The GLORY of Radical Red | ROM Hack Review

Why Radical Red is STILL The Best Competitive Pokemon ROM Hack
The Unbridled GLORY of Radical Red | ROM Hack Review
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CHAPTERS:
0:00- The Unintended Consequences of The Digital Age
1:45- CUSTOM CONTENT
2:52- GAMEPLAY
5:52- REGION DESIGN
7:20- spider man ps2 leaked GAMEPLAY footage
9:40- GYM BATTLES AND BATTLE DESIGN
11:23- who is 'your mother' and why am i 'in relations with her'?
13:04- "GAMING 3: REVELATIONS"
16:00- ELITE 4 and CHAMPION BREAKDOWN
21:50- SOUL
hey gamers sorry this video took 7 months longer than it was supposed to, hope it suffices :))
after this trilogy completes i'll probably take a break from pokemon rom hack content and try to experiment with other kinds of video essays :D
i spent so long on this holy im realising in real time its 6am right now and i did not wake up early suffice to say, please subscribble to alleviate my suffering
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[@SUPERFIRENIGHTMARE]

16:04 You spelt politoad incorrectly

[@Sleepii..]

❌👱‍♂️❌

[@crackwagon8513]

so did you lmao

[@SUPERFIRENIGHTMARE]

@@crackwagon8513 it's not spelt polytoad

[@SUPERFIRENIGHTMARE]

@@crackwagon8513 i checked

[@cooktheant]

@@SUPERFIRENIGHTMARE It's Politoed...

[@Necroxion]

Man, I was somewhat disappointed that Professor Oak didn't suddenly pull out 6 Arceuses in revenge of you just beating his son

[@crackwagon8513]

ummmmm acktually it's his grandson 🤓🤓🤓👆

[@Necroxion]

@@crackwagon8513 grandson whoops No I am not editing

[@usedpidemo]

SPOILERS He does fight you in the postgame in a 6v12, back to back battles with no healing in between.

[@crackwagon8513]

@@usedpidemo thats disgusting

[@shardmaw]

@@crackwagon8513 its really easy if you finish the rest of the postgame first

[@KoroftheSon]

This is peak ADHD editing, in the best way. Might give Radical Red a shot tonite, great video man 👍

[@crackwagon8513]

here lies my editing process: 1. boof some mysterious powder 2. ???? 3. tada

[@Dewy3739]

Oh shit bro. That subcount. Thought you were a bigger KZbinr from this quality content. Keep at it champ. You’re gonna be big

[@crackwagon8513]

well that's the dream ain't it :D thanks for believing in my stuff!

[@CrusticusGameing]

Love your editing style and energy, subbed and looking forward to more!

[@crackwagon8513]

hope you don't mind me experimenting with content for a while! :)

[@CrusticusGameing]

@@crackwagon8513 it's your channel man, you do what's the most fun for you! I'll be here :)

[@FiniteMan1933]

I still remember playing this game for the first time 3 years ago knowing nothing about competitive Pokémon whatsoever, I rage quit a lot due to having no idea how my pokemon kept getting killed instantly. On the recent version however I just completed a mono fighting run which surprisingly the easiest time I've ever had with this game, definitely gonna replay when the gen 9 update drops

[@secondaegis9190]

Yeah, I agree with you. My first time playing it was Mono Ghost, and I struggled hard against it. Now, I play through challenge runs so fast, I don't even need to consult the docs anymore. Fighting was the easiest too for me. There's just such a good selection to choose from

[@calixjaeddenelento4873]

Man I came close to completing a hardcore nuzlocke on hardcore mode I was on gym 8 but why tf does every Giovanni's outspeed me it is so frustating

[@crackwagon8513]

god i love this games mon selection

[@crackwagon8513]

rip blud

[@FiniteMan1933]

@calixjaeddenelento4873 it definitely do be like that

[@TokenDeathmage]

Oh man this was great. I’d ove to see more roms or fan games covered in this style. Inclement Emerald, Pokemon Opalo, Pokémon Hegemony, and GS Chronicles are choice options

[@crackwagon8513]

hooboy i hope i havent set expectations too high, upcoming rom hack videos are unfortunately gonna be shorter if i wanna cover every hack i wanna cover

[@crackwagon8513]

i have roughly 2 more uploads planned for this month; thanks for waiting as always everybody :))

[@akm3966]

Great video man, keep up the good work!

[@crackwagon8513]

ayyyyyyy thanks blud

[@kokzhaohe5491]

omg amazing video and editing truly 10/10 super (your content is actually insanely good)

[@crackwagon8513]

oh my god it's happy chaos from the hit game tekken 2 (thanks for the kind words bb 😘😘😘😘)

[@Weroleytor]

I haven't played Radical Red since 2020, I didn't know they added all those things, last time I got stuck on the elite 4 and I didn't want to waste time breeding so I quit, I think I'll play it again from the start, that "perfect mons" mode looks amazing I remember spending hours just to get my decent team back when I played, time to try again :) Amazing video btw, sadly I had to stop it at 4:30 because I saw so many new things and I don't want to be spoiled lol, I'll come back once I beat it. I love your editing style, keep it up, your channel will grow if you keep uploading good videos like this :D

[@crackwagon8513]

i didnt even mention; hm slaves arent required anymore (you just need to own the hm) and there's fast travel too. hope you enjoy your run!

[@crackwagon8513]

also wow i'm just happy this is good enough to warrant returning to :') thanks so much for the support!

[@puffmogie]

Woah, great video, fun energy and editing!

[@crackwagon8513]

thanks dude🤩

[@conrosmallz]

Cant believe you have less than a thousand subs!! Happy to he here early, great quality vid 👍

[@cyrolion1121]

Bro this is so hilarious ngl I laughed all the way through, very good editing style and energy 😭

[@braydenvanhorn8041]

How do you not have more subscribers, this is sick

[@crackwagon8513]

IKR⁉jk thanks for saying so though :)

[@marcelocapeljunior3579]

Once beat this game using only Bug Types. They improved them so much that it was honestly a delight. Restricting your options actually enriches the experience because it forces you to be creative.

[@crackwagon8513]

my friend tried that once on hardcore and i've never seen someone have a more miserable time playing a video game

[@marcelocapeljunior3579]

@@crackwagon8513 Yeah, no. Hardcore is really the stuff of nightmares. I'll happily keep my Quiver Dances, thank Arceus

[@NagKai_G]

This was a pretty good video with (imo) very good editing, I'm surprised this video came from someone with less than 1k subs, but also not because of how unpopular Pokémon rom-hacks trully are when compared to most other Pokémon related stuff. Anyways what I'm trying to say is you did a good job with the video and it was great, bye.

[@crackwagon8513]

an unfortunately niche topic indeed, but if anything that makes it more appealing to me :) thanks btw

[@thebigfloppa2527]

Dawg how do you only have 840 subs. The editing is insane, keep it up!

[@crackwagon8513]

comment is no longer lore-accurate ❗❗❗ (thanks bro ill keep it up :) )

[@pickler_pickler]

You're gonna blow up my man. This is CONTENT

[@crackwagon8513]

:D ay thanks

[@louixlau93]

Great editing

[@bamxz9336]

Ive put so many hours in this game, and ive only done one monotype akshually. It was basically a steal Chuck's Mega Gallade set and sweep run. For those that havent gotten obliterated by it.. It runs Bulk up, Shadow Sneak, Drain Punch and Ice Punch or a Psychic Stab

[@blameitondanny]

I love how the most difficult thing for me in this game was the mandatory boss battles south of Lavender town and West of Celadon City. The damn Galar Fossil always whittled down my team 😤

[@soufpokemario]

I like that you used some of the unbound soundtrack as background music

[@crackwagon8513]

dude i love that ost so much

[@BorealColdstone]

The clips in this video is like a fever dream. Im usually used to these sort of videos being more clean and less bombarding with meme presentation at you. Obviously though if others like the presentation i hope they continue to enjoy it but its not for me because the stimuli overload just makes me stop focusing on the video altogether

[@crackwagon8513]

yeah ive gotten some comments to this effect, and i agree on the overwhelming nature of my videos. while i don't think i will cease the memey presentation i will work to make my future uploads more cohesive👍

[@raresuwako6796]

Editing like a baby max0r, just subscribed

[@crackwagon8513]

nah egotist that i am, i have got absolutely nothing on max0r 😂

[@thereaIitsybitsyspider]

I really enjoyed Hardcore up till the Elite Four. Every fight required you to engineer a team that answered the threats on their teams. The Pokemon League is 5 consecutive battles, the first two can have 2 different teams, and you have to somehow come up with a team of gimmick mons that can answer the incredible threats only if you play the AI into making certain moves. I ended up finding someone else's team and followed the turn order as close as possible. Even that team leaned heavily on Scarf Togekiss Air Slash Flinch. I played it on Normal unrestricted next, and it was wayyyy too easy. I slapped a sun team together and routed them in one try. Hardcore unrestricted would maybe be more exciting.

[@vasimbelim1091]

Elite 4 is kinda of eaziest if you remind yourself that unlike in early or mid game here you have access to every item and even all of mega stone and lots of options to choose from and few legendrys

[@vasimbelim1091]

I am doing mono bug and flying and fighting in HC and already beat 7 th gym in every one of them so yeh dont think i am just show of

[@thereaIitsybitsyspider]

I don't find that items really tip the scales in your favor when the opponents have permanent terrain/weather and mons like Swords Dance Zacian Crowned, Calyrex Shadow Rider in Psychic Terrain, Primal Groudon, and Eternamax Eternatus. It's not impossible, clearly, but the challenge is significantly greater than anything prior.

[@calixjaeddenelento4873]

@@vasimbelim1091 Nah just wait till the Elite 4 you will lose your fucking mind

[@KingLucarioxx]

Started using baxcalibur as a sweeper after seeing how Pryce used his I swear this one of my new favorite mons very strong

[@lucientgruner3757]

Hope this guy blows up

[@beibkk0]

damn bro what did he do to you?!?!? 😂😂😂😂😂 (i am hilarious)

[@crackwagon8513]

kid named sonic inflation:

[@Jayden13707]

Great vid man

[@crackwagon8513]

ayyy thanks :)

[@Jayden13707]

​@@crackwagon8513 no problem your one Of my favourite poketubers

[@crackwagon8513]

​@@Jayden13707 aw hell yeah 🔥

[@cooktheant]

The only issue I've got with this ROM is the amount of PC box space. I'd love to start doing a living dex, and collect more shinies, but as of right now, it's just impossible.😔

[@crackwagon8513]

ooh that idea is gas especially with how many damn pokemon permutations there are

[@cooktheant]

​@Crackwagon could we try and garner some support for this? I basically got laughed off the discord forum for having what I think is a logical idea 😕

[@crackwagon8513]

@@cooktheant bruh what did you say man

[@cooktheant]

@@crackwagon8513 Pretty much "Just wodering for future updates if it would be worth expanding the number of PC boxes for new Pokémon introduced/creating a living dex/shiny hunting for more of them" etc and so people were basically laughing me off the forum, because battling is the top priority and that no-one cares about expanding the PC boxes. If anything, it would also help with raising competitive teams with different mon's :/

[@crackwagon8513]

@@cooktheant well that's perfectly valid to want to see, especially with how many cool fakemon are exclusive to radical red

[@thesun5275]

Nice vid Funni too Thanks

[@saltlakeatrocity9771]

Literally just saw this video in my feed the same day i decided to shop around for RR catridges.

[@M00MooMoo]

Cool video, song at 11:23?

[@crackwagon8513]

oh it's a rock remix of mother mother's song 'hayloft', kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnbXdaKsgd-lfJo here's the link

[@oomar4597]

Video is gas, can't wait for more

[@crackwagon8513]

zamn thanks dude

[@Juiceboks]

Nice vid keep it up

[@crackwagon8513]

preciate' it! i certianly shall try

[@Sleepii..]

As a Pokémon fan but for everything but the games: cool video! 👍

[@crackwagon8513]

thanks as always sleepii :)

[@SUPERFIRENIGHTMARE]

why don't you upload more

[@aaroncrisostomo3816]

I'm here before you hit 1k sub

[@crackwagon8513]

zamn you're a psychic

[@romagirk5927]

Currently running through emerald obsidian and gonna jump into this one next

[@lordxenusfollower]

just recently beat radical red a couple weeks ago! this video is awesome and poggers and stuff!!! lol!!!

[@crackwagon8513]

plÖgers

[@abimon76]

New crackwagon upload yayayayayay

[@cruzikin3116]

having played this rom hack, i can confirm that this is defintely a compettive pokemon hack my team as of the elite four is Delphox (Starter) Aegislash Salamence Slaking (probably the worst choice i could've made) Heracross Florges also FUCK that first falker battle, i hate that damn Rufflet

[@crackwagon8513]

falkner with corvisquire is probably the most messed up thing soupercell ever did

[@toasterstrudles642]

HE IS BACKKKK AND IS BACK WITH GOOD FOOODDDDDDD

[@crackwagon8513]

🔥🔥🔥COLLEGE COULD ONLY HOLD ME BACK FOR SO LONG RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@realsanmer]

0:26 that's gotta be one of the most cursed images I've seen, jesus

[@crackwagon8513]

and it only gets worse from there ;D

[@crackwagon8513]

wait a second i recognise this profile name! glad you've stuck around :))

[@realsanmer]

@@crackwagon8513 aww, thanks, it was worth it

[@alphabetsalphabets5242]

The video is great! I agree with your take on gym leaders needing to be a challenge that takes a few tries and proper strategy and not a cakewalk. Strategy was so annoying to me before. I always wanted to just plow through the game and enjoy it but I got incredibly annoyed that I couldn't go past various gym leaders like Misty, Surge, etc. Then I realized the fun in the game IS THE STRATEGY. Since my perspective changed I started to care about the pokemon in my team. I can't just shove the pokemon I want to use without thinking about type coverage, etc. Now I'm on a new run for 4.0 that I managed to get from Brock it Erika in 3-4 hours. On an unrelated side note are you from MY or SG? Because that accent is so familiar. I'm from MY myself

[@crackwagon8513]

glad you found it enjoyable :D heh yeah i remember my first and second runs when i stubbornly refused to change up my team; glad we both came around on that one haven't played 4.0 yet is it majorly different? all i know is they added paldea mons and nerfed sunflora (treason)

[@crackwagon8513]

also yeah im malaysian lmao

[@alphabetsalphabets5242]

Nice haha

[@6Miya9]

Great video bro keep it up . I don't have any frends so i share too my self .

[@crackwagon8513]

its the spirit that counts my man👍

[@ImTabbedOut]

Crackwagon: Man i love toxapex Everyone who has played OU in gen 7 & 8: ????????

[@SUPERFIRENIGHTMARE]

you will get more subscribers if you upload more

[@MarioSonicDKPokeFAN]

Even though this video was weird AF, it did get me a Lil interested in playing Radical Red again

[@crackwagon8513]

glad it at least did that for ya 💯

[@8vino249]

Try it hardcore mode Boys become men

[@graveleater9746]

The showdown beta for radical red is such a hassle to play now:((( and nobody's playing it:((( why fucking bother

[@yoxhi5044]

Entertaining as hell, and now I need to try this

[@Frilleon]

I’ve played radical red and it’s great. Any other suggestions of rom hacks? Thank you!!!

[@crackwagon8513]

pokemon unbound is the one id immediately recommend

[@Frilleon]

@@crackwagon8513 thank you so much!!!

[@flowerfloofs]

As they've already said, unbound, elite emerald redux, emerald rouge, and I really enjoyed pokemon ethereal X!!

[@KcKeegan]

16:26 had me weak 😂😂😂 I shouldn't have laughed as much as I did 🙈

[@SmokeGhost2767]

Thank you, you made me want to pass radical red again

[@sebelumkupergi]

Waiting for gen 9 pokemon

[@alexbraswell5021]

Ima subscribe bro. Cuz i like the direction. But fast talking, fast edited in memes, explosions, gimics. Isnt usually my think. Stick to whats important man, you got something to say. No need to water it down

[@crackwagon8513]

heh yeah i've been trying to tone down the filler recently, grateful for giving me a chance tho

[@airam1721]

0:48 dreams is actually godlike man

[@crackwagon8513]

FACTS

[@crackwagon8513]

if only the spritework wasn't a little clunky it would be like top 3

[@airam1721]

@@crackwagon8513 but man, these cutscenes are really good. Imagine it actually had difficult settings, level caps instead of applying your highest mon's level, exp share and text profiles to fix their worries about "cringe" cutscenes, when they're actually top tier. If not any of those, I'd want to learn programming so I could at least add a post game for that election which is seemingly only there for immersion and situation based conflict. I swear, that election doesn't happen even if I trigger the elite 4 special dialogue. (Beat it many times and the creator will assume you loved the game and thanks you for playing it.)

[@crackwagon8513]

maybe i should do smth for dreams its been a while since i played it anyways

[@airam1721]

@@crackwagon8513 and a long time since a video too! They're goated af

[@SamGBSR]

1200 elo gang rise up

[@crackwagon8513]

agency agency

[@sjaakbakker9944]

Nuzlockers: you sure?

[@IhateIsabella]

exquisite use of bad romance

[@crackwagon8513]

hell yeah my day oner; i was deliberating for so long on what music choices to put in to this one

[@crackwagon8513]

glad it turned out to your liking :)

[@lordoftheskin]

I'm your first hater. From this point forward, all of my comments will be dedicated to heckling you and just general player hating

[@crackwagon8513]

mama look i made it

[@neocryptonite9025]

Posting so i can say i was here before this blows tf up

[@crunch9699]

What is that it has to be this way remix?

[@crackwagon8513]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4ukXp9-aaZ7l9E

[@Jiggablow277]

anyone know what the song @ 2:50 is

[@crackwagon8513]

vano 3000's running away

[@Raylightsen]

If it has physical/special split im not gonna even try it. Does it has that?

[@crackwagon8513]

yeah it does. genuinely curious, why don't you like physical special split?

[@Raylightsen]

@@crackwagon8513 What a shame. Not even gonna try it then. I despise the split because i don't like types to be two things. Fire be special only, metal be physical only, etc is perfectly fine. I can adapt my team accordingly. Don't care for "balance" or "meta".

[@crackwagon8513]

well if that was still the case then moves like 'fire punch' would be special and that's just too annoying for me to ration 😅, plus that line of thinking is why we don't get eeveelutions anymore :P

[@crackwagon8513]

respect it though, but I'm unsure of many rom hacks nowadays that don't have it implemented, best of luck to you for finding one bro

[@Raylightsen]

@@crackwagon8513 I understand you are a "i go with the flow" kind of person, or don't have an issue with changes, but for me is "if is not broken, don't need fix / don't change it". I don't have hopes for hacks neither for newer games tho, but thanks for your good wishes.

[@Mudkip_lieker13]

It’s the most ambitious Pokémon rom next to infinite fusion

[@crackwagon8513]

I'd argue in terms of "ambition" adventure red pre-cfru slams everything else but it's certainly up there!

[@7AM_Tzar]

Imma get.

[@shardmaw]

I like how he shows the 1200 ou elo but right under it is the 1900 elo randbats XD

[@crackwagon8513]

1200 players make the most inconceivable moves known to man; there is no way to predict them D:

[@shardmaw]

​@@crackwagon8513 yeah being 1200 in freedom cup was cool for a while because found myself defeating high ladder players. My team was pretty bad tho lol

[@crackwagon8513]

@@shardmaw whats freedom cup again

[@shardmaw]

@@crackwagon8513 freezai's ladder thing that has vgc ruleset but it's singles (so like level 50, flutter mane and stuff is legal, item clause, ect.) you can play it on ladder at the bottom of s/v singles

[@TheMattia55]

Song at 18:12?

[@crackwagon8513]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4ukXp9-aaZ7l9E

[@crackwagon8513]

here you go :)

[@pokeinator7834]

Next video: Why does crackwegon speaks so much fax

[@crackwagon8513]

NO PRINTER‼🔥🔥🗣🗣

[@Trol-I]

As someone who has wasted months playing this game I can say I only beat the game with lucky and nothing more

[@lucientgruner3757]

11:27 My baby's got a gun my baby's got a gun my baby's got a gun you Betta run

[@crackwagon8513]

hell yeah brother you get it

[@profpuffofficial2]

12:35 candy pilled but then snitches

[@woopslap]

8:46 what is this "eye funny"?

[@crackwagon8513]

ifunny is a mediocre meme site

[@AdenUnavailable]

crisp rat

[@crackwagon8513]

ashes

[@CHICKENmcNUGGIESMydude]

funny how fan made free games do better then 70million dolalr tripple A TITTLES lol

[@lordoftheskin]

This video is so bad that I watched the whole thing and even enjoyed it

[@crackwagon8513]

if you truly hated me you'd share this video with all your friends so you can make fun of every second of the video together

[@lordoftheskin]

@@crackwagon8513 you're so right. I'm sharing this video with my discord servers right now to express my disdain for the content

[@aaronvuong2890]

W

[@sansundertale6544]

Can you please add a link to the "it has to be this way" remix?

[@crackwagon8513]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4ukXp9-aaZ7l9E

[@sonictouhoufan]

what worng with pick easy in my option the game too hard

[@crackwagon8513]

absolutely nothing my friend; no shame in it. merely making a joke on how soupercell used to swear up and down he wouldn't make an easy mode for this rom hack. ;)

[@scipio2234]

Bad game, very true

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

Really cool too bad is on kanto the worst pokemon region

[@crackwagon8513]

id argue johto is worse honestly

[@jahiymwilliams5709]

F this game bro

[@flowerfloofs]

Im playing radical red now! I'm shiny hunting and playing normally! I got a few of my favorite pokemon too! Shiny shroomish, buneary, galaran ponyta, and pikachu! I can't wait to evolve them! (I need to wait until fuchsia to evolve shroomish and buneary for the egg move tutor and soothe bell!) I also used all of the in-game cheat codes to reduce grinding, because, for me, grinding isnt fun! I used the dexnav for all of my hunts! So my boxes look like they belong to an insane person:,)

[@crackwagon8513]

hey man those codes are in the game for a reason! happy you seem to be having fun with it :)

[@okbomber151]

you got a discord.?

[@crackwagon8513]

nah

[@Sleepii..]

real shit