How I Beat Pokemon Red in World Record Time (

[@dpatts]

I love the little details like fighting rival 6 (in rocket HQ) at 1:06:00, you take 1 step up *before* walking into his line of sight so that when you beat him he can take the quick exit, rather than going around you. Probably saves only a second, but it's worth it, and also makes you look like a gracious winner, instead of blocking the way like an asshole and rubbing defeat in his face. It was very nice of you.

[@austinbarnett6756]

“Hardest fight in the game is misty” My thoughts exactly haha. OP starmie

[@Jitatman]

This is actually very interesting!

[@Ray25689]

Came here today and your record has just been broken. Incredible, how long it lasted

[@otaku._.106]

PLEASE

[@WolverineAndSloth]

so cool that legends in the pokemon community like gunner and stringflow were in the original twitch chat to witness this run

[@feanorn8409]

Imagine the crazy time this would have if Bellsprout not putting him to sleep and red bar perfectly working at Rival 5... Its just another good example of "The Game gives, the Game takes". The perfect run doesnt exist, thats why its still a challenge. I wonder when this run finally will get beaten. 2 years of WR, congratz Pokeguy :)

[@austinbarnett6756]

Feanor n it can be beaten, which is crazy! I think this record can be beaten by about 3-4 minutes which is accounting for perfect RNG including some lucky crits

[@YEUWYU]

What a nice run, I remember I used to play this game on the pokemon stadium on nintendo 64 beacuse my parents never wanted to buy me a gameboy since they said i would play videogames 24/7 , oh how times have changed

[@freal]

Could you upload the commentary you did for 1:44?

[@MrAdamChristopher]

idk how i got here but this is so fkn interesting

[@epalan]

Dude, I applaud you for turning this into a science and owning the heck out of this game.

[@Lucas-sl6df]

This guy isn’t the fastest speed runner, Blue is! Blue is already the champion after you beat the elite four so he is the fastest speedrunner

[@XDCslayer07]

You’re only the thousandth person to write this

[@IamGrimalkin]

But did Blue do a glitchless speedrun though? He seems to get around the entire game without knowing Cut, Surf, or Strength. He must be using the Walk through Walls glitch or something.

[@cheevolvergiraffe42]

thank you for answering my questions, i only have one more: is there any scenario or case where fighting the trainer in Brock's gym to level up Nidoran more could save time on the following routes and mt moon?

[@Speedrunner0218]

No. fighting the bug catchers is better and quicker, since they are required anyway.

[@BaneRain]

How many times do you think you've done that "don't walk in the grass" intro bit

[@scruz07]

Awesome video! Trying to get into running Red (casually for now) and this guide is great. Do you have a written version of the run you can recommend?

[@pokeguy]

www.speedrun.com/pkmnredblue/guide/pcptl

[@radmcbad1576]

I don't speedrun this game so, i have a question. 40:14 how do you skip those stairs? Was this a glitch?

[@dpatts]

the recording must have skipped a few frames, he just steps right and down, and carries on

[@PresidentNathan]

the video glitched

[@radmcbad1576]

Hmm, wonder how much time it saved. 😂

[@kpplaylist]

Wbat do you use as a controller and inputs

[@mcnastyfilth]

How do you get the perfect nidoran

[@nomiguda]

There's no video linked in the description at the start of the video you said you'd have something in the description

[@dre5586]

Well now, 6 months later, there’s a video for the original run and menu techniques(I think)

[@derrick5380]

I wonder how many Pokemon I unnecessarily battled down to low health

[@JuliandroSV]

The devs watching this be like: Was this shit this deep bud?

[@cheevolvergiraffe42]

could/would one be better off using horn drill on the Golbat on Agathy instead of trying to get the Blizzard crit?

[@pokeguy]

Blizzard cause golbat to super potion 50% of the time, it can freeze, golbat can use wing attack which doesn’t kill, supersonic which is only 55% to hit, all of this makes blizzard way better than a 30% horn drill

[@lary90210]

Is this on virtual console or an emulator? My guess is not a virtual console since there’s color..

[@raysieelmo]

Awesome effort! How'd you outspeed Jynx without X Speed? I did a casual run of this following your original video and Jynx moved first against Nidoking (I was a few levels higher than yours too) and Horn Drill for whatever reason didn't effect Jynx (Even with X Accuracy). Did I miss something?

[@christianreed5904]

Yeah he manipulates the encounter so the Nidoran has next to perfect DVs.

[@felixr5777]

Also if you ´re slower, horn drill will always miss.

[@calebosako6985]

what consle?

[@PresidentNathan]

only gameboy is allowed for this category for legitness

[@cheevolvergiraffe42]

I have another question, not trying to be rude just curious, why don't you just use one rare candy after Koga and save the other 2 for later to save time on leveling up?

[@pokeguy]

you need the levels to outspeed sabrinas alakazam, and there are level 42 pokémon in the pokémon mansion

[@cheevolvergiraffe42]

Would trading your nidoking for the nidoqueen (that get's more exp) be faster? Also what if you just sped your way to safari zone and manip 6 tauros and teach them all horn drill?

[@darkhorse234]

It wouldn't be because Nidoqueen doesn't have as high attack as Nidoking. You also wouldn't be allowed to evolve the nidoranM, so would be much slower until you could get to the trade in underground path. Also getting more exp means more level up jingles, which wastes time.

[@qwertyuiop88467]

Omg thank you for this im forever grateful

[@jerrydietzel2882]

What platform are you doing this on?

[@frankimahri]

Why didnt you learn dig to Nidoking?

[@austinbarnett6756]

Frank B nidoking can’t learn dig in gen 1 Just as silly as aerodactyl can’t learn rock slide

[@ahhaahaah]

@@austinbarnett6756 it can

[@mattjrk5679]

How dare you beat Gunners WR!

[@1cx7r23]

why do you want low hp

[@diegoolivera5261]

when ur in red health you skip pokemon cries, level up jingles, death cries and save one frame per text box, which saves time

[@kratos223]

nice

[@retrodungeonYT]

This needs some background music...I feel like I am in a school lecture (At least it is on my favorite topic)

[@LalzJeNeSuis]

Black and white soundtrack or juste Blue / Red would be perfect :p

[@kaelinjoel9328]

Dude, you really sound like Arvin47.

[@editorman26q88]

Yo

[@tecul1]

is this wr

[@Speedrunner0218]

yes

[@PresidentNathan]

it literally says it in the title lol

[@otaku._.106]

PLEASE

[@Kirati-lr6mx]

🥰👌🤟

[@cheevolvergiraffe42]

There's got to be another trick somewhere.

[@austinbarnett6756]

cheevolver giraffe turning game off and on on his saves is kinda cheating. Made sure he got a perfect nidoran. It’s kinda cheating IMO

[@Gabe413]

@@austinbarnett6756 its not cheating. Hes not changing the game, just using its own internal mechanics in his favor

[@krystekk1]

Any psyduck lovers ?

[@CreepfanLP]

no

[@austinbarnett6756]

So you turned game off and on over and over to get the perfect nidoran who was captured in the first attempt on the first square of grass? Seems cheap. Like it’s not a full speed run, but it’s still impressive nonetheless.

[@IamGrimalkin]

Nah he only turned it off and on once before going to get the nidoran. Turning the game off and on is included in the time, so he couldn't have just done it repeatedly, it would have taken too long. In Pokemon Red the 'random' number generator is determined by the patterns of buttons pressed since the game was turned on. So turning off and on is to reset the random number generator; then he can do a pre-set sequence of moves, in exactly the correct frame, to get the best Nidoran every single time. In theory you could probably not bother with turning the game off and on again and just do frame-perfect button presses from start to finish, but that might be kind of difficult. I suspect not getting the best Nidoran wasn't really the most important random number manipulation though, Mount Moon was. If he got a less-than-optimal Nidoran, he probably could have just used the two rare candies he ignored and he'd have been fine. I would have thought getting a bunch of encounters in Mount Moon would lose way more time, Honestly in my opinion the bigger bit of "cheating" is using the Pokedoll to skip the Team Rocket hideout. The reason being: If you told the Pokemon Red developers before release that their random number generator depended on the pattern of buttons pressed, they'd have said: "Yeah we know. So?" If you told them that you can skip the Team Rocket hideout using a Pokedoll, they'd have gone "Oh No! We must fix it!". Although that's why there's a 'classic' speedrun, which bans both saving the game and the pokedoll exploit.

[@austinbarnett6756]

“No glitches” is kinda laughable. Yes it isn’t a glitch but you’re exploiting the ability to turn off and on the game to get the results you want. Kinda cheating bruh

[@austinbarnett6756]

Although I fully understand the manipulation. Keeps the RNG from shafting a whole run

[@HessSR]

People do manipless speedruns if that’s what you wanna see