Signs you've played Pokémon too much

[@PedroHenrique-mk5zi]

When you know the effect of all natures. Adamant and Modest are one thing, but the 25 of them is a whole different level.

[@sobblegaming350]

Ikr I only know adamant jolly timid modest and the neutral natures. The rest are irrelevant.

[@castform7]

I luckily still need the chart on Bulbapedia. The only ones I remember are the two you mentioned, Hasty and the neutral natures.

[@srirachabananas]

memorizing the natures isn’t the most outrageous thing in the world, but knowing what pokemon benefits from each one is truly something else

[@1katari]

I play on showdown, so I just use + and -

[@CGammer101]

I know adamant, modest, and hasty. Jolly is +spd and -atk? Idk the rest.

[@manupm9161]

When another game series has elemental types, you apply pokemon logic and fail immediately

[@mirai_melancholy]

One can never play “too much” Pokémon. Started with the Mystery Dungeon games at age four and now the series feels like a piece of my heart.

[@Cool_Kid95]

Wholesome

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

found the guy who keeps buying these half baked games like SV

[@Cool_Kid95]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 it’s the best one, not the most polished one, but the most fun I feel. Had a first time experience with this one greater than all the others I think.

[@Mystmon]

​@@theamazingspooderman2697Man, are you really another one of those rude non-fans? Because I see comments like this everywhere.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@Mystmon I'm a half fan, like the pokemon part but hate the fandom and thats why I want the games to be better, so I dont buy them and instead pirate them, so GF doednt profit off of them, atleast from my side

[@solidzack]

Here's another one: You don't need to use the Dowsing Machine anymore since you already memorized the exact location of most of the hidden items.

[@nickb6425]

This is basically "I feel 100% called out" the video 😂

[@BFFL_0]

facts 💀💀

[@accalya271]

Oh man.. 1000% 😂😅

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

so why do you play pokemon games this much? there are better games, especially after SV released

[@PopButOnYouTube]

@@theamazingspooderman2697they're fun, and SV are probably some of the most fun they've released

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@PopButOnKZbin seriously?

[@michaelgum97]

2:53 Repeat Ball, introduced in gen 3, and has an increased odds of catching if you already caught the Pokémon prior.

[@Zarrow1]

Thank you. I remembered I had physical copy of that as a kid and that is was from gen 3

[@Terra2_2]

I thought it was the timer ball lol

[@michaelgum97]

@@Terra2_2 Both were introduced in gen 3.

[@-lemur-]

and it's the one Lucas and Dawn hold in their Platinum art

[@jerrybennett1447]

​@@Terra2_2 Timer balls are the white with red accents if Im remembering right

[@loganflowers3133]

That question about Mudkip has to be a troll. Also, the Who Wants to be a Millionaire video? The guy really had never even heard of Frodo? Come on!

[@michaelgum97]

@@loganflowers3133 Or probably a kid who had never seen a shiny before.

[@GeneralDragon011]

I think even Regis knew who Frodo was, with how he said "Oh my gosh. All right, fine."

[@shatteredyoshi]

Ngl, last year I booted up the original sapphire on my dying ds lite, got a shiny mudkip and thought it was just the old screen being trash. It wasn't until I went into a battle that I noticed it was shiny

[@shrill_pkm]

The fact that he couldn't choose between JIGGLYPUFF and "Frodo" is so crazy 😭

[@Eryncerise]

Keep in mind that Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in its prime was a couple of years before the Lord of the Rings movies came out. The books and animated adaptations weren't unpopular, of course (as said, even Regis knew who Frodo was), but they weren't universally known the way the movies ended up being. So it was more likely back then that someone wouldn't have known who Frodo was and also wasn't familiar enough with Pokemon to know their names.

[@andy4an]

i'm feeling WAY less self conscious about planning out my team pokemon in advance knowing that people plan their moves and which ball to catch them in

[@Vi_TimeKeeper]

Me looking at the over 850 hours I have on SWSH...

[@vongolashodaime1975]

"You've used one of these websites multiple times a year" My man I sometimes use them multiple times a day if I'm doing another playthrough 😂

[@castform7]

@@vongolashodaime1975 I have a Bulbapedia tab open nearly all the time just to quickly fact check something Pokemon related. The only times I don't is because the page is laggy and refreshing won't help so I have to temporarily close it.

[@delphoxhoopa7289]

I've been playing these games for so long that when I'm looking for a specific Pokemon in the earlier games for a long time, I close my eyes when I'm running through the grass because I know it by just its cry.

[@solidzack]

Lmao I knew I wasn't the only one doing this

[@KirbyStarAnimation]

5:00 Bulbasaur is the first pokemon in the first games’ Pokédex. Mew is the embryo of all pokemon. Arceus is the creator of all pokemon. Rhydon was the first pokemon ever designed. And I would like to add Rowlet because hisui’s Pokédex was made before kanto’s.

[@Shiny_Plume]

Here’s a few: 1) You play a lot of Pokemon Rom hacks in between you playing Pokemon games. 2) You can go back to the old Gameboy Pokemon games and still perform some game breaking glitches without looking up how to do them. 3) When your friend shows you Tetris Attack or Panel de Pon, and you’ve never played the game before, but you play it and you are insanely good at it.

[@ArchinaGM]

1 and 2 definitely for me. Romhacks are a bit hit-and-miss for me depending on who made them and I can definitely remember how to get Mew before Misty in gen 1 or how to clone pokémon in gen 2. Though I never owned an N64 so I was never introduced to PDP until far later in life.

[@gargervon8697]

I happen to love Panel De Pon as well as Pokémon, but I'm not making the connection. Are you referring to Pokémon Shuffle, perhaps?

[@oof5992]

​Pokemon Puzzle League is a reskin of Panel de Pon

[@gargervon8697]

@oof5992 Whoa, didn't know about Pokémon Puzzle League at all. But yeah, definitely. Dang, they sure got a lot of mileage out of that one game, didn't they? XD

[@ArchinaGM]

@@gargervon8697 Reskins of puzzle games were quite popular in the 90s. Even Puyo Puyo got both a Sonic and Kirby reskin on their respective systems.

[@ConnorGarrett]

I don't have a pokemon problem, YOU have a pokemon problem

[@Reoat-ib9dk]

Is checking every trash can a sign you've played too much? I feel like it's the opposite because you don't know what's in every trash can so you are looking to check. Someone who's played the game too much on the other hand knows exactly what items are in what trash can

[@solidzack]

Exactly. When you only check the specific trash cans to obtain that Great Ball or Leftovers or whatnot, you know you are deep into the games

[@nicholashoover931]

I swear, I can hear Pidgeot’s cry in my head when I reflect on Kanto.

[@Ninja_Geek]

"You plan out you team before playing the game." I do this for 2 scenarios: 1) I do this when going back to pre-Gen 6 games, because finding the Move Reminder is usually a pain if I forget a move I will want later and, especially in Gens 1-3, I want to know what Pokémon have at some decent non-STAB coverage in their level up moves so I don't have to risk use too many TMs too early. 2) I do this when doing a monotype playthrough to make sure I have enough coverage for my chosen type's weaknesses and so I don't have too much overlap in their secondary types.

[@LilyBannel]

Oh my word that Who Wants to Be a Millionaire clip is so relatable. I understand getting stumped but when you are a phone a friend and you get a seemingly easy answer that hurts. I hope he was in a later round because he wasted it so early. It's like the Weakest Link clip where the guy didn't know who Crash Bandicoot was. I'm sure some Playstation fans cringed at him guessing Sonic. I only feel called out on 65% of this video.

[@25Leprechaun]

Like I get some older folks wouldn't know Pokemon because it wasnt around when they grew up but thinking "Frodo" is? LOTR has been around a lot longer and had a very successful movie franchise so I'd imagine the everyman would at least know who he is.

[@LilyBannel]

​@@25Leprechaun To be fair, the host was Regis Philbin in the clip. I think the movie just came out at that time. It didn't become the phenomenon yet. I remember Who Wants to Be a Millionaire came out in 2001 and so maybe the guy had little knowledge. Pokemon had been out four or five years at this point and most schools from what I remember did have Lord of the Rings but the focus was on Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Little House on the Prairie, CS Lewis, Autobiographies, and Mark Twain (at least in my middle school). My library had bookmarks with the Lord of the Rings characters names at the time.

[@jhoscar007]

yo i hope yk we always gonna be here supporting you even when you going thru tough times don’t apologize for not uploading

[@christopheradams9173]

I'm guilty of buying poke balls in tens. I was also able to read the unown message

[@flynnhunter416]

When he is talking about team planning at 2:00 what is that website on screen?

[@Mughen93]

Imagine carrying around 2 tons in your bag

[@errorparadox710]

I haven't even watched the video yet and I already feel called out

[@Dante...]

I have never and will never buy both versions of any generation. But I do get the enhanced versions like Platinum and Crystal.

[@Lion09887]

Lets see putting 400 hours into pokemon shield because of shiny hunting yea i should take a break

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

I've never shiny hunted, yet I've played Sword for about 110 hours within only a few months Specifically Sword, nothing else, is my addiction and I am so much stronger because of it

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse play better games, pirate the new pokemon games instead of buying them, GF will keep releasing garbage if you buy them

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 But I like them

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

​@@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse did you like the scene in SV when Nemona says look at the beautiful trees and mountains and it's just N64 graphics on a Switch game about the highest grossing media?

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 idc about the graphics I care if it's fun Not to mention that the scenery looks fine

[@JuiceBoi1]

5:55 this is just sad...

[@Placeholder501]

Those 100% times sound optimistic. That implies you can beat battle facilities with minimal breeding and failure.

[@GamingCatMaxi]

And you haven't caught every Spinda pattern One KZbinr calculated the Time you need to 100% Pokemon Emerald..... You can not 100% it in 6 Lifetimes

[@sleezy78]

My sign for playing too much is when I collect the whole Pokédex twice. Without any milk...

[@geonunes10]

Even if you know nothing about Pokemon, I think Frodo is pretty well known for being in Lord of the Rings. That guy pissed off two fandoms in one swoop

[@LadyLeomon]

Hi Early Squad! Funny thing, I put more than 600 hours into my X/Y games but never completed them … I may have a problem finishing stuff 😅😅😅 Thanks for the new video AuraGuardian and go hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙

[@castform7]

7:29 Dammit he caught me. Some of these were callouts. The natures, planning out a team, reading Unown letters sufficiently well, knowing Arceus' Pokedex #, answering any example given. This video indicator that I need to touch some more grass.

[@shiruotakuno28]

I didn't know Arceus' number off the top of my head, but I did guess it correctly. Does that still count?

[@Zarrow1]

Yeah so as a kid I used to make my new runs planned out a head of time and then spend over an hour each time trading stuff from other games to make the team. Aka chikorita and charmander for my 2nd emerald play through I have never reset for nature, but these days I probably would I feel pretty guilty for everything gen 1-7, never got switch so no clue about those games

[@andy4an]

I completed the sun pokedex... and I'm super proud of that and it's exceedingly unlikely that i will ever do it again

[@draxon2006]

1:39 Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were fun games, BDSP was definitely a letdown.

[@TheFlashyLucario]

BDSP needed some time for me to grow on me but after replaying it with my gf, I can say I respect the game a lot, even with its flaws and god awful release state

[@starstreakalex7372]

@@TheFlashyLucario same here. The game was never going to live up to our expectations of a Sinnoh remake, because that's not what BDSP was created to be. They are remasters of the Sinnoh games. If taken this way, they are much more enjoyable, and I must say I'm a fan.

[@killerbee7434]

​@@TheFlashyLucario respecting a game that doesn't respect you, hmmm nice

[@zg468]

Personally thought it was fun because of all the game breaking exploits it had

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

neither of them were fun, especially Alola, the cutscenes and handholding just ruin the fun

[@shiny_lock]

The average playtime for all those games is 31.66 hours. Sun and Moon is 33 and is 3rd highest, with all those cutscenes. The only drastic outliers are red/blue being a lot shorter, and diamond/pearl being a lot longer, and I'm surprised game freak managed to keep most of their games somewhat consistent in terms of beating the game. 100%-ing on the otherhand...wow...XY 2nd is crazy

[@cassandraspoelhof3752]

@ 3:27 Love you, too. You’re my favorite Pokétuber. Your videos are very funny. You have a great sense of humor.

[@justagoodmetalhead2861]

I was so very depressed and then I clicked on youtube and saw you released a new video. Made my day better. Truth be told, it would have happened with other creators as well. I have been watching you guys for so long and it just reminds of the older days when things were better and I was so much happier. I hope everyone reading this has a good day. Hugs for everyone. I wish I had people to hug me irl but no, I'm not good enough for anyonw really. Oh well.

[@actualatom]

I was pretty happy then I clicked on the KZbin notification and saw this comment. Made my day worse. Truth be told, it hasn't happened this much with any other comment ever. I've been seeing you guys a lot recently and it makes me wish for the older days when things were better. I hope everyone reading this has a good day. Hugs for everyone.

[@madelineconner9069]

Sending positive vibes your way! ♥

[@greythegreat23]

I hope you become happier just know that you’re important

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

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[@gargervon8697]

The longest running file I kept was a SoulSilver file that I didn't abandon until I had chalked up over 500 hours, I believe. Then I gave my copy away to a friend, and didn't realize how much it would cost me to replace it when I wanted to play the game afresh years later. 😬 Still, I hope my friend enjoyed the copy I gave him.

[@RedMysticForceRanger]

The repeat ball at 2:58 which gives you a higher catch rate of pokemon you caught before

[@ProjectLuark]

Man, seeing the average for 100% all games at 1,400 hours and seeing my SwSh hours about the same as that. Pandemic really screwed me up.

[@itss1eepy]

why does this entire video relate to me

[@nebbythedreamer5536]

I struggled to read the unown messge but figured it out after a few seconds, and I already couldn't unsee the togekiss watching a doduo poop lol. I also felt pain reading this "why was my mudkip purple" and I still play Pokemon Unite. I didn't play it on release but after picking it up again after about a year, I started playing almost every day.

[@ldmtag]

You reset not just for nature, it's primarilly done for IVs: you calculate rough estimates based on final stats and only keep the pokemon if its most valuable stats are in the top half

[@justastan2814]

Me making a word document containing data of every pokemon im gonna have in my party and having it open, memorising the location and then grinding until i have the perfect ability and nature

[@Pitobsessive]

I’m over 2000 hours on Shield, the Dynamax Aventures for shiny hunting stinks

[@Will-r7h]

27 seconds in and I’m already feeling the effect of this video. I’ve almost 100% Violet at this point, including the DLC’s, and it feels like it’s been years.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I remember pokemon scarlet taking up pretty much 95% of my free time for well over a month.

[@williamraboine]

I could name every Pokémon pre-gen 8 if you showed me a picture. Have I played too much?

[@ajtriforcegamerofhyrule8538]

Resetting unfortunately is the least thing i do. I however plan out my team everytime I'm playing Pokemon.

[@MarshtompGames]

When you know which Pokémon gives which EVs by heart and train on them.

[@L3V1000]

700 hours in scarlet

[@Awesome_mangorino]

guys I think I play pokemon a little too much

[@carolynallisee2463]

Yep, I' came to Pokemon quite late in life (I was in my thirties when i bought my first Nintendo Gameboy and a copy of Pokemon Crystal). There were quite a few of signs that I recognise in myself, but two began at the very start of my pokemon playing life; looking in every trash can I encounter, just on the off-chance, and the screech of Zubat has me seeking the nearest cave exit.

[@judaiyuki5597]

3:27 i think i just had the same feeling kaiba had when he could ra's effects like it was written in plain english 😂

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

3:27 I’m already subscribed

[@blueduke6170]

Ty ILY at the end I thought was nice 😊

[@rodolfotapia5909]

My time between Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon is definitely over 1000 hours all together. In Ultra Sun I have nearly 6 full boxes of competitively viable Pokémon, some from breeding with near perfect IV ditto from SOS battles and some are level 100 by Rotom exp boosted SOS battling Chansey, and then I gave bottle caps to, which also takes time to fish, and shiny hunting Pokémon in the Ultra Wormhole.

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Does throwing a Pokeball in my alphabet soup for mistaken it as Unown a bad sign that I play too much?

[@JamesKim-o7d]

When you see Ash lift the Larvitar and question if physics/gravity exists.

[@ShiltzThePleb]

5:02 DIGLETT WAS THE TRUE FIRST, AS THE DESIGNER DESIGNED IT AS A CHILD! Maybe I do know a little too much about this.

[@Thepokenerdoriginal]

Yeah people always say that Rydon was the first Pokemon. That pisses me off.

[@turtle10141]

i havent fallen deep enough down the pokemon rabbit hole to understand anything going on at 5:12

[@shiruotakuno28]

When you spend hours organizing your PC boxes (I did a lot of that today)

[@faithmatthews4635]

My hours played in Scarlet have gone into the triple digits, I’ve found at least one random shiny, I’ve shiny hunted at least once as well, I do tend to buy Pokeballs in groups of 10, and I can somewhat read Unown text.

[@FNnametag3]

I would say the sound of mining for stupid stones in the underground of the sinnoh remakes, has made me insane.

[@Decidukip]

You didn’t list “having a favorite Bulbapedia page. Also, I don’t know all shinies, but I do know Salamence. I don’t know all balls, but I do know repeat. I can read Unown easily. I’ve completed four Pokédexes (three of them from Violet and one from Arceus). I’ve caught a number of random shinies and have hunted a number of them too.

[@dinmachijindu2150]

1:47 Hit Home… I’ve been doing that since Gen 6 and frankly that’s when I started playing it so I’ve been doing it since jump 😭

[@michaelgum97]

5:03 "You know which one was first" In what sense exactly? Mew is automatically disqualified because it was never established as a god or creator. Rhydon was the first to be designed, Bulbasaur is the first in national dex, and Arceus was the first Pokémon in universe.

[@-.bella.-]

isnt mew the ancestor of all pokemon?

[@michaelgum97]

@@-.bella.- Yeah, given that it can learn every move before Game Freak forgot that part. The main exceptions were Draco Meteor and the signature moves of other legendary/mythical Pokémon. And at least in my eyes, if Mew can't learn these moves, then other legendaries/mythicals didn't descended from Mew.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@michaelgum97 Every TM and move tutor move. It can't learn Volt Tackle, for example.

[@michaelgum97]

@@GeorgeDCowley Mew lost almost all recovery moves in gen 9, for whatever reason.

[@LiivyPer]

1:15 I caught 4 or 5 different Maectrics in ORAS because I wanted one with lightning rod

[@fe_three_rosses]

whenever it's 2 : 52 pm/am (just doing this so it doesn't timestamp), i always go "Pokémon number"

[@Squirtleman49]

I watched this video while I was playing Pokémon

[@itss1eepy]

i’ve spent 519 hours in scarlet and violet alone

[@aprils1888]

Recently I discovered that I can name EVERY berry & what it does without an issue

[@Laprisu]

My guy, I have been playing Pokémon since I was 5 years old and about 2 weeks ago I turned 25. I have DEFINITELY been playing too much Pokémon. While, obviously, I didn't ACTUALLY play for 20 years nonstop (due to many obvious reasons like SLEEP, school/work and more) I think it adds up heavily regardless. Especially, if you played through certain games at least 30+ times including postgame and stuff.

[@Flyingdurito]

If you genuinely miss Pokémon duel as it’s the closest we’ve gotten to mobile Pokémon battles Or if you seethe with rage watching the ad for HGSS with the sprouse twins…you know the one

[@DexLeroy]

The modern games aren't even worth maxing out to 999, I've only done it with two games.

[@Belzabond]

1:40 Don't you dare call USUM disappointing games :(((

[@alankritnigam1279]

Still waiting for part 2 of 'can pokemon beat 1 billion lions'

[@RealCutieMutie]

I'm one that buy Pokéballs in 10s, in fact when I have enough money I start buying in bulk, reselling, buying again, rinse and repeat, so I have as much premier balls as possible for my shiny mons :3

[@Fnafiac]

I once beat pokemon shield in 8 hours... I have no idea either. My current playthrough is taking so much longer.

[@alexgosan5707]

So with having at least 4-5k hours in the series apparently i have not played too mich according to this video

[@intergalactic92]

Some of these resonate so hard. But equally I did not know which pokemon 493 was (but did work it out once I realised it was in the Sinnoh dex….. so there's your clue if you are struggling)

[@sa-x7882]

Maaaan that puzzle bit at 6:43 reminded me that i'm getting old. I was playing through platinum again the other day and when i got to volkner's gym i was like "wait... how do i do this again?". I'm starting to forget stuff already, but well i still love pokémon, hope someday i can play it with my kids!

[@RADish-official]

I’ve sunk 450 hours into Sw/sh, and I still have no idea what mints do.

[@ricardowilliams3765]

i was shocked when he got to the 4 pokedex numbers part. i got 3 right immediately but on #025 i guessed Arbok which is actually just one number off!

[@Yesenn]

5:31 This reminds me of a Clash royale copypasta. "Is it bad that I've started to think about mega knight in completely normal irl situations? There was an old lady walking with her grandkids at the store and it kind of reminded me of the witch with her skeletons. In my head i was just thinking how satisfying it would be if i dropped an mk to instakill all those skellys and take care of the witch after. is this normal or should i get help?:

[@solidzack]

I never cared about Natures and even Stats as a child, until I caught an Adamant Ralts and wondered why it was so much weaker than I remembered. Since then I can't help but check the nature and even DVs of a pokémon and release them if it contradicts their playstyle

[@dxjxc91]

More than half of these apply to me, but I already knew I play pokemon too much. My 3 gen 4 game files total over 700 hours...

[@pumapandora1310]

Called Johnstone out with the medals in unova one

[@BriarValley]

I've had 999:59 time in Pokémon Black for years now 🧍

[@1080_daisuke]

me staring at my living dex from gens 1-9 caught in their respective games: how much is too much pokemon?

[@dipnoh8609]

When you get basically remember almost the entire ost of each game and pretend to play one as something your doing to curb boredom. When your bored, pretending to play a Pokémon version where you can remember all sfx, all ost, including all Pokémon Cries and knowing what t do to make it to the Hall of Fame.

[@SylverMaracti]

I have every cry from gen 1-7, and a good amount of 8-9 memorized, it’s a very useless ability, but it’s something

[@JackieJackJackerJacky]

4:22 I thought 493 was Bidoof lmao. I guess Arceus and Bidoof aren't all that different

[@justanotherchris1451]

You know you've played too much Pokemon when you know where all of the hidden items are located.

[@hivemind2004]

The fun fact about the shiny mudkip one, is that the profile picture is a character called Nagito Komaeda from danganronpa and is known as the ultimate lucky student which is incredibly ironic

[@bulborb8756]

okay the team planning and move one...yeah im pretty guilty of that, and i reached a point of just not limiting myself to only new mons anymore cause the number of mons i want to use on a team has gotten too large. also the nature one did kinda hit me, but i also kinda stopped caring about it with how easy mints are to come across now

[@BipedAthlete851]

I feel especially called out on the last point with 2650 hours on sleep

[@yoshidaaimi34]

5:34 this is probably not MandJTV but for some reason whoever that is sounds like 2020 MandJTV 😭

[@brandonespinoza9279]

Here’s one: If you if you are getting shiny egg catches and overworld encounters within the several hundreds, yeah that means you’ve been playing for so long but now you’re trying to get multiple just for the mere bragging rights at that point.

[@buckylebuccaneer904]

Ok it starting actually hurting when I saw focus blast because I have fond memories of it missing on Showdown

[@spidermania3708]

3:26 If you can read this no problem also please subscribe ty ily