Jaiden And I Did A 2 Player Hardcore Nuzlocke 

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Jan with Jaiden: oh dear, oh dear you got this Jan with Alpharad: you fucking donkey

Jan: Has a whole argument about why Emboar is a good starter. Jaiden: “He’s ugly.”

I want a huge 3 person soul-link between Jan Jaiden and Alpharad that would go crazy

If nothing else, I love how Jan's perspective of "the right way to play a Nuzlocke is whatever makes it fun for you" continues. Based Nuzlocker.

Jaiden just lying and telling Jacob she’s also playing Blaze Black was absolutely golden

I absolutely love that reference at the end: “Jacob is gonna make so much fun of us when he finds out” what a saga.

Maybe the real soulink was the friends we made along the way. In all seriousness, Jaiden and Jacob went from not knowing how to pronounce Jan's name to collaborating on long intense projects and becoming friends in the process. That's awesome.

Jan pronouncing his own name as "Jan" killed me

The deadpan delivery of Jan mispronouncing his own name is hilarious. Probably his best video intro yet.

impressive that jaiden would nerf herself by nuzlocking with some bum

Jan: *Gives an entire 30-second long detailed explanation for why he likes Emboar* Jaiden: "HE'S UGLY"

That "Man Jacob's gonna make so much fun of us when he finds out." Very funny. Guess that was the chicken sandwich moment.

Jan calling himself *Jan* is some top tier character development.

I love how Jan's video are getting funnier after he met Alpharad

"Just hit up your friend and play some Pokemon. So far I've always had a blast." My heart melted right there.

OH MY GOD, HE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!! I know people say things like that all the time but this really feels like the turning point of a character in a TV show, and right at the end of the trilogy. Very good attempts, hell, I know I couldn’t have done any better 😭

“Who else could screw up an encounter in a Nuzlocke they’re not even in.” Jesus christ 💀💀💀

Time for the 3-way cagelocke to mix it up 😊

33:37 I love this call back this is great, It's fun to see the three even if Jacob wasn't really here. I enjoyed it and it's a nice message that the true journey is the friends along the ride

Honestly, the fact they made it that far is beyond incredible. Their two different play styles, not by battle style but literally two different games, went further than most could. I give them credit and feel like with a bit of work, they could both crush this some other day if they choose to do this again

God, introducing himself as "I'm Jan" was such a good touch

This is like watching the antagonist learn the power of friendship

2:58 Jan: "Pretty much Jaiden's entire team is out-sped against Cheren's Lillipup. It's panic time." In the next scene, we just see Jaiden and Jan screaming hysterically, running around in circles. Jacob also walks in, notices Jaiden and Jan flipping out randomly. Jacob raises an eyebrow, shrugs his shoulders, and starts screaming and running around in a circle too.

The moment I heard they named Jacob the rival I just knew that Alpharad Luck was gonna kill this run

How nice of jaiden to help carry a new Pokémon player through a nuzlock

The “Jacob is gonna make fun of us” joke was so goooooood I love it and this trilogy

Seeing you 3 become friends and playing pokemon together has been so wholesome tbh

I need you to know that even though the Nord script remains mostly the same, you’re one of the few content creators I actually watch it for. You’re not just background noise to me, Jan. ❤

"You just looked at another screen because the Internet has rotted your mind" Me with the spoon halfway to my mouth; "Bro, I'm WATCHING, don't slander me for nuthin'"

Tbh I think what makes me the happiest is that if you watch all of Jans videos with and on alpha and jaiden, you'll notice he begins to slowly become more confident in his videos, they feel more fluid, more fun to watch and most importantly, Jan seems happier

Passing your title onto your teammates during these colab videos in your intro is my favorite thing

I find it really heart warming when people come together in silly ways

Now all three of you should do a soullink nuzlocke,

What a great way to bring all of this full circle. Jaiden and Alpha learned a bit more about nuzlocking and Jan learned how to feel emotions.

Jan your editing has gotten so much better over the years. Your content has gotten so much more entertaining to watch :D

The collab videos are undeniably some of the best. Got me hyped to do another nuzlocke and hopefully soon.

Jaiden animating the section at 33:36 made me realize that yes, this is a collab

Also "Man, Jacob's gonna make so much fun of us when he finds out." As Jaiden's just breezing through.

Jaiden: "yeah jacobs chat is so goofy and evil" Jan: *mental breakdown*

The 3 chaotic trio is the best friendship I could only live vicariously through them

My mind has been so polluted by the many Manscape sponsors on this channel I was like 80% confident that during the segue Jan was gonna say “so during the run, me and Jaiden talked a lot about balls”

Jaiden is SO complete as a creator. Decent skill, lots of fun, powerful narrative, epic animations, immeasurable kindness... What's not to love ? She's definitely uber tier.

I love how Jaiden, Jacob and Jan all start with J

The quality of your vids has gotten so much better in the year + I've been watching. Love to see it!

I was playing radical red in the background and I had remembered the last time jan had caught me looking at another screen I thought “there’s no way he’ll do it again right?” AND THEN THE PERFECT TIMING HAPPENED AND HE DID IT AGAIN

"Who else can screw up an encounter in a nuzlocke he's not even playing?" I died. I just died, that's all there is to it.

I love that you included the pics of everyone meeting up at the end

I love seeing Jan making friends and playing nice with the other kids ❤

Funny how the only soullink without Jacob so far has been the only one to not be beaten Almost like he's the best nuzlocker in the world or something

When Jan said he made the ultimate mistake in Undella town I thought he was gonna say he accidentally walked into Cynthia's house lol

This was a fantastic watch, if you guys ever decide to do it again I will deffinantly come back for more

The character development was amazing I'm really glad you had so much fun playing the soullink as we did watching them

jan introducing himself as their mispronunciation of his name is such a power move

For once Jaiden wasn't the one dealing with the bullshit, getting some nice Alpharad-branded luck 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I really like the idea of you doing a soul bonds like this with other creators and I bet if you did some more you’d be able to find a great balance of difficulty for you and your guest.

I discovered you through Jaden's videos, and seeing the full circle... It's so wholesome and amazing 💖

The pictures of you 3 at the end was so sweet and wholesome!

Crazy how they all ended up being good friends. I found Jan through Jaiden’s first nuzlocke and I learned so much from Jan by watching all his videos 😊. I then I found Alpharad when Jan reacted to his nuzlocke so it’s been a journey 😄

the background music choices for this pchal video in particular are 10/10.

Man I love your videos. Your humor is unique and extremely funny. I've been hooked since the first reaction video.

Showing the pics at the end was actually so sweet, so neat to see you guys become friends through this, seems like you’re getting along great and having so much fun together, in game and out, and like you said, that’s all that really matters.

Yeah, I remember thinking this soullink wouldn't work because of the reasons Jan explained in the end. Hopefully in the future they will do another one on a base game, just like how he did with Alpharad and enjoy the experience of playing with a friend, rather than trying to challenge himself with a rom hack that was too hard to soullink.

Would love to see more of stuff like this but maybe not on hard mods unless you are with someone who also plays them and wants to do the hardcore grind. I think just having a video or twitch vods of two people having fun on a nuzlocke would be great. Me and my friend personally nuzlocke with 1 game just both of us giving our inputs on what to do and having a good time while talking/messing around and overall just using the run as a vehicule to spend some good time togheter

Probably the best video on the channel because of the narrative, i'm so glad pc get to where he is right now

i love how this all starts with jan being the bad guy and at the end he is just a great friend

I love how 90% of this was jaiden waiting for him to finish battles 😂

Bro, this dude is too good at these that he actually adds extra challenges or hacked games. Like, that’s crazy

Honestly, these soul links have been some of my favorite content of yours. I hope that you all get more chances to collaborate on videos like this. Some others that might be fun would be the more dedicated challenge runners like FlygonHG since you two have worked together in the past and newer ones like Bloody.

Watched this video while shiny hunting Brambleghast and found it immediately. This is a very lucky video.

Let’s all take a moment to appreciate how much better jan has gotten at storytelling AND editing

Love your content found jaiden through you actually. Been having a blast and i even have two of your videos saved to watch when i am just out of cell range on my youtube so keep making content.

It was brilliant to get a writer for these. Sometimes you gotta outsource for the stuff you don’t have, and it is a SMART move.

God these two have an amazing dynamic

Man you three have become such a lovable trio, actually makes me emotional

I LOVE the little animation at the end!

I love watching videos like this while I'm playing pokemon

i love how jan always uses the clip of him faking hte reaction to jaidens and alpharad's nuzlocke LMFAO

The John Cena cameo had me wheezing 😂

When Jacob gets bullied by an AI that represents him, and by Jan in their playful beef. Gosh I adore this trio of chaos and the content it puts out. Jacob with great luck to the point of critting encounters to death and catching legendaries by the handful while sometimes barely strategizing, Jaiden with awful luck in terms of getting the worst possible outcomes and challenges despite actually knowing a lot of strategy generally, and Jan who decides instead to make luck the least of his suffering by choice, going so far as to make every run brutal and a test of his skills to master his craft to levels that many wouldn't have the patience or emotional capacity for while also spamming rare candies because his craft can't afford to take the time to grind, especially in Johto, which is based.

I'm glad you and Jaiden were able to play together trying to work around Jaiden's schedule good luck with that.. that alone would be a lot then trying to play at a very competitive level too would be difficult.. Hope your channel keeps growing you got good content and its pretty fun to watch as for Jaiden i just hope she doesnt burn herself out by doing to much all at once its a good change of pace i haven't seen her do to many collabs before.. That was kinda heart warming the pictures at the end you all seem like you had fun thats what its all about plus making content you enjoy..

I love pchals rivalry against alpharad its fricken funny as hell

I second Jaiden, the entire tepig line is a "pork not cooked enough" 🗿

Can we talk about how pokemon brought people from across the world together as friends? Warms my heart ❤️

As someone who shiny hunted a starter Tepig in Black and proceeded to body the entirety of the Unova region up to the Elite Four with Shiny Emboar... I agree wholeheartedly with Jan's assessment of Emboar.

*We're* probably the best Nuzlockers in the world Man, Idk why, but that start made me hyped!

The final episode to this series should be a 3 player soul link.

12:40 I’m hearing the music in the background and am getting flashbacks from watching everyone struggle to kill the boss it is linked to. (Boss is Mantis Lords from Hollow Knight)

Can’t wait for the insane animation from jaiden on this journey

Jacob's gonna make so much fun of us when he finds put Ohh boy i can't wait to see him doing a reaction video and seeing that part

0:16 The best part about the triangle is that Jaiden's avatar look afraid to the spot the next run should be

I watched a little bit of the first run live, i remeber the Tepig argument. Great video Jan.

Finally a nuzlocker that ran through Pokémon black and white. Thank you!!!

I don't normally comment, but I have to say that I'm really loving the evolution of Jan's content. I've been watching him since his Emerald Kaizo runs, but his most recent content is honestly a joy to watch. Love seeing him collab with other creators and have fun!

The photo of all 3 creators at the end was such a blissful moment, thank you for everything all 3 of you do

it really is eerie how good the timing is on that bit at 5 minutes in: I was juuuust shifting my weight to start standing up to go make a snack while whatever add was coming up some time in the next 30 seconds or so played instead of clicking past it like normal. I realize that this is because the reason I'm standing up is because I know how writing works but you'd think at least one side of that equation would be a tad off more often instead of the ~5 second window I give to call it a "hit" that he almost always catches.

"I get the only Pokémon whose fully evolved form's official English name contains a slur" *proceeds to not only pronounce the name incorrectly, but PRONOUNCES THE SLUR*

You three have all become such good friends and it genuinely makes me so happy

This kinds of Friendships are actually goals I hope you guys keep being good friends and doing this awesome videos

I hate that I’m just now finding this whole saga, but man am I loving all these videos