HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE PROFESSOR OAK'S CHALLENGE IN POKEMON GOLD/SILVER?

After an insane amount of support for the last Professor Oak's Challenge video, we're back again to take on the second generation. Today we're going to continue the journey of torturous Pokemon challenges and see how easily you can complete Professor Oak's Challenge in Pokemon Gold and Silver. This video took a lot of time and effort to put together, so I'd really appreciate it if you shared this with a friend. If you have any suggestions for the next video, leave it in the comments below! Have a great day :)
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[@JohnstoneYT]

Hey everyone! If you enjoyed the video, please like it so I know that you want me to continue doing this challenge! I'm really active on Twitter now, so follow me to keep updated with my videos as they come out. Have a great day! :) twitter.com/JohnstoneYT

[@GuardianDiancie]

Johnstone I hope you will do this Professor Oak’s Challenge, for each generation in the future.

[@antant9523]

Would you be doing all medals (currently obtainable) challenge in B2W2?

[@Jonathan26851]

You are an absolute madman. Strength and honour to you.

[@KizzyJay]

Hey John! When I saw your first video on oak's challenge, I was very interested in taking on the challenge myself. After watching your video, I cracked open my pokemon emerald version and got to work. I really enjoy seeing you run through oak's challenge and it makes sense that the next stop for this series is generation 3. However, I would strongly recommend that you DO NOT do the challenge for gen 3. I repeat, DO NOT run oak's challenge for generation 3. If there was one word I could say that could deter you from trying it, it would be EXPLOUD. Without any speed hacks, without a lucky egg, without any cheats, it takes a VERY long time to fill out as much of the generation 3 pokedex as possible before you even face roxanne. I personally, love this content and seeing new things I can do to challenge myself when playing pokemon, but save yourself the heartache and quit while you're ahead.

[@whodatchris1873]

Their a trainer where you can fish remaraid. What happened to that before clair?

[@damascusraven]

This dude really put 254 hours of GAMEPLAY into this video. Not including planning, research, editing, and voice-overs. What a complete legend.

[@justanoldtoxicaccsorry8000]

And yep they'll say "Oh YeAh ThAT DoESn'T tAkE sO MuCh TiME"

[@sandraskender1388]

I think he deserve's more sub's and view's

[@royalcat10]

To be fair, much of the time that was spent active was enjoyed, and I'm almost certain a large chunk of the time recorded by the game file was just because he left it open while he was away or something along those lines. It's still a fun game to play through, even if you're doing it to make a video. He essentially just did the basic goal of a lot of young kids when they first played a Pokemon game, except he recorded it. Still, it's a lot effort and it's impressive he went through it all. But, it's not really "work" if you're having fun doing it, is it? (With the exception of the mindless grinding to evolve pokemon you wouldnt actually use. That shit takes forever and is boring af in the older games.)

[@mariotriscarimiceli8541]

Please do Emerald ♥️

[@Coffee-Comrade]

@@royalcat10 This is way more complicated thatn the basic goal of catching all the Pokemon

[@platinumpoke7638]

give this man some respect for taking 31 hours of his lifespan to grind up a dratini

[@user-tf4zy6dj3c]

Ketan Kitturx

[@nuttyrant2747]

Plus Dratini in Pokémon Red

[@Borderlandsurvivor]

Twice!

[@Dark-zn1bp]

Respect

[@vcarlos2k347]

Yes Sirrrr

[@nickcarpenter7904]

Dude took a dragonite to a third level gym! Shit Whitney didn’t stand a chance !

[@happiestaku6646]

Nick Carpenter about time we put her and that damn Miltank in their place...

[@seanwetrich8299]

I did the same, but only because I used trainer/fly glitch in Blue version to nab one off a biker on Cycling road. I traded it to a Gold cartridge, then I traded it to my Crystal when I started a new game. Those games, I think, are easier than Gen 1, but Dragonite for the whole game makes it pitifully easy.

[@nakupovani1]

Me with my team of wooloo: 1v1 me noob And don’t ask how I got them in gen 2

[@nakupovani1]

@@happiestaku6646 yeeeeee

[@four0for]

whitney more like shitney

[@SethEverman]

fantastic

[@krypticscythe2012]

SethEverman surprised to see you here

[@blue_kitty_3333]

Making a second world record comment?

[@sirstik6979]

Eh

[@ilovecairns5181]

sEtHeVeRmAn ✔️ I’m ThE bAlD gUy OoOoOoOoOoOo

[@RileyB_226]

Indeed

[@GreenDayxRock1]

25:54 "After beating Whitney so bad it made sense that she cried this time" LOL so good.

[@deinoboi3505]

Lol, glad I am not the only one who caught that XDXD.

[@big_pip_energy_tt]

That darn miltank tho Edit: thanks for likes

[@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH]

@@big_pip_energy_tt Still have flashbacks to all those rollouts

[@PapiMelv]

BRUH I KNEW I WOULD FIND A COMMENT HERE HAHAHA LMAO

[@deadedea]

FROM HELLS HEART I STAB AT THEE MILTANK BEQEATH A FOUL CURSE UPONT THE LAND OF MY LIFE

[@tonymcmayer5944]

The real question is why I was fully ready to accept that it took 1,000,000,000 exp to fully evolve dratini.

[@lauraschantz9058]

Because when you're a kid, it's harder to discern between real gaming info and trolling. My brother thought you could get the Triforce in OoT for YEARS because HTLOZ had an April Fool's article about it.

[@ketchup901]

@Luke HD That is 3 zeroes too much. It's 1.250.000 exp points.

[@heidi7905]

you do realise it was a joke

[@ketchup901]

Yes, everyone realizes that.

[@Brybizzle999]

My Pupitar 😩

[@brianw554]

Quote from jurassic park applies to this: "They spent so much time wondering if they could they didn't stop to think if they should"

[@shardtheduraludon]

He got a shiny other than the LoR Gyarados. It was worth his time.

[@sneko2860]

@@shardtheduraludon no not really

[@shardtheduraludon]

@@sneko2860 Shinies are worth it, def if they’re from before the Shiny Economy shattered

[@sneko2860]

@@shardtheduraludon while that's true my point is if you farm a more efficient game you can get many shines in that time

[@stanleyvolkenstein8519]

Whitney: Once again, a fool entered my GYM! John: Dragonite! Go! Whitney: *"No, that's not how you're supposed to play the game!"*

[@bdubb1331]

😂😂😂

[@prismus6520]

Whitney: “YOU MEANIE!”

[@Dark-zn1bp]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zubair-rp1ie]

@@prismus6520 WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

[@angelicaph483]

@@prismus6520 thats whitney in pokemon golder series lol (if you know this series, well you're a man of culture)

[@Elzelgator]

"it was one of the easiest.. It only took 3 hours" dude...

[@kylecampbell565]

I think Gen 1 broke his brain

[@mrdraws2042]

@@kylecampbell565 Or maybe it was the bad graphics...

[@CatchBurning]

You know that things are tedious when one of the easiest takers 3 hours to evolve! 🤣

[@del7583]

@@mrdraws2042 the first pokemon game is from 1996 doe

[@spongefan155]

@@mrdraws2042 How? The Graphics Aren't Problem With The Gen 1

[@ardenwk]

i like how when you caught lapras the total was 131 which is the same as lapras's dex number

[@fireheartpawstar]

Geztrapper cool! Lol

[@Cntlose92]

noice

[@Descro382]

Twas meant to be..

[@TSketch5]

Johnstone: "We are almost done with this section" Legendary Beast: Well yes, but actually no

[@sanic7164]

He said “almost done” and didn’t say he’s “completely done”. Also stop spamming overused memes. Now some cringy kid is gonna say r/woosh?

[@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh]

@@sanic7164 r/WoOsH Jk I agree

[@Aunini]

For those who noticed 199 caught pokemon + 51 unattainable pokemon = 250, not the 251 pokemon in the pokedex, kingdra was the missing one, and belongs in the "needs trading" section :)

[@justinweber1962]

"with a super team of legendaries" Shows Slowbro beating brock LOL

[@mariopartygamer422]

And snorlax beating l.t surge

[@rastislavsebesta3047]

That Slowbro was legendary good😂😂😂😂😂

[@sentinellj]

It is a water type...

[@huntdowntherefund]

@@sentinellj key word *legendaries*

[@sentinellj]

@@huntdowntherefund I know I'm just saying Slowbro was a logical choice

[@TheBlueBread]

John's mind: How challenging do you want this challenge to be? Johnstone: *Yes*

[@iamjayrts1846]

He didn’t create the challenge though, he just popularized it

[@andriesdeklerck4395]

I’m FINALLY done with this. I started on the day you uploaded and I’m done today, 257 days later. My IGT is 227:34, which is slightly better than yours. I’m really glad you make these videos, because I must’ve watched this one at least a dozen times while grinding, plus it served as a guide. 10/10 amazing experience

[@maganhassan2627]

Congrats!! What's the next game you'll do this challenge?

[@andriesdeklerck4395]

Magan Hassan I’m 35-40 hours in with moon, but having to constantly check my pick-up Squad really kills my flow sometimes. I’m currently mega into gen 4 shiny hunting, but I plan to continue moon soon. Probably going to do a living Dex, even. I’m planning on making a 100% complete living Dex in every generation 4-7, so that’s a Nice way to kick of gen 7

[@maganhassan2627]

@@andriesdeklerck4395 if you're a youtuber please upload it if you can XD

[@xolotlnephthys]

Did you do it correctly/more painfully with the added elementary stones from the Pokegear trainers?

[@andriesdeklerck4395]

Xolotl Nephthys I followed the video johnstone made. I finalized at 199, so No. If you’re talking about moon, I’m still in the very first section so please enlighten me on this method so I can use it later

[@AFXffs772]

Johnstone: *gets 40+ Pokemon before falkner* Me: *looks at team* Cyndaquil Ekans Me: :(

[@hellou0007]

Ekans Wow

[@Izakkk_]

My team is a cyndaquil and a zubat and a mareep...

[@hellou0007]

@@H4Z4RDW4RN1NG they both sweep the game but put in crobat your fine.

[@kenkoobert]

::(

[@user-cn8xi4el6h]

Quilava, spearow, oddish, nic

[@Kamilohbk]

Why can Rattata change weather on command? Because that's a TOP PERCENTEAGE RATTATA.

[@Solgaleo791]

Because it was Youngster Joey's original Rattata.

[@galeforce0113]

This is my new favorite comment

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

Top rain percentage rattata

[@unknownspeaker4815]

God, I can't read that without hearing it in a song lol (one of NWTBs original parodies, Kanto)

[@HarmonicDX]

"After sweeping Morty.." *uses level 56 Dragonite* No shit LOL

[@albertcheng5689]

More like put Morty in a sock and slammed him around

[@whiteninjastudios8839]

more like turning Morty's bug friends into a shamrock shake like damn​@@albertcheng5689

[@cheeseballjar3388]

It hurt everytime you said "It only took x amount of hours." But when you said Dratini's time I died.

[@kirara2516]

"Where we can knock out a free shiny" No, sir YOU knock out a free shiny. A Shiny is a shiny. If it sparkles I catch. Still kudos for this insane task.

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

I am a simple man, if I see sparkles i catch it.

[@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh]

*Cries in no shiny luck*

[@kirara2516]

@@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh Most of my shinies were encountered by random luck. However, it is easier to get them in Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee if you can chain catch any pokemon to 33 or higher it become smuch easier to run into one. Best part is, you could chain catch 33 route one Bellsprout or Rattata and then run over to the forest and encounter a shiny Bulbasaur, or Pikachu, etc. The chain doesn't count for just the species you used to chain it.

[@aethstan2330]

@@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh even though you don't need shiny luck to catch a red gyarados cause it literally is impossible not to get one

[@gengarzilla1685]

The Red Gyarados is guaranteed so it isn't worth any bragging rights. Plus in Gen II, Pokémon with the best possible IVs can't be shiny.

[@shockandawesome3368]

"After beating Whitney so bad, it made sense that she cried this time ..." I lost it :D

[@kylecampbell565]

I pray for your soul if you ever do Platinum. You’ll have TWO friendship evolutions to do before the first gym (Budew and Golbat)

[@Silith13]

Munchlax man. Munchlax.

[@coreyholliday1650]

The trees and gible would be enough to drive anyone insane

[@kylecampbell565]

corey holliday that raises the question will he do diamond or pearl so there’s less Pokémon to catch or platinum as the game has a faster pace and expanded story

[@Pudu2909]

Also deal with Ponyta

[@kylecampbell565]

PsychoticPudu plus SEVEN EEVEELUTIONS and depending on how the Sinnoh underground factors into the challenge he might have to get SIX of them before the fourth gym (glaceon isnt avalible until you have 6 badges and the daycare isn’t available till after 3 gyms

[@dawnsbuneary]

18:58 As soon as I saw Headbutt I was like "Oh God no!"

[@MitchellD249]

"You're probably thinking 'well great, now you have to gamble all that money just to grind again because you can't access the dragon's den yet'" Not really, I was thinking you could breed your dragonite with a ditto, but that way you did it works too, good job.

[@rmzing]

Worth spending 48 minutes to watch, since you put in over 300 times that much time to make it.

[@encycl07pedia-]

lol. No. Just because something takes a long time to do doesn't mean it was worth it. Do you know how many satellites are built for years and then get lost because they did a conversion wrong?

[@Jok3rcccx]

@@encycl07pedia- really dude lmao

[@coawperation]

encycl07pedia but does that matter?

[@KingYoshiGoD]

@@encycl07pedia- Every party has a party pooper and thats encycl07pedia

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

So true I didn't mind that ever

[@reptaronrice7317]

*Sees video title* *Sees video length* *Grabs Popcorn* Let’s get it.

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

4:00 Every time I see Spinarak in gen II I think it's a shiny.

[@valentomas4370]

Lol same

[@petercross1879]

It's funny because that game is terrible

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

@@petercross1879 I personally prefer and love gen II over I or III, but I definitley see where you're coming from. Still suffers from the clunky writing and terrible programing of early GF(who, let's be honest, _still_ can't frickin' program.)Even with all the technological leaps and bounds it pulled off for a GBC game it is still so broken its save battery will kill itself inevitably. HGSS is a really good game though.

[@Gauntlet7514]

I did that with gligar in sinnoh

[@KinjiroTheThunder]

@@Gauntlet7514 yeah, Gligar changed colors, like, 3 times in Gen 4

[@BeardedDolphin93]

Not going to lie, I've watched this video about 6 times. I love this challenge and the dedication you took to complete it, top tier content creator man. You even got me back into pokemon, now I'm playing all the games I never played, everything from the ds up to x and y. Keep up the good content man!

[@CatchBurning]

Wow! You only need to watch it about 7 or 8 more times, then you have watched 12 hours worth of good video content. 😀

[@VodkaHellstorm]

Meatloaf: I would do anything for love... *sees this challenge* ... but I won't do that!

[@TippleCreations]

@Wäffle Toäster it's a song joke

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@Wäffle Toäster kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4nCh5x_haZgfcU

[@FrostTheGlaceon]

HELL YEAH SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS THIS SONG

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Finally got around to watching this. This was awesome, and the effort truly shows!!! The level scaling of wild Pokemon is almost nonexistent in these games and really makes this challenge sound like a nightmare - it's kind of crazy how long the wild Pokemon are around level 17 at most. I can't even imagine how annoying training that Dratini must have been! Congrats on the shiny Gastly, too! I will say in Shiny Gengar's defense, it definitely looks its coolest in its Gen 2 sprites before becoming the dull shiny we know of today. Also, how limited the elemental evolutionary stones are in this game used to frustrate me to no end when I was a kid before I got Crystal/a link cable! I spent actual hours searching for another way to find them, including going back to the Celadon Dept. Store countless times just to make sure they weren't secretly being sold somewhere there. Really can't believe there aren't enough to get everything that needs one. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@JohnstoneYT]

AbsolBlogsPokemon thanks Matt! I honestly have no idea why they thought giving one was a good idea. I understand that they want you either trade with another person or have more games, but one of each is mindblowingly dumb. It’s even weirder that they barely mention that specific people give them away. Considering you can’t even have every phone number at once, it seems like they just didn’t want anyone to finish it hahah

[@richard5X5]

To be honest I am a big supporter of code is law, so I am fine with using the cloning glitches to get extra evolution items in Gold/Silver. Faster than changing daylight savings time on Crystal over and over again and trading the stones you need. It doesn't give an advantage other than time use.

[@rocketrelm1125]

How much, if at all, did you use the Daycare during this run? You spend a lot of time walking around fishing for encounters, and if you stuffed Dratini into the daycare while grinding all the other pokemon, you could have gotten it at least to where it learns twister to skip those painstaking first few levels. Not to mention when biking around for the beasts later.@@JohnstoneYT

[@mikehenderson7907]

I'm at the Pokémon League and my team are barely at level 60 or so due to total lack of experience.

[@jaylogik4020]

Johnstone I would have used jumpluff to catch the 3 legendary dogs. Since you clearly don't mind grinding for an insane amount of hours, it would have been easier to raise a jumpluff to lvl 40 (which should out speed even raikou), give it sleep powder, headbutt, mega drain, and sweet scent, and buy about 10 x accuracy s. Normally, in my encounters, after waking up, the legendary dogs attack with one of their moves (praying it's not roar). This is how I caught all of them fairly quickly, but I played pokemon crystal on my pokemon stadium 2 with dodrio speed, and I still was annoyed at the time it took. So I can only imagine what you went through.

[@ammyterasu2318]

night Shade: Super effective against gastly Night shade's info: does damage equal to the user's level

[@jamisdue3545]

I mean.. they weren’t wrong.

[@silverbolt9439]

"look I know everything about the games(stats, rates, moves, team comp, wild item drop rate etc.) and pokemon" Not everyone is a poke nerd.

[@ariki9804]

This madlad wasted over an entire day of his life just to get a virtual pet into a dragon.

[@assordante2205]

If he grinder for an entire full hour straight once a day, it would still take him an entire month!

[@Descro382]

Wasted... pfft..

[@Villasenorbrandon]

The respect I have for this man is insane

[@kevinnunez5766]

brandon Villasenor oh yeah?

[@Felixkeeg]

You absolute madman. 250 hours is completely insane! I'm waiting patiently for Gen 3

[@petercross1879]

Me too. I freaking HATE gen 2

[@bryanl6828]

@@petercross1879 thats a sentence i thought id never hear/read

[@BalkanWeeb]

@@petercross1879 BLASPHEMY!!!

[@Sprythekid17]

~I also don't like Johto~

[@Sprythekid17]

but there's good Pokemon, I just dont like the games

[@nyla6045]

Natu: **takes 10 minutes to evolve** Dratini: wtf get on my level

[@DukeSR8]

Just thought I'd mention this: Johnstone forgot that you can access Dark Cave's north side from the Violet Entrance. All you need is Surf (and optionally Flash).

[@blakebrauer68]

Came here for this. Unfortunately, this means you can grab Wobbuffet after defeating Morty...

[@orzech4651]

Also Remoraid can be obtained before 8th Johto gym bcs he is swarm Pokemon

[@jordanadams4908]

​@Orzech I was looking for this comment.

[@beefyfe4499]

“It only took three hours” he’s going insane

[@SgtByrd93]

"which is *super effective against Gastly"* You're lucky I love you John.

[@Eufamis]

thought the exact same thing

[@izzyt5914]

So in case you guys were wondering, the average time spent grinding on each pokemon is, including dratini, 4.11 hours, and without it, 3.51 hours.

[@fazbearking87]

I think Gengar's shiny looks alright in the first few games. The distaste towards it now is probably because Gengar's normal colour changed. In Gen 2, particularly Crystal, Gengar's shiny is lighter than its normal colour. From Gen 3 up to Platinum, a pitch black Gengar is definitely noticeable. I think the hatred started around HG/SS after Gengar's normal colour was made darker.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Nah, the shiny was always just fine until Gen 6 and its models. Gengar is one of those Pokémon whose shiny was very negatively impacted by this shift. That said, I'd still take it over the contradictory white of Shiny Mega Gengar. It's a shadow, why is it not black?!

[@y.w.t.6604]

40:25 "And use it to wake up Snorlax." But he's still sleeping ^^

[@Salamence778]

The close up when you said " ITS A RAT" Had me laughing a lot longer than ill care to admit

[@BalkanWeeb]

But you just admited exactly that

[@SeanTheGreat119]

@@BalkanWeeb My thoughts exactly.

[@keksidy]

I just realized that Johnstone said that they were playing on 3DS. Give this person some respect, they did all this without speed-up

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

John: Dratini was the hardest to evolve in any game with these challenges. Deino, Rufflet, Vullaby, Pawniard, and Larvesta in Black and White: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@kimberly_5682]

At least Gen 5 doesn't have the horrific level curve that Gen 2 had 😭. Altho the new exp yield system introduced in Gen 5 does make things a bit fucky wucky

[@marcogallinaro5906]

👍if you want: how easily can you catch every pokemon in platinum😁

[@Drakenwild]

Feebas! Munchlax! Vespiqeen!

[@CrimsonBandito]

Don't skip gen 3. You can't just skip a gen.

[@megagustman]

@@CrimsonBandito He already did Gen 3.

[@pokedude720]

@@megagustman Not for the Oak Challenge

[@megagustman]

@@pokedude720 But he isn't talking about the Oak's Challenge, he's joking about the fact that John is purposefully avoiding doing Gen 4 because of how hard it is to complete. Or at least that is how I understood it.

[@bookswithdick7151]

You're one of my favorite PokeTubers. Keep torturing yourself my man.

[@dustin3294]

Nice one

[@darrellwillis4871]

Me: *has SEEN pikaspray's 240 day softlock* Also me: I know how abysmal those berries actually cost.

[@ShadowKnight5204]

Ah, a man of culture I see

[@underkanal3656]

*10 DOLLARS*

[@cubedmelons876]

It's this evolution that makes me seriously question if this challenge is even possible on official hardware without resetting the clock. Like, do gen 2 cartridge batteries even last long enough to save up all that money just from farming berries?

[@Sceppyo]

Ah yes the memorable Johnstone catchphrase who could forget, “ In the basement of this area we can also catch Koffing, and Magmar.”

[@bensullens6895]

You absolutely need to do this with platinum specifically because it opens up so much after Fantina.

[@TrossardWasUnavailable]

Johnstone as a kid: Oh No Croconaw Whitney: You will never beat me A few years later Johnstone: Dragonite.... Whitney: Welcome back ki... Miltank fainted

[@evieesc9609]

y e s .

[@huntdowntherefund]

Legends say that Whitney's crying could be heard all the way to alola

[@shadowtitanx3962]

@@huntdowntherefund Even Galar as well.

[@huntdowntherefund]

@@shadowtitanx3962 Even in the lands where legendarys have good catch rates

[@trevorandrew8726]

Whitney is child’s play (in crystal) with like 15 mins of grinding at the game corner for Abra to trade it for Machop on the 5th floor of the department store in goldenrod city. You even get a grindable patch of grass for the machop just south of the city.

[@richardreid6114]

I've been unbelievably sick and not been able to talk or eat for 3 days, I found your channel and its the only thing thats been able to cheer me up, keep it up man the effort u put in is worth it

[@worstluck6113]

Hope all is well!

[@katanna9026]

You are a legend!! the amount of effort you put there was insane!! Huge congratulations from Brazil, keep your work brother!

[@DragonChamp007]

‘Evolving this only took about x Hours’ I cry inside every time. Amazing work I couldn’t imagine 31 hours grinding a single Pokémon for a video. What dedication! ❤️❤️

[@chrisclack4258]

mr or miss ThisIsChris i actually grinded my piplup on pokemon diamond to level twenty and since the piplup is nick named dawn jr i can not evolve my starter piplup at all

[@happiestaku6646]

ThisIsChris I am doing this challenge on Soul Silver and part of me is dreading Dratini...31 hours...FUCK!

[@falconbaker8553]

11:45 this man hasn’t even entered the first gym and is already at 58 and a half hours on his game. That’s crazy. Also halfway through the video with 2 out of 16 badges. Nice.

[@xoaking1862]

john: "The evrstone is useless" Mindy: * H A H A H A H A H A*

[@ShadowKnight5204]

r/fuckmindy

[@normamohdnor4730]

ShadowKnight 5204 ...is that an actual subreddit?

[@ShadowKnight5204]

@@normamohdnor4730 yes it is

[@blancogohan]

@@ShadowKnight5204 LOL

[@teknoghost5654]

@@ShadowKnight5204 r/subsi thoughtifellfor

[@kylelundgren5133]

Imagine doing this on HeartGold and SoulSilver with the pokewalker. If you have enough Watts you can literally get a Dratini before the first gym.

[@MegaKBang]

but you can get xp AND rare candy to speed this up with the pokewalker, also there is the pickup ability, which means bonus rare candy. so definetly alot faster than 31 hours edit: I take a little part of this. Pokewalker rare candys are only a thing if you have the sightseeing event(ot the sinnoh cave which is nationaldex only) route which isn't normalle obtainable anymore. But still, pickup rare candy grind is probably still easier and alot faster if you consider that rare candy drop rate increases every ten levels. so grindinf a few lv 100 pickup pokemon might seem to be the perfect strat for this challenge and probably every challenge from gen 3 onward for early game training (Yes I just googled everything to make sure I don't talk bullshit)

[@beta511ee4]

Kyle Lundgren Pretty sure watt doesn’t have to be capitalize considering it’s a generic unit of electricity.

[@happiestaku6646]

Kyle Lundgren .............WHERE THE FUCK IS MY POKEWALKER?!

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Ehh... I think Professor Oak's Challenge will not allow that.

[@happiestaku6646]

ShadowtitanX it is a different and unofficial challenge if you use the Pokéwalker. To do an official one of HGSS you have to not use it.

[@FleurXedas]

You should put a counter of Pokemon that you are not able to obtain when you say them

[@palex00_]

Even better: start with the total. So here 251 (or 252?) Then everytime you can't catch something, substract from that number.

[@bryanl6828]

@@palex00_ 252?

[@Maplelust]

yes he should. and that 252 countdown is a good idea too.

[@mattfahringer148]

man i remember the live tiger cub i won the last time i was at the casino

[@PeterDivine]

>Not putting in another 750 hours grinding for berries to get a $15000 Moonstone before Falkner *CHARLATAN*

[@PeterDivine]

@Crimson The Quilava I really hope English isn't your primary language, because otherwise you have no excuse. "charlatan (noun)- a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud." It's not a name, it's an unflattering type of person.

[@PeterDivine]

@Crimson The Quilava 1. This was literally a five-second Google search away from an answer. 2. It _did_ do good. One more person in the world is a little less ignorant.

[@tristansherman9611]

@@PeterDivine you could have been a little bit less of a douche, if it was so easy to google, why didnt you just drop the definition in your primary comment instead of trying to bully a 9 year old on the internet?

[@PeterDivine]

@@tristansherman9611 Because I expected that anyone who doesn't know what a charlatan is knows Google is a click away. People too lazy to look for their own answers don't get child gloves, especially when the answer is blindingly easy to find for themselves. "you could have been a little less of a douche" Oh fuck off, thin-skin. A deserved reprimand is not "being a douche," and you're fucking milquetoast for thinking so.

[@DaShinyDragonMon]

@@PeterDivine youre a fuckin dick lmao

[@TheRibottoStudios]

"Welp now we're broke." Story of my life....

[@wilfred5820]

U do realize u completed the whole game right. Even took on red. Not just the challenge. #thebesthardcorepoketuber

[@dustin3510]

Can't really get this far and just, not fight red.

[@SeraphOC]

@@dustin3510 I mean, you CAN, it's just bullshit. Though technically, after the original G/S/C elite four (before going on the train) then theres the champion and you've essentially beaten the game. You get the credits just the same

[@Maplelust]

😒

[@gengarzilla1685]

If I remember right, you _also_ get credits after beating Red. So really you can't say this game's over after the league.

[@didlygamer7913]

I'm on day 2 of this challenge and currently using Pidgey to level up Rattata against Gastlys in Sprout Tower. I now have way more respect for this challenge

[@MrHJEllison]

One of the best pokemon videos I've watched. I started on crystal but seeing just how many you could get after the first few badges is insane, and you're patience is unrivalled. Surprised how many couldn't be obtained outside the core game though, but overall it's amazing.

[@Rijads]

I just came across your channel, watched gen 1 oaks challenge, and upon finishing, in sub box this video pops up.... U da men for following through on that 10k like promise ,even though its 30k now.

[@roelvandongen8930]

likewise. funny algoritm

[@powerupeast9831]

The biggest "Oh my god you are insane" moment was when I realized you had to get the legendary dogs so early on

[@SHNorria]

Powerup East. *_even tho none of them are dogs..._*

[@sonicdoommario]

Heh, I catch the legendary dogs after getting the 4th badge. By then I have a Gengar in the low 30s. At that point Gengar can easily outrun Suicune, can usually outrun Entei, and then it's mostly luck catching the damn Raikou.

[@skullkiddow]

Man, i love ur content. This is the first time that I just desactivate my adblock and watched an entire AD cause i felt that i need to support u somehow. Great job

[@tgcg8088]

I had to come find this video for a specific reason- I started a POC fairly recently for Ruby and went to check on the submitted times spreadsheet on the reddit. This is still the only recorded Gold POC. Well done.

[@ahdurinregion]

When you realize that the amount of time he took on this was over 10 and a half days STRAIGHT... [insert applause here]

[@harrisongill7254]

I love how happy you sound every time you say "We can actually go a lot farther than you might think" even though it means you'll have so many more pokemon to evolve

[@georgenicolassarantopoulos7568]

you def deserve way more subs and likes dude!! the dedication you showed us is just out of this word I swear

[@Mephileshomer]

Love watching these videos, they’re so relaxing after grinding in Johto for Pokemon League

[@tanglelover]

I'm so frickin happy. I love watching your videos. Your voice is hypnotic and helps me sleep

[@Catt0]

i second this omg a collab with pikasprey would be the best thing ever

[@ExtremeAce]

Ofc, that would be really great

[@Naixatloz]

How quickly can you catch every Pokemon in Sun and Moon while using only a Ditto?

[@charmanderfan1]

You are talking about two channels with wildly different target demographics

[@macenanoro826]

charmander fan1 Yeah. Pikasprey, the madman who abuses his game saves maliciously, and Johnstone, the madman who tries to PERFECT his game saves.

[@techguypaul]

This is amazing. One suggestion if you do continue this: add a counter for Pokemon that aren't available (trade evos and such) on the opposite side of the screen so we can keep up with that as well and see how many total Pokemon there are to any given point in the game.

[@DarkMagicalYoshi]

You are, by far, one of the most patient, most diligent, most dedicated trainers I have ever watched on KZbin do this type of challenge.

[@sergioruiz5556]

You’re an absolute legend, I didn’t even notice the video was almost an hour long. I was so captivated by the grind that I lost track of time watching this.

[@Dmo_-id4lz]

Congrats for pulling this off! After watching your Red and Blue Professor Oak Challenge video I tried and completed Pokémon Omega Ruby. So thanks for giving me something to spend a couple of weeks on

[@Salamence778]

*sees video length* *straps in, grabs popcorn, and prepares for the war to end all worlds* *also realizes hes watching end game*

[@chriscanterburyGK]

I enjoyed this video A LOT! Thanks for all your work you put into your videos and challenges! Really appreciate it!

[@PlanetJohnny]

"After beating Whitney so bad it made sense that she cried this time." I guess there was a payoff after those 31 hours of grinding.

[@user-vo5sb]

Mad respect for you, that would have took a lot of research, planning, time and skill to be able to do the challenge. Keep it up!

[@canineuniversity1015]

This videos is actually pretty freaking awesome...the dedication to the love of the game is just unbelievable. Ill make sure to hit that sub button

[@JonahUniverse]

One of the greatest Pokemon KZbin videos. I knew this was going to be massive when it came out, Johnstone is truly one of the best.

[@lynnking9191]

Me: Looks easy! Me after trying: I'm never trying that again.

[@Gauntlet7514]

Lynn King I started with alpha sapphire and I already gave up and fought Roxanne, the reason I quit is slakoth and marshtomp taking sooooooo long

[@rush22071]

The Redstone Tutorial I’m trying to do omega ruby right now and I think I might be able to do it I’m about quarter done with the first section of grinding. And honestly I was far more fed up trying to find surskit than any grinding so far

[@rush22071]

@Wallace Lam nice i´m about half way through prebadge 8 right now i only need virizeon, and some more mirage spots and then all the breeding and grinding. its a fun challenge and i´ve liked it a lot

[@sandraskender1388]

Houndour is only obtainable after beating the game BUT I WANTED TO USE HIM HE IS SOO COOL

[@AzureKite]

Same i was so disappointed :(

[@gengarzilla1685]

This is why I liked Clear Crystal. One of the many starter choices is Houndour.

[@sandraskender1388]

@@gengarzilla1685 ok

[@GabryelFile]

I'm pretty sure I've obtained Houndour pretty earlier in Pokemon Gold. Not 100% certain though.

[@sandraskender1388]

@@GabryelFile where

[@PartOfTheGame]

I know this is late and it probably won't ever be read by John, but JEEZ you do some insane challenges! Between you and Absol, I don't know who's more crazy. You doing catch 'em all guides or Absol for leveling pokemon to 100 only off of shiny's. O.o I love the videos though. Always get me into the mood to play pokemon.

[@everydayentertainment8574]

Hey Johnstone thank you for putting the time and effort into making this video. You have to be super dedicated and determined to even come close to making this video. I have never beaten this entire game but now you have inspired me to do so. Thank you for all the work you do. And I hope to see more future content.

[@RustyGuardian]

This is what i need after a long day, watching someone else grind with a smooth voice. Keep it up!

[@zwingler]

I am addicted to your content, sadly you cant pump out more since this takes you A LOT of time.

[@JoeTheLumberjak]

8:32 Hold up. Night Shade isn't super effective against anything. It does fixed damage.

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

You were faster than me to comment this

[@saintz6723]

In gen2?

[@jmjw740]

Saintz 67 in gen 2, yup

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

@@jmjw740 no, in every gen 1-7

[@elilos2043]

Eh actually it can day I t s super effective but doesn't do anymore damage sadly :\

[@Smils39]

Crazy man, nice video! I started to do the same on my crystal cartridge which lost its original save.. but to level all those pokemons just grinding is insane. GGWP mate

[@JordanIsBadAtGames]

This is insane. Great work dude!

[@aidanmcguire3096]

"I'll do the next one if this reaches 100k likes haha not gonna happen." "*300k likes.*" :O

[@levy9595]

Hes at 30k not 300k

[@stumpedtroper]

Professor's Oak challenge: Basically catching and training in the most efficiently inefficient manner

[@ProdKidda]

Yo man your a great guy you always clearly put 100% into your vids and I love that. But srs bro you deserve a break but I’m not complaining about the amazing content so keep up the good work.👍👍

[@bobbennett8839]

Man. I know these videos take such time of your actual life and won't lie I only found u a few days ago. I have thought about doing these things in the past but always get bored or give up. Your determination and willingness to give so much time to give us amazing videos like you do is awesomen thank you sir

[@Skallva]

Gosh, it always feels so nostalgic to see those old Gold sprites in all of their glory... Sure, Gen II playthroughs are everywhere, but everyone either plays Silver or Crystal. The rainbow birb game deserves more love. Also, you're insane and I'm more than glad to be notified with more of your suffering.

[@Infindox]

I personally prefer Ho-Oh. It has more lore attached to in

[@jaleelkhaleeq]

I prefer Lugia but i do prefer Gold for the GBA versions

[@Meme-pg5tw]

I prefer ho oh because first game was heart gold

[@Skallva]

@@jaleelkhaleeq There isn't a GBA Gen II game

[@jaleelkhaleeq]

Skallo *GBC

[@Me-vc2qm]

You could have caught wobbuffet in dark cave after getting surf so time to do the challenge again

[@TheMS991]

bulbapedia says you only encounter it from entering near blackthorn. It mentions not being able to get it from the entrance near Violet He's fine :P

[@Me-vc2qm]

You can, if you look on the maps on Bulbapedia you can surf in the violet city side to get to the bottom part of the blackthorn side and encounter it there

[@TheMS991]

@@Me-vc2qm Are they actually linked though? I may need to try this myself. Not the full POC, just see if it is all connected. I haven't played gen 2 as much.

[@Me-vc2qm]

There’s a door way on the little island in the violet city side

[@jasondereniwsky7057]

I’ve watch all of these soooo many times. It’s so interesting and love every second.

[@DHeart006]

That is dedication!! Great Vid!!! Also noticed image of Kingdra wasn't present in the unobtainable pokemon section.