Can Ash Ketchum Beat Pokémon Platinum and Become the Sinnoh Champion?

[@zoominatii]

Excited for black & white version. You should use a lvl 100 pikachu and somehow lose to a lvl 5 snivy

[@ירוןפרידמן-ב3ת]

I disagree . It was Ash's worst loss

[@zoominatii]

@ It was the point in the series I stopped caring about pokemon & grew up 🤣

[@alakazamlover4908]

"oh a beedrill! my grandpa always said if you see a beedrill that means you should travel alone!" i dont know why but that is super funny to me

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I know right? It makes no sense, but I love that line

[@alakazamlover4908]

@@NuzlockeJoe it really doesn't make any sense, but i love it early-Sinnoh brock rejects are funny, but Crogunk is the supreme Brock simp nuder

[@davidtucker9498]

​@NuzlockeJoe I am pretty sure she made that up to get away from Brock...

[@WarriorLionstripe]

“My bike; it’s extra crispy!” It’s been many years, and I mean many, since I watched Diamond & Pearl, and that line STILL catches me off guard. I can’t help it but laugh. It’s so cringy yet so funny at the same time.

[@yamiryushi]

I can't wait till you get to Alola and win like you're supposed to. It's by far my favorite season. Everything else felt like a fun adventure. Alola....Alola felt like home.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah that’ll be fun. I doubt I have the knowledge to Rom hack gen 7 in any way though

[@Naji4Mayor]

It’s gonna be a pain as melmetal isn’t in gen 7

[@Gameboy_Graci]

@@Naji4Mayoryeah that’s so unfortunate. Other people have swapped for Metagross since they’re KIND OF similar.

[@brandonkdrummer]

@@NuzlockeJoe Maybe there is a sun moon gba rom hack?

[@risevortex1018]

It was ok just the way ash looked In the season was disgusting

[@beerussama7093]

“Wow! Your Pokémon defeated me. Let me have it so I can “train” it.” Best scam in the Pokémon anime

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Especially since it works more than once with Ash. Still bummed we never saw primeape again. Right after winning a fighting Pokémon tournament, he gets sidelined

[@alphawolf7417]

I'll still die on the hill saying that DP was this series at arguably it's best. Best girl, Dawn. Best bro, Brock. Best rival, Paul. Best pokemon, Infernape. The only thing that sucks is it was also the best at cheating Ash of a league victory with Tobias.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah that ending was the absolute worst!

[@12cmercado]

Wow Ash really hates bikes lol

[@NuzlockeJoe]

To be fair to ash, it’s mostly pikachu who destroys them

[@CJM94]

@@NuzlockeJoe and the girls blames Ash

[@YuGiOhPlayer]

​@@CJM94 I mean it's ash pokemon that does damage the bikes so of course they going to blame Ash

[@DislogicYT]

​@@YuGiOhPlayer I would blame him too bikes cost 1 million poke dollars

[@Loneduck_s]

​@@DislogicYToh yeah they do

[@Temp2390]

3:21 The Valley Windworks showed up 10 episodes after Ash beat Roark. They just made it about Team Rocket instead of Team Galactic (Drifloon on the Wind)

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Well that is interesting. The bulbapedia anime timeline doesn’t have that episode at all! So I completely missed it. That’s some good detective work

[@patonosequecosa]

Diamond and Pearl was my favorite saga of the anime

[@NuzlockeJoe]

There were some solid moments, but the ending was just so bad!

[@patonosequecosa]

@@NuzlockeJoe yeah, Ash should have won the Sinnoh League

[@Gameboy_Graci]

Definitely some dope battles at the end. I think subtracting filler episodes, Kalos May have had the best battles of all though.

[@Niall_Sene]

Awesome video, my favourite of Ash's Sinnoh Pokemon is also Infernape, he had such a tough backstory with Paul but he eventually grew strong enough to defeat him as an absolute beast, one of my favourite battles in the anime, great job Joe!

[@alphabladelm2011]

Paul really shot himself in the foot abandoning Chimchar. And that was after forcing him to battle without properly resting (going against Nurse Joy’s advice) and forcing him to battle a Zangoose (a Pokémon that traumatized Chimchar). On top of that, he gave up on Chimchar mid-battle despite the fact that he caused the situation to happen. And despite thousands of people watching the battle, he never got so much as a boo let alone extreme hatred from the crowds. Yeah, Paul really didn’t deserve Chimchar.

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

​@@alphabladelm2011to Paul he was just there to accomplish his task nothing more he doesn't regret abandoning him but he does change his ways

[@Gameboy_Graci]

😂 oh man! These are getting better and better! The humor and the battles. Can’t wait for the next one.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! I put waaaaay too much effort into this one. I've been watching a lot of pokemon

[@Gameboy_Graci]

There are worse things to watch haha.Keep up the great work =) @@NuzlockeJoe

[@mikelukow2376]

Your videos are always so creative, thoughtout and thorough. Best videos out there honestly.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

[@scwiby]

Woah its been a while since one of these Ash Ketchum playthroughs, excited to watch this!

[@saiyanwarrior3895]

i keep say tobias is cheater who use game hack

[@Gameboy_Graci]

@@saiyanwarrior3895his family clearly bought him a game shark for the cheat codes 😂

[@Zeno1781]

A level 25 tortererra. Looks like paul learned the art of cheating from Lance 💀

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah apparently!

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Lower level evolved wild Pokemon are a thing though.

[@Muicheerio]

3:54 we all know she ain’t wanted to break my boy Brock’s heart 😭🙏

[@arowosayetomilola6101]

Gliscor, but if Gible evolved it would have been my favorite😅😅

[@Gameboy_Graci]

Gliscor is the absolute best ❤ It would have been awesome for his Gible to at least evolve into Gabite though.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That would have been awesome! At least they gave ash a dragonite eventually

[@grandwarriorwaluigi1284]

I love how Brandon outright lectures both Ash and Paul on their issues in battling.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah he doesn’t hold anything back

[@cesarzepeda6359]

Paul's Elekid only knows struggle" damn bro

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah that was totally an accident, but oh well

[@alphabladelm2011]

To be fair, living with Paul is a Struggle.

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

​​@@alphabladelm2011i mean torterra respects him so i don't know i feel like if you stand upto paul expectations your life would be easier if not you're being released not much of a choice

[@Thedragonlover95]

Funny how the Turtle wins in this. Then again given how the Anime did Diamond and Pearl, , ,yup makes you question, but at least it ain't unova.

[@alphabladelm2011]

The anime writers did Torterra real dirty.

[@Rehabz4Quitterz]

Nothing like Ash Ketchum becoming champion on a Sunday afternoon

[@savasavkovic7228]

This was amazing ! Loved the incorporation of the anime scenes

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! I was afraid I did too much to be honest.

[@submarinemagnet7965]

ash's pokemon are actually quite solid, its just that evasiveness stat is raised on the anime and critical hits land way more than it should over there

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Hey Joe! Hope you are fine! I like the anime just as much as you do and I find it really fun the way you narrate the run, telling the story now and then. But tell me, about the nuzlockes series, you're gonna keep doing it, right? I hope. I mean, I enjoyed this challenge as much, but I was enjoying the other challenges the same way. Thank you anyway. Always fun watching your challenges!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I plan on still doing those, just not at the same rate they first came out with. I've started Unova, but it'll probably be a month or so till that one comes out.

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

@@NuzlockeJoe I understand, thanks! One more thing, don't you think gen 3 in the anime is totally bugged? I mean, Shadow ball hits normal Type all the time, man lots of non-sense that drive me crazy! And also they call hyper beam solar beam instead so often! Even more, lots of non-sense battles too, like May's skitty being stronger than howndoom's flamethrower! Man, I gotta say, gen 3 games are nice, but the anime really goes beyond crazy, they even give Ash the power to fly hahhahaha

[@colinsanderson7123]

Keep up the good work, you’ve got a talent for making these videos

[@t.j.helming5534]

23:50 This is my 1st video from this channel I've watched and apparently we both have a wholeheartedly love for Heracross!! That alone earns miles and miles of respect from me.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

If you liked this, you should check out the run I did of Emerald Rogue using Ashes pokemon. That little bug may or may not have saved that run.

[@xaviercomas2424]

8:13 i have been looking for this clip forever. Paul was such a savage💀💀💀

[@stiivaxj8569]

I found your video by chance while searching for '' pokemon game playing as Ash '' and I'm not disappointed I love the concept! Are you going to make Gen 5? Because it's my favorite region and I really want to see what you can do on it and why not play in turn if you share it with us ^^

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I plan on continuing into gen 5, but I haven’t even begun to look at gen 5 Rom hacking. I understand it’s way different from gen 4. In the meantime, check out the ash playlist for more videos like this one!

[@ridwannur1714]

Just finished watching your video. And I find it kinda funny how with the pokemon teraleak it turns out that the director purposefully made ash lose on purpose and he wasn't even supposed to win the alola league until the pokemon company basically told the anime director to not anger the fans and let him win.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I didn’t realize that was part of the leaks. About time he did win though. If you liked that video, come check back in a few hours for a companion Sinnoh video

[@ClydeX60425]

Gliscor I think that would be batman ace pokemon lol

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Gliscor is a solid fighter for sure, just like batman

[@Gameboy_Graci]

Agreed! 2 of my all time favorite things. Gliscor & Batman.

[@castform5032]

A underrated pick but I always liked Staraptor the most

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Staraptor was pretty good. Ash’s team for sinnoh was actually solid for the most part

[@JosiahHerring]

Love this series! Really curious what you plan to do with Unova, since Ash's Journey is so different from the games in that region. I wish there was a way to modify Black and White 2 to start in Nuvema Town, but thats way too much work for this series in my opinion. Can probably get away with just swapping out Iris for Roxie at the end of White or something like that. Although, that might mess up the earlier story events with Iris. Curious how you'll handle it! Also, side note, there is a hack of Pokémon X called Pokémon Ash Z, and it changes Gym Leader Teams and catch locations to help build Ash's team. I even think the Champion is changed to Alain in that one. So I recommend looking into that one when you finally get to Kalos.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I'm not sure. I haven't begun looking at gen 5 rom hacking, but I understand its very different from Gen 4, so I have no idea how difficult things like that might be. That's a really good tip about Kalos though, I'll have to keep it in mind.

[@Gameboy_Graci]

Woah! That’s really cool. I definitely prefer Alain to Diantha so I want to find a video on this asap. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@JosiahHerring]

​@@NuzlockeJoeI also just remembered, Black and White 2's PWT has a downloadable mode that let's you challenge the Unova League from the anime too, so might be worth looking into.

[@andylobster69]

Can’t believe capitalism kept ash from greatness

[@Gameboy_Graci]

Right!? Freaking greed 😂

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yup, how evil!

[@davidtucker9498]

Well, that is how we beat the Japanese last time.

[@copper-dragons]

I can't wait to see Kalos, X, Y, and Z was my favorite adaptation of the series

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I’m not sure if I can go past gen 5 honestly. At least not with all the changes I’d like. Even modding Gen 5 is becoming an issue, so I can’t even imagine Gen 6 or beyond

[@copper-dragons]

@@NuzlockeJoe Ok, I understand if you can't, I'm just saying it would be nice if it could be possible

[@Huh_What_Who]

Dawn's rival Ursula used her Gabite in every on-screen contest she competed in, making Gabite her ace. And Cynthia's Garchomp is Cynthia's ace for many reasons after all, so Ash's Gible was in a bit of a odd spot with how it could be written in Sinnoh League Victors. All Gible was is a late-game powerhouse with a uncontrolable Draco Meteor that had a gimmick with always hitting Piplup… Until it miraculously mastered it against Conway in the third round of the Sinnoh League, knocking out his Shuckle and Dusknoir.

[@foolofaguyinlove]

You sound uncannily like one of the voiceover actors for the start and end of each episode (particularly for Pokémon - Master Quest).

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Awesome video Was waiting for this Loved that the E4 team were Pokémon Ash used in the conference (Snorlax in an off-screen battle)

[@Tbpoilspill2010]

Scyther with eviolite is best bug. Got technician, I like the moves bug bite berry steal, and ariel ace boosted power never miss, tailwind use b4 switching out, and roost/something else Goes well with a stall like toxic gliscor and late sweep iron fist infernape empoleon for a off start and maybe ttar for extra tankiness

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Touché, that’s a solid bug, but still no heracross IMO

[@nightspawnson-of-luna4936]

Also Didn't nurse Joy have a Latios... (BTW On the bright side, that means if you ever do a Nurse Joy playthrough, you can technically use it)

[@NuzlockeJoe]

A Latias actually. I just looked through the bulbapedia page for nurse joys Pokémon, and it’s way more than I realized.

[@nightspawnson-of-luna4936]

@@NuzlockeJoe In my defense I don't think that episode/special ever aired in the US...but I still love the idea of a Nurse Joy with a legendary...

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Also Officer Jenny who have had some impressive Pokémon

[@shinkuakuma1118]

16:06 the writers just wanted Ambipom gone.

[@Thesuiiiiiiiiimonster28263]

Butterfree came back and pidgeioto who is a pidgiot now came back in last episode

[@ZOROisLost_Guys]

21:20 nah bro the db fight was unexpected

[@nightspawnson-of-luna4936]

So I do like you putting the little hat on pikachu in the side bar...but shouldn't you use the hat ash wore for that particular region? (or did you just not find art of that)

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I just used the pikachu variation picture they had on bulbapedia. But I might be able to change the style to match ash, that’s a good idea for the future

[@nightspawnson-of-luna4936]

@@NuzlockeJoe what a coincidence... Because the Unova Hat is my favorite out of all of Ash's hats...

[@k4l4ni7]

If a pikachu is gigantimax, then it is unevolvable in the first place lol, but no one knew that yet tho

[@GarrettMusic1]

This is so interesting, thank you!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dinosaurking8637]

3:54 if I was told that…I’d call bull

[@ItsSplatDryBones]

BEEN waiting for THIS lol

[@PolitoedFan9002]

So… is white next? I only say that cause that’s the game ya fight iris, and cilan if Oshawott is replaced with Pikachu. Then again white 2 had Roxie, but like she was the last gym leader in the anime, which made less sense. And Hilbert already looks a LOT like ash. Unova is certainly a hard one for me to predict.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Honestly, I have no idea. I haven’t gotten that far yet lol

[@SkylerSmith-n4e]

Mom: we have Pokémon diamond and pearl at home Pokémon diamond and pearl at home: ☝️☝️

[@rb4734]

Go Joe, or Ash! Become the Sinnoh Joempion!

[@KingOfSciliy]

Josh

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

Hmm my favorite is definitely Gible, also the first match with Gardenia wasn’t official gym battle so it doesn’t really count same with Fantina, and Ash use glascore against Candace to

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I get that, but its hard for me to like gible much because of the missed potential. If only he had evolved it would have been awesome!

[@purehyper124]

11:03 So you know Pikachu is a mouse not a rat.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I know, but electric rat sounds more mean

[@purehyper124]

​@@NuzlockeJoe Why do you want to sound mean?

[@soukply2937]

My favourite anime for my favourite region, as you probably knew Joe :p ❤

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yep, I remember that quite well!

[@KiyoAnsh_]

If its hard for you mod the games, you can just download a game Named fire ash it follows ash's journey through kanto to galar, so you could play as him without modding and even experience all the stories.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I might end up doing that. Though it has been fun and useful learning how to mod

[@Jawesomness16]

They really said “We’ll end the series when ash can actually win a championship.”

[@NuzlockeJoe]

In his defense, he did win in Alola and still traveled to Galar, so that’s something

[@toki2315]

Gliscor is not just my sinnoh favourite pokemon he is my all tine fav💯

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Some of the new Sinnoh evolutions I’m not a huge fan of, but gliscor was a good one

[@Giga-lemesh]

Let's gooooo! Wait sorry wrong game

[@randallrenfert]

Buizel doesn't get the appreciation he deserves

[@V9-Volt]

Is there a way we can play this modded version of Platnium?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, I have a link in the video description

[@aaronr7987]

Just watching your series makes me realize how many times the plot point of destroying some young girls bike is used in the anime.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, all the time apparently

[@Ichy3]

Was I the only one thinking that Ash is battle with the first gym leader in this version is almost exactly the same as his battle with Brock

[@yasuk9159]

Well Roark basically has the same Pokémon as Brock just with a Cranidos added.

[@edra2005]

Are you not following the if a Pokemon faints you restart the battle rule

[@aronffff]

this is me waiting for the unova ash edition

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah it’s been a while. Modding gen 5 is so different from gen 4 that it’s basically like starting from scratch. My plan is to finish it before the end of the year, but thats still a bit of a wait. I can say though, that I have successfully changed to ashes overworld sprite, so I’ve made some progress.

[@ceecee6521]

Of course Ash could beat Cynthia; he had a better shot than most players since he had TWO fully evolved Sinnoh starters, Gliscor and Staraptor. The ONLY Pokémon holding him back (stat-wise) were Buizel, Pikachu and Gible.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Unless you give pikachu a light ball, then at least he doesn't completely suck

[@gustavomorelato9140]

Hi! Just of curiosity, is possible to add a following Pikachu script in the game?

[@Jjk58174]

27:45 "cough,cough." Cameron was worse "cough, cough"

[@POKEBATTIS]

I love you nuzlocke joe

[@EchoAntunes]

Mine is infernape too I’ll choose chimchar every time

[@Leonardo-cw1dd]

infernape is a favorite but gible is hands down the funniest

[@jakemarch21]

Anyone know the name of the background music from? 3:21-3:44 can’t seem to figure it out. Thanks!

[@BriansMad]

Eterna Forest - Pokémon Diamond, Pearl & Platinum

[@emraah52]

I have always wondered why Paul isnt the rival in these games but Barry? Anyone know why?

[@theultimategamingcorner7589]

Pikachu did not like Cyrus

[@NuzlockeJoe]

For good reason. That guy is pretty messed up

[@OliverEX1424]

When you found gligar I thought it was a shiny

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That would have been awesome! But also not according to the anime

[@cullenhutchison6528]

You almost lost to Crasher Wake while Ash didn't lose a single Pokémon in that gym battle. Anime Ash managed to surpass Nuzlocke Joe at least once, which was very surprising. Edit: It happened with Fantina too.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah well, the anime giveth, and the anime taketh away. Some battles are stupid easy, and other are impossible. Just the luck of the draw I suppose.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

@@NuzlockeJoe At least you didn't have to knock out Geodude and Onix with Electric type moves.

[@nsoozee]

how did you get the sprites? i need them so bad i can’t find gen 4 style ash sprites like these

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Oh yeah, I meant to put that in the description. It's been a while, but I believe it came from Streak of Sprites on Deviant Art. The updated link is in the description now.

[@NateKendrick-q3s]

dude i love infernape

[@armanigayle1018]

My question is what did dawn do to u?

[@TopherHeYump]

Do you actually release the mod?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, just a google drive link in the description. You’ll need to follow the instructions, because legally I can’t just give out a rom

[@Keizokai]

How do you get the chimchar in the mod?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

You get it automatically after defeating Paul. When I got it in the video you would get it too

[@henry-w7y]

Had he chosen his team a bit better Ash might have won against Tobias. Pikachu, Sceptile and Heracross were the best choices out of the six.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I mean he certainly could have chosen a better team, but I doubt there was anything ash could have done to win. It was basically out of his hands

[@renzocorpuz9177]

Will the rom crush if I didn't choose turtwig?

[@VaibhiTheLegendGamer]

wait... you ued thoe pokemon that ash used in his sinnoh league finale battle

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I used Pokémon that ash used throughout the conference

[@VaibhiTheLegendGamer]

@@NuzlockeJoe ye that final battle pokemon team

[@Yourfavouritepianist]

What will you do when you get to kalos

[@NuzlockeJoe]

After unova ;)

[@Yourfavouritepianist]

OK it is your channel

[@ItsSplatDryBones]

15:54 btw, isn't dawn's ambipom female?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah you're right actually. So its really a monkey girl, which sounds more demeaning to me for some reason

[@thaelrynvecna2953]

Can't lie, the Bertha comment about her not wanting to be called a member of the Elite 4 because it was a "secret" makes me laugh. I mean...the E4 and Champion are recognized as the strongest of the regions, aren't they? That would only work if Bertha went to shall we say...Aloha or somewhere only the other bigwigs would know her? Lmao.

[@Youngbloodking21]

4:14 as told by ginger reference?

[@fatewillarrive]

What happened to Unova?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Just haven’t gotten around to doing it. I’ve been focusing on other characters for a bit

[@patricklynch4074]

Whats the beef with dawn?

[@butterchicke]

Why did you use rare candies?

[@TsukuyomiEyes]

Gliscor is mine

[@NuzlockeJoe]

He is a solid team member for sure

[@Pokemon-m7s]

How do i play the game ik its in the desc but i can't play it

[@NuzlockeJoe]

You’ll need to patch a platinum rom using the program in the google drive instructions

[@H24a3wla]

In the anime torterra was trash and here it was the boss!!!

[@highrollreviews4260]

I am horrified by your use of a master ball.

[@Digimonking-j8g]

Dawn doesn't suck she the goat 🐐

[@NuzlockeJoe]

She’s alright, I’m still partial to misty because she was first

[@jesperfruensgaardjrgensen9494]

This video Will be better if you only used ashes Pokemon from sinnoh region

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I did for the entire run, with the exception of the pokemon league. But since ASH used pokemon from previous regions, It was fair game for me too!

[@dermuller4972]

Rule: No Items in Battle, uses Items in Battle.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

No items means no healing, or in consumables. Typically, the "no items" rule does not apply to held items

[@dermuller4972]

@@NuzlockeJoe ok

[@BensonCaisip]

I wish we can battle Tobias in DPP.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I don't know man, they'd probably just make him way OP to force you to lose.

[@alphabladelm2011]

Ash Ketchum should take notes on your videos.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

In ash’s defense, I’ve already done all these games so I have an idea of what’s coming.

[@alphabladelm2011]

That’s fair.

[@MDRenjoyer]

i just patch the mod and its all good to play?

[@lordinfernape4753]

Glad Im your favorite

[@Animeedaddy]

Myy fav ash sinnoh mon is pikachu