Pokémon Scarlet - The Indigo Disk (Part 1)

Part 1 of my playthrough of The Indigo Disk, Part 2 of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's DLC
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[@ekkofizix]

You just gotta teach Dipplin the move you get upon beating Drayton. Thankfully it's not annoying, and it's such a worthwhile design

[@beerypollens]

I love the evolution (no name spoilers folks) so much

[@mallhartotey8204]

I wish it had more heads considering it has "hydra" in its name

[@ekkofizix]

@@mallhartotey8204 it does have 7 Syrpents [Pokedex term, not mine] in it, I'm assuming that two are the tails, and then the other five are the heads. One that shows all the time and the other 4 during idles and probably during Fickle Beam

[@bagetiquette_]

@@ekkofizix yeah the idle heads show up for attacks mostly

[@javis999]

​@@beerypollensI just got it and it's hilarious. Too clever

[@kittykake44]

It's funny how it's gone from Kieran being lowkey scared of his big sister to now Carmine being highkey scared of her little brother lol

[@aquaknight2269]

Funny? I'd say it's kind of terrifying...

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

It's scary. I mean, Carmine has always had a temper, but she was never scary or overly mean, however Kieran is just terrifying now and a bit of a jerk. Could be hormones, could be too much red bull, idk.

[@mrinankarunnvps9056]

i feel it's more concerning than funny

[@Kimi_Ali]

⁠@@ReptilianTeaDrinker red bull lol

[@Talons303]

@@ReptilianTeaDrinkerI remember in the end of the Teal Mask thinking; Hell nah, Kieran is gonna have a villain arc.

[@fightingfalcon777]

I spoke to Perrin with the Hisuian Growlithe she gave me which I had evolved into Hisuian Arcanine, and she actually comments on how happy she is to see he is all grown and everything

[@simple_spud7613]

She said the same to me while mine was in the PC

[@molberding5]

I ended up using it on my ID team and I loved hearing that from her. Typing isn't very good, but Flare Blitz and Head Smash with Rock Head were very satisfying to use

[@fightingfalcon777]

@@molberding5 I love having Rock Head and being able to use those moves consequence free

[@masterdreamer7848]

Carmine has unique battle dialogue if you battle with Ogerpon. I think it's something like "Aww, looks like Ogerpon wanted to say hi."

[@purgatoryproductions310]

i believe kieran does too

[@Oscarus4250]

@@purgatoryproductions310 He does, but... it isn't even remotely as heartwarming as Carmine's

[@purgatoryproductions310]

@@Oscarus4250quite the opposite i'd say

[@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq]

On my scarlet play through of this dlc I’m a use ogerpon against Kieran to see if anything changes. I noticed the different dialogue when I beat Lacey and she said I wish you terasralized

[@Sun_God_Apollo]

The line is something along the lines of “ aww, hey ogerpon! You must’ve missed me so much!”

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

13:44 Fun fact: If you pick Coastal Biome Lacey tells you that it’s her favorite Biome! I immediately like Lacey for that and the fact she has an Excadrill

[@IJC039]

Honestly I picked coastal and when she said that, I thought she’d say that no matter what you’d pick. It’s nice to know they added a detail like that

[@voltrainer]

It actually has the driftveil theme remix i think. Maybe. NEed to check

[@Flapjack3734]

Well she kinda is the elite four leader of that region lol so thats to be expected

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

@@Flapjack3734 also her Excadrill pick for an Ace is based.

[@MariOmor1]

And if you listen to the Coastal Biome music, it uses a part of Driftveil City (from Gen 5) where Lacey's father Clay lives

[@shaddowofthelost1750]

Idea for the JMC, have your editors hide as pokemon out in terrarium, and then you each have to find the other person's editor before the other does.

[@NovumDoesObservation]

I agree, pokemon hide and seek would be a grand idea for a competition

[@RachelO4965]

I just thought how funny it would be to just troll people by hiding as a shiny of a pokemon with a group of the same pokemon

[@shaddowofthelost1750]

@@RachelO4965 no way, spamton g spamton!

[@AEonLuxray]

But can’t you see their Pokemon from farther distance than wild Pokemon?

[@PhantomsnowAlexa]

For any one looking for the starter Pokémon, you will need to exchange BP to expand the different biomes. I personally had to look it up because I wanted a few the starters myself and wanted to pass the information on to anyone else who are looking as well.

[@purgatoryproductions310]

thank you!!

[@tedsandstrom9702]

Stop spoiling. If you just play the game naturally you will get them

[@NoEyes]

Its not a spoiler but it is helpful for people who want to know​@tedsandstrom9702

[@PhantomsnowAlexa]

@@tedsandstrom9702 how is this a spoiler? I never said where you had to go to spend the bp or how much you will need. It isn’t tied to anything in the story or any characters.

[@ball.jointed.darling]

​@@tedsandstrom9702ur watching a video of someone playing the new dlc. there will be spoilers in the comments

[@thecrabcymraeg6900]

FUN FACT: if u synchronise with ur pokemon and attack a shiny it will kill it (i found that out the hard way)

[@Z3R0_CH1LL]

I’m sorry for your loss…

[@bonegamerthecyndaquill7181]

Not like you can do anything about that anyway because the shiny will likely despawn if you deactivate the synchro machine (I found that out the hard way as well)

[@RajaniIsa]

@@bonegamerthecyndaquill7181sounds like it will stick around as long as it doesn’t despawn due to distance.

[@therexyogaming]

​@@RajaniIsa The issue is most people usually aren't using the synchro machine just to hang around their avatar anyway 😅

[@xray8012]

Both Wild Shiny Pokemon and Wild Tera Pokemon can die while Synchronized

[@waldocollins4757]

I can’t wait to see a Team Sky playthrough of this! The Leader would be so happy to know he can finally be a glorious B O R D!

[@michaelkowal3230]

And completing this DLC allows the koraidon/miraidon you ride on to fly without limits

[@michik4757]

By the way, Clay and Lacey share the same letters in their names - just in a different order! And Lacey has an extra ‚E‘

[@ryubimaru]

Doesn't the director say she has an Unoven gymleader for a father?

[@ordersquid38]

@@ryubimaruyes, and the fact that lacey uses an excadrill further proves the point that lacey is clay’s daughter

[@michik4757]

@@ryubimaru yeah, so Clay could be and probably is her dad

[@bestleefboi]

​@@michik4757 He is

[@greyscaleadaven]

@@michik4757 It's kind of interesting because her character description places her in Nimbasa City and not Driftveil, I wonder what that's about

[@CatztheEquestrian]

I love how Michael actually read about Laceys father being a Unova gym leader and started to theorize who.. John missed it or just didn’t find it interesting, can’t tell.

[@ElizabethDarkon]

It's revealed later who especially if you do the coaching.

[@ShadowFox1412]

@@ElizabethDarkon oh who? i assumed it was clay since her ace is an excadrill.

[@pavlinadvorak2986]

​@@ShadowFox1412I checked bulbapedia and it says that Clay is her father

[@thomasspooren2183]

If you listen closely to the coastal theme, you can hear a bit of the Driftveil city theme in it. Also, did anyone think of barbecue when it said BBQ's, or am I the only one

[@Blitz_Blazer]

48:30 Drayton: arent you ginna introduce me? Carmine:This is Drayton, and he's the worst. All of us: HAHA

[@wahyudim.khalifa5803]

One of the trials will give Jetbutt the ability to literally fly instead of just gliding while airborne

[@Cerberus2521]

From my playthrough that will only be during that trial, I can only glide and I've completed the dlc story

[@lbroseven9177]

@@Cerberus2521talk to Amarys in one of the classrooms after beating the main story of the dlc

[@Cerberus2521]

@@lbroseven9177 oh shi ty

[@animangaclandora]

I cannot wait to see Team Sky play the DLC and BECOME Rayquaza. Team Sky Must Soar!

[@giorosiles2220]

This aged perfectly 😊

[@toddgillan1920]

YES!!!

[@htinbhoneblaze458]

I thought it’s only Pokémon that’s are in or you have catches in Blueberry Academy? Raquaza is not in Indigo Disc

[@055f00]

@@htinbhoneblaze458 It's only pokemon you have in the terrarium, but you can bring in any pokemon to the terrarium

[@MrRichieRides]

43:45 the exact moment I remember why I love her so damn much 😂 one of my all time favorite characters introduced since probably Cynthia 😂 just in a different way? 😅

[@DryBones271]

Dipplin's evolution is pretty straight forward, unfortunately you'll need to progress with the story to evolve him. As you know (it was in the trailers) there is an elite 4 in the terrarium. Beat the dragon guy, and he'll give you a move called "Dragon Cheer" Use the tm on Dipplin, and evolve it, you can also craft the TM if you use it on someone else.

[@kylajensen1957]

I love in SV the mass confusion that ensues whenever you run by an outbreak of pokemon in the overworld. Just the ten to twelve question marks popping up all at once is hilarious to me.

[@patricktravis1720]

I absolutely adore Drayton his carefree personality instantly clicked with me

[@kitsuneky]

I hate him

[@Simipourfangirl]

If carmine hates him, I like him even more.

[@NotQther]

This dlc is genuinely great. So happy it released so early

[@sasukegirl3492]

It’s legitimately amazing ❤

[@IJC039]

It didn’t release early. It released on December 14th in Japan which just ended up being the 13th over here

[@NotQther]

@@IJC039 By saying early I meant i was happy it didn’t release in Like, February.

[@coryborden495]

Me first in the world to get shiny dipplins Evo fist thing I went for I already knew how to get it day one before info was out on how 😅

[@IJC039]

@@NotQther oh ok, my bad

[@Spixii_the_Dragon]

I love the nods to the gen 5 music in the indigo disk! I did a nuzlocke of Black over a year ago and decided my team for this portion of the DLC would be made up of representatives of that playthrough. They are Serperior (the shiny one I brought from Pokémon Go), Conkeldurr, Swanna, Chandelure, Zebstrika, and Gothitelle.

[@sociopotato9300]

Kieran going full yakuza after losing ogerpon is beautiful to me

[@rievemg]

Michael when Perrin calls him partner = me when Drayton asks me on a cafeteria date

[@LegacyKnight-zm6vz]

The BB Elite Four was amazing. It was tough but not BDSP tough, and I actually had to strategize and plan builds to deal with them but it was still a ton of fun.

[@tonymastro42]

If you evolved the growlithe Perrin gave you she gets all excited that you went on adventures with it.

[@duskbringer4583]

Battle Music here really hit like a Roar of Time... Real blast from the past.

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

After the Kitikami dlc you became my favorite poketuber to watch these new playthroughs of. I don't know what makes it distinctive but for some reason you're just a ton of fun to watch. I'm looking forward to watching the whole playthrough

[@garreonlefay6703]

you should watch the Team Sky ones, best content from Mickey

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

@garreonlefay6703 The team sky playthroughs are pretty great, I don't think I've watched the newest one yet, so thanks for reminding me lol

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

Snivy, Tepig, Blitzle, Pikipek, and Minior are the five Pokemon lines that make their Switch game debut in this DLC

[@binxwaxcap7832]

Having both the indigo disk and help wanted 2 drop on the same day is giving me whiplash from all the new content I get to listen to while I slightly disassociate

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

So far, I'm loving the DLC. All the hints towards Unova are really nice, make me wonder if we'll get an announcement about B/W (Or B2/W2) remakes or a 'Legends: Kyurem'.

[@TopFloorTy]

Even the battle music is unova music remade

[@bomoose]

bw3?

[@GreyFireClover]

Well, considering I believe it was stated Blueberry Academy is off the coast of Unova. Or something of the sort

[@greyscaleadaven]

It's really cool because there's like a merge of Unova and Alola going on, which makes a ton of sense because it would likely be somewhere between both geographically. There's even faint motifs of both Unovan and Alolan music tracks I've noticed in many of the Blueberry tracks which is a nice touch (also makes me think something's going on with Z-Crystals, Gems, and Tera, they're very similar all having elemental boosts to attacks so it would track that there's something fishy going on between the three)

[@thekudzukids]

I want to battle you and give you a shiny Mew

[@slice813]

I love Michael's excitement with the track outfit

[@thehellfirewolf13]

His reaction to the club uniform was amazing as well. XD "What, you don't wanna run around in pants so short, it looks like your boxers are longer? XD"

[@MarcusLam-ks7kb]

I love how the second Mikey gets the freedom to move, he runs towards Perrin xD

[@unkillableplays6399]

Mikey: "Let me be free" Me: "I want to break free"

[@Lincdup]

For the first hour and a half of the game I ended up circumferencing the whole map. It took 1 and a half hours. This map is massive.

[@NintenJoseph64]

Hey Mikey just so you know the regional forms count as separate Pokédex entries in this specific Pokédex, for example kanto Tauros is a separate entry from Paldean Tauros. 😁

[@lordvaust5830]

This DLC is chock-full of puns and I love it so much.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

17:29 Good to know that the Raid Starters helped with the Dex

[@the_godbodor7026]

Zebstrika is now usable, this dlc added what’s basically electric-type High Jump Kick which acts as a good physical electric move with no constant recoil like Wild Charge

[@harleyhollis]

I love that the Wild and Trainer battle themes are remixes of their respective Unova variants

[@cynicalstring5614]

Im gonna have a soft spot for this dlc, Unova was my first region so it feels great to be back here

[@asexualdragon2158]

Same for me! I was still a child when Pokémon Black and White were released and fell in love with the Unova region! Just hearing the battle music hit me so much with nostalgia and then all the hints to Unova, just… Finally Unova isn’t as under appreciated as it used to be.

[@jamie36]

​@@asexualdragon2158although i got into gen 5 very late (around 2018?!!) The music still hit my nostalgia buttons. Its just such an outstanding soundtrack. Especially the driftveil city remade soundtrack

[@AmandaC.]

Fun fact: Perrin says something different when you talk to her about the growlith if its evolved to an Arcanine ❤️

[@Z3R0_CH1LL]

You evolve Dipplin by teaching it Dragon Cheer, which is only by TM, which you can get from beating Drayton.

[@C0DY420]

31:36 bro casually walked past a luvdisc on land

[@donovanrichardjr.6729]

Love how Carmain calls Drayton toothpaste haired bozo 😂😂😂 I was thinking the same thing

[@smartalecl4]

The fact that the battle themes are remixes of the music from Black and White makes me so happy

[@dylankoch1757]

I absolutely love that the League Club uniform is basically a track/cross country uniform (complete with running shorts 🔥)

[@redxd7108]

Time to traumatize Kieran even more🙃

[@blaze048]

Poor kid

[@RetroFanatic-Trapster2]

​@@blaze048 "Poor kid" needs some therapy and quit acting so obsessed about Ogerpon.

[@Rainy_Astra]

@@RetroFanatic-Trapster2and anger management too-

[@v_1sh]

⁠@@RetroFanatic-Trapster2how would you feel if you were considered an outcast for believing someone is innocent only for people to realize they were innocent all along but just forgetting about you the main character literally took kierans dream of meeting ogerpon and completely smashing it by catching it themselves

[@RetroFanatic-Trapster2]

@@v_1sh Not really. More like Ogerpon chose the main character over Kieran.

[@FrostyTheNightmare]

Drayton’s trial is probably my favorite, I know you can challenge him with your original team once your done but it just takes away from the magic of using what you have in the terrarium to make a new team. I felt pretty confident with mine and decided to use it for a little while long, then I put them in their own box called “The Misfits”

[@StateBlaze1989]

Good thing he had that ursaluna in his team with that first battle. Those little pika-clones wiped almost half my team with their dual spam of Discharge. They both have their hidden abilities, so plusle would keep getting a special attack boost thanks to Lightning Rod, and minun would keep healing from Volt Absorb.

[@justinfristad]

I heald off because I didn't want to spoil the dlc but I couldn't resist anymore both supports mandjtv and seeing his content

[@francescabrogna6103]

Pro tip: to get the starters you have to save up blueberry points and spend them to increase the diversity of Pokémon to find in each region(the starters)

[@allisonlawhorn309]

Cyrano:"I designed this all myself...I spared no expense" when you go into the terrarium gives me Dr. Hammond vibes from JP

[@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq]

I really love this DLC. I’m having so much fun. Yeah, it’s sucks that everything is shiny locked, but other than that it’s way better than the crown tundra

[@RavenX32]

Something very very good to do when you have gotten Terapagos is... (spoilers) Go to the Crystal pool in Kitakami with Terapagos in your party

[@I.M.P_Eldro]

I loved this dlc so much,such a bittersweet ending

[@PhoenixRisingVODS]

YOU ALREADY BEAT IT???

[@Olii12]

Me too

[@I.M.P_Eldro]

@@PhoenixRisingVODS yeah,stayed up for 6 hours straight after release and finished it.

[@bibigamer502]

@@PhoenixRisingVODStook me less then 24 hours

[@FaolanKitekaze]

It's a really short story. If you're not stopping to catch pokemon it's a few hours

[@sasukegirl3492]

I JUST finished the DLC and I absolutely loved it! So excited to see you play it!

[@thornwall1277]

Within my first hour of playing the dlc I had found a shiny Golett without even shiny hunting for it, which worked out fantastically because I wanted to use a shiny Golurk on my team because it's my favorite Pokemon

[@chrisdaignault9845]

Yeah I found a shiny duosion entirely by accident because my 'mon wouldn't kill it. I thought it was just a pathing glitch, but no, it was shiny.

[@Cell287]

I found a shiny golurk

[@connorquig8607]

I can’t wait to see what Michael is gonna say about the Dragon type elite four trial, and how he can only used Pokémon you can catch in the dome XD. I forgot the guys name, Darvon I think?

[@v_1sh]

drayton

[@tylervitale709]

You need to use Ogrepon when you fight Keiran. You get special dialogue if you throw it out in the battle

[@CyberweaverVT]

“PLUSLE AND MINUN!?” Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, 2023

[@JBell017]

Lacey actually had lighting rod and not plus and minus as abilities. She used discharge to give herself a boost against me

[@BlueSodaPop_]

YEAH i was waiting for this! My favorite poketuber playing the new DLC! Havent watched anything from it yet, hope to experience it with you, Mikey!

[@TheInfernapeKingTV]

Two of my favorite pokemon youtubers are Mandjtv and MunchingOrange, I love the fact that there channel has the vibe of a family friendly content, but realizes that most of their audiences are already adult, so they used adult humor and lingo😂😂😂

[@WashingtonStateDeptOfLaborLaws]

PALEDEA? 5:09 PHENOMONM 6:52 TSORRY 10:17 DUPPITER 23:36 OORQUANID 36:23 THEALLTHEWHOLETHING 39:42

[@k-conn2266]

Here's my hypothesis for Unovan parentage: Lacey is Clay's daughter, Drayton is Drayden's son, Crispin is Chili's son, and Amarys is possibly Lenora's daughter. (Edit) Scratch that, I just found out Drayton is actually Drayden's grandson!

[@Simipourfangirl]

Wait. Chili?!? I didn't think they would care about him enough to even give him a son. If it is true.

[@pimpking5000]

Lacey resembles Skyla more. A ground flying user would be good

[@SpoiledDivaPrincessofficial]

You do have to catch the regional variants. They register different in the BB academy dex.

[@Joyful_Traitor]

That is weird the Alolan Exeggutor didn't

[@leroythejenkins3930]

I gotta say the music for the overworld when Mikey when Mikey explores sometimes sounds like good themes song on some section of it and I can’t get it out of my head

[@roxy-aloserlesbiangacha]

I only had ogrepon and my tinkaton in my party because they're both really strong and so i was overly confident and lacey absolutely floored me in the first battle

[@Rias-sl6fq]

Drayton is very similar sounding to Drayden I think he could be someone like a son, nephew, or grandson. Hopefully we’ll see an appearance from Drayden

[@HimeIdol]

Already was previously revealed that he's Drayden's grandson

[@Cell287]

Hassel seems to know the kid, likely grankid

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

The Unovan music is such a great touch

[@borkafecius3177]

I was just looking through the comments to see if someone else noticed

[@doomimpact4571]

I have been waiting for this for a whole day, felt like years, just wanted to see his gameplay!! lets go

[@NotHydrex_]

As I was watching the video I accidentally found a shiny milcery even though I've never caught one before! Thanks Mikey

[@nathanhennessy3382]

They buffed Zebstrika by giving it a much better movepool in this game. I hope you use one.

[@TTRoxas27]

The plusle and Minun actually have different abilities, the minun used an electric move to hit everyone and plusle wasnt faced by it,so yeah. And all these trainers hab double battle strategies,its really tough

[@lukesprygada7294]

I appreciate how fast you put out new content ❤

[@chadnorris8257]

I'm happy that Rhyhorn is in the game. One of my favorite old gen pokemon.

[@fazul5674]

Uhm… for some reason this dlc loves me. It hasn’t been 12 hours and I found two shinies, one of them being smeargle

[@asia-rg6wf]

I made a new team for this and immediately went back to my old team cause the battles were hard. I also already beat the DLC

[@jiesheng7169]

Can anyone just appreciate how much Michael does

[@NovaOtari]

27:54 Mikey doesn't even need editing, he can just summon the awkward pause on command.

[@pyroticfilms8697]

I almost cried when I heard the bw trainer battle music

[@ZancralthePariah]

Hey Michael! I liked in the old DLC video when you showed you battling the tera raids, I hope you will bring them back in future episodes :) it’s fun to see you try challenging battles

[@ajstanton7081]

32:24 The Driftveil City theme just instantly brings a huge smile to my face. 😄😄😄

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

I love that in the biomes, they use different Gen 5 town themes as the motifs/leitmotifs. Very cool. Then again, it makes sense, since it's a Unova school.

[@deltya334]

I think it would be cool if you do the dlcs with Team Sky and then catch Rayquasa at the end

[@evanthiss3795]

Great video! Keep up the great work. I love watching your videos!

[@lulabelle5452]

Ive been watching this series & your teal mask series on repeat. I still watch the scarlet playlist too. Lol. I love when the notification for a new video in this series comes in!

[@ashe_hikari5335]

I had my zebstrika be tera grass to resist ground and boost trailblaze to 60 base power. Along with supercell slam, low kick, and smart strike. But I also considered tera water and tera blast in place of trailblaze. Using any ability is good because it provides an immunity

[@roxannemathews3178]

Hey mikey I would suggest using ogrepon on your team for some extra dialogue from carmine and kieran in the Kieran battles late game sorry if this spoils anything

[@Acesymmetrical]

Love your vids, Mikey! Keep on putting out great content! ❤️

[@therandomguyonyoutube6415]

The BB autumn uniform looks like a cosplay of Fred from Scooby-Doo

[@kylajensen1957]

"What is Cyrano's strong suit? I guess the suit he's wearing." -Michael, December 2023

[@champ2stay920]

You need to use Orgorpon in a battle with Carmin's brother

[@Funnyman19653]

I was watching this and found a PALKIA💀

[@bjh3141]

Bro wtf

[@sageng2921]

HUH?! 😱

[@Zeras97]

I'm genuinely loving that Mikey seems to be having the eexact same reactions to the DLC as I am. We even have the same sense of style for our trainers lol

[@threeworldheroes]

fun fact : carmine and her brother (forgot the name, kieran i think) have a special dialogue if you bring out ogerpon, so you should put her back in your team

[@Blitz_Blazer]

So because we saw the Elite 4 in Indigo disk, ill say that: Lacey is Clay's daughter Drayton is Drayden's son Crispin is Chilli's son Amarys is... i can't tell, probably Collres

[@paulrance5445]

Why would Amarys be related to CYRUS of all people? Sure you don’t mean Colress?

[@Blitz_Blazer]

@@paulrance5445 THAYS WHO I MEANT COLRES!

[@user-ny1gw8po7f]

Lacey is definitely clay's daughter she uses the ace excadrill 10:10

[@nesradub360]

The only voice I can imagine for Cyrano is that of Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams!

[@simonxl]

I’d love to see Michael do some disquake shenanigans with his vikavolt