Pokemon Red / Blue Tool Assisted Speedrun History Explained

Across their 23 year history, Red and Blue have some very interesting speedrun histories, and none more so than the TAS history. Although only a few runs have been created, when a new entry is logged the route has changed drastically, which is what we're looking at today.

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[stardmg]

"we manipulate his Tackle to miss" Bro, imagine being Brock and you lose to this new kid because he can literally control fate

[ShawFujikawa]

“So here’s a famous analogy involving a bus…”

Me, a frequent watcher of SMB speedruns: Ah shit, here we go again…

[FutureJacket]

23:15 "The odds of getting this fight normally are one in fifteen trillion for a total time save of two seconds."
Wow

[JarvisBaileyVA]

Man this TAS guy really is the king of speedruns. He must have frame perfect reaction times.

[nj]

23:08 “… the odds of getting this fight normally are 1 in 15 trillion, for a total time save of 2 seconds.”

This sentence right here beautifully sums up TAS’ing in general lmao

[merchantziro]

When a meme run ends up being better than the original fully optimized route, you know you're doing something right.

[JamesBong]

This is a amazing concept man, tas breakdowns/explanations have always been interesting, but a comparison/progression is a fresh perspective on the subject..
Well done man

[kevingudelj]

When we were kids, all of the kiddo with a pokemon game had a specific combination that "make it more reliable" for some stuff. Maching buttons in a specific way with a specific timing to throw a ball and make the mon catch at 100%, waiting a specific moment and combo mach ur buttons to get more crit. Im glad to see we were pionners in facts

[ChadAF_YT]

TAS is my favorite speedrunner. He is literally the best at every game!!!

[TorrentialStardust]

When you were talking about the “first choice” I forgot that in the gen 1 games you can only play as a Male protagonist so my brain made

“Are you a boy or a girl?”
“Squirtle”

[PokeMaster]

12:56 That's slightly incorrect - critical hits ignore the opponent's positive defensive stat changes in every generation, along with the user's negative offensive stat changes, BUT exclusive to Gen I crits also ignore the opponent's negative defensive stat changes and the user's positive stat changes.
In other words, future games would allow crits to stack on top of the user's Swords Dance and the foe having been hit with Screech. RBGY, on the other hand, made crits ignore EVERYTHING - which meant that a crit (which dealt 2x damage before the 3DS changed it) would deal less damage than two Amnesias (3x damage).

[sagacious]

Eager to hear about the Gold & Silver TAS Routes! I had heard about most of the stuff in this video, & it's neat to know that in TAS, the Nidokingdom has been overthrown.
Anyway, excellent video! Thanks a bunch for uploading!

[nicholasschmidt]

I'm sad the meme run where Metronome Clefable would use the strongest possible moves in FR/LG wasn't a legitimate strat. Throwing out convenient Hydro Pumps, Blizzards, and Crunches, and critting most of the hits. You don't get Metronome until pretty late in the run and have to constantly buffer attacks to ensure the right move came out, so I guess it made more sense just to use Gen 1 Tauros and Stomp your way to victory.

[imaybedtt]

"Here's a famous analogy of a bus" -Every speedrun youtuber ever
nice vid

[MFMegaZeroX]

Man that is wild that such a shakeup happened. It is also cool that it lets a team be used. I wonder if some version of more Pokémon can be used as donation incentives in RTA at least, even if it is a little slower.

[michaeloconnell]

Me, when the badge boost glitch gets mentioned:
*happy JRose11 noises*

[bantyone]

This is a fantastic video for the non glitch speed run. Goes into the right amount of detail but keeps things moving. Great job

[pappy]

"One in 15 trillion to save 2 seconds"

What a world

[XavierTheNeonTiger]

4:29 "..this is handy for the item menu X Specially."
You absolute monster.

[ronbrokaw]

Pretty sure Nidoking can learn Ice Beam as well. He's a great versatile tank for first gen, one of my original favorites.