The Legendary Beasts - Pokemon Crystal Solo Challenge Race

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Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, save states, or RNG manipulation
4. No evasion moves before level 100*
Rule details:
-- *In gen1, evasion boosting is allowed if the Pokemon does it through means other than learning the move by level up or TM. For example, using Mimic or Mirror Move to boost evasion is allowed. (This exception is to keep ranking consistent with my legacy videos.)
-- I am allowed to manipulate my starter
-- I play the game at 4x game speed
-- For fair comparisons all my Pokemon have perfect (or near perfect) DVs / IVs
-- I am allowed to catch HM users - I can use all field moves
-- All in-battle glitches are allowed in generation 1
-- In generation 1, I'm allowed to skip Marowak with the Poke Doll
-- Surge's trash-can-puzzle is automatically solved
-- The bike is allowed in gen1, banned in gen2, and allowed for bypassing terrain in gen3
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- I can pause the game and timer to take breaks
-- The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration
-- The ability Pickup can only be used if the starter has it
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@grapefruitwrestling7215 9 месяцев назад

The thumbnail art for these videos is always a treat

@LTDextel 9 месяцев назад

Really well done

@CharlieGolf89 9 месяцев назад

I opened this video and your comment was directly above a link to another video with Reese’s peanut butter cups as the thumbnail. Got a good laugh at that.

@MichaelSotoCE 9 месяцев назад

What a great way to cap off crystal playthroughs for the year. Scott has really taught me how to enjoy crystal playthroughs, it really has a different set of challenges compared to gen1 and is a pretty cool journey at least with scotts editing and storytelling. Im sure the progression, rocket plotline, and Kanto section are pretty boring for scott but he makes the playthrough fun for us.

@forbiddensigma5312 9 месяцев назад

Eusine: I'm on the hunt for suicune! *player sends out suicine* Eusine: *heavy breathing*

@gaminggoddess85 9 месяцев назад

It's okay, he gets a shiny Suicune in Pokemon Masters EX 😊 Kris has the original one.

@shimmianNS 9 месяцев назад

On the twelfth day of December, Scott's Thoughts gave to me: The Johto trio roaming Surge's 'Chu with a competent trainer Classy Cat v Pig Monkey! A moonstone evolution The "Rhydon of gen three" A Pure Power powerhouse Wattson's ace in Hoenn 'Phan v Ursaring! A tiny turtle's bubble The fire starter digging A garden lizard's leech seed And those three weirdo mons punching

@datboidrummer29 9 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂😂 funny nice one

@lazypaladin 9 месяцев назад

Thats the original 12 days done. _Keep it up!_

@silver_was_found 9 месяцев назад

take my upvote and leave. i love this lol

@deykuzor 9 месяцев назад

Just for reference, (conversational Japanese speaker here who lived and worked in Japan, but native english speaker who enjoys studying languages) Raikou is meant to be pronounced Rah-ee-kō-ü with the first two and last two syllables frequently slurred together. Japanese frequently shortens or omits vowel sounds that aren't easily spoken quickly when the syllable combination is awkward. So it becomes Rai (like Tie) and Kou (like Whoa) where the "Oh" sound rounding into more of a shortened oo like root (as in 'rooting for'). All three Beasts use the same name across most languages although the official pronunciations in English seem to change depending who the director of the project was (Raikou has been pronounced both how you have done in this video, and how its pronounced in Japanese in English Pokémon media so you'd be correct either way, but your inferred pronunciation you had growing up would be incorrect. Other examples of inconsistent pronunciation in English Pokémon media include Rayquaza as Ray-Kwah-zah and Ray-Kway-zah and Arceus as Ahr-SEE-us and Ahr-KEE-us. In Japanese, Arceus uses the first pronunciation and Rayquaza is called Raykuuza).

@Crusina 9 месяцев назад

Did you ever tell your friend they were right lol I love these small stories you tell 😂 It's part of why I love you and jrose so much. Just thr abillity to tell side stories to make it flow.

@charlesjohnson1952 9 месяцев назад

Scott, First of all, thanks for these! You put in a lot of work. I think Suicune's performance illustrates a point you've made before--gen 2 doesn't need massive attack output, it needs staying power and move diversity. High atk and spa are overkill, as you pointed out with the baby mons. Suicune's coverage and defensive staying power gave it an edge at several important points

@Rubbly 9 месяцев назад

I love seeing creators reinvest in themselves and the videomaking! Your content just keeps getting better!! Love the comparison videos and your style of commentary as well as attention to detail with these playthroughs!

@perkypenguin1663 9 месяцев назад

This trio was a fun and surprising rivalry to see unfold! With regards to Suicune, I'm surprised that you didn't make use of Hidden Power in the final solo. Aurora Beam does fill a similar role to HP Ice and Bayleef isn't that scary, so I get why Ice isn't that good, but maybe Electric would be good? It would help against Chuck's Poliwrath and even Pryce's Water types (not that they're very threatening anyway). These were very well played and it was a fitting end to the Crystal series this year!

@bigkirbyhj666 9 месяцев назад

Honestly it's a mon that doesn't need hp

@joemichaud3406 9 месяцев назад

I love the long videos don't ever feel bad about giving too much detail, I enjoy all the fine details and nuances throughout the runs. Keep it up, long time watcher, first time commentator!

@guanxinated 9 месяцев назад

Great content, man! By the way, the 'correct' (whatever that means!) pronunciation is supposed to be RYE KOH, at least in the original Japanese.

@budcheefer6823 9 месяцев назад

Hey Scott, I was beginning to think that this video would never happen, this one was long awaited, hope all is well!!!!

@MayVeryWellBeep 9 месяцев назад

Oh wow I finally got to the bit about Falkner's mud-slap damage calcs, that's so cool

@jaketno 9 месяцев назад

...I always thought you had to push down all 4 rocks in the Ice Path Strength puzzle! I learned something today!

@gerg905 9 месяцев назад

So funny thing, around 57:00 you were talking about how electric+ice gives amazing coverage. This is actually a very common thing in older gen pokemon that stuck around for a long time, being known as quite good/important in a competitive pokemon. That thing is called BoltBeam (Thunderbolt and Ice Beam) because of the exact reasons you described. I think it was still a prominent part of competitive lingo until generation 5 where it started to die off.

@lenlimbo 9 месяцев назад

IT's still a very good combination, because it can hit ANYTHING for at least neutral damage, if not super effective and ice is one of the best offensive types. It's just that there are other viable combinations that hit for either neutral or super against everything, so it's not the be all end all of move combinations.

@iantaakalla8180 9 месяцев назад

As late Gen 8 OU has shown through Arctozolt, BoltBeam can still be very effective (though it had to be in Hail and have Low Kick)

@dr0g_Oakblood 9 месяцев назад

57:49 - we call this Bolt-Beam coverage (Thunderbolt and Ice Beam) which is a very solid special attacking core.

@Satoriga 9 месяцев назад

The guy that spins around and takes u to the wrong place had me laughing. I love your content.

@arsteel2388 9 месяцев назад

Whoa whoa whoa, I wasn't ready to see a Magic card in a Scott video

@daddyb1100 9 месяцев назад

I’ve been thinking this for awhile now. Move pools have been a HUGE difference in gen 2. When a poke has good coverage like Elekid it just makes its first run so intuitive and easy.

@ShadyScienceFeline 9 месяцев назад

Raikou is just transliterated from its Japanese name, so the best English approximation I can think of is that it rhymes with “psycho”.

@d.a.d.-ohgosh 9 месяцев назад

Awesome run! My favorite won! I won't spoil 🤫

@SmashMath151 9 месяцев назад

This was a stunner! All 3 did quite well, but I was expecting Raikou~=Suicune>Entei. I know it reduces the HP DV to 8, but is HP Ground worth considering on Suicune for Red's Pikachu? A Return/HP Ground/Rest/Curse set seems like it would be quite consistent.

@ZerglingOne1 9 месяцев назад

I was surprised he didn't go for HP Rock for Entei, but I also don't know the DVs. HP Ice is just so good because you get to keep almost perfect stats.

@rooislangwtf 9 месяцев назад

Suicune probably has enough bulk to give up some hp dvs

@ZerglingOne1 9 месяцев назад

@@rooislangwtf True! It was never legitimately threatened at any point when Scott was playing well. At least not to the point where the HP DV would matter.

@SmashMath151 9 месяцев назад

Entei only really needed HP for the Lance battle, so Ice is usually better than Rock for that with the added benefit of ensuring Clair's Dragonair aren't an issue. You also get the Ice boost from Pryce. Ice is 15A/13D (15 HP) and Rock is 13A/12D (11 HP), so slight advantage there too.

@PokeMaster22222 9 месяцев назад

Entei really should've gotten Earthquake and Rock Slide - he's essentially synonymous with eruptions, and what do eruptions often bring with them? Earthquakes and rock slides. Such missed potential, even to this day...sure, he did get Extreme Speed and Flare Blitz via Gen 4 movie event, and Sacred Fire (!!!) from Gen 6 move reminder, but that doesn't really increase his coverage, unfortunately.

@thisisausername1265 9 месяцев назад

IT'S BEEN A WHILLLLLE - My friends and I sing that line anytime somebody says it by accident.

@Zorafin 9 месяцев назад

I used Suicune in Stadium 2. It was really good for a general use water pokemon, but I didn't account for how damn tanky it is. Barely anything scratched it. I don't think it ever went down, especially with Leftovers.

@moonthevaporeon5113 9 месяцев назад

The memories, my first game was soul silver and i remember using a master ball on Raikou. It was one of my best pokemon, tho i hadn't caught Lugia due to using the master ball. But i was happy with it, Jolteon, Typhlosion, and the red Gyarados. But yea since that day i have always liked the legendary beasts especially Raikou!

@michaelhenry4149 5 месяцев назад

I got spoiled on the results because I just had to see what other people said about Scott's opinion on Staind before I forgot to check. That song is so good.

@ScottsThoughtsPokemon 5 месяцев назад

I constantly sing Staind songs to my wife; she is never impressed.

@TheFriley4 9 месяцев назад

This upload made my day, thanks Scott!

@justsomejojo 9 месяцев назад

I learned from this that these mons can learn Dig. I never knew. I know Dig is not as ridiculous as in Gen1, but still, that's crazy. Also, story time: Back in Crystal, in the save I completed the pokedex on for the very first time, I accidentally KOd Entei. I did not realize at the time that you needed all three dogs from YOUR game to unlock Ho-Oh, so come wanting to catch it, I had to realize it was gone forever. So yeah, ironically enough, I had to get Ho-Oh from another game even though Gen2 was the one time the box legends weren't exclusives.

@jimmie8987 9 месяцев назад

I haven't seen many youtubers do a run with the doggos this is going to be epic thanks again for the amazing content 👏

@pauldm5222 9 месяцев назад

weird. you didn't keep Bite vs Bruno's Onix since it has bad sp def.

@thenerdbeast7375 9 месяцев назад

Early on I gotta say, you vastly underestimate Suicune. Have you already forgotten the lesson of Blastoise?

@christopherustupski2316 9 месяцев назад

2.2k great job Scott!

@sagetmaster4 9 месяцев назад

I caught the beasts relatively late in my original Gold playthrough and remember being especially disappointed by entei. I vividly remember the first time I ran into one of them roaming and it was Raikou, maybe the reason it's my favorite overall (though I really love using suicune in competitive)

@franslair2199 9 месяцев назад

when you said suicune is a wall and those aren't any use in a race my first thought (from playing ADV OU mostly) was that suicune isn't a wall, it's a bulky sweeper. So no surprise it's performed so well, probably the best of the three (the time diff is on the level of having a longer name)

@Smileyrat 9 месяцев назад

Have you heard the theory that these pokemon were a vaporion, flareon, and jolteon before ho-oh revived them? I look forward to the gen 2 eeveelution vid to compare them to these.

@TJF588 9 месяцев назад

First-run Entei's Rival4 "Nice" was the longest I've taken to find it. I was waiting for past the battle to see its unlowered stat (yeah, this video's playing off to the side...), and I frame-by-framed to see if there was something in the level-up screens, until finally looking at the opponents' stats, and resuming play verbally reconfirmed it's the Haunter.

@nicholsjj3371 9 месяцев назад

In regards to the spoiler you said if you can get what I'm assuming is Moltres the top spot of the three legendary birds in yellow it would be the greatest fire type solo run in Pokemon history

@PieEyeToon 9 месяцев назад

Sorry to say, but both of those Raikou pronunciations are incorrect. The anime clip that called it rye-coo was likely from an older 4Kids dubbed episode. In newer dubs, which are more carefully supervised by the Pokemon Company, it's rye-koh. Btw. If you're ever unsure about a Gen 1-5 Pokemon's official pronunciation, you can just look up a RU-vid video with all the pronunciations from Pokedex 3D Pro!

@dvillines26 9 месяцев назад

I'm pretty sure the only times I ever used Entei and Raikou in battle were in Pokemon Colosseum. I'm almost certain I caught both of them at one time in Silver or Crystal, because I know all the strats and vaguely remember the frustration. It was godawful, fucking roaming legendaries. There's some absolutely cursed methods of obtaining Pokemon in the early generations, culminating in the psychopathic war criminal that designed the Honey Tree system. though, the person who decided how Feebas encounters should work belongs in prison as well. Suicune, tho, because it's so much easier to get in Crystal, I used it a LOT. I didn't realize it was a defensive Pokemon, though, lol. like, I wasn't looking at stats, for the most part. I just thought it was neat. Even in Colosseum I used Suicune more. Entei basically won because of higher physical attack, lol. that was just destiny, and neither Raikou nor Suicune could ever overcome that.

@pilkkimies 9 месяцев назад

Chuck really said "Now is Annoy Scott- day"

@ScottsThoughtsPokemon 9 месяцев назад

He did

@OneZappyBoi 9 месяцев назад

I'm gonna say now for Vigoroth vs Slaking that it's a question of stats vs consistency.

@philiphunt-bull5817 9 месяцев назад

Entei's back sprite looks great, what are you talking about?!?

@matthewsellnow2257 9 месяцев назад

In my honest opinion, the legendary beasts should have their Crystal sprites, but have the Gold and Silver color palettes. That way they look more colorful, but more accurate in design.

@skeetermania3202 9 месяцев назад

Literally just a day before the Indigo Disk comes out at that. They’re returning in the DLC!

@magicalgirllaurie 9 месяцев назад

Raikou doing so bad is really interesting to me considering it’s the main for Crystal speedruns

@SSJNathanDavies 9 месяцев назад

Currently watching on Boxing Day 2023 while cleaning

@clifffittier2324 9 месяцев назад

Entei was the first of these 3 i caught and it carried me through the game. BTW Staind back then was not aweful!

@ersincahit7892 9 месяцев назад

Great result for suicine since it is meant be a defensive tank.

@Tyshink 9 месяцев назад

I just noticed you renamed the Squister. When did this happen?

@phealtalk 9 месяцев назад

I like how you said you called it "ray koh" but you'll say "ry koo" for the video and by the end of the video you were saying "ray koo"

@frostedbyte0759 9 месяцев назад

Great video dude!

@FarmerTome1 8 месяцев назад

Only on your first playthroughs now, but it seems thay Bite would work better against the Onix and Exeggutor for Raikou and Entei, respectively. They're both 2HKOs so all you need is one lucky flinch (or crit) to get by them. Obviously, Raikou will have HP Ice the second time around though anyway

@EmeralBookwise 9 месяцев назад

Wait, Scott only just recently discovered the type coverage calculator. I've been using that website for years... and honestly find it to be lack luster. It's nice that you can switch between the two major type charts, but it's still not as useful as it could be for earlier generations because the list is always cluttered up with Pokémon that didn't exist yet. It really would be so much better if it had modes for each generation. Heck, the hardest part of most games is the Elite Four and Champion, so a calculator that was just for their teams might be the best thing of all.

@mattiamerlo2688 9 месяцев назад

Finally a fire type doing better than a water type!

@supercereal1 9 месяцев назад

If it makes you feel better about not knowing crystal existed. I was talking to a kid at school and was telling him about a new game I got for Christmas. I couldn’t read very well because I was just learning English/reading since coming to the US and I was in second grade. He said the game sounded fun and asked me what it was called. I couldn’t read the name so I told him it was Mario the cowboy. He laughed at me and I felt like a fool. It was Mario party 2 btw

@gabbagundam 9 месяцев назад

Entei was always my favorite out of the trio, his design was awesome and just radiated power. Suicune on the other hand was always my least favorite of the three, the fact that t turned into the "pity" dogo in crystal felt like salt in the wounds I gained from hunting thouse bastards. Raikoh is fine, no hard feelings from me.

@thatturbotruck 9 месяцев назад

Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon incoming?

@layzie8218 9 месяцев назад

Always deserves a like!

@SentretPeanut 9 месяцев назад

Honestly I would watch a 6+ hour video if you made it Scott XD

@kode-man23 9 месяцев назад

Is this going to be a battle for second, or do the other two dogs have something to say against the perceived favourite?

@shimauta1941 9 месяцев назад

One for the continued awesome content.

@NoirThing 9 месяцев назад

you really Sound motivated at the Start. are you alright there?

@tylerpesek1091 9 месяцев назад

I don't mind the long vids, as of typing this I am playing Minecraft to build a mob farm while listening and watching a bit.

@Ectar2003 9 месяцев назад

Day 7 of commenting every video until Magneton gets a Pokemon Yellow solo run! Justice for the scourge of solo runs!

@Nick_Slavik 9 месяцев назад

I'm sure it's an inside joke, but why do you always say Venomoth is a ground type? Or bug/psychic, or some other odd pairing? Legit curious

@gaminggoddess85 9 месяцев назад

Because he always got it wrong as a kid. Its wings and its use of Psychic tripped him up. Now he just gives it whatever random type as a joke.

@Nick_Slavik 9 месяцев назад

@@gaminggoddess85 ohhhhh! Haha that's awesome! Thanks for letting me know! 👌🤣🤙 I would confuse it for Butterfree's typing, Bug/Flying

@afmorales7155 9 месяцев назад

Special attacker is relatively slower just because of red's snorlax.

@billmurray2592 9 месяцев назад

Iirc one of the developers said that there is no objective correct way to pronounce a pokemons name

@gaminggoddess85 9 месяцев назад

I just watched Eggsceptional do this exact solo race in FireRed. I think Raikou won in his. (And he also mispronounced Raikou)

@brandonp4941 9 месяцев назад

I like the long videos

@patonosequecosa 9 месяцев назад

Raikou back sprite is underrated

@nickflesher7608 9 месяцев назад

You had to get that song stuck in my head...

@iss2075 9 месяцев назад

I think the reason Suicune gets BubbleBeam at L.11 is because it's the box art Pokemon. In Gold and Silver it had Water Gun at L.11. I think they gave it a better learnset for Crystal because it's part of the story and they wanted it to be stronger when you fight it, rather than to make up for its lower offensive stats (although interestingly in future generations its level-up moves are based on the Crystal learnset, they didn't revert back to the Gold/Silver one to put it back equal with Raikou and Entei).

@TipOfTheSauce 9 месяцев назад

I think this really demonstrates the idea of overkill in these. 90 base special attack is still absolutely usable, and having higher defenses + being a water type I think is worth more.

@somerandomperson2626 9 месяцев назад

But Entei won

@almarkowbender 9 месяцев назад

@@somerandomperson2626 It was faster by less than 20s, that's literally the amount of time difference displaying Suicunes longer name text than entei plus him bumping into walls notmplaying perfectly. These videos aren't precise enough to show an exact "winner"

@somerandomperson2626 9 месяцев назад

@@almarkowbender fair point

@A_levs 9 месяцев назад

So I guess the lesson we’re supposed to take away from this video is that Elekid is OP

@Eddie-vi9om 9 месяцев назад

This video is gonna be insane!!!!! Suicune For the win

@midge2946 9 месяцев назад

Always liked these guys, the fact that they actually ran around the map and you had to track them down blew my 9 year old mind. Also enjoyed the classic debates of what kind of animals they're supposed to be - particularly memorable was hearing them described as the "legendary gerbils".

@charlessegale6493 9 месяцев назад

Wow...I was NOT expecting Entei to win the final round! Outside of Jasmine, this generation is not kind to Fire types, but I suppose that Attack Stat is what helped it edge out in the end. As always, excellent job, Scott and Team!

@JayHankEdLyon 9 месяцев назад

Flareon syndrome but better stats and movepool means it's not a syndrome anymore.

@megariderfire1994 9 месяцев назад

@@JayHankEdLyon I like Flareon but that pokemon really doesn't have the physical bulk nor speed back it up it's viable.

@shiro1744 9 месяцев назад

Phys Atk >> Spc Atk in Gen 2 thanks almost solely to Return and Red’s Snorlax.

@megariderfire1994 9 месяцев назад

A said Snorlax that also knows Amnesia.

@iantaakalla8180 9 месяцев назад

Entei has Flareon syndrome, but it manifests only in competitive because Johto is very weak.

@kb27787 9 месяцев назад

Scott, Entei has the swagger + psych up combo. I think you can set up one (or two) swagger then copy the stats right away (basically a swords dance); this way you are not slowed by curse and can sweep.

@markjoslin4684 9 месяцев назад

What about a run where you make a “super” custom Pokémon and see how fast it can blaze through the game? Like you would choose its type, all moves, xp growth, ability, etc. I think it would be cool to see the most ultra-optimized run possible

@Burningtreeblood 9 месяцев назад

Make sure to keep the base stats maxed at 600 total

@JayHankEdLyon 9 месяцев назад

1 HP/Def/SpAtt/SpD, enough speed to outpace the fastest threat, the other 400/500+ in Attack, Ghost-type to avoid the three priority moves. Use normal effective attacks to avoid the text you get for effective moves. Still 600 bst and becomes a game of clicking A to beat every mon as fast aa possible.

@Zelkiiro 9 месяцев назад

Anime Pokedex be damned! The electric catdoggo's name is pronounced Rye-koh! The Katakana for its name are "ライコウ" which are "ra i ko u." I will die on this hill.

@JustKoala 9 месяцев назад

18:04 the lightning fast double nice! i love the attention to details! thanks for daily december scott ❤

@arobin6695 9 месяцев назад

i never understood why suicune got its own game cover and so much importance compared to the other two since its just 1/3 of a trio, that would be like zapdos being on the cover of yellow

@4Tom4lepus4 9 месяцев назад

They probably thought Celebi wasn't "cool" enough to warrant being on the cover and there were no other legendaries left outside the trio...

@andyvanmuilekom7390 9 месяцев назад

Spiky chicken deserves 3 game covers

@TonioQuo7 9 месяцев назад

Lore reasons with eusine id have to guess making it the easiest to mold a third game around

@The-Yid- 9 месяцев назад

Entei having a main role in the 3rd Pokémon movie means it received comparable importance to Suicune...I feel more sorry for Raikou who is definitely the least loved by GameFreak

@javadkhusro 9 месяцев назад

The way you pronounce "Raikou" hurts my ears. You should pronounce it like it's a bread company: Rye-Co.

@reshawshid 9 месяцев назад

If you're curious about pronunciation, the names of these three Pokemon is just the Japanese names transliterated (except for Suicune, which should have just been Suikun). Raikou is therefore pronounced like the words "rye" and "coal" together, without the "l" at the end. Other than Scott saying the "sui" of "Suicune" a little too fast, he pronounces the other two correctly.

@xtreme3353 9 месяцев назад

What the??? It's been awhile is a fantastic song. What do you mean it's awful?

@spaceduck413 9 месяцев назад

My man didn't have to do Staind dirty like that lol

@sonikku1011 9 месяцев назад

Right? lol I love that song, this is the first time I disagree with one of Scott’s opinions lol, I suppose it was bound to happen. Ah well lol.

@kevinmorris9362 9 месяцев назад

A note on the type coverage from about 57 minutes in: A lot of discussion in the late 2000's occured about how important "Boltbeam" (Thunderbolt and Ice Beam) coverage was for attacking mons like Starmie.

@joshuasanford4434 9 месяцев назад

The spinning guy you spoke to in Violet city is named Earl. He is the teacher of the pokemon trainer school and is supposed to be foreign. Hes also a fun character in the adventures mange iirc.

@ZerglingOne1 9 месяцев назад

It's Rye-koh for the record. The "ou" in this case is also present in Ho-oh's name which in japanese is "Houou" but it's pronounced just like Ho-oh. It's just the way in Japanese to pronounce a long o. Most of the time when there's an ou at the end, it will be romanized to Raikō or Raikoh (like they did with Ho-oh) but the person who put it in the game just took the literal reading of the characters "Ra I Ko U." Which like...that definitely was never gonna confuse a bunch of North American players or anything, right?

@Duothimir 9 месяцев назад

Literally "thunder light", AKA lightning. It could also be a pun on the Japanese reading of Leigong, a Chinese thunder god.

@Tenryuu19 9 месяцев назад

@@Duothimir I think it comes from Rai (thunder) and kō (lord), but then again, only the designers truly know.

@josephnation9063 9 месяцев назад

It's also worth noting that that Japanese pronunciation varies very, very little -- basically if you see those characters, it will (almost -- there might be some exception I don't yet know) always pronounce the same.

@taylorhillard4868 Месяц назад

I dunno, it always made sense to me, lol. Not sure how he got "Reiko" though, lmao

@JakeTheHawk 9 месяцев назад

Wild coincidence with Eggceptional's video 😅😅 But it'll be fun to compare the runs!!! Very exciting!

@shootfor2 9 месяцев назад

I wouldn't trust the anime English VA for the pronunciation of Pokémon that have retained their Japanese names. In this case, Raikou is a transliteration of ライコウ (ra-i-ko-u). Japanese pronunciation doesn't change (usually) based on the different characters around it, as English does, so ラ is always ra (rah) and コ is always ko (koh). the ウ u (ooh) simply extends the ko sound. In English transliteration, this if often expressed with ō instead, to avoid pronunciation errors based on English standards (ou = ooh). Similarly, ライ is rah + i, and sounds similar to the English word "rye" (rhyming with eye), with the ai sound never becoming "ay" (as in "ray"). Long story short, if you want to stick to the original pronunciation, Raikou should be pronounced "Ryekoh". (Source: me) Rai means "thunder" in Japanese. Which is why you also see it in Raichu. Raikō means "lighting" kō can also mean Lord as well as Emperor. (source: bulbapedia)

@TJF588 9 месяцев назад

I had to rewind (er, scrobble?) the video to catch you're now saying "Raikuu" instead of "Reikuu" as you did at the end of the last video, well. played. Scott. Buuut, I am only _bolstered_ in my nit-pickery to note that "-u" at the end of romaji syllables tends to be less emphasized than the vowel used before it, so it would be said more like "-koh" than "-kuu". HOWEVER, I am as a Lexical Delibird, come bearing a gift of Words I What Find Interesting That Which Thou MIght As Well: *"filch"* / *"filched"* / *"filching"*

@justinsims655 9 месяцев назад

The devs' thinking with legendaries is weird to me. They had good stats but lame movesets. As a kid, I would have liked flashier moves like Aeroblast that were still somewhat useful over great stats.