Route to Victory Road

Send us Fan MailWe are finally back from our hiatus! Here is the first episode of the new series. This one was recorded at the end of last year (2025) but we'll be back on the podcasting horse in no time!Support the show

Send us Fan MailAfter a tragic loss of a game file, we're rushing to the end of Black 2 and White 2 so we can regrettably move on to the 3DS era of Pokémon. So long, Unova, we hardly knew ye. My flights of Swanna sing thee to thy rest.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe're back yet again! This week we go on quite a hike to take on the Dragon master Drayden in Opelucid City. Can you say "Flygon"?Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe battle the best Unova has to offer(?) and then make our way through an impossible cave on our way to the highflying girl to take on the gym this week. Hopefully we pass with Flying colours.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe travel across to yet another bridge and see far too many hotels as we delve into the depths of Diftveil City and hit paydirt! Careful, Clay, you might get buried if you keep your head stuck in the sand.Support the show

Send us Fan MailAnother shocking adventure to the Amusement Park city! The air is electric as we check out the many attractions of the area: take in a game, put on a play, perhaps go for a date? When it comes to the Ferris wheel, the sky's the limit! But enough of this emotional roller coaster! Just tune in, already!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe visit the big city and fail to find the sewers in this installment of the Route to Victory Road. Join us as we battle around Castelia and talk about all the things that Bug us about art. This episode will give you the creeps!Support the show

Send us Fan MailTime to drop the beat(down) as we face off against the Rocker who is Poison on the Stage! Roxie is about to change her tune when we rock her socks off to a hip-hop bop. Shuffle your expectations as we stomp the yard this week in the Virbank Complex and Gym!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe are finally back! We begin the first true sequels in the Pokémon franchise! Everything is different, yet, somehow the same as we visit new places, familiar faces, and a new teams and personas as we journey once again through the Unova region! Follow along every weekend, updated Fridays!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe finish (almost) everything left to do in Black & White! It has been a long road with this game, but we are finally at the end! (or perhaps, calling it quits) Looking forward to future endeavors!Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis week we fail to become champions, but we successfully fail with style! Listen in as we contend with the Elite 4 of the Unova Region, put an end to Team Plasma's dark designs, and fulfill our role as a hero of legend this week on the Route to Victory Road!Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe past and future combine in this Episode of RVR. Our past regrets are that we couldn't release this future episode in the present! But it is here now, and it's full of future promise and past lessons to help us take on the Dragon Master pair and prepare for the tough road of the Route to Victory Road ahead!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe weren't quite far ahead enough to finish the leg this week, so here's a brief discussion on Gen V and all the games leading up to it and our feelings about them!Support the show

Send us Fan MailAround and around we go in the labyrinth of Twist Mountain until we reach the swamp lands of Icirrus City. If it were Winter, it would be a lot more thematic, the sight of the city would have put ice in our veins, but instead the reception was luke warm. The leader of the gym, Brycen "Ice Mask" Brycen, tries to give us an icy stare, but we leave him out in the cold this week as we drift into victory and bog down this bogey.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThrough the cave and into the air field! We take on the High Flying Girl this week and put some spirit Pokémon to rest as we travel to the North Eastern town of scattered flowers. Breeze on through the city with us!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe plumb the depths of the Driftveil Cold Storage for answers about why Team Plasma wants to end the world. Clay the hick gets in the way, and then we bury him in his favourite place. Throw on your mud stompers, it's time to get dirty and down to business.Also, a lot of 5s in the title of this one.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe competition is electric and the sparks fly this week as our duo light up Team Plasma and their King is shockingly revealed. Get amped for the high voltage potential! Also, Elesa is there somewhere, too. Zap. Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe head across the Skyarrow Bridge into the big city to take on Burgh the "Premier Insect Artist". Getting lost in the streets and taking in the beats, we also unlock secrets long lost to the franchise.Support the show

Send us Fan MailJourney with us as we take a tour of the Nacrene City Museum and get stumped by the impossible quiz that opens the way to take on Lenora, the "Archeologist with Backbone", the Nacrene City Gym Leader. But to be honest, her Normal-type Pokémon don't stand a Fighting chance.Support the show

Send us Fan MailIt's a whole new region and game series as Jaylee and Mack dive into the Black and White versions of Pokémon! New place, new Pokémon, and of course, new challenges! Join us for this all new journey! P.s. Sorry for the weird audio pops, I tried my best!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe throw in the towel on HeartGold and SoulSilver. It's time for a new adventure, but that doesn't mean we won't be back to clean up the missed opportunities in the future! Hopefully you enjoyed your time with us in Generation IV, now it's on to the future of Pokémon in Black and White!Support the show

Send us Fan MailThere was an issue with my mic being too quiet in this episode. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but at least we're not late by any more weeks! Here is the Elite 4 episode! Finally!Support the show

Send us Fan MailLittle bit of a different episode this week, as both Jaylee and I are very busy in our personal lives at the moment! We just sit down and have a chat about our journey so far, hope you all enjoy!Support the show

Send us Fan MailClair clears the air with flair as her debonaire pair of Dragonair challenge us to pare. Au contraire, prepare as our rare mares fare their fair derrieres with care! Spare the tare of the hippocampus extraordinaire! We douse the flare there. There, there.Support the show

Send us Fan MailPryce's Ice frosts twice as nice as we roll the dice on the precise slice to vice these mice.Support the show

Send us Fan MailYet again, Jasmine is the shortest leg, so we took up going to the Safari Zone as well to round out a few more numbers in our Pokédex and get some back up options for the future. The Iron Wall-Defense Girl has been crushed in the surf, and now it's time to head to Mahogany town as there are rumors of some strange happenings.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFinally back after being sick for a few weeks! Mack and Jaylee take on Chuck, the man who lets "His Roaring Fists Do the Talking". We also did a little training and catching this week, but mostly, Mack was just sick.Support the show

Send us Fan MailMortified, Mack met with Morty. Meeting might milk a mistaken impression. The master of the macabre mete out mighty, meanacing moves. Mack must have metered why they call Morty the Mystic Seer of the Future. Magically, Mack managed to maintain a majority manor and eke out a minor mission accomplished.Jaylee jumped the joint and judged the job joyeous! Jaws of defeat jacketed no jargon in her journey journal. Jealous.Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn this heart-pounding episode, our determined hosts sets their sights on the bustling Goldenrod City. First, a lovely stroll through Ilex Forest with some familiar faces. With the Nuzlocke rules in full effect, every step is fraught with anticipation, and the stakes have never been higher. The real challenge lies within the pretty walls of Goldenrod City Gym, where Gym Leader Whitney awaits. Known for her deceptively powerful Normal-type Pokémon, Whitney's Miltank is infamous for its Rollout attack, a move that has left many Pokemon in shambles.Support the show

Send us Fan MailBugsy proves to be more of a challenge for the Nuzlocke Newbies, but the pair still emerge victorious! No insect can Bug us for long! We smash the Walking Bug Encyclopedia and prepare to take on Ilex Forest next!Support the show

Send us Fan MailA brand new journey in a familiar region in the second half of season 4! Join us on our re-visit to Johto in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver! It's a whole new place, with a brand new attitude, but we still look forward to you coming along for the ride with us!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe finally make it to the elite 4 in our 50th episode! Jaylee's dream comes true as we leave this slow ride of a series entry in the dust. But will both hosts make it through to the Champion!? Tune in and find out!!Support the show

Send us Fan MailHappy New Year everyone! We aren't quite done the game yet due to holidays and work and procrastination. BUT! Here is a special episode in lieu of our final episode for DPPt! Hope you all have your thinking caps on! P.S. 2 quick Corrections for the episode: Stufful *is* Normal/Fighting; and Darkrai is the "Pitch Black Pokémon".Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe help Gerard Way get over seasonal depression this holiday after we climb the worst mountain in the series! This was supposed to come out two days ago, but editing was delayed! Merry Belated Christmas!Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe weather outside is frightful, there's a chill in the air. Time to take on the frozen ice queen with a warm spirit, Grandis!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe challenge the man with the Steel-hard Body this week after taking on Iron Island with the Mysterious Movie tie-in....I mean, Stranger Ranger.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFirst we navigate the fog on the way to Celestic to learn the secrets of the Mirage Pokémon, and then prepare for a fright as we face off against Fantina and her math based gym? What is that about!?Support the show

Send us Fan MailCome with us for a walk through the marshlands, but don't step on a Shellos! We take on the Pastoria Great Marsh and Gym this week!Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis week sees us facing off against the Barefoot Fighting Genius, Maylene, for the Cobble Badge. This leg sees the Super Contest Hall as we pass through Hearthome. It also reintroduces the Department Store! Good Sh*t Lemonade, ho!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe meet the Team Rocket of this generation, and kick them to the curb twice, while making our way to Eterna City this week. Join us for our nature walk with Cheryl!Support the show

Send us Fan MailAfter a brief hiatus, our hosts return to Season 4! Welcome to the Sinnoh region, follow us as we explore the original 4th generation titles (much to our chagrin).Support the show

Send us Fan MailHere is a longer episode to cover the last sections of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen versions! It's been a lot of fun playing these remakes (though, perhaps a little too soon after the originals.) but now is the time for us to move on! Excuse the short hiatus while we catch up on some things in our personal lives and head into the 4th Generation of Pokémon! See you soon, on the Route to Victory Road!Support the show

Send us Fan MailDear viewer! Disregard the deception of days past! Destiny has dealt her daring due and it dawns as a daily double! Dutifully we detain and dismantle the dacquoisic dabbling of the dirt daddy and his dastardly dabchicks until they descend into dacryorrhea. The delightful duo, that do the duels, dash dawnward daintily like daemonistic daffodils, definitely dapper in demeanor. Dare to dream of the damage caused upon the four left deep in the depreciable disposition of Elitism, while the disillusioned delinquents deploy declaratory determinism to leave the dolts despondent and distrustful. Daylighting as draughtsmen for destruction of one delusional dork who would call himself champion before the true deserved delegate is deliberately disastrous due to disgusting deterence. Dismay not, however, for the discourse is done and now develops the directive that I may lay down my dictionary.Support the show

Send us Fan MailBehold our battle with the boisterous, bald bae! Babied by behest of our bitter babu. Who both before you have brought down bequieted by barely being bested until bravely bawling be believed best. Bemoaning his beating, Blaine blamed brothers Rocket for baring badness on the beast below the Cerulean burrough. Blithe, we bore him benevolence and balmy blessings. Bye-bye!Support the show

Send us Fan MailEyes on, ears listening. Earthlings, enjoy this exciting engagement while we eclipse this effete esper. Elegize the eidolon's emphatic ejection as we effect and egress the ectoplasm until it effluxes eeriely into the educible ether. Eglomise our eastward eradication so it may echo through the echelons and the erstwhile egoist can enact an ecumenic effigial emblem, e'ermore. Effortlessly, we embark with elevated elegance toward emboldened embodiement of excellence!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe vehemently vie for the valiant victory over the vainglorious venomous villain. Viciously we vacate the vista with the vast versatility of our vivacious vocation. We leave the vapid vagabond vulnerable via the vicissitude of our valorous verve so that he might only vape vichyssoise for vitality. Vault your vaccines, vigorous ventures veer vividly in this venue!Support the show

Send us Fan MailGather on the green ground as we gallop a generous gale at this gregarious gorgeous gal. Her genial gilding will be nothing but gabber as we gage her with the gaff of our gathering. Do not gad about, the gable will be gabelled as the gargantuan gaillardias take gah after gah until they are gagged and gadrooned. Gone are the gestures of gaily greetings, go now to gainliness!Support the show

Send us Fan MailRoll out the zabagliones. In this zany episode, we take on the zestful zaftig of the Vermilion City Gym! The zappy zone added a zing to our zeal, but don't zakat the zabutons, yet! We'll zig through the zephyr and zip that zealot at the zenith of the zapateado, zagging so hard we send the zamindaries back to the zaibatsu with a bag consisting of zaffre and zaatars that was once a zealous zaddy in a zeptosecond. Zygophyllaceous.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWhat a wonderful watery wander! Misty wastes us with the weighty wisdom of wild Water-types! That wasn't true, but alliteration is fun! Liquidation is the name of the game in this episode! Surf on over and catch the latest episode!Support the show

Send us Fan MailWelcome BACK to the Kanto Region, Pokéfans and PokéManiacs! We're excited to be back after our brief hiatus, and we're back in the region that started it all with the first remakes (FireRed and LeafGreen) in the main series titles! We hope you enjoy our gimmick this season as we try to create PokéCouples in-game! Wedlocke is the name of the game (with our own twist, of course) and there will be many hills and valleys, and Poké-tears along the path to be the best PokéMatchmakers!Support the show