This video discusses the design of Pokemon in the generation 7 games, Pokemon Sun and Moon. We discuss the new region, the major themes of these Pokemon, and the common design trends and motifs.
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Generation 6 – (Evolution of Pokemon Designs)
We are finally back with the Evolution of Pokemon Designs series, this time focusing on Generation 6 – Pokemon X and Y. As always we look at the designs of these Pokemon to see common themes and trends among them, stylistic changes from previous generations, and how new mechanics and technology have influenced the designs.
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Evolution of Pokemon Design – Generation 5
In this fifth installment we will take a look at the design of Pokemon in Generation 5 – Black and White. As always, I examine the themes of this generation, as well as common design trends among these Pokemon to see how they have changed from previous generations.
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How I Taught an AI to Play Pokemon Emerald
Transcript: What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. What you just saw was an artificial intelligence that I built at the end of 2018 to autonomously play Pokemon Emerald. Today, I want to share with you all how I designed and built this AI, talk about some of the principles behind it, and…
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Evolution of Pokemon Design – Generation 4
Transcript What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. In today’s installment of “Evolution of Pokemon Design” we will be taking a look at the Pokemon’s fourth generation, which includes the games Diamond, Pearl and Platinum. As we are currently in Gen 8, this marks a big moment for this series as we are…
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Evolution Of Pokemon Designs – Generation 3
Transcript: Hey everybody, welcome back to Rempton Games. Today, it’s time for Part 3 of my ongoing “Evolution of Pokemon Designs” series, where I will be taking a look at the designs of Pokemon from Generation 3, and seeing how they have changed from the previous generations. To do so, I’m gonna be looking at…
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Evolution of Pokemon Designs – Gen 2
Transcript Note: This video is comparing designs of Pokemon, and thus is heavily focused on visual information that cannot truly be captured in text. Therefore, watching the video is highly recommended, if possible. What’s up designers and welcome back to Rempton Games. Today I am super excited to take a look at the designs of…
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Evolution of Pokemon Designs – Gen 1
Transcript What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. On this channel, and on my blog, I have touched on a lot of different areas of game design, but one area that I haven’t talked much about is character design. Character design may seem separate from other areas of game design like rules, systems…
Read MoreDear Game Freak: I’m Not Mad, Just Confused
What’s up everybody? I know in my last video I said that I would be talking about the lore of the Mario series, but Pokemon Sword and Shield have come out recently so I have a lot of Pokemon on my mind. Now, if you have been paying any attention to the Pokemon community over…
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Time to Tame a Temtem!
If you have been following this blog for a while, you may know that I’m a pretty big Pokemon fan. My wife and I have played almost every game in the series, we have matching Plusle and Minun plushes, and I even wrote an entire article about my predictions for generation 8. Because of this,…
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