Squirtle Squad Special | Pokemon Red Solo Challenge 

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Real one! Squirtle was my first starter back when I got my version of blue in the 90s. Glad to see he had a good run. As always, great content!

17:37 *TOMBSTONER, BROTHER!!!*

The cool shades gave our blue bowling ball the confidence it needed to succeed!

Poor little feller. He got his crown but lost his shades. Can't be a real one without the squad shades.

Really enjoyed this one and its a good start to the new year. Glad the start trio is completed and i can say i am honestly surpised squirtle is thes best.

Even though I understand the reasoning, I still dry heaved when I watched you sell TM13. 😂 Thanks for the video!

Squirtle Squirtle BROTHER! That back sprite is ELITE

So going into this, I was pretty aware that Blastoise was the speedrun route before Nidoking eventually replaced it (and Blastoise still does really respectably tbh) so I knew that Squirtle had some potential, but I thought that it's lackluster stats would end up really holding it back. It doesn't have great utility moves or powerful set-up options. Withdraw exists for sure but its definitely no one's preferred option for getting badge boosts. Looking back however, there are definitely some things I overlooked. One of the big ones I didn't think about was Mega Punch, which really gave Squirtle an edge over Bulbasaur early on. It's just a move that does more than double the damage of Tackle and that definitely played a part in how fast Squirtle was early on. Also it's coverage can't be understated, because hitting SE is just, very good and Squirtle does a really good job at that. But also, I'm a lot more familiar with Yellow than I am Red or Blue and I think Yellow is just a harder game for most Water-type Pokemon. Surge has Sleep Powder to mess you up, Blaine is a lot more difficult and is a significantly higher level, even random little things like Giovanni having a Persian and the Nidos with Thunder and the general presence of Exeggcute/Exeggutor and Magneton really hurt the Water type. In R/B, Squirtle just has a lot less to solve. Also very quickly but one little thing I noticed and wanted to shout out: the bit in Rock Tunnel where you wait to heal your Poison from the Oddish/Bulbasaur Jr. Trainer until your Repel wore out was really cool. It's a really minor optimization but it's also just a really smart one? Always a lot of love for the big optimizations but I feel the little ones need their shout outs too sometimes.

So nice to pull up good ole tube of you and see that you have posted a video. Keep up the epic work my friend!

Love the artwork to represent Squirtle squad! I was pleasantly surprised with this one. Great stuff as always!

You are a real one Matt I was surprised to see squirtle to so good.

Real one. I'm surprised squirtle got this result. The others with swords dance is op

So funny to see the sunglasses fall off and with bandage on Squirtle face when it was hurt seriously lol 86.28, it is indeed not bad at all, even no swordsdance or growth, but it has blizzard and surf.

I was shocked to see Squirtle win but it makes sense after seeing this video.

GLM, your a real one. I think your video styling is so good, you are hilarious on commentary, I like your ranking system and the split data is well timed and helpful, loving the content #tombstonerbrother

Happy new year my man. That throwing off the helmet analogy was hilarious mate

I love squirtle and was so happy to see you put the squad shades on him for this run. Can't wait to see when you get to run Blastoise.

Squirtle had earned the cool glasses 😎 for sure with that kind of dominant performance. 😊 Having the medium slow growth rate is a blessing and a curse, especially whenever you need the extra edge that badge boost can give. This way managing exp is a challenge and requires a lot of experience. Reflect can be really annoying especially at the final fight,and if the game has a special mood it would add a crit😂😂😂. Alakazam can be really scary whenever you don't have a clear answer to it. But overall Squirtle was really good as a first stage pokemon. Water types in general tends to be really good with the right moves. I really like the back sprite it makes Squirtle so adorable. 😊 And the thumbnail is really cool as well. Thanks for making me have a great time while completing a crystal legacy run.😊

Are these the beta gold and silver sprites?! I love the old tail sprites for squirtle and wartortle makes them look like fish instead of a squirrel tail!

21:19 I know you meant psybeam because you can see it, but can psywave even crit? I don’t think it rolls damage that way. Anyway, great run, the squirtle line is always great, it just wishes it had shell smash like 7 generations earlier lol. And yeah, gen 1 blizzard is one of the most broken widely distributed moves ever, why is it 90% accurate?

Nice to see my favorite Kanto Starter do well! Cool to see how you were able to use Withdraw in the the run!

As a charmander fan I always had deep respect for squirtle. He’s a real solid option.

4:23 sneaky Gen 1 miss!

I did not have a prediction but I am GLAD to see sleep strats lose so go Squirtle real one

"Im sure someone is gonna comment and say it's not but....I don't believe you"😂😂

You know what sounds worse than Squirtle? Moistle

I enjoy the starter runs. Squirtle is my favorite

Squirtle Squad Superiority!

Love you kept tackle for so long

Real one loving the vids keep up the good work

Squad goals

GLM, you're a real one

Is this video not showing up in their sub feed? I only saw this because it popped up on my home page

Was that “not so fast, my friend” a Lee Corso homage?

The stomp (rapidash in the Blaine fight) that did so much damage after the leer was a crit. So the leer didn’t matter and also it was doing way more damage than it should have under normal circumstances. Just wanted to let you know.

It's turtle time ! :D

I always liked squirtle hes a cute lil guy

ALGORITHM

Damn, that shocked me. Definitely thought bulbasaur had it. Always question why you skip ice beam, but I guess it's about time to admit I have no idea what I'm on about. Easy, because its true.

Squirtle gets tombstoner by TM? Nice

🐢 💨 , turtle on a nutshell . Would you ever do Sirfetch”d backport ?

i believe this video did not appear in my notification section, either ways youtube recommended me this one so i saw it.

Did you play around with Hydro Pump in any of your trial runs?

I'm not surprised that Squirtle did better than Bulbasaur and Charmander. Squirtle is a water type which is an excellent type, especially in Gen 1, plus it has access to ice, and ground moves, as well as the badge boost glitch. So generally speaking Squirtle did fantastic also Real One and Happy 2024.

Real one

Loving your videos man... does someone has a link for the sprites? loving them

Soddie -popped

Do you know what my prediction is?? Everyone has fun ❤️

keep it up man!

Nice content bro, keep going ❤

REAL ONE

Ty for the content bro

I love your videos Matt! Will you ever take sponsors?

I don't shower since last year

Woop new vid thanks GLM

Lets gooooooooooooooooooooo

Real one :)

im proud of you squirtle, well played matt

Is this the spaceworld demo for squirtle backsprite

I like your accent

Inquisitor run next please?

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DID SOMEBODY SAY LOBTOMIZED (GEOMETRY DASH REFERENCE)

Gymleadermatt started as a newbie but must admit he has progressed a lot, thinking of pretty consistent strategies and plays. Well done.

squirtle was my favorite starter as a kid ( my least favorite now) so excited to see what it can do. water typing is good but its slow and defensive, not great for solos. really dont think it will compete with bulbasaur. idk why people act like 90% accurate moves are 50% accurate, theyre usually fairly reliable. Edit: i was dead wrong, good job squirtle.

Solid sunglasses placement on the overlay sprite. And ever-greater commentary -- concise, technical, and very consumable. This vid did not show up in my subscription feed nor notifications for whatever reason, but I saw your post about Squirtle and navigated to that on your main video page. Go Squirtle!

I was hoping it would be a full team of squirtles

My rotten adult brain loves the word squirt!

Great video new layout looks so clean

Hero on a half shell BOI!

Great Video, Matt!

The back sprite melts my brain a little bit when it's used to closer but works for Squirtle as he's tiny plus it's well detailed