Did you know at one point Pokemon Red and Green were only going to include 30 different Pokemon? Or that one of the designers of Pikachu liked him so much that he intentionally made him hard to find, because he didn’t want anybody else to catch one? Or that in the middle of development all…
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After making 8 videos about Pokemon design I decided to try it for myself! I took suggestions from Reddit (along with a few of my own ideas), and came up with 5 new designs. What Pokemon should I redesign next?
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We made it! Today we finally talk about the most recent games in the series, Pokemon Sword and Shield. As always, we will take a look at the major design trends and themes of this generation, and how the designs have changed from previous generations!
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Transcript: What’s up designers, and welcome back to Rempton Games. I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I am finally back with some new Pokemon AI content. Specifically, I decided to try my hand at making an AI (or actually, a couple AIs) for Pokemon Showdown. In this video we will first be…
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Pokemon may seem like a simple game for kids, but it’s actually a complex web of secret dimensions, alternate universes and parallel timelines. In this video I take a look at all of the evidence for the Pokemon multiverse in the main-series games!
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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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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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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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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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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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