You may not be aware, but YouTube is now changing its monetization system and putting more stringent requirements on accounts that can make money off the platform. Creators are now required to have at least 1,000 subscribers and have had viewers watch your videos for at least 4,000 hours in the last 12 months. This means that small YouTube accounts, including ones that cater to us Pokémon fans, will probably face demonetization and be unable to make a small amount of money off of their hobby. But everyone gets 30 more days to hit the goal before this goes into effect!
I think it’s important that we encourage fans to create content and support each other as Pokémon fans. My own website is the result of many volunteers helping me, knowledge shared by more experienced webmasters and the encouragement of my readers. That’s why I feel it’s important to pass on this community spirit and try to support others who may just need exposure to find success.
Please CHECK OUT THIS TWEET for many great YouTube channels in the replies—I hope you can find something worth subscribing to and many videos worth watching. If you have time try to tweet a Creator and let them know you subscribed! Thank to all those who DM’d me their channels. I actually received many more than I was expecting but have tried to check out all of them. Here are some of my recommendations (but again, few of many so check out the tweet!):
POKÉMON ART & MUSIC
CoolShallow (almost to 1,000 subscribers!) often publishes art videos, both of existing Pokémon and “fakemon”, as well as occasional gameplay videos! It’s hard not to find how they create 3D models off of Ken Sugimori artwork fascinating!
Honorable Mentions: Dialga22239 (music remixes)
COMPETITIVE BATTLERS
PokeStrikes (almost 1,000 subscribers!) makes videos about his climb up the ranking ladder on a regular basis with lots of different strategies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHc6uWawoxA
Honorable Mentions: King Bub, Dubious, DarkDevil26, TheUzigunner, WarmConal007, THATSAplusONE
POKÉMON GAMING
TotemRotom produces a lot of Pokémon gaming videos and also occasionally makes helpful how-to videos!
Honorable Mentions: PikaVolt SS9, PokeSirena (regular rumor videos!)
POKÉMON TCG
Robert Kinzel (almost at 1,000 subscribers!) does TCG openings as well as other collectible videos!
Braysh Gaming covers lots of Japanese TCG content which is always a treat!
Honorable Mentions: Pokemonfanfam, Manon _pokemon, Cmacpride1, Retro & New, Mouse & Mewnu
POKÉMON, ETC
FalseProof (almost 1,000 subscribers!) does fan-game Nuzlocke runs, but also focuses on other games across different platforms. Great production values and and lots of variety!
Thanks to everyone who takes part in this team effort to push Pokémon content creators to be the very best they can! Subscribe and share on social media so we can have the biggest impact possible!
Also feel free to subscribe to us while you’re at it! We do post videos once in a great while 🙂
PLEASE NOTE: I did my best to vet channels for any obviously offensive or objectionable content, but I can never be 100% certain. Please let us know if a channel does not live up to community standards so I can remove it.
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We found the queen
That pokken match went from me effortlessly perfecting this guy to him bootycaking me in the next two matches
IM IN LOVE!!!!!!!
SAY HELLO TO MY NEW LOVER
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I can already picture what you’re going to do with it
Obliterate everyone in my way
Not exactly what I was thinkin ;3
Based TPCi showing UB =/= Legendary https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/763ee9b483d356f41448316e1724e1997b13e3bb7458d245ecf7f25e399f0cb4.jpg
YES I WAS RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING
What would that be?
They ain’t legends
I knew it too 😀
Finally people who understand this simple fact
Ha! I knew UB’s weren’t Legendary
>:D
Factoid of the day: Poison and bug are the only two legendless types
But There is Bug Mythical so that sorta makes up for it. (Yes I know mythicals arent legends)
True but every other type has one besides these two
And one is needed
Silvally is though.
I guess UBs aren’t considered legends since they can be found in abundance, or maybe due to their corrupted (different?) state.
Interesting depending on which game you have determines your legendary
Dialga for Sun and US
Palkia for Moon and UM
Also in SuMo they are level 60, while in USUM they are level 100
So they are confirmed for both SM+USUM? I want multiple Shiny Zygarde so I can keep 1 as 10%.
I wonder if you can use them like that or if they lose their Shinyness like Shadow Pokémon in Colloseum
I don’t know, I hope so, unless stupidly it can’t change form.
I suggest to save before and test it and if it doesn’t come out Shiny then reset and don’t retry
Yeah I will have to, still they might show it in its’ different forms nearer the time in a mini announcement thing.
I would not be mad if this happened it’d imply Megas make a comeback lol
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Unless the megabois are new it’s a nogo for me
Ngl I wouldn’t mind a game with no new Mons if it was innovative enough
I mean I wouldn’t take Kanto again without new megas
Well I mean they obviously wouldn’t give the starters new Megas lol
;3
But we could use a Water/Steel Mega Blastoise Y and Grass/Fairy Mega Venusaur Y
No and no
That’s so ugly, ewww.
Looks good but another Kanto remake would be a big turn off for me. If they are sequels or reboots in an AU i’d take them both tho
Ready for take off to beat Skyla my team is just all level 36 and the same (Except Frosty is now Vanillish :3) wish me luck
GL, you’ll probably breeze through it.
Way too easy just like you said :3
Emboar mowed down Swoobat
Vanillish iced Unfeazant
And Elgyem electrocuted Swanna
YUS you taught Elgyem Charge Beam
Obviously it is crushes with that move
So, I’ve been playing a Randomized version of Fire Emblem Sacred Stones (Again, thank you, Seraph, I couldn’t have done this without your help), and it’s pretty cool.Pretty crazy too considering units can also be Monster classes (Bonewalkers, Deathgoyles, etc.).
I think the fast that mythicals are considered different than legendaries is stupid and unnecessary
It’s better than if they were all legendary, but current legendaries had a special name
No they don’t
There’s so many of them it doesn’t even mean anything
Found a Cryogonal on like my 5th encounter
Now the big guy just has to stay in the damn ball!
Ahhhhhhhh!!! I got my Cryogonal 😀
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It’s Calm natured too! Is that good?
Yeah cos Cryogonal is a special wall so Calm increses sp.def even further & decreases atk which is good cos its not a physical attacker at all
Alright! 😀
Are you replacing Vanillish?
Nah I just wanted this rare beauty as a capture
Dog bless Pokémon games for having a female option
Why on earth would someone waste their master ball on a Klefki? Cant be for ball animation reasons because it looks best with a Heal Ball. WT attracts special breeds man
Accident, hack or non-caring. If it’s under its’ capturable level it’s a hack because Master Ball doesn’t breed.
it was lv31 from WT so someone just went to thrifty megamart and used master ball out of boredom
For the meme
Damn it! I thought maybe I could sneak out to Route 9 to get my Pawniard just to find out Team Plasma blocks the gate
Is it till after Dragonspiral Tower or till you beat Brycen
New article
S***t, I’m failing one of my classes…
You can turn this around!!
if you reach 1000 after this then can you monetize?