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@littenguy

Жыл бұрын

Cool video

@armeowgeddon

Жыл бұрын

noom blast

@ZexalDSJAsh

Жыл бұрын

I just love how you keep calling Hau "Hop" when you mentioned his name. lol

@rizkim2664

Жыл бұрын

😊😊0pp

@poptop89

Жыл бұрын

You can't ignore your mistake forever, Pulse.

I like that petting Popplio and telling him he’s a good boy is a vital step

@BreadBrawls

Жыл бұрын

I did this to all my mons

@cristianosavi4024

Жыл бұрын

He deserves all the pets in the word

@MTMRBLX

Жыл бұрын

Somtimes ftiendship is indeed power.

@TheAxeManOfTheUSSR

Жыл бұрын

You have to. It’s important no matter what

@Artificer_

11 ай бұрын

popplio is the silliest little guy, he must know

9:00 "It turns out that rival fights against Hop don't actually need to be won in this game." I think that's because Hop didn't exist until generation 8

@dugtrioramen

Жыл бұрын

"Page rider" too lol

@badwithusernames3238

Жыл бұрын

Alolan hop

@titanictyranitar9571

Жыл бұрын

@@badwithusernames3238 nah, hop is galarian hau

@guestb8389

Жыл бұрын

Lahprahs

@iceneko9170

Жыл бұрын

this makes me slightly more upset with "unfinished licenced pokemon game" for not letting galarian hau take a W. lmao.

2:53 “We meet our rival Hop.” Lol 😂 If I had a Nickel for every time I heard Hau being called Hop, I would have a lot of Nickels right now.

@Clairavoya

Жыл бұрын

Lol, I didn't even catch it the first time but he might as well be Hop

@N12015

Жыл бұрын

Tbf they're roughly the same guy. There's a reason people don't like Hop.

@piranhalettuce

Жыл бұрын

@@Clairavoya I mean Hop is just Galarian Hau

@YooranKujara

Жыл бұрын

@@N12015 they both suck

@KawaiiBabyTragon

Жыл бұрын

Hop, Hau, and Nemona are basically the same annoying character lol.

So, I'm no speedrunner, but from my experience of playing Sun and Moon, you don't have to do that weird stutter step to get past Beauty Crystal on Route 2. Just hug the left side of the slope and you should always get past her. Maybe there's a chance it fails or something, and I just don't know, but I've always done that to skip the trainer.

@ethanfolz1370

Жыл бұрын

Probably slower

@quinntessentialskill7414

Жыл бұрын

@@ethanfolz1370 What's shown in the video is them stopping to shuffle at the corner. That seems a lot slower than just running without stopping.

@SShadyJess

Жыл бұрын

I think it was just trying to be as far left as possible

@ado-

Жыл бұрын

i've only played sun once but that sounds right that it might be inconsistent, which would make it okay for TAS (tool assisted speedrun, like with save states and stuff) but not too viable for RTA (real time attack)

@wholelottanuts

Жыл бұрын

​@@quinntessentialskill7414 shut up

I JUST realized you called Hau "Hop" the whole video lmao

@jasonreinherz7164

Жыл бұрын

Lmao didn't notice

@igorlopes8463

Жыл бұрын

just shows how little you think of him, and how similiar to Hop he is

@thelanktheist2626

17 күн бұрын

@@igorlopes8463more like that’s Hop’s problem than Hau’s

"They removed the 1.5x xp multiplier for trainers in Gen7" Excuse me WHAT?? And people made fun of the xp share. We had boosted rates the whole time.

@PulseEffects

Жыл бұрын

For real! I think GameFreak really just wanted us to grow attached to our Pokemon. 😂

@Benzinilinguine

Жыл бұрын

@@PulseEffects I am. I really hope they let us transfer up all 1k pokemon through either DLC or (unlikely) free additions to the dex. I have had 6 or 7 shiny pokemon held hostage in Home for years now.

@Autokendo17

Жыл бұрын

@@Benzinilinguine send then to galar or hisui

@Benzinilinguine

Жыл бұрын

@@Autokendo17 I skipped Arceus. I think the only "spin-off" I bought was Let's Go.

@romanscum5678

Жыл бұрын

​@@Benzinilinguine Big mistake, Arceus is 100% worth your time. Much more than Let's Go, anyway

Noobs: I lose to Hop because I’m new to pokemon and still have to learn Pros: I lose to Hop because it’s faster

@PulseEffects

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha truuuue

@iantaakalla8180

Жыл бұрын

Everyone knows winning against Hop isn’t worth it, you try against good trainers

@Random-yg1fi

Жыл бұрын

Love to see that on a bell curve

@rocketmidbus6297

Жыл бұрын

*Sad Hau noises*

@jiggilibu

Жыл бұрын

alolan hop

Love that you kept calling Hau Hop because they're literally the same character

@LloydTheZephyrian

10 ай бұрын

I dunno. Hau is pretty laid back and is just enjoying the journey, while Hop is dealing with depression from losing too many times.

Ah yes, Hop, my favorite Alola character lol Haven’t finished watching yet, but I’m enjoying this video ^u^

@pokelordomega2414

2 жыл бұрын

Hop = Hau

@itskdog

2 жыл бұрын

Took me until the victory road fight to realise he was saying Hop. I'm assuming it's intentional given the move name typos seeming intentional as well. (Noom Blast, PsyKick, etc.)

@piranhalettuce

Жыл бұрын

@@pokelordomega2414 nah Hau is based unlike Galarian Hau

@darkmetal2412

Жыл бұрын

They're both interchangeable to be honest although Hau has the benefit of being more likable

22:24 Psykick actually sounds like a cool move Like Flying Press, but instead of Fighting/Flying, it's Psychic/Fighting

@poggersman

Жыл бұрын

"Noom Blast"

@aurgasmic6739

Жыл бұрын

They empower a kick with psychic power befoire making contact. GameFreak make it bloody happen please.

@ttmfndng201

11 ай бұрын

medicham signature move?

@CursedXyster

11 ай бұрын

@@ttmfndng201 i would hope that they distribute it to more pokémon than just medicham but if anything it'd probably be medicham's signature move

I feel like it makes the most sense to end the run with the champion and have a side category called "catch tapu Koko" or something

It seems odd to have to watch the credits just to run away from a pokemon at the end. Isn't after the credits "postgame" anyway?

@PulseEffects

Жыл бұрын

So fun fact, that section of the run has since been removed! It was a silly part of the run and I'm glad it's gone.

@justsomewheel9379

Жыл бұрын

@@PulseEffects I don't know how it ever got included in the first place

@miles6492

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's boring for the viewers, boring for the runners, there's no showcase of skill to speed up that portion... No good reason to include IMO. @@justsomewheel9379

Super late but I had a similar experience with Resident Evil 8, it's definitely a fun game when you first play it, however once you start speed running a bit, it becomes such a unique experience.

Finally, Popplio getting the recognition it deserves, Primarina is so powerful, everyone sleeps on it fr

@ferrucciocaracciuolo8139

Жыл бұрын

Sleep with it.

@mothlure

Жыл бұрын

its cause decidueye is sick as hell

@WahWhoopie

Жыл бұрын

@@mothlure and incineroar scares vgc players to this day

@TheDeepThinker-sq3iy

Жыл бұрын

The recognition it... DESERVES?! PEOPLE SLEEPING ON IT?!?! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! THAT THING ENDED UP STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT FROM DICIDUEYE(AND the incinaroar too really)! yea... rowlet WAS the most popular out of the box... but then what happened? their final evolutions happened. . . that's when people got to see the stats. . . POPPLIO then ended up being the more loved one going forward. . . . there was even a time where it even managed to steal ou... primirina's amazing typing combined with its amazing move pool AND getting it with hp fire... it was a cannon the completely decimated all of ou.... though, it then had a falling out at some point. people then just stopped using it. don't really know what had actually happened, but it appears it ended up succumbing to power creep, the metta ended up changing AGAINST it and it ended up being less favored. The recognition it deserves... yea right. . . . I ended up hating popplio with a passion for what it ended up doing to my favorite... rowlet. . . of course, I kinda ALREADY disliked it from right out of the box(together with MANY others at the time), but what popplio did... was PERSONAL. . . and it just ended up being my most HATED starter than any other from ALL games so far... for even as good as it was... I NEVER used it simply out of spite. . . The fact it ended up being used in speed runs was NEVER a reality check for people to have suddenly realized just how good it was... its a reminder. . . . and a never-ending KICK in the nads to EVERYONE who was on the "Team Rowlet" boat... like me. . . . . Though, what I found REALLY funny about ALL of this was. . . Incinaroars inclusion to smash bros ultimate. this series usually tends to nominate POPULAR characters from the pool of games that each fighter hails from. litten(being my SECOND favorite btw, so people please put down your torches and pinch forks, lol)was the UNDERDOG of the popularity contest... its ALMOST as if they WEREN'T paying any attention to EVERYTHING that happened with the popularity poles that happend in the sun and moon games and just went with incinaroar just cuz... he looked cool. of course... being a pokemon that was based off of a wrestler-type figure, yes he was the best pick. but it was REALLY WEIRD because it FEELS like they picked him under the assumption that that was the one they THOUGHT was the most popular... it was more like they were saying "Popplio... Rowlet?! NO DUMB, DUMBS! THIS was the one you should have loved the most!". so this choice was just completely biased in general... litten WASN'T the most popular... it was rowlet. . . then popplio just came along and ended up usurping them both in the end(lmao).

@MidnightCapricorn2696

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheDeepThinker-sq3iy who hurt you

I feel that the Tapu Koko fight being included in the timing is just unfair, because it just adds unnecessary RNG to the run, not something that any speedrunner wants to deal with at the end of a 5 hour run

Pokémon moon was my first pokémon game, and i LOVED IT although my team was shit

@LuluNewNew

11 ай бұрын

Same! My team was: Incineroar Gumshoos Gyarados Alolan muk Alolan persian Alolan dugtrio

Tell me you studied this game, without telling me you studied this game. Insane details - I really enjoyed watching it.

@SakhotGamer

Жыл бұрын

And yet wrote Psykick in the psychic tm breakdown

@AlectriXSharpness

Жыл бұрын

Called Hau Hop

@ohreally6945

Жыл бұрын

Studying the game is literally the number one thing everyone does in a speedrun,what did u expect?

@TheDevilishangel123

Жыл бұрын

sarcasm?

I love that the first thing to do in the speedrun is to feed your Pokémon jellybeans as fast as possible to make them love you.

12:56 are you ok? Nobody ever says lapras like that It’s Lapras not Lepras

@dullededge1395

Жыл бұрын

youtubers say pokemon names wrong on purpose so you comments and the video gets boosted.

@GamePerFrame

Жыл бұрын

Made me pause the vid to find this comment.

@Dukstless

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, pronunciation in English is an unholy abomination.

@zachpro5475

Жыл бұрын

Arcneena

@raikitsunagi

Жыл бұрын

Lepras and Lugigi, the best fighting pokes

Good, the Popplio line, mostly Primarina, is my second favourite evolution line in all of Pokemon next to Chatot

@CynningSeline

Жыл бұрын

Hello, PMD fan (Y'know, unless you like Chatot for different reasons)

@JoelTheParrot

Жыл бұрын

@@CynningSeline I'm interested in PMD rfor that reason but I just like Chatot because they're the best Pokemon, and my favourite, too.

@BitterHeart51

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I've always considered it my least favorite of the three starters

@JoelTheParrot

Жыл бұрын

@@BitterHeart51 fool. wrong. bad. hater. numbskull.

@BitterHeart51

Жыл бұрын

@@JoelTheParrot I don't hate it I just like the wrestling cat and archer owl better then princess seal

So glad i see you playing this game for a video! Although Platinum has always been my #1 favorite of all the games, Sun/Moon/USUM are definitely my 2nd favorites! Cool to see how it would look for a speedrun setting

The 3 insane Pokémon required for this speedrun: The broken starter Pokémon The mascot legendary itself pikipek

13:11 "scald is an 80 base power move" display: 85 base power

@SuperNerd9695

Жыл бұрын

Also when he showed moon blast it says "noom blast"

I think I remember seeing someone lose a Nuzlocke to Hau, and then the game just continued anyway despite the fact they lost and they were completely baffled how to handle that.

I've done BW1 and Moon. Which speedrun should I explain next?! 👀

@pokelordomega2414

2 жыл бұрын

Gen 2?

@HessSR

2 жыл бұрын

bw2! fire red! ultra moon! let's go pikachu/eevee :D

@coolethanlegoguy

2 жыл бұрын

Let's Go or HG/SS Manipless 👀

@DannehBoyNz

2 жыл бұрын

The Sword/Shield run at GDQ a few years ago (or maybe just one year?) was pretty great, so would love an explained for that!

@iceball8314

2 жыл бұрын

Omega ruby/alpha sapphire

Laprás 😂 12:55 Never heard anyone pronounce it like that in my life

It would be a more fitting end if the timer finished at the HOF

As someone who loves gen 7 and intends to do another playthrough soon, thank you :]

Petting your pokemon is also important, cause when theyre good friends with you, they often dodge attacks or keep that 1hp in battle, when you otherwise would've lost or sth

The timing of this video is amazing since Lillie and Lunala come out next reset in Pokemon masters in 12 hrs

this video is great! im a huge fan of pkmn moon (its my preferred version of the two) and ive alway been curious about gen 7 speedrunning. wonderful work :)

If you ever feel useless remember llima used an ultra ball on a lvl 9 yungoos

@Drianikaben

Жыл бұрын

clearly just in the postgame, trying to finish the dex

@octolockg5059

Жыл бұрын

I used a Master Ball on a Pelipper back in Ruby 12 years ago.

@aurgasmic6739

Жыл бұрын

What about when my masterball fucking FAILED? I thought they were guaranteed catches. Nah this thing just popped back open. Should have seen my jaw drop.

This is yet another fantastic piece of content. I really loved the editing and how clear everything is put together. Amazing job Pulse!

@Yranb11

2 жыл бұрын

Oh and just for you to know, the end cards are in the wrong place :)

Definitely would be more interesting to end off after the HoF, since the alternative is basically just waiting 6 minutes for a coin flip, which seems like a very uninteresting waste of time.

I remember back in the day people went "wtf do you mean I could've run from the koko, now my koko is shit for vgc!" GF sent out a shiny tapu-koko with HP ice (though it would be more optimal to use the other one due to HP mind games!) pretty damn quickly. So yeah fk the 6 minute wait for koko.

You keep calling hau "hop" I keep calling hop "hau". We both know that they are the exact same as eachother.

I’ve actually wanted to begin speed running Pokémon Moon (or any of the Alola games) due to whacky it is!! Also yes, it is extremely dumb that the speedrun goes all the way up to Tapu Koko lol.

“How speedrunners broke Pokémon moon” No glitches :/ I feel clickbaited

@TimothyGod

Жыл бұрын

I mean, the title never specified glitches or hax, that's on you for assuming. Broken can also mean, just abusing game mechanics making it "broken"

@bennyk384

Жыл бұрын

@@TimothyGod that’s fair, I think I’m just too used to seeing a spiffing Brit title saying “I broke the game” and him absolutely shredding the game to pieces using glitches and exploits. He didn’t really exploit anything in this video tbh. But yeah, ig that’s on me lol

@KawaiiBabyTragon

Жыл бұрын

@@TimothyGod A vanilla playthrough isn't "breaking" anything. I feel baited too. 🤦‍♀️

the old 3ds chugging like a goddamn train in battles with more than two pokemon is just iconic to me for this game...

awesome vid! keep it up (only watched first 5 minutes so far but i love it)

@HessSR

2 жыл бұрын

btw you should do how do speedrunners speedrun bw2 one day that would be sick

12:56 ah yes, my favorite sport *LAPROSSE*

new drinking game: take a shot every time pulse calls hau "hop"

Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

12:52 my favorite pokemon "Laprosse"

"Page Rider" I get to ride a BOOK in this game?!?

the fact that im twenty minutes in and brionne is still just soloing its way thru is funny to me. im here for it tho

Greatly enjoyed the video. Thanks a lot ^^

While it’s really dumb to end with running from Tapu Koko, I really think that’s just funny so I like it.

You're calling Hau "Hop". Too much Gen 8 Pulse.

@abacussonkus8964

2 жыл бұрын

Alolan Hop

@healgoth

Жыл бұрын

@@abacussonkus8964 other way around, it’s Galarian Hau

@TimothyGod

Жыл бұрын

@@healgoth but isn't gen 7, where hau is, alola? Meaning he would be alolan hop?

I knew Popplio was the best mon to rush through gen 7 with! Sure, it was Ultra Sun, but I inadvertently followed a lot of the routing here, including the X items

10:06 "We get access to the Page Rider" instead of the Ride Pager. that is so funny to me :D

“Lapras” love the accent on the name LOL

32:14 ah yes, NOOM BLAST

I like how he called Hau Hop.

Take a shot every time he says “Busted”

The way you prounced Lapras hurt me a little haha

22:38 ah yes, the fight that with one single one-shot on my torracat made me start hating that 'rival' with such a burning passion i got the epiphany that those fights are against random wild pokes i can't be arsed to catch

32:19 Noom Blast?! "a special attacking move that makes a NOOOOOOOOM sound when you use it"

My favorite move -- Noom Blast! 32:16

@mrrfyW

11 ай бұрын

MOOM

4:57 I'm not sure if I'd use those set of words unless there was something happening behind the scenes lmao

calls Hau “Hop” for the ENTIRE video 💀

It is very bizarre that you have to wait until the scene after the champion battle is over

I wonder if using an Ultra Ball to catch Lunala and then a master ball to get Koko would be faster.

@user-xu1ce4ri4h

Жыл бұрын

Not a speedrunner but I don't think so, considering you'd have to sit through the shaking Pokéball animation and mash through all the post-capture textboxes (Pokedex entry etc.)

Ahh yes the best rival hop. wait a minute!!????

One of two wastes of a cameo in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Dexio and Sina could have helped us stop Team Skull, but they chose to f**k off and enjoy their vacation. And don't get me started about Looker...

Never noticed Hop was just... optional in existing. And man, there are way too many wild pokemon encounters.

i found a shiny while watching this

32:15 "noom blast" lol

my favourite speedrun strategy: Drugs copious amounts of Drugs

so glad for these comments tbh, because i really spent a while thinking “wait i could have SWORN the swsh rival was called hop, but like he must not have been if this guy is also hop, right????” dhhfbfbdb

Hau. Though admittedly they have all the same animations

22:20 ah yes pshykick my fav psychic type move

i like how the editor misspelled moon on "Moonblast

It really took me 30 mins into the video before I noticed "Hop" I guess I made this joke too many times myself lol

32:20 noom blast

Man it takes forever for primarina to learn noom blast

22:21 am I reading that right?? Psykick??

I just can't get over the way he said the name Lapras at 12:59 , it hurts my soul

I didn't even realize that the rival in Gen 7 should've been Hau with how similar they are LMAO

Keep it up pulse

As a Hop fan, hearing his name said when referring to Hau is agonizing

...sometimes i feel quite certain that i am the only person who really likes gen 7

The second pokemon game my dad bought for me was Pokemon Sun. (A.K.A: I was at the store looking for a pokemon game with Growlithe/Arcanine in it and found pokemon Sun, knowing nothing about the game beforehand and that was literally the only reason I got the game.)

13:00 that is the weirdest semi-correct pronunciation I have ever heard of Lapras.

Wait I've been asking for rival fights that aren't necessary for years. Turns out we already had it in Aloia! I think the next step is to make a rival that gets stronger the more you lose to him.

I knew that losing the first pichu battle against Hop was ok, but I didn't know the others were also fine, though I'd rather beat Hop and keep my pride up if I am not going to speed run, I wonder if that works in the Ultra games.

put some respect on my boy hau!!! he walked so hop could run !!!!

12:53 no way it’s my favourite Pokémon, *L’pras*

Gamefreak needs to make themselves a character named Haup

Jeez I never realized how much this game lets you lose and still continue I feel like this game would let you lose to the champion if they could

this game was my first pokemon game and i just now realized xitems dont normally give a plus 2 cause i only really used them for ultra sun elite 4, so yeah my last 3 years of pokemon have been a lie

Sun and Moon was when I returned to Pokémon after my red/blue/gold/silver childhood. It was cool to see different things but I dunno about this Gen. - z moves were silly to me - kind wanted to have gyms I didn’t enjoy what they did - I really didn’t like the tapu legendaries BUT the ride mechanism was cool and the ultra beasts are cool and was a cool intriguing storyline that I remember kept me reading and not skipping.

8:33 he called hau hop

Would it be faster to pick up PikiPek for the Lurantis trial, to mitigate the Solar Blade damage?

@Kalosianfire

2 жыл бұрын

Lead Brionne and then switch on the Solar Blade

@PulseEffects

2 жыл бұрын

That's been thought of. Dieing is too slow unfortunately.

@Kalosianfire

2 жыл бұрын

@@PulseEffects ah unfortunate

Ah yes my favorite gen 7 rival HOP

“Lap-ros”

Good video man, get a sub

"page rider"

Solgaleo and Lunala both have a speed of 97.