Viridian Forest: Tour of Kanto

[@ZingoBananaa]

Next do a tour of that one area behind Bill's house. We all know he's hiding some pokégods in his backyard.

[@BackPalSA]

Pikablu will be revealed!

[@wangchung2157]

The Giant Dragonite !!!!

[@ma.2099]

I vaguely remember somewhere in one of the games had “Bills garden” which did have relatively rare Pokémon. I might be misremembering this however. But if it’s correct, it proves the idea that the player character (Red) does not have access to all locations in the game that other characters do have access to. Which reasons where some NPCs receive Pokémon well outside of the normal level. Such as Lance low level dragonite for example.

[@dungeonpastor]

😂​@@ma.2099

[@galvanizedgnome]

That's not real

[@Kwikpanik]

this series is my favorite thing on KZbin right now I've played all of the games and know the maps like the back of my hand, but the presentation style and narration is so cozy that I keep coming back for more episodes can't wait until Johto 😍

[@radioactivechimp]

Viridian Forest felt like such a daunting gauntlet to me as a kid playing an rpg for the first time.

[@dh-ck2om]

It was spooky to cross the bug catchers sight mane

[@SpecsJigglypuff]

That Beedrill art has always been so clean to me

[@miche1df]

beedrill is one of the most "pokemon" pokemon to me, if you get what I mean. like that's what a pokemon should look like.

[@SpecsJigglypuff]

@ I understand and agree, Beedrill is very Pokemon

[@ManuR-l4m]

The original hand drawn artworks for 1st and 2nd gens will always be special. I remember watching through Blues handbook in awe as a kid. The artworks really fed my imagination and made the awful ingame graphics stand out less.

[@Wilderness-Will]

I vividly remember playing Pokemon Blue on Christmas Day of 1998, getting poisoned by a Weedle, and rushing to my Dad terrified that I'd broken my Gameboy when the screen started flashing as I walked. The game never indicates to the player that's going to happen, so you sort of have to just figure it out. A lot of game mechanics worked like that in Gen I, which feels a bit funny because these days one of the biggest criticisms I hear of modern Pokemon is that apparently the games do way too much handholding.

[@0potion]

I was in almost the exact same situation except luckily I had really good deductive reasoning skillsat a very young age. So I was in the process of walking to my parents when it clicked on my mind that it must have something to do with the fact that my pokemon just got poisoned. Turned up the volume and noticed that every couple steps was when it did it.

[@matthewmccauley6261]

new paraspectre? Snacks: retrieved warm drink: beside me cozy blanket: swaddled I am so ready 💪

[@MrPandarilla]

HOT CHOCKY OMG you made this so much better

[@cainanneedham9022]

Talk snacks to me.

[@matthewmccauley6261]

Kettle cooked chips (spicy dill pickle) and then, when they came out of the oven 45 min into the video, one chocolate chip cookie :)

[@blackheart2728]

bye bye snackies

[@RJV-s3l]

Paraspectre brings that homely vibe to KZbin ☺️

[@kulrigalestout]

When I was a kid stepping into Viridian Forest for the first time, I heard the music and felt the spooks. I fought a wild Metapod and knocked it out on accident, then some extra text showed up about how I leveled up and here's some numbers getting bigger. I said "ugh, stupid numbers don't mean anything, go away!" I was playing Blue, my brother was playing Red, and my mom was making dinner thankful that these animal games seemed to be entertaining us. I really didn't let her know how much she meant to me.

[@Pakenija]

I was 8 years old when Red/Blue was released in Europe. It was truly something truly special to get your first Pokémon game on Game Boy and look at those little pixels bouncing around and let your imagination go wild. :) Thank you for this series and hitting my soft spot for nostalgia. My kid is now 6 and she absolutely loves to play Scarlet/Violet on Switch, I hope she can capture even little bit of that magic we had as kids.

[@zachcarmichael699]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="339">5:39</a> the defining characteristic of the Viridian Forest theme is the use of the devil's interval...also called a tritone. It's a chord that consists of two notes that are two semitones apart (e.g., C and F-sharp). The result is a rather uneasy sound that isn't pleasing to the ear...perfect for a creepy forest maze filled with hostile monsters and trainer battles.

[@theangrycolossal]

The episode of the anime where Ash catches Pidgeotto and Caterpie was my first exposure to the entire Pokemon franchise back in the fall of 1998. As for "fans of the games questioning the logic of it", well... the first few episodes came out in the US and Canada approximately 2-3 weeks before the English release of the Game Boy games

[@seriouskano2]

Fun fact: the Master Trainer with the Pikachu is named Ikue after Ikue Ootani, the voice actress of Pikachu.

[@yungnblessed1445]

I love how everyone has completely different childhood experiences about getting the Pokémon games but they all feel so familiar

[@chrisclifton192]

Me starting with yellow, first time play through, finds the 1% Pidgeotto, thinks its a scripted encounter and I really am playing Ash’s story, wastes every ball I have trying to catch it. Fails. Man childhood was wild.

[@MrZrbrownie]

I dont know how you so successfully transport me back to the late 90s and remind me of my 7 year old self, but I'm so glad you pull it off.

[@tc_duhhh]

Really digging the Zelda music in the background, the forest temple theme adds a layer of mystery/eeriness.

[@mpg272727]

Have to admit Viridian Forest did rather scare me as a kid but I suppose in some ways it's understandable. I mean you're a new trainer with weak Pokemon you're not really too sure what you're doing yet and all of a sudden after leaving the comforts of home and the easy, open grassy roads you're in this big, dark spooky dense forest with tall trees and half the Pokemon in there want to poison your Pokemon and you get trainers everywhere just waiting to ambush you..

[@Creedy10laa]

Could do Rock tunnel next? Maybe include diglets cave into it as you have to go through it to get flash?

[@glennvandierendonck3771]

bro be talking almost a full hour about an area we flashed by in under 5 minuts, thanks for your service

[@CosmicCorviknight]

With Kanto's colour based names Viridian could be a literal description of the forest as it's a shade of green (albeit blueish green). The forest kinda just looks regular green though so maybe it turns viridian in another season

[@Willow-y3k]

I adore these videos. I feel like people just don't analyze and care about the spaces and people in pokemon games like you do

[@konodera5354]

Fun fact: Viridian forest has a special power in the adventures manga, childrens who are born in the forest gets powers like supers strength, healing, and telekenisis, people like Yellow, Lance, and giovanni are born there so thats why they have incredible abilities like other trainers. (Pryce might also be born in the Viridan forest but its just a theory)

[@crowbar_reed]

Love the way Caterpie skidaddles across the screen to use Tackle.

[@joshuamtzchz2596]

The samurai maybe one of the most underrated characters of the original anime he was the very first kid to battle Ash, a very important labor if ya look at it in a historic way, but has been forgotten over time

[@hopegrimsley3427]

Thank you so much for this video series. You are doing the Lord’s work and I am so grateful.

[@EmptyBox-iz9qn]

The reason why some pokemon were absent from Yellow despite being in the anime (like Beedrill) is because a lot of more "antagonistic" pokemon were uncatchable. I assume either to make any fights against those pokemon seem more unique, or to prevent children from trying to emulate villains like Team Rocket. Also im surprised you didnt mention the important lore from the Pokemon Adventures manga regarding Viridian Forest. Trainers who are born near the forest have a much higher affinity with Pokemon, even being able to communicate with them. They also gain certain abilities like healing. It gives the forest a much more mystical feel and may explain further why some strange pokemon are found there.

[@Solo_the_Nerd]

For me, the most memorable Gen 1 music track is the Vermillion City theme. That marching beat always makes me happy.

[@wangchung2157]

Nothing beats a good ole Metapod Off

[@Nick_Slavik]

"So, strap in because this ended up being way longer than I anticipated." Hell ya! That just means there's more video to enjoy! 😃🤘

[@Gamacdonald1986]

OMG! I feel like this was literally targeted to me. On your last video I left a comment suggesting you do Viridian Forrest and I expressed my love for Beedrill and you gave him so much attention - Thank you! As a kid my two fav Pokemon were always Scyther and Beedrill (kind of the opposite of the Samari from the anime) but he was always overshadowed by Butterfree. Thank you so much for this, I can't wait to see where we get to go next. Maybe the SS Anne? Thank you again for showing my boy Beedrill some love.

[@Gamacdonald1986]

Also perhaps the Game Corner/ Department Store? That could prob be an episode.

[@orenalbertmeisel3127]

Will you move on to different regions after Kanto, or will it take several years before you're finished with Kanto anyways?

[@JO11190]

I love these too much for some reason

[@romanempire8139]

Wooo video ! Also I hope you make a steady speedy recovery! Take a lil time off if you need to we absolutely LOVE your content and understand you're only human ❤ thanks for uploading

[@ant-onemusic444]

This makes me so nostalgic, having memories of playing yellow as a kid is a privilege that I cherish

[@Zeffpenguin]

As far as I have heard gen 2 doesn'y have Viridian Forest due to memory limitations. It may be a let down, but the let down is a reminder of how big those games really were especially at the time

[@IzzyItachi]

What a way to start my day, bless the Paraspectre!!

[@braillynn]

I've been so looking forward to your next video in this series.

[@SomeBlokeOrWhatever]

Veridian forest being gone in GSC always read to kid me as a sort of warning about deforestation. The forest a shadow of its former self after only 4 years. And the music from the previous games playing, as a whispered reminder of what once was.

[@loogi9281]

fuck yeah new paraspectre

[@gigaj2368]

I have so many memories of Viridian Forest as a kid, but one of them is me raising a male Nidoran I caught to level 30 by doing nothing but beating Metapod and Kakuna. Being a kid can make you do stuff like that

[@galesal1109]

I’ve never heard of Hills. We would go to Sears or a video game store at the mall. I loved those days and miss them

[@Penguindude1]

Oh, I love that forest background.

[@NoxisFlak-Heyhowareya]

Love these videos! I look forward to your next Pokémon Location video!

[@silvershadow8866]

Next a miniseries about every one of the sevii islands?

[@tysmith211]

So happy this channel is getting more attention 🎉🎉

[@feartheoldblood7222]

I am once again commenting about how much i love this series.

[@guineapigs2998]

Best KZbin series

[@LordEmpyreal]

One other tidbit: The early route forest in X and Y pays homage to Viridian Forest by having the same layout.

[@robertcrist6059]

Definitely appreciate Viridian Forest more after this video. It's the first challenge on a young adventurers journey, battling through poisonous death, scary creepy crawly bugs, that we emerged through the trees hardened and evolved, confirming we are ready for the rest of the trials ahead, we are Pokemon trainers.

[@AlexeyPiet]

I bet that some people already mentioned it, but... A Bee or actually more of a Wasp or Hornet that comes out of a Caterpillar's cocoon? That's Pokémon for ya!

[@AchromaZero]

Full of genuine delight to see another so soon :)

[@anthropomorphicmonster9113]

Always a treat when i see an upload like this

[@bradlauk1419]

These are the highlight of my day when I see them.

[@IcefireC67]

Butterfree has to be my favorite bug from gen 1. Such an iconic design and full of potential I always take one with me through my entire playthrough in gen 1, especially after the compound eyes buff

[@TheRagnarokknight]

Weedle was removed from Yellow due to a glitch that was discovered early on that allowed you to skip the Pewter Gym. And since it made no sense to keep Kakuna and not Weedle, they just got rid of the whole line.

[@tvb5509]

Funnily enough, I did get lost in Virdian for quite a while. I'd return to Viridian City to heal after every fight. By the time I was back, I had already forgotten the route I took.

[@slitheringswamp5352]

An interesting thing about beedrill and butterfree from a lore perspective is that they make the power levels of the other pokemon more impressive. You have an aggressive hawk sized wasp with venomous stingers on its front legs and an eagle sized butterfly that sheds poisonous scales when disturbed, and neither of these pretty formidable animals are considered strong compared to the monsters you will face on your Pokémon journey

[@robertcrist6059]

S. S. Anne; Side things, like the game corner, nurserys, going to get Eevee, trading and completing the dex; all the rival battles.

[@coreypalmer5763]

Pokemon yellow was my first game. I remember jumping from the music when i first entered viridian forest 😂

[@monopolyrubix1875]

Another excellent video. Would still love to see a video on Saffron City covering Silph, the Fighting Dojo, Magnet Train, Copycat, etc.

[@TheSidecharacter]

The "oo sounds scary" at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="160">2:40</a> has me cracking up

[@installwizard1165]

Right on time, was just looking to watch some pokemon

[@arliss35]

The pocket monsters manga is cursed man. The clefairy is always terrifying.

[@HeinousinAppearance]

Ah yes, the classic Viridian Forest Mewtwos which bully people and kick Pokemon off cliffs. We all remember that.

[@zannrazor8569]

Similar story, I was at a hockey game and the owner of the rink lent us a Gameboy with Pokémon Blue in it till the end of the game. Then I got to own Pokémon Yellow

[@evangraham6412]

GSC had a bad VF due to cartridge memory if I'm not mistake. I'm just glad we got a Kanto post game. It's understandable they couldn't cram it all in there in all it's glory.

[@CarmenCards]

Cycling road! Its such a unique location having such a steep hill

[@treefroggy]

Even just the recap of this part of the anime makes me cry

[@noahvoris3637]

I think that you should do at least three more locations other than Victory Road and Cerulean Cave! An in-depth deep dive of Silph Co. and Rocket Hideout and finally the S.S Anne would be great! Not only are those locations some of the most iconic and important parts of the story, but also in interesting cities. The team rocket arc is extremely interesting and full of lore!

[@JoeYale_v2]

I hope you and your Uncle Ray are able to get to know each other. That part of the story made me sad.

[@logansmith2703]

I mean personally I'd be down for all the routes to be covered. Nugget bridge, the route to Bill's House and his house would be a fun place to go next though.

[@miche1df]

oh god I was scared to death he was going to talk about "bye bye butterfree" and ruin my day

[@ma.2099]

Original Pikachu and raichu sprites are the best. So Much energy with the electricity on the Pikachu sprite. Was there even another Pokémon that had art outside of its actual form in game?

[@Zajkong]

Viridian Forest, The first place I Charmander: Started a forest fire Squirtle: Caused a flash flood Bulbasaur: Accidentally created the Tree of Life

[@hopegrimsley3427]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="43">0:43</a>- Hills is where the toys are!

[@Eintracht-uy3cz]

Very cool forest! Early bugs are great (no, really) - Butterfree is good against Brock, Beedrill is good against Misty and Erika.

[@akiraakiraakiraakira]

Super good video! So much nostalgia

[@Arcticiris]

I remember catching 2 wild metapod on my first play through of yellow. I didn’t know what I was doing so I would use Harden until he nearly fainted then switch out. After seeing he got experience for that I painstakingly got him to 10 and was absolutely mesmerizing by my new Butterfree, which coincidentally was the only way I got past Brock cause I didn’t like Mankey lol

[@HippoCrisis]

I think the leaves are part of Oddish and its just saying that it makes Oddish scream if you pull on them thinking that they are weeds in the ground. I imagine its like pulling its hair?

[@jameszetterman4487]

I think we need an episode on Saffron City + Silph Co. as well as probably one on Vermilion City + S.S. Anne.

[@UltimatePhantasm]

Funnily enough, it turns out the old man WAS drunk, but, y'know, localization

[@tdarkhorse4]

tbf on the old man, my assumption is he's hung over and he needs coffee to cure his hangover.

[@gligarguy4010]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1980">33:00</a> The game is trying to warn us about the dangers of deforestation by showing what the future could look like.

[@c_miraa]

Really good video! It is very relaxing. Does someone know what the song is called that starts playing in the background at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1946">32:26</a>?

[@vibinlamp3326]

We leaving pallet town with this banger videos gang!!!!!!!

[@zergolicious666]

thank you for the tour

[@aaroncornerslicegaming]

I love Viridian Forest Pikachu is here its electric attacks are so powerful especially against all the early game flying types Butterfree can be evolved from Metapod here, it gets really strong stat moves Sleep Powder and Stun Spore and psychic type attack COnfusion which is powerful and good against a lot of common poison types. Beedrill is here it looks cool and is easy to evolve it gets the only STAB bug moves Twineedle and PIn Missile. Can be surprisingly useful against a lot of the games Pokemon because in gen 1 bug is good against poison its super good against most grass types bc they are also dual poison. In yellow I think you can catch an evolved Pidgeotto like Ash did in the show, flying is a pretty useful type.

[@DBTGAMER]

Pinser would be a cool and challenging Pokémon to find or battle in the forest. It did appear in the anime. But It's probably too strong for the early game. Great video.🤔😃🎮

[@shovanrahman1111]

I think maybe finding Paras and/or Venonat world work a bit better though.

[@LivingDeadbeat]

I was waiting for this one!

[@AdriftForWeeks]

Most memorable tunes for me are totally different. It's the route 22 theme and the SS Anne theme. Both represent the nostalgic cozyness these games hold for me.

[@PabloNeves26]

The FRLG SS Anne theme is so sublime!

[@miche1df]

for me it's the regular route walking theme and the pallet town theme, I think as an adult looking back on them those are the ones that kind of evoke the feeling of innocence and adventure the most for me

[@deanlemckeevans]

Maybe cover Silph Co or both the Rocket bases in the next one. I am also a bond fan hope you make more bond content in the future as well. Those rocket bases always remind me of the James Bond villain bases.

[@andrews6411]

Special Pikachu edition was the first pokemon games I ever owned

[@RaynmanPlays]

I had Pokemon Blue as a kid, and I think I was better for it at most points in my Pokemon journey. Not the least of which is the fact that Butterfree is _so_ good against Brock thanks to Confusion.

[@hyrumkohler]

Who let the Numel into the forest? 😳 Call the fire marshall <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2207">36:47</a>

[@PabloNeves26]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="958">15:58</a> best sprite of its kind!!!

[@pure.panic.productions33]

Siiiiick. Let's goooo!

[@sisbad1]

These vids are so good 😩

[@PhilipMurphy8]

Kanto in GSC would be one town in the prototype version if you check SpaceWorld Demo

[@CupofJoe_93]

I think we have at least two more places before this series end. Victory Road and Cerulean Cave. EDIT:I forgot Rock Tunnel

[@AkamexAris1023]

Rock Tunnel/Diglett's Cave and Cycling Road could be ideas

[@apinkshrimp]

I see paraspectre I click like