Zero Punctuation: Pokemon White

[Loop Stricken]

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.​

Yeah but she had TWO of the little bastards! And they switched out every time they used whateverthefuck move it is she has.

I like how he complained about the effects that YOU CAN TURN OFF. I still like the games though.

I like how he complained that a function of a Japanese game works better in Japan. That's just crazy.

 

[Dragonal01]

I'm suprisied, I definitely wasn't expecting this review, expected the content, but not the review.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Actually Yahtzee, I think the exact opposite of what you accused the vast majority of your viewers to think. If you don't review a game I like, I see that as a good sign, because I know that you don't find it good enough and if you do review it, you will pound it into the dirt and this might make my little idealistic world crumble :<

Only joking, I don't have to agree with everything everyone I respect says

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

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.​

Yeah but she had TWO of the little bastards! And they switched out every time they used whateverthefuck move it is she has.

Still the Rock Tomb TM was in the area before the gym, and most Ground types can learn it. And should have learned it, expecting Flying types or not.

 

[Nalarion]

Totally saw this coming with the unoriginal list of pokemon

 

[navyjeff]

The only Pokemon-featuring game I ever played was Super Smash Bros. It appears I made the right choice.

 

[gphjr14]

Blows my mind Yahtzee actually watched this show...in his early 20s. Pokemon games aren't as bad as many people make them out to be of course the only reason I play fire red is because I have it on my phone. Its a good time killer, though I have no ambitions of catching all the pokemon.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Meh, I'm totally happy living in crazy nutjob land

 

[Frozenfeet2]

this actually made me laugh out loud. nice one Yahtzee.

 

[Joemaster240]

wow. Loved watching this review! I was wondering when he would attack what was my favorite childhood franchise =D

 

[ShenCS]

Would just like to point out that no, N couldn't make any other friends in twat school. That was part of the point. He only had Pokemon for friends which left him a little bit mad.
Funny review though, christ the random encounter thing +1 so much. He isn't joking about some parts being every two goddamn steps. And you have to watch the little opening animation again and again but all you're going to do is run urgh. Although he apparently didn't figure out that walking actually decreased the encounter rate quite a bit. But damn if that isn't annoying too.

 

[mrhateful]

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.

 

[Dexiro]

Great review Yahtzee. I haven't played pokemon since Blue/Red, and it's nice to know I haven't missed anything in 15 years.

~ basing opinions off a ZP video? You should know better ;3

 

[Maclennan]

Heres the question he missed, what do the people in that world eat since every animal and most of the damn plants are pokemon?

I think a miltank would be quite tasty. Pikachu would probably be kind of stringy. They will probably resort to "iceberg lebtuce" soon.

 

[Cobaltmotari]

I like pokemon, but I still loved this review, as I do actually agree with a lot of the holes in the game's logic being picked apart. I still long await the day when they'll actually put this franchise in full proper 3D. Maybe with the improved processors of the 3DS, perhaps, but as the man himself said, "There I go again on my dreamy little tangeants"!

 

[Uber Waddles]

Disliked this review.

While it was clear he actually did play the game, his criticisms are all moot.

Turn based is just how the game plays out. While its not YOUR cup of team, a real-time Pokemon game would be clunky.

As for "theres only one play style", thats wrong too. He said he power-grinded Pokemon to take on the gym, just because you can do massive damage to Pokemon of a weaker type. Thats not how I play the game at all. I have a team, which I teached varied moves, and I dont power-grind them. You can use Buff moves, intricate strategies, etc. OR choose to just balls-to-the-walls-grind and smash everything down with ease.

Part of the appeal of the game is that there are so many creatures: especially if you play the game competitively. Lots of mechanics to master. Once again, not everyones cup of tea.

He also complained about the ease, but also mentions how frustrating random encounters and the cycle of losing health/healing/losing health/healing etc. is.

 

[Freechoice]

The only good use for money in Pokemon is repels.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Wow that was an unexpected game review although I knew he wouldn't like the game. I got to admit it's true about trying find others who got the oppersite game that isn't your mate but hey that what GTs is for! (Well ok GTS is useless unless you had seen that missing Pokemon first).

 

[pieguy259]

I probably would have enjoyed this a lot better had my computer not chugged through it causing me to miss half the bloody images.

 

[Orekoya]

Yeah the flying/electric type took me by suprise the first time I challenged that gym too. Whats worse is that she has 3/4 of them each with a TM move called Volt switch which damages you and swaps with a different member in her team, and here I thought that the Elite four were cheap.

That's actually really easy to counter, open with your slowest that is strong against flying and it'll use that move without fail but the second one will be hit so go with a heaviest attack move. Next move swap to a rock type to block the electric attack because it'll do it again and ko that weaken paper cannon before it can finish it's double team spamming to make itself untouchable.