How Many Pokémon Are Eligible For Pokémon Stadium's Pika Cup?

The first Pokemon Stadium, or the second if you lived in Japan, had four different cups: The Prime Cup, the Poke Cup, the Petit Cup, and the Pika Cup.
Each of them had different rules: For example, The Petit cup only allows you to use pre-evolved Pokemon under a certain height and weight between the levels of 25-30, and your three selected Pokemon couldn't surpass 80 in total.
But the cup that intrigued me the most has to be the Pika Cup. This one allows you to use any of the (then) 151 Pokemon except Mewtwo and Mew. The catch is that they needed to be any levels from 15-20, and the levels of the three selected Pokemon for a match couldn't surpass 50 when combined.
Now, what makes this an issue is that a lot of Pokemon are typically found in the wild or evolve into their later forms at levels higher than that. It's more challenging to build a tough team when you have to write off many of your go-to powerhouses.
Or that's what you'd assume, but don't write them off just yet. For one thing, you can find a lot of evolved Pokemon in the wild at lower levels than what their pre-evolutions need to obtain to evolve.
This is a subject that has always fascinated me, and even after many years after generation 1's prime, I've wondered just how many Pokemon are eligible for the cup, and that is the topic of this video.
But I'd like to set a number of guidelines before we get started.
Firstly, and most obviously, no alterations through the use of cheat devices will count. I don't think I need to explain why.
Any Pokemon that can be obtained at least level 20 will be considered eligible, but I will try to find them at lower levels if possible.
Only first-generation Pokemon games will be covered. I don't think it would be fair to include generation 2 when it didn't exist at the time, so no breeding from gen 2 and cross-generation trading to get an eligible Snorlax.
Pokemon that can only be obtained at the required levels through the use of glitches won't be counted. Let's try to keep it as close to as intended as possible.
Most of the footage recorded by RichardDS90. If you're used to my standard form of videos and require subtitles, turn on the closed captions function.
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[@whoisthisgit]

I was wrong about Eevee from the Gym Leader Castle, they are also at level 25, so it and its evolutions are ineligible.

[@carltonleboss]

Trading Alakazam to Gen 2 and teaching it the three elemental punches from the Goldenrod Pokemart makes it even better

[@PikangsFutaba]

I literally did that years ago when I fully beated Pokemon Stadium for the 2nd time, that Alakazam was busted.

[@Peachrocks5]

Yeah because Alakazam isn't busted enough already in gen 1 pika cup, with Persian, Snorlax and Tauros banned, the few things that actually gave Alakazam pause, on top of psychic reducing special (both special attack and special defense) 30% of the time rather then 10% on special defense it does now. Did I also mention that it has no weaknesses because Ghost is bugged to be immune and only has lick and its only user is poison type anyway and no one learns a bug move until after level 20, and Beedrill aside from being awful is also poison typed and Jolteon doesn't learn pin missile until after level 20 and has a horrid attack stat to use it with in any case. No wonder I had so few problems beating Pika cup with Starmie and Alakazam back in the day. Would never use either of those busted things now.

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

@@Peachrocks5 Need that challenge man, those two just remove it in gen one pikacup.

[@bryanc1772]

@@Peachrocks5 try facing Mew and Mewtwo in Pika Cup and you will know true terror

[@bryanc1772]

@@morphstarchangeling8024 if you want a challenging stadium game play Pokémon Stadium Kaizo, super or even League Stadium then you will wish u had Alakazam and Starmie

[@bawesom4]

6:11 Actually, yes it was a programming issue! Because of the formula used to calculate Experience Points, Pokémon in the Medium Slow experience group (that is, the majority of Pokémon) would be said to have -54 experience points at Level 1, not 0. The game treated this as over 16 million Experience Points as the experience value was unsigned, so this could be used to jump to level 100. This is also why Gen 2 Eggs are Level 5. The problem was fixed in Gen 3, which used a lookup table that simply set the base Experience Points at Level 1 to 0 rather than -54 like the formula would say.

[@shardtheduraludon]

Didn’t eggs only start hatching level 1 Pokémon Sinnoh and beyond?

[@bawesom4]

@@shardtheduraludon I think so, but the problem was technically resolved in Gen 3's experience overhaul.

[@nicocchi]

@@shardtheduraludon yes, but while eggs still hatched at Lv5 in Gen 3, the glitch was fixed nonetheless, so while Lv1 Pokémon are unobtainable (to my knowledge) they worked perfectly fine

[@soulhoney1908]

@@nicocchi yeah there is a glitch whre you can get a mew at level 1 and use the same experience mechanics you can make mew at level 100

[@Trimint123]

In short, the experience you'll get is too low that it overflows to highest possible points.

[@qty1315]

So, what you're saying is that Falkner didn't cheat to get Pidgeotto at level 9, his dad just gave him a Pidgeotto from Kanto.

[@alexanderstilianov]

Yellow is the Canon game, at least for GSC and HG SS. I mean, look at Red's team.

[@OktayKlc-up3tk]

@@alexanderstilianov I would say it's more of a mix of all 4, look at Blue's team.

[@browncow5210]

About the cross-gen trading dragonair thing... You can actually fish up lvl 10 Dragonair with a super rod on that tiny lake on route 45-46. I used to do this for kicks. That means you can have both Dragonair and Dodrio at level 10.

[@Mrperson0]

Even though Tradeback moves are highlighted purple in Pokemon Stadium (which means the game thinks they are illegal), I believe that, for the Pika Cup, allowing all 149 Pokemon was intentional. This game was being made alongside Gen 2 (this is why the Gym Leader Castle gift Pokemon have their catch rates modified so they come with a Normal Box or Gorgeous Box in Gen 2), which introduced a lot of low level mid or high evolution Pokemon (Arbok, Fearow, Gloom, etc.). This is why they decided to just use the "No Mew allowed" rule, since they had no clue what the limit would be with tradebacks.

[@logans.7932]

Git voiceover :D Also, wow, Japanese Blue actually considered how some people wouldn't be able to acquire Pokemon like Golem or Gengar and put ways to obtain them in the game. Meanwhile, in English Red/Blue, we get a trade that's... a Male Nidoran for a Female Nidoran.

[@saxor96]

Japanese Blue was a special edition after all, so it makes sense to have higher benefits. Sad we only got the graphical upgrade for that game and everything else is picked from japanese Red and Green.

[@BlazingKhioneus]

And Raichu BREAK(that's my headcanon of the English DORIS trade)

[@Dukstless]

13:50 - In G1 and G2, Japanese games trying to trade with international games would result in save corruption. G3 can do it safely, but good luck finding people without GTS!

[@NeoGraena]

Err I thought the international trading issue was only solved in Gen 4 (besides Korea)

[@AztecCroc]

@@NeoGraena Nope, gen 3 can do it too, there are some oddities with displaying non-Japanese names in the Japanese versions (it will only display the first 5 letters and they will be in all-caps fullwidth) but it does work assuming you can get the different language carts together.

[@romajimamulo]

@@AztecCroc what happens with japanese named Pokémon?

[@SamuraiSam]

I got interested in this stuff years ago, too! The official Pokémon Stadium guide from back in the day had all the info from this video except for the stuff with Japanese Blue, of course. I already did all the research about what you can get from Gen 2, and it's a LOT. Most of the ineligible evolved forms can be found from levels 15-20 at least somewhere in the Gen 2 games. And some years back I did all the research and added all the info to Bulbapedia's Pika Cup page, which remains there to this day.

[@Naluh]

Yeah, level 1 Pokémon was a programming issue. They can overflow and crash the games.

[@OhCrapI_He]

Not crash the games, but rather some Level 1 Pokemon level up immediately to Level 100. Or so I hear.

[@divemissile8928]

Oh crap! He that is definitely the case. there's a few bugs that let you get level 1 pokemon in gen 1, and if they gain less exp than they would need to level up they will instantly shoot up to level 100

[@TheNumber1Villain]

@@OhCrapI_He If I'm not mistaken, the reason they go to level 100 is that if you don't get enough experience to get to level two, the pokemon has negative experience points and the game has to use a really high value instead.

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

Every single time I play generation one I do the level 100 Nidoking Glitch.

[@ryapowa]

@@Silver_Sonic_23 Or even the level 100 Mew Glitch, luckily it can learn any and every TM in the game and Nidoking has a good variety of TM moves it can learn

[@Sean_Bird]

Well this is something I wasn’t expecting, but it sounds pretty interesting. Kinda weird how the Pika Cup never had an equivalent in later Pokémon games. Two notes: I really like how you found ways to chain trades to obtain certain Pokémon, and a team entirely comprised of Level 16 Pokémon would be perfectly fine for the Pika Cup.

[@SaltedNeos]

The issue is nowadays, that literally almost anything can qualify

[@autobotstarscream765]

You can also use 16/16/18 and 16/17/17. 😎

[@deltaquarayza]

I liked the "Pokédex Roll" before talking about each evo line. It's a cool way of doing things

[@addambarcelos]

kinda interesting topic, never stopped to think so much in the levels you find these pokemon. great video o/

[@solidzack]

Quite a specific topic and long video thanks to the 150 Pokémon. Yet it turned out great and high quality. You deserve some praise

[@sirswagabadha4896]

I love finding out about new things nobody cares about so I can start caring about them

[@metleon]

I'd love to see a follow up for the Gen 2 tradebacks. Definitely don't bother with glitches, since the Mew glitch can be used to get any Pokemon as low as Lv 1.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

Imagine if there was an equivalent for modern games: Level 5 Landorus from B2W2, Level 9 Salamence from SM, ALL Pokémon from Let's Go at level 3.

[@vincentecrow09]

Anything that can be caught via Max Raids can be Level 20, so long as one Switch has all the badges while the other has no badges. The Switch with no badges catches the Dynamax Pokemon and it downgrades to Level 20 because they have no badges.

[@pantherman691]

Game logic

[@LunarWingCloud]

It's so different hearing your voice after tuning in to your Strongest Characters and other series from years ago where you never talked. Great video though! Just wanna clarify that Lv.2 was the low bar for Pokémon because until Gen III, Lv.1 to Lv.2 was bugged for some Pokémon's experience curves, and gaining a low number of EXP would jump it straight to 100. Despite that they fixed it they just kept the tradition of Wild Pokémon never being below 2 except in very rare circumstances, and they did take an extra generation to change the level of newly hatched Egg Pokémon.

[@ace-trainer-aj]

3:04 Early artwork issues, don't mind that, you'll get better in Yellow! 😅

[@BizarreJoDo]

Always love to see more Pokémon content. Hopefully we'll get to see you cover Stadium 2 as well.

[@georgecortes3416]

As cool as that would be, Pokemon Stadium 2 doesn't have the possibilty for anomalous Pokemon since the Petit and Pika Cups are replaced with the Challenge and Little Cups. Little Cup is basically Petit Cup, except every Pokemon is Level 5, which is what Pokemon Eggs hatch in Gens 2 & 3 (the fan-made competitive scene Smogon would adapt this as one of their metagames later), while Challenge Cup gives you a completely random set of Pokemon (minus Legendaries) and it's up to you to make the most use of whatever bizzare set you end up with. So yeah, no format with Level 18 Dragonites in Stadium 2 unfortunately.

[@ebboy53]

Merry Christmas JoDo.

[@cocomunga]

I never knew about getting Parasect into the Pika Cup. That’s cool. I myself plowed through Pika Cup both round 1 and 2 with a level 20 Alakazam back in the day. A level 15 Dragonair handled what it couldn’t.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

Yes. Level 1 was a programming issue in gen 1 and 2. Under flow glitch could cause them to immediately become level 100. Gen 3 fixed the issue but they kept with level 5 eggs for whatever reason.

[@altinaex1586]

Gyarados & Arcanine with Dragon Rage, just a Bloodbath for Pika Cup :p

[@ShadowSora8491]

Same can be done with a Dragonair from Yellow. That's why Dragon Rage and Sonicboom are banned from the Little Cup, in Stadium 2, and the Sunny Park Colosseum (I think that's what it's called) the second time around, in Battle Revolution.

[@cherryb0ng]

This was really well done. It was entertaining as an idea as well as interest and you didn't miss out on pointing out which of the pokemon are competitively viablein Red Blue and Yellow. I don't cover gen1 as much as gen2 in videos but I gotta say, nice one champ.

[@MidnyteSketch]

It would be really awesome to have a modern version of Stadium to do all these special themed cups with all generation pokemon. Especially with those cool arenas and the announcer spicing things up! The last one we got was Battle Revolution and only went up to gen 4. We've doubled that now!

[@DrakonLameth]

Also, PBR was only battles, none of the other minigame stuff that people sometimes enjoyed too.

[@SaltedNeos]

You definitely weren't the only person. I was in the process of making a version of every Pokemon legal in the Pika Cup across my Gen 1 games.

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

Looks built around buying the yellow version.

[@Peachrocks5]

Even without it you can get by pretty easily with Alakazam (or even kadabra) and Starmie. Gyarados is a decent option too with Dragon Rage always doing 40 damage.

[@abstractvision2181]

(5:22) i never imagine an sentimenal arbok. Its cute tho

[@soulhoney1908]

Pokemon anime

[@abstractvision2181]

@@soulhoney1908 i know that, but every time i think that this image is real

[@soulhoney1908]

@@abstractvision2181 huh

[@lucemonfalldownmode]

Excellent video; however, you did a mistake: Eevee is given away at level 25 in the Gym Leader Castle, not at level 20 like many players assume, so it and its Eevelutions are not available in the Pika Cup. At the end, there are 109 eligible pokémon plus 3 that are only available as Rentals (Koffing, Ponyta and Seel) plus 3 that are exclusive of Japan (Golem, Kangaskhan and Muk).

[@Mrperson0]

Then, if you keep Gen 2 in mind (they didn't make a list for which Pokemon are allowed, so technically 149 Pokemon can be used), the number of Pokemon that are available for legit use goes to 137. 138 for the Japanese Golem.

[@mirge666]

I always thought that Pika Cup was the hardest and most unfair cup of all in the game.

[@CyrelleSonic18c]

This is definitely something that really helped me for Pokemon Stadium. Thank you so much for this info.

[@Seth_rs]

25:58 weird scientist walking sideways facing you

[@sophiegrey9576]

Hey, this isn't the WhoIsThisGit I've gotten used to! Where's the text talk?

[@sophiegrey9576]

(clarification: this is a joke)

[@LeapyLad]

I'm not sure but i also think this is the only voice video without subtitles in the video, although it is compensated with KZbin (manual) subtitles.

[@rosheafan]

i like this git. His voice is nice.

[@wailmoregd140]

Never thought I’d see the day where I actually run into somebody who also likes Lickilicky

[@Otonio_Bruno]

Really nice subject and video, which made learn something new today: About a year ago, I used to curse against a particular trainer in Stadium's Pika Cup, because said trainer loved to use a Lvl 20 Tentacruel and to my knowledge at that point there were no Tentacruels at that level in RBY, so I used to call that trainer as a cheater and this video proved me wrong. Also it brought me back so many memories of trying to beat Pika Cup with as many Pokemon as possible for the Hall of Fame and the fabled Psyduck with Amnesia reward.

[@064-l3h]

I have this weird pipe dream of setting up local Pokemon Stadium tournaments with all the weird rules and formats like Pika cup and the such. But with old school teambuilding would take a nightmarish amount of time. Even with cheats it would be tedious. ...Uh, anyway, cool video! I love topics like this.

[@NataliaNeeSama]

So I guess a powerful Pika Cup team would be: LV 15 Dragonair (with Dragon Rage, it's super broken in this cup) LV20 Alakazam LV20 Starmie LV15 Rhydon (Rhydon, despite other gens, is a physical powerhouse in Gen 1, only surpassed by Tauros) LV15 Chansey (Yes, it's a pain to get, but it's too versitile to not to) The last Pokemon is pretty much filler. You can choose any you want.

[@BlazingKhioneus]

Lovely video. I was inspired to finally assemble my pikacup round 2 team after fishibg up a level 15 Dragonair in yellow initially just to give it a slot in the victory palace with a proper name. Truly a case of "I came looking for copper and I found gold." Unfortunately, Lance the Dragonair just sat and watched as Sirius the Starmie and Teller the Alakazam cleaned up the field

[@pkmar8670]

I literally subbed 5 minutes ago. Nice!

[@Bored-Kim]

Solid video, it's my first time seeing your channel and I can't wait to see more

[@supersmashbro596]

the pokemon company: we don't condone the use of cheating, illegal movesets, illegal levels, etc. also the pokemon company: oh it's fine if the AI does it. seriously while i love stadiums music and atmosphere, it only highlights the worst aspects of g1 by introducing blatantly cheating ai. seriously. we got illegal movesets, illegal levels, even illegal NICKNAMES. this game aged like milk from a difficulty standpoint.

[@djkk666]

Hey this was super interesting, thanks for making it!

[@XelchanTheBrave]

I remember this was the only cup my sister could not win. She always told me it was the most difficult one... I don't remember much about the actual difficulty tho.

[@soulhoney1908]

Well why don't you try yourself

[@Peachrocks5]

It's not that hard with your own pokemon. Dragon Rage is busted ridiculous doing guaranteed 40 damage to anything and it was a TM back in gen 1 meaning quite a few things learned it. Failing that Starmie and Alakazam (or even Kadabra) are stupid strong in gen 1 as is, let alone a format that blocks some of their soft counters in Tauros and Snorlax and Psychic's 30% chance (in gen 1) to drop special which included special attack and defense in one. Yeah psychic was fair and balanced back then. I 'could' try with rentals now and see how it goes.

[@XelchanTheBrave]

@@Peachrocks5 My sister's problem was that she did not think to raise pokés specifically for this cup, like you said. She either used rentals or the level 20s~15s she had on her file from finishing the dex. But if she cared enough and had the patience to go out of her way to build a strong level 20 Alakazam (which was very difficult because we had no link cable), I'm sure she could have done it. Maybe one day in the future we could try to attempt it again 🤔

[@MrGamerofmusic]

You can also get a lv 15 Psyduck with Amnesia (a move it normally can’t have) as a reward for filling out the Hall of Fame dex in Stadiums gym challenge. Even though you cannot evolve it for the Pika Cup. Having Golduck with Amnesia is a pretty good option in higher cups!

[@Shapio]

I'd love a video about who's eligible including Gen 2. Eevee, Tauros, Lapras, and electabuzz come to mind

[@Peachrocks5]

Yeah thinking back using Alakazam, it makes me feel dirty because that thing was so busted. It was anyway, but at least Tauros, Snorlax and Persian could do solid damage to it. Too bad all of those were effectively banned. Oh, I also used Gyarados with Dragon Rage for guaranteed 40 damage against things level 15-20. Extra balanced!

[@Dinker27]

With the Pika Cup rules, I'm convinced it's just a -1 Blackjack mode.

[@thebigbean8783]

I'm glad you're a lickitung and lickylicky fan as well

[@sagacious03]

Neat video! Thanks for uploading! & Happy New Year!

[@meddagoat]

This was needed. Also hello three years later

[@lucasgarcia8285]

Interesting topic, love learning more about a game that I loved and played endlessly as a child. Thanks for the video(:

[@froggy2597]

I find it weird how you made a Pokemon Stadium video when i was playing a lot of Stadium these past few days

[@ShadowSora8491]

A level 20 Starmie in the Pika Cup is so OP, that you just build the rest of your team with any random rentals and let Starmie do all the work.

[@thecriticalghost4626]

I also love Lickilicky It's just has an amazing movepool and it's somewhat cute for me

[@OhCrapI_He]

9:45 If I remember correctly, the formula for a Pokemon's max HP is (2*Base HP*Level)/100+10+Level, before IVs and EVs are taken into account Since Diglett's base HP is 10, a Level 1 Diglett with no IVs or EVs in HP would have (2*10*1)/100+10+1 20/100+10+1 11.2 I believe this rounds down to 11 HP. 19:31 - I like Lickylicky, too, but for a different reason. When I was much younger (say, 10 years old), I saw a Gen 4 Pokemon movie or an episode of the Pokemon Anime or something where there was a very ham-fisted prince with an equally hammy Lickylicky, and I just loved them. I don't remember anything else about this Gen 4 Pokemon Movie/Anime episode, apart from another trainer with a Gallade who assists the main characters.

[@rosheafan]

11hp? how much defence and special defence does it have? I want to know if it's literally impossible to not kill it

[@OhCrapI_He]

​@@rosheafan Probably 5 or 6, like a lot of Level 1 Pokemon

[@iraloS]

This is honestly such a fucking cool video. Very interesting. Good work.

[@meddagoat]

I was wondering why you didn’t mention the game corner as well

[@amandamakin1542]

Here's all the legible Pika Cup Pokémon on this video in list form (if anyone needs it): ▪︎ Bulbasaur - at the lab on a new game in Red/Blue, or as level 15 gifts in Yellow ▪︎ Ivysaur - evolves from a Bulbasaur at level 16 ▪︎ Venusaur (illegible) ▪︎ Charmander - at the lab on a new game in Red/Blue, or as level 15 gifts in Yellow ▪︎ Charmeleon - evolves from a Charmander at level 16 ▪︎ Charizard (illegible) ▪︎ Squirtle - at the lab on a new game in Red/Blue, or as level 15 gifts in Yellow ▪︎ Wartortle - evolves from a Squirtle at level 16 ▪︎ Blastoise (illegible) ▪︎ Caterpie - at Viridian Forest ▪︎ Metapod - evolves from a Caterpie at level 7 ▪︎ Butterfree - evolves from a Metapod at level 10 ▪︎ Weedle - at Viridian Forest in Red/Blue, but NOT in Yellow ▪︎ Kakuna - evolves from a Weedle at level 7 ▪︎ Beedrill - evolves from a Kakuna at level 10 ▪︎ Pidgey - in early routes such as Route 1 ▪︎ Pidgeotto - evolves from a Pidgey at level 18, or can be found in Viridian Forest at level 9 in Yellow only ▪︎ Pidgeot (illegible) ▪︎ Rattata - in early routes such as Route 1 ▪︎ Raticate - evolves from a Rattata at level 20, or can be found at Route 21 at level 15 in Yellow only ▪︎ Spearow - in early routes such as Route 4 ▪︎ Fearow - evolves from a Spearow at level 20, or can be found at Route 9 at level 19 in Yellow only ▪︎ Ekans - in Route 4 at level 6 in Red only ▪︎ Arbok (illegible) ▪︎ Pikachu - at Viridian Forest at level 3 ▪︎ Raichu - evolve a level 15-20 Pikachu using a Thunderstone ▪︎ Sandshrew - in Route 4 at level 6 in Blue, or Route 3 in Yellow ▪︎ Sandslash (illegible) ▪︎ Nidoran Female - found at Route 22 at level 2 ▪︎ Nidorina - evolves from a Nidoran Female at level 16 ▪︎ Nidoqueen - evolve a level 16-20 Nidorina with a Moonstone ▪︎ Nidoran Male - found at Route 22 at level 2 ▪︎ Nidorino - evolves from a Nidoran Male at level 16 ▪︎ Nidoking - evolve a level 16-20 Nidorino with a Moonstone ▪︎ Clefairy - at Mt. Moon ▪︎ Clefable - evolve a level 15-20 Clefairy with a Moonstone ▪︎ Vulpix - at level 15 in Route 8 in Blue only ▪︎ Ninetails - evolve a level 15-20 Vulpix with a Firestond ▪︎ Jigglypuff - at Route 3 at level 3 ▪︎ Wigglytuff - evolve a level 15-20 Jigglypuff with a Moonstone ▪︎ Zubat - at Mt. Moon ▪︎ Golbat (illegible) ▪︎ Oddish - at Route 5 at level 13 in Red/Yellow ▪︎ Gloom (illegible) ▪︎ Vileplume (illegible) ▪︎ Paras - at Mt. Moon ▪︎ Parasect - in Pokémon Yellow, catch a level 13 Venonat at Route 25 & trade it to Red/Blue. Trade with the NPC who wants a Venonat for a Tangela. Trade that level 13 Tangela to Yellow & go to Route 18 & trade with the NPC to get a level 13 Parasect. ▪︎ Venonat - at Route 25 at level 13 in Yellow only ▪︎ Venomoth (illegible) ▪︎ Diglett - at Diglett's cave at level 15 ▪︎ Dugtrio - catch a level 15 Slowbro by surfing in Route 12 in Yellow. Trade it to Red/Blue. Trade with the NPC on Route 18 to get a level 15 Lickitung. Trade it to Yellow & trade with the NPC on Route 11 to get a level 15 Dugtrio. ▪︎ Meowth - in Route 5 at level 10 in Blue only ▪︎ Persian (illegible) ▪︎ Psyduck - in Route 6 at level 15 by using Surf in Yellow only ▪︎ Golduck - also in Route 6 at level 15 by using Surf in Yellow only ▪︎ Mankey - in Route 5 at level 10 ▪︎ Primape (illegible) ▪︎ Growlithe - in Route 8 in Red, or the Pokémon Mansion in Yellow ▪︎ Arcanine - evolve a level 15-20 Growlithe with a Firestone ▪︎ Poliwag - fish at Route 6 with a Good Rod ▪︎ Poliwhirl - at Route 22 in Yellow only ▪︎ Poliwrath - evolve a level 15-20 Poliwhirl with a Waterstone ▪︎ Abra - in Route 24 at level 8 ▪︎ Kadabra - evolves from an Abra at level 16 ▪︎ Alakazam - trade a level 16-20 Kadabra to evolve it ▪︎ Machop - at Rock Tunnel ▪︎ Machoke (illegible) ▪︎ Machamp - catch a level 16 Cubone in Area 2 in the Safari Zone in Yellow & trade it with the NPC in the Route 5-6 Underground Tunnel. The level 16 Machoke will instantly evolve ▪︎ Bellsprout - at Route 5 at level 13 in Blue/Yellow ▪︎ Weepinbell (illegible) ▪︎ Victreebel (illegible) ▪︎ Tentacool - on surfing routes such as Route 19 as low as level 5 ▪︎ Tentacruel - fish on Route 20 with a Good Rod for a level 20 Tentacruel in Yellow only ▪︎ Geodude - in Mt. Moon at level 8 ▪︎ Graveler (illegible) ▪︎ Golem - *Japanese Version Exclusive* - Trade a level 16-20 Kadabra with the "Raichu went & evolved" NPC to get a level 16-20 Graveler. It will instantly evolve. ▪︎ Ponyta (illegible) ▪︎ Rapidash (illegible) ▪︎ Slowpoke - also in Route 12 at level 15 by surfing in Yellow ▪︎ Slowbro - also in Route 12 at level 15 by surfing in Yellow ▪︎ Magnemite - ain Route 10 at level 16 in Yellow ▪︎ Magniton (illegible) ▪︎ Farfetch'd - trade a level 15-20 Spearow with the NPC in Vermillion City to get a Farfetch'd ▪︎ Doduo - at level 18 ▪︎ Dodrio (illegible) ▪︎ Seel (illegible) ▪︎ Dewgong - trade a level 15 Growlithe to the NPC at Pokémon Lab to get a level 15 Dewgong ▪︎ Grimer (illegible) ▪︎ Muk - *Japanese Version Exclusive* - Trade a level 15 Golduck to the NPC in the Pokémon Lab to get a level 15 Rhydon in Japanese Yellow. Trade it to Japanese Blue. Trade the Rhydon to an NPC in Route 11 to get a Kangaskhan. Trade it to Japanese Yellow. Trade it with the NPC at Pokémon Lab to get a level 15 Muk. ▪︎ Shellder - fish at Route 6 or Vermillion City with a Good Rod ▪︎ Cloyster - evolve a level 15-20 Shellder with a Waterstone ▪︎ Gastly - at the Pokémon Tower ▪︎ Haunter - level 20 at the Pokémon Tower ▪︎ Gengar - trade the level 20 Haunter to evolve it ▪︎ Onix - at Rock Tunnel ▪︎ Drowzee - at Route 9 in Red/Blue ▪︎ Hypno (illegible) ▪︎ Krabby - fish with a Super Rod at Route 25 in Yellow ▪︎ Kingler - fish with a Super Rod at Route 25 in Yellow ▪︎ Voltorb - in Route 14 in Red/Blue ▪︎ Electrode - trade a level 15-20 Raichu with the NPC at Pokémon Lab to get a level 15-20 Electrode ▪︎ Exeggcute - at Area 2 in the Safari Zone at level 20 ▪︎ Exeggutor - evolve a level 20 Exeggcute with a Leafstone ▪︎ Cubone - in Area 2 in the Safari Zone at level 16 in Yellow ▪︎ Marowak (illegible) ▪︎ Hitmonlee - rewarded at level 20 after beating the Pokémon Stadium Gym Leader Castle as a gift for winning with a game park team ▪︎ Hitmonchan - rewarded at level 20 after beating the Pokémon Stadium Gym Leader Castle as a gift for winning with a game park team ▪︎ Lickitung - catch a level 15 Slowbro by surfing in Route 12 in Yellow. Trade it to Red/Blue. Trade with the NPC on Route 18 to get a level 15 Lickitung. ▪︎ Koffing (illegible) ▪︎ Weezing (illegible) ▪︎ Rhyhorn - At the Safari Zone at level 20 ▪︎ Rhydon - catch a level 15 Golduck in Route 6 & trade it to the NPC at the Pokémon Lab to get a level 15 Rhydon ▪︎ Chansey - at the Safari Zone at level 6 Pokémon Yellow ▪︎ Tangela - in Pokémon Yellow, catch a level 13 Venonat at Route 25, trade it to Red/Blue & then trade with the NPC who wants a Venonat for a Tangela to get a level 13 Tangela ▪︎ Kangaskhan - *Japanese Version Exclusive* - Trade a level 15 Golduck to the NPC in the Pokémon Lab to get a level 15 Rhydon in Japanese Yellow. Trade it to Japanese Blue. Trade the Rhydon to an NPC in Route 11 to get a level 15 Kangaskhan ▪︎ Horsea - fish in Route 19 with a Super Rod, or route 13 in Yellow only ▪︎ Seadra - fish with a Super Rod at Route 6 in Yellow only ▪︎ Goldeen - fish at Route 6 with a Good rod ▪︎ Seaking (illegible) ▪︎ Staryu - fish with a Super Rod at Route 19 in Red/Blue or at Pallette Town in Yellow ▪︎ Starmie - evolve a level 15-20 Staryu with a Waterstone ▪︎ Mr. Mime - trade a level 15-20 Abra to the NPC at Route 2 to get a level 15-20 Mr. Mime ▪︎ Scyther - in the Safari Zone at level 15 only in Yellow ▪︎ Jynx - catch a level 15 Poliwhirl at Route 22 in Yellow, trade it back to Red/Blue, & trade it with an NPC in Cerulean City to get a level 15 Jynx ▪︎ Electabuzz (illegible) ▪︎ Magmar (illegible) ▪︎ Pincir - in the Safari Zone in Area 2 at level 15 only in Yellow ▪︎ Tauros (illegible) ▪︎ Magikarp - fish anywhere in with an Old Rod ▪︎ Gyarados - fish in Fuchsia City with a Super Rod to get a level 15 one ▪︎ Lapras - from an NPC at Silph co. in Saffron City, already level 15 ▪︎ Ditto - in basement floor 1 in Pokémon Mansion in Yellow only ▪︎ Eevee (illegible) ▪︎ Vaporeon (illegible) ▪︎ Jolteon (illegible) ▪︎ Flareon (illegible) ▪︎ Porygon - at level 18 from the game corner in Blue only ▪︎ Omanyte - rewarded at level 20 after beating the Pokémon Stadium Gym Leader Castle as a gift for winning with a game park team ▪︎ Omastar (illegible) ▪︎ Kabuto - rewarded at level 20 after beating the Pokémon Stadium Gym Leader Castle as a gift for winning with a game park team ▪︎ Kabutops (illegible) ▪︎ Aerodactyl (illegible) ▪︎ Snorlax (illegible) ▪︎ Articuno (illegible) ▪︎ Zapdos (illegible) ▪︎ Moltres (illegible) ▪︎ Dratini - fish with a Super Rod at the Safari Zone to get a level 15 one in Red/Blue, level 10 in Yellow ▪︎ Dragonair - fish with a Super Rod at the Safari Zone to get a level 15 one in Yellow only ▪︎ Dragonite (illegible) ▪︎ Mewtwo (banned) ▪︎ Mew (banned)

[@goldensun03]

You also have the option with vulpix in yellow at the game corner. I think you get it at 10 or 15 for cheap amount of coins.

[@_Tzer]

wonder if you would add the japanese versions of red and green n blue to the equasion edit: he did add blue idk about red and green.

[@ulkimion]

I was expecting at least one obscure event pokemon on the list xD

[@acheron16]

It's disturbing how I know most of this just by having played the literal shit out of Gen 1. Can't say the same Gen 3 and afterwards.

[@Lpoeser]

A level 1 Diglett has 11 HP, the lowest possible amount barring Shedinja. It may reach 12 HP with high enough IVs and EVs. This also made me look up the highest possible HP value at level 1. A hypothetical level 1 Blissey would have 16 HP, 17 if it has very high HP IVs and EVs. Chansey's stuck at 16. Speaking of humble beginnings...

[@JustButton]

Man pika cup in later gens would be so interesting

[@SaibotKing2000]

Fisher in the round 2 version of Pika Cup uses all the tricks in the book to get fully evolved Pokemon like it's no problem. I still think he's a no good cheater.

[@TheRagnarokknight]

My usual team consists of Lapras, Dragonair, and Gyarados. They're bulky for the tier, can dish out massive damage, and they all can learn Dragon Rage, which destroys most of the cup.

[@2Eliishere]

This is weirdly interesting.

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

I need a working copy of gen 1... the games I borrowed for gen 1 are bootleg so the saves won't hold despite the batteries being replaced semi recently

[@ghoul1shgobl1n49]

Rom and emulators?

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

@@ghoul1shgobl1n49 It's not the same. Plus emulation just looks plain awful because literally nobody is working on it. The ones that let you use the transfer paks have graphical glitches and can't even play the gameboy tower. I know emulators have speed up but it's not the same to me.

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

I actually ordered a copy of Pokemon Yellow

[@RaphielShiraha64]

@@mrsuperheatran2794 there is actually a lot of gameboy advance emulators that are still being worked on today and can play gameboy games too some of them can even do cable link connection via internet if you try hard. and yes like you said it have save state and speed up, if you are playing the normal version instead of color you can even make change the palette of the game to be instead of green/black white anything you want, personally i always preferred emulation even when i have my ps2 i think is better playing on pc but if you don't think is the same that is fine just saying i can't relate.

[@MINI_JasperJunior]

Start of video: who is this git? End of video: I like this git. 🥳

[@danhenry8163]

Back then I just bread and hatched one egg from Gold Silver and Crystal from gen 2 and traded them to Yellow from gen 1 also taking 1 each from Blue and Red then transfered them all onto the n64 to get a perfect team with good moves to beat this cup. I was lucky enough to have four transfer paks all Pokemon GB Games and both Stadium 1 and 2.

[@alastoralex4828]

you are not the only one, I care about this subject!

[@DoctorNovakaine]

For any Safari Zone Pokémon that can be found at the right levels in Red/Blue, you can use the Seafoam Islands Coast Glitch to catch them without having to resort to the Safari Zone mechanics. This should not count as a rule violation because the Pokémon CAN technically be caught without the glitch, the glitch just makes it easier to do. Sadly, I don't think that's an option in Yellow, so Chansey and Scyther aren't so lucky.

[@Mrperson0]

Yeah, if you want to use glitches like that, all 149 Pokemon would be eligible since they can be obtained through the extended Mew Glitch (using a wild Ditto).

[@RaphielShiraha64]

@@Mrperson0 like they said the glitch just make them more easy to catch in the same location, is not like they are making pokemon impossible to catch to catch.

[@Clear1]

should also mention that rental gyarados has hydro pump, when it cannot learn it without using the mew glitch.

[@keiharris332]

And dratini crushes everything with dragon rage x.x

[@tatagliacon]

just learned today that you can catch a level 15 slowbro on route 12 from this video :O then again i havent played the game in years

[@niccodirenzi4126]

Gen2 trading could effect this like crazzzzzyyy😳

[@TKnHappyNess]

Even if you could get the low level Pokemon from Gen 2, they probably wouldn't be allowed in

[@ahmetfarukseker2005]

I just caught that level 7 Chansey.

[@ValiTheSaltMan]

I really like Lickilicky too!

[@razorvolare]

What would this list look like w/ the help of 2nd Gen?

[@Nicius-]

Next video, best team to defeat gym leaders castle in pokemon stadium.

[@braidonsaelens5174]

19:31 FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS

[@chopperbrosadvance9760]

Great vid

[@theMOCmaster]

lickylicky stab explosion :O

[@agentblackbird9435]

So wait. If this the second game in Japan, then what was the first in Japan?

[@PikangsFutaba]

@@EvolutionArchive23 And also said Pokemon Stadium was how they could get Pikachu learn Surf (without glitches of course), and since outside Japan the real 1st Pokemon Stadium was never released, the Surf Pikachu bonus was coded in the international releases of the real Pkmn Stadium 2 in place of two Stadium Tournaments.

[@FoxMan_FF]

For clarity, the Pokémon Stadium we got overseas is essentially Japan's Pokémon Stadium 2. The original Stadium only had 42 out of the 151 Pokémon available for use. IIRC the rest of them were supposed to be added in a 64DD expansion but that obviously never happened.

[@silverfoil8854]

And what we got as "Stadium 2" was named "Stadium Gold and Silver" in japan

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

what the trilogy in Japan

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

I thought I was the only who liked lickilicky as well.

[@cantbehelped]

So whats the optimal party setup for the Pika Cup? Found the video very interesting, keep at it.

[@Peachrocks5]

Probably something like: Alakazam lvl 20, Gyarados lvl 20, Starmie lvl 15, Dragonair lvl 15, Raichu lvl 15, Lapras lvl 15. Dragon rage and psychic abuse for days. Raichu, in case someone else has Starmie/Lapras and don't forget it learns surf. You could even make a case for using Kababra AND Alakazam because of how busted Alakazam is but that would mean using a level 19/16/16 set up instead of 20/15/15 which means no Gyarados. You could probably substitute Dugtrio in there over one the level 15's, maybe Lapras if you want electric coverage and less electric weakness, but really dragon rage and psychic abuse is all this format is.

[@cantbehelped]

@@Peachrocks5 Thank you, friend. I love this breakdown

[@Demi-Joker]

Wait, so there are other Pokémon than Charizard, Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Gigantamax Charizard? YOU LIED TO ME GAMEFREAK!

[@shaymin491]

Interesteding video

[@doopness785]

I used a team of Slowbro Arcanine Gyarados

[@Whurlpuul]

No pichus allowed in the pika cup. :'[]

[@mjb20077]

Did You Test Green?

[@RaphielShiraha64]

green have same trades as japan red

[@Negawatttttttt11]

I rlly want the game have some sort of candy rro lower level, heck call it common candy

[@robertyingst5826]

27 of which can be found in crystal/gold at level 10-15 !! (Maybe more too!)

[@HoodieDragon]

Oh cool a Pokémon vid!

[@cicerothenekoknightplaysall]

Cool more information

[@cuneoluis]

damn this is some fucking hard work like and subscribe

[@Infindox]

Nah I loved Lickilicki too

[@alexandreoliveira9702]

Ah man, Pika Cup sounds so bad in portuguese lol

[@cattygaming2769]

I'm in the pika cup. Normaly