Haha yeah I didn't put a lot of thought into the naming of it as you can tell but im glad there are people out there who felt like me. Are you doing it because you don't own the later games or for similar reasons as me?

@@Livvvid a bit of both, I don't own the newer games but I've seen plenty of gameplay in my research and I just feel that something was lost in the transition to 3D. There's a charm to pixel art and a charm that I feel while playing the DS games specifically that I think is lost in newer games.

@@BaneOfThanatos Then yeah we feel the same. I really like the designs of some of the 3D era pokedex's ( love gen 7 pokedex) but the games themselves I feel were really lackluster and have only been declining in quality. I think the general vibe with pokemon fans would disagree with me though so I don't think it will ever go back to how I used to enjoy pokemon but as I said in the video, even if you play in your own little world with gens 1-5 its still full of amazing games and experiences. I forgot to mention in the video how you can even play and collect pokemon from the RPG Gamecube games or other spin off titles and send those into your cards and stransfre into black and white 2.

Yup. Lots of love went into those games as well.

@MintleafCakes we sound similar. I will probably still play the new games but I just won't play them in the same way. Why would I? It feels like that time investment isn't respected from a collection stand point. The older games are also amazing, peaking probably at gen 5 specifically. Thank you for the comment !

@shinycollector7 hey thanks for the comment I'm glad you liked it. Oh I despise those timed events. And I was always jealous of Japan because they had them much more frequently and japan is a much smaller country than the US with better public transport so it's easier to travel to a different city for a couple hours to get event pokemon. You're right about that for sure. And even doing my method is a bit convoluted. Like you still need an earlier DS model that supports the GBA slot. But as the gens progress it got easier. It's just a bummer that after gen 7 I can't send up anything from that gen and back. Like maybe I get the itch to play Gale of Darkness and send that Lugia up just because it's cool. Nope, can't do it anymore. Now, if they do "ports" of the old games with transfer support I will be over the moon. And maybe they even open up the exclusive events we all missed like they did with Celebi in the Crystal 3DS release.

@@Livvvid For sure, I really enjoyed it! That’s a great point, part of the problem was getting to the events. And in the earlier days of the internet, another issue was just finding out about them in the first place. I never went to any Gen 3 events (didn’t know they were happening) but did manage to get a Celebi in Silver (which I unfortunately don’t have now) Agreed completely. I’m waiting for ports of the Gen 1 and 2 games (maybe more?) for the Switch eShop. I’d definitely buy them. It’s a start (and gives me some hope) that they brought Stadium and Snap to it It’s frustrating with how they’ve approached some of these things, but I’m doing my best to see what options there are, like buying official distribution discs and carts (but man are they pricey). Would be cool to eventually complete a living Pokédex for the first 5 Generations

@shinycollector7 I know we're random people on the internet but im not kidding I would help optain distro discs or any other official methods. It's part of gaming/pokemon history but I think it would also be really cool to distro those events lol. If you have the knowledge I could probably cover costs.

@@Livvvid That’s awesome 🤝 What did you have in mind? No pressure at all. I’ve seen various Gen 3 discs (English Jirachi, Japanese Celebi) and DS distribution carts (various mythicals) on eBay, but most are $200+. Right now I’m focusing on building my game collection (at least one English copy of every game), so I’m holding off on buying any distribution hardware

@shinycollector7 Could you email me? I think YT will not show my comment if I try to post an email but I think if you go on my page info it should provide it.

thanks for the comment. So I'm asking because I must be having a mandella effect on this. I thought it was "Squirtle squad"??? You're the second person today I've seen call it the squirtle gang and the first person I saw it from was doing a quiz and got the question correct when they said squirtle gang. I was like "aww thats an error question. must be incorrect"

@Livvvid Just did some searching on youtube. The episode IS titled "Squirtle Squad". Hadn't seen it since I was a kid, so musta been something that stuck in my head all these years. I must be having a Mandella moment lol. But I do see folks calling them the Squirtle gang here and there on the internet too.

Exactly. You nailed it. It's just not really for me anymore. Parcelling out the pokedex and reselling it as DLC OR not even having that mon for several games isnt interesting to me. Thanks for watching and for the comment, it helps.