I Played 12 Games of Pokemon Leaf Green AT THE SAME TIME

I attempted to beat 12 games of Pokemon Leaf Green 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.
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[@Rylockes]

Let me know where you think the 13th game will end up below!! (Possible spoilers within)

[@THE_THE]

the beginning

[@seracchin]

nowhere

[@Fallonmoon]

maybe first gym XD?

[@RenegadeMercury]

based on possible instances of flight and blacking out, I'd wager in a Pokémon Center. probably a pretty early one tbh as a minor desync could leave it in the dust

[@TristanTaillon]

Second level of the Pokecenter!

[@sixtytwo.]

My pitch is to play 12 games at once but you can only see a single one at a time, which is randomly switched between every X minutes.

[@dedlyquen3215]

That sounds really cool

[@yourtiocito]

that sounds super frustrating 😂 I love it

[@addymant]

This but it swaps whenever you enter a loading zone

[@PeterAuto1]

I just wanted to comment the same xD

[@ScoobyBrue]

I really like the idea of having a hidden screen.

[@mahranislam3554]

Yeah but the 13th screen will almost always probably just be stuck at the start of the game unless there's a game that automatically gives you the Pokédex without having to walk back, which there probably is, I do think having a 13th hidden screen is nice tho.

[@Tarudaku]

Imagine the secret one found a shiny but since he couldn’t see it he ran or killed it I would be so sad

[@remiiqbal9790]

Very cool

[@jahjoeka]

It's like the dummy version of you in that dimension.

[@lawzagg9016]

Said yagami light One day

[@backpackerraden6268]

"He's getting through all twelve of them" "No sir... all THIRTEEN!"

[@lance42151050]

Underrated reference :)))

[@backpackerraden6268]

@@lance42151050 thank you! I admit it was a kinda niche joke, but glad that some people got it

[@NoNameAtAll2]

@@lance42151050 what reference?

[@hauntedsunsets]

I really love that we're already seeing a meta develop for these challenges. can't imagine the nightmare of a later gen game where they've eliminated the grid system

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I don't think you could even set this up to run, but imagine getting through 12 games of Legends: Arceus with the same inputs. I think it would be pretty much impossible even if you COULD set it up so 12 games are running on an emulator at once.

[@shucklecurry1130]

@@FrenkTheJoy bruh my pc would explode

[@Damian-cilr2]

@@FrenkTheJoy i think anyone who tried to run that many on 1 pc.their pc woulf just explode

[@bvd_vlvd]

13th game spoilers ahead: I got it right for the 13th game, but I completely forgot your starter won't evolve if you don't have a pokedex. That level 19 is pretty funny

[@pyromaniac000000]

I love how in the last game its a level 19 charmander, because that means it tried to evolve 4 times and EVERY time it was refused. And thats kinda hilarious because you dont really use the b button much in these games so every time it had a chance to evolve you were most likely going through the menus at that exact moment xD just the absolute worst luck for poor AAAAAAAGGG

[@pudinkeviar4151]

only legends press ABBBB... instead of noob's spamming AAAAA...

[@maruku4445]

Welp, at least AAAAAAAGGG had a better fate than ABBBBBBK(.

[@superdejan64]

Nah you press B to run in these games, that's my theory as to how he never evolved, or because he didn't have a pokedex, the game doesn't let you evolve your starter so the game doesn't freak out for you having more than one pokemon registered in the dex before even getting it, not sure about the second one though, I don't have the patience to grind for that long on lvl 2 pokemon

[@DisplayThisOkay]

@@superdejan64 Nah.They fixed that "evolving breakes the pokedex" glitch in the English gen 1 games so I doubt that was the issue.

[@dazcarrr]

imagine if the 13th screen had somehow beaten the entire game, completed the pokedex and had a box full of shinies by the end

[@B.L.U.S]

And watching back the footage he did it all perfectly and had Dream luck by never missing and always criting and the enemies always missed when it was possible and never crited and had the worst ai possible

[@Caroniver_Robocacci]

I was so glad clicking on this and hearing "there's a secret 13th game" because I was thinking of how fun it would be to load up 12 games and play through one without looking at the other 11, then picking up wherever the second one is and beating it, etc, until you finished all 12, then seeing what the hell was going on in the first one by this point.

[@Caroniver_Robocacci]

OK so maybe the "Twitch Plays Pokemon" approach of dealing with the 13th game wasn't the most effective.

[@Dan55888]

My guess is that the mystery game will stop at oaks parcel and at FARTHEST, the infamous ledge. Realistically, I would say oaks parcel or Pewter city

[@Pixiuchu]

What's the infamous ledge?

[@saplingarcher7713]

@@Pixiuchu Probably Lt. Surge due to the fact the switches are randomized and therefore are basically impossible to do across multiple games at the same time without variation. As the youtuber even said he had to focus on individual games there for that very reason.

[@spimuru5040]

@Snodeca the infamous ledge is that one ledge on the way to the rock tunnel, which is notable for giving playthroughs with nigh-random inputs, like Twitch Plays Pokemon or the play through in this video, a really hard time.

[@Pixiuchu]

@@spimuru5040 Right, I think I see what you mean and I can definitely see why this would give random inputs a hard time lol. Thank you for the explanation :)

[@saplingarcher7713]

@@spimuru5040 OH they said Ledge i read that as Badge for some reason... Whoops XD

[@Rylockes]

Many of you have asked how to set this up! If you're using VBA, go to Options > Preferences > and make sure "Enable Background Input" is checked! Then you can open multiple windows and your inputs should run to every game. Good luck!

[@RenegadeMercury]

do you ever have a problem with them overwriting each other?

[@dynamic8192]

Thanks

[@Frezzingale]

My copy doesn't have a Preferences tab in Options! What Version are you running?

[@luckylucario8451]

@@Frezzingale Same mine doesn’t as well

[@Pixiuchu]

I would personally recommend mGBA

[@danenull254]

15:25 Well, that argument only works well here because your run is essentially a starter solo run up to this point, and grass types don't get many attacking moves let alone good ones in gen 3. Plus, the other 2 still have coverage moves outside of their typings. Bulbasaur is rated highly because it's pretty good until you get past the 3rd gym, by which you have access to other pokemon that cover well for your pokemons weaknesses (grass type north of cerulean, fire type west of lavender, water type fished up at any water body) and the gift pokemon become open to you once you get access to celadon.

[@genericchannel4910]

I really wanna see different games at the same time, like X and Y, Sun and Moon and Sword And Shield at the same time.

[@rajkanishu]

I don't think any PC build can run 12 instances of those emulators at the same time without major lag issues, maybe the 3DS ones but definitely not SS, it can be done with actual consoles but setting it up requires 12 monitors and 12 consoles at least so it's not really worth the hassle. I believe it has been already done with 2 games at the same time tho

[@ryankidder2673]

newer games would likely be really hard to pull off because they take so much processing power on the computer. playing 3ds games he may be able to get like 5 up, but last I knew for the 3DS emulator, it still took up a fair bit of your nCPU

[@turdosearthquake3071]

@@ryankidder2673 tbh 2 may be too much for citra lol. Then again citra is such a bad emulator that you can run good switch emulators smoother then 3ds stuff with citra

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Yeah! If the processing power is too much of an issue, then at least just running, say, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen at the same time. Or FireRed/LeafGreen at the same time as Red/Blue (Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee would probably be asking way too much). And maybe not 12 instances, maybe like 2 instances of each game.

[@alexandremenino2006]

@@rajkanishu my pc isn't even that good and i could run at least 10 games at the same time without lagging at all any pc made after 2015 should be able to run more than that and the latest hardwere should be able to run like more than 100

[@Betsyboi]

I’m really surprised that there weren’t more shiny encounters (that were mentioned at least), considering the chances are 12 times more likely

[@figboot]

12 times more likely is still pretty rare, 3 in 1024 or about 0.293%.

[@owen3953]

There's no way the extra game even makes it past the first gym. Like how could it ever find the door!

[@fedoraturtle6536]

I totally thought this would be a one off thing, I never expected you to do it for a different game!

[@ANSKZ_]

At first I thought “This idea seems stupid” but honestly with how random Pokémon can be at times this is a pretty cool idea.

[@waynegilliam3805]

Yes! Another one of these. Also I'd assume it would be hard to progress the blind one. It would be lucky to make it through the first badge

[@thehummingbirdbandit9542]

Hey, Ryan! I just wanted to say that I watch a LOT of youtube, usually big channels like PointCrow, and your channel is my favorite by far. I don't leave comments often, but I wanted to tell you that you're incredibly entertaining, and your challenges and strategies are fascinating to watch. I share your videos with everyone I can and got a friend hooked on your videos, too. I hope you keep up with them - they're incredibly fun.

[@shadowedone1248]

Glad this is gonna be a series

[@BobBertReal]

predicting: the secret game never even leaves the starting room

[@Gmanrocky]

This is absolutely crazy, great job for not only making this technically work, but work within game. Incredible job.

[@mixou2943]

This 12 games are so fun to watch ! (but must be a nightmare to play...) Can't wait to see other challenges ! (Oh and I thought that the 13th game would have been farther and was quite disapointed to see it hadn't even get the pokedex xD)

[@cymtastique]

This is like looking into 12 parallel universes all at once, and it's super trippy🤯

[@Cyrikyty]

I'll guess that the 13th game never makes it past Brock. If it even manages to deliver the parcel and get past Viridian City.

[@valkabier6271]

Great video idea, honestly haven't seen something so original in pokemon content for a while. Loved this :)

[@cadentennison5370]

I have been WAITING for this!! Also I predict game 13 doesn’t get out of Viridian Forest

[@cTc10691]

Agree with a lot of the other commenters, I don't feel like the mystery game will get out of Viridian forest, if it even gets into there

[@saplingarcher7713]

Yeah tbh i thought the 13th game would be stuck in Viridian forest forever, was alittle surprised to see it didn't even make it that far XD

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

I liked the secret 13th game. If you do more of these, you should keep doing that.

[@nz8783]

I love your written script dialogues they never fail me from falling down the bed laughing 😂😂.thanx a lot

[@Anorak610]

This was awesome but one thing you could’ve done was buying the magicarp just to have an extra pokemon to use in battles because its hard to catch things

[@pestymenace]

I bet the 13th game never even leaves the starting town

[@lambertd5615]

Honestly I would love to see this but with the version differences. Like maybe 6 games of ruby and 6 games of sapphire.

[@Closer2Zero]

These videos are absolute gold. Please keep pumping them out

[@wingedmirage4226]

I think it would be fun to see the final stats of each game when it’s done. How fast did it finish, what were the team members and their levels, any notable shenanigans that happened, etc

[@stephendid]

I would love to see this with different games. Start with Red, Yellow, leaf green and post game silver

[@kangaskdan]

So hyped for this! :D I reckon the 13th game will get stuck in rock tunnel Edit: Amazing video!! That 13th playthrough sounded like a fate worse than death. Poor AAAAAAARGH.

[@ThatBlueMew]

Wow this would be hard in legends arceus. I wanna see it.

[@SpookCrab]

This gives me big Twitch Plays Pokemon vibes. I loved this video keep up the good work!

[@NelmArt]

This is such a cool concept. Even more fun than quordle

[@weir9996]

I feel like Blastoise's main weakness for best starter is the competition it has in other water types, with the game pretty much throwing Lapras and Gyarados at you whereas there's fewer good options for grass types

[@noHarmony1]

My first thought on the 13th game was, that it would never find through Mt. Moon. Then I remembered that you have to enter the market in the first town and guessed correctly, that it probably never got that done.

[@TheCrazyhusky]

One of the things they added to Fire Red and leaf Green was the VS Seeker so you could refight trainers. Which should solve the Money problem.

[@Magic-nx2fb]

I got inspiration from the 12 games of emerald at once so I'm trying out playing fire red, leaf green, Ruby, and Sapphire at once but as a nuzlocke as well so mistakes and desyncs are brutal XD cool to see you did another one for leaf green and the 13th game was a fun idea! Even if it didn't get very far XD

[@monopolyrubix1875]

So glad to see you made another one of these!

[@MatthewJemilo]

2 minutes in and I've already subbed, the concept alone is worth that

[@madfangkills]

I just went to your channel and absolutely lost it when I saw you're going through the alphabet on your Nuzlocke challenges. You earned a subscriber

[@DefiantFlex]

the pause buffering strat was the first thing i was thinking to do, im glad you used it in MtMOON

[@Zeldamaster1989]

I really like this new format you're using. Also please continue the hidden game next time as well. (and continue the letter nuzlocks).

[@bruh2718]

The 13th one is going too go too the 5th gym at least

[@frickinfrick8488]

Yooo I was just thinking I’d love to see another one of these, looking forward to this!

[@thegreatfirebolt1815]

I love the idea of a hidden screen, but I don’t think you’ll pass the first gym

[@xeno_phobik]

First of your videos that I've seen. Great video!

[@michaelantonelli5944]

these are so good, i know they must be a lot of work but please more!

[@nz8783]

I am with love with this series 💕💕

[@bigian4649]

Subbed before watching for that 13th screen. Fantastic idea.

[@lemoniscence]

I feel like the furthest the mystery game could get would be Vermilion gym. More realistically, though? Mt. Moon is gonna be difficult. I don’t think you’ll get out. If you even get there, that is!

[@francis7336]

Are you going to turn this into a series? These videos are so much fun haha

[@secretagentk1108]

I'd love to see more of this

[@LBrooklyn99]

Awesome job and I think it would be interesting if you played Leaf Green and 11 rom hacks at the same time.

[@BusJACKTV]

“Now in fighting my rival I win in some games... and lose in some others.” Okay I’m hooked

[@felipe1prestes]

As soon as you mentioned the gifted Pokemons that could help you I stoped YELLING AT MY PHONE thank you

[@ThatBritGamer]

Brilliant video, I subbed for sure!

[@albevanhanoy]

Squirtle line clearly proving superiority once again.

[@aaroncallahan119]

Squirtle easily the best. Venasuar close second.

[@DaakkuuYRS]

The thing that interest me the most, is how'll you do the challange in games with no squares map (Sun Moon, and Sword Shield).

[@Spicy007]

Really cool concept, im excited to see where the 13th it ends up, I bet it'll be stuck in Viridian City

[@stephcannon2106]

This is exactly what I imagine a multiverse to be

[@FeeN0mene]

Take on this Gio dude. Liked it.

[@Bimbes_McFly]

Dang, I was in the middle of doing a gen 1 run inspired by your previous 12 game challenge run. I guess I could just take this as research :^)

[@Neo_Bones]

Really fun concept! Maybe you could do it in Platinum next? I predicted Game 13 would at least have made it to Brock or Misty

[@danielhall6888]

These shiny hunters are getting crazy.

[@WolfmanXD]

"if you play the game like a normal person." Remembers playing through the entirety of fire red with a squirtle. Me- what's that like?

[@Walnut356]

I feel like this series would be a lot more interesting if there wasn't such a strong focus on keeping games in sync down to the exact battle and area. It essentially boils down to a "can you beat the game with just your starter" challenge more or less. The whole interest-factor of playing more than 1 game with the same inputs is when the games are out of sync and you manage to make progress on all of them anyway, but you never let that situation happen. Using your tricks to their fullest, you could (and often do) just played each game 1 at a time. It defeats the purpose of doing it in the first place. I think it also limits your progress in some ways, for example you could be grinding on screens that have already passed a gym battle, or catching pokemon while some are travelling. Even if you had to cut the number of total games by half to accomplish it, i think it'd be 10x more interesting. If the rules/spirit of the run don't change, I don't feel like any other game will be significantly different from the 2 you've already done.

[@dynamic8192]

Congratulations, you just got a new subscriber!

[@MMSOctoMiner]

I thought it'd be a lot more interesting: the idea of juggling a bunch of different team setups at once seems more fun to watch than just watching a bunch of overleveled starters with HM some slaves and a Zapdos...

[@Pure_Linnsanity]

Aw man, I thought game 13 would at least get to the viridian forest before falling apart, lol. Love this format. ^^♡

[@Gabowsk]

That starter choice would be a great math problem. What's the probability of half of the instances of the games to choose Squirtle?

[@maxclarke]

3 possible odds so half that and omg I have no clue im so dumb

[@shadow105720]

I think if you tap a direction instead of holding it that should help reduce desync between games. Obviously this doesn't account for encounters in grass or caves but for precise movement this should help.

[@wibwe]

ive been watching your content,and i like it so far! do you intend to do any of the games with free movement (ie, any degree of turns is allowed like sword/shield)? i think it could be interesting

[@super12521]

Viridian Forest looks so good with the 2 side by side screens.

[@Darknova67]

So to answer the question of who is the best starter, Squirtle is great early game, Charmander is goat late game and Bulbasaur is the third grass type option

[@turdosearthquake3071]

Bulbasaur is best for a normal run but it’s status move heavy optimal use makes it pretty bad when paired with games with the other 2 especially considering bulbasaur runs really wanna rush to koga for substitute since it’s best used as a subseeder with leech seed sleep powder substitute and giga drain so the optimal pathing for bulba is slightly different. It’s also kinda slow when used properly but it does net the highest chance of winning the most tough fights especially considering it’s by far the most consistent vs evasion spammers since you just need 1 leech seed. Using bulbasaur requires a level of finesse that won’t happen here. Also it teaches players the importance of status moves early with it learning leech seed first of the level up moves and it being arguably its most important move at all points of the game where as other starters tend to encourage newbies bad habits of spamming attack moves when there’s other options that may be better.

[@confusedcorn1959]

The content i needed

[@lozangekitten-gamer7626]

I loved the "I hope I don't CAVE" XD

[@ironici]

One of your greatest achievements is that you successfully named your hitmonlee Kraig in all 12 games

[@tabasco.15]

I was close in thinking the 13th screen wouldn't make it out of Pallet XD It'd be funny to see you run the 13th game in a pseudo nuzlocke. Like your character wakes up in a different dimension with a lvl 19 Charmander on route 1 and is trying to catch up with all of his other dream states that he thought was reality, but if Charmander dies, he dies for real! And the nuzlocke is over lol

[@madhavdua1246]

1:05 I bet the 13th game will be stuck at the Rock Tunnel

[@KiiCat]

I'm gonna guess the 13th game will be suck near the beginning of the game, but maybe it'll make it to Celedon or Lavender Town? ...Lol my first guess was right! I'd love to see a 3D pokemon game sometime with this challenge- One of the Orre games (Colosseum/XD) could be super interesting to watch!

[@Smashfan258]

I predicted that hidden game wouldnt leave Pallet town, I’m somehow not surprised it has an overly beefed starter for that early lol

[@jahjoeka]

It's just like life having multiple versions of ourselves but different outcomes. It's fascinating.

[@tim..indeed]

I need more and more of this yes thanks

[@YRD9648]

Writing this before I watch all the way through: I am greatly anticipating your time at the Rocket Hideout and Silph Co.

[@frostyyak6882]

This is gonna be great

[@alias_hallow]

it would be cool to see this challenge done with the requirement that all the games must complete the elite four on the same attempt

[@thattimestampguy]

1:53 Dialouge Pausing 2:25 Cornering 4:38 Start Menu Pausing 5:17 Cerulean City. 7:02 Lvl 27 Charmeleon 8:13 Surge

[@ChrisGeeReacts]

I don't know how you managed to play 12 at the same time. i tried doing that for 6 at the same time for Fire Red. Very intense, i managed to make it all the way to Erica before finally giving up. I definitely want to try it again

[@pois1x17]

For wild battles you can make the player stand in place and spin around to initiate a wild encounter in every game

[@aappaapp6627]

I love this new series lmao

[@cinnamoone3553]

17:43 "Repels are for weaklings," as the saying goes... to which i argue "Playing Pokémon without repels is like asking for a bad time"

[@Lagbeard]

A few definitive sticking points for Game 13 that come to mind... A Charmander against Brock causing a loss. Too many Zubats in Mt. Moon and not getting necessary cornering. Rock Tunnel Safari Zone Blaine's Gym with the quizzes And it can always just lose any gym/rival battle with bad luck and get stuck in a poke center.

[@matthewaaron2724]

"Do you want the grass Pokémon, Bulbasaur? The fire Pokémon, Charmander? Or the water Pokémon, Squirtle?" "Yes"