Can Ash Ketchum Beat Pokémon Emerald to become the Hoenn Champion?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Watch the whole series here! kzbin.info/aero/PLOBSk5lRzwBdGslYxiZaT7SJGoHVeomqy

[@phlpcockrell]

I envy prof. Birch's grace to just answer such a stupid question with no annoyance or sarcasm. I want to be like him when i grow up

[@NuzlockeJoe]

He’s the real MVP

[@NuzlockeJoe]

He’s the real MVP

[@valiant..6]

​​@@NuzlockeJoe Bro had to repeat that he's the real mvp

[@aerov2001]

​Just goes to show how much of an mvp he is ​@@valiant..6

[@rowsaurus]

i think me might be the real MVP@@valiant..6

[@JosiahHerring]

Since the Battle Frontier takes place in Kanto, you could play through HGSS's Post Game, but swap out the gym leaders sprites and teams for that of the Frontier Brains. Surge - Nolan Sabrina - Greta Erika - Tucker Janine - Lucy Blaine - Spenser Misty - Anabel Brock - Brandon Blue - Gary

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That could work, but changing that many sprites would be a fair amount of work lol.

[@stinkboi6479]

definitely want to see the BF because thats when ash had some interesting teams to switch around

[@midnight1978]

It would have been funny, if you would have given May the Team she had in the Anime! But still a very great video!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah that would have been a good idea

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

​@@NuzlockeJoeDo that next, and maybe have Dawns team in Platinum 🥰

[@hyhyd6135]

@@NuzlockeJoeit only took nine months to pay it off (watching this before the May team video I saw today)

[@magnuspkmn]

Amazing video!! Insane production quality with the Ash sprites, changed gym leader teams, and new battles!! 🤩 I never realized Sceptile didn't evolve until Battle Frontier!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! That means a lot coming from you

[@NuzlockeJoe]

And yeah, I was excited to use sceptile here, until I got towards the end and realized he doesn’t evolve

[@jonatoncopeland4798]

Hey Man i just wanna say thank you for doing this pokemon challenges because it gives me so much nostalgia for a show i loved watching as a kid

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Glad you like it! I started it as a way to relieve the nostalgia too, so it looks like it worked!

[@Lennoxrenol]

I'd love to see how you tackle the Battle Frontier segment!

[@WolfsPearl]

“Failed to beat the Pokemon league in basically every region” *Not him being the Alolan CHAMPION* 😂

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That’s why I said basically. He did become Alola champion, and won the orang islands tournament, but other than that not really

[@sunshower6560]

@@NuzlockeJoeOrange Islands winner, Alolan Champion, Monarch > losing a league.

[@crimsonflareumbreon1290]

@@NuzlockeJoeidt the Orange League count

[@midniteryder_3-16]

@@crimsonflareumbreon12904 us fans of the original ash, it does…

[@MesaGamer503]

Admit it, the reason he got to be champion in Alola is people dump the shit out of Kalos when he somehow lost to Alan. Kalos was the most champion worthy moment of all the series, but champ is a champ ig.

[@HaHaNappa]

2:01 "that makes one of us" is so well delivered

[@JoseAboveAll]

These videos are so well made, good content ty 👍🏼

[@ciceuvasile6725]

BRO I WAS TRYING SO HARD TO FIND A RALTS IN POKEMON EMERALD AND NO LUCK HOW THE FLIP THAT KID HAS ONE??!1

[@depressedmusic.]

It has 4 percent chance try hard you will also get one and make sure search on same grass patch where he caught one

[@seanbaby1060]

I’ve just found your channel and binged hella video you make good content. I’ll be looking forward to seeing your channel grow in the future

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks!

[@CreepyJournals]

Same 😅

[@JosueWithContext]

Why do you restart the battle after a Pokemon faints? In the show they faint all the time and Ash just switches to the next one?

[@OneZxxscsc]

Because it’s a nuzlocke

[@ronaldobaca8823]

Because it’s just a game Who cares

[@vengefulcloud2337]

Don’t think it’s a nuzlocke. He literally states this within the first 3 minutes?(im only like 3 minutes in)

[@jackjokers3533]

Because those were the battles Ash's pokémon didn't faint

[@outofideasexe]

Seeing the ash skin was a really cool touch. W video super enjoyed watching this and the other 2 videos in the playlist

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Glad you liked it! I’m not a very good sprite editor, but if I can find the right one I can put them into the game with some work

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Btw, check out my elite 4 playlist. I’ve done the same with Lorelei and Agatha so far, making them the main character

[@outofideasexe]

@NuzlockeJoe that sounds pretty cool I'll give it a watch

[@l33790053]

Love emerald and fun theme for the vid! Ty for making and uploading it

[@fernzlampaz]

I just happened to cross into your channel and this is super entertaining to watch ❤

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! I do my best

[@weikoonng]

1:24 😂😂😂 iconic water type Pokémon Treecko

[@briansherrod1916]

Oh I definitely enjoyed this. I actually did this back in the day as well. It’s a fun team!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, compared to his kanto and Johto teams, it was more doable. Of course, a guts boosted swallow is a boss

[@briansherrod1916]

@@NuzlockeJoe I definitely agree and you are killing these videos I love them. And heck yeah didn’t even realize swellow could be used like that!

[@darkpulse01]

14:24 this is gold lmao 😂

[@User2221w3]

"Treecko!" "So is it a water type?"BRUHH

[@franciscojaviercastellanoe4289]

Awesome!!! I can't wait for the next whatever is the Battle Frontier or the Sinnoh región. 😍😍😍

[@alanandacewejustplaygames6806]

"What kind of sick joke is this?" I blew out a rib from this one.

[@olo819]

Rookie: Nah dude, you won't go further, wally blocks way to gym. Joe: Which Wally?

[@danikirk5774]

Honestly, Facade on a Guts boosted (Poisoned/Paralyzed) Pokemon holding the Silk Scarf and that has STAB is absolutely insane.... it has an effective power of 346 or 347 (depending on if the game rounds up or down for a .5 decimal). That is insanely powerful.... and that's assuming I did my calculations correctly by putting all the bonuses into one bracket before multiplying them to the base 70 Power move.

[@vortexfury7197]

I did this with platinum and emerald teams as a kid this was a nice video

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah a lot of people say they did too. I guess a lot of kids were more imaginative than I was

[@vortexfury7197]

No shade ment to the youtube guy I clicked the video because I remember doing it myself blast from the past energy

[@JoseLorenzovolleyball]

Can’t wait for the next one

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Hopefully, I doesn’t take me as long as this one did

[@juul7752]

U should go on when a Pokémon faints. Ash also goes on with another one when his Pokémon can’t go on anymore

[@LuapXD]

Loved the editing on this. Keep it up!😊

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! Be sure to check out the other two Ash episodes if you haven’t already

[@theexpert758]

So excited for this one. This is my gen. I'm grown now and I have my kids play this on emulators on their tablets. We watch the new anime and everything lol. Ash's outfits up till xy are peak.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah gen 3 is basically my highlight in games, and maybe anime too

[@theexpert758]

​@NuzlockeJoe I was born in 98 and this was one of my first games on the Gameboy. What a time. Great series my dude.

[@fastlifelb4786]

You should do a make believe Gary adventure

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Actually, I totally plan on doing that at some point. I thought about it a few months ago, just haven’t got around to it. But I had the intro planned for a while actually

[@evoxnub4195]

Pikachu reset to lvl 5. Haa Biblically accurate pikachu in start of every new region.

[@mitch3046]

I’m not sure if this is a good idea but if you finish the ash challenge you could do it based on the pokemon of some of his companions like you could see if the pokemon that dawn had at each stage could defeat the gym leader like how dawn had piplup and bunnery buizel and pachirisu at eterna gym

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That’s a series I might do in the future. More immediately, I’m looking at following ash’s rivals through the anime. I’m actually working on a hack of platinum to play as Paul already

[@derekgreen7319]

Great series I'll be watching

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! They tend to be some of my best videos too

[@ironmuro]

14:21 The Thunder boost probably would have worked if you didn't have Swellow Poisoned and used Thunder Wave instead of Thunderbolt. : P

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah that would have been better, but poison or burn is my go to for guts, because it doesn't drop your speed.

[@raughboy188]

Actualy ash holds three titles: Orange islands league champion, First chapion of Alola and title of current Monarch of Master series. In all other leages he was part of he didn't won but always placed among the top trainers. Ash also won quite a few smaller competitions and i can't remeber right now which.

[@kumomo_yosei]

Also he conquered Battle Frontier

[@Arcangel-qh8jt]

In the hacks you could put anime characters as Ash's companions and exclusive rivals.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah I could have, but that would take even longer to make. I’m still leaning how to do all these Rom hacks

[@Rehabz4Quitterz]

I love this series

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks! They are some of my favorite to make, but are certainly the most difficult

[@Rehabz4Quitterz]

@@NuzlockeJoe yeah I bet, but I appreciate the work you put into it

[@janbaltes2863]

This looks fun. I've to try it out :)

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

I think you could beat the Hoenn League with Ash’s team, as long as you have the right moves and attacks. Take Torkoal for example, replace Overheat with Solarbeam and Heat Wave with Earth Power, then you got a powerful tank.

[@MesaGamer503]

I lost it when he brought Pikachu and Swellow against Lunatone and Solrock and then proceeded to one-shot Swellow because it worked in the anime. ig Ash's Swellow is a hackmon with 6IVs and all 255Evs.

[@alexsnewhandle]

Damn, I only ever watched up to the Orange Islands arc, F for my boy Wally

[@victorjensen123]

Great video, i am sure that Ash's Swellow has Guts!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

For sure! I read speculation that the thunder armor kind represented guts in a way

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Great video Cool that did it all the way to Steven Would be cool to see the Battle Frontier but am fine if go straight into Sinnoh too

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Any ideas for battle frontier?

[@PikaFilmStudios]

​@@NuzlockeJoetheres actually a couple rom hacks that do that arc. otherwise youd have to make yours from scratch..

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

@@NuzlockeJoe not much If sticking to anime battles then those anime battles Otherwise keep there game battles and use whatever Ash Gen 1 to 3 mons you want since Battle Frontier highlighted Ash being able to do that

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@PikaFilmStudios I’ll look for them, there is not way I’m capable of making a complete Rom hack in any reasonable amount of time lol

[@theoriginaldeity]

Ash looks at a leaf and says is it a water type lmao

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I know right? Leafy green tail, certainly water. To be fair, there is a water/grass pokemon in Hoenn, but it’s not him

[@theoriginaldeity]

@NuzlockeJoe there are some odd balls but cmon ash knows the deal w starters by now 🤣

[@ShaketaMoore]

Amazing sprites

[@jbz4788]

Wait he trashes May’s bike like he did Misty’s?! What a menace

[@zedkon3302]

Before getting into hoen region ash had so much experience in the world of pokemon, yet he calls treeko a water type😂

[@NuzlockeJoe]

And in the battle frontier right after Hoenn, he uses tackle on a ghost Pokémon

[@stevenwillians9665]

Joe nice video man

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Thanks!

[@stevenwillians9665]

@@NuzlockeJoe np man

[@liteprotoss]

4:20 Led Zeppelin reference ❤

[@CupidDunk]

Mm yes good old Ash casually losing in the anime to hide his power.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Oh, is that how it works? Makes sense now

[@CupidDunk]

@@NuzlockeJoe Yee, if he wins everyone will know just how strong he is. I mean.. the show ended BECAUSE he won… coincidence.. I THINK NOT!

[@FAMOUSGAMER-EMOTON]

This is so good

[@FAMOUSGAMER-EMOTON]

Crazy FACADE

[@FAMOUSGAMER-EMOTON]

23:45 sick level up!!

[@FAMOUSGAMER-EMOTON]

24:03PM Hyper Beam, SERIOUSLY

[@liztrillo4053]

Ok so where do you find that corphish i cant seem to find one..I've walked all over the cave..and fished infinite times still can't find it..

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I could have sworn it was a fishing encounter on dewford. I will look at the code tomorrow to verify

[@SutōnāKage]

You should do ash’s team in the unova region

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I’ll certainly get to it, in a few videos. I need to go through sinnoh first

[@SutōnāKage]

@@NuzlockeJoe I jus followed your channel hope to see more of your content 🔥🔥

[@kawaki1207]

kinda disappointed that you didnt use a regular pokeball to catch the pokemon, you know just like how ash did....

[@EmilSjoberg-ud3gd]

Pokemon Emerald was my first Pokemon game😢 It broke, I want Pokemon Emerald back on Switch, Never finished it actually 😢

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Ash seriously asked if the green Pokemon with "tree" in its name was a Water type...

[@Ilikesceptile11]

9:37 That's it, I'm getting my lawyer

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I mean, I do like sceptile, just not against fire types. Don't take it personally man!

[@Ilikesceptile11]

@@NuzlockeJoe good.

[@PikaFilmStudios]

great video as always joe. was really looking forward to this video. on my 2nd time watching it lol

[@charlottehouseham]

Love these videos, make a DP, BW, XY and SM one

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Well you’re in luck, cuz a new one is out now!

[@t.j.helming5534]

17:23 I thought Ash's Swellow learned Aerial Ace....?!?

[@sergentpugsley5137]

The faint rule is… interesting, but honestly kinda frustrating to watch. Ash has won gym battles where a team member faints, I don’t see why if a Pokémon faints you have to start the whole match over, even if you are trying to play as Ash

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah you’re not the only one to say that. I was trying to make the challenge a bit more difficult, and nuzkocke-like without the actually nuzkocke rule, but I think I’m going to drop it for the next video.

[@zoominatii]

as much as i played the hoenn games it’s shocking that i haven’t seen like any of the hoenn installments of the series. then again… i’ve only really cared about kanto region. 🤣

[@laurapaul697]

Pokemon Advanced had the best opening theme. Hands down.

[@Josephextreme]

I agree! My favorite is advanced battle.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Idk, I’m still partial to the very first. Pure nostalgia to me.

[@Niall_Sene]

I hard agree here "I wanna be a hero!"

[@netcat22]

You didn't even change May's appearance to match the anime! 0/10 video, would watch again.

[@peternicholas3719]

Hell yeah, buffed Pikachu!

[@PikaFilmStudios]

😂

[@lisaverweij8806]

Would you consider playing this entire game as Ash as a walkthrough? I like the summary but it's not the whole adventure!

[@Theinfamousmarbreezyy]

Please do all the games I would love this

[@NuzlockeJoe]

At this point, I pretty much have to keep doing this series. If you haven’t see. The kanto and Johto ones, go ahead and check them out!

[@Theinfamousmarbreezyy]

@@NuzlockeJoei will right now!

[@PolitoedFan9002]

Can’t wait for platinum!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

It’s coming along, the sprites are going a bit smoother than I expected tbh

[@PolitoedFan9002]

@@NuzlockeJoeI just saw your video on it! 10/10!

[@kevinkinsellaii8380]

Did anyone understand the reference “there’s a feeling I get when I look to the west” ??? Let’s just say my spirit is howling for reason. 😅

[@kuyaboben5300]

“Failed to beat the pokemon league in basically every region.” Who needs to be a regional champion when you’re the world monarch 🤷‍♂️

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That’s true, he certainly ended strong. It just took a while to get there

[@hyhyd6135]

Mate, Fire stones are expensive. I’d gladly poke around in caves if it’ll get me evolution stones for free

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I guess that's true. But Money means almost nothing in the pokemon world. Just wander around beating some guys up, and you got one.

[@hyhyd6135]

@@NuzlockeJoe Valid, but I dunno if that's something Steven would do.

[@FerretTwister]

One issue with this, Ash had a sceptile before the elite 4. Long before even. But i mean Ash does play on hard mode. So it kinda makes sense.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

He didn’t actually. He had a grovyle for his entire Hoenn adventure. It wasn’t until he went back to kanto for the battle frontier that it evolved to Sceptile.

[@FerretTwister]

@@NuzlockeJoe is that when it happened? Huh. That's so weird. Why is Ash like this? Thank you for letting me know. I'm gonna go be mad at Chrome for a minute because it lied to me like it always does.

[@Niall_Sene]

Awesome video, I've always wanted to play through the Hoenn region as Ash, where exactly did you get Corphish though?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

So I changed the encounters to get one. You get an old rod in decors town, and I made it possible to catch a corphish in decors town with it. I forgot about that change actually

[@Niall_Sene]

@@NuzlockeJoe yeah, it took me awhile, but I eventually found one hahaha. But I'm having major trouble beating Brawly with Corphish and Treecko, tried to be as faithful to the anime as possible, but I can't 😅

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@Niall_Sene yeah, that’s why I eventually had to give up. I didn’t think it was possible, so since ash had used tailow in the previous fight, I called it fair.

[@Niall_Sene]

​@@NuzlockeJoe Yep, I ended up having to use Taillow as well, but now that I've got to Watson there is a slight issue, as it's my first battle with him, but he's using a level 40 Manectric... Any ideas how I could get past that? 😅

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@Niall_Sene Dang it. That was supposed to be his rematch battle, but I suppose it didn’t work that way… You could always PKHex in a stronger Pokémon, just for that fight. I could probably fix it’s but certainly won’t have time today

[@bg.dragon1419]

Actually nothing really stops norman of being your father xD

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I guess it could be anyone…

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

Guessing you're gonna do Platinum for Sinnoh

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yup! But first I’m working on Paul Platinum, cuz that’s what the people demanded

[@fableSimmer]

Hmm. I think maybe you should move to Gen 4, but I'd also watch the Battle Frontier because I'm not familiar with that part of the anime. 🤔

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I have already started on battle frontier, but plan on getting sinnoh done shortly after that.

[@rahulkunstocom]

"Who isnt even poisoned." Lol why did you call Luvdisc Luvfish

[@NuzlockeJoe]

IDK, sometimes instead of using the actual names I like to make things up.

[@orionn3246]

Ash trying to beat me as champion with flawless iv heracross, flygon, salamence, working on the rest lol

[@csl9495]

They need to make a grown OP Ash. As a main character he should not have had this much defeat. It only fitting this experience makes him OP as an adult

[@Sg190th]

Theres a custom game where they made a Pokemon adventure based off of Ash

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah, I found that out after this game lol

[@DahjerCanaan]

I think it would've been fair if you started Ash in every region with Pikachu at max level. Let's face it, after Kanto region Pikachu would've roughly been around level 60ish, Johto at least 80ish, Sinnoh max cap level 99 & obviously Hoenn max cap level so on and so forth. Hard resetting Pikachu technically is an anime only thing when clearly it'd make no sense for Pikachu to be at the level of knowing Thunderbolt/ Thunder/ Electro Ball etc. while somehow being so squish that he loses to a newbie trainers lvl 5 Treecko.

[@mcoleman3547]

Are you gonna do the orange islands too

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I might go back and do it. That could be fun

[@lancemitchell4572]

Do the Battle Frontier!!!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I’m already working on it! In a sense… I’d like it to be out in September, but we’ll see how things go

[@Mariokemon]

idk why faints need a reset? Ash loses pokemon in the battles all the time. It always goes down to his last pokemon (outside of Crasher Wake)

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That’s true, it’s just a way to make the challenge more difficult. I normally do hardcore nuzlockes, but that would be much too difficult in this video. So I took a similar approach but a bit easier

[@wowditto]

Kanto League, mid 50's to lower 60's Johto highest level in league was 60 Hoenn got lower every league got easier and easier The only challenge was Mt silver, Steven (Emerald) and Cynthia... after that... it was all trash

[@CaptRobvious]

Why do you have Swellow poisoned the whole time?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Because he has guts. It powers his attack when a statis affliction

[@SamuraiSwayn]

Okay. So I just watched the first one and I'm gonna make my way here. But ultimately if you're asking the question if Ash could have been champion then resetting when a Pokémon faints, it isn't a question. The answer will always be yes. When in reality, the answer is most likely no.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

True, but I would argue that ash had it easier, because he is allowed to let Pokémon faint. I mean, they do all the time in his gym battles!

[@SamuraiSwayn]

@NuzlockeJoe I agree completely. The only way to challenge the theory would be on a Nuzlocke which really isn't fair to the player

[@Aggin03]

You didn’t use the moves ash Pokémon’s only have so it doesn’t count.

[@elmartilo1686]

DoDgE iT

[@patonosequecosa]

I missed this series

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yeah they take a while to do. More so when I decide to alter the sprites too

[@StarKnightZ]

Did you ever do one for Tobias?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Not yet, but it's on the list. I'm not sure how doable that would be tbh. I mean he does have 2 legendaries, but those are the only ones he has

[@StarKnightZ]

**I meant if you could do a room hack Lilly valley conference.

[@ElleAM30]

"Easier done than said" made me pause the video and think if I heard it right 😆

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Yup, I wanted to get across how simple that was lol

[@PsychoGamer2100]

does ash's Swellow ever learn hyper beam? If it doesn't then that win doesn't count and I guess Ash couldn't beat Emerald version.

[@bronsjefjer]

didn't Tyson also go on to win that leauge?

[@Breloom_Battles]

Can you release the game patch for the fire starters?

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Oh yeah, I totally meant to do that! There were a ton of glitches in my first one, so I have uploaded one I just re-made. It should work fine for you. Here it is: drive.google.com/drive/folders/10yzlpdhv5-gJib-U0_pAvdppM7ecWtCj

[@C0d0ps]

To whomever read this, I hope you a have wonderful day and no matter what stay happy as that is what matters most in life, You are truly amazing and no one can ever take that away from you, Be happy and enjoy life, We don't have long on earth so make the most of it, We’re all gonna make it brah 👑

[@kehnemdafriend]

making tailow suffer from poison(not in battle) for guts is diabolical and a lot of yall do it lol

[@NuzlockeJoe]

That’s because without guts, that bird is not worth it at all! I’m sure it sucks for him, but some Pokémon need to be sacrificed for the greater good

[@darf-fr]

Giovanni and Norman look similar… maybe fake mom got them mixed up

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Eww. Dad Giovanni would be even worse than Norman

[@darf-fr]

That would make the Viridian gym a huge plot twist

[@Poogimuns]

Somebody got 0 badges

[@TARA-qp9nw]

Swallow always in poison 😂

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Of course! WIthout guts, swellow is just not good enough