HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE THE LIVING NATIONAL DEX FOR POKEMON HOME/SWORD/SHIELD?

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  • čas přidán 21. 02. 2020
  • With the release of Pokemon HOME, one important task that a lot of people are focusing on is completing a living national dex that they can use for future games, as well as some cool in-game rewards. This process has become increasingly difficult over the years, but what does it take to catch them all? Today we're going to find out how easily you can complete the living National Dex in Pokemon Sword and Shield. 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  Před 3 lety +549

    Hey if you're just watching this video after March, the requirements for Magearna now don't require having a full living dex in your Pokemon HOME. You just need to have a completed Pokedex and it will unlock! You don't need all the alternate forms, but just make sure to check if all your Pokemon are being registered in your HOME Pokedex :)

    • @sin9952
      @sin9952 Před 3 lety +22

      Will there be an updated pokedex checklist after The Crown Tundra releases?

    • @rodrigobarcelos7915
      @rodrigobarcelos7915 Před 3 lety +4

      Does this mean I don't need the mythicals?

    • @OnlyGrafting
      @OnlyGrafting Před 3 lety +12

      @@rodrigobarcelos7915 you will need them all. I have everything BUT marshadow and zarude registered to my Home national dex and have yet to receive this gift.

    • @rodrigobarcelos7915
      @rodrigobarcelos7915 Před 3 lety +2

      @@OnlyGrafting do you have spare mythicals?

    • @cameronberhow8596
      @cameronberhow8596 Před 3 lety +4

      @@OnlyGrafting You'll need Marshadow but I don't think you'll need Zarude

  • @MegaConrad
    @MegaConrad Před 4 lety +2101

    Ahh, another "How I can torture myself in the most convoluted way possible in a Pokemon challenge?" video from John.

    • @rollfaceonkeyboard
      @rollfaceonkeyboard Před 4 lety +10

      Is he a masochist?

    • @halfway7690
      @halfway7690 Před 4 lety +16

      @@rollfaceonkeyboard nah, we're sadistic for watching him.

    • @Trinthegay
      @Trinthegay Před 4 lety +1

      @@halfway7690 Ok I can't blame you

    • @lukerogan1505
      @lukerogan1505 Před 4 lety +8

      Nah. The worst way to complete the gen 1 dex is refusing to pay for online, and only getting trade evos through walking in Pokemon Go.

    • @hikoplays
      @hikoplays Před 3 lety +1

      @@lukerogan1505 that and make it a shiney living dex

  • @wendigovanderblitz4823
    @wendigovanderblitz4823 Před 4 lety +542

    "...every living pokémon..."
    *Ghost Types:* Ah, we're good.

  • @imagomonkei
    @imagomonkei Před 2 lety +196

    With BDSP, I finally feel like this is achievable again. Getting the Gen 5-6 Pokémon I'm missing will be difficult still, but I should easily complete Gen 1-4 after Home is working in BDSP. And I have 7-8 finished already.
    Update to this: My local library carries Pokémon Y, Omega Ruby, and White 2. Between all of those, I was able to grind through and get everything I was missing filled in. Now I'm just waiting on HOME support for BDSP and PLA to make it official. In the meantime, I'm nearly through my 2nd PLA run to get both Formes of Enamorus.

    • @thequinnimator4092
      @thequinnimator4092 Před 2 lety +8

      Yup, this is right.
      BDSP has all the pokemon from gens 1 through 4, in its Nat dex, so it is much easier than it was before.

    • @bashfulbreloom9294
      @bashfulbreloom9294 Před 2 lety +16

      Excuse me, YOUR LIBRARY HAS POKEMON GAMES?!

    • @imagomonkei
      @imagomonkei Před 2 lety +11

      @@bashfulbreloom9294 yeah, I thought all libraries carried video games. It's been vital for me to complete the Living Dex (technically not “complete” because of no BDSP HOME support).

    • @AlarchyGaming
      @AlarchyGaming Před 2 lety +3

      You dont need to play the game twice to get enamorous both forms just once and you get both forms by swapping it with a certain item

    • @MarisaClardy
      @MarisaClardy Před 2 lety +5

      @@AlarchyGaming Unless you want both forms at the same time, which I am pretty sure is what they mean.

  • @AlekWheeler
    @AlekWheeler Před 4 lety +812

    Best part: after all that transferring and trading and collecting, you can’t actually transfer the special Megenerna into any game

    • @TheBuddy303
      @TheBuddy303 Před 4 lety +24

      Fr

    • @TheBuddy303
      @TheBuddy303 Před 4 lety +115

      Nice to screenshot and set up as wallpaper on my lock screen and show off to everyone around me who don’t care

    • @hydraken4436
      @hydraken4436 Před 4 lety +15

      Yet

    • @Bennieboy918
      @Bennieboy918 Před 4 lety +49

      Now you can!

    • @a.m.d5251
      @a.m.d5251 Před 4 lety +3

      A guy made to trigger you can

  • @Otaku_de_closet
    @Otaku_de_closet Před 4 lety +1960

    This guy is insane. I feel like we should have a Pokémon Master Johnstone in any game.

    • @miletilblight2181
      @miletilblight2181 Před 4 lety +29

      A game were the gyms are in every way optional and so is becoming champion ...then make Johnstone the Base game champion and make every other gym leader and elite four member loose references to other poketubers
      Who would be what...
      Gym leaders 1-8
      Maybe make Johnstone an elite four member favoring rock types instead it's just more fitting that way
      Then who's the other 3
      And who's the champion
      ...pikaspreys maybe as a normal type elite four
      It'd be wierd but
      Imagine that unit of a smeargle
      That bastard of a ditto
      And that god of a slaking
      Probably a few dual-types too like starraptor a moody bibarrel and whatever else
      Dobbs maybe
      ...I'm already out of ideas
      SOME ONE ELSE CHIME IN
      wait
      Let's make auragaurdian or garbodors champion though and let's just shit all over what a good team should look like either jokingly for aura or what he actually does with garbo

    • @jesuscryst3239
      @jesuscryst3239 Před 4 lety +12

      Bird keeper Toby has to be in there somewhere

    • @Takittack
      @Takittack Před 4 lety +6

      MANDJ TV As a electric/grass gym leader.

    • @disaace
      @disaace Před 4 lety +7

      Original151 as just a trainer with one extremely over leveled mon and a bunch of weak ones.

    • @puddles3564
      @puddles3564 Před 4 lety +3

      We would need mandjtv it this happened and candyevie

  • @TomsSauce
    @TomsSauce Před 4 lety +258

    As someone who did this recently, with a lot of tedium, made me really miss EXP candies from Sword and Shield. but it's done for all future games now as you just said!

    • @holleey
      @holleey Před 4 lety +3

      you could've traded everything that needs leveling to USUM where you can get everyone to where they need to be in no time by SOS battling Chansey. :)

    • @TomsSauce
      @TomsSauce Před 4 lety +2

      @@holleey I did a fair amount of grinding in ORAS with Blissey bases, but yeah there was definitely some usage of SOS Chansey/Blissey too!

    • @AscendedBeyond
      @AscendedBeyond Před 4 lety +1

      >Tfw pokemon home 2 comes out 3 years from now and you cant transfer for some bullshit reason
      Please no

    • @joaomiguelbc5978
      @joaomiguelbc5978 Před 4 lety

      My god, I finished mine yesterday and the ones that I needed in x and y where a pain to level up, specially the ones that came form unova

  • @MatTheSoundless
    @MatTheSoundless Před 2 lety +49

    It's nice that Mew and Jirachi are now easily available in BDSP if you have Let's Go/Sword and Shield data, makes them much easier to get now for a living dex- ^^

  • @Luna-oo9ru
    @Luna-oo9ru Před 3 lety +33

    Lowkey would watch a 3 hour video of you showing the best route to encounter every single pokemon and how to get all forms. A video like that would probably take months of research, game capture and production tho

  • @julianschubert4757
    @julianschubert4757 Před 4 lety +457

    Speaking of DP exploits: Look up the cute charm glitch. It gives you a 30% Shiny chance for all Pokémon with a gender. Awesome Video!

    • @winthers7290
      @winthers7290 Před 4 lety +61

      successfully got that glitch to work in my platinum version. All shinies were able to transfer to home and the new games

    • @smolbrendan5978
      @smolbrendan5978 Před 4 lety +44

      Note to anyone reading this thread and is about to ask:
      Yes, this also works in HGSS.

    • @krispychiken5279
      @krispychiken5279 Před 4 lety +18

      this does not require hacking btw you can do rng

    • @tuxedobird
      @tuxedobird Před 4 lety +5

      Julian Schubert Be careful though, if you aren’t careful you might decrease shiny odds.

    • @winnipeginstinct
      @winnipeginstinct Před 4 lety +10

      ah yes, the cute charm glitch... btw for anyone vurious on how this works, its because cute charm is broken and only selects for a VERY limited list of pvs (personality values)(as in one per nature) and if you dont do the set up you will never get a shiny pokemon while cute charm is in effect

  • @Aqua909
    @Aqua909 Před 4 lety +256

    “My arch-rival jrose11” I literally almost died with laughter when he said that

    • @yashagrawal7446
      @yashagrawal7446 Před 4 lety +3

      I didn't get that? What was it anyway?

    • @Idk-uo5lx
      @Idk-uo5lx Před 4 lety +14

      @@yashagrawal7446 jrose makes catch em all kind of vids to

    • @ZimVerse
      @ZimVerse Před 3 lety +1

      @@Idk-uo5lx I Liked Jrose's Catch Em' All Videos. Hope He Does More In The Future.

  • @martyc3447
    @martyc3447 Před 4 lety +342

    7/05/2020 - I am trying to complete this challenge before the end of the summer. I'll keep myself up to date here. (I'm a little behind on keeping track of my progress)
    Edit: 7/16/2020 As of this date, I have 34.49% of the National Pokedex completed
    Edit: 1/31/2021 - It’s been awhile! But as of this date, I have 65.96% of the National Pokédex completed!
    Edit: 5/3/2021 - it’s been a few months, and I’ve gotten really busy with life, but I’ve had chances to grind here and there. So, as if this date, I have 82.02% of the National Pokédex completed. I’m getting so close! I’ll keep you guys updated. 😄

  • @mythaniakeroberos2405
    @mythaniakeroberos2405 Před rokem +69

    Some QOL improvements I'm seeing in the last two years:
    - You don't need to play both USUM, thanks to SWSH - Crown Tundra - Dynamax Adventures
    - Getting Meltan and Melmetal is much easier thanks to the Melmetal reward in HOME, taking a day instead of a month
    - You don't need to play Pokémon Colosseum (GCN) for Jirachi, thanks to BDSP save file gifts (SWSH save)
    - You don't need to buy a Pokeball Plus for Mew, thanks to BDSP save file gifts (Lets GO save)
    - You don't need to play Pokémon Ranger (DS) for Manaphy and Phione, thanks to Legends Arceus
    - You don't need to play DPPt for Darkrai, Shaymin and Arecus preforming the tweaking glitch, you can now play Legends Arceus to get them
    - Arceus main story
    - Darkrai BDSP save
    - Shaymin SWSH save
    - Keldeo is now available in SWSH - Crown Tundra (after post game of SWSH)
    - Victini, Meloetta, Genesect all still require the mystery gift download spoof (or events/trades)
    - Diance, Hoopa, Volcannon, Marshadow, and Zeraora are completely unavailable (without events or trades)

    • @Sentient-potato
      @Sentient-potato Před rokem +2

      Besides the fact you forgot zerude, good job

    • @hopkinstreeexperts759
      @hopkinstreeexperts759 Před rokem +2

      I managed to get hoopa in Pokémon go. I skipped gens 5,6,7 growing up so I’m sorely behind with this, Go is the only way I can get some of these.

    • @ZakanaHachihaCBC
      @ZakanaHachihaCBC Před rokem +3

      If we include Pokémon Go:
      Genesect is obtainable at varying points of the year and Hoopa was in Elite Raids.
      Outside a few mythicals, the only ones missing from the Switch Era are the Elemental Chimps, Zebstrika and I think one or two other Unova lines at the moment (with Zebstrika returning in DLC for ScarVo.)

    • @dududunsparce
      @dududunsparce Před rokem

      @@ZakanaHachihaCBCtepig/snivy line are missing still yes

    • @ZakanaHachihaCBC
      @ZakanaHachihaCBC Před rokem +1

      @@dududunsparce Deoxys, Diance, Minior, Furfrou, Magerna, Meloetta and the Snivy, Tepig, Patrat, Elemental Chimps, Blitzle, Sweaddle, Ducklet, Chespin, Finniken, Pikipek lines are all that’s missing from the Switch era.

  • @WrenchNinja
    @WrenchNinja Před 4 lety +284

    You dont have to wait a week for the Meltan box. They updated last year, you have to wait 3 days for the cooldown to be done.

    • @MykonosFan
      @MykonosFan Před 4 lety +11

      That's good to know! I missed that somehow so that will make my life a lot easier. I just need a Melmetal to complete my Let's Go Eevee Dex, so I appreciate you commenting this.

    • @darkcheaker
      @darkcheaker Před 4 lety +7

      You also can add a shitton of friend from Reddit and such, and obtain huge amounts of berries that give more candy from catching Pokemon. With them you can have up to 180 candy from a single meltan box use.

    • @JLMetak
      @JLMetak Před 4 lety +2

      @@MykonosFan I literally shouted "MYKONOSFAN?!" when I saw you here.

    • @MykonosFan
      @MykonosFan Před 4 lety +3

      @@JLMetak two-spidermen-pointing-at-each-other.jpg

    • @monkeymask9596
      @monkeymask9596 Před 3 lety +3

      i didnt even have to use it more than once to get melmetal, idk why he made it seem so difficult

  • @SnazyDesu
    @SnazyDesu Před 4 lety +699

    me: :(
    john: whhhaat is goin on guys!!
    me: :)

  • @dakotakuefler
    @dakotakuefler Před 3 lety +17

    Solid video man.
    Last year I started my live dex collection when HOME opened up. I made the choice to modify and make a personal ruleset:
    - I have to catch a Pokémon from the earliest gen that it is available to me, if for some reason I absolutely can’t catch, breeding is okay.
    - every Pokémon has to have my OT or be an event Pokémon as a place marker.
    I borrowed Sapphire, Black, White2, and Y from a friend, owned moon and platinum, downloaded red and silver digitally, and picked up a copy of ultra sun.
    With a 3DS and DS, I’ve been having lots fun hunting chronologically and sending everything from the transporter to bank and soon bank to home.
    It’s hard to say if the bank will stick around much longer and so the idea of collecting old pokes from their oldest generations and moving them to the home gives me sense of closure to the hand helds dying off.

    • @dropfish3109
      @dropfish3109 Před 2 lety

      It seems it will stick around for free.

    • @shellbear7791
      @shellbear7791 Před rokem

      Now the Nintendo eshop is closing but apparently if you have Home already you can still use it

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 Před 4 lety +66

    How cool, a face reveal. I thought I had to complete the International Living Shiny Pokedex first in order fof that to happen.

  • @the_knut
    @the_knut Před 4 lety +170

    I was so lucky that I started my living dex during the 20th Anniversary, where they were giving out a new mythical every month.

    • @tobequitefranco
      @tobequitefranco Před 4 lety +7

      Yeah fr. That's how I got jirachi, Darkrai, manaphy, and Shaymin

    • @Whiteythereaper
      @Whiteythereaper Před 4 lety +14

      They didn't repeat hoopa or diancie though, they did those in 2015😭

    • @the_knut
      @the_knut Před 4 lety +8

      @@Whiteythereaper true, but at r/pokemontrades, as 20th events ended, those mythics gained worth. And since it was a living dex and before nature candies, you could trade a few proper natured 20th mons for off-nature other-mythics.

    • @Kanethedragon
      @Kanethedragon Před 3 lety

      For me I started my living dex all the way back in Gen IV so it’s pretty much been smooth sailing since outside of shinies and and HAs which at least now the latter is nigh on a non-issue thanks to the ability patch (besides all the Pokémon left that are stuck at Galar border patrol.)

    • @helpinghands230
      @helpinghands230 Před 3 lety +6

      11 year old me thought it would be funny to restart my Pokemon Y game with all the mythicals on it.

  • @LucasBSP
    @LucasBSP Před 4 lety +142

    i just want everyone to know that the expansion pass is coming and they will introduce a lot of older Pokemon mostly likely legendaries so please keep that in mind before getting new games of consoles if you dont want to

    • @blakenewall
      @blakenewall Před 4 lety

      They already said you could catch legendaries

    • @djay6115
      @djay6115 Před 4 lety +1

      Do you know if they say anything about past event Pokémon like zeraora?

    • @blakenewall
      @blakenewall Před 4 lety +3

      Those are Mythicals, so they won’t be catchable. :/

    • @djay6115
      @djay6115 Před 4 lety +1

      Blake Newall Sorry I could have phrased that better. I meant do you think they would bring the events back to make those mythicals catchable again?

    • @blakenewall
      @blakenewall Před 4 lety +4

      Maybe eventually, probably actually. But I don’t see it happening any time soon. The last time something like that happened was in 2016.

  • @flameri
    @flameri Před 3 lety +48

    “I’m going to update it”
    Famous last words.

  • @user-et6kz5sh8f
    @user-et6kz5sh8f Před 3 lety +88

    Note:
    If anyone trying the tweaking in do to get shaymin, Darkrai or arceus, you should catch them in Pokemon diamond, not pearl version.
    Legit Darkrai and Arceus is only transferable to pokebank if caught in diamond version. For Darkrai, you need to upgrade it to level 50 in diamond and forget pursuit. For arceus, upgrade it to level 100 in diamond and caught outside of Hall of Origin (Mystery Zone or Jubilife City).
    Shaymin does not transfer though, you can use a glitch to get it in platinum (original event).
    Shiny Arceus or Darkrai may not transfer into pokebank, using a special device works.
    If you are trying this, you should use the latest route make by retire, combining wrong warp by union room and fake sinnohs in the void, and never disables your step counter, making the route hardly fail.

    • @johnxuereb8486
      @johnxuereb8486 Před 3 lety +5

      This explains a lot. I tried transferring darkrai, shaymin, and arceus I got from a friend long ago from Platinum to Black last month and only Darkrai and Arceus were allowed to transfer through pokebank. Guess he got them all in diamond. If you have any knowledge on how to get the shaymin through, that would be delightful

    • @marianojrivera8101
      @marianojrivera8101 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes this is true. Where were you a 2 weeks ago when I was trying to transfer them at level 46 and 47 😂

    • @profblack
      @profblack Před 2 lety +1

      You should really just do it in Platinum as that is the only game that got the Members Card and Oaks Letter and then not transfer Hall of Origin Arceus at all.
      That’s if you want legal Pokémon anyway. If there are workarounds to make Bank and Home not flag them then that’s fair enough but there’s no telling whether they won’t patch that in future iterations.

    • @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
      @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Před 2 lety

      That's so fucking random, but to be fair.
      If you have access to legends arceus, you can technically catch darkrai manaphy and arceus in legends, as well as phione, without even breeding.
      Since catch rates are also different in legends, I think that would be less tedious.
      Not to mention if you get the genie trio there, less work for gen 5

    • @user-et6kz5sh8f
      @user-et6kz5sh8f Před 2 lety

      @@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 true yeah

  • @futureartist9
    @futureartist9 Před 4 lety +24

    It was very generous for you to make that spreadsheet, John. Your videos are great and I know you spend a lot of time on them. 👍

  • @nutofdeath4990
    @nutofdeath4990 Před 4 lety +91

    An important thing to mention is that with the upcoming sword and shield DLC, it's likely that you'll need a lot less games/consoles to catch em all, as 200+ old Pokemon will be obtainable. You'll need it anyway to catch the new DLC exclusive Pokemon so I would just wait until those are out if time and money are more important than getting this done asap

  • @D4ndelionRS
    @D4ndelionRS Před 4 lety +5

    I wish I had this much commitment, your videos are honestly some of my favourite on CZcams, you smash it out the park every single time!

  • @RandalfElVikingo
    @RandalfElVikingo Před 4 lety +136

    Before I start watching the video I have a story for you:
    Last week I was watching your challenge for Ruby/Sapphire and I decided to start playing the later just because the Pick Up Zigzagoon strategy sounded like a lot of fun.
    During my play, I beated Wattson and I decided to return to the second route for a Ralts. I found one and after I captured it, I found another one right away but it was a SHINY! I captured the shiny but the nature was Impish :'(.
    Then I was training a Rhyhorn and I returned to the tree city to cure myself and suddenly I got Pokérus! I was like "this file is really wild... I bet I can find a Feebas very easily" So I was hunting for a Feebas and wild SHINY Carvahna appeared! I found the Feebas later, on an easy spot but the Carvahna was funny.
    I have never captured two full odds shinies before (I found Pokérus before, that does not impress me that much lol).
    So I have to thank you for the wild experience lol.

    • @crashez35
      @crashez35 Před 4 lety +9

      Pokerus is like 1/65000 odds compared to the 1/8000 shiny odds

    • @RandalfElVikingo
      @RandalfElVikingo Před 4 lety +6

      @@crashez35 Nope, it's a 3 in 65,536. So it's closer to a 1 in 21,845, but you get it after a battle.
      Rhyhorn was the culprit lol But I'm not impressed because I had it before and it just boost EV's. I've never had shinies, on the other hand lol I captured a shiny Linoone when I was younger, but I lost that game :/

    • @user-uv2cp1qd1j
      @user-uv2cp1qd1j Před 4 lety +3

      Durpy_ Meowth nah I agree with OP. I’ve had Pokerus before but I’ve never found a shiny without using charms or chaining. I’d go fucking nuts

    • @swapnilgohil7280
      @swapnilgohil7280 Před 3 lety

      I just found a shiny mew with 10 enter exit

  • @christinabommarito8917
    @christinabommarito8917 Před 4 lety +11

    I actually am in the process of doing this, thanks for the guide! This will help a lot. I also need to thank you for the professor oak challenges for one very important reason. I decided to do one in Emerald as it is my favorite. I made it through the game and started collecting the post game legendaries. I used the master ball on the roaming one then went to kyogre. It ended up fainting but no big deal, it was the first encounter and took all of 5 turns. The very next encounter it was SHINY!!! A natural shiny kyogre with no master ball and a possibility that it could recoil itself to death. Luckily it actually used rest and I was able to catch it before it started to struggle. It was the proudest moment of my pokemon experience. It wouldn't have happened if I didn't decide to do an oak run like a crazy person. Thank you.

  • @kidashian4658
    @kidashian4658 Před 4 lety +7

    I started attempting this a few day before you released this video. I sincerely appreciate the guide you have released, and the easily understood summary this video provides. Thank you. This will help tremendously!

  • @tvtveer
    @tvtveer Před 4 lety +21

    This has probably been requested A LOT! But I’d love to see you do playthroughs of ALL the Pokemon games! Maybe even try a Nuzlocke Challenge. I’ll hope you’ll read this! Have a good one!

  • @martin8guy
    @martin8guy Před 4 lety +667

    “How easily can you catch every single Pokémon with it’s hidden ability” ;)

    • @GuardianDiancie
      @GuardianDiancie Před 4 lety +25

      Haha great suggestion. I hope he makes this video, I’m curious about the answer to this now

    • @brandonbuell9571
      @brandonbuell9571 Před 4 lety +21

      I actually started doing this. I finished my living dex last year and now I’m working on collecting all the hidden abilities that I can. It’s a slow process. Currently, I’m getting as many friend safaris as I can because those are the easiest ones to get.

    • @winnipeginstinct
      @winnipeginstinct Před 4 lety +9

      currently its impossible, but you can get most

    • @Sakani17
      @Sakani17 Před 4 lety +3

      As someone starting to do that I'd be really curious to see that since to my understanding even some of the ones currently released are a bit difficult to get currently. And this includes some that are breedable.

    • @cookii.8369
      @cookii.8369 Před 4 lety +6

      It’s technically impossible to do that since most starters with hidden ability are distributed by events

  • @shiro7366
    @shiro7366 Před 3 lety +7

    Thanks for the guide! I am working to complete a living dex right now and this really helps! Love your content!

  • @NagiAlyxAlba
    @NagiAlyxAlba Před 4 lety +4

    I found John's channel by accident and it quickly became my favourite...
    The challenges are amazing and teaching how to get all the Pokémon in the most efficient way is something really useful!

  • @Epichappyface
    @Epichappyface Před 3 lety +3

    Well done my friend, well done! This is definitely a great presentation and very easy to follow! I started my living dex when leaf green and fire red came out, then quit playing until about 2 years ago. Thanks for the inspiration to continue it!

  • @lalanunu
    @lalanunu Před 4 lety +7

    You know what really freaking weird... I was just looking for a video on how to do this last night... and then you come out with this. 10/10 thank you

  • @gunnareklund8893
    @gunnareklund8893 Před 4 lety +3

    I have finally caught them all. Thank you, Johnstone! Your guide was super helpful!

  • @conoreede202
    @conoreede202 Před 4 lety

    Hey John, thanks to you and your amazing guide both on CZcams and Excel I have managed to complete my national living dex and earn myself the Pokeball Magearna reward in just over a month 29/03/2020.
    I owe you a lot to finally complete something I've been looking to do for such a long time. Have a great one and keep uploading the awesome content!

  • @delbut12
    @delbut12 Před 4 lety +50

    Pretty hard because I want a Weedle but people want Poipole for it.

    • @MysticFlameX
      @MysticFlameX Před 4 lety +5

      Use go and transfer it to let’go and then to home

    • @delbut12
      @delbut12 Před 4 lety

      Mystic Flame I don’t have Let’s Go. Also I have a Weedle now

    • @MysticFlameX
      @MysticFlameX Před 4 lety +1

      Okay. I also don’t have them

    • @auramxster8801
      @auramxster8801 Před 3 lety +5

      Whenever I go on the gts and search for a Pokemon to trade on pokemon home, everyone wants a kubfu/poipole.

  • @RXGUSR
    @RXGUSR Před 3 lety +27

    I hope that Brilliant diamond has a relatively easy way of getting the mythicals

    • @RXGUSR
      @RXGUSR Před 2 lety +4

      uh ... the manaphy egg that will be distributed as a mistery gift is way to easy. I hope they add some actual cool events for the remaining mythicals from BDSP

    • @maxfelix483
      @maxfelix483 Před 2 lety +3

      Well ig it was easier butttt still no support for pokemon home so we’ll see if catching every Pokémon in BDSP is worth it

  • @nonares
    @nonares Před 4 lety +6

    I was literally just looking for this, thank you Johnstone

  • @jaydenroberts253
    @jaydenroberts253 Před 4 lety +3

    John, I did the same thing you did, I was making a living dex since gen 6 when bank came out. It was a great journey, and seeing you do this is like watching you live out the dream as a pokemon master! You're amazing and can't wait to see what you do next!

    • @MemeRaider
      @MemeRaider Před 4 lety +2

      I remember starting a living Dex in emerald with my uncle when I was only 6 years old until he lost the Pokemon cartridge and tricked me with a second Pokemon emerald that was bad

  • @jennilocke
    @jennilocke Před 4 lety +1

    That checklist is incredible and i don't see nearly enough people thanking you for the work you put into that. So, thank you!

  • @TheMightyShell
    @TheMightyShell Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you thank you thank you. I've been searching the whole internet looking for this since home dropped. Subbed.

  • @Vicstruction
    @Vicstruction Před 4 lety +9

    The collection you've got in the back is the ultimate poke-flex. One day I hope

  • @bankruptjojo5009
    @bankruptjojo5009 Před 2 lety +3

    Thanks so much for this! I can't imagine the work you had to put in. This makes me feel bad for mentioning it but an update after legends and bdsp would be amazing. Might want to wait for next gen tho. Thanks again!

  • @DisastrousCake
    @DisastrousCake Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you so so so much for this man. I've been planning out my own route for a full dex, and this is way more efficient.

  • @jaredadkinson
    @jaredadkinson Před 4 lety +35

    Ooo dang, glad I watched until the end. He’s cute. Lol

  • @Enianus
    @Enianus Před 4 lety +3

    Boi I clicked this video so quick, pls never stop making videos my man

  • @ninjacupquake974
    @ninjacupquake974 Před rokem

    What a legend! You go way far out of your way for the Pokémon community! Making a whole spreadsheet is one thing. Then adding the Serebii links to them all is another. Thank you for using your time to help others!

  • @xbabii13girlx
    @xbabii13girlx Před 4 lety +1

    HI JOHNSTONE!

  • @haythem-xg7yh
    @haythem-xg7yh Před 4 lety +6

    i'm still waiting for the x and y challenge
    but i always click on your videos when i see a new one popping keep up the good work

  • @cammzron7923
    @cammzron7923 Před 4 lety +10

    I’m in quick for once keep up the fun interesting content

  • @MintyCodes
    @MintyCodes Před 4 lety +1

    I love how much effort you put into every one of your videos. You really are incredible.

  • @kaspav
    @kaspav Před 4 lety +1

    Dang man your content is so hard to complete. There is so much effort put in. You are someone who i would like to see making every game completion list or take on the completion yourself(i am gonna try and do it myself but less legit). Keep doing what you love man because we do.

  • @SonicSceptile
    @SonicSceptile Před 4 lety +42

    Hey John, glad to finally have someone publish a guide for the living dex. I've been trying to make one myself, but ended up somehow being 2 pokemon short.
    Just one thing though, the spreadsheet says "No Mirage Areas" even though there are at several lines of Pokemon that can ONLY be found in Mirage areas (Glameow, Kricketot and Blitzle, as well as Tangela for Tangrowth as you've listed in the sheet.), which I discovered when making my document as avoiding Mirage Areas forces trading or adding Black/White to the game list. Is this a mistake?

    • @Vampyria1836
      @Vampyria1836 Před 4 lety

      I haven't looked at the list, so I don't know if he cited a different game for it., but Crystal works for Tangela.
      Tangela's available on Routes 21, 28(just south of Pallet), 44(the grass in the middle of the water), and Mt. Silver. And Gen VII should be capable of evolving it.

    • @SonicSceptile
      @SonicSceptile Před 4 lety +1

      @@Vampyria1836 The Tangrowth bit is more of a side note tbh, it could just do with a bit of clearing up on the list. He's got Tangela as LGPE, which makes sense. Honestly I'd do as you recommend and put it as Crystal as well (I completely forgot about VC Crystal until I thought about Celebi, which annoys me because it removes an annoying post game BW pokemon in the form of Stantler)

  • @KaiCalimatinus
    @KaiCalimatinus Před 4 lety +6

    Absolutely stellar, this already recently became my quest. I'm doing a couple different things though, A) completing a shiny Crystal Living dex, everything can be box glitch cloned and sent forward with perfect IVs, Hidden abilities, keep their bred shininess, and control their nature. While I want to finish gen 3-5 my major goals is to use them to get event and other software exclusive rare movesets like "Box Ruby and Sapphire" ones, dream radar therians etc, but I want to get ORAS/XY conpleted. Once they are done, passing them through gen 7 with just complete Alolan formes and exlusives, then into home/SwSh.
    This os going to be a great guide and have fun at the con!

  • @RacesThatGame
    @RacesThatGame Před 4 lety

    Thanks to your spreadsheet, I was able to keep track of all the Pokémon I needed to catch a lot easier! Thank you so much 🙌🏽

  • @devankallasmae
    @devankallasmae Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much for doing this. I’m currently working on a full living dex myself, and this helps massively

  • @blue_manatee3895
    @blue_manatee3895 Před 4 lety +24

    24:07 - Translation: Moving from a place where you don't want to leave the house because it's too cold to go outside to a different place where you don't want to leave the house because it's too hot to go outside. Either way, you get an excuse to play video games all day without people judging you.

  • @Stormy2142
    @Stormy2142 Před 4 lety +10

    I already had a full living dex up to gen 7, and then caught everything in SW and LGE (+meltan and melmetal in Go) so when Home came out, I just had to upload all my guys... But no magearna yet.

    • @Tijger140
      @Tijger140 Před 4 lety +1

      Same here no magearna yet and a full living dex

  • @LadyBrightcynder
    @LadyBrightcynder Před 4 lety

    I love how John takes the time to make whole spreadsheets for others to use. Thanks!

  • @jlb03
    @jlb03 Před 4 lety

    I can't thank you enough for the spreadsheet, it really helps!! :)
    Great video as always! :)

  • @thedragonauthority
    @thedragonauthority Před 4 lety +6

    Love your vids. I'd love to see How long would it take to level up your starter to level 100 before the first gym. Keep up the great work.

    • @AndyNguyen-xt9qq
      @AndyNguyen-xt9qq Před 4 lety

      Check out absol blogs for amazing level 100 gauntlet challenges

  • @lindseybrown5648
    @lindseybrown5648 Před 4 lety +9

    In honor of the Mystery Dungeon remakes you should totally do a Recruit em all challenge.Either on the older version or the new switch remake itself

  • @Rose_J
    @Rose_J Před 2 lety

    Thanks a bunch for this, especially the spreadsheet! I recently decided to do a living National dex in Home. I have many of the old games, and even old consoles, but the thought of organizing them all from many different games is daunting. But I’m hoping your spreadsheet will help with that. Thanks again.

  • @Roznasty13
    @Roznasty13 Před 4 lety +1

    Loved the checklist thank you so much for this, I actually added a page to have an in order National Dex. Having them out of order messed with me when sorting them in Home lol

  • @AkitaSyn
    @AkitaSyn Před 4 lety +161

    *I’m missing Arceus and Celebi....
    *UPDATE 2: I AM NO LONGER SUFFERING. ALL 890 POKÉMON HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED.*
    *Update*: I just bought the virtual console of Pokémon Crystal. I don’t have a game I can use the event exploit.
    I am suffering.

    • @goetzwt1879
      @goetzwt1879 Před 4 lety +4

      Akita I’ve got both if you trade me smn good for em

    • @redacted5976
      @redacted5976 Před 4 lety +9

      I'm missing Mew and most of the Gen 6/7 Exclusives

    • @Vampyria1836
      @Vampyria1836 Před 4 lety +7

      As Johnstone said in the video, Celebi can be obtained by buying and beating Pokemon Crystal, and Arceus can be gotten through the method discussed in the Jrose video mentioned for the Gen V pokemon (since that method's for both Gen IV and V) as long as you have access to a router that supports WEP-encryption for security, since Gen IV isn't compatible with WPA.
      And [Redacted], one of those two gens also had a Mew distribution available, so that video could help you, as well. That's how I got my Mew.

    • @franciscolupercio9963
      @franciscolupercio9963 Před 4 lety +1

      Crystal virtual console gives free celebi

    • @KoopaKid660
      @KoopaKid660 Před 4 lety

      and its only 10 dollars

  • @pujo1227
    @pujo1227 Před 4 lety +10

    damn, interesting vids and good looking fella

  • @tritunn3846
    @tritunn3846 Před 4 lety

    This is arguably my favorite kind of content on CZcams. Even when I’m not actively playing Pokémon. Thank you John for all the hours of mind numbing head bashing completionist challenges!

  • @MeetTheBlokes
    @MeetTheBlokes Před 4 lety

    Your content is very good, i found you a few weeks ago and you’re the best Pokemon you tuber I’ve found, thank you for your content x

  • @AeroQC
    @AeroQC Před 4 lety +36

    *GameFreak:* *creates alternate colour mythical pokémon *
    *also Gamefreak:* *doesn't release said alternate colour mythical pokémon until 2 generations later *

  • @Grub3872
    @Grub3872 Před 2 lety +6

    FYI: SUMO and USUM are having issues with the GTS so you may need to back trackk on any trades you may need from there

  • @rubentorres6037
    @rubentorres6037 Před 3 lety

    Wow man. I cannot thank you enough for the video and spreadsheet. Just decided to do this today and then found your video. You just saved me so much money.

  • @TheWolfyHero
    @TheWolfyHero Před 4 lety

    Looking sharp, dude!

  • @ARDIZsq
    @ARDIZsq Před 2 lety +4

    I wonder how much this changes with the releases of BDSP and Legends. Legends especially makes it SUPER easy to get certain trade evolutions, though it still isn't all of them.

    • @S.S.1993
      @S.S.1993 Před 2 lety

      only problem is mythicals

    • @ARDIZsq
      @ARDIZsq Před 2 lety +1

      @@S.S.1993 Thankfully I think I have all of the mythicals from the 20th anni events. Besides those though, Mew can be gotten in Let's Go if you have a new Poke Ball Plus, or you can get Mew and Jirachi in BDSP. Celebi can be gotten in VC Crystal. Deoxys can be caught in ORAS. All of the Gen 4 myths can be caught in Legends. Magearna is just scanning a QR Code, and Meltan/Melmetal are just a lot of grinding in GO.
      That leaves Gen 5, 6, and most of 7 still locked behind events, and also Zarude. Zarude was actually the only mythical I had issues with, since I lost my copy of Shield around the time of that event, but luckily I got the event one in GO, so I just transferred that one.
      Still, 10 Pokemon being locked solely behind old events kinda sucks. At least with the newer save data ones, you can always have access to those.

    • @beppp01
      @beppp01 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ARDIZsq You can also get Keldeo in the Crown Tundra

  • @Spixsm
    @Spixsm Před 4 lety +4

    Finally a good face reveal when the face matches the voice i´ve heard for 1 year

  • @jdbliska
    @jdbliska Před 4 lety

    I've always liked your videos, but that google docs sir, that moved you from great to legend. Thank you for your fun content!

  • @Tokufreak004
    @Tokufreak004 Před 4 lety

    Thanks a lot for the checklist! I was looking for one, this week's challenge will be getting that exclusive Magearna.

  • @vladladchuk7060
    @vladladchuk7060 Před 4 lety +4

    I'd never do this! But thanks John! 😅

  • @TRJTRY1
    @TRJTRY1 Před 4 lety +26

    3:09 "Scizor has never been encounterable in any mainline pokemon games" spoke too soon have you buddy boy

    • @alucard8433
      @alucard8433 Před 3 lety +7

      Im loving how they are going about Sword and Shield making it so you can catch trade evos in the wild now.

    • @SongbirdOfficial
      @SongbirdOfficial Před 3 lety

      @@alucard8433 There's been a few instances of trade evos being catchable in the wild, like Steelix being catchable on Iron Island in DPPt

    • @alucard8433
      @alucard8433 Před 3 lety

      @@SongbirdOfficial Ya but they were few and far between them. In Yellow you can trade a Cubone for a Machoke to an NPC, but for people who can't easily trade with other people like myself it was hard obtaining certain trade evos, the GTS helped this until they ruined it with Pokemon Home.

  • @maquez650
    @maquez650 Před 4 lety

    Awsome video man, slowly working towards my national dex

  • @zarbtto
    @zarbtto Před 4 lety

    I've been looking for a spreadsheet such as that for a long time. Thank you!

  • @OnurArda
    @OnurArda Před 4 lety +7

    16:38 I actually checked pokemon go to get the melmetal my dex was missing about a week ago and they reduced the cooldown time to 3 days. You get approx. 15-20 meltan per box so it should be easier than it was on release

  • @beefkake5
    @beefkake5 Před 4 lety +14

    Currently in my grind for this.... gonna have some mythical gaps of genesect, meloetta, hoopa, volcanion, and zeraora I think. Once it's all said and done.

    • @giantl9196
      @giantl9196 Před 4 lety +3

      Powersave action reply make getting all those mythical pokemon really easy

    • @brandomv2
      @brandomv2 Před 3 lety +1

      Facts me too

  • @fc4lblades26
    @fc4lblades26 Před 4 lety

    Congrats on 200k!

  • @kingzerko
    @kingzerko Před rokem +1

    What a good video to get recommended. :)

  • @evang909
    @evang909 Před 4 lety +5

    Melmetal became a lot easier to obtain in GO since the last shiny meltan event. You can now use the box ever 3 days instead of 7.
    Also, the Serebii discord has a trade chat room and I find it to be the most active at the time of this comment.

    • @maganhassan2627
      @maganhassan2627 Před 4 lety

      Ooh I just made a comment about getting melmetal loool

  • @Donker_Dank
    @Donker_Dank Před 2 lety +5

    i think we gonna need an update after bdsp

  • @ilove.cannabis.and.coffee9996

    This is awesome! Ive been working on this since my ORAS days, also working on them all having my OT name

  • @acehealer4212
    @acehealer4212 Před 3 lety

    This is cool! I'm glad this video was made. My brother and I own a lot of Pokémon games so I think I could do this, although I have missed a few Mythical Pokémon.

  • @1q1p1
    @1q1p1 Před 4 lety +35

    Yoi can cut the cost of one 3DS by putting a mon you need to trade evo in the XY ORAS GTS and collecting it in ORAS(if in XY) or XY(if ORAS) Just make sure to make the request specific

    • @liammckinney5218
      @liammckinney5218 Před 4 lety +3

      Yup like ask for a legend, and deposit a zigzagoon or something, woth a nickname you will know for sure is yours. How i completed my gen 6 dex, tho its very slow

    • @nmikk10
      @nmikk10 Před 4 lety +3

      I tried this back in the day when oras first came out to get my mewtwo into the gen 3 remakes and ended up losing my mewtwo. I was heartbroken

    • @alucard8433
      @alucard8433 Před 4 lety +5

      @@nmikk10 You don't deposit the legendary first, you deposit like a Caterpie asking for a Mewtwo.

  • @ncisfan1002
    @ncisfan1002 Před 4 lety +6

    Okay so
    1. The Meltan boxes are now available every 3 days instead of 7.
    2. The Manaphy egg is one per save file, not per cartridge. So you can erase the save file and get a new Manaphy egg from that. That's how people were shiny-hunting Manaphy for the longest time

    • @Xhjon
      @Xhjon Před 4 lety

      No, Manaphy egg is definitely one per cartridge.
      Shiny hunting was done by trading the egg back and forth until you hit a game with the matching shiny id

  • @creekkid42
    @creekkid42 Před 4 lety

    Hey man, congrats on the success and being able to move across the country to follow your dream! That’s awesome. Didn’t know Georgia was the hot spot for Pokémon creators, but I hope you enjoy the southern weather! And you should come down to Texas sometime.

  • @ashisarchives9101
    @ashisarchives9101 Před rokem

    Just started my Journey. I know I'm late. This was a super helpful Video! Thank you for putting this together!

  • @TheMGSlow
    @TheMGSlow Před 4 lety +7

    16:35 hold up its only 3 days for the Meltan box now.

  • @Bighead910
    @Bighead910 Před 4 lety +5

    I kinda panicked when he didn't at first say "Welcome back to yet another video"

  • @adamstelly1276
    @adamstelly1276 Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much! I used your spreadsheet and was able to complete the national dex! I did have to use powersaves for the mythicals but everything else was legit

  • @Jack5326_
    @Jack5326_ Před 4 lety

    Love all of your videos - a huge congratulations on 200k - and the face reveal(?) haha! Look forward to still being around for 400k 🙂

  • @piplup10036
    @piplup10036 Před 4 lety +5

    Next challenge suggestion: "How fast can you catch every pokewalker pokemon?"

    • @Radiant_Silverback
      @Radiant_Silverback Před 4 lety

      Step 1: Buy Dog.
      Step 2 : Attach Pokewalker to Dog.
      Step 3 : Go to park.
      Step 4 : Release Dog.
      Step 5 : Throw stick.
      Step 6 : Repeat Step 5.
      Step 7 : Give Dog pats and treats.

  • @Raven-jm2xo
    @Raven-jm2xo Před 4 lety +54

    I'm a simple man, I see your video, I click.

    • @mafuuya02
      @mafuuya02 Před 4 lety +5

      Boy Enjoys I mean, who doesn’t

  • @MrAndyb1312
    @MrAndyb1312 Před 4 lety

    Very helpful video/ look forward to starting to attempt to accrue the previous gem mythicals etc

  • @rashadhussain4969
    @rashadhussain4969 Před 3 lety

    about like 2 weeks ago i finally legitimately finished my dex. i didn't think it was possible to catch all 900 mons cos i have commitment issues lmao. but this video and the spreadsheet took out the research and all that extra sh-t and gave me a simplified blueprint of how to go about it. i even made a bunch of friends from around the world from trading discords and reddit pages. so thank you johnstone, this small, possibly even pointless goal i set to catch em all became doable because of this video. you da goat