How Overpowered Would Mega Mewtwo Y Be in Generation 1? | Pokemon Red Solo Challenge 

This is run is what we all dreamed of as kids, a mon that could just outplay the entire game without much strategy. As always, great content, Matt!

Goodra: My dragon type with 150 special might be a bit overpowered Mega Mewtwo Y with 194 Special Attack and the Psychic type: Weep, peasant

An example of the term, "being in the red" actually being a good thing. I like that you did it this way to add a risk factor to what would have otherwise been a series of crazy-easy battles.

dude is just dropping straight bangers!!!

This has to be hands down one of my favorite videos you’ve ever put out. As always enjoy the content bro. Nothing else needs to be said but”Tombstoner Brother”

Absolutely psyched red bar made it in. I think it ends up being one of the coolest aspects of the vanilla Red speedrun, having the ability to play right on the edge of risk and reward and eek out just a little bit of extra time with some risk. I don't think there is going to be a Pokemon that can carry red bar for as long as Mega Mewtwo Y will be able to, but I think there's potentially a lot of smart usage of it I'm excited to be able to see. This rocked. Thanks for the videos as always, they're consistently a blast. Also since I haven't said it yet, congrats on the baby!

This is what my over levelled Butterfree felt like as a kid

Congratulations on fatherhood. The first years are so tiring and fun. Enjoy it and sleep when you can. Also, make sure to teach that baby answer to the ultimate question in life: Is TM28 actually Tombstoner?

What a beautiful back sprite! Nice job staying in red bar for so long. It made for a super interesting video! Also TM 28 is Tooooombstoner.

What an insane run bro , also the amount of luck needed is still like very high to keep the red bar. Not to crit on the wrong moments is also a factor , but then again it has massive special most things would die from a crit anyway. Beast run!

Normally cross-gen runs aren't my favorite, but this was a dominate showing.

Awesome video as always

Love all the stats you have for the runs. Personally love seeing the math and routing that goes into the final run.

That was slick. You rode that red bar pretty comfortably all things considered.

Red bar is also annoying on the ears so hopefully you play with different audio because speedup. Also this was a great run to see including the sprite. This may be the pinnacle of red and psychic type slash is busted in the best possible way. But alas my boy Alolan Ninetales has been deposed as the king of backports

Let’s go mewtwo!! Now with a (very unnecessary)mega. Good lord. Any video with mewtwo being the star is a great video to me ❤😂. Great work as always Matt, keep it up brother! PS: congrats on the baby!! With how much effort you put into these videos and making everyone else happy I know you’ll be a great dad 😊

The moment I saw mewtwo Y I grabbed the while 2liter soda pop and family size chips lol I'm ready. On a real note, though, I enjoy enjoy all your content, and even though I don't drop a comment on every video, I still leave a like.

Matt does all the funny challenges that others don't do. Love to see it. (The coding stuff plays a huge part, love to see it and keep it up!)

Since red bar is intentionnal in this run, maybe you could swap the bruises on the art with an angry mark or angry eyebrows :( => >:( for Mewtwo Y as he's getting serious. Yes it's new art to make, but it may be the lowest effort new art ever. Bonus points if you leave the selection box around the eyebrows visible.

This is gonna be like Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby

Congratulations on a fantastic run Matt! It's easily one of the most impressive gen 1 speedruns I have ever witnessed. I have never actually used Mega Mewtwo Y so, looks like I will have fun using this overpowered Pokémon in the future.

Talk about a banger! That was an incredible run. I expected no less from the mega of megas. Although... That makes me wonder how eternamax eternatus would do...

got hyper nostalgic when you played the trading card game music while fighting brock

17:05 *TOMBSTONER, BROTHER!!!!*

The Street of Rage 2 music made me so extremely nostalgic.

What an amazing run so awesome to see red bar strategy. made it into a run. Being a dad is alot of fun but it is tiring at times you got this Matt!

congrat on the new born baby GLM! Man, if Mega Mewtwo has psychic with beginning move, it should be dominating!

Tombstoner brother! A real banger here

Babies are tough haha I’m glad you’re finding the balance and still getting content out. Keep up the good work 👍

I want to teach my kids about rom hacking, this would be a fun way to learn. Glad I found your channel recently.

Lessssgo!

You’re looking at the genetic superior. Simpy of the night. Lol thanks for the video.

Before I watch the video, I am going to guess extremely OP

What a sweet run! Congrats on being a dad.

Man, you had me shitting bricks when you decided to set up on Pidgeot. Guess I didn't need to worry though - gen 1 AI is always the MVP

Congrats on the baby!

You crushed this run Matt, expected nothing less

Hey GLM, what a video. My fave one so far. As a dad of a 14 year old daughter I have been there and it's a hell of a journey but it's the best. I'm sure u are doing a great job and the video was great. i love the mega evolution runs in gen 1 and seeing the red bar strats and pushing the game to what it can do was so good. More of that please. Pushing limits and coming up with risky plays is great to watch. Your a real one #steinermaths

Great vid! Ty for the update on fatherhood at the end, too. It gets a lot easier at 6 months and again easier at 1 year...

Amazing work with these videos Matt, great dedication that we fully appreciate especially considering how busy you must be! Enjoy every moment brother

Wonderful video. I had a great time watching. Thanks for making these BROTHER!!!👊🏼

My gf and I lost it at "weak little spaghetti body" 🤣

One of our playground myths was that Tombstoner was a secret TM, and Tombstoner would permanently kill the target Pokémon and remove it from the opponent's party. 😂

My 5 year old son and I play Minecraft dungeons, Mario bros, and Mariokart together. I wouldn't trade our time together for anything.

An incredible time for a doubly broken ‘mon - great work!

man i am loving your content. IMO best new poketuber out there

Our Country's Supreme leader with his Supreme Genius has deduced that you are a cutter!

Good times when Ice Beam cost only a fresh water.

I saw this 25 minutes after it dropped when I was with my girlfriend, and I gasped so loud that she thought something happened, and I had to explain to her that one of the RU-vidrs I watch implemented a better version of the best Pokémon for the original game and is going to absolutely annihilate the game with it So excited to start finally getting to watch it

A monstrous time. Well done!

Man, one kid is easy. It’s an adjustment, but easy. Two kids is hard. At first two seems easy, but quickly it gets more difficult.

This was a fun one! Good run my dude! As for the tier lists, maybe make a Mega tier which includes all Pokemon including megas to compare them to normal mons, but for any vanilla pokemon (cross or 1st gen) just keep them out unless the result is surprisingly stupid good? Also, congrats on becoming a dad :D The exhaustion is worth it I swear!

'How Overpowered Would Mega Mewtwo Y Be in Generation 1?' -> *YES*

Another Zesty pokemon by a equally zesty runner, good run :]

I've been waaaay too busy this summer so far, but there's always time to stop and watch a good GLM video 😎

Lol, I hoped you’d do a run like this when I saw the learn set for psycho cut but it didn’t occur to me just how many ways mewtwo y really just breaks Gen 1. Of course you can red bar with an absolute stat stick with completely broken typing and move pool that takes advantage of every bit of jank. Great run, that was a fun watch, hope the wife and the kiddo are doing good brother.

Aw, congrats on the baby! ❤

Mega Mewtwo Y was definitely pushing the boundaries for a top tier, without mistakes ,run in gen 1. Because after all it has it all, almost 200 special with the best typing and some great stab options, and let's not forget amnesia. These factors made the red bar strategy a very viable option 😮,even though you'll need a specific luck to make sure quick attack or sand attack will ruin your run. I bet that a lot of runs(and time too) were lost due to that, and that makes me appreciate that run even more, because I would have given up for sure ,to have that kind of luck,and even more if I don't really have the time to put into that.😂😂😂 Wow, you're amazing for pulling that thing off.😊 I bet that even if it had to use weak moves (I mean bad moves or those that thier base power is less than 60),it would have a great time, maybe even a solid B tier finish.🤔

I think that run will stay number one on the rankings for a while, unless Matt decides to use Eternatus in his Eternamax form

I'd love to see what mega rayquaza can do in this

I'm excited to see Mega Mewtwo X next. It's basically all the same advantages as regular Mewtwo but with the fighting typing and even more attack. Though a lack of fighting-type moves could be a small problem for it

TOMBSTONER BROTHER!

I've been inspired by TerminalMontage's Paradox Pokemon Battle Royale: How well would Miraidon fare? It probably won't have Electro Drift until the league, but it does start with Dragon Breath to breeze through Brock, a rarity for Electric-types, and it can still get Thunderbolt after Surge, which is close enough in power to Electro Drift to see it through most of the game. Surely this, alongside its greater stats, should let it stand up to Alolan Raichu at least? Its special isn't quite as high as Goodra (only base 135), but it makes up for it with its whopping base 135 Speed giving it a high crit rate, and naturally learning Agility at 35 lets it accrue badge boosts, while Goodra has nothing of the sort. The other three finalists of TerminalMontage's video don't really fare very well. Flutter Mane is haunted by the fact that Ghost is a physical typing in Gens 1-3 (meaning it doesn't get a usable STAB until 35 with Dazzling Gleam; it _does_ get a STAB move earlier, but that STAB move is Astonish, which A: is physical in gen 1, running off of Flutter's cruddy base 55 Attack, and B: is extremely low base power), Scream Tail doesn't get a STAB move period until level 42 with Play Rough, and Iron Bundle has to not only deal with starting with only Present, but also its strongest STAB being Powder Snow until level 42 where it learns Freeze-Dry (or Celadon City for the Ice Beam TM), though I guess Whirlpool (which Bundle gets at 14) would be kinda broken with Gen 1 Trapping Mechanics coming off of Bundle's insane speed?

Heyyy, you did the thing, awesome. Only the best can ride the red edge to victory.

Great run as always!

Mega Mewtwo Y seeking redbar: “Come at me then. Your attacks only make me FASTER.” I solo’ed Pokerogue with Mega Mewtwo Y. Absolute monster, even without Gen 1 crits or Amnesia. Thanks for the video! 13:47 I believe you can technically skip the Pokémon Tower heal by fighting an optional Channeler nearby and having her walk to you, but off the top of my head I’d guess that takes longer than healing and manipulating damage to get back to redbar, not to mention that it might make PP management more difficult. (Also, I bet many other Uber-tier legendaries and Megas could maintain redbar, but I’m not sure it’s the most interesting angle for repeated videos. 🤔)

Lol Misty had the match and straight up threw it xD What a mad lad

Blastoise forgot it was Gen 1 and Bite wasn’t a Dark type move yet.

Congrats on the baby, mate. Welcome to fatherhood if it's your first. 🤟

Congrats dude!

cross gen runs are my jam

I feel like your niche should be using every/any Pokémon to see how’d they’d do in Gen 1. Megas, legendaries, paradox, ultra beasts, regional forms, anything goes. So definitely keep them megas up there.

12:27 Shamonay!

Heyyy, a new GLM video and I’m finally getting some rain (it’s been a very dry summer so far). Today’s a good day.

Mega Mewtwo Y: faster, smarter, stronger 😁 I'm a big fan of Megas, so I'm glad to see more Mega runs no matter what. Personally I kinda wanna see Mega Garchomp. In-game, its lower Speed from regular Garchomp severely holds it back, but I imagine in Gen 1 it won't pose nearly as much of an issue for it-but it will certainly appreciate the extra Attack.

Tombstoner brothaaa!!

Did you know that grape is wrong? Go to church and confess 🤣🤣🤣

Loving the Streets of Rage intro

Grabbing a sode pop

Cool to see Raichu among the best Pokemon in that card list. Congrats on the baby!!!

A standout run!

This might not be a video you’d want to do but I think it’d be interesting to see how fast normal mewtwo would be with a fast growth rate.

Just found your channel. Great video! Got my sub, and keep up the good work.

It's impressive that Alolan Ninetales still manages to stay in the top 3 despite not having crazy stats, with it being only now dethroned from 1st. I guess it's due to Ice being surprisingly good in Gen I.

Grab myself a beer

"The extra 40 BP does edge out the extra 40 Base Special" 90/50 means Psychic is 80% stronger than Confusion/Psychic does 1.8× the damage. Base 194 is between 393 and 486, whereas Base 154 is between 313 and 406 In the best case scenario where both Mewtwo's are as weak as they could possibly be, Mega-Mewtwo-Y's Sp.Atk is 25.5% stronger, but if both are at their maximum, Mega-Y is only 20% stronger. Mewtwo's Psychic is 50% stronger than Mega-Mewtwo-Y's Confusion. This is like comparing Stomp to Double-Edge Or Double-Edge compared to Hyper Beam This is like comparing Seadra's Ice beam to Jynx's Ice Beam

Red bar the run! Woo!

"We set out to create the strongest Pokemon in the world... and we succeeded." Yeah, that quote is very appropriate here. Though, I'm curious as to how X will match up. I doubt it will surpass Y's monstrous abilities, but I think it could put in a top 10 performance.

Mewtwo WHAH is probably the most OP in Sp Atk.. I would just sweep through the Elite Four in Alpha Sapphire with it.

Aw I wanted to see you wipe out that last bug catcher in Viridian Forest aka the run killer weedle.

Would love to see Mega Alakazam vs mega Gengar

Gotta try Mega Beedeill

Click on pokemon, hear streets of rage 2 music. Confusion, but i like it

Always liked X more than Y personally for both Mewtwo and Charizard.

Tombstoner brother!

Loving the disgusting 999 special.

Sirfetchd might be a neat run too.

I say keep megas like they are now and when you've got 10, start a separate list just for them, could be very interesting, especially taking into account that some got type changes, looking at you Gyarados.

Oh congrats to you and your wife for your baby!

I’d imagine that since the Pokémon is still kind of beefy, I’d have given it normal potions while in red health (keeping it in red but having more HP) so that the weaker priority moves wouldn’t kill mewtwo. Or is the time to do it not worth it if you’re pushing the envelope on the run?