I Completed Pokemon Emerald's RIDICULOUS Pokedex

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  • čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
  • Pokemon Emerald is known to have the most difficult Pokedex to complete in the history of the Pokemon franchise... but how hard is it actually? I challenged myself to complete it as fast as possible, all while doing a 'Living Dex', where I need to have a complete catalogue of every individual Pokemon - and this is how it went. 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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    0:00 - Intro
    0:53 - Day 1
    5:58 - Day 2
    9:42 - Day 3
    14:45 - Days 4 & 5
    17:02 - Day 6
    25:29 - Day 7
    29:27 - Day 8
    31:18 - Day 9 & 10
    38:47 - Day 11 & 12
    40:20 - Day 13
    43:31 - The Final Days
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Komentáře • 1,7K

  • @Varigatou
    @Varigatou Před měsícem +4210

    Shoutout to John's sister supporting him destroying his save file

    • @darthjarjarbinks2480
      @darthjarjarbinks2480 Před měsícem +66

      I feel like she just stod nexst to him doing nothing

    • @evman1094
      @evman1094 Před měsícem +188

      @@darthjarjarbinks2480 I have absolutely stood there and watched as my little brother did something stupid. I knew what he was going to do. I knew it was a stupid thing to do. And I absolutely could have prevented him from doing that stupid thing. But it was REALLY funny to watch him do it 🤣

    • @akionlizard
      @akionlizard Před měsícem

      @@evman1094and on top of that it wouldn't have taught them anything.
      I accidentally formatted ALL MY 3DS SAVE DATA cuz I thought I was in the right options for the SD card. Years of game time wasted, but rest assured I'm not formatting anything ever again.

    • @x_Arone_x
      @x_Arone_x Před měsícem +5

      ​@@evman1094 who u

    • @wholelottanuts
      @wholelottanuts Před měsícem +24

      ​@@x_Arone_xshut up weird guy

  • @hollispeterson2457
    @hollispeterson2457 Před měsícem +1731

    There was something incredibly foreboding about seeing that he had finished the story of the game six minutes in

    • @maxcoy1771
      @maxcoy1771 Před 24 dny +73

      Reminds me of a werster speedrun where the first split was "beat the game"

  • @Jrose11
    @Jrose11 Před měsícem +1014

    For the record I did this over like 2 years, idk how you managed over 2 weeks. Great stuff!

    • @MagiCarson08
      @MagiCarson08 Před měsícem +20

      Hey Jrose didn’t expect to see you here!

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez Před měsícem +43

      How fast can you beat the Emerald PokéDex with only a JRose?

    • @lukaskarlgerhard
      @lukaskarlgerhard Před měsícem +19

      Jrose you are genuinely a legend, your videos really helped me through some tough times man. Thank you so much ❤

    • @om0206
      @om0206 Před měsícem +8

      What ​@@lukaskarlgerhardsaid

    • @triste4-21
      @triste4-21 Před měsícem +2

      I would have been surprised if you DIDN'T comment @Jrose11

  • @adrian_hook
    @adrian_hook Před měsícem +1336

    3:58 "Why would you ever want a Horsea?"
    27:18 "Kingdra is probably my second favorite Pokémon ever"
    bruh

    • @wholelottanuts
      @wholelottanuts Před měsícem +10

      fr 😂

    • @roobeedooo
      @roobeedooo Před měsícem +8

      stay humble 😎

    • @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
      @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Před měsícem +1

      He'd rather have his own

    • @Zac_Frost
      @Zac_Frost Před měsícem +16

      It's possible to hate a previous form of a favorite Pokemon lol.

    • @adrian_hook
      @adrian_hook Před měsícem +33

      @@Zac_Frost Right, but he said who would ever want one. And the simple answer to that is someone who wants to evolve it to become a Kingdra.

  • @Masterofxtreme93
    @Masterofxtreme93 Před měsícem +1982

    That Shiny Horsea holding Dragon Scale was absolutely mental. You should've gone and bought some Powerball lottery tickets after that.

    • @TheGigaOnion
      @TheGigaOnion Před měsícem +43

      The best instance of streamer luck.

    • @wikiuser92
      @wikiuser92 Před měsícem +22

      My equivalent of that achievement was probably getting a 5% encounter rate Chansey as my first encounter on one route in Platinum and it holding a Lucky Egg.

    • @testerwulf3357
      @testerwulf3357 Před měsícem +5

      @@wikiuser92 Not anywhere near as rare as a shiny I'm pretty sure..let alone a shiny holding an item. Haven't done the calcs but I'm pretty sure lol

    • @wikiuser92
      @wikiuser92 Před měsícem +26

      @@testerwulf3357 I know. I just said it was my closest equivalent to what happened here, and still pretty lucky.
      Something similar happened to me later when I ran into a Metagross as my first rustling grass encounter at the Giant Chasm once (5% chance), caught it in a Quick Ball (Metagross has the lowest possible catch rate, so it's a big deal), and it was holding a Metal Coat (again a 5% chance).

    • @minter5571
      @minter5571 Před měsícem +1

      @@wikiuser92 Mine is catching a adamant nature cubone holding a thick club with good ivs (i assume)
      I also got a shiny diglett(of all the possible pokemon...why diglett should be my first?)
      And quickly able to find a feebas with modest nature
      That is all i have

  • @nbkarkat
    @nbkarkat Před měsícem +503

    i'm consistently SO glad that big youtubers like you talk about how much of a money and time sink pokemon can be. this is absurd, oh my god.

    • @travisthompson1679
      @travisthompson1679 Před měsícem +35

      It's ridiculous. I loved gen 1 and it seemed somewhat manageable. I figured the later games would make things easier because the trading and having pokemon locked to certain games was so obviously obnoxious, but no it seems to be worse.

    • @ronnieketchum1241
      @ronnieketchum1241 Před měsícem +6

      Or... Just use any one of the 200billion dex enhancement hacks.

    • @yunglink992
      @yunglink992 Před měsícem +32

      @@ronnieketchum1241 at that point just cheat them all in

    • @Finalras
      @Finalras Před měsícem +31

      @@yunglink992 I mean if you aren't doing this for content as a streamer, you'd have to be absolutely crazy to waste your time on this if you could also just get all the pokemon easier in the newer games or just cheat them in without wasting your time and money

    • @dojo45789
      @dojo45789 Před měsícem +5

      It would never happen, but it would be nice if nintendo could make some new physical console type device for a resonable price and have it just have slots for all their old consoles and make it a physical pokemon bank allowing old gens to easily transfer to new again

  • @roddorfj
    @roddorfj Před měsícem +160

    It only cost 150+ hours, $1450, and Interviewer Gabby's will to live.

    • @KawaiiBabyTragon
      @KawaiiBabyTragon Před 18 dny +2

      Tbf, back in the day, the games were only $40-60 a piece. But the Jirachi bonus disc and the celebi bonus were really hard to get. 😓

    • @LeCaleb
      @LeCaleb Před 9 dny

      Wow the game cost $1450 now days?

  • @amberhernandez
    @amberhernandez Před měsícem +91

    The three legendary beasts being captured by the villains is mirrored in Pokémon Ranger, and that game was even more insane. Your run as a Ranger ended if your styler broke (or just set you back to the last save if you're WEAK), and the beasts LOOOOVE to attack your styler on sight. Manipulating them to attack and trying to do loops before they start sprinting again is a necessity.
    Not only that, but there's THREE FIGHTS IN A ROW. you basically need to grind Poké Assist gauge until your Plusle/Minun can paralyse them, and hope you can complete 20+ loops to catch ONE OF THEM. It is the single hardest battle of attrition in the game, yet somehow feels balanced(?) anyway.
    Shadows of Almia would actually redo the capture system, replacing X number of loops with a dedicated friendship gauge that filled up per loop, and progress decayed instead of wiping out entirely when you stopped. The difference in quality of life is night and day, and nothing will compare to OG Ranger Charizard or the beast trio.
    All this to say, legendary beasts captured by evil team, something about nickels, weird happening something.

    • @meeszijlstra5426
      @meeszijlstra5426 Před měsícem +9

      You just awoke traumatic memories of child me, oh my god. I beat Charizard in OG ranger by waiting on the attack where he puts down a bunch of little fires, but walks slowly around them. Rather than carefully move my line between them, I just quickly tapped all the fires around The Zard to remove them, clearing the area to quickly loop around him.
      Prior to discovering this strategy, I actually got stuck on him, resigning myself to never beating the game. Charizard is a monstrous fight, and Entei gave me very similar trouble afterward. Though I did beat it, the challenge was indeed brutal. Part of me kinda finds Almia a bit too easy in comparison, but it's definitely a better experience overall.

    • @roddyu2812
      @roddyu2812 Před 22 dny +3

      I remember absolutely destroying my screen with my stylus while playing Pokémon ranger.

    • @LeveledRogue
      @LeveledRogue Před 3 dny +1

      Oh my god do i remember the rage that rayquaza caused me lol, and yeah charizard was a pain.

  • @eventfultable20
    @eventfultable20 Před měsícem +1093

    i am still yet to complete a single pokédex and this guy is lapping me like ten times over

    • @alancamacho9856
      @alancamacho9856 Před měsícem +10

      If you need help getting exclusives or something lmk I'm always down to help!

    • @orbfatherpng4726
      @orbfatherpng4726 Před měsícem +34

      I didn’t have one done either until Violet. You can do it!

    • @andrewwhyte7130
      @andrewwhyte7130 Před měsícem +8

      Might I suggest bdsp or let's go. Both have very simple and easy to complete dexes

    • @nosoundsgal
      @nosoundsgal Před měsícem +13

      X/Y and ORAS is the cheapest and it allows you to complete a living dex up to Gen 6. just missing the mythicals.

    • @SupaflyProductions12
      @SupaflyProductions12 Před měsícem +2

      I just recently finished my SwSh dex in about 7ish days! If you need some exclusives in there, I’d be up to help if you need!

  • @Mimikyu_Lov3r
    @Mimikyu_Lov3r Před měsícem +923

    Note ✍🏻to ✍🏻self: ✍🏻Never ✍🏻do ✍🏻a ✍🏻living ✍🏻Dex ✍🏻in ✍🏻any ✍🏻game ✍🏻ever ✍🏻 ESPECIALLY✍🏻 GEN ✍🏻3 ✍🏻

    • @CringeKing103
      @CringeKing103 Před měsícem +44

      Me who's done a Shiny Living Dex in SV: 👀

    • @SylasTheShadow
      @SylasTheShadow Před měsícem +67

      National living dex* regional living Dex isn't too hard and is actually pretty fun

    • @jeanief.6036
      @jeanief.6036 Před měsícem +8

      Not so hard nowadays, just finding the box space is the hard part.

    • @Dkgow
      @Dkgow Před měsícem +6

      Especially not in Home, trying to get all Gen specific badges.

    • @deff8487
      @deff8487 Před měsícem +13

      I can only agree. Did it in Shield, it broke me when the 2nd DLC came out (I ran out of space)

  • @OFunnyshii
    @OFunnyshii Před měsícem +145

    the biggest challenge is this is getting all of these LEGALLY

  • @ShayyTV
    @ShayyTV Před měsícem +26

    This is a super big accomplishment, doing a Gen 3 full living dex without any glitches (besides having to ACE inject the event items as that's unavoidable now) like Emerald's Battle Tower dupe for infinite master balls / rare candies or Colo's infinite ball trick is quite a task!
    It was nice getting to catch quite a lot of this live while out with sickness, congrats on getting the video out!

    • @Bengt2509
      @Bengt2509 Před 22 dny

      IS THAT SHAYY UNDERTALE

    • @thehighlightsreel953
      @thehighlightsreel953 Před 11 dny

      How is it a huge accomplishment? Kids everywhere used to do this...

    • @Bengt2509
      @Bengt2509 Před 5 dny

      ⁠@@thehighlightsreel953The nat dex was not like that, there were several mons that were almost impossible or take way too long without every single game from gen 3

  • @browserjunior4707
    @browserjunior4707 Před měsícem +405

    The fact you didn’t use the infinite master ball glitch for late game colosseum is crazy, I’m so sorry for your loss

    • @abigailofdarkness
      @abigailofdarkness Před měsícem +55

      When I was a kid I didn't know about that glitch and I beat the whole game the legit way. The final part of the game is such bullshit. That glitch needs to be exploited.

    • @browserjunior4707
      @browserjunior4707 Před měsícem +46

      @@abigailofdarkness the moment I read about it I just went “Ok yeah literally just why wouldn’t you do it” especially cause it’s not limited to master balls so you can use the early ultra ball for easy catches and you can spam X-Items to sweep with Pokémon that have surf. It’s literally the one thing that makes end game Colo bearable

    • @conza1989
      @conza1989 Před měsícem +3

      So that's the thing where you throw the masterball, but then you swap a thing, eh idk look it up but it works

    • @browserjunior4707
      @browserjunior4707 Před měsícem +25

      @@conza1989 You throw the ball with your first Pokémon, then on your second one you swap the item slot with the master ball with another item. The game will register you using the masterball but because it’s technically not the item you used it doesn’t use up the masterball.

  • @akgplayz
    @akgplayz Před měsícem +604

    "My boyfriend is this Mightyena."
    Good Job John.

  • @themetamancer7402
    @themetamancer7402 Před měsícem +14

    The absolute state of retro gaming

  • @Jlaps941
    @Jlaps941 Před měsícem +47

    I’ve completed the National Dex for every generation 4-8, but I’m NEVER completing a Gen 3 National Dex or my bank account will never recover 😂

  • @PlayrR3D156
    @PlayrR3D156 Před měsícem +225

    6:13
    The way I see it, Kyogre is the one who's surrounded. What's under the ocean? That's right! More land.

    • @Jlaps941
      @Jlaps941 Před měsícem +19

      Plus we know land isn’t there normally, which means Groudon literally raised that plot of land on its own and could probably do plenty more

    • @testerwulf3357
      @testerwulf3357 Před měsícem +7

      Idk..one of them extremely weak to the other one and it's not Kyogre! Just saying. Groudon got such a bad typing for the dynamic they tried to set up..there is no believable way Groudon could do anything to Kyogre before getting immediately KOed by a single droplet of water..especially in primal form where it's even MORE weak to water! For a duo that's supposedly fighting all the time and equals the typings do NOT reflect this

    • @PlayrR3D156
      @PlayrR3D156 Před měsícem +17

      @@testerwulf3357 Drought/Desolate Land + Solar Beam.

    • @alex.polychronopoulos4487
      @alex.polychronopoulos4487 Před 28 dny +4

      @@PlayrR3D156 People debating this in 2024 makes me happy

    • @yoisakikanade_
      @yoisakikanade_ Před 24 dny +1

      yes but how will this affect the meta

  • @AbsolBlogsPokemon
    @AbsolBlogsPokemon Před měsícem +367

    This was SO much fun to watch live, and the video turned out so great!!!!! This is my favorite generation of Pokemon, and it's absolutely insane to see where the prices have gone on it all!! You did such a good job walking through everything.
    Absolutely honored to have my Emerald VIP card featured at 21:14
    Thankfully, the Master Ball in the JP Colo bonus disc does *not* lock the master ball behind story completion/purification, so it's actually extremely useful for people shiny hunting stuff like Shadow Entei since you can use it that early in the story!
    I had NO IDEA about the 255 times oversight with Gabby & Ty - that is SO cool and something I gotta work towards on my games!!

    • @f0rm0r
      @f0rm0r Před měsícem +9

      New level 100 gauntlet idea?

    • @zdelrod829
      @zdelrod829 Před měsícem +4

      ​@@f0rm0r The Uber Gauntlet: Complete a Living Dex of a certain game, but you *must* grind all of the mons to level 100.

  • @blakebarrington237
    @blakebarrington237 Před měsícem +34

    That shiny horsea with the dragon scale was insane. And that bit at the end. "Go home." I think I died laughing 🤣

  • @Gentledude.
    @Gentledude. Před měsícem +7

    You're such a good storyteller.. I'm literally zoned in every video. One of one man, i love your stuff!

  • @Mustache99
    @Mustache99 Před měsícem +148

    50:28 he beated us 300 times, we hoped he went away but then he immediately just to come back after five seconds, our pokemon watched us in tears saying we can't do it boss, and the only thing he said is: go home, taunting us but we can't

  • @Heyimconnor
    @Heyimconnor Před měsícem +111

    With Baabu and Boingo Jumpluff stock has risen over the last few years

  • @ShouAlias-io7ud
    @ShouAlias-io7ud Před 25 dny +4

    I actually have that English event Mew they gave out on September 30, 2006. It took a ton of begging to convince my parents to drive me down, since the Toys R Us was on the other side of town, but I got to battle other kids and pick some cool merch they were giving out too. As a result I've got all 151 on my Leaf Green.
    I am *SO GLAD* I never bothered with a national dex. Dear god. I had most of the stuff you needed, but damn.
    Little tidbit, I remember I traded a Trapinch to the event staff for the Mew. I wass like, "I'm okay with giving this one away, it sucks!"
    And the guy who was working it was like, "You should try training one!"
    And that was how I was introduced to the greatness that is Flygon.
    Good video, dude,

  • @sparklepawz1185
    @sparklepawz1185 Před měsícem +9

    4:30
    Just like how Greek tragedies are forgotten about in modern times, it seems that the tragedy of Jerma's debt has also been lost to the sands of time.

  • @SpectreXS
    @SpectreXS Před měsícem +72

    As someone who also did this myself, I can say that Colosseum and XD cut out an ENORMOUS time in this. And it's really simple to run these games on a Wii, if you don't care about playing on 100% retail copies. Then the main hassle is just needing LeafGreen for Slowpoke, deciding if you're gonna use glitches or not for Deoxys, and getting Celebi, which needs the japanese games.

  • @colemason1521
    @colemason1521 Před měsícem +5

    John, thank you. I have been looking forward to this video for SO LONG.
    LOVE LOVE LOVE your content!

  • @ThatGillessGamer
    @ThatGillessGamer Před měsícem +4

    This easily became my favorite of Johnstone's videos. There are some parts in the video that are genuinely hysterical; John's luck is actually crazy sometimes!

  • @ShadowDoyler
    @ShadowDoyler Před měsícem +2

    Watching you stream this challenge was such a nice comfort for me every day, thank you John! Hoping you’ll do more challenges like this in the future:)

  • @Sean081799
    @Sean081799 Před měsícem +45

    Emerald is my favorite main series game - but I've only ever played it casually, so I had no idea how DEEP everything went into this. Thank you for doing this so we don't have to!

  • @Phillips455
    @Phillips455 Před měsícem +7

    Great Job John! Cant believe the luck and good times during the streams. Heres to many more!

  • @Tangyshrub
    @Tangyshrub Před měsícem

    So glad I got to watch most of this live! It was so much fun on stream and so much fun to watch again in this video. Another certified banger from John

  • @KnoxNick
    @KnoxNick Před měsícem +3

    I remember attempting to do this back around 2018. Bought all I needed too but never had the time/drive to commit to it. Thank you for completing this. I’ve always wanted to see it.

  • @Randomlybookish
    @Randomlybookish Před měsícem +5

    Good lord. I am amazed at your dedication. Emerald was one of the first pokemon games I played through to the end and it always bothered me that the National Dex was so far out of reach. Amazing video!

  • @captaincrunch3015
    @captaincrunch3015 Před měsícem +6

    Emerald is my favorite pokemon game by far and I love battling the TV crew and then giving nonsense responses. Great video as always!!

  • @officerjazzi
    @officerjazzi Před měsícem +3

    I am attempting this challenge on this channel, and I learned some new things about how to make this process easier.
    Thank you Johnstone for paving the way for others to try this ridiculous quest! 😊

  • @TheRhedNova
    @TheRhedNova Před měsícem +8

    Huge respect! I've been slowly completing the national dexes on all of my childhood copies (thankfully I had all the games and the hardware needed anyways) and Gen 3 took me almost a decade (2015-23) to fully do. I had every pokemon needed, legit acquired, by 2016 thanks to some good fortune but trading every pokemon between every game was such a discouraging process until AbsolBlogs released his box edits. So much slower than your time, but it's just been a side project while I finished Uni and started Antarctic research. About halfway through gen 4 now! Keep up the great work :)

    • @Bittls
      @Bittls Před měsícem

      Im trying to do that right now myself. This has always been a childhood dream of mine. Are you saying you have a legit mew and deoxys though? Short of just getting on reddit and begging anyone who has a real one to mail me a cartirdge, meet up in real life, or find one on ebay for a billion dollars, I am not sure how to go about LEGIT completing this

    • @TheRhedNova
      @TheRhedNova Před měsícem

      @@Bittls that was the aforementioned good fortune - I was going to a lot of local conventions at the time and met some folk who were willing to trade thir childhood event pokemon. It was really lucky! The chance is definitely a lot smaller these days, since I did those trades in 2015/16, but you may still have luck if you go to a Pokemon competition or the like, especially if you ask around online first. Wishing you all the best!!!!!!

  • @Erifire
    @Erifire Před měsícem +58

    8:14 The Eon Ticket can also be shared in ORAS through the streetpass function with the PokeNav.

    • @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32
      @tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 Před měsícem +1

      Not just strretpass, trading wirelessy or i with a friend who has the eon ticket will force it to duplicate

  • @azeria1
    @azeria1 Před měsícem +28

    Theys a reason why the Japanese version never used the catch em all tag line and why gen four would drop it completely

  • @MoonDanceGames
    @MoonDanceGames Před měsícem

    This is next level. This video brought me so much joy! Love ur content Johnstone. Keep up the good work 🫡

  • @cre8009
    @cre8009 Před měsícem +2

    This is a really video and I really enjoyed it. I had no idea about some of the tricks you used for some of the mons especially for the latias and camping on the bike route.

  • @giacomobongrazio
    @giacomobongrazio Před měsícem +10

    Your dedication is impressive dude!

  • @hworld9832
    @hworld9832 Před měsícem +44

    You have pain, ChaoticMeatball has pain, everyone has pain.

  • @slateportraichu5416
    @slateportraichu5416 Před měsícem +2

    This was an incredible journey! Thank you for the quality content!

  • @IIInvokeII
    @IIInvokeII Před 13 dny

    Your dedication was INSANE! I could not ever hope to do this myself and it was a joy watching you complete it. Congrats!

  • @Aeroczema
    @Aeroczema Před měsícem +58

    New Johnstone, YAY
    Crobatthew killed me

  • @Calruxio
    @Calruxio Před měsícem +3

    Finally someone else knows my suffering...This was hell to do back in the day.
    The fact that you can do it in less than 2 weeks with planning is crazy to me. It took me months to get everything lined up between school and homework back then.

  • @burnsiedg9136
    @burnsiedg9136 Před měsícem

    Proud of the commitment and the optimism throughout all of this! Congrats on your living Hoenn dex!!

  • @IdealPal
    @IdealPal Před 5 dny

    Can't wait to see more videos! Love your content!!! I think I die of happiness every time you put on the fishing gear for fishing time, doesn't stop being funny

  • @rayflyers
    @rayflyers Před měsícem +13

    Congrats, John! I'm working on the same thing. I've spent $600 on rebuying Emerald, Colosseum, and XD and modding my GBA. This task is not for the faint of heart if you don't already have all the games.

    • @abigailofdarkness
      @abigailofdarkness Před měsícem +1

      That's dedication. I hope you succeed.

    • @Vuallum
      @Vuallum Před měsícem

      Minus the Gamecube titles, my lord am I glad to have gotten the GBA games second hand within 5 years after their release, like Black and White were the new games at the time.

    • @JackMoynihanOfficial
      @JackMoynihanOfficial Před 23 dny

      Learning how to Picoboot a GameCube will save you a lot of time and money

  • @JustJamieonYT
    @JustJamieonYT Před měsícem +3

    "Go Home" is so unnecessarily Savage and I love it!!

  • @perkypenguin1663
    @perkypenguin1663 Před měsícem

    The dedication you have to the tasks you set out to do is impressive to put it lightly. Very very good video!

  • @dabberdad4207
    @dabberdad4207 Před 16 dny

    Took me through my childhood multiple times throughout this, thanks for going through this for us to enjoy it I truly appreciated watching this today!

  • @LPcrazy_88
    @LPcrazy_88 Před měsícem +6

    One thing Johnstone didn't talk about is if you want to transfer these Pokemon up to Pokemon Home you will have to spend another 8 or so hours just to transfer them up because of the Gen 3 to 4 limitation and the stupid hoops you have to go through. I just did it myself just for the Gen 3 mons and it took more than a whole day of just transferring up after I caught them all. No generation is more time consuming than Gen 3 by a long shot.

  • @thomascampbell5321
    @thomascampbell5321 Před měsícem +20

    Alternative Title: Johnstone flexes how much money and free time he has

  • @captainhades1583
    @captainhades1583 Před měsícem

    One of my favorite Johnstone videos to date 😂 so many great bits and accidental triumphs

  • @matthewshelby9287
    @matthewshelby9287 Před měsícem

    Super impressed with your video! This is the first video I've watched from your channel and I will be a forever subscriber! Keep up the GREAT work and much love from Oregon!

  • @StickMaster500
    @StickMaster500 Před měsícem +13

    And people thought Dexit in Sword and Shield was bad

    • @matthewbraith0411
      @matthewbraith0411 Před měsícem +2

      Different, this gen had all the code, shit and piss (Sword and Shield ) did not.

  • @Logicaltaco5
    @Logicaltaco5 Před měsícem +4

    The "Go Home" bit had me dying

  • @Zai_Nomi
    @Zai_Nomi Před měsícem

    Huge shoutout to the editing! The video is really well made and just genuinely fun to watch! I had an amazing time :)

  • @capreo
    @capreo Před měsícem

    Congrats! Watching this live was so fun. Stoked for the Battle Frontier next!

  • @JC-hi8fk
    @JC-hi8fk Před měsícem +71

    “This is played on original hardware.”
    “I’m playing this on an Analog Pocket.”

    • @TheDarkSide11891
      @TheDarkSide11891 Před měsícem +16

      I mean it's essentially a perfect hardware emulator so it's close enough to original hardware

    • @dreadedfred9766
      @dreadedfred9766 Před měsícem +16

      correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he say "actual hardware", not "original hardware"?

    • @traiges414
      @traiges414 Před měsícem +5

      Bro wouldnt comment such maidenless nonsense if he would have hit at least once

    • @nightlygarbagerun7395
      @nightlygarbagerun7395 Před měsícem +1

      you can play original cartridages on analog pocket

  • @Lucas-to2jc
    @Lucas-to2jc Před měsícem +56

    Having done this myself, I *hate* Colosseum with every fiber of my being. Really glad I could use an emulator and avoid Nintendo's scummy monetization practices during Gen 3.

    • @gobbagoo
      @gobbagoo Před měsícem +9

      not just gen 3, its now a modern staple of the series

  • @aidenmilkovich6792
    @aidenmilkovich6792 Před měsícem

    Love your content, your insane for doing all of these!

  • @Jimmylikehalo
    @Jimmylikehalo Před měsícem +2

    The fact that you need to play colosseum for this challenge makes it infinitely better. I not only love gen 3 hoenn games but pokemon colosseum was the first pokemon game i ever olayed and has remained my favorite ever since.

  • @buddy1sock
    @buddy1sock Před měsícem +2631

    Only 4 views in 1 minute? Man johnstone fell off…

    • @Newtverse
      @Newtverse Před měsícem +86

      334 in 3 min
      Still so less😢

    • @BrokensideTV
      @BrokensideTV Před měsícem +32

      1.6k in 5 minutes? :(

    • @damienn369
      @damienn369 Před měsícem +29

      1.4k in 7 minutes!? What happened to him

    • @OfTheStreets
      @OfTheStreets Před měsícem +12

      Cuh peaked

    • @Lost_In_Neverwhere
      @Lost_In_Neverwhere Před měsícem +245

      Can't wait for people to stop spamming this tired "joke" on every damn video.

  • @LucasDakami
    @LucasDakami Před měsícem +4

    The TRAINER replied, "GO HOME."

  • @RaeCrazyGaming
    @RaeCrazyGaming Před měsícem

    Really enjoyed the evolution of Johnstones content recently. I like those pre recorded style of videos but he also includes enough amazing stream clips to genuinely incentivise me to watch his streams as they seem like great fun. That and the fact he is also doing INSANE challenges too

  • @RiRiArthur
    @RiRiArthur Před měsícem

    Another outstanding video! I've been thinking about doing a living des in emerald for quite some time, also recently getting all the gab & gamecube games in Japan but man what a tedious process! Congrats on that accomplishment

  • @ChatZ279
    @ChatZ279 Před měsícem +7

    Now get all stars for your card😂

  • @Tiger21820
    @Tiger21820 Před měsícem +5

    Congrats on completing your Emerald Pokédex!!! I SALUTE YOU!!!!
    I'm working on this too! Oh, wait... I'M DOING THIS 10 FREAKIN TIMES!!!!! I'M TRYING TO COMPLETE MY POKéDEX FOR RUBY, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD, FIRERED, AND LEAFGREEN TWICE!!!! YES, I'M PLAYING TWO INSTANCES OF THE GBA POKéMON GAMES AND TRYING TO COMPLETE MY POKéDEX FOR ALL OF THEM!!!! Pokémon is a full time job! Hey wait! What the heck am I doing playing Wario Land 3 Master Quest!? I gotta get back to Emerald and get the last 13 Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex so I can get my Johto Starter! AND THEY'RE ALL EVOLUTIONS!!!!
    Edit: I DID IT!!! Twice! That makes 6 out of 10 regional Pokédexes complete! I chose Cyndaquil and Totodile for my Emerald starters, since I already had Chikorita! I also finished my 2 FireRed and LeafGreen Kanto Pokédexes a while back! Now... RUBY AND SAPPHIRE x2 remain! I'm playing these for RetroAchievements so there is some emulation involved! But I also bought 5 GBA SPs, 5 Wireless Adaptors, and 5 EZ-Flash Omegas to do 5 player Wireless Adaptor stuff! Yep, I spent QUITE a bit of money JUST to play 5 player games of Berry Crush, Pokémon Jump, AND Dodrio Berry Picking! Am I insane? Well, let's put it this way... decent Wireless Adaptor emulation development is slower than a mound of molasses, so I just figured that I should just get the physical hardware since I'm not waiting till 2025 for a CHANCE of 5 player Wireless Adaptor emulation being implemented into mGBA!!!!

  • @PedrenoZ
    @PedrenoZ Před 25 dny

    Great video. That Horsea was lit 🔥 I loved the Colosseum part too

  • @papabeartic1181
    @papabeartic1181 Před měsícem +1

    I’m so glad I grew up playing Pokémon and had most of this stuff as it came out. I had a living den in sapphire before doing it was really a thing, excluding some in-person mythicals. But I learned about Pokémon box and got,it for my birthday! Love the grind, what a nostalgia bomb for me 😊

  • @gubbothehuggo2771
    @gubbothehuggo2771 Před měsícem +4

    The problem with the nat dex in gen 3 wasn't the incompatibility with gen 1 and 2, it was just god-awful obnoxious game design.

  • @Patterrz
    @Patterrz Před měsícem +7

    We're just gonna glaze over this one John? 12:29

  • @giamoral10
    @giamoral10 Před měsícem

    Another amazing video, john! Keep it up!

  • @Jparter03
    @Jparter03 Před 11 dny

    playing through saphire rn with my childhood game on my game boy advance. Lots of nostalgia, but sad i cannot get all the pokemon you did! happy to run into this video

  • @ilvecchiorandyrandon2109
    @ilvecchiorandyrandon2109 Před měsícem +3

    I would love better balls to play with John, please explain how to obtain them

  • @bransonlincolnberger
    @bransonlincolnberger Před měsícem +8

    im happy now but once this video is over im back to being depressed

  • @CatBack94
    @CatBack94 Před měsícem

    Always look forward to your postings ever since i watched your lets go shiny dex hunt

  • @50zezima
    @50zezima Před měsícem +3

    The Pokémon company is greedy. Tell us something that we didn't already know lol.

  • @leafgreen20cruz
    @leafgreen20cruz Před měsícem +3

    Let's GOOO JOHN!!

  • @L3ONARDO24
    @L3ONARDO24 Před měsícem

    Incredible video, congrats on getting this done!!!

  • @G-fo9uv
    @G-fo9uv Před 15 dny

    Another great video Johnstone! As always giving me inspiration for future challenges, after catching every Pokemon from their original region in a Poke Ball with my OT and moving to HOME I wanted another Catch Em All style challenge, I'd love to have every Pokemon available from every generation or something like that in HOME but since Bank is closing and there isn't enough space to do that in HOME anyway something like what you have completed here might be my next best option, keeping all the Pokemon on their original games and such. Would love to see you do this again for more games!

  • @Ali-vk6jm
    @Ali-vk6jm Před měsícem +5

    It’s been decades since the last vid lol😂

  • @devinloew7681
    @devinloew7681 Před měsícem +6

    Emerald being $180 makes me hate Nintendo so much you have no idea. My favorite Pokemon game

    • @GenusMusic
      @GenusMusic Před měsícem +1

      At least your generations remakes were remade as Emerald!
      *cries in Brilliant Diamond*

    • @devinloew7681
      @devinloew7681 Před měsícem

      @GenusMusic Soul Silver and Heart Gold were masterpieces. Alpha and Omega were pretty good too. We need better remakes of the rest yes

    • @GenusMusic
      @GenusMusic Před měsícem +1

      @devinloew7681 yeah I think ASOR (especially after X and Y) were a much needed breath of fresh air that gave me a bit of hope for the future for Pokémon!
      Then there was the Alolan generation afterwards

    • @lanadelphox
      @lanadelphox Před měsícem +6

      Nintendo isn’t the reason emerald is $180. Even if they ported it to switch it would still be an expensive game (if you’re buying authentic english) due to the market being absolutely absurd

    • @NinjaxShadowXx
      @NinjaxShadowXx Před měsícem

      You can find loose cartridges of the game easy for like $5-$10 in Garage sales I got one last summer with a gba sp for like $10

  • @hyahymnal
    @hyahymnal Před 27 dny

    I've just stumbled across your channel and I do love Pokemon but have never completed a full dex or a story for most of the games. I'm considering doing so because this looks fun lol. While I don't have $1500, I do have a sibling who has a few games. Excited to complete a dex!
    New sub! Time to watch your other stuff!

  • @Gabba64
    @Gabba64 Před 17 dny +1

    I cannot fathom the dedication that 10yo me had to achieve the same result (i did use gameshark for the event pokemon - or rather, farmed legendaries to trade with friends that had the gameshark, so I feel no shame). I should still have that save somewhere. This video made me appreciate my childhood in a weird way. Thank you for spending the (ridiculous amount of) time to make this video ❤

    • @youtub-fj8mu
      @youtub-fj8mu Před 17 dny

      Farming legendaries to trade instead of cheating yourself? Damn, you were commited

    • @youtub-fj8mu
      @youtub-fj8mu Před 17 dny

      Also, did you have to play all the games he did? I'm playing emerald on a emulator and have no desire to go out of the mainline games

    • @Gabba64
      @Gabba64 Před 17 dny

      @@youtub-fj8mu well, everything was on official hardware, no emulators involved. I did not own a gamecube nor any colosseum game and I believe they were used here mostly to speed up the process, but some game lending and trading with friends that had it was necessary - that's how I got my Ho-oh. So many shinies were exchanged, including a horsea! Tbh I don't remember too well after 20y but I remember making a point of having a legit no exploit living dex.

  • @SPECTRVX
    @SPECTRVX Před měsícem

    I always get so hyped when a new Johnstone video drops

  • @liamlogsdon1099
    @liamlogsdon1099 Před 11 dny

    I’m a newer sub to the twitch channel, and this is the first video I’m watching on the tube. This is a really good video. I’m sorry it took me so long to watch any videos. Support this man!

  • @merlinwalden
    @merlinwalden Před 15 dny

    Bro this is madness. Good job!

  • @lordscrambles4602
    @lordscrambles4602 Před měsícem

    Just finished watching the video, and you just got a new sub❤

  • @Oshawaves
    @Oshawaves Před měsícem

    As expected, such an amazing video :)

  • @nsiderultimaseth
    @nsiderultimaseth Před měsícem +1

    SO COOL TO SEE SKIPLOOM AT 12:58. I used Jumpluff in my last Colosseum playthrough and it was genuinely a HUGE help. Fast Sleep Powder is great in double battles and I also used Sunny Day to fire off Solarbeams while boosting my Espeon/Umbreon's Morning Sun and Moonlight, AND my Typhlosion's Fire-type attacks. Jumpluff is a top-tier Colosseum Pokemon imo.

  • @McAndy32
    @McAndy32 Před měsícem

    Great job. Loved the streams

  • @alexanderdejesus4986
    @alexanderdejesus4986 Před měsícem +1

    I love getting living dexs or attempting to finish a living dex in every pokemon game I've played, this was an amazing watch.

  • @Laculan
    @Laculan Před měsícem

    I remember doing that battle tower dupe glitch 😂😂 What memories you brought back for me ❤

  • @salomone5765
    @salomone5765 Před měsícem

    This living dex is a no go for me after learning that you had to go through all this. I enjoyed this hour long video very much and I appreciate your content a lot.

  • @TheSalmonFC
    @TheSalmonFC Před měsícem

    Glad to see John back

  • @Heathiekins
    @Heathiekins Před měsícem

    These games are WILD for sure! HAHAHA!! Congratulations on getting the whole dex! And man, what a journey.

  • @nguyenchuthanh9619
    @nguyenchuthanh9619 Před 28 dny

    Its cool that you've finished them. Thanks for making my childhood dream come true 🎉