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I did not know that Oak gives you balls if you don't catch Pokemon, and I'm amazed that there is still tidbits about these games that I still haven't heard of.

if the lavender tower escape rope isnt a mistake, it might be a really bleak joke

You’ve managed to make “sucking the fun out of a game by overoptimizing” fun to watch. Keep up the good work!

16:16 the captain can’t teach YOU to cut down trees, so he gives you a move for Pokémon to do it

Youtube.  Jimothy did a good job.

Algorithm, please acknowledge Mothy for his good job done. Gracious.

A video so good that I'm watching it again years later.

3:27 excuse me sir?! 😂

If the polkadot strategy was a clever strategy intended by the debs. They wouldn’t have fixed it in later generations. It’s a glitch.

I consume an obscene amount of pokemon content. From challenge runs, to wifi battles, nuzlockes, to shiny hunting. I'm 3 minutes in and I know this is going to be fire. Excite

GSC confirms the Cycling Road path is canon. That Snorlax is gone, while the one blocking the Coastal Road is still there

I had no idea Professor Oak gave you 5 pokeballs if you go back to him with just your Starter after defeating Blue the second time.

"he's brutalizing my taco" 😂😂😂

Id say it’s obvious that the escape rope is for going up and seeing the Marowak ghost then you don’t have to hoof it back down

Love the Notes from Underground reference. That was my first Dostoevsky read.

I would argue that the ""Intended"" way to beat Sabrina is technically Gengar, since the game literally tells you that.
It's just that the intended method is terrible and doesn't work at all.

there's a very obvious flaw in saying that there's nothing "highly convincing" for why the poke doll skip isn't intentional

ignoring that it was removed in the kanto remakes and speaking specifically in the context of gen 1, skipping the rocket hidehout breaks the story by having giovanni still remain in the celadon hideout even after he disappears from the world alongside team rocket when beating the 8th gym. the dialogue isn't even updated to reflect that you already met and defeated him, so it's very obviously unintended by the developers. it's like saying you can just skip the SS anne and safari zone by trading in a pokemon with cut, surf, and strength, which is technically more valid because it's using intended game mechanics rather than exploiting an obvious glitch, but it's still very obviously not something the devs wanted you to do

i can get not wanting to do the rocket hideout yet for the purpose of the playthrough or just showing off the trick, but it's super dishonest to insist that it was an intentional thing the devs meant for you to be able to do and completely disregard the obvious signs that it wasn't supposed to be possible, especially for a video like this

I like the idea of the devs reacting to everyone keeping their starter to the end like: "Why would anyone do that? It's just supposed to get you started"

9:20
Disable in Gen 1 actually selects a random move to disable, so Leer getting Disabled was actually pure chance. Great video! Loved it and greatly appreciate the effort you put into this.

Edit: at 43:15 or so you mention using sturdy Normal Types to wall Psychic Types, such as Snorlax or Kanghaskhan. Kanghaskhan actually  has very poor Special in Gen 1, so while it certainly can take Special hits due to its pretty good HP, it certainly isn't gonna tank them. Lickitung is very similar in that regard. Chansey, Wigglytuff, Snorlax and Clefable all have very high HP stats with good enough (or in Chansey's case just actually really good) Special that allows them to tank Special moves very well.