The Secret of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

The Terastal Phenomenon is the newest Generation 9 Pokémon transformation from the Paldea region. But is it actually new? Let's talk about it.

Video idea suggested by Cereza:

Quotes and archived Pokémon content from Dr. Lava

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Intro Animation and thumbnail art by Artsy Theo

Intro music by LeoSZN

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[PokemonLoverHeather]

Terastral Pokemon have some pretty fun speculation in this video. lol Seriously though, I love how deep you dug for this video. It’s crazy how much the Pokemon cards have to offer through lore that’s often overshadowed unless you heavily collect/play the game or just have overall knowledge on the subject. I learned a lot through this video. It was fun!

[rasmusn.e.m]

I think another possible connection is that looking for rare gems is pretty similar to bug-catching in that it's very much a collector's game, where it's just as much about the journey as the actual thing you are searching for, and that journey often grows exponentially as you deeper and deeper and look for rarer and rarer things. Combining the two is a pretty genius idea.

I also imagine this original inspiration is why they continue to teeter on stuff like reusable TM's and other items. Scarcity is kind one of the things that make collecting fun. It's not so much fun for the people who just like battling, but it makes it much more rewarding once you go through breeding for the perfect nature and all of that.

[shadeblackwolf]

Evolution methods have spiralled out of control for a long time. It's to the point where i think a big evo style crunch is needed. We have: level up, trade, special items, level up during the day or night, holding your console upside down, trading with special item, trading for a specific pokemon, being pretty, being happy, learning a move of a type, gender, level up while holding a special item, level up while near a special place, even the region we're in, or the sepcific game we're playing, if there is another pokemon in your party. The list never ends

[GigaMan]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard "Yeah, boi!" from Eevee's voice.

[kprojectskurt]

I knew about the Delta Pokemon in the TCG but not the Crystal ones, very interesting video

[LTDextel]

I love how your thesis of doing the research because it's "fun" ended up coming back around as the reason why Pokémon have types.

[ScorchyScorch]

Now we can get Shattered Holo cards as a Normal Holo variation rather than just Promo cards

[OneFlewCuckoo]

I love you Jwitts. You're thugger af dawg

[Andrewlik]

I started building my own Draft Box because of your video - any advice?

[pyoheliobros]

I kinda like the feature, it's pretty interesting. But it just looks way too silly.

[hm]

My question is why the Pokémon team hasn't used the lore from the tcg games or the spin off games
And made a main series games about it
Delta Pokémon sounds better than terastal
Plus the trailers for the new games show some boring stuff
Like there is a scavenger hunt or sth
Come on it's a world with magical monsters and gods
Do something cool
And can they stop with the stones
Mega Evo, z move and now terastaltization use stones
At least give another way for Pokémon to get these abilities
Like do something else
And z moves, mega Evo and now terastaltization all are bracelets
Make a necklace or a ring or sth
Why is it a bracelet every time

[clipsedrag]

Pokemon would've been better with only 150 characters