Can I Beat Pokemon Crystal With Only a Sneasel? - Pokemon Crystal Challenge

I'm continuing with my forgotten Pokemon series. This little monkey awesome, but I geniunely am scared to use it. Dark and Ice moves are special in generation 2 and Sneasel only has 35 base special. I won't get getting the same type attack bonus on many moves today...
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[@matttypes2695]

That was the saddest Raikou story Ive ever heard 😢

[@bigjussi2128]

It was wicked :D

[@patrickn.4113]

Right? That´s just brutal man :(

[@EmeralBookwise]

It makes me want to travel back in time and give him a replacement.

[@johntarver5684]

It made me think of the guy who lost his blastoise after he used a game genie on his leaf green game and hired a hacker to help get it back.

[@C_Train74]

One of the biggest winners when they fixed the physical/special split in Gen 4. I imagine this run involves a ton of slashing.

[@stylishgaby]

he got both the physical / special split AND a new evolution. Truly blessed.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

yeah Sneasel really got treated well in gen 4.

[@carlosmiravete1159]

Very well put plus new ice type and dark type moves like ice shard avalanche night slash assurance turning ice punch and thief bite and pursuit to physical moves plus sneasel got A new evolution to weavile who’s faster and stronger 😃

[@KreepyKat911]

It's what she deserves

[@haunter5271]

Gen 4 was a good gen for hard hitting ice types. Weavile and Mamoswine are monsters

[@deacs5772]

Chuck:”Prepare for trouble” Jasmine:”And make it double”

[@zenitfan4life]

His attack stats is actually quite high and he learns dig. Should be fine.

[@MK-yg2np]

Chuck could indeed really be as problematic as he can be, i mean just 2 pretty low-level Pokémon is not that threatening. You can win this battle just by luck or Bad move decisions of Chuck

[@GrouchyRaccoon]

I honestly feel like the Special/Physical split in gen 4 was one of the most important changes in Pokemon, and Sneasel is a perfect example of why. So many early gen Pokemon suffered from great Attack stats but Special STABs.

[@solgaleo3533]

1:25 ironically, literally every dark type move became physical after the split

[@brentramsten249]

for some reason every time i see the S teir, all i can imagine is stantler, scizor and giraferig JoJo posing above the other, lesser tiered pokemon (in a pillar men fashion)

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Yeah… Dark types in Gen 2 and 3 were a mess. Dark was classified as Special. And, most of the Dark types, with the exception of Houndoom and maybe Tyranitar (Who has 95 Special Attack), are Physical Attackers.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Tyranitar, Murkrow, and Houndoom are okay because of their stat distribution, but everyone else got things pretty rough.

[@et34t34fdf]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Murkrow is terrible, the other two are solid, especially Ttar.

[@CoffeeFlavoredMilk]

In Gen 3 some of the Dark-types which have technically higher physical Attack can make it by with special moves such as Sharpedo, Shiftry, and Cacturne. Crawdaunt who was regarded as pretty awful before the Gen 4 physical/special split actually has a respectable base 90 special attack, higher than Pokemon like Swampert. A lot of these Pokemon have catches due to not being available particularly early or being version exclusive with a Pokemon with a much more interesting type in the case of Shiftry. Mightyena I think suffers the worst of the Gen 3 Dark-types despite it being the earliest. With its STAB moves it doesn't hit very hard, and in practice its a mediocre Normal-type in Gen 3 without STAB on Normal moves. Absol has the same problem with slightly higher Special Attack, but at the cost of having to use Bite as its strongest STAB move (only base 60 power off 75 Special Attack), being relatively rare, and coming after you get Surf. Dark not being special focused wouldn't have saved Sableye in Gen 3 though. Rare Pokemon with a cool type that at the time had no weaknesses, and had a worse base stat total than the early game bugs like Beautifly and Dustox. It does have use against Brawly and Norman but that's about it. (Also it was a version exclusive)

[@tylerd1297]

@@CoffeeFlavoredMilk Good summary. Sharpedo was the only Pokemon with Rough Skin which meant it could switch in on Flail/Reversal and kill them without needing a Priority move. Old Pokemon design is so bad. Umbreon, Tyranitar, and Houndoom were the only ones matched with their stats. I agree Mightyena is useless outside of spamming Bite and hoping for the best 😂

[@justboschma5047]

I have used on houndoom on crystal, but mostly for pokemon stadium 2 with an transferpak lol

[@raikaria3090]

Fun fact: Every Dark-type move that existed before the split in Gen 4 became physical. Also every Ghost-type move became special except lick.

[@movezig5]

That's amazing. Why didn't they just switch their physical/special status in gen 2? It makes no sense.

[@raikaria3090]

@@movezig5 Because the only Ghost moves were Lick and Night Shade in Gen 1; so they made Ghost physical. They clearly didn't want to change that, and Dark was made special because... well... Steel had to be physical right? [And they made Umbreon and all Eeveelutions are Special]

[@peachyymomo]

I feel bad for sneasel like it’s a physical attacker with 2 special types and you find at the end of the game I just feel bad for sneasel

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I usually prefer third versions like Crystal, as generally these games have updated move sets and additional features. There are also usually changes in encounters but since you hack in your special run Pokemon I suppose that doesn't matter.

[@KenLikeEh123]

Always thought Sneseal was one of the coolest designs in Gen 2 introduction of Weaville in Gen 4 secured that coolness.

[@Skipatronic]

I love this little icy weasel. He came in clutch on my first Crystal playthrough during the Red fight. His evolved form isn't bad either.

[@markusjagering7449]

I prefer Crystal over Gold and Silver.

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

Me too

[@Mika-co5eu]

same here ;)

[@priestesslucy3299]

It's an objectively better game (although there are small quirks that suck, like having to talk to the girl by the Sudowoodo)

[@deminybs]

Same here. mainly because it's the only one I had/still have lol 😂

[@cullbear55]

I prefer Gold just barely more, but that's because of nostalgia and the fact that it's playable in DMG mode. Otherwise I prefer Crystal most for the polished experience, with neat things such as sprite animations and an actual Celebi event :)

[@GreyDuovis]

That Raikou story was brutal. Love the effort you put into these videos - my preference would be for you to play Crystal over Silver or Gold but obviously go with what the majority want! Keep up the great videos!

[@borretniw7603]

Your Raikou story is heartbreaking.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I know :( it still makes me sad today.

[@InsanityForce]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I had messed up something too. My Crobat had just learned Mean Look and I thought I was being smart using it. One of the Legendary Gerbils used Roar, and I never saw that one again... BTW, Crobat playthrough ?

[@aceclover758]

@@InsanityForce That was likely in gen 3 Gen 3 firered and leafgreen had a bug where if the beast roared you from battle, it would dissapear forever from the game And first time in gen2, that caught me off guard too. Mean look Crobat just to realize that it was pointless due to roar So in my VC playthough Of Crystal, I leveled up a Haunter to lv 45 with MEan look and hypnosis I def plan to use the master ball for one of them

[@InsanityForce]

@@aceclover758 Yes, it could have been in FR/LG, it was long ago.

[@aceclover758]

@@InsanityForce Thankfully, Pokemon Collosuem came sometime before those games so I was able to obtain all the beasts again for gen 3 after forcing to abandon them on my Gen 2 gameboy games So I didnt care about catching them again in FR/LG. Plus, even if I wanted to, I would need to play the game at least 2 full times

[@NegaNekojin]

I'd never thought I'd see the day when Bruno actually becomes a legit threat in a run... This sure is one for the history books XD Considering its typing (that x4 weakness to Fighting is way beyond crippling) and how types worked in older generations, Sneasel ended up performing way better than I expected, consider me impressed.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Just giving Bruno Cross Chop in this generation means he can sometimes stop a solo playthrough if you're weak to fighting moves. In gen 1 though, I don't think he's ever going to be an issue!

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Fighting type in Gen 1 sucked, since Submission is the only good Fighting move that happens to not only miss, but also inflict Recoil. In addition to Psychics where, ruling with an iron mind.

[@nateschendel4585]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon will is kinda easy to plan for he will always psychic like Sabrina does, you basically have to sweep him Koga has an exploding forretress but other than that you shouldn't lose to him ever Bruno is competent and a nightmare for dark fire flying and most ice types Karen has a nuisance in umbreon who loves to sand attack hax and yes houndoom n gengar you have to tank a hit or 2 Lance is very scary unless you can sweep him, he also prefers to abuse thunder wave, he Has 6 hyper beam users and dragonite with 1 special element attack I'd actually przcureberry for Lance to avoid any aerodactyl rock slide para flinch

[@nateschendel4585]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon also catch the snorlax before the cave Going to pewter city It has leftovers and is super important for blue and red Quick claw at National Park is great if you're outsped Leftovers if you need recovery Kings rock if you're normal type at azalea cave second floor Przcureberry you save 4 Lance found in tree just after violet city Bitter berry found before violet city and it stops confusion Weather moves found in celadon city Sludge bomb in route 36 guard north of mahogany town Look on serebii for item locations n more for everything you need to know gen 2 or ask me since I am an expert at gen 2

[@Aethonyt]

Wdym how types worked in older gens? There were differences but I don’t think any of those differences apply here

[@connorr4183]

The venemoth at 0:12 made me laugh out loud

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Hehehe, he's starting to sneak in lots of places.

[@miguelcampos6603]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon it’s incredible the way you make fun of yourself 😂😂

[@rayzuke1232]

Elite 4 Timestamps: Will 15:31 Koga 15:56 Scott gets sidetracked by a random Hiker 17:03 Karen 18:39 Lance 19:32

[@Nicholas86753]

It physically hurt every time you called Sneasel a Monkey. it could not more Obviously be a Bird. I mean... It has Feathers and Claws.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Nicholas, I think you're onto something. Perhaps it is a bird! In the art it does look like it's using it's arms as wings.

[@iarmandov2]

Y’all wrong, it’s clearly a cat! It has the claws and it eats pidgeys! 😎😉

[@kingdoge69]

Mongoose?

[@ruisurengai]

@@kingdoge69 its a weasel but the meme is to be as far off but arguably plausible More accurately its a Kamaitachi

[@kingdoge69]

@@ruisurengai weasel was the word I was looking for but I couldn’t remember it, but yeah I know they’re joking lol

[@damianodidomenico4756]

I never really cared much about this little creature before I used it to Ice punchr the shit out of Cynthia's Garchomp Gen4 really did wonders for many forgettable mons

[@InfernosReaper]

That's when the Physical/Special split happened and their was much rejoicing

[@amimm7776]

@@InfernosReaper + some generous new evolutions. You get an evo, and you get an evo, and you get an evo!

[@InfernosReaper]

@@amimm7776 But none for poor Shuckle

[@ryapowa]

@@InfernosReaper But none for poor Dunsparce

[@damianodidomenico4756]

@@InfernosReaper thank god Shuckle with Eviolite would basically be unkillable

[@quinceekingston4335]

I've always loved sneasel and the split makes me love it even more. Ice punch on sneasel after the split is so deadly

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

It gets even better ice moves from gen5 onwards: Icicle Crash is more powerful and has a chance to flinch (which is nice on a Pokemon with as high of a speed stat as Weavile), and it got triple axle in gen8, which deals 3 hits and doubles in power with each successful hit. Because of this, ice punch was only my go-to ice STAB for it in gen4

[@psychoDon525]

"that's still not early" it's an ice type. Be glad we had access to it as early as we did.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I can't wait for the day that you do a Murkrow Crystal run.

[@sunsetiisms]

Murkrow / Misdreavous race!!!!! Now Imagine that.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

@@sunsetiisms That would be tight

[@CelticGuardian7]

That Raikou story physically, emotionally, and spiritually hurt me. Have an internet hug.

[@ronaldgreig1748]

Crystal, for the added bonus of the tutor for more strats.

[@tylerd1297]

There's some small changes that make it a little easier too, he mentioned the trainer alignment in the Sprout Tower. That's really prevalent through the early game with certain trainers from Gold being made optional or spinners. Main one I remember is the guy in the cave with Geodude's. Anything with just normal moves can skip that obstacle

[@maksymilianszlezak2653]

Let's hope sneasel will have easy start by just looking at first 2 gyms

[@Reaperschest]

more crystal please, solely because its my favourite pokemon game

[@devinmiracle7680]

Awesome video! I love all the little edits and images you put up on the screen, they always catch me off guard and make me laugh. The Raikou story made me so sad. As far as which game you play, my preference is just for it to be consistent so we can accurately compare results between Pokémon you use in the challenges. Keep up the good work!

[@jakethesnake814]

It was great to see a Sneasel run! Such an underrated mon, even in this gen.

[@adamwilliamson3234]

That Raikou story 😥 Play whichever version you think suits best. I never played crystal so it's cool to see it

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I know :(

[@SirAthiro]

Hooboy I confidently say this run is going to be brutal.

[@spazerdazer8421]

22:49 >Talks all about how the new rest-talk strategy helps you beat Red >Never clicks rest or sleep talk once in the battle being shown

[@yeyeeein]

Duude ive been waiting for someone to do this run for a long time, i love you

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad I could do it!

[@wadejohnson3051]

At around 11 mins your childhood story really relates to me. When I frist played pokemon yellow I couldn't get out of "my" house. I didn't know you had to walk out through the carpet. I reset the game so many times and finally had to ask my mum for help.

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

I like Seasel a lot. Will usually breed with a growlith for bite and teach ice punch and headbutt TMs in Crystal. Gotta go ice path before tower

[@zenitfan4life]

He'll DIG and ICE PUNCH his way out of this one, and have SHADOW BALL for a backup.

[@maurogonzalez6242]

I don't mind Crystal, especially if a tutor or moveset change would help out a mon in the journey. Same for whenever you get to Gen 3, play the game you feel would let you get the run you'd enjoy more.

[@TheWispGuy]

15:03 Your Sneasl: "I found you, faker!" ???'s Sneasel: "Faker? I think your the fake Sneasel around here. You're comparing yourself to me? Hah! You're not even good enough to be my--" Your Sneasel: "I'll make you eat those words!"

[@KayLoo202]

I say Crystal!!! It is the Johto version of Yellow to me, so it works for you!

[@C_Train74]

I like the idea of you just using the definitive, third version for the four gens that had one (Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, and Platinum). I know it must be hard carving out a niche in the wide world of solo Pokémon challenges, and maybe that will help set you apart.

[@27Bayleefs]

Nice Run Scott I love having something to look forward to On Sundays

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad I make Sunday something to look forward to! Thanks for hanging out and chatting in the premiere, you're making this community and awesome place. I really appreciate it.

[@solgaleo3533]

Funny, I have two Scotts to look forward to on Sundays, Scott the Woz and Scott’s Thoughts. I missed this premiere but I’d love to be there for one sometime soon!

[@FuckYoutubeCensorship]

Dude's name is YOU-ZEEN. You're welcome.

[@tobiasmills9647]

I can't wait to see which of the legendary dogs makes the best time of crystal

[@Mika-co5eu]

yeees this would be very interesting ;)

[@weir9996]

Yeah, it will definitely be a close one! Suicune doesn't have the stats, but its movepool is probably the most favourable, especially since it gets Surf really early while the other two have to wait awhile for Thunderbolt/Flamethrower. Lower speed might hurt it, but definitely out speeding most Pokémon anyways. Entei will probably be the worst. Only Solar Beam for water types and no great coverage, especially for a physical attacker. Raikou's in a similar boat, but probably has a bit of an edge because of the raw power of its STAB Thunder and Bite early on taking advantage of its high special. Only real concern for it in terms of type matchup at that point is Steelix, but hopefully Dig can help out there

[@corhydrae3238]

Sneasel used to be my favorite Pokémon when I was young and played Gen 2. It was also the first Pokémon I ever leveled up to 100. Nice to see someone appreciate it.

[@KingTKalimari]

Great run, but I severely need to know why of all animals representations you thought Sneasel was a monkey?!? lol

[@anlev11]

I also was wondering about that...

[@ryapowa]

Hmmm I wonder if that could have been a joke? 🤔

[@andysnider6984]

Probably for the KZbin algorithm

[@Kaden216]

Your Raikou story reminded me of my own traumatic experience while playing Pokemon Gold for the first time. I had found out about the cheat to duplicate Pokemon and was playing around with it, but in the process, I completely overwrote the team I had worked so hard to raise. I cried in the bathroom for half an hour over that. :'( If you do continue with the Pokemon Crystal runs, I would love to see you play as the female character! She is one of the cutest female options, and it would be fun to see her. :) Maybe you could create an alter-ego named Scottina or something. You also asked for names for possible future runs, so here are some ideas: -Kiki the Furret -Mary the Mareep -Santa the Delibird -Sunny the Mantine -Picaso the Smeargle

[@shimauta1941]

Sneasel fared about as well as I expected. Looking forward to your run with Corsola.

[@Irmarinen]

Slugma will be as fun as that one!

[@tylerd1297]

Sneasel did a lot better than I expected. You had a lot more levels than I expected too; but that makes Gen 2 ideal for some Pokemon because when you just use 1 the whole game you're like 5-20 levels over by the e4

[@MK-yg2np]

So we see that with perfect DVs and EVs you can also max you can even attack off a 35 sp atk with strong STAB moves

[@sagacious03]

18:36 Lol. Anyway, as expected, Sneasel did great. Neat run! Thanks for uploading!

[@thehouseofstark]

Hey Scott! I need a Venomoth run in my life. I'm curious how a physic/Dragon stands up in gen 1

[@connie605]

Hello dear Starks, we are sorry for your losses. We also want you to know that the Lord Venomoth is not to be disrespected. Mistyping them is a great offense. Connie Head Representative of The Venomoth Church of America.

[@andysnider6984]

@@connie605 Both Venomoth and Helix are false prophets.

[@james_ford86]

@@andysnider6984 Lord Dome hath sayeth, "There are no true prophets but me!"

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I need time to truly prepare myself for the event that a Venomoth run will be. I sense a feature film in the making.

[@connie605]

@@james_ford86 Dear Andy and James. The Lord Venomoth is not to be disrespected. We hear that both of you adore the Lord Dome, and this is fine by us for the Great Moth is loving and isn't as frail as They need to deny the existence of other deities. 12 : 7 For I, the Lord Moth, is great and generous I allow mankind to revere any deity they see fit. Connie Head Representative of the Venomoth Church of America.

[@Zek3nator]

Fun Fact: Bird Catcher Denis is one of the most important trainers in the series. He was originally the final boss of Black and White, but then they switched him out. They forgot to switch his theme song though.

[@Viremind]

Personally I'd prefer Silver since it was my first game, but I'd love to see more Crystal runs!

[@williamthompson5988]

That's one of the biggest issues I have with Gen 2. Most of the new pokemon are locked away after the elite four. Like, I think Kanto has more Gen 2 pokemon then Johto does lol

[@maurogonzalez6242]

This will be interesting. I believe Bugsy will be the first challenge, as Swift will have to KO Scyther before Fury Cutter does you in, what with Sneasel's pitiful defense Same for the rival's Quilava if you pick that. Miltank's Rollout might be troublesome, but you have Dig to cheese that one. You'll be fast enough to try to flinch-cheese Chuck, and Hidden Power Fight or Rock, for the Charizards in particular, would help a ton. Of course, it would be invaluable for the monstruos Bug/Dragon Venomoth of Koga. Also, if you find yourself wanting to skip Chuck's gym at some point in another run, you could heal in Cianwood and use the Abra from Goldenrod's game corner to teleport you back there if your PP manages to endure the strain of Jasmine and Pryce. Might have to save a TM or something to make it work. Restalk doesn't seem viable, and it's a shame Sneasel doesn't have Swords Dance in gen 2. Looking forward to how you tackle this challenge. PS: D E N N I S

[@sunsetiisms]

Finally my favourite pokemon gets some love! I can't wait to see how it does! Surprisingly, all my favorites are ice types. Favourite Pokemon? Sneasel, dark ice. First favourite Pokemon, also favorite legendary? Articuno, ice Favourite eeveelution? Glaceon, ice

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Articuno is awesome! I think Ice types are pretty cool as well.

[@sunsetiisms]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon ice must be my favorite type in general. Surprisingly, articuno was the first Pokemon I got exposed to, back in elementary school! I'd only get into Pokemon around the time HG/SS released, years later. On that topic, I'm currently doing a grass starter run on pokemon Soul Silver! I bred 1,3&4 gen grass starters, grabbed chikorita... Despite the funky leveling, once you work with such a flawed type and multiple Pokemon at once, it's hard.

[@ChrisZi.]

"And Im down to 69. Nice!" I laughed more then I should in my age xD

[@zakmarshall232]

Honestly love the videos. Love that you have the stats on screen as well. Great choice for a run as well! I also love that you’re using these forgotten Pokémon and showing everyone that you really can use anything to play and have fun with it!

[@quickclaw240]

I try to be there in time! This was the game for me back then after all. I still have my original copy, unfortunately the internal battery went dead.😢

[@michaelahellmich7843]

You can change the battery! Look for tutorials, it's really easy! :-)

[@yeyeeein]

Yeah bro please replace that battery, keep it alive

[@quickclaw240]

@@michaelahellmich7843 thanks for the tip. Gonna look it up😀

[@quickclaw240]

@@yeyeeein I will🙏

[@Walkerman379]

Yeah, I found my old copies of gen 2 games and they still play and when I save, it says that I saved the game, but then when I reboot, there is no save file. My older gen 1 games still work perfectly.

[@zacharycoleman2440]

It's awesome to see you still grinding and putting these out on a regular basis. Keep going man, you're videos have gotten better and your quality is really showing. Nothing but love here. Still waiting on Primeape though lol

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It will happen eventually! Do you think Primeape would pair well with another Pokemon for a versus video?

[@zacharycoleman2440]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Hmmm, very possible. Maybe him vs Golduck because they're both very overlooked or vs Hitmonchan because of them being sorta boxers. It's definitely something to consider. But I'll leave that up to you, you're the master of this after all :)

[@dustinbuck6385]

The name is a tad confusing with the thumbnail. Which are you playing gold or crystal?

[@Teehousegaming]

probably crystal, but tbh it doesn't make much of a difference

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Fixed.

[@bradyengland8367]

New overlay looks so good man. So happy to see improvement ❤

[@Jaguar_mma]

Sneasel is so underrated but so cool! Crystal is my favorite version so you should keep playing that version!!🙌

[@julianmartinez6369]

I was surprised when you said most people think Sneasel is weak. He has always been one of my favorites because of his speed and critical moves.

[@alexisdipoalo9443]

To be fair, sneasel is extremely bad before gen 4 due to being a physical Dark / ice type ( if your curious / don't know why, dark/ice is special in gens 2-3 meaning it had no stab functionally )

[@alexisdipoalo9443]

@🎤 Meloetta VEVO 🎵 Why i said basically no stab, damage wise slash is stronger than any ice or dark move

[@alexisdipoalo9443]

@🎤 Meloetta VEVO 🎵 No, but given how low it's special is, i think its a safe bet to say in 95% of battles you're using slash over a dark or special move given your physical stat is almost 3x as high as it's special

[@three-b4212]

Just noticed this rewatching the video... "Teleported right in here." Why do your amazing little hidden cuts always kill me? 😂😂😂

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I think most people watch in the background, so I like to put little hidden jokes in the visuals so people who watch get some extra easter eggs :)

[@magicalgirllaurie]

So I had an anxiety spiral halfway through this video, and God knows why, but finishing the video actually made me calm down a lot. So thank you sincerely for your content, I didn't realise how calming they are until now but they really are and it's actually really helpful. I'm already subscribed but I would definitely subscribe a second time if I could. Thanks, seriously.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad I could help with the anxiety.

[@zacattak632]

Fun little tid bit about the Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. Once you make contact with them and they flee can look them up in the Pokédex and can always know where they are, beware that if you fly use the Magnet train etc, they move to a new location but after a while can figure out their move pattern and go find them.

[@BurgerBroeders]

Such a painful story about Raikou. Very relatable haha. I have a lot of those painful yet warm nostalgic moments!

[@BabusGameRoom]

Your Raikou story around 11:00 is going to haunt me forever now, too!

[@stormrhode2330]

That lack of shadow ball was frustrating. But kudos to you for being one of the only people who pronounce "raikou" properly. :) (Tragic story, though!)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

For once I did it! I pronounced something correctly in a video :P

[@green_blues]

21:29 that LP reference will not go unappreciated. RIP Chester

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I used to do that. I'll think about it.

[@brickerboom]

I love seeing the visuals improving with every video! Keep it up :)

[@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis]

Hiya, Scott! Your memes were on point as usual and so wholesome. I vouch for Crystal runs from now on because that's what I'm used to see with the Bingo Races Keizaron does. A good reason for your strong early game might be the absence of Fire types in Jotho. IIRC you don't really face anyone particularly strong before Lance with one of those since you can force your Rival, Silver, into pretty much any team. And get ready for that Stantler being one of your best races, I called it before and I repeat: this Pokémon is very strong! ps: I, too, didn't know about that Move Tutor in Crystal, so don't beat yourself over it, Bruno already did plenty of that for you.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, there is a big absence of fire types. It's like a slightly less bad version of Sinnoh.

[@humbirdms2784]

Sneasel was one of my favorite gen 2 pokemon when it first released beside elekid, hitmontop I remember as a kid when gold/silver came out I was so hyped about pre evolutions. Good times :) great work keep up the videos bro

[@michaeleakin3424]

I love sneasel. I love listening to these while working . I may not can actually watch but i love your commentary. It keeps me going while at my warehouse job.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad my commentary can keep you entertained (I used to work in a warehouse myself so I know what it’s like.) I’m always trying to edit the audio so that it can be consumed without the video!

[@p.zansei3280]

For you QotD: Play what you like, or what helps you best, Scott! If it's gold, silver or Crystal, if it's Red, Blue, green(?) or Yellow, etc. Take the pokemon game that you think will be most gratifying or satisfying to play and watch.

[@CloudyDaze]

I've got a story that tops your Raikou story. Pokemon Gold was the game where I had my first ever shiny pokemon. Which in my case was my starter, a Cyndaquil. The first pokemon I got in the region. I get up to the first gym when I realize that Cyndaquil doesn't look like he's supposed to in promo art and in the pokedex. So I go to ToysRUs and return my copy of Pokemon Gold, having my mom tell the store manager the copy was defective, and then I got a brand new cart with a normal Cyndaquil in it.

[@xxshadowsanxx5624]

Love how sneasels sprite just was shaking its head saying no

[@CGetz-om8rq]

Crystal is the definitive Jotho experience, keep it up ma man

[@Irmarinen]

Crystal, it's my favourite, reminds me of the hype I felt when playing during primary school that I felt when it came out.

[@coolboy111]

I LOVE gen 2, glad to see more content!!

[@aaronfox1568]

My first time playing gold after I beat one of those fishermen after the first gym, he called me and said he saw dunsparce or dunsparse and used it throughout the elite 4. It was in that dark cave on my way to the first gym town.

[@TheAustin1]

Yes finally I've been waiting for these for 20 years let's go Sneasel is awesome one of the best pre evolution Pokemon in my opinion yes this thing has an evolution no it does not have a baby form which is unfortunate Gen4 was about making them new and improved Pokemon but Pokemon like Magmar Electabuzz Rhydon an many more Pokemon just like them where good enough anyway I'm not saying that Magmortar electivire and rhyperior weren't actually bad Pokemon in fact there were pretty good it's just pretty nice to have one of these guys

[@BoomBoxtheToaster]

Crystal! I played that game to death as a kid, and it still has a lot of good nostalgic memories. Seeing more of it would only be a good thing imho. As for sneasel, I knew it was a cool looking mon, but it's impressive how well it can do if you can get it early

[@saltytyranitar6981]

IIRC Dark was originally intended to be coded as Physical and Ghost re-coded as Special, but there was a glitch that prevented it. This is why Shadow Ball drops Special Defense despite being a physical move. For some reason this error was continued into Gen 3 as well.

[@Mastervitro]

I remember not being able to read and could count the number of words I actually knew... still managed somehow.

[@Kahadi]

Regarding the change for getting the watering can after Whitney, I remember seeing a KZbin video a while ago that briefly touched on what I think was why they changed it. Don't remember the full context of the video, but it mentioned getting lost after defeating Whitney in Gold and Silver because you can't pass the tree and they didn't realize for a while they had to talk to her again to continue, since you never need to do that elsewhere. So, like some other small changes made between versions and even for remakes, they decided that to prevent player confusion, they'd change it a bit so someone would tell you what to do. So instead of players getting lost, unable to figure out where to go and how to continue, running around to find paths blocked everywhere until they asked someone else for help or maybe stumbled across the answer by talking to NPCs, or even come across some glitch, exploit, or oversight that let them continue in an unintended method thinking its intended (like the Pokedoll oversight in gen 1), they just had to run the right way, learn the path was blocked, and be told how to continue. Personally, I find it ironic to find instances like that of players getting lost from a lack of direction their first time through, game developers fixing it in a future release by having an NPC help, and those same players then complaining about the game holding their hand. Yeah, sometimes their attempts to fix player confusion go too far and sometimes they try fixing the issue preemptively only to be told it never would have been a problem, but too often do they get told off by experienced players for giving the same help they themselves needed back when they were new players.

[@brandondawson4086]

Awesome Work With Sneasel My Friend!! In response to your Question I'd Love to see future Johto Runs & or Challenges in Crystal Version! Also Just Because One of the OG 151 Patreons the Other Day! I so Excited to see my Name in an Upcoming Video!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for the support Brandon! I think crystal will be the main game for gen 2 from now on!

[@djfalkosky1164]

Gotta say crystal is the move bro... that's the best gen 2 game hands down and it adds just a couple things and a move or 2 here and there. Awesome playthrough! I look forward to the day you do the Houndoom video!

[@OcelotOmega]

Purely for nostalgia reasons, I would love to see you play Crystal more! It was the first Gen 2 game I got, so it's special to me.

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

I guess this run was a big issue after all, wasn't it? Sneasel's move pool is good though it is a frail Pokemon, in defense and spc. defense. Due to its fragility it allows us a not very consistent run, a little resets are expected really! Specially against its type, the fire and even beyond the fighting type, that all makes Sneasel an expected one to be difficult to play with! You were very bold Scott! Good effort! Btw I prefer Crystal version! Thank you for the video! Had lots of fun! Until next one!

[@federicodebiasi3027]

Scott as always great video, I love watching you doing challenges! To answer your question I think that the difference between gold and crystal is not so deep like between ruby/sapphire and emerald, where there’s also a huge difference in gym leaders’ teams, so I think that keep playing on Gold version is a better choice in order to not “invalidate” the times of previous runs IMHO and for my weekly suggestion I want to propose to you a Donphan vs Ursaring challenge let me know what do you think

[@HarryPotter-ie9uv]

Crystal please. It was my favorite game growing up. Over 500+ hours spent into it before the game git corrupted and could no longer hold a save file. Btw I look forward to your videos every week. You are awesome

[@Great_Olaf5]

I honestly struggle to comprehend doing anything without being able to read, I've been able to read more or less fluently since I was five or six, and my first video games didn't happen until I was nearly ten. I can really respect the things you did without that ability even if I literally can only barely remember a time I wasn't able to read fluently. And I'll be honest, even with the ability to read and knowing that status moves in fact did something I still consistently removed them as soon as possible all the way up until about three or four years ago, and I'm 25 now (also keep in mind, I've played literally nothing past gen 5, and that was all of like, ten or twenty minutes of Black honestly the passively moving sprites freaked me out a bit, and watching video of later games, the 3D ones are even worse for me). Even now, I'm pretty heavy on damage dealing moves unless I can set up a specific combo like hypnosis -> dream eater. I'm more likely to keep leech seed than I used to.

[@manuelcheeser8935]

Great as always. I felt your Raikou story so hard.

[@luizbezerra4373]

Game Freak: Introduces 2 new types to make the game more balanced Also Game Freak: Makes obtaining them nearly impossible before the post-game

[@luigibarqs]

I mean, you can theoretically get an Umbreon before beating Morty (by grinding Bill's Eevee for friendship), as well as Magnemite, Steelix, and Scizor (wild Magnemites one route west of Ecruteak have a rare chance of holding Metal Coat).

[@luizbezerra4373]

@@luigibarqs it’s still pretty hard to obtain these, especially for 1st time players who don’t know about Headbutt or getting Metal Coat from Magnemites 5% of the time

[@luigibarqs]

Kinda forgot, you can also headbutt trees for Pineco, and level it up for Fortress by that point in the game as well. I tend to keep forgetting Fortress exists for some reason. lol

[@GmanTheTank]

My brother had a Sneasel back in the day and I wanted it so badly. Even though it was terrible until Gen 4, it's still one of my favorite Pokemon.

[@TheSorrowfulAngel]

In the fight against Scyther, you should've started with Screech. No luck needed at all. Per stage of an atk boost(or def loss on the enemy), you deal 50% more damage. So 2 stages is a 100% damage increase - basically the same as attacking the enemy. If something is a 2+ hit ko, moves like Swords Dance or Screech always fit in. At 3+ hits, you stand to shave off a turn off the KO.

[@NerdKing2nd]

got admit during the raikou story i was more distracted by sheer amount of Krabby that were in that box

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

WOOHOO it’s my day off and there’s a new video from S’sTs. Thanks for pumping out the content man I look forward to many more videos in the future :D