Pokémon Yellow by pokeguy in

[@thesyndrome43]

I find it hilarious that they play Pokemon Yellow and the most optimal strat is just to ditch Pikachu ASAP, thus negating the entire gimmick of the game 😆

[@panpolypuff]

It’s great. There is also a Pikachu% category, but they have to grind foreverrrr and Brock is a nightmare.

[@EldenKing7]

Yeah fvck this little yellow rat, yeet it asap in every game you play😈

[@JacktheRah]

There are more gimmicks of the game. Like the whole Team Rocket plotline is different. Gym leaders have different teams as well. Like Private Surge who became the biggest pushover with just a Raichu.

[@TimelessWorldOfGaming]

That's pretty much the case in every game in speed running though, the intended strats/gimmicks are always the least optimal. lol

[@gigabytemon]

@@panpolypuff I wonder if there's a cutscene% where they just keep the pikachu for the cutscenes and do everything else like it's a normal any% glitchless :Oc

[@moomoocupcakes]

8 year old me is dumbfounded that you can beat the game with one Pokemon and never going to heal outside of a menu. Absolutely mad run.

[@hideinfart3308]

wtf im 32 and played pokemon all my life and i had no idea either

[@berrim26]

There's a no center run from last year that was incredible.

[@hauntedsunsets]

gen 1 pokemon games are always such a treat to see at gdq, seeing how runners pull at the duct tape holding the games together

[@smaza2]

it's faster sure but not having a donation incentive for naming the nidoran feels wrong somehow haha

[@calebcoeling6606]

It's also necessary for the catch manip on Pidgey to work. Any more characters in Nidoran's name and it would not be guaranteed.

[@thehollow89]

Why did animations randomly turn on during the champion fight at the end?

[@jdthebud]

They are forced on for that battle.

[@Xhelos]

Gen I quirk, animations are always on for the champion fights even if disabled in the options.

[@DanielHarveyDyer]

Thats a deliberately programmed thing to make the final fight more cinematic or whatever.

[@adventurercj6333]

The game is hardcoded to have animations on for champion fight at the end, even if you've turned them off. All the gen 1 games are like that.

[@DawsonLongroyd]

It’s a Gimmick in Pokémon Yellow where animations are always on in the champion fight regardless of what settings you use.

[@justanotherchris1451]

Gotta love watching your childhood games get destroyed. Good stuff Pokeguy.

[@DreHill1]

Pokemon Yellow. My first Pokemon game. So many memories!

[@HansMaximum]

My first gameboy game for sure. And a sure contender for my first video game.

[@alaranarmstrong3718]

Some spooky technical difficulties around Mt Moon

[@Kyrmana]

Top percentage Nidoran!

[@PlutoDarknight]

So to explain the 1-in-256 miss: When you use a move in Gen 1, the game rolls a random number against your total accuracy, from 0 to 255 [100% accuracy is 255]. When your number is greater than the number rolled by the game, your move hits. But since 255 isn't greater than 255, the move will fail.

[@aurastrike]

They missed an equals sign when coding the accuracy of moves, so rolling a 255 is a miss

[@xXgeeksquad2Xx]

So cool to see, pokeguy has been of the most accomplished and exciting Pokémon runners lately. I hope he’s back next year!

[@Max-tq1ig]

He is the very best

[@steeliodoesminecraft2645]

Like no one ever was

[@stantonmccain7725]

I can't possibly watch the same speedrun again. Oh boy a new upload!

[@GooseOmega]

LETS GOOOOO! Good run pokeguy

[@giovannigonzalez3318]

I feel like they lie to me 🤣 No way pressing A allows me to walk the cave with no encounters!

[@bishop5116]

Great run!

[@shouk_o]

that pikachu cry is horrific

[@him7676]

Why am I so pissed about Pikachu not being used in a yellow speedrun?

[@jadookazam9319]

It‘s always on by default in the last fight. Not a bug or anything.

[@lugialover09]

I'm honestly really pleased. Yellow was my first Pokemon game, and it actually made me like Pikachu way less. I loved evolving Pokemon as a kid, and I was so upset that I couldn't evolve Pikachu. I've always liked Raichu more ever since.

[@X1864-v3o]

Great run, great commentary :)

[@0pposable]

Trans rights

[@BlueJoshi]

TRANS RIGHTS!!!!

[@walkingterror7360]

HELL YEAH!!!!!

[@jemmabean]

Trans rights ❤️

[@kylecanavan7967]

Who?!

[@Handicapped_superman]

First comment love the speed runs

[@Zelkiiro]

I'll never understand the hype behind Stray. "A game where you play as a cat" is a cute marketing gimmick, but the game behind the marketing is crap.

[@leosmit8612]

Yellow ball? Difference?

[@rzeka]

"YOLO ball", it's what speedrunners call throwing the ball without weakening the pokemon first