Pokémon Red and Blue Retrospective

I love Pokémon, we all love Pokémon. However, Generation 1 is a bit funky. Time to have some fun
#Pokemon #Generation1 #gaming

[@RetroWarsuk]

Loving hearing all of your stories from your childhood. Consider liking and subscribing for more retrospectives. The next retrospective video will be Final Fantasy 7 and will be out in January 2024.

[@BenSmith-jw8zy]

While I THOROUGHLY and entirely enjoyed the "picking your starter deternimines who you are as a person" dialougue, for me it was very simple and strightforward, I picked bulbasaur because he was Pokemon 001, and I felt that I should begin the game with the "first" pokemon, and i of course knew nothing of types or gyms or ANYTHING aside from Nintendo Power Issue 108's preview and the previous tiny coverage in the 97 Virtual Pet Secrets from Japan magaine, I still keep out in my room as I believe it to be the first US mention of Pokemon. But you may be right overall, im just a very technically minded straight forward no nonsense personality, so picking Bulbasaur on my forst adventure was a quick and natural selection to which i didnt give s second thought. Upon beating the game and understanding the mechanics, now I appreciate what a great choice this indeed was and is to new or returning platers and have beat the game multiple times with all starters. PS STILL got the game save, FROM 1998, thanks to a Mega Memory card i stored in a storage unit for nearly 20 years, and managed to archive it forever. Quite cool that i have my original save from age 14 as I am 39 now. Sadly the Silver save was on a diffferent card and is lost to time, but how many can say they still have their FIRST playthrough save? Awesome video! Keep em comin! edit: I nicknamed him "Lil Guy", when once he evolved to Venusaur and i met the name rater, he became "Big Guy".

[@RetroWarsuk]

@@BenSmith-jw8zy I still have my original carts from back in the day but I am scared to turn them on for fear of death

[@BenSmith-jw8zy]

@RetroWarsuk i have a retrofreak japanese multiconsole cart player (FC SFC MD PCengine GB GBC and GBA) and i pulled the save via it. Might be a wise investment especially if you have any other old carts u want to rip the ROMs or savs from. It does rip saves in its own format but at least its saved and can be converted later. They are far superior to retron and other american clones by far i know from experience! Happy gaming! Hope u can save ur original as well!

[@RetroWarsuk]

@Zanfitto-sc1lg thanks alot. Baby steps for the show and the podcast

[@JamesEC93]

I remember back when Red and Blue first came out I got it for Christmas and played it nonstop the entire week. On New Year's Eve my parents dragged me to a party at some country club but I had zero interest as I was just about to enter Victory Road. I brought my Gameboy and found a quiet staircase where I could sit and play. Eventually a few other kids found me playing Pokemon and instantly word spread to all the other kids there was a kid on the stairs about to take on the Elite Four, there must've been 20 of us huddled on this staircase. I was a pretty open kid so I let everyone take turns trying to grind out the E4. Before every move, whoever had the Gameboy would have to announce their move out loud and everyone would say yes or no. When we got to Gary (or Blue), they all agreed to let me have the last move to win. They handed me back my Gameboy where a Thunder from Zapdos took out his Blastoise. We were all going absolutely bonkers, it was probably louder than the New Years countdown in the other room. I truly felt like I became a Pokemon champion that night. Good times.

[@RetroWarsuk]

That is so wholesome...I love this so much. I was just sat at my mates house when I did it

[@alexchism5192]

Wow. That story legitimately made my heart swell up bro. Good shit.

[@shanemcnally4069]

Pokemon could literally create world peace

[@jakel7213]

​@@shanemcnally4069 I mean do you remember the summer of Pokemon Go? That was literally the happiest I've ever seen people out in public in my life.

[@AArdW01f]

If you picked Yellow version and were still so young you could barely read.... you got plowed by Brock until you learned how to read.

[@RetroWarsuk]

If he dies...he dies

[@91Definite]

I never got to beat yellow version, i don’t even think I beat gold neither. Probably cause at the time I got older

[@joemck85]

I took Bulbasaur when I got Blue and easily beat Brock with little idea yet what I was doing yet. I forget whether I leveled enough to get Vine Whip or just did Leech Seed and then chipped away between that and Tackle. My younger sister if I recall went with Charmander, didn't have a Butterfree with confusion, and eventually just barely beat Brock with a full party all using tackle and scratch.

[@naruto16911]

Lol this comment .❤❤❤ I couldn't beat brock till Pikachu was in his early 30's back then. The sheer wonder of if this rock looking dude was so strong, I couldn't wait to see what was next

[@majorkeybro]

garados doesnt suck he has some of the best base stats in the game

[@RetroWarsuk]

I have hit the internet's wrath. Heaven forgive me

[@joshuagreen818]

The problem is the distribution and move types. Gyarados's stats are distributed to support a powerful physical attacker, but his STAB move pool is entirely special. It's definitely a solid Pokémon, but he's hamstrung by Gen 1 mechanics

[@majorkeybro]

@@joshuagreen818 true. I have always loved his high HP but yes he can be a hard Pokemon to use

[@V1CT1MIZED]

​@@RetroWarsukSatan took you for playing this game

[@TwilightEnchanter]

Yeah I like gyara too.. looks menacing. That 500PokeDollars was all worth it.

[@danielsummerville6799]

I was introduced to the Pokemon games by my mate's older brother. I saw him leveling up his Bulbasaur with rare candies, thought it was great you could do that. He got me to take over, when it started evolving he was flipping out that I needed to cancel it explaining "it's number 1 and the best" That mantra stuck with me through every pokemon game I ever played, always choosing the grass starter as a result.

[@RetroWarsuk]

See old habits stay with you. I have gone water for 8/9 generations for the same reason.

[@alexanderstilianov]

Kudos for maintaining a consistent quality of humour throughout an hour-long video. I'm a big fan of video game video essays / retrospectives that go on for several hours, but this is the first one that has humour sprinkled in and it's pretty refreshing.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks alot. I try my best. There is plenty of episodes on here and over 100 podcast episodes to entertain or bore you lol

[@earlymorninstonedpimp]

I got the game when I was bit older, but still loved it. I picked Charmander, of course, and named it “OH FUCK, I” so every time it did something it would say something like “OH FUCK, I used FLAMETHROWER!”, which was hilarious to me and my friends. I still vividly remember my original team: Charizard, Cloyster, Exeggutor, Gengar, Machamp, and Rhydon. I did a shit ton of grinding with all the free time I had as a kid. I remember wiping the Elite Four and Champion Blue and having really exciting battles with my friends. I still love these games dearly and all 151 Pokémon included in it. Great video!

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks alot. In my challenge runs I would often call blue various names which I can't say on KZbin. Have a listen to the Pokemon blue red episode of the podcast. Hopefully a Tekken video coming out at some point

[@HappyCardGame-pb9hv]

Love these long form videos. Thank you. Subscribed !!!

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks a lot, I am gonna try and aim to do a new video of a different game every 2 months

[@InterloperBob]

​@@RetroWarsukwow you plagiarized this and you're botting other accounts to praise you.

[@michaelduck5208]

Dude you're not wrong about the agonizing decision over your starter. I remember taking aaaaages in Oak's lab, carefully reading each description and trying to decipher what each one means. Also, things were different back; the internet wasn't in EVERY household, WiFi didn't exist, there were no smart phones or tablets. What I'm getting at is that the information wasn't readily available. Ivysaur, Charmeleon and Wartortle were a complete mystery - I had no idea they existed. I knew nothing about type advantages. Literally anything you can think of, I found out as it happened. These days; I'm Google searching the starters, their evolutions and move pool to get the best one. Instead of the random pokemon encounters, the internet can tell me where to find the best pokemon and their encounter rate.... Anyway, we all know BULBASAUR is the GOAT starter. Typing this as I watch and about 15 minutes in. Enjoying thus far - thanks

[@RetroWarsuk]

This made me smile alot....also I am full of wine at this point

[@regeice]

I started with Red and Blue and haven’t stopped playing Pokemon since, yet this is the first time I’m ever hearing of the Professor Oak glitch. It’s hard to believe it’s real.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Yeh I know blew me away when I first saw it

[@hardlo7146]

I never nicknamed any Pokemon until 20 years later when I began playing Nuzlockes 😂

[@RetroWarsuk]

Did it become a scary moment having to make nicknames?

[@turbotreehouse9780]

Big fan. Great video

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks alot :)

[@colevitiritto8976]

what’s your rationale for thinking gyarados is bad in game? its stats are fantastic, its base special was 100 in gen 1 along with attack north of 120. hits like a truck and is very bulky

[@RetroWarsuk]

Ok, it isn't bad bad, but it was never a god killer until it got to generation 4. Not having access to physical water moves sucked. Once it got waterfall, it was a monster.

[@lozzaconn1701]

I was given a Pikachu, didn't have the option to choose, I think it'd of been Squirtle. Cheers Craig Charles, cool video. Miss the good ole' days.

[@RetroWarsuk]

SQUIRTLE IS KING!!!!!!

[@katiek.8808]

@@RetroWarsukit’s definitely the charmander line.

[@Celicagame13]

It’s always the fire starter except in gen 3, then it’s mudkip

[@leolordful]

@RetroWarsuk BLASPHEMY! BULBASAUR IS THE BEST!

[@katiek.8808]

@@leolordful you are the one blaspheming here sir! You will repent in the fire of shiny Charizard.

[@Dalinos]

Everyone's posting their story, so here's mine. I went to a British private school, which was international. The year is 1995, I'm 4 years old and I'm in Kindergarten. There was a guy from Japan, many years above me, in 6th grade, he was 10 years old. You guessed it. The man was playing O.G Japanese Green version from 1995 that his father had brought over from his home country for his son. A couple of years later, the anime released, the European versions of the game released, I went on to enter primary school & learn how to read and well..the rest is history.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I love the idea...go to school...learn to read to play pokemon

[@Dalinos]

@@RetroWarsuk Pokemon was the beginning - where I learnt most of my English though was from the OG Final Fantasy games for the PS1. No internet, no guides, no cheat codes, here's the story, figure out what you gotta do.

[@redxiii6294]

My first game was yellow and I remember getting wrecked by brock. It scarred me so much that going forward I always chose the water type starter lol. Great video mate, I hope you delve into gold, silver and crystal

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks alot. Yes I will be, I think it will be going sonic 1, ff8 and then g/s/c

[@michaelfreeman3189]

I picked Squirtle and named it Junior. My brother picked Charmander and named him Charms.

[@treyparkerofficial]

Brock does have 5 full heals per pokemon, but even if he uses it to heal a burn, the ATK stat stays cut in half.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Brock still a smelly cheat though

[@treyparkerofficial]

@@RetroWarsuk that's true but I also saw that level 17 Blastoise you had 👀 lmao

[@RetroWarsuk]

That was team rocket....they made it evolve early

[@treyparkerofficial]

@@RetroWarsuk Maybe in GSC with the radio wave shit but this was 3 years prior...hmmm. I have to wonder if this was.... EMULATED!!!!! *Gasp*

[@harv.41]

great retrospective! surprised you dont have more subscribers

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thank you, it is only my first retrospective. I will probably do FF7 in 2 months time. The podcast is what usually keeps me busy

[@rhynelinker7922]

If you're a tactical genius, you choose Bulbasaur lol. I chose Squirtle in my first ever playthrough but went on to be a Bulbasaur guy all the way.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Yeh but if you want to be too cool for school you pick Squirtle

[@BenBoyee]

Okay, so I have two G1 stories. I first chose squirtle because turtles are cool but since it was my cousin's copy of Blue on his gameboy color and he was playing over my shoulder, he told me I wasn't allowed to evolve my starter. It was quite painful. No nickname for it since I didn't have any video games at home and I barely even could play Blue. Squirtle was ridiculously overpowered and my army of 4 pidgeys and a caterpie stood rock solid at level 4. Now, my first TRUE adventure through Kanto was through the remake, Fire Red. That one I remember fondly. I chose a Squirtle again and I nicknamed him Verne after Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and he and I beat the crap out of every trainer and stole their lunch money and became champions. It was gloriois

[@RetroWarsuk]

Ha ha Squirtle with his super birds that is brilliant

[@Agostoic]

Another gen 1 retrospective?? Gotta watch'em all! 😂

[@RetroWarsuk]

You mean all the Pokemon ones or every video on the channel....and then the podcasts :P

[@LRSNRCNG309]

I got and still have my gba sp when i was 8 for my birthday or christmas but theyre both in december so i cant remember. Yellow was the first game my parents got for it and i just got a new one recently to have them both together again. I had all of gen 2 but only have my gold that i recently finally beat after 17 years of trying along with my fire red as well 5 days beforehand. What a time gaming was back in the day man, if i wasnt on my gba sp i was on my ps2 or og xbox. Good times

[@RetroWarsuk]

I still have my copies here with me. Even though I have moved across the world, they had to come with me.

[@storm_beagle]

Awesome video Danny! Really well done! And the choice is not difficult. Charmander.

[@RetroWarsuk]

good old fire Lizard :D thanks matey

[@blastoiseddr]

I feel like I have to recuse myself from replying to this comment given my username

[@Ninja_McMuffin]

Choosing your starter was a brilliant way of choosing your difficulty level. Charmander is just hard mode and Charizard is king.

[@RetroWarsuk]

People will hunt you. I will support you

[@RetroWarsuk]

Technically....Venusaur is king

[@KreationsOvMatt]

I remember my first Pokémon game was Yellow, I got it at Target and a GameBoy Advance at the same time after saving my money for it. Some of the happiest memories. I didn’t play Red and Blue until a couple years later, but I believe I chose Charmander my first playthrough. I’d definitely choose Bulbasaur now. Definitely my favorite of the three!

[@RetroWarsuk]

What a reward for saving your money. I still love going back and playing it now. I mix up who I play but it is always so much fun

[@Ninja_McMuffin]

Same about the poke ball technique... except with the A button. I still push it. I don't care what they say lol

[@RetroWarsuk]

it is still real to me....it is real to all of us.

[@TheGodKingOfMusic]

I’m glad I found someone else who is not the biggest fan of Gyarados and its high-physical, low-special stats. I used Gyarados in G/S/C, and while its Hyper Bean hits pretty hard, Surf simply does not hit hard enough to warrant using Gyarados as my primary water type even with STAB. But giving it Earthquake can help conquer the Fire and Rock instead of water.

[@RetroWarsuk]

See a man of culture

[@STEPHxCA]

I remember playing this game when I was little and my uncle asked me “Hey nephew you speaking Spanish yet?” And I replied “I don’t speak no China.” Pretty sure I was mindlessly level grinding to beat Brock cus I picked Charmander and didn’t know Nidoran could learn double kick. My other memory from this game was the adrenaline rush I got trying to catch Mewtwo with ultra balls. I just got Scarlett and am looking forward to playing with my friends

[@RetroWarsuk]

Catching Mewtwo without the master ball felt so good

[@josezuniga9421]

I picked Squirtle (SHELLS) and with it, started my love for my favorite type, Water.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Water is one of my fav types too

[@LaughingBat]

I picked squirtle back in red. Easiest choice I ever made. I didn't realize I could see them before picking and just hit a over and over so fast that I picked squirtle without seeing any of them. No regrets, squirtle is my favorite starter to this day.

[@RetroWarsuk]

you dropped your crown King

[@porschesupercool]

I always picked Bulbasaur and named them Bulba. I started when I was 7

[@RetroWarsuk]

That's kinda like red in the manga. He called his Bulbasaur ...saur

[@EdgingToFantano]

what a beautiful video goddammit XD

[@RetroWarsuk]

Ok that is a new reaction. I'll take it though

[@Matt_Zink]

Nice video. I would always go with bulbasaur

[@RetroWarsuk]

Then we shall fight at dawn. Pistols at the ready

[@DepressedMicaiahASMR]

Babe, wake up. KZbin recommend a new channel. Great video, hope this video goes further and reaches more people.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks alot. More Retrospectives coming in the future.

[@puravidaot]

I picked Bulbasaur, and to this day i love the color green

[@RetroWarsuk]

see little things like that I love....I only ever look at water and the colour blue

[@FriendofFantasy]

Playing Blue as a kid that could not read was probably the most difficult thing I tried to do as a child.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Mate...I tried to do that with ffv in japanese

[@JakeMcaulay]

the weedle man was summoned by weedle reference, great job on this mate

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thank you my journeyman

[@joebradbury4960]

I grew up with this game and loved it. I wish I could go back in time and give myself Zelda: Links Awakening. Didn’t even know it existed at the time, but after playing it later in life I think it would have blown my love of Pokémon Red out of the water.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Links awakening is such a good game. When I got asked to cover it for the podcast I was smiling from ear to ear

[@arepa13]

Great video you have a new sub

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thank you. New video coming soon

[@Stankguinius]

My first was yellow with the transparent purple Gameboy color 🤌🤌🤌

[@RetroWarsuk]

Sir, that is a thing of beauty

[@popgas3821]

I started with Yellow and felt confident when I fought Brock. My Pikachu and Nidorino were 2 levels higher and my Pidgey was level 10. I had low level Ratatta, Caterpie, Metapod and Nidorina. That was the most gruelling first battle ever. And the guy only used Geodude and Onix! I spammed Leers, Growls, Tail Whips, Sand Attack and forgot that status ailment attack Metapod does, I think it reduces the enemy's speed. All of that just to have a fighting chance against Brock. Yikes. I still beat him though. Whew for me.

[@RetroWarsuk]

You bow to no-one

[@leolordful]

String shot is the attack you're thinking of.

[@jerryreed6024]

Started with yellow but charmander is my all time

[@K_Lateral]

I was introduced to the series during the late stage of generation 4 but didn't play any of the games until Black and White released. I wanted to play the older games and found a website (that no longer exists) that hosted a bunch of GameBoy titles on there, and I played Red for the first time. I chose Bulbasaur because I knew it was the unpopular choice, rooting for the underdog. Really funny in hindsight considering Bulbasaur is the most optimal choice of the three

[@RetroWarsuk]

Yeh Bulbasaur is the best out of the three for a run, he is also the best when it comes to the competitive side

[@K_Lateral]

@@RetroWarsuk Yeah, it's funny how the one every kid talked the most shit about turned out to be the most consistently good of the three for years to come

[@VitZ9]

​@@K_LateralWho was talking bad about Bulbasaur? When I was at school, everyone bagged out Squirtle for having a name that sounded like a little kid describing his trip to the toilet. Charmander and Bulbasaur were the two favourites at my school. Not talking about evolutions because that changes things a bit, most people preferred Blastoise to Venusaur, and Charizard was always everyones favourite.

[@K_Lateral]

@@VitZ9 I wish I grew up around those people, damn. Bulbasaur was always the Kanto starter I heard people talk shit about until around gen 7 or so

[@joseortega7815]

We lived in Houston, TX during the Pokemon craze. I remember getting Blue version at a KMart. I had the old grey 4-battery GameBoy. Lol My starter was Bulbasaur. The memory that stuck with me was the night that I encountered Articuno. I knocked it out and it disappeared. I was sooooo disappointed. Started my game over. 😢

[@RetroWarsuk]

Yeh when they don't come back 😞 that stuff haunts you

[@joseortega7815]

@@RetroWarsuk I could have just reset from my last save point. But what did I know? As you said, I was just a kid. Lol I definitely learned about saving before battling legendaries.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I have done the same as well in the future. We have all done it

[@feartheoldblood7222]

Im always so torn... Red was my first Pokemon game and I chose Squirtle because i thought Charizard was the boss... so in Blue i chose Bulbasaur. I always change my favorite Kanto starter between those 2...

[@RetroWarsuk]

To be fair the first three will always have a special place because they are all so cool

[@MrRichieRides]

Omg Blue Popo!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@RetroWarsuk]

Rip blue popo

[@coreywong6229]

Squirtle, was an easy pick. Surfking I called him and when gen 8 appeared my number was 007 in reference to that moment. Also named by female trainer moira and made her stereotypical Irish or what is considered irish in galar cause I will be burning in gehanna for where no burn heal will save my cursed butt.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I love the Moira name. My family have it's Irish roots as well.

[@EricWalkerUk]

Great retrospective. I love the changes Yellow brought to the game, the new gym leader and elite four teams/movesets made them far more challenging - Blaine went from being a joke to being a bit of challenge when I was a kid and Koga was a big challenge, with his level 50 Venomoth, for that stage in the game. I disagree when people call the psychic type broken though, because you don't encounter many psychic pokemon in the game, and the most notable ones, Kadabra and Alakazam, are so physically frail that you can destroy them with Body Slam. Personally I quite liked that not every type was balanced in the same ways as it created a challenge in the right places e.g. Lance's Dragonairs and Dragonite were great because you had to have a different approach to them (or a pokémon with Ice Beam 😂), while the bug type made the early game a nice tutorial.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks buddy. I think the problem with the psychic type was when you came up against Alakazam, it could and would wreck teams. Yeh yellow fixed a lot ..not all...of the problems

[@EricWalkerUk]

@RetroWarsuk that's very true haha thank god in game it didn't happen much. Great vid man, looking forward to watching more of your content

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks mate. Tekken retrospective is next. Super Mario RPG on the podcast comes out tomorrow

[@EricWalkerUk]

@@RetroWarsuk looking forward to that, got so much nostalgia for Tekken 2 and 3

[@foxhazhax4845]

Pika!

[@RetroWarsuk]

SQUIRTLE SQUIRT

[@moobysnaxx6086]

I saw the promo a few months before release and the turtle with canons was my fav, so when the game came out i thought only blue version had it due to the cover art. I didnt think about the other 2 starters since i already knew what i wanted. Named squirtle obiwan

[@RetroWarsuk]

The force is strong with that one

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

I started with Yellow. Got the Pikachu, still took it to the end with me. I really loved having it walk behind me the whole game.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I tried to force feed him a thunder stone. He wasn't having any of it

[@earlymorninstonedpimp]

@@RetroWarsukyou can do it by trading it to red/blue, and it will actually give you the sad face while being transferred, it really guilt trips you 😂

[@mortalhordewarrior9285]

I picked charmander first. I also am the only person that i know that played red on a gameboy pocket. A smaller, black and white version so your footage looks very nostalgic to me!

[@RetroWarsuk]

I never owned a Gameboy pocket. I had a hand me down Gameboy. The pocket was soooooo good

[@madbart214yomother7]

Had a pocket as well when I played it. Remember the day it came out and had a black gameboy pocket with no screen plate plate. That thing was a beauty to me. Also Charmander was my first. Got that boi up to almost Charizard before I beat Brock. Fond memories.

[@RetroWarsuk]

@@madbart214yomother7 I want a pocket gameboyyyyyyyyyy

[@TrueLifeTheory]

I picked Bulbasaur. I named him Bulbasaur.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I respect your Bulbasaur

[@ridensroom6957]

Great video. So many memories of this. Are you doing johto next?

[@RetroWarsuk]

FF7 next. I will be doing gold and silver in the future. I have done Johto on the podcast though

[@91Definite]

For me growing up I got Yellow Version and Gold Version! I didn’t even know you could transfer your team from Red, Blue and Yellow to Gold and Silver. The thing that frightened me as a child was the ghosts from Lavender town. I wanna know was that some setup shit from team rocket or those real souls 🤔? Cause that town gave me the creeps. I’m 32 and still get the chills. I should buy the game again and face my fears and buy my neice this game. I don’t think I ever got to finish Yellow nor Gold when I was 9. Maybe as I got older to maybe 12 I was over Pokémon

[@RetroWarsuk]

Goooooooo bacckkkkk gooooo baccccckkkk

[@91Definite]

@@RetroWarsuk That right there literally frightened :|....

[@RetroWarsuk]

I need to get a bed sheet and run around your house

[@CreatebyD]

Awesome

[@RetroWarsuk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Mc.C.Million]

25 years - Team Schiggy! (Squirtle)❤😂 Always has been, always will be Don't try and test us.. 💪🏽💦

[@RetroWarsuk]

We are one....we are mighty

[@jerryreed6024]

I've been wondering where I could find you hope all has been well

[@RetroWarsuk]

I'm like a bad rash

[@jerryreed6024]

@RetroWarsuk in the way that get that random itch that I need to scratch with some good content

[@ncsquatch2514]

Poor charmander is hard mode in kanto. Didn't stop me from picking him, though.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I just wish we could own a Charmander

[@faithful_otaku7339]

You deserve way more subs, this was such an entertaining video to watch! My first Pokemon game was Sapphire and I immediately checked out gen 1&2 and played the crap out of Pokémon Yellow! 😊

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thank you. This was my first video for the channel. The podcast has been my baby for a while. Next video in Jan I still have my old copies and gonna frame my red yellow and blue

[@faithful_otaku7339]

@@RetroWarsuk Cool, are you going to do a Retrospective of Gen 2 and beyond? I'd like to see that. :)

[@RetroWarsuk]

I will do one day. I have Tekken FF7 and street fighter in the pipeline

[@InterloperBob]

Seems like a pretty big coincidence that the multi million view video with basically the same thumbnail and title as this also starts with a cold open of the exact same Pokemon commercial

[@InterloperBob]

Yeah I skipped forward and you definitely plagiarized KingK several times

[@RetroWarsuk]

There are some comparisons yeh, I'm not hiding that. It was a great video. But how about give my take a chance as well. You may like it, you may not which is fine. Have a good un

[@InterloperBob]

@@RetroWarsuk No, you plagiarized huge sections of KingKs video and changed a few words around. If your video ever gets popular it will get removed, because it's fraud.

[@andrewnelson2801]

I picked Squirtle. I didn't nickname him because Ash didn't nickname his Pokes.

[@RetroWarsuk]

The good old ash influence

[@destinysaiyan014]

In regards to the Psychic issues at the 49:00 mark is also that while intended to be weak to ghost, due to a programming error psychic was actually immune to ghost in gen 1 😅

[@RetroWarsuk]

That doesn't surprise me...ah gen 1

[@RonGrethel]

Gyarados absolutely does not suck in the game!

[@RetroWarsuk]

Yes I know I am facing the wrath from everyone

[@carlrygwelski586]

Gyarados is MID at best, not worth the party slot at all

[@zaneaura84]

Fun fact the reason for that movement in the very beginning of pokemon being satanic is because it was Japanese. Racism is one powerful force if you let it go

[@RetroWarsuk]

I am way to drink to process this

[@joemck85]

Gyarados wasn't bad in gen 1. Sure it couldn't use its 125 attack stat on water moves, but its special was 100 which was pretty solid. Then they wronged it in gen 2 when the special attack/defense split revealed that the 100 was only special defense and it got a miserable 60 special attack to use for water moves. Gen 4 finally made it better than ever by letting it use its great attack for water.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Maybe my thoughts have become blurred....when I do the gold and silver video which is next...I will make reference to it all

[@joemck85]

@@RetroWarsuk What's more, it learns Bite as soon as it evolves. Bite is normal type in gen 1, making it a solid physical attack that it gets early. Gen 2-3 make Bite dark and therefore special, so it has to wait until 25 to get Dragon Rage which is fixed damage. The only attacks it gets by level up that use its attack stat are Hyper Beam north of level 50, and the pathetic 35 BP Tackle it learned as a Magikarp. Even with TMs, about the best you can do is Headbutt (infinite, purchaseable), wait for Strength later in the game, or send it back to gen 1 for Body Slam (one per game). For gen 3 it's looking at Earthquake, Facade, Secret Power and Strength if it wants to use its attack. Or of course Hyper Beam in all generations. 4 is such an improvement with a physical Bite again, and then Ice Fang and Aqua Tail.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Yes this will be corrected in the G/S/V for sure. also.....gen 4...dragon dance....waterfall

[@Pokemon_Grenade]

I always choose charmander or squirtle idk why I did it when I was nine

[@RetroWarsuk]

Because the other looked like a lettuce

[@PaulDavidsonDoodles]

Bulbasaur named Penn.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Why do I imagine Penn being a quiet little boy

[@stthcnths]

The picture at 5:04 shows Tsunekazu Ishihara and not Satoshi Tajiri.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I blame google

[@stthcnths]

@@RetroWarsuk no worries ;-) i am apparently way to deep in the pokemon Bunnelby-hole.. 😅

[@RetroWarsuk]

Your magic will not work here witch

[@yaasinm]

Charizard level 22 lol

[@RetroWarsuk]

If Lance can do it, so can I

[@LogosBKC]

I was 8 years old. Got red version first and blue and yellow next year for Christmas. I wanted Charizard, but instead of picking Charmander i accidentally picked squirtle. And instead of just starting over i beat the game with a Blastoise that i taught hydro pump, surf, bubble beam, and of course bubble. I might have kept skull bash but i know i kept bubble for way too long.

[@RetroWarsuk]

I love how you said and of course...bubble. bubble was forgotten for bubble beam. I commend your Blastoise for having the balls to use it

[@ac1dfoxdie716]

Hahahaha he killed them 😂😂😂😂

[@RetroWarsuk]

I have only just seen this comment apologiges

[@kyosilver1999]

Charmander for life. I named him Godzilla, because I loved old Godzilla movies. Also Brock is nowhere near as hard as everyone makes him out to be in Gen 1 with Charmander, this Pokemon special stats are so bad Ember will still work fine, sure it’s not going to be as good as bubble or vine wip but it still does plenty, there’s also the fact he has no rock moves to use against you, he actually prefers to use Bide, which makes it easy to play around.

[@Surfer92]

I picked squirtle. I chose it because I thought everyone would pick charmander (Charizard was the coolest) so I wanted to be anti- meta at 7 years old lol

[@RetroWarsuk]

Fight the power 💪

[@BigMc2320]

Pretty sure I went water for first 3 gens 😆

[@RetroWarsuk]

My guy :D

[@rhast57]

I was a dumb dumb and didn't know internet existed, so I picked Charmander

[@RetroWarsuk]

You weren't a dumb dumb, just wanted a challenge

[@Heat3955]

Eevee wow

[@RetroWarsuk]

I'm not a fan of the fox

[@91Definite]

Yeah Evee had too many transformations to turn to

[@Cragmortis]

Funny I use Up + B lol

[@RetroWarsuk]

Heathen!!!! haha joke, everyone had their ways

[@Vollification]

Charmander, no nickname. Never did that. Rivals name was "Fartboy" (peak comedy). Didn't care at all about stats and types. My team won by brute force, grinding levels by bullying low level pokemons and randomly using TM "Learn Bubblebeam Nidoking! >:( "

[@RetroWarsuk]

Nidoking was amazing, ice beam, thunderbolt....he had it all

[@AArdW01f]

Which starter you chose back then as a very little kid, especially early on before the franchise put its cultural thumbprint on humanity; says so much about you as a person and who you grew up to be. Wonder if any studies have been done.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Should be asked as an election question?

[@mikehikes710]

I picked Charmander on my game boy pocket named Charmy

[@RetroWarsuk]

Would Bulbasaur be Bulby

[@VitZ9]

I know he never mentions it in the video, but do we know if he cares what anyone says?

[@RetroWarsuk]

I care deeply and passionately upon every comment (I just don't give a poop about negative ones)

[@AnthonyBrown-gt4tn]

I don't wanna be that guy, but I checked the description, is there a link for that pokemon trainer red remix? 🔥🔥🔥

[@RetroWarsuk]

No but I will add one in this afternoon because agreed it is fire

[@AnthonyBrown-gt4tn]

​@@RetroWarsukaww man dope! You did a great job and I found it very relatable since Pokemon red was my first game. I barely could read so I thought they wanted to know which Pokemon I wanted so I named my Charmander Pikachu and waited the whole game for it to change lmao

[@RetroWarsuk]

hahahahahahahaha that is superb!

[@joshgregenstein]

Charmander

[@blastoiseddr]

Ooo I'm in early on a video thats gonna have 100,000 views

[@blastoiseddr]

Anyway, the speedrunners choice, squirtle. Bulbasaur learns vine whip too late and doesn't hit hard enough against Erika, Koga or the Elite Four. Charmander is awful against every gym leader, learns a decent fire move SO LATE, and was just so overhyped anyway.

[@RetroWarsuk]

A. I wish this gets to 100k B. Squirtle is the best choice

[@zaneaura84]

Next time you use Gyarados teach it Thunderbolt and Blizzard or Ice Beam. It wont be very useless then.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Next time I use it ..I will be eating it...sorry I'm drunk

[@PapaJohnsPie]

Charmander every day of the week, and no not just because of Charizard. Charmander is my favorite pokemon of all time he's the perfect combination of cute and cool, he's a fire breathing lizard dinosaur who doesn't love it. (I never have nor will name my pokemon anything)

[@RetroWarsuk]

I imagine some insurance companies wouldn't want a fire breathing lizard in the home

[@adamg.manning6088]

Do you have another channel? Your voice sounds very familiar…

[@RetroWarsuk]

I used to run a channel called the honest pokemon trainer. There is also the podcast tied to channel.

[@adamg.manning6088]

@@RetroWarsuk Oh shit of course. I used to to really enjoy your videos.

[@RetroWarsuk]

yeh i used to love making them but due to one thumbnail, it all came crashing down

[@kma4835]

What's the song at 46:40 pleaseeee

[@RetroWarsuk]

Type in epic red theme on KZbin

[@kma4835]

@@RetroWarsuk thank you so much!!!! Great vid! Love the channel

[@RetroWarsuk]

Thanks a lot. check out the podcast as well

[@Chrisspiller7343]

Squirtle

[@RetroWarsuk]

a man with fine taste I see

[@y2kinder]

5:03 that's Tsunekazu Ishihara, not Satoshi Tajiri

[@RetroWarsuk]

I know I know. I messed up. Damn google.

[@chrisbaird8167]

Charmander is my choice never given them nickname tho

[@RetroWarsuk]

Sometimes, no nicknames are the best

[@JTLDrago94]

At least the remake is more proved (FRLG)

[@RetroWarsuk]

Oh god the remake was great

[@joshuawilloughby2696]

Yes the pope had to come out and say it was fine for kids to play pokemon

[@RetroWarsuk]

Probably because he was a few away from collecting them all

[@Kunsir]

The Pope knows next to nothing at all about Pokemon. He doesn't play the game, or watch the anime, or play collect the card game, anything. But, yes it's relatively fine for kids to play it as of today. I say this as someone who has actually thoroughly engaged with Pokemon for a long time. That doesn't change the fact that it does in fact have a some occult symbolism in it. This also doesn't address some the Pokemon fans ("fandom") which contains the same shitty occult members writing degenerate lore and other crap Vaporeons "pussy" and Gardevoir other dumb pornographic shit the Pokemon and Poke-bestiality. Because this piece of shit cult makes a point to dump pornographic shit in kid's spaces. Yea, Pokemon is relatively fine for kids as long as you keep them with their peers and off the Internet entirely. Because they can't even watch Pokemon videos on KZbin with a 50% chance some adult year old occult fucker will start talking about and showing or linking Poke-pornograohic shit.

[@pablodelgado7919]

Hahaha man that preacher bit always made me laugh and still do to this day as to how ignorant and reaching the church used to take everything that is popular and make it "Evil" without making any research on the matter or understand the meaning behind such things.

[@RetroWarsuk]

Bet that preacher regrets throwing away those Pokemon cards now

[@pablodelgado7919]

@@RetroWarsuk haha pretty much, imagine the money he could make out of them. But what can you expect from someone with a IQ similar that of a amoeba?

[@RetroWarsuk]

Would anyone give up their faith for Pikachu?

[@pablodelgado7919]

@@RetroWarsuk lol i do

[@sh1yo7]

Charizard Level 7? Lol wut?

[@RetroWarsuk]

Some Pokemon just grow up early

[@91Definite]

@@RetroWarsuknah this has to be a cheat code

[@mamonzote]

My starter was charmander in pokemon red. I was so good at it i made it to misty in 3 weeks 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RetroWarsuk]

hahahaha 3 weeks grind grind grind

[@kingofdash9175]

Damn we just word for word bar for bar ripping off King K? 🤡

[@RetroWarsuk]

There are parts I did take from him and he explained bloody well. Looking back I should have straight inserted his video as the quote. I learnt from this going forward, as this was my first retrospective

[@gannontilly2929]

sqrilte poopbut not poopbutt poopbut

[@necrocloudchan]

We just gonna bypass the LVL 5 blastoise?

[@RetroWarsuk]

Team Rocket did it (In reality, I used to do challenge videos, can you beat this game with his mon)