@@boxheadbaron4655i pronounce Raikou as "Rye Coo". Maybe because i am an asian here in asia, though not japanese. Ray Cow is understandable if it came from a non-asian.
I got a GBA and Pokémon silver for Christmas one year. That was my first Pokémon game besides stadium. My sister got crystal and I was so jealous that the sprites moved.
Pokèmon Crystal, my very first Pokèmon game alongside Gold Version. This game was what truly made me a fan if the series didn't already but i hold this generation dear to my heart, made a lot of friends back then because of these games and the battling and trading was something so mindblowing for me as a kid.
Hey Pablo! Sounds very similar to my story, I also got Gold version first and then upgraded to Crystal :) (I had blue version earlier though) I remember not having my gameboy handy so I actually started my first play through using the n64 gameboy adapter and pokemon stadium 2 at my step bothers house. Moving pokemon sprites on the TV!
@@boxheadbaron4655 Yeah Pokèmon Stadium 1&2 were awesome. The fact that you could battle on 3D at the time was so cool for a N64 game, but the game that truly left a mark in my childhood was Gold& Crystal. By far my favorite memory is just listening to the National Park theme while playing at night, loved that place so much and the music was just peak GBC 8-bit sound
A little extra info, that magneton you can trade for at the power plant will always be holding a metal coat, a handy way to get a second one for Scizor/Steelix.
times were different back then. GS sprite of Raikou was the first thing we saw and it looked like a molten dog. The magazines at the time also called them dogs. So even if the design looked different later one, the seed of them being dogs were planted in our mind. Now it is easy to make fun of people calling any of the 3 dogs. Heck, apparently they used to be dinosaurs or giraffes in the past or something.
Not sure if this has been said, but the npc that tells you where your pokemon was caught is "useful" due to a pokemon gaining increased happiness if trained on that route.
In the downloaded crystal version in the DS Store,(which is no longer available by normal means) you can trigger the Celebi Event after beating the game and by exiting a specific tile inside the Goldenrod City Pokemon Center.
I have both guide books because I had both games and I loved Crystal’s improvements gold and silver is one of my favorite game series but I love how they gave Crystal a storyline and they really enhanced Johto.
I must say the gal in Cianwood that tells you where you caught your pokemon IS useful. If you go back to the same route you caught said pokemon at and train it there, it's happiness will increase more quickly than if you trained it on a different route. This is especially useful for Pokemon that only evolve based on happiness or if you want to heighten TM returns effectiveness.
The answer to your question; was pokemon crystal worth it in 2001 when it came out? Yes, as I was 11 when it came out, it was the BEST game I had played up to that point that wasn't related to final fantasy, it was MORE than worth it if you werent there for first Gen release, you can't appreciate pokemon the way it should be... just saying lol
I loved Crystal! I was so jealous of my friend who had it since I wanted to play as the girl, but all I had was silver (which is still amazing) Lugia forever and always! Lol
It's because guys can indulge in their feminine side and interests when playing as a girl in video games without the harsh scrutiny and judgement of society telling them they shouldn't act like girls. You only think it's weird because society said it is, thing is, society has said lots of things over the course of humanity that has changed or turned out to be terrible thinking. Or as in my case, they actually are girls who had the misfortune of being born with a penis. Lol. All the more reason why gender norms are whack@@cypher686
Officially, they're The Legendary Beasts and their designs were inspired by big cats, which is reflected in their designs. Entei, stands tall and proud like the lion; Raikou stalks and ambushes its prey like the tiger and Suicune races across the land like the cheetah. Honestly, it doesn't matter if you call them dogs, beasts, cats or whatever. It's like with Arcanine being a "Legendary" Pokémon; personally, I think they should buff his base HP by 15 and both Defenses by 5 and made him a true Legendary.
The generation two major flaw I hated the worst was new Pokémon weren't available until you reached Kanto. It was so stupid to me. I wanted Houndour, Murkrow, and Misdreavous during my Johto run. Depending on when it learned the move Perish Song it would've taken down Whitney's Miltank in no time. Plus Lugia & Ho-Oh lose their signature moves. Guess this was an incentive to get you to buy all three games as the mascot box-art versions featured the respective attacks. But all in all at the time, the game was absolutely worth it!! A good improvement over G/S. OAN I usually don't like monotone deep voices that sound so uninteresting but your voice is somehow unique and fitting and it works. Plus that bit at the end "Was it really worth it?... Umm IDK!" was so funny to me!! Good job!!! 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Thanks for watching Carl! Yeah not sure why GameFreak made the decision they did and then when they made Crystal they largely choose to keep it the same with a few exceptions (Sneasel). A missed opportunity for some obvious improvements. Unfortunately the dry slightly sarcastic monotone is what I naturally do. I've been trying to be more expressive in my videos because I definitely understand how it can put someone to sleep otherwise. Definitely somethings I'm trying to improve!
Try crystal legacy... Its a romhack of crystal with the intention to make it the crystal version we all wanted back than...there are videos on youtube check it out
@@boxheadbaron4655 Well actually now that I think about it you could get quite a few Gen 2 mons in the Johto run. Like Phanphy/Teddiursa which were both exclusives to either G/S as well as Gligar/Skarmory which were also version exclusives. Natu, Smeargle, Yanma, Delibird, Miltank, Stantler, Aipom & Heracross along with Sentret & Hoppip. Those are some I can think off the top of my head. But if you didn't choose Cyndaquil or go find a Growlithe or catch Entei your options for fire types on your team were sparsely limited. Unless that odd egg from the daycare man hatched into Magby. Slugma, Houndour and even Magmar were locked until you reached Kanto.
The odd egg has a 14% chance of being a shiny baby. Also you don’t have to catch the dogs to get Ho Oh. You can just KO them (I prefer to catch too but figured if anyone wants the correct info)
I still have the original Pokémon Crystal guide book I stole it from some rich kid so long ago in my 5th grade currently 33 now still have the aging guide book held up by tape and a prayer still useful to this day also I play gen 1-2 on virtual console. That guide book was my go to for everything
Was the rich kids name Winston!? I also loved the guide book, most of the pictures in the video are actually from my copy, I managed to preserve it fairly okay :), unlike the cardboard box Crystal Version came in :(
@@boxheadbaron4655 your version ain't nearly worn as mine. Still its nice we still have our books especially in an age where books are never read anymore
Oh here's a fun one: Unlike Fire Red/Leaf Green, Gold/Silver had in Heart Gold Soul Silver their female trainer be a totally new design... Kris is only a player character in CRYSTAL. despite there being a gen 2 remake.
I know these changes dont seem like much, But for someone who is all about team composition and team building and gets joy out of battling more than anything, these changes are huge. The elemental stones being available before the postgame and being able to be cheesed to get them 5-10 minutes after getting the trainers numbers opens up so many possibilites. At least 10-15 lines are now usable in the main game, you know, the part of the game that actually holds weight. The availability of more pokemon in general is a great help. And the addition of the odd egg is simiarly very useful for team building. Magby/Smoochum/Elekid/Pichu are really the only options or one of the only options of that type in the first half of the game and also really help with team building. Crystal is a massive improvement imo just for this alone. Makes replays a lot more varied then Gold and Silver
Jealous! I have been meaning to play the gen 1 remakes again, but just haven't made the time. I have a lot of nostalgia for the Sevii islands and thought they were a great addition to the games.
Crystal was my first pokemon game, never got to see that sick ken sugimori artwork tho, cause i was playing it on some now-defunct gaming website from like 2012... Lol
LOL sounds slightly shady. Glad you got to experience it though. The Nintendo Power Crystal Version players guide was FULL of Ken's official art. Of course now it's super easy to find it all by just searching around on the internet.
Dude, It is criminal that you don't have hundreds of thousands of subs. The passion you put into this is tangible. You definitely earned my sub, brother.😊
I’ve been playing this relic going back from South Korea. Went into Japan now I’m in California. I’m playing the crap out of this. My OG copy from 2000. With my moded gbc ❤ love it
Imo gen 2 was peak design. Looks like an animal that you can befriend and go on adventures with. Excellent balance of friend shaped, wild looking, and for some cuteness. Idk most of them look like they can hang out with u and do amazing feats of strength and ability
I honestly loved Crystal. It offered a lot more than Gold and Silver did. And coming from a female, I honestly liked having the option to actually choose the gender of the trainer than just being forced to play as a boy.
The lady in Olivine who mentions where you obtained your pokemon and at what level is huge!!! Crystal to this day is RNG/cheat proof within the game/cartridge itself so it can make a big difference in showcasing how rare a catch is. If you hatch a shiny at 1/64 odds it will say met at level 5, where as if you encounter something in the grass at level 23 shiny she will mention the route and the met level 23, proofing that it was a wild catch and not a hatch.
Im actually more partial to gold version over crystal. Mainly because the biggest reason I like gsc is nostalgia being gold was my first pokemon game. So the sprites in gold are the ones I remember as a kid. Crystal added to the experiance, but not enough for me personally to remember it as better. I can definitely see why people seem to like it the most, but gold is where my allegance lies.
Hey Machoke! Nothing wrong with that, I'm the same way with Gen 1. Even though Yellow had more stuff, Blue will always be my favorite from that generation mostly because it was my first Pokemon game.
Gold is better than silver and crystal for a number of reasons. One of them being that it's the only one of the three where you don't have to catch Raikou Entei and Suicune in order to catch Ho-Oh
Hi BoxHead Baron. What is your favourite Pokemon Game? Its normally Emerald, Black 2 or Crystal/Silver when I ask ppl. For me its probably Silver or White 2.
Hey Jazzy-B! I'm kinda weird, my favorite seems to depend on the mood I'm in. I would say the following are all contenders though: * Crystal * Heart Gold * Emerald * Blue (or Leaf Green) Given my age and what I'm nostalgic for I definitely have more of an affinity for the older releases, specifically Gen 3 and earlier. I haven't played any of the Gen 5 games in a long time though so if we get remakes of them it might bump them up into the list!
mom bought me silver one year, and crytsal the next. as a kid, i was disappointed. i was expecting a completely brand new game. thanks for making this video, and pointing out what was special about it.
Yeah I would be too. I never considered how confusing the "third" game per generation pattern was for parents. I'm sure your parents saw how much you liked Silver version and thought they were doing you a solid by getting you another game in the series. Little did they know they got you basically the same game with a few tweaks :(
Doing some looking it appears there was no formal way to re-learn moves in the Gen-2 games, but there was a method in Pokemon Stadium 2. So it was technically possible but just a pain in the butt it sounds like. From Bulbapedia: "While Generation II has no formal Move Reminder, in Pokémon Stadium 2, after defeating the Elite Four and Champion at the Gym Leader Castle, the player can re-teach a move to one of the Pokémon that was involved in the battle."
I've been playing the game on Visual Boy Advance emulatoron my laptop. For some reason all my pokemon disappeared from my boxes but they still appear in the pokedex. please help me I don't know what to do 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 also it wont let me battle in battle tower
actually rebuying gameboys and old pokemon games to replay them all after all these years, havent touched them since i beat them back when they came out. im going to complete gen1 and 2s dex. ill also get a sp for emerald, maybe... idk but i really do want 1 for Boktai, i do love emerald too but Boktai is my main focus if i get another sp. i could emulate but i just prefer the real thing. i also got a gamecube lol for mario strikers, double dash, paper mario, digimon rumble arena 2, twilight princess
I won't send a direct link but there is a website called "the internet archive" where you can view old websites, but they also have lots of old magazine scans (and guidebooks for video games). Just do a search for nintendo power pokemon crystal :)
@@boxheadbaron4655: No! I was in some department store like JCPenney or something! Maybe my mom just thought that I looked especially cute that day or something.
calling them a dog or cat are both correct technically. created to be an ambiguous mixture. the legendary beasts. i always saw them as cats as child personally.
As a dumbass kid my mom brought home an unboxed copy of Crystal she got from a friend whose kid didn't play it anymore. I was familiar with Gold and Silver, but saw crystal and was just assumed it was some kind of bootleg or spinoff, so it sat in a junk drawer for years 😂 I've still never played it. Would have loved it back then too.
I remember hearing that rumor before now that you mention it. If true it's actually a super cool piece of random trivia\lore and would make a lot of sense since they're types match up and everything. It kinda feels like Dark Souls style lore where it isn't explicitly told, but rather inferred and left open for interpretation! Thanks for watching walker, I like the profile picture btw. It's always nice seeing Metroid getting some attention drawn to it.
@boxheadbaron4655 it is a really cool rumor however I think the cat part was actually confirmed by one of the devs. Don't think the eevee part was confirmed, though, but yeah it's incredible how souls game storytelling borrows a lot from retro games And of course it was a fun watch! And yep the world needs more metroid, arguably my favorite franchise
lmfao looking at these trades now in hindsight im starting to believe they wanted to rub the trade evolutions in our faces lmfao, they shouldve been the other way around to gives players the chance at that succulent trade evo.
Thanks for the sub chris! or should I call you sonic? :P Not sure about becoming famous, but thanks for the vote of confidence! I'm just happy making videos about stuff I like and glad others find it good enough to watch.
Interesting, Gold and Silver had a way to reset the time? Was it intentional functionality created by GameFreak or a bug that someone found and exploited?
Hey KMRskates, thanks for watching! In Crystal Version you do need to catch all three legendary beasts before you can obtain the Rainbow Wing which is needed to capture Ho-Oh. The requirements were different in Gold and Silver. In the case of Lugia in Crystal Version you only need the Silver Wing which is obtained by talking to an old man in Pewter City which is in the post game (Kanto).
@@boxheadbaron4655 That's strange, as I recall playing Crystal and never had to catch those three before being able to catch Lugia or Ho-Oh. Unless, I am mixing it up with Gold/Silver playthroughs. I guess I stand corrected on my memory
Ray-Cow is the way I always pronounced it as a kid, old habits die hard I suppose. The comments section has made it very clear I'm pretty much the only one who pronounced it that way haha. I do like the unintentional comedic effect it gives to the video though. Thanks for watching Randy!
I agree, the Heart Gold / Soul Silver female protagonist isn't my favorite. They had a really good design in Crystal not sure why they didn't keep the design and modernize it slightly like they did with the male character design.
Calling Raikou “Ray Cow” was a bold choice.
Brings to mind an image of Miltank shooting lazer beams 🤣
Moo
@@boxheadbaron4655you also pronounce Pokémon wrong
it isnt pokey mon
poh kay mon plural
poke uh mon singular
The é makes an ay sound
@@boxheadbaron4655i pronounce Raikou as "Rye Coo". Maybe because i am an asian here in asia, though not japanese. Ray Cow is understandable if it came from a non-asian.
Better than the people that call it Ry-Coo, at least he got the last part right 🤷♂️
I got a GBA and Pokémon silver for Christmas one year. That was my first Pokémon game besides stadium.
My sister got crystal and I was so jealous that the sprites moved.
Look on the bright side, at least you could catch mareep unlike her!
Pokèmon Crystal, my very first Pokèmon game alongside Gold Version. This game was what truly made me a fan if the series didn't already but i hold this generation dear to my heart, made a lot of friends back then because of these games and the battling and trading was something so mindblowing for me as a kid.
Hey Pablo! Sounds very similar to my story, I also got Gold version first and then upgraded to Crystal :) (I had blue version earlier though)
I remember not having my gameboy handy so I actually started my first play through using the n64 gameboy adapter and pokemon stadium 2 at my step bothers house. Moving pokemon sprites on the TV!
@@boxheadbaron4655 Yeah Pokèmon Stadium 1&2 were awesome. The fact that you could battle on 3D at the time was so cool for a N64 game, but the game that truly left a mark in my childhood was Gold& Crystal. By far my favorite memory is just listening to the National Park theme while playing at night, loved that place so much and the music was just peak GBC 8-bit sound
how? Pokèmon doesnt exist
Its Pokémon stupid
A little extra info, that magneton you can trade for at the power plant will always be holding a metal coat, a handy way to get a second one for Scizor/Steelix.
Very good point, one more Crystal perk!
$30 in 2001 is worth $52.17 today
$150 for the game itself tho
Let's be real.
_$30 in 2024 is only worth $10 dollars in 2001._ 😂
Crystal was my very first game! Always will be my favorite Pokémon game
My bro lost my copy of gold as a kid and I got Crystal. Definitely a worthwhile upgrade
this dude saw Raikou and said "yep that's a dog"
times were different back then. GS sprite of Raikou was the first thing we saw and it looked like a molten dog. The magazines at the time also called them dogs. So even if the design looked different later one, the seed of them being dogs were planted in our mind. Now it is easy to make fun of people calling any of the 3 dogs. Heck, apparently they used to be dinosaurs or giraffes in the past or something.
Not sure if this has been said, but the npc that tells you where your pokemon was caught is "useful" due to a pokemon gaining increased happiness if trained on that route.
I thought I knew everything about these games. I did not know about the post champ tutor. You have earned my sub!
I think it was possible the first tutor in any pokemon game unless I'm forgotten one somewhere else? Thanks for subscribing Mr. Rambling Thomas!
In the downloaded crystal version in the DS Store,(which is no longer available by normal means) you can trigger the Celebi Event after beating the game and by exiting a specific tile inside the Goldenrod City Pokemon Center.
Very true, thanks for pointing this out 👍
Hopefully some day Nintendo makes this version available in some fashion on the Switch!
They’re cats, not dogs. The designer said so.
I have both guide books because I had both games and I loved Crystal’s improvements gold and silver is one of my favorite game series but I love how they gave Crystal a storyline and they really enhanced Johto.
I must say the gal in Cianwood that tells you where you caught your pokemon IS useful. If you go back to the same route you caught said pokemon at and train it there, it's happiness will increase more quickly than if you trained it on a different route. This is especially useful for Pokemon that only evolve based on happiness or if you want to heighten TM returns effectiveness.
Special game in my heart I still have my copy from when I was a kid
The answer to your question; was pokemon crystal worth it in 2001 when it came out? Yes, as I was 11 when it came out, it was the BEST game I had played up to that point that wasn't related to final fantasy, it was MORE than worth it if you werent there for first Gen release, you can't appreciate pokemon the way it should be... just saying lol
I loved Crystal! I was so jealous of my friend who had it since I wanted to play as the girl, but all I had was silver (which is still amazing) Lugia forever and always! Lol
I love the fact I can play as a girl but I don’t get why so many guys want to play as a girl too. Seems really weird
It's because guys can indulge in their feminine side and interests when playing as a girl in video games without the harsh scrutiny and judgement of society telling them they shouldn't act like girls. You only think it's weird because society said it is, thing is, society has said lots of things over the course of humanity that has changed or turned out to be terrible thinking.
Or as in my case, they actually are girls who had the misfortune of being born with a penis. Lol.
All the more reason why gender norms are whack@@cypher686
Officially, they're The Legendary Beasts and their designs were inspired by big cats, which is reflected in their designs. Entei, stands tall and proud like the lion; Raikou stalks and ambushes its prey like the tiger and Suicune races across the land like the cheetah.
Honestly, it doesn't matter if you call them dogs, beasts, cats or whatever. It's like with Arcanine being a "Legendary" Pokémon; personally, I think they should buff his base HP by 15 and both Defenses by 5 and made him a true Legendary.
Suicune's design was actually inspired by a Leopard
The generation two major flaw I hated the worst was new Pokémon weren't available until you reached Kanto. It was so stupid to me. I wanted Houndour, Murkrow, and Misdreavous during my Johto run. Depending on when it learned the move Perish Song it would've taken down Whitney's Miltank in no time. Plus Lugia & Ho-Oh lose their signature moves. Guess this was an incentive to get you to buy all three games as the mascot box-art versions featured the respective attacks. But all in all at the time, the game was absolutely worth it!! A good improvement over G/S.
OAN I usually don't like monotone deep voices that sound so uninteresting but your voice is somehow unique and fitting and it works. Plus that bit at the end "Was it really worth it?... Umm IDK!" was so funny to me!! Good job!!! 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Thanks for watching Carl!
Yeah not sure why GameFreak made the decision they did and then when they made Crystal they largely choose to keep it the same with a few exceptions (Sneasel). A missed opportunity for some obvious improvements.
Unfortunately the dry slightly sarcastic monotone is what I naturally do. I've been trying to be more expressive in my videos because I definitely understand how it can put someone to sleep otherwise. Definitely somethings I'm trying to improve!
Try crystal legacy...
Its a romhack of crystal with the intention to make it the crystal version we all wanted back than...there are videos on youtube check it out
Houndour would’ve been overpowered
@@boxheadbaron4655 Well actually now that I think about it you could get quite a few Gen 2 mons in the Johto run. Like Phanphy/Teddiursa which were both exclusives to either G/S as well as Gligar/Skarmory which were also version exclusives. Natu, Smeargle, Yanma, Delibird, Miltank, Stantler, Aipom & Heracross along with Sentret & Hoppip. Those are some I can think off the top of my head. But if you didn't choose Cyndaquil or go find a Growlithe or catch Entei your options for fire types on your team were sparsely limited. Unless that odd egg from the daycare man hatched into Magby. Slugma, Houndour and even Magmar were locked until you reached Kanto.
The odd egg has a 14% chance of being a shiny baby. Also you don’t have to catch the dogs to get Ho Oh. You can just KO them (I prefer to catch too but figured if anyone wants the correct info)
Good info Scott, I didn't know killing off the legendary beasts (dogs) was a valid method to obtain the Rainbow Wing.
Got crystal and a gba sp for my birthday in gradeschool and it was the best
12:01 Randy Snutz approves this nickname.
🤣
I still have the original Pokémon Crystal guide book I stole it from some rich kid so long ago in my 5th grade currently 33 now still have the aging guide book held up by tape and a prayer still useful to this day also I play gen 1-2 on virtual console. That guide book was my go to for everything
Was the rich kids name Winston!?
I also loved the guide book, most of the pictures in the video are actually from my copy, I managed to preserve it fairly okay :), unlike the cardboard box Crystal Version came in :(
@@boxheadbaron4655 your version ain't nearly worn as mine. Still its nice we still have our books especially in an age where books are never read anymore
Will you find him and give it back?
you forgot the most important suicune fact
Splippyfop
Oh here's a fun one: Unlike Fire Red/Leaf Green, Gold/Silver had in Heart Gold Soul Silver their female trainer be a totally new design... Kris is only a player character in CRYSTAL. despite there being a gen 2 remake.
You're right, I never thought about it before... I wonder why they did that? I liked the Crystal female trainer design more honestly.
Instantly subbed, good shit. Thanks for making more Pokémon content for me to binge on.
Happy to be of service :) thanks for watching and subbing!
I know these changes dont seem like much, But for someone who is all about team composition and team building and gets joy out of battling more than anything, these changes are huge. The elemental stones being available before the postgame and being able to be cheesed to get them 5-10 minutes after getting the trainers numbers opens up so many possibilites. At least 10-15 lines are now usable in the main game, you know, the part of the game that actually holds weight. The availability of more pokemon in general is a great help. And the addition of the odd egg is simiarly very useful for team building. Magby/Smoochum/Elekid/Pichu are really the only options or one of the only options of that type in the first half of the game and also really help with team building. Crystal is a massive improvement imo just for this alone. Makes replays a lot more varied then Gold and Silver
im on the seven islands on fire red,the song of 2nd gen touch the heart 🥹❤️
Jealous! I have been meaning to play the gen 1 remakes again, but just haven't made the time. I have a lot of nostalgia for the Sevii islands and thought they were a great addition to the games.
@@boxheadbaron4655 🫡🏆✨
Loved your evaluation at the end of
very great video! love the humor!! suprised your channel doesn't have hundreds of thousands of followers!
Thanks for the kind words Johnsondo, I appreciate the support :)
Really in depth guide from my childhood thank you
No problem, thanks for watching!
Crystal was my first pokemon game, never got to see that sick ken sugimori artwork tho, cause i was playing it on some now-defunct gaming website from like 2012... Lol
LOL sounds slightly shady. Glad you got to experience it though. The Nintendo Power Crystal Version players guide was FULL of Ken's official art. Of course now it's super easy to find it all by just searching around on the internet.
Dude, It is criminal that you don't have hundreds of thousands of subs. The passion you put into this is tangible. You definitely earned my sub, brother.😊
Thanks Trey! I appreciate the positive vibes :)
I’ve been playing this relic going back from South Korea. Went into Japan now I’m in California. I’m playing the crap out of this. My OG copy from 2000. With my moded gbc ❤ love it
2:23 "raykaow" hahahahahahahha
haha now I can't NOT notice when I re-watch the video *facepalm*
"ray-cow"
The seer tells you where and at what time of day. That might be relevant in friendship evolutions like umbreon and espeon.
Imo gen 2 was peak design. Looks like an animal that you can befriend and go on adventures with. Excellent balance of friend shaped, wild looking, and for some cuteness. Idk most of them look like they can hang out with u and do amazing feats of strength and ability
My favorite Pokayman is Ray-Cow.
I honestly loved Crystal. It offered a lot more than Gold and Silver did. And coming from a female, I honestly liked having the option to actually choose the gender of the trainer than just being forced to play as a boy.
Literally the peak of my childhood. Played red blue yellow and silver. My sister had gold. I got crystal and this game has fond memories for me.
Same bro i had blue gold then crystal i wish i could remember what i did with the game and why i stopped playing
The lady in Olivine who mentions where you obtained your pokemon and at what level is huge!!! Crystal to this day is RNG/cheat proof within the game/cartridge itself so it can make a big difference in showcasing how rare a catch is. If you hatch a shiny at 1/64 odds it will say met at level 5, where as if you encounter something in the grass at level 23 shiny she will mention the route and the met level 23, proofing that it was a wild catch and not a hatch.
Im actually more partial to gold version over crystal. Mainly because the biggest reason I like gsc is nostalgia being gold was my first pokemon game. So the sprites in gold are the ones I remember as a kid. Crystal added to the experiance, but not enough for me personally to remember it as better. I can definitely see why people seem to like it the most, but gold is where my allegance lies.
Hey Machoke! Nothing wrong with that, I'm the same way with Gen 1. Even though Yellow had more stuff, Blue will always be my favorite from that generation mostly because it was my first Pokemon game.
@boxheadbaron4655 same here. Blue is my favorite. I like the older messed-up looking sprites 😆
Gold is better than silver and crystal for a number of reasons. One of them being that it's the only one of the three where you don't have to catch Raikou Entei and Suicune in order to catch Ho-Oh
Hi BoxHead Baron. What is your favourite Pokemon Game? Its normally Emerald, Black 2 or Crystal/Silver when I ask ppl. For me its probably Silver or White 2.
Hey Jazzy-B! I'm kinda weird, my favorite seems to depend on the mood I'm in. I would say the following are all contenders though:
* Crystal
* Heart Gold
* Emerald
* Blue (or Leaf Green)
Given my age and what I'm nostalgic for I definitely have more of an affinity for the older releases, specifically Gen 3 and earlier. I haven't played any of the Gen 5 games in a long time though so if we get remakes of them it might bump them up into the list!
Listen its not weird, just depends how you enjoy to play the games, and how they fit around how you play these games.@@boxheadbaron4655
Great video man
Thanks for watching!
Gets A rank just for Tru Attack on Magneton.
Not RayCow 😭
The scourge of the Poke-verse 🤣
When you brought up Miltank and Rollout. Just stop there. That was a childhood nightmare. lol
Collective trauma for a generation :)
Will you do a sequel video... or prequel video... with the changes in Yellow Version?
I may have something in the works 😉
It won't be the next video, but I definitely have something resembling what you are requesting in the pipeline!
mom bought me silver one year, and crytsal the next. as a kid, i was disappointed. i was expecting a completely brand new game. thanks for making this video, and pointing out what was special about it.
Yeah I would be too. I never considered how confusing the "third" game per generation pattern was for parents. I'm sure your parents saw how much you liked Silver version and thought they were doing you a solid by getting you another game in the series. Little did they know they got you basically the same game with a few tweaks :(
Dugtrio - Tri Attack also can be like so you can remember the attack?
Doing some looking it appears there was no formal way to re-learn moves in the Gen-2 games, but there was a method in Pokemon Stadium 2. So it was technically possible but just a pain in the butt it sounds like.
From Bulbapedia: "While Generation II has no formal Move Reminder, in Pokémon Stadium 2, after defeating the Elite Four and Champion at the Gym Leader Castle, the player can re-teach a move to one of the Pokémon that was involved in the battle."
He really said "Ray Cow" 😂
Just a few times lol
😂 it's all good. Loved the video btw. I'm officially subbed.
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Thanks youtube algoritme for suggesting an actual good channel for once😅 nice video!
Thanks I appreciate it! I am glad you enjoyed the video :)
I've been playing the game on Visual Boy Advance emulatoron my laptop. For some reason all my pokemon disappeared from my boxes but they still appear in the pokedex. please help me I don't know what to do 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 also it wont let me battle in battle tower
Ahh man 30 bucks...the good old days
They even included an instruction booklet and card board box! What a deal!
Buying pokemon Crystal is worth it because of the rare value for reselling.
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@boxheadbaron4655 bro I have the digital and physical copy. It's fun
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actually rebuying gameboys and old pokemon games to replay them all after all these years, havent touched them since i beat them back when they came out. im going to complete gen1 and 2s dex.
ill also get a sp for emerald, maybe... idk but i really do want 1 for Boktai, i do love emerald too but Boktai is my main focus if i get another sp. i could emulate but i just prefer the real thing.
i also got a gamecube lol for mario strikers, double dash, paper mario, digimon rumble arena 2, twilight princess
Ray cow is crazy
The craziest of crazy... 😜
First game to record Capture Location.
Is there any place to download this guide in pdf?
I won't send a direct link but there is a website called "the internet archive" where you can view old websites, but they also have lots of old magazine scans (and guidebooks for video games). Just do a search for nintendo power pokemon crystal :)
@@boxheadbaron4655 thank you!
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Awesome video!
Thank you!
I always wondered what's the deal with people who don't like the nickname feature in pokemon. Do they call there pets by their animal name?
Makes me wish pokemon still did yhe 3rd game thing. Now that they are on the switch the 3rd game should be a whole other story along with updates.
As a 10 year old im 01 it was worth it
Totally worth it on the virtual console
I had to behave myself and get my photos taken for seemingly no reason in order to earn this game.
School photos?
@@boxheadbaron4655: No! I was in some department store like JCPenney or something! Maybe my mom just thought that I looked especially cute that day or something.
Well at least you got a good reward for it, regardless of your moms reason@@curtiswfranks 😅
calling them a dog or cat are both correct technically. created to be an ambiguous mixture. the legendary beasts. i always saw them as cats as child personally.
As a kid I thought they let you have suicune as a starter pokemon, so I bought this and was disappointed.
Haha I had a good laugh at this. Based on the gen 1 box covers I could see why you would think that!
your fursona reminds me of my poop-eating uncle Henry
As a dumbass kid my mom brought home an unboxed copy of Crystal she got from a friend whose kid didn't play it anymore. I was familiar with Gold and Silver, but saw crystal and was just assumed it was some kind of bootleg or spinoff, so it sat in a junk drawer for years 😂 I've still never played it. Would have loved it back then too.
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RUclips Algorithm suggested this video, Thought the video was great 👍
Thanks philip, I appreciate it!
Just to blow your mind. The 3 legendary dogs are actually cats! And most likely evee's to boot. (Vaporeon, jolteon, flareon)
I remember hearing that rumor before now that you mention it. If true it's actually a super cool piece of random trivia\lore and would make a lot of sense since they're types match up and everything. It kinda feels like Dark Souls style lore where it isn't explicitly told, but rather inferred and left open for interpretation!
Thanks for watching walker, I like the profile picture btw. It's always nice seeing Metroid getting some attention drawn to it.
@boxheadbaron4655 it is a really cool rumor however I think the cat part was actually confirmed by one of the devs. Don't think the eevee part was confirmed, though, but yeah it's incredible how souls game storytelling borrows a lot from retro games
And of course it was a fun watch! And yep the world needs more metroid, arguably my favorite franchise
The only good thing about this video was seeing the classic art and vintage footage
one of the best GB games ever made
here at 140 subs. also raycow lol
Haha I'm never going to live down this "raycow" thing
lmfao looking at these trades now in hindsight im starting to believe they wanted to rub the trade evolutions in our faces lmfao, they shouldve been the other way around to gives players the chance at that succulent trade evo.
Can you remember me when you’re famous I’m subbed
Thanks for the sub chris! or should I call you sonic? :P
Not sure about becoming famous, but thanks for the vote of confidence! I'm just happy making videos about stuff I like and glad others find it good enough to watch.
I couldn’t heard you because the music was too loud
I think is gold n silver the spawn rate for houndour is 5% n they made it to 20% in crystal witch is kool!!
The time reset doesn't work for Crystal, which is probably a good thing.
Interesting, Gold and Silver had a way to reset the time? Was it intentional functionality created by GameFreak or a bug that someone found and exploited?
Uhhh, pretty sure you do not need all three legendary beasts caught before being able to catch Ho-Oh or Lugia.
Hey KMRskates, thanks for watching!
In Crystal Version you do need to catch all three legendary beasts before you can obtain the Rainbow Wing which is needed to capture Ho-Oh. The requirements were different in Gold and Silver.
In the case of Lugia in Crystal Version you only need the Silver Wing which is obtained by talking to an old man in Pewter City which is in the post game (Kanto).
@@boxheadbaron4655 That's strange, as I recall playing Crystal and never had to catch those three before being able to catch Lugia or Ho-Oh. Unless, I am mixing it up with Gold/Silver playthroughs. I guess I stand corrected on my memory
It’s fucked up that my parents didn’t have $30 to buy me this I had to start playing it with the delta app 🤣🤣
I have one of those nintendo power for crystal
It was definitely worth the downl- uhh buying it yes. Aside from my boi mareep not being present;-;
Mareep is probably one of the biggest casualties in crystal ☹ a Johto icon not catchable in a johto game... madness
Yeah wth was up with that?
Rai cow is crazy lol
The hero no one asked for, but the one we needed
Girafarig is pronounced Giraffe-farig. Like the animal... Not "Gear-a-farig"
Err, it's pronounced a little differently (Righ-Koo), but I kinda like the way you say it lol
Ray-Cow is the way I always pronounced it as a kid, old habits die hard I suppose. The comments section has made it very clear I'm pretty much the only one who pronounced it that way haha. I do like the unintentional comedic effect it gives to the video though.
Thanks for watching Randy!
Mareep should have been in crystal
Gen 2 was the best thanks to Crystal
While it made many good changes, they also made the worse change ever:
NO MAREEP!!!???
Yep, its easily one of the biggest flaws ☹, such a travesty
It's pronounced RIE-COO
Literally all I cared about was being able to play as a girl.
Nothing wrong with that!
Battle Tower had every level in increments of 10 up to 100
Yep you're right, I knew i would mess something up 🤦♂️
Damn it jimmy why do you keep purposely mispronouncing “Raikou” 🤨
Gear-afar-igg???
Ray Cow
WHY DO YOU PRONOUNCE EVERYTHING LIKE THAT
Isn’t suicune a girl
Gear uh far ig
Tyrogue
So forgotten, poor fellah
Crystal girl for ever, Lyra sucks so much
I agree, the Heart Gold / Soul Silver female protagonist isn't my favorite. They had a really good design in Crystal not sure why they didn't keep the design and modernize it slightly like they did with the male character design.