ASAP Pokemon Podcast

Welcome to our Christmas Party:

- Pre-Dinner Banter

- Boxer Saint from Aoe

- Tristan and Matt from Pokémon

- Tyswoogles and Chrsor from Rocket League

- Raven from the Rob and Kyle Show

- Jer and Combo from Mechanically Mediocre

- Allize from the Rocket League

- Chris from Aoe

- Outro

Part 1: Original Versions of the Game 8th-1st Place

Part 2: 1st Remake Versions of the Game 8th-1st Place

Part 3: Which Game are we most likely to revisit?

• First Reactions
• Art Style
• Difficulty Drama
• Random Bugs
• Comparing to the original game
• Randomness

• Tristan's Take
• What we think about it now that we revisit it
• Cast is divided on their opinion on this one
• Expansions, to have them or not?
• Where do we rank it?

We dive into some of the GameCube Pokémon Games that have come out this episode!

Overall Game Impressions

• Positive
• Innovative 
• Story Driven with cutscenes

Story

• Aether Foundation Story Line
• Elite 4
• Post-Game Ultra Beast cleanup simulator with Looker
• Ultra-Sun and moon

Pokemon (Favourite, least favourite, starters, legendaries)

• Alola forms
• Favourite Starters
• Favourites non-legendaries
• Legendaries and Ultra Beasts

Final Thoughts

• Z moves
• Where does it stand for you now
• Closing thoughts

Were joined by Philip from the Gaming Together Podcast to talk about Pokémon mobile games!

Check them out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gaming-together-a-cooperative-podcast/id1567397468

Pokemon Go

• The ultimate Pokémon Mobile game, extended discussion

Pokemon Unite

• Predatory practices and MOBA pro's

Pokemon Masters Ex - 2019

• Still Updated.
• Dev The Pokémon Co and DeNA known for most Japanese large mobile games and other large Nintendo properties ex Animal Crossing Pocket Camp and Mario kart mobile.
• Ultimate Pokémon Gacha game. Battle through a unique combat system while earning currency to rng your way to your favorite Pokémon characters from the games to the manga to the anime. You build a team of 3 sync pairs that consist of a trainer and usually one of the Pokémon they are known for ex Misty and Starmie.

Other Pokemon Mobile Games

CafeMix 2020

• Pretty New
• Dev by Genius Sonority same people that did Pokémon Shuffle, Poke Colosseum/GaleofDark
• Incredibly cute. Still angry about Wibwobs being canceled. 
• Connect Pokémon orbs to score points to clear each level candy crush style. Besides art not much to see here.
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Pokemon Quest - 2018

• Still Updated.
• Dev by GameFreak
• Cube-based/Minecraft Based Graphics
• Auto Battler Team Builder
• Has a nice ascetic but is held back by how casual the game is. Game is pure grind combined with rng. Basic game flow is Spend energy to send Pokémon on expeditions which gather resources and progress the story. Use resources to make food to randomly attract new Pokémon with semi random stats. Stronger Pokémon being more rare and usually require multiple food chances to pull.

Magikarp Jump 2017 -

• Still Available but not updated since 2017
• Dev By Select Button Studio - Jap devs who make cute mobile games about animals.
• Great Stylized artwork and good sense of humor. Raise a Magikarp by generations to have them compete in Magikarp jumping tournaments. Magikarp will either die or be retired. Shows a slice of Pokémon life we don't see much of in the main games.
• Gameplay consists of raising a Magikarp to its max potential then putting it in a contest. Its performance changes based on how you raised it but has a set max. Every time you compete you earn currency to raise the max cap of your karp which places you on an endless grindy hamster wheel.(Use real world money to increase caps)
• Overall cute but not worth playing. Just another idle clicker.

Pokemon Duel -Retired 2016-2019

• Based on the Pokémon Trading Figure game 2007-2009 added new generations and Pokémon to the dead table top game of the past. A very creative and competitive team based table top game. I loved this one and they shut it down. Partially pay to win.

Pokemon Shuffle 2015 

• Still Updated
• Dev by Genius Sonority same people that did Pokémon CafeMix, Poke Colosseum/GaleofDark
• Match 3 energy based Pokémon candy crush. Nothing new here folks.

Closing - Comparing Mobile games to the rest of the franchise

Topics:

• Pokémon TV on Switch
• Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Features revealed
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus trailer shows way more of the game and has us hyped!

Topics:

• Core Elements of Pokémon as a franchise
• Core Elements of the main Pokémon games
• What can be changed, what can't?

Check out my guest appearance where I talk about Pokémon Let's Go Eevee around the 18 minute mark: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-13-age-empires-ii-asapweekly-humble-farmer/id1567397468?i=1000530493946

Segment 1: Story

• Kalos Region
• 5 trainers move together, all of them have different focuses
• Trying to solve the mystery of mega evolution
• Lysandre wants a more beautiful world
• Rich people poke flute
• You get a mega ring from Tower of Mastery
• Team Flare is stealing power from the city and pokeballs from the factory
• Lysandre wants to get rid of everyone in the world, secret place under restaurant
• Giant weapon was made by King AZ to restore his beloved Pokémon
• Underneath the weapon you find legendary Pokémon powering weapon
• Lysandre becomes doctor octopus?
• Machine misfires and destroys itself
• Finish badges and Pokémon League
• AZ is reunited with his Pokémon (and is immortal btw)

Segment 2: The Safari Zone (unstructured segment)

We’ll start with our initial thoughts on the game followed by where it leads us

• Similarities to Red, Rivals friend group
• First game with fully rendered 3D polygonal graphics
• First game with Customizable appearance 
• Super training for effort values visibly
• Fairy Type added
• Tristan’s Take on worse diamond and pearl, go from here
• Robert’s take on Creative gyms
• Matt’s take on revolutionizing the Pokémon game feel with shift to full 3D
• Sky Battles and Horde Battles

Segment 3:

• 1 Favourite and 1 Least Favourite Pokémon 
• Robert: (Hawlucha and Malamar)
• Matt: (Aegislash and Dedenne)
• Pokémon Legendaries
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SIDE TANGENT: Pokémon Z and Expansions

• Pokémon Starters
• Mega evolutions we like: https://www.serebii.net/xy/megaevolutions.shtml

Segment 4: Closing Credits

• Can you Catch them all?
• Where in the list do you rank this game at this point? (Higher or lower)
• Final Thoughts