🤣
*remembers that this WHOLE game is based on england*
Pretty sure it's based on Scotland. England just rains all the time ;)
Joseph Zoltan its based on all of the UK pretty much
The Galar map was based on england
*uses super effective move and defeats final Pokémon on Hop’s team*
Hop: “You’ve activated my trap card!” *pulls out gun*
*shoots your Pokémon*
Pokemon Pumped Up Kicks
@@zeyanhtet9040 *POKEMON **-FAINTED-** DIED*
Alpharad: **jumps in front pf hatterene**
Pokémon gun confirmed
The whole chairman rose thing is bizarre, because the plot would totally work if they just... took out the millenia. Say that the energy crisis is already here, and that they've been covering up the problems it has been causing, and they will run out of power in just a handful of years. Suddenly, his character makes sense.
Yeah, he no longer looks like an insane old guy who can't wait even a second. Then it's "Oh I was trying to prevent the energy crisis from getting worst and things got out of hand" And it makes sense! Does it make Leons character look worst sense he's putting the championship battle before the crisis? Yes, but I'd say that would make you want to beat him more.
@@masked_undead539 also makes the blackouts and quakes all the more serious. As instead of them just being glossed over and chalked up to Rose fucking around, they're instead symptoms of the impending crisis. Like if they just put in five more minutes of thought into the story, it could've been better.
But that also would have meant he would have been a sympathetic villain, who actually has a reason for the things he does. Can't have THAT in a kids game! Just where would this world end up, if the ten year olds of the world actually learned, that the world isn't black and white.
It gets even dumber considering the world they are in. In our world that would be a problem, there world have creatures that can power an entire city by just tickling them. They dont need to go into lovecraft color out of space stuff to get electricity in there world.
@@Tatokat A villain doesn't have to by sympathetic to be relatable. Chairman Rose could have been relatable by wanting to fix an energy crisis but non-sympathetic by him being willing to sacrifice the immediate wellbeing of countless people and Eternatus itself.
As my younger sister put it when the in-game interviewers asked her and Hop what it was like to be endorsed by the champion:
"Whoa whoa, *I* was endorsed by the champion."
"Hop was endorsed by his *brother* ."
This is ACCURATE
*NEPOTISM!*
💯! Exactly
FR
Dang bruh you got a smart sister!
I always thought he added the gunshot sound effect when he spun around and then I got the game and realized it was real. Sometimes, the world is more alpharad than alpharad.
Time?
@@getj1nxxxed 0:49
YESS
XD
Sounds more like a whip tbh
Leon saying "champion time" at the end has the same energy as a streamer unironically saying "poggers".
it makes me die inside a little more each time he says it
@@theautisticone7972 same with people unrionically saying poggers
@@spiderfrog5764 I'm cringe but at least I am free-
@@ii_caelus_ii dont worry
Were all cringe in someway
AY YO
CHAMP-IN-THE-MAKING!
Leon : “I wanted to send out charizard and join the fun.”
The charizard : G-max, Absolute destroyer of teams, lvl 70+
AlphaRad : “Maybe not, Leon.”
I like to think that if he did that, charizard wouldn’t use any moves it would literally just play with that funny waddle walk
@cryolitegem Oh f*cking absolutely, closest thing he would do to a move would be flapping his wings just enough to make Scorbunny and Grookey or Sobble fall over.
I was scared to death of that thing (and I should be cuz the stats are crazy) but it died to one Max Lightning from my Pikachu (no, this was not intentional)
Personally, I like to think that the reason that Hop will always pick the starter that gives him a type disadvantage is for the power move of beating the crap out of you with a pokemon that is weak to you. And then he's shocked that you're aware that water will put fire out.
he's just a saiyan, the more he gets beat down the more he grows, by the time gen10 comes around he'll be the strongest on the universe.
@@onii447 ssssuuuuuuuure it would be true if the strongest pokemon trainer would lose to bug catcher joey
I saw someone else suggest that he picked it knowing that that would leave Leon with the last starter - and that he'd therefore Hop's would have the type advantage when fighting _Leon._
@@kiraina25 thats actually a good plan against his brother but he never thought that the protagonist would wipe the floor with him
@@onii447 hop villain arc??
It’s so funny watching Hop slowly realizing he’s not the protagonist
Me: walks into the Master Dojo.
Hop: Oh hello.
Me: One thing, I WANTED ONE THING TODAY.
Kai legend 14 What about Gigantymaxing KubFu?
Sketchbook Online Not as important
"Actually, Majesty, I am no hero.. but perhaps you are a hero instead!"
(Songs totally out of context)
What I expected: Hau
What I got: a 10 year old boy rethinking his life choices, going through depression, wondering whether he is good enough, all while I destroy everything he ever loves with my overleveled team.
Rilaboom: Uses sound and drum's to attack target's
Cinderace: Plays soccer to attack
Inteleon: I NEED A GUN TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
I thought it would have been funny if instead of the middle evolution, it’s just a lizard with a 9mm with a silencer equipped
@@supernova4681 Wtf
Inteleon: For his neutral special, he wields a G U N
Just like the
KITCHEN GUN
Inteleon is just that guy in Battlefield with a sniper rifle on the high rise crane
That yamask evolution had to be a prank by Gamefreak. No way they expected a kid to have a Yamask on their team, battle a wild Pokemon in Dusty Bowl with it, rush back to the Pokemon Center after taking at least 49 hp of damage without fainting and accidentally pass under that one specific arc
I think they know by now the game will be data-mined and there are a dozen videos day of release that show exactly what to do. Kids know how to google, so they made it annoying instead.
I mean there's probably some lore or something involving celtic snakes and the British countryside but STILL. I purposefully sought out Yamask once I realised it was in the game and had NO clue what to do in the slightest.
AND *YET* THE PLANNED GEN 4 AZURE FLUTE EVENT WAS GONNA BE "TOO DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT"
1:43:20 hahaha
@TheQuashingoftheTub 49 in japanese is pronounced shiku, which is Also the word for "a painful death." same reason basculegion takes 249 damage to evolve, the kanji can be read as the word hatred
*please don’t bring wailords into our stadium or we might die*
Possibly one of the best quotes ever
Don't worry they actually won't do anything though cause Gamefreak doesn't render accurate sizes of pokemon, styrofoam whale will be harmless
@@chrislaf its a joke…
@@thatguynat9775 So is mine, albeit much saltier and less funny
@@chrislaf oof
@@eeveetv9503 eevee
I love how Sobble is a US trained sniper with over 300 confirmed kills
But he's based off of James Bond, so he's British.
i even named my Sobble "The Sniper" because of that
Shame he’s not a fire type, can’t burn any bread.
@@ethantodd4042 i will name my sobble heavy is dead
@@Funny-iq9bq good idea but the max amount of charecters for a nickname is 12
Marnie: “I think this move shows my feelings.”
Marnies morpeko: *nom*
LOL
maybe she likes food? Or maybe she just has anger issues...
@@bcndooz3294 Maybe she's just kinky and wants to be bit
I see that's her reaction when she gives the suc- oh wait no. Please no.
@@MasouShizuka Shes a child btw.
alpha not ever realizing that he was actually stealing leons move and was effectively doing a cringe ass naenae before each gym battle is hilarious
Pretty sure he was joking about that
I, uh, think that was sarcasm
@@thecheesen yea rewatching this video I def see that but at the time I didn't even realize it as I had just started watching alpha and didn't know his personality really
@@Norheath Thank you for returning after 7 months to correct your fault
A skill many do not possess
@@thecheesen honestly if you wouldn't have replied I probably never would have
It’s hilarious that alpha chose the dark haired girl and by the end he looked exactly like the light haired girl.
Yup
Yupperino indeed
You ever stop and think that it's because he dyed her hair white?
Thanks Moe :)
@@DreameR09055 do you understand that this isn’t why it is it’s that is funny he chose the dark haired girl but then dyed her hair the same color as the one she could have picked do you understand?
Alpha: OH NO I FORGOT TYPE ADVANTAGES!
Hop: You fool. Have I taught you nothing?
alpha had just press the hau/hop button
Press buttons and win
Alphard: YOUR TRASH
1:00:56
yess I was looking for this comment
Broke: The spinning pose is Leon's famous Charizard pose like Hop stated in like his first line to you ever.
Woke: It's actually a Jojo reference.
Alpharad: I invented this, Leon stole it from me, AND its a Jojo reference.
ゴゴゴ
I’ve been saying this from the get-go.
Alpharad IS the copycat. Canonically, you look up to Leon.
@@Aflay1 Gee you don't say?
John Travolta
Aflay I mean, he is very tall.
This game’s story feels like they wrote a synopsis and were on their way of fleshing it out and then the higher ups just suddenly barged in and said writing time is over
And one of my biggest problem with the game as a whole - it's not a particularly interesting story, but so much emphasis is placed on it as a whole
@@Superboologan1I hate how poor the story is cause Galar as a region is so cool and the setup is there, this could’ve been such a banger story but they just did nothing with either the region or story
@@CallMeViddit definitely felt like they put all their focus into the “brand new” wild area, and decided to put story and actual game second
@@Crxsseyed1This game just reeks of being fucked with midway trough development.
I feel like it was probably being developed for 3DS, but then shifted to switch and in trying to hastily upgrade things for the switch and adding things like the wild area to make it feel like a generational jump, a lot of the content was probably scrapped cause they just wouldn’t have had time to implement it with the deadline they had
I went from hating hop and thinking he was annoying to being so sad when I took away his hopes and dreams of becoming champion.
I continue to think he's annoying to this date. Maybe because I'm a naturally competitive person who sees going all out as a sign of respect, and don't see it fit to feel bad for rivals.
I think hop was pretty annoying, but in my opinion he’s the almost realistic 12 year old kid as a Pokémon rival, exited but queit annoying. I also like how the game shines light on hop for character, but the ending of is just kinda bland (not gonna spoil)
@Nezhat Hau was one of my favourites. He was so laid back and a friend, it broke my heart whenever he got sad :(
I was trying to be as nice as possible to hop from the beginning BC he was really nice and he wasn’t mean like half of the other rivals,but when I found out he was depressed from me beating him every single time he challenges me made me have a soft spot for him and feel bad for him 🥲✋✨
@Nezhat you said HOP wrong
Alpharad laughs at a kid suffering depression for an hour and a half: the movie.
You need a semicolon
TimothyKK this is more funny then the comment honestly 😂
@@tkk.24 i love/hate that I understand that
LOL
The kid isn't suffering from depression, he's depressed. Everyone gets depressed, suffering from depression is an actual medical diagnosis.
Hop: Loses his 43’rd* pokemon in a one-shot
Also Hop: *”DoNT THinK yOU’vE wOn YEt!”*
No comments, I'll fix that
@@plutonicflea7077 but who cares
@@Reflecterr you
@@Reflecterr the guy that commented this comment
I like how all of the replies have nothing to do with the original comment.
The joke about there being no frame drops at 0:16 aged so damn well if you compare S&S to S&V
SV is fun, so like, its still embarassing the worse looking game is BETTER than the one that looks better.
YES I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS
@@kutami2951 yeah, the fact scarlet and violet is still better even though it looks worse than sword and shield is funny
(laughs in 15 fps during a random raid battle)
Holy shit
"What happened to my sobble, persona 3 looking headass"
My favorite line
alpharad: presses b
sobble from persona 3: i dont care
i will literally never get over the fact that game freak couldnt even be bothered to put an animated cutscene during the talk between rose and leon. they gave us a slideshow to explain ALL of rose's motives and intentions. AND THEY DIDNT EVEN DO A GOOD JOB.
yeah sword had good potential but game freak was very lazy
In my opinion, I didn't think the slideshow was that bad. A lot of games do that. Also, what difference would an animated cutscene make honestly? Wouldn't it just be the same dialogue but their mouths moving and having the in-game 3d style with a bit of hand movement here and there? I don't think it would impact much.
frogcupcakes Animation literally means to bring something to life... the difference would be a dynamic more emotional or whatever storytelling instead of a slideshow(and i dont thing they do slideshows so often these days in Games)
@@Sipsipsippinonlambtears Licht Mond also said this, but animation makes the scene more emotional, immersive, and (arguably most importantly) entertaining. animation would also enable the audience to get a read on these characters through their body language and expressions. it gives the viewer something to look at beyond words on a screen (and a still image). imagine if the scene in SUMO where the mc and lillie play the flutes was a slideshow as well? it's a jarring change in story-telling, and (for such an expensive game and profitable franchise) it's cheap and lazy. when i think of cutscenes, i think of unique camera angles, dynamic expressions and body language.
if we had gotten to actually *see* leon struggling and hesitating to keep up with rose's far-out thinking, and if we could *see* rose being unhinged rather than some uncomfortable amalgam of crazy and composed (which can be done correctly, but i don't think is done [if at all] in swsh. most of the blame can fall on the game's overall incredibly weak storyline and writing) then it adds to the immersion and tension of the game. slideshows can be done incredibly well (such as in the introduction to Undertale), but i dont think they suit (supposedly) climactic scenes like the one where it's used in SWSH. especially not in a 3-D game where cutscenes are used elsewhere throughout.
I'd say they did a great job with the slideshow but it would have been better if they just animated it
Hop is the quintessential second child. And it's actually really tragic that we don't really get to flesh out his character but I really do feel like he's the best rival we've had in a long time.
The game glosses over it (because it's pretty clearly an incomplete game, but w/e) but Hop sees a ton of pretty classic parental neglect. Like, none of his mom's or his grandmother's dialogue talks about him. There are only pictures of Leon on the shelves and walls.
He's got big shoes to fill and his personality is pretty consumed by trying to disappoint everyone by not being the Champion at age 10 like older brother was.
AT AGE TEN.
After losing to Bede he starts literally showing signs of clinical depression and we can't do anything about it other than worsen it by STOMPING HIM AGAIN.
We kind of just crushed his hopes and dreams to the point that he _fucking quit and decided to be a Professor instead_ and we don't really get to talk about it at all. Because the story's over.
Seriously. He owns 33% of the Legendaries in the region (kind of sad for another reason) and he fucking quit being a trainer because we beat his ass over and over again.
You know who Leon gave a Charmander to? Not his fucking younger brother.
He probably _could_ beat his older brother by the time we meet him last! BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW. Because this depressed child got steamrolled over and over by life. Probably would have become the champion if it weren't for the fact that he was the unlucky bastard that happened to do his Gym challenge the one year all of the sweaty overachievers like you, Marnie, and Bede decided to compete.
Having a sad backstory does not equal a good character
@@mickys8065 I'm not saying it's a good character. I'm saying he's got good framework but shit execution because he, like the rest of Sword/Shield, is pretty obviously incomplete.
@@PhantomJavelin "I really feel like he is the best rival we have had in a while" I read that as him being a good character, since I stopped paying attention to Pokémon after black and white 2 I guess the rivals before this game sucked then if hop is the best in a while?
Hau was a better rival in USUM, change my mind
Micky S alright so let me tell you about the rivals you missed in between Black and White 2 and Sword and Shield.
X/Y- Shauna, Tierno, Serena/Calem, and some other “rival” (I forgot his name.) All of them are friendly, but you barely battle Shauna, Tierno, and the other rival. Serena and Calem are also friendly but fight you from time to time. Shauna, Tierno, and the other rival are honestly just bad, while Serena/Calem are just ok.
Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon- Hau and Gladion. In my opinion, they are both great rivals with lots of development, and are big improvements from X and Y. Hau is a friendly rival while Gladion kind of is and kind of isn’t. What I mean by that is that Gladion isn’t really nice to you, but you become friends overtime
Jacob discovering northern British slang is easily the funniest part of this. “Feckfull” is now an indispensable part of my vocabulary
Imagine Hop grows into Mr. Tall, dark and handsome, becomes the professor in the next game and the fandom backtracks and simps over him. I'll be here enjoying the fireworks lol
I already think hop’s kinda cute... ksmsmdmd haha
@@ratthew3256 he deserves the love, he keeps getting stomped over with hate.
Bede too, I mean he gets what he deserves by being a jerk but wouldn't it be nice to see him change and mature? Honestly Marnie is the only rival that everyone loves and these two are either hated so much or loved like there's no in between lol
Hop is Kukui confirmed.
@@Lechgang finally someone of culture
The Australian guy made an interesting video about this game. Radical soda I think. Also facinating
“Who needs type advantages when you have a gun!?!” He does have a point there.
Ok but hear me out, Leon is the embodiment of a 5-year-old beating the elite 4 with a full team of legendaries thinking “I’m so good at pokémon!” after barely beating the champion using a full team of level 88 legendaries
Leon is that person who shows up to the battle spot with a full (probably hacked) shiny legendary team and loses 3 - 0
oddly specific but i would say being undefeated would make someone cocky and arrogant. Sometimes i myself get caught up in the moment and can be like "get fucked!" or if i dominate my friend in pokemon (because im a nerd who spend way to much of my childhood to the point i can name any pokemon if i see it) "haha you cant beat me"
yeah i only get arrogant because i never lose, and sometimes get caught up in the moment but im not like leon saying it everytime. i only do it when its in the moment
Ok so what im reading i fused it all and its the kind of guy to say to its grandma your next at a funeral
i mean they better be lucky to get all of them too
True
The question never was: _"What jersey number is Alpharad going to pick?"_
It was: _"69 or 420?"_
Neither. 727 is better.
WHEN YOU SEE IT-
@@starlii10 OSU.
Classic.
I did 83
@@starlii10I don’t understand
@@starlii10 blue zenith lol
Oh Alpha. The training wheels don’t come off! They *never* come off.
same with persona 5 strikers
But you can skip the catching tutorial tho
@@MariOmor1 How
@@sceptile7581 the catching tutorial comes the second time you get poke balls. If you caught even 1 Pokémon with the first 10 you get, Leon will have dialogue that mentions you having another Pokémon and you get to skip the catching tutorial.
@@xltl194 *laughs in post game* yeah i forgot how easy it is unless you play hard
THEY MISSED OUT ON BALL GUY BEING THE LAST GYM LEADER COME ON
NO THE CHAMPION; BALL GUY
@@Ra1nee theory: leon is ball guy in disguise
@@planteraterraria3722 better theory: ball guy is arceus
@@marshmallowallen5677 We have seen god but did not know XD
he could have normal types
8:26 Alpharad: "oh ok it's a bracelet that gives us the ability to mega evolv- uh no, uh I mean Z moves- no oh god! I mean dynamax, sorry!"
this man just called out gamefreak's indecisiveness
It's worse since Dyna/Gigantamax is just Mega Evolution and Z moves but worse
Honestly they should just make the next game have all of them and get it over with
Mega Evolution: New intricate designs for all types of Pokémon, weak and strong.
Z Moves: More powerful moves, kinda simple, but cool animations.
Gigantamax: Worse beeg mega evos.
Dynamax: Pokémon... but B E E G!!!
Just remove them all
@@whydoiexist2180 I love mega evolution and I can vibe with z moves so id keep those
"You do not know pain until you're in a raid with a wobbuffet"
Martin and his Solrock : Allow us to introduce ourselves
Literally wastes every ducking turn. Awful experience every time…
He finally finishes Rock polishing until stat changes are reset
I hate those damn CPUs so much.
Dont forget that stupid 'follow me' clefable
If this is like the Mario Odyssey supercut I'll be seeing this a lot due to TH-cam autoplay
How did you comment this 3 days ago? It came out a minute ago
Chef Cookie early access I think?
Members get to see vids early
I saw this comment and immediately saw that video
Holy shit, you too?
I think Hop might just be depressed about his lack of any skills regarding any sort of squabble between pokemon so he is absolutely helpless in battles which makes him rely on lying to himself with stuff like "Backed into a corner? This will just make my victory even better."
I still hate hop
Makes him kinda relatable ngl.
1:45:53
"It all comes full circle"
- alpharad
Well when you think about it, when Sonia and Leon were doing the gym challenge Sonia started training to be a pokemon professor and Leon became the champion. Now its flipped with Hop starting to train to become a pokemon professor and we become the champion.
Oh wow I didn’t notice that’s so cool
Btw I’m not being sarcastic I’m just really tired while writing this comment
Which just makes it seem like every professor is a loser.
Like, who tf beat up Professor Oak? Since apparently Pokemon Study is a back-up plan.
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 Oak actually Agatha in the opening animation of RBY, so likely one of the other E4?
The ridiculous thing with Piers is in B&W2 they had a gym leader, Roxie, who was also a singer and in the overworld you’d hear her sing/spell Pokémon. No reason for Piers to not have any form of simulated singing nor any music.
They easily could’ve even just given the background music lyrics
@Crxsseyed1 I was laughing so f-cking hard when sv did the same thing. Like they know, and doubled down on it instead and that's hilarious.
i will NEVER get over the "can you not cancel evolutions in this game? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY SOBBLE?!" the absolute raw emotion in that last sentence gets me EVERY time
Even funnier when you know that you can cancel evolutions
Alpha just messed up
The same thing happened to me and my Sobble. I messed up. After it evolved I shoved it in a box so it can’t torture my eyes anymore. It sits there to this day.
@@EspurrBestPokemon Why not breed it to get a new sobble? Then just fully evolve the first one and then release it?
@@Deathkri I already have a bunch of sobble since I’ve started shiny hunting recently, but thanks!
I know we all like to make fun of the character motivations for Rose, and honestly I think it is warranted, but his actions get a lot creepier if you look at them as manipulation tactics. Like, why the hell would he be reacting to a problem that won't rise up until 1000 years later? Because if the "great Chairman Rose" was able to stop the Darkest Day from ever happening while he is in office, he would be regarded as a hero for centuries to come. It was never about the people of Galar, he was just a slimy and manipulative billionaire who only cared about his self-image.
The reason he interrupted the Champion battle? Because just the day before, Leon disobeyed him. Leon told Rose that they could wait until AFTER the battle even though Rose wanted to do it right then and there. And the entire time throughout the game Rose has this persona of innocence while at the same time talking down to the characters like they're stupid children that are in way over their heads. He blames Leon for not following him, he blames the overheating reactor on us because we just "wouldn't listen to reason". He abuses Leon, the player, Bede, and even Oleana. Rose is an absolute creep, and I will die on this hill.
Or maybe I'm just giving the writers way too much credit on this, but hey it's food for thought.
Underrated comment go brrrr
rose gives me bad vibes, even in the new show. he has that self-absorbed slimy person vibe. i didn't have any ig, reason to think that, so, ty for clarifying that it is very possible he does indeed, have bad vibes.
On the other hand, he was pretty damn close to achieving his goal, but Eternatus said: “ayo, you cant control a Dynamax Dragon check!”
@@iiaxstheticalflower2966 Basically the bad guy from the first Kingsmen, a slimy billionaire appropriating real climate concerns to advance his own self interests. Anime Elon Musk
I liked Rose at first, I was sad when he turned out to be a villain...
"This is just Deku."
God, now I can't unsee the resemblance.
same
and leon is all might
Difference is we *want* to see hop break every fucking bone in his body
Nano oi deku is MY CINNAMONROLL and do NOT MESS with him thank yoi
One of my friends called his Sobble "Deku".
"Aww I forgot about type advantages!" with Hop looking on in disappointment made me laugh out loud
The gate to spikemuth: closed
People with creatures that can control the elements: oh, ok then.
In their defence, it is truly the most British thing to have a solution right in front of you, but refuse to use it due to ✨social norms✨ and ✨politeness✨
@@elithecosmonaut Yeah this is Galar not them crazy Unovans!
@@elithecosmonaut I was thinking more like “fines” or “jail time” or even just “confiscation of Pokémon” but you do have a point.
I mean, it's a federal crime for property damage
@@BigMan198-m3u how are you gonna imprison the guy with a pet god
The story can be summed up in one sentence:
HE STOLE MY MOVE
Smeargle in a nutshell
Strionic yup
Sword dog
Also DOGS *I have no idea why i said it someones voice i know and wont say*
Soulja boy’s interview on breakfast club: The supercut
you deadass improved the game by giving rose scenes music
To be fair, Sw/Sh isn't hard to improve. Imagine if they added a couple of pokemon a week to be found in Dynamax Adventures or something like that
@@kampfh7150 Lmao now I'm just imagining "The Rest of The Pokedex DLC $39.99USD BUY IT NOW"
@@TheDoggoPearl I mean, make them 15-20$ dlc and *I* wouldn't mind. But having them added as free updates would be better (tho only accessible to those with Crown Tundra)
@@TheDoggoPearl Didn't they do that?
The story just seems really boring and bland to me
You're telling me that before the end of the game, Leon is the ONLY OTHER PERSON who has the sense to fill their party?
"Oh if it isn't Sonia! Speaking of playing with one hand..." Best joke of the video.
Best joke hands down
9:26
@Monika the cycle-path I CANTTTTTTT
420 wut ya smoking
Camera zooms out
I'm glad I'm not alone in the "is this when the plot starts?" Question I kept asking during my own play through xD
The answer 90% of the time was no
bea’s feet be like “slap slap slap noise”
nope, at this point there's so many layers of dirt on them that you won't hear it.
I may not Bea a feet guy, but there are always exceptions.
The best thing in Pokemon
when i’m watching this it says Was posted 17 Hours ago How did u comment 4 days early
ok
Honestly for one of these rival characters, i want it to at least feel like like he is trying to beat you
Like, have him fill out his party early game, have him change what pokemon he challenges you with based on who was in your party the last time you fought, have it so that his pokemon level roughly matches the level of your pokemon because he was grinding that tall grass same as you
I want the rival to feel like a challenge who is keeping up with you every step of the way
One thing that would be really nice is that if you lost to him, the game didnt have you retry the fight but the game just kept moving
Fangame makers: WRITE IT DOWN
They did a lot of that with Nemona which I like
@@CallMeVidd Nemona was a good mix of competitive rivals from the older gens and rivals that are just basically your friends from the newer ones. She’s your friend but she also wants to destroy you. She really likes battling you, but doesn’t have an existential crisis like Hop when she doesn’t win, cause you’re challenging her and she absolutely loves that.
@@MorriganReads keep in mind that this kid had no idea what he'd do if he didn't succeed, which is actually very similar to my situation GOD DAMN IT HOP STOP BEING A CLONE OF ME (I'm sorry)
@@MorriganReadshop doesn't have an existential crisis because you beat him, it's because someone else told him he was a shame to his brother while he thought all his life that he had the capacity to be as good as him. he's a nice guy, it's just too bad they didn't make him more challenging
also nemona sucks
The fact that Hop beat every Gym leader first try and constantly talks about winning despite losing every single battle with the player, made me have a headcanon that Hop is just going easy on you when you fight
That is kinda of a good headcanon
He apparently loses whenever he fightd Gordie/Melony due to his depression bout.
Or Maybe because he's the champions little brother the gym leaders are going easy on him
@@notane.real1 who knows.
yknow, it felt like every pokemon on his team got weaker after he caught it. zamazemta was a munch harder battle before hop had it.
The only time I was angry at the game was when bede beat the shit out of hop, because Im the only one allowed to bully hop.
I was annoyed because we never got to see Hop's look after his defeat.
I’m annoyed because I didn’t get to join in
I hated Bede bc in my Shield nuzlocke he went up to me, was like “Hey, look at my Solosis’s new move!” and proceeded to use that move to murder my newly caught Noibat in one hit
@@GLArts_64 Rest in peace noibat
@@adithyasuresh9720 that was when he used exclusively Psychic types. I knew he opened with Solosis like the last battle, just expected to live the first hit.
Most youtubers: omg wooloo is sooo cute
Alpharad : stupid sheep.
Just remembered this exist.
Da sheep is not stoopid :(
Well hes no wrong
@@dominator3651 Dubwool is stupid, Wooloo is not. Wooloo is adorable and has genius level intellect. Its evolution into Dubwool makes it turn ugly and become a Devry University fanboy who says it is a good school
@@shinyrowlet532 Hey look a 5 year old.
@@Hollow_Tim Hey look someone who got r/woooshed ;)
23:39 “The money hasn’t gone to your head, it’s gone to your gut!” Best line
“No voice acting was done in a Pokémon game”
Black/white 2 poison gym leader: AM I A JOKE TO YOU!?
Don't forget the vocals of Elesa's gym track in BW2.
@@jaxingoff6245 and in ruby/sapphire, the bard in the mauville pokemon center.
1... 2... 3...
There are 3 voice actors in the credits. It's really sad. You can watch the credits again at the lighthouse where the watergym is.
The vocalist at Village Bridge in BW anyone?
"She reeks of UwU" best line ever
He said that the moment I read this
u
Yeet.
@@justafan9206 no
@@alienxotic5028 you like missingno. too?
"So chairman rose I've got one last thing to ask you, are you ready to like, comment, and Sobscribe"
Most epic thing anyone has ever said
when he said that he gained a new sobscriber
The entire Yamask section had me laughing my ass off because both Yamask lines are my favorite pokemon besides Chansey lol
Quarantine got me here and ever since he said, “Persona 3 looking head ass” to Drizzile I can’t unsee it
Naoto do it
@Naoto After he made the “JFK from the top ropes” comment in the Isle of Armor video I decided to name mine Oswald after Lee Harvey Oswald.
A1
I have a unfixable lowered respect for drizzile
Big Chungus
Take a shot for every time ball guy shows up
@@cobaltordinaire5219 don't try it, you WILL die.
His presence deserves it
@@Bongled seems legit.
Yes
Leon: haha look at my pose
Alpharad: this is your pose?
Alpharad:this is my pose
Leon: wait wha-
Leon got deposed
“I forgot type advantages!”
Hop: “Yeah. It fucking sucks, _doesn’t it?_ “
this is exactly what inspired me to learn the whole type chart
You know what I liked most about this game?
You get to beat Hop so many times that he finally loses his will to become the Champion because he realizes he just can't...
Not gonna lie I felt some pity when he was all depressed when Bede talked crap then wiped the floor with him.
@@isabellaraygoza666 me to bruv
@@wackzach1220 I chose Sobble and kept finishing off his Scorbunny in one hit. The first time I saw that fire bunny use an attack, it was in the post-game
That’s horrible!
Excuse me what about the Toby Fox song
9:27 The one-hand option is for accessibility...so that people who can't use both hands (due to injury, disability, illness, etc) can play the game too.
This is actually a common (but not as commonly granted) accessibility request for videogames!
Other normally requested accessibility features include subtitles/CC, blind mode/color filters, controls customization, phobia-related options (like drowining animations or less scary spiders), dyslexia-friendly fonts, to mention a few.
Now I want a pokemon game with Comic Sans
oh yeah! when i ended up with carpal tunnel, games with one handed controls were a godsend. unfortunately later i developed carpal tunnel in my other hand so this doesn't help anymore
@@splinky9226 sadly, they still include Avery regardless, so that's a "no".
wrong its for beating your cock to pokemon
I thought it was an option because of the second gym battle if ya know what I mean
Alpharad: That's my move! He stole my move!
Leon, having already done the pose once during the opening cutscene: Am I a joke to you?
Yes
did you ever realize alpha does not watch/care about opening cutscenes in swsh
Who stuck a stic up your ass?
@@ari64-sp8 nobody? I was just pointing out the comedy of the situation
Hop even calls it something to the effect of the "Charizard Cheer"
26:11 same energy as "Look, a ramp! We can use it as a ramp!"
"Don't bring wailords into our stadiums or we might die"- Rose 2019
smol Spinel can’t bring me mum in then
Sorry but wailord is in the game
I thought you were me for a second and I got really confused
@@SketchUT lMFAO RIP
@@SketchUT oh
Hearing Alpha say “Honey, none of that matches.” made my *week*
Alpharad: I am going to beat Leon and then I’m going to sleep!
Eternatus: Yes, but actually no.
He’s called Eternatus for a reason
Just went from one of Alphas newest videos back to this. Jesus his voice has changed so much. After hearing his modern voice, this guy sounds like he’s making an Alpha college parody video
His pokemon supercuts show his evolution so perfectly
Like from Sun to Sword to Violet is the best way to show how his style, humor, voice and editing's changed
"Everyones either gonna be 420 or 69 its such an easy joke"
Me who picked 420: *Sweats nervously*
Me who picked 69: *Sweats nervously*
Me who picked 123: *Stands* *awkwardly*
We are all so childish..... I love it
@@joeystephenson7024 stand there with confidence bud. You are a game changer
*laughs in 34*
"I wish I could recruit friends like Hop and Piers"
HE CALLED HOP HIS FRIEND O LORD
that's when you know the AI is terrible
Starter evolutions
"I are baby"
"I listen to My Chemical Romance"
"IT'S BOUT DRIVE ITS BOUT POWER"
I love how Alpha takes *one* look at Sonia and immediately understands what's gonna happen
I like how he actually enjoys some parts of the game wholeheartedly. Him having fun is, funnily enough, fun to watch.
@Roger Dodger you just perfectly summed up my experience with this series
It's fun to watch funny people have fun in a fun game that I have had fun playing whilst having fun.
Fun!
Roger Dodger i mean i didnt buy pokemon to get some crazy graphics or really. Good stir6 or challenging puzzles i buyed it to catch meself some new pokemon
@Roger Dodger most people bought it for MORE pokemon and we got MORE pok4mon and now we get dlc with EVEN MORE POKEMON
@Roger Dodger not to be harsh but no one cares
1:45:37
Hop: I want to be someone who can help out Pokemon that're in trouble, wherever they are...
Me: So, what, a Pokemon Ranger?
Hop: I think I want to become a Pokemon Professor!
Me: Dude that's like the exact opposite of what you just said.
Literally
When you realize there is going to be a Sword and Shield 2 by them setting up Hop to be like Bianca from B&W and become professor.
Yeah, basically hop's future is doing experiments on wild animals, giving children calculators, and telling off your grandchild.
I miss pokemon ranger.
Veronica Van Taco the Pokédex isn’t even as good as a calculator it doesn’t do math
And Hop getting angry at his grandchildren implies that he will have kids
1:01:24
"Is this dude tall or is our girl mad short?"
*Laughs in short*
I am a Hop defender. Not because he is a good rival, he is kinda annoying, but I think he has the best character development out of any rival. Most rivals just disappear after you fight them for the last time, but he takes his final defeat and makes something of himself (working in the lab). I liked that. But I will still admit that he is annoying.
Same.
Every rival is annoying
I think it was a bad move from pokemon. His development was that he stopped copying Leon to finally choose his own path... And copy Sonia? No, thats not well done
@@rpjoca4644 Better than "I hate weak pokemon" *uses the same pokemon after 5 loses*
@@notscorchingsands9718 Worse than many other rivals tho
57:41 I'm amazed how Roxie and some guy under a bridge has a voice. And this guy doesn't.
ah yes. the legendary village bridge.
how mute it will be when it gets remade.
Cause they were from a Pokémon game that cared
“Yeah she’s already on Rule 34”
-Alpharad 2019
It’s true
Timestamps
@@Redshaw-w3o how do you know
@@tarrenr8159 4:49 ;)
Nessa is probably the worse offender in this game.
Leon: *strikes his pose in the opening clip*
Alpharad: tHaTs mY pOsE
DO Strn ikr
*cough*
OUR POSE
**LOUD SOVIET ANTHEM IN THE DISTANT**
*leaves room*
Well duh. that IS his pose dumbass
This is like one of my favorite TH-cam videos of all time for some reason. I watch it everytime I get depressed
i watch it at least once a week to fall asleep its great falling asleep to a familiar sound
Alpharad: says he wants an anime tournament arc at the end
Alpharad: “What is this anime-“
The anger he fells towards Yamask trying to evolve it. I tried for 30 minutes I swear, I had it down 49 hp, I checked that multiple times, kept running under the exact arch Alpha did to evolve it and it wouldn't evolve no matter what and finally after so long it evolved, and that was only to fill up my pokedex.
And some more salt on top of that my family member started playing the game, too, and did it in under two seconds when they ran under the arch.
You don’t need it on 49HP, it needs to have lost 49(or more)HP
H O W
I had to catch Runerigus through a Max Raid Battle.
It's unnecessarily hard to get exactly down by 49 hp
I like to imagine Leon became Champ when he was 5 years old, then Mr Prez walks up and tells him that he's stuck wearing his uniform until he loses. He really wants us to beat him just so he'll finally be able to change clothes. And then post game comes along and completely smashes my theory into the ground.... fuck
Yes
I’ll help! He’s been in the clothes so long he can’t take them off even though he wants to
But!! There is another thing! When you play the battle frontier thingy in the rose tower, you will encounter Leon after a few battles and he is in a COMPLETELY different outfit!! Theory is still up!!
@@acanofpringles9337 When he comes back with Swordman and Shieldman he's still wearing the same outfit.
@@YukkiTheBard no no not that, when you do the battle frontier thing in the rose tower, you encounter Leon after a few battles and Leon will be wearing something different
"When's Pokemon gonna get real crazy and add a Third typing?"
GameFreak: "WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!!!!!"
I believe that the reason you need 49+ damage is because 49 in Japanese looks similar the the character lettering as "to die a slow and painful death" or something really similar to that phrase
Just like why 4 is an unlucky number I think
The rock arc could just be where that specific set of ruins that runegrius inhabits originated in universe
That's why it has a STUPIDASS evolution lol
「死」= death「苦」= pain/suffering, which share readings with 4 and 9, respectively. Both numbers are therefore considered unlucky.
Me: _reading comment at the right time_
Video: 29:42 -- shows Nessa
Me: *C O N C E R N*
Japan loves their numeric jokes..
I'm guessing chat made him catch yamask just to get him do the tedious evolultion method just to watch him suffer
Because that seems like something twitch chat would do
Well at least someone knows the logic behind this
“Normie Girl’s Quest for a Level 100 Pichu; the way home”
People: marvel is the most ambitious crossover in history
Me an intellectual: *this*
Best parts of Pokémon Sword and Shield:
-Bede getting adopted by Opal
-Hattereme line
-Leon’s Battle Tower suit
-Picking the starter
*i mean come on, look at that animation they do*
ball guy where do i begin
@Luca-Robert Stewart ball guy
And nessa’s final card
Hop
A ten year old boy can catch a legendary wolf in a normal Pokeball, but a full grown man nearly gets murdered by a giant space snake. Makes sense.
the adult man isn't pure of heart, duh!
it depends on what you're catching: you can either catch a friend that is forever indebted to you or basically Satan from space
If Hop isn't the professor in the next game, I'm suing.
Edit: Should've said this ages ago, but this certainly aged poorly.
What about Sonia
I doubt there's gonna be a Sword/Shield 2.
@@walldweller6287 gun and riot shield
Nu its a dlc
I am right there with you
Alpharad: "I can land this 95% accuracy hit."
Misses
"It seems I have made an oversight."
If it not 100% accuracy its 50% accuracy
Xcom accuracy.
@@novacraft257 I get the reference
He made a future sight
Me every time Fly misses during a critical turn.
25:00, there must be a serious water treatment facility if they’re able to pump so much clean water at such high pressure so constantly through this gym, holy cow
Plot twist: it’s just sewage with food coloring
Double plot twist: They enslaved Sobble for the water
Triple plot twist, the plot twists were both correct, the water is a mixture of food colored sewage and Sobble's tears
grr
Quadruple plot twist, all of the above statements in the replies were rumors spread by Rose so that he could try to buy the stadium.
9:33 Sonia walks in
Alpharad: “speaking of playing the game with one hand”
💀
I absolutely lost my shit at "Yo! I think you made a wrong turn, buddy! Hunter exams are down the hall!" nice reference there, Alpha.
People been sleeping on the quiet 'Mass Destruction' when Sobble evolves at 11:05 to be real.
God I just need 27:57 as a clip somehow, just a three second clip.
“ ‘Now I’m cream-crackered’-WHAT!?”
That had me dead XD
As soon as hop said that, I got an ad for dick's sporting goods ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
16:50 he predicted the Tera types
The WHAT
@@goblinking9695 the gimmick of scarlet and violet
But that doesn’t count cuz it REPLACES a type
@@lukiwei9468 but the pokemon don't has that type, so yeah third type
@@thecoolguy4035 No-
Look, what Jacob is describing is Pokémon having 3 types SIMULTANEOUSLY. Wolfe Gluck tutored him around this time and made a video on why 3 types at once wouldn’t work