- Greetings, Pokefans!
Michael here. And something that's been
around since Pokemon got started was two versions coming
out at the same time, the two versions are
nearly identical, but they do have some
distinct differences, primarily in which Pokemon
you can find in the wild. At some point or another, virtually everyone who's
played a Pokemon game has had to choose between
one version or the other. Today, I will be going
through the version pairs and telling you which version I believe to
be the better one to pick based primarily on the
version exclusive Pokemon, since for most games, that's what makes the
biggest difference. One big thing I have to
clear up first though, are the third version
enhanced versions, specifically Yellow, Crystal,
Emerald, and Platinum. These are often better
than the originals because they have
more things in them. They're called enhanced
versions for a reason. Therefore, in most cases, these enhanced versions end
up being the defacto choice. They're the same game
as the first two, but with more stuff in it. When choosing which
Sinnoh game to play, virtually everyone
picks Platinum because it's the same game, but with way more
Pokemon available. However, simply saying the
enhanced version is the best for every situation
where one exists would make for a
pretty boring video. So I'm choosing to ignore them for the sake of making this
video more interesting. I'm gonna look at it with the lens of the two
games have just come out and the enhanced version
hasn't happened yet. Also, one other thing I
need to clear up first is that this video
will only be covering the first four generations. I originally intended to have
all the generations involved, but the video was gonna end
up way too frickin' long. Oh my God. So, I'm splitting it into
Gens One through Four in this video, and Gens Five through
Eight in an upcoming sequel that, when it's out, I
will put it in the cards. So don't forget to
subscribe to my channel, 'cause apparently, like,
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the best version to pick in the first four generations. First is Gen One choosing
between Red and Blue. Now of course,
Yellow does exist, and Yellow is the
best of the three because it has all
three of the starters, plus Charizard can
actually learn Fly, but we're just focusing
on Red and Blue. And to my knowledge, the only difference
between the two of them is a couple in-game trades that don't really impact
much, if anything. And then of course, the
version exclusive Pokemon. The Red exclusives are
Ekans, Arbok, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Mankey,
Primeape, Growlithe, Arcanine, Scyther,
and Electabuzz. The Blue exclusives
are Sandshrew,
Sandslash, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel,
Meowth, Persian, Vulpix, Ninetales, Pinsir, and Magmar. So which group is better? Well, let's go through
them step by step. First is Arbok versus Sandslash. They both have garbage
level up movesets, but actually similar
TM movepools. Sandslash gets more moves
for its type though. And the Ground type is far
more useful than Poison in Generation One. And on Sandslash's
superior attack stat, it's clear that
Sandslash is better. Next is Vileplume
versus Victreebel. These Pokemon are very similar, but with two big differences, the first being their stats. Victreebel has a
better base stat total under the Gen One stat system. The second difference
is their moves. Vileplume got Petal Dance, which behaves the
same as it does now, but with only 70 base power. And Victreebel got Razor Leaf, which is the same as it is now, only 55 base power,
but a high crit rate. In my opinion, Petal Dance
is a much better move than Razor Leaf now? But back then, when it
was only 70 base power, they were more on
par with each other. Therefore, since their
main moves are about equal, but Victreebel's
stats are better, I'm giving this
one to Victreebel. Next is Primeape versus Persian. Primeape's fighting
typing, and better attack may make it seem like
it's the superior pick, but Persian is actually
a more effective battler. Even being one of
the best Pokemon in the entire Gen One
competitive metagame. That's because in
Generation One, a Pokemon's chance to
land a critical hit was defined by its base speed. So faster Pokemon
landed crits more often. And Persian is fast,
combine that with Slash which multiplies a Pokemon's
crit chance by eight and that results in Persian landing a critical hit with
Slash every time it attacks. It getting the STAB
boost from Slash makes it even more powerful and it made it an
extremely potent threat that did get walled
by Rock types, but it could also learn
Bubblebeam to deal with that. Persian was a top-tier
Pokemon and Primeape was not. So Persian, definitely
the better one here. Next is Arcanine
versus Ninetales. Arcanine had better
HP, Attack and Defense, but Ninetales had better
Special and Speed. In my opinion, this makes
Ninetales the better pick since all Fire-type moves fell under Special in Gen One. It could get STAB from
its highest attacking stat while Arcanine could not. As an added bonus for Ninetales, Vulpix learns
Flamethrower at Level 35 while Growlithe
learns it at level 50. That means you could safely
evolve your Vulpix much earlier. Next is Scyther versus Pinsir. And for me, this
one is a toss-up. They both had
extremely similar stats and equally awful movepools, neither of them learning
any Bug-type moves. I don't recommend
using either of them in a Gen One game though. So they're kinda toss-ups in both the sense that
they're kind of equal, but also toss-ups in the sense that you could just toss
them up into the trash can because you really
should not use them. Finally is Electabuzz
versus Magmar. They have near identical stats and have nearly
identical movepools, just swapping Electric moves
for Fire moves and vice versa. They're obtained
at the same point as soon as you get Surf, therefore the only comparable
metric is their typing. And based on that alone, I
have to give it to Electabuzz. Neither of them match up well against any of the gyms that
come after getting Surf, but Electabuzz fares a lot
better in the Pokemon League. It's good against most
of Lorelei's team, than parts of Agatha's,
Lance's and your rival's teams. The only Pokemon in
the entire league that are weak to Fire
are Lorelei's Jynx and your rival's Grass type. With all those comparisons done, the answer is clear. Blue is the better
version to pick. Blue won all of the match-ups except for a toss-up
and one Red victory. If you want the stronger
version exclusives, play Blue. Now onto Generation Two, choosing between
Gold and Silver. Crystal is of course the
third enhanced version that is probably better. But actually, I'm
not entirely sure 'cause it doesn't have
Ampharos and that upsets me. The Gold exclusive Pokemon
are Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Arcanine,
Spinarak, Ariados, Gligar, Teddiursa,
Ursaring, and Mantine. The Silver exclusives
are Meowth, Persian, Vulpix, Ninetales,
Ledyba, Ledian, Delibird, Phanpy, Donphan, and Skarmory. The first two comparisons
are between Gen One Pokemon and are actually the
same pairs as in Gen One but the results flip. For Primeape versus Persian, Primeape is now
better than Persian. Persian lost its
guaranteed crit strategy to the changes in how
critical hits work and the Fighting type
became a lot better due to the additions of
the Dark and Steel types. For Arcanine versus
Ninetales, Arcanine now wins. In Gen One,
Ninetales got the win for having the
superior special stat, meaning that Ninetales
effectively had 100 in both Special Attack
and Special Defense. But now due to
the system change, its Special Attack has
been dropped down to 81. Meanwhile, Arcanine
had effectively 80 in both special stats before, but now its Special
Attack is 100. Ninetales' base stat
total dropped 19 points, while Arcanine's grew by 20 resulting in an enormous base stat total
discrepancy of 50 points. It doesn't even matter
that all Fire moves are still Special Attacks. Arcanine now has the
higher Special Attack and an even higher
Physical Attack. It's just miles
stronger than Ninetales. The choice isn't
even close anymore. The first comparison
of new Pokemon is Ariados versus Ledian. Neither are particularly
impressive Pokemon, meaning they suck,
but Ariados is better. That's because Bug, Poison,
and Flying-type moves are all physical
moves at this point. Ariados has a solid
base 90 attack while Ledian's is
a useless base 35. Next is Gligar versus Delibird. Gligar is not a good Pokemon due to mediocre stats
and a poor movepool. But Delibird is even worse. Its base stat total of 330
makes it completely useless. So Gligar gets the win here. Next is Ursaring versus Donphan. Both have similar stats,
so that's not an impact. Ursaring gets access to
strong STAB moves earlier, but they're Normal type, meaning it's not gonna have
as good offensive capabilities since it can't deal
super effective damage. Donphan is a Ground type and
gets the incredible Earthquake, but not until it's Level 49. I've decided to make
this one a toss-up. Ursaring is better earlier, Donphan is better later on, but you have to wait a
while for it to be any good. I think those two differences
make them about even. Finally is Mantine
versus Skarmory. They have the same stats, just with physical and special
sides swapped around a bit. Both have meh level up movesets, but much better TM movesets. The main comparison is their typing and I have to give
this to Skarmory. Mantine has two weaknesses,
one of them is four times, one immunity and
five resistances. Skarmory has two
weaknesses, two immunities, and nine resistances. Steel-Flying is simply much
better typing than Water-Flying, plus, it's nice to have
more Steel-type options. No one really needs
more Water-type options. Actually there's one more
comparison, Ho-Oh versus Lugia. Now these two are not
technically version exclusives because you get one
and then get the other later in the game, after you've done a lot of
stuff, and it's like level 70. So while they're not
technically version exclusives, one of them, you get a hell of a lot
earlier than the other one. So it still matters
which choice you go with because it's one you'll get
to use to take on the league and stuff like that. The two of them, of course,
have the same base stat total, but Ho-Oh is more offensive
while Lugia is more defensive. Ho-Oh's move situation
is better though, since its signature
move is Sacred Fire, not overlapping with Fly, if you choose to teach it that. Lugia's signature
move is Aeroblast which does overlap with Fly. And in order to teach
it a Psychic move at a reasonable
level, you need a TM. Ho-Oh has three weaknesses,
one of them four times, one immunity and
five resistances. Lugia has five weaknesses, one immunity and
three resistances. This to me makes
Ho-Oh's typing better. I'm giving Ho-Oh the win here. They're of course both
incredible Pokemon, they're legendary Pokemon, but Ho-Oh's better typing and better signature
move situation give it the win here. It's really annoying to me that you have to jump
through so many hoops just to have Lugia
learn a Psychic move. So where does this
put each game? Gold has Primeape, Arcanine,
Ariados, Gligar, and Ho-Oh. Silver has just Skarmory, and then Ursaring versus
Donphan was a toss-up. Therefore Gold is the
clear winner here. Before I move on to
Generation Three, I wanna, real quick, tell
you about a new project I've started over on
my second channel, MandJTV Plays that I'm
really excited about, and it's called MandJTV's
Metronome League, aka the MML. In short, it's a
Pokemon battling league of only metronome battles, featuring eight teams not associated with
any particular person. So you can all just pick
whichever one you wanna root for rather than just rooting for me. If you wanna learn more, I have a video over
on my second channel, explaining all of it
and introducing it
and stuff like that. And I'm also selling shirts
for all of the eight teams. So if you have a favorite and you wanna pick up
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of the MML battles or any of my other
fun gameplay content that I do over there. But now back to
picking versions, we're on Gen Three, starting with the Hoenn
games, Ruby versus Sapphire. Of course, there's Emerald. It is better than
Ruby and Sapphire, but we're not talking about it. Ruby's exclusives
are Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry, Mawile, Zangoose,
Solrock, Groudon, and Latios. Sapphire's exclusives are
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Sableye, Seviper, Lunatone,
Kyogre, and Latias. Actually, Latios and Latias are not technically
version exclusives, since you can catch the one that does not normally spawn
in the wild in your game, if you have the Eon Ticket, an event exclusive item
that is no longer available, making them effectively
version exclusives now. The first comparison is
Shiftry versus Ludicolo, and Ludicolo is
easily superior here. Ludicolo has a
far wider movepool and better stats. Yes, Shiftry has
great physical attack, but Dark and Grass moves
were special in Gen Three. So it didn't get to
take advantage of them. Additionally, as I discussed in my "Best HM Mule
in Every Game" video, Lombre is an incredible HM
Mule for the Hoenn games. Even if you're
not using Ludicolo on your main battling team, having access to
Lombre is a great perk. Next is Mawile versus Sableye. Both have equally
horrible stats, but Sableye gets the
edge for two reasons. The first is its typing not actually having weaknesses
at this point in time, since Fairy didn't exist yet. The second reason is movepool. Sableye gets lots of Dark
and Ghost-type moves. Mawile literally doesn't learn
a single Steel-type attack. Sableye is bad. Mawile is useless. Next is Zangoose versus Seviper, and Zangoose is the
easy victor here. While they have the
same base stat total, Zangoose's stat spread is
much more advantageous, giving it great attack and speed compared to Seviper's
split investment in the two attack stats. Zangoose also has
a wider movepool and Normal is a much better
type than Poison in this gen, due to being resisted by less
and having fewer weaknesses. Next is Solrock versus Lunatone. These two have
very similar stats with Solrock being more
invested in the Physical side and Lunatone in
the Special side. This means Solrock makes
better use of the Rock-typing while Lunatone makes
better use of the Psychic. Their movepools are
also very similar. So I'm calling
this one a toss-up. Next is Latios versus Latias. And these Pokemon are nearly
identical in most everything. Super similar movepools, near identical stats with
Latios being more offensive and Latias being more defensive, and both are found post-game, therefore not having much of
an impact on your playthrough. Both are excellent and I couldn't find any factors that would make
one top the other, so this is another toss-up. Finally is the big one. The box art difference,
Groudon versus Kyogre. Now both of these Pokemon
are obviously incredible, amazing stats,
amazing movepools, amazing weather strategies. They're both just
excellent across the board and therefore, I can't
pick one or the other based on their attributes
that are just a part of them. They're both equally good. However, I can pick one
based on how they match up against the rest
of the Hoenn games. For Wallace, Kyogre is better since it can resist
all the water attacks and fire off 100%
accurate Thunders, if you teach it the move. They fare about equally
against Sidney and Phoebe, but then Kyogre is
better against Glacia due to not being
weak to Ice or Water. It's better against Drake due to being able to
learn Ice-type moves. And finally, it's
better against Steven due to having super
effective coverage for five of Steven's Pokemon, if it brings Thunder, Ice
Beam and a Water move. Groudon only covers
three of them with Earthquake and Eruption. Groudon does learn Solar Beam, which is great to have
on it if the sun is up and that would add
coverage for Claydol, but it doesn't learn
Solar Beam until Level 65. And you'd have to use a TM on it to give it the move
before you fight Steven, which would be a waste 'cause
it's gonna learn the move in like, less than 10 levels. So both Groudon and
Kyogre, incredible Pokemon, but Kyogre matches up
against the late game better. This means Ruby got Zangoose, while Sapphire got Ludicolo,
Sableye, and Kyogre, and then the Latis and
space rocks were toss-ups. Sapphire wins this matchup. Next is FireRed versus
LeafGreen, the first remakes. These remakes though actually did not keep exactly
the same version exclusives as the originals, and actually added
a lot more of them. For FireRed, there are
Ekans, Arbok, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Psyduck,
Golduck, Growlithe, Arcanine, Shellder, Cloyster. (Michael gasping) Electabuzz, Elekid, Scyther,
Scizor, Wooper, Quagsire, Murkrow, Qwilfish,
Delibird, Skarmory, and Attack Form Deoxys. Okay, we're halfway there. Are you starting to see why I had to split
this into two halves? LeafGreen's were Sandshrew,
Sandslash, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel,
Vulpix, Ninetales, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking, Staryu,
Starmie, Magmar, Magby, Pinsir, Azurill, Marill, Azumarill,
Misdreavus, Sneasel, Remoraid, Octillery, Mantine,
and Defense Deoxys. This is my new version
exclusive Poke rap. Obviously this is a lot. So to make things
more reasonable, I'm not gonna talk
about most of them. Look, for all the Johto Pokemon, except maybe the ones that
evolved from Kanto Pokemon and then Deoxys, you can't get 'em 'til
you beat the league. You can't use 'em on
your main battling squad unless you wanna modify
it substantially later. They have a much smaller
impact on your playthrough and therefore, I don't think
really should matter as much when selecting your version. This means I will only be
looking at Kanto Pokemon you can get before the league. First is Arbok versus Sandslash, the same matchup as in Gen One. Both still have pretty
bad level up movesets with much wider TM movesets and Sandslash still
has better stats and the more useful
Ground-typing. Like in Gen One,
Sandslash wins again. Next is Vileplume
versus Victreebel. And yes, Bellossom is a thing, but again, you can't get it
'til after you beat the league, and also it's substantially
worse than Vileplume. Just use Vileplume. Why did they make Bellossom? They could've given Farfetch'd or something in
evolution instead. Like before, Vileplume
and Victreebel's movesets are extremely similar aside from Petal Dance
versus Razor Leaf. However, due to the
stat system change, both of them now have
the same base stat total with Vileplume leaning
more toward defense and Victreebel more
toward offense. This change actually benefits
Vileplume a lot more, since Victreebel effectively
got a massive nerf to its special defense. They now hit the same
with their special moves, which are really
all that matters since Poison was a
terrible Attacking type before the Fairy type showed up, so we don't really care about
their Poison moves much. But Vileplume takes
hits much better. Vileplume now gets the win. Next is Golduck versus Slowbro. Golduck has a slightly
better base stat total with a more balanced spread while Slowbro is more focused
in bulk and attack power while being much slower. Surprise! Both have access to
plenty of Water moves, although you'd likely
just go for Surf, but Slowbro has the added
bonus of being a Psychic type. Despite all the nerfs
that the Psychic type got between Gens One and Gens Two, it's still an
extremely good type in a Kanto playthrough
specifically, due to the complete
absence of Dark types, the very limited Ghost types
that are also weak to Psychic, and the fact that the Bug types were still overall pretty weak and had very bad moves. Therefore, Slowbro
having the Psychic type gives it an edge over Golduck. Next is Arcanine
versus Ninetales. Like in Gen Two, Arcanine
now has far better stats and it gets the win. Next is Cloyster versus Starmie. Cloyster is Water-Ice type
with a base stat spread wildly in favor of defense. And Starmie has a near
identical base stat total, but with much more
balanced stats. The best two of which are
Special Attack and Speed. Like with Golduck
versus Slowbro, Starmie being a Psychic
type, massive benefit to it. So I'm giving it the win. I do think it's weird that
both Water-Psychic types were LeafGreen
exclusives though. You would think
one would be in one and the other would
be in the other. Next is Electabuzz versus Magmar and their stats were impacted
similarly to each other, both of them receiving a
buff to their Special Attack. They're both solid Pokemon, just with different
type focuses. So I'm once again giving
the win to Electabuzz due to the Electric type
being more helpful late game, which matters since both of
these Pokemon are found later. The final comparison
for the Kanto Pokemon is Scyther versus Pinsir. And this comparison is much
more one-sided this time around. Scyther gets Wing Attack and
Fury Cutter as STAB moves, which aren't great, but Pinsir literally
gets no Bug-type moves in FireRed and LeafGreen still. It's been two whole generations! Why didn't you give
Pinsir a Bug move? Also as an added point
in favor for Scyther, if you want to, after
you beat the league, you can evolve it into Scizor, which has the same
base stat total, but much better typing. So like, wow, super
one-sided this one bee. (Michael laughing) I was talking about
bugs and I said bee. That was a complete accident. So where does that leave us
for FireRed versus LeafGreen? FireRed won with Vileplume, Arcanine, Electabuzz,
and Scyther. LeafGreen won with Sandslash,
Slowbro, and Starmie, meaning FireRed had more, and therefore won
by one matchup. However, honestly, I think
the margin of victory for FireRed is larger because Slowbro and Starmie
are kinda just one Pokemon due to having identical typings, and it's very unlikely
that you will use both. If you go with FireRed, yeah, you can't have a
Water-Psychic type, but you have more
stronger team options. Now onto Gen Four, starting with the Sinnoh
games, Diamond versus Pearl. Now of course,
there is Platinum, and of course, if you
wanna play a Sinnoh game, play frickin' Platinum. The Diamond and Pearl dex
is just not good, (laughs) just didn't include most of
the new Gen Four evolutions, which was silly. So if you want to have a high
quality Sinnoh playthrough, play Platinum. But for the sake of fun, we're gonna compare
Diamond and Pearl. The Diamond exclusives are
Seel, Dewgong, Scyther, Scizor, Murkrow, Honchkrow,
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar, Poochyena, Mightyena,
Aron, Lairon, Aggron, Kecleon, Cranidos, Rampardos,
Stunky, Skuntank, and Dialga. I kinda gave up on the
rhythmic rap there at the end. My god, there's a lot. The Pearl exclusives are
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking, Pinsir, Misdreavus, Mismagius,
Houndour, Houndoom, Stantler, Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein,
Shieldon, Bastiodon, Glameow, Purugly, and Palkia. Okay, I know this seems
like a lot because it is, however, most of
these are post-game. And like I did with
FireRed and LeafGreen, post-game version exclusives
matter a heck of a lot less. So for the sake of my sanity, I'm not caring about any
of these version exclusives that you cannot get
before the league. First is Honchkrow
versus Mismagius. Both are obtained
relatively early, so it can be used in
one form or another for most of the playthrough. Honchkrow's stats make
it an offensive monster, but it's held back by
its speed and defenses. Mismagius is faster and
hits a bit less hard, but it's also frail
on the physical side. I can't give either one an
edge in the stat department. So instead, I can do what I
did for Groudon and Kyogre, and see how well they match up against the major game battles. Murkrow and Honchkrow fare well against
Gardenia, Maylene, Fantina, Aaron, and Lucian. Misdreavus and Mismagius fare well against Maylene,
Fantina, and Lucian. While Mismagius has
better defensive typing, Honchkrow has much
better offensive typing which a lot of times can also
function as defensive typing in a lot of these big match-ups. So while I think the stats on
Honchkrow are a little wonky, its typing is pretty good
for a lot of the playthrough. So I think it gets the win here. Next is Rampardos
versus Bastiodon. Rampardos is pure Rock
with insane attack, good HP and mediocre
everything else, while Bastiodon is Rock-Steel with incredible defenses
and bad at everything else. Because of these stat spreads, I'm giving the
edge to Bastiodon. A massive attack
stat, it's great, but it's not that great if you never have
a chance to use it, 'cause you're too
frail or too slow to get a hit off before dying. Bastiodon's defenses make it so it'll stick
around for a while. Potentially, even if it gets hit by a four time super
effective move. And yes, it does have two,
four times weaknesses, but it has a booty-load
of resistances. Next is Skuntank versus Purugly, and this one is not close. Skuntank is the clear winner. Not only does Skuntank have a substantially
higher base stat total, but Poison-Dark is better
typing than Normal. Both only have one
weakness and one immunity, but Poison-Dark has
more resistances and can actually deal super
effective STAB damage. Skuntank wins by a large margin. Finally is Dialga versus Palkia, both obviously have typical
bonkers legendary stats and incredible
defensive typings. At the time, Palkia
only had one weakness and Dialga had only two, then resisting or being
immune to 10 of the 17 types. So I think Dialga gets
the edge in typing, but for moves,
Palkia's Spacial Rend is better than Dialga's
Roar of Time, in my opinion. Spacial Rend has
a high crit ratio and therefore a
very solid chance to do more than Roar of Time without a recharge term. Both are incredible Pokemon. Dialga, better in typing. Palkia, better signature move, therefore, I think
they're a toss-up. That leaves Diamond having
Honchkrow and Skuntank while Pearl has Bastiodon. Diamond gets the victory here, but seriously just
play Platinum. Finally for this video is
HeartGold versus SoulSilver. And the version exclusives
compared to the remakes didn't change that much. HeartGold's exclusives are
Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Arcanine, Spinarak, Ariados,
Gligar, Gliscor, Mantyke, Mantine, Phanpy,
Donphan, Sableye, Baltoy, Claydol, and Kyogre. For SoulSilver, they are
Meowth, Persian, Vulpix, Ninetales, Ledyba, Ledian,
Delibird, Skarmory, Teddiursa, Ursaring, Mawile, Gulpin,
Swalot, and Groudon. Ho-Oh and Lugia are once again not technically
version exclusives. It's the same thing as before, depending on which one you play, you get one of them way earlier, so I'll still be comparing. Essentially the version
exclusive list for these games is the same as the originals, but with more Pokemon added on and Ursaring and
Donphan swapping. The reason for that is that in the original
Japanese and Korean releases of Gold and Silver, Donphan was in Gold and
Ursaring was in Silver. Yet for the international
versions, they flipped it. Now that we're back in
HeartGold and SoulSilver though, they put it back to what
it was originally in Japan. But now for the comparisons, many of which will be short since it's comparisons
we've already done. For Primeape versus Persian,
Primeape wins again. The Fighting type is more
useful than the Normal type when Dark and Steel
types are around. For Arcanine versus Ninetales, it's once again the same
as Gens Two and Three, Arcanine has way better stats. Plus now Arcanine can
use physical Fire moves, thanks to the
Physical-Special split, so its main attacking
stat is now even higher. Ariados versus
Ledian is closer now since Ledian can now use
special Bug and Flying moves. Oh wait. No, it actually can't. The only special flying move
it can learn is Air Cutter, which isn't good and can also only learn it at, like, the Battle
Frontier move tutor. So, like, come on Ledian. That's enough for
me to give Ariados the win for this one. Gligar versus Delibird is now a massively
one-sided comparison. Once you get the national dex, you can turn Gligar
into the very strong and incredibly handsome Gliscor, while Delibird is
still totally useless. Mantine versus Skarmory
is the same as before. Skarmory wins due to
having better typing. Donphan versus Ursaring
is once again a toss-up. Despite Donphan appearing
to get a ground move at an earlier level,
Magnitude at 19, it doesn't actually
have access to that without a move reminder since it evolves from
Phanpy at Level 25, and Phanpy doesn't learn it. It'll be good once
it has Earthquake, but again, that's pretty late. Ursaring will do big damage
with Slash a lot earlier, so that evens things out. For Ho-Oh versus Lugia, Ho-Oh wins again for the
same reason as before, having better access
to good STAB moves. Also, it's now even
better than before since Sacred Fire
is a physical move, allowing Ho-Oh to take advantage of its higher physical attack. For the remaining
version exclusives, the Hoenn ones, I'm
not gonna cover them. Like with a couple
other instances, they're pretty much
just post-game Pokemon that are Swarm and they're not even that
good a Pokemon anyways. So I just don't
think they matter. But even if they did, and all of them went
in SoulSilver's favor, HeartGold is still winning. With Primeape, Arcanine,
Ariados, Gliscor, and Ho-Oh under its belt, compared to
SoulSilver's Skarmory, there simply aren't enough
version exclusives left to give SoulSilver the win. So to summarize, the winners of this version
exclusive competition are Blue, Gold, Sapphire, FireRed, Diamond, and HeartGold. I'm excited to see
which versions win when part two comes out and when it comes out, you will know if you
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