Misspoke at the soul dew section. The soul dew was nerfed in gen 7, not 5. Thanks for brian hands for correcting me on mewtwo. I didn't play gen 2 comp.

I think you found the items.

Small correction: the gems aren't a 50% boost anymore; they got nerfed to just 30%. With that in mind, they're really not that strong, and I think it would be totally okay to add them back. It's bizarre that they were left in the games, even adding the fairy gem, but for some reason they only let us get the normal gem. That's even stranger than if we couldn't get any Also, "we should explain what a mega stone is for newer Pokemon fans" dealt immense psychic damage to me. Ow

Berserk Gene isn't actually Mewtwo's signature item. So any mon can hold it and oh hey here's Brian Hands explaining this as I type out the comment thanks brian

It always astounds me that Light That Burns the Sky and Twinkle Tackle are in the same game. You can really tell where the animation budget went

I think the berserk gene is neat specifically because it has a very special confusion which guaranteed lasts for 256 turns, as opposed to the standard random 1-4.

It was such a missed opportunity for Lycanroc's Z-move to set up stealth rock as a secondary effect. It probably would've been better than Kleavor

4:49 Assault Vest wasn't introduced until Gen VI, not Gen IV.

With Z-Moves likely being gone forever, Game Freak really should bring back all the gems. It's very odd for there to only be a Normal Gem.

A few years ago there was a "Metronome Cup Doubles" Showdown ladder which was basically Anything Goes but with Metronome being the only move... But they didn't limit it to just available Pokémon and available items... So the meta was Own Tempo Pokémon holding Berserk Gene...

As someone whose played alot of gen2 romhacks which typically use Berserk Gene more frequently than gen3 uses water, I spent the entire time you were talking about Berserk Gene thinking, "why are we focusing on this item's effect on one pokemon when, if it still existed, there would be over 1000 others it might be more useful for?" until the correction lol.

Mega Evolution isn't instantaneous even if it's often treated like it is. You do still have to hit a button to trigger it and some Megas, like Sableye and Diancie, get a lot out of timing their mega evolutions for the most optimal moment

I think a cool thing for berserk gene would be if it gave +2 attack like normal but wouldn’t confuse mewtwo specifically. I just think it would be cool thematically and make mewtwo viable.

Shoutout to those couple of months where Berserk Gene was allowed in Nat Dex Balanced Hackmons, and bulky mons with misty surge teleporting into Unburden Zacian Crowned to try to sweep. Gimmicky, but also worked well into Hadron Miraidon and with the right coverage or ability, the zac would be a solid breaker too.

As a huge mega evolution fan I will die on the hill that they struck gold and should have stuck with it. That being said, they 100% did have a tendency to give them to mostly just popular pokemon and that was a big miss... had they stuck with it though, maybe we would have got that mega chimecho or the mega grumpig we deserved

Megas would be amazing to have back... the only problem is that, as you said, they tend to give them based on popularity instead of game balance.

I think there's something important you forgot to mention- there is 0 way to get Ultra Necrozma now, who functioned like a mega evolution, just using a unique Z-crystal. I'm not saying he's super competitively important (you'd prefer to just be dusk mane generally), but it's worth mentioning how he shows up in battle.

Correction about the soul dew : it boosted sp atk and sp def up until gen 7. Also, assault vest was introduced in gen 6, not 4

You missed the iconic Brick that Machop transferred from gen 1 to 2 hold that did nothing, have you no shame?

Something to note about the gems in Gen 5 is that Knock Off was a shit move then. It was 20 BP and it did not gain any BP if you knocked off an item. It was very, very rare to see, so you were very likely to get your gem boosted attacks off.

I really wish Megas came back, it was such a cool concept.

I’ve always wanted to put a berserk gene on a Missingno. There is no game where it’s possible, but it would be supper funny, and also a bit scary. Thing would OHKO like everything, including itself if it hit itself in confusion.

My suggestion for Beserk Gene: While held, Mewtwo is treated as having 1.5x Attack and Special Attack before boosts, but is permanently confused. Throw this in with your Neuroforce Proposal and we got the exact level of destructive ferocity the original movie made Mewtwo. A massive threat to everything, even itself. I'd live for that kind of carnage.

I heard somewhere that mail could be nieche as a held item because it blocked trick user passing choice items to a pokemon, lockking themselves into trick or something

Small but cool detail, the Berserk Gene actually plays a pretty vital role in Detective Pikachu. Been replaying the first one and was like “this sounds familiar”

Moxie: "I doubt Megas are coming back." Legends Z-A: Are ya sure 'bout that?

I'd love for Z-moves and megas to come back. Gen 7 with the combo of both and having access to all the Pokémon in the series has some significant nostolgia for me personally.

Love the collab with Brian Hands!

RE: Gems, I think we may see their return sooner than later. If we get some sort of Unova remake, we could easily see the Gems show up in those games as the gimmick. Even more interesting, Indigo Disk reportedly takes place in the Unova Region (albeit on an offshore Academy), so it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to reintroduce them. However, I’d be terrified of the idea of combining Gems and Tera, that feels like a recipe for disaster

Berserk gene would go hard with Misty Terrain if you could find a good setter. Unburden mons like Hawlucha and Sneasler would go crazy.

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9:14 And then there was the Inferno Overdrive based on V-create, which reached 220 base power. It wasn't legal in VGC, true, but it was kind of neat in singles if you wanted to run a physically offensive Victini

Personally I would love if they brought back Megas but if they incorporated them only into either remakes or non mainline titles. Gigantimax is cool in it’s own right and terra type is lame but fun for vgc but there was something so special about mega evolution. It felt like a natural evolution for the franchise and was only a problem because they focused boosting already powerful pokemon and just making megas waayyyyy too strong that it left you required to use them

The thing gamefreak did with the gems was so weird, it seems that in the beginning the gems were meant to be part of the game, they even created a new fairy gem but then they nerferd the gems making them essentially useless in the vast majority of cases, but then they doubled down essentially deleting the gems of the game by making the gems absolutely unobtainable, all except of the normal gen for some reason.

Fun fact about the Berserk Gene, it’s not completely forgotten! It’s properties of giving Pokémon immense strength but making them lose control is what inspired the Detective Pikachu games and the movie!

I'm glad that correction got added for berserk gene because I kept saying to myself "I don't remember it like that!" 😅 I have very strong memories of being 13 years old playing silver on release and thinking I was so cool putting a berserk gene on my weezing with explosion. But I was also truly prepared to figure that I must have just been stupid and not noticed it wasn't working back at that age!

Man you and the editor are killing this one.

I hope to see more of Professor Brian Hands in the future. I am very informed. I miss the gems, they're so pretty

I think if gems were announced (like "Heatran floating on an air balloon", but "Volcarona is holding a grass gem") and maybe the 30% like the normal gem is they'd probably be decent, but as they were in gen 5 they were way overpowered.

Z moves that powered up status moves were actually really fun and unique. If they would’ve kept z moves and only left in the special attacks for specific Pokémon and the ones that boost status moves they would’ve been a lot more fun.

For non VGC players you're one of the best content creator in Competitive Pokémon... Gems have 3 problem that make it broken for single players: 1. They dont waste on protect so you can scout for them 2. You can have multiple on a team unlike zmoves/megas 3. They boost every hit on multi hit moves. So normal gen Population Bomb is basically a 450 attack after all multipliers

Berserk Gene doesn’t only work on Mewtwo. I think the real reason this item was removed was so that it couldn’t be abused on Pokemon with Own Tempo. Honestly, though, none of the physical Own Tempo Pokemon are that good anyways, especially in Gen 3, so it wouldn’t even be that broken. And besides, they could just make it not work if the Pokemon can’t be confused. This would be a cool item to have back

The Brian Hands bit killed me

4:20 “I have to get back to living hits I don’t have business living… and doing taxes” 😂

Heatran as a grass type is the most annoying thing to face if you don’t have anything with a flying typing on your team

Little cup players in shambles because Berry Juice isn't in the game

Honestly, they nerfed Soul Dew too damn hard. It should've been a recoiless Life Orb, imo

The biggest L about these items being gone Is the fact we don't have the hardest names to ever come out of this series Berserk Gene Light That Burn's The Sky

Smh my man didn't even bring up the goated gen 2 BRICK

Okay but that thumbnail. I love that juicing up on Mewtwo enrages you just like its owner.

BRIAN HANDS WAS FREAKING HILARIOUS LMFAOO

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We really need some Brian Hands or I am wo-chienough merch. I would get either one

I was about to leave a confused comment about why you were hyper-focused on the viability of Berserk Gene on Mewtwo until Brian Hands came in with the correction. Thank you Brian Hands.

imagine a world where slither wing gets to fire off a helping hand-protosynthesis-bug gem-tera boosted first impression

As a bug monotype player, yes. Give us the bug gem. A bug gem boosted megahorn sounds wonderful 😊

Imagine if Beserk Gene gave Mewtwo a +1 Sp.Atk on switch in similar to Zacian

"Imagine getting hit by a +2 Gigaton Hammer" I mean, it'd save me a step in my Swords Dance Tink build, I guess.

4:25 holy shit he referenced my meme! He does the dishes, drives your kids to school does your taxes what can it not do?

One correction on the berserk gene: this works on ANY Pokémon, not just mewtwo. So it could have a niche. A dodrio, for example, would get the attack increase and a speed increase due to tangling feet Edit: oh thanks Brian Hands for the correct

If you think about it, the Berserk Gene has “come back” in the form of Booster Energy. The designs are similar and it’s an instantly consumed boosting item.

Dang Brian Hands is working on his taxes early. Unless he's self employed and has to file quarterly actually.

Should've mentioned Mail in Gen 3 and 4. Useless little letters that you could write some predetermined words in, but they couldn't be knocked off or traded with Trick .

I love this style of content, keep it up!

Every Pokémon can use Berserk Gene EDIT: I kept watching and Brian Hands showed up to correct

My personal stance on mega evos is that they should be exclusive to remakes.EX BDSP gave a few new mons megas but can only be used in that game

everyone talks about the anger gene or whatever it is being broken with own tempo pokemon. it probably wouldnt activate without confusing you.

alright check this out • [Pokèmon] comes in with Berserk Gene, item gets used • partner Oranguru's Symbiosis kicks in, gives Mewtwo the Persim Berry

In an ideal world where this isn't unrealistic and the game doesn't need to cut a million corners, I think it'd be cool to see mega stones and Z-crystals come back in a game that lets you travel to Kalos and Alola, among other regions... but endless other people have already suggested such a game and we all know why it ain't happening, so I'll just keep dreaming and enjoy using those items casually in stuff like Emerald Rogue instead lmao

I think nearly everyone wants megas back

The funniest part about the Berserk Gene is that it was programmed for wild Mewtwo to hold it in gen 2, but encountering Mewtwo isn't possible in those games. Not only that, but Mewtwo would consume the Berserk Gene instantly, so you wouldn't even be able to get it from it.

Bro mega evo fans just says 'just make a mega for every mon, they can do 15-50 every generation' and at the idea of a generic stat boost mega is just 'thats just dynamax' which it isnt at all but lol, assuming 'they make 100+ mons per gen' means they will just have an entire gen and soon have a mega for every fully evolved pokemon. They also dont get the strongest megas would matter more and many megas can change an identity just a bit so it isn't like you often get more of the same mon you like.

I have always thought that with some tweaking, the berserk gene should have been turned into Mewtwos signature ability. Maybe it could sharply boost both attacking stats when Mewtwo is inflicted with a status or something like that. Really I would take almost anything over pressure/unnerve.

The correction on berserk gene was funny, the non understanding of it being a signature

What if the Berserk Gene worked like Huge Power but as an item?

I think it would be cool if Berserk Gene did not confuse Mewtwo or Mew. After all, it is their genes, why would it confuse them?

Note: The Soul Dew will only work when held by either Latios or Latias, it will have 0 effect if held by any other Pokemon.

The Berserk Gene could come back for Mewtwo no problem. Make it an exclusive item to him and have it work more like Booster Energy. It gives Mewtwo a base stat boost to either its Attack or Special Attack, based on which is higher (and then the item would disappear). Heck the icon for the Berserk Gene & the one for Booster Energy, even look similar.

I'd love to see Poison Gem for Sneasler. Yeah, it's not the best type, but it could be clutch for Dire Claw

Gen 7 VGC with Primals,Mega and Z-moves was peak VGC insanity. God I miss 3ds era Pokémon.

1:25 The Berserk Gene design is incredibly similar to the Booster Energy design

Berserk Gene would actually be pogged for Symbiosis Florges... For those who don't know, the ability Symbiosis causes the pokemon to pass their item to their partner when their partner consumes their original item. So essentially Florges could hold either a persim berry to cure the confusion; or if you are immune to the confusion/don't care, any other item. This means that by using Florges you could have a pokemon start turn one with +2 attack and any other item they want; in exchange for Florges's item slot. (And running Florges, but Florges is far from a bad pokemon.) Also an idea for gems, make them "torment"/"exhaust" the type of move that was used. What I mean is that after using a gem boosted move, you cannot use a move of that type next turn. I think it would allow them to stay at their 1.5× boost without being broken. As a single protect prediction didn't just waste the gem, but now they can't even go for the regular damage next turn. However it isn't as punishing as something like the recharge on hyper beam.

Small Correction: Iron Hands doesn't do taxes because he is not a legal resident of this timeline.

Beserk Gene can be used on Pokemon other than Mewtwo, and would be pretty busted with Unburden.

Congrats on 100k subs, great video btw.

It's kind of strange to me that Berserk Gene never came back considering that it was a major plot point in both the Detective Pikachu games and its movie adaptation. You'd think after that, they'd throw it into the next game, but apparently not.

I will die on the hill that a generic 'power boost' useable on any pokemon is better than megas. ...but then you just add mega gem held items to modify the power boost with the cool mega toys.

We love Brian Hands. Would they be kind enough to share their EV spread?

The best part about soul dew is gamefreak knew it was so busted they banned it from the battle frontier

Somewhere in my head I was expecting Brian Hands to be voiced by Michael lol.

fun fact there is one item that was deleted all together called the magic muffler only obtainable in firered and leafgreen

If I had to give Mewtwo an signature item it would be an carriable Compound Eyes. Because in gen 1 Blizzard used to be broken, and running these moves with such stats would be cool

Sejun Park won worlds with Mega Gyarados and the poor guy didn't even get a mention

We love brian hands fixing all of moxie's mistakes

imagine berserker gene + misty terrain that would be such a fun team style

I still can’t believe Soul Dew was a thing back in the day… what an absolute catastrophic item lol

Another correction: you said that Assault Vest was introduced in Gen 4, when it actually didn't come to the games until Gen 6

Gems don't look that bad...until you remember they boost multi-hit moves. As in all of them, even on a skill link 'mon And some already have 125 total power if all hits connect

Bringing the Berserk Gene back as a Mewtwo item would be really cool, though if I had my way I may change it like so: *Berserk Gene* _An item to be held by Mewtwo or Mew. The gaseous contents of this capsule have an aggravating effect on Mew and Mewtwo, boosting their Attack and Speed stats but preventing them from using Status moves. (Disappears after use.)_ Doing it this way would make Mewtwo the Ubers equivalent of Iron Valiant, and would give Mew a much more threatening presence with its monstrous physical movepool.

Probably a obvious but yah, me and my brother used to talk about a supposed mew three and such. I think that's why mega's so popular too. Like that so many of us as kids would make all these ridiculous next level pokemon that it relates to unspoken canon we all secretly wanted. And i still love mega blastoise and such. Looks boss asf.