How the last bastion of Soul in Pokemon disappeared...

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You tricked us into another badge episode, but I do agree the badges have seriously become basic

Is it bad to say that with scarlet and violet I didn’t realize we got physical badges. I thought the selfies were the badges.

For me the most upsetting thing about gyms was in gen 8, they designed a gym uniform for each of the gyms (plus some extra) and you weren't allowed to wear them in the actual gyms, because you were forced to wear the standard gym uniform...

I always liked the Snowbell City badge because it looks like it is filled with blue water and you can slosh the water around inside.

I think the soullessness of the badges actually fits the corporate feel of Paldea. I mean FS Larry is just told "okay you're a different type today chop chop" and he just goes with it

Also, someone mentioned that as you go through Kalos, the seasons change the farther in Vaniville starts in Spring, and by Cyllage and Shalour, youre in Summer, as theyre coastal. Then, when you get to Laverre City and its surrounding routes, its Fall/Autumn. And as you approach Anistar and Snowbelle, its winter.

All the sparks from the Voltage Badge meeting in the center like that makes me think it's inspired by the fact that Lumiose City takes place in the center of Kalos, with the sparks themselves being the different paths that lead to there.

I think one really neat thing about the kalos badge (im personally playing Y right now and im about to fight the Snowbelle Gym) is that every one of the badges has a kind of gemstone incorporated in them (that clear bit), symbolizing the emphasis on beauty in Jalos (gemstones, jewels)

I think most of the creativity in regards to the badges in Gen 9 was put towards making unique pictures rather than making unique badges, so it's moreso a case of whether or not the player appreciates the fun character interaction more or less than they do the inspiration for the badge design.

There's a follow-up you can do here: In Galar every type has a logo that is utilised in the jerseys, every Gym Leader uses them, Avery and Clara use two unused ones and the other ones, you can still buy for yourself. I wish these symbols were the logos

As someone with French as my mother language, this video was definitely a wild ride. Though the wildest parts were definitely the Fairy and Psychic badge explanations; I'm... really surprised that for Laverre city, Lockstin hasn't mentioned that... well... "verre" literally means glass, after talking about stained glass for the whole segment. Or how the pearl in the badge wasn't mentioned at all, since I'm pretty sure pearls are fairly popular jewelry in France? And for the Psychic badge section... well, let's just say that mispronunciation of anise was probably the worst of the video, and it's actually an English word lol

What I find interesting is that like Wolfrick other gym leaders have families that never show up in any form. The first gym leader in Galar has a bunch of siblings in the concept art, but there’s no mention of them anywhere else.

Clemont's badge to me looks a lot like one of the symbols used in electrical engineering schematics. With this it seems fitting, as Clermont is an electrical engineer. This would also explain the lighning bolts coming out the side. He is an inventor with an electrical specialty, so his badge is a stylized symbol used in electrical engineering.

Given that 3/8 of the Kalos badges are named after their types. I had ideas for new names. * Viola’s badge was a bit hard to think of a new name but given it resembles a beetle, perhaps the Elytra badge could go well, seeing as the elytra is the hardened forewing of beetles * Maybe they could’ve called the Fairy Badge, the Fae badge instead given that Fae’s another word for fairy. * The Psychic Badge could be called the Seer or Clairvoyance Badge with how Olympia could see into the future. 3:33 I thought of this idea where we could do a variety of tasks to get the gym badge. Like perhaps the gyms are closed and you have to help the gym leader with a task. Like for example, helping them get through an area, fending off goons from an villain team while they're busy with something important, recovering a Pokemon of theirs from a villain, getting medicine for them, battle alongside them against a Totem Pokemon and its goons, etc. Then during the post game, you can go through the reopened gyms and fight them like a traditional team.

The thing about Wulfric's badge Is that there is actually water inside it. I think it's really awesome that a gym badge has something organic inside of it.

I can think of one defense for the Galar gyms. Instead of a fully fleshed out badge, they all have gym logos that have more thought put into them and if they were put into a badge format, they would look like the badges of the other regions. It makes sense for them to put more focus on the logo side of things as the whole gym scene in Galar is all reminiscent of sport leagues.

I thought it was cool how in Kalos, the gym badges start out bronze (with the bug badge) then go to silver (with the cliff badge and half of the rumble badge) and finally all the badges go gold (with the other half of the rumble badge and all the badges following). I personally would have liked to see more bronze and silver badges but the idea was there and is still cool.

Honestly given that Paldea is mostly focused on its school with the gym challenge as one of the things the students can focus on, it makes sense that all their badges are the same. They’re like standardized tests, so you get a standardized reward. Plus, no offense, but there really are only so many ways you can name a badge before you run out of good names that can be understood by most players (zephyr excluded). Decided to cut it off early I guess.

I'm surprised you went with stained glass speech for the Fairy Badge but didn't mentioned how Laverre could also pull from "verre", the french for "glass" (even more fitting of the badge)