HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE PROFESSOR OAK'S CHALLENGE IN POKEMON RED/BLUE? 

>You can get the Master Ball with only 2 badges I think gen 1 Pokemon games tie with Mother 1 for the title of "best example of unintentionally open world retro game"

*11 year old child leaves home to become pokemon trainer. *professor oak tells him to train and catch new pokemon if he wants to become champion. *6 months later he arrives at the first gym and annihilates brock with a fully evolved vine demon. *10 years later the same boy appears again at the second gym having captured and tamed every species of pokemon known to man. “ I AM pokemon.”

20% of this run went into leveling up Pidgey

Urgh... I had the resolve to evolve my starter to Evolution 2 in Sinnoh before the Prof said i could keep it. He just said somethink like: Oh it already evolved, good for you. It was so worth it.

Wow, been playing pokemon for 20 YEARS and never knew about the hidden moon stone in mt moon

You said self destruction was useless for this kind of challenge. It's actually great when leveling up a pokemon with no moves, because you can put out your Abra or whatever on a Dugtrio and then self destruct your graveler so Abra gets 100% of the 600 experience.

And your Rival on S.S. Anne says, he catched over 40 Pokemon at this point... Looks like he did the same thing... Holy shit...

17 hours leveling up a pidgey. I hope you make good money making these videos 😪

“It’s Crazy how you can get more than two third of the dex with only 2 badges” *catches 289 pokemon before the first badge in Shield*

>Complains about psyduck using scratch and only scratch >has surf Dude...

“I used keywords like ‘Pokémon’” *r/rule34* yeah, ok

I'm mildly triggered that you passed up a golden opportunity to confront Blue on the SS Anne with more than 40 Pokemon to your name.

"I chose the dome fossil because I like kabutops" *lord helix will smite you*

I remember reading about this on reddit, very cool to see it completed on RU-vid! But 82 hours man... you must really like to torture yourself LOL

Wait. I'm only like 5 minutes in, don't tell me he is going to level bulbasaur all the way to venasaur before fighting Brock!? Edit: He is/did what a mad man.

Professor Oak "Awe yes I need you to go catch all the Pokemon in the world and fill my Pokedex" Trainer "Hold my beer" Professor Oak "Your not old enough to drink"

120-129 Pokémon: "Excellent! Trade with friends to get some more!"

this is exactly the content i want to waste my life on watching

Professor Oak actually does give you some Poké Balls, but only if you talk to him after winning that optional rival battle on Route 22 without adding any new Pokédex entries. You kinda missed out on some freebies there.

Ok, so here is what you did You caught a Caterpie and Weedle and also a Metapod and Kakuna, just so that you don't need to evolve caterpie and weedle. And then you train Caterpie and Weedle, because THEY ARE EASIER TO TRAIN. Yeah, I see.

you should have definitely put an "hours" counter next to the pokedex counter xD

If you use Pokemon red in the N64 with Pokemon stadium, you can use a stored fresh water/soda/lemonade from a previous run and put it in your game. This allows you to bypass the Saffron guards, and gives you access to the Celadon moon stone. But, this also let's you bypass Misty's gym altogether, and only needs you to get Brock's and Koga's badge to get everyone besides Moltres, Articuno, and Mewtwo. This doesn't conform to your "no using other games" rule however, but there's no other way I can think of

Professor Oak Challenge with Pokemon Gold/Silver. I must have it!

Shiny hunters : we are the most patient pokemon players Johnstone : hold my exp share

0:13 *r/rule34 at the bottom of screen* okay then, you did mean *all* subreddits with pokemon content

"Something crazy like 10,000 likes" 22,000+ likes later...

Professor Oak:"you must travel far and wide and complete the pokedex for me" Jhonstone:"hold my beer" OAK:"there's s time and place for everything"

What an awesome channel! Subbed :)

The moment I saw the title of this video, I immediately thought: _"Dragonite"_

"I'll do Gen 2 if I get something crazy like 10k likes" *checks like counter, it's at 10k* Oh you poor man.

So RU-vid recommended me this as i have been watching a lot of stuff like this lately, and jesus am i glad it did, i got mental health issues and am overwhelmed insanely easily, and your intro, jesus it was like a cosy blanket enveloped me, your voice is SOOO soft and soothing, instant love!

I didnt know how fun it is to watch Pokemon videos. Please keep em coming, I love it!

I LOVED THIS VIDEO, watched the whole thing. The editing on this video was AMAZING. Dude, the effort you put into this is impressive. Beyond the challenge I was mad impressed with how well this video was edited and narrated. Everything/10.

Hey that’s me near the end of the video! I just beat my run of red like this about a month ago. Congrats dude I know how tedious it can be but I also found it a lot of fun. I was really excited to see this video pop up in my feed because the subreddit doesn’t have a lot of activity.

Early game: I'm struggling with the amount of pokeballs... I captured kakkuna and Metapod separatedly from Caterpie and Weedle because whynot

John: Enters lavender town Me: Ends life

Weird, I thought Professor Oak's challenge was getting the 16 digits and date on the front and the 3 wacky digits on the back of some plastic card your mom owns.

I actually never knew about the 2nd moon stone by fossil guy in mt moon. What a pleasant and informative video.

First video in this series, great to watch!

8:37 Now that's what I call *SIN*

I forgot that gen 1 Golbat sprite is absolutely nightmare fuel

That's actually very close to what I'd do when I was a kid. I'd catch every available pokemon before each gym and level all of them up to a certain level cap (20 for brock, 25 for misty and so on), the grind was real.

So... uh... why didn't you teach more TMs? I know there aren't a lot of reusable ones, but TMs and especially HMs may have saved you a little trouble with some Pokemon.

I would almost be tempted to try BUT I work so much and I like to be able to enjoy my free time, and this challenge would not be fun but stressful lol. Great video as ALWAYS (really goes without saying, so I don’t always say so lol).

I facepalmed really hard when you wasted precious early Pokéballs on Metapod and Kakuna when literally your next action has to be evolving them and you're using their base forms anyway so you don't have to switch.

I remember attempting this a while back and gave up. I’m glad you were able to do this haha

Great video! Really interesting watching the challenge but I couldn't punish myself to do it, respect to you!

You absolutely earned my like. This was INSANE!!!

I think you should have put unobtainable pokemon on the right side as you mentioned them to be easier to follow the totals

Love the dedication John ❤️

You truly have god-level patience. You deserve so much more attention than you get. AWESOME work!

I respect your grind plus you make it fun to watch.

I swear tfg that the minute he said "yeah im just gonna use the masterball" during the mewtwo fight, i got the sprint that that says "isnt it nice to keep thing simple?" Im dead

I can't believe you poisoned that Abra banking on teleport failing. What a ballsy move. "Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!"

This is a really interesting challenge that I had never heard of until now. I really enjoyed this video!

Recently got back into pokemon and mainly only gen 1 because I was raised in that generation haha! This is epic and an immensely detailed video! Excellent work!

Man, I always forget lickitung and Electebuzz were even in the first gen games, lol

Mistake: You mentioned getting Mr. Mime after Misty - but you could have caught another Abra before Misty and traded for Mime.

Oh my god man you have a crazy amount of patience or insanity either way bravo!

Really enjoying your content!! Keep it up :)

Fun fact, if you beat your rival on route 22 and immediately visit professor before going to viridian Forest, he will give you 5 pokeballs

subbed to see u do this for every generation game. also a suggestion, i think it would be nice if you added images of the badges you've collected so far, maybe illuminating them once acquired. you could place it between the counter and game cover artwork, and it doesn't need to be big, just enough to keep in mind how many are completed so far. keep up the good work.

I absolutely loved this video i always shy away for videos more than 15 minutes but you just did 82 hrs on my easy 200 plus back in 98 without no game sharks or guides. Awesome vid man.

dude, you're literally so insane. love your vids. you've definitely earned my like

"60p = 1 jiggle" made me lmao. Great vid.

You only have to beat Misty to go South from Cerulean in Let's Go. FRLG are just as open as the originals.

Love these vids! Keep up the great work

I admire your patience and hard work. Top notch content!

I have to say, I'm genuinely impressed. I would have given up in about an hour. :)

Actually, FireRed & LeafGreen do allow access to Vermilion City after completing Bill's event, even without the Cascade Badge…

this take a lot of effort for that i subscribe. i can feel the experience u go through i did that as a child.

Mad respect takes guts of steel to do such a challenge congrats man love the content keep it up!!!

Imagine doing this in BW/B2W2, or *shuders* SM/USUM. That exp loss for higher levels..

I have a challenge inspired by that feature in newer games that remind you the party you challenge every Gym Leader with: 1. You MUST catch the first Pokémon you find in every Route, if you defeat it, you have to catch one of the same species before doing anything else. 2. When your party is full, your newest catch must replace your oldest. Which means if I reach the place where I can get my 7th Pokémon, it replaces my starter, the next one must replace the 2nd Pokémon I got and so on and so forth. You get to try Pokémon at every place and each Gym Leader feels challenging, since you can't get attached to them too much, since some Pokémon might leave your party as soon as they arrive you'll tackle Gyms and battles head-on with minimal grinding. Stuff like Selfdestruct that I never used, suddenly became viable since that Pokémon will leave the party eventually.

So I’ve been watching tour vids for some time but forgot to sub but this one was great and makes me want to go play now lol thanks I’m sub now

Congrats! This is wicked impressive

Dear God... I hope the 500k views was worth it...

This man deserves a medal just for the Pidgy grinding alone

I learned about a hidden Moon Stone 21 years after I started playing Pokemon. Great work.

Thank you for uploading this. You're a great youtuber, i appreciate you.

I would love to see someone do this in yellow where you can get a slightly fuller Pokédex due to the fact that you can get the 3 other starters. It would also have the advantage of not having to evolve your starter at all because it rejects the thunderstone

your channel is a must sub for every pokemon fan

Yo, hats off to you brotha. This is just stupid insane what you did for us. You didn’t have to do this, but you did it for us. Massive props, thank you for the effort and it was an honour to beat witness to this feat!

Get that Dome! The pidgey grind should make you a saint btw

"that's worth one jiggle..." is my favorite quote for this vid

Hey Johnstone I wanted to bring to your attention that you failed by making a slight error. By passing theough digletts cave, you can get to the Mr. Mime trade before gaining access to cut

As a 9-10 year old I used to do this. But if also trade over from another game to get everything. I love that it's a challenge these days.

This is the first time I've heard of this type of challenge. I find it entertaining to see and its great you are giving a shoutout to the reddit. I dont use reddit but this will bring more attention to it. I would personally not attempt this, but I would want to try a "catchable" version of this (basically skipping the grinding to evolve parts) and still make it interesting for myself.

This is impressive! I’ll note, though, that you could have used the Surf HM to speed up a LOT of levelling, especially for the water types.

well it's 10k now... so guess you doing gen 2!!!

Lol! The OG Golbat sprite though! 14:27

These videos are awesome... I don't have the patience to sit there for 17 hours grinding one Pokemon, so yeah you definitely get a thumbs up

He has betrayed our Lord and Savior Helix, and joined forces with the Dome

Yay, I found another dome guy. I'm not alone ^_^

*GREAT WORK CHAMP !*

this is amazing. thank you

With the old games your starter is basically the difficulty level

*picks dome fossil* Me: you are a disgrace, all hail lord helix

I'm watching while I play through Red casually and my Oddish decided to evolve about the same time yours did in the video. It was a crazy coincidence!

Stumbled upon your channel and I love it