Pokemon But You Are What You Beat

[@Rylockes]

Part 2 of this challenge is out now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raPOpHRtn5aoapo

[@ruthlesace]

This is like that guy who traded a paperclip until he was able to trade for a house.

[@Rylockes]

This video ended up being over an hour long, so I decided to split it into two parts! Part 2 will be out next week!

[@Dynamic256-ORIGINAL]

That's a lot of research throughout the playthrough

[@Memepig]

Okay

[@ruthlesace]

Did you research this first to see if it was possible or did you just jump in and figure the problems out as you went?

[@cadentennison5370]

Would love to see this done in platinum! Awesome video

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

Bruh just upload the video in its entirety next time, blueballing like this is super shitty.

[@henrymars6626]

Ryan: Hiker Mike Me, quietly: Hiker Miker

[@TheCrazyhusky]

15:32 Fighting should be neutral against Marill in Gen 3, Because Fairy didn't exist back then and Marill was a pure Water type until Gen 6.

[@jwatercrane]

Yeah i was confused for a bit too but he put a picture of marill there instead of wingull

[@ink0rp3r4ted5]

it should be steel

[@jwatercrane]

@ink0rp3r4ted5 fire resists steel so no, he meant to put a picture of wingull in there instead of marill. If you go back and look, he has a wingull on his team

[@FizeeRascal]

I’m so glad someone asked this

[@Rylockes]

Mentioned this is another comment, but I accidentally put a picture of Marill instead of Wingull. It was not very effective on Wingull’s flying type, making it Hidden Power Fighting!

[@aubeary190]

Scammed by the marill pic instead of wingull on the hidden power guessing game

[@Rylockes]

Nooo omg 🙈 Yes it should be Wingull instead of Marill, and fighting is not very effective against flying type. Here come all the comments lol

[@someidiotwithalamp]

@@RylockesI mean, it would still be accurate if you’d done this in ORAS, since Fairy also resists Fighting

[@dazeen9591]

​@@Rylockes oh my god I spent so long thinking and the only answer I came to was Steel type but there's no Steel type in Gen 3 😭

[@pipoledo]

​@@dazeen9591 that's gen 1. There were several steel types by gen 3 already

[@dazeen9591]

@@pipoledo Steel wasn't in Gen 1.

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Oh this has me hooked, I already know I want to see this on Platinum or other games, and this Emerald run isn’t even finished yet

[@laurasanya]

Pro tip: random trainers in the older games always have 0 IVS, meaning the HP type will always be Fighting

[@stormRed]

This would honestly make for such a fun game in and of itself.

[@tigerlover2853]

I mean, there’s Pokémon Rocket but that’s not quite the same.

[@kleptrep94]

I like to think that whenever you beat a trainer you just swap Pokemon afterwards. Like Brandon's now got a Level 6 Mudkip and whatnot.

[@Ro9ge]

I appreciate being open about it taking multiple attempts takes to defeat some opponents - I think it would be interesting to learn exactly how many times it took in some cases, or at least if some took longer to defeat than others. Edit: Of course I had to post this with only 6 minutes left in the video, right before you went into more detail about the savestates and such. While I'm personally curious exactly how many resets some fights took, that discussion was basically what I was curious about! Thanks for going into that.

[@tim..indeed]

Would be so cool if it were like "yeah this fight is a 5% winrate and this fight is a 15% winrate, meaning the whole run is a 0.8% chance to happen."

[@PatJamma]

Poor Tabitha. His parents must have really hated him to give him a confusing name like that.

[@pixelfire86]

Maybe it was his chosen name

[@DisplayThisOkay]

And people complain about the ORAS character design changes. Nobody would ever confuse fat Tabitha for a girl.

[@mastermarkus5307]

@DisplayThisOkay I have literally never seen anyone complain about the ORAS redesigns. I've only ever seen people say they're an upgrade, with maybe some people criticizing one or two character designs.

[@ritasonka330]

Smallant did this (on a different game-crystal, I think?) using a mod that automatically gave him the teams of people he beat, and that turned off their XP/EV gain. I think he commissioned the mod from a guy named Atsign? I have no idea what Atsign's rates are---if not too bad, maybe you could save yourself a lot of PKhacks time by asking him to repeat it for any games you want to do this with?

[@1snivy10]

I'm getting deja vu... hasn't someone done this exact thing before?

[@Rylockes]

Smallant did it in Crystal!

[@TheRestedOne]

9:20 I think you have access to a rival fight after defeating Roxanne, which could compete with Brawly.

[@tim..indeed]

This is one of the best challenge concepts ever. Can't wait for the rest!

[@keneor4468]

Waaaaah didn't expect that ending, I just thought it was going to be impossible, the end. Such a cool concept! I'm definitely hyped for the follow up!

[@jman12g73]

I got tripped up by the marill replacing the wingull when trying to figure it out lol 😂

[@emilymonkey]

I still don't get it 🥲

[@jman12g73]

@@emilymonkey because wingull was part flying type that’s how he was able to tell the hidden power.

[@kitten8444]

Yeah I was like Marill is water/fairy type but wait did fairy exist back then no it didn’t so no can’t be fighting so confused lol

[@jman12g73]

@@kitten8444 yess though!

[@cullenhutchison6528]

I want to see this challenge in USUM becauseI think it would be fun using all of the randomly strong NPCs' Pokémon, which those games have more of than most. You could even use totems and the allies they call as an interesting twist.

[@yannikbuhler4980]

Posted 4 minutes ago? Nice, I love your videos because they always have quite a lot of strategy and interesting problem solving

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Ryan you're such a cool dude! With all your raps, you're freaking talented! I thought it wasn't possible this challenge when I saw the video time, but I 'm so glad it has a continue! Thanks! This challenge is freaking cool! A very difficult one too!!

[@someidiotwithalamp]

My prediction for the Norman fight: The gimmick of Norman’s Gym Trainers is that they all use X Items (and one uses recovery items instead). IIRC, the Zangoose was used with Dire Hit and might’ve known Swords Dance.

[@alexread6767]

Having never played much of Ruby and Sapphire, 17:06 is the first time I ever saw Roselia's Gen III back sprite

[@ajn_rules_5074]

I appreciate all the effort that goes into these challenge videos, having to get footage of all the failed attempts. I especially love this type of challenge and look forward to part 2! Hope to see this type of challenge for other games, would love to see a Platinum version of this challenge

[@jalllu]

An absolute banger of an idea and a high quality video. Just when I thought I've seen all the different challenges. Definitely subbing for this keep it up!

[@wonjontheaxolotl]

this video is epic and had me hooked, as someone who played so much pokemon emerald when i was young, i always thought why it felt like having to use a gym leader's pokemon

[@djembejambi]

Your content is very interesting and refreshing. Subbed

[@flaregamer64]

haven't finished the video yet but I can tell this will be a fun one to watch. It would be cool if your player sprite in the overworld also changed to the trainer you last beat.

[@iceberg_dmb]

Awesome video. Looking forward to part 2. Not sure if you do gen 1 or 2 content but i think those games would be neat.

[@catana7]

Bro the idea is just awesome, big probs! And also very nice editing, keep up the great work ✌

[@SienAppelsien]

I would love to see this in platinum or B&W!! Especially in B&W, challenging N with an elite four team to then take N's team to face Ghetsis, i think that would be so cool

[@StevenRogers268]

Love your videos as always!!! This one in particular is very interesting though. From other comments, apparently this has been done before, but it’s new to me.

[@Hrishi52xis]

Ryan, the quality of these recent nuzlockes are so good and fun to watch. I will always be amazed that you dont even have 100k subs, you deserve a million subs tbh, i love your videos. Your nuzlockes are realy different from others and thats why i like them ❤

[@alexhaupt2134]

I honestly really want to see this specific challenge done in more games

[@monopolyrubix1875]

Drake's dragons versus Wallace McIcebeam? >_> I pray for you.

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

This idea is so much fun! And kudos to you for going through with it! I'd love to see you try it with Sinnoh or Unova!

[@The_ScoobZ]

fun fact: because trainer IVs scale unilaterally, a trainer pokemon's hidden power can only be either fighting or dark (fighting for low IVs Dark for high IVs)

[@problempixel-ian2663]

"3..2...1..." "Choose mudkip as a starter and use water gun to dunk on every trainer and gym leader until the elote four" -bash your pokemon against every obstacle until you win the match "Wait, was that...not what you said?" -well, no, but kinda yes.

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

7:13 For these guys, shouldn't you get the Carvanha to fight the Zubats?

[@tsawy6]

Yeah but how are you gonna do that in the technical limitations of the base game + pkhex

[@Reir0o]

Alternative title: Pokemon Emerald but I'm Team Rocket

[@animevivaciousstudios3015]

Loved the video. Very interesting idea

[@tim..indeed]

We need Atsign to turn this into an actual mod, would be beyond cool.

[@chequesaurus]

Didn’t atsign already made the mod for SmallAnt?

[@Kmn483]

He already did. Small ant did this already.

[@paulnewton2284]

I'm guessing the reason you took Jody's Zangoose was not just for the Zangoose itself, but also for the item Jody had. Neither Bulbapedia nor Serebii are showing me Jody's moveset or what item she had and I don't feel like digging up more detailed info rn, but I'm guessing she had an X Attack since she was in the Strength Room. For that matter actually, I bet that Zangoose knows Swords Dance.

[@stanacc6999]

You, my good sir, deserve so much more popularity for your creative challenges

[@roozz33]

Love the concept! Your videos are always so interesting 😊

[@Giga-lemesh]

You spiderversed us 😂

[@Meewthree]

Aaa that cliffhanger! Would like to see this in black/white or black/white2 since i remember those trainer teams being pretty good actually

[@albevanhanoy]

I think maybe you could have used one of Brawly's gym trainers to defeat the Aqua grunts in the museum, and then go back to the Fighting Gym to finish it off.

[@waterierStone]

you probably could have gotten a high magnitude crit to take out torkoal in one hit. it might be 1/100 odds to get mag 10 with crit, but it's just one move to worry about. It would probably be faster than confuse flinch strats.

[@zaneaura84]

Just for future reference because of the default ivs given to trainer pokemon aside from very rare exceptions, hidden power will always be Fighting. This is because the ivs by default are 9 in attack and 8 in all the rest because back in gens 1 and 2 the hp dv was completely dependent on the other dvs and whether they are odd or even. So 8 in every stat is impossible as 8 in all but hp would result in 0 hp. Basically each dv was 4 bits (ivs being 5) and you took the last bit of each stat to get the hp stat.

[@isbeb507]

the hidden power type is always fighting for NPC pokemon as their IVs are 0

[@michaelwarder9064]

ROSE L E A 😂 great video man

[@damienmaverick9937]

This is a very fun logic puzzle of a challenge lol. Would love to see it attempted in B2W2! (Bonus points if it's challenge mode!)

[@jasperedwards7029]

Everyone says Kalos is too easy, so you should try playing it as one of the many weak trainers

[@sillybillysheep]

Has anyone been surprised by getting hit by Ricky’s Zigzagoon’s surf?

[@DocDoesGamingTV]

Not gonna lie, this is a fantastic challenge

[@WaywardBird]

We need a romhack that lets you play through this challenge

[@CoolGamer4161]

I’d like to see this in scarlet or violet, since every trainer is optional, and it’d be fun to use the titan Pokémon. Also the gym leaders have awful teams, so it could be very hard.

[@Kaiserdudegaming]

way too many months late (algorithm only JUST showed me this vid) and I'm feeling like "Pokemon, but you play as a Snatcher" would be a silly addition on this concept ... but the implications and work to take over the NPC (or reskin your character as the trainer you just beat) would have been too much work

[@francescganau7679]

This looks like a Pokemon trainer with daddy issues... gets attached to any new team comes by, acritically

[@AnyThingWorx]

15:35 makes me so upset because of the Marill

[@ritasonka330]

You put a Marill instead of a Wingull up for the "figure out what type" pictures. This results in some wrong statements about the Abra's hidden power. Marill isn't fairy type yet (just water), so Fighting would NOT be "not very effective" against it--and if you bring up the Generation II-V type chart, you can see that back then there was NO attacking type that is "not very effective" against Water that is also normal effectiveness against Fire (Slugma) and Grass (Grovyle).

[@eumorpha876]

or he just put a marill pic instead of wingull

[@ritasonka330]

@@eumorpha876 Yup, that's it. I edited my comment to reflect that! Nice catch.

[@gehteuchnichtsan3062]

Would love to see that on the Gen1 Remakes

[@Kev.in1997]

Bite isn't physical in this Gen btw It's a dark type move and all dark types moves are special until the physical special split in Gen 4 :)

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

15:50 - Uh, this is Gen 3, so Marill is pure water type, that Hidden Power is Steel. (Water resists steel, ice, and water, neither of the last two would be neutral on both Grass and Fire) But I presume that you might find this out quickly enough depending on the trainer team you fight next. Edit - ok lmao right that's a Wingull, not a Marill, so yes, HP Fighting makes sense.

[@zzzFaw]

can't wait for part 2

[@noamshakked7791]

You could've used the zigzagoon with the surf to surf the the boat with the higher level trainers

[@manning0]

15:35 the puzzle I'm trying to solve is how Wingull became Marill

[@GenerusCrow]

I realized the wingull/marill thing, so I figured out the hidden power. You can beat the trick room again a few times, as long as you can beat the trainers of the level before, right?

[@11wildy63]

Me trying to figure out Abras Hidden Power type: "Trainers have 0 IVs, leading to a power 30 HP Fighting" Done ;D Also do Ultra Sun/Moon hehe

[@aappaapp6627]

This is the pokemon game equivalent of that TedTalk guy who traded a red paper clip for a house

[@11cookeaw14]

I think I've got how to beet them, Teach Zangoose protect, Once Slaking comes in, use protect on SLakings attacking moves and Sword dance on the frist 3 traunt moves, then just smash.

[@jacoblawton7716]

This is a super entertaining idea, would love to see it in another game. Fire red maybe?

[@purplewhiteswirlppgz]

Omg please do this again it looks so fun

[@FateNFollyPaint]

alternate title: team rocket simulator

[@Whukariousprods]

Looks like im gonna become meat

[@CollinHeist20]

Love the video and idea

[@DrPippy]

I think it would be more interesting if you allowed yourself to use HMs and also TMs like Strength alone makes a lot of fights a lot more doable

[@Bear__]

I CANT WAIT

[@kanlalonde1356]

Didn't know they were adapting John Carpenter's The Thing into Pokemon...

[@MasterPoucine]

Why you have the fairy type on azumarill ? Cause I think it was introduced in Pokémon X and Y 😊

[@MasterPoucine]

Oh sorry it was a wingull sorry, it’s just the picture that doesn’t match 😂

[@jasontompsett-ince7164]

Next video? How evil. Love the video idea.

[@Paleozin]

Tell me what you beat and I'll tell you what you are

[@dr.drakofly756]

Abra having hidden power fighting confused me. Since Marill isn't fairy yet, shouldn't it not resist fighting?

[@shelmet5]

Heh heh the zangoose has dig doesn't it so you're gonna do the dig truant strat

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

My guessing was thrown off because you put Marill in the graphic instead of Wingull.

[@waynegilliam3805]

Very neat idea!

[@dogtrack93]

What's the theme you played when you battled your rival the 2nd time?

[@iwagakure]

I'd love to see this but in HGSS or Black/White!

[@BaconNuke]

This was different than others seen with similar idea (iirc another I saw could at least train against wild mons and learn new moves if possible) but think they also had a mod do it for them instead of having to manually alter your own team.. not that it made much a difference but it was funny when they would slip up and forget they just battled someone and go into a boss fight with a random team.. but also back-to-back battles got interesting since.. they got a new team right away Btw Tabitha is a guy

[@Omnimon101]

Am I crazy or did he skip the mandatory double battle on the bridge before Roxanne?

[@Ash_Melodie]

You need 2 pokemon for it

[@TakeMeBackToConstantinople]

Me after beating pokemon Violet: *I am pokemon Violet*

[@delmattia96]

Good video!

[@dontbered]

if you fought 2 grunts back to back wouldn't after beating the 1st grunt you would have there team then you fight the 2nd grunt and then have there team

[@TNTX23]

it would be cool if you do the Steven fight with wallace team obviously steven is always better

[@TheStupidRaptor]

Judging from the thumbnail, is this TFTG?

[@theknightwithabadpictotall7639]

Bro is playing as Team Rocket

[@SneakySquid1263]

I love this challenge!

[@tyisamess]

How is hidden power fighting not very effective against maril who is just water type in gen 3?

[@arebolguese180]

great content!