HOW EASILY CAN YOU CATCH EVERY POKEMON IN DIAMOND/PEARL/PLATINUM?

After 8 months of comments asking to make this video, it's finally here. Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are without a doubt the hardest games to catch all the regional Pokemon, and today we're going to figure out if we can catch them all in under 24 hours. This video took a lot of time and effort to put together, so I'd really appreciate it if you shared this with a friend. If you have any suggestions for the next video, leave it in the comments below! Have a great day :)
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[@xhale671]

Pokmon Dyemond, Paerl & Platinume are my favorite achoo gaems

[@steele5305]

x Hasan yes

[@CoolFennekin]

XD

[@memetan_24]

You high?

[@litabin2741]

Did this nigga just sneeze?

[@abbad707]

@@litabin2741 ikr 🙈🤣🤣

[@ceceliam6032]

"...Team Galactic drank literally all the water in the lake, so I went into the cavern to find out why they were so thirsty." I died.

[@davidtrieb13]

and later xD - after meeting up with cyrus we found out that he changed his mind about drinking all of the water and would rather turn the whole world into a night club - rdy to party palkia emerged from another dimension xD

[@eddiemate]

You didn't drink enough water then

[@coolguy02536]

At least you didn't die of water intoxication.

[@chrisclack4258]

mr johnstone was A idiot when he said team glactic literally drank all of the water from the lake it was the galactic bomb that got rid of all of the water from the lake so mr johnstone need to correct that mistake of dialogue on this you tube video of his

[@eddiemate]

Chris Clack He knows that it was a bomb. It’s hard to ignore that when he plays Platinum which has every sign of the bomb exploding. I bet you’re one of the few people who don’t know what this thing called a joke is, because he was making one. Yes I’m aware there’s a 90% I’m about to get on r/whooosh but when your joke is "this joke is bad and should be changed" then really it shouldn’t count.

[@porsche6036]

"community ditto" is a phrase I never wanna hear again

[@EthanSeville]

😂😏

[@simonhoran9775]

community ditto

[@emizerri]

@TeamWolfRules town bike

[@cy-bernet-ix]

community ditto

[@Hugodenbeste]

The gen IV music is insane. Sets up such an atmosphere for the games.

[@telmah5721]

Ah you're a man of culture as well

[@mattwhit02]

The Lake theme was amazinggggg

[@JukeboxJack055]

Yeeeeah the best OST

[@captainrogers2790]

Yesss

[@aeroga2383]

Is it just me or does the music in this game sound like Final Fantasy VII

[@HellBorn99]

I remember when I was going to catch Dialga for the first time in Platinum and I used a Timer Ball because hes the time Pokémon... And it actually worked first try in 3 turns :D

[@EP1CxEMAN08]

Game Freak should take notes.

[@DenizDivine]

haha i love that, i'll also try that in the ̶g̶̶e̶̶n̶̶ ̶̶4̶̶ ̶̶r̶̶e̶̶m̶̶a̶̶k̶̶e̶̶s̶

[@HellBorn99]

@Ray Chang In real life that would've actually been a pretty smart move

[@angrysquirrel8816]

@@DenizDivine *stares at Game Freak with an well-deserved accusing glare*

[@zyrocist]

Lmao

[@weenkerz]

Dawn sees you for the first time in a while. Asks you to pick a hand, giving you the vs seeker regardless of which hand you pick. And then leaves. What a great friend.

[@kylelundgren5133]

I hope that I never see her again after that because damn is she creepy. Especially in the music goes quiet and. Sounds like a serial killer.

[@darknezz6769]

Dawn: Choose a hand Me: Right hand Dawn: Gives me the item in her left hand Me: *daRkNezZ became confused*

[@SprunkCovers]

Dawn best pokewaifu

[@angelicaph483]

Lmao🤣

[@mr.tactical3831]

@@SprunkCoversshe’s 10

[@patheticperson5294]

Doctor: You have 24 hours to live Johnstone: Just enough time... Doctor: To what? Johnstone: JUST ENOUGH TIME TO CATCH THEM ALL!!

[@PH3AR1337]

Well if you only have 24 hours to live Diamond/Pearl is perfect, they're so slow it probably felt like a week.

[@merlink.7287]

@@PH3AR1337 that just killed me on the inside LOL

[@ruikirisame1744]

anime dialogue: 100

[@kruemmelbande5078]

But then He dies before He can Safe... Or the battery dies

[@snuker650]

@@kruemmelbande5078 save*

[@yourbiggestfan8335]

Barry, the rival/friend in this game, probably caught every single Pokémon in 10 minutes.

[@PrincessSoci]

"Too slow, as always!"

[@Aaron-dw4fr]

Dudes on crack

[@storm_fling1062]

I name him stupid

[@phil2160]

I mean he has a Heracross and a Munchlax in his team

[@dxmino-]

i hated him so much omg

[@Gamesmarts194]

So let me get this straight.... You need an event Regigigas to make the other Regis spawn to catch Regigigas in game...

[@ordinarytree4678]

XD The only reason i got regigias in my one playthrough of Diamond is because I imported my regis that I got painstakingly from gen3. I think thats how youre supposed to do it too, meaning Regigigas is probably the most time consuming legendary to catch in any game. Aside from maybe Landurus?

[@subscriberswithoutvideos-wd9bo]

Trade them from RSE

[@metleon]

@@ordinarytree4678 Yeah prior to ORAS, it was impossible to get Regigigas with only one cartridge. You needed to transfer the three Regis from RSE to DPPt to get it in those games, and in B2W2, you needed to use Unova Link to send over a key to be able to get them all in the same game.

[@spongefan155]

@Luca-Robert Stewart 8 It's LVL 70 In D/P

[@Flightning99]

@Luca-Robert Stewart you're supposed to send them from Hoenn, but they added the event in Platinum to make it possible without a GBA game. The act of catching a Pokemon is more exciting than being given one, so the ability to catch the 4 regis in an event is a much more exciting way of describing it than saying that you are given a regigigas to gain the ability to catch regigigas

[@eydis9554]

3:05 "We begin our journey of running away from our family" Well that escalated quickly.

[@theonlypetunia1781]

I laughed to hard at that

[@masapeeta4140]

not really in the Pokemon world since you do that in most of the games immediately

[@auroreo777]

Despite what you may believe, you are not the main character in D/P/Pt. Due to "Anime Hair Syndrome", Cyrus and his admins are the actual protagonists

[@franciscolupercio9963]

Wut are u for real

[@auroreo777]

@@franciscolupercio9963 I know this sounds crazy but it's this thing called a joke

[@annebutnotreally2209]

Dawn has anime hair though :'D

[@mrorcadood]

Francisco Lupercio r/woooosh

[@BriarValley]

No, clearly.....it was your rival this whole time!!!

[@braverygaming6875]

I love it how u picked the starters -Torterra in Diamond -Infernape in Pearl -Empoleon in Platinum like how it is in the manga,✨

[@gabrieldabriel]

Probably not intentional

[@deff8487]

shhhhhh

[@Cheshirekitteh33]

I am actually doing this and i didnt even know lol

[@kneecap9849]

The manga was awesome like hands down

[@jackyspearow]

just gonna say it diamond & pearl platinum is the best pokémon manga series

[@deff8487]

"It's not too bad finding a female Combee, as it's a 50/50 chance." What a beautiful world you live in .,_ .

[@glurak888]

12,5% for all unknowing people

[@jellyace7864]

50% M / 50% F

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

For everyone responding with 50% M/50% F, it _is_ actually 87.5% M/12.5% F.

[@Mr.Xarxes]

87.5M/12.5F the serebii.net database listed it as such.

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

@UserName I'll do you one better... 50% f 50% m

[@dawnbrightlight]

The fact that you did full reset and reruns of Diamond each time you tried the honey trees blows my mind. Your dedication is astounding. Thank you for this fun video

[@jesustirado7817]

Why do you reset after that?

[@nothingtoseehere9648]

what? be didn't full reset? what are u talking about?

[@DaSheepKiller]

Me: I'm gonna go catch up on some other KZbinr's videos *Johnstone uploads* Nevermind.

[@jonas2151]

good job on becoming the next videos rival :D

[@DaSheepKiller]

@@jonas2151 Yeah I had no idea I was gonna get this many likes, but it's awesome that I did!

[@sakuraa1770]

Literally me.

[@TheTrueFoxFell]

As someone who JUST did a Living dex between these three games, you really made it seem like a lot of these catches and evolutions weren't complete torture

[@highdefinition450]

So good he makes it look easy lol

[@potatofluff-antonio-7230]

Out of the many things that I’ve learned, my fave is always going to be “I, the ten year-old protagonist, must and will take care of everything ever.” And the witty commentary makes me happy.

[@alexberry1222]

“We convince Volkner to do his job” 🤣🤣

[@67kingdedede]

Recruit 'Em All Mystery Dungeon

[@Priest6011]

This^^

[@Crabulon9]

Well,it would be impossible to get buneary or lopunny,because wonder mail exists

[@emblemwarrior11]

We'd probably have to let him wonder mail the Golden Mask for him to even have a chance at that in 24 hours.

[@erikreeds3836]

@@emblemwarrior11 even with golden mask there's no way you can do it in 24 imo

[@emblemwarrior11]

@@erikreeds3836 Oh I know. It'd be cool to watch him give it a try tho. But yeah, I'm pretty sure that Kecleon would break him far worse than anything in Sinnoh could.

[@rizu-kun9687]

My favorite parts of these videos are where John starts ranting, then interrupts himself as though nothing has happened.

[@tylergarza163]

Rizu Brown same 😂😂

[@liliflower1376]

I... Honestly thought creselia was an event pokemon. I grew up with these games and had no idea. Well I sure learned a lot today.

[@CrystalGreymon]

How did you not know this? =o

[@liliflower1376]

@@CrystalGreymon I was a very stupid 8 year old at the time

[@Aspen72]

I have a shiny creselia in pokemon go

[@spongefan155]

Is It Cause There's An Event About It In The Post Game

[@konikonitrainerwill5969]

@@tindera2100 how the hell did you find spiritomb accidentally!?

[@ahdurinregion]

Me at first: "I don't get it, why would this gen be so different from the others" Remembers honey, slow battles for Diamond and Pearl, trying to walk in snow/marsh, the billion trade evolutions, all the legendary/mythicals "Oh... tha- that's not g-good at all" Congrats on technically getting it below 24 hours though!

[@Skallva]

Slow battles for all games*

[@Schwertmagier]

Still fasdter than sun and moon...I cant finish these games since battles take ages

[@Schwertmagier]

@Merciless Freak Just loading a battle and after that the overworld again each takes +2 seconds

[@Skallva]

@@Schwertmagier Gen VII doesn't have sluggish animation at thr very least

[@Schwertmagier]

@@Skallva D/P was 2006, S/M was 2016...thats not an impressive improvement for 8 years

[@thefenixfamily]

4:55 I love Turtwig's sprite; it looks like he's at the store with his mom, and she's yelling at the underpaid cashier over something really small that's out of their control, so all he can do is slowly disassociate.

[@muetzenklon6222]

9:05 "relatively easy to come by" I spend 5+ h farming for this stupid fossil. By the time I had one, I could have dug a fossil in real life.

[@mrviggs1493]

That is some seriously rotten luck

[@marcus-vu8gj]

There Is 1 pokemon that ruins everything *M U N C H L A X*

[@marcus-vu8gj]

Wow lots of likes

[@bluebird6348]

Get a snorlax and give it the incense and breed it

[@bluebird6348]

Get a snorlax and give it the incense and breed it

[@marcus-vu8gj]

Ok

[@badchallenges]

Ngl he didn’t catch feebas which is worse

[@spacecatz1682]

Combee is not a 50/50 chance, it's actually 87,5% ♂ 12,5% ♀ ^^'

[@KidSnivy69]

Nitpicking!

[@jamhamtime1878]

@@KidSnivy69 ?

[@mcgregor527]

@@KidSnivy69 how is it the the man's just giving the facts

[@spacecatz1682]

@Brendon Eastridge yeah! I thought about that too but im not sure if its is a 50/50 encounter rate, despite that I just wanted to say that he was even luckier with that female encounter than he might thought :)

[@kinsan89]

@@KidSnivy69 not nitpicking if it is something that actually matters to his cause. Only Female Combee can evolve, so knowing it less likely to get a Female isn't "nitpicking," asshole

[@broguydudeman7588]

"Torrterra is the worst pokemon to run through this with" *Chuggaconroy has left the chat*

[@angrysquirrel8816]

I mean.... Cynthia has like 4 different pokemon that can screw over Torrterra, before we even mention ice-types In general. Infernape has better coverage than the other two put together and even without good coverage close combat and flare blitz generally just don't give a shit, like seriously I hit Cynthia's garchomp with a flare blitz and it took half its HP. And Empoleon just has great typing so it can tank. The only thing grassy boi really has going for him is that he's immune to electric.

[@broguydudeman7588]

@@angrysquirrel8816 you have a fair point, I was just trying to make a joke about how Chuggaconroy used Torterra in his Platinum LP and did very well with it. But I do understand where you are coming from

[@angrysquirrel8816]

Jonathan Zandstra when he picked it my sister legit played the “Are you sure about that” meme loud as hell from the next room over. Im just like 🤔 yup 😶

[@broguydudeman7588]

@@angrysquirrel8816 oh seriously, when I was watching it my brother came in, laughing at me saying "You're watching an idiot you who picks turtwig?" and I said "no I'm watching someone who is trying to give himself a challenge and play with the worst starter in the game. And don't you always pick turtwig?"

[@zyrocist]

Lmao

[@jarhead1795]

After all these years i never knew that diamond and pearl started slightly differently than platinum

[@blackdot105]

Did you know Dawn and Lucas have different themes?

[@zerses]

Glad that this is finally out. Good luck on gen 5, you're going to need it

[@yoni6847]

Hydreigon? Hydreigon

[@frostytheicemage7943]

Kanto 2: the Eelektross Boogaloo

[@auraswan951]

Zorora and Zororark.... unless they're available in Black and White 2..... (didnt play those games)

[@BrutusBongo]

@@auraswan951 they are, N's pokemon

[@troggle6545]

@@auraswan951 yes they are

[@evan3804]

When your level 52 Empoleon still has pound... 20:41

[@axelnero23]

Gotta have that normal coverage

[@LimeJ0SH]

@@axelnero23 this, but its also to help him weaken the lower level Mons since hes running thru with basically just the starters leveled up. (IMO)

[@baalrogg]

Yeah, in runs like this it's always advisable to keep a really low power move like Tackle/Pound to use to catch Pokemon until you can get False Swipe.

[@firefoxmd420]

Wedlocke remember *Charizard TACKLE ATTACK* From the anime?

[@brandonbugtai3924]

The sheer effort for playing through three games, narration, editing, cutting of clips, research for the locations, sequencing routes and captures to conserve time, damn this should have like 1000000000 views, just saying

[@akirananimoto5843]

Don't forget.... The game breaker.... M U N C H L A X

[@brandonbugtai3924]

David Ivy - Bythe way you replied to my comment i would presume you're an elementary student or someone who's just not that good in class, that my young boy is what is called a "figure of speech" specifically called "hyperbole". It gets discussed in like 3rd grade english or something, maybe its too advanced for you so dont strain yourself.

[@akirananimoto5843]

@@brandonbugtai3924 With how the world is now-a-days, I remember them having to reteach the hyperbole and other forms of English literature terms in high school, lol.

[@justinhamilton8647]

I love this gen so much, it’s so chill. The slowness just really fits with me, I take whole days to complete games with how much I stop and smell the roses. The snow regions were my favorite! I recognize these are mostly flaws that really irritate most people, of course it isn’t perfect, but sinnoh will always be near and dear in my heart. 💖

[@sajotoca3603]

It's my favorite too. First time I beat was with Crobat and Gastrodon lol. So fun to replay

[@carlitojaunito2269]

Sinnoh is also my favorite region

[@PokeTips]

Congrats on 100k subscribers ;)

[@oresti9271]

Hi Poketips I didn't expect you here 😂

[@JohnstoneYT]

You down to let me borrow a few? 😅

[@miristallesregal]

He doesn't even got 100k

[@frostii226]

@@JohnstoneYT lol

[@sasukegaming8289]

Big fan

[@unfixedarm2422]

“Oh cool he’s naming the rivals after top comments.” “... UnfixedArm” “Hey that’s a cool nam- WAIT THAT’S ME” 😂 Also, Pearl was my first game so it’s very fitting

[@JohnstoneYT]

That's awesome! Thanks for being a cooperative rival 😉

[@benjaminseelking9483]

@@JohnstoneYT I am really looking forward now, to you taking on the "Professor Oak Challenge" with these Games

[@slimeheadgamer3569]

That was my same reaction!

[@kylelundgren5133]

@@slimeheadgamer3569 so many more Pokemon in the category of why am I willingly to do this challenge. Although HeartGold and SoulSilver are some of the harder games especially if you use the pokewalker nothing says pain like a Dratini before the first gym.

[@Alex-dj5xl]

Same, i still have my save file from when i was like 6 xD

[@e.johnson7349]

Watching this makes me yearn for the Diamond remake more than ever

[@turothecreator3067]

Oh boy do i have news for you..

[@MatthewZeng]

@@turothecreator3067 lmao

[@LilyCelebiFlipnote]

That one moment when you catch a space dragon in a fish net.

[@tanglelover]

Pikasprey crossover when? I love your vids so much

[@omgitzfano69]

Jacah Smith I’ve been hoping for this for a while

[@Potatopiess]

Top 10 anime crossovers of all time

[@creatorsnow5487]

That would be very cool

[@LtheOriginal]

I never realized how much I wanted that crossover...

[@jeremystinson2124]

THIS

[@blue_manatee3895]

Oh my god. I can't believe you actually tried this. Kudos, and a subscription for pure dedication.

[@reemz6939]

See if you put your pokemon I'm daycare? They wont evole yes? But can you evolve them when you take them back ?

[@boy6821]

Did he evolve his Munchlax?

[@blue_manatee3895]

@@boy6821 He didn't have to. Munchlax was introduced in Gen IV, but Snorlax was introduced in Gen I.

[@eddiemate]

@@reemz6939 If you raise them a level after taking them back out, they can evolve.

[@boy6821]

@@blue_manatee3895 Didn't think about that.

[@TheWraithSummoner]

Everytime I passed Mt Coronet, I would try getting feebass.. NEVER APPEARED

[@spongefan155]

:)

[@bryanboles5834]

No mention of him... did he even get one? Feel like that would be a big thing to mention

[@draculena]

your dedication to the making of this video is beyond my comprehension... i am unbelievably impressed. you are so patient that it physically hurts me. the honey tree segment made me so overwhelmed haha

[@kneegga4677]

3:55 "Hello Lake, I'm energy man..."

[@trueredpanda1538]

Tought I was the only who tought about that when I saw the video 😂

[@maxietheguy2761]

HUZZZAAAH a man of quality

[@polishedrelish]

I LIKE JELLYFISHES

[@maxietheguy2761]

@@polishedrelish they are energy fishes at least according to finding nemo

[@ezman-vn8zy]

Ah, I see you are a man of quality as well...

[@Beavie]

I nearly pissed myself at the GameBoyLuke part XD

[@acetraineremerald5737]

It was funny though

[@jort3562]

This is the first of your videos that I've seen, but I love the way that you've edited this. It flows so well.

[@jackpatterson5832]

Dude the amount of time and effort that goes into these is amazing

[@jacksmith8689]

My free time: exists Johnstone: Im about to end this whole mans career

[@reemz6939]

See if you put your pokemon I'm daycare? They wont evole yes? But can you evolve them when you take them back ?

[@jcs3146]

@@reemz6939 yes they can

[@fotu7957]

I think Gen 5 should be split between the sequels since they're so vastly different and there are so many Unova Pokemon anyway

[@gamesmasher1489]

There are 156 Unova Pokemon, 4 are Mythical and 9 are Legendary so only 143 Pokemon to work towards which is less than Kanto's 146

[@fotu7957]

@@gamesmasher1489 except the sequels aren't exclusively Unova Pokemon which means if they were done in the same video there would be probably 50% more

[@gamesmasher1489]

@@fotu7957 He only catches the pokemon introduced in the games the video is on as in he only caught the gen 4 pokemon in this video. It doesn't matter how many non-gen5 pokemon were added in B/W2 because he wouldn't catch them anyway. Unless i'm misunderstanding your comment there isn't any reason to make a B/W and B/W2 video because they both have the same pokemon needed to catch. Infact B/W2 has less Unova pokemon than the originals

[@dawnsbuneary]

Zorua and Zoroark are event only in BW1, but in BW2 you get a zorua for free.

[@gamesmasher1489]

@@dawnsbuneary True, but Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus are not in BW2. He wouldn't do separate videos for BW and BW2 and will only need to play BW2 to get the Zorua as a lot of Unova pokemon are locked until the post game in BW2, which would waste time trying to get to anyway.

[@ZachAgape]

Great video and amazing run through! Well done :D Gen 4 is defo my favourite… it was my childhood, the music is amazing, and I love how it is more challenging than other Pokémon games ^^

[@cyclonejd8189]

Hahahahaha subscribed because 1 gen 4 is my favorite gen and 2 that phone call that according to you didn’t happen. Keep up the good work man. I look forward to your other videos.

[@dr.t0blerone965]

I love how you can (nearly) always see who's in your party so we can always see the best HM slave there ever was. _Bidoof_

[@nickace4373]

You just reminded me of the nightmare to catch Feebas from back in the day

[@HyruleGamer]

I started re-playing Pokémon Platinum a few weeks back and the came across this video, gotta say I'm impressed, I really loved this video and I'm really enjoying watching through your other videos,,,, also dropping a lot of inspiration

[@charlesreddin9945]

Yo, this series is pretty dope. I'm glad it's popped onto my feed.

[@cyborgjonny]

When I was a kid, I traded my magmar and electrabuzz to my friend to evolve them and he refused to give them back.

[@orlanswf]

I hope he is in jail now.

[@aquestunending7210]

Kevin Punt strikes again

[@Erikai_]

@A Quest Unending AJGSSHSHHHSHS

[@oldbadname3633]

Team Galactic had placed an agent as your "friend" to steal your pokemon. What a 4D chess move

[@epictoast7119]

#UrFriendIsInTeamRocket

[@ashdust9832]

will you do prof. Oak's challenge for hoenn?

[@kylelundgren5133]

Doing that right now it's absolutely painful. So many Pokemon in the category of why am I willingly doing this challenge! It only took me two weeks to get everybody leveled up to face the first gym. pickup is broken.

[@pokedude720]

@@kylelundgren5133 Good Luck with Febass

[@kylelundgren5133]

@@pokedude720 the only problem with Feebas will be the fishing part. Quite a few dry flavored berries you just need to catch a Feebas modest or calm. Generation 4 Feebas is way harder to obtain.

[@pokedude720]

@@kylelundgren5133 How would Gen 4 be harder? The "Feebass Pond" in Mt. Coronet has multiple Febass squares per day; plus the dry Poffins are still easy to make and just like with yours, mainly just requires calm/modest.

[@Griffnix]

Kyle Lundgren The Feebas tiles change every day in Gen 4 whereas in Gen 3 they're static until you change your phrase.

[@LLawzy]

This is really well done man good job

[@lookoutcookout3080]

This is a scary amount of dedication

[@Aprill264]

That gameboy luke skit was hilarious

[@tabbithagordon2403]

I suffered for hundreds of hours to complete Platinum's Pokedex back when they first came out, so seeing it done in under 24 (in-game) hours is just insane. The planning that went into this is astounding!! Keep up the great work! :3

[@dutch_melss954]

What an amazing video pal! Whatched the full 40 minutes👌🏼

[@johnnydracaena6052]

Just for this video, I subscribed. This is amazing!

[@elogan5817]

I like how they looked at Gen 2 Headbutt trees and said "These were not annoying enough. Let's fix them!"

[@bloodarcher7841]

Elogan right? I know this is a later game but remember inkay and how it evolves? Dumbest thing I’ve seen.. usually first playthrough I don’t use a guide.. I had no clue you had to turn your 3ds upside down..

[@cristianomurray5909]

And put trees in sun and moon again

[@chrisclack4258]

and mr or miss Elogan inkay evolve with the 3ds or 2ds turned up side down

[@ryaquaza1571]

Me: farms for a shiny level100 magikarp in platinum for a collective total of over 4 days Johnstone: catches everything in the game in a fraction of the time *all around me are familiar faces,..*

[@ssbbiskewl]

Think about it this way: He doesn't have a golden fish of death and destruction!

[@zoruasnivy]

I tried to find the level 100 magikarp, I found the shiny first. 4 days is pretty impressive.

[@meatusbeatus5548]

4 days for shiny in pre-gen 6 games is pretty damn good. I tried for arbok for a week and gave up bc how hopeless it felt. That's the extent of any serious shiny hunting I've done other than breeding for a shiny charmander, full odds in SS, got it on the 57th egg; it was insane.

[@angrysquirrel8816]

Hey man you got off a lot better than I did, started Diamond when I was like 6, I know, playing the most unforgiving pokemon game as a 6 y/o was not the smartest move. Granted I didn't know that at the time but still. I didn't actually finish Diamond until I was 16 having roflstomped every generation before and after 4, beat Pokémon Sun, gave up on Ultra Sun because its literally the same boring game, that I finally returned to Pokémon Diamond after not even touching it once in 10 years, reset the game from my roadblock at Cynthia so I could play through without only leveling Infernape (because lets be honest Infernape gets the best coverage out of all the gen 4 starters) curve-stomped Cynthia, and eventually obtained all the pokemon in Diamond, even the events because im cheeky like that and use the void...… its been a long 11 years since I started that shit.... still my favorite game out of all of them. Since then I've beaten it 5 or times. Times like this when I remember that when I was 6 and first trying out the game I actually reset my game because I thought I needed Dig to climb up something I needed Rock Climb for. Good times.

[@winnipeginstinct]

idk i always go for a 99 magikarp so you can get a scary flying death snake

[@kirklandanderson2085]

I got pearl 3 days ago, played 9 hours and have 2 gym badges, i'm playing it very slow. I talk to every person, fight everyone and every pokemon.

[@notmithosis7350]

Same

[@francis7336]

Same

[@GreenDinoRanger]

Thank you so much for mentioning the DNS. I had never heard about it until now. I just tried it and it still works. Now I can finally try these mythical events myself. Thank you!!

[@peaked4148]

"Now to pass the community Ditto"

[@kylelundgren5133]

What other reason is there for ditto to exist.

[@ShadowKnight5204]

Communism 100

[@achilles8283]

It's insane how much effort goes into these videos. The transitions between games visually and verbally is so satisfying. Amazing job as always

[@TrendHero_]

These are awesome please keep making them!

[@olliejobson6371]

I loved the vid style! New subscriber here

[@TerraPlayz2004]

John: *names rivals* Me: *sees UnfixedArm* Me: Wait i know that guy CONGRATS UNFIXEDARM 2

[@Korm]

HYPED! Loving the content John, keep it up man! Can't wait to watch this!

[@lukestrassberger3551]

Nice job shortening 24 hours of game play into 40 mins. Thank you nicely done 👍

[@gordonramsay735]

Why have I never seen this video before. These videos are awesome and have inspired me to try on my own

[@azuraelya]

32:44 "Which brings the total to 82 pokemon." *POKEDEX TOTAL: 81* Oh nooo

[@fluffernal]

F*ck this.

[@keksauce]

I just see the number 82 when talking about Platinum and I want to die

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

Me, when I remember spiritomb "Well, thank god I'm not doing this"

[@matthewkreft6785]

I love your commentating style. This video met the high standard of massive nostalgia Diamond gives me.

[@annoyingdogx3]

23:00 "Bringing the total to 52 Pokemon." *counter goes up to 51*

[@starwolf27]

Minor nitpick: the Razor Claw is actually also available as a hidden item in the Veilstone Galactic HQ in the room Cyrus is in. This might be just Platinum, though.

[@niklaskoch4334]

Jep just in platinum

[@thewisementor1630]

I love that addition of GB Luke, I’ve been subscribed to him for the past 4-5years when he had 80k subs. Honestly such a mad bloke

[@Sazandora123]

HUGE thanks for the DNS exploit tip! I got myself loads of old event pokemon I couldn't get back when they were released! I watched some of your videos while working on getting all those event pokemon, haha. Thank you again!

[@funnyperson4027]

I really like that you put up a dex counter and that you lined up the events for each game. Only thing I could say is an active timer or for you to say generally how far you were into the game at certain times

[@sascha3834]

So much respect man! Not just for playing through all this, but editing must be hella time consuming and hard. Such a nice job! Love ur content man ! 💙

[@J2ojuiced95]

I wonder if John is actually going to eventually try the Professor Oak challenge for Gen 4, I don’t think he’d survive the challenge.

[@lightningv46]

...gen 6

[@Jimmyzation]

I think gen 5 would be vastly worse, considering the new exp gain system applied and the levels in which pokemon evolve. So many pokemon evolve only around level 50, it's absurd. Someone did this run already though, and it took almost 400 hours. Not viable by any stretch. But since we all love to see john suffer through hell and beyond for our masochistic pleasure, I bet one day he will do it.

[@ElessarMMA]

@@Jimmyzation Sadistic pleasure, actually. Masochism would be to enjoy watching or feeling ourselves suffer, after all.

[@Jimmyzation]

@@ElessarMMA thanks, I was actually looking for this word. Spent a minute trying to remember that word. Lol. But yeah, you caught what I was trying to say

[@ElessarMMA]

@@Jimmyzation No problem. I don't think there's anyone who knows every single word and its multiple applications by heart at all times. Just figured I'd add to your comment, 's all.

[@allumcallu6272]

Nice video, it brings back memories

[@user-rv1co2gd2p]

Insane content and I didnt even know about the DNS bug. Got my sub and like!

[@dddrones]

this is honestly so incredible. this is my favourite gen by far and this vid like reignited m,y love for sinnoh even tho it wasnt even dimmed at all lmao. this is so amazing im just in awe

[@striderdragon1838]

Hi John. You are fast becoming a favoutrite KZbinr of mine. I like your videos. They are very entertaining. Keepy up the good work!

[@lkaz1244]

Damn all those effort def deserves a sub

[@jeremossy9768]

Loved the discord skit ^^

[@aibdan-si7fk]

HeLL YEAH! My favorite games in general, and Pokemon games, of all time! I've been waiting for this video, thank you! Also Jesus Christ I forgot that Cynthia got so nerfed in Platinum.

[@notscorchingsands9718]

@@MilesTellerOfficial wrong

[@Flamr]

Yesssssssss! Finally. I waited so much for this episode! Great video man, keep it up!

[@Rose_J]

This was awesome. Thank you.

[@sawmatt8604]

Forgot how good these videos are

[@sungod1384]

You should do this as the professor oak challenge. That is the devil especially that you will see the exact same Pokemon and it isn't easy completing the dex before beating the gyms. I hope you see this(maybe not but) because diamond and pearl are very long games.

[@heresiarch.]

It will be hell. As soon as he reaches Floaroma Town he will have to use the available honey trees to grind for Munchlax, if the game even grants him spawns in that area.

[@bloodarcher7841]

Heresiarch fuck the munchlax spawn.. it took me a solid day trying.

[@sungod1384]

@@heresiarch. dont forget feebas and azelf

[@dburris718]

I love this channel more than anything else on KZbin

[@BlackDranzer178]

When you finish this series of 24 hour runs, please do a gag reel of your mini rants of what goes on for mechanics. Some are very amusing.

[@dengolo8404]

John be like : this is totally a good idea In Johns mind : AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@thesubinion]

John,you deserve to have a statue made of gold built in your honor.

[@tachytita1372]

I rememer being young and playing pokemon diamond version on my nintendo DS for like a year or two and never could get them all.So thanks for bringing back my childhood memories 😭😭

[@joelmerren]

Bravo dude!

[@jaxreviews4598]

Me: so how many more of these videos are u going to make? Johnstone: *yes*