This is one of the most dedicated youtubers. Many would be too scared to try this colossal challenge,but this MAN toughed the challenge out. My deepest respect Mikey
Can we just appreciate the fact that Mikey just found 3 full odds shiny pokémon, before Elite Four, In a Vanilla rom, IN A APRIL FOOLS PLAYTHROUGH!!! LIKE, HOW????
When he got the shiny Zubat it thought he was going to go "But that one had a speed lowering nature, so I caught another one which had a sp atk lowering nature, which was AMAZING for this difficult run"
This gives us a fun idea for a challenge! Can you beat pokemon red/blue with just pokemon? No weapons, no armor, no magic, no limit breaks, no dual/triple techs, no job system, no sphere grid, and no shouts. Just pokemon in battle. Consumable items like potions and pokeballs are also allowed. Obviously it would be super difficult with all those restrictions, but it might just be possible.
Dang, it's April Fools' Day but I'm not playing when I said that my heart was RACING when you were trying to catch that Shiny Graveler! I'm over here sweating because I was worried it would Self-Destruct! *Me sweating to avoid a Self-Destruct? Guess my special ability is Damp
@@robertlupa8273 how do think I feel having gotten a shiny onix literally last night. while grinding in victory road for the league in diamond. I already have a shiny kricketune on my team with the rest being empoleon raichu lucario garchomp roserade. and it's nuzlocke. now I have to ditch someone to add this shiny rock snake eventually shiny metal snake to my team. what gives with all of gen 4 being so generous with shinies
@@100notkirapreston6 not really. Mkst shineys suck so if I find a shiney and it either looks like crap or I have a better of the same type that shiney will meet the same fate as all the legendaries; right in the box, never to see the light of day again
Ok, confession time: I actually cried when Mikey caught the Zubat because his happiness was so evident in that scene. Congratulations, Michael, you go!
Fun memory: I'll never forget the day my mom bought Platinum for me. It was waiting for me at home because I had to stay after school to give a speech for my communications class. I got home after NAILING the presentation, chose Chimchar as my starter and I KID YOU NOT, the first Pokemon I encountered (post getting Poke Balls) was a SHINY STARLY! I caught it, female with a crappy nature BUT it was on my team throughout the game! I think it was Calm nature...
I love how he runs into a shiny with John and Suuperblah ON CALL and they all rush to help him, looking up stats and what moves would kill. True friendship. Edit: oops wrong friend
Not PurpleCliffe this time, but SuuperBlah, another good friend of John and Mikey. Probably for the better, PurpleCliffe prolly would've gotten it killed somehow
I’m just imagining Mikey is all like ‘wouldn’t this be a funny April fools video? Just a normal playthrough of platinum with no additional challenges?’ Then the shinies came in and said ‘allow us to introduce ourselves’
I remember playing platinum and finding 2 graveler shinies, in victory road, the first one blew up. At that point, I had no idea how rare they are, but I knew I had a lot more training to do, so I caught and trained a Golduck, switched it in on the second shiny and caught it, I still have it today.
During chuggaaconroy’s LP of Pokémon Platinum, he told a story about a friend of his who found two back to back Shiny Gravelers in Mt. Coronet, both of which used Self-Destruct on the first turn.
How ironic that two of the most annoying encounter Pokemon rewarded you with TWO shinies! Hell, I bet you would've found a shiny Tentacool if you surfed around a few times!
@@istallessa6864 well, imagine _my_ (and every person from a Spanish-speaking country) surprise, when he uploaded a Fool's Day video *_9 MONTHS BEFORE FOOL'S DAY_*
I thought I was the single most intellectually gifted person who ever existed because I named my Grotle "Ambush" in Diamond, it made me smile to hear you say ambush even if it was a different pokemon. It brings back so many great memories I have as a little kid ♥️
You know a RUclipsr is great when he can turn a regular playthrough of Platinum into an engrossing experience from start to finish. Also, it's nice that Michael didn't just joke around the whole video - certainly refreshing to see on April Fools Day!
Can you imagine Mikey just casually playing Pokemon games in his office as his "career," while other professionals in the office just stare in sheer jealousy?
@@kaiacee lmao i was also joking, people make exaggerated responses to things that they find slightly annoying/repulsive; or, in meme terminology, “cursed”
I recently did a re-playthrough of Platinum (cartridge) and holy crap my shiny luck was about the same as yours! My fourth (yup... 1-2-3-4!) came outside on Route 225 in a Fearow. Krickitot on Eterna Forest, Marill on Rt. 212 while grinding, and Wooper in the Great Marsh my first time through it. I'm still gobsmacked over it.
Why is everyone saying this is an April fools joke. He clearly just misspelled the title. It was supposed to be “can I beat Pokémon platinum and catch as many shinies in the process as there are stars in the universe.”
Not just 6 hours. You have to wait hours and then there’s only a 1% chance on one tree in the entire region. Barry really is an underrated rival when it comes to power.
Thank you Mikey I've been trying to think of a core for my bdsp play and was lacking a gen 4 grass type (I used roserade in original play) tangrowth will be this time part of the team along with infernape gliscor pachrisu and togekiss and a yet undecided water type (not buizel or shelos lines)
Other RUclipsrs on April fools: Im quitting youtube.... SIKE BIT- Mikey: Hmm, I know! Lets play a game completely normally! No one would expect that! Ha ha ha!
@@quaxolotl6509 ugly? Garbodor is ugly Crabominable, yeah it's ugly Jynx is ugly Bruxish is ugly Probopass is ugly Dracovish is DISGUSTINGLY UGLY Delphox, kinda ugly with the fur robe and the large amount of ear hair Purugly is basically as the name implies What's so ugly about empoleon
ya ive played pokemon diamond, pearl, platnium, ruby, heart gold, alpha sapphire, X, sun, moon, and sword and i havent gotten a single shiny ever and ive played for alot of my life close to 300 hours on my diamond
@@thebestpilot7 That is the best example of game devs accidentally creating a difficulty curve I have ever heard. LOL not sure is you were agreeing or disagreeing with me about Sword and Shield difficulty or not, but that is a valid point for both sides of the argument. Is it too difficult because you can accidentally over level and be screwed, or is it too easy to level up before getting the next badge? The world may never agree
@@Rubywing4 The thing is, swords dance is a special type of dance used to boost fighting spirit. Think of it as being like a ritual warriors perform before going into battle as a way of preparing themselves physically and mentally
The fact that he went through the effort of doing a full playthrough of Platinum, editing it, writing a script, doing a voice over, editing that and all of the other stuff for a video for an April Fools joke, worries me
Yeah, it's nice to see something of a normal run for once. Nuzlockes don't have to be everything, even if they're fun for many people. They are fun for me, and I did one in Platinum with just Water-types.
I'll agree with that. Pokemon challenges can b fun, but not when u have to suffer for intense playthroughs and have to grind excessively like MDB does. Like really, grinding up pathetic Pokemon like Magikarp or ratatta to fight is just hard and annoying
@@tionaus 2:05. I know he didn't mean the entire playthrough. It just seemed funny to me that he says this and it seems he only has Staravia and Prinplup at this point
Riley's lucario lived my hit when I got a golden geodude in platinum. I still have so much salt towards Riley to this day. It was my second shiny too. Its been like 8 years and I'm still mad.
Can we just acknowledge that Mikey played through an entire Pokémon game casually for an April fools joke.
what a champ!
I mean, isn't that basically his job?
@@handa6748 yeah but he beat an entire game for a joke
I mean... I do that several times a year anyway, so...
i mean when im bored i solo platinum with any pokemon...
The fact that all of these shinies happened on April Fools day of all days is actually the funniest thing ever
"IS THIS GAME BUGGED????" - Michael
Me from a different country : april fools was yesterday..
@@jantzentayaba7748 my country: it’s just April Fools RN
@@jantzentayaba7748 yeah here in we basically have 2 april fools
@@jantzentayaba7748 it was today for me about 5 secs ago
No... i can’t....
these titles are getting too personal mikey
Noooooo......
I feel you
Lol rid chad
Mikey really punched you in the gut with that title
Ouch
Several people coaching you through the shiny graveller fight felt like they were walking you through defusing a bomb
Well, I mean it is one
@@brianchan8 true
@@brianchan8 yep
I mean they kinda are
they were defusing a bomb
I love how this is unironically a really good Pokemon Platinum summary for people who need it
This could honestly be a series, just Mikey casually playing through a Pokémon game and giving a recap of what happened.
Agreed. I actually like this laid back review of a standard playthrough.
I think it was mostly for April fools
@@jackhadley7422 You're correct that he did this for April Fool's but it'd be great if he did this on other casual playthroughs as well someday.
I loved it
Yeah that would be cool
How dare you find THREE shinies in a meme run, like...
I had the hack the code to get one
What do you mean meme run?
Its legit dude
@@raven7497 this is just an April fool's joke dude
@@shreyans1412 r/woooooosh
@Dhrishit Khandhar sir kindly explain what is a woooosh to you
This is one of the most dedicated youtubers. Many would be too scared to try this colossal challenge,but this MAN toughed the challenge out. My deepest respect Mikey
I wanted to like this comment but i cant😂
@@pbxpikachu2470Why not?
@@craigjuniormorrison4008 It was probably at 69 likes at the time
@@mike_havens yh
No kidding. I tried but kept hitting a brick wall with Spear Pillar, that’s how crippling the need for an HM mule is
Can we just appreciate the fact that Mikey just found 3 full odds shiny pokémon, before Elite Four, In a Vanilla rom, IN A APRIL FOOLS PLAYTHROUGH!!! LIKE, HOW????
Ikr
That’s sus
@@just_lucid it really is. He had to of done something
the game was playing april fools with him
DrOrange, Not really? Remember, it’s still a chance, not like it’s impossible? By definition, it IS possible to get Pokémon Shiny a couple of times.
We have to acknowledge this brave lad for doing this challenge
Ikr
I'm getting pokemon pearl today for like 60 bucks
@@matthewpozzuoli3360 use emulator
Aye, not many would with the difficulty of it
@@matthewpozzuoli3360 Jesus 🤦🏽♂️ I'm sorry but you got scammed. The game is only $30
"I did nothing for the first five turns!"
Regigigas: I feel you bro
Underrated comment hahahaha
That was literally what I was thinking when he said that lol
Shadows of Almia Regigigas is quite the opposite
When he got the shiny Zubat it thought he was going to go "But that one had a speed lowering nature, so I caught another one which had a sp atk lowering nature, which was AMAZING for this difficult run"
lmao
"this 1/8192 shiny has a bad nature, so i released it and got another one with a better nature"
When I played platinum 2 years prior I didn't even know what nature was.
@@kajaldey2656sorry, who asked?
@oliverblakely9454 I asked
Mikey: does a full playtrough as an april fools joke
Three shinys: allow us to introduce ourselves
Shiny Golbat is a watermelon. :D
@@shpaghettishpaghetti6219 :D
I don't get what the April fools joke was supposed to be
@@shpaghettishpaghetti6219 How have I never noticed this before!?
@@neutral2380 Instead of a normal challenge, it was just beating a game. Not like the challenges he did for no catching Pokémon.
"Flinch, 3 misses, and another flinch. I did NOTHING for the first 5 turns of battle!"
Regigigas: "You get used to it."
After 5 turns regigas just becomes a god
lol
Mike: "I did nothing for the first 5 TURNS!"
Regigigas: first time?
lmao
Mom: first time?
Lol
(Me questioning why he didn’t catch a Shinx in the first route)
That happening had a 0.33%(I did the math)(including not getting any of ancient power boosts) really low and super unlucky.
This gives us a fun idea for a challenge! Can you beat pokemon red/blue with just pokemon?
No weapons, no armor, no magic, no limit breaks, no dual/triple techs, no job system, no sphere grid, and no shouts. Just pokemon in battle. Consumable items like potions and pokeballs are also allowed. Obviously it would be super difficult with all those restrictions, but it might just be possible.
Nearly impossible, but doable with some legendary RNG.
you forgot no pokemon!1
That sounds almost impossible, you shouldn’t try it but if you do it would be very hard
what your just playing pokemon without items exept for potions
When you realize that Pokemon are magic
Don't let this video distract you from the fact that it took six months for Purplecliffe to nuzlocke this game.
Purplecliffe was also doing an extreme randomizer, and was not being careful at all
@@MoosedUp
Shush we don't talk about that
Hardcore extreme randomizer nuzlocke
The toughest challenge ever would be "Pokémon Gold, but every single trainer is Whitney."
Agreed
Agreed
it is a no damage taken too
Challenge not suicide
No it would be nicethat every trainer had 5 logia and 1 miltamk
Dang, it's April Fools' Day but I'm not playing when I said that my heart was RACING when you were trying to catch that Shiny Graveler! I'm over here sweating because I was worried it would Self-Destruct!
*Me sweating to avoid a Self-Destruct? Guess my special ability is Damp
that happened to me hahahahahhahhahhahahahhhhhaa........
That happens to my brother
These poor souls
Dude that was like a full on hostage situation
it was like a mission immpossible scene when they were trying to catch it
Him catching the graveler felt so much like a movie especially when they said a crit will kill, you could feel the tension
It's like they're a bomb defusing crew trying to cut the right wire.
@@gengarzilla1685 yeah lol
@@gengarzilla1685 yk what i see you so much that I'm going to sub you
"Dude, you benched a teammate just because you found a shiny with the same type?"
"IT'S THE LAW"
Why wouldn't I do that?
@@robertlupa8273 how do think I feel having gotten a shiny onix literally last night. while grinding in victory road for the league in diamond. I already have a shiny kricketune on my team with the rest being empoleon raichu lucario garchomp roserade. and it's nuzlocke. now I have to ditch someone to add this shiny rock snake eventually shiny metal snake to my team. what gives with all of gen 4 being so generous with shinies
@@SonicBlast4444 dam long comment but true
@@100notkirapreston6 not really. Mkst shineys suck so if I find a shiney and it either looks like crap or I have a better of the same type that shiney will meet the same fate as all the legendaries; right in the box, never to see the light of day again
@@seanwilliams249 YOU HAVE BROKEN MY HEAD YOU SHALL DIE "WRITES SEAN WILLIAMS IN DEATH NOTE
Ok, confession time: I actually cried when Mikey caught the Zubat because his happiness was so evident in that scene. Congratulations, Michael, you go!
Okay
Okay
Something wrong about sinnoh I found a shiny geodude in diamond and a shiny graveller in platinum
Add on the fact that Ambush managed to almost singlehandedly take out Fantina’s team and it looks like Robin the Golbat has finally been avenged. 😊
Fun memory: I'll never forget the day my mom bought Platinum for me. It was waiting for me at home because I had to stay after school to give a speech for my communications class. I got home after NAILING the presentation, chose Chimchar as my starter and I KID YOU NOT, the first Pokemon I encountered (post getting Poke Balls) was a SHINY STARLY! I caught it, female with a crappy nature BUT it was on my team throughout the game!
I think it was Calm nature...
No way! Congratulations! 🎉
Alternatively 🧢
@@Mechanicalamity You Bad Memers
@@d.s8679 What? I just put a celebratory emoji in my comment. I guess I’m memeing because of it. Or is it the cap emoji?
Nice
@@Mechanicalamity cap
I personally love the Pokémon noises in Gen 4. Especially Gallade, Giratina, and Garchomp.
My personal favorites are Dialga and Palkia. And who would forget the legend that is Kricetune?
@@mekomamizuko DELELELE WOOP
Also torterra
I love how he runs into a shiny with John and Suuperblah ON CALL and they all rush to help him, looking up stats and what moves would kill. True friendship.
Edit: oops wrong friend
it was Suuperblah not purplecliffe but yeah it was very helpful to have them there!
Lmao ikr good friends man good friends
Not PurpleCliffe this time, but SuuperBlah, another good friend of John and Mikey. Probably for the better, PurpleCliffe prolly would've gotten it killed somehow
@@MandJTV here's a suggestion for a vid I mean u don't have to but just for fun. Make a pokemon team for each country and or state
@@hobez64 lmao ikr
I’m just imagining Mikey is all like ‘wouldn’t this be a funny April fools video? Just a normal playthrough of platinum with no additional challenges?’
Then the shinies came in and said ‘allow us to introduce ourselves’
This was also a very enjoyable video
Man, I gotta stop looking at these comments before watching the video
Ashif Dhanani lmao
He actually just played though a Pokemon game for an April fools joke, and he put effort into it too. Max respect
@@emmy-boi rude
He got a shiny so i guess it was worth it
I would have liked a new pixelmon episode
I’m just flabbergasted 😀
Oh God I forgot that it's April 1st
The fact that he played through the entirety of Platinum just for an april fools prank really shows the dedication
ok that was the funniest comment ive ever read
@@sableisanidiot_isanidiothow
Any excuse to replay Platinum for content
Yep he’s a funny guy
To be fair if you use an emulator with a speed up function you can probably get through the game in a day
I like being able to just watch a normal playthrough from Mikey with no conditions.
What are you talking about this is the hardest challenge ever
@@iamnotchip1280 TRUE
@@iamnotchip1280 yes extremely hard
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Ye
Where did these hieroglyphics come from?
By choosing Piplup, you revealed this was an April Fool's joke
*y e s*
Yep
It's called can you beat Pokèmon Platinum
Sup Bruc- I mean BatMan! How's being the richest hero in the world?
Why would you say that?
Petition for Mikey to do more play through like this one
Mickey?!
@@Cyrovolt mickey mouse best youtuber.
So uhh..whos gonna tell that this is a april fools vid?
Returned_Oof Maybe? No one
It should be april fools tradition
I remember playing platinum and finding 2 graveler shinies, in victory road, the first one blew up. At that point, I had no idea how rare they are, but I knew I had a lot more training to do, so I caught and trained a Golduck, switched it in on the second shiny and caught it, I still have it today.
During chuggaaconroy’s LP of Pokémon Platinum, he told a story about a friend of his who found two back to back Shiny Gravelers in Mt. Coronet, both of which used Self-Destruct on the first turn.
@@linhardtvonhevring7262 that's one of the most depressing things I've heard.
The fact Mikey made this video as an April Fools joke and the game decided "You won't make things interesting? Fine, gotchu fam"
Yeah I love that he got/found shinys not trying
"Fine, I'll do it myself"
Defs an April Fools joke as there was no challenge at all
But it was released on 2 april
@@mokmok564 N-no? It was released on April Fools day.
This is the only April fools joke that I actually enjoyed
Nerd
@@deadaccount8054 rude
Oh, then you're gonna LOVE mine here in a bit
True
Nintendos April fools joke to me us having my switch break charge me for the botw expansion pass twice and make me lose all my progress in swsh
The fact Mikey himself essentially got “pranked” by shinies while trying to prank us. 😂😂
The shiny mons had a UNO card
I love how this is just a normal play through! I get stressed any time I watch a nuzlocke
How ironic that two of the most annoying encounter Pokemon rewarded you with TWO shinies! Hell, I bet you would've found a shiny Tentacool if you surfed around a few times!
Hail yeah!
I've found one before... In pokemon platinum at that!
You spelled hail wrong.
You mean Magikarp not tentacool
@@brianbudowick2751 tentacool is more common in surfing
“Today I’m going to be trying my toughest play through challenge yet”
Me: *Oh really*
POV: You forgot its April fools day
OH NO
Correct
My time zone its been like 30 minutes sense April fools day and so im just sitting here like ...... heh?
@@istallessa6864 well, imagine _my_ (and every person from a Spanish-speaking country) surprise, when he uploaded a Fool's Day video
*_9 MONTHS BEFORE FOOL'S DAY_*
Your bad at drawing? Dude i cant draw fingers
Smallant would be proud that you accomplished an extremely tough challenge
He most certainly would be
nah it is not i watch him and he speed
@@gattodagatta .
@@gattodagatta nah
Most certainly
I thought I was the single most intellectually gifted person who ever existed because I named my Grotle "Ambush" in Diamond, it made me smile to hear you say ambush even if it was a different pokemon. It brings back so many great memories I have as a little kid ♥️
Volkner: You can't beat me.
Kork: I know, but he can.
*Gallant in the back with a Dance-Dance Revolution Pad*
The Crappy Mats or the actual platform?
An actually good quality mat on top of a platform on top of an entire full fledged DDR dance floor.
@@taythree5549 Lmao just have an entire tiled room where each tile is a DDR arrow
Can we just say a "HAIL YEAH" to Mikey for finding not one but three random shiny pokemon.
HAIL YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Haillll yehhh
HAIL YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Hail yeah
Hail yeah
You know a RUclipsr is great when he can turn a regular playthrough of Platinum into an engrossing experience from start to finish. Also, it's nice that Michael didn't just joke around the whole video - certainly refreshing to see on April Fools Day!
The genuine shock and excitement over the shiny zubat is so infectious
Can you imagine Mikey just casually playing Pokemon games in his office as his "career," while other professionals in the office just stare in sheer jealousy?
Imagine If a normal-looking Piplup walked up to you and said piplup like normal, the switches on it’s sexy voice and says: James Piplup
There’s a special place in hell for people like you
XDDD I WOULD DIE
@@exilley2134 You took the joke in a wrong way
@@kaiacee lmao i was also joking, people make exaggerated responses to things that they find slightly annoying/repulsive; or, in meme terminology, “cursed”
69 likes,nice
You know your bros are *the* bros when they help you get a shiny Pokémon.
Agreed.
Nobody helped him. He did all the work
Agreed
@@derjude5758 they gave him advice and info
One of those bros tricked him into throwing away his diamond pickaxe in Minecraft...
I recently did a re-playthrough of Platinum (cartridge) and holy crap my shiny luck was about the same as yours! My fourth (yup... 1-2-3-4!) came outside on Route 225 in a Fearow. Krickitot on Eterna Forest, Marill on Rt. 212 while grinding, and Wooper in the Great Marsh my first time through it. I'm still gobsmacked over it.
Just me who actually really enjoyed this play through even though it was an April fools prank?
I did . . . though something must be wrong with me because I still don't get the joke.
@@DragnBoi65 The joke is that there are no additional rules, so it's not a challange. It's still Pokemon though, so it's tons of fun.
@@robertlupa8273 Oh okay. Thanks for telling me. 👍
I didn’t realize at first that it came out on April fools
Nope, best video all week
Jaiden: Alright Dwayne gets to live
Gallant: Now I shall be the new Dwayne
Who is jaiden
@@igor-jo8bw really you don't know
@@igor-jo8bw jaiden animations
@@missicequeen2963 who that
@@igor-jo8bw a famous poketuber
Mikey: *tries to make an april fools video*
Shiny Graveler: allow us to introduce ourselves
Who knew Mikey would be better than you at Pokémon
Oh yeah everyone
@@councilmanbanks6528 Who knew that no one cares
@@councilmanbanks6528 oh yeah everyone
@@ActualTrash8 name fits dont mess with orange
"That made the adrenaline go 'ha ha!'"
Grunty boi is Mikey's adrenaline personified confirmed
Mikey: I didn’t do anything for the first 5 turns!
Regigigas: first time?
LMAO
Mikey: *Beats the heck out of multiple shellos*
Jaiden: Why must you hurt me this way
For a donation of just $15 a month, you can help save every Shellos from being brutally beaten by mean Pokémon Trainers
True that
Makes up for the fact that she got a Crobat in her nuzlock And he didn’t
@@jtg_6420 Uh he did get a crobat a shiny one
@@jtg_6420 what are
You talking about he did
The first gravler literally had me thinking Mikey And Pokemen are a bomb defusal squad
LOL
They should play keep talking and nobody explodes
thank god, the terrorist is using rollout!
I mean, they basically were. You might even say Metal Claw cut the correct colour wire.
Bomb defusal kinda sounds like a James Bond thing too.
"I need coverage for flying types"
-Gets Brick Break TM
200 IQ Move
I love how he said Staraptor and Garchomp would be necessary, and then he ditches them for shiny Pokemon.
Hey, if they do the job good enough. I personally always use Crobat over Staraptor nowadays.
I would too, I used to have a dragonite on a team but I replaced it for a shiny Mudbray.
@@Mx_Mci- what
Everyone talks about Charizard being spoiled, but Meowth has three different forms, two regional evolutions, and a Gigantamax form.
We just gonna forget that charizard is the ace of Leon, the gen 8 champion?
Charizard is a starter, has two mega evolutions, one gigantimax form and is the Ace of 2 champions. Explain?
@@agentdorito8511 Who ya talking to?
@@agentdorito8511 um lance’s ace is a dragonite but I see what your getting at
THANK YOU I've been saying that for ages
Best April Fool’s day thing so far.
Why do I get confused with this video title even tho I know its April 1
Wait..OMG
I didnt notice it was april fools till RIGHT NOW!!! Im in england, so i cant do anything now!
Your shiny luck has convinced me to run around the secret wayward cave to get my very own Ambush, which I'll be naming Bubblegum
Why is everyone saying this is an April fools joke. He clearly just misspelled the title. It was supposed to be “can I beat Pokémon platinum and catch as many shinies in the process as there are stars in the universe.”
imagine the rival waiting 6 hours on a honey tree just to get munchlax
Not just 6 hours. You have to wait hours and then there’s only a 1% chance on one tree in the entire region. Barry really is an underrated rival when it comes to power.
@@connorkitchen7285 it’s 4 trees in the entire region, but it’s still an insanely low chance
@@jethrobreek8340 maybe Barry has a fixed Id and it shows up at the same tree all the time
@@kildemal Barry is an NPC and has a set team this is a joke
Respect Barry. He's got a name.
Man this is probably the hardest challenge I've seen yet. I don't even know how on earth you pulled it off...
Yup it's a true nightmare to beat
I know. Like dear Arkoos how did he do it?
Thank you Mikey I've been trying to think of a core for my bdsp play and was lacking a gen 4 grass type (I used roserade in original play) tangrowth will be this time part of the team along with infernape gliscor pachrisu and togekiss and a yet undecided water type (not buizel or shelos lines)
Cirrus landing a crit to take out the purugly: Revenge for defcon! Edit: thanks for da likes!
Rip defcon
The throwbacks
a revenj 4 an epik soldy
True
Rest in peace defcon
If this video isn't on" Best moments of MandJTV 2021" I'm gonna cry
Shiny dynamax adventures jynx should be on there too
@@mattyice165 yeah
69 likes nice
@@mattyice165 that was in best of MandJTV 2020
Agree
Mikey, John and Nick's dialogue sounding like Mikey had just found an unexploded grenade... "Dude, it's gonna blow up!" 😂
Imagine trying to catch a grenade that can blow itself up
let's be clear: gravelers are, indeed, unexploded grenades that can blow up at any time
@@cassied.6731 and shiny gravelers are the same thing except made of solid gold
one of the last playthrough challenge recaps on this channel, I miss them so much. what a good video and what good times these were
Other RUclipsrs on April fools: Im quitting youtube.... SIKE BIT-
Mikey: Hmm, I know! Lets play a game completely normally! No one would expect that! Ha ha ha!
Ha, it is i, grunty boi
e x c e p t b o o s t e d s h i n y o d d s
I can hear that in his voice in my head
Its ha ha
He never answered the question:
Did he grow more attached to Empoleon?
He probably did. After all it's not exactly an ugly Pokemon like most of the Pokemon he hates
@@eljordinio7647 he actually considers it ugly for some reason
@@quaxolotl6509 ugly?
Garbodor is ugly
Crabominable, yeah it's ugly
Jynx is ugly
Bruxish is ugly
Probopass is ugly
Dracovish is DISGUSTINGLY UGLY
Delphox, kinda ugly with the fur robe and the large amount of ear hair
Purugly is basically as the name implies
What's so ugly about empoleon
@@eljordinio7647 if u want too know why he doesn’t like Empoleon watch the video about Pokémon I hate that truegreen7 doesn’t.
@@eljordinio7647 jynx isn’t ugly, it’s probably the most beautiful pokémon… the most beautifully ugly pokémon.
Mandjtv: (battles his rival)
His rival: (subscribes to Mandjtv)
Mandjtv: *oh no* I am in DEEP trouble
He StIlL HiS RiVaL
gonna rewatch this for april fools real quick, cuz this is one of the only actually funny april fools jokes imo
Same, it's just too good to not rewatch
4-5 YEARS AND I HAVE YET TO FIND A SHINY
HOW TF IS EVERYONE SO GOD DAMN LUCKY
fr I've done like 8 playthroughs including lets go where I shiny hunted vulpix for like 8 hours
Yeah I’ve been playing for 10+ years and never found one
ya ive played pokemon diamond, pearl, platnium, ruby, heart gold, alpha sapphire, X, sun, moon, and sword
and i havent gotten a single shiny ever
and ive played for alot of my life close to 300 hours on my diamond
and white i forgot about that
I found a shiny but had no pokeballs😢😢😢
I can't stop myself from cracking a smile when someone challenges Candice in Platinum. DAMN YOU INTERNET, DAMN YOU!!
Why?
104 DAYS OF SUMMER VACATION
Yes
@@aidanredding8058 candice
@@convergenceclown2386 What about her?
Gotta love that a Zubat shocks him so much his voice drops an octave
What some differently colored pixels do to a man
You didn't have to wait until getting Surf to get the Brick Break TM. Combine Repels with the Bicycle and you can get it before battling Fantina.
it didn't really matter because you cant use brick break on fantina anyways
Can we just appreciate that Mikey didn't make this 30 minute rickroll
But....it was
It wasnt
No it was a Mikeroll, where his shiny odds luck fooled us all into thinking we could be that lucky lol
I feel like it would’ve been funnier if he did Pokémon X or Y and repeatedly called it “the hardest playthrough challenge EVER”
Remove fairy type and exp share and it should be hard enough
Idk, sword and shield was even easier for me xD not saying anything about enjoyment, just the difficulty
@@WheelStart I did a no exp share, no mega evolution run a while back and it was challenging at times.
@@AzuraThePanda i had to avoid most trainers and once had to swap my whole team just so I could stay on level
@@thebestpilot7 That is the best example of game devs accidentally creating a difficulty curve I have ever heard. LOL not sure is you were agreeing or disagreeing with me about Sword and Shield difficulty or not, but that is a valid point for both sides of the argument.
Is it too difficult because you can accidentally over level and be screwed, or is it too easy to level up before getting the next badge? The world may never agree
“And her demonic Purugly”
-Mikey
“And she’s got a fat cat that hits like a semi truck”
-Jaiden
I’m seeing a pattern here
lol everyone hates her purugly
@@mummykitchen021 yep I figured that
@Alfie Bell oh you're right I'll fix it thank you
Cos it's not just ugly but also really hard to beat
@@eljordinio7647 I actually like Purugly's design
The catching of the shiny graveler was so overcomplicated, i love it
Hard battles: *exist*
Gallant: *anyway so I started dancing-*
I feel better when im dancing~ yea yea~
I wonder how Swords Dance actually works in Pokémon.
How does dancing make you stronger? XD
@@Rubywing4 The thing is, swords dance is a special type of dance used to boost fighting spirit. Think of it as being like a ritual warriors perform before going into battle as a way of preparing themselves physically and mentally
*Ronan the Accuser voice* "What are you doing there?" *Star-Gallade* "Dance Off Bro! Just you and me!"
@@matthewkuscienko4616 Ah, I see. I guess that makes sort of sense.
"Sword" of sense. Get it? XD
People are saying about this being an April fools joke but I’m just happy for another upload to be honest
I understand this is an April fools joke, but I'm kinda excited for a 30 minute video of Mikey casually playing my favourite Pokemon game lmao
Same
ikr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plays through the game casually as a prank.
Game casually throws three 1/8200 chance shinies as a prank.
Michael's three Starlys reminder me about Ash's first encounter with Paul.
He can tell who the strongest one is.
Paul is the incarnation of a competitive player. Literally.
in this video, michael also caught 3 starly, just like how paul caught 3 starly in the anime
@@董董-c9f and didn't keep a single one.
As he should, when he already had a Murkrow from some previous region.
The fact that he went through the effort of doing a full playthrough of Platinum, editing it, writing a script, doing a voice over, editing that and all of the other stuff for a video for an April Fools joke, worries me
@@rad_quail lmaooo
This is impossible. How could he possibly do this?
@@lawyerupwithshihab This challenge is going to be absolute torture for Michael.
Idk how? It's so hard!
I know this is supposed to be a joke but it's kinda nice watching a completely normal playthrough in a short format
At first I was like: “.....what?”
And then I remembered today is April 1st.
Same
Is it weird this is one of my favorite playthroughs he's done
But seriously I cant for the life of me beat pokemon diamond
It's not even an April Fools joke Mikey just didn't want to suffer through another nuzlocke or any other challenge
Yeah, it's nice to see something of a normal run for once.
Nuzlockes don't have to be everything, even if they're fun for many people.
They are fun for me, and I did one in Platinum with just Water-types.
Yes, but he uploads every week, so after this he is just gonna upload something hard or something
I'll agree with that. Pokemon challenges can b fun, but not when u have to suffer for intense playthroughs and have to grind excessively like MDB does. Like really, grinding up pathetic Pokemon like Magikarp or ratatta to fight is just hard and annoying
Plot twist
Imagine playing an entire game just as an april fools prank.
right
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I didn’t get it 😂
@@Dhafa5681 He ment Mikey just played an entire game of Pokemon platinum
I never played Pokémon platinum but this seems like a nearly impossible challenge
You definitely should play it because it such a good game
"I didn't have a Grass or Electric Type."
*Calmly rewinds to stare at the Budew named Slice.*
I believe you are fibbing good sir.
Didn't want the poison overlap with Ambush
@@MandJTV Fair enough.
@@MandJTV What about Fisticuffs?
@@J.Blazer that was a Fighting Type.
@@monmusumaster I know. I'm asking about one of the many pokemon we saw that he caught that he didn't mention, same as you.
Mikey: Makes a normal platinum play through for April fools.
The Shiny cave Pokémon: A FOOLISH MISCALCULATION!
"Without catching any other Pokemon" * has a full team at the start of the Mars battle *
I think that was him extra starlies
He never said that?
@@tionaus 2:05. I know he didn't mean the entire playthrough. It just seemed funny to me that he says this and it seems he only has Staravia and Prinplup at this point
@@Ultradragon16 ok soz
Michael: "I made my way to Floaroma town and the Valley Windworks without catching any other pokemon"
Also Michael: *Suddenly has a full team of 6*
Might be HM sla... I mean mules
"and decreased in cuteness"
*Team Pixie Dust has entered the chat*
Hahaha
I get it haha
Lol
'the badge was mine' It's the Mine Badge; good wordplay.
I can’t believe how well you did in this “extremely difficult” challenge
Yeah, a lesser soul would not have been able to get halfway
Riley's lucario lived my hit when I got a golden geodude in platinum. I still have so much salt towards Riley to this day. It was my second shiny too. Its been like 8 years and I'm still mad.
I feel you but for me it was the girl with the kadabra