Cresselia Only - Pokemon Platinum

Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, save states, or RNG manipulation
4. No evasion moves before level 100*
Rule details:
-- *In gen1, evasion boosting is allowed if the Pokemon does it through means other than learning the move by level up or TM. For example, using Mimic or Mirror Move to boost evasion is allowed. (This exception is to keep ranking consistent with my legacy videos.)
-- I am allowed to manipulate my starter
-- I play the game at 4x game speed
-- For fair comparisons all my Pokemon have perfect (or near perfect) DVs / IVs
-- I am allowed to catch HM users - I can use all field moves
-- All in-battle glitches are allowed in generation 1
-- In generation 1, I'm allowed to skip Marowak with the Poke Doll
-- Surge's trash-can-puzzle is automatically solved
-- The bike is allowed in gen1, banned in gen2, and allowed for bypassing terrain in gen3
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- I can pause the game and timer to take breaks
-- The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration
-- The ability Pickup can only be used if the starter has it
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[@Badger_666]

Lucas has 2 less lines of text when compared to Dawn for whatever reason, so choosing the female character is a tiny bit faster.

[@Mr_Soleo]

What a crazy detail. Firstly, I wonder why that happened, secondly, though I shouldn't be surprised, how that little of a change was found and determined to be impactful

[@octolockg5059]

I wonder what two lines.

[@Willingmess]

I’ll admit, for the longest time I thought Cresselia was an event only pokemon. I was pretty surprised you could get it in game unlike its counterpart Darkrai.

[@fortello7219]

Really the weird part is just that it has a counterpart that's a mythical. Either both should be legendary, or both should be mythical. Not one or the other. I think the only other pokémon that has something like that is Mewtwo? There it's also a little strange but a lot more explainable since it's man-made interference.

[@dustindean4618]

​@@fortello7219 technically Rayquaza and Deoxys were like that, cause they're pretty much rivals

[@Apfeljunge666]

Regarding Cythia. Every time you face her, you are grossly overleveled, which is due to the overabundance of rare cadies. Previous Champions always had to be fought at a much closer level gap.

[@weegee985]

Oh dang, for the last two days I was expecting Dialga and Palkia. This is a surprise.

[@aidanhogan-thomas1797]

Prolly gonna be cress and giratina. Psychic type and box legendary like emerald

[@BubbaJoeSwag]

He did catch the giratina this time. It’s a sign

[@go5408]

Probably going to be Dialga/Palkia/Giratina vs video for that. But i am surpriced that he didnt do Cresselia vs Darkrai. Being related in the story arc and stats.

[@poketrainerjames7246]

It could be a Dialga vs Palkia vs Giratina

[@KyleLeeman]

The output from you and your editor this month has been nothing short of magic

[@aggapuffin]

From Generations 2-5, Steel does resist Psychic, but you failed to mention that from Generations 6-9, Steel also resists Psychic. Only Dark and Ghost became neutral against Steel.

[@morganmatthews2222]

Yea that doesnt make any sense.

[@C_Train74]

If you shrink the enemy’s Pokemon a little on the right, you could slide the Held Item underneath it.

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Just put the icon for the Item in the opposite corner to the typing.

[@MOORE4U2]

Or even just a small icon in the lower right of the Pokemon image. As long as we know the difference between Oran and Sitrus berries, I don't think we'll have a hard time knowing what's what.

[@Chronoflation]

That might throw off his visualizations, but maybe he could just add another line to the bottom with Ability on the left, under the picture and typing, and held item on the right, under the stats

[@Chronoflation]

Oh wait, he has ability already, Nevermind. I never noticed that til just now

[@shimmianNS]

On the thirtieth day of December, Scott's Thoughts gave to me: A psychic legend tanking The 'Raptor line not Flying An honorary starter Sparking A penguin mon Drill Pecking The burning 'Ape Swords Dancing A dramatic entry into Sinnoh The Birds as a perfect ending Mewtwo totally sending! The first Dragon line slowly growing A kaiju rhino stomping A metal crab whose stats stay even A pseudo legend walled by Steven The egg tree with a garbage move pool A 'Bro "destined for greatness" Giovanni's aces finally winning The tapirs using hypnosis The 'King of emerald loafing A lively mid stage slashing The Johto trio roaming Surge's 'Chu with a competent trainer Classy Cat v Pig Monkey! A moonstone evolution The "Rhydon of gen three" A Pure Power powerhouse Wattson's ace in Hoenn 'Phan v Ursaring! A tiny turtle's bubble The fire starter digging A garden lizard's leech seed And those three weirdo mons punching

[@shadowknight9345]

One more day left!

[@myggmastaren3365]

greatly underrated comment

[@LuboProductions]

Only one more! Sht i'm gonna miss this😅

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Maybe to help cut down the massive move pools you could show the full set at the start then filter out the post game TMs from the list?

[@TheBloodyloon]

I feel like if you had return instead of grass knot, there were a lot of fights that would have been easier. Cresselia's attack is only 5 lower than it's special attack. Something I've seen you do a couple of times is only have one kind of damage , and having a mixed attacking move set might help by being able to target specific pokemon's stat weaknesses (like imagine not having a physical move to fight blissey).

[@rex_melynas]

Oh, dawn has more text boxes in game, that's why people choose the female trainer, it's more noticeable in gen 3, but it probably applies to gen 4 too

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

**instert a women talk more joke**

[@ultlifeform]

The choice in gen 3 is actually because the two rivals’ teams are slightly different, with one being easier than the other.

[@mrmittenns5728]

​@@mr.cauliflower3536it's because women tend to nag more. Especially during the intro. Having dawn as your tutorial takes 1h longer

[@ZhangLiao07]

On the note of moonlight healing more in sunny day/harsh sunlight. In japan I believe instead of sunny day, its called clear sky or something similiar? I could be wrong. So basically it heals more because no clouds are blocking anything.

[@drragonboyd]

I work in Japan and my coworker is a huge pokemon nerd, so I asked him what he thinks. He told me sunny day in Japanese is most accurately "completely cloudless sky" so it's likely what you said is totally true. However, he told me it can also mean "an open heart free of stress and worry" so he wonders if that might also have something to do with being "healed more" because the Pokemons heart is more open and carefree than usual?

[@ZhangLiao07]

@@drragonboyd oh that's nice sounding. But then I wonder why fire type moves would get a boost even more haha

[@drragonboyd]

@@ZhangLiao07 good point... Their hearts are free of worrying about using too much power? Haha

[@ZhangLiao07]

@@drragonboyd that's sounds like something that would be in an anime, so that we will go with that lol

[@morkoski6046]

Also, the moon just reflects light from the sun, so moonlight is really just indirect sunlight, so even if you take it at face value it still works

[@GamerzBeHatin]

I really like the little detail of cherrim going from its closed form to its blossoming form when the gym leader's pokemon light up. Always cute to see the little extra effort you put into some of the battle intros 😄

[@joeytoby1]

A pretty funny bug that I think has been here since the Torterra run is that Lucian's Alakazam's Recover appears as Harden, and an Alakazam using Harden is a very funny mental image

[@seaweedstarfy]

Maybe for your overlay, you can pit a little picture of the item on top of the Pokémon so we can see the item! Also, im very happy to see my girl Cresselia be the absolute tank she always is! I've had an obsession with her as a kid, always chasing it down and making sure i caught her no problem (i also learned the value of Crobat thanks to the roamers) EDIT: Another suggestion, you get the Vs. Seeker from Lucas/Dawn when you're headed to Hearthome, so you could use that to grind on trainers again rather than wild encounters

[@scrubplaceholder6216]

My girl cresselia 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@mitchellbutturff9593]

Gotta say I love this overlay. The information presented is really great and it's presented in a really cool way. I know it's a little buggy now but it's new software and bugs can be fixed. I'm a huge fan of this keep up the good work.

[@belodie]

With Dawn's costume when with it being my favourite in Pokémon Masters EX, I've used Cresselia a lot recently and have come to appreciate its design a lot too, with it bounding up my favourites list. Looking forward to seeing how it performs!

[@pjanderson4876]

When i was a kid, bulky Psychic types were my favorite pokemon, that’s why I loved Slowbro and Exeggutor so much. They can Tank hits like a champ with very few weaknesses, and hit just about everything for neutral damage, so I tended to use them as my “I don’t have a direct answer for this, so I’m gonna send out Slowbro” type Pokémon. When Cresselia came out in Gen 4, I was older and started to realized the value of high attack/speed, so I didn’t use Cresselia much, but I still used it on my team once. She’s just not super great for playthroughs, but she’s great in competitive!

[@TastyMeerkat]

If Roark's Cranidos had something like Rock Tomb to get stab off of and speed control and if there weren't so many ways to deal with Roserade, the first two gyms would be kinda terrifying. Cranidos has 125 attack which is the same as things like Heracross and Gyarados. Roserade has 125 special attack, the same as all three pre-special split legendary birds. Absolute monsters in terms of potential firepower this early on.

[@vizzy61]

oh wow i didn't know they were so powerful

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@vizzy61 Cranidos is pretty frail and slow and Roserade is pretty frail on the physical side. The Roserade is probably actually more terrifying since base 90 Speed is pretty high for that early in the game.

[@mrmittenns5728]

If my grandma had 2 wheels she wouldve been a bike.

[@mithos92]

​@mrmittenns5728 then you would ride her, right?

[@zuthalsoraniz6764]

If you didn't have easy access to Staravia, which with just 90 speed EVs will outspeed even with 0 speed IVs and a neutral nature (gym leader trainers up to gen VI always have 0 IV/0 EV), and which has an absolutely guaranteed 2HKO against her Roserade at the same level.@@ShiningJudgment666

[@seraph481516]

I'm not sure why, but I can't wait for Rotom. It would be a big video, maybe needing multiple, but I'd like to see a run of each Rotom form. If you're feeling ambitious, you could do a final run where you change forms based on the fight. I also wanted to say I really like how you're introducing Gen 4, with multiple videos in a row. I'd like to see that going forward when you start a new game. Enjoy your time sort-of-off in January!

[@jan_wh1tey]

13:47 "from gen 2-5 the steel type resists the psychic type" yes, it also resists the psychic type in gens 6-9

[@ultlifeform]

Yeah, he definitely mixed it up with Ghost and Dark. Lol

[@mrmittenns5728]

Well, did he lie?

[@highwaystar4518]

OMG SCOTT RELAX YOURE LITERALLY UPLOADING THESE FASTER THAN I CAN WATCH THEM 😂

[@VersacePokemon]

I honestly don’t watch or comment on too many “poketuber” content, but this December of daily uploads has been the best series to watch ever, and super addicting. Haven’t missed an episode since discovering Scott’s thoughts. It’s sad that the daily uploads are coming to an end soon, but still excited to see what comes next. Top tier Pokémon content right here.

[@HavenKhaos]

So on repeat runthroughs, the thing I expect to greatly change things in the future is Hidden Power, in Cresselia's case, I think HP: Fighting is the correct choice. The pokemon who presented the most challenge take either neutral or super effective from Fighting. It gives a x4 on the Sneasle/Weavile, it gives x2 on the Houndoom and the Normal types.

[@HavenKhaos]

Also, you're now witnessing the decline of the Psychic type. Gen 4 shows the firm decline of the type from its god type, and by Gen 5, it has completely swapped places with Fighting type from Gen 1, being an active detriment honestly. Other moveset thoughts. I wonder if Aaron could become more consistent by fishing for stat boosts off of Charge Beam and leaving Ice Beam to handle Bertha

[@stephentoothman7852]

Hidden power is a Game Corner exclusive in Platinum, costs 6000 coins (120k dollars)

[@progamerorsomething6016]

So for clarity on the Moonlight and Sunny Day interaction for those that don’t know: In Japan the move Sunny Day is instead called “Clear Sky”, hence why it improves the move’s healing even though it wouldn’t seem like it would for us

[@amithist4455]

For Cress’s second play through you should consider using charge beam in the mid game, a set up move is still a set up move

[@zeckemyro7031]

the Charge Beam TM is given by Volkner, the 8th Gym Leader. It's impossible to get it beforehand without trading.

[@pedrovilasgomes9144]

And HP fire

[@chadbird2924]

Idk how I’m so early on all his videos, but man these are the best videos for background noise. Cleaning, working in the shop, really anything Scott has us covered

[@Sir_Zylo]

I want to thank you, that you really show the strength of my favourite pokemon in this video. Even tho you are using a legendary Psychic type Pokemon, it isnt able to take down Roserade even tho with a same type effective move which is weak against it. I cant wait until you use it for Platinum or Roselia in Smaragd. Love your Videos!

[@chaosgaming4070]

I'm enjoying the Gen 3 and 4 runs Scott also the gen 1 and 2 solo runs as well. Keep it up!

[@Pepega580]

People play Dawn just because she is cute. The hat is adorable.

[@thedancingguy828]

Right?

[@patonosequecosa]

​@@thedancingguy828 hey its you the Luxray guy

[@shadowwolf9595]

I'm really enjoying these videos! You've sparked my interest in solo-running the later games. I'm just about done with a Riolu/Lucario only HG run. I'm currently trying to beat Red. I think I can win, but I need a lot of crit/miss/flinch luck on his Blastoise.

[@Apfeljunge666]

I am really curious about the Arceus run whenever that comes. Its ability to change type with the plates should lead to some fun decision making

[@Evilpengwinz78]

11:24 Not sure if you noticed this already, but when you accidentally entered that battle as a double battle, the overlay only showed one of the trainers' Pokémon.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

If you do HGSS to compare them to the originals, I would love it if you did a run with either Dialga, Palkia or Giratina. In Gen 4 there was an postgame event that allows you to get a member of this trio at level 1 and I always thought it would be so cool to see what using such a Pokemon would be like at such a low level.

[@pandemic3332]

Thank you for the daily uploads!

[@pavka1205]

Dawn is better to speedrun because Lucas speaks less I believe.

[@SmashMath151]

When I was younger, I loved the design of Cresselia and was quite happy when I finally caught the roaming Legendary! Unfortunately, I was quite underwhelmed once I put it on my team due to the relative lack of offensive power. This run went about how I expected; needing a highish level for enough damage output, but being quite consistent with the bulk and healing move mostly making up for the lack of raw damage. Looking forward to the grand finale!

[@AmnesiaPsyduck]

Dawn talks more, Werster has a video about it.

[@Dpmt]

It's funny that seems so consistent that the girls have more dialogue makeing it faster to choose them.

[@Conklestothemax]

13:44 steel still resists psychic gen6+, steel lost its resistance to dark and ghost

[@murrader9887]

Great video as always Scott. Software check: during your fight with valkner, you get paralyzed but your speed didn't change on your overlay. Looking forward to more.

[@daveelliot7552]

Happy new year Scott! Have you got any plans to do a play through of Pokémon crystal legacy? Would love to see your strategy with the changes that were made.

[@mullet_muffins]

An interesting run... And I'm so hyped for the finale!

[@stephentoothman7852]

You might look into catching a wild Bibarel for HMs. The pastoria mart sells quick balls and you can encounter a wild Bibarel at Valor Lakefront after you chase the grunt

[@TJF588]

"And this TM is the perfect substitute." Immaculate delivery, Scott.

[@midge2946]

It's funny how the defensive moon duck came around in gen 9 with its Stored Power set to become a dangerous setup sweeper. I've always liked this thing's design, it's very pretty. I do feel like gen 4 is where the amount of legendaries that get introduced starts getting a little silly, but it is what it is.

[@AkatsukiNoMe]

Great video as always! Little correction: Steel still resists Psychic-type.

[@funkydirk3797]

“The developers would not unalive Pokémon like this”-the same game that’s stats a child wears it’s mothers skull after a Batman origin situation.

[@Terrivian_Vess]

19:00 metal burst is an equivilant to Counter, but works on borh physical and special attacks. Bastiodons attack stats dont affect the damage it does with metal burst

[@shadowtitanx3962]

The only difference is that Metal Burst is 1.5x back in Damage reflection.

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

And metal burst doesn't have a lower priority

[@Shadowvanify]

I definitely thought Darkrai would be tomorrow, I’m sure when you get to it you’ll have a lot of fun using Dark Void. I notice you’ve mentioned a couple times now Bertha’s Rock types. Are you using that to specifically reference her Ground/Rock pokemon, or misremembering that she’s a Ground type specialist?

[@rjante2236]

Darkrai doesn't get Dark Void until level 66. At least it'll help with Cynthia maybe.

[@Panda_SMM]

thank you scott for another amazing video

[@pavka1205]

Are you Doctor Strange or how you already saw it?

[@Panda_SMM]

@@pavka1205 I just already know it's going to be another amazing video through consistency

[@TigeriPlaysGames]

just to clarify, sucker punch _only_ works if the target is attacking. if you outspeed normally but theyre using, say, growl, it won't go off. that clause about the target _also_ having to not had a chance to move yet means that if they went before you even with +1 priority, sucker punch will also fail. so if they used extremespeed, or if they naturally outspeed and use something like quick attack, for some examples

[@Duothimir]

"This is a kids game, they would never kill a bunch of Pokemon like that" Meanwhile the multiple Pokemon gravesites across the series

[@chrisdaignault9845]

Hi Scott, Thoughts on excluding TMs/tutors from the move list if they’re gates behind post game? Pros: the move list will be shorter, and only include moves you can practically learn. Pro2: engagement from all the comments you’ll get telling you the TM list is missing (calm mind or whatever)

[@darkhydrat9096]

There are actually more Psychic types you can catch before Maylene. East of Eterna, past the statue, you can catch Meditite and if you go further, you can catch Chingling there. It is also an earlier place to catch Bronzor. A small bit of trivia that probably doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but maybe someone is inspired to play Platinum because of your runs and finds it useful

[@cambutcooler_]

scott, you can also evolve a wurmple into a dustox, which learns several psychic moves, and ive personally used one to defeat maylene a few times

[@josephpainter1485]

These platinum runs are fire, can’t wait to see how froslass and gallade do

[@dudeist_priest]

I cant wait to see the dark type' Venomoth, in gen 4! I was totally paying attention.

[@TJF588]

Finally bothered to look into it, though you've probably already covered it in the parts of the video's I'm abstaining from for the time being: "Faint Attack" is a homonym typo, and was apparently such until the 3DS era, which is frustrating to me as a Gen V lover (at least the TCG always had it right). Reminds me of how the _Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories_ card sleight "Fatal Frame", where the enemy is stopped in time while the player performs a flurry of slashes which then damage once time resumes, was first localized as "Fatal Flame".

[@TheDarkFiddler]

I'm so excited for today's "dead Magikarp from the lake" video!

[@quinceekingston4335]

Sometime you should show solving the snowpoint gym puzzle. I used to have troubles with it growing up, and while I don't have a huge struggle now, I still often have to beat trainers to solve it so I would love to see you complete it!

[@sowalemonz]

Scott, the reason why the female trainer is picked more because the male trainers talks less. So more frames saved. Simple way to put it

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I'm honestly looking forward to when you do Bibarel and not just for the memes. It's typing is good and mine was actually a solid team member on my initial Platinum Team even taking out Cynthia's Garchomp with Ice Beam.

[@Sternreign]

Really can't wait to see Palkia's yellow backport destroy Mewtwo's time.

[@nicocastillo2099]

“This thing is incompetent.” Poor Onix. 😂

[@hardhatlunchpal]

Scott! I actually kind of like your call to action. It's well baked in and it does its job. I have never played the middle generations and I wonder how much of it you just spam one move. Kind of like gen 1 or 2 with psychic or return

[@Pikakeung]

Whoa, was that music from Pokemon Reorchestrated? Even the music gets upgrades ❤

[@filipeg1254]

I'm a big fan of the Cherrim's form change in Gardenia intro

[@ultlifeform]

As a few others have mentioned, speedrunners play as the girl, because rival Dawn has slightly more dialogue than rival Lucas. Also, Steel still resists Psychic from gen 6+, it’s Ghost and Dark that it no longer resists. ^_^

[@archiiebarrett]

Scott, outside of an item indicator on the overlay, you may want to add if it's a male or female as well. While it doesn't seem important, it can be in relation to moves like Attract.

[@sladevalen2120]

Yay I love Cresselia! The only legendaries I like as much are Ho-oh and Shaymin. With Ho-oh runs done in Crystal now I just have to hope we get Shaymin in platinum down the line.

[@RoninCatholic]

Sunny Day is actually Clear Sky in Japanese. The weather is "not many clouds in the sky", not "brighter than usual sun", hence it also enhancing lunar themed moves. Further, all light from the moon is a reflection of light from the sun, so the more sunlight can reach the moon the more light the moon can reflect. The moon can also be seen in the daytime at some points of the lunar cycle in relatively clear weather, so moon out in the daytime isn't strange either.

[@CierraJohnson-bh4mc]

22:00. Well here's a cool fact about real moonlight. The moon does not make it's own light, the shine comes from the sun. So the move moonlight under sunny day restoring a lot of energy actually makes sense. 😅

[@red-eyessolares1817]

Something to consider is getting the Amulet Coin in Amity Square for Game Corner TMs since you’re catching Psyduck already so the area is available.

[@PopheadJo-if6ej]

33:10 Sarah-Bee? Serebii is the Japanese spelling of Celebi, which is the site’s mascot pokemon. Serebii is pronounced the same as Celebi: Seh Leh Bee. When I was young (and waiting for DP to come out, coincedentally) I called the site “Sir EE Bee.” ( R and L are sounded together in Japanese, Lreh, Lrah, Lruh, Lroh, Lrih ) I also pronounced “Giratina”, which was the most egregious example of letter-soup name to younh me, as “Jer At Knee Uh” but know nowadays it’s pronounced Guillotina, which is ironic since the LL in guillotine isn’t actually pronounced since it’s French!

[@WorkInProgressX]

Scott I think you could use item symbols for held items and place it above the type symbols. Similar to that, you could put the healing items symbols next to the name of trainers that use them

[@LessonSmith]

I'm loving these diamond runs

[@crimsoncutz8430]

Kind of surprised by how good Cresselia's time ended up being when it seemed like it was struggling a lot. I guess the struggles were mostly "oh hey Cresselia just barely survived this on the first try" rather than "wow that took a bunch of tries and grinding"

[@JayHankEdLyon]

Enjoy your uploading break, well deserved!

[@jedcordell9848]

I'm 2 minutes in and I'm pretty sure this will not be the benchmark for a great Pokémon

[@lmr4403]

A bit overuse of substitute: If substitute is removed in 2 attacks means you pay 25% health (=more damage than you would take without substitute) per attack. If substitute is removed in 3 attacks it is a good choice assuming that the next pokémon will be troublesome.

[@iantaakalla8180]

It is also noted that Substitute is best with Pokémon with high HP stats because they will get a Substitute that can withstand more hits.

[@lmr4403]

@@iantaakalla8180 Cresselia is quite bulky, so it would be one of the only candidates for substitute to be viable. But it would be praticularly useful in tough fights with leftovers as 4 turns=1 substitute recovered with leftovers, moonlight if the opponent overpowers the substitute in 2 hits, calm mind to buff to go for sweep at +6 and the defense makes the substitute stronger, and then sweep; unfortunately that is not a viable way to solo the game fast.

[@SEIJITV]

Cresselia is a pokemon that's kinda mid for a playthrough but is really reliable for competitive play. In the doubles format it's a fantastic support Mon using screens, getting trick room up, and healing your teammates. Because of its bulk, it can go the distance in keeping the team alive to secure wins.

[@eekajmoneybaby9309]

Could you do skunktank line here along with a back port to see how it stacks up against typhlosion. I love typhlosion but i always ended up comparing it to skunktank by gen IV

[@mahdinner]

Glad to know we're getting a Mew run in Platinum tomorrow! 😁

[@tesladrew2608]

That aged like milk lol

[@kevinsips3658]

Omg, 11:38. Hi Dennis! He’s retired from sailing and is just a cool trainer now.

[@rc4780]

"The developers would never kill a bunch of Pokémon like this." *Laughs hysterically in Kalosian and French genocide.*

[@thesikniss1777]

I’m guessing I’m not the first to ask but will there be a Kyoger and Groudon run? Head to head or single? You did all the other Lego’s for each game I believe. Just curious also kinda team groudon lol

[@views2004]

In Japan, Sunny Day is translated as "Clear Skies." Only reason why I can guess moonlight recovers more under sunny day is because the clearer the sky the brighter the moon or somthing

[@mason5789]

i noticed that around the 30 minute mark when you were facing Lucian it says the Alakazam has the move Harden, I’m assuming this move is supposed to be Reflect?

[@jo3d1rt391]

Hey Scott have you ever considered making the Pokémon you use as shiny? I know gen 2 it’s useless since only male Pokémon can be shiny plus they have to have certain numbers in dvs to be shiny. But moving forward I think it would be a cool thing to add in.

[@Espeo]

YESSSS my literal favourite pokemon

[@TheCapyBarrito]

the interaction with moonlight healing 2/3rds while sunny day is active makes more sense in japanese as the move is called clear skies.

[@nich6200]

Surprised you didn’t decide on doing Creselia’s counterpart in its legendary duo grouping with Darkrai for the final one tomorrow

[@sebarsht12]

"People have been ranting and raving over how difficult Cynthia is" - The guy facing her with a Level 77-84 Pokémon Scott, I challenge you to do runs in Yellow, Crystal and Emerald where: 1) You use a team of the lowest ranked Pokémon in your tier lists 2) You can only use the same number of Pokémon against a "Boss" character (if they use 3, you use 3) 3) You cannot have any Pokémon above the Boss' ace at the start of the battle (levelling during the battle is fine)

[@northdakotagamer]

You can set up against Cynthia's Spiritomb in a team run as well. In my most recent run of Pearl I used Calm Mind on my Infernape to sweep her team, and in Shining Pearl I used a Quiver Dance Wormadam

[@zuthalsoraniz6764]

13:30 You can also receive an Abra in a trade for a Machop in Oreburgh, and catch a Meditite on Route 210 or 211. And of course, in Platinum you can evolve the free Eevee into Espeon.

[@ZyphisV]

the choice between female and male, from what I remember, is usually minimizing text frames. It's much faster for the game to display "boy/son" than it is "girl/daughter". At least that was the reason in HGSS, also the catch tutorial for the female player is shorter in those games. They're saving fractions of a second, the few times those words even appear, that's all.

[@andrewgsell552]

13:39 you can also catch chimecho in the route south of veilstone

[@hhjan594]

Speedrunners choose the female protagonists in almost every game where the opposite-gender protagonists show up because girls talk more. Not joking, this is a thing in Pokemon. May has more text dialogue than Branden, Dawn talks more than Lucas, and Lyra talks more than Ethan. Since you interact with these characters multiple times throughout the game, you potentially save some time by going through fewer text boxes. You don't necessarily need to follow this rule since you seem to do it more casually, but keeping all the games on the same gender will be a good idea, as I mentioned, there are differences in speed between the two genders you choose.

[@cameronneveu7277]

A few other Psychic types you can get before you have to face Maylene: • Girafarig • Chingling • Mimie Jr (Dia. Only) • Espeon • Metatite Also Yay to Move Tutor Realization!

[@gamer19191]

Moonlight heals more in sun, because in Japanese "Sunny Day" translates to "Clear Sky". This is basically saying it's easier to see the moon on a clear sky.