Pokémon Emerald, but I use My Original Team

Pokémon Emerald was the first game I ever used a team in. It's time I brought that team back.
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[@drybowserman1670]

Surprised it wasn’t just a beefed up Swampert alongside lots of HM fodder.

[@mr.preston1632]

Spoilers: His actual First Pokémon used was Sceptile, and only a Sceptile, so thats true to an extent

[@zelot2464]

@@mr.preston1632 ya lol I think this guy got confused

[@Pvt.._Parts]

He used sceptile in his first ruby play through

[@superzockertvyt9630]

I see you on Little Z's channel

[@starlight0313]

400th like pog

[@nyx3748]

"Dude, just call him" Sadly, Mr. Stone knows that there is no reception in caves, unlike a certain poketuber.

[@SA-vl9dr]

Rich boys , Ace trainers and Youngsters seem to have no problems trying to call me in victory road tho 🤔

[@nyx3748]

@@SA-vl9dr it's the 5g I tell ya, we are all gonna die 😂

[@superk9letsplays419]

@@nyx3748 that is the true fear of 5g... youngers and other trainers will call you everywhere

[@landonsmith6705]

@@superk9letsplays419 NOT THE YOUNGERS

[@superk9letsplays419]

@@landonsmith6705 I shiver at the very thought of youngster Joey getting 5g because every 2 minutes he will call you talking about his rattata tatta tatta

[@jadethegingergoblin718]

Galavagos is such a good name. It sounds like something Game Freak would name a Pokémon.

[@modelomegatyler]

maybe a torkoal evo?

[@zacharyjoy8724]

@@modelomegatyler Beat me to it! In all seriousness, I kind of hope so. Give the new evolution more bulk (HP and Special Defense), and then watch it yawn as opponents futilely try to hurt it.

[@modelomegatyler]

@@zacharyjoy8724 the volcanic tank. XD

[@zacharyjoy8724]

@@modelomegatyler Exactly! You get it. 😁

[@modelomegatyler]

@@zacharyjoy8724 imagine it had an ability that allowed specifically eruption to do more damage. XD

[@LeoandJay]

I remember getting a Wailmer in Emerald, and became obsessed with training it to be my strongest pokemon, I had fished it up in Mauville so I just stayed in the desert with it. I had no idea Wailord existed, so when my Wailmer evolved, I learned the great lesson of persistence and patience, which gave me the confidence to raise any Pokemon despite the grind. I remember going after Flygon, getting so bored with the grind, but each time I wanted to quit, I just remembered "I got a Wailord without even trying, so I can do this!" And sure enough I was the envy of all my friends. People were constantly asking me to trade them my Flygon, one kid even wanted to pay me actual money. I never traded my Flygon. Still got him and the Wailord that inspired it all. Good job 10 year old me. We went on to hatch shinies. 😁 ✨

[@yilein]

You are real attached to your pokemon AND I RESPECT IT

[@LeoandJay]

@@yilein Thank you lol I love the Pokemon world so much that I 3D model Fakemon concepts on my KZbin channel, Cauldron Forge. Check it out if you get the chance ^^

[@Rob17Cotton]

Should of raised another flygon & sold it that reminds me of the gen1 games Pokémon red/blue/yellow none of my friends could figure out how get a Dragonite I did by catching a Dragonair in the Safari zone so I caught some more Dragonairs used the rare candy cheat on my other game Pokémon red traded them to & from then o sold them to my friends for real money 5pounds lol haha cause I told them it took me hours to train the Dragonite which it didnt lol haha

[@drakeling870]

I have a similar experience. It was with a murkrow in Diamond. didn't know it could evolve into honchkrow until a friend showed me honchkrow. Asked how to evolve it and did so immediately. Using that honchkrow and an infernape i made to the elite 4. I was very new to pokemon at this point and thought my level 50 team was ready. Lost immediately and was shocked they were so strong, so i grinded on victory road until they were both in the 90's! That was the moment i came to love grinding in rpgs lol

[@mistahjenkins4826]

Good on ya, kid. Keep that dedication close. You'll need it.

[@grw18]

Lasso THE BRELOOM leech seeding slaking... "I'm not crying, someone's just chopping ONIONs in here"

[@eddiecowen2624]

I guess he's (trying to) swing Lassos around.

[@southernhillbill]

sad violin noises for onion

[@MegaNoah13]

Good reference

[@captainanimatz8677]

Rip onion the breloom

[@5cents577]

ONION MY BELOVED

[@Ombre6092]

Mikey: sends breloom out against slaking Jaiden: ahh yes. This brings me memories

[@komagamez2000]

Mikey won, Jaiden lost tho

[@wintermara5856]

@@komagamez2000 Well, she did win the battle lol, but yeah, she lost her poor Breloom...may Onion rest in peace.

[@jomarjijast9245]

@@wintermara5856 Yes :( rip onion

[@CreepDestroyer]

@@wintermara5856 "No I'm not crying, someone's just chopping onions in here"

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

@@CreepDestroyer Rip Onion… I also nicknamed Breloom Onion after Jaiden's Breloom got knocked out.

[@JCKane]

Mikey: *Doesn't use Master ball on Rayquaza to preserve the original run.* Also Mikey: *Uses Ice Beam TM on Starter despite clarifying he didn't use TMs in his original run.*

[@rockincradilyyyy8489]

You can buy more ice beam

[@SKROGY]

@@rockincradilyyyy8489 I don’t think you understand what this person said

[@NonexistentIntellect]

He literally said same team but with the knowledge he has now

[@JCKane]

Doesn't negate what I said. He doesn't use one item because he said "i didn't use that items before" but is fine with using another item that he also didn't. Meaning if he's ok with using TMs despite not using them originally, then he should also be fine with using a master ball which he didn't use originally as well. Using TMs aren't in the "better knowledge" category of his rules, they'd be in the "doesn't use X item(s) due to not originally" part of his rules. Meaning that if they were apart of the "better knowledge" the usage of the master ball would also fall under it and thus he should be free to use it on Rayquaza.

[@Emily-mx5bu]

@@JCKane he didn’t use it as a KID. A KID OK

[@kerp0864]

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I actually really miss how simple and clean the old DS and GameBoy Pokémon games were.

[@jasonmadx]

Yeeeees!

[@D.W.M.T.Y.A.W._CheckAbout_]

This is why Pokémon peaked at Gen5. None of us will be satisfied with simplicity ever again.

[@JustDemyx]

@randomguy · 10 years ago yeah, that’s a gameboy

[@SpecSwamp]

@@D.W.M.T.Y.A.W._CheckAbout_ they did say simple and clean though, Gen 5 was masterpiece work, but it was a bit all over the place, not quite as simple as Gens 3 and 4.

[@D.W.M.T.Y.A.W._CheckAbout_]

@@SpecSwamp No, I understand that. Just we, like the Pokémon community, won’t be satisfied with another simple game again. Like, I remember being too hyped for BDSP, and the games got rushed. It made me feel bad for ILCA. And they’ve been getting hate so much and I’m kinda sitting here like: well that escalated quickly. When did we have a simple battle system, that didn’t suck in both competitive and on player versus game (encompassing both Nuzlockers and Casual Playthroughs) that didn’t have a surprise gimmick? BW didn’t have much, and that’s fine. But since Iris, they’ve been holding Items aside berries.

[@KVamsiKRISKrishna]

*"We go to battle the next gym leader ...... DADDY 😏"* - Holy words spoken by *Michael Michael Groth* 2021

[@alikhairiplays5894]

His middle name is Michael

[@KVamsiKRISKrishna]

@@alikhairiplays5894 i know

[@adiyanarib8571]

Really?

[@superk9letsplays419]

@@KVamsiKRISKrishna I didnt

[@npcmcishark7379]

Michael Michael John Zinzolin Hailyeah Groth

[@ethanvon222]

Kingdra: is only weak to dragon Literally everyone: R A Y Q U A Z A

[@dracosea2884]

Abomasnow used Freeze-Dry! (loses nuzlocke)

[@basperkhidmatan1712]

Kyogre used Sheer Cold(It's a one-hit super effective KO)

[@flia.delacruzsantana3547]

@@basperkhidmatan1712 with terrible accuracy

[@Brian-lo2tn]

@@questionmark4730 O_O trueeeeeee

[@vee8065]

Kingdra has my heart ❤️

[@pixiestar6130]

“I named him Galavagos, a pun made up of Galapagos and Lava…” Me: that’s funny “It was a good pun, thank you” Me: your welcome 😁

[@JakeBorns]

I swear Galavagos is a WAY better name for Torkoal than Torkoal 😂😂😂

[@fionaobrien1322]

*you’re

[@consmithooni]

Galavagos should've been Torkoal's name

[@christinecao4499]

@Yonatan Yonas i’m really late but it is you’re

[@unusual_sandwich]

@@JakeBorns exactly

[@markjrcolin1210]

I also rarely used TMs. Partially because I didn’t want to “waste” them since as a kid, I thought the TM move would only last for a few battles. I also thought that all HMs were basically stab moves, so I often nerfed myself with HM moves. In fact, I made my first legendary ever caught, Giratina from Platinum, an HM mule. A legendary that had exclusively HM moves.

[@Mysticgames136]

Lol that is actually hilarious. Bibrael is a perfect hm mule in DP.

[@Cypherlord]

Lol

[@ArgyleKatt]

“Ah, Nostalgia. One of humanity’s greatest weaknesses, second only to the neck.” -Dwight Schrute, Assistant to the regional Manager

[@greenkitty1]

yes

[@newquinken]

I feel like the crotch, funny bone, and throat are weaker then the neck...

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@newquinken isn’t the throat on the neck?

[@newquinken]

@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 The throat is a more sensitive area on the front of the neck, aiming for the throat would be more effective then just aiming for like, the side or back of the head. As such it can still be considered weaker then just saying the neck, since getting hit in the back of the neck wouldn't hurt as much, but would still be the neck. It's like how you should aim for the heart, rather then just the chest, when shooting a gun

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@newquinken makes sense, though the entire neck really is something that is incredibly fragile and vulnerable to attack I'd say, there is still the spinal cord, but yes, I can see that point on going for the throat rather than the neck as a whole.

[@cheffyrah-rah985]

Ok, but the way he pats himself on the back is so wholesome and precious.

[@Leon-pg3qt]

THIS

[@cheffyrah-rah985]

@@Leon-pg3qt yes

[@jellydoge5207]

y e s

[@productofsociety4107]

YAS

[@larken24]

Nice to know I wasn’t the only one who thought Breloom was essential in emerald. I had Blaziken, Axumaril, Breloom, Pelipper, and Rayquaza as my main Pokémon

[@RodimusMinor1987]

He's such a good pokémon we need more grass fighting types

[@tetsudikawakami7787]

Tbh if you Have Blaziken you dont really need it,as blaziken is pretty damn strong fighting type.but if you use sceptile/swampert its absolutely nessesary,sceptile can deal with the grass type while breloom just Use Fighting moves

[@EDrie_edits]

Axumaril and pelipper is probably two of the most nostalgic pokemon I've use in emerald 😂

[@larken24]

@@tetsudikawakami7787 he was super useful in the first gym since I had a fire type

[@SMCwasTaken]

Shout out to the Legends who had a Plusle/Minun in their team, they're such underrated Pokemon

[@schwifty497]

As soon as he said “raquaz-“, an wild add appeared. Funniest moment I’ve seen all day.

[@keaganterry6916]

Mikey: That is one of the most dramatic very bad, to very good, situations I've experienced in Pokemon that I can remember Vikavolt affection dodging and critical hitting Ultra-Necrozma: 👁️👄👁️

[@joannachang7091]

Lol

[@Tsuki2132]

"one of the most", not the most

[@King0fsp4d3s]

I just played through ultra moon my vikavolt lives on one and ohkoed it with a crit savage spinout

[@ignightors]

@@Tsuki2132 r/whooosh

[@Tsuki2132]

@@ignightors Now whats there to be wooshed exactly?

[@KryptikChaos434]

"Greeting Michael, Pokefans here" is what he should say one episode

[@Rose-yx6jq]

At this point. He'd mess himself up with that.

[@JustNoobie789]

i agree that he should say that then have to take a 1 year break to contemplate who he is hah just kidding

[@SCOTLAND_ISGREAT]

That's what WE should say

[@pink_moose991]

I had to re-read the comment twice before I noticed that the introduction was wrong Oh I’m so blind

[@harshal1153]

Hey Scott, all here

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

9:19 BDSP and SV TMs become breakable again

[@pyrocanadia]

3:43 Mikey: *running in the grass* Bug Catcher: wHeeeeeEeeEeeee

[@robertlupa8273]

speen

[@usergiusv8977]

When you make your father send you a child with a letter so you can stay in your cave. Steven Stonks

[@NacentLucario]

It was the corrupt president Of Devon who did that not the strongest father .🙃

[@HypnosisBear]

@@NacentLucario You mean Mr.Stone is a courrpt president!, For me it seem like he is a good character...

[@superk9letsplays419]

@@HypnosisBear same

[@okiedoki8947]

Steven in his cave must've been like- Ooga booga

[@Oscarus4250]

@@NacentLucario You... sorta messed up. Or simply didn't read dialoques precisely in Pokemon Reborn

[@iconixtv]

If teams aren't 100% accurate they're 50% accurate.

[@jackdickson8368]

HA FUNNY

[@amitharavindpai3049]

@Brock Austin Yeah ur right but it ain't possible

[@poketrainerjaeden1376]

Lol, math is funny

[@gailwilson1648]

I hate and love this

[@screen_ghost_]

Lol

[@giancarlofabregaromagosa4198]

0:40 Has anyone noticed he used the starter weak to the type of game: Ruby, fire, team mamga: picks grass type starter Sapphire, water, team aqua: picks fire starter Emerald, green color/ grass: picks water type starter

[@Asyifaanimations]

Mikey: greetings pokefans Caption: greetings boogie fans Lol

[@fishbakeditself1213]

My caption actually correct lol

[@benjason_94]

Begging for likes

[@luckyloveslol]

@@benjason_94 How is this comment begging for likes

[@pandaspinchgaming3968]

@@benjason_94 How In What Way? It's True.

[@jebgaming7743]

Anyone wanna talk about how Mikey’s original Emerald team is so cool Swampert, Breloom and Torkoal

[@garchompgamer1874]

Yeah. Imagine if it was Feebas, Seedot, and Numel

[@kaansahin7594]

Nice to know that Mikey enjoys my family

[@calvarydimsinen8068]

That sounds sus 😂 (Just a joke)

[@paulschultz8011]

Did somebody say family?

[@firey55alt92]

@@calvarydimsinen8068 susus amogus

[@calvarydimsinen8068]

@@paulschultz8011 … Dom?

[@calvarydimsinen8068]

@@firey55alt92 🤣🤣

[@Ratio3]

3:44 i love the fact that the trainer there is just spinning around

[@theginkgo]

I love how at 3:43 it looks like the bug catcher next to him is just spinning around like a madman. 😂

[@robertlupa8273]

_speen_

[@theginkgo]

@@gooey. Just write the numbers out, it'll turn into a time stamp automatically!

[@gooey.]

Thanks

[@figure162]

​@@robertlupa8273why does speen translate to pacifier lol

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

​@@figure162 Speen means pacifier in dutch

[@sockomctaco1115]

Me when Mikey makes the FENal form pun: your KZbin career is now FENished

[@kingwilliamlobo]

yes sir, you may now see yourself out

[@lefishe5476]

I have a feeling that joke was the only reason he named swampert fen ;w;

[@SCOTLAND_ISGREAT]

Yeah and he is now FENished and I am now FENishing him

[@velvetteedits]

“And then we do the weird Hoenn thing where we go to immediately fight the next gym…. DADDY” ~Mikey 2021

[@marcelo335]

I love the laugh he did right after saying _d a d d y_

[@velvetteedits]

@@marcelo335 Yeah lmfaoooo

[@goldenmegayt9250]

Hi sarvente

[@velvetteedits]

@@goldenmegayt9250 Hi! ☺️

[@orangebestbunny6011]

"Encountering May along the way!" best line ever!

[@blasphemy666]

I love when you talk about how you got 2 frontier badges with your og team. And you patted yourself on the back lol good quality videos man , you always make me laugh and smile . Keep it up

[@FlameSparkZ]

Does this mean Lasso is the newest member of Team Sky? With his mighty SKY Uppercut?

[@aidentolbert1396]

Yes

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

team sky leader "mickey": deep thinking

[@jackdickson8368]

Y.E.S

[@bigdaddydelphox6022]

And he's green!

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

@Yonatan Yonas i did for the memes

[@kit-kit4571]

Micheal: **names his castform "hail yeah"** *komedy*

[@bibinhabia]

Komedi

[@shourikaen.]

@@bibinhabia funi, this is polish version ofnthis word

[@robertlupa8273]

@@shourikaen. Actually, it's "Komedia", but eh, it's close enough.

[@bibinhabia]

Komedio da

[@fasta5462]

"Greetings,PokeFans!" -Legend

[@paichni3474]

I like how he just seems like he’s having a good time

[@ImprismedAlan]

legit thought this was gonna be a run with a level 100 sceptile soloing everything until I realized this was his emerald run not his ruby run

[@ACESDICE]

NAGABAFSG

[@FrostyArrow110]

Don't even get on that,my first play through of pokemon was emerald,and I only used Sceptile(which I'll call him leaf)and Swellow(aka Ari bc I just watched the Nuzlocke vid before that) Do I know how I got past ice types? definitely not but I'd say sceptile took the attacks pretty well

[@ImprismedAlan]

@@FrostyArrow110 I was just saying because Mikey's first ruby run *was* with a level 100 sceptile, I'm not saying it's not possible on emerald with a level 100 sceptile.

[@FrostyArrow110]

@@ImprismedAlan lol,it definitely is *Tho the amount of times I kept repeatedly losing to gym leaders was obscene* Btw,By the time I stopped playing sceptile was only like level 70 *I dunno,I guess I'm just lucky*

[@LocalHornyGuy]

My First time defeating the emerald/ruby/saphire league was pretty easy,Just a lvl 100 absol with Double team x swords dance(had a Full team but dint used anyone Else lol)

[@Blaze_the_Cinderace_Gal8144]

Fen's the leader of the bunch you know him well he's finally back, to kick, some gyms. His water gun can fire in spurts if he shoots ya, it's gonna hurt, he's Bigger, faster and stronger too. He's the first member of the Emerald Crew HUH!

[@theworstghost123]

J tv Mi key oh

[@davidml8806]

Hell yea Love me some DK Rap

[@ethantreadway9478]

And then there’s Reset! He’s died.

[@PikaSwamps]

That is actually perfect. Swampert is my favorite Hoenn starter, so I’m happy that Fen fits so well to the DK Rap.

[@samualwakoski4560]

F S Fen Swampert!

[@qweschuning]

10:09 how do you not appreciate unintentional morty face

[@remyd9512]

5:18 I genuinely laughed at the pun

[@Ryth_Is_The_Goat]

Ik, it is literally genius

[@insecdroid]

“Best generation of starters, flat out.” Finally, someone who agrees with me.

[@Hana-cl5mm]

Lmao wdym?I am pretty sure almost anyone thinks that.Not me thought but majority of the fandom does m

[@pradyumn8274]

Even galar starters

[@MonkeBrain07]

I'm pretty sure this is a fairly popular opinion

[@superk9letsplays419]

@@Hana-cl5mm I'm sorry but I missed the part where I asked or where I'm supposed to care

[@Hana-cl5mm]

@@superk9letsplays419 I don't need anyone to care for me to say anything 😌smh I'm so disappointed at toxic HOEnn fans(which is 99% of them 🥰)

[@ASuperSneakySnake]

Mikey: Loses lots of battles. Me: This is why there are 6 team slots

[@PhantomRedKnight]

Me: This is why I created the Rule of Six.

[@ikdofbekn]

Yes

[@ikdofbekn]

That is why i use only my starter

[@joshuafrimpong244]

@@ikdofbekn XD

[@ianvanblargan3320]

I was laughing so hard when Michael said "Getting Belly Drum Swept by a Linoone is not very fun. I speak from experience". As soon as Michael said that the next video I watched was Michael getting swept by a Linoone because it used Belly drum 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and now I understand his pain.

[@xTriton_]

3:43 The bug catcher in the bottom right corner be like: *You spin me right-roun baby right-round*

[@rasmuseichler3849]

I am dissapointed in my self for laughing at “Grand theft submarine”

[@ronnythetoad]

I'm disappointed in my self for laughing at this comment since I laughed when mikey said it, and now am laughing when you said it

[@zarkguy]

I'm disappointed

[@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy]

**laughing with no shame**

[@fawnpro6031]

Hi

[@Ch1oe2472]

I'm dissapointed in you for being dissapointed in yourself for laughing at "Grand Theft Submarine"

[@presion5628]

Alt title: "Our 10 year old teams aren´t bad after all"

[@miriamvlachoulis6875]

They're not bad, we are just mean to our younger selves because that was a trend

[@MassWonderFC]

Well the first pokemon team i used was a balanced team with 6 team members

[@RolfeSenpai]

@@MassWonderFC Same, my first team was a Typhlosion, Pidgeot, Umbreon, Ampharos, Gyarados and Tyranitar. Pretty respectable if I do say so myself.

[@MassWonderFC]

@@RolfeSenpai yeah my first team was infernape, crobat, jolteon, floatzel, gallade, bibarel (because ofc) but i soon replaced crobat for lucario

[@Weg002]

I remember one of my first teams I used in my alpha saphire had an arceus I got when they were doing those mythical code giveaways every month

[@dylanlaw1333]

I’ve been subscribed for about 3 years and I have to say that you are the main reason I got back into Pokémon. Saw your Top 10 WORST Legendary Pokémon video, I watched it and I’ve seen all your videos ever since. Thank you for all the videos and I can’t wait to watch more. Also I think you should do more Pokémon challenges, the ones you have done are pretty creative and intriguing

[@Eeveethegamer26]

The nostalgia is hitting me like a truck. I love the Gen 3 games. Definitely simpler times

[@taylordurham1440]

It makes me happy knowing I wasn’t the only one saving TMs as a kid for that reason

[@Air-Jordan.]

Im a unova baby

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I actually burnt through them recklessly which was dumb but I was a kid back then so now when I play an old game I save the tms for other members that will benefit from the coverage

[@tetsudikawakami7787]

@@Air-Jordan. mikey:i dont use tms as if i do,i lose it forever me who started in XY: ... im so spoiled

[@tear959]

Me too lol, I only used the ones I could get more

[@joshuamattocks4146]

Alternate title: I play Pokémon but NOSTALGIA

[@NotQuiteCupid]

"The inconsistencies of the resistances not being the inverses of the weaknessess..." That's a ridiculous sentence. I love it!

[@lookadamvideos]

I like the slight change in rival team it shows they arent just an npc who uses the same team on repeat

[@somepersononthisapp5642]

me realizing that mikey was 10 in real life when playing a game where you are a 10 year old when he played it for the first time :p nice

[@srikarganesh5168]

I THINK WE ALL NEED TO SEE THE STEVEN BATTLEE!

[@Flick140]

When I got sapphire as a 12 yr old kid I used Blaziken, Gardevoir, Hariyama, Manectric, Kyogre and Rayquaza. Murdered that play through 😂😂

[@breadblizzard8796]

Thanks for the great poke content i just started getting into Pokemon and you have helped me learn some thing about Pokemon

[@mctovirus4914]

10:54 That laugh is a meme material

[@antoniovalenzuela647]

I remember that I also struggled with Juan's kingdra, so I went to go catch a swablu and grinded it up to an Altaria and ohkoed it with a crit dragon breath

[@t.j.helming5534]

16:30 Go Breloom Go!!! I love this pokemon soo much! One of my favorite nicknames I ever gave was> "Portobello"!!

[@xLeeo17]

love your content it's exactly what i search on YT

[@sid2269]

Petition For Mikey to make: Dark type Then Vs Now With Grunty boi

[@smitay6377]

Yes we need grunty boi

[@adilzhafran4906]

You got 101% of my support

[@Rose-yx6jq]

Yes.

[@danoob2399]

Yes

[@ASuperSneakySnake]

I will sign said petition

[@kingmagikarp97]

Me waiting for merch that says "Hail Nah!" to go with "Hail Yeah!" lol

[@draak877]

video's like this make me think back on some good memories from my childhood, and i want to thank you for that so, thank you

[@zatorion2023]

Hey mandjtv i got a new challenge for you on pokemon and its original the challenge is doing à pokemon game by just using a pokemon team which have a lot of 1 color of your choice for example using pokemons that have a lot of blue like mudkip or maril i think you got it Thanks if you read this even if you dont do it

[@citrustudios]

“All hoene starters are amazing just best gen of starters” Me that one kid in the back “agreed”

[@ansoni1295]

I’m that kid in the back

[@sanddoc06sand9]

Same

[@dustydude6417]

The true Nostalgia are the Red eyes on the thumpnail

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

I can hardly tell youhow much "thumpnail" made me smile

[@mentalrebllion1270]

I’m turning 30 in a few weeks. The “16 years ago” part made me laugh because of that. That and some of the Christmas stuff is wrapped in old newspaper, one of which is an ad that actually ADVERTISES this game so yeah…honestly almost snorted tea out of my nose.

[@smoothjazz_gg]

I love that at 3:44 when hes trying to catch a nicada the bug catcher is just spinning because It sped up

[@rafacastillo9611]

Honestly? That team is better structured than any team i made in my childhood playthroughs. Would've added mightyena, manectric and altaria to be a full well rounded team

[@pantherstripes4380]

Sorry for ruining your dreams but altaria sucked in gen 3 A LOT, it is practicaly useless as swablu and you are stuck with like peck, fury swipes and kinda ok sing (it has take down but only like 4 level pre evolution) after evolution it gets dragon breath wich is special so dragon dance is useless for its only stab option than fly (sky attack is at level 59 so basicaly post e4) and only good moves it gets to combination with d dance are earthquake and return others are special and I feel like putting non stab this valueable TMs on altaria is a waste also that move refresh it learns is useless due to its natural care ability, so like best moveset it can run is like dragon breath, d dance, earthquake, return/other game corner TMs, but most importantly it is viable only from like lvl 40 and you catch swablu at like lvl 15-20 idk so good luck with training it with its terrible stats. Sorry I am trying to not be offensive, personaly I really like altaria as a design and got way better later, take this as educational fact. PS: mightyena is useful with intimidate.

[@natedogmarik2554]

@@pantherstripes4380 actually you are terribly wrong! Altaria is a great mon in gen 3. It has a base stat total of 490 being a very bulky dragon in a generation with limited stab ice pokemon as well as only 3 dragon pokemon( one of them being even worse to get and the other not being able to use d dancer, as well as the other being a trade evolution). Secondly getting a nature on swablu is relatively easy given how easy it is to encounter(adamant nature). It had a fantastic move pool and can have some fun builds on it( attract toxic protect and some other move works well) or a set up build with d dance, dragon claw, earthquake, and idk sing to set up, stab flying move, or return. Honestly not sure where you went with your thinking on this cause dragon claw is actually easy to get (meteor falls btw) and your whole argument is that altaria learns no good physical stab move for d dance to be effective but once again it's part flying and has equal stats in special and physical so I really have no clue where your head was at with this comment

[@pantherstripes4380]

Dragon claw is special LUL

[@pantherstripes4380]

I wouldnt say it's bad in compet, but in playthrough? It is just painful to train up, and most of good moves are from TMs I dont feel like it's easy to use, also the endgame has a wallace, chuan and glacia.... all of them having a plenty of ice moves. It is only good against..... well none major battle in hoenn and also is weak to tate and lisa, wallace/chuan, glacia so.... some d dance + earthquake/return wont save you much bcs of its actualy poor attack stat compare to other dragon types, as a tank it isnt good as well and toxic protect attract can run almost any mon so that's not good argument

[@pantherstripes4380]

Also if it's going to go against other dragon to use that super effective dragon move, it usually doesnt stand a chance so dragon is really bad offensively, I feel like there is nothing special on it, it isn't excelent at nothing wich makes it pretty plane and you can just find better mon. Lets take it like this: you catch swablu even the best nature possible until evolution it is garbage and thats a fact, when you reach level 35 you are at tate and liza where is claydol with ancient power, then water type gym with plenty of ice beams than e4 with ice specialist and dragon specialist wich just overpowers you and then (if emerald) champion water specialist with ice beams sooooo give an example where altaria does a great job against major battle......

[@davidclinch131]

Mom: You looked so cute as a child. *literally every child picture* 😁😁😁

[@UrFav_Fr3ak]

The raquaza was the spark for team sky

[@Amelia4111]

Left off the Y in Rayquaza!

[@chrismendez7582]

Your literally my Pokemon fix. Although I've never played past gen 3 I still love it. My friends laugh at me haha.

[@jabarithegoldenlucario8841]

So, if this team was the same team he used 16 years ago when he was ten years old, that means Mikey is 26 years old.

[@Codenamedragon2615]

Yup hes 5 years older than me I'm 21

[@komagamez2000]

…we already knew this lol

[@yeets_galore]

y E p

[@lombre9149]

@@Codenamedragon2615 What kind of 21 year old talks like that lmfao

[@Codenamedragon2615]

@@lombre9149 you'd be surprised actually it mostly depends on the area you live in and who your around the most I've been told by a lot of people I sound and talk older than I really am

[@castform7618]

I remember using a Castform on my first team in Omega Ruby. I thought since the people at the weather institute were just giving it to me, it had to be strong. I now know I was wrong but Castform still pulled his weight and it's now in my top 10 Pokemon so I say HAIL YEAH.

[@JakobMooney]

Love your videos man!

[@SparkImmortaLXD_2006]

The story telling made me watch the whole video and also to subscribe ☺

[@nitro4787]

I love how mudkip’s nickname “fen” is the translation to water in my language

[@lenzmillana8840]

Which language?

[@sowdamoalin4845]

What is the laguage????

[@GymSagaToTo]

What language

[@axorandom]

For everyone asking, I googled it and it’s a name for a wet marsh land in the dictionary with no translation results

[@themikedlicruze2209]

??? Yeah

[@fake_robin9045]

"The hoenn starters are the best generation of starters" no truer facts have ever been said.

[@georgspielberger9780]

I love all of them but my favourite starter trios are the ones from Hoenn, Unova, Kalos & Alola

[@watt2122]

The Hoenn starters are definitely cool, but Sinnoh has my favorites. Mainly because of nostalgia but penguins are also my favorite animal

[@supergalaticmaster]

I like mudkip and torchic they the cutest starters and when they evolve I'ma cook them for dinner fish and chicken anyone

[@palestinekimkc]

@@watt2122 You are right monke is my favourite pokemon

[@comfyshiro3136]

Preferences are its own thing, but I believe Sinnoh to have the most solid starter trio gameplay wise. Infernape: very fast, very strong, a lot of coverage, as well as the regionally rare fire type. Can't go wrong. Empoleon: very bulky and great defensive typing. Torterra: sure it's slow, but if you know how to use it, there's few things more satisfying than bringing the pain with stab earthquake and wood hammer.

[@YABOIMIKEYBOI]

Makuhita:SERIOUS SERIES,SERIOUS PUNCH! Leech Seed:I.Solo.

[@Pshyduck]

18:11 he said it. Guys he said it

[@xdMojo15]

I was literally thinking yesterday "Hmm MandJTV should play Emerald with his old team. Nah he probably wouldn't remember." I have made... A FOOLISH MISCALCULATION!

[@pink_moose991]

When Mikey started questioning how much he’s changed, a part of me said “but do we ever really change?”

[@anarchistangel2314]

Lmao Ray was like "idk if it's you or me but someone's gonna die here" over and over

[@thueie]

Petition to make mikey beat gen 5 but every pokémon on his team be a plushie that he has

[@billkling378]

6:07 But the most impressive thing is beating Platinum

[@robertlupa8273]

Even Jack couldn't do it. :P

[@cooperthecrafter9649]

Slugma went down FAST! Rip fast the slugma, still remembered

[@arne2890]

You had one job, slugma.

[@necrozma4029]

3:44 Mikey: C'mon gimme a Nincada The trainer on the right: *I'm a Hitmontop!*

[@chris07]

3:44 Mans be spinning like a Beyblade

[@hebislay]

Ok but like Mikey’s Glow Up is *chef’s kiss*

[@CallMe_L]

18:05 Mr Micheal should do my least favorite pokemon of every gym

[@SlimeisProbablyAutistic]

11:14 I CAN SAY THIS IS TRUE (I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE)

[@N1ght_Breaker]

19:36 Mikey: "... Or if I'm just not as good as I thought I was" Me: "Lies, deception!"

[@pikawoomy5664]

mikey used nostalgia* it was super-effective * Pikawoomy fainted*

[@albabimam1114]

he should've done Emerald Kaizo with his original team :D

[@keif6541]

NO

[@3o5ragib]

@@keif6541 lol

[@zexalbrony4799]

This brings back some memories, the first Pokemon game I played was a Gen 3 Ruby. However, I was just a little kid back then, who only watched the anime and thus didn't understand certain things in the games because the show never explained it or did things differently so I didn't make it too far in the game. I picked Treeco as my Starter because Ash had one, I also caught a Tailow because again Ash had one, and a Wurmple because at this point in the anime May and Jessie had evolved there and I wanted either a Beautifly or Dustox so I leveled it up to evolve it into a Ddustox which was the only Pokemon besides my Starter who I was actively training, I also caught a Zigzagoon, a Shrumish, and a Nincada because I thought they looked cool or cute. I managed to beat Roxanne but really struggled with Brawly. In my first battle my Treeco fell to Brawly's Machop, but it had done enough damage that a Quick Attack from Tailow finished it off, but now I was in trouble as I had to face Brawly's ace Makoheta, and my Pokemon were severely under-leveled since I was only using my Starter to battle up until that point the highest level Pokemon I had after Treeco was Dustox which was level 10, Makoheta OHKed my Tailow, so I used Dustox to Poison it to hopefully stall out and win, but he quickly swept the rest of my team and healed before that could happen. I tried again when I had evolved my Treeco into Grovile, this time Grovile beat Machop and while it did lose to Makoheta it did some damage before going down, I brought in Dustox to Poison again and after it went down I brought in Tailow, I was only able to get in one hit that dropped Makoheta to low health before it OHKed Tailow again, but luckily Poison damaged finished the job and I won. After this my game playing stalled and I didn't progress, so I lent my copy of Ruby to my friend and neighbor to play, and for a while, we both forgot I lent him the copy, but when I finally did remember like a year or so later I got it back and found that my friend had got all 8 Gym Badges, evolved my Growvile into Sceptile, evolved my Tailow into Swellow, caught a Wailord, a Relicash, a Groudon, and a Golem, but he didn't do the Victory Road or the Pokemon League so after some exploring around the game, even getting luckily and finding Registeal, which took an eternity but I did manage to catch I took on Victory Road and caught a Hariyama, so I rolled up to the League with Sceptile, Swellow, Groudon, Registeal, Wailord, and Hariyama, however, I didn't understand what the League was because again I only watched the anime where the Leagues are massive Tournaments so I didn't know I'd be fighting the Elite 4 and that they wouldn't let me heal between matches, so I had to retry the League and I stocked up on Full-Restores, but I also didn't know that Full-Restores couldn't revived fainted Pokemon, luckily I did have a few already in my inventory, but by the time I got to Steven I was out of Revives and only had three Pokemon left the LV 44 Registeal, LV 43 Wailord, and the LV 40 Hariyama, and because I didn't want to have to fight the Elite 4 all over again because of how long it took I employed a completely BS startgy to win against Steven, it involved samming Full-Restores, Registeal's Iron Defense so he could keep tanking hits and stall, and Hairyama spamming Bulk Up to do more damage when it could attack. The battle took a while, I almost ran out of restoration items and Registeal was the only one left standing and had to KO 4 Pokemon, although the first one was softened up thanks to Hairyama, but I won in the end in my own, BS terrible way, but I did it. :)

[@Connowot387]

12:58 Could have said “GRAND THEFT AQUA!”

[@masonwong6131]

3:43 Love that dude spinning in the grass.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

😂

[@Rose-yx6jq]

Galavagos. That's pretty good. I love a good pun. Very clever. I chuckled.

[@richdude2985]

Maybe after experiencing actual hell fighting Juan's kingdra at least 3 times, Michael can add emerald on the list of games he'll never ever do playthrough challenges of again

[@isasadsnadniasdn]

3:44 that trainer looked like he was having fun spinning