Pocket Monster for NES | Ep. #1 | Weekly Bonus

[@tricksytrix]

My dad was a gamer! He used to have a gaming pc setup and we had many consoles over the years. My earliest memories are me and him playing the SNES together, he taught me how to play Mario Kart and Mario! We loved Nintendo, and whenever I would get new Zelda games he HAD to be the first one to try, and we'd play the first opening/tutorial levels together. TotK was the first Zelda came he never got to play, so in his memory I went on his Switch profile and played the opening part of TotK on his file. He loved pokemon too. We would get different versions so we could trade pkmn. He passed around the time Pokemon Go was really popping off, and he would literally take different routes on his way home so he could hit up pkmn spots and do raid bosses and stuff. When he was in the hospital he'd give me his phone so I could walk down the street and daily hit the spot there for him. My dad is why I'm so passionate about video games, and it was one of the things we really bonded with. He didn't care if I was his daughter playing games, he didn't need a son to connect with via his favorite hobby. He always got excited at trailers and new announcements. Honestly, the space has felt lonely without him. Gaming has never felt the same, but I'm so happy I got to share this cool fun thing with my best friend like that.

[@spencergallucci5309]

Sounds like you had an amazing father! May he rest in peace, gaming upstairs

[@MIDNIGHT0521]

That was a beautiful reminiscence and touching tribute to your beloved and sadly dearly departed father. It warmed my heart as I soaked it all in and trying to envision your lived experience with him. Sorry for your heartbreakingly incredible loss! I'm 42 y/o now going on 43 soon enough and for far too complicated reasons to try and explain in a YT comment I haven't physically seen my father since Age 8, and last heard from him by way of a letter and/or X-mas card at Age 17 ½ circa 1999. I anticipated a letter upon and for my 18th birthday in April 2000, which never came, and that was that. Nowadays he'd be 84 y/o and while I've no way of truly knowing with any certainty my gut feeling is that he's likely deceased. Mom did a lot of filling in as a single parent and while she didn't share the passion for video games in the way I had she'd always watch me play 'em and buy 'em for me whenever able. The only NES game she truly liked and would actively attempt playing along with me in friendly challenges of was Paperboy. A memory I cherish still and know you'll hold onto your own forever. :)

[@analoren4745]

my favorite Utubers: Alec, Brendt, and Tod. and Susan B. Arbok might be my new favorite pokemon

[@Kevinsyel]

lmao... my band did one show, and the names still stuck to this day. they had to add a letter to my name though, and we had to tweak 3 letters for our singer: Kevin = Kelvin Donny = Danny Martin = Marvin Tony = Tomy Jesse = Jeffy

[@koryjacques5811]

My mom loved video games. She used to buy all the game guides for snes games and her and I would 100% ever game we rented before returning it. With that said, she also watched my kids open pokemon sword on Christmas, and when they started playing it she said, "is this game just talking!?" And it made me reflect on how she stopped at platformers. She had no concept of what am RPG was.

[@donatellothegraet]

My Dad played Super Mario bros with me and my 2 bros back in the the 90s. Great memories on the NES. I can never forget when I woke up to go to the bathroom and saw lights on in the living room at like 1 am just going for it on whichever world was the snow one with the black sky. Up to that point, we hadn't made it that far, so this was legendary to my little 6 year old mind. He let me stay up with him until he got game over and then we went to sleep.

[@defmonkee]

When the bullets started flying, it's like the Safari Zone, but there are actual poachers with guns.

[@jpcsdutra]

My dad always had a home computer because he worked with computers; but otherwise having actual games at home was a rarity. So he downloaded all sorts of emulators and games for me back in the day. This brings back so many memories about that Super Mario Land skin that was just Pikachu, Telefang being fan translated as Pokémon Jade and Diamond, and other stuff. Truly nostalgic.

[@Wyattoons]

My parents never played the games, but they definitely watched the anime and movies with me. Started of course as parents just watching what the kid wants to watch, but they quickly got invested in it as well and wanted to see what would happen next!

[@PointandClickNerd]

My dad is the one that introduced me to gaming. He knew the trick to get unlimited lives in Super Mario Bros. His favorite game is Halo. He has a gaming set up in his garage just for it.

[@PointandClickNerd]

And to add to this he introduced me to them at 2 years old. I am 36 now and he is 63

[@ThroughLidlessEye]

QotD: My parents were in the “Pokemon is unchristian because it has evolution in it, and monsters are evil, and its dogfighting” type. When gen 3 came out they begrudgingly let me start playing the games. I think the only time they really had an earnest conversation about the series when I was a kid was them expressing surprise that I was having fun playing a black and white gameboy game in like 2006, and asking what was up with that.

[@StevieViola]

QOTD - My mom didn’t play Pokémon, but she watched when I played for a few moments, asked what I was doing in the game, who the Pokémon were, and occasionally read a book next to me while I watched the anime with breakfast. She didn’t engage often but it is a core memory from childhood. While I don’t pontificate or reminisce about anything from childhood, nor do I ever feel nostalgic, I have a fondness for those calmer moments in life and Pokémon was a source for that. In case anyone is curious, my mother’s favorite Pokémon is Slowpoke.

[@RoseWaltz]

my mom never played much, but she did like to watch me one day she came home and i was listening to music and doing a book report on the couch - she turned off the music, popped in Super Canstlevania, and told me "GO KILL SOMETHING!" - she had a REALLY bad day "But I need to get this book report done on Willa Cather's 'My Antonia.'" "I'll do it, you kill monsters!" so i played super Castlevania while she did my book report - she got an A

[@Macheman7]

Question of the daaaaay! My mom was playing Pokemon Scarlet while I was watching this video! She's 64, a proper baby boomer. I started her on Leaf Green, because she liked Super Mario RPG and the Zelda games, and I thought, if she tried it, that she might like it. I was right- now, it's nearly all she plays! I'm 26, and whrn I first got her playing Leaf Green a few years ago, it took a while before it clicked for her. She actually cried when a couple of her Pokemon fainted during the Brock fight. And she won! With Charmander! And she's been rolling along with it ever since!

[@GriffinPeck]

Pokemon Blue was actually my very first game I ever owned. I got it and a Gameboy Color for Christmas one year. I was so young though that I didn't fully know how to read yet, so my dad actually played most of the game while I watched over his shoulder.

[@Sith9890]

My mom played the hell out of Pokemon Pinball my dad was my gateway to games. Doesn't game as much now (mainly we play the Lego games together), but he started as a kid with Atari, intro'd me to Genesis, PS1, etc.

[@rori2089]

Favorite: Brett's brain trying to escape by doing some really good wordplay bits

[@iansmith1768]

My dad did play Pokemon a few times, but it was never seriously. It was one of those things were he'd ask to see the game and just walk around and fight some random battles, and hand it back. My parents also occasionally would play tekken or soul calibur with me and my siblings when we were kids (again they weren't playing seriously or anything like that, they just mashed random buttons). Other than that they never really played games that much, but they also were never really that judgemental when it came to us playing games either.

[@Imminentemesis]

My step dad who had a big part in raising me played mostly strategy games on Commodore and Amiga computers. He played some other games too though. He probably had an influence on my playing games.

[@VariableEdge]

My mom never played Pokemon, but she LOVED Dr. Mario, and most Tetris-style falling block puzzle games. She got the game for us on Christmas the year it came out. She watched us play a 2-player match, and asked what was so fun about it. I made the mistake of teaching her to play. I "lost" my NES that day...😂 Btw, those freaky trees were swiped from the NES version of SNK's "Athena", along with most, if not all of the background and environment assets.

[@Memory0fAMartyr]

My dad bought us the NES and played Donkey Kong, Mario, Duck Hunt, and GOLF with us as kids. Never got into any games after that. My mother tried mario, but couldnt get past the first OWL (Goomba) and would give right up. :)

[@taylorchesser8990]

Had a Game Boy (Super Mario Land, Dr Mario, and Tetris) and Game Gear (Sonic Labyrinth and Tail's Adventure, I think) growing up that were ostensibly my mom's, but she never really touched them. Got my own Game Boy Color with Pokemon Blue version the summer of 2000, and I've been obsessed with Pokémon since.

[@chrisbroome6423]

man that little guy at the beginning looks fly as hell

[@Hot_Dog_Jones]

Susan B. Arbok is one of the best jokes I've heard in a hot minute.

[@rori2089]

Answer of the day: No, despite my grandma essentially teaching me to play games from the original Gameboy to the Gamecube (even destroying my mom in a Gears of War 1v1 when she was fairly deep into her Alzheimer's years), she nor any other of the adults at that time even tried pokemon. My dad never really played anything beyond Halo CE & Splinter Cell, mom could never move beyond the first donkey kong country. Bonus Answer: Nope, I've never seen this before and I'm very thankful for that privilege.

[@yawmanr]

Thats badass, I'm imagining a GoW headshot compilation from '08 but its GrannyGamer on the sticks

[@MaebyBaeby]

Is there a single living soul out there who knows how to get past the jump? I can’t even conceptualize what could be done different

[@ShinobiPhoenix-YT0]

7:06 I understand this episode was a month ago, but to answer: No. My mother was a still a Boomer (like I am sure Brett, Alex, and Ted's parents were) and she only gave Mario a shot a couple of times. She would especially sneak a couple of tries when I paused the game to leave the room and I would come back and have died a few times and she would act like "what happened". I think that curbed her off trying other games she saw me, especially play super well. Gen X parents are definitely different and a broader spectrum because half of them grew up with the Genesis of ARCADE and Atari and New gaming capable home computers they could afford as young adults in their youth. Atari was already old for Millennials, arcades were holding through the 90s. That wasn't the life for Boomer parents.

[@xbalmorax]

QOTD: My grandma used to play Donkey Kong Country and a game called Total Carnage that's kind of like Smash TV but you play as soldiers shooting things. When my mom had to have surgery on her foot and was laid up in bed for months, she got 100% in Banjo Kazooie. As far as Pokémon goes, she thought it was evil, but let me play it "as long as I didn't use the psychic ones" little did she know I was busting everything up with Alakazam lol

[@honestred7600]

I remember my dad being really into Heroes of Might & Magic, and my mom played Tetris and Hydlide when I was a kid.

[@Spatu10]

Definite vibes of some sort of unlicensed jellular pop from Strong Badge: The Movie

[@Tdiggitytv]

My mom played only Tetris and my dad played a bit of Jack Nicklaus’ Golf and for reasons I will never understand, but love, the first Dragon Quest.

[@cadaverluke8375]

that last jump had me goin

[@wrennethestoner]

QotD: nope, my dad never touched games as far as I'm aware, and my mom was one of those "one game" type moms, but it was classic 2d Mario games so we had a lot of fun, and that includes the new ones on the wii and stuff so I don't know if that counts as "one game" since it's different games but one consistent style of game

[@byrine]

love all beard bros but the weekly bonus is my fave

[@nicholasjohnson8353]

my grandpa is almost 80 and is a active gamer, he plays genshin impact everyday along with pokemon go and started with pokemon since red/blue back in 1996.

[@CoreyDirger]

I would have given up at 16:54. No way im continuing THIS game afte going that far back.

[@Tribulo83]

My mother never had interest in video games with the exception of Columns 3 for Sega Genesis. That was one she enjoyed playing a lot.

[@ArkhBaegor]

Maybe they saw a few seconds of the anime with Pikachu being mad about the Thunder stone and that's why there's a bad yellow rock?

[@catanaition]

QotD: My mom was definitely an 80s gamer that fell into the adult vs kids dichotomy and stopped playing. She was def the one who played the NES we had in my super early childhood the most and loved (and finished) OG Mario, but by the time the SNES came out it was firmly "for the kids" (I got it for my 6th birthday I think?) and she really never played with us again until the Wii.

[@Sir_Psych]

QOTD: not quite what you're looking for but back in '98 I got a gift on Christmas from my dad. I was so surprised by this because it was unlike my father to have thought of getting me a gift. I opened it and it was Pokemon Blue, I was blown away. I went right up to him and thanked him so much for the game and he had no idea what I was talking about. Turns out it was my mom trying to give my dad a few points.

[@DrAustinSauce]

I'm both satisfied and wildly uncomfortable. Great job, Bros

[@Shokuju]

My stepfather eventually gave portal a spin one day. Rode that platform right into the fire and decided that it was a neat game, but that games are still pretty weird.

[@Stinkdawg]

On the topic of parents who aren't "gamers", but play ONE game: My mom was vehemently against all video games for my brother and I when we were growing up in the 90s because she was afraid of us getting addicted to them. We still got into emulation on the family computer, though, and our cousin gave us his old Sega Genesis around the time the Dreamcast launched. My dad, however, is a gamer. He LOVED Wave Race 64 and Ocarina of Time, but the console was his alone. We weren't allowed to touch it until the PS2 was close to coming out. And by then, I was old enough to buy my own PS2. As far as I know, he still fires it up and plays Wave Race to this day even in his 60s. lol

[@yodizzle]

My Mom was the type that loved Tetris and Space Invaders. She didn't play any of my video games... EXCEPT!!!! She randomly became OBSESSED with Final Fantasy 12. Put nearly 300 hours into it. We actually had to buy a 2nd copy of the game because she played the first copy until it didn't work anymore. Unfortunately, every other Final Fantasy game she detests. She only likes it if the battle system is like 12.... and 12's is pretty unique...

[@KPNGU]

Question of the Day: My mom was a verg avid gamer in her younger days, i want to way up until about her 20s then fell off. Her go to was Diablo, she loved the diablo games. Her brother on the other hand, my uncle, still plays a plethora of different games and if i remember correctly hes pushing into either his late 40s or esrly 50s. We've talked about all kind of games luke Skyrim, Elden Ring, Fallout, etc

[@rami4816]

Amazing ending 🤣🤣🤣

[@misaelnavarrete8031]

Lol the fact that Alex was the only one just snickering was Gold 😂

[@weightedwhisper]

Surprisingly my mum didn't mind Pokemon. Every other anime was "of the devil" but Pokemon was ok because the creatures were cute. She also never played video games with us and hated that we liked them. She'd still buy us most of the games we wanted because she wanted to be able to monitor what we were doing and to preach to us anytime something "demonic" came up. Example, one of the Tekken games on the PS1 had a secret code to get and be able to play the devil. We were able to keep it a secret for a lil while until the neighbor kid blatantly asked to play the devil when mum was watching us play one day. 😅 We were so annoyed and we got grounded for 2 weeks because of it.

[@AlanahNahNah]

When I was about 5 or 6, My parents would sneak into my room when I was sleeping so that they could play Goldeneye 007. They were trying to beat the game before the other 😂. Little did they know I already beat it and the secret levels 😸

[@MegaDeox]

Holy shit Suzan B. Arbok was fantastic. Such wit!

[@noxprobxrob3877]

Maybe the yellow rock is a Thunder Stone? Cause Ash's Pikachu doesn't wanna evolve? 🤔

[@TheSmeedge]

My dad and grandma had zero interest in any of my games except for one, which was Pokemon Pinball. They got super hooked on it for like two weeks and then never touched it again

[@ArandZyrus]

They didn't play any mainline Pokemon games, but my parents played Pokemon Go for about a day.

[@trophyhunter8106]

While watching this I was trying to think what it reminded me of. It reminds of adventure island

[@hyrulerocks568]

The only games I could ever get my parents to play were game shows and Wii bowling

[@mamapickle5488]

My dad played games, but not Pokemon, he did attempt to play the card game with me. My mom didn't touch video games, she said the only game she plays is Moon Patrol lol.

[@darcyska]

Another fantastic episode from Wonderful Facial Hair Siblings

[@GethOverlord]

My dad got me into gaming. We gamed together for some stuff, but Pokemon wasn't his vibe. If I asked him to try he would have, but I never saw Pokemon as a multiplayer game until my dad was like "not cool" anymore lol. I should play some Pokemon with him sometime XD

[@bluedyeno1]

QOTD - my mother is the first person I ever saw beat a Mario game. She also loved Tetris.

[@mugiwarajm]

My dad loved video games but NEVER liked Pokémon. The only video game my mom ever played when she was young was Ms. Pac-Man, but now she plays Pokémon Go.

[@KrumtheCaretaker]

My Dad bought my brother and I a sega genesis with streets of rage 2 and he got himself a copy of pga 94. He was pissed when we beat streets of rage that day but man he loved to play golf and eventually road rash.

[@TwentySeven1337]

My dad was an Atari 2600 gamer in the 70s and 80s but never really cared about any video games after that except Tetris.

[@KPNGU]

Random idea/question, I remember a while back you guys had asked what ppl who werent on patreon yet would like that would make them join. Im not sure if you guys have ever done it but I know you all have such a love for older games on the older systems. Have y'all ever thought about making a top 10 tier list for like different systems? Like NES list, PS1, Xbox, etc? Id definitely get patreon just to see you guys debate or try to come together to make a list or just talk about them. That'd be really cool

[@Vrikrar]

People REALLY like tier lists, if they did a patreon only series that was like top 10 games for different consoles, I bet that'd move some people.

[@KPNGU]

@Vrikrar it definitely would for me, I've been on the fence about it for so long but between work and gaming myself I usually just wait for things to come out. For that though, I'd want to see it as soon as possible.

[@yawmanr]

QotD: Pokemon? Not at all, but mom and I shared many Castlevania SotN playthroughs, and dad once 100%'d Abe's Exodus.

[@ToniHyvarinen86]

Bootleg month? This is going to be intresting.

[@Yapsalot00]

I’ve never seen Brett get mad before 😂

[@Reppen555]

This game looks like a school Project XD

[@corydotjpg]

My mom loved Ms PacMan and the original Sims. My Dad liked need for speed

[@BingoClamshell]

My Mom would play the first OG Mario with me and actually got to 8-4 before I did, but I was the first one to beat 8-4 and actually beat the game.

[@spencergallucci5309]

My parents never played pokemon, and I didnt really either as a kid. I watched the anime and the Mewtwo movie a ton but it wasnt til i was 16 that i played any of the games, I had an emulator and played Emerald. In college I watched Game Grumps play Pokemon Fire Red, and when Pokemon GO came out i played it religiously lol since Ive enjoyed S&S, Legends Arceus and S&V

[@ToastyBB]

My mom would play all snes Mario/donkey Kong games. I only remember my dad playing a game one time. It was Mario tennis on the GameCube and I begged him to play with me and he finally did and I just didn't explain the controls so I beat his ass and he kinda got annoyed and left lol

[@BingoClamshell]

Stay tuned... for more... fun. lmao

[@TwentySeven1337]

You know, VELBT!

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@metalbarbearian]

My dad played Gold but never played another Pokemon game ever cause I released his Ho-Oh and thought I could re-catch it and make him proud. I think I'm the reason he doesn't play games in general 😂

[@Metalblute]

My whole family played pokemon pinball.

[@guidojacobs2002]

I wonder if there's a double jump...

[@rori2089]

Ayo got here before the thumbnail hell yeah also hell yeah bootleg fun!

[@rori2089]

MY EYES

[@Gerardmenvuca413]

My mom played every nintendo.. when the nes came out she was in her 20's and now playing the switch at 68 years old. With that being said, she never wanted to play pokemon or anything on the Gameboy cuz the screen was to small.

[@w0197]

qotd: my mom watched the show and knew all 151 pokemon. She probly played the card game with us too at one point. But never played the video games.

[@ArkhBaegor]

QotD: Heeeeeell no

[@Waxson77]

Need a new side by side Pokémon series

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

Can't believe Satoshi Taijiri ripped off famous banger "Pocket Monster" for his yellow mouse idea

[@TheCosmicSkeleton]

Is anyone familiar with the Chinese Pokemon Yellow NES Bootleg it's more recent then this but that one is actually really good

[@bryansnaylor]

Woo

[@Harley_Payne]

I've always wanted a Pokémon platformer and finding out this exists is very disappointing

[@thedoctorsmoak1373]

My mom grounded me and while having my Gameboy she tried pokemon fire red. I was then grounded until she could beat it.

[@dazzed57]

Viva la sbb

[@Cook19]

😑

[@Reppen555]

Oh your mom is sick. Dont care

[@weightedwhisper]

Surprisingly my mum didn't mind Pokemon. Every other anime was "of the devil" but Pokemon was ok because the creatures were cute. She also never played video games with us and hated that we liked them. She'd still buy us most of the games we wanted because she wanted to be able to monitor what we were doing and to preach to us anytime something "demonic" came up. Example, one of the Tekken games on the PS1 had a secret code to get and be able to play the devil. We were able to keep it a secret for a lil while until the neighbor kid blatantly asked to play the devil when mum was watching us play one day. 😅 We were so annoyed and we got grounded for 2 weeks because of it.