Could I get some help... I've been trying to grind for shinies however to get such a high encounter number is crazy... like doesn't it take like 12 or 13 hours to get up that high. I've been tracking my encounters since yesterday while hunting and only got 313 encounters in 2 and a half hours can't imagine doing this until 8,000. Anyone have any tips
Onion Man I randomly encountered a shiny lillipup when I wasn’t looking. and I almost ran away the reason I didn’t was I noticed green eyes instead of brown eyes! So i now have a shiny lillipup.
That happened to me in Gold when I was a kid. I had the purple Cyndaquil. I thought my game was a bootleg copy. I hated the color of it at the time and thought the sparkles were just a new feature. I wound up starting over and was relieved when it was normal. Years later I was heartbroken when I realized what happened, the save file would be gone by now anyways but it would have been awesome to play through with it.
I've been hunting for charmander on my Leaf Green for the past ~2 ish years, around 30k SRs, and still no sparkles. Congratulations on such a short hunt! Seeing this gives me motivation to get mine! Edit in 2024: wow i forgot about this comment. I got my shiny char a year after commenting this !
Two years..what a journeyman. Ur a trooper. Hope u get the sparkles soon. Question: how do u keep ur sanity in check? I'm doing SRs in crystal VC for totodile and I'm losing my mind.
@@ohmadamn I'd say just focus on getting to a specific number each day, kinda like a daily goal. Don't focus on when you'll get the shiny, as it will show up eventually. This thought process has made my hunts much more managable
I truly truly, truly have been blessed today, after 3 years of on and off hunting i have finally got my shiny in soul silver.. And none other than shiny Charmander, female. nicknaming Rosa. Thanks sonikks, this video gave me the RNJesus i needed
So I’m new to the channel, however I have to say I’m loving it! The shiny Latias roamer was so freaking cool and I love how you go about your videos. Well absolutely be ringing that bell for uploads!
Dang, I’m playing HeartGold and I wanted to start shiny hunting for 1 of the three 3 starters. I ended up getting a shiny Totodile after 10 SR’s. I have no clue how I got that lucky, but now I’m hunting for a shiny Ho-oh, so wish me luck!
What nature did you get? That's awesome! One thing I love about shiny hunting in gen 4 is that you can easily manipulate rng and not break your game. In the interest of time I'd take that route, but I'm sure nothing measures up to the pay off of resets!
@inasuma My Feraligatr’s nature is Gentle, so it’s okay. Honestly, I’m just more than happy I got one that fast. I’m new to shiny hunting, so I don’t know many strategies to hunting efficiently, but I’m sure I’ll learn over time. Thank you btw!
I remember my first shiny Charmander. I was bored and randomly started over my Pokemon Leafgreen and when I started my first battle with Blue, I saw my Charmander was Shiny XD
I cannot make this up. Been hunting for charmander the past few days and was starting to get bored when I came here for inspiration. Maybe 2 minutes after you found yours, I found one myself! Even weirder, it is Naive as well. That for sure earned this video a like.
Oh man, good luck! I've been trying to hunt Ponyta for months now. It's in phase 3 and takes forever. 100+ ingame hours. For me, that's a lot. Anyhow, congrats on the Charmander, Charizard is really amazing omg :O
Hey Sonikks! I was a bit inspired by you and my general love of this shiny to hint it, I started for an hour and a half last night, and I got it today my first 10 min of hunting! Amazing Pokémon, mine is serious nature:)
Charmander in FR was my fastest hunt ever with just about 400 Srs! I friggin LOVE that shiny black Charizard!!! Are you going to hunt the Dratini in the Game Corner or are you really hunting it in the Safari Zone?
Decided to put on your FireRed DTQ playlist to listen to as I did horde encounters in ORAS for my own personal shiny DTQ, ended up getting my shiny during the first video! Thanks for the luck, Steve!
I just started my second hunt ever, on Charmander in FRLG. I'm on 1500 now and I already run out of patience haha. You getting it at 1300 might give me the motivation to continue...
Gratz man =D I got a shiny charmander by masuda method in HeartGold after only 5 eggs, 11 minutes into the hunt, again, congratz Sonnikts, u deserved more subs
Man ive gotta say..... I came to this video with the same hopes as you, shiny hunting my dream team (plus completing 4 star trainer card). But while watching this, I seen your trainer ID number. Im not sure if you intentionally soft reset for your ID number but you made me want to do it. So, I SR until I got a 3 digit or lower number (took around 30 hours). And when I finally got a 3 digit number, it was seriously unbelievable. My favorite pokemon has always been dragonite. And when I got my 3 digit ID number, it ended up being #149...... if you havent figured it out by now, I basically got my favorite pokemons pokedex entry number as my trainer ID. So THANK YOU for making this video, and wish me luck on my journey
Thanks and best of luck! Yeah I reset for it. I love doing it, haha. I have a couple of really nice mirror IDs like this FireRed 00800. I have 00100 in Platinum, 16661 in Silver. It's just a little added treat to your save file to make it even more personal in my opinion.
This video reminds me when I got my shiny charmander in leaf green, such a great feeling. I’m pretty sure it was under 300 resets too! ✨ charizard will always be an iconic shiny
Funny enough, I'm doing my own Fire Red DTQ right now. xD My fourth target is Male Nidoran/Nidorino, and I'm planning on hunting for it as part of Safari Week this year. Can't wait to see the rest of these hunts! Congrats on this lil' dragon!
not gunna lie I got a lil startled seeing your trainer ID because it’s nearly exactly the same as my ruby dtq file with 08000 Congrats on the quick shiny mander!
My shiny Charmander for my SBQ (2270 SR's) was also Naive nature!! Only difference is that mine was a female! Can't wait to see the rest of these hunts!
I am also shiny hinting charmander in Pokemon fire red.I got in less than 1000 resets but reseted on it so I am shiny hunting again for it. Btw congrats on the shiny and inspiring me to hunt again!
I have a question: I’m shiny hunting Lugia in Soul Silver, and have been soft resetting in front of him after the kimono girls do there dance. What I want to know is if I can KO or run away, and shiny hunt him after I beat the league. I’m afraid that after I view him as a non-shiny, then he won’t ever be a shiny again.
I tested this with ho-oh on my spare file of HG after i caught the shiny one in the main story. As far as I can see when i catch it the stats and nature are different when i SR and catch it again. Theoretically you can shiny hunt it.
Nice dude, I started my DTQ on leafgreen last year and finished it last month, 3 mons of mine was also Charizard Jolteon and Dragonite, the other three were Alakazam Gyarados and marowak
I've been binging and loving your videos and these make me really want to start shiny hunting haha The only shiny I ever saw/caught was a shiny linoone, route 119 in Emerald wayyyback in the days Just a question if I may: How do you keep 'track' of your counter? Do you just click a button every time you reset or is there a kind of program that recognizes when you reset?
Yay! You’re spoiling us with so many new gen 3 DTQs! 2 more in 1 week, plus the Milotic to finish the last! I’m so excited! Looking forwards to more! :D
Friick I suddenly remembered my horrible past from fire red, 2nd time I played it on my phone After I got the parcel from the poke Mart I have to deliver it to prof Oak, on my way there at the last patch of grass I frickin encountered a shiny Pidgey... My very first shiny on all my Pokemon games... I'll never forget that day.
Since everyone is sharing their shiny experiences, I figure I'll share mine. I went to the Lake of Rage to help lance hunt down team rockets nefarious doings and saw a Gyarados, he was red! I ended up catching it.
Hello. Congrats on that Shiny Charmander! I am trying this on the Analogue Pocket. I am constantly loading save states over and over and I noticed that the pokemon's nature is changing each time. I assume the RNG is changing up each time?
![[LIVE] 12 Shinies in FireRed/LeafGreen's Safari Zone for Safari Week 2020](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gu-Gb33BTPU/mqdefault.jpg)
Hope you're looking forward to seeing this quest unfold! Follow me on Twitter to stay updated between uploads; twitter.com/Sonikks1
I appreciate the content to keep me occupied during my hunts! Over 14k for Dracovish, and nearly the same for Darkrai!
00800
Have fun with lord helix lmao
That’s lucky cause the chance of getting a shiny is 1/8192
Could I get some help... I've been trying to grind for shinies however to get such a high encounter number is crazy... like doesn't it take like 12 or 13 hours to get up that high. I've been tracking my encounters since yesterday while hunting and only got 313 encounters in 2 and a half hours can't imagine doing this until 8,000. Anyone have any tips
Sonikks, youre one of those who dont have annoying overreaction. Quality content man. Keep it up.
OHOHHOHHHOOOO
“NOOOO WAYYYYYYYYYY OMGGGG”
Actually the only Pokemon channel I did not unsubscribe after I took a break from Pokemon.
The reactions when there screaming and trying to bust ur eardrums by screaming into the mic?
LETS GOOOOO
Imagine playing Pokémon for the first time and getting a shiny starter :-:
“This game is glitched!” *turns off game without saving* 😭😭😭
In emerald I finded zizgzagoon shiny that attacked prof birch I wanted to die.
This was my first run.
Onion Man I randomly encountered a shiny lillipup when I wasn’t looking. and I almost ran away the reason I didn’t was I noticed green eyes instead of brown eyes! So i now have a shiny lillipup.
That happened to me in Gold when I was a kid. I had the purple Cyndaquil. I thought my game was a bootleg copy. I hated the color of it at the time and thought the sparkles were just a new feature. I wound up starting over and was relieved when it was normal. Years later I was heartbroken when I realized what happened, the save file would be gone by now anyways but it would have been awesome to play through with it.
William Witte I wish they kept cyndaquils shiny purple it looks so much nicer then the orange it has now.
I've been hunting for charmander on my Leaf Green for the past ~2 ish years, around 30k SRs, and still no sparkles. Congratulations on such a short hunt! Seeing this gives me motivation to get mine!
Edit in 2024: wow i forgot about this comment. I got my shiny char a year after commenting this !
Good luck bro!
Two years..what a journeyman. Ur a trooper. Hope u get the sparkles soon.
Question: how do u keep ur sanity in check? I'm doing SRs in crystal VC for totodile and I'm losing my mind.
@@ohmadamn literally same here dude but keep at it and we should get it
Ouch. 2020 is the year keep it up! Can I ask which one you are hunting.
@@ohmadamn I'd say just focus on getting to a specific number each day, kinda like a daily goal. Don't focus on when you'll get the shiny, as it will show up eventually. This thought process has made my hunts much more managable
Yes!! Dude I’m so pumped you’re doing a DTQ of FireRed. Loving the team makeup as well, shiny Charizard the goat! Congrats😁
I see you found the elusive wild shiny Charizard
I truly truly, truly have been blessed today, after 3 years of on and off hunting i have finally got my shiny in soul silver.. And none other than shiny Charmander, female. nicknaming Rosa. Thanks sonikks, this video gave me the RNJesus i needed
Lol just got a shiny totodile 2 days later what even
David Ramirez good job nice!
"ID: 00800"
Dude
I want that ID
That's freaking amazing!
Also, congrats on the short hunt!
What's special with that ID?
@@fabiansaez1250 ...It's a Palindrome, and the fact that it kinda only has 1 number in it.
VGE When I first looked at it, I thought it was all 0s lol
Rng manipulation makes this easy
007 would be cooler James 😎✌
Sweet Trainer ID though.
No kidding I literally got that after 3 resets & 00100 in Platinum within an hour or each other. It was crazy.
Holy fuck
Does the specific trainer id matter or do you just want a cool number?
@@timothyziemann2924 i don't think it matters anymore its just cool
@@timothyziemann2924 It can matter in 4th gen games to get the Cute Charm glitch
So I’m new to the channel, however I have to say I’m loving it! The shiny Latias roamer was so freaking cool and I love how you go about your videos. Well absolutely be ringing that bell for uploads!
Thank you so much!
Dang, I’m playing HeartGold and I wanted to start shiny hunting for 1 of the three 3 starters. I ended up getting a shiny Totodile after 10 SR’s. I have no clue how I got that lucky, but now I’m hunting for a shiny Ho-oh, so wish me luck!
What nature did you get? That's awesome!
One thing I love about shiny hunting in gen 4 is that you can easily manipulate rng and not break your game. In the interest of time I'd take that route, but I'm sure nothing measures up to the pay off of resets!
@inasuma My Feraligatr’s nature is Gentle, so it’s okay. Honestly, I’m just more than happy I got one that fast. I’m new to shiny hunting, so I don’t know many strategies to hunting efficiently, but I’m sure I’ll learn over time. Thank you btw!
With the Shiny Ho-Oh, I’m probably at ~600 or so SR’s, so that’s fun 🎉
@@jacreativeyt You get it yet?
Spyro the Dragon No, not yet, I’ve honestly taken a break from it for now, but I’ll be making attempts again soon!
These showcases in Colosseum are amazing dude, keep them coming!! :D
I second this 👍
Amazing dude. All these DTQs you have now hahah :o Excited to see the rest come!
What is DTQ?
Dream Team Quest
I remember my first shiny Charmander. I was bored and randomly started over my Pokemon Leafgreen and when I started my first battle with Blue, I saw my Charmander was Shiny XD
Wow, so jealous, I've been hunting this Charmander for more than one year and still nothing :'(
Congrats, I'm hyped for this DTQ !
Suzette C. Hope you get it soon!
I cannot make this up. Been hunting for charmander the past few days and was starting to get bored when I came here for inspiration. Maybe 2 minutes after you found yours, I found one myself! Even weirder, it is Naive as well. That for sure earned this video a like.
I love the 1 in 8192 hunts. It feels so much more genuine. Congrats, one of the best shinies ever.
In PokeMMO its 1 / 32000 xD
@@GiovanniDicicco pretty sure pokemmo odds are 1/30000
Oh man, good luck!
I've been trying to hunt Ponyta for months now.
It's in phase 3 and takes forever. 100+ ingame hours. For me, that's a lot.
Anyhow, congrats on the Charmander, Charizard is really amazing omg :O
Dudeeee! This brings back so many memories, I remember when I got a shiny charmander!
Prof. Oak: Here! Have a shiny charmander as your first Pokémon!
Green: Sweats intensively
Green: This squirtle had better be a freaking shiny too! 😡
I like how all your Trainer IDs are aesthetically pleasing
Hey Sonikks! I was a bit inspired by you and my general love of this shiny to hint it, I started for an hour and a half last night, and I got it today my first 10 min of hunting! Amazing Pokémon, mine is serious nature:)
Charmander in FR was my fastest hunt ever with just about 400 Srs! I friggin LOVE that shiny black Charizard!!!
Are you going to hunt the Dratini in the Game Corner or are you really hunting it in the Safari Zone?
Omg lol now this is the content I want. Still looking for shiny ice cave lapras. 27 months and still searching!
Decided to put on your FireRed DTQ playlist to listen to as I did horde encounters in ORAS for my own personal shiny DTQ, ended up getting my shiny during the first video! Thanks for the luck, Steve!
Nice work!
I'm actually very interested in your DTQ's! I genuinely enjoy your choices of unique pokemon it's so cool!
Good Luck for this dtq. The Charmander line is a group of 3 of my most favorite pokemon
An I.D with so many 0's. Amazing that the rng worked out so fast for you. Congrats on the shiny lizard 👏
Love watching these shiny hunts. I couldnt do it but you are the boss!!!!
coming back to this video for comfort, once again, as I continue to struggle through my own shiny Charmander hunt.....crying
What a hype shiny team!! I can't wait to see that shiny Ekans. 😱 Congrats on shiny Charmander!
I just started my second hunt ever, on Charmander in FRLG. I'm on 1500 now and I already run out of patience haha. You getting it at 1300 might give me the motivation to continue...
update?
@@mrnoneofurbusiness7942 Got to 2600 and then gave up again. I'm sorry for my weak update :(.
Gratz man =D
I got a shiny charmander by masuda method in HeartGold after only 5 eggs, 11 minutes into the hunt, again, congratz Sonnikts, u deserved more subs
Congrats, I remember when I got my shiny Charmander in FireRed YEARS ago after only 25 resets. Nice ID too.
How the fuck do you guys get these shinies so fast
Congrats dude. Can’t wait to tackle this after my own Platinum DTQ. Congrats once again!
Would love to see you hunt in fire red
congrats!! been hunting bulba in leafgreen for ages now, glad to have anothr frlg starter to watch for motivation :D
Such a cool choice of shiny pokemon for a DTQ!
Congrats on the first quick hunt! =)
I’ve been hunting for Charmander for about 2 months...this is very encouraging!😭🙏🏻✨
That looks SICK! Congrats!
Dude I love this hunt and I've been wanting to do it for so many years. Gen 3 Kanto starters are one of my favs lol congrats!
Golden shinies have something special, dunno why. Congrats man :)
such a nice shiny, charizard almost looks blue in colosseum! congrats and good luck on the quest!
bro, you're shiny hunting inspiration lmao. thanks for always getting me re-motivated to hunt.
Man ive gotta say.....
I came to this video with the same hopes as you, shiny hunting my dream team (plus completing 4 star trainer card). But while watching this, I seen your trainer ID number.
Im not sure if you intentionally soft reset for your ID number but you made me want to do it. So, I SR until I got a 3 digit or lower number (took around 30 hours). And when I finally got a 3 digit number, it was seriously unbelievable.
My favorite pokemon has always been dragonite. And when I got my 3 digit ID number, it ended up being #149...... if you havent figured it out by now, I basically got my favorite pokemons pokedex entry number as my trainer ID.
So THANK YOU for making this video, and wish me luck on my journey
Thanks and best of luck! Yeah I reset for it. I love doing it, haha. I have a couple of really nice mirror IDs like this FireRed 00800. I have 00100 in Platinum, 16661 in Silver. It's just a little added treat to your save file to make it even more personal in my opinion.
@@Sonikks couldnt agree more man, definitely something unique to grind for I had previously never considered. Thanks again man!
Amazing stuff mate !!!! Congrats on the shiny Charmander 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Congrats on this sick shiny Steve, and day pyramid id is on point as usual
LITERALLY JUST GOT THIS AS I WAS WATCHING YOU GET YOUR SHINY
Daaaaaaang I've been after a shiny charmander on-and-off for years throughout different games with no luck, well done man!!
Same man i got mine after 3 yeara on and off so dont give up!
Starting as you mean to go on I hope... under odds! Congrats on your caramel Charmander 🧡
Shiny gen 1 starters in Colosseum is so cool, thanks for showcasing it in there.
What an amazing shiny, congrats dude
Have you considered trading them to XD instead of Coloseum? The models look much better in that game
The models are identical to Colosseum in XD. They won't look any different and I generally prefer Colosseum as a game.
Congrats and love your dtq team for it. Also I am loving the 3rd gen shinies keep it up!
I've been reseting for a shiny Charmander since September 2018 and still nothing :(
Congrats, Steve!
Oof
Dude I’m doing this hunt right now, I’m hoping I can get this soon as well :) Shiny Charizard all the way!
This video reminds me when I got my shiny charmander in leaf green, such a great feeling. I’m pretty sure it was under 300 resets too! ✨ charizard will always be an iconic shiny
Can I ask to explain if you reset on Ds lite?
AntonOkhvat A B start select all at the same time
AntonOkhvat of course! nah i played it on my advance SP i have since used a DS lite to reset in future hunts though!
Congrats on the charmander! So excited for this
Dear Lord. The patience required for a DTQ with full odds
Funny enough, I'm doing my own Fire Red DTQ right now. xD My fourth target is Male Nidoran/Nidorino, and I'm planning on hunting for it as part of Safari Week this year. Can't wait to see the rest of these hunts! Congrats on this lil' dragon!
nice pfp
Idk why, but I really enjoy watching your shiny hunts
Congrats on the quick charmander! Just got mine last week in soulsilver after 9,475 srs. Good luck on arbok.
nice to see you get a QUICK shiny starter hunt after the previous stubborn ones
Sonniks:I’m going to be targeting a charmander Charmander: I’m reporting you!
Please never stop making Gen 3 content. Loving these hunts. Congrats on the shiny.
Can't get much better than that, congrats!
Awesome get sonniks! Struggling to find my shiny Suicune in soul silver, not counting SRs but am well over odds now
I love to watch Sonikks' videos when i shiny hunt.
Can’t wait to see Sonikks complete the rest of his DTQ :)
not gunna lie I got a lil startled seeing your trainer ID because it’s nearly exactly the same as my ruby dtq file with 08000
Congrats on the quick shiny mander!
Major congratz! You deserve a short hunt after that bulbasaur.
My shiny Charmander for my SBQ (2270 SR's) was also Naive nature!! Only difference is that mine was a female! Can't wait to see the rest of these hunts!
I am also shiny hinting charmander in Pokemon fire red.I got in less than 1000 resets but reseted on it so I am shiny hunting again for it. Btw congrats on the shiny and inspiring me to hunt again!
It took me nearly triple this in X and fricking Y. Grats on the quick shiny!
Niceee! I got this a couple months back in February after 3,832 SRs good stuff! Still going for Squirtle currently, took quite a big break.
Just started a Squirtle hunt. Thanks for the inspiration!
Good luck!
@@Sonikks thank you!
Congrats. That's a cool looking line up you got there.
Oh man I've been hunting this lizard for like 2 years on-and-off. I've been trying super hard the past week and no luck yet.
I have a question:
I’m shiny hunting Lugia in Soul Silver, and have been soft resetting in front of him after the kimono girls do there dance. What I want to know is if I can KO or run away, and shiny hunt him after I beat the league. I’m afraid that after I view him as a non-shiny, then he won’t ever be a shiny again.
Good question, I'd like to know that too.
I tested this with ho-oh on my spare file of HG after i caught the shiny one in the main story. As far as I can see when i catch it the stats and nature are different when i SR and catch it again. Theoretically you can shiny hunt it.
Nice dude, I started my DTQ on leafgreen last year and finished it last month, 3 mons of mine was also Charizard Jolteon and Dragonite, the other three were Alakazam Gyarados and marowak
I've been binging and loving your videos and these make me really want to start shiny hunting haha
The only shiny I ever saw/caught was a shiny linoone, route 119 in Emerald wayyyback in the days
Just a question if I may: How do you keep 'track' of your counter? Do you just click a button every time you reset or is there a kind of program that recognizes when you reset?
Yay! You’re spoiling us with so many new gen 3 DTQs! 2 more in 1 week, plus the Milotic to finish the last! I’m so excited! Looking forwards to more! :D
Congrats! Shiny Charizard looks sick in Orre!
Nice shiny! Congrats mate!
Top Tier shiny, my friend. Absolutely gorgeous
Good luck with DTQ! Cant wait to see your shiny ekans evovle to arbok.🙂
Can't wait to see more of this dream quest!
Do you just save right before you pick up charmander?
Yes dude. Reset until shiny. Simple.
@@Sonikks awesome
Bro love the content appreciate the grind I’m so impatient I couldn’t do it 😂
Friick
I suddenly remembered my horrible past from fire red, 2nd time I played it on my phone
After I got the parcel from the poke Mart I have to deliver it to prof Oak, on my way there at the last patch of grass I frickin encountered a shiny Pidgey... My very first shiny on all my Pokemon games... I'll never forget that day.
Since everyone is sharing their shiny experiences, I figure I'll share mine. I went to the Lake of Rage to help lance hunt down team rockets nefarious doings and saw a Gyarados, he was red! I ended up catching it.
no way bro
Damn I heard that one is really hard to get, majority of the time it's a regular gyarados floating in the lake of rage lol. 😂😂😂
One of my favorite shinies. I don't care if it's overrated!
Extremely excited for this dream team hunt, absolutely love 3rd gen
WOW that was fast, i got one by accident in a normal run of this game Congrats man
Congrats on the quick shiny hunt. GG
Hey i just started my run for a shiny charmander on my 2 gameboys! after how much soft resets should i reset the file, or not at all? some said 100
Don't reset the file. No file is better than the other. It's all 1/8192. Good luck, hope it's a quick one. Don't stop until it shines.
@@Sonikks aightt👌🏽🔥ill hit u up once i get it
I remember when I got mine. Took me months. I was sitting on the floor barely paying attention to the game watching tv. I flipped a shit.
Awesome man!!! I got inspired so I did the exact same hunt, Docile Shiny Charmander after a very swift 1.120 SR's! :)
Nice work!
This will be a fun hunt series
Hello. Congrats on that Shiny Charmander! I am trying this on the Analogue Pocket. I am constantly loading save states over and over and I noticed that the pokemon's nature is changing each time. I assume the RNG is changing up each time?
Congrats major! Waiting for the rest of the quest, good luck on that!
Love this shiny dream team quest. Will you ever fight the elite 4 respectful for each gen Sonikks?