How fast can you catch Pikachu in every Pokemon Game?

Today, Team Rocket is expanding their efforts, going across all generations to find out just how fast you can capture a Pikachu in every game!!!

If you love unique Pokémon challenges as well as uncovering facts about the games you never knew, then you are going to love my channel! I am currently working on the "How fast can you catch X in EVERY Pokémon game" series
where we track down specific pokemon, types, and other interesting groupings in the most optimal way possible.

I use a heavy amount of research and analysis in search of the answer to each episode's question, aiming to tell a fun story of the often tedious but exciting adventures I go through along the way!

Credit to The Luckless Resource for their awesome maps of the different grass variations in gen 1:

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:47 Red/Blue
2:11 Gold/Silver
11:00 Ruby
15:34 Diamond/Pearl
19:43 Black/White
20:28 X/Y
21:19 Sun/Moon
23:58 Sword/Shield
25:02 Scarlet/Violet
26:31 Outro

[semaJCh]

Thanks again so much to everyone for all the incredible support on the channel. I honestly can't say it enough!

All of this has been such a huge passion project for me. A goal of mine was always to make a pokemon video, so I really wanted to do everything I could for this one. 😍

That's all on top of the support since the last video which kept me going despite the video ballooning in scope as it went on.🤣

Anyways, thanks for checking out the channel and I hope the video brings some extra fun to your day! 🥰

[MikaMikaWhatever]

Big props to all of Gen 5 for not having Pikachu in the entire Unova region! That's incredibly bold of them and I applaud them for it!

[Firescizor]

The most shocking thing about this video is that merely completing the Melemele Island's first totem takes almost the same time as getting to Hearthome City/Safari Zone in DP/RS respectively.

That's insane.

[curlytopzee]

I love videos like this where a joke is played totally straight the whole time during the video and the commitment you made to make it good

[darkninjafirefox]

I like to think that Giovanni sent Jessie and James on that mission to keep them out of the way of his more important plans. He was possibly invested in getting it in the beginning but quickly moved on to getting stronger pokemon

[jvever]

The fact you added the clause that you couldnt just evolve a pichu really added to your times, but I respect it

[Espik_]

This just feels so original and unique, yet such a simple idea that I felt compelled to watch

[PikalaxALT]

Slight correction: you were able to skip the double battle with the twins on route 104 because double battle trainers did not have vision in ruby and sapphire. that was added in emerald.

[catriamflockentanz]

Given how memerun-laden the really popular speed games gotten in the last few years it's surprising that "Pikachu%" doesn't exist yet.

[babycarl]

When i was younger i would catch every pikachu i ran into thinking they were rare 😭 I have a box in home dedicated to all of them

[Londobelle]

Something I'm curious about, for the Pikachu in Sun/Moon, since it takes considerable time to beat the first totem Pokemon, how fast would it be to capture a Pichu early on and friendship evolve it instead? Though I suppose evolving and "friendship" would go against the theme of the video.
I would also have loved to see Pokemon Yellow included just as a joke. "Professor Oak just gives us a Pikachu!"

[Vearru]

I think 2 very interesting alternative options for this kind of challenge would be how quickly can you catch a dragon type/ice type in each generation because those are often later game and probably would have interesting requirements to obtain

[DedicatedCaffeineUser]

I think it would be cool if you do a sequel for the Pokemon spin-off games. Pokemon Ranger and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon definitely come to mind, but I’m sure there are more spin-off games you could do this in

[skitterkitter]

Love this video! I really like how you cut down each play through and kept them all feeling short and concise even when some were much longer than others. The explanations of speedrun tactics are great!

[Glitterkitten_studios-qdhq]

It was hilarious to see him get so annoyed with the other crime teams other than team rocket XD

[Bbbeckettt]

i know this channel will be famous one day

[beachratlover]

Your videos are so fun to watch! Outrageously high quality content, and everyone saying this channel is going to blow up is absolutely right.

[CastawayBall]

Loved the video! Enjoyed all the clever pikachu related comments you slid in there

[geekgirllps]

I'd love to see this done with Eevee! Very nice and well made video. Keep up the awesome work!

[Magikarp]

In my opinion, it’s small channels like these that make the best content. Amazing video, amazing quality, and amazing explanation of things happening on screen.