Can You Beat Pokémon Pearl Using the Exact Team That Ash Used For Every Major Battle?

[@dragofand]

The fact that Chimchar has boosted xp because it was technically a trade Pokemon (was Paul's) is a really nice touch.

[@gavinl1565]

Only the anmie verison of sliver aka Paul released chimchar

[@bread9132]

8:16 you can also see that the OT is paul

[@loulou3676]

@@bread9132 wow! good eye

[@bread9132]

美丹瑠衣 thanks! fun fact, at 8:36 Buizel’s OT is also dawn

[@toastychicken8801]

If only it happened in the anime imagine how fast Chimchar would have evolved

[@c-jay2042]

"Hes gotten to the point where he doesnt pick the absolute worst pokemon for every battle" Ash in unova:*Laughs manically*

[@silvesta5027]

Conryn Le Fleur Ash in Unova gave me depression. He forgot everything he learnt in Sinnoh :(

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

@@silvesta5027 He forgot everything he learned *up to* Sinnoh as well. This is why we do not speak of the Best Wishes Saga. Kalos should be fun, though.

[@lordhighyoshi7292]

@@TheAnalyticalEngine at least he was smarter than in indigo league. Every battle had at least one stupid choice, but it almost always balanced out. Like when he fought the ground type gym with oshawott, snivy... and roggenrola.

[@skylon01]

LordHighYoshi nothing excuses the Elesa battle though

[@lordhighyoshi7292]

@@skylon01 didn't he use palpitoad and snivy, two great choices? (Ik he also used pikachu, but i think it balances out)

[@the__wolf5087]

Galar is going to be an awkward one "Anyway now that we've finally reached Galar we're going to ignore all the gyms and go challenge Leon!"

[@x.a.n.a.9397]

More like Sun and moon going to be awkward he’s going to have to use a Meta gross and just have it use bluet punch because melmetal dosent exist

[@pichuperez9037]

He's also forced to play Usum and he may have trouble against a certain Furfrou

[@mokies7811]

Black and White is going to be awkward as as fights that poison type gym leader who is only in black 2 and white 2. aswell as he fought the 2 first gym leaders of black and white which isn't in black 2 and white 2 till the very end.

[@fireflygaming8764]

Plus he uses illegal Pokémon.

[@dustinbenzel8704]

@@mokies7811 He could just switch between games or just randomize the trainers so Roxie is battled instead of Drayden, which should be possible. I mean it won't be Roxie exactly because you may not have the sprite, but he could give Drayden poison type Pokemon instead. Especially if he's able to edit the Pokemon's movesets here.

[@tomasgabrielcarrizo8342]

-Buizel only destroy one pokemon in the run -How weak. -But its Cynthias Garchomp. -HOW POWERFULL

[@shadowsnake5133]

Bruh, I remember the way I defeated her being a metric s**t ton of crits gifted by the crit gods, so I honestly thought that garchomp was way too weak... maybe it's something with diamond and all of my pokemon having a priority move if they could learn it, but I legitimately just kinda won. Wasn't first try, mind you, but it wasn't as much as the ghost gym leader, and my dumbass not knowing what special and physical ment.

[@zen-mm5hn]

@Pixel Games yeah... just need calm mind 4 or higher.. And that will be enough to win Cynthia's pokemon with 1 cast of psychic (but u need 1 other skill to kick spirits tomb out of the battle first) the rest should be fine

[@bernardheadspeth9001]

@@zen-mm5hn I like getting strong enough to one shot everyone. I try to push my team to at least 70 before becoming Champion. I like dragon pokemon tho.

[@zen-mm5hn]

@@bernardheadspeth9001 how many hours you spend lol to get to lv 70.. I can't afford to training my pokemon..

[@samuellalrohlua8744]

On my battle with cynthia My biggest problem was spiritomb lel

[@rrawrshack9038]

Buizel's OT being Dawn and Chimchar's being Paul is a godly level of commitment to the bit. Love it.

[@motodog242]

Chimchar was a release though, should've still been Ash as an OT for Chimchar, even though it was an anime plot worth preserving.

[@Coldvader]

then again buizel was male in the anime and here it is female that bothers me so much

[@MeteorG100]

@@motodog242 When you catch the Pokémon N had released in Black and White 2, they still have N as their OT.

[@rittsuo4584]

@@MeteorG100 exactly

[@xnortheast1106]

motodog242 no

[@gladboylavin]

He should've won the league in Sinnoh, Tobias used an Action Replay to get an Uber Team

[@mro2707]

Lavin Don't even want to know which Pokemon he had in the back

[@AmbyAxolotl]

@@mro2707 probably 4 sunkerns

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsm4708]

MRoman Id guess Mewtwo, Arceus, Thanos and John Wick. That sounds about right

[@delbut12]

You know it would’ve been better if Ash had 1 Pokemon, Sceptile remaining. It defeats Darkrai, and Tobias is defeated, because he didn’t think anyone would be able to beat Darkrai. Don’t know how Ash would lose in the Finals tho, he’s probably use Torterra, Torkoal, Totodile, Tauros, Corphish and Glalie if he wanted to lose.

[@nickdentoom1173]

Considering Tobias said Draco Meteor would be SE against the rest of his Pokemon, he had Darkrai and Latios alongside four other dragons.

[@mangetsu9725]

"Cranidos is the head butt pokemon. Not headbutt. Head butt" *Magmar would like to know your location*

[@berrryan4984]

幸せValorea I was thinking Girafarig lmao

[@jo1681]

The headass Pokemon

[@satoshiketchump]

Magmar is the Butt head Pokemon

[@alphabladelm2011]

Fun fact: Magmar’s Japanese name is Boober.

[@goroufromgenshin57107]

@@alphabladelm2011 lol

[@michaelmurray8134]

You have to admit that Paul really was one of Ash's greatest rivals. A rival pushes you to be better and want to get stronger, especially if it's someone you hate losing to. And that's exactly what Paul did.

[@Dark24Matter]

I think Paul was a better rival than Gary tbh

[@michaelmurray8134]

@@Dark24Matter, Well you're not wrong there. At least with Paul, Ash Battled him when they encountered each other. Ash only battled Gary once during the Pokemon League and before he went to Sinnoh. Anytime they encountered each other it was just Gary getting under Ash's skin.

[@gavinl1565]

He was and anmie version of sliver.

[@michaelmurray8134]

@@gavinl1565 yeah except Paul never stole any Pokemon and silver never flat out abandoned his Pokemon. They were just somewhat similar in personality which they are still different.

[@alexmoon273]

The few people who do pokemon like everyone in the game vs the power of friendship XD

[@trumpeterjen]

Ash really put extra thought into team builds and new moves for Sinnoh. When he knew he was going to be up against a Darkrai in the Sinnoh League that spammed Dark Void, he taught his Heracross Sleep Talk and it immediately landed a Megahorn. He lost the battle anyway, but only due to plot necessity. He defeated two legendaries in that fight.

[@ashleyyang8565]

Not to mention Heracross used the same strat in a previous fight against Nando.

[@ralphnathanielcalamba2784]

the creators needed to not let ash win so the story can continue, so he can also travel to other regions

[@trumpeterjen]

@@ralphnathanielcalamba2784 There's never been a reason to believe Ash would stop travelling if he won a league. He won the Orange League. He's champion of the Battle Frontier. He won the Alola League. And he's still going. Ash doesn't travel to win trophies. He travels because he loves Pokemon, friends, and adventure. That's how it's always been. Do most people who play the games stop playing Pokemon games forever after they defeat the Elite Four and become the Champion once? Of course not. They pick up a new game, put together a new team, and do it all over again.

[@ralphnathanielcalamba2784]

TrumpeterJen you’re right tho

[@dragondudeification]

Honestly, they should of made ash use more his strongest hitters in that fight, ex: Charizard, Snorlax and Glaie, have him when by the skin of his teeth then simply have him lose against Cynthia using his full sinnoh team (replacing pikachu with gible ) due to the ones in the fight with tobias to exhausted and hurt. I get at the time the writers probably weren't ready for him to win a league at the time but they could of made the lost a bit more tasteful and not so one sided, having most of his team getting sweep by a random character with no backstory. Though I will say that battle did prove how strong of a trainer he is by being possibly the first in the region to take out Darkai and latios while showing that Sceptile is a powerhouse. That alone is a accomplishment.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

*Buizel vs Garchomp* Paul: Well, this will be an easy win for the champion. *Buizel dodges Dragon Rush and one shots Garchomp with Ice Punch* Paul: *SPITS OUT COFFEE*

[@garchompgamer1874]

Not to mention IT WASN'T EVEN A CRIT AND IN THE GAMES BUIZEL IS WEAK

[@zottffss]

INSTANT CLASSIC!!!

[@M3G4T3RR4]

@@garchompgamer1874 if you look at that again you’d see that it actually was a crit

[@gigigachad2675]

😂😂😂😂

[@jimmylim3462]

​​@@garchompgamer1874 evade dragon rush and critical hit! what a luck, pump full luck stat with luck candy 😂 one sludge bomb die not even super effective grass move, sad case ice punch roserade almost double kill, unfortunately

[@andrewwelsh8537]

They did him so dirty in the pokemon league with that Darkrai. I was convinced the creators of the show hated that man.

[@tateconnelley]

Wait till ya see what they did in Kalos.

[@3DHDcat]

@@tateconnelley what did they do

[@tateconnelley]

3DHDcat They made his Ash-Greninja lose to a Mega Charizard X using Dragon Claw and Blast Burn

[@3DHDcat]

@@tateconnelley that's ok, unlike snivy v pikachu

[@tateconnelley]

3DHDcat They also overhyped it and made it seem like he would actually win the league

[@indianalicona6155]

I'm just glad Buizel could take down Garchomp of all things

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@14th Buizel really wanted to proof its worth for the team

[@mattnecroares3954]

@@ianr.navahuber2195 that crit mattered IT LANDS WHEN IT MATTERS MOST WTF IS THIS REAL LIFE PLOT ARMOR THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY LUCK

[@AussieDragoon]

Buizel with the Underdog story, taking down Cynthia's Ace

[@GuyThatSighs]

So poetic, from dead weight in 95% of the playthrough to the MVP in the Cynthia battle

[@stoner63reflex65]

I beat garchomp with floatzel

[@futureparadise.2089]

Stoner 69 Nope, if you didn’t beat Garchomp with a Buizel then we don’t care

[@stoner63reflex65]

@@futureparadise.2089 I could do it with a buizel too bud.......... All it takes is ice punch and GG garchomp 😂😂😂

[@furymonger5395]

@@futureparadise.2089 lol was gonna say the same thing

[@dancostello4872]

"That sort of idiocy does seem right out of Ash's playbook" You thought of the perfect excuse for misplays 😂😂

[@bartvandeloo1255]

I like how he got a draw against the 3rd gym leader that is actually anime accurate

[@ob_gynkenobi4014]

From the age of 10 to.... 10. The gist of the character Ash

[@CommonMe_w]

There should be an episode when he finds an everytime in his pocket and he says "I dont knowhow long that's been in there... no longer then 10 years I bet!"

[@ishowspeedsui]

@@CommonMe_w LOL

[@capnfail5807]

30:09 "The flying type avoided every attack under the sun only for victory to take him down." I came here for commentary like this.

[@artsyryder]

Ash was allowed to use his braincell for one generation, and he chose Sinnoh

[@quandarioustoddricioushorn9292]

Yeah. But he also chose to be mature for 2 series. And thats XY. He

[@youtubeminute4388]

He went negative in Unova

[@JawnLive]

That brain cell usage really kicked his ass later in life though. Unova was like a relapse. Poor guy. Don't know how he even tied his shoes in gen 5.

[@fransbezuidenhout485]

Laughs in sun and moon

[@giancarminespagna4948]

Best choice he could have made imo

[@mynameskris]

7:54 "Nothing beats a jelly-filled donut." -A wise man

[@furymonger5395]

29:47

[@noahp1124]

Yes thank you for telling us I can't read

[@lancexavierchan2467]

The attention to detail is superb, right down to how chimchar has boosted EXP and that buizel when he acquired it had a nice detail that it's original trainer was Dawn, and also little messages on the second screen

[@charteon9092]

When I was very young and platnium had just got out, I didn't understand pokemon types, so I got torterra to a very high level without catching other pokemon, and I earthquaked and wood hammered my way through the entire elite four and champion. Since that day I have gotten him into my new game, and fucked over everyone in the champion circuit.

[@nerdyboi121]

YOO

[@hashimnawaz3201]

"A botanical barrage blows away the most successful Pokémon in the history of old Nokia games" Give this man a medal

[@rueblie2627]

Wow, Ash was so competent this time around. I can’t wait to see him be even better in Unova... Oh no

[@motodog242]

You do know there's more to the Unova arc, than the first episode, right? Unova's battles were more dramatic, Ash was actually thinking about types and strategies in every Unova gym and filler fight, but people can't get over Pikachu losing to a Snivy. For instance, Ash actually used pkmn gender as a defense.

[@rueblie2627]

motodog242 No, I can’t get over him losing the league quarter finals to a guy that forgot you needed a sixth pokemon.

[@notscorchingsands9718]

@@rueblie2627 Better than losing cause dickzard was a brat

[@rueblie2627]

Earth Power PLZ Pretty debatable. Neither was a great showing but Indigo was at least his first league and his opponent was framed as being very skilled.

[@notscorchingsands9718]

@@rueblie2627 He could have easily won, wasn't even a cool battle like every other league batter. Was the worst league battle ever. Would have liked him losing to that bellsprout more than his clones.

[@julesg.7560]

these are amazing, i really love your mixture of dry humor and semi-deadpan narration. also the writings on the memo pad killed me lmao

[@Carcosahead]

Jules G. Brock said i smart

[@Mitchu0402]

I love how Buizel didn't win a single battle but he wins against Cynthia's strongest pokémon

[@erikaisadiah]

Just wanted to say I seriously love how cinematically you describe your battles.as someone who listens to these while driving long distances to work, it's nice to be able to picture in my head how everything plays out

[@nsr4000]

**tries to challenge Cynthia with ashes team**: **cynthia**: “am I a joke to you?”

[@TheUnownResearcher]

Ah yes, Flint the "Fire type" Elite Four Member

[@theannilators7479]

tbf tho, the non fire types were obviously put there to be counters to any fire type counters

[@masked-feraligatr1094]

The Annilators They actually weren’t lmao. There were literally only 2 fire type lines in Diamond/Pearl. Yes. Not even Magmortar was in the dex.

[@jpanza]

@@masked-feraligatr1094 if your playing pearl or platinum, aren't there three? chimchar, ponyta, and houndour? houndour isnt in diamond, though

[@masked-feraligatr1094]

Unovan Garbodor Houndour and Houndoom are not in the Diamond/Pearl Pokédex. They are in Platinum though.

[@jpanza]

@@masked-feraligatr1094 theyre not?

[@char1194]

16:26 I wonder if Gengar has its only ability levitate

[@theannilators7479]

I dont know about these games, but I know in later games it can have cursed body, so he was probably thinking it could have that

[@Luchux177]

@@theannilators7479 on later games levitate was replaced with Cursed Body to nerf Gengar

[@mattnecroares3954]

Lol

[@mattnecroares3954]

@@Luchux177 SCAM!

[@TheEmilyFravel]

bruh the unova team is gonna be impossible lol. and since i havent watched in a while im glad it is back! also crannidos the head butt pokemon haha im dead.

[@housinengi9512]

i mean its not with out mods

[@RayoMcQueen95990]

Emily Fravel yeah, Unova faces the first two leaders from B/W And the last gym leader battle is Roxie, a character from B2/W2

[@dontmindme8571]

He's gonna have to go through both games with identical teams...

[@TheEmilyFravel]

@@RayoMcQueen95990 and his unova team was ayusss

[@thatsilversonic1829]

his charizard is back

[@boooksareamazing]

Well, it’s time to test Ash’s team building skills once again. Time for your life to be hell again.

[@Gimas96]

His team in unova was:oshawott,snivy,pignite,unfezant,krookodile and pikachu,with sometime the use of boldore and scraggy + others one I don’t remember.It will be quite hard considering his only fully evolved pokemon are unfezant and krookodile,specially considering his masochism to be underlevelled.

[@Crysi9988]

Nice to know Ash has learned some things Unova Ash "Hiiii" Well it'll be interesting at least

[@Alexandar358]

Kalos Ash: Sup ETU: Any Ash-Greninja mods anyone?

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@Alexandar358 Kalos is gonna be interesting for that Greninja-Ash detail

[@catgirllover5859]

I don't know about you but I had a huge crush on cynthia when I was a kid

[@zolathemagician1187]

I liked dawn

[@notscorchingsands9718]

Judging by all the rule 34 don't think your alone

[@yesiamhomophobic4956]

When I was a kid i had a crush on dawn lol :v

[@SoldierLuka]

As an adult I have a crush on Cynthia

[@bitzibaerlie]

Really love your attention to detail. Having Paul as the OT for Chimchar, for example. Great touch, once again.

[@deez2037]

I love how you used Pearl Version since Palkia was closer to Ash in the first DP movie

[@firelifeblizzard8782]

We really need to talk about these poketch drawings, Mr. Theunkown

[@waterworks_yes]

8:42 you even had the ot as dawn! 9:41 LOOK AT THE POKETCH OMG THIS GUY-

[@leonardomalvestio8885]

I just picked up Pokémon for the first time after years and years of not touching it. Needless to say you’re one of my favorite channels, I finish the videos every time lol. Keep up the good work, from italy🧡🧡

[@tiziochehaigiavisto3976]

Bella per te

[@Gimas96]

É sempre interessante vedere altri italiani in video americani,mi fa capire che non tutta l’italia vive nel suo piccolo mondo.

[@dillanmccants4642]

I really love the battle with Bertha’s Sudowoodo. I kept picturing an anime scene with pikachu and sudowoodo colliding evenly with iron tail and hammer arm or volt tackle and double edge. After battling evenly with buizel mind you

[@StarshadowMelody]

"From age 10 to age... 10..." I still blame Ho-Oh for that.

[@Hunni_Gummi]

The fact the O. T display the actual trainers was a nice touch to details

[@aurastrike]

That Buizel was given the OT of Dawn. That's super minor detail that really made me appreciate these runs. Heh..

[@JesseNightingale]

Pearl is my first pokemon game I've ever played so this brings back tons of nostalgia for me lol

[@_lostglory]

Lol platinum is better.

[@notscorchingsands9718]

How?

[@aintrk7712]

Really? You may be really young then

[@JesseNightingale]

@@aintrk7712 Im 21 I was 7 when daimond and pearl came out.. I wouldn't consider that very young being 21 and all xD

[@mcparker8408]

Easily the best Ash team, man I love this season of the anime

[@mcparker8408]

@Toori Baba TBF the only thing that could stop Ash was a trainer with a Darkrai and a Latios. I thi k that just goes to show how insanely good his Sinnoh team is.

[@thedancingguy828]

Gen 4 is perfect both anime and games, best season and Platinum is pokemon ultimate Game

[@davidtimmer596]

@@mcparker8408 Although his Turtwig got done VERY dirty as it evolved. Honestly, if his Torterra had at least ONE Ground move under its belt, it probably would've lasted longer against Volkner and Paul's Drapion. I know people are gonna bring up Earthquake's ban in the anime, but wouldn't it be nice if Ash at least taught it Earth Power, and not Rock Climb?

[@mystuff789]

I am surprised by how fast you flew through this run! It helps when Ash is competent for once. Though I am curious as to how you'll go about the next gen. The anime seems to jump from black and white to b2/w2 near the middle of the series. Also, here's a tip you didn't ask for: not sure if it counts for gen 5, but as far as I know, leaf storm can be an egg move, so that might help with snivy's moveset since you can't really use a level 43 snivy before the 2nd gym.

[@mystuff789]

@Otacon464 I wondered about that. Just wasn't sure. Thanks for clarifying! ^^

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Floatzel got his time to shine at the end. The underdog turns hero with one icy punch.

[@NocturnalNovelist]

Why the hell are you EVERYWHERE

[@Alexandar358]

Did, jack shit in against the gym leaders, but destroyed Cynthia's Garchomp. That felt straight out of the anime

[@RayoMcQueen95990]

Buizel*

[@ghostofachance8727]

27th Count of seeing you on Random KZbin Videos.

[@SeraphOC]

Yk, I always wondered why they made the difference between Gen 4's definitive version (platinum), and D/P with the gym leaders. But then it Dawned on me, why would you go to hearthome and NOT fight the gym leader before having to go to 2 other places. It just made a whole lot more sense

[@nolangodfrey6678]

Yo! I just discovered this series yesterday and look a here… a new one a day later! Good work my dude

[@nolangodfrey6678]

Also, I wish Tobias was in pearl

[@Neshomancer]

I'm not sure how you'd even do Unova. Considering Ash didn't challenge the Dragon Gym in Best Wishes and instead fought Roxie the second Gym Leader of Black 2 and White 2 for his eighth badge, but otherwise went through the Black and White route. Also he fought all three Striation City Gym Leaders...

[@motodog242]

Oshawott actually came from Juniper, as opposed to Snivy and Tepig, who were both released pokemon that Ash caught, so it'll probably be Cilan (Pansage) vs. Ash (Oshawott), which is anime accurate, since it was 1 to 1 when it came down to the last fight against Cilan.

[@emma_nutella58]

I feel like Ash used up all his brain cells in Sinnoh and a few in Hoenn leaving nothing in Black and White

[@Great_Olaf5]

Apparently he grew them back by Kalos.

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

Try doing more of the random anime episode challenges vs the champions of each game! It's funny to see what you end up with.

[@lifequality]

It was in 2007. School was out 1-2 weeks ago and my former, younger self was enjoying the summer holiday. Then, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl came out. They really changed that summer for me and I still have amazing memories of it. My friends and I would meet almost every single day, playing Pokemon together. We leveled up our Pokemon to lvl.100, traded and even came up with a lot of ideas about the Sinnoh lore (since the map of the gen 4 games was so amazing when it came to the variation of areas.). We even got into the whole GTS thing going on at the time, trying to complete the Pokedex and succeeding. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are holding very special memories of mine. It was that year, where I was just having fun with the Pokemon games the most and I could spend all that time with my best friends from childhood. Thanks for doing these challenges. They sure act like trips down memory lane in some sort.

[@crazychristopher1989]

For Unova, you might have to do a little research ahead of time because two of gym leaders Ash faces, Roxie and Cheren (also a rival in Black and White), were featured in the sequel Black 2 and White 2. Not to mention Ash doesn't face Iris or Drayden at all in the final gym battle and the first gym battle was a triple battle instead. Yes the Best Wishes Pokémon anime is the most convoluted of the whole series.

[@glam4663]

Pretty sure there's a moment where he battled with Iris in the anime (just not as a gym leader)

[@crazychristopher1989]

He battled Iris sometime within the anime but since the playthrough was supposed to reflect the events of the Pokémon anime, it's really difficult doing so without having to play the Unova sequel games as well.

[@theannilators7479]

“This is hands down the best team ash has put together so far” Kalos team: No Galar team: not yet

[@GamerGrovyle]

I just checked and damn. His Galar team is looking to actually be Competitively viable (more or less)

[@theannilators7479]

@@GamerGrovyle I mean, they're grooming him to face Leon, literally the world's best trainer, he's going to need a team that's a bit more than just competitively viable

[@mememe4188]

Nah fam sinho and alola team are more powerful overall. Galar is gonna be unbeatable tho...

[@SupremeAngel_]

The Annilators Kalos team is decent wdym, he had 2 dragons and 3 flying types, ash’s sinnoh team was the best because his team had more variety then Kalos ash

[@arshkadri3691]

SupremeAngel unpopular opinion but I would say his final Alola team is his best. Naganadel, Melmetal, Incinaroar, Dusk Lycanrock and his godly rowlet. By the end of the series, his team had everything and in a head to head fight, I think he could beat his Sinnoh team. Same with his Kalos team although his greninja would be very hard to handle

[@tristanneal9552]

These matches end up being surprisingly engaging. Blaze actually coming into effect on Chimchar was my favorite part - so appropriate to the DP anime and that also pretty much never happens in the games.

[@raymondmodolo388]

The way he narrates the battles is unparalleled. Truly incredible voiceover much love

[@ypsilonSKY]

"And surely it's tough to be intimidated by a pokemon who is taking styling advices from Coconut Head"

[@gavinl1565]

23:41. Raichu has soulless eyes.

[@jpanza]

raichu looks like the sun/moon protagonist

[@unrealisticfezant8344]

Levitate is Gengar’s only ability in Gen 4

[@crazygibby]

Diamond was my first Pokémon game since blue when I was in high school and I remember being sooooo undermatched when I got to cynthia, this game brings back a lot of good memories, awesome video!

[@zeuslevizapanta197]

Guys did you know that Ash is actually 11. In one of the special episodes aired with one of the Johto Movies Ash celebrated the day that him and Pikachu meet meaning that he had his birthday. The special episode was when Pikachu meet two Pichu's

[@brookegxwsh6861]

pearl was my very first pokemon game as a kid after being a huge fan of the anime since johto journeys, so seeing you take out cynthia's team made me simultaneously nostalgic and really damn proud! great work once again F.J!

[@seraphinareverie4186]

“As a young boy GROWS and mature...” But Ash doesn’t age! 🤔

[@lovaniagengar7941]

Welcome to the era of 11 year old Ash, it'll be 2 more decades before a region's age restrictions cause him to do it again.

[@kenshinhimura8708]

I love your series and I know you most likely used game sharks and cheats to make it happen but it doesn’t matter,the point is to re-inact all the battles of the show in the games. Thank you for making yet another vid and please keep making more.

[@GameBoothUK]

I love that my 2 reasons for having this as one of my fave generations are shown here (Torterra and THAT PIANO)

[@YTLogi]

Buizel beating Cynthia’s Garchomp is just fantastic. Anime writers couldn’t write a better ending

[@blazengrowlithe639]

I'm upset that Cyndaquil didn't evolve. It would have taken like 10 seconds to fight some random anime mecha and evolve Cyndaquil, but no you didn't. But for real great video keep up the work.

[@janssensbaskoro]

I’m glad more youtubers see what masterpieces of music explorers of time and darkness contained, almost everyone uses music from those games

[@carlton24]

This guy could cure anyone's depression with his compliments

[@TheOtherBlue]

This is such a great video that seriously needs more views. The attention to detail, the choices made, the suspense, and the greatest comeback for Buizel! This is an anipoke fan’s dream come true!!

[@loganmarano2617]

Unova will be weird. It’ll just be krookodile and leavanny carrying everyone else

[@zepheric3188]

Still watching but as soon as you first mentioned how much Ash has grown all I could think about was how Unova Ash was going to put you to tears

[@RoninCatholic]

"Using moves to judge Ash's team doesn't really work" You imply it ever did. It didn't.

[@Heartrose7]

It did in Kanto.

[@ep1633]

That fantina fight was legit plot armor lmao. The effort you put in these videos is seriously impressive

[@cullenhutchison6528]

I thought Ash didn't have any trouble with Crasher Wake, taking him down without losing a single pokemon.

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

I think Turtwig did go down, but it _was_ the only battle in any season of anime where he won with more than one pokemon standing.

[@its_eventually]

just read the caption, thank you so much for your work dude!! have fun with your 30 hour nap, you deserve it for the amazing content 😉

[@TimsOnlineZone]

7:00 The Pokemon games love equipping its regions 2nd gym leaders with a super powerful Pokemon. Whether it be Misty's Starmie, Bugsy's Scyther, or Gardenia's Roserade Broly: What the hell

[@TheTakato122]

Brawly's ace doesn't fit the theme.

[@oldschooldeathmetal8417]

Love your vids man, your commentary during the battles makes everything more hype, and the performances from Torterra, Infernape and Staraptor were incredible

[@ulxTIMxate]

Actually even the double K.O. against Maylene was very faithful to the anime as he wasn't able to win against her there as well ;)

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

"The prospect of facing off with one anatomically unhinged pokemon with another" Thank you, I now have milk up my sinuses.

[@bacon3407]

This is one of my favorite pokemon games

[@draco2351]

What a fun playthrough. Glad to see it was challenging yet still very possible. And to see that buizel take down that Garchomp, warms this fellas heart.

[@lovinit203]

I booted up ultra sun to check the pokedex entry for cranidos and I can confirm that if it is a typo it's a consistent one as in ultra sun he is also known as the 'Head Butt' Pokemon 😂

[@MechaWyvern]

Flame wheel is physical while flamethrower is special. That should be kept in mind when you're up against a Gengar. It's special defense should be higher than it's physical, but you also have to account for chimchars physical vs special attack.

[@thejuic3b0i64]

Gen 5 Ash is approaching and I’m scared.

[@generalwashingtoad6516]

Great video, love how you snuck in some of the Bakugan OST.

[@airreaper1]

I wonder how you would have faired against Cynthia in platinum. Her togekiss is a damn monster.

[@nishant9289]

Gliscor with Stone Edge isn't bad against Togekiss, especially because Gliscor is faster.

[@pokeflip6603]

It's interesting to see how different the enemy pokemon are in Pearl, compared to Platinum. Also, considering ash drew against Maylene, but still got the badge, it was quite funny to see your first battle against her was a draw.

[@armaggedon390]

Good luck in Unova, you'll need it.

[@leastlikelysuspect5122]

9:39 The Diary Entry was a nice touch

[@SinnohGreen]

You can’t even get Melmetal in Alola so good luck when you come to that

[@skylon01]

Sea Biscuit but he can still use greninja

[@SinnohGreen]

Sea Biscuit yeah but his Kalos team is viable af anyway

[@skylon01]

Lewis does a bit of shiny hunting with the exception of extreme weakness to rock and fairy

[@motodog242]

@@skylon01 >Has a Greninja and Hawlucha >weak to rock >Has a Pikachu with Iron Tail, and a Talonflame with Steel Wing (and a resistance to Fairy) >weak to fairy

[@Tragic64]

@@motodog242 most of ash's team is weak/neutral to ice and electric and none them have a good defensive stat to combat those types except goodra(who's only good defensive stat is special defense) so even if they resist a neutral hit they would still get heavily damaged but this is just me thinking competitively ash has plot armor so even if he had a team of just pikachu he could make it to the elite four at the very least

[@TheOGButterfreeguy]

And here I was, hoping to see Ash's old Pokémon again when you were approaching the league. This team made more sense, though.

[@tomcooney2842]

Paul was Ash's best rival that guy was op I was gassed when Ash beat him

[@laxusstrauss5945]

Well the only reason paul was defeated is infernape who always did great in the whole saga even as a chimchar it was boosted If ash didn't have it on his team it would have been smashed by only using ninjask and drapion

[@tomcooney2842]

​@@laxusstrauss5945 if I had to change Paul's team for the match would have probably take out his froslass and Ninjask and replace them with Torterra and Gliscor idk i thnik it would have been cool to see Ash's torterra go head to head with Paul's as a sort of apprentice v mentor type of battle, and instead of making Ash's one crap i think it could of been good if they drew as Torterra is a powerhouse but ash's is dissappointing and it would have been nice for him to either win or draw instead of lose eveytime he was sent out and give ash's Gliscor a rematch against Paul's for revenge

[@laxusstrauss5945]

@@tomcooney2842 dude ash's torterra wasn't crap The reason why it always lost is because it faced powerhouses Bertha's ace even with the type advantage elite four are boosted in the anime Drapion was a beast + torterra did more damage to it than staraptor and buizel As for electivire it was ash's fault he should have switched because of ice punch It would have been better if infernape wants up against electivire then torterra massacred both jolteon and luxray which both doesn't have any effective move against it

[@MrChillaxin2010]

It's worth noting that in the anime, Roark's Onix beats Ash's Pikachu with Screech of all things.

[@decayedwolf1997]

Good luck with Snivy, Oshawott, and Scraggy!

[@MattPrimePlayz]

yeah ash in the black and white was such a disappointment.

[@31zn3kc4m]

This is one of my favourite pokemon videos I've ever seen I absolutely love this I was on edge the whole time and I legit CHEERED when you beat the psychic elite four member with 11 hp left I STAN

[@fortniteisgarbage6778]

Why does aipom have focus blast instead of focus punch

[@KIWI44KIWI]

Please keep these up with each region, loving it!

[@briansherrod1916]

I love this video you made. Sadly for ash, his turtwig got worse as it evolved!

[@jomas9785]

I hope all is well given the current situation. I’ve loved all these videos and can’t wait for the next one! Keep it up!