I Played 12 Games of Pokemon AT THE SAME TIME

I attempted to beat 12 games of Pokemon Emerald at the exact same time. By pairing controls to each game, I had to navigate 12 separate characters that didn't always want to cooperate. How long will this take me, or is it even possible? Watch the video to find out!
This is not a Nuzlocke, as you will see through my many failed battles. My only goal was to beat the game as fast as possible.
One note: In one of my Torchic games (3rd row, 3rd column), I accidentally deleted the save file around the 3rd gym. So I had to load from one of my other games and make some adjustments. That's why the Trainer name changes. Just for full transparency! :)
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[@lukaskback9710]

This is the closest to a normal video and an April fools video we can get

[@doubleziv]

Yes

[@bobbuilder625]

But the real question is, did they keep the sound on for all 12 games?

[@mine_terrier6263]

A aipral 2nd

[@ayaya9367]

やめろう

[@THE_THE]

@@ayaya9367 nah

[@phyrexiancoffee6324]

I love that the chaos that was the naming portion still resulted in 3 normal names: Ryan, Seth, and Tom

[@elfabiox]

That's because he clicked "Ok" without putting any letter, so the game just decided a random name for the character

[@BumroyV2]

"Oh, a neat April Fools Day idea," I naively thought. Then you played through the entire game.

[@waner3066]

You should do this with less games but each game is a different Pokémon game/generation. It would be hellish.

[@justsomerandomdude4682]

Wouldn't be hellish Would be pure hell

[@snomflakes]

@Warner Wood Calm down, Satan

[@iantaakalla8180]

He would have fun with trying to juggle 8 different mechanics at once.

[@volcanhacks]

i do this for fun its pretty good a little hard but

[@memekeeper-gaming3552]

Playing pokemon Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, Ultra Sun, and Shield at the same time

[@logans.7932]

I love the huge variance in team compositions here, and AAAAHH the Mightyena that actually grew to a respectable level somehow even though they were caught on route 1.

[@ajn_rules_5074]

Such a crazy, interestinng, and unique challenge. Got to give you respect for this, I would go insane trying to do this. Keep up the amazing work mate

[@lukaskback9710]

It would be very funny to watch this in a game where movement is actually important, like Super Mario, and just run the games at slightly different speeds, like 100-111%. While the RNG makes this run a bit more interesting, a lot of it is just grinding to get everything synced as well as possible.

[@JordanMSeverns]

How is this a unique challenge people have been doing multi game runs ever since emulators were a thing

[@Prototype_8]

@@JordanMSeverns I don't think it was done to this extent I believe, but I don't actually know if that's the case, just a guess

[@firockfinion3326]

Imagine you're in a Pokemon center and some kid runs in and just starts running into the corners over and over for several minutes. You ask them why they're doing it and they say they're waiting for their 'eleven siblings' to 'catch up' with them. Then after a while, they walk over to the counter, get their pokemon healed, and then leave, with no sign of any of the supposed siblings.

[@Keith.Harvey]

Yes.

[@froze200]

then, very good psychatrists come and help the kids

[@Wolfboy569]

@@froze200 🤨🧐

[@FlurryPie0]

*yes*

[@rebekah4761]

How does this not have more likes? Let's fix that.

[@typhlosion7872]

Interesting fact, Tate's Xatu and Lunatone both only have one attacking move, being Psychic on both pokemon, so if you double down on Liza, you can likely just use any dark type to trivialize the fight

[@salsichareverso]

He basically did that

[@genv.b521]

The insanity and the interest of this video is just on another level! Trying to keep track on the individual plays is hard too! Also, Henry the Swampert lost Water Gun / Mud Shot and A the Sceptile lost Leaf Blade The Blazikens who get to keep Blaze Kick 👁️👄👁️

[@striker4406]

Technically, if you divide the final time by 12, you get a time of about 2.6525 hours for each game. This places you 21st on the emulator leaderboard and 12th on the console leaderboard. Congratulations!

[@pixel3042]

he used speed up some times

[@white9763]

@@pixel3042 some games have. not all

[@UltraCenterHQ]

@@white9763 all games are sped up. Just some of them are lagging, that's why they're behind

[@white9763]

@@UltraCenterHQ 0:44

[@mightysquish3492]

@@white9763 "because i have each individual game set to 200% speed some of them are off" each individual game means each single game is running at 200% MEANING all 12 of them individually are running at 200% speed or 12 of them are running at 200% speed the fact this has to be broken down for you is quite suprising since you linked the timestamp yourself......also literally right after the timestamp u linked literally seconds later he says what ultra just said that there were so many instances running that some of them were lagging behind *facepalm*

[@nix207]

It would be fun to see any speedrunner try to optimize this, even with fewer games running. For example, would the rng manip for the starter be feasible with so many instances of the game?

[@mamacrow2759]

beat ruby sapphire and emerald at the same time, each game with torchic, mudkip, treeko as the starter respectively

[@xretcyvbnimo]

I feel like you're best bet would probably be just playing each game individually.

[@mediocreboi]

I've done this with Fire Emblem, it's really fun seeing the divergence of RNG in real time

[@lunasam9]

Imagine having a 1 in 12 chance of encountering a shiny per Route with this setup.

[@smoxthybweh]

I have seen shiny hunters do something similar to this before

[@goblinoide]

1 in 12 chance? What do you even mean?

[@lunasam9]

Double rainbow...? What does it mean...

[@Joandersonso]

1 in 682

[@lunasam9]

@@Joandersonso is that the masuda or are we saying actual normal rates of shinies are like 1/(682x12) ???

[@spencerbchang]

i don't know how well this could work but i could imagine it being more chaotic and this funnier if you looked only at one game at a time, but it cycled through them after a set period of time. you would try to play normally, but as other games are also being controlled, it would lead to some funny situations

[@turbrojewk9435]

Just under 32 hours is honestly not that bad, considering how much stress you would experience with 12 games going at the same time. Nicely done man!

[@romanticchild2307]

7:57 Well technically, you are at the top of the "12 games at the same time" speedrun leaderboard, right ? 😅

[@dinosaurno5]

Next time try beating HALF of a Pokémon game. All levels, damage, sprites are halved - even the screen! I have absolutely no idea how this would work but it would be hilarious lol

[@scottpilgrimpwns]

Consider, two games at once (two versions if you want to be funny about it) where you can only see one half of each game. They can be swapped if necessary, but you only see the half.

[@Zillionman2010]

Next time (if) you do something like this, you should have 3 or 4 of them hooked into the controls but you don't see the screen of; they're just left on their own, just to see what state they're in by time you finish the others.

[@FlakManBegins]

Only 5 minutes in, but I'm loving this content. It's chaotic, creative, and it's so funny to watch a random screen and the character move like a 3-year old is controlling them. Truly good stuff.

[@hauntedsunsets]

Norman's not just an absent dad anymore - man had twelve whole children THEN decided to bail

[@matthewaaron2724]

Not only that, he couldn't think of enough names for all of them - his four sons all have different names, but then he named all his eight daughters either "Ky" or "Er". Lol

[@joshuasims5421]

12 emeralds in 31:50 is actually 2 hours 34 minutes per game, which puts you at 12th on the any percent leaderboard.

[@pixel3042]

he did play at 2x speed

[@joaquinriosrodriguez7316]

@@pixel3042 so 5 hours and 8 minutes

[@white9763]

@@pixel3042 not every game

[@joshuasims5421]

According to the ingame clock at the end, each attempt actually took 3 or 4 hundred hours

[@Azaeli]

Henry:I am the problem child Sceptile:There is another

[@onyxisgone]

"getting to oldale town is a huge challenge" never gonna stop laughing at that

[@EmeralBookwise]

Obviously playing twelve games at once is a twelve times more efficient use of time... ...at least for any one with the galaxy brain needed to coordinate all those conflicting game states.

[@baileyBLIGHT]

This looks like an absolute nightmare, I could barely stay focused on two games at a time, let alone TWELVE. I don't know why you did this to yourself but it's good content LMAO.

[@Gabowsk]

"I thought it'd be fun to have some variety in my starters." **Two-thirds of the games have Mudkip.**

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

This is a great challenge! I’d love to see you do it in HGSS, or any game really. Also, yay, I’m early :D

[@foxdrago9153]

Yes me too, imagine it in sword and shield, it would be a chaos

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

@@foxdrago9153 oh god

[@johnnyshortfor]

Pokémon XY with the infuriating Lumiose City controls…

[@davidmccarthy4206]

This is like this episode from Rick and Morty when they split the timeline and each reality becomes more and more different

[@mastermartian3103]

Best run category on KZbin. Should be viral soon, great video :)

[@dazcarrr]

12:07 i love how every other game is fighting maxie and then there's game number 2 up top who's just vibing in the pokemon centre

[@PhotonDragon16]

"Can he really be an absent father if there's 12 of him?" You got a point there

[@Jackal_kobold]

one thing i learned recently is that you can trigger Rival dialogue just by leaving their room and trying to leave the house

[@jakebiz8257]

I started watching this video and thought it seemed like a fun idea so booted up fire red and was playing through with 2 emulators at once, I was really enjoying the chaos of trying to get up to Viridian city while dealing with different encounters on different games right up until I got a full odds shiny Ratata that I then had to knock out because I didn't yet have PokeBalls. I think I'll just go back to watching someone else do this

[@lucymtork]

How did you do it? I’m struggling to make it work on my end

[@veoqueestasgastandotutiemp1694]

Same question, I what to do this but i dont seen to find help. How fo you do it? pls respond

[@jakebiz8257]

@@veoqueestasgastandotutiemp1694 I just used vba (visual boy advance) on my pc. Make sure you select the option to run in background so any inputs you do will work on both games

[@veoqueestasgastandotutiemp1694]

@@jakebiz8257 Awesome, thanks, bro

[@goepopescu9814]

Imagine a Nuzlocke of this. Edit: Holy smokes! 45 likes?! * turns to family and friends * "Don't talk to me! I'm famous. No pictures." * quits job * "The people need me."

[@Mystik_Music]

mmmmm fustration and mourning

[@bewd4310]

It would bring me joy and laughter to watch this as a nuzlocke or hardcore nuzlocke etc..

[@randomname285]

"it only took me about 30 minutes to get throught the cave" - there's a lot of pain behind this simple sentence

[@dannieandrews]

this is possibly the most insane challenge i've ever seen in my life. kudos for actually pulling it off. i am in awe.

[@ThatBlueMew]

I love how at about 24:09 you can see that none of the raquaza are named except the one just named Adam.

[@narwhaldadoge8431]

Actually you finished them at different times but you connected the controller inputs

[@anderralph]

This is such a beautiful metaphor for having to teach a class full of very different children

[@_MinttMoon]

He's like Gaster, He can see different multiverses at one place

[@pepopesek5742]

OH SH#T, I DELETED WATER GUN AND OTHER MOVES

[@taakotuesday]

i have no idea how im already subscribed to you, went through your whole backlog and i swear ive never warched any of them, but this was a great video so I'm glad i'm subscribed. off to watch more now

[@krenzer7]

A fun video idea like this one would be, playing through a Pokémon with another one hooked up the the same controller and after the beat the one you were playing you look to see how far the other one got

[@cadentennison5370]

I have never seen you before today on my KZbin algorithm, and this made me laugh so many times. Can’t wait to see more of your content!

[@foxdrago9153]

Now do this using only shiny pokemon with nuzzlocke rules with only fire type pokemon, hahaha just joking.

[@loztpm]

Was kinda hoping you’d just focus on one game and see what happened to the rest of the games in the meantime. But this was still fun to watch in a different way

[@koytru]

How did you run 12 instances at once? Whenever I try to do something like this, I run into issues with Windows not being in focus. Do you happen to have 12 computers?

[@melonmilan8925]

Tried it myself, works on VBA. im using version 1.7.2 but im sure it works on the latest release if there is a new version out. just go to options, then emulator and make sure "pause when inactive window is turned off" Hope this helps :)

[@dupolup]

@@melonmilan8925 When I tried running multiple of the same game on VBA it wouldn't allow me. I opened Fire Red four times and 3 of them were just white screens, so I tried Pokemon and Zoids at the same time and it worked. So it won't allow me to use the same game.

[@flaregamer64]

It's amazing that you could watch this video 13 times. Once normally, trying to in-take everything that's done at once and then 12 more re-watches focusing on one specific screen per watch.

[@adamsiq4851]

You know I would love to see the in-universe reaction to this. "Hey, what are those kids doing? Why are running into trees like this?" "Oh, those are Norman's kids. They act so codependent of each other they're literally on the same journey. They'll stop for each other when one falls behind and contain themselves if only some win." "Wait, so you mean they're all kids of that new gym leader? Wow... so how many of them are there?" "Twelve. And they are only seconds apart in birth." "YOU MEAN WHAT?"

[@slimchelmi6940]

to paraphrase john oliver: at a certain point a record is so specific it stops being impressive

[@myname2896]

I want to see this done with PLA now.

[@myname2896]

Imagine trying to aim your balms and pokeballs.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

Sounds like a nightmare

[@bigmike8847]

This is almost how a newcomer to the Pokemon series would play their first games, at least to me it kinda felt like my 1st playthrough on Emerald as a kid. For some reason this challenge seems oddly achievable and I somewhat want to give it a shot myself :D

[@knownas2017]

The real question is; Can you beat the game 12 times, faster than how long this took?

[@The_Petey]

This is a demonstration of how every Pokemon game is its own universe

[@idontevenknow4614]

This video is amazing! I love the humor and this is a really interesting concept. Subbed and noti, cant wait to see what you do in the future.

[@kono_dioda87]

You sound like a slightly off MatPat

[@fadeleaf845]

Do the inversion of this next - play one game with 11 other people, where each of you gets to influence the direction but you can't communicate with one another what you're doing.

[@NoctuaOlivae]

12:10 Maxie is a dude lol

[@pav998]

Ryan looking over people nuzlocking a single game be like, “pathetic mortals”

[@TheGodOfInsanty]

I've done two files at the same time like this before. That was insane enough without 10 more versions

[@toomanyowlz]

The zig zags being good for oons is my new favorite thing ever thank you so much for introducing me to that

[@mecactusnow4782]

How Did you do this? i would love to try this imagine a platinum run of this...

[@Jpeg.g]

I imagine it like a school trip where everyone gets a pokemon and the teacher just happens to catch requaza

[@icephysics_459]

its so funny watching a game that is doing something normally and then see another walking into a post

[@SirBoomster]

Proud of little Henry, he went so far in this. Also what an insane but also interesting challenge! It was really fun to watch and see the victory at the end of it!

[@BlazeStar2095]

As a Titan once said, "They called me a madman." You, sir, are a mad lad! Cheers for doing this!

[@ElariaFlori]

I think this is such a cool video idea. It isn't the traditional method of making pokemon harder, so it just ends up being super unique. You definitely earned a sub.

[@Giga-lemesh]

I laughed so hard at the zig zag oons joke (5:25)

[@crestfallenhussar895]

Let's appreciate that of the teams two of the first to win where the Henry team and the Treecko team. Probably mostly because they were more over levelled, but let's not sour the moment.

[@La_cabine_de_Cabine]

Oh my god it's the best challenge content I've seen in so long, catching pokemon by mistake, sceptile blunders, it's just so good!

[@NEGNASU]

I don't think I've ever watched another pokemon video that has ever given me this much anxiety huge props to you for sitting through this nightmare of a challenge LOL I am looking forward to more videos where you may potentially torture yourself for fun pokemon hijinks (now can you imagine if you did this as a nuzlocke)

[@magnusdarkslayer3012]

so pretty much everyone is a seemingly possessed, mentally shattered lunatic banging their head on walls, only experiencing moments of lucidity when the literal multiverse aligns.

[@wolfsilver6304]

No saving in between Elite four members? Mad respect!

[@Lullaglim]

« Is he really an absent father if there’s twelve of him? » xD lol tru

[@blakebyington1103]

The Zig ons joke got the like, the architecture tip got the follow

[@oscarrenaupallares330]

Fun fact: the way RNG works on gen 3, if you started every game within the same frame and made every input on the same frame across all iterations, the RNG would be the exact same

[@gusfringles5724]

i think this could be a potential series like u started with 2 games at the same time and add and add makes viewers excited xD

[@Ivi-Tora]

And here I thought Pikasprey running three games at once was crazy.

[@dracmaster]

This was so much more interesting to watch than I thought it would be! Great job guy! Can’t wait to see you pop up on my feed again

[@tiron3218]

This is very cool content, I‘m amazed at how much patience you have for all of this

[@UnknownVir]

I thought everyone knew to just catch a Sharpedo before the twins

[@Eldoofus]

That Poochyena called ZZZZZ really made my day

[@Thunder-Sky]

I'm immediately calling BZLBB Beezelbub and he's my favorite

[@nz8783]

How do you have only 18.1k subs you deserve more than 10m .This is the best way I have seen anyone play emerald.pls keep up the good work 🤩🤩

[@Reece8u]

Not a time consuming challenge, nor one you can actually lose, but it was interesting to hear about the marshtomp that forgot

[@pokemonsuper9]

Imagine if there was a video of just one of them and whenever it's synced with a different one it swaps, one time you've got the sceptile, next you've got a swampert

[@jackkemp7256]

12:09 Almost all screens: Starting epic battle One screen: WALL

[@davidmesa7008]

You should do this but as a nuzlocke. You can even do it as like a race. Only 6 games running, when a game runs out of Pokemon, it gets turned off, whoever has the most games completed and the fastest time wins.

[@peterbuchanan334]

Firstof all before I even watch the vid, this is an awesome idea! Rare to see innovative gameplay this far down the line :)

[@peterbuchanan334]

This makes me wonder, if you only focused on one game for the entire play through (without looking at the others) how far would the farthest account get - Oldale? PetalBurg? Already beat Wallace on another file (unlikely XD)?

[@malevolentsponge]

man really just named his mudkip beelzebub without the vowels

[@jacobanderson9726]

Best challenge video I’ve ever seen! I can’t imagine how frustrating that must have gotten 😅 congratulations on the win!

[@mnelsoncool]

I can't believe you didn't get a shiny after technically beating it 12 times

[@bdang67]

Imagine if he never just synced up. Where 3 games are fighting the champion, another 5 are fighting the third gym leaders.

[@Summermon]

The one rayquaza that stayed out during the mass confusion switch: 👁👄👁

[@FigbyTheWolf]

"I can sail back to Petalburg and take on my dads" *all 12 of them*

[@SephonDK]

Man I'm sleep deprived. Watching the video, when an ad popped up, I wanted to skip it, but decided not to because I wanted to make sure my ad skip was synchronized with all the other 11 synchronized times I was watching the video....

[@kip258]

May and Brendan walking around aimlessly while the others catch up looks strikingly similar to how the NPCs move around.

[@williammell845]

By far the strangest pokemon challenge i have seen. I love it!

[@FrenkTheJoy]

You should do this again but with paired versions - like six of the games are Ruby, six are Sapphire, but they're all using the same controls.

[@bonolan479]

Congratulations you have now unlocked hell mode all you have to do to complete this mode is go through any Pokemon game with only a Weedle

[@bonolan479]

You are not allowed to evolve it