One of the most heated debates who was the strongest pokemon trainer in the first generation games: Pokémon League Champion Lance, Gary/Blue or Ash/Red himself. Well, it wasn’t any of those three: it was none other than Professor Oak.
The strongest trainer in the first generation of Pokemon was Professor Oak himself.
You might think we’re crazy, or that this short report is gross bait, but nothing could be further from the truth: Professor Oak was Kant’s strongest trainerregion where the first generation Pokémon games are the Game Boy Red, blue and yellow releases – happening.
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This can be verified because in real games, Professor Oak is another trainer with his own team of Pokemonwhich was not included in the final version for unknown reasons, but still exists in the code. Using hacks or a very sophisticated bug, this is entirely possible fight Professor Oakas we can see in the video below (the fight starts around minute 5):
His team is formidablealthough it only uses five Pokemon instead of six. His Pokemon are the highest level Pokémon in the game owned by a trainer. These are the Pokemon he uses:
- Bykov (level 66): Take Down, Leer, Rage, and Tail Whip.
- Executor (level 67): stomp, flurry, and hypnotize.
- Arcanine (level 68): Take Down, Ember, Roar, and Leer.
- Gyarados (level 70): Hydro Pump, Dragon Rage, Leer, and Hyper Beam.
- Venusaur (level 69): Razor Leaf, Growth, Sleep Powder and Sunbeam. | Blastoise (level 69): Bite, Distract, Skull Smash, and Hydropump. | Charizard (level 69): Rage, Slash, Flamethrower, and Fire.
As you may have noticed, Professor Oak uses one of three possible commands, and in each one he uses one of the original Pokemon in their latest evolution (Venusaurus, Blastoise, or Charizard). This probably means that Oak kept the starter Pokemon that were not chosen by Gary/Blue and Ash/Red in the Red and Blue editions. The moveset he chose for his pokemon is questionable; some like Exeggutor only have three moves instead of four, and there are pointless attacks like Arcanine’s Roar that have no effect in combat. We will write down this choice Oak is in the prototype stage.
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When you enter the battle against Professor Oakthere’s no dialogue or anything: it’s just a fight, that’s all. It may have been Game Freak’s intention to add him as a “special boss” after completing Pokemon Leaguelike Ash/Red in Generation 2. Plot-wise, it makes sense for Oak to be the toughest coach in the entire Kanto region. After Total, he is considered the ultimate authority on Pokemon and has studied them all his life.
Why was this fight removed from the final version of the games? One of the reasons may be similarities to his grandson Gary/Blue’s team, which also uses Gyarados, Arcanine, and the final evolution of one of the original Pokémon Red and Blue. However, for now, it remains nothing more than an anecdote imagine what a surprise it would be if it was included in the games.
