11 Obscure Facts in Gen 1 Pokémon

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Credits: Craig Livingstone (Production), Weebra (Editing)

➤Music Tracks used:
Color Your Night (Instrumental Version) ~ Persona 3 Reload
Wild Pokemon Battle Theme ~ Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
Naked Glow (20th Anniversary Mix) ~ Ridge Racer Type 4
Garage Talk ~ Ridge Racer Type 4
Act on Instinct ~ Catherine
唖然呆然 (disc 2 track 5) ~ Yakuza 0
On Your Way ~ Ridge Racer Type 4
(speculated cut Giovanni Theme)
Report4 - Rescue! ~ Space Channel 5 Part 2
Mr. Top Player ~ Street Fighter 6

[HOOMV]

I think the unused Giovanni theme isn't for a battle theme but for his encounters in the overworld like we see with major characters in future gens

[thetruestinsanegamer]

In Gen 1, a move's secondary effect will not affect a Pokémon with the same type of that move. This was to prevent things like poison types being poisoned by moves, or fire type moves burning other fire types. However it also means electric type moves can't paralyze electric types with moves like Thunderbolt. And Body Slam can't paralyze Normal Types.

[Ivan_Ooze]

should have put the sponsor after the part about getting pokeballs from prof oak. could have been all "speaking of balls"

[AKW]

The fact, that a normal Pokemon can't be paralized by Body Slam is at least "documented". In the trainer school in Pokemon Stadium 2 there is actual dialog explaining this fact and that it's no longer present in Gen 2.

[intergalactic]

Smith: did you know Lance is Clair's cousin
Everyone: Yes

[xjennyintime]

7:42 That unused party with the Marowak is a leftover of Red and Blue where, instead of Jessie and James, you fight a rocket guy with that exact team in Silph Co. right before Giovanni.

[Arkios]

Really feels like that unused text for running away from a wild Pokemon was intended as an alternative to Professor Oak stopping you immediately when stepping into the first grass tile.

[yinyang]

Fun fact on the unused theme: It was remastered for the X and Y Victory Road!

[Joel_]

About #6 it isn't only Body Slam, Thunderbolt and Thunder wouldn't paralyze an electric either and well, Twinneedle wouldn't poison non-poison bug types

[joshuawilloughby]

The hidden oak dialog is also a bit glitched and doesn't scroll properly, which means even the bug testers probably didnt know you could get pokeballs from oak

[brianmack]

Was that Lance fact something people didn't know? I feel like they were pretty heavy handed with that in gold and silver. Maybe I'm just corrupted by playing gold too much as a kid.

[deoxysandmew]

Speaking of Psywave, did you know that if you use Psywave on a Pokemon that's either Lv.1 or Lv.171 the game crashes?!
Its simply due to game attempting to generate a random number that simply does NOT EXIST for these levels when rounded down.

As for that unused theme, its speculated that it was either meant to be used on "Hurry! Get Away!" unused sequence, or Victory Road/Badge Gates.

[Hiya_Papaya]

Omg thats why I randomly got 5 pokeballs from him once as a Now everything makes sense.

[crystalkirby]

A common thing people think the unused music is for for fact 8 is actually the 'Hurry, get away!' section, as it's missing in Red/Blue and only in Yellow. It makes way more sense than Giovanni's theme and the badge check too. All these facts have been around for the longest of times, but hopefully others learnt something new. I was honestly shocked that I knew all of these 😂

[sebarsht]

Another obscure thing about Gen 1, thanks to Scott's thoughts for showing us, if your Pokémon is paralyzed, its speed is quartered, THEN, if the AI's Pokémon used a stat-buffing move, your Pokémon's speed will be quartered again. Notably seen during the battle with the "(W)rapping Lass"

[Taurus]

I vividly remember playing Pokemon yellow as a child and running into a wild exeggutor in viridian forest. I had never seen or heard of that pokemon before then. I remember trying for hours to find it again.

[antoinepolnareff]

In reality the Body Slam not being capable of paralizing is a Quirk/occult mechanic. Same type offensive moves secondary effect cannot affect the pokemon of the same type as that of the move. So Ice moves with posibility to freeze doesn't freeze ice type pokemon etc...
Yeah, is a strange mechanic

[PenelopeStoneVT]

Oh wow, I always remembered getting Pokeballs from Oak in gen 1 as a kid, but then accepted that it was a later gen. So it was likely real? I think my smol kid brain just didn't catch any mon xD

[shyorvion]

I always forget about the early version of the long-range trainer glitch in Viridian Forest. I usually wait until Cerulean and use it to get a Mew or two.

[norwayguy]

Regarding the body slam fact, this is was intended as a same type attack as the enemy pokemon may not give the opponent a status effect. Fire pokemon can't get burned by a fire type move, normal pokemon can't be paralyzed by a normal type move