Pokémon Crystal but I Start in Kanto
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Merry Christmas everyone! We'll see you in the new year :)
Please smith plays give me a copy of violet for Christmas please
Merry Christmas Smith!
merry christmas nice vids btw
oh i am subbed btw
i hope i can win a copy!
That girl who trades you aerodactly for a chansey is the most sentient NPC ever, and even that brief interaction with her gave me a strange pang of personal connection, the kind of feeling a dog must feel when he sees another dog while on a walk... First of all, she has a specific goal, to find a chansey, and she's actually out there in the long grass, pacing back and forth looking for it. She even gives us her subjective reason for wanting it; because it's cute. Second of all, shes searching in the one spot where chansey actually spawns, which mean she's already done the necessary research to find out where to get it. One must imagine how many wild pokemon encounters she's had to deal with in the grass there, searching tirelessly for a chansey. Additionally, when she sees you, she takes the initiative not only to tell you about her goal, but to try and make a deal with you to get what she wants. She offers to trade with you, which, that alone makes her more proactive than 95% of trainers in the game. And then, to top it off, the thing she offers to trade with you is an aerodactyl of all things. An extinct pokemon. The only way to get that is to find a fossil, take it to cinnabar and bring it to life. Having an aerodactyl in her party makes my mind race with visions of the adventures she must have gone on to acquire that. The amount of main character energy exuding from that brief encounter is amazing.
based and observation pilled
What ?!
@@tenanaciouzI need a translation to this Generation whatever’s language.
@@556Crossbro cant read
The observation in this comment is so great I often find myself thinking about it randomly througout the day. Such underrated thing.
The delivery of "Johto post game?!" Cracked me up 😂
Me too lol
Johto is going to be easy after beating Kanto. Faukner's even weaker than Gen I Brock.
Then again, since you first arrived at New Bark Town after entering the Hall of Fame, I wonder if there'd be any glitches? Will you have to pick your Johto starter? If so, what happens if you pick your starter when you already got a full team of six? Had the developers thought so much about hackers and cheaters that they programmed what's supposed to be your FIRST Pokémon to go into the PC or have Professor Elm tell you you don't have room?
@@SeanWheeler100 Those are some really interesting questions. I would love to see someone explore that. My guess is that the new starter would go straight to the PC since that's what tends to happen when you don't have room for a gift Pokémon
Yeah, like everyone expecting a fast forward to a Red fight and he's just nope it's the post-game switcheroo. That's a good example of how to subvert expectations if I've ever seen one.
SmithPlays inspired me to start posting videos. I just can't get any views though 😢
That berserk gene, baton pass, bitter berry combo was a big brain move 🧠🤯
impressive. most impressive
That's some champion level shit. You can't even come up with it randomly because most people don't even have or use Pokemon with baton pass.
It was the bite of 87!
Berserk Gene
Baton Pass
Bitter Berry
The Big Brain BBB Strategy
@@briangruenewald7536
Boi
"Blue is tied with Lance for hardest trainer in the game."
Red: "..."
Litterally
For those who want to know, Aerodactyl is in a 4 way tie for 2nd fastest pokemon in Gen 2; tied with Mewtwo, Crobat, and Jolteon, all 4 of which have a base speed of 130. The fastest being Electrode, with a base speed of 140 (prior to Gen 7)
Gen 3 had Deoxys Speed and Ninjask. Otherwise what you said is true. 🙂
@@crazycoolkids00 I wasn't talking about Gen 3 and beyond but ok
Oh damn I thought Tauros was in that tie too
@@hillhank3070 oh I know. But you said prior to Gen 7.
Oh, hang on. I see another way that comment could have been interpreted. You meant that electrode's speed was 140 prior to generation 7. (In generation 7, it became 150, as we both know.)
I thought you were saying he was the fastest prior to gen 7. My bad.
@@andrewbledsoe131 Nah, base 110
This is why Crystal Clear is excellent. The scalling is great, so you can start anywhere and make your own journey.
Hands down one of my favorite hacks of all time.
@@zibrykstephens7750 loved it, but the elite 4 was soo cringe
Yeah, really! Its cool that the mod team is fightable, but that should be like, side content, not REPLACING the actual E4.
Havent played that, is it just the normal Crystal story and normal 251 pokemon with like, harder trainers and ai?
@@Moneytakerbaby no, it's basically open world. You can visit every city from the beginning and fight the gyms in any order, and the levels scale with your progress.
That hyper beam finish was poetic
The fact that Tentacruel was instrumental in this run fills me with so much joy
johto postgame when
Its strange that with no badge an over level pokemon do as he wants. Except starting in kanto gives you the advantage like having all the johto gyms badges 😓
@@AleM2287 That's actually not something that happened until recently! In old games, only traded Pokémon would disobey if they were overleveled. I think they started making all overleveled Pokémon disobey in Sword/Shield because you could stumble into really strong Pokémon early on (intentionally) for one of the first times.
@ShadowOftheSilver not as new as you think - I've have non-traded pokemon disobey me in Gameboy Color games
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This challenge was amazing! Your strategy was really on point, the baton pass + bitter berry play was great. I’m also really glad Sentret made it to the hall of fame ❤
Sentret the goat
@@smithplayspokemon The epitome of the adage "Sometimes winning it just a matter of not losing long enough" :P
@@smithplayspokemonwhere's the download link??☹
I've always wanted a Kanto game that has Johto as the post-game
I'd rather do Hoenn first, then take a boat from Lilycove to Olivine for a Johto-Kanto continuation. Brendon's coming home tour.
@@a-s-greig Three regions might be a bit too much
Same
@@Thedarksenshi Would have love if they did that with Lets go Eevee Pikachu
@@TheBeggies95 Yeah, but they decided to make that a Kanto purist adventure by only having the 151 Pokémon with no future evolutions but also included mega evolution and Alolan forms
also really appreciate you implementing unique Strats in a run like this. kept it very entertaining and really payed off
I agree
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All the bots almost conditioned me to report your comment.
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You know what would be cool? Now traveling Johto, but with a Houndour finally on your team!
Facts
Luckily you can play jotho with a houndour in your team in heart gold and soul silver. You can find all the gen 2 exclusive to Kanto pokemon in the safari zone. I love to get larvitar before the league.
@@nintonintendo1 Sadly, to be able to encounter Houndour in the Safari Zone, you need to use the "blocks" feature, which is only unlocked after becoming the champion. Here's the list of Pokemon that were previously available only in Kanto that can be found in Johto Safari Zone *without any blocks:*
- Cubone
- Clefairy
- Mr. Mime
- Misdreavus
- Murkrow
- Grimer
- Larvitar
- Kangaskhan
- Farfetch'd
Additionally, the new routes leading to Safari Zone give you Diglett and trade-less Steelix, while Primo gives you a Slugma egg in Violet City (if you give him the right code). This makes Houndour/doom and Sneasel the only Gen 2 Pokemon that can't be found before postgame.
@@robertlupa8273 actually you can unlock blocks before becoming the champion. You just have to do the first baoba quest and then wait a day. I know because I have a team with pupitar before beating the league
@@nintonintendo1 You can get Larvitar without blocks.
By the way, by "blocks" I mean "placable objects", not "different areas."
_"After the player has both _*_received the National Pokédex_*_ from Professor Oak, and 3 hours of gameplay have passed after completion of Baoba's second challenge, Baoba will call the player to tell them that he has come up with a new idea for the Safari Zone. After receiving this call, the player will be able to place blocks in each active area of the Safari Zone."_ - Bulbapedia
Legit one of the best runs I've ever seen, there were so many good plays here. My jaw dropped at the berserk gene/baton pass/bitter berry strategy, that was genius. Your entire team EARNED those spots in the hall of fame, especially the myth, the legend, the GOAT, Sentret.
there is something about pokemon crystal that makes me so insanely nostalgic. i love the johto remakes and i love the newer games but crystal's style, the sounds, the colours... makes me want to play it again
Crystal was my first Pokémon game and holds a special place in my heart. It isn't the best Pokémon game I've played but I feel a certain warmth when I think of it.
I know what you mean, it wasn't my first Pokémon Game but the nostalgia is just so overwhelming
@@AdmiralKnusperbacke Mine neither, but I still hold Crystal dear, great memories. Though as nostalgic as Crystal (or any Gen 2 game really) is, it just makes me want to play SS/HG after about 1-2 hours into a fresh game, and for that Soul Silver and Black 2 never get old for me and thats only reason I keep my DS emulator saved along with the roms to my external drive.
I havent played any of the mon games after Gen V as I'm in my late 30's now and could careless about them, but I still often revist Crystal, SS and B2. Just so damn fun, simplistic giddy fun.
Babe wake up SmithPlays Pokémon uploaded.
Its like 4pm and she is still sleeping
Homie calling his right hand “Babe” 💀
@@haisai8289boldy of you to assume he's right handed
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Berserk Gene is such a unique, terrifying item, so glad to see it actually getting used.
I do love watching these challenges. I wish I could have told my kid self you would find people as passionate about these games on UA-cam in the future
It was the first game I ever played as a kid! Something I love very deeply and I’m really glad to return to the series :)
Sentret's sacrifices for the team, General returning from his suicide mission and Aerodactyl's hyper beam made this run legendary.
Yes her sacrifice was indeed helpful
It was unnecessary cause he could've just started with Tentacruel and swept just like he did
Every great battle involves a sacrifice of pawns, a General barely surviving his battles, and when the enemy sends in a dragon, you respond with a dragon of your own with a chaotic clash at the end.
Can we appreciate how cool Rhydon's animation at 17:52 is?
i think the same bro, is dope !!!
Heck yea
Oh yeah 😎
yeah, the video after really hit different
What a good idea! And also kinda demonstrates how Kanto could actually have been more of a challenge in 2nd/4th gen. Would be a great idea for the then to revisit.
Wishing really hard for a copy, I haven’t been able to get it and it was tight year money-wise. Happy Christmas everyone 🫶
A copy of what?
@@JJAB91 maybe the scarlet and violet copies the UA-camr eluded to in the video! 😊
I've done a similar concept to this before in a run-through of Crystal Clear. Chose a gen 2 starter, but started in Pallet Town. This run was dope to watch! Hope to see more gen 2 content from this channel.
No one asked
@@HistoryandReviews Every party needs a pooper and that's why they invited you!
@@Ghi102 😭
Honestly one of the best and most simple yet creative runs I've seen in a while.
I’m replaying the OG Crystal right now and this is just the thing I needed to get back into it.
I'm genuinely impressed. You deserved a standing ovation for this. In fact, I actually _did_ stand up when I gave you some congratulatory claps after beating Lance.
Honest to god I VERY MUCH doubted it was possible but watching you use pokemon normally under-used like Mr. Mime and do baton pass strats etc was funny and refreishing, amazing video!
That "Johto post game?!" had such "Let's fucking go!" energy it was adorable
Dude your side graphics are gorgeous and so appreciated
This is actually a really cool idea.
I'd love a RomHack that changed the story so you did Kanto and then Johto!
Do I have good news for you my friend, it exists and it's called Crystal Clear
Very good game
@@Yominication is that how it works? I've been debating on actually downloading it but I want to do Pokemon from gen1 -gen3 in one game. That would be cool. Do you know of a Romhack that's like thatM
@@l0lan00b3 You can pretty much start on any city from kanto and jotho, it's amazing. The game scales accordingly to your badges so you can make your own route. it's basically non linear pokémon crystal
"Revolves around the success of Mr.Mime" said as Hitmontop's spinning (aka "revolving") animation plays had me chuckle. lol
the berserk gene baton pass bitter berry was fucking genius
makes a rule about no grinding, gets excited about infinitely replayable battle lol
Can we appreciate how cool Rhydon's animation at 17:52 is?. I've always wanted a Kanto game that has Johto as the post-game.
This is a really unique playthrough! It was cool to see you put limitations on it through strict rules to make it even harder
Fuscia Blockade is cleared by surfing up into the city. The game wants you to go to the power plant and radio tower and do all that, move the Snorlax, and then surf to Cinnabar from Pallet. Fuscia to Cinnabar is blocked until you’ve gone Cinnabar to Fuscia
Slightly unrelated, but whenever I see pretty much anything in Johto, I get flashbacks to _loads_ of creepypastas. Rival? Lost Silver. Unown? Lost Silver. Feraligatr? Lost Silver IT'S ALL LOST FRICKIN SILVER-
I'd love a Gen 2 ROM Hack that starts you in Kanto with levels adjusted for it, you battle to the Elite 4, and then the whole Gold/Silver storyline is postgame and gets very high level.
Have you heard of crystal clear? You can challenge gyms in any order, and trainers scale, so you can start in Kanto, do all of those gyms first, and then go to Johto to do those
@@rhodey_37 yes but theres no storyline. Just battles
@@rhodey_37 that one is pretty cool
I think what I'm talking about would need to add a Kanto story and edit the Johto story
Commenting before I finish watching: This feels like a really simple & accessible, yet underdone premise! It's just a shame the Johto games are the only ones with a 2nd region like this.
Will comment more later! Thanks for uploading!
It's only cause they're psychically connected. If Sinnoh was connected to Hoenn or Unova, you probably would have that set-up that GSCHGSS has
Oh, this is a damn cool challenge. Kanto always feels like it's breeze'd over during challenges like this in Johto, so it's nice to see it getting the spotlight
Blue's Arcanine using roar on Aerodactyl just to swap in Tentacruel named "*LOL*" was quite literally the greatest thing to happen in all of human existence!
Woooow!😂😂😭💀
This was a great idea and I really enjoyed the reverse journey in Crystal. Thank you for doing this!
YO!!!!!! THIS WAS HYPE AF!!!
I was so invested in this and got hype several times. Shout out to the fam Sentret. He's the real mvp for taking the hits for the rest of the crew!
That was so fun to watch and thanks for condensing it so well to tell such a captivating story of your playthrough!
Always fun seeing a classic done differently. Keep up the content! Looking forward to seeing more
This challenge is beautiful. Vindicated my unreasonable nostalgia to new levels.
Nifty! Now I can't get the image of how to properly surf on a sentret. Belly up, foot on head, foot on tail. Thanks for the funniest image I've had in my head all week, happy holidays!
You rode Senti’s face you better put him in the hall of fame! This reminds me of my copy of Crystal Clear as well as you can go either way to start the game. This was great to watch while I spent Christmas morning in the hospital. Thank you for the smiles❤️
That Berserk Gene Baton Pass Bitter Berry Aerodactyl sweep was just beautiful
Died laughing at the surfing Sentret lol.
This has to be the single greatest challenge video I have ever seen! And the strats used not only creative, but absolutely brilliant!! 12/10!!
Crystal was the first pokenon game i played as a kid. I remember how little effort it took to rule over Kanto. Now I get it, they had memory limits to the content they could squeeze in, but i wish you needed to have more thought instead of overpowering everything. Great video!
17:09 *So he starts with Pidgeotto* as he sends in Pidgeot and you send in *LOL.*
Perfect comedic timing.
Gen 2 has always been my favorite gen since I was a kid. Wish they'd revisit Kanto and Johto in a future game!
Kanto is very overused now, but I'd like to see Johto along side other regions!
I second that it gets alot of hate for some reason it was and still a fun game
Check out Pokemon Infinite Fusion. Best fangame I've ever played, and it's Kanto with a full Johto postgame.
I was literally just thinking about this as I have been replaying Crystal. This is awesome
This is such a cool concept! I love this so much!
I'm actually playing through the post-game of Crystal right now, and actually found a Lucky Egg Chansey on my second Chansey encounter. Even crazier is that I found a shiny Noctowl during that hunt!
I also started Crystal some weeks ago, got myself a decent team. I was even trying to breed a shiny Pokemon using the shiny Gyarados. Never got a shiny and I could not even find myself a Chansey and here you are with a Chansey, a Lucky Egg on your second Chainsey encounter and a shiny Noctowl... You beat me. How much time did you spend for finding a Chainsey with a Lucky Egg and your shiny?
you should go play the lottery now lol
if you really want to get the most out of crystal pair it with pokemon stadium 2 i loved trading pokemon over to beat the hard R2 content in stadium as a kid
THAT BERSERK GENE GENE BATON PASS STRATEGY INTO AN AERODACTYL HOLDING BITTER BERRY IS THE FUCKING CRAZIEST IDEA I'VE EVER SEEN ALL OF POKÉMON'S 25 YEAR HISTORY!! You sir have more than earned me as a subscriber! Get this big brain psycho a cookie, and a raise!
That hyperbeam finish was so damn cinematic
Rule: no grinding
"So I spent a bit of time grinding in the trainer house"
Oooops lol
He meant grinding in Grass cause he had to grind to get his Starter up to par. He grinded against the trainers of Kanto
"Johto Postgame?!?!" lmao
The lady who wanted a Chansey is clearly the MVP lol
Never made sense to me why kanto gyms were like that imagine being a starting trainer and having to fight level 30s for the first time
This was such a pleasure to watch, you have very mean and dirty strategies and I'm all for it!
I once did a similar run of Crystal where I played like normal until I reached Goldenrod then used a walk through walls cheat to take the train to Kanto and even then it was still quite difficult but pretty fun. Though I warn you, the "Johto post game" gets bugged and the Team Rocket Radio Tower event never triggers for some reason so you can't finish it
Because the "Lore Time system" and thus the city versions that'll be loaded are Gym badge dependent.
Or simply said you'll basically reach Goldenrod too "late"...
This video was absolutely great. So fun to watch! Great job man!
This run reminds me of how much I want Crystal Clear's leveling scaling system in vanilla Crystal.
I’ve never heard of the Berserk Gene until now. That was an insane play!
You definitely used a healing item in battle. At 11:21 your tentacruel's health goes back up and his held item was a bitter berry.
That was his third try facing misty he said it at the end of the battle
I was wondering about that too
Ivysaur also used leftovers at a certain point. Maybe held items and berries don't count because they are used automatically?
Thanks UA-cam for this recommend. This video is so high quality and such a nice challenge
I have never used a Mr. Mime and never knew berserk gene existed. Hats off to you for a strategy I could not’ve imagined.
That last play near the end with the Baton Pass was big brain energy loved the video.
I've wondered this same question for years. Good to see someone made it possible now
I love seeing crystal played in this unique way.. really enjoyed this video
7:25 I think the event that unblocks the Fuchsia City Blockade is entering Route 19/Route 20 via surf from Cinabar Island
Wow!
I had followed your old Zombies content and then never again. I'm glad to have found your Pokémon content however because this is amongst the best I've ever seen!
I have just subbed again, keep it up man!
I was waiting on hold for my tax returns while I was watching videos, and came across this. I finally was connected half way through, and then resumed when I was done. The improvised planning and meticulous execution makes this one my my favorite videos I've seen, that's not something I say often.
That video was awesome, first one I've seen from you and I'll definitely be coming back, keep up the awesome work! Merry Christmas!
You did great Pat , Keep up the amazing work
I love the timing of the gym badge landing on the final note of Bonetrousle.
Walks into Falkner's gym and sees his pidgey
"Cute, I have a flyer too"
Aerodactyl hyper beams pidgey so fast Falkner can't even see it
This was so fun to watch, glad i saw this and the easter egg videos today. Take the sub homie.
I Loved watching you play Minecraft and for some reason I've been super nostalgic watching the old pokémon games and single pokémon playthroughs. So thank you for the grade A Entertainment and keep up the good work!
They never explained who that redhead rival is. Not even in the show.
"Hate him with a fire of a thousand burning suns."
A *Scarlet* burning hatred, hopefully.
the aerodactyl strats were insane great vid!
I really like the team in this one. This is a pretty neat challenge idea too!
"Taking shots to the dome" ahahhaha I lost it right there 😂😂😂
That was amazing, and the Hyper Beam finish is pure catharsis
That battle against Lance, you are now my favorite Pokémon, UA-cam
Super cool run concept! And entertaining narration 😂
Reason you caught a high level pokemon so easily is because level has no involvement in the catch rate calculation.
Gen 2 endgame was by far the best endgame of any generation. I hope we one day get another multi-region Pokemon game like this, but with it being seven generations later and still nothing, it's not looking likely. I have a wild hope that maybe they will do something big for gen 10, but I'm not going to bank on it.
Really good editing! This was a great UA-cam recommend. Also a copy of a new gen game would make for a great Christmas…
A person with such contents should have more subscribers. This channel is very underrated.
This got very dramatic and engaging at the finale. General clutching, aerodactyl learning hyper beam! Mr mime strats!!
I love how you go through a tunnel and you’re in kanto lol
Dude, you had me glued to my screen the entire time. What an awesome run and mod! Gen 2’s my favourite so I loved it even more ❤And your bezerk gene-baton pass-rawst combo was sick! Plus I forgive your double route catch 😅
Glad I was subbed to you so I didn’t miss this! Keep the content coming, and Merry Xmas!
Thanks so much!! Welcome to the channel 😃
Pretty interesting concept my friend. Subbed as I can always use more pokemon videos XD
This video has the ultimate twist ending. Well done, that was actually amazing.
“As high as 36” while knocking out a lv. 39 Venemoth. Sorry to nitpick.
Great vid! As a longtime fan of gen 2, I find the analysis of Kanto fun and intriguing.
I just found this is video. I’m sooo glad I did bc I’ve been watching pat since 2013-14. Great to see my other Canadian UA-camr still alive