Why NO ONE Speedruns Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness 

I prefer the characters of Colosseum, but the story of XD! Wes is 20 times cooler than Micheal, but Shadow Lugia makes up for it

I prefer coloseum for post game , and XD for story

Xd is my favorite pokemon game in the series.

My favorite colosseum didn't return in XD as the Under no longer exists as it caved in. A shame, cause i really like the two colosseum found there. But I prefer XD's story though i wish they could've explore and expand it out a bit more like the wild pokemon etc.

Colosseum I caught shadow entei, full health and paralyzed with a single PokeBall. Did it in front of my friend :)

Nah, rng

​@@vyor8837In an rng based game? Absurd.

​@@vyor8837 Nah, rng can be manipulated sometimes. It's definitely games working as intended because if the game works as intended you can't manipulate the randomness to your favor. Well it's either GWaI or unskippable cutscenes/dialogue. Though I have heard that there are some that are appreciated because they're long enough for a bathroom break during a long speedrun.

haha

"what?!? A game is meant to be played in a way that doesn't let me break it apart?!" *Proceeds to throw the biggest manchild tantrum only bested by smash players*

I like to this this is the same Cypher as in MGS5.

Like seriously, I'm running out of Pokémon! I've got a Fearow, a Xatu, a Mighteyena, a Delcatty, a Ninetails, and a Tangela. I won't even be allowed to snag any of the old man's Pokémon because of the rules I put in place!

Poor soul. Too bad I don’t do nuzlockes because I’m too soft hearted.

Man, I love the Greevil fight. It's hard, but it's so fun to get all 6 of his shadow pokemon.

😂= xD

​@@zacke.1286For the love of God man, give Pinwheel clause to yourself for Citidark. It's a third of the game.

I wish Hyper Beam had a unique property of choosing the higher of a Pokemon's attack or special attack instead of just going special with the split. It was a pretty iconic move on a bunch of early gen Pokemon that it subsequently became largely useless on compared to the identical Giga Impact.

yeah, i wouldn't be surprised by this, honestly. i swear there have been times where i switched, anticipating a super effective hit, only for the AI to go for a completely different move that was actually a better choice to use on the pokemon i switched in.

I totally forgot about that!

The crates you push on it are even Pokemon food.

Yup. With Team Snagem being defunct they had to do the job themselves.

❤️

Justice for XD 😭

lsoe ?

trapped in gen-specific hell alongside cosplay pikachu and spiky-eared pichu my beloveds :(

At least you can transfer it to Gen 8 & 9 for that unique ribbon.

Pokemon go technically has it, but it looks dumb.

​​​@@-libertyprimev1-902One letdown about transfering it all the way is that it will lose the Psycho Boost move. I really hate they started doing this since BDSP...

@@AiramLP10 ah yeah it does huh... That was one of the fun things about transferring up older pokemon, like there was one game (I forget which) that allowed a Grass Type to learn Bubble or something basic but then if transferred to Gen 7 that's a powerful counter move to it's fire weakness.

Exactly. If anything, Colo is essentially the beta version of XD.

Colo had cheats and work around, mostly every content creator uses cheats and hacks and hack IN Pokémon or items to their advantage, or manipulate RNG to be able to even play. Crazy how you won’t see anyone actually go into a game and play as intended for the clear. Sad actually lol theirs no more true gamers, we really a dying breed, the people who had fun getting stuck at certain points, just to grind, or get a lucky crit, then it’s pure adrenaline after you FINALLY beat that part you’ve been stuck on. That’s not a feeling anymore, they just pull up charts and shit to make sure they get exact Pokémon they want.

​@@boookythegodSo you want people to always bash their heads against a metaphorical brick wall instead of learning how the game works and figuring out how to make it work in their favor?

@@LloydTheZephyrian again, play the game as intended. If you need to manipulate to have fun, you’re a cornball. It’s really that simple lol that’s the problem in gaming, mf suck and they wanna make the game work for them, if you gotta do that, maybe you don’t like the game as is and need a crutch to enjoy it. Elden ring is the perfect example, hard asf, but the more you play the better you become. Imagine playing Pokémon and everyone has the same squad… fun or not? Definitely not to me.

@@boookythegod I'm one that's all for bugs that add to the potential of gameplay. Combos and special cancels in fighting games were initially unintended exploits in Street Fighter II, but players enjoyed how good it felt to combo their opponents. Now the concept of combos is the cornerstone of the genre 30 years later. There's also quasiconnectivity in Minecraft's redstone, which is absolutely a bug and not intended, and yet it's such a massive boon to redstone that it's basically been adopted as a feature. Then there's something like Breath of the Wild, where its sandbox is genuinely made even better because of bugs and glitches that add new potential to both normal gameplay AND speedruns. And there can be genuine skill found in properly using bugs, some which have to be perfectly timed and positioned in order to make sure it goes as intended. While I can agree Elden Ring is a solid game (even though I don't like how awkwardly stiff its combat feels), speedruns seem to usually devolve into using the same strats every time because a specific weapon just has super strong stats and comes with some powerful ability on a specific old patch, plus things like abusing a lot of major bugs to cut travel time to an absolute minimum. I dount that's how a normal player would play the game, though, so I see nothing wrong with it.

Same here. It just occurred to me about an hour ago that I may want to speedrun XD, and then this video pops up in my recommended. Talk about strange.

its faster to win that fight, because the rival will most likely use a bunch of howls/tail-whip etc

And even if you lose and it was faster, you lose out on the exp needed to reach level 6.

I'm so attached to the song ngl. 😂 I love putting in the "explanation portions" of a video!

I remember feeling like that. Made me consider not playing the game anymore.

It's his nickname for the Espeon since he intends to use it to beat the game quickly.

Don't apply oils directly to the skin

It’s stronger than Confusion & Psybeam (assuming it’s maxed out at 70), and the TM is acquired very early.

Just make sure you don't catch, or KO the Mawile, first.

​@@TheShiningEnergyuh, whys that, mawhile is quite shit in this gen, especially it's move pool

so it can escape.@@dragonmaster3030

The manga is just more metal overall. Got one Gen 1 villain leveling a city with his Pokémon, and another battling with Mewtwo thanks to their psychic bond. So many cool ideas I’d love to see in the next inevitable Kanto remake.

@@piratebear3126 True the Blain&Mewtwo Partnership was great, specially because u can see that Mewtwo actually respects Blain. Its really cool

it's Star Festival from Super Mario Galaxy :3

Give me a year for this game to finally let me finish a run of Flareon 🗿

which ones, aside from the tutorials, wild pokemon battles, bingo, or the battle CDs, out of curiosity? even against trainers that use only a single pokemon, it's still set up as a double battle with your side using two pokemon

@@Zabe_B Mt. Battle or maybe that first battle with Chobin? lol

I tried a run where I didn't evolve Eevee at all to see if there was any alternate dialogue for doing that. There was not, but it was fun.

there's no way this is true. i always go umbreon as a casual player, but when you try to use the moon shard, you get the "this is not usable right now" message like when you try to use a held item or another item that is not able to be used. and if this was true then speedrunners would absolutely be doing it instead

@@Zabe_B It has to be done when Eevee's friendship is maxed out.

@@excalibur493pretty sure you are at max friendship but using the item doesn’t work

@@yoshiwoollyworld Hmm, that's weird. Maybe try waiting a little longer. I actually beat XD without evolving my Eevee or taking it out of my team recently. No special hidden dialogue for that, though. :/

Better than Confusion/Psybeam and faster animation!

@@PulseEffects oh faster animation. okay thanks.

@@videakias3000 Hidden Power also has a base power of 70, so it's its strongest psychic move until it gets psychic.

​@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718Gen 3 Hidden Power had a varying base power, determined by the stats/IVs/Nature of your pokemon, no?

@@eyemaknut yes in gen 2-5 the base power and type were based on IV, so with the right IV hidden power would be a 70 bp psychic move, stronger than Psybeam and with a very fast animation. In Gen 6 and 7 the type was still based on IV, but it always had the same power.

Zook seems to be one of them based on the clips in the video

Miror B’s first battle where he has voltorb. However, voltorb lacks a flag that makes it respawn meaning that losing this battle makes you unable to get another chance at voltorb, and you are therefore unable to get dragonite too

@@yoshiwoollyworld which Zook battle can you lose to, the first or the second?

@@SARGON439 first battle you cannot snag zangoose, might be either battle but idk

@@yoshiwoollyworld It's the first battle with Zook. I've lost it before.

Master Ball takes a decent amount of time to grab.

Same reason people do Nutzlockes or any similar thing: for the challenge. Beating a pokémon game isn't that hard, but adding restrictions can make it.

What the heck are you on about? Team Galactic wanted to change the world not destroy it. Cyrus used everyone for his selfish gain of a new world. Which he did by escaping into the Distortion world. Team Flare wanted straight genocide, now thats an organization

Forcing a "gamer" agenda like this is what kills fun in gaming. 😂 Maybe if you tried to open your mind up to something new, you'd find a fresh experience in gaming.

@@PulseEffects I played ALOT of games, from Atari to Series X. Missed completely with that tbh, any good game, is a hard game. Reason Elden ring got game of the year few years ago, reason baldurs gate got it. If it’s easy, it’s not worth the hype and easily forgotten. On the other hand, YOU REMEMBER GAMES THAT ARE DIFFICULT. It’s okay tho lol not all of us are true gamers, some of us are corny and want fast food content 🤣 Nobody who complains about XD would EVER be a good gamer to me LMAO

@@boookythegod "Nobody who complains about XD would EVER be a good gamer to me LMAO" and thats okay, because no one respects the opinion of a person like you anyway...

@@RoseArkana Like me? lmao someone whose actually good at gaming? Crazy, personally I like my games with the need for actual skill 😂

​​@@boookythegod Yeah you being good at gaming doesn't make you a more respectable person. What a shocker. And congrats on proving the point of the person you were arguing against, oh and whatever you'll respond with to me will do the exact same thing