Iceberg | Pokémon Red Blue & Yellow

The humble beginnings of one of the most influential franchises of all time. Pokémon Red and Blue Iceberg. Let's dive deep into this very special topic.

[markhill]

The Professor Oak battle should have been a real part of the game. It would have been a cool twist and its good that he ends up training the starter who is left over.

[HeinousinAppearance]

Weezing and Koffing being called "New York" and "Los Angeles" is pretty damn funny.

[MaggiesBirds]

The "Mew Glitch" (where you fly/run from a battle then encounter Mew) actually can be used to encounter any Pokemon, it's just based off a detail of the last pokemon you encountered. I suspect people found the glitch, and then just experimented until they got pokemon they wanted to encounter from the glitch.

[jakegenocide]

I tried to watch another YouTube channel do these Pokemon icebergs, about gen 1, and it was painfully obvious that they didn't play gen 1. It's cool to feel the nostalgia in your voice and anecdotes about growing up with it.

[Cuppamilky]

I remember being a kid and seeing Mr.Fuji in Pokémon Crystal with all the baby Pokémon sprites somewhere outside ice cave. I remember telling friends about it at school and one of them telling me you have to be in ice cave at a certain time and a secret exit will unlock and it’ll take to to Mr.Fujis house where you can pick an extra baby pokemon. Looking back this was a dream or something but man did it feel so real.. I legit still have memories about it

[Warhawk]

The *"Raichu went and evolved"* dialogue is translated text from Japanese Blue in which the trade in question was Kadabra for Graveler and the same thing happens after the Poliwhirl-Jynx trade in Cerulean City (it was Haunter for Machoke in JP Blue.) Basically, the international games used the script from JP Blue and the original trades from Red & Green but the translators failed to check or alter the dialogue of these two NPCs. The dialogue was corrected in FRLG to *“Has the Jynx/Electrode I traded you grown any stronger?”*

[matthewallen]

As a veteran Pokémon player there were some things I didn’t know from this video. Excellent work on the research. 10/10 video.

[justin_the_turtle]

Another interesting theory is the one about how butterfree and venomoth were accidentally switched in development. Butterfree’s design shares a lot more similarities with venomoth’s pre-evolution and vice versa. (I still like the way it is now though lol 🦋)

[Lynn]

Pokegods were a big part of my Pokemon fandom experience back in the day.

[Arvegtor]

Some early Pokemon names were actually used in the anime in some languages, Aria and Ariala being the most noticeable, but Parasyte and Kokoon were clearly used as well. At least now that translation oddity is explained.

[julescastel]

the glitched Hall of Fame music starting at 1:45 is just the lead melody part of the Celadon City theme slightly slowed down

[Neccese]

21:40 The reason Moltres is in Victory Road is to clue you into the other Birds existing. With the name taking “tres” (3) it implies an existence of an Uno and Dos bird, even without the pun in the Japanese games its purpose is to show that the other birds exist.

[AlessioLapponi]

Regarding gen 1 mistranslations, the problem was that translators had to translate names without context. For examples, to translate pokemon moves, Game freak sent to the translators the English name of the pokemon moves without telling them they was Pokemon moves. This gave birth to hilarious Pokemon moves names in other languages. For instance, in Italian, the name "pound" for the move was translated into "libbra", which is the weight measure. The move "counter" was translated as "contatore", which refers to an counting instrument.

[TheKingMarkell]

Love watching these at night! Especially for Gen 1. Gives me that creepy and uneasy feeling

[LvetRetr]

Hyper Beam didn't need to charge if it KO'd its target... That's brilliant!

A super powerful move that doesn't need to charge as long as its going to KO.

I love the idea of thinking, "Im pretty sure this will KO, but can I risk it?"

[DominatorLegend]

Another point to add to the Pokémon War theory is Katsura/Blaine's early design. He appears as an old war veteran doing a military salute.

[Whfox]

4:16 Fun fact: In the Fire Red and Leaf Green remakes Gamefreak hid a Lava cookie there too. 😂

[profskitty]

Just wanted to say so happy to see someone else remembered Tales from the Glitch, given the Glitch City postcard image!

[DelphinusOrcastra]

I will always maintain that I once accidentally went to glitch city. I was messing around with safari zone, left, then went into that poke mart or poke center (I forget which one is right there), then i walked out into glitch city.. I didn’t have missingno or had done anything weird with the game. It was maybe my 3rd play through of the game.. Then many years later I watch a video on glitch city. I was like “well damn..” 🐬

[xINVISIGOTHx]

2:44 i have 2 of these certificates from a nintendo event