I Played the PERFECT Pokemon Crystal Romhack

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‪@smithplayspokemon‬ has made the PERFECT Pokemon Crystal Romhack, and i'm going to be trying to beat it using the hardcore nuzlocke rules!
🚫 What Are The Rules? 🚫
1. If a Pokémon faints, it's considered dead and must be released or permanently boxed.
2. I can only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area.
3. No healing items allowed in battle
4. Set battle mode: I can't switch Pokémon after defeating an opponent's Pokémon.
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[@Oshawaves]

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[@keeperplays]

BIG CONGRATS 🎉🎉🎉

[@sketchwingstudio]

why are there random pixel lines near many opposing pokemon??

[@66bloodmoon]

noooooooooooooooo

[@cloudstrife8]

Always appreciate what TheSmithPlays does for older pokemon games. Thanks for covering it.

[@Karaseri]

Zubat = Attorney A blood-sucking lawyer!

[@game_projections]

jurasic parc?

[@TheAzulmagia]

Corsola actually fits Jasmine very well. If you talk to a Gentleman in the lighthouse, they mention that Jasmine was originally a Rock-type trainer before the Steel-type was discovered, meaning Corsola could be a remnant of her old team.

[@JayClearman411]

I luv it when background lore makes a subtle appearance

[@nikoszparaszkevopulosz5522]

Many strel type trainers have rock and ground pokemon int theyre teams

[@Karaseri]

Oshawaves: “Lapras…on a Dragon team?” Iris in BW2: “I feel called-out!”

[@Oshawaves]

WAIT DOES SHE REALLY HAVE A LAPRAS?! I DONT REMEMBER

[@intergalactic92]

@@Oshawavesshe also has Aggron. It’s not a mono dragon team.

[@JarlinJamesNDK13]

@@Oshawaves yes and an archeops and aggron

[@Shalakor]

@@Oshawaves In addition to that, it's not the first time Clair has had a Lapras either. She has one in Pokemon Stadium 2. And she's had a Gyarados on her actual Blackthorn Gym team in HeartGold/SoulSilver.

[@DespianGrimmPaldea]

@@Oshawaves Think of it this way, Lance's Team consists of mainly Flying Pokemon that can be considered draconic, or in simple terms Flying Dragons. Whilst Clair's Team consists of Aquatic Pokemon that can also be considered draconic, or Aquatic Dragons.

[@Luka-up8yo]

0:24 PART 2 SOON!?! I'm still doing that playthrough on a physical cartridge on my gbc and I can't wait to see part 2

[@jordan9369]

Ah yes victreebel and vileplume both get access to sword dance 😂

[@Oshawaves]

That is kinda CRAZY

[@caseyvuen111]

Osha and having occupations as pokemon nicknames 😂 i love it. Lumberjack will never be forgotten.

[@salvest3rr]

POKEMON CRYSTAL IS THE ABSOLUTE PEAK OF POKEMON GAMES

[@Swampy_22]

i really want the smith plays pokemon to make an emerald hack

[@Oshawaves]

If you didn’t know, he’s working on emerald legacy right now! It will be the final instalment of the Legacy Romhacks :)

[@rubenvargas4233]

I’m so excited!! I never got to play generation 4 or 5. So replaying 2 and 3 is grand.

[@Oscar92839]

@@Oshawaveshell yeah that would be a banger

[@elvenatheart982]

Rip Researcher, you were a great Rock Snake😢😢😢

[@Oshawaves]

@@elvenatheart982 o7

[@JohnnyVincent420]

I spent 55 hours in this hack and i did not go to Kanto yet, i love it.

[@kamvex1788]

36:36 um... cant speak for all of these items, but the Cut Apprentice gives you a Charcoal after you help with the Farfetch'd. You just have to visit his the Cut Master's home and talk to him. Worked that way in base GSC if my memory is correct

[@Oshawaves]

@@kamvex1788 ah yes you’re right! I had forgotten about that!

[@Pokemonlover114]

Alternative title : bodyguard vs Pokemon crystal legacy 😅😅

[@elvenatheart982]

Omg Machoke looks so good in gen2 and that Shiny Magmar , mwah chef kiss

[@Oshawaves]

@@elvenatheart982 RIGHT?? Gen 2 graphics just hit DIFFERENT

[@elvenatheart982]

@@Oshawaves Tru

[@hellboy19991]

Oh damn, you got Pokerus as well! When grinding out my team on my casual run to lvl 70 at the entrance of mount silver for Red I also got told I got Pokerus.

[@MrYutbe57]

Im a huge fan of Polished Crystal. It feels like a ROM hack thoigh. In a good way. But crystal lefacy feels like how crystal should have been.

[@emarti3853]

I did the magby/elekid thing. Thought they were friendship evolve. Also you're missing a couple routes/towns. I'm assuming you just missed the catch, but lanturn would be nice in Olivinr

[@NickyvMLP]

Apparently, Jasmine was a Rock type gym leader before the steel type was "discovered", hence the Corsola. Rock type, but also could be found in the waters outside of Olivine. Pretty clever.

[@kingofrunescapepking]

Tyrogue and Smoochum are also not friendship evolutions. Smoochum is 30 like Elekid and Magby, Tyrogue is 20 and what it evolves into depends on its Attack and Defense

[@Oshawaves]

Didn’t know about smoochum, completely forgot abt tyrogue though 😂

[@CaptainB1994]

Falkner's Noctowl is illegal since Hoothoot doesn't evolve until Lv20 infact if I recall a bunch of the teams you encounter contain illegal Pokémon.

[@Oshawaves]

It's actually mentioned decently throughout the main series games that pokemon can evolve earlier than usual through friendship, though this feature is not available to the player, it's there to explain why many trainers have illegal pokemon such as lance and his dragonite, Falkner originally having a level 9 pidgeotto, Norman and his 2 Salking, the list goes on. If you wish to see every illegal pokemon in the main series games, you can click here: pokemondb.net/pokebase/363956/what-are-all-the-in-game-npcs-with-illegal-pokemon *SPOILER* - - - - - - - - - - - During the final johto rival fight, his pupitar evolves into tyranitar early through the same phenomenon.

[@CaptainB1994]

@@Oshawaves I see so the romhack does the same as Game Freak just with different Pokémon... Got it, I wasn't trying to be a dick or anything like that, just laying out an observation I made. 😀

[@Oshawaves]

@@CaptainB1994 yeah, you'd be surprised with how many illegal pokemon there actually are throughout the mainline games. Knew you weren't tryna be a dick, hope i didn't come across as one either! just wanted to share my knowledge on illegal pokemon :P

[@CaptainB1994]

@@Oshawaves I actually was surprised, and nk you werent being a dick either 😀.

[@RealCaptainAwesome]

​@@Oshawaves my head canon is that Lance's Dragonite evolved while he was at the Lake of Rage because of the weird signal from Team Rocket but it lowers happiness to zero.

[@Clemehl]

For a second, when I saw Articuno, I thought that Blue had a Flying-type team. Like a nod to beta-Giovanni, who used to have Flying-type Pokémon (thus the feather-shaped badge). Knowing Blue, he would advocate to be more free, as he aint't a Bird Keeper. But I can see Red or the Elite Four pressuring him to keep the tradition going, and run monotype. So for the troll, he would pick all Flying-type that isn't a bird such as Scyther, Gligar, Crobat, Gyarados, Charizard or Aerodactyl. He could even run Dodrio as his ace: the only flightless bird, or the legendary birds and destroys every trainers. So the League gives in to his demands and allows him to run a multi-type team as long he doesn't make himself unbeatable.

[@RobbyBurney]

Been interesting watching a couple of your videos. A few times during this video you had a mega boosted Scizor with agility and swapped it out. Similarly near the end you were fishing for unnecessary Omni-boosts when you could have just hit giga drain. A lot of nuzlockers on KZbin forget you can simply *kill the opponent* and try to be extra fancy. Sometimes straight up attacking directly is the way

[@Oshawaves]

You’re absolutely right, however recently I’ve picked up on the fact that I SEVERELY underestimate my pokemon, so I always try to play it relatively safe! Though I appreciate the feedback and you checking out my videos :)

[@ross8824]

Nothing entertains me more than content creators straight face lying about playing and liking raid shadow legends hahaha

[@DaniKuruKuru]

One of the objectives of this hackroom was having 2nd gen pokemons more available, and haven’t seen one at the point of 6th medal 😂😂😂

[@JustJamieonYT]

Wow! Raid shadow legends looks super fun, can't wait to play it!!

[@Oscar92839]

😂

[@johnnydaugherty11]

🤣

[@Toast_94]

🤣

[@swagbear9965]

This made me laugh harder than it should have😂

[@brixen0623]

The bug catching contest counts remaining HP for the stat total, not total HP. So weakening the pokemon lowers your points.

[@xbane5109]

yo good video, was enjoying it but many cheese strats greetings from germany

[@Oshawaves]

thank you! what cheese strats were used if you don't mind me asking? Want to improve my videos in every way possible :) (other than bind with tangela which i killed afterwards as consequence)

[@W0odie]

Ayo another banger back to back

[@Novatrike]

Cannot wait for Crystal Clear Part 2!

[@galgathor6817]

Brother you need to get a little audio booth for when you record it’ll really help with echo

[@Oshawaves]

I live in a very tiny roomout any windows, so my soundwaves bounce around a lot, trust me i've tried plenty of work arounds, nothing seems to work :,)

[@DoesItBlast]

Teddiursa is part of the base pokemon had him on my team back in the day you can find him in the patch of grass where the mt solver exit is by newbark

[@Oshawaves]

I meant I wasn’t sure if any trainers used this Pokémon 😅

[@elvenatheart982]

@Oshawaves gen two is not exactly my favorite It just has that "lost cub" vibe , still cute but in a way more eerie way. I'm glad they changed the design a bit later on

[@TwizslurD]

44:52 The TRUE Legendary pokemon has been my favorite for about 25 years now. Tl;Dr "Legendary" + "Fire" + "Dog" = an 8 year old boy's best friend. I got a GBC and Red version in '99 or '00 when I was around 8 years old. Played the game, found a Growlithe, and it became my favorite. I'd always wondered what the "lion dog" pokemon was in the TV show's intro, but I didn't connect the dots (I also didn't know about stone evolutions). One day, an older kid at school asked why my Growlithe hadn't evolved but was Lv.60+. I didn't know.. so he showed me. There he was. The "lion dog" from the intro. And he was a Legendary Pokemon?! Zapdos wasn't even called that, 8 year old me was convinced that my Arcanine was special. (this was a time before "Mew under the truck" was even a thing. Us kids didn't understand "version exclusives", we found the cool pokemon and our friend didn't.)

[@ameuluvs]

If misty cant be mine than nobody can😂😂

[@joeltowart8396]

Nice run, you've inspired me to try HC nz this rom

[@Oshawaves]

Good luck!!!

[@joeltowart8396]

@Oshawaves oh dude it is NOT going well. I just totally messed up in the rocket hideout, massively underestimated the newly powered up execs and got SLAUGHTERED. I scraped my bloody corpse off the floor and survived with 14hp on my red garados. Now I have to rebuild a team!

[@Oshawaves]

@@joeltowart8396 damn 😂 bet of luck to you 🫡

[@Renan13243]

Hi,i'm from Brazil... I liked your video :)

[@Oshawaves]

Thank you very much! I’m glad you enjoyed :)

[@morgan4574]

Im a little dissapointed you didnt mention the upgraded pokedex at all. Also ive never seen that sprite bug before thats weird

[@Oshawaves]

didn't even know there was an upgraded pokedex LOL

[@morgan4574]

@@Oshawaves A new patch is coming out soon I hope you'll check it out!

[@Oshawaves]

@@morgan4574 are you a dev?? or jus a fan? also waiting for the potential expansion pat mentioned for this game. would love to check it out if so

[@morgan4574]

@@Oshawaves I made the Pokedex and the stats screen updates, and ported the move relearner from Polished Crystal 😁 and yes the Kanto expansion is still being worked on (it's a bigger undertaking than most people realize). This patch (1.3) is actually mostly about the battle tower! It's VERY HARD. But there are unique rewards including decorations for your room. Some of them weren't available in base crystal like the tentacool doll, you had to hack Stadium 2 in order to get it!

[@morgan4574]

@@Oshawaves and as for the sprite bug, I recommend trying a different emulator and seeing if that's all it takes to fix it. I recommend mGBA!

[@LucarioBlade]

All these crits have me craving for some teriyaki for some reason...

[@Oshawaves]

mmmmm teriyaki….

[@NickNoir]

I am the edit man!

[@menotyou4289]

...goo goo gachu?

[@felipeduking1]

What! Your typlosion IS more fast that a sneasel?.

[@DiviTon]

Good video. I loved playing through this and Im playing through yellow legacy right now. Im curious because I know everybody has different rules for their own nuzlocke experiences. I saw that early on you caught a Parad in Ilex Forest and then later on got the Celebi. Do static encounters count as an encounter for an area?

[@Oshawaves]

I usually count statics as their own separate encounter, but I’m gonna be completely honest, it didn’t even cross my mind that I grabbed a Pokémon in the forest AND was grabbing Celebi in the forest too

[@DiviTon]

@@Oshawaves Fair enough. Yeah, Nuzlocking is so customizable, so it really doesn't even matter. I was just curious if there was way most of the community approaches it as I've only ever done like 3 Nuzlockes and I'm sometimes unsure of the rules. Anyway, great video. Well edited and entertaining.

[@Oshawaves]

@@DiviTonthank you! I’m glad you enjoyed :D

[@itswxcked2530]

15:48 my theory is that the secret potion is just performance enhancing “vitamins” which is why the vendor only gives it to someone if their Pokémon is sick. (I pulled this out of my ass btw)

[@Oshawaves]

You MIGHT be cooking

[@itswxcked2530]

@@Oshawavesdon’t let me cook I’m about to burn down the kitchen

[@RandomDude-k7w]

​@@itswxcked2530 Burn me alone with it

[@mazapatero]

I assume you are grinding to level up all your teams? I have a 4 Pokemon team and they are all under leveled…

[@Oshawaves]

as mentioned, level grinded til the 2nd gym badge, then rare candies for the rest! :D

[@Ditzmcgee6969]

Subbed after the Rapper joke

[@MithosIrving900]

professor oak challenge for this game when?

[@Oshawaves]

Small chance it’ll happen tbh, they take so much time and given the last videos performance, I don’t see it happening :(

[@MithosIrving900]

@@Oshawaves shame but understandable

[@Oshawaves]

@@MithosIrving900 definitely agree, if the video takes off in the future, I’ll 100% pick this game back up!

[@MithosIrving900]

it's motivated me to do the challenge and yeah those early 36 + evos are no joke well great time to catch up on animes can't wait to do the dual starter type version of crystal legacy god leveling all three starters and all those catches might have to grind berries by reseting clock for selling

[@Yupperzzzz]

Such a good remake

[@Oshawaves]

I would say hands down the perfect yellow romhack

[@joefarrow1599]

I just listen on the audio, and using the nicknames for the Pokémon everytime you use them makes it really difficult to keep up with what's going on

[@Oshawaves]

Though I am sorry to hear that, what would be the point of nicknaming a Pokémon if I were to refer to its original name in the first place?

[@joefarrow1599]

@@Oshawaves ​well I guess if you wanted to make it more listenable you could consider saying the pokemon species as well as the nickname the first couple of times you use it, like 'I sent out Electrician the Voltorb'. I appreciate it's your channel and content creators sometimes have too many suggestions

[@Snowee_8]

New vid woo

[@DerNexus2.1]

Is the ROM available in other languages?

[@DidiMuslim93]

You forgot the elite four rematch

[@Oshawaves]

Didn’t want to make the video too long. Originally had planned to showcase the johto leader rematches, also was going to show the battle house matches but decided not to for the lengths sake

[@elvenatheart982]

Hey dude I love the content but why so many discrepancies between the audio and visual? So many names were different I guess not much important Also I will not tolerate Slugma slander

[@zhuguidai]

why do the enemy pokemon sprites have artifacts coming off of them?

[@Oshawaves]

I believe it's a slight sprite bug

[@devmaaa]

12:50 didn't realize barbers and bartenders were the same thing

[@filipearaujo8883]

I love the video, but mewtwo could be called subscriber

[@jewbacca5556]

Scizor OP lol

[@Canadian_Kage]

Favourite yipyap pngtuber🙏🏻😭

[@jordanhamann9123]

It feels kinda cheap that you use Rare Candies throughout the entire run. I could see using it for Red at the end, but not for every level cap.

[@Oshawaves]

I could have grinded to each level cap against wild Pokémon, which would have resulted in the exact same result as me using rare candies, so why would I bother wasting dozens of hours to achieve the same result I could achieve in a matter of minutes? As wise man once said: “Grinding is cringe, cheating is based”

[@nikoszparaszkevopulosz5522]

It have fairy tipe ?

[@Oshawaves]

@@nikoszparaszkevopulosz5522 nope, no new moves or types, or new Pokémon. They just took what’s already in the game and made it better!

[@MrAweeze]

So this is better than crystal clear?

[@Oshawaves]

They’re completely different rom hacks, so it’s hard to say which is better Crystal clear applies open world Pokémon to Johto, giving you a brand new experience to the game Crystal legacy is an upgraded Pokémon Crystal experience, sticking to the games roots and improving a lot of the game I feel like preference comes down to which you more enjoy

[@nathaniel_pardue]

Hope the weird lines in the enemy battle sprites gets fixed

[@sketchwingstudio]

any answer as to why this happened??

[@Oshawaves]

Believe it's just a sprite bug :)

[@Shalakor]

The lines look like they might be the color pallet sampler for each sprite.

[@intergalactic92]

I can’t help but get the feeling you weren’t fully paying attention when you played this as you seem to miss a lot of the smaller changes. Case in point you notice that grunts interesting team composition but don’t seem to notice that he was a recurring named character, that fights you at each Rocket encounter. Or the fact you missed the NPC that explains that Clair commands dragons of the sea. But maybe I’m being a bit unfair.

[@Oshawaves]

I rarely ever read text when it comes to Pokémon. I’ve always been a button masher at heart, so I’ll skim through the text while I’m mashing, and if I see something that catches my eye then I’ll stop to read the rest

[@123kidxpac123pac]

Get that raid bag booiiii

[@Vibetribe8]

What emulator do I need to play this?

[@SonicMeters]

This is cool

[@JosephKeller-zz2ih]

Please play the rom hack this gym of mine

[@CROWNED-YEET]

: D

[@Houlgravely]

Polished Crystal is better tbh.

[@tommyhmilj6112]

Polished crystal is better

[@joshualove8817]

Rare candies are cheating, what's the point of not being able to reuse Pokemon if you can just rare candy the next pokemon to level?

[@holyhero6380]

One of the worst

[@inkedcanvas2541]

What’s the difficulty level like ?

[@Oshawaves]

If you mean the “hard or easy” at the start of the game, hard enforces a level cap, so you physically can’t be a higher level than the next boss battle, you also can’t use items in battle and are forced onto set mode. If you’re just asking abt overall difficulty, I’d say a 6/10 Harder than the original yellow for sure, but it’s not a difficulty romhack so it can’t be too hard

[@inkedcanvas2541]

@@Oshawaves do you know any rom hacks that’s just the same game and the difficulty level hasn’t changed and the game itself has just added new Pokémon and so on ?

[@Oshawaves]

@@inkedcanvas2541 I recommend the legacy series, so this and legacy yellow. “Difficulty” is per person, not so much a broad term. Someone who doesn’t know the type chart will have a lot more struggle than someone who forgets that so and so pokemon learns a certain move. It is harder than the originals because the gym leaders have proper teams, rather than for example Clair having a few dragonair, but that doesn’t mean it’s super hard, the gym leaders (and other boss fights) have a better selection of Pokémon

[@inkedcanvas2541]

@@Oshawaves thanks mate appreciate it , I’m not the best at Pokemon but I also would love to experience new generations without much needed change that’s gonna cause me to struggle