Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow: Gary Oak Kaizo Challenge - by BrianMp16

---------- POKEMON RED, BLUE, AND YELLOW: GARY OAK KAIZO CHALLENGE RULES ----------
Discord (#pokemon-challenge) - https://discord.gg/2F8javw
Pokemon RED Gary Oak Kaizo challenge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSZdpDMWi8w

Goal: Get your Diploma in Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow
Prize: $1,000.00 (+$100.00 with Bonus Goal) to the first person to complete the challenge
Deadline for Prize: January 1st, 2026 12:00am EST.

This is to be completed in real-time using one copy of clean Nintendo official Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow Gameboy Cartridges. During the challenge, starting new games IS allowed with all rules applying as normal. The use of cheats, mods, or savestates is not allowed. Pokemon Stadium 2's Gameboy Tower Dodrio Mode OR a Gameboy Emulator using speedups of no more than 4x may be used.

1) You can only use one Pokemon per battle.
2) If your Pokemon faints*, has a status condition outside of battle, is released, reaches level 100, or gains EXP in any way**, that Pokemon species is considered retired in every game and can never lead in a battle*** or use field moves ever again**** (see NOTES below).
3) You can't trade until you've tossed 2 Rare Candies once in any game; then, trading between games***** is allowed but only if they're within 1 badge of each other.
4) You can't spend over $300 at once unless you own 130 or more Pokemon in the Pokedex in Red, Blue, and Yellow. In the Celadon Dept. Store, you can only buy items on one floor per game file******.
5) No Daycare Center.
6) No external means of affecting game, glitchless (using Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow glitchless speedrunning ruleset):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g4JbKWNjSAeSx4W0xbQ-IFhlKfTjKXNwC7-84SnqVXg/edit?usp=sharing

After seeing the Diploma in Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow:
Bonus Goal: Max Pokedex and Living Dex (151 unique Pokemon stored in your PC) in Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow then talk to Professor Oak to finish
7) Rule 2 doesn't apply to Pikachu at max happiness.
8) The Mew Glitch is allowed to catch Psychic-type Pokemon.

NOTES:
* Fainting includes both in and out of battle. Also, the first rival battle doesn't count as fainting for this challenge because your Pokemon is immediately revived and your player doesn't black out from losing.
** Gaining EXP in the middle of a battle is ok, Pokemon species are only considered retired after the battle concludes.
*** Leading in battle is defined as any situation where your Pokemon is active in the battle screen against an opposing Pokemon. So, you can't even encounter a wild Pokemon with a retired Pokemon.
**** Using a field move is defined as selecting a Pokemon's field move in the menu screen.
***** Trading between games must be done using the in-game Cable Club. Badges refer to the current badge count for each respective game, regardless of which badges they may be.
****** The floor may be different for each game and the rooftop is considered a floor.

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EXAMPLE SITUATION:
- You catch a wild Doduo at Level 28, nickname it Doddy, and teach it HM02 Fly.
- You fight and defeat all of Erika's Pokemon with Doddy, leveling Doddy up to level 29.
- Doduo as a species is now retired because Doddy the Doduo gained experience. You may never lead any Doduo in a battle ever again. You may never use a field move with a Doduo ever again. Anything else is fair game.
- You get an EXP.ALL and catch a Dewgong which you nickname Dewdy. Your party consists of Dewdy and Doddy.
- You fight and defeat all of Blaine's Pokemon with Dewdy. Dewgong as a species is now retired because Dewdy gained experience. Thanks to the EXP.ALL though, Doddy also gained experience and reached level 30.
- After the fight, you give Doddy a Rare Candy, leveling Doddy up to level 31. At this level, Doduo evolves into a Dodrio, which you allow to happen.
- Dodrio is a new Pokemon and can lead in battle and use field moves normally.
- You use Doddy to FLY to a Pokemon Center.
- You go to a PC Box and release Doddy. Dodrio as a species is now retired.

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VIDEO SUBMISSION INFO:
When you're ready to start recording the challenge, I highly recommend either streaming the challenge live or using OBS to record your video in a format that saves as it's recording such as .flv in case you lose power or OBS crashes while recording. I also recommend recording in low to medium quality to reduce your video file size since this challenge will most likely take a long time to complete. If you decide to work on a team, the bounty will be awarded via PayPal to the one person who provides me video proof. That person will be responsible for distributing the bounty to the rest of the team. You may only play on a single game file that you may never copy or make backups of. This rule is to simulate as if you were playing on an actual unmodded Nintendo Gameboy, which you could do. So if you're playing on a team and using an emulator, you may not transfer the one save file amongst each other. However, you may screen share to allow others to play on your computer as long as only one save file is ever used and never copied or moved. Finally, if you stream the challenge, I recommend saving your broadcasts, as that works for video proof. Otherwise, I recommend uploading your recordings to YouTube ahead of time and providing me with the links to those videos once they're all able to be viewed.