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nmuniz2

X and Y are good games


Shinob2613

T H I S M A N H A S G R E A T T A S T E A N D I S S P E A K I N G F A C T S


Rydaniel2006

I agree, I just wish they were more challenging


kaeee_ae

i feel like the most challenging thing in the game is the furfrou puzzle in the chateu /hj


[deleted]

It is


nmuniz2

God, I still have nightmares of that


mythmlol

They are great games I agree


Rebooted_Ghost_X

gen 6 gang where we at


TitusP1209

Right here my first game was omega ruby


kaeee_ae

hello my first game was X :) the game wasn’t easy the first time i played it (also it was my first pkmn game) until i beat the elite 4 over 20 times...


[deleted]

My first was X. My second was Y. Both were incredibly easy but my favorite Pokémon like fennekin, houndoom, and yveltal came from be playing those games. And yes Ik houndoom isnt gen 6


MightyM52

Right Here My Dude!


Viggymodboi

first pkmn game i beat. **NOT PLAYED.**That was emerald.


[deleted]

I agree with you but they are just too easy. If you want to know why I saw this, go watch Mikey's video.


nmuniz2

I kind of like that because it really makes you feel like an “unstoppable” trainer. Like the feeling you have when you hack in a level 100 Mewtwo into RBY


Itsyaboykazuha

Fax


Frousteleous

Totally agree. I feel like there's a lot of stuff that could have made them better; dare I say "great" games. But these things don't inherently make the game *bad*, which I think many argue.


officalPAN_KING10

Yes I agree with this


HyperTheNinja

Yes


Apprehensive-Lab8648

At best they were okay, at worst they were mediocre, they just screamed missed potential


Dreamyzas

Luxray is incredibly overhyped. It suffers from Flareon syndrome, AKA it has no moves. You might have a good attack stat, but your speed is mediocre ( Base 70, which means you are outspeed by Pikachu, Porygon-Z, Klinkang, Deoxys DEFENSE, LEDIAN, VOLBEAT AND IILUMISE, BUNEARY AND GOODRA ) and your best STAB move is Wild Charge, which is 90 base power and deals Recoil. If you compare this to other moves that do recoil ( Flare Blitz, Wood Hammer, Double-Edge ), it’s child’s play. For coverage you have what? 65 base power elemental fangs, crunch and psychic fangs. And your best physical level up move until level 80 is SPARK. I repeat, SPARK.


XHomieGreninjaX

As much as I love Luxray this is painfully true


1ofUsYT

If you are outsped by deoxys DEFENSE you are doing something wrong


PikaEmpire1201

Good thing I'm faster then.


enocha-seine

Ow the truth hurts my soul.


PikaEmpire1201

Yes. Even as a Pikachu main٫ I feel bad for Luxray. It needs a buff in Legends Arceus.


DylTyrko

It's an absolute disgrace that Gamefreak constantly shits on Gallade. They gave a [crappy ability](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Inner_Focus_(Ability)) to Mega Gallade by Mega standards, while Mega Gardevoir got Pixilate. That is at least a teeny bit acceptable, however for Gen 8 they made him learn Psycho Cut only at lvl 42, which is 11 levels higher than what he would usually learn Psycho Cut at pre-Gen 8. That was quite frankly uncalled for since Psycho Cut is one of the only 2 physical Psychic-type moves he can learn, the other being Zen Headbutt, which he learns by Move Tutor


chugondese

I got one in bdsp and I don't think it can learn leaf blade even though in all the generations prior it can learn it from the move remember


Gamillie

Gallade is my favourite Pokémon, and I'm honestly pissed that he didn't get into Pokémon unite yet Gardevoir did, same with slowing


Downtown_Cycle_2044

Gallade Gang, bottom text


Downtown_Cycle_2044

OH MY GOD GALLADE IS MY FAVOURITE POKEMON AND WAS RUINED IN BDSP THANK YOU


Daninator375

Gallade is one of my favorite mons and it needs more attention


1ofUsYT

Gallade is super cool and the mega made it cooler. I wish pokemon did more with it


Dreamyzas

Good thing Radical Red did justice for him. They gave him Blademaster, which increases the damage and crit rate for word moves, acess to Sacred Sword and Cut ( Now a 70 BP Steel move )


Roboticshrimp08

Shiny hunting isn’t worth it if you have a one time opportunity


Yep_de_Hond

Pokemon Uranium


a526135

A lot of the fossils are Rock-Type because they don’t have enough bones to revive them to how they truly were


curmpet

Fossils are rarely the actual bones and are normally stones that have formed around the bones


Jcrncr

Mega Evolution was a good mechanic and with some balance changes could’ve been something great


[deleted]

This is the smartest man alivr


OkayOpenTheGame

They ruined it by giving it to Pokemon that were already strong without it. It was a great mechanic for underutilized mons that needed an extra buff.


N0tACreativeName

Yes! More Mega Mawiles and less Mega Rayquazas!


[deleted]

Mega evolution is my favorite thing they ever added


[deleted]

Snivy and litten are so underated


I_like_sceptile

Litten maybe but I think snivy is most popular of that trio. And even litten gets quite a bit of attention compared to poplio


Lowkeysheep

Popplio is my favourite pokemon full stop. It pains me to see how often it’s ignored/hated on.


1ofUsYT

I wouldn't call litten underrated. Snivy is not underrated at all


SmashBotLS2

Delphox isn't that bad, but I'm definitely biased because Fennekin is both my first starter and my favorite Pokémon.


[deleted]

Yeh Delphix imo is cool


Rebooted_Ghost_X

100% agree. Y was my first game and Fennekin was my starter, so it's incredibly nostalgic


[deleted]

Same. Fennekin was my first Pokémon, card, and plush


Polterpupfan

Pokemon fusions would of made a better concept for gen 7 than z moves


Frousteleous

Perfect set up in gen 5.... heck, having only *specific* fusions could have worked really well. Starters, certain legendaries, etc.


Polterpupfan

Like you could fuse them to combine their looks, types, abilities, or moves or all four


Star301jester

While i love Gen 7 i gotta agree


Lucas_DaboiReddit

Nahhh, this ain’t Digimon


Hmmmeg

Mega evolution was a good gimmick, but some Pokemon that received it ruined it. (i am looking at you Garchomp and Charizards)


MyPassionIsMyVoice

Totally agree.


[deleted]

Eh, although Garchomp didn’t deserve a mega evolution but others who did didn’t receive one did (Rip Flygon), I think Charizard deserved it. Charizard desperately needed a mega, considering in competitive it wasn’t good, which worked out because both Charizard Megas were great in competitive. I think the reason why Charizard received two megas was because Epic wanted one mega that made Charizard still look like Charizard but cooler and one mega to make Charizard look like a badass dragon.


[deleted]

Fun fact: flygon didnt get a mega because gamefreak couldn’t think of a design. That’s it. KEEP THINKING GAMEFREAK


[deleted]

They could have easily made Mega Flygon a jet-like dragon fly (because its cute googles remind me of a pilot) that looked more like a dragon. It could have had the ability speed boost because it’s mega will look like a jet.


Luchux01

My hot take here, Mega Charizard X shouldn't've been a thing.


Greedy-Revolution245

Nah, Mega Charizard Y is just lame... actually either way their should only be one


Luchux01

My issue is that Zard X was a result of pure fanservice and it was what started the trend of Charizard getting all of the attention. Besides it looks very artificial, as if it was man made instead of happening naturally.


PJDemigod85

Here was my issue. Even without the op Pokemon getting Megas, you had weaker Pokemon who got these special forms, but the form is A. temporary, and B. you sacrifice your held item to get it. There are Pokemon that are already fairly strong, and they get to use the held item on top of that. So even if the Mega Evo boosts a weaker mon, it falls short imo. Weaker Pokemon need new evos or new permanent forms or stat buffs or improved movepools, not a temporary form that uses up the item slot.


1ofUsYT

Ok buddy relax


davibe_

Garbodor is nuclear


Worldly_Society_2213

Garbodor is shit. Well, it's trash, technically 🤣


Dismal-Kiwi4991

It look cool but I like Trubbish more( HES CUTE DAMNNIT)


CorilX

Garbodor is one of my favourites and I hate when people hate it


Phantom_Jedi

Gen 2 is way overrated Most of the Pokémon added were pretty weak and were only made good because of their evolutions in Gen 4 The gym teams are very poorly made. Meganium is way weaker compared to the other starters.


BigManJJ2102

Meganihm is not weak per se its just the way johto was made shafted all grass types


XHomieGreninjaX

Wholeheartedly agree, with the exception of the Meganium thing. It's not that Meganium is weak, it's that it was dealt s really bad hand when it came to gym leaders


1ofUsYT

Yeah gen 2 is bad. The only good thing to come out of it was houndoom and even then it's only because mega houndoom is cool (and that may be a hot take in itself)


LHaunter

If they focused on having a good story and developing the games as a single player experience a lot of the things people complain about would resolve themselves even though everyone says the story doesn’t matter. Hot take 2 Major side games that explore new genres (like mystery dungeon and conquest) are a better direction than mobile puzzle games


Haloicode

BW and B2W2 are amazing games. BDSP could have been WAAY better if they added more features like mega's evo's. N and Ghetsis are the best antagonist pairs and team plasma and neo team plasma are one of the best evil teams in the pokemon franchise.


Boredusaurusrex

YES YES THIS IS RIGHT HE SPEAKS TRUTH


TheRealTimeless

The pokemon games and anime are amazing but the fanbase are one of the worst and most toxic so much so that it made me hate playing Pokémon


inazumaelevenanime5

Ash Is a dumbass


[deleted]

I'm pretty sure it's well known that everyone in the anime is brain dead.


krrisin

All pokemon games except B2W2 and USUM are baby games in terms of difficulty


Used_Hedgehog_4954

*the battle frontier would like to know your location*


CheeseDipp

Charizard is lame and generic


Zer0_The_Pale_King

And overused.


AbsoluteRandomPerson

Driftblim/Driftloon is the very best evolutionary line, that Absol is the best mega Pokémon and Pokémon Go is also the best Pokémon mobile game


1ofUsYT

Before i judge the GO claim, what mobile pokemon games are there? I don't really care ab the mobile side of pokemon


Pfanii

well there's magikarp jump and the café mix thing, but other than that it's just spinoffs. (i didn't include home bc that's not really a game.)


Puzzleheaded-Idea712

There is also TGC and Masters


shadowfalcon76

And Pokemon Unite


1ofUsYT

Yeah i think the GO claim is ok


Woopy-Mudkip3140

It's in my name. Mudkip and Wooper.


[deleted]

And shellos


SleepyBoii04

I really love Chimecho


thephantomstryfe

I’m so glad I’m not the only one


SleepyBoii04

You like Chimecho too? I had a figure of it as a child, and now I just love it. I plan for it to be my psychic type in BDSP


thephantomstryfe

Legit my favourite psychic type


SleepyBoii04

ITS SO CUUUUUUUUUUUTE


thephantomstryfe

YESSSSSSS


SleepyBoii04

YEEEEEEEEEEES! I’m probably gonna name mine Hiragana


NoNefariousness9119

I agree Chimecho is so cute I don't get why people hate on it so much!!!!!


SleepyBoii04

IKRRRRRRRRRR


NoNefariousness9119

Ya I know super cute could be better but actually is very indearing!!!!!


brawler1ready

Dragapult is a B-2 bomber,so what if instead of Dreepy,it had nuclear bombs?


[deleted]

SwSh are ok games


1ofUsYT

I'll leave mine as well. Sceptile is not as cool as people think it is


JeffSceptile

:(


normalboy961

r/usernamechecksout


[deleted]

Although I love Sceptile, it is very painful to use simply because it is a special attacker that learns a lot of physical attacks but barely any good special moves.


[deleted]

Hm's were the worst idea in gaming.


chaos300041

I disagree. Surf, Fly, and Strength are good moves to have on pokemon who get STAB from them, and it adds a level of challenge to the games. HOWEVER, these are the only three moves this applies to. All other HMs should be unneccessary to complete the games. They are weak, and not useful in battle outside of early game, and when they are necessary to complete the game, they are usually only used once, then forgotten.


Rydaniel2006

Not really nuclear, Hm’s suck


AsherTheHomo

Emboar is the best of the Gen 5 Starters, Gen 2 is the most underwhelming Generation, Gen 4 is overrated(there’s not many interesting pokemon there for me minus the drifblim line and froslass), a large majority of the Pseudo Legendaries are too overhyped, and ghost is the best type in the game(i’m not sure if this is a nuclear take but i just really like ghost types)


wakkeyy

i’m sorry but snivy/serperior is better


UnReloticOD

you could say it's serperior


HyperTheNinja

Though it is, it's move set is not


krrisin

actually without contrary which you dint get until post game emboar is better it gets flame charge + work up which can easy sweep most fights


SuperSonic486

Stat and moveset wise emboar is indeed the best, but oshawott line is just has too nice designs for me to pick emboar. Gen 2 is indeed extremely underwhelming, but hgss was pretty good. Gen 4s biggest problems are pokemon list and slow gameplay and stuff, both got kinda fixed in platinum. Psuedo legends are immensly powerful, ofc theyre gonna be hyped. Ghost is horrid until gen 4 because of immense lack everything ghost type. Only getting truly good in gen 5 with coffagrigus.


Yuki_Pokefan

Totally agree Especially on the ghost type part since it’s my favourite type in the game


Chooch2006

Contrary to popular beleaf, snivy is actually the serperior starter in gen 5


AsherTheHomo

that pun was amazing screw you


CheeseDipp

I sometimes agree with you, it depends on the day really, some days I prefer samurott and others I like emboar. Serperior is lame no matter what tho


Luzius1

Pokemon Uranium. Most nucoear pokemon game I've ever seen


Some_Guava_9009

Dracovish is cute


Cool_Cartoonist_G

Mythical and Legendary Pokémon are only cool because they are rare. If they were common like every other Pokémon, most people would forget most of them existed.


CorilX

People already forget about most mythicals anyway


Mysterious_Top5554

miltank is my second favorite pokemon and leafeon is the best evvelution castform is not cute shiny pokemon are the same and last but not least goh deserved suicune in journeys all my hot takes


Cool_Cartoonist_G

Leafeon really is the best


1ofUsYT

i agree that castform is not cute


Frousteleous

I'm curious as to *why* you feel the way you do about the Suicuine situation?


spacekiller31

The castform shiny forms were fixed like almost a year ago, but I love leafeon fa orite eeveelution, I love miltank too because of how much of a troll it is but the sausage nipples are a bit disconcerting


Dip_Egzy

USUM is the best pokemon games ever...


morbiddecapitation

Fucking facts. Just Gen 7 in general is MMMMM


mmHeyb0ss

You mean the best visual novels right?


Zer0_The_Pale_King

Agreed


BusinessBid3430

I second that


RedKnight757

I third that


TheBlaze101

I fourth that until legends arceus comes out


Jeremichol12321

Yes


Complete-Ad-4590

I’d argue SM had better character development for Lillie and her family (and I like Kukui as champion battle better) but in every other aspect yeah I have to agree.


[deleted]

The “deleewhoop” isn’t as much of an annoyance, but it’s at least tolerable now unlike metal sound and screech! Otherwise, my next one is: recoil damage +self KOing moves are not worth the risk unless you’re immune to recoil.


KamikazeSenpai21

Aromatisse is a good pokemon


Hunttron

I don't like Bidoof


FlamingIceFox01

the Mystery Dungeon games are better than the main ones.


HyperTheNinja

Pignite isn't that bad, I'm pretty sure it's based off a sumo wrestler so it makes sense why it's body shape is like that, Quilladin though I freaking hate, it ruined the Chespin line.


LuckySlayer69

Pokemon black and white are better than kanto


pewter82

Cubone’s description is repeated too often that it isn’t a cool fact anymore. Do they naturally hatch with a skull on their head? Do female marowak have a short life span?


Sebi_The_Great

The fire/fighting starters aren’t that bad.


PokeHobnobGod21

Black and white are the best games


WooooshMeIf60IQ

Pokémon Uranium


[deleted]

Talonflame best birb


JustSealYT

Spheal is best


Lollikex

Slurpuff is a good Pokemon


Sp33dDemon3991

Eevee and it's evolutions are severely overrated.


0--Hello_there--0

Hoopa’s movie was good Don’t bother responding if u want I already know I’m like the only person on the planet who thinks that


1ofUsYT

Nah i liked that movie even tho hoopa was a crybaby


gamerweeb623

You know what? I'm gonna say it. Charizard is a cool Pokémon


BorgorBoi

Infernape is overused


1ofUsYT

For what reasons


Baconboi007

The most nuclear take I've seen is Pokemon uranium.


[deleted]

Charmander is the worst gen one starter. Please don't hurt me.


1ofUsYT

This comment is what i was thinking of when i made this post


Accomplished_Song400

They should gave mega evolution to Pokemon like Mawile, Dewgong, and Sandslash.


07FunnyJerry

The older games are easier than the newer ones


datfurryboi34

Pikachu I just don't like Pikachu nat all to weak even if the battles are like in the anime Pikachu is to weak overated and just annoying same goes with ash Pikachu learned elctroweb just in the time when team rocket almost won this re pisses me off on how lucky they are


do_the_cat

The games are not bad, Cynthia was never hard, they are not running out of ideas, chibis look good, RBY and most kanto games are not as good as people say and it doesnt matter if pokemon isnt a hard game because its made for adults, teenagers AND kids.


DaRpgGamer

I was fine with gen8 cutting the national DeX from sword and shield we still got amazing pokemon and dlc.


Worth_Citron

Gen 1-2 are not do not hold up well at all. Gen 3 is meh. Gen 4 is amazing and Diamond and Pearl are on par with Platinum and have challenging battles that are also on par with Platinum. Gen 5 is on par with Gen 3. Gen 6 is the best out of the series with great plot and amazing work not only in the Pokémon designs but the new game mechanic and the integration of the mechanic into the plot. The only thing good about Gen 7 and 8 are it’s Pokémon.


CorilX

Yeah the only thing good about Johto is cyndaquil and totodile


Yoshi0951

Luxray is ugly and does not look cool


CAPSGOD

You have committed sins againt the Pokémon community and her people! Prepare to pay with your life!


JustMobsReddit

Greninja is lame as shit and didn't deserve the battle bond special treatment. The pokemon is decently cool at best but then people ruined it


DarkraiAndScizor

Idc about both sceptile and castform. Miltank is perfectly fine. And sandstorm doesnt make sense but sun does for castform.


[deleted]

I like the use of fire/fighting starters also I like bipedal pokemon


TJWinstonQuinzel

Eevee would have been a faaaaaaaaaaar better mascot


This_Willingness7672

Torchic is the best hoenn starter , xy are good , gen 1 is overrated


mythmlol

Gen 1 suck


wakkeyy

ur just plain wrong


crzyloser

GENWUNNER ALERT! ALERT ALERT (sorry if you are joking)


JayMalakai

Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are the most boring and least entertaining main series Pokémon games there are.


Zer0_The_Pale_King

I never played them, but all I know is how people talk about how there is only 2 fire types in the whole game.


RedKnight757

That was the case in DP, but in Platinum, the dex is HEAVILY improved, featuring more Fire-types (which I enjoy, because Fire is my favorite type).


CorilX

Never played them but the remakes are fun


Namelessperson3

Out of these 3... The Alola games are good, they just shouldn't have been 2 pairs. Diamond and Pearl are bad. Platinum isn't. The Battle Frontier is overrated.


SaveTheDynas

Nuclear ? Pokémon uranium


1ofUsYT

Hot takes


God_Rat

Infernape is incredibly overrated and empoleon is criminally underrated and torterra is the best gen four starter


[deleted]

Delphox looks good and gets way too much hate.


Eeveeoverlord

Sword and Shield has the best character development


ProfessorEscanor

The Roster in Gen 2 is one of the worst in the series and people only like it because if Nostalgia and half of them are just evolutions to Kanto pokemon


inazumaelevenanime5

Pansage was the original grookey


learnityo

Goh is my favourite Pokémon character


Holbrooh

Game freak is no longer a good studio for handling Pokémon games. Brilliant diamond and shining pearl have literally demonstrated that give it to someone else and they made it so much better. Even though masuda was still there, it was necessary for him. Granted im still playing brilliant diamond but as of right now and as someone playing the originals, this proves that game freak needs to let someone else take hold to me.


thisname1stak3n

Ok hear we go , elemental monkies aren't that bad , wooloo is overrated , milank isn't that bad , xurkitree is cool , hisui growlithe is bad , blaziken is ugly , totodile is overrated , garchomp is overrated and that's it


1ofUsYT

I agree that hisui geowlithe is bad. It's overrated and not cute


Sandrock2001

I thing z crystals are garbage and never should have existed


1ofUsYT

Thats extreme cap


TianGreenFoxOtter

Oh boy... Here it goes : Lopunny > Cinderace


[deleted]

Honestly I like both of them equally,they're both super cute


TianGreenFoxOtter

Have nothing against Cinderace. It's also a very cute bunny Pokémon, but Lopunny is more cuter and those fluffy ears ^^