Evolution of Pokemon League Champion Battles (1998 - 2017)

Evolution of Pokemon League Champion Battles/Title Defense in the Mainline Pokemon Games(1998 - 2017)
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This video shows off the Evolution of the Pokemon League Champion Battles (Title Defense in Sun/Moon) in the mainline Pokemon games on Nintendo Handhelds.
00:00 Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (GB, 1998-99)
06:11 Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal (GBC, 2000-01)
11:40 Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (GBA, 2003)
18:14 Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (GBA, 2004)
28:39 Pokemon Emerald Version (GBA, 2005)
35:35 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Version (DS, 2007)
43:09 Pokemon Platinum Version (DS, 2009)
50:46 Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Version (DS, 2010)
57:52 Pokemon Black/White Version (DS, 2011)
1:03:32 Pokemon Black/White Version 2 (DS, 2012)
1:10:35 Pokemon X/Y (3DS, 2013)
1:17:50 Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (3DS, 2014)
1:25:25 Pokemon Sun/Moon (3DS, 2016)
1:31:47 Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (3DS, 2017)

[@Felixkeeg]

*"Garchomp used Swords Dance!"* _You cannot run from Trainer battles!_

[@coronavirus6091]

R.I.P your party pokemon :(

[@berrut2119]

Counter + focus band = milagros inesperados

[@estacionmxplaycortos7173]

Hahaha

[@zesty2538]

Weavile+Icicle plate+Ice beam/Ice Punch= Garchomp deleted as you can se in this video as well. So just grab a Sneasel from Snowpoint city train it up and evolve it later on to Weavile, teach it Ice Beam or Ice Punch and let it Hold an Icicle plate and ther you have the Garchomp deleter.

[@bigmanharold1443]

At least it's not dragon dance right

[@phenomenonnarutokun]

I still remember the sheer "OH HELL NO" moment I had when my 8 year old brain realized the champion was Blue.

[@KrazyFalcon]

Lmaooo

[@ferb9623]

Lance was more than enough for me back then and when i knew it wasn't over,i had the same feeling like u,nevertheless,i had a lot of fullrestores,and just a muk and a charizard,i beat him but it took a lot of time

[@1ZosoLZ]

When you find out who the 8th gym leader in Gen 1 is lol

[@ElJuanoVideos]

Had the same exact reaction, I was like: "Oh ffs, not him..."

[@iTANKuUP]

You don't get to be champion of the Pokemon League without knowing how to *spam full restores!*

[@ocddisco1239]

That damn lance man

[@ezulon97]

iTANKuUP I love you for that

[@qualwinters8784]

This is the TRUTH!!! (T.T)

[@miki-kun2741]

Lmao is this phrase is from Pokemon golder 😂😂 made by Mattie burrito(?) 😂😂

[@Yagara28]

Pokemon Golder

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

There's just something special about Cynthia: - Team with maximum IVs - Epic as hell intro music and even more epic battle music - First female champion - Leads with a Pokemon that has no weaknesses - Returns in every gen after this except 6 Oh sorry, I guess there's multiple somethings about Cynthia.

[@sansanfajrian3847]

why cynthia doesn't exist in pokemon gen 6? because gen 6 is just for baby :)

[@LeMuDX]

Her lead has no TYPE weaknesses, you can safely set up in it’s face and blast her team to nothing if you have something that can even remotely take two hits from it

[@victorialatawiec2310]

her hydreigon in platinum made me so mad. dumb thing had life orb

[@LeMuDX]

Victoria Latawiec are you talking about Cynthia or Iris?

[@victorialatawiec2310]

@@LeMuDX i was talking about iris. i just realized that it was the wrong game lmao

[@Vitartial]

That moment where you entered the Champion's room, and saw Wallace instead of Steven... "How dare you stand where he stood?"

[@fathermarcus7808]

Hahahah

[@mz5356]

ligit me ... pokemonXharry potter crossover

[@Felixkeeg]

I only ever played Emerald as a kid and never really thought that Steven was more than a side character. Then I randomly met him inside Meteor Falls. Jesus was I stomped.

[@anthonyt425]

@@Felixkeeg Yup, all high level 70 pokemon. Got stomped badly too until I grinded for a month straight.

[@csandsoccer4660]

Lmaoooooooo

[@Felixkeeg]

I love Cynthia's battle theme - first you hear the drums before the actual music kicks in - and after that all you hear is the constant low-health sound.

[@aelitogaybulldog5696]

BeEp BoOp BeEp BoOp

[@sergioruiz8247]

And the piano when you enter the champion room

[@someone_random1049]

*Cynthia battle flashbacks*

[@Jake_05_]

The only problem is that I heard it 50 times in an hour...

[@Arsenal8999]

Yeah me too but Iris is better

[@MrTrizzler67]

Shoot I remember playing Platinum in my senior year of high school and literally questioning how the hell this game is supposed to be beaten by 8-9 year old kids lmao.

[@messaroundaccount1193]

Bro how many times I got my ass handed to me by Cynthia. I only just slyly won after spamming revives and full restores until eventually by some miracle I managed to defeat her with my only pokemon with less than 20HP

[@kohinoorbanerjee4009]

There was one ez way to win, I threw my Pokémon in the daycare and biked up and down for a few hours and boom I have level 80 Pokémon, did the same with the rest of he team

[@azurena2959]

It took me 9 tries to beat her, im still wondering how kids can finish platinum and dp honestly

[@Kdekalcio]

@@azurena2959 all you need to do is to not skip any trainer battles or wild encounters. I got overleveled by not fleeing any encounters

[@BeesKneesMF]

@@azurena2959 to this day I have no clue how the fuck I bet her at age 9

[@paulobarral1267]

Blue: Im the strongest trainer, *IN THE WORLD!* Cynthia: Are you sure 'bout that?

[@zan1971]

You're joking right? Heracross, Tyranitar, Gyarados, Arcanine, Venasaur and Alakazam?! Cynthia is Blue's bitch for life.

[@JDarkAngeI]

Blue: yes because you don't exist yet. Lol

[@NightHawk1041]

Garchomp alone can handle that team. If anything, Lucario can too. You sleep on Cynthia's power.

[@zan1971]

The Dark Yeah sure. I guess you forgot how abusive a dragon dance Gyarados can be.

[@iCarroller]

Red wipes the floor with all of them.

[@dwaerom]

Being the first champion I beat, and being a 4 gen big fan, Cynthia holds a piece in my heart. ★

[@siontopps4375]

Matita Giallah my first game was pearl, however I was never able to get past flint since I chose torterra and sonely used him. My champion to beat was iris, then I got white, so then alder. Then I beat Lance, and used to same team to be Cynthia. By now I've got platinum and beaten her there with the Pokémon used in the story

[@standotexe]

First champion I beat was N technically speaking But if you don't include him it was Iris in white 2

[@kuein]

my first champion was lace LMAO my little old self never finished the older games because I was too dumb to know where to go

[@WiseManToad]

p a r d o n ? Same here. She was the first champion I’ve ever beaten. AND 4 Pokémon on my team were below lvl 50

[@joshuabrennan3630]

My first was Steven gen 3

[@jacobsendejo8788]

Lance was my favorite. I remember playing Pokemon Crystal as a kid and feeling fear when I saw his Dragonites, I would always lose midway facing him but then I taught my Feraligatr Ice Punch and swept through him, I remember my jaw dropping as a kid in pure shock and accomplishment. Little did I know that you can go to Kanto afterwards. Truly a memorable moment.

[@goldentrash0290]

Me too bro. For me Lance is also the best. I was excited playing gold with my older brother and even if it was years ago big battles like this are still clearly memorable. I love The GSC ....NOSTALGIA😍😢

[@zVxgito]

Same

[@ejj145]

Ice beam does wonders

[@gowonshealthyscalp2127]

I use Lapras to sweep his Dragonite. So much nostalgia

[@gilibeck]

Gen II League Trainers were a bit OP in my opinion... not enough exp gained through the storyline to reach level 50 and defeat Lance at first try

[@Knockout-es1tn]

My friend told me the Sinnoh Elite 4 was level 68 to like 75, I didn’t know that it was the rematch levels so I over levelled on my first run completely one shotted the whole E4

[@mychemicaldirection]

OH MY GOD SAME WHAT A WEIRD COINCIDENCE

[@CihanBellikli]

Well u didn't one shot the whole That's impossible Kinda Ish Idk

[@Unknown-gf1ci]

@@CihanBellikli maybe not bronzong but the others it's possible

[@TheDyllan0804]

Ayse Gamings **cinderace challenges you!**

[@DK-qy9xb]

What about Cynthia

[@lionofdemise]

Every single battle against these champions holds a special place in my heart. Pure shock and awe when you find out that Blue is the champion. Lance holds nothing but great fear when you are facing him. Steven shows you how tough and restlessness his Steel type Pokemon can be. Wallace shows you the beauty and soul of the power of Hoenn. Cynthia demonstrates perfect balance and harmony in her Pokemon. Alder and Iris, they were adamant throughout your entire journey and you can see it clearly during your battle against them. Diantha was radiating of beauty, fame and elegance. And she shown you all those qualities of her in the battle against you. Kukui and Hau were exciting and a thrilling challenges. The first chance to battle a professor and battling a rival again. Qualities we haven't seen in a Pokemon game in years.

[@zaberz]

lionofdemise You can battle professor Oak in first gen games

[@lionofdemise]

Zaberz I know that. But in the Americas, you couldn't. So I never battled against oak

[@JamTube01232]

lionofdemise You can battle Sycamore in XY

[@samsmith1058]

Your the reason people call Pokémon fans pussies.

[@JamTube01232]

Sam smith who?Lol

[@royhanson6346]

This person made Cynthia's battle look easy af, but then again, my Pokemon were like 20 lvls below Cynthia's

[@troubleshootq]

Yep. I swooped the elite 4 with ease but Cynthia really destroyed me

[@Paya283]

Just like Iris He just sweeped with his Latios

[@dogancankaraman3724]

ı was stuck had to bring my starter charizard nidoking and dragonite from my fire red days

[@Zaravioli]

I usually only train my starter

[@buhbuhbuh420]

He overlevels the shit out of his Pokémon and uses legendaries/pseudo legendaries like garchomp, haxorus, dragonite etc. in every play through. In my opinion it makes the game a bit boring

[@schmoe5869]

Cynthia is really tough. Until you play the game with a Dragon Dance Gyarados.

[@ejvallecer7869]

Or infernape with calm mind hahaha

[@colonel1003]

Or any fully evolved Pokémon that has a setup move and or that’s isn’t quad weak to a move that’s slow before setting up

[@Unknown-gf1ci]

Or a floatzel with ice beam That's how I took out her garchomp and togekiss

[@maritescabalan7050]

I one shot everything with my garchomp level 78 i train hard because i thought it will be very hard

[@HenniMeansLove]

Yeah man OP af

[@BIGGIANTSGUY]

Cynthia may be the hardest, but you gotta admit Lance has the most kickass music.

[@ultimatefirecracker1486]

The Mystery Bar tbh the first time I battled Lance I thought he was going to rock my whole world but luckily I had a weavile with Ice shard Nasty Plot Night slash Surf

[@hansoloq3467]

You mean Red :^)

[@aelitogaybulldog5696]

*ehem* Sorry, Sun and Moon touched my fiber when I started battiling somehow. I suddenly recovered any single thing of my childhood I lost, I started laughing while crying XD

[@XXlegovidXx]

@@hansoloq3467 red took his, they were different until hgss

[@andrewaguayo115]

We all know all the champions music are dope asf but you have to be lying to yourself to say cynthias battles music isn’t the best. Her battle is literally legendary

[@mudkip264]

Alder, Iris, Cynthia, and Steven really stick out to me, they all are special

[@michaelblueknight1268]

Maybe it's because I grew with it, but I'll always love third gen's design. The colors, the shades, everything.

[@collinfrazier9343]

The Hoenn theme will always be my favorite.

[@Spongeslob168]

All hail Cynthia, the best champion, wen gen 4 remakes lol

[@TheMarioManiac]

Curtis Hartman nah I want Gen 5 remakes...

[@Spongeslob168]

TheMarioManiac I want every gen remade at some point lol, just gen 4 is the best

[@debayres884]

There's quite a lot of remakes, I'm sure Gen 4 could use a remake.

[@aidan2226]

Today in my pokemon diamond nuzlocke i beat Cynthia with a mr.mime and chingling lol

[@zaistreams5142]

Gen 4 did get a remake, Pokemon Platinum

[@sirwelcome]

“You don’t get to be champion of the Pokémon League without knowing how to spam Full Restores!”

[@clarenceham5923]

Sir Welcome love the reference

[@tatsuyakiyama4303]

Sir Welcome pokemon golder

[@deadchannel2626]

Sir Welcome Pokemon golder

[@nathanielbrooks6526]

Sir Welcome I was broke so i needed to use super potions😂😂

[@WiseManToad]

Sir Welcome copycat

[@mamalele7074]

Sinnoh.. what a beautiful region. This make me nostaligic

[@Sairus.1234]

....

[@remiliascarlet1619]

All champions：I am the best of Spamming Full Restores

[@salt-shin]

LOL YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT XD against challenger Hau, he kept using Full Restores to make his Alolian Riachu heal XD

[@emberashes6809]

Hau has learned from lance

[@emberashes6809]

YOU DON'T GET TO BE CHAMPION OF THE POKEMON LEAGUE WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO SPAM FULL RESTORES

[@thisisnot1137]

@@emberashes6809 Lance is his new Tutor of Full Restores then? :D ???

[@ahyafikri4746]

Player: spam like 20 - 27 Champion:use 6 Player: *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@gurukilla]

i hate the new graphics of the newer games, i prefer the 2D affect

[@boltPoke]

Jack same

[@trachepanda5133]

@@tapestoppa Red and Blue to Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald had pretty terrible graphics imo, Diamond/Pearl and Black/White were great tho

[@thund6730]

@@trachepanda5133 how can you think that- _My sapphire_ :"{

[@ultimatefirecracker1486]

Jack same I hate the 3D graphics the Pokemon looks fat

[@ThatKidBobo]

Pokemon games on DS and GBA have the best graphics.

[@germanwojtek3576]

The love for Cynthia warms my heart . She’s easily the coolest . And her Garchomp is something to be long feared .

[@kanibelazy0585]

Ah Lance and his hacks

[@todayidraw]

we can have underleveled dragonite in gen VII if dratini called help in SOS battle, and aerodactyl can have rock slide in gen III. Lance is a time-traveller.

[@decpacito2confirmedbynasa580]

Lance: fuk u I be haven level 49 dragonites even tho thy evolve at level 55 bitchhhhhh

[@decpacito2confirmedbynasa580]

What Weed lance: boiiiiiiiii I can go tell my mom (Reggie) on yo ass an he be give my a dam Fukin level 1,000 dragonite bitchhhhhh

[@ahaloplayer3950]

Cacophony just imagine he has a box and a celebi is shoved in it

[@liujaden6898]

He also best kukui

[@prspneuro2244]

Cynthia's battle music is my favorite out of the series by far. The chaotic symphony is fitting for the chaotic fight Cynthia puts up.

[@anthonyt425]

Agreed. It's very melancholy and strikes, what I believe to be, the epicness of a Champion battle.

[@XXlegovidXx]

@@anthonyt425 Used to agree, till I heard lance’s way more, feel it encapsulates the significance of what you’re about to do and the true epicness of the battle better than that of Cynthia’s imo, the build up to the drop is timeless and doesn’t sound overly cheesy, unlike that of Gen 5+.

[@Guestdz]

Ughhh

[@wyatt7454]

20:40 this music actually becomes much more nostalgic with the beeping on top of it

[@andrewwatson4229]

I remember in black and white 2 that I expected to face Alder. I never expected Iris and her dragons, I wasn’t prepared for dragons XD

[@GabrielSilva-cf5ej]

For mobile users like me: 00:00 Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (GB, 1998-99) 06:11 Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal (GBC, 2000-01) 11:40 Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (GBA, 2003) 18:14 Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (GBA, 2004) 28:39 Pokemon Emerald Version (GBA, 2005) 35:35 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Version (DS, 2007) 43:09 Pokemon Platinum Version (DS, 2009) 50:46 Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Version (DS, 2010) 57:52 Pokemon Black/White Version (DS, 2011) 1:03:32 Pokemon Black/White Version 2 (DS, 2012) 1:10:35 Pokemon X/Y (3DS, 2013) 1:17:50 Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (3DS, 2014) 1:25:25 Pokemon Sun/Moon (3DS, 2016) 1:31:47 Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (3DS, 2017)

[@WinniDaPooh867]

Not all heroes wear capes 😎 thank you.

[@burgerking-eg7xc]

Everyone here talking about Cynthia, bit can we just talk about how amazing diantha’s theme is

[@Mannyindahouse]

Yeah, she's incredible!

[@rest8280]

No

[@nehaparmar84]

Thank you very much for bringing back those sweet memories of victory over the champion in which I threw a party for my friends!!

[@holismey7614]

OccasionalTraveller i รɑy tɦɛ รɑɱɛ ɓut tɦɑt iʀiร'ร ɦyɗʀɑigѳɳ รwɛpt 4 pѳkɛɱѳɳ ѳԲ ɱy tɛɑɱ

[@butteredsalmonella]

2:40 Really?!?!?! A Champion's Pokemon having.. LEER?!?

[@sincrhodragon]

Well...I can beat the champions with Cut and stuff like that

[@joseesomoza4012]

It’s because there aren’t really that much strong moves in gen 1 my venusaur still has razor leaf

[@noreng9333]

@@joseesomoza4012 razor leaf is really good in gen 1 though

[@hhhhh4107]

Psychic Types and Dragon types were absolutely supreme. Ghost types would’ve been absurd if they weren’t pure physical attackers.

[@iamnotinvolved1309]

Welcome to Gen 1

[@jdrgaster4745]

Blue: Im the strongest pokemon trainer in the WORLD! Cynthia and Steven simultaneously: BRUH

[@That_Epseon99]

Well at least your rival is the only one to complete the dex in gen 1

[@GM.Nobody]

@pratyush mitra to be fair, steven is a type specialist, more or less.

[@milesandrews6711]

@pratyush mitra he wasn't a full on type specialist tho, and a lot of his Pokémon were plagued by no physical special split and having their best moves not available yet

[@Psycho_Jester]

One sentence to trigger lance: The fairy type

[@dilan2988]

Ice-Type Absol I know you might be joking but the fairy type wasn't released and didn't even exist until gen 6+

[@notoriouscasual5004]

ch1kun........what

[@Yagara28]

ch1kun what a fuck is this languages???????

[@antisocialafrican1469]

ch1kun LMAO

[@WiseManToad]

Jester Jakey dude. All of his Pokémon are weak to rock

[@user-rf1jb4hn2u]

38:54 *Vietnam flashbacks*

[@n.e.e.t315]

Ya Boi Dofla I don’t get it

[@b15villapandomarielijahv.79]

@@n.e.e.t315 Lots of people find it hard to beat Cynthia's Garchomp, just like Whitney's Miltank in Gold, Silver, Crystal and their remakes HeartGold & SoulSilver

[@bayualif6322]

One hit boyz

[@currentlybeingremade9706]

Honestly Alder and Iris were.. a lot of fun. The most fun champions I’ve fought.

[@oliberrhy2391]

This is when the battle's start : gen 1 = 0:45 gen 2 = 6:45 gen 3 = 12:13 gen 1 remake = 18:51 gen 4 = 36:08 gen 2 remake = 51:16 gen 5 = 58:43 gen 5 remakes = 1:04:55 gen 6 = 1:11:32 gen 3 remakes = 1:18:32 gen 7 = 1:33:08

[@WiseManToad]

Oliber rhy wtf are gen 5 remakes? I think you mean sequels

[@guilhermew2g]

He's right about the sequels, but maybe get the ctrl C ctrl V option better.

[@dwarfplanets533]

The gen 7 timestamps is only for Hau, not Kukui.

[@istherechickeninyourpockets]

can we appreciate how in the gen 3 part, the user's azumarill was nicknamed pikachu.

[@Bryan-cr4sw]

Gen 5 will for always be the best. I love battling agianst iris

[@lucillerose-davis7666]

I love these videos, please keep making more!

[@Aflay1]

Red: Oh cool! A final rival battle before fighting the champion. Blue: Order right now and I’ll throw in the champion battle absolutely free!

[@endermenon4836]

"I am the most powerful trainer in the world!" *gets ass kicked in less than five minutes*

[@HiredToWin]

I’ll always remember my first time going through the elite 4 in pokemon emerald.... those were the days

[@keijnx8029]

You know the pokemon gods have mercy on you when Cynthia's Garchomp misses its Dragon Rush (have experienced it myself lol)

[@klonaz3288]

*28:40* _Emerald, forever in our hearts

[@KNIV3]

Cynthia is the best Champion

[@Bellaswanloveschickennuggets]

BP she has the best music

[@ImTheeeGoat]

I still never beat her. To be fair I fought her when I was like 9 but still she hard af

[@Ginp-]

style nop

[@liujaden6898]

Lance can beat her

[@NFBerserk]

style preference

[@Spider-Nalgas]

That theme that plays while facing Lance in Crystal is so epic.

[@jianraphaelcudiamat1825]

Damn that BG music tho in Pokemon Ruby, Spphire and Emerald is still bone chilling

[@Terestrasz]

The first time I played Soul Silver, Lance's level 50 dragonite knocked out my Feraligatr. So I swapped my HM slave, Marril, to take out a hit for me. Dragonite KNOCKED ITSELF OUT in confusion, resulting in Marril getting a massive bunch of experience points. Before the ending played... Marril evolved. The best part was that I named Marril "Oh no! It" "What? Oh no! It is evolving!"

[@red-kun1167]

Terestrasz lmao

[@guilhermew2g]

Trolololol

[@rankrundown021]

So u took ur hm slave to fight the champion

[@stratosm3154]

Terestrasz and why would you take Marill with you?

[@marcomartinez856]

I'll take "Things that never happened", for uhmm. Know what? Let's go for 500!

[@salad9897]

Cynthia is so cool they even gave her animations in platinum which although a slight difference I still really love

[@dewit5883]

I know a lot of people love Cynthia’s theme, but lance/red’s theme is so much better. The silence then the start at 6:37 is just threatening, then you see red’s pikachu. Even if it’s not your favorite, it’s definitely the most epic.

[@bandbandit5368]

Steven is my favorite just because when I fainted his metagross it was the best feeling ever because it would always one shot every single one of my team.

[@neptune-waltzesinvoid]

I remember the first time I battled Alder.. All my Pokémon, except Zebstrika, were fainted before the battle. I had tons of Full Restores, but no Revives. I knew there was no way. But,somehow, ZEBSTRIKA SWEEPED ALL OF THEM. Then Volcarona used some move, leaving Zebstrika with ONE health. I can't remember what happened after that, but I actually WON. WITH ONE FREAKING POKEMON. Edit: Came back two years to fix some errors with my comment, and noticed it got some traction. Hello, peeps.

[@dragonfire1356]

So I did it too with level 100 though

[@MagisterArtiumExylon]

@Chaos Leviatho Me tooo. What did you use? Mi favorite for beating black and white was Cobalion😍

[@kristin-theworlddestroyer2775]

Magister Artium Exyl0n for me in Black 1 I used Reshiram level 100 with the move sets Dragon pulse, Blue Flare, Extrasensory, Fusion Flare with all the elixir, and ether that I collected during my journey and 10 full restores.

[@Unknown-gf1ci]

@@kristin-theworlddestroyer2775 should I continue playing Pokemon white

[@kristin-theworlddestroyer2775]

Unknown 247, From my personal opinion, yeah you should continue playing it occasionally. Depending on where you’re at in the game I think it’s pretty fun to do battles in the building left of the Pokémon Center or do subway battles. If you’re still in the main story then you should keep playing because the story (in my opinion) is well written. However Unknown 247, I also think that it’s your choice if you want to continue playing Pokémon White, because for me I still occasionally play the game even though I frequently get teased for playing Pokémon Black because it’s categorized by many as a boy’s game and it’s almost 10 years old. If you want to play other games that are cheap to buy then my best assumption is Pokémon Conquest

[@Pinguz98]

18:43 actually the best song of pokemon for me... it was the song that brings my emotions to the top because i fight against my first rival in my first lega pokemon ❤

[@stevenwang2068]

blue: i assembled a team that can beat any type player: you don't know about switching out

[@nicolasbikic2861]

I really like fights in pokémon but I just discovered that seeing somebody else fighting is satisfying.

[@airsoft1238]

I remember the sense of triumph I had when I beat both Lance and Cynthia for the first times.

[@felixsoheili8558]

Pokémon Platinum by far the hardest to beat with the Elite 4 getting harder and harder. Than Cynthia with a Lv78 Garchomp. I knew I was in trouble when I faced a Level 71 Bronzong in the 4th Level

[@dermiesemisanthrop2111]

Felix Soheili the only thing hard about cynthia is that she is overleveled .If youd have a team with equal levels she would be easy

[@301am3]

Gen 4 was easy

[@thefuckingwhite1875]

I remember when I first became a Pokémon League Champion, yeah it was way back when I was 6 in my Gameboy Color playing Pokémon Gold. Man those memories are forever in my heart I was a young kid back in the day.

[@ericrej02]

The animations of moves were really great in the first days of Pokemon.

[@devonarcher9076]

in terms of which battle was the hardest it would be Cynthia for me, but the most enjoyable for me would be taking on Blue in R/B/FR/LG - the whole premise of you battling your arch rival in the final stage of the pokemon league, who's always been one step ahead from the beginning of your journey is something so awesome and cool

[@pickles4128]

Lance, not a dragon master, a FLYING TYPE MASTER Dragonite Dragon-Flying Charizard Fire-Flying Aerodactyl Rock-Flying Gyarados Water-Flying

[@user-du8um7tu1p]

ThePickleNugget lol he is just a bird trainer

[@Mikeh2077]

I'm still wondering after all these how Gyrados is a flying type..

[@Obsidian.fury22]

Coz they all look like a dragon

[@agoogleuser2605]

Michael Haney Originally, Gyarados was supposed to be a dragon type, but it would be too OP in gen 1 bc the only dragon move was Dragon Rage, which only did 40 damage. So dragon was replaced with Flying.

[@zerocal1908]

Charizard- flying Aerodactyl- flying 3 dragonites- flying Gyarados- flying

[@doublemissmatt6728]

The way the bass line of the champion theme is isolated when you use surf in G&S trips me out

[@wills3210]

The X and Y build up for the Diantha battle is amazing, and I love the battlefield as well. Then it’s the most underwhelming fight ever

[@crescentmoondriver4343]

Replayed Platinum not too long ago, had an Umbreon with double team, toxic, confuse ray, and quick attack specifically to prolong battles cause I know how scary Cynthia is. The mad lad ended up carrying my whole team though only being level 49, defeating 3 of Cynthia's pokemons. So proud of my boy Jiji. 7 year old me is happy I overcame the PTSD.

[@AlexanderXion]

Iris and Diantha theme is just badass. Best Champion theme ever!!

[@Le_Mayo]

Yeah, but honestly, Diantha was just a stick of butter.

[@BulletxTooth32]

That Alakazam was about to sweeeeep. Lucky crit on that Aerial Ace by Scizor lol

[@williambirch9062]

Super lucky lmao

[@coldbandit4782]

I love playing Pokemon and setting the battle in to SET, so that its like a death match and raise difficulty.

[@techguy25777]

Rematch with blue in leaf green was one of the hardest for me. Especially when I still had that habit of leveling only one pokemon.

[@pantherisboss94]

Damn that Breloom of yours is a TROOPER

[@TanTran-dr8pj]

Lance’s theme song was giving me chill. what a game

[@NoLuckJustSkill1337]

Your Platinum team was freaking cool!

[@jameslecitron1039]

Iris have the best champion music.

[@dragonfire1356]

No cynthia

[@obscureinternetuser1118]

fire no

[@eduardochavez7477]

IRIS??????

[@n00bmaster13]

Agreed!

[@bobbysanders8715]

Same, Cynthia may have the best intense battle music but when you hear iris champion song it’s like everything you’ve ever done has led to that very moment getting you hyped up for the fight also Cynthia’s battle is like fighting team Rockets leader or something

[@PrinceJayReal]

The music BEFORE you fight Cynthia is the best

[@elpirataretro8734]

Almost everyone here is talking about Cynthia and then there's me, who has a redhead dude with a cape and a stone collector as my favorite champions.

[@alexseiler348]

lol dude there are so many cool battles that i challenged as a kid thats so nice

[@twonaciouscreatorsthese1513]

Whitney: “Welcome to the PKMN League I’m Whitney former Gym Leader now Champion now let’s get battling!”

[@Guestdz]

Mega Miltank

[@Envoyoflife]

Leafgreen has a special place in my heart.

[@Stopthewar965]

I remember playing pokemon red behind my desk. I needed a lamp to see what i was doing on my gameboy. I played this day and night. Still playing pkmn... ultra sun atm i am 32 but cant let go my childhood.

[@LITTLE1994]

Champions are always the fun part, being final bosses of the main storyline. Blue and Red are classics, but Cynthia will always be known as the most infamous.

[@SuperSaiyan32]

Champions are champions for a reason. They all were strong and definetly took more than one go at them. Except Blue he was honestly weak in battle. Red, Cynthia, Lance and others were pain.

[@SuperSaiyan32]

@Ice or game freak made him champion for plot..

[@alextygesen3101]

*turns off exp share before battle* "DIanThA iS TOo weAk"

[@addilabdella6225]

you had one job spam full restore

[@soulofwolf9906]

Every theme and fight is super cool but Pokemon Sun and Moon's champion music against Kukui is the only one to give me shivers with how freaking awesome it is

[@jjc4924]

I agree. That's one of the reason why he's my favorite final boss in an Pokemon League. I know he's not an Champion. But he is an final boss at the Pokemon League.

[@paws4964]

u r so good

[@Aquazeem]

I gotta say that Wallace has to be my favorite champion. he gets so much hate just because, but I think that it's fitting for Steven to have left the Champion title to his friend that specializes in water, especially since so much of the region is covered in it. I like him for personal reasons (I love water and am an artist as well) but I do feel that his team is lackluster, but with the amount of water Pokemon now they could easily make him really hard... also a moment of silence for mega Milotic

[@leonardofarias8843]

Mutiscale and part fairy?

[@lyncario5515]

The thing i like about Hoenn champion are how rare their ace are, Metagross is post game only, while Miloticc is a downright nightmare to capture and evolve.

[@lastmexicano]

Je regarde d'en haut fuck feebas, my friend used a cheat code to get his and ended up giving me an egg he spawned from it

[@anthonyt425]

This describes my feelings about the Hoenn Region Champion so well!

[@resurrekt7114]

That moment when you keep fast-forwarding randomly and then arriving just in time for the moment you wanted 100 SKILL

[@outbook]

Gold/Silver/Crystal was one of my favs

[@Kurasai56]

Lance was such an elite dragon master, that he was able to evolve 3 dragonites early xD

[@asgore1081]

For anybody who is having trouble with Cynthia: Use Golduck, one Ice beam from that thing can delete any rock type.

[@thepidgeyturtle793]

my team was infernape (because its fire type), bidoof, starly, dialga, bidoof, bidoof and then when i battled Cynthia... I changed up my team

[@thepidgeyturtle793]

my new team was infernape, weavile, crobat, Dialga, Gyarados, and alakazam

[@cricrivi]

Rock is not weak to ice tho, maybe you're talking about ground type? I mean Garchomp is ground and dragon so it's 4 times weak to ice

[@ware8229]

My team with either one on the legendarys dialga palkia or giratina and arcues when it was released as event gift

[@TheThegreatshinigami]

WHUT! I didn't know petal dance was a Gen 1 move...all these years I thought it was Gen 2.

[@okansl1383]

I just realized i have Been watching for a hour now😳

[@Rob_Con]

FR/LG music gets me so hype!

[@user-eh5nh5ew5e]

This room is the legacy of the Hopes and dreams. ......

[@veloxplayer098yeeeah7]

Mike Ayala Stop the Undertale OST Simulations.

[@theillusionist1494]

Marzia Lanteri Dude, that’s LITERALLY the in-game dialogue. You’re the one drawing comparisons here.

[@theillusionist1494]

Mesut Bektaş NOBODY MENTIONED UNDERTALE BEFORE YOU AND THE OTHER COMPLAINER. PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.

[@contrail__]

No undershit pls

[@theillusionist1494]

shit514 Koi For god’s sake, people...

[@plasticpink8929]

"I came when I heard you beat the ELITE FOUR!"

[@andyramirez4293]

Nothing will ever come close to Blue’s champion theme it really made it feel like this is it all the training all the battles to have one final showdown with your rival my 10 year old self was so focused back then

[@nikkcarroll9382]

Nothing will ever compare to that battle in gen 1. On your first play through.. I had yellow version on the purple translucent gameboy color. Definitely my favorite memory in my video game history

[@B3FMandCProductions]

Lance: *becomes champion* Vaporeon: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@Popplio3323]

Did you know that in terms of human and Pokémon breeding...

[@addilabdella6225]

last time I checked Iris's pokemon were either between 58-64 for main story and 68-74 for rematch

[@dreafrat6194]

Pokémon pearl was my first game and Cynthia was just a bad ass and holds a special place in my Heart like nobody else in the Pokémon games.

[@nathanielbrooks6526]

The thing that I love about Pokémon is that the games get significantly better in every generation