Pokémon Red and Blue - The Power of Choice

[@Livvvid]

I made a MUCH longer video about Red and Blue kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIe4q42sosinn68 I hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think of the longer format or if you prefer shorter videos like this.

[@christopherwince611]

this has been done before i got both good try though

[@sigiligus]

The GB/C Pokémon games have a timeless magic. Even though the technology is outdated as hell, playing them is like driving a classic car.

[@Livvvid]

Exactly. you get it.

[@sebastienr7852]

Correct. It has a vintage elegance.

[@alfsleftnut9224]

Totally agree, they took what has since become out dated antiquated tech and made a timeless game that will be played 100 years from now

[@donaldh3721]

If the save battery didn’t die I’d still play my game boy color & crystal over any pokemon game nowadays

[@theforgottenmovies3265]

@@donaldh3721 I have new batteries in my cartridges but the sad thing is that the save file will be lost when you change the battery, so I transferred over my Pokémon to Pokémon Stadium 2 before I did it.

[@JacobTheMighty]

There's nothing quite like the magic of playing through a game for the first time where your choices actually matter. Pokemon was so ahead of its time in replayability because it was one of the first widely accessible games where you could spend hours on end theory-crafting your perfect team composition and then literal days or weeks building that team. 10/10 nostalgia video!

[@tealblackwhiteteal]

i also love the mysteriousness of the fossils; you have a teaser of information from the pewter museum, but mostly you’re going in blind when you choose. it’s great.

[@Livvvid]

I didnt know about the teaser or maybe I forgot. I was horrible with reading in games back when I was a kid so I probably just never paid attention lol. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate you.

[@highdefinition450]

but imagine you get stuck with omanyte tho ew

[@JohnSmith-j3p4f]

Another example of choice in R/B/Y is the order in which you can complete the gyms. Only Brock, Misty and Giovanni have to be beaten in order, the rest is up to you. So, there are fifty-nine different ways you can complete the gyms.

[@theforgottenmovies3265]

And you need to defeat Koga before you can defeat Blaine. (So you can use Surf)

[@JohnSmith-j3p4f]

@@theforgottenmovies3265 That's true, my mistake. I've been building a team for Pokemon Stadium and decided to mess around with the order of the gyms. Fighting Erika next to last was pretty fun.

[@nncntblzzrd2427]

Am i the only one who thought "screw that basic fire-dragon, i want the mad turtle with a bazooka coming out of its shield!"? 😂

[@adamjones9818]

yes

[@donaldh3721]

Charmander was my last choice of the 3, mainly due to him being every novice’s favorite.

[@nncntblzzrd2427]

@@donaldh3721 thank you 👏🏿😂 i mean, i really like am all 3.. but the dragon was literally to fat to Fly 😅

[@HybridAngelZero]

The joy of this is actually why, when any new Pokemon game releases, I try to go in as blind as possible, I try to not even know the starters' evolutions, stats, nothing. I almost always ending choosing my first playthrough teams on vibes and cool factor, and it just makes the games so much fun. I still love competitive play, stat tracking, breeding, all that stuff, but it can wait til post-game or replays

[@Livvvid]

I do the same thing!!! Unforunately the quality of games has been declining, in my opinion, but i really hope the next ones are a return to form and ill be going in blind.

[@IzzyItachi]

Man it’s so refreshing finding a channel who talks about the Pokémon series like an adult for adults. I get the series is for kids, but every channel centered around Pokémon is so loud and obnoxious. I like to listen to these sort of videos while I’m working and it’s just nice to finally stumble across a chill guy who loves these games as much as I do.

[@Livvvid]

Well thats exactly what I was shooting for so thank you for letting me know. I also know what you mean. Sometimes I like watching card channels where they open older sets but I've basically been ran off because its dudes older than me screaming into the camera, bright lights everywhere, and interrupting what I'm there for to talk about nothing. Thank you for watching and commenting it helps me a lot!

[@quinndastur]

Pokemon brings me back to elementary school. We had a whole black market for cards because the teachers didn't want us playing Pokemon during class. Tho at that point it was all based on how the cards looked, because no one actually knew how to play the card game.

[@Livvvid]

Same exact experience. I hate to admit it, but I had a base set charizard. That thing was so beat to hell. I eventually traded it for a holo alakazam and somehow thought I won the trade because alakazam was harder to get in the games lol. Thank you for watching and everything quinn. You're always really supportive.

[@kb5509]

Thats not a black market

[@stephendeboer1999]

In Alaska, a Comic store started a "pokemon card game league" like 25 years ago...we brought our card decks and played for badges, it was cool to win and watch people battle with a bunch of decks...you playing Fighting, Water, or Fire type Pokemon?🤔

[@jkent9915]

One advantage to picking Charmander that no ever mentions, you can get a Pikachu early also that has a type advantage on rival with Squirtle. So if you think about the 4 biggest early fights are Rival, Brock, Misty, and Rival. I love the Charmander line and this basically makes up for Brock being difficult.

[@Livvvid]

3:18

[@VideoGameMarimbist]

I think the most interesting thing about Charmander is that they aren't that bad into Brock. His Pokémon are all high defense and low special so once they learn ember they can actually do some decent damage. Brock also lacks an actual rock type move so they don't damage Charmander all that much. Also once you get ember, training on metapod and kakuna in Viridian Forest level them up pretty fast. It is definitely an option that rewards those who deeply know the game since all of Charmander's problems can be planned around and conquered without much trouble. Bulbasaur is definitely for beginners since it beats both of the early gyms and Squirtle lets you learn about Pikachu/Paris without needing as much other knowledge as Charmander. The three present a fun difficult curve because the game becomes more complicated not harder and it rewards those who study them game instead of just making it more grindy (although you could definitely grind if you want to solve the games' challenges that way).

[@PokemonPOTUS]

Absolutely beautifully made video! You've done a really good job!

[@Livvvid]

Hey thank you potus, love the name. I have something dropping later today you may like ;)

[@PokemonPOTUS]

@@Livvvid Thankyou Daddy, we aim to please. We're hoping to be the most savage satire on KZbin! Be that guy who gives us their first shout out! We'd forever be grateful, Daddy. 😈

[@Livvvid]

I didnt expect this response at all. Thank you to the new subs and amazing feedback.

[@pallydan893]

You forgot about Bulbasaur's secondary poison type that makes it immune to the poison condition, handy considering half of team rocket's Pokémon are poison type

[@Livvvid]

Yeah the common feedback im getting is that I could do longer videos and provide more information. It's a good problem to have and I plan on making longer videos now. While my video isn't perfect, I'm happy with the direction im going in and hopefully you're there to see the next one. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@OrinOfAtlantis]

Glad this video popped up in my "recommended" just subscribed, can't wait to see what else you have for the channel!

[@Livvvid]

Hey orin thank you for taking a chance on a smaller video/channel when it popped up. I appreciate you.

[@MRF1983]

An Aquaman fan. Rare to encounter one in the wild, like running into a shiny Pokémon. I may only be a casual Aquaman fan, but I respect the rep'ing with the account name and profile pic 🤜

[@OrinOfAtlantis]

@MRF1983 you have no idea how honored I am to be compared to a shiny pokemon 😂 thank you. And yeah, Aquaman is my absolute favorite fictional character. Thanks for the love, have a good one!🤙🏻

[@slowstartpokemon8652]

Good video. I still remember standing in the shop deciding between red and blue. They don’t have stuff like the fossils in the modern games where you get something that seems pretty useless until much later in the game when suddenly it can become a Pokemon.

[@Livvvid]

Which one did you end up getting and do you remember why? Thank you for watching and commenting. I'm going to do a full playthrough video, hope to see you there!

[@slowstartpokemon8652]

@ I went for Blue because of blastoise. I went in thinking I’d go for red because I wanted one of the version exclusives but in the end that awesome cannon turtle won me over. ‘Fun’ fact. I completed mount moon without the use of flash as I didn’t get it for some reason so I had to draw out maps to find my way through.

[@Livvvid]

Dude Ive NEVER gotten flash for the Rock Tunnel lol.

[@alecbermes4791]

Awesome video my friend, earned a subscriber. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your content!!

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I would argue that Red and Blue are probably the games where choice felt the most impactful of any game. While almost all games have a starter that has a disadvantage against the first one or two gyms, after Gen 1 there was usually some sort of coverage option available shortly after the starter choice; For a couple of prime examples If you pick Chikorita in GSC don't worry as one of the rock types such as Geodude or Onix will take care of Falkner and Bugsy for you. Oh you picked Chimchar and the first gym is rock? Never fear as Chimchar will likely evolve and get fighting coverage by then. And the Pokedexes and early game choices only become more diverse as new games come out. If you pick Charmander you have to brute force through Brock, as Nidoran with Double Kick and Mankey weren't available before Brock until Yellow, where you don't even get a choice of starter being forced to take Pikachu. While this may mean you may have to grind for Brock, you are rewarded for it with a starter that will be ahead of the level curve for the next part of the game and have an easier time catching up to Bulbasaur and Squirtle.

[@Livvvid]

What an awesome comment and I totally agree. Even the remakes of RB make things much easier when they start giving the early pokemon different moves to help against brock if you choose charmander. Thank you for watching and commenting

[@GoonieLord]

Before the games launched I was at Safeway with my brothers. We we're getting Lunchables when we noticed strange creatures on the box. This was our first encounter with Pokémon

[@Livvvid]

I had a safeway behind my apartments growing up that I could get to via a hole in the fence. I would go there to get those pokemon inside the clear rubber balls. the idea was you were supposed to smash the balls until the rubber broke and you got the pokemon. I vividly remember getting gengar from one and cherishing it for a long time until i lost it. thank you for watching and commenting.

[@michaelwoffindin]

Me, aged 6, playing Blue for the first time and picking my starter: I like forests, so I'll pick the grass type. Me, aged 6, after completing Blue for the first time: I love Venusaur and Bulbasaur is my boy. Me, aged 6, re-playing Blue for the second time: Bulbasaur is my boy. Me, aged 6, re-playing Blue for the third time: Bulbasaur is my boy. Me, aged 6, re-playing Blue for the fourth time: Bulbasaur is my boy. Me, aged 6, re-playing Blue for the fifth time: Bulbasaur is my boy. Me, aged 6, re-playing Blue for the sixth time: Bulbasaur is my boy. Me, aged 6, after my Blue's internal battery died and I could no longer save the game: Bulbasaur will always be my boy Me, now aged 32, playing any pokemon game: I'll pick the grass starter, in honour of Bulbasaur, who is my boy.

[@playalot86]

ポケモンモンスター赤とか緑は1番だ❗️

[@furiouskaiser9914]

SQUIRTLE SQUAD FOR LIFE! 🐢

[@nachoqtnd]

Started with Red when I was pretty young. Really resonate with what you said. Great video It's honestly a shame the route Nintendo went with the Pokemon games. Especially with locking legendaries behind events, shiny locking, etc. Just kind of a shame. Would like to have seen more quest-based lines to get certain pokemon while keeping the choice elements.

[@Livvvid]

You found the right guy then. I've also been really disappointed with how the franchise went and thats why so much of my content focuses on the first couple of generations. Nothing is perfect but im still so impressed with how much they got right out of the game as far as concepts.

[@nachoqtnd]

@ they def did an amazing job on the first few games 🙌🙌 def earned a sub, great content. keep up the good work

[@alfsleftnut9224]

@@Livvvid I stopped playing after gen 6 because I thought that they'd rand out of ideas and felt like the games held your hands too much.

[@Livvvid]

pretty much the same alf. I generally only play gen 1-5 now.

[@MRF1983]

I was 15 when I got red version in '98, it was the first game I got for my purple Game Boy Color. I still remember my first team of Venasaur, Pidgeotto, Butterfree, Raichu, Gyarados and Haunter. I didn't have anyone I could trade with, so no Gengar or other trade evolutions and no blue version exclusive Pokémon. I picked all of my Pokémon on my first play throughs based on my like of them from the anime. Eventually I got the official Pokémon Nintendo strategy guide and started basing my Pokémon choices off of it. I treaded a little deeper out on my 3rd or 4th play though picking Squirtle 3 or 4 times. I finally decided to try "hard mode" and pick Charmander around my 6th, 7th or 8th go and was surprised that it wasn't really that much more difficult. Charmander's ember may not have been very effective against Brock's rock types, but it did decent enough damage. Butterfree with confusion did the heavy lifting. I didn't know which fossil would give you what Pokémon on my first go, so it was just a blind choice. I think I picked Hitmonlee the first time, but I know I went with Hitmonchan every time after I got the strategy guide. I don't remember what I evolved Eevee into the first time. I know I did all three evolutions eventually. I remember using a Vaporeon during one play through. I picked up Yellow version when it came out because you could get all the starters in one game like the anime. Pokémon Stadium was huge for me not being able to trade Pokémon with anybody, I could deposit Pokémon from my red version onto Stadium's PC and withdraw them with yellow version, where I could teach them moves they couldn't learn in red. I got Pokémon silver when it came out and it was great to play through blind again. My knowledge from playing the first game still mostly applied, but silver's new mechanics made it feel like the first time again. I remember picking Cyndaquil on my first play through, but not very much else about that first go. Don't know why my memories of playing red version are stronger than yellow or silver.

[@Livvvid]

hey thank you for the amazing comment, I always love longer ones. You're not wrong about charmander against brock. For newer playerd though it may be confusing knowing the physical/special split. I'm making a much longer video after seeing how well this video did. I'm really excited to make and release it so hopefully I see you there.

[@MRF1983]

@@Livvvid Looking forward to that video. I also enjoyed reading other people's experiences playing Pokémon in the comments. It's crazy to think that Pokémon is almost 30 years old, it will be in 2026 for Japan. Those first few years and game generations were so much fun. If the battery on my old copy of silver still works, I have some Pokémon my oldest niece traded with me when she got her own Game Boy and Pokémon Crystal as a kid. She'll be 30 next year and has a toddler of her own now. I remember seeing a video not too long ago of someone who was remaking or remade red and blue, but with/ in the water color art style of the original game's instruction booklet and strategy guide. I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to replay through the original game looking like that. Thank you for the reply and channel . I hope you are having/ had a happy Thanksgiving 🦃🥧🖖

[@adrthegreatball4596]

The gen 1 art is gorgeous.

[@shewolfcub3]

Gen 1-6 are peak Pokemon and the only ones I enjoy really. I started with Gen 5 by the way!

[@Livvvid]

I absolutely LOVE gen five. Hopefully i'll see you in the future as I upload more content. I'm planning on doing longer, more in depth videos now.

[@zackzimmer7167]

So you’re saying 80% of Pokémon is peak? Damn you’re easy to please… Gen 2/3/4 are the only greats. Anything else is garbage, from sun moon to everything that has come out that wasn’t a remake(except bdsp that wasn’t great).

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

nah gen 1 and 5 are good i wish gen 1 had more to it and gen 5 had better.. everything else because the mainline games are great

[@zachpayne5306]

You spelled1-3 wrong

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

@@zachpayne5306 yes gen 4 is overrated and gen 6 is only the last "good gen" but that doesn't mean it's one of the best.

[@JuanSolo776]

This is exactly why I preferred Red/Blue over Yellow (and still do). Yellow tries to railroad the player to play the game a certain way; whereas Red/Blue entertain more team building creativity. One could even argue that the Pokemon Yellow problem has been even further exacerbated in recent games by more singular hand-out Pokemon (especially legendaries!).

[@Livvvid]

Man I couldnt agree with you more. I can still play yellow casually when I'm in that kind of mood but it strips you of choosing a starter and like you said, you COULD ignore getting the gift pokemon starters but its like... i feel compelled to take them because they're so good, their typings are great, and thats kinda what the games point is anyway. It wants you to follow the anime lol. and if anyone is like "well just dont use them" then my argument is "Well then just play red and blue and catch a pikachu in viridian forest" lol. And your second part is true as well. The hand holding as become ridiculous. Anyone who may say "kids game", just look back at these old games when many of us who played them were children. we still played them and loved them, didn't need handouts and constant shortcuts.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

I highly suggest watching the 3hours Man of recap video on this game. that man use very well the freedom gen 1 pokemon offers. for example he chose squirtle as starter because it make progressing the early game very quicly, but then decide to not leveling him up more than that because not only he caught a stronger pokemon that sweep opponents but also he chose to replace it later with another water type

[@Furious_Dan]

I too believe in Bulbasaur superiority

[@theforgottenmovies3265]

If you also own Pokémon Yellow you can transfer your Charizard to Yellow and learn it Fly and then transfer it back because in Red and Blue Charizard can’t learn Fly sadly. I play this games on my Pokémon Stadium 2 and try to collect every TM. In newer games you can use TM so many times as you want but in older games you can only use them once, so I use the Missingo glitch and have around 90 of every TM on my Pokémon Stadium 2.

[@MelancholyRequiem]

Vulpix. The amnswer is ALWAYS Vulpix.

[@Livvvid]

One of the few fire types! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

the fact that all the three starters are good does help too. if two of them were bad people wouldn't choose them as much. for Brock if you chose Charmander just level up it to level 9 where it learns ember, you just have to face the bug catchers in your way to pewter. start the battle with one growl (geodude has decent base attack stat) then spam ember and with onix don't use ember while it's using bide

[@Livvvid]

Hey pikmin thank you for watching and the awesome comment. I appreciate you. yeah brocks pokemon are really bad with special defense so the ember is great. I have something dropping later today you may like ;)

[@jessig9721]

Very well done! 👍

[@Livvvid]

Thank you jessi. You took a chance on a smaller video/channel and I appreciate that.

[@returo7297]

i choose u power! fk pikacu!

[@ProfessorWFS]

Great video

[@qwopiretyu]

Shoutout Vensaurs warts

[@Livvvid]

I finally found my people.

[@rkbelmont1138]

Yellow was the only Pokemon game I played. Had the same struggle as Ash. How do I beat Brock rock pokemon with Pikachu and Pidgey?

[@sebbyh9764]

You can’t seriously think Charizard looks cooler than Blastoise on the cover - a turtle with cannons coming out, come on man!

[@Livvvid]

Dont get me wrong they're all cool. But cmon Vena-boils?!?!? He's just such a slab of vegetation lol

[@blackfrieza6969]

I Love Red Version. It Was My First Pokémon Experience.

[@Livvvid]

hey thanks for watching and commenting.

[@blackfrieza6969]

@@Livvvid My Pleasure.

[@pravvsss1835]

You my friend, have earned a sub

[@Livvvid]

Thank you prav you're awesome.

[@andrewoliver7095]

The RBY games are honestly pretty good, still. Every few years I go back and play one of them and it's still a pretty fun, breezy experience. I can't say the same of the other games. I loved GSC as a kid, but when I try to play them now, I just get really bored. Same with any other pokemon game tbh.

[@Livvvid]

i just replayed and will be dropping a lengthy video on them today or tomorrow. Thank you for watching and commenting, I appreciate you.

[@BlackForceTrainer]

A new game called D.A.M. Champion was just released on Steam and it has inspiration from the original Red and Blue. It is a low budget dark comedy.

[@Livvvid]

Not sure I love the art it went for during battles but let me know how it is if you get it.

[@trapez77]

You should always only play with the original pea soup colors of the original gameboy

[@TrappyJenkins]

Good presentation, good audio. Try to put more excitement/enthusiasm in your voice

[@somethingold7445]

Bulb 4 life

[@Livvvid]

Bulb was always my favorite even though charizard looked cool. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@VonTyrant]

So underrated. :D

[@spacship123455]

I does not matter who you choose. You can get all 151 using the ditto glicth. Also you can get a 100 level Ganger in the 1st forest.

[@Livvvid]

That's not the standard im applying games.

[@justinking1296]

I didnt have a choice but lucky i had a brother. He got blue and i got red lol. I loved these games though. Navigating and collecting at 7 years old not knowing what the hell i was doing

[@Livvvid]

Man same age as me haha. And thats so cool that you got the perfect brother/second copy mash up. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@HdhHd-b4m]

My first pokemon gen 1 game was Blue. But I agree Red was cooler

[@shp-bk6lm]

No shit. There’s 169 pokemon?

[@Livvvid]

no, 420.

[@trapez77]

You should always only play with the original pea soup colors of the original gameboy

[@Livvvid]

I only ever owned a GameBoy color and it was an embarrassingly long time until I realized the pea color from the original games was the norm for some people lol

[@trapez77]

@ if you play it on a 3ds, you can press L+R+y at the same time to make it the right color. And you can hold select when booting up the game to play at its OG resolution. In an emulator, you may have to input the color values yourself

[@Livvvid]

Do you know if the 3DS versions can do the gameboy color palletes or is it just the grey and pea color?

[@trapez77]

@ they cannot. It’s grey or pea. There’s also a distinct color palette if you play on a super gameboy snes accessory or through the transfer pak in pokemon stadium on the n64.

[@Livvvid]

Thanks for answering. Sorry to keep you coming back but I have a random one. Why did you click on the video? Thumbnail, title? If I did a longer video like this format but had my face at the bottom left as if it was recorded from a stream, would that be distracting? I'm working on my next video is why I ask and you've been nice about replying lol.