I Made Pokémon Chess

[@LittleZReal]

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[@exoticluke99]

Yo when is Everyone is OP 3 coming out?

[@seanmiller3756]

Brother do you want chess lessons? I'm not great, but currently a coach at my local chess club and am teaching after school chess programs. If you want to start beating Poppit1 hit me up.

[@supercyclone8342]

I'm an indie game developer who just recreated chess as a side project last week (what are the chances lol). This video is tempting me to do something else with that project...

[@danielbarker7009]

Bisharp is literally based off a Bishop

[@heyyou8714]

This was a great idea dude. Got nothing else to say but that, was just a great idea.

[@TRIVIA5209]

This man really did the chess equivalent of turning items on

[@ndndjdk7976]

He really did

[@kirbyboy2631]

Yup

[@betotapia602]

Wasn’t that fire emblem?🤔xp

[@kybercrystal.]

Lol facts

[@JohnyMeBoi]

nah more like stage hazards

[@Azathottie]

You took chess and added the ability to choose characters,type effectiveness and RNG. Congratulations Little Z you have reinvented Fire Emblem.

[@lusaminehq]

now where's the turn wheel

[@Rpm195]

And what have you ever get done?... Exactly.

[@cjlite0210]

​@@Rpm195*got

[@tonyhakston536]

@@Rpm195 it’s not a competion, bro.

[@YoutubeCommonman_Totas]

Fire Emblem; Asking the age old question, "what if chess made you horny?"

[@ThePureSynergist]

“Lopunny was my pawn” may be the best line ever said on this channel.

[@zawarudo855]

plus with his accent makes it sound like he's saying something else

[@ShatMyPant]

I didn't know that he said "pawn" until I read the comments lmfao 💀

[@shn4449]

@@zawarudo855 I think that was the intention lol

[@g1d3on_j98]

you sure he said pawn? might’ve been something else 💀

[@just_hage8862]

Escpeccially because he could’ve just said pawniard

[@Flipchu]

Having the background of each player's camera being the same color as their chess pieces is a really nice touch. Very well done!

[@wishesandbennett2372]

That's sick! I didn't even notice

[@RealbluesparkFN]

Didn't even notice

[@zekenator762]

Man it's so inspiring to see how after all these years in KZbin Zack still tries making new creative stuff instead of sticking to money grab videos truly a legend mate so glad to have you i am really proud of your work and i will keep supporting you now and forever keep it up buddy

[@FrancescoMariaElFiore]

As a game designer, I can only say I am amazed at how you are able to blend different games together to create something so chaotic and yet so fun. Bravo indeed, Zack, top notch idea and video!

[@Dr.Pimento]

This production on this video is insane. Worth the wait for sure

[@NightFreeze9128]

"I've recently started playing chess" me: *suddenly realizes how much character development this must have taken from how much he made fun of Poppt1 chess videos on underdogs a year ago*

[@TrashTripp]

Certainly you make this into a website too right? If monopoly gets a website this has to!

[@SCP_O49]

yea it does need to have a website

[@UltraViolet750]

I'm working towards being a software engineer so I might make this into a website game

[@SCP_O49]

​@@UltraViolet750 if you actually make it, we thank you for the gift brother (and also link it if you do make it please)

[@awkwardsilence4241]

A website for this game would be AMAZING

[@rishimukherjee3229]

yes please

[@Furry19931993]

this ... was surprisingly fun to follow along ... this could actually be some fun gimmick game that'll hold some peoples attention for a month or two and then the next thing might come along, but i'd love to give this a shot

[@michels8743]

2:36 "second chess game not going so bad" he said calmly while blundering his rook and pinning his bishop to his king

[@i.love.mrbudgell]

ikr

[@pastafandom2177]

Well y'know.

[@SacredBlazeXxX]

Me who knows nothing about chess: Those are certainly words.

[@litessbu]

@@SacredBlazeXxX If you knew nothing about chess, then why did you click on this video before learning the rules?

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

@@litessbu Entertainment.

[@dougggtheoof]

Honestly, this made me miss our actual Pokémon chess, Pokémon TFG/Duel. For those who don't remember, you basically had these spinning Pokémon figures that moved across a board to reach a goal on the other side. A game could totally turn around due to RNG so this Pokémon Chess was spot on!

[@indecisive_v]

precisely! after the dice got added it felt like a game of pokemon duel!

[@alexholmes7328]

tbf i think pkmn duel was unofficial and that’s why it got shut down but it was so fun I remember bulbasaur and ghastly being broken for some reason

[@Mqstodon]

​@@alexholmes7328 it was official! It was actually also made with real figurines years before it became an app, shame it got the treatment it got

[@MelodyLumina]

i love “lopunny was my pawn” cuz he was obviously playing into his accent there

[@ShatMyPant]

I didn't know that he said "pawn" until I read the comments lmfao 💀

[@shanemiller1182]

Oh I just now got the joke lmao

[@tigerjupmer123]

@@shanemiller1182 i dont

[@tigerjupmer123]

@@shanemiller1182 oh never mind

[@OneHundredFiftyTwo]

​@@ShatMyPant every comment that's related to this you appear

[@Cmullet33]

When Jackson rolled that 1 and missed his attack and yelled "what is this game?!" I laughed out loud. Genius idea. You need to trademark this game asap! 😆

[@Whateverworksman93]

0:47 “I’m going to make it easier for ME to win by making it even more complicated”

[@sharkodactyl7796]

The production values on this video are insane. SO crisp. The graphics for the Pokemon piece assignments looked absolutely phenomenal

[@sPasTiGHg-yi6wp]

Honestly how does he still come up with new and amazing video ideas? It’s honestly incredible

[@Bready101]

Npc detected

[@nedcurfman3486]

He said so himself: by sucking at chess and deciding to rig it

[@theluckyhooman9665]

@@fury_blade9303 i haven't gotten recommended chess videos in months

[@crackermanuelgd]

The fact that you said "honestly" twice bothers me for some reason.

[@bannles]

Heard about this on the podcast, and I’ve been hyped ever since. I don’t know how nobody has come up with this idea before, because the strategy of both games work super well together!

[@TheRealDarzii]

Innovative Content ✅ Australian as heck ✅ Horrible at Chess ✅ Must be Little Z 🥰

[@kindacooltho284]

What?

[@ilovecairns5181]

Australian as heck? I think you call that normal.

[@defnotnaruto222]

@@ilovecairns5181 nah he's upside down rn

[@SlowUnpacking]

Sorry mate, those are checkers ✅

[@austinpease3882]

@Little Z, You absolutely need to send in your games to GothamChess to get them analyzed, that would be absolutely hilarious, I would watch the hell out of that video. Excellent video by the way, super entertaining and really high effort. I loved it!

[@zapatocryz5866]

Gotham wouldnt waste his time

[@austinpease3882]

@@zapatocryz5866 okay then :(

[@Noicewitit]

Bro that would be so funny! I would definitely watch that video

[@sirk603]

I don’t think Gotham would watch them

[@moistmellow1198]

@@zapatocryz5866 You know Gotham is a content creator first now and a Chess player second... it's not guaranteed but I could see Gotham making a video talking about it if he found out about it

[@Naoki_XC]

0:56 Now I get how you got to say "Lopunny" that quickly in the Family Feud video lol

[@boftungol9423]

Actually really cool to hear that Jackson is so good at chess. I thought we weren't gonna get any good chess content but cogger pulled it out of the bag.

[@StoicForce]

With all the talk we've heard about Jordan and Chess, Jackson winding up as the actual 'Chess Master' was a surprising, yet understandable twist in The Underdogs' lore.

[@DalekIsBored]

"and lopunny was my pawn" I GENUINELY JUST FUCKING DIED THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR IN A POKEMON CHESS VIDEO MY GUY CHILLLLLLLLLLLL

[@hand-drawnanimations8763]

This is a really amazing idea. I would love to see more of your "game-modding" ideas like this! As a lover of game design myself, this was especially interesting. I think the "Critical Hit" mechanic could work, but it would be better with an 8-sided or 10-sided die. The ~16% (or 1-in-6) chance of either critical hitting or missing is probably a bit too often. I wonder what the optimal (or one of the optimal) 'teams'/loadouts would be for this game.

[@3eve0n]

As an aspiring game designer, even a 1% chance to miss would still be an awful mechanic. it is simply too punishing in many scenarios. it's basically like tripping in brawl, but in a turn based game where the opponent doesn't even need to react quickly to punish. crits are less toxic and unfair but imo just feel unnecessary, because super effectives do the exact same thing. the game would be better overall without these mechanics at all, as the former punishes tighter, more tactical play and encourage players to always just retreat instead of counterattacking, and the latter was clearly just added as a counterbalance.

[@hand-drawnanimations8763]

I'm ambivalent to Critical Hits, but I do not like Critical Misses/Fails (looking at you, Critical Fumbles in D&D). I would argue that Critical Hits are more interesting in a TTRPG game designed for collaborative storytelling, because of the unpredictable-ness that can add to the narrative. But in a competitive game about decisions... it can just end up being frustrating. Although, Darkest Dungeon would be a lot less scary without Critical Hits. But then again, Darkest Dungeon is a game designed around the player planning for the unpredictability and danger of RNG combat.

[@brothadrknes8435]

I love how Zack cut out the parts where bro was definitely both callin his ass out and lightin his ass up about bein right about that type advantage. I feel like they have these moments a lot irl cuz hopcat just had this “you think you’re always right but I got yo ass for sure” look on his face

[@blazingghost9963]

Honestly, seeing Little Z get played in chess, mainly by bad moves, was more entertaining than I thought.

[@ANerdWithAPiano]

I love the classical music in the background. It adds another level to the ridiculousness of the video because it feels like such a serious backdrop for highly modded chess.

[@mateocortes4148]

Cogger being a chess master is both surprising and also completely in character for him.

[@Matpit18]

The thing is with the die is that there’s an actual mechanic in Pokémon called Damage Rolls. And these rolls are ironically called High and Low Rolls, which makes the whole die rolling thing even more fitting

[@jacobwalters]

This is probably one of his best videos, excellent work Zack!

[@PotyGames]

"chansey is pink like the other one, why is not fairy" thats a pretty good point

[@Jay-boogie]

Love Jackson at the end! Zach: Try it at home! It's really fu- Jackson: It's f***ing shit is what it is!!!

[@anachronity9002]

this actually looks pretty fun without the critical hits and misses. You would probably add the rule that you can never directly take the king, even with an extra move from super effective, and that the king doesn't sacrifice itself on a not very effective capture.

[@Xrazoc]

This is actually something I would do too for funs, or at least something similar, glad to see this. Awesome idea.

[@DaveVR83]

0:29 "THE ROO-"

[@schugginaischn6682]

The perfectly cut THE ROOOOK at 0:29 is just beautiful. I watched it like 10 times and I love it

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

"And Lopunny was my pawn" AYO?!

[@stevelucky7579]

You absolute mad lad, you made Chess 2! Most people’s joke about it, but you literally made Chess2 possible!

[@nulpsimartech]

The 3 things I love in life are Pokémon, Chess and Little Z videos so this is a good sign that I'm gonna have a great time!

[@RealbluesparkFN]

What about Jesus.

[@Mqstodon]

​@@RealbluesparkFN that's so funny

[@DoctorNovakaine]

This guy really can even make advertising entertaining. Little Z's sponsored segments alone are better than some people's entire KZbin careers. Also, very neat twist on chess, maybe needs a bit of playtesting and some additional modeling to truly complete the idea, but as a proof of concept I like it.

[@vincentvandoorn2568]

9:29 Zack should have lost his gogoat because it's not super effective against ice... but he does remember the rule when Poppit does it the next turn hahaha

[@meepmop1535]

He countered Cogger's skill with Cogger's awful luck. Genius

[@randomash2192]

what an incredible catch by cogger i must say 14:57

[@theidpboi6205]

the thumbnail and title alone make this QUALITY content. Let's go, man

[@360noahscope]

Watching him get Scholar's mated while cooking was a damn good ad im ngl

[@sahil_tayade]

Jordon was such a good addition to this game, so funny

[@wave7090]

Jordan makes anything and everything into a meme lol

[@nintendope8837]

Saw the stream and decided i had to binge this man again

[@JoseAlberto-Jugo]

This is nicely done and produced, kudos. Really entertaining

[@ChaoticWooper]

after being rejected by super smash bros, i'm more than happy to join pokemon chess, thanks for "inviting" me! :D

[@Jul1n]

They should definetely make another website for this

[@brunoemf90]

0:57 “Loppuny was my pawn” People in Boston: 👀

[@hippieofthehill]

I find myself rooting for cogger no matter who's video he's in lmfao

[@gavinja2712]

You should make an online version of this like you did with smash monopoly.

[@sergionieto8667]

The type matchups was kinda odd, but I gotta say, having a chance to miss your attack or to move again does sound interesting

[@xicufwm]

7:13 "hm, Water and Water" got me laughing WAY MORE than I should. Love it!

[@TheChildishYT]

only little z could make chess this fun and this interesting to watch

[@ScribblenautMaxwell]

name checks out

[@deutschsauce_]

Grass doesn’t take ice at 9:26. Ice will take grass, and ice resists grass. Great video and awesome concept!

[@azulfuego998]

This is really cool. I feel like the dice rolling could be a defensive option instead. Where the person losing the piece, if they roll a six it's considered a dodge.

[@Lyreen]

you can tell this game is just like pokemon because jackson got absolutely haxxed there. great content

[@UmbrotheUmbreon]

The extreme contrast of playing against HopCat and Poppt1 was absolutely hilarious. The idea of this is honestly super cool too! It's not too complex and still a challenge with lots of strategy.

[@TheStreamingEnderman]

That one guy with the Arceus piece: *I am unstoppable*

[@Sh_nko]

I've been watching his videos since he's been uploading smash 4 content and I honestly think this is one of little z's best videos, and it is very apparent. You can see the time and effort in the production, and it honestly shows how much he has grown as a youtuber. I honestly watch more of his smash content and I have also never played a Pokémon game but this is still one of my favorite videos of his. I just want to say thank you to you Little Z for making something I have never seen or even experienced in to something I can enjoy whenever I want. (Lets get Little Z to 2 million by the end of this year).

[@ultragamer8816]

Fun fact: swimming is just flying in water and flying is just swimming in the air

[@groundedhippo9356]

As a Pokémon fan, I’d love to play a version of this where both sides either have both their primary and secondary typing, or are chosen as Pokémon that only had one typing to begin with to keep things simple.

[@Existentialism8820]

"And lopunny was my pawn" CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD

[@byrontheusurper6505]

NOT RNG! Without rng this is genuinely a cool as hell concept!

[@Ctate2008]

“Lopunny was my pawn” is the best double entendre ever…especially with the accent 🤣

[@carsonomy]

I think a really fun rule would be a choice to roll the die - would be mega clutch for a neutral matchup going for a big play or a disadvantage type trying to neutralize the self-destruct(with a 6). If disadvantage gets a 1, they just die and the attacked piece would remain.

[@SpookyouKnowIt23]

Zack, I so respect the hustle. You're always inventing new games or finding weird spins to put on things to make more content out of them.

[@AlexTheMultiFanStudios]

"I don't wanna pick an ice type, they suck against everything!" Legendary Flying & Dragon: Am I a joke to you?

[@antonioguerrerolopez591]

Dude, should make it that it starts all baby Pokemon, they have to reach the other side to evolve, and so Charmander needs to move from one end to evolve, and then once more to be a Charizard. So it be just a fire but if they want the be something like a flying time they can switch of that is the second type but only if they reach the other side too. Also should be that a pawn doesn't become any piece when reaching the other side making it more meaningful to lose a piece

[@zacattak4837]

Check mate I think with hopcats face is just too funny

[@ckopp998]

“and lopunny was my pawn” :what?!??!?!?🤔😅😱

[@eggalicious4]

5:50 if you look at the eyes, you can tell that's a shiny Jigglypuff. Jigglypuff's eyes are normally blue, where as its shiny's are green.

[@TheQueensAce719]

Subtitles: "He said 'PAWN'." My brain: "No he didn't."

[@jblen]

Personal picks for pieces if they weren't limited by the little figures you had would be: Kings: nidoking, slowking Queens: nidoqueen, tsareena Bishops: (humanoid/servant) bisharp, lucario, machamp, gardevoir Knights: (horses/lapras) rapidash, lapras, glastrier, spectrier Rooks: (bulky/defensive) forretress, cloyster, stackatacka, ferrothorn Pawns: any first evos These seem to have a pretty good spread of types, you could pretty easily expand the general categories and have more team building options, but because of the categories I feel like it's harder to mistake Pokémon whereas your picks some are quite hard to tell what they should be. I also do really like the rng rules and I might just play chess with a dice now, even scrapping the type matchups and stuff because you need the figures. Perhaps it would be more balanced though if you can't take a king after a crit, or even saying you can't take at all after a crit, you can just move to an empty space. Similarly the king shouldn't die to a miss, it should just not take.

[@bikereven]

What genius must you be to combine two of games with the most developed metagames in the history of competitive boardgames and competitive videogames into one single complex table. This is gorgeus.

[@striderzer0]

5:00 "Am I A Joke To You" -Corviknight

[@Commonsenseisntcommon34]

Glad to be a member mate. You always make my day better Zach

[@cardboardgaming101]

I love how you make infrequent adult jokes with no context and don't censor them. The funniest thing is they aren't ironic

[@mq8858]

For dual types, I feel like the attacker should choose which type is being used. For example, a graveler can use rock type to supereffective the flying zubat, or use the ground type to hit the poison type (because zubat is only 1 at a time). However, zubat can use either poison or flying against any pokemon it attacks. For example, it deals neutral damage to graveler with flying vs ground. This makes dual types much stronger, but also more vulnerable.

[@Xenonia]

Somebody needs to make this on Tabletop Simulator ASAP

[@jefferydavidson5347]

Playing against HopCat and Poppt was perfect for seeing if Pokémon or chess experience is more important for this game

[@dysr]

I like how the first two games have Cynthia’s encounter theme as the background music.

[@nintendope8837]

Oh god this is gonna be incredibly chaotic

[@havenschade8174]

I hope this becomes an actual thing, this is so cool and even though I know nothing about pokemon and a bit about chess, i would love to play this

[@Poppt1]

the best little z video

[@CraigCommander]

All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't defeat my charizard and my totodile

[@Basedgodnick69]

I feel up pretty up to date on all little z and underdog videos in the past few months and I had no idea little z liked chess haha

[@inaneinacheve]

Me neither dude, must be from his streams/free time

[@Basedgodnick69]

@@inaneinacheve Inside knowledge/joke for sure

[@kestrelynn]

It was a recent thing on the underdogs podcast

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

Okay you know what would make this even better though: Do it fps chess style, any time someone tries to take a piece, they do a 1v1 with the two pokemon, winner stays on the board.

[@ZEL1579]

Does anyone else just love chaotic poppt. Whenever he starts screaming and going nuts thats when you know the video is good.

[@josephabbruzzese8551]

Tbh you should’ve made this video like chess rpg, where every piece you attempt to take you go into a Pokémon game to do the battle and the winner keeps their piece on the chess board

[@freeasabird30]

King/Queen: Nidoking/queen Bishops: Bisharp Knights: Rapidash Rooks: Honchkrow Pawns: Pawniard

[@lucinamain6861]

if u introduce abilities and items, u could give kingdra the sniper ability and/or the scope lens to increase its chances of critical hits

[@ollievaatstra6031]

Zach: i think im doing all right in these chess games, blundering every move

[@juliusmeyer4208]

I feel like this would be an interesting underdogs video. Maybe bring in 4 more people and do a tournament. That could be really interesting.

[@SaltSurfer]

Don't worry about being bad a chess Little Z, I've been playing since a young age and I still suck.

[@tyler9425]

Does Zack not know about Pokemon Conquest? I think a pokemon tacticle rpg is what this mans needs