Can you beat Pokemon Red/Blue with Just an Exeggcute?

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  • Опубліковано 29 лип 2022
  • Edited by: SimplyAJ ( / simplyaj )
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    Rules and Explanations
    Rules: (1) Only use the one Pokémon in Battle, others for HMs are fine. (2) No Items in battle (3) No Glitches* (4) Set Mode (5) No saving in the Elite Four (6) No evasion moves
    Badge Boost "Glitch" Explanation: When you collect odd numbered badges the game boosts a stat by 12.5%. Brock gives ATK, Surge DEF, Koga SPE, and Blaine SPC (in game text is wrong). When any of your stats are modified (even by you using a move like Withdraw, or your opponent using Leer) the badge boosts are re-applied. So If you use Swords Dance, you also gain *an additional 12.5% in Speed/Defence/Special (on top of the 12.5% you were supposed to be getting). When you level up, the game corrects this error, and only the non-glitch 12.5% remains. Because of how difficult it is to avoid, I've allowed for it to be exploited, since opponents will spam Leer/Growl anyways, and this way battles are less random. Red/Blue are extremely buggy, so there's always going to be some glitches present, and because of how unavoidable this one is, it is allowed in runs, and considered more like a special Generation 1 mechanic as opposed to a glitch.
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  • @caritahearts2405
    @caritahearts2405 Рік тому +1695

    Jrose has offered us an egg in this trying time

  • @michaelrichardgibbon3252
    @michaelrichardgibbon3252 Рік тому +1422

    We truly are in the second Golden Age of JRose.

    • @iododendron3416
      @iododendron3416 Рік тому +138

      Maybe this is the Silver Age and in the future, there will be a Crystal Age.

    • @Cytoplasm_
      @Cytoplasm_ Рік тому +42

      Pax Jroseana

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 Рік тому +30

      @@iododendron3416 maybe one day we'll get into the ruby, sapphire, fire red, leaf green, or emerald age

    • @milesrodger3724
      @milesrodger3724 Рік тому +19

      These are the days we will look back on happily

    • @harrymoore8032
      @harrymoore8032 Рік тому +27

      We must cherish living in this glorious time.

  • @ThunderToast97
    @ThunderToast97 Рік тому +1137

    That trainer battle Acapella was hilarious. Really made my day.

    • @thedancingguy828
      @thedancingguy828 Рік тому +23

      Jkay would be proud

    • @BryceRogers_
      @BryceRogers_ Рік тому +88

      I was so confused at first. I thought I accidentally opened a new tab… then i was dying because he didnt even acknowledge it in the commentary 😂😂

    • @nicholassmith5364
      @nicholassmith5364 Рік тому +14

      I'm legit going to turn that into a ringtone.

    • @jbdixon4020
      @jbdixon4020 Рік тому +15

      i got so confused, i thought a second video was playing or something lol

    • @Jrose11
      @Jrose11  Рік тому +179

      @@BryceRogers_ I didn't initially plan on doing that when I recorded the commentary. Music goes in last haha

  • @dysr
    @dysr Рік тому +893

    Excellent vocal recreation of the trainer battle theme for the Showdown recreation! Was very amusing to listen to.

  • @ericconger7870
    @ericconger7870 Рік тому +147

    Rapidash: I’m fully healthy and ready for battle!
    Blaine: I better use a super potion just in case.

    • @dantemalick2872
      @dantemalick2872 Рік тому +22

      Blaine is the over protective father who makes sure his favorite Pokémon is in good condition

    • @ericconger7870
      @ericconger7870 Рік тому +8

      What a great Dad! Lol

    • @iHATEbigots666
      @iHATEbigots666 Рік тому

      A super potion
      A SUPER potion

  • @LorestromsWarhammerGrimoire
    @LorestromsWarhammerGrimoire Рік тому +297

    That simulated battle was legit comedy.
    Well played

    • @maxtornogood
      @maxtornogood Рік тому +18

      He even tried ad-libbing the battle music, heh!

    • @MarkBonneaux
      @MarkBonneaux Рік тому +8

      I had to keep pausing since my kids' rooms are across the hall and it was cracking me up too much

    • @bettyunicorn6132
      @bettyunicorn6132 11 місяців тому

      @@MarkBonneaux nice pun

  • @vizithejawa7821
    @vizithejawa7821 Рік тому +137

    The battle recreation with the soundtrack recreation might be my favorite part of this series so far.

  • @okolo22000
    @okolo22000 Рік тому +558

    For the record: The reason why Exeggcute doesn’t learn anything until level 25 is because it’s not intended to be catchable until level 23-26 at the Safari Zone. All the Pokémon in the Safari Zone, the Seafoam Islands and in the Cinnabar Island Mansion along with Tangela will have the same problem down the road with learning all of their moves at higher levels.

    • @kaptainKrill
      @kaptainKrill Рік тому +133

      It’s a problem in gen1 generally. There were no eggs, so pokemon moveset are all balanced around the pokemons catchable level. That’s fixed in Gen 2.
      Interestingly, they did it again in Gen 5. But instead of doing it with moveset, they did it with evolution levels.

    • @CyberchaoX
      @CyberchaoX Рік тому +76

      Except it kind of still wasn't, because they didn't give the Pokémon that were catchable that late in the game full movesets. I'm fine with the idea of them not having any new moves at the low levels since you were never meant to get them that early, but the Pokémon you got in the beginning of the game, even if you don't use TMs on them, they easily had a full set of four moves by level 15 or so at latest, and then you go to the Safari Zone and catch a Level 24 Rhyhorn and it only knows Horn Attack. Are you putting that on your team? Because I'm not.
      Things are at least better in the Seafoam Islands, because a lot of those Pokémon are catchable at lower levels via fishing, so your Level 30 Pokémon have decent movesets. But seriously, the legendary birds join your party at _Level 50_ and they only have 2 moves when you get them (though they'll learn a third after just one level-up). I feel like they should've made it so that any Pokémon that you normally wouldn't get until late in the game has 4 starting moves. We'll say Level 20.
      Interestingly, there is an exception to this, and it makes me wonder if they originally planned to make its starting level lower. *Mewtwo* has a listed starting moveset of Confusion, Disable, and Swift, but learns Barrier at Level 63, Psychic at Level 66, and Recover at Level 70, giving it a move pool of Swift, Barrier, Psychic, and Recover when you encounter it. This heavily suggests that the Mewtwo encounter was originally intended to be at Level 60 rather than Level 70.

    • @Begeru
      @Begeru Рік тому +35

      @@CyberchaoX it shows they thought about the concept but didn’t perfectly implement it.

    • @divicospower9112
      @divicospower9112 Рік тому +7

      I really want to see the Tangela run. Awful at the beginning but great as you reach Erika.

    • @isaacleillhikar4566
      @isaacleillhikar4566 Рік тому +3

      Thats irrelevant. Mewtwo has confusion at level 5.
      Is it just with those zones ?

  • @galacticambience3305
    @galacticambience3305 Рік тому +470

    I can't wait to see how well you exeggcute this run.

  • @Qu1ckRev1ve
    @Qu1ckRev1ve Рік тому +467

    The bit at 17:56 was such a good way to salvage the loss of footage, nice job Jrose

    • @paulofioroto8514
      @paulofioroto8514 Рік тому +44

      And the soundtrack at this part was a very nice touch!

    • @Qu1ckRev1ve
      @Qu1ckRev1ve Рік тому +20

      @@paulofioroto8514 Truly elevated the experience

    • @DMMDestroyer
      @DMMDestroyer Рік тому +21

      Immediately lol'd when realizing what was going on in the background audio.

    • @cmath6454
      @cmath6454 Рік тому +6

      @@DMMDestroyer it was glorious

    • @jonimmink5592
      @jonimmink5592 Рік тому +4

      I was half expecting a FlygonHG puppet show but this was an excellent way to essentially do the same thing but in your own way 😊

  • @Redxiii304
    @Redxiii304 Рік тому +215

    Fun fact: Exeggcute's Barrage starts dealing 2 damage per hit to Brock's Onix between levels 31-34 (depending on attack DV)

    • @petelee2477
      @petelee2477 Рік тому +33

      I'd hate to have to get to level 31 before the first gym.

    • @OmegaTyrant
      @OmegaTyrant Рік тому +5

      Is this with max Attack Stat EXP or no Stat EXP?

    • @mangosteak
      @mangosteak Рік тому +1

      @@OmegaTyrant
      probably without stat exp.
      The only thing giving atk stat exp I can think of is weedle.
      which don't yield enough exp to level up fast

    • @OmegaTyrant
      @OmegaTyrant Рік тому +9

      @@mangosteak Everything gives Stat EXP for every stat, Stat EXP yield takes all the base stats of the pokemon you knocked out, it's not like EVs where you only get EVs from the pokemon's highest stat or two. You don't need to knock out Weedles to get Attack EXP before Brock, in fact any other early non-Bug pokemon will give you more since they have higher base Attack.

  • @DrFoggyPants
    @DrFoggyPants Рік тому +107

    Always fun to see a move like Agility being used for its intended purpose

  • @TooMuchDad
    @TooMuchDad Рік тому +91

    I have to imagine going from barrage to psychic had to be one of the most cathartic experience in one of these runs in a while

    • @TehSeksyManz
      @TehSeksyManz Рік тому +5

      It was even satisfying for me and I'm just a viewer, lol

  • @darksoulzFZ
    @darksoulzFZ Рік тому +40

    The Pokemon Showdown bit with the vocalized BGM really goes to show just how much effort he puts into the authenticity and consistency for each solo challenge in this series.

  • @JDPhoenixGaming
    @JDPhoenixGaming Рік тому +236

    You could release this in podcast form and you'd still be able to follow along - that's how good the presentation of these videos are. Keep up the great work 👍

    • @jessegraybeal1098
      @jessegraybeal1098 Рік тому +26

      I honestly don't watch the footage as much as I listen.

    • @TheABom1989
      @TheABom1989 Рік тому +15

      I often go for walks with my dog and listen to them instead. I know the games too well and Jrose is amazing.

    • @orianhullinger7999
      @orianhullinger7999 Рік тому +7

      I listen to them when i play Farming Simulator to relax 😂 and the newer ones just sound do much better

    • @mickdipiano8768
      @mickdipiano8768 Рік тому +4

      I listen at work and don't watch and always feel like I know what's going.

    • @squanchy474
      @squanchy474 Рік тому +5

      Actually I tried listening only to this one on a bike ride today, I don’t think it was quiet as good audio only. Video podcast though would be good

  • @peacefulflower9468
    @peacefulflower9468 Рік тому +81

    Okay, the part with Exeggcute doing the hiker battle in Showdown and you doing a little acapella of the gen 1 battle them in the background was great. Great video with Exeggcute and commendations for suffering through barrage for so long!

  • @RisingSwell
    @RisingSwell Рік тому +40

    Even in this super weak form, Leech Seed is still a godly move vs the AI. It probably healed like 100 health against Sabrina's Alakazam

  • @Arrowdodger
    @Arrowdodger Рік тому +86

    I was not expecting that it could not learn Mega Drain, that's nuts. And here I thought Tangela had movepool issues.

    • @iss2075
      @iss2075 Рік тому +20

      Something possible even more crazy is that it learns Solarbeam by level up, but can't by TM. That's so strange.

    • @ext93
      @ext93 Рік тому +12

      @Sniper when it comes to women, the vine matters more than the huevos

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 Рік тому +9

      @Sniper I'm sorry to tell you but both those kinks are popular with the same crowd =p

    • @vanillabeanos7911
      @vanillabeanos7911 Рік тому +4

      @@iss2075 They really didn’t want Exeggcute to get any grass attack early so they forced you to wait lol

    • @sameash3153
      @sameash3153 Рік тому +4

      to be fair, Exeggutor can learn it. For everybody else not doing a solo challenge, Exeggcute doesn't have too bad of a move pool since it will eventually evolve

  • @stepheneefting7989
    @stepheneefting7989 Рік тому +21

    The background music for the simulated "exploding geodude" battle, golden.
    Just perfect

  • @cesarg.5750
    @cesarg.5750 Рік тому +26

    One of the boldest champion battle movesets we've seen. Great run!

  • @Laurenrdraws
    @Laurenrdraws Рік тому +29

    This was uploaded at 4 am for me but I'm going to watch it immediately regardless

  • @YaBoyPookiee
    @YaBoyPookiee Рік тому +22

    This was eggsactly what I needed here at 3:52am on a Saturday morning.
    Also your singing at 18:02 is beautiful.

    • @raabm5292
      @raabm5292 Рік тому +2

      This needs all the attention.

    • @chungaplea3323
      @chungaplea3323 Рік тому

      1 am for me. He might want to rethink these upload times

  • @StanleyG23
    @StanleyG23 Рік тому +38

    Americans: Well, I guess Jrose is uploading at 4 in the morning again.
    Europeans, Asians and Australians: We see nothing wrong with Jrose's upload time.

    • @AceFuzzLord
      @AceFuzzLord Рік тому

      I mean, it was around 1 on the west coast for me. This is a perfect time for an upload since I'm awake to watch

    • @steezuskryst7201
      @steezuskryst7201 Рік тому +3

      I can’t count so anytime is good

    • @iss2075
      @iss2075 Рік тому

      I'm in England but it would probably be more convenient for me if he uploaded at 4am haha

    • @fedef_3327
      @fedef_3327 Рік тому

      I’m in Italy and i confirm it! Perfect timing to upload a video 😂

  • @NightmareValiant
    @NightmareValiant Рік тому +29

    I like how you actually used agility for its intended purpose

  • @jj209th6
    @jj209th6 Рік тому +20

    I like to imagine Agatha saying "I'll show you how a real trainer battles" then dropping a slot machine directly in front of you while you see a stack of scratch cards in the background

    • @aceclover758
      @aceclover758 Рік тому

      In reality, real trainers do battle like that sometimes
      Relying on rng, luck and sleep

  • @Bacchus325
    @Bacchus325 Рік тому +48

    This run was Eggcellent. You had to walk on eggshells at times but you're so cracked at this game that your yolked Exeggcute flipped your opponents like an omelette. I was so eggcited for this run because I wanted to see an irreggular Pokemon like Exeggcute come out of its shell. It brought my to tears and made my nose runny. Sometimes I really thought you'd hit a wall and I scrambled my brain trying to think of how you'd move forward. But your hard boiled determination got you through. It was always said seeing that egg drop when Exeggcute fainted but you kept it sunny side up and kept washing your opponents. It takes a hard shell to not get fried while doing these challenges. I had a dozen different outcomes in my mind but this outcome was not eggspected. Over all I'm glad we egged you on to get this tough eggregious challenge over easily. Very well Exeggcuted.
    Egg

  • @aaronschmidt5662
    @aaronschmidt5662 Рік тому +3

    The reenactment music with the geodude/graveler trainer was by far my favorite part!

  • @dereklane9653
    @dereklane9653 Рік тому +6

    What a creative way to reclaim that lost footage, the battle music made my day. It's the little unexpected tidbits that make every video feel fresh an interesting. I subscribed 2 years ago and you are one the only channels that I get excited for each time I see a new video. Keep up the amazing work Jrose, you are a gem among UA-camrs

  • @NathanielBandy
    @NathanielBandy Рік тому +9

    Oh boy 3am!

    • @tpad6
      @tpad6 Рік тому +1

      *pulls out Burger*

    • @geegee2925
      @geegee2925 Рік тому +1

      Nathanial Bandy every time

    • @IsabruhMoment
      @IsabruhMoment Рік тому +1

      My guy why are you up this late

  • @Aegisoftheshine
    @Aegisoftheshine Рік тому +24

    Yo can we get a full loop of jrose singing the battle theme, but seriously though this is a very interesting run but every time barrage missed I winced hat non 100% accurate moves

  • @DavDaFreak123
    @DavDaFreak123 Рік тому +49

    Jrose! The consistency in your recent uploads really makes me so happy. I’ve followed you for a few years now and it’s very nice to see you growing as a content creator.
    I think Kangaskhan Gen 1 run would be quite interesting. I feel like it might rival your Tauros run 👀 (bad special, good base attack and speed stats, can also learn a lot of moves with type coverages). Plus, starting with only Comet Punch and Rage will definitely make Brock super interesting 😂

    • @NerdKing2nd
      @NerdKing2nd Рік тому +2

      It also makes for quite possibly the only instance in gen1 where using rage is actual a viable strategy in that particular brock fight in another kangaskhan run I saw on another channel.

    • @nullmoon3058
      @nullmoon3058 Рік тому +3

      Kangaskhan isn't in the slow level up group like Tauros, which is a pretty big advantage since by the time it's at the Elite 4 it would be at a higher level.

  • @SilverStormShadow
    @SilverStormShadow Рік тому +8

    Jrose re-creating the trainer battle theme is something that I didn't know I needed until today...

  • @TheBoudreaux2392
    @TheBoudreaux2392 Рік тому +27

    Absolutely loved the battle recreation part. Way to make a good segment out of a crappy situation 🤣

  • @Otonio_Bruno
    @Otonio_Bruno Рік тому +9

    After watching the entire video, I noticed Jrose didn't use or even mention leech seed + toxic combo that exists in Generation I. I'm not sure how he feels about it it, since it can be classified as a glitch and it's pretty standard now that the only glitch he uses is badge boost glitch due to not being able to avoid it completely, might as well take advantage of it.
    Anyway, the fast explanation of leech seed + toxic combo is like this: Leech seed in Generation 1for whatever reason uses the same counting variable that toxic uses to increase poison damage each turn. When used together, both leech seed and toxic keep incrementing the same variable, making leech seed do increasing amount of damage, such as toxic.
    Doing a basic math, if leech seed is used first and does 1/16th HP of opponent's HP, next turn toxic is used, it will already deal 1/8 HP of opponent's HP and leech seed will do 3/16 HP, and so forth (1/4, then 5/16). It's so devastating the most opposing Pokémon faint by 4th turn of accumulated damage. What's even more broken is that leech seed will also heal the same amount of damage done, so your Pokémon will be healing lots of HP each turn.
    This is combo is really nasty and the most common users in Generation I were Bulbasaur and Exeggcute families, since they were the ones who learned leech seed in that generation by levelling up. Looking at Jrose's Exeggcute run, he replaced leech seed with mimic around Blaine's Gym, which is understandable since Exeggcute needed the speed boost in order to safely put all of Blaine's Pokémon to sleep, but what he could've done diferently there? I'd say instead of replacing leech seed with mimic, replace solarbeam with mimic. First because Solar Beam while useful against some powerful trainers such as Lorelei and Rival's Alakazam, it's damage potential is really not worth if compared to the leech seed + toxic combo. So for, Blaine's Gym, Exeggcute movelist would be psychic / hypnosis / leech seed / mimic. Giovanni could easily be defeated with same strategy, just updating hypnosis with sleep power, like done in the video. For Rival 6 battle, this move list could pose a problem since it wouldn't be ideal dealing against Rival's Alakazam, but maybe with some good sleep turns luck and psychic drops, it could be done. From Lorelei and onwards the strategy would be to replace mimic with toxic (Or just keep mimic if you wish to abuse amnesia from Slowbro, teach toxic to Exeggcute in the next fight). Bruno and Agatha would be essentially the same, Lance would potentially easier due to the huge amount of HP recovered from leech seed and finally against Rival champion battle, it would make Alakazam + Gyarados + Exeggutor much easier than having to deal with recovery moves/items while spamming sleep powder and solarbeam. The only real problem could be Charizard, but simply allowing Rhydon to hit some leers and tailwhips so Exeggcute could outspeed it due to the badge boost glitch and voila, just sleep powder and the psychic Charizard for a much consistent strategy against Rival whole team, no need for sleep turns last as long as 2 or 3 solarbeams attacks or psychic special drops
    Not a foolproof strategy, that's for sure, because the limitation of 2 move slots is a huge deal, but it's a strategy to keep mind whenever using Pokémon that can learn leech seed in Gen I.

    • @justinmadrid8712
      @justinmadrid8712 Рік тому

      Now that’s a lot of text

    • @nathanielberele9174
      @nathanielberele9174 Рік тому +2

      The issue with that strategy is that it takes a long time to knock out most things, and takes up move slots

    • @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303
      @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 Рік тому

      Takes forever to set up though.

    • @darkfiredragon3410
      @darkfiredragon3410 Рік тому

      You only get access to that combo after Koga, and by that time you already have Psychic; most pokemon are already knocked out in 3 hits or less by Psychic, and you'd rather put the opponent to sleep if you're having trouble with it.

  • @broodicus1
    @broodicus1 Рік тому +19

    Love when jrose11 drops a video, my whole family sit down to watch this master pokemon player!!!

  • @Subosi
    @Subosi Рік тому +24

    When you said you still had to do Koffin, it came as quite a surprise to me. Thought it was done around the same time as Ekans, as that would've made sense. And most of the mini-series that make sense, like all the eeveelutions, the hitmons, the starters, the legendary birds were all quite close to each other.

    • @jonnyharding3646
      @jonnyharding3646 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, should have did ekans, koffing and meowth all in one wee mini series

    • @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303
      @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 Рік тому

      I felt that many of these videos were just moved up or might have been reuploaded. I remember seeing some of these in the past.

    • @Xpwnxage
      @Xpwnxage Рік тому

      @@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 He did the Eevee evolutions along with Eevee itself. He did Ekans. Koffing and Meowth he has not done yet.

    • @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303
      @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 Рік тому

      @@Xpwnxage No, I think he did Meowth at one time. Did you look up his search bar within his channel?

    • @Xpwnxage
      @Xpwnxage Рік тому

      @@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 I don't need to check my man, I've seen every one of his challenge runs multiple times. You're probably just confusing it with another pokemon channel, there's a million of them.
      Edit: He has done a "how fast" Persian run! That's what you're thinking of.

  • @Obbart
    @Obbart Рік тому +4

    16:52 Bide only killed Raichu because Surge used a X speed which is considered as an attack and has a damage attached to it for some reason (bug) !

  • @mikydue2788
    @mikydue2788 Рік тому +11

    Doing breakfast while scrolling jrose playlist to rewatch some old runs.. then an exeggcute appears 🤩

  • @a__smith
    @a__smith Рік тому +1

    really love the entire "making up for lost footage" segment, super super creative

  • @jasonkershaw3198
    @jasonkershaw3198 Рік тому +34

    What about the toxic and leach seed combo? In Gen 1 it stacks and after a few turns you’re doing insane damage and healing at the same time.

    • @Sunny92809
      @Sunny92809 Рік тому +9

      That’s half of its moves though and it doesn’t work on poison types. Also eggy isn’t super bulky so it still loses to pokemon like Charizard. Sleep is just better.

    • @jasonkershaw3198
      @jasonkershaw3198 Рік тому +9

      @@Sunny92809 Psychic, sleep powder, toxic, and leech Seed. Is what I would use. Leech seed and toxic double every turn. It’s an insane combo. Its glitched in Gen 1.

    • @ceulgai2817
      @ceulgai2817 Рік тому +2

      @@jasonkershaw3198 That's exactly why he doesn't use it.

    • @roryburch861
      @roryburch861 Рік тому +1

      I think you could try it, but it would be 1 turn for Toxic, 1 turn for Leech Seed, then 2 more turns for it to faint (1/16 on the first turn, 5/16 on the second, 9/16 on the third, and then faint from 13/16 on the fourth). Toxic and Leech Seed is great, but you need a healing move to go along with it, and ideally something to buff up your defense (ideally also an attacking move). Pokemon like Gengar could tear through it with Confuse Ray or Sleep Powder, and Charizard would just use Flamethrower. I'm not sure Toxic and Leech Seed is best for a single Pokemon playthrough.

  • @Egobrain6
    @Egobrain6 Рік тому +40

    I don’t know why we are recently getting all this beautiful content from you so consistently. Whatever it is that motivates you, we are happy that you’re in a good place now. It’s always awesome to watch these, so thank you, sincerely.

    • @nchara7071
      @nchara7071 Рік тому +6

      I think it's because he got an editor recently so he can focus more time on actually playing and his voice over and leave the very time consuming editing to someone else

  • @Cincii
    @Cincii Рік тому +10

    I rarely comment but just wanted to say your videos are super well put together and are great to either listen to or watch when I just want to chill and watch some content. I'm not sure how you manage to make playthroughs of the same game so chill yet so entertaining. I can hardly imagine the amount of script writing and editing it takes to put these all together. Thank you for the content and all the effort you and your editor put into it :)

  • @sandimtavares
    @sandimtavares Рік тому +2

    Honestly, that recreation of the battle theme is exactly why you're one of the best Pokémon youtubers out there. Loved it so much, almost broke my chair laughing.

  • @jessie_the_fish
    @jessie_the_fish Рік тому +2

    Okay I've been binging all your challenges runs this week and I have to say the absolute best part of this so far is when you recreated the hiker battle and were singing the fight music quietly. I thought I was hearing things at first then I figured out what was going on and it made me laugh so much. Thank you

  • @logan_wolf
    @logan_wolf Рік тому +13

    23:34 Actually, looking at the moveset for Exeggcute in generation 1, despite learning it from level up, it can't learn SolarBeam from TM. Exeggutor can, so that's really weird.

    • @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303
      @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 Рік тому

      It should not be able to if it can already learn it through leveling up. Where it gets odd was that you had stated Exeggutor can and it may be because the evolution level is after it learns Solarbeam?

    • @logan_wolf
      @logan_wolf Рік тому +4

      @@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 "It should not be able to if it can already learn it through leveling up." That is patently false. Most Pokemon that can learn a move by level up can learn it by TM and tutor, as well.
      "Where it gets odd was that you had stated Exeggutor can and it may be because the evolution level is after it learns Solarbeam?" Exeggcute doesn't evolve on level up. It evolves with a Leaf Stone.

    • @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303
      @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 Рік тому

      @@logan_wolf
      Yeah, I think that is where Pokemon screwed up. If a Pokemon already learns the move, it is redundant if it can learn it again through TM.
      I guess one could argue that there should be a freedom to learn any move that it cannot learn or relearn a move it should be able to learn; however, it makes the game less challenging.
      What I meant by Exeggutor learning it after evolution level is that most trainers would choose to evolve the Pokemon around level 20ish or whenever Exeggcute learns solarbeam. So the developers chose to have Exeggutor learn it since the Exeggcute is in its evolved form. They only intended the move to be used in its evolved form.

    • @nolongeraperson
      @nolongeraperson 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303Nah, it's fine because quite a few pokemon don't learn said TM move until way later in the level up cycle. You also have pokemon that don't learn any moves after stone evolution. Don't know about you, but I'd much rather use the TM and then evolve than wait 24 levels for them to learn it. 😂 Just take the L instead of backpedaling to try and sound smart.

    • @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303
      @wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303 6 місяців тому

      @@nolongeraperson "Don't know about you, but I'd much rather use the TM and then evolve than wait 24 levels for them to learn it."
      It makes it less challenging. Really, at this point in time, many of the older generations that had played this game, found the original versions had a lot of bugs. I am thinking that many of these moves were not intended for a Pokemon to learn unless they evolved.
      Like, for instance, what would the purpose of a 1st stage Pokemon of a three stage evolution do with a move like flamethrower? I guess one could state "many things." However, the natural progression of the game is that it gets more and more difficult and one needs evolution in order to overcome this challenge. Would it not be more useful when the Pokemon's stats work well with the move to keep it at its best?
      The only Pokemon that could use that TM would be ones that then do not have it in their movesets. It would make more sense to me.

  • @RaynmanPlays
    @RaynmanPlays Рік тому +9

    Another point about 2 60 base power moves instead of one 120 base power move is that sometimes, 60 base power is all you need, so you're wasting a turn, taking damage or status effects or stat drops.

    • @professorannefaire7233
      @professorannefaire7233 Рік тому +1

      And both or either 60 bp moves could crit
      Its kinda like why True Strike is bad in 5E

  • @grandmoffyoda
    @grandmoffyoda Рік тому +45

    Can't wait for the 2025 video summarising and analysing the completed tier list. Seeing Mewtwo reigning on high, handing out awards to most surprising Pokémon. Biggest gap between pre-evolved and it's fully evolved big brother. Going to be crazy good

    • @YOSSARIAN313
      @YOSSARIAN313 Рік тому +7

      The biggest gap is Abra alakazam no question. No other one comes close

    • @robertlunderwood
      @robertlunderwood Рік тому +1

      Will Mewtwo be at the top though? There's still Starmie.

    • @civilwarwasaninsidejob7405
      @civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 Рік тому +2

      @@YOSSARIAN313 I had second hand pain for Jrose watching the Abra video. That was a rough one

    • @joelogbamichael7177
      @joelogbamichael7177 Рік тому +3

      @@robertlunderwood unfortunately Starmie can’t get recover without evolving from Staryu or psychic until you get the tm, so that run will probably be a lot of grinding which you simply can’t afford if you want to be faster then Mewtwo.

    • @robertlunderwood
      @robertlunderwood Рік тому +3

      ​@@joelogbamichael7177 Starmie starts with water gun, tackle, and harden. Getting past Brock is no problem. The biggest problem is Misty. The only thing her Pokemon will use is tackle. Just use a bunch of hardens to start to defend against tackle and badge boost its tackle; don't level up during the fight. Once that's done, it'll get bubblebeam. Unless you want to badge boost against Surge, skip him until you pick up psychic or ice beam. That blows through Erica. Once you double back to Surge, thunderbolt is available, and then it's over. The final moveset will be surf, psychic, thunderbolt, and harden/ice beam/blizzard/mimic.
      Honestly, the only downside is not being able to get body slam to make Surge trivial.

  • @Nick_Slavik
    @Nick_Slavik Рік тому +18

    Omg! I absolutely LOVE you singing the battle theme during the sim portion!!! 👌🤣 JRose! I love these vids man! I'm glad you're posting so much lately 🙂 a very sincere Thank You!

  • @gusido5636
    @gusido5636 Рік тому +39

    Love your videos, been watching them while playing myself, like a podcast, you're a real legend, thanks for putting so much effort on your videos, they are awesome ❤️

    • @josephmorgan8101
      @josephmorgan8101 Рік тому +3

      Same! They’ve inspired me to dig out my old gameboy and start Blue again

  • @Brajxdv
    @Brajxdv Рік тому +3

    13 notifications: I sleep
    Jrose11 notification: Real Shit

  • @DaDMonDCB
    @DaDMonDCB Рік тому +7

    I'm glad he's not fried from all these runs. I hope this one goes sunnyside up. The start outlines quite a few cracks in this shell.
    Go for yolk, Jrose! I really hope he went ahead and scrambled up extra trainers for that bonus flavor!
    ....egg pun.

  • @thomassylvester9484
    @thomassylvester9484 Рік тому +9

    What’s fun is that Exeggcute actually isn’t top 5 in terms of level, he’s narrowly edged out by the Pokémon in dead last, who, like exeggcute, missed out on a much better spot due to how closed off the game is pre-Brock.

    • @nihildwo4874
      @nihildwo4874 Рік тому +1

      ye tbh i found this decision a bit inconsistent. i mean he put abra to the bottom but exeggcute into the top tier

    • @thomassylvester9484
      @thomassylvester9484 Рік тому +5

      @@nihildwo4874 Abra took 12 hours just to get past Brock, Exeggcute had finished the run with change by that point, I don’t think there’s any inconsistency.

  • @NukePlayer
    @NukePlayer Рік тому +3

    Jrose making the music for the battle against the Hiker is nothing but amazing LMAO

  • @swanladdy5431
    @swanladdy5431 Рік тому +8

    I can't believe it took me this long, but I finally realized why so many of this Pokemon don't learn moves early on: it's because many of them you can never legally catch at level 1. Without breeding, the earliest level you can get a lot of them at is the 20s or even 30s, making move learning before that essentially pointless. I don't know, maybe this obvious to most people, but I just noticed it now, lol! Thanks for the great vid Jrose!

    • @suicune95
      @suicune95 Рік тому +1

      There's also no move relearner in gen 1 or 2, so any move they learned before their minimum catch level would essentially be pointless since you'd have no way of legally accessing it

  • @cooljams_jams
    @cooljams_jams Рік тому +1

    Your narration is reaching higher and higher quality exeggcution. The Showdown a capella made this one of my favorite videos of the year!

  • @hockeycrafter6086
    @hockeycrafter6086 Рік тому +1

    Way to take a bad situation and not just recover, but make something super funny and memorable.

  • @roboticismRus
    @roboticismRus Рік тому +3

    The trainer and rival names are always so funny! Good vid.

  • @tpad6
    @tpad6 Рік тому +14

    I remember when I was a kid, how hard it was to catch exeggcute in the safari zone. Then to figure out the movepool sucks. just went with vileplume or butterfree lol

  • @AzureKite
    @AzureKite Рік тому +1

    Daamn that strat at the end was incredible! What a great run JRose. Always love your videos.

  • @neilvon9510
    @neilvon9510 Рік тому

    You humming the music during the recreated battle is the dopamine I needed today. Thank you

  • @AFOO239
    @AFOO239 Рік тому +12

    17:33 Sabrina's Alakazam is unique case of gen 1 "good" AI causing it to only use Recover against other psychic pokemon. It's a bit of a mess of good AI move priority rules, but in short, knowing Psywave, a non regular damage dealing move, causes Sabrina's "good" AI to de-prioritize every damage dealing psychic move (since it predicts them to be not very effective against other psychic pokemon), including Psywave. That leaves Recover as the only regular priority move, which it will then always pick.
    Psywave is important in this equation, because normally there are safeguards in good AI against de-prioritizing every damaging move, but since Psywave does not function like regular damaging moves governed by Special and othee pokemon attributes, it causes the good AI to glitch.
    Since Sabrina's Alakazam is the only AI pokemon who knows Psywave, this is unique phenomenon. I remember encountering this the hard way back when I played 1st gen with Kadabra as my ace, and his moves couldn't out-damage Sabrina's Alakazam's Recover, so I got stalled to death :D

  • @yourgrandpabillyjohnson1888
    @yourgrandpabillyjohnson1888 Рік тому +4

    Let's go Jrose, with these consistent uploads! Yes sir!!!!

  • @jessepowell2142
    @jessepowell2142 Рік тому +1

    Appreciate all the time and effort you put into the runs love the content been recreating some of the old runs currently doing the improved min battles run in blue

  • @usernamenotfound80
    @usernamenotfound80 Рік тому +2

    30:35 "Solarbeam, there is a TM."
    Which, funnily enough, Exeggcute cannot learn.

  • @Humg12
    @Humg12 Рік тому +18

    When putting Exeggcute on the tier list you said that it was in the top 5 for levels, but I think you might have missed a sneaky little level 63 Abra down the bottom there ;)
    Exeggcute is actually the 6th lowest so far. Personally I probably would have put it between Pikachu and Dratini; I think the extra 1.5-2 hours of extra time is worse than the 3 level difference for Bulba/Pika, but I can understand your reasoning for putting it above them.

    • @lxagamer3380
      @lxagamer3380 Рік тому +1

      Yeah. If he was going more on level then Abra would be top tier. It's funny how those 2 psychic types are so similar in level vs time

  • @posthistoricdino422
    @posthistoricdino422 Рік тому +3

    this is why i'm glad to be awake at 3 am. nobody else is, except the cool people like jrose.

  • @Aarolance
    @Aarolance Рік тому +1

    The Jrose instrumental though. Very much a highlight for me. 10 out of 10. Love your videos from a fellow Canadian pokemon lover.

  • @ScoutPilfer
    @ScoutPilfer Рік тому

    Really digging the regular uploads again my man.
    I don't watch Pokémon videos, or subscribe to many people at all, but when I see an upload from you it's always a treat.

  • @YukeWeiss
    @YukeWeiss Рік тому +6

    The music this video was baller!
    I do disagree a bit with the rating though; Exeggcute's Experience Group (Slow) meant the level was more impressive than it appears. For example, it had ~40,000 experience points MORE than the Pokemon it ranked above, despite being 3 levels higher. I do take your point that the start was a bit rough for it, but given no other Pokemon (so far) in the unevolved Pokemon group was in the Slow experience group and its time was so high, I do think it could afford to go lower.
    That said, it's all arbitrary; the main thing was this was an engaging video!

    • @DJFracus
      @DJFracus Рік тому +1

      Yeah, and Abra is basically a more extreme version of this but was rated at the bottom.

    • @DemonVermin
      @DemonVermin Рік тому

      @@DJFracus because it took 12 hours on Brock… nothing can really save you after that performance.

  • @YMasterS
    @YMasterS Рік тому +26

    I just did an Exeggutor solo run last night and it was infuriating. Made me think Exeggute would be a brutal pokemon when you got up to it, can't wait to watch (outside of the waiting I obviously did to type this comment first).

    • @iss2075
      @iss2075 Рік тому +8

      A fact you may know, but Exeggutor was one of the main Pokémon the developers used during the creation and testing of Red and Blue. I bet they had Psychic on theirs though lol.

  • @valrythe7454
    @valrythe7454 Рік тому

    Man, seeing these in my alerts is a higlight of my day! When I got this one, it was just about time for me to go to bed, but I got super excited anyway and told my buddy "Awh man, that's gonna be my tomorrow morning for sure!". Thanks for doing these man, I'm always stoked for a new run by you!

  • @ericorange2654
    @ericorange2654 Рік тому +1

    Badge boost seems perfectly in spirit of this challenge series.
    Thanks and keep up the good work

  • @TheZackofSpades
    @TheZackofSpades Рік тому +3

    This is one of the most pleasantly interesting channels I’ve found in months. This is so soothing as background activity during mind-numbing stretches of my work day. Thanks, dude.

  • @GHOSTCHAN
    @GHOSTCHAN Рік тому +7

    All hail the Eggs...Seeds????
    But seriously I love these videos and how they show off how conventionally weak mons can singlehandedly beat these games :)

  • @Gothicrift
    @Gothicrift Рік тому +2

    The showdown part is my favorite thing ever

  • @heroic_teddy
    @heroic_teddy Рік тому +1

    Had a terrible day at work and BAM! Jrose comes clutch with some much needed enjoyment! Looking forward to this run!

  • @royalflush5213
    @royalflush5213 Рік тому +3

    I wasn’t expecting the Jrose acapella but I’m all here for it

  • @Pao-vo8mf
    @Pao-vo8mf Рік тому +15

    just a heads up, the 2-5 hits thing isn't "totally random", it's actually worse. there is a 37.5% chance of 2 hits, 37.5% 3 hits, 12.5% 4 hits, 12.5% 5 hits. in later games, this was changed to 35/35/15/15

    • @sonicdoommario
      @sonicdoommario Рік тому +2

      Seems like when your opponent uses a multi-hit attack though the odds are in reverse lol

    • @ceulgai2817
      @ceulgai2817 Рік тому

      That's what "totally random" means.

    • @Pao-vo8mf
      @Pao-vo8mf Рік тому

      @@ceulgai2817 how so? when you think random, you think the basic dice roll as in each result has the same chance of happening. when you actually set the chance of each result, you're rigging the randomness. of course, in the game's case, it's not like it rolls a rigged 4-sided dice, but rather it rolls a 8-sided dice, and sets 1-3: 2 hit, 4-6: 3 hits, 7: 4 hits, 8: 5 hits. anyway the effect is the same. when you hear someone say it's "totally random" and they don't mention the odds of each result, you think they're the same. and this is exactly what the game makes you think because it just says the move hits 2-5 times.

  • @blackstar5282
    @blackstar5282 Рік тому +1

    I’ve been watching your videos for a good while since I found your channel and the this background music is me favorite so far. Thank you for your videos and keep up the good work 😄

  • @glitchedoom
    @glitchedoom Рік тому +1

    Coffee and an hour long journey with one of my favorite Pokemon. What a great Saturday morning.

  • @Gibstack
    @Gibstack Рік тому +4

    That issue at the beginning of Brock is actually super interesting; leveling usually gives you the edge no matter what in some way, but not in this fight whatsoever seemingly, until you factor in the second strategy at level 15.

  • @Zeturic
    @Zeturic Рік тому +4

    I love runs like this and the Pidgey and Abra runs where the Rival is so impressed with your Pokémon that he gets one for himself.
    You should do Growlithe and Rhyhorn soon to finish up the "rival Pokémon base form solo run" series.

  • @DanieIsan555
    @DanieIsan555 Рік тому +1

    With Exeggcutes level, you had the perfect opportunity to go into the Final champion battle and say:
    "Exeggcute Order 66"

  • @xyxyxy2066
    @xyxyxy2066 Рік тому +2

    Haha the music for the rock tunnel part was excellently done!

  • @7deuc2e38
    @7deuc2e38 Рік тому +6

    I love nothing more than seeing a hour + video from Jrose, you just know it's going to be a banger

  • @michaelrud4351
    @michaelrud4351 Рік тому +4

    Technically, all of Exeggcutes moves are Egg moves...

  • @ourhandsaretied
    @ourhandsaretied 11 місяців тому

    I love how it's just you doing the music in the background during that battle- that's great

  • @Luke_Freeman
    @Luke_Freeman Рік тому

    The absolute best part of this whole video was Jrose singing the battle theme during the battle recreation. Especially considering he doesnt even play the battle music from the game in his videos. You are a funny dude, my man. Jose fan 4lyfe.

  • @huff3782
    @huff3782 Рік тому +4

    I think maybe Brock's full heals are to counter poison from the many poison sting users you can get before him.
    Though I don't know why Game Freak decided that Brock needed to be such a brick wall as the first gym.

    • @OmegaTyrant
      @OmegaTyrant Рік тому +1

      GF couldn't anticipate that people would do these sorts of solo challenge runs that would make Brock such an issue, while each of the starters can breeze by him (Charmander less so but it only takes a bit of levelling for Charmander to win solo spamming Ember, and even less levelling if you take advantage of other pokemon for their debuff moves and as Bide fodder).

    • @quinnlee-miller9792
      @quinnlee-miller9792 Рік тому +2

      I’m 99% sure it’s meant to force the player into learning the super effective mechanics. Remember it was made for kids

  • @Gokkee
    @Gokkee Рік тому +4

    Great run and didn't go to scramble as I thought it would ;)
    Can't wait for the scyther vs pinser rivalry to be settled 👌
    Let's go team scyther 👌
    Keep up the great work ,)

    • @iss2075
      @iss2075 Рік тому +1

      Scyther gets Swords Dance, Agility and Double Team so that's 3 moves for badge boosts so I think it may win.

    • @GhengizKanye
      @GhengizKanye Рік тому +1

      @@iss2075 pinsir has access to those as well minus agility. They actually have nearly the same movepool and stats aside from scyther having higher speed and hp at the cost of lower attack and defense. Really its going to come down to how fast either one can take down brock.

  • @perkypenguin1663
    @perkypenguin1663 Рік тому

    This was a very interesting watch! I’ve recently gained a higher appreciation for Exeggcute, so it’s fun that it had such a weird difficulty curve!

  • @kmytpmv314
    @kmytpmv314 Рік тому

    17:55- Oh Jrose, you the best! Your ever eager approach to these challenges in the face of real life infuriating difficulties is nothing short of inspiring! Thank you for your effort and entertainment! Rock on!!!

  • @Rinkin360
    @Rinkin360 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely love the vocal representation of the music for the self destructing hiker bit jrose, you never fail to bring a smile to my face.

  • @volsfootball638
    @volsfootball638 Рік тому +5

    One of my favorite parts in these videos is when he makes it to the E4 and there’s still half the video left😂

  • @mortamarkahn
    @mortamarkahn Рік тому +1

    The self-destructing Hiker battle.... *Chef's Kiss*

  • @shydog7276
    @shydog7276 Рік тому

    The vocal recreation of the battle music had me ☠️ if I wasn't subbed before, that would have instantly won me over. Instead, I had to stop what I was doing to slap a like and drop a comment. Don't usually bother with either till the end lol. Keep up the top tier content!

  • @Gungho73
    @Gungho73 Рік тому +5

    What a eggcellent choice for a video!
    Can he eggxecute with exeggcute?
    Or will this run fall harder then Humpty off that wall?
    Only one way to find out!

  • @matthewmontgomery6885
    @matthewmontgomery6885 Рік тому +5

    I'm looking forward to seeing footage of Lt. Surge's long awaited victory parade and promotion, for finally not getting the ever loving crap beaten out of him by a 10 year old with a terrible pokemon

  • @dinaurians
    @dinaurians Рік тому

    your singing skills are unmatched, ny good sir. lovely video as always !

  • @MarcusLanderosx
    @MarcusLanderosx Рік тому

    been watching jrose for a long time. top 3 pokemon youtubers, if not the top. humble, smart, funny, consistent. bro, dont change what you are doing with the channel. your videos are gold. keep at it man. excellent work. and the lost footage section here? omg