Nuzlocking THE ENTIRE POKEMON FRANCHISE, But I Can't Use Repeats (Sun & Moon)

Phew, this one took way too long to come out. Promise you all won't have to wait much longer for the rest of the series!
It's time for a new adventure! After having trekked through many of these games time and time again, I wanted to have one final ultimate challenge in the vanilla mainline Pokemon franchise... Can I beat, every SINGLE Pokemon game in chronological order in a hardcore nuzlocke setting, and without reusing a single Pokemon in any other game? For instance, if I use Bulbasaur in Red version, I won't be able to use it in Blue, Yellow, Firered, or any other game. Come along on this journey with me and find the struggles, the cuts, the innovations, the strategies, and the potential laughs along the way.
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Rules of the challenge:
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch one Pokémon on each Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4 (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

Thanks for watching everybody! If you enjoyed and want some more content, make sure to check out the two-player Platinum randomizer nuzlocke I did with Asagi Ame here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZipfqyYrdOhaM0

[@philipspigelmeyer959]

Are you guys planning on finish it?

[@kohve9687]

If you're counting alolan forms as different pokemon why not evolve dicidueye since its hisui form is a different one

[@zdelrod829]

Have fun with USUM. Let's hope Ultra Necrozma doesn't wipe you this far in.

[@zdelrod829]

@@kohve9687 Probably because it doesn't have a Hisuian form until it evolves to Decidueye, compared to pokemon already in a regional form.

[@justvibinbro7406]

I was one of the 600 who unsubbed and yes it was out impatience, my apologies and I have hence forth resubbed

[@thewonderdoc2999]

Wait if you are allowing (Alolan) forms doesnt that mean you couldve just evolved Dartrix since Hisuian Decidueye is a regional form and therefore a different Pokemon?

[@ericalbrecht808]

That's exactly what I was thinking

[@LucasNovack]

Same

[@spawnofnerds1843]

Was thinking that too. Maybe he is only counting forms you can catch and not evolve

[@user-pv4lo7yp5h]

i think he said in the beginning that he will be able to use regional forms of final evos

[@g-rat524]

That’s literally what I was about to type. 😅

[@arceus8089]

Meatball: Regional variants count as separate Pokemon. Also Meatball: I'm going to not evolve Dartrix into Decidueye because I want to save Hisuian Decidueye for Legends Arceus. I think you might've forgotten one of your own rules there lol, that might've made things easier.

[@tpfoxCastro]

Maybe he is saving regular Decidueye for the Ultra games? Probably not

[@duck13x76]

He might have decided to count regional variants as separate pokemon after he did the runs in this video but before he finished the script maybe

[@elywahl9520]

​@@duck13x76doubtful uses alolan muk as a starter

[@Thunder-Sky]

@@duck13x76 the script would've come after/during the run, given that it talks about the progress of the run I imagine it's more likely that during the planning stage it was decided to allow regionals, but then at some point during the run it was forgotten (probably after Persian got acab'd from the team)

[@SoNotMainstream]

Can’t use it because of the first two evos bro

[@Grimm___gaming]

For information sake in the last fight of Sun: High Horsepower is a Ground type move, not fighting, so Miltank should have been relatively fine.

[@Caio22011]

The lack of game knowledge in this video is... Something

[@SERMareep2007]

​@@Caio22011but hey you can always just shit on the cutscenes and complain that the AI is good

[@SerDerpish]

Not everyone can be PChal or Drxx 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@d4c_reznor470]

Imagine if the challenge is finished exactly one year since it started

[@Lavamites25]

Frankly I think it will be longer since USUM will probably take at least 4 months to come up lol. No flame to him since its fair enough to need this much time to play alola 4 times

[@antoinepolnareff8970]

​@@Lavamites25Is stated that he played all 4 Alola games just one after another

[@bitzibaerlie]

I believe you technically did not use Lampent since you evolved it straight into Chandelure. That one could be useful still with its typing. Also, like others mentioned, it is still not quite clear how you are counting regional variants, since you did not use Decidueye to use the Hisuian form instead, but you did use Alolan Meowth and Persian. If you continue to count regional variants separately, it would be neat if you could add them to the tracker.

[@AlexBelte3002]

That's an interesting thing. Since sometimes he does count pokemon that he evolves immediatly has "used", and sometimes he doesn't (which makes sense since he did not use them in battle). Strange but I believe he does that only with pokemon he knows he'll never use again. In contrast with Oddish that he Can still evolves into Gloom and then Vileplume and use both of them, since the Oddish he already had has been used has a Joliflor (sorry, i'm french, and don't have all the english names in my head now)

[@booberry1623]

@@AlexBelte3002 Bellossom is Joliflor's English name btw, both great names. I'm not sure if I like Joliflor or Bellossom more now actually lol

[@sheepishly6942]

@@booberry1623 It's a great name. I'm nicknaming my next Bellossom Joliflor

[@MizYin]

I cannot express how hard I jumped in my chair at the John Cena jumpscare, every muscle tensed and I ascended out of my seat that was amazing.

[@justjuan9521]

On which part does it appear?

[@hundredLeech]

@@justjuan9521 Sina/Dexio fight in the Moon half of the video

[@justjuan9521]

@@hundredLeech thanks

[@dragonqueen3659]

I’m at work and have it on in the background on my phone. With headphones. RIP my ears LMAO

[@kareenaharrison9249]

I pretty sure I felt my soul leave my body because I was in bed falling asleep a bit I love listening to him while falling asleep at night lol I still rewatch it in the morning though

[@dvillines26]

I dunno I feel like a lot of those lost team members were due to obsessive set-up at all costs, and the AI is just slightly smart enough to shit on unga bunga set-up in the Alola games. I think use of status effects and other tricks would've resulted in a lot less losses, but what do I know?

[@kit6024]

Right? Meatball complains a lot about the AI making stupid decisions which don't make sense, all while those decisions that 'don't make sense' are sabotaging his attempts to no-brain the fight because it suddenly isn't perfectly predictable. I do still enjoy the runs, mind.

[@jacks7852]

@@kit6024 Yeah saying the AI is "poorly made" becuase it isn't perfectly predictable is completely wrong. Game Freak has some bad design sometimes in teams and such, but legit how the AIs is set up is generally how they want it to be. It's done that way specifially to try and avoid easy explotation. Think back to how broken "good AI" in Gen 1 was, I'd confidently wager the reason modern pokemon AIs almost always seem to have some level of randomness now is to avoid situations like that more easily.

[@dustgraystone9448]

It was annoying hearing him complain about that.

[@Dracon350]

definitely just bad play on his part lmao. he should've been playing around both his weaknesses rather than playing a game of rock-paper-scissors with the AI.

[@deltaphazon4688]

Respect for using Oricorio in one of the E4 runs. Love that little bird.

[@TipOfTheSauce]

Surprised you didn’t save Popplio for the ultra games… Primarina + Hawlucha can effectively solo Ultra Moon, a game that is widely considered one of the hardest in the series.

[@rossanderson1892]

Or Grubbin for the Ultra games as he could have got Vikavolt earlier on Ula'ula Island

[@_lexi]

hawlucha best pokemon ✊

[@mastertadakatsu]

Realises what games are next Cant wait for you to face the Light that Destroys the Nuzlockers, twice.

[@TheBT]

Chargabug doesn't quad resist solar blade. You got the grass/electric resistance flipped Oh, and with your 'allow regional forms' you could have used Decidueye

[@Xstacy]

Literally just finished the ORAS video in this series. What a pleasant suprise it was to see this video premiering TODAY.

[@sleepi866]

same, exactly the same

[@BrowniesRuns]

its exactly here i watched one and started them again and finished the other 9 episodes and I heard this one was coming out today aswell

[@LetsleyPlays]

Me too! 😃 Such great timing!

[@adryanus9]

Lucky

[@Lichtkrieger13]

Meatball playing around Golisopod when he could just have ohkod with Air Cutter/Air Slash all the time made me scared

[@DerrylHopkins]

ChaoticMeatball running into the same problem I am: you want to replay all the Pokemon games, but to do so, you have to play ALL the Pokemon games.

[@SerDerpish]

I would put the emphasis on the word “PLAY” instead 🫠

[@devonchafe2764]

Me rn currently trying to force myself through Johto game number 5 so I can get to unova

[@cullenhutchison6528]

Get yourself a partner who is as dedicated to you as Sean is to setup moves.

[@Dracon350]

he'd avoid SO many deaths if he just wasn't addicted to using setup moves. just fucking hit the bastards.

[@Eeveegal]

1:06:10 scared the shit out of me, since I use these videos as background noise while relaxing

[@mightywaranvil2912]

When the world needed ChaoticMeatball the most...he returned.

[@aizakkurhoads7527]

1:35:17 Maybe they are actually competent AI battles, something that the world was asking for for years, and you’re upset that the cheese-strats aren’t working. ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯

[@CriAleMar]

Cheese strats again? As if the Bronzong last time wasn't enough 😐

[@dangerboatsouth4747]

Every player has different opinions I guess

[@aizakkurhoads7527]

@@CriAleMar that was a painful battle to watch lol

[@IsabruhMoment]

He’s having a literal skill issue

[@kylecresswell0478]

That Hau battle where he kept a Special Attacking Fairy against a bulky Specially Defensive Fire type and then proceeded to use a Fire type move against a bulky Specially Defensive Water type and then got angry about it losing both Pokemon .....WHAT? I mean if it was just for giggles and he played it off like "Whoops, oh well" that'd be one thing, but the guy was upset that he actually made 2 awful plays in a row.

[@zeke7076]

Love the Alola games so much, but they are so freaking long and incredibly hard to nuzlocke

[@Cyrikyty]

To be fair for the Poison Fang rng, it does have a 50% chance to badly poison (as opposed to the other fang moves' special effects being 10%). The 5 Supersonics in a row were certainly a LOT less likely.

[@MyFreeball]

If you’re counting the Alolan forms as separate Pokémon then why aren’t you doing the same for Hisuaian Decidueye?

[@tddornPlays]

Because to get to Hisuian Decidueye he would need to choose normal Rowlet, which he can't pick because he has already used.

[@CartTube6]

@@tddornPlaysby that logic he’s already failed the challenge multiple times as he’s been forced to pick a starter he’s already used multiple times… also by the rules he set he can obtain a pokemon without using it and use the evolution as shown in this vid with Sylveon.

[@jeremymorris345]

​@CartTube6 He doesn't mean he can't pick it. He means he can't use it.

[@teamfossil6312]

My guess is he’s going to use decidueye in one of the ultra games and he is only saying that here to throw us off

[@CartTube6]

@@jeremymorris345 either way the point made by Sylveon still stands, and as he mentions later in the video, a mon only counts when it has used its first move in battle

[@stargirlfelicia]

Gotta say, I'm a big fan of the Franchiselocke as an idea and I love all of your videos overall, but I'm not sure I can keep up with just this much casual hate for the Alola games, granted, the first two are probably not the strongest, but USUM are my second favorite game and it gets a little tiring to hear the same things over and over again. Nothing against your content, again, big fan. Great video as always, I hope you regain your spirit with future games!

[@IsabruhMoment]

I’m in the same exact boat. Gen 7 was a lot of fun, and I wish people would look past the same exact point of “handholding bad” and see the amazing cast of characters, incredible Pokémon designs, literally stellar story, and great music. Granted, these are the same type of people that get upset over the texture of a tree, so maybe I’m asking a little too much ´^`

[@acatcalledthunderstar791]

@@IsabruhMoment @stargirlfelicia Yeah! Honestly i found sword and shield way more hand-holdy so... i don't know why sun and moon get more hate for it. I do wish Pokémon fans in general critiqued the games in a more mature way, like recognising the flaws in game freak itself instead of pointing at games like scarlet and violet and going 'IT HAS GLITCHES THEREFORE GAME BAD'. These things are definitely problems, but hearing the same criticisms just repeated over and over with no depth for a cheap 'haha' is... eugh. anyway, yeah, USUM are some of the best games in the series

[@EhudJonathan]

You can love these games, hell you can even love Superman 64. But GF should be called out as by this point with S/V, they are actively ruining this franchise.

[@stargirlfelicia]

@@EhudJonathan I just don't see the appeal on treating a game like it's the worst thing ever invented just because other people agree on it, that's just being a miserable person. Scarlet & Violet are my favorite game on the series, Ultra Sun & Moon are my second favorite, and I started playing since Emerald. Maybe just learn to enjoy things instead of going "this thing is not like the thing I played as a kid, so it's BAD".

[@EhudJonathan]

@@stargirlfelicia Criticism needs to exist as much as healthy praise. There's no denying the flaws of current GF. There's no denying that each new gen makes money. But if it's making so much money, with seemingly no issues then why are they actively trying to get rid of rom hacks? At some point the series is gonna implode and big changes will happen; it's happened with CoD, it's happened with AC.

[@kasenrin3]

I personally loved Sun/Moon but I'm one of those losers who values a good story and while I know a lot of people don't like the story of Sun/Moon, I loved it. I actually like how Lusamine is portrayed in the original SM rather than the toned down version in USUM. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, though, and Nuzlockes, while I'm interested in watching others play it, are really just not my playstyle. I can understand how the game wouldn't be fun from the perspective of a Nuzlocker.

[@asierra86]

I still don't understand why you're willing to completely cheese these games w ev training yet refuse to use core mechanics like mega and zmoves which the games were built for using. If you truly wanted a challenge why even ev train then? OK rant over I'm glad the series is back I really like gen 7 so I'm enjoying this run

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Especially since he used Entei in Colosseum, because "bosses use legendaries in Colosseum and XD" And yet Doesn't use megas, z-moves, or d-max against bosses who do use them in their respective games

[@SKsuprakirby]

Let's go games are going to be a PAIN in the ass with NO pikachu, No Eevee and barely any Route 1 mons available

[@rosienroller]

Gen 7 is kino keep malding lmfao

[@LeviAuren]

My actual reaction was “what, wait, WOOOOAHH?! Keep doing a schedule that is healthy and happy for you. Love your content Meatball

[@Sabrinasenn]

As someone that uses a Rescue cat in my main Yu-Gi-Oh deck (Ojama abc), I gave a big smile when I first read yours meowth's name

[@magnuspkmn]

The series continues! The intro does take forever to get through, but the environment of Alola makes the games feel like a breath of fresh air to me. Can't wait for USUM!

[@noahsmith5304]

Imagine in USUM, he uses Decidueye after reading the comments questioning his lack of use of non-Hisuian Decidueye, and just makes it like a plan so he can use a starter in each game

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

I can definitely understand the complaints about level caps from the perspective of a hardcore nuzlocker, but the rag on the music, I'm afraid I'm going to have to go to war over, as it is my favorite in the whole franchise.

[@AnthonyK93]

Holy fuck! RIP my ears and spine with that John Cena jump scare at 1:06

[@mdudegamer]

Hope Alolan Decidueye gets a chance to shine in one of the Ultra games, once Meatball remembers his regional forms rule.

[@trashpanda2825]

The only problem is the fact that he'd be forced to use Rowlett again, which he can't do. By not fully evolving the starter he guaranteed that he'll never use the fully evolved version

[@omegamad]

@@trashpanda2825 that isn't the point, see meatball said that he's counting regional variants as different pokemon, therefore allowing him to use hisuian decidueye even if he used the alolan one too, also he wouldn't be forced to use rowlett again (in battle, according to his rules) since he can do what he did with ORAS and LeafGreen and catch a mon he hasn't yet used as soon as he can and not count it as using the starter he already used

[@jamesfowler6785]

I fail to believe that the series is back

[@platinumraven118]

The reason the Totem Pokemon are a little lower level then the team boss fights before them is because totem Pokemon get stat boosts and can call for help. the totems litterally make it a two v 1 and you act like they were made three levels lower to personally offend you.

[@BakuMamX]

You're a really cool guy for the John Cena jumpscare. Totally not disruptive in any way.

[@cylver3593]

I initially thought that this video was covering all of the alola games when I clicked on it. I cannot imagine how much of a slog this was. Thanks for all of the work you put into your content. Looking forward to the Scarlet and Violet video.

[@Banana16]

Bruh... The volume of that Cena jumpscare was the least necessary.

[@Charlie-bn7ho]

26:19 it was quite the delight watching the timelapse of this battle. Miltank headbanging while gimmicking Totem Vikavolt has made my day lol

[@kingofthemudkips445]

Nice birdemic reference it is appreciated

[@dangerboatsouth4747]

Me when my jrpg game that focuses on story has long dialogue sections 😭😭😭

[@IsabruhMoment]

Me when I ask for challenging trainers in said jrpg and they’re too hard to use a lame setup sweep strategy on -.-

[@SERMareep2007]

​@@IsabruhMomentMe after stalling every single fight in the game and being bored💀

[@nesradub360]

31:00 ArchIE is the leader of team Aqua in the Hoenn-based games, ArchER is the leader of team Rocket in the Johto-based games.

[@smackerooonii7001]

Did you really mention at the start of the video that you were gonna be counting regional variants separately from each-other... and then say you wouldn't use Decidueye because you wanted to save it for LA, where Dartrix evolves into Hisuian Decidueye?

[@zachsan8205]

headphone users warning at 1:06:08

[@immorality371]

i usually end up falling asleep to pokemon nuzelocke videos bc theyre soothing but the john cena jumpscare has left me with anxiety. not cool :(

[@KeViNMCMXXCIX]

Excited to see the continuation of this! Gonna watch this right now!

[@calebmcjones]

Hey, thank you for picking up the series again. This series helped me a lot to get through my day when I was starting a new job. I would always look forward to watching the latest installments on my lunch breaks. More than happy to wait. Again thank you, I needed this today.

[@princesspid9471]

Nice video, High Horsepower is a Ground move though. Not a Fighting one.

[@spykeking1989]

I was watching this all as it released when you started the franchiselocke and stopped when you took your break, great to see you back, by the way, and had no idea you finished it. I had this playlist saved in my library and clicked into it on a complete whim. I'm psyched to see you finish the last several generations

[@lolorolf]

My man here never plays around crits ☠️

[@gaminggem2980]

Alomomola was a menace

[@kbom905]

Really excited you were able to get back to the challenge!

[@ryanlandon1993]

Went through the last two days watching this whole series, pretty wild ride and interesting way to buzlocke, basically forcing most pokemon to be played. Keep up the hard work, cant wait for the next one :)

[@MarcMagma]

Ah yes, Alola. Despite the truely awful information dump at the beginning, I really love the rest...well Ultra Space was a bit underused but everything else (design, atmosphere, characters, Pokémon, changes) is right up my alley. It's ironic that it is in this region of all regions where I had my worse Nuzlock run yet...

[@realperson69]

34:32 But it was right there in the name all along. MilTANK.

[@IsabruhMoment]

Wow, 2 hours of bashing Gen 7! Yeah, I still watched, just to have something on in the background, but it got on my nerves a little. _Yes, we get it, Gen 7 is flawed._ And then to go ahead and complain about advanced trainer AI? Do you want the AI to be easy like later gens or do you want an actual challenge, _like significant battles in this generation?_ It’s almost like the game wants to stop you from using stall strategies and - I dunno - _play the game???_

[@insomniac5194]

I've been sick of his complaining about every generation except for gen 5. That's been like, 40% of this entire series. I'm here for the completion at this point.

[@SERMareep2007]

​@@insomniac5194of course he simps for gen 5

[@SentretPeanut]

I’m so excited! Thank you for the amazing video chaotic! ❤️ four alola games must’ve been hard but we appreciate the hard work! ❤️❤️❤️

[@EllieHellBelle]

This is literally the first content I’ll have ever watched from Sun and Moon. Kind of missed that wagon

[@castleXgeek]

WWOOOOOHOOOO return of the franchise lock!!!!!!!! I love this but I understand the slow pace/burnout. I hope your mental health is going well! Take this at your pace I will stick around for all of it and all of your content

[@markieuzumaki7056]

so glad its finally here

[@jayblue9010]

You’re amazing!! Thanks for the video! Your content, especially this series really brightens my day!

[@jeremymorris345]

Oh ya it's back!

[@kidayuki9884]

I am so excited to see this series back!

[@LenaMuMa]

Thanks for continuing this series. I really like watching it ❤

[@darklordkuro7953]

Im so happy you decided to continue this serie! Cant wait for the bext episode! Suggestion: once you are done with scarlet/violet(or whatever is the latest game by that point) i suggest you continue with the series whenever new game comes out, just to see how far we can push this. That would make about 1 or maybe 2 video a year.

[@tpfoxCastro]

This is the craziest pokemon challenge I've ever seen. Doing a hardcore nuzlock of every mainline game in the franchise already sounds absurd to me but ChaoticMeatBall is on another level!

[@stevelupo832]

Thank you for bringing this series back

[@MrDorn123]

Nice, that challenge made me get into your channel and pokemon content in general (except the occasional smallant vid) and it finally continues. Hyped

[@zanyzazza]

Oh boy the series is back. Love your work, I'm glad you're back from the burnout. I would 100% watch you play other games though, don't keep putting so much pressure on yourself.

[@6ustavocosta]

Omg was this series that fastfoward before? My eyes could barely follow it without being dazzled. But good to know it is back, i really happy to follow it again

[@adamp327]

i think it’s cuz the video would be even longer if he didn’t speed it up lol

[@charchar635]

i was watching this series while my father was in hospital before he passed to distract me from it all first video back? trainer with his name using ghost types!

[@charchar635]

he took out metang and palossand lmao

[@KaiZenKDP]

Very excited to see how you take on PLA!

[@harrywoodward3310]

Its back!!!!! Was so excited to see this in my feed

[@Keydicken]

I’m listening this while at work. Thank you for keeping me entertained!

[@kingtallastar]

Do, I legit have been waiting on this video xD Love your content!

[@creyx999]

Well, atleast at that pace you'll never run out of this series. :^) Jokes aside, I subbes for this series, stayed for you and am glad to see that comeback of the series. Keep it up!

[@rhrousselle]

Ah dang - I had the idea of this earlier this year, but I was doing just 1 from each gen, you decided to take this even further lol. Awesome job! I'm going to have to catch up on your journey and take some notes! :)

[@cj_skywalker]

You wouldn't like Pokemon Speedruns of Sword, Shield, Scarlet and Violet, then - they basically just have you death abuse to the rival because the game continues the story even if you black out. :p

[@shinyskunk]

A two hour video! That's almost as long as the intro area of any Alola game!

[@Fairyneko1]

I *was* wondering if you had burnt out permanently and stopped this series but it's good to see you're feeling better. Don't matter what art medium it is burnout SUCKS. i'm a writer. burnout..eesh. Don't worry about the unsubscribes, you'll get many more. Never understood the unsubscribing. You can still rewatch old content.... Here's to more great content,Meatball (and you're almost done! just a few more! :O )

[@dismasyves]

Glad this series is back, I hope the break was nice! Sad that some people can't be patient but for those of us who stayed, this was more than worth it 💚

[@mrshimmo1]

Rumours say he took so long from all the cutscenes

[@dj092309]

Love this play ideas

[@SuperChristopher-ll8bd]

Glad to see you back with the franchiselock but trust me I understand needing that 7 month break. Going through the first 6 gens of pokemon plus the 2 gamecube games must have been rough, you deserved it man. But I am glad it's back. Good work btw keep it up. 👍

[@mr.c207]

Looking at the encounters, the let’s go games are gonna be rough in the early game.

[@kyleking4]

Absolute GOAT. Thanks so much for even more entertainment. And flexing on the people who doubted you.

[@baneofpeace]

So glad to see this has continued.

[@danielrose8108]

so excited to se this come back

[@Yfighter2]

Love the series. Thanks for another episode. Looking forward to other games

[@gingerkays7362]

How fitting that you’re using ALOLAmamola in the Gen 7 games

[@ivanbluecool]

A return to greatness

[@samson5034]

So glad to see this one is back, great job and thanks for suffering through alola for us

[@murruelaflaga]

Happy to see this series making a return. It's been fun to watch. I wasn't a fan of these games either probably why I never played them. Designs great > Structure not so much

[@deathlord269]

you mention not wanting to do 4 alola games in a row, both at the beginning of this video and before the hiatus, and I'll pose the same question I did then. If you weren't going to stop doing nuzlocks anyways, why not have the hiatus after sun & moon, before the ultras, to give yourself a break from them, as now that you're back, it's just front loading them at your return. that said, doesn't really matter much now.

[@Fakeaugie]

This is incredibly ambitious and I wish you luck on completing your lofty goal

[@bradleycox6394]

I'm glad you took the break since you needed it. Those 600 subscribers won't matter in the long run.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Great to see this series back.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

Could you lay off the Sun/Moon AI? They do not actually read your moves, instead just having a random factor in their move selection. If you want a more guaranteed victory, you can plan around this, though it seems that you prefer minimally planned battles dominated by setup sweepers--which is fine, but won't always work out in certain games and ROM hacks, so I get why you may not like them as much.

[@kitsunekun2345]

Welcome back! Hope you had a good break