I Completed Pokemon Crystal's INSANE Pokedex

After completing the wildly difficult Pokedex in Pokemon Emerald, I decided to take this challenge to the previous generation and see just how much harder it would be to complete. I completed Pokemon Crystal's Pokedex, and this is how it went. This video took a lot of time and effort to put together, so I'd really appreciate it if you shared this with a friend. If you have any suggestions for the next video, leave it in the comments below! Have a great day :)
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0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Day 1
8:00 - Day 2
10:48 - Day 3
16:33 - Day 4
21:31 - Day 5+6
28:00 - Day 7
31:32 - The Final Days

[JohnstoneYT]

Update on the Shiny Cyndaquil odds! I had no idea that "weather-boosted" spawns have an increased chance of better IVs (1/1728), so the ACTUAL odds of finding it were roughly 1 in 10, 800, 000 (1/1728 x 1/250 x 1/25)

...I still don't think I'm ever going to top that regardless LMAO

[BJMashPotato]

Hey, so just so you're aware, the reason the diploma didn't print well at the end isn't because of the printer, nor the game, but the paper. The GB Printer uses a specific type of paper, one that loses it's effectiveness over time. If your printer came with paper from the 90s, odds are that that's why it didn't work. It's a thermal paper, which like I said deteriorates over time, but it shouldn't be too hard to find some replacements on eBay, assuming you still want to print out your diploma and have it look good

[jonolivier]

John with Emerald's Pokédex: "Wanna see me suffer?"

John with Crystal's Pokédex: "Wanna see me do it again?"

[Argon_Lee]

accidentally finding a odds pokemon is somehow the most johnstone thing about this challenge

[xyxyx--]

"anyone saying throw rhe ball because youre impatient im going to eat your internet cable" is a great line

[WoahItsCaleb]

The Doduo catch is even more impressive when you realize that thanks to Gen 2's busted catch mechanics, paralyze does nothing to increase the catch rate lmao

[ErichKramer]

Johnstone is a masterclass in how to have the pokemon cartridge collection of your childhood dreams but entirely business expense tax deductible.

[rayflyers]

At first I thought, "Wait, John's not the first person to beat Crystal." Then I saw the Doduo clip, and I was sorry I doubted him.

[myhandleiswhat]

The clock reset feature was probably a debug thing that they re-enabled in the western versions because they had to program Daylight Saving Time into the game, and thankfully for us, they conveniently didn't comment it out before sending it out for retail.

[JZeraGren]

smallant's luck is whatevr is funniest, johnstone's luck is whatever he wants immediately

[Mrperson]

Fun fact! In Gen 1, Professor Oak actually does give you five Poke balls! Unfortunately the conditions are very specific, so its doubtful that many players did this.

You have the second rival battle (can only be done before you get the Boulder Badge) WITHOUT registering a second Pokemon in your Pokedex. Once you have done that, go talk to Oak, and he will give you five of them.

Also, in the English versions ofnRed/Blue, Oak's text from this event is glitched. It was fixed in Yellow.

FireRed/LeafGreen is similar on the condition, where you just have to beat the rival on Route 22 or in Cerulean City, have no second Pokemon in your caught data, and no Poke Balls in your bag.

Edit: In FRLG, Professor Oak gives you a set of five Poke Balls immediately after giving you the Pokedex. What I mentioned above is where he gives you a second set of five Poke Balls, which most people likely don't know about!

[ayyydogg]

The go++ situation was literally insane. I’ve done full comm days in super busy locations & of the 20 or so shinies I’d get in the day, MAYBE one would have 3*. The pokemon gods favor John and honestly, fair

[vexilanimous]

the ol' thermal ink fading over time got another one, boys!!!

[daymastery]

21:17 Mewtwo: “Oh? you’re approaching me? Instead of running away, you’re coming right at me?”

[VerkatosEnsei]

Chatter at 21:19 "I want a girl with a Mewtwo build"
They're so real for that

[vvirtualecho]

30:23 the way you say “it’s an honor” makes me so unreasonably happy that it’s become a vocal stim for me

[brettbuys]

5:47 ah yes my favorite Pokemon, Sonic

[nireus]

i just love the box limit that you have to manually to change, specially the fact that i discovered this feature with the red Gyarados, not at all still pissed at this

[bryanreber]

Open up YouTube to see a Johnstone vid uploaded 16 seconds ago, what a lucky day

[igi-chan]

My good sir, wild Magnemite have chances of holding Metal Coat in Gen 2 :)

Thats the Lore reason why Jasmine has 2 on her team besides Steelix, to imply she caught them on the route above her town to evolve her onix