Let's Play All of Pokemon Black & White: A Nuzlocke

[@RTGame]

Gen 5 is the best generation of Pokemon, and I love these games so much. Myself and my editor Cloé have worked hard to condense my entire Nuzlocke into one video. This video features everything in Black & White, including the event Pokemon and postgame content. It's an absolutely wild ride and one of the hardest things I've done in a video game. This video is also now the longest fully edited video we've ever released on the channel. I want to play Black 2 & White 2 someday, as those I believe to be the best Pokemon games ever made. They follow on from these games, which I believe are a close second for me - I hope everyone enjoys the video :)

[@codmizuki9761]

We shall.

[@falafelfreak]

It's insane that you guys got this edited so quickly. Huge respect

[@rancorrage5646]

A three hour video? Daniel, you spoil me.

[@ColdspaceDog]

what do you think of the limited 3D graphics? i think they're so charming

[@thatpersonyt247]

I never played gen five but I want to

[@billie-ve_in_yourself6464]

The vanilite being named felony reminded me of an infamous law in the United States where it was illegal to put an ice cream cone in your back pocket. This was because people used them to lure horses back to their property to avoid being charged with theft. The concept was that if the horse followed you on its own, then you can’t be fined for stealing it.

[@traviswilliams2348]

Well, ya know what they say. Where there's a will there's a way.

[@ericdillingham6858]

I thought it was specifically just in Kentucky.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Obsolete Laws, Ohio. NO, because it looks like a gun, just the same as a Stretch Armstrong in your jacket pocket could be mistaken for a GUN. You can have sexual relations with a horse in MY state, but you can't fuck your cousin WITH consent. A human WITH consent. For god sakes, we live in the states where Make MY Day Law STILL stands strong.

[@vibri7842]

@@ericdillingham6858 they said, "in the United States". it's a general statement, they don't mean it covers the entire US but just, somewhere in the US this is a law.

[@tylermonacchio2163]

Its New York State law. Same with talking on elevators as well.

[@DrVella]

fun fact: every evil team leader has a crobat which evolves via friendship, Ghetsis however has a Hydregon that has frustration which deals more damage the less friendship it has, and it deals max damage meaning that Ghetsis is the only abusive evil team leader to their pokemon, truly representing how much of a liar he is. It's also weird as N can talk to pokemon which either means that Hydregon has been forcefully silenced, likely by threats of more abuse or Ghetsis used his own abuse to instill the idea that everyone is abusing to their pokemon

[@Tilda_the_mage]

The Hydreigon is also under the level it should evolve at, which means that Ghetsis also forced it to evolve prematurely

[@gogetablue942]

Breaking news, Cryus is officially a better person than Ghetsis

[@spiritomb108]

His Hydreigon only has Frustration in the sequel.

[@chandra_creator]

huh also gives the other evil team leaders at least one little soft spot

[@superiorrule34]

Also it suggested that his hydrogen damaged his eye.

[@clementinedanger]

As a completionist I will never not be salty that to "catch 'em all" you need several different games, several copies of the hardware, an internet connection, Japanese citizenship, teleportation powers, time travel and most unrealistically of all, friends.

[@alexeiflagg8158]

Right?! Always my biggest frustration with the games. Made me so bitter when I was younger.

[@obits3]

This is why PLA is the best Pokémon game. You can catch all 242 on one trainer ID.

[@choopthe1nonly]

Now get a full shiny pokedex.

[@clementinedanger]

@@alexeiflagg8158 A lot of people say the death of Optimus Prime was the first time a corporation broke their heart. For me it was saving up my pennies for months to buy Pokemon Red for the Gameboy (I'm not old you're old) and playing it and enjoying it so much I bought Pokemon Blue too, started it up and realized it was the exact same game. These bastards had sold me the same game twice! And I couldn't get a full Pokedex on either one unless I bought even more stuff! (Keep in mind that in my country you can't advertise to children and there was no internet so there was no way for me to know that.) I was PISSED. Haven't messed with Pokemon since.

[@Errow2281]

That's why I only play with romhacks these days, there are ones for most if not all mainline games that make all of the Pokemon available without that crap.

[@flamehazardaoz3648]

N losing to you twice then saying ‘I know what I need, the legendary Pokémon Zekrom’ is like someone getting into magic the gathering, losing twice with a beginner deck then spending $5000 on a competitive deck to kick your ass.

[@daddysempaichan]

And still losing.

[@RaiRaiRaven]

Even better, when the guy who beat him gets an ultra-rare ultra-powerful card then decides, to his face mind you, to throw it away and pulls out the worst card ever solely to have it perish in battle

[@HazeEmry]

Dude thinks he can win with a Halq Auroradon combo when Dan has Zeus and Azathoth

[@SketchUT]

It’s like losing a race twice and then getting an Olympic sprinter to run in your place

[@shincci]

I mean, in his defense, each time N battles you before the finale he uses random Pokemon you can get from close by areas, meaning they're not really his team but random Pokemon he picked up.

[@spiritomb108]

Fun fact: When Cheren tells N "you talk too fast", it's because N's text speed is always one speed faster than your's. Even when yours is already at the highest speed. There's an old lady NPC later that uses the same idea, but slower instead.

[@bagseys]

Oh god, I can imagine the old lady being super slow when set to the lowest and N Being absolute chipmunk speed at the highest

[@frknspacewizardbrett6044]

The old lady in the chapel-looking place at the top of Driftveil City! I replayed White recently and I remember seeing her talk slowly and thought it was weird. I never noticed the detail with N though. I wonder if it's because that's probably one of the first times N ever interacted with non-team plasma people, since he just started his own journey through Unova too.

[@IoCalisto_]

oh my god that's what that was, I just thought my game was bugged 12 years ago lol...

[@unholynoise3087]

Love that. Gen 5 had so much love shoved into the details.

[@Whirlwhind1]

Yeah apparently N's text speed is always set to 'fast' if you choose slow or normal, but if yours is set to fast, N's text goes at an even faster speed that only he has.

[@ariel_warfare]

Fun fact for those who don't know: the egg you receive as a mystery gift will hatch into either Ash's Pidove, Cilan's Pansage, or, as Daniel demonstrated, Iris's Axew.

[@nakedstatue8517]

Imagine getting a Pidove or Pansage...........

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

That cool

[@Exisist5151]

@Hello, Me People can badmouth unfezant but it actually has a gimmick in being super luck + scope lens with high crit ratio moves for guarantee crits. All of the monkeys really only have 1 thing going for them: Speed tiers. (And in simipour’s case scald being an amazing move)

[@chalermponthasanatarakorn2626]

@@Exisist5151 garanteed crit was not a thing in gen 5, unfortunately.

[@Exisist5151]

@@chalermponthasanatarakorn2626 The more you know! I honestly didn’t know that. Crits did more damage in older gens too I didn’t know that either. I just remember using that build on smogon then unfezant was the designated fly user in my actual party.

[@pkmntrainershaq]

Did you know that originally N was going to have 2 special abilities? Other than being able to speak to Pokémon, Masuda said that he was also able to see the future. They scraped the idea since they felt it would overshadow his ability to talk to Pokémon, however there are hints to this in his dialogue when he references "the future I see" and notably in his Decisive Battle theme you can hear the sound of a clock ticking. Black and White are masterpieces, in my opinion, yet I wonder how wild the story could have been if they scraped less ideas.

[@DoctorPortal_IX]

IIRC, a bunch of people have come to theorize that he was _specifically_ meant to have The Dimension Scream, the special power from the Mystery Dungeon series.

[@pkmntrainershaq]

@@DoctorPortal_IX I didn't know about that theory but I could def see some credence to it. I'm so curious about the interview and info about gen 5 from back then that may not have been translated yet (if any).

[@nakedstatue8517]

@@DoctorPortal_IX Omg you are so amazing... I forgot abt this theory and I used to be such a huge fan of him and all the theories surrounding him. ALSO, brining up Mystery Dungeon?? Best Pokémon game actually

[@LapisD]

But they kind that left it in the game. In the final battle he tells how he saw us getting the rock and everything, so he basically did saw the future and was waiting for it to happen and battle us

[@pkmntrainershaq]

@@LapisD Right, but is it enough to claim that it's canon? Honestly, I'd be cool with saying it's one of his abilities but they don't mention it much in BW2.

[@CrispyShroom]

The fact that RT almost jeopardized the whole run just to kill Shitface during the N fight is hysterical

[@NoTraceOfSense]

What’s even better: he then proceeded to actually beat Ghetsis

[@Dierbolical]

it was worth it

[@theregularterrarian3933]

@@NoTraceOfSense would've been even funnier if that was the reason why he lost the run

[@Green-Manatea24]

@@theregularterrarian3933 that would’ve been sad but also absolutely hilarious

[@athath2010]

Something that was cut out from the KZbin highlights was that he collected the rare candy from N's room... and then used to give Calamitwo an extra level instead of to evolve [Patrat] (apparently, KZbin cannot comprehend the power of His true name), just to spite chat. Chat then demanded that RT teach [Patrat] TMs, and RT obliged- he replaced all of [Patrat]'s moves with the worst TMs he could teach him.

[@Birbinator2008]

I love the fact how dialga, the god of time, is dancing on a stage with a bunch of rodents covered in costume props

[@Spirit_of_Yubel]

I did this with Origin Form Giratina.

[@recksroller2220]

"His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."

[@Birbinator2008]

@@recksroller2220 oh god please don't tell me dialga murdered sh*tface in an outhouse

[@joshmyrna6859]

​@@recksroller2220blood meridian moment

[@recksroller2220]

@@joshmyrna6859 You know it.

[@eybimey]

For anybody who wants a Japanese factoid, N is pronounced "en", the sound for a common kanji, 縁. This kanji can simultaneously refer to fate, opportunity, and the spiritual, familial bonds between people. There was no good way to translate this into English.

[@SuzdalPanic]

I really appreciate just how much meaning they put into N's name, with N referring to an unknown variable, "Harmonia" meaning the Greek goddess of harmony, and pronounced together meaning "enharmonic", which is a music concept. There's definitely more I missed there but all these separate meanings shows they really put a lot of care into the tiniest things about Gen 5.

[@specimen057]

@@SuzdalPanic his name is also one Letter and yet it means 100 things.

[@deathofadynasty3453]

@@SuzdalPanic the 'enharmonic' part goes together well with ghetsis too, since his name is (most likely) derived from G and Cis (C♯), the pitches of timpani used in his battle theme!!

[@lanz228]

@@SuzdalPanic there's also my personal theory that N is just flipped Z but sideways as dumb as it sounds, just know that Z is the first letter of Zoroark which, if you not already realized why N could communicate to Pokémon... + the amount of references in both BW/B2W2 where random overworld human characters revealed to be zoroarks that can talk

[@ling_zip]

u said theres no translation for it but did u not literally just translate it

[@ionlycreatedthissothatican6859]

I love how involved the gym leaders and professor are in black and white. They actually help you and make plans to stop team Plasma while most other gens they just sit around doing absolutely nothing to stop literal terrorists. The fact that most of the gym leaders have side jobs and interact with the player outside their gym as part of the story rather than sitting around all day in their gym, waiting for the protag to speak to them, lose, spout random bullcrap about friendship then disappear from the rest of the story really make you connect with them more. I had to say, character wise gen 5 may just have the best roster of character both side and main of any pokemon game.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Except for one gym leader. I really hate him

[@gunsandroses896]

@@Twinklethefox9022 which one?

[@mattgroening8872]

If I remember correctly, the second one maybe?

[@captainblue5096]

@@mattgroening8872 Lenora is female and they specified he, so I doubt it

[@mattgroening8872]

@@captainblue5096 oh, i thought she was third. I completely forget the order in which they appeared, besides that bastard clay

[@alexisrox44]

Fun fact about Pansear: Simisear, its final form, was ranked as *Japan's least favourite Pokemon* from a vote they did for ORAS to give players a free Pokemon. Even in 2016, they knew that monkey was pure misery.

[@voltekka47]

what about the other two?

[@nokov6517]

I don’t know about that poll, but Thomas Game Docs did a video on the least popular Pokémon (least searches per month on Google), and the monkeys were in 6th to 4th place. No one like the monkeys Watchdog was also in last place

[@thundrr1929]

@@nokov6517 sad. Cause Simipour is one of my faves due to how bs strong it is for just absolutely no reason. Seriously, it's bloody Scald packs far too much of a punch for what it is.

[@Thekoodie]

@@thundrr1929 People always give me weird looks when I say Simipour is my fav water mon. But like... It's strong, has a good moveset, and I like that it looks like a chill surfer dude mixed with the geyser theming. I still think the other monkeys arent great, but my opinions on them aren't particularly strong or weak.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

i hate you

[@DaniDoyle]

Fun fact: the inside and outside of Pinwheel Forest are so different that there's an entire nuzlocke clause named after them "Pinwheel Clause" where areas are judged as different not by name but by very different encounter tables and screen transitions between them

[@spiritomb108]

In fact there's at least one hack that changes the name of the area outside of Pinwheel Forest to "Not Pinwheel Forest" so it's just a different area.

[@DaniDoyle]

Oh god, Alola without pinwheel clause is basically "reset if you get a bad route 1 encounter, you're not beating the teacher"

[@sushiroll3795]

@@DaniDoyle It's even worse because in USUM, you actually get your starter on route 1, so you wouldn't get another encounter until you reached the city if you didn't use Pinwheel Clause.

[@cryochick9044]

@@sushiroll3795 I mean you get torchic mudkip or treeko on the first route. in rse I don't think anyone calls that their encounter in fact in that gen people don't count encounters till you get balls as you don't get balls till you have been on 2 routes and likely been through enough grass to get an encounter

[@sushiroll3795]

@@cryochick9044 Depends on the rules people use. Some nuzlockers count gift Pokémon as your encounter.

[@JJJB02]

The final "GET 'IM, SHITFACE" against Zekrom as he tosses him to his death gets me everytime lmao

[@Patterrz]

Black and White were absolute gems that didn't get the love it deserved when it was released, glad it's getting it now

[@possiblyivy726]

Hey look its that person who comments everywhere!

[@bidoof367]

yeah they had a lot of gems like the fire gem the rock gem the dragon gem

[@Glueeater26]

The music in this game is the highlight

[@theregularterrarian3933]

so pat when are you reacting to this on stream Kappa

[@BlueRadium]

It and Black and White 2 are the best games. Ambitious, developed the series in a great direction. Then people didn't respond well and back to the formulaic slog.

[@kannathedragon7625]

Thanks to his Ace Attorney gameplays everytime he says "Wait a minute" dramatically i keep expecting him to say "THAT'S DON TIGRE!"

[@LettuceGayming]

Especially with that zoroark at the end.

[@dustin202]

He should have bred a zorua in the daycare You know what happens after

[@zarnox3071]

@@dustin202 I feel like I'm missing the joke here…

[@dontmindmejustlisteningtom8225]

He should’ve used his Von Karma voice for Ghetsis

[@zarnox3071]

@@dontmindmejustlisteningtom8225 Watch as he accidentally uses that voice for B2W2.

[@darthvaderbutwayshittier7054]

The "GO POKEBALL" followed by a Quick Ball is this playthrough's equivalent of "This is my badge and it proves that I am a lawyer!"

[@realsanmer]

Fun fact: Reshiram is part Fire and Zekrom is part Electric because they represent plasma, the mixture of fire and thunder. It's also why the villain team is named like that.

[@mauigonz]

Ohh Didn't know that

[@mysticpersona9915]

I didn't know that fact, thats pretty cool! However, fire and electricity are already plasma's by themselves

[@NA-AN]

@@mysticpersona9915 Well fire isn't. It's more like a sensory mind fuckery thing based off of chemical reactions that our minds interprets as a thing due to color, sounds, etc. It's a little confusing, I watched a Ted ed video about it recently.

[@aris1373]

also Plasma is a state of matter in which the negative electrons and positive nuclei that usually form atoms become pulled apart and separated. This is analogous with Team Plasma's ideology, which states that people and Pokémon should be separated from one another. taken from bulbapedia's page on team plasma on the trivia section

[@karlhyetravelerofworlds]

Oh that's why kyurem is ice it's the complete lack of energy The empty husk of it's original self An Absolute Zero

[@cryptling8825]

I cant believe Von Plasma and his gang would want to liberate all the Pokemon, I hope he doesnt become a prosecuter.

[@TheHighDerple]

hmm yes for you see, it was i who freed your pet dog in the name of pokemon liberation! you'll never see your dear Floofy again!

[@nicpelkey]

@@TheHighDerple Von Plasma, No!

[@c0r3_3rr0r]

@@TheHighDerple von plasma, no!!!

[@jasonfakename4851]

@@TheHighDerple I’m sorry but that makes Edgeworth N-

[@captainblue5096]

“Yes, for you see, it was I who made your precious Herdier hate you! I fed it bitter herbs from my herbal factory!” “Von Plasma, no!”

[@nivorann]

a ghost pokemon named "grief" that feeds on the dead, being the only pokemon he had left... that fits too well. great job RT.

[@ConnorLinley]

This playthrough had more death than an XCOM playthrough

[@Erick-tv8oq]

After losing his entire team, all he had left was Grief. Truly poetic.

[@vynniev9611]

Aw, spoilers...

[@Robin_hsr12]

@@ConnorLinley hey at least VON KARMA didn't cause them

[@Snanthx]

They sacrificed themselves so that he could be at full power

[@calibornenglish9851]

I love the detail about how N actuallys DOES "talk to fast." He has the fastest text speed in the game, one that i believe is completely unaffected by the text speed options.

[@doomeddragon76]

It's not unaffected, it's just always one speed above what you set it to in the options. Which means he can talk faster than the fastest text speed when you set it to that. There's also an elderly NPC who works the same way but with slower text than you.

[@calibornenglish9851]

@@doomeddragon76 actually didn't know that! That's really cool

[@KureiSS5]

When alder asked “do you wanna fight the strongest trainer in unova” i was thinking “well the strongest trainer in unova is currently just here on a vacation”

[@cryochick9044]

who is the strongest trainer you are talking about? I am fairly sure that N left the region

[@KureiSS5]

@@cryochick9044 oh man thats another burn on alder lol

[@GlitchBunn]

@@cryochick9044 Cynthia has a vacation home in Undella town, that's who they were talking about, funny though.

[@c.o7993]

@@GlitchBunn hardly the strongest anymore, she must have canonically lost to the gen four protag

[@chractherlastname647]

@@c.o7993 yeah but the gen 4 protag isnt in unova

[@Flareontoast]

I find N's design so charming. Idk it's so visually pleasing. And deep down, he is a good person who got brainwashed growing up.

[@vespernight4236]

His design reminds me of Wally. Sweet looking, and a bit naive. But a good heart.

[@firegoat5853]

God I love the limited N’s they used for this game It’s so charming

[@Chill_Block]

I feel sorry for rt's rivals, imagine losing your first pokemon battle to a guy named *failure*

[@Subpar1O1]

"now you must bear the curse, now you shall be called Failure in my stead"

[@proplaystowin]

Laughs in failboat

[@tylermcnamee293]

@@proplaystowin Aaaanimal crossing

[@mattharnat301]

Then you lose to your dad

[@bionicdragon5]

Cheren: "Failure!" Dan: "I know what you are, but what am I?"

[@Sunset_Sketch]

Despite what people say about its regional dex, Unova is always a treat to go through, loved the streams Dan.

[@JackFroster]

What do people say about it’s regional dex?

[@hikaratu]

@@JackFroster B&W actually focuses on it's Gen's Pokemon and there are relatively few older gen mons. Some people dislike that greatly because they want to use their favorites while others think it makes it more interesting because you end up actually trying a new team compared to what you ran in prior games.

[@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676]

@@hikaratu yeah people disliked it but at least they let you catch all the older gen pokemon after the main story and allow you to trade over pokemon from other generations ... not naming any names of course lmao

[@munchlax1512]

@@hikaratu My problem is more the low number of Pokémon- obviously a Dex of 300 entirely new Pokémon would be a nightmare to develop, but as it is, a regional dex of ~150 feels like it limits team building options, and lessens enemy variety. Ironically, in a nuzlocke, this can actually force you to use similar teams if you end up failing and restarting. BW2 is much better in this regard though.

[@christiankunce9491]

Atleast it was IN the gen 5 games.

[@MozillaVulpix]

The fact that the final battle started losing momentum because you literally got tricked by Zoroark is kind of incredible. When you've planned out as meticulously as you have, the fact one of the Pokemon might not be what it seems makes predicting what they'll do so much more complicated. what i'm saying is I hope Zoroark comes back in a future game

[@zacharyvian4484]

We got hisui zoroark and zorua and zoroark appear in the wild in sv

[@erickschusterdeoliveira2662]

Hisui Zoroark seems insanely strong holy shit

[@thisrandomdude2880]

Dude legit went "Hmmm, what could go wrong going legendary hunting during a Nuzlocke?" God bless you Daniel, you magnificent bastard.

[@AnAverageArceus]

Honestly, the thing about this that makes me the happiest is that he did a whole bunch of the events that you can't access anymore Some of those lost events are just incredible, and I'm really upset that I can't get them legitimately

[@sircringe8968]

How did he get them for the video?

[@scumsspot]

@@sircringe8968 if you search online there's a specific DNS that gives access to all mystery gifts

[@toad6453]

@@scumsspot To add to that, there is also a 3DS hack that is basically a free pokemon bank that also allows you to add the events into the games

[@Ttegegg]

So he didn’t just change the ds time?

[@prometheus1815]

@@Ttegegg its like the Victiny that he got early on, it is an event exlusive to the first month of the game's release iirc. So you can see how its impossible to get legitimately now

[@terminalvelocityrunner2202]

I like to believe Grief made some sort of otherworldly pact with the other Pokémon on your team, to burn some but not the entirety of their souls for power should it be the last one standing. That was why it managed to scrape by in that final battle. It’s teammates were lost but their spirits never truly left.

[@robboss2011]

least insane pokemon fan

[@Garbo_trashcan]

least insane rtgamer

[@archivist_13]

That's cool

[@prosecutorwalton]

completely devoured sh!tface's soul

[@FrostGlader]

I like the idea that the final battle against Cynthia is Grief channeling the spirits of his fellow Pokémon who died along the journey for one last battle with his newfound vigour after defeating Ghetsis.

[@vibevizier6512]

I decided that was the case with my chandelure in SwSh, too (another sole nuzlocke survivor chandelure, weird coincidence)

[@voicetale]

​@@vibevizier6512 It's like Chandelure is always the sole survivor in order to prove the champion wrong through the power of souls.

[@CameronDubrowSings]

For the record, he got a max attack Excadrill and 1 point off of max attack Haxorus. Forget 3 shiny Bidoof in a row, that’s lucky as hell. Each on the first encounters

[@AaronShenghao]

But his luck with other Pokémon are shit… the natures are so bad…

[@chasefray]

weren't they both -attack? or was calamitwo -attack and not calamity

[@dorodo3856]

He also got Pokerus naturally, which is insane

[@TotalyNotTony]

Don't forget he got PKRS

[@roddy6629]

This was an incredible run with a spectacular final battle, but what I also loved about this playthrough was RT's obvious love for the game and how much he wanted to share that with the audience. Black/White are my all-time favorite Pokemon games, and it was a joy to revisit them with someone who clearly loves them just as much.

[@jasonwalker4003]

RT is at his best when he's just genuinely sharing love for something

[@MythicAce218]

blackk and white is also my favorite

[@MouseBasket]

“This is Excadrill’s world, and we simply live in it” is an oddly Badass Line

[@SolstaceWinters]

I have some bad news about the world and the parallel world next to it.

[@bleuarks5974]

The moment Ghetsis said "I AM PERFECTION!", my brain immediately screamed "VON KARMA! NO!". You've broken me, Dan.

[@Curlywhrly]

I AM A SURGEON

[@anonymoose6703]

Yes for you see Phoenix Wright, it was I who stole all those Pokémon!

[@voicetale]

​@@anonymoose6703 VON KARMA NO!

[@horseloverfat799]

Honestly, in 2022 this still looks far more impressive to me than anything in the later 3d Pokemon games. The sense of scale the 2.5d provides is immense. I believe this is a massive city in a way that none of the other games manage.

[@justanaverageferret]

Often times when providing scale, showing less works better than showing more. The later games can show the full scale of the city, giving it limits, whereas in this one they don't, and let its scale dwarf the screen, allowing your mind to fill in the blanks of something truly massive. Best example I can give is one of the GTA remakes removing the Fog, which originally was there to ease the rendering, and showing the whole city, which looked wrong and tiny.

[@stoopidapples1596]

Was thinking the same. Even Pokémon Scarlet and Violet look like garbage, it seems it will take a long time before we get a good looking 3D Pokémon game.

[@utterclown1580]

You're right tbh... i love the limited 3d they use for this game. its so charming

[@MidnightDrake]

We all love the limited 3d. Its charming.

[@shincci]

I actually think the 3d Pokemon games look alright, but I agree that this game portrays places like big city way better than them.

[@sonarchy5158]

I love the limited 3D graphics in this game, it's so charming

[@pastryserpent]

I love the limited 3D graphics in this game, it's so charming

[@RTGame]

I love the limited 3D graphics in this game, it's so charming

[@sukaisage]

I love the limited 3d graphics in this game, it's so charming

[@graham7784]

I love the limited 3D graphics in this game, it’s so charming.

[@BigHeadWoodster]

I love the limited 3D graphics in this game, it’s so charming

[@nathanpixelkid]

Damn, that ending, when N was talking about Mistake, that one really cut deep knowing N just killed Mistake. Honestly that nearly made me cry.

[@Austin_B626]

Mistake was killed by Marshall though?

[@ifiwerearichman-yabadiba]

​@@Austin_B626 Yup. Its kinda sad to imagine how N wouldve realized that RT's Mistake was no longer in his team

[@silversonome5360]

If I had a nickel for every streamer named Dan who likes Pokémon and uses "Failure" as their character's name, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Thanks a lot for this Dan, this was an incredible experience

[@NexusKovan]

I was gonna point this out too, when he named the character Failure i had to check what channel i was on

[@harryjsj7206]

Who's the other guy?

[@strangedudee]

@@harryjsj7206 failboat, his name is also Dan

[@barticgameoshawottsquad6149]

@@harryjsj7206 failboat

[@errorsux]

exactly

[@ASquared544]

Wish someone warned RT that not only does Litwick learn Shadow Ball at a lower level than Lampent, but also Chandelure learns no level up moves. He got locked out of learning Shadow Ball naturally

[@ddchrw]

I’m pretty sure someone did, it was just that RT knew a Shadow Ball TM would be available before the Elite Four.

[@mr_willybilly]

I didn’t realise how important this game was to Dan until I heard just how much of the music he uses is from this one game. I just associate those songs with Dan so it’s surreal to hear them in another context.

[@ASquared544]

Ya know, Gen 5 really did have some of the most events in Pokémon. Especially Pseudo-Mythical events, like with Zorua and Volcarona. Just these weird side events that hype up these actually ordinary Pokémon. It’s cool.

[@elvis4868]

Zorua and zoroark are 2 of my favourite pokemon Zoroark is just so cool, the movie made me fall in love with them

[@VoidZeroNothing]

And I love the limited 3d in this game, it is so charming.

[@MidnightDrake]

@@VoidZeroNothing I love the limited encounters in this playthrough, its so charming

[@nishatelya7576]

I think my favorite part of this entire run, minus the N and Ghetsis fights, is that RT specifically chose Oshawott because he thought Tepig was redundant, and proceeded to then desperately need a good fire and fighting type for half of the game lmao

[@DiminutiveJerry]

Trolled

[@LycanMOON]

Yeah it’s actually quite hard to get a good fire type even outside a nuzlocke for bw victini and reshiram are legendaries/mythicals Volcarona is late game The tepig line is starter so you miss on the other two Darmanatan is fine Chandelure is the only good one tbh And the monkeys and heatmor suck

[@micah0000]

@@LycanMOON hey! Give respect to the monkeys! In my experience they saved me a lot in my own nuzlocke. 😔 Can't vouch for Heatmor though, they are unfortunately late game but they might be fun too!

[@LycanMOON]

@@micah0000 oh I love the monkeys,used a simipour for most of my black playthrough,used one again for my x playthrough,and I actually find their designs quite appealing Still doesn’t negate the fact that they suck though

[@boltfantasticated9705]

Tepig is the best starter in pokemon dont even fight me on that

[@InternetShis]

This is gonna be very long but I just gotta get it out there. I love everything about N. Ghetsis is the puppet master of Team Plasma, yes, but N is the central antagonist of BW1. But he's your rival, yet also your friend by the end. He also takes a design cue belonging to playable Pokemon trainers with his cap, something all trainers seem to wear in some shape. And on his belt is a sliding puzzle that resembles a menger sponge, a theoretical mathmatical figure with infinite surface area and zero mass. He's got a ton of other math and numerical inspiration in his design. His name comes from the term "natural number," and for the Pokemon he releases that you can catch in B2W2 (if you can manage to get the Memory Link crap to work), they have the trainer ID 00002, which is the first prime number. It's also baked into his final theme. In a blogpost describing its creation, when Masuda assigned Middle C a value of 1, he created the four ascending arpeggios at the beginning of his theme by using notes that then corresponded to the first 8 prime numbers.

[@quixotix9540]

it was so fun watching chat saying "DAN JUST USE THE DIALGA"

[@cogbait]

It would be the most effective strategy for most if not all battles

[@--46200]

I really wanted to see him use it as an HM slave 😕

[@TheHighDerple]

3:04:05 Ghetsis' theme kicking back in after Strife's death was so incredibly fitting.

[@LapisD]

Yeses, that moment was so stressful and cool with the timing because the song restarted on the chorus screaming Ghetsis name

[@dr.loboto1171]

Strife tearing through Ghetsis' 2 strongest pokemon on 22 HP while the low health music played in the background was quite possibly the most hype moment I've ever seen in a Nuzlocke.

[@joaquincasascortes624]

When N used the Zoroark to trick RT into thinking it was a KingKlang and killed the Excadrill was just...wow...what a tense last part

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

just imagine reading that sentence nt knowing anything about pokemon... complete gibberish lmao. i love it

[@SolstaceWinters]

RT getting Focus Missed (--er "Blasted") was spectacularly unlucky. I was like, "Oh that's an interesting move for it to know." purely because I don't know Gen 5 like at all.

[@chasefray]

i've seen a lot of mons die to that Zoroark so seeing RT stay in with Calamity on it spelt absolute disaster in my head

[@jakethebluetempler]

I love how despite the fact that Shitface only appeared at the beginning and end of the nuzlocke, he almost always was being talked about in chat. I remember chat having a religious schism over him.

[@Mendoza-yi6qk]

S hi tface(youtube...doesn't want his name) reached enlightenment and out of pure terror of it's strength RT sadly released him.

[@LMC_Jarred]

The Ghetsis fight was THE MOST stressed I've ever been watching a Nuzlocke. I legitimately wasn't sure whether you'd win or lose.

[@garpogods8323]

Seems fitting that after all the loss he suffered on his journey, the only thing he had left was grief.

[@littlebirdy3545]

My favorite part of this playthrough was when Dialga did a backflip. Truly a masterpiece

[@nickolausanker4571]

the fact that this is a true sentence still blows my mind

[@Idkwhattoputlmaoejjdjsdn]

My favourite part was when Dialga said "It's Dialgin' time" and Dialged all over everyone

[@yourpsychicfriendfredbear]

Dan is able to point out the dangers in the rollercoaster since he’s had so much practice making them deadly

[@Flopsos]

What i really like about gen 5 is that for most of the game you are limited to gen 5 Pokemon which means you’re forced to make a different team than the other gens, makes it refreshing

[@aokyoutsuki7744]

But i want my endgame team to stay stagnant throughout all gens

[@captainblue5096]

@@aokyoutsuki7744 No worries! The region opens up in postgame! You can fight the champion with your original team.

[@aokyoutsuki7744]

@@captainblue5096 nana, i was taking a jab at the back-then haters, knowing how big pokemon is, not everyone is willing to forego their favs for gen V's offerings, sad that it is

[@Eagledude131]

Major respect to Cloé for consistently getting these giant edits completed as fast as she does

[@michaeljul217]

The only thing his team is missing is a Ho-Oh named Uh-Oh

[@henrychen4947]

Honestly, in comparison to the official name of the male player character in this game, Hilbert, the name Failure is kind of a blessing.

[@uknownhero2764]

"I'm HIL-BERT! HILBERT THE HERO!"

[@lamergamer8211]

Hilbert has a more negative connotation than failure

[@donutchan8114]

HILBERT?? WHO NAMES THEIR KID HILBERT???

[@familyfun359]

@@donutchan8114 people who hate their kids

[@lavenzavantas]

at least it's not Black

[@woos057]

Love how everyone in chat freaked out when that one guy donated the Limited 3d graphics copypasta I'd love to see Dan try a Friendlocke run with some of his friends sometime soon

[@MediocreMxM]

It’s just all the Irish gang, everyone is just constantly screaming and yelling at each other

[@indecisive_v]

irishlocke.

[@pteroid11]

@@indecisive_v Shamlocke

[@indecisive_v]

@@pteroid11 brilliant

[@raffatrix]

When this happens on the stream?

[@davidjohnston8708]

2:52:18 "the gym leader are useful!" Meanwhile cress,chilli and cilian: no. Not all of them

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I was waiting for someone to say that. They are actually fighting the shadow traid while this is going on.

[@HazeEmry]

Twinkle: "YOU ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD"

[@amayascloud]

OH SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT! I completely forgot that they weren't there!

[@JijiNSal]

@@Twinklethefox9022 there's also a theory that they're team plasma members, too, haha!

[@XanderIsALoser]

I believe after you leave your house post-credits, Bianca says she was running to get the Striation City gym leaders, but by the time she did, everything was over.

[@MicatheMany]

In Pokémon Masters Alder confirms the partner that passed away was a Volcarona and that’s why he has the new one cause he has an attachment to the species

[@0TTERROCK]

Fucking hell, nuzlockes are always stressful but this literally had me clawing my hair out during the climax

[@PointsofData]

You ever watch something called a "friendlocke"?

[@0TTERROCK]

@@PointsofData yeah but it made me a little salty

[@PointsofData]

@@0TTERROCK Super Macho Pman

[@zephyrorsomethinh1528]

For context to those unaware things like Metagross in the events were actually copies of the pokemon used by tournament winners hence why the metagross is a shiny and has a competitive moveset

[@Ivy-jq6di]

Still can't believe Dan made it through the N/Ghetsis battles at the end and was left with only Grief

[@sapphireblue4031]

What else would you be left with when you see all your friends die before your very eyes

[@TheHighDerple]

​​​​​​@@sapphireblue4031 considering several of these friends were either dissapointments (mistake and s***face being prime examples) or incredibly dangerous (famine and calamity/calamitwo fitting this role perfectly), i probably wouldnt be feeling too grief-stricken

[@mranderson9553]

i like what they did for the first gym, its always effective against your starter and you get something effective against it with the monkey so it reduces the idea that "i should take the starter that's effective against the first gym leader" that other games tend to have

[@Alliecat298]

Honestly what N says is much sadder since the pokemon he is talking about died. Black & White is still one of my favorite Pokemon games and I'm so happy you played it for the channel, Nuzlocke or otherwise.

[@memelissa659]

kind of a small tidbit but i like how in some of these longer videos for older games (this video, windwaker, etc) you show off old game mechanics and story bits that new players might not be familiar with. it just gives off a nice vibe, someone playing a game they clearly love and showing off everything about it :)

[@michaelahuss2123]

Ghetsis is really starting to remind me of a certain prosecutor… YES, FOR YOU SEE IT WAS I ALL ALONG~! “Von Karma, no!”

[@moodle6500]

Ghetsis here is litterally RT von karma with RT's walter white voice

[@tempmails1645]

ghetsis literally yells that he's perfection after you beat him too

[@samsilly123456]

N was my first real hardcore cartoon crush and I legit cried when the twist was revealed. I was in denial and didn't play for a whole day

[@galactic-hamster7043]

The weirdest part of my first playthrough, despite having no experience with prior pokemon or it's formula, I kinda suspected (or at least I don't remember being surprised by it) N being associated with team olasma. I'll chalk it up to the timing of how he approaches you at Accumula town, or just being a dumb oblivious toddler at the time

[@boat378]

I've only ever played two Pokemon games, Emerald and Black. It's a long one but I'm definitely watching all of it over the course of like a week. Thank you RT for the hours of free entertainment.

[@BonnieBoestar]

To be honest if you could only play two Pokemon games ever, those are some good fuckin picks

[@Guydude777]

My two favs

[@gunnarschlichting9886]

@@BonnieBoestar If he also played Platinum, that would be basically the 3 best lol (BW 1 vs 2 arguable, but he got Gen 5 at least).

[@salamencerobot]

Fun fact: the train station in Nimbasa has two boss characters, Emmet and Ingo, that you only fight if you get 20 wins in a row. If Ingo's name sounds familiar to anyone, it's because he appeared in Legends Arceus, as the warden to lady Sneasler. He's the guy who has no memories. It's bizzare to me that they yoinked one of the side characters from this gen for P:LA. In the post-game he also serves a similar function to the battle tower in other games, as he hosts the path of isolation, a battle challenge!

[@uselessshroob]

Rt nerded out about Ingo in his Arceus playthrough if you want to see that.

[@deadmeme2082]

getting ones ass handed to oneself by cynthia is the quintessential bw postgame experience and im so glad RT recognized that

[@thedarkgenious7967]

"Snivy is simply doing his best yet no one chooses Snivy" I choose Snivy. Hell, I chose Snivy twice! in White and White 2.

[@gerbentime4175]

That was your first mistake, not picking tepig that is.

[@bidoof367]

@@gerbentime4175 stop spreading tepig propaganda rt made the correct choice

[@IkeTheDoggoKing]

No snivy is great oshowott is second best but not by far and tepig is 6 feet under and this is coming from someone who always picks fire starters tepig is weak most of that is in design tho

[@OriginalGameteer]

Snivy was fun to use in White Weird mon, being fast yet bulk-cenetered while also being... grass

[@zephra1675]

Same here, always used snivy as my starter in unova with the other two like once each. Heck, I even shiny hunted one and sent it to my white 2 (it came from my black version)

[@alriune]

Man, I love the limited 3d they used in this game. It's so charming

[@lilithriou4536]

Agreed.

[@mitchneilson]

Man, I love the limited 3d they used in this game. It's so charming

[@Fun4allcwf]

The limited 3d the 3d limited... charm

[@fernboy]

skyarrow bridge is still a holy shit moment for me honestly. they really made the prettiest pokemon game on the nintendo ds.

[@Marineford2000]

i know right? the limited 3d graphics in this game are so charming.

[@chibi3593]

honestly it still takes my breath away everytime I see it

[@theconewoman1741]

Let's be totally honest though, out of all the youtubers I've watched, the only person who I can confidently say has the best audio balancing consistently is RT. So, thank you, RT and Cloé, for making these videos watchable with sublime audio quality. It's truly the little things.

[@HazeEmry]

He asks chat if the audio is ok at tthe start of every stream. It's honestly something I take for granted since I don't watch much else on youtube. Props to the crew frfr

[@trubluhue9969]

That ghetsis fight was one of the most stressful things I’ve ever watched. Absolute banger of a nuzlocke and an amazing video

[@jasonsmith8802]

Fun fact about the whole "Team Plasma is PETA" thing: When BW came out, PETA made a parody game of it. Ghetsis was one of the characters you fight, which confuses the Pokemon you play as. Ghetsis corrects them that he was revealed later to be abusive. Regarding the twist, "It was great!"

[@unerve]

POV: you're screaming in agony at RT over the way he pronounces Snivy

[@rubysu9265]

Yeahhh I was there xDD

[@wildboygregorymusic]

Yup. That’s me…

[@FearlessCloth84]

That's how I actually pronounced it when I first played White.

[@gerbentime4175]

@@FearlessCloth84 heretic

[@Rowza245]

*has a literal ivy leaf as its tail* RT: imma call it 'Snivee'

[@rich93147]

This game was one of the best in the entire series.

[@christopherdopfel6514]

THE best

[@dustydudle880]

Personally I prefer Bw2

[@sparklingwater925]

BW2 is the best imo

[@joaquincasascortes624]

BW2 is even better. The whole gen is almost perfect though

[@chiefpurrfect8389]

B/W games are just proof you can't make the pokemon fandom happy. They did right almost everything the fandom has been asking for years, except when these games came out they were obliterated because omg look, icecream pokemon. Which is funny because now they are referred by a whole lot of people as the "last good pokemon games". The test of time is the only test that matters turns out.

[@Cowmaize]

Bro I’ll never not be sad about the Pokémon event being time locked. Like, I get it, and I get the version exclusives, but when your poor with no internet and no friends, ‘s a bit tricky

[@TheHutchy01]

Victini was the only event Pokemon I got before like Generation VIII because of that. I was a grown man before I finally caught another event.

[@UniTheAppl]

Same here, we bought this game second hand from ebay and it arrived literally the day after the event ended...

[@Subpar1O1]

I was sad too but you can get most of the event Pokémon again! There's an exploit involving the DNS on your DS Wifi settings that connects to a custom server specifically designed so we can get the Mystery Gifts for the DS games

[@DiePinky]

Dont be poor

[@Cowmaize]

@@DiePinky god your so right

[@rich93147]

I honestly don't see RT making fun of this game as much as the other ones he's played. This game was just too good.

[@Ivy-jq6di]

Gen 5 is his favorite and he loves BW/2. Makes sense that he has more love for this game

[@Spagote]

@@Ivy-jq6di yeah Dans opinion is based as fuck

[@yin9008]

"who would happily watch a 3 and a half hour video on a pokemon black and white nuzlocke?" "OH BOY A 3 AND A HALF HOUR RTGAME VIDEO!" jokes aside, incredible job condensing this game down to "just" 3 and a half hours. the unova games are such gems, honestly.

[@jinn8465]

Which is funny considering how much hate they got at first. Now a lot of folks are realising just how good gen 5 actually was.

[@thatguydownthestreat]

37:45 You really Bungled that up. 38:12 You should always be prepared for when Disaster strikes 1:32:37 I've heard the number 1 killer of nuzzlock pokemon is Apathy 2:35:33 ouch, that battle was quite the Calamity 2:49:10 Getting into that situation at all was a serious Mistake 2:56:46 sorry for your loss, that was a terrible blow to your team. 2:57:27 ouch, a second loss... quite a Calamitwo 2:58:10 I Fear those status effects werent quite enough. 2:59:20 Your party appears to be going through quite the Famine after this battle.... 3:04:10 these last few minutes have been filled with Strife

[@HazeEmry]

The Patrat one though 😂

[@wiskerz3336]

Forgot misery

[@zouraplayz]

It took me a second to realize these are the deaths

[@msp654]

Fun fact, when this game first came out I was so excited to play it, but it was released in Japan first. So my dad got me a copy in Japanese. A language I don't speak. So I have no idea what the story for this game is, or what any of the pokemon from this region are called. Excited to find out lol

[@mistrex]

Oh that's incredible, so how's the story?

[@koalabro6118]

Certified well meaning game-ignorant parent moment.

[@michaelahuss2123]

All the Pokémon are careful nature because they KNOW they’re in a nuzlocke…

[@xx_koneka_xx6297]

"no one chooses snivy" me, who's first starter was snivy, and has had it remain their favorite pokemon since: yeah true

[@nerdatello]

SAME 😭

[@TheHutchy01]

Since Bank went free monday, I moved all my Gen V teams forward. I must have tried to shiny hunt Snivy at some point because I had four full boxes in Black 2. Ironically enough I got one in a wonder trade about three weeks ago but since it can't be put in a Gen VIII or as far as I know IX game, it's a bit academic. Plus y'know he isn't *mine*.

[@CJCroen1393]

Oh god, Grief’s name became VERY meaningful after the Ghetsis battle 😨

[@picklepaddy]

I remember when this game came out, I pre-ordered it and I had the code to get the item to get Victini. As soon as I was able I went online to redeemed the code and it would not work. I tried at least 5 times to make sure I was doing it right. I was devastated. I looked over the paper with the code on and saw it was valid from the day the game was released, which was tomorrow... The pre-order had arrived a day early. It wasn't valid yet.

[@liaminator4950]

Omg, you got it then, right?

[@picklepaddy]

@@liaminator4950 Yep. First thing I did when I got up in the morning.

[@liaminator4950]

@@picklepaddy awesome, i should try thag victini event sometime

[@holzycookie]

Dan said he'd play everyone's favourite games throughout the year, and he is absolutely sticking to that claim. Pokemon B/W and B2/W2 are my favourite Pokemon games, and I am so thankful to have seen them again, especially all the events that were lost to time. This video filled me with so much nostalgia for the games, and made me remember why I love them so much. Thank you Dan

[@couchycushion]

these massive highlight edits blow me away! i’m perpetually so impressed with how fast you both manage to condense so much content from huge sets of streams like this, and the videos still have everything important and fun in there. looking forward to this one!

[@faloughasch9239]

Gonna be honest, I was expecting this to be the first episode of your next nuzlocke series. Little did I know it was 3 and a half hours of pure unadulterated content for me to enjoy.

[@ceridwenaeradwr8105]

Someday were gonna end up with a full 12 hour RTgame video. And I will watch the entire thing. Probably multiple times

[@captainblue5096]

Same

[@CeHee123]

I love how even though everyone shat on these games back in the day we've mostly come to collectively agree that BW is the series at its best. Characters, writing, sprites, and music, this is the Pokemon formula nearly perfected.

[@internetguy7319]

"mostly" yeah and I'm not the mostly

[@possiblyivy726]

@@internetguy7319 did anyone ask?

[@CeHee123]

@@internetguy7319 Yes. That is why I said mostly. I know I can't speak for everyone.

[@affsteak3530]

It needed better early route Pokémon because a LOT of the best designs are late in the game. I'd have loved Rufflet, Golett, and Pawniard in my early team

[@EddieB-ready]

And then gen 6 gave us... A forgettable entirety of everything with an unremarkable roster, unremarkable new Pokemon AND they made flying types emotionless because of air battles... And never changed it back

[@lachlansmith8048]

Jesus wept that Death Spiral at the end, my heart, holy shit mate And now, a Haiku -A Chandelure stays -It watches over friend's graves -Grief is it's feeling

[@taniaarguelles1558]

I also feel like I’m in one of those touristic buses with RT explaining and telling all the little tidbits of history and facts of the game sprinkled around the nuzlocke, it’s nice

[@jasonfakename4851]

26:26 you didn’t show a really funny thing. In this cutscene Bianca slowly walks over to cherin however he talks so much about how Bianca was running, I’m just imagining Bianca slowly walking over and cherin saying something like “OH MY GOD YOU ARE GOING SO FAST SLOW DOWN WOMAN”

[@dragons6711]

WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?

[@Dooty-Doot]

This video is just the embodiment of "HOLY SHIT". Like holy f*** the luck in this run is insane.

[@AaronShenghao]

Yeah, both good luck and bad luck.

[@ssr8555]

I really love that you did all the special events. I never got to see them myself as a kid so this is really cool. Meloetta’s song just unlocked a core memory, I used to be obsessed with the Meloetta in the anime

[@psidesign8664]

I love seeing how much Dan has improved since the last run, he’s using a lot more strategies, like the rawst berry! Edit: omg the gems, so many people forget about them!!

[@That_One_Guy-.]

Still my favorite generation to this day, glad to see people appreciete it more through the years. 1:57 How dare you!

[@math9172]

I'm so mad about the disrespect Snivy received.

[@bidoof367]

im an oshawott fan so i won ha

[@peskypigeonx]

@@math9172 Snivy was my guide through that world, and no one disrespect him

[@Subpar1O1]

@@bidoof367 Oshawott fans rise up

[@phantomfire5013]

Friends, cease this infighting, and rise against the true enemy: Tepig (and also samurott and sort of serperior as well. Why are gen 5 starter final evos so bad?)