This might make Pikachu great in Yellow...

Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle (except held items)
3. No glitches or exploits*
4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other rules:
-- My Pokemon have perfect genetics to ensure fair comparison between species.
-- *Pokeballs & Pokedolls are allowed in battle
-- *The badge-boost glitch is not restricted at all
-- *Skipping the Rocket Hideout & Marowak is allowed
-- I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
-- My Pokemon has perfect DVs
-- The Trash-Can-Puzzle is automatically solved so times are not affected by RNG
-- The bike is allowed (the bike skip is not)
-- Skipping the bike is not allowed
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- I can pause the game & timer to take breaks
-- The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration
*Double-Team:
-- Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM
-- The TM can be purchased in Celadon
-- Using it would centralize the meta
-- Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels
-- It raises evasion
-- It triggers the badge boost
-- Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it
-- I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn't be banned entirely
-- I don't want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that's not fun or entertaining
-- Only two Pokemon learn Double-Team through level up: Pikachu & Scyther
-- Minimize is the other evasion raising move, these Pokemon learn it through level up:
-- Clefairy, Clefable, Grimer, Muk, Chansey, Staryu
Yellow Version changes from Red/Blue:
1. You cannot use Dig/Escape Ropes in Bill's House or the Pokefan Club
2. You cannot talk to the trainers in Blaine's gym to battle them
3. Surge, Sabrina, and Blaine do not have Good AI
4. The Elite Four have better movesets
5. Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, and Giovanni have higher level teams
6. Blaine doesn't use Super Potions are full HP
7. The rival picks his eeveelution based on the outcome of the first two battles.
-- Lose in the lab: Vaporeon
-- Win in the lab and skip route 22: Flareon*
-- Win in both locations: Jolteon
-- *You cannot lose on route 22 because you blackout
Terms:
-- STAB
-- Same-Type-Attack-Bonus - a 1.5x damage multiplier
-- Stat Experience
-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of effort values. You can invest in all stats until they max
out at 65535
-- DVs or Determinate Values
-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of IVs (individual values), these range from 0-15
Resources:
-- Gen 1 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen1.php
-- All Trainer Pokemon have IVs (DVs) of 89888 (hp, atk, def, spd, spc)
-- All Trainer Pokemon have EVs of 0
-- Gen 1 Crit Rates: www.smogon.com/rb/articles/cr...
-- Crit rate is determined by dividing base speed by 512
-- High crit rate moves determine their rate by dividing base speed by 64
-- All crits have a 1/256 to fail, even if the rate is 100%
-- Crits don't multiple damage by 2, it's a formula based on level
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[@lavitzdies624]

Shouts out to your art person for drawing chubby Pikachu! Chubby Pikachu is best Pikachu.

[@sahuanitasahu7696]

Isn't that his girlfriend

[@germanoschefo]

only the original pikachu is the original pikachu

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Sarina isn’t my fiancée, and yes, I’m very happy she made him chunky pikachu!

[@sahuanitasahu7696]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon isn't sheyour girlfriend

[@bigpoggers6507]

@@sahuanitasahu7696 he literally just said no 💀

[@rjthepoet500]

The petal dance pikachu was likely a reference to the pikachu that danced with the belossom in the Pokémon Johto anime

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Ahhh that makes sense.

[@techsmechs2485]

By "Johto anime," do you mean the short that played before the second Pokémon movie? If so then I know what you're talking about..

[@rjthepoet500]

@@techsmechs2485 yes

[@meloveyouforeggroll]

Dude thx, came looking for this cause I swore I remembered a Pikachu dancing with a flower dress

[@needude7218]

Regarding Yellow Pikachu not being a special Pikachu, it actually kinda is. Pokemon Stadium (Possibly Stadium 2, but I'm not 100% on that) will flag that Pikachu and give it unique animations and cry. Does it improve it? Not at all, but it's still special.

[@philosophicaljay3449]

Iirc, it also has a Light Orb on it when you trade it to Crystal (only way to get the item in Gen 2). So that is another point for something that makes it unique.

[@autobotstarscream765]

It's not "special" in the ways that affect soloing the game faster like the Let's Go, Pikachu! namesake starter that has boosted stats and unique coverage moves.

[@shimauta1941]

@@autobotstarscream765 What makes it special is that its the first example of a following Pokemon and even more unique than those in that it has special animations in the game to show you how much it likes you as well as the little events programmed in having it react to things and happenings around it. Like it falling asleep to Jigglypuff's song in the Pokemon Center, and it reacting to the results of Bill's experiment at his house, as well as it falling in love with the Clefairy in the Pokemon Fan club's building and is own unique method of using an actual surfboard for surfing when you use its surf outside of battles.

[@anlev11]

Yellow's pikachu actually is different since it is guaranteed to have perfect IVs. Not that this would make a big difference, though. Also, it has a special animation and cry in Stadium 2 as well

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@shimauta1941 Ikr? Yellow was my first Pokémon game, and my little buddy Pik (small children are known for their creative names for Pokémon) was my gateway into a lifetime in the World of Pokémon. 😊 But like I said, our humble host in the video strictly meant "special" in the sense of "better in ways that affect soloing the game with it faster, like the starter Pikachu in Let's Go, Pikachu! that has boosted stats and unique coverage moves".

[@Skipatronic]

I remember reading the Stadium player's guide as a kid in Walmart once and the guide mentioning that beating certain modes would unlock starters and other unique Pokémon like Eevees, Fossils, and Hitomons so my brothers and I grinded literally the entire summer to get everything. We eventually made this God team that would easily wipe certain cups and modes so we could farm these mons to complete the dex and to give to friends. Unfortunately the battery in my Blue died years ago so I lost everything I had including a complete dex but it was fun. Seeing this video brought back a lot of memories on how I did a Blue playthrough with a Surfing Pikachu and all the other prize Pokémon I got from Stadium.

[@vanochristian7639]

Love how the pikachu art sometimes “faints” when Pikablu faints.

[@techsmechs2485]

30:14 :)

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

Pikachu's getting Surf and Fly?! Heck yes. Can't wait to see the final rank!

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Good to know #SavedAClick #StopClickBait #ButImStillWatchingAnyway

[@PlutoDarknight]

@@adventureoflinkmk2 Pikachu getting Surf was clearly visible in the thumbnail. Surfing and Flying Pikachu are also well known, so stop gaslighting others.

[@shimauta1941]

@SoraDonaldGoofy99 - Always in that order. Otherwise people are doing it wrong.

[@bonzjoe]

@@adventureoflinkmk2 Do you even know what clickbait is?

[@charlesman8722]

You have a surfing Pikachu and you didn’t call him Bro or Dude?? I am disappoint.

[@charlessegale6493]

The fact that you named your Pikachu *PIKABLU* is a strike of genius considering what everyone was cling Marill before we found our it's English name in Gen 2. XD

[@JeffDvrx]

Lol dude we commented on the same thing like a minute apart

[@charlessegale6493]

@@JeffDvrx Huh, small world. I guess we're all old fuddy duddies today. XD

[@dragonknight1560]

If only we got that Pikachu through the main game and not through an event that expired long ago. It says much.

[@autobotstarscream765]

At least with Surfing Pikachu, if you want it on original hardware for your original Yellow cartridge, all you have to do is get an original N64...and then an original copy of Pokémon Stadium...and then an original Transfer Pak...at least you can still get a new one on original hardware, right? 😅🤑 If you want a new _Flying_ Pikachu on original hardware, you're SOL.

[@RichardBlaziken]

I vividly remember grinding out Prime Cup Master Ball Round 2 with my scrappy team just to get Surf on Pikachu back in the day, and being so pleasantly surprised at the overworld Surfing sprite for it. This was a great trip down memory lane, as well as an interesting challenge. Thanks for this!

[@austintome]

Scott, I absolutely love how your videos constantly make me reflect on my own gameplay. I always forget that Pikachu’s Attack stat is better than it’s Special (Attack) stat. At least after the Physical/Special Split, it could finally make use of STAB electric moves that were physical. I learned this the hard way recently playing Pokémon Moon with only Electric types. Pikachu’s attack stat combined with Spark was critical against the Totem Salazzle. Very fun video, Scott! Hope you’re feeling better and thank you for being such a boost to everyone’s week!

[@twilightjoltik3151]

I’m glad they let Pikachu learn Surf normally in later games, the surfing rat is iconic and it makes me happy it gets a leg (paw?) up with it. Hope you’re feeling better, man! By the way, love how in Scarlet and Violet, Terastalizing lets Venomoth reflect its type changing ways properly. Named my electric tera type one Scott :D

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

Personally I think pikachu should be like if pikachu CAN surf or has a higher special attack than attack it can be ALOLAN RAICHU If pikachu CANNOT surf or has better physical attack you get NORMAL raichu

[@bedbathandyourmom6565]

Scott I spent like a hour the other day trying to find a good KZbin video looking for how surfing pikachu worked because as a kid I was always so upset that mine couldn’t. Great video

[@LTDextel]

You always do an excellent job explaining all of your thought processes when you play. Truly this is Scott's Thoughts! Keep it up dude!

[@customfwj642]

So glad this video came out. I’ve been waiting for it. I love your videos!

[@masterfy24]

Who knew that giving it access to one move could make all the difference? Great video as always :D

[@shimauta1941]

Dennis deserves acknowledgement regardless of the generation. Comments are after all good for the KZbin algorithm.

[@glennvandierendonck3771]

so grateful you asked to look at the screen, because indeed, i'm watching this from the background

[@Fredzeppelin15]

And to answer your question, I was not aware of how overpowered Double Team was as a kid. I was able to read, but didn’t understand the impact of altering stats (like lowering defense), so similarly to you I just didn’t use many moves that didn’t inflict damage. I did understand that sleep was overpowered and status condition changes were useful, and weirdly enough I knew that lowering accuracy was huge (so I used to spam Sand Attack), but for some reason I didn’t think of evasiveness as something directly related to accuracy.

[@DannieRay23]

Misty was apparently so excited about your surfing Pikachu that she and her Starmie got really really hard.

[@paleoscinkus542]

You’ve gotten so much better at optimizing these runs, they’re so satisfying to watch. I was legitimately exited to see the final results.

[@brandonlangley1009]

Whoever made that pikachu drawing is awesome! Its so cute!

[@riotd.r.8363]

Pikachu surfs. Pikachu dances. Makes sense, sure.

[@sahuanitasahu7696]

Shut up

[@darkessinzero]

Wow I really did not know about that surfing animation Also yes your voice is soothing, so soothing indeed that I often watch your videos to sleep ^^

[@libraryscholaralexis6581]

Love the Pikachu art for this video. Seeing the chubby Pikachu on the little surf board is so cute. It's little angry expression is cute too. Kudos to the artist for making Pikachu super cute. Good video also. Keep up the good work.

[@zerraticz]

Hello Scott and Denis! I love Pikachu. It will always have a special place in my heart because Pokemon Yellow was the first Pokemon game I ever played. Good luck Scott and Pikachu!

[@ktvx.94]

"Almost a quarter century" hit _really_ hard

[@wideright7567]

surfing pikachu is awesome, one of my earliest and fondest memories of pokemon. loved this video

[@MarkofWisdom]

the surfing pikachu sprite is absolutely adorable and really shows they put a lot of effort into yellow version

[@miche1df]

The Sandslash brick wall is the main thing that makes Pikachu hard to do in Yellow (once you get past Brock) so having something for that ought to make its time way better.

[@Muljukiiski]

I fell in love with Substitute, and spammed all kind of X-items with Mr. Mime (the trusty Marcel from trading Abra) when I was a kid - then proceeded to faceroll with Double Slap. Gosh I used to loved that move even though it is absolute dog water. But as I was always going for max amount of X-accuracy as well, I never realized that the move has 85% accuracy. If only I would have realized that it isn't necessary to use every kind of X-item (including Guard Spec.) in EVERY battle - yes, on random route trainers too 😆 Thank you for the amazing content man!

[@RocketJo86]

I like how you changed Pikachu's expressions on the picture during the playthrough ^^

[@rjthepoet500]

This was a fun run to watch! Great job Scott! Love the nickname, i remember my friends and i thought marill would be named pikablu when Johto was being introduced 😂

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I was also convinced Marill would be Pikablu!

[@bigpoggers6507]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon fire name, shoulda went with it

[@foxbird123]

I remember there were supposed to be GameShark codes to make it appear but I never bothered trying it.

[@JWStevens]

Man I’m so happy you did this one!! You should do one video with the pikachu that knows surf, petal dance and fly just for fun! Lol

[@MatthewJemilo]

Wow that surfing Pikachu animation was dope!! Seriously never even considered that bring a thing!

[@RFGfotografie]

Oh my god nostalgia! Loved this video :)

[@red-eyessolares1817]

I can’t wait to see the sequel to this with Surfing Raichu!

[@Gungho73]

YES! YOU'RE DOING IT!!!! I don't know if Psyduck reward from stadium will get this treatment but im excited.

[@DraphEnjoyer]

People can seethe all they want but Pikachu is the mascot for a reason. Little guy is cute, that's why there's like 20 different versions of him. This one is surfing, this one has balloons. This one is at a birthday party. He is my good personal friend and he will not be slandered

[@discountfeces]

PIKABLU THE POKEGOD! Got to love when people looked at pictures of Marill that had found their way from Japan before the release of Gen 2 and decided it must be a super powerful hidden Pokemon with god like powers.

[@qactustick]

Blooper with Giovanni! It sounds like you were thinking of Rhydon when you were talking about Dugtrio's level. Rhydon's the one that goes from 50 to 55 between the gen 1 games, while Dugtrio goes from 42 to 50.

[@techsmechs2485]

Plus fighting Koga, you say generation 2 when talking about crit scaling, when I believe you mean generation 1?

[@evanbug98]

Was just thinking surfing Pikachu would be a sick run yesterday. Hype!

[@danielkaragic7057]

I like me a good hypnosandwich! Nicely done as always, thanks for entertaining me on a weekend : )

[@mmpsp693]

Great video, great drawings!

[@shimauta1941]

Surfing Pikachu? Let's get it, let's go!

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Scott, still grass types are a tough challenge for Pikachu to beat, even though it knows surf, but of course it was a nice try! Your animation figures all spectacular I really l really love them Scott! Pikachu surfing also was so so cute!! Thank you for bringing us so much fun! I always enjoy your challenges so much, thank you!

[@JeffDvrx]

Haven't gotten to that part of the video if you actually say it, but hats off for nicknaming your Pikachu "Pikablu". I remember when the second gen pokemon leaked ahead of the Mewtwo movie amd the internet was speculating Marill was actually either an alternate evolution or a pre-evolution of Pikachu and called it "Pikablu". Good times dude, thanks for the throwback lol. Pokemon absolutely blew my mind back then, I remember thinking how awesome it would be if they were actually real and I wasn't even that young, I was like 12 back then. It's the only fictional world that ever got me to that point of fantasising.

[@BattleCattleSA]

The surfing pikachu graphic is ADORABLE OMG

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It really is

[@dr.mohammed1502]

You do know that if you trade that surfing pikachu to gen 2 it has the same pika sprite on a surf board instead of the lapras sprite. But in gen 2 the pika surf sprite is beautiful because of the extra colors.

[@techsmechs2485]

Do you know a video where they show that? It sounds amazing

[@Speedrunner0218]

I'm going to guess it's going to be way faster just because of the brock split

[@ame-chan579]

People 🤝 People: Loving chubby Pikachu (Or, how I like to call it in my LATAM corner of the world: Pikachu gordito

[@wills2736]

Very enjoyable video Scott

[@et34t34fdf]

Pikachu with surf? Finally. Though that Pikachu is sort of special though, trade it to gen 2 and get the light ball! Light ball run with Pikachu and surf in gen 2 for the future?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Sure! That sounds fun! I’ll make it a 2023 project

[@et34t34fdf]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon and to top it all off, make sure to give it HP fire/ice.

[@johncalabro8710]

Pokemon stadium when you beat the prime cup in round 2. Your Pikachu if it is in your team can learn it

[@resonae17]

I was exploring some of the things you can do with the ws m glitch a few years ago, one of the things I did was put surf onto pikachu and that's when I saw the sprite for the first time, it got a big smile out of me. I started replaying DQ3 recently, and something I always appreciate about it is that when you press up on the wrong tile next to an entrance, the game actually moves you towards the entrance as if you had pressed left/right, and then you keep moving up. Every time I see it I just remember these videos and wonder how much time it would shave off runs if the game autocorrected you on walls next to ramps/doors...

[@seth2905]

Surfing pikachu sprite animation is also used in second gen games. Unlocking surfing pikachu through Pokémon stadium is still one of my finer achievements in my quest to be the best.

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Watching for the second time, even better than the first time! I was sure Pikachu even with surf would face some potential problems with grass types and with the types resistant to the electric type as well as to the strong special attackers! It was difficult but I guess body Slam could make up for it. By the way Scott, how was it the method to get a surfing Pikachu? I don't quite remember... You must beat Pokemon stadium prime cup master ball with a Pikachu in your party? Is that it? Thanks for the video once again, man! The best of luck!

[@juanchirino4900]

This is awesome. The unique surfing animation is so cute. Too bad that having Surf only helps it out so much. The fact it can also get Fly and Petal Dance is interesting. Really supports the message from early days of Pokemon that they could theoretically do just about anything they want to with enough motivation and determination.

[@TheGamingCamel22]

Thanks for the vid! I love Heracross! As for back ports, it would be nice to have Ursaluna vs Great Tusk to continue your Teddiursa vs Phanpy, another idea is Gastrodon in Emerald because IIRC Gastrodon was actually supposed to be released in Gen 3

[@saltystick_99]

Nicknaming your Pikachu Pikablu was such a neuron awakening to me. I almost forgot all about "Pikablu".

[@LinkLovesCrawfish]

Good video keep up the good work thank you for the content

[@LivingDeadbeat]

I didn't know about that surfing animation either, I love it.

[@AxDuncan2635]

A “Hypno Sandwich” I wasn’t ready 😂😂😂 Edit: Holy s***!!! I’ve never seen the surfing Pikachu sprite! That’s amazing!

[@raulnatokapa]

25:33, man he caught me lol. Although I wouldn't say your voice is soothing exactly, it's very likeable and feels like you are talking to a friend, also your groans, and chuckles are very cute and add a lot of personality to your videos. 😊

[@michaelverry1115]

Hi Scott. I've been checking out your channel for last month would love to see Dragonite solo run or a VS video. Thanks for all great content and keep up the good work!

[@slave2truth4freedom]

So glad you did it without double team.

[@RichieBEAR88]

Interesting that Pikachu can learn petal dance via event Also discovered that psyduck can learn that move aswell

[@anni321]

I thought surfing Pikachu was just cool, not that it actually existed... Glad it made your run that much more enjoyable!

[@nightfan1983]

Surfing Pikachu sprite is lovely 💛

[@bookking99]

Also! Scott: Did you know that if you change your starter in Yellow, and then catch a Pikachu (in my case, via the Randomizer), that Pikachu THEN basically becomes your default starter Pikachu, and gains all of the benefits? Meaning that it follows behind you, allows you to get Bulbasaur, and interacts with Bill and such. I just found this out tonight. SO COOL.

[@agirlinsearchof9057]

On a related note, the reason this all works is because those events all simply check for a Pikachu whose original trainer ID matches the player’s. It doesn’t actually check for if this Pikachu was the one you started the game with, because it assumes that the starter Pikachu is the only one you could possibly have that fulfills that condition.

[@mycreativeandgamerschannel]

lol Hypno sandwich lol Your best joke ever. Glad you recorded it loll

[@shararm]

Me having Surfing Pikachu made people so jealous in elementary school

[@jackruby6696]

Thank you so much for this video! Will you do a raichu run too with surf? Pleaseeeee

[@mahnameisj]

Do I spy a Pikachu redemption arc? 👀 I just know this one will be good. Hope you're feeling better and the covid is gone tho! Sending good vibes if not 👌

[@grammysworld5449]

That thumbnail is the work of the pokegods

[@shimauta1941]

This is already one of my favorite videos of yours and I'm not even ten minutes in.

[@eraser2412]

I have played this game for several hundred hours maybe in the thousands in over 15 years but I did not know that you have the surfing Pikachu sprite if you use him....awesome detail. And I really want a surfing Pikachu now :)

[@shimauta1941]

1st Run Time Prediction: 1:05:25 - Nope, but close. Optimized Run Prediction: 55:45 - Oh geez, what a bust this prediction was.

[@shadowlord17762]

Congrats on this run! You are one of my favorite pokemon game KZbin, especially with the older games. I love the old games so much, even though I always had to play them on emulators. I like the new games too, but the old games have always been something I've wanted especially when I heard about pokemon yellow as I was a Pikachu fan before. Keep up these fun pokemon speedruns man!

[@jonathanpaano596]

Cool! First time seeing the surfing animation with pickachu also in gen 3 the spinning trainers will turn exactly where you are unless your walking or using a bike also the acro bike is the same speed as runnning and can also jump over the rocks you see on your way to lavaridge

[@DLC88]

Hey Scott, I like the content. One tweak on pikachu. Surf is OP. Wait to teach until you find it in the safari zone

[@ridleysanchez1221]

This video and what you said at the end of the first run about having to resort to Double Team in order to boost its power gave me an idea. What if Pikachu were 'holding' the Light Ball? Now I know what you might say, that Pokemon can't hold items! Well, the Pikachu from Pokemon Yellow does actually have the Light Ball, because when you transfer it over to Gen II games, it is holding the Light Ball. It just doesn't know how to in Gen I, that's all. For the unaware, the Light Ball is an item that doubles Pikachu's raw Special Attack stat, and in Gen 4 and beyond, it also boosts the Attack stat. What this means is that that crappy base 50 special rivals Mewtwo's in terms of power, and in gen 4+, Pikachu's attack is almost as strong as Rampardos' before any sort of setup. So I was thinking, in order to replicate this effect in Gen I, would it be possible to give yourself a special Pikachu with a modified base special stat of around ~150, which is how strong base 50 special becomes after the raw special attack stat afterward is doubled by light orb? Up to you if you would want to also use the Gen II or Gen IV effect as well, where in which case, the base attack stat gets boosted to ~160 or so. You can think of it like Pikachu suddenly learned to hold the Light Ball that it normally carries into Gen II in Gen I.

[@TJF588]

I'd think it should be the Gen 2 effect, given those Gens hadn't been able to transfer outside themselves until the Virtual Console releases.

[@ridleysanchez1221]

@@TJF588 That's a good point. Also, something I didn't consider about this idea is that Light Ball realistically only increases offenses, but increasing special in Gen I is defensive as well. There's no real way to get around that, but oh well. At the same time, there's also stuff like increasing Marowak's attack to replicate Thick Club (I think the base attack stat equivalent is actually over the cap of 255), or increasing Chansey and Farfetch'd's speed to replicate Lucky Punch and Stick, respectively. That idea's a bit of a stretch, though, because base speed boosting crit rate is exclusively a gen I thing, and boosting speed has obvious consequences aside from crit rate.

[@TJF588]

@@ridleysanchez1221 May as well just leave the stat increases as they are. None of these are "legitimate" distributions, so let's just see how hard it breaks Gen1's quirks.

[@derAlphabet]

that surfing animation!?! WHAT?! 🤯🤯🤯

[@walkerpoortinga701]

Pokemon gods were shining on you at the end for not using Evasion Tactics lol

[@LetustheDragon]

I played Yellow more than the copy I had--Red--and I only got Surfing Pikachu once. I didn't own an N64, so getting it meant playing Stadium at my friend's place. However, I remember my first playthrough after seeing one of the few episodes of the Anime I saw as a kid, and expected we could take out Onix with Pikachu....only to be annoyed that it was the same as Pokemon Red

[@AlexS_983]

If forced to choose between leveling up and using Double Team on a Pokemon that can learn it, I think I prefer leveling up. It's just too OP even in a fun video like this

[@thecriticalghost4626]

Surfing Pikachu is the cutest thing ever

[@bvd_vlvd]

I had a rough day but Hypno sandwich stole my smile :D :D

[@MentalOutlvl6]

If you trade that Pikachu to gen 2 it gets a light ball also it has special animations in stadium 1 and 2 on the n64 also light ball Pikachu is pure terror honestly if the anime or manga any Pikachu is special its just really bad in gen 1

[@dwanedibly8129]

Amazing that Pikachu has a unique surfing animation! Does this mean that event Pikachu that also know Fly have a similarly unique animation?

[@philipmurphy2]

Classic Pikachu on the layout there.

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

The fact that they only had one or two colors to work with in the gen one battle sprites always leads me to thinking that the cheek part on pikachu's back sprite is just a really derpy eye.

[@theflying6971]

Hey Scott, I got a couple ideas for future videos. Now I know you like consistency but, what about a luck playthrough ,or a Game Corner play through if you will, only moves that are not 100 percent accurate can be used in battle. Also a race between Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur in gold/silver.

[@grundgutigertv6170]

I never thought I would hear the word "Hypno Sandwich", like, ever in my life. Lol

[@smashonlamez]

Man i remember being a kid and getting absolutely wrecked by Brock. I asked my friends how they did it. And they said it wasn’t that hard. So I figured I must have done something wrong and started a new data save, with the same result. I got so frustrated and didn’t think it would be possible to grind pikachu to a viable level( not encountering anything but bug type Pokémon along the way) I decided to trade my friend for a level 20 or so lapras. I thought haha Im so smart. My water type will destroy you. Went to battle Brock. My lapras disobeyed and hardly ever attacked. I was shocked. I didn’t even know that was possible in the game. Lapras eventually came through but because I had gotten her at such a strong level and always used her as point she would continue to be too high for me to master until around the later badges. Man oh man i felt like ash and his Charizard. Eventually my lapras listened to me and I bonded so much with that annoying Pokémon. It became and absolute killer cuz of my stats( and never using rare candy and all that) anyhow I was known around the neighborhood. Here’s this level 65-73 (the levels I was mostly playing lapras with) spanking level 100 legendaries and starters. I was known as the lapras kid it was great! Lol ppl came to battle me from different middle schools. Good times

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Being known as the Lapras kid is so awesome. It's a really good mon

[@cobjayhouston9909]

Hey mate, I'm sure you have answered this question somewhere before but do you have the live battle stats on screen while you play? And if so how do you set it up? I'd love to start trying some challenges myself and it would be ace to have that info displayed while you play.

[@PikangsFutaba]

Yeah, Pokemon Yellow (and also Gen 2 versions due to probable not removing placeholder stuff from Yellow... glad they didn't remove it) features a Surfing Pikachu sprite while surfing with Pikachu, also Surf really helps Pikachu in gen 1.

[@somethingsomethingdarkside8245]

Thank you for calling out how we played as kids! 😂😂😂 my move sets were like solar beam, thunder, whatever hit hardest and screw accuracy. Never used status moves

[@avindighsever8379]

Message me up on my official giveaway platform, I have something special for you 💯😍

[@LinkLovesCrawfish]

You did a surf pikachu video!? YES I was just watching your pikachu video and I even commented on it about pikachu with surf I bet it doesn’t struggle at Giovanni as bad this time

[@MazterP28]

@scott would you like to see pikachu with petal dance? In Gen 1 or gen 2?

[@customfwj642]

BRO!!! Finally!!! I remember suggesting this video.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for the suggestion. This one has been on my mind for so long! Glad I finally got it out.

[@customfwj642]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon thanks man, I really appreciate the time and effort you put in for your fans. A true content creator.

[@solidsnake2259]

The production quality of your videos is excellent. Visually, I would say your videos are the best. Really great stuff 👍

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks so much solidsnake!