Could Pokémon from 1996 Survive in a Modern Game?

I tried to beat Pokémon Scarlet with Pokémon pulled from 1996, complete with their original movesets and (most) game mehanics.
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[@KeeganJ]

✅ QUESTION: What is YOUR favourite Gen 1Pokémon? 🔴 NEXT: Can You Beat Pokémon Scarlet Using ONLY STEEL TYPES? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2bKiZd_qbeJapo 🌐 BECOME A MEMBER to get early videos, extra content and emotes! JOIN: kzbin.info/door/l4vHlsw4s5TVGFpVsj54Rgjoin

[@milanojong9526]

HI KEEGAN

[@susmitabasak5742]

I am actually 1st wow 😮

[@SS_Sunshine_With_Zoe]

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[@jaclynntye5326]

Alakazam is my favorite gen 1

[@sunnydayzzz26]

Cleffairy

[@NayeonCatComic]

I hope you guys enjoyed the art! I worked super hard on them!!! ٩(⊙‿⊙)۶

[@themightydenja24]

Good work

[@KeeganJ]

Amazing art!!!

[@kyleh3227]

The art is honestly one of my favourite things about this! The addition of the lovely graphics really takes this one to a whole new level. Fantastic job, you've got yourself a sub!

[@Sylvieboy72]

Can this person get more likes for being an absolute hero? 😊👍👍

[@NoobVSProlegendary]

Your art is very cool somehow

[@matthewdarezzo6408]

Mechanical changes more than power creep is causing issues here. If the Gen 1 mons were still able to max out Stat Exp, had Amensia still be effectivly two calm minds, partial trapping moves that prevent the opponent from using moves, 90% accurate Blizzard, physical hyperbeam that doesn't need to recharge on KO, they could probably get through this whole challenge lossless.

[@dundee6402]

Not to mention the Gen 2 special stat split severly hurts Pokémon like Chansey here.

[@larseunic]

Tauros having something like 22% crit rate too. Gen one is no joke man

[@bobbyhumphrey199]

I was thinking if you made use of say the gen 1 badge boost glitch, that would probably offset a lot of new gen mechanics

[@dissect123]

Exactly, Gen1 was busted. The item duplication glitch also meant infinite TMs when they were truly meant to only be a 1 time use.

[@ZeranZeran]

Shows that GAMEFREAK has gotten incredibly lazy, as usual. They could've made thousands of new moves, types, mechanics, while still taking the original 1st Generation into consideration. How many people have made it a point to keep their team from childhood? I know I tried until I just began hating Pokemon. Every game it gets worse.

[@GyroCannon]

For context: The weird gaps in learnsets for early levels is due to gen 1 not having any way for the player to encounter pokemon before a certain level (whereas later gens have breeding) and so they didnt bother making movesets below the encounter level

[@kyleanderson1435]

That is really interesting and makes sense

[@bio_lucas]

OR pokemon were caught when you already had the TM

[@john-vl3mm]

12:20 In true Gen 1 fashion, you should have modded Slash to have a 99.6% chance of scoring a critical hit when used by Scyther.

[@sportsfreakmt]

sadly, its only the AI Scythers that receive this buff

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@@sportsfreakmt nope, that's just Gen 1. Crit rates were (base speed)/512, but with boosted crit moves, they were (base speed)/64

[@sportsfreakmt]

​@@furiouscorgi6614 thanks for the math on that, honestly, as i didnt know exactly how crits were calc'd in gen 1,but it was only meant as a joke

[@MistyMountainPath]

His complaint was so lame when you know anything about gen 1

[@VannyBeumer]

​@@furiouscorgi6614so what if the pokemon has more than 64 speed?

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

This is already amazing especially the animations. Also no the moment you said only Gen 1 movesets you immediately lost those were absolute dog water

[@williambrown5934]

Dog water? Meh, that’s being kind, those move sets were Used Toilet water 😂

[@doodoohead1104]

@@williambrown5934🗿no

[@naganut9718]

​@@doodoohead1104you're right, that's still too generous. I'd say its radioactive waste

[@BirdCannon]

@@naganut9718🤨 radioactive waste is delicious

[@BirdCannon]

it only hurts a liiiittle bit

[@PhantomSkitty]

A true Raichu lover would have waited until Pikachu learned Thunderbolt to evolve. Gen one Pikachu learned it pretty early at level 26, at least in Yellow.

[@TheStickCollector]

Shame it needed to wait that long

[@Kris2005isMine]

Interesting bit of trivia-Yellow version Pikachu is the only Gen 1 Pokemon that learns one of the gym TMs by level up.

[@MrGhosta5]

He must be going off of red/blue and not yellow. Yellow changed the movesets and locations of a bunch of pokemon to make the early game much easier. For example in yellow mankey is found on route 22 and learns low kick at lv 9. Nidoran also learns double kick much earlier at lv 12.

[@ezcyberpup]

he said 1996 which is red and green (blue in North America) so yellow is not factored in

[@DnBGolf]

I was curious about the evolution timing as well, because learning the good moves at earlier levels was important before evolving

[@DarkEinherjar]

If they were allowed to have all Gen I mechanics in 2023, they could be kinda busted, actually... they'd have maximum EVs in all stats, so +63 in everything by LV100, a single Special stat that made Amnesia busted, 90% accurate Blizzard, a Hyper Beam that skips the recharge turn after a KO, the fastest ones would spam critical hits, and so on...

[@ProfDragonite]

If nothing else, this is an EXCELLENT way to demonstrate how a series evolves over multiple decades. As an OG myself who's loved the series his whole life, I have to respect the hustle.

[@marcosdheleno]

they took too long to separate physical and special from types. that's something that should've happened by gen 3. and instead, only happened by gen 4, on the DS. that's a far bigger deal than abilities, as most of them were pretty mediocre in gen 3. with only a handfull really being usefull. also, it took them too long to make bug types, not shite, hell, i would even argue that they only became viable by white/black. i also have to argue that the games suffers ALOT from each gen putting many of the earlier pokemon you have access to beyond the elite 4. which by then, most players will have stopped playing. the irony is, its the opposite problem to gen 2, which had many of its newer mons, too late. that means, only competitive actually ends up making use of them. finally, and this is an issue that was fixed and then broken again, TMs being single use, with many of them being literaly 1 per game, forced players into exploiting bugs to clone those tms. you can really see that if you go check platinum's forums, as many people advise to not use earthquake tm, before being able to cloning it... which is only accessible AFTER the elite 4 again. there's even an argument to be made about the internet mechanic of the newer generations, being time bombs, as nintendo is not afraid of cutting the cord, making those massive parts of those games pretty much dead(white and black comes to mind, as well as the pokemon bank and the friend safari in x/y). so i would argue that for as many steps foward the franchise does, it manages to also undo many offering inferior experiences in many ways.

[@TelaniGrey]

@@marcosdheleno Alright, so. Generation 2 split Special into Special Attack and Special Defense, and introduced Steel and Dark as types. Generation 3 added Abilities. Generation 4 introduced the Physical/Special split. Generation 5 introduced Hidden Abilities. Generation 6 introduced what I call the Boost Factor. Mega Evolution for 6. Additionally, TMs become infinite-use. Generation 7's Boost Factor was Z-Power (which also introduced the concept of ANY Pokemon having access to a Boost Factor), and continued supporting the Generation 6 Boost Factor. Generation 8's Boost Factor was Dynamax, and concluded support of both Mega Evolution and Z-Moves. TRs are introduced, which function as single-use TMs. Generation 9's Boost Factor is the Terastallization. It also concludes support of Dynamax. TRs are discontinued, and TMs are once again single use. However, you can now indefinitely craft a TM once you have its recipe, and the materials/LP to craft it.

[@Ghostabo]

@@TelaniGrey TMs becoming infinite-use is a gen 5 thing, isn't it?

[@TelaniGrey]

@@Ghostabo Absolutely not, I don't remember it...

[@Ghostabo]

@@TelaniGrey I just double checked, it is absolutely a gen 5 thing

[@mikepost1630]

Doing this with Gen 1 movesets was masochistic and I loved it. Well done that was some excellent play and those drawings were super cute. Also arcanine is my fav

[@MegaMegajennifer]

i think maybe my favorite gen 1 pokemon is meowth

[@rafilosofo]

18:00 I think Golduck seems better cause in gen 1 it's Special was 80, and now it has 95 Special Atk, leaving the old 80 to Special Def.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

Although it does also lose Amnesia boosting Special (instead only SpDef now)

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

You also have to consider gen 1's badge boost glitch so back then Amnesia would have boosted absolutely everything.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

@@Grey_Warden_Invasion a lot of people now experience Gen 1 through RBY on Showdown, where Badge Boost doesn't apply (because of multiplayer, not Showdown mods), although that is true

[@MishKoz]

I feel like Zapdos is one of the only gen 1 Pokemon that can somewhat get by with its original gen 1 moveset. Thunderbolt, Drill Peck, Thunder Wave, and Agility was its main set back then, and while it's not _good_ today... it's better than most mons.

[@magnoliadrone4191]

"Paldean MissingNo." made me laugh out loud. A+ video 👍

[@imtheonewhoaskedlol]

OK, the run was great and all, but the end shot of RNGesus (omanyte) and the FLOATING SHOPPING BAG FROM EARLIER gazing down from heaven is just such great attention to detail. Luker, you're a great editor. And Nayeon's animations were amazing too! Such as that shot where Keegan is justifying Dragonite sucking, its an Ace attorney reference. With the classic finger point, and the derpy dragonite standing in the witness stand, it was also great!

[@KeeganJ]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@Voidkom]

Praise Helix

[@arthurdunhin5557]

Well keegan j is my favorite pokemon KZbinr ever thank you + be my friend 🫡1️⃣1️⃣

[@apocratos0174]

Loooooool Ikr THE BAG!!!! LOOOOOOOL My man deserves all the praises he can get

[@user-fc7rs1zz4x]

Keegan has evolved greatly, the voice, animation, and knowledge. You rock Keegan!

[@Australianmanfrom1942]

Ikr!

[@EmmanuelPatou-M-Polo]

i agree keegan has improved :)

[@user-qm5en7jy6h]

Yay just like a pokemon Keegan has evolved in the best possible way like Magikarp becoming a mega Gyarados

[@Gotsta]

i legit thought you was gunna trade up the gen 1 pokemon to 9th gen some how and see if you could survive etc but this is also works haha love the sprite work

[@johnwheeks8117]

Really ❤ how you describe the events in the game. Who could even thought flutter mane could become a 'harmless little fairy'?LOL 😂

[@Ceigee]

I love the new art direction and animations!! :D

[@KeeganJ]

Thank you! A lot of work went into it so I'm glad you like it!

[@jordancalloo990]

KeeganJ will you continue using them?

[@LegendStormcrow]

It would have been more accurate if you modded it so that your mons had the special split reversed. Makes a few WAY more powerful.

[@123kidxpac123pac]

Special split, speed crits, double calm mind amnesia, badge boost, and gen 1 type chart for psychic and there will be no stopping Red.

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@123kidxpac123pac The one caveat is that instead of making mons more deadly, focus energy removes crits so you could catch without worry of knocking out enemies.

[@RedHotMessResell]

You’re reminding me of why I gave up on my Pokémon games every single time as a kid. I remember it being nearly impossible at first to battle properly because the moves were so bad.

[@nrvndex]

first video i've seen of your channel and what can i say? it's excellent. such a masochist doing this lol but it was brilliant. i haven't played Pokemon since Gen 4 and it's crazy how things have changed. This was so entertaining! Thank you~

[@CitadelBrulee]

It would have been interesting if you transferred Pokémon from the Red, Blue, and Yellow Virtual Console games on 3DS.

[@ArtisChronicles]

That's what I thought the title was referring to... Then I learned he was using the gen 1 movesets as faithfully as possible. Which almost spelled certain doom.

[@unripetheberrby6283]

That's what I thought would happen lol!

[@michaelwingsit]

I just watched this on my TV but had to come on here on my phone to finally leave a comment. Your videos are so ridiculously great and entertaining. They bring me so much joy - they always have - but now they’re even getting better with the animation and editing details. I was laughing the whole time and thought this was such a fun, nostalgic run to choose. That said, Bulbasaur #1.

[@gamerperson9965]

I didn't even realize it was satire until 12:11 when he said Electrode's design was good 😭 I'm terrible at picking up tones.

[@GFCOLCQuote]

"I didn't know Golduck had that kinda heat in him" BRO. GETTING SURF IN EVERY GAME IS LIKE GETTING A LOADED RIFLE. Once you get surf, you get victories. Facts.

[@maszkalman3676]

But he would have more pwoerful moves which he didn't used he is just shłt at gen 1 hardcore gaming.... No hyperbeam no amnesia? Spore to put the enemy 100% to sleep.... Firespin instead if shitty enber it woudl trap and continously damage enemies.... Bin/wrap so no enemy cna attack you while gets damaged.... For cloyster camp so enemy woudl be out from 2-5 turns... he is either some new gen pokémon snob....or 28 years and still a shit trainer 🤣😆🤣😆

[@dissect123]

The biggest problem is that there are not many Gen1 Pokemon available. Tauros, Nidoking, Zapdos, Snorlax, Alakazam and Articuno (dragon counter) would all have been available for the Elite4 and for the battles after that you would have had a Mewtwo to shred through your opponents. If you reversed the special split and added crit based on speed, it would have compensated for missing abilities/items. Also Hyperbeam was physical damage so a Giga Impact nowadays can even be argued to compensate for Dragonite.

[@maszkalman3676]

And other good moves weren't used either like spore to 100% sleep the enemy wap/bind to lock up enemy no fire spin for charizard???? So the enemy would burn in a fire wortex no clamp for cloyster? These are basic for any decent gen 1 player Amnesia for 2x stat raising Aurora bem instead if shit ice moves so the enemy would be weaker(in attack) after you attacked them... Bodyslam to paralyze them , not gibing chansey a duble slap to 5 attacks in a turn??? Dream eater on haunter to eat the enwemy in sleep 50% at a time would be an easy win, raise acuracy and use fissure instead of eathquake for instant kłll since in later generations earthquake is shit FLY to have a round where you can't be hit, Hydropump insread of surf since it's waay mroe pwoerful and bigger critical chance then surf in alte game surf not really powerful if you aren't in duoble battles. KINESIS so enemy can't hit shit.... NIGHTHSADE so it's as powerful as your level and ignore all other damage lowering factors, Pybem would be weaker then psychic but confsue the enemy so next turn it will likely hit itself not you. SEISMIC -TOSS the shit out of the normal types would be super effective and grows with your level. SUPER FANG halving enemy's hp at one bite. And it's normal type. Yeah sorry for the long rant.

[@sillibeastgames4308]

Don't kill the unusable shinies, catch and surprise trade them!

[@sconettilda8580]

He was playing on a modded version, im not sure he even has access to the internet

[@BagzAndPresident]

Only merds care about shiny

[@sillibeastgames4308]

@@BagzAndPresident Well, I'm a proud nerdy shiny hunter.

[@Ezekiielz]

@@BagzAndPresidentFairly untrue, most people enjoy having a fun-colored sparkly dude.

[@mittens4859]

​@@Ezekiielz I dislike shiny pokemon

[@kyleharcek7633]

Most dedicated poketuber out there. I’m so excited I came across your videos two years ago!

[@lowpolysunrise]

Vaporeon is my favorite Kanto pokemon because I've been obsessed with marine biology and the mythology of the ocean itself. Oceanic life is fascinating, and vaporeon does not fall short of an amazing design. It reminds me of the stories about mermaids I've read (to study how the ocean has influenced stories and characters that pursue in cultures worldwide into the modern day.)

[@gec101]

I was worried about your reasoning for a second. By the way, did you know in terms of human compatibility-

[@-w-.]

fsih

[@cappella264]

Dewgong is honestly one of my favourite Pokémon in general, I find it adorable and I don’t care what anyone says, It’s awesome

[@peeko_luxx2873]

Very strong gen 1 water type for sure! I couldn’t imagine many people disagree with you! My go to favorite water type in gen 1 is kingler. No clue why. But my overall favorite mon in gen 1 is gastly. That blue shiny, to me, is my absolute favorite over the whole series by leagues! Just don’t ever evolve it if you cop one… Gengar and Haunters shiny color hardly shows a difference… 😅😂

[@cappella264]

@@peeko_luxx2873 Kingler is cool and gastly’s shiny is also cool 👍

[@0verl0rd67]

Flapple's an absolute powerhouse, it's one of my favorite Pokemon, so Flapple of all Pokemon causing problems for you makes me smile.

[@bhavysaini5727]

Yeah but not in showdown, there they have given flapple hustle instead of its superior ability ripen to make every choice riskful

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@bhavysaini5727 hustle is way better than ripen, especially since it's supposed to fight in Gravity (increasing accuracy to nullify Hustle acc drop, and letting you keep the Attack buff, and boosting Grav Apple to 120 BP). Build your team well, and even poor Pokémon can win.

[@bhavysaini5727]

@@furiouscorgi6614 can flapple learn gravity???

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@bhavysaini5727 no, but you can support your team with other pokemon. Team synergy is a real thing

[@bhavysaini5727]

@@furiouscorgi6614 see i clearly mentioned "showdown" in my comment. If you have ever played one in randoms then you could have known not even a single mon is equipped with gravity...

[@MagusAgrippa8]

Out of curiosity, did you have a way to nullify abilities or were you just trying to avoid situations where abilities would activate?

[@PurpleHeartE54]

If you paid attention for when he revealed Charmander, he had the "Plus" ability, which only comes into effect when another pokemon with "Minus" is present next to them.

[@MagusAgrippa8]

@@PurpleHeartE54 I didn't actually catch that. Thank you.

[@PurpleHeartE54]

@@MagusAgrippa8 No worries m8.

[@TreshToons]

great video, had it playing while drawing and it went by so fast, very fun to follow

[@matthatter56]

I haven't touched this game since I got it. Played a few weeks than lost interest. Since Gen 2 is my favorite this video inspired me to do similar challenge only with Gen 2 pokemon. Thank you so much.

[@LebanonStorm]

I never thought I’d see this particular run done. But never did I dream someone would come up with it, let alone have the genius to make it work and work as well as it did. YOU ARE MY HERO, KEEGANJ. An inspiration to hardcore nuzlockers everywhere.

[@MegaMegajennifer]

but its not a nuzlocke

[@LebanonStorm]

I know this run isn’t, but it’s still worth noting that he inspires people to do those types of things.

[@MegaMegajennifer]

ah, ok@@LebanonStorm

[@johnalfieri4428]

You should do this challenge in other games. For example, only Johto mons in a Sword & Shield run. Lots of great encounters

[@mayoraeryn]

Or only gen 1 mons in gen 4, since there are quite a few of the gen 1 mons you can get in gen 4

[@IgarashiDai]

Omg, those back to back dodges at the end had me reeling 😂 What a ride!

[@ArtisChronicles]

What I love about gen 1 bugs is that there's nearly 0 bug moves in the game. Leach life and Pin Missile are basically the only bug moves since Twin Needle is a signature move. Classic gamefreak.

[@desktop-ini]

At least leech life is 80 base power in gen 9.

[@desktop-ini]

It was 20 base power until gen 5.

[@Keenakeen]

If you bought the DLC you could've gotten more useful mons. Ninetales, Victreebel, Snorlax, Poliwrath, and even Exeggutor, Rhydon, Venusaur and Lapras could've been in your disposal once the Indigo Disk comes out!

[@caiusdrakegaming8087]

Uh... for Indigo Disk he would have had to beat the game to get any of those guys outside of being traded them, so he was still kind of limited

[@unbearable505]

​@@caiusdrakegaming8087 False, you get access to Blueberry Academy and the terrarium as soon as you get paired up with Kieran in the first DLC.

[@tonybrewer7536]

​@@unbearable505 so you still have to beat the main game?

[@unbearable505]

@@tonybrewer7536 No, you can start the Kitakami story as soon as you set out on your treasure hunt in the main game. The Pokemon there actually scale with your badge progress.

[@shiny_hunterongo]

Great video as always keep up the good work keegan 😀

[@justingregory2011]

Damn dude this was awesome!! As a Gen 1 myself, this was so nostalgic whilst also current at the same time.. and those animations.. 🔥🔥

[@seangere9698]

It's not just the Pokémon but the mindset of a Gen 1er behind the controls that took them down. Great job showing the newest Gen that the OGs of Gen 1 still rule the Pokeworld.

[@firstswordcorvus7368]

My favorite is Mewtwo and excluding legendary Pokemon, it's Blastoise. I honestly think his bulk and decent coverage would've made the run a little easier

[@zwillscoopchannel9689]

He probably wasn’t available when he actually recorded this video

[@Borchert97]

I mean a Dragonite got 3rd at Worlds this year so I wouldn't say Gen 1 Pokemon have been powercrept out of relevancy. Many of them have stood the test of time, Dragonite is just one example, Charizard, Gengar, Snorlax, Zapdos, and others are still very much relevant Pokemon by today's standards. The only reason this challenge was even remotely hard was because of Gen 1 moves, not because they were Gen 1 Pokemon.

[@Ergeniz]

Except those gen 1 pokemon gained abilities, better movelists and in many cases slight stat boosts. Dragonite in gen 1 had no dragon moves, horrible movelist, had no multi-scale, had no held items.

[@Borchert97]

@@Ergeniz and despite all that, it's a 600 BST pseudo legendary. It's no slouch by any means. If you don't have Ice Beam its ggs vs. a Dragonite.

[@Ergeniz]

@@Borchert97 Being considered a good mon is more than just stats.

[@bitesizecrayons9187]

It's been a while since this concept has caught my eye, but this is a very interesting playthrough. This is top tier Pokemon content, cheers for doing what I wouldn't even remotely be able to tolerate, and I started with Yellow. My kids love pokemon, but I don't know if I really want them to care about the meta. 😅

[@mugen7973]

Incredibly fun to watch! Great job... Now beat Indigo Disk with all of that

[@Pedrooo31]

I can say I watched all his videos at least 2 times. And I loved every second from each one of them. Keep up the good work man.

[@the_maged_maniac_7637]

Nidoking is easily my favorite pokemon from gen 1. That thing cleans house in pokemon yellow. Plus it's really cool, it's purple (the best color), and it's poison/ground is a very good at dealing super effective damage, especially after the fairy type was added.

[@mattwo7]

1:47 I beat several gyms without terrastalizing lol. I can safely say it's not needed in this game outside of raid battles and the Terrapagos battle either.

[@barracuda4526]

Scyther doesn't learn bug moves in first gen but it wasn't a problem because bug moves in gen 1 suck and are only 2 😂

[@Jordenthecat]

The animation in this is great dude keep going!

[@Ghz33ChannelOfficial]

"Oh wow! Look everyone, a paldean Missingno" 😂

[@accalya271]

This is so enjoyable to watch. The editing is awesome! Edit: These random glitches got me 😂

[@wwerules000]

You nerfed them quite a bit, not giving them moves they could learn in gen 1 because the moves type changed, gyrados learns bite at level 20 in red. Theres other moves that where gen 1, u could of used any gen 1 move and still won but easier.

[@mayamoraleja6085]

I think because Bite changed to a dark type move. I think that makes it ineligible for use in this challenge. It was normal type in Gen 1

[@maszkalman3676]

Exactly he made it waaay more difficult than it should be to seems the new gen pokémon games looks superior.... Also the specials for gen one were more powerful and somehow he left that out and the 99.9 succesfull moves in gen 1

[@YashesLP]

Great video, obviously, but I feel like Violet would have been the more fitting version, using good ol' Gen1 against futuristic powercreep Pokémon and all that.

[@ZorgoXorgon]

Insane and beautiful idea. Loved the video!

[@ljfuentes7590]

Love how you comment the video and the art during the video xD great work!

[@badysonkids2664]

When I did a bug only run, I found a shiny cyclizar. I just caught it and put it in the box for all eternity. A much better alternative then sending it to the shadow realm.

[@theblackghost1244]

Thank you I hate it when people kill it like you dont have to use it but atleast catch it

[@Jeshe828]

@@theblackghost1244what’s the difference between banishing it to the shadow realm and banishing it to the PC?

[@theblackghost1244]

@Jeshe828 personally I usually trade them to a friend or my main account I'd honestly hate to keep it in the pc

[@badysonkids2664]

I hate killing shinies because I only have 2 of them.

[@matzky]

WIth all these challenges, Keegan makes me want to make videos as well. BUT, it takes to much time and dedication.... Cheers to Keegan for taking his time and making AWESOME and entertaining content for us to enjoy :)

[@WiiFan-1300]

I love how you put Red’s name in all caps. Amazing video! You should definitely do more like this.

[@TheMaskedGeo]

Great video and interesting experiment. This just goes to show how far Pokemon and game freak have come as companies and also the fact you were able to beat the game, show that while original gen 1 pokemon might be considered weak by any other standard, their still good enough to overcome their upgraded games.

[@joehoot-ou4hw]

I am so excited for the DLC! I can’t wait to see what you do in it.

[@potitishogun2961997]

Well, he definitely took Toxic from it to actually survive this challenge haha

[@MrAweeze]

Yeah Snorlax is def still viable. Also the screech/explosion move you made vs staraptor is puzzling. Unless youre, for some weird reason, restricting use of gen 1 TM/HMs, a thunderbolt from an electrode with anything other than a -Sp. Atk nature would have done at least the same damage vs staraptors lackluster Sp. Def if not more + paralyze chance + one turn + no dead electrode

[@mayoraeryn]

"My main goal, is to blow up!"

[@Goro_Maj1ma]

Everyone's a critic

[@Echoingsunflowers981]

This is impressive, now I kinda wanna see you take on the dlc with your team

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I watched this at double speed and it is hilarious how obvious that makes our narrator's delivery style.

[@swordcoheir9186]

Damn shame you didn't get the benefit of the gen 1 mechanics. Alot of gen 1 had higher freeze/burn/sleep chances.

[@burntwater1462]

Im loving the Red animations in this one! 👍🏾👍🏾

[@MSOGameShow]

The bag from before moving up to Helix in the later skit was unexpected but hilarious. XD

[@DrewS1890]

Everything was awesome from beginning to end. Lmao I really like that you did this. Subscriber count: +1

[@JeffKGaming]

Gen 1 mode needs to be a thing in modern games. They have no held items or Abilities, but they get the badge boosts AND the badge boost "glitch" (which would be a feature in this hypothetical I guess?) It makes me think of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, where you could pick the SSF2 characters who didn't have Supers, but they retained their old frame data, which for characters like Sagat and Ken made them super strong. Something like that.

[@unwithering5313]

Natures either don't exist or don't affect stats, don't forget that in Gen 1 (and 2) you can max ALL of your stat's EVs.

[@eeveewithcoffee9554]

Brave of you to even use a fighting and a ghost type with Gen 1 moves

[@LuciustheDragon]

This was such a cool challenge idea! My favourite gen 1 pokemon is Scyther. I prefer it over either of its evolutions :)

[@Fire-Manz]

My favorite Gen 1 pokemon was Jigglypuff and Tentacruel. I am glad the singing Puff ball aided you well.I hope you do each gen as well!

[@Angus_MacFarlane]

This was an amazing challenge, well done on it! Though it has had me notice something about the newer pokemon games... Did the trainers stop using healing items? How much harder this challenge would be?! I'm sure you still would have found someway to do it.

[@ArtisChronicles]

One stipulation that could potentially help, but would require a lot of research would be to only be allowed to use the equivalent healing items during battles. Otherwise I'm not sure this would've been possible... Imagine a full restore in that last fight on that final Pokemon. That would've been disastrous.

[@MagusAgrippa8]

Correct. Gym Leaders and Elite Four in the base game don't seem to use items. I don't think even Geeta used items. Clearly she isn't a good enough champion, all good champions have a super soaker filled with Full Restore.

[@RaptinDinon-mn4ps]

"You don't become Cahmpion with out spaing full restores." Lance

[@blade5924]

I would have thought it would have made more sense to do this challenge in violet especially the post game professor battle future vs past

[@blade5924]

Also when Keegan was hyping chansey up I thought he was gonna say mewtwo and bring it from home lol

[@HichigoShirosaki1]

Who would have thought having a tank that can heal itself, reflect damage, and do damage over time like Chancy on the team would help? It's almost as though you needed to survive long enough to defeat the powerful enemies. Coincidentally, I've never been able to find a Chancy in any game.

[@davidmurphy2563]

Not gonna lie on that final battle when you said you had one more trick up you’re sleeve and went searching by a cave for a Pokémon that strikes fear into everyone I expected Mewtwo but Chansey killed it for us Gen 1s 👏💪

[@orangeknight81]

I have a couple of thoughts. 1.) Bulbasaur is the best starter for Kando since it gives you a huge advantage against Brock and Misty, and gives you resistance against Lt. Surge. 2.) the electric puppy Luxio - puppy? Seriously? 3.) the streak of finding unusable shiny Pokemon continues. Finally, I like the incorporation of the original sprite work.

[@Laezar1]

I'd say squirtle is the better starter because it also got a solid early game with access to ice moves later on. But let's be honest the true optimal gen 1 starter is nidoking. But yeah charmander is overrated af, it's the worst choice by far and offers very little in lategame to make up for it.

[@teenteen9501]

​@@Laezar1i thought bulbasaur being the best starter in gen 1 is an objective opinion

[@Laezar1]

@@teenteen9501 squirtle and bulbasaur both have strong advantages. Bulbasaur has razor leaf being broken, leech seed (with option to do the toxic combo which is busted), and access to sleep. Growth is also really strong but doesn't work too well with razor leaf. Squirtle is a bit more straightforward but it just gets good move the entire game that easily coast through it. start off with bubble, water gun, bite for solid versatile early moves. Then you get a very solid bubblebeam/dig/body slam set. Then you get ice beam in celadon. And lategame you've got your surf, blizzard, earthquake. It's not very subtle but it's very easy and natural to make use of squirtle strength at every stage of the game and it just relies on strong coverage move and no weird glitches or gen 1 quirk. I'd say if you want to make things as frictionless as possible go with squirtle but bulbasaur is going to do well regardless.

[@SephirothMasamune0]

And you could cumulate healing with toxic and leech seed cause they shared the same damage type back then 😂

[@CuppaGi]

Until recently, Pokemon thay evolved via evoltuon stone stopped learning moves on level up. So you unintentionally used a power crept mechanic by letting Pokemon like Raichu learn moves naturally.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

They still learned moves, it's just that most Stone evolutions learn a lot of their moves by Move Relearner or at weird levels, so much of their movepool came from before evolution.

[@CuppaGi]

@@furiouscorgi6614 There is no move reminder in Gen 1.

[@MysteryRS]

As a shiny hunter, I shed 3 tears for the Mareep lol +Respect for murking it though lmao

[@Mc3Music]

I enjoyed this thoroughly from start to finish

[@ivanbluecool]

The psychic type yeah. Possibly ghost type depending on the kit gengar gets. Normal definitely

[@danielpayne1597]

Entertaining editing plus a great concept.

[@DevilcraftTV]

nice video. Not having played Scarlet really makes me wonder what actually is going on :D Like all the Titans and Crystal froms stuff I don't understand !! Whats even happening

[@Gothead420]

Charizard was able to learn "Fly" in 1st gen, it was glitched though, and only worked on yellow edition. The more you know. 🌠

[@apples6684]

Pretty sure it wasn't a glitch, they just added moves to some movesets in Yellow

[@furiouscorgi6614]

It wasn't glitched, Charizard just only learns Fly in Yellow. Well, it was glitched, but not in the sense of learnset.

[@certifiedsilly264]

make this a whole series where you do this with every region

[@Cat-Luck]

Great video with great montage, humour and idea

[@KovoN]

slowpoke evolves to slowbro which learns amnesia for a +2 special and thunder wave as well as rest and psychic, blizzard, fire blast, and surf for offensive moves, absolutely amazing... in RBY days

[@maszkalman3676]

It woudlk still be better than the moveset he made.... he is jsut ins't a good gen 1 player....

[@The_GamerBoy19]

How does bro always come up with the best ideas for videos?

[@Birdthefeatheredone]

So, at 0:46, you showed you used Plus to negate abilities. Did you give all the Pokémon you used plus? Because… it works in double battles. Like Rhyme’s battle. Where you used a special attack in surf to sweep.

[@ace88bf]

plus doesn't work with plus.

[@powerplay9422]

Plus only works with Minus, so giving all eligible mons Plus will make it as if they have no ability.

[@strawberrylemonadelioness]

My favorite Gen 1 Pokemon is Sandshrew. I just love the little guy, so adorable! In "Let's Go Pikachu" my Sandshrew Sandra evolved into SandSlash and she's my highest level Pokemon in the game.

[@dustintroydeguzman5411]

The way yiu draw Red holding Jiglypuff made me think canonically that he threw the little fluff Fastbalk style into the Gym Leader's face Fastball style to get the win.

[@AJR_Fan2003]

F for Mareep

[@adhdpersonified]

Real ones know that Red can’t talk. (or won’t)

[@Bromansvans]

Nobody: Not a single soul: KeeganJ: *sees an Electrode* ah yes PEAK DESIGN

[@EricaHaff-ut2ze]

👏 You are the only KZbinr I've seen so far to use Raichu

[@mattwo7]

Dundunsparce is many things. A slug is not one of them. That part of the design is a Japanese fat snake cryptid, not a slug.

[@robvadeberg]

It is iconic how the final battle is against a trainer that is, canonically speaking, using even more OG Pokémon than you are. Yours may be from 1996, but hers are prehistoric! It's gen 1 vs gen 0, if you will.

[@maszkalman3676]

No it's just retcon....

[@oyonan]

I feel like I need a smoke after that. Wow, that was satisfying.

[@leonkaufmann9776]

Honestly that last fight just proves, once again, that you DO NOT piss of the healer

[@sonalijagtap5826]

No not possible 😊 charizard op