Also funny because it was immediately after Emile commented about that Patrat being the first female Pokemon he's caught...cut to Lollipup with a King's Rock who is female.
@@spindash64 I wish he'd at least showcase it. It's normally a postgame item, so it's a rare opportunity! May not be as broken as we'd expect, though: King's Rock + Skill Link is a 41% chance to flinch. High, but still not reliable. Serene Grace's chances are still higher.
Bad endings actually give worse rewards than the standard good ending, as you'd expect. The bad ending makes the backpacker give you one Fresh Water, when you would normally get _five Lemonades_ from him. Also, a twist movie star being used in any movie causes it to gross higher than it normally would.
@@Jessica_Schweser it's an amazing place. Infinite, great items, and the highest quality extra place in the franchise. The finale in a movie saga gives better rewarda and a strange ending in those gives the best rewards possible, so the best thing to do is later on when you have all the fans, you can farm one of the short finales (each saga has finales that require more or less turns to get the strange ending) over and over and it's insane hahaha 🌟🌟
One thing I really love about this mode are the unique sprites for the enemies. Sometimes you aren't even fighting Pokemon. You could be fighting an alien spaceship, or a malfunctioning time machine. It's just... So cool. And the outfits are great too. And the corny, serialized stories covering a number of different genres. And the fun detail that Sabrina got recruited as an actress. It's all great.
In fact, some of those monstrosities were essential to b2w2 balanced hackmons. Sabrina's acting helped lead to one of the most broken cards in the history of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in Bellelba & Brycen-Man. Pokémon would go on to print Sabrina & Brycen as a replacement to this busted card, not to mention a Mismagius to replace the busted one.
This is going to sound so sappy but I am going through finals of my last semester of college and having these videos as a reliable break is the most comforting escape of my day, these LPs were a major cornerstone of my childhood.
Not at all. Emile and other YTs got me through my Covid bout 2 years ago and actually helped me break out of my mild autism shell by being more sociable.
16:50: Tackle was actually buffed to 50 power in Gen V. It only became 40 power in Gen VII. 20:11: Better than a 1% chance: you can only get it from level 11-30. So if you, say, raise your Pickup user to level 41 to get more Rare Candies, then you can no longer get King's Rocks. Pignati (Pignite), Lv. 18, Gentle (+SpD -Def): EVs: 8 HP / 19 Atk / 9 Def / 8 SpA / 0 SpD / 9 Spe IVs: 14 HP / 21 Atk / 17 Def / 24 SpA / 29 SpD / 28 Spe Elekid, Lv. 18, Gentle (+SpD -Def): EVs: 3 HP / 9 Atk / 6 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD / 14 Spe IVs: 10-15 HP / 8 Atk / 8 Def / 20 SpA / 15-17 SpD / 3-6 Spe
I love Roxie being kind to her dad when he is sad about his movie. It shows she's still a loving daughter even if she could get on his case when he didn't do his job well.
My theory as to why Potions exist when water exists In other media (mainly animated media) we see that potions are a spray So it would make sense if, in-universe, a potion would be able to heal bruises and small cuts relatively quickly, with the added benefit of disinfectant
Honestly, I gotta say I loved Blaise’s performance in Pokevengers! I thought it was so cool how Brycen-Man made a surprise cameo at the end hinting at his future involvement!
It makes me a bit sad he already used a Cryogonal in the previous game's LP. I doubt he'll use an Ice type again, so low chance of Iceberg being chosen as a nickname.
Updated Win-Loss ratios: Congratulations on your movie debut, Elekid! Pignati: Wins - 45 Loss - 0 Ties - 0 100% Elekid: Wins - 27 Loss - 3 Ties - 0 90% Will Pignati ever lose a battle? At this rate, probably not!
@@ParadigmRiki Good question. It's if both Pokemon faint at the same time. Whether that be because of Recoil, Weather, Explosion, Self-Destruct, Poison, Burn, Destiny Bond, etc. I don't expect this to happen all that often, but it's good to have just in case.
I always loved doing the movies with my team because it means you're canonically a famous movie star. Like imagine you're team plasma, doing your world-conquering thing and you hear about this kid who's a strong trainer taking on your organization and it's Zendaya.
Considering it's socially acceptable for kids to fight gangs, cults and terrorists in the Pokémon world, Unova's questionable film industry is pretty tame in comparison.
I kinda enjoy the Pokemon Musical. Yeah. It's no PokeStudio. But it's an nice distraction and I love dressing up Pokemons in an goofy fashion. There both better than the Pokemon Contest.
The DS era Pokémon games will forever have so much more charm than the full 3D of the games that came after. It always felt kinda unique in a way, and then it got homogenised.
I honestly really liked pokestar studios when I was younger. It was a fun side thing to do. So even tho I’m not as big of a fan of it anymore, I am glad that it exists and that there is another side thing to do in the game
I must admit some of the "props" in Pokéstars studio have the potential to be fully realised Pokémon (with some adjustments). Also the rental Pokémon have ridiculously strong stats and moves compared to the mons available to you in your actual team.
@@zjzr08 That typing combination kinda reminds me of a pseudo-legendary fakémon (based on King Kong) that wields a battleaxe and has deep seated rivalry with Tyranitar, I forgot the name tho.
That’s actually pretty good advice from mom about acting and it’s similar advice I give my students about Public speaking: be your authentic self, put your own personality and flavor into the information you’re presenting (while still presenting credible information) and the audience will appreciate your speech!
I always thought Pokestar Studios was so underrated. You can tell a lot of effort was put in to make it interesting, I didn't even know about the cult classic endings until like a month ago!
The existence of bottled Fresh Water being better than a standard Potion leads me to believe that either Fresh Water isn't available in the Pokemon World due to catastrophic pollution, or that the Fresh Water is actually full of healing chemicals that aren't found in Potons.
For me, pokestar studios is the best side mode in pokemon. Plenty of experimentation for different outcomes, immaculate fan service and references to classic films (one of which I would never have seen without this mode, hint, John Carpenter), and a puzzle based battle scenario with each film to keep you from pressing A to win. Oh. And the movies aren't terrible either.
I don’t know why, but when we ran into the captain and Roxie noticed Blaise, my first thought was this conversation happening: Blaise: “Hi! I’m the actress that played both Riolu-Girl and Elekid-Girl!” The Captain: “Oh…” Roxie: “Weren’t you also in the one movie with the alien inva-“ Blaise: “I don’t like talking about that.”
One of my favorite small details of Pokestar Studios is that the NPCs hanging around the lot will slowly change their dialogue as you become more popular. You can basically grow from an unknown random indie personality to an A-list movie star with your merch selling out everywhere. Of course you never see any $$$ from that merch but w/e... At least my fans gave me a lifetime supply of drinks...
Pokéstar Studios is without a doubt my most favourite side activity in B2W2. I remember spending countless hours making films. Hope to see more! Edit: I feel like Emile will probably fail to mention this so when shooting for a new movie the first time, you cannot use a Party Pokémon. That will be unlocked after shooting a movie will the rental Pokémon. Edit 2: I like the detail of Roggenrola having Sturdy so you can use something like Dragon Tail to switch it out.
I have to say it: Neo Team Plasma's battle theme is THE best grunt battle theme in the entire series. It was already good in BW, but the remix it got in B2W2 is even better.
19:57 Chuggaa should give that item to Pignati just to make Arm Thrust a little better for future battles🤣 (Also another Lucky Montage Clip for Chugga with this one) I was literally watching a video of ability effects in the over world and it show that Pick Up has a 1% chance to find a King’s Rock… UA-cam has a way to predict the future😂
I’m so happy you’re a fellow Pokestars studio appreciator. It really showed me how beautiful and creative a Pokemon game could be, and honestly, there wasn’t much in future Pokemon games that captures that sense of wonder for me.
Exactlyyy it's amazing how oblivious people can be with this mode, the Pokémon franchise has never put as much care in anything as they put in Pokéstar Studios. Just one little side mode in a game that already has nearly infinite content, but it's such an original mode, use the battles to make movies, and all the exclusive music and sprites. And 40 movies is a lot, it's no easy thing they thought about one afternoon and that's it. And then the fact that they made 3 endings for each, crazy good. It's the best example of how this fandom can be incredibly dumb, because so many can look at such an amazing mode that can easily be the best part of the entire franchise and somehow say that it's one of the worst parts of the franchise. It's so inaccurate at appreciating stuff the way it should be appreciated, but at least the ones who can appreciate the truly great stuff, the "hidden gems" kinda, get to experience the best joy the franchise has to offer and it even feels special knowing that we're of the lucky few who can enjoy such amazing parts of the games 💖
Even Diantha herself wishes she could be this good of a movie star! Even if the films flop, it's your brilliant acting that glues moviegoers to their seats and keeps them interested! When people think of best actresses, it's Blaise's name that will be thought of first!
12:38 is a crossover I never expected, but man is it awesome to see 2 of my favorite UA-cam channels collide (and yes I know you referenced them in your Paper Mario Sticker Star video :) )
In this episode: The only thing about this game that I actually know! Pokestar Studios is honestly a really neat idea, I wish they kept it for later games.
Ahhh I'm so glad to see you do Pokestar Studios! I loved this mode as a kid, I was so hyped for it pre-release and I was not disappointed by it when I got to play the game -- even though seemingly everyone I knew at the time who played B2W2 was not a fan of this mode at all. I was here for HOURS doing movies, and by the time I had decided to continue the main story, I was rocking so many gifts from fans that I never really had to buy healing items again for the rest of the adventure. This place was a blast and I feel like it's overhated. I never hear anyone talk positively about this place sadly. It's a really fun side-mode to me and it holds a special place in my heart.
Fun fact: Even though the UFO character isn’t a Pokémon, there is internal data in Black 2 and White 2 for a Shiny one. 😅 It’s only a silhouette, but still. (Edit: Got that detail wrong, whoops. Only two specific opponents in Pokéstar Studios have programmed Shinies, and I don’t think we can see them just yet.)
First time I played pokestar studios I thought you were supposed to get the best possible ending. When I realized the amount of money earned was too little, I looked it up and realized that you were supposed to get the bizarre/ weird ending each time, which meant I would have to redo literally every movie
You have to get all good endings by default just for completion. Strange endings aren't _required,_ they just speed up the ranking process by a lot by raking in the big bucks.
Actually both are needed. There's a medal for getting all good endings and another one for getting all strange ones. But even if they weren't needed, wouldn't one want to see all possible endings anyway? They're so interesting, even the bad ones because it's so nice to see all those lines of dialogue they programmed for this game. I always go for strange endings first when I do the Studios, I love seeing all the weird ideas the devs had for endings for those movies.
Team Plasma gone from Pokemon Justice Knights, to Ghetsis Ninja Henchman Their new encounter and battle theme are on FIRE A real glow-up from the silly knight costumes
BW2 has my favourite villain themes in the franchise. Ghetsis' new theme in BW2 is especially fantastic. It perfectly reflects his character development in contrast to his appearance in the first game; he has become more demented, frustrated, and desperate over the years. The once organized chanting quickly become nothing but distorted noise as he is consumed by his own mania.
I'm very happy that Chuggaconroy played, and loved, the Pokestar Stuidios. I would always play through every movie I could before continuing the story, so I was surprised to learn not a lot of people even gave Pokestar Studios any thought after the tutorial.
I remember falling in love with Pokéstar Studios when I first reached this part of the game. I played it as much as possible before continuing, only stopping when I couldn’t figure out how to complete certain movies. I even completed every movie, it was awesome! It’s probably what got me into movies, and now I’m in university for screenwriting and scriptwriting, and I’m even writing for an indie animation series! So honestly, I have to thank Pokéstar Studios for making me interested in making movies/T.V shows
Fun fact - the Poké Star was actually used in VGC tournaments intentionally for strategic use! It was used to facilitate stalling out the timer, because it still counts down during the additional animation when switching, and if you switch both Pokémon at once, it plays the star animation one at a time, unlike the shiny animation.
Probably my favourite part of Pokestar Studios was getting to act alongside Sabrina, since she's my favourite character in the series (and she looks gorgeous in that dress). The shenanigans you can get up to are really impressive, thanks for showing all this off!
Ah, neo team plasma. One of my personal favorites in terms of theme growth, and in term, how they handled their executives. With the seven sages either being imprisoned or hidden into retirement, ghetsis according to magna chose his elite brass based on how loyal they are to the new ideals. Some of them even went out of their way to steal from family and hurt many pokemon to show their test of loyalty. And their head scientist, when showing he was more loyal to science than to the code, was basically made instantly the "general" I love just how one kid made an entire organization collapse and go off the deep end, forcing the player to clean up the mess
11:36 An interesting question which could possibly be tested later into the series: what if one of N's special Pokémon becomes a star? What animation plays? Both? Only one?
Honestly, Arm Thrust might not be a bad idea to keep on Pignati if you have him hold the King's Rock since King's Rock's flinch chance applies per hit. Even if you decide to give Pig a more consistently powerful move, putting it on a party member with a multi-hit move could be good way to try locking down tough opponents.
The movies are so amazing, everything from the visuals to the countless lines of dialogue, sprites, every single detail that went entirely for only Pokéstar Studios is what makes it amazing. So many resources, the script pages, all to the best part of the Pokémon franchise 🌟 The strange endings especially, it's easy to create good and bad endings and that alone makes 80 endings in total for the 40 movies but then add fun, surprising, strange endings that make them 120 different endings in total, it's so amazing.
Roxie giving you Cut is a cute detail, what with Cut being given to you by a ship captain in the first games. The move itself ticks me off tho because it usually gates items I didn't really want anyway but don't know until I look.
One of my nuzlockes I did (that I lost due to being underleveled by one of the gyms. I forgot which one but this was in Emerald), I made it where I could only heal by berries, centers, and drinks. Lemonades are life savers!! Literally!!
"We were so pathetic he didn't even feel like doing villainy anymore" fun fact- in the Pokemon Adventures manga this is canonically how they rehabilitated a villainous Delphox in the XY epilogue- they sent her to Whitley, the BW2 girl, and she was so pathetic that Delphox decided it had to protect her.
I’ve always thought that the Neo Plasma grunts looked like secret police of some sort. I imagine that had Ghetsis succeeded in the first game, the original grunts would have stayed as the public face of Team Plasma, while these grunts would have worked in the shadows, taking down anyone who still opposes him.
Updated Pokémon Stats: The Plasma theme was (and still is) the hypest thing EVER back when I first played this. I remember just staring at the battle screen for so long just JAMMING out to that theme! Pokémon KOs: 71 Implied Murders (KO's done off screen): 10 Escapes: 28 Failed Captures: 3 Party Pokémon KOs: 9 + 1 rental Pokémon KO'd Double Battles: 7 Repels Used: 3 Tracker Days Off: 1
1:45 i've never realized the soda pop bottle is based on ramune bottles! i've only found out/tried them in the last couple years, it's really cool to see that! the little marble is so tiny.
this game was my childhood and I started watching you about after it came out!!! so great it's coming out my senior year of HS and likely continuing into my freshman year
I absolutely love pokestar studios its still one of those things i wish would come back in some way along with contests. They were things to do other than battling
There's actually interesting reasons why Team Plasma went from looking like knights to looking like pirates, I know Lockstin covered this in one of his videos, and it was really interesting to find that there were some historical implications involved!
Pokestar Studios is one of those things that I feel like went under the radar for many people. It's surprisingly in-depth despite the fact 90% of kids probably got frustrated by the tutorial and never looked back.
You know, I never gave Team Plasma’s updated design any consideration until you brought it up, but they really do look significantly more menacing (especially considering their goofy medieval outfits in BW)
Given we get to see Plasma again. I think it’d be cool if in a futute Pokemon game, the villain team plot had you join a gang of troublemakers to fight off bad guys. Think if you, Arven, and Nemona joined Team Star to fight off an invasion from Team Flare or Neo Team Plasma. Also I feel like N’s goal to separate humans and Pokemon would’ve gotten him hated by everyone.
"You can get unlucky in these movies." THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT! God the one where you have to trick the iron ball onto a levitating electric type with wonder guard was MISERABLE.
The King's Rock is a neat pick-up for Pignati as well, as each individual hit from Arm Thrust will have the chance for flinching, so if you hit 4-5 times you have a massive chance to flinch! Fun stuff. Makes Arm Thrust a little less crappy too.
Elekid is a movie star now! Im so proud of him! I really liked your little story with Pokestar Studios, too! It’s nice to know you had a fun time even when you had that infection. When I got a strange ending for the first time, it was a really nice surprise! Ended up getting like 110 lemonades doing all the movies! ALSO. My twin brother said he thinks the Team Plasma theme isn’t he games DOESNT GO AS HARD AS BLACK AND WHITE 1. WHAT THE HECK DUDE THAT THEME IS A BANGER
WELL I guess you have a use for Arm Thrust now! King's Rock's Flinch chance applies to every single individual hit: so if you hit 5 times in a row, you have a 41% chance of flinching! This was a gimmicky but popular meta strat back in the day as well, with pokemon like Cloyster and Cinccino using Skill Link!
As a kid i didnt know the script told you what to do each turn so I used trial and error to solve all the movies. Discovering the real script on the last few movies made me want to throw my DS lol
"Turning Pokemon into a puzzle game that I hadn't really thought about before." That's actually why I love Pokestar Studios: it's a spiritual successor to Pokemon XD's Battle CDs. Always loved those. I also didn't play BW2 until a few years after it came out. But that was because I was waiting for someone to give me... something Chugga hasn't covered yet. But I do agree, these games were not appreciated in their time, but were actually really good. 11:23 YES! YES! DESTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY HER! FOR MARRILAND'S LILIPUP!!!
As a 12-year-old in Pokéstar Studios, I didn’t like how the Brycen Robocop movies has you as the bad guy in them and required you to lose, so after the one where you take an L from a little girl’s Sewaddle, I redid it as the “Infernape Ninja” and annihilated her (Even though it meant the movie sucked).
I never nicknamed my Pokemon because I always played like I was a character in the anime. I always played like I was Ash. I actually always catch and use the regional birds TO THIS DAY since that's what Ash did before Alola. I think your LPs, while not the sole reason, were a factor in making me confortable. That and Pokemon Go. I like putting thought into nicknames and really try going into culture/history or a reference to a game I've played. More recently I named my Skeledirge "Bolero" since it's a music-based mon, bolero is a spanish song style, and Ocarina of Time has the Bolero of Fire. It's perfect!
This has been a wonderful playthrough so far! I love everything that has happened so far! I'm also planning on getting a Japanese Copy of White 2 for my Birthday actually! I remember watching a video on Pokemon Softlocks and one of them happened to be from Pokemon Black and White 2. The softlock happens like this: there is a Zoroark that moves once you talk to it, allowing you to enter the cave that leads to the Castle. But if you choose to leave the cave before you get the the Castle, the Zoroark will be stuck, causing you to become softlocked from going back or getting to the castle without cheats. This happens in both Japanese Versions of Black and White 2, and some, count them some US copies of White 2. (I seem to be heading this path lol) I know you are mostly playing on Black 2 during your hybrid-based adventure, but I do want you to be careful out there during the postgame. Other than that, keep having a grand-ol time in Pokemon Black and White 2!
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Fun fact. The reason why fresh water is so good, is because it’s from mount silver. This is only stated in the Japanese versions of gen 2
I guess that makes sense
so it's actually Mountain Spring water... neat!... Guess that makes it actually Mineral water?
@@Fey_Yoshida Some sort of Dew from a Mountain
i like to imagine the reason it’s also better than potions is because standard potions are much smaller (less volume, so less effect)
We all got that short recommended, huh
In this episode Blaise decides to go to Pokewood and become an actor. You can see her perform in amazing films like the The Fault in our Staryu
Reading that gave me a flashback to the Pokémon insurgence library
That was a good one. I think it was made by the same studio that made kung fu Spinda
A favorite of mine is Cool Hand Lucario.
@@dmaster342 I prefer Singin in the Rain Dance
Every holiday season I love her performmance in Luvdisc Actually
Lollipup managing to pick up a King's Rock is yet another example of how Emile is the luckiest person in history.
It’s my headcanon that it was picked up either for the hunt for Growlithe or as a prop during the PokeStars Studios filming time.
A good doggo
Also funny because it was immediately after Emile commented about that Patrat being the first female Pokemon he's caught...cut to Lollipup with a King's Rock who is female.
Why do I have a feeling he intends to use the Skill Link Cincinno and run King’s Rock Tail Slap?
@@spindash64 I wish he'd at least showcase it. It's normally a postgame item, so it's a rare opportunity!
May not be as broken as we'd expect, though: King's Rock + Skill Link is a 41% chance to flinch. High, but still not reliable. Serene Grace's chances are still higher.
Bad endings actually give worse rewards than the standard good ending, as you'd expect. The bad ending makes the backpacker give you one Fresh Water, when you would normally get _five Lemonades_ from him. Also, a twist movie star being used in any movie causes it to gross higher than it normally would.
That backpacker is great btw, I have over 100 lemonades now and I haven’t even left Pokestar Studios.
@@Jessica_Schweser it's an amazing place. Infinite, great items, and the highest quality extra place in the franchise. The finale in a movie saga gives better rewarda and a strange ending in those gives the best rewards possible, so the best thing to do is later on when you have all the fans, you can farm one of the short finales (each saga has finales that require more or less turns to get the strange ending) over and over and it's insane hahaha 🌟🌟
the old man standing next to the vending machine watching blaise get all these drinks is hilarious to me
Agreed, still funny to me that the vending machine drinks got "nerfed" in later games.
@@lynxfresh5214 blaise caused the soft drinks economy to crumble
😅 how many are u buying? Save the rest for us
He’s like “👁👄👁 Damn you thirsty” 🤣
The janitor cleans up after we're done getting all our drinks from the vending machine with a bat.
20:11 To no one’s surprise, Chugga is very lucky
Luck exists and he has all of it
Hes so lucky the auto text on the video is giving him applause
That's why we call it Chuggaluck
I hope he uses the skill link mincino lollll
I would have been LESS surprised if he'd found a Shiny. 😅
One thing I really love about this mode are the unique sprites for the enemies. Sometimes you aren't even fighting Pokemon. You could be fighting an alien spaceship, or a malfunctioning time machine. It's just... So cool. And the outfits are great too. And the corny, serialized stories covering a number of different genres. And the fun detail that Sabrina got recruited as an actress. It's all great.
Everyone’s outfits look amazing
Yeah, it's pretty cool. I'm just glad Chugga is progressing with the game tho. I was worried he was gonna play every movie and every ending haha 😅😅😅
Sabrina playing a villain in the movies was a nice nod to the anime.
@@austriacontinente154 I bet it'll be sprinkled in with the rest being in part of the EXTENSIVE extras I'm sure this series will have
In fact, some of those monstrosities were essential to b2w2 balanced hackmons. Sabrina's acting helped lead to one of the most broken cards in the history of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in Bellelba & Brycen-Man. Pokémon would go on to print Sabrina & Brycen as a replacement to this busted card, not to mention a Mismagius to replace the busted one.
Always figured Team Plasma’s designs in this game was supposed to be reminiscent of pirates, especially given their airship later
pirates and ninja, they've got masks and the Shadow Triad are loyal to Dennis
This is going to sound so sappy but I am going through finals of my last semester of college and having these videos as a reliable break is the most comforting escape of my day, these LPs were a major cornerstone of my childhood.
As someone in a similar boat (finals, but I've still got three more semesters), it's not sappy at all and I completely agree!
Finals, last semester of uni here!
@@TheLycanDragon Same with me. dissertation writing all day and then a chugga video before bed.
Same here! Hope yours goes well 🎉
Not at all. Emile and other YTs got me through my Covid bout 2 years ago and actually helped me break out of my mild autism shell by being more sociable.
Emile's story about Aladdin is the cutest thing I have ever heard
And only Emile would keep in contact with an ex-gf just to tell her a pun he thought up of.
Actually adorable lol
I like the way the battle stages in Pokestar look like full 3D backgrounds with no abstract parts. It wasn't until X and Y where this became the norm.
16:50: Tackle was actually buffed to 50 power in Gen V. It only became 40 power in Gen VII.
20:11: Better than a 1% chance: you can only get it from level 11-30. So if you, say, raise your Pickup user to level 41 to get more Rare Candies, then you can no longer get King's Rocks.
Pignati (Pignite), Lv. 18, Gentle (+SpD -Def):
EVs: 8 HP / 19 Atk / 9 Def / 8 SpA / 0 SpD / 9 Spe
IVs: 14 HP / 21 Atk / 17 Def / 24 SpA / 29 SpD / 28 Spe
Elekid, Lv. 18, Gentle (+SpD -Def):
EVs: 3 HP / 9 Atk / 6 Def / 0 SpA / 0 SpD / 14 Spe
IVs: 10-15 HP / 8 Atk / 8 Def / 20 SpA / 15-17 SpD / 3-6 Spe
I love Roxie being kind to her dad when he is sad about his movie. It shows she's still a loving daughter even if she could get on his case when he didn't do his job well.
My theory as to why Potions exist when water exists
In other media (mainly animated media) we see that potions are a spray
So it would make sense if, in-universe, a potion would be able to heal bruises and small cuts relatively quickly, with the added benefit of disinfectant
Somehow, someday, I hope Salsa the monkey can graduate from a Musical Star to a Movie Star.
That would be nice:)
He shall be the 721st most popular actor
Let's get that EGOT status
@@triforceofcourage100 this was before gen 8, so it might be 1010th favorite actor by now.
'Oh you sound full of energy!'
Blaise: IM FULL OF BEANS!
Ah yes, Xenoblaise Chronicles.
Honestly, I gotta say I loved Blaise’s performance in Pokevengers! I thought it was so cool how Brycen-Man made a surprise cameo at the end hinting at his future involvement!
How funny that you named the Patrat Cutty-Flam and you’re about to board a ship. It would’ve been hilarious if Roxies father was named Tom.
I'm glad You caught it I haven't seen anyone else mention it 😅😅
@@gamerdragon2239 Well I mean it’s only one of the greatest animes ever.
It makes me a bit sad he already used a Cryogonal in the previous game's LP. I doubt he'll use an Ice type again, so low chance of Iceberg being chosen as a nickname.
@@Nyahahameha Aww man you’re right that would’ve been PERFECT. Icepops would’ve worked too.
@@RondoOfBloodX Facts
As a certain old primate once said in a cartoon: "I'M GONNA BE A STAR!"
19:56 Ladies and gentlemen, Chuggaaconroy's luck has struck again.
Updated Win-Loss ratios:
Congratulations on your movie debut, Elekid!
Pignati:
Wins - 45
Loss - 0
Ties - 0
100%
Elekid:
Wins - 27
Loss - 3
Ties - 0
90%
Will Pignati ever lose a battle? At this rate, probably not!
Huh. Neat.
So what counts as a tie? Switching out?
@@ParadigmRiki Good question. It's if both Pokemon faint at the same time. Whether that be because of Recoil, Weather, Explosion, Self-Destruct, Poison, Burn, Destiny Bond, etc.
I don't expect this to happen all that often, but it's good to have just in case.
@@JPJ1608 Should the movie ending with neither Pokémon being KO’d count as a tie?
@@jackmoseley4959 I've decided not to include Pokestar Studios "battles" because the Pokemon aren't actually battling. They're just acting.
9:16 It’s surprising the line said Elekid’s attack missed when Swift specifically can never miss
The calls from our mom makes this feel less like a game and more like a real journey in real life! 🥰
19:56 Also, Chuggaa's luck continues! 😂
I always loved doing the movies with my team because it means you're canonically a famous movie star. Like imagine you're team plasma, doing your world-conquering thing and you hear about this kid who's a strong trainer taking on your organization and it's Zendaya.
Unova is so desperate for actors that they're pulling randos from the streets.
Considering it's socially acceptable for kids to fight gangs, cults and terrorists in the Pokémon world, Unova's questionable film industry is pretty tame in comparison.
This blows the Pokemon Musical out of the water.
Yeah, wasn’t really the biggest fan of them.
And it sweeps away pokemon contests, too
I kinda enjoy the Pokemon Musical. Yeah. It's no PokeStudio. But it's an nice distraction and I love dressing up Pokemons in an goofy fashion. There both better than the Pokemon Contest.
god, I love the limited 3d they used for this game ,
its so charming
The DS era Pokémon games will forever have so much more charm than the full 3D of the games that came after. It always felt kinda unique in a way, and then it got homogenised.
@@LillianAredhel do they know?
@@HabitualThinker funny monkey...?
god, I love the charming 3d they used for this game ,
It’s so limited
I honestly really liked pokestar studios when I was younger. It was a fun side thing to do. So even tho I’m not as big of a fan of it anymore, I am glad that it exists and that there is another side thing to do in the game
I must admit some of the "props" in Pokéstars studio have the potential to be fully realised Pokémon (with some adjustments).
Also the rental Pokémon have ridiculously strong stats and moves compared to the mons available to you in your actual team.
One of the props is a robot Tyranitar
@@Jessica_Schweser A reference to Mechagodzilla no doubt.
I think the Normal/Steel robot was a popular pitch for a Pokemon.
@@zjzr08 That typing combination kinda reminds me of a pseudo-legendary fakémon (based on King Kong) that wields a battleaxe and has deep seated rivalry with Tyranitar, I forgot the name tho.
That’s actually pretty good advice from mom about acting and it’s similar advice I give my students about Public speaking: be your authentic self, put your own personality and flavor into the information you’re presenting (while still presenting credible information) and the audience will appreciate your speech!
I always thought Pokestar Studios was so underrated. You can tell a lot of effort was put in to make it interesting, I didn't even know about the cult classic endings until like a month ago!
The existence of bottled Fresh Water being better than a standard Potion leads me to believe that either Fresh Water isn't available in the Pokemon World due to catastrophic pollution, or that the Fresh Water is actually full of healing chemicals that aren't found in Potons.
For me, pokestar studios is the best side mode in pokemon. Plenty of experimentation for different outcomes, immaculate fan service and references to classic films (one of which I would never have seen without this mode, hint, John Carpenter), and a puzzle based battle scenario with each film to keep you from pressing A to win.
Oh. And the movies aren't terrible either.
I actually want to make more Pokestar Studios style stuff.
I don’t know why, but when we ran into the captain and Roxie noticed Blaise, my first thought was this conversation happening:
Blaise: “Hi! I’m the actress that played both Riolu-Girl and Elekid-Girl!”
The Captain: “Oh…”
Roxie: “Weren’t you also in the one movie with the alien inva-“
Blaise: “I don’t like talking about that.”
The last two lines give me
“Aren’t those the particles that destroyed an entire civiliza-“
*”GOOD NEWS EVERYONE”*
Vibes.
Emile referencing Mr. Plinkett got a chuckle out of me.
One of my favorite small details of Pokestar Studios is that the NPCs hanging around the lot will slowly change their dialogue as you become more popular. You can basically grow from an unknown random indie personality to an A-list movie star with your merch selling out everywhere. Of course you never see any $$$ from that merch but w/e... At least my fans gave me a lifetime supply of drinks...
Pokéstar Studios is without a doubt my most favourite side activity in B2W2. I remember spending countless hours making films. Hope to see more!
Edit: I feel like Emile will probably fail to mention this so when shooting for a new movie the first time, you cannot use a Party Pokémon. That will be unlocked after shooting a movie will the rental Pokémon.
Edit 2: I like the detail of Roggenrola having Sturdy so you can use something like Dragon Tail to switch it out.
I have to say it: Neo Team Plasma's battle theme is THE best grunt battle theme in the entire series.
It was already good in BW, but the remix it got in B2W2 is even better.
And yet SOMEHOW my brother doesn’t think it goes as hard as BW’s
Team star genuinely goes hard imo. I don’t like Scarlet/Violet but that song sounds like a xenoblade song
19:57 Chuggaa should give that item to Pignati just to make Arm Thrust a little better for future battles🤣 (Also another Lucky Montage Clip for Chugga with this one)
I was literally watching a video of ability effects in the over world and it show that Pick Up has a 1% chance to find a King’s Rock… UA-cam has a way to predict the future😂
I’m so happy you’re a fellow Pokestars studio appreciator. It really showed me how beautiful and creative a Pokemon game could be, and honestly, there wasn’t much in future Pokemon games that captures that sense of wonder for me.
Exactlyyy it's amazing how oblivious people can be with this mode, the Pokémon franchise has never put as much care in anything as they put in Pokéstar Studios. Just one little side mode in a game that already has nearly infinite content, but it's such an original mode, use the battles to make movies, and all the exclusive music and sprites. And 40 movies is a lot, it's no easy thing they thought about one afternoon and that's it. And then the fact that they made 3 endings for each, crazy good. It's the best example of how this fandom can be incredibly dumb, because so many can look at such an amazing mode that can easily be the best part of the entire franchise and somehow say that it's one of the worst parts of the franchise. It's so inaccurate at appreciating stuff the way it should be appreciated, but at least the ones who can appreciate the truly great stuff, the "hidden gems" kinda, get to experience the best joy the franchise has to offer and it even feels special knowing that we're of the lucky few who can enjoy such amazing parts of the games 💖
15:27 Finally, our first team plasma fight
Edit: And yes, they really are dressed up as terrorists 😅
Stylish terrorists tho.
Well, they are.
@@lynxfresh5214 Stylish terrorists with a banger theme
ninja pirate terrorists
This is the highlight of my day. I never thought you would get me back into Pokémon but this playthrough is awesome so far!
Even Diantha herself wishes she could be this good of a movie star! Even if the films flop, it's your brilliant acting that glues moviegoers to their seats and keeps them interested! When people think of best actresses, it's Blaise's name that will be thought of first!
As a One Piece fan, seeing you name the cut HM slave "Cutty Flam" brings me joy.
He should rename it to Franky when it evolves
12:38 is a crossover I never expected, but man is it awesome to see 2 of my favorite UA-cam channels collide (and yes I know you referenced them in your Paper Mario Sticker Star video :) )
In this episode:
The only thing about this game that I actually know! Pokestar Studios is honestly a really neat idea, I wish they kept it for later games.
Ahhh I'm so glad to see you do Pokestar Studios! I loved this mode as a kid, I was so hyped for it pre-release and I was not disappointed by it when I got to play the game -- even though seemingly everyone I knew at the time who played B2W2 was not a fan of this mode at all. I was here for HOURS doing movies, and by the time I had decided to continue the main story, I was rocking so many gifts from fans that I never really had to buy healing items again for the rest of the adventure. This place was a blast and I feel like it's overhated. I never hear anyone talk positively about this place sadly. It's a really fun side-mode to me and it holds a special place in my heart.
FACT CHECK
Emile said lava cookies were full heals in the form of a held item. They're not hold items, they're just cheaper full heals.
My mind was blown for a moment 🤯
Fun fact: Even though the UFO character isn’t a Pokémon, there is internal data in Black 2 and White 2 for a Shiny one. 😅 It’s only a silhouette, but still.
(Edit: Got that detail wrong, whoops. Only two specific opponents in Pokéstar Studios have programmed Shinies, and I don’t think we can see them just yet.)
First time I played pokestar studios I thought you were supposed to get the best possible ending. When I realized the amount of money earned was too little, I looked it up and realized that you were supposed to get the bizarre/ weird ending each time, which meant I would have to redo literally every movie
You have to get all good endings by default just for completion. Strange endings aren't _required,_ they just speed up the ranking process by a lot by raking in the big bucks.
@@Whirlwhind1 thank you, I actually feel a lot better
Actually both are needed. There's a medal for getting all good endings and another one for getting all strange ones. But even if they weren't needed, wouldn't one want to see all possible endings anyway? They're so interesting, even the bad ones because it's so nice to see all those lines of dialogue they programmed for this game. I always go for strange endings first when I do the Studios, I love seeing all the weird ideas the devs had for endings for those movies.
As a subtitle user, I am very excited to watch this "Chaka Khan Roy" video.
Team Plasma gone from Pokemon Justice Knights, to Ghetsis Ninja Henchman
Their new encounter and battle theme are on FIRE
A real glow-up from the silly knight costumes
Somehow my brother doesn’t think the theme is fire
which i kinda funny bc Ghetsis already *had* a set of Ninja Henchmen.
They went from an army of feudal knights, to an army of modern military.
BW2 has my favourite villain themes in the franchise. Ghetsis' new theme in BW2 is especially fantastic. It perfectly reflects his character development in contrast to his appearance in the first game; he has become more demented, frustrated, and desperate over the years. The once organized chanting quickly become nothing but distorted noise as he is consumed by his own mania.
@@K8aclysm Ghetsis will always be my favourite villain given how frightening and cold he is
I'm very happy that Chuggaconroy played, and loved, the Pokestar Stuidios. I would always play through every movie I could before continuing the story, so I was surprised to learn not a lot of people even gave Pokestar Studios any thought after the tutorial.
"Giant woman" was definitely my favourite one
I got a strange ending in that one
My favorites were the The Magical Kingdom's Mysterious Door Series and The Full Metal Cop Series.
9:11 this comment he made is now put into a new perspective
I remember falling in love with Pokéstar Studios when I first reached this part of the game. I played it as much as possible before continuing, only stopping when I couldn’t figure out how to complete certain movies. I even completed every movie, it was awesome! It’s probably what got me into movies, and now I’m in university for screenwriting and scriptwriting, and I’m even writing for an indie animation series! So honestly, I have to thank Pokéstar Studios for making me interested in making movies/T.V shows
I appreciate how Stu Deeoh is slowly becoming Heinz Doofenshmirtz.
Level 11 Lillipup getting a 1% King’s Rock- Chugga’s luck remains godlike!
*Arceus-like
Gotta love that One Piece reference with Patrat's nickname. Very clever lol
Scrolled through the comments to find this lol
Fun fact - the Poké Star was actually used in VGC tournaments intentionally for strategic use! It was used to facilitate stalling out the timer, because it still counts down during the additional animation when switching, and if you switch both Pokémon at once, it plays the star animation one at a time, unlike the shiny animation.
Probably my favourite part of Pokestar Studios was getting to act alongside Sabrina, since she's my favourite character in the series (and she looks gorgeous in that dress). The shenanigans you can get up to are really impressive, thanks for showing all this off!
I love that they gave us a GTS scenario, of all things.
Global Trade something
@@WestefordVT The Giant Woman story.
@@LillianAredhel lol, woosh
Pokestar studios is easily one of my favorite pokemon minigames
Ah, neo team plasma. One of my personal favorites in terms of theme growth, and in term, how they handled their executives. With the seven sages either being imprisoned or hidden into retirement, ghetsis according to magna chose his elite brass based on how loyal they are to the new ideals. Some of them even went out of their way to steal from family and hurt many pokemon to show their test of loyalty.
And their head scientist, when showing he was more loyal to science than to the code, was basically made instantly the "general"
I love just how one kid made an entire organization collapse and go off the deep end, forcing the player to clean up the mess
11:36 An interesting question which could possibly be tested later into the series: what if one of N's special Pokémon becomes a star? What animation plays? Both? Only one?
Honestly, Arm Thrust might not be a bad idea to keep on Pignati if you have him hold the King's Rock since King's Rock's flinch chance applies per hit. Even if you decide to give Pig a more consistently powerful move, putting it on a party member with a multi-hit move could be good way to try locking down tough opponents.
Man, I anticipate these videos sm. Watching and playing alongside these has sorta restoked my love for these games.
The movies are so amazing, everything from the visuals to the countless lines of dialogue, sprites, every single detail that went entirely for only Pokéstar Studios is what makes it amazing. So many resources, the script pages, all to the best part of the Pokémon franchise 🌟 The strange endings especially, it's easy to create good and bad endings and that alone makes 80 endings in total for the 40 movies but then add fun, surprising, strange endings that make them 120 different endings in total, it's so amazing.
20:21
Of course, Mr Krabs Face, to the surprise of ABSOLUTELY NOBODY, he literally did it with the Leperchaun's wife again!
gotta love when COlress pulled out the UFO with Magic Bounce and the weirdest typing you could ever assign to it
The fresh water is said to be bottled from mt silver. That's why it's better than a potion
In this episode: Blaise becomes Unova’s Darling and we make a star out of Elekid!
Who, btw should be named ‘Live Wire’!
#Chuggamon
Roxie giving you Cut is a cute detail, what with Cut being given to you by a ship captain in the first games. The move itself ticks me off tho because it usually gates items I didn't really want anyway but don't know until I look.
One of my nuzlockes I did (that I lost due to being underleveled by one of the gyms. I forgot which one but this was in Emerald), I made it where I could only heal by berries, centers, and drinks. Lemonades are life savers!! Literally!!
"We were so pathetic he didn't even feel like doing villainy anymore" fun fact- in the Pokemon Adventures manga this is canonically how they rehabilitated a villainous Delphox in the XY epilogue- they sent her to Whitley, the BW2 girl, and she was so pathetic that Delphox decided it had to protect her.
I’ve always thought that the Neo Plasma grunts looked like secret police of some sort. I imagine that had Ghetsis succeeded in the first game, the original grunts would have stayed as the public face of Team Plasma, while these grunts would have worked in the shadows, taking down anyone who still opposes him.
Updated Pokémon Stats:
The Plasma theme was (and still is) the hypest thing EVER back when I first played this. I remember just staring at the battle screen for so long just JAMMING out to that theme!
Pokémon KOs: 71
Implied Murders (KO's done off screen): 10
Escapes: 28
Failed Captures: 3
Party Pokémon KOs: 9
+ 1 rental Pokémon KO'd
Double Battles: 7
Repels Used: 3
Tracker Days Off: 1
Really glad you're doing all of Pokestar. I loved finding out all the weird stuff you could battle and the heartwarming end of Giant Woman
My Riolu may not be a Lucario yet, but she’s a movie star now 🌟
PokéStar Studios was such a fun side activity. I forgot you could get such neat stuff!
14:13 Lellipup is telling you to run away from team plasma
That Red Letter Media reference seriously took me by surprise, hilarious!
Brings me nostalgia from your old Pokemon Black/White series 😢
1:45 i've never realized the soda pop bottle is based on ramune bottles! i've only found out/tried them in the last couple years, it's really cool to see that! the little marble is so tiny.
this game was my childhood and I started watching you about after it came out!!! so great it's coming out my senior year of HS and likely continuing into my freshman year
I absolutely love pokestar studios its still one of those things i wish would come back in some way along with contests. They were things to do other than battling
There's actually interesting reasons why Team Plasma went from looking like knights to looking like pirates, I know Lockstin covered this in one of his videos, and it was really interesting to find that there were some historical implications involved!
As someone who also watches Lockstin do you remember which video it was?
will admit, making the bad guy so bored he just goes home is incredibly funny
Pokestar Studios is one of those things that I feel like went under the radar for many people. It's surprisingly in-depth despite the fact 90% of kids probably got frustrated by the tutorial and never looked back.
You know, I never gave Team Plasma’s updated design any consideration until you brought it up, but they really do look significantly more menacing (especially considering their goofy medieval outfits in BW)
They went from being medieval crusaders to....modern crusaders. If you catch my drift
Given we get to see Plasma again. I think it’d be cool if in a futute Pokemon game, the villain team plot had you join a gang of troublemakers to fight off bad guys. Think if you, Arven, and Nemona joined Team Star to fight off an invasion from Team Flare or Neo Team Plasma.
Also I feel like N’s goal to separate humans and Pokemon would’ve gotten him hated by everyone.
I think Ultra Sun and Moon kind of did that didn't they? With Guzma and Team Skull helping you take on Rainbow Rocket.
@@douglasnewdell Yep. Other way around, but it has happened. (Team Skull members teaming up with you to fight a bigger threat)
"You can get unlucky in these movies."
THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT! God the one where you have to trick the iron ball onto a levitating electric type with wonder guard was MISERABLE.
The King's Rock is a neat pick-up for Pignati as well, as each individual hit from Arm Thrust will have the chance for flinching, so if you hit 4-5 times you have a massive chance to flinch! Fun stuff. Makes Arm Thrust a little less crappy too.
Emile's insane luck strikes again with the 1% King's Rock, this let's play did not disappoint.
Elekid is a movie star now! Im so proud of him!
I really liked your little story with Pokestar Studios, too! It’s nice to know you had a fun time even when you had that infection. When I got a strange ending for the first time, it was a really nice surprise! Ended up getting like 110 lemonades doing all the movies!
ALSO. My twin brother said he thinks the Team Plasma theme isn’t he games DOESNT GO AS HARD AS BLACK AND WHITE 1. WHAT THE HECK DUDE THAT THEME IS A BANGER
WELL I guess you have a use for Arm Thrust now! King's Rock's Flinch chance applies to every single individual hit: so if you hit 5 times in a row, you have a 41% chance of flinching! This was a gimmicky but popular meta strat back in the day as well, with pokemon like Cloyster and Cinccino using Skill Link!
King’s Rock Cinccino is something that I enjoy using
As a kid i didnt know the script told you what to do each turn so I used trial and error to solve all the movies. Discovering the real script on the last few movies made me want to throw my DS lol
I LOVE this feature so much, it got so much charm and detail to it
"Turning Pokemon into a puzzle game that I hadn't really thought about before." That's actually why I love Pokestar Studios: it's a spiritual successor to Pokemon XD's Battle CDs. Always loved those.
I also didn't play BW2 until a few years after it came out. But that was because I was waiting for someone to give me... something Chugga hasn't covered yet. But I do agree, these games were not appreciated in their time, but were actually really good.
11:23 YES! YES! DESTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY HER! FOR MARRILAND'S LILIPUP!!!
As a 12-year-old in Pokéstar Studios, I didn’t like how the Brycen Robocop movies has you as the bad guy in them and required you to lose, so after the one where you take an L from a little girl’s Sewaddle, I redid it as the “Infernape Ninja” and annihilated her (Even though it meant the movie sucked).
Some of the twist endings in that series actually have you objectively winning the day, just not by annihilating the opponent.
I never nicknamed my Pokemon because I always played like I was a character in the anime. I always played like I was Ash. I actually always catch and use the regional birds TO THIS DAY since that's what Ash did before Alola.
I think your LPs, while not the sole reason, were a factor in making me confortable. That and Pokemon Go. I like putting thought into nicknames and really try going into culture/history or a reference to a game I've played.
More recently I named my Skeledirge "Bolero" since it's a music-based mon, bolero is a spanish song style, and Ocarina of Time has the Bolero of Fire. It's perfect!
This has been a wonderful playthrough so far! I love everything that has happened so far! I'm also planning on getting a Japanese Copy of White 2 for my Birthday actually!
I remember watching a video on Pokemon Softlocks and one of them happened to be from Pokemon Black and White 2. The softlock happens like this: there is a Zoroark that moves once you talk to it, allowing you to enter the cave that leads to the Castle. But if you choose to leave the cave before you get the the Castle, the Zoroark will be stuck, causing you to become softlocked from going back or getting to the castle without cheats.
This happens in both Japanese Versions of Black and White 2, and some, count them some US copies of White 2. (I seem to be heading this path lol) I know you are mostly playing on Black 2 during your hybrid-based adventure, but I do want you to be careful out there during the postgame.
Other than that, keep having a grand-ol time in Pokemon Black and White 2!