Why was Snorlax buffed in Gen 2?
816This video took an extremely long time to produce. After an agonising journey, I can finally release it. Many people talk about why Snorlax is good in GSC, so let's take the angle of why it got buffed to become such a monster there anyway. Arguably the most influential Pokemon ever, I hope it was worth the two years of work.
This is...sort of an RBY Bytes, but because of the GSC focus, I've not grouped it in the series properly. It'll be in the playlist, though.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Chungus Lore
00:15 - Introduction
01:00 - Historical Context
10:50 - GSC Development
12:55 - Nishino debunked
30:00 - Post-GSC Snorlax
CREDITS
- Plague von Karma - Research, footage recovery, scriptwriter
- Molk - Theory, scriptwriter, finding info
- Theorymon - Old footage and general information
- DragonWhale - Nintendo Cup knowledge
- BKC - Snorlax Video (seriously helped with the Gen 2 OU bits)
- Amaranth - Script review
- Earthworm - Script review, Snorlax Strategy Dex Entry
- FriendOfMrGolem120 - Script review
- Damocleas - VGC info support
- Harb1ng3r - ADV info support
- Frrf - Script support, Footage
- TaupePoet - Footage
- Adelaine - Script review, grammar
Special thanks to RogueRhythm and SkeTcH for helping with setting this up back in 2020. I could not have built my current channel without your experience. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
SOURCES
http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/1st/1997/
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http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/2nd/2000/kabigon.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20160505094140/http://nuggetbridge.com/blogs/entry/1391-a-history-of-japanese-competitive-pokemon-1996-and-1997/
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