I Completed Pokemon Platinum's BRUTAL Pokedex

[@Rebublic_of_austria]

What is going on guys, my name is John and welcome Back to yet another video.

[@OriginalJokee]

This year I’ve been taking on the daunting challenge of completing as many Pokédex’s in the Pokémon series as I can to see just how different the experience was back in the day, and to highlight how convenient the new games are in comparison.

[@skippidybap9503]

Out of the history of the Pokémon games, generation IV is without a doubt the most nostalgic for me, as Pokémon pearl took up an overwhelming majority of my childhood.

[@HanHanZhang-gojo-lover]

Out of the history of the Pokémon games, generation 4 is without a doubt the most nostalgic for me as Pokémon pearl took up an overwhelming majority of my childhood and although I have completed the decks in these games, something about them always makes we what to come back.

[@HanHanZhang-gojo-lover]

@@skippidybap9503hey

[@HanHanZhang-gojo-lover]

@@skippidybap9503same time lol

[@shady7919]

35:40 I absolutely love how John's mom played along as best she could even if she had no idea what he was talking about 😂 very wholesome moment

[@arcticgalaxies9160]

his mom is so cute!

[@eliyarrows2456]

Her saying he lost aura around 53:00 was also hilarious 😂

[@CommanderWiggins]

She's such a good sport, I love her.

[@arcticgalaxies9160]

@@CommanderWiggins shes so iconic

[@buggibii]

her "yes, and" game is on point

[@Patterrz]

I love glancing over to the chat every now and then and seeing the big rainbow "BALLS" emote

[@Pippy7182]

Aw man, no patterrz reacts for this one 😔

[@Byrdmaniax65]

Yo, it's Dylan's cousin Patterrz!

[@TheKingPingu.]

After losing a bet to PM7, Johnstone's official name is BALLS

[@Oscar92839]

Ayo

[@joshuaanderson9102]

​@Oscar92839 they made a deal over registeel shiny

[@Sir_Spheal]

I will never fail to be amazed at the persistece of Johnstone's chat typing balls in a rainbow font. They are so bessoted with that one word, such persistence has not been seen since the trojan war. Every waking hour of the Johnstone chatter's mind is plagued by thoughts of rainbow balls. Every day they ponder why they love the rainbow balls so much. And yet every time they come back. Every day they return with godly resolve, lurking inbetween every message with any sort of meaning to simply say.. Balls.

[@kingschulz1444]

As a regular chatter I can confirm there is no stream where I do not at least once type *BALLS*

[@idkwhatanameisorcarewhatitis]

u mean balls chat tying balls in a rainbow font?

[@BigGengar13]

Balls

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Platinum award winning video, Platinum award winning editing, Platinum award winning Twoterra, Platinum award winning pickle, Platinum award winning distribution cartridges, Platinum award winning ENDING

[@Lc00000-i]

Epic Matt comment

[@Thepokenerdoriginal]

I love your videos Matt ❤ also H

[@chaoscasserole5990]

Platinum award winning Platinum

[@CrazyDave12]

Platinum award winning comment

[@oblivion2025]

That gengar thing totally caught me off guard didn’t realize you could do that

[@goldishyellowish241]

I love the ds Sinnoh games; Because after you beat the game, it turns around, looks at you dead in the eyes and says "good luck catching everything else buddy".

[@mikubrot]

tbh black/white are the same

[@goldishyellowish241]

​@@mikubrotHonestly, the more I think about it the ds era as a whole was really big on catching quite literally everything after you see the credits for the first time

[@hedgehogpower194]

I mean that is now that the GTS was closed years ago

[@BarnyWaterg8]

I have a 250 hour HG save that is somewhat close to a complete dex and getting the remaining mons feels like such an impossible task

[@goldishyellowish241]

@@BarnyWaterg8 Jesus! and I thought that I put an ungodly amount of hours into my copy of heartgold. How do you have me beat by almost 60 hours?!?!

[@Angryoyster]

Watching this lowkey deeply frustrates me. For a franchise whose catchphrase is “gotta catch em all” they really do not want you to catch em all. It’s not just a grind is a damn living torture trial

[@buttahXD]

Oh they want you to, they just want you to do it by paying for every game in existence and being lucky enough to make every event.

[@kenplaysgames9692]

Back in the day they were lifestyle games; they wanted you to check in daily, play and trade with other people, slowly work towards that goal. Doing it alone was never the intent.

[@melvv18]

Oh no, older gens were very much you have to be there, if you wanted to catch them all. Good luck if you got bored, or happened to be born at the wrong time.

[@nataliecoronado4206]

from notes between executives at Game Freak found in the Teraleak, it seemed they wanted to retire the "Gotta Catch 'em All" idea as early as Gen 3

[@zwillscoopchannel9689]

@@nataliecoronado4206makes sense also didn’t that start because of the 4 kids theme song for the show

[@jasonwrzesien3461]

"Last Gen 4 game for a while". Immediately goes into doing a Gen 4 shiny dex

[@key099able]

That will be a shockingly easy one due to Arceus and stupidly annoying for every legendary/mythical

[@justinhamilton8647]

me for the past 15 years actually

[@PrimalSneeze]

Oh, for fu-- MOM, HE'S DOING THE POKÉDEX AGAIN GET THE BROOM

[@jakeharris1207]

🧹🧹🧹

[@AstroidmaniaVideos]

BIG DAY FOR JOHNSTONE FANS

[@keeganmcdermott2013]

The amount of charm and skill John brings to his videos from an editing and storytelling side is just phenomenal. He’s really grown as a creator and personality over the last few years. I rewatch his catalog often as background noise for other tasks and the evolution of his content and his integration of his livestream and his ability to bounce off his chat can’t be understated. Thank you Mr Stone !

[@nickywal]

The actual shiver that went down my spine when you said honey trees, Professor Oak challenges leave deep scars

[@keksauce]

There's a reason I don't really enjoy playing Gen 4 all that much these days :) Nah but seriously fuck Munchlax, it took me two months

[@nana-wb2xh]

as someone who was there to witness momstone unintentionally drag john and his lack of aura, I can’t wait to get to that point of the video LMAO

[@typhoontiak6213]

My favorite part is that she says he started at 10, went down to 4 from the duct tape, and then said his current aura is 9.7, meaning he still hasn't fully recovered lmao

[@BenjiAndStuff]

The call with his mom is legit the funniest bit of any Pokemon video I’ve seen in a while

[@benchambers7419]

Literally just been binge watching whilst playing scarlett. This is peak Friday entertainment

[@SerDerpish]

scarlet* 🤦🏽

[@shinyregicecool]

@@SerDerpishScarlett Johansson*

[@benchambers7419]

Bruh

[@solarboyaaron4652]

@@SerDerpish hey shut

[@AZYG4LYFE]

47:30 - I specifically remember this event being held in-person in the UK, notably at the Pokemon stall at Riverside Festival in Nottingham. From memory I can recall that whilst my parents were away at work, I had plenty of time to sneak out of the house (was in sixth form college at the time) , catch a bus a go there to get the event. But I didn't risk it and chose to stay home instead. Although some time later I think I recall having a trade from a friend who went there, thus I was able to claim the other 3 regis. Pokemon Platinum was definitely a game of it's era. Edit 48:16 - Yes, the lvl1 was funny, I don't know why, but I didn't question it haha.

[@beauvogames]

I love how you probably had so many streams where random people would join a "completing the Platinum Pokédex" stream just to find you playing a Pokémon game that's NOT Platinum 😄 (incredible accomplishment and thanks for all the Gen IV nostalgia too)

[@Embroysia]

John: "Let's see what my childhood Wii from 2008 looks like!" Me, who graduated highschool in 2005: *smiling to hide the pain*

[@ZacharyC1117]

johnstone once every month or few months: here's a full pokedex video

[@shaekelley6500]

I'm still happy that John is making these kinds of videos. After all of kind of the stuff that went down after generation nine I think that is going to be my final Pokémon game. I am basically just doing what I can to collect the last of the ones I don't have. And John's videos on his DEX completion or Challenge just makes me appreciate these games and how growing up I was fortunate to play them. Even now having lost my eyesight for over eight years I'm still thankful to these games for giving me a reason to never give up on my love for video games.

[@samuell8721]

Modern Pokémon really makes a lot of stuff easier And easier trades and less trade evolutions definitely helps a lot here in completing a living Dex in SV

[@AC12246]

True like if you can't trade in literally the games you might as well trade in Pokémon home and easy transfers

[@RadladZ-offical]

It’s not a bad thing though the SV Pokédex is a blast

[@Migoobear]

16:00 Fun fact: Groudon and Kyogre have catch rates of 5 from gens 3 to 6. They were later lowered to 3 in ORAS. Edit: Actually looking at the Hoenn trio's rates I only just realised that Rayquaza's catch rate was raised from 3 to 45 in ORAS and it stayed that way until scarlet and violet where it went back to 3.

[@jmcbango]

This one is special for me. Back in the summer of 2015 leading into my junior year of high school, I decided to go back and build a living dex in platinum. It had always been my favorite, and I figured it would be a good way to experience everything it had to offer. The journey got me through several hardships in that time of my life, and I eventually completed it shortly after starting university. Thanks for documenting this sick run through one of the best games ever made ❤

[@alex_humphrey_33]

I recently bought Platinum again after my flatmate was getting back into Pokemon, its shipping soon and I can’t wait to relive my childhood!

[@johntrollski]

Your storytelling, editing, pacing and everything is top tier! After making my own long form video I can really appreciate this content even more. Plus us John's are just the coolest people 😎

[@SkullMon7]

Bro critiqued the video 😭🙏

[@sebastiandelorey6562]

I’ve been working on a gen 4 living national dex since 2020 in HG. It warms my heart to see a video about it. I learned a lot and also some things I wish I would have known sooner😩 I will be using compound eyes to get 6 lucky eggs. Sad to hear it’s the last gen 4 video for a while. Love the videos John

[@SkittyMochi]

I think you just unlocked another stage of nostalgia I didn't know I had. I REMEMBER catching SO MANY Pokémon using the DS cartridge dongle feature. My god, I MISS THAT SO MUCH. AND ALL THE IN-GAME EVENTS AND CONTENT!!!! I wish there was a way for those event cartridges to distribute outside of buying them :< I'd love to replay Platinum but I don't want to lose my Mystery Cards - like Rotom's special key.

[@matthewjames514]

20:06 you've been what?

[@Leeroy_the_Potato]

I also need answers to this question 😂

[@WinchesterxNL]

4 times?!? And isn't even in his thirties?!?

[@kristophesiem5336]

John is a busy man with a busy life

[@jackster57558]

I am glad I’m not the only one who had to pause at that

[@2kiris]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT i want answers

[@mophead3903]

3:19 jumpscared me since my text ringtone is the meme of a bunch of Pikmin yelling Pikmin and I’ve been waiting on a response back to something all day lol.

[@S0RGEx]

Ah, Pokemon Platinum. My first Pokemon game. So much nostalgia.

[@Aeroczema]

I'm a simple gal. I see Johnstone, I click. But for real I love your vids and Platinum is one of my absolute fave pokemon games, it was so fun to watch you do this challenge! Though seeing you release that Giratina was earth shattering😭

[@angelorossi167]

Man, this challenge was insane to say the least! I'm attempting to complete the pokédex in all the physical copies I own of the games, aside of buying the side games which sometimes are required, and after three years I'm not even half through! What you did is monumental! Also, I realize that I missed out so much useful things that are now lost forever (like the many pokèmon events, the My Pokémon Ranch on Wii which is now unavailable, the Pokémon Radar and the Pokètransport on DS, especially now that the 3DS online is dead for good). I have really to thank you for these videos, I'm finding out so much!

[@jamesfeeney2298]

That Yanma flying around the room was noice!

[@pointblank25]

This is insanely impressive, but the gigantic task of filling up My Pokemon Ranch to 1,000 as well is something I always wanted to do but as a kid I couldn't pull it off. Half these other events and tricks are stuff I always heard of but have never seen either. Thanks for pulling this off, and the process of editing it to be so enjoyable is extremely appreciated. Thank you.

[@michaelmurphy19]

Dude have you really been divorced 4 times? 😂

[@ariCM13]

thats what i wanna know

[@WailfulSeeker82]

Watching these videos makes me super glad I've never sold any of my older pokemon games. I also today got the 5 GBA games for $100 today at an antique store so yea

[@hunterswanson7787]

can't wait for the johnstone-inspired ranch dressing to hit store shelves in 20 years

[@fernando98322]

This takes me back... Doing the underground trick with a friend to catch Spiritomb, COMPLETELY LEGALLY playing through the Mythical events for Darkrai, Shaymin and Arceus, transfering a Manaphy Egg from my Rangers Shadows of Almia copy, receiving a special Wifi Mew, getting the cutie Spiky ear Pichu and experiencing Celebi warping through time to face Giovanni... Cherished memories

[@gobbagoo]

Funny thing about getting certain TID/SID is that only certain combos will let get certain shiny/iv combos in a pokeball you want in the wild.

[@leje5999]

I’m always amazed at this guys dedication and love for pokemon, I have tried many times to complete the Pokédex in a legit Nintendo intended way and I can’t even speed run the games without getting frustrated overwhelmed and with no desire of listening to the music of the games ever again lol is crazy

[@Rosethorn738]

I’ve been working on 100%ing (5 trainer star living dex) Platinum casually for a while so I was so excited to see this video! (I got the extra games I needed in Japanese to keep the cost low…ish)

[@caleykruse9852]

Ah yes my favorite poketuber John Ranch Another great vid

[@Dezzy1293]

Quality over quantity = John Stone

[@Rene-ij1ut]

Thnak you! I've been watching the Crystal, Emerald and Black 2 videos on a loop for months

[@dilliondantin]

That's not healthy

[@sonicboom428]

2:20 WHY ARE WE YELLING

[@themetalhead8927]

Your dedication is completely cracked, not only did you get every pokemon but doing it the old fashioned painful way, While Ive done living dexes before they were with the easier ways of of present, theres no way I could ever have the patients for that. I salute to your deication and perserverance.

[@ShinyGroudon]

BRO, immediately after you saying you named mudkip squirter, a freaking Trojan condom commercial played!

[@muybueno67]

I'm in the process of doing this same challenge myself :)! After watching your other dex videos I was inspired to try it in one of my fav games. I'm glad you made this video so that I can see what's in store for me once I beat the main story lol T^T. Thanks for all your hard work John. I'm always excited when I see a Johnstone vid in my feed!

[@RM-um9xx]

Gen 4 had the best legend/mythical encounters of the whole series. If all were availiable base game and not locked behind events it would be perfect.

[@DixieSeas]

The fact you said pearl took up your childhood and not red, blue, or yellow, makes me feel old as shit

[@enemystand2981]

Pokémon KZbin hasn’t been this good since like 2015

[@JamesBondBurgered]

The Ranger games are so underrated. They hold a special place in my heart and it’s always fun to see others play them.

[@StickMaster500]

While most of us used an Action Replay to complete our Pokedexes in Gen 4, Johnstone here did it the old-fashioned way, and I respect him for doing that 🙏

[@danwg3368]

This is exactly the video I needed to play for my hour-long drive home. Genuinely you have no idea how excited I was to see this when I opened KZbin lol (Don't freak out, I have KZbin Premium, I listen to videos with the screen off while I drive)

[@Kronos327]

47:50 there’s no European version of that cartridge. The European Shaymin is alone on its distribution cartridge; only the US version has Regigigas on it too

[@scooterthefish2133]

I am currently watching through the VODs of this series and want to save this till the end. I'm really enjoying the VODs so I'll watch this once I'm finished. Just want to drop by and give it my like to show my love ❤️

[@JohnIsHere2]

John: This is expensive! Me chilling with my crashed emulator: Nah bro this is peak

[@dilemmawhatson]

Incredible ending that was so funny. Btw this video gotta be one of the best on the platform for poketubers, you kept it so engaging, informative, funny. Chef’s kiss

[@gwencentavo5610]

Absolutely perfect ending! 🤣

[@PokeDubzTCG]

This one was fun to tag along and watch during streams! Another great and inspiring video man. Keep it up!

[@SoRePeSi]

39:30 I've been staring at this image for two minutes now and I have no idea what that's supposed to be

[@whitericerises1929]

Kinda looks like among us

[@SoRePeSi]

@@whitericerises1929 Ah, that might be it, thx. I kept seeing a duck's head.

[@Nazareth69420]

It’s sus

[@Chaquebills]

The amount of effort you put in these videos is really insane. You rly deserve more sub❤

[@black-n-gold]

37:12 fun fact, you DONT have to have the one specifically from this game… if you transfer from the previous generations. This was how I got a second rayquza back in the day when I only had sapphire and Soulsilver

[@thehummingbirdbandit9542]

I'm so excited to see you include the Pokemon Ranger event in this!!! The Ranger games are my favorite addition to the Pokemon franchise, and I never see them get talked about. It was an immediate blast to my childhood to see!

[@MusicAnime4Ever]

John: "first person ever to be excited about their trainer card" me, 4 years ago starting Crystal VC: HOLY SHIT PALINDROME ID!! (ID was 19591 haha)

[@Vary180]

same i would always be happy to see a cool looking ID

[@IronCodyAlan]

thank you for doing these series giving us viewers a way to vicariously experience so many of these things again or for the first time

[@snappysausage]

1:10 *enter shiny hunters who have been doing trainer id resets for years now*

[@LuminoZ]

I am haunted by the Beeps of Eon timer.

[@nintendogamer0462]

Cute charm glitch?

[@gobbagoo]

@@nintendogamer0462 That and getting specific IDs to get shinies with certain iv spreads

[@Winiday]

The Regigigas Dungeon was absolutely fun to watch. You made it first try through the Dungeon without problems, Good Vid John!

[@clm9872]

20:00 wait why and how is john divorced already...4 TIMES?!?

[@Deergod9]

If you get gibble underneath the cycling route it basically makes the game easy af, this helped me major as a 12 year old trying to speed run through the game but I don’t know how it would help you with this challenge

[@whatishappi]

I mean that one chatter was right. Rock climb didn’t kill Arceus.

[@Ghokeme]

This was BEAUTIFUL. Awh reminiscing the good old days. To when my cousin and I got different versions just to help each other with the dex

[@ehoraida5900]

8:00 lets see how many people knows her name

[@SilverSmith459]

It's obviously Can'twater

[@dragax9666]

​@@SilverSmith459maybevapor! Alternatively, mightsteam

[@Jackson-eb9wq]

Threeterra

[@damianporter942]

Canned Ice

[@snowytrailz]

candy

[@liamgran506]

This makes me remember when Pokemon was cool as hell

[@BidoofBoy1234]

Under 2 minutes gang 👇

[@Andrew-jz1pm]

Here

[@LadyPhantomhivexx]

Am I too late 🙈

[@nana-wb2xh]

damn not the self report LMAO

[@Tylerrzz]

Truly inspiring. You completed my whole childhood officially. (I can’t comprehend the challenge that proceeds this for the next generation) :)

[@poundcakeboi3104]

How dare you call Gen 4 “back in the day.”

[@ryleonfire]

Oh boy… I think we need to have a chat about how old gen 4 is now fellow unc

[@poundcakeboi3104]

@ what are you saying?? I swear I’m still nephew.

[@Nickscamping]

I may not be subscribed because I’m not a very big Pokémon content watcher but I’ve seen your videos time and time again. While this type of Pokémon content is very abundant, I have to say Johnstone you do it best. Keep up the awesome work!

[@ZPokePlayz]

54:16 you can see it’s not shaking can’t you?

[@Jakanato]

The platinum dex took me forever as a kid. But this game is an absolute GEM 💎

[@theotheyoutubewatcherista]

6:23 trans burmy pog

[@jdv637]

Your content has only gotten better

[@vastnumber]

I can tell a tonne of effort was put into this video. I’ve never watched your stuff before, but I’m definitely subbing and going to continue to support you going forward. Good job man!

[@mostlyghostey]

Wow! 23 on trending for gaming at the moment! Awesome job Johnstone you definitely deserve it!!

[@Ace-gw4tr]

Catch every Pokémon in Pokémon Black but plot twist, all of them have to be Shiny’s

[@ThaShadowKing]

I cannot express how much John has evolved in his content and how much he is challenging himself. Thank you again bro for another great video. Can't wait for the next upload

[@ulissesleal2002]

OMG I have been waiting for this to come! Thank you, John!

[@ScreamingBulbasaur]

John is a absolute unit when it comes to mental challenges holy crap bros put at least 1000-1500 hours in easily

[@GuckFoogle507]

Fun fact: The 'seeing every Pokemon in the regional Dex' thing is also in Diamond and Pearl. Johnstone doesn't know that because no one, not even him, played DP fully besides me

[@micahthebrave]

absolute banger as always. felt lucky to catch a lot of this one live, definitely adds to the experience as a viewer. your content always makes me want to just play pokemon games, john. keep up the great work.

[@tybauer3777]

This video is so cool dude thank you for taking the time to make it happen

[@MrCowboy6588]

It hurt my soul deeply to see you get the manaphy egg and NOT shiny hunt it! They are so hard to find haha it made my soul cry! Great vid as always, keep it up!

[@atomdecay]

I just felt like I should share, in the middle of watching this video, I randomly decided to run to my local Game store to check if there were any new trade ins. John, your insane (broken) luck bled through the screen & I found a CIB copy of Pokémon White 2, Pokémon Platinum, AND Pokémon HeartGold! It was over $450 in total, but still, what a find! I'm going to look through these old save files & Pokémon boxes while I watch the rest of this awesome challenge 😊 just good feels all around! I've almost completely rebuilt my childhood collection that was stolen from me!!! Also congratulations on completing this insanity!

[@atomdecay]

UPDATE: So, the Pokémon Platinum version was clearly cleaned out & every Mon was sent to Pokémon Bank, so that was a wash 😂 that's fine though, I always have a harder time deleting good save files, so this one won't be anything to start over. As for Pokémon White 2? THE DUDE HAS A TOTALLY COMPLETED POKÉDEX, JOHN. A FULLY COMPLETED WHITE 2 POKÉDEX! I assumed at first that they probably hacked in most of them with an Action Replay, but I checked them out, & so far they all seem to be legit! Idk who this person is/was, or why they would EVER sell a totally completed Pokédex complete in box, but this is going to be a tough one. I obviously don't want to delete this file, it's super impressive & I would feel SO bad deleting it, but on the other hand, this is MY journey, & I would just trade the good ones over to my other games, but I don't want to complete my Pokédex like that. I want to do it myself. I'm sure at least a few are hacked, as there is no way this person went to EVERY event, right? Right? The file is dated around 2013, so maybe they did. Maybe they really did spend all that time & effort completing this game. What should I do? :(

[@QTwentyTwo]

This was so fun to watch live over the course of the month or so it took. Great job packing it all together, and thanks for the JOHNTENT 👏

[@loubob0511]

Wake up babe, new Johnstone video dropped.

[@afrizzyy]

I have a non living dex of 493/493 on my pokemon diamond from 7th grade. The fact you did a gen 4 living dex is insane. I had to transfer a ton from sapphire, emerald, FR and LG. Spiritomb was the worst because i borrowed my childhood friend's copy of pearl... in 2023. Never had a ruby cartridge though so those were the toughest ones but we made it.

[@EnderPheonix]

Every video this man puts out is quality and they just keep getting better and better.

[@SamDexter-yk5xh]

You don’t understand… HOW LONG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

[@theninthgymleader4703]

Hyped. Listening to this will get me through the last hour of work! LFG

[@kingzerko]

Yet ANOTHER Johnstone's banger.