Pokemon Artist Reacts to Jaiden Animations' Platinum Nuzlocke

[@moxie2D]

I explain the cryptic ending to Jaidens video at the end of this video so scroll back up or you're gonna miss it! Also follow the twitch :) www.twitch.tv/moxie2d

[@Lol-hc1xp]

I finally understand the ending When I saw her video for first time the ending was a little scary and wierd but now it's clear

[@moxie2D]

@@Lol-hc1xp Yeah, i think it was intentionally vague and mysterious, but glad to help those who were confused

[@seesaw41]

A Note to 33:00 yes, it is supposed to be the Satan of the Pokémon world, but it's Dex number is 487, not 666. That honor would go to Vivillon.

[@akilcharles3473]

This hit hard for me in the ending. I even went to Jaiden's channel and commented on her that she did her best and should be proud of what she accomplished. Playing Pokemon Platinum was not a easy feat, the amounts of crits in that game was staggering I almost thought she wanted to give up. I just hope that later on soon if she ever decides to come back and play another Pokémon game things would get better for her and know that I as a fan has my full support.

[@goatlystudio6076]

youre awesome. I just subscribe because of the pokemon raid of jaiden, and it's a surprise to me to discover such a good youtuber. Continue like this, I love what you do.

[@thecagedsong]

So I've watched pro nuzlockers review her run, but it was really fun seeing an artist review the video. He appreciated her story telling more, and his face as he slowly realized what was happening, going from 'okay, artistic license' to 'oh hell, that's the story, that's the truth and the layer and the... :0' was really rewarding. Instead of being like 'ehh, that pokemon's okay, her team is good for the move sets she's going to face in this gym, good job on the sacrifice' Moxie2D went 'look at that lightning effect! And the COLORS, and you should have kept that pokemon, look at the cool design'. All to say I really liked this vid.

[@moxie2D]

I appreciate it! Definitely glad to be able to bring a different insight to the Pokemon community

[@astrophelX]

agreed! personally i think i prefer listening to his takes, lol, i like hearing artists views on things. /g sometimes the technical perspectives are good, but i like moxies more sooo /g

[@ERROR-jh5bm]

Same

[@courtneyfairchild4393]

36:36 I just realized Shrimp is positioned like she got burned to death using herself as a shield to try and protect the rest of the pokemon

[@ciphyrsart]

NOOOOO BRO THAT MADE IT WORSE

[@noninooo4879]

yeah, of course, break my heart even more why don't you huh :')

[@villerintanthillith1762]

Nah she just asserting dominance with that mf post mortem t-pose

[@shirogane5972]

NOOOOOO WA+YYYYYYYY

[@saiyanation3548]

He was inspired by piccolo and wanted that to be his way to go

[@SondreGrneng]

Honestly, Jaiden is an amazing storyteller. I am sure this run feels hollow to her, but man did she create an epic story out of it.

[@FROGGIdontknow]

I feel the same

[@rebecagonzalez7712]

Same

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

This run of hers was quite literally "Critical Hits: The Musical" I know platinum CRIT rates are notoriously bad but everyone who watched this live knows: Jaiden almost lost some really important Pokemon MULTIPLE TIMES because of crits. It was terrifying

[@itsmxtwist]

Yeah from all my time playing Pokémon the crits are just bull. Platinum is still one of my favorite games though

[@Vlyg11]

and to add to that those glitchy parts near the end with Colgate impaled by stealth rocks that critted and the garchomp and a wooper that evolved into a quagsire being held by the rhyperior was phrasing that they died from a crit AGAIN and the remaining mons were grass and metal (double suffering for the scizor) hence the fire surrounding the remaining mons she actually failed the first try but since it was really unlucky with multiple crits and it was almost her birthday the poll that she made asking if she should end it or not the fans of her and the viewers chose yes and by yes I mean if she should retry

[@ShneekeyTheLost]

So what you're saying is that they were playing the Greatest Crits Collection?

[@Blitzwaffen]

Jaiden likes Shinx, I think the bigger issue was that it wasn't Shellos, the Pokemon she dreamed to get.

[@FlareBlitzBanana]

Luxray wasn’t given the best of stats, which is a shame because it’s such a cool Pokémon.

[@fernandotejos6940]

Luxray is my pokemon favorite

[@connorradcliffe1769]

@@FlareBlitzBanana same situation with my fave pokemon, Electivire

[@ultimateanime4372]

Yo that’s what I’m saying bro like he’s getting it all wrong. Edit: sorry if you were confused about why I said your getting all wrong I meant he’s getting it all wrong so sorry if you were confused

[@shellshockedbros4458]

@@connorradcliffe1769 Electrivire is strong af. It's just slow.

[@Vamp-w7u]

Those who didn’t see her stream: Jaiden lost to the Elite Four on her first attempt. Togekiss died to a Stone Edge crit from Aaron’s Heracross. Garchomp + Quagsire were unlucky against Bertha’s Rhyperior. The rest of her team was very weak to fire (Flint). So she gave up. Her loss was due to really bad luck. She created a poll asking her viewers if she could retry the Elite Four. 70% of the viewers said yes. So she tried it again and she won, but she felt it was a really hollow "victory". “Alternate Timeline Jaiden” and the spooky bits you see represents her first lost attempt.. I know he explained this in the video, if your still confused this is just a more detailed explanation.

[@navie7817]

Jacks BGaming Thank You For Your Explanation

[@bluegaron6225]

I think how she showed her lose was a brilliant move.i was one of the ones who voted yes for her to try again. but i was curious how she would animate it. Well done very well done

[@Marth1000]

That explains so much, thank you! Also, that was a really creepy way to tell her loss... I was legitimately unnerved lol

[@fairytail3788]

@@bluegaron6225 if they did animate that... Then it won't still be a kids show now is it then....

[@iffatmansoor5589]

Help I fell on my knee now it hurts non-stop when I walk

[@dylanyuschuk1926]

Honestly, that interpretation of her first loss was so cool. I only watched tiny fragments of the streams so I had no idea why she "split into two" that has got to be the coolest thing I ever seen. I really like this reaction video and brings so much new light and makes me appreciate this so much more seeing it from an artist's perspective. Amazing video!

[@seesaw41]

At what point did she restart the run? I haven't watched the stream

[@Lucky_RFMDA]

@@seesaw41 She went back to her last save (before elite 4) and retry. So many crits, it was very unlucky.

[@shellshockedbros4458]

@@seesaw41 During her bertha fight, both her quagsire and Garchomp were crit killed. And her last few Pokemon did not help much against the fire guy. When she fought Aaron (bug dude) her Tokeggkiss was killed by a not very effective crit. It was really stupid and very unfortunate.

[@rxlu]

Well the chat voted to let her restart

[@kos2919]

Lore wise I want to say it was Giratina punishment for capturing it. Like "Oh you want to capture death? Sure but you will not like the price"

[@ShadowService]

When I first found out the story behind the glitching/ending, I felt (and still feel) a sense of empathy for Jaiden. It's so multi-layered what happened. Huge build-up with a massive investment of time, energy, and emotion - as well as the added simultaneous energizing and drain from doing it all for a massive audience... only to fall short of the ending. Then, when stream kept pressing her to reload and go at it again being stuck between two very hard choices: (1) stay true to the rules of the nuzlocke and end it - maybe to try again later, or (2) give the massive crowd that has supported and rooted you on what they want and bend the rules to give them a finish to watch. And after choosing the latter and winning, to then be left with that feeling of "I wish this could have been the way it went the first time" because someone as driven to set and overcome challenges for herself as Jaiden is seems to me like the type that might be eaten up inside at not getting the "honest" win. A feeling of cheating the self. That personal interpretation is what makes me cry every time I watch this run through. I always hope I'm wrong or, that if I'm right, she hasn't allowed those feelings to linger/hold her back. On the video/art: I love anything that manages to trigger an honest emotional response from me, regardless of what that response is. And on that basis - this work of hers touched me deep.

[@MsKeylas]

'' only to fall short of the ending. '' not only that , but to lose from the things that are out of your control Things you can't do ANYTHING about now matter how much you prepare

[@lakshyasingh5120]

Plot twist: The confetti after defeating Cynthia was actually roserade's petals cut by dragon claw Edit: For those people saying that roserade's petals don't have red, orange or other colours, they are its inside flesh

[@Primegamin-yh4jm]

I was thinking just that

[@handsomelancer7665]

Genius

[@nanami_akumudeadchannel7115]

Even though it's just a joke...that would actually make sense...

[@davisdoes4264]

Lol

[@Shifty-Minty-Co]

Dear god

[@exoticmadness7558]

Honestly her losing is a blessing in disguise since it actually made the animation look cooler.. -edit.. omg just noticed the likes thanks!!

[@duckc0ck56]

But she didn't lose?

[@nextheweirdone]

@@duckc0ck56 She did. Jaiden lost the first one.Then she did it again.

[@exoticmadness7558]

@@duckc0ck56 she did on her first try lol

[@Mr.P4715]

But she didn’t lose

[@francieudosegundo508]

@@Mr.P4715 she lost in her first try, but chat said that she could retry the elite 4

[@artluver94c]

Not only is Jaiden a fantastic animator, her comedic timing is golden. 🥺

[@nahsir428]

“🥺” Bruh

[@marianibtmansor]

9

[@OfficialPlushooterAcc]

jaiden: no crit plz *crits* jaiden agian:*NOOOOoO*

[@channeltaken4388]

Agree

[@mintymango3717]

Yessss

[@dinos0744]

Idk how many noticed but every time she put a random Pokémon to the pc, she’d chuck the ball without any care. But at the end, bc it was two Pokémon she cared about a lot in kronk and milk, she gently placed the pokeball properly. Love that attention to detail

[@robinaraven3943]

The ending was cool but confusing until I checked the comments and saw what happened. It made it more awesome!

[@drsupriyobhattacharya8785]

Jaiden lost the challenge but she tried again but not with the rules BTW you got 69 likes 😂😂

[@shrug8305]

Thank you! I read so many comments who were so triggered over the fact she lost the Nuzlocke and bent the rules by going back from her last save and try again and its like really? She didn't accept it as a win and a Nuzlocke is literally self imposed rules to a kids game. The fact she adapted with how she put her loss into the video made it so much more intense and interesting. It wasn't a straight "Wahoo! We won!" It was confusing and it was dark and my writer's heart loved every second of it. Jaiden did a great job with this video.

[@scary-sounds]

@@shrug8305 didn't the people in the chat say she could go back to her last save anyway, what should it matter it's not like she did it against what everyone wanted (and even then these are at the core just self appointed rules for a game to make it more difficult) so what should it matter that she messed around with time, she literally got the worst luck in her first run anyway.

[@LimeDizzy]

@@drsupriyobhattacharya8785 she*

[@drsupriyobhattacharya8785]

@@LimeDizzy oh sorry i accidentally wrote he i will edit that

[@ricardo.sander]

Actually Jaiden shown her lost in the animation. Togekiss is dead by some rock move, Rhyperior is holding Oops and Flakes and all other left pokemon are weak to fire and are in fear surrounded by flames on the glitched scenes. I love this details so much. I haven't even seen the live stream.

[@spectralbut]

Togekiss was impaled by Stone Edge or Rock Tomb (I think)

[@yamperwolf1478]

The move Is Stone Edge

[@DaLazy_]

I literally got goosebumps when i went back to look at the rhyperior and it gave me goosebumps for soem reasons lol

[@Thehouseoffail]

We all talk about the animation where she splits. But for me, the sound editing is FIRE! Her use of distortion followed by silence let's that moment land as hard as possible. It's perfect.

[@i8chocolatecake995]

I wholeheartedly agree- the sound editing is so incredible and it gave me shivers the first time I watched the video!!

[@Miko_Hanamori]

I like how she calls the grunt WEAK while simultaneously smacking him with a giant, draconic water snake

[@ShadowSkyX]

Its the emphasis on *_weak_*

[@cmrobbins88]

What's fucked up is that in one of the Pokémon movies there's a character who got lost in a snow storm when he was little but his parents' Luxray came after him, kept him warm in the storm, and then froze to death. So, ya know, had some stress seeing Failure get iced.

[@thepyromaniac1582]

Yeah

[@hazva1246]

Just like mother and child

[@hazva1246]

So sad

[@thespudbud2351]

Wait which one I don't remember?

[@yvonfelt]

oOf

[@ciphyrsart]

The fact that shrimp was positioned so that she would take the most damage from the fire at 30:31 is so heartbreaking. She waned to protect See and Turt even if it cost her her life and since scizor is twice as weak to fire moves (bug and steel type) she had less of a chance to survive.

[@the_traveler2828]

im pretty sure its a DBZ reference to how piccolo died protecting gohan

[@alfredocarrillo1860]

You mean 36:31?

[@Splatoob]

@@alfredocarrillo1860 that’s actually sad 😭

[@tbgbeats4480]

“This entire game leads up to a Garchomp boss fight” 8 year old me who never made it past Bertha’s Hippowdon: _intense sweating_

[@amithist4455]

I barely got past Aaron when I first played Platinum. Even though I picked Chimchar, his vespiquen kicked my ass constantly

[@cringevides521]

i never even played a pokemon game

[@ltknn]

@@cringevides521 lol me neither

[@pulkitjain2361]

My life peaked when my mamoswine lived on 1 hp and ohkoed garchomp w a double power avalanche.

[@amithist4455]

@@pulkitjain2361 that's amazing

[@artmanadvanced]

"I don't know what ending was meant for me, and I don't think I ever will." Those words are so haunting, and never fail to pull tears from my eyes whenever I hear it. It hurts to hear what she went through and not even being able to enjoy the victory granted by her second chance.

[@remnantryku7112]

That ending always gets me. On a narrative point, it really pulls at my heart strings, to know there's two of you and the other you failed.

[@josiah4247]

Moxie: "Jaiden knows the moveset of other peoples pokemon. She's a thinker Jaiden: "How am i meant to know the golbat has giga drain!!"

[@momokochama1844]

to be fair, a trainer pokemon with a TM move is not something you see everyday :)

[@gengarzilla1685]

For me, Giga Drain was the most memorable point of Jupiter's Golbat. It even knew this as Zubat in the Eterna City battle. No way I'd forget about it having that moce.

[@ebenjohnjose6983]

@@gengarzilla1685 same my starter was piplup and it died due to crit and my nuzlocke was gone 🥲

[@RaptozZ]

When she showed all her pkmn defeated with her in the middle, notice how shrimp stands there with his arms spread to protect jaden :(

[@IglisFlame_YT]

not gonna lie, i thought Shrimp was just T-posing... your comment makes more sense

[@dolfinn9289]

When?

[@RaptozZ]

@@dolfinn9289 in the end somewhere, got no time stamp

[@dolfinn9289]

@@RaptozZ ok i found it

[@KylieAesthetics]

@@IglisFlame_YT LMAO I WAS BEING SAD ABOUT THIS COMMENT UNTIL I READ UR REPLY LMAOAOAOAO 💀

[@Pip8448]

Having not seen Jaiden's run and only this animation: I was confused at first about the being split but understood after the next "glitch" that those were moments where she failed the Nuzlock but instead of restarting, continued as if she redid everything exactly that same. Confirmed this interpretation after then next glitch that showed some of her Pokémon in a bad spot before the fight even started. I've watch other people react to her Nuzlock, and they were very confused about it the whole time.

[@netherdie7850]

12:27 "local weirdo finds slug on the side of the road, legally adopts it and whole heartedly considers it "her child."" 🤣

[@skysight1553]

Lol i noticed it after your comment and i have watched the video like 20+ times

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

if i watched that newscast i would have said, "a trainer of culture i see"

[@hub_alt]

😆

[@zelos1826]

The shivering Shinx makes me cry everytime. THE POOR THING ;____;

[@alexandreblanchet7006]

But then you realise that he's not dead he's healed and put in a pc. But what's cruel is that, thoses pokemon lost and they won't ever come back from the pc so it'll be waiting forever for them

[@user-oq6pp6vx3q]

😭 rip Shinx

[@thatoneperson0808]

☹☹☹😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Shine Didn't deserve shit to happen to it

[@jacobdaaboul6930]

Week

[@Emiko-x8s]

I cried three times in this video...

[@phoenixwright784]

I think part of the reason why Jaiden didn't expect her Garchomp to out speed Cynthia's is that Cynthia's pokemon if I recall all have perfect IVs. So even though the level gap was small and she was probably aware that she picked up some speed evs while grinding, I don't imagine she was keeping track of just how much speed evs she was getting and so didn't have any way of knowing if she picked up enough to make up the difference.

[@annecameron4787]

She might have had MAX speed IVs

[@emerald7945]

100th like! And I already knew this but thanks

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Dude, I got super invested in a Linoone I named Ribbon. She was one of my first catches and survived for so long, carrying the team at times and providing further support with her Pickup Ability, but during the last battle with Wally, his stupid Gardevoir killed her with a crit. I was heartbroken at her loss, she was such an integral part of the team. But, you don't win the League by getting caught up in sadness.

[@siragon756]

"Why would people pick the grass starter, Chimchar's just there, he's a little Goku" Well Torterra's a fricking WORLD TURTLE And in the stream, she just said she picked Turtwig because that's her favorite between the three, no deeper meaning

[@blt6924]

Idk but I choose pipkin on my nuzzlocke and win

[@ShinyKelp]

Discworld boys

[@thaiangquoc9505]

Torterra is ZA WARUDO?? /s

[@ileee1]

And it gets earthquake by level up

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Yeah! The Turtwig line is great in many ways

[@JAnne_Bonne]

“Dwayne is death fodder!?” I mean... Onix has equal Attack to Wurmple. I wouldn’t want to train it up until I found a Metal Coat either.

[@gasternecross]

thats a trade evolution so she cant do it

[@suchomimustenerensis]

@@gasternecross she has a scizor.

[@Akashi-ml9dn]

@@gasternecross Probably change trade evo with Universal Pokemon app

[@gasternecross]

@@Akashi-ml9dn thought she was playing on a legit ds

[@JAnne_Bonne]

Maybe she legit has a second DS to pull it off with. Like a normal DS and a 3DS.

[@luisafernandarinconcaceres5634]

Giratina's number is 666 right? Vivillon: *laughs in not existing yet*

[@atmmachine11]

@TAIYA WHEELING Chatot got introduced in Diamond and Pearl but hasn’t been in a game since X and Y. There’s no significant reason why some Pokémon haven’t come back.

[@jamesdarnell8921]

Whos number is 2020 they can replace giratina

[@ThatSillySeagull]

@@jamesdarnell8921 there isn't a 2020 yet

[@ae_lit_o]

@@ThatSillySeagull weknowlmao

[@thefrug4755]

@TAIYA WHEELING it did come back in ultra sun and moon

[@izzardblizzard2545]

16:51 In Chinese mythology after a thousand years a carp successfully jumps up stream over a waterfall it gets recognized and it got turned into a dragon by the gods or demons. That's why Magicarp turns into a "not dragon". it's a dragon but at the same time not a dragon type Pokémon

[@dannythecursedone7091]

It just goes to show that Jaiden is an excellent storyteller and her animations of the nuzlockes are honestly some of the best representations of taking your run and sharing it with the world in fanfic form.

[@bryanv6036]

Cynthia: "Hey Jaiden, you did it" Jaiden: "I did" Cynthia: "But at what cost?"

[@Lol-hc1xp]

Everything

[@dogogamer4180]

Having to reset and teniclly not winning

[@denkikaminari3975]

@@Lol-hc1xp Absolutely Everything

[@omegaflowey7436]

@@dogogamer4180 well it was chats idea, and they voted for it. She knows she didnt win fairly, that's the point of the ending

[@msrodrigues2000]

@@dogogamer4180 "Reality can be whatever I want"

[@auroracorps5533]

Jayden: Garchomp is one of Satan's creations. Moxie: Greg is built different.

[@fennyzhou7543]

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS

[@triggergamez4809]

Yesssss

[@pixelfan2290]

True

[@TheTheTheTgeThe]

Galactic is bommmmmmbbbb

[@carolling9001]

Trueeeeeeeee

[@thesmilingscarecrow8556]

this is emotional as heck, Jaiden has outdone herself once again, I actually feel bad for how much her pokemon and her have been through lol

[@ArtHollow]

I think Jaiden's storytelling abilities really shines with this animation because I didn't see her streams, but I still figured out that she lost her first attempt based solely on the hints she dropped in the animation. It's so great and I'm so happy to see an artist's view of this animation, it's nice to see you comment on things that others do not. I definitely have to watch more of your reactions. [EDIT] I also wanted to comment on how incredible Scizzor's pose in the still of Jaiden's failed run was; it implies that he came in and sacrificed his life to a fire type attack in the battle with Flint.

[@nimbusws5946]

“Did you really have to do Shinx THAT dirty?” Bruh it gets worse.

[@hunterslimeanderson6457]

I like shinx too.🏅

[@spaghetti_cat143]

@@hunterslimeanderson6457 same

[@Lovyloxyツ]

@@hunterslimeanderson6457 same

[@JoshusBarber]

Shinx is great, and Luxray deserves the dark typing

[@JoshusBarber]

@Pokémon Fan the link?

[@aglitchxd850]

If you didn’t see jaidens stream that glitching was basically the fact that jaiden actually lost the nuzlock the first time but the stream told her to try again so she did it basically represented how she didn’t feel like she earned it because she got a second shot at it

[@beatrixz9452]

We know-

[@aglitchxd850]

@@beatrixz9452 some people dont

[@beatrixz9452]

@@aglitchxd850 oke

[@eli.therealone]

@Burningwood02 He clearly mentioned it in the video. We know

[@aglitchxd850]

@@eli.therealone just for the people who missed it or were curious before the explanation

[@isabelblackwel6190]

I swear no nuzlock story can top this one i always fond myself coming back to watching her vid

[@phillipspeers3831]

I love how he didn’t know but learned about the loss. You are the only channel I have seen about the loss thing. So big brain about the writing and definitely getting a sub for finding that out.

[@JamMasterJesus]

Small mistake here. He *was* there for the loss. He saw bits and chunks of her streams, and he saw the chunk where she lost to the Elite Four, but didn't see what happened after she restarted.

[@phillipspeers3831]

@@JamMasterJesus oh ok. still love the reaction and just fun to watch. ☺️☺️🥰🥰

[@Divider996]

Pokemon Challenges also knew, with some help from his twitch chat. Would highly recommend his take on it if you want a more technical reaction to the video

[@JamMasterJesus]

@@Divider996 Yeah, he had a great take on it, even if his Twitch chat isn't the greatest.

[@mizuo2373]

Cynthia: *Appears* Also Cynthia: Egg? Also Cynthia: Boss Trainer Thingy

[@BluePhoenix_]

Dunno if someone already said this, but about Garados typing. Gyarados is based on multiple myths, the better known is the fisch, that becomes a dragon. Another one is a legend about a dragon abusing his powers for unrighteousness and as a result losing it's dragon powers. And we all know how rage filled Gyarados are.

[@kitsuneakage22]

actually its the other way around, a dragon becomes a carp fish (for some reason I dont remember xd)

[@BluePhoenix_]

@@kitsuneakage22 no, i got it right. Chinese longmen

[@werisekk3]

Also, from a gameplay/balance perspective, it really wouldn't make much sense to assign the best defensive and what was probably supposed to be the best overall typing (but Psychic happened) to one of the most common and easily found pokemon that's handed to you for the price of two and a half pokeballs. The dragon type, represented by the weak Dratini that needs a lot of exp and evolves into a beast (besides Mewtwo, it had the highest base stat total of gen 1 with 500, tied with Mew, and unlike the elementary birds right behind it, had a good defensive typing as long as you steered clear of ice types), was very clearly supposed to be incredibly rare, hard to obtain and hard to train, but be worth it. That's also why Charizard isn't a Dragon type - it would make it unfairly strong and ruin the rock-paper-scissors mechanic of the starter trio since it would lose its weakness to Water.

[@adlirez]

@@kitsuneakage22 nahnahnah he's talking about the Chinese myth of the Dragon Gate or Longmen. They say that any carp that can pass the Dragon Gate can become a dragon with the whole sh-bang, and the road that leads up to the Dragon Gate is anything but easy. There's a variant of the myth where a carp tried to get to the gate despite failing so many times, and the gods watching him laughed at him for even thinking of trying; when the fish actually made it and crossed the gate, the gods were so impressed that they turned him into a dragon. To this day, crossing the Dragon Gate is a slang term in China referring to students graduating and passing the gaokao, because the high school gaokao exam is extremely difficult, and the Chinese curriculum itself is very harsh and unforgiving, even for the standards of the locals.

[@april147]

I love that he appreciated her animation so much! It actually takes much time to draw and add detail and proper animations!

[@frosted_glaceon5513]

I remember on my own Platinum Nuzlocke, I met a Pichu in the Trophy Garden, and a Buneary in Eterna Forest. It was actually a great story moment that they both evolve with friendship. Anyway, I would send Lopunny out to Defense Curl a bunch, then Baton Pass to Raichu so that it would have extra defense. Then, I had Thunderbolt, Nasty Plot, and Iron Tail for type coverage. I also kept Sweet kiss while making it always hold the wide lens. To this day, I think it's the strategy I'm most proud of. I also have a newfound love for Pachirsu as well due to the combination of Sweet Kiss and Charm being so helpful. Nuzlockes man, you gotta think your way through.

[@Soursprout93]

I really appreciate seeing this from the perspective of someone who saw the stream. I've watched several reactions of this that were completely confused by the glitches so its awesome that you noticed and appreciated it as much as I did.

[@x2bounty]

it's a CRAZY good ending for people who had context from the stream. my mind was blown. i wasn't expecting to be THAT moved by this animation. show it to a casual viewer though, and all that artistic genius is inaccessible. glad there are others like Moxie who also love that melancholy ending. sidenote, i love how she visually conveys the hollow victory. the silence and confetti, man

[@NSUDemon14]

I’ve seen so many people react to this one, and the glitches still freak me out. Jaiden is so good at storytelling. There’s so much emotion put into her videos. It’s authentic, genuine. Absolute perfection.

[@katiedothdraw329]

Jaiden is such a freaking genius. I actually found you through her

[@bluestar_725]

Same here

[@liamnelson9691]

1:18 She forgot rule number 4: "Don't get too attached"

[@uvshki]

u forgot rule 5 : Get attached

[@Flowervr.offical]

U forgot rule 918 crits happen all the time

[@raspqui]

Rule number 6: learn your lesson (you know what i mean)

[@master0fthearts894]

Crit Chance for enemies in Pokémon Ruby: 5%. Crit Chance for enemies in Pokémon Platinum: *99999999999999999%*

[@helpmeplx1739]

But thats not 100% accurate if its not 100% accurate its 50% accurate so that means platinum has a crit chance of 50%

[@PikachuFanCortos]

@@helpmeplx1739 ik you want to explain but... just laugh, its a joke ._.

[@SnailSnail-lo4pm]

@@PikachuFanCortos no actually that's the joke. It's a reference to a channel known by jaiden as "Mand JTV" Think he even put it on a shirt.

[@PikachuFanCortos]

@@SnailSnail-lo4pm alr buddy :3

[@thedemonicstaff7417]

29:24 for some background, Jaiden originally lost to the élite 4 so she chose to do an artistic "multiverse" sort of thing where she gets really philosophical and questions whether she deserved to win or not.

[@Milk_Juice490]

"He's not a dragon," "But he wants to be."

[@Spideychump]

When you have 101 likes and only one comment

[@shayneyt6976]

@@Spideychump 201 now

[@sanukatharul1497]

@@Spideychump *shut*

[@tytar2132]

Moxie2d onix sucks and is trade evolution

[@ShadowSkyX]

@@tytar2132 later in the game you can catch steel is in the wild

[@daniellee6908]

Jaiden: I'm like actually sad. Moxie: Dont do this to us. Ad 3 seconds after: DO IT

[@unicornpower2411]

XD

[@Tostermz]

but there is no ads in this video?

[@Tostermz]

Why u lying bro

[@uhhhprussia]

@@Tostermz ever heard of youtube ad blocker and premium pretty sure u have premium thats why kid

[@aregularlookingsocket3719]

@@uhhhprussia people with no adblocker or premium: *grammarly is my sanity*

[@floresrussell]

Moxie: are you going to kill shinx now? Jaiden: yup 😂

[@bevwalker1606]

I dare you to do a nuzzlock and lol a shinx🤣

[@floresrussell]

@@bevwalker1606 I was referring to the way he ask the question and as soon as he plays the video jaiden answers him with a yes. After seeing jaiden play I am tempted to play a Nuzlocke though!

[@annburdeshaw4266]

@@floresrussell have fun

[@shanecasbarian]

666 LIKES OMG

[@korellation1402]

This animation of jaiden was literally the most sick one ever and i loved it, its my favorite to this day and no other video will take its place

[@mintmango0]

Moxie: I genuinely don’t know how anyone got through this as a kid Kids who grew up with google: 👁👄👁

[@fedechan6325]

I thought the only thing on Google was Wikipedia until I got in middle school because I just didn't care ;-;

[@the_godbodor7026]

Moxie: “It’s wierd when people say their first Pokémon games were Ruby and Sapphire” Me: “Mine was Black and White and I hold that gen very dear to me”

[@morganfitch8325]

My first was Pearl, but Black is 100% my favourite game in the entire series and anyone who says it's bad is clearly too busy jerking Gen 1's (the worst one) dick to actually have a brain.

[@BestLegend134]

Same

[@chokodechibi1327]

SAME!! I love that game! It's the best! My second game was the Ruby remake.

[@etiennedexter8379]

My first was pokemon gold on my old ds

[@yxorPnwoknU]

*me who got alpha sapphire as my first*

[@bcvuazy-old6585]

Jaiden and her Team is sooo good at animating honestly she makes everything feel like a short movie Edit: Thx for the likes ibvb think thats the most ive gotten👍

[@juniorfarmer7078]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

[@acehardware1321]

You can credit Jaiden's team for helping her put this video together. Their links are in Jaiden's recent videos if you want to take a look.

[@bcvuazy-old6585]

@@acehardware1321 Oh yeah I forgot jaiden has a team, thanks for reminding me

[@acehardware1321]

@@bcvuazy-old6585 no problem

[@dinosaur8682]

Honestly, Jaiden is a story telling genius. I love listening to her stories. She's amazingly talented.

[@Kite403]

I love how she chose to do the ending for her story. Knowing after the fact that she wiped at Flint made it all the more curious and gut-wrenching

[@theodorejhung2107]

honestly, this should be turned into a movie.

[@soggybread1999]

*[Za Eartho]*

[@tszhimlei4813]

ZA warudo

[@bheronz]

What Moxie thinks the Pokemon with the Pokedex No. 666 looks like : *the satan of the Pokemon world* What it actually looks like : *a butterfly*

[@Skyblade12]

Then you face it in battle with Compoundeyes to boost the accuracy of Sleep Powder and Hurricane, and Quiver Dance to boost its offenses, and you realize that it is just as devilish as its number implies. That little fella has done so much work for me.

[@nuggetsplace8273]

honestly, as someone who watched first time WITHOUT understanding, it WAS confusing, BUT OH GOD I WAS DYING BY THE STORYTELLING, BY THE ART, BY THE LITTLE ELEMENTS SHE PUTED ON THE ANIMATION, BY ALL OF THAT, I WAS LITERALLY JUST, IMPRESSED, WATCHING EVERY SINGLE BIT A LOT OF TIMES, NOT JUST TO UNDERSTAND, BUT ALSO TO CHECK WHAT THEY DID, HOW THEY DID IT, WHY THEY DID IT, AND TO NOTICE EVERY SINGLE EFFECT THEY PUTED ON IT. this video was a experience, a whole experience

[@krystaloftheshores]

*Put. Puted isn’t a word.

[@tyguy275]

I feel like nobody notices how it’s Dwayne “The Rock” Onix and how she prays to Arceus instead of God.

[@megabox5884]

I think everybody noticed, but nobody is just mentioning it, because it's obvious.

[@wackussbunguss744]

@@megabox5884 yep I noticed that

[@Aceig]

@@megabox5884 yup

[@dsfmdiya7500]

And I see almost no one that points out the ‘HOLD IT’ at the beginning

[@cadenxcxo]

I knew that I thought I was the only one

[@pleaseaddluciageoffreyinfe9333]

For real. As someone who didn't saw the livestream, the ending was confusing at first but after knowing what happened it makes sense. How she implemented the original loss and the victory in the storytelling is absolutely amazing and so creative. Also I really love your reaction to this video! You got a new subscriber!

[@thatchillasian8924]

“Giratina’s Pokédex number is 666 right?” Me: *types into Google* “Ah rookie mistake, it’s actually Vivillon”

[@Sling_Koala]

And now we know the devil of Pokémon is Vivillon

[@mewziikal8331]

Devillon

[@E4439Qv5]

One of the proudest memories I have as a Pokémon fan watching the steady stream of official releases and leaks surrounding Pokémon X and Y was that I and a close friend _precisely predicted/calculated_ DeVillon at least 3 months before release. 649 at the end of Gen V. Add 9 for the starters and their evos, 658. Two-stage rodent? Check, 660. Three-stage regional bird? Check, 663. That left Scatterbug, Spewpa, and the Butterfly of the World at 664, 665, and *666* respectively. Wiki editors do math homework for fun. 😎

[@D._.na_]

Vivillon is one of my fave pokemon

[@robertcagatin3690]

@@mewziikal8331 MIND BLOWN💥

[@Rhyurik1324]

Her split with Giratina and everything can be confusing when you first experience it without the context but it's also not too hard to read that you can't piece it together and understand. She does insanely well animating the "headaches" and distortion in her video and it's just absolutely wonderful. And in the words of the best pokemon nuzlocker in the world "Play the way that makes you happy." So, it was perfect! Great commentary, I love the comments about her animation and the direction she took with the video. All good shit ^_^

[@Frostdraga]

I know that there's no way other poketubers would have known what was up with the whole distortion thing unless they watched Jaiden's streams, but I'm glad that you did. I've watched a few other poketubers' reactions on the same vid, and it was a little sad how they just brushed over the whole distortion thing, or found it 'cringy'. (Not to mention their entire comment sections going 'For those who don't know-' and 'well actually-')

[@janelle57759]

Thats probably because they're pure gamers so they judged purely as a gamer, which Jaiden is a gamer with artistic energy. So fuck em

[@Iskou307]

Well I do hate them for brushing off the whole jaiden splitting into two, but I just have one question? Did Jaiden ever stream her second run?

[@janelle57759]

@@Iskou307 yeah, but she didnt start the nuzlocke ALL the way back over. The live chat on Twitch that was watching her live told her she could get another chance to go through the Elite 4 because it was her birthday, and she got crit like hell like 2 or 3 times in a damn row by Bertha's Rhyperior, so that was kinda stupid. So I loved her interpretation even though that nuzlocke cheated the hell outta her and made her doubt her second try.

[@Iskou307]

@@janelle57759 aight thanks

[@Draeckon]

Go check out PokemonChallenges' reaction video to her animation. He talks about it and makes a lot of good points about Nuzlocke tips and advice without being a douchebag about it.

[@stinkfish3475]

Nobody: Not even a single soul: Moxie: IS THAT MICKY

[@LightingMouse]

*Sonic wants to know your location*

[@stinkfish3475]

XD

[@justanaverageperson7676]

Disney wants to know your location

[@Quacker386]

my name mr cheese

[@achild2141]

me too kid

[@KaizoCPFC]

"Cause rhyperior killed ONE of her pokemon" Oops and garchomp: ONE?

[@Redstonecwby]

Your trial was the worst.

[@EmiDelta]

You remembered oops but you didn’t forget flakes the garchomp

[@gregkava1276]

as someone who didnt watch her stream but saw her video, she literally made me bawl, it all clicked imo, pokemon platinum has giratina distorting time and space, along with the animation speaking for itself..... i dont know how she couldve done it any other game tbh

[@ididntknowwhattocallthis8691]

In the end, Flakes actually had a Hasty nature(resulting in a slight increase in speed, but consequentially, a decrease in melee defense). And the fact that if she had caught the Gible in the beginning, it most likely wouldn't have been a Hasty nature, is insane.

[@StarrClaws]

As someone who didn't even know Jaiden existed until about three weeks ago, this was the first of her videos that the youtube algorithm sent me to. I was just expecting some lighthearted indie animation and was curious. By the end I was sobbing my eyes out and didn't know why. Luckily the comments section explained it and I then proceeded to watch all of her content. What an amazing story teller she is!

[@Beethoven_np]

"You're gonna use Onix as DEATH FODDER?!?!" *In the distance* "ONIX HAS LESS BASE ATK THAN ODDISH"

[@annecameron4787]

Don’t disrespect Carl

[@mikaelacash3791]

This is honestly my favorite of her Nuzlocke videos because of that extra Distortion Dimension lore she built to justify her losing but then going back again and then winning! The art felt so different than what I had seen from her before, and I loved the story building with it.

[@noghaltz16]

Jaiden is an amazing storyteller. This has "If a Pokemon Nuzlocke was an anime" vibes to it.

[@chrisreinicke2397]

This should be a tradition for Jaden to play a nuzzlock for Jaden every year

[@e4ehco21]

Black/White or HeartGold/SoulSilver would be cool

[@raspqui]

Y E S

[@tovarishchblyad3616]

@@e4ehco21 more specifically black and white

[@coolskelleton95]

Bizz, buzz

[@yummydragon8533]

@@tovarishchblyad3616 Yes, but if we go in Main series order, then she will come to X and Y... The easiest and most boring games of the franchise to Nuzlocke...

[@blossombardling]

It's funny because at the start, she's like at the first battle "AH" which Turt is like *smile* and after the mars battle, (the second one), Jaiden's like: "heh. He's fine-" which Turt is shaking in fear

[@dreamingclouds4699]

I tried to see if anyone answered your question about why Jaiden didn’t pick the fire starter, but I didn’t see anything (didn’t look through all). So… I looked at the beginning play and from what I remember she did address it, something about because they become fire/fighting just like Teriyaki and Jaiden said something about not wanting to do her fav dirty like that… basically she saw it as a off-brand fire bird and an insult to the previous generation, or something along those lines 😅

[@CleetjeLovesHusky]

"Did you really have to do Shinx that dirty?" Me : ... Oh boi....

[@flashfire0375]

Hey Jaiden, did you win? "To answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes."

[@hassinabenslimane2904]

*Lol*

[@Makke_1205]

Jaiden: yesn't

[@adityachoudhury6436]

I get the joke, but in reality she lost and admitted defeat😅

[@hiti6753]

That’s actually such a Jaiden answer, too!🤣

[@ellieryan7797]

*BUILD UP SPEED FOR 12 HOURS*

[@tanziyu9278]

"He's literally a fire monkey" Flashbacks on the Unova Monkeys (Simsear)

[@nahsir428]

Monke chimchar

[@marshallburlew7549]

It's funny because the foreshadowing and buildup of her getting split by Giratina, and the glitches that we see in the Elite Four was shown right at the beginning of the video. This is how you do great story telling by justifying ones actions. In this case, her own. I've seen some pretty good storytelling by AlphaRed, but this one totally tops it by far. Although, AlphaRed's first nuzlocke was more built on emotion, while this one for Jaiden was more on guilt and possibly self discrimination.

[@edmg7]

Actually, you're not entirely wrong about Diglett. Its shiny has a blue nose.

[@letmekillmyself5530]

Are you sure it’s a nose-

[@edmg7]

@@letmekillmyself5530 yes

[@letmekillmyself5530]

@@edmg7 what if it’s a mouth

[@letmekillmyself5530]

@@edmg7 and it just looks like 😮

[@edmg7]

@@letmekillmyself5530 it doesn't move when Diglett talks in the anime or when it makes expressions in the games. Also it sticks out from its face. So unless it's a single lip that never moves or a tongue that is always sticking out at the same length and never moving, then it's a nose.

[@twild2750]

I seriously loved your reaction. You seriously appreciate her animation, her framing, her storytelling, and her sense of humor. I was also so happy that you understood what was going on with the Giratina storyline and deeply appreciated the way that we took it. *applause*

[@evoyjonathan]

"i'M pReTtY sUrE gIrAtInA's DeX nUmBeR iS 666" Vivillon:

[@matthewwilliams8267]

NOBODY EVER EXPECTS THE BUTTERFLY

[@derpfinity4140]

giratina isn't the devil of pokemon, the umpteenth butterfly pokemon is

[@jjust4178]

I love how you and purplecliffe have completely different reactions to the distortion world part

[@SchazmenRassir]

I could GUESS what the distortions and 'visions' were about, but honestly, I was just more focused on how good she apparently is at unsettling horror. EDIT: Yes, I know what it's about, no need to tell me anymore. Thanks anyway to all who have and would.

[@icringeatmyself2222]

yeah, i was fascinated by it as well. I wasn't expecting it.

[@dabbinmcmemes4809]

I had no idea what was going on til I saw a comment in the comments about how she lost the first time

[@sillyalert14]

It was so unsetteling...

[@meeeeperbob]

i think its when she lost to the elite four the first time, then chat let her go on because it was her birthday.

[@RipHitz]

The distorted timeline is where the other jaiden won and was able to go past that part where she got split in two. The original timeline is where she couldn’t win and go past that part where she was split in two. (I think)

[@lialui4825]

I barely found this channel and I already enjoy it.

[@Lol-hc1xp]

I came here when jaiden raided on him while his artlocke

[@cadenisanimated6782]

Same Dude. I found him on Recommended

[@lumishade3961]

Same

[@kzari9277]

Same

[@rogelio723_dx3]

Same

[@phoenixstudios8927]

Moxie “ she knows the move sets... of,of other people’s Pokémon” My head “The only reason she knows is because what she says happens”

[@matheocalalo6067]

FAXXXXXXX

[@alis_the_kiwi]

I was watching exactly that part of the video you commented about when I read your comment

[@phoenixstudios8927]

@@alis_the_kiwi haha lol

[@moved2938]

Idc if I get woosh ed but she does a lot of Research before she plays the game to not lose

[@alexenedulay3665]

@@DVD-hf6wl pls learn to take a joke

[@MissOnana]

I'm really glad to hear someone mention just how chance based Pokemon can be. Like, I just recently finished a Shield nuzlocke. Got through everything only to get to Leon and die fairly early in. I had TERRIBLE luck that run, and wanted to at least finish the game, even if I lost the nuzlocke. Second attempt? I only lost a SINGLE mon. Pokemon runs, especially Nuzlockes are suuuuuper luck based, and it's frustrating that no one says as much.

[@atlas7499]

"Was there logic behind choosing the Turtwig?" She likes it. Duh.

[@buddyburroughs6072]

I feel like the crits only feel more prevalent in nuzlockes than in normal is stakes so they are far more memorable. That and it feels like platinum has an unreasonable high crit rate.

[@garreonlefay6703]

Platinum has a higher chance of crits in other games

[@dredgenwar2375]

@@garreonlefay6703Yerp, 6.25%, I think

[@thisisaname9104]

Yeah she made me so invested in the split that I kept watching other videos and went to go look for her streams she is a genius

[@DarknessDust]

Djeezes that ending man, gets me EVERY TIME *sniffles* I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING!!!! Also, I love Moxie's face and his enthousiasm for the artwork in this, so wholesome

[@thekingsof1786]

7:02 Fun fact: Onix has a lower attack stat than oddish! Yeah, i dont know why, but it's a thing.

[@black97_0]

Logic: "You're more likely to die from grass cut, than avalench" I never said it was logical

[@The_funny_person]

@@black97_0 i mean it is a poison-grass

[@raccoon_boi9176]

The people who disliked this were crying and couldn't see through there tears

[@OneCanOfSoda]

“Did you really have to do shinx that dirty???” Me who remembers she does something worse later on: *o h n o* Edit: we need this to get to 420 likes for *b i g* *m e m e s*

[@deadchannelBLEGH]

Thanks for no spoilers -

[@a4dio580]

SACRIFICE SACRIFICE SACRIFICE

[@kat8878able]

wait what was it?

[@OneCanOfSoda]

@@kat8878able just watch :(

[@OneCanOfSoda]

Wait I just realized this has 214 likes and ppl are already commenting lol