Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Speedruns are Very WEIRD

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[PulseEffects]

Maybe one day we'll get an explanation on those weird swim speeds. 😬

[TheAndiXFail]

There is a theory that says, since Volkner and Flint are childhood friends/rivals, they build their teams to counter each others super type. That`s why Flint has a Steelix to counter Volkners electric types and Volkner has an Octillery to counter Flints fire types and I personally really like that one because it gives them a little bit more character depth and also makes sense lore wise

[FiboSai]

I'll never forget my mono ground run where my Golem managed to defeat Cynthia's Milotic because she just wouldn't use a water move. Random AI at its finest.

[LadyBrightcynder]

Honestly, I always kinda liked when gym leader and e4 teams weren't monotype and were built around "themes" rather than types, like Agatha having spooky Pokémon. That being said, I have absolutely no idea what Volkner's theme would be (they can learn electric attacks???), but Flint's can be argued to be based around various concepts of heat - Lopunny's fluffy fur, Steelix burrowing close to the earth's core, Drifblim is a hot air balloon, etc. It's obviously making up for a poorly planned Pokédex roster but I still think team theming is cool.

[ObsidianR]

5:56 "yes, Cyrus is the leader of Team PLASMA, I knew it"

[zeldapadawan]

So what this video taught me is that younger me suffered from a skill issue if Cynthia picked a random move every time and I spent literal hours on her as a child.

[donaldtNS]

The ultimate questions of life:

- Why do we exist
- What awaits in the afterlife
- Why the heck whatshername has a Medicham, Volkner has Octillery and Ambipom, and Flint has Drifblim, Steelix, and LOPUNNY

[modenoatr]

People meme on the Chimchar/Ponyta Fire-type selection all the time, but Electric didn't fare much better with only Shinx, Pachirisu and Pikachu available pre-NatDex

[jmcbango]

The mentality behind the weird gym leader/e4 comps in d/p was to mix it up by giving them different type mons with moves that match their theme (i.e. flints fire punch lopunny or volkners charge beam octillery)

[ILikeKirbys]

Octillery on Volkner was probably to counter Ground-types. Seriously, it has one move for each of Ground's weaknesses, it has to be that

[LordLad]

volkner using octillery is genius and I won't stand for this slander. He's an electric trainer, so you think, hurr durr bring a ground type and earthquake non stop. but boom, volkner has an octillery with water moves to kill your ground. So you think, ok I'll switch to another type. Then, kapow!! octillery uses zap cannon.
He uses it for type coverage and they ruined him in platinum.

[Erifire]

6:12 The reasoning behind Ambipom and Octillery being the Pokémon Volkner uses is based on their designs. Ambipom has design inspirations based on a defibrillator with it's tails, and Octillery is based on a tank; a piece of machinery.

[caliburnleaf]

I for one enjoy the weird off-type pokemon on gym leader's teams. It makes them feel more like real trainers that happen to have a bias, rather than flanderizations of themselves. Pokemon stadium 2 did this too, especially in the round 2 versions of the gym leader teams, causing them to be much more rounded opponents that you couldn't just bring a single pokemon to hard counter.

[isitreallytho]

Did he just say team PLASMA for Cyrus?? 5:56 timestamp to make sure i’m not hearing wrong

[ILiekFishes]

3:10 "lowering accuracy of moves in battle by 3/5ths: so a 60% chance of hitting"
lowering by 3/5ths would be 40%. lowering _to_ 3/5ths is 60%.

[LiliGasanj]

0:10 while i will definitely agree that overall platinum is better, it is most certainly NOT "better in every way" than DP
distortion world is an absolute SLOG and i absolutely DREAD having to suffer through wasting my life on it in any replay of the game

[tabbender]

Diamond and Pearl aren't as good as Platinum but they're still among the best pokemon games, easily in the top 10

[CinnaSwirls]

The Octillery was probably meant as a counter to Ground types. Either they took inspiration from how Pokémon Stadium 2 handled its gym leaders, or they forgot to set aside enough time to make an Electric Type gym leader. 2 out of 4 is a failure grade, at least in my country, but congratulations to Volkner for technically having a majority Electric team, I guess.

[DrawciaGleam]

"MONSTROSITIES such as Cascoon, Wurmple,
🤣🤣🤣

[Wynntersenk]

Things that make no sense: volkner not having a pachirisu