Why The Magikarp Salesman Is Secretly a Hero
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Pokemon NPCs. They’re everywhere, serving whatever purpose they need to fulfill. But among all of them, arguably the most impactful are the villains. They’re some of the most memorable and iconic characters in the series. No matter how big or small their presence is, once encountered, they’ll leave a sour taste in the player’s mouth. But I feel like there’s one Pokemon villain that’s sort of overlooked, being none other than the iconic Magikarp salesman. But believe it or not, this guy, who wants an outrageous amount for his useless Pokemon, is actually not a villain. No, he’s not. In fact, he’s actually been on your side this entire time…
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The hero: the Magicarp scammer
The true villian: that lady who trades you a haunter with the everstone.
Absolute evil incarnate. Trade evolutions are the worst in violet I got a damn shiny seadra and I don't have anyone to trade it to evolve then trade it back
All my homies hate Mindy.
Reminder that so many homies hate Mindy we have an entire reddit dedicated to our collective hate of her.
MIIIIIINNNNNDDDDYYYYY!!!!
Mindy will be punished by Arceus. She will likely have to work for ghost girls. That is the equivelant to Hell in Pokémon.🤣😎
I always figured the currency in the pokemon world is closer to yen than it is to dollars. So really, he sold you a magikarp for like, 5 bucks.
Well if one Poke equals ¥1, then 500 Poke would be around $3
it’s literally yen in the Japanese games, it’s translated to pokedollars for Europe and USA
@@johnnyknadler1157 I'd say that's close enough to 'like 5 bucks' 🙂
@johnnyknadler1157 true, exchange rates are always fluctuating. So I just assume ¥1=1 cent for the sake of simplicity
@johnnyknadler1157 If you want to be that pedantic, then ¥1 was around 0.94 - 0.98 USD back in late 1995 - early 1996, which is presumably when the Kanto games take place (Red and Green were released in Japan in February 1996). The conversion would then be ¥500 = $4.70 - $4.90, or closer to $5 than $3.
Give a man a fish, get 500 pokedollars.
Train the fish, it becomes a goddamn dragon!
stonks
@@PokemonWoop can you walk through anime manga voiceover which hasn't released? Loved this.
nonononono
Nice
@@PokemonWoop Can you? Do a voiceover on anine mangas which hasn't been released? You have a great voice.
Anime content has big group of people interested it will boost your channel.
Fun fact: There’s an npc in the Pewter City pokemart, a little boy says a weird man sold him a fish pokemon. A little girl then comments that sometimes good things can happen when you raise your pokemon or something like that.
Cut forward to Gold and Silver, that same boy talks about his awesome gyarados!
(Also when you talked about Red going back to thank the guy, I expected a scene of him going “No refunds! You knew what you were getting” like he doesn’t realize what’s happened or happening)
I just want to say that I appreciate that kid pushing through and training his magikarp even though he thought it was just a fish. It's a great show of character.
Now if only he became a gym leader in one of the later games.
@@methuselah8885 He became Wallace. XD
I like to imagine the magikarp salesman saying that with a genuine smile as Red looks at him with wide eyes telling him that his Magikarp made him champion. "No refunds, kid... you know what you were getting." *smiles, nods and walks away, disappearing in a waterfall*
@@MarioMastar Shine on, you magnificent bastard.
True story.
There was one time in a Fire Red playthrough I decided to purchase the Magikarp just for the fun of it. So I bought it, checked it out...
It was shiny!
Best 500 Pokedollars ever spent
Crazy luck!
@@PokemonWoop with a Quack Quack
If it was Adamant with good ivs it's like a wet dream.
@@alejandrop.s.3942 I'm pretty sure Magikarp is already pretty wet considering the whole Water-type fish thing
The mt moon magikarp is a lesson in investment.
Indeed he is
@@PokemonWoop can you answer my question
@@Mojaveknight17no
@@Luis-gz3oo yes
@Mojaveknight17 - No
The REAL hero is this man giving me a shiny Magikarp after 4,670 soft resets in that poke center.
Bruh
😂
Oh my
💀💀💀💀💀💀
All y'all laughing at this person, believe me this is lucky enough for shiny hunting.
5:42
"In the blink of an eye, he's become the Champion."
That's a level 100 Gyarados right there. That's a VERY LONG blink of an eye.
its called Sleep
and my lazy ass snorlax is snoring
no wait-!
It's super effective
Yes! That's what happens when you battle with only one Pokémon. For the #OnePokémonChallenge itself, Gyarados is not a hard challenge, but a long one, yes.
„Ay yo, if you blink for like 2 minutes, I can force about 95 rare candies down the throat of that useless fish and have a very angry blue noodle.“
In my headcanon, he fought every battle once on the way to Blue. No grinding or repeats, that particular Magikarp is in the Ultra fast EXP group where every pokemon downed from a major battle is a level up regardless.
Have 5 Meowths with the pickup ability and you will have Rare Candies for days
The worst NPC villain is the Everstone trade girl
Fun fact. I fully trained that Haunter as a kid. Didn't know Gengar was a trade evolution.
@@zxylo786 *Sad fact
That’s why there’s an entire subreddit dedicated to hating Mindy, and loving Blossom.
@@dr.glurak2462 Maybe sad but Haunter is cooler than Gengar anyway.
I would then remove the stone, get my other ds and trade to it then back again after making it evolve into gengar
For the cost of 2 and a half pokeballs, I get a Gyarados roughly by the time I reach Vermillian City, which is where you'd get the old rod and thus have to start working on training that Magikarp if you skipped out on the deal. Sign me the hell up bro.
Never thought of it that way.
It is easier to just to catch the magikarp with the rod and train it with stronger pkmn like at Digglet tunnel tho...
thats how I always saw it, people say it's a scam but to me is such a good deal.
@GFKCEG Mt. Moon's 3rd floor down has Geodudes, Paras, and Clefairy that give pretty much just as much exp as the Digletts in Diglett's Cave if you want to immediately grind out Magikarp to Level 20 (though you can more naturally switch train with it on trainer encounters from Mt. Moon - Vermillion). And I hope you aren't banking on leveling a freaking Level 5 Magikarp to Level 20 off of the 5% encounter rate Dugtrio and calling that "easier"...
@@christiancinnabars1402 Not to mention there's more Trainer Battles as well!!!
Imagine if they added some easter egg where the salesman becomes aware of the Gyarados being the Magikarp he sold and him regretting it. Missed opportunity.
*softresets to SHunt*
Nah, it'd be better if the salesman knew that Magikarp evolved into Gyarados and acted appalled that anyone would accuse him of being a scammer.
I remember there was a fan hack of FireRed/LeafGreen where the Magikarp Salesman sells you two Magikarps, with the second one being a shiny. It's only after he sells it that he realizes you ripped him off this time.
@@TheAzulmagia Speaking of romhacks, the Magikarp salesman also appears in Crystal Clear and sells a guaranteed shiny Magikarp.
They should’ve included dialogue for talking to him with it
However! There’s an npc in the pokemart, a little boy says a weird man sold him a fish pokemon. A little girl then comments that sometimes good things can happen when you raise your pokemon or something like that.
Cut forward to Gold and Silver, that same boy talks about his awesome gyarados!
I always buy his magikarp. fuck the old rod
Gotta support the small businesses
Right? I only ever bother to pick up the super rod in FRLG. Then you can show the fisherman the Magikarp for a net ball and catch a Gyarados without having to train a Magikarp or waste the Exp Share on it.
Plus it just sits in your bag being useless
Especially considering the VERY limited inventory space in gen 1.
@PokemonWoop oh wow the clown business
When Red becomes champion with the Gyarados that was once that Magikarp:
Magikarp-Salesman: Well done my boy, well done
A true salesman would ask for 10% of your winnings with battles using his fish.
@@wiiownsps3and360 Or advertises his Magikarps as "Champs Choice"
@FRAN_MONTERO1
Or attach his name to the fish for remembering.
I think canonically, he actually did. Red chose Charmander as his starter, and Pikachu as his ace. He gets a Gyarados along the way, uses it in the Pokemon League, and eventually trades that for Blue's Blastoise, post-game. He also trades another Pokemon (likely Gengar or Machamp, since he's the Champion of Kanto and all) for someone's Venusaur (either Leaf or Professor Oak) post-game.
@@wiiownsps3and360 "No refunds, you shouldn't known what you got into."
A Pokeball costs 200P, the Magikarp costs 500P. He's making like $3 profit and he has to spend the time and energy go catch the damn things, thats how a business works.
And even this profit isn't Safe because Magikarp can escape the Pokéball too.
Or, if it's Gen 3 onward, he could just be breeding them at a Daycare.
@@MarvinPowell1 Isn't that more expensive though at least in the old system since he has to pay the daycare people?
You only pay the daycare to get pokemon back, not per egg
500 - 200 = 3? Lol
Funny enough, like the pokemon you find in the wild, this Magikarp has a 1/8192 chance of being shiny, which makes it possible that there have been a couple of people who actually bought a Shiny Magikarp for a measly 500 pokedollars.
Which sure made the seller look like an moron to a couple of people.😅
Honestly, probably the easiest way to shiny hunt it in FRLG
Read up, someone did just that by chance!
The Magikarp seller is unknowingly a very direct way to shiny hunt a Magikarp.
I need to camp for that shiny now, lol
@@curiouszaku9537 Go for it! These earlier games have a faster restart time than the current generation.
But... Shiny boost? No way I'm afraid.
Although since Gen 2, Red (Shiny) Gyarados is the least awesome shiny of all.
Dude literally hands you a Gyarados before you ever get your first fishing rod.
Just saying. Yeah you gotta work your ass off for it but way back in the days of red/blue/yellow Gyarados was one of the best 2 stage pokemon in the entire game and when it eventually evolved and got access to its better moveset it more than pays for itself.
@@jamielishbrook2384 I don't think you know what literally means
@@sepg5084 does not magikarp evolves into Gyarados?
I agree with @sepg5084, literally buying a magikarp. Yes, grinding and training into a peak specimen is the name of the game. But still... literally buying a magikarp.
@@dustinbird2090 but you agree it does evolve into Gyarados? Thereby by extension you are paying for a gyrados. Literally buying a baby gyarados. It's an investment more than a waste.
When life gives you Magikarp, make Gyarados
Now if he sold you a Feebas would you still wanna throw hands?
Given its evolution method in Gen 3, probably
@@PokemonWoop haha I thought the same way
Considering Feebas is stupidly rare in all the games. Absolutely
@@PokemonWoopgetting is the hard part
Since how hard to catch one
It's a great DEALS....
Me: take my my love my anger all of my money!!
Honestly wish pokemon kept doing this. Giving us a "weak" pokemon that evolves into something broken for a bit of money.
That would have been great to test a player who can grind it out
Lol, fanboys asking for more broken pokemon, not enough legendaries for you
Would LOVE a Feebas!!! 😍😍😍😍
@@GFKCEG not actually an argument there btw. Just childish retort at best. Saw red there and went off there.
@@darkdragon7210With later gens I can see it being even more useful if that new evolution method is easy to find.
Each gen should have something like this for fun.
Johto marill would be cool. Hoenne feebas. Sinnoh could be one of the water ground types. Unova basklin with the evolution now. And list goes on
Bro you're just everywhere 😂
I usually take him up on the Magikarp and put it in the daycare asap. Then when I leave the area for good to reach Rock Tunnel, I can come back to Magikarp to reach somewhere between level 15-20.
Same, although I actually speed up the nugget bridge area and immediately give it to the day care, then go up and down through the ledges until reaches lv 19, one level to train and that's it: a gyarados ready to go even before Misty!
I guess during the story is not that important, but the missing evs are also important.
i remember thinking there must be a secret to splash
thats how i discovered Struggle 😂
You made an overly descriptive True Crime Podcast on a minor pokemon NPC, complete with spooky music and screen effects, bravo
Never change, Woop. Never change. :D
Even in uniervse it would be hard to call him a scam artist Pokedollars are suppose to like yen, and thus it's around 5 bucks pokeballs are 200 pokedollars, and that fishing rods are modereately expensive in the real world and that even if magikarps aren't great in battle 5 bucks is pretty good price for a common pet fish that become effective in combat with moderate effort.
Not really a scam. The magikarp is 500 and a pokeball is 300. The thing is pokeballs can fail and anything better will equal or exceed the cost.
Ok we get it
@@mooganifyit was a brilliant analysis. Even though it would more than likely only take one ball to catch the Magikarp…
@@saintgianni Given how I've started a fight with Groudan by chucking a pokeball and just up and catch it and having wasted 5 on a level 4 Peggy I've learned to not trust odds If I can avoid it
The rival has a gyarados at the end, got em too.
I suppose it is unrealistic to assume that everyone has a fishing rod in the Pokémon world. Additionally, he could be a godsend to players that do not like the fishing minigame.
I wouldn’t really call the fishing in Pokémon a “minigame” lol
@@MerkhVisionyeah, it's more a chore than a minigame
@@MerkhVision fishing is a past time for me. Nothing like fishing up whales so your cat can throw money at it.
The closest it ever got to being a minigame was in RSE, where you have to press A at the right time multiple times rather than either only once or not at all.
Right because Pokemon are so realistic and it's not really a mini game just fishing
It's secretly a good decision framed as a bad decision- it's the earliest point in the game (without trading) that you can even get a Magikarp at all (the Old Rod is found later on) - meaning, training it up at this earliest possible stage gets you a Gyarados at the earliest possible point in the game, even if you're just switching it in occasionally and not powerlevelling it. It's also extremely cheap- sure, that money is worth a little more at that early stage in the game, since you have far less of it available, but I only ever spent money on Pokeballs anyway at that point. I feel like it just kinda makes sense on all levels really. After laughing at it as a "rip-off" like everyone else for several years, I then started a new playthrough for the first time in a while and actually thought about it, and realised that it's actually a good deal when you weigh everything up.
Honestly? I felt infinitely more ripped off when I caught an Unown way back in Silver and added it to my party, thinking that it had to be another Magikarp situation and would be worth training up and keeping in my team as long as possible- I was really bummed out learning that it only ever got Hidden Power and never evolved!
Worth mentioning, you can't fish yet. Getting a Magikarp early is pretty significant.
It would've been really neat if bringing that exact Magikarp back to the guy after evolving it made him say something unique.
1:16 the video *actually* starts
Facts
Autistic
ever heard of an intro?
@@karnetik ever heard of an overly long intro?
@@karnetikA ~7 minutes video should have an introduction of ~42s (10%), not close to twice that.
I absolutely love how dramatic and analytical this video is just for magikarp, its actually entertaining
Magikarp creepypasta...
He’s the goat, $5 Magikarp for an irreplaceable Gyarados
In my hood they charge u $15 for Eskovitz fish it’s good tho
The lore I never really thought about. Lowkey best advice I ever gotten as well. 10/10 would sub again
My stonks after getting a Magikarp with Tackle📈📈
Introducing magikoin 📈
The Magikarp here lets you get a gyrados before reaching Vermilion without getting the old rod, meaning you can get a very good pokemon for gen 1 even before Misty if you train it right, honestly it’s a cool idea that I wish pokemon did more with giving us this sorta test of patience, do you leave this thing in the PC and find something “better” down the road or train it for a while and have it *destroy* sooner?
Interestingly, thinking of it this way, the Magikarp deal ends up having a sort of mirrored effect of the Farfetch'd trade. Whereas the Magikarp is a seemingly useless mon that can become a key member of your team with a bit of patience, Farfetch'd initially seems like a total upgrade over Spearow (being common, weak, and frankly just worse than Pidgey at the start), but when Farfetch'd starts to get outclassed (and ultimately ends up as all but dead weight) because of it's inability to evolve, Spearow would evolve into Fearow, who's stats are higher than those of Farfetch'd across the board and even gets coverage moves that the Pidgey line doesn't have access to. Magikarp teaches the value of patience, while Farfetch'd teaches the consequences of preemption.
pfp goes hard
I would agree if not for the fact that plenty of magikarp can be caught not too much later. And then you can raise it faster and catch it at a higher level.
Would've been neat if the salesman was the OT so it'd get the 1.5 exp boost. That would make it much more valuable.
Yes, but depending on how fast you're training that magikarp, you can already have a gyarados by the time you even get your hands on the old rod, meaning you've already finished the level grind by the time you'd have to start said grind if you waited to start it the normal way.
Also your claim about catching magikarp at a higher level is incorrect at least in 1st gen when the OG salesman was introduced, as the old rod only ever gave you level 5 magikarp back then, same level as the one you can buy. At best you might have a slightly faster grind if you start with an old rod magikarp because you'll be battling higher-level pokemon, I suppose. This also still applies to FR/LG for that matter, while Let's Go didn't have fishing, so for all cases of the Kanto magikarp salesman this still applies.
Making him the OT would actually be quite interesting. Especially since the first gym badge lets all Pokemon up to level 20 (magikarp's evolution level) obey you
All Magikarp caught with the Old Rod in Gen 1/FRLG are the same level, at Level 5. And you only get the Good Rod all the way down at Fuchsia City, which is locked to at least after Pokemon Tower.
So you could raise it faster, but that applies to pretty much all Pokemon.
with the mt moon gauntlet a passive player should have a gyarados by misty
You can literally grind it up immediately to 20 though.
That's only $5 right? Most places will make you pay more than that for a cat
In my hood they charge u $15 for Eskovitz fish it’s good tho
Wait! I thought you were going to argue that Gyrados would help with Misty's water/psychic type with Bite vs starmie
Would be in FR/LG at least, but wouldn't be as helpful in RBY since bite was a normal type back then. A decently-strong pokemon that can resist starmie's moves would be helpful in general however.
You may also have to powerlevel magikarp pretty hard to have it ready for Misty, in my experience I tend to finish up evolving it roughly by the time I get to Vermillion.
Not in gen 1, since the Dark type didn't exist yet.
@@chaosvolt you can grind
@@BecCallow1471 he was playing fire red lead green in the video
@@chaosvolt he was playing fire red in the video
Magikarp: When I evolve, I'll [REDACTED] all of you...
Reminder that the magikarp salesman in black and white are the reason magikarp is the only pokemon available to acquire (not catch) in the franchise in every single game (including individual versions) without evolving or breeding
I've bought the Magikarp a few times, largely because it lets me get him early and therefore Gyrados early.
Leave the Magikarp in the daycare center on the way to Vermillion and keep playing. By the time you're about to return to Cerulean and head to Rock Tunnel, Magikarp will be close to level 20. Take it back, give it a rare candy or two, and you'll have a Gyarados ready to take on the Hikers.
"They leave a sour taste in the player's mouth"
>shows **her**
He's right. Keep gambling. You WILL win.
99% of gamblers quit before winning big...
_never tell me the odds,_ @@PokemonWoop
Today's lesson: keep gambling
Magikarp is something an inexperienced player will dismiss due to it being weak because they don't want to train it, but an experienced player will train it up and get an early-game monster that can carry you to the end.
In my last playthrough on Leafgreen I wanted to play with it once again and reset until I had one with an adamant (+atk/-sp.atk) nature, which I did and thought I was done with it.
Then I got Hidden Power from Pickup, which I tested on it... maybe it has some good coverage that I want. Any physical type outside of normal or ground would be great.
Turns out my Gyarados has Hidden Power flying with ~60 dmg (it did a bit less than earthquake on neutral mons), which I found hilarious. STAB physical flying type in gen 3 on it feels sooooo good.
I wonder if the reason why Gyarados got barely any flying moves in Gen 3 was to balance it
Hp Flying and adamant nature feels like pseudo shiny hunt
I just put it into the daycare and take it when the daycare worker says it has grown by 14. Then, grind out one level.
Catching a Magikarp costs at least 200 so spending an extra 300 to avoid getting the old rod that takes a slot in your limited bag or pc inventory and that can't be removed isn't that bad, i find that 300 for an extra item slot is quite a bargain in gen 1 (different story is for the gen 3 remakes)
Yeah, the only drawback is just that you'll have to spend a while catching it up
Earlier this summer, someone tried to sell me a magikarp plush while I was biking home. Couldn't stop thinking of the magikarp salesman.
Did you buy it?
@@IG88AAA No, he started off asking $20 for it then dropped his asking price to $5 and told me a good sob story. I figured that someone would be willing to pay $20 for it and he really needed the extra $15. I couldn't take it for $5 after what he told me.
Gyarados has been my bro ever since that single Magicarp.
If you think about it, the Magikarp only costs 300… because the Poké Ball you would’ve used to catch costs 200.
He’s charging like two pokeballs. The mean number of pokeballs to catch a pokemon is greater than one, so it always seemed a fair price to me.
Nuzlock runs taught me to care about all Pokemon, but this event taught me to see potential in everything.
Gyarados is the best Pokémon in a Gen 1 playthrough, scientifically speaking.
Dragonite>
I nicknamed that Magikarp "diarrhea" and put it in the PC forever.
Great nickname
My aunt's cat name translates to diarrhea. Long story I dont care enough to tell
@@PokemonWoop quack Quack
The real villain is the one trading Haunter with an everstone
I really like this unexpected video.
You should do a mini theory Woop on how we can turn our Gen 2 Character into an Anti-Hero/Villian.
Like how we can keep Kenya the Spearow instead of delivering it.
Never hatch Togepi.
Buying Slowpoketails.
Etc.
People like you are transforming youtube into a pile of trash content, thank you...
The first water Pokemon you can get if you didn't pick squirtle.
I always buy that Magikarp. It's honestly a steal to get a Gyarados that early in the game. Plus, it's one of my favorite pokemon.
Don't forget in let's go you can reset over and over again to get a shiny.
The Magikarp as well as its dealer are teaching us the principles of delayed gratification.
Another Bangger of a video. Hey that was pretty good and honestly something that I can identify with! Keep it up man you have a lot of talent for this stuff.
HellPhone the goat...
@Hellphone what a way to represent Woop 👏
Oh wow thanks for the $10 Million Dollars
It's a common trope in jrpgs to have a weak underpowered character that after a ton of work becomes a very strong character
Its the woop with another great video!
Wooper is life
I’ve purchased this Magikarp in nearly every Kanto playthrough I’ve ever done. Gyarados is great and I never regret adding it. I always return to the scammer and laugh at him for thinking he scammed me.
This is so well written. Instant classic
Short answer, gyarados.
Long answer, The video
I just saw the title and not the thumbnail, so I thought this was going to be a team plasma video lol
Yeah, although I feel like N's been talked about a lot already
Moral of the story: take candy from strangers
why are you talking about such a nothing burger with scary ambient and with lowered voice? it's not a creepypasta it's a pokemon npc that sells you a fish
Because u sack coks
You must be new here. That’s just how he rolls
Why do you have a pfp that's someone with a plague doctor ahh getup? You're not a horror/historical content creator, you're a channel that plays random games.
Because of the Quack Quack
Don't worry about it
I'm pretty sure you get exp. Share soon, totally worth it.
The salesman is actually your Dad
Now that's a creepy twist...
Dude... That life lesson towards the end about looking forward to a better future... That hit home like a planet sized comet... That alone made this video worth a follow. Thank you, man. That was really awesome of you to turn it into something real and wholesome like that.
The true villain is the guy that turns any eevee into vaporeon
But i like vaporeon☹️
That turns any eevee into vaporeon AND uses 4chan.
A little too evil to talk about...
That lesson at the end was just what I needed to hear after a day like today. Thank you, Woop Daddy
Glad to hear it!
Woop Woop!!
Wooper is life
1. Patience is a key virtue, that's the lesson. 2. He gives you one of the first and eventually after evolving, the strongest water Pokemon. I never thought of him as a scammer. You don't even need old rod because of him.
90% filler 10% content
I love the salesman. I often don't even train the magikarp anymore, but bro... Hes so cheap just buy it ✊
I agree and i knew this in 98 when it came out.
I knew if you evolved it would become powerful.
you can get the gyarados way sooner this way than with the first rod if i remember correctly.
I always take this magikarp every playthrough just to get gyrados early as without grinding, it usually evolves around the same time as i would obtain the old rod.
Train that fish amd have a baby legendary within a few gyms.
Such a bargain
Damn. That was actually very inspirational.
Honestly, it has always being a fair price for a relatively Magikarp
I never got why the devs tried to make it look like a scam. A pokeball costs 200 pokedollars and there's no guarantee it will even catch a Pokémon.
Straight up, the ending of this video hit me at a time when i really needed it.
Thank you 💚
I never saw the "scammer" as a bad thing. When you first play the game, this was the only way to obtain a water pokemon in the early game and once it evolved (and you were patient) you'd get a Gyarados. If you paid attention in Veridian Forest, you wouldn't think twice that Magicarp wouldn't evolve. Afterall, every pokemon you caught up until this point evolved and grew stronger. There are even Pokemon that have no attacking move on your first route (sometimes).
Now was it worth it? Kind of. It's just that other pokemon caught my interest more. Like Zubat and Geodude. Two of my staples for multiple generations.
Edit: If anything the Old Rod is a scam.
Keeping in mind that pokéballs cost 200, the actual price of the Magikarp itself is only 300… which is quite a steal to get one a whole town before the fishing rod!
Yeah, it just takes some patience!
Nuzlockers must specially love this guy.
Remember the magikarp salesman is the only way to get magikarp in black and white
I’ve always bought the magikarp. You unlock it early that way and get a true monster in you team.
I've always bought the Magikarp. It's never been the bad idea. Although I've always raised it traveling through mt moon and nugget bridge.
Magikarp is like the Ugly Duck tale.
Gen1 Satan Incarnate
That one who trades you a Mr. Mime you can't rename
No matter how much I played through Kanto I always skipped that magikarp salesman not on purpose but just never paid attention to him or knew exactly where he was
Gyarados, for when You want to just smash through the entire game.
If you grind the Magikarp and evolve it, you get a Gyarados with Intimidate and Dragon Rage early.
I love how this video about a Magikarp salesman has the same vibe as a Nick Crowley video.
Pay $500 and grind a bit to get a great Mon by as early as Misty? $500 ain’t shit in this game anyway. The bike shop owner is selling bikes for $1,000,000. He’s the real scammer.