- Let me just remind everybody that this is a kid's game. You can get through the whole thing pretty easily without
much help from anybody, so it's already a very easy game. Of course, it can get
hard if you make it hard, but if you don't want to make it hard, I, this is already off to a bad start. You have the option of buying the game with an accessory that allows you to keep playing the game when you otherwise normally would have to stop. So, what does the
Pokeball Plus do, exactly? How does it change the game, and is it really worth that $50 price tag? (video game noises) I wasn't really expecting
to like this thing as much as I do. It's pretty pricey, but
the build quality is solid, and it's packed with way more features than it looks like on the surface. It's also a legit motion
controller for your Switch. It's actually the easiest controller, if not the easiest Bluetooth device that I have ever paired. Despite the fact that
it has no instructions. The instruction book has
a whole lot of words, but this little tiny line in the middle of all these words says, follow
the on-screen instructions. (ding) When you boot up Pokemon, Let's Go, a screen comes up with
instructions that just say, press a button on the
controller that you want to use. I have never been able
to take a wireless device out of the box and have it just work. You literally just press
either of the two buttons while this screen is up,
and it syncs automatically. Yeah, it might not look
like it, but there's actually two buttons on the Pokeball Plus. Yeah, there's the control stick, but there's also the middle click, which acts as the select or action button. This how you navigate 90% of the menus. There's also a somewhat
hidden button at the top. This is your back button. It's a little confusing that
the on-screen menu controls don't change when you're
using the Pokeball Plus. Middle click acts as
A, the top button is B, and shaking the controller is Y. This is pretty important
to some of the menus and it's not clearly specified anywhere. Everything else, you can
find in drop-down menus. It's also slightly
annoying that this thing doesn't have a home button. In order to put the console to sleep, you have to pick up a joy-con. This is the only time in
the game where I think using a Pro controller might make sense. Because some people just
have a Pro controller, like, in front of them. But it won't even connect,
so it doesn't even work. That's why you got this thing, right? You got it to navigate the menus? Nah, you got it for the Mew, the free Mew that's in there. Once you connect your Pokeball Plus, you can head on over to
the communicate section and then claim your mystery gift. It's only level one, and only knows the moves pound and swift. And Mew barely learns any
moves from leveling up. But, he can learn any TM. So now you finally have
a reason to pay attention to all the TM's that you're getting. And since experience
share is on by default from the very beginning of the game, it's super easy to level
up all of the Pokemon in your party. It only took a few battles for Mew to get caught up with
the rest of the team. For real though, you're probably wondering how the motion controls
work on this thing. And they work exactly the same as they do on the joy-con. The Pokeball Plus is a
little tinier than I'd like, and it's easy for it to lose orientation since it's just a
smooth, symmetrical ball. Sometimes it rotates in my hand without me realizing it, and I end up walking the wrong way
because the control stick is pointing the wrong way. They should have put a
little bump at the top as an indicator, to let you
know what orientation it's at, similar to how keyboards have bumps on the K and, was it J keys? Catching Pokemon isn't any
easier with this thing. It feels a little bit cooler because it's an actual Pokeball, but otherwise it's exactly the same as the joy-con. And I already talked about how it feels with the joy-con in a video over here if you want a more in-depth
analysis about that. If you don't want to watch that video, the summary is that the
motion controls are fine. They're just fine. (celebratory video game noises) And those are probably the
most advertised features of the Pokeball Plus, but
those aren't the reasons why this thing makes Pokemon,
Let's Go so much easier. The reason this makes Pokemon,
Let's Go so much easier is that you can take your
Pokemon for a stroll. Just like with the Pokemon Go Plus, you can gain XP just by walking around with your Pokemon in the real world. Simply go to the save menu, make sure you have your game saved first, then take whatever Pokemon you want out. Interestingly, you can
still use that Pokemon in the game while it's in your Pokeball. But now you can take
your Pokemon of choice with you, and the Pokeball Plus will track every step you take. You can also play with your
Pokemon while it's in the ball by holding down the joystick
and flicking it around. It's like a Tamagotchi. You don't have to just put
your partner Pokemon in there, it doesn't have to be
either Pikachu or Eevee. It could be any Pokemon. It's just that Pikachu and Eevee are actually voice acted, and the rest are just kind of random sounds. To mute, you just press both buttons at the same time once, and you'll feel a short vibrate, and to unmute you do the same thing and you'll
feel two vibrations. When you come back and you
reconnect your Pokeball with Let's Go and tell the game that you're back from your stroll, you will level up like crazy. It's effortless. Whoah. Holy sh... All he did was go to Walmart. What's interesting is that your Pokemon from Let's Go will gain
experience even after you connect your Pokeball
Plus with the Go app. So now you can be gaining XP in two different games at the same time. Once connected to the app, it now acts just like the Pokemon Go Plus wristband. That means it will
automatically swipe Pokestops that you pass by, and it will flash when a Pokemon is nearby. You have the option to throw your Pokeball at the nearby Pokemon by
just pressing the top button. The light will flash to indicate if you've caught it or not. It could be a little
confusing if you do what I did and start off in a very busy area with Pokestops and Pokemon everywhere. The thing will just vibrate nonstop and flash all sorts of colors. It won't make any sense. Just know that blue means
you're by a Pokestop. Whatever follows will indicate if you got the items from it or not. Rainbow colors means you got them, red means your inventory is full. If your Pokeball flashes green, there's a Pokemon in range. Press the top button to
throw a Pokeball at it. It will flash white to show
that the ball's shaking, red means it got out, but
if it turns green again then you have another chance to catch it. Rainbow means you have
successfully caught it. Don't worry, while all this is happening your phone is also blowing
up with notifications to let you know exactly what's going on. But this is Pokemon Go
that we're talking about. It takes a few extra steps to connect the Pokeball Plus, which isn't too bad. Just make sure that the Pokeball icon in your app has the
signal bars next to it, or else you're gonna want to
reconnect the Pokeball Plus. And, make sure that Pokemon Go is running in the background the whole
time that you're playing or else you're not gonna catch anything and you might have to reconnect
the Pokeball Plus again. Also, when you're back
home and you want to play Pokemon, Let's Go again, make sure that you either disconnect
the Pokeball Plus from the app, close the app entirely, or disconnect from Bluetooth. Otherwise, the transition is seamless. If you don't play Pokemon Go, and you're thinking of
picking up the Pokeball Plus just for Pokemon, Let's Go, you might want to consider
getting into Pokemon Go. Because, later on in the game, you'll be able to transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Go into Pokemon, Let's Go. That means that you'll be twice as likely to capture that Pokemon that you want and you'll be able to
keep playing the game even when you're away from your Switch out in the real world. It also works while you're driving, if you're in an area with a lot of stop and go traffic
or a lot of red lights, that way you're not going too fast. Not that I would know anything about that. Super cool, all you have to do is press the top when you feel it vibrate. Who said that, you say that? Overall, I'm really
impressed with this thing. It might seem expensive, but it's a full-fledged controller with Bluetooth, vibrations, and motion controls. It makes your experience
that much more immersive. It feels like a living
part of the Pokemon world. And yes, it gives you a leg up over people who might not use one in their game. But for some reason, it
doesn't feel pay-to-win. I guess that's because it's
legitimately fun to use. That's a feeling that I
might not be able to explain, because, in the end, these are just imaginary digital creatures that don't add anything extra to my life. But then why does it feel so goddamn good to collect them and level
them up and pet them! Just look at it! (Pikachu coos happily) So what do you guys think
about the Pokeball Plus? Is it something that you were
previously interested in? Is it something that you already got? What is it that you intrigues you the most about this thing? Leave it in the comments
below, add me on Twitter. All this other social media garbage. I already have a really hard time reminding myself to play Pokemon Go when I actually leave the house. Maybe now that I don't
have to look at my phone this will make me play
Pokemon Go a lot more. Or make me want to play it a lot more. I know that I'm excited now
to go out on Black Friday. Not to buy anything,
but just to walk around with my Pikachu in my pocket. No, my Mew, I'm gonna put my Mew in there. He's gonna be swole as
hell, and he's gonna pound the (video game
noise) out of people. Anyway, we got new videos
and livestreams all the time. We've been uploading every day for the last, like, week. Livestreams here on youtube.com/wulfden, also on twitch.tv/wulfden. And I'm gonna be playing
a whole lot of Let's Go, you bet your ass I will. Also, AJ's got a video
about how Pokemon, Let's Go is basically Pokemon
Yellow, new game plus. And there's a video, I'll
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