Pokemon's LOST Official Pokedex Ft. Nob Ogasawara & Nekkra

We present to you an ENTIRE Lost Pokedex that not only was never brought to the West, but was mostly left out of the video games too.
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ポケットモンスター図鑑 -- ISBN 9784893664945
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[@DidYouKnowGamin]

Part 2 is up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmS8gaR-rL6Fi9k

[@Emihana]

Epic.

[@MetroidsEATYou]

9:04 The calcium deficiency part is hilarious to me considering Mankey's and Primape's lowest stats are their special attack (tied with defense) and Special Attack EVs are boosted with calcium. Even in gen 1 when special attack and defense were the singular special stat, it was still tied with defense as the lowest stats for both Pokemon and calcium STILL raised the special stat. It's like they're mad because their "mental" stats are so low!

[@darkninjafirefox]

They just need a mental health day to rest!

[@LorenzoSuper9]

He need some MILK

[@AkaiAzul]

This makes me wish they made an alternate evolution involving feeding them calcium.

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

Earliest Pokédex: "Rhyhorn are not suitable as pets." Grace, the mother of the player character from X and Y: "I pretend I didn't see that."

[@KremBotop]

And no wonder anime Serena didn’t want to become a Rhyhorn racer like her mother.

[@boonski]

Technically it didn't start out as a pet. The Mother in X/Y is a retired Professional Ryhorn Racer.

[@superhetoric]

best mom

[@waterking74]

Also Grace: *I am a Chad!!! I tamed and rode dat rhyhorn like a rapidash.* 😎

[@Username-jx2ij]

rhydon these nuts

[@TechHippie]

I love this 'forbidden knowledge' but all I can think about is that the one scientist drugged his pokemon to the brink of death and his only reaction was "Oh look how small it gets!"

[@bryana.escaleralopez]

that's how some scientists think, sadly.

[@youthoughtaboutit6946]

Kind of how most of our baseline biological and medical knowledge that were based on dissection. It’s an unfortunate reality in order to build modern knowledge in such fields.

[@Bossfightmedia]

Morals are in the way of scientific knowledge, hence many experiments are gruesome beyond belief. Yet shooting a scientist and saying "haha funny hole in his head" is considered a crime and barbaric. Talk about double standards.

[@Bailey_West]

7:00 It’s baffling to me that the Pokédex entry for Ponyta is like “Wow isn’t that crazy how strong their legs are? Haha so quirky” The entry mentions *NOTHING* about the mane of *FIRE!?*

[@MiguelGonzalez-du8de]

I think it's because they had envisioned Ponyta as really, really small, and despite this they can run fast and have strong legs. The anime made Ponyta extremely giant, like the size of an actual horse

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@MiguelGonzalez-du8de Isn’t Ponyta only around 4 feet tall or just over a meter according to the Dex?

[@mariustan9275]

@@princesspikachu3915 Isn't that the size of a pony in real life?

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@mariustan9275 I think it’s close to it.

[@DjStiv3]

every pokedex and every season and show and game state different sht about pokemon. Of course some wont state the same things. Nor the same or main topic of each. They all have a ton of info anyway. Look up individual games for the pokedex. Like none are the same or sometimes they might, be similar. New people came up with their own descriptions i think. I thought that was stupid. Its interesting bcz you learn more of each pokemon but still kind of dumb bcz info can be very varied and it spreads the info so far and wide... like searching for them haha

[@bathestyles6525]

What a treat this video is. The amount of time, effort, and money it must have spent to obtain the Pokédex, reach out to Nob, him to translate it, THEN take his translations to produce this video must have been ridiculous. And it’s all here for us to watch essentially for free. Thank you DYKG for all your hard work

[@InternetLad]

Yeah. This is why I appreciate DYKG over a bunch of other "content creators" that either just read a wiki or make shit up.

[@Lordodragonss]

The Book itself is not as expesnive as we thought. It just rare and I bet Nob used most of that budget xD

[@FlowUrbanFlow]

@@InternetLad Buy something, pay a dude to translate it, read it. "Hard work"

[@newsfromlakewobegon9711]

@@FlowUrbanFlow - if this isn’t “hard work”, what gaming channels *are* doing hard work? None I guess?

[@Daniel_Coffman]

@@FlowUrbanFlow Some people don't have the time or energy to devote to learning a language themselves, after all. Plus, there's a heck of a lot more to this video than just that, as there is a lot of proofreading, in this case getting who you want to narrate the video, working on their time schedule, most likely multiple takes due to messing up lines or other things getting in the way of the perfect take, and, of course, editing the video itself. Have you ever done any of that? Making a video isn't as easy as it may seem. Not to mention that outside of making the video, it is more difficult to actually buy a RARE book, do your own research, and to reach out to someone who likely has, themselves, a quite busy life, such as an OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR THE POKEMON COMPANY, than to just read a Wiki or make stuff up and pretend it's real. Have you ever made a video like this? You do, or at least did stunts, if your video history is to be believed, even though you appear not to have actually created the videos yourself, so you at least should know how difficult it is to get the perfect take; regardless of whether it's reading a script or doing a stunt. You have no room to say that anyone here is not doing hard work. Or might you be the kind of person who thinks that only physical labor is hard work and does not respect the people who create the videos that you uploaded?

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

So, Professor Westwood wasn't just a random concoction of the anime's writers... Nidorina and NIdoqueen being unable to breed wasn't just a limitation of some sort of the Game Boy games that carried over through the years... I love this. I friggin' love this. I can't wait for the next part.

[@DarkPlagueStudios]

As much flak as the series gets as of late, it is nice to see that things we often assumed were simply oversights, were actually a strict adherence to source material

[@aurum3747]

@@DarkPlagueStudios sounds more like adapting canon to fit the oversights but it's still really cool

[@Rocketsnail1000]

@@aurum3747 it’s not really adapting canon to fit the oversight if the canon came before the oversight

[@aurum3747]

@@Rocketsnail1000 They were planning breeding for a long time, and this pokedex book should have been made along with the gen 2 games, altough it is way more speculation, it seems to me that they ran into some sort of problem with the nidoran line and breeding and then just decided to make it into lore Idk, it just seems so, so odd to make nidorina and nidoqueen unable to breed intentionally and then only mention it in a pokedex book Altough that is more speculation based on how strange the case is, it definitely could be that this is just an odd detail they decided to add

[@russellw6872]

@Aurum This book came out a few weeks after red/green was released in February 1996, so this was probably made before the games were released or very shortly after. The November 1997 spaceworld demo, while the concept existed, didn't have egg groups programed in the game yet. While tcrf.net doesn't have in-between 1997 and 1999, they do show that in the various 1999 builds they changed Nidorino and Nidoking from Unknown to Field, then later changed those two and both Nidoran to Field/Monster. So not only is the female not breeding is intentional, they had gone and fixed the male so they could breed. Edit: Sorry random person of the internet, I was just pointing out all of the points, which ended up longer then I was expecting.

[@BUGHUNTER6]

The origin of Pokéballs: we drugged the shit out of a Primeape and it curled up into a ball.

[@Icalasari]

And fit it into a glasses case That imagery is just fucking hilarious. Like... HOW!?

[@BUGHUNTER6]

@@Icalasari Exactly what I was thinking lmao

[@KonroMan]

Pokeball Inventors: *“Yeetus the fetus.”*

[@pikmints]

That red beam that comes out of the ball? Drugs.

[@rickrhone8420]

so like did the mankey shrink in addition to curling into a ball? or did this guy just have a big ass glasses case?

[@christiancastillo1407]

Lmao that Snorlax was named after the guy who ate everyone’s lunch in the office

[@akiradkcn]

lol

[@natalie_v0.1]

If it wasn't with their permission I'd say they were kind

[@hitkid2456]

@@natalie_v0.1 I could imagine there was at least one person that treated their lunch as an offering to him, or maybe they did catering a lot.

[@natalie_v0.1]

@@hitkid2456 yeah I hope it's in a cute way I'd love to have been Snorlax (besides what it meant in reality)

[@hitkid2456]

@@natalie_v0.1 Same, they're pretty special to their world too.

[@OzCroc]

It's interesting how originally the pokemon world was just an alternate version of our world, but now it's just a completely different world based on ours. This means that if pokemon were discovered in "France" in the old cannon, they were discovered in Kalos in the new one. That explains the connections between Kanto and Kalos.

[@lssjgaming1599]

Yeah I kinda like that. Some parts are hard to put into account with the new canon with some regions not existing yet tho

[@xJC4Rx]

One thing I think is crazy is that the first 4 regions were based on Japan alone. Meaning we've barely scratched the surface on how big the world of Pokemon actually is. And geographically speaking, it doesn't have to mirror our own world. These regions can be located as far apart or as close together as they decide and as vast or condensed as they want.

[@GabePuratekuta]

Pokemon were discovered in cannons? Whoah!

[@wumpus976]

@@xJC4Rx I’d say the first four regions are right next to each other as they represent the different parts of Japan

[@xJC4Rx]

@@wumpus976 It's possible, but we don't know that. Kanto/Johto are the only areas confirmed to be connected Ash takes a boat to Hoenn/Sinnoh and a plane to Unova/Alola. Just because they're near each other in real life, doesn't mean they are in Pokemon.

[@vinny61389]

Wow. Preserving some pivotal gaming history here. Absolutely incredible.

[@boonski]

The fact that it has never been officially translated makes it super pivotal.

[@ARDIZsq]

Not really preserved. She's just sort of reading the translations for the entries. We don't even get to see almost any of the pages, so it's not really preserved. All the information in this video could be made up for all we know. If they really wanted to preserve it, they'd upload scans of the entire book (as well as a text doc containing the translations) to a website like the Internet Archive.

[@FLYNN_TAGGART]

@@ARDIZsq HiresPokemon has scans and Dr Lava apparently has their own partial translation from a few years ago.

[@Kevin-lv8wv]

Oh my god… Pokemon that had an affinity for the colors Red/Green were the ones initially meant to be exclusives werent they

[@MightyPitbull]

Yep, thought the same thing when I saw it. Scyther and Electabuzz hate the colour Red (Exclusive to Red), Pinsir loves Green (Exclusive to Green)

[@InternetLad]

I'm freaking out man

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@MightyPitbull though that brings into question the existence of Scizor. That pokemon is primarily red and presumably works with other Scizor and Scyther. That and over the years, pokemon have not really been shown to have issues differentiating between different colors. It appears that this fact has morphed over the years.

[@MansBestFriend_]

@@andresmarrero8666 idk scyther and scizor don't look like a herd-type pokemon, they seem to be the "grow up and go out on their own" type of pokemon at least to me

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@MansBestFriend_ we have seen that Scyther operates in packs like a wolf, complete with a pack leader which can be challenged by a younger member with the looser being exiled, and they do return to the mountains every year to raise and train their young in the ways of their kind. Scyther aren't solitary creatures and sense Scizor are the evolved form, it doesn't make sense for them to suddenly become solitary.

[@imshadowsdragon]

Daaaaaang so this shows that the whole Alolan and Galarian forms didn't come out of left field but the whole changing to fit their habitat thing was always in pokemon lore! Thats so cool.

[@hsgemblemedge9473]

theres a big exeggutor on the pokemon trading card game Base Jungle Set, specifically the japanese one i'm pretty sure

[@jesselindsey9760]

This is the best Pokemon lore I've ever heard.

[@TheRezro]

Do they address possibility that Pokemon and Mother/Earthbound may share universe?

[@comog]

Same

[@SirBlackReeds]

And it was retconned.

[@InternetLad]

Weird japanese pokemon is best Pokemon. Now it's like "can't put that in there. People might be mad/sad" Let's go back to when we can eat pokemon lol

[@Weird_dude265]

@@InternetLad If you read between the lines currently accepted pokemon lore is still fairly dark. People eat barreskewda, Gmax Gengar's mouth is a portal to the afterlife, and Mega Salamence flies through pokemon/people to kill them. Also all of the Galar fossils are spliced together abominations that have trouble surviving.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

"Cinnabar Island...Was once an active volcano, but is now dormant." Well, that aged poorly.

[@GabePuratekuta]

And then Gen 2 happened... The island is just a Pokecenter and Green waiting for you.

[@EATSxBABIES]

Blaine: So that was a fucking lie

[@captaincapaldi6681]

dormant means temporarily inactive so not really

[@thecianinator]

Not without precedent, just think about Mount Saint Helens.

[@pokemonduck]

dormant volcano =/= extinct volcano dormant means asleep

[@andrewv.9142]

"Now let's talk about a less disturbing entry" *scyther lethally shreds its prey to death*

[@wavemaster4891]

And Pincer crushes foes into two. Hence the Metapod being killed during a pokemon battle with the samurai kid's Pincer. America changed that footage but Ash gets a whole new Metapod same episode as his first one dies.

[@Michaelflexin]

Imagine walking through a cave then out of nowhere you get punched in the ankle by an angry Geodude you stepped on by accident.

[@Blakee8288]

Underrated comment

[@jamiethedinosaur869]

(sends out Blastoise with extreme prejudice)

[@joniivee]

This is absolutely wild to me. Spending thousands of dollars to obtain a book of incredibly obscure Pokemon lore and have it translated by the man who used to translate the actual games? You guys are on a whole other level and I love it.

[@radiokunio3738]

I honestly prefer digimon, but this was honestly still interesting they feel a lot more like actual living creatures compared to future Pokémon, aslo the "108" joke made me lose it.

[@MothmanEndured]

I can't believe Nidoran males' horns flash like an overpriced gaming keyboard to attract mates. I guess they have Confusion as an egg move as a reference to that.

[@hannahkapferer508]

And the bigger the horn, the more attractive to females...

[@nomadspeed]

No real-life parallels there, hahahah...

[@Bunni89]

It blows my mind so much whenever you point out all the things we can still see in the series today that were referencing this lost document all along and we never knew! The sudden unexplained addition of habitat types in FRLG was originally from this book?? Professor Westwood from that one episode was a reference to two of the game freak staff who worked on it?? Its just absolutely wild! Really shows how much this was just a normal well known part of the lore in japan and we're the only ones who didnt know it.

[@Theking02201]

So basically the Pokémon Bible for the Kanto region neat.

[@Patterrz]

Nob is a legend

[@LuNa_097]

I feel like a legend because I made the 399 likes 400

[@LuNa_097]

@@tropenholzharald465 how

[@maddogkilla1]

@@LuNa_097 because only a knob gobbler would do something like that lmao

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@maddogkilla1 You mean A...Nob Gobbler? But seriously nice one!

[@EckerKyle]

@@L0rdOfThePies how did this not get a like before me

[@Bunni89]

Oh whoa, this was even the origin of the weird "arcanine is a legendary" thing in the early anime??

[@mlmf2012]

Check the pokedex, he has always and will forever be a legendary😆 *Suddenly remembers the many suicunes my arcanine destroyed in gen7 competitive😂

[@acmiguens]

Some Pokémon dogs are good boys, but only one is THE legendary dog according to the dex :)

[@Bunni89]

@@acmiguens Legendary good boy deserves legendary pets and cuddles!!

[@MissOnana]

If you check out all the dex entries for it, not is it the "Legendary Pokemon" in calssification, but it states over and over that there are legends about it. What's interesting to me, is that in US/UM, the dex finally clarified that it's viewed as legendary because of the countless stories from long ago of it doing amazing shit. So it's less legendary because its rare and mysterious and unique - like why mewtwo is a legendary pokemon - but because it's known to do amazing things. I think it even states that there are way more of these floof bois than you'd expect.

[@mlmf2012]

@@MissOnana the legendaries are not unique tho. Theres a baby lugia in the anime indicating that theres more than 1 and they can multiply. Theres 2 mewtwos and a whole bunch of genesects. Theres a whole flock of shaymin in its movie. Ash has even encountered multiple suicune in the series, and we know theyre different since every suicune acts as if they havent met him. Legendaries are legendaries because they are rare and have legends about them, which technically the thousands of unkown are also. But this applies to so many pokemon also.

[@Rafroo]

Pokeball's origins : Anime : Old rituals and stuff The first Pokedex : Tested drugs on a Primeape till it was so drugged it curled into a ball.

[@xkennyPLx]

This just in; The talking Meowth is smarter than Alakazam and its 5000IQ.

[@InternetLad]

It's over ni- five thousaaaand

[@hitkid2456]

And I thought Shikamaru had a high IQ.

[@wavemaster4891]

Yeah that was a scary analogy, people can wake up and become Kadabra's and Alakazam's because of their high IQ. But they are considered dumber than a Meowth? Some logic is broken there.

[@acmiguens]

@@wavemaster4891 Broken logic in the Pokémon world? oO Never! :P

[@Deep_Diver]

There could be a possibility that, despite Alakazam`s IQ, it does not posses the physical ability to mimic human speech. Perhaps it evolution focused more on its psychic and telepathic abilities rather than vocal communication. Meowth kind of makes sense since it`s similar to real world house cats in their ability to make specific noises for communication. It is also Pokémon, so some sense of disbelief on how they evolved should be considered.

[@MadMasterPorkey]

"On to a less disturbing entry, Scyther. They lethally shred their prey with their sharp scythes" Ah yes. That definitely sounds less disturbing

[@retrospect]

This is my newest favorite Pokemon video.

[@TdogGamin]

Same here, it’s really good : )

[@DankDaHerbalist]

👍

[@LTDextel]

Agreed

[@playerhateroftheyear1084]

next week: OO! THIS is my new favorite pkmn video

[@MikeOfMichigan]

I’m really sad they never localized this. Pokemon lore from Gen 1 is so interesting. I feel like they weren’t as strict about making things super family friendly. Like of course it’s all still pretty safe, but it wasn’t this massive worldwide media franchise yet, so they were likely given a lot more freedom.

[@zdude0127]

There are still some disturbing as hell entries though in later games. Check out Guzzlord and Pallosand.

[@mariustan9275]

@@zdude0127 Yup. But in America things are made more family friendly than in Japan. I mean, in the Japanese version of Paper Mario, TTYD, there was a murder scene. It was removed from the international version. In gen 1, there is a peeping tom looking at women. That was of course, removed. There was also Firebreather Dick, which was changed to Richard.

[@wadespencer3623]

Ehhhhh I dunno, I feel like they actually got MORE hardcore over time. Chandelure burns souls for its food. Sandygast mind controls people to add sand to its body and help it grow bigger, slowly sucking away their life force all the while. I'm pretty sure modern games still say that Kabutops slices prey into bits and sucks the juices out of each piece.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

@@wadespencer3623 none of that is very hardcore. Just check pokemon censorship to see how babied americans are

[@PaperyPip]

@@wadespencer3623I think over time, they're likely to play with more hardcore fantasy-horror concepts, they're less likely to deal with realistic crime or general bad behaviour (no murder, no peeping toms). Also keep in mind attitudes can be very different about what's 'family friendly'. In the 90s Western kids were playing DOOM, but Capcom was having to remove scenes of violence from Resident Evil, which DIDN'T have to be cut in the West.

[@Calaveso]

ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT NIDORINA AND NIDOQUEEN WERE PLANNED TO NEVER BREED IN THE FIRST PLACE? HOLY CRAP

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Still don't like it

[@patrickdouglas2171]

It's either that, or they had tried to put breeding in gen 1, but were unable to get it to work. And when they were experimenting, they discovered a problem with the nidos and then decided they would make the inability to breed be canon.

[@metazoxan2]

@@patrickdouglas2171 It was probably a space issue. Old games from back then had VERY limited space and often had to make cuts just to make it fit on the damn cartridge.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

So many assumptions in these games. What's wrong with these things already being planned? You people do know animals breed after several years right? And not wait until old age?

[@bilis2866]

@@patrickdouglas2171 why would they have a problem with the nidos, they are code like the others

[@penguinmaster7]

"researchers have argued over six years on the issue of whether this pokemon should be classified as a plant" funnily enough, the anime referenced this particular detail in the pokedex. in "bulbasaur and the hidden village", Ash's pokedex says: "Researchers are unsure whether to classify Bulbasaur as a plant or animal"

[@chompythebeast]

I don't understand how that works, it's clearly both an animal and a plant in symbiosis. But then again this is a world were Bellsprouts exist lol so I guess the debate isn't as crazy as it seems

[@ZetsubouMar]

​@@chompythebeast But Bellsprout it's a plant that act like an animal like most grass Pokémon. Bulbasaur and the other grass-starters instead are animals in their main body with the plant part being more like feathers in birds.

[@hitkid2456]

A certain site calls these creatures "flora fauna".

[@lilifel]

But is bulbasaur made of flesh or plants

[@penguinmaster7]

@@lilifel both. plants are flesh, just a different kind.

[@franciscolomeli8931]

Whoa that book had a seemingly big impact on the series from what stuff gets mentioned in the games/show years later.

[@danpmss]

I hope bulbapedia catches up on this and leave all of these registered in the wiki, spectacular job! To think we would even get it translated by the OG translator at that, just superb

[@KremBotop]

The amount of info added to the original 150’s pages is gonna be quite substantial.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@KremBotop The trivia section is gonna be LOOONG

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@NS 317 They'd probably add gimmicks like Megas to later Gens earlier considering a lot of the later concepts would already be there. We'd just need Shinies, the Physical/Special split, natures, abilities etc etc. I'd say a fightable Oak would make more sense for the Kanto Dex completion. Why would he give you Mew? I'd rather it be catchable.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Nidorina and Nidoqueen are in the Undiscovered Egg Group *on purpose?!* I thought it was a bug in Gen II that they didn't want to change.

[@len5630]

Hol' Up. Original JP Piece? Hiring Nob for translation? How much did this channel spend? I am amazed 🤩

[@GRH_Roadhouse]

1 billion dollhairs Roadhouse

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

@@TrashWoodBand That was also for the book, it's extremely rare and desirable.

[@lonelykitchen]

$2,500 is what I heard from an insider

[@TheRealJaydenJohnson]

And the narrator from the Legends Arceus reveal

[@kasam0308]

I miss the old didyouknowgaming, I don't like this new style

[@chompythebeast]

*14:21* "Five adults (approximately 300 kilograms)" As an American, I am so aghast at the idea of the average adult being estimated to weigh around a mere _132 pounds_ that my jaw went slack and my two Big Macs™ fell right out

[@3kojimbles895]

well they're also shorter so

[@priestesslucy3299]

I mean the average Japanese woman back then was like 95 pounds...

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

The standard assumed weight in medicine is actually 70kg, even in the US. i guess we need to change that because of the fatties in America.

[@divyanshgupta6]

Dang, Slowbro's Shellder art is absolute nightmare fuel. Imagine that thing latching onto your arm or leg. No wonder Slowbro just lets it be. Pulling would probably just make it bite harder.

[@aikou2886]

Weren't slowpoke tails numb? I think that was partially why they used them for fishing.

[@Hadaron]

@@aikou2886 Nah, in the anime a Slowpoke had its tail stepped on once. It took it a minute, but it eventually cradled it and made sounds of distress.

[@aikou2886]

@@Hadaron While this is curious, I think it's important to remember that the anime is not exactly consistent with the lore. For example, they have no problem showing steel type pokemon being affected (and maybe even defeated) by poison type attacks, to which they are normally immune to.

[@bilis2866]

@@aikou2886 you can literally send ground types in the deep waters of hoenn and a pidgey can hold a grown ass child to the other side of the region, games are not the pure source material fans claim it to be, and it's been confirmed both teams communicate and work with each other all the time, there are lots of influences from the anime in the games

[@Yrevnoc]

Electabuzz and Scyther having an affinity for Red is due to them being Red version exclusives, as is Pinser and Green.

[@saphcal]

that makes a lot of sense

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

I added that in the notes. :)

[@NeonNekoHime]

Would that mean by extrapolation that Magmar would likely have an affinity for green as well?

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

@@NeonNekoHime If it could distinguish colours, then maybe.

[@DJIVision]

Hurrah, it’s up :)

[@sentientricecake3125]

Great job!!!

[@torbolion]

THANK YOU IF YOU HELPED !! THIS IS EVERYTHING IVE EVER WANTED

[@DJIVision]

@@LearnGuitarWithDave - I wrote this one actually. Well, the commentary anyway. Most of the video was Nob’s translation of the book :)

[@apinkshrimp]

Love you doc

[@DJIVision]

@@apinkshrimp *finger gun wink*

[@porkypine602]

This video is so dope they sent thousands to get a old pokemon book and then the original translator to keep continuity

[@GabePuratekuta]

I didn't know DKYG had thousands of employees.

[@GoodlyPenguin]

@@GabePuratekuta Thousands of dollars, nimwit

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@GoodlyPenguin There's no need to use bad words...

[@GoodlyPenguin]

@@GabePuratekuta ok

[@chicawe]

If your not interested...why are you here? I mean the whole point of a youtube channel is to make videos ...you know ?

[@SunshineCasy]

Wait, Nekkra did Pokemon Presents? As in, the actual narration for the Legends Arceus video? Between that and getting Nob to translate the old JP Pokedex you guys put some insane work into this!

[@kobraunit]

This means the original concept for pokeballs is that the Pokémon shrink to fit it, just like Pokémon Adventures Special.

[@500werewolf]

20:57 It is an unwritten rule that all children's media must have at least 1 hidden dirty joke.

[@PlebNC]

Or at least to try to see what you can slip past the censors.

[@KaiserGX]

It's not really a dirty joke, it's something you find often in the animal kingdom. I know female crabs for one, prefer male crabs with larger claws.

[@500werewolf]

@@KaiserGX You do realize I was talking about the Lickitung fact?

[@KaiserGX]

@@500werewolf Oops. I read someone talk about the Nidoran thing and assumed it was you when I came back to reply.

[@saucymongoose7246]

True

[@theotakux5959]

That this book isn't available for purchase in English is a crime.

[@suppengroove]

what we don't get with pokémon is a crime in general the japanese anime music for example is a gold mine! but thanks to people like (especially!) ed goldfarb, we get generic elevator ""music""

[@darknight10000]

It's possibly because the book is considered non-canon now. It's a really great look into how the series was initially envisioned but it just doesn't match up to how things are now.

[@hitkid2456]

Don't forget about Pokemon Zensho... Even if that was pretty dull from what I hear, I would still read it.

[@ma.2089]

@@darknight10000 it’s good for Gen 1-2 knowledge, which some r carried over. Cuz we already know Gen 1-2, Gen 3-5, and Gen 6+ are separate continuities and universes due to different events in the timeline.

[@EasyCure0]

Confident Nidoran: "it's not about the size of your horn, it's how you use it"

[@gerboog]

Lmao

[@seanscumpet786]

This mysterious energy is why I got into pokemon in 1998. Pokemon had an enigmatic mystery to it in the 90s-00s.

[@grofy925]

28:28 Dude even *looks* like Snorlax!

[@brendanness]

“Ontooo a less disturbing entry. Scyther LETHALLY SHREDS it’s prey...”

[@hitkid2456]

Yea, except for the uncanny film clip, Scyther was worse, and the whole "hyakuhachi" stuff had me laughing.

[@brendanness]

@@hitkid2456 😂yeah you right

[@SwiftShinkirou]

"Nidora lose the ability to lay eggs upon evolution." Well mystery solved then.

[@hitkid2456]

Not really. That's just passing the buck on to this dex.

[@wavemaster4891]

Still begs a question of how it is considered an evolution to lose the ability to procreate. You would think evolution in that direction would have died out for that reason and Nidoran females would have learned to evolve in another direction....

[@myheartismadeofstars]

@@wavemaster4891 Well it could be that Nidorina use all the energy that could be used for breeding to focus on protecting and caring for their young. That's why their dex entries mention motherhood so often. Those are the same babies they had as a Nidoran. You don't need to reproduce as often if your babies all make it to maturity

[@gustavju4686]

@@myheartismadeofstars That's believed to be one of the factors for why we humans don't have litters like cats and dogs do.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

@@wavemaster4891 what's called evolution in the course of a pokemon came is actually metamorphosis. Turns out Nidoqueen and Nidorina have just gone through menopause.

[@SpectroliteDS2400]

"The island was once an active volcano, but is now dormant" ooohhhh that gets me knowing what happens by Gen 2

[@GlitchedCactus]

"Rhyhorn are not suited as house pets" 11:14 uh well don't tell the kalos region

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

It wasn't a housepet, it was a racing steed. :P

[@GlitchedCactus]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio I mean lets be real it practically acted like a pet

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@GlitchedCactus and was able to operate a computer to watch one of Serena's contests. Albeit with fletchling's help.

[@bilis2866]

@@andresmarrero8666 maybe that was a smart one, not all creatures are the same, like pikachu hates being in pokeballs

[@Matthill121]

Ok when you revealed the translator for this was the OG translator, I knew this is going to be really good. That's extremely cool that you guys did this, great job!

[@casperchekhov1703]

Narrator: "... They learn electric type moves, like - -" Jolteon: uses Dig.

[@ElysetheEevee]

And Pin Missile. Also (if I recall, since their movesets have changed over the years from my early says in 98) Double Kick. I'm thinking of naturally-learned moves though.

[@bilis2866]

this comment makes no sense?

[@ragepoweredgamer]

Take note, every other informational creator. THIS is what it looks like when you go the extra mile and put a metric crapton of effort and work into a project. I hope you guys get a lot of views on this, because you clearly deserve it.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Take note that this is not a creator but a group with a lot of time and money and is basically a company.

[@jimmythegamer2231]

@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Take note, that this is less a company and more of a KZbin channel first and foremost. Them being a group with lots of time and money doesn't discount the fact that they go above and beyond to provide viewers with as many obscure facts as possible.

[@hitkid2456]

I lost it when it got to Snorlax. Nishino is just too cute.

[@SandwitchZebra]

You know, if you edit some things like it being in 90’s Japan and pretty much all the other real-world references, you could make this the canon history of when Pokémon were first integrated into modern society and how they’ve revolutionized the science and workings of the Pokémon world. This is some legitimately great stuff and I’m glad it isn’t lost to obscurity thanks to everyone involved with the recovery, translation, and the work on this video.

[@elijahthomas4231]

Pokemon Theory: The pokemon anime is a popular sitcom in the pokemon world.

[@TheRezro]

I would love that. My favorite is on that Pokemon and Mother/Earthbound actually share universe.

[@mrsuperheatran2794]

@@TheRezro I know it's a silly headcanon but for a while I had the idea that Unova is the result of the end of Mother 3.

[@TheRezro]

@@mrsuperheatran2794 I though the same until Ultra Sun & Moon. For reminder Creatures Inc. previously known as Ape IS third member of Pokemon company. It absolutely could be the case. cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/d/d2/Ultra_Sun_Ultra_Moon_Ultra_Megalopolis_artwork.png

[@sam4gaming135]

@@TheRezro mine is kirby and mario sharing the same universe, because of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGWtqoeVm9pjeNU ( Read luigis emails and you can see kirby)

[@TheRezro]

@@sam4gaming135 Yes, Nintendo shared universe is another actual theory.

[@chrisray9653]

The Apochrypha of Pokemon, life changing.

[@incomp97]

The same girl who voiced the Pokémon direct for the reveal of Legends and BDSP narrated this?? Dope!

[@RedJuiceFishBowlMan]

She voiced the trailer for New Pokemon Snap and Legends Arceus. The way she said Wyrdeer caused that word to be stuck in my head for days.

[@Sir_Psych]

So you're telling me that Growlithe is the first pokemon. ADD HIM TO THE LIST!

[@wavemaster4891]

you didn't know? Yeah, Arcanine was even supposed to be a Legendary pokemon. This is why early movies and stuff show the Three Legendary birds and what looks like an Arcanine. And Arcanine was legendary till they decided to stripe him off it

[@wavemaster4891]

Growlithe was the 1st. True, if you ever look into the memory of the pokemon data in order stored on the game boy game red and blue it is the 1st entry iirc.

[@Sir_Psych]

@@wavemaster4891 was that not rhyhorn/rhydon?

[@insulinaddict9586]

@@Sir_Psych If my memory serves right Rhydon was the first drawn pokemon, mew is the first pokemon created, and bulbasaur is the first one in the pokedex.

[@dabluepittoo-aqua4213]

@@insulinaddict9586 So here's the listing Arceus: The Pokemon God, being first by existing before any other Pokemon Mew: All Pokemon derived from it's genes, making it the first part of every Pokemon's DNA Rhyhorn: The first Pokemon created out of universe, AKA the first Pokemon period Bulbasaur: Number 1 in the Pokedex Growlithe: First Pokemon added into the games alongside being the first Pokemon in the book

[@da_roachdogjr]

I can't believe Nob, the legend himself, is involved in this. Great job guys!

[@AarturoSc]

It’s fascinating to go back and play the first gen of games with this context! As a universe set in our world instead of its own thing. It even names places like China, America and South America/Guyana, as well as animals like dogs and cows.

[@DidYouKnowGamin]

Also check out The LOST Pokemon Movie About An Actual Dinosaur! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKnKo6ShfpJ8ftk

[@mbe102]

Can we please get access to the translation? I'd be happy to pay!

[@NevermindThee]

Great presentation, I'm waiting eagerly for the second part!

[@DJIVision]

@@mbe102 - The entire 47 page Pokedex section is covered in these DYKG videos, word-for-word. The map section of the book is available on my website, lavacutcontent (dot) com. There’s also an 8 page Tajiri interview and a 5 page Journal section, which are currently only on my Patreon, but they’ll probably become videos sometime this year then have the text versions made publicly available later. Each section kind of have to become videos first. If we just dumped them online as text we’d be out thousands of dollars with no opportunity to get ad revenue to make any of it back. Not to mention the hundreds of hours sunk into it. Website ad rates are so low it’s just not economically viable to publish these kinds of giant translations off KZbin, unfortunately. Especially when using a relatively expensive translator like Nob.

[@polynektar]

@@DJIVision Makes sense, good luck!

[@brennanmatthewdoyle3120]

@@DJIVision was this pokedex ever produced multiple times legitimately? And if so, could additional legitimate copies be bought (and where)?

[@McDom023k]

This is mental levels of research, writing and editing. Truly you've all done so well with this. Thank you to everyone involved in this project, it is nothing short of amazing

[@nogoaway7540]

This is incredible. Really solid work, m8s, real love for Black Belt Nob, Dr. Lava, Nekkra and everyone else involved in the production. This is seriously jamming on that nostalgia bone.

[@emiyagus1619]

Wow o_o Then it would mean that: Pokémon in Asia (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh): 493 Pokémon in Europe (Kalos and Galar): 161 Pokémon in the Americas (Unova and Alola): 244

[@Setosama02]

@15:39 WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH!!! HOLD UP!!! You're telling me that the fact that Nidorina and Nidoqueen cannot breed, which many of us thought was a gaming glitch or something else, IS ACTUALLY 100% INTENTIONAL?!! o.O MIND BLOWN!!! Can not WAIT for part 2 to come out! REALLY wish we had something like this in English. =(

[@OshawottLuke]

Between this channel and Dr Lava, the internet is learning more and more about Pokémon lore. And Mixeli is doing an amazing job showing stuff like E-Reader cards actually being used on real games and other stuff.

[@sotnosen95]

"It must also be noted that not all species of Pokémon have been discovered." (glances at all the Pokémon that were added after Gen I) *I'll say.*

[@SendFoodz]

the production budget on this video... instead of tracking down facts already dug up, DYKG is excavating their own original cannon content.. incredible.. and the narrator was the girl from Pokemon Presents..

[@billbertboyce324]

The idea that Hitmonchan is possessed by the spirit of a boxer was mentioned in the Gen 3 dex entry.

[@Needlessacorn90]

6:00 guess they didnt pull the volcano on cinnibar out of their buts during gold and silvers development it was cannon all along

[@nazeersadek6705]

Ya I just don’t know why they made the volcano erupt though

[@mattwo7]

7:48 That bit about Shinkansen bullet trains hits different if you've watched Akudama Drive.

[@emiliofahr504]

Thank you, Nob! You made reading fun as a kid and you're an invaluable resource to this very day!

[@solgaleo3533]

This gives me definite legends Arceus vibes, the history of pokemon research. I’m glad they’re delving back into that once again. The talk of Darwinian Evolutions brings to mind something I’ve thought about for a long time and that has just recently been brought to the forefront by said game, Ancestral Forms, similar to Regional Variants but instead being how the Pokemon was in a different time rather than how it is in a different place.

[@arrowrandoman]

The Pokedex in LeafGreen confused me as a kid. It's so cool to learn where that came from, and I kind of wish it had stuck around. Makes me wonder about an alternate take on Pokémon with more emphasis on this style and lore of this Pokedex.

[@AarturoSc]

That’s one of the reasons many love Gen 1 the most, aside from nostalgia. It was really experimental. Newer games past Gen 2 feel really strict with their universe and kind of hermetic.

[@solgaleo3533]

9:40 that would make sense, considering in the manga we actually see pokeballs physically shrinking the pokemon down.

[@ten7554]

I think that it's ten times more interesting that the Pokemon world has a canonical France/Japan, rather than that research thing you said lmao

[@Cr3zant]

In the very first game it straight up mentions New Guinea in the Cinnabar mansion.

[@nobodyimportant4285]

Vikings are from Minnesota.

[@FlippytheMasterofPie]

The early entries in the series also show Pokémon as living alongside regular animals, before they retconned it so Pokémon simply replace the animals in the alternate Pokémon world. Eventually it became its own separate reality, but not at first

[@SonofSethoitae]

@@Cr3zant Also America, Russia, and Guyana.

[@Bitna01]

Jeez, the amount of effort that was put into this video is simply superb. As a person who enjoys the lore of my favorite franchises, I'm very happy to have watched this!

[@fizzygrizzly9892]

This video is no doubt one of the Top 5 episodes of the DYKG library. Excellent job guys.

[@Applepearcrispy]

Haven’t finished it yet, but SO much work went into this video that I can’t help but give a thumbs up

[@bookworm2442]

This seriously needs as many views as possible, incredible work

[@AdrianCS128]

Wow, so Nidoqueen was never meant to breed, that's wild and so weird!

[@gnammyhamster9554]

That blew my mind

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Well menopausal women can't produce eggs so maybe that's what it is.

[@matthewdavenport9549]

The fact that Nidorina/Nidoqueen not being able to breed extends back to this obscure piece of lore is really cool.

[@Garvant_]

The amount of effort; this is a very special video, thank you.

[@Cr3zant]

Most interesting part of this is that Meowth is canonically the smartest pokemon, even above shit like Alakazam.

[@ShadowRealmZ373]

Agreed And Mewtwo

[@Adam-cq2yo]

Thing is, I'm pretty sure that Team Rocket's Meowth is an outlier. I recall there being some story about how TR Meowth taught himself to speak the human's language to impress another mewoth. (And got turned down anyway.)

[@chicawe]

Hey dont talk badly about alakazam ! He is one of my favorite pokemon ^^

[@ShadowRealmZ373]

@@Adam-cq2yo did you even watch video

[@futuregenesis97]

I think Metagross was as smart as four super computer or something like that.

[@sebastiang.s.1844]

OMG this is an amazing video! I feel like I'm learning about the ancient Sumerian civilization! :D

[@c_5nco]

I have been searching for something like this since the first time I played Pokémon blue on my Gameboy. Thank you so for your effort! Really cool stuff, can't wait for the 2nd video.

[@TheGlooSniffer]

It would be really cool if they updated this with all the new Pokémon. I love the amount of thought they put into the lore of Gen 1 that we never even got to see in the games

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

This entire video is very interesting. Thank you for making it. Can't wait for Part 2.

[@zealiouszone8861]

Wouldn't it be amazing that the open world Pokemon game planning to come out would actually incorporate these elements?

[@TheRezro]

Described lore take place technically before creation of the Pokemon World. And I absolutely would love if they finally confirm it to take place after Mother 3.

[@RetroSetJoe]

This is so fascinating! Thank you for the video!! As someone who's been a Pokemon fan since the beginning, I love finding out info that I haven't seen before

[@_2D_]

Arguably one of the most important Pokémon videos ever made. This was really fantastic.

[@Level1Sword]

Wow, you all put a lot into this episode. Props!

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Wait, Professer Nob? What kind of plant is a Nob? Also, wow, weird to find out that Nidorina and Nidoqueen were always intended to be unable to breed. It's kinda weird but at least the "fact" that it was an error in Gen 2 that just got carried over can stop being circulated.

[@newsfromlakewobegon9711]

Amazing idea for a video, subscribed for part 2

[@Awesum]

Definitely waiting for part 2. This was very enjoyable.

[@GoInGcRz]

I'm looking forward to hearing about Arcanines legendary status origin the most. I've always believed that the reason for him being considered a legendary, was because of his size, and was known to be a pokémon of extreme mobility and speed, being seen from afar running through grass lands. Also possible Japanese lore.

[@DJIVision]

All the Legendaries are really interesting, Moltres is my favorite. (I wrote these videos btw)

[@mrshmuga9]

I believe it’s based on a Chinese guardian lion, so probably something to do with that.

[@nbbntyufgtyug]

@@DJIVision great job!

[@InternetLad]

Two or three parter @drlava

[@DJIVision]

@@InternetLad - Three parts. When part 1 was recorded, it was gonna be two parts, which is why Nekkra only mentions part 2 at the end of this video. But later on in the editing process, it got decided to cut the remaining 50 minutes into two more parts.

[@supermariohack3218]

Never thought that i'd get to hear about the deep, hidden lore of Pokémon.

[@Robbie06261995]

I guess Nidorina goes through menopause when evolving from Nidoran Female.

[@elliotgale]

this video is INCREDIBLE, the amount of time, research, money, etc. is very impressive!!