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[@PrincessDella]

Without ever knowing about this challenge, this is mostly how I actually went about doing my own Living Dex! I even actually have a few of the special Star Pokémon from here, like the Yellow Pikachu, the Poke Ball Plus Mew, all of the Totem sized Pokémon, and all of the former Titans. The only thing I’ve been working on that this challenge doesn’t have is collecting one of every Alpha Pokémon in Legends, including Gender variants!

[@redjack2629]

Well, you may as well go for every pokemon with every (available) ribbon, and mark, too.

[@theepicergreninja3018]

You need help

[@lightyagami3492]

​​@@theepicergreninja3018😂😂😂 but honestly though you dont know how long they have been working on this dex. For many this would take literal years to do.

[@lightyagami3492]

​@@redjack2629Compared to this living dex challenge this would be a small sidequest... 💀💀

[@Tom-xt1jn]

I've been doing the same stuff! Currently working on getting all Hidden Grotto pokemon in white 2

[@thomasvlekke5365]

I love how black and white combined is "whack"

[@GoldSayaProductions]

That is whack

[@arcquestions]

black and white? its just whack

[@Aeonsteel]

usum is Ultra Soon

[@gabriellockwood2780]

Blite

[@StickMaster500]

Ever since Scarlet and Violet got compatibility to Pokemon Home, it feels very satisfying to have completed an up-to-date Living Dex including all forms while working on registering every single Shiny Pokemon which I'm now about 3/4 of the way done (not doing a Shiny Living Dex because that's really asking for a lot!) Can't wait for all of the DLC Pokemon to come out with them to really fully complete a Pokedex of all the mainline Switch Pokemon games!

[@heyitzdamo9066]

Hell yeah! Been waiting for the updated edition for the MasterDex ever since Scarlet and Violet came out!

[@GoldSayaProductions]

I asked about the update on every video since November

[@kraftysandwich]

Okay as someone who was attempting the older spreadsheet/challenge, this new layout is insanely helpful. Love the new stars.. all of it is amazing. About to start this and go for it.. thank you for this.

[@EliteTrainerKenway]

YO!!! I LOVE THIS CHALLENGE!! After finishing the Master Dex a few months ago, I took a break. Now I'm working on a PokemonGo Living Dex.

[@thomasvlekke5365]

I recently completed a shiny living dex with a lot of the Pokémon/rules of the masterdex. An achievement I've been going for since like 2011-2013 to present. Love these videos mate

[@steakismeat177]

I’m 78% done and fully committed to it around when the last video came out. I did a lot fairly quickly but this last few hundred Pokémon are the most difficult to get. I’m glad you did this star tierlist. I don’t know if it was me specifically who inspired you guys, but I did mention the silver stars in the discord

[@Bluebirdz2202]

I love this challenge. Found out about Pokémon Home in May 2022 and I’ve been doing an altered challenge since August 2022. Mine is different because it’s just an “oldest region living form dex”. So I’m not getting Ho-Oh and Lugia from the GameCube, but I’m still getting every mon besides mythicals from their oldest games. So far I am have way through my first go through of gen V (beat White but not White 2 for Zorua)

[@dom9710]

I really love this challenge Toby, thank you so much for it. Thanks to you I've started to actively started to work on a living dex and this challenge like 1 1/2 years ago. Finished the normal living dex, I am now doing the challenges and harder ones. Appreciate you a lot :)

[@JcFerggy]

Since X&Y, I have been updating what I have been calling my Noah's Arc Pokedex. It is every pokemon, every form, with both male and female where available.

[@KilaKaKa]

Do you have a male vespiqueen? *Laughtrack plays*

[@WolfDragonTamer]

Im not too worried about all the different varient (shadow, outfit, etc) I'm mostly trying to get all 1010 Pokemon in HomeDex

[@ShyGuy2005]

2:23 I’m not sure if Toby and the people he’s working with would agree with this method of obtaining pokemon Bank/Transfer but for those with a new 3ds model can homebrew their console and download .cia files of both pokemon bank and pokemon transfer completely free now that they do not have paywalls in the wake of the eshop closing. I personally own pokemon bank and transfer on my personal 3ds and have for a while, but i have another 3ds that i tested this out on after homebrewing it and it works completely fine, since, as I mentioned, there is no paywall restricting you from using pokemon bank or even pokemon transfer. So, if installing these games through homebrew post-eshop-closing is an acceptable method to play these games and be able to bring a lot of the pokemon required from this challenge into pokemon home, then it wouldnt be necessary to buy a 3ds with pokemon bank installed just for this challenge.

[@shiny_lock]

Man the first thing I thought of when he mentioned Star Pokemon was the max raid event with G Max factor Hattrem, that I have recently either lost, or more likely released during my Pokemon Home cleanup, that was an obvious mistake, rather than g max hatterene. And that also makes me think of all the "illegal" gmax pokemon (pre-evolved kanto starters, evolutions of meowth and eevee that were possible, and of course milcery)

[@Leto85]

YES! I was waiting for you to upload your newest version of this masterdex challenge. 😁

[@paulmannification]

You could also try the Single Tera Dex. Catch every different pokemon form in S/V with the same same tera type. (Ex. All normal tera type) The harder version, is the True Tera Dex. Catch every different pokemon form in S/V with one of each tera type. (Ex. Have 18 Sprigatito with each one having a different tera type)

[@GoldSayaProductions]

I'm going to kind of do this except it's Eevee in every tera type

[@janthejetplane5668]

Ok but like imagne this..... Titanium star, if you get every single possible form of spinda, you'll have to dedicate your entire bloodline to get it, and i love it.

[@miolpurst7779]

I like this new challenge much better. I much prefer having every pokemon in the normal challenge being from their game of origin, and then all of the special encounters being stars at the end

[@emilstoqanov3270]

suprised that partner cap Pikachu isnt't part of the ghost star challange.I thought for sure the shiny pokemon who shouldnt have existed would be part of the rare pokemon collection

[@NickCharles]

Now this is a challenge worth accepting. Maybe I'll finish it this time?

[@Auourlia]

8:12 Ah yes, the wonderful game of Pokémon WHACK 2

[@thealt3232]

One Gold/platinum star should be the Manaphy egg from Pokemon Ranger! I only say platinum because of the one per physical copy rather than save file

[@randoml97]

Love simplifying this down and making most things stars! Currently on gen 3 working my way up!

[@Moonsong227]

I've never been interested in a true living dex, but lately with the extra save files on the switch and the shenanigans in pokemon go, ive been ark-ing all my pogo mons to swsh as I can and I noticed that in some instances I had enough of a pokemon line/species to make a switch era living dex, with occasional input from pokemon I caught in early gen 8 when I was obsessed with raid pokemon lol.

[@goldmemberpb]

I have spent many an hour just spinning around in my bathroom for those dream radar Therian forms. I also have the shiny legendary bird trio from pokemon yellow VC and that was before they fixed the IV formula to be in line with the cartridge versions. They switched up the attack and defense IV for some reason and that did not get fixed until gen 2 VC came out. That should be a gold star challenge right there. They are all technically 1 in 8192 odds like pre gen 6 odds would be but the set up takes a while.

[@dna_and_dan_komasansy]

Yes! New Version of the Challange!!

[@seanplayscl]

I've been working on the base master dex challenge (plus only my OT when possible, only regular pokeballs if possible, all variants, original games only [RSE, no ORAS, for example]) ever since your first video about the challenge. The only things I have left are to beat PLA twice for enamorus forms and 2 of the vivillon. So close, thanks for the challenge!

[@skydragonfire93]

I've been thinking of and trying to map out this particular type of challange! I'm so glad you got this set up Toby.

[@casual3123]

I started working on this challenge in March of last year from the very beginning with barely any Pokemon in Bank or Home and it has been really fun to complete. Most of my save files were deleted so over the past year, I have played through every single Pokémon game all over again and it has been a blast revisting some games I enjoy like Sun and Moon, learning to love the games I used to hate like X and Y, falling in love even more with games like Red and Blue, or just having my first time experiencing like playing basically any gen 3 game! This franchise really has so much variety in its gameplay that each one almost feels unique from the last! But obtaining all of these Pokémon for my Dex has really given me a Pokémon experience like never before. It feels so fun to capture all 1010 of these unique creatures, and it made me feel like a kid again discovering these magical monsters for the first time. Whether I'm sitting at home pulling my hair out over Battle Revolutions, luck based minigames or getting super excited over finding a Feebas on my sixth tile in Hoenn it has genuinely been the most fun I have had with Pokémon in years. Thank you Toby for helping me love everything about this franchise all over again!

[@casual3123]

Playing Colosseum and XD also gave me an appreciation for Double battles and how to do cool strategies and it's what got me into trying competitive Pokémon!

[@FTChomp9980]

I still have an unfinished National Dex in Pokemon X so close to finishing it to.

[@dartsvader1415]

Regarding Spinda... Does anyone know if there's a bug or something with Pokémon home bc since a while all my spinda in Home (~30) look identical, from different gens, games, consoles and I know the looked different....

[@AlexDayz]

8:40 why SwSh onward? Why not LetsGo?

[@Sh0ckWolf]

Bit late reply but it's because every pokemon in let'sgo was already avaliable so if you have the earlier games you won't need it.

[@AlexDayz]

⁠@@Sh0ckWolf Complete forgot about this comment. Regarding, Toby explained that the Grand Oak variant was for anyone who didn’t want to deal with 3DS or other systems outside the Switch (and probably now also the Switch successor). Let’s Go are Switch games, so don’t see why they’re excluded

[@madpsycho6]

A complete living dex is impossible if you don't play GO, Meltan anf Melmetal are only obtainable via hacking as they are identified incorrectly as "mythical".

[@KipNinjogu]

No it’s not incorrectly labelled as that it was revealed as mythical where it was released

[@madpsycho6]

@@KipNinjogu for how impossible they are to obtain, they are mislabeled as mythical

[@KipNinjogu]

@@madpsycho6 I don’t get what you’re trying to say

[@madpsycho6]

@@KipNinjogu it'd be a lot better if they legendary instead of mythical as then they could obtained via gts, they are impossible to obtain if you don't play GO and there hasn't been a event for them in the main games. Thus, the 100% living dex challenge is nigh impossible.

[@cdscissor]

OK but those mixed versions box arts is pretty cool

[@gondriano]

I always figured this approach to a living dex would be super interesting to do, but never followed up on the concept. So when I saw this challenge (or a much older version of it) I went for it and basically replaced my entire form dex with the appropriate regions. It was great to play through the old games again. For me it was especially fun to collect all the special/spinoff/etc Pokemon that you call Star Pokemon. And I had a lot of fun coming up with my own definitions of these star Pokemon. Will definitely check out your "official" list to see if I missed anything:) I am a rather old fan (30 years old) and basically have all the games and peripherals at my disposal so I was happy to put them to good use again, I am at a point now where I would need to go for the full shiny living dex because I cannot think of any other special Pokemon anymore to collect:D. Thank you anyways for this great idea for a collection challenge!

[@luukzilla1519]

Random off topic question, if you could be a Pokemon Gym leader what type would you use? i'll have Ghost/Dark types

[@gabriellockwood2780]

I'm actually excited to see if/when AZ Floette returns, because I think they could actually use it as a special GO Research. Same with Poké Ball Vivillon

[@MegaMetal96]

If it’s not already, getting a “legit” shiny manaphy in D/P using the glitch to circumvent the shiny lock should be a challenge

[@BlazingJ972]

I didn't think it was shiny locked?

[@MegaMetal96]

@@BlazingJ972 it is, but you can get around it by trading the egg after it’s been received. TLDR trading the egg scrambles the PID and gives you 1/8192 odds

[@jeddy936]

I’ll watch these for now. I’m still playing through Zelda and don’t want spoilers so this is the channel of yours I’m watching for now ( genuinely don’t know why I felt to tell ya but I did)

[@thebluegrookey1127]

WHAT ABOUT THE SPINDA FORMS?!?!?!?!

[@EkkoBltz]

SHUT UP YOUR GONNA KILL ME😭😭😭

[@Meowalu]

It would be interesting to see one of the special pokemon being the 5th member of the Ditto Five from the Sun/Moon games where they disguise themselves as people

[@MortisMedia]

I would love to do this, but im already trying to collect every shiny possible on go and send them to home lol But it sounds super fun!

[@POISON_IVWY]

the 2 matching spinda star seems incredibly easy considering the duplication glitch in emerald

[@spacellamamk1]

Glad I've been sitting on my old copy of Pokemon: Ranger for that Manaphy egg

[@TheiBunny]

I got back into Pokemon with X/Y in late 2013, decided I wanted to try and "catch em all" after beating the remake of my first Pokemon game, Sapphire, sometime in 2014-2015, and by Sun/Moon in early 2017 I had completed my full living (non-shiny) dex. All 802 unique Pokemon, + any and all of their regional variants, different forms or patterns, different genders if the species had any sexual dimorphic traits, sizes (which at the time only applied to Pumpkaboo/Gourgeist, and Alola's Totem Pokemon)... I actually attribute this to one of the main things that disenfranchised me from the Pokemon games and why I haven't owned one since Ultra Moon... Not that it burnt me out - I really only played casually, mostly on the go, and would have totally kept going if I could - but that I *couldn't*. With each new installment, in my goal to catch them all I was seemingly being stopped at more and more turns by arbitrary roadblocks - hard-coded limitations, oversights or inconsistencies, paywalls (beyond the $60Aud price tag of a new game every other year, $120 if I wanted both versions), etc... One of the first things that got in my way was the limited boxes on each game, which were already mostly filled up with the Pokemon I'd caught during my playthroughs - I eventually caved and paid for a Pokemon Bank subscription, which was where my living dex would call home so that I wouldn't have to split up my collection between multiple games... or so I thought. There were a few Pokemon I still couldn't deposit, namely the cosplay Pikachus, Unbound Hoopa, fused Kyurems, and later Ash-Greninja, 10% Zygarde and half of Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon's Totem Pokemon... and probably a handful of others I'm forgetting. They also couldn't hold items, meaning a bunch of Pokemon with alternate forms depending on their held item that I had previously collected all of and had displayed next to their default counterparts in my in-game boxes were stripped of those forms after being moved to my bank (especially painful for the 19 Silvallys I'd replayed all of Pokemon Sun for 19 times). Even my Furfrous had their hairstyles reset once deposited, it was very demotivating to say the least. I'd managed to get every exusive event Pokemon up until USUM, including all the Ash-hat Pikachu's, Legendaries/Mythicals, and rare forms like Dusk Lycanroc, but for whatever reason Zeraora wasn't distributed here, and eventually it became clear that some Pokemon forms just weren't ever going to see the light of day - like original Pokebal Magearna, or AZ's Floette. I lived in a rural town with no landmarks, and no mobile reception even if I did, so (a pre-pandemic) Pokemon Go was completely unplayable for me, so Meltan ended up being the final nail in the coffin. A few years ago I was feeling nostalgic and booted up my 3ds to find my Pokemon Bank had been completely wiped because I hadn't renewed my subscription for it, which definitely sucked and still stings to think back on all that time and energy I'd invested to have nothing left to show for it now... I know all about the "dex-it" issues with the Switch games, and have my thoughts on that which I'll reserve for now, but I've recently heard that even some variants of Pokemon you could still transfer no longer exist in the new games at all, like Ash-Greninja - effectively just making it a normal Greninja with a unique original trainer ID.

[@TheRealxVincent]

I completed my living dex back on Sword and just updated in SV, but I just got them any way possible. Just started working on a replacement that's basically the "retro dex" you described with only my OT name (aside from the few event only). The only difference is I'm using only handheld.

[@SargeWolf010]

This shall be dubbed by myself as: The Hardcore Collector's Challenge/The God Oak challenge

[@wheatunrye]

I always pitch what I have, the PokéArk! Not just form differences, but two by two, male and female of every Pokémon with a gender. Also, I've nicknamed EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. Not joking, still struggling to name a last few Gen 9 guys after historical figures 😵‍💫

[@Zepimo123]

I've been working on the master dex for awhile now but I got to gen 7 and I don't wanna play through gen 7 again lol

[@OsirusIrdia]

shiny dex is very attainable with rng manipulation.

[@MagusAgrippa8]

Something that I've been doing lately is catching Pokémon in modern games that can evolve into Hisuian forms and using Home to transfer them to Hisui to evolve. I just think it'll be really cool to have things like a Paldea native Hisuian Goodra or Hisuian Liligant. Hell, if I wanted I could probably go one step further and transfer Goomy and Petilil from their home regions and evolve them in Legends Arceus. That could be fun. Even the ones that are hisuian in their base forms can usually be bred with their Paldean counterparts. Unfortunately Voltorb can't be bred in the same fashion, so as far as I'm aware the only way to have Hisuian Voltorb in modern pokeballs is through Pokémon Go.

[@choatixtherobot]

One major thing I think should added here is to avoid evolution where possible, if the pokemon can be caught in the wild. So, for example, have to get Palafin from a raid den, etc.

[@FluttershyMew]

There are actually still ways to play old games online if you know where to look

[@sargentgullible2794]

the only problem with that last bit regarding Black 2 and White 2, is that scalpers is going to make finding a legit copy at a reasonable price is going to be hella hard. Especially for us Australians. Had to shell out 150 for just pokemon White.

[@MoramothHauntz]

You're a mad lad Toby. I have a DS with some games, but never got Bank. Definitely don't have anything older atm

[@ethan4life732]

additional challenge: you must catch every possible form of Spinda.

[@eesev2017]

“Challenge for the hardcores.” You mean the wealthy bro

[@Dunkdun]

I just found this out now but this is actually how i got my living dex when I found out the eshop was shutting down I finally decided to complete my pokedex in every game it just so happened to be easier getting them all from 1 game then transfering them to the next gen

[@Vivian2290]

A true complete liveng dex has every pokemon from each language.

[@jameskelson6464]

I’m currently getting living dexes in all possible games including mythical when I can. I started in 2020 and am done with most switch titles and am missing from 1-2 games in prior consoles :)

[@clodlink]

Hi Toby. I was thinking that a cool addition to this challenge as maybe a gold and maybe a platinum star is getting a gholdengo from Pokémon go. It is a very hard challenge, but it could be a good one.

[@mistaken_stranger8343]

The retro challenge sounds fun.

[@ThyJeffinater]

All spinda variations nice

[@jarkiplier]

I really love this challenge. Right now I’m just trying to complete the base loving dex, although I’m roughly getting the Pokemon from the gen they were introduced in.

[@thomasvlekke5365]

Wow I actually have a few platinum stars! As well as ghost star 😄

[@houyo]

I've actually been sorta trying to complete this challenge, but since I don't have a 3ds or pokemon bank I've been just wildly trading in Pokemon Home for every pokemon with a Bank symbol I can see. XD

[@mally60]

Let's go! Once I've finished gen 7 and 9 I'm gonna work my way down.

[@mcfuckofffilms]

Probably the best way to do this challenge lol

[@colinodonnell8296]

Pokémon go/ sv for vivillion would be cool to incorporate the post card feature from go and u can get ur own ot

[@JikuAraiguma]

I’m only missing standard Zarude, Koraidon, attack and speed Deoxys, rapid strike Urshifu, and all but one forms of Alcremie. Oh yeah, and 3bit dudunsparce, genuine polteageist, and family of 3 maushold.

[@dreamareakoso3791]

i think i might do this challenge, but instead make it the entirety of gen 3 and that’s it

[@nekukurora197]

Just started my dex, maybe a week ago. Definitely going for some varient of a ribbon master dex

[@fruit3193]

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been a big help with a Bird Keeper Toby video in 2023, I’d have two nickels. It isn’t much, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[@diamonduck]

7:33 Man i need to get Pokemon Whack and Pokemon Whack 2 Sound like great games!

[@KidRunnerH]

How would you be able to tell that my Wynaut came from Mirage Island if I transferred it from Gen3 to Home?

[@DragooseBlaze]

finished gen 1-3 in like 1 month last year but took a break from the challenge when I got to gen 4 and how slow those games are

[@translarrybutz]

Would homebrewing pokemon bank and transporter, or an equivalent like PkHex or PkSM count for this challenge or is it only official downloads?

[@ryanorionwotanson4568]

"we don't have friends.." yup, story of my life.

[@Schnapsbrennor]

Where do you collect them, if they are from virtual consoles?

[@zuivbal6951]

I have a living gender form Dex where I have a male/female of every Pokémon regardless of if it has a gender variant. This required reading eevees from VC red/blue/yellow to GSC to check if I got the female and then transfering back to then put it into bank from there so it kept its kanto VC mark. It also meant I had to do multiple playthroughs to get male/female of all kubfu/urshifu for example. Took me 3 years 😅 I will need to check if I've got the stars but I reckon I probably have half or under just from my natural collecting over the years. I don't have a gamecube so I might try and get one with some of these games to get the Ho-Oh and Lugia but honestly I prefer having my Johto mons all say Johto VC than randomly having some from other regions. It just is jarring for me. I could keep them in a separate box so I still have the stars though. I am currently playing through Sun again just because I loved the story but I have Partner Pikachu switched in as my starter because I've never played with an event Pokémon on my team!

[@rapmetaldemon09]

As hard as this challenge is, I'm not even kidding when I say buying all the equipment for this is undoubtedly the biggest hurdle (for me). At this point in my life I do not have excess money to buy multiple DS with now unavailable games and apps, several games that are now overpriced and basically the same but you need every version in each generation to complete each region, a GameCube with all the link cables and multiple games. Some pokemon come in gift form in Wii games as well, a console I have never cared to own. Unless you already have all or the majority of this stuff, it'd probably be best just to use a few of the more affordable games to do pretty much the same thing. As for Pokemon missing from the switch collection of games, there are really only a few remaining. You can probably use 2 or 3 DS games total to make those up and still walk away with 1010 individual critters. Just my take/warning for people who might feel like they have to go broke for a challenge you might get bored half way through with

[@_Banjo_]

I tend to get a full dex per game but having got limitted box space i may rethink how im ordering my HOME account. Was such a relief that GEN 9 Home update continued the trend of pokemon being freely transferrable back and forth between games. Its a shame though that LETS GO is still in an awkward place. I have a complete seperate set of boxes for these pokemon. Including my shiny lets go dex (thats still in progress). I wonder if Home could provide some update rather than LETS GO itself. Its already confusing people as GO > HOME...cannot go to lets go. But GO > LETS GO > HOME works through the GO Park. Its a shame GO pokemon going to home turn into the Sword/shield format. Their transfer diagram is also misleading in a few ways when it comes to LETS GO and GO. You can go back and forth with home and lets go as a storage. But the pokemon has to be have been caught in lets go. However it can no logner return once its gone up a game

[@chuzzle9592]

About to doing this challenge, can't wait but I'm also gonna try to do shiny for a chunk of them so that'll be fun

[@chuzzle9592]

I'm also doing all genders even of there isn't a difference, and gonna try beast ball only too for a live dex

[@PsychoticaYT]

Wait, was this updated with even more stars and challenges? It seemed a bit simpler when i started 😭😭

[@heavymetalmew6222]

I love this challenge although I'm too lazy to even complete a living Dex let alone the Masterdex

[@MollyOKami]

I'm taking up the "Breeder's Challenge." You hold on to perfect 6IV Pokémon of each type with each type of BREEDABLE abilities. I also have taken up an "Archiver's Challenge" to get as many untouched copies of rare event Pokémon to keep them "alive." The second one is literally impossible, but I do it as best as I can.

[@RikkuEcRud]

You know, I'm realizing that Pokémon Home only has 6000 slots. With currently over 1000 Pokémon, most of them having 4 forms each(male, female, male shiny, female shiny) and a lot of them having additional forms (Cap Pikachu, Rotom, Alcremie, etc) an All-Forms Living Dex will be taking up an uncomfortably large percentage of that storage, especially since I want to have a few backups of each first-form Pokémon from the first game they appear in for future Regional Evolutions(ex: Virtual Console Exeggcute to Alolan Exeggutor) That's probably at least 5000/6000 slots just for the Living Dex and future proofing, not much space left for any competitively built Pokémon, raid built Pokémon or Pokémon with a special attachment(like your in-game team from each game) Then again, I suppose with Home allowing backwards compatibility to older generations I can always just fill up my boxes in Sword/Shield with as much of the Living Dex as they can hold to free up space for use while playing Scarlet/Violet.

[@riccardo4-xx8op]

"most of them having 4 forms each"? Apart first four generations the gender differences were basically abandoned. From fourth gen onward there're like 1 or 2 pokemon with gender differences per generation

[@ashleynai4551]

I would add catching one of every alpha pokemon and one of every gigantimax pokemon to the different forms as well

[@logannabozny3031]

This is similar to how I am approaching my living dexes, but I want to create a living dex in every generation/game, and catch every Pokémon in that generation that is catchable Ilin it. For example, rather than catching 3 Caterpie and evolving them each to get metapod and Butterfree, I want to catch a metapod and a Butterfree if possible. It makes me catch more Pokémon, cuts down on the annoying late game experience of "alright, time to battle all the late game Pokémon until I evolve everything." And I find it just overall more engaging and enjoyable. Less grindy feeling and more exciting when I find a rare spawn evolved form. I also created a spreadsheet that tracks every change a Pokémon has had throughout it's existence, and I'm trying to catch every iteration of that Pokémon, for instance, of a stat total was changed to make a Pokémon more competitive, that's a new "form." Gen 1 to Gen 2 added genders, now I need 1 copy of each in Gen 1 AND 2 copies of each in Gen 2. Gen 4 introduced actual gender sprite differences, new version to catch. Gen 6 has fairy, new iteration. All of that stuff. It has been exhausting especially since I am doing it alone and I have a real job, but it's a labor of love and keeps Pokémon fun and interesting for me after having played every game.

[@Angwiser-zk7vk]

Are the Lake and Galar Birds Trio In Go a Gold Star? Plat star?

[@Chris-xt6yp]

5 years later and im still chipping away at this. Maybe ill be done by the time the next update vide comes out 😂.

[@KingLan190]

What if you do this with only regular pokeballs

[@AzulTheCerulean20]

I have added to this challenge an ability dex, an alpha dex and an underleveled dex.

[@adventurecreed4662]

Can you do a video on all the challenges and special pokemon please?

[@Kaitachimaru]

Tbh I think the gen 1 and 2 pokemon shouldn't come from VC rby gsc but from frlg hgss, because even tough rby gsc on CARTRIDGE released before frlg hgss, frlg hgss released before the VC versions, and yes, I know it's the same game, but the gba & ds cartridges can transfer all the way to home, whereas the gb(c) cartridges can't, so the earliest Kanto & Johto games that pokemon can be transfered from, are the gba and ds cartridges, and not the vc rereleases of the (technically) older games (just my 2 cents/hot take)

[@Kaitachimaru]

Or better yet, catch every pokemon in both, to have them with, and without the gb logo/icon on their stat screen

[@ZachAttack3710]

Right now, I'm going for a living form dex. Once I finish, I'm going for a shiny living form dex. This would be something I'd love to do, but I dont have the finances, lol. Can't afford all the consoles, missed out on virtual console, and dont have 500+ dollars to through around.

[@torabii]

Yes! I love this next step in organization! So cool! Currently running through XD for that Shadow Lugia ;) see you all at the "finish line"

[@utherteasdale933]

The Galarian birds and shiny Jirachi in pokemon Go should be challenges although if you didn't get the Jirachi research you can't get it anymore

[@minecraftfumingwow]

every form other than spinda right?

[@staod87]

Right now I am working on a challenge of my own, I am getting every pokemon available per set of games, forms and all So far I am almost done with all the Switch and 3DS games, already have over 3000 pokemon

[@kakarikokage2514]

Yeah... This is a bit much for me. I mostly play to catch Pokemon I want to train and play through the game with them.