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Today's strange and unusual deep dive will explore the Bug Catching Contest found in Pokemon Gold, Pokemon Silver, Pokemon Crystal, Pokemon Heartgold, and Pokemon Soulsilver! Let's go on a whimsical adventure through the lovely National Park as we look for the best bug in Pokemon and maybe find some beauty along the way. There is a childlike charm and magic to this contest, with various people of the Johto region running around all looking for the best bugs- but there's also a deceptive depth to it as well, with a fascinating gameplay loop that begs further exploration. Whether it's in GSC or HGSS, Let's catch some bugs!
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Is there a unova mod?
Nah, cringe. I ain't watching the video sadly. =/
Opera is literal spyware :/
Opera is literal spyware.
@@SethJV how could you do this to droomish? You break his heart😢
Releases vid on not Tuesday, Thursday, nor Saturday
I mean the calendar said February what do you expect
@@wolfdragonblood2015 My first insect, uhh I mean instict too lol
Well, now that you were reminded of the bug catching contest, you are free to enjoy it again starting tomorrow. 😊
You can watch them anytime you know that right
@@franstef that's a good point, if it came out on a Tuesday less people would have caught it
My man was brave as hell, posting this on a Monday and then starting the video with "it's Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Saturday" 😂
Now we're ready for tomorrow
this video lives in an unfortunate subspace that is only accurate 3/7ths of the week
Wide Lens Butterfree with Sleep Powder. That's all you need to guarantee a win at the bug catching contest almost every time.
I think his name is cooltrainer nick who kind of bumbles in the contest from time to time.
This NPC is basically going to each contest with his absurdly high point totals every single time...
Do NOT enter when you see a cooltrainer sprite in the hallway (or the top left part of the map) unless you end up wanting to pull your hair out the entire time.
COOL TRAINER NICK!!! every guide/forum post I could find about recommended restarting if he shows up, every bug he can catch posts a borderline cheating score! He is a playground VILLAIN!
I wanna beat him =.=
bro just gets full odds perfect IV bugs or something
Here from the future, Droomish was elected president for posting peak pokemon content
nice
2nd place was definitely woop
Deserved
I think the reference to bright/pretty colors might mean that shinies are valued higher if they're found.
Probably!
I sense a new variety of safari week
In the originals, they are, because of how shinines is tie to stats
But in the remakes is irrelevant
13:38 Droomish explains that here...
@@maxor2277 I know. I posted the comment before finishing the video, lest I forget by the time it finishes.
The closest we got to multiplayer bug catching contest in my humble opinion was when candyevie made a video about Vivillon collecting before 3DS wifi services get JFK'd, so we all collectively started playing these games and traded our cute butterflies with each other to get all the variants. Truly a 2023 moment, 10 years after XY's release. I hope my Marines are having fun in someone's box. Thanks for all the other ones if you sent me any. My favourite Vivillon is Ocean and my favourite bug overall is Venonat. And hey, that one *is* in the contest! We've truly always been surrounded by beauty, haven't we?
vivillion is the best because it's MY favorite bug!! and dang that sounds really fun, what a celebration of the global community and the end of an era! and I would say so! your story has surrounded me with beauty
I am, indeed, part of those many Caterpie fans
We are legion
SHEDINJA is the best bug, no contest. The greatest of all gimmick pokémon!
I love shedinja :)
Shedinja squad ❤
clocking in at my loving shedinja shift
For some reason, this got me thinking of Zen Mode’s video about fixing Johto. It was such a missed opportunity to not have a Bug-type Elite 4 member.
In ZM’s video, he talks about changing the champion from Lance to Karen. Her message about using your favorite Pokemon matches the themes of the region and it comes off as more genuine because she uses a variety of Pokemon (like a champion) instead of stacking her team with pseudo legendaries and other OP Pokemon. The vagueness of “strong Pokemon” in the contest reinforces that idea of what makes a Pokemon strong is subjective. Hence why having an E4 member that reflects a noteworthy piece of the region with that messaging would fit in well thematically.
So, let’s promote Bugsy and say goodbye to Bruno. We already have a Fighting-type gym leader in Johto with Chuck (whereas Will and Koga’s duplicate typings correspond to Kanto gym leaders). So, Bruno now runs the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. The original owner went off on a journey and is now the guy who gives you a Tyrogue in Mt. Silver. Well, he might actually already be the same person since he’s the Karate Master in RBGY/FRLG and the Karate King in HGSS. Point is, Bruno is gone to make room for Bugsy.
Since Jasmine only had a Steelix and two Magnemite and Chuck only had Primeape and Poliwrath, Bugsy now has Forretress and Heracross (two mons to reflect the unique heat-butting mechanic of the region) as well as Pinsir and Scizor (two mons that reflect the Bug Catching Contest).
This then takes inspiration from The Golden Owl’s video on Cynthia. The reason why Spiritomb, Milotic, Lucario, and Garchomp all work really well on her Diamond/Pearl teams is because of how unlikely you are to encounter them before. Spiritomb required the underground and wifi, Milotic required finding Feebas in unique tiles within Mt Coronet’s internal bodies of water, Garchomp required back tracking to the route under cycling road where you’d have to find a hidden entrance and use Strength to get through (obviously this is different in Platinum), and Lucario is found through an optional side quest.
So, now going back to my picks for Bugsy, a player could have easily missed all of these mons if they weren’t fully exploring the region and all it had to offer. And if we need to give him a 5th mon, you could either go with Ledian to mirror Koga’s Ariados or Shuckle for players who didn’t pick up the gift one in Cianwood City (or didn’t find any others via Rock Smash).
How did a simple video on the Bug Catching Contest lead me to this entire rant on reworking HGSS? I have no idea lol
Anyways, great vid! Always look forwards to your content! Keep it up!
wow this is awesome! I partially realized this while I was working on this, gen 2 has a good handful of bug types that are extremely easy to miss if you aren't properly poking around- shuckle, scizor, heracross and forretress all being sort of tucked away- and I would really like to see a big display of those forces like you're saying. Bugsy has a really cool rematch team in HGSS too, there's a lot of potential!
@@droomish1In general, Johto had so much to offer that it didn’t! Falkner, Bugsy, and Chuck only use Kanto mons.
Morty should have been the first gym leader so Misdreavus could’ve been his ace (as well as having a Gastly).
Jasmine should have Skarmory and Forretress and/or Skarmory.
There are so many cool Normal-types that Whitney could’ve used (especially Smeargle).
Claire could’ve had more of a “fable” team with Kingdra, Dragonair, Tyranitar, and Togetic.
And Pryce is just underwhelming because of the freedom granted to the player.
It’d be so nice if more of the Johto region was actually highlighted in the league challenge.
Then there's Gold/Silver/Crystal that guy who wins almost all the time when he's there with butterfrees.
The real prize is the friends we made along the way.
Bro, you missed the opportunity to post this tomorrow, on a Tuesday...
he’s got all this engagement , big brain move
But then it would interfere with you competing in the contest tomorrow. 🙄
"I asked my friend Max what's the best Bug Pokémon and he said it's Galvantula, so mystery solved."
I accept this.
16:50 "The bug catching contest has a really special place in my heart and I've got a lot of good memories with it for when I was a kid." Except for you, you freaking Weedle **uses Eruption on it** **sends it into the Shadow Realm**
Loved this video! As a bug catcher and a competitive mono bug trainer i have deep appreciation for this video, the effort, and care u put into highlighting a really fun mini game centered around bug pkmn absolutely perfect. I wish the bug catching contest came back in one of the later gens and not gotten phased out like with other note worthy things from the previous gens like the battle frontier. Anyway keep up the amazing work alwasy looking forward to ur next videos!
it is an honor to receive such high praise from an expert on the subject. I wish you the best in your monobug exploits
@@droomish1 thank you, I appreciate it
wait til i tell my dog he has the HIGH HONOR OF BEING THE SCRUNGLY DOG EQUIVALENT TO CATERPIE in this EPIC NEW DROOMISH VIDEO
comments: "release not on tuesday/thursday/saturday"
me in asia: uhm
Buzzwole and Machamp inspired me to go from 375 to 225lbs. True story. It started as a joke about posing with my shiny fighting type team like the ginyu force. 😂
To those complaining that this video went up on a Monday:
It was Tuesday in Japan (and Australia, NZ, etc) when the video went up!! Seems like a calculated play to me.
The line "... using Pokemon with beautiful colors ..." is probably referring to shiny pokemon. Still never seen anyone find a shiny in the Bug Catching Contest though.
As a pretty big Caterpie fan, thanks for acknowledging we exist and that the adorable worm Pokémon isn't just a joke. Caterpie is just special. I know it's a pretty common and weak Pokémon, but it tries its best and that's what's important. It's so easy to get lost in the weeds of numbers and whatnot. But to appreciate Caterpie, one doesn't have to do that. It's enough to love its simple, effective, and cute design. Caterpie is just great like that!
BALATRO MENTIONED RAHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅🦅 6:46
I can not get enough of these silly jokers!!!
I literally named our first family pet after 'Scyther' because of the Bug Catching Contest in SGC. Amazing work!
I grew up playing crystal, so I have fond memories of playing the contest. Thanks for the great video
My favorite bug type is definitely Volcarona. I try to catch one in every game it appears in.
0:27 How can it be Tuesday, Thursday *and* / or Saturday????????
14:38 Honestly, a Bird-Catching Contest would be awesome!!
Funny timing. Im currently playing Heart Gold, just beat Whitney and am on my way to the park.
Droomish, it's Monday.
It was Tuesday in Tokyo when he uploaded it though...
@@ianlalonde5373 Tokyo is ahead of us? It was Sunday when this was live there. Unless he uploaded it like 8 days ago
@@dungeonpastor it’s currently 7:46 AM in Tokyo on Tuesday
So he uploaded at like 1 am in Tokyo@@ianlalonde5373, I stand corrected.
But then it would interfere with you competing in the contest tomorrow. 🙄
The bug catching contest is, no exaggeration, one of my favorite side modes in the series. It lets you catch Pokemon you couldn't get anywhere else, and makes you engage with the catching mechanics in a more challenging way than normal, but way more fairly than the Safari Zone. It also keeps you aware of different events being on different days, and as a nice bonus you get a free reward for participating.
Thank you for releasing this on a Monday, so I can be fully prepared for the contest tomorrow! 😃
Hey it's me Max from the video and yes I said Galvantula is the best bug and I'm ready to fight for their honor.
imagine going to a contest in real life and you lose so they hand you an empty cicada shell as a consolation prize 💀
In PokeMMO, you can participate in community organised catching contests. 1 hour to catch given species of pokemon, with a score based on IV, nature and species. First place is often a shiny pokemon ! Totally emulates this feeling in a multiplayer way, with the added bonus of chatting with the other players
The worst part about the bug catching contest is that it's not every day of the week tbh, Soul Silver is really in a league of its own when it comes to mini games/events in the main series
So what you're saying is that I need to go in and win a Bug Contest by catching a Shiny Bug Pokemon? Challenge accepted.
I randomly played my original silver and did a nuzlocke. I wanted pinsir or syther so I went to the bug catching competition. I just kept throwing balls at it and got it. I won 1st prize on my first time. I didn't know why people thought it was so hard but this makes it make sense. i didn't weaken it. I thought it might of had really high ivs but this makes much more sense.
genuinely so happy to see someone appretiate the bug catching contest like I have! It's such a charming part of gen 2 I get sucked into every time I pick up one of the games
The real prize are the new bug friends we made along the way in the bug catching contest.
This type of contest should be in the newest games. Or something like it. Like catch the biggest fish or find the best Pokemon IV wise. Also, I have a list of my highest scores in the Bug Catching Contest. My best score is 383.
As someone who took there first steps into the world of pokemon in the johto region and a self proclaimed bug type trainer iv always been in love with the bug catching contests. If i had any problem, its just that all of the new bug mons added in johto (yanma, pineco, shuckle, of course best beetle heracross) arent able to be caught as a part of it! Id love to see a bug catching contest that expands itself even further if it ever returned, of course featuring my personal favorite bug type.... Golisopod!
I loved the bug catching contest as a kid, always fun to just go hunting around. I had that HGSS guide and used the everloving hell out of it, so I knew to just chuck balls at full HP mons for best results, but I loved just how diverse the contest felt after you got the national decks. Never found a shiny there, but just running into wild scyther and beedrill and what not felt so cool back when finding 3rd stage mons in the wild was still very taboo in the series
I love the Bug-Catching Contest. It's just one of many things that makes the world of GSC and HGSS feel alive and fleshed-out in a way that no other games in the series have captured thus far.
My personal favorite bug is Frosmoth. It just BARELY edges out Heracross, by virtue of Ice being my favorite type.
Love appreciation for little pieces of game like this. Really good and funny editing too. My favorite bugs are Heracross, Scizor, Ninjask and Shedinja. All cool designs but really cool competitively too!
As a kid I caught a shiny beedrill on my silver cartridge. One of my best childhood memories
Love the idea of a bug catching contest for each type with different content creators
I really like how you're using Dragonair. but I also like how TH-cam seems to think you're playing Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
You fools, posting on a Monday was a plan for engagement farming!
Jokes aside, great video as always.
8:18 same in indigo disk too
Great fan of vids about locations
Oh and I’m Australian and this was posted on a tuesday
I'd be so down for a community bug catching contest, that sounds amazing!
My favourite bug is probably Yanmega, but it's a tough one for sure, they're all so cool!
I feel super nostalgic for this now, I wish I could slap a completed version of heartgold in an emulator and do the post-game bug hunt now...
I always wondered why certain Pokemon only show up in National Park when the contest is on. Like, do the event organizers release wild Scyther, Pinsir, and the like into the park for the content and then wrangle up the ones who weren’t caught when they’re done?
I love these videos! Keep bringing them please!
"The guy who enters you..." - Droomish
This makes me wish that bw2 had a bug catching contests in castelia city, makes alot of sense cuz their leader is a bug leader, gen 5 added alot of bugs but also there's a perfect location(s) for it. Where you find Eevee or in the park just before you leave to the desert
my favorite memory is my shiny wurmple I found there
there's no way to get a sport ball wurmple except for the bcc. I also spent almost a year hunting for it and its name is Dialga!
I would 100% be up for a community bug catching contest
Man I love the bug catching contest.
Kid me played it a lot, also caught bugs irl.
Nowadays I have a box with every possible bug pokemon in a sports ball, including evolutions!
The only thing I haven't caught there yet is a shiny, and I doubt I ever will tbh
I always wished they had domw this format again just in a different environment. Like, a cave, or a canyon, or a fishing contest.
So weird they didnt do it
It's Thursday AND Saturday. Why did no one tell me? Thank you Droomish.
Maybe the beautiful colors is referring to shinies? After all shinies have different colors from regular pokemon.
Hit up small ant, point crow and co, gather them in a livestream and let them have a bug catcher contest.
Even if not in the same game, they have a point value at the end to compare.
Would love to See it happen
"Everyone is having fun" - *proceeds to show Danny DeVito decidedly not having fun*
Yay! It's really cool to see another Bug Catching Contest enthusiast 🎉 It would be really nice to host a PvP league every week with friends as the game does display your final score during the closing ceremony, so they can be shared and compared in real time! Best regards!
max was wrong, Pheromosa is the best bug mon
One time I caught a scyther with my partner on low hp and 1 sport ball left and cut through the grass thinking "maybe I can find a full health scyther/pinsir and yolo my last ball at it" and I found a shiny butterfree ;-;
Ironically, I am actually watching this video on a Tuesday.
I know it's a minor thing, but not having Shinies contribute to score in HGSS kind of disappoints me. Like, maybe it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but I sort of like it when the game recognizes these little cool features. By the same metric, I think it would be cool if other NPCs, like the ones that rate your pokemon's happiness or IVs also were to remark on it, with a little "Whoa, I've never seen a [Species] that looks like that before" or something.
Yup. I gotta start a new save on HG now. I feel like I will see something about HG/SS every year or so, and it causes me to have an irresistible itch to play it again.
The best bug is Mega Pinsir. It's still a favorite among all pokemon over here.
Long time reels hater, but I found your channel to be the only enjoyable one who posts pokemon reels with interesting content! Your full length vids are 🤌🤌🤌🤌 keep it up
I love your channel. It’s fun and informative, most of all it brings me back, reminds me of a simple of a simpler time
comments: it's not tuesday
me in Australia at 4am on tuesday: owo
What's that music playing around 14:30?
It makes sense a healthier bug is worth more points. Healthier bug probably has a better gleam.
Im 100% down for a monthly community bug catching contest or something to that effect
Is that sonic heroes theme music in the background?? Sounds hella familiar, and I'm feeling the nostalgia lol
What is the outro music?
I love that feature of game inside a game
How come Yanma is only in the Route below and with a 1% encounter rate instead of here baffles me.
And in GS they don't learn any Bug or Flying moves via Level Up. In Crystal they get Wing Attack at 37.
Watching this after midnight so it's actually Tuesday
Omg, you're so right. It IS Tue, Thur or Sat :o
we shall all do a collective contest in the replies in 10 minutes sign up ig
When I was a kid, I caught a really good bug pokemon and used it on my team through the game. I specifically remember entering the bug contest, not catching anything, but winning the contest everytime with this Pokemon. But I've never heard of this working for other people, so maybe it's a false childhood memory? If I still had my original Pokemon Silver, I would definitely test whether this is real!
I'm running an all bug team in Heartgold and it's msde me really appreciate them. The game was inspired by catching beetles, so this feels like such a hreat way to play. Theyre veryvweak but i love each of my little bugs
More Shroomish Adventures!!! 😊
I could never win the bug catching contest in Soul Silver as a kid. I tried so many times I even found a shiny during one.
I still lost
It's MONDAY but hey I can mess with the clock
Halfway through the video, but they also take into affect the health remaining of the pokemon.
SCRUNGLE RUCKUS IS FAMOUS
How can it be thusday, thursday and saturday at the same time?
The real best bugs are the friends we make along the way
droomish always here with the animal facts
Pokemon with beautiful colors winning is a reference to shinies
I love the bug type probably my favorite type I really can’t choose but probably one of the spider mons
sexy single bugs in my area
This was a cute video, I really liked it a lot. It's definitely true that this mini-game captures the essence of what Pokemon is. Some facts for you about the HP thing and the HGSS safari in-general.
So, in GSC, they're looking at your stats as they are, not their maximum values. This is why HP falling is bad for your rating, and why it makes it so hard to win with Scyther/Pinsir in those games, because they're very difficult to catch without damaging.
Whereas in HGSS, you're competing with just the Pokemons IVs. Which leads to point 2. The game tries its best to FORCE the game to have specific IVs to be higher to make it a bit less random how well you do in these contests. And they reuse that math for the safari zone. So this means Pokemon caught in those locations have higher chances of having a perfect stat!
I won the contest the very first time when I was like six when I wasn’t even trying and I’ve never done it since