WR Speedrunner Reacts to "My First Pokemon Nuzlocke" By Jaiden Animations!

[@YoBGS]

What has 2 thumbs and had to record a chunk of this video twice because he didn't have his mic plugged in? This guyyy! Anyway, welcome back friends and thanks for checking out this video. I'm REALLY hoping my Pokemon observations have been better than my Minecraft ones lately. If there's a reaction you wanna see feel free to comment below, and remember you can always subscribe to join The Good Times! Thanks for hanging out!

[@Cool_Name_12]

I know that fire starts are greatly praised BUT for gen 3 nuzlocks and speedruners mudkip is great. Jaiden only chooses torchic bcs it's her favourite you can go to any Professional nuzlocker and see that they chose mudkip reason: it's good against FOUR OF the eight gyms in the region also it resists the last gym if the last gym in rs and also oras also in kanto speedruners sure do use squirtle but they just use it for hm and replace it but just like mudkip bulbasaur is the greatest options here it's good against the two early gym which is really great it resist the next 2 gyms it's good against every Giovanni battle and for else they are like where gen 1 has a weird design that you can battle them in any order in blain case first beat kogga then so you can surf that means you can easily destroy blain so you see fire start suck like they are THE worst to pick in gen 1 and three there are other gens where this is happening but it will take too much time just don't say that fire starters are best in every generation.

[@Cool_Name_12]

Also fire starters are not hard to find in gen one you get arcanine ninetails rapidash magmar moltres. You got a lot of other options but sure the other types got a lot more options but bcs they are mimiced from real life there are So many water Pokemon(fun fact the most amount of the Pokemon out of every Pokemon are water types)Just like our oceans it isa straight mimic bcs there are so many water creatures and we only haven't even discoverd 97% of our oceans just like plants there are so many plants but there is only fire like it's just one thing so yeah but you got more options like in gen 4 they cut out the national dex in dp but they bring it back in platinum so who plays even dp over platinum now days it's just dp but better.

[@deaththekid7412]

Legendary are against the rules

[@Cool_Name_12]

@@deaththekid7412 yeah I know. I'm just giving examples.

[@GamingDreamer]

Do you ask for permissions before doing these reactions videos? I love you I love you videos, but I was watching another channel that got into troubles because of Speedrun reactions You channel still small so no one will notice you "YET" But soon someone will get angry at you, most Speedrunners and KZbinr are okay with it but there few troubles makers that may strike your channel so be careful

[@ATPokemon]

Fun Fact: when you were talking about IVs & EVs when Jaiden killed all the Marill, Marill gives HPs when one is killed. Those 80+ Marill giving HP boosts allowed ZipZapZop to survive the later Earthquake. I didn’t catch that until much later.

[@ixsmithy5653]

*cough* *cough* PokemonChallenges

[@gabematamoros0707]

Showdown does help huh

[@vixrse]

Exactly, although I don’t think Jaiden was aware of that. She might have been, but I think she would have mentioned it (or at least mentioned IV/EVs at some point) if she was.

[@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101]

@@ixsmithy5653 what?

[@Aikilyu]

@@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101 The channel Pokemon Challenges mentioned this when they reacted to this video. That's what he's referring to

[@kamenriderrain]

Let me explain: Everyone HATES Double Team. Whenever the opponent uses Double Team, they're going to be MAD about it. Everyone hates evasion. Nothing is more frustrating in Pokemon than not getting to attack.

[@YoBGS]

That makes sense, but using it against the AI? I mean, all's fair against the comp!

[@kamenriderrain]

I get your point, because of what MandJTV said in one of his videos: "Double Team is a terrible, awful, evil move, unless you're the one using it." Speaking of MandJTV, you should react to MandJTV's Castform Solo Run (ORAS), and Mah-Dry-Bread's Castform Solo Run (Emerald). That would be a good "Who Ran It Better?" video.

[@kassiuswinford6182]

Double team is why I keep Aerial Ace on one of my team.

[@justice7659]

Also evasiveness boosting moves are banned in smogon

[@emmareiman64]

Main reason: Luck based People don't like it when the game comes to luck. Like critical hits, they happen mostly randomly If you lose because you played badly? That's on you, you can try playing better to win next time Lost because of bad luck? Welp. Sucks to suck

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

Calling a bird a dog is a long standing Jaiden Joke. When she first introduced Ari years ago she called him a dog and I feel like its just stuck

[@rachelong3755]

I remember the full version of the joke was that she first told us, "we're having a baby!" and then she was like, "just kidding, it's a doggo." So she literally trolled us twice in a row

[@hawklegs6940]

"Do you typically lose this many mons if you nuzlocke?" *coughs in lost 15 mons and not even done with the locke yet"

[@YoBGS]

Whaaaat? How do you not quit at that point?

[@hawklegs6940]

@@YoBGS If I quit in the middle, their deaths would be in vain! I need to honor their sacrifices, and at least achieve the goal I set out to do in the first place! Honestly, a lot of it is my own mistakes. I'm not so good with the type advantages once you get into steel, dragon, poison, etc, especially with duel types. A lot of it was keeping the wrong mon out front and them getting one shotted. I have 6 of the 8 badges in Pokemon X so far, and I plan on continuing the locke in Alpha Sapphire and Ultra Sun, writing a continuous story from the perspective of the trainer. It was actually Jaiden that inspired me to do this nuzlocke in the first place, and I hope to post my story here on youtube as a narrated comic, as animation is a bit outside my skill range. Here's to Sparkpowder the spewpa, Muffs the ledyba, Scorpion the croagunk, Pinecone the Quilladin (my starter :( ), Sarge the litleo, Wriggles the Spoink, Dune the hippopotas, Polly the minun, Hummer the yanma, Refract the Amaura, Deadra the axew, Bronze the solrock, Yoka the exeggcute, and Fee Fie Foe the dugtrio. It's because of them and my surviving members that I've gotten as far as I did, and hopefully will get to the end. (also realized I miscounted, only lost 14, hopefully I didn't jinx myself)

[@drawnwithlove3499]

@@hawklegs6940 I guess this is why they have to name their pokemon. Just rub salt into that wound

[@nabi7701]

@@YoBGS The deaths are kind of the point of the nuzlocke. Sometimes things wont go the way you want them to and you have to adapt to that. You end up using pokemon you never would under normal conditions and you end up with some pokemon you looked down on turning into heroes of the run. Resetting the game just because things arent going optimally goes against the spirit of a nuzlocke. You keep going as long you have even a single pokemon left trying to turn a bad situation arround. I've only had one of the first 6 pokemon I catch make it to the very end once. But usually my team at the end is completely different from the start.

[@theshaddowedsnow6838]

@@nabi7701 Yeah! This is why I will ALWAYS defend Bibarel and Bidoof, to the point I beg for them in my platinum runs. Bibarel tanked so much throughout that first run (Her name was Cynthia to appease the champion because oh boi) and tank two attacks from Garchomp before killing it and taking out her final few pokemon. That run Did Not go in my favor and by the time I beat Cynthia, that bibarel was my only pokemon. Love bibarel and bidoof now

[@TerraWispr]

2:50 Texas Smash is a reference to My Hero Academia 5:30 She kinda uses "use until it dies" rule but she swaps Gary without it dying 8:06 There are a lot of Pokémon with controvertial pronounciations, but there are official ones. 9:23 The thing on the back of Mawile's head is a actually asecond mouth, not ears, it's based on a Japanese yokai. 12:04 It's not a Teddyursa, it's a Spinda 13:07 Because you make your opponent litterally not able to hit you, it doesn't seem fair. 18:11 hehehe handsome Squidward 24:49 She caught Sin later so it was a higher level when she caught it 33:22 -She- -may- -be- -doing- -the- -"no- -items- -during- -battles"- -rule-

[@nixian_zwaylus]

about 33:22, no, it's just no use to heal and essentially come back to the same exact situation because it just attacked again. when a mon 2 shots you, healing isn't a good option (with exceptions ofcourse).

[@endersalasa3396]

Well that last one isn't true, she did say she healed up ZipZapZop in the Winona fight.

[@jordancottrell1996]

Originally 4KIDS handled the English dub of the pokemon anime (until 2005) and they were allowed to pronounce the pokemon names however they wanted. Different studios have done the dub since but all of them were closely monitored by the Pokemon Company to make sure they were correct. This is where inconsistent pronunciations come from (with the exception of Arceus).

[@YoBGS]

Folks like you are legit some of the best people I've met since my channel started growing. In these and the Minecraft videos I learn so much because you're so courteous and stuff with your feedback. Also you're right. If I play 10,000 pokemon games I will always mix up Spinda, Teddyursa, and Cubchoo. My brain just doesn't like remembering which is which.

[@heatherback451]

5:30 isn't true she just doesn't put them in the video look at the pc

[@DraconicDuelist]

6:40 "Ari is the bird that cost her, like, 15 minutes in the Cooking Mama 2 speedrun." I mean, it was only about 2 minutes according to Jaiden, but sure.

[@YoBGS]

Yeahhh sorry speedrunners have a tendency to way over-exaggerate time loss. I thought I was being good by not saying "an hour" lol

[@stagelights_]

texas smash is a reference to my hero academia

[@alanbrown901]

If no one else got that im honestly sad

[@pikahetti]

cause I dont watch that mrs weeb

[@turksevermeechie]

@@pikahetti I am a weeb but I still dont watch mha. I think its bad

[@bruhmanbruh6968]

@@turksevermeechie I wouldn't say it is bad. Visually, it looks pretty good. Imo I would say mediocre at best.

[@zone3336]

MHA is the next anime I’m gonna watch next

[@nadia-universe]

Jaiden did a platinum nuzlocke on Twitch and she's animating it as well. In my opinion it'll be just as good as this one

[@YoBGS]

The thing that makes Jaiden a god gamer is she did one on stream and (I’m guessing) beat it first try on stream. That’s not easy

[@BrenTenkage]

hell yeah, this is why I love Jaiden, not only great animation...but also great stories

[@jonathanxiang6658]

@@YoBGS I mean she played competitively before so she has tons of experience already

[@chendror872]

Can't wait

[@neutralnoob4599]

She released it, and boy is it an emotional rollercoaster.

[@pyrogamer2441]

The reason she can’t use groudon is because ledgendaries can’t be used in nuzlockes. To everyone saying legendary Pokémon can be used I know that it’s not a concrete rule I should have said that it is not all nuzlocks

[@YoBGS]

Thaaat makes sense, I never make it that far to know haha

[@growasowa3444]

That depends on your ruleset since the base rules don't prohibit that, but most do consider using legendaries cheap.

[@chendror872]

@@growasowa3444 true

[@nabi7701]

Thats not really true. Theres like 1000+ different variations of nuzlockes with differing rules. Some allow legendaries, some don't. For example some people have a "dragon rage" clause which doesn't count deaths from moves that do a set amount of dmg before one of your pokemon has more HP than 40. Others have rules that prevent in battle items being used and etc. The only definitive rules for something to be considered a nuzlocke are: 1. Can only catch first pokemon on a route 2. Deaths are permanent 3. Pokemon must be nickamed

[@sparkypikachu7776]

@@nabi7701 yeah. OP's comment was correct but overly simple

[@riccardomosena4162]

"do you usually lose this many pokemon?" You have no idea. Critical are your worst enemies, for some reason enemies seems to have a higher chance xD

[@YoBGS]

And THAT is why Double Team is a legit strat. The AI cheats I swear!

[@kassiuswinford6182]

Crits are evil. So many dead pokemon from crits, so many failed captures from crits. On average it seems I end up with around 10 deaths in nuzlockes, usually early on.

[@Roserae16]

A good example of how fast you can lose a pokemon to crits can be found in AT4W's Randomized Nuzlock streams for Pokemon Heartgold (and others, he's done it for like 3 games). Poor Sharklameign the Sharpedo and Balteau the Suicune, you will be missed.

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@Roserae16 he lost a suicune to a crit? RIP

[@ShikiRen]

Unless you are Duncan and are trying to Nuzlocke a modded game you have comissioned. Then "lol focus sash alakazam lvl 60 in the second gym" is your worst enemy. Or, yknow, a slew of other evil, evil things.

[@yinyang2820]

Notice how Onion and Zipzapzops both died because they turned away from their opponents. Rule #1 in a battle: never turn your back on an opponent

[@YoBGS]

ZipZapZop has 3 sets of eyes so it had NO excuse

[@silver_kitten]

@@YoBGS you mean 3 eyes

[@ayoDiDi]

You're like the only reactor that actually got the handsome squidward part

[@YoBGS]

Shame, that’s a genius reference

[@DraconicDuelist]

@@YoBGS I've watched about a dozen different reactions, and almost every single one reacted with confusion or disgust at _both_ Squidward references (the sniiiiff, and Handsom-Squidward)...

[@JoshtheOverlander]

He's also the only reactor I've seen so far that understood the joke of calling that Taillow Ari

[@SerpySerper56]

He's also like the first to know Ari is her pet bird

[@neolithiumproduction]

Nah, the Renegades caught it to. But tis nice to see ppl get it. xD

[@lancestryker]

16:30 To SHOW you the power of Slaking, I CHOPPED this ONION in half!

[@YoBGS]

That’s a lotta daaaahmage

[@lancestryker]

@@YoBGS how bout a lil more? Loved the vid. Keep it up!

[@ethnictendo]

And repaired him with only flex tape.

[@lakekoocanusa]

I'm pretty sure Jaiden is a master of tea-bagging her fallen foes, while dabbing.

[@YoBGS]

And then walking humbly away like it was totally an accident

[@gargles5270]

@CYB3R2K30 😐

[@fennek1nviking]

Texas Smash is from My Hero Academia it's one of All Might's attacks

[@alanbrown901]

United states of smash is mine. That music hit hard

[@Barren_soul]

How about super smash? Cuz it just sounds like you're literally destroying Countries

[@rulerofeverything4949]

oh, i've heard of this guy. is he like captain america but all of his attacks are named after american cities or somethin ?

[@Barren_soul]

@@rulerofeverything4949 oh no his attacks are the names of cities but he is WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY STRONGER like cap would be dead in a flick of a finger like even if it doesn't hit him it's so strong it makes super strong waves of wind that can kill him too

[@jhanclydesantos3213]

@@Barren_soul yea but if he joined the infinity war he would... Desintigrate

[@nixian_zwaylus]

nazlocks are usually played by a code of honour, so the roles depend on the player. for example, most players won't exchange mons for no reason. i imagine that she didn't use the groudon for a similar reason.

[@YoBGS]

I can really appreciate that. I don't know that I would be so honorable lol

[@Pyromaniacalsquirrel]

I think some people don’t use legendaries cause it’s kinda cheap and want to give themselves more of a challenge. Same reason a lot of people try not to be over-leveled for gym and often set it so they can’t swap out their pkm for free when they KO an opponent

[@nixian_zwaylus]

@@Pyromaniacalsquirreltrue. i forgot about that since they so often are underleveled...

[@RanunculusV]

NOw gEt iN The BoX

[@CajunCrustacean]

The reason for ZipZapZop's survival is, i believe, that she was beating Marills. Marill gives HP EVs, so that could possibly have given it enough HP to tank the hit, possibly in addition to a low roll. (I should've checked the comments first, since others have said this. C'est la vie.) Also, as to not using Groudon, a lot of people (myself included) choose not to use legendaries since that'd generally be too easy.

[@YoBGS]

No worries, you took the time to help me out. Never anything you should feel bad about. I appreciate your help!

[@pokemondimensions1297]

I am a regular Nuzlocker, and lemme tell you, most of the time I can’t even get to the elite four, so the fact she managed to win, even if Ari and Teriyaki are the only survivors, for her FIRST RUN, is impressive

[@archerman6822]

For the Groundon, Usually legendaries are banned from Nuzlocks because, as you said, it would have made things easier.

[@YoBGS]

See and I thought I remembered seeing a nuzlocke where someone used the legendary. But that may have been SMant’s Damageless run. It all blends together

[@Kjf365]

You have to check out "the most underrated game ever" from Jaiden. The video is great, and the game in question is definitely deserving of the title. But I'll let Jaiden explain then.

[@Kjf365]

Oh and it's definitely a good introduction to the series so you don't need to be knowledgeable like you do this one to get it.

[@YoBGS]

Sounds awesome!

[@birj8414]

@@YoBGS I would love you to react to that! Im glad you enjoy all of the jaiden stuff!

[@michaelkowal3230]

Do you mean "the best game you never played"?

[@Kjf365]

@@michaelkowal3230 No, the one you're talking about is about Pokemon rangers. The video I'm talking about is about fossil fighters.

[@zone3336]

Next we need him to react to her pokemon ranger one Title something like “best pokemon game you haven’t played”

[@YoBGS]

Him: "Write that down, write that down!"

[@leeona2189]

He's just gonna react to all her video game videos huh

[@RemHayden1806]

@@leeona2189 well yeah, hes a speedrunner.

[@AD_Nelson]

After watching a certain poketuber's reaction to this video, it came to my attention that the HP EVs that Marill gives combined with Magneton's naturally good physical defense stat is what allowed it to survive Altaria's earthquake. So yeah, Marill was literally the perfect training dummy.

[@YoBGS]

Given Jaiden’s math and her cooking mama stuff, I wouldn’t put it past her to have chosen Marill to grind on for that exact reason honestly.

[@TastyChubz]

So with the question about evs, zipzapzop killing all those marils is how it survived that earth quake. Marils give hp evs

[@YoBGS]

Bc of course it did! lol

[@CJCroen1393]

I wrote my own Nuzlocke fanfic on DeviantART while I was doing my first Nuzlocke earlier this year in LeafGreen! I wrote it out in-character as if they were diary entries! Jaiden's video was one of my inspirations to do it and I had fun! I managed to get through the whole thing with only five casualties and my starter survived to the end!

[@YoBGS]

I mean, you can't just SAY that and not give us all a link!

[@CJCroen1393]

@@YoBGS Ah, of course! It's here: www.deviantart.com/cjcroen/gallery/73471002/cj-s-leafgreen-nuzlocke

[@nixian_zwaylus]

wow! that's amazing! it's also a great way to practice writing! and it's probably really fun too! i think I'm infected by your exclamation marks now! have a nice day!

[@CJCroen1393]

@@nixian_zwaylus I did use too many exclamations in this comment didn't I? XD

[@Void_Kitten]

I found you because of Jaiden's animations and the speedrunning community reacting to her videos! love your vids!

[@uncolaman99]

Hey, same here!

[@commandernici]

the bit when teriaky starts sprinting to the flashbacks always makes me cry,, I've watched jaden's nuzlocke several times in the original and many reaction, but I gotta say yours was one of my faves ♥

[@anyathepanther7977]

"Im not saying all midrifs are evil-" Team Magmar Judar from Magi Envy from FMA ...he might be on to something

[@YoBGS]

It gives you that “ima take over the world now” confidence clearly

[@TheNeilBlack]

I don't have a favorite "type" for starters, I pick whichever one is coolest in that generation. And this can often change with my mood. I've done Gen I runs with all three starters just because I liked them more at the time I was starting.

[@YoBGS]

I'm on board with that. I usually go fire mon first, But like I said it's hard to argue against Piplup for sure

[@olympialuna]

Chad's mourning veil is everything

[@YoBGS]

Chad legit reminds me of the old wrestler Chyna... down to the veil.

[@christinabalser3344]

Calling Jaiden comfort food... What a Chad way to call her a snack :D

[@YoBGS]

Not like that Lol! I legit just meant you can put her vids on and like feel like you’re hanging out with a friend on a stressful day

[@christinabalser3344]

@@YoBGS I know. Just making fun with you :P

[@gabematamoros0707]

In Nuzlockes (or at least the ones I've seen), you can catch Legendary Pokemon to avoid a difficult battle and/or a potential death but you can't use them

[@YoBGS]

That’s fair, definitely seems like it would take the difficulty down a notch

[@gabematamoros0707]

@Wanna Be a Smurt Person Trying people that want content

[@FrostedMike]

I usualy don't use legendaries because it both makes the game too easy and because I'm not attached to it like the rest of the team.

[@jooj3596]

13:10 Sure in a playthrough evasion is fine, however in competitive it adds more rng to an already luck based game, it’s not really sportsmanship to lose cuz your opponent was able to set up a double team and all your strategy went out of the window due to luck the other player forced

[@YoBGS]

Oh yeah I mean competitive is a whole different kettle of fish. But in a playthrough I say go full on broken strats

[@the_furf_of_july4652]

I think it’s less about using double team, and more about spamming it until you’re untouchable

[@hearts4suntan]

“Just when you get into a character, they die.” Danganronpa vibes-

[@KimParkkinen]

It really isn't (at least to my knowledge, haven't been here for that long!) what this channel is about, but I would love to watch you attempt a nuzlocke run! I feel like the way you commentate these videos would really benefit it! I also highly recommend checking some of the videos by Pokémon Challenges, he pretty much only does nuzlockes (especially some on those hard romhacks like Kaizo Blue). His explanations are really thorough and informative. He also is one of those people who stack on multiple other rules (Can't outlevel gym leaders Pokémon, must play on set mode etc.)

[@jijonbreaker]

Poor Gavin's nose. I specify the nose because it's big enough to need to be addressed separately.

[@YoBGS]

It really did bear the brunt of Onion's wrath there.

[@scratchpack4048]

When you started talking about "the only shiny I caught..." I just remember mines. My only caught shiny was a shiny buizel that I gave to a friend who was moving away.

[@YoBGS]

Awwwww I'm not tearing up I swear

[@scratchpack4048]

@@YoBGS Don't worry, I did all of it that day

[@XGame80]

My first shiny was a shiny sobble/drizzle/Inteleon that took literally over 950 eggs. It was on my alt account, though...

[@somedragonbastard]

My first legit shiny (as in not gyrados) was a Makuhita in victory road in emerald. Loved the little guy

[@KaiTheMemeKing]

My first shiny was boring, it was just a rattata :/ But I do have both a shiny tentacruel and a shiny crobat on my firered save file! I love them both :D

[@DraconicDuelist]

11:00 OK, but that description of "beating things" with Tentacool is exactly how the character Jared evolved his Magicarp starter "Mr. Fish" in the webcomic "Manly Guys Doing Manly Things" - thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/02222010 It takes a bit for him to show up, but I absolutely recommend the comic (even if it hasn't been updated in a couple of years due to author health), there's a few good years worth of pages so enjoy!

[@mischiefsnow]

I think it was like yesterday I read a comment in your previous video saying you might react to this one, and here it is lol Talk about dedication! You are great, keep on going :^)

[@YoBGS]

Thanks! Honestly I have more ideas than hours in the day to make them, so I just pick almost at random lol

[@michaelbell1289]

21:35 To answer this, sturdy did exist at this point, but all it did then was "One-Hit KO moves, like Guillotine and Fissure, don't work." It now has the added effect of the Pokemon hanging on with 1 health if it would be killed while at full health, but that effect wasn't added until Black and White came out, two generations later.

[@wallforonemitchell3720]

After wacthing the nozlock vid about 20 times. I never noticed it said Texas smash. Mha refrence love it.

[@YoBGS]

I’m so glad people cleared that up bc it was legit bugging me! I’ve been on a Bofuri and Plunderer kick and haven’t seen Mha

[@AdrianBigyes]

Dude, I love your discussions in between animations. You saw small details and gives them emphasis and they are entertaining as well.

[@YoBGS]

Thank you so much. I guess in my mind that’s what reactions should be. I almost try to make it so that if you cut out the OC I would still have an entertaining and fun video. I appreciate the kind words!

[@NickyvMLP]

If Blubby got two-shotted, then healing would just be a war of attrition. Heal, hit, heal, hit, losing net damage the whole time

[@YoBGS]

But the move that 2 shots only has 5 PP, so you could weather the storm. Pretty boring for sure but it could work

[@NickyvMLP]

@@YoBGS Oh yeah, that is Ancientpower. Maybe, depending on how much over half health it does, but if it's closer to a two-thirds (and if it gets the boost), then you would be in trouble

[@YoBGS]

Very true, and if it crit it kills. Not to mention wouldnt the next move be that steel-type one that would boost its attack? So the sac was definitely the smart play there

[@DraconicDuelist]

28:48 Apparently most Nuzlocke rules say you aren't allowed to use any Legendaries. Some allow 1 Legendary, or all "Static Encounters" are allowed separate to the Route-Catch (which is why Fossils are allowed), but it seems most people doing a Nuzlocke either don't or won't use them.

[@YoBGS]

I dig that, It definitely makes the home stretch of the runs way more difficult, which is really cool!

[@Meteorite_Shower]

I don't personally have a type preference for starters; I usually go in blind, look at the three given and pick the one that appeals the most. Naming though, I absolutely take gender into account, which does affects some predetermined names I have. For example I always name Venusaur 'Venny' as a homage to the Venusaur my younger self stuck by back in the days of Pokémon Blue, but if it's a girl, then it becomes 'Venni'. EVs and IVs I don't particularly care about until after I've gone through the game once and then some, then I'm immediately in competitive mode, researching everything I've missed and breeding the mons I like to be the best they can be, even if they're not exactly best suited for actual competitive.

[@YoBGS]

I love that! Like, a lot. Especially bc I have a lot of speedrunner friends that will play immediately to find speedrunning tech and it's, you gotta enjoy the game at least once!

[@DraconicDuelist]

1:40 The 2 hats designate the two most popular leads of the Pokemon series: The one on the right with what looks like a stylized "L" is Ash (the anime's protag), and on the left is Red (Pokemon Red/Fire Red game's protag).

[@moonblaze2713]

Hey. Bow (from She-Ra) bares his midriff and he's the goodest boy.

[@YoBGS]

But does he wear a sleeveless hooded workout shirt too?

[@moonblaze2713]

@@YoBGS No. But he did wear a tux and ripped the midriff out. He shows his abs even whole being formal!

[@YoBGS]

@@moonblaze2713 Hmmmm so then maybe if Team Magma had a better fitness program I could stan.

[@AlgernonsIris]

For people who want to know why jaiden didn't use groudon it's a common rule not to use legendaries you can catch but not use them

[@lilredhead17]

"I've played all gens and only caught 1 shiny". I played every gen, and never even encountered a shiny, let alone catch one... (except for gyarodos ofcourse)

[@YoBGS]

I always forget to use repels so I feel like I've run into a LOT more random encounters than I would've otherwise

[@calrex4513]

The only Shiny I ever saw was when my brother encountered and caught a shiny Combee in Pokémon sword.

[@beverlyaponte6200]

I shiny hunt and I have caught, in Lets go Eevee, about 10 shinies. It is a GRIND

[@shadowacesonic2827]

My only shiny encounter has been a Growlithe, and that in the first game I played. I already had four, though, with two leveled up real high (one had Intimidate, and one was, like, resistant to fire moves, whatever that ability is), so I didn't get to use it. Rip shiny Growlithe in the box

[@williamcox632]

Sturdy didn't get its gen 5 buff yet. sturdy in gen 3 and 4 only worked with ohko moves

[@katiewhelan6431]

I've always picked water starters. Always. And this ended up working really well with two friends I had, because one always picked fire types and the other always picked grass. Pure coincidence but was amazing

[@YoBGS]

That's true friendship right there!

[@killroy458]

18:25 that's Team Four Star's team when they did their Emerald Nuzlocke. People noticed some discrepancies between their pokemon's levels/XP when they were about to go into the fight and when they actually did. Turned out they had wiped on Winona and went back in. They had even later released the original recording where they did wipe, titled Nuzlocke_Champions.mp5 with a thumbnail of Altaria and the words "I want to Be(lie)ve.

[@Khan-zv4zi]

Bro you have such a great vibe You actually inspired me to start personally speed-running Nanosaur 2; something I've been wanting to do for years now, but never got around to. Just wanted to get that out there

[@YoBGS]

Let's goooooooo! Honestly I was super cynical for a long time and then 2020 happened and it just kinda was a bit much. So I went down a Mr Rogers and Bob Ross rabbit hole and came out, well, this! Idk much about Nanosaur 2 but you gotta keep me posted on how the runs go!

[@Charziken]

My main issue is 33:21 when you tell her to heal Blubby. It would make no difference. Blubby got 2 shot by ancient power, so healing would just put Blubby right back to where it was before the heal. And even though Ancient Power has 5 PP, crits exist, and definitely would have 1-shot blubby. It's juts a risk she probably didn't want to take.

[@FonVegen]

First starter? Used to be always Grass, but now I'm more in the "never fire" category. Not that I'm against fire types in general, but the fire starters just appeal to me less for some reason.

[@YoBGS]

In later gens there are a lot cooler fire types. Like Volcarona! So it makes up the difference. In gen 1 you pretty much have fire starter, ponyta, or growlithe and that's about it lol

[@zemellion26]

#Sobblegang

[@FonVegen]

Sobble was indeed my first and remains my favourite of the Galar starters.

[@zemellion26]

@@FonVegen its literally james bond. Its gigantamax form is amazing

[@akittah]

7:10 I thought that was only me! 😂 Dude! The joy you have by watching these videos just leaks through the screen!

[@YoBGS]

Legit my cats think I’m nuts because I frequently tell them I’ma name them onion now. Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@hydrashade1851]

"STOP BEATING UP CORN" imagine that out of context

[@YoBGS]

I live in farm country so it’s ALMOST passable out here in the middle of nowhere

[@crazycatlogic8368]

33:22 You cant heal and attack on the same turn. She would just be healing constantly while Steven attacked until she ran out of healing items, only delaying the inevitable. Side-note I think Ruby was before they "rebalanced" earthquake.

[@kalicosu]

YOBGS wait for the second one it's coming at the end of this year

[@X-SPONGED]

13:20 Your argument is like the age old question from Ghost of Tsushima, do you die with honor or win as a disgrace ? It's basically a "Would You Rather, Your Honor or a *[W]* ?"

[@minemaster6067]

I've been enjoying your content and I'm so excited whenever I get the notification and watch it as soon as I can

[@YoBGS]

Thank you so much this made my day! It's been so cool to just get to hang out with ya and make ya smile

[@Allister-ft9zm]

22:00 You were wondering what allowed Zipzapzop to live right? It was the Hp Evs from the Marill. I figured I should let you know that.

[@LucasGonzalez-no5uc]

I just love your energy man, keep it going!

[@YoBGS]

With kind words like that you know I will!

[@BakedBeanZ1234]

3:00 I think it’s a mha reference bc Texas smash is one of all mights ultimate moves

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

The Marills zipzapzop killed raised HP EVs and helped it survive on 2 HP btw.

[@YoBGS]

That is some galaxy brain strategy on her part if it was intentional!

[@Solrex_the_Sun_King]

@@YoBGS nah, it wasn’t intentionally, Marill just gives HP EVs and she didn’t really think about it. After all, she said Corn’s Ghost protected ZipZapZop, not the EVs.

[@deathsoal]

20:40 It's sorta ironic you mention that because Marills actually give 1 HP Effort Values(EV) which is probably why it survived that boosted Earthquake from Altaria.

[@YoBGS]

See if I didn't bring it up there I probably would've with Spurky because that was another big stretch of EV farming, if they weren't maxed by then

[@mangleslash2675]

"do you lose this many pokemon in a nuzlocke" ... yes

[@BigBenClockTower]

25:25 To be fair, most people aren't ever going to be expecting a Solrock (Rock/Psychic) to be packing Flamethrower (or any Fire-type move). In any situation where Solrock doesn't have a Fire-type or Ground-type move, Magneton is 110% an amazing choice against it, and against most Ground-type moves, Magneton has enough physical defense to weather at least one (whereas its special defense is pretty poor, leaving it vulnerable to powerful Fire-type attacks).

[@lanceleal8639]

Yall I love this The Nuzlocke was very intense but so fun ^-^ IM BACK Im watching all you're vids now because I have free time^-^

[@YoBGS]

Awesome! Hope everything went well for you in the meantime bc IIRC you had a bunch on your plate there for a hot minute!

[@dominusdane3304]

21:30 It could easily have sturdy, but that's not why it survived. Sturdy would only have saved it from that in gen 5 onwards. In gen 3 it only protects from actual one hit KO moves (Sheer Cold etc) - It survived because Marill give HP EVs

[@YoBGS]

And now I’m questioning if Jaiden’s grind was planned for that reason. Probably not but still a cool coincidence

[@dominusdane3304]

@@YoBGS She didn't mention anything about EVs so i highly doubt it was planned

[@cullenlatham2366]

there is nothing wrong with evasion, the "not honorable" stigma comes from the idea that winning a fight with evasion that could have been won without it is a bit cowardly. The real origins of it comes from the smogon format, in which the butt hurt veterans at the top of the ladder with all the authority to change the format's rules decided to ban evasion tactics all together because they were not fun to fight against. Whether or not you agree with the decision, smogon's reputation has done nothing but plummet over time after the decision, as the existence of bans created problems they had to solve with further bans, to the point that the format is so rigid that it seems like there are a total of 10 legal pokemon in the format, and the ones who decide what gets banned are too afraid of change and try to bend the format so that they never have to change their team to win the format events. smogon is not official, and as before stated, all the problems are byproducts of their own restrictions. The evasion they hate so much has built in counters in the form of never-miss moves (anything whos accuracy stat is labeled as "--", like swift) and setup time that the opponent can strike quickly to avoid the problem all together, and the official VCG (whos biggest problem is corruption and hacking) has no such limitation on evasion, yet very few top teams use evasion tactics to win due to how unreliable they are at top levels. Nuzlocks are challenge runs, and therefore EVs and IVs are not the main focus. Those who are well versed in them and can plan around them might have an advantage, but it is not required. The difficulty of a nuzlock comes mostly down to how it is played. How many extra restrictions (things like never entering your pc to adjust party or never using items in battle unless the pokemon is already holding it)? How willing is the person to grind? a nuzlock that is started by grinding to lvl 100 on the first route is tedious, but makes the challenge generally easier as long as the grinding process does not take unnecessary risks.

[@julesvonlipwig5209]

Oh, I already loved your videos cause you always seem so enthusiastic and supportive... And you're also an AH fan? EVEN BETTER!

[@nixian_zwaylus]

15:50 she probably double teamed and then healed.

[@YoBGS]

Whatever works against the AI!

[@LazyNinja421]

Also slaking can only move every other turn yeah?

[@nixian_zwaylus]

@@LazyNinja421 yes. it's ability is truant, which makes him miss every other turn.

[@Jon-id7ki]

Dude, you're so wholesome and I love it! Keep up the good work, my man

[@matthewsnyder9478]

I choose starters purely on cuteness Wich has has always lead me to water type except for gen 6 Wich I chose fennekin

[@dougloremaster7413]

Your energy; that anger, joy, heartbreak...That is what a nuzlocke is all about. Just understand, Jaiden felt the same way. It's a type of magic you just can't get from normal play. A fight for survival, with no guarantee. Your reaction was beautiful and kind of infectious with that energy. Much

[@skyred2159]

watching to the end... no im not crying... someone is chopping onions

[@YoBGS]

I've been walking around the house picking up my cats and telling them "I'ma name you Onion" for 2 hours now. It's still not gotten old.

[@skyred2159]

@@YoBGS XD made my day... if i had cats or dogs i would do the same

[@ssr8555]

I used to be OBSESSED with Pokémon Nuzlocke comics. It's amazing how people can write full, interesting and individual plots from a game with a straight story. Some of these comics are so different from the actual game that I can't even believe they were written based on a gameplay.

[@YoBGS]

Yes!!! I was a little before that but people used to post their Nuzlocke stories on message boards and it was wild how hundreds of people would get invested in it!

[@amberschippers601]

Now I need Marik in a team Magma outfit. XD

[@YoBGS]

If I had ANY art skills whatsoever I'd be all about it! My thumbnails are the max of my art ability lol

[@anna-flora999]

You know, I might just commission that at some point

[@gooby4537]

21:23 So, Jaiden unknowingly EV trained her Zipzapzop in HP. That's how it lived the Earthquake from Altaria lol

[@killernyancat8193]

I learned about the Tidus/Titus name thing from Kingdom Hearts. Lol

[@YoBGS]

I learned that around the same time I learned that I pretty much pronounce EVERYTHING wrong lol. And that's coming from someone who read Animorphs and screwed all of that up too

[@killernyancat8193]

@@YoBGS Speaking of Animorphs...have you heard that there's an Animorphs movie being made?

[@PestilentAllosaurus]

@@killernyancat8193 REALLY?! Ahhhhhh the nostalgia! I never had the chance to watch the shows but I had a few books. ^^

[@mrtoad9588]

Congrats on your channel blow up! You barely had any when I first saw you. Congrats!

[@kkfaller]

I think you should react to "How to crush Pokémon Platinum with a single Woopy boi" buy Smallant

[@YoBGS]

I need to get Smant's permission first, I've already used his content a few times and I feel kinda sus just using all his stuff

[@kkfaller]

@@YoBGS oh yes it really would be not nice to just do that

[@Subpar1224]

Texas smash is a call to My Hero Academia, and that green costumed person is Deku from the same show

[@Maxwellish]

congrats on the Danny Gonzalez shoutout!

[@YoBGS]

Haha that was the coolest thing ever! Especially bc I was just playing Circus for my boss the other day explaining why it should be on the air. He didn't agree, mainly bc there's no radio edit.

[@jacobgiron96]

She may say that Double Team is not honorable because on Smogon rules, evasion/accuarcy modifications are not allowed, and many people consider it that way

[@YoBGS]

Ahhh that makes sense, but still all's fair in love and AI battles I say.

[@jacobgiron96]

@@YoBGS I think the same, why shouldn't I use something that is a feature of the game and the AI will use against me right?

[@ricois3]

You should react to "How I got the All Advancements Speedrun Record ft. Dream" by Illumina

[@YoBGS]

YES! I actually got to host Illumina's run at SGDQ this year and that would be awesome!

[@mattyluvspokemon08]

Favourite starter type: grass, usually I'll go for them just for how cool their designs are and each region (besides johto and diamond/pearl) have an option I can use for good fire type rather than the starter. I also just enjoy most grass type starters in battle (except meganium)

[@Piloublob]

i always have a name in my head and i hope for the gender i want, otherwise i change my name to fit him/her

[@victorhale]

18:23 I believe the team showed off here was Aaron aka Egoraptors Emerald Playthrough or Nuzlocke team (obviously not Jaiden’s)

[@YoBGS]

Waaaaaait Egoraptor did a Nuzlocke?!

[@victorhale]

@@YoBGS I think so. Not surr

[@Sanity1532]

First, got that one good

[@Agent0zone]

Uno reverse card

[@YoBGS]

Got it!

[@skynet0912]

I have only found 2 legit shinies in my entire time of playing every pokemon game... I was one of THOSE people who encountered a shiny in Silver on my first playthrough (i never even knew what Repels did at the time), thought something was wrong, so i reset the game to correct the "mistake". It then took until my sixth playthrough of Y until i encountered a shiny Ariados from an accidental ceiling drop in Voctory Road! I have found one other shiny in Let's GO, but i don't think it counts as a legit shiny, as i was grinding species candy for my Diglett, and during the catching chain i encountered one, but it was in a proces where i had to encounter somewhere between 200-250 Diglett to get enough candy to max one out on Diglett Candy... I did end up going with the shiny for my team though, and having 200 more than normal in all stats made it pretty trivial that it had one of the worst possible natures for a Diglett: Bold nature! Lowering Attack, boosting Defense...

[@YoBGS]

Haha but of course it would have the worst nature! And now that you mention it I have a faint memory of finding a weird mon in Silver. I'm just blocking it out of my memory tho lol

[@skynet0912]

@@YoBGS It served me well enough, but in truth, i don't really like using shiny pokemon when i play normally... I always play with animations on to get a bit more "game" out of it, and watching the shiny sparkles pop out every time on top of that, quickly makes battles take much longer than they need to! It's also very few shiny pokemon color schemes that i actually i like, like Umbreon, Gardevoir and the swapped colors of the Nidoran lines... All in all, there might be only 20-30 lines of pokemon where i like the shiny colors over the normal ones...

[@aoxolotls]

second

[@YoBGS]

Welcome back!

[@henrique2b]

21:44 The 80+ HP EV's from Marill + Not Stab made it survive, and yes, it was a low row, the lowest row possible.

[@X-SPONGED]

31:00 "Did she not have a mon that is higher level than the Walrein ?" So, the way most Nuzlockers do it is. We do not overlevel our mons because that kinda negates the point of a Nuzlocke, you can level them up, absolutely. But you cannot overlevel them in risk of basically negating what The Nuzlocke is all about (also the reason why we always don't use the legendaries to combat The Elite 4 as it basically reduces them to basic pushover trainers)

[@iamthebestyeahright.6062]

12:52 Double-Team is considered dishonorable strategy, because it's basically relying on sheer luck instead of skill. While I agree with you that it's a better option than throwing the run during a playthrough, it's actually to the point where moves that raise Evasion/lower accuracy as their main effects are banned in both the VGC (Officialy endorsed by Nintendo competitive) and Showdown (Competitive managed by the community) 15:47 Slaking's Ability is actually called Truant 18:20 As Winona's Altaria isn't her first pokemon, the nuzlocke uses the necessary X Items to beat it before it sets up on the Swellow, making one of the hardest fight during a casual playthrough relatively easy 19:42 I don't think she uses that rule, it's more that the rest of her PC (minus ZipZapZop) is even more trash 20:35 Killing a mon only yield EVs not IVs. EVs are points that can be attributed to every stats to boost its strenght in that stat up to a total of 508 across all stats and 252 in one stat while the IVs are a random value attributed to every stat individually going from 0 to 31 that can't be changed by the player. So yeah, you DO want to be careful what you train on if you're a serious player, but worst case scenario it only uses 252 EVs out of the 508 available. With all that being said, Marills yield 2 HP EVs each, which is good in a nuzlock (since she killed around 80, that's 160ish HP EVs). Finally, you talked about spreading things out evenly, which, in competitve at least, we don't really do because you build your mons to be able to resist specific attacks from specific current threats/ OHKO or 2HKO some of the most current mon and very few mon are good both in physical and special attack. To take Magnemite as an exemple, you probably wouldn't invest in it's physical attack as its too low and there is no good physical moves in its moveset (35 Base Physical Attack against 95 Sp. Attack) or Special Defense as it's too fragile (Only 55). 21:20 Here, the HP EVs from the Marill I was just talking about actually saved ZipZapZop!!! NO WAY it would have survived! 25:54 Feebas, the mon Manectric catches in its mouth, is actually considered by many the rarest mon in Ruby/Sapphire, so that's a neat little Easter Egg showing how much grinding she had to do. 28:45 Most people I talked to actualy ban the use of legendaries in nuzlockes as they are too strong and I assume that's what Jaiden has done too. 30:16 Acutally, all 4 mons of Glacia that come before the Walrein know Hail which actually would make Blizzard 100% and I assume happened. 31:30 It really depends the game you play, the mons you get and how mean the RNG is to you. I litterally got perfect Nuzlocks in the past (No casualities) like I got one with 17 deaths. 33:58 NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY MIGHT END UP! NOBODY KNOWS (I'm kind of a Grey's Anatomy fan) Welp, That's actually the first comment of that style I write, hope I could help... Also, when are you reacting to something I haven't watched already xD

[@alyssabrown3145]

I love the positive vibes you exude when reacting to Jaiden's animations.

[@YoBGS]

Thanks! I try and bring that to all the reactions I do, like even if I disagree I try to have fun with it!

[@michelleanngallarde81]

28:47 TBH.... Back in 2013, It was my first pokemon game. Sapphire. I didnt knew the game much and just played it. I have no sweat beating gyms since I focus too much in my Sceptile and always over level the gym leaders. I didnt know the use of Master ball so I'm afraid the Only one Master Ball. So when I faced Kyogre, I end up playing it 3 times since I want to catch it but end up killing it. Hahahha

[@cocacolaplayz7423]

20:48 First, look at the marills with Spinny eyes since they're fainted.. But then, look at the left and there's a Marilla in a uhh bit of a Painful Experience. (the marill's Body is literally cut in Half and is being Spiked. Notice how the eyes aren't Spinny and instead.. X. *dead.)*

[@growasowa3444]

Idk if anyone mentioned this yet, but Sturdy preventing any OHKO became a thing in gen 5. Sturdy in gen 3 and 4 only blocks certain kill moves such as Fissure/Sheer Cold/etc.