Can You Beat Pokémon Yellow With ONLY BUG TYPES? (Hardcore Nuzlocke, No Items/Overleveling)

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Wowie, it's been a while. As a refreshed and recouperated Meatball, am I ready to delve into one of the hardest monotype hardcore nuzlockes I've EVER faced? Well find out as I attempt to complete a Pokemon Yellow Hardcore Nuzlocke with only BUG TYPES!
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Rules of the challenge:
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch one Pokémon on each Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4 (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

NEW VIDEO RIGHT? Thank you for waiting patiently for my return. I'm streaming another challenge RIGHT NOW on Twitch, so come on by! www.twitch.tv/chaoticmeatballtv

[@mycreativeandgamerschannel]

What happened to the Franchiselocke. It's just strange to suddenly stop If not going to complete a series, don't start

[@devinpage8445]

He's stalling Alola cause it's a horrible one to nuzlocke and will probably take multiple attempts

[@jamtone4492]

Spore stopped working on grass types starting gen 6 or 7. Spore woulda worked on erica. Also, you could teach scyther swift to ignore abras flashes with sabrina

[@skyeplaysgames4598]

6 specifically

[@jamtone4492]

@SkyePlaysGames thank you, i thought so, but also remembered 7 for some reason, lol.

[@Jeeptron28]

I think streaming the runs is a great idea, but I liked your old style of editing better. I felt like you were able to have more creative moments with editing when you didn’t have to implement stream clips. Do what works best for you, but just wanted to provide some feedback. Keep up the great work and can’t wait to watch some of your streams!

[@fxbking8956]

I second this. I know it’s easier to just clip your stream and upload it here with a voice over; however, if I wanted to watch your stream then I’d watch it there. Your KZbin personality is much more enjoyable than your streaming personality. I don’t have to hear you swearing and covering up every 30 seconds, etc. The vibes were much more mature and professional before.

[@ethman7914]

The hectic round three dimensional shape of animal flesh hath returned

[@raiynen]

Them: Unhinged live action chaotic meatball doesn't exist, he can't hurt you. Unhinged live action chaotic meatball:

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Bug Pokémon are really lacking until gen 4. Not because of the Pokémon, I love scyther and Pinsir. But there are NO good bugs moves till gen 4.

[@tesladrew2608]

Other than megahorn

[@TheGodIvy]

@@tesladrew2608 you mean the one that never hits?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@tesladrew2608 yeah it’s powerful, but not a reliable move in a nuzlocke lol

[@tesladrew2608]

@@TheGodIvy it's got the same accuracy as fire blast, origin pulse, and precipice blades

[@jordanthejq12]

@@tesladrew2608 85% and 90% are both just accurate enough to be worth picking up (pre-Gen 6 Fire Blast does have a higher expected BP than Flamethrower, unlike Thunder and Blizzard), but just inaccurate enough to miss at precisely the worst possible time. The real problem is that Megahorn comes far too late in the run to be worth it, especially with Heracross who has an actual movepool.

[@tylerjung5824]

The "reason" you were slower than Ninetales is that it was trying to use Quick Attack while asleep. It attacks first when trying to use that, even if it stays asleep.

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

That makes so much more sense, good eye!

[@dollenrm]

5 minutes in and I can already see a huge difference in your scripting quality. Can tell your getting better at the commentary side of things with experience.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

3:29 i always thought if you didn't state that we would ask. Actually now that i think about it -- everyone ask anyway; comments are good for the KZbin algorithm

[@mpg272727]

You have won the ultimate bugcatcher award. You are now the master bugcatcher.

[@brendanp5498]

16:06 *Insert Steve Rodgers "I understood that reference" meme *

[@mr.c207]

Really hoping the franchise-lock is still happening. You’re so close to the finish line!

[@BigSm00th]

13:00 "Cheating is based" starts singing rival theme. Not sure why this made me chuckle but it did

[@spacebumpkin1565]

I think I like the full recorded videos better than the amount of live cut ins

[@alexleicht5684]

Awesome video! Big fan of your content! You honestly inspired me to do my own Franchislocke on my down time and it's been really fun so far! Glad to see that you are back and looking forward to watching the rest of the Franchiselocke!

[@Willsmithfish1]

The image of LTG popping up on screen after you saying “You should hit yourself NOW” made me laugh way too much

[@dominicmurphy8986]

22:20 I think Blaine may have been trying to use Quick Attack and that's why it showed Ninetales going first. I wonder if Blaine was locked into some kind of AI loop there?

[@jordanthejq12]

Gen I AI is very rudimentary, and Blaine in fact has no AI at all--he uses the same 1d4 for move selection as wild Pokemon.

[@creltry1756]

2:18 already the funniest part of the video

[@radicaldreamer927]

I can’t believe Meatball and Bussy re-enacted the Harden battle from the anime with Butterfree and a Fearow

[@Tinkatube]

You say this was "one of the hardest" but this seemed pretty effortless, lol. Well done, and welcome back!

[@skylerhall2414]

I’m glad we get another video❤❤❤ missed your vids homie! 🎉 keep up the fire work:)

[@quentinkretzer0713]

Hey man, loved the video and the content, and you’re looking good too, I remember the pokewalker video where you said you wanted to walk and lose wait as well as get a video out and I’m glad to see you did it. Keep coming with the videos!!!!❤❤

[@Snowstorm174]

was that a MEW for HMs in the back of your party 😂 I mean it makes sense, it can learn all of them, but it’s still funny

[@jimmy1674]

The happy pride got me 😂 especially after the pump and dump

[@johnbonnie977]

I didn't think I needed another Pokémon content channel but dammit you stuff is pretty good

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the backlog and what's to come in the future!

[@pritzi101]

Hey man, I liked this one! Love me some bug types and nuzlockes to boot!

[@sovietdoge7015]

Ayo, was just looking for something to watch, glad I have notis on

[@DamnRagdoll]

Glad to see you’re back my guy!

[@AlexVisions]

So glad you’re back 🙌🏻

[@bsp8407]

@chaoticMeatball Did you make sure your rival had Flareon on purpose?

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Awesome video Gen 1 Big type run is definitely ambitious but were successful

[@Chefvonbreezy]

Oh lord I already know this is going to be a interesting one

[@Lvxurie]

That chair looks supremely comfortable

[@cj_skywalker]

At this point I am assuming you have killed the Franchiselocke. I do not blame you. Gen 7-9 are extremely difficult to complete with no repeats as you pretty much used up all of your good options and the Gen 7-9 Pokemon are complete trash. LOLZ XD I'm surprised you have avoided cussing. If I tried to do a hardcore nuzlocke, I'd probably fail hard and cuss up a storm. I have dropped the F-bomb so many time while playing video games that I'm glad my nieces cannot hear me. :p EDIT: Nevermind. You do say the F-word a lot, but you censor it with Pikachu's cry. Xp

[@thomashollingshead015]

I think he said in a post somewhere that the franchiselocke isn’t cancelled, he’s just putting it off for a while because he’s dreading doing all four Alola games back to back, and I really can’t blame him because while I love Gen 7, the games hit you with so many tutorials and really drags on in the beginning before they really pick up.

[@cj_skywalker]

@@thomashollingshead015 Sun and Moon were my favorite narrative, but damn the stuff they force you to sit through in the first two hours is brutal. XD At least it's not Pokestar Studios. ;-)

[@MrDorn123]

I would love to see the franchiselocke completed one day, i love the idea.

[@billyfaulk6789]

My dude! I’m glad you’re back

[@chrisdixon7377]

"Were not gonna miss chat" *sandsatan enters the chat*

[@zdelrod829]

Hot take, the modern Bug type is overlooked. While it's weak to some common types, it makes up for in Sweeping potential and entry hazards. Quiver Dance Volcarona (or if you're like me, Quiver Dance + Compound Eyes + Hurricane Vivillon), and Sticky Web Galvantula are some good examples of this.

[@knight393]

ironically getting a crit when boosted in this game is actually worse then just doing normal atk after using swords dance lol

[@Th3hun13r]

Iykyk: HARDEN HARDEN HARDEN

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

That was pretty epic good job

[@Chronoflation]

You underestimate a lot of these bugs. Clearly you need to spend a little more time on Gen 1 Solo run KZbin. Most of these bugs can handle the league, albeit with some luck, solo and with just the stat experience that a near minimum battle run would provide, and maybe abuse of the badge boost glitch. Still really fun to watch. I'd love to see this challenge made more hardcore. Maybe going infinite rare candy mode to remove wild encounter grinding and forcing minimum battles, to minimize your stat experience, and setting a boss -2 level cap. Also level cap for the league at the first member's level

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

I like the stream overlay, it looks really cool

[@FrankiePhoenix]

Finishing off by blasting everything in your path with hyper beam was epic

[@Terminaut1]

What ever happened to that nuzlocke run where he played every game in a row? Did he stop that?

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

Nope, explained this in a recent community post.

[@SergioRodriguez-bx3ot]

With scyzer using one sword dance and hyperbean is a better strategy. If plus six wing attack crits is like missing hyper bean since scyzer has a high crit chace so instead of using Focus energy to prevent It or risking turns with three sword dance you could use substitute

[@jordanthejq12]

The Game Corner only accepts exchanges in increments of 50 coins in Gen 1, so those TMs are usually avoided.

[@Mech299]

...I want his chair. >_O So soft and comfy and it rocks!

[@thomaslecomte1570]

Never realized how creepy it was to have Agitha say Pokémon are just for fighting while surrounded by tombstones, presumably of her late pokemon

[@dannogsus2184]

Oh hey a wild chaotic meatball appears

[@marjoriejohnston4905]

Next Oak's Challenge: Solar Light/Lunar Dark

[@TyroRNG]

Does anyone know why specifically weedle was not included in yellow?

[@oliostar7182]

To have a reason to buy red or blue as well as yellow.

[@hatjousuke]

I was sitting there wondering why you had focus energy on scyther, then you explained it. Giga brain, almost makes it a shame the crit killed anyway.

[@sngzihaokingsleybbss1270]

OH MY GOD HE FINALLY TURNED ON BATTLE ANIMATIONS, TOOK HIM LONG ENOUGH

[@angelcwooah6481]

Slash, Razor Leaf, and I think Karate Chop and Crabhammer (maybe others) were broken in gen 1, with a high Speed stat, crit chance was almost always

[@SuperKeenR]

BABE WAKE UP NEW MEATBALL CHALLENGE HAS DROPPED

[@NoirThing]

You look like Guru form DBZ...I love your videos by the way

[@Canady117]

Yo, what kind of chair is that? That looks amazingly comfy and I need one for myself!

[@capman7615]

Are you going to post the ultra sun and ultra moon professor oaks challenge here?

[@andrewluvender2984]

I love you overlay!

[@samuelcastillo5246]

Wait, what do you mean spore doesn't work on plants? Want that "fixed" until gen 6+? I remember using spore against plants all the time🤔

[@SergioRodriguez-bx3ot]

If crits do double damage, and slash always crits Why sword dance and Focus energy in sabrina? 😅just slash to one shot😂

[@mickgorro]

"Fake you fake you fake you" :)

[@kinoko6096]

Dang that chair looks comfy as hell

[@dansplam8217]

DanSplam, what a name for a butterfree!

[@dxjxc91]

I liked stat experience better than EVs. It made it so every battle benefited you and you couldn't accidentally f-pika up your stats because you didn't grind out 100 encounters before continuing the game. Ivs are definitely better than DVs though.

[@slateportraichu5416]

Thank you for a great challenge=3

[@jordanthejq12]

2:50 RBY's display is also weird AF and yellow bar kicks in a little over 50% rather than at 50% like later on, so it's even more deceptive than you think. Y'know, just in case you wanted to rage a bit more. 8:00 Starmie will NEVER use Bubblebeam against a Grass-type, because the "advanced" AI package is set up to avoid NVE moves altogether, even if they would be the highest-damaging option. Also, you're playing Gen 1 with Bugs. Go ham on the Sleep Powder. We won't judge you.

[@eternalnova1274]

I used to be a lord done enjoyer until I used lord helix in a play through and realized why he is the all mighty.

[@minervatenebrae]

I hope input isn't unwelcome, but for future videos of streamed content I might suggest cropping out the face cam from the stream footage, or making it a bit smaller so it takes up less screen space. Not because of any strong feelings on your face but because I think the screen real estate for the game is a bit too low in this video.

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

We've changed how the layout looks for GB/GBC games, though there is one more video with this sort of layout that I have scheduled for next week.

[@minervatenebrae]

@@ChaoticMeatballTV Nice, you're a step ahead of me. Glad to see you back uploading.

[@laggingdragons]

I did this last year, it's totally possible, Pinsir is broken as fuck for a bug. You can do it in Crystal too, without using Kanto mons. And FireRed. I'm working on Emerald with only Hoenn bugs, then so on to Gen 5, where I stop caring about Pokemon.

[@severinjohnson1573]

Nice one Bro

[@BrainInAVat7]

In gen 1 the ai chooses moves after you move, so there is no switching into a baited move, haha

[@greythewanderer6301]

Praise Lord Dome!!

[@Themetaldad]

As a kid i remember beating my brock with struggle on my metapod

[@1musamune]

I don't think Scyther was Slower than Ninetails rather Ninetails kept trying for Priority move(Quick Attack)

[@kokutoryuu8312]

Mediocre move, I always used buterfree for brock in yellow...Though admittedly, not as a nuzlocke :D

[@MorganTiller]

I love that bug types are bad in gen 1. Even the good ones are just kinda workable, not excellent

[@smgric6853]

The disrespect for Pinsir 😮

[@ryanbaker7434]

how's that franchiselock coming. It's funny I wasn't interested in it until oras

[@mripwntheworld]

really glad you are back! But I'm not gonna lie I'm not a fan of watching the game in a tiny box on the screen.

[@samuelcastillo5246]

Dude I hate Pikachu so much, I would have released him instead of placing it on the PC box

[@animasuffers1595]

based metal gear rising reference

[@catriamflockentanz]

Oh boy that's a visual departure and not a good one. Granted, I dislike purple so I am not a good authority.

[@ladyaceina]

remember when you cheated on your black and white no damage run

[@jaryant]

Aww thanks for the video

[@Chronoflation]

I don't think Ninetails was faster. I think the sleep was given priority from the quick attack the turn it fell asleep. That Ninetails is slower than Blaine's Rapidash, so it's the only way your Scyther, especially with stat experience, should ever be slower than Ninetails. Your base speed is way above a Ninetails, I'd think even 0 dv should still have you be faster

[@aappaapp6627]

Jetix moment

[@BoboBreez]

Some of the pokemon spritexls in yellow version are pretty garish looking

[@BetaNights]

BEST TYPE LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

[@rookiebr]

Where is the gen 7 ultimate nuzlocke? Just askin bc im so excited to see when It comes

[@ShiChimera]

Didn't you skip a late game encounter by picking Helix Fossil though? Kabuto and Kabutops ARE Bug/Rock Pokémon.

[@loubob69]

now do a dark monotype run of FRLG, it'll be easy :^)

[@turtlesandwich77]

Insta-win, he just punches the trainers

[@akionlizard]

But real talk steel only is gonna be rough

[@MsLoveandjustice]

Chaotic Meatball- where pokemon and gay pornographic lingo meet? You should you wanna make this your thing?

[@BrandonKellogg22]

Does he know that Gen 1 AI makes its move after you do?

[@JojoDrs_]

Praise lord helix!

[@silverwolfcat777]

Awesome! 😆😆😆

[@Ylurple]

what made you think spore wouldn't work on grass types?

[@aadenvk962]

I love pokemon Yellow : D

[@sockmonkeyjg]

I would have set up harden on geodude personally

[@TheREALSimagination]

I can see why they rebalanced Hyper Beam.

[@dire095]

What happened to the franchiselocke?

[@tesladrew2608]

Hiatus

[@dire095]

Oh ok

[@jordanthejq12]

Since he's playing in release order, that's all four Alola titles--infamous for extremely long unskippable cutscenes--back-to-back-to-back-to-back. These are also the most difficult main-series titles of the 3D era (especially USUM), so that's even more time spent in prep.