Is Charmander the best Kanto Starter? - Solo Pokemon Red/Blue Challenge

In Part 2 of our Red/Blue solo Pokemon Challenge we move on to Charmander, many people's favourite Kanto starter! After Bulbasaur's impressive showing, will Charmander be able to raise the bar?

[@ROL4NDpkmnguide]

“I didn’t get the one hit KO on Golbat because I got a critical hit” Oh, gen 1, never change

[@destroysword0567]

In gen 1, crits don't count stat changes, so if you have 3 swords dances up, and you get a crit, it'll hit as it you had no swords dances

[@ferris3411]

i hope it gets a patch

[@SethFrostV]

@@ferris3411 Same, can't believe they'd release the game in this state. Absolutely unacceptable.

[@shreknskrubgaming7248]

@@ferris3411 yeah the post-launch support just hasn't been great. Pretty shitty if you ask me.

[@gavingameplay5790]

@@shreknskrubgaming7248 i hear gamefreak really improved later with the emerald patch.

[@Jrose11]

The channel is growing faster than ever, so I thought it would be cool if we could get to 200K by the time the lockdowns are over! It's an arbitrary number, but hey, it would look kinda cool! Anyways hope you guys are enjoying the frequent uploads, stay safe!

[@mtsoccerman]

No knowing when lockdown ends, so I’d say that 200k is very doable!

[@karentookthekids1032]

Keep up the amazing work, we love you! Do you have a patreon?

[@clogmonkey]

Watching from a full lockdown in New Zealand - Loving the content, keep it up! :)

[@foxysobek8109]

Is this video an April fool's joke

[@gopherguy]

You suffered threw so much like the min battles run's pidgeyotto

[@luukvankrugten7253]

I love it how Jrose just said : welcome to part 2 of the 53 part series like its nothing.

[@johnsans534]

Wait for gen 2 part 1 and 2. First, all the new pre-evolutions, then the 53 from Kanto again.

[@Mc-lu5ic]

53 Part series is no problem for this guy

[@DAcheekO]

Update he’s on part 83 of the 53 part series

[@Weavileiscool]

He could see the future but not the all 152 Pokémon part 94/152 complete it feels real now

[@JJK10293]

Jrose over here talking like Todd Howard, it's not a glitch, it's a feature

[@ChargeQM]

But was he in the chess club?

[@mrniceguy7168]

16x the play through

[@karlrudd4818]

You won't even know it's gen 1

[@joesphklein8047]

Smash Bros. Melee players do the same to justify wavedashing

[@karlrudd4818]

@@joesphklein8047 It just works

[@Istinon]

First encounter in Safari Zone is a Chansey.. teach me master!

[@raphiole]

That's exactly what I told myself too xD

[@iwinrar5207]

Learn to be lucky

[@philip4534]

Use repel to get high level encounters

[@paddypeyton]

What are the Chanceys?! Lol

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

@@paddypeyton you wanna apologize for that? 😒

[@leragefish4944]

when you are the champion but you see a lizard digging *sweating nervously*

[@WWEdeadman]

Doing this with literally every base evolution stage takes some dedication. Looking forward to the remaining ones.

[@aidendavid2680]

Caterpie and Magikarp are the exemption because it’s impossible

[@cecio7453]

@@aidendavid2680 Actually it's not. There are already solo runs of them on youtube

[@why8308]

Giacomo Lanzi No, because in gen 1 struggle is a normal type move, making Agatha impossible. Now, if you have an event Magikarp with dragon rage, (Only 20 were ever given out) than it is possible. The ones on KZbin are all either fr/lg, or failed.

[@WWEdeadman]

@@why8308 It actually makes the Tower in Lavender Town impossible, cause the trainers in there have ghost types and you can't avoid them all. Anything that can't learn a non-normal/fighting or fixed damage move, or mimic is basically unable to touch them, since struggle is normal in gen 1.

8:56 - running away from a wild Chansey is a perfect example of mildly infuriating

[@flyforce16]

I think running away from wild Chansey is actually a crime in some countries

[@ksleep6088]

I found it in the wild, I wasnt paying attention and I ran

[@Icebergslim_1]

Y’all losers. I did the new glitch with other trainers and one of them gave me chansey so I don’t got to go through all that trouble

[@udozocklein6023]

@@Icebergslim_1 i think it's about the high exp gain for knocking chansey out though

[@Icebergslim_1]

Udo Zöcklein I thought it was about catching chansey since catching her is hard as fuck. The only place you can catch is in the safari zone and it’s extremely rare

[@crisunjackalD]

10:37 Love that this is a round-about way of saying "Well at this point it's not a bug, it's a feature." A lot of glitchless game speedruns are allowed to take advantage of unintended physics mechanics on occasion, so I don't see a problem making use of unavoidable unintended math mechanics. Game Freak isn't gonna patch it out now, are they?

[@calemr]

I'd say, with the Fire red/Leaf green, they kind of DID patch it out, as best as they could.

[@manguy01]

Like red bar. Unavoidable exploit. Imagine having to reset your speedrun if you ever got red bar or a stat reduction.

[@LrnecBuma]

The glichless red runs utilise it in their runs. I have however played the Shinpokemon hack that fine tunes this glitch and some unintended things like the crit power down. It adds some challenge.

[@TomasUjhelyi]

Yes. Toys R Us announced that anyone with a Pokémon Blue/Red cartridge can bring it into the store, along with their receipt, to receive their new cartridge featuring bug fixes and certain updates. Patch notes found on website.

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

It's literally impossible to avoid the badge boost.

[@octolockg5059]

"Onix is a little scary if, y'know, you're scared of tissue paper." I laughed way too hard at this.

[@cameroncookl7942]

Using charmander as a physical attacker is pretty neat, and logically the best thing it could do due to its lack of special moves bar fire

[@windhelmguard5295]

that's not even the issue, fire a great offensive type in gen-1 since only rock, water, dragon and fire resist. this isn't super bad since dragons and fire types are very uncommon and all rock types in gen-1 have abysmal special stats to the point where resisted fire moves still do more damage than unboosted ground types. the problem is that charmander has no move to boost it's special stat with.

[@GeorgePerakis]

@@windhelmguard5295 Apart from badge boost with Sword Stance.

[@ryankueck8309]

Found this Channel with your "Is bulbasaur the best Kanto Starter?" video. Immediately earned my subscription for your attempt at these challenges. Good luck and can't wait for my boi Cubone!

[@ToniBingi]

Definitely check out his previous content. He already has some awesome challenge videos.

[@Acacius1992]

Yeah this joke never got old xD But yeah Jrose made some great stuff

[@user-nz6kd6rq9y]

Dude you are a really underrated content creator. Good luck on 53 freaking challenges.

[@BenjaminGoose]

What's a freaking challenge?

[@halfpace1462]

hes doing pretty good so far

[@manguy01]

He's been abusing Growth and Swords Dance with these 2. Squirtle has no such setup move. I believe Squirtle will be the hardest one yet.

[@CojonesMuchoGrande]

He doesnt need to, Squirtle learns good Water and Ice Moves to basically hit every major Trainer beside Misty and Lorelei who cant hit you back properly

[@alexandercolefield9523]

Blizzard + Surf

[@loulou3676]

Squirtle is what speedrunners use, they get to evolve it into Blastoise obviously but I think the basic principles still work in Squirtle's favor. Gen 1 Blizzard was completely broken: 90% accuracy base power 120 move, with a 10% (30%! in the Japanese versions) chance of freezing -- which in Gen 1 NEVER THAWED unless you were dumb enoughto hit the frozen opponent with a fire type move

[@snoozbuster]

Can also withdraw to abuse badge buffs on the offensive stats

[@luminica_]

@@loulou3676 Speedrunners used to use Blastoise, now they use Nidoking, one of the important things about Blastoise is the access to Fissure, allowing you to easily do some of the fights by just using X acc and X spd and spamming fissure.

[@sanharryroquey]

Jrose11: Uploads 2 Videos in one week (so far) Everyone: Impossible

[@Brajxdv]

I am happy

[@MahDryBread]

I wish you tried to catch that Chansey. I know there's like, 2% chance you'd get it and you wouldn't be able to use it, but I could just never get one as a kid in Gen 1

[@Beetlejuice699]

Mewtwo's cave, best place for me

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

Me it was Tangela in yellow in the safari zone. I dont know, do you know doctor? I heard about this thing called something like a glutsh. Its concerning me does my GameBoy have one?

[@UglyKiddMusic]

I said the same thing lol

[@ShadowxxxGod]

@Colin Smith Nah, it's Mewtwo's Cave.

[@deadlyneurotoxin5623]

"onix is a little scary.............. you know, if you're scared of tissue paper Lmao

[@revenevan11]

"Rock snake pokemon" more like pebble worm pokemon amirite?! 🤣

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

@@revenevan11 Youngster Joey before he was old enough to have a wild pokemon, "Hey, let's play Geodude, Odish top, Scither. My hands are top level"

[@fluffalpenguin]

8:36 "You can call me GamerChamp three thousand eleven."

[@YukeWeiss]

Love the GameChamp3k reference!

[@eyecontrol4900]

i like these video formats a lot more than those viral meme runs that have blown up on KZbin lately.

[@Flint_Ironstag]

With this run I know I would have heard “Hydro Pump hits hard but Body Slam hits harder.”

[@eyecontrol4900]

@@Flint_Ironstag haha true. I've kinda lost interest in MDB's videos recently. They're getting really repetitive.

[@shreknskrubgaming7248]

@@eyecontrol4900 yeah that's the thing about solo pokemon runs. The hardest ones have been done so you have to really make yourself stand out if you're gonna do them. Jrose pulls it off better, and his other content is good too. I used to watch MDB and I have nothing against him as a person, but the pokemon challenges get stale and the videos feel copy-pasted most of the time.

[@Flint_Ironstag]

ShrekNSkrub Gaming I was actually really presently surprised by his Stadium video he just posted. I that him playing that with others might make for more dynamic content for him

[@shreknskrubgaming7248]

@@Flint_Ironstag I wouldn't doubt it. I haven't really watched any of his videos other than pokemon, though. He just doesn't really make other content that interests me. If you mean Pokemon Stadium I may check it out.

[@z098z]

Jrose my man. I've been following your channel for 2 years now and I absolutely love your videos. There's just something about your voice and the way you tell us your journeys throughout these videos. I appreciate the hell out of you and the effort you put into these videos and was wondering if there's any other way we can support you besides the usual liking, commenting and subscribing gist. Cause I love the more frequent content you put out now and don't want you to lose your sanity (understandably so) during this adventure!

[@elianewinter2638]

Hey that's very generous of you :) I thought about that too.. However as of now, donating to him through streamlab seems to be the only option ... I hope he considers to set up patreon or something similar some day

[@orchidquack]

It would be cool to have updates on how long it’s been so far throughout the video.

[@bartiz12]

My thoughts exactly. Some sorts of timestamps after Gym leaders, similar to most speedrun videos would be a nice touch.

[@dicksonmattxenoblade6491]

It’s funny how Jrose makes reference to this being a 53 part series early on, and now we’ve reached 53 parts and there’s no sign of it stopping.

[@Walkerman379]

I was looking at squirtle’s move pool and it can get surf, ice beam, body slam, dig. That gives it type coverage against electric, dragon and grass types, the only things water types have issues with. And all those moves are 100% accuracy with decent PP. I don’t see any issues with any elite 4 member. Squirtle is going to have the strongest run of the three starters.

[@tibeerius3656]

gotta love the insomniac upload schedule, my type of person.

[@mustachewalrus]

go to sleep

[@wombat4191]

The funny thing about the starters, I think everybody knows Bulbasaur is meant to be the easy mode (when you play normally, solo runs are completely different) while Charmander is the hardest. But the thing is that Bulbasaur is more of a support pokemon than the others, so you have to apply more clever strategies to use it effectively, which in children's game means more difficulty. I thought of this when you said that Charmander is easier due to its movepool, which will definitely be true for Squirtle as well. It doesn't learn any attack or special boosting moves though, so it might be harder

[@LongfellowLP]

I was eight or nine when I played Pokémon Red for the first time and I definitely picked Charmander and bust through everything just by overleveling. I suspect Squirtle will be the most straightforward. RBY is very kind to Water-type Pokémon and JRose can cheese the badge boosts with Withdraw if he really wants.

[@Surgemaster2012]

I never saw the Bulbasuar line as easy mode with how many obstacles wall it mid to late game and this is for normal or solo. But that's really more of Bulbasuar being support than offense. Squirtle would be the most straightforward.

[@wombat4191]

@@Surgemaster2012 Yeah but I meant that the game was kinda supposed to have an easy start with the grass starter, since it performs well on the first four gyms, while fire struggles in the first two and water with 3rd and 4th. Bulbasaur's design as a support type, the rival's team (3 pokemon strong against it), and wild pokemon in the beginning, however, make it harder.

[@theshoal12]

Tbh I don't buy the "starters are difficulty settings" theory. Game Freak never put that much thought into their games, at least when it comes to balance, and the type chart, especially in gen 1, is proof of that.

[@illusionofquality979]

@@Surgemaster2012 It is easy mode. You get at least 3 hours before you even got a taste of any difficulty in those mid to late state and by this point you have a lot of Pokemon options in a normal play. In solo play, you get status conditions so whatever you cannot brute force, you can easily bypass. The game doesn't put on it nearly as many obstacles as on the other two starters.

[@AniGaAG]

Isn't it "Lorel-eye", basically? It's how I always pronounced that name.

[@greater_nemo]

really blown away that you took the time to address people correcting your pronunciation of Lorelei to a different wrong pronunciation that I've never heard. love it. pure magic.

[@colonelrv4577]

14:07 nobody can be more annoyed than Lorelei herself when Pikasprey pays her a visit

[@RooftopRose079]

Yeah, that's gotta hectic for her. Lorelei: Welcome to the-! Oh no! NOPE! I QUIT! LANCE I QUIT!

[@rainpooper7088]

14:06 Actually, „Lore-ley“ is just as wrong as „Lore-lee“. Lorelei is a German name, so it’s pronounced „Lore-lai“, as in „eye“. If you are gonna correct him, at least correct him correctly.

[@Xeno_Solarus]

This

[@guitar45rocks5]

Every time you say "53 part series" it brightens up my day

[@BZgA]

That's how I played pokemon red as a kid. I always only used and trained my starter (charmender). When I finally started to play with a cool full team, it was so much more fun

[@cernanwinterfox85]

Loving your upload schedule. It makes not sleeping so much more fun

[@OmegaTyrant]

Something you could have tried against the Gyarados is keep Fire Spin instead of Flamethrower, then lead off the battle with a Swords Dance while the Badge boost glitch gets you an extra 12.5% to your Special to survive Hydro Pump, and then use your slightly boosted Fire Spin to whittle down Gyarados while it can't retaliate until you get it into boosted Body Slam's KO range. Considering Fire Spin's 70% accuracy and its random turn length it would require some luck but I don't think it would be an outrageous amount to beat the Gyarados doing that at a lower level than you did.

[@poisonpotato1]

4:40 It's amusing that Charmander, a fire Pokemon, uses dig in a gym full of water. What's he digging, the water? How can he survive the water?

[@Durrtyboy]

My favorite part of these videos is it reminds me of when pokemon first came out we all played lvling up just our starters cuz that's all you needed and it took too long as a kid to lvl a full team so basically this play through is how I played pokemon when I was 8

[@CyanEyed07]

Banning the badge glitch would be the equivalent of resetting any time you or your opponent encountered a 1/256 miss.

[@DrFoggyPants]

"From doing everything just with one Pokémon, you start to really level up" Every 7 year old on their first playthrough: You can use more than one Pokémon?

[@Stoma002]

ah yes, only the most premium 4 AM content from Jrose11

[@shxdow2538]

It be like that

[@PhoenixIsGray]

Short answer: Yes Long answer: Bulbasaur is the best Boi and deserves more love

[@killerMILLER117]

You're the absolute best channel for this. God speed man! You are very good at what you do

[@Sh0tgunJust1ce]

If you ask most Pokemon fans, yes.

[@rexyjp1237]

Me not bescause i think kanto bulba jotho cynda hoeon treecko sinnoh chimchar unova snivy kalos froakie alola litten and galar scorbunny

[@chtholly8084]

FIFY: If you ask most casual pokemon players that base their entire pokemon tastes on whether a pokemon's final evolution *looks* cool or not.

[@remimaree5474]

No, Charmander is actually the WORST kanto starter if you only use charmander. Bulbasaur is the best

[@extrahachse3118]

@@rexyjp1237 Snivy is the worst starter in Unova. Horrible match ups against half the gym leaders and barely any coverage moves. It's good in competitive, but for an ingame playthrough it's definitely worse than the other two Also Popplio is better than Litten in Gen 7, too

[@Acacius1992]

Honestly for me it is tied between Squrile and Charmander. I never cared or like Bulbasaur in the First place mostly becauce Venasaur looks so boring.

[@renereiterer6058]

Love the series so far, thanks for all the work ^^

[@Mc-lu5ic]

Really love this content can’t wait for all the other parts. Keep it up :)

[@āuroseGT]

Call me in about a year, when you're ready for Goldeen! 😝

[@geo4290]

8:53 you got a Chansey and you runned away without hesitation, that is what I call focus in a objective!

[@kobiassvilli]

Right, I was half expecting him to chuck a ball and it catch and be annoyed at the time loss :D

[@anubeia]

Any Pokémon is the best Pokémon. Just knock out the trainer instead of the Pokémon.

[@IntercactusYKW]

Give 'em a right whack in the balls.

[@Xeronoia]

Due to it's incredibly hard scales and manageable size and weight, a Magikarp is an excellent pokemon to use as a club.

[@TheSteffChris]

I really love how much thought you put in those videos like what’s fair and what not etc!

[@alexistanner8463]

I think it would be a really cool addition for the series to have a slide at the end comparing each Pokémon’s final level and end game clock time going forward.

[@MijmerMopper]

Your wish, has been granted. Did you charge Jrose copyright over it?

[@leemeyer9395]

I see that gyrados. That's rough. Bulbasaur is my favorite. But oof lance's gyrados being the sole reason for charmamder being at a higher level just hurts

[@ArtisChronicles]

It's perfectly balanced as intended.

[@bobjones4469]

Well not everyone would agree with his self-impose "no saving Elite 4" rule, especially since you can save scum for every other fight in the game. You can easily save scum Gyrados.

[@user-ni7ui1nk8p]

8:55 this man really just found a Chansey and ran

[@Sythian289]

Great work as always my man, keep it up

[@finalstarmanishere1430]

As someone whose favorite Pokemon is charizard, I feel attacked (by stealth rock).

[@flyforce16]

stealth rock ain't a thing until Gen 4 luckily!

[@dylanogg347]

"Lance ruins everything." - It's then that we discovered Lance's true identity: Sheamus.

[@PraefMace]

Keep on rocking you madlad, you are one of these heroes keeping us sane with fun and insane content.

[@vecolity9962]

I love this series watched Bulbasaur series. Keep the good work bro! I am pretty sure you are perfect for these videos!

[@wildboygregorymusic]

Honestly, this is one of my favorite videos. Charmander is one of my absolute favorite Pokémon, so it’s nice to see my little buddy get some shine as a solo act.😊

[@Speedrunner0218]

Me and another speedrunner actually routed a speedrun of this game that can be beaten in under 3 hours. I haven't completed a run yet, but I hope to really soon.

[@MemoGGG16]

I watch your videos while shiny hunting... Seeing someone suffering more than me is very relaxing! Thank you!

[@ryu6698]

You are really pumping out these videos, impressive!

[@DaBannyGaming]

Haven’t started the video yet... but I’ll say now. Wow you are so dedicated to this challenge. Love your videos!

[@bartiz12]

Are we doing the run in Pokedex order? If so, then Weedle is going to (not) finish the game sooner than I expected.

[@Peanutpatch]

He’s not doing weedle because it’s guaranteed to be impossible without items.

[@alans-dumb-username]

@@Peanutpatch when did he say that?

[@Xeronoia]

He didnt - this braintrust is making shit up and assuming failed runs wont get a video/mention. Saw other people doing that with caterpie and magikarp earlier too.

[@Peanutpatch]

Xerpaderp he did ya dingus. Watch his top 10 hardest solo Pokémon video. He says weedle isn’t worth doing because Koga and Agatha will be impossible. That’s a fact. Agatha has all of Agatha’s Pokémon resist poison. Her ghosts double resist it and are immune to struggle.

[@TheGibber]

Have a feeling squirtle is going to be a lot easier since it is set up so well for elite four. They have almost no super effective moves and between surf, dig and ice beam, there is pretty good coverage. Losing out on swords dance might be more damaging than I think, though.

[@sircampsalot2568]

Definitely, squirtle is easiest to solo.

[@frappompi]

Dude I am loving the frequent uploads, keep it up!

[@comedian94]

This guy is a madman 2 days in a row with giant challenges mad respect

[@gavtro2]

I was furiously typing that you should have used Slash over body slam, then I remembered crits ignore all stat changes, like you said in the first video. Body slam with its low crit rate and 30%(?) chance to paralyze was a much better choice.

[@StockiestPlum]

Your videos are so good as always! Thanks for the explanations!

[@TheFraps1]

Love the frequent uploads and solo pokemon challenges! Keep it up and good luck.

[@Foxywaterable]

Just found the channel the other day and I’m really loving the content! Can’t wait to see the other 50 videos from this series

[@iagoruby_]

Damn you’re pumping these out quick! Love your vids and have been following you for a while! Keep doing what you’re doing man :)

[@jbodski]

It would be great to see an updated tier list after each video! This is an awesome series.

[@flareonfoxy9146]

Charmander - that's a weird fish

[@georgeavant314]

A slide near the end with all the pokemon, level, and time would be great! Love the series

[@jcukier2]

I’m glad your more recent videos show you losing at lower levels to more advanced opponents while giving it your best shot. Once I saw Charmander at crazy high levels, it got boring, like when I would constantly beat the Elite 4 as a kid to get to Level 100 so that I could use them competitively in PStadium.

[@ToniBingi]

Jrose11: *refuses to use a pokedoll against ghost marowak because it's a glitch. Also Jrose11: *perfectly fine using glitches in the solo charmander run.

[@Thunk00]

I'm amazed how well Charm did for 99% of the run in spite of being the worst of the three starters on tier lists. Talk about smooth sailing.

[@YourFriendlyKebab]

Thanks for entertaining us during this boring period, your videos always make my day better

[@Hamanuna]

I really like that you're using Pokemon Conquest's ost for your videos

[@friedrichschulzeharling]

OMG i didnt expect that high of a video frequency love u bro

[@augustoof13]

Skipping over that Chansey mentally hurt me a little, even if he didn’t need it all all

[@kingkosher6231]

when I was a boy I heard a rumor about the stat leveling and I faced the Elite Four over 100 times per single pokemon one summer before fourth grade. First week of school came around and I walked into the school yard with an unbeatable team of Charizard, Venusaur, Blastoise, Dragonite, Jolteon and Mewtwo. SOME people got past the Dragonite. But it was usually THEIR Mewtwo, their final line, just to be destroyed by Pin Missile. I then repeated the same thing with my team in Crystal version. Beat Red in Mt Silver 100 times with a single lvl 100 pkmn and used Tyranitar, Dragonite, Lugia, Ho-oh, Lugia and Mewtwo. Literally unstoppable. That Tyranitar was so hard to get past. I would lose to Walls. Blissy, Snorlax, Shuckle, Steelix, Golem as a bomb and usually another bomb like Weezing. Just get toxic-rest combo from the normals and shuckle and then sandstormed out with steelix.

[@syon2509]

How we doing jrose, how's quarantine life .

[@flyforce16]

Jrose used SAFEGUARD He is now immune to status effects, including COVID-19

[@iam3gion204]

Well hes doing a 53 part series so at least hes keeping busy

[@Hidden_Raposo]

12:05 there is a rare candy near to those plants ;)

[@juanpicasso7943]

Keep making them and I’ll keep watching them! Love it

[@YukeWeiss]

I appreciate the tighter editing in these videos. I'm not sure how sustainable these are given you have 48 or so to go but keep at it!

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

"I know some people get upset with how I pronounce it, but she's not a real person..." A Generation of people whose first Waifu was Lorelei: >:(

[@darkeehfaile]

Glad u're back, love your videos!!

[@karentookthekids1032]

Yoooo you're the man, its 6 am in quarantine right now, thank you for posting!

[@MeruXYZ]

Yaasssss jrose! Thank you so much for uploading these so quickly. I've been binging your shit since you uploaded the Bulbasaur vid. Can't wait for the rest! I love you! Stay safe!

[@undertaker5512]

I loved how you paused everything for the Chansey encounter in Safari zone

[@MrIronJustice]

These videos are so funny to me. Back in the day we used to think we were pretty good, we somehow didn't realize just how easy this game actually is.

[@Zipcodacary]

I always knew Bulbasaur was the best starter, can’t wait to find out if I’m right

[@Acacius1992]

Eh nope. For me Bulbasaur was and is always the least Favorite (Grass) Starter.

[@Zipcodacary]

Maik Römer lies, lies and slanderous statements! I’m not blinded by nostalgia I swear

[@Acacius1992]

@@Zipcodacary Just joking a bit xD (Its Oksy if people like Bulbasaur just my sight I dont like it. Besides Design it is also there are other great Grass Pokemon which you can get pretty early (unlike water or fire pokemon)

[@Foxy-rs3gp]

I like bulbasaur more than the charizard evolution all of it

[@spiritedaway0tutu]

11:38 - Another legend is born. EXP manipulation, welcome to the party.

[@Nyzer_]

Yeah, I agree that abusing the badge boost glitch is perfectly within the spirit of things. Not only is there no way for you to just get Swords Dance without it, you can't even control whether enemies use Leer and such on you. It's a world of difference compared to putting Rare Candies in a specific inventory slot, visiting the Old Man, then surfing around the coast of Cinnabar.

[@mayitakeyourhatsir8632]

8:54 running away from that Chansey actually triggered me so much

[@nerdstop5025]

I was scrolling down looking for a comment like this. Dude... like dude.... I have no words

[@davidthorn5554]

I like all the games but prefer watching people do challenges of first gen so your videos are the only thing getting me through lock down

[@OnlyGoken]

It is to GameFreak since it gets a new form all the damn time Also multiple uploads? Perfect 👀

[@shreknskrubgaming7248]

Sometimes two new forms. Looking at you, Mega Charizard.

[@raveboxmedia353]

Loving this series so far my man

[@sagacious03]

9:53 Fire Spin too tedious/inaccurate for you? Nonetheless, excellent run. Charmander's apparently a pretty good sweeper. Anyway, thanks for uploading!

[@Jrose11]

Exactly, too inconsistent.

[@courtneyhigh3442]

I know I'm okay with runs that have unintentional glitches. Another Pokemon youtube I watcher reset a major battle because they had one fo these unintentional glitches and I found it irritating. I want to see the game run like a normal player would but with just one Pokemon.

[@YukeWeiss]

"53 part series" Oh man, if only he knew he'd be doing a lot more.