HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE PROFESSOR OAK'S CHALLENGE IN POKEMON GOLD/SILVER?

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • After an insane amount of support for the last Professor Oak's Challenge video, we're back again to take on the second generation. Today we're going to continue the journey of torturous Pokemon challenges and see how easily you can complete Professor Oak's Challenge in Pokemon Gold and Silver. This video took a lot of time and effort to put together, so I'd really appreciate it if you shared this with a friend. If you have any suggestions for the next video, leave it in the comments below! Have a great day :)
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  • @JohnstoneYT
    @JohnstoneYT  5 років тому +1843

    Hey everyone! If you enjoyed the video, please like it so I know that you want me to continue doing this challenge! I'm really active on Twitter now, so follow me to keep updated with my videos as they come out. Have a great day! :)
    twitter.com/JohnstoneYT

    • @GuardianDiancie
      @GuardianDiancie 5 років тому +34

      Johnstone I hope you will do this Professor Oak’s Challenge, for each generation in the future.

    • @antant9523
      @antant9523 5 років тому +10

      Would you be doing all medals (currently obtainable) challenge in B2W2?

    • @Jonathan26851
      @Jonathan26851 5 років тому +2

      You are an absolute madman. Strength and honour to you.

    • @KizzyJay
      @KizzyJay 5 років тому +3

      Hey John! When I saw your first video on oak's challenge, I was very interested in taking on the challenge myself. After watching your video, I cracked open my pokemon emerald version and got to work. I really enjoy seeing you run through oak's challenge and it makes sense that the next stop for this series is generation 3. However, I would strongly recommend that you DO NOT do the challenge for gen 3. I repeat, DO NOT run oak's challenge for generation 3. If there was one word I could say that could deter you from trying it, it would be EXPLOUD. Without any speed hacks, without a lucky egg, without any cheats, it takes a VERY long time to fill out as much of the generation 3 pokedex as possible before you even face roxanne. I personally, love this content and seeing new things I can do to challenge myself when playing pokemon, but save yourself the heartache and quit while you're ahead.

    • @whodatchris1873
      @whodatchris1873 5 років тому +3

      Their a trainer where you can fish remaraid. What happened to that before clair?

  • @damascusraven
    @damascusraven 5 років тому +7503

    This dude really put 254 hours of GAMEPLAY into this video. Not including planning, research, editing, and voice-overs. What a complete legend.

    • @justanoldtoxicaccsorry8000
      @justanoldtoxicaccsorry8000 5 років тому +218

      And yep they'll say "Oh YeAh ThAT DoESn'T tAkE sO MuCh TiME"

    • @sandraskender1388
      @sandraskender1388 5 років тому +47

      I think he deserve's more sub's and view's

    • @royalcat10
      @royalcat10 5 років тому +35

      To be fair, much of the time that was spent active was enjoyed, and I'm almost certain a large chunk of the time recorded by the game file was just because he left it open while he was away or something along those lines.
      It's still a fun game to play through, even if you're doing it to make a video. He essentially just did the basic goal of a lot of young kids when they first played a Pokemon game, except he recorded it.
      Still, it's a lot effort and it's impressive he went through it all. But, it's not really "work" if you're having fun doing it, is it? (With the exception of the mindless grinding to evolve pokemon you wouldnt actually use. That shit takes forever and is boring af in the older games.)

    • @mariotriscarimiceli8541
      @mariotriscarimiceli8541 5 років тому +3

      Please do Emerald ♥️

    • @Coffee-Comrade
      @Coffee-Comrade 5 років тому +56

      @@royalcat10 This is way more complicated thatn the basic goal of catching all the Pokemon

  • @SethEverman
    @SethEverman 4 роки тому +1194

    fantastic

  • @platinumpoke7638
    @platinumpoke7638 5 років тому +2525

    give this man some respect for taking 31 hours of his lifespan to grind up a dratini

  • @GreenDayxRock1
    @GreenDayxRock1 5 років тому +2124

    25:54 "After beating Whitney so bad it made sense that she cried this time" LOL so good.

    • @deinoboi3505
      @deinoboi3505 5 років тому +11

      Lol, glad I am not the only one who caught that XDXD.

    • @big_pip_energy_tt
      @big_pip_energy_tt 5 років тому +15

      That darn miltank tho
      Edit: thanks for likes

    • @HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH
      @HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH 5 років тому +16

      @@big_pip_energy_tt Still have flashbacks to all those rollouts

    • @PapiMelv
      @PapiMelv 5 років тому +3

      BRUH I KNEW I WOULD FIND A COMMENT HERE HAHAHA LMAO

    • @deadedea
      @deadedea 5 років тому +1

      FROM HELLS HEART I STAB AT THEE MILTANK BEQEATH A FOUL CURSE UPONT THE LAND OF MY LIFE

  • @tonymcmayer5944
    @tonymcmayer5944 5 років тому +2551

    The real question is why I was fully ready to accept that it took 1,000,000,000 exp to fully evolve dratini.

    • @lauraschantz9058
      @lauraschantz9058 5 років тому +93

      Because when you're a kid, it's harder to discern between real gaming info and trolling. My brother thought you could get the Triforce in OoT for YEARS because HTLOZ had an April Fool's article about it.

    • @ketchup901
      @ketchup901 5 років тому +56

      @Luke HD
      That is 3 zeroes too much. It's 1.250.000 exp points.

    • @heidi7905
      @heidi7905 5 років тому +16

      you do realise it was a joke

    • @ketchup901
      @ketchup901 5 років тому +37

      Yes, everyone realizes that.

    • @Brybizzle999
      @Brybizzle999 5 років тому +6

      My Pupitar 😩

  • @andriesdeklerck4395
    @andriesdeklerck4395 4 роки тому +839

    I’m FINALLY done with this. I started on the day you uploaded and I’m done today, 257 days later. My IGT is 227:34, which is slightly better than yours. I’m really glad you make these videos, because I must’ve watched this one at least a dozen times while grinding, plus it served as a guide. 10/10 amazing experience

    • @maganhassan2627
      @maganhassan2627 4 роки тому +11

      Congrats!!
      What's the next game you'll do this challenge?

    • @andriesdeklerck4395
      @andriesdeklerck4395 4 роки тому +51

      Magan Hassan I’m 35-40 hours in with moon, but having to constantly check my pick-up Squad really kills my flow sometimes. I’m currently mega into gen 4 shiny hunting, but I plan to continue moon soon. Probably going to do a living Dex, even. I’m planning on making a 100% complete living Dex in every generation 4-7, so that’s a Nice way to kick of gen 7

    • @maganhassan2627
      @maganhassan2627 4 роки тому +6

      @@andriesdeklerck4395 if you're a youtuber please upload it if you can XD

    • @xolotlnephthys
      @xolotlnephthys 4 роки тому

      Did you do it correctly/more painfully with the added elementary stones from the Pokegear trainers?

    • @andriesdeklerck4395
      @andriesdeklerck4395 4 роки тому +2

      Xolotl Nephthys I followed the video johnstone made. I finalized at 199, so No. If you’re talking about moon, I’m still in the very first section so please enlighten me on this method so I can use it later

  • @Elzelgator
    @Elzelgator 5 років тому +654

    "it was one of the easiest.. It only took 3 hours" dude...

    • @kylecampbell565
      @kylecampbell565 5 років тому +77

      I think Gen 1 broke his brain

    • @mrdraws2042
      @mrdraws2042 5 років тому +5

      @@kylecampbell565 Or maybe it was the bad graphics...

    • @CatchBurning
      @CatchBurning 5 років тому +15

      You know that things are tedious when one of the easiest takers 3 hours to evolve! 🤣

    • @del7583
      @del7583 4 роки тому +4

      @@mrdraws2042 the first pokemon game is from 1996 doe

    • @spongefan155
      @spongefan155 3 роки тому

      @@mrdraws2042 How? The Graphics Aren't Problem With The Gen 1

  • @ardenwk
    @ardenwk 5 років тому +544

    i like how when you caught lapras the total was 131 which is the same as lapras's dex number

  • @nickcarpenter7904
    @nickcarpenter7904 5 років тому +393

    Dude took a dragonite to a third level gym! Shit Whitney didn’t stand a chance !

    • @happiestaku6646
      @happiestaku6646 4 роки тому +60

      Nick Carpenter about time we put her and that damn Miltank in their place...

    • @seanwetrich8299
      @seanwetrich8299 4 роки тому +15

      I did the same, but only because I used trainer/fly glitch in Blue version to nab one off a biker on Cycling road. I traded it to a Gold cartridge, then I traded it to my Crystal when I started a new game. Those games, I think, are easier than Gen 1, but Dragonite for the whole game makes it pitifully easy.

    • @nakupovani1
      @nakupovani1 4 роки тому +1

      Me with my team of wooloo: 1v1 me noob
      And don’t ask how I got them in gen 2

    • @nakupovani1
      @nakupovani1 4 роки тому +2

      @@happiestaku6646 yeeeeee

    • @four0for
      @four0for 3 роки тому +1

      whitney more like shitney

  • @justinweber1962
    @justinweber1962 5 років тому +608

    "with a super team of legendaries"
    Shows Slowbro beating brock
    LOL

    • @mariopartygamer422
      @mariopartygamer422 5 років тому +10

      And snorlax beating l.t surge

    • @rastislavsebesta3047
      @rastislavsebesta3047 5 років тому +13

      That Slowbro was legendary good😂😂😂😂😂

    • @sentinellj
      @sentinellj 5 років тому +1

      It is a water type...

    • @huntdowntherefund
      @huntdowntherefund 5 років тому +9

      @@sentinellj key word *legendaries*

    • @sentinellj
      @sentinellj 5 років тому

      @@huntdowntherefund I know I'm just saying Slowbro was a logical choice

  • @TheBlueBread
    @TheBlueBread 5 років тому +601

    John's mind: How challenging do you want this challenge to be?
    Johnstone: *Yes*

    • @iamjayrts25
      @iamjayrts25 2 роки тому +2

      He didn’t create the challenge though, he just popularized it

  • @TSketch5
    @TSketch5 5 років тому +447

    Johnstone: "We are almost done with this section"
    Legendary Beast: Well yes, but actually no

    • @sanic7164
      @sanic7164 4 роки тому +9

      He said “almost done” and didn’t say he’s “completely done”. Also stop spamming overused memes. Now some cringy kid is gonna say r/woosh?

    • @rifucurktushwjeydnydheh
      @rifucurktushwjeydnydheh 3 роки тому +2

      @@sanic7164 r/WoOsH
      Jk I agree

  • @Kamilohbk
    @Kamilohbk 5 років тому +680

    Why can Rattata change weather on command? Because that's a TOP PERCENTEAGE RATTATA.

    • @Solgaleo791
      @Solgaleo791 5 років тому +43

      Because it was Youngster Joey's original Rattata.

    • @galeforce0113
      @galeforce0113 5 років тому +5

      This is my new favorite comment

    • @terriblejokefactory8831
      @terriblejokefactory8831 5 років тому +5

      Top rain percentage rattata

    • @unknownspeaker4815
      @unknownspeaker4815 4 місяці тому

      God, I can't read that without hearing it in a song lol (one of NWTBs original parodies, Kanto)

  • @AbsolBlogsPokemon
    @AbsolBlogsPokemon 5 років тому +193

    Finally got around to watching this. This was awesome, and the effort truly shows!!! The level scaling of wild Pokemon is almost nonexistent in these games and really makes this challenge sound like a nightmare - it's kind of crazy how long the wild Pokemon are around level 17 at most. I can't even imagine how annoying training that Dratini must have been!
    Congrats on the shiny Gastly, too! I will say in Shiny Gengar's defense, it definitely looks its coolest in its Gen 2 sprites before becoming the dull shiny we know of today.
    Also, how limited the elemental evolutionary stones are in this game used to frustrate me to no end when I was a kid before I got Crystal/a link cable! I spent actual hours searching for another way to find them, including going back to the Celadon Dept. Store countless times just to make sure they weren't secretly being sold somewhere there. Really can't believe there aren't enough to get everything that needs one.
    Keep up the fantastic work!

    • @JohnstoneYT
      @JohnstoneYT  5 років тому +31

      AbsolBlogsPokemon thanks Matt! I honestly have no idea why they thought giving one was a good idea. I understand that they want you either trade with another person or have more games, but one of each is mindblowingly dumb. It’s even weirder that they barely mention that specific people give them away. Considering you can’t even have every phone number at once, it seems like they just didn’t want anyone to finish it hahah

    • @richard5X5
      @richard5X5 5 років тому +5

      To be honest I am a big supporter of code is law, so I am fine with using the cloning glitches to get extra evolution items in Gold/Silver. Faster than changing daylight savings time on Crystal over and over again and trading the stones you need. It doesn't give an advantage other than time use.

    • @rocketrelm1125
      @rocketrelm1125 5 років тому +1

      How much, if at all, did you use the Daycare during this run? You spend a lot of time walking around fishing for encounters, and if you stuffed Dratini into the daycare while grinding all the other pokemon, you could have gotten it at least to where it learns twister to skip those painstaking first few levels. Not to mention when biking around for the beasts later.@@JohnstoneYT

    • @mikehenderson7907
      @mikehenderson7907 5 років тому

      I'm at the Pokémon League and my team are barely at level 60 or so due to total lack of experience.

    • @jaylogik4020
      @jaylogik4020 5 років тому

      Johnstone I would have used jumpluff to catch the 3 legendary dogs. Since you clearly don't mind grinding for an insane amount of hours, it would have been easier to raise a jumpluff to lvl 40 (which should out speed even raikou), give it sleep powder, headbutt, mega drain, and sweet scent, and buy about 10 x accuracy s. Normally, in my encounters, after waking up, the legendary dogs attack with one of their moves (praying it's not roar). This is how I caught all of them fairly quickly, but I played pokemon crystal on my pokemon stadium 2 with dodrio speed, and I still was annoyed at the time it took. So I can only imagine what you went through.

  • @MitchellD249
    @MitchellD249 4 роки тому +35

    "You're probably thinking 'well great, now you have to gamble all that money just to grind again because you can't access the dragon's den yet'"
    Not really, I was thinking you could breed your dragonite with a ditto, but that way you did it works too, good job.

  • @kylecampbell565
    @kylecampbell565 5 років тому +577

    I pray for your soul if you ever do Platinum. You’ll have TWO friendship evolutions to do before the first gym (Budew and Golbat)

    • @Silith13
      @Silith13 5 років тому +147

      Munchlax man. Munchlax.

    • @coreyholliday1650
      @coreyholliday1650 5 років тому +86

      The trees and gible would be enough to drive anyone insane

    • @kylecampbell565
      @kylecampbell565 5 років тому +8

      corey holliday that raises the question will he do diamond or pearl so there’s less Pokémon to catch or platinum as the game has a faster pace and expanded story

    • @Pudu2909
      @Pudu2909 5 років тому +4

      Also deal with Ponyta

    • @kylecampbell565
      @kylecampbell565 5 років тому +23

      PsychoticPudu plus SEVEN EEVEELUTIONS and depending on how the Sinnoh underground factors into the challenge he might have to get SIX of them before the fourth gym (glaceon isnt avalible until you have 6 badges and the daycare isn’t available till after 3 gyms

  • @reptaronrice
    @reptaronrice 5 років тому +129

    *Sees video title*
    *Sees video length*
    *Grabs Popcorn*
    Let’s get it.

  • @BeardedDolphin93
    @BeardedDolphin93 5 років тому +156

    Not going to lie, I've watched this video about 6 times. I love this challenge and the dedication you took to complete it, top tier content creator man. You even got me back into pokemon, now I'm playing all the games I never played, everything from the ds up to x and y. Keep up the good content man!

    • @CatchBurning
      @CatchBurning 5 років тому +7

      Wow! You only need to watch it about 7 or 8 more times, then you have watched 12 hours worth of good video content. 😀

  • @Villasenorbrandon
    @Villasenorbrandon 5 років тому +121

    The respect I have for this man is insane

  • @shockandawesome3368
    @shockandawesome3368 5 років тому +46

    "After beating Whitney so bad, it made sense that she cried this time ..." I lost it :D

  • @cheeseballjar3388
    @cheeseballjar3388 5 років тому +96

    It hurt everytime you said "It only took x amount of hours." But when you said Dratini's time I died.

  • @HarmonicDX
    @HarmonicDX 5 років тому +220

    "After sweeping Morty.." *uses level 56 Dragonite*
    No shit LOL

    • @albertcheng5689
      @albertcheng5689 5 років тому +11

      More like put Morty in a sock and slammed him around

    • @whiteninjastudios8839
      @whiteninjastudios8839 6 місяців тому

      more like turning Morty's bug friends into a shamrock shake like damn​@@albertcheng5689

  • @rmzing
    @rmzing 5 років тому +664

    Worth spending 48 minutes to watch, since you put in over 300 times that much time to make it.

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- 5 років тому

      lol. No. Just because something takes a long time to do doesn't mean it was worth it. Do you know how many satellites are built for years and then get lost because they did a conversion wrong?

    • @Jok3rcccx
      @Jok3rcccx 5 років тому +79

      @@encycl07pedia- really dude lmao

    • @coawperation
      @coawperation 5 років тому +31

      encycl07pedia but does that matter?

    • @KingYoshiGoD
      @KingYoshiGoD 5 років тому +58

      @@encycl07pedia- Every party has a party pooper and thats encycl07pedia

    • @hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399
      @hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399 5 років тому +1

      So true I didn't mind that ever

  • @TheQuashingoftheTub
    @TheQuashingoftheTub 4 роки тому +66

    4:00 Every time I see Spinarak in gen II I think it's a shiny.

    • @valentomas4370
      @valentomas4370 4 роки тому

      Lol same

    • @petercross1879
      @petercross1879 4 роки тому +1

      It's funny because that game is terrible

    • @TheQuashingoftheTub
      @TheQuashingoftheTub 4 роки тому +8

      @@petercross1879 I personally prefer and love gen II over I or III, but I definitley see where you're coming from. Still suffers from the clunky writing and terrible programing of early GF(who, let's be honest, _still_ can't frickin' program.)Even with all the technological leaps and bounds it pulled off for a GBC game it is still so broken its save battery will kill itself inevitably.
      HGSS is a really good game though.

    • @Gauntlet7514
      @Gauntlet7514 4 роки тому +3

      I did that with gligar in sinnoh

    • @KinjiroTheThunder
      @KinjiroTheThunder 3 роки тому +2

      @@Gauntlet7514 yeah, Gligar changed colors, like, 3 times in Gen 4

  • @DukeSR8
    @DukeSR8 4 роки тому +47

    Just thought I'd mention this: Johnstone forgot that you can access Dark Cave's north side from the Violet Entrance. All you need is Surf (and optionally Flash).

    • @blakebrauer68
      @blakebrauer68 3 роки тому +8

      Came here for this. Unfortunately, this means you can grab Wobbuffet after defeating Morty...

    • @orzech4651
      @orzech4651 2 роки тому +7

      Also Remoraid can be obtained before 8th Johto gym bcs he is swarm Pokemon

    • @jordanadams4908
      @jordanadams4908 Рік тому +1

      ​@Orzech I was looking for this comment.

  • @kirara2516
    @kirara2516 5 років тому +316

    "Where we can knock out a free shiny" No, sir YOU knock out a free shiny. A Shiny is a shiny. If it sparkles I catch. Still kudos for this insane task.

    • @ghastlyanarchy1720
      @ghastlyanarchy1720 4 роки тому +35

      I am a simple man, if I see sparkles i catch it.

    • @rifucurktushwjeydnydheh
      @rifucurktushwjeydnydheh 3 роки тому +5

      *Cries in no shiny luck*

    • @kirara2516
      @kirara2516 3 роки тому +8

      @@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh Most of my shinies were encountered by random luck. However, it is easier to get them in Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee if you can chain catch any pokemon to 33 or higher it become smuch easier to run into one. Best part is, you could chain catch 33 route one Bellsprout or Rattata and then run over to the forest and encounter a shiny Bulbasaur, or Pikachu, etc. The chain doesn't count for just the species you used to chain it.

    • @aethstan2330
      @aethstan2330 3 роки тому +1

      @@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh even though you don't need shiny luck to catch a red gyarados cause it literally is impossible not to get one

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 2 роки тому +1

      The Red Gyarados is guaranteed so it isn't worth any bragging rights. Plus in Gen II, Pokémon with the best possible IVs can't be shiny.

  • @dawnsbuneary
    @dawnsbuneary 5 років тому +58

    18:58 As soon as I saw Headbutt I was like "Oh God no!"

  • @bensullens6895
    @bensullens6895 5 років тому +56

    You absolutely need to do this with platinum specifically because it opens up so much after Fantina.

  • @Felixkeeg
    @Felixkeeg 5 років тому +104

    You absolute madman. 250 hours is completely insane! I'm waiting patiently for Gen 3

    • @petercross1879
      @petercross1879 5 років тому

      Me too. I freaking HATE gen 2

    • @bryanl6828
      @bryanl6828 5 років тому +8

      @@petercross1879 thats a sentence i thought id never hear/read

    • @BalkanWeeb
      @BalkanWeeb 5 років тому +6

      @@petercross1879 BLASPHEMY!!!

    • @Sprythekid17
      @Sprythekid17 5 років тому

      ~I also don't like Johto~

    • @Sprythekid17
      @Sprythekid17 5 років тому

      but there's good Pokemon, I just dont like the games

  • @izzyt5914
    @izzyt5914 4 роки тому +75

    So in case you guys were wondering, the average time spent grinding on each pokemon is, including dratini, 4.11 hours, and without it, 3.51 hours.

  • @DragonChamp007
    @DragonChamp007 5 років тому +179

    ‘Evolving this only took about x Hours’
    I cry inside every time.
    Amazing work I couldn’t imagine 31 hours grinding a single Pokémon for a video. What dedication! ❤️❤️

    • @chrisclack4258
      @chrisclack4258 5 років тому

      mr or miss ThisIsChris i actually grinded my piplup on pokemon diamond to level twenty and since the piplup is nick named dawn jr i can not evolve my starter piplup at all

    • @happiestaku6646
      @happiestaku6646 4 роки тому +1

      ThisIsChris I am doing this challenge on Soul Silver and part of me is dreading Dratini...31 hours...FUCK!

  • @marcogallinaro5906
    @marcogallinaro5906 5 років тому +564

    👍if you want: how easily can you catch every pokemon in platinum😁

    • @Drakenwild
      @Drakenwild 5 років тому +53

      Feebas! Munchlax! Vespiqeen!

    • @CrimsonBandito
      @CrimsonBandito 5 років тому +42

      Don't skip gen 3. You can't just skip a gen.

    • @megagustman
      @megagustman 5 років тому +8

      @@CrimsonBandito He already did Gen 3.

    • @pokedude720
      @pokedude720 5 років тому +15

      @@megagustman Not for the Oak Challenge

    • @megagustman
      @megagustman 5 років тому +30

      @@pokedude720 But he isn't talking about the Oak's Challenge, he's joking about the fact that John is purposefully avoiding doing Gen 4 because of how hard it is to complete. Or at least that is how I understood it.

  • @fazbearking87
    @fazbearking87 4 роки тому +66

    I think Gengar's shiny looks alright in the first few games. The distaste towards it now is probably because Gengar's normal colour changed. In Gen 2, particularly Crystal, Gengar's shiny is lighter than its normal colour. From Gen 3 up to Platinum, a pitch black Gengar is definitely noticeable. I think the hatred started around HG/SS after Gengar's normal colour was made darker.

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 2 роки тому +4

      Nah, the shiny was always just fine until Gen 6 and its models. Gengar is one of those Pokémon whose shiny was very negatively impacted by this shift.
      That said, I'd still take it over the contradictory white of Shiny Mega Gengar. It's a shadow, why is it not black?!

  • @y.w.t.6604
    @y.w.t.6604 5 років тому +48

    40:25 "And use it to wake up Snorlax."
    But he's still sleeping ^^

  • @beefyfe4499
    @beefyfe4499 5 років тому +38

    “It only took three hours” he’s going insane

  • @ammyterasu2318
    @ammyterasu2318 5 років тому +93

    night Shade: Super effective against gastly
    Night shade's info: does damage equal to the user's level

    • @jamisdue3545
      @jamisdue3545 3 роки тому

      I mean.. they weren’t wrong.

    • @silverbolt9439
      @silverbolt9439 3 роки тому +2

      "look I know everything about the games(stats, rates, moves, team comp, wild item drop rate etc.) and pokemon" Not everyone is a poke nerd.

  • @VodkaHellstorm
    @VodkaHellstorm 5 років тому +276

    Meatloaf: I would do anything for love...
    *sees this challenge*
    ... but I won't do that!

    • @TippleCreations
      @TippleCreations 5 років тому

      @Wäffle Toäster it's a song joke

    • @CAMSLAYER13
      @CAMSLAYER13 5 років тому

      @Wäffle Toäster ua-cam.com/video/9X_ViIPA-Gc/v-deo.html

    • @FrostTheGlaceon
      @FrostTheGlaceon 4 роки тому

      HELL YEAH SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS THIS SONG

  • @brianw554
    @brianw554 5 років тому +230

    Quote from jurassic park applies to this:
    "They spent so much time wondering if they could they didn't stop to think if they should"

    • @shardtheduraludon
      @shardtheduraludon 4 роки тому +4

      He got a shiny other than the LoR Gyarados. It was worth his time.

    • @sneko2860
      @sneko2860 3 роки тому

      @@shardtheduraludon no not really

    • @shardtheduraludon
      @shardtheduraludon 3 роки тому +3

      @@sneko2860 Shinies are worth it, def if they’re from before the Shiny Economy shattered

    • @sneko2860
      @sneko2860 3 роки тому

      @@shardtheduraludon while that's true my point is if you farm a more efficient game you can get many shines in that time

  • @SgtByrd93
    @SgtByrd93 5 років тому +38

    "which is *super effective against Gastly"*
    You're lucky I love you John.

    • @Eufamis
      @Eufamis 5 років тому +1

      thought the exact same thing

  • @FleurXedas
    @FleurXedas 5 років тому +92

    You should put a counter of Pokemon that you are not able to obtain when you say them

    • @palex00_
      @palex00_ 5 років тому +7

      Even better: start with the total. So here 251 (or 252?) Then everytime you can't catch something, substract from that number.

    • @bryanl6828
      @bryanl6828 5 років тому +2

      @@palex00_ 252?

    • @Maplelust
      @Maplelust 5 років тому

      yes he should. and that 252 countdown is a good idea too.

  • @ariki9804
    @ariki9804 4 роки тому +85

    This madlad wasted over an entire day of his life just to get a virtual pet into a dragon.

    • @assordante2205
      @assordante2205 3 роки тому

      If he grinder for an entire full hour straight once a day, it would still take him an entire month!

    • @Descro382
      @Descro382 3 роки тому

      Wasted... pfft..

  • @nyla6045
    @nyla6045 4 роки тому +114

    Natu: **takes 10 minutes to evolve**
    Dratini: wtf get on my level

  • @TrossardWasUnavailable
    @TrossardWasUnavailable 5 років тому +463

    Johnstone as a kid: Oh No Croconaw
    Whitney: You will never beat me
    A few years later
    Johnstone: Dragonite....
    Whitney: Welcome back ki...
    Miltank fainted

    • @evieesc9609
      @evieesc9609 5 років тому +7

      y e s .

    • @huntdowntherefund
      @huntdowntherefund 5 років тому +37

      Legends say that Whitney's crying could be heard all the way to alola

    • @shadowtitanx3962
      @shadowtitanx3962 4 роки тому +11

      @@huntdowntherefund Even Galar as well.

    • @huntdowntherefund
      @huntdowntherefund 4 роки тому +11

      @@shadowtitanx3962 Even in the lands where legendarys have good catch rates

    • @trevorandrew8726
      @trevorandrew8726 4 роки тому +2

      Whitney is child’s play (in crystal) with like 15 mins of grinding at the game corner for Abra to trade it for Machop on the 5th floor of the department store in goldenrod city. You even get a grindable patch of grass for the machop just south of the city.

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios 5 років тому +42

    "Welp now we're broke."
    Story of my life....

  • @richardreid6114
    @richardreid6114 5 років тому +7

    I've been unbelievably sick and not been able to talk or eat for 3 days, I found your channel and its the only thing thats been able to cheer me up, keep it up man the effort u put in is worth it

  • @bookswithdick7151
    @bookswithdick7151 5 років тому +194

    You're one of my favorite PokeTubers. Keep torturing yourself my man.

  • @ahdurinregion
    @ahdurinregion 5 років тому +33

    When you realize that the amount of time he took on this was over 10 and a half days STRAIGHT...
    [insert applause here]

  • @goldenhydreigon4727
    @goldenhydreigon4727 3 роки тому +7

    John: Dratini was the hardest to evolve in any game with these challenges.
    Deino, Rufflet, Vullaby, Pawniard, and Larvesta in Black and White: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

    • @kimberly_5682
      @kimberly_5682 2 роки тому +6

      At least Gen 5 doesn't have the horrific level curve that Gen 2 had 😭. Altho the new exp yield system introduced in Gen 5 does make things a bit fucky wucky

  • @Salamence778
    @Salamence778 5 років тому +87

    The close up when you said " ITS A RAT" Had me laughing a lot longer than ill care to admit

    • @BalkanWeeb
      @BalkanWeeb 5 років тому +6

      But you just admited exactly that

    • @SeanTheGreat119
      @SeanTheGreat119 5 років тому

      @@BalkanWeeb My thoughts exactly.

  • @wilfred5820
    @wilfred5820 5 років тому +255

    U do realize u completed the whole game right. Even took on red. Not just the challenge. #thebesthardcorepoketuber

    • @dustin3510
      @dustin3510 5 років тому +30

      Can't really get this far and just, not fight red.

    • @SeraphOC
      @SeraphOC 5 років тому +6

      @@dustin3510 I mean, you CAN, it's just bullshit. Though technically, after the original G/S/C elite four (before going on the train) then theres the champion and you've essentially beaten the game. You get the credits just the same

    • @Maplelust
      @Maplelust 5 років тому

      😒

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 2 роки тому

      If I remember right, you _also_ get credits after beating Red. So really you can't say this game's over after the league.

  • @falconbaker8553
    @falconbaker8553 4 роки тому +15

    11:45 this man hasn’t even entered the first gym and is already at 58 and a half hours on his game. That’s crazy. Also halfway through the video with 2 out of 16 badges. Nice.

  • @tanglelover
    @tanglelover 5 років тому +76

    I'm so frickin happy. I love watching your videos. Your voice is hypnotic and helps me sleep

    • @netcat22
      @netcat22 5 років тому +14

      i second this omg
      a collab with pikasprey would be the best thing ever

    • @ExtremeAce
      @ExtremeAce 5 років тому

      Ofc, that would be really great

    • @Naixatloz
      @Naixatloz 5 років тому +4

      How quickly can you catch every Pokemon in Sun and Moon while using only a Ditto?

    • @charmanderfan1
      @charmanderfan1 5 років тому +1

      You are talking about two channels with wildly different target demographics

    • @macenanoro826
      @macenanoro826 5 років тому +1

      charmander fan1 Yeah. Pikasprey, the madman who abuses his game saves maliciously, and Johnstone, the madman who tries to PERFECT his game saves.

  • @Dmo_-id4lz
    @Dmo_-id4lz 5 років тому +9

    Congrats for pulling this off! After watching your Red and Blue Professor Oak Challenge video I tried and completed Pokémon Omega Ruby. So thanks for giving me something to spend a couple of weeks on

  • @didlygamer7913
    @didlygamer7913 3 роки тому +12

    I'm on day 2 of this challenge and currently using Pidgey to level up Rattata against Gastlys in Sprout Tower. I now have way more respect for this challenge

  • @powerupeast9831
    @powerupeast9831 5 років тому +11

    The biggest "Oh my god you are insane" moment was when I realized you had to get the legendary dogs so early on

    • @SHNorria
      @SHNorria 5 років тому

      Powerup East. *_even tho none of them are dogs..._*

    • @sonicdoommario
      @sonicdoommario 5 років тому

      Heh, I catch the legendary dogs after getting the 4th badge. By then I have a Gengar in the low 30s. At that point Gengar can easily outrun Suicune, can usually outrun Entei, and then it's mostly luck catching the damn Raikou.

  • @Skallva
    @Skallva 5 років тому +5

    Gosh, it always feels so nostalgic to see those old Gold sprites in all of their glory...
    Sure, Gen II playthroughs are everywhere, but everyone either plays Silver or Crystal. The rainbow birb game deserves more love.
    Also, you're insane and I'm more than glad to be notified with more of your suffering.

    • @Infindox
      @Infindox 5 років тому

      I personally prefer Ho-Oh. It has more lore attached to in

    • @pulluponkhaleeq
      @pulluponkhaleeq 5 років тому

      I prefer Lugia but i do prefer Gold for the GBA versions

    • @Meme-pg5tw
      @Meme-pg5tw 5 років тому

      I prefer ho oh because first game was heart gold

    • @Skallva
      @Skallva 5 років тому

      @@pulluponkhaleeq
      There isn't a GBA Gen II game

    • @pulluponkhaleeq
      @pulluponkhaleeq 5 років тому

      Skallo *GBC

  • @mattfahringer148
    @mattfahringer148 5 років тому +16

    man i remember the live tiger cub i won the last time i was at the casino

  • @randomperson9732
    @randomperson9732 3 роки тому +7

    I have a tip for catching the beasts: If I remember correctly, any damage you deal to them will remain, meaning that if you hit manage to get them low through putting them to sleep and hitting them, catching them becomes waaaay easier

  • @sandraskender1388
    @sandraskender1388 5 років тому +33

    Houndour is only obtainable after beating the game
    BUT I WANTED TO USE HIM HE IS SOO COOL

    • @AzureKite
      @AzureKite 5 років тому +5

      Same i was so disappointed :(

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 5 років тому +2

      This is why I liked Clear Crystal. One of the many starter choices is Houndour.

    • @sandraskender1388
      @sandraskender1388 5 років тому +1

      @@gengarzilla1685 ok

    • @GabryelFile
      @GabryelFile 5 років тому +1

      I'm pretty sure I've obtained Houndour pretty earlier in Pokemon Gold. Not 100% certain though.

    • @sandraskender1388
      @sandraskender1388 5 років тому

      @@GabryelFile where

  • @PlanetJohnny
    @PlanetJohnny 4 роки тому +5

    "After beating Whitney so bad it made sense that she cried this time."
    I guess there was a payoff after those 31 hours of grinding.

  • @Salamence778
    @Salamence778 5 років тому +11

    *sees video length* *straps in, grabs popcorn, and prepares for the war to end all worlds* *also realizes hes watching end game*

  • @callito9846
    @callito9846 5 років тому +15

    48 mins of Johnstone , just poppin up after coming home from work. today is a good day.

    • @lv.100latios3
      @lv.100latios3 5 років тому

      "Squirtle calm yourself please" -Bulbasaur Pokemon Talk MandJTV

  • @katanna9026
    @katanna9026 5 років тому +7

    You are a legend!! the amount of effort you put there was insane!!
    Huge congratulations from Brazil, keep your work brother!

  • @zwingler
    @zwingler 5 років тому +19

    I am addicted to your content, sadly you cant pump out more since this takes you A LOT of time.

  • @JoeTheLumberjak
    @JoeTheLumberjak 5 років тому +60

    8:32 Hold up. Night Shade isn't super effective against anything. It does fixed damage.

  • @PeterDivine
    @PeterDivine 5 років тому +42

    >Not putting in another 750 hours grinding for berries to get a $15000 Moonstone before Falkner
    *CHARLATAN*

    • @PeterDivine
      @PeterDivine 5 років тому +2

      @Crimson The Quilava I really hope English isn't your primary language, because otherwise you have no excuse.
      "charlatan (noun)- a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud." It's not a name, it's an unflattering type of person.

    • @PeterDivine
      @PeterDivine 5 років тому +1

      @Crimson The Quilava 1. This was literally a five-second Google search away from an answer.
      2. It _did_ do good. One more person in the world is a little less ignorant.

    • @tristansherman9611
      @tristansherman9611 5 років тому +8

      @@PeterDivine you could have been a little bit less of a douche, if it was so easy to google, why didnt you just drop the definition in your primary comment instead of trying to bully a 9 year old on the internet?

    • @PeterDivine
      @PeterDivine 5 років тому +1

      @@tristansherman9611 Because I expected that anyone who doesn't know what a charlatan is knows Google is a click away. People too lazy to look for their own answers don't get child gloves, especially when the answer is blindingly easy to find for themselves.
      "you could have been a little less of a douche"
      Oh fuck off, thin-skin. A deserved reprimand is not "being a douche," and you're fucking milquetoast for thinking so.

    • @DaShinyDragonMon
      @DaShinyDragonMon 4 роки тому

      @@PeterDivine youre a fuckin dick lmao

  • @OnTheCorniche
    @OnTheCorniche 5 років тому +55

    So i found something ... [edit : it may only be true for the gen 4 remakes]
    It seems there is a bug in the ruins of alph where if you use headbut on the trees on the top left of the map and you can get a lvl26-28 natu (witch is way over level because you can do that before the second badge or just after).
    The thing is this place has grass with lvl set for later in game, but you can't go into them. So i think all the map is set at lvl 25-28 for all pokemons. They probably didn't thought you would go back with headbut in this map, that's why using it there keep the lvl set for pokemon from grass.
    The trees can also drop lvl 25+ Pineco (witch would have made the grinding for his evolution faster).
    Very good job with this very hard challenge anyway ! (sorry for my english, not a native speaker).

    • @OnTheCorniche
      @OnTheCorniche 5 років тому +1

      It may only be possible in the remakes !
      I don't remember if there is trees that you can use headbut on in the second gen games in the ruins of alph. Maybe cristal version but i don't know.
      I for sure found it in one of the remakes.

    • @jamesduffy09
      @jamesduffy09 5 років тому

      What trees are they? I've been going around headbutting everything and can't find them

    • @OnTheCorniche
      @OnTheCorniche 5 років тому

      Hum ... i found that a long time ago ...
      Now that i look at the map of all the versions i'm not quite sure witch it was.
      I remenber finding a lvl 28 natu with a lvl 22 team at the very begining of the game as i was searching for a heracross.
      It must have been in the remakes, i don't rememnber playing the old ones in a while. I also don't remember playing a romhack.
      Maybe it was the tree in the top left of the map behind the rock. But it would mean you need the CS ...
      I'm sorry if i can't help more.

    • @jamesduffy09
      @jamesduffy09 5 років тому

      I don't need a Natu, I'm just curious because it's not mentioned online anywhere. Bulbapedia says Natu isn't even available in around that level in trees. Are you sure you're not misremembering?

    • @OnTheCorniche
      @OnTheCorniche 5 років тому +1

      Well an error is always possible but ... that's a very strange memory to make up.
      I don't really get what i could have misremembering that way lol
      If someone could test headbutt on a tree in the top left of the map, behind the breakable rock and check what kind of pokemon you get from there it would clear this up.

  • @Tvhurdghit4fhi6rr
    @Tvhurdghit4fhi6rr 3 роки тому +2

    I could not stop seeing:
    Poké used the john ball
    Anyone else?
    Didn't think so

  • @aidanmcguire3096
    @aidanmcguire3096 5 років тому +183

    "I'll do the next one if this reaches 100k likes haha not gonna happen."
    "*300k likes.*"
    :O

    • @levy9595
      @levy9595 5 років тому

      Hes at 30k not 300k

  • @igi-chan
    @igi-chan 2 роки тому +1

    34:10
    Obiwan: “it’s as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror”

  • @canineuniversity1015
    @canineuniversity1015 5 років тому +5

    This videos is actually pretty freaking awesome...the dedication to the love of the game is just unbelievable. Ill make sure to hit that sub button

  • @xoaking1862
    @xoaking1862 4 роки тому +30

    john: "The evrstone is useless"
    Mindy: * H A H A H A H A H A*

  • @tgcg8088
    @tgcg8088 4 роки тому +1

    I had to come find this video for a specific reason-
    I started a POC fairly recently for Ruby and went to check on the submitted times spreadsheet on the reddit.
    This is still the only recorded Gold POC.
    Well done.

  • @sverre4632
    @sverre4632 5 років тому +5

    When he calls the hopip line a floating magikarp but you use jumpluff legit in your first playthrough

  • @HarmonicDX
    @HarmonicDX 5 років тому +10

    I can't believe you grinded for that Dragonite...

  • @matthartsfield1720
    @matthartsfield1720 4 роки тому +5

    After seeing the Dratini grind, I can't wait for him to get to the USUM pre-Hala grind. Noibat to 48 and Rufflet/Vullaby to 54 on level 14 Oricorio with exp scaling.

  • @joshe4436
    @joshe4436 5 років тому +15

    I thought to myself about halfway through "wow this sounds awful," just as the nauseating realization that gen 4 exists set in.

  • @neo4931
    @neo4931 5 років тому +6

    your voice is perfect for videocontent, keep going the good work, love your channel

  • @JonahUniverse
    @JonahUniverse Рік тому +1

    One of the greatest Pokemon UA-cam videos. I knew this was going to be massive when it came out, Johnstone is truly one of the best.

  • @penguinimptheinsane774
    @penguinimptheinsane774 5 років тому +5

    18:32
    Congratulations! Your TOGEP evolved into TOGETIC!

  • @lynnking9191
    @lynnking9191 5 років тому +9

    Me: Looks easy!
    Me after trying: I'm never trying that again.

    • @Gauntlet7514
      @Gauntlet7514 4 роки тому

      Lynn King I started with alpha sapphire and I already gave up and fought Roxanne, the reason I quit is slakoth and marshtomp taking sooooooo long

    • @rush22071
      @rush22071 4 роки тому

      The Redstone Tutorial I’m trying to do omega ruby right now and I think I might be able to do it I’m about quarter done with the first section of grinding. And honestly I was far more fed up trying to find surskit than any grinding so far

    • @rush22071
      @rush22071 4 роки тому

      @Wallace Lam nice i´m about half way through prebadge 8 right now i only need virizeon, and some more mirage spots and then all the breeding and grinding. its a fun challenge and i´ve liked it a lot

  • @sergioruiz5556
    @sergioruiz5556 5 років тому +1

    You’re an absolute legend, I didn’t even notice the video was almost an hour long. I was so captivated by the grind that I lost track of time watching this.

  • @doublecrosserme
    @doublecrosserme 4 роки тому +7

    when you fished for Dratini, you could have fished for Dragonair. It can also be found there :)

    • @oatmeal0
      @oatmeal0 4 роки тому +2

      He would have to catch dratini first to complete the Dex Entry.

    • @underkanal3656
      @underkanal3656 4 роки тому

      RuaMac He already get one evolved in 31 Hours

  • @xxMiraclesMay
    @xxMiraclesMay 5 років тому +20

    Next challenge: Oak's Challenge Living Dex Edition.

  • @kjb-gamesandreading3981
    @kjb-gamesandreading3981 3 роки тому +1

    I started watching this series on a loop as I soft reset for a shiny Cyndaquil, because after three days I accidentally lost the first one I got. I got 31:33 into this video, and another shiny happened. Thank you, John, for the clear good luck this series brought me

  • @lilly4125
    @lilly4125 5 років тому +12

    I remember trading my Bellsprout for the onix and it was shiny I thought it was normal for you to always get it shiny

  • @ThatGirlWithTheCoffee
    @ThatGirlWithTheCoffee 5 років тому +5

    I loved the JRose reference in the summary at the end- his channel led me to yours!!!

  • @DarkMagicalYoshi
    @DarkMagicalYoshi 4 роки тому

    You are, by far, one of the most patient, most diligent, most dedicated trainers I have ever watched on UA-cam do this type of challenge.

  • @blinkoncebuddiesreveluv6961
    @blinkoncebuddiesreveluv6961 5 років тому +6

    *Liked before watching, knew this needs effort.*

  • @opus2998
    @opus2998 5 років тому +66

    i better see some random shines in this video or im unsbubing >:(
    Joking, can't wait to watch this!

    • @AznYunHou
      @AznYunHou 5 років тому +1

      You bet he got some

    • @opus2998
      @opus2998 5 років тому

      @@AznYunHou He only found a ghastly :( Unless he found more, but didn't say

    • @ascarlon
      @ascarlon 5 років тому +3

      Well, there was a Gyarados... O.o
      @@opus2998

    • @opus2998
      @opus2998 5 років тому

      @@ascarlon ya but that wasn't quite random was it. lake of rage gyarados

    • @ori.g4mi
      @ori.g4mi 5 років тому

      *shinies
      your typo made me forget what video I am on and I thought it must be an SSBM video lol

  • @tempporary9914
    @tempporary9914 3 роки тому +1

    21:23
    Cool Trainer Nick: "Ha, ha! I'm gonna win! Ha, ha!"

  • @shadowtitanx3962
    @shadowtitanx3962 5 років тому +3

    So... Yeah. Black and White 1 will be complete hell. Especially the Pre 1st Gym Badge and Pre E4/Final Fights by training up a Deino to Hydreigon.

  • @MrBananaBump
    @MrBananaBump 4 роки тому

    the best part is jrose11 was WAY agead of john , but now johr even surpassed him. congrats on your growth john. 100% deserved

  • @kylewagoner
    @kylewagoner 5 років тому +3

    I'm sure it's been said here, but the best way to catch the legendary beasts is to attack them every time you encounter them. They retain damage and status.

  • @skullkiddow
    @skullkiddow 4 роки тому +2

    Man, i love ur content. This is the first time that I just desactivate my adblock and watched an entire AD cause i felt that i need to support u somehow. Great job

  • @TheCartMAN1
    @TheCartMAN1 4 роки тому +4

    When u beat Whitney with a Dragonite
    Whitney: Cries in Terror

  • @AmanSingh-uv5hv
    @AmanSingh-uv5hv 5 років тому +4

    And he is back to torture himself for our entertainment, thanks, I also like how you completely underestimated the pokemon community on UA-cam

  • @ash6215
    @ash6215 5 років тому

    In the midst of all the UA-camrs out there, there’s an unsung legend of a guy name John. John with the fist of stone was a legendary warrior who killed and captured monsters; monsters who were hidden and seems invisible. He fought those his whole life and after defeating and catching them all, one day he disappeared. People still talk about him when they see a challenge video on UA-cam and then comment that nobody is good as he was.

  • @TMSreptiles
    @TMSreptiles 5 років тому +5

    “Night Shade is super effective on gastly” girl...