Introduction to Pokemon Speedrunning

So I've wanted to make this video for a really long time. I really enjoy watching speedruns, and I hope this video provides some insight into a part of the Pokemon community that doesn't get enough attention.
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[@Jrose11]

This video is pretty outdated, and sadly, it seems the only category that sees very much attention is the Any% Glitchless (although there are a few people running the other categories). If nothing else it serves as a snapshot in time to what Pokemon R/B/Y Speedrunning used to be like, so I don't think I'm going to remove it. Maybe I'll post a follow-up one day...

[@galararticuno9419]

It was a good start. The only thing that's really outdated is when you said it was the most popular run. I recently saw a 2 games 1 controller run for Blue/Yellow that was pretty cool. I run Gold, Crystal, Sapphire, Emerald, and LeafGreen (all glitchless) if you ever have any questions about anything.

[@Bx-kv5pj]

Why haven’t you posted in so long

[@mastersiomai]

Why pokemon speed runners name their pokemon like I or A

[@phz7107]

@@mastersiomai they do that to save time when theres text on the screen it loads less text space and wastes less time when inputting your name

[@maid_kr4t0s10]

@k2 chill

[@ShadowsWrath4]

"What is Pokémon speedrunning?" I've watched Werster. Pain. Pain, immense knowledge, planning, dedication, and hopefully not masochism. And luck. But mostly pain. There's some self-hate in it for some, as well. But only if you live on past the point of masters, when the game defines you instead of you just simply playing it.

[@AmberWrath]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? HE FOUND A SHINY RALTS Aw man, Arceus Bless Werster, I remember watching his Pokemon Emerald Speedrun through all Golden Symbols...well part of it at least

[@meghanaingleshwar]

Pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain= werster

[@mrniceguy7168]

Did you mention the pain that comes with it?

[@personontheinternet629]

Thumbnail: What is Pokemon Speedrunning? Answer: RNG

[@aaronstephen3058]

How to Speedrun Red and Blue: 1) Get Nidoking 2) Get Horn Drill + X Accuracy 3) Add TMs as you go 4) Rek everything in the game 5) World Record of 420 hours

[@iss2075]

What I'd be interested to see would be speed running using Pokemon other than Nidoking. I know people have done Blastoise, Clefable, Raticate, even Pidgeot, but having records for every Pokemon would be interesting imo. I know Nidoqueen and Wigglytuff would be easy. I think you could even do Yellow with a Butterfree in under 3 hours easily (X Speed + X Accuracy + Sleep Powder means you can beat technically anything as long as you can survive to set up, and it can have Psychic, Mega Drain, Double-Edge as attacking moves). It would be interesting seeing the different strategies people would have to use. I get a bit bored of watching Nidoking speed runs sometimes. With my emulator I've been cheating a bunch of really strong Pokemon at L5 in place of my starter and playing through the game with them. Mewtwo and Articuno are by FAR the fastest, but they're still very fun. You can skip so many items and Poke Centers when using them. You usually need to heal for PP, rather than HP lol. But even with some of the strongest Pokemon you have to come up with crazy strategies to win. For example, when I did a Moltres "speed run" I found the fastest way to beat Misty was to go and do the SS Anne first to get your levels up a bit, get loads of Super Potions, teach Moltres Bide. When you fight the Starmie you have to use Bide, and keep spamming Super Potions until it uses two non-crit Water Guns in a row, which you can live and then OHKO back. You'd never think you'd have to use such a ridiculous strategy with such a strong Pokemon, but it really is the fastest way to get past Misty (that I can think of) if you're solo-ing the game with a Moltres. And you'd have to use all sorts of weird strategies with other Pokemon in other battles.

[@andrearossi6564]

I Ss which program did you use to use to alter the starter

[@aaronstephen3058]

Seismic Swan well, of course! Then do some stuff and beat the game.

[@aaronstephen3058]

I Ss I would imagine that to be interesting, maybe using some underrated Pokémon like tangela or bee drill.

[@gigstrings673]

You don't use king in blue

[@ChaosSwissRoll]

Werster is p/m king of pokemon speedruns imo, at one point in time he held almost all the world records for the main title pokemon games simultaneously, and he recently finished a theoretical, or un official category run of pokemon emerald, the category being dominating the battle frontier, a 19 hour run done in a single sitting. Sad to some, but I admire his dedication.

[@haroldhall1517]

That was insane. I never even did the frontier but from what I know it is the hardest thing to do (getting all gold) this dude not only got all gold, but did it in a speed run via starting the game from scratch and even training stats all in 1 day

[@zjean3417]

Werster,Gunner maniac, Pokeguy.

[@mattjrk5679]

For Emerald and most Gen 3 games yes

[@yourfavoritetoenail]

Name a better duo than Nidoking and x accuracy. I'll wait

[@brandonmartin1958]

Dalton Lowery Doduo

[@lyncario5515]

Black Goku and Zamasu.

[@MC3DGoldSeto]

Alakazam and spoons

[@henry36375]

Dalton Lowery rattata and perfect percentage

[@harrihamalainen619]

Dalton Lowery Youngster Joey and top percentage rattata

[@stephenbrown4698]

I will become the world record champion of the way of the Hey You Pikachu speed run

[@kauekairony990]

Stephen Brown Look at your likes

[@lootinglucario6761]

I'm rooting for ya

[@Tom-ur2ts]

Did you?

[@MrError-mr7cq]

a sixth way to play is nuzlocke

[@dibs1864]

Christian Kamin then there’s a randomizer

[@igorlopes8463]

and then the randomizer + nuzlocke is born

[@reed3863]

Then you combine nuzlocke and randomizer with speedrun. BOOM!

[@Velumbra]

@@reed3863, endless suffering and pain! Yay! Werster would be proud.

[@FictionalTruth1]

Obligatory mention of the best pokemon speedrun of all time: Werster's 19 hour all gold medals glitchless emerald run. :P

[@kimjongunis137]

This Video is actually really fascinating. Good job!

[@MediumDSpeaks]

God I go back and rewatch your videos every few months and they're so fucking good and always get me on a pokemon tip. I don't play all the time, I usually get bored after a playthrough or getting some competitive teams done, but your videos are always the catalyst. Amazing man please keep it up

[@lolxd-xx5oz]

you should do a video on every generation of Pokemon speedrunning

[@lolxd-xx5oz]

Really good video, I follow Pokemon speedrunning and I didn't know a lot of the stuff in this video. Keep up the good work :D

[@isaacthered]

Daniel Baker Well, Generation 3 does have a bunch of major glitches; it's just that setting them up is really hard and wastes almost as much time as it saves. Also, with the void and Pomeg glitches in generation 4 and all the glitches that can be caused by that, it's about as broken as it can get without having an ACE exploit.

[@clarkmcartherrox]

Glad to see you uploading again man, really enjoyed this video:)

[@SamyulDavis]

Would love to hear about the Soulsilver run. Please flesh that out in another one man :) was great to learn about shortcuts i'd never heard of before. Even something as small as the Pokedoll against the ghost was mind blowing haha.

[@selder_7]

I've beaten Yellow without glitches in under 3 hours just by trying my best to follow along a GDQ speedrun once, was really fun

[@Jipbob]

I really like this video, well-made and entertaining!

[@MBond-qn4wo]

Great video! I'm so glad to see that you are making more content!

[@damonburkholder9853]

I know I’m kind of late to this video but I really really enjoyed this! Very informative, watched from start to finish.

[@jacobmccurry3926]

Jrose11. Dude. I love your videos so much. Thanks for your content and your drive. This is the last video I haven't watched yet. You're the best. Plus we're both about 30. So even better. Keep killing it man.

[@Jonabros]

Nice video dude! Amazing, keep up the good work :)

[@itsyaboy8276]

i really enjoy your videos. your personality seems awesome :)

[@SethMinerMC]

I love your content and just found this channel! Keep it up!

[@SyuraStream]

Just a note, the GDQ run for Catch Em All was using older rules, and some of the glitches used in the run are now banned. The main one being LG-Fly, the part you showed off where you just force a string of encounters on that one tile. But the video still shows off the run very well, and while the run is much different now, there are still lots of similarities so it's still worth watching!

[@JohnMazz]

Great vid, hope to see more like these! I subscribed!

[@cominatrix]

in an utterly unrelated workplace earlier today, i was wondering about speed running (while playing a rom of red). i wasnt even looking for this video, i just stumbled on it lol. thanks for the research though. its very, very interesting stuff.

[@danieleriksson5587]

Loving the gerudo valley beat at this vid man

[@eavalos29]

I like your content bro. Keep up the good work :)

[@000007073]

Not sure if other people noticed this, but I like how some of the background music is slighty pitch-shifted pokemon music, some of those songs sound pretty good in their new pitch.

[@Darkl0ud_Productions]

What a dope intro tune bruh

[@wyattpg13]

Jrose you are way too underrated. You make great videos with lots of great information and no clickbait to speak of. I hope you get to 100,000 subs soon, cause all your fans know you deserve it.

[@Jrose11]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoy the channel!

[@Jrose11]

YOOOO I made it! Almost 300K now!

[@TheFourthGenGamer]

Very Cool!

[@MattTheCommenter]

I love speedruns, nice idea

[@EpicMarioPlayer]

Your channel seems to be really small, but you're very informative and you really understand what you're talking about. It's a great video, I like this. I subscribed just because of this video, I bet you have more great videos. And I hope you can get more attention, you're a lot more knowledgeable Pokemon than a whole ton of KZbin people around. Oh, I also like how your commentary is very direct to the point, while being easy to understand for people who don't know speedruns, but also being really entertaining to people who know speedruns (I have been watching speedruns and glitches for years, of a lot things, not just Pokemon), and it's nice to see someone who can explain in a easy way for those who don't understand (which unfortunately, a lot of speedrun enthusiasts, can't explain things in a simple way).

[@Seijikom]

3rd time he said this is where this run actually gets insane, i was like ok i'm not reacting to that anymore

[@mythopaints3278]

Nice video, it really helped me out!

[@NeroAngelo616]

Your icon image is of the best pokémon and line there ever has been.

[@LoudFlameKing]

Please do the rest of them, I really don't care which one but I think like any of the DS titles would be fun to learn about

[@awszaza3225]

hey that's a really awesome video thanks for making everything so clear now btw will the HA strategies be back now or what exactly

[@caiheang]

It is a speedrun of the game Pokemon. After the video: Hmmmm close enough.

[@YodielandInhabitant710]

Ya gotta give a shoutout to my man Wersterlobe, the real pokemon master. Arguably the best pokemon runner there is. Has held over 10 world records at the same time on multiple occasions. Also almost single handedly theorycrafted and made the glitched 3rd gen runs possible.

[@cherryistrash4080]

I loved the video! Just one suggestion. Turn down the background music? I can still hear you, but it's still pretty loud compared to your voice

[@Professor_Utonium_]

don't lewd the awoo

[@lightsoutsurge23]

You've got good content man!

[@ihatecrazyfrog]

Love your videos :)

[@All54321]

15:29 I do remember hearing about the 100% Horn Drill Pretty funny

[@m.feely0795]

I just want to ask, how the actual fuck do people find these glitches!?!?!

[@whit9172]

M.Feely07 datamining

[@BintarSolos]

IKR, its not like people just have it in thier (there, their idk I can't spell) mind and say," Oh I'm gonna manipulate the pokemon code system"

[@isaacthered]

If you know what to look for, they're pretty easy to find. I've watched a bunch of videos showcasing glitches in various games, and after watching enough you'll start to see common triggers.

[@sebaplayzgames2831]

7:27 the any% run has all the Pokemon in the pokedex so its actually the "gotta catch em all" run

[@Kingkixmw3]

Awesome video ^_^

[@etourdie]

We have a saying in pokemon 151 speedruns, cooltrainer always works low - a paraphrased quote from shenanigans

[@pikapete2719]

dude, the music choice in this is FUCKING AWESOME! PLEASE include EVERY song in the description, not just the storm eagle cover.

[@galactic1555]

Pikapete It's not a cover, it's from Mega Man Xtreme on GameBoy

[@pikapete2719]

Ga lactic no im saying the storm eagle cover (which is what it's called in the description) is the ONLY song in the desc and i want the other ones

[@hbarudi]

That virtual console for 3ds, has brought back those titles, the gotta catch em all speedrun is interesting if you actually do get them all in the pc you have access to hidden abilities and great competitive pokemon ready for the 7th generation games.

[@davidsandrock7826]

Then you have the GOAT, Exarion, who does pretty much every category, even in the extended categories.

[@madgadgetss]

man, old pokemon games are wild! i've always wondered why small customizable parts (like player names) could mess with the game so much, _do you think you can still influence certain things in modern games this way?_

[@dylanogg347]

17:35: "Now to send out my Pokemon! AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!!! ABA-DOOM! DO! DO! DO! DO!"

[@courtneyhigh3442]

There is a huge 6th way people play the game too that didn't get mentioned. All the special challenges that people create. Nuzlock, Professor Oak, Monotype, etc.

[@chococreepers]

What I heard about the Charmander run is that it is around a 1 in 65000 chance of getting a Charmander with the right stats to do a brock skip so either the runner re tried thousands of times or used some sort of rng manip. This is just my closest guess at what happens

[@rhaenyrareigns2200]

Jrose11 every few seconds: "Now this is totally crazy, I don't understand it, but you have to see this!" XD

[@Zarzo_Crawford]

What is that song at around 4 mins? Reminds me so much of Bleach but not sure if it's from there.

[@darrenmccoy2815]

I peep the f-zero music.

[@muffinrenegade9491]

Ayy, I'm in the video! Darn... gotta pick up speedrunning this game again...

[@cermahoil3273]

Amazing vid! Fun fact: no one has finished this video yet

[@bobjoe3492]

Look at them the comment was made

[@evoyjonathan]

The reason the PokéDoll glitch is allowed is because it isn't really a glitch: it's the game acting as it should. The PokéDoll allows you to flee wild battles, and it just so happens that it's considered a victory for the trainer (without giving EXP since the wild Pokémon didn't actually faint).

[@ravaniphoenix5431]

What is the name of the music that plays when you talk about Zelda and Any%?

[@nyanquilava6023]

Thanks for dark pits theme

[@Vyselink]

I became the WR holder for watching this video. 19 minute 13 second video I watched it in 7 mins flat. Boom.

[@devyionsmyre1124]

So if you edited the save file right could you use the glitches to cut down on how long filling in the pokedex would take by just teleporting to where certain version exclusive pokemon are?

[@pinballforlife7948]

im not sure how it ended up but there was a war where a group of runners fought over the red/blue world record where a runner got faster with Squirtle in blue also gen 1 was a glitchy mess which is why there is a huge glitched community

[@ali.x2]

Pokemon speedrun equals pokespeed

[@skeletorthebest7204]

Swapping the Ditto's moves allows for the glitch move Cooltrainer to occur, which basically corrupts the other Pokémon. Then, the corrupt data is used to exploit the game.

[@unoptimalpunishrio9885]

f zero music... perfect

[@Chimpmaster657]

Hey man, welcome back. I hope you've been okay dude. Last one I saw was the Shiny video and that was kinda eh, but, this video makes it up for it tenfold. Keep up the good work! P.S. where's that Pokemon Stadium series? ;-;

[@snarepaul]

i love your videos

[@ellie8272]

Mario odyssey in its current state differs a lot from run to run. Probably because it isn’t optimized yet but there are a lot of different routes depending on which moons you want

[@TreebeardXIV]

You should make a video on the Nuzlocke Challenge and or Nuzlocke Variants, that would be cool.

[@alexanderstilianov]

I'm looking forward to a catch 'em all run of Pokemon Box Ruby and Sapphire.

[@aarontiritoglu2651]

When you play a sped up LOZ song in a pokemon speedrun video. XD

[@SakuraPhoenix153]

Most interested in competitive battling. Plays a single battle with Vespiquen.

[@reed3863]

There is a 6th way to play the pokemon games: Restriction challenge run/playthrough. It's a whole other category. Nuzlockes and randomizer are just some popular branches of that tree. But, you already know that don't you..

[@scotttheoreo9217]

most games with major game breaking glitches have a no major glitches category

[@Cactus--ox1ul]

2:37 "Forrest?" Am i dumb or is it spelled Forest?

[@Kissislove17]

It's random number generator manipulation, there's a thread on reddit for it. It gets more and more complex with each new game to avoid manipulation ofc. Basically you can control what will happen when it comes to randomness in the game if you manipulate the RNG mathematical formula through precise inputs at precise times. Since the games randomness is generated by the timing of certain things at a fixed tick-rate (which gets faster in games past GBA). Correct me if i'm wrong. I generalized a lot.

[@MrDonut99]

How do you get color in the gen 1 games? Is it emulator only?

[@toniseanandcartertoniseana2578]

*Bursts into dance*

[@retrorewind6042]

That blue ditto always throws me off... then i realized this is gen 1

[@TheEnderLeader1]

where do I get that gerudo valley remix?

[@shuc1337]

Tool-assisted speedruns are a thing as well.

[@Viconaut]

where is that F-zero cover from?

[@UltimateWahee]

You know the in-game timer in gen 1 only starts after you get control of your character?

[@DionysisGalanis]

What is the theme that plays at 1:51?

[@butteredsalmonella]

Aka: people call you a noob, yet they're the noob Oh wait that's just werster's part.

[@Bleakillusion]

it says pokemon seen is 152, what was the 152nd pokemon that yellow had in it's files?

[@tearlach47]

14:03 This really isn't a Pokémon Speedunrun...

[@Jrose11]

#GottaTypeFast

[@SamuelSamuelSamuel1]

‘’Ditto use cool trainer’’

[@ryjelsum]

Gen 2 pokemon has an interesting any% route using the coin case that is a little easier to understand (in the gen 2 english translations, the coin case's prompt uses an invalid pointer that jumps to the memory that stores data related to the most recently played pokemon cry, which can be manipulated using the pokedex to jump to the memory addresses of your party pokemon, which can be manipulated to jump again to PC items or box names, which can be used to execute arbitrary code, which in the speedrun is used to warp you to Red with 0 pokemon, and when you enter a trainer battle with 0 pokemon in GSC, you auto-win. Thus if you talk to red you auto-win and play the credits.) The only other category is any% glitchless which is 3 hours long so I don't think I'd like to see a video on it, but I thought you would be interested in the any% route, possibly. EDIT: I checked the most recent crystal WR - it uses save corruption but still does ACE through the box names. I find the coin case method so much more interesting though because it resulted from a translation error!

[@beta511ee4]

Ryjelsum How do people find out this stuff? Does it involve debugging?

[@vinniegarcia431]

Yo that x music remix is cool lol

[@ReadCS]

ZFG sweating Clint Stevens-chan

[@NintendoHighSchool]

Sounds like a lot of this might be ACE or Arbitrary Code Execution where the game stores values in certain places and it makes it possible for random shit like Missingno happen

[@whimsycreator1765]

How did people even figure out the glitch to exploit to send them straight to the hall of fame? Everything about it is so particular and extremely random!

[@NeonNobility]

You wanna see speedrunners adapting to significantly changing RNG? Kirby Air Ride City Trial 100%

[@filbsmoatlas1801]

What about a Video about Nuzlockes/Wedlocks/Monotypes, stuff like that? :D

[@OneTrueLavaG]

did you use the Mario kart 8 deluxe music? big blue?