How I finished the Brilliant Diamond Pokedex in one day

[@Smallant]

If anyone says mean comments about the facial hair i will destroy u my twitch chat made me do it for november and I am seeing it through. ALSO YES I KNOW THE AFFECTION MECHANICS ARENT NEW TO POKEMON I MEANT NEW TO DIAMOND AND PEARL 😡😡😡😡

[@bonkie6192]

Looks good man!

[@pyr0_jack]

beardant1

[@maturepopcorn]

I love the facial hair tho

[@mr.pancakes5198]

lol but still tho... all of the people I have watched have facial hair in the pandemic lol

[@hihoohey]

nahh it looks good ngl

[@harrypainter7472]

5:15 "Floatzel used Ice Fang on Grotle." "That's bad." "But it survived." "That's good." "But it froze Grotle." "That's bad." "But it thawed out immediately." "That's good." "But Grotle decided to loaf around." "That's bad."

[@thelucky_xiii]

_Oh no..._

[@harrypainter7472]

@«MUSI»⭕️ No.

[@ChoaiDode]

This feels like a pitch meeting sketch

[@Nateguana]

does it come with cursed frogurt?

[@MariKyuu]

"Can I go, now..?"

[@captainblue5096]

Fun fact: Buneary’s friendship starts at 0 when you catch it. It is the only non-Legendary/Mythical Pokemon to have 0 base friendship Buneary hates everyone

[@razormovil9674]

Buneary knows what you do with those loppuny photos while nobody is watching you

[@captainblue5096]

@@razormovil9674 I’m surprised Ralts, Hattrem, Salandit, etc don’t have base 0 friendship then

[@Shikaschima]

@@captainblue5096 they just don't give a damn about it.

[@hythunza1811]

@@captainblue5096 That begs the question though: Which one of them has the highest friendship?

[@maxinesenior596]

@@hythunza1811 Ralts has 35, Hattrem has 50, and Salandit had 70 in gen 7 but now has 50 as well. Riolu and Popplio, if you'd include them in a list of pokemon people look at when they're alone, they also have 50. It's unsurprising since most pokemon have 50, 100, or 140 in the case of Lopunny and the Blissey line.

[@echozed4350]

When you think about it, Cynthia also would've had to grind for milotic and spiritomb. This is why she's the strongest trainer. She's in it for the grind

[@oryxthetakenking8275]

Luckily it's easier to catch/find Feebas in the remakes as compared to the originals and RSE

[@Leeeeegion]

@@oryxthetakenking8275 Game devs couldn't handle the shame of making things difficult i guess.

[@supremekai0713]

Ah ok, so she don't got that mindset, she got that grindset.

[@dapukisgoingon]

@@supremekai0713 this Cynthia got that miniset.

[@oryxthetakenking8275]

@@Leeeeegion having Feebas only appear in 2 tiles at random days with abysmal appearance chance is not "difficult" rather it is utter insanity and stupidity. People spent weeks if not months trying to catch one in RSE and DPPt and no one enjoyed it. Changing the appearance percentage to 50% in those 2 tiles while still changing the tiles spawns based on the day is much better while still keeping some challenge since the tiles aren't static

[@bigrigjoe5130]

Snorlax sleeping all the time and then saving the day during the darkest hour felt like an anime plot

[@riptaiyo]

I didn’t know Pokémon had such depth. No wonder I never caught all of the Pokémon’s even tho I’ve been casually playing since emerald

[@barrettross3772]

Timestamp?

[@snipermonkey9898]

​@@barrettross3772 16:09

[@ItzRyujin99_]

dark hour? Persona 3 ref?

[@masterplusmargarita]

You're Professor Rowan. You've sent off a 10 year old to complete your life's work, the Pokedex, armed with a lvl 5 monkey and a pair of running shoes. 21 hours later, the 10 year old returns to your lab. Not only have they completed the Pokedex, they've stopped a criminal organization from using the power of creator Gods to start a new universe and they've become the new Champion of your region. "Congrats, I guess", you say.

[@96ace96]

What else is there to say? No words could ever be enough.

[@drivebite3236]

mans just jealous

[@Marcie.Liberty]

Rowan is speechless it was that easy XD

[@AlgeArid]

TBF he had no reason to expect a random kid from Twinleaf was secretly a prodigy of raising and battling Pokemon, and was simply waiting for his starter before going on a rampage.

[@bmobasco]

Thank you. This made me laugh 😂.

[@itsabox6135]

Imagine giving someone a pokemon the morning and at night he comes back as the champion with a completed pokex

[@nicholasreyna2164]

pokex

[@lsswappedcessna]

@@nicholasreyna2164 pokemon keks

[@carlosmartinez5128]

Don't forget the part the part where he defeats an evil multi level organization, captures the god of time who now follows all his orders and saves the f world. That's a level of productivity Elon musk dreams of lol

[@tecklepheonix6344]

He is Red irl.

[@endgamerplays]

p o k e x

[@nicolascaraballo1534]

As someone who’s never finished the Pokédex despite playing every game, this is interesting to watch

[@karelsimek5871]

@@whoisanarnb lol

[@PopeMical]

Its kinda annoying going for a full completion. At about 80% is when I give up

[@bfc9467]

Completing the regional dex is not too hard and actually pretty fun. Fun thing to do at least once. National dex? Fuck no. Respect if you do, but I wouldn't go round reccomending it to people. To try your hand at completing the regional dex tho, that's worth it:)

[@kymaniplayz1766]

I completed shield and am currently completing pokemon X dex

[@jacobruby2237]

@Nicolas Caraballo if you ever want to complete a dex, look towards: Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, amd Sword/Shield. Since they only require 300-400 mons to complete the dex and get the shiny charm. (If you get the Expansion Pass, about 200 more are added onto the other dex for that area) Even Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl are pretty good, since you don't need any Mythicals for any dex completion and a lot of pokemon in the game are obtainable, also anout 400 mons.

[@echomoon_]

16:11 "uh, Snorlax, hold on because you love me" AND THEN HE TOUGHED IT OUT ahskdkal

[@clarastrum]

i would love to think that once empoleon came back to your pearl trainer it was like "bro you wouldn't believe the SHIT i went through just now"

[@Death-999]

That was a really smart move

[@garangalbreathSH]

and then was forced to do it all again lmfao

[@Hexra_]

@@garangalbreathSH with relatively more ease. Its like picking up your son from preschool, make him work out for 3 years and then send him back to preschool. I feel like that wasn't a good analogy but I'm rolling with it

[@ConquerorKiki]

@@Hexra_ I would say more like u pickup your kid from preschool then make them go through college then back through preschool

[@purefolly3034]

his empoleon once returned: ah shit here we go again

[@wakizaki7463]

Fun fact: a lot of people thought Cynthia was gonna be easier. They thought wrong. She's harder now. (if friendship didn't exist)

[@diana123415]

I was scared as a child and I'm scared as and adult now, I have evolved but not become stronger

[@Delita45]

I personally never struggled with any Cynthia battles for some reason, what exactly makes Cynthia so notorious anyway? I always see people saying this

[@vassowned7768]

I clapped her you just need a good team

[@wowditto]

Actually was Easy still but it was a lot more fun

[@wakizaki7463]

The reason why she's harder to beat now is because her team have items and powerful movesets to counter strategies some players may set up.

[@mikey_m114]

I think my favorite part of this is that just as Tanner entered the Wooper encounter, someone in chat asked “do you have a Wooper yet”

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Even his chat is swayed by the gods of Funny Timing.

[@subscribetomebruh]

i love whopper

[@kaitou1412kid]

@@benjaminoechsli1941giratina possessed dialga and made it happen

[@thisguyispeculiar]

Garchomp: Shakes the very earth itself that should've obliterated the badly injured Snorlax immediately. Snorlax: *_Damn, I kinda don't care_*

[@Kraziiieee]

W h a t

[@hobobox]

Snorlax: *brushes Garchomp's prickly skin* Snorlax: *fucking dies*

[@FunnyFany]

the whole point was that Snorlax held on because he cared a lot

[@jamiestuart7442]

ahahahha damn i kinda dont care🤣🤣

[@Chronos781]

@@hobobox i9i

[@gymleaderjessetto5987]

This guy lost his sanity to catch 151 pokemon in a day and as a reward, got a paper with one sentence and a picture of a monkey, penguin, and a turtle.

[@debbyolivier5122]

Print it and put it up on a wall XD

[@someone_else2876]

Worth it. :)

[@Goat_boi]

nintendo rewards be like

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@Goat_boi I mean, it’s better than nothing. Certainly would be a reminder of better days

[@ryansalinas4665]

Funny that sounds like high school

[@syfer.]

"You've caught all the Pokémon in Sinnoh!" "Here's a piece of paper for your achievement."

[@sr_b-cy4hw]

i can only imagine what ant was thinking when he recieved a catching charm from the other guy

[@evsanger]

Kinda like college

[@emotiondisorder7685]

the real rewards was the journey along the way

[@dozzy9984]

@@sr_b-cy4hw There's no national dex? Cause that would have at least some reasoning (I recall many games with nat dex had swarm mechanics with mons new to the region). If not, then oh god, I hope that they won't make it a DLC.

[@truepotential206]

What do you think a college degree is

[@JordoSavage]

The funniest thing happened when I got the “ your Pokémon toughed it out so you wouldn’t feel sad” message, right before it happened, I said “mf if you die ima be salty” and then it lived and gave me that message🤣

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

“This document certifies that you have completed the great achievement of meeting all the Pokémon in Sinnoh” Well Ant, that was truly worth the stressful grind I bet...

[@jeremyfrancis7824]

Ah but the youtube video he can make from it is the true value

[@draw0833]

the eternal satisfaction of being better than a casual player must be enough to drive this man to the depths in which none of us would dare to travel

[@TheRealDuosion]

wow I'm early

[@querela92]

Does meeting even imply catching or is seeing enough?

[@lightyagami3492]

@@querela92 im pretty sure just seeing them counts but this man went one step further an obtained all of them in 24 hours.

[@BigHuh123]

Chat saving him from missing the Feebas was HUGE, as well as him accidentally setting his Brilliant Diamond Switch's time incorrectly so that he could catch carnivine

[@Spookiest_Grey]

The "toughed it out so you don't feel sad" was a mechanic that was first used in Pokemon X & Y and is now implemented into BDSP.

[@pokefan9194]

You are wrong it was introduced in x and y

[@Spookiest_Grey]

@@pokefan9194 i just got done with that game and never noticed that mechanic, thanks for your input much appreciated

[@pokefan9194]

@@Spookiest_Grey you can aceess that through Pokemon amie in x and y

[@Spookiest_Grey]

@@pokefan9194 oh okay thank you for clarifying, I never used that feature so I never saw the feature

[@therealmichirukaiou]

Not exclusively x and y, it was in the Hoenn remakes as well.

[@Foxatrot]

Imagine Rowan waking up the next morning like: Wait he's already caught every pokemon??

[@Ferdig_Vibes]

I just wanted to say that this comment has 151 likes as of my comment. Gen 1 remake remake remakes confirmed?

[@Foxatrot]

@@Ferdig_Vibes We're going to see new leaks tmrw

[@RoDyoo]

My name is rowan

[@ramitek]

The man dedicated his whole life to studying Pokémon and a 10 year old kid did it in 24 hours lol

[@arciere5511]

I like to imagine the reason he just congratulates you is because he has nothing ready for this occasion xD

[@loushia16]

I’m always amazed at how clever Ant is with his solutions. His Nuzlockes and challenges always have cool workarounds to really annoying problems.

[@ghoziay6759]

He has a beard and glasses and no nut he is immortal

[@travv88]

@@ghoziay6759 Oh damn doing NNN too. The power flows through him.

[@travv88]

lateral thinking

[@sofiacardoso7475]

and in case of Cynthia, LUCK :D

[@OABELHUDOUSA]

The solutions to all his problems is the equivalent to the solution of a problem of a protagonist of a shonen anime

[@meisushimei]

"Tough it out because you love me" Snorlax: "Can't let him be sad!"

[@braydenmbve545]

@felice💕 exactly, YOU ARE A BOT

[@TheColdestKingCold]

4:25 SmallAnt just summoned his mom. He proved that moms have a superpower to immediately be present whenever they hear their child call for them.

[@SnoozeCruisin]

damn, huge props to the chat members who caught those bits of info throughout the run. nice to see everyone working together to make ant’s dream a reality

[@JENNATHEZOMBIEE]

@felice💕 no

[@Matt_Zoran]

Reported

[@whitealliance9540]

@@Matt_Zoran Aww leave her alone a bots gotta bot.

[@rwic]

POV: you like your own comments

[@hankypanky5529]

The fact that this entire run depended on whether carnivine would spawn is crazy

[@mfreeces5607]

Ong

[@thijsvisser4868]

yeah or the fact that snorlax toughed out

[@L4sket]

@@thijsvisser4868 I mean tbf, he could've always retried the battle, wouldn't have taken that long I imagine. Now if the carnivine didn't spawn, he would've had to wait an entire day at minimum

[@connorjohnson8590]

I remember reading up how to find feebas in the original Daimond and being flabergasted at the BS condition: They can only be found in 4 spaces in one specific lake covered in fog. And the spaces change daily.

[@edwinner100]

It is so hard and I want it so bad to challenge the elite four

[@excalibur493]

@@edwinner100 I got Feebas, but I don't have NSO, so I can't trade.

[@blackfoxstudios4101]

And then they have the audacity to make it either a trade evolution or dry poffin evolution

[@kaneggi6216]

@@blackfoxstudios4101 gotta be honest tho its really easy to make the poffins

[@Rubywing4]

I used to think Feebas could only be fished up with a Super Rod because Serebii said so, but I was not long ago pleasantly surprised to learn that you can fish it up with just an Old Rod, so you'll reel in either Magikarp or Feebas and not all other kinds of things. I also found a guide several years ago that showed how to best fish for Feebas, by starting from the top left corner of the lake and go one tile at a time, just fishing up 1 mon per tile (since Feebas is pretty common in the Feebas tiles), instead of dotting randomly around the lake. That way, I ended up finding a Feebas tile surprisingly quick, within the first 3 rows (I think, might have been 4) from the top. Then you can just fish and catch Feebas in that tile until you get one with a Sp. Atk-boosting nature (which loves dry food) or a neutral nature (which happily eats anything), or use the strat Ant used, if you have a Synchronize mon with a Sp. Atk-boosting nature. In the old games, I had no trouble making poffins, it was easy making good poffins. This game's version of making poffins is freaking bs, I tried doing the same as in the old games, but no matter what I did, the poffins always turned out foul, even when I did it perfectly, without burning or spilling a single time, and I didn't know what the stupid game wanted from me, so I gave up on poffins and moved on. When I learned you need to use DIFFERENT berries, I thought "wtf that's bs that was never a problem in the og games why should that be a problem now i hate you gamefr-- i mean ilca". Though having learned how the mechanic works now, I managed to finally make some good poffins and evolve my Feebas at last. I typically prefer the beauty evolution over Prism Scale since trading is usually difficult for me (I have to borrow my brother's 3DS or Switch for trading in gens 6, 7 and 8), and I still prefer beauty in BDSP as well. I really love how Legends Arceus allows you to just USE evolution items on Pokémon, including trade mons, I was so happy with that, and I hope gen 9 includes this mechanic as well. Oh, btw, I ended up catching my Feebas in a Love Ball, it was a female with the wrong nature, so now I have a bunch of level 1 Feebas in Love Balls. Including a dry-loving Milotic in a Love Ball.

[@Zerlyn]

“Cyrus only attacks you here in Platinum” Cyrus - Are you sure about that

[@Patterrz]

Idk if the Pokedex speedrun or Video Editing speedrun was more inpressive but great job getting it done so fast!

[@peterkirigiti]

Hey patters big fan

[@Louie_Log]

Yeah, both are awesome

[@jazminemiles8195]

I automatically Nuzlocke mine of only water types and let me tell you it's been hell on Earth. The good thing is there's so many different types of water type Pokemon.

[@Fiddlesticks12]

Yeah

[@PIXO223]

Ayyy Pat how r u

[@PeekatChu.]

The Snorlax clutch against Cynthia was really an anime protagonist moment. Like seriously, you literally managed to pulled a miracle.

[@MisterL777]

Sorlax : "ORAORAORAORAORA"

[@aidanlatham8935]

LOL smallant is literally just like a pokemon MC with his mom popping up every once in a while, supporting him unconditionally 😂

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

They're so wholesome, it really warms my heart

[@minorcomet282]

And especially that Snorlax survivng Garchomp

[@PooInABin]

Pokemon but everytime SmallAntMom messages in chat elite 4 pokemon gain a level

[@mathiew_]

Congrats on literally being the first person _ever_ to complete a Brilliant Diamond Pokédex!

[@uwuingallnight7381]

A lot of youtubers ha ve been shocked about the "new" friendship mechanic, but i distinctly remember my espeon toughing it out 3 times in a row against my friend all the way back in pokemon X

[@turtlesquad2522]

Playing let's go Eevee, My Eevee is like Haha, I purposefully hit you in your weak point. Now, pat my head dammit

[@Arenuphis]

thing was that back then it wasn't linked to friendship but the pokemon amie stuff, so it wasn't forced on you if you wanted to keep things hard

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

New to diamond and pearl

[@iggylo7867]

Wasn’t this a thing start ping from x&y cuz of Pokémon amie, most of the poketubers who play walkthrough knew about this cuz they played the game slowly

[@TheAnimenia]

i remember my pokemon surviving in sun and moon games as well

[@Yeah_itsJohn]

I had the hugest brain strat going into cynthia: So at like Lv. 57, Kricketune learns Perish Song. That's basically the entire story.

[@harrisonhurst6480]

That would only work if you used it on her last pokemon when it was the only one left, otherwise switching ends the perish count.

[@garlicamvs6235]

I had a bigger brain strat I used garchomp with dragon claw with quick claw at lv 61 to beat her garchomp

[@hibye8297]

@@garlicamvs6235 I just used final gamit

[@hennedysguerra5361]

@@hibye8297 Yea

[@charmesean]

Nah i dont need a strategy i wouldve overleveled to Level 100

[@MrSpenfo]

"Well, that's underwhelming" was pretty close to my reaction when I first completed a pokedex and saw that certificate, its the kind of moment that makes you go, "wait, is that seriously all I get?"

[@laiika511]

What else are they going to give lol a new type of Pokémon? Seriously though, the one time I did 100% the dex in gen VI it felt cool getting the shiny charm. It’s only too bad I stopped caring about Pokémon coincidentally after completing the goal

[@lonergothonline]

I think the idea for the first gen was that you'd be able to use the game boy printer to print out the certificate.

[@stanfrombelgium]

Yea, and it's not even like in BOTW where you get litteral tree-poop because I think it kinda gives a message like: "It's more about the journey than the ending of the journey" because you can't really say that with a pokemon game since they are way more linear, shorter overall and mainly focus on the ending than BOTW.

[@ized88]

@@lonergothonline yes you could. Was kinda a useless feature but it was possible 🤣

[@princevegeta699]

That's not even a reward in universe

[@DanDude666]

"i decided to take a break from the underground to become the champion" best quote ever 😄

[@myexile2374]

If there's 1 thing 25 years of playing Pokémon has taught me it's that you don't sleep on Snorlax, Snorlax sleeps on you!

[@Azanerd]

Oh yeah, I remember Snorlax sleeping on me once.

[@TheKreegler]

@@Azanerd yea I woke up in the clouds

[@dakota7134]

@@TheKreegler Hey you, you're finally awake

[@playboyagent7586]

I remember sleeping with snorlax once

[@MeteorTribe]

I literally sleep on a giant snorlax plush bed

[@caterhamflavouredimitationcrab]

Gotta love how the reward for catching all the Pokémon is a charm that makes it easier to catch Pokémon

[@jplveiga]

Isn't there more than 151 in the game tho?

[@PantsuMedia]

Might come in handy when hunting for shinies since catching your encounter does have a higher chance to continue the chain

[@scrunkore]

there are over 400 pokemon in the game and the regional dex only has like 150

[@realKhalilG]

The reward is for completing the Pokedex, it doesn't take into account if you caught them.

[@Minezum]

The charm and diploma are a reward for watching all the pokemon. There is no prize for catching them

[@entr3_nou5]

Rowan, who gave him the Pokédex, when he completes it in under a day: *”Don’t care, didn’t ask, + ratio”*

[@kingdeespadas]

gigachad

[@DragonCanyon]

+ L

[@southparkhighlights2773]

@@DragonCanyon +Fatherless

[@capybara2515]

@@southparkhighlights2773 +Seethe

[@Astrophel24]

@@capybara2515 +Cringe

[@trixenpeak2088]

6:50 reaction is the exact moment i subscribed lmaoo

[@Zolanark]

Ah, gotta love the affection mechanic. If memory serves that sorta stuff like "toughed it out so you wouldn't feel sad" was added in X/Y, and basically if the Pokemon has enough of those pink hearts in the affection system for the game (Pokemon Amie in X/Y and other names I can't remember for later games that incorporated it) they get like an extra chance (not heightened but like a whole second check in the code or something, can't remember specifics) for checks to end status conditions (even ones that don't end naturally), checks for critical chance, dodge/miss chance, and as you saw, even tanking deadly attacks with 1 HP left. It was meant to emulate the anime series trope of the partner Pokemon getting a second wind or pulling off an impossible win because they valued their trainer so much they couldn't stand losing for them

[@eggytpot]

Mongus

[@captainblue5096]

@UCPhGRRK7BpnKo-Je-_RI1dg The mechanic itself is a great idea in theory. For casuals, it allows you to bond with your Pokemon and get some perks because of it. They did it great in XY/ORAS and SM/USUM because it was toggle-able However, they then started forcing it upon you. BDSP suffers from this because affection is automatic. Not something we want to do all the time. Some people like the challenge that comes with the regular game without boosts like affection. Same goes for the New EXP Share (Gen 6 and onwards). The idea was really good and would fix most people’s problems with grinding, but making it necessary in SWSH made it so much worse. Tl,dr: The ability to toggle things makes the game better.

[@aurastrike]

It actually also improves crit ratio!

[@eggytpot]

@@aurastrike by how much?

[@Ki113r210]

@@captainblue5096 so the remakes completely kiddie mode nuzzlockes then. unfortunate

[@KirbyCoder]

That moment with the Snorlax will go down in history. Also, I bet your roommate is happy that they got shining pearl for free.

[@TyranitarTube]

I saw the ending live and man that was sickk! (and totally well rewarded LOL)

[@AVATARW0]

love ur content

[@AZUAW]

omg tttar ur the best!!!

[@Skylerthebean]

I haven't seen your content in a long while.

[@kaimetsu4546]

@@Skylerthebean me too man been years

[@cya5983]

Shanking that like button

[@silverhawk8699]

Garchomp: "You're outnumbered 5 to one." Snorlax: _"I like those odds."_

[@1Fatherlesschild]

Imagine bring Cynthia and seeing the random kid who had no Pokémon less than 24 hours ago beat you and become the new champion

[@bensoncheung2801]

Didn't SmallAnt mess with time past a day/night cycle?

[@aiden6606]

@@bensoncheung2801 yes but that doesn't matter

[@abdulrehmanbaig2763]

@@bensoncheung2801 when you have a god of time by your side, it doesn't matter

[@squalo5218]

with a fucking Snorlax

[@saugurav2012]

The Snorlax Vs Grachomp Fight was even more exciting to watch live, literally no one in chat thought that Ant could win that fight after he lost Infernape and Empoleon. Then came Snorlax with its thick plot armour.

[@Thelocalpsychopath]

Thick Snorlax luck indeed 😳😩😍

[@MarkoPiroski]

I was also there just to witness the most anime moment ever, it was soooo cool!

[@dvillines26]

people complain about that mechanic, like it cheapens the game, but whatever, it creates these great clutch moments. if you want a challenge you really have to do PvP, come on. the in-game battling is mostly just for fun.

[@LaserfaceJones]

Gotta say, the patience I've developed from shiny hunting the last few years has made finishing 'dexes feel way less awesome than when I was little, but doing it all in a day does take a lot of game knowledge and prep. Nice.

[@vynceivyrescauriagamarasig4095]

Give me that patience I'm literally just IV breeding and got pissed so I took a nap

[@crimsonitacilunarnebula]

nice

[@nicolasj6745]

And a lot of luck.

[@Humg12]

Don't forget the huge amount of luck. It took me a week of doing nothing but honey trees on cooldown to get Heracross, but he gets it in the first half of the video, no stress.

[@Stickyz]

Yes alot of knowledge and prep except he didn't know about munchlax in the underground

[@VXMasterson]

When I was a kid I didn’t understand that Feebas needed a max beauty stat to evolve, I thought it just needed to win the Max Rank beauty contest. I don’t remember how but I got lucky finding the Feebas in Emerald, and somehow won the Beauty contest and I was so heated that Feebas didn’t evolve

[@PranavS167]

I love how these games made trainers harder by giving them better moves and items, but they also give you plot armor with the power of friendship

[@-Teague-]

Dangit I wanted to see the funny replies to this but it's just bots 😭

[@RamielEdits]

@@-Teague- ikr

[@thisaccountissomethingelse6960]

The happiness mechanic has been in Pokémon games for a while

[@AltheaIsana]

your comment is gold but it has fallen victim to the bots

[@lancelee338]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 kzbin.info 💋 SUBSCRIBE 👆 BORN TO DIE WORLD IS A FUCK KILL EM ALL 1989 I am trash man 410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS #SmallAnt #Pokemon #7 #BrilliantDiamond #ShiningPearl #hola #bonjour #konnichiwa #hello #foreigngreetings Work It: "Harder" Make It: "Better" Do It: "Faster" Makes Us: "Stronger" Я не бот, вибачте, якщо вам не потрібен спам. Для цього я використовую перекладач

[@Kryterra]

I was there the whole time and watching you gave me the inspiration to do the same challenge. I completed my dex in 31:14:52. Couldn’t get as lucky as you with febass and heracross. But I kept grinding while watching you. Your achievement is absolutely stunning and you deserve all your success. Great job Ant. I’ll see yoh when the national dex is complete.

[@Snickersnek]

"I wonder how that trainer I met yesterday with my Chimchar is doing?" "Hi, I'm the Champion, here's my full-region pokédex, not that you care. C'mon Infernape let's go." "...whut."

[@hxrl5838]

C'mon Palkia let's go >

[@katsuha7074]

cmon uxie palkia dialga and other legendary pokemon lets go

[@sbsftw4232]

C'mon literally everyone, let's go.

[@benjaminocampo143]

6:46 greatest moment

[@TheBearOfSpades]

While the friendship mechanic does make the game easier, I find it also makes the connection to the Pokemon feel more real. Also there are some really clutch saves.

[@justin4203]

I just wish that certain trainers (Like Gym Leaders, Elite 4 and Champion) had it work for them too. Like imagine thinking "I'm about to beat Cynthia! Garchomp is going down! It was close but--WHAT DO YOU MEAN HER GARCHOMP DID NOT WANT TO MAKE HER SAD?"

[@TheTctoocold]

just made the game insanely easy, my pokemon didnt die 3 times in a row and it constantly hit criticals

[@solidzack]

It simply shouldn't be forced on you. In previous games you had to spend time with the Pokémon in Pokémon Ami and feed them stuff and treat them like a pet to get the bonuses. That way you could completely ignore it if you didn't want all battles to basically become an A button mashing game. But now you survive attacks, dodge 100% accurate moves, deal a ton of crits and win matchups you really shouldn't. That's horrible game Design. Or an even better solution: Introduce hard mode like in Pokémon Black/White (2) and disable these bonuses for this mode in addition to changing the opponents team, moveset and level

[@Skycrusher]

The eternal 13 year old mindset.

[@TotalyKill]

Copium for a shit system

[@Snefro1338]

Ant: "Snorlax, hold on bcuz you love me!" Snorlax with 1 HP left: (Lax!)

[@scorpionsen4302]

Piplup being the starter you traded coming in clutch as Empoleon later on was such a great part!

[@zwonderouscyndaburst5905]

You know he could have got piplup from the underground

[@scorpionsen4302]

@@zwonderouscyndaburst5905 would it have been level 62 and be able to sweep the rest of diamond?!

[@polyfloralhoney]

Game Director: "Now keep on collecting even more Pokémon!" There's nothing more to collect since there's no national dex lol

[@dawnofanewday5637]

wrong

[@polyfloralhoney]

@@dawnofanewday5637 my bad, I didn't keep up with the "remakes" since they just turned out to be a cash grabs

[@saarza9991]

​@@polyfloralhoney as someone who owns every pokemon game, I agree

[@Ennnne]

Really wish they added Platinum into these remakes, the distortion world was the coolest thing I've experienced in my childhood

[@ShawnnG17bitch]

Could be DLC in future

[@bigboom2438]

Paid DLC time lets goooooo

[@jj-rath9110]

Everyone probably would have just bought platinum if they did

[@haveagreatlife829]

@@jj-rath9110 ikr

[@agirlinsearchof9057]

@@jj-rath9110 What OP means is adding plot elements from Platinum into the Diamond and Pearl remakes (so the Distortion World would be in both Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, with no Platinum remake) rather than remaking Platinum in addition to Diamond and Pearl.

[@chaseeast7427]

"'If you die I'm gonna be pissed', that's not how friendship works." Bro that seems like exactly how friendship works

[@BigHuh123]

The honey tree, carnivine, and Cynthia luck in this run was absolutely insane - I guess it acts as compensation for the torture endured in the underground 😂

[@pokelordomega1701]

Dam. Here i thought the funny comments section were funny not bots

[@ArcanaEric]

Cynthia fight was bs with the friendship mechanic bailing him out.

[@RWAsur]

I mean, the Cynthia luck is only a 1 in 5 odds in this game. BDSP has very broken friendship stats.

[@vandres493]

This is so satisfying to watch as I’ve been slowly crawling to completion. Didn’t play the game for like a year and the challenge of completing the Pokédex was somehow reignited in me this time bc when I was younger I just used action replay lol

[@itsPoachie]

"Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way" Yup... That's what I always tell myself after spending hours of my life to get a bit of text on a screen for completing the Pokedex - thanks Gamefreak

[@Crobat7269]

Thanks prof Birch

[@joshlegacy1101]

Wasn't actually GameGreak this time, I forget who the developers were.

[@Tharja-iBW]

@@joshlegacy1101 They were following in game freaks footsteps. They remade the game tile for tile, pixel for pixel. Game freak did it.

[@joshlegacy1101]

@@Tharja-iBW Feels like a technicality, but alright.

[@CalamitasCalliope]

I'm not sure what the older games gave you for completing the Pokèdex, but I really like the reward you get for Sword and Shield. It greatly boosts your shiny odds, and collecting shinies is pretty much the only thing left to do after finishing the Pokèdex. Probably one of the few choices in Sw/Sh that I liked hfhgdfg

[@angelskysilver5219]

Cynthia was so hard in my playthrough it actually made me think of every possible outcome and move and strategize for once in a pokemon game (the first time I have ever strategized outside spamming super effective)

[@upstairsdownstairs]

Except in the OGs where you can just use Arceus

[@have_a_cup_of_water_08]

Me too

[@have_a_cup_of_water_08]

Also can someone tell me how hard Cynthia used to be because I didn’t exist back when dp came out Cynthia now is super hard I want to know if Cynthia got buffed nerfed or nothing changed

[@Bakablicky]

@A Cup Of Water Nothing has ever made me feel older then seeing “I didn’t exist when dp dropped” lol

[@have_a_cup_of_water_08]

@@Bakablicky I’m one month older than minecraft

[@AndrewSnyder-x8h]

Snorlax at the ending: Wanna see me somehow pull off Last Resort? You wanna see me do it again?

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

Cynthia never gave me a struggle but that Snorlax Last Resort play was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen

[@thestargamers3325]

They actually dropped the Gotta Catch 'em all motto around gen 3 or 4 when they realized that it wasn't feasible for the average player anymore. But by then it was so ingrained in culture that I don't think anyone really noticed.

[@PinkBunnyCorporation]

I own complete copies of every game and just checked. The trade mark phrase appears on gen 3 game boxes. In gen 4 it is nowhere to be found, not even the manual. However it is possible to get every pokemon up until generation 8 where they decided to stop players from owning all the pokemon.

[@scrunkore]

you literally couldn't catch them all in gen 3 so maybe that's why they stopped

[@dvillines26]

@@PinkBunnyCorporation appropriate that it was dropped in gen IV given the brutal requirements for some Pokemon.

[@Gabe413]

@@dvillines26 mate some pokemon are so hard its not even worth the trouble. i remember just giving up completely on feebas when i was a kid - only caught one in gen 6

[@chileanyways4517]

@@Gabe413 Yeah from what I remember they made Feebas in ORAS really easy to get because of how stupid hard it was to encounter in the original games. They made the tiles guaranteed instead of randomized

[@demoman5864]

Ash: spends years, trying to catch em all, Ant: catches em all in a day 💀

[@douglassvidall]

No. Is not ash dream to catch all the pokémon

[@mainaccount763]

Red

[@Jan-xo6bq]

No ash did not complete pokedex it was Red

[@DraconicDuelist]

@@Jan-xo6bq Ash spends years, with the theme being "Gotta Catch 'em All!" but never completes a 'Dex. Red does so, but doesn't take years...

[@w1nther930]

@felice💕 Begone... BOT

[@whosthisweirdo3807]

The mental image of a munchlax hiding in the honey trees and eating everything there makes me laugh

[@trentollila]

The power of friendship saved ant so many times, he must be a anime protagonist at this point

[@mooki6580]

The game director npcs give the same reward for just having seeing the pokemon to be in your pokedex there was no need to catch them all other than feeling proud that you completed the sinnoh pokedex.

[@charliem3429]

@Delta Leviatho no it doesn’t lol

[@AnimalLoverWasTaken]

@Delta Leviatho then cry about Pokémon

[@fromnona]

pack it up genuis

[@reql4689]

They making these games way too ez now lmao

[@AnimalLoverWasTaken]

@Delta Leviatho It is but I did it yesterday

[@MicoDossun]

This stream made me appreciate the weird gimmick spawns that the Sinnoh games came up with. It can be annoying when every Pokémon isn’t just readily available especially if you wanna use a rare one on your team but I feel like it makes the memories stronger and keeps the region more memorable if you used the Heracross you lucked into from a honey tree or something.

[@YOM2_UB]

I wanted to use a Drifloon, ended up deleting my save file after changing the clock to 10pm on a Thursday, playing through to the Windworks again in the 2 hours before the clock rolled over.

[@Peachy_Fuzzy]

One of many strange mechanics they kept in the remakes

[@MicoDossun]

@@Peachy_Fuzzy I think it’s for the better

[@plattbagarn]

If Munchlax didn't exist in the underground, there is a 0% chance he would ever have beaten this challenge. (Assuming it's the same as in diamond and pearl) Depending on your trainer ID (which is random), Munchlax can spawn in 8 random honey trees across the entire region, at 1% each.

[@MicoDossun]

@@plattbagarn I don’t really think it’s the fault of the game that a Pokémon couldn’t be caught within one real world day. It’s not like it’s designed to be beaten like this

[@afvetvenom3685]

That friendship perk is amazing! You got an ingame miracle haha. Awesome sauce on doing this!

[@atomicwreck2063]

I’ll be honest when I read the title I was full heartedly expecting him to just say “yeah so a friend traded me all 151 Pokémon in 24 hours”

[@Guhzea]

18:41 "you need 6 badges for carnivine" My carnivine I got in the marsh while only having 3 badges begs to differ

[@collinbrown9723]

I caught a carnivine with only 3 badges on brilliant diamond. I never knew there was a "daily chance" for it. I just happened to stumble upon it in the safari zone.

[@humanpersonthing]

Same with me, put it on my team too

[@tipimaginestar4651]

Hey me too! 😆

[@kingdeespadas]

same caught it on the orginals

[@isaacjohnsen867]

"Next time I throw two blueberries into a muffin I'll just chuck it in the garbage!" - Laughed hard at that one.

[@samjaxwhistler]

Ikr? Died laughing at that one.

[@orionmoore9161]

I feel like this would make an awesome and absurdly challenging speedrun category

[@DevouringMusic]

Wasn't that already a thing back in the day? Speed running group from TX? But they were doing it for the National Dex.

[@BreakneckWalrus]

I always love these narrated, condensed runs. Great video. Milotic's my favorite and it's a nice way to finish off the Pokedex.

[@dhichicpop2531]

The fact that last resort was his last resort is just poetic in its beauty

[@Chaz_FlamezVR]

5:15 was the funniest turn of events *freezes* NOOOO *thaws out* YEAAHHHH *grotle is loafing around!* NOOO

[@demafelixjaymark905]

This took "the power of friendship" to the next level Snorlax is mad

[@atakiri]

Empoleon coming home to sweep Pearl reminds me of young princes sent to another country for their education, then returning to their throne and leading their kingdom to a new age of prosperity

[@serenity5809]

Interesting piece of trivia, the suction cup ability actually DOESN’T work in the original Diamond and Pearl games due to some bug. I believe they kept this in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl too.

[@naplockblubba5369]

@SpelunkyGuy101 It probably wasn't intentional

[@HECTORCOMEHOME]

each day i legitimately believe they copy pasted the code and prayed it would work

[@gate3929]

@@HECTORCOMEHOME portions of the game might actually be copy-pasted, considering the snowpoint gym's innards can be skipped to fight the gym leader immediately

[@harrisonhurst6480]

@@gate3929 doing that can soft-lock your game however so be careful.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@gate3929 I think it's more that they didn't redesign the gym graphically to account for diagonal movement than literally copying and pasting the code. Especially since the internal code has undergone _significant_ changes in the years since Gen IV.

[@iusproductions9050]

20:49 SmallAnt: "I guess it doesn't matter, so-" Game: "[You encountered a wild Feebas!]" SmallAnt: *surprised pikachu face*

[@Mercman1010]

5:18 someone NEEDS to run the odds on that sequence happening. What a roller coaster of emotion

[@lisahenry20]

Ice fang 95% accuracy Ice fang 10% freeze Ice fang 10% flinch Freeze thaw 20% Unfortunately I can't find the disobedience chance. Apparently the closer the level is to the trainer's max obedience level, the more likely it is to listen, but I can't find the chance calculation, so let's call it x Sequence chance = 0.95*0.1*0.9*0.2*x =0.0171x Or about 1.7% chance, not including the disobedience

[@Stu67nt]

@@lisahenry20 you can probably make a rough estimate of about 10 to 30% so for this scenario lets say it was 20% using ur calculations we can do 0.0171*0.2 which is a 0.342% chance.

[@Mercman1010]

@@lisahenry20 Are you my friend Dominic? I actually heard his voice while reading this! And I am actually surprised its that high at lets say ~1% with the disobedience.

[@azurebalmung4520]

Someday, Game Freak will give a worthy reward for actually completing a region's pokedex beyond a digital certificate. Maybe. "Grats on finding all of Gen 9's Pokemon! Here's your reward - a Dire Hit!"

[@rp21green86]

Is the shiny charm not a worthy reward?

[@shulker7442]

@@rp21green86 that’s for the national dex tho. The catching charm is what u get for the regional one and that just gives u a bonus chance of critical capture

[@Stickyz]

@@shulker7442 for seeing all in the regional dex you get the pokeradar. It's a good thing that catching every pokemon isnt necessary anymore because I dont think anyone really liked doing it

[@shulker7442]

@@Stickyz well, yeah obviously. I’m talking about when u catch all In the region lol

[@SonicXCII]

Love how Last Resort's animation just yeets Snorlax at everything. Looks so good

[@mosskelly3767]

I am always a fan of spending time and improving friendship with my pokemon. Other kids in my highschool mocked me at first but it saved my ass in a battle or two back then, and they eventually realised it's good to have, even as a backup plan. It's good to see that it was useful here.

[@MobiusRosa]

As someone who watched the stream: This was such a legendary stream. Good job ant and keep it up :>

[@colingraham1585]

Ants a Cheater

[@MobiusRosa]

@@colingraham1585 wh-

[@ExpiredIDK]

@@colingraham1585 didnt u cheat on ur gf

[@ajiyantha6711]

"I decides to take a break from the underground to become the champion" Idk why but i found that hilarious 😂

[@zetsu8635]

I think that's because becoming the champion should be the main concern when you are playing pokémon, but he is like "I'll take a break from doing what actually matters, guess I'll become the champion meanwhile"

[@lektik2941]

I remember searching for countless hours to catch feebas in old school diamond. I never succeeded, but got shiny magikarp instead.

[@CandeIero]

I mean, Feebas is basically just a different colored Magikarp anyways, right?

[@nihaarshah5742]

suffering from success

[@goreobsessed2308]

Job failed successfully

[@bruhnol9914]

@@CandeIero I never thought about it like that

[@zetsu8635]

@Drew Hadash well yes but actually no

[@keepingitreal727]

Best a Small ant quote “I decided to take a break from the underground to become a champion”

[@xianblanc7807]

What I hated about pokedex hunting is towards the end of the game, where your team is so OP already and it makes me so worried that I'll one shot the super rare spawns.

[@silverfox4107]

Always false swipe

[@mschmidt7387]

I just put a weaker pokemon on my team

[@thelemonofgaming6303]

*ahem... F A L S E S W I P E*

[@zebraroll2037]

@@silverfox4107 what's that do to help?

[@silverfox4107]

@@zebraroll2037 false swipe will leave the opposing pokemon with 1 health.

[@early_riser4776]

“Toughed it out so you wouldn’t feel sad” existed since x and y from what I remember. It’s dependent on your Pokémon’s friendship stat.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

In Gen 6 and 7 it was based on Affection (different than friendship) which doesn't exist in this game.

[@early_riser4776]

@@PlatinumAltaria ohhhh okay thanks

[@tinymicrowave6821]

They meant new to the game… they have played pokemon X

[@matteojames2312]

Wait it was in Gen 6? I never encountered it and I played for like 300 hours. I thought this started in Let's Go

[@juannaym8488]

Yeah and it always sucked that you can't turn it off

[@emilyofjane]

As someone who hates battling but loves trading/collecting, seeing KZbinrs complete the pokedex is a vindicating experience

[@Bravidunno]

23:03 And this diploma is given... for SEEING all Pokémon of the dex.

[@ghostrick9824]

"I spent 21 consecutive grueling hours documenting 151 Pokemon for you..." "nice, here's a paper and this cute little charm i bought from hot topic"

[@Asdfmonst]

The amount of nostalgia this playthrough holds for me is indescribable. Thank you so much…

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

I've only ever completed the Sun and Moon Pokédex and that took me like a month because I only had one copy of the game so I had to wait for gts trades for Pokémon I needed, and Wonder trades for Pokémon I was unlikely to get on the gts with the Pokémon I had (legendaries and stuff). So mad props for doing it in a day, that is insane, you literally work so hard on these videos that I have nothing but respect for you. Smallant is so cool, what a lad

[@gamblingmocchi]

I know that pain dude 😭

[@dabbingpengun1758]

Lol I did that too.

[@MidnightBlackSky]

I remember being a master of the gts SuMo economy, because people would trade any worldy possession for a sneazel holding a razor claw LOL. The only way to obtain a razor claw in that game was from the Jangmo-o line holding it in the wild, so I'd take a pokemon with compound eyes and thief (and maybe a pokemon with frisk) out to fight them and let the Jangmo-o call for backup until I'd gotten some claws.

[@adamas5932]

@@MidnightBlackSky I did pretty much the same in gen VI lol, those sneasel are an amazing commodity, they got me everything except mythical pokemons!

[@stefancoffa5980]

This is still such a good video, I'm sad we didn't get anything like this for the Scarlet and Violet release.

[@godiamsogoodlol]

Well, this may be because BDSP is a remake, and since he has played the original a lot, he decided to try and get every Pokémon. Besides, who the hell would wanna do this with a new original Pokémon game with new Pokémon?

[@ThePhantom4516]

Nobody wants to play that shit game

[@godiamsogoodlol]

@@ThePhantom4516 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@AbsolXGuardian]

The NPCs in the Underground for catching Spiritomb may have been hell for you, but it means Pokedex completion is viable for people who don't pay for Nintendo Switch online. In both Shield and my recent Platinum playthrough, Spiritomb was essentially uncatchable.

[@lucaspeixoto975]

not really though, there are a bunch of pearl exclusives still, which would mean you have to buy both games, and with that money you could pay for one month of online, complete it, and save a fuck ton of money. What it does do though, is that it's more or less future-proof, as currently getting a spiritomb in platinum is impossible, especially if you don't know someone else that owns the game.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

@@lucaspeixoto975 For version exclusives you only need one IRL friend with the other version to do things for free. But yeah, future proofing does make more sense. I guess it just felt less unfair to have to trade for version exclusives to than Spiritomb to complete the Shield dex. (I used the free home GTS)

[@kingkmtso5107]

@@AbsolXGuardian or just pay for online?

[@freerice9595]

@@kingkmtso5107 wow! You're smart! How did you come up with that solution??? I bet he never would've thought of that!!!

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

@@lucaspeixoto975 sorry but almost the 40% of the game data is after a day 1 patch, those game weren't made for playing without at least the E shop.

[@LavenY]

Amazing work there! I was trying to get my first feebas for almost 2hours while watching this video and I met my very first one when you got one , that’s was crazy!