Install Raid for Free ✅ Mobile and PC: clik.cc/GIyX4 and get a special starter pack 💥 Available only for the next 30 days Also since recording this video, I have some updated opinions. Arctibax is now a solid 10/10, and Baxcalibur is 9/10. They are very fun to use.

I still feel like they missed a perfect chance to give fidough an evolution named doughberman

Tinkaton woke up and chose to be a hater. The way she tries to kills corviknight is just pure hilarious

13:45 Wug actually is a word. Wug means to describe any creature with worm-like features so Wug in Wugtrio does actually makes sense

I love the Sprigatito line because I literally have a cat named Basil and it just fit so well. Also kinda find it funny that half of your reasons for disliking a Pokémon are the reasons I like them.

I don't think people realize that annihilape is referencing the old dex entry that said that if primeape got angry enough, it would die. When primeape uses rage fist enough, it turns into a ghost type

The thing with the Violet paradox Pokemon is that they're supposedly new Pokemon built by the future people to preserve the ancient forms. They're all described as "machines/devices described by the research team."

9:04 Dunsparce’s inspiration is the Tsuchinoko (reflected in its Japanese name, Nokochii), a yokai while rare is ultimately not that interesting. Nothing in the Tsuchinoko’s lore seems to point towards it becoming something awesome so Dudunsparce seems right on the nose.

Apparently popular opinion: Meowscarada is, in my opinion, the best gen 9 starter

Gotta say, Game Freak giving us just a longer Dunsparce as a long-awaited evolution as well as us thinking Larry would have a Normal team in the Elite Four so we prepare our Fighting-types until he says it's actually a Flying team are the biggest trolls I've ever seen. Well played, Game Freak Spain has historically hated the UK, whether it's over the sinking of the Spanish Armada or its current dispute with Gibraltar, so it makes perfect sense to have a Galar-hating Pokémon like Tinkaton. Game Freak did their research

I think my favorite things about the Ruinous Quartet that often gets overlooked in favor of the whole "their bodies look weird" thing that people have with them, is that their bodies are not the Pokemon. The artifacts contained in the design are the Pokemon, and they used what was around them to form a body Wo-Chein is a bunch a cursed wooden tablets that gathered a bunch of leaves and twigs to become a Pokemon Chien-Pao is a ruinous sword that covered itself in snow to become a Pokemon Ting-Lu is a broken vessel that formed a sturdy body from mud and Earth to become a Pokemon. Chi-Yu is some cursed beads that cloaked itself in flame to become an ADORABLE LITTLE FISHY!! All of them are 10/10 for me. Except for Wo-Chien, he's a 9 simply because he doesn't stack up to the other three. Also their theme is a freaking bop!

The Meowscarada line didn't need that much hate. They are all 10 for me. Skawquabily being a full double the points of Meowscarada honesty feels like a crime

Scovillian is my favorite name though. A fire grass type based on chilipeppers who's Hotness is measured on the Scoville scale, thats brilliant. The thing thats makes chillis "Hot" capsaicin into the pre-evolution Capsakid got get some bonuspoints aswell ;) Looks is a different matter not a fan of the looks either. Baxcalibur is my favorite in name+looks. "Excalibur on its back" he actually uses his swordfin to attack with its singature move "glaive rush" and it looks like 60's Godzilla.

I feel like the future Pokemon just come from a future where most Pokémon became extinct, and people began building Pokémon to replace extinct species. Iron Valiant is a good example, as it’s both Gardevoir and Gallade, a streamlined version of the extinct Ralts line without having multiple models.

Wugtrio's name actually makes more sense than you think. The ug wug is actually a mythical worm-like sea-dwelling creature from Canada, so "wugtrio" technically means "three aquatic worm-like monsters".

When I first caught my flittle, I could've sworn it was a psychic baby dumbo octopus. Imagine my reaction to finding out it was actually a pastel ostrich chick all along.

Meowscarada is in my opinion the 2nd best looking starter, but definently has the best signature move.

Chien-Pao is actually ingeniously designed! It, like the other 3, is based on the Four Perils from Chinese Mythology. In particular, Chien-Pao is based on Qiongqi. In Chinese folklore, this Peril is depicted as a great feline beast, such as tiger, hence the cat-like design points. In Japanese folklore, it is depicted as a Kamaitachi, a yokai that rides the wind and slices people to ribbons with its sword-like claws. This yokai is often depicted as a weasel, hence the slender body. It’s design is superb! Lastly, if you look closely, the saber “teeth” are actually two halves a broken sword. In times past, a human king stabbed it through the head, trying to undo the ruin that it brought upon his kingdom. Obviously, to no avail. The sword snapped in two, and is now a weapon used by the monster it sought destroy. A grim reminder of how often mankind creates demons it then cannot put down! What a design!

I love Glimmora for the sole fact that it's a special attacking rock type that *actually learns Power Gem*

Greavard and Houndstone may just be two of my new favorite Pokémon because they are the first shinies that I got purely by accident (I’ve gotten them in X via Masuda method and Ultra Moon via the wormholes). I was hunting for a Kirlia or Gardevior in the Glaseado Mountains when I accidentally ran into a Greavard and saw that instead of white, it was golden. Caught it right away.

"Putting the face beneath the trunk means it's not a trunk any more." D-dude... have you seen donphan animated? It's face is underneath it's trunk too.

The "fire sombrero" Crocalor is wearing is supposed to be an egg on a nest. While the fire surrounding Skeledirge is meant to be this egg being hatched into a bird in the form of a Phoenix. This was based off the Egyptian plover's relationship with the Nile crocodile, as the croc relies on the plover to help keep their teeth clean and free from infection, while the plover relies on the croc for its diet. It's a really neat detail they added. Even better that Fuecoco got the Kraft Singles treatment...cheese is love, cheese is life.

I think the reason they made Palafin a superhero is because of stories of dolphins saving people's lives.

Iron Valliant is my favourite of the new Pokemon, but I don’t really care about the rest of the future paradoxes. Overall the past forms win it for me, but iron Valliant is still my fav!

Also for the question u asked about what the word "Wug" means. I got this meaning on google: "Wug (plural wugs) (anthropology) In folk taxonomy, a creature with worm or insect features; colloquially, a bug or creepy-crawly"

I love all the dog Pokémon lines in this generation especially since they all stem from the same inspiration. You see there’s a folktale that’s told all across Europe and the Americas about a spirit-like dog creature known as “The Black Dog” and depending on the region that’s telling the tale the creature is described as a fairy-dog, a peaceful ghost-dog, or a horrifying demon-dog. Which is why there’s three different dog lines that have the types Fairy, Ghost, and Dark they’re used to reference the three different descriptions of “The Black Dog”.

I like how most of us saw that Crocalor is wearing a "Sombrero" but it's actually a nest on its head, and the egg hatches into a lil fire bird if it evolves into Skeledirge

19:37 I REALLY like shiny iron thorns it's silver like mechagodzilla, but still green energy, almost perfection for shiny iron thorns. also, maybe duralidon is kiryu and iron thorn is mechagodzilla. (kiryu is a version of mg from 2002 and 2003 but on the good side unlike mechagodzilla.) 20:12 i agree, but real different than the present day spino, it's like the first design of spinosaurus, when carnivorous dinosaurs were standing like godzilla. Even if we got a cat starter 2 gens ago, I think it's cute. We can even make a cat starter choice for 1 game (maybe spinoff) we just need a water type cat and boom! Cat starter trio! 🐱👍

Ever since Unova, I've tried my best going into every new Gen blindly not knowing what ANY of the new Pokemon look like so I can be surprised and excited to discover new Pokemon as I play the game. I chose Sprigatito as my starter not knowing what any of the starters' evolved forms looked like and while I was very disappointed at Meowscarada at first, it quickly grew on me. I love my sleek magician cat. Its high attack and speed with Flower Trick make it a great sweeper.

Diglet and Dugtrio = D for dirt. Wiglett and Wugtrio = W for water

I feel like its worth mentioning that Tandemaus evolves into Maushold without you ever seeing. One moment they're two, the next they're 3/4. Theyre also extremely cute and expressive in motion.

You thought Tyranitar looks like godzilla, here comes baxcalibur

i think the reason why they made meowscarada bipedal was to appeal to people who liked the bipedal starters. just like as you said, you didnt know the appeal to maushold and tandemous, the appeal was that its extremely cute. (also its very good against ryme's double battles, because it has follow me, helping hand, mud slap (to lower accuracy) and play rough for damage)

What i was hoping Quaxly’s evolution line was gonna be like was that the evolutions was gonna center around like those spanish pirate looking explorers, where Quaxly’s hair becomes like a captain’s hat and has those old spanish explorer uniforms when Quaxly becomes Quaquaval

Now we need the CRAZIEST Dex entries for Scarlet and Violet

The future paradox pokemon are underrated. The cons: Same adjective Almost completely still in battle All robots The pros: Robots are cool The Pokémon they chose are cool The designs are excellent They match the “time machine+AI” story a lot better I get why people dislike them, but I honestly can’t agree. Iron Valiant is one of the coolest Pokémon I have, Iron hands, treads, and bundle are bad, but iron thorns, iron moth, iron valiant, and Titan Iron Treads are really cool Pokémon. I think it’s time we give these Pokémon some love. (Also I get why people prefer Koraidon, but I like Miraidon more)

Life’s been extremely busy in a couple of years with a move to the startup ecosystem. Used to see your videos a lot once and today it just took me back, Michael❤️

I actually love Iron Valiant, not only is it a fusion of my 2 favorite Pokémon (Gallade and Gardevoir) but it's also their Megas as seen in it having Mega Gallade's arm blades and Mega Gardevoir's dress and elongated spines.

Skeledirge is also the first fire-type quad-starter. While I love the Sprigatito line, I feel it could've emphasized its fangs more.

DID MIKEY JUST PUT GREAVERD AT A 4/10!?!!? WHAT?! IT IS THE CUTEST THING EVERR

Iron Valiant is stated to lack Gardevior and Gallade’s more heroic qualities and is way more violent so yeah I’d be weary around it too

I wasn’t sure about Meowscarada at first. But having it in game I started loving it. The designs, how it acts, the signature move, the typing. Easily one of my favourite Pokémon in Gen 9, if not my favourite. And definitely in my top 3 starters ❤

The fact that Anhilape is a ghost type makes the joke in Alpharad's first nuzlocke where he named Ghastly after his dead Mankey more funnier.

Sprigatito: just a cat 4/10 Quaxly: just a duck 9/10

My ranking for Skeledirge’s line: Fuecoco: 10/10. A bean. Crocalor: 9/10. A bean with a sombrero. Saved my own backdoor sombrero against kofu. Skeledirge: 11/10. What can I say. A giant fire croc. Swept Larry, grusha, geeta (ACT because I gave it earth power).

When you said brutebonet shouldn’t hav the pokeball sign because it’s from ancient times, I thought maybe the foongus, amoongus, and brutebonet’s mushrooms are the inspiration to making a pokeball look like them

Dudunsparce was a deliberate move to troll the Pokémon community, so I give him a 9/10. I love a good troll 😂

Maybe my opinion on that is not very liked but I like Dudunsparce's Design. 1.Why change something that is already Perfect. 2. In Battle it's really looks Buffed in comparison to Dunsparce. 3. The gimmick that you have a small Chance to get another Version make it feel like something you should collect and appreciate. And Finally, I never liked the Dragon artwork so much, I feel like it's going a bit to far away from Dunsparce self, maybe as a 3 evolution line it's OK but as a direct evolution I think it doesn't fit

Noo, did you forget about Emolga😭 he is my favorite Pokemon and is an electric flying type. I know his stats arent the best but he is so cool

I _really_ hope that he does this kind of video again now that he’s finished the story. I’d imagine that seeing how the Pokémon move and fight could sway his opinions a little bit. Like…he said _very little_ about Mabosstiff. Anyone who’s tackled the Path of Legends knows that there’s a lot more to be said.

Fuecoco honestly won my heart almost the second I first saw it & I am proud to say that I successfully beat the main story with Skeledirge on my team during my 1st complete play through of the main story.

Alright so nobody even knows about Golden Sun, but it will always be my favorite game in history. And I’m mentioning it because “Dunsparce” evolving into “Dudunsparce” makes me think about Donpa, Dodonpa, and Dodonpapa. 😂

I find it weird that out of all the Paradox Pokémon, only two get actual names. So I tried my hand at making names for the others. (Warning: these follow the same naming scheme as Wiglett and Toedscool) Great Tusk-Rusphan Iron Treads-Dontank Scream Tail-Rigglysnuff Iron Bundle-Delidrone Brute Bonnet-Emergus Iron Hands-Roboyama Flutter Mane-Mispixius Iron Jugulis-Hydreidarc Slither Wing-Combatrona Iron Moth-Volcaraptur Sandy Shocks-Magnedroid (please give me a better idea) Iron Thorns-Mechatar Roaring Moon-Lunamence Iron Valiant-Gallaknight Edit: I’ve since realized that Iron Valiant is also based on Gardevoir. So now I’m going with “Galvoirior”.

“I’m judging only on appearances” also “Klawf is cool but not as strong as I thought it would be.”

18:13 you could also make the argument that all the past paradox forms are just dinosaurs. But I like all the paradox forms

I think I would like Cyclizar more if it was like Nebby the Cosmog where you have one that follows you around and then it eventually "evolves" into the Legendary. Instead it feels weirdly disconnected from them despite being stated to be a direct relative.

Baxcalibur is 100% a Godzilla reference. The spike on its back it’s absolutely a Godzilla spike, and it’s signature move is a reference to Godzilla’s ability to fly away using its atomic breath. Which is hilarious. Gholdengo looks like a golden wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.

13:43 Wug is a creature with either worm or insect-like features, so Wugtrio makes perfect sense as a name.

17:00 aged so poorly

"Why're they robots?" Um...they probs went....extinct

When he rated Quaxly’s final evolution he said the “hat on its head looks a bit weird” but it is clearly his hair

I absolutely love mabostiff simply because of story events, it’s melts my heart every time

I am preferably one of the ones who didn’t mind the future paradox Pokémon and absolutely love Iron moth. Also Clodsire is my new favorite Pokémon

Imagine hating on Dudunsparce. They just added more perfection to perfection itself.

The reason the paradox forms have those names Its because they are like giving them names of cryptids like Big Foot or Brute Bonnet since in game people dont really belive in them

I feel like people just don't like Meowscarada because it is bipedal but it is honestly in my top 3 starters of all time.

Hit me hard when he called Scovillain hideous. That thing is beautiful, looking like a Zippleback from How to Train Your Dragon. The fact it arms looks like its either angry or in pockets makes it even more badass

13:44 to answer your question, "wug" is a term used to describe any creature with worm-like features, according to Bulbapedia.

Brute Bronnet makes sense to have the pokeball pattern as foongus's pokedex entry mentions it being the inspiration behind the modern pokeball design

I'd like to hear his opinions again after beating all the stories and reading the dex entries, cuz many of my opinions changed as I progressed through the game

both the other types got quadrupeds (Swapert, Samurott, Venasaur, Meganium, and Torterra, and I guess if you want Surperior and Primarina aren’t bipedal), Skelidirge is the first quadruped final stage fire starter and most of the future paradoxes have explanations (more like theories) for why they’re robots, from aliens, mad scientists, to… robot x dragon fanfic…

Started Scarlet few weeks ago and my favorite starter is Sceledirge line choose it as starter. Im in the game already for 3rd Gym and making my team of 6 - Crocalor, Wattrel, Tinkatuff, Toadscool, Bombirdier and going for a Girafarig as a sixt one (still up for catch)

Here’s a bit of lore and pokedex stuff that may or may not change one’s opinions on some of these Pokémon: The Tinkaton line starts by being bullied by Steel-type Pokémon only to evolve and hunt them down out of sheer spite and to use their metals to keep upgrading the hammer. Tinkaton is the sole reason why Corviknight Taxis aren’t a thing in Paldea, since they throw boulders with their hammer to knock them down. Koraidon and Miraidon have similar names to the other paradox Pokémon but somehow got “actual” names. While I don’t remember Koraidon’s nickname, Miraidon was known as the Iron Serpent. The 4 other legendaries are cursed relics that turned into Pokémon and were sealed away in shrines due to their malicious behavior. I don’t remember their names, but the snail came from cursed tablets wrapped around its body, the sabertooth came from a broken sword that turned into fangs, the moose comes from the bowl thing I think, and the fish comes from the beads around its eyes. Meowscarada uses tricks and illusions to hide the stem of the flower behind it. That one isn’t as interesting but I just think it’s neat. Skeledirge is known as the Singer Pokémon due to it making strange musical sounds from its mouth. But the thing is, it’s not Skeledirge making those sounds, it’s the fire bird on its nose that hatched from Crocalor’s egg that plays on the colorful marks on Skeledirge’s head.

15:26 Nihilego's origins are the glass jellyfish, an invasive species to Hawaii. Glass is made of rocks, and jellyfish are poisonous. Rock/Poison type.

If you insult the weed cat one more time I will freak out

The fact that all my team members Skeledirge, Annihilape, Killowattrel, Dachsbun, Farigiraf, Clodsire (and Koraidon, to some extent because I chose Scarlet and I loved it more than I thought I did) got 8-10/10 from Mikey made me feel very proud. I chose the best Pokemon for my team.

You won't be calling Lokix weak when you see it's IMMENSE potential competitively with Bug and Dark being a solid STAB combo combined with Tinted Lens AND Swords Dance making it essentially unwallable And Dudunsparce becoming longer has some sense to it from another perspective since Dunsparce IS based on the Tsuchinoko, who's essentially the JOKE Yokai. While other Yokai are supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore, all the Tsuchinoko does is.... Bite.

Why do I get the feeling that Sprigatito's evolutions and Dudunsparce would've got a higher rating if you hadn't raised your expectations with fanart beforehand? That doesn't seem fair to rate them so low just because you've been basing your hype on something else that you had already seen.

I love that your sound effects are from the mystery dungeon games 😭❤️ those games have the best music/sound effects imo

Mikey: I love the idea of combining gallade and gardevoir Also mikey : 3 out of 10

Dudunsparce is the best troll evolution and it’s adorable. It’s unironically my favorite Pokémon of this generation ❤️

Putting aside the bipedal factor, I think meowscarada is pretty good. Also, floragato is the best middle stage starter we've had for awhile.

I think the fish based legendary is based on the golden carp that when caught grants you a wish. Since this area is based around the area where that story came from I feel it’s good. And cute.

I dint get why people dont know that dunsparce is NOT a dragon its a worm its not based of a dragon making it longer was very clever because worm can become longer or shorter at will so people have to stop crying about dunsparce evolution is dissapointing (sorry for the people who didnt know)

I think Sandy Shocks implies that Magnemite/Magneton are naturally occuring Pokemon rather than being man-made. Like maybe in the Pokemon world, regular magnets are based on Magneton instead of the other way around. I like how the magnetic sand around it and the tails made of screws make it seem more like an animal.

The sprigatito line deserves more love because it’s so cute and because Meowscarada has the ability protean and a signature move that can’t miss and will always crit

18:00 He does walk. His legs move like a rubber hose cartoon from the 1920s.

Lokix became my favorite Pokemon even BEFORE I found it it was basically a kamen rider (for those who are wondering what kamen rider is, it's a tokusastu franchise that started in 1971 I believe, and lokix is basically kamen rider zero-one, but with the color pallet of black sun and grasshopper legs on the back like black sun.)

Maushold is my favorite new Pokemon in this generation, so that 2/10 really hurt. I thought Tandemaus looked adorable and decided it should be a temporary member of the team. When it evolved at level 25 completely off screen, I thought I found a glitch in the game (I avoided all leaks leading up to the game). That was when I came to think that they were actually just cool and cute at the same time, so I decided to keep them around. Near the endgame, they finally learned population bomb, and I was advised to give them the wide lens. They became the most broken Pokemon I have ever used in a playthrough and one of my favorites in the entire Pokemon series. 10/10 for me.

What might have been fun is if the starters had final forms based on the version's paradox forms. I bet ancient Skeledirge would look awesome!

"Everybody's got a water buffalo Yours is fast but mine is slow Oh, where we'd get them, I don't know But everybody's got a water buffalo." - Me when I discovered the water variant of Tauros Beat the game with him, 10/10

Bro not every pokemon has to evolve into some amazing dragon dudunsparce is just funny

Dudunsparce shows that Dunsparce is perfect. And to make it more perfect, it needs more Dunsparce added to it. I will stan Dudunsparce forever.

Skeledirge overtook Charizard becoming my favorite pokemon of all time over night. As someone who's from Tucson, where Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated I really love everything about it. His name is on point with skele = skeleton and dirge = lament of the dead. It's based on Dia De Los Muertos, and alebrijes. The fire at the corners of his mouth are not flames, but marigolds. They line ofrendas and their scent and bright colors guide spirits to them. It's executed better in game, where you see the petals flow through the orange. The colorful head is based on sugar skulls, another big thing for Dia De Muertos. It's a Mexican holiday, but has roots in Medieval Europe and Spain. Dirges are more Catholic based than Dia De Muertos, but again works with this Spanish crocodile Pokemon since Spain's major religion is Christianity/Catholicism. And the reason why they colonized Mexico was to spread that religion across the Americas.

Tbh I really like tandimouse(did i spell it right??) I think there cute and the fact that they are wearing pants and a t shirt is so cute! I also like how they start out as a couple and then grow into a family with lil baby ones it's VERY adorable my heart can't take it no more my love for them will never die👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Just a thought, but instead of the violet future Pokemon being considered robots I view them as more of improved armored Pokemon kind of like Mewtwo in the original anime. Mewtwo is semi armored with a lot of wires because that's what the present age allowed while in the future the tech available has allowed for the armor to be more sleek and wireless. The booster energy and quark drive abilities would make a bit more sense this way.

Arbolivia is kinda weird for being Grass/Normal, but it’s ability creates Grassy Terrain when damaged and that pairs with it naturally learning Terrain Pulse which is stab with or without the terrain active. It’s high Special Attack also makes firing off stab Hyper Beams to finish off strong opponents really fun

Unpopular opinion: I like Dudunsparce. Dunsparce was always a simple pokemon, and I think the adding of a segment was kinda funny and something I think a dunsparce evolution could look like

I originally mistaked Paldean torus for a shiny cuz I never saw a shiny torus

Mikey: Sprigatito evolution line is terrible Me: you dare speak trash about the best starter MORTAL