Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 49 minutes ago
Ice is Nice.
It's infamous for being a bad Type, but it actually teeters on the verge of being obscenely overpowered if handled incorrectly. Such is the nature of a glass cannon.
Come explore how the game design of Pokemon's Ice Type evolved across the years.
Obamasnow art in thumbnail provided courtesy of: reddit.com/user/Doubleback99
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0:00 - Introduction
0:26 - Type interactions
2:13 - "Glass cannon" game design considerations
9:35 - Ice Type in Gen 1
17:47 - Gen 2's nerf
23:22 - Changes across the generations
34:42 - Snow & Gen 9
37:02 - Closing thoughts
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Ice is Nice.
It's infamous for being a bad Type, but it actually teeters on the verge of being obscenely overpowered if handled incorrectly. Such is the nature of a glass cannon.
Come explore how the game design of Pokemon's Ice Type evolved across the years.
Obamasnow art in thumbnail provided courtesy of: reddit.com/user/Doubleback99
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0:00 - Introduction
0:26 - Type interactions
2:13 - "Glass cannon" game design considerations
9:35 - Ice Type in Gen 1
17:47 - Gen 2's nerf
23:22 - Changes across the generations
34:42 - Snow & Gen 9
37:02 - Closing thoughts
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![Why Pokémon Bicycles cost $1,000,000 (1 million dollars) [Game Designer Explains]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5MmdeRaVVEk/mqdefault.jpg "Why Pokémon Bicycles cost $1,000,000 (1 million dollars) [Game Designer Explains]
Buy a Bicycle? In this economy? Lets not do that... Instead, come and learn the Game Design reasons why Bicycles in Kanto are bizarrely overpriced.
Also yes, I know its Yen.
Channel Discord: https://discord.gg/DaUUDURJgq
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Opening Gag
0:24 Introduction
2:19 To you, Dear Viewer, try and think like a Game Designer
2:33 Required Information: Impossibility of Purchase
4:02 Intermission
4:32 The Bicycle is a Sidequest
5:13 Evolution of Sidequests Across the Years
7:04 Player Response to a One Million Dollar Pricetag
8:23 Case Study: Gold & Silvers Million Dollar Slowpoke Tails
9:48 Case Study: Super Paper Marios Million Rubee Debt
13:18 Furina
13:26 The Bicycles Failsafe
14:00 The Optional Nature & Function of the Bicycle
15:36 Bicycles in other Pokémon Games
16:25 Recap / Closing Thoughts
17:37 Outro
Music Timestamps:
0:24 - Cerulean City [Pokémon Red & Blue]
0:48 - Bicycle Theme [Pokémon Black & White]
2:40 - Dance of Deduction (Type A) [The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles]
4:34 - Trucy Wright, Child of Magic 2013 [Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies]
5:14 - COMPLICATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
8:23 - Trance Logic [Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice]
9:51 - Merlees Mansion [Super Paper Mario]
11:58 - Mimi Battle 1, Im Not Nice [Super Paper Mario]
13:19 - Distorted Day in Paris
13:26 - SUSPICION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
16:25 - Thought Route / Revisualization, Resonance of the Synapses [Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice]
17:37 - Trucy Wright, Child of Magic 2013 [Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies]")
![The Flying Type is not a Real Pokémon Type [archeType Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ABZZMRSp6dg/mqdefault.jpg "The Flying Type is not a Real Pokémon Type [archeType Talk]
Flying does not exist.
A strange statement, since its clearly meant for Pokémon with wings. But thats aesthetics. Im talking game design.
In terms of game design, Flying lacks a clear identity, with all Flying Pokémon and Moves having seemingly nothing in common. And its progression across the ages also feels similarly lost and confused.
To understand, lets look at the history of the Flying Type, and analyse how it changed across the generations.
0:00 - Opening
1:51 - A Half-Baked Beginning (Gen 1)
6:54 - Fixing Mistakes (Gen 2 & 3)
9:32 - Flying Moves now Exist (Gen 4 & 5)
13:58 - Nothing until Dual Wingbeat (Gen 6 - Present Day)
16:33 - Closing Thoughts
Music used:
Before Dawn, at the Winery [Genshin Impact]
Dawn Winery Theme [Genshin Impact]
Moonlike Smile [Genshin Impact]
Lone Sojourner [Genshin Impact]
Tender Strength [Genshin Impact]
Thumbnail source: https://lynxgriffin.tumblr.com/post/47706218043/for-the-flying-types
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This video was edited by my editor, Drix.
#pokemon #pokémon")
![Why Critical Hits Exist, and How they are Designed [Game Designer Explains]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AhGMSaMCy2g/mqdefault.jpg "Why Critical Hits Exist, and How they are Designed [Game Designer Explains]
Critical Hits are such a staple of video games as a medium, to the point where players have long forgotten why they exist.
Some people even question their inclusion in a game, and wonder if certain games would be better off without them.
They might be correct. But that isnt the point of this video.
This video is about why developers implement Critical Hits into their games in the first place, how they are designed, and what effect they have on players overall.
This isnt a complaint - its an exploration of how a game gets built. Perhaps itll change you view on your favorite RPG.
0:00 - The Components of a Crit System
3:15 - True Random Crits
10:35 - Variable Crit systems
15:28 - Guaranteed Critical Hit systems
18:37 - Closing Thoughts
Music used:
Littleroot Town [Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire]
COMPLICATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
Crisis, Herta Space Station Battle Theme [Honkai Star Rail]
Those Who Fight [Final Fantasy VII]
Reach out to the Truth (Instrumental) [Persona 4]
Sootopolis City [Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire]
REINCARNATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
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Thumbnail art provided by u/Shadow_9021 and used with their permission (https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1u5n8ke/free_sfm_poster_requests_%EA%89%82_%E1%97%9C/).
#pokemon #teamfortress2 #tf2")
![What makes Blue a Great Videogame Rival [Game Designer Explains]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CeTSMuOUfBA/mqdefault.jpg "What makes Blue a Great Videogame Rival [Game Designer Explains]
Blue, the Rival from Pokémon Red & Blue stands proud as one of the strongest, most famous, and well-executed Rival characters in gaming.
Few other characters out there are capable of inspiring such strong levels of competitive spirit from players worldwide.
Eliciting such a reaction from players requires more than simply writing him as a jerk. Gameplay elements need to support the experience too. So, lets have a closer look at Blue, and examine just how the game designers created one of the most famous Rival experiences in gaming history.
Channel Discord: https://discord.gg/DaUUDURJgq
Chapter Timestamps
0:00 - Opening Gag
0:13 - Introduction
1:23 - The Problems with Rivals as Recurring Bosses
5:11 - How Blues Rivalry is Framed and Presented
7:42 - Narrative Elements and Blues Personality
10:34 - How the Rival is set up to Win
17:24 - Comparisons to other Rivals
21:32 - Outro
Music Timestamps
0:13 - Apollo Justice, Im Fine! [Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice]
5:16 - 4 Minutes Before Death [Ghost Trick, Phantom Detective]
10:34 - Fate Changed [Ghost Trick, Phantom Detective]
17:22 - AWAKENING [Ghost Trick, Phantom Detective]")
