There is a reason oft forgotten or just not experienced by the younger crowd for Gold and Silver having so many hard to find new pokemon. The developers wanted a lore reason why the player didn't find them in the first game! It's also the case that nobody thought pokemon would continue past gold and silver, so the new pokemon were considered a bit like an expansion pack and the original pokemon were still the core of the game. These attitudes may seem silly now, but it's where people were back in 2001.

@rroadagain2810

2 жыл бұрын

This is also why the Kanto Gyms are extremely easy. Because the devs put priority on lore. The Gym Leaders obviously have to be weaker than the Elite 4, with the exception of Blue. Janine has the lowest levels because she's new etc. It's easy to see why this kind of design doesn't work out very well. (Also why over the years, more and more new evolution methods were added, this didn't stop with Gen II) Even then, it baffles me that there are Gen II Pokemon that are exclusive to Kanto. Even moreso, in Gold and Silver, the entire Dark-type is stuck in Kanto, except for Umbreon, and based on my own recent experiences, that Eevee is not evolving before the E4 unless you go out of your way to do it.

@nameistaken

2 жыл бұрын

Also helped stoke the fires of playground rumors. Still remember a friend telling me about a specific tree to get Heracross and finding it that night in the exact tree.

@mohimbrood5787

2 жыл бұрын

Also gold and silver used the engine of pokemon red and blue. The developers really went out of their way to put as much 'endgame' content, thats why you can fight red at the end. I really love gen 2 as my first game was crystal. The music from the games just hits me on a whole different level

@miguelheat

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, i miss 2001

@loulou3676

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of how absolutely cheesed people were with Ruby/Sapphire because it "only had one region".

I'll be honest I never knew there was a swarm mechanic in Gen 2

@wanderingrandomer

Жыл бұрын

I remember getting the phone calls telling me about swarms and getting super hyped

@ApathyBM

Жыл бұрын

@@wanderingrandomer The phone mechanism was my favorite. Picnicker Liz, Camper Todd, and Bird Keeper Vance were my crew

[7:27] Misdreavus isn't a Dark-type, meaning there were only 3 Dark-types you can catch at night and the other 3 you have to evolve (Houndoom, Umbreon, & Tyranitar).

@emmachine27

2 жыл бұрын

I think their is still a Pokemon in the night only section missing. I don't think you can catch Hoothoot or Noctowl during the day, or is their a difference between evening and night like their is morning and day?

@Arcanua

2 жыл бұрын

@@emmachine27 Evening and night don't have a difference, as for day and morning as Lyra points out it literally is irrelevant due to what it actually does.

@frownyclowny6955

2 жыл бұрын

Houndour is Dark/Fire too tho

@TheIncredible2IC

2 жыл бұрын

@@emmachine27 You can get Hoothoot via headbutt during the day

@dozzy9984

2 жыл бұрын

@@emmachine27 Don't you headbutt sleeping Hoothoots out of trees during a day?

Sooooooo, you're gonna do all the Generations ? Your website for 1st Gen is a real gem, keep up the amazing work man !

@Lyra

2 жыл бұрын

I worked hard on the website, so thank you very much! The plan is to keep going until it stops being fun, and right now I'm having a blast, so Gen 3 is probably going to happen as well :'D

@arnak2606

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lyra Yeeeaaaaah ! \o/ If at some point, you decide to speed the data collecting process up; through a Discord or something, let us know 👀

@Dukstless

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lyra How are you going to do G3, actually? Some Pokemon are MUCH easier to obtain with the Orre games (such as the legendary beasts, or the unholy mess that are Johto starters)

@Arcanua

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dukstless ORAS don't really make it easier, it's to most the hardest gen to do it in since you can't use a glitch to get missing legendaries unlike literally every game prior. Especially now with how dead they are, it's even harder. They're gen 3 remakes but have every single mon from gen 4 AND 5 on top which further adds to the existing issues.

@samk-j6735

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arcanua @LunarRay said ORRE, as in XD and Gale of Darkness, not ORAS

I remember finding Tyrogue as a kid and not knowing what it was. Even my friends were confused on it.

Omg, the nostalgia is hitting soooo hard!! Pokemon crystal was my edition (as well as pokemon blue in 1st gen), and watching your videos brings me back so many happy memories... Thank you for doing this :')

these videos seem actually genuine and not as if you're just making them just for the sole purpose of getting views, keep up the good work

Larvitar in gen 2 always makes me sad... I just want the kaiju, why do they gotta restrict it to the very last area of the game

Man, for challenges like these, I often enjoy the planning more than the execution. This is great stuff!

so excited for this series to begin!

I love these videos and your website is so helpful, i hope you keep doing this for more generations. Your videos deserve so many more views than they get. Thanks for making these ❤

so I've noticed two things in the list - Pokemon that appear in both "special" and "normal" Headbutt trees (that is, the 80% and 50%/10%) are listed twice on the list. might be good idea to distinct between these categories for the Pokemon also Dodrio is in this very weird place where it shows up on Route 26 in Gold and Route 27 in Silver. while the site lists Gold as best theoretical location, in reality either version would be fine since these Routes are next to each other. I think this is the only such case in G2 where both versions are fine but for whatever reason have slightly different locations.

I've been watching your latest vids about catching mechanics and the living dex. I've been loving them. Keep up the good work :)

I came looking for a videos like this, because just today I caught Ho-Oh on original Gold. I started another play through(of course on cartridge) for the pure nostalgia of it all, and I’m super excited for more of your videos and channel growth!

Actually I like that you can so easily miss Pokemon. Because to me it felt like even though I was playing this game for months, there was always some new Pokemon to find. In a era without internet, patches or DLCs this was a blessing and kept the game fresh and some Pokemon super rare and thus special.

@CuriousKey

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Having every pokemon paraded in your face completely ruins the sense of adventure and discovery. However, there should be a way of discovering the mechanics needed to find the pokemon - so if we have two different kind of tree, there should be a way of distinguishing them, or finding out which ones are special. This is where NPC hints could come in. Essentially a don't mind how hard a pokemon is to find or capture, but I do mind the method being arbitrary and only discoverable by chance.

I really do not understand why you dont have a bigger following ! Amazing content high production value and fun all arround !

Your passion for this relatively obscure challenge is awesome. The amount of effort given is insane. Keep up the good work

Silver was my first game as well! The music always brings me back to my childhood. I feel like I see gen 2 talked about the least online but it’s nice to see someone else who appreciates them so much🤍

@ss4kaioken295

2 жыл бұрын

Blue was mine

@zigzag7100

2 жыл бұрын

@@ss4kaioken295 I played Blue after silver and I remember I got a used copy for my bday and it had a level 100 blastoise on it :o

Very excited for the next video! Keep up the good work!!

This is exciting! Through your guide, I just finished my Gen 1 Living Dex last night! I am up for Gen 2 next! More Content! :D

As someone who grew with gen 2 Pokemon I really hope to see more videos of this series. You going up boi, keep the good work

Fantastic video and website! Thank you so much

that was a excellent video with a great focus on details. congratulations!

I feel like restarting a side game several times to farm out starters will be a net reduction in time for the whole endeavour. That 50% bonus exp is really worth considering.

I watched two or three videos of your gen 1 living dex stuff and now, after seeing this, I can confirm that your channel is indeed a gem. You're really doing this out of pure love for Pokémon. After a digital detox, I don't often watch channels other than the few I've been subbed to for the past year or two but, after watching a few videos of yours, I'm totally hooked. Gonna watch the next few videos you have up on your channel, and hopefully be able to catch a stream on twitch!

I think you forgot Teddiursa for low encounter rates and that they sometimes run away. Unless I'm thinking of Crystal. Great video though. ❤️

@Lyra

2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of things I skip or gloss over, either because I forget or learn about it later, or because it would make the video too long and not that interesting to go through every single detail. Happy you enjoyed the video :')

@wanderingrandomer

Жыл бұрын

I remember Teddiursa only being available in the morning, as well. Only on the route south of Blackthorn

It’s so fun to hear someone go so in depth about some game from childhood… it’s like I’m learning something interesting, but also closing the book on so many open thoughts/questions I had as a kid

Your videos are amazing and an incredible inspiration, super informative, well explained and fun to watch, thanks so much for this journey

ohhhhhhh, this is so cool. I was just making a spreadsheet for my gen 3 living-dex tracking. Cant wait for you making a gen 3 guide if your planing on that.

I really like your video, its so interesting about facts that we didn’t know about these past games that we enjoyed when we were young! Subscribed!

Amazing in depth video! Good luck in the challenge, thats a lot of pokemon to play!

I'm currently binge-waching all your videos Lyra :D

this looks super cool! i totally understand the excitement of all the planning and everything - i just finished my living dex in pokemon home including all gender and form changes and putting together a huuuge spreadsheet of everything was so fun

@Lyra

2 жыл бұрын

I see you completely get it! Planning things and see everything coming together feels soooo good :'D

Your videos are so fun to watch, love em all

You rwebsite is so helpful for me since I'm planning on doing a SHINY living dex on Crystal Clear! Thanks a lot :D

This video is very entertaining! You’ve motivated me to finally buy the games on virtual console after playing Pokémon crystal on an emulator website as a 7 year old ❤️

@kevmasengale6903

2 жыл бұрын

Those emulator websites were something else..... I use to play all kinds of games on those as a teenager.

Wow, it's quite a challenge to undertake, but you're really excited for this, and that helps! I remember getting Gold and Silver together for Christmas one year and being so excited back then. I remember it was so popular that even some of my teachers in school were playing them.

Holy shit Ive been waiting so long for a website that helps with pokedex completion thank you so much man it mus have been so much work but it's definitely appreciated

I finished my pearl and platinum Dex a while back(and am finish my heart gold Dex still) and what you said about how many new mons you actually encounter in normal gameplay is so true! Gen 4 is terrible for this and only really realized it once I finished the Dex. But now I have to go back and make my pearl copy a living dex now :) cuz that sounds so cool to have

Very excited! Your website is top notch - thank you.

your channel and sites is Amazing =) good job

Great video! I loved it!

Great videos, so much effort you put in them ^^

Already got notifications on for this. I binge watched the entire red and blue series today and can't wait for more.

I love the editing of these videos

I'm reliving my childhood through your videos. AmazinG!!

damn, i was in turkey and we had no gameboy sold here in 2003 through 2004, but i was hooked on pokemon silver my cousin brought from germany every summer. It is the best game of all time for me. I was hyped beyond belief for it and even today i can reimagine it. impeccable times and a great video series on it. keep up the good work

Great video, keep it up the good work !

Glad I discovered your channel, awesome website btw!

You make this sound so fun. I don't like the idea of painstakingly filling out the entire dex, but I guess there are those who enjoy it! Me, I love the idea of playing through the games over and over, and this would be an excuse to do that.

hope you get more subscribers! looking forward to your following videos! good luck in the challenge! :D

I was planning to make a living dex content too but couldn't figure out how to make a short and interesting video while showing all the progress. Thanks to you now i know 👍. (Gonna improve a bit though 😂)

Okay analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

To me gen2 will always be the best! Amazing video! Currently playing through a rom hack (perfect crystal) which makes every pokemon catchable or evolve through levelup/stone etc. It's basically a shortcut to the living dex but it still counts for me :P

Just wait until a gen 4 living dex, you have to reset and get to eterna city 32 times to get spirit tomb.

@RGC_animation

2 жыл бұрын

How much would that be? 2 hours? Not THAT bad.

@solgaleo3533

Жыл бұрын

Actually, you don’t need to, you can speak to the same person 32 times by entering and exiting the underground each time you talk to them

Great video, I learned a lot from this video. I played gens 1-3 but I never fully beat gen 2.

Love your content bro. Keep it up.

gen 2 is my favorite gen, can’t wait for this!

Cannot wait for the challenge

I'm happy I found this video since I'm actually making a living Dex in pokemon red right now and will do the same for the other gen 1 games, than 2.

The amount of work you put into this is amazing

You are so inspirational i completed the gen 1 pokedex(with glitches *missingno appeared* ) and didn't complete gen 2 pokedex because hgss are just better But you inspired me and now I am pretty close to completing the gen 1 living dex and about to start the gen 2 monster It's like i have someone with me going through the same pain as me

i spot a biblically accurate pokemon gold at 0:14 but in all seriousness, great job! your videos both entertaining and insightful at the same time. also your website is equally as awesome! : )

What I loved in Gen 2 was that the new Pokemon felt special. In Gen 3 it was the other way around. It was very special to encounter the first Pokemon I already knew after two badges.

@Jac735

2 жыл бұрын

You're right about that after gen 3 and I got tired of Pokemon I still respect it but it was a lot overwhelming and I know sometimes Graphics make games a little bit better but I actually like the graphics better and the first couple of gens

Great wesbite and video! It's alwas a pain to track which pokemons are where you currently are, this is easier than going to any wiki.

You made something I wanted to do since a long time ago! A full database web-site for all pokémon! lol And for that, I thank you a lot, Lyra. :D

i love your website thanks♥

Subbed. Love the content

I just finished the Gen 1 challenge, and since Pokemon Crystal was the first pokemon game I played, I can't wait to start this challenge as well.

You just won a new sub... Great job. !!

This popped up out of good coincidence for me, as I've finally completed a Living Dex in Gen 3 within the past few days, but haven't watched anything on YT that would warrant this in my recommended. Neat lol

please do this for gen 3 ive been looking for a guide like this for those games for so long 😭😭 (though those games take forever to do a living dex for so i doubt youd finish before i complete mine 😞) subscribed btw amazing content !

engagement! found your video in my recommended feed and was surprised at your subscriber count, hope you're videos get more attention soon!

you can technically get Gold's exclusive in Crystal and work on silver as a main game with yellow for gen 1 exclusives too

Loved the video 👍

lmao, I am the same with Pokémon Gold, I am really hyped to see someone so passionate about Silver

this challenge just appear when im simply decid to catch all 151 pokemons, is amazing and so nostalgic ty

Sooo excited for this! I know these challenges take a lot of time, with you needing to play more than once through the same game, plus the other games... but I'm impatient, so I gotta ask if you know more or less when the video will be available for us, or if you're going to stream it or something :D

@Lyra

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm happy to learn you enjoy the challenge that much! I made a community post about the upcoming videos but basically... you shouldn't have to wait long at all ;')

@kaitogirldraws

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lyra Amazing! Thank you for answering, I'll wait patiently

4:00 I just checked if Mew was ever even destributed in what we know as "Gen1" and...surprisingly, there have appearently been a lot of destributions across the world that I never heared about. Interessting. Also, if these videos will continue, then it will get funny because the Gens get more and more bloated with relevant games, Pokemon, etc...at least until the Switch games completely killed the system, making a full living dex up to that point impossible.

@iantaakalla8180

2 жыл бұрын

There is still a way to gather all the Pokémon but you unfortunately have until next year to do it. It will involve buying so many other games plus using cheat codes for Gen 5 events, then transferring them all to Pokémon HOME, but it is somehow still possible to get all the Pokémon. It certainly helps that with glitches all Pokémon in Gen 3 and earlier are possible to collect.

@lpfan4491

2 жыл бұрын

@@iantaakalla8180 Both SWSH and BDSP lack a full list of all pokemon until Gen8, so the entire list cannot be put into one singular game.(And no, Home does not count as an actual game) Also, I thought Bank isn't shutting down.

@lpfan4491

2 жыл бұрын

@KJ the Something Good thing that the official channels aren't the only ones.

@iantaakalla8180

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I was counting HOME, but at this point they made that the only way to get all the Pokémon

Waiting to see that challenge

The remark as Crystal as the "best version" brought back some memories... I *did* take on the Pokedex challenge on my physical cartridge as a kid, on Crystal. I can't remember if I made it a living dex (I doubt it) but I DO remember my challenge failing at 249 pokemon. When I had finally reached that point, Pokemon RS were already in full swing, my brother had stopped playing Pokemon and our GBC link cable had aged considerably. I, at that point, had not yet realized that Girafarig was not included in Crystal. But, in addition to getting my brother to lend me his Gold cartridge, I also realized that our old link cable wasn't in a working condition anymore. So yeah, my challenge back then ended with Celebi and Girafarig missing and completely failed when eventually the battery ran out and my collection was gone for good. I *am* thinking of trying it again on a VC version. Maybe.

Haber encontrado este canal fue amor a primera vista, excelente calidad🤌🏻

Great video! Are you planing on doing and recording a gameplay? Would love too see you do one!

really enjoying the channel. I think I'll use the website for my own playthrough of gold/silver when I get to it

I am amazed you are determined enough to complete the dex from scratch instead transferring your previous pokemons from gen 1. I don't complain though, it means more entertaining content to watch!

I agree with your rules, and I basically did the same when playing my runs for Gold and Crystal. I caught ALL pokemon that could be gotten, evolutions included, otherwise getting duplicates. Evolved the ones that didn't have their evolutions available, and then traded exclusives and gen 1 mons from a new save. On top of that I did trade between Crystal and Yellow to complete my Yellow dex with the extra mons needed like hatched starters and the other hitmon, but nothing more than that. It is honestly more fun to do so that way, and since I'm trying to master all game in retroachievements and one of the achievements in each game always is to "catch all available mons in their version" I always feel like I might as well finish with a living dex.

NGL, Gold and Silver were the first Pokémon games I played. Then when I played Gen 3 I was like, “wow, I like the new designs. Azumarill, Houndoom, Skarmory.”

You, good sir, are awesome!

Not even 10 seconds in and I had to pause. My first games was emerald and had my interest. Years after my save was deleted I played the gen 2 remakes and that’s when I fell in love

I've played Pokemon since it first came out here in the US. Crystal was thr version I spent the most time on as a kid. So many good memories and battles.

The greatest improvement of Crystal IMO was the availability of evolution Stones. If I don't remember wrong, most of them were limited on Gold/Silver, but infinitely available via NPC gifts from Poke Gear contacts.

In Gen 2, you can actually get all 3 starters on one save using the cloning glitch. The glitch of deposit a Pokemon into the PC, save, and turn off the game mid-save works between save files. So you start a fresh game, pick starter 1, get to the point of catching a 2nd Pokemon, deposit the Pokemon to clone it, and start a new game instead of continuing. When you clone the 2nd Pokemon, you clone both starters at once, and start the 3rd save. Then on the 3rd save, you pick the final starter and grab the other 2 from the PC. Then you can level all 3 starters on the same save file. If you're doing a living Pokemon, I know you mentioned you have to do playthroughs of each game anyway, but I always enjoyed having a team of all threw starters at once because it was amusing to me haha

i got like half of the swarm pokemon as a kid just cause i guess i grew up ocd and i specifically remember reading the text about the dunsparce and i waited idek how long probably weeks til i got that phone call at the right time and freaked out i loved my dunsparce

Playing through Gold on GB 3DS XL virtual cartridge right now. Just started yesterday, so this will definitely come go good use. Thank you! I only have 1 console though, so I'll have to figure out how to get the Silver exclusives into Gold.

Good luck!

this seems really fun

Just as a point of clarification, the precedent wasn't set by Yellow, but by Japanese Blue. Still, I agree that the 3rd Version not having every pokemon in it is VERY stupid.

Your experience growing up with these is almost exactly like mine. I also fell in love with silver version. Luckily I had a brother with gold so we would actually help each other out a bunch and trade. I think silver was the first version I actually tried to fill out the dex. Don't remember how far I got exactly but I think I was somewhere around 210. Definitely not easy when you're a kid with not as much patience...

9:25 The name’s supposed to start with a voiceless glottal fricative, /h/. It’s that sound at the start of headbutt that’s sorta similar to the Parisian , you know how to make it.

You got a like in the first 10 seconds. Gen 2 was my peak love for Pokémon. The lore, the Japanese style, the legendaries... the NORMAL MONS.... Kanto included... In my opinion and for nostalgic value... Gen 2 is my favorite by a significant margin. The only other game that kept me as busy was Emerald with the Frontier, and though the later is so much more interactive, a lot of mystery and lore was hidden away in Gen 2. Thanks to Gen 2 we will never be able to have our Spikey-ear Pichus and Shiny Celebis and those kinds of exclusive rarities are what make legends and myths exist and those are the things that really give power to my nostalgic feelings.