I Survived 100 Days As A Gym Leader In This Pokemon Game 

What type would you make your gym if you had the chance? Let me know! Let's try and smash 100 likes!

there should be a canon pokemon game like this honestly

There used to be a myth when I was a kid that when you beat the elite 4, 100x you would be granted a gym of your own. Guess who got trolled....

You remember that electric type Gym leader that lost his passion and went up to hang out in the lighthouse in one of the pokemon games? Seeing you fight the same trainers over and over, I think I understand what he meant.

Only Carries 1 potion the whole playthrough, just like a regular gym leader

Fun fact: that Rough Rider that keeps you prisoner will give you infinite soda pops and lum berries until you escape.

As a game concept, the trainers you invite to hang out in your gym should screen out the weaker trainers. Like, you could really shoot yourself in the foot by inviting a strong trainer too early, who wouldn't let anyone below level 40 pass while your own team is in the 25-30 level range. It could also make THE MAIN PART OF THE GAME more fun, instead of pointlessly using Blisseys as punching bags.

These are the starters of each type. Bug: dwebble, scyther, larvesta. Sig move: x-scissor Dark: sneasel, stunky, houndour Sig move: dark pulse Dragon: gible, bagon, Dieno Sig move: dragon claw Electric: pichu, shinx, joltik Sig move: thunderbolt Fairy: ralts(female), togepi, cleffa Sig move: dazzling gleem Fighting: riolu, tyrogue, makuhita Sig move: brick break Fire: vulpix, growlithe, magby Sig move: flamethrower Flying: gligar, doduo, noibat Sig move: acrobatics Ghost: misdreavus, duskull, drifloon Sig move: shadow ball Grass: cottonee, cherubi, petilil Sig move: energy ball Ground: Hippopatas, diglett, phanpy Sig move: earthquake Ice: swinub, bergmite, lapras Sig move: ice beam Normal: eevee, munchlax, kangaskhan Sig move: return Poison: nidoran F, nidoran M, skorupi Sig move: poison jab Psychic: solosis, sigilyph, bronzor Rock: onix, rhyhorn, aerodactyl Sig move: rock slide Steel: shieldon, ferrosead, aron Sig move: flash cannon Water: buizel, horsea, chinchou Sig move scald Most of these pokemon are unable to be found in the wild so if you want a sun team for a fire gym choose vulpx an wait till you can vacation to get you ability changed. Ground is by far the strongest start with a sand stream Hippopatas, sandshrew and wooper and there are close to no grass type trainers in the game.

Maybe this concept isn't great for an actual game but I'd love to see some kind of "Gym Maker" in a new pokemon game. You would make your own "minigame" layout, place trainers by yourself, give them pokemon from your PC, make your own leader or fight as a leader and share the gym online.

What would be cool and was hinted at in Pokémon Origin : gym leaders have different teams depending the amount of badges the challengers has. Like, you can't just wipe people with a Tyranitar, you have to have viable strategies not only with your core team but also with the two poor geodudes you throw at newbies, with interesting yet restrained movesets and items.

I think there's real promise for a type of Pokemon game where you have to play the role of a gym leader, but you start out in a town on a low route. As a result, you have a level cap on how strong the team you bring to your gym battles can be and have to beat scrub trainers with a level 10 - 15 team of two - three pokemon. Outside of gym battles you can have your actual team of pokemon and you use those to go to regional ranking matches where you square off against other gym leaders to see where each of your gyms gets seeded. Higher seeds get to have stronger gym teams and start attracting gym trainers that weed out the plebs for you. Once you hit 1st seed, you can start going for the regional equivalent of the elite four, topping out at regional champion.

the one thing that this game needs is actual gym fighters in your gym that weed out the weak trainers, you know, just like how most gyms are. Could make it like a tower defense where you can customize the path to you, use AI to predict how battles will go and see if they defeat the fighters you pick.

If you can get promoted to the elite 4 that would make a perfect post game for a mainline game. Also world tournaments every now and then would be cool too

I tried this game using ghost type. The beginning was not easy for me. There was one trainer that kept beating me and I had to over level and hunt down other types that could use shadow ball till I was farther in the game. There was also one trainer not in the gym that I had to keep avoiding early because they had a normal type and all my attacking moves were ghost 😅

You _literally_ never stopped talking for thirty one minutes. I'm not even mad, I'm pretty impressed honestly.

This is just what it feels like to be placed on the ai trainers side as the player gets infinite healing items

This really makes you realize even gym leaders go through the typical 9-5 workday. They have to make time for themselves

You know, why hasn’t someone made an official version of this game? This is an awesome concept for Pokémon that’s been unexplored, kinda like getting to play the evil teams that exist in the universe.

looks like a cool game, it seems like you need to spend more time exploring and def get some items over buildings (trainer battles give income too right?), are the tms on the ground places that could maybe have helped?

Nooo way!!! I did not expect that ending lol such a strong boss. Dude your tempo, commentary, and floor were very entertaining and engaging. 30 minutes went by like nothing

Great video. No intro, no trailers, just gameplay. I really liked that all games are tested and played before our eyes, this helped me pick a game immediately. Thanks 😍

"You cannot use more than 3 pokemon" Oh so we're an X/Y gym leader huehuehuehuehue

Another cool concept for a Pokemon game! I feel like this coulda been done a lot better but, it's still pretty cool and you can see its a good starting point for what future romhacks/fangames could do with the concept

Hey there! I absolutely loved the video and your commentary, it’s super cool to see this kind of a perspective on Pokémon games and I’m glad you delivered it well! Just one piece of criticism from me; with formats like these it would be super handy to have a day counter somewhere on-screen (you could always have the typical Pokemon overlay where it displays your current party, etc.). Otherwise, this is an amazing video! Keep up the good work 👍

I’m kinda amazed that you didn’t use shift gear with aggron while Edgar was heal spamming there

Man I remember playing Pokemon Black/White double matches with friends in high school and my Haxorus was a BEAST. They had no answer for him and he just refused to go down. Ever.

theoretical “thinking too much about pokémon logic” thing: after a certain point, if a gym leader is beat so many times, wouldn’t the pokémon league intervene and be like “hey….youre trash, what’s going on? youre really sending out a lvl 7 geodude and a lvl 9 onix?”

I can't remember why but around 22 years ago when I played pokemon crystal there was this huge myth, that when you have beaten the game, you'd turn into a gym leader.

I'd make a few changes to the game. I'd make a system that level caps your Pokemon depending on the "rank" of the trainer (1-8 badges). I'd also make it to where certain pokemon with higher base stats become use-able at certain ranks in your gym. I'd grant multiple TM options to represent your gym if possible. Also, I'd make it to where you could qualify to be an elite four member or even a champion. I'd want to expand map design, so you can make the town your own theme. I'd also have it to where you can customize your gym a bit and have Jr Gym members that the trainers face (as a way to filter out weaker trainers). You'd get passive rep, and the way it would work is depending on the quality of your trainee their would be a certain percent chance they would auto complete a trainer for you.

Played through and completed the game. It feels like an Alpha game with real potential. Story is good, bit more content to break up the repetition would be great. I would replace the build your own city thing with customise your Gym. And if they could find a way for more interaction with your gym trainers then thats it would be done.

Love this! Excited to play this when i get home! Subbed thanks for the vid!

The concept is incredible, but I think it really needs to be worked out properly. More variation in trainers, access to more than just 1 TM, and just more optimatization.

Yoooo I ALSO did Dragon types but I started with Deino and I managed to find a Charmander and was immediately able to teach it Dragon Claw. Did NOT know about the Dragon type Aron line, that was a nice catch on your part. Dragonite, Kommo-o, Dragapult, and Haxorus rounded out my team. Also I didn't lose to Edgar even though he had a Hydreigon of his own. Bliss came in clutch with training for sure. It's a very fun game and I highly recommend to all pokemon fans.

Some cool ideas here. I hope Pokémon company is paying attention to these fan games. Imagine a main game where you’re a gym leader fighting for relevance and ultimately getting promoted to Elite Four??

I like this concept as a change of pace with pokemon, work on when exactly the difficulty ramps up and add more variety in pokemon trainers who come challenge you, and you get a nice time sink to be real

thank you for linking the game! Gonna tear through with ghost typing

hope gamefreak made this series come in life after scarlet and violet. its awesome that you just manage gym and if unbeatable that we can manage poke league insane

I think this could be a good basis for a SimCity/farm simulator spinoff if they ever decided to make one.

Dude I just found your channel today and so far I love the content you put out!

brooo i love how big your youtube has gotten! i used to watch you for sword and shield news.

You missed out on a few opportunities to Shift Gear boost your Aggron in that final battle.

Another nice chill video matt... keep up the good content 👌

Why do I love Pokémon videos like this so much. It’s so neat

I actually did a dragon play through and I didn’t lose once when I got to egar, I actually caught a Jangmo-o as my 3rd pokemon and a axew as my second which I got really lucky to catch, I started with Gible and then got a Agron and a dreepy I also used a tyranatar, because my Garchomp had a jolly nature and sand veil once I got the blissey trainer unlocked I just grinded that and grinded Tms you can buy trs from another city if you use the vacation function

This looks rather interesting to try, if I have to pick, it would either be electric, flying or ghost

Dude literally replaced protect with glare 💀

24:55 summed up my first play through of moon with my chargeabug against the ground kahoona with her mudstail

you need to explore dude, i beat Edgar with less level under 30 days of the game with Psychic (was horrible, all the trainers had bite, assurance, Garchomp has Dark pulse and all the motorbikes had at least one dark type). And for sure spend money on healing items.

is there a rom hack of this?

Im in day 35 and getting level 50 opponents at gym + beaten Edgar at day 30... I think youre getting low level opponents because you do not explore the world at all and not meeting the stronger trainers in the wild... If you loose when youre kindnapped you get back to your "cell", fully healed + beaten gang members stay beaten. Only when you fight with Edgar its game over when you loose. I defeated him like on 10th try... (got to him with cca lvl 43 team, got to Blissey up to lvl 50) It was fun when you met hiker Paul, you can meet him in the wild at start of Badlands, and when you get to lvl 4 in gym his Tyraninar get to lvl 99 :D

Just Subscribed and Such A Clever Game!! Very Nice Work!!

HDvee: I don't have money for potions Also HDvee 4 seconds earlier: I donate potions every day

The game crashed a ton for me to the point where I couldn't realistically continue playing but I had a ton of fun making a sand steel team.

I did fairy and it was kinda rough having just my ralts in the beginning but I later found out you could catch more fairies towards the east of the city you're gym leader in and I soon managed to build a team that I like.

high key glad this showed up in my suggested, goated

bro was so proactive. I loved it.

I guess that's what you get not either getting healing items or leveling like mad lol.

The "new Aron form" is literally just a shiny one with dragon plopped onto it

1:01 "You gave 40 dollars to the winner" lmao it's just a wild rattata. Who would give money to a random pokemon to flee

I’m totally expecting there to eventually be a trainer rolling up with level 20s to your rank 0 gym all made to counter whatever type you chose later down the line

This would drive me nuts. This is a survival game essentially (if you wanted to be an undefeated gym leader that is) and you are just thrown garbage evs the entire time despite having an excellent starter and great choices for mons. As I watch you get in around the late 40s with your team you kept, I can see you suffer from lack of attack because all the HP Evs plus the random ones you fought. Would be nice to choose what Blissey gives you.

Matt destroying dreams is just great. Lol.

Yo! This is actually a sick concept! 😂

I just did all the building stuff post-game. Heck, I solo'd almost everything with a Luxray.

I can confirm this hackrom is cool, just don't use normal types because the encounter list is terrible (you only have one special attacker in drampa)

Great work on your 100 days! Only 7600 more hours untill you become a certified professional!

I feel like Drampa is staring into my soul with that sprite

"I love the combat, the animations are amazing, this game is awesome!"

This is a game that seems interesting in principle and boring in practice. This does not strike me as the kind of game meant to be a main binge game, more of a side thing to do. But I do find the idea of running a gym to be an interesting concept.

Here's a couple of early game tips if you want to play this game yourself since there aren't really any guides or anything for it. 1: Be careful about which type you choose. While its definitely tempting to pick a notoriously powerful type like Dragon or Psychic, you gotta remember that the early games for those types even in normal pokemon games, can be a nightmare. Here, that choice is especially neutering because you are locked into those types, and the areas to catch more are out of your league at the beginning of the game (25-30 when you are still in the teens). 2: Be aware of a potential softlock early game. Catch rates are pretty low in this game, and money is hard to come-by until you start getting decent leveled trainers coming to your gym. If you are really unlucky and waste a bunch of pokeballs or you get beaten by overworld trainers/pokemon too much, you can basically make the game unbeatable. This can happen with any starting type, but is especially easy to do with types like Dragon, Psychic or Steel because it can be hard to find more pokemon of those types that you can actually beat or catch, as well as it being difficult to find off-type pokemon who can learn your gym's signature move. In general, be really careful picking a type that is weak to Dark type, since the first story battle in the game is a dude using a poochyena, and it can really suck trying to beat that thing if its immune to or taking very little damage, from your signature move. 3:If you solve the riddle inside of the Psychic cave and advance all the way to the end of it and get out, you will find a lone house with a woman in it. Answer her questions carefully as she will give you a starter pokemon from which ever generation you choose based on your answers to her questions. That being said, it can be a pain if you choose certain types, as those starters can't learn your gym's signature move so they aren't usable at all in the challenge. 4: Most Pokemon you can choose as your starter are not available in the overworld if you don't choose them. This sucks a lot as some of the starters are pretty good. This also directly nerfs some other types, for example, if you choose Dragon, you will never be able to get a Kingdra or if you choose psychic, you will never be able to get a Gardevoir. A Steel Gym can never have Lucario because Riolu is a Fighting starter, a Water Gym can't get Lapras because its an Ice Starter, so forth and so on. 5: The best type is probably Ground. All Ground starters are pretty good, except Diglett, and it gets one of the best moves in the series, Earthquake, as its signature that basically every half-way decent pokemon in the game can learn, which also allows you to use Torterra from the woman in Tip 3 for coverage against water types, not to mention there's basically no grass type enemies in the game in general. Also the "Ground Type Area" is really easy to find and fairly close to the main hub so you don't have to worry about fighting level 30s with your level 14 phanpy or Hippopoptas to catch new pokemon (a big problem with some other types as mentioned before). 6: Set up your gym as soon as possible. The game won't let you do your first gym fights until you have three team members, which is kinda dumb since we see actual gym leaders only using one or two pokemon all the time. The faster you do this, the faster you can do actual story stuff. Even once you do this, money can be really tight because enemy trainers will still only be like level 5 or 6 until you beat like 10-15 of them, so money is gonna be super tight. Unless your team is really underleveled you shouldn't have to worry too much about soft-locking yourself from not being able to catch more pokemon, but you do have to be careful to not lose too many times in a row or its a Game Over if you are too weak. Better to overlevel than under. Once the Blissey Lady shows up, you are officially past the hard part of the game (hard as in you can accidentally soft-lock yourself and not hard as in the trainers being strong, there's some pretty nasty trainers near the end of the story lol). 7: The person you choose to represent your gym does something different. For example, if you choose the Gym Girl, you get more reputation faster and also get a free gym trainer (the gym boy who has a crush on her) but you will face those "better" trainers (the ones who randomly have stronger pokemon) more often with her. The Gym Boy will give you lower reputation growth, and the professional Gym guy (the Fresh Water dude you see in the actual games) will give you balanced growth. Finally, this game can be kinda tedious and grindy I'm sad to say. Basically everything I said above can be avoided with enough grinding and overleveling once you have 3 pokemon.

man, i love that rounded fonts

"Stopping more dreams" 😂

This is repetitive, but it's such a breath of fresh air to the regular pokemon grind

8:51 hold on hold on, isnt this a shiny aron?

Lol Gym leader battling the same trainer... that's me back then. I've come back for my beating 😂😂😂

I'm also dragon gym, but with Aron, Gible, Drama, Druddigon, Charmeleon and a Gyarados for traveling. Also got a dreepy and tynamo which I left them in the daycare to level up 😅😅😅

I thought the aron was shiny at first

They should create a way to have champions in the pokemon game of Scarlet and Violet. Have a way for battles to commence and a new challenger arrives to take the throne. Have it for VGC and also Singles. A set time will arrive so the champion has to be ready to defend his or her crown. Arrange it in a way that it can be possible and they can enjoy an elite four format in the game. But among real life players.

I could also spend days just grinding on the blissey lmao.

That rattata was like a dark souls boss lol

Quite a fun game. I'm tempted to try it out myself.

wow, I gave up after 20 days of same consecutive pokemon battles. you have more patient than I.👍

I would make either a fairy type gym because that's my favorite type or I would make a dark type gym because the Pokemon games never had a dark type gym. Also it's really cool you get to make your own gym I love this game.

This is the first video of yours I've ever been recommended, and this game looks super interesting, so I'm here for a new experience and excited! Here we go! Edit: Absolutely fantastic video, and what an adventure! Some incredibly close calls, and it's wild how things came to an end! Take this Subscribe! Edit 2: My best friend and his cousin are hooked on this game now, thanks for the introduction!

Does this game have EVs? If so repeatedly catching and switching out New Drampas doesn't seem like a good idea.

I like the font used; it’s literally the same font as those old school counterfeit Yu-Gi-Oh cards lol

I want to play that, that looks so fun, I like simulation games. I also like when you make your own area, that's the reason my fav Harvest Moon is DS.

I chose Dragon and Gible as my starter. I really love Garchomp.

Dark would be my type definitely

This would make for an awesome pokemon game. Imagine a mix of Animal Crossing's citybuilding and recruiting, with Persona's social aspects. Could be pretty awesome with a focus on progression and customization

That Aron looked shiny lol

What's this game called?

Further proof that the ROM community can outdo Game Freak consistently.

Job instructions: “As the town’s gym leader, your job is to ruin kids’ dreams.”

I’m a ground type Gym Leader. I chose Garchomp as ace/first Pokémon, Excadrill and Sandslash tied for second in levels. I’m working on getting a Nidoking somehow.

Warning because I lost all my progress because of this- which is simply to MAKE SURE YOU SAVE. Why? If you lose a certain battle, it reverts you to your *last save*. Saving some headache for new players

I had no idea this existed. Big thanks to the youtube algorithm for throwing me this way, I'll immediately play this.

I'm sorry but the floating old man made me laugh so much.

did you play with the default controls or is there a way to play without having to use the arrow keys that i seriously cannot figure out?

Well. As a Psychic Leader. I swept him. Lmao.