Can you beat Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen with the LEAST BATTLES possible?

Back to Kanto, but will there be any less battles?

Edited by @SimplyAJ
Music by @makegamemusic

[Jrose]

I can't believe i didn't know this, but in Koga's gym, unlike in Red/Blue/Yellow, there is a second path that cuts out a Juggler. The one doesn't change too much, but the final count should be 68.

[Beta]

Colosseum minimum battles actually sounds pretty interesting because its not only harder than most mainline games but quite a few pokemon are locked behind optional trainers, the variation between a normal and minimum run will be significantly smaller indeed though

[draconics]

Huge fan for almost 4 years now — thanks for all the work you put in!

[dylancasalino]

I hate to be that guy, but I believe there are only 68 battles needed for FR/LG. I’ll go double check, but I did this run myself twice a few years ago after being inspired by your R/B/Y min battles run, and I got 68 battles both times. You mentioned two trainers in the Fuchsia gym, but there is only one required trainer in the gym before Koga. You edited out the route you
took, but I’m going to assume you don’t know about the hidden path at the top right of the gym after the spinner Bird catcher. Taking this path only makes one juggler mandatory.

Still love the vid and all your content! Thanks so much for all the time together spent entertaining us with these super inventive and creative challenges, minimum battles is my favorite! Here’s to many more!

[nosfrattirek]

Leftovers aren't the only hidden items you need the Itemfinder for, there's a Soothe Bell in Pokémon Tower, Macho Brace in Viridian Gym and Sacred Ash on Navel Rock. My guess is that it's because all of them can be found on a tile that was previously occupied by a NPC and the game can't handle two different "press A to interact with" on the same tile.

There's also a PP Max in Cape Brink that requires the Itemfinder, but that's because it's a single piece of land and you can't interact with land tiles when surfing.

[BlueYoshi]

I think Lance’s Dragonite could’ve been cheesed by just saccing something to Hyper Beam, so you probably wouldn’t have needed that much luck to win

[JaCubAsAlwaysyt]

It was almost FOUR years ago (end of 2019, I believe) you did Red and Blue, which is just wild to me that I've been watching for SO long, man! Keep up the amazing work! I look forward to watching this video right now, while at work!

[calebjohnson]

Jrose: it is IMPERATIVE that you don’t save between elite 4 members

Also Jrose, 0.5 seconds later: so I saved after Agatha

[TheMightySid]

I know it's not much, but I just wanted to give you something ahead of the holidays to say thanks for the videos! You got me back into Pokémon massively, playing all my old games and whatnot. So big thanks and look forward to all future vids!

[brolsroyceyt]

glad to see Jrose giving Gen 3 some more love

[luizbezerra]

23:12: You also need the Itemfinder to get the Soothe Bell where Mr. Fuji was at Pokémon Tower, and also need it to find the Macho Brace at the same spot Giovanni was at his gym after he disappears forever from the game

[civilwarwasaninsidejob]

My work can't expect me to be productive with JRose dropping new videos in the middle of the day.

[raineob]

I’m not sure who’s been doing the thumbnails, if it’s you, AJ or someone else, but the artwork for these niche challenges like L100 and pacifist is amazing and they deserve all the props!

Diamond/Pearl would be utterly brutal since you’d only get your starter and a fossil, but Platinum could be an interesting game to try this on. Free Eeveelution for HMs, free Togepi, free Porygon, and a fossil (probably require species clause to not get unlimited), balanced with Cynthia being one of the hardest final bosses in the series.

Further games also either make it so running from the box legendary doesn’t progress the story or force you to catch it, so you’d have Dialga, Palkia or Giratina unless outright banned.

[logans]

I remember watching your videos at the end of 2019 through 2020 when the lockdowns started, and it really helped get me through that part of my life. Watched every video since and haven't regretted a minute! One of the best in the business.

[flickerdart]

Wow, Sand Attack, Kinesis, and Smokescreen in the same fight? Time to rename Rival 3 to Karen

[pongopea]

I love seeing FR mr mime getting some love, this little guy is an absolute monster with the boosted XP + moves it can learn naturally from level up, I rarely choose another psychic type when I start a new playthrough now

[gregh]

Merry Christmas JRose, thanks for so many fantastic videos this year

[momoapples]

So excited to eat my lunch and watch this

[AndrooTheNerd]

I guess I’ll just watch/listen to this while I’m working on notes at work. JRose always saving the day when it comes to my sanity. 😅

[MijmerMopper]

these vids are such a great different way of looking at the games, you should be proud of inventing a whole new challenge format.