Pokémon Red/Blue - Final Rival Battle

[@themetal5587]

This was the funniest pokémon fight I've ever seen, what an experience😂💯

[@UploadsfortheSoul]

Old comment ik but I burst into laughter when clefable used metronome into explosion this battle was too much man

[@professorhawk777]

Can we just appreciate how genius the composer was on an 8 bit composition?

[@GhostOfBoriken]

I just came to hear that…

[@Facade953]

​@@GhostOfBoriken Same here.😅

[@Facade953]

No doubt about it.😊

[@ramiroramirez23]

I knew my life was on the line when that track came on!

[@JohnnyManiacal]

​@@GhostOfBoriken you just what

[@Cabarkin]

"Wow, Arcanine actually got frozen. Now he can just attack and beat him with ease. Why use Metronome? Oh well, what's the worst that could hap-"

[@awsomegamer2324]

Lol

[@beinyourguard]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@polishhomearmy1012]

An Explosion attack and your Pokemon is down for good!

[@dom3827]

best comment

[@kennycai8695]

LOL ... Megumin from Konosuba, anyone?

[@GreenFax]

Blue: I am the most powerful trainer in the world! Red: ...bet you can't stand on top of Mt. Silver for days. Blue: ...have you seriously done that before? Red: Yyyyep.

[@alvinchui050201]

The most awkward moment when you think back is that Blue's Alakazam took out half of your team

[@LinkMaster5555]

that stupid alakazam

[@alvinchui050201]

My bad I mean Asshat’s alakazam

[@Bigbaby950]

Professor Peanut guy worst is because dark wasn’t available then lol. Your rival was a moron

[@jaymills8786]

Lmao and that fucking lucky as horn drill always catches you

[@matheuscruz8574]

I forgot how Psychic type was utterly broken in Gen 1 lmao

[@gsharpshooter80]

This could have been the luckiest battle I've ever witnessed in the history of pokemon battles, zero tactics whatsoever

[@jj_1167]

gsharpshooter80 same for me when I battle red and still won on first try didn't even know he was even red till I got older LOL my Pokémon were just to strong

[@ShoraYT]

Probably The worst Champion Battle Ive Ever seen

[@perfectcell5613]

hacks where used horn drill doesn't do that unless your a higher level it's accuracy is level based

[@CorporalPig22]

Nope, he’s a hacker. Just look at how many Master Balls he has.

[@johnbishop9621]

@@CorporalPig22 Hacker my ass lmao. I guess you didn't grow up with this gen, but you actually don't need to hack in this gen

[@dumpgrumpleskin8116]

Why did your Charizard know Cut??????????!!!!!!!???????? MY EYES MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Robciomixxnfs]

I made the same mistake... with Mew...

[@bulba643]

I made my infenape in Pearl learn rockslide, I quickly regretted it.

[@leftywith4strings201]

Nicholas Kessler it's just filler

[@Thatbasedcat]

Gotta chop down them trees somehow, you know?

[@kevuxhiha2224]

Nicholas Kessler to cut trees?

[@fernandosolis3026]

That Exeggutor sprite was creepy as hell.

[@a1alejandro15]

blastoise is much worse

[@Cheliz_Diaz]

Pokemons used to look very creep back then, I actually like it

[@dego5064]

same with the sounds lol

[@Facade953]

In my opinion, Golbat's was the creepiest by far in Red and Blue.😳

[@ZakWolf]

@@Cheliz_Diaz Yeah, the sprites in Red and Blue are hideous! I played Pokémon Yellow, with sprites better resembling Ken Sugimori's artwork of the time, including Exeggutor.

[@phillipfrost2699]

the level of luck in this fight was TO DAMN HIGH lol

[@davidperezperez5960]

It is so unbelieveble!!! When Arcanine was frozen I couldn't believe it

[@polishhomearmy1012]

Yeah but it was one of the best battles of all time I'd rather have a tough and challenging champion then a wimpy and weak one the only thing that beats out Blue and Red on the challenging factor is a Wi-Fi battle take that! Unless you've IV and EV trained Pokemon in the first place.

[@bluerious5475]

Polish Home Army 101 Um, actually the fight itself isn’t hard. He’s talking about this specific battle in particular, the player had NO skill whatsoever and yet still won with this mess of a team.

[@Historicutuber]

Yeah he got so lucky

[@Valientlink]

@@Historicutuber it's funny seeing people clown on me when I low key got the world record at 2h38m a few months later lol. Unfortunately this did not count because SpeedDemosArchive banned the Mew glitch then, I'd beaten it by a minute.

[@Courtney1992]

i cant beileve i beat this game in the 90's when it came out i didnt have internet all i had was skill at age 7

[@TheGlitchProblem32]

THAT WAS THE FUN OF IT

[@AnimationBoss1]

you don't need internet to play the game lol

[@AnimationBoss1]

And I actually managed to beat the whole pokemon league with a single pokemon: lv 42 Hypno with Hypnosis + Dream Eater. Literally unbeatable.

[@cooliest2267]

+C-Lux Don't forget about 60 Full Restores ;)

[@AnimationBoss1]

nope. dead serious

[@jjohnsonnccc]

This was hard to watch, I’m seriously surprised you ended up winning

[@nickjonesb22]

The music from the first games is like nothing else in any other gen. So hype

[@Valientlink]

gen 2 is my personal winner, but I would've liked if kanto used gen 1's battle theme like it did until late in development. gen 2s kanto rendition didn't age well

[@Shinstrikex]

Yeah to this day it's number 1 for me in music

[@kamen9103]

9:24 song???

[@Valientlink]

@@kamen9103 I swear I replied to you. It's just Pallet Towns theme slowed down, so in the full OST you aren't going to find it.

[@kamen9103]

@@Valientlink shut up n

[@SRPC21]

I'm glad you didn't just wipe out his pokemon with massive level and type advantages. It was very charming, good video

[@TheAxeForgetsTheTreeRemembers]

he used massive luck advantage instead xD

[@johnbishop9621]

@@TheAxeForgetsTheTreeRemembers Made for a far more interesting and intense fight

[@uk4evar]

Reminded me of my childhood struggles against Blue xD

[@chiefff18]

@@johnbishop9621 so true

[@ethanshikingchannel7382]

64 rare candies... you little cheater you

[@tom_k_cook]

Not like he's using them. Under level 50 and everything. I'd say fair game.

[@mystical388]

Who needs full restore, when you have rare candies instead

[@feesh4708]

Lmao that Cleffable just randomly exploding with metronome

[@dragnalus787]

Did clefable just explode?

[@creamsoda9334]

This is how I played when I was a kid. “My Clefable can do anything!!!!!!” And being faithful to “weak’ pokemon. Honestly it was way more exciting and I remember my heart pounding

[@jamesbenz3228]

Yeah I definitely believed in the heart of the cards more when I was a wee lad. That emotional connection to the sprites in the game is something I'll never be able to get back but will always cherish.

[@sober_katz]

something i really respect is how they've been using the same sound effect for the move "psychic" for over 20 years now

[@tjcne8668]

Yeah as an 8-9 year old kid playing this for the first time back in the 90s, I was so relieved when I beat Lance, only to find out my best friend beat him before me (rival was best friend's name) then the music started, then when he sent out pidgeot at level 63.... Those moment stay with you for life, still proud to say I beat the old elite 4 on my first try, the only Pokémon I had left to beat the rival at the end was my charizard, and even at level 78 it still found it hard, I was the best in my school for a reason ;) lol

[@jeannesery9936]

Bro predicted friendly rivals

[@nighttowel3619]

Bro remembers the levels

[@Valientlink]

I flexed a level 100 Feraligatr at school

[@cpilfold420]

This may be the GOAT of pokemon boss music

[@minosminus2471]

Blue: "I'm the strongest trainer in the world!" *Gen 2 comes out*

[@BushyBoi]

@@maniacdelinquent7529 YOU MEAN FULL RESTORE

[@drakegamer5676]

@@kuri1796 that is false. Red had beat blue but right after he had became champion he just simply gave his position of champion to Lance .

[@tizianovalicenti8432]

Blue: "I'm the strongest trainer in the world!... atleast in the kanto region''

[@p1austin767]

Ngl, this video randomly popped up in my recommended and I’ve literally been at the edge of my seat this whole battle!

[@tailsmccloud323]

Remember, During Gen 1 Special Attack and Special Defense were combined into One Stat, Meaning that Pokemon like Alakazam could dish out some powerful Special Moves and Take a lot of them as well.

[@vasilisniarchos5251]

Slowbro with amnesia

[@cebolimhagameplays6740]

I LOVE the animation for the move rock slide in this game!

[@SpaceCowboyTV]

What!? A true Pokemon battle where someone DOESN'T have a fucking Lv100 team of legendaries!? That was actually entertaining! :) Oh, and I think your Clefable is dead...

[@a1alejandro15]

using legendaries is a pussy move and I don't use them

[@alexanderthegreat913]

SpaceCowboyTV if clefable dies then They get Gengar

[@pkhydro2895]

What about a team of fucking lvl. 100 non-legendaries?

[@Facade953]

​@@alexanderthegreat913 I've always been a fan of this theory.😅

[@Facade953]

It turned into moondust.😅

[@flakhead8129]

Enemy Alakazam used Recover! Recover! Recover! Still using spamming Recover! I thought "most powerful trainer in the world" meant having strategy...

[@lastofall3555]

Flakhead blue will do whatever it takes to win.

[@catskills8553]

At least it got the Reflect in there, that actually has some value

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

_recover at full health_

[@cebolimhagameplays6740]

@@xyzzy-dv6te recover at full health? HA! that's nothing compared to blaine using super potions on a full health arcanine.

[@Kutan]

I found this very amusing. Being reminded that Oak comes along and congratulates you then denounces "Phail" upon his own Son. Oak was a harsh man back in the days.

[@eduardopansera675]

Grandson

[@bassmandan9484]

Alakazam is definitely the toughest Pokémon in Blue’s arsenal.

[@nickt.2238]

Alakazam was always hard to take down. Other than the starter the rest of his Pokemon weren't too terrible to take down.

[@Shadowgoo32]

I laughed and facepalmed when you decided to goof around with Metronome a bit while Arcanine was frozen and then Clefable exploded.

[@Woopor]

I love how most videos of boss battles are either super underleveled, super overleved, and NO space between

[@Valientlink]

honestly I played real bad though, this is borderline overleveled if I were to play now. I could take out red in gold/silver in mid to upper 40s, but the team is essential. jumpluff by level 45 will outspeed all of red's pokemon and can easily put them to sleep/leech seed for instance

[@Faux_Sunlight]

Can we appreciate that he annihilated this guy with a severely underleveled team?

[@Facade953]

The definition of the underdog.

[@bombomos]

Best final battle music EVER.

[@MrBruh-yb9qi]

If pokrmon had good music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3_XiGeFeb6Id7s

[@ThumberBulls6]

Its incredibly amazingly baffling what they did with 4 bits to create this sort of music!

[@manases_is]

"I am the most powerful pokémon trainer in the world" -Gary Oak Words before tragedy

[@theeternalgus9119]

😂😂

[@10harrykewell10]

That alakazam swept my team...until i got myself an alakazam !

[@redleader6442]

The chills and flood of nostalgia... being 7 years old in '97 and hearing the league championship battle theme begin. I was both thrilled and terrified. It's definitely one of those moments that stick with you.

[@jesterface0521]

Blastoise looks like he is an team rocket member.

[@tameloszn]

They made Blastoise look like the Michelin Man 😂😂😂

[@jordanpeterson5038]

When your a kid playing red or bleeding your final moment of battle means everything. Just hearing the theme makes you remember.

[@xSkankHunt42]

oh the nostalgia..back when it was fun to play these games before the game sharks and strategies to beat the game in an hour

[@trashheap94]

That exploding Clefable was hilarious.

[@pedrokunkka4212]

Yes it was haha

[@amiamagi]

The final boss was actually Alakazam. This Pokémon used Reflect and kept on using Recover. And also... SWEPT HALF OF YOUR TEAM.

[@dragonrage708]

“Youngins dont even know how hard blue was” -👴

[@LordBounce]

i wish items was disabled in trainer battles. cannot take such battles serious with items. "HEY STOP THE FIGHT, WAIT" *gives pokemon item* "okay okay go on" ... :P

[@jj_1167]

Kailyou LOL

[@Mr-Trox]

Can't become the League Champion without knowing how to spam Full Restores.

[@Theoss-sl1fk]

I hate using items in battles, I prefer to use strategy

[@markthompson5918]

Love this gmae to bits one of the best games ever made

[@Copvice]

Still epic after 15 years :)

[@dehavengraham1477]

Yes

[@archaeopteryxargentavis1825]

Yes

[@akhmadsupian393]

yes

[@jamesbenz3228]

Hell yeah from 2022

[@jorgerenatoocanamalpartida9195]

Still epic after nearly 25 YEARS

[@snake101eyes101]

I always keep my team modeled after gary even in the current games

[@Valientlink]

It's sad how much KZbin degreaded the quality of many old videos. this used to be 480p with crisper audio, now it's 240 and sounds pretty crusty.

[@fearodactyl2886]

Blue and his Alakazam... *And his freaking Alakazam...*

[@kylelaguardia4384]

The part where nido king used thunder on pideot was a perfect timing on the song

[@misteltein2552]

Crying while watching the video... Bringing back so many good memories!!!

[@johnnywharmsby4156]

I was literally screaming at my screen during this fetches back so many good memories from my childhood

[@TheNerdyCanuck]

After watching your tactics I was rooting for the rival to beat you

[@TravelingCoder]

When I played this game, I mostly just focused on raising my Charmander and didn't really develop the other Pokemon I had except when I needed to. He became so powerful I managed to defeat most major trainers in the game with him very easily. I struggled with Brock and needed an Oddish to defeat Misty, but the other gym leaders and all the rival battles were easy. I defeated the Elite Four and the final rival battle with just Charizard and some revives.

[@chiefff18]

revives and other items shouldn't be used

[@elvergonzalesparado8137]

I remember this was the last fight for the story to be over, I never walked in because I didn’t want this game to stop. I came here to see what happened.

[@misteltein2552]

Oh the memories!!! Best 10min of the day!!!

[@_Brennus]

The concept of the rival was absolutely genius and the game would not have been nearly as great without it.

[@replicant_2049]

Exeggutor sprite is a sleep paralysis demon

[@JustinGrant-jf5gv]

Today, I have finally beat the final boss on my copy of Red for the 3DS. As I recall, I got it the year it first released on the 3DS virtual console, but while I was still on the Vermillion city gym, I stopped playing because I wasn't really fond of all the grinding. But after hearing that Ash and Pikachu will be leaving the anime after 25 years, I started playing Red along with my copies of Sun and SoulSilver in honour of that iconic duo. And after about 7 years, I finally beat the Elite Four, my rival and finally became world champion. It was a long journey and Lance really did a number o my team, but I pulled through in the end. My team consisted of Venusaur, Raichu, Lapras, Graveler, Kadabra and Aerodactyl, all at level 51. Now that I finally beat the main story mode in Red, there's still Sun and Soulsilver to beat. I'm not entirely sure when I'll beat those as I'm kinda preoccupied with my other games are more responsibilities, but I'm sure I'll beat them someday.

[@Kahanami]

0:34-0:39 R.I.P. headphone users

[@reverencee]

nostalgia. that arcanine and alakazam was my problem. when i used vaporeon hydro pump critical hit againts arcanine beating gary for the first time had me excited alot.

[@motivated7203]

Blue's alakazam was the bane of my existence in yellow cuz every time I damaged it, it used recover OVER, AND OVER and over again

[@playoffpj515]

It always feels good to beat the final boss with lower level pokemon. Like when I beat Red in Gold when my highest level pokemon was a level 57 Ampharos. Ah, good times.

[@regeice]

Blue's theme song here was too badass.

[@pope9012]

Red: I can't believe I'm finally a Pokemon trainer! I'm going to catch them all! No one is going to stand in my way!

[@Valientlink]

I didn't know what I was doing that much, as I said it was my first time playing in years, at least 6. I know you weren't trying to insult me. But the point of videos like these are for either entertainment or help.

[@adam7802]

Tactically as sound as every other 10 year old of the time playing this... lol I love it.

[@waitressroyal]

Man that was down to the wire! I'm proud of you for that. You got lucky with those status ailments though. Also I can't blame for using Metronome, it's a fun attack, even if not the most practical.

[@Ralizah]

Wow, three of your guys got wasted by Blue's Alakazam!

[@braith117]

Brings back memories...I remember one time rolling in with a Kabutops, Dragonite, all 3 starters, and a Raichu on a first attempt. Steamrolling just doesn't cover it at that point.

[@GardevoirBoy]

We never saw the Kanto Rival in the clothes he wore as Champion, until Heartgold and Soulsilver. His Heartgold and Soulsilver clothers are just about the same clothes we saw him wear fighting him as Champion in Pokemon Red and Blue. To be honest, Generation I of Pokemon was a great way to end the original Game Boy with a bang. Pokemon Yellow was the game that ended the original Game Boy with a bang by adding Game Boy Color support for the international releases. Japan had only Super Game Boy support because Game Boy Color didn't come out yet at the time of Pokemon Yellow's Japanese Release.

[@SLYSTARx]

The battle music is so epic!

[@tommyhagen7171]

Damn that Alakazam rekt his team lol

[@Jacknutcase7]

Wow, you just used ice beam on a Arcanine and it froze, how is that possible??

[@Valientlink]

Well you see, ice is cold, and ice can freeze things.

[@gustavs1332]

Valientlink thats smart

[@Bigbaby950]

It’s gen 1 there were so many flaws

[@omegamanGXE]

@@Bigbaby950 stfu don’t you dare insult gen 1 especially when the garbage ones since SS/HG exist.

[@omegamanGXE]

@Axzon Zero I said all the ones after HGSS, yes HGSS was great indeed

[@JAStudiosDankestManLiv]

That clefable is boss

[@albaniandude4142]

JSAProductions true

[@jcoffey3]

You did pretty good considering the lower levels of your pokemon. Everybody always has trouble with Alakazam in this battle because Psychic pokemon had a ridiculous advantage in red blue and yellow since they were only weak against bugs. It always took me forever to get to this point because I never challenged the elite 4 until all my pokemon were at least lv 55. Still brings back some awesome middle school memories for me.

[@perfectcell5613]

bugs and ghosts

[@Facade953]

​@@perfectcell5613 No. The three Ghost type Pokemon in this game were also Poison type Pokemon, they could be one shoted by the Psychic type and the only Ghost type move was Night Shade which wasn't super effective but neutral in terms of effectiveness and damage.

[@pietrou123]

Man, this video was released before i was born lol Jokes aside, i love pokemon games

[@Valientlink]

I was a freshmen in high school when I uploaded this, feels like yesterday. You have no clue how fast your teens are over let alone 20s, cherish them.

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

I love the not very effective hit sound of gen 1 it really feels like punching a rock

[@ZakWolf]

Interesting how the rival in Red/Green/Blue wears a different outfit for the Champion battle. In Pokémon Yellow, he's just in a different pose, like he's ready to toss his Pokéball onto the battlefield.

[@Valientlink]

It's too bad because in Yellow he's such a pushover. His pokemon may change depending on if you win or lose to him at certain points in the game but they're all weaker pokemon than red/blue. I struggled more with Lance in Yellow change Blue. The better AI made him a pain

[@johnnymcarr]

I miss battles where it was actually a challenge, where you basically pull a win out your ass because they are tough. Haven't had a good battle like that since the sinnoh league

[@bluerious5475]

Johnathan Carr Well, let’s face it. The only reason why this fight was hard is because we sucked as kids. Looking back at it now, it isn’t hard at all.

[@Mr-Trox]

@@bluerious5475 To be fair, Spiritomb was a pain in the ass simply because it didnt have a weakness. Garchomp was literally just any ice type with enough bulk to survive one attack and an Ice Beam.

[@bluerious5475]

Mr. Trox But, this is a gen 1 fight...

[@Mr-Trox]

@@bluerious5475 You didnt specify, so I just picked the hardest Champion fight I remembered.

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

CONGRATULATIONS,YOUR FIRST LV.50 PKMN IS GYARADOS!

[@na2836]

ehh.... since when does a clefable blow up Cleffffffffffffaaaaaaaaaaaablllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (boom)

[@jonathanaugustin647]

"While working on my Pokédex, I looked all over for powerful Pokémon! Not only that, I assembled teams that would beat any Pokémon type! And now! I am the Pokémon League Champion! Red! Do you know what that means? I'll tell you! I am the most powerful trainer in the world!" For some reason that bit of dialogue goes so hard!🔥🔥

[@Valientlink]

Too bad he's a major push over in yellow. The AI is better but his team is so much easier

[@mandyb7277]

He must be tough. Four minutes in you’d only beat 4 of 6. Nice job.

[@acrustykrab]

Charming match I like the Metronome and attack use. It reminds me of my first years playing this game. I faintly remember I had a very high level Pigeot but had trouble with the League lol

[@Facade953]

That was me in Pokemon Yellow. I had to use my Master Ball on Zapdos in order to get past Lorelei. I was sweeping the entire game with either Nidoking or Pidgeot. Nidoran Male was ideal against Brock because it could learn Double Kick. Mankey was pretty good too!

[@hydriumetern7808]

Mission failed successfully.

[@Valientlink]

but I win the game???? I do not get

[@JarvisBaileyVA]

They really put those 8 bits to work for Blue I tell you what

[@dego5064]

the alakazam noise sounded like ear rape

[@roxas5203]

That Alakazam was giving you a tough time

[@encliment3406]

with that double spoon action

[@MrAbdala89]

All I retain from this vid is that Oak just came hearing Red has beaten up the elite four

[@Zetton199198]

6:31 See that's why so afraid to use Metronome. I always gets explosion or self destruct when I least need it. Great battle by the way

[@CorporalPig22]

Glitched amount of Master Balls?! What are ya, a hacker?!

[@FBi_.]

That rock slide sound effect was epic

[@chrissheehan5793]

I’m bouta download Pokémon fire red for cab rn this brought me back to elementary school days 💯

[@TheRojo387]

- Alright, this is it! - BLUE sent out a PIDGEOT! - Go, NIDOKING!

[@DeltaPhoenix107]

Ah, all those old battle sounds. I've missed them.

[@grilledcheese9297]

I didn’t remember the rock slide sound effect being that bizzare lol

[@Valientlink]

it's a bit crustier here than it would be on Gameboy, but this was also 2009. A lot of emulators hadn't perfected sound to be just like original console yet, but it sounds idk, 90% accurate? it's when the rocks lift up that's a bit off.

[@mystical388]

"Alakazam used recover again!" I see 😒

[@Surfer8652]

True David v Goliath performance there. Well done.

[@Theoss-sl1fk]

Dude,this team is so underleveled, you are lucky that you beated Gary

[@jeremymcdonald7974]

More props to you going through the Elite 4 without a Pokémon over level 50 haha