The teams in the World Leaders tournament are slightly different than in the regular region leaders tournament; the movesets and items are all upgraded. For example, in the Sinnoh Leaders tournament, Maylene's Lucario is holding a Liechi Berry and knows Bone Rush, while in the World Leaders tournament it holds a Focus Sash and knows Ice Punch. Source: My dead Salamence.
Fantina: *sends out Drifblim* me: why can't i fucking use my reshiram i mean cmon the gym leaders over in japan and korea had fucking mewtwo and lugia what the FUCK
Hey John, Dark Expert Vito may be the same person as "cool trainer" Vito in Ruby Sapphire and Emerald's Victory Road. He's one of the more notable NPCs from that game as he's the eldest son of, and strongest member of the Winstrate family. Even if they're not the same person, he's gotta be a reference to the original because they both use a Shiftry on their teams. Just thought you'd find that interesting :)
Is that Vito also an idiot? The Vito in PWT has an Absol that knows Psycho Cut. That's a damage-dealing Psychic-Type move, something that's completely useless in a battle where only Dark-Type Pokémon are allowed.
I remember playing PWT hundreds of times. I loved seeing the leaders you defeated in the lobby after the match. It was fun to see what they said and pretty neat to try to get interesting pairs to sit next to each other. That and trying to predict who would win the matches you weren't a part of was super fun. Thanks for bringing back some good memories!
B2W2 are the best Pokemon games ever made. It's absolutely mind-blowing how much content they have, and the majority of it is really good and fun content. None of the other main series games compare...
I tried playing the champions tournament in 2015 and was thrashed repeatedly. Didn't have much idea about EVs and setting up battles using status moves back then. I recently replayed the game and won the champions tournament in double battle. It was a 8 year long struggle and I am feeling very satisfied. Sadly no one around me plays Pokemon so I wasn't able to share this with anyone. I won with the following team: 1.Haxorus, Jolly Nature, EVs Attack and Speed, Choice Band, Mold Breaker, Moves- Earthquake-Outrage-Rock Slide-Superpower 2. Thundurus, Adamant Nature, EVs Attack and Defense, Leftovers, Prankster, Moves- Thunder Wave-Hammer Arm- Fly-Wild Charge 3. Lucario, Adamant Nature, EVs Attack and Speed, Focus Sash, Steadfast, Moves- Close Combat-Protect-Swords Dance-Ice Punch 4. Reuniculus, Quiet Nature, EVs Spl Attk and Defense, Life Orb, Moves- Helping Hand-Psychic-Signal Beam-Light Screen
PWT is by far my favorite endgame content. Spent so much time on it and still do go back to there. Themes are amazing and championship level is actually challenging.
I loved the pwt, still love it now and i am hoping EVERY SINGLE SECOND that it will return!!! Being able to battle old gym leaders and champions is a dream come true Sad the elite 4 wasnt there sigh
There's more to completing every movie, each movie has three types of ending : the normal one, the bad one or the special one. And I think you are required to get them all to get all the medals.
Am I the only one Who enjoyed the movies? Even tho some of them required a bit of luck to complete, I kind of digged some of the movies' stories and the last movie was a fun challenge
Pwt is something that deserves to be back in swsh... It kinda makes sense for a stadium match obsessed region to have the SINGLE GREATEST TOURNAMENT EVER CONDUCTED
It's bizarre to hear you constantly say that the PWT is an underrated hidden gem that few people even play, when I've always heard of it as the single best thing of Gen 5
@@soulsilvergamer5225 The cycle never went to Emerald or Platinum so I doubt. Only gen 1, gen 2, hg ss and gen 5 games have been called the best. Gen 3 and 4 have been skipped over and gen 6 will never be considered great. Fact. Gen 1 and 2 are called cuz of nostalgia and the others are called good cuz they actually are. Facts
PWT and that tower thing that was kind of like a dungeon crawler were two of the best post game activities of all time in any pokemon game. I loved them so much
Black 2 was my first own Pokemon Game, and this mode was so much fun in summer... After finishing the game, and having hundred of hours with a lot of Pokémon behind, playing these tournaments in the car during a long trip, or waiting for dinner trying different Pokemon... I have a lot of great memories from this mode and I just hope Game Freak includes some easter egg in the future remakes
Earth Power PLZ No I don’t think they’ll do that, but with the future black 1 and white 1 remakes maybe they could have an easter egg about it like a worker saying: my boss is talking about this new building for Pokemon battles in tournaments, sounds like a lot of fun!
Thinking on it, Iris not being there actually makes sense. The Champions Tournament includes every champion of each region. Iris... isn't the champion anymore at that point. Neither is Alder, sure, but you took Iris's place in the bracket, where Alder was considered to be the strongest trainer in the region even after Iris took over. Same thing with Steven and Wallace. Nothing confirmed in this, just my theory as to why, but it makes sense.
@@reinhardt5667 Johto and Kanto share the same league, so they share the champion. My understanding was that former champions were allowed in the tournament (that's why Blue/Green and Wallace are not in the leaders tournament), so is weird we don't have N, Iris and the other main characters from other regions. They also should've made an Elite Four tournament, that would've rocked.
Im so happy you made this video!! I loved PWT when i was young, and recently i realized how AMAZING the music for it was and how underappreciated the whole thing was. Love you johnstone!!
I often played rental in the PWT. I always had the feeling that the hand you picked mattered greatly. One gave mostly stage one Pokémon, another hand gave a mix of basic and second stage evolution Pokémon, and the last one gave a party of fully evolved Pokémon.
About the tickets there are differences The right has the worst movesets you could have (like surf Garchomp) The middle one is decent but not great (like the moves you would use on a playthrough, like leaf tornado) The left is the best one, because it has competitive movesets, and has incredible pokemon with incredible moves
this is my favorite place to spend some free time in! i love the diversity of the opponents, hands down one of the best 'tournament' side game ever in the pokemon franchise!
Hey, John! Love your content. Here's a video idea for you... So I recently played through XD again for the first time in a decade and tried my hand at the post-game exclusive Orre Colosseum. I figured, eh...I'm older, wiser, and a much better pokémon player than I was then. Surely I can beat it, right? Haha, nope. 🙃 I got my a*s handed to me. Couldn't even beat the first round. I'd love to see you do a "How Easily Can I Beat the Orre Colosseum?" video. Smogon even described it as one of the, if not THE toughest in-game challenge in any pokémon game to date. I recommend playing on an emulator, though, because perfect IV, EV, nature, moveset pokemon are a MUST. Smogon says so. Getting them legit in-game would be nightmarishly tedious. So no shade if you use a generator. All the same, love your videos! Hope you'll consider my suggestion. 😁
Probably my favourite addition to any main series game, the fact you can face all leaders/champions with awesomely remixed themes was such a buzz as a kid, and also it was extremely competitive. I remember spending hours even days sometimes just to win one specific tournament. This was the peak of Pokémon for me.
As a person with 1 DS and no gen 4 Sinnoh games, going through the HELL that is Black Tower because its the only way to get Gible, will always be one of the worst experiences in these games.
This was one of the biggest attractions and what I strived for once I had the chance and actually beat it back during gen 5! Super fun and agree one of the best that not many other facilities have come close to
I remember Veto! He's an Ace Trainer in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. There's that house right after Mauville that you can go to where you fight an entire family of trainers and they talk about how a family member of theirs is on their way to the Pokemon League. Once you get to Victory Road, you can find Ace Trainer Veto, though I don't remember his team. I think Veto's team in the PWT being made almost exclusively of Hoenn pokemon (besides for Honchkrow) is a reference to RSE Veto. What a neat little reference!
I have very fond memories of this game mode, especially because this was what made me really enjoy Triple Battles. I managed by the end of it to make a nearly full-on Sand team based around doing Triples, and because of the format, it always felt really nice being able to fight the important Trainers' full teams!
One day, I hope they implement this feature once more, accounting for Elite Four members, Kahunas, Trial Captains, and any other important trainer like N, Zinnia, hell, maybe even Skull and Aether admins/leaders.
I mean to be fair with Koga he was upgraded from gym leader to e4 member, and they didn't make an e4 tournament(which they could have used to supplement type masters dark type since dark was pretty exclusively an elite 4 type). As for iris I guess they didn't want her to show up in gym leaders as she wasn't one(and would just be a clone of drayden but with the opposite gender pokemon), but wanted to keep her as the champion a surprise?
I used to hate on BW/BW2. Unova was easily my least favorite game, mainly because I played it when I was young so I didn't appreciate the plot, and I also didn't like how the BW dex was entirely new mons that I didn't know. But now, revisiting Unova a decade later, I have much more of an appreciation for the games. BW/BW2 is chock full of side features that I didn't care to explore a decade ago. I regret hating on Unova so much. Such a feature rich region, and now look at how stripped down the games are. Pokemon today has no replay value.... I wish we could have games like gens 4 and 5 again
I have Black2 but haven't played it yet and your video really makes me think I should! I'm not good at competitive playing, but I might end up learning some of it because the World Tournament sounds like something I'd love to try
The PWT can be fun and it's the only place to get useful items and TMs. On the downside your potential victory is either make or break depending on what kind of match up you get against your opponents. In my experience its also kind of haxy.
Yep, as the Clefable master trainer (Alex) and the Dratini master trainer (Jirard) in Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee. (See their FireRed/LeafGreen let's play as to why those pokemon were assigned to them)
I was never able to beat the champion tournament. As a kid this was the second Pokémon challenge I ran into. And the only one I never beat. Even after using action replay codes I still couldn’t beat it.
Doing this with the cracked out randomizer Pokémon is honestly so much fun. It can be just as easy as fighting an audino with snow warning or as hard as fighting a dragonite with pure power. It’s absolutely nuts. The movesets for the PWT battles don’t change though.
The PWT is such an awesome addition to B2W2. Definitely a big reason why they are my favorite games in the series. I know a lot more about battling than I did when I played Black Version 2 the first time, so I’ll be sure to check out the PWT next time I replay it!
This is the only reason I still play B2W2. I still go back to it to battle in the PWT. I loved it so much and it's the best post game challenge in my opinion
I'm pretty sure none of the dark-type trainers are in any other games, but it's fun you mentioned Impera because I made her the 7th gym leader in the region that I'm making.
I love the PWT, but I spent hours breeding a perfect Hydreigon, Metagross, and Gyrados, only to have them beat by a starfish. I deleted my safe file...but hey, I have a perfect Cloyster and Jellicent to beat up Misty with now! Loved the music.
(14:15) You don't understand. Cynthia has _two_ boss remixes in B2W2. Her normal post-game boss theme, _and_ an uptempo version just for the Pokemon World Tournament. (Incidentally, even her normal post-game boss theme is a faster arrangement of her theme from Gen 4 - between DPPt, BW, and B2W2, Cynthia's theme keeps getting faster...)
I actually recall doing this with a Ground type Trick Room based team, inspired by the Viridian Gym. When Giovanni led the Gym, his theme revolved around the Ground type. When Blue took over, according to Heart Gold and Soul Silver, he changed the theme to Trick Room. One of Giovanni's signature Pokémon, which Blue also used, was the Rhyhorn line. I recall my team consisting of Hippowdon, Excadrill, Golem, Rhyperior, Baltoy, and Claydol. It was in triple. I always led Excadrill at center, alongside Hippo and either Baltoy or Claydol. Excadrill would take advantage of Sand Rush to hit hard with Earthquake, and then Hippo could clean up with its own Earthquake, taking out Excadrill in the process, all the while Baltoy/Claydol would set up Trick Room for Golem or Rhyperior. Golem had Normal Gem Explosion while Rhyperior had rainbow coverage thanks in part to its Fang moves.
WHAT?! I had no idea the PWT was this packed with awesome! It partly my own fault, BW2 is probably the main series Pokémon game I've spent the least time with (a lot was going on in life when the game was new, and by the time I got back to it, XY was about to come out) Man, I wanna dive back in and try out these awesome modes
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The teams in the World Leaders tournament are slightly different than in the regular region leaders tournament; the movesets and items are all upgraded. For example, in the Sinnoh Leaders tournament, Maylene's Lucario is holding a Liechi Berry and knows Bone Rush, while in the World Leaders tournament it holds a Focus Sash and knows Ice Punch.
Source: My dead Salamence.
F
RIP, but also I'm cracking up at "Source: My dead Salamence".
Lucario: Ara-ara Salamence-kun
LMFAO!
Fantina: *sends out Drifblim*
me: why can't i fucking use my reshiram i mean cmon the gym leaders over in japan and korea had fucking mewtwo and lugia what the FUCK
John doing the PWT: Hey this is pretty cool.
John, realizing that he gets a trainer card star for it: oh no.
Hey John, Dark Expert Vito may be the same person as "cool trainer" Vito in Ruby Sapphire and Emerald's Victory Road. He's one of the more notable NPCs from that game as he's the eldest son of, and strongest member of the Winstrate family. Even if they're not the same person, he's gotta be a reference to the original because they both use a Shiftry on their teams. Just thought you'd find that interesting :)
Edit: grammar
Woah
InstaBlaster
Is that Vito also an idiot? The Vito in PWT has an Absol that knows Psycho Cut. That's a damage-dealing Psychic-Type move, something that's completely useless in a battle where only Dark-Type Pokémon are allowed.
Well, chat, we are back to generation 5. I guess it’s time for another run?
Top johntent
Don't give him more nightmares
CHAAAAAT, ITS JOHNTENT! HES BAAAACK
That pfp is from oneshot if im correct
Johntent babyyyyy
"Avengers Endgame was the greatest crossover of all time"
PWT: *Observe*
Boa cara
I honestly love the PWT. Bringing back old gym leaders and champions alone is enough to make it fun to watch. :)
Ludicolo 15 Plus it was an actual challenge to complete so it was really fun overall
@@color_of_twilight Yeah. Tried it a few times just to get U-turn TM. Boy, I was in for a real challenge
I spend hours in the PWT every day. Damm, that's fun.
chrisNya
and their remixes, oooohh
I remember playing PWT hundreds of times. I loved seeing the leaders you defeated in the lobby after the match. It was fun to see what they said and pretty neat to try to get interesting pairs to sit next to each other.
That and trying to predict who would win the matches you weren't a part of was super fun. Thanks for bringing back some good memories!
Plot twist: he did all of this to get a star on a trainer card for video he hasn’t told us about yet
well well well…
Bro tap in, it happened
B2W2 are the best Pokemon games ever made. It's absolutely mind-blowing how much content they have, and the majority of it is really good and fun content. None of the other main series games compare...
I think Gen V is solidified as the best Gen because of the B/W'a stories and B/W2's content
Tbh, i wish my favourite region, hoenn had its remake made that well
Exactly
@@ipotatosenpai7002 exactly in gen 5 then it would be one of the best game
@@ipotatosenpai7002 emerald is still really good tho.
I tried playing the champions tournament in 2015 and was thrashed repeatedly. Didn't have much idea about EVs and setting up battles using status moves back then. I recently replayed the game and won the champions tournament in double battle. It was a 8 year long struggle and I am feeling very satisfied. Sadly no one around me plays Pokemon so I wasn't able to share this with anyone.
I won with the following team:
1.Haxorus, Jolly Nature, EVs Attack and Speed, Choice Band, Mold Breaker, Moves- Earthquake-Outrage-Rock Slide-Superpower
2. Thundurus, Adamant Nature, EVs Attack and Defense, Leftovers, Prankster, Moves- Thunder Wave-Hammer Arm- Fly-Wild Charge
3. Lucario, Adamant Nature, EVs Attack and Speed, Focus Sash, Steadfast, Moves- Close Combat-Protect-Swords Dance-Ice Punch
4. Reuniculus, Quiet Nature, EVs Spl Attk and Defense, Life Orb, Moves- Helping Hand-Psychic-Signal Beam-Light Screen
Edit: Reuniculus ability: Magic Guard
PWT is by far my favorite endgame content. Spent so much time on it and still do go back to there. Themes are amazing and championship level is actually challenging.
Ikr! It makes me mad I own only the previous games! This will be the only reason I'll play through B2W2 normally on my emulator. It sounds so cool.
I loved the pwt, still love it now and i am hoping EVERY SINGLE SECOND that it will return!!! Being able to battle old gym leaders and champions is a dream come true
Sad the elite 4 wasnt there sigh
Or Koga, the only Gym Leader to not take part
@@oxcare5 becouse the girl took over in gen 2 xD
@@Rex-The-Wolf Well with each new generation that is a lot of work for something 15% of players will do.
@@notscorchingsands9718 i know... but im allowed to hope!^w^
I just noticed that one statue in the main lobby has a sword and the other statue has a shield.
n o .
That's called foreshadowing
Now do "How long does it take to complete every movie in pokestar studio"
Too long
actually, that'd be cool, he'd suffer so we don't have to
There's more to completing every movie, each movie has three types of ending : the normal one, the bad one or the special one. And I think you are required to get them all to get all the medals.
Am I the only one Who enjoyed the movies? Even tho some of them required a bit of luck to complete, I kind of digged some of the movies' stories and the last movie was a fun challenge
Kristoph Esiem I only do them for the items
Wolfe should really do a wideo about him being in a pokemon game!
Why wolfe is a treat?
Pwt is something that deserves to be back in swsh... It kinda makes sense for a stadium match obsessed region to have the SINGLE GREATEST TOURNAMENT EVER CONDUCTED
Agreed! Maybe for the next games
It's bizarre to hear you constantly say that the PWT is an underrated hidden gem that few people even play, when I've always heard of it as the single best thing of Gen 5
Yeah, same. Every time I hear people talk about Unova, this is pretty much consistently mentioned.
@@hawktalon7890 yeah unova is now the internets best Pokémon game til this cycle goes to Gen 6
@@soulsilvergamer5225 lol it will never
@@Pokemen396 yea other than megas which realistically can be brought back at any moment gen 6 was meh and similar to ORAS it only sold on megas.
@@soulsilvergamer5225 The cycle never went to Emerald or Platinum so I doubt. Only gen 1, gen 2, hg ss and gen 5 games have been called the best. Gen 3 and 4 have been skipped over and gen 6 will never be considered great. Fact. Gen 1 and 2 are called cuz of nostalgia and the others are called good cuz they actually are. Facts
The Arcanine being named "PUPY:)" made me laugh
He may be PUPY:) but he’s actually the goat
@@pittooplays6719 he eats grass type for breakfast
Fun fact: the original bw protagonists were originally programmed as opponents for the PWT but we're scrapped.
"And with that I managed to create life out of nothing. But how did I do?"
*GENESIS*
@@MadComicMan122 lol yeah.
- dr fuji, moments before mewtwo started killing everyone, presumably
@@SlimyPennies yes! That would definitely fit him!
PWT is way better than Battle Frontier. Wish they'd bring this back one day.
PWT and that tower thing that was kind of like a dungeon crawler were two of the best post game activities of all time in any pokemon game. I loved them so much
Black 2 was my first own Pokemon Game, and this mode was so much fun in summer... After finishing the game, and having hundred of hours with a lot of Pokémon behind, playing these tournaments in the car during a long trip, or waiting for dinner trying different Pokemon... I have a lot of great memories from this mode and I just hope Game Freak includes some easter egg in the future remakes
Remake a sequel?
Earth Power PLZ No I don’t think they’ll do that, but with the future black 1 and white 1 remakes maybe they could have an easter egg about it like a worker saying: my boss is talking about this new building for Pokemon battles in tournaments, sounds like a lot of fun!
@@color_of_twilight Well when they made ORAS they put in a battle frontier easter egg and everyone bitched about it. So yeah don't see that happening.
I did probably half of the PWT when getting my 5 Star Trainer card in Black 2
It was a blast!
B2W2 don't have "stars" on trainer card, only color changers.
santiago paixao I know but it’s usually referred to as a „five star trainer card“ so I just went with that
I have 5 star Black card on pokemon platin
Mitsuki Fan thats the one I‘m gonna work on next!
The only thing I wished they included in PWT was a game mode that allowed you to have a 6v6
The DS would just explode lmao
The PWT was amazing and it's been my favorite post-game content that's ever existed, thank you for doing a video on it!
The pwt is basically JUST A TASTE of competetive gen 5
Thinking on it, Iris not being there actually makes sense. The Champions Tournament includes every champion of each region. Iris... isn't the champion anymore at that point. Neither is Alder, sure, but you took Iris's place in the bracket, where Alder was considered to be the strongest trainer in the region even after Iris took over. Same thing with Steven and Wallace.
Nothing confirmed in this, just my theory as to why, but it makes sense.
Wallace and Blue/Green can't be champions at the same time that Steven and Lance, if we follow your logic.
@@RandalfElVikingo well Lance is the Johto Champ so Lance being there makes sense
@@reinhardt5667 Johto and Kanto share the same league, so they share the champion.
My understanding was that former champions were allowed in the tournament (that's why Blue/Green and Wallace are not in the leaders tournament), so is weird we don't have N, Iris and the other main characters from other regions.
They also should've made an Elite Four tournament, that would've rocked.
@@RandalfElVikingo yeah that makes more sense
Formal John is an SCP to me after having seen his twitch and other channel
Im so happy you made this video!! I loved PWT when i was young, and recently i realized how AMAZING the music for it was and how underappreciated the whole thing was. Love you johnstone!!
Everyone: comments on the PWT
Me: PUPY! :)
PUPY :)
Black and White, Black2 and White2 doesn't deserve the hate it received back then... I love it...
The "wwwwwhat is goin' on guys? My name is John, and welcome back, to yetanothervideo" is music to my ears.
I often played rental in the PWT. I always had the feeling that the hand you picked mattered greatly. One gave mostly stage one Pokémon, another hand gave a mix of basic and second stage evolution Pokémon, and the last one gave a party of fully evolved Pokémon.
"Right hand ticket, middle ticket, left hand ticket"
*Where's she holding the middle ticket?*
In her mouth
Or I suppose she could be highly encouraging you to take the middle ticket
Teehee... woman's secret!
@@filipz5605 hey, I was gonna make that joke!
Maybe it's on her hat or tucked into her bosom.
7:08 “I wouldn’t be opposed to being a fortress master trainer.”
Don’t flatter yourself, John. You’d be the collector trainer type at most.
I've never went that far! Oh my! I'm definitely coming back to it soon. Need to play that champions tourney.
About the tickets there are differences
The right has the worst movesets you could have (like surf Garchomp)
The middle one is decent but not great (like the moves you would use on a playthrough, like leaf tornado)
The left is the best one, because it has competitive movesets, and has incredible pokemon with incredible moves
this is my favorite place to spend some free time in! i love the diversity of the opponents, hands down one of the best 'tournament' side game ever in the pokemon franchise!
Hey, John! Love your content. Here's a video idea for you...
So I recently played through XD again for the first time in a decade and tried my hand at the post-game exclusive Orre Colosseum. I figured, eh...I'm older, wiser, and a much better pokémon player than I was then. Surely I can beat it, right? Haha, nope. 🙃 I got my a*s handed to me. Couldn't even beat the first round.
I'd love to see you do a "How Easily Can I Beat the Orre Colosseum?" video. Smogon even described it as one of the, if not THE toughest in-game challenge in any pokémon game to date. I recommend playing on an emulator, though, because perfect IV, EV, nature, moveset pokemon are a MUST. Smogon says so. Getting them legit in-game would be nightmarishly tedious. So no shade if you use a generator.
All the same, love your videos! Hope you'll consider my suggestion. 😁
I love how good the teams were in PWT. 25 in each IV for champions? Wow
Probably my favourite addition to any main series game, the fact you can face all leaders/champions with awesomely remixed themes was such a buzz as a kid, and also it was extremely competitive. I remember spending hours even days sometimes just to win one specific tournament. This was the peak of Pokémon for me.
As a person with 1 DS and no gen 4 Sinnoh games, going through the HELL that is Black Tower because its the only way to get Gible, will always be one of the worst experiences in these games.
Black tower is the best for grinding pokemon to lv100
This was one of the biggest attractions and what I strived for once I had the chance and actually beat it back during gen 5! Super fun and agree one of the best that not many other facilities have come close to
I remember Veto! He's an Ace Trainer in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. There's that house right after Mauville that you can go to where you fight an entire family of trainers and they talk about how a family member of theirs is on their way to the Pokemon League. Once you get to Victory Road, you can find Ace Trainer Veto, though I don't remember his team. I think Veto's team in the PWT being made almost exclusively of Hoenn pokemon (besides for Honchkrow) is a reference to RSE Veto. What a neat little reference!
I remember playing PWT for a while but never got through to the end. That champions tournament looks really cool. It's a great and unique concept.
I have very fond memories of this game mode, especially because this was what made me really enjoy Triple Battles. I managed by the end of it to make a nearly full-on Sand team based around doing Triples, and because of the format, it always felt really nice being able to fight the important Trainers' full teams!
One day, I hope they implement this feature once more, accounting for Elite Four members, Kahunas, Trial Captains, and any other important trainer like N, Zinnia, hell, maybe even Skull and Aether admins/leaders.
This video should be called WHY BLACK2/WHITE2 IS THE BEST POKEMON GAME EVER CREATED
PWT i think is so under appreciated because of how little the BP reward is
If Gen 8 was to bring back something like this I wouldn’t be mad. At least you will have a dark gym leader this time
I really enjoy your breakdowns at the end. Good content here. Looking forward to more Oaks challenges.
I mean to be fair with Koga he was upgraded from gym leader to e4 member, and they didn't make an e4 tournament(which they could have used to supplement type masters dark type since dark was pretty exclusively an elite 4 type). As for iris I guess they didn't want her to show up in gym leaders as she wasn't one(and would just be a clone of drayden but with the opposite gender pokemon), but wanted to keep her as the champion a surprise?
I used to hate on BW/BW2. Unova was easily my least favorite game, mainly because I played it when I was young so I didn't appreciate the plot, and I also didn't like how the BW dex was entirely new mons that I didn't know. But now, revisiting Unova a decade later, I have much more of an appreciation for the games. BW/BW2 is chock full of side features that I didn't care to explore a decade ago. I regret hating on Unova so much. Such a feature rich region, and now look at how stripped down the games are. Pokemon today has no replay value.... I wish we could have games like gens 4 and 5 again
I got Black 2 when it was new and I’ve played it a lot over the years, but still haven’t beat the World Tournament :(
All Pokémon games have replay value. Don't be a Pokéboomer.
It's so weird hearing serious/professional John after getting used to what he's like during streams 😂😂
Can we talk about how buttery smooth his voice is?
*laughs in johnstone live*
I wonder if Wolfey can beat himself if he fights against his own team, someone should suggest him that.
Gen5 really was the prime of Pokémon
Finally more videos about the PWT
That final mode probably only made their ptsd of finding Cynthia on that house in B/W1 even worse lmao.
I have Black2 but haven't played it yet and your video really makes me think I should! I'm not good at competitive playing, but I might end up learning some of it because the World Tournament sounds like something I'd love to try
Have you played it, yet?
8:10 "It includes all the Gym Leaders and the Rivals in the Gen 5 games"
It doesn't include N John
Little did you know, further gens will not have even all the pokemon
@@darklugia8161
At least Gens directed by Masuda won't. Can't say the same for any gens beyond what he's directing.
N isn’t a rival. He’s the evil team leader (until Ghetsis).
@@rueblie2627 he does count as a rival tho
@@kristophesiem5336 Why would he count as a rival when he doesn't have that Trainer Class?
The PWT can be fun and it's the only place to get useful items and TMs. On the downside your potential victory is either make or break depending on what kind of match up you get against your opponents. In my experience its also kind of haxy.
Remember when Gamefreak cared?
3 years ago with Ultra Sun and Moon yep
Yeah...
they care now......just to our hard-earned pre-corona wallet
Remember when the fanbase was good? Oh wait nevermind.
Not only were the Game Grumps featured in a Pokemon game, but also the Super Beard Bros.
Yep, as the Clefable master trainer (Alex) and the Dratini master trainer (Jirard) in Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee. (See their FireRed/LeafGreen let's play as to why those pokemon were assigned to them)
B2/W2 are the best main series games and this is a hill i’m more than willing to die on
The two statues in the lobby have a sword and a shield. It'd be funny if they were actually hinting gen 8 this far back
Ngl its the best feature in the franchise by far
now i only need to win the world leaders tournament 9 more times to unlock the champions tournament
It’s simple, I see Johnstone upload and I drop everything to watch.
I am looking forward to doing this my self i LOVE BW2! there my favorite games OF ALL TIME
I trust you but I trust your pf more
It’s so sad gen 5 didn’t have any ribbons... imagine the possibilities.
Finally 😭 👏
Favorite era NDS hgss plt and B2W2 were my world
Finally he's doing a challenge that I have actually done myself
Is it me or when you walked across the stage it sounded like the people were chanting “Larry”?
I always wanted to beat the PWT but never could because I sucked at pokemon :)
now we know what you should do after crystal clear 👀
The Great Nate no :)
WooffleDee :(
YEP :)
Ludicolo 15 :D
I was never able to beat the champion tournament. As a kid this was the second Pokémon challenge I ran into. And the only one I never beat. Even after using action replay codes I still couldn’t beat it.
Doing this with the cracked out randomizer Pokémon is honestly so much fun. It can be just as easy as fighting an audino with snow warning or as hard as fighting a dragonite with pure power. It’s absolutely nuts. The movesets for the PWT battles don’t change though.
The PWT is the reason I never transfered my good Pokémon from Black 2 to another game. I need them to be able to replay the PWT.
The PWT is such an awesome addition to B2W2. Definitely a big reason why they are my favorite games in the series. I know a lot more about battling than I did when I played Black Version 2 the first time, so I’ll be sure to check out the PWT next time I replay it!
"Cilan" is supposed to sound like "Salon"?
I thought it was like "Silent" without the "t".
I thought it was see-lahn
Glad to see PUPY:) on here
Man this just adds on to the huge list of things that makes gen 5 so god
I used rotation battle to defeat these champions
This is the only reason I still play B2W2. I still go back to it to battle in the PWT. I loved it so much and it's the best post game challenge in my opinion
The champion cup is literally the game version of the masters 8
I guess Iris isn't in the Champion tournament because you're the representing Unova Champ now I guess?
Still waiting on that 5-star B2/W2 trainer card.
I love gen 5 content bc thats the gen i skipped and have been going back to play recently and wow i wish i didnt skip this era
I'm pretty sure none of the dark-type trainers are in any other games, but it's fun you mentioned Impera because I made her the 7th gym leader in the region that I'm making.
I love the PWT, but I spent hours breeding a perfect Hydreigon, Metagross, and Gyrados, only to have them beat by a starfish. I deleted my safe file...but hey, I have a perfect Cloyster and Jellicent to beat up Misty with now! Loved the music.
I always had trouble fighting Jasmine 😂 The PWT is the best game mode ever imo. Definitely a huge fan service mode, and I love it
Prolly won’t see this but Cynthia’s pwt team is slightly different than her other theme in BW2
Thanks for uploading this, now I wanna replay my White 2 and get back to try the PWT for real. I also skipped it when the game initially was out.
Bro idk why but Johnstone’s thumbnails pop out for my eyes vs literally everything
Should definitely do the 24 hour Catch them All or the Professor Oak challenge for the BW2 games since you already did BW!
(14:15) You don't understand. Cynthia has _two_ boss remixes in B2W2. Her normal post-game boss theme, _and_ an uptempo version just for the Pokemon World Tournament.
(Incidentally, even her normal post-game boss theme is a faster arrangement of her theme from Gen 4 - between DPPt, BW, and B2W2, Cynthia's theme keeps getting faster...)
I actually recall doing this with a Ground type Trick Room based team, inspired by the Viridian Gym. When Giovanni led the Gym, his theme revolved around the Ground type. When Blue took over, according to Heart Gold and Soul Silver, he changed the theme to Trick Room. One of Giovanni's signature Pokémon, which Blue also used, was the Rhyhorn line. I recall my team consisting of Hippowdon, Excadrill, Golem, Rhyperior, Baltoy, and Claydol. It was in triple. I always led Excadrill at center, alongside Hippo and either Baltoy or Claydol. Excadrill would take advantage of Sand Rush to hit hard with Earthquake, and then Hippo could clean up with its own Earthquake, taking out Excadrill in the process, all the while Baltoy/Claydol would set up Trick Room for Golem or Rhyperior. Golem had Normal Gem Explosion while Rhyperior had rainbow coverage thanks in part to its Fang moves.
In case I saw flyers/floaters (looking at you Gliscor!) Excadrill carried Rock Slide
WHAT?! I had no idea the PWT was this packed with awesome!
It partly my own fault, BW2 is probably the main series Pokémon game I've spent the least time with (a lot was going on in life when the game was new, and by the time I got back to it, XY was about to come out)
Man, I wanna dive back in and try out these awesome modes
Gen 5 appreciation let’s GOOOOOOOOOOO