Mr. Mime Only - Pokemon Yellow - How far did optimization take him?

Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle (except held items)
3. No glitches or exploits*
4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other rules:
-- My Pokemon have perfect genetics to ensure fair comparison between species.
-- *Pokeballs & Pokedolls are allowed in battle
-- *The badge-boost glitch is not restricted at all
-- *Skipping the Rocket Hideout & Marowak is allowed
-- I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
-- My Pokemon has perfect DVs
-- The Trash-Can-Puzzle is automatically solved so times are not affected by RNG
-- The bike is allowed (the bike skip is not)
-- Skipping the bike is not allowed
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- I can pause the game & timer to take breaks
-- The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration
*Double-Team:
-- Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM
-- The TM can be purchased in Celadon
-- Using it would centralize the meta
-- Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels
-- It raises evasion
-- It triggers the badge boost
-- Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it
-- I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn't be banned entirely
-- I don't want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that's not fun or entertaining
-- Only two Pokemon learn Double-Team through level up: Pikachu & Scyther
-- Minimize is the other evasion raising move, these Pokemon learn it through level up:
-- Clefairy, Clefable, Grimer, Muk, Chansey, Staryu
Yellow Version changes from Red/Blue:
1. You cannot use Dig/Escape Ropes in Bill's House or the Pokefan Club
2. You cannot talk to the trainers in Blaine's gym to battle them
3. Surge, Sabrina, and Blaine do not have Good AI
4. The Elite Four have better movesets
5. Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, and Giovanni have higher level teams
6. Blaine doesn't use Super Potions are full HP
7. The rival picks his eeveelution based on the outcome of the first two battles.
-- Lose in the lab: Vaporeon
-- Win in the lab and skip route 22: Flareon*
-- Win in both locations: Jolteon
-- *You cannot lose on route 22 because you blackout
Terms:
-- STAB
-- Same-Type-Attack-Bonus - a 1.5x damage multiplier
-- Stat Experience
-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of effort values. You can invest in all stats until they max
out at 65535
-- DVs or Determinate Values
-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of IVs (individual values), these range from 0-15
Resources:
-- Gen 1 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen1.php
-- All Trainer Pokemon have IVs (DVs) of 89888 (hp, atk, def, spd, spc)
-- All Trainer Pokemon have EVs of 0
-- Gen 1 Crit Rates: www.smogon.com/rb/articles/cr...
-- Crit rate is determined by dividing base speed by 512
-- High crit rate moves determine their rate by dividing base speed by 64
-- All crits have a 1/256 to fail, even if the rate is 100%
-- Crits don't multiple damage by 2, it's a formula based on level
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[@rctecopyright]

It's nice to see Ash and his dad traveling Kanto together ❤️

[@Mr.Tw1sty]

*adopted

[@jo.comics]

@@Mr.Tw1sty No.

[@Johncornwell103]

Haha

[@Y0sh1no5am]

U mean Ash's stepfather right?

[@priestesslucy3299]

@@Y0sh1no5am no they mean his daddy

[@mrdewarion]

Welcome to a new episode of 'Scott plays Mimecraft'

[@stamina4days]

I'm genuinely upset that your pun made me laugh this hard.

[@wraith6233]

@@stamina4days don’t worry he’s just clowning around

[@MsAmber82]

He can know how defeat Torch Moths this time?

[@JacktheRah]

@@stamina4days Me too buddy, me too.

[@Pyxis10]

Booooooo.

[@DonYagamoth]

Oh my god.. Can we just appreciate the transitions starting at 16:30? - Digs out of Sabrinas Gym -> Lands with a bird in Palette Town - Then smoothly just walks into the water as if the menu to select Surf didn't exist - And then he lands on Cinobar Island, enters the PKMN Center, and screen transitions into the Pokémon Mansion instead I am not awake enough right now, and I usually mostly listen to these. But this is just a work of art

[@resonae17]

The back sprite is bizarrely accurate to its design compared to other yellow back sprites

[@qactustick]

The dissonance there is probably mostly caused by the fact that the back sprites were originally from Red/Green, which uh...if you look at some of the front sprites in those games, does a good job of explaining a lot of the back sprites lol

[@hv433]

All of the back sprites are from Green/JP Red version, and since Mr. Mime had VERY good front sprites throughout the four versions, Mr. Mime did NOT have a funky back sprite. That's why Pokemon like Sandshrew get back sprites that look more like their Red/Blue counterparts. I guess the developers figured most people would look at the front sprites more than the back sprites, because it's the same with G/S/C and their single set of back sprites!

[@TheTrooperMB]

@@hv433 also memory issues + time to progress on gen 2 and TV shows (orange islands were here due to delay for gen 2 show already)

[@Sol-Butkis]

The amount of data you put into these runs is amazing. Haven't seen someone put this much effort into finding the most optimized way to beat a game since my friend's little brother had spreadsheets of different magic the gathering decks and statistics based on him playing against himself. Kind of off topic but Well done

[@TheWispGuy]

Mr. Mime's luck was so incredible in the first playthrough, this may as well have been a St. Patrick's Day special!

[@Skipatronic]

I am working on my very last final project for College which is kind of poetic. Your content was a huge part of my second stint with college and it honestly got me through long nights of writing research papers for psychology classes and programs in my coding class. Thanks for the informative and great content. I learned a lot about the jank that is gen 1 more than what I learned in college.

[@Skipatronic]

@@jasonhardin2148 oh no, I did. I learned a lot about Psychology and I do have a beginner's understanding of several programming languages. I was making a joke.

[@joshuasims5421]

I absolutely love the second playthroughs. They feel so triumphant.

[@Xavis0]

Let's see how Ash's step-father does!

[@Deez-Master]

Mad props on the vid release cadence my man, you are keeping me going thru this holiday season, hope you get a chance to relax as well😅

[@DoubleDrastik]

He did alot of preparation for this month!! Still think he should take some time of though

[@bigkirbyhj666]

I think the dude is just addicted to pokemon yellow.

[@DoubleDrastik]

@@bigkirbyhj666 🤣🤣🤣 he admitted that several times. But hey i guess everyone here is

[@bigkirbyhj666]

@@DoubleDrastik exactly I don't see him taking time off until something makes him.

[@LouAChin]

"There are actually only 2 grass types in generation 1 that aren't paired with the poison type" Paras: Am I a joke to you?

[@rjante2236]

To be fair I can understand forgetting about Paras

[@insertobligatoryreferenceh489]

“Am I a joke you?” I mean, in Gen 1, yeah.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Actually, the Paras line is a joke everywhere

[@zeckemyro7031]

You forgot Paras and Parasect when you talked about the only non-Poison Grass-Types.

[@ReederMG]

Came here to say this. Grass + Bug was pretty brutal in Gen 1

[@zeckemyro7031]

@@ReederMG oh it was garbage. Makes sense that Scott forgot about them

[@justbearable26]

Working as a CNA your videos are always great to listen to to get my pokemon fix while at work. Keep it up man!

[@SyckestBlah]

2:12 "Mr Mime is the closest thing to a clown we have." Once again you do the Elite Four Hiker a disservice!

[@DarkCT]

Well done here! Glad to see Mr. Mime performed this well on the stage.

[@DesmondW_so_cool]

Missed opportunity to nickname Mr. Mime "Mr. Crime"

[@mrdewarion]

Oh no, call mime one one!

[@iantaakalla8180]

If there was a Mr. Crime, it would be a joke Pokémon because it would likely be Psychic/Dark and only a massive stat pool and movepool would make that good.

[@rjthepoet500]

Great job Scott! I was very impressed with Mime’s results and the optimization just blew me back because i just felt it would suffer some bad luck somewhere in the run. This was dope to watch

[@Ars-Nova258]

A Pokémon nicknamed Clown having trouble in the Fire Gym feels like unintentional fodder for a Spawn reference.

[@shades344]

I’m very impressed by the way you routed your second run. It seems like you had everything planned out and had a good reason to do everything. Really cool to see the progress between the first and second runs.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That's the goal with the second runs!

[@PenguinMafia336]

Got to say, love these daily videos Scott! Also another good video

[@RFGfotografie]

Awesome video yet again!

[@envisioner007]

I do really love the picture you use for the wrapping lass.

[@bookking99]

Scott over here tryna keep up with the Month of JRose. And I'm here for it. :D

[@tsawy6]

Notably, of course, such a month is the product of extreme planning ahead!

[@kingdedede4856]

Reasons Scott reigns supreme among KZbin Gen 1 solo run channels: - scientific/optimization approach is differentiated from other channels - excellent HUD adds relevant info for the viewer - inside jokes/generally funny (venomoth, 69, denis, etc)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I always make space to talk extensively about PP

[@mattmonillas305]

Love the videos brotha ! 🏆 💯

[@ReecePlaysDrums_]

Watched the live stream on a train, and watching the actual video doing the same! Looking forward to seeing how well the optimisations did

[@gwamhurt]

'Mr. Mime is the closest thing we have to a clown in pokemon.' Except for Blacephalon, so easily forgotten.

[@kevinsips3658]

I didn't think Ash's mom's lover could take so much time off in the second playthrough

[@devcrom3]

Oh wow! A giveaway! And you won! What did you win?

[@kevinsips3658]

@@devcrom3 6 more spam calls every day!

[@vava85]

Final result is absurd. Congrats!

[@RagisterMaskilMagist]

Scott: The Exeggcute line and Tangela Paras Line: Am I joke to you?

[@PrincessGoth574]

I'm really glad we're getting videos made from streams

[@KreepyKat911]

As a mr. mime enjoyer, we stan

[@mrdewarion]

Behold his beautiful mime shaft

[@patrickormerod3472]

mr mime is gay

[@KreepyKat911]

@@patrickormerod3472 So am I lil bro

[@bateltheassistant]

The optimization took Mr mime really far 😁, by knowing whenever to use the right moves ,and when to use rest , which kind amaze me in a sense. The smart usage of light screen made a lot of fights really trivial , along side substitute and barrier which kind is really smart move t go for , when it comes to the mid game. Also seismic toss is really good for Pokémon with low attack stat , so I'm glad that you've used that one , because it's really useful . Even though I'm not a fan of Mr mime it had some pretty good results ,all thanks to your careful optimization ,as if you've almost alimented the rng factor from this run almost entirely😮. Well done !

[@BomboSbronzo]

Nice to see Mr.Mime on the rotation!

[@priestesslucy3299]

27:22 You were talking about Mr Mime riding on luck, that Special Drop was so clutch

[@PhylusIan]

Pardon me, do you happen to know if Mr. Mime's light screen or reflect will trigger the badge boost?

[@priestesslucy3299]

@@PhylusIan no. Barrier would but they would not

[@PhylusIan]

@@priestesslucy3299 Copy that. Thank you!

[@Walkerman379]

When you did the Eeveelution video I was confused to see Mr. Mime on the tier list and thought I missed the video, but now it all makes sense.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

We were all kinds of mixed up with the release schedule in December. Was hard keeping the tier-lists accurate video to video while trying to squeeze a video out each day.

[@matthewhenry8008]

Nice run. Gotta love the Irish Mr mine @21:31 ,bottom right corner in Viridian gym.

[@glitchvomit]

i'm high and the "well played" when giovanni uses a guard spec at 23:04 had me CACKLING.

[@LunarWingCloud]

"Mr. Mime is the closest thing we have to a clown." Blacephelon: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@chrisdaignault9845]

Wow I never noticed how low Mime’s HP stat is.

[@stamina4days]

Mr. Mime would be a decent pokemon if it didn't look like FNAF concept art. I'm convinced that Mr. Mime is a person who is wearing a costume. There were literally humans in the OG Pokemon show that had psychic powers.

[@servien9683]

Good to see mime getting some love. I was thrilled to see he got an evo in sword and shield

[@LeonRedfields]

I remember trading abra for mr mime and thinking it was bad based off how it looked so I never used it

[@johncalabro8710]

1stbtime falling behind on what Scott has been producing. Scott Great job at getting content out lately

[@red-eyessolares1817]

I think what made me appreciate Mr. Mime was when Chuggaconroy used Mimien in FireRed/LeafGreen since it’s such a beast in that game.

[@rjante2236]

Agreed. Boosted EXP and a GOATed nickname (slight sarcasm) makes Mimien a beast.

[@scottprice1330]

This is glorious :) I glitched him early in yellow in vermillion city and played with him the rest of the game until …. Mewtwo of course. Thanks Scott

[@NativeGolfer10]

Seeing Ash’s dad in a leprechaun outfit was not on the bingo board for things I expected to see today

[@otterlylost2029]

New mic? o-o You sounds so crisp and clear! :o

[@XrostheFox]

Hey Scott, another possible idea for you. You could potentially start putting the explanation for Damage Rounding Thresholds in the description, and save yourself some time and breath by only having to mention it once at the beginning and then referring to them as DRTs or something. Just a thought since you inevitably say "Damage Rounding Threshold" 90 times an episode lol. Love the content as always

[@WillowEpp]

Pleased to see Seismic toss hang around for longer; almost expected it to last to the end because of the guaranteed three-hit on Alakazam and four-hit on Exeggutor.

[@ronokplays]

Closest thing we have to a clown in Pokémon? Bruno got away Scott free

[@Zelgius1]

34:50 Paras and Parasect: Are we a joke to you?!

[@WelziFC7]

I was a genwunner for the longest time until probably sword and shield to be honest. But that was just nostalgia talking, after binging these videos over these past few days it really opened my eyes to how much better the series got

[@myth1757]

Many thanks for many videos life is nice

[@dakotahadley2865]

Let’s get this man 1500 more subs

[@KayLoo202]

The Bruno slander will literally NEVER get old

[@n64_kfp]

I honestly didn't think Mr. Mime was that great growing up. Clearly I had no idea exactly how broken psychic types were in Gen 1. Really cool getting to see some videos where you're not suffering for our benefit

[@anni321]

Such a weird design, never liked them that much tbh... Still, pretty impressive time esp after the optimization! Well done Scott!

[@charlessegale6493]

Loved the Lucky Mr. Mime leprechaun.

[@vizzy61]

24:37 this single line "jynx starts thrash" made me go on bulbapedia for half an hour, being curious as to when jynx learns thrash (level 47 in gen 1 only) lead to me building half a gen 5 team lol

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Whoa! That is quite the journey.

[@michaelabrown7226]

Every bruno fight that silly music i love it lmao

[@garrettblaylock8297]

awesome video mr mime is a good Pokemon I like using it in fire red

[@tankergear9857]

how fast can ash use his dad to beat up the elite four

[@SparklingTheWay]

I'm not sure how many comments you look at, but I have a small request to consider - when fighting the champion could you consider putting a darkener filter or such when flashy moves such as Psychic and Thunderbolt are used? On the virtual console release the frames of Psychic and similar moves were slowed down due to concerns over epilepsy. As an epileptic and someone with sensitive eyes in general I had a hard time watching the champion fights because of the frequent sped up flashing. I'm aware (that you are aware) that these videos are background noise for many people but I enjoy watching them personally. I hope this comment doesn't sound pretentious, and it's only a problem in runs where flashing moves (I believe there is a list of moves that were modified) are used in the champions battle which isn't very frequent admittedly. I'm not sure if there are many other people with the same issue either. Otherwise great video as always 💚

[@chris-om6bq]

nice you made a regular vid out of the stream ❤

[@slave2truth4freedom]

Interesting how seismic toss had better value than body slam on this playthrough. Loved how we saw some value from light screen. Rarely see that move used.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, I love when uncommon moves turn out to be useful!

[@leonardshuclke343]

Hi @Scott, one more time nice solo playthrough challenge. May I suggest the next two challenges? Finish the game with Pinsir and Finish It with no Mimic and Double team strategy. I'm trying the last one. I started it a few moments ago kkkk.

[@olavjorvik94]

"There’s actually only two grass types in Generation 1 that aren’t paired with the poison type, the exeggcute line and tangela." Paras: «What did I ever do to you…?"

[@bavarian9956]

it's a not nice this time huh... 69 tho also, the edits and cuts in this video are soooo good. quality keeps increasing!

[@marcoasturias8520]

"Clowns are scary and mr. Mime is the closest thing to a clown we have in Pokémon", meanwhile, Blacephalon crying in the corner.

[@Zulk_RS]

I feel like you did this playthrough before but I may be miss remembering. BTW, what are your opinions on the Gen 3 Kanto Remakes? Also have you ever thought of doing a Nuzlocke of Pokemon Yellow as a one-off or something?

[@mrdewarion]

You might have seen the live stream a few weeks back^^

[@veghesther3204]

Even then Mr Mime still sucks in the Red/Blue remakes.

[@red-eyessolares1817]

Mime’s actually pretty good in FireRed/LeafGreen since it’s bulkier than Alakazam while having solid utility moves in Encore, Substitute, Screens, and Baton Pass which combines well with Calm Mind.

[@DerGremlin]

If you ever need another "special" you can do a tutorial on these. What i mean is like a walkthrough with all relevant items. Where to find all rare candys, aethers, elixirs, vitamins and tms. From Lavandia onwards you can show different ways to navigate through the game. Like skipping sabrina or erika in another. Maybe show how much exp you get overall and make level exaples for the different groth rates. I know it's much work but i somehow have the feeling you like these kind of stats and can make it look cool Just an idea.

[@jo.comics]

Have you considered making a modified run where every single Pokemon is a Venomoth just with whatever the original Pokémon's typing is? Like, Brock has two Venomoth that are ground/rock types, Misty has two water Venomoth, etc. Maybe for an April's Fools if you were to do another Venomoth run. Or maybe during a Venonat run.

[@emilydonegan3208]

Mr Mime is such a weird Pokémon lol I liked the one Ash’s mom had in the anime! He was very helpful! And in Pokémon Stadium, their attack animations are very funny! I love that, due to there not being a ton of menu sprites, Mr Mime just looks like a monster in the party

[@BloodfelX]

Psychic, Barrier, Light Screen and Substitute. Truly peak Mr. Mime before the Dark times; though this moveset does work in Fire Red and Leaf Green up to the post-game due to the scarcity of Dark types in those remakes.

[@BloodfelX]

( Sure as heck not going to work against the Champion rematch though, Tyranitar would have something to say about that. )

[@naraiceylob]

Hi Scott Good job. I'm going to nitpick with two points. 1. I didn't really feel any particular need for Carbos as your vitamin choice in the optimised run. I don't think there was a key battle that you reset on in the first run where speed was the reason. 2. I felt you trained inefficiently in the mid game. There was time spent beating trainers on cycling road and Erika that I thought was wasted. These were mainly trainers with mid level 20s pokemon. As an alternative I reckon that you could have swept the fighting dojo after picking up Psychic TM and gotten more experience beating trainers with pokemon that were level 30. Overall well done.

[@danielosorno4266]

In the case of a choice between Seismic Toss or Body Slam, Seismic Toss is the better choice because you don't have to set up the badge boost glitch. Also the way I see it set damage is better than attempting for paralysis luck.

[@chrisdixon7377]

Mr crime! Let's goooo

[@kamewoni]

“What are you doing, Mr. Mime?” - Ash’s mom

[@inazuma-fulgur]

Got a handy trick for you since dividing is hard ngl. To better check for your hp for substitute just multiply your hp by four and see if it's higher than your total. In the lance fight you said you couldn't set up another one at 35 hp, 131 max. That by four is 140 so you could've. Let's double check by dividing 131/4 = 32.75, mons always rounds down so you lose 62 hp, it checks out It's really nice for me to have these shortcuts under pressure and just fill in the gaps doing everything in whole numbers

[@gabr.7878]

I like this

[@thats4thebirds]

I remember having a deep love for Mr Mime bc I was always alone and couldn’t trade evolve my kadabra. So I did the trade for Mr Mime and he was forever on my team.

[@nathanandsugar5252]

Based on the intro you might want to consider doing videos where you play a Pokémon with 2 different strategies- like a vs video but the same Pokémon.

[@mcdino6421]

Honest question: I checked on Pokémon database and the data seems to line up. Why is confusion listed twice at lvl 1 and 15 respectively? It's not like breeding exists so no egg moves to fill up the slots naturally nor does mime jr exist in gen one.

[@mrdewarion]

I swear to God, if he is not going to learn mimic, I'm going to riot.

[@johnapple6646]

Truly a farce that Mr Mime doesn't learn Mimic by level up

[@mrdewarion]

@@johnapple6646 It's genuinely a massive oversight and misjudgement on the devs part.

[@mrdewarion]

40:08 Close one. Riot cancelled.

[@thebakmeister4602]

5:05 Boy, I wish i had a way of extending my PP when I need it.

[@jonathanschubert9052]

Can you do a Max IV/EV vs Min IV/EV run on the same pokemon?

[@rtyuik7]

34:45(ish) - i know its just "the magic of Video Editing", but i still prefer the headcanon that Mr.Mime is so powerful against the Poison-typed Grass Gym, that he gains experience simply by Talking to the trainers there

[@glennvandierendonck3771]

Sooo, just asking. Why didnt you go to surge first (picking up thunderbolt) to have an easier time @misty?

[@naraiceylob]

You need cut outside battles for Surge which means you need Misty's badge.

[@numbug1234]

Where did the Eeveelutions go on your tier list?

[@dwanedibly8129]

Scott: There are actually only two Grass-types in Generation 1 that aren't paired with the Poison-type: the Exeggcute line and Tangela. Paras and Parasect: Are we jokes to you?

[@TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_]

Mr mime is 🔥

[@andyrobin7196]

I really wanna try doing some of these runs just for fun, what program do you use to change the starter?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

In description

[@LTDextel]

Wait, you didn't tell us the type of Venomoth! How am I supposed to know if you don't tell us in the first playthrough?!

[@georgetaylor2883]

Bro you forgot about paras/parasect. But yeah I always thought it was crazy that there are 9 poison/grass to a total of 15 grass types

[@hiei248]

I wouldn't've thought that leaning into psychic supremacy was the answer for Mr mime. Psychic go brrrr

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

Substitute by level up is really interesting, isn't that normally a game corner tm? Gonna probably be pretty rare to see that used, like pikachu with its double teams.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Just normally a gamecorner tm (the most expensive one!)

[@mickgorro]

Scott: ... When I really should have set up against the first Sandslash. Peregrin Took: What about second Sandslash? :)

[@daman8492]

2:15 The absolute disrespect towards Blacephalon. :P

[@JSAcousticJuice]

Just looked up "Sandys" Japanese name, Nazuna. It is derived from a few words and phrases, such as to rub and caress (rubbing sand in your eyes) greens, as in plants (hayfever messing with your sinuses) and the change between summer and autumn (the sun in your eyes so you can"t see) I"m stretching a bit here but it makes more sense than Izzy, I suppose.