Pokémon Sword and Shield Retrospective - Video

We kick off into the Galar region in search of greatness, whatever it might mean.

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0:00 - The Bridge
02:18 - The Great Galar Region
12:39 - Game Freak is Lazy?!?!?
22:40 - Communication Breakdown
35:02 - What Does It Mean To Be Great?
43:37 - The Chairman Rose Rant
51:55 - Game Freak Lied?
58:25 - A Battle For The Ages

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Sources:
-Game Freak is Lazy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28RXaXC9jDE

-Vg24 article: https://www.vg247.com/the-pokemon-sword-and-shield-interview-we-knew-at-some-point-we-werent-going-to-be-able-to-keep-indefinitely-supporting-all-of-the-pokemon

-Sword and Shield sales info: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html

-Sugimori on Kaiju: https://x.com/DrLavaYT/status/1358054589765877760

-Vikings in 1000 AD: https://alumniacademy.yale.edu/tour-world-year-1000#:~:text=Globalization%20started%20much%20earlier%20than,and%20landed%20in%20northeastern%20Canada.

-Great Man Theory: https://books.google.com/books?id=HJwQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false

-Various reddit threads about Game Freak Lied: https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/oiryo8/this_pokemon_art_about_criticizing_game_freaks/#lightbox
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/dtjjqt/i_genuinely_believe_that_the_backlash_gamefreak/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/dvnnv2/gamefreaklied_is_a_fact_not_an_opinion/

-Explanation of Textures and Modeling: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/s/onIaZlRR61