Pokémon, but I Can't Change Moves

I can't change the moves of any Pokémon. How hard does Pokémon FireRed become?
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[@YouTube]

team is so good they don't even need new moves 😎

[@WantedDaisy9968]

oh Hi youtube

[@budazenYT]

I like this comment

[@RandomKid680]

Hi KZbin

[@eleanordipalac3012]

Waiting for him to notice this comment

[@prof.reuniclus21]

Hey unpaid intern. Bring back the dislike button

[@-BenGaming-]

“I just lost to a random Pidgey” happens to the best of us man

[@Lionelstudios]

FR I lost against a lv 4 pidgey in fire red but then was redeemed by getting a accidental shiny lv 4 pidgey

[@-BenGaming-]

@@Lionelstudioslucky, I’ve never gotten a shiny Pokémon from a grass encounter

[@tadeopena8009]

​@@Lionelstudiosthat's lucky

[@wolfybox233]

Cool

[@Red-lu1rx]

​@@-BenGaming-yeah, I so lucky to get my only shiny in Black and white. You know, when the professor is showing her Minccino

[@SantaClaws2009]

"It's time for a rat battle." A _rattle_ , you mean? I'll see myself out.

[@EnkoreCD]

no no, you stay that was good

[@Corrupted_Eon]

No no, please stay

[@TheNateNado]

Nah, you can stay fren

[@venomgaming7014]

*remain, companion*

[@jeffreygao3956]

*spit take* What?!

[@KKV2006Main]

Honestly relieving to see Michael as himself and not a seperate character

[@Sheenifier]

Those are fun, but you know he's already good as he is. And Z-A isn't coming out until next year

[@rikpep3585]

I expected somewhere in the video he would evolve into some character again, like in the miltank video. Refreshing that didn’t happen.

[@The_One_In_Black]

I was looking at the thumbnail like "I wonder what character he'll have for this? Maybe Orange?"

[@BlueShineShines4Me]

Fewer* than 4

[@amazingspidermew]

So glad he didn’t. I was having a great time watching HIM play through the Miltank run up until that nonsense.

[@hayleeh18]

14:47 _Somewhere, on the back of a Rayquaza_ Team Sky Mikey: “I sense a disturbance in the sky”

[@Thedragonlover95]

Gonna see fanart of that

[@spitfyrefae]

* strangled Articuno noises * -hard cut- "Something just happened 😳"

[@arthurrezende4943]

"Why do I suddenly feel upset?"

[@andrewkatz6649]

Lt Surge: 'I just need to dig three times.' That's why it's called DUGTRIO!

[@codeyheslop6603]

Take my like you genius

[@CharzzTheAnimated]

Amazing, take the damn like

[@harrisonkeithbrown4249]

Hahaha

[@MarineTeen]

*Breaks into Team Rocket hideout* "Don't tell Grunty Boy". Later, *insults Articuno "Don't tell Team Sky*. The Continuity continues!

[@Conduit_king]

The rival battle fail, the odd Pokemon,the references to other challenges,the bad puns they're all back

[@susana311071]

":Can you beat pokemon fire red or leaf green without learning any pokemon any new moves technically no, uhh no pokemon learns surf by level up *ends video*":

[@kagari1426]

Can't seaking still learn surf by level up

[@susana311071]

@@kagari1426 i mean yes but like, it can't work on this video

[@gengarzilla1685]

You're thinking of Waterfall on Seaking, not Surf.

[@Kevin-gg2bl]

Strength and cut are also needed and not learned@@kagari1426

[@ValiantNomad]

@@gengarzilla1685 What's surfing but climbing a horizontal waterfall?

[@FabledSorcerer]

8:46 Oh I'm totally telling Grunty Boi that you were in the Team Rocket Hideout.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Tata!

[@ApocalypticEmu]

And he didn’t stop to say hello?? How incredibly rude!

[@zeke7076]

“You chicken from the freezer section!” Had me rolling laughing

[@jacobkohr7243]

A playthrough challenge without a character? What a throwback! Not that I don't enjoy the bits, but it's nice to see you just do you every now and then.

[@jeremyharrell3608]

"Die please, or freeze! Okay, the Dragonite agrees!" I love the rhyming.

[@-BenGaming-]

“Disable is clearly not 100% accurate” one time I missed a 100% accurate move twice in a row

[@WishGender]

Was it the 1/256 glitch?

[@-BenGaming-]

@@WishGenderit was in scarlet and violet against a revaroom or something in the north east rocky area pretty sure

[@-BenGaming-]

@@WishGenderand idk if that’s a glitch but yeah I got the .4% chance of missing twice in a row

[@tanyagancheva9198]

I would be PISSED.

[@Daedalus-Inc]

@@-BenGaming-That 1/256 glitch is only in the original red and blue. I'm guessing there is something you were unaware of, such as an ability or an accuracy/evasion change you didn't notice.

[@colibriplays]

MIkey singing the "Digga Tunnel" song from the Lion King 1/2 movie just solidified the reason he's my favorite Poketuber!

[@miguelramos3820]

Came here for this ❤

[@nitronikolaiplayz6335]

Digga

[@fashie4968]

U saying "digga tunnel" the first thing that came to mind was Jeanie's version on MxR

[@someonehavinganidentitycrisis]

Lion King 0.5 is my favourite

[@gabriellagonzalez1149]

I was hoping someone pointed this out!

[@katvanillaice2256]

"I found a pikachu! dangit I'm an idiot!" I can relate to

[@lulabelle5452]

Omg I was reading your comment as it happened on the video! 😂😂 that was the best timing! 😂

[@No1_haruka_fan]

Mickey actually almost being right about if it's not 100% accurate it's 50 is incredibly hilarious

[@GodOfDestructionCarlos]

i find it funny how your rival's bird always get paralyzed by static and the one time it didnt it was from thunderbolt, end result was always getting paralyzed.

[@darkriverfarmer699]

i JUST rewatched mikeys "which game is the best in each gen" videos so seeing him not go LeafGreen and then realize he cant have Starmie or Slowbro is really funny

[@aquisui]

I find it funny that every Rival fight with Pidgeotto/Pidgeot against Pikachu/Raichu always involved a paralyze.

[@megabits2657]

Fr

[@WesTheMes84]

A NEW NO MOVES LETS GO!!!! I LOVE THIS PLAYTHROUGH

[@lanalowe3646]

Glazing

[@ashketcum1730]

That's just being a fan

[@mvde_edits]

@@lanalowe3646 everything is glazing now? you can't like something anymore? oh what has 2024 become.

[@april_brock6173]

Mikey plays pokemon in such a weird way. He uses legendary's, Items in battle, plays on switch mode... but also fights the champion severely under leveled this isnt a complaint at all just sort of pointing out that dudes got a unique energy

[@agatha6999]

It helps makes his challenge runs feel kind of more relatable tbh

[@gabesgamingcrate2246]

Mikey: Are you heavy Kanghakan? Probably not Also Mikey Later: Ooohh Kandhakan you’re probably heavy!

[@user-no9rl3wl7x]

Lmao I was looking for this comment

[@gabesgamingcrate2246]

@@user-no9rl3wl7x lol

[@musicfightclub1463]

I was hoping I would find someone who noticed lol

[@rupertonian460]

I hope Mikey continues doing these kinda challenges too. I love him and John together but I also loved watching his old playthrough videos and challenge videos as well so I’m glad he’s doing it

[@Svithi.N.98]

Agreed. Its been quite a while since he did something like this. (technical ly his Miltank playthrough started as himself...). Would love to see a sequel to his normal moves only challenge. Or even an extreme randomizer (SV maybe)...

[@45TRANSFORMERSFAN]

Wow, knowing how frustrating the challenge in Emerald was, I didn't think you'd go at it again in FireRed EDIT: Also, I love how half of the team in the end were also used for the Emerald one XD

[@hamishcarfray9732]

He has his ways Edit: omg ive never got ten likes

[@M_Alexander]

If it works it works

[@danielmacdonald5703]

I love the Low Kick dialogue with Kangashkan both times. Apparently it grew between fights.

[@blitzbreak3966]

It’s nice to every now and then see the Mikey persona show up, be chill and entertain us all. While I find myself looking to every iteration of a play thru by any of our boi’s personas, it’s cool seein’ the OG. Thank you brotha. One of the few creators I genuinely look forward to the next release from! You the man…(men?)!

[@miloeudy7494]

LOVE THIS ALREADY 🙌 You should do this, but with a twist: Can you beat Pokémon with the 1st 4 moves it can get, BUT when it evolves it’s first 4 moves change

[@lumos915]

Mikey: “Tentacruel is probably going to die.” Tentacruel: “No, I don’t think so.”

[@retro8438]

Loving the new editing style! Makes it feel like we are along for the ride, and explaining your thought process helps us understand your choices! Very nice!

[@-BenGaming-]

4:46 this is the best thing I’ve heard all day

[@zacharygate9842]

The sequel we never knew we needed.

[@Cillymannn]

Yep

[@XVYQ_EY]

TL;DW - Yes, he can. What about a challenge, where "new moves" in FRLG means moves from Y, GSS, RSE? So only non-enhanced gen 1 moves.

[@Agent719]

Honestly, I thought that's what he meant in the first place. But thinking on it...that's just playing Gen3 by Gen1 rules, so of course it can be done. It's just more annoying.

[@benediktwindisch2778]

It's always refreshing to get back to gen 2, gen 3 or gen 4 games. They're my childhood and it will be great getting back to them in 50 years. Like that content. That Dugtrio in Diglett's cave always was a great cheat in Gen 1 and 3 I remember getting one every time. Very helpful when you were back in 2004, being 10 years old and no internet as guide (Im german and german internet sucks, in 2004 many people didn't have it. Many of you american, british, russian, asian or any other heritage would be shocked in which bad state internet in germany was back in that days and still is in some regions)

[@TheDuos2andotherthings]

Fun fact in firered and leaf green charmander doesn’t have smokescreen as one of its first four moves so technically it may be a little better against Brock then originally thought because of metal claw as it’s actual fourth move. Bulbasaur is still probably the best option

[@DarkEclipse23]

Especially with potential attack boosts.

[@morrigankasa570]

I agree with your first point, but disagree about Bulbasaur. BULBASAUR IS THE WORST KANTO STARTER!!!

[@TheDuos2andotherthings]

@@morrigankasa570 ascetically Bulbasaur is probably the worst, but it does do better against the gyms then the other 2

[@morrigankasa570]

@@TheDuos2andotherthings No it doesn't, take Brock in the Gen 3 remakes. It is easier to defeat him with a lvl 15 Charmander with Metal Claw then a lvl 15 Bulbasaur with Vine Whip or a lvl 15 Squirtle with Bubble. Even throughout the rest of the game(s) the Charmander Line is faster then the others and Speed can have a big impact on the battles AND the Charmander Line can also learn more damaging/offensive moves then the others.

[@farrelldogani4541]

​@@morrigankasa570 what makes Squirtle better than Bulbasaur then?

[@LightStalker]

The Dugtrio thing was really cool because I found out about it, when I was around Ash’s age, in basically the same way. At the last chance I had to catch it, before I got swept, it went into the Poké ball. Kinda like “Tough luck kid, but hey, you’ve got guts, let’s see where this goes.”

[@CyColt]

If we consider the possibility that Consent from the Pokemon itself is a part of the in lore catching process, that could very well have been the situation

[@LightStalker]

@@CyColt It really stuck because of how McNuggets (later just nuggets) acted during the process. He (according to Stadium 2) was just ripping the Poké Balls apart like a Legendary would, then just suddenly stayed in. Sure, it’s just head canon, and I know that, but it’s like watching a magic show. “Yeah, obviously, but let’s have some suspension of disbelief, because that’s a cool trick.”

[@Jet-Steam-Gray]

If someone is curious Starmie isn't good in this challenge because staryu learns bubble beam at level 28 and the highest level wild staryu before beating the League is level 25. And the best water move the slowpoke line learns by level up in FRLG is water gun and can't get psychic since it is learnt in level 40 and the highest level one in the wild is 35. So Tentacruel is still the best water type option in Leaf Green.

[@aqua2186]

I did this challenge in leaf green after I saw the one you did in hoenn! My final team was raticate, machamp, alakazam, golem, articuno, moltres. Honestly, guts adamant raticate with hyper fang was the mvp

[@randomman466]

HE FINALLY MADE ANOTHER ONE! My first video I watched of him was this but emerald and I really wanted another and he finally made it!

[@Myrtneough]

I can always appreciate when my favorite pokemon gets some love in a playthrough. Especially when it winds up being a vital part of winning.

[@gatointelectosplatoon]

Mikey saying "hello subscrb" made me laugh more than it had the right to

[@Glitchedpickle]

I like that we have a way to track if his team now, nice touch

[@fruitspunchsamuraik]

2 minutes in and he somehow has had better nature luck than I’ve had my entire career.

[@Lemon-ou9el]

Hey, glad to see the playthrough challenges are coming back! Definitely some of my favorite things to watch on the platform!

[@Zxeyious]

YESS THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SERIES PLEASE CONTINUE IN MORE GAMES

[@SenseiDummy]

Honestly I feel bad for him, u are determined

[@alexsmith-oo5kb]

I've done this in a bunch of games after watching your emerald playthrough, so glad to see you revisit the idea!

[@TheGiant_Anteater]

I loved these MandJtv challenges. Great to see them back again

[@TeamV494]

You thought we would let you ditch your starter?!?!

[@TheCompanyRepresentative]

Could Mikey make a video where he plays as a not-very-effective activist? You can take it was you want, but it'd be really funny to see him yelling at every person who gives him advice on type matchups

[@Svithi.N.98]

How about a "low bst/weak mons" only run?? Trying to impress Karen maybe by trying to prove her quote right.

[@chrayez]

26:30 I know from experience that love doesn’t stop someone from snoring loud enough to kill you.

[@supremegalaxycentral]

Good vid style! Am concerned about how long you were playin in one session, but for this to be the same length as the challenge recap style vids, it’s good!

[@zeeshantsm3313]

Been a while since this challenge, Make it into a series!

[@changheartkey]

You learned your lesson from Turtle. 😂 (Even tho technically that was the normal type moves vid.)

[@Svithi.N.98]

Petition for making a sequel to that challenge also...

[@Stratelier]

Fun fact: The damage you deal actually scales _quadratically_ as your Pokemon levels up, because damage scales not just with a Pokemon's attacking stat, but also with its Level directly.

[@decidueye98]

20:08 got me rolling 🤣🤣🤣. I love your playthroughs so much.

[@jmgsuper]

Why were there no nicknames MICHAEL 🐷😔

[@Thien401]

10:35 🦟

[@christianrathmayer5399]

YES!!!! It is the glorious return of my favourite challenge that was ever uploaded on your Channel. I still remember when you did that in Pokemon Emerald. It was the first Video from your Channel that I ever saw. 😁😁😁🥳

[@geepyteep5752]

Weird idea, what about a play through thats the exact opposite? You must apply new level up moves and get rid of the oldest move for it. You would also not be able to use any TMs but youd have to be careful about over leveling and losing moves for less desirable moves. :D

[@SOULHUNTERS911]

Bro isnt pregnant but delivers

[@retard69420]

Never make pregnant jokes alright because they never deliver

[@chaotictoazt]

Theres no period to be found in your joke either, how strange... (for the ones who don't get it, u won't have a period if ur pregnant)

[@priyanshusinha375]

If Mikey hits 1.5M he would have to do a solo drowsy run with a Miltank cosplay

[@mandykaterina7866]

I love these challenges. I know several KZbinrs do them, but Mikey makes them extra fun!

[@McSmartGuy11]

Glad to see one of the older challenges appear again. Keep it up Mikester!

[@JackJohnson-uw7yp]

Whoever reads this comment I hope you have a blessed day

[@NagyTamas-qt2cm]

Thanks mate

[@lorddarkrai7712]

Thanks dude I appreciate that

[@justinenulam]

Excellent job on the edits Katie!

[@vxndeta_]

i just watched you doing this challenge in emerald and saw you did it again 🥳 love your videos!

[@nabhyasinha-qe5wh]

Please like this comment

[@retard69420]

UNORIGINAL

[@user-xs3wb6ec3s]

Fine

[@kookos9685]

It's that easy💀

[@coolbone6177]

Eww no 😶

[@UpSlingshot]

Sure, no prob

[@rimimimimimimimim4170]

Damn actually a really nice video and really calm but positive, surprised I never saw this channel before even with 1mil subs

[@Magikarp_2099]

This is such a unique challenge idea, I love it!

[@Jay-gurl]

Wow. I think this is the first time in like four years I've seen you do a playthrough and not nickname the Pokemon. 😮 Super fun video as always though! I always have a good laugh whenever you post and certainly will like and stay subcribed

[@MusictagJazz]

"Not learning new moves? 🤯 The dedication. Also, Bulbasaur's leech seed for the win! 🌱"

[@brightboffin4522]

Hey man I have seen your videos from 1 year back I appreciate your work 🤝

[@KookieKing700]

I really like these types of videos where you play through a game with a challenge.

[@nickioleary8577]

I know this challenge was already done in Hoenn, but I’d love to see it in ORAS. Using the DexNav to get really good moves would be interesting to see and allow more Pokémon to be useful

[@remitsu9715]

always enjoyed MandJTV and PM7s videos together seeing MandJTV make videos alone is always an enjoyment too! :D great vid, well played!

[@Hjallexx]

I love these videos man, do more Please!

[@Pharaohstheif]

Great run! It's always nice to see my favorite Pokemon be used all the way to endgame; I adore Raichu but it so rarely gets used in challenge runs,

[@jaimereupert4247]

"No one tel Grunty Boi I was in here", would've been a perfect time for one of Grunty Boi's famous pop-ups.😂

[@mercedeslore749]

4:44 🎵 "I'm selling TMs~!I'm selling TMs~! It feels really weird but I'm sellling TMs~!" 🎶

[@MrJJLand]

Fun Fact: FireRed is given all the exclusive Intimidate Pokemon, Ekans and Growlithe, while LeafGreen has all the Water/Psychic types, Starmie and Slowbro/Slowking. Leafgreen also has 1 more exclusive than FireRed, due to them using Wooper as the FireRed exclusive, which is comparative to Marill for Leafgreen, which gets Azurill as it's prequel. Firered however gets all the exclusive Steel types, Scisor and Skarmory

[@comicbookguy89]

"It's time for a rat battle" EPIC RAT BATTLES OF HISTORY! POKETUBER MICHAEL! VERSUS YOUNGSTER JOOOOOOOOOOOOOEY! BEGIN!

[@johnnypollack3243]

Keep up the awesome work and videos Mikey love the video

[@SFCAUSTIN1995]

Enter the unown is where I first saw this kinda video! Glad to see mandj to this too!

[@Xenixity]

Love your work dude

[@lightspeedchaos8420]

Nice to see a chill playthrough challenge every once and a while

[@nevaansbooks2078]

23:29 I see Tentacruel is like some of Kong Ming's older generals. It unleashes its true powers when it is told that it cannot win and that others can do its job better. Yes, I have been reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms recently.

[@leafeon8956]

I just got done with a PT session that absolutely kicked my butt so this is making my day better

[@theoaremevano3227]

Hopefully nobody tries to apply this challenge to real life. "I try to speedrun College without learning anything new!" XD

[@NetherDog-sn2xk]

These are like the best videos. Like the special playthroughs

[@user-vk6qj3nh8h]

I loved the original run of this, glad he’s doing it again

[@kmi_zaraki9714]

Grunty Boi is going to be so mad lol great video like always

[@RiveriaPanda]

I wish this video was sponsored so that grunty boi can jump out and catch Mikey beating up his boss

[@ptdevil2563]

Funny enough, I actually tried this exact challenge myself a while back, but I had a few key differences in my playthrough. First of which, I changed the rules where, if a Pokemon had fewer than four moves when caught, I could teach it any move I wanted via TM or move tutor. This gave me access to better moves in the late game, but did force me to plan out HM usage ahead of time, as I had no more excuse to circumvent that limitation. Additionally, with Pokemon like Abra or Kakuna that learned no moves by level up, I would actually cancel their evolution until they were at a high enough level to learn better moves, such as having Reflect and Recover on my Alakazam instead of Confusion and Disable

[@KyrillorTotosink]

Mikey. Your really awesome and I LOVE that you post so much and really often and keep up the good work❤❤

[@kilkys8820]

this Is such a Cool little concept 🔥

[@lukefinnerty9672]

I never got to play fire red but when I see you play any pokemon game I’m really entertained please keep making good content 😁👍

[@OliverWebster-po5ww]

The fact that Snorlax can snore so loud that it can make other Pokémon flinch

[@Celestia282]

KZbin video: Can you beat Pokemon with [singular restriction]? Me (flatly): Yes. Pokemon is so ridiculously easy that you need at least four or five restrictions for any kind of challenge.

[@prof.reuniclus21]

Can you beat Pokémon without Pokemon?

[@Celestia282]

@@prof.reuniclus21 You can in Gen 1! :p

[@prof.reuniclus21]

@@Celestia282 Ah yes, the game held together with pocket lint and Japanese work culture. Although it becomes harder if you take Pokémon to mean the cartridge itself.

[@Kylo.Ren14]

We need more videos like this. Nuzlockes and other vids just like this