Can You Beat Red/Blue with Just a Nidoran?

Two runs in one video? What madness is this? Find out which Nidoran can make it through Kanto quickest!

[@ludicolo15]

Me: Gonna go to sleep. Nidoran(female): Prepare for trouble. Nidoran(male): And make it double.

[@big-e-cheese3624]

Bruh I love u for this comment

[@thechannel3473]

Same

[@iCANTsleep2]

Goat comment

[@AuraKumo104]

To protect the world from devastation

[@bethanylutty4622]

Omg lmfaooo

[@Pyxis10]

Kind of hilarious that growling at a rock scares it into exploding less violently.

[@ryanbonaventure8224]

A chunk of gravel isn’t a rock say a rock and a pile of gavel

[@Just_Shaun]

Ryan Bonaventure well ACTUALLY, graveler is noted as the ‘rock’ Pokemon in the pokedex 😏

[@_mako]

@@ryanbonaventure8224 well actually, they're not rocks and gravel, they're POKÉMON

[@marzbar5877]

mako 0631 - Pokémon which are made of rock. Pokémon which are organic rock.

[@pokebro3397]

I think that Graveler is made out of rock and gravel

[@orangesilver8]

The mandatory hiker in rock tunnel is a bigger obstacle than bruno.

[@loulou3676]

I swear they just put that guy in to try to prevent runs like this.

[@Pyxis10]

Hiker guy for elite four?

[@_Tzer]

Someone make a romhack for that along with whitney as elite four

[@bravesfan2214]

I would have used seismic toss on the hikers

[@Banzybanz]

The Bug Catcher in Viridian Forest is a bigger obstacle than Bruno.

[@frappompi]

Just wanted to say, I'm really digging the subtle editing with the colored background matching each Pokemon's footage, and the seamless transitions between the two runs with the color palette letting you know which one you're watching.

[@Jrose11]

I try

[@frappompi]

@@Jrose11 it shows!

[@thebestworst8002]

The color pallets made it so much easier to watch

[@conorellisfitness]

Agreed!

[@starwarrior360]

Yeah, it's a nice touch

[@davisrailey4157]

Me while on a roadtrip as a kid: “Can you beat Red/Blue with just one set of AA batteries?”

[@Oldschoolgamer13]

I mean the Gameboy had great battery life.

[@cubedmelons876]

Well, the world record for Red and Blue is under 2 hours, so yes.

[@tjayenterprises5190]

@@cubedmelons876 yeah but... Would a kid in the 90s ( or whenever he played it as a kid ) really know all the things needed to complete the game in 4 hours let alone 2? Lol

[@vitemallight8818]

Can you beat Pokemon without Pokemon

[@mostlywholesome]

@@vitemallight8818 You can beat yellow without Pokémon using glitches

[@Besh091]

Jrose at the end of the video: and that was the nidoran runs My goblin brain: the Nidoruns

[@lickyro1234]

Goblin brains think alike

[@Hi-ix5bb]

Me: Nido% Speedruns

[@IsabruhMoment]

*YES*

[@emomc9557]

Kaleb Garnier-Wells ha! Nice 👍🏼

[@ironrose6]

Sounds like something that would happen if you ate undercooked nidoran. "Man, that new steak house is so good, but I think that grilled nidoking was a little off and now I have a wicked case of the nidoruns."

[@morgastic23]

Man, how many times can I watch this man play through gen 1? Apparently infinitely.

[@tonytang7550]

The same amount of times some people can play through gen 2, or gen 3, or gen 4

[@eeveestars3668]

forget about watching imgen doing the chalinge i could neaver play thought gen 1 this meny times ( but i am a gen 6 baby so )

[@parksyist]

You'd think it would get boring but it doesn't

[@Laszlo5897]

Gen 1 is still fun today. It is very dated but a good game nontheless.

[@grantbaugh2773]

I'm pretty sure my final words are gonna be "badge boost" because of how many of these videos I've watched.

[@TealZero]

NidoranM: You're weak. NidoranF: I'm you.

[@EWOODJ]

But worse

[@bradlybrackenbury7455]

EGG\

[@alfabusa]

God at this point I am just YEARNING for a _single run_ where poor, sweet Bruno at least gives you a slightly harder challenge than any of the other members.

[@nicholaspeterman9111]

Geodude run?

[@Laurenrdraws]

@@nicholaspeterman9111 That already happened, and it wasn't an issue

[@OmegaTyrant]

Meowth maybe could have an actual chance to lose against him without freezing hax because Hitmonlee and Machamp could do severe damage with Hi Jump Kick and Submission while the latter would probably be 3HKO'd by Slash at best without significant over-levelling. Rhyhorn too could face similar issues while also having the chance to be Fissure'd by Machamp as it's one of the few pokemon that can actually be outsped by it at typical endgame levels. But then you can just Mimic Harden from the first Onix and do it six times, where then you have your Defense quadrupled and have your other stats boosted by X2.26, making your only chance to lose is the very unlikely scenario that you can't OHKO the Machamp and are hit by crit Submission. Just being able to Mimic Harden and use it six times for free off the starting Onix means any pokemon that maybe might be threatened by him is still going to have a free win.

[@tradeka4206]

Zapdos just came out and it actually had some trouble with Bruno. He lost to him a couple times

[@caritahearts2405]

Gen 2 no damage run

[@Zapstur]

"Decide to go for Bite, because I'd rather get the 30% chance of flinch" Well, it is actually 10% in Gen 1. Only thought about this because you brought this up before in a previous episode of this challenge. Oh well.

[@petercarioscia9189]

_Weel ahcthualleh_

[@無名兄弟-i7m]

I somehow knew that, it's just that feeling you get from playing the game.

[@conorellisfitness]

Unless the enemy does it, to which it appears to flinch every time! lol

[@eeveestars3668]

for a sic i thout that u were talking about eating lol

[@sinisteroglop]

I appreciate how Fival is the opposing gender of the corresponding Nidoran.

[@Genra]

14:41 ~ 16:55 I think this is my favourite example of the differences in the "intended play style" of the Nidoran. Female plays more defensively, lowering her opponent's power, and stalling the enemy out. Male plays more aggressively, using moves that will increase his damage output or using attacks that just have a higher damage output in general, brute forcing his way through the enemy.

[@VHCosta]

Jrose: [has to consider many variables such as Badge Boost, faulty AI, opponents moveset, etc] Gen 1 AI: haha agility go zoom zoom

[@SirSeabass]

I always forget that Nidoran learns double kick at lvl.43 in Red/Blue, and at lvl12 in Yellow. It was throwing me off early in the video, lol.

[@EruditoGaming]

No idea what they were smoking having them learn double kick at 43

[@juanplopes]

Thanks, I was asking myself that.

[@EmeraldForester777]

It’s because it evolves by moon stone. Pokémon that evolve by stones in gen 1 don’t learn many level up moves.

[@crazychristopher1989]

"Amnesia increasing Speed? What world are we in?"-Jrose, 2020

[@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile]

memories are just baggage, best to drop the weight to go faster

[@Yam-jt3vw]

@@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile you. I like you.

[@dhdmeneer9109]

Anyone waiting for a James run?

[@TheVioletArmy]

Yes

[@thiagozlin]

Koffing?

[@PlotlinePlus]

I never wanted something so bad until I saw it.

[@Chronoflation]

Accidental self-destruct against blastoise, run over lololol

[@ChargeQM]

I'm waiting for CUBONE

[@jonathansauer856]

You probably won’t see this, but I just want to state the obvious in that your Pokémon videos are the best Pokémon content on KZbin imo. Watching your videos years ago always made me smile and got me through a rough patch in my childhood and I will never forget that. Thank you so much for your dedication and hard work to this channel. It’s made a big difference in my life and you deserve the success you’ve earned since your return to KZbin. If you ever question whether or not this channel is worth the effort, never forget how much of a difference you’ve made in my life and the lives of many others. Thank you so much!

[@Jrose11]

Wow, that's so nice of you to say, I'm not even sure how to respond. Thanks so much for the kind words.

[@forgototherpassword]

Ah yes, the elite four, the strongest trainers in the region. Lorelei, Agatha, Lance, and the champion, Blue. Also, some other guy is squatting in one of the rooms, so I guess you have to fight him too. No biggie.

[@RecklessInternetting]

They trained him wrong as a joke

[@e22ddie46]

That dude is just there to lift. He thought gym trainer meant something entirely different

[@Jynx9921]

LMAOO honestly Agatha should be the 4th one shes a lot harder than lance on most runs

[@boney2982]

@@Jynx9921past gen 1 yeah in gen 1 tho she’s pretty easy as long as you bring a Pokémon with dig/earthquake

[@TheEssentialHughJazz]

Hey Jrose! Been here since honestly can't remember. Really excited to see how much growth your channel is seeing - should be more. Your videos are always a very pleasant addition to my week. All the best.

[@mrlardtard6552]

Finally a new fix, I've gotten really spoiled with the frequent uploads and started developing some serious abstinence yesterday

[@suncat530]

"unlike my vision hindsight is 20 20" lmao

[@nathanielgrey4091]

The editing is great on this video. Dual color backgrounds that mirror the two colors picked for male and female. Well done. Keeps the two different and easy to read.

[@nefigah]

"Nidoran male can learn one extra move" Man, the 90s were a crazy time

[@mrlardtard6552]

Is that Todd Semenura?

[@MrAskmannen]

How did nintendo get away with it????😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@_mako]

I don't get it

[@uselessDM]

@@_mako Today it would be considered sexist by certain SJWs that a male can do more than a female.

[@177SCmaro]

@@uselessDM Yeah, nowadays, if the female isn't portrayed as vastly more powerful and competent then all the males around her and being able to throw the males around easily in spite of being half their size, then it's systematic social oppression of all women who exist or have or will ever exist by and for the benefit of all men who exist or have or will exist. Marxist dividing people into classes and then pitting them against each other. You know, evil bullshit.

[@BoBz013]

"why the hell is jrose still putting himself through this?" "wait... why the hell am i still watching these?" mannnnn im addicted to these vids, keep em up! cant wait for gen 2 ;)

[@Chronoflation]

I think Gen 3 will be a really good one. Gen 2 has a lot of low leveled opponents, especially in Kanto, so I think it'll be pretty easy runs mostly. Though, training for Red might be really tough or impossible with some Pokemon

[@Ultimaximus]

@@Chronoflation Do we know if he's actually going to do Red, or just settle for 2nd Elite Four, or even stop at just the first Elite Four because Kanto's too easy anyway?

[@Chronoflation]

@@Ultimaximus I don't think he's confirmed even doing gen 2 yet, but I think everyone is assuming it after he finishes gen 1, though he has done gen 2 runs before and he went through Red in the run I watched

[@Chronoflation]

But I don't think that was a solo run

[@bradlybrackenbury7455]

EGG IS GOOD

[@seanw143]

I remember being really disappointed at how infrequently you used to upload back in the day (I 100% understood why, college/real life can be a pain) but it just bummed me out seeing other people make inferior versions of the stuff you made and getting big off it. so NOW I feel extra obligated to now say THANK YOU for providing us with all of this great content especially during these times it is much appreciated sir!

[@TrevCL]

Person: who watches a pokemon video at 3 AM in the morning? Me: Oh boy, 3 AM!

[@epicglacier1654]

Hell Yeah! 3am! The perfect time for KZbin!

[@Krontok]

How many minutes? Whoa 0 mins?

[@FGazi-qf1hp]

"Laughs in Europe", its 10:40 AM.

[@Muriuki34]

*laughs in baguette*

[@meghanaingleshwar]

Hahahahahaha 😂

[@calt7964]

I was just thinking a little bit ago, wow it’s been a week I wonder what he’s up to. I’m pleasantly surprised we’re getting the double feature you absolute unit.

[@travv88]

I noticed it was a bit longer than usual, makes sense since it is a double run.

[@ImportedCheese]

The best part about living in Japan is that JRose's late-night uploads hit right in the middle of the day. You've inspired me to start my own channel and do my own runs; thanks for everything that you do! Keep it up!

[@petelee2477]

Damn here in the US it's between 2 and 4 AM depending on your time zone

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

Here in England it's around 4 o clock.

[@satvikjain4088]

Trubbish And Garbodor how are the garbodor hope the one who died to medichams zen headbutt is resting in peace

[@ginak5802]

Well I get up for work at 5am so the timing works perfectly 😉

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

@@satvikjain4088 The Garbodor who got hit by the zen headbutt from Medicham is resting in peace.

[@meganai3555]

The color transitions from one run to the next were pretty much seamless, wow. Wonderful in-depth run as always, thank you for making these videos for us!

[@simplysammyd]

18 min and 2.5k views. hope its obvious how much we enjoy your content and especially this series. btw, 152k man. its getting there

[@tonytang7550]

My favourite part is that Male's rival is named "Fiviette"

[@ZyoticRPG]

Love how unintentionally this video came out today that is Valentine's Day here in Brazil. XD

[@KnufWons]

Why is Valentine’s Day different in Brazil than in America?

[@marzbar5877]

Knuf Wons - Cultures are different

[@elianewinter2638]

@Fellipe Guimarães Fortes Aw that‘s so cute ♡

[@RenatoSantino]

@@KnufWons technically, it's not Valentine's Day, which is related to a catholic saint, it's more like "Lovers Day". It's also related to another catholic saint, St. Anthony, which is known in Brazil as the "matchmaker saint".

[@FixdalOK]

Bro just wait until these two lovebirds grow up and find that they can't breed! Nido♂ will leave Nido♀ for a f****** Ditto.

[@Ocarinist_Drew]

Dude, I was literally just thinking, "I could really go for a Jrose11 challenge run right now." So I just happened to manually go to your channel and check if you had uploaded a new one, only to see that you uploaded one 28 minutes ago. I did not come from a notification or subscription page. I just got super lucky with my timing! Anyway, thanks for making my night!

[@lovepooky]

This is the kind of tactic I don't like, and normally, I'd reset to try and find something more consistent but eehhhh... I'll take it.

[@marzbar5877]

Evercaptor stream archive - Ocarinist Drew used a less luck-based strategy

[@travv88]

I like how he consistently uploads this consistently enjoyable series. You get used to the releases being consistent, and you get this feeling "it is time for a Jrose11 video" and it happens.

[@Ocarinist_Drew]

@@travv88 lol He has us right where he wants us!

[@kubzania]

These are all that keep me sane in this apocalypse 😂😂

[@RealCryptoTest]

America, huh?

[@mariusstorm2584]

That makes two of us! ✌️

[@tomc.5704]

He sacrifices his sanity for yours

[@adams7942]

"Are we going to win the cup" -Jrose Like a true Canadian

[@no1wasgeorgiebest]

How is that a Canadian thing? The FA Cup says hello.

[@tscorpio2001]

@@no1wasgeorgiebest he's talking about the Stanley Cup

[@raabm5292]

no1wasgeorgiebest whooooooooooooshhhhhhhh

[@Laszlo5897]

@@no1wasgeorgiebest there are no playoffs in the FA Cup

[@silverventhil8462]

i kinda feel like the battles with Erika somewhat show something relatively interesting. in particular where the extra hp and overall defensiveness, if the pokemon can actually take hit's well, while it might be slower due to their lower attack, more defensive pokemon even in solo situation are overall less vulnerable to rng based things like crits and sleep in paticular for gen 1. which is why i bring up the Erkia battles, because if Nidoran Male had gotten the longer sleep like Female did it likely would have been a failed attempt since Nidoran female has more hp (same special so hp is the only thing in play). I realize that prior to the E4 your not super concerned with consistency in these runs but it's a relatively important point that you seem to discount a lot. while i understand why you do. i just feel it needs to be said and recognized that even in solo situations there is some merit to defense. feel like this type of run putting all the major battles to your level of consistency that you give the E4 might be a bit more telling of the merits. but you don't and it's just fine. anyways sorry to have wasted your time with this pointless novella. great video as always.

[@OmegaTyrant]

But then having the better Speed and Attack means the pokemon needs less levels to hit important benchmarks to outspeed and/or KO in less hits, where they then take less attacks and less chances to get statused, nullifying any advantage of being able to take an extra hit or two. Plus if you're dealing with the opponent having Sleep moves, if you're outsped they become a ton more dangerous with how Gen 1 Sleep works, making it vital to outspeed Erika's Victrebel and Vileplume. So if you want to argue about consistency with earlier fights like Erika. Nidoran Male still mostly had the advantage as it would require less levelling to hit the necessary benchmarks to win those fights with reasonable consistency.

[@alexisauld7781]

Blastoise: "Oh noes, not Jrose! *Pops into shell*" I swear. Blastoise AI. 😂

[@cubedmelons876]

I swear, it could’ve ruined so many runs if it hadn’t used Withdraw. Even the almighty Gastly.

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@cubedmelons876 Blue's Blastoise still having Withdraw and his Zard still having Rage in the final fight is a big reason why his Venusaur team is usually his best team when you're neutral against all the starters, besides Blue getting a Gyarados with reasonably competent moves as soon as Pokemon Tower, his Venusaur isn't susceptible to getting screwed by random AI making it use useless moves (you might get a free turn with Solarbeam, but then if you can't KO or incapacitate it next turn you're taking a big 180 power attack that won't miss). With Gastly though Zard would have actually been the best for Blue since his AI would prevent him from using Rage and thus Zard can't waste turns like Blastoise does with Withdraw, but Gastly still stomps all the starters so it doesn't matter that much.

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

I'd really like to see a Bellsprout run. Wrap + Toxic/Sleep Powder, and Growth + Mega Drain sounds like some insanely op combos.

[@wilFluffball]

Moltres fire spin/toxic

[@Predatr-bf9kd]

Never clicked so fast. Glad i stayed up late tonight

[@MrTylerloomis]

Same lol

[@Garbo_trashcan]

9 AM gang here

[@BioNova9]

Ha same here!

[@Nightwolfmoviemaker]

LMAO I FEEL THE EXACT SAME

[@twistedbliss9992]

Same!!

[@TheJum]

“But then you get battles like this and you’re just like ‘Man *clicks tongue*...waay easier than Ditto’”

[@cam3626]

"Let me explain" Serenade me

[@josephvissarionovichstalin820]

Next video- can you beat Pokemon red with an obscure special event dragon rage Magikarp.

[@loulou3676]

The beginning (ESPECIALLY Brock) would be much easier and the late game would be the same. Though you'd be able to get past the ghosts...

[@thesinistermobs1564]

Mahua Basu You can win with a regular Magikarp using Bide

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@thesinistermobs1564 Except Magikarp can't learn any TMs, including Bide.

[@ryanbonaventure8224]

When you use two games to use a tm twice: *yea this is big brain time*

[@CartoonKarma]

I wasn’t the only one to comment on Twitter that the upcoming “double feature” video was probably the two Nidorans, but yes, I was right! I haven’t commented much on these before - hard to find a lot to add to what JRose11 does and says in the videos - but they’re great stuff, and like many here, I tune in as soon as I see one, and remain gripped the whole way (though I do often have them as background listening, checking the video if I detect I’m missing information by not seeing it - just a byproduct of the length, but well worth the quality). Most impressive is how JRose11 keeps challenging himself. Not just to do more difficult challenges, though there is that. It’s how he, though committed to a 53-part Gen I Solo Challenges Series, keeps trying new things both here and in other gens. Whether to keep the channel fresh and not in danger of going stale, to take breaks from Gen I runs to prevent them moulding together for him, it’s impressive, his level of commitment and variety. But yes, great video here (my favourite part today was probably seeing the Female perform better then the Male in more areas then expected, and the time gap between the two at the end was not as bad as it might have been - defence does matter, kids!), and I’m as pumped as ever for the next one. Or whatever alternative challenge comes instead. Might I suggest Oddish and Bellsprout be done back-to-back, to compare the two version exclusives Grass-Poison weeds to one another? That could be quite interesting!

[@Blaze1337]

I got a laugh when Oak comes out after the champion on the female run. He like FEMALE you won.

[@GrayLanternPPA]

Maybe he's part Ferengi.

[@akingisbored]

I dunno why but JRose roasting Bruno is funny to me EVERY time. Never gets old for some reason.

[@projectno5]

Sometimes I wish NPC's could think for themselves. I like the idea of them thinking "oh, here comes jrose again. What is he using this time"

[@chartabona]

If the fourth Rival has a Growlithe and uses Roar, does that make him Roarval Fourval?

[@phoebe5114]

Laughing way harder at this than I really should.

[@GhengizKanye]

I hate it but I'll allow it

[@r0bz0rly]

New jrose 💙 i get so excited every time Commenting for the algorithm boost glitch

[@connorhobson6293]

The fact that you played different versions to match the colors of the Nidorans is the most adorable thing I've ever seen

[@milonchello1643]

They are version exclusive if am not mistaken, and since you can get them as soon as you get pokeballs i dont think he used a program to change a starter.

[@DoubleTime53]

@@milonchello1643 Did you not see the very start of the video where he did the first rival fight with the Nidorans?

[@Naixatloz]

He uses a device that lets you set custom color palettes.

[@bridgets6970]

Hell yes. You've been making ALL of the madness this past few months more bearable. Excellent work!

[@rystar5959]

22:03 "its was easier than ditto" God I wish that were me

[@levy9595]

Me: Hows he gonna pull this off? Jrose: Let me explain.

[@edgelord8337]

Congrats on 152k I'm pretty new to pokemon but I've been thoroughly enjoying your videos. Nidoran looks pretty cute in my opinion. All the mouse type pokemon always looked best for plush toys.

[@matthewroberts5891]

Welcome. You have A LOT to learn lol

[@theccarbiter]

I think nidoran is based off a bunny

[@KreepyKat911]

Your comments on pokemon are the only ones I ever wanna read

[@SinnohGreen]

Always a good morning when I wake up to these in my sub box.

[@JackieGC]

I love the detail you give on each of these videos. They're all entertaining and well worth watching. Keep it up!

[@bentendo_]

As a fan of youngster Joey, I’m ready for the rattata only run

[@Bananazu2411]

I was *this* close to mentioning the X Accuracy + Horn Drill combo cuz I had completely forgotten the no in-battle items 😅 If those were allowed, Nidoran male would've *easily* outclassed Nidoran female in this run Congrats on 152k Jrose, greetings from Germany!

[@iCANTsleep2]

38:38 the ultimate disrespect 😂

[@nathanielgrey4091]

Damn man, you don't know how much I needed this after work today. Thank you for a double shot.

[@pocketfullofdubify]

I love your channel my dude. Keep up the good work!

[@carolinedavis8339]

I love the late night uploads, I work nights, so usually it helps get me through the doldrums when I'm cleaning up at work lol

[@riselikethephoenix1]

This is when youtube is at its best! When we have people passionate about their content! Just really good pokemon videos and no politics!

[@ZorotheGallade]

Rival: (About to beat Jrose's almost-knocked out Pokémon) Blstoise: GUESS IT'S TIME TO USE WITHDRAW

[@caritahearts2405]

Boi has anxiety

[@robertsteinwandel6658]

You’re one of the only creators where I don’t even check the title, when you make a vid I watch it. The nostalgia hits so hard each time, and your commentary is incredible. Have an amazing day man, and thanks for all that you do

[@joakinjv]

The transitions between games are so smooth omfg. Gj!!!

[@gaiuswoltislovewoltislife6661]

The Nidoran female line is to this day one of my favourite evolution line. In my very first ever playthrough of Pokemon Red when I was a child I caught one on route 22 and kept it through out the entire game. I didn't expect it to be able to solo the entire game comparably easily though.

[@MajorIzan]

I respect anyone who plays Poke Conquest in the background. You're amazing Jrose

[@Treecake1]

My god, I really hope you're doing something else privat aswell. I can only imagine who tired you are, of Pokemon (especially Gen 1 and 3) I hope you have a way to balance all the Pokemon in your life out, but anyway, I appreciate the content flow the past few months

[@Mistblute]

Thanks for the late night upload I needed this tonight for my night shift

[@JadeHex]

I just cleared the weedle run, speaking of unscientific runs. It took about a week on and off with double speed. Theres literally 2 fights that are so ridiculously RNG-based that it's so unreasonable to attempt in a normal run. Add onto that you literally cannot KO Lorelei's Dewgong before it rests without 3 crit poison stings (you can also struggle three times to KO Dewgong but you're not getting through the other 4 mons on struggle alone)

[@tangletabb7813]

yeah I have never even beaten a pokemon challenge run before but I started one and I gave up so nice job

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

So you probably had to use items right? Did you get max stat xp? Would more have helped?

[@mkall]

huh i never wathed these types of your videos because i thought it was a simple gameplay but you explain it quite a lot

[@mastouffu4147]

I know that Weedle could not beat Blaine and Giovanni, but i'm sure he would destroy Bruno.

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

Well actually, Agatha is the hardest for Weedle, Jake McCaulay has beaten gen 1-5 with Weedle.

[@mrnazaire407]

Double feature? And a preevolution of my favorite pokemon (Nidoking)?? I'm in!!

[@ciellian]

"Bruno was so hard"

[@nathanielgrey4091]

This was Giovanni's moment to shine

[@adrianlombardo83]

Gasp 😦

[@DoubleTime53]

Perfect, a 50 minute video to wind down and go to sleep to. :)

[@ignisbad9158]

3:45 Why not poison sting? Free turn if it rolla poison

[@sloppyjoe9156]

I notice that I always end up watching these right as I wake up and fall back asleep and on multiple occasions have had to watch these four or five times from start to begining because your voice lulls me back to sleep in that weird phase between being awake and asleep. I am not watching it while fully awake so I can absorb the content and enjoy it.

[@arkayv]

Dude, can you please release some "Badge Boost Glitch" merch? I, and many others, would definitely buy those!

[@aaronodonoghue1791]

And Rival Fival too

[@Chronoflation]

This is my favorite KZbin series at the moment. I've always taken my time playing Pokemon, catching 6 Pokemon as quickly as possible and always raising as many Pokemon as possible, but this got me to open back up my 3DS and try to do a quick run through Pokemon Yellow using just my Pikachu and Mankey (which I did let evolve into a Primeape)

[@MadMaximus31]

Jrose likes hockey! 10/10 best youtuber ever!

[@angelsobituary]

Woah! I was just thinking about how I wish I had a new vid of yours to watch tonight! Great stuff man :D

[@theannilators7479]

“They are kind of reeeeaaaally similar” Wait really? I wonder why that is

[@Immagonnanommayou]

I like this way of doing the challenge, seeing and evaluating the subtle differences instead of using them in the same run really showcases how even very similar pokemon can have a sense of uniqueness

[@CuddleCuttlefish]

I clicked the bell after last upload to get immediately notified at next upload. Did not get notified.... Clicked the bell again, and it says it's on 'personalised'... So apparently KZbin thinks that even after watching all the videos as they've come out lately, I still wouldn't be interested in knowing about this upload...? Well great, now it's on 'always' anyways, so now it will hopefully do the thing it's supposed to...

[@suncat530]

personalized doesn't actually notify for some reason

[@amymoreau2125]

I don’t think I’ve met any KZbin challenge runner who is as masochistic as you. Love this series to death. Would love to see a Shellder run next, since Cloyster’s one of my favorite competitive Pokemon of all time

[@torrentialtomori9553]

Yoooo I was hoping you'd do one of these

[@lovelylow69]

Satou Matsuzaka first

[@WinslowSmith96]

Jrose i’m your self proclaimed biggest fan! Lol Can’t tell you how much I appreciate your authenticity and the quality of your content. You’re my favorite KZbinr. Keep doing what you do!

[@stumpytheviolator3118]

I'm saying yes, the Nido family have some decent moves through all gens.

[@beanburrito4405]

0:35 Nidoran-F also gets an exclusive move that Nidoran-M doesn’t learn, Growl! It’s definitely a game-changer and not at all mostly useless. Same with Focus Energy for Nidoran-M, which is even _more_ not mostly useless! Who even cares about Horn Attack when such an alluring choice like Focus Energy exists?

[@petelee2477]

Honestly growl did help against the self destructing hiker at rock tunnel. Granted reflect does the same thing but better as you saw with koga but he didn't have access to that move yet.

[@thefakedragonborn785]

Hey Jrose, I remember a couple years ago you did a kakuna rattata playthrough? Yeah, we haven't forgotten.

[@sheilaburrowes9081]

You say you don't get lucky but I kept shaking my head and saying, "wow, that was so lucky". To the point where I calculated the probability of that exact Agatha battle in which you didn't get a single confusion hit or Blizzard miss and the opponent used the best possible moves in all but one case as about 0.003310 (or 0.3% likelihood). Of course, that doesn't account for all the other possible good cases (I couldn't keep track of all the 1-p inversions) or the super-advanced comparative cases of, say, "how much worse is a Hypnosis than a Night Shade on arbitrary turn t?" (which would require algorithmically constructing a minmax or equivalent game/decision tree) _or_ the quasi-continuous maths of ranges etc. But it still makes a point. I think you should probably show at least a few of the many failures _before_ the lucky victories on all your runs: maybe one or two from any particularly hard gym leader and two or three from each Elite Four member (or more if it's an insanely difficult fight). That'd made it more obviously reasonable. I understand it's more editing work but in terms of actual raw video playtime, you could zip through most of the failures at 600% speed, adding only ~5 minutes to the total. I think most people would much prefer that. This video was the first time I actively thought to myself that you weren't showing enough losses: you usually do. Particularly at the E4, I was wondering, "why aren't we seeing a single one of these pre-level-up/pre-Rare Candy attempts?". Your videos are typically fantastic but this one wasn't up to that usual standard, despite the solid conceit of comparing the Nidorans H2H. Of course, I've seen videos in your solo run collection since this was published in 2020 that _don't_ have the same problem, so I'm probably bitching about something that isn't even an issue anymore.

[@kunzadar]

Can't wait to see tentacool. Water poison is a great type.

[@ijneb1248]

I love the contrast between the pink and the green color pallete

[@AnemoneEnemy]

I was literally about to comment on the ditto video and whine at your absence

[@Exponaut_R-01]

People new to the channel: Oh snap only a Nidoran? He’s gonna destroy this game with Nidoking and.............alright then.

[@vincentgo5297]

20:08 dat transition

[@rexdavis12]

Just when things are looking up for me, I get a cup of coffee for my head. Thank you Jrose11

[@EinsteinJR2]

I believe that one day it will happen, we will get the final gen 4 catch 'em all video.

[@Joseph_Wizeman]

Honestly my favourite videos to watch during quarantine