HBD MDB! Come Down Memory Lane with Me!🔴 Pokemon Blue with ONLY Drowzee & Childhood Pokemon Stories!

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In this extra special episode, I take you along on my ridiculous Pokemon Blue Challenge Journey through the world of Kanto in Generation 1 as I attempt to beat the entire game with a Drowzee, all while telling you childhood stories of playing Pokemon when it was new! Am I able to do it? Only one way to find out!
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[@MahDryBread]

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[@mrormrs.something3897]

Can you please do Pokémon black with just Munna? Please?

[@arcangelgutierrez88]

I hope you have an awesome Birthday Today!!!

[@louieg.4328]

MDB? Once you beat gen 7 can you do a single wishiwashi without schooling ability challenge? Even though the game is slow, it gets fun. Please beat it. Plus happy Bday

[@louieg.4328]

Also do a pokemon challenge collab with Whattageek, Brandon, and Santa’s delibird?

[@mr.sheeppeehs4204]

Happy birthday, I loved your stories

[@zabuzafan100]

Memory time: My family was dirt poor and as a kid i remember seeing kids playing on their gameboys and watching kids play pokemon, but we could never afford one. In fourth grade (2000-2001), the pokemon gold and silver games were coming out and its all I asked for for christmas. My parents and grandmother pitched in together to be able to afford to buy me a gameboy color (one of the clear purple ones) and a copy of pokemon gold. It was the most excited and happiest gift I ever got. I remember my grandmother sitting down with me and wanted me to show her how to play it. Her starter was chikorita and she was as excited as I was the first time I ever played pokemon and caught my first pokemon. So much so that she ended up saving up and buying herself a gameboy and silver version to play with me so we had both version to trade and play. Her favorite pokemon was sodowoodo. When she passed, she left me her gameboy and her pokemon silver game. Her sodowoodo that she had on her party was named after me and level 100. Very personal and still a tough memory to think about but also one of my happiest memories of my grandma and playing pokemon. To this day gen 2 is my favorite generation. Thought since, you're taking a trip down memory lane, I'd share mine as well. Amazing how many memories a simple game can bring out.

[@indigoplateau6989]

This was very touching. I’m so happy you have those memories.

[@gothicMCRgirl]

Your grandmother sounded like a very precious, lovely person. She was excited to share in your happiness and wanted to relate to you over something you clearly loved. That she ended up loving Pokemon too was a very welcomed bonus!

[@alexclark6127]

Thank you for sharing this this is a wonderful story that put a smile on my face god bless you and your phenomenal grandmother

[@Bewear.the.Adjuster]

Hey, who put a bowl of dices raw onions next to my screen?

[@tratty89]

Wow, that’s such a lovely story

[@dynamo_SSH]

When I first started high school, I told my grandmother that I'd started trying my hand at competitive Pokemon. Every so often, she'd ask how my quest was going, and I'd try to explain it to her in a way she understood. Eventually, I'd start sending her cool videos, pictures and articles that I'd find about it, and sometimes she'd send me stuff. It warmed my heart seeing her slowly but surely understanding my new hobby.

[@theeducatedfool]

“I turned 29, which probably makes me an old man to most of you” Me at 32 nodding along with to all these Gen 1 stories while remembering my own. I feel like a lot of my peers were on the cusp of being “too old” for Pokémon at its peak fad year but we still had fans, myself included.

[@zickykane5206]

Mannnn, you're never too old for Pokemon. :)

[@agni_oh]

You're never too old for this. Don't let anyone say otherwise

[@wolfheart5408]

Nobody can ever be too old for Pokemon

[@ericbrethauer]

I’m 36 and still going no such thing as to old as long as you enjoy it

[@foxbird123]

I've turned 41 not too long ago and I still play. At the time I was earning money mowing my grandma's yard but I got a game boy and blue shortly after I learned pokemon was a thing.

[@kiefharmony]

"I could probably skip a gym leader and you wouldn't notice." sick meme, especially since you've totally forgotten to fight erika multiple times in these runs and have to go back later lmao happy birthday man

[@michaelbricker1129]

I think that’s more of a Jrose thing lol but I could be wrong

[@DanHowsen]

@@michaelbricker1129 God, I miss JRose's runs. I'm glad MDB still does his challenges on a (near-)weekly basis, but I wish we had both...

[@michaelbricker1129]

@@DanHowsen I get that, I know he comes back after 2 months, posts a couple videos then disappears again. It’s disheartening to say the least

[@mickgorro]

-12:56 (10:02-10:06) MDB: You'll probably never need a DIRE HIT or a BURN HEAL in your life. Blaine: And I took that personally.

[@lipika2841]

"U better have BRN HEALS"

[@5lkp4]

@@lipika2841 " fire blast hits 7 times in a row "

[@manarmsgaming9223]

Let’s thank MDB for the good times he’s given us. Thank you and happy birthday Mah-Dry-Bread!

[@MahDryBread]

Thanks!

[@thevideogamenerd2268]

@@MahDryBread mine's the first of october! :D (p.s. I love your dragonball team training it was just so fun.)

[@thevideogamenerd2268]

@@MahDryBread boubasoure (bad at spelling)all the way

[@tpbloomfield]

Fun personal Drowzee fact: Drowzee was the first pokemon I ever encountered as a shiny, outside of mandatory red Gyarados. In gen 2, the grass by Goldenrod, I stumbled across a purple Drowzee. Caught it because it looked really cool, but wasn't sure if the evolved form would look as good so used the old pokemon cloning glitch of box swapping to duplicate the Drowzee and evolve the duplicate. Decided shiny Hypno wasn't as cool looking so stuck with purple Drowzee. While not my favourite pokemon outright, I will always have a special fondness for Drowzee for being the first proper shiny I ever found.

[@dontmindme4197]

I remember slightly running into a shiny voltorb and I thought my game broke I think in ended up soft resetting lmao

[@zenitfan4life]

Wow, Drowzee was also my first shiny and I also caught it outside of Goldenrod!

[@Gentlenerd88]

Man the memory... The first time I played Pokémon was a English ROM. here in Italy the anime arrived way before the GB game so the only way to play was to use a ROM in a foreign language and no one at that time could understand English. Every single step forward was a matter of trial and error and stuff like HM and TM means nothing to us, so the first dude that figured out how to use cut and battle LT surge was a superstar at school!

[@infinitethunder6184]

A rumour I heard when I was a kid was that the shiny stone turned a pokemon into a shiny. So I ended up saving it for a legendary (can't remember what), but was disappointed when it didn't work. I assumed it was because legendaries were too rare and it would be unfair. Then I heard someone say "then I used the shiny stone on my togetic" and i was very confused as to why he'd waste it like that. Shiny togetic didn't even look that good.

[@floorlobster6114]

I used to think that a green spinda was just another patern. My first pokemon game was emerald and i've got some weird memories about it. Like (sadly) knocking out a shiny medichan because i thought that it was a gender diffrence but yeras later i realised that i was a fucking idiot. So back to that spinda: As a kid i tried to catch every. Single. Spinda. Pattern. Unaware how many there actually were

[@bruce4139]

Lol

[@eggchamp6287]

@@floorlobster6114 I did the same thing to a shiny drillbur in white 2

[@hijixincorperad]

I am way too young to be part of the rumor phase of early Pokemon I I don't think my parents were even thinking of having children at that time but I just love the rumors so much they're like the scp's of Pokemon

[@floorlobster6114]

@@eggchamp6287 r.i.p

[@Flaretale52]

OK so, A Bizarre challenge I came up with: Pokemon Emerald With only a Skitty / Delcatty, but you can only use ASSIST. (This means you can have other Pokémon with Powerful moves that Delcatty can take from. You can use Skitty If you want for the extra challenge, but I'm hoping this would be an interesting run since you'll have Pokémon that will not be in battle, but this also means you'll have a general idea of what your move pool is unlike a Metronome run.) I think you can do this run on Pokémon Pearl and Platinum as well, but I don't know if there's an Assister in Heart Gold / Soul Silver.

[@alexclark6127]

This may go under the radar but I really think this is an interesting And unique sounding challenge even if MDB doesn’t pick up for himself I’m going to give a try I don’t do KZbin nor plan to but I will reply to this with how it went maybe even you could do it thank you for the fun idea

[@lacyelmwood7386]

I did this challenge in Platinum with a Glameow using Assist. My team was Bronzong, Gastrodon, Pikachu, and 2 others. It was a lot of fun.

[@almightyk11]

It sounds like Metronome with less RNG

[@kawaiipotetu4047]

I remember playing Black 2 when I was around 12 or 13, and I was still a player who only used damaging moves for my Pokemon. I finished the main story with my Liepard knowing Assist because I loved how random each move is going to be lol it was amazing when it used Leaf Blade (I think) on the water gym xD

[@Flaretale52]

@@almightyk11 exactly!

[@PlazmaScream]

I heard you could catch a Trainer's pokemon with a Master Ball without fail, so me knowing I'd never be able to get one normally because I couldn't trade and had no friends I threw mine at Sabrina's Alakazam and wasted it..

[@willtanhey]

You didn't save before the battle with Sabrina?

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

@@willtanhey we weren't witty enough to do that as kids, at least I wasn't. Legendaries and important battles were just blind runs until they ended in one way or another. No soft-resetting. I think I wasted a masterball on a Golduck in Pokemon Pearl when I was younger 😂

[@PlazmaScream]

I know I definitely wasted a Master Ball on a shadow Golduck in XD: Gale of Darkness because it was pretending to have the catch rate of a legendary.

[@slashb7836]

I wasted a Master Ball in Silver because I didn't have anything with Waterfall or could learn it. It's okay, though, because very early on I learned about the cloning glitch with the PC and how to abuse it

[@slashb7836]

@jaqmes the video Viking save in front of a PC in GSC. Deposit Pokemon you want to clone. Go to Change Box. When it starts to save, turn the game off. The way it works is Box data is saved before the other data like party and location. It may take a couple tries to get the timing right. You can do a variant of it at the beginning of the game. Start a file and save before picking your starter. Play, wothout any saving, to when you get PokeBalls. Catch a Pokemon. Deposit your starter holding a Ball and do the Box Change and turn off maneuver (with your last actual save having still been right before grabbing your starter). When you start back up, pick a different starter, go to Cherrygrove, withdraw Starter 1, take the ball, catch a mon, and repeat the process with the 2 starters being deposited. Pick the third on reset, and you'll have all three (though when you get the PokeDex, you'll be missing the first two's data). You can also use this kind of thing for spending coins (clone the Pokemon or a Pokemon holding the TM and reset to right before the coins were spent), Rare Candies (save, use the candies, use glitch, you've given levels and gave reset the candies in your bag), getting all the Bug Catching Contest mon in one day, etc)

[@DolphyBlueDrake]

I remember when someone (a friend, but I forget who) got me my first Pokémon game for my birthday, I was ecstatic that it was Blue version and not Red version. I had mentioned multiple times that if I were to play Pokémon, I wanted Blue instead of Red because everyone else I knew wanted Red because it had Charizard on it. I always thought Charizard was overrated, so to be different, I said I wanted Blue. The friend who gave it to me even included a link cable, and when I asked what it was for, he told me it'd make me more popular. As soon as the school year started (I have a summer birthday), I learned how right he was: as the only one with Blue version on a playground of Red version players, _everyone_ wanted to trade with me.

[@nickchabot1302]

God tier friend right there.

[@jdog631]

Growing up, one of my friends started a rumor at his school that he originally made up and drew Rayquaza and his older cousin, who *actually was* interned at Nintendo gave it to the designers and they liked it, so they put it in. Of course it was fake, but his older cousin actually working at Nintendo made it kinda believable to some people for a few years.

[@raythehomie123]

tf you talking about that actually happened trust me

[@SuperAnimeFever]

My pokemon red/blue rumor was if you reset your game after beating the game and getting a team of fully level 100 you would get a fully evolved Black Charizard. Needless to say there were a lot of upset kids.

[@averytubestudios]

Well, Black Charizard technically exists now!

[@gautham4602]

well that's the jerkiest thing I ever heard

[@Scheuersicle]

I found your challenges while painting my second son's room. I'm so glad you went the introspective route, because I'm constantly thinking of memories while I watch these. Pokemon has always meant a lot in my life, and I'm glad others have those memories too!

[@theonlyrealrobin4602]

A rumor I heard was that in pokemon emerald, once the rocket at mossdeep city was fully prepared to take off (100%) you could ride along with it to space where you could find and catch jirachi

[@EvenirX]

So the rumor that always seemed to circulate was the "trick" to "guarantee" a catch, usually some variation of either pressing, spamming, holding etc the B button. I think the first version I heard was specifically "use a Great ball and hold down and B". I also heard in Diamond and Pearl, that if you go down the left side of the path in Solaceon town but do it while on your bike and spinning on each tile, you could open a portal that let you catch any legendary. Of course, I never did it "fast enough" to open the portal lol

[@awesomeperson5150]

Maybe that was a mis heard version of the Tweaking glitch?

[@koruton9925]

I would either hold the A button or spam it. And today I still do it sometimes just to remember them days

[@akamikedavid]

Great Ball then Down+B was supposed to turn a great ball into a master ball. To this day, despite everything I know about pokemon, I still feel like great balls have a better catch rate than ultra balls lol. The other one was mashing or holding down A would guarantee a catch also. Obviously didn't work but also, to this day, I hold down A when a ball is thrown. Superstitious behaviors are hard to kick.

[@pyriel6870]

@@akamikedavid yeah I'd have to agree, I can't tell you how many times I've tried to catch legendaries with 40+ ultra balls then run out and catch it on the first great ball lol

[@jrbehr4643]

Trying variations of the down B trick is how I found out about the soft reset function on the GBA. Lol

[@bvd_vlvd]

A challenge more interesting than the Water Onix one? Wow, I thought it was impossible! Happy birthday champ, thanks for everything.

[@Skillissue3993]

"A" not "an" "An" is used when the next word starts with a vowel, such as: A towel Or An apple

[@bvd_vlvd]

@@Skillissue3993 thanks broski. I'm a writer so you'd expect me to know this but I'm one of the most tired people on the planet so I'm currently a vending mistake machine

[@Skillissue3993]

@@bvd_vlvd lmao, no problem, thanks for taking on the chin

[@SemiHypercube]

10:04 "you're never gonna need a burn heal in your life" sad Blaine noises

[@laurasunflora3218]

I’ve never met anyone whose favorite pokémon is Drowzee! That’s so interesting. I guess it really is true what they say: Every pokémon is someone’s favorite. HBD MDB! :)

[@HaydnG266]

Mine is Vileplume and I've never met anyone to agree haha

[@UczuciaTM]

Mine is parasect and everyone trashes it sooo

[@usernamebob2656]

Abra all day long.

[@zaltoki4931]

easy sea gastrodon

[@tetrisgoat]

I am close to that! Hypno is my favourite, from all the way back in '99 when I was 12 and I got a prerelease copy of blue a few months before release by Nintendo Sweden. I found a Drowzee and liked so much and was excited to see what it turned into. I was not expecting Hypno, and wasn't a fan, but he won me over. We've been buds ever since and will be my star whenever I replay it.

[@parttimesaint3165]

I turned 30 this year. Oh, the memories with this game. My first memory is of my neighbor showing it to me on his computer, a ROM. I don't remember if it was blue or red. I don't remember my starter either. I didn't understand much English back then and I didn't have the patience to read things properly. These days, I like Bulbasaur the most in Gen 1. I don't remember catching a Zubat to mirror match them xD I love the stories! It brings me back to the 90s.

[@ayeshaakter9340]

To me its almost the same but it was my cousin who showed me and it was gen 3.I remember using my lv 80 charizard and lv 56 butterfree and 4 lv 20 pokemon .I used to think my butterfree was op cause I used dream eater and sleep powder.I also remember having a lot of trouble with The e4 cause lorelai obliterated my charizard. My team was i think pidgeotto,butterfree,charizard,golbat,seadra and kadabra i think.I dont remember clearly but i do remember my pidgeotto and kadabra.I aldo remember having a charizard with metal claw,fly,blast burn and flamethrower.

[@Forwantofaname]

Ah, I remember playing Pokemon as a kid. I got my first game, Pokemon Red before I knew how to read because I was obsessed with the anime. Unfortunately, as I could not read, I didn't know how to save so I did things randomly. I did know how to pick different starter due to the pictures. I also thought, as a kid, that Articuno was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life. On the other hand, I was terrified of the Kabutops skeleton in the museum and thought having a living one on my team would keep me safe (once I figured out how to read). Thanks for reminding me of all this with your stories.

[@MrLogistician]

Articuno is still my favorite

[@adropofamber7638]

I barely knew how to read when I got blue, got stuck due to the old man for hours until I finally called a friend to figure out how to get pokeballs 😅 Gen 2 became my fave since I finally knew what was going on

[@tristancbrown]

I'm old enough to replay this with my son who is about the age I was when I first played through Red. We love watching you videos together and this was a great episode. Thanks MDB

[@TrixWithStrix]

Also an “old person,” and I think the thing that got me stuck the most as a kid was that HM’s couldn’t be forgotten and i would end up having my team have moved like cut or flash and I could never get rid of it. My favorite areas are also the route next to Diglett Cave, and Rock Tunnel introduced me to my favourite Pokémon, Cubone! Thank you for all you do, MDB. Your content is an absolute joy and these challenges always improve my day. :)

[@JayO-su4kh]

I made up a rumour in my town that in gold and silver once you beat Red you talk to officer jenny to get access to the locked underground in kanto, where you could catch celebi and mew

[@ColdEmperor]

“I never figured out how to swim.” Times like these remind me of how God tier my parents were. Swimming and riding your bike takes some learning. They taught me how to ride a bike themself but they decided to sign me up for swimming classes in Germany. I don’t remember much about it minus the final “test”. If I was to pass I had to swim 3 circles around the pool. I had to stay by the walls. I was 6 at the time so the pool was huge to me. My arms went numb afterwards. It was brutal! I knew if I failed I’d have to do it again the next day so I persevered. Nowadays I’m not just land locked I’m several hundred miles away from the nearest body of water. I don’t go swimming in the summer either. Even so. I’m happy to have the ability to not drown and hopefully someday you will too.

[@jamesavery3727]

I find it interesting that you think your parents teaching you to ride a bike and swim makes them "God tier." From my perspective, I find them to be basic childhood skills

[@smirglepapier531]

@@jamesavery3727 tis but a joke

[@sandywolfr26]

Your parents sign you up for swim lessons? My mom picked me up, ask if I trust her, said yeah, threw me in the deep side of the pool, and said swim or die! It your choice! So I learnt how to swim real fast. Yay survival instincts

[@ColdEmperor]

@@sandywolfr26 Sweet baby Jesus. That's traumatic. Hope you're ok.

[@servien9683]

When this came out I was in middle school and we had our own "elite 4". Red will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for the run MDB

[@ShadowAgent94]

I had Diamond as my first game, but I remember as a kid I thought that once growl or other stat drop moves were used that they were permanent, I also remember some people on my bus telling me that if I pressed A or B while trying to catch something that it would be easier. I remember a guy showing me a few legendaries and a shiny Lucario he had.

[@jackmahoney3783]

I suggest a Red/Blue run with only Magmar. If you look at its move list you’ll understand why. If you want throw in no Tms for added challenge I’m pretty sure magmar would have one of the highest base stat totals for a mon in a single run that you’ve done so far.

[@fiz4400]

My reaction: well all right let’s check this movese- nevermind I see where you are getting at

[@corenlavolpe6143]

Lol brutal

[@wezen89]

The no TM rule though

[@TheFlashyLucario]

I did a Red/Blue run with only Electabuzz, who also has a great moveset, consisting of Quick Attack and Leer until level 31

[@BonzuP.theThird]

Happy birthday MDB! Can't wait to see the slow Sabrina fight lol. I remember hearing that if you returned to vermillion city on the anniversary of when you completed the S.S. Anne, the boat would be back and you could re-enter it. Spoiler alert: the boat didn't come back

[@whiterunguard4144]

Happy birthday Mdb!I always watch till the end, and always like when you talk about you're life,idk why,i feel a sense of normality here, world has been really crazy lately,i am glad to be part of this comunity,Thanks y'all. :)

[@mattmc1234]

my main memories of pokemon rumours circulated from the internet like finding 50 legendaries at the bottom of chargestone cave lol, the first pokemon games i ever played were diamond/pearl since thats what my family could afford back then as i have another sibling. The games were super fun and the mystery of arceus caused lots of rumours around my school on how you could get it. I still love and enjoy pokemon to this day and the rom hacks allow us to keep enjoying them today.

[@cloudfangLP]

I remember hearing about MissingNo as a kid and my mind was blown when it actually worked! Then when I learned what it did, I got SO MANY Master Balls and Rare Candies and got everyone to level 100. I was a bit older when I did the Mew glitch but I don’t think I was an adult yet(I’m 29 now, almost 30) and I somehow managed to not fight all the trainers you need to pull it off. I love Gen 1 for all the cool stuff it has and things you can do in it.

[@vincenthall5908]

I remember finding out about the Mew Glitch online in high school, maybe sophomore year? Around when Gen 4 came out. I’m your age too! I caught so many mews lol

[@antonjimmy5636]

We had the truck rumor here in New Zealand. It was that you just needed to use strength, didn't matter about which Pokémon or level

[@amfk8079]

Its been such an incredible ride watching Pokémon grow. I like you MDB, Got sucked in from the get go, I played yellow right off the rip in 97 (3rd or 4th grade), Had the Pikachu gbc and everything! I played religiously till gen 3 probably 2006 ish. Then My 20's happened, had a couple kids and now im watching your videos with them! Thank you for helping spread the joy! It brings a tear to my eye each time my kid throws on one of your videos!

[@christianfriedel5560]

Happy Birthday (delayed)! Loved hearing your stories, made me think of my first time playing a Pokemon game (Gold when I was 6). Those were good times and there really was something special about not knowing how everything works (I remember being stuck at the Ghost Gym until a random guy at the airport helped me with it).

[@GusterTails]

On our way through, I took the helix fossil. I knew if I didn’t say what I took you’d all ask. Actually now that I think about it everyone ask anyway. Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm. Happy Birthday MDB!🎉

[@blametl4921]

I always thought he took the helix fossil because the helix fossil meme from twitch plays pokemon

[@BigTymerz2009]

I remembered getting to Mt Silver in the og Pokemon Gold and a lv 40-something Poliwag almost wrecking me with a combination of Rain Dance and Hydro Pump 😅😅😅 Horribly strong pokemon do live in Mt Silver 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrMusic25]

Loved hearing all your memories with these original games! You're only a year older than me, but my first game was Pokemon Gold because my parents wouldn't let me have any video games until I was 7. I had a lot of similar memories though, and listening to you ramble about yours really brought some back for me as well. Take it easy this week, you deserve it, and happy birthday! Love these challenges that you do!

[@ArchsagePent]

First Pokemon Memories: I was a young teen back when Red/Blue came out. I was sick as a dog the night I first stared playing Blue on my Super Gameboy on my SNES. What I remember the most is the very beginning when Professor Oak is introducing the game and ended with that line: "A world of dreams and adventures with Pokemon awaits! Let's go!" I was already an RPG player back then but I hadn't really played one that let your build your team from scratch before. Final Fantasy 4 and FF6 this is not - it is a more personal journey with lower stakes and it really did feel like going on a personal adventure. No mad clowns trying to take over the world in Pokemon Blue! I don't really remember my endgame team anymore but I know for sure it featured Blastoise and the three legendary birds. I didn't get too lost because I had the Nintendo Power Player's guide. I still have that book on my shelf and it is still mostly holding together. XD Anyway, Pokemon was a game that invited me to have my very own adventure and that's what I'll always think of when recalling the series earlier days and what I really want out of the franchise.

[@theRich037]

One thing I remember the most was getting stuck in rock tunnel with a level 40+ Blastoise because I didn't get Flash and was battling until I faint since I was lost 😅

[@redxzone2439]

I definitely had to do this in one of the early games. I just don’t remember which one lol. I think it was Ruby and Sapphire because I remember it took me days to realize you can walk “under” the cycling road thing (where you battle your Rival on your way to Mauville). I thought it was a wall and never attempted to even pass that way. You can only imagine my reaction when I managed to successful progress. 💀

[@KCGabe]

Thank you for all the runs, here's to a lot more! You truly make a difference. It's always fun to remember gen 1 times. :)

[@thom9910]

MDB thank you so much for all you do! I know it might sound silly but when I'm having anxiety or a hard time relaxing you never fail to make me feel better. Happy Birthday!!

[@ExcenGaming]

This was nice. Even helped me relive some of my first adventures in the game. Great video, MDB.

[@nickzakos271]

Are birthday wishes also good for the KZbin algorithm

[@soumyajeetbag2553]

Yes

[@ajs.7363]

Happy birthday MDB! I've enjoyed so many of your stories and so many of your videos. Thank you so much for being yourself and giving all of us here such great content. Keep doing the thing my friend. Here's to many more!

[@ShadowKing7826]

This video had me smiling the whole time listening to all your stories from your childhood. I have to say I think this is my favourite challenge that you’ve done.

[@zjean3417]

*Challenge suggestion: Pokémon FRLG with only a Growlithe*

[@Zenjirou-Fighter]

*e

[@MrLivermore90]

Vulpix***

[@gmk9321]

Happy birthday my bread loaf friend it’s good to see how far you’ve came since your rattata run

[@NumbersAfter]

I love hearing about all the parts "a lot of kids got stuck on" because I was the kid who already beat Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest and stuff, so I was the only one in school not getting stuck. The benefit of being a nerd from a young age!

[@rjthepoet500]

From start to finish, really enjoyed this video - happy birthday and get some “rest” for the sake of your mental health. Thank you for what you do, it’s very much appreciated

[@redbeardrpg]

You mentioned your lets plays in the video. I love them especially the ones you do with Gooseit and Wattageek. You guys capture the feeling of playing games with your buddies perfectly.

[@Nosferatu62820]

I have always been a pragmatic pokemon player and most of the time, my core looks the same. The fire starter, a water type, the early route bird, a grass type, an electric type and most of the time, a cool pokemon I find early like Mankey, Nidoran or Ralts. But in my many years of playing Pokemon, I have had some odd choices, for me at least, to complete my main team. A Jynx in one of my Silver runs, a Dusclops in Ruby, a Mantine in a Fire red nuzlocke. One of them has been an Hypno in my Yellow team. I can’t really remember why this pokemon, which I don’t really like or care about, was added to my squad but here it was. This run won’t be as nostalgic as MDB’s but this might help me remember why my 8 years old self thought this was a cool idea. Drowzee is built to have an easy time in this game. It’s a Psychic type so a pokemon with the best typing in this generation, with a great special allowing it to hit hard and be quite sturdy against some of the usual main offenders in this kind of run (Misty, Lorelei). Besides, it’s not an amazing pokemon but 48 in attack is usable (as always, if Voltorb and its meager 30 could pummel through Rhydon, no reason why Drowzee wouldn’t be able to make a good use of its attack) and its lack of speed shouldn’t be a problem because of the over leveling. On top of that, its movepool is great. Well, great is hyperbolic but when your pokemon have access to a powerful stab, Psychic, resisted by nothing but the Psychic type and Body Slam which is one of my favorite Gen I move (easy to get, strong, physical, 30% chance to paralyse) and a great complementary option to the special move, you know you will have an easy time. If you add Hypnosis into the mix, this run is over before its start because sleep is broken in Gen I. I might even go for Dream Eater instead of Psychic for the pokemon to stay “in character” (it also gives it a way to recover on a stronger attack with more PP). Finally, I can see Meditate being an option, working alongside both Body Slam and Hypnosis. The rest of the options would be to go for a fighting type move or Substitute but I don’t think I’d need to. As always, a pokemon with only a normal type attack which will have to go against two rock types with high defense. I’ll never like the start of a Gen I run I suppose… After getting Confusion, I went to fight Misty. I teached Drowzee Mega Punch for Starmie but I learnt Headbutt during the fight. Two were enough to beat Starmie, despite the X defend used. The rest of the run was basically uneventful. The only issue has been PP management, because Hypnosis isn’t accurate and I needed it to use Dream Eater. I pummelled through every major fight in the game, including the Elite 4, with a mix of Dream Eater and +6 Body Slam. Agatha was the only obstacle thanks to her fast Gengar with Confuse Ray and Toxic. I would have lost if it were not for Dream Eater life recovery. The run was completed at level 73 with Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Body Slam and Meditate as my moveset. Easy.

[@victoriahiebert2978]

Hope you had a great birthday MDB thanks for uploading this. I enjoyed hearing your childhood stories.

[@brettsmith5146]

This video hit me right in the feels, my favorite challenge video so far. Keep up the great work👍👍👍

[@MagusAgrippa8]

I think my favorite schoolyard rumor was actually something I found online when I was playing Emerald. Gen 3 was the first time I was able to actually play a pokemon game, despite being a fan since the show started. I wasn't allowed to buy a Game Boy when it came out, and I kinda had to fight my parents to allow me to use birthday money on a Game Boy Advance SP. Regardless, I read about a secret pokemon you could only obtain from breeding Jirachi and Deoxys. I'm pretty sure I had neither, but I managed to obtain one of them while a friend had the other. Somehow I was able to convince a friend to let me borrow the other pokemon in the pair. Obviously no special egg came from them. But the real funny part of this story? I'm 99% sure I never gave my friend their mythical psychic type back.

[@awarapun]

Hi MDB, you got me feeling nostalgic so I'm gonna write some stories. I'm one of those as old as you and also have a beard and started with yellow. But no internet. I remember having to hand over my Gameboy to my brother to get through my moon and rock tunnel. I remember on rival fival I was stuck forever and had to evolve my pidgetto to pidgeot. On one of many runs, I boxed Pikachu and would get a nidoran, and use that until it got horn drill as nidoking. Zapdos was the bird to get and it could rip apart the elite 4. The safari zone was a nightmare, I couldn't manage it easily, and was wandering about a bunch. I always wanted a chansey but could never catch one. I never even see a dratini. Hitmonlee gang all the way. I think I just liked Bruce Lee as an action star whereas in my mind then I hadn't really seen Jackie Chan. Every moveset was 4 stab moves of possible. Charizard was ember, fire spin, flamethrower, fire blast. Zapdos was thundershock, thunderbolt, thunder, drill peck. When one of my friends got Pokémon gold, I went crazy and stayed up all night for the first time ever just exploring johto. It was a completed save and didn't have anything to do. But I was sold. I got crystal whenever that appeared. School yard rumour that stands out is getting jirachi on 100 space station launches in mossdeep city. I watched a big chunk of twitch plays Pokémon which was the origin of lord helix. I always thought that was why you chose the helix fossil. My favourite Pokémon is tyranitar. Because in pokemon colleseum it was the secret hyped Pokémon and I never saw one in all my years playing Pokémon. The concept of a pseudo legendary was lost to me. Maybe it was family being a late internet adopter. I would always lose to Blue to begin with. I never figured out the Eevee rival evolution patterns. I would grind out runs of the e4 to get my first level 100, zapdos. But I remember seeing what I learned later to be some missingno nonsense of a guy on a ferry to France having a level 140 blastoise. Again my child mind was blown. I think that's it, and you go have fun with the videos. I think having fun is all that anyone can ask for.

[@gentle-granbull4784]

Happy birthday, MDB! I've only been watching your content since early 2020, but I still appreciate it so much! I don't have too many memories of playing Red/Blue since I was very young when I started playing them. Little things like finding a Pikachu in Viridian forest and being Shook, but not having pokeballs. I remember going back and hunting forever to find another one. A highlight was when I caught a cubone for the first time in Yellow and being so upset over the fact all cubones wore their mothers' skulls. I think I had a whole box filled with nothing but Cubone so I could take care of them. Oh, I was also a Bulba Boy growing up lol.

[@lorddarkrai7712]

Happy birthday MDB ur such a cool guy it’s always so enjoyable to see u play any game but pokemon has always been such a big part of my life and seeing others enjoy it like I do is something I can always appreciate

[@timmyjimmy3647]

Strength on the truck for mew, my daycare poke was a Rattata. I spent an entire afternoon emotionally compromised because I couldn't find the tree next to cerulean. Ahh childhood. Spent so long searching that I DID have flash. Surprised you didn't have a story about getting KOd by the dugtrio. My battle story is just raising a Charizard and getting frozen solid in victory road... Literally no backup plan.

[@klyedthecat]

I love the stories and yes I did zubat vs zubat it was agony. E1. I believed some of the ways to get new from the truck but I never acted on it because I felt a large attachment to my Raticate that I was like it's not worth it E2. I think I'm gonna watch that birthday stream E3. It took me forever to get the key card at silph co. However I did beat the trainers that you could fight even using the teleporter but it took me more time to figure out what teleporters go where and to what floor since I was one of the kids that wanted to be like I need to understand this area and teleporters and then used the key card to open every door E4. Getting into the Blaine's gym was a pain where I trained everything but my level 60ish Golduck and 67 Raticate. I remember it was 67 because I remember being in the truck with my father when I finally found the basement of the old mansion E5. I watch the challenges not for the optimal way but more for the typically funny commentary and the strategy as well as the helix fossil gag as well as watching it all to try to confirm if my guesses on who will brick wall you will be accurate E6. I also remember brute forcing the elite four with two way over leveled pokemon 2 legendaries (articuno and zapdos) and two level 40s btw the obvious over leveled pokemon were Raticate over level 90 and Golduck in the 80s. I also remember when I beat the final rival fight since I picked squirtle but won just before me and my brother had to leave to go to mum's. I saved that about 30 times not even gonna lie E7. I will say thank you for sharing your memories with this video it brought back quite a few for me as well to share with you and the others who look at my comment Editing as I watch (E#. Means the edits)

[@justmichael5504]

This video definitely brought back amazing memories of my first play through. Thank you🤙🏻

[@frosted_glaceon5513]

Thanks so much for sharing your stories, and Happy Birthday! Pokemon is super nostalgic to me too. Even though Pokemon Blue was my first video game I ever played, I honestly have the most nostalgia for gen 4, mostly because I got it for Christmas when it was still new. None of the other kids at my school played pokemon though, so that left only me and my older (we were ten years apart. I was only seven) brother. We traded and battled, and the most memorable of the pokemon he gave to me was a Gible. I still have that same Garchomp to this day. I love going back to the first generation of Pokemon, but to this day gen 4 mons are still my favorites.

[@Liriand]

Re: Lavender town. I don't remember believing in ghosts, either, but the music along with the (at the time for me) scary sprite of Marowak's ghost definitely spooked me out. Spent as little time as I could there, honestly.

[@hobblewiggins]

When I was little, I was told that pokemon with lonely natures would run away from you if you didn't use them enough. I remember getting pretty nervous when I found out my Genesect had a lonely nature in bw2.

[@WonderThighs]

That's adorable

[@runespellbender791]

Happy birthday MDB! I honestly really like you talking about the KZbin stuff. I've been in a bit of slump for a long time and it gives me a lot of hope for the future hearing you talk about how you made it big. I know that stuff doesn't get a lot of views but I think a lot of us really enjoy it. Thanks for all the content! 15/10

[@ShiroNoKishidan]

Happy Birthday! Thank you for uploading your runs. My Saturdays always have a place carved out for whatever run you do. They make great brunch watching. Keep up the amazing work and seriously man, Happy Birthday!

[@grape3964]

How about for your next birthday you just do a run-through that is you just do a normal game. Or April fools, both are good.

[@dakotashroom5401]

If someone is going to do that they should say, "I took the Old Amber" then proceed to grabbing a fossil.

[@Alchys]

All hail the Almighty Algorith! Happy birthday MDB!!! I still leave the challenge of beating Oblivion at level one if you ever go back to Bethesda challenges.

[@tanudhawan6340]

Happy birthday MDB! Awesome vid! Keep it up!

[@a.delafrancesca1459]

I love the ending of your vids, when you tell us how you are doing. Congratulations on everything you've achieved, you deserve the best

[@lycorisgaming5422]

Yes, yes I do remember the horror of attempting to level zubat up in Mt moon and battling other zubat. It was horrible. Also being 5 years old I did not have a good grasp on the idea of switch training.... so I didn't lol.

[@jackmahoney3783]

An interesting idea for a challenge would be gen 5 with only deerling. It’s about as strong as a first form starter.

[@mohsin4810548]

Happy Birthday MDB! Great challenge video, as always! And boy did your gen 1 stories take me back! Have a fantastic day!

[@Feltzer342]

Belated Happy Birthday, MDB! Hope your birthday was a blast! As someone who's seen your challenges, and has even suggested one (that Wobbuffet challenge), I must say that as a Pokémon fan, I respect what you do and like I said before, I'm not half the man you are to do all this stuff. I doubt I'd have the patience or willpower to go through it. Keep doing what you do, man.

[@leninthebeaniesouhacker.2459]

i think you should try out smt someday, it's like pokemon, but with a better battle system, the monsters you collect are all from existing myths (with a few exceptions) and with a better story.

[@winstonmcelwain9789]

I don’t think I’ll ever understand why Agatha is the “ghost” trainer when all her Pokémon are poison types, and only most are ghosts

[@velvetbutterfly]

Same reason Lance is Dragon. They didn't want to repeat gym types

[@connaeris8230]

Gengar is much more heavily associated with the Ghost type. I don't think there has been a single Poison type specialist with a Gengar on their team.

[@heamac]

Happy (belated) birthday! Thanks for gifting us with such a wonderful, personal video -- it was quite a treat!

[@rdnick114]

Happy Birthday, and enjoy whatever time off you can get. You deserve it.

[@Oh_Lionheart]

MDB's birthday week, AND week 32 of asking for pokemon Sapphire with only one Absol? You know this is a good week. Happy birthday to one of my favorite video creators.

[@Matt_Hyla]

Great video never stop enjoying yourself, could tell how much you liked doing this run. HBD!

[@ourpun8710]

I remember when I first played fire-red, I waited on the SS Anne for days thinking that it would set sail and take me to someplace new. When I did leave the boat it immediately set sail, and I regretted not waiting 5 more minutes. Happy birthday MDB!!!

[@Dzyntara]

Happy Birthday king! Thanks for bringing us such awesome content all this time!

[@johnnyb4301]

Happy Birthday! I’ve loved watching your vids! You and your channel are always a pleasure to watch! Thank you for everything and I look forward to seeing what you do in the future! ☺️❤️😊

[@lndslth9413]

Have to say, I really enjoyed this run! I have played through the games so many times that I have not thought about my perspective as a child in a long time. This play by play of what you went through and how you felt, along with the struggles you had really hit home on the nostalgia for me and I connected with how you felt and was transported back to when I first played through. I think you should try and do something similar with other generations, and if you didn't play them as a kid then maybe bring in guests who have experienced them for their perspective? But I would be keen to at least watch you play through with your favourite second gen pokemon and talking about your memory and story tied to that game. I also remember being told that Mew was under the truck, but never heard about a golden Voltorb! Belated happy birthday and keep doing what you do man!

[@hulkamaniac8684]

Happy birthday. Watching your videos made me break out my n64 and play pokemon blue again. It is still a ton of fun.

[@wustenfuchsgaming1226]

I know a Bit late, congrats^^. Nice One as we allways. Nostalgia hits. Im 35 and relate well with most of your Storys.

[@arjunfloriano9857]

Happy birthday dude! You've gotten me through some pretty tough times so thanks :D you're epic, we'll all be here for you always!

[@marcmardini6873]

Happy Birthday! Love your runs, and this one was fun with all the stories, was a blast of nostalgia as someone who is also 29 and was also 6 when they started playing the games. I remember that I had gotten a guide somewhere later in the game and the guide said that if you lost to the Elite Four you would have to start over and for a bit kid me thought that it meant that it would wipe my save file if I lost not that it would just put me at the beginning of the Elite Four until a friend luckily told me that I misunderstood it. Also I remember being at a garage sale and seeing some absolutely cheap headphones and begging for them because I wanted to be able to listen to the music and sounds at a louder volume.

[@logans.7932]

Bulbasaur boys all the way :) Happy Birthday man, I’ve been here since Only Rattata in Red, and I’m glad I have. Your videos are a consistent comfort in my life, can’t wait for you to start trying crazy stuff like ROM hacks lol. Here’s to another ten.

[@pramitshrestha934]

Many Many Happy Returns of the Day MDB!!! Awesome video as always!!!

[@soki324]

I've been looking forward to this since you mentioned it on your birthday stream. I think it would be cool if you did a nostalgia/introspective challange like this regularly. (I'd love to hear more childhood stories of different games that you've played)

[@ThePizzaplatypus]

Happy birthday to the man who always gives me something to look forward to! You're a gentleman among men MDB!!!

[@dark_emperor_2nd642]

Loved the Stories. Happy Birthday!

[@thewalt200]

The fact that this just barely didn’t finish at level 69 is so upsetting😂 Love your content so much MDB and happy late birthday!

[@devonwilliams5738]

Hearing you chat about old Pokemon stories is amazing.

[@TC-pp7hx]

I really enjoyed hearing your stories! Great video and happy birthday!

[@backendz2024]

Happy Birthday can tell you enjoyed this playthrough I shared in the fun great video bro appreciate the entertainment and the memory cap

[@wrvolkmann]

Also, it's super interesting the different paths people took as kids. I never even went to route 11 or the seafoam Islands as a kid until after I'd beaten the games. Thanks for the nostalgia, and happy birthday!!!