Can you beat Pokemon Red/Blue with just a Cubone?
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Should have given the rival Venasaur no?
That’s a scam
I've just realized that the back and front sprites of the Pokémon you use in your Can you beat Pokémon Red/Blue videos are almost identical to the sprites when Pokémon Red/Blue is played on a Super Game Boy.
@@MonkeyDLuffy-ed4fj Not affiliated with Jrose or Zenmarket, but I manage one of the larger retro games businesses in Australia and we regularly use Japanese auction proxies to get things like used controllers and memory cards in bulk. All of the major ones (Buyee, Zenmarket, From Japan, White Rabbit Express etc.) are completely genuine and used by thousands of customers worldwide.
We use Zenmarket over the others, since:
- White Rabbit charge very high fees (but the service is excellent)
- Buyee charge slightly higher postage fees, but without the better service
- From Japan have the best looking site, best currency exchange rates, and support staff who are genuinely professional enough to get jobs as UN translators, but behind the scenes their company has some incredibly dumb policies which must be rigidly adhered to because of Japanese culture. We've currently been back and forth with them for 6 weeks (!!) because they weren't able to simply slap a FedEx label on a box of PS4 controllers.
Zenmarket are pretty no-frills (site could look better, during peak times it sometimes takes ~1 week to package up the item), but support actually solves problems sensibly and the costs are low.
So while I personally couldn't recommend randomly signing up to all of Jrose's sponsors (VPNs don't actually protect your already-encrypted banking information, Raid: Shadow Legends has predatory mechanics), Zenmarket are a great company and you can save heaps of money on certain products by importing directly from Japan.
zenmarket is goated
Cubone so sad it can use its tears for water moves, and its lack of its mothers warmth let it use ice moves.
It needs a vaporeon. They are the most compatible.
Aren't we all most compatible with vaporean 😉 lol
@@patricksmith2295personally, never vape, always glaceon, sometimes leafeon, sometimes sylveon
Cubone is actually a Charmander whose Charizard mom died and it's flame went out. It's a ground type now because it'll never grow wings.
@@metalcake2288 Someone get it some RedBull
I like to imagine that for their Special moves, Cubone/Marowak uses their bone as a magic staff. That doesn't explain their inability to use Thunderbolt and Thunder, and if anything makes it weirder, but hey.
There is a bit of a trend where pokémon that can use elemental moves (usually Draconic mons or Normal-type-ish beasties, and Cubone seems like a bit of a mix of the two) tend to not be able to use those moves that have a type, which their own type would hinder them in using with sort of real-life logic: Fire dragons can't learn Water-type moves or Ice moves, Ice dragons don't learn Fire-type moves, Ground dragons don't learn electric moves (except Rhyhorn and Rhydon who have a special thing with their horns being a lightning rod), Bibarel can't learn fire moves other than Sunny Day. One of the big exceptions to this is Nidoking and Nidoqueen, who only gain their secondary Ground typing upon evolving and are already able to learn Electric moves as their previous stages.
As I say, it's only a trend, not really a rule.
This is canon now.
In Pokémon stadium, I believe their elemental attacks like ice beam come from the club itself
I came up with the explanation that Cubone cries so hard its tears become Bubble Beam
Which is strange cause it can learn Thunder and Fire Punch, but not Ice Punch.
Doesn’t matter why I opened TH-cam… when JRose drops, the world stops
@BasicMaffs not when JRose drops
@@humbirdms2784 lol he overcomes the laws of physics and nature?
@@BasicMaffsit's not just spinning...
Same, I'm also like this for yuriofwind, lol
If the earth stopped then goodbye friends. It's been a beautiful ride. 😢
Lorelei was also brutal when I did this one in Yellow. Interestingly, I also find myself underestimating her difficulty when using Pokemon weak to her, specifically Ground and Flying-types, so you're not alone!
At 26:45 you talk about it not being fun for you to do multiple runs and that statement really made me think about the strength of these early generation Pokemon games. There are so many ways for players to create their own rules and ways of playing. These games find a way to stay fresh and interesting. It's great to see you playing the game with a different approach. The more approaches there are out there, the better we all get to learn these games, and the more we can all continue to enjoy them. I also applaud you for continuing to play the games in the way that brings you the most joy!
Scott shoutout in a Jrose video. One step closer to the long awaited collab.
You did it, you were mentioned by Jrose. :)
Scott is such a nice and passionated guy. I would love to see you guys working together
Reminds me of the social science idea that there are two kinds of genius, inspiration vs progressive refinement. One isn’t better than the other, they contribute different things. We wouldn’t have this format without Jrose, we wouldn’t have the overlay/router/community without Scott
Hey, didn't expect you here
I like the sidebars having the badge info and art of the pkmn. Very nice touch, especially with the sprite colors
Yeah that was a great change
@@logansmith2703 Weird, I hate it tbh
It looks like shit
@@BigThunderMan unpopular opinion.
Completely agree, gives you a way to compare the runs in more ways, and more variety.
While I can't explain Blizzard really, Fire Blast makes perfect sense for Cubone specifically.
The japanese name "Daimonji" is a reference to a specific japanese festival about when the spirits of deceased family members go back to the spirit world.
Now if you know Cubone's story, you know why this fits, and also why probably the alolan form is fire of all things.
Also why iirc aside from Alolan Marowak Cubone can't learn any other fire moves since that's a very specific connection.
Maybe Blizzard and Ice Beam has something to do with the Ice Age, which happened right after the Dinosaurs died (Cubone and Marowak are based on dinosaurs). Or maybe it’s because they are “cold blooded”.
Maybe it's because he's a cool baby monster so he can spit beams like Godzilla (thus learning Water Gun, Ice Beam, its variants, and Fire Blast, the only Fire-type TM on Gen I)
I don't understand why a japanese spirit festival is related to fire blast?
@@RustyShakleford01In the festival they make a bonfire in the hills with an specific form (this letter -> 大), and Fire Blast makes reference to that symbol. Look up daimonji in Google to see the fire, you'll see that it has the same form as the Fire Blast animation
@@RustyShakleford01 Fire Blast's animation is a fiery 大, and in the Gozan no Okuribi festival, they light giant bonfires in the shape of that character. The festival is also known as Daimonji, which is Fire Blast's japanese name
12:44 hi mom 😭
I had to rewind and pause quickly because i thought i saw that. Nice touch by JRose
@@justinbowman2126 i think its the new editors work. He does a good job
Be sure to thank Sean for that one!
Between that and the image in the screen corner of Cubone crying makes me want to shed a tear 😢
A "blink and you'll miss it" moment. 🥲
Fun fact: Red/Green source code data reveals that Marowak actually had its own ultimately scrapped evolution!
Aw damn. Shame it didn't make it. I wonder what it would have looked like
It's Kangaskhan isn't it?
Femursaurus?
i assume kanghaskan learns the same odd elemental TMs as cubone. confirms the myth maybe?
@@Hoodlum_Media it's also coming from the fact that Marowak has the same shape and tail as a Kangaskhan
In the TV show, can't you challenge the elite 4 only once a year? So does this mean it would take 27 years to beat the elite 4 with a cubone? That's dedication.
Jrose. You overlooked something about 5 minutes in.Cubone can absolutely deal with flying types without using struggle before that one Rocket trainer with the Zubat. To the left of the Mt Moon entrance is TM 12, which teaches Water Gun. It's not amazing, but it's better than struggle.
We get Mega Punch by that point, which I do mention
You should've battled all the trainers in both Koga and Giovanni's gyms. Would've been a fast way to get more levels without using rare candies.
at 14:19 when you were fighting rival fival you got fully paralyzed while underground from using dig, triggering a glitch where enemy attacks will always miss as the game thinks you are still underground. if you hadn't used dig again (cancelling the glitch) you could have potentially won, although with bad enough luck, leech seed might have been enough to do you in. Of course, taking that win would be pretty cheaty so i get why you would want to avoid it.
I was going to mention this. I don't think the single player offers a lot of opportunity to abuse this bug, but it's a pretty notable one as it's pretty devastating competitively (you basically automatically win the entire battle, leading to Fly and Dig often being banned).
he doesnt use glitches outside of badge boost, so it wouldn't be valid
I think he just didn't know about the glitch or forgot about it, since he called it a Gen 1 miss when it wasn't. Rather than avoiding the glitch.
Outdated meme, but reading the rival's name makes me think "What the Dog doin'" Everytime he enters a room.
It's a timeless meme as far as I'm concerned. I'll be citing it at the nurses in the old-folks home someday.
I don't remember this meme. Can someone refresh my memory?
Interesting, I didn’t even go to the meme. It reminded me of Pokemon Rusty Version battling Blain’s “dog type” and its weakness to cu-bones
I like how just two minutes after JRose was talking about whether Blastoise or Venusaur/Gyarados would be harder, Exeggcute proves to be the rival 5 roadblock.
It is pretty funny, sadly when it becomes Exeggutor it's basically worthless, so I personally would have considered Gyarados/Venusaur the harder pick for the Champion fight.
Welp, redo the run!
@@nolongeraperson One of the reasons I thought Venusaur would be harder than Blastoise was that Razor Leaf would effectively be a OHKO on Cubone, as it will almost always crit and could ignore any potential badge boosts.
@@sonicdoommariothere's that for the mid-game and also having Gyarados on the team means there's a powerful water type that he can't EQ or Dig into submission. Venusaur might be the weaker starter here, but the Gyarados would've been a great wall imo.
What about Charizard? Cubone's match up is much worse for that than Arcanine, and you'll have Gyarados and Exeggutor to deal with.
I love the overlay! The gym badge times and elite 4 death counters are great!
I've rewatched your videos dozens of times, when I struggle to even watch things like LotR or Star Wars multiple times. I don't know what it is, but it gets my mind out of dark places whenever I do. Thanks for continuing to entertain us!
26:30 I love the Scott’s Thoughts reference! I love watching his stuff for the reason you mentioned, it’s a really scientific approach. I enjoy both of your content even though they are very different.
You should watch his live video on Poliwag, he got choked up emotionally an bit when someone mentioned what run Jrose was doing at the same time on twitch
We have pretty much confirmed now that the main factor for time is Brock and the main factor for levels is Lance. If you struggle against Brock, you'll have a bad time at the end of the run. If you struggle against Lance, you'll need to be at a high level. Almost all Pokemon that need to be at a high level are weak to water, thus struggling to get past Lance's Gyarados, one of the only Pokemon in the entire game that has a high powered stab move. On the other hand, every Pokemon that has a high time doesn't get a move to hit Brock. Getting stuck at Lance loses less time overall than getting stuck at Brock. Leveling up once reaching the elite 4 is much faster than having to knock out Pokemon in Viridian Forest for experience.
These seem like good observations!
I second this
Had a lot of problems with this one.
Constantly choosing to Body Slam instead of STAB Dig often slowed the game down.
Examples: Starmie vs Dig would have resulted in a much faster KO than trying the Body Slam paralysis.
Dig vs Exeggcute on Rival Fival would have led to Dig - Miss - Dig - Leech Seed - Dig - Miss - Dig - KO, dodging paralysis.
Poison being weak to Ground meant a lot of neutral damage for Grass/Poison Mons. (Good argument for Blastoise over Venusaur)
Body Slam is 80 BP per turn. Dig is 150 BP with STAB included, but spread across two turns, so it's only 75 BP per turn. Assuming no resistances/weaknesses, Body Slam has the better DPT, and can cause paralysis.
Boy forgot dig was a two turn move 💀💀
@nickperryman3662 Literally broke it down in my comment.
You not realizing that you could land 2 Digs and get the KO instead of whiffing Body Slam Paralysis over and Over again... that's on you.
@samperez1727 Yeah... I know how damage works. Using Dig would have saved the IRL time of trying to force the Paralysis, failing, and resetting.
@@Slothptimal IRL time doesn't really matter for these
Jrose and Body Slam. Name a more iconic duo.
Scott's Thoughts and Rest XD
Contenders:
Mimic and Amnesia
Pidgey and Sand Attack
Ekans and Wrap
@@Guiboardrapidash and firespin ☹️
I think it'd be cool to see a win-loss record against each Elite Four member instead of just the losses
Wins = total - losses
28 total attempts counting the winning run. So he had a 4:24 win:loss rate against Lorelei, 2:2 against Agatha, and 1:2 against the champion.
Yeah just need to post total battles @misteral9045
@@tehmackness No it doesn't, and how did you manage to skip the comment after mine that figured it out?
@@misteral9045 your English is off mate
I really love the data on the sides of the run in this and the raichu video, props to the editor for them. They're not too intrusive (since the space was usually blank anyway) but are nice to keep track of progress or to quickly look back on
16:35 Lorlelei’s Lapras also learned Blizzard by TM (it shockingly can’t learn Blizzard via level up in any generation but gets Sheer Cold, go figure), and Agatha’s last Gengar learned Toxic.
Hey! He did our boy cubone dirty!
Charmander is higher level and higher time and still has higher placement!!! Charmander fan base would probably riot 😆
charmander was one of the first runs he did. would probably be much better if he did it again today.
@3eve0n the list as he says every vid is highly scientific and perfect for speed runs.... oh wait, I'm jk ofc 😜
I know, I know 😉
Should have thrown in another joke about the charmander fanbase just to empathize that it was not meant as a serious comment 😉
I'm a Charmander Stan and this didn't make sense to me either. Elite Four run was similar in difficulty to Charmander's, maybe a little easier with Blizzard in the move pool, but taking minutes off Brock should definitely rank Cubone higher.
Who else is watching this video wearing the skull of their dead parent?
You too?
@@___________0Z0X I thought I was the only one!
I’m in my underwear lol
Who else copy/pastes the same cringe shit on every video with a cubone in it for the last 20 years for attention from strangers online
@@davemccombs how are you into Pokemon and is this high-strung? 😂 damn
i think the times on the left are a great idea but the little pic in the bottom right is making these a bit too cluttered to look at. these vids just being gameplay without too many things on screen was always their charm! great as always
Fun fact: Ground+Normal has perfect neutral coverage in gen one with the lone exception of Aerodactyl!
MY FAVORITE PKMN GETS A RUN AT LAAAAST
i thought this said "my favorite pikmin"
Hey! He did our boy cubone dirty!
Charmander is higher level and higher time and still has higher placement!!! Charmander fan base would probably riot 😆
I love the additions on the sides of the videos with levels, number of fails, etc!! Please keep doing them
Another JRose video so soon? My timeline has been blessed! Also love the editing! Seeing the timestamps on badges has been great to see!
love the info on the side panels, great touch, making me think about re-watching old episodes and making graphs
Wouldn't Charizard have been the best match? It's a flyer, so no Ground moves, and he still has Gyarados as well that way.
I know you tend to pick the Pokemon that's super effective vs. you, as that's the closest mirror to the real starters, just pointing out that the argument exists Charizard would have been more difficult.
It's weak to Blizzard, though (Fire doesn't resist Ice in Gen 1)
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 fair point.
Venusaur would have been the toughest match.
Because it means you also face a tough Gyrados with hydro pump. And Exeggutor doesn’t have any grass moves to take advantage of the type difference.
@@Curtis-w6j Exactly
@@Curtis-w6jEarthquake does neutral damage against Venusaur, and Venusaur is likely to go for the two-turn move Solarbeam which offers a free turn to the player. Razor Leaf can also miss since it's only 95% accurate.
Love watching these videos before bed. So many times I have fallen asleep to these. Awesome content man. Thanks for what you do
Jrose acknowledged Scott!
I'm dreaming of a colab between JRose and Scott, that would be so fire!
@@moerdere1ch The greatest crossover in human history
The Pokémon ultimate championships Scott vs jrose
@@theMOCmaster with all the running gags, like the count Count Impression and misstyping venomoth!
16:40 agatha's gengar has toxic and lorelei's lapras has blizzard as tms as well
It is kinda sad how that there really aren't many good physical damaging moves in this game. Most of them have low damage, low accuracy, or both. It's genuinely weird that there is no non-normal physical damage move that's on par with the likes of Surf, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, or Flamethrower.
Earthquake and dig are actually better than those special moves, the issue with physical attacks is that 4 types don't have a decent move (poison bug fighting and ghost) while special types are all with at least one good move (except dragon and arguably grass due to razor leaf being on 2 lines ).
Due to weird gen one the strongest unboosted attack with no drawbacks is slash
From a gameplay perspective it makes sense though, special attackers are also special defenders in gen 1, so they need strong moves to fight each other, while physical attackers aren't necessarily bulky in defense so weaker moves still do the trick
@@mattiamerlo2688 Welcome the very exceptions, though Dig does have that weird 2-turn issue that can let someone no-sell it with a Flying mon swap-in
So, basically Body Slam, Earthquake, sorta Dig, and sometimes Slash vs Surf/Waterfall, Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Icebeam, and Psychic.
Then the good high risk/reward moves comparison is basically Double Edge and Hyerpbeam vs Fireblast, Hydropump, and Blizzard
Yeah, Gen1's definitely a sad mess.
Me seeing Cubone in the thumbnail: "Ah, Lorelei is going to be a headache and a half."
JRose reaching Lorelei: *surprised Pikachu face*
In all fairness, I almost only ever do Monotype Nuzlockes when I play Pokemon (and Ground was my last run), so I have experience with that exact brand of pain.
New editor is a W for having the badge times and art of the mon on the sides 👌
Hope Jrose paid him more
I like the new time on the sides
100%
I kinda think Rival 5 deserves to be counted as one of the milestones tho 😁
The new layout looks great. Keep the videos coming Mr. Jrose!
Sean's loss counter is a big improvement!
Cubone is just a charmander that found a skull and bone and decided to just throw his bone at pokemon.
It has water moves because of its tears 😂
the new videos are great. Im really enjoying the extra details you're putting into them!
I'm a simple man. I see a Jrose video, I watch it
You're so simple you speak in outdated memes
You inspired me man! I finally did it. I’m doing gen 1 solo runs with the same rules. So far I’ve done mewtwo, alakazam, venasuar, and I’m currently doing Taurus gonna start posting them soon after more practice
R/e the Rival having Blastoise. Given Venasaur’s secondary typing i’d say you made the right decision on that
Ground attacks would be neutral on both Blastoise and Venusaur.
In Generation 1 only, Venusaur takes super effective damage from Ground moves. They fixed this in Generation 2.
@@crazychristopher1989No it doesn't. It just displays the "super effective" message due to some weird priority system when showing messages like that, but it still takes neutral damage.
@tevani1
Which is really confusing considering Charizard is *actually* weak to Ice in this Gen and you'd never know the difference as a kid.
@@rainpooper7088 Yep, because fire didn't resist ice in gen 1. Same goes for how poison and bug were weak to eachother. Gen 1 is weird.
Honestly, competitive solo runs sound kinda fun. You and one other person (or more) pick pokemon from the same tier and compete to see who can beat the game first. There's probably enough variance among pokemon of the same tier for it to provide a genuine competitive drive
I think the reason that Cubone can use water moves, is because the little guy crys alot lore wise.
And ice moves because it will be a cold day in Hell if it sees its mother again.
@@C_Train74 That made me laugh alot more then it should of.
(34:06) Wow, that Mirror Move Blizzard... Pidgeot totally big-brained you there.
I did this run a few months ago. Cloyster was the bane of my existence. Good to see it wasn't just me. I did not consider Fissure on my run. I had to rely on Cloyster clamp misses on my run. I mimiced Hypnosis to deal with the blastoise. I think I beat it in the low 80's and in the 7 hour area. My moveset was Body Slam, Mimic, Earthquake, Ice Beam.
Love seeing the badge counter on the sidebar. Cubone was always a favourite growing up, so not surprised it dominated the early game. Keep it up JRose, these videos are amazing
I feel like Charizard should be the de facto starter for the rivals when there aren't obvious weaknesses, because Gyarados is a lot better than Blastoise and Exeggutor is slightly more dangerous than Venusaur.
gyarados is not better than blastoise. blastoise has higher special attack than gyarados and poses a much larger threat than gyarados does. exeggutor is a LOT better than venusaur.
In Gen 1, Gyarados's Special is 100, which is higher than Blastoise's 85. And while for the player, Exeggutor would be better than Venusaur, for the AI who has almost exclusively level-up moves, Venusaur is way better, especially in the Champion battle.
Gyarados has a base special of 100 in gen 1, compared to Blastoise being at 85. Gyarados is immune to ground, and even though it's weak to rock, Cubone doesn't get any rock moves in gen 1. Blastoise has higher defense, but Gyarados has higher HP, so it balances out. Blastoise is less of a threat to Cubone than Gyarados.
@@paulnewton2284 yeah you're definitely right. i was completely disregarding how bad exeggutor's set in the champion fight is
26:29 - also, love the shout-out to Scott'sThoughts...in my headcanon, the "Elite 4" should be JRose, MahDryBread, ScottsThoughts, and Pikasprey...JRose specializes in seeing what No Plan can do, competitively ranked with other NoPlans; MDB doesnt have a plan either, but he just wants to have a good time; Scott will start with a plan, and tweak it as needed to bring out the Full potential...
...and then Pikasprey puts in MONTHS of planning with his softlock scenarios, to make sure you never touch a Pokemon cartridge ever again xD
I enjoy the new additions to the screen as much as everyone else in the comment section but one thing I'd love to see change is the timings under the badges. One of the best bits is waiting to see how long the pokemon will take at the end of the video and having the times there takes a bit of the wonder away. Just saying!
Honestly saying there's only three pure Ground-type lines in gen 1 like it's a small number is kinda funny considering there's only 1 pure Grass line, only 1 pure Bug line, and only none pure Rock and Ice lines.
Cubone? More like alone, get it ? 😭
Cubones’ mom didn’t get it.
Because she’s dead.
Nice one man 😭
I'm liking this new editor. The lvl for gym badge, and E4 loss stats on screen really add to the video. 😊🎉
This run was so funny, thanks jrose, you've been entertaining me for years now. Talking about the rival starter, I don't know, maybe venusaur would have made the run harder. First of all, blastoise relies on bubble/water gun for too long, while venusaur uses razor leaf which is broken in gen 1. And outspeed cubone, so good luck with that. Second thing, gyarados has a decent bulk, has hydro pump like blastoise and is immune to ground moves, and venusaur is just better than exeggutor which is not a threat at all. I've been asking you for long time now, but I really want to see the sandslash run, which I believe will be able to do a great run, definitely the best ground type in gen 1: bulky, decent speed, good attack, great movepool
*Wow the thumbnail brought back a memory of Pokémon lore I forgot I had*
I really like the quick info dashboard
Yes!!! I've been waiting for this Cubone run for years since you started this series
The extra data on the sides is awesome. I love our new editor friend.
Really like the new screen setup that shows the respective times. Great addition
Bro you need to do the frlg version of this challenge on mother's day 2025 please I'm begging you
"We're not gonna have the Pokemon Ultimate Championships" now watch Jrose announce something like that after he is done with all 151 Pokemon and it's a simulation where every specific Pokemon from this video series fights each other, to scientifically prove the best one
Thank you for running Cubone! I’ve wanted to see this for a long while and was excited to get the notification!
I’d also like to toss out a vote for Doduo. It’ll be cool to see if 2 (or Dodrio’s 3) heads are really better than one
Cubone learns water moves because it is crying for it's mom. It also learned that the world is cold and uncaring, allowing it to access ice moves.
There is nothing better in the world then logging on and seeing a j rose video. I have been enjoying Scott’s thoughts lately. But you are the goat!
Ah, Cubone, my second favorite Ground-type. My first is Marowak. The Cubone line is *such* a great line to me.
The added graphics on the sides really are such a quality of life update great job
I did a hardcore Nuzzlock, « only use ones you haven’t ever used on a definitive team before. » My last player was Clovis the Marowack delivering the final bone boomerang on the champions last Pokémon. Good memories.
I’ve seen the retroactive healing item usage in gen1 but the super potion from Blaine to heal what he knows is going to be a 0 HP Arcanine is hilarious.
Perhaps the reason it can learn those Special moves is before adopting its skull schtick and turning into a Ground-type it used to be a Normal-type somewhere in the ancient past, since a lot of Normal-types can learn a large variety of Special moves.
7:20 Actually you can in fact fight Lt Surge having not fought Misty if you use another save and some official hardware. Pokemon Stadium 2 allows Gen 1 games to transfer non-Key Items between saves, including the water you can use to get past any of the guards surrounding Saffron City.
From Pewter or the Mt Moon Pokecenter transfer the water, enter Cerulean, ignore Misty, talk to Bill which allows you entry into the burgled house, leave Cerulean the normal way which allows you Northern access to Saffron, then can enter Celadon, defeat the rocket hideout, go to Lavender, rescue Mr Fuji, get the Pokeflute, go through either Snorlax south to Fuchsia, and defeat Koga as early as your second gym leader. Quick jog through the Safari Zone and you can now head back to Lt Surge to make the biggest flex as you surf around the tiny tree blocking your path.
That being said, the thing I personally enjoyed in my meme playthrough even more was instead going up to Cerulean and surfing back to Mt Moon's exit, going back through Pewter, Viridian, and Pallet Town, and then surfing south to take on Blaine as your third gym leader.
"I thought I could be Lorelei. And I was right"
>Sees "Losses vs Lorelei" jump from 9 to 19
After a while of seemingly no videos and now 2 in a few days?? Hell yeah!! It's a great day for sure 😀😀 ty for the extraordinary work and effort jrose :)
PS: definitely love the new addition on the side for times of the gym badges. Feels more speed runner esque and just makes it feel more.. official I guess? Idk but just really cool! Makes it easier to follow along and look back at specific times throughout the run. Definitely a good choice
Edit: also on the right at the E4 was a nice touch as well with the losses
That yellow legacy hack make marowak a mixed attacker. Its actually pretty cool that it can really make use of those tms
Damn been doing this series forever, how close is he to finishing the kantodex? Gonna binge the series once through once its done
In however many years and the "pokemon ultimate challenges" happens we will all look back at this video and praise the foreshadowing
Always happy to see a new Jrose upload
It's cool as hell to hear the Scott's thoughts call out.
That dude has been grinding for a while now and puts a wild amount of work in.
I thought the thumbnail said "YOUR MOM!" and I thought "Finally, some backbone!" It wasn't the bone I expected. Good show
Crazy to think that in all the time you've been at this, you're only now coming up on hitting the three-fifths mark.
Jrose during the Raichu video: Nothing is going to go wrong with Lorelei or Bruno *proceeds to be defeted by Lorelei*
Jrose during this video: We're not gonna have the pokémon ultimate championships
I love the electric-green color that you gave to the sprites, just so striking.
I remember being a child and having my sister trade me a Pokémon that knew cut, then waiting until I had surf to do the SS Anne in order to try and surf the area for Pokémon.
It took me 25+ years and the sligh color change of this video thumbnail, to finally realize that Cubone are sun deprived Charmander with a Charizard skullon their head...
I love cubone and marrowak! They are by no means the best in terms of important stats, but they have made themselves a place in my heart and more often than not my legendary catching crew.
Cubone is extension of kangaskhan line so its got a touch of normal mon treatment. They were supposed to flesh out this connection with 3rd evolution but cut it. Perhaps in another game.
You made the right call giving the rival Squirtle. Yeah, a Gyarados might’ve been tough, but Venusaur would be weak to ground. I’d argue Charizard would’ve been a harder matchup.
JRose videos are even just a great listen to have while you busy doing house tasks etc. Even when just listening to the commentary your very well aware what situation hes in. You can either watch them or have them as a good listen while keeping yourself busy.
It's fun when I repeatedly tap to skip the sponsor ad and end up turning up the volume 3 times
"Boy was I wrong. In order to get to Lance, we have to defeat LEDGE BOSS"
Finally, a video I can shiny hunt celebi while watching.
Cubone is my favorite Pokemon, have to watch out of love for him
Blue’s Eggecutor only knowing 3 moves shows that Blue probably evolved his Eggecute immediately as soon as he got a leaf stone.
Same way Surge did his Raichu in the Anime.
The editor is going crazy on these last two videos I'm loving his work
i love the new editing in these videos. good job editor.