Mewtwo Only - Pokemon HeartGold

Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, or save states
4. No movepool evasion-boosting moves before level 100*
Rule details:
-- I make no attempt to have the exact same rule details between generations.
-- I am allowed to manipulate my starter
-- I play the game at 4x game speed
-- For fair comparisons my Pokemon have perfect (or near perfect) DVs / IVs
-- I am allowed to catch HM users - I can use all field moves
-- Evasion boosting is allowed if the move is not obtained from the Pokemon’s movepool. For example, using Mimic or Mirror Move to boost evasion is allowed.
-- Surge's trash-can-puzzle is automatically solved
-- The bike is allowed in gen1 & 4, banned in gen2, and allowed only to bypass terrain in gen3
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- I can pause the game and timer to take breaks
-- Items obtained with the ability Pickup can only be used if the starter obtained them
-- The footage is sped up & slowed down to match the pace of my narration
These Rule details apply only to generation 1:
-- All battle-mechanic glitches are allowed (glitches that occur outside of battle are banned)
-- In generation 1, I'm allowed to skip Marowak with the Poke Doll
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Video Editing by Shawn McMullen
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If you're new around here, Venomoth is a Psychic/Flying type, you can't change my mind.

[@Ok-xx2oo]

How on earth do you only have 72k subs. The quality of these videos is absolutely insane. Best poketuber around rn

[@smileyjones1742]

Ngl, probably cause he’s a boring guy

[@EnjoyGengar]

Pokemon is a nishe

[@jordanalexander615]

​@@smileyjones1742I prefer his videos over the others. The others just seem so fake with their over the top personalities.

[@theshankpain2228]

@@smileyjones1742I don’t think he’s boring, I just think he makes too many mistakes. In most videos he does multiple runs, but a first time viewer might find it frustrating to watch, click off and not finish/return.

[@Wedgez]

@@theshankpain2228 Average viewer won't really care or notice especially if we compare to other people doing the same format (who I also personally watch and enjoy.)

[@numbug1234]

Scott (and all of Scott's team, including Shaun), you've made 109 videos throughout 2024, that's almost 1 video every 3 days. I just want to highlight how much I appreciate all of the hard work you (and your team) does month after month to give us these deep dives into Pokemon solo challenges. Thank you Scott, and happy new year!

[@nobrain7828]

Yes!!! I am so happy i get to watch his videos for years. This by far my favorite i watch his videos 2 to 3 times🎉. I am glad he used the december high ad revenue for daily vids. He deserves the cash ngl

[@AdamEspersona]

Pryce's Seel and Dewgong have Thick Fat. That's why they took less damage from Flamethrower.

[@princiedv]

This is probably just because he's so used to Gen 2 that he's not properly accounting for abilities yet but yeah lmao. I thought he was going to use confusion when he said he was using Specs in that fight

[@ONLY_RR7]

Yeah with the ability Seel was effectively a 4x resist and Dewgong was a 2x resist

[@samhobbs9116]

Tell that to pigs.

[@Dpmt]

Thank you Shawn for editing, the rest of the team too! I am very glad that Scott finds the HGSS aesthetic to be peak. I do wonder if part of the reason they were rendered with so much love is because Johto is based on the Kansai region where Nintendo is headquartered and which functions as Japan’s cultural heart. This one was personal to them and they knocked it out of the park in almost every area.

[@Doron488]

Ironically, the kimono girls are the perfect place for you to use Choice Specs. Also, Focus Blast might have been a useful option to help get through Snorlax. Also, thanks Shawn!

[@minzekatze]

equipping it for one trainer will be a time waste on good mons

[@mismagia]

Or even just brick break 110 base attack isnt nothing

[@Chimerayuri3]

You’re forgetting abilities. Seel and Dewgong have the ability thick fat, which makes fire remove less effective.

[@riccardomosena4162]

But it was still the best damaging move with that move set (and with choice spec)

[@lilmcmill7641]

@@riccardomosena4162no it’s not confusion would of been the better option with choice specs

[@rooislangwtf]

​@@riccardomosena4162seel quad resist fire and dewgong resists it, it's a really bad choice

[@kurono1934]

⁠no your wrong seel resist fire because it’s only water type. Dewgong is water/ ice so fire is neutral. You do know that fire is super effective against ice not the other way around right??

[@jacobrcorreia]

@@kurono1934Thick Fat gives an extra resistance to fire. So Seel is 4x resistant and Dewgong is 2x.

[@JayHankEdLyon]

Scott: "I'm rethinking releases from once a week" Me: "That sounds fair, that's a lot of work." Scott: "I should do more!"

[@skeetermania3202]

For Psychic types, especially physically frail ones, the hardest team should be the Feraligatr team since it knows Bite and Crunch in every fight post-initial battle. I think your experience with Gen 2 is clouding your judgement. And now an obligatory “Thank you, Shawn!” And Eggy.

[@owentate502]

Meganium is bulkier and has status moves that debilitate the solo run pokemon.

[@skeetermania3202]

@ Generally this works better against physical attackers since it also knows Reflect. Unless said special attacker can’t do more than half, I don’t see this being very impactful.

[@Medabee8]

​@@owentate502not necessarily

[@Shawnzy1]

It’s not even stab for crunch.

[@kode-man23]

Scott, I can’t understate how much that I appreciate the work that you and your team do, week in, week out. The level of quality and polish is unparalleled, not just within the Solo Challenge community, not even just the Pokemon Community, but I would put it above anything represented in speed running or challenge running in general. For any game! The reason why I always say that you are the undisputed GOAT is because we can see where the money that you make from YT and Patreon goes. You treat this channel like a full-time job, but with all of the care and attention of a passion project. Keep at it, and here is to an awesome 2025. Much love.

[@gagegriffin8631]

The miltank rolling into frame for the transition is peak 👌🏻 love this new game series. Won't be skipping an episode. HGSS are my favorite ds/3ds era games

[@seiinity]

I started watching your channel this year and it has quickly become one of my comfort channels. I adore your narration and the pace of your videos. Here’s to an awesome 2025! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into these videos.

[@HesGotaGun505]

I forgot how much I miss the area title card pics. The fact that each image has multiple variants hiding different pokemon has always impressed me.

[@astutheit]

So, my wife and I went on a cruise for our anniversary starting Christmas afternoon. Just binged all the HG videos, AMAZING work

[@NevG27]

Edit: well done to you and your entire team Scott; you all have so much passion for this and it shows. And on a personal note thank you for being so open with your ADHD. Original comment: Ironically, you talked about the choice specs being player error loss during the part of the video where it would have been the perfecy choice (vs Kimono girls)

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

A finally, a very low tier powered Pokemon. It will be nice to see Scott struggle in HG for once 🤫

[@VinnyB77]

We also need to thank Scotts wife and cats that help him keep his sanity when making all these videos

[@threemays]

I appreciate the commentary on how beautiful these games are. In several discussions with my friends I've repeatedly gushed about how amazing these games are and I'm glad to know it's not just my rose-tinted glasses. Happy New Year to everyone!

[@SandshrewSamurai]

I would highly recommend choice specs specifically for the kimono girls. Since it's a gauntlet of single pokemon battles there's no drawback to all that power! Edit: Thanks Shawn!

[@Cactusception]

I'm sure that I'm not alone, but we appreciate you Scott and everyone behind the scenes making Daily December happen. Enjoy your time off and thank you

[@EdgeyvonKarma]

It's been a great year of content, mad props to you and everyone in your crew and community. You guys have set the standard for Pokemon challenge run content for me.

[@wideright7567]

this has been an amazing year for the channel. 2025 is going to be amazing and whatever the channel looks like, I know it’ll be amazing. congrats on finishing the month and thanks for my favorite content

[@j.r.1704]

Thank you Shawn for all the editing in this entire year, and especially daily December, the consistent quality across all of the videos this year has been incredible!

[@fisherkinggaming3457]

Scott and team I want to thank you guys for all you do. I listen to videos/ Live stream almost every. Whether it’s new or old. I grew up with these games as a kid and they got me through a lot. Please continue to do what you do. Here’s to hopefully getting to 100k this year! Remember Venomoth is the scariest Pokemon of them all, being a dual dark type. And psychic type should be scared. But Mewtwo is a beast.

[@sandeepssv8930]

Happy new year and a big thanks to Scott and his entire team (especially the editor Shawn) for this daily December! It has been a ton of fun waiting for each one of these videos and then experiencing them. I'm pretty sure you are the creator I've watched the most in 2024 and can't wait for the stuff to come in 2025!

[@HesGotaGun505]

Gen 5’s graphics remind me of rpgs like Octopath Traveller. They have that paper cut-outs on a 3D diorama look.

[@1stCallipostle]

Personally I love it. 3D-2D or HD-2D or whatever it's called is great.

[@marzbar5877]

@@1stCallipostle I’ve heard it called 2.5D

[@RageTheSonicPro]

The live streams help me sleep at night. I struggle with insomnia and has helped me lots on the tough nights. Thank you Scott and team for everything y’all do. God bless and happy new year!

[@Multitude-qw5qo]

It's interesting to hear your thoughts on the game's visuals! As a relatively young Pokemon fan who's only really played the 3d games, it's nice to hear the perspective of someone more used to the older games. Also, thank you Shaun. (or Shawn, whichever spelling is correct)

[@JetblackJay]

12:40 me staring at confusion choice specs scott proceeds to use flame thrower on water types 😂

[@witthyhumpleton3514]

And his take away is "Well I guess choice specs aren't that good for solo challenges" qu'est ce que the fak??

[@riccardomosena4162]

Well, the other moves weren't that much better. Thunderbolt was useless, ice beam the worst damaging move and confusion is meh too. Flamethrower was neutral against dewgong and super effective against piloswine

[@witthyhumpleton3514]

@@riccardomosena4162 Let's be honest, he just wanted to try out the choice specs the first chance he had, picked a fight and moveset where it made no sense, and then got disappointed by it. x)

[@megariderfire1994]

Using flamethrower on water types with THICK FAT

[@rooislangwtf]

​@@riccardomosena4162flamethrower was resisted by dewgong and quad resisted by seel thanks to thick fat. Confusion would've been way better.

[@ricksdarkness3257]

Thank you so much for being a big part of my routine in 2024, Scott! Wishing you and everyone on the team a Happy New Year. And please get yourself some very well-deserved rest lol

[@Rebelsk8s]

I absolutle adore the aesthetics in HGSS. I also think it's where Pokemon visually peaked. When it comes to 3D, the Let's Go games are top notch. And BIG thank you to Brian, the thumbnail art is so good! I was always wondering where you got that from because it looks alot like the og Sugomori art but gives the Pokemon so much personality. You capture that very well. A Thank you and Good job from a long-time fan from Germany :) you guys do some fantastic work. Now, if you read this far, you're incredible. See you on the next episode. Edit: Thank you, Shawn! :D

[@LuckyBoyJKid]

The amount of work you put into this is nothing less than astounding, thank you for all the interesting content and I hope you have a nice well deserved break! Thank you also to Shaun for all the work he does, as well as the rest of the team! Doing my little bit to help the algorithm because your content is some of, if not, the best the platform has to offer.

[@clairestarsword]

Thank you and all your team for Daily December and the rest of the work through this year, your channel has been an absolute blast and comfort for me all this time. Also, thank you for the rom hack as well, i have not finished it yet but it has been a fun experience, i never actually played gen 1 before so it's nice to finally experience with a couple of twists along the way. Also, the second gym in particular has been one of the funniest experience i ever had in Pokemon, it was a ridiculous gimmick and i loved it. Happy new year to all of you!

[@patrickdoherty5094]

Been watching the videos since the start, don't comment as much as I should but absolutely love the content and how much it's grown. So excited to see how the heart gold series develops, it's one of my favourite main line games, brings back so much nostalgia i spent so much time playing Crystal as a kid so when they made these remakes I was delighted.

[@benbell4459]

Scott, Shawn, Eggsceptional and everyone else who has contributed to the channel this year, you are incredible! Happy New Year and I look forward to your 2025 videos

[@darlhiatt8136]

Thank you Brian and Serena! The art really elevates the presentation on this channel, and also thank you Shawn for editing! I don't even know how hard you must work but I can sure tell this is one of the most polished Pokémon channels on KZbin!

[@pyroprince90]

I’m not a trucker but I am a delivery driver and your videos are absolutely a huge contributor to helping pass my work shifts. Lately with daily December I wouldn’t actually watch them daily id save them for my work days

[@NioNerd]

Thank you Scott for another incredible Daily December! I always look forward to your videos and having a video to look forward to every day was amazing. I’m excited for HeartGold to be added to the rooster of your videos. HeartGold will probably end up being my favorite game of the (current) six. Thank you to everyone who makes these videos possible! You’re all amazing.

[@ProjectSonizard]

I think both Guts and Choice Specs can be amazing items for solo challenges, they just need to be planned around which limits their utility a bit. Pryce was a bad fight to test Choice Specs on, as his Pokemon are type diverse enough that you can't cover everything with 1 move. But for a trainer like Jasmine where a fire type move can solo all 3 of her Pokemon, Choice Specs will let you overpower her Steelix (It doesn't matter in this case because Mewtwo is OP, but for weaker Pokemon it's something to consider). Guts is also incredible, but you do need to come into battle with a status condition to get any use out of it. Otherwise you entirely rely on the opponent activating it, which is why it has felt so underwhelming so far. These strategies are probably better for second playthroughs, when you are planning out routes and need to reach certain damage thresholds.

[@Sarin031]

I'm going to miss Daily December. Having a video to watch everyday was a comfort. Thank you for your hard work Scott.

[@timbrand7540]

Scott, Shaun and the rest of the team, a big thank you for all the hard work you put in these videos! I really appriciate all the efforts you all put in making these fantastic videos! 💪🏻

[@hiei248]

I can't wait to see your best finish times creep under 2 hours. Thank you Scott, shawn, Brian, Serena, and the whole rest of the crew! Your effort is clearly expressed through Scott's polished content!

[@Colin1Moriarty]

Thank you so much Scott and his team for putting the effort in on these videos! They're so entertaining and worth every penny. Here's to 2025 and don't forget all of you to take some time off and recharge happy new year!!

[@JimmyDaHotness]

Your voice was the calming presence of a chaotic year. Thank you for being fabulously you Scott. I hope you and your wife have a phenomenal 2025. I’ll be listening along all year

[@ACLemon84]

Hey Scott - lurker here. Been watching for a while and just wanted to say how awesome it has been to watch your content grow and develop. As a secondary, I love the HG/SS content - it has always pained me to watch other CCs nuzlocke this game and (almost) always ignore the E4 rebattle. As you highlighted, it's such a good gauntlet and Lance is a beast. Thank you for covering that! Happy new year!

[@lordgeovanni]

Hi Scott. I hope this is received, but I wish you a very happy New Year. I figured that I would also say that I enjoy your live streams and videos both, I actually enjoy the livestreams after the original airing as a nice long video to listen to while completing work, while these 'compact' videos are something I enjoy for the dense information and unique interactions. I honestly enjoy every show you make. One thing I would suggest you possibly looking into, is maybe putting a backdrop or border around the pokemon in your tier list who have to use Double Team/evasion at level 100. You currently have a nicely developed tier list and I think it works perfectly for detailing how effective each Pokemon is, but I sorta think there should be some representation for those Pokemon who just... can't beat the game without evasion. The only other thought I had was maybe making three tier lists (for Heart Gold on, maybe) where you show the best times for the Pokemon from the Start through the E4/Champion, Through the rematch, and then through the Challenge Battle. Something to compare between different graphs to show how some Pokemon might be excessively dominate through the first half of the game and then struggle at Red/Steven or such. I don't know if the graphs would best be "Start through E4", "Start through E4 Rematch" and "Start through Finish", or "Start through E4/Champion", "E4/Champion through E4 Rematch", and "Rematch through Challenge Finish"... But it would at least show where some Pokemon shine early and others shine late, and could easily extrapolate data on what types/moves/abilities really work for different parts of the game.

[@Dark-Aclyss]

Thank you so much for another incredible year of content! You were my most watched creator by a landslide and here’s to another great year. And thank you Shawn for all your contribution so we can all get more of this content. ❤️

[@apollobro91]

A good ending video to 2024, very nice tribute at the end of your video to all the people credited to helping you!

[@christopherpepin1880]

Your channel has been my favorite this year. Keep up the good work!

[@抹殺]

Choice specs should be good during the Kimono girls since you can change move from opponent to opponent.

[@Medabee8]

So true. Sometimes I wonder why Scott doesn't think about things like this

[@solomongrundy1616]

Bingo

[@e4will232]

Thank you Scott! You, your wife, Shawn, and eggceptional should all be super proud! This year has been a major milestone of growth! Way to go and I appreciate all the entertainment! Daily December is wild! If you didn't do this I would still be a major fan but if you didn't pull this off noone could be even a little bit mad. Congrats on a great year guys

[@FrostGhidorahEX]

I found Scott earlier this year somehow and even without subscribing, which I did now, I have been enamored by how he does these solo runs There's something fascinating about it Reminds me of the old BBC Documentaries of the 90s/2000s where they had a fun balance of entertainment and insight I've enjoyed all of these Scott and thank you for making them And thank you Mewtwo for ending this week of HeartGold on a high note. I'm sure our next contender will be just as good.

[@codykaufman2835]

I know I sometimes say some wild stuff but I want to thank you and the entire Scott’s Thoughts team. Daily December was a blessing and it was awesome to end the year with this beast of a mon. Happy new years to all!

[@AdamEspersona]

As someone who works retail often, having your videos playing in my earbuds help a lot. Happy New Year, Scott and Crew. Here's to 2025!

[@signalfirefly]

I play these videos while cooking or washing dishes. This one put me in a Mewtwo mood, so after the dishes were done I ended up having a few drinks and watching the first movie for the first time in I don't know how long. So, thanks for making my NYE better. 🎉

[@DisplayName317]

Thanks Scott and team for all that you do. It was another great year of videos and I hope, whatever you decide your release schedule will be for 2025, that it'll be great too.

[@nathancurry6067]

These are awesome videos to listen to while I drive my semi so thank you for the shoutout to truck drivers. Hope your new year goes great and can't wait for more, especially these heartgold videos.

[@TheOvalOwl]

Your longer videos definitely get me through the work day faster. I can listen and occasionally look over. I really enjoy this channel

[@coltanash1172]

I started watching last winter. It was an amazing year having you around Scott. I can’t wait to see if any Pokémon can get near the 2 hour to 2 hour and 15 minute mark. Huge props to your whole team, especially to your editor. I’m not actually sure how their name is spelled. If you can let me know I’d be glad to edit my comment to include them by name. On a side note, I’m really excited to see if you can breach 100K subs in 2025.

[@hydrochlorination]

Thank you Shawn for editing the absolutely insane amount of videos that this channel puts out, and thanks to Scott, and the rest of the team as well for helping my work days go by that much quicker. Also, while I think the HGSS overworld is a lot prettier than the ones from gen 5, I wouldn't call the Unova game's aethetics bad, especially not the battle stages! Frankly I think that the Galar and Paldea games look the worst of them all, because they lack the bright or pretty colors that you'd see in earlier generations, including 6 and 7. The graphics in those games aren't pretty enough to make up for the realism like they do in Legends Arceus, either, so they come out looking bland and generic. Anyway, I can't wait to see what 2025 has in store! The Heart Gold runs seem especially brutal, so it seems like it's going to be really bottom-heavy compared to other games

[@RandysOfWar]

Thanks for daily December, Scott. Rest up in the coming weeks, you deserve it!

[@jonjonbowers4093]

Happy New Year, Scott and wife and crew. This year has been fantastic. Sad that Daily December is over, but excited for Scott's 2025 Thoughts! Thanks for all the work you put in!

[@omarzaragoza9173]

Really good foreshadowing with pressure. Thanks for the hard work!

[@dvillines26]

your videos have been a highlight of my day this whole month, and generally this year. Thank you so much for doing what you do. I've learned so much about the nitty gritty of these games from watching these videos, and it's particularly fun looking up or learning about movesets and head-desking out of frustration with Game Freak's totally inexplicable and completely unjustifiable choices. we love these poorly optimized games, don't we? I take some issue with your Black/White hate but that's an aesthetic preference. that being said, those games will also not necessarily be good for solo challenges because any Pokemon that needs to overlevel will have a Bad Time due to the unique way experience works in Gen V exclusively. whatever anyone's feelings about BW, HGSS looks great. Honestly XY are really aesthetically pleasing WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN LUMIOSE, too. my most hated visually are Sun/Moon and Scarlet/Violet. despite that I've played a lot of SV because I enjoy futzing around in open worlds, but ugggggh the frame rate, the textures, Choices Were Made. I really, really hope the next games look more like either Sword/Shield or Legends Arceus. maybe the latter in particular, aside from the environmental design that game is visually peak.

[@belodie]

Thank you Scott, Shawn and everyone that helped make this channel and Daily December such a highlight of my 2024. You've even inspired me to look into potentially doing some solo running in the future! Happy new year, and enjoy the break from uploading. Make sure not to go too hard and burn yourselves out!

[@PumPuum]

Hey Scott, I barely ever leave comments but I always watch all your vids as your content has always been of an insanely high quality. I slowed down on the project that we talked about since I'm pursuing a game dev career, but I'll eventually get back to it. You're incredible, have a nice year!

[@A_levs]

Thanks for another incredible year Scott! Have a happy new year!

[@nightfan1983]

Scott, I wish you and your wife, your kitties, and your team a Happy New Year. THANK YOU to all of you for your hard work, creating this awesome content ❤

[@shimmianNS]

Happy New Year, Scott, Mrs. Thoughts, all editors, artists, and contributors, and of course the cats. 🖤

[@Gryphus_XA-26483]

This is the first one where your player error had me tearing my hair out. You tried to brute force the entire game with the same moveset instead of using Mewtwo’s flexibility. Normally you make a point to teach moves as needed too, so this really surprised me. Mewtwo has solutions for everything, just lean into the insane movepool and don’t get locked into trying to force the same thing to work

[@lazyhippie6139]

I was about to agree with you, but then realized that he might have been constrained by the methods of obtaining the Game Corner TMs. So you wouldn't want to delete Ice Beam. I'm guessing Flamethrower might have the least utility of the 3 (although it's my favorite), so maybe buying stacks of Fire Blasts and Focus Blasts is the better play for flexibility. Then occasional physical moves. So basically: Psychic, Bolt Beam, Fire Blast/ Focus Blast/ physical move/ Rest

[@DjKingMelo]

I was thinking to use drain punch

[@DarkCloudian]

@@lazyhippie6139he has a method where he can easily get the tms from the game corner

[@SporkyMcFly]

I agree. Ironically I think the only thing he needed to solve was Red and he ran Ice Beam over Focus Blast. Focus Punch or Drain Punch could have worked the same.

[@geojesse9230]

That reset at pryce killed me

[@sebasimp]

Dude thanks you so much for all the content you put all the time. The effort to post every day must be a lot, I enjoyed a lot every video. I can't wait for more videos next year. Happy new year :D

[@victortestacarlini]

A quick thing to point out: Slowpokes in the Slowpoke Well have a specific overworld sprite to have them without their tails. THAT is the level of care and detail put in this game's design!

[@Wedgez]

Thanks for the videos Scott. December's a pretty rough time for me usually, these videos helped a lot.

[@molecar3676]

thanks for the shout to us truckers! you definitely help me get through the long rides. Happy New Year to you, the team, the wife, & the cats! p.s. Thanks Shawn/Shaun/Sean!

[@paavoautio1974]

Gotta say i enjoy lot see little evolving on edits over years. Keep up champ and happy new years

[@marcilonlinhares5173]

I could hear Mewtwo screaming during Red's Snorlax fights: "Damn it, Scott! Just teach me Focus Blast!" hahahah Love your playthroughs! Happy New Year, everyone, and thank you, Shawn!

[@zacattak632]

It's been fun to see you get better as a Pokèplayer over the years and see growth all in all from fan base to the channel. Looking forward to the progression here on, Happy new years Scott! And everybody else as well. Onto 2025!

[@sebf8]

Thanks Scott and thank you to everyone who works on these videos!looking forward to HGSS videos in the upcoming year and closing out the yellow tier list

[@louc.6735]

Choice specs seems really good for the Kimono Girls since they're all individual battles. Therefore mechanically you can change moves between eeveees. Thanks for another great year of content btw! Your work has been a favorite of mine since the very early days. You've probably become the most thorough solo runner on youtube. It's pretty impressive.

[@888Grim]

Excellent video as always =) Thank you Scott and Shawn and Sarina and Eggsceptional and everyone who contributes to this wonderful little slice of the Pokemon world

[@giacomoalessandrodeluca]

Thank you for all the content you gave us throughout this year!

[@Berserker8861x]

I’m a mail carrier and I listen to your videos while working I love them

[@rikaniebangbang]

That cute walking animation! It looks so adorable and goofy. Like an ET pokemon.

[@inoblomqvist5278]

Hi Scott, I'm from Sweden and have followed you for several years, since the beginning I think. I'm a gen1er so I only watch your kantho and jotho content (sorry!). I'm probably the same age as you. I just felt I wanted to thank you for your entertainment. I love your videos. I love the quality, the casual tone, and your consistency. You have improved over time but kept the concept. I really think you are amazing. I love you, thank you for what you do, and never change. Improve, but don't change! Best regards from Sweden :)

[@davidv5574]

I'm so happy you're venturing into HeartGold runs

[@martlinkdiamond5644]

Thanks for daily December Scott, now have a happy new year and a good vacation, You've earned it :DDD

[@pedromoura1352]

I never comment, but I'd like so thanks for the daily upload last month. And thanks for all the work you put on them. I like how your passion for pokemon comes through the videos

[@midspaz5226]

Thank you Scott, thank you everyone behind the scenes for all of the amazing content that was created by all of you! I am so glad that I’m here with you all for another year and I can’t wait to see what you do next

[@ninjadolphin01]

I like Jen 5 you have some legitimately impressive environments and some absolutely gorgeous sprite work. Honestly I'm not sure if the 3D games have ever even lived up to freaking Pokemon Colosseum much less any kind of modern industry standard

[@docarwell]

Thank you for all the great high quality content from you and your team! Happy Holidays!

[@CostcoJomo]

I just drove 3 hours each way for Christmas and downloaded 7 of your videos to listen like podcasts on the drive haha Also, thanks Shawn/Sean!

[@anni321]

Thanks for everyone who helps Scott make this amazing content!

[@Awstrev9595]

I work overnight audit shifts. I love both your produced vids and live streams because I can have them on and not have to choose a new video after 10 minutes. I agree with your gen 5 take for map design and animations, but I think the in battle sprites are the best in the series.

[@robnpsi5170]

Really love these videos, you and your team do such a wonderful job with them (and thank you Shawn!)

[@ellastillplays7937]

Thank you Scott and thank you everyone else involved for all the hard work to make these awesome videos possible! Happy new year and enjoy some time off, you more than deserve it 🎉😊

[@lancejburns]

Here's an aspect of pokemon that doesn't get talked about much that I feel is sort of pertinent for doing solo challenges, or anything like a nuzlocke where you're seeing the beginning many times: how long it takes to truly start a game. I'm defining everthing between naming your character and getting your first pokeballs as "starting the game" in this, and keeping it to gens 1-4 both to keep it somewhat brief, and those are the gens Scott is running Gen 1: -Leave house -Enter route 1 -Get starter -Rival battle -Get parcel -Go back to lab Gen 2: -Talk to mom -Get starter -Go to cherrygrove -Go north to Mr pokemon -Fight rival -Talk to Elm/police Gen 3: -Leave truck -Set clock -Talk to mom -Visit May/Brendan -Pick starter -Save Birch -Travel north to 104 -Fight May/Brendan -Go back to lab Gen 4 (specifically platinum): -Watch tv -Talk to rival -Talk to mom -Go to rival's house and talk to him -Go inside rival's house and talk to him again -Go to route 201 -Get starter -Battle rival -Talk to mom -Go with rival to lake -Listen to Cyrus monologue -Go to Sandgem town -Talk to Dawn/Lucas and rival -Talk to Rowan -Talk with Dawn/Lucas -Go back to Twinleaf -Talk to mom -Go back to Sandgem again -Talk to Dawn/Lucas and watch catching tutorial And that doesn't account for the fact that some of the individual steps in platinum will take longer on their own than the entire process from starters to pokeballs does in gen 1, especially if you play on an original ds.

[@mullet_muffins]

I completely concur with your take on the aesthetics of the different games. Part of why gen 4 is really up there for me.

[@pokecomic]

Wow what a stomp XD. I think we all expected this so not a suprise but Mewtwo really is just that amazing huh? Not without problems though especially near the end which really does show just how brutal these games really are. HGSS are definetly the most difficult games to solo run we've seen on the channel so far. I think most of the problems you ran into over the playthrough probably could be solved by just replacing flamethrower with focus blast once you beat Jasmine. It solves the dark type issues and also gives you super-effective damage against Red's Snorlax. Flamethrower is good but Focus Blast can solve the steel types while covering more and ice beam solves the grass types already. It probably gives you more candies near the end too which will help with Red who seems to be the only real challenge the game offers for a monster like Mewtwo. Overall tho still a really killer result especially considering this is your 8th playthrough of the games ever and you're still relatively inexperienced on gen 4 as a whole. What an amazing year for your content. I did thank yous yesterday but don't mind repeating today, especially for Shawn since I know Daily December is probably pretty brutal for them but they perservere anyway. So many people come together to make these videos possible and with the collaborating on the discord the channel really does present itself as a real community effort now. If I do want to add one caveat to your thank yous by the end I think all of us in the community want to give an especially big thanks to YOU as well Scott. After all you're the one who brought all of these people together and have been a real piller for the community. Good work and I'm excited to keep following your stuff in the new year. Enjoy your break!

[@andrewminton669]

Thanks for all the entertainment in 2024! Great editing Sean 😊

[@jordanj2164]

Great job to everyone who works on the channel! You've all built something special :)

[@IraWolf-qo4sh]

Scott: *Attempts a Legendary sweep to get the first S-tier placement* Snorlax: We don't do that here.