If I remember correctly, if you raise the shuckle long enough and raise it's happiness enough and then try to return it, the guy decides the Shuckle us better off with you and let's you keep it

@shawnstafford3019

2 ай бұрын

That's correct I stumbled across it by accident was wanting to have shuckle in for the memes. Found out he bonded with me :).

@JaelinBezel

Ай бұрын

I caught my own

*Gen 6 is so hard the game almost gives the player a team of gift Pokémon, Peak game design*

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

This is a solid argument...

@Rarest26

3 ай бұрын

To be fair it can be almost kinda sorta ok difficulty wise if you don’t use the mega starters or Lucario. That is a big IF though and it’s still not particularly challenging with other monsters like Aegislash.

@rjante2236

3 ай бұрын

Not even lol. Most Trainers have horrible movesets. Elite 4 only has 4 Pokemon per member, too. ​@@Rarest26

@GregHeffley-fo1kh

3 ай бұрын

Yeah especially the first triple battle against tierno where he leads with reshiram and primal groudon.

@BN_Bears

3 ай бұрын

Tbf gen 2 does give you a whole team pretty fast

The elemental monkey you get before the 1st gym in Pokémon Black and White is an absolute blessing, you have a free counter for the gym leader's ace AND you can use it for Cut

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

You're absolutely right, but that's about where its usefulness stops, (and not just because most fans hate them.) If they stayed stars throughout the rest of the game they could be some of the best!

@Trevor_NewJerusalem

2 ай бұрын

​@@emperorcuboneWell, Pansage will always have a special place in my heart for saving my (literal) bacon at the first gym. Took Simisage all the way to the E4.

@resolvedenvy

2 ай бұрын

@@Trevor_NewJerusalem pansear is my favorite fire type I absolutely love the little guy and I got him before the gym then used him all the way through the game as my ace

@nicolaslimapeixoto3212

2 ай бұрын

That's why I love this franchise. Every pokémon is someone's favorite pokémon.

@theknightwithabadpictotall7639

2 ай бұрын

@@nicolaslimapeixoto3212 Oh no, don't get me wrong, I still dislike them, it's just that they're the exact thing you need to progress Unless you were talking about the replies above

Just an FYI about that tentacool, I believe it was added as to help against a certain soft lock where you cannot leave that island. I think that's the whole thing. I agree with the placement, but it does kinda suck that it's only there for a very specific soft lock you need to set up yourself lol

@ParasocialCatgirl

3 ай бұрын

Re setup: well, there _is_ the hypothetical possibility of Little Timmy's sibling deciding to try softlocking Little Timmy as a joke at Little Timmy's expense. The Infinite Emergency Tentacool remedies this issue.

@signalfirefly

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. It's not a gift, it's a safety net.

@TKnHappyNess

2 ай бұрын

If you have the Good Rod, you can fish up something that can learn Surf

@Grey_Warden_Invasion

2 ай бұрын

​@@TKnHappyNess The rod is optional though so if you don't pick it up before the soft lock in Cianwood you have no way to get it as you would need Surf before you can get to Olivine City in the first place.

@ChillingDusselgurr

2 ай бұрын

Tbf in the video it says you gotta get rid of all of your Pokémon that could learn surf, but since we're talking about Johto, that would only be a few if you even bothered to already catch every possible Pokémon on the way. Most likely you just fished up one to surf in the first place. And Fly isn't even available at that point as far as I know. Doing something like in RSE where you just can't release your last mon with an HM would have been much simpler, but it's still cute that they thought of little Timmy whose evil little brother released his one Lanturn with surf lol

Kalos really is generous with the Gift Pokemon. -Lapras -Lucario -You get a free Kanto Starter that can mega evolve

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Although as I said, maybe that's part of why everyone thought the games were too easy, because they got to steamroll through with all these great Pokemon.

@jasontompsett-ince7164

3 ай бұрын

I know it's not a gift but there's a snorlax you can get before the 2nd gym too.

@dse763

3 ай бұрын

You better off using a Riolu from Santalune instead of Korrina's Lucario as it has 3 guaranteed max IV. But you still have to pick Korrina's Lucario anyways for the Mega Stone.

@lipika2841

3 ай бұрын

You also forgot 1 of the 2 fossils from Glittering Cave (tho they aren't nearly as omnipotent as all the other gifts from X&Y). This is by far LITERALLY the easiest game to do the 'No Catching' challenge run in.

@lipika2841

3 ай бұрын

​@@dse763 Uhh you mean Riolu from Rt. 22? It's way easier to happily pick up the free Lucario than having to deal with raising a baby Pokémon's friendship to max. You can technically evolve it into Lucario really early on (before the 1st gym if you're patient) in both B2W2 & X&Y, but it can be tricky for some to maintain its happiness. It's better to simply wait until after the 3rd gym. & who even needs their Mega Lucario to have 31 IVs on 3 of its random stats when it can decimate everything in its path just fine? Tho if you're doing a Nuzlocke & happen to unfortunately encounter it first, then wild Riolu also works. It's more ef4t for something that's marginally gonna affect your playthrough I think.

Some of the gift Pokémon you get are clutch when doing Nuzlockes.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

It's not like you were gonna get another encounter in that Pokemon Center!

Surprised that Lapras isn't number 1 but not disappointed. It's got such a solid BST and so useful in the story of the games you receive it. You really can't go wrong with Lapras

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Easily my favorite Ice type!

@fenixrises9854

3 ай бұрын

I love lapras

@hoshino353

3 ай бұрын

It can also learn dragon dance so its great

Lucario is especially cool because you have a history with it. Most people just give you seemingly random Pokémon...

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

That's true; you build a little bit of a bond before it's given to you.

@blakdeth

3 ай бұрын

Storywise yes, but mechanically since it's already evolved no. The moment you get lucario it can mega evolve and it's ready to fight. Unlike the starters who you raise from their first stage, you never even see that lucario as a riolu. You don't need to train it because someone else trained it for you. It's Ludonarrative dissonance.

@JaelinBezel

Ай бұрын

Like that guy in Veilstone that gives you a Porygon for no reason

You can still keep Shuckie without stealing it. If you have Max friendship with it the NPC lets you keep it.

XY where crazy with the gift Pokémon, when I originally played them my team was literally just gift Pokémon + the box art legendary (greninja, charizard, tyrantrum, lucario, lapras, and xerneas)

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I feel like Kalos kind of has the "Sinnoh" problem, where most teams share 4-5 Pokemon in common across all players...

@tpsam

3 ай бұрын

​@@emperorcubonelazy players unlike sinnoh that literally doesn't give you options I literally took a rapidash to the hall of fame Kalos has a crazy roster of regional dex Pokémon and a lot can be obtained before the 2nd gym Fossils aerodactyl included Aegislash Eevee in the wild florgess gardevoir or gallade haxorus 2 starters already is creating a difference experience because sure most people went for greninja and Charizard but even in that case Charizard having 2 megas create different situations for x or y players because they're quite different Pokémons once megaevolved No Charizard x is running solarbeam while most charizard y are specialists with solar beam Also kalos still gives you so many options for later on Garchomp goodra drappion rotom mamoswine lapras Kalos give you plenty of chances to have a unique team and switch it up even victory's roads hydreigon skarmory Not to mention the trade for Steelix Bishop And I forgot the kalos iconic tailonflame If you have an unoriginal team it's 100% your fault not the regions fault unlike sinnoh

Emperor Cubone, I don't know if you usually read comments, but I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your consistency. You're one of my comfort contents. You always seem to upload when I'm feeling overwhelmed and it helps me relax for a little while. Thank you for that. 🖤

@lipika2841

3 ай бұрын

He does read comments & sometimes even hearts or replies to comments on videos that are yrs old. So expect either of that with your comment due to the kind words.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I do read every comment, and I love interacting with people! That means so much that I can be there for you; I never realized I might help people when I started but I'm always happy to hear that people enjoy watching so much! I hope you feel relaxed this week. :)

The npc does let you keep shuckle (shuckie) if its max friendship

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Sure, but you still stole it; that's just cope to let him feel better about him being robbed this time.

@tvb5509

3 ай бұрын

​@@emperorcubone Nah, he saw your powerful bond and let you keep it. It's not stealing if you went back to return it. Shuckie was in my HG team

@brendanboomhour7606

3 ай бұрын

​@@tvb5509exactly, there's no moral quandary if you go to return Shuckie, but he thinks you should keep him

@Grey_Warden_Invasion

2 ай бұрын

​@@emperorcubone He gave it to you in the first place, you tried to return it, he didn't accept it anymore - how is that stealing?

Gift eevee in Soul Silver and especially Platinum has always been useful

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Eevee is indeed a wonderful gift; it's the difference in a gift card to one single location vs. one that includes Multiple restaurants!

@UmbraStarWolf

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone I didn’t mention gen 2 because it takes forever to evolve it in that game Unless I buy protein I also used it in gen 7 where you get it from an egg

5:25 MandJTV is sad, the thing they could also do to make Castform more viable is to at least bump it's stats to 85 across, and then with each form (including a new Dust form for sandstorms) could get a stats distribution change for it's attacks and defenses. Rain form could be the bulkier physical attacker but slow Sun form could be the Fast special attacker with weak special defense Hail form could be the Fast special attacker with weak defense Dust form could be the slow bulk entirely and rely more on status conditions. Also doesn't gift pokemon have the higher exp increase rate when you trade?

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Oh I really like the idea of stat changes for its different weather forms!

Thanks to Red in GSC/HGSS every theoretical Main Character's teams are always composed of these gift Pokémon. The wild part is that they have been giving less in game gifts with time, so it's always hard to, anyway.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

It's so true! when looking at the Switch titles vs. the earlier ones they give you next to nothing...

Not really a gift, but a trade. The Hawlucha you get in Gen 7 in the Pokécenter right outside the Normal trial site. Just catch a Spearow in the grass right outside, and trade that for a Hawluch (nicknamed Cha), that will level up faster from the different OT.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

That is a pretty great trade for sure!

@CobaltPerseverance154

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone It really is. I remember using it once and it just leveled up so fast and easily carried me through a lot of battles!

I think the best gift Pokémon is the Dratini from Crystal Heart gold and soul silver

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Apparently my answers weren't good enough sometimes even though I was being honest, so there are "right" things to say.

The Kalos starter, the Kanto starter, Blaziken, Lucario, Snorlax, and Lapras. The problem wasn’t the team, as that was actually my dream team, but the problem was the bad design from the challenge in Gyms and Team Flare. Heck, one of the rivals has a Roserade with just Petal Dance. JUST PETAL DANCE. Not even a choice scarf or specs, just one move and no items. GameFreak needs to see BDSP as that was a real challenge. That is the difficulty I hoped for.

@GameFreakSucks

3 ай бұрын

BDSP was really easy as well especially due to forced exp share and affection, the only hard thing about that game is the E4, champion and the rematches

My only real gripe with gen 6 is the difficulty I’ve always thought they should made the gyms broken on purpose. In any other gen that would be overkill but in kalos it’s perfect. Especially since before your even half way through the game you can have a fossil, a Kanto starter, a Lucario, a lapras, a snorlax, and a gift steelix. I do love gen 6 tho

Lapras in Y is my best fishing buddy, and i like that i can ride it without needing a big goofy saddle with an even goofier outfit

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Haha, yeah the Alola getup was a bit much when we've seen that you don't need it.

@darkninjafirefox

3 ай бұрын

@emperorcubone probably my least favorite part of those games and legends arceus. Why do I need bike handles to ride a fish?

@GameFreakSucks

3 ай бұрын

Rideable pokemon would be a lot better if you could ride your own pokemon and not require a saddle or whatever LGPE perfected this and follow pokemon even though those games were ok yet they didn’t bother bring that feature back

You have the most creative ideas for videos AND upload in time for my commute to work. This is the good stuff.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Have a good day at work! Glad I could be there for you!

I will not stand the slander of Scarlet and Violet's school storyline! It's one of the most fun aspects of the game, because the character writing has been the best its ever been in the series (not a high bar, but still) and going through Mr. Salvatore's friendship arc is not really as much a hurdle than it is a cute little sidestory

Iirc at some point in scarlet and violet raids people were running multiple perserker for steel weak raids because of steely spirit stacking. this was before home connectivity so you couldn’t transfer one in from swsh.

German gift mentioned 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

I have a (maybe) funny story about that gift Mew in BDSP. So it has become tradition for me and my older brother to play the new Pokémon game on launch day. BDSP was no different. I was slightly faster than him and got to Floraroma town. The first two people I talked to gave me Jirachi and Mew. My brother then dropped what he was doing (dithering about Jubilife, I think) and ran over to where I was. His only problem was that he never played either Lets Go game. Once we realized that was a problem, I lent him my copy of Lets Go Pikachu. He called his trainer Necessity, the rival Hate, and the Pikachu Stupid. He has since never touched it, but is keeping the save file in case the future games pull a fast one on him.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Wow, that is Funny! I have TWO extra profiles on my switch to get the other starters that I don't pick and trade to my brother to trade back to my main file!

Lapras as a gift Pokemon is a failsafe, so that no matter how bad you are at catching you have access to something that can learn Surf and Strength. This is also why the anime made Lapras "THE Surf Pokemon" for Ash and friends, and why Gen 2 used Lapras as the default surf sprite while Gen 1 used Seel.

8:22 In Gold, Silver, Crystal The Npc wants Shuckie back but in Heart Gold and Soul Silver he lets you keep it

What about all those Gift Eevees? Poipole and Type Null should be honorable mentions at least.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I did almost put Poipole on the list honestly, it's great to get another dimension's starter!

YOU CAN GIVE THE SHUCKLE BACK!?!

@LadyLeomon

3 ай бұрын

YOU DIDN’T?!!! _YOU MONSTER!!!_ 🥺🥺🥺 (Just kidding, I remembered I could give it back but just never did)

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

But not if you want to be a Pokemon Master! You've gotta catch 'em all, especially if you want a Living Dex, as many players do. The best way to get a Shuckle is avoid this moral quandary altogether...

@jasontompsett-ince7164

3 ай бұрын

​@emperorcubone you could breed it and give it back.

@LadyLeomon

3 ай бұрын

@@jasontompsett-ince7164 it took me longer than I want to admit at the time to remember that little detail 😅😅😅

I can't forgive how Omanyte/Kabuto were level 30 gifts in the originals but only level 5 in the remakes!

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I mean to be fair it took way too long to reach the lab to resurrect them so really any level is kind of too low when you can't get them by the 7th gym.

I legitimately had no idea until now that you were supposed to give Shuckie back😅😅😅

that Tentacool can be a life saver in Nuzlockes though

good video but i think tentacool isn't the worst gift pokemon. You showed a picture of gen 3 Kanto but the tentacool was implemented in HGSS so maybe gamefreak learned from the past. The condition to get it is also very unrealistic for a normal playthrough but if you somehow end in this situation you are happy to get out of cianwood city without resetting your game. So I think tentacool is one of the best gift pokemons.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

You don't need it though; even if you lost the ability to go out on the water with Surf you still have a Fishing Rod, so you can catch wild Tentacool to your hearts content from the shore! And as I said this "rescue plan" never comes up again on any island across the series, because they realized no one was ever dumb enough to release all their boxes and then save...

@fax8553

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone you don't have to pick up the fishing rods and in the older games you can't release your pokemon from your box if you weren't in a pokecenter so the situation never occured again

@melonman6522

3 ай бұрын

It's SUPER unlikely to be needed, but those times that you do need it, it's a blessing

@Infindox

3 ай бұрын

It also can actually be shiny hunted

@HayLeesHomeMade

3 ай бұрын

​@@emperorcubonepikasprey would like to have a word with you lol

I liked the Munchlax you get in Sun and Moon. They gave it to you for being one of the first people to get the game. It was holding its evolved forms z-move crystal, if you want to use z-moves in those games. The thing I love about this Munchlax is that it comes a move that is guaranteed to leave one hit point, making it useful for catching wild pokemon. I kept it in my team and never had it forget that move that left one hit point.

@emperorcubone

2 ай бұрын

You're not wrong, that one was great! But I wasn't really counting "real world" gifts, so like the Shiny Beldum, or the Speed Boost Mega Torchic weren't here because you don't get them from an in-game NPC. But maybe that would be worth another list?

The problem with the Lucario is that you can find wild Riolu on one of the earliest routes you have access to. The encounter rate is low, but since it evolves through friendship, you'll likely already have a Lucario by the time you reach the Tower of Mastery.

Comunque idea incredibile interessantissima, vorrei vederla ripetuta in altri giochi e non vedo l'ora di vedere la seconda parte

With the tentacool, there's actually a way around the restrictions to get it, use the other storage boxes for your pokemon or transfer pokemon onwards. It's main thing is a hidden ability there rather than Clear Body

The gift Tentacool at #1 worst is clearly designed to troll players! It's like the guy who trades you a crappy Farfetch'd in exchange for a Spearow.

I remember just adding castforn to my team when I originally played Ruby but that was just because the only Pokemon I actually used at that stage was Sceptile

They could've at least given Salvatore's Meowth that Hidden Ability.

When I started a new playthrough of Violet and transferred all my Pokemon to the new game I actually put the gifted Galarian Meowth from my old file into my new party. Turned into the best of my team. Do they still have that mechanic of Pokemon disobeying you if you don't have enough badges in Scarlet and Violet? Because it was weird that this Meowth and also its evolution never disobeyed me.

Let's goooo another Cubone upload!

About Shuckie: If you talk to his trainer again, you hand him back over. However if he likes you enough, the trainer lets you keep him. Would Arceus count as a gift from himself? I actually got lucky and caught a shiny Munchlax I found wandering around in Kitakami. Absolute tank in that playthrough.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie, I did have to think long and hard about the logic of whether Arceus counted as a true gift or not...

I have used some of these gifts before. Some a lot more than I expected. I even got myself hyped up for Pokémon Legends Z-A by playing through Pokémon X only using the master ball for catching and reviving only two fossils, with only one of them being able to enter the next gym. I obviously used the Lapras and Lucario after the 3rd gym and obtaining mega evolution, since that's when you get them. This was the first time I did a run like this, and I enjoyed doing something different.

In German "Gift" means poison. I was confused for a second as i saw lapras xD

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Haha, I DID address that in the opening, because the last time I made a "gift" video people said the same thing!

#5 Worst: Even if the Totem Lurantis had Contrary, the only move that would benefit it is Superpower since Leaf Storm is a Fomantis egg move #5 Best: Lapras in FireRed and LeafGreen is Level 25, ten levels higher than in the originals #4 Worst: The only real use for Castform is to access Tornadus and Thundurus in ORAS #2 Worst: Just like with the Galarian Meowth in Scarlet and Violet, it's easier to get a Porygon in ORAS and put it on Gen 7 using Pokemon Bank. Even the gift Porygon in Platinum is better because you can obtain it as soon as you enter Veilstone

emperor cubone: slanders castform me: mandjtv would like to know your location.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Yeah well he hates my favorite Pokemon, Empoleon so I guess we're even...

As a German, I appreciate the joke🎁

I've always hated the Sun and Moon Porygons, It was so annoying to evolve having only 1 system, I had to literally use the gts just to get Porygon Z

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Ah, I remember trading to myself on the GTS; mostly by offering a Caterpie in exchange for a Lugia, etc. since no one in their right mind would make that trade...

@gavinaaric

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone I know, it was literally torture finding one when I got Porygon 2 I just hacked my system with pksm and got them

The Hooh in pokemon colleseum. Not main series but a free level 70? Thank you very much

@Kev.in1997

3 ай бұрын

Thats more of a reward than a Gift When you have to 99% the Game and complete an annoying difficult Task at the end to get the Pokemon its a reward If you play the Game normally and a (random) npc gives you a Pokemon for No reason other than existing its a Gift

2:04 personality i don't have sw/sh and love gal meowth, so i was thrilled

the eevee in celadon city is nice two since you can buy the stones right there

they only want to stop you from softlocking yourself with the tentacool onto that island

@emperorcubone

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I get that part but it never ever happens again in any other games so it's just weird that seemed to care so much about not getting stuck just to drop it forever...

I miss catching Lapras more than one Lapras in that cave in Silver and Gold every Friday.

Hello Early Squad 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 for me one of my favourite Gift Pokémon is the Hidden Ability Rockruff in USUM: yes evolving him was a bit of a pain but having an Elemental Fang move on a Rock Type is always a boon … and one of my least favourites? Zorua/Zoroark in Black/White. Because you needed a specific Event Legendary (the Shiny Legendary Dogs) to get Zorua AND Zoroark! Not even just one, but BOTH! I missed the Event so I had to trade online for the Beasts which took ~forever~ I know this was changed in B2/W2 to being gifted N’s Zorua and Zoroark but the sting of the BW pair will always be an unpleasant memory 😒😒😒 Thanks for the new video Emperor Cubone and hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙

Small correction on your tentacool rant. You do get a free fossil pokemon in cinnabar. The fossil is a guaranteed item before reaching it and both learn surf. Also Mossdeep has the Super Rod on the island to ensure you can encounter water types. Tentacool is a bad gift pokemon, not disputing that, but the 2 locations you used as reference do have safety nets to prevent you from being trapped

@emperorcubone

Ай бұрын

This is true, but if you're dumb enough to release all your Pokemon you could probably find a way to toss your fossil too. If those don't work you can always pick something else like Sootopolis, Canalave, or anywhere in Alola...

@ 13:18 That’s because no other game prevents you from fishing by that point. All other locations are after the Old and Good Rod locations. So there’s no need to gift you a Pokémon since the Rods are available before this point.

@emperorcubone

2 ай бұрын

I'm confused... I'm not talking about Dewford here; Cianwood is well past the Old Rod in Johto and the Good Rod is in Olivine right before you surf over, with Tentacool being caught with either one! So counting surfing there's 3 easier ways to capture that same Pokemon before you even get there.

@RedDragonForce2

2 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone okay, I double checked for the old rod and there is a 5% chance to get a Krabby, negating my argument. Thanks for that!

It is great when any giveaway Pokémon has any neutral Nature.

The earliest available mega stone in XY is the Aerodactylite in the fossil lab in the town before Cyllage.

@RomanTorchic

2 ай бұрын

Ambrette Town*

You can also get a free shiny Blitzle in the post-game The Indigo Disk.

And what's with all these competition clones we've been getting for SV mystery gifts? Ooh, i can get a copy of joe blow's Talonflame from last month's tournament?!

If you think about it, the gen 1 starters in Kalos are *kinda* gift Pokemon and I think they’d be up there with Lucario at the top

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

You're not wrong, but I specifically ruled out gifts with choices, since that's a bit different than deciding to make use of a solitary one handed to you.

13:57 you can actually get a mega by the time you get lucario. If you use rock smash at the final room of Glittering cave, you can get an old amber, revive it, and talk to a scientist to get aerodactylite.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Considering that's only about a 15% chance to drop AND requires backtracking quite a bit, I think most people would still not have one by then...

@agmageever

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone I agree, but its super fun to have a mega aerodactyl for a playthrough, would recommend. Tough claws + Hone claws go crazy

It took a year to pokemon home to be compatible with s/v which is why you had no way to get him outside of those classes

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Well it takes about a year to finish all those classes too, so it doesn't make that big a difference...

While interesting to have a Sandstorm variant of Castform, it's really just not an actual weather condition so it can't warrant it. A sandstorm is just wind blowing sand around, so it's not necessarily as natural as rain, hail, or sun.

@emperorcubone

2 ай бұрын

That makes sense... in real life. But this is a video game and Sandstorms are one of only four weather conditions, so if they couldn't think of a way to make that work with a cloud then they should have used another idea to interact with the weather to make sure they all fit.

@Volkaroar

2 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone you do realize that game freak has been getting more accustomed to actually replicate believability in how their core dynamics work? Sandstorms can't just make that cloud a clump of coal now just cause sandstorm has been an honourary weather effect since generation 2. With every pokemon and their features they have to have them make sense, and with the sandstorm effect it just doesn't make sense to make castform have a rock-type variant.

IIRC, I think you can get an Alolan Meowth from Savatore in The Indigo Disk

When I 1st played hgss I didn't even know u was supposed to give back the shuckle, so after I got it, I just stored it in the PC and never used it. Guess I'm a criminal too lol

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I imagine that's what 99% of people did as well, unless you were just Really looking forward to that Shuckle on your team...

Random hypothetical question: I am a Pokemon trainer and I choose Squirtle for my starter. For years Squirtle is by my side as I grow through my teen years and into adulthood. During this time my Squirtle is also starting to noticeably age. By evolving would Squirtle/Wartortle remain the same “age” or would the change cause some kind of minor reverse in aging (physically, not mentally)? Other than the obvious what other changes does a Pokemon go through during the evolution process?

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Well there's that anime episode with the old Pikachu, (and the young one for that matter) but as far as the games go I think a Pokemon could just stay the same stage forever without any aging effects...

Can you do a video about Blueberry academy missing type gym leaders? Drayton's gym trainers can cover 3 of the types. (Ice, Electric, and Rock.)

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Aren't the Blueberry academy leaders just cleanup for the missing Paldea specialists? Using the types of titans and Team Star leaders?

Dosent the Shuckle guy change his mind if you have maxed friendship with Shuckie? Or is that Mandela effect?

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

No, you're technically correct, however I'm not sure that's his *actual feelings on the matter; I mean what's he gonna do? Challenge us to a Pokemon battle when we have his last Pokemon?

@noonie6872

2 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone No? It's not like he asks and we refuse to return it. We bring it back and he sees his old pet is happy and leaves it with us. I know you never back down from your dumb opinions, but it IS okay to admit you're wrong. You don't have to invent 'moral quandaries' that don't exist to cling to a filler placement.

Just curious if anyone knows. My Galarian Meowth from Scarlet has 4 perfect IVs. Was that just luck? I just assumed that was intentional since it was a "gift" that you had to work for

I would say the Lati twins are among the worst gifts for all the reasons that you used to put them among the best.

Them not giving Castform a Mega is a crime.

Togepi! This is just my bias, but Togepi is a great gift Pokemon; especially in HG/SS where it can become a Togekiss that is just such a cool Pokemon.

LOVE the Mass Effect reference

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I feel like doing a Renegade run again soon...

@jaredsimpson4701

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone i could never do a full true Renegade run. i always do like 70% Paragon and 30# Renegade. Cause like, cmon, you can’t NOT hug Tali is ME2

my gift lapras from silph co was shiny in my lets go games

@emperorcubone

2 ай бұрын

Nice! I wasn't sure if it was shiny locked or not!

It is kind of weird that people keep saying that there should be a sandstorm form since he's based on a water molecule and the three alternate forms are based on evaporation, condensation, and sublimation being sun, rain, and hail forms. But if gamefreak wants to forego that restriction, then I would hope they also do forms for all the different type terrains. Not sure how well that would work for programming though since you can have a weather and terrain at the same time.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I get that Castform is based on water/weather and Sandstorms don't fit into that in real life, but this is a VIDEO GAME, and therefore you can make it include whatever you want. They also had a whole generation of lead time to come up with a better idea for interacting with the weather that wouldn't exclude one, but they failed...

@thesandman2426

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone Like I said, I wouldn't mind if they just dropped that restriction, but I would also hope if they are going to go in and change it in the future that they add more than just a sandstorm form, I think that would be neat. Yes it's a restriction that makes sense from a logic perspective, but I see why people say they want the fourth form. It just doesn't sense for that to be the only reason it should exist. I also get why it's a bad gift pokemon, because the gimmick requires setup and Castform isn't bulky enough to do it himself. And if you have a weather setter, they usually are going to have moves to compliment the weather they set it up. Good video though, always enjoyable to watch them. Keep up what you're doing.

Oh, that's why I haven't heard of the sun and moon Porygon

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, if it doesn't come up until the National Dex anyway, why both having it in your regional roster?

@austinmccormick8952

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone at least it's not the hunter Mindy trade

Shout out to the Magikarp you could buy in R/G on the S.S. Anne. Granted, not quite free, but you effectively get a free Gary, and that's nothing to scoff at, especially on that gen, which is notoriously... basic

Fun fact: I do not own Sword and Shield as I thought they looked like garbage (and imo I was right) they are the only main generation games I skipped completely (aside from Red & Blue and Gold, Silver & Crystal as those came out too early and I was too young) so the only way for me to obtain a Galarian Meowth is from that gift

@Infindox

3 ай бұрын

They are better then you think they are, not as buggy as SciVi (i enjoy them but good lord) and the dlc is actually really good. Of course, one can argue that the one dlc is just "here's $30, give me a powerful pokemon for competitive" lol

Numbers overlap to a certain degree. There is huge percentage of people who don't have SwSh and classes aren't that big deal most people go through that part anyway. I think is isn't bad.

The monkeys all get a good move at level 22: Seed Bomb, Flame Burst, and Scald for that point in the game, they're phenominal, so they're useful past gym 1 Edit: This is what I get for reading the comments before the video

Lapras is the best gift Pokémon because it is the best Pokémon.

I wouldn't say you can Mega Evolve Latias/Latios immediately. You don't get the Mega Bracelet until a bit later, right?

5:00 hey that is my favorite hairstyle of Serena >

You wanna make a Top 6 Best and Worst In-Game Trades list?

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

I actually did that a while back! I think it still holds up a couple years later. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5OX1aNmm9WpYtI.html

@liannabunny7775

3 ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone Oh yeah

What about the free dratini from the dragon den in HS/SS?

@lipika2841

2 ай бұрын

Too underleveled by the time you get it, so it's not instantly usable & needs to be raised up with xp share. You likely won't even have it evolve into Dragonite before reaching the Champion. It can come with the move Extreme Speed if you gave the right answers to a quiz by Master.

Consider I don’t have Pokémon Home or an extra Switch lying around. (I also don’t use most of the internet functions because I’m not paying for that.)

"like those losers with 1 Pokemon" 😂😂 that's one of my biggest complaints about the series. I wish more trainers had more pokemon. By the 4th or so gym all trainers should have at least 3 and farther into the story they should get more

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

It makes the battles so tedious when you're just getting into the battle and it's over...

I think another downside to the Totem gifts is that you can't transfer them to Bank or Home... For some reason... Even though now with Alpha pokemon as a thing it seems kind of weird... Ooh that's got to be a new theory Idea... Totems are alpha pokemon

I need the egg in these trying times

A lot of people hate the sinnoh girl that trades you a haunter with an everstone, but that gives you a chance to level and trade the ghost yourself i guess Im partial to the makuhita in hoenn and machop in johto myself

@emperorcubone

Ай бұрын

If you could already trade the ghost you wouldn't need her in the first place!

@Rat2rrj

Ай бұрын

@@emperorcubone more like the possibility to trade with another game/player, not in single cartridge play

I'm probably one of those who weren't able to play SwSh prior to SV, so getting the Galarian Meowth is something I welcome

..Wait you could give that shuckle back?

Another??

Aww....I like doing the classes

I don't know if it counts as a gift, but dialga and palkia in legends. I know you have to fight them first, but since you don't have to worry if the catch will work or not it feels like a gift.

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Mmm, I'm more just counting a Pokemon given to you by another character, so the likes of Sudowoodo wouldn't be on the list, etc.

12:01 Great vid as always, but if I may indulge in a slight rant: I feel it's unfair to portray this Tentacool as a horrible useless gift that comes at a terrible price, considering the fact that this "gift" has a specific and unique purpose: Preventing you from getting stuck on the island, if you somehow lost all your other surfing mons, and have no way of obtaining a new one. That Tentacool is lame on purpose, we're not supposed to want it, certainly not sacrifice our other Pokemon for it. It serves a specific function under specific circumstances - a small yet crucial help in a time of great need. What you said is about this Tentacool is like saying "Welfare payments are bad cuz you have to cripple yourself to get them" or "Life insurance payments are bad cuz you have to kill your spouse to get them". 12:47 What if you can't beat Chuck? 12:58 How is that weird? Clearly in Gen 3 they just hadn't thought of this fail-safe yet (and I guess in later Gens they implemented better fail-safes).

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

If that were the norm I'd agree with you, but they literally never do this again! You can still get stuck on the Seafoam Islands, or Sootopolis, or Canalave City, etc; so if preventing softlocks was a pattern I wouldn't think twice about it, but the fact that it's the ONLY one in the whole series makes Tentacool stand out by necessity.

@signalfirefly

3 ай бұрын

The safety Tentacool was only in HGSS, after all those. The Latis are basically the antisoftlock in ORAS. (I haven't played BDSP so I can't speak for that.)

Hope you're having a good day

@emperorcubone

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope everyone watching has a good day! :)

You can get aerodactyl with its mega stone before lucario