HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE PROFESSOR OAK'S CHALLENGE IN POKEMON GOLD/SILVER? 

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This dude really put 254 hours of GAMEPLAY into this video. Not including planning, research, editing, and voice-overs. What a complete legend.

25:54 "After beating Whitney so bad it made sense that she cried this time" LOL so good.

give this man some respect for taking 31 hours of his lifespan to grind up a dratini

fantastic

The real question is why I was fully ready to accept that it took 1,000,000,000 exp to fully evolve dratini.

"it was one of the easiest.. It only took 3 hours" dude...

Dude took a dragonite to a third level gym! Shit Whitney didn’t stand a chance !

Quote from jurassic park applies to this: "They spent so much time wondering if they could they didn't stop to think if they should"

i like how when you caught lapras the total was 131 which is the same as lapras's dex number

"with a super team of legendaries" Shows Slowbro beating brock LOL

Whitney: Once again, a fool entered my GYM! John: Dragonite! Go! Whitney: *"No, that's not how you're supposed to play the game!"*

Johnstone: "We are almost done with this section" Legendary Beast: Well yes, but actually no

John's mind: How challenging do you want this challenge to be? Johnstone: *Yes*

I’m FINALLY done with this. I started on the day you uploaded and I’m done today, 257 days later. My IGT is 227:34, which is slightly better than yours. I’m really glad you make these videos, because I must’ve watched this one at least a dozen times while grinding, plus it served as a guide. 10/10 amazing experience

For those who noticed 199 caught pokemon + 51 unattainable pokemon = 250, not the 251 pokemon in the pokedex, kingdra was the missing one, and belongs in the "needs trading" section :)

Johnstone: *gets 40+ Pokemon before falkner* Me: *looks at team* Cyndaquil Ekans Me: :(

Why can Rattata change weather on command? Because that's a TOP PERCENTEAGE RATTATA.

"After sweeping Morty.." *uses level 56 Dragonite* No shit LOL

It hurt everytime you said "It only took x amount of hours." But when you said Dratini's time I died.

18:58 As soon as I saw Headbutt I was like "Oh God no!"

This madlad wasted over an entire day of his life just to get a virtual pet into a dragon.

Finally got around to watching this. This was awesome, and the effort truly shows!!! The level scaling of wild Pokemon is almost nonexistent in these games and really makes this challenge sound like a nightmare - it's kind of crazy how long the wild Pokemon are around level 17 at most. I can't even imagine how annoying training that Dratini must have been! Congrats on the shiny Gastly, too! I will say in Shiny Gengar's defense, it definitely looks its coolest in its Gen 2 sprites before becoming the dull shiny we know of today. Also, how limited the elemental evolutionary stones are in this game used to frustrate me to no end when I was a kid before I got Crystal/a link cable! I spent actual hours searching for another way to find them, including going back to the Celadon Dept. Store countless times just to make sure they weren't secretly being sold somewhere there. Really can't believe there aren't enough to get everything that needs one. Keep up the fantastic work!

"Where we can knock out a free shiny" No, sir YOU knock out a free shiny. A Shiny is a shiny. If it sparkles I catch. Still kudos for this insane task.

4:00 Every time I see Spinarak in gen II I think it's a shiny.

*Sees video title* *Sees video length* *Grabs Popcorn* Let’s get it.

I pray for your soul if you ever do Platinum. You’ll have TWO friendship evolutions to do before the first gym (Budew and Golbat)

night Shade: Super effective against gastly Night shade's info: does damage equal to the user's level

Just thought I'd mention this: Johnstone forgot that you can access Dark Cave's north side from the Violet Entrance. All you need is Surf (and optionally Flash).

"After beating Whitney so bad, it made sense that she cried this time ..." I lost it :D

Meatloaf: I would do anything for love... *sees this challenge* ... but I won't do that!

"You're probably thinking 'well great, now you have to gamble all that money just to grind again because you can't access the dragon's den yet'" Not really, I was thinking you could breed your dragonite with a ditto, but that way you did it works too, good job.

Natu: **takes 10 minutes to evolve** Dratini: wtf get on my level

Worth spending 48 minutes to watch, since you put in over 300 times that much time to make it.

Not going to lie, I've watched this video about 6 times. I love this challenge and the dedication you took to complete it, top tier content creator man. You even got me back into pokemon, now I'm playing all the games I never played, everything from the ds up to x and y. Keep up the good content man!

So in case you guys were wondering, the average time spent grinding on each pokemon is, including dratini, 4.11 hours, and without it, 3.51 hours.

“It only took three hours” he’s going insane

"which is *super effective against Gastly"* You're lucky I love you John.

I think Gengar's shiny looks alright in the first few games. The distaste towards it now is probably because Gengar's normal colour changed. In Gen 2, particularly Crystal, Gengar's shiny is lighter than its normal colour. From Gen 3 up to Platinum, a pitch black Gengar is definitely noticeable. I think the hatred started around HG/SS after Gengar's normal colour was made darker.

I just realized that Johnstone said that they were playing on 3DS. Give this person some respect, they did all this without speed-up

The respect I have for this man is insane

40:25 "And use it to wake up Snorlax." But he's still sleeping ^^

You are a legend!! the amount of effort you put there was insane!! Huge congratulations from Brazil, keep your work brother!

I've been unbelievably sick and not been able to talk or eat for 3 days, I found your channel and its the only thing thats been able to cheer me up, keep it up man the effort u put in is worth it

You absolute madman. 250 hours is completely insane! I'm waiting patiently for Gen 3

‘Evolving this only took about x Hours’ I cry inside every time. Amazing work I couldn’t imagine 31 hours grinding a single Pokémon for a video. What dedication! ❤️❤️

You’re an absolute legend, I didn’t even notice the video was almost an hour long. I was so captivated by the grind that I lost track of time watching this.

One of the greatest Pokemon RU-vid videos. I knew this was going to be massive when it came out, Johnstone is truly one of the best.

You absolutely need to do this with platinum specifically because it opens up so much after Fantina.

You're one of my favorite PokeTubers. Keep torturing yourself my man.

This is what i need after a long day, watching someone else grind with a smooth voice. Keep it up!

I enjoyed this video A LOT! Thanks for all your work you put into your videos and challenges! Really appreciate it!

Johnstone as a kid: Oh No Croconaw Whitney: You will never beat me A few years later Johnstone: Dragonite.... Whitney: Welcome back ki... Miltank fainted

The close up when you said " ITS A RAT" Had me laughing a lot longer than ill care to admit

I had to come find this video for a specific reason- I started a POC fairly recently for Ruby and went to check on the submitted times spreadsheet on the reddit. This is still the only recorded Gold POC. Well done.

Love watching these videos, they’re so relaxing after grinding in Johto for Pokemon League

Imagine doing this on HeartGold and SoulSilver with the pokewalker. If you have enough Watts you can literally get a Dratini before the first gym.

"Welp now we're broke." Story of my life....

you def deserve way more subs and likes dude!! the dedication you showed us is just out of this word I swear

One of the best pokemon videos I've watched. I started on crystal but seeing just how many you could get after the first few badges is insane, and you're patience is unrivalled. Surprised how many couldn't be obtained outside the core game though, but overall it's amazing.

👍if you want: how easily can you catch every pokemon in platinum😁

You should put a counter of Pokemon that you are not able to obtain when you say them

You are, by far, one of the most patient, most diligent, most dedicated trainers I have ever watched on RU-vid do this type of challenge.

Man, i love ur content. This is the first time that I just desactivate my adblock and watched an entire AD cause i felt that i need to support u somehow. Great job

U do realize u completed the whole game right. Even took on red. Not just the challenge. #thebesthardcorepoketuber

When you realize that the amount of time he took on this was over 10 and a half days STRAIGHT... [insert applause here]

Yo man your a great guy you always clearly put 100% into your vids and I love that. But srs bro you deserve a break but I’m not complaining about the amazing content so keep up the good work.👍👍

This is insane. Great work dude!

Congrats for pulling this off! After watching your Red and Blue Professor Oak Challenge video I tried and completed Pokémon Omega Ruby. So thanks for giving me something to spend a couple of weeks on

The biggest "Oh my god you are insane" moment was when I realized you had to get the legendary dogs so early on

So dope! I was gassed for you! Props for taking the time. This shit was insane

john: "The evrstone is useless" Mindy: * H A H A H A H A H A*

I just came across your channel, watched gen 1 oaks challenge, and upon finishing, in sub box this video pops up.... U da men for following through on that 10k like promise ,even though its 30k now.

Mad respect for you, that would have took a lot of research, planning, time and skill to be able to do the challenge. Keep it up!

Hey Johnstone thank you for putting the time and effort into making this video. You have to be super dedicated and determined to even come close to making this video. I have never beaten this entire game but now you have inspired me to do so. Thank you for all the work you do. And I hope to see more future content.

I’ve watch all of these soooo many times. It’s so interesting and love every second.

I love how happy you sound every time you say "We can actually go a lot farther than you might think" even though it means you'll have so many more pokemon to evolve

This videos is actually pretty freaking awesome...the dedication to the love of the game is just unbelievable. Ill make sure to hit that sub button

Man. I know these videos take such time of your actual life and won't lie I only found u a few days ago. I have thought about doing these things in the past but always get bored or give up. Your determination and willingness to give so much time to give us amazing videos like you do is awesomen thank you sir

Me: *has SEEN pikaspray's 240 day softlock* Also me: I know how abysmal those berries actually cost.

I'm so frickin happy. I love watching your videos. Your voice is hypnotic and helps me sleep

*Liked before watching, knew this needs effort.*

Crazy man, nice video! I started to do the same on my crystal cartridge which lost its original save.. but to level all those pokemons just grinding is insane. GGWP mate

Watching this while grinding levels. Nice content.

I rarely comment on video's, but I have immense respect for you and the suffering you went through.

48 mins of Johnstone , just poppin up after coming home from work. today is a good day.

John: Dratini was the hardest to evolve in any game with these challenges. Deino, Rufflet, Vullaby, Pawniard, and Larvesta in Black and White: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

Omg this video is so addicting! I’ve watched 30+ times at least! Amazing work Johnstone! You deserve so many more subs/follows! Have a good day everybody! :D

I know this is late and it probably won't ever be read by John, but JEEZ you do some insane challenges! Between you and Absol, I don't know who's more crazy. You doing catch 'em all guides or Absol for leveling pokemon to 100 only off of shiny's. O.o I love the videos though. Always get me into the mood to play pokemon.

I loved the JRose reference in the summary at the end- his channel led me to yours!!!

Thank you so much for creating awesome content. You inspired me to do my pwn professor oaks challenges. I started my own one on gold months ago when I first saw this video and today I completed it with a final in game time of 165:30. Wouldn’t have been able to do it without this video and the resources you provided ❤️

Gen 2 is my favorite, and this video showed me a lot of stuff that I didn't know. Thank you for that.

your voice is perfect for videocontent, keep going the good work, love your channel

"I'll do the next one if this reaches 100k likes haha not gonna happen." "*300k likes.*" :O

GEEZ! I'm watching your playlist now, and I had audio whipslash from the difference in audio quality. Progress is very, VERY noticeable, congrats :)

Awesome video, what a work dude

I am addicted to your content, sadly you cant pump out more since this takes you A LOT of time.

Just found your channel and damn, this is making me want to do this for Black/White. Which would be insane. Good job, man.

Ah yes the memorable Johnstone catchphrase who could forget, “ In the basement of this area we can also catch Koffing, and Magmar.”

That is dedication!! Great Vid!!! Also noticed image of Kingdra wasn't present in the unobtainable pokemon section.