Pokémon Scarlet (Part 2)

Part 2 of MandJTV's first Pokemon Scarlet playthrough!
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[@MandJTVExtra]

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[@tanjirokamado9640]

Hi

[@FakePrincePretty]

Maybe

[@hakuanimations327]

No

[@yeah_definitely]

PART 2 ALREADY!!! THIS IS THE BEST!!!

[@Tizzy_Rose]

@@yeah_definitely Agreed!!

[@Unovakid24]

I don't know if he saw this, there's a really cool Easter egg in the school library area. One of the readable books is titled "Galar: A History" and talks about how the Stow-on-Side mural was destroyed, but revealed the Zacian and Zamazenta statues. This was the book that Sonia wrote during the post-game of Sword and Shield, and it actually manged to become part of a school library in a different region. That's really cool!

[@metehantans7852]

That's awesome

[@daily_ditto]

Damn that means this game is pretty far in the future of the Pokemon timeline at least. Gotta be a minimum of 5 years at least for someone to get a book published to be in schools

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Aww

[@Ditto.007]

@Daily Ditto that's true, how old would Red be at this point. Could he have a child since he was an adult in SM

[@themanthrmyththelegend]

@@Ditto.007 28

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

You just gotta love how out of all the things to give Koraidon the extra capabilities for getting around the map, it's the Herba Mystica. You know. Herba Mystica. HM. They really went there and I love it.

[@umapessoa240]

Hope Blacephalon is in the game cause I’m Mind Blown right now

[@TARDIS915]

How did I not realize that connection

[@captainnuggies1949]

Wow, I did not realise that at all, amazing observation

[@adhiprajna4127]

Wtf that just blow my mind,

[@mr.umbreon3173]

Hahaha

[@Impulse001]

50:38 Nemona is basically Paldean Ash, she's battle crazy and is starting again with a starter while waiting for you to become stronger. XD

[@Oscarus4250]

But with one difference - Ash isn't yandere towards anyone

[@starfallcolors4491]

@@Oscarus4250 she’s not yandere with you, her senpai is battling 😂

[@Oscarus4250]

@@starfallcolors4491 - very addicted to battling - stalks you - gets geniuenly offended if we fight against someone other than her (excluding official fights against Gym Leaders and such) - terryfing when provoked - when you deny the proposal of being her rival, she'll be constantly forcing you to, no matter hom much it takes ...do I have to say more? Be happy Pokemon games are Rated E, otherwise...

[@nicholas5311]

Totally agree with that now that I think about it lol

[@milesmcallister8542]

@@Oscarus4250 otherwise what?

[@dawidksiadz-hp7wd]

I loved Mikey's reaction to Clodsire. I had basically the same reaction and now Jean-Clod the Clodsire is my 2nd favourite pokemon and the permament member of my team.

[@mintmango0]

As someone who picked Fuecoco, watching the epic sunflora battle was hilarious

[@Leicester_Ansulrua]

Lmaoooo

[@leonglitch]

It's even more hilarious for me because I beat mela before doing any gyms

[@plunkti6054]

I didn’t even know you could battle them, I found the first 10 sleeping lol

[@colinmiller4946]

I had a armarouge before the first gym, easy

[@Nikita_Akashya]

I did the bug gym first. I caught the bird form Kalos. And then I set the bugs and plants on fire. Because bird. But I also trained a lot more than Mikey before I went anywhere. I have 4 Titans, 2 Star bases and 4 gyms under my belt now. And i have birds. So many birds! And my pink sheep. I found a shiny mareep during my first day of playing the game. I benched itnow, because it's fully evolved. Shinies are great, but I just can't stand the pink Ampharos. I hope I can find a shiny Fukano maybe. Puppy!

[@nobleskysisters9244]

13:04 the ghost type thing makes sense because one of the old ways to protect yourself from ghosts was to sit within a circle of salt.

[@ItsTechnicallyMagic]

That’s witches not named Winifred Sanderson.

[@MysteryMusic512]

I love how Mikey just completely missed Arven’s lore as he left the cave 😂

[@sunny-yk2hw]

i know 😭😭😭 i was ready to see his reaction but NOPE it’s straight to sada.

[@Natalie_2011]

And called Sada mommy

[@mayawhitten-desroches9800]

Poor arven honestly

[@Natalie_2011]

@@mayawhitten-desroches9800 yeah cause his dog like got beat up and he wants to like get all this herb mystica for his dog (I forgot the dog’s name)

[@ZizzleTheKakapo]

@@Natalie_2011 May he regret that later?

[@johngrace6146]

Mikey: doesn’t take advice from his Pokémon and says that should be taken with a grain of salt. Also mikey: conveniently has a grain of salt on his team.

[@zackattack1380]

Lmao

[@The_Meloneer]

Lol

[@ninjarudeboy858]

Koraidon is like a big doggie, he has the facial expressions and the cuteness

[@rockheart2002]

He's like Toothless

[@Skylight-zy4iz]

​@@rockheart2002 He even makes the weird noises

[@WiseGirlAnnabeth2425]

I was gonna say that!

[@soaziglebihan7592]

this is all so true

[@PonikoShitposter]

As a Spanish, Mike's pronunciation of the word naranja is probably the best I've heard. Congrats! PS: I love Mike's Spanish in general, it sounds so good and so fun at the same time

[@mranima748]

Considering how he knew los platos was the plates, he must know some spanish

[@SnowyIsSilly]

@@mranima748he said he knew some. Just far from fluent in it

[@CaptainB1994]

Loved the "Professor Mommy" slip up 🤣🤣🤣

[@ronedgardoestebanconstanti7665]

agree

[@Zekken_The_Lodestar]

@aGeneral Duck oh no... He's infected!

[@hobogod0127]

I almost commented this was hilarious 😂😂

[@fightingfalcon777]

I can’t wait for when Mikey does his inevitable Team Sky playthrough and Team Sky Mikey discovers that Koraidon can be a creature OF THE SKY! 😂

[@melodikaelin8500]

First

[@AevitosTrath]

And then he chose violet

[@fightingfalcon777]

@@AevitosTrath well, same thing, just with Miraidon instead lol

[@flowrebaz6189]

I burst out in to laughter when I saw him. I couldn’t control myself, he has such a “Hello fellow teenagers” vibe!

[@conwool2609]

Look up “principal brown tries to be cool”, and it gives me hugely similar vibes to that

[@Zekken_The_Lodestar]

@@conwool2609 I REMEMBER THAT EPISODE!!!

[@melodikaelin8500]

Who is him?

[@Zekken_The_Lodestar]

@@melodikaelin8500 Potential spoilers: Clive and Clavell

[@flowrebaz6189]

@@melodikaelin8500 I avoided name dropping because of spoilers but someone has given you the answer

[@blastmole299]

I love that Mikey didn't realize that Brassius is actually the 2nd gym and there's no level scaling (which they should've implement)

[@juliantrel4094]

Yeah, I didn't know that there was no level scaling so I rolled up to Katy with a Naclstack after defeating Mela

[@PopeDuwang]

I went through that with Grusha. Despite them actually being the “sixth” Gym Leader they felt like the 8th due to their levels.

[@eeveequeenhanna]

@@PopeDuwang He IS supposed to be the 8th.

[@PopeDuwang]

@@eeveequeenhanna I’ve seen The Psychic Gym get considered as the 8th Gym at times.

[@eeveequeenhanna]

@@PopeDuwang I’m pretty sure the Psychic Gym is supposed to be the 6th.

[@Mavmar071]

No one is gonna talk about he plays the director like (a*) professional actor

[@RookieGoBoom]

*a

[@Ditto.007]

Lmao I was gonna say that too! (My English teacher ingrained grammar into my brain)

[@crmsn_flwr]

@@Ditto.007 Shoutout to those professors that made us obsessed with proper grammar.

[@ashyflame]

Wow Greek pokemon fan neat

[@Ditto.007]

@NajaRose Heck yeah!

[@grantschumann5414]

At 1:04:11 when he mentioned his friend and girlfriend finding a shiny I found a full odds shiny Floette SECONDS later. Mikey manifested my shiny luck lol

[@takeyourheart1]

Arven isn’t a jerk he’s just a dog person stuck around people all day and it is relatable. 😂

[@netweed09]

Arven is Gold, I unlocked _all_ the Travel Mode Abilities before even doing _any_ of the Gyms. It was incredible but sadly I only recorded from when I did 2 of the Gyms; Brassius and the the Bug one at Cortondo. Still, it's pretty weird seeing a player have _full_ access to the (now totally Open) world of Paldea so early on.

[@ChaoYT99]

@@netweed09soo u were way overleveled for like most of the gyms

[@max2.0troll73]

49:37 i could just imagine someone doing a challenge run of scarlet and violet using only using pokemon advices movesets

[@paulovitorsouzanunes4854]

That is a god deam good idea

[@q12aw50]

They’re not always bad

[@solitare4602]

PaPaSea should definitely do it. It's right up his alley.

[@max2.0troll73]

@@q12aw50yeah you are right, but at the moment it sounded pretty useless

[@q12aw50]

@@max2.0troll73 not everybody is a 15+ teenager or adult playing

[@EyeWasBored]

Fun Fact: Every single gym leader's terastalized pokemon has a special reason for being theyre ace weather it be related to battle mechanics or their character

[@I_Im_Over_There]

How did you use the wrong type of weather? I feel like it should be whether

[@EyeWasBored]

@@I_Im_Over_There ???

[@GedanJ]

@@EyeWasBored grammar

[@rileyackison4495]

@@I_Im_Over_There cause English is a really fun language.

[@denvitar3128]

During my playthrough, I traveled west and did the bug gym first. The next gym I did was the water gym where the leader's pokemon where in their late 20's, the I arrived at the grass gym with my pokemon in the mid 30's. It's hilarious seeing Mikey struggle when I ohko'd everything with flamethrower.

[@dweebicusmaximus]

sorry, i just love referring to them as 'in their late 20s' like, they're going on thirty, never went to college, about to have a midlife crisis

[@thescholarsjourney661]

Calling it now, Cassiopia either was or is the leader of team Star. You don't just name someone after a constellation and NOT have them related to a space-themed team.

[@loganbiller8175]

There’s a constellation called Cassiopeia?

[@thescholarsjourney661]

@@loganbiller8175 Yep! It has been since at least Ptolemy (2nd century). It's based on a Greek myth, and it's visible year round in the northern hemisphere. It kinda looks like a wonky "w" (Note: all of this is according to Google, the only thing I really remembered about it on my own was that it was a constellation that... exists.

[@GDToastYT]

11:19 did anyone hear that PERFECT timing for the song to drop as he threw the pokèball? It was beautiful

[@Toneill029]

Lore wise it does make sense why Katy is the beginner gym.

[@ravindupadmanath2802]

Mikey: OH BOI I cant wait to ride on koraidon! Framerate: I'm about to end this man's whole experience

[@samp1641]

Yeeeeepppp the frame rate is god awful it feels like it’s running on an I pod.

[@Dznts1234]

it runs perfectly 99% of the time

[@noahsteensonfilms]

I never got a single drop in frames and I've completed the game

[@DonNextDoor286]

@@Dznts1234 W cap

[@scramblelikeaeggbeforeifol5833]

@@Dznts1234if it not 100% accurate it’s 50% accurate

[@Mattsothelioma]

I personally adore the pictures taken alongside the badges in this game. It just keeps the theme of this being a journey and you’re taking pictures to remember it by.

[@InverPrincess]

Clavell really said “How do you do, fellow kids!”

[@nunyabizness8919]

Literally yesterday I found a shiny shinx that unrendered when I got a call from Arven. I thought it had despawned, but it rerendered as soon as the call finished. What a relief...

[@SGTVLee]

“Professor mommy” Ngl I can’t blame him💀

[@The_Meloneer]

True

[@starry-eyedatstarryskies1797]

Did anyone else notice the dolphin's reaction to him catching the Wattrell? At like 46:39 right when the great ball clicks it has this 'oh shit' look on its face XD

[@tonyyu8335]

Arven’s dad went to go get the milk, in both games, for different reasons.

[@fullyrandomuser2538]

If you really think about it, so did his mom…

[@melodikaelin8500]

First

[@Leosloth2011]

No he’s dead

[@RockStoneLee19]

Milk in the afterlife is not easy to get

[@BJGvideos]

​@@Leosloth2011In Scarlet he's probably still alive, and Sada is likely alive in Violet.

[@NeonWafflez707]

I’m naming my Armarouge “Phaestus” after Hephaestus, so I’m glad Mikey and I have similar name inspiration 😅

[@VulcanW]

Wait, is this gonna be a daily series or not? Either way, I'm down to watch a playthrough.

[@casen2good]

Hope it’s a daily series

[@Ditto.007]

Either way I love it!

[@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos]

Either a daily series, or a mostly daily series.

[@kingcaz1990]

At least every Saturday and Sunday

[@MandJTVExtra]

mostly daily. So daily when possible but we will skip a day here and there if need be

[@rileyjackson2512]

Another thing that I think Mikey needs to know is that using healing items outside of battle is highly needed in this game

[@neonlightning1996]

I'm loving this game so far, also I did not know you could get Charcadet near the Klawf titan, I got mine after beating the fire team star base (anyone moaning about spoilers, the fire team star boss was teased in the trailers)

[@jolteon345]

On top of it being teased in trailers, it's forced onto your map within the first hour and a half of play time.

[@CaptainObliviousV]

I couldn’t find one out East (I tried for like an hour), but there’s a guaranteed spawn a little ways outside of Cortondo.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Well I learned the hard way that it wasn't supposed to be the first one.

[@vincenzoditrolio6985]

You can find charcadet in like half the areas it’s just rare.

[@aimedxd7800]

That whole sunflora battle got me on the floor laughing 😂

[@tubza]

Bro the hammer Pokémon (Tikatink) final evolution is soooo good! Thry get a 100 accuracy, 160 damage steel type move that the only drawback is it can’t be used twice + it’s surprisingly fast.

[@shiny_lock]

It disappointed me when he didn't bother use Tinkatink in the slightest. Even when it would greatly benefit, didn't even notice it. I used it as soon as I saw it. It is amazingly great and I haven't gotten the final evo yet.

[@mldavid4056]

@@shiny_lock It doesn't appeal to him. Why is that a problem?

[@Oscarus4250]

@@mldavid4056 Also, he's definitely gonna see it later in the game.

[@wooptyfrickendoo6203]

Ok but it also has 75 attack lmao

[@Tyranitar.]

@@wooptyfrickendoo6203yeah ok and

[@kdevelopergw]

the fact that it took him so long to realize that cassiopeia is penny is astounding, maybe it's just me but i thought it was obvious

[@BJGvideos]

Same. A friend of mine is playing Violet and she has a VERY strange notion of who Cassiopeia is because right after that initial call she got the call from Turo and she's all "oh you're DEFINITELY the bitch who hacked my phone" It is taking all my willpower to tell her well the man you're talking to has an assumed identity but it's not what you think

[@ghostroblox2137]

this feels like a non stream stream and i love it

[@leonglitch]

He said pretty much that in part 1

[@ohmeohmicah]

Especially since there's no specific intro/outro and you can kinda just chain each part to each other seamlessly as though they were all part of a singular stream

[@rosejigglypuff76]

I’ve always enjoyed watching you play all of these Pokémon games for the first time, and this one is equally amazing! Also I wanted to mention that there’s an in-game trade where an NPC will give you a Haunter in exchange for a Pincurchin, but unlike the Gen 4 games the Haunter is NOT holding an everstone! So you can actually get a Gengar on your team if you want, you just need to trade the required Pincurchin.

[@kontters]

omg nemona is such a psychotic fight obsessed clingy bean

[@Ditto.007]

I love the part where she asks team star "do you wanna battle me instead?" Like how badass can u get, lol

[@kontters]

@@Ditto.007 fr she's awesome

[@Ron_Don_Valante]

She’s annoying and won’t STFU

[@BrowneePointz]

"it will be awful later" Clodsire: Shush you bearded child, I am the God of WALLS, how DARE you speak such evil upon my name

[@Oscarus4250]

He changed Clodsire for Toedscruel later because the latter had higher BST, which pretty much shows his amateurship in actual Pokemon battling. As I've compared both Pokemon, I already knew Clodsire would better competitive Pokemon. Better typing (which matches up well with Water Absorb), and while BST is middling at best, it is greatly distributed. Meanwhile Toedscruel has awful defensively typing, mediocre Abilities (Mycelium Might isn't as good as one would think because many Abilities that were supposed to be ignored, still activate in-between turns to nivelate effects of the applied status moves), and I believe attacking moveset is rather shallow as well. Plus, the offensive capabilities of Clodsire are on compatible level, just with much better moveset. And I was right... but, my God, Clodsire is doing SO WELL, even better than I anticipated. I thought it'd land in UU, being a tier's staple, with occasional appearances in OU, with a chance of landing in borderline. But... it's a true OU Pokemon, with the same "level of usefulness" as Garchomp?! Wow! Meanwhile Toedscruel is in UU, and tier is full of Pokemon who could easily check Toedscruel or outright annihilate it, like Baxcalibur, Brute Bonnet, Forretress, Slither Wing, Wo-Chien... and literally any Flying Pokemon in there, and there's currently a lot of them. I wouldn't be surprised if it dropped to RU in a month or two

[@KuroJOkami]

Part 2, LET'S GOOO! I am really excited to see where this goes!

[@gerriejordaan8385]

Seeing his face when he fell off the cliff was hilarious at 14:37 to 14:45, then seeing his reaction again at 23:22 and the look on his face at 1:14:19. Lol. At least we do not loose items in this game.

[@sk416yearsago]

Tinkatink evolves into something really cool, and it has an insane move

[@arpheusgd6748]

True i love tinkatink

[@Oscarus4250]

Some of the new moves (especially signature ones) are truly insane. Like... 200 Base Power multi-attack move on a Pokemon who not only gains STAB from it but also possesses Technician (bringing the total BP to astounding 450). At least it's a Normal-type attack, so no supereffective damage (but even neutral hits will hurt like hell) Or that 160 BP, 100% Accurate Steel-type attack with the only drawback being build-in single-turn Torment. Or base 70 BP always-hitting Grass-type attack which always crits.

[@wyattmcgahey3035]

It's funny he wants a decent nature for the bird when he has a hasty mint in his bag

[@fullyrandomuser2538]

My mom said a human could never have 1000 iq, but here we are.

[@tinkatonfan_]

I’m quite literally so excited for this playthrough I’ve been checking this channel ever since the games came out in anticipation of your playthrough

[@xenodiva8363]

the canyon at 21:29 is where i found my first ever charcadet and it was shiny, i went absolutely ballistic. first ever full odds shiny in a mainline pokemon game

[@rarewubbox6413]

sad that ceruledge/armorouge's shiny is basically nothing different the eyes are the only things that change

[@andreblueboy6019]

56:47 lol! The way of how you said spooky, I already like this gym leader already because of your voice acting!

[@kimberlyramin]

Honestly I think the best part of Mikey's playthrough so far is just his constant surprise at tiny pokemon trying to assault him

[@zachalex3247]

I was dead laughing when the painter walked by again while mikey was seriously fighting a sunflora at 54:01

[@marisa7058]

Fr i was laughing 💀😭

[@CaptainB1994]

Glad I wasn't the only one who wasn't fooled by that 'disguise' 🤣🤣🤣

[@rileyackison4495]

Hello my fellow students!

[@notquitesquare]

What disguise thats just Clive definitely not anyone else

[@hangrypenguin1993]

I would have loved to see his reaction if he had faced Angel the courier with all less than level 14 pokemon like im sure many players did. I was totally unaware and got horribly swept.

[@wyattsgamingclub821]

Who is angel the courier

[@moremrcornfield9588]

Gotta say, Clodsire is actually very good in the later game. It takes hits very well and can fire back decently Edit: I called Wooper Magaera maybe that has an impact lol

[@paulovitorsouzanunes4854]

Yeah, it have 430 stat total, but is VERY well distributed

[@mldavid4056]

Michael seems to think low bst is automatically garbage without actually looking at the distribution

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

@@mldavid4056 I mean tbf it is meant to be more of a walling type of mon, though regardless, even in competitive there are Pokemon that have been pretty good regardless. Pretty sure Azumarill was in UU in Gen 8 for example.

[@paulovitorsouzanunes4854]

@@kaelanmcalpine2011 huge power makes azumarills attack stat to be WAAAY higher then just 55

[@q12aw50]

People who think a Pokémon needs to have good base stats to have it in a party are shitty trainers

[@YaoiFan22]

9:29 That has never been a problem for me. I can accurately guess the Pokemon on silhouette alone. 18:36 The small pillar is roaming Terastalized Pokemon, the wider light pillar is Tera Raid Dens. 21:49 Because, by level, it's the Bug Gym, the Stony Cliff Titan, Grass Gym. 25:35 This is why you look at leaks and trailers, Michael. You're 2 levels lower than them. 1:14:18 Why do I love the noise he makes?

[@spici2583]

This is the perfect time for part 2 to be released cuz my copy of scarlet just got delayed another day 😥 Update: It arrived!

[@Dip7man]

When are you gonna get it?

[@RowanTheViking]

That sucks hope you get it soon and enjoy yourself when you do. Update: Awesome, have fun friendo

[@kaedenfothergill4042]

ipreordered it and got on the day.hope you get it soon

[@JCXP123]

Hope you get it soon!

[@mr.umbreon3173]

Hope you get it soon

[@TheWiseMysticalTree]

The ending of this game actually made me feel something to be honest.

[@dr4gonfire126]

The ending from what I watched couldve been a bit better in my opinion but its pretty good still

[@TheWiseMysticalTree]

@@dr4gonfire126 still it was an absolutely insane twist you cannot deny that

[@JuiceBoi1]

@@dr4gonfire126the ending was actually really good. Overall the story was as good as the story of SM (which was really good)

[@BJGvideos]

The ending of this game (well, of Violet) made me so sad that I couldn't bother to keep playing the postgame for a few months. Plus I somehow latched onto the AI as my favorite character and I was genuinely worried what would happen to him.

[@The_Nameless_Gamer]

Mikey, have you noticed that every type has a specialist/boss battle in this game

[@getthedunkon9347]

He actually guessed this.

[@Cakes_Brother]

What about rock tho?

[@miracle053]

@@Cakes_Brother Klawf

[@The_Nameless_Gamer]

@@Cakes_Brother klawf

[@jurrehuizinga7136]

@@Cakes_Brother Klawf

[@chadnorris8257]

The bases are dangerous, and Cassie went ahead and alerted them all that she's sending someone to try to take them down. Element of surprised tossed right out the window.

[@kacpikachu5951]

Yeah, Cassie’s plan here was pretty bad, but that is in character for her given what we find out later in the story.

[@Apx_him]

“Pardon me, klawf” got me laughing so hard😂🤣🤣

[@NeverwascooL]

50:56 "my friend found a shiny Pawmi in the first hour" well we know what happened to Mikey's Shiny Yungoose luck

[@wooptyfrickendoo6203]

Bst ain't everything sometimes having the right stats in the right places is good enough. Clodsires stats are maximized for bulk which makes its 430 bst insanely misleading. The thing lives an incredible amount of hits and puts out solid utility with t spikes and has respectable damage out put with Earthquake. Clodsire is very very good in a playthrough and holds up incredibly well even into the late game

[@Xlpanx]

I totally agree I nearly swept an elite 4 member with a level 58 closure using t-spikes.

[@chenkeihinedison2236]

A good thing about scarlet and violet is that they try to “level cap” the pokemon. And it gets higher and higher every gym you beat. So you cant ridiculously catch overleveled pokemon in the open world unlike sword and shield which you can dominate the gyms by just beating raid battles 24/7 in the wild area. I would say they did a good job on this aspect.

[@yusheitslv100]

The gym test for the bug gym fits if you remember that dung beetles ROLL things around. And there's a dung beetle Pokémon introduced in Gen 9 that does exactly that.

[@jasond.b-w]

Every now and then I come back here just to watch the Sunflora battle again. The smiley 5 fps flower dance and the painter jaggedly shuffling through the battle over and over is top tier comedy, even above the sell menu saga later on. 😂

[@jeresaukkonen3094]

I found two shinies during my first day. The first one was a shiny mareep. The second one was... another shiny mareep...

[@megagreninja]

1:13:49 Don't worry about Clodsire's base stat total. It's stats are pretty min maxed. It doesn't use its low spatk, and it's incredibly bulky so the low speed doesn't matter. It's great at taking special hits and decent with physical ones, plus it has two immunities with water absorb. It's type is pretty decent in general too for offense and defense. You can use your dig TM on it and you should get poison jab soon. I've been using it the whole playthrough, carried me through a lot of tough spots, and it's still useful, I just beat my 8th gym leader. It gets yawn too which is great for catching and tough opponents.

[@maxl.1432]

Really appreciate you doing videos for this! I’m not a huge stream person so it’s cool seeing someone just enjoying the game like this 💜

[@Saturnlock]

1:13:39 Clodsire is actually really good. The main reason its BST is so low is because of its Sp. Atk and it's Speed. Both of which it doesn't need because it's a physical attacker and it's pretty bulky. With a really god Sp. Def, respectable Def, and phenomenal health. He's been a mainstay of my team since I used it against Iono.

[@omegav1252]

The sunflora battle was amnoying but very amusing to watch Mikey struggling to beat a Sunflora was great

[@gameflamingo497]

"It's good right now, but will be awful later" How dare you! My dear Clodsire has been nothing but good to me through the whole game! He has a great moveset, great stats(best hp in the whole squad), and is the perfect friend!

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

Yeah, Mikey focuses too much on raw Base Stat Total - and it shows. Distribution of those stats is just as important, and the distribution for Clodsire makes it a very bulky boi.

[@BJGvideos]

And it looks like an eclair

[@Ninja_grasshoar]

Why is your pfp the trans flag

[@BJGvideos]

@@Ninja_grasshoar Why does it matter to you and what does it have to do with anything relevant?

[@Ninja_grasshoar]

@@BJGvideos just flipping asking

[@lexicrawford8726]

I'm just glad my boi Tropius is in the game. Nannerbeard is the best dragon type

[@edenromanov]

These hour long ish videos are surprisingly very bingeable....or Mikey is just that easy to watch....maybe both 🤔 Regardless this playthrough has been really fun to watch so far! Can't wait to see you explore more of Paldea 😁

[@jasontulgetske2768]

My first SV shiny was charcadet, she's now an armarouge and has been with me the whole game

[@StarrChild.]

I like how not once during his travels trying to get to the mass outbreak did he consider that if the outbreak was around Pokémon higher level than him, the outbreak would be too high for him to fight/catch

[@DustyPhantom-ne5hy]

When Duckduck gets to its final evolution, Mikey should rename it "Goose"

[@solitare4602]

Or he could follow the Klingklang model. Klink -> Klang -> Klinklang. So, Duckduck -> Goose -> Duckduckgoose.

[@ItsTechnicallyMagic]

And the last evo Rooster.

[@timothybass2609]

You can still use normal stab moves since they don’t lose the stab bonus, which can lead to some fun strategies.

[@dotalbo8279]

Tinkatink’s final evo is rlly good, u should definitely use it

[@pedroneves5745]

Agreed

[@cocostar319]

Honestly watching this has eased my worries a lot. I heard that the framerate was awful and, yea that's really really not a good thing but everything else looks amazing!

[@JCXP123]

I've seen some where the framerate was awful but I haven't experienced that yet! But I got stuck in a flowerpot so there was that 😅

[@Screen_Shorts]

I’ve completed all 3 stories and haven’t had a single issue with framerate? The game runs at a smooth 30ish fps nearly all the time

[@heoniseokjin]

After that first titan mission, I love Arven. he’s just a goofy kid with awkward social skills who painstakingly made the player titan badges and has mommy/daddy issues depending on the game you play

[@BJGvideos]

Logically he would still have both considering both his parents ditched him. Even if he doesn't remember the one who left when he was a baby.

[@NerdByAnyOtherName]

You _should_ be doing the Tera Raids, even if the pokemon isn't interesting, you don't have to catch the pokemon and doing them will massively help your money problem as each raid drops 2-3+ high-sell-value items

[@ehesanulhaque4292]

Where's part 3? I was looking forward to it 😔

[@darrenv2594]

personally i had no issue with money at all during my playthrough. maybe because thanks to the perma exp all i had no need for rare candies so i sold those. also sold any item i deemed non essential including tms that my team couldn't learn and i didn't expect to have to teach any other mon. also as a completionist i tried to explore every corner of paldea (yes, every) so i got a ton of battle money and sellable items. ended my playthrough with several hundred thousand dollars, never using LP once, and having 100 of every item i deemed essential (potions, revives, balls)

[@Zeras97]

Michael, if you want to really grind xp on your pokemon, use the lets go feature to send them into packs of pokemon you know they can beat. For Charcadet send him into large groups of Skiddo. He'll gain so much xp and you won't have to spend all that time battling manually.

[@blastmole299]

I just send them to tauros herds at East Province Area 2, those guys give a bunch of exp. and bonus EV if your mon is a phys attacker

[@blastmole299]

@@JoeThomas-lu6fy Oh, I sent them directly for EV training, should've be more detailed on that one, my bad

[@DrewFC]

I love Mikey’s reaction to meeting Clive!!! You can see the moment he realized who it was!

[@Croissant_420]

Mikey and John really do make the best Pokemon videos

[@Drakkena550]

A suggestion for money farming, even if you don't catch the Pokemon in them doing the Raids can get you a LOT of money items to sell. Anything from Tiny Mushrooms, etc. I've gotten 3-4 Stardust from a single 1 star raid and same for pearls. So they are very worth it to do if you want to farm money in the early game!

[@flowrebaz6189]

I caught 11 Wattrel’s before finding one with a speed boosting naive nature and volt absorb. It was such an annoying run around but my Pokémon got some good levels

[@rileyackison4495]

Clodsire is a vast improvement on an already great pokem9n.

[@kit702]

Okay, I was NOT expecting "Clive" when he showed up :D I think I found my new favorite character!

[@evebeltran]

You mean clavell?

[@kit702]

@@evebeltran IDK what you're talking about, he's a perfectly ordinary student named Clive. ;) (I was sort of kidding but Clavell definitely became one of my favorite characters in the game after the "Clive" thing! That was just ridiculous and fun in a way I really vibe with.)

[@BJGvideos]

​@@kit702Clavell was my second favorite character from this game. We need more administrators like him.

[@shawnsumwalt8726]

I saw you look away after he used trailblaze and screamed "NO MIKEY! HES FASTER NOW AND YOU DIDNT SEE IT. USE YOUR PRIORITY MOVE!!"

[@Joya97dm]

The game: *allows you to ride Koraidon* Mikey: ¡FINALMENTEEEE! Me: *dying in laughter* 🤣

[@dabizness95]

OMG you may not see this but in the first few hours of playing the game, i caught a shiny hoppip and a shiny Pikachu. I never shiny hunt or anything but so happy!

[@axolofa]

Dont worry about Clodsire's BST too hard, Mikey. I'm still using mine and it's holding its own against the Elite Four. Fella's tanky as all hell.

[@alikaisdead]

I just finished all of the plots today; This game is truly amazing, funny, relatable, and so much more.

[@cutesyprincess14]

Seeing him struggle with a Sunflora 🌻made my day. 🤣

[@Jazzin96]

Nothing about this game can beat the new tera raid battles. It has Toby fox music, fast paced battle, and beautiful crystal graphics.

[@Eaglesone94]

I'm gonna need a clip of Mikey reacting to Clodsire's base state total - it is entirely a meme for the work day when you think it's later in the day but you still have time in your shift.

[@i.can_t.think.of.a.handle]

Arven: You about to get a taste of my cooking! Also Arven make the saddest sandwich I’ve ever seen.

[@Xiatorm]

Wow, you found a Charcadet really quickly. It took me a while running around the area!

[@raquelborden7785]

same for me

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

It's pretty rare, but there are a number of fixed spawns for it around the region. He simply happened to find one of those.

[@viperv6768]

I love this grass gym leader. Not only is his design up my alley, but he has a whip! Who doesn't love a whip!