How I finished the Brilliant Diamond Pokedex in one day

I wanted to catch all the pokemon, so I did before everyone.
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[@Smallant]

If anyone says mean comments about the facial hair i will destroy u my twitch chat made me do it for november and I am seeing it through. ALSO YES I KNOW THE AFFECTION MECHANICS ARENT NEW TO POKEMON I MEANT NEW TO DIAMOND AND PEARL 😡😡😡😡

[@bonkie6192]

Looks good man!

[@pyr0_jack]

beardant1

[@maturepopcorn]

I love the facial hair tho

[@mr.pancakes5198]

lol but still tho... all of the people I have watched have facial hair in the pandemic lol

[@hihoohey]

nahh it looks good ngl

[@harrypainter7472]

5:15 "Floatzel used Ice Fang on Grotle." "That's bad." "But it survived." "That's good." "But it froze Grotle." "That's bad." "But it thawed out immediately." "That's good." "But Grotle decided to loaf around." "That's bad."

[@thelucky_xiii]

_Oh no..._

[@harrypainter7472]

@«MUSI»⭕️ No.

[@ChoaiDode]

This feels like a pitch meeting sketch

[@Nateguana]

does it come with cursed frogurt?

[@MariKyuu]

"Can I go, now..?"

[@captainblue5096]

Fun fact: Buneary’s friendship starts at 0 when you catch it. It is the only non-Legendary/Mythical Pokemon to have 0 base friendship Buneary hates everyone

[@razormovil9674]

Buneary knows what you do with those loppuny photos while nobody is watching you

[@captainblue5096]

@@razormovil9674 I’m surprised Ralts, Hattrem, Salandit, etc don’t have base 0 friendship then

[@Shikaschima]

@@captainblue5096 they just don't give a damn about it.

[@hythunza1811]

@@captainblue5096 That begs the question though: Which one of them has the highest friendship?

[@maxinesenior596]

@@hythunza1811 Ralts has 35, Hattrem has 50, and Salandit had 70 in gen 7 but now has 50 as well. Riolu and Popplio, if you'd include them in a list of pokemon people look at when they're alone, they also have 50. It's unsurprising since most pokemon have 50, 100, or 140 in the case of Lopunny and the Blissey line.

[@gymleaderjessetto5987]

This guy lost his sanity to catch 151 pokemon in a day and as a reward, got a paper with one sentence and a picture of a monkey, penguin, and a turtle.

[@debbyolivier5122]

Print it and put it up on a wall XD

[@someone_else2876]

Worth it. :)

[@Goat_boi]

nintendo rewards be like

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@Goat_boi I mean, it’s better than nothing. Certainly would be a reminder of better days

[@ryansalinas4665]

Funny that sounds like high school

[@bigrigjoe5130]

Snorlax sleeping all the time and then saving the day during the darkest hour felt like an anime plot

[@SunnyExMusic]

I didn’t know Pokémon had such depth. No wonder I never caught all of the Pokémon’s even tho I’ve been casually playing since emerald

[@barrettross3772]

Timestamp?

[@snipermonkey3428]

​@@barrettross3772 16:09

[@itsabox6135]

Imagine giving someone a pokemon the morning and at night he comes back as the champion with a completed pokex

[@nicholasreyna2164]

pokex

[@lsswappedcessna]

@@nicholasreyna2164 pokemon keks

[@carlosmartinez5128]

Don't forget the part the part where he defeats an evil multi level organization, captures the god of time who now follows all his orders and saves the f world. That's a level of productivity Elon musk dreams of lol

[@tecklepheonix6344]

He is Red irl.

[@endgamerplays]

p o k e x

[@masterplusmargarita]

You're Professor Rowan. You've sent off a 10 year old to complete your life's work, the Pokedex, armed with a lvl 5 monkey and a pair of running shoes. 21 hours later, the 10 year old returns to your lab. Not only have they completed the Pokedex, they've stopped a criminal organization from using the power of creator Gods to start a new universe and they've become the new Champion of your region. "Congrats, I guess", you say.

[@96ace96]

What else is there to say? No words could ever be enough.

[@drivebite3236]

mans just jealous

[@Moon.Liberty]

Rowan is speechless it was that easy XD

[@AlgeArid]

TBF he had no reason to expect a random kid from Twinleaf was secretly a prodigy of raising and battling Pokemon, and was simply waiting for his starter before going on a rampage.

[@bmobasco]

Thank you. This made me laugh 😂.

[@mikey_m114]

I think my favorite part of this is that just as Tanner entered the Wooper encounter, someone in chat asked “do you have a Wooper yet”

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Even his chat is swayed by the gods of Funny Timing.

[@subscribetomebruh]

i love whopper

[@indeedyesindeed]

@@benjaminoechsli1941giratina possessed dialga and made it happen

[@jordosavage9216]

The funniest thing happened when I got the “ your Pokémon toughed it out so you wouldn’t feel sad” message, right before it happened, I said “mf if you die ima be salty” and then it lived and gave me that message🤣

[@supertron6039]

Garchomp: Shakes the very earth itself that should've obliterated the badly injured Snorlax immediately. Snorlax: *_Damn, I kinda don't care_*

[@Kraziiieee]

W h a t

[@hobobox]

Snorlax: *brushes Garchomp's prickly skin* Snorlax: *fucking dies*

[@FunnyFany]

the whole point was that Snorlax held on because he cared a lot

[@jamiestuart7442]

ahahahha damn i kinda dont care🤣🤣

[@Chronos781]

@@hobobox i9i

[@echozed4350]

When you think about it, Cynthia also would've had to grind for milotic and spiritomb. This is why she's the strongest trainer. She's in it for the grind

[@oryxthetakenking8275]

Luckily it's easier to catch/find Feebas in the remakes as compared to the originals and RSE

[@Leeeeegion]

@@oryxthetakenking8275 Game devs couldn't handle the shame of making things difficult i guess.

[@supremekai0713]

Ah ok, so she don't got that mindset, she got that grindset.

[@dapukisgoingon]

@@supremekai0713 this Cynthia got that miniset.

[@oryxthetakenking8275]

@@Leeeeegion having Feebas only appear in 2 tiles at random days with abysmal appearance chance is not "difficult" rather it is utter insanity and stupidity. People spent weeks if not months trying to catch one in RSE and DPPt and no one enjoyed it. Changing the appearance percentage to 50% in those 2 tiles while still changing the tiles spawns based on the day is much better while still keeping some challenge since the tiles aren't static

[@echomoon_]

16:11 "uh, Snorlax, hold on because you love me" AND THEN HE TOUGHED IT OUT ahskdkal

[@Spookiest_Grey]

The "toughed it out so you don't feel sad" was a mechanic that was first used in Pokemon X & Y and is now implemented into BDSP.

[@pokefan9194]

You are wrong it was introduced in x and y

[@Spookiest_Grey]

@@pokefan9194 i just got done with that game and never noticed that mechanic, thanks for your input much appreciated

[@pokefan9194]

@@Spookiest_Grey you can aceess that through Pokemon amie in x and y

[@Spookiest_Grey]

@@pokefan9194 oh okay thank you for clarifying, I never used that feature so I never saw the feature

[@lwfawn]

Not exclusively x and y, it was in the Hoenn remakes as well.

[@christinaholroyd629]

"You've caught all the Pokémon in Sinnoh!" "Here's a piece of paper for your achievement."

[@123457474869]

Kinda like college irl

[@Mqstodon]

I mean, what else woild they give you? You already have all the pokemon

[@2ndbrain909]

@@Mqstodon I’d give them access too a whole other island where the rates for shinies is drastically increased. And where all Pokémon can spawn.(excluding legendaries) I mean after all the work they put it to complete the Pokédex, I’d say they deserve it.

[@Forkmanjr.]

reminds me of school.....

[@galaxier3543]

@@2ndbrain909 the grand underground is the place where MOST Pokémon can spawn. Like seriously, it’s crazy you can get all Pokémon from Gens 1-4 in this game! Anyways yeah they should give better rewards

[@clarastrum]

i would love to think that once empoleon came back to your pearl trainer it was like "bro you wouldn't believe the SHIT i went through just now"

[@Death-999]

That was a really smart move

[@garangalbreathSH]

and then was forced to do it all again lmfao

[@Hexra_]

@@garangalbreathSH with relatively more ease. Its like picking up your son from preschool, make him work out for 3 years and then send him back to preschool. I feel like that wasn't a good analogy but I'm rolling with it

[@ConquerorKiki]

@@Hexra_ I would say more like u pickup your kid from preschool then make them go through college then back through preschool

[@purefolly3034]

his empoleon once returned: ah shit here we go again

[@TheColdestKingCold]

4:25 SmallAnt just summoned his mom. He proved that moms have a superpower to immediately be present whenever they hear their child call for them.

[@mathiew_]

Congrats on literally being the first person _ever_ to complete a Brilliant Diamond Pokédex!

[@nicolascaraballo1534]

As someone who’s never finished the Pokédex despite playing every game, this is interesting to watch

[@karelsimek5871]

@@whoisanarnb lol

[@PopeMical]

Its kinda annoying going for a full completion. At about 80% is when I give up

[@bfc9467]

Completing the regional dex is not too hard and actually pretty fun. Fun thing to do at least once. National dex? Fuck no. Respect if you do, but I wouldn't go round reccomending it to people. To try your hand at completing the regional dex tho, that's worth it:)

[@kymaniplayz1766]

I completed shield and am currently completing pokemon X dex

[@jacobruby2237]

@Nicolas Caraballo if you ever want to complete a dex, look towards: Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, amd Sword/Shield. Since they only require 300-400 mons to complete the dex and get the shiny charm. (If you get the Expansion Pass, about 200 more are added onto the other dex for that area) Even Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl are pretty good, since you don't need any Mythicals for any dex completion and a lot of pokemon in the game are obtainable, also anout 400 mons.

[@Zerlyn]

“Cyrus only attacks you here in Platinum” Cyrus - Are you sure about that

[@VXMasterson]

When I was a kid I didn’t understand that Feebas needed a max beauty stat to evolve, I thought it just needed to win the Max Rank beauty contest. I don’t remember how but I got lucky finding the Feebas in Emerald, and somehow won the Beauty contest and I was so heated that Feebas didn’t evolve

[@Foxatrot]

Imagine Rowan waking up the next morning like: Wait he's already caught every pokemon??

[@Ferdig_Vibes]

I just wanted to say that this comment has 151 likes as of my comment. Gen 1 remake remake remakes confirmed?

[@Foxatrot]

@@Ferdig_Vibes We're going to see new leaks tmrw

[@RoDyoo]

My name is rowan

[@ramitek]

The man dedicated his whole life to studying Pokémon and a 10 year old kid did it in 24 hours lol

[@arciere5511]

I like to imagine the reason he just congratulates you is because he has nothing ready for this occasion xD

[@wakizaki7463]

Fun fact: a lot of people thought Cynthia was gonna be easier. They thought wrong. She's harder now. (if friendship didn't exist)

[@diana123415]

I was scared as a child and I'm scared as and adult now, I have evolved but not become stronger

[@Delita45]

I personally never struggled with any Cynthia battles for some reason, what exactly makes Cynthia so notorious anyway? I always see people saying this

[@vassowned7768]

I clapped her you just need a good team

[@wowditto]

Actually was Easy still but it was a lot more fun

[@wakizaki7463]

The reason why she's harder to beat now is because her team have items and powerful movesets to counter strategies some players may set up.

[@philclip23]

The traded-back Empoleon to get around the potential of a high level Pokemon disobeying was GENIUS.

[@DanDude666]

"i decided to take a break from the underground to become the champion" best quote ever 😄

[@meisushimei]

"Tough it out because you love me" Snorlax: "Can't let him be sad!"

[@braydensonaslaughtmbve545]

@felice💕 exactly, YOU ARE A BOT

[@loushia16]

I’m always amazed at how clever Ant is with his solutions. His Nuzlockes and challenges always have cool workarounds to really annoying problems.

[@ghoziay6759]

He has a beard and glasses and no nut he is immortal

[@travv88]

@@ghoziay6759 Oh damn doing NNN too. The power flows through him.

[@travv88]

lateral thinking

[@sofiacardoso7475]

and in case of Cynthia, LUCK :D

[@OABELHUDOUSA]

The solutions to all his problems is the equivalent to the solution of a problem of a protagonist of a shonen anime

[@benjaminocampo143]

6:46 greatest moment

[@polyfloralhoney]

Game Director: "Now keep on collecting even more Pokémon!" There's nothing more to collect since there's no national dex lol

[@dawnofanewday5637]

wrong

[@polyfloralhoney]

@@dawnofanewday5637 my bad, I didn't keep up with the "remakes" since they just turned out to be a cash grabs

[@saarza9991]

​@@polyfloralhoney as someone who owns every pokemon game, I agree

[@bylehmyneh1061]

"Wurmple has a 50/50 chance of evolving into silcoon or cascoon." The 7 silcoon in my old emerald save file: *"yes, but actually no."*

[@goreobsessed2308]

That's the thing about percentages you can try a 50% chance as many times as you like Nothing garuntees you'll see the other option

[@Lance0]

ok that's a cool 1 in 128 but is it 1 in 7.5 trillion?

[@Gloomdrake]

How did the 8th one go?

[@naveengraze]

Yeah

[@jeremymcadam7400]

I literally never got a silcoon. Granted I never tried *too* hard, but I did certainly try

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

“This document certifies that you have completed the great achievement of meeting all the Pokémon in Sinnoh” Well Ant, that was truly worth the stressful grind I bet...

[@jeremyfrancis7824]

Ah but the youtube video he can make from it is the true value

[@draw0833]

the eternal satisfaction of being better than a casual player must be enough to drive this man to the depths in which none of us would dare to travel

[@TheRealDuosion]

wow I'm early

[@querela92]

Does meeting even imply catching or is seeing enough?

[@lightyagami3492]

@@querela92 im pretty sure just seeing them counts but this man went one step further an obtained all of them in 24 hours.

[@vandres493]

This is so satisfying to watch as I’ve been slowly crawling to completion. Didn’t play the game for like a year and the challenge of completing the Pokédex was somehow reignited in me this time bc when I was younger I just used action replay lol

[@geiramTV]

this was so cool to watch :D must have taken som time to prepare for this before the stream started i guess. :D awesome, just awesome :D

[@aidanlatham8935]

LOL smallant is literally just like a pokemon MC with his mom popping up every once in a while, supporting him unconditionally 😂

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

They're so wholesome, it really warms my heart

[@minorcomet282]

And especially that Snorlax survivng Garchomp

[@TheBigspout]

Pokemon but everytime SmallAntMom messages in chat elite 4 pokemon gain a level

[@Yeah_itsJohn]

I had the hugest brain strat going into cynthia: So at like Lv. 57, Kricketune learns Perish Song. That's basically the entire story.

[@harrisonhurst6480]

That would only work if you used it on her last pokemon when it was the only one left, otherwise switching ends the perish count.

[@garlicamvs6235]

I had a bigger brain strat I used garchomp with dragon claw with quick claw at lv 61 to beat her garchomp

[@hibye8297]

@@garlicamvs6235 I just used final gamit

[@hennedysguerra5361]

@@hibye8297 Yea

[@walkingtowersyndrome]

Nah i dont need a strategy i wouldve overleveled to Level 100

[@afvetvenom3685]

That friendship perk is amazing! You got an ingame miracle haha. Awesome sauce on doing this!

[@silverhawk8699]

Garchomp: "You're outnumbered 5 to one." Snorlax: _"I like those odds."_

[@PeekatChu.]

The Snorlax clutch against Cynthia was really an anime protagonist moment. Like seriously, you literally managed to pulled a miracle.

[@MisterL777]

Sorlax : "ORAORAORAORAORA"

[@Oliver-wv4bd]

Chat saving him from missing the Feebas was HUGE, as well as him accidentally setting his Brilliant Diamond Switch's time incorrectly so that he could catch carnivine

[@SpikyEaredPichu96]

Someone actually made a Feebas spawn predictor for BDSP, they use the daily lotto number to figure out which squares it will spawn in. I was lucky enough to find Feebas on my second day of looking, it was in the very upper right corner tile.

[@whosthisweirdo3807]

The mental image of a munchlax hiding in the honey trees and eating everything there makes me laugh

[@entr3_nou5]

Rowan, who gave him the Pokédex, when he completes it in under a day: *”Don’t care, didn’t ask, + ratio”*

[@kingdeespadas]

gigachad

[@SeaKingDaliasan]

+ L

[@southparkhighlights2773]

@@SeaKingDaliasan +Fatherless

[@capybara2515]

@@southparkhighlights2773 +Seethe

[@Astrophel24]

@@capybara2515 +Cringe

[@hankypanky5529]

The fact that this entire run depended on whether carnivine would spawn is crazy

[@mfreeces5607]

Ong

[@thijsvisser4868]

yeah or the fact that snorlax toughed out

[@L4sket]

@@thijsvisser4868 I mean tbf, he could've always retried the battle, wouldn't have taken that long I imagine. Now if the carnivine didn't spawn, he would've had to wait an entire day at minimum

[@mizzviolet]

Pokemon Pearl was the first Pokemon game I ever played, my neighbor friend bought it for my like 10th birthday. The only Pokemon I ever cared about as a kid was Jynx. I didn't even know about her controversy, she was just always my favorite because she's so different. I remember the only way to catch a Jynx (or at least I thought it was the only way when I was a kid, I could definitely be wrong) in Pearl was to catch a Smoochum whenever they would randomly swarm. I remember spending weeks, maybe even months trying to get those damn Smoochum to swarm. I don't even think I ever got them too either, I think I ended up using the trading station to finally get my Jynx. This video was so fun to watch, brought up so many old memories about this game ☺️ And your facial hair is cute, dont listen to anyone else 😘

[@stardust2360]

6:31 This was literally my reaction because I had only ever played all the way through platinum and only up to gym 3 in diamond.

[@SnoozeCruisin]

damn, huge props to the chat members who caught those bits of info throughout the run. nice to see everyone working together to make ant’s dream a reality

[@JENNATHEZOMBIEE]

@felice💕 no

[@oof5281]

@felice💕 repoted

[@Matt_Zoran]

Reported

[@whitealliance9540]

@@Matt_Zoran Aww leave her alone a bots gotta bot.

[@rwic]

POV: you like your own comments

[@uwuingallnight7381]

A lot of youtubers ha ve been shocked about the "new" friendship mechanic, but i distinctly remember my espeon toughing it out 3 times in a row against my friend all the way back in pokemon X

[@turtlesquad2522]

Playing let's go Eevee, My Eevee is like Haha, I purposefully hit you in your weak point. Now, pat my head dammit

[@Arenuphis]

thing was that back then it wasn't linked to friendship but the pokemon amie stuff, so it wasn't forced on you if you wanted to keep things hard

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

New to diamond and pearl

[@iggylo7867]

Wasn’t this a thing start ping from x&y cuz of Pokémon amie, most of the poketubers who play walkthrough knew about this cuz they played the game slowly

[@TheAnimenia]

i remember my pokemon surviving in sun and moon games as well

[@mosskelly3767]

I am always a fan of spending time and improving friendship with my pokemon. Other kids in my highschool mocked me at first but it saved my ass in a battle or two back then, and they eventually realised it's good to have, even as a backup plan. It's good to see that it was useful here.

[@Apo11o07]

this legit introduced me to pokemon, and im so thankful it was this video

[@Patterrz]

Idk if the Pokedex speedrun or Video Editing speedrun was more inpressive but great job getting it done so fast!

[@peterkirigiti]

Hey patters big fan

[@Louie_Log]

Yeah, both are awesome

[@jazminemiles8195]

I automatically Nuzlocke mine of only water types and let me tell you it's been hell on Earth. The good thing is there's so many different types of water type Pokemon.

[@scottkilmer354]

Yeah

[@pikaplash2571]

Ayyy Pat how r u

[@MrSpenfo]

"Well, that's underwhelming" was pretty close to my reaction when I first completed a pokedex and saw that certificate, its the kind of moment that makes you go, "wait, is that seriously all I get?"

[@laiika511]

What else are they going to give lol a new type of Pokémon? Seriously though, the one time I did 100% the dex in gen VI it felt cool getting the shiny charm. It’s only too bad I stopped caring about Pokémon coincidentally after completing the goal

[@lonergothonline]

I think the idea for the first gen was that you'd be able to use the game boy printer to print out the certificate.

[@stanspelletjesman7521]

Yea, and it's not even like in BOTW where you get litteral tree-poop because I think it kinda gives a message like: "It's more about the journey than the ending of the journey" because you can't really say that with a pokemon game since they are way more linear, shorter overall and mainly focus on the ending than BOTW.

[@ized88]

@@lonergothonline yes you could. Was kinda a useless feature but it was possible 🤣

[@princevegeta699]

That's not even a reward in universe

[@izzaacalley]

Idk how but your videos have the perfect pacing, usually I get kind of bored with videos like this about 1/4 of the way in. Idk hiw you do it but keep it up.

[@Webberjo]

Snorlax was a champ in my party too. Not because of Last Resort, but because he was able to tank several hits allowing me to revive and heal the rest of my party.

[@connorjohnson8590]

I remember reading up how to find feebas in the original Daimond and being flabergasted at the BS condition: They can only be found in 4 spaces in one specific lake covered in fog. And the spaces change daily.

[@edwinner100]

It is so hard and I want it so bad to challenge the elite four

[@excalibur493]

@@edwinner100 I got Feebas, but I don't have NSO, so I can't trade.

[@blackfoxstudios4101]

And then they have the audacity to make it either a trade evolution or dry poffin evolution

[@kaneggi6216]

@@blackfoxstudios4101 gotta be honest tho its really easy to make the poffins

[@Rubywing4]

I used to think Feebas could only be fished up with a Super Rod because Serebii said so, but I was not long ago pleasantly surprised to learn that you can fish it up with just an Old Rod, so you'll reel in either Magikarp or Feebas and not all other kinds of things. I also found a guide several years ago that showed how to best fish for Feebas, by starting from the top left corner of the lake and go one tile at a time, just fishing up 1 mon per tile (since Feebas is pretty common in the Feebas tiles), instead of dotting randomly around the lake. That way, I ended up finding a Feebas tile surprisingly quick, within the first 3 rows (I think, might have been 4) from the top. Then you can just fish and catch Feebas in that tile until you get one with a Sp. Atk-boosting nature (which loves dry food) or a neutral nature (which happily eats anything), or use the strat Ant used, if you have a Synchronize mon with a Sp. Atk-boosting nature. In the old games, I had no trouble making poffins, it was easy making good poffins. This game's version of making poffins is freaking bs, I tried doing the same as in the old games, but no matter what I did, the poffins always turned out foul, even when I did it perfectly, without burning or spilling a single time, and I didn't know what the stupid game wanted from me, so I gave up on poffins and moved on. When I learned you need to use DIFFERENT berries, I thought "wtf that's bs that was never a problem in the og games why should that be a problem now i hate you gamefr-- i mean ilca". Though having learned how the mechanic works now, I managed to finally make some good poffins and evolve my Feebas at last. I typically prefer the beauty evolution over Prism Scale since trading is usually difficult for me (I have to borrow my brother's 3DS or Switch for trading in gens 6, 7 and 8), and I still prefer beauty in BDSP as well. I really love how Legends Arceus allows you to just USE evolution items on Pokémon, including trade mons, I was so happy with that, and I hope gen 9 includes this mechanic as well. Oh, btw, I ended up catching my Feebas in a Love Ball, it was a female with the wrong nature, so now I have a bunch of level 1 Feebas in Love Balls. Including a dry-loving Milotic in a Love Ball.

[@myexile2374]

If there's 1 thing 25 years of playing Pokémon has taught me it's that you don't sleep on Snorlax, Snorlax sleeps on you!

[@Azzzzzzzz]

Oh yeah, I remember Snorlax sleeping on me once.

[@TheKreegler]

@@Azzzzzzzz yea I woke up in the clouds

[@dakota7134]

@@TheKreegler Hey you, you're finally awake

[@playboyagent7586]

I remember sleeping with snorlax once

[@MeteorTribe]

I literally sleep on a giant snorlax plush bed

[@jasonkoo4855]

The diamond/pearl nostalgia is real. Might need to get a switch just to play this. Great video as always.

[@MegaMew204]

1:did you? 2:if so do you regret it?

[@jasonkoo4855]

i got brilliant diamond and played through it. Its a really faithful remake. you can literally catch darkrai/shaymin with the surf glitch still. Im surprised they didn't patch it. All in all it was a good game but i feel like it was almost too faithful of a remake. Nothing new except for like ramanas park. But if you enjoyed the original diamond/pearl you'll probably enjoy this. @@MegaMew204

[@iPsykoticZz]

My friend had a switch so i played Diamond on it. It isn't bad, but the fact that you can't remove all the features that make the game too easy made me quit after my first playthrough. I understand it's a kids game but even a 6 years old doesn't need the fkn multi exp and pokemon doing random things to help you to beat the game. Kinda sad cuz that was the first time i came back to the franchise since black and white 2, and the magic isn't there anymore.@@MegaMew204

[@theinterruptedlife1783]

One of the greatest videos of all time TBH

[@PranavS167]

I love how these games made trainers harder by giving them better moves and items, but they also give you plot armor with the power of friendship

[@-Teague-]

Dangit I wanted to see the funny replies to this but it's just bots 😭

[@Keegstar]

@@-Teague- ikr

[@thisaccountissomethingelse6960]

The happiness mechanic has been in Pokémon games for a while

[@AltheaIsana]

your comment is gold but it has fallen victim to the bots

[@lancelee338]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 kzbin.info 💋 SUBSCRIBE 👆 BORN TO DIE WORLD IS A FUCK KILL EM ALL 1989 I am trash man 410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS #SmallAnt #Pokemon #7 #BrilliantDiamond #ShiningPearl #hola #bonjour #konnichiwa #hello #foreigngreetings Work It: "Harder" Make It: "Better" Do It: "Faster" Makes Us: "Stronger" Я не бот, вибачте, якщо вам не потрібен спам. Для цього я використовую перекладач

[@1Fatherlesschild]

Imagine bring Cynthia and seeing the random kid who had no Pokémon less than 24 hours ago beat you and become the new champion

[@bensoncheung2801]

Didn't SmallAnt mess with time past a day/night cycle?

[@aiden6606]

@@bensoncheung2801 yes but that doesn't matter

[@abdulrehmanbaig2763]

@@bensoncheung2801 when you have a god of time by your side, it doesn't matter

[@squalo5218]

with a fucking Snorlax

[@johnnyreiling5633]

That was a wonderful ride. Loved the whole video.

[@ViolaDragon621]

Nintendo most likely got rid of gambling because they don’t want a bunch of kids to learn how to gamble at casinos because of their game

[@Zolanark]

Ah, gotta love the affection mechanic. If memory serves that sorta stuff like "toughed it out so you wouldn't feel sad" was added in X/Y, and basically if the Pokemon has enough of those pink hearts in the affection system for the game (Pokemon Amie in X/Y and other names I can't remember for later games that incorporated it) they get like an extra chance (not heightened but like a whole second check in the code or something, can't remember specifics) for checks to end status conditions (even ones that don't end naturally), checks for critical chance, dodge/miss chance, and as you saw, even tanking deadly attacks with 1 HP left. It was meant to emulate the anime series trope of the partner Pokemon getting a second wind or pulling off an impossible win because they valued their trainer so much they couldn't stand losing for them

[@eggytpot]

Mongus

[@captainblue5096]

@UCPhGRRK7BpnKo-Je-_RI1dg The mechanic itself is a great idea in theory. For casuals, it allows you to bond with your Pokemon and get some perks because of it. They did it great in XY/ORAS and SM/USUM because it was toggle-able However, they then started forcing it upon you. BDSP suffers from this because affection is automatic. Not something we want to do all the time. Some people like the challenge that comes with the regular game without boosts like affection. Same goes for the New EXP Share (Gen 6 and onwards). The idea was really good and would fix most people’s problems with grinding, but making it necessary in SWSH made it so much worse. Tl,dr: The ability to toggle things makes the game better.

[@DJEevee257]

It actually also improves crit ratio!

[@eggytpot]

@@DJEevee257 by how much?

[@Ki113r210]

@@captainblue5096 so the remakes completely kiddie mode nuzzlockes then. unfortunate

[@stefancoffa5980]

This is still such a good video, I'm sad we didn't get anything like this for the Scarlet and Violet release.

[@godiamsogoodlol]

Well, this may be because BDSP is a remake, and since he has played the original a lot, he decided to try and get every Pokémon. Besides, who the hell would wanna do this with a new original Pokémon game with new Pokémon?

[@ThePhantom4516]

Nobody wants to play that shit game

[@godiamsogoodlol]

@@ThePhantom4516 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Chaz_Flamez]

5:15 was the funniest turn of events *freezes* NOOOO *thaws out* YEAAHHHH *grotle is loafing around!* NOOO

[@changrcaterham5784]

Gotta love how the reward for catching all the Pokémon is a charm that makes it easier to catch Pokémon

[@jplveiga]

Isn't there more than 151 in the game tho?

[@PantsuMedia]

Might come in handy when hunting for shinies since catching your encounter does have a higher chance to continue the chain

[@scrunkore]

there are over 400 pokemon in the game and the regional dex only has like 150

[@realKhalilG]

The reward is for completing the Pokedex, it doesn't take into account if you caught them.

[@Minezum]

The charm and diploma are a reward for watching all the pokemon. There is no prize for catching them

[@jcw180]

Ant: "Snorlax, hold on bcuz you love me!" Snorlax with 1 HP left: (Lax!)

[@IcxnicYT]

Just watched the 2 vods in the past 1,5 day. Only thing I missed in the recap was drifloon :) So hyped

[@whatifkennysighed9755]

i come back to watch this about 3 times every year. its a masterpiece

[@saugurav2012]

The Snorlax Vs Grachomp Fight was even more exciting to watch live, literally no one in chat thought that Ant could win that fight after he lost Infernape and Empoleon. Then came Snorlax with its thick plot armour.

[@Thelocalpsychopath]

Thick Snorlax luck indeed 😳😩😍

[@MarkoPiroski]

I was also there just to witness the most anime moment ever, it was soooo cool!

[@dvillines26]

people complain about that mechanic, like it cheapens the game, but whatever, it creates these great clutch moments. if you want a challenge you really have to do PvP, come on. the in-game battling is mostly just for fun.

[@Ennnne]

Really wish they added Platinum into these remakes, the distortion world was the coolest thing I've experienced in my childhood

[@ShawnnG17bitch]

Could be DLC in future

[@bigboom2438]

Paid DLC time lets goooooo

[@jj-rath9110]

Everyone probably would have just bought platinum if they did

[@haveagreatlife829]

@@jj-rath9110 ikr

[@agirlinsearchof9057]

@@jj-rath9110 What OP means is adding plot elements from Platinum into the Diamond and Pearl remakes (so the Distortion World would be in both Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, with no Platinum remake) rather than remaking Platinum in addition to Diamond and Pearl.

[@spider_fan_boi]

7:07 dude, this friendship mechanic has been in since ORAS, it’s how I beat the Pokémon League in OR, my Blake the Blaziken, Groudon, and Latias all survived critical hits thanks to their high Friendship I built them up to

[@phoenix24k88]

That would drive me crazy. GGs. Also I like the beard

[@itsPoachie]

"Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way" Yup... That's what I always tell myself after spending hours of my life to get a bit of text on a screen for completing the Pokedex - thanks Gamefreak

[@Crobat7269]

Thanks prof Birch

[@joshlegacy1101]

Wasn't actually GameGreak this time, I forget who the developers were.

[@Tharja-iBW]

@@joshlegacy1101 They were following in game freaks footsteps. They remade the game tile for tile, pixel for pixel. Game freak did it.

[@joshlegacy1101]

@@Tharja-iBW Feels like a technicality, but alright.

[@CalamitasCalliope]

I'm not sure what the older games gave you for completing the Pokèdex, but I really like the reward you get for Sword and Shield. It greatly boosts your shiny odds, and collecting shinies is pretty much the only thing left to do after finishing the Pokèdex. Probably one of the few choices in Sw/Sh that I liked hfhgdfg

[@LaserfaceJones]

Gotta say, the patience I've developed from shiny hunting the last few years has made finishing 'dexes feel way less awesome than when I was little, but doing it all in a day does take a lot of game knowledge and prep. Nice.

[@vynceivyrescauriagamarasig4095]

Give me that patience I'm literally just IV breeding and got pissed so I took a nap

[@Benzcrimsonitacilunarnebula]

nice

[@nicolasj6745]

And a lot of luck.

[@Humg12]

Don't forget the huge amount of luck. It took me a week of doing nothing but honey trees on cooldown to get Heracross, but he gets it in the first half of the video, no stress.

[@Stickyz]

Yes alot of knowledge and prep except he didn't know about munchlax in the underground

[@Mikeygamer1]

I loved diamond and pearl, one of the games i actually 100% the pokedex in. Catching munchlax from a honey tree was my biggest accomplishment aside from getting relicanth in emerald

[@Sarkoth2718]

I'm here 2 years late, but I didn't know about this BRUTAL ACHIEVEMENT. This is crazy and it deserves that I suscribe! Congrats!

[@Snickersnek]

"I wonder how that trainer I met yesterday with my Chimchar is doing?" "Hi, I'm the Champion, here's my full-region pokédex, not that you care. C'mon Infernape let's go." "...whut."

[@hxrl5838]

C'mon Palkia let's go >

[@katsuha7074]

cmon uxie palkia dialga and other legendary pokemon lets go

[@sbsftw4232]

C'mon literally everyone, let's go.

[@Oliver-wv4bd]

The honey tree, carnivine, and Cynthia luck in this run was absolutely insane - I guess it acts as compensation for the torture endured in the underground 😂

[@pokelordomega1701]

Dam. Here i thought the funny comments section were funny not bots

[@RolfeSenpai]

Cynthia fight was bs with the friendship mechanic bailing him out.

[@RWAsur]

I mean, the Cynthia luck is only a 1 in 5 odds in this game. BDSP has very broken friendship stats.

[@manjarigupta3040]

imagine giving someone a starter pokemon in the morning then comes back by saving the world having a god of time in his team a completed pokedex and bieng a champion

[@mrfoxbox9536]

Smant: snorlax hold on cus you love me Snorlax: *lives on 1 hp* Also snorlax: *insert chad music*

[@demoman5864]

Ash: spends years, trying to catch em all, Ant: catches em all in a day 💀

[@douglassvidall]

No. Is not ash dream to catch all the pokémon

[@mainaccount763]

Red

[@Jan-xo6bq]

No ash did not complete pokedex it was Red

[@DraconicDuelist]

@@Jan-xo6bq Ash spends years, with the theme being "Gotta Catch 'em All!" but never completes a 'Dex. Red does so, but doesn't take years...

[@w1nther930]

@felice💕 Begone... BOT

[@TheBearOfSpades]

While the friendship mechanic does make the game easier, I find it also makes the connection to the Pokemon feel more real. Also there are some really clutch saves.

[@justin4203]

I just wish that certain trainers (Like Gym Leaders, Elite 4 and Champion) had it work for them too. Like imagine thinking "I'm about to beat Cynthia! Garchomp is going down! It was close but--WHAT DO YOU MEAN HER GARCHOMP DID NOT WANT TO MAKE HER SAD?"

[@TheTctoocold]

just made the game insanely easy, my pokemon didnt die 3 times in a row and it constantly hit criticals

[@solidzack]

It simply shouldn't be forced on you. In previous games you had to spend time with the Pokémon in Pokémon Ami and feed them stuff and treat them like a pet to get the bonuses. That way you could completely ignore it if you didn't want all battles to basically become an A button mashing game. But now you survive attacks, dodge 100% accurate moves, deal a ton of crits and win matchups you really shouldn't. That's horrible game Design. Or an even better solution: Introduce hard mode like in Pokémon Black/White (2) and disable these bonuses for this mode in addition to changing the opponents team, moveset and level

[@Skycrusher]

The eternal 13 year old mindset.

[@TotalyKill]

Copium for a shit system

[@daanhooiveld8940]

Is it me or does the 8th badge look a lot like Meltan?

[@Hyperium_07]

Ive been watching smant for 4 years and this gotta be his best video in my opinion

[@Cancer.]

I had that "toughen'd it out so you wouldn't feel sad" happen 4 times in a row. 4 times at 1 HP, and the pokemon wouldn't die

[@Arrica101]

Yea, that new mechanic is such bullshit. They really are dumbing down pokemon to all new levels

[@ChespinCraft]

@@Arrica101 It's been in the game for 8 years now so it's not necessarily that new

[@welwitschia3756]

@@Arrica101 people are getting more depressed.

[@near5148]

Plot amour be like

[@finlaymarsden788]

Tougher it out started three years ago in let’s go pikachu and eevee

[@scorpionsen4302]

Piplup being the starter you traded coming in clutch as Empoleon later on was such a great part!

[@zwonderouscyndaburst5905]

You know he could have got piplup from the underground

[@scorpionsen4302]

@@zwonderouscyndaburst5905 would it have been level 62 and be able to sweep the rest of diamond?!

[@QueenLethargy]

That "toughed it out" mechanic honestly saved my ass with Cynthia. I was down to my Mamoswine against her Garchomp, it did it a one hit but my Mamoswine hung on, and I knocked it out with Ice Beam.

[@voidxO7]

Tanner: "I woke up bright and early" The switch: 8:29 PM

[@KirbyCoder]

That moment with the Snorlax will go down in history. Also, I bet your roommate is happy that they got shining pearl for free.

[@thestargamers3325]

They actually dropped the Gotta Catch 'em all motto around gen 3 or 4 when they realized that it wasn't feasible for the average player anymore. But by then it was so ingrained in culture that I don't think anyone really noticed.

[@PinkBunnyCorporation]

I own complete copies of every game and just checked. The trade mark phrase appears on gen 3 game boxes. In gen 4 it is nowhere to be found, not even the manual. However it is possible to get every pokemon up until generation 8 where they decided to stop players from owning all the pokemon.

[@scrunkore]

you literally couldn't catch them all in gen 3 so maybe that's why they stopped

[@dvillines26]

@@PinkBunnyCorporation appropriate that it was dropped in gen IV given the brutal requirements for some Pokemon.

[@Gabe413]

@@dvillines26 mate some pokemon are so hard its not even worth the trouble. i remember just giving up completely on feebas when i was a kid - only caught one in gen 6

[@chileanyways4517]

@@Gabe413 Yeah from what I remember they made Feebas in ORAS really easy to get because of how stupid hard it was to encounter in the original games. They made the tiles guaranteed instead of randomized

[@tylermilne1623]

That Milotic was the toughest part of my champion battle too. I never understood how/why it kept getting burned. I didn't know about marvel scale.

[@isaacjohnsen867]

"Next time I throw two blueberries into a muffin I'll just chuck it in the garbage!" - Laughed hard at that one.

[@samjaxwhistler]

Ikr? Died laughing at that one.

[@TyranitarTube]

I saw the ending live and man that was sickk! (and totally well rewarded LOL)

[@AVATARW0]

love ur content

[@AZUAW]

omg tttar ur the best!!!

[@Skylerthebean]

I haven't seen your content in a long while.

[@kaimetsu4546]

@@Skylerthebean me too man been years

[@cya5983]

Shanking that like button

[@chaseeast7427]

"'If you die I'm gonna be pissed', that's not how friendship works." Bro that seems like exactly how friendship works

[@elgagopr]

Thanks to that friendship tweak where he holds that 1 HP, my Golduck survived 2 dragon claws from Cynthia’s Garchomp (he was holding leftovers so in between he healed a lil and got attacked again) and won the Elite 4

[@joehaynes6647]

That reaction with the feebas is priceless

[@collinbrown9723]

I caught a carnivine with only 3 badges on brilliant diamond. I never knew there was a "daily chance" for it. I just happened to stumble upon it in the safari zone.

[@humanpersonthing]

Same with me, put it on my team too

[@tipimaginestar4651]

Hey me too! 😆

[@kingdeespadas]

same caught it on the orginals

[@zeitGGeist]

Loved this video. This game was a little comfy. I hope they do more 2d remakes from this era on the Switch.

[@Funkinessful]

amazing! I was about to complet the Hoenn Pokedex back in Pokemon Emerald and the only pokemon I needed was Feebas & Milotic... Still haven't completed it yet tho

[@Guhzea]

18:41 "you need 6 badges for carnivine" My carnivine I got in the marsh while only having 3 badges begs to differ

[@serenity5809]

Interesting piece of trivia, the suction cup ability actually DOESN’T work in the original Diamond and Pearl games due to some bug. I believe they kept this in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl too.

[@naplockblubba5369]

@SpelunkyGuy101 It probably wasn't intentional

[@dekusi1857]

each day i legitimately believe they copy pasted the code and prayed it would work

[@gate3929]

@@dekusi1857 portions of the game might actually be copy-pasted, considering the snowpoint gym's innards can be skipped to fight the gym leader immediately

[@harrisonhurst6480]

@@gate3929 doing that can soft-lock your game however so be careful.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@gate3929 I think it's more that they didn't redesign the gym graphically to account for diagonal movement than literally copying and pasting the code. Especially since the internal code has undergone _significant_ changes in the years since Gen IV.