HBD MDB! Come Down Memory Lane with Me!🔴 Pokemon Blue with ONLY Drowzee & Childhood Pokemon Stories! 

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Memory time: My family was dirt poor and as a kid i remember seeing kids playing on their gameboys and watching kids play pokemon, but we could never afford one. In fourth grade (2000-2001), the pokemon gold and silver games were coming out and its all I asked for for christmas. My parents and grandmother pitched in together to be able to afford to buy me a gameboy color (one of the clear purple ones) and a copy of pokemon gold. It was the most excited and happiest gift I ever got. I remember my grandmother sitting down with me and wanted me to show her how to play it. Her starter was chikorita and she was as excited as I was the first time I ever played pokemon and caught my first pokemon. So much so that she ended up saving up and buying herself a gameboy and silver version to play with me so we had both version to trade and play. Her favorite pokemon was sodowoodo. When she passed, she left me her gameboy and her pokemon silver game. Her sodowoodo that she had on her party was named after me and level 100. Very personal and still a tough memory to think about but also one of my happiest memories of my grandma and playing pokemon. To this day gen 2 is my favorite generation. Thought since, you're taking a trip down memory lane, I'd share mine as well. Amazing how many memories a simple game can bring out.

When I first started high school, I told my grandmother that I'd started trying my hand at competitive Pokemon. Every so often, she'd ask how my quest was going, and I'd try to explain it to her in a way she understood. Eventually, I'd start sending her cool videos, pictures and articles that I'd find about it, and sometimes she'd send me stuff. It warmed my heart seeing her slowly but surely understanding my new hobby.

“I turned 29, which probably makes me an old man to most of you” Me at 32 nodding along with to all these Gen 1 stories while remembering my own. I feel like a lot of my peers were on the cusp of being “too old” for Pokémon at its peak fad year but we still had fans, myself included.

"I could probably skip a gym leader and you wouldn't notice." sick meme, especially since you've totally forgotten to fight erika multiple times in these runs and have to go back later lmao happy birthday man

Let’s thank MDB for the good times he’s given us. Thank you and happy birthday Mah-Dry-Bread!

-12:56 (10:02-10:06) MDB: You'll probably never need a DIRE HIT or a BURN HEAL in your life. Blaine: And I took that personally.

Man the memory... The first time I played Pokémon was a English ROM. here in Italy the anime arrived way before the GB game so the only way to play was to use a ROM in a foreign language and no one at that time could understand English. Every single step forward was a matter of trial and error and stuff like HM and TM means nothing to us, so the first dude that figured out how to use cut and battle LT surge was a superstar at school!

Fun personal Drowzee fact: Drowzee was the first pokemon I ever encountered as a shiny, outside of mandatory red Gyarados. In gen 2, the grass by Goldenrod, I stumbled across a purple Drowzee. Caught it because it looked really cool, but wasn't sure if the evolved form would look as good so used the old pokemon cloning glitch of box swapping to duplicate the Drowzee and evolve the duplicate. Decided shiny Hypno wasn't as cool looking so stuck with purple Drowzee. While not my favourite pokemon outright, I will always have a special fondness for Drowzee for being the first proper shiny I ever found.

A rumour I heard when I was a kid was that the shiny stone turned a pokemon into a shiny. So I ended up saving it for a legendary (can't remember what), but was disappointed when it didn't work. I assumed it was because legendaries were too rare and it would be unfair. Then I heard someone say "then I used the shiny stone on my togetic" and i was very confused as to why he'd waste it like that. Shiny togetic didn't even look that good.

OK so, A Bizarre challenge I came up with: Pokemon Emerald With only a Skitty / Delcatty, but you can only use ASSIST. (This means you can have other Pokémon with Powerful moves that Delcatty can take from. You can use Skitty If you want for the extra challenge, but I'm hoping this would be an interesting run since you'll have Pokémon that will not be in battle, but this also means you'll have a general idea of what your move pool is unlike a Metronome run.) I think you can do this run on Pokémon Pearl and Platinum as well, but I don't know if there's an Assister in Heart Gold / Soul Silver.

I heard you could catch a Trainer's pokemon with a Master Ball without fail, so me knowing I'd never be able to get one normally because I couldn't trade and had no friends I threw mine at Sabrina's Alakazam and wasted it..

I remember when someone (a friend, but I forget who) got me my first Pokémon game for my birthday, I was ecstatic that it was Blue version and not Red version. I had mentioned multiple times that if I were to play Pokémon, I wanted Blue instead of Red because everyone else I knew wanted Red because it had Charizard on it. I always thought Charizard was overrated, so to be different, I said I wanted Blue. The friend who gave it to me even included a link cable, and when I asked what it was for, he told me it'd make me more popular. As soon as the school year started (I have a summer birthday), I learned how right he was: as the only one with Blue version on a playground of Red version players, _everyone_ wanted to trade with me.

So the rumor that always seemed to circulate was the "trick" to "guarantee" a catch, usually some variation of either pressing, spamming, holding etc the B button. I think the first version I heard was specifically "use a Great ball and hold down and B". I also heard in Diamond and Pearl, that if you go down the left side of the path in Solaceon town but do it while on your bike and spinning on each tile, you could open a portal that let you catch any legendary. Of course, I never did it "fast enough" to open the portal lol

My pokemon red/blue rumor was if you reset your game after beating the game and getting a team of fully level 100 you would get a fully evolved Black Charizard. Needless to say there were a lot of upset kids.

I found your challenges while painting my second son's room. I'm so glad you went the introspective route, because I'm constantly thinking of memories while I watch these. Pokemon has always meant a lot in my life, and I'm glad others have those memories too!

A rumor I heard was that in pokemon emerald, once the rocket at mossdeep city was fully prepared to take off (100%) you could ride along with it to space where you could find and catch jirachi

Growing up, one of my friends started a rumor at his school that he originally made up and drew Rayquaza and his older cousin, who *actually was* interned at Nintendo gave it to the designers and they liked it, so they put it in. Of course it was fake, but his older cousin actually working at Nintendo made it kinda believable to some people for a few years.

I turned 30 this year. Oh, the memories with this game. My first memory is of my neighbor showing it to me on his computer, a ROM. I don't remember if it was blue or red. I don't remember my starter either. I didn't understand much English back then and I didn't have the patience to read things properly. These days, I like Bulbasaur the most in Gen 1. I don't remember catching a Zubat to mirror match them xD I love the stories! It brings me back to the 90s.

I’ve never met anyone whose favorite pokémon is Drowzee! That’s so interesting. I guess it really is true what they say: Every pokémon is someone’s favorite. HBD MDB! :)

10:04 "you're never gonna need a burn heal in your life" sad Blaine noises

A challenge more interesting than the Water Onix one? Wow, I thought it was impossible! Happy birthday champ, thanks for everything.

I suggest a Red/Blue run with only Magmar. If you look at its move list you’ll understand why. If you want throw in no Tms for added challenge I’m pretty sure magmar would have one of the highest base stat totals for a mon in a single run that you’ve done so far.

Also an “old person,” and I think the thing that got me stuck the most as a kid was that HM’s couldn’t be forgotten and i would end up having my team have moved like cut or flash and I could never get rid of it. My favorite areas are also the route next to Diglett Cave, and Rock Tunnel introduced me to my favourite Pokémon, Cubone! Thank you for all you do, MDB. Your content is an absolute joy and these challenges always improve my day. :)

I'm old enough to replay this with my son who is about the age I was when I first played through Red. We love watching you videos together and this was a great episode. Thanks MDB

I made up a rumour in my town that in gold and silver once you beat Red you talk to officer jenny to get access to the locked underground in kanto, where you could catch celebi and mew

Ah, I remember playing Pokemon as a kid. I got my first game, Pokemon Red before I knew how to read because I was obsessed with the anime. Unfortunately, as I could not read, I didn't know how to save so I did things randomly. I did know how to pick different starter due to the pictures. I also thought, as a kid, that Articuno was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life. On the other hand, I was terrified of the Kabutops skeleton in the museum and thought having a living one on my team would keep me safe (once I figured out how to read). Thanks for reminding me of all this with your stories.

When this came out I was in middle school and we had our own "elite 4". Red will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for the run MDB

I had Diamond as my first game, but I remember as a kid I thought that once growl or other stat drop moves were used that they were permanent, I also remember some people on my bus telling me that if I pressed A or B while trying to catch something that it would be easier. I remember a guy showing me a few legendaries and a shiny Lucario he had.

“I never figured out how to swim.” Times like these remind me of how God tier my parents were. Swimming and riding your bike takes some learning. They taught me how to ride a bike themself but they decided to sign me up for swimming classes in Germany. I don’t remember much about it minus the final “test”. If I was to pass I had to swim 3 circles around the pool. I had to stay by the walls. I was 6 at the time so the pool was huge to me. My arms went numb afterwards. It was brutal! I knew if I failed I’d have to do it again the next day so I persevered. Nowadays I’m not just land locked I’m several hundred miles away from the nearest body of water. I don’t go swimming in the summer either. Even so. I’m happy to have the ability to not drown and hopefully someday you will too.

We had the truck rumor here in New Zealand. It was that you just needed to use strength, didn't matter about which Pokémon or level

Happy birthday Mdb!I always watch till the end, and always like when you talk about you're life,idk why,i feel a sense of normality here, world has been really crazy lately,i am glad to be part of this comunity,Thanks y'all. :)

Happy Birthday (delayed)! Loved hearing your stories, made me think of my first time playing a Pokemon game (Gold when I was 6). Those were good times and there really was something special about not knowing how everything works (I remember being stuck at the Ghost Gym until a random guy at the airport helped me with it).

I remember hearing about MissingNo as a kid and my mind was blown when it actually worked! Then when I learned what it did, I got SO MANY Master Balls and Rare Candies and got everyone to level 100. I was a bit older when I did the Mew glitch but I don’t think I was an adult yet(I’m 29 now, almost 30) and I somehow managed to not fight all the trainers you need to pull it off. I love Gen 1 for all the cool stuff it has and things you can do in it.

On our way through, I took the helix fossil. I knew if I didn’t say what I took you’d all ask. Actually now that I think about it everyone ask anyway. Comments are good for the RU-vid algorithm. Happy Birthday MDB!🎉

Loved hearing all your memories with these original games! You're only a year older than me, but my first game was Pokemon Gold because my parents wouldn't let me have any video games until I was 7. I had a lot of similar memories though, and listening to you ramble about yours really brought some back for me as well. Take it easy this week, you deserve it, and happy birthday! Love these challenges that you do!

my main memories of pokemon rumours circulated from the internet like finding 50 legendaries at the bottom of chargestone cave lol, the first pokemon games i ever played were diamond/pearl since thats what my family could afford back then as i have another sibling. The games were super fun and the mystery of arceus caused lots of rumours around my school on how you could get it. I still love and enjoy pokemon to this day and the rom hacks allow us to keep enjoying them today.

Happy birthday MDB! Can't wait to see the slow Sabrina fight lol. I remember hearing that if you returned to vermillion city on the anniversary of when you completed the S.S. Anne, the boat would be back and you could re-enter it. Spoiler alert: the boat didn't come back

One thing I remember the most was getting stuck in rock tunnel with a level 40+ Blastoise because I didn't get Flash and was battling until I faint since I was lost 😅

Its been such an incredible ride watching Pokémon grow. I like you MDB, Got sucked in from the get go, I played yellow right off the rip in 97 (3rd or 4th grade), Had the Pikachu gbc and everything! I played religiously till gen 3 probably 2006 ish. Then My 20's happened, had a couple kids and now im watching your videos with them! Thank you for helping spread the joy! It brings a tear to my eye each time my kid throws on one of your videos!

I love hearing about all the parts "a lot of kids got stuck on" because I was the kid who already beat Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest and stuff, so I was the only one in school not getting stuck. The benefit of being a nerd from a young age!

I remembered getting to Mt Silver in the og Pokemon Gold and a lv 40-something Poliwag almost wrecking me with a combination of Rain Dance and Hydro Pump 😅😅😅 Horribly strong pokemon do live in Mt Silver 🤣🤣🤣

MDB thank you so much for all you do! I know it might sound silly but when I'm having anxiety or a hard time relaxing you never fail to make me feel better. Happy Birthday!!

This was nice. Even helped me relive some of my first adventures in the game. Great video, MDB.

*Challenge suggestion: Pokémon FRLG with only a Growlithe*

You mentioned your lets plays in the video. I love them especially the ones you do with Gooseit and Wattageek. You guys capture the feeling of playing games with your buddies perfectly.

I remember when I first played fire-red, I waited on the SS Anne for days thinking that it would set sail and take me to someplace new. When I did leave the boat it immediately set sail, and I regretted not waiting 5 more minutes. Happy birthday MDB!!!

I remember being on holiday in Germany, and I got a gamer's guide. That made me the defacto guru for pokemon in my neighbourhood, as it contained all the data on which pokemon go where and what moves are gained when. In German. Brings back some memories!

Thank you for all the runs, here's to a lot more! You truly make a difference. It's always fun to remember gen 1 times. :)

Are birthday wishes also good for the RU-vid algorithm

Thanks so much for sharing your stories, and Happy Birthday! Pokemon is super nostalgic to me too. Even though Pokemon Blue was my first video game I ever played, I honestly have the most nostalgia for gen 4, mostly because I got it for Christmas when it was still new. None of the other kids at my school played pokemon though, so that left only me and my older (we were ten years apart. I was only seven) brother. We traded and battled, and the most memorable of the pokemon he gave to me was a Gible. I still have that same Garchomp to this day. I love going back to the first generation of Pokemon, but to this day gen 4 mons are still my favorites.

This video had me smiling the whole time listening to all your stories from your childhood. I have to say I think this is my favourite challenge that you’ve done.

Re: Lavender town. I don't remember believing in ghosts, either, but the music along with the (at the time for me) scary sprite of Marowak's ghost definitely spooked me out. Spent as little time as I could there, honestly.

Happy birthday my bread loaf friend it’s good to see how far you’ve came since your rattata run

I remember spending a lot of time around Blaine's gym. I really wanted an Arcanine and didn't know that catching was impossible.

Happy birthday, dude! We definitely grew up in similar eras. I remember a similar lvl 100 Mewtwo rumor on the playground. I also remember a similar one about being let in to an area behind Bill’s house to catch special mons. One big one I heard in gen 3 was that you could get a special acro bike to jump the fence to get into the grass behind the daycare in Ruby and Sapphire to catch Deoxys. Lol. I never believed that, but I remember hearing about it vividly. 😂

First Pokemon Memories: I was a young teen back when Red/Blue came out. I was sick as a dog the night I first stared playing Blue on my Super Gameboy on my SNES. What I remember the most is the very beginning when Professor Oak is introducing the game and ended with that line: "A world of dreams and adventures with Pokemon awaits! Let's go!" I was already an RPG player back then but I hadn't really played one that let your build your team from scratch before. Final Fantasy 4 and FF6 this is not - it is a more personal journey with lower stakes and it really did feel like going on a personal adventure. No mad clowns trying to take over the world in Pokemon Blue! I don't really remember my endgame team anymore but I know for sure it featured Blastoise and the three legendary birds. I didn't get too lost because I had the Nintendo Power Player's guide. I still have that book on my shelf and it is still mostly holding together. XD Anyway, Pokemon was a game that invited me to have my very own adventure and that's what I'll always think of when recalling the series earlier days and what I really want out of the franchise.

I think my favorite schoolyard rumor was actually something I found online when I was playing Emerald. Gen 3 was the first time I was able to actually play a pokemon game, despite being a fan since the show started. I wasn't allowed to buy a Game Boy when it came out, and I kinda had to fight my parents to allow me to use birthday money on a Game Boy Advance SP. Regardless, I read about a secret pokemon you could only obtain from breeding Jirachi and Deoxys. I'm pretty sure I had neither, but I managed to obtain one of them while a friend had the other. Somehow I was able to convince a friend to let me borrow the other pokemon in the pair. Obviously no special egg came from them. But the real funny part of this story? I'm 99% sure I never gave my friend their mythical psychic type back.

My playground rumor was around 5th grade. Someone kept saying that if you had a full national pokedex BEFORE talking to the Luminose ghost girl, she would give a shiny mewtwo. I didn’t believe them, but people made fun of me for that. I still bring it up to my friends every now and then when it crosses my mind.

I always stick around for your outros, my dude. Count me in! I don't think I can choose a favorite memory, but one that comes to mind is the first time that I realized my Blastoise could learn both Earthquake and Ice Beam. I could cover both grass and electric types. My little 8 year old mind couldn't handle it.

Strength on the truck for mew, my daycare poke was a Rattata. I spent an entire afternoon emotionally compromised because I couldn't find the tree next to cerulean. Ahh childhood. Spent so long searching that I DID have flash. Surprised you didn't have a story about getting KOd by the dugtrio. My battle story is just raising a Charizard and getting frozen solid in victory road... Literally no backup plan.

I have always been a pragmatic pokemon player and most of the time, my core looks the same. The fire starter, a water type, the early route bird, a grass type, an electric type and most of the time, a cool pokemon I find early like Mankey, Nidoran or Ralts. But in my many years of playing Pokemon, I have had some odd choices, for me at least, to complete my main team. A Jynx in one of my Silver runs, a Dusclops in Ruby, a Mantine in a Fire red nuzlocke. One of them has been an Hypno in my Yellow team. I can’t really remember why this pokemon, which I don’t really like or care about, was added to my squad but here it was. This run won’t be as nostalgic as MDB’s but this might help me remember why my 8 years old self thought this was a cool idea. Drowzee is built to have an easy time in this game. It’s a Psychic type so a pokemon with the best typing in this generation, with a great special allowing it to hit hard and be quite sturdy against some of the usual main offenders in this kind of run (Misty, Lorelei). Besides, it’s not an amazing pokemon but 48 in attack is usable (as always, if Voltorb and its meager 30 could pummel through Rhydon, no reason why Drowzee wouldn’t be able to make a good use of its attack) and its lack of speed shouldn’t be a problem because of the over leveling. On top of that, its movepool is great. Well, great is hyperbolic but when your pokemon have access to a powerful stab, Psychic, resisted by nothing but the Psychic type and Body Slam which is one of my favorite Gen I move (easy to get, strong, physical, 30% chance to paralyse) and a great complementary option to the special move, you know you will have an easy time. If you add Hypnosis into the mix, this run is over before its start because sleep is broken in Gen I. I might even go for Dream Eater instead of Psychic for the pokemon to stay “in character” (it also gives it a way to recover on a stronger attack with more PP). Finally, I can see Meditate being an option, working alongside both Body Slam and Hypnosis. The rest of the options would be to go for a fighting type move or Substitute but I don’t think I’d need to. As always, a pokemon with only a normal type attack which will have to go against two rock types with high defense. I’ll never like the start of a Gen I run I suppose… After getting Confusion, I went to fight Misty. I teached Drowzee Mega Punch for Starmie but I learnt Headbutt during the fight. Two were enough to beat Starmie, despite the X defend used. The rest of the run was basically uneventful. The only issue has been PP management, because Hypnosis isn’t accurate and I needed it to use Dream Eater. I pummelled through every major fight in the game, including the Elite 4, with a mix of Dream Eater and +6 Body Slam. Agatha was the only obstacle thanks to her fast Gengar with Confuse Ray and Toxic. I would have lost if it were not for Dream Eater life recovery. The run was completed at level 73 with Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Body Slam and Meditate as my moveset. Easy.

My first memories of Pokémon were back in 2001 playing Crystal version. Listening to the music and playing through it again as an adult brings me back to my childhood and gives me a feeling of being carefree, doing whatever I want, and going on an adventure. I have a lot of nostalgia for gen 2 and Crystal is my favorite Pokémon game. Johto felt like such a quaint, small-town, homey place, and in a way, it feels like my childhood home. Good times, good memories.

i'm not as old as the veteran players having been born in 2002, but i did get to start the pokemon series with gen 1 in my own way through the remakes. i was gifted leaf green about 12 years ago now, and i'll never forget getting to explore the game for the very first time. thank you for sharing your stories with us, and for reminding me how truly near and dear to my heart it is. happy (belated) birthday MDB!!!

Hi MDB, you got me feeling nostalgic so I'm gonna write some stories. I'm one of those as old as you and also have a beard and started with yellow. But no internet. I remember having to hand over my Gameboy to my brother to get through my moon and rock tunnel. I remember on rival fival I was stuck forever and had to evolve my pidgetto to pidgeot. On one of many runs, I boxed Pikachu and would get a nidoran, and use that until it got horn drill as nidoking. Zapdos was the bird to get and it could rip apart the elite 4. The safari zone was a nightmare, I couldn't manage it easily, and was wandering about a bunch. I always wanted a chansey but could never catch one. I never even see a dratini. Hitmonlee gang all the way. I think I just liked Bruce Lee as an action star whereas in my mind then I hadn't really seen Jackie Chan. Every moveset was 4 stab moves of possible. Charizard was ember, fire spin, flamethrower, fire blast. Zapdos was thundershock, thunderbolt, thunder, drill peck. When one of my friends got Pokémon gold, I went crazy and stayed up all night for the first time ever just exploring johto. It was a completed save and didn't have anything to do. But I was sold. I got crystal whenever that appeared. School yard rumour that stands out is getting jirachi on 100 space station launches in mossdeep city. I watched a big chunk of twitch plays Pokémon which was the origin of lord helix. I always thought that was why you chose the helix fossil. My favourite Pokémon is tyranitar. Because in pokemon colleseum it was the secret hyped Pokémon and I never saw one in all my years playing Pokémon. The concept of a pseudo legendary was lost to me. Maybe it was family being a late internet adopter. I would always lose to Blue to begin with. I never figured out the Eevee rival evolution patterns. I would grind out runs of the e4 to get my first level 100, zapdos. But I remember seeing what I learned later to be some missingno nonsense of a guy on a ferry to France having a level 140 blastoise. Again my child mind was blown. I think that's it, and you go have fun with the videos. I think having fun is all that anyone can ask for.

When I was little, I was told that pokemon with lonely natures would run away from you if you didn't use them enough. I remember getting pretty nervous when I found out my Genesect had a lonely nature in bw2.

Happy birthday, MDB! I've only been watching your content since early 2020, but I still appreciate it so much! I don't have too many memories of playing Red/Blue since I was very young when I started playing them. Little things like finding a Pikachu in Viridian forest and being Shook, but not having pokeballs. I remember going back and hunting forever to find another one. A highlight was when I caught a cubone for the first time in Yellow and being so upset over the fact all cubones wore their mothers' skulls. I think I had a whole box filled with nothing but Cubone so I could take care of them. Oh, I was also a Bulba Boy growing up lol.

This video definitely brought back amazing memories of my first play through. Thank you🤙🏻

I love the stories and yes I did zubat vs zubat it was agony. E1. I believed some of the ways to get new from the truck but I never acted on it because I felt a large attachment to my Raticate that I was like it's not worth it E2. I think I'm gonna watch that birthday stream E3. It took me forever to get the key card at silph co. However I did beat the trainers that you could fight even using the teleporter but it took me more time to figure out what teleporters go where and to what floor since I was one of the kids that wanted to be like I need to understand this area and teleporters and then used the key card to open every door E4. Getting into the Blaine's gym was a pain where I trained everything but my level 60ish Golduck and 67 Raticate. I remember it was 67 because I remember being in the truck with my father when I finally found the basement of the old mansion E5. I watch the challenges not for the optimal way but more for the typically funny commentary and the strategy as well as the helix fossil gag as well as watching it all to try to confirm if my guesses on who will brick wall you will be accurate E6. I also remember brute forcing the elite four with two way over leveled pokemon 2 legendaries (articuno and zapdos) and two level 40s btw the obvious over leveled pokemon were Raticate over level 90 and Golduck in the 80s. I also remember when I beat the final rival fight since I picked squirtle but won just before me and my brother had to leave to go to mum's. I saved that about 30 times not even gonna lie E7. I will say thank you for sharing your memories with this video it brought back quite a few for me as well to share with you and the others who look at my comment Editing as I watch (E#. Means the edits)

How about for your next birthday you just do a run-through that is you just do a normal game. Or April fools, both are good.

This video reminded me of my first playthrough of red. I started with a Charmander and got to brock and had a hard time so I restarted and picked Squirtle. And now to this day Squirtle is still my favourite starter.

From start to finish, really enjoyed this video - happy birthday and get some “rest” for the sake of your mental health. Thank you for what you do, it’s very much appreciated

Yes, yes I do remember the horror of attempting to level zubat up in Mt moon and battling other zubat. It was horrible. Also being 5 years old I did not have a good grasp on the idea of switch training.... so I didn't lol.

An interesting idea for a challenge would be gen 5 with only deerling. It’s about as strong as a first form starter.

Happy birthday MDB ur such a cool guy it’s always so enjoyable to see u play any game but pokemon has always been such a big part of my life and seeing others enjoy it like I do is something I can always appreciate

The fact that this just barely didn’t finish at level 69 is so upsetting😂 Love your content so much MDB and happy late birthday!

All hail the Almighty Algorith! Happy birthday MDB!!! I still leave the challenge of beating Oblivion at level one if you ever go back to Bethesda challenges.

I don’t think I’ll ever understand why Agatha is the “ghost” trainer when all her Pokémon are poison types, and only most are ghosts

I love the ending of your vids, when you tell us how you are doing. Congratulations on everything you've achieved, you deserve the best

This really hits home with me. My family didn't have the most money growing up so I did not have a gameboy at all. We went to a yard sale and I found a gameboy, pokemon yellow, blue, and red all for like $10 dollars. I begged my mom to buy it and she did. I played red so many times and I got lost at every stage that you did lmao. Gen 3 was my all time favorite and I would spend days fighting the elite 4 over and over again to get every pokemon to level 100 I had over 255 hours before I started a new game just to repeat the process. You have great content on RU-vid! Keep it up!

i think you should try out smt someday, it's like pokemon, but with a better battle system, the monsters you collect are all from existing myths (with a few exceptions) and with a better story.

MDB's birthday week, AND week 32 of asking for pokemon Sapphire with only one Absol? You know this is a good week. Happy birthday to one of my favorite video creators.

Happy birthday MDB! I've enjoyed so many of your stories and so many of your videos. Thank you so much for being yourself and giving all of us here such great content. Keep doing the thing my friend. Here's to many more!

I know it's a legendary Pokemon, but I would love to see an Emerald run with just Latias. The gimmick here is that the only attack move Latias starts with is psywave, and gets nothing else until level 20. Anyway, Happy Birthday, MDB!

I just turned 27 and I remember grinding levels on a Graveler trying to get him to evolve. My friend came on a vacation with us and on the rainy day that week, we ground out those levels. Little did we know.

Happy Birthday! Thank you for uploading your runs. My Saturdays always have a place carved out for whatever run you do. They make great brunch watching. Keep up the amazing work and seriously man, Happy Birthday!

This video hit me right in the feels, my favorite challenge video so far. Keep up the great work👍👍👍

Hope you had a great birthday MDB thanks for uploading this. I enjoyed hearing your childhood stories.

Happy birthday to the man who always gives me something to look forward to! You're a gentleman among men MDB!!!

Also, it's super interesting the different paths people took as kids. I never even went to route 11 or the seafoam Islands as a kid until after I'd beaten the games. Thanks for the nostalgia, and happy birthday!!!

Happy birthday MDB! I honestly really like you talking about the RU-vid stuff. I've been in a bit of slump for a long time and it gives me a lot of hope for the future hearing you talk about how you made it big. I know that stuff doesn't get a lot of views but I think a lot of us really enjoy it. Thanks for all the content! 15/10

Great video never stop enjoying yourself, could tell how much you liked doing this run. HBD!

I've been looking forward to this since you mentioned it on your birthday stream. I think it would be cool if you did a nostalgia/introspective challange like this regularly. (I'd love to hear more childhood stories of different games that you've played)

Happy birthday MDB! I turn 21 next week. 21 and 29 don’t sound so far off, but I grew up playing Diamond and Pearl and Heartgold while you grew up playing the original games! I remember playing with my brother on long car rides to my grandparents’ house. There’s nothing better than looking at my boxes now and seeing my feraligatr from 2009 and thinking about all the great memories.

Happy birthday. Watching your videos made me break out my n64 and play pokemon blue again. It is still a ton of fun.

Breath of Fire 2 is legendary! I remember I got stuck on the boss in the well as a kid and when I was in HS I finally beat the game. I've replayed it countless times since!

Happy (belated) birthday! Thanks for gifting us with such a wonderful, personal video -- it was quite a treat!

I know a Bit late, congrats^^. Nice One as we allways. Nostalgia hits. Im 35 and relate well with most of your Storys.

Happy Birthday! I’ve loved watching your vids! You and your channel are always a pleasure to watch! Thank you for everything and I look forward to seeing what you do in the future! ☺️❤️😊

Happy birthday dude! You've gotten me through some pretty tough times so thanks :D you're epic, we'll all be here for you always!