Beating Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen How Nintendo Intended

[@KeepTheKitLow]

It makes me sad everytime I see "... as Nintendo intended" and not the og "... as Nintendid"

[@SpokeInNoise]

exactly

[@conorreedR2C]

Technically, "as Nintendo intended" is the og way. He didn't switch to "Nintended" until someone left a comment on the original video

[@Blu3Blaze18]

Well Sega did say Genesis does what Nintendon't. They even brought back that ad when promoting their Genesis Mini without dissing Nintendo that is.

[@allknowingidiot1835]

You know, it'd be pretty hilarious to do an episode called "Beating Pokémon how GameFAQs intended". Cause old GameFAQs guides can be pretty interesting

[@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis]

Agreed!

[@samuelcolt2600]

Yay new series starting! Lolol

[@vaughnrudy8084]

The only guides more fucked up than pokemon gamefaqs guides are fire emblem gamefaqs guides

[@HaxeRain]

@@vaughnrudy8084 some final fantasy guides from gamefaqs were quite fucked up too

[@toastedt140]

@HaxeRain I always loved the guys who were like "I WILL NOT be using super OP glitch #7 because that makes this baby easy game even baby easier so just do what I do and if you struggle you suck write your own guide"

[@abbygurl1313]

That brings back memories seeing that guide. Backstory my father worked for a printing company and they actually printed the official Nintendo power guide for this game. My dad knowing how much I loved Pokémon snagged me a copy straight off the press. I was one of the first to receive a copy before they were sold. I actually had to keep it a secret until it was released in stores. Good Times!

[@skeleton316]

Calling the cops now #0#)/ !!!!!

[@CosenAngel]

If you ever feel like it, a "as nintended" video for the mystery dungeon games would be amazing!

[@wmyates17]

I know naming the Haunter Morty was probably a reference to the gym leader but I love that it gave you a team containing “Rock and Morty”

[@Keydicken]

The reasoning for picking Helix over Dome was silly to me considering both fossils contain water types

[@JRC2397]

I was just gonna comment the same thing

[@ChocolateSoda1]

Praise helix

[@XxSnorlax121]

omastar has higher sp att and can take better advantage of the water stab.

[@thesquad2253]

kabutops isnt a real water pokemon thats why

[@pikkon899]

@@thesquad2253 Kabutops and Omastar are the exact same type: Rock/Water The only difference being that Kabutops for the first 3 Generations, can't use Water type moves effectively given that they were all Special moves.

[@ProfJayBee]

I love this Intended series, both the how Nintendo and how PaPaSea versions. They are amongst my favourite content on KZbin. Really looking forward to the Let’s go pikachu/eevee version. Can we expect that one?

[@dethbyneckbeard2435]

I agree with this completely. I download these videos and watch them at work. FR and LG are some of my favorites but I'm looking forward to the lets go games too!

[@irupana2ify]

amongst

[@imAdrian90]

Nintendid series

[@stellarsub-orbital9922]

@@irupana2ify amongust

[@noremac7216]

I don't think they make actual strategy guides for games that new do they? And even if they do the newer the game the more quality control over the walkthrough the less funny it is

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I can’t tell you how many hours I put into my fire red back in the day. I loved that thing so much

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Btw, charmander is definitely the right pick. This is the game I spent hours breeding charmander trying to get a shiny. I never did get one though lol

[@jordanhutton3102]

I never understood why they gave Bruno 2 Onix he could of have both Hitmonlee and chan, Machamp, primeape, and Poliwrath

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@jordanhutton3102 maybe one pokemon would be ok, but still.

[@bubumber9662]

Kanto and johto are my shi-

[@Bugser64]

​@NuzlockeJoe u can breed in firered??

[@ryanbusch2885]

I remember I used to think that metapod was one of the only possible shinies because it was one of the four that this book actually showed as potential shinies

[@SatyamAk]

Lol I was confused I thought it was a re-upload, still clicked it to re-watch, happy that I did, it's power guide the giga Chad of guide

[@thomasvaillancourt7489]

I love how you adopted the vocabulary of the person who wrote the guide in the first video.

[@katieb9428]

This series makes me so happy and I always find myself laughing at some weirdly worded phrase. Thank you so much for all the time you take in making these and I hope we continue getting more in the future😊

[@_rak3r]

15:06 fun fact: This is a reference to the Radio crime show “The Shadow” the full phrase is, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts on men? The Shadow knows!” The Shadow is also who Batman and Bruce Wayne are based on.

[@etrom1]

This guide seems really well written and full of enthusiasm! I like this one a lot.

[@Morgil27]

That's exactly why I prefer Nintendo Power guides over third party ones like Prima.

[@Minicheche250]

well... its says mega kick and mega punch are fighting move....

[@Mandiness]

I didn’t realize Pokémon Box was a Pokémon Centre exclusive as a kid…I have very vivid memories of the non-big-box version being sold at a Best Buy near where I lived. They also sold Pokémon Colosseum bonus discs for $9.99 each around the time that game came out. I have a big box Pokémon Box though….I’m too attached to sell it even though I know I can get a couple months’ rent money if I do part ways with it lol.

[@Elliasal]

Always funny when something from childhood gains value, glad it can bring you a bit of joy :D.

[@TheBeretTalks]

If it is not rude to ask, I would like to see a photo ot that product that you are talking about. Please, reply with your twitter account or social media or preference where I can see the pics. Growing up as a kid who was a pokémon in a region like LatinAmerica in the 2000 decade was pretty hard because we did not have all official products and when we did, they did not use to arrive in stores on time. We do not even have official stores to this day!

[@ArcadianLegend]

It's worth much less in Europe as it was bundled with certain releases of Colosseum. The Japanese version was readily available in shops.

[@Ashley-eh2mp]

i remember as a kid my parents got me some pack deal a gamecube with colloseum and pokemon box inside aswell never realized it was a rare thing .. kinda sad i dont have em anymore

[@RsSooke]

I need to check with my parents back home but I’m pretty sure I still have this guide back at their place. But it’s over 1000 miles away so I can’t go check myself right now. Excited to watch! I always like seeing what teams people put together.

[@nyls1717]

Yes, PLEASE do the FR/LG postgame as Nintended! Fire Red was one of my first Pokèmon games and I remember being absolutely mesmerized by the Sevii Islands. I love your content! You have by far the best Pokèmon related content on youtube!

[@KryptCeeper969]

In case you missed it, the "Shop smart, shop pokemart" is an evil dead/army of the dead reference. Shop smart, shop S-Mart

[@hitkid2456]

Pokesmart!

[@Dullstar2XQT]

On the topic of the the Magikarp salesman, it's really not a bad deal if you're doing the Pokedex! Catching a wild one takes a minimum of 200 Pokedollars, which is super cheap in the Pokemon world, so it's basically just paying for the Poke Ball + a 300 Pokedollar convenience fee. If the Magikarp breaks out even once, which is decently likely if you have to catch it at full health because your entire party will OHKO it, then you come out ahead after only two breakouts. Plus, if you stop replenishing Poke Balls once you run out because they kinda suck, a Great Ball is 600, meaning that if you're forced to use a Great Ball on the Magikarp, you would have saved 100 from the salesman. Of course, if you're *not* doing the Pokedex, probably better to just catch a wild Gyarados directly because raising Magikarp is painful.

[@thanksgivingh6185]

I would always buy the Magikarp and then do the lead off, switch to someone else method to level up lol. Not just because Gyarados was always one of my favorites, but having that guy so early in the game by the 2nd badge was soooo useful as a Charmander-cel.

[@prufrockrenegade]

I always bought the Magikarp and put it in the daycare center as soon as I could. Once it got to level 19 I would take it out and use a rare candy on it to evolve it. This makes getting a Gyarados early in the game really easy, and I don't know why I've never heard of anyone else doing it this way

[@lucasrinaldi9909]

@@thanksgivingh6185 Lol same.

[@SpectroliteDS2400]

i just buy the Magikarp and level it up myself, it's only a minor inconvenience that pays itself off pretty quickly

[@WayneMercy]

Can Gyarados even be caught in the wild? I thought you had to evolve a Magikarp (or trade someone) to get it

[@johnf6263]

Pokemon LeafGreen was the very first game that I beat and I mostly just used my Blastoise. My first game was Ruby but as a kid I never knew that u had to go fight Norman after beating Flannery so I never finished it back then.

[@SkywardMage]

Yeah same! 6 year old me just dropped Pokemon Emerald cause I couldn't figure out what the hell I was supposed to do at that point. For days I just wandered around the volcanic area and the cave where we meet team aqua again and again and again until I just dropped the game entirely.

[@Musasensei1674]

@@SkywardMage Thats why They fixed that in oras..Now after u beat flannery,may just shows up and asks u if u wanna go to petalburgh gym instantly or not

[@Ragnarok345]

Yeah… when you meet Norman the first time, they really should have had him say something about how he’d only battle you when you had four gym badges. Would have been a lot less confusing that way. 🙄

[@RubyTerrarian]

@@Ragnarok345 I played Ruby on an emulator and I think he did say so after Wally catches a Pokemon

[@Ragnarok345]

@@RubyTerrarian That was what I was sarcastically pointing out. I was almost directly quoting him. Damn text, never conveys sarcasm properly. 😆

[@robshawwow]

Nice to see a guide giving my boy Raichu the love he deserves.

[@switzcheez2]

I was literally just talking about you and how you do this today, and about the prima guide as that was my childhood one, and I even picked up the same one in nicer shape today. So to see you visit these games again with a different guide is amazing.

[@switzcheez2]

It just dawned on me I forgot to subscribe, now I feel bad for how much I have watched you

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

15:06 Oh my god, The Shadow reference! I love it! So, The Shadow is an old Pulp Hero who is *still going today* I do believe he is the longest continuous running character in US history. Thats great.

[@AliceJameson]

Is that an Army of Darkness reference in a Nintendo Pokemon guide? "Shop Smart, Shop Pokemart" Never thought I'd see that. lol

[@TheTakato122]

The references in this guide are wild and it mistakenly calls Mega Punch and Mega Kick Fighting-type moves.

[@aceclover758]

If only….. I remember some older emulators making hms more useful. Cut is a bug move with high crit chance Flash and fly are100% accuracy Strength is a fighting move Whirlpool is the move, Clamp

[@dutch0770]

Leaf green and Fire Red are my hands down favorite Pokemon game they ever made. It is sad that they can't make it playable for the newer systems

[@RolandKoller90]

Would love if Nintendo would shock us all and release an Electric Yellow, with updated graphics for yellow version.

[@patg148]

"Shop smart. Shop S-Mart." -Movie PaPaSea has never seen

[@dragoon1090]

I had this guide back when the game came out. I haven't seen it in so long. This just takes me back.

[@metleon]

I ended up using this guide to do my own playthrough after you posted the first one with the Prima guide. Ended up using Clefairy, and once you teach it Mega Punch and use a Moon Stone on it, it's quite strong. It's essentially a Raticate with Sing, and Raticate itself is a good Pokemon to use early game. Also, I pretty much only used the back of this guide as a kid, since I had already played through RBY. I did a bunch of breeding chains to get things like Ancient Power of Exeggcute.

[@Itz_YoshiMelon]

I love how you are payig homage t the Prima guide by saysing "hammer away". Nice Reference! Also his is such a good video series and I love it so much.

[@ftheestablishment]

i loved these guides since my family was too poor for the games for a long time :D this one was particularly fun with the mini titles for key points in the game, like it takes mewtwo to tango! the last page had me searching for a special metapod in the dot forest for so long though.....

[@baitzadasuto]

2:59 "A good team with diverse types" *shows Onix*

[@hitkid2456]

Thankfully this ain't gen I at least lol

[@magica3526]

the book says not to use ghost moves as sabrina's pokemon have high spdef, but ghost is physical in gen 3

[@benpugsley3092]

I clicked on this video for some background noise while I was getting myself organised after work. I can happily say I’ve done no organising and have been sitting on the couch watching this video because it hooked me in

[@CradilyBestPokemon]

Remember to lash at your opponents for 400% damage to do big damage

[@thunderhammerx2966]

"Shop Smart, shop Pokémart" may be a play on words of "Shop smart, Shop S-Mart" from the Evil Dead Trilogy; where the main character's day job is as a sales associate at S-Mart.

[@UnknownVir]

I had both this and the prima guide and compared the differences growing up. Glad to see both guides covered, very satisfying/nostalgic.

[@Jeser101]

Absolutely love this video! Very nostalgic and I appreciate the effort you put in to make these vids special!

[@XbrokenXXemoXXgirlX]

I love that they allude to the STAB damage and that you can do more damage without saying it

[@thereisnotryv1971]

Despite growing up with Gen I, the Gen III R/S Guide was the only one I ever had! Great memories. Great video series idea too!

[@AlbinoManateeNation]

Love these old school strategy guides! Awesome video!

[@sanderkelder7400]

"Two shakes of a lamb's tail" -- yup this is a Papasea video

[@APO1029]

7:58 Thanks for saying which fossil you took. If you hadn’t, we’d all have asked. Actually, now that I think about it, everyone ask anyway. Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm.

[@Equivalate]

This one holds the most nostalgia for me. The same guide I have to this day. Quite beat up, but it survives!

[@michaeld8705]

That weakness chart for Bruno really shows how rock/ground pokemon are in the game to be easy to KO no matter what they pick. One day they might be good

[@aceclover758]

At least sandstorm boosts their sp def

[@hbarudi]

In kanto, after getting cut, I prioritize the minimum requirements to defeat koga and get hm surf or its equivalent outside of battle. This gives me access to most of the map of kanto and the other gyms are mostly optional. I then train and overpower stuff like this especially after koga, you can catch zapdos at the power plant who is a legendary when you only have 3 badges... Doing lt surge is helpful and erika unlocks the last hm outside of battle. Doing blaine on fire red and leaf green unlocks the islands and access to moltres.

[@thefirespecialist9007]

The FR/LG Nintendo Power Guide is the one I had growing up! The 1 thing I remember the most was how it called Snorlax a Juggernaught.

[@jareenamrahs]

I got a ton of berries in this game especially the ones harder to get in RSE by catching 5 meowths with pickup and checking their held items every battle while doing longer grind sessions for individual members of the team.

[@enoyna1001]

Smart

[@hitkid2456]

Mhm, also love randomly getting RCs & PP Ups... Now if only they'd find me some darn Leppa Berries lol

[@HobGungan]

"I pick Helix because it's a water type" They're both water types...

[@alexander1274]

He knew Kabuto was a water type. He actually chose the helix fossil because of lord helix

[@ayanansari4711]

You will surely hammer away others and become a master

[@jmw9904]

I do like that if you choose Charmander then you can get Mankey in LG. I know it's in FR, but Mankey wasn't in Blue and was only in Red and Yellow. When I played Blue, I would always use Pikachu without fail against Misty. When I started playing LG, it came to me to use Bellsprout and I had wondered why I wasted my time on Pikachu.

[@Ddddddddddd381]

I love how these guide writers replace series staple terms with random synonyms.

[@Zeturic]

Oh, god. That guide is so nostalgic to me. I really fell in love with this kind of game strategy guide, and this one for FRLG was the first one I owned. It's in such bad shape now that I can't even really look at it without risking it degrading further. Sad.

[@mr.tapman8685]

Leaf Green was my very first game to complete a nuzlocke of! It’s always fun to see these games again!

[@anlev11]

"Blast through battles with major style and maximum glory"

[@The_Ice_Type_Specialist]

God I love how Hammer away has become a one of the iconic things of this channel

[@SilverJakler]

Oh I actually had this guide as a kid! Awesome to see it showcased here.

[@psychicmewtwo5438]

8:00 😭😭😭 idk if this was a joke but kabuto is also a water type

[@sammyog6274]

Thank you for constantly posting such good content. I'm really glad to see you hammering away at these.

[@ShadowKaiserin]

This was the guide I owned. It warms my heart to see it again!

[@TheSoda21]

Having an army of darkness reference in the guide is just lovely

[@DeleleleleWHOOP]

I was today years old when I realised that the Sevii Islands are named like that because of the roman numeral for seven VII bruh

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

I love watching you beat games as nintendid

[@pikanonymous512]

Hmmm I noticed a flaw in the guide. On the Sabrina page it said that (paraphrasing) 'since Psychic types have great Special Defense they will rebuff much damage from Dark and Ghost type attacks.' This is odd because until gen 4 Ghost type attacks were all physical. This may hint to Ghost being meant to be a Special type or just a plain old mistake.

[@jtbrownell]

I never finished this game as a kid... probably because I didn't hammer away

[@themostevilemo]

I love how your playing final fantasy battle music in the elite 4 fight. I got so excited when I heard that

[@DarkWolff21]

7:19 thats hilarious advice to give since Red in Pokemon Origins was bragging about buying a Magikarp from a shady old man and he didn't think it was a ripoff. It's funny how Nintendo changed their minds 9 years later when making the FRLG anime.

[@pinkducklett1051]

I like how this has become ranking the different guidebooks

[@bvd_vlvd]

It wasn't even close to Eric's iconic guide, unfortunately. No wonder they approved it with this one

[@Numba003]

I know lots of us have said so, but I love this series. They're so much fun to listen to while I go down the road. I've been playing my old copy of Ruby lately. Thank you for another excellent video! Also, I enjoyed the Undertale track in the background at the beginning of this one! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

[@itskazzyd]

I had the Emerald Nintendo Power guide I got so much use out of it. Nintendo Power guides back in the day we’re great!

[@ryansilvestri7533]

This was one of the games I skipped as a kid until I got back into gaming. Really regret it because this would have been amazing in my childhood

[@syamq84]

7:56 Kabuto is also a water type....

[@Dinoxdeath]

This series makes me so happy and my brain keeps providing me with serotonin whenever one of the silly phrases happen. So. Much. Serotonin.

[@ItzChrisIRL]

Very relaxing voice and love all the old memory's flowing thu the body!

[@Cool_Sans1]

Loved the hopes and dreams music at the start

[@ursula0the0mocro]

I got pokémon Box in a Bundle, that was only available in Europe, this is I think the only thing we got as Europe 😂 but the game is freaking expensive now so I'm pretty happy with it. Even though the game itself really sucks pretty limited option in terms of trading

[@staringcorgi6475]

At least you can store pokemon from one game and use in another

[@UwUchibix]

The final fantasy 7 music in the background really gave me a nostalgia overload ☠️❤️

[@Morgil27]

Everybody I've ever known has always fought Sabrina right away before going to Fuchsia City. Hell, even the anime did the Safron gym before Fuchsia.

[@jydfagin2475]

Shit, they did saffron before freaking celadon. Now that I know that Sabrina is suppose to be the 6th gym leader, it starts to make a whole lot more since when ash had to get his 6th badge the way he did😂

[@arininquotes8396]

I'd love the follow up with post-game and optional areas!

[@plasmatic210.]

It’s wild that the guide was pulling out Toxic stall strats.

[@nodokaxnegi4ever]

I just remembered I did something like this with Yellow when it first came out, because I wanted to try to be as close to Ash's Journey as possible, lol. As a kid, I didn't even realize this was a genre of gameplay. I did it when it first came out after already beating Red and Blue when they came out too, lol.

[@DildosForChristmas]

If you still want to follow Ash's journey, there's a rom called Ash Grey that follows the TV show. It's pretty good. Worth a play for sure

[@nodokaxnegi4ever]

@@DildosForChristmas oh, I know. I'm currently playing the one that let's you play as Red from the manga tho

[@westhescrub]

I can't wait until you complete every pokemon game in this fashion and upload a mega compilation of all of them

[@TheSonicFan4]

Just a little tip, it's easy to find scans of NIntendo power that you can use for future videos to avoid having to overpay for a physical copy. Plus, it will make including snippets in the video that much clearer.

[@PaPaSea]

surprised you didn’t assume I didn’t already search for that, and I also prefer to have the physical guide for camera shots of it

[@TheSonicFan4]

@@PaPaSea well you know what they say about assuming

[@iantaakalla8180]

It makes those who assume look like fools.

[@DannyLuxray]

10:58 "French speaking rival" seems like some excellent foreshadowing, considering Blue is referenced in Pokemon X&Y since he made a visit there

[@SplodingGames]

I wasn't expecting an Evil Dead reference in a Pokémon guide

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

You should beat Majora’s Mask as Nintendid. That would be awesome, reason why I think it’d be a better video than Ocarina of Time, is because it’s story is more complex.

[@vampirepunk24]

This video made me realize how much better the versus books guide for red, blue and yellow was.

[@hitkid2456]

That guide looks really nice and shiny, I think it's definitely worth it.

[@Jack-496]

How did 3 of y’all upload at the exact same time

[@PaPaSea]

I always schedule my videos to go live at 11am EST on Saturdays

[@43dl3ntil]

In two shakes of a lamb's tail I clicked on this video

[@castform7]

The first Fire Red Nintended video was the first video I watched from you so to see you hammer away at the game again gives me a bit of nostalgia.

[@KudaKeileon]

"We pick the Helix fossil because it turns into a Water-type Pokemon" so, uh, what type is kabuto again?

[@PaPaSea]

uh.... definitely a bug type

[@MusharnaMush]

Lol both are water, did not know that

[@dbzmaster1213]

The references in this guide are pretty funny - you can definitely tell it's on the older side - THE SHADOW KNOWS

[@stellarsub-orbital9922]

Day 1 of asking PaPaSea to rename the series "How Nintendo Intendoed"

[@bogardsfoxhole]

You sir, should do a playthrough of Pokemon Fire Red: Rocket Edition. I would LOVE to see your take on it. around 19:00 you said you had no idea how the gym key got there, but this fan game answers a ton of open questions about Red and Blue. I think you'd really, really like it. I hope to see you play it!

[@Oscar92839]

RIP ERIC a good man

[@My1xT]

I wonder if pokemon box was available at all in countries that don't even have a pokemon center.

[@Awesomewithaz]

I could have used that guide as a child because I got stuck on the old man and never moved far enough right to see the Pokemon so I just trained my Squirtle until it was level 22 and a Wartortle

[@federicoluchelli]

I made the only logical choice hahahahahahahahahah 🤣. U r crazy in such a good way 👏👏👏