Viridian Forest: Tour of Kanto

[@kulrigalestout]

When I was a kid stepping into Viridian Forest for the first time, I heard the music and felt the spooks. I fought a wild Metapod and knocked it out on accident, then some extra text showed up about how I leveled up and here's some numbers getting bigger. I said "ugh, stupid numbers don't mean anything, go away!" I was playing Blue, my brother was playing Red, and my mom was making dinner thankful that these animal games seemed to be entertaining us. I really didn't let her know how much she meant to me.

[@SpecsJigglypuff]

That Beedrill art has always been so clean to me

[@miche1df]

beedrill is one of the most "pokemon" pokemon to me, if you get what I mean. like that's what a pokemon should look like.

[@SpecsJigglypuff]

@ I understand and agree, Beedrill is very Pokemon

[@radioactivechimp]

Viridian Forest felt like such a daunting gauntlet to me as a kid playing an rpg for the first time.

[@Kwikpanik]

this series is my favorite thing on KZbin right now I've played all of the games and know the maps like the back of my hand, but the presentation style and narration is so cozy that I keep coming back for more episodes can't wait until Johto 😍

[@ZingoBananaa]

Next do a tour of that one area behind Bill's house. We all know he's hiding some pokégods in his backyard.

[@BackPalSA]

Pikablu will be revealed!

[@wangchung2157]

The Giant Dragonite !!!!

[@ma.2099]

I vaguely remember somewhere in one of the games had “Bills garden” which did have relatively rare Pokémon. I might be misremembering this however. But if it’s correct, it proves the idea that the player character (Red) does not have access to all locations in the game that other characters do have access to. Which reasons where some NPCs receive Pokémon well outside of the normal level. Such as Lance low level dragonite for example.

[@dungeonpastor]

😂​@@ma.2099

[@galvanizedgnome]

That's not real

[@ant-onemusic444]

This makes me so nostalgic, having memories of playing yellow as a kid is a privilege that I cherish

[@Creedy10laa]

Could do Rock tunnel next? Maybe include diglets cave into it as you have to go through it to get flash?

[@theangrycolossal]

The episode of the anime where Ash catches Pidgeotto and Caterpie was my first exposure to the entire Pokemon franchise back in the fall of 1998. As for "fans of the games questioning the logic of it", well... the first few episodes came out in the US and Canada approximately 2-3 weeks before the English release of the Game Boy games

[@loogi9281]

fuck yeah new paraspectre

[@CosmicCorviknight]

With Kanto's colour based names Viridian could be a literal description of the forest as it's a shade of green (albeit blueish green). The forest kinda just looks regular green though so maybe it turns viridian in another season

[@yungnblessed1445]

I love how everyone has completely different childhood experiences about getting the Pokémon games but they all feel so familiar

[@feartheoldblood7222]

I am once again commenting about how much i love this series.

[@JO11190]

I love these too much for some reason

[@konodera5354]

Fun fact: Viridian forest has a special power in the adventures manga, childrens who are born in the forest gets powers like supers strength, healing, and telekenisis, people like Yellow, Lance, and giovanni are born there so thats why they have incredible abilities like other trainers. (Pryce might also be born in the Viridan forest but its just a theory)

[@AchromaZero]

Full of genuine delight to see another so soon :)

[@wangchung2157]

Nothing beats a good ole Metapod Off

[@guineapigs2998]

Best KZbin series

[@bradlauk1419]

These are the highlight of my day when I see them.

[@IcefireC67]

Butterfree has to be my favorite bug from gen 1. Such an iconic design and full of potential I always take one with me through my entire playthrough in gen 1, especially after the compound eyes buff

[@akiraakiraakiraakira]

Super good video! So much nostalgia

[@PabloNeves26]

15:58 best sprite of its kind!!!

[@mpg272727]

Have to admit Viridian Forest did rather scare me as a kid but I suppose in some ways it's understandable. I mean you're a new trainer with weak Pokemon you're not really too sure what you're doing yet and all of a sudden after leaving the comforts of home and the easy, open grassy roads you're in this big, dark spooky dense forest with tall trees and half the Pokemon in there want to poison your Pokemon and you get trainers everywhere just waiting to ambush you..

[@slitheringswamp5352]

An interesting thing about beedrill and butterfree from a lore perspective is that they make the power levels of the other pokemon more impressive. You have an aggressive hawk sized wasp with venomous stingers on its front legs and an eagle sized butterfly that sheds poisonous scales when disturbed, and neither of these pretty formidable animals are considered strong compared to the monsters you will face on your Pokémon journey

[@TheRagnarokknight]

Weedle was removed from Yellow due to a glitch that was discovered early on that allowed you to skip the Pewter Gym. And since it made no sense to keep Kakuna and not Weedle, they just got rid of the whole line.

[@Zajkong]

Viridian Forest, The first place I Charmander: Started a forest fire Squirtle: Caused a flash flood Bulbasaur: Accidentally created the Tree of Life

[@installwizard1165]

Right on time, was just looking to watch some pokemon

[@miche1df]

oh god I was scared to death he was going to talk about "bye bye butterfree" and ruin my day

[@orenalbertmeisel3127]

Will you move on to different regions after Kanto, or will it take several years before you're finished with Kanto anyways?

[@UltimatePhantasm]

Funnily enough, it turns out the old man WAS drunk, but, y'know, localization

[@jameszetterman4487]

I think we need an episode on Saffron City + Silph Co. as well as probably one on Vermilion City + S.S. Anne.

[@noahvoris3637]

I think that you should do at least three more locations other than Victory Road and Cerulean Cave! An in-depth deep dive of Silph Co. and Rocket Hideout and finally the S.S Anne would be great! Not only are those locations some of the most iconic and important parts of the story, but also in interesting cities. The team rocket arc is extremely interesting and full of lore!

[@Gamacdonald1986]

OMG! I feel like this was literally targeted to me. On your last video I left a comment suggesting you do Viridian Forrest and I expressed my love for Beedrill and you gave him so much attention - Thank you! As a kid my two fav Pokemon were always Scyther and Beedrill (kind of the opposite of the Samari from the anime) but he was always overshadowed by Butterfree. Thank you so much for this, I can't wait to see where we get to go next. Maybe the SS Anne? Thank you again for showing my boy Beedrill some love.

[@Gamacdonald1986]

Also perhaps the Game Corner/ Department Store? That could prob be an episode.

[@logansmith2703]

I mean personally I'd be down for all the routes to be covered. Nugget bridge, the route to Bill's House and his house would be a fun place to go next though.

[@aaroncornerslicegaming]

I love Viridian Forest Pikachu is here its electric attacks are so powerful especially against all the early game flying types Butterfree can be evolved from Metapod here, it gets really strong stat moves Sleep Powder and Stun Spore and psychic type attack COnfusion which is powerful and good against a lot of common poison types. Beedrill is here it looks cool and is easy to evolve it gets the only STAB bug moves Twineedle and PIn Missile. Can be surprisingly useful against a lot of the games Pokemon because in gen 1 bug is good against poison its super good against most grass types bc they are also dual poison. In yellow I think you can catch an evolved Pidgeotto like Ash did in the show, flying is a pretty useful type.

[@PabloNeves26]

But Weedle has no hair...

[@Eintracht-uy3cz]

Very cool forest! Early bugs are great (no, really) - Butterfree is good against Brock, Beedrill is good against Misty and Erika.

[@AdriftForWeeks]

Most memorable tunes for me are totally different. It's the route 22 theme and the SS Anne theme. Both represent the nostalgic cozyness these games hold for me.

[@PabloNeves26]

The FRLG SS Anne theme is so sublime!

[@miche1df]

for me it's the regular route walking theme and the pallet town theme, I think as an adult looking back on them those are the ones that kind of evoke the feeling of innocence and adventure the most for me

[@deebogaillard]

Video dropped just in time before I go to the gym!

[@Comicreliever89]

Kokiri x Viridian Forest ❤

[@ConnorJG76]

If i play yellow i always make sure to get a below evolving level Pidgetotto. Gotta do that Ash Team strats

[@tylerferguson3193]

Hope you're having a good day

[@sisbad1]

These vids are so good 😩

[@deanlemckeevans]

Maybe cover Silph Co or both the Rocket bases in the next one. I am also a bond fan hope you make more bond content in the future as well. Those rocket bases always remind me of the James Bond villain bases.

[@iquemedia]

28:50 smoke weed erry day

[@redvelvetrave]

You can Maybe do. cycling Road and routes 12 through 15… the roads to Fuchsia city?

[@QalOrt]

Rock Tunnel or Diglet's Cave

[@mr.niceguy978]

I just spent 101.72 on a copy of pokemon black only for me to come home and find that absolvlogspokemon and paraspectre have both post a video all I can say ah yeah it's all coming together

[@rakardoslegend1432]

Rocket Hideout/Game Corner?

[@PabloNeves26]

28:59 like a mandrake?

[@starbladeneo4717]

Can you cover Celadon City? There's alot of interesting stuff there.

[@brianbrunen9803]

Beedrill isn't a flying type because it's 65 POUNDS! Are there any flying animals alive that weigh that much?

[@majelalover8837]

Viridian Forest makes me gassy

[@warpvector]

the Gen 2 version of the forest is such a drag on its own but not even having tall grass just makes it a time suck. At that point, why not just turn it into a clearing and say all the trees were cut down?

[@PabloNeves26]

43:13 why, dude, why?! 😭

[@PabloNeves26]

52:53 the youtuber?

[@terraSpark902]

Epic

[@HesGotaGun505]

34:53 I can’t believe Hoothoot’s 5x ⭐️ Jump stat wasn’t acknowledged. You’re washed dude /s.

[@Gengar352]

Cerulean Cave vid plz

[@Flirtz420]

💙

[@josephmartel6032]

I was 6 and it was Walmart

[@marcusthesmokinguchiha]

Lets gooooo

[@XakTerrible]

Hey, friend, I built Viridian Forest on Animal Crossing on Switch. Care to visit sometime?

[@salkin350]

Ich hab mich getraut und gefragt und sie hat ja gesagt, das wir mal Glühwein trinken gehen können. Mal schauen was passiert 👩‍❤️‍👩👩🏻‍🤝‍👩🏽

[@mikeanzo1954]

So where the pocket tcg videos?

[@Josh-cu5yr]

Please please please please please please please please please please please please do a video on the gym challenge and gym heroes cards they are a part of the old original Pokemon cards I think you'll be surprised at some of the abilities of those cards if you don't already know them I'll never ask you for anything else PLEASE!!!!!

[@danieldowney7621]

I'd watch this

[@k-teezy6423]

uncle ray only ever had 5 bucks :(