I am not even exaggerating when I say this, but this video is hands down the greatest UA-cam video I have ever watched. Not even just the best Pokemon video either. You said it perfectly at the end when you dubbed this a passion project. I honestly think its so cool that you dedicated time and effort to a goal that may seem silly to some, but for you it was the result of learning, practicing and perfecting a craft. I applaud you and the achievement in this video. I'm so happy the algorithm brought me to this video and I cant wait to see what other content you produce in the future. You have earned a subscriber and I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Cheers mate! Job well done!
Thank you sincerely for this lovely comment. If I had my way, everyone who's ever played a Pokemon game would get served this video and catch a glimpse of how deep the games really can go. I poured my heart into this, and wrestled with doubts of it ever really getting enough attention to be worth the effort. So every person like you who truly appreciates that effort makes me feel like it was worth it, and maybe it does have a chance of being my first truly huge success.
Well said, dude. The sheer amount of passion and time put into this is astounding. I was going to say more but honestly I think you summed it up perfectly and really I am just left speechless after such and amazing display of dedication and passion. Papa Jefe is really an amazing person and honestly his stuff is so amazing and helpful (shiny sandwich recepies especially).
From a genetic engineering researcher who used to work with CRISPR and a gen 3 nostalgia lover, I can confidently say this was a phenomenal deep dive into a topic that mirrors gene splicing in a bizzaro world way - it’s not often that a video finds such a niche, indulgent spot to settle in my brain. Amazing work, this is the level of passion I wish everyone was able to have. Thanks for being so rad (and thanks to UA-cam for bringing me a fantastic recommendation for once in a blue moon).
@@PapaJefeYT once I get my ez cart and micro sds, I'm going to put the shiny berry zigzagoon on my emerald, ruby and sapphire carts [reproduction but still] and love them all. In emerald, I want to hunt poochyena in petalburg woods to clear my fail as a child, where I ran from a shiny poochyena
As someone who knows nothing about Pokémon glitches other than the basics, this was a confusing, yet entertaining watch, and that’s what I want all videos to feel like
As someone who, back when I was 6, somehow managed to get 99 master balls from the team aqua hideout (without using an action replay, I genuinely dont know how it happened), and in all of my 6 year old wisdom, decided to catch 99 zigzagoons, forever cementing it as my favorite pokemon, this video brings me immense happiness. Amazing work!
I mean thats actually impossible due to the games coding. You dont just "end up with 99 master balls" i bet you did have a kick ass dream that ingrained into your memory, and i do believe you could have caught 99 zigzigoons.
@@Corporalfork I literally still have my Sapphire cartridge. Its got a little over 3 boxes full of nothing but zigzagoons, all of which are in master balls. I dont know what to tell you, man. It obviously happened, Im looking at it right now
@@casualm0th Well, pokeballs arent inherited in Gen 3, but even if they were, Master Balls cant be inherited in any generation, they just get turned into Pokeballs
This is a borderline impossible nightmare of a journey that no sane person should or would ever attempt. It’s the greatest Pokémon achievement I’ve ever seen and I love it.
I heard the same. People are gonna remember this Jefe’s super cool Zigzagoon. His Zigzagoon is different from regular Zizagoon. It’s exactly as if his Zigzagoon were in the top percentage of Zigzagoon.
What an absolute GOATED video. You explained things in a way where even a dude like me who didn’t know what IVs and EVs were a week ago could understand. I can see through the sheer quality of this video how much this is means to you and the amount of work put into to researching and performing all of this. Kudos!
@@PapaJefeYT Man thank you for being so passionate about something and sharing that passion with the world. This is seriously some cool shit you’re doing.
This whole process is already a big brain + time consuming journey plus added with editing by yourself is totally a huge masterpice! I congrats you for that precious orange zags PapaJefe!
I can't even begin to describe the process of editing this. Every minute of finished video was at least 2 hours of trial\error editing, until it feels right.
I clicked on this thinking I would zone out eventually but I was hooked the entire time. You explained everything so well, and it was incredibly fun to watch. Congrats on this absolute beast of a Pokémon
Okay the more I watch the more my jaw drops, you're quiet litteraly using genome reconstruction to generate what you want. This deserves a peace prize. This will be used by future scientists as the stepping stone into discovery
Perfectly crafting the Godzagoon in a pokelab with the cutting edge of poketech, far past the time when he could fulfill his purpose and deliver his people. You better give him plenty of walks.
Incredible watch. As the owner of one of the ten-thousand current existing copies of Pokemon Box, it's crazy to think a Zigzagoon like that is even possible to obtain, let alone that someone would stumble into finding one in the infinite rng of the universe! Your knowledge and dedication is super readily apparent! I hope you find a ton of success with your future content~
This is amazing, reminds me of an actual research paper in the engaging manner you delivered the content. As a recent Biology Graduate, I loved the parallel to genetic editing you added and it was such a wonderful video. Thank you
Utterly. Insane. Incredible, truly admirable work. A masterful display of all your learnings, so elequently and clearly delivered. Blisy and yourself really are the bastion of RNG knowledge for the english-speaking pokemon community, and videos of this quality and clarity really do well in growing the community and making things more rewarding, engaging and accessible. Bravo, my dude. And yes, I absolutely want to see a breakdown on the Unown hunting in more detail.
As a graduated Computer Science student, working as a Software Engineer, I found out that your channel really dives deep into the problem. Great work to be honest, loving your contents
Your script writing and editing have reached a new level man, this is all so well done. Serious props for all the research and time you obviously threw into this.
It’s really incredible how deep RNG manips go in the older games, and even the newer ones too. Seeing stuff like this makes me want to pick up my old gameboy and try some of it
This video made it into my recommended 3 months late, but I'd rather that than it not happening at all. It was an absolute blessing to be able to watch this masterfully crafted video of yours. I've always seen Gen 3 as an absolute behemoth of a game to get into glitch-wise, but seeing you explain some of the related mechanics in such a clear and concise manner that even I'm able to understand makes me want try some basic stuff for myself. I haven't touched my Nintendo DS and copy of Emerald in years, so this might be the video to get me back into it. (also, the zigzagoon/linoone is adorable and you should cherish it for the rest of your life or else)
Dude, this video was insane! I genuinely felt like I learned something important today, albeit it is still from a Pokémon game. The editing was great, the script writing was phenomenal, and the overall premise of just trying to get a competitively-viable little boy is just so appealing to me. Keep up the great work!
This randomly popped up on my feed, around 7 months after it was uploaded. As someone who knows very little about the specifics of games, this was a phenomenonal watch. I love watching people tear apart these games, its amazing that we understand this much lol. You did a really good job explaining it to someone who barely knows anything. Good job dude, I'm gonna go watch some of your other videos now. :)
This is one of the best things I've seen a creator do in any video game, the fact that I could follow what you were saying (admittedly, not understanding half of it, but still) and enjoying the process is really admirable. I'll keep an eye out for more of these from you.
Zigzagoon is one of my favorite Pokémon this is wild!. What an amazing video, subscribing for sure. Your explanations were very thorough and helped me understand what was going on. I don't think I can replicate any of this, but it's amazing to see! Currently shiny hunting a spirtomb in Pearl naturally/SR'ing with the full odds and seeing something like this makes that feel less intense haha.
13:00 For anyone playing along at home, pause right as he says the second six behind the decimal point. It only took me 4 tries once I thought of using the audio cue (which was after 5 blind (or deaf) attempts).
The moment it was pointed out that the unkown would break the pid my immediate thought process was we need to find something thats pid corrupts to match our targets PID even if we have to use multiple stages of corruption to reach it
Not responding doesn't mean not working it just means the CPU is struggling to both compute enough resources to update the window and calculate your targets due to the complex rng math your trying to do
YOU'RE THE GUY FROM BLISY'S COMMENTS. I kid you not, reading your comments convinced me to pick this project back up, and finally finish it. Knowing there was at least 1 person out there, specifically looking for THIS ZIGZAGOON, was the push I needed. Glad you liked it!
I'm so glad these event Pokemon are getting more attention, and the fact that you took this to another level with all these crazy variables added to the mix truly shows your insanity and dedication. I did something similar with my shiny surfing Pichu before this egg method was found out, so I know how you feel with this grind. Such an awesome vid, my man. Congrats.
Wow what an accomplishment!! 😄 I definitely learned a lot about rng manipulation and all the glitches, but most of all, I am so glad you got that little Ziggy!
Oh my god. I had no idea any of this was possible and I’m as big a pokefan as you can be. This is so inspiring, you are so inspiring for being so dedicated to this craft of retail Pokémon hardware RNG manipulation. Thank you for this mind blowing video and confirming that Pokémon is always cool!
great video. i just love seeing video game puzzles like this one solved by people that are really passionate and enthusiastic about what they're doing :)
what an immensely high quality video, this was an absolute blast to watch, everything was explained in such a concise and easy to grasp way, even to someone who has never heard of any pokemon rng manipulation before. I had a lot of fun watching this, you had a lot of fun making this, I wish you well!
Absolutely insane journey! Been forever ago that I last looked into rng manip and glitzer popping. And def no way near this complex, I had only scratched the surface level. Insane job ya did here!
This man’s dedication genuinely scares me. I can’t even find the willpower to load up BDSP and traditionally shiny hunt Shaymin, Darkrai, or Arceus. Even though I’ve the items necessary to do so since they were distributed.
Loved this video! Very sweet sentiment at the end; it is really cool to see all of the knowledge and connections you've made come together to incarnate this special Zigzagoon.
Seriouly amazing video Jefé! I can't imagine how long this project took, especially with how hard it must have been to come up with the ideas for your graphics to communicate everything so clearly. Your passion is evident and incredibly inspiring. As a geneticist, I also enjoyed the wordplay and relation drawn to CRISPR-Cas9. Always looking forward to what you come up with next!
Figuring out how to keep the visuals moving, clean, and understandable was indeed the greatest challenge. I'm not exaggerating when I saw that sometimes I'd spend an hour coming up with 30 seconds of screen time.
Duuuude this is amazing! I honestly think that all the time you spend reaching and putting out a video on this matter is reqlly worth the while, keep up the great work man!
This is just absolutely insane. As someone who loves gen 3 (especially ruby) this is so crazy that people have dug into the game this much. I had no idea any of this existed but it has certainly piqued my interest. Great video!
This is sick. I never thought anyone would be able to RNG anything like this back when Gen4 RNG was discovered way back in like 2009 or 2010, even then I would have thought it was only possible on an emulator. I used to attempt to RNG on FRLG static legends using a hundreds of save files with all their TIDS and SIDs input into a BITXOR spread sheet to tell me what files had what spreads and what I could hatch shiny in for my emerald breeds (what I thought was only possible on and emulator too). The RNG manipulations both you and imablissy have done on retail games blows my mind, you guys are literally the RNG goats
Jumpluff is amazing!! One of my favorite grass evo lines ever! All 3 are absolutely adorable (and from my favorite gen), but Jumpluff is also a surprisingly good status inducer and encore user with it's high speed and U Turn. I have one in Heartgold that I lead with and it wrecks. It's very annoying to play against and very satisfying to play with. I love my little puffball of torture
i got a random shiny hoppip (was ev training) in a horde back in X and jumpluff is still one of the few pink shinies I respect just cuz it's so very cute. adorable little fluffball
This was so unexpectedly fantastic. I clicked on this expecting to just hear about a rare event Pokémon or something but found one of the best videos I've seen in awhile. Your passion is infectious and I'm glad this video found me, fascinating stuff :)
This is so cool man, congrats on that Zig! It really inspired me to continue my currently paused project of double corrupting a flawless shiny Zubat into a flawless shiny Jirachi. Currently I'm stuck at the part of the breeding RNG of "what the hell am I even hitting in this 11 minute frame with 20 redraws" lol
I got into RNG manip through blisy like half a year ago with his competitive pokémon video, it was a topic I'd kind of heard of in the past but never really took any interest in. However, you guys have put it forward in such a way that is just fascinating; I get absolutely absorbed with this kind of content. What I think makes it so special is the perfect blend of informative dissemination of the inner workings of a classic videogame series, with the curiosity from its fanbase to achieve certain ambitions and otherwise unthinkable milestones/feats. So basically, what I'm trying to say is that guys like you make me happy to exist, because learning stuff is cool. Thank you for making content, take care man.
Holy sh-, huge props to you. A huge amount of effort went into research, storytelling and really undstanding RNG + its calculation. At the end, you even mentioned the sources used and gave credit where credit is due. I thoroughly enjoyed the breakdown, congratz on the zigzagoon! 🤗 Earned it, gg wp!
Some big congratulations are in order. Your determination is super inspiring, even when you don't really understand everything that's going on. Bravo mister Jéfe!!
23:28 was it a coincidence that the color is almost a shiny Galarian Zigzagoon? Anyway this is a really great video. Learned a lot on some gen 3 glitches and mechanic (and understand even more why competitive usually choose to gen them, especially in the old days) and congrats on having it all paid off
I watched this whole video and I’m still so very confused. But good on you for learning all this complicated stuff and succeeding in your passion project! Good luck in your future endeavors!
It's kind of sad in a way that the Zigzagoon is more or less stuck where it is, it would be interesting to have a sort of team made from trophy pokemon like this.
congrats on the zigzagoon! i've been getting back into rng myself the past few weeks (finally saw mirage island!!) and it's so cool to see how far we've come on glitzer popping since it was first discovered. hard to think about how much there's even left to learn about at this point!
Between you and Blissy, I've gotten REALLY into the RNG side of Pokémon lately. I dug around at my stepdad's for hours looking for my copy of Emerald so I could practice manips and mess with glitzer popping and such. Your videos only get better and better every time, keep it up!! Part of what makes a good teacher is being able to take complex concepts like this and making it so that people not only take it in but also want more. Thanks for the new Pokémon-related hobby (it's a hell of a flex even though im no good at it yet).
Man, ending on the emerald bicycle ride home music... you truly are a homie. Grats to you on your superhero zigzagoon. I look forward to more, and im glad that this effort helped you to overcome (even a slight portion) of social anxiety! Hats off to you friend, drinks are on me.
The ending was the most wholesome thing ever. Pokemon really can bring people together. Even if it's only because we can't understand half the damn mechanics.
never have I ever played a pokimon game since platinum released, don't really plan to, never interacted with competitive pokimon battling, hell hardly interacted with glitches in pokimon since finding missingNo in pokimon red, yet this was one of the most enthralling experiences, bending over backwards mathmatic rng manpiulating gymasticis I've watched in a long time, congratz and impressive work, may that zig, goon a very good lfe. And you go even farther beyond
These are my favorite comments. I tried really hard to make this video interesting even to people who aren't deeply invested in pokemon glitches. So you really made my day!
"This method is totally, 100% legit and superior to any other way to get Pokemon that are impossible to get through normal gameplay (hacking)! It is NOT hacking! All I need is my carts, 2 gameboys, a program where I tell it the Pokemon I want and it scrambles the game's code to tell me exactly how to get it, 100 glitches where I scramble everything about a dozen other Pokemon... I am a GENIUS GOD cause I can put ~legit~ shinies in my game :D" a Pokemon isn't rare if you can just generate it... just be honest, it's cool to get into the game's guts like this, but why the weird pretentiousness....?
If this is how you feel, then no Pokemon is rare... because they can all be easily generated. The whole point was finding a way to get it, without just doing the obvious super easy thing and cheating it in. Pokemon only have value arity in-so-far as the effort put into acquiring them, and if you think what I've done here somehow disqualifies me from feeling pride or accomplishment, that's on you.
The amount of hard work and data manipulation in order to bring this zigzagoon into the game is so interesting. Thank you for creating this and your other RNG content. You're one of the few UA-camrs whose videos I actively look forward to. Keep up the good work!
I love you brother!! I’ve been getting into older games and have realized how damn awesome they truly are. So many glitches and amazing little coding things that it’s made me excited and hopeful for the future. Thanks to the Glitch City, I learned somethings about the games and this video has cemented me into playing more and learning the ins and outs as I’ve done with other games I’ve played. Thank you! You were a happy circumstance find that I’m so glad I found you!!
im sobbing over this little rat son. there’s interests and parts of myself that i’ve been too afraid to explore because they’re ’nerdy’ and i feared i would be judged and misunderstood. this is a nerdy and niche interest, and yet, this video is also one of the coolest things i’ve ever seen. i’m a casual pokemon fan. i like cute monsters, but you just showed me how much deeper that appreciation and fun can go if i step out of my comfort zone. i deeply appreciate this video, thank you so much for sharing it.
What a ride! That's an insane amount of calculation and planning. Kudos for getting all that work to pay off, and congrats on the result itself! I learned a lot, and I found all this info incredibly interesting. :D
Yo Jefé, i just came back to your video because i want to thank you. I started watching your videos back when BDSP launched. You really got me into rng manipulation in pokemon. I heard of that before, but i didnt know anything about it and it was like hacking or witchcraft to me. Throughout your videos i learned a lot about the process behind it and was able to execute it for myself. Your explanations are just on point and i caught every legendary pokemon in its shiny variant. You, admiralfish, anubis and blissy made that possible. I really appecreciate your work and its sad that you can only like and subscribe once, because you and the guys i mentioned deserve a lot more recognition for what you do.
Nice! Just one small correction at 5:33. Instead of using 1/1.4 billion, it would be logbase(1431655764/1431655765)(0.5) * 3 * (1/60) * (1/ 24) * (1/365) Which comes out to a nice quick 5664 years!
I didn't understand probably 85% of the technical jargon in this video but I understand just enough to know that I wouldn't wish this task on my worst enemy. What a monumental undertaking. An extremely interesting video and one that shows just how absolutely weird and mindblowingly complex this stuff gets. It never ceases to amaze me how people just figure this stuff out. Congratulations, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Woah. What a trip. You were also quite lucky that one of those spreads were possible to glitch. I have been on a break from Pokémon due to waiting for Home support to drop on SV, but videos like this makes me want to boot up something to RNG on.
I really love this way of conveying information, so many youtubers add annoying animations, and jokes and skits between just information, making it almost unwatchable. This is just a really clean, Really well done!
i have never in my life subbed so fast to someone. i love pokemon and i have for exactly 20 years this month and i genuinely struggled to compute what you did here but its FASCINATING. i love this, im so excited to see what projects you take on in the future!
I am not even exaggerating when I say this, but this video is hands down the greatest UA-cam video I have ever watched. Not even just the best Pokemon video either. You said it perfectly at the end when you dubbed this a passion project. I honestly think its so cool that you dedicated time and effort to a goal that may seem silly to some, but for you it was the result of learning, practicing and perfecting a craft. I applaud you and the achievement in this video. I'm so happy the algorithm brought me to this video and I cant wait to see what other content you produce in the future. You have earned a subscriber and I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Cheers mate! Job well done!
Thank you sincerely for this lovely comment. If I had my way, everyone who's ever played a Pokemon game would get served this video and catch a glimpse of how deep the games really can go. I poured my heart into this, and wrestled with doubts of it ever really getting enough attention to be worth the effort.
So every person like you who truly appreciates that effort makes me feel like it was worth it, and maybe it does have a chance of being my first truly huge success.
I wouldn't say it's my personally favourite but the explanation is really interesting
@@whydoiexist2180cool. I think you missed the point of the comment. But, cool.
Well said, dude. The sheer amount of passion and time put into this is astounding. I was going to say more but honestly I think you summed it up perfectly and really I am just left speechless after such and amazing display of dedication and passion. Papa Jefe is really an amazing person and honestly his stuff is so amazing and helpful (shiny sandwich recepies especially).
Maximum glazing
I think "Pokémon Genetic Research Scientist" is the perfect title for you to have if you existed in the world of Pokémon.
More like "Pokémon Reality Matrix Manipulation Scientist"
Honestly should be a part of the game as a reference lol. Like a post game special battle.
From a genetic engineering researcher who used to work with CRISPR and a gen 3 nostalgia lover, I can confidently say this was a phenomenal deep dive into a topic that mirrors gene splicing in a bizzaro world way - it’s not often that a video finds such a niche, indulgent spot to settle in my brain. Amazing work, this is the level of passion I wish everyone was able to have. Thanks for being so rad (and thanks to UA-cam for bringing me a fantastic recommendation for once in a blue moon).
This is insane. Thank you so much!
Bro what are the odds 😭😭😭
@@FedericoPosoria 1/8192
That’s a cool rat bro thanks for sharing him
i love him. he's my son.
@@PapaJefeYT once I get my ez cart and micro sds, I'm going to put the shiny berry zigzagoon on my emerald, ruby and sapphire carts [reproduction but still] and love them all. In emerald, I want to hunt poochyena in petalburg woods to clear my fail as a child, where I ran from a shiny poochyena
hell yeah.
As someone who knows nothing about Pokémon glitches other than the basics, this was a confusing, yet entertaining watch, and that’s what I want all videos to feel like
I’ll finish this vid, then rewatch all his old content
Love to see comments like this. Glad this piqued your interest!
@PapaJefePKMN can't wait to see that zigzagoon on switch on your channel soon
As someone who, back when I was 6, somehow managed to get 99 master balls from the team aqua hideout (without using an action replay, I genuinely dont know how it happened), and in all of my 6 year old wisdom, decided to catch 99 zigzagoons, forever cementing it as my favorite pokemon, this video brings me immense happiness. Amazing work!
Based use of master balls
I mean thats actually impossible due to the games coding. You dont just "end up with 99 master balls" i bet you did have a kick ass dream that ingrained into your memory, and i do believe you could have caught 99 zigzigoons.
@@Corporalfork I literally still have my Sapphire cartridge. Its got a little over 3 boxes full of nothing but zigzagoons, all of which are in master balls.
I dont know what to tell you, man. It obviously happened, Im looking at it right now
@@banana_bonanza maybe you decided to catch one in a master ball then breed it so they all had one as its regular ball?
@@casualm0th Well, pokeballs arent inherited in Gen 3, but even if they were, Master Balls cant be inherited in any generation, they just get turned into Pokeballs
This is a borderline impossible nightmare of a journey that no sane person should or would ever attempt. It’s the greatest Pokémon achievement I’ve ever seen and I love it.
This Zigzagoon is right up there with Joey's Rattata Which I hear is the top percentage of Rattata
I heard the same. People are gonna remember this Jefe’s super cool Zigzagoon. His Zigzagoon is different from regular Zizagoon. It’s exactly as if his Zigzagoon were in the top percentage of Zigzagoon.
I heard shorts are comfy and easy to wear
What an absolute GOATED video. You explained things in a way where even a dude like me who didn’t know what IVs and EVs were a week ago could understand. I can see through the sheer quality of this video how much this is means to you and the amount of work put into to researching and performing all of this. Kudos!
I actually felt my eyes start to well up, and got a knot in my throat reading this. Thank you truly.
@@PapaJefeYT Man thank you for being so passionate about something and sharing that passion with the world. This is seriously some cool shit you’re doing.
@@stephoncaldwell2966 I have a horrible flashback every time I start over a new game of running into a shiny wingull before I'm given any pokeballs
This whole process is already a big brain + time consuming journey plus added with editing by yourself is totally a huge masterpice! I congrats you for that precious orange zags PapaJefe!
I can't even begin to describe the process of editing this. Every minute of finished video was at least 2 hours of trial\error editing, until it feels right.
@@PapaJefeYT It's a very well edited video :D that linoone is very satisfying
I clicked on this thinking I would zone out eventually but I was hooked the entire time. You explained everything so well, and it was incredibly fun to watch. Congrats on this absolute beast of a Pokémon
Quite literally the best compliment.
Same here, watched it all the way
Okay the more I watch the more my jaw drops, you're quiet litteraly using genome reconstruction to generate what you want. This deserves a peace prize. This will be used by future scientists as the stepping stone into discovery
Bro I'm dying this is so funny 🤣🤣 🤣
I think this is the closest thing to genuine video game alchemy I've ever heard of.
Perfectly crafting the Godzagoon in a pokelab with the cutting edge of poketech, far past the time when he could fulfill his purpose and deliver his people. You better give him plenty of walks.
Incredible watch. As the owner of one of the ten-thousand current existing copies of Pokemon Box, it's crazy to think a Zigzagoon like that is even possible to obtain, let alone that someone would stumble into finding one in the infinite rng of the universe!
Your knowledge and dedication is super readily apparent! I hope you find a ton of success with your future content~
Absolutely incredible video. Great summaries of like almost every Gen 3 RNG mechanic. Hope the Zigzagoon/Linoone have some success in battle!
This is amazing, reminds me of an actual research paper in the engaging manner you delivered the content. As a recent Biology Graduate, I loved the parallel to genetic editing you added and it was such a wonderful video. Thank you
Very kind comment. Thank you :)
Utterly. Insane.
Incredible, truly admirable work. A masterful display of all your learnings, so elequently and clearly delivered. Blisy and yourself really are the bastion of RNG knowledge for the english-speaking pokemon community, and videos of this quality and clarity really do well in growing the community and making things more rewarding, engaging and accessible. Bravo, my dude.
And yes, I absolutely want to see a breakdown on the Unown hunting in more detail.
Thank you so much!
As a graduated Computer Science student, working as a Software Engineer, I found out that your channel really dives deep into the problem. Great work to be honest, loving your contents
Your script writing and editing have reached a new level man, this is all so well done. Serious props for all the research and time you obviously threw into this.
This video was absolutely insane. Well done, sir
Thanks so much for watching! Hopefully the algo blesses me with more impressions. 🤞
It’s really incredible how deep RNG manips go in the older games, and even the newer ones too. Seeing stuff like this makes me want to pick up my old gameboy and try some of it
This might be one of the wildest videos I’ve ever seen. I’m glad Yard Rat exists, thanks to you.
19:55 thank you 😂 I've always thought that awkward question mark symbol was kinda creepy. id react to it like courage too 😆
This video made it into my recommended 3 months late, but I'd rather that than it not happening at all. It was an absolute blessing to be able to watch this masterfully crafted video of yours. I've always seen Gen 3 as an absolute behemoth of a game to get into glitch-wise, but seeing you explain some of the related mechanics in such a clear and concise manner that even I'm able to understand makes me want try some basic stuff for myself. I haven't touched my Nintendo DS and copy of Emerald in years, so this might be the video to get me back into it.
(also, the zigzagoon/linoone is adorable and you should cherish it for the rest of your life or else)
I thought this was gonna be a premiere I been waiting for it. GOATED vid
Nah, I just wanted to drop it natural. I'm sus on premieres 🤣
I can't express how fantastic this is. Just everything about this video. This is gold. A fittingly rare kind of video for your rarest pokemon.
Dude, this video was insane! I genuinely felt like I learned something important today, albeit it is still from a Pokémon game. The editing was great, the script writing was phenomenal, and the overall premise of just trying to get a competitively-viable little boy is just so appealing to me. Keep up the great work!
This randomly popped up on my feed, around 7 months after it was uploaded.
As someone who knows very little about the specifics of games, this was a phenomenonal watch. I love watching people tear apart these games, its amazing that we understand this much lol. You did a really good job explaining it to someone who barely knows anything.
Good job dude, I'm gonna go watch some of your other videos now. :)
This is one of the best things I've seen a creator do in any video game, the fact that I could follow what you were saying (admittedly, not understanding half of it, but still) and enjoying the process is really admirable. I'll keep an eye out for more of these from you.
Zigzagoon is one of my favorite Pokémon this is wild!. What an amazing video, subscribing for sure. Your explanations were very thorough and helped me understand what was going on. I don't think I can replicate any of this, but it's amazing to see! Currently shiny hunting a spirtomb in Pearl naturally/SR'ing with the full odds and seeing something like this makes that feel less intense haha.
13:00 For anyone playing along at home, pause right as he says the second six behind the decimal point. It only took me 4 tries once I thought of using the audio cue (which was after 5 blind (or deaf) attempts).
The moment it was pointed out that the unkown would break the pid my immediate thought process was we need to find something thats pid corrupts to match our targets PID even if we have to use multiple stages of corruption to reach it
Not responding doesn't mean not working it just means the CPU is struggling to both compute enough resources to update the window and calculate your targets due to the complex rng math your trying to do
Truly a masterpiece! I’ve been waiting patiently for you to do this, amazing work!
YOU'RE THE GUY FROM BLISY'S COMMENTS.
I kid you not, reading your comments convinced me to pick this project back up, and finally finish it.
Knowing there was at least 1 person out there, specifically looking for THIS ZIGZAGOON, was the push I needed.
Glad you liked it!
My man, the honor is all yours! Glad I could do my small part to keep the hope burning!
Is there a guide to getting the timers synchronized before going for the Unown J part? I’m never RNG Firered nor used the TeachyTV
you somehow made all of this complicated stuff make sense to me this is like a once in a lifetime youtube
I'm so glad these event Pokemon are getting more attention, and the fact that you took this to another level with all these crazy variables added to the mix truly shows your insanity and dedication. I did something similar with my shiny surfing Pichu before this egg method was found out, so I know how you feel with this grind. Such an awesome vid, my man. Congrats.
He’s the trainer Joey we need, not the trainer Joey we deserve.
Wow what an accomplishment!! 😄 I definitely learned a lot about rng manipulation and all the glitches, but most of all, I am so glad you got that little Ziggy!
Oh my god.
I had no idea any of this was possible and I’m as big a pokefan as you can be.
This is so inspiring, you are so inspiring for being so dedicated to this craft of retail Pokémon hardware RNG manipulation.
Thank you for this mind blowing video and confirming that Pokémon is always cool!
You're great. Thank you for this 🥹
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen done in a Pokemon game. Crazy impressive stuff from start to finish
great video. i just love seeing video game puzzles like this one solved by people that are really passionate and enthusiastic about what they're doing :)
Love when commenters can appreciate the puzzle, and not get lost in the "why not just cheat" sauce
That “The End” with unknown, hitmontop and the two goons made me so nostalgic. What a journey and what a cool result!
The thumbnail was amazing, the video was great, I was hooked the entire time. Amazing video.
90% math
9% patience
1% Rhythm Heaven
what an immensely high quality video, this was an absolute blast to watch, everything was explained in such a concise and easy to grasp way, even to someone who has never heard of any pokemon rng manipulation before. I had a lot of fun watching this, you had a lot of fun making this, I wish you well!
Absolutely insane journey! Been forever ago that I last looked into rng manip and glitzer popping. And def no way near this complex, I had only scratched the surface level. Insane job ya did here!
This is probably the best channel i stumbled apon on youtube. This passion deserves way more love!
This man’s dedication genuinely scares me. I can’t even find the willpower to load up BDSP and traditionally shiny hunt Shaymin, Darkrai, or Arceus. Even though I’ve the items necessary to do so since they were distributed.
The only shiny I ever got from gen 4 was hatching eggs when I got a shiny cyndiquil in the second egg. Truly shocked when that happened
The only shiny I ever got from gen 4 was hatching eggs when I got a shiny cyndiquil in the second egg. Truly shocked when that happened
Loved this video! Very sweet sentiment at the end; it is really cool to see all of the knowledge and connections you've made come together to incarnate this special Zigzagoon.
Seriouly amazing video Jefé! I can't imagine how long this project took, especially with how hard it must have been to come up with the ideas for your graphics to communicate everything so clearly. Your passion is evident and incredibly inspiring. As a geneticist, I also enjoyed the wordplay and relation drawn to CRISPR-Cas9. Always looking forward to what you come up with next!
Figuring out how to keep the visuals moving, clean, and understandable was indeed the greatest challenge.
I'm not exaggerating when I saw that sometimes I'd spend an hour coming up with 30 seconds of screen time.
Ah, I spent 30 minutes watching that and walked away understanding about 30 seconds of it
Duuuude this is amazing! I honestly think that all the time you spend reaching and putting out a video on this matter is reqlly worth the while, keep up the great work man!
This is just absolutely insane. As someone who loves gen 3 (especially ruby) this is so crazy that people have dug into the game this much. I had no idea any of this existed but it has certainly piqued my interest. Great video!
Congrats on the Zigzagoon. It's truly a masterpiece of putting all your knowledge and skills together.
This is sick. I never thought anyone would be able to RNG anything like this back when Gen4 RNG was discovered way back in like 2009 or 2010, even then I would have thought it was only possible on an emulator. I used to attempt to RNG on FRLG static legends using a hundreds of save files with all their TIDS and SIDs input into a BITXOR spread sheet to tell me what files had what spreads and what I could hatch shiny in for my emerald breeds (what I thought was only possible on and emulator too). The RNG manipulations both you and imablissy have done on retail games blows my mind, you guys are literally the RNG goats
Jumpluff is amazing!! One of my favorite grass evo lines ever! All 3 are absolutely adorable (and from my favorite gen), but Jumpluff is also a surprisingly good status inducer and encore user with it's high speed and U Turn. I have one in Heartgold that I lead with and it wrecks. It's very annoying to play against and very satisfying to play with. I love my little puffball of torture
Also, incredible video! haha
i got a random shiny hoppip (was ev training) in a horde back in X and jumpluff is still one of the few pink shinies I respect just cuz it's so very cute. adorable little fluffball
beta jumpluff was soooo much cuter though, it was a little dandelion puff kitty :3
Man when you think you found a sleep aid but instead you find yourself wide awake and looking for your old cartridges
This was so unexpectedly fantastic. I clicked on this expecting to just hear about a rare event Pokémon or something but found one of the best videos I've seen in awhile. Your passion is infectious and I'm glad this video found me, fascinating stuff :)
14:07 two different clips, same badass smile…
This is so cool man, congrats on that Zig!
It really inspired me to continue my currently paused project of double corrupting a flawless shiny Zubat into a flawless shiny Jirachi. Currently I'm stuck at the part of the breeding RNG of "what the hell am I even hitting in this 11 minute frame with 20 redraws" lol
Ohhhh HELL YEA.
11 minutes with 20 redraws is bananas, but I wish you nothing but success.
@@PapaJefeYT Haha yeah I am pretty much bananas lol. But I like the challenge. Thanks!
Amazing work. Thanks for the time and great video!
Oh wow thank you ❤🎉
after this much effort, this pokemon is definitely well earned! insane dedication! congratz on the precious ziggy
I got into RNG manip through blisy like half a year ago with his competitive pokémon video, it was a topic I'd kind of heard of in the past but never really took any interest in. However, you guys have put it forward in such a way that is just fascinating; I get absolutely absorbed with this kind of content. What I think makes it so special is the perfect blend of informative dissemination of the inner workings of a classic videogame series, with the curiosity from its fanbase to achieve certain ambitions and otherwise unthinkable milestones/feats. So basically, what I'm trying to say is that guys like you make me happy to exist, because learning stuff is cool. Thank you for making content, take care man.
Papa Jefé out here being a menace once again lol, ty for the vid
Holy sh-, huge props to you. A huge amount of effort went into research, storytelling and really undstanding RNG + its calculation. At the end, you even mentioned the sources used and gave credit where credit is due. I thoroughly enjoyed the breakdown, congratz on the zigzagoon! 🤗 Earned it, gg wp!
Thank you that's very kind 🥹
Actually incredible, I had no idea these games could be broken to do this sort of wizardry. Truly a top percentage -Rattata- Zigzagoon!
5:37 Your cheeky eye-tracking AI broke
Some big congratulations are in order. Your determination is super inspiring, even when you don't really understand everything that's going on. Bravo mister Jéfe!!
23:28 was it a coincidence that the color is almost a shiny Galarian Zigzagoon?
Anyway this is a really great video. Learned a lot on some gen 3 glitches and mechanic (and understand even more why competitive usually choose to gen them, especially in the old days) and congrats on having it all paid off
You just have to love these passion project types of videos!! It always warms my heart to see such care and love for a single piece of content!
I watched this whole video and I’m still so very confused. But good on you for learning all this complicated stuff and succeeding in your passion project! Good luck in your future endeavors!
It's kind of sad in a way that the Zigzagoon is more or less stuck where it is, it would be interesting to have a sort of team made from trophy pokemon like this.
Mind officially broken, never would’ve thought shiny hunting was THIS complicated and convoluted you’re amazing!!!
congrats on the zigzagoon! i've been getting back into rng myself the past few weeks (finally saw mirage island!!) and it's so cool to see how far we've come on glitzer popping since it was first discovered. hard to think about how much there's even left to learn about at this point!
Pokemon Box was also very much available to purchase from the Nintendo online store for a period of time as well.
Between you and Blissy, I've gotten REALLY into the RNG side of Pokémon lately. I dug around at my stepdad's for hours looking for my copy of Emerald so I could practice manips and mess with glitzer popping and such. Your videos only get better and better every time, keep it up!! Part of what makes a good teacher is being able to take complex concepts like this and making it so that people not only take it in but also want more. Thanks for the new Pokémon-related hobby (it's a hell of a flex even though im no good at it yet).
This is such an amazing video! I always love your content as well!
Man, ending on the emerald bicycle ride home music... you truly are a homie. Grats to you on your superhero zigzagoon. I look forward to more, and im glad that this effort helped you to overcome (even a slight portion) of social anxiety! Hats off to you friend, drinks are on me.
The ending was the most wholesome thing ever. Pokemon really can bring people together. Even if it's only because we can't understand half the damn mechanics.
why is this video so good, and why have i not heard of you earlier? good stuff man! your knowledge on this stuff is astounding!
TALK TO EM
Is this going to be on the exam?
never have I ever played a pokimon game since platinum released, don't really plan to, never interacted with competitive pokimon battling, hell hardly interacted with glitches in pokimon since finding missingNo in pokimon red, yet this was one of the most enthralling experiences, bending over backwards mathmatic rng manpiulating gymasticis I've watched in a long time, congratz and impressive work, may that zig, goon a very good lfe. And you go even farther beyond
These are my favorite comments. I tried really hard to make this video interesting even to people who aren't deeply invested in pokemon glitches. So you really made my day!
"This method is totally, 100% legit and superior to any other way to get Pokemon that are impossible to get through normal gameplay (hacking)! It is NOT hacking! All I need is my carts, 2 gameboys, a program where I tell it the Pokemon I want and it scrambles the game's code to tell me exactly how to get it, 100 glitches where I scramble everything about a dozen other Pokemon... I am a GENIUS GOD cause I can put ~legit~ shinies in my game :D"
a Pokemon isn't rare if you can just generate it... just be honest, it's cool to get into the game's guts like this, but why the weird pretentiousness....?
If this is how you feel, then no Pokemon is rare... because they can all be easily generated. The whole point was finding a way to get it, without just doing the obvious super easy thing and cheating it in.
Pokemon only have value
arity in-so-far as the effort put into acquiring them, and if you think what I've done here somehow disqualifies me from feeling pride or accomplishment, that's on you.
This is just, so next level. Thank you for making this video dude, you managed to keep me entertained for half an hour
The amount of hard work and data manipulation in order to bring this zigzagoon into the game is so interesting. Thank you for creating this and your other RNG content. You're one of the few UA-camrs whose videos I actively look forward to. Keep up the good work!
I love you brother!! I’ve been getting into older games and have realized how damn awesome they truly are. So many glitches and amazing little coding things that it’s made me excited and hopeful for the future. Thanks to the Glitch City, I learned somethings about the games and this video has cemented me into playing more and learning the ins and outs as I’ve done with other games I’ve played. Thank you! You were a happy circumstance find that I’m so glad I found you!!
Man this was just nothing but awesome! thanks for sharing the amazing journey Papa!!
im sobbing over this little rat son. there’s interests and parts of myself that i’ve been too afraid to explore because they’re ’nerdy’ and i feared i would be judged and misunderstood. this is a nerdy and niche interest, and yet, this video is also one of the coolest things i’ve ever seen. i’m a casual pokemon fan. i like cute monsters, but you just showed me how much deeper that appreciation and fun can go if i step out of my comfort zone. i deeply appreciate this video, thank you so much for sharing it.
You're awesome. Thank you for taking the time to write this.
Loved the video. Emerald is my all time comfort game and seeing it being exploited to its full potential just makes me happy.
What a ride! That's an insane amount of calculation and planning. Kudos for getting all that work to pay off, and congrats on the result itself!
I learned a lot, and I found all this info incredibly interesting. :D
5:35 XD
edit (after watching the video all the way to the end): man this is so well edited. really enjoyed watching it :)
Thanks for watching the whole thing! It's the most impactful thing you can do, and THE WORLD MUST SEE THIS ZIGZAGOON.
This is so cool, but now we need a video showing how this zigzag obliterates everything that stands before it.
Yo Jefé, i just came back to your video because i want to thank you. I started watching your videos back when BDSP launched. You really got me into rng manipulation in pokemon. I heard of that before, but i didnt know anything about it and it was like hacking or witchcraft to me. Throughout your videos i learned a lot about the process behind it and was able to execute it for myself. Your explanations are just on point and i caught every legendary pokemon in its shiny variant. You, admiralfish, anubis and blissy made that possible. I really appecreciate your work and its sad that you can only like and subscribe once, because you and the guys i mentioned deserve a lot more recognition for what you do.
Thank you so much! This is exactly why I do what I do ❤️
Nice! Just one small correction at 5:33. Instead of using 1/1.4 billion, it would be
logbase(1431655764/1431655765)(0.5) * 3 * (1/60) * (1/ 24) * (1/365)
Which comes out to a nice quick 5664 years!
I didn't understand probably 85% of the technical jargon in this video but I understand just enough to know that I wouldn't wish this task on my worst enemy. What a monumental undertaking. An extremely interesting video and one that shows just how absolutely weird and mindblowingly complex this stuff gets. It never ceases to amaze me how people just figure this stuff out. Congratulations, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Woah. What a trip. You were also quite lucky that one of those spreads were possible to glitch. I have been on a break from Pokémon due to waiting for Home support to drop on SV, but videos like this makes me want to boot up something to RNG on.
Great content, Pops. Love seeing these little RNG scamps come to life!
I really love this way of conveying information, so many youtubers add annoying animations, and jokes and skits between just information, making it almost unwatchable.
This is just a really clean, Really well done!
This means a lot, I really tried to balance entertainment and information, without being too extra or dry.
i thought it was just an idea. But never thought id actually someone achieve it.... and take it a step further with max iv
i have never in my life subbed so fast to someone. i love pokemon and i have for exactly 20 years this month and i genuinely struggled to compute what you did here but its FASCINATING. i love this, im so excited to see what projects you take on in the future!