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Sounds like speedrunners just need to get good 😎

Looks like the OG game with those graphics

He’s just built different

Mudkip sounds like a terrible one to use.

Why go mudkip then?

It's kind of amusing that such a seemingly insignificant change in stats is so impactful. At level 13, a difference between 15 and 28 IVs should only result in the corresponding stat being raised by 2. Yet this apparently does enough for this battle to be a horror towards speedrunners. I almost wonder if the bug is being somewhat exaggerated, and this fight would be a nightmare regardless.

More like "Machad".

For a better point of reference, what level would this jacked Machop be equivalent to assuming more average or normalized stats?

It didn't strike me that much, pretty sure my Chikorita had evolved at this point, I do remember thinking that Broli was weak compared to the other trainers

So wait. If its such a run killer. Why not just catch another pokemon on the way ? /:

Hey um, quick question; does holding a oran berry help at all?

I hope some god finds our universe and changes reality so that there’s a second fight just like him right after

For me, the big thing in DP is the fact that usually, when a specialist strays from their type, it's the minority of their team, Bruno has 3 Fighting types and 2 Onyx, Lance is actually 100% Type Based with his Flying specialty (Jokes aside his team is still mainly Dragonite usually), Lorelei uses 1 pokemon off her type. I really like it when trainers use thematic but off-type pokemon for their teams, as long as it's not Flint where it's the majority of the team.

Machop has the ideal body. You may not like it but it's what peak performance looks like.

In defense of the pidgeot - my favorite bird from generation 1 - of all three birds (pidgeot/fearow/dodrio) he is the most bulky and the only one who has access to quick attack and sand attack: His purpose in the team is a “first check” of what type of Pokémon the enemy uses. He is strong enough to hurt or even kill (with a quick attack killshot) less tough mons or weaken them with sand attack, after which it he uses the pokemon that has the type advantage over you.

Technically he's really only difficult if you speed run.

Despite playing Pokemon since Red back in the 90s, the only Pokédex I fully completed was Ultra Moon. Got the Nurse Joy outfit and everything.

This is what happens when Fromsoft lets Nintendo borrow a programmer for the day.

5:38 “gen 6”? It might be an upgraded version but this is still generation 3 🥲 why do people call this gen 6? Im playin brilliant diamond but i dont call it generation 8. Whats the big difference?

Sounds like he just wants to become the gym leader or maybe he wants to be the OC of his own story and keeps killing all these pokemon to prove the gods that be that he can be.

No mention of Dodrio? It has higher overall stats than fearow and higher attack than aerodactyl, while also having drill peck. I think it's a better choice for the silph co battle, and a much better choice for the rt 22 and champion battle, since it would have strong normal stab in Tri Attack by that time. (Although for the champion fight I'd argue you could give him zapdos or articuno)

I beg to differ on the nugget bridge rival. Sure pidgeotto has higher stats, but spearow matches it in speed and attack and, importantly, pidgeotto doesn't have any flying moves by level 18, whereas spearow starts with peck.

I'm not well versed in speed running but why not just hit him with a flying type? Or does this run only allow the use of one Mon?

What's the difference in win rate if Hideki were to have only 15 IV?

I like what you tried to do here, it's interesting to think about a different timeline with other pokemon for Blue. Personally, I would rather him keeping his starter and having the pokemon he catched in the team for the next battle to see them evolve. So I would keep them permanently and make the team this way whoever he choses to replace Rattata or Growlithe, for example.

In gen 1, Growlithe learns Flamethrower at lv 50. So in defense of Blue, he is waiting until that level to get that move then evolving Growlithe. Thats my theory anyway.

Me losing my starter at my as nuzlocke on gym 2 😭

I'm not sure when exactly the change was made, but at some point, the Pokédex started telling you the type of a Pokémon even after only seeing it. I really liked this in SwSh and SV because after encountering a new Pokémon, I can check my dex to see its type combination, even if I haven't had a chance to catch it. SV's dex removed the ability to jump forward a page at a time (typically left and right in previous games) and is much more of a chore to scroll through as a result.

I like your videos. Thank you for making them

Wigglytuff would be a good choice since I’m pretty sure the rival uses him in Pokemon Stadium.

Most busted generation 1 team (without legendaries) would be Tauros, Snorlax, Chansey, Alakazam, Exeggutor, and Starmie.

You know in the Pokemon Origins OVA series, where Mewtwo yeets Blue's Blastoise on top of him, crushing his Pokedex in the process? He's done dirty, like Anakin being denied the rank of Master. But it probably makes sense given his team's abysmal moves.

So… Pokemon Yellow Legacy?

Vbell with high speed and razor leaf is the best grass type in gen 1

ORAS is still my favorite. It’s everything I imagined Sapphire to be like if it had 3D models and all the cool immersion stuff i dreamed of as a kid, like petting your pokemon and your bond with it MATTERING.

I mean, if you want to give him a strong team, give him Nidoking after Mt Moon 😂

a counter argument for cerulean cave is that you went into the league a few moments after he gained his champion title in that case blue would have no time to explore cerulean cave

You say speedrun, but we know you gave him bulbasaur because it's the best of the starters 😂

It's because that Machop practiced Low Sweep 10,000 times

If he could have a Flareon at tower then why not Arcanine or Ninetales? Same story with the leaf stone for Victreebel and Vileplume. Also I'd argue that Kadabra is still a better choice than Mr Mime considering the much better speed and special. With psychic being available I can't imagine most things standing in Kadabra's way. Hell you could just evolve it to Alakazam at that point too considering there's not badge or progress limitations.

with a lot of these choices i disagree with. what i really think of is MR.Mime and Arodactyl, it is implied that the ones you the player get are the only ones in Kanto, there i don't really get why MR.Mime would be so rare, when it it comes to Arodyctil it is us who take the fossil to the resurrection place

i wold be intersted i seeing your take on his stadium teams

I love challenges that make glub shitto scrubs credible threats

You'll be hearing from my lawyer about you not talking about if the Rival could have a stronger Team 5 seconds after he got his starter 😤

Improve is quite easy. Making his team actually good requires a HUGE improvement, though.

Lets be fair, most of this is gen 1 limitations. the movesets for example for some odd reason were never customized in red and blue barring ace pokemon. This could have easily been changed, at the very least they could have given each of his final pokemon 1 of the TM moves from the Gym leaders, showing his progression. Mewtwo would not chronically make sense as he becomes champ only a few minutes before you do. Also red and blue love level 16 Raticate which makes me wonder if it was originally supposed to evolve there. I think the game should have added more pokemon to his team while also keeping their levels balanced. it never made sense to me why a pokedex holder didnt have a team of 6 till near the end. He even uses the abra in the Cerulean City battle despite it only knowing teleport so to say he is knowingly holding back what he is using in the battle wouldnt always make sense either.

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading! 11:11 IS Wing Attack good enough? In Gen 1, it's only 35 base power. No joke. 11:33 It could be a meta thing; Many stone evolutions have limited level-up movepools AFTER evolving, so waiting to evolve them can be worthwhile. 13:13 Unevolved Pokemon learn moves at lower levels, so MAYBE Blue REALLY wanted... uh, Leer or Take Down earlier? It already has Tail Whip, though. Maybe he just doesn't want Rhyhorn wagging its tail instead of leering cooly when he wants it to lower DEF? 14:03 If he had the time. It's implied he JUST became Champion. 14:55 The moves are mostly level-up moveset order. Rhyhorn gets Take Down at Level 55 but Rhydon gets it at Level 64. At Level 61, a Rhydon has those 4 moves. 15:13 Gen 1 was kinda thrown together, & Rhydon, IIRC was 1 of the first designed Pokemon. First in the internal index, too. Maybe it was Normal-type early on? Or they were just negligent.... 15:33 Aside from Wing Attack's low BP in Gen 1 & the alternatives being Fly & Sky Attack, crazily enough Aerodactyl could NOT learn Rock Slide until Generation 3. Lance's got it in Gen 2, but no other Aerodactyl could until Gen 3, in a seemingly massive oversight. Its 1st Rock STAB was... Ancient Power in Gen 2.

I think the reason pokemon like arcanine have bad movesets is because when they are give to the ai trainer they didnt bother to adjust their movesets so it just gets 4 early moves and learns nothing as if the growlithe was immediately evolved with fire stone. dont know why rhydon has both tail whip and leer though.

I don’t disagree necessarily, but sand attack spam is more than enough for Blue to be considered my most despised gaming fight of all time. I dread each time I play a Red romhack and every time I have to face him….. Side note: Pokémon PureRed and Pokémon Red++ are phenomenal hacks. I tried them recently.

I never have a problem i am always level 30 by then.