Zero Punctuation: Pokemon White

[C117]

Best review he's done in a while. And I agree, the people of Pokémon-world must REALLY hate the education system, instead sending their kids away to tame creatures that ought to be classified as "demi-gods able to fit inside a ball".

For Christ sake, one of the legendary ones are supposed to have conjured up the universe or something. And still he gets his arse kicked!

 

[GamemasterAnthony]

O_O;;

Oh dear crap...I'm beginning to wonder if I should stop that Let's Play of Pokémon Black/White I'm doing now. As I mentioned in the Extra Punctuation thread about Dragon Age 2, I'm doing a sort of Let's Play on the games, but in a way that you'd have to read it as if read by our favorite Aussie here. Mostly because I doubt I could do him justice after seeing this.

 

[The Great JT]

Eh, what can I say. Yahtzee does or doesn't like it, that's his opinion.

Either way, it's always fun to set the kindling of a fanboy flame war alight with these things.

 

[Buizel91]

I think I know why Yahtzee really doesn't like Pokemon.
It's because he hates going to the gym!

Badum-Tish!

OT: Really was not expecting this...i thought mention the fact that green haired guy was called 'N'

Still awesome though

He know's he loves it inside...and i bet he is playing it right now...

 

[Andrew_Mac]

Totally saw this coming with the unoriginal list of pokemon

I have to agree with this. There's 3 new pokemon based on ice creams... all have the word vanilla in their name... have some damn creativity people!

He should've done what I always do: Focus on strengthening my starter Pokemon. :3

My starter was tepig. it sucks now that its in the last evolution even though it was a higher level then most things. i used victini more then it anyway.

 

[pieguy259]

Wow. You're the last person I'd expect to review a Pokemon game. 0_o

Anyway, nice video. Twas very funny. I wonder which starter you chose though...

Tepig. He said so in Extra Punctuation.

 

[Lieju]

Huh, first he's complaining his balanced team was near untouchable, then he complains about losing to everyone on his way. I'm not an expert or something, but losing against a random trainer is as hard as running out of money in Pokemon IMO.

Oddly enough, in this gen the people I lost were random trainers. None of the gym leaders or "bosses" posed any difficulty (apart from Elite four, and even they were easier in this gen than the others the first time), but several times I wandered in some route and got my ass kicked or had to use all my potions.

 

[zehydra]

Pokemon is an awful game, I only played red pokemon in elementary school because it was the only game that was any good on the gameboy color.

you must have really high standards for games.

 

[Manji187]

You got your game strategy thrown off by EMOLGA enough to complain about it? Pokemon wasn't EASY enough for you that a Gym Leader you COULDN'T sweep with one move is a negative point against it?

The bane of Yahtzee's existence.​

Besides, "catching them all" is no longer viable...or even the point, really. It's all about competitive play, with the advent of wi-fi in D/P/P.

Heh...someone looks insulted.

What's the matter? Is Pokemon one of your favorite franchises? You have to admit that it's not for everyone. Same with a lot of other games/ activities.

Oh, I understand. I just hate the misinformation that Yahtzee can spread. Like how it hasn't changed in 15 years. Just because it's still turn based. The underlying mechanics have gone through quite a few changes.

He's the FOX News of game reviews.

Well.. some things change...some things remain the same. Maybe Yahtzee thought that a substantial portion of the whole concept remained the same. Maybe he would like to see some exponential innovation, instead of the linear, incremental one? I think it's fundamentally about the rate of change.

Then again "don't change a winning formula" right?

 

[jonyboy13]

Is that a bloody flying Pikachu?

Great episode

 

[duchaked]

I was doing the math about when the Pokemon shows were all the rave and was like "wait so Yahtzee was about 20 plus..." when he finished the joke LOL

anyway, I never did get a Gameboy or the Pokemon handheld games...it was a sad childhood.

figures anyway, I just "acquired" all the best ACTUAL Pokemon cards from the other kids through my superior physicality-with cunning techniques (i.e. I was a proficient Team Rocket) of um...diversion and permanent borrowing (ninja)

 

[Dana22]

I agree with Yacee. While I like turn based combat, the one in Pokemon is very boring. Its just more complicated rock-paper-scissors. Hit with strongest attack, rinse and repeat.

 

[Liudeius]

Congratulations on finding out that every single Pokemon game is identical.

Just one question. Why would anyone use a full team and actually pay attention to the battle strategy?
You get your starter, and you NEVER change pokemon. Kill every single trainer with just that one pokemon, and you won't have trouble in gyms since you will be twice the level of your opponent. (The first gym is an exception, but this game makes it easy by giving you one of the element monkeys, of your opposite element, right next to the first gym.)

 

[lozfoe444]

That was the funniest ZP in quite a while. Nice job.
Personally, White is quickly becoming one of my favorite Pokemon games. Good thing I can take the piss.

 

[duchaked]

I think I know why Yahtzee really doesn't like Pokemon.
It's because he hates going to the gym!

Badum-Tish!

He know's he loves it inside...and i bet he is playing it right now...

LOL I bet he is too. probably has a Pokemon blanket wrapped around him too (original 150)

and this made me laugh out loud so hard:

The bane of Yahtzee's existence.​

 

[angel85]

I myself was very briefly tempted to get this game, then I saw the new pokemon list, or should I say "rehashmon." Nearly every "new" species is just a slightly edited version of a species from one of the previous generations, and the few original designs all kind of suck, I haven't been into pokemon since gold and crystal so I really couldn't care less for the mythos either...not that there IS one -_-

 

[roostuf]

i never really thought yathzee was a pokemon guy. now we know.

 

[OceanRunner]

I share Yahtzee's irritation with the electric gym. I won by the narrowest of margins, which admitedly was immensly satisfying.