Pokémon Sword & Shield - And I Am a Material Squirrel - Dec 28 19 B

Happy 2020, everybody! 2020 will be my 15th year I've been putting up videos on YouTube. Imagine that... Certainly, I did not expect to keep going for this long when I first uploaded videos, though I did use this date system right from the start as a way to future-proof myself into something consistent. The YouTube audience has also gone down in age somewhat since then, so I'm sure I get a lot of viewers who weren't even born yet when I got started.

Here's to another 15 years!

Also, this team now has a playlist! If only YouTube playlist URLs were less clunky.


Opponent: Fynn (12)
Stadium: Default Stadium
Music: Bede
My Pokémon: Greedent, Haxorus, Galvantula
Opponent's Pokémon: Katapuldra (Dragapult), Galagladi (Gallade), Krarmor (Corviknight)

There are two things I'm sure most Pokémon Sword and Shield players think of when they see Greedent. The first is that Greedent is this generation's early-game Normal-type mammal. The second is that Greedent is that Pokémon that shows up when you're shaking Berry Trees to gather Berries and causes you to lose them. As a result, I can't imagine Greedent having that stellar of a reputation.

(I don't know why the term "early-game rodent" is used, considering half of them aren't even rodents. They are all mammals, however, and they're all Normal-type. Furret and Linoone, and Obstagoon if it counts, are based on mustelids. Bunnelby and Diggersby are based on lagomorphs, and Raticate, while based on a rodent, has the tooth structure of a lagomorph. Yungoos and Gumshoos are based on feliforms, while Zigzagoon is based on caniforms. Rattata, Raticate, Bidoof, Bibarel, Patrat, Watchog, Skwovet, and Greedent are actually based on rodents.)

But I've liked this little guy since the leaks revealed it, which is odd considering you would think they'd showcase the Skwovet line before the game's release. As of when I'm typing this, there is still no official reveal for it aside from the guide book, and no high quality artwork of either of these squirrels have been put up online. Greedent, in particular, looks like it stepped out of a mid-20th century Disney cartoon and is at odds, appearance-wise, with the majority of Pokémon. However, Pokémon is a series where characters of many different art styles come together. Electrode and Solgaleo don't look like they could fight in the same game, but there it is!

Now, Dragapult is one of the Pokémon I had anticipated Greedent would have to fight, so I brought mine the tools needed to take one down. By the second turn, things were clearly going south for Fynn, so they took an early Dynamax, a defensive one to ensure Dragapult could survive the next turn. In hindsight, I found it odd that Fynn would choose Dragapult rather than Gallade to Dynamax. But I went to those lengths to describe Greedent's reputation because I think Fynn was getting REAL nervous that a Greedent could get the best of them (especially because of Greedent's ditzy smile), so they used Dynamax as a panic button. It ultimately was unsuccessful for Fynn.

That Max Quake, if you're wondering, was to raise Special Defense, as I didn't know what would come after. If what's next was a special attacker, I'd be prepared, especially since Dragapult's Draco Meteor had already dampened its Special Attack.

By the way, since I will likely not use Dragapult, at least not in a long while, I'd like to say that I really like Dragapult too, as it's a diplocaulus (a pre-Jurassic amphibian) with a stealth bomber...a B-19, if I have my military knowledge straight, for a head. Its cry is neat too, as it's a roar made to sound like a stealth bomber passing by, Doppler effect and all. Not to mention the Dreepies on its head.

Also, those names are German. Nintendo of Europe's German branch loves punning too.

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