I played the Hardest Official Pokemon Game. It's insane.

[@Smallant]

For everyone asking: I AM STREAMING XD GALE OF DARKNESS IN LITERALLY 30 MINUTES ON TWITCH

[@ananttiwari1337]

cool*

[@young_raymond47]

XD Guys!!! XD

[@QMS9224]

XD is the best pokemon game ever fight me

[@DiegoSenge]

That's what i've been watiting for

[@ananttiwari1337]

@@QMS9224 no need to fight you since you're correct

[@heck_n_degenerate940]

Imagine being in a competitive Pokémon match live at a coliseum with thousands of spectators, and this dude with weaker Pokémon than you pulls out a master ball and steals your metagross.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@liouy cnny Funny thing is, they all praised it in the last episode

[@isaacrodrigues8017]

So true😭

[@speokeosai]

@@thelegacyofgaming2928 Twitch chat is a hive mind.

[@demarkus4566]

@liouy cnny I thought it sounded pretty good, but that evil base theme tho, ngl sounds like something out of a shovelware game or something I'll hear at a circus

[@lecat9806]

Hey this is normal for me

[@greenxboy1]

Fun fact about Colloseum, the NPC trainers cheat. they select their turns after the player, so if you heal a status or switch out a pokemon, they are very likely to reapply the status the same turn.

[@ngmonster1017]

That's the case in the game boy games as well.

[@OmegaDragonGaming]

@@ngmonster1017 It makes it really hard to read their moves because they're reading your moves, first

[@ChosenofDarkness8]

just outsmart their outsmarting

[@Ilikebugs2464]

@@patratres3431 fatherless

[@Ori_nament]

This is the premise of the Kaizo rom hacks

[@Axiomatix]

Not catching Raikou in the lab actually makes the second encounter with Ein significantly easier than otherwise, since Raikou gets replaced with a high level Lightningrod Manectric, so Mr. Smallant was actually gigabrain here by failing to catch it. Well played as usual

[@theregularterrarian3933]

and then he catches it first ball to neutralize it as well, he's just a god gamer

[@Ghtherich]

I replayed the games about a year ago and loved them. I think I went with Bayleaf and Umbreon as tanks when catching.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@@Ghtherich Umbreon is lowkey the best pokemon in this game. It's able to tank everything and there aren't many fighting or bug types to take it out efficiently

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

@@Ghtherich I accidently did this when I didn't know about the choosing of starters, but you fight them later again after the main story

[@rosheafan]

@@thelegacyofgaming2928 Misdreavus:

[@Varis...]

"Confused, paralyzed, and attracted" sounds like a night out with the bois

[@ford7372]

😳

[@Geist1]

Holup

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Paralyzed...?

[@Geist1]

@@thelegacyofgaming2928 That’s what I’m wondering. A little Nimbex and chill I guess?

[@SunnyDaking_]

@@thelegacyofgaming2928 the after effects of drinking and you pass out and can’t move until the next day

[@rikmcdik6662]

I’ll never forget when Evice used a dying slowking’s skill swap on his slaking to get rid of truant and absolutely blowing my mind to pieces when I was little.

[@AKUNJIG]

I got scared when he did that.

[@zacharyjoy8724]

It’s easily the most terrifying combo in his roster.

[@PokettoManStar]

30:55 "Because Hyper Balls don't exist". Hyper Ball is the Japanese name for Ultra Ball. It's why they have an H on the lid.

[@mme.veronica735]

They're also called Hyper Balls in french, as well as many other languages

[@BlueSodaPop_]

@@mme.veronica735 I was about to say, "jokes on you, we call it Hyperball in German" but you came first, oof.

[@newbaroque3193]

Fun fact, we call beast balls "ultra balls" in French

[@solidzack]

@@newbaroque3193 same in German. I'm starting to thing the American version had the names of the balls changed on purpose to be different from the EU games

[@PokettoManStar]

@@solidzack Back in the 90s, translation and localization typically started at Nintendo of America, which was then used as the basis for other regions, probably because there were more English translators than Japanese translators in those other regions.

[@negspirito]

Worth noting: That Tyranitar was the first time the ability Sandstream appeared in a game. To people playing this when it released, Evice might as well have sent out Kyogre/Groudon

[@sanhakim1335]

There's a ton of gen 3 pokemon in this game. kyogre/groudon wouldn't have been weird

[@hellboy19991]

@@sanhakim1335 it's not about them being outta place necessarily, but Tyranitar being a monster

[@maromania7]

@@sanhakim1335 At this point in the series, only legendaries had shown off weather setting effects. You have a pseudolegendary that suddenly does something we thought reserved for box legendaries, and a Tyranitar no less. And on a team like this? It was terrifying at the time.

[@solidzack]

Not to mention, Sandstream raises its special defense, a side effect many people tend to forget (edit: only since gen 4 apparently)

[@nousername191]

Yeah, and unless you played Pokemon Stadium 2 where you can just see all the non legendary Pokémon in rentals or were determined enough to grind a Mt Silver Larvitar post game, you've probably never seen a Ttar before. Edit: Forgot about the Crystal battle tower and that's fair. Low odds, but still fair. The anime's always a different story though that's the best place for most to see Ttar for the first time but have little idea of its power in-game. At least they'd know it's not a legendary like Groudon and Kyogre. A kid might or might not have seen that specific set of episodes and this was well before you could go online and watch whatever episode you want at your own time.

[@sircatsmeow2886]

Seeing an adult struggle with that final boss makes my inner child SO happy just for getting that far.

[@wesleypatterson2989]

Honestly lol this was THE hardest game I'd ever played for a while, and since then I've wondered if it was actually that bad or was I just stupid

[@protomedia8325]

Play hollow knight

[@MrRyanCock]

I remember it taking DAYS of attempts for me to finally beat the final battle as a kid. That opening cutscene is permanently seared to my memory

[@dadbodenvy4247]

@@MrRyanCock I just grinded mt battle lol

[@MrRyanCock]

@@dadbodenvy4247 unfortunately I wasn’t smart enough to level grind my other Pokémon.. I just brute forced it with my overleveled starters until I got the right RNG haha

[@williampearce5757]

So, if anyone was curious, the AI for Colosseum is similar to the AI in Gen 1. They get to see what move you make, and respond accordingly. It's why they "read" so well.

[@zaneheaston8254]

Last time I checked the AI in Gen 1 is rock stupid, do I need to remind you how a Venomoth beat Lance's Dragonite in Twitch Plays Pokemon

[@olivierdubreuil-gagnon2201]

@@zaneheaston8254Hey may, better put some respect on the All-Terrain Venomoth!

[@mohbius2]

seeing bosses with strategies due to the double battle system is so satisfying, wish more leaders or bosses in the main games had strategies

[@MicoDossun]

Plus no nonsense where the final bosses only use one type for no reason

[@android19willpwn]

the double-battle format really helps in that regard. There's a lot more you can do in a 2v2

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Truant + skill swap was genius to me when I played this as a kid. Really made me appreciate gen 3 and how it opened up so many more strategies with doubles

[@solidzack]

That was the gimmick of Gen 3's 7th gym leaders, the twins. They use earthquake with levitating partners as well as Sunny Day together with Flamethrower and Solar Beam iirc

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

​@@solidzackThen the problem may be being too low leved. There I just wiped them with water types because they used Solrock and Lunetone. But in Colosseum the opponents are overleveled

[@iaxacs3801]

Coliseum is how I wish pokemon games were made cause it really does have some of the best TRPG gameplay around. They just make the single player parts easy enough for anyone to play

[@Mossmann8596]

I like Pokemon stadium but I hate double battles

[@katsoupman3218]

TRPG?

[@rottenranch7917]

@@katsoupman3218 i think it's supposed to be Tactical role-playing game

[@iaxacs3801]

@@rottenranch7917 I meant Turn Based but I forgot about Tactical RPGS

[@sws212]

@@Mossmann8596 Agreed, it was tedious AF along with all the animations, 3D pokemon game needs a speed up button.

[@SemiHypercube]

15:07 "I had no idea triple kick could hit three times" Ah, I see "Double"-slap has made him doubt the name of any move indicating a number

[@AliluluMillion]

Wonder what he thinks about Triple Axel

[@Chrispy]

@@AliluluMillion triple axel > triple kick

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

Double slap out here giving people trust issues

[@solidzack]

Double-Edge too

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@solidzack Double Edge is a term though and reflects the attack. A double edge refers to something that cuts both ways, it can hurt your enemy and yourself.

[@TempestDacine]

This game is really sick I would love to see more deviations with the core pokemon system like this. If arceus ends up good I hope that leads to more stuff.

[@seventeenraccoonsinatrenchcoat]

honestly just normal pokemon formula on these graphics would be great

[@KNBroses]

Arceus is the Pokemon Monster Hunter spinoff, nothing like XD and Colosseum.

[@visceralshadows7117]

@@KNBroses OP did say more deviations, never really specified which ones so he is still correct. Would be interesting to see other types of Pokemon games with the core pokemon system still used.

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

I'd love a remastered version of this, imagine this game, but with the 3d model quality of the newer games, it would be amazing. Like, look at what they did to Snap, a remastered version of this would be so good no doubt

[@SuperEljafru]

if arceus is successful we’ll just get another game that has the exact same premise for another region. hopefully unova, maybe with more or less effort involved. i just hope arceus is *actually* good if anything, because gamefreak has frequently shown us that they’re not even that great at designing a game based around the formula that *they* invented

[@DistantKingdom]

crazy how this games combat is infinitely more visceral and engaging than what we get nowadays ;-; and this game is almost 2 decades old lmfao

[@LibanReactsTo]

How many subscribes before Halloween 🎃 Currently: 774

[@moofy69]

Any pokemon game not made by gamefreak is maximum pog

[@FrostDzNz]

I had no idea this game was a thing but it makes me question why something similar hasn't been made.

[@canoshizrocks]

@@FrostDzNz There's a sequel, and I believe Ant streamed it recently.

[@nineflames2863]

@@moofy69 Here's hoping that rule still applies nowadays, what with the Gen 4 remakes coming out soon lol.

[@hcnye]

People don't always realize that, while playing through a traditional pokemon game, (one with wild pokemon encounters) your pokemon that you use for a while are going to get really strong. Pokemon gain EVs for every pokemon they defeat, which increase their stats in unseen ways that are separate from level. (The newest games let you see what's going on behind the scenes, and actually have some freedom with it). Colosseum has EVs and IVs and everything that a "real" pokemon game has, but it gives you a VERY limited amount of pokemon that can be defeated in the entire game. Your pokemon not only level up less, but gain way fewer EVs from random battles so they don't get their stats boosted nearly as much. Most of the games give you specific advantages, but this one largely doesn't. So when people call this the "hardest official pokemon game" they are not lying.

[@iss2075]

True, but even thought it's a "short" game with not that many trainer battles, you can rebattle most of them, and their teams gradually get stronger too. And there are the colosseums and Mt. Battle too, I play this on Dolphin with PKHex so I can check everything's EVs when I complete the game and normally the Pokemon have 510 EVs or not far under by the time they're strong enough to beat the final boss (although I don't use items, and I usually play with weaker Pokemon than Metagross, Suicune, etc, so I have to get higher levels to win).

[@EskChan19]

@Mcheetah Cool story bro, since you're such a super pro, go win some tournaments or so. Apparently you're the bestest evar.

[@sirnunyabuiz6529]

@Mcheetah Random telling people they suck for obvious hard battles, nice bro, gonna tell us how you did that by overgrinding your starter or hacking in a pokemon?

[@sjakierulez]

@@EskChan19 Yes, he is definitly saying he is a pro and not that people that had trouble with this game suck

[@chrissy9997]

@Mcheetah We get it, you beat a radical red nuzlocke with no items.

[@briansilva3765]

People getting shocked at that Slaking Skill Swap never gets old.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

The one in a hundred times when everything lines up perfectly, Scizor Swords Dances, then Silver Winds into omniboost, then Baton Passes into Slacking, into swapping off Truant, haunts the nightmares of a few people. Omniboosted, +3 attack Slacking with a fixed ability is coming for your booty. With a few Full Restores for good measure. And Salamence intimidate waiting for you at some point, just in case you thought Hitmontop might still be a good choice against +1 defence Slacking.

[@LibanReactsTo]

How many subscribes before Halloween 🎃 Currently: 774

[@ayaanosaurasrex6582]

36:23

[@dvillines26]

that was so good, lmao

[@djeldj]

It's the game that taught me always have a fast taunt pokemon cause without his gimmicks evice I'd pretty easy

[@Ruffy160]

Seeing you struggle with this game makes me even more proud to have beaten it as a child It was so hard it was the first time I HAD to use strategy in a Pokemon game

[@iss2075]

I had Pokemon Stadium and Pokemon Stadium 2, which, believe it or not, require much more strategy than this game (although this one is hard as well, especially if your a child). But the handheld games are way too easy.

[@useless3596]

this game wasn't hard. I beat it 100% when I was a kid

[@septicsorcerer9620]

@@iss2075 Same, I beat Pokemon stadium and this game as a child and I just remember the pain of using brute force to pass sections and hardly using strategy.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

He didn't really struggle though. He lost a few times against the final boss, but only because he was 10 levels lower. Eventually he still won being 10 levels lower.

[@EngineerMikey5]

If you had a hard time beating this game as a kid, you probably took the short bus to school.

[@SkyeBerryJam]

The cool thing is the reason the chose the shadow Pokemon they did for this game was so you could get a lot of the pokemon that don't appear in the gen 3 games

[@drakeshadow7728]

Yup. The one generation where you had to own ALL the different games in order to truly “catch ‘em all.” At least until emerald came out lol.

[@JustSomeoneRandom1324]

@@drakeshadow7728 not complaining. But I do think the pokemon community would riot if they did the same now.

[@KipTM]

@@JustSomeoneRandom1324 they riot about everything lol

[@nintonintendo1]

@@drakeshadow7728 reminder that every non legendary pokemon can be found in at least 2 of the 7 gen 3 pokemon games (ruby, sapphire, colosseum, fire red, leaf green, emerald, XD) EXCEPT Slowpoke and evo, which can only be obtained in leaf green.

[@briansilva3344]

my brother thought this game was the connection between gen 2 and gen 3. We were wrong unfortuanately, but at least we got a great game out of it.

[@dudeguy1894]

One of my favorite quotes is by the film director Orson Welles: "The enemy of art is the absence of limitations." Genius Sonority didn't have the same amount of resources that Game Freak did, so they were effectively forced to be more creative and move away from the "typical" Pokemon formula. That's why Colosseum and XD were so great.

[@armoredanteater609]

Id argue the opposite! They have more creative freedoms with the games, obviously within reason. But having the absence of limitation is absolutely an artists best friend (I say, as an artist :DD)

[@BarcelonaBlitzer]

Wish Call of Duty had that mindset when it comes to releasing a game every year haha

[@Nyzer_]

@@armoredanteater609 I wouldn't say they had more freedoms - the series in Gen 3 was still very willing to experiment with new ideas, even in the mainline games. Sure, the mainline games are still a lot closer to a traditional experience, but nobody was concerned with stagnancy back then, partly because the inclusion of Abilities added a lot of depth, partly because the series regularly had supplemental games like Stadium and Colosseum, and partly because the games were still experimenting - just look at the changes between Ruby/Sapphire, FireRed/LeafGreen, and Emerald. FRLG has mechanics like the Vs. Seeker and the Elite 4 Rematch, Emerald has the Battle Frontier & a ton of QoL for breeding/catching Mons with the right Natures and IVs and such.

[@dannyboy5564]

@@armoredanteater609 The meaning behind the phrase is that limitations force you to get more creative. If you have no limits, then you have no reason to get creative. If you have limits but you need to do something specific, you now have to find an outside the box solution.

[@alacritical7873]

That final team Evice has is absolutely stacked. That's one of the most difficult battles I've seen in a Pokemon game

[@Chiruttasuxx]

based icon

[@ModernMind18]

Based Asbel

[@shihainin777]

Jugdral chads please rise.

[@TheSoda21]

This thread pleases me

[@GamerGrovyle]

For a Game Company that didn't know anything about Pokemon they sure knew how to make a nasty ass team 😂

[@TheFinishSign]

21:27 This might be good to know for the secret boss fight post-game (it's VERY hard) - the AI absolutely ABSOLUTELY cheats in this game and will pick its move(s) after yours. It will "predict" your switch-ins like 100% of the time.

[@fletch-a-sketch9250]

It’s been a while since I played this game. What was the secret post game boss?

[@TheFinishSign]

@@fletch-a-sketch9250 I don't remember if you have to clear the tower or just beat the story, but there's a post-game fight against a shadow/dark version of Wes (yourself). It's incredibly difficult and his AI cheating is turned up to 11.

[@Winasaurus]

That's a lot of early pokemon AI. Looking at you, Gen 1, using potions on full health pokemon because you know I'm going to barely not kill them.

[@velvetbutterfly]

Ah, so it does Gen1 shenanigans but has brains

[@gaymerjerry]

@@fletch-a-sketch9250 I think he means the impostor who impersonates wes but the under deep colosseum is equally as difficult

[@gilg3200]

Another fun fact is that this game and XD are the only games where you can actually have 12 vs 12 Pokémon battles if you have 3 GBAs each can bring their full party of 6 to the battle. Can’t be done legally ever since…

[@BlueWolfZero]

Fun Fact: Shadow Tyranitar has a lower catch rate than Shadow Metagross. Apparently Metagross’ catch rate goes up while Tyranitar’s goes down. Some Shadow Pokémon have higher catch rates than usual while others have lower catch rates. For example, the Legendary Beasts increase their catch rates from 3 to 15.

[@wernertursten7684]

i still can not over the fact that this game from the mid 2000s has better animations than sword and shield, and the music still slaps

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

ikr

[@thesungameplay574]

NO

[@abraham3673]

… not really, they’re of similar quality. colosseum just has more cinematic camera angles in the battles, that’s all.

[@raerohan4241]

@@abraham3673 They're absolutely not of similar quality? The animations in this actually look like they're tailor-made and ALIVE for the particular pokemon, the ones from SwSh look lifeless and generic (look up Ninetails' animation for this game for example. It took until LoA for us to get somehing similar from GameFreak). The battle animations too. At the very least they don't have immersion-breaking animations like Tiny Wailord. Considering this game is from 2003 and SwSh is from 2019, and considering this team had only 22 members while GameFreak is a gigantic corporation, that says A LOT.

[@queencyrys6309]

i'll allow you the animation point but this game's soundtrack is ass

[@TSLsmokey]

Y'know, one thing that always unnerves me about Nascour's fight is the fact that there's no music. At all. I thought it was a bug my first run as a kid, but nope. That's intentional, designed to show just how serious the battle is.

[@gabrielgendron4745]

Without a music, it make the fight lame for me. They could had a mysterious sourd effect as a buld up if they really did'nt want any music for the fight.

[@Drodle]

The animations in this game give the Pokémon so much personality, I love it!

[@mirandapanda7154]

Yes! I miss that so much in the newer games

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Hitmontop alone is better than anything I've seen in the gamefreak games. It lowkey makes me mad

[@enotsnavdier6867]

I think Battle Revolution was the peak of Pokémon animations if I'm remembering right

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@@slickboyd This game has hundreds...

[@enzog1078]

@@slickboyd false. You can trade every Pokémon from gen 3 and lower into this game.

[@HouseofHerman]

The two Orre games are my favorite Pokemon games, honestly some of my favorite of all time. I wish Genius Sonority would be given another shot at a third game set in Orre.

[@mitchcockriell3814]

Sadly genius sonority got kinda screwed by Nintendo. They were also the company that made pokemon battle revolution. Which was originally supposed to have a story in it. However they were only given 9 months to develop the game, and were not able to push back the release date because it had to release with the Nintendo wii. I feel if they were given more time, we all would have gotten a way better game. Same with pokemon XD. It only had something like 6 months to develop, which is why there are so many re-used assets in XD

[@AziSlays]

@@mitchcockriell3814 XD still managed to be a fantastic game. We all want a current gen Orre region game. Imagine the final boss having Shadow Yveltal, or Darkrai.

[@mitchcockriell3814]

@@AziSlays I agree. I have 600+ hours in XD. Beat the orre colloseum, done multiple playthroughs. Sadly I have ZERO faith gamefreak or Nintendo in general could pull it off. We all saw what they did with sword and shield. So at this point I'd just want a colloseum/XD remastered with an extra chapter or some quality of life features added in. Like wild pokemon, or a proper daycare for EV/IV training. Sadly, we'll never get one because of game freaks shitty attitude.

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@@mitchcockriell3814 Gamefreak has just proven itself to be a bad developer tbh. They don't take risks and just don't have the talent or incentive to make high quality games. The Pokemon games are not good by industry standards, they can only be compared to eachother in terms of quality.

[@raerohan4241]

@@enotsnavdier6867 To be fair, the last time they took a risk was back in BW era, and their sales tanked hard. And when they do the bare minimum and stick to the formula, they get rewarded for it, as demonstrated by the sales of SwSh. We all hate it, but you have to admit that for now this is what works best from a business standpoint. Until this changes and lower quality games get lower sales, we're stuck.

[@D42h0ut]

Umbreon literally carried me during the last fight because it's so bulky, it kept tanking damage while toxic and confuse stalling the enemies

[@iBenjamin1000]

I loved colosseum for letting me use more defensive pokemon like umbreon or noctowl since you can have the other pokemon be the attacker.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This is one of those games a lot of us couldn't even complete as kids

[@KatsuisCooking]

the only way to beat it is to finish elementary school

[@Logans_Login]

You guys couldn’t compete it because it was too hard. I couldn’t complete it because I didn’t have a GameCube memory card -and also because it was hard- we are not the same.

[@neonph9275]

I cant complete this because I dont have a game cube in the first place

[@foshizelmc7412]

I can’t complete it cause my disk is all scratched up

[@helmaroc259]

So true

[@TheKastellan]

29:45 I love crawdaunt's getting hit animation. Just like "WHY"

[@benbarker1258]

Colosseum and XD are some of the best pokemon games ever.

[@tiff3770]

yeah but youtube thinks its pokemon sword and shield

[@xLOKIx0830]

@@tiff3770 All pokemon games that are streamed on twitch fall under the latest pokemon game category.

[@tiff3770]

@@xLOKIx0830 well maybe someday they will correct it

[@miacasual1263]

Your pfp is awesome

[@redrazorx-23]

With the best soundtrack by far

[@corruptedmp4file]

4:10 "They're using strats!" I know this is meant to be the hardest Pokemon game, but this is so far above all other games in the series!

[@loudheart1607]

@@ATXnomad698 some of the trainers can be refought as many times as you want, if I recall. Specifically, I’m pretty sure the trainers in Battle Square at Pyrite town can be refought. So there’s not actually a finite amount of exp. The point about only 50 or so usable Pokémon still stands though.

[@Curelax]

and then at 36:23 he realises the true genius of this game's design

[@sarahwallace1103]

It isn't the hardest at all. The fact that people say that just means they're incredibly bad at Pokemon in general.

[@CarbonMalite]

@@sarahwallace1103 All of the other games are baby difficulty idk what you mean

[@sarahwallace1103]

@@CarbonMalite Cool, you've played like two games. None of them are much harder. Ant was only slightly slowed down because he skipped shit and was bumrushing it

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

38:30 It's so rare to see SmallAnt meet his match and react to significant setbacks. This is one of those times. You're welcome, Internet!

[@TVHammond]

Getting Ho-Oh in this game is truly a journey and I wish everyone to experience it once, _especially_ single battle Mt Battle 100(the non-story mode)

[@ChanoTha1]

I got Ho-oh as well but I did double battles for the battle mode mount battle challenge

[@CalebWillden]

SUCH a cool game. Being a thief taking down a tyrannical organization is a thrilling plot, and the camera movement, and all of the trainer and Pokemon animations are so evocative! Pretty dang tough, though. Some of the music is fantastic. Other tracks are a bit odd, haha. I think I do like XD a bit more and more refined, but this was pretty epic too.

[@IschmarVI]

While the plot isn't as developed as I would like it to be, I don't think that is necessarily a problem. The foundation is solid and everything else, our imagination can easily work out. The "simplicity" of the plot even adds the element of interpretation, which means, that everyone will interpretate the storyline ever so slightly differently. Pretty cool, imo. Really goes to show that a plot doesn't need to be extremely complicated in order to work.

[@johnpaullogan1365]

@@IschmarVI remember this is still a pokemon game. you are basically comparing harry potter to bernstein bears and saying you would have preferred shakespeare. xd smoothed out most of the rough edges mechanically but the story dropped to dr seuss levels. still better than the bears and more entertaining than it should ever logically be but no harry potter or shakespeare

[@kylelord_8573]

“I haven’t saved in awhile but it’ll be fine” *Famous last words*

[@jackbro655]

i love this so much, just hearing that, and remembering that you cant save anywhere like most pokemon games, definitely messed me up from time to time when i played it last year.

[@NathanExploshin]

I played this game as a kid and loved my flygon, I transferred it to my emerald and then firered to always have with me. This game helped me complete the fire red Pokédex as much as I could with out like jirachi and deoxys. I loved the music of this game a lot to. Very underrated.

[@braingoop]

Too* hehehehhehehehehehe

[@jackiebicboichan1674]

This game is the only pokemon game where I ever got any pokemon to level 100, and it was with Espeon and Umbreon. Really felt a connection with them as starters, such a good game :')

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

I got Jirachi from the disk they gave you when you buy colosseum back in the day

[@CradilyBestPokemon]

If only there was a game where every trainer had a cradily

[@KingsBard]

Mount Battle

[@Sean_Bird]

Cradily Version when, Game Freak

[@justinwalker7418]

Cradily with ingrain, leech seed, gigadrain, leftovers is and immortal rock and a great doubles teamate. Add in a high damage move like solar beam and you have a literal tank

[@lizmiller7906]

@@justinwalker7418 that set literally does nothing except exist in singles it might be good but not in doubles

[@julienbronsch5039]

Ngl i often forget cradily, but bc of this comment, i wont ever forget it from now on

[@cadenz7719]

Would love to see a remake of these Pokémon games with updated graphics and maybe more unique designs like dark Lugia.

[@iBenjamin1000]

At this point I'd take these game just being ported to the switch so more people can play them but even that feels like a fleeting dream.

[@jackbro655]

@@iBenjamin1000 same, even do you can easly download a rom of the game and emulate it, or play it on a wii, thats what I did, I had the game as a kid, but not sure how i lost it :c, i still got the box of the game at least.

[@Eatcheesepls]

i don't know why they're so opposed to making the old games playable again. it really sucks; the old games had so much charm compared to the newer ones imo.

[@dagothcharles2044]

People already pay 60 bucks for a "modern" game with worse animations, why would these games need a remake? Lmao

[@GRIM0IREG00CH]

Getting Ho-Oh in this game is one of the most brutal challenges in all of Pokémon

[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

As someone who managed to get Ho-Oh. **Yeah…**

[@GRIM0IREG00CH]

@@Cosplaybuddygiraffes Same here. I’d say the hardest part is not actually doing it, but accepting that you are going for it. Even purifying all the Shadow Pokémon is an undertaking, but by the time you realize you either gotta get a team of lvl. 100’s or give up, that’s when the true Colosseum fans rise up

[@drseizure]

@@Cosplaybuddygiraffes yeah getting HoHo was hard especially in that one battle where a pokemon trainer had a jirachi that kept spamming the move wish to heal itself.

[@whythehec]

Swap in a kyogre and rayquaza from emerald both with surf and you can basically roll. I still have my Mattle ho-oh in Pokémon home lol

[@YouSaiyan........937]

Took me 58 hours. No spoilers but money makes cologne the best option to be fast

[@Medicesca]

The way chat was disrespecting the Admin theme honestly has me tilted.

[@meseraphim6509]

ITS SUCH A BANGER

[@Theonebeliever]

Its THE Banger

[@normanderi]

i mean mirror b's theme in gale of darkness, makes all the ost in this game pale in comparison(ok not all)

[@pyropoyo]

Twitch chat and having no taste, name a more iconic duo.

[@Lanoman123]

That’s fucking mental

[@avoncalling9703]

26:50 “They actually give you a gen 3 Pokémon!” *Cries in flygon*

[@infernovulpix1539]

Fun fact: Shadow Pokemon don't share the same catch rate as other members of their species, instead each one has a hard-coded catch rate in Colosseum's code. I'm not sure if they're listed anywhere but I was looking into the Colosseum rom hacking community once upon a time and that's one of the things they've found.

[@sirnunyabuiz6529]

That much was obvious, there's no way you easily catch a suicune, raikou or entei without it at least having 15-20 base catch rate.

[@joerexhausen8897]

I loved starting w/ umbreon and espeon in this one, really needs a release on Switch i think.

[@TheDarkLasombra]

Back when this came out in 05-06, I was 19 working night shift at a factory with a bunch of other people my age. Every morning after work, we would go to my house where I had set up a giant mattress/couch/pillow fort with this game in front of it and play it for hours until we passed out and woke up for work in the afternoon.

[@christopherkitchen654]

When I saw the first episode uploaded I screamed like a child. I love this game so freaking much! You’re amazing Ant, keep up the good work!!

[@jackbro655]

did you ever finish it? when i played it as a kid I didn't advance much, but recently i played it again and holy crap its such a great game, people really need to give it a fair chance.

[@dazzawesome]

Pokemon Colosseum was my favorite pokemon game ever!!! Literally the coolest experience to play pokemon I ever had. Especially the part where you can connect the GameBoy games to the GameCube. Honestly amazing childhood 😁

[@dicksmiggie1137]

Connecting the gameboy was so cool lol

[@PtylerBeats]

I love this game, and the battle style is so fun. The animations are unique (my favorite is zigzagoon running between your legs after it gets hit. So adorable) which makes it a lot more interesting

[@whata_jackalope6703]

Watching Ant play this without knowing that "call" will clear confusion and sleep is physically painful

[@Technotoadnotafrog]

tbf I dunno how you're supposed to figure that out

[@Draezeth]

@@Technotoadnotafrog A guy un the first Pokemart tells you. Although I thought it was just sleep, not confusion.

[@ich3730]

@@Technotoadnotafrog because the game tells you and its pretty safe to assume any reasonable player will try to find out what "call" is for.

[@vktrlndwll95]

I knew that it could clear sleep but I had no idea that it also worked against confusion.

[@someguyontheinternet2399]

I must've played this game a dozen times and I never knew it worked on confusion...

[@Lazer_Specter]

Yay! More Colosseum! This game is so unique and interesting. And it looks really nice and the plot is cool. A nice change of pace from the "main" series. Also 2:54 Chunky is gone in the next shot... oh dear.

[@Wqahgd]

first

[@TCStink3]

And then there’s Chunky, he’s dead.

[@diavolosteddy7594]

@@TCStink3 D K CHUNKYS DEAD

[@ducky5945]

I've never before seen SmallAnt as baffled while playing Pokémon, as I have here. It's refreshing, and no small amount entertaining.

[@derveiter8304]

Nobody: Smallant constantly: "i am an idiot" Also Smallant: easily beats the hardest pokemon ever

[@Wqahgd]

first

[@bruhwastaken3156]

@@Wqahgd ?

[@Wqahgd]

@@bruhwastaken3156 yes?

[@bruhwastaken3156]

@@Wqahgd tf are you saying first for

[@coolyeh1017]

I mean he still lost against the final boss a couple times.

[@serpent2776]

Grinding the metagross was a super chill part of the stream. Probably my favorite part

[@beisukouchiha9626]

Man! I remember playing this game when I was like 7 to 9 years old. I had no idea what I was doing and now I wanna go back to my game cube and catch all the pokemon I accidently took out without catching. Keep this series going my guy!

[@Wolficefang]

"They just literally bombed a hole into the ground" Wait, how is that possible, at least without hurting themselves? Oh right, they have Pokémon.

[@Tom-Danielson]

The classic game of being like 10 levels underleveled

[@jaernihiltheus7817]

Or in the post game: 20-30 levels underleveled.

[@Ace2014Ace]

Na. He's just too lazy to grind. Go to mt. Battle to grind and purify.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Like gen 4 being 15 levels under Cynthia (and still washing her 😂)

[@Fluttersniper]

Pokemon Colosseum: You are an ex-felon out to take down your former masters, in the desert criminal-infested hellscape of Orre. Cool jacket, cool shades, cool hair, cool gauntlet, cool one-wheeled motorcycle with a giant engine and exhaust pipes, cool partner girl with psychic powers, and you start with an ESPEON AND UMBREON. Pokemon XD: *haha scooter go brrrrrrr*

[@JoshSweetvale]

And the partner girl may or may not be Anime Ash & Misty's grandkid...

[@GT-wj3gl]

I honestly wish they made more of these. Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness were my favorite titles in the series. Also, proved that you can make fully 3D pokemon games with multiple animations per pokemon. Looking at you Sword and Shield.

[@TimeBucks]

You’re amazing Ant

[@playerhateroftheyear1084]

No he's not he didn't catch scarmory or tyranitar

[@blarg2429]

@@playerhateroftheyear1084 Username checks out.

[@pixelfirehd7097]

Won’t lie, As a completionist, seeing Smallant kill shadow pokemon makes me flinch

[@MicoDossun]

Watching him just not cycle out shadow Pokémon to purify them constantly throughout the playthrough was incredibly bizarre to me. He didn’t even keep Umbreon

[@reeseolsen4052]

More so since it seems he won't be going to the Snagem Hideout or The Deep.

[@jaernihiltheus7817]

This game rewards completionism. The only legitimate way to get a ho-oh in gen 3 was either through limited irl events or by completing this game, catching all 48 shadow pokemon, curing them all, and completing all 100 floors of mt battle. If you want a ho-oh in your gen 3 cartridges you either need to cheat or 100% this game.

[@federicomacias1946]

I don't remember but we could find any shadow pokemon we defeated right? Except Togetic which is a one only chance i think

[@udozocklein6023]

@@MicoDossun he doesn't like umbreon for some reason..... for me, umbreon is a boss :)

[@MasterHeracross]

What's sad is that the attack, faint, and idle animations in this game are so much better than the modern pokemon games. Edit: Don't get mad this is just my opinion

[@nousername191]

What's even sadder is that for the first 251 mons, they're copied from Pokémon Stadium 1/2.

[@nickpanaro498]

literally is so much better it keeps me up at night

[@MasterHeracross]

@@nousername191 damn

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Some of the animations of the gen 4 pokemon from Revolution are absolutely incredible. Special mention does have to go out to Honchcrow's fainting animation, but also a lot of signature moves were done justice. A lot of damage taken animations are also straight fire, and that's just true of all four games. It's also important to point out that many of the animation quirks and movement gimmicks of a lot of pokemon were invented in these games, that would later be applied to their animated gen 5 sprites, and eventually their main game models. Kyogre's chompers, for example, I don't believe had appeared at all before Colloseum, yet are now a staple of people's perception of Kyogre. Speaking of the trio, Rayquaza's gen 3 sprite is frankly kinda booty, so this is also the first time I think it really appeared in a form truer to what we know now. These games laid a lot of conceptual work for some of these pokemon in movement on top of looking good doing it.

[@V-Jes]

@@nousername191 Not really sad but expected that when the devs have to deal with fewer models they can give them more animations what is why Stadium 1 (and i mean the OG Stadium 1 and not the 1 that got released in the west) only had 40 Pokemon in it, while in the mainline games they had to animate like 900-1000 Pokemon models at once for XY, and keep in mind that every variation of a Pokemon is it's own model etc...

[@Joker22593]

A lot of people were asking "Is there a place to grind?" the answer is yes. Mt. Battle.

[@Maxwelldog]

You can also rematch just about every single trainer too, and they'll have even stronger teams the second time around

[@islandofideals6571]

I used to grind in the Pyrite battle circle for that sweet sweet theme

[@hyronvalkinson1749]

I got all the way to Level 99 too before getting my entire squad sweeped by Shedinja. I didn't have internet back then, I was incredibly pissed that I couldn't do any damage.

[@jackbro655]

@@islandofideals6571 yep that was my main place to farm, nice amount of XP, and you can heal up if you wanted thanks to that hotel.

[@DisplayThisOkay]

@@Maxwelldog Partially true. They only rematch once you pass a certain point in the story. Dakim is a big sticking point for some people because the 9 trainers you fight before him don't reset and neither do any of the trainers in the Miror B hideout. So if you need to grind for him you have to go to the top of the pyrite town building and fight the single trainer that does rematch then exit the entire town just to reset him. It's really annoying.

[@aisadal2521]

I feel so happy seeing a childhood game get more exposure! 🥰 It's really a shame we don't have more challenging Pokemon games like this anymore 😔

[@Eldritchinator]

This game was a highlight of my childhood. First Pokemon game I played where mashing A didn't work. Beating Evice felt incredible.

[@neallonsky]

The editor did a great job on cutting out the dead air in battles. Anyone who has played these knows that the battles are SUPER slow lol

[@magmaboyx859]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Jaiden needs to make a video on this game, it would be so amazing with her art style

[@LucasZhou09]

this isnt jaiden tho

[@magmaboyx859]

@@LucasZhou09 what? Im just saying that I wish she would play this game with her artstyle

[@dankcaillou]

She could since it seems she grew up with a Gamecube and loves Pokemon

[@magmaboyx859]

@@dankcaillou exactly and since smallant knows her he may be able to tell her about it, I think the video she would make would be such a banger

[@1qesem371]

18:38 “it is confused, paralyzed, and attracted” sounds like trying to get a girlfriend in the current worldstate

[@freekill1018]

Population decline is gonna be a bitch huh

[@AdamDawson3]

Ariados, Forretress, Skarmory, Heracross, Misdreavus, Sunflora, Noctowl, Stantler, Magcargo & Jumpluff are some of the most underrated Pokemon in the game. Ariados is my favourite Pokemon in this game as it gets Sludge Bomb on purification and you will have a much easier time defeating Miror B's Ludicolo in Realgam Tower but train Ariados on Mount Battle once you purify it so it will be higher in level than Miror B's Ludicolo. I also recommend taking Noctowl through the entire game as you can spam Earthquake with Flygon and just to let you know Ampharos is the best Electric Pokemon in the game the Plusle that Duking gives you counts as a traded Pokemon and the EXP boost allows it to level up rather fast. Slugma is extremely underrated in this game and once you evolve it into Magcargo it can be very reliable it comes with Flamethrower on purification yes it has two 4x weaknesses to Water & Ground but you can get around that. Jumpluff & Sunflora will be very reliable to you if you decided to raise them as their Speed doubles when Sunny Day is used. Piloswine is also a great choice to raise its typing of Ice/Ground is good. Swablu can be a great Pokemon to raise but it will be even better once you evolve into Altaria. Ursaring is obtainable in the Snagem Hideout in the post game and it will do wonders for you in the Deep Colosseum if you decide to raise it.

[@PurpsJL_HAQ]

I really hope he comes back to this and catches the rest of the Shadow Pokemon. I see some many people drop this game after beating Evice and not the post game final boss.

[@tigerdactyl6958]

The raikou made me reset so many times back in the day. Later I found out you can fight trainers again to get the shadow pokemon you missed. Which I had killed like 5 by the end of the game. That first ball catch on raikou triggers me; I don't know if it's easier during that battle but I call bs on that.

[@JohnDoe-uq2qd]

I got Metagross in my first ball on my first playthrough which allowed me to use the master on tyranitar to make the last fight a lot easier.

[@tigerdactyl6958]

@@JohnDoe-uq2qd yea I only had to reset once to get metagross and I used my master ball on tyranitar cause it was the last battle besides the shadow togetic. I'll play gale of darkness someday.

[@Loopgang1214]

If you recall he also caught it in the shiny only challenge of HGSS with a critical capture.

[@costby1105]

Raikou has a catch rate of 15 as opposed to it's usual 3 in this game. Put another way you have about the same chance to catch normal Raikou with 1 hp with an ultra ball as you do to snag Shadow Raikou at full health with a poke ball.

[@2011supergamer]

God I wish they actually cared enough to make more Pokemon games designed for people who grew up with the series.

[@YandrakJakob]

I remember my espeon being so much kickass (and i grinded the battle tower so many times) that i legitimately regretted not only not having a copy of pokemon emerald but also losing the memory card with ita data

[@Cometstarlight]

This was a blast to watch and I'm SO HAPPY that you're playing Gale of Darkness too!! One of my all time favorites! Can't wait to see where you go with it!

[@onlyme8780]

I knew once he used the masterball on Metagross there was no chance in hell he was going to try to catch that Tyranitar. It's practically uncatchable and takes forever with any other ball.

[@IschmarVI]

catch rate of 10 iirc. Metagross has 15 in this game. Yeah, they changed a lot of the catch rates for balancing reasons (legendary beasts are 15 instead of 3, for example - and from my understanding, the first starter you fight gets a huge buff to their respective catch rate but ONLY that one). So there are both good master ball targets but yeah, turns out, tar is the best candidate for the ball (unless you use the duplication glitch, in that case, you master ball both of them)

[@CEFG100]

"Did I save? I'm sure it'll be fine." Well, there's only one reason to include THAT line in the video....

[@zakvillarreal8236]

The way I used to dance and snap along to miror B's theme music as a kid, I'm surprised I didn't know I was gay sooner in life.

[@sirnunyabuiz6529]

Music is not tied to orientation however.

[@zakvillarreal8236]

@@sirnunyabuiz6529 it has societal influence though.

[@sirnunyabuiz6529]

@@zakvillarreal8236 Yet, it doesn't define your orientation, you are gay from the moment you are born, but known about it later in life.

[@kneknek]

Hardest game : KZbin detecting it as sword and shield

[@Zeo1Thousand]

Sword and Shield could never be this good

[@Blah3210]

Maybe if it was the hardest game to lose then SwSh would be right

[@jorrit_8292]

It sees Pokémon and unless otherwise specified it takes the latest installment

[@EeveeKnight197]

This is very cathartic. I struggled soooo much when this game came out against the final boss. I ended up using the master ball on the t-tar. I forget what gets replaced by it, but I remember it being easier than the t-tar.

[@gabrielgendron4745]

It got replace by aggron which is a bad addition to his team being honest. Work better with the red hair muscle guy.

[@abj6920]

The fact that this is the most Ant has struggled and thought in a pokemon game with no aditional personal rules, great

[@XellosNi]

I am almost certain you will NEVER see a mainline game pull off something devious like a Slowking Skill-Swapping with Slaking, holy crap.

[@abj6920]

@@XellosNi Yeah, this was probably a game made by nerds who were like "I'm a pokemon master, how would I actually make it hard?"

[@ChromiumDome411]

I was waiting for him to see the level spikes.

[@Krunschy]

The level spike is one thing. What was really suprising is how much competitively viable strategy the boss applies.

[@ChromiumDome411]

@@Krunschy That’s also true. It was like fighting a real human being from EVO.

[@commander_frog]

I sure hope console pokemon games continue to improve and dont regres in every way

[@Blah3210]

Surely the biggest gaming franchise in the world will reinvest their earnings and continue to make increasingly beautiful and ambitious games that raise the bar for the rest of the industry.

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@Blah3210 the issue is when 3 companies split the power it's hard to properly plan and delegate decisions

[@Blah3210]

@@velvetbutterfly That's supposed to be why The Pokémon Company exists. It was made for that very reason.

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@Blah3210 TPC is one of those 3, it doesn't oversee everything

[@Blah3210]

@@velvetbutterfly Incorrect. The three stakeholders involved with Pokémon are Nintendo, GameFreak, and Creatures. They came together to form TPC when they realized that they needed a centralized entity in order to manage the massive multimedia franchise that Pokémon turned out to be.

[@TheNodop]

Funny that youtube (gaming) labels this video as "Pokemon Sword and Shield"

[@dedication1889]

Du hier? 😳

[@davidlarkin1040]

Honestly I just thought KZbinrs set it so it'd be reccomended to more people.

[@jankutscher6810]

Alter, dich gibts noch?

[@justabulbasaurlover.4711]

alright smallant ive got a challenge for you. I call it a SufferLocke 1. Nuzlocke Rules are in play (1 per route, faint=death etc) 2. you only have 1 chance to capture a pokemon and they must be at full health, you cannot use status effects either (paralysis, sleep etc) 3. If you run into that same pokemon on the same route your run is over and you must reset the game. (no savescumming) 4. If/When the Master Ball is obtained you only have a time limit of 10 minutes to use it. If you still have the Master Ball after the limit, you must either toss it or put it in the PC 5. when a pokemon is caught over the 6-Pokemon limit one must be sacrificed and replaced with the newest one (released/replace) 6. Gift Pokemon are banned entirely (Castform, Eevee, etc.) 7. If by chance you capture a legendary, you are unable to use it unless you sacrifice at least 3 party members. 8. if a shiny is found, it is immune to the sacrifice clause and can be boxed as an alternative to releasing if it ever dies 9. if a gym leader KO's 5 of your 6 pokemon the run is over 10. you must remain either at or below the gym leaders highest level. 11. If a pokemon goes over the level cap you cannot use it until that gym is defeated 12. You cannot trade pokemon as I count them as gift pokemon 13. Your starter cannot evolve past its second stage. After it hits the next stage an everstone must be on it at all times 14. going back to rule 2 for a second. if you run into the same pokemon but on a DIFFERENT route, it is up to be captured 15. Yes, I am making this shit up as I go. 16. The entire game must be beaten in a time limit of 48 Hours starting from when you get your Starter Pokemon for the 1st time. after you get your starter the timer starts and does not stop until the game is completed, even if you take a break, etc. 17. If you do this challenge, post a video here because I cant hop on Twitch most of the time and finally 18. These Challenges are Valid in the following games: Red Blue and Yellow, Gold and Silver, Emerald, Diamond and Pearl, X and Y, Ultra Sun Ultra Moon. Anything not listed is not valid and the run cannot be done in that game. Think you can beat it?

[@nomonick9670]

Just want to let you know, there's more to the game. I think you unlock some extra stuff after beating "final boss", and you can catch Ho-Oh if you purify every catchable pokemon and fight your way to the top of the battle tower. I've done everything in the game except catch the ho-oh itself because it takes a while to purify.

[@AKUNJIG]

The Difficulty in this Game was extreme especially when you deal with the Level Spikes. Ein was so hard to deal with in the Lab with those Rain Dance Pokemon. This is not a Game you can Speed Run through. I had to grind it out going to the Colosseum Challenges. Also I think all the Shadows Pokemon in this game and XD had Perfect IVs once they're purified.

[@Nyzer_]

No, they do not have perfect IVs. They have normal IVs. I should know, I just finished a run of Colosseum in which I did a lot of resets for good IVs & natures on the legendary dogs. The IVs and natures of my various XD mons are also randomized.

[@IschmarVI]

Oh, you absolutely can speedrun this game. Pretty well, actually. It is, however, not exactly an easy speedrun to pick up and learn. There's a LOT of stuff going on with the speed strats. A LOT of stuff. But it is also my favourite pokemon speedrun, because once you got the strats down (and finally got a quilava that is good enough for the run), it is soooo cool to watch.

[@panhead234]

I have played through colosseum at least a dozen times, I don’t think I’ve ever seen hitmontop only kick once as much as Richard did

[@gamerfreak5665]

So glad I wasn't crazy when I thought this game was super hard, had to exp grind way too much.

[@Roasted-Tomato27]

I remember suffering through this game with a Meganium and a Misdreavus as a kid and somehow beating it. Needles to say, it took many many tries

[@dr4g00nk1d]

crazy how the 3d game cube pokemon games look better than the 3d pokemon games we have now for the newest generations lmao

[@Reallytallsocks]

I didn't find this game incredibly hard back when I was like 11 and playing it. I purified all of the good ones and used my GameCube to transfer them over to Emerald. This music is bringing back some MEMORIES.

[@IschmarVI]

The game gives you enough opportunities to deal with the difficulty, including an unlimited amount of trainer battles in Mt. Battle. So yeah, it is not THAT difficult if you factor in all of these things, but the thing DOES throw quite a few roadblocks at you that are not to be taken lightly (dakim 2 when he leads flygon and claydol is ... an experience)

[@aisadal2521]

It's validating to know that the struggles we had with this game as kids was real!

[@Robert-mx1io]

Still waiting for you to do an XD: gale of darkness play through!!! Love the content!

[@AzzyTheGreat]

Dude... this is brutal. Firstly, Flygon never gets to use any of its mega attack score, because Dragon Type was Special in Gens 1-3. Secondly, Tyranitar. Thirdly, Silver Wind does so much because Scizor draws from its Attack score--Bug was Physical in Gens 1-3. I completely understand mixing it up, so the last confusing one I can think of is: Ghost Type was Physical. It just hurts me every time, because I learned all this a long time ago, and it's so unclear what types are supposed to be Physical/Special... and I'm sure that's why they did away with the Type determination, and just made everything have a Phys/Spec. Split. Also, going into this fight >15 levels lower than the last boss? That's gutsy. Kudos to you, man.

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

36:23 - I think that pretty much sums up *EVERY* player's reaction to that strat being used.

[@Ashorter42]

"FLYGON IS SO COOL" Literally my favorite pokemon glad to see the love 🥰

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

Always a good day when Smallant posts some highlights

[@thegoat682]

We need gale of darkness. Goated game

[@sapphicaswell9066]

hes gonna play it in an hour

[@AnimeRPGFreakKenny]

He is starting it this week iirc, Today in fact. lol

[@Robert-mx1io]

@@AnimeRPGFreakKenny omg thanks for the info!! I literally just commented on needing him to play it as well!!

[@DavidBilbo-j9u]

I love how the big brain strats are exactly why you were having such a hard time. "Let me uhhhh waste a turn and switch out to ______" *AI sets up a weather condition or paralyzes/confuses your team* "oops! Let me do this everytime the whole way through and underlevel my team as well!" xD

[@rico5853]

Pokemon Colosseum was one of my favorite game as a kid. I mean it's still one of my favorite Pokemon game. It has a lot of flaws but I really like the story, the atmosphere and the music. The difficulty made the game challenging and it was a real pride when i managed to finish it.