Can you beat Pokemon Red/Blue with Just a Weezing?

This video was.... something.
Edited by: @SimplyAJ
Original Music by: Shelby Leon Wright
Complete Playlist: • Kanto Solo Challenges
Rules and Explanations
Rules: (1) Only use the one Pokémon in Battle, others for HMs are fine. (2) No Items in battle (3) No Glitches* (4) Set Mode (5) No saving in the Elite Four (6) No evasion moves
Badge Boost "Glitch" Explanation: When you collect odd numbered badges the game boosts a stat by 12.5%. Brock gives ATK, Surge DEF, Koga SPE, and Blaine SPC (in game text is wrong). When any of your stats are modified (even by you using a move like Withdraw, or your opponent using Leer) the badge boosts are re-applied. So If you use Swords Dance, you also gain *an additional 12.5% in Speed/Defence/Special (on top of the 12.5% you were supposed to be getting). When you level up, the game corrects this error, and only the non-glitch 12.5% remains. Because of how difficult it is to avoid, I've allowed for it to be exploited, since opponents will spam Leer/Growl anyways, and this way battles are less random. Red/Blue are extremely buggy, so there's always going to be some glitches present, and because of how unavoidable this one is, it is allowed in runs, and considered more like a special Generation 1 mechanic as opposed to a glitch.

[@Kandraith]

The color palette rant, the diss track, Jynx making a friend. JRose is losing his mind and I'm all for it.

[@grammysworld5449]

He's a Kadabra Stan, it's been a long time coming lol

[@crozor1493]

Onyx needs a friend now

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

He broke himself for our entertainment, truly an artist

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

Oh lord what am I in for

[@gabr.7878]

That diss track was amazing

[@wilhelmisaac]

The commentary on this one is so manic, it feels like Jrose’s villain origin story. Five stars.

[@Odelatog]

Yeah I love manic Jrose

[@scrubplaceholder6216]

Thing is, the leaders in Red/blue have such bad movesets, that the game is pretty easy. Giovanni and the champion in yellow for example are so much harder.

[@mr.business2922]

it has me Weezing

[@jaryant]

Villain jrose should become a thing

[@Bodhinaut]

I was thinking the SAME thing! 😂

[@troygarcia6674]

Hey guys, did you realize that the color palette is phenomenal?! I bet JRose spent a lot of time on that!!

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

At least this time it's noticeable on KZbin!

[@geostorm8192]

I'd like it if he had just spent like 8 minutes ranting about it so we'd know!

[@Pao-vo8mf]

yeah? you know he literally earns his pay for that

[@TomJacobW]

Honestly is, though.

[@tdawgmaster1729]

Why yes, my good sir, I did, in fact, notice the beautiful color palette!

[@raymondhoefs472]

Jrose gets to play as a Cue Ball/Biker who used to hassle kids on Cycling Road but now has his sights set on “Laura-lee,” Bruno, Agatha, and Lance

[@David-ne2cc]

I would love it if he had custom sprites for each "archetype" he played as

[@Scanlaid]

Watch out Lorry Larry

[@FurbyParade226]

Can I make fun of how he pronounces Ar - canine? ARC - UH - NINE

[@FurbyParade226]

@bing chilling It's pronounced Are - kuh - nine in the anime, yes. Not are - kay - nine.

[@germanoschefo]

say it like we do in german LOH-REH-LAI

[@ChaoticKide]

1) Love the occasional Count Impression, never fails to make me smile 2) Love that you casually talk to your editor AJ, leads to funny little interactions 3) Love the color pallet! 4) imagine having to differentiate between Bind, Bide and Bite.

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

5) Rival four freestyle

[@CAFFIENEHOUND]

Bide, bite, bind; bind, wrap, constrict challenge

[@youmukonpaku3168]

Fire Whirl and Whirlpool: "allow us to introduce ourselves"

[@kourii]

*Palette* in this case, my dude. Just so you know :)

[@guessowii]

@@youmukonpaku3168 fire whirl in gen one?

[@CoffeeFlavoredMilk]

You know I kinda just realized something that might be a coincidence: A lot of the Team Rocket grunts love using Poison-types. Guess what type Giovanni, their leader, specializes in (primarily)? Ground, a type that is super effective against Poison. Essentially Ground is on top of Poison like how Giovanni ranks above the rest of Team Rocket. That's actually kinda neat to think about.

[@torquemada2]

I literally had the exact same thought watching a different jrose video a couple of days ago.

[@pinicius]

If the grunts want to rebel, they can't because their leader will just destroy them in battle

[@ribbodile6225]

@@pinicius That makes so much sense, his team consists of Rock, Ground, and Poison Pokemon (plus Kangaskhan) which walls pretty much everyone else's teams in the organization.

[@DJFracus]

the high-ranking Grunt that guards him in Silph Co. and uses Sandshrew/Drowzee/Sandslash has figured out the strat to move up the Team Rocket ranks

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@DJFracus guess that grunt is admin level in terms of personally lol

[@Chatedh]

The improvised rap against rival 4 is the best thing ever produced... Thank you so much Jrose!

[@patrickn.4113]

Right? That came out of nowhere :D

[@CptGallant]

Everybody is praising Jrose for all these videos, but we should also be giving AJ a big shoutout.

[@phoebe5114]

Right on, AJ!!

[@alexisauld7781]

Jrose: "I'm making videos every single day and I need them all edited to go out we can do it right?" AJ, five energy drinks and two allnighters deep: "AIGHT WE CAN DO IT"

[@NoLimitSquad]

Absolutely. After all, he was rly close to having 100 straight wins with a Sandshrew that knew Fissure

[@zerokid2007]

Absolutely, guy is smashing it!

[@TheZackofSpades]

AJ went hard this month!!

[@firedrake110]

Jrose: "Wheezing could learn bodyslam" The lore: yeah, slam the highly volatile sphere full of dangerous gas into something at high speeds, that surely wouldn't result in a self-destruct lol

[@dehn]

Why it learn tackle though

[@firedrake110]

@@dehn because tackle always misses ;P

[@leonfire99]

@@dehn a body slam is actually grabbing your oponent and slamming their body into the ground. Not you slamming your body into them.

[@DelosApolo]

weezing is 21 lb, just saying

[@TychoKingdom]

@@DelosApolo No wonder it can fly.

[@Justpassingby204]

The Hiker and the Pokemaniac are the getting the respect they deserve lately

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

well yea I mean if they resist something espcially the selfdestruct yea lol. or if u using like low atk power pokemon

[@HyperFocusMarshmallow]

The commentary, meta commentary, jokes and meta jokes has been really great lately. This one was super fun, I’ll really miss having a run almost every day when the month of jrose is over. 🥺

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

Bro is just turning out content at an unprecedented pace. Tbh idk if I’ve seen anything like this for the genre. Thank you!

[@wilhelmisaac]

Scott’s Thoughts is also cranking out solo runs (gen 1-3) every day right now. Highly recommend the channel if you’re itching for more content

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

@@wilhelmisaac I’ll check him out. Thanks!

[@rakino4418]

I'm guessing he's built up an archive of videos over the past 12 months and is spamming them now for the higher ad revenue in the lead up to xmas?

[@RandyCivilized]

Churning out*

[@Redmage913]

Pokemon RBY Challenges provides a unique approach, attempting to use every gen 1 pokemon with no DVs (so the worst possible pokemon), on minimum battles with no TM/HM moves. Of course, some require the former and/or the latter, but finding that balance between XP, resets, and number of extra moves requires is a fascinating way to demonstrate the game.

[@joetalentoh]

I was just about to give up and go to bed but I am rewarded with my patience with one of my favorite pokemon! I did a Koffing run myself a little while back which went pretty well (until Agatha lol) so i'm excited to see how this goes!

[@theadventurousprogrammer6449]

I'm not the only one...

[@georgepol3758]

Where I m from I just woke up Perfect Sunday morning

[@firedrake110]

32:18 Thankfully Gengar doesn't do anything to us *Stares at Haunter with visible confusion*

[@R34LiSM]

That rap had me wheezing

[@DanTheMeek]

This is easily the best commentary of the entire series to date and I don't say that lightly as I truly love the commentary on these and have watched them all. The rap around the 18 minute mark *chef kiss* but just from beginning to end, so many good jokes, legitimately making me smile/laugh, I put the commentary of this video in the mewtwo category.

[@enjoime111213]

The colour pallete for this is amazing. It looks good on onix as well. This may be the first time I've seen the back sprite of weezing

[@kourii]

It's actually *palette* btw, and I agree. I especially like how it looks on Nidoran (female)

[@guessowii]

@@kourii 👏

[@gamerdude491]

I've played RBY for years. Done runs myself with tons of Pokemon, raised tons of Pokemon to fill out the Dex a bunch, even raised Pokemon just to see their signature moves. I've NEVER seen Weezing's back sprite. Honestly... it looks pretty good.

[@Moonkitvelvet]

Jrose, your unique colour combinations for every run are one of my favourite little details, and I’m always delighted to see what you choose for each pokemon; you do a brilliant job!!!!! this one looks amazing (as always, hehe)

[@joshmciver3677]

Daily Jrose is literally the highlight of my month.

[@bugcatcher8989]

This Weezing run gets the OG Bug Catcher official stamp of approval! 👍

[@OsamaBeenFartin69]

Been waiting years for this one and Muk! Two of my all time favorites. Can't wait for Muk!

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

I love muk too he’s adorable haha

[@uranium54321]

Wow, cool to see Koga is a Jrose fan

[@Wild-by5hl]

🤣🤣🤣 "AJ, show them the movepool again" hahaha never appreciated the work going into this as much as I have today. Great work AJ

[@TrueNomadSkies]

The custom colouration you've been doing on these videos is great. I always wished as a children that I could do that on my gameboy like we could on the TV to some extent. It's especially sweet here because I've always liked purple for layout colours, and with Koffing & Weezing being a couple of my favourite Pokemon, it really all comes together. Strategically I guess he's not horrible (you do get Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, Sludge, and whatever else like Rest or Substitute), but those aren't exactly the best combination so there's still some difficulty.

[@ryanbowen4029]

I feel like we're seeing JRose's not that slow descent into madness

[@ProjectMATHEW]

I'm so glad you said it in this episode JRose the color schemes are always ON POINT

[@cristiancloses]

Weezings back sprite is underrated, and Yes Jrose, that color palet is 🔥 and I appreciate you for thinking of a detail so small so it can be a quality video, i appreciate you’re hard work!

[@CanWillCook]

The diss rap was absolutely amazing. Love the content! You help my anxiety massively! Keep playing when you can!

[@nksuke5988]

I was actually wondering how Weezing was going to do a day or two ago, thank you Jrose!

[@BryceRogers_]

GET THIS MAN TO 300K!!! I was stunned to know that Jrose only had around 100K subs when I found the channel. This series is definitely groundbreaking, so bravo my friend!

[@reedsahadevan2655]

Massively underrated channel

[@zachelkins1229]

Good news, he made it to 316k last I looked.

[@Gunsbeerfreedom87]

Glad you chose to do the "month of Jrose" when you did. Just had a kid and the consistent, good content is helping a lot. Keep it up fam.

[@ironrose6]

5:11 YES at long last, Jrose finally brings back the OG Count Impression

[@thomasdrennan1291]

Grinding through violet while watching these, great way to pass the time, thanks J!

[@GenericAssUsername]

Yeah. That Rival 4 diss track was definitely the worst thing you have ever done. I was embarrassed for you. Thank you for sacrificing your reputation for our entertainment.

[@imlrg9164]

This was an A+ run, Jrose! Loved every second of it! This one had a different energy, and I'm here for it! This Month of Jrose thing is going really well in my opinion, I can't imagine the amount of work this took/is taking... Appreciate the hard work, see you in the next one!

[@KrzysiekWWK]

I was playing pokemon Red back in '97... Haven't played pokemon games since 2002.... But you're a legend man. I really enjoy watching the whole series, keep doing it!

[@velvetbutterfly]

They're a nice chill RPG series if you ever wanted to get back into them. And all the evolutions in battle mechanics makes competitive kind of fun if you find a group. Randos online are less fun

[@michaelannan4862]

Thank you for these! Helping me get through finals szn 😊

[@onukwughab]

Bro you are hustling on another level with these vids. It’s an honor to be subscribed my man

[@talonghirem3899]

After watching so many videos of yours, this one is for sure my favorite. Seeing you have fun with it after daily videos is very refreshing and fun to watch

[@SubReikoPy]

Jrose11 keep the good job It's amazing how you keep doing these runs in the Gen 1 Games!

[@hippyhippy3246]

Thank you Jrose for working so hard especially during Hollidays. Your work ethic is electric keep up the amazing work

[@Spherify]

Love it how you squeeze out theese ammount of videos, I have no idea how you manage it, but I love it and this theme is always interesting and fun watching

[@EJsGameplay]

Using color palettes based on the pokemon does make the video look really cool, your effort is appreciated!

[@coldtea7]

You’re so much funnier in this one than usual. Can we please get more of this?

[@bigchez2855]

Major props to AJ, gotta sing the editor's praises with all the work that went into this month

[@americanmann123]

Bro thank you for keeping up your challenges and videos. They keep me sane when I work and much enjoyed when watched otherwise. 😁😁

[@ColeWhiskeyjack]

The Jrose Rap has been the highlight of my night. Thanks for that, I watch your videos during the night before heading to bed and they always bring a smile to my face. This one had me busting my gut!

[@navnatiomproduction4597]

I really appreciate you going through the effort of making each play through unique with the color pallets but also the attention to detail by making it match the theme or color of the Pokémon. Awesome stuff!

[@petersehrlustig3752]

I really really enjoy the madness piling up through your month of Jrose. Looking forward to the Tentacruel run where you name it Cthulhu and try to defeat the secret boss in the center of the universe.

[@MrCharrrles]

awesome video as always. I will watch every one of these Gen 1 runs (the best Gen imo ) keep em coming

[@slateportraichu5416]

I am absolutely in love with the colours of the mons and the environment. The mod you've been using is such a great idea=) Thank you for the vid=)

[@philclip23]

Weezing is one of my favorite Pokemon to use, which is great because so many generations allow players to catch Koffing. Bulky and sturdy, but also powerful! I'm doing an Emerald Nuzlocke and I was SO HAPPY to get Koffing in Fiery Path.

[@cesarwitha_t]

I can only imagine how hard it must've been to get to a combination that looked as good as it does for Weezing. You don't really notice how small the line between blue and purple is until you want to combine them, good job!

[@christophermccutcheon2143]

For real though it's insane that so many of us tune in for pretty much the same thing over and over with a different Pokémon as well XD I love it! I've commented before I love to go for a toke outside and listen along. Going through the motions. I laugh every time at Bruno, except like that one time he was a vague challenge (I can't even remember which Pokémon that was now..). And for some reason it's still interesting every time because it's not the exact same and you've seen some of the good benchmarks now. The recent choices with Pokémon work small move pools have been particularly fun!

[@mistermr2147]

The color pallete's are the best things about these videos! Keep up the great work

[@coreDesignix]

Your videos are always super fun to listen to while drawing!

[@NoLimitSquad]

Shoutout to not only Jrose but also AJ for 1. Rapid fire amazing editing 2. Almost having 100 straight wins with a Sandshrew that knew Fissure

[@RoyArkon]

That color scheme is indeed amazing, the purple and the tile together go just perfect. Now that I think about it, it does give some true old school vibe to the video.

[@starburstcollective]

jrose, excellent video!! the color palette REALLY looks great

[@alexcomeau1029]

I'd love to see a Cubone run, he's been my fav since I played gen 1 as a kid. Love the content jrose. This month has been amazing!

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

I'm really interested who between Cubone/Marowak and Sandshrew/Sandslash would do better.

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 It won't be a contest, Sandslash straightup outclasses Marowak in Gen 1, being better in every stat, especially in Attack and Speed, while it's not like Marowak levels up any faster to compensate. And Cubone is slightly bulkier than Sandshrew, but Sandshrew has so much more attack to render that moot. The only caveat is that Cubone/Marowak start with Bone Club while Sandshrew/slash are going to have to use Normal moves until the Dig TM, however the early headstart will be irrelevant with how much faster the latter's better stats will finish the rest of the game, especially with getting past Lance, who is going to force them both to grind at the end.

[@UnknownVir]

compared to some of the other types in gen 1, poison almost was treated nicely by having sludge

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

Fighting would also be good provided more Pokemon learned High Jump Kick and Pinsir learned Pin Missile and Twinnedle.

[@matthewsilva8617]

Love watching these, keep it up man!

[@Rebelsk8s]

This might very well be my favorite video of yours and I'm just half way into it :D you are killing it this month

[@billmcguire3887]

Almost missed the cutoff xD haha

[@andresgarcia-eh6oj]

Jrose never disappoints !

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

Jrose never disappoints

[@sagacious03]

Neat run & analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@darilli2343]

I’m loving the daily videos, I know it can’t be kept up forever but great job on all of them so far!

[@ellisdalton4282]

This gonna be brutal.

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

This gonna be rutal

[@7deuc2e38]

Nah weezing is pretty dece actually, think I finished the game with one at lvl 67

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

@@7deuc2e38 full professionally edited KZbin video essay or it didn't happen

[@stevenspringstead6190]

Skip to 18:03 to see how brutal

[@MononymousM]

@@nothankyouKZbin420 why are you commenting on so many generic comments just repeating them, but with shit spelling and grammar?

[@serenitysuccubus9231]

''tackle does 3 damage instead of 4 damage which is huge'' Jrose11

[@Hanesboi]

Hahahahaha! I'm in 10:25 right now, Jrose this video is already one of the funniest I've watched from you. I like this type of humor and jokes + AJ's (I hope I'm hearing that right) editing complimenting your jokes. I love your content, it's been such a highlight of my days recently!

[@ZeroSnake]

Your videos are addicting. I'm even more impressed by your upload consistency.

[@jayvardy]

Waiting patiently for the Caterpie run and the middle form starters.

[@sirquack1815]

Caterpie can't get past Lavender Tower since it cannot hurt ghosts at all.

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

Caterpie is an instant loss in Lavender. Caterpie, Weedle, Kakuna, Metapod, and Magikarp all 100% cannot make it past this challenge in RB (weedle theoretically can with in battle item usage but it requires totally inhuman luck).

[@marcus716]

@@TheShinyFeraligatr what if u use struggle? Still miss??

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

@@marcus716 Struggle is Normal in Gen 1.

[@lilith_fox]

Daily fun fact 3 : Gen 1 has a staggering 33 Poison types. That's over a fifth of the pokemon in the game! Edit: Did a quick calculation it's about 22% rounded up.

[@rickyboyer2602]

I’m loving this month of JRose! Thanks for the great content :)

[@wezznco]

your script for this video was SO good. 10000x better than the average. Loved your enthusiasm throughout. THANKS JROSE x BRING ON THE "MISTY, AS ALWAYS, STARTS WITH STARYU" TSHIRT !

[@KamikaziiKidd]

Worst moveset so far? Bruh, did you forget about Weedle that fast? lol

[@NathanielBandy]

That diss track was fire when is it going on spotify?

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

i really Do enjoy watching these at the end of the day right before i go to bed, by the end of every video i almost always have some kind of smile on my face without realizing it was there in the first place. Thank You Jrose for all that you do, i Genuinely hope you and your family have a lovely holiday season and a happy new year. 😄👍

[@TheJadeknight7]

That Agatha fight was a ton of fun. Also, the palette is pretty cool indeed, great job!

[@abelinoramone]

man, love your videos, your commitment to pokemon gaming is legendary level, just amazing!

[@EdgeyvonKarma]

I swear, this is my favorite one of your runs. I'm loving the rambling, possibly unscripted, energy.

[@fizzbrew]

Being waiting for this since I first found your channel few years ago I think. You had him on a thumbnail and teased my favorite pokemon. Let's go brother.

[@bassplay666]

That diss track was something else. Very well executed and timing felt good as well. I wouldn't want it to turn into a ghost Nappa sort of thing though lol. Keep up the creativity Jrose!!

[@Zeipu1]

The color pallete was really nice to see. So glad you took the time to do that and the diss track made me laugh. I think it was better than you might think. So funny! 10 stars!

[@benwarped7272]

can we talk about how cool onix looks with these colors, please❓ 30:51 I actually REALLY liked the colors in the Butterfree video too, subtle, gentle as a butterfly❕

[@ShabbaDabb]

Rewatching this video... I think this was the peak of your descent into madness. What a fun ride of a month

[@karltaht2370]

The color palette was absolutely gorgeous. Glad you gave yourself a well deserved compliment

[@dadish90]

Nice, love weezing! And this video was great, from the colours pattern to the rap song, just fantastic! Yes I would love to see tangela but honestly, there's still 2 fully evolved pokémon that I want to see and I think will both do well, sandslash and primeape!

[@heroic_teddy]

I love this content so much. Also my man, the color scheme for this video was on point!!!

[@colinsauer9627]

WOW Jrose, I'm not sure if you knew this yet.. But the background to this video is phenomenal. What a perfect match. Thank you for all of the amazing content!

[@connorbarlow1378]

I loved the commentary so fun and the brief count impression was amazing

[@avilaivan92]

Props to your hard work bro keep it up you’re a legend !💯

[@Noman69420]

Gonna be sad when the daily vids are gone, but I loved every single one

[@abrahamvigo8662]

These videos are great because your having a lot of fun making them keep it up

[@grevehans]

You know, you might not have a rap-career ahead of you, but it is exactly those moments I follow Jrose for. Clever, fun, unpredictable and self-aware. Keep up the good work, my dude!

[@iCANTsleep2]

Jrose losing his mind and going all over the place 🤣 Still goated

[@dienercontent6872]

I’ve literally never seen the back sprite of Weezing. Love these videos. Thanks for being so dedicated!

[@shaeam.4124]

I didn’t realize you picked the colour palettes yourself ! (tbf idk who would’ve. i just didn’t think about it ig) The colour palettes have always been smth that kept me coming back to this series/your channel; they always look good! My fav was the krabby vid palette for sure, i paused a few times just to appreciate it

[@dominequemccool2359]

My friend, this is very amazing commentary lol. I love it

[@MommyViper]

Jrose video right as I get to work?? Let's go!! Thank you so much. Very cool