A recap of Pokémon Silver ...also Living Dex I guess

We start our journey through Pokémon Silver while trying to catch every single Pokémon. It turns out to be full of surprises, hardships and... fish?
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[@Lyra]

Since some of you seem curious, I am French, which is the reason the website I made is also available in French. I'm not doing too bad apparently, so thank you for the encouragement :'D

[@lululock]

Tu as vraiment un très bon accent ! Je ne l'avais même pas remarqué ! Bravo ! Tu m'as donné envie de ressortir ma cartouche de Crystal :)

[@VirtuesOfSin]

Paint me like one of your French Vaporeons? :o Sorry, not sure why I think of that whenever someone mentions France. xD

[@lululock]

@@VirtuesOfSin That reference lol. Baguette.

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

Your pronounciation is impeccable! The only thing that I guess _might_ make me guess you weren't native is the weird stress patterns you use. Other than that, you have native pronunciation 100%!

[@kawaiidere1023]

Your accent is beautiful, and your pronunciation is lovely

[@jcnot9712]

Lmao I love how in your head-canon the gigantic time-traveling machine at every Pokemon center is supposed to be a secret.

[@Lyra]

What is scarier? Time-travel being created yet kept secret by Bill, or the system being so ubiquitous people don't even think about it twice? "Oh don't mind the big machine, we use it to send Pokémon through time, whatevs."

[@lpfan4491]

@@Lyra Tbf, it seems pretty safe besides the bugs in the game.

[@eacaraxe]

@@Lyra This is unironically hilarious with SV out. Even more hilarious is when you have to head-canon that, while the technology can send Pokemon through time and space, it's not compatible with past or future versions of itself.

[@SarahBaer-wd7iq]

@@Lyrathat’s why the code of red and blue and yellow is so messed up

[@tragic-solitude]

Now that I think about it, the existence of Bill's time machine makes Professor Turo's invention less impressive

[@Salle37]

I remember vividly how betrayed I felt when I named the rival "???", since I thought it was some kind of riddle where I had to memorize what it said during the fight, only to be stuck constantly battling "???". Silver was my first Pokémon game

[@tassaron]

yep, I did the same

[@chunken117]

Saaame.

[@Jiirah]

Omg I wasn't the only one!

[@LavenderSky499]

Me too! 😂

[@RhiannaAtriedes]

No one knows ???'s name to this day...

[@ChosenOne41]

One cool detail about the rival is that his Golbat evolves into a Crowbat specifically because he starts to understand that being kind to your pokemon is a good idea and that evolution has to do with the friendship value

[@mohimbrood5787]

I think you are right! Really cool never thought of it that way

[@B3Band]

Or they just overlooked it

[@anisagarcia7687]

@@B3Band lmaooo

[@DarkAngelEU]

He's also supposedly Giovanni's son, so it's a great arc that he finds his own way out of his footsteps and becomes a better trainer.

[@marcoasturias8520]

I mean, the crobat loves him, it's not necessarily reciprocal

[@sirdhyne570]

This video is much better than your previous ones. Having an actual script that you're working off of really ups the quality of the voice-over.

[@WaluTime]

I love the idea of Gold (or I guess Silver in this case) opting to just, delete someones number the second theyre not useful. Real Bad Bitch energy.

[@Ace1nstinct]

The useless Dragon Fang is my favorite part about Silver

[@AgentXRifle]

Not useless, works with the move outrage 😂

[@seriouskano2]

@@AgentXRifle The dragon fang is useless because it doesn't boost dragon moves due to a programming error. It's actually the dragon scale that has the effect.

[@lpfan4491]

Pokemon Gen 2 is so incredibly broken. And it is far less broken then what came before it.

[@GiantBluebird]

@@lpfan4491 Most RPGs back then were tbh.

[@lpfan4491]

@@GiantBluebird And that honestly just sucks. The industry was clearly just not ready for them if for example some versions fo Final Fantasy 1 literally had over half their intended item-effects missing or somehow botched.

[@dawnkist1456]

I was playing this in the background and looked back at 23:57 and took heavy psychic damage from thinking about doing a living dex with the old pc

[@dominantasmr578]

18:35 "the dancing Belossom mark the end of our journey" For some reason I love the way you say this. Also this video was truly a joy to watch, it far surpassed my expectations! I love your humor and your style is very engaging, keep it up man!

[@Igorcastrochucre]

I feel that the fourth badge is usually the best cutting off point for taking advantage of the experience boost of trades. Disobedience makes it tricky doing it before the 1st or 2nd and the 3rd is good, but if you're solo-ing, it's best to wait until the 4th.

[@djcleveland9192]

I used to have 1 pokemon overleveled to when I first played pokemon silver now I level all my pokemon up

[@Pitrek1113]

I bursted with laugh during the whole Remoraid adventure lol

[@megatronacepticon]

The best thing about the rival is his postgame battle in Mt. Moon and the recurring battle you can have with him every Monday and Wednesday at the entrance to the Elite Four his Golbat has finally evolved into Crobat, proving that he's actually did start treating his Pokemon well.

[@paanazmi8062]

crazy.i didnt know that

[@freeasabird30]

"You can't become the Champion of the Pokemon league without knowing how to SPAM Full restores!" -LANCE.. THE DRAGON MASTER!

[@Joker22593]

Pro-tip! Charizard + Golduck can learn every HM in the game, so you only need to have two dedicated HM users while traveling.

[@JM_Solo]

Im one of the jerks who corrected your pronunciations in the last video. Your explanation was very heartwarming, as I can relate to learning a second language. And then the end of the video happened and I absolutely lost it! Brilliant. It can really be difficult sometimes… good on you for giving it your best shot.

[@Tameli]

I love the edit on Blaine fight. Going through his team and health bar decreasing in beautiful unison.

[@WingedDrifter]

"Because it made the oppos- FUCK!" As someone who has completed a Living Pokedex up until gen 8 and plans to continue to do so when gen 9 is released, I have to say you're doing a great job! It's interesting seeing your journey and how you're going about it. I look forward to seeing your progress! Subbed

[@bvd_vlvd]

4:35 of course it's Chad that tells you about Snubbull. It's the coolest pokémon in the gen!

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Oh I can think of several Pokémon better than it.

[@bvd_vlvd]

@@goldenhydreigon4727 your ignorance will not be tolerated, dastard!

[@calamorta]

If you ignore legendaries and starters (aka Lugia, Totodile and the 3 dogs), I agree. It kinda shows how weak gen 2 is when it comes to new Pokémon.

[@MADKapo]

You have improved so much since you started doing the Living Dex in Pokemon Red and Blue! Hoping to see where this goes.

[@JC-hi8fk]

The Den’s name was very accurate, Magikarp is in the Dragon Egg Group!

[@bsinger51]

I love useless evolution items from this gem, like the Upgrade and Dragon Scale, and even the Sun Stone, which is only obtained by winning a broken Bug Contest... Don't get me wrong, Gen 2 was my favorite because nostalgia, but God I forgot how broken it was!!! And don't get me started on stall strats in this game!

[@Jac735]

Facts and the game tends to restart all the time I bought a used one at a local store it restarted and kept on doing the sane thing then a few years after that a basically brand new version and guess what it kept restarting after I had 217 Pokémon so i gave up and sold the games and gameboy games I had including all the Pokémon games

[@bsinger51]

@@Jac735 oh I know why: the internal battery ran dry. The internal battery had to work harder on GSC because of the day/night cycle, so they didn't last as long as RBY. I was lucky: I went to my local retro gaming store and they replaced the batteries in all of mine, didn't need to buy new copies!

[@gerboog]

@@bsinger51 afaik, RBY don't even have batteries to begin with.

[@gerboog]

@@charnalk5572 are you sure? why would it require a battery though. There is no day and night cycle and no clock like in GSC.

[@gerboog]

@@charnalk5572 oof ... I thought they save it on flash , didn't know it was saved on the SRAM... Bummer.

[@pepperoni6616]

Woah woah woah, you can delete the numbers? 20 years later and I'm still learning new things about this game. Glad I got recommended your videos :)

[@ThyrusEvo]

Finally someone who appreciates the music from the dark/ice cave.

[@HanCurunyr]

Amazing video! That Persona song was SPOT ON.

[@moeeyeguy531]

Discovered your channel a couple days ago and subscribed. Looking forward to more videos like this one. Also, the remoraid part was really funny!

[@vulpony2130]

Same

[@mohimbrood5787]

I really really really love the soundtracks on this game, the battles, the super effective sounds, throwing pokeball sounds, i LOVE the colors and sprites of the pokemon... i think it is soo amazing😍😍

[@RabbitEarsCh]

I have not heard the Croc themesong in decades. Thank you for forcibly bringing me back to the year 2000. Croc rules.

[@fulguroboy7739]

I didn't know Bite had a 30% chance to make the opossum Pokémon flinch

[@raina1848]

Finally, someone confirms my suspicions about Cool Trainer Nick. Eventually, I would just reset the game after walking around the park and seeing him there. Very frustrating. I agree with you about the rival character for this generation. I always liked him better than Blue.

[@The_Viridian]

I would advise saving in front of the Red Apricorn tree in Silver and getting a Red Apricorn every day as you work on the other games. The Level Ball is surprisingly overpowered if you use it right, and having several on you is always a good thing.

[@megaclpb2623]

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[@yoshi6421]

He mentioned in the video that in a previous video about Gen 2 catching mechanics, he considers Kurt's apricorn balls next to useless. Edit: clarity

[@elevadon]

It's Azalea not Azalea

[@vulpony2130]

Actually it's Azalea

[@binho6600]

No, it's Azalea!!

[@adud6764]

I can't believe you people cant get Azalea right.

[@bvd_vlvd]

6:20 man, it took a poketuber whose first language isn't even English to use the term flinch correctly. Everyone keeps saying their pokemon flinched but their pokemon made opponent flinch. Two completely opposite things.

[@Someguyonline7732]

I usually say I got a flinch. I never say my pokemon did it but I also don’t make videos so whatever lol

[@varogoth]

Flinched is proper English lol.

[@renakunisaki]

Yes, but saying you flinched when you actually made your opponent flinch is not.

[@BlazingShadowSword]

For someone who's native language isn't English, you did pretty well. The end was just a fluke.

[@psuedonym9999]

It's actually an example of a quirk in pronunciation in some English words that even I as a native speaker find stupid. I make that mistake sometimes too.

[@BlazingShadowSword]

@@psuedonym9999 My dude, I only know english and half the time I find I'm unable to talk properly. This language is a mess, and so are its rules. I before e, except after c, except not really, because weird.

[@psuedonym9999]

@@BlazingShadowSword I know it's a mess, wasn't blaming anyone here.

[@BlazingShadowSword]

@@psuedonym9999 Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as confrontational.

[@psuedonym9999]

@@BlazingShadowSword No worries, have a good day. :)

[@LonelyDistance]

I came across your channel last night and binged all your videos so far. I'm loving it all and can't wait until you've reached the hell that is the Gen 3 live dex!

[@jaredlarter6018]

Great video! Fun to hear about your (mis)adventures in Johto; I look forward to hearing about it the next two times in the next video!

[@alicemuguet6947]

Im so stoned and i love your videos lol I havent seriously played gen 2 in a couple years and as my alltime favorite generation, i miss it dearly and your videos are perfectly nostalgic

[@pastelshadows6437]

The Remoraid rush was great!

[@FlinnyWinny]

Wow, your editing and skripting seriously upgraded, good work! Can't wait for the next couple of ones!

[@casual3123]

Loving your videos! Your stuff actually got me back into wanting to do a living dex and also the Master Dex. Your website is also super helpful as well! Edit: For those who don't know, a Master Dex is catching all Pokémon at thier earliest possible point in the series. For example for Pokémon like Mr. Rime, you must transfer a Mime Jr. from Diamond and Pearl, into Sword and Shield and evolve it into a Galar Mr. Mime and then Mr. Rime.

[@localSunMan]

Oh my god, Anarchy Reigns/Max Anarchy reference. That took me by surprise. Amazing video, amazing choice of music. Thank you

[@samwill7259]

I think your pronunciation would probably be better than most fans in the Kalos games at least:) Don't lose sleep over it man, you're still a great creator. I SPEAK English and I can't say most things right.

[@Bored-Kim]

Every time I watch your videos, I feel the urge to play the game too, you're very fun to watch and play alongside!

[@yuenasiaide488]

When the P3 song played, my Brain instantly went to the Akihiko meme "I've been waiting for this!"

[@VirtuesOfSin]

This makes me want more, glad I was able to watch you near the beginning of your journey this time around.

[@Quickfire412]

I'm loving these videos. Just found your channel today and am obsessed

[@binho6600]

Noice, love your vídeos! And, for someone that doesn't have English as a First language, you do sound completely in place, I hope to reach the level you have

[@BlazeElPadrino662]

OMG such nostalgia! I LOVE Remoraid! So much that as soon as I got the phone call I would literally spend the full day fishing and filling entire boxes with them just to hear them cry over and over! It's a shame that I never got a shiny one tough... Best regards!

[@thedoublehelix356]

Just want to say that I really appreciate these videos! The algorithm brought me here and its very refreshing to see someone else with the love for Gen 2 I still have. This generation has so much charm, felt like there was so much to uncover and explore especially in a pre-widespread internet age. Thank you for putting time in to making this and I cant wait to see more

[@sleepywaffle7]

I love gen 2, the first Pokémon game I played was Red, but the first one I owned was Gold. The battery died on me from so much playing so it restarted everytime I turned it off or the actual batteries of the gb color died. Such a fun game, and if I remember correctly I could play with my team of gold in stadium 2.

[@bvd_vlvd]

14:58 SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS SKKOSJKSLAJDK YES THIS THEME SLAPS BESTIE

[@12poulet21]

Excellente vidéo, Lyra!

[@pastpatour]

English is not your first language? With how articulate you are I could never tell, man. Congrats! Hoping for the next part of this series, I'm loving it!

[@kylon1235]

Just discovered your channel and I have to say, amazing content. What a gem to watch, you deserve to grow if your content is this good

[@TheGlitched64]

I don’t know why the random panicked screaming of “FISH!” Made me laugh so much but it really did hahaha

[@TheParabolicPanda]

This is such a fantastic series. Keep up the great work and keep having fun!

[@ThePfeif25]

Automatic like for the Croc reference. Childhood memories unlocked!

[@emilianoaventura5295]

I like how the Living Dex really felt like an afterthought, don't even have the Living Dex count, it was fun nevertheless, really enjoy these videos

[@Kellicing]

I appreciate that you played Mass Destruction after mentioning it in the Kanto bit, it's a fun song. Really cool video, looking forward to seeing the rest!

[@logansims7744]

Loving the vids Lyra! Your gen 2 capture mechanics video was very informative. I also loved the reference around 19:05! Keep up the great work!

[@Espik_23]

The quality of these videos has gotten so much better! Good job, Lyra!

[@RainaThrownAway]

I can't Bayleef you used bite to flinch Mark's pokemon like that.

[@meganadams7274]

I actually really liked your commentary style, but the script is good too! Don't get too overwhelmed though I used to do youtube years ago and it can take over your life really quickly. You're gonna do great though. You're gonna be one of those 500k+ sub people I just know it

[@crimson90]

I love the ending of this video. You've got all the English curse words correct, but you just can't seem to get "opposing" right. Hilarious!

[@Sly88Frye]

I absolutely love the part where you say hi gym, bye gym. opposing is it very hard to say but it was also pretty easy to laugh at that outtake. glad you included it, that was fun

[@wutang2530]

Yesss I’ve been waiting all week since I found this channel, love these LivingDex videos!

[@rene837]

I played the hell out of Pokémon Yellow and Silver back in the early 2000s, great times...

[@ThatLuckyBear]

That last bit at the end was so funny. Powerful video! Loved it!

[@neffrey]

actually overjoyed to learn that i am not the only person in the world who enjoys ice sliding puzzles

[@JuliaJulia-vh4xc]

4:50 I can relate to this a lot, especially when I was younger. English may be my first language, but try and get a kid with autism to say "Meganium". Pronouncing Pokemon names was a challenge for me (it certainly didn't help that my not autistic older brother pronounced "suicune" "sue-dice", I have no idea where he got that from lmao). It's for that reason that Plusle is my favorite Pokemon: it's the first Pokemon name I said correctly on my first try! I’m almost 22 now, and I can say that I mispronounce Pokémon names only sometimes. And Plusle is still my favorite Pokémon.

[@tonyzoots6889]

WOWEEEE

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

Btw do you say Sui-koon, Su-wee-koon, or swee-koon?

[@JuliaJulia-vh4xc]

@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx sue-wee-cune. I think I watched the second Pokémon movie so many times it eventually overrode sue-dice lol

[@ryanbowen4029]

Holy shit, the Remoraid section absolutely broke me. I am LOVING your videos mate.

[@TheJadeknight7]

Is that a mother effing Croc: Legend of the Gobbos reference in 2022? Props to you. Also, good job with the scripted video, it was some really nice commentary. Can't wait for the next ones!

[@erubenvt]

I was really looking forward to this! Great job, awesome video and gl in the rest of the journey!!!

[@mickgorro]

"But with less anger" * uses rage *.

[@Lyra]

It was a crit, too.

[@Pr1est0fDoom]

This episode was very funny, I loved it! Also yeah, Feraligatr is the best starter, it solos the entire game very easily.

[@Unownalias404]

I've recently decided to take on the task of completing every pokedex in each generation. This is the perfect guide I've been looking for

[@morgastic23]

Hey Lyra, I have a request. Hopefully I'm not asking too much, but I've been using your Pokedex tracker on your site for my Silver living Dex as well. I was wondering if it'd be possible to have a toggle between national dex and regional dex for the checklist? I like having mine in regional dex number, starting with Chikorita. And then Pokemon of the same line like Vileplume and Bellossom can be next to each other, and it's a pain going into my PC and moving Pokemon around when I have to leave to check the in game dex so I know what box to place them in and in what order. Appreciate it! Even if you can't, or don't want to, I figured I'd toss the idea out there. I love your content and using your guide has been a blast!

[@Lyra]

I'm glad to learn you have been using the website :'D If you ever need to contact me regarding it, you should send me an e-mail (in the About section of my channel or on the website itself). If you are referring to the Pokédex tracker, I can add a "Regional Dex" option. I can't give you a specific date though, but it looks like something I should be able to do.

[@morgastic23]

@@Lyra yep that's exactly what I'm referring to! And yes, if I ever need to contact you again it will be via email, thank you. I love your videos so far and I'm looking forward to watching the Gold and Silver recaps as well!

[@Lyra]

The website has been updated to allow regional Pokédex display!

[@morgastic23]

@@Lyra thank you! Also, a challenge for you if you're interested. I had to play through Red again to get the fossils. I got to Cinnabar and revived the fossils in 3:22, see if you can beat that.

[@Joyful_End]

The commentary was so much smoother than for the gen 1 videos, i'm assuming you wrote a script and it really shows. Great video as always (also, i'm french too and i'm really impressed with your accent, i'm nowhere near your ability to sound native)

[@Dibblerulez]

Your gen 1 video inspired me to try this out. I used your site to complete the gen 1 living dex now sitting comfortably in Pokemon home and I'm working on gen 2. Your site is a huge help especially the dex tracker. I hope you keep going with these.

[@egalitarian2207]

I get words wrong in Pokémon because I grew up with it - I still get surprised and roll my eyes when I realize what the puns are

[@bortzanator3018]

A few years ago, I played gens I and II with the intent to complete the pokedex on Crystal. I traded up pokes I needed from RBY, trainer fly'd a Mew into existence, caught my first shiny (random pidgey lol), and even found code online to unlock the GS Ball event. I had so much fun I am considering going back and doing it again... but making a living dex. This video was great, I really enjoyed your journey.

[@uimcharon4032]

Great video, and am loving the series! ive always wanted to do something like this but have never had the time to, but the way you are doing the series it makes it feel like im along for the journey, keep up the great content!

[@jedimalone]

You not putting the rod on "select" when fishing really got to me 😂

[@kathijinks]

Just came here after the Blue living dex, loving the videos, and I like the new style! Can’t wait for more.

[@Muchenaft]

Ice cave music always creeped me out when I was playing silver! I love this game music though, its so nostalgic. Ecruteak city is perfect for me, even if the remake version is even better. I can tell how much time did I play and restart this game; I love it so much. The bug contest was awesome for me ^^ Ps: you got like zero accent in engliah, wow I'm jealous, my spoken English such so much xD

[@uniatq]

All I remember from the ice cave is it being hard and traumatic HAHAH and that music brought me back to that childhood terror

[@gambleralex5083]

Great video you will grow very quickly with this fire content, the electrodes at mahogany town base were the first shiny pokemon outside of red gyarados that I ever caught

[@ZzShy]

Theres an NPC in the Indigo Plateau Pokemon Center with an Abra who will teleport you back to Johto so you don't have to backtrack. Just Fly to the Elite Four, go inside, and talk to the guy to be teleported to New Bark Town then Fly again from there.

[@Deleted_User258]

19:27 - 20:30 was my favourite part lol (FISH!!!)

[@elijahgooley385]

An personal account of bug catching contest, i've found that the level of the pokemon seems to matter more than the rarity of the pokemon. I've won with a lv 18 kakuna and venonat before. People said there was always a quirk and smarter people than me study the code and know more, but the way i thought it worked is that there is an amount of pokemon that can appear and only one of the pokemon has the winning condition, and the game is figuring out the combo, at least what i thought anyway. I never found this particularly difficult and sunflora and bellossom are not good but I always managed to get the required stones in a given playthrough. Also sun stone makes no sense when there are leaf stones, especially when its on grass pokemon.

[@chugslife]

I love the mass destruction reference! Made my day since that’s one of my favourite songs from the persona series

[@Timmypote]

Love the website ! I wanted to complete my old silver game like in the old days and used it to track my pokedex, so good. I specifically love the catching information, constantly referenced it, and the French version was very helpful as my game was in French. Finally, finished what I was able to complete with only one game boy today, your work was a great help :D Also, there needs to be a section on how to catch the legendary beasts, lost at least 5h on it trying random technique of the internet ^^' Ended up reading disassembled code and accusing my game to be bugged. In the end, mixed and mashed techniques into my own and found all 3 under 10 min :)

[@TheChronicFiend]

I still listen to the ice caves music here and there!!

[@kaitogirldraws]

Oh damn, that was way sooner than I expected! The editing was way better than in your previous videos too, so that's nice :D I had a blast, and I wish you'd given us the names of the trainsers we need to keep the phones of, but oh well :P I assume it'll all be in the guide! Gotta wait for the next one, you great guy :D

[@Lyra]

When I said "not long", I meant it! I am very happy that you enjoyed the video. I have to warn you though, you will have to wait a bit longer for the next one ;') Also, any useful information I learn while making videos is made available on the website. Actually, most information I use during the video is taken FROM the website. So yeah, Swarm information is indeed in the guide, in the "Extra info" section, along with the Bug-Catching Contest details.

[@kaitogirldraws]

@@Lyra it's ok my dude, I will take this video as an early Xmas video and patiently wait for next one, thanks for working hard for our entertainment :D

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

That Croc reference immediately made me sub. Good to see another man of culture.

[@jacklawry911]

Great job man that was great, looking forward to you finishing it 👍

[@mygamesm]

I watched your pokemon 1 living dex playlist in 1 day and loved it! I played diamond 2 month ago and moon when it came out.

[@elmerandrewcrowley2822]

“I made an ENTIRE VIDEO about how Kurt’s balls do not work so i will mostly ignore him for the rest of the game.” i could not hold it together at this part 😂😂😂

[@a.t.rivera7460]

i had to give this video a like the moment you paid homage to Croc and i wish i could give it a second when you started blasting Mass Destruction

[@Zhimmiez]

Damn now I have the Croc theme song stuck in my head, guess i'll play that on loop whilst watching the rest of this video

[@FernandoRamirez-db4sd]

Keep doing these dude. Your style is great and it looks like you are enjoying it too. Great job!

[@justinthejust1732]

First saw the catching in gen 1 is busted video. Liked it so much I've already watched all the pokemon videos :P You really see how much he has improved since the start. Looking forward to many more to come.