Pokémon Crystal saved Gen 2

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Yeah, I also named my rival "???" because I didn't want to lie to the police. I was such a good boy.

"I taught my Jynx Shadow Ball instead of Ursaring" "I delayed my Weepinbell's evolution until after the E4 for Razor Leaf and then replaced it with Giga Drain five minutes later" "Raichu in Crystal is a thicc gothic girl" "nibbling on swimmers' feet" my man is DERANGED

Pokemon Crystal was my favorite as a kid. Still is honestly.

Between Shrek and 9/11 had me rolling 😂

I'll never forgive Crystal for their sins of removing Mareep from being able to be caught. Still one of my favorites gens though.

Glad to see how many of us named their rival "???". How was I supposed to know?!

Babe wake up, new ji_mothy for long video just dropped

Another key point as to why Crystal sold poorly was the necessity of a GameBoy Color. Here in Europe back in 2001 when it was released, most kids were still playing on a regular GB. Heck, at our school, we were only 2 guys out of all the Pokémaniacs to have Crystal and boy did we feel superior lmfao

21:14 If I remember correctly, there was an obscure mechanic that doubled the happiness rate when training a Pokemon in the location it was caught in. According to Bulbapedia, this only exists in Crystal, the gen 3 games, and all games after and including gen 5 (though for every game after Crystal, the happiness boost was apparently dropped from x2 to mere +1). I don't think there's any other way to check the caught location in these games, and that's the only reason I can imagine for this npc's existence

"Dark Cave and the Bad Seeds" got me

Crystal has a certain charm to it that no other Pokémon game has ever had since. It’s such a cozy game to play

babe wake up, another 50 minutes of mothy crushing old pokemon games just dropped

>Talks about early Weezing >Says how good sludge bomb is >Says you should get early Weezing >Doesn't get early Weezing

“Raichu is a thicc gothic girl” is not something I thought I’d ever hear said, but well, here we are.

Crystal may not have overhauled or added as much as later third versions, but I feel it was still a damn good polishing and send-off to the GBC era. The animated Pokemon was a real treat, and honestly, it still hadn't been topped in the later games due to style. The later games animations only have 2 frames, and use a lot translation, squash/stretch and rotation effects to fill in the gaps, looking far more stiff as a result. Plus the things it did polish just made the overall experience nicer, like the calling trainers not all sounding the same and having more specific and useful roles, like the trainers gifting evolutionary stones. HeartGold/SoulSilver are still the definitive Johto experiences now, of course, but Crystal still holds up pretty well I'd say! Also the Battle Tower got its start here, surprised you didn't mention it at all...those trainers are tough in here!

After calling and battling Mothy a dozen times you finally decide to give him an HP UP, and then watch as he blocks and deletes you from his contacts.

Pokemon Crystal was my peak Pokemon childhood. After I got Pokemon Stadium 2, I filled that game with every single Pokeball, Berry, X ACCURACY and literally everything I accumulated throughout the game. And, I also had Gold and Silver, so I back up everything onto PStadium2 also; along with all my shinies. The only thing I never got, that continues to elude me even today is a Miracle Berry. Also later on after like my 10th reply, whenever I created a new game, I would also create a custom party with all of my favorites starting from eggs, and I would literally not progress in the game until all 5 eggs had hatched. Having all three starters, an Eevee, Larvitar and a Pichu was just peak. Great video.

I believe there are three phone numbers tied to Pokemon: one for Pikachu, Marill, and Clefairy each. (Edit: After double checking, Picnicker Tiffany on Route 43 is the Clefairy phone number.) On a different note, how would you compare Crystal to HG/SS? I feel like the Gen 4 remakes touch up the games a lot, but I've heard some people say that HG/SS fail to preserve little touches, like the Headbutt trees having sleeping Pokemon fall out if they're active at the opposite time of day.

Fun fact: the rival's cannon name isn't actually "???" Its "idot" (because I was too young to spell idiot correct).