Is Pokémon Yellow really better than Red/Blue?

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Let's play Pokémon Yellow as intended! The world's most confusing "is it a Gameboy game or a Gameboy COLOR game" debate. Released in 1999 for the GameBoy (color), Pokémon Yellow has a lot of version differences nobody talks about. Version exclusive pokémon are just the tip of the iceberg.
I cover those changes on a technical gameplay level while taking you through Pokémon Yellow As Intended.
Chappies:
2:16 pallet town/viridian
6:20 pewter
9:17 cerulean
12:31 vermilion
17:43 lavender/celadon
24:15 fuchsia
31:05 saffron
35:44 cinnabar
38:48 viridian
42:39 elite four
47:40 postgame

[@ji_mothy]

Which sprite got the biggest update? Discord discord.gg/gs33PKEdkn Watch streams twitch.tv/ji_mothy Patreon www.patreon.com/ji_mothy Thx for being here

[@wotwathorigl5446]

nidoran male

[@Tripoloskey]

Your Patreon link doesn't seem to go to your page for me. Just says "This Page Could Not Be Found". Not a massive issue as I just typed your YT name into the search bar but thought I'd say something.

[@ji_mothy]

Ok but Koffing looks sm like the awesome smiley, I was obsessed with drawing it in hs

[@JaredittonGaming]

Exeggutor and Definitely Mew

[@nirgunawish]

​@@ji_mothytldw? where's my verdict

[@WBWhiting]

In yellow you lose Electabuzz and Magmar, but gain all three starters, so you're ahead in mon quality.

[@ji_mothy]

RIP jynx 😭

[@renatoramos8834]

But it's boring because you feel compelled to always use the starters. Hell, bulbasaur is made available at the same time as oddish and bellsprout while charmander and squirtle are the first fire and water types (bar magikarp) you can get in yellow. If they were given later, it would be better.

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

​@@renatoramos8834but it's meant to follow the anime closer, so getting them later would be wrong

[@1-eye-willy]

as long as you obtain and level up a water pokemon you will be OP by the time you get to the indigo plateau you will wipe the floor with it and a few high level earth pokemon so i see no advantage to having any of the other starters. what strat do yall use?

[@yourdemiseishere]

@@renatoramos8834 As a kid it's the best thing possible.

[@justsomejojo]

Regarding the "mystery" trainer pokemon changes, they are supposed to mirror the anime. There's a guy with a Sandshrew right after Pewter City, modeled after AJ, an early character whose Sandshrew learned Fissure after 1000 victories (or was it 100). Similarly, the couple with Weepinbell and Cubone are students of a Pokemon Academy in one of the early episodes. Interestingly, that episode features actual game talk (move learn levels and such) as well as simulation computers mirroring the games' battle UI.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

was Weepinbell in that episode? I remember it being a Graveler instead and yeah it's 100 victories

[@justsomejojo]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 He only had Weepinbell in the battle simulator I mentioned. So it was technically in the episode, but not quite.

[@cebfromthestreetsoftorn2886]

So when you're playing yellow, you're living in a simulation...

[@M3rtyville]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 yes. The girl also had a Graveler but I think they didn't add it for 2 reasons: 1. powerful at this point in the game 2. she always used only 1 pokemon per battle

[@LeafRazorStorm]

@@justsomejojo No, there was definitely a real Weepinbell. Misty curb-stomped it with a Water-type just to prove that "game logic" doesn't apply.

[@PhatsMahoney88]

Ah, Yellow Version. The version my dad bought me after my mom drank the Satanic Panic Kool-Aid surrounding the franchise when it made landfall in the US. She made my best friend and I destroy our games, and my friend had to burn his cards and VHS tapes. I didn't have any cards, but I'll never forget watching that Holographic Charizard card burn on the driveway. To this day, if anyone brings up the incident, my buddy will fly into a raging rant about the whole thing and eventually lament the loss of that Charizard card. I don't blame him.

[@ewjfpoefjwoiefj]

Who does she think she is telling your best friend what to do like that?! If I were his parents, I would be livid

[@fragg0ti]

Your mom sucks, lol

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

lol wtf dude 😂

[@categoricallybiased1673]

My mother was super abusive like that too throughout my whole childhood ill never forget her smashing my cartridges of starfox64 that I had all medals and unlocks on and my gold cartridge of Zelda Oot that I had a finished file of with all heart pieces and items 😢.When I got a girlfriend and moved out I never spoke to her again up until her death.Never regretted it once.😂

[@PhatsMahoney88]

@@ewjfpoefjwoiefj his mom was in on it, too, albeit she was coerced. The 90s were weird.

[@rpgfanatic9719]

Yes, because you get all 3 starters, the ability to get Chansey outside safari zone, you get both Pinsir and Scyther, a following interactive Pikachu, you get Oddish and Bellsprout, you get Pikachu's beach, and you get improved sprites and full color.

[@abominationdesolation8322]

I never did get to play that stupid surfing minigame.

[@rpgfanatic9719]

@@abominationdesolation8322 it's excite bike.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes😊

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@rpgfanatic9719yes

[@chris_cashflow666]

That full color really changes the game

[@lordfangar5671]

44:21 "hitmonlee could be dangerous as i dont have anyone resistant to fighting" 44:32 "then i send out spoon for his machamp since spoon resists fighting"

[@akaLucasLee]

this is so funny

[@diogenesrex7847]

For 30 seconds, there was no Spoon.

[@lordfangar5671]

​@diogenesrex7847 you can literally see his team at the top right. At both timestamps spoon (the execgutor) is in his team. It's the same fight against bruno

[@diogenesrex7847]

@@lordfangar5671 (it was a reference to The Matrix)

[@lordfangar5671]

@diogenesrex7847 oh, my apologies, I've never seen the matrix

[@Crazedromantic2]

"Do you get Yellow?" I know this is a thesis question for the video, but if you were there during Pokemania, that wasn't even a question that existed.

[@MichaelSotoCE]

Not true. I felt like it wasnt enough change and i thought pikachu as a starter was lame. And i thought thrm giving you all the starters was bs

[@iamkarlkneeland4225]

​@@MichaelSotoCEyou were an idiot or you're lying online to be edgy plain and simple.

[@THAPOKEPINBALLER]

​@@MichaelSotoCEwhy was it bs to get all the starters? The way you get them is very close to the anime

[@indubitably01]

Yellow sucked, I actually got rid of my blue version to get yellow and regretted it so bad. Terrible starter, couldn't change the color pallete on GBC, glitches were patched, sprites were already starting to become soulless

[@MichaelSotoCE]

@@indubitably01 I agree with you about everything except the sprites are awesome

[@VanessaVersus]

Thank you for this Christmas advice for 25 years in the past, when I finish this time machine, I'll be saving my parents so much money!

[@ji_mothy]

Tell your parents I said you're welcome 🫡

[@greilthelegendaryhero252]

​@ji_mothy they'll be like "who is that?"

[@JuvenileStacks]

​@@greilthelegendaryhero252 "what's a youtube?"

[@rohanacharya3873]

I believe that mystery sandshrew at 16:35 is referencing AJ from the early Gen 1 anime. It's a higher level than other things in the area and uses Fissure(!) which was used by his Sandshrew in that anime episode. He also references the 100 match win streak.

[@ji_mothy]

wow, amazing pull. I remember that episode! Good solve!

[@jackmuscadmium]

I have spent most of my life thinking I was the only one to see this

[@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount]

Damn I knew I wasn’t wrong way back when. No one believed me when I mentioned it back then.

[@Gilbert_Dice_Gottfried]

Ah yes, the AJ episode. Also around the 12:00 minute mark there was a reference to the Pokémon episode that took place in a school, where the boy had a weepinbell and the girl had a cubone. It was another example of yellow replacing trainers that had starter Pokémon in red/blue. I think they just wanted to subtly reference the anime a few times in Pokémon yellow because the anime was so popular back then. Honestly, indigo league episodes were a lot better than the later seasons of Pokémon. It also had that beautiful 90’s anime aesthetic that us from that generation find so nostalgic.

[@carbon5261]

These two videos were a blast to watch because when you play them as a kid all those subtle designs like pushing you toward having an ice type for the endgame fly over your head. And how many people have actually gotten to experience a disobedient pokemon without going out of their way for it? I know it's asking a lot but now I'm dying to know how we're intended to play gold, silver, and crystal.

[@kojirotakamashi]

One trick for fast friendship with the Pikachu, is trying to use a potion on it at full HP several times in a row. Then Pikachu will instantly love you.

[@ji_mothy]

Yes! Sweet tech but couldn't pretend this one was dev intent

[@shukuchishikeishuu9540]

Definitely perfect if you only wanna use it to get the Bulbasaur, but don’t want to keep an unevolving runt on your team.

[@sgtpastry]

Redwall. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time... Long time.

[@JediMaster362]

A favourite series of mine.

[@lucamayhem]

I remember my dad giving me a few of the book and reading like 1 or 2

[@jeremymorris6738]

I don't remember why but it actually crossed my mind for some reason a few days ago...

[@iantaran2843]

RIIIIIIGHT ?! I had some flashbacks there for a minute

[@nlald]

Heh, eat your vittles!

[@alchadylan4592]

I think the high level Sandshrew guy was a reference to the kid that had 99 wins with his Sandshrew

[@nicholaslogan6840]

As a kid I always thought the main downside to Yellow was needing to keep Pikachu in slot 1 the whole time. Because I refused to play any other way, and wound up murdering the elite four with a level 94 Pikachu.

[@rizot0ny1996]

Dude how tf did you get it up that high level I just beat the game caught mewtwo and my pokemon level 55 except mewtwo and the elite four is 60-67 they have smoked me where tf you train?

[@lilkittygirl]

You never needed to keep him in slot one. Whoever told you that is on drugs

[@MelTheHal]

Didn’t just murder them it was a full on massacre!

[@tmfan09]

00⁰

[@multiplepassions3694]

Lisa Cutty is the most random house reference 🤣

[@theseculargamer3339]

At 12:18 the Cubone and Weepingbell is an anime reference to the Pokemon Academy Ash and co visit. The Cubone battle is iconic as Ash manages to beat it with Pikachu by spinning its skull around and getting it hit by its own bonemerang. Similar situation with Misty beating the Weepingbell with I think Staryu. The whole point was to show type advantage doesn't matter always. It was a cute nod if you knew it.

[@jackmuscadmium]

Also shown explicitly in Ash's fight vs. Blaine Ash sends out his Squirtle against Ninetales based on type-advantage.

[@oldboykenji]

You played the game wrong. There is only one team: Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Lapras and Snorlax.

[@gmkgoat]

This is the way

[@thxverymuch6962]

This is The Way

[@mrcoldmiser]

23:33 this actually makes me furious because of the haunter trade prank they pulled later

[@GoodJujuMagician]

4:52 I always did the butterfree grind as a kid

[@abominationdesolation8322]

I just liked watching numbers go up so I'd train both Nidos, a Mankey, and a Butterfree. All before Brock.

[@eugenewang4650]

i was 5 when i played yellow so i tried for hours trying to brute force brock with quick attack after being confused why thundershock did nothing, sometimes making it past geodude but always dying to onix. Somehow i found out that caterpie turned into butterfree that learnt confusion then i 1 shot the geodude and 2 shot the onix. Really young kids would quit at that point I think its a design flaw that they gave you a dogshit starter, they shouldve at least buffed its movepool and stats to help kids who know nothing about the game through the early game before getting the OP starter trio that sweeps through the entire game

[@mastermarkus5307]

I think I did too, mostly because I picked my Pokémon on how much I liked them, and gen 1 has a lot of designs that I consider "okay" to "bad". Butterfree was at least "good" tier.

[@mattparke4370]

No, kids back then didn’t need their hands held. Because there was no explanation for anything in life so naturally tried to figure things out anyway

[@EvanFarshadow]

The reason for no Weedle line is because Gen 1 Ash had... Issues with that evolution line, to say the least

[@TomC2895]

Absolutely love this style of play-through you've developed. Keep them coming they are appreciated and enjoyed!

[@ericeggert2590]

Are we not going to talk about what a great pun Lisa Cutty is?

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

I was crippled in an accident at 31 years old. I need a cane to move around. I am very, very interested in Lisa Cuddy.

[@chrispember172]

i dont get it

[@BitterTast3]

​@@chrispember172 I don't either.

[@JI0MB]

​@@BitterTast3it's a reference to the character Lisa Cuddy; the love interest of Gregory House on the show House M.D.

[@shirrenthewanderer414]

The Youngster @16:45 is based off of a "character of the day" in the Anime called AJ. AJ's signature pokemon was a Sandshrew that he specifically trained to resist water attacks (and he also trained Butterfrees to fly through Fire Rings). He was a very hardass trainer and Ash actually attacks him for being mean to his pokemon and AJ is one of the first characters in the anime that humans and pokemon aren't meant to be friends. Anyway the episode actually ends with AJ defeating Team Rocket with his Sandshrew's Fissure attack, which is Giovanni's signature TM move. AJ is literally the only one-shot character that is seen outside of his episode and it's referenced here, to the point that I have never seen a Trainer actually use a Gym-leader specific move, let alone a one-shot character from the anime, let ALONE someone like AJ.

[@natalimoina]

I think you need a rewatch lol

[@Tripoloskey]

Keep them coming! Almost like a challenge run, where the challenge is to get in the devs heads. Love the content.

[@ji_mothy]

Lol yes, challenge in these is often "forensically determine why some bizarre content was done this way". Ty!

[@2Syndras1Cup]

I still believe that the Lickitung trade was supposed to be in reverse, since the Gen1 code is such a mess.

[@xXRunDeathXx]

F**K YEAH! didn't expect another one so soon. thank you for sticking with the long video format

[@ji_mothy]

Glad you like! I keep trying to make 20 minute videos that balloon up 🙃

[@xXRunDeathXx]

@@ji_mothyI feel like I should dislike for the "See you later aligator" 😂 I obviously would love to see you doing the whole main series of pokemon though starting with gen 2 that is A LOT of content so I understand if you would be fatigued quickly.

[@ethank14]

This was great! The last video got me really nostalgic for the older pokemon games and I'm surprised you got this one out so soon after the last! Love your as intended series, and I can't wait to see more pokemon videos!

[@Branjama]

I had red, so I did not ask for Pokemon Yellow, but I do remember going to a girl's house to hang out. She let me play her copy of yellow, she was totally disinterested in it. I couldn't believe pikachu could follow and react to you! And then she left me alone and I just played it the entire time. Then I wondered why I had no friends in school lmao

[@donaldansman4272]

I'll be your friend 😅😂

[@CanaleImprobabile]

Yes! I had Pokemon Red as a kid, and only ONE kid in my class had Yellow. We all looked at him like he was a Rockefeller.

[@wickidgames]

"I know that mankey, his name is donkey" "Mankeys are not donkeys" Lol

[@DJKokaKola]

Hey KZbin, mothy did a good job this time. Also yellow is superior in every way due to the surfing pikachu minigame

[@ji_mothy]

(Prepares self for angry comments when I didn't hack in a surfing pikachu to play the minigame)

[@waypastcute]

​@@ji_mothy If you were REALLY playing as intended, you would have played Pokémon Stadium alongside Yellow and imported the surfing Pikachu 😤/j

[@sfulibarri]

Sorry the algorithm has not been kind lately. Your videos are a good vibe and of great quality; I hope you get the breakthrough you deserve.

[@ohhReina]

The trainer abandoned Lisa before you found her…I guess you can say she no longer had a House…

[@indulgent_pooch]

Actually keeping the Psychic type op was NOT an oversight, at least in Yellow. Ive heard they were unable to fix the code to get it weak to Ghost as intended instead of immune, so they changed one of the NPCs dialogues to remove reference to Psychic being weak to Ghost

[@imtooold21]

Lovely video. It reminds of handwritten guides you could buy back in the day. Full of useful and less useful trivia. Honestly I feel like videogame magazines should have more content like what you're doing. I especially like the inclusion of why this particular way of playing is the most efficient based on availibity of mons or items.

[@lpfan4491]

It was, but only by a vague margin. The full color and enemy trainers actually having proper movesets is nice, but the other gens definitly made bigger leaps in their special editions.(Even tho the Crystal online features were JP only and have been shut down decades ago, ripperoni)

[@Slampbell]

Your videos echo lots of sentiments I felt as a kid playing through these. I've been on a binge of your Pokemon videos today. As soon as you mentioned the specific feelings that each city's color palette conveys (in your Gen 1 Post-game video), I knew you were a channel worth watching. You get it. Looking forward to your future videos!

[@thomaswinwood]

The devs were incredibly constrained in their ability to do anything about Psychic-types until Generation 2 because Yellow had to remain link-compatible with Red and Blue. They couldn't add any new moves which weren't in Red and Blue, and they couldn't make any stat changes which affected battle since that would result in a desync as an attack had different outcomes on either end of the link cable. Later versions of the game use more sophisticated mechanisms for synchronising, which is why they could pull off what happened with Hypnosis in Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.

[@Gareth-410]

What's the story with hypnosis?

[@thomaswinwood]

@@Gareth-410 They increased its accuracy to 70% in Diamond and Pearl, then reduced it to 60% in Platinum. By that point they were using a version mechanism to decide which game was treated as authoritative, so Platinum would call the shots when linking with a copy of Diamond or Pearl. They did change the accuracy of Blizzard if you compare Japanese-language Red/Green with English-language Red/Blue - link compatibility between languages wasn't a thing until Gen 3 (and Korean wasn't compatible with other languages until Gen 4).

[@iillaamusic]

I must write this as a means to thank you for all the hard work you put in this video. For someone who's trying to "pro" this pokemon version, i can vouch for the absurd amount of studying it must've taken to showcase all these mechanics and in such an elegant manner. It sure is helping me and, to be honest, my poke team wouldn't be nearly as strong if not for your unique video on youtube! I also agree more with your team choice than anyone else. In upcoming months i hope to give you the support (financially)you deserve, as things are a little rough right now... Been rewatching this pearl for weeks now lol

[@stargazer6556]

Really glad to see you continue with the Pokemon videos. Quality content.

[@AnimusPrime87]

Being the OT (Original Trainer) for all three starters was absolutely everything to me then. Yellow all day every day.

[@LukeTsarkiller]

Yellow version is better if you like fighting Pidgeotto's the whole goddamn game instead of ever encountering new wild Pokemon.

[@NishiOxnard]

All these videos were great. When putting hours into a game I noticed youtubers can turn it into several videos talking about different aspects of it, you got good mileage out of these so far! Even the shorter casual ones are nice to watch, they don't all have to be big but it is a cozy watch. Thanks for this fun lil series, excited for whatever you do ahead! Might need to dip into your old videos next. (:

[@boycerazor]

That has to be the first Redwall reference I've seen in years and it immediately took me back! Thanks man 🤙

[@VorpalBlad3]

Yellow version is strictly worse than red and blue because Brock put on a shirt. That is the only reason, and the only reason I need.

[@dannystuivenberg1195]

This, and the video on Red/Blue, are the first long Pokemon-related video in ages I actually actively watched in a long time instead of just putting then on as background noise. Good stuff!

[@mattparke4370]

Pokemon Red/Blue is GTA 3 Pokemon Yellow is Vice City Pokemon Gold/Silver is San Andreas

[@eagle401420]

I was there, we alllll asked for got and loved yellow anyone saying otherwise is a liar

[@lunk9186]

boy, that thumbnail is next level 😂😂😂

[@VegasValentineMusic]

I always theorized that the "mystery sandshrew swap" at 16:30 was a nod to the anime; theres an episode with an undefeated trainer who has a high level Sandshrew

[@EloyGray]

Every time you upload something I drop everything so I can watch it since your content is genuinely amazing!

[@ji_mothy]

Tyvm 🥹 I am happy you enjoy!

[@gmartinez1981]

Yes, Pikachu follows you around.

[@Heatseeker872591]

Interesting team you had end game. You didn't decide to have any of the 3 starters as permanent team members but decided on other alternative Pokémon and still had a formidable team

[@heraditestreamingarchive1100]

True story. If you try to enter cycling road without the bike, eventually the guard will let you through and let you borrow a bike. (okay it's a glitch sorta but hey, saves an inventory slot)

[@patrickshepherd1341]

I LOVED Pokémon yellow. Man, in 6th grade, after playing blue and red for a year and watching the show, it was MAGIC to see all my favorites in color. And start with Pikachu. And fight Jesse and James. And get all three starters through the story. I mean, it was BEYOND compare, full stop. I'm 36, and yellow is still so special to me.

[@conza1989]

Uhh remember kids, try to force feed your Pikachu potions at full health, inside the bulbasaur house, maybe 20 times? Eventually he'll realise how happy he is, and you'll get bulbasaur, enjoy.

[@DoctorRayman]

I remember having that "Ricky" Machamp on my team the first time I cleared Yellow 😊 He was the first 'mon I ever got to Level 100. Even made it as far as my Gen 2 game. Memories, memories, memories 😊

[@hmhm856]

2:30 LOL, I never thought about that, in that Oak captured the only available wild Pikachu remaining in the world

[@Felly117]

As a kid I had red originally. I later managed to convince my parents to get blue for me at my birthday and was confused asf that it was basically the same game but still had fun playing it anyway. I then got yellow for Christmas. I was rather pissed that it was basically the same game again.

[@mattparke4370]

Lmao three in a row

[@PJ7RITY]

The frustration is understandable but this is hella funny 💀💀💀💀

[@mickgorro]

They did tweak Lorelei's AI in some way related to REST, I'm pretty sure. There was a possible softlock that this tweak prevented.

[@cparle87]

9:20 Little tip. Giving Pikachu items improves his happiness even if they don't do anything. When I got to that spot I simply made sure Pikachu was fully healed them spammed the potion on him over and over. It would tell me it didn't do anything, but his happiness would still go up and free bulbasaur.

[@Lbp2awesomeness]

The only thing I'm sad you didn't see was the wild Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest. It has a 1% spawn rate and is another anime reference, as Ash caught a Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest instead of a Pidgey, so they added a rare spawn to reflect that.

[@Sybry605]

Pokemon yellow gives you: better sprites(except mewtwo and Venusaur), all three starters, less glitches(even though the only glitches that are "fixed" are missingno which gives you unlimited masterballs and i think the mew glitch), all Three starters, a following pikachu which you can talk to!? In my personal opinion i think yellow is the best gen 1 experience(even if you can still buy pokemon blue if you want and if you wanna play a kanto game then just play FireRed and leafgreen or let's go)

[@jozy3055]

9:25 if you try using a potion on Pikachu while it’s at full health, you actually still gain the friendship boost without using up the potion. Keep doing it repeatedly for about 5-6 times and Pikachu will then like you enough to receive the Bulbasaur!!!

[@JuliTheBee]

Oh my god I played yellow and blue so much but never actually thought about the changes. I really love your jokes mothy! And the pokemon names

[@babaloudanceoff]

came for the nostalgia, thoroughly enjoyed the redwall reference as well as the surprise house md reference. 10/10

[@forgototherpassword]

13:45 If I remember correctly, some romhacker found out that the reason there are places like this with good/super rod encounters where you can't get them, is because if you were to, somehow, manage to access an empty encounter table, it would crash the game. Unlike many of the other bugs, this one is just super easy to fix.

[@Klorosis]

This popped on my recommended and I really enjoyed both your videos. +sub and hopping you tackle the later gen! :)

[@thepaper888]

I've been playing yellow a bunch lately on 3Ds. Idk anything about glitches or anything like I did the rare candy clone, etcetera, on red/blue. I just put pika in the box and have Nidorino as my main.

[@ji_mothy]

How I longed to box pikachu, but there was no uncertainty that the devs want you to run him so my hands were tied :$

[@thepaper888]

@ji_mothy I honestly always just wandered through aimlessly without any strategy, plan, preconceived anything, including replaying those games. I see now there is limitless strategy, and every person as a standard knows each trainer and all their Pokémon, movesets, who is going to be good against what how far into the game. Like this Pokémon is ok now, but later, when they are strong, they will clear out that whole gym on their own or whatever plans are. Like, I'll use this Pokémon here for now. Then not evolve them to trade later, but I'll use these tms on them and after this segment now I'll trade, then the levels transfer (which I didn't know), then that one will learn this move at this level. So it's all foreign to me, honestly as a kid I played blue a bunch and knew of how to item clone in cinnabar Island, but besides that just played the game randomly as idk about intended, but basically with no plan. Just badges, elite 4, hall of fame, then idk whatever also, but I'm sure idk about some post game stuff in some games. In pearl, I stumbled upon Girhitina and was like, who's this mysterious cool guy? Did anyone else find him? If not for the internet, I would have never known shiny's existed. I would have just accepted that there is a red gyrados, no big deal. Move on. When it's things like this trainer only battles at this time at night and stuff like that, I'd never know ever. I'd miss everything. I barely found out about natures and IVs. So, womp. I just started moon, and like a fool so far, this is what I've done. Island scan a few times, get cyndaquil, totodile, chikorita, box my starter fire cat. Now I have 4 gyms or trials. Boxed my starter. Have a team of those 3, pichu, and eevee, I got from an egg from the farm. So I never let anyone evolve and have a team of weak babies. At first I played it until like 2nd gym. Took a 9 month break. Then where was I? Oh yeah. So when I came back, I essentially restarted but continued the file. When I first rebooted the file. The team was litten, magnemite, ghastly, alola grimer. Which seems more akin to the dev intent, I just caught them organically. I've never shiny hunted or soft reset ever before. So when I came back, I found you could do so to make sure cyndaquil, totodile, chikorita, to make them all female. So I did. My eevee is female, as is pichu. Essentially, now I'm only catching to add go Pokédex if female. My starter cat is male and might have kept him, but I should have probably restarted by putting in all that effort. Anywho, maybe not like the devs intended, but they did make it where you can have 3 gen 2 starters before your first trial. Idk what I'm doing. I always play shin megami tensei, and I was like mine as well see what's up in Pokémon. So I am slowly going through all blind, then idk trying to slowly learn. How people are like clearly bla bla in generation 1 but then in generation 5 they got rid of bla bla. I have no idea. If not for the internet I would have never known about events and trading mini celebrations celebi etcetera. I mean, I don't have any, but I would have just never known. So, super slowly, I guess, trying to acquire this knowledge that is basic information to everyone else. I downloaded all the 3ds Pokémon everything before the eshop closed, and all the updates for the games I don't have, and demos, etcetera. I have Pokémon Bank, but haven't used it yet. But at a point when I'm knowledgeable enough, I'd want to transfer a bunch of cool stuff around but on my own ideally. I know there is a whole world of fake everything and clones and GameSharks and breeding, but mostly, I'd like to do it myself if possible. Just rambling Thank you for your time. I appreciate your channel and all your efforts.

[@C0nnie]

On the 3ds virtual console, you can do a cool “trainer fly” glitch and catch all 150 pokemon with your OT and ID. Was really fun to do and I’m not the challenge-type at all. Would do again

[@ohhellwhereami2574]

This is gb original glitch , you can even make yourself game freak official mew that can be transferred over to future titles

[@Mikhael.R]

Honestly, kind of a shame you srill dont get to use venomoth for the mothy branding haha! Would love to see you do this with gold, silver, and crystal since they were my first pokemon games!

[@ji_mothy]

It didn't even occur to me 😭 I was so close to using venomoth. What do you predict is the winner between g/s?

[@Mikhael.R]

Based purely off my bias, silver would probably win because of the version exclusives, but I feel gold and silver are more similar in terms of balancing compared to red and blue haha

[@keizervanenerc5180]

4:11 - 4:13 this is a rare typo in the game: "Throw a Pokéball at it and TR to catch it"

[@chrismyers6276]

Was there a point to catching the low level Golduck? I thought there might have been a benefit to having the low level Rhydon but I didn’t hear one.

[@ji_mothy]

I can't see one besides to trade. The learnset is miserable since they expected us to encounter psyducks at a higher level in RB

[@tadferd4340]

"Say no to bad fishing poles." The Gyarados rod isn't bad, it's specialized.

[@Tartneznok]

I wish I had red or blue back then. It's always the same. Start game, catch caterpie, bash wild Pokemon until you evolve into butterfree - only then you started to get options. Red/Blue: Just pick squirtle and have a blast or bulbasaur and have a blast even past Misty. Nowadays I am aware that you can also catch a mankey. But maybe it would have been the other way if I had the other versions as a kid.

[@dmaskell92]

Yellow was my first Pokemon game, I also had the Pikachu GBC. I'm playing through Gen 1 on my 3DS and I'm gonna finally complete my dex, since my original battery died and I sold the console.

[@johnnytower6169]

I dunno why I got this as a kid, it was probably just cos friends got it. I sold my red version and gameboy to buy other games when I got older but I still have yellow and a gameboy colour. In hindsight I wish I kept my pocket and red, just for nostalgias sake I played later versions when I worked at sea and gave me 3ds to my youngest kid, I dunno if she even plays them tbh

[@themondoshow]

I understand WHY you played it this way but this game could have been so much easier.

[@Rhewin]

LOL your intro perfectly encapsulated me at the time. I managed to snag Yellow when it released (one of my few release games from the 90s). I knew Blue so well at that point, that every moment of difference was so exciting. Team Rocket wiped me at the end of Mount Moon because I wasn't expecting them at all. Also, I sucked at the games then lol.

[@indubitably01]

Great video even though I completely disagree with the conclusion! "fixing" sprites is how we end up with the 3D models you have in the top-right. Loved watching this playthrough though: no bike, no hoarding, no min/maxing, nice trivia about the games intended design along the way, and you built a team at least somewhat informed by what the devs likely intended. Well done!

[@chrispember172]

not neccesarily, the cards and anime had already come out before yellow so the pokemon designs were pretty fleshed out

[@AshCarnelian]

Hey I know this is like an enormous task to be asking so please ignore me but I would love to see equivalent videos on gen 2, as well as the gen 1 and 2 remakes. Just in case you were thinking of making more like these.

[@maxwellwilliams1802]

This was a fun follow-up. Thanks Mothy

[@mightofanubis3238]

That is the 2nd time you made me feel dumb about the 5 free pokeballs, LOL

[@ji_mothy]

Noooo the pokeballs are literally FOR dumb people who don't figure out how to buy them. You are king of smart 👑

[@iamthehobo]

Right? I'm no gen 1 expert, but to never have even heard a whisper about those free balls in 25 years....

[@kennethmclaughlin7574]

Just learned this fact today

[@cebfromthestreetsoftorn2886]

@@iamthehobo it gets weirder

[@keizervanenerc5180]

4:11 - 4:13 this is a rare typo in the game: "Throw a Poké-ball at it and TR to catch it"

[@ryanbenedetti-kp2yx]

Honestly Yellow is just more tedious in the beginning and at most parts. I prefer the og rockets to the Jesse and James stuff, but a handful of the Gym Leader Changes are cool. Red and Blue just did it better.

[@bobbybobstar1496]

"HoNeStLy" it's 2024 you dork nobody's uses that "HoNeStLy" beg anymore get with it pickmisha !

[@swizzamane8775]

So, erm, in those first few seconds. The boy you show playing a Gameboy. Said Gameboy has no Cartridge in it 🤣

[@Supersmartandfunnyguy]

It's likely a reference to how, in numerous sitcoms and movies throughout the 90's and 00's, whenever kids would be playing a handheld gaming system, there would hardly be a game in it at all. This was likely due to either incompetence with the subject matter of video games, or not wanting the label of the game to be visible to viewers out of legal concerns. Special mention to all the times Nintendo games would be played on a TV in a sitcom or movie with a Genesis controller, all the while the actor playing would be furiously mashing the buttons as Mario would plod along slowly on the screen.

[@d3str0i3r]

the lickitung should have been a games corner prize if you ask me

[@ji_mothy]

Woulda loved that and actually ran it!

[@setlight]

Amazing video man!! Thank you so much for it ❤

[@AntiNihilist]

52:58 the better question: what game would you want instead for GB at that time? Especially since its also the first color GB game i know of

[@runawaywolf2570]

Wait, Buffy and Spike? I think the devs were watching a certain 90s Vampire Slayer...

[@julianarchibald4731]

Great Video so far, quick question I am at 12.37 and you mentioned to say no to bad fishing poles? Why is that? Because we get a better one later?

[@AnonimitySmith]

I truly enjoyed this video and appreciate your work. Thank you.

[@pixelapocrypha]

12:30 It's a reference to the anime, the episode where the gang finds a pokemon school. The boy in the episode has a weepinbell iirc. EDIT: 16:40 this is also a reference to the anime, when Ash and co meet a boy with a sandshew that trains it and his other pokemon with items before held items were a thing.

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

Pokemon Yellow was my first Game Boy game. Included in the Pokemon-themed Game Boy Color.

[@fo4101]

My friend, it’s 2AM on a Sunday. Couldn’t you have made this video 10 minutes long? I need to sleep to go to work tomorrow. Oh, well, here we go. Good luck to me tomorrow.

[@ji_mothy]

🫡 high key I never yell and try to balance my audio so my videos are safe to sleep to cause that's what I'd want from others 😇

[@Zanji1234]

i never knew back then that in Blaines Gym you were supposed to make the quizes at these strange "boxes" to proceed. I just talked to every trainer and battled them. I learned that some years ago that using the machines was the way to do it

[@cantbehelped]

I didn't even wait for Christmas, I begged them to get me it the week it came out, and they did. but we had to go to Home Depot afterward, so I absentmindedly played Yellow while in Home Depot for like an hour with my parents.

[@ji_mothy]

Bringing the gameboy with you on the trip?? Elite gamer move

[@rooislangwtf]

43:03 they did actually kind of fix Lorelei's AI in Yellow, but only by giving her a 2/5 chance to see moves as neutral. It was mainly to fix situations where she can use Rest infinitely since she can't run out of PP.

[@wheeledjustice7381]

Sticky, while definitely serving as a reference to the Muk from the anime, honestly probably has a meta purpose. It might be there to teach kids about the potential of bad ideas. It’s not always going to be an upgrade, sometimes even a deceitful downgrade, and you often don’t find out until it’s too late

[@richardqustmrk]

The commitment to saying Fodder...? as a question blows me away

[@aizakkurhoads7527]

Not sure if it was mentioned, since I don’t want to read all the comments, but Weedle line being uncatchable is also in line with the anime since Ash failed a Weedle capture. It was a subtle call back to the anime albeit kind of random.