Apparently, there's a NEW Pokémon Roguelike...

[@chiptuni]

I like how each roguelike thumbnail references The Binding of Isaac, yet Alpharad has yet to make any form of content about that game

[@Alpharad]

okay bet

[@agex-7613]

Well guess we know what the next video is about

[@Kevin56438]

@@Alpharadit’s worth it trust me

[@GoldDragon20]

With an Isaac video could you make it’s thumbnail like Enter the Gungeon and start wearing that hat for a while?

[@jamiedoesstuff5871]

ready to watch alpharad fucking die trying to explain anything about the game and not sound like a horrible person

[@peanuts5338]

"Im your friend alpha!" to "i found my life's purpose and its to destroy you" type of shit from ivy

[@patrickcarter2829]

Honestly, I don't mind having a rival with that kind of personality. Reminds me of Kieran.

[@cynaxis4002]

It's not "destroy you" but "push you to your limits". She realised something is wrong and that you're the only one that can fix everything (probably the world being stuck in a loop) by beating the responsible for this (eternatus, but I'm not sure she knows it's him). She realised her purpose is to make surr you're able to. Anf if you're not, she sends you to the start of the loop by destroying you. But this is not her purpose.

[@omegaminoseer4539]

@@cynaxis4002 Eternatus is definitely responsible, since he outlines how the world was forged. He and Ivy have likely played against, "you," hundreds of times, with each attempt getting you closer to freeing Ivy from captivity.

[@Dr.Freeman...]

Minor spelling errors​@@cynaxis4002

[@alltimeorphan]

@@patrickcarter2829 i like both ivy and kieran a lot, good people but lowkey on the verge of a breakdown LOL

[@bartvansliedregt5482]

Evolving mid battle is really cool. Kindof like those hype moments in the anime

[@ravencg7709]

yeah, and pokémon already added the power of friendship lmao

[@nugget2510]

This is what I've always been saying dude. They NEED this in the actual games

[@unmeaninglessly143]

Digimon does that..

[@dekaritheprofessor2631]

Yesss❤❤ It brought me happiness and hope when my Blazikan evolved during my epic battle with Ivy😭😭❤️❤️😊

[@cuttululu]

i love how ivy talks shit at you "i don't even know whether to thank you or hate you" and you shame her, while 100 floors later she jumpscares you with a shiny mega ray, save scumming really is my best friend

[@eaglefan2569]

Save scumming was what genuinely carried me to my first victory against Ivy and Eternatus in my first Classic win. I didn't get too lucky with items which meant I needed to save scum to see what Ivy would reply with when I swapped in Pokémon. Had to sack my Skeledirge, Cresselia, Rhyperior, Ludicolo, and Grimmsnarl for my Inteleon to live at half HP and bonk Ivy's last 'mon. It felt a lot more satisfying to deconstruct her team and win, and even though it would've been cool to do it first time, it's a hard enough battle I feel no shame in save scumming tbh

[@ZaChemas]

@@eaglefan2569 no shame in save scumminng on pokerogue, it's even pushed, everyone will have a "HOLY FUCK MY HEART WILL IMPLODE" type run that will probably need savescum in 145 ivy, champion, 195 ivy, or eternatus (unless you got leech seed, that move is a beast against eternatus and ray)

[@FreyaGwendolyn]

​@ZaChemas my favorite way I've beaten eternatus was soak into toxic 🤰

[@cuttululu]

@@FreyaGwendolyn trying to get ribbons with early birds/ shitmons i found a really cheap way with mud slap and screech/metal sound for my sweeper to easily kill

[@somehowviable7696]

When u get attack by the grunts a second time i didnt realise the boss would come at 115 and didnt heal leaving me with 4 pokemin 2 halfway dead and statusd and had to save scum with the most convulted strategy i ever made, the boss on 120 was a bibbarrel

[@Kolbatsu]

I love how Ivy goes from "gee whiz friend, let's have a fun battle." To "You need to be stopped!"

[@FrustratedMillennial]

Fr and where tf did she find rayquaza

[@CenturyBlade]

All she wanted to do was drag us back home by our collars kicking and screaming

[@Judger037]

​@@FrustratedMillennial Wonder trade

[@elGonho]

It's actually the best rival growth ever. And she obviously got Rayquaza by being a badass training and traveling just to be strong to beat the player

[@Whyfoos]

Honestly, she was one of my favourite rivals. They really made a character have more personality than “I want to fight!” Even if that’s all she did.

[@Dizzy0422]

"If there's anything I can count on, it's the fact that I can still fuck this up" honestly those are words to live by

[@Ardomew]

I love how fangames have advanced to the point where we can have a whole game without an OVERWORLD, and it's still awesome!

[@elephantisland695]

in browser too

[@SerDerpish]

Allowing pokemon fangames to exist is the sole reason why Pokemon as a franchise doesn’t have much competition at this point. They know that if they forced the community to make competing products, TPC would get outplayed hard

[@potato-su6gu]

Allowing fan game lol

[@Digital_Butterfly]

​@@SerDerpishNah, even if ROM hackers are some of the most dedicated modders out there, Pokemon will always be the top franchise by virtue of being Pokemon.

[@mibaoj]

Romhacks arent popular compared to the regular pokemon games tbh. They are fun to watch for the general audience though

[@RinRinStrikes]

Alpharad: See if Ray uses outrage it can open an opportunity as their risk factor for using a flying type move is- Ivy: FUCK IT WE FLY FUCK IT WE FLY FUCK IT WE FLY FUCK IT WE FL-

[@A-Person1]

It has never used fly for me it always outrage spams lol

[@chuchup1kachu]

She's secretly a Team Sky Admin

[@yoyoyo8087]

@@chuchup1kachuGO TEAM SKYYYYYY

[@alicebrown9034]

Suddenly Mikey

[@pokemontrainerdeb]

​@@yoyoyo8087 GO TEAM SKYY 🦅🦅🦅

[@alexwoodland3835]

I like how your rival gets more mentally depressed the further you go through the game

[@damienmuir9771]

Basically hopp but stronger

[@monkeylemur]

The dialogues from Eternatus suggests they've been looping endlessly for eternity, so she's definitely pretty mentally gone by the end

[@TheCoolerIdeasGuy]

@@monkeylemurYeah, and the fact that you unlock endless mode afterwards only further proves that.

[@randomdeliveryguy]

Kinda generic tho, I've seen that act like 500 times by now.

[@dylandelahaie7800]

​@@TheCoolerIdeasGuythe fact you have a Rika Profile Pic make this even better lol.

[@ajx4]

Honestly the evolving mid battle makes so much more sense, like in the show lil bro would like get hit with iron tail from onix or something and just start glowing

[@calvinnguyen1870]

As goofy as the DNA Splicers are, they do let you make some absolute monstrosities. I was able to combine a Togekiss with a Heatran to create a Steel/Fairy type with Flash Fire. I made Eternatus struggle to death.

[@archeremiya3533]

My best one was Mega Aggron with Dachsbun for a Steel/Fairy with Well Baked Body, it made some big dmg Body Presses lol

[@calvinnguyen1870]

⁠@@archeremiya3533damn I gotta try that sometime lol

[@PlayrR3D156]

​@@archeremiya3533CAN'T OUTSTALL THE WALL 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@warcriminalyes]

I had Gyarados and Azumarill for Dragondance Huge Power-

[@oliviab.9194]

Dude this is literally what I dream to create. This is the one answer Ive looked for.

[@ferintown6628]

Fun fact this game came out a MONTH ago It’s still super early access and already this well polished and appreciated

[@Nightknight1992]

it came out in march, but ye

[@Kevin56438]

Alpharad and roguelikes are a match made in heaven. His incredible luck and the bullshit that can happen in roguelikes is perfect.

[@rbade8609]

when is he going to play Rogue (1980)

[@Creepo_J]

Every death is a work of art Each unique and hilarious

[@arsenesoir]

would love to see him play hades , his builds would be so busted

[@terako1061]

So true

[@morgann2938]

I've had an idea for a challenge run. Instead of No Items, Only Items. You can't use the Pokecenter to heal, you can only use items that you buy or find. The biggest obstacle in this challenge is restoring PP. You could try to farm Leppa Berries or something to get around it, or you'd just have to box Pokemon when they're spent. I also call it the American Healthcare System Challenge.

[@siriadias4020]

It would be fun. If the center didn't was obrigatory

[@flybacker10]

@@siriadias4020 r/hadastroke

[@duh_tch]

The B plot of the Weezing that just wanted to die was the best part. It’s a shame nicknames aren’t a thing, otherwise that’d be an easy Wheez-yore.

[@Volcanron]

Or the people's champion Doduo

[@PabThe1st]

"It's a shame nicknames aren't a thing" Well whaddya know

[@Quartzzzx]

Good news! Wheez-yore is real now

[@Patterrz]

This game is so fun, with this Hades 2 and Slay the Spire 2, Roguelikes are having a GREAT year

[@3hroned]

👋

[@Mokarun_D]

SPIRE TWO????

[@Livereater4000]

Also new eye sac dlc soon

[@ethankibbey1976]

@@Mokarun_DI just looked it up, I couldn’t be more hyped… I LOVE STS

[@cranezs]

@@Livereater4000wait what WHAT

[@jamiedoesstuff5871]

Something really fun about this game is that literally any Pokémon is viable in it to a certain degree- you can obtain some wildly powerful moves from the egg gatchas and shiny Pokémon are both decently easy to obtain and have as much of a gameplay benefit as having powerful Pokémon bc they give you chances to get powerful items much more commonly and those can carry you hard. Makes this game a delight to watch and I love how everyone runs through in a different way due to how absurdly customisable the experience is. Cool to see one of my favourite KZbinrs play :D

[@RegeneratioDeus]

If Anything Ivy (Rival) is a goddamned DEMON. She kills most of my runs before they hit off the ground or her Mega Ray destroys me.

[@jaxonanderson7220]

@RegeneratioDeus because of Ivy it’s best to start with something like Flamigo, Duraludon or a legendary

[@RegeneratioDeus]

What I like to run is IJug & a starter

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

Use Sunkern in a run, I dare you

[@RegeneratioDeus]

Sunkern, Axew, Pidgey sounds weird enough for ur tastes (the SAP Squad)

[@CasuallyShadow]

Alpharad getting DNA splicers with no increased luck odds is the most Alpharad thing ever

[@phillipmiller3076]

Chat: You forgot to pass back the Baton!! Jacob: *What's that I couldn't hear you over my Torch Song*

[@FrustratedMillennial]

Ivy fr goes from howdy friend to prepare to fight GOD

[@jasonvoorhees8930]

That's Flowey too

[@ShadowSpark-dx4jq]

Alpha accidentally using the most efficient strategy possible on the final boss is hilarious

[@GaraichuYT]

Or he knew. I'm suspicious mainly because he rocked both a Fairy/Steel in Tinkaton and a fantastic wall in Garganacl since it has Salt Cure. Both are very popular choices for Eternatus here. The only real reason I don't think he's necessarily cheating is because he didn't use Garganacl at all.

[@Crxsseyed1]

@@GaraichuYTid like to believe chat suggested a fairy steel mon, since I doubt alpha would straight up look up the end of the game

[@Sassaparilla]

@@GaraichuYT Bud, Fairy Steel is just a great type combo, and Garganacl is notorious. Not using them would be kinda weird.

[@JDLong006]

I think those two were caught specifically to help kill Rayquaza but it's kind of funny that Tinkaton walls Eternatus' entire first phase

[@GaraichuYT]

@@Sassaparilla Wouldn't be the first time he cheated, I'm just saying.

[@ilshail153]

27:38 okay, good analogies for most of the rogue likes, however as someone who's gotten Dead God in Isaac and had to fight this fucker way too many times, I can safely say he is *not* worth fighting again. ever.

[@stoeptegel4382]

Dead God only once?? Two more save files to go for Infinity%!!

[@yakov9903]

Unfortunate issue. Alpharad killed the server by redirecting too much traffic. I wanted to play too ;-;

[@gamingwithyoty7725]

"Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe-

[@alltimeorphan]

OH no WONDER the game has been crashing so hard LOL

[@vegardhaugnes1291]

I just checked, thats crazy

[@Manelneedsaname]

That explains a lot

[@wyattbusch49]

Bruh I made a new run today and just so happened to get a dna splicer but then the server crashed and I lost the entire run

[@Crxsseyed1]

I got into pokerogue back when it’s most popular content creator had a couple thousand subscribers, so seeing it getting played be people like alpharad is just amazing, good for sam

[@Nobody-hj4pr]

I think this is one of the luckiest first runs I’ve ever seen in my life bro, legendary, band and dna splicer in the first 100 wave is crazy

[@thahirshibu5042]

My 1st was up to 145. Ivy rocked my shit. But that was also my 1st leggo boss catch. Fecking darkrai of all mons

[@maniacaal]

I wish I had his luck. My first and second runs ended at floor 50 both times. My third at 186 during the E4.

[@thahirshibu5042]

@@maniacaal snorlax is a hard ass carry, any moves requiring his weight to deal damage makes him a menace to society.

[@ZaChemas]

@@thahirshibu5042 nah, toxic/leech/salt cure are the team to carry past 145, SPECIALLY GARG

[@zoruasnivy]

My best run is in the 70s range but this is also because I cannot stop using technician scizor even though fuecoco is right there 😂

[@liveonguitar5625]

The real final boss is the unscheduled maintenance we went through along the way.

[@AriesSheep]

Question: When does it end?

[@Gadi872]

0:29 best reasoning for picking the good, adorable and little boi mudkip

[@teaturtlesuffers]

Blue: "I'm the strongest and most powerful rival!" Nemona: "No I am!" "Amateurs," Blue: "What was that punk!?" Ivy: "AMATEURS!"

[@shahzarsshowshow4441]

its my personal headcanon this is how they would all act in this situation

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

Gee, who designed Ivy? If you been in the pokemon community long enough, you'll probably have run into her character designer at least once.

[@m4rcyonstation93]

Wait who

[@Flapjacks-tm8cf]

​@@m4rcyonstation93how the fuck do you not know who the main rival is

[@MaidenOfAir]

Do tell

[@thementalorder1233]

​@@m4rcyonstation93 Pokemon Realidea and Reminiscencia creator did the designs for the rivals.

[@SerDerpish]

He did a great job. If she were part of an original IP, she would be waifu bait

[@AsfiEX]

The Switch getting tossed into the trash is a great clip in general, and I'm happy to see it back again. 😂

[@WonderNeedles]

Ivy is Biancas incarnate but getting it back in blood this time

[@drallagon]

27:50 lol you can just activate the option in the Game Settings to retry battles in case you lose or simply go back to the main menu to reset the battle to the start

[@thewindysage1538]

I gotta say, the mystery dungeon music,appart from being very appropiate, simply always slaps

[@haxalicious]

If you ever get Gholdengo, it has access to both Recover AND the ability to do war crimes.

[@500werewolf]

27:04 You can hear Jan saying it now.

[@arhia6106]

He should play pokerogue honestly

[@shreyanshsingh379]

​@@arhia6106he'll say it isn't about game knowledge and brush it off

[@professor2743]

PLEASE make this a continuing series! From like only doing one mon, shiny mons only, whatever it is, this game is so fun to watch and play and we would love to see more!

[@shadowocelot-56_95]

I wouldn't be shocked if Nintendo's going to smite this game from the high heavens by the end of the year, maybe by next year if we're unluckly lucky

[@robenriven]

its difficult to do because they are not getting anything from it. Its free. Its like pokemmo, its still there because its completely free.

[@Crxsseyed1]

Gonna be very difficult to do, there’s no monetary gain from pokerogue, and there’s no merch of the game

[@rnglillian8081]

Even if they do, I think it'll be hard to totally kill it. The game is open source and is already having problems with clone sites itself. If Nintendo really comes at them, they can really just make it easier to spread at the last minute, and then you got 100s of websites hosting it. It's a losing battle for Nintendo

[@Lurkipoh]

Nintendo really hates when fans love their games

[@sirnunyabuiz6529]

@@CassianoAlanCanossa Showdown would prove you wrong. It's all about monetary gain. The moment the dev would implement an subscription of some sort ( they won't, we already talked to em) the game's gonna get nuked.

[@ECD_Coven]

God the usage of keep your faith was fantastic for that little speech part, absolutely love hte usage of music in your videos, especially the persona music you always use it as good as Persona itself does

[@StickMaster500]

I’m honestly surprised that there isn’t an official Pokémon Roguelike game yet since Pokemon have made so many spinoffs already. Would be amazing to see GameFreak or another developer to take on this type of genre!

[@Dragostorm21]

Gamefreak is allergic to good ideas tbha

[@ultrayoshi100]

Technically Mystery Dungeon is a dungeon crawler rougelike. But not developed by Game Freak

[@bynightfall_4516]

It's him... The legend himself he's returned!

[@GarlyleWilds]

That's literally what Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is lol. It even *actually* plays like Rogue.

[@Saxdude26]

Nothing is quite as terrifying as your Gen 3 dad rocking up with a Chansey on your first run. Good gravy, this was chaotic. XD

[@DragonsRocks017]

Alpharad- finds dna splicers on round 14 Me- yeah that sounds about right knowing him

[@assordante2205]

I like how when a Pokémon like Rayquaza comes out, people start shutting themselves.

[@pardner8919]

OH MY GOD THE CLIP RETURNS 10:17

[@chiptuni]

I just noticed that there's a bloody tissue in the trash. What did he do

[@Lima_Beans]

@@chiptunihad a bloody nose probably

[@stardust0309]

What does the black bottom right text say?

[@pardner8919]

​@@stardust0309"it's been so long since I've used this clip I honestly can't believe I still have the file of it laying around"

[@stardust0309]

@@pardner8919 omg wow, thank you so much!!! I appreciate you doing that for me :)

[@haydenwhite5926]

Something neat i learned today while playing pokerouge is that if you press shift it shows any stat changes.

[@boslyporshy6553]

You can also see opponents moves with maybe v and weather with c. Somewhere around there c was stats, then the other 2 give more info.

[@KageTermia]

13:37 Alpha says "Oh yeah we caught a latias" as if he didn't show us catching it at 8:36

[@blakehubbard757]

Way to go Alpharad, Your video killed the pokerogue servers

[@nyasputinya]

raichu with zippy zap is fantastic for new players who dont got access to good dedicated sweepers such as groudon. zippy zap is an 80bp priority move that ALWAYS crits, great for bosses who only get bulkier if you didnt ohko them. it gets the move the second it evolves

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

It carried me early game and didn’t fall off late game on my first clear

[@SplinkoDinko]

15:05 love how alpharad is slowly developing godlike powers where he can speak in tongues

[@midnightreaper5426]

The minute before this: *Working on Essay* The minute this came out: *IMMEDIATELY WATCHING IT*

[@AngelCopout]

I know this pain. I made it to 195 for the first time, got her final Pokémon, M Rayquaza to like 30HP, and lost. Aaaaahhhh that killed me bro.

[@tearfulbuckets2941]

The first stage of eternatus only has eternabeam and cross poison as damaging moves so if you have a fairy steel type he can’t do anything and you can just set up stall on him Second form eternatus has eternabeam, cross poison, flamethrower, and recover i think

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

It has dmax cannon too

[@boslyporshy6553]

cosmic power and dragon dance come back with a vengeance on the second form.

[@dejinnthedjinn5311]

Gotta love it when the rivals are more of a threat than the final boss.

[@dasamont8274]

02:48 It really feels like an anime moment when your pokemon evolves in the middle of battle. Also, Ivy is a menace! My first few attempts before I finally managed to beat classic mode I had to memorize which waves she showed up at just so I didn't get my shit rocked by her casually appearing with the second strongest pokemon in the game in boss-mode as her ace (It might actually be third, I haven't fought God yet, so I don't know how strong She is). I've apparently put in 50 hours in the game already, although the numbers may be inflated from me going AFK

[@MartyrPandaGaming]

Technician Meowth has ended so many runs pre-30. I fear them more than the Boss fights, to the point that I always have a sacrifice and then something fast enough to 1 shot or bulky enough to tank the hits.

[@chompon7120]

For some reason, the energy was really good in this video

[@Rairaichan]

A world shattering critical hit... Also, using N's final battle theme for the final rival fight was just so peak

[@DolphinII_]

Why does the best browser game ever come out at the end of the school year

[@mistamemewide]

Can’t Believe Hau’s Transition went Really Well.

[@alejandrocuevas3858]

00:00 yes

[@Grim-h7q]

Hahahah I was about to comment that

[@flameshard4096]

oh heck yeah i do

[@staticvitality146]

Always

[@GamerNym]

Dude Ivy's design is SO good. Props to the artist.

[@abrahamzamora343]

You know what hurts more is that crit took exactly 462, and the ribombee full health was 463.

[@VGV1deo]

As someone who’s played this game a lot, that’s only because Ribombee had 462 health left, the damage shown is how much HP was lost, which means it won’t show more than the current health value

[@The1trueLeo]

1:54 imagine fusing a pokemon with one of the best typing into a water grass type… that’s so you and I’m all here for it

[@sweettreats-pg9kg]

1:06 but the song says I gotta catch them all

[@SellswordSpike]

The "what" he let out catching latias at 8:38 was so genuine

[@jstar3382]

He ignored the dialouge, but I was getting real yandere vibes from Ivy

[@Crxsseyed1]

Less Yandere and more… literally loses her mind due to the endless loop she is in

[@armaggedon390]

Yangiri. She's not crazy for you... she's just crazy.

[@drdca8263]

@@armaggedon390Given that the purpose of the character is serving as boss fights... is she even incorrect to believe that her purpose is to provide [PLAYER] with a challenge?

[@PriffyViole]

Yeah. The other rival (who you fight if you pick the girl) is a lot less so.

[@ReikuYin]

I think after enough runs random trainers will start to pick up on it and just accept that they are in a loop. I got.. some unnerving lines fro a Lass and Youngster about fighting over and over.

[@Going4Broke2528]

I actually really love that your Pokemon evolve mid-fight, it reminds me of the anime

[@blockrocka225]

Beat classic for the first time the other day. One of the toughest but most gratifying wins in all my gaming life. Things looked grim at multiple points but I pulled through. I even caught a Ho-Oh right before the final stretch...which I didn't even really need because Swampert kicked the late game's teeth in even without his Mega Stone. Turns out Ice Beam/EQ/Surf is basically all you need to dominate.

[@jordanforbes149]

“Someone finally made a Pokemon roguelike!” Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@quack0i991]

i like how isaac is just THE rougelike game

[@jamiedoesstuff5871]

It’s so funny if you know the history bc the dev genuinely was going to give away the game for free for a while bc he expected it to be so unpopular.

[@REDACTED504]

it got everything also its cool

[@heraschade7981]

pedantically its not even one, its a roguelite though im fighting a losing battle by making a distinction at all

[@kylogames107]

something interesting to note is that one of cottonee's egg moves is sleep powder (it gets prankster as base ability)

[@theshiny_lotad4661]

You can enable retries, I highly suggest for anyone struggling to do so as after bashing my head into classic mode 30 times it was the only way i actually beat it with the selection of mons i had at the time

[@boslyporshy6553]

Another way is refreshing page. The saves after each floor come in handy for that and legendaries with the same rng.

[@maxurmon]

"in most timelines I pull through" as someone that watched the stream, no you don't

[@cryingtrashcan]

"we caught a latias btw" yeah man i remember you showed it in the vid a couple minutes back lol

[@h4roeverynyan55]

Damn you alpharad for destroying the pokerogue servers

[@angryflamingos3314]

FINALLY! ONE OF THE EON DUO FEATURE IN A VIDEO! I still havent forgiven you for the too many types release of latios, Alpha.

[@Ima9ineBreak3r]

13:20 Alpharad just went from joy to sheer terror in about 2 seconds.

[@fragtical8540]

This game is so addicting. Got 2 egg moves on beldum from my first batch of eggs and he has been carrying me on several runs, Sadly classic is a little boring in the middle part. and Endless gets braindead after lvl 3000. But with some changes and some more modes (Like Nuzlocke and Hard mode) this could be the best pokemon fangame ever made.

[@SgtsPepper11]

"Did you lose to Hades and call it good enough?" Me, who has serious gaming ADHD and gave myself "a break" after getting to Hades for the first time and barely losing, which has now lasted almost an entire year : "... yeah, kinda"

[@periiwrinkles]

floor 145 is where my longest run (and the first run to reach above 40 floors) ended because of a bad lead😭 this game doesn’t mess around

[@riotking77]

Jacob absolutely talking his shit at the end gets me so hyped every time

[@jmablazer]

Alpha's literally doing what I'm doing with Charizard. Click the Special Fire Move to win

[@Saitken]

The fact that the game boils down to a “you know the exact dangers in the end game and the entire run boils down to countering those exact threats” is both a blessing and a curse.

[@retr0corrin]

this game is amazing, ive already beat it 3 times, twice normally, and once challenging myself by using only gen 9 pokemon, and now im doing a dragon only run

[@Gray45645]

Thank you so much for making another one of these rouguelike videos. They are very fun to watch!

[@drdoomsday8033]

I love how Eternatus is usually a hard final boss but he cant hit steel/fairy types or Shedinja

[@gabecalise120]

Gotta say, love the use of the instrumental "Throw away your mask", probably best song for that scene I can think of

[@MapleLunii]

Raichu is legit bonkers in this game, love that lil guy

[@arsonystgamez666]

So, his first team (idk if he does a second run this video. I'm at 10:00) is what I like to call a "sweeper team". You focus on building up and around one of your pokemon, known as your "sweeper" or your "ace", which is designed to be able to take out whole teams on its own. Pokemon like Skeledirge fit well for that slot because they buff themselves, and have high offensive stats, able to then one-shot a lot of pokemon their level or lower.

[@GingerProductions222]

I like how you had to remind us you caught the latias at 13:37, even though we saw you catch it at 8:32

[@thembo-lina]

So glad someone else noticed!

[@squibble08]

this makes me wanna make a pokemon rougelike where the intro is like, you use the generation 1-2 time machine trading thing and then dialga gets pissed at you and blends all of pokemon together into a rougelike soup. specifically i wanna make this have routes act like rooms in floors in a rougelike. also bad guy team encounters in addition to gyms and stuff

[@4546Bean]

Should’ve named the Fuecoco Zagreus, missed opportunity

[@0h-Collagen]

You can’t name pokemon in this game

[@4546Bean]

@@0h-Collagenshould’ve let people name Pokémon, missed opportunity

[@jamiedoesstuff5871]

You can’t nickname Pokémon yet, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s planned in the future- the game is still in active development and isn’t anywhere close to a finished state, so there’s a lot of cool content that comes out frequently to fill in those gaps and rebalance things.

[@Crxsseyed1]

@@jamiedoesstuff5871I could probably end up asking Sam about it, he’s pretty active in the community on discord

[@awastedcow]

PMD music is peak, kudos to whoever did the sound editing

[@ameo666]

13:06 bro thought he was in palworld for a second

[@Crxsseyed1]

Shinies do actually do things in this game, just not for enemy pokemon

[@Gaslightingprofessional]

Alpha must've missed it because we clearly saw him catch a latias in 8:32 just for him to say "oh yeah we caught a latias by the way" at 13:40

[@comyuse9103]

love to see fan games that evolve pokemon in the middle of combat. should have been in the -side- official games a decade ago.

[@Silentbean23]

This game kicked my ass left right and center. Who else but Alpharad to beat it with some of the best mons for this games final boss out of sheer luck

[@hathouses]

Its crazy how well he did first run ngl

[@PurgatoryProductions1]

something tells me this wasn’t attempt 1 tbh

[@TheQuixor]

This man's luck is unmatched. He found that latias and caught it at red hp with a POKEBALL, meanwhile my ass wasted 5 rogue balls, and 7 ultra balls at the same hp and had to stop because the fucker was about to wipe my team 😭

[@here4thecatvids]

Playing this game is indeed very accessible on most devices like laptop, pc and also smartphone and that is how I ruined 2 nights of sleep. Great gaming experience, but I recommend having some discipline and self control or you'll play for 8 hours straight.

[@lusaminehq]

You could do that, before jacob uploaded this and tanked the servers

[@Jerome7-v5u]

@@lusaminehq yeah, im convinced the servers are going through hell because of him

[@dreadnine6858]

now alls it needs is to collaborate with pokemon fusions so fused pokemon can visually reflect the fusions