Can You Beat Pokemon Without EVER Seeing A Wild Pokemon?

In the video, I'll be attempting to complete a full game of Pokemon while not encountering any wild Pokemon. If I see a single wild Pokemon, I will restart the run from the beginning. Is this even possible? Can I beat this Hardcore challenge? Watch the video to find out!
This is not a Nuzlocke, as you will see. My only goal was to beat the game without seeing any wild Pokemon.
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[@Jamal_DX]

I say this challenge was successful. At the end it didn't say "A wild Zekrom appeared" but it says "Zekrom appeared" so it isn't a wild pokemon

[@thegreenninja216]

I would also like to add to this with the fact that when you get a fossil Pokémon it is basically the same thing, you created the Pokémon from an item, and formally put it into a Pokémon for you to own it, so technically Zekrom is just a legendary fossil Pokémon you get to chose what ball it goes into

[@joshuasims5421]

Agreed. Catching a pokemon does not mean it was necessarily a wild battle. In the gamecube games you could catch pokemon in trainer battles. 'Wild Pokemon' just means 'random encounters', and this encounter was not random.

[@PlatyRush]

I say it's unsuccesfull, because he clearly wrote in the tittle "not SEEING a wild pokemon". He clearly saw the wild pokemon the professor was catching, because it appeared on the screen ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (But if we don't include that, Zecrom is not wild, so you won)

[@turbotreehouse9780]

Why no plume fossil?

[@Dukstless]

Just fyi, they started making this distinction starting in G5 for certain special encounters.

[@funnycat9962]

Ryan put a Starly in the thumbnail because he never had the chance to learn which wild Pokémon live in Unova.

[@VulturineValkyrie]

Perfect comment

[@amandalee3144]

Yes

[@ejokurirulezz]

gen 5 and its pokemon are too trash to be put in a thumbnail, it's a disgrace and a mistake of the franchise.

[@funnycat9962]

@@ejokurirulezz bro you’re literally talking about the best generation rn

[@minaashido518]

@@ejokurirulezzyou’re thinking of bdsp

[@woofexe4050]

That shiny Minccino was a sign of good things to come

[@coyolord8031]

or a sign of mockery from the professor herself saying, why do you torture yourself like this

[@carcas77]

​@@coyolord8031Probably

[@SomeGuy712x]

The fact that the game specifically didn't use the word "wild" when Zekrom appeared is a good enough argument for me. You did indeed complete the game without meeting a wild Pokémon. Congratulations!

[@autistic_potato1037]

Keep in mind that canonically Zekrom is TRAINED, both Zekrom and Reshiram had previous trainers.

[@SomeGuy712x]

@@autistic_potato1037 Yep, very good point. All the more reason this challenge was a success!

[@palladianaltruist8047]

He beat it without *catching* a wild Pokémon, but failed to beat it without *seeing* a wild Pokémon, his actual goal. He saw the wild Pokémon the professor caught at the beginning.

[@locksquid2508]

​@@palladianaltruist8047that doesn't count tho, since that's mandatory

[@blueyandicy]

​@@locksquid2508so..so is zekrom???

[@PtylerBeats]

“Choosing the proper starting is make or break for this run” 10 seconds later: “But basically, HMs aren’t necessary, so all of the starters are viable. Pick your favorite.”

[@samachu09]

During the majority of the video, I was wondering if the Zekrom encounter would make the whole challenge null but when the "Zekrom appeared" text popped up, I was laughing that the Devs inadvertently saved your run by making a unique battle text. Wow!

[@scook449]

Zekrom is a legendary version of an egg/gift. The orb is the egg/pokeball. It's not wild, it's a trade.

[@djt08031996]

It's a fossil

[@Shugunou]

​@@djt08031996 That's more accurate. I think it's basically a fossil that doesn't need a machine to be restored.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Restarting the ENTIRE run? You're a madman. And I can appreciate that.

[@RGC_animation]

Well there's a reason he takes such high risks, it's because he has a fool proof plan.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Nah it's kinda dumb. Just reset

[@stillwellstillhere1374]

I literally did a double take. Wild.

[@FranXiT]

If you say zeekrom one more time I'm gonna lose it.

[@A39pro]

This is the comment i was looking for

[@raventrapcarson5812]

Same I just left a comment mentioning that lmao

[@SuperMase9X]

Ko-fagrigus, Zebstreeka

[@BruteShot-od2wz]

Yeah I was like “oof, sorry buddy gotta dislike your video now”

[@Stupid_Neko_Gamer]

Tojepi

[@Mrfunniguy4]

Was half expecting a Pokémon coliseum joke at the beginning as even if you tried there are no wild Pokémon to encounter in that game

[@nextdoorneighbour]

same

[@KishluvsIchigo]

THANK YOU I wanted to go there so badly when this popped up in my recs xD

[@zacuax7272]

I think you completed the spirit of the run, even if Zekrom is a small asterisk on it. Well done, I'm impressed this was achievable.

[@_.baited._]

"Juniper makes three children do her adult job for her"

[@I_am_high_as_the_flipping_sky]

Ayo?💀

[@phyllojoe5346]

Child labor legal in Unova

[@talenstout8324]

POKETUBERS NEED TO STOP BREAKING STORY ASPECTS.

[@CryoticMienshao]

@@phyllojoe5346 and if you think about it, unova is based off of new york. so wouldnt that mean child labor is legal in new york?

[@phyllojoe5346]

@@CryoticMienshao Everything is legal til the cops show up my dude

[@bluebee17]

Wild or not, an endgame legendary you're required to fight/capture to serve the plot line of the game is arguably just a minor asterisk. You avoided every other possible scenario, well done!!

[@djt08031996]

Just class it as a fossil

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@djt08031996 Even then, Zekrom and Reshiram had trainers before, similar to the dogs of sword and shield, it is just that their trainers died long ago.

[@suzannewalker9145]

This is absolutely insane. My jaw dropped when I realised your tactics to deliberately faint and get yourself back to that Pokemon center. You sir are a genius at this stuff. I've loved your channel for ages and I have no doubt you'll keep making amazing content 😍

[@erinrose1037]

I believe this could also be done in Platinum? The starter fight with the Starly is removed and Giratina’s text says “The Distortion World’s Giratina appeared.” I can’t think of any other forced wild encounters.

[@TigeriPlaysGames]

probably hard due to the large amount of HMs, but totally doable! you could cover everything with a torterra or infernape and a vaporeon, though! cut/rock smash/rock climb on the starter and surf/waterfall/strength on the vee. you could even remove rock smash and cut via the move deleter when you get to him in canalave since they're optional past the early game, or just delete rock smash and move it to the vaporeon if you want to keep all the required HMs to access more items and trainers for money and xp. you could even evolve a togepi into togetic for fly and defog with almost no xp required - just raise its friendship by running first. the only hurdle i anticipate is gardenia's gym and the galactic base in eterna being hard with a solo grotle or roark's gym being hard for a solo monferno, respectively - even if the latter can evolve it needs a fairly significant level advantage to sweep on its own

[@Malam_NightYoru]

​@@TigeriPlaysGames don't you get lots of free pokemon in platinum too?

[@dylanebbinge1166]

@@Malam_NightYoru you can get an infinite amount of fossil Pokémon when you reach eterna city

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Gen 1, FRLG/LGPE, Gen 2 and Emerald are all possible because there's no forced Legendary encounters. I don't remember if BW2 forced you to fight the Swords or Justice.

[@Peelster1]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 Kanto is not possible in gen 1 or the gen 3 remake due to Snorlax and Marowak. RSE is not possible as you are forced to battle a wild pokemon when you select your starter. I am unsure about GSC or HGSS.

[@Wynntersenk6017]

I didn’t know a shiny mincinno could happen either, holy cow

[@Pokefan462]

I would absolutely argue that the run is a success. If I can be a lore nerd for a moment, both Reshiram and Zekrom have had a "trainer" (in a relatively loose sense) in the Twin Heroes of Legend. The twins battled for their beliefs, using the pokemon as their "champions" as it were, which sounds a lot like a Pokemon battle with different stakes. I'd say, the Twins of Legend should count as Original Trainers, and you are just on the receiving end of a trade made through millennia. The "Zekrom Appeared" being different from every other pokemon battle text means that they (GameFreak) had to have thought about this, and made the conscious decision that Zekrom is not wild, and changed the battle text accordingly.

[@makikomaaki]

I'd argue Zekrom isn't wild by technicality over the "Zekrom appeared" line the moment I saw your game choice. I'd say Nebby from Gen 7 works too, but I can't remember if there are static encounters there. Also I was wondering why you wouldn't get the Archen fossil all the way back until I remember Archen can't fly before evolving ahah. Good job! I'd say it's a success. Though I'd agree with some other comments I found that safe states should be allowed next time.

[@dankirpan404]

Alola has the Totems. While the encounter text don't says "wild xxx appeared", I'm pretty sure that other NPCs say they are wild Mons. (Also they call regular Mons for help)

[@nataly_171]

The first patch of grass in sun and moon forces a wild encounter, and getting your starter in ultra sun and ultra moon has you fighting a wild pokemon as well.

[@femkefeenstra7754]

But you could throw Archen in the daycare and level it up until it would evolve.

[@NaveenKumar_M]

Why is no one talking about gen 1 it doesn't have any mandatory legendaries and the catching tutorial is optional

[@dankirpan404]

@@NaveenKumar_M Gen 1 has Snorlax as a mandatory wild Pokémon. Similar in Gen 2 with a mandatory Sudowoodo.

[@masmurdermonkey9233]

You got the shiny minccino? Damn, that’s some luck.

[@Speederzzz]

Or bad luck since you can't catch it

[@masmurdermonkey9233]

@@Speederzzz Oh, I didn’t specify good luck XD

[@Speederzzz]

@@masmurdermonkey9233 XD

[@Nevervorago]

poor zeek-rum.

[@Belzabond]

I also feel bad for that mayan-shao

[@KingStr0ng]

Z-Crumb

[@theknightwithabadpictotall7639]

Fun fact: You can indeed complete Black and White with only exp from trainer battles, even if you have a full team of six with balanced levels, because of how the exp system works.

[@BelleColonD]

Whenever he says "ZEEkrom" a part of me dies

[@aubeary190]

Imagine how insane this run would be if you had to get 700+ eggs from Samurott and Simisear to get Zekrom to spawn in Dragonspiral Tower. It’s a shame you still have to fight it at N’s Castle even with a full box and party tho

[@SourAttmoz]

HUH?

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@SourAttmoz If you don't have a PC slot for the gen 5 box legendary to go to, you get a second chance to catch it.

[@colehanna4040]

Just so you know, using a "not very effective" STAB Surf does more damage than a neutral Slash.

[@kinglyzebra6417]

95 base power X 1.5x stab /2 = ~142/2 = 71 base power slash: 70 base power super close if not counting the mystic water

[@CarmenLC]

​​@@kinglyzebra6417​ +8 more base spatk + timid nature + torrent if its up

[@NotABirdd]

Higher sp. atk​@@kinglyzebra6417

[@nickhelmer]

I would simply close my eyes whenever a wild Pokemon was about to appear

[@brendanp5498]

You never got the message "A Wild Pokemon Appeared" so I say challenge success!!

[@MysteriousMagick]

I love how ironic this challenge being done in black and white is, considering the evil team wants to "liberate" pokemon from their trainers.

[@glowstonelovepad9294]

Kanto games have the Snorlax blockade. Johto games have the Sudowoodo blockade. Hoenn games have the Poochyena/Zigzagoon right after you pick your starter. Sinnoh games except Platinum have the Starly right after you pick your starter. B2W2 has the Crustle blockade. X & Y has the Snorlax blockade. Alola games have many required wild encounters in trials. Sword & Shield has required wild Pokemon encounters in the 3rd Gym. Legends Arceus also has many required wild encounters to rank up to unlock new areas. Scarlet & Violet has the required wild encounters in Area Zero. That leaves Platinum and Blaclk & White as the only Pokemon games that you could complete without finding any wild Pokemon.

[@faleay2849]

Do we count catch learning battle in platinum? If we do platinum is not can be completed without wild encounter

[@toadfrommario]

even if the zekrom "counts" as a wild encounter, it's still impressive to beat the game with only ONE wild encounter, and that encounter is forced anyway. this video was really cool!

[@Grafyte]

7:30 Due to the cubic experience function and the level based experience calculation in generation five, number of battles that result in a level 70 Samurott would be the same number of battles required to have a level 64 Samurott and level 64 Pansear, and that number of battles would be about 4x as much as getting a level 45 Samurott and level 45 Pansear.

[@tylerrshaw88]

Love the idea. Good video. Your voice almost gives ai. It’s so monotone and droning. The few times you show emotion, are way more captivating. I know it’s old but

[@abdillahahmad7025]

A Sans "no-hit" doesn't count the forced damage in the end, so I'd say you accomplished the mission anyway.

[@complexrolls]

No, I was thinking "Why does he pronounce Zekrom like that?"

[@Mr-Trox]

Zekrom, Zebstrika, and most of the city names.

[@Golden_Pig64]

@@Mr-Trox i actually get pronouncing it that way with zebstrika, since it's a portmanteau of "zebra" and "strike", and most U.S. dialects pronounces zebra with a hard E.

[@chocov1233]

3:31 - Ah yes, my favorite champion Ghetsis.

[@BillyOfOrange]

Cool thing. There is an already solved example where Heart Gold / Soul Silver players manipulate the rng seed by starting on a specific frame

[@AstranBlue]

technically, you could avoid the zekrom encounter by filling your box and party entirely with other pokemon. If you do this, zekrom will actually leave and you can encounter them later at dragonspiral tower. The next question is, how do you fill your box without wild encounters? If two of your pokemon happen to be compatible with breeding (i'm too lazy to check your available pokemon's egg groups, sorry), you could fill the box with eggs. In the past you could've used dream world to get pokemon there (i think), or you could trade with another game to get a ditto or compatible pokemon (but that could be considered cheating)

[@Neo_Bones]

You still have to encounter and kill Zekrom

[@photoo848]

All monkeys and starters are in the Field egg group. They are compatible provided you get a male and female

[@Ampharosite]

Damn I can't believe I never thought of this. Time to redo the run with this rule applied! ...joking but I also wouldn't mind it

[@jaxsonreynolds5261]

breeding is mentioned? oh no... please dont mention the vaporeon copypasta. please dont....

[@diogomarques7479]

This guy pokémons

[@ConnorKrohnicles]

Cold storage has no wild Pokémon inside the building

[@GiovanniNoeyes]

The editing on this one was great. Really above and beyond. Hope to see another letter-based Nuzlocke soon!

[@TheDeldiz]

Zekrom literally told you to catch it according to N, so the "encounter" really was just a formality.

[@monferno1]

In the end it’s the difference between a WILD encounter and a STATIC encounter for me, Zekrom being a STATIC encounter specifically

[@lindabcarpentersings]

The moment you choose oshawatt was the moment you gained my respect. He is the best boi

[@蜘蛛蜂-m2z]

Pokemon Black and White emphasize their story first and foremost. There's hints to the lore scattered throughout flavor text, and one of the most prominent is actually available in... Castelia City, I believe. Probably because the Relic Castle is right nearby. There's an NPC in the Art Gallery that discusses the Tao Trio's origins, and it states that Zekrom and Reshiram were both owned by trainers previously. This is why Zekrom and Reshiram are shiny-locked and why they are not referred to as wild. They are static components in a story. And by technicality, even though they "disappeared" on their trainers, they were never officially released to the wild.

[@d007ization]

The way you roleplayed getting into this challenge was awesome

[@Shugunou]

If you evolved Larvesta, it could learn fly which would let you fast travel without dying.

[@Alphabet576]

could also revive archen instead of tirtouga and evolve it into archeops, which requires far less grinding (obtained at level 25 and evolves at level 37)

[@Damarpw7]

​@@Alphabet576But you can only grind on trainers that would mean Sammurott would be at a lower level like level 55-65 i think cause the experience would go to archen not samurott

[@Alphabet576]

@@Damarpw7 imo insofar as this is an issue with using archeops it's a much bigger problem with using volcarona

[@SuperMase9X]

Larvesta evolves at level 59 No shot

[@Martynollins6789]

@@Damarpw7I think there’s enough wiggle room since bw uses level scaled exp, so what would be 50 exp for a level 60 Samurott would be like 2000 exp for a level 25 archen Also with 3 Pokémon as early as nimbasa you can just grind the battle subway for infinite rare candies lol

[@mistersp3753]

Zekrom wasn't a wild Pokemon. You burst into his house and forced him into a tiny ball.

[@orangepeelz3579]

Omg the blacking out to fast travel strategy was so smart! I can't believe you didn't go to any pokemon centers on that whole journey

[@t.j.helming5534]

I wonder what other Poke-tuber's like SmallAnt; MANDJTV; PokémonChallenges; and Mah-Dry-Bread would think of this video!? This is such an "out-of-the-box" challenge that I can't begin to comprehend the total amount of theory-crafting this video took. Kuddos for such a dedicated playthrough only a truly dedicated fan would attempt!!

[@Meewthree]

Me, seeing this title: but why tho Me, upon after watching it all: BUT WHY THO XD kudos to your creativity and patience but I could never lol

[@twinoakjohnson]

Technically you could count Zekrom as a gift because the dark stone was given to you

[@DrGersh01]

Technically speaking, even if Zekrom encounter fails the challenge, you did beat the Pokémon league which could be considered the end if you won't count the hunt for the sages in the post game

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Actually insane that I haven't seen this idea done yet, big props for getting in there, will watch this a little later on

[@robinP_P]

Love your content. Was so happy to find this channel. I've been looking for stuff like this. I wish KZbin recommended channels like yours more.

[@codonbyte]

You sold me with your explanation of why Zekrom doesn't count as a wild encounter. If the game doesn't say "A wild Zekrom appeared!" then it's not a wild encounter.

[@Ylurple]

"eye-sear-uhs" city.

[@raffaelkastner9799]

Drinking everytime you say "Phenomenon" is a freaking deadly experience...

[@saffierdragonbark8037]

Zekrom doesn't count as a lose condition, as you're literally forced to fight/catch it. So yes, you did complete the challenge. Congratulations.

[@thewritegrump]

I am blown away by how KZbinrs are constantly coming up with new and unique Pokemon challenge runs- this was incredible to watch! I never would have thought about if this was possible or not, but as soon as you posed the question I was dying to know the answer. I hit the subscribe button the second the video ended. :^)

[@jaredcurry2739]

I wouldn't count Zekrom as a wild Pokemon in this case. Honestly, most challenges start with asterisks at the beginning. "The run starts after you get your starter." "HM slaves don't count." Stuff like that. Not that that's a problem, but the fact that you didn't do that is already super impressive to me, even if Zekrom does count as wild.

[@forgototherpassword]

Me, playing Colloseum: ... What's a *wild* pokemon?

[@transfoogel3725]

Ah yes, ZEEKRUM

[@KingStr0ng]

Z-CRUMB

[@LiveHedgehog]

You did this challenge in the most punishingly psychotic way you could. Respect!

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Whoa, a female Oshawott on the first run? Nice luck.

[@funkymachine]

1/8 isn't that crazy. You have a lower chance to paralyze with with Thunderbolt

[@youtube-kit9450]

"This tree at the dreamyard is required" In fact, that's the only required HM use in BW. Makes you wonder why they even bothered with it. Also yeah, in a run like this especially, but in general, it's funny how the game constantly tells you how important a balanced team is, but in the first 5 gens, it's much faster, more efficient, and easier to just put all the exp, EVs and TMs into one pokémon instead of spreading them out over 6. (TMs in the first 4).

[@friedpancakes266]

My first thought was "this is just a Black and White speedrun with extra steps"

[@thatamericanidiot6787]

I believe the challenge was a success. I honestly even believe all the reasons you gave for the Zekrom fight could stand alone, so when you put them all together it makes the argument even more bulletproof.

[@JomoOval]

It seems that saying "[legendary pokemon] appeared" is something they devs decided to do from gen 5 onward, so I wouldn't count that as a reason to think it's not wild. However, I will still choose to believe it's not wild simply because of the Orb, as it's basically like an egg at that point. Any pokemon that hatches needs a pokeball from the get go, so battling it is just a special way of catching your "hatched" legendary. Really clever choice of this game to avoid absolutely every wild encounter compared to the other games btw

[@FrostFire425]

I mean... Other legendaries in this game are listed as Wild, so...

[@TheWAYF]

I feel like, if you told someone in the actual region that you'd become Champion of that region without ever meeting a single wild Pokemon, they'd scoff and say "that's ridiculous, SURELY you met one at SOME point", and then you said "well I guess I technically encountered the Zekrom I was carrying around in my backpack, but I don't know if it was wild... does that count?", they would look at you like you were insane. What I'm saying is, yes, that challenge was successful.

[@Wynntersenk6017]

The rude at the beginning made me laugh so hard

[@upforellie]

I swear I say this every time I see an upload from you- it's only a matter of time before you blow up. The amount of work you put into all your runs is insane, unlike a lot of larger poketubers.

[@lasercraft32]

I think its kinda dumb to have to restart the whole challenge after encountering a Pokemon... That's so much wasted time for something so RNG dependent. For goodness sakes, just restart from your last save instead, in what way would that make the run invalid? It just saves you the headaches. :/

[@HelixChannel]

My faith in humanity tells me he didn’t. I think he did for the section to Accumula Town, but I think he saved and just continued re-attempting the grass section to Striaton. Hence why he waited till that town with the repels to show us Oshawott. Had he had shown the stats upon receiving his starter like basically any normal run, it would’ve outted him. He’d argue the reason he didn’t was because there was no point because if he had to restart he’d be showing us numerous Oshawotts…but still. I don’t buy that he restarted from scratch every time.

[@TheSm1327]

Yea that was insanely stupid

[@8-bitsarda747]

it's actually very easy to beat Pokemon without running into a single wild pokemon, you just gotta pick the right game. Pokemon Colosseum on the Gamecube has no wild pokemon in it, only pokemon trainers. And while Colosseum's sequel, XD: Gale of Darkness, does have wild pokemon, they're exclusively in specific areas called "Pokespots" and wild pokemon only appear there if you leave bait out for them. So that's two games where it's very easy to not run into any wild pokemon

[@krisiverse]

Huge props to the amount of effort you put into the video! I would have just played Colosseum

[@FrostFire425]

Definitely a success. Shown to not be Wild, unlike other legendaries in this game.

[@PhantomAarantula]

32:00 That joke was so corny... yeah I'm subscribing.

[@Slushea]

If we don't count forced encounters, you can cheese this with cut

[@laslosermcuseless1574]

You could theoretically skip the long walk back by evolving archen into archeops and teaching it fly. However that would take more effort exp balancing and thus more strategy than lol just hit it really hard

[@kinglyzebra6417]

This man DOES realize that he could've grinded his other pokemon in the Daycare without encounters, right?

[@jedimasterpickle3]

What would be the point? He'd have to risk a lot of encounters going back to the daycare to retrieve the Pokemon, and he didn't actually need a second Pokemon to fight. The others all served support roles.

[@kinglyzebra6417]

@@jedimasterpickle3 You don't have to go in the tall grass to gain XP from the daycare. It only counts steps. In fact, since this is Unova, you could just beeline straight from the daycare to the bridge to Castelia without touching a single patch of tall grass.

[@jedimasterpickle3]

@@kinglyzebra6417 The bridge is a risky spot because of the shadows. Any step could have a Pokemon encounter. And for what? A Simisear? A Carracosta? This challenge heavily featured minimizing potential encounter spots, hence blacking out on Route 17 to warp back to Icarus City. What's the point of having to make more trips through risky areas that aren't needed?

[@kinglyzebra6417]

@@jedimasterpickle3 leveling up his other Pokemon. And my point about the bridge is that there's plenty of encounter-free space available by the Day Care.

[@jedimasterpickle3]

@@kinglyzebra6417 Why does he need to level his other Pokemon when his starter swept the game? The other Pokemon he got did their job just fine without being at a level to actually fight. And the bridge is not encounter free. Each step could have a shadow spawn, and each shadow could contain a Pokemon

[@raventrapcarson5812]

Idk what’s more wild, you beating the game with no wild encounters, or the way you pronounce zekrom.

[@SharkEnjoyer56]

Audino: the run killer

[@Andrew-zi3iw]

I think the run was valid and zekrom was not wild, but I would have liked to see you beat N and Ghetsis without using it.

[@fruit3193]

You can avoid having to catch Zekrom if your boxes are all full. However, I don’t know how you would fill your boxes, since you can’t just catch stuff. I’m also not sure if it avoids the fight.

[@KolyaVolkov326]

The only illeagle thing here is the pronunciation of Zekrom

[@SturmtrupplerNr595]

Not sure about this generation but in the third gen you were able to use cut out of battle to cut tall grass. Would have been tidious for sure but also cheaper

[@jjcelever]

Yeah but you also encounter a wild Pokémon when you get your starter, and later Wild Kecleon with the Silph Scope. And in FRLG you have to encounter Snorlax.

[@SturmtrupplerNr595]

​@@jjcelever never meant to do this challenge in these games, but if you Could cut the grass in 5th gen he could have saved money (more of a funfact than a serious advice)

[@qgame4941]

I am not 100% on this, but iirc cutting tall grass was removed in gen4 and onward

[@DisplayThisOkay]

@@qgame4941 It was. Especially funny because Emerald added a mechanic where Pokemon with Hyper Cutter would cut away bigger patches of grass than normal. They made a brand new mechanic for one game then removed it permanently from the series next game.

[@qgame4941]

@@DisplayThisOkay actually cutting grass was in gen 1 and 2but i didnt know about hyper cutter and that just made me chuckle! Sad tgey removed the use for cut tho

[@geoff3758]

Successful or not, I think you deserve the W coz of thr effort. GG

[@MiffedKitten]

I just discovered your channel and mannn I'm hooked! Your video ideas are amazing! Why didn't I find this channel before

[@FroyoMNS]

The inside of the Cold Storage doesn’t actually have any wild Pokémon.

[@AceWolf456]

Personally, with Zekrom being a REQUIRED catch, I don't know why they didn't just add it directly to your party.

[@M3G4T3RR4]

To trick children into using the Master Ball on a catch rate 25 mon instead of an actually difficult legendary

[@Ampharosite]

@@M3G4T3RR4 *45 catch rate

[@GeorgeDCowley]

So there's another Pokemon battle.

[@KingStr0ng]

For theatrical purposes.

[@DiamondWolfX]

3:02 "Having to face my greatest fear: touching grass"

[@Hamsterpro2022]

So, technically this is Pokemon but animals + touching grass ends the run.

[@Miningmanic55Blogspot]

Zeekrom? Zebstreeka? What is happening?😂

[@brendanboomhour7606]

Butchery, butchery is happening

[@peanits333]

Cohfagrigus

[@thewhatness]

Zekrom might as well be an in-game Gift Pokémon. Just a scripted one.

[@gravajaumbros]

I admit, I thought going into this that Zekrom was going to count against you, but the fact that it doesn't call Zekrom "wild" in the text when you encounter it (which I hadn't known would be the case until you said so) convinced me. Valid run. Zero wild pokemon encounters. Complete success.

[@izme1000]

"...and I'm immediately dropped into my house in Nuvema town" Cheren: "Naturally."

[@naleac6969]

In old Pokémon games some tiles in bushes wouldn’t provide encounters so if tried to stick inside those tiles and then tried your luck else where you were set

[@alphathehedgehogx96]

I'd make an argument that any necessary encounters for the game don't count towards wild encounters So that's usually box legendary Pokémon Sudowoodo, Gyarados, and the Electrode in HG/SS Kekleon in R/S/E And the forced Starly, Poochyena, and Zigzagoon in D/P and R/S/E

[@isaotron]

Zekrom isn't wild because the game doesn't call it as such. Pretty open and shut case. I don't think the argument for thinking it's a wild encounter is nearly as persuasive as the argument for it not being wild.

[@zainsaleem5340]

Restarting the entire game every time seems so unnecessary lol

[@ethanshowers6089]

You definitely completed the challenge. It didn’t say wild Pokémon appear, and you have to get him to complete the game. The spirit of the challenge was complete at worst. But I say 100% successful.

[@lain7758]

Alternate title: Can you beat Pokémon without touching grass?

[@prozzi21]

Great video man, crazy challenges.