Game:

Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 2:45:31

23,601 views

709

Pokémon Sword and Shield are potentially the most hated games in the franchise - at least by the fans. While I do think a lot of the dislike is warranted as the games are the most clear example we have of Gamefreak cutting corners in development, the games are not entirely bad. In this video, I hope to explore my biggest grievances with the game, offering solutions to them, as well as explain what I think the game has done well (Spoiler alert: Hop is in this last list, believe it or not). So please join me as I share with you all my thoughts on the subject - and by all means, leave yours in the comments below too!

---
I now have a Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=82210883
Catch me on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/prismer
Catch me on twitter for news on other videos and random musings: https://twitter.com/Przmer

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
03:07 - Base Game Recap
40:41 - DLCs Recap
56:21 - The Wasted Potential (Story, Leon and Rose)
1:13:47 - The Wasted Potential (Sonia and Lore)
1:23:44 - The Wasted Potential (Exploration and the Wild Area)
1:41:32 - The Wasted Potential (Dexit, Animations, Bad Decisions)
1:53:47 - The Anime
2:01:39 - The Manga
2:09:28 - The Realized Potential
2:37:09 - The Future of Gen 8
2:43:04 - Outro

---
Links - interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVMTFYTKwiQ - James Turner for Game Informer
https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/interview-with-game-freaks-ohmori-and-masuda-on-pokemon-sword-and-pokemon-shield - Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori for Pokémon.com
https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/we-interview-junichi-masuda-and-shigeru-ohmori-about-pokemon-sword-and-pokemon-shield - Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori for Pokémon.com
https://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-sword-and-shield-junichi-masuda-shigeru-ohmori-interview - Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori for Pokémon.com
https://www.vg247.com/the-pokemon-sword-and-shield-interview-we-knew-at-some-point-we-werent-going-to-be-able-to-keep-indefinitely-supporting-all-of-the-pokemon - Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori for USGamer
https://www.vg247.com/pokemon-sword-shield-interview-no-regrets-national-dex - Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori for VG247
https://www.siliconera.com/game-freak-says-it-will-be-hard-for-all-pokemon-to-appear-even-in-games-after-pokemon-sword-shield/ - Siliconera highlights of the sword and shield Famitsu interview
https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/24/pokemon-sword-and-shield-junichi-masuda-interview-it-really-is-gameplay-first-10976691/ - Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori for Metro
https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/pokemon-sword-shield-models-reused-1286263/ - Dexerto on Pokémon SwSh's reused models

Reddit posts visited:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/10j26c3/why_am_i_hearing_people_defend_and_even_advocate/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/dtx02g/something_i_noticed_about_people_defending_dexit/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/zb3wpt/pok%C3%A9mon_home_and_dexit_really_killed_pok%C3%A9mon_for/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/tjyo1i/why_do_people_hate_hop_so_much/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/s8s4jt/what_gen_is_the_worst_one/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/k0w6dj/gen_8_is_the_worst_generation_in_my_opinion/

Serebii links:
https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/eternatus/
https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/calyrex/
https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/zacian/
https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/zamazenta/
https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/sharpedo/
https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/hop.shtml

Other links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty5lUK-EM-A

#pokemonswordshield #pokemon #pokemonswordandshield

Other Statistics