This video is really taking off! Thank you everyone. I am currently building a team to take on the Battle Frontier in Emerald. Would love if you checked out my new videos on that adventure!
I'm 26 and I've recently just been getting on a nostalgia trip with Pokemon. I'm playing Pokemon Scarlet right now and I started to wonder if people are still excited about the older Pokemon games that I grew up with - and if they're still putting time in it. I'm glad that i found this video because it's such a trip back in time!
Love the nostalgia trips! Yeaa the older games still excite me haha and it seems like others as well. Currently battling the battle frontier in emerald. Will post videos on that soon too! Super fun
Mad respect man, going legit on a single game. I moved all my pokemon from 3ds into home a while back and they are safe and sound, would love to buy a used SP and rerun all pokemon games.
@@ELMolliezHe probably meant the GBA emulator on it and the DS one. Also you can just play 'em on PC on an emulator, you'll also have speed hack and save states.
This is such a nice video, literally how I feel going through my own shinies and other Pokémon in gen 3 games. Thanks, this will be an amazing time capsule.
happy you enjoyed! These games are timeless. I am still grinding today! Not this summer but next summer I plan on doing a 10 year save file video. Crazy how much time has passed
I just saw a video of a guy explaining EXACTLY what you need to complete the Dex in Emerald, and the cost for things was well over 1000dlls. So I applaud your beautiful and hard earned old-school no bullshit no hacks just good ol' thumbs sweat, game achievements. You're amazing man.
I love this youtube channel so much, this style of video where you are recording your game with a camera and going in depth with your save file, and all of the videos where you show your notebook or sticky notes are just elite, man.
Such a chill video man. 29 years old and I've been playing since OG Red version. Currently replaying Soul Silver and seeing your Metagross I want to shiny hunt my fav pokemon Metagross now. Even though HGSS, Platinum and B2W2 are all my top three favs (HGSS being the best imo) I remember putting in the most hours in Leaf Green as a kid and this brought me back.
Back in 2004, when I was only 5-6 yrs old this was my first own pokemon game and also had like thousands of hours on it. It's like you said, a safe place for me. It's also quite challenging to this day. I really enjoyed the video, thanks for showing us the savefile, I am sure my 6 year old me would be hella jealous. :)
It gets super deep. I try to not dive tooo deep because it becomes a numbers game and becomes a little much. Maybe this is too much for people however its just right for me haha
@@cleverman383 for now yea but i have all the ds and 3ds games. I want to do some videos on HGSS and Platinum but i dont have enough time for everything. So in the future ill be able to play those more!
I have a 1k hour long save on Crystal, still on my 3Ds. Been thinking about transfering everything to home and just leave it there, but didn't think there was another mad soul to do something similar, congrats (:
Your channel name doesn’t lie, the sticky notes were definitely a nostalgia trip. Made me remember writing down codes for old GBA games that didn’t have save files but codes for every level
Thanks for making this and sharing it, what an incredible save file You've made. I've played more than a thousand hours of gen 3, mostly FR/LG and not ever had a shiny encounter, so this video is like opium to Me.
thanks for watching happy you enjoyed the video! I have been breeding pokemon for the elite four in emerald and I have been wanting to make a video on that for some time. By the end of the month I hope to have something released! Over 1000 hours and no shiny!?? that is surprising! I would think you would have seen at least 1 by now but then again it is rare
I know, but I'm not sore about it. My anticipation remains high and My inner Ketchum remains vigillant. Your vids have helped Me keep heart for continued searching, so thanks a lot for that. Love the sound of a video about eggs and breeding pokemon, I've made super teams that way, It'll be great to see what You've raised 🍻
Awesome video 👏 Glad it’s getting recognition. It was really cool to see what you’ve collected on your FR and hear the stories of each! Now I want to reclaim shiny Beldum so I can have a shiny Metagross 🤣 Looks so good
really love this, dude. Fire Red was the first real video game I ever played. got it handed down from my older cousin along with his gba. I still have it to this day.
must have alot of memories with the game! This was also my first video game every. I saw my friend and his brother playing it in like kindergarten. Was one of the coolest things ive ever seen lool
@nostalgicnighthawk yeah the rebattle system in emerald sucks too so that doesn't help. Even rebattling wally takes forever. The league isn't that strong so it takes even longer. At least in ruby and sapphire the sky pillar has high level wild pokemon unlike emerald. And firered and leafgreen have the league going into the 70s in a rematch.
I love seeing the progress people make in a game that they've played for years, in one save. All of the items they accumulated, their stats etc. Clearly, you sunk a lot of time and effort into the game and I can respect that.
Its nice to see the journey over time! Next year it will be 10 years and that is crazy to think about. Its weird almost! Yea a lot of time in these games and you can tell with the amount of berries i have from the pick up ability XD
Holy shit I did/am doing the exact same things and strategies. You have my respect- can't wait to complete the dex and be done with it. Gonna frame the certificate on my wall. I have huge respect for your long run of work.
lets goo! Its a massive accomplishment to complete the dex. I still need a few pokes still from collesum but it will happen eventually. How far are you into your journey?
Nice work. I never caught all the Pokemon in Fire Red like you but I remember there were these kids back in the day when I was in grade school talking about resetting their game for 2 hours and getting a Shiny and I started doing that back in 2012, so for me it was before Shiny Hunting was trending and only "loser's who can't get girlfriends" were the ones devoting several hundreds of hours in one Pokemon save file, or multiple each. I started off doing Reset Hunts in HeartGold, SoulSilver, and Platinum, then started Pokemon White doing a lot of Masuda Methods. Found myself getting fascinated in Gen 3 all over again in 2019, caught 5% Shiny Haunter in Lost Cave, Caught Shiny Slugma in Mt. Ember, than found myself Hatching a Shiny Scuirtle in Emerald with Mist, Refresh, and Mirror Coat with Egg Moves and taught him Counter with Move Tutor, at the time the only way to get a Shiny Scuirtle with Counter and Mirror Coat (and sorry my "cue" key is broken). Then Gen 3 Hard Mode didn't stop, got Shiny Nidorino and Nidorina from Safari Zone trying to get Shiny Scyther in a Safari Ball, then I got Shiny Shadow Cuilava, and Shiny Shadow Raikou, in Colosseum, both without the Master Ball, Raikou was 9 minute to a whopping 21 Minute Resets, ended up getting them both in Premier and Timer Balls, Cuilava went over odds but lucked out with Raikou he was in between 3000 going onto 4000 Resets, 505 Hours Total. I'm the first person in the world to get him in an English game without RNG Abuse. Just seeing your Shiny Collection but also seeing your EV Trained Pokemon brought nostalgia up from little kid me and adult me. Thank you for sharing :D
i finished my fire red with all pokemon caught about a year ago. took me 2-3 years to complete. After that i tranfsered all my pokemon to my pokemon pearl. And i got complete pokedex on that too. gen 3 and gen 4 are my favorite games😁😁. Also, very nice video, no annoying background music, chill voice. good game!
nice! It takes a while i knoww. Honestly Gen 4 games are all awesome its hard to pick a fav for me. HGSS had so much content but platinum was so fun too. I put most of my hours in SS and Diamond. I havent been playing too much of those because I have been doing this gen but I want to make videos on those as well
this is so awesome. i recently picked up my original firered cartridge again. it has about 300 hours on it and the save file is from when I was in elementary school 😵💫just finished filling the kanto dex and now im gearing up to complete the national dex and get the other star! this was an awesome video, cheers!
Awesome, I got a full living dex in X, took me 2 years of catching breeding & trading, I think all 1000h save files in all games are GOATed and yours is no exception, love the shinies
So much respect brother I only ever played sapphire and emerald as a kid, as an adult I decided I wave experience early Pokemon games in chronological order, my plan is to play up to BW2 starting with FR as my first gen 1 experience. Now I’m not a kid anymore I want to try optimise my playthrough, so I’ve only just started dipping my toes into things like IVs, EVs etc, it’s pretty overwhelming, there’s so damn much information to learn, but your videos feel like such a good companion to watch as you’re playing from a very similar angle of just wanting to play the games to their faaarthest limit and create a save file which belongs in a damn museum (seriously though, amazing work with all those shinies!!) I’ve only just discovered your channel but I’m hoping you might have some more informational content on FRLG, I’ll watch through the playlist!
Sapphire was the first game I got a full odds shiny in. I remember being at my grandma house and was loss to what it was. It was a brown golbat. Internet was limited back then so shiny pokémon were basically unknown. The red gyarados was more of a event and nobody called it shiny
Love this video man! I've put so many hours into gen 3 and got some awesome shinies along the way. Just trying to make my way through the battle frontier myself and managed my first gold symbol just last month!
Really nice collection, there's something very cool about having all that progress on an original cartridge, even if it's just a personal challenge. As a teen I had a silver cartridge, was only 3 or 4 away from a full dex that I spent hundreds of hours in. As I had a neighbour with a Japanese parent, they'd often ask them to take their game to get event pokemon when home for work, which they'd then trade with me. One day while playing sat at our neighbour's poolside, their cat hit my hand and I dropped it into their swimming pool which killed the console and the cartridge, maybe as an adult I'd have taken it apart and cleaned it and maybe saved it but as a kid I just dried it with a hairdryer which may have resulted in it's death a lot more than the water, might be one of the few people to get that much progress while the cartridge battery was still working completely fine.
Gen 3 is pretty much the best gen to have shinies. No methods. No shiny charm. No increased rate of getting one. Just pure grinding, patience, determination, perserverance and a whole lot of luck. Congrats man
Cool video, it's fun hearing you talk about your extensive experience with the game, and I definitely appreciate it's all legit.. Do yourself a big favour and backup your save ASAP if you haven't yet!
Thanks! Yes it is a GRIND haha. Also I recently did myself that favor. I have this save file backed up in like 5 locations haha! A weight has been lifted off my shoulder.
I personally can only play Pokemon up to Gen 5. So for me this is great work. I spent a ton of time in both Emerald and Black 2, completing the pokedex and collecting shinies. Gen 2 is probably my favorite for shiny hunting, as the odds are significantly better than any other game.
I recently played through Emerald again to get the footage for my covers and I forgot how challenging it was compared to the newer games, but I loved it!
Dude, I respect your pokemon gameplay so much, keeping it OG, I'm still playing my Old Pokemon games especially Heartgold since Gen 2 is my favorite and Tyranitar is my favorite pokemon and Ho-oh my favorite legendary
@@nostalgicnighthawk ur voice is very good. But cannot compare to the whisper come on. I recently started playing hearthgold again. Man that game brings back many memories.
Hey man seeing your love for Pokémon is sick , I had an emerald I worked for two years and somebody stole it from my locker at work!! Seeing your progress bought book memories i hope your rayquaza gets that 400!! Much love from Compton ❤️
Had the same thing happen. Id bring my gba and fire red to school play it on the bus and lunch etc. in Mississippi at the school we didn't have lockers so our bags would be kept at our desks and some kid stole it, i got the game boy back but not the cartridge
First time im seeing your vids, but im super into Pokemon amd ygo and ngl you def make me wanna give the pokedex challenge another go! Definately subbing to see your future content!
Man, your passion really shows here. It's really inspiring, and makes me want to do something similar in my current Emerald/FireRed runs so I can come out of it with a few strong teams for battle towers/post game. I remember going absolutely balls to the wall in Diamond/Platinum/SoulSilver back in the day. I had shinies on shinies because I did lots of RNG manipulation (but no actual hacking per se). I think the only real hacking I did was I used my Diamond as my "dumpster" game where I always gave myself infinite rare candies. breed/catch in Platinum/SoulSilver, raise in those games, then transfer over to Diamond to bump to lvl 100 so I could actually use the mons in battles. I couldn't imagine grinding them to 100 normally. I guess E4 and Red battles in HGSS could work but it felt like a time sink. lol
thanks! Yea i love these games. I highly recommend grinding them!. Gen 4 games are so fun too. Yeaaa the level grinding is a hugeee time sink. I totally get not wasting the time to do it. I cant wait to start playing hgss/DPP again. I will soon!
I relate so much to the restarting. I always beat the elite four and raised my favorite Pokemon to level 100. Then it always felt more exciting to start the adventure all over.
@@nostalgicnighthawk Right now I'm working on completing the Kanto Dex then the National Dex. After that I just want to work on battling and EV training. It's pretty much what I work on after a long stressful day at work.
It's truly admirable all the effort and dedication this man put into the game. Considering that nowadays it's very easy to hack the game and use emulators and programs to obtain shinies and Pokémon with perfect IVs without the need for grinding or spending hours, it's admirable and you can see the love he has for the game and Pokémon to dedicate so much to this. I was like that too when I was younger. In my Pokémon games, I used to grind and grind and use various legitimate methods to obtain shinies and Pokémon with perfect IVs. Congratulations! Good job.♥
@@nostalgicnighthawk got bored i think and played other games. I play pokemon since i was 7 years old and now I am 32 I started playing pokemon red and blue in my GBC... then played all poke games until now that I have the Nintendo switch purple/violet, but I don't play meta anymore ur videos made me feel nostalgic and I downloaded a gba emulator and games lol
maybe pokemmo might be sth for you. Its basically every region from 1-5 with other people around the world. Its really cool and feels super nostalgic for me.@@joelgrebinsilvestri
At 50 hrs rn on my leaf green (technically 100-150+). I sre for my shiny charmander, i have the kanto dex completed and im currently going for shiny eevee, oml i hope it doesnt take as long as yours lol. Thanks for sharing your save file! One of my all time favorite games! :)
Beautiful dedication! Just wondering, have you ever played with the wireless adapter with other people? I’ve heard stories about it that there was a option to chat, trade and fight other players in a server of 30 people thanks to the wireless adapter.
Thanks! And i havent done that since high school. I traded with some friend for the starters! There is some weird room you can enter and chat and stuff. Its janky haha. I never had more than like 3 people in a room at once
@@nostalgicnighthawk that sounds cool! Wished people played this during a convention and recorded it. Would be so nice to see it in action. Good luck with the progress!
Damn, I don't know how many hours I have dumped into those games but I'm far from that xD Usually I quit the generation about 100 to 150 hours into it.
Awesome video! A lot of nostalgia there. I have an old fire red that has a shiny blastoise and shiny nidoking which I found as a nidoran in the safari zone on it. It’s on my channel. I also have a leaf green with a shiny charizard. Love how it looks in 3rd gen
Loved this! Was really cool to see how much love you put into this game. Did you end up finding the shiny Larvitar by now? If not yet, best of luck on the journey!!
Gotta give it to you for staying legit, I have my emerald set up with my id and sid so I can just search and time my shinies in gen 3. I wouldn't be doing any shiny hunt in ruby/sapphire/emerald the old fashion way. 😂
Man no joke I probably played Sapphire 3-4 hours everyday for like 8 years. I would beat the game then do a reset and make completely different teams just to see how everything worked together. Makes me wanna buy it again and start playing lol
did the same man haha it crazy how many people did this instead of just sticking with a save file! I think that initial rush of a new adventure is what made us do it. Im itching for a new save file right now. Highly recommend playing again. Takes me back to being a kid every time i pick these games up!
Amazing job! This is like every teenager/kid dream that played that during the 2000s. By the way, you kept mentioning there’s a way to give yourself tickets for those Pokémon events (to get Lugia, mew, etc). Do you know any video where there’s a explanation on that?
I've started playing firered on original cartridge about one year ago. And yeah what a feeling i amways go back to this game. I recently bought a used emerald and the pokedex is almost completed i just can't erase this savefile haha
This game (firered) is one of my favourite remasters, but also 2-D sprites, colors, etc. don’t get me wrong, I am a sucker for OG Yellow and Blue, but Red was inferior.
Loved the video, Im sure others have said this already but you can do the pomeg berry glitch to unlock the events on emerald, that can end of giving u deoxys, mew and I think it can get u to hatch celebi and jirachi! I did it myself and now I have a shiny deoxys and mew so really recommend it.
thankss! And yeaa people have mentioned it. I actual just got an R4 card to back up my save files and I have the events on my computer so I will give them to myself soon!
Amazing!! I’m losing motivation on the game, already completed Kanto Pokédex and now playing emerald to complete the rest. What else can you do in fire red? Is is worth it to EV train if there is no objective? How do you stay motivated??
Try the battle frontier! A lot of good challenges. You can always just breed for natures and EV train for fun to get high stat pokemons. There doesnt really need to be an objective. But id say the battle frontier is worth grinding. I wouldnt say I am motivated to do anything in this game. I just chip away at it and find it fun. I try to not play too much so I feel overwhelmed, if that makes sense
@@nostalgicnighthawk 100% I spent most of Covid playing platinum. Just training up pokemon who I thought were cool. Feel like the sprite designs just made them look so much cooler..
i played omega fire red i belive and that was FUN! It had aron, bagon, and LARVITAR in Mt.Moon. Emerald Kaizo was cool too but I didnt get far into it. I would go back and do that again.@@yogaflame7884
@@nostalgicnighthawk Yeah i need to check omega out, looks good. If youre looking for gen 2 rom hack i'd recommend storm silver. Although normal gen 2 has red at the end which is pretty damn hard on its own lol. Unless you grind a bit.
This is dope man, im playing fire red and i now realized im no near this level. Could you tell me how you got the johto pokemon cause i thought you can only trade between FR&LG and RES. Thanks in adv
How did you soft reset for rayquaza and metagross? I thought Emeralds RNG was set from when you load the save file so you would always be hitting the same frames. Is there a workaround you used?
i have played 3 pokemon games casually and just encountered my first shiny yesterday on my modded new 3ds in pokemon oras. It was a shiny dodu and I fumbled with only pokeball left. I have tried encountering again for a day now. I just understood how rare shinies really are.
This video is really taking off! Thank you everyone. I am currently building a team to take on the Battle Frontier in Emerald. Would love if you checked out my new videos on that adventure!
This video randomly came up on my feed and I’m glad it did! Awesome shiny mons!
I'd love to hear about your journey in Emerald also!
@@cleverman383 new video maybe a week or 2. I am about to finish the team. Then we will take on some of the battle frontier challenges
Ya u get the map in galar without scams and modification in pokemon emerald.
What was that guide book you showed
I'm 26 and I've recently just been getting on a nostalgia trip with Pokemon. I'm playing Pokemon Scarlet right now and I started to wonder if people are still excited about the older Pokemon games that I grew up with - and if they're still putting time in it. I'm glad that i found this video because it's such a trip back in time!
Love the nostalgia trips! Yeaa the older games still excite me haha and it seems like others as well. Currently battling the battle frontier in emerald. Will post videos on that soon too! Super fun
Bro I just dusted off my old game boy advance haha
@@thorporter8319 hope you have fun with it!
I recently got back into a Platinum file from 2019.
@@nathandevane1725 nice!
Mad respect man, going legit on a single game. I moved all my pokemon from 3ds into home a while back and they are safe and sound, would love to buy a used SP and rerun all pokemon games.
DOO itttt. I love the GBA SP the most. I recently got that analog pocket so I can play gba games. Its awesome but the SP is so nostalgic to hold
You can play all the Pokémon games til gen 8 on your 3ds if you mod it
@@cZdrik i do have a 3ds. That be a cool thing to try
@@cZdrik you mean like with an S4 card ?
@@ELMolliezHe probably meant the GBA emulator on it and the DS one. Also you can just play 'em on PC on an emulator, you'll also have speed hack and save states.
the passion really shows in this. keep it up, man. love seeing people like you still playing these old games.
Thanks! Yes i love these games a lottt. Love when i see people enjoying these games still as well
This is such a nice video, literally how I feel going through my own shinies and other Pokémon in gen 3 games. Thanks, this will be an amazing time capsule.
happy you enjoyed! These games are timeless. I am still grinding today! Not this summer but next summer I plan on doing a 10 year save file video. Crazy how much time has passed
Dude has the coolest Gen 3 collection, makes me very nostalgic for much simpler times.
miss those days too
I just saw a video of a guy explaining EXACTLY what you need to complete the Dex in Emerald, and the cost for things was well over 1000dlls. So I applaud your beautiful and hard earned old-school no bullshit no hacks just good ol' thumbs sweat, game achievements. You're amazing man.
thank you Yes we keep it real haha. Feels accomplishing to have worked on these games for so long. Like a childhood dream almost
I love this youtube channel so much, this style of video where you are recording your game with a camera and going in depth with your save file, and all of the videos where you show your notebook or sticky notes are just elite, man.
Such a chill video man. 29 years old and I've been playing since OG Red version. Currently replaying Soul Silver and seeing your Metagross I want to shiny hunt my fav pokemon Metagross now. Even though HGSS, Platinum and B2W2 are all my top three favs (HGSS being the best imo) I remember putting in the most hours in Leaf Green as a kid and this brought me back.
shiny metagross is awesome. When i get back into HGSS, i want to get a shiny one too! Glad you feel the nostalgia too!
Back in 2004, when I was only 5-6 yrs old this was my first own pokemon game and also had like thousands of hours on it.
It's like you said, a safe place for me. It's also quite challenging to this day.
I really enjoyed the video, thanks for showing us the savefile, I am sure my 6 year old me would be hella jealous. :)
Great video, didnt realize pokemon was this deep
It gets super deep. I try to not dive tooo deep because it becomes a numbers game and becomes a little much. Maybe this is too much for people however its just right for me haha
@@nostalgicnighthawk The types of people who will love this video would likely enjoy you getting even deeper into it in a follow up video ;)
@@cleverman383 I got some other vidssss. Iv/ev training for battle frontier now.
@@nostalgicnighthawk Awesome! I'll check it out! Do you exclusively play 3rd gen?
@@cleverman383 for now yea but i have all the ds and 3ds games. I want to do some videos on HGSS and Platinum but i dont have enough time for everything. So in the future ill be able to play those more!
I have a 1k hour long save on Crystal, still on my 3Ds. Been thinking about transfering everything to home and just leave it there, but didn't think there was another mad soul to do something similar, congrats (:
haha i personally would keep it on the OG file but u do u!
Your channel name doesn’t lie, the sticky notes were definitely a nostalgia trip. Made me remember writing down codes for old GBA games that didn’t have save files but codes for every level
Thanks for making this and sharing it, what an incredible save file You've made. I've played more than a thousand hours of gen 3, mostly FR/LG and not ever had a shiny encounter, so this video is like opium to Me.
thanks for watching happy you enjoyed the video! I have been breeding pokemon for the elite four in emerald and I have been wanting to make a video on that for some time. By the end of the month I hope to have something released!
Over 1000 hours and no shiny!?? that is surprising! I would think you would have seen at least 1 by now but then again it is rare
I know, but I'm not sore about it. My anticipation remains high and My inner Ketchum remains vigillant. Your vids have helped Me keep heart for continued searching, so thanks a lot for that.
Love the sound of a video about eggs and breeding pokemon, I've made super teams that way, It'll be great to see what You've raised 🍻
@@louisimission2153 Tell us when you find a shiny mate
@@cachedreamer You bet 👍 Cheers mate. I'll keep You posted if anything appears.
I love this content man. This inspired me to put many hours into my leaf green
happy you like! Love to hear your grinnndiin
Dude, this was such a nice chill video. Thanks for sharing your awesome collection and your passion for Gen 3!
Awesome bro, glad you shared this. Good luck with your future hunts 🙏🏼
thanks! glad you enjoyed!
Awesome video 👏 Glad it’s getting recognition. It was really cool to see what you’ve collected on your FR and hear the stories of each! Now I want to reclaim shiny Beldum so I can have a shiny Metagross 🤣 Looks so good
Thank you! This video is like a year old but I am thankful people finally saw it! Yea you gota get the beldum. Metagross is SO cool.
really love this, dude. Fire Red was the first real video game I ever played. got it handed down from my older cousin along with his gba. I still have it to this day.
must have alot of memories with the game! This was also my first video game every. I saw my friend and his brother playing it in like kindergarten. Was one of the coolest things ive ever seen lool
I love how easy it is to train too level 100 in firered and leafgreen. The high level trainers post game being in the 50s help alot.
@@robmalcolm8042 so much easier than in emerald IMO. I wish there was more trainers or higher levels in that game
@nostalgicnighthawk yeah the rebattle system in emerald sucks too so that doesn't help. Even rebattling wally takes forever. The league isn't that strong so it takes even longer. At least in ruby and sapphire the sky pillar has high level wild pokemon unlike emerald. And firered and leafgreen have the league going into the 70s in a rematch.
@@robmalcolm8042 yeaa emerald really needed some high level training zone! I forgot R/S has the sky pillar. That a good spot
I love seeing the progress people make in a game that they've played for years, in one save. All of the items they accumulated, their stats etc. Clearly, you sunk a lot of time and effort into the game and I can respect that.
Its nice to see the journey over time! Next year it will be 10 years and that is crazy to think about. Its weird almost! Yea a lot of time in these games and you can tell with the amount of berries i have from the pick up ability XD
Holy shit I did/am doing the exact same things and strategies. You have my respect- can't wait to complete the dex and be done with it. Gonna frame the certificate on my wall. I have huge respect for your long run of work.
lets goo! Its a massive accomplishment to complete the dex. I still need a few pokes still from collesum but it will happen eventually. How far are you into your journey?
@@nostalgicnighthawk I've done hoenn, all that's left is to complete frlg 3 times for the legendary dogs and once for the Pokédex. Thanks for asking!
sweet!
Nice work. I never caught all the Pokemon in Fire Red like you but I remember there were these kids back in the day when I was in grade school talking about resetting their game for 2 hours and getting a Shiny and I started doing that back in 2012, so for me it was before Shiny Hunting was trending and only "loser's who can't get girlfriends" were the ones devoting several hundreds of hours in one Pokemon save file, or multiple each. I started off doing Reset Hunts in HeartGold, SoulSilver, and Platinum, then started Pokemon White doing a lot of Masuda Methods. Found myself getting fascinated in Gen 3 all over again in 2019, caught 5% Shiny Haunter in Lost Cave, Caught Shiny Slugma in Mt. Ember, than found myself Hatching a Shiny Scuirtle in Emerald with Mist, Refresh, and Mirror Coat with Egg Moves and taught him Counter with Move Tutor, at the time the only way to get a Shiny Scuirtle with Counter and Mirror Coat (and sorry my "cue" key is broken).
Then Gen 3 Hard Mode didn't stop, got Shiny Nidorino and Nidorina from Safari Zone trying to get Shiny Scyther in a Safari Ball, then I got Shiny Shadow Cuilava, and Shiny Shadow Raikou, in Colosseum, both without the Master Ball, Raikou was 9 minute to a whopping 21 Minute Resets, ended up getting them both in Premier and Timer Balls, Cuilava went over odds but lucked out with Raikou he was in between 3000 going onto 4000 Resets, 505 Hours Total. I'm the first person in the world to get him in an English game without RNG Abuse.
Just seeing your Shiny Collection but also seeing your EV Trained Pokemon brought nostalgia up from little kid me and adult me. Thank you for sharing :D
This is incredible, thank you for making this video and bringing back memories. Please keep at it, much love
i finished my fire red with all pokemon caught about a year ago. took me 2-3 years to complete. After that i tranfsered all my pokemon to my pokemon pearl. And i got complete pokedex on that too. gen 3 and gen 4 are my favorite games😁😁.
Also, very nice video, no annoying background music, chill voice. good game!
nice! It takes a while i knoww. Honestly Gen 4 games are all awesome its hard to pick a fav for me. HGSS had so much content but platinum was so fun too. I put most of my hours in SS and Diamond. I havent been playing too much of those because I have been doing this gen but I want to make videos on those as well
Exactly what I did with emerald and Soulsilver. Once I got gold on every battle frontier brain I transferred everything to soulsilver.
The inclusion of background music made this video even better. Great job, really enjoyed this.
this is so awesome. i recently picked up my original firered cartridge again. it has about 300 hours on it and the save file is from when I was in elementary school 😵💫just finished filling the kanto dex and now im gearing up to complete the national dex and get the other star! this was an awesome video, cheers!
thats a lot of hours! must have felt nostalgic AF picking that save file up. Keep me posted on your progress!
Awesome, I got a full living dex in X, took me 2 years of catching breeding & trading, I think all 1000h save files in all games are GOATed and yours is no exception, love the shinies
So much respect brother
I only ever played sapphire and emerald as a kid, as an adult I decided I wave experience early Pokemon games in chronological order, my plan is to play up to BW2 starting with FR as my first gen 1 experience.
Now I’m not a kid anymore I want to try optimise my playthrough, so I’ve only just started dipping my toes into things like IVs, EVs etc, it’s pretty overwhelming, there’s so damn much information to learn, but your videos feel like such a good companion to watch as you’re playing from a very similar angle of just wanting to play the games to their faaarthest limit and create a save file which belongs in a damn museum (seriously though, amazing work with all those shinies!!)
I’ve only just discovered your channel but I’m hoping you might have some more informational content on FRLG, I’ll watch through the playlist!
Sapphire was the first game I got a full odds shiny in. I remember being at my grandma house and was loss to what it was. It was a brown golbat. Internet was limited back then so shiny pokémon were basically unknown. The red gyarados was more of a event and nobody called it shiny
Love this video man! I've put so many hours into gen 3 and got some awesome shinies along the way. Just trying to make my way through the battle frontier myself and managed my first gold symbol just last month!
nice congrats! what shinies do you have??
I've got Charizard, Ponyta, Mew, Ledyba, Azumarill and Swampert. There's something about hunting in these games that I just adore @@nostalgicnighthawk
Solid video! Pokemon Emerald is my favorite saving to buy another copy of it to play a fresh game on.
Such a good game. I want another copy too but those pricess. And making sure its legit!
Ya I think pokemon emerald costs like $250 now for a legit one
@@EldenSoulsVids yeaa saw some for $200... expensive
The vibe and the nostalgia from this is awesome man
Really nice collection, there's something very cool about having all that progress on an original cartridge, even if it's just a personal challenge. As a teen I had a silver cartridge, was only 3 or 4 away from a full dex that I spent hundreds of hours in. As I had a neighbour with a Japanese parent, they'd often ask them to take their game to get event pokemon when home for work, which they'd then trade with me. One day while playing sat at our neighbour's poolside, their cat hit my hand and I dropped it into their swimming pool which killed the console and the cartridge, maybe as an adult I'd have taken it apart and cleaned it and maybe saved it but as a kid I just dried it with a hairdryer which may have resulted in it's death a lot more than the water, might be one of the few people to get that much progress while the cartridge battery was still working completely fine.
Man that is so sad to hear! Must have been a great save file though if you put that much time into it. That dang CAT.
Shiny Venomot from Safari Zone and didn't flee? Darnd!! You're so exceptional, hommie! Parabéns!!!
was SO lucky. I recognize that haha!
Yo man this is a really cool video. Thank you for sharing!
thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed
I'm loving that pokedex You've built in the computer, what a cool mission thanks for taking Us along
Glad people enjoy it!
Gen 3 is pretty much the best gen to have shinies. No methods. No shiny charm. No increased rate of getting one. Just pure grinding, patience, determination, perserverance and a whole lot of luck. Congrats man
That is one reason i love it and its so rewarding and exciting. Just raw luck.
Love seeing save files like this. This is why pokemon is great.
Old school EV training for the friggen win. I LOVE IT.
I get nostalgic every now and then whenever I see sprites nothing gamefreak makes now touches the gbc and gba pkmn games
the sprites in gen 3/4 are my favorites. IMO they progressively got lazier.
@@nostalgicnighthawk fair take 😭😭😭
Cool video, it's fun hearing you talk about your extensive experience with the game, and I definitely appreciate it's all legit.. Do yourself a big favour and backup your save ASAP if you haven't yet!
Thanks! Yes it is a GRIND haha. Also I recently did myself that favor. I have this save file backed up in like 5 locations haha! A weight has been lifted off my shoulder.
I absolutely love these videos, so neat and comfy! 🙏❤️
glad you enjoy them!
I personally can only play Pokemon up to Gen 5. So for me this is great work. I spent a ton of time in both Emerald and Black 2, completing the pokedex and collecting shinies. Gen 2 is probably my favorite for shiny hunting, as the odds are significantly better than any other game.
You are indeed, a Pokémon master.
i didnt complete my pokedex yet or get the gold symbols in emerald! I cant be yet. Soon tho
I recently played through Emerald again to get the footage for my covers and I forgot how challenging it was compared to the newer games, but I loved it!
Emerald is awesomeee, I want to reply that game but I dont want to delete my save file. But also to buy a new one is expensive!
Dude, I respect your pokemon gameplay so much, keeping it OG, I'm still playing my Old Pokemon games especially Heartgold since Gen 2 is my favorite and Tyranitar is my favorite pokemon and Ho-oh my favorite legendary
Thanks! Hgss games are fantastic. And right isnt ttar so dang cool
I can never get used to ur real voice. I've been watching too many of ur asmr and yeah;-;
XD is my voice no GOOD!
@@nostalgicnighthawk ur voice is very good. But cannot compare to the whisper come on. I recently started playing hearthgold again. Man that game brings back many memories.
@@yuanxei9358 HGSS is so goooooood, I gota get back on the SS grind. Where are u in HG right now?
@@nostalgicnighthawk crushing through Whitney atm. Always hated her. Gonna stop for a bit tho and maybe shiny hunt a ralts cuz I really like gardevoir
@@yuanxei9358 Whitney fight is stuppppid, hope the ralts shines soon if you decide to hunt
Hey man seeing your love for Pokémon is sick , I had an emerald I worked for two years and somebody stole it from my locker at work!! Seeing your progress bought book memories i hope your rayquaza gets that 400!! Much love from Compton ❤️
WOW really. I dont understand how people can do things like that. No respect for others. Thanks for enjoying!
Had the same thing happen. Id bring my gba and fire red to school play it on the bus and lunch etc. in Mississippi at the school we didn't have lockers so our bags would be kept at our desks and some kid stole it, i got the game boy back but not the cartridge
First time im seeing your vids, but im super into Pokemon amd ygo and ngl you def make me wanna give the pokedex challenge another go! Definately subbing to see your future content!
happy you found the channel! Dooo it. It is a challenge but is fun. Just do it slowly ya know. No rush
I love how these games still work after so many hours of being used. Even a phone would die faster
Man, your passion really shows here. It's really inspiring, and makes me want to do something similar in my current Emerald/FireRed runs so I can come out of it with a few strong teams for battle towers/post game.
I remember going absolutely balls to the wall in Diamond/Platinum/SoulSilver back in the day. I had shinies on shinies because I did lots of RNG manipulation (but no actual hacking per se). I think the only real hacking I did was I used my Diamond as my "dumpster" game where I always gave myself infinite rare candies. breed/catch in Platinum/SoulSilver, raise in those games, then transfer over to Diamond to bump to lvl 100 so I could actually use the mons in battles. I couldn't imagine grinding them to 100 normally. I guess E4 and Red battles in HGSS could work but it felt like a time sink. lol
thanks! Yea i love these games. I highly recommend grinding them!. Gen 4 games are so fun too. Yeaaa the level grinding is a hugeee time sink. I totally get not wasting the time to do it. I cant wait to start playing hgss/DPP again. I will soon!
I relate so much to the restarting. I always beat the elite four and raised my favorite Pokemon to level 100. Then it always felt more exciting to start the adventure all over.
it seems to be a similar things a few of us share! Nothing beats starting the adventure over. Its all about that journey!
Super awesome journey bro! thanks for uploading!! i shed a tear no cap
thanks for watching!
Love this. I'm playing through Pokemon Fire Red right now and loving it.
Niceee what you workin on in the game??
@@nostalgicnighthawk Right now I'm working on completing the Kanto Dex then the National Dex. After that I just want to work on battling and EV training. It's pretty much what I work on after a long stressful day at work.
Nice! Hope you enjoy collecting them all. Yea me too after a long day or even like a Sunday morning, these games hit the spot!@@bullfrogjay4383
Nice video I got a full 999hrs Pokemon Emerald that I still play and started it back in 2006
One of the first games I played and where I got my first pokemon up to level hundred. Love the gba color to match the game too!
surprisingly the first level 100 i ever had was in Black and White 2 XD. I used to restart the games before ever getting a pokemon that high!
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best part of the video by far
haha! I am surprised no one else commented on that!
1:20 ☺
I do exactly the same to note my EVs and I never gave up the 3rd generation since my childhood... 😊
It's truly admirable all the effort and dedication this man put into the game. Considering that nowadays it's very easy to hack the game and use emulators and programs to obtain shinies and Pokémon with perfect IVs without the need for grinding or spending hours, it's admirable and you can see the love he has for the game and Pokémon to dedicate so much to this.
I was like that too when I was younger. In my Pokémon games, I used to grind and grind and use various legitimate methods to obtain shinies and Pokémon with perfect IVs.
Congratulations! Good job.♥
I appreciate the kind and thoughtful comment! Yea man i love these games. Its hard to describe! Was there a reason you stopped playing?
@@nostalgicnighthawk got bored i think and played other games.
I play pokemon since i was 7 years old and now I am 32
I started playing pokemon red and blue in my GBC... then played all poke games until now that I have the Nintendo switch purple/violet, but I don't play meta anymore
ur videos made me feel nostalgic and I downloaded a gba emulator and games lol
@@joelgrebinsilvestri i see! I try to share how nostalgic these games are for me so i am glad you and others feel the same.
maybe pokemmo might be sth for you. Its basically every region from 1-5 with other people around the world. Its really cool and feels super nostalgic for me.@@joelgrebinsilvestri
At 50 hrs rn on my leaf green (technically 100-150+). I sre for my shiny charmander, i have the kanto dex completed and im currently going for shiny eevee, oml i hope it doesnt take as long as yours lol. Thanks for sharing your save file! One of my all time favorite games! :)
awesome to hear! Hope you get the shiny soon. What will you evolve it into??
@@nostalgicnighthawk umbreon for sure. Plan to nickname it Anakin
a wise CHOICE@@johnclabby3644
Beautiful dedication! Just wondering, have you ever played with the wireless adapter with other people? I’ve heard stories about it that there was a option to chat, trade and fight other players in a server of 30 people thanks to the wireless adapter.
Thanks! And i havent done that since high school. I traded with some friend for the starters! There is some weird room you can enter and chat and stuff. Its janky haha. I never had more than like 3 people in a room at once
@@nostalgicnighthawk that sounds cool! Wished people played this during a convention and recorded it. Would be so nice to see it in action. Good luck with the progress!
@@johnofbrabant Yeaa that would be fun to be a part of! Like 20 people in a fire red lobby!
Hey man, I recently just got into the world of Pokemon, is there any games of switch that you would recommend?
Pokémon scarlett or violet, they have the most recent updated Pokémon from all gens, excluding a few mins. Or Pokémon Arceus-open world Pokémon
@@LovemediaStyles alright, thanks lol I already have pokemon violet, I got it like 2 weeks ago and have like 30 plus hours 😭
Dedication, mad respect man.
thanks!
I feel like shiny hunting isnt the same on an emulator and all i have is an emulator. Kudos to you
Damn, I don't know how many hours I have dumped into those games but I'm far from that xD
Usually I quit the generation about 100 to 150 hours into it.
150 hours is a GOOD playthrough with these games, after that its like all that you could have done is done. HGSS is an exception!
I still play them. I just got emerald and now that’s my main. I just got to 100 hrs today. Nice collection tho!
I was so happy to see that Lv.100 Aggron!
Having to start over again and again is why I joined Pokemmo.
Awesome video! A lot of nostalgia there. I have an old fire red that has a shiny blastoise and shiny nidoking which I found as a nidoran in the safari zone on it. It’s on my channel. I also have a leaf green with a shiny charizard. Love how it looks in 3rd gen
Nice! Nidoking shiny is awesome I wish i had one. Shiny charizard sprite in Gen 3 is a favorite of mine as well!
It really is! Love how the blue looks in this gen. You should shiny hunt one in the safari zone! And right? I really like the charcoal look
Loved this! Was really cool to see how much love you put into this game. Did you end up finding the shiny Larvitar by now?
If not yet, best of luck on the journey!!
not yet... hope soon i find it!
So cool seeing the journey of a Pokémon trainer
Im on a master quest haha
Gotta give it to you for staying legit, I have my emerald set up with my id and sid so I can just search and time my shinies in gen 3. I wouldn't be doing any shiny hunt in ruby/sapphire/emerald the old fashion way. 😂
in the end it doesnt matter, whatever ones personal preference is for enjoying the game haha
Congratulations!
Do you trade between two GBAs or do you do it off a computer file? I only have one and don’t want to spend $100 on a new game boy just to trade
Man no joke I probably played Sapphire 3-4 hours everyday for like 8 years. I would beat the game then do a reset and make completely different teams just to see how everything worked together. Makes me wanna buy it again and start playing lol
did the same man haha it crazy how many people did this instead of just sticking with a save file! I think that initial rush of a new adventure is what made us do it. Im itching for a new save file right now.
Highly recommend playing again. Takes me back to being a kid every time i pick these games up!
leaf green was my favourite pokemon game
was a good one!
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I LOVE THE LONG FORM STYLE
I think 10+ min videos for this game and vibe is ideal! Thanks for the feedback
Amazing job! This is like every teenager/kid dream that played that during the 2000s. By the way, you kept mentioning there’s a way to give yourself tickets for those Pokémon events (to get Lugia, mew, etc). Do you know any video where there’s a explanation on that?
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this is the video i have saved as a reference!
@@nostalgicnighthawk this is super helpful, thanks mate!
The only shiny I’ve ever gotten in leaf green was a shiny krabby 😂 it was on accident too
random shinies are the best!
I've started playing firered on original cartridge about one year ago.
And yeah what a feeling i amways go back to this game.
I recently bought a used emerald and the pokedex is almost completed i just can't erase this savefile haha
Its a magical feeling haha. Yes dont erase! It gets tempting sometimes for some reason
Cool video. I wish I had that kind of patience
it takes a while but slowly over time developing the save file is a fun timeee
you just earned my respect
Such an amazing collection!
thanks! Still working on it. No new shinies though :(
This game (firered) is one of my favourite remasters, but also 2-D sprites, colors, etc. don’t get me wrong, I am a sucker for OG Yellow and Blue, but Red was inferior.
Now this guy knows how to enjoy a hobby!
I love the pencil and paper brother keep at it ❤
So you keep all your good pokemon (shinies, pokedex, etc) on fire red rather than emerald?
Loved the video, Im sure others have said this already but you can do the pomeg berry glitch to unlock the events on emerald, that can end of giving u deoxys, mew and I think it can get u to hatch celebi and jirachi! I did it myself and now I have a shiny deoxys and mew so really recommend it.
thankss! And yeaa people have mentioned it. I actual just got an R4 card to back up my save files and I have the events on my computer so I will give them to myself soon!
Amazing!! I’m losing motivation on the game, already completed Kanto Pokédex and now playing emerald to complete the rest. What else can you do in fire red? Is is worth it to EV train if there is no objective? How do you stay motivated??
Try the battle frontier! A lot of good challenges. You can always just breed for natures and EV train for fun to get high stat pokemons. There doesnt really need to be an objective. But id say the battle frontier is worth grinding.
I wouldnt say I am motivated to do anything in this game. I just chip away at it and find it fun. I try to not play too much so I feel overwhelmed, if that makes sense
Amazing save file!
Look into my soul 1:59
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That was legit pretty fucking cool
thankssss
The older games defs feel more rewarding when catching rare pokemon or training pokemon to level 100
100% agree, the difficulty is what made it purposeful!
@@nostalgicnighthawk 100%
I spent most of Covid playing platinum. Just training up pokemon who I thought were cool. Feel like the sprite designs just made them look so much cooler..
@@nostalgicnighthawk Theres mods for fire red and other games which crack up the difficulty even more which is fun.
i played omega fire red i belive and that was FUN! It had aron, bagon, and LARVITAR in Mt.Moon. Emerald Kaizo was cool too but I didnt get far into it. I would go back and do that again.@@yogaflame7884
@@nostalgicnighthawk Yeah i need to check omega out, looks good. If youre looking for gen 2 rom hack i'd recommend storm silver. Although normal gen 2 has red at the end which is pretty damn hard on its own lol. Unless you grind a bit.
This is dope man, im playing fire red and i now realized im no near this level. Could you tell me how you got the johto pokemon cause i thought you can only trade between FR&LG and RES.
Thanks in adv
you can get a lot of johto pokes in emerald safari zone! I also traded between XD on gamecube
How did you soft reset for rayquaza and metagross? I thought Emeralds RNG was set from when you load the save file so you would always be hitting the same frames. Is there a workaround you used?
I did it in sapphire! Yea emerald soft resetting is weirdd. Ruby and sapphire are fine to soft reset but your battery cannot be dead
@@nostalgicnighthawk Oh that’s huge! I have a copy of ruby so maybe I’ll try it out. Thanks so much!
happy hunting!@@joshterrybrand
you can run away in emerald and it respawn when you reenter the room without setting rng seed to 0
1000+ hours in one pokemon save file...buddy looks soulless..
Never felt more alive
Completing the trainer card is a pain. You gotta do that damn 3 player minigame.
i knowww i heard its not fun to do either
@@nostalgicnighthawk the hard part is rounding 2 other people up who are patient enough to play it lol
those are the true homies @@Archon...
I love these videos :)
how you doin!
i have played 3 pokemon games casually and just encountered my first shiny yesterday on my modded new 3ds in pokemon oras. It was a shiny dodu and I fumbled with only pokeball left. I have tried encountering again for a day now. I just understood how rare shinies really are.
getting a shiny is a pleasant surprise! Stinks you didnt get it tho :( Hope another one shines!