I'm live on Twitch doing some shiny hunting in Let's Go! It's good to be back! twitch.tv/trainersquidgy

You can watch me go through an hour and a half of hell here: youtu.be/TuHL_AtenyE

Lickitung is shit. It didn't stop me solo running it through Pokémon Crystal.

Therapist: Suigia isn't real, it can't hurt you. Suigia:

I accidentally clicked on the "inspiration" tab on YouTube again, so I'm subjecting you all to it as well.

And we have our first blooper of the year! I definitely can't use this battle audio in the final cut!

Ogerpon was a very in-depth backport. Because it'd be very difficult to do back-sprites with the different masks, I decided to change Ogerpon's colours in order to make it more obvious which mask is being worn. Types for Ivy Cudgel and Ogerpon change as expected when holding the right mask.

We are getting close and closer to a completed Gen 3 backport Pokédex. The Fossils were pretty fun to do - their sprites were tough as they're large and detailed, but I think I did a pretty good job!

This line was a surprising amount of fun to backport. Spoink and Grumpig have a couple of difficult moves to backport, and getting it right within a couple of tries has given me a huge boost of confidence when it comes to Gen 2 coding.

Happy Christmas, folks. Don't discard your toys, unless you want a Banette at your door.

Insert "Deez Nuts" joke here. Gulpin and Swalot are backported. Just 9 lines left now until the entirity of Gen 3 is on the Challenge Run base.

It's time for another backport from the guy who one person said had the worst demake sprites they've ever seen! This time, it's Volbeat and Illumise! This was a fun one to do, especially getting the cross-breeding working.

All of the backport sprites are either adapted from their later-gen in-game sprites, or they're completely redrawn by hand. I am very proud of the fact that I don't use any artificial assistance in creating the backports, so to have hours of work shat on feels pretty bad.

I am not, and have never claimed to be an artist, but I'm proud of the work I do with the Gen 2 backport sprites. Leaving a comment like this serves two purposes. The first is to insult somebody who's worked very hard on creating something. The second is to show you're a cunt. Happy Christmas.

Mischievous plant.

One last stream before Christmas! It's time for Alolan Ninetales' 4 Moves Challenge! Watch it here: youtube.com/squidgy/live

I'm so mature. Here's a clip from my latest Channel Member only video... youtu.be/88OnrxDfe-g

Tiny little channel update: I'm bringing back the old overlay (with a couple of modifications). I tried out the new one for ~6 months to see if it made any positive impact, and it didn't. Everything's slowly going to go back to Museo, with the softer colour palette.

Here's the schedule for the channel over the next week!

I didn't realise this was a feature. Apparently, you can upload your edited videos onto Twitch. Here's the Gengar SuperMON run! www.twitch.tv/videos/26062...

I've been using the same intro style on my videos ever since day one, but I think they're getting a little bit stale. So, I'm experimenting with a new type of opening. Here's an upcoming video with both the old and new style, so you can see the difference it makes!

Friday marks the beginning of a new chapter for the channel. We're not saying goodbye to "Classic" Solo Running entirely, but we are embarking on a new, harder challenge - the SuperMON challenge. One Pokémon, 4 moves, and zero resets, and it's level capped. Gengar's up first.

Our next stream together is going to be slightly different than normal. We are going to be piloting our first Gym Leader challenge. The first part of the stream will be yapping and figuring out rules, then we will text out the ruleset to see what changes we might need to make.

Hey folks. Unfortunately, my immune system has let me down again, and I've managed to catch Covid. My partner and I have just both tested positive. I will get back to streaming and creating pre-recorded videos once I'm recorded. All October pre-recs are out as planned.

Mess with the cow and get the ow! Miltank Only, available now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdYq...

I am desperately trying to find a more consistent answer to Red for slower Pokémon. Especially physical attackers. There are several runs where the Pokémon is on a fantastic pace up until Red, then they play the RNG game until finally getting lucky.

Hydreigon Solo Run - Pokemon Black youtu.be/NEiU7jYCD4s

I'm live giving Girafarig a redo in Pokémon Crystal! Come join me: youtube.com/Squidgy/live twitch.tv/trainersquidgy

Come check it out here on Twitch or YouTube! www.twitch.tv/trainersquidgy youtube.com/Squidgy/live

I'm live playing Cinccino only in Pokémon Crystal!

I am very pleased to say that all of October's Challenge Run videos are now rendering - we have 13 Challenge Runs together throughout October, including some Pokémon who could sit at the very top of the leaderboard!

Big progress has been made with the pre recorded videos today. 5/12 edits for October are done and I've coded the remaining backports for the year. I'm hoping to have all of the 2025 challenge runs recorded by the end of October so I can hibernate for winter.

Falinks.

It's a very, very minute detail, and something that most people won't notice. I'm bringing back the custom backgrounds for each Pokémon's thumbnail I fell out of the habit of it when I started focusing on backports, as they shared a common background but they're included now Here are some examples

I've got another line to add to the backport collection - the Vespiquen line! This one is likely gonna be very tricky when it gets its run. Combee isn't built for battling, and loses its speed upon evolving into Vespiquen! Fun fact: You can't get a legit Gen 2 shiny Vespiquen!

I'm already stressing about the first challenge I'm recording tomorrow. It's a redo of a very, very strong Pokémon, and I really want to PB with it. I'm currently playing very well, but the routing I'll need to take to get a PB requires a few risky battles. Only time will tell whether I succeed.

Another Gen III backport can be crossed off the list! This time, in the form of the Aggron line. It's been hotly requested, so I'm very glad to get it done. It's a physical powerhouse, which will be great, right up until Red.

We can add another Gen III line to the completed backport list. This time it's the turn of Baltoy and Claydol. I've never really had much exposure to these lines, so I'm very interested in seeing how they play at some point!

Gen III Cats.

Leafy and Icy

Gen IV Birdy.

Bitey.

Cactus.

I've just re-backported Dudnsparce after 18 months. I love seeing the difference in learnsets when I bring a backport up to date - it's a real indicator of how much more skilled I've become with the Gen 2 code. The original learnset was good for its day, but I think I prefer the new one :D

Tonight's stream was a lot of fun! Milotic did fairly well, Swampert had a great run, and then Latios frustrated the heck out of all of us at the start, but still got a very respectable time! If you missed it, the VoD's available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msts...

I'm live in 15ish minutes with Milotic's Backport in Pokémon Crystal! Let's see just how fast we can beat the game! www.youtube.com/squidgy/live

I've spent a good portion of today updating unplayed backports: They include: - Flygon - Salamence - Walking Wake - Raging Bolt - Gouging Fire - Magnezone - Sandy Shocks I'm still focusing on the Gen 3 backports, but these ones will be fun to play together!

This is a bit of an outreach post: I'm a Pokémon Crystal ROM Hacker and Challenge Run creator on YouTube. Part of my work is creating backports - taking Pokémon from Gen III onwards and converting them down to Pokémon Crystal - complete with moves and some abilities.

This one trainer, and more specifically his teeny yellow rat has caused more minced oaths on stream than anything else put together! Charm is EVIL when you're running a slow Physical Attacker!

lol Pokemon Crystal was my favourite but IYKYK 😅😅😅😅😅😅: