How GOOD was Xatu ACTUALLY? - History of Xatu in Competitive Pokemon

First 3 gens: how good were other psychic types actually? Gen 5 onwards: how good was magic bounce actually?

Xatu foresaw itself getting Magic Bounce in Gen 5 so it calmly waited through the hardships of Gen 3 and 4.

The inspirational story of how xatu bounced back from NU after it became a trampoline.

Xatu shold have gotten a Gigantamax form in SS, making it into a giant totem pole!

A Pokemon that spends all day staring directly into the sun finds a home on Sun Teams. I love it when lore and gameplay align perfectly!

I like that Natu's whole body is just Xatu's head

Gen 5, the weather generation. Gen 5 powercreep with the abundance of fighting types and the emergence of ferrothorn... oh wait...

@11:53 does anyone else find it incredibly satisfying that Xatu's popular moves are almost perfectly color coded to its color scheme?

The fact that natu is viable in PU and regigigas is not makes me laugh way too much

2:56 "There's little question that Xatu would have dunked on the tier with ease" Xatu dabs

Xatu was definitely useful in Mystery Dungeon, the world would've been doomed without him!

This evolution line has to be one of my absolute favorites, so I'm glad we finally got some coverage on their interesting competitive past! From their design, to their concept, ability, and moveset this has to be one of the most well thought out pokemon in the series, so it's nice to see that this pokemon is an adequate competitive pokemon on top of all that. It's sort if interesting how they play so similarly to their intended design (being so prediction based makes one think if you really do have to be a psychic to play them well).

i remember my first playthrough of pokemon silver when i was a kid. when will sent out his xatu and i heard its cry for the first time, to me, it sounded like a "shit's getting real" cry for some reason and when it fired off its psychic, my jaw dropped, because i didn't meet any pokemon that knew psychic until that point, plus, the animation made my screen go crazy in a addition to the massive damage it dealt. to me, it was so epic and i wish i could be a kid and play pokemon silver for the first time again but i'm glad i have that memory :)

Lets talk about how a small psychic bird like natu had more competitive use than an electric monster like electivire

“But it was a generation late, and a pokédollar short.”

FUN FACTS: Xatu in the Anime is seen using a form of communication similar to Semaphore. Quoting directly from the Wikipedia page regarding Flag Semaphore "Flag Semaphore is the telegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it is read when the flag is in a fixed position. Semaphores were adopted and widely used (with hand-held flags replacing the mechanical arms of Shutter Semaphores) in the Maritime world in the Ninteenth century. It is still used during Underway Replenishment at sea and is acceptable for emergency communication in daylight or using lighted wands instead of flags at night." In addition to this unique detail regarding Xatu, both Natu and Xatu are not only based on Totem Poles and the Oriental Quetzal (the national bird of the Country Guatemala), but also a special type of Ceremonial figurine or doll know as the Kachina Doll. Kachina Dolls were widely used by groups within the Pueblo Tribes and cultures of Native Americans. These groups consisted of the Hopi, Zuni, Hopi-Tewa, and certain Keresan Tribes as well as other within the region of New Mexico. The dolls themselves were made to resemble beings know as the Kachina, who were essentially the spiritual personification of things in the real world usually in nature. They could consist of sacred element, location, personality trait or skill, or natural phenomenon. Some examples include the Sun, Stars, Thunderstorms, Wind, Corn, or Insects. Although not worshiped, if the Kachina were revered with respect, they could use their particular powers for the benefit of human beings. Some of these powers consisted of bringing Rainfall, Physical and Mental Healing, Fertility, and Protection. The overall concept was that everything in existence has an essence or life force, and Humans must interact with them in order to survive. This just goes to show just how well thought out Pokémon designs are. Even if they make several large mistakes, GameFreak almost always makes sure to do their research. And the best Pokémon are ones with multiple different inspirations.☺️🐦🏜️🇬🇹🧸

Gen 5: "YOUR TIME HAS COME... AND SO HAS YOUR CHILD'S."

"Alright, here it comes, the good old U-bomb: *Unfortunately*" Is FSG meming himself? xD

Get Darmanitan's Zen moding, gorilla tacticing butt in there

Natu and Xatu are my first and second favorite psychic and flying types respectively, and in my top 5 pokemon of all time, so its cool to see them succed