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I don't understand why people shiny hunt pokemon, so a bit ago I asked on my Twitter, "Why do you shiny hunt?" And in this video, I go over some of the MANY replies, and sorta just talk about em. This is sort of an experimental 'poketuber vlog' style video. Let me know what you think!
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Featured Shiny Hunter Bossu Finn: / @bossufinn
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"Why do people shiny hunt?"
Me, currently shiny hunting: *boy do I wish I knew*
Same here
I am shiny hunting giratina in shield right now
@@mimikyubros.gaming5319 awesome, I hope you get it soon! I've been hunting Lugia on and off in Shield for a while now lol
same
me rn after 16000+ encounters for a shiny electrode in heartgold
when will it end
“Well, I guess it’s better than doing drugs.”
I lost it. Lol
I do both
@@mayjowish shiny hunting while high seems like an interesting experience. Too bad I don’t shiny hunt.
@@mayjowish I do neither
@@TiagoNomad from experience IT IS AMAZING!
Not by very much.
It's so funny how when I find a shiny I don't scream I'm just confused by my luck.
My luck is either "meh, I guess" or "ABSOLUTELY NOT"
Either I find shinies Under Odds or completely over.
I actually found my first shiny Pokémon, a Floatzel, before I knew what shiny Pokémon were. Hell, I didn't actually notice until later when I caught a shiny Milcery.
"Why do you shiny hunt"
because sparklies go brrr. I don't even care that much about the shiny color I just like the little chimey thingy.
I found a shiny Illumise today.
There are many loops of the jingle
@@inactive6525 ye but its not the same y'feel me
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Same
Me watching this while shiny hunting. 😯
@@AxxLAfriku i know
Hi! It's me, Bossu Finn, thanks for mentioning me & that druddigon hunt in your video :) I hope you can see & read this comment.
Yes, that Druddigon took quite awhile, I just ended an 8 month long hunt actually. Despite the hours of shiny hunting, it's always worth the prize. The shiny.
Compare the shiny to a trophy, it's something you work hard for, something you put in effort for, and shinies are a rare prize that gives hunters thrill & adrenaline.
With shinies, it's a luck based thing. While Druddigon took me 64 hours, I hunted for Duraludon & got that in only ONE. With shiny hunting, it can happen at any moment. It's a surprise, a suprise to when the prize comes.
Of course shiny hunting isn't for everyone. It can take a long time, but when that quick hunt comes, it feels like you won the world, you beat the shiny odds. Even with longer hunts like this Druddigon, when the shiny appeared for me, you can see in the video how excited I was, how happy it made me. Those hours of streaming were worth it, because for me, it's journey & stories some shinies give me. This druddigon will be a treasured shiny because of those 64 hours of effort.
I'm sure there's so much more I can say to help you understand further why people shiny hunt. Not everyone may have the same reasons I do, but I'm a lot of hunters can relate. There's so much more to shiny hunting than just finding a different coloured pokemon.
Thanks for reading this & thanks again for the mention
I Agree
Amen!!
y e s
Indeed
We support you Bossu! All that effort is never wasted when the shiny comes and you feel that rush of excitement and that feeling of accomplishment!
“Why do you shiny hunt”
RTgame: because someone in my chat told me i should get a shiny wooloo and the rest of them just yelled it at me so i spent the next few months doing q&a shiny hunt streams
I've always enjoyed collecting things, it just so happens that digital creatures in different colors is easier on my wallet (and storage space) than figures/art/etc. So shiny hunting scratches that itch to collect without giving me buyer's remorse later
It's like getting a trophy. It feels good and gives your brain the happy juice
Yea but trophies dont take forever
@@dantevic Actually you generally have to work for trophies too, unless it's a participation trophy or something. But are you really going to be happy with a participation trophy? It sort of just rubs in your failure.
I guess
Thing is like 3/4 of the shinies I caught in Shield were from happening to join raids with shinies. So a bunch of em I got for free with no effort
And barring Odd Egg grinding in gen 2 the three I found in previous games I randomly stumbled upon
So out of over 20 I've probably only worked for like 3 or 4
@@determineddaaf3 I do collect trophies on ps4 but they normal dont take forever unless it's an rpg game. Most games take about a week or so to plat
Yeah but if I smash a silver trophy made of real silver against a plastic trophy painted gold which one will survive?
"it could be any day now" oohh the sweet gambler's fallacy
at least with shiny hunting you don't have to pay for every encounter though, but you also don't get paid when you "win", not in money anyways
Don’t challenge Celeste to a shiny hunt race, she’s gonna beat you EVERY time.
@Reno Thomas True, but I doubt many people would try to stop them if it wasn’t for the fat stacks of cash they were burning
Yea, i watched this video yesterday and later that night while running around hoping to find an eevee i find a shiny for the first time ever.
I see it as the ultimate gesture of respect for a specific pokemon. say you really like gardevoir, (as many people do) putting in the effort for that shiny pokemon is a huge sign of respect to it.
If shiny hunting is what Lockstin calls "gambling addiction", imagine people who play mainly gatcha games
I don't get it
A year late but...honestly this is one of the reasons I started shinyhunting. I used to be addicted to one gacha (the flashing colors and all the rainbow sparkly nonsense of playing super rares got me too hooked on it.) Sometimes hunting these does feel like rolling on gacha again lmao.
This is why I both shiny hunt and play Pokémon Masters EX 👍
I do both.. Lol
Oh hey!! It’s my shiny ditto! Haha, That was such a confusing shiny to me, literally didn’t notice at first 🤔
Thank you for the feature ☺️
Personally I enjoy shiny hunting cuz it can be satisfying, especially when it’s been a really long hunt & it finally shows up for you. And it’s weirdly relaxing(surprisingly, although I can be impatient sometimes oops haha). When shiny hunting along side others too it just feels good. For the most part you can just zone out and vibe with everyone haha.
Finding shiny Pokemon is awesome, but I don’t have the patience to just keep searching for one randomly
How to best Shiny-Hunt without Soft-Resets
in Sinnoh and Unova?
I ask for 2 little boys i know, not for myself.
I myself dont see why getting Shinys is worth anything if
it's certain you get them. What's hte point if they
are not exceptions and special encounters of chance??
@@slevinchannel7589 You ask for 2 little boys?
I only go for ones I prefer the colour of like Pyukumuku (my first one was when I got my 1st poke ball in Sinnoh so I had no clue Starley was shiny and I happened upon a Vanilish whilst IV breeding this gen)
@@slevinchannel7589 generally people shiny hunt pokemon that they really like, or whose shiny they really like. I prefer encounter hunts in the old games because they're random as to which pokemon you'll run into, or masuda. Even though there are projected odds per generation as to when you *should* get the shiny, there's no absolute guarantee. Especially while encounter hunting, because your shiny could still run away. Masuda definitely takes the longest of the methods, and encounters won't always guarantee you the spawn you want (unless you're hunting in Let's Go/Sword and Shield) but the resulting shiny is an incredible feeling. I know when my very first shiny appeared I was shaking with excitement. It was an egg hatch, so guaranteed to keep it, but it still took me 1570 hatches. I went at it from day 1 of Sw/Sh release until Dec 12, almost a full month. Some people don't see the point of it, and that's fine. It's there for the people like me who are a little crazy and love seeing our color variated pokemon for some reason or another.
There's also extra challenges you can add on. Does the pokemon have to have perfect IVs? A specific gender so it can be evolved? Hidden Ability? A specific nature? All of these things make the hunt a bit harder, but also that much sweeter once the perfect shiny pokemon finally appears regardless of the hunting method used.
The very first person mentioned in the video, Bossu Finn, is a fantastic shiny hunter, and we've got a lovely little community of friendly shiny hunters. I usually find that t's easier for me to keep my brain focused on shiny hunting if I'm hanging out in one of my friend's shiny hunting streams, because we're all working towards a common goal. If the 2 little dudes you're asking for are into streams, I'd also highly recommend these channels: DragonDance05, RainbowLycanroc, The Shiny Shack, NotSoKawai, Skul, Puffin, That Bald Gamer, aDrive, Dallas McDermont, HDVee, ColdestKnight, LittleShellder, myself (little self plug lol) and many many more. There's a lot of us and we're all really friendly and happy to see new people in the Shiny Hunting community. Most channels are family friendly as well so will be safe for younger kids to watch :)
Same
Honestly the whole "repetitive calming task" reason may turn me into a shiny hunter.
"When I'm doing something, I'm DOING something." That's sooo me. My friends even gave me a nickname "The Sims 2", because I can just do one thing at a time
Hahahaa a cool nickname xD
When I was in elementary school on my first playthrough of emerald, my first pokemon game the endgame latios just happened to be shiny and I had no idea what that meant it just sparkled and I threw my masterball at it cuz i could tell it was special. I showed my grandma who I've lived all my life with and raised me. She didn't get it but she was happy I was excited. Eventually I learned what it meant as I got to my teens, but my grandmother's dementia started happening and in highschool I got sun and moon after not playing pokemon since platinum cause I saw the sos chaining thing and I wanted to share new shinies with her even if she really didn't get it this time. She'd just get excited cause I was excited even if she struggled to remember my name at times. The last shiny I showed her was a shiny uxie that I caught while playing next to her as she was bed ridden in the dynamax dungeon raid thing less than a week ago. She passed away yesterday. Its kinda funny the first n last ones were both legendaries. I don't really shiny hunt that much, but the process really means something to me.
i wasn't expecting feels here, sorry about her death man. on a more light heated note, i also feel sorry that you went from platinum to sun and moon, gen 7 is easily the worst the franchise has ever been.
@@gregorymirabella1423 Thanks. I don't wanna argue or nothing but gen 7 actually became my favs tied with gen 3.
thats really sweet, wasnt expecting such a nice story, sun and moon are some of my favorite games to shiny hunt too
I'm so sorry for your loss. What a sweet story. She sounds like a wonderful grandma
@@beardlessdragon Thank you. I was an inner city kid and she raised me until she couldn't. Of all my 21 years, strongest women in my life.
"Its been 22 years" me who caught one with in the first half hour of my first game
I've only seen a shiny twice and that was both times in Leaf Green. I had no idea what a Shiny was because I was poor and didn't have internet and the Shiny Weedle barely looked different. The moment I realized that it was special when I caught a shiny Tentecool and noticed the different color and that same sparkling effect. Keep in mind I've played Pokemon since Gen 2 and I had that Red Gyarados. I thought nothing of it then either because I just assumed that was just a special story Gyarados.
50 hours in my first game... and it was a tauros. I hate that shiny
My first 2 shinys were Ponyta in pearl and Lugia in Heartgold. They were when the games came out, so it was very exciting for me. My next shiny was Amoongus in pokemon y, then I started hunting, because they were so cool.
That cybergoblin was actually really cute
I got a shiny ditto after playing relatively active for around 3 years. I suddenly started liking and playing Pokémon games so I started playing the Gameboy games, went on with gen 4 and finally caught my shiny ditto while wanting to grind my team in white 2. Sooooo I think it may be a bit early for me but I might be like exactly at 4096 encounters
As a non-competitive player, Shiny-hunting is ultimately my way of staying invested in the games. (I used to chain, MM, etc, but these days I prefer to hunt full-odds to stretch out the gameplay.)
First time I EVER got a SHINY naturally (playing since Pokemon Ruby came out), was in a DEN in FREAKING GEN EIGHT and it was a GIGANTAMAX GRIMMSNARL. Are you KIDDING ME?! Dope.
So now I itch to shiny hunt dammit lol.
My 1st one was like 3 weeks ago, literally the FIRST pokemon I find on isle of armor
Den’s have a higher chance I think. Got around 6 shinies for not too much playing, all in Dens.
Frodo: _“Alright Den, Keep Your Secrets.”_
My first natural shiny was in gen 6 Alpha sapphire. Gen 7 was out, but I had to go back for something, and naturally found a shiny eevee
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Lockstin: "you mean to tell me I don't get your full attencion!?"
me: watching while reading the "you mean to tell me I don't get yout full attencion!?" coments
*attention
Hey!!!
Lets get in the 18 second comment.
I never knew shinies existed until that one person deleted their weirdly colored mudkip starter.
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Omg that hurts to read
oh that poor soul...
i felt that
@@josegarcia6997 Press f to pay respects to Georgie (the mudkip) may he rest in that big beautiful swamp in the sky.
I remember when I first started Pokemon Sword, I played through, got to the route into the first cave catching every pokemon I don't got to fill the pokedex but when I entered the cave I seen a Roggenrola so went up to add it to my pokedex and after going into that battle and seeing the Purple and Orange rock my heart just stopped and its probably my most memorable moment from playing this game 💙
As somebody who really likes the shiny Jangmo-o line, that hurt.
Me: WHY DOES THIS EXIST!?1!!!1? (Dramatized)
You: *happy with this as I'm happy with Shiny Umbreon*
Though I do think if they were going to do THAT to jangmo-o go the extra mile and add in some light blue for another pride flag pkmn.
I wanted to do the ** thing not turn it bold
Wait a minute why is shiny jammo-o so terrible shiny colored? For me id say omg its adorable and will make it strong and play like idk what
@@tanachisan I'm just ajar at the highlighter it became.
@@ariannawills854 good enough the reason to not like it than but i like the color i just wish i have it like that myself
I think it definitely looked worse in SM and USUM, for sure
satisfaction? who knows
Idk. I rember not even a day after Sword & Shield came out, there was already thousands of videos of people wuth completed pokedex's. All shiny. It kind of kills the mood for me. Like,.. Can't we just enjoy the game?
@@togekissbliss I feel like there is too much shiny hunting it gets annoying
@@internetguy7319 don’t watch it then.
@@internetguy7319 exactly. Everytime someone wants to trade pokemon, its always shinies only. Like dude, can I please jsut have your scizor in exchange for my lucario?
@@SinnohGreen you see, i already dont
*BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE GAMBLING* and you only seek the pleasure of dophamine? Probably
How to best Shiny-Hunt without Soft-Resets
in Sinnoh and Unova?
I ask for 2 little boys i know, not for myself.
I myself dont see why getting Shinys is worth anything if
it's certain you get them. What's hte point if they
are not exceptions and special encounters of chance??
You are like one of my friends who mains Hero in Smash
60 hours of thinning hair for finally getting that dopamine hit? Nah.
I assume is that, because why else people would go for a piece of digitalized codes
@@user-mm2zj3mz3u Grammar though?
I never shiny hunt, but its always nice when one shows up. My first shiny was a Ditto, and I was soooo dissapointed that it lost its shine upon using transform.
"You mean you don't give me your full, undivided attention?!"
Me: Pauses while taking another big bite of my dinner. Then looks down at all of my note books full of Norwegian language notes.
Me: Oopsy
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Yes
Druddigon's shiny actually looks pretty nice. It looks like Tabaluga, a famous "luck dragon" from the German children's stories by Peter Maffay.
How to best Shiny-Hunt without Soft-Resets
in Sinnoh and Unova?
I ask for 2 little boys i know, not for myself.
I myself dont see why getting Shinys is worth anything if
it's certain you get them. What's hte point if they
are not exceptions and special encounters of chance??
Omg the old intro is back!!!
I shiny hunt,get excited when I get the shiny,and then the happiness goes away after a while and I go back to shiny hunting. An endless cycle.
"it's better than doing drugs"
well I dont think theres a better reason tbh
Lockstin: YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU DONT GIVE ME YOUR FULL UNDIVIDED ATENTION WHEN WATCHING MY STUFF?
me actively sos chaining while watching: observe.
And here I thought Lockstin was gonna go into a deep spiel about the psychology of gambling addiction and intermittent reinforcement (the latter of which, if you ask me, is a big reason why shiny hunting is so popular). But this is nice, too! 😊
Yeah, I kind of thought about that too
Same here lol
Idem, kinda disappointing...
To answer your question, sir:
*Revenge.*
I feel like there is a story here but I don't know what it is.
@@ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou Same here.
Enlighten us
Revenge🤔
A rookidee killed my nickit in a shield nuzlocke and I went apeshit over the next week
I've never seen shiny Jangmo-o until this video, and now I feel like it would be a good gift for a significant other
Honestly its mostly to make my friends go "nice" or "man your lucky" but in the long run it's just something to do when my mind is a garbled mess.
because i like seeing pokemon in different colors its cool you should try it.
Lmao what if ur colorblind tho
@@Nogiistune ITS STILL COOL
TRY DRUGS! with DRUGS every Pokemon is a Shiny Pokemon! And every human is a Pokemon.. and every shiny is a human..... and any Pokemon is a Digimon, is a Ferby, is a Barbie....
@You must DIE • 75 years ago it depends on the type of colorblindness
I DID try it. It was TERRIBLE.
Lockstin: "you mean to tell me I don't get your full undivided attention when watching my video"
me whose watching his videos while shiny hunting: :I
ditto
I shiny hunt because pokemon has alot to offer, but the fact that they sprinkle something else like shinies in the mix makes me feel it can make pokemon more challenging . thats what i take away from this.
I feel like finding a shiny is like the ULTIMATE dedication to an individual pokemon. Like if your going to spend who knows how long to find a slightly different colored version then you must LOVE that pokemon and finding a shiny is one way to do it!
I shiny hunt because i am a solitary person, who needs to spend time with unreal magical creatures and a false sense of accomplishment to feel better about myself.
SAME
@@dragoniraflameblade How to best Shiny-Hunt without Soft-Resets
in Sinnoh and Unova?
I ask for 2 little boys i know, not for myself.
I myself dont see why getting Shinys is worth anything if
it's certain you get them. What's hte point if they
are not exceptions and special encounters of chance?!
@@slevinchannel7589 I think Google or Reddit might be the best answer for you.
@@slevinchannel7589 Don't know for Unova but Sinnoh has the pokeradar that allows you to chain catch. I don't recall the exact rules of the method but it's fairly easy to find on the internet and execute in the game from what i remember
The funny thing is, I actually was zoned out right before you said: "you mean you don't actually give me your full attention when watching my stuff?" I had no idea what you just said so it felt like you were talking to me. Strange moment for sure.
lockstin: [yelling at me for not giving him my full undivided attention]
me: [playing a nuzlocke as i watch this video]
I recently ACTIVELY Shiny Hunted a Pokemon, here, the Dynamax Adventures Zygarde, for the first time. Took me almost 5-7 days and almost around 100-150 tries to get the damn Shiny.
But getting the Shiny Zygarde in Pokemon Sword and Shield is actually considered an Achievement since its the hardest Boss to beat in any Pokemon game so far.
Ahem,... and let me tell you it was not fun at all, BUT I got a sense of Satisfaction and Achievement after I got that Shiny Zygarde.
Also, I had begun liking Zygarde when I watched your video about "The SEVERAL Origins of Xerneas, Yveltal and Zygarde" video. So that made the shiny hunt even more interesting.
But in the end it was all worth the time and effort. Ah... Now I can FLEX my well-earned Shiny Zygarde in front of my friends. xD
"Well it's better than doing drugs"
Well he's not wrong
Not by much, but he's not wrong.
I do both
Someone needs to make Lockstin saying, “Well I guess it’s better than doing drugs...” into a gif 😂
I do genuinely love seeing streamers get so excited about finally getting those sparkles to flash. It's still burned into my brain when Ray Narvaez Jr managed to hatch two shiny Shuckle in a row when he was only going for one
I shiny hunt because of 3 reasons
I like and want challenge myself that I could do it.
I join the hype train on a few shines.
Also I join my friends when hunting.
Where is the challenge if it's all rng?
@@anthonytorres4820 Challenge of not giving up when u dont get it as soon as u would like
@@anthonytorres4820 it's working against your odds to get a HUGE dose of satisfaction
@@anthonytorres4820 An endurance test and strategy
@@curlydolltv Yep
"Color swapped" Pokemon (or shiny Pokemon) are extremely rare but little do we know... spoiler alert, they're from another universe!
So are Ultra Beasts but nobody made any fuss about them.
@@CrystalGreymon everyone made ALL the fuss about them wdym
They are kind of like a albino animal although they have different colours other than white lol
It's been stated that they look this way due to the different type of food their mother/father ate.
@@12145sonic wait. someone's been feeding my ditto in the daycare! It's only supposed to make babies >:(
I don't shiny hunt, but I do get very happy on Pokemon Go Community Days when I can get shiny pokemon. I also do get a rush when I randomly get a shiny on a non-Community Day because it's a fun little surprise. It's more of a bonus for me when I use the game for exercise rather than something I feel the need to actively seek out.
It's relaxing and calming. Plus, its a great way to continue enjoying the game after I've beat the main story without restarting 🙂
Yo I'm here from Bossu Finn actually lol
Yeah. Me too.
Same
Same
Same
#bossulove
I still remember my first natural shiny. Pokemon Sun. On my way to the Elite Four. 10 foot steps from the exit. Then it appears, a shiny Snowrunt.
Mine was a ghastly
My first shiny was a Machop in Diamond and my most recent was Mimikyu in Sun. It was litterally *the* first wild Mimikyu I've ever encountered as I wanted one for my team. It kept summoning other Mimikyu. Gray cheeked bastard made me work for it.
Mine was an eevee back in G2 original release of GS, had no idea then that it was shiny.... fainted it.... I look back on that shiny every time I find one now,
I have only ever encountered 3 shinies (not including trades) all 3 of them accidentally. A shiny Whismur in OR, a Shiny Formantis while I was hunting for a contrary one in US (it didnt have the ability), and a shiny Swanna in the Ultra wormholes in the same game
All of them were full odds too
"Well, I guess it's better than doing drugs." This is the best possible conclusion to this topic
The tiny violin at the end was perfect
"Wait is that a shiny"
It's a SQUARE shiny, that's the rarer one (isn't it?)
Well, i think one type is rarer with wild encounters, and the other type is rarer with egg encounters
Iirc (haven't checked in a while)
Each Shiny have a 1/12 chance of being a square shiny
But when doing the encounter method (the one where you kill the same mon over and over), the odds of being a square shiny grow a shitload (along with the chanced of being a shiny). It becomes the inverse, 1/12 regular shiny 11/12 square shiny
So in a sense:
-Square Shiny are rare when you aren't looking for shinies
-Regular Shinies are rare when you are looking for a shiny
@@jvbon646 Ahh, that's interesting, didn't know that. Thanks!
@@TaliesinMyrddin
You should still fact check it, cause I'm really not sure if I remember correctly xD
@@jvbon646 static encounters (eggs and some legendaries) have 1/16 chance to be square. Wild encounters have a 4095/4096 chance to be square, apparently because of a glitch
When I was 13, I caught a shiny Nidorino in X. This was the first shiny I ever got in all my years of playing Pokémon (not counting GS gyarados). Then like an absolute dumbass I reset my file and lost it. I’ll probably never forgive myself.
But I did hatch a shiny mimikyu a couple months ago, so there’s that.
I feel your pain. My first full odds natural shiny was Hawlucha in my first playthrough of X. This was monumental since I've been playing Pokémon since 1999. I was a dumb-dumb and put him in my Pokébank and let my subscription expire while he was still in there because, at the time, I didn't think I'd ever play Pokémon again since I had just graduated high school... so much regret, so little time.
Reminds me of the time I caught a shiny Roselia back in Ruby. I remember sending it to Colosseum just to see what it would look like. Unfortunately, I forgot about it and it got erased when my brother started a new file. I wasn't mad or anything(kinda irked, but still...), it was just a mishap on my end. Of course, I would later find a shiny Numel in Emerald(I think...). I think I have it somewhere or other... Along with a few assorted shiny Pokemon that I randomly encountered.
It gives me a reason to think of names for things and helps when designing a Pokémon game post game features
For me its like a rabbit hole, I get excited start one shiny hunt and when it's starting to feel hopeless a shiny usually appears then that gives me motivation to hunt another one and it goes on like that
I love the grind for shinies and I've found that out of all the methods, the most fun for me are masuda and encounter method, while Bossu tends to be a soft reset kind of person (who you should have linked, tbh. Here's her shiny reaction to the dragon boi: th-cam.com/video/8v2L_B8lzNA/w-d-xo.html). She's an incredible, funny, friendly content creator and I'm proud to count her among my friends.
My very first shiny hunt, EVER, was 1570 hatches via masuda method, full odds. It was for a shiny galarian ponyta. After that I was hooked. Not only because the pokemon is a different color, but because I can challenge myself to breed a perfect IV shiny, figure out the exact odds for each hunt based on the method/location I use, and being one step closer to a full living shiny dex. I've beat the odds (lowest hunt 73 masuda hatches for litten/99 encounters for yamper) and I've gone wayyy over odds (currently unknown number of masuda hatches for Salandit, sitting at 1,800 right now, which is about 3.5x the odds, will hit 4x odds at 2,048) and I'm obsessed regardless of the count. In a way, a longer hunt just makes the resulting shiny all the sweeter, and usually you have better stories relating to the longer hunts as well. In less than a year of shiny hunting I've collected about a quarter of the shiny sword/shield base dex, and I'm still working for it. Each person has their own reasons for shiny hunting, and if you're not into it that's fine. It brings a lot of people joy and that in itself is worth it.
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"68% OFF"
we were this close to greatness
I think for me, it's only ever when I feel I'm far enough into postgame, and there's a particular pokemon I want to try training or want to be a 'star player' in my team. I think it's a much more passive experience for me rather than being about the excitement of finally landing the shiny, and maybe even a sort of soft restart to the adventure, with the shiny as my new 'starter'.
Y'know, this video really made me think about WHY I shiny hunt. For me, there's quite a few reasons:
Plain and simple, there's just some really great shiny Pokémon. Pokémon I already really like (Charizard, Pheromosa, Blacephalon, Steelix, Hawlucha, Gardevoir, Sandshrew, etc.) just have such great palette swaps in their shiny forms.
The thrill you get when you finally hatch one or find one in the wild is amazing. I've soft reset for days, weeks, even months for some shinies, and then I've hatched some in two Masuda Method eggs. It's always a surprise no matter how much time it takes to find it.
Yes, it can be tedious, time consuming and at times boring, but man...when you get that shiny you've wanted for years and get to battle with it and see it in Pokémon-Amie or Camp or just in the PokéDex, and just knowing you earned it and it's yours...it's such an awesome feeling of accomplishment and awe.
I still remember finding my first shinies in FireRed years ago, before I ever knew what shinies were. They were a Doduo and an Exeggcute in the Safari Zone, and (like the foolish child I was) I ran from them both not knowing what I had found. Fast forward to my first CAUGHT shiny in the same game, a shiny Unown Z in the Tanoby Ruins, and it's been a journey ever since. Each one's special to me, each one has a story behind it, and they're some of my greatest accomplishments in my years of video gaming. 😊
(Also shiny Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist are the best shinies of all time, change my mind.)
Since I missed the Twitter question here's my answer:
I already wanted a reason to really get into studying the breeding mechanics and working on that to get what I want out of it. After that, especially once you have the Shiny Charm, it's worth it to just push on a little more to get a shiny one. It's a badge of honor for me.
i started shiny hunting two weeks ago in my Y nuzlocke. younger me never had the satisfaction of finding a shiny when hunting for one. so when i got a shiny magikarp and FOUND a shiny roggenrola, i was ecstatic. also a shiny poliwag. it was so satisfying to have 3 shinies in my team before the E4
Yoo thanks for putting my reaction in the video! :D Lmao
I never shiny huh but it is a great feeling when you just come across something that you're not expecting.
The first shiny I ever got was a makuhita and literally the same game like two hours later I got a shiny electrike. 😂
"Why do you shiny hunt?" I want the shiny version of my favorite pokemon, is that too much to ask for?
I'd find other ways of getting one before spending literal days trying to get it. Pkhexx and trading are far quicker ways of doing this.
It depends, what's your favourite Pokémon?
@@sauzeefy Good for you.
@@FreedomAnderson Cofagrigus is my personal fav.
Hey, i want a shiny noivern, haxorus, dragapult and vulpix. I can possibly breed for the vulpix with a higher chance cause yay shiny Galarian meowth
Short answer: shiny pokemon go brr
BRRRRRRRRRRR SHINY POKEMON GO BRRRRRRRRRRRRR
True that
I find it pretty satisfying just encountering them naturally. I've been playing each gen as it's come out(except for gen 8) since Red & Blue. My first shiny was in gen 2 with Magnemite which was pretty confusing as a kid, as it was just a very slightly different in color, but once I understood what was up, it's been part of what makes the games exciting for me. Gen 3 was a lot more exciting when I caught a shiny Electrike. Gen 5 was kind of dissapointing with Durant, as well as gen 7 with Gumshoos. I haven't had any shiny encounters in gen 4 or 6, but I'm looking forward to getting 8 and hoping luck will favor me once again!
I do shiny hunt myself and it’s definitely most of what is mentioned in the video (excitement, easy to do, can do whilst doing something else etc). I also think of it similar to a rollercoaster, spending hours in line for a 30 second adrenaline rush, except it’s 60 hours and you can keep the reward and satisfaction of it without danger of death or a bad rollercoaster photo.
My Shiny Ribombee: *Smiles*
Me: 😍 you so precious when you smile 💖
description "get 68% off"
- We were this close to greatness
Hmm, oh got it. *67%*
I've been playing pokemon since first gen. I used to watch the anime and I was never completely invested in the battling. I always considered pokemon as friends that you take care of in the game. I don't shiny hunt just any pokemon, I shiny hunt pokemon that look better as a shiny and pokemon that are my favorite as a shiny. I feel that shinies make the pokemon special, if you encounter an npc using the same pokemon, yours is shiny. Currently, I'm soft resetting for a shiny Porygon, because Porygon is my favorite pokemon. I'm hunting it in heart gold, and I'm planning on giving it a Legend ribbon.
I shiny hunt with egg hatching and on static encounters on SwSh using a controller I modded and connected to a Raspberry Pi.
When Crown Tundra came out I built some super basic image comparison (read "built" as "found an existing library" and "image comparison" as "color histogram comparison") to auto encounter the regis, grab a frame off my capture card to see if it's shiny, and if not, soft reset and try again.
I do this because I can, and it's motivation to learn how to do new things.
I don't actually shiny hunt, to this day I've never ever encountered a shiny in main game, (unless you count red gyrados) BUT on pokemon go, the main reason i like it when shinies pop up is this; normal pokemon, everyone has it, they're abundant and pretty easy to catch. Shinies are a way to flex on friends cos generally everyone has different ones. Also, shinies on pgo usually have a story to them. "I got that on community day" or my fave: "i got that while you were driving"
I can answer that question:
we have no life
The oak leaf w/ a disseasd part earned my like and sub
I still remember my first shiny-a rattata in LeafGreen on route 22. Sadly, it's now in a lost Pearl game somewhere.
Something about holding a strong liking to a certain Pokémon. Ex: liking Absol a lot and also really like it’s shiny. Hunting and obtaining this rare version of one of your favorites is a fun way sport your appreciation for the mon. The journey gives you something to look forward to.
My urge to shinyhunt began when I found a random shiny Karrablast in Black. That caused me to to hunt for shiny Litwick, which took me a month on and off, and I got it in *under 2000 encounters.*
I haven't had the balls to shinyhunt since
It’s always magic when a TH-camr points to the top of the screen and the little link pops up
It’s never been about the shiny Pokémon itself rather the journey of finding it. The journey is what keeps me hooked since it draws parallels our own lives in a way most games are not able to for me. This journey to an achievement is something we have been doing our entire lives whether that be for a sport or for work. It’s always been about the journey for me.
I respect your view point, my friend although shiny hunting definitely has a different meaning to each hunter ❤️ And I think that is that. Bossu is also one of my close TH-cam pals and it warmed my heart to see her featured in this vid as she is a wonderful and kind soul ~ maybe give some credit in the description though (>^^)>
naturally found a shiny skitty in emerald when i was 8
thought it looked cool as hell, so i started hunting my other favorite mons
good times.
You are lucky 8 year old you was smart enough to catch that thing ^^'
Wish 8 year old me was so smart >
@@cecillewolters1995 tell us your story please :)
Accidentally came across a shiny Luvdisc during a Wedlocke
@@itisfreak I as also 8 I believe and playing on Firered, when I suddenly saw a Fearow that had sparkles or something?
It was on a normal GBA, so not the best option for light in general. A few minutes later I also found a Persian with the sparkle, but I could not see the difference, so I thought my game was broken.
The next day I wanted to check if my game was still broken, so I played again and found another Fearow with sparkles. Maybe it was the Island or the wild pokemon were sick?
Later that day I fought in the Battle Tower and saw a green Espeon that also had the sparkles! So I googled 'sick pokemon fire red' and found out about pokerus, but that didn't give sparkles.
So then I searched for 'pokemon with a star', not the results I could work with (I am Dutch, so my English was... well not much)
And then I searched for the green Espeon and found out the existence of different colored pokemon.
It took many years for me to process how rare it was that I have had found 3 within 2 days...
@@cecillewolters1995 wow that's insane that you found so many so close together! I have never stumbled across a random shiny pokemon since I have been playing except during a rom hack where you were guaranteed to find at least one. That's so cool though I'm happy for you although it sucks that you didn't know what they were at the time :(
God I have weird shiny stories, and most of them are me trying to complete the dex or having fun with friends
Pokémon Sun, looking for a dratini, found shiny boldore
Dmax adventures with friends, random shiny Cresselia
I think those are the only shiny Pokémon I’ve gotten without hunting, but either way, it’s fun, the excitement is amazing, and it’s always nice to show off
I’m an artist, and I like Pokémons with alternative coloration, sometimes I using the colors of Pokémons as a reference for my paintings, some of them have very interesting mixes of colors and sometimes I literally falling in love just looking at it. I’m not a tryhard shiny hunter, I hunting only for Pokémons that really catches my eyes and when I find what I need it brings me really good feeling and motivation to make a new artwork or something
I shiny hunt because, I love that moment when I finally get a shiny. I haven't hunted in a while, I should probably do that again...
I'm happy you chose to feature a really great shiny hunter, Bossu Finn, though wished there was a link to her channel... very amazing streamer that should be checked out by more, highkey. :)
I do it because it's an activity to do while watching something on TH-cam without putting too much attention into it and because I like having the shiny version of my favorite pokemon to make them feel more special. My shiny chandelure feels way more special than any other chandelure I find in the wild and makes him more dear to me
5:34 i am literally doing 2 other things while watching this. Watching this, shiny hunting ultra sun starter rowlet, and doing easy online school that is like 80% videos i can't skip and don't need to watch
hey! dont see a link to the amazing person who was hunting the druddigon at the begin of the video. Bossu Finn is an amazing and dedicated streamer, thank you for featuring her in your video
Right? That's what I was thinking too.
Hi mom
“When he said you mean to tell me that you’re not giving your full attention watching my videos” I just got on my switch
i know i’m a little late, but i hunt for many reasons. i like the thrill of finding shinies. i think the journey of either finding the shiny really quickly or it taking a long time is awesome. it’s a great way to interact with other people and meeting new hunters. it’s a great thing to do to wind down at the end of the day and a great thing to do while watching youtube or something (i actually end up watching your vids a lot while hunting). i got a random shiny when i first played pokemon when i was 8, and i feel if it wasn’t for that i would be in he same boat as you as in “why do people even do this?” and also, most shiny hunters are insane, and i’m proud to be one. :)
I have never watched one of these videos without simultaneously shiny hunting.
Yeah, gambling addiction, that sounds right.
Little fun fact : loving gambling is a natural thing. In fact, even animals experience it. In labs, scientists noticed rats and pigeons were way more excited about tricks if they didn't know wether they would get the treat on the spot or not.
And now we know how poor Grimsley got to be where he is! At least with shiny hunting all you have to lose is time. 😅
"Natural" doesn't equals "Good" or "it's Ok" tho
@@jvbon646 Of course, too much of anything gets bad. But I don't see how shiny hunting is not ok just because gambling is addictive x)
Imagine accidentally running away from a shiny Pokemon that you've been shiny hunting for 69 hours so then it takes another 420 hours to shiny hunt, you eventually find it then you get it down to a sliver of health then it uses a recoil move and then you take another 666 hours and realize that you forgot to get poke balls because you sold them all
People, who prefer masuda:
I don't have such weaknesses
Nice
@Dick Balls • 30 years ago Not everybody hacks the game. I don't do it, and plenty of other shiny hunters I know don't do it. Shinies don't feel earned at that point. The satisfaction of having a shiny comes from knowing the amount of luck it took to obtain it. Hacking it in absolutely ruins that, and it devalues other people's effort to acquire them by casting doubt on the legitimacy of their shinies. There's no point to owning a shiny if you just hack it in.
@Dick Balls • 30 years ago Just because other people do something, doesn't make me or anyone else obligated to. This is literally the "if your friends jumped off your bridge, would you jump as well?" argument your parents should have presented to you in your childhood.
Shiny hunting help my Sleep Problem, cure my Insomnia
First shiny was a doduo outside of Mt Silver on my first play through of Chrystal. Didn't even know what it was at first
I don’t Shiny Hunt. I really like the idea of naturally coming across a Shiny and then using it because it’s a Shiny. Then you get an unexpected attachment to that certain Pokemon. That very thing happened to me in my ORAS run through when I found a shiny Lotad early on and grew extremely attached to it. It’s now one of my favourite Pokemon.
To me, Shiny Hunting and happening upon a Shiny naturally are like getting your pay check at the end of the month and getting a present on Christmas that you didn’t think you wanted but you end up growing to love it. One clearly gives a better feeling than the other. So I don’t think I’ll ever Shiny hunt. I just look forward to that next Shiny I come across, hoping I’ll grow to love it as much as I did Lily the Lotad (Now Ludicolo).
I feel the same way about finding them just randomly... Which I have seen like 10 of the things from this way over these many years.
The only other Shiny within my circle of friends was a single Zubat from the second 5th gen games :/
I like to think that they find me more than I find them. Makes them feel more of a personal to me like you said.
My faves right now is the Peliper from a nuzlocke, my storm drain Cradily, and the Drapion I got from Shield.
I shiny hunted ONCE for a shiny ho oh, it took me more than a fuckin week of soft resetting and i got the worst nature for it too