Sunflora really did better than I thought beating Johto at a lower level and quicker than I thought. Also glad I got to see this video today as I am moving into my uni tommorow.
I'd planned for 4+ hours for Sunflora, so I was very pleasantly surprised! Sneasel's due to be my first December video, as it's dark and cold in that month!
Fun fact: I play a LOT of random matches for Gen 2 on Pokemon showdown: I track each individual record and I am SUPRISED at just how good Sunfloras record is lol. I look forward to the video!!
I grew to like Sunflora by the end - unlike Magcargo, Sunflora does have a lot going for it - excellent Sp.Atk and good Sp.Def mean it does have some staying power, but the low speed really drags it down
@Squidgy if you like romhacks. Pokemon polished Crystal buffed it's speed to 80 and made it a grass/fire type. It's an absolute monster in that hack. Probably one of the strongest mons in the hack xD
I'll be doing the unevolved forms at some point, but I want to go through all the evolved Pokémon first - if I have the choice to evolve a Pokémon, I don't see why I wouldn't!
@@Squidgy you can beat cooltrainer nick but you need insane odd number n good to great dvs Also pokefan William is almost as bad as nick He sits right next to nick just above Josh is beatable but he scores around 330 to 355
@@Squidgy if none of these 3 are in the contest its basically an auto win If you want gold berry early the 30 hp Make sure BOTH nick n William are in the contest Edit you're lucky William didn't score much higher
@@Squidgy 357 is not bad especially if you don't spam the contest like I do You can get 410 points max theoretically I Have maxed at 384 at the bug catching contest n yes I edged out cooltrainer NICK who had 381 He's gotten 387 on me before lol
I'll always be evolving the Pokémon when I run with them - it's the only fair way to treat each Pokémon, as Game Freak didn't intend for people to use Sunkern throughout the entire game!
Fun run, I wish Sunflora gained the fire typing to give it something unique. Fun fact: magnemite and Magneton in Gen 1 had “extra” typing. They were technically “fire” and electric typing. If you back trade from Gen 2 to pokemon stadium, the steel type is not “recognizable” so it’s coded as fire type. It doesn’t have any effects for damage calculation but it’s cool to see on screen
Shout-out to my older brother. We used share a save file on my Pokémon Gold cartridge and he picked Sunkern as his "starter". We didn't know the sun stone was a thing, so we just had this level 45 Sunkern in the Elite Four 🤣
Thanks, Paulo! I've never had the need to do the final Rival battles - my objective is to beat Red, and I've not (yet) had a route where I'll need to do those battles. I'm sure the day will come, but I never plan to do them
Entertaining run. Does anybody else than me get bothered by the pronounciation of Sunflora? Why is the stress on the second syllable? I know that it's the official pronounciation, but I always pronounce it like I pronounce Sun flower, with the stress on the first syllable. Well, enough of that.
God I know they’ll never make Sunflora good but I pray they actually give it a move that isn’t Grass or Normal Type lol. Love this nostalgic lil goober
@@Squidgy Totally! Pokémon Crystal Clear making it a pseudo-fire type was a good play. Like how Ninetales is heavily associated with ghosts and it’s signature move is Ghost-type Grudge but it’s pure fire. CC Sunflora can learn Ember, Fire Spin, & F. Punch through tutor
@@Squidgy Yeah, that's pretty reasonable. Even as a Jumpluff, it's offensive stats make Sunflora look like Mewtwo. Wishing you the best of luck with it though :D
It's going to be VERY tough, and will be another Pokémon where I manipulate the Hidden Power type to get the best out of it! I'm currently doing Red tests to see if he's beatable, and it's not going well!
Out of curiosity how would runs with Pokémon that evolve into johto Pokémon like Scizor or Kingdra go in when they would evolve throughout a playthrough? A lot of them don’t always get their chance to shine since not everyone has someone to trade with so it’ll be neat to see those runs when they get their runs
I'll be using the Universal Pokémon Randomizer's easier evolutions option to change the way the Pokémon evolve - something like Seadra will evolve into Kingdra at Lv40, for example. However, some of them with higher BSTs will also get a separate run as a fully evolved Pokémon in the Just the Battles series. :)
Ariados is one I've been thinking about doing around Halloween, but it'll all depend on whether I can get it routed and completed in time, as it will be very difficult!
Any reason why you held on to Sunny Day for so long? A Draining move seems like it would have been a lot better to hold on to. Great video, btw! Lots of Pokemon challange videos on youtube, but your excellent voice work and skript really stand out. Well done.
I was a little bit hyperfixated on the low PP for the draining moves, and was focused on getting SolarBeam at the end of the game! In hindsight, I should've kept a draining move and used Sunny Day as a TM towards the end of the game if I needed it. Thanks for your compliments, I try and play to my strengths, so going in relatively blind, thinking on the fly, and doing the voiceover unscripted is how the video generally goes!
Wait, the voice over is unscripted?! That makes it even more impressive! I wished I could speak so clearly and concise without reading of a script! X-D So yeah, nicely done!
In a previous life, I was a low-budget TV presenter, so I have a lot of experience with thinking on my feet! I tried scripting Corsola, got about 300 words in and gave up, because I'm far better at doing things on the fly!
I've got a real soft spot for Sunflora after doing the run! He tried his absolute best and actually managed to beat Red - I can't really ask for more from a Pokémon!
The fact that it’s not grass/fire is a crime
radical red did it justice
Also modified its special attack to 135 and speed to 55! Sunflora is actually a unique Pokémon
Sunflora really did better than I thought beating Johto at a lower level and quicker than I thought. Also glad I got to see this video today as I am moving into my uni tommorow.
Oooh, good luck with Uni!
Sunflora was so unfortunate but was STILL better than Magcargo. That's almost depressing really. Looking forward to your inevitable sneazel run ;)
I'd planned for 4+ hours for Sunflora, so I was very pleasantly surprised!
Sneasel's due to be my first December video, as it's dark and cold in that month!
Fun fact: I play a LOT of random matches for Gen 2 on Pokemon showdown: I track each individual record and I am SUPRISED at just how good Sunfloras record is lol. I look forward to the video!!
I grew to like Sunflora by the end - unlike Magcargo, Sunflora does have a lot going for it - excellent Sp.Atk and good Sp.Def mean it does have some staying power, but the low speed really drags it down
@Squidgy if you like romhacks. Pokemon polished Crystal buffed it's speed to 80 and made it a grass/fire type. It's an absolute monster in that hack. Probably one of the strongest mons in the hack xD
I love that you use evolved forms of Pokemon unlike other channels. I don't really give a damn if you can do a full run with a Magikarp!
I'll be doing the unevolved forms at some point, but I want to go through all the evolved Pokémon first - if I have the choice to evolve a Pokémon, I don't see why I wouldn't!
@@Squidgy you can beat cooltrainer nick but you need insane odd number n good to great dvs
Also pokefan William is almost as bad as nick
He sits right next to nick just above
Josh is beatable but he scores around 330 to 355
@@Squidgy if none of these 3 are in the contest its basically an auto win
If you want gold berry early the 30 hp
Make sure BOTH nick n William are in the contest
Edit you're lucky William didn't score much higher
@@Squidgy 357 is not bad especially if you don't spam the contest like I do
You can get 410 points max theoretically
I Have maxed at 384 at the bug catching contest n yes I edged out cooltrainer NICK who had 381
He's gotten 387 on me before lol
@@Squidgy the question is how GOOD is furret
It's the route 1 rodent everyone forgets its existence
I really appreciate that you evolve your challenge mons. It feels more representative to me of a given evolutionary line's potential.
I'll always be evolving the Pokémon when I run with them - it's the only fair way to treat each Pokémon, as Game Freak didn't intend for people to use Sunkern throughout the entire game!
I love Sunflora, idk why but I just love it it's adorable
I expected Sunflora to do way worse than it did! HP Ice was a game changer, glad to see you didn't get another Magcargo run!
HP Ice was a massive game changer, and was the only way I wasn't going to still be doing the run now and uploading it in November!
Great run, I didn't thought that Sunflora would manage to do so well! :)
Fun run, I wish Sunflora gained the fire typing to give it something unique.
Fun fact: magnemite and Magneton in Gen 1 had “extra” typing. They were technically “fire” and electric typing. If you back trade from Gen 2 to pokemon stadium, the steel type is not “recognizable” so it’s coded as fire type. It doesn’t have any effects for damage calculation but it’s cool to see on screen
Shout-out to my older brother. We used share a save file on my Pokémon Gold cartridge and he picked Sunkern as his "starter". We didn't know the sun stone was a thing, so we just had this level 45 Sunkern in the Elite Four 🤣
Poor Polywag and Geodude. You wiped out whole populations.
They deserved it!
Great work as always! I can’t wait to see an octillery run
Octillery, you say? 👀
Only recently found your channel. I'm loving these videos. Looking forward to more
Thanks, Daniel, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
I've been watching a few of your runs lately and they have been really good.
Thank you, David, that's very kind of you to say!
Great video 🎉
Small question: why don’t you do the two last rival battles?
Thanks, Paulo!
I've never had the need to do the final Rival battles - my objective is to beat Red, and I've not (yet) had a route where I'll need to do those battles. I'm sure the day will come, but I never plan to do them
The reset count jump after Karen was so good. Also technically isnt Lance her manager so you were talking to her manager?
I can't tell if Lance is her manager or if he's her subordinate!
Never been happier to see an ad before a video. Congrats on all your success, keep it going!
Thanks Rob, and thanks for all of your support since the very beginning! Comments like yours always spur me on to make even better content!
Entertaining run. Does anybody else than me get bothered by the pronounciation of Sunflora? Why is the stress on the second syllable? I know that it's the official pronounciation, but I always pronounce it like I pronounce Sun flower, with the stress on the first syllable. Well, enough of that.
And it should have drought as a special ability. This is such a no brainer gamefreak
"and Gastly starts licking us." At least take me out to dinner first, jeez Gastly
Gastly's a straight to third base Pokémon, clearly.
I recently discovered this channel and I'm in love with it!! keep going!
Thank you, Unbe! That's put a massive smile on my face!
God I know they’ll never make Sunflora good but I pray they actually give it a move that isn’t Grass or Normal Type lol. Love this nostalgic lil goober
They need to give Sunflora *something*. It has such a good Special Attack and is a great design, but it doesn't have anything in-game to back it up.
@@Squidgy Totally! Pokémon Crystal Clear making it a pseudo-fire type was a good play. Like how Ninetales is heavily associated with ghosts and it’s signature move is Ghost-type Grudge but it’s pure fire. CC Sunflora can learn Ember, Fire Spin, & F. Punch through tutor
Crystal Clear is such a good ROM Hack! It's what made me fall back in love with Gen 2 and contributed to me doing the runs in Crystal!
Saw another person use Sunkern and it actually did better then a few Pokemon with better stats who couldn't beat Red.
Sunflora and sunkern some of my favorite pokemon! Let’s gooo
They're very, very underrated!
My head cannon says that when sunny day is used sunflora is locked into staring at the sun
🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 wonderful run! I knew it would be tough but what a Pokémon. Good job WHY?!?
Despite being one of the worst 'mons in the entire series stat-wise, Sunflora is still my favorite Pokemon of any gen!
Sunflora is my favorite pokemon even though its design is simple and stats are lacking. I wish it got a grass/fire evolution.
Great video. I really enjoyed that one. Thank you 😊
Cheers, Snyper! Glad you enjoyed it!
You should see how fast the hoppip line or just Wooper can do it!!
Funny you should mention Hoppip, I'm routing it right now!
I'll be doing Wooper in a separate series which will contain just not-fully-evolved Pokémon
@@Squidgy Sweeet. I *adore* the Hoppip evolution line of Pokemon. I can't wait to see this.
It looks like Hoppip will be a very, very tricky one and might take a few attempts, to it's provisionally in for the start of December :)
@@Squidgy Yeah, that's pretty reasonable. Even as a Jumpluff, it's offensive stats make Sunflora look like Mewtwo. Wishing you the best of luck with it though :D
It's going to be VERY tough, and will be another Pokémon where I manipulate the Hidden Power type to get the best out of it!
I'm currently doing Red tests to see if he's beatable, and it's not going well!
I’d like to see the final rival battle at the Pokémon league on Wednesday after defeating red.😃😁
I'm sure there'll be a Pokémon where I do that battle, but it'd interrupt the flow of the video if I did it after Red!
Out of curiosity how would runs with Pokémon that evolve into johto Pokémon like Scizor or Kingdra go in when they would evolve throughout a playthrough? A lot of them don’t always get their chance to shine since not everyone has someone to trade with so it’ll be neat to see those runs when they get their runs
I'll be using the Universal Pokémon Randomizer's easier evolutions option to change the way the Pokémon evolve - something like Seadra will evolve into Kingdra at Lv40, for example.
However, some of them with higher BSTs will also get a separate run as a fully evolved Pokémon in the Just the Battles series. :)
Whats your thoughts on an ariados challenge
Ariados is one I've been thinking about doing around Halloween, but it'll all depend on whether I can get it routed and completed in time, as it will be very difficult!
well done bro that was a madness 123 resets haha
Thanks Johnny! It was tough, but we made it in the end!
Thank you king
Furret next??
Besides pokemon empreyean nobody remembers it really exists
Furret's in my schedule, but it won't be for another month - I plan roughly 6-8 weeks in advance, and it's on my list to do next month. :)
Sunfloher I hardly know her
Hi squidgy 👋 can’t wait to watch this one
GG! Some of that looked like it was a pain! But well done for seeing it through :D
That one was a toughie, but we made it through!
Any reason why you held on to Sunny Day for so long? A Draining move seems like it would have been a lot better to hold on to.
Great video, btw!
Lots of Pokemon challange videos on youtube, but your excellent voice work and skript really stand out. Well done.
I was a little bit hyperfixated on the low PP for the draining moves, and was focused on getting SolarBeam at the end of the game! In hindsight, I should've kept a draining move and used Sunny Day as a TM towards the end of the game if I needed it.
Thanks for your compliments, I try and play to my strengths, so going in relatively blind, thinking on the fly, and doing the voiceover unscripted is how the video generally goes!
Wait, the voice over is unscripted?!
That makes it even more impressive! I wished I could speak so clearly and concise without reading of a script! X-D
So yeah, nicely done!
In a previous life, I was a low-budget TV presenter, so I have a lot of experience with thinking on my feet! I tried scripting Corsola, got about 300 words in and gave up, because I'm far better at doing things on the fly!
Poor Poliwag 😰
Is a beedrill run coming soon ?
Beedrill's about 2 months away with my current schedule, but that might change depending on how well it does in testing!
@@Squidgy already can't wait
Without having watched the video yet. I guess Sunflora will be ranked secondlast barely beating Magcargo :) Lets see...
Well, I guess I got it. But Sunflora did way better than expected xP GG Squidgy another great Video :)
Sunflora oh yea!!
I’m here 🎉
I love this flower
I've got a real soft spot for Sunflora after doing the run! He tried his absolute best and actually managed to beat Red - I can't really ask for more from a Pokémon!
Only Crystal?
Mostly Crystal, but there will very occasionally be another game thrown in as extra videos.
I’m incredibly intrigued to see how you’re going to do Abra. 😂😂
I'm putting that one off until I've got a huge backlog! I dread to think how long it'll take!
Karen might be annoying. But she is hot. So I can't stay mad at her.