It was great meeting you and talking your ear off that day! It's not often I run into someone as passionate about Pokémon as I am. I've been looking forward to this video for months, haha - Chris
A group of friends and I completed ours in high school, this was when gen 5 was out and we all just happened to have every copy of all the games we needed them we pulled out money together to get the Japanese copies. I can’t imagine doing this alone, completing the gen 3 dex is still one of the biggest flexes I have 16 years later
That sounds like such a sweet memory and accomplishment you did with your friends, I wish I had a friend who'd do this with me lol. Those game cartridges contain memories you'll keep for life.
one thing i really appreciate is that gen 6 was designed to let you complete the national dex with just the 4 main gen 6 games, no side games or previous gens required, ignoring the mythical pokemon not counted in the national dex.
I came into this video with mild curiosity and was increasingly interested every time I understood the lengths you went through to get these Pokémon, only to look at the time and realize he’s about to go do even more. Now I know what I need to do to complete my Pokédex and to venture into to all those old games I never got around to. It’ll take a little me a little longer probably but I’m excited, this video deserves a subscribe.
This video amazed me! Loved it. From the tragic story. To staying positive and moving forward with this incredible mission. This video deserves a million plus views. Congrats on your accomplishment. I would get that Game Freak certification printed and bordered on my wall.
@@kylecochrane4450 They always tell you the "do X steps left/right/up/down" in guides so not even the ones usually explaining the solution even know *why* it works, they just regurgitate the one they found working.
@@saxor96 Still thanks for explaining how the puzzle is meant to work. I have a repeatable method of redoing this Deoxys event via event tools on a R4 cartridge
Wow! What an amazing story! I'd recommend getting a Gb Operator to back up your cartridge save files just in case your save file gets corrupt again or in case your battery dies and needs replacement. GREAT JOB!!! A winner is YOU!!
@@BillSchrader Not if he wanted it to be as "legit" as possible, which seems to be a personal thing for him I definitely would go as far as to use homebrew, flash carts, and softmods to make things cheep and easy, while keeping the Pokemon and events themselves legit. Everyone has their own line
Seriously. I know how crazy prices can get, but that's the first time in years my jaw dropped. I have some barely working disc in my basement my mom paid $40 for back in the day and someone would pay 1000 bucks for that? It's not even a game ;_;
9:47 welcome to my childhood. For context, in Mexico Pokemon games (most games actually) until gen 6 where only sold in English and I let me tell you I didn’t knew any English while I played my first Pokemon game, still not sure how I managed to finish it considering I was 9. Granted is easier to go from Spanish to English that to any of those to Japanese…
This is absolutely incredible, I remember my dad bought me a used gba with sapphire for 50€ in 2005 I was only 5, the best memories of my life. Thank you for putting all this effort and dedication for this video, I really enjoyed it! Love from Sabaudia 🇮🇹
No lie, I think we both decided to start this journey around the same time! While doing research on all the games and different locations for Pokémon’s or items, I always found your videos freshly uploaded at the most convenient times going through this quest. Subbed early on and am amazed by how in depth your channel has gotten :) great job!!
I'd argue that injecting the wondercards for the Deoxys and Mew events is a more "legit" option. That way, you not only get to visit the game locations and have the item in your bag, but you get to experience the process of getting the wondercard that activates these events. Maybe even getting one of the physical distribution carts for the 100% "licensed" experience.
Reminds me that I need to buy an emerald cart but I think I will just inject the wonder card. Especially since I might end up fighting it multiple times for a shiny in each form.
Also, THANK YOU for actually crediting the people in the description like you said you would! So many TH-camrs these days say "I'll put a link in the description" but never do. I'm ashamed to admit this is my first time seeing your channel, and yet I've already developed a somewhat parasocial relationship :') And I'm a 31 year old woman so trust me I'm aware of how silly that sounds. Great video, great story, great guy! Liked and Subscribed (obvs)
Not gonna Lie that was 30 Minutes worth of my time Congratulations on achieving this moment also yes you did have to spend 1700 dollars for that Pokemon Storage Box Disc but think of it as an Investment cause its only harder to find the same for your other Japanese GameCube Games and discs Just getting 100 percent in Pokemon Colosseum alone is an Achievement To do it twice on English and Japanese You Truly Have My Respect
Crazy dedication and time spent on this one video. I've watched several hours of several other videos covering things like purifying all shadow pokenon in colosseum, and you did that shit twice in 5 minutes. Mad props, great video
Love seeing people be passionate about Pokémon, especially my fav gen! I was only able to play these games through emulators since my parents couldn't afford to get me and my siblings video games and all that. Never completed the dex legitimately. Big feat for sure! Congrats! :)
Unfirtunately Im UK based so it doesn't apply to me but that doesn't take any appreciation away from the fact that the offer you've given people there is absolutely outstanding and generous! Well done for helping people live out the chances to get certain pokemon they could have only dreamed of as kids! Secondly, what a great video, very educational on how and where to get all the pokemon and its great to see the rewards you get for completion! Im personally slugging through trying to 'complete' the national pokedex on emerald, EV train and lvl 100 every mon and do some shiny hunting in the background and am fully aware I may meed to find some 'alternate methods' at the end for some unobtainable pokemon. Again thankyou for helping the community to achieve their childhood dreams💙
Congrats on achieving this milestone! Also, what a way to continue to share the joy of your success with others! I'll definitley be sending my copies later, stay safe during the storm(s)!
That is so sweet and generous of you to offer to give people things like the japanese celebi... You are beyond a legend for this. Mr. Fuji was right all along. You love pokemon, and that's why you did and are doing all of this.
Never forget that mythical just means “more money” in Pokémon terms. I do see them starting to creep mythical Pokémon into the games. I just hope we get the older games released on Switch 2 with mythical events unlocked.
i genuinely love the random inclusions in the dlcs, keldeo and meloetta both genuinely sounded like mew under the truck at first. it even took a little bit to figure them out. Plus pecharunt getting a whole story bit. I'd love more like them
I never realized the Deoxys event was so rare as to be in only 3 US cities one single time, and it's not even an obvious list like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Wow, I didn't realize just how lucky it was to live where I do
Man, congratualations on getting your Gen 3 livingdex completed as legit as possible. That's an amazing thing. For me it's relatively cheaper to do so since I live in Europe (Pokémon Channel was only 90 Euro) and I catch every Pokémon from their original region and with at least all Elite Four ribbons on all of them: Gen 2 from Johto in HeartGold and SoulSilver respectively. But your Japanese Celebi might be the most expensive and amazing Pokémon you can ever caught legitimately.
From the looks of your pin in Florida we may live in the same city. I wish I had my old carts to take advantage of this. Like you I was in high-school during the events and wasn't able to go to any either. This is such a cool concept and video and I wish your view count and likes would reflect it. 32000 views is a crime for what this took to accomplish. The time, research, expertise, finances, and will power to see such a thing through should have been rewarded. But for something 20 years in the making, the sense of accomplishment I hope was rewarding enough. Thanks for sharing the experience and nostalgia. It's always cool seeing an OG fan keeping the hunt alive.
Stumbled upon your video and it brought back a ton of memories but the best part was that sendoff. What a generous offer to the Pokemon community. You're a great dude!
Dude I literally started this journey and you helped me so much. I’m just like everyone else who appreciates you. Thanks ! I’m missing celebi and all the other pokemon you can’t get on the regular games .
@@TechnoTrainer I bought 2 gameboys and was trading back and forth between my games. I was able to get cyndaquil for completing the Pokédex . But after that I got stuck . I Didn’t want to do it the wrong way .
@@jjgaming760 If you have a file you can erase, you can restart and beat the game again, complete the dex again and this time ask for Totodile.. or Colosseum will make it way easier
I find it fascinating how every player has a different perception on what they consider cheating and legit in pokemon. You went the ACE route because you felt recreating the physical events wasn't to your liking, I think the complete opposite, where I think ACE and genned pokemons are very close to each other. I also feel like savedumping to trade with someone across the globe is a legit way to obtain jirachi and celebi, but I'm glad you went the full physical route and documented it, not many people do! Anyways. gratz on your pokedex, it looks fantastic! Edit: btw, the faraway island mew was never released outside japan, and was only distributed (afaik) to japanese cartridges. Due to this, I feel like a ticket distribution for faraway island on english cartridges would be far from authentic. These mews also get blocked on pokemon bank.
Neither Bank nor Home have any issue with English Faraway Island Mew. Also, I think it's fun to get to experience the Faraway Island event, even if it was never officially released in America
@@QuantumSinger Thanks for pointing this out! Turns out PkHex detects this as non legit, but indeed bank and home don't care (yet, at least). Looks like it includes shinies too. good to know!
Gen 3, specifically emerald has such a special place in my heart, its such a warm feeling game, I could replay it easily, it was a big part of my childhood, goodjob on completing it, I had a buddy in middle school who had a gameshark but prior to that I used all the playground "cheats" going around through word of mouth to try and get the mythics
Super cool video! While watching this video, my guide book for pokemon conquest came in the mail from Japan! I now know a fraction of the feeling you must of had to get the disks. Cheers
Awesome video! Loving all the people completing emerald atm, gives me motivation to maybe try it myself. And that giveaway you're doing is very kind! I'd send a game in but I'm not in the US, still great for those that are :)
Crazy how I just done this four years ago during the peak hours of C-19 lol. Luckily for me I was a massive poke maniac, as I had all of those games. The only thing I had to spend my money on was the Japanese copy of Sapphire, Colosseum, "Bonus Disc" and Game Cube. For the original releases I had to purchase the US bonus disc and since I had found two of them for a reasonable deal I purchased two sets. I had already nearly completed my Dex on all five copies with emerald being my favorite I was only like four Pokemon away from completing my National Dex. All that left me was also Deoxy and Mew, so I purchased an action replay and used my second copy of Pokemon Emerald to inject the event key items for naval rock, Southern island, birth island, and far away island. After capturing those two legendaries to my main emerald I had officially completed my National Dex Legitimately.
This is absolutly nuts, thought I would never see the so talk about, the so wanted, the so needed, 100% gen 3 dex, and even only using gen 3 games, ya crazy, but I respect the crazynes, keep up the good work
This was amazing! Thank you so much for giving players the opportunity to experience this! I will definitely send one too. The video was great, and I will be tagging you soon. Thank you, Techo! ❤️
Damn I just did that on a whim six or so years ago. Got 382/386 from ground up with all the childhood games, added a Deoxys still kicking around on an save file, and ended at 383. Only ones I missed were Mew, Celebi, and...Slowking. Still have to get one of those.
In February 2016 my friend owned his own retro game shop and I helped him host a shiny Mew event over one weekend. The local big chain of game shops, "Game", were giving away a regular mew so we had to one-up them lol I remember making it as "legit" as possible, got it from a Japanese copy of Emerald with the old sea map, I made the OT the same name as his shop but in the Japanese characters, cloned like 3 boxes of them on ORAS and we gave almost all of them away, good times haha and I still have one! Great video btw, loved every minute of it.
Fun fact, you don’t actually need a Japanese game cube to play Japanese game cube games. If you soft mod the wii you can bypass the region requirement all together
This got me interested into seeing how my old games files where looking! My old Fire Red Psyical cartridge stands at over 290 Pokemon caught in the Pokedex! Not only that, but it's the same save file I had, when I attended a 10th anniversary event in the UK back in like 2005, where you could download one of the top 10 ranked Pokemon at the time, as many times as you liked. These included both Ho-oh and Lugia, which have the OT of 10ANNIV. Sadly Celebi and Mew were not at this event. But I have caught data on the Pokedex for Mew. I must have traded with someone, then traded back.
Approximately a year ago I finally completed the generation 3 national pokedex in my childhood copy of Pokemon Sapphire and my goal was to do it as authentically as possible as well. I basically did everything that you have done except purchase Pokemon Box. I even obtained wishmaker Jirachi and the Bonus disc celebi, but I couldn't find any authentic way to obtain deoxys and mew. I couldn't leave my dex with two holes in it, so I decided to use the same Pomeg berry glitch that you mention to generate a Deoxys in my emerald copy, and I could have done the same thing for Mew, but since I can obtain Mew in My Pokemon Ranch on the Wii, I decided to transfer everything to my platinum and complete the gen 4 national dex instead. Now I've decided to complete the National dex in my Pokemon White 2 because I acquired an authentic shiny genesect on a JP version of Pokemon black on ebay which blew my mind. Also I have a friend who may be able to get a hold of a lost one's childhood Keldeo and I would like to honor that. Sorry for babbling. Great video!
Holy cow that's such a generous offer ! Not many people seem to do stuff like this anymore. I just wanted to say that you're a great person for doing this
Techno, long-time subscriber here, and I have managed to complete my own Living/Forms Dex with my OT, using Gens 1-9 using your help in finding many of them. Just yesterday, I finally completed it, minus the Poké ball Vivillon and only a very few like Volcanian which to my knowledge have only been promotional Pokémon. My collection in Home is now complete minus five Pokémon that are impossible to get at this point. Like you, I did not want to resort to cheats to get any of these Pokémon, but glitches were ok if absolutely necessary. I figured that a glitch was ultimately part of the code, so technically it was in the game, so legal. Some other Pokémon, like all the forms of Furfrou were insane to get and were a super-challenge. However, with the understanding I have from having completed my challenge, it made me super impressed with this video. Wow, wow, wow! I nearly cried at the point where you lost your save. This happened to me once as well, although not quite as devastating with the amount of loss as yours. Thanks for this great video. Very entertaining and super impressive.
@@Rose_J Hey Rose! So glad to hear from you. Congrats on completing your HOME Dex, it's not easy. My HOME Dex was completed generation after generation because I could slowly build on it whenever a new game came out. I can't imagine tackling that starting from scratch. Thanks for watching the video, and thanks for the super kind words :)
13:17 minor detail, wii is also in 480i/480p and unable to display 720p. the visual difference is likely from a much better video cable on your wii, which is _wayyy_ easier to find than the $300 gamecube component cable
Love seeing people complete their living dex. Would be cool but those prices are nuts. Nice video journal of events though. Always dreamed of doing one of those Pokemon events way back when.
This just unlocked memories of me completing Colliseum and getting Jirachi though the even disc.. seeing Ho-Oh come up at the Volcano was insane when I was a kid. I unfortunately sold my copies of FireRed, Colliseum and Sapphire back in High School, but I think I’m going to restart that journey!.
I did the Latios and Deoxy battles as a kid through an emulation and cheats and it STILL was a surreal and intense experience, I could only imagine how you felt doing it all legitimately.
This was such a great video to watch! I am so glad that i have most of these games from back when i was a kid, also glad that Pokémon Box here in Europe is way cheaper (only paid €60 for the disk only, I have a spare box i can put it in)
Absolute respect for just beating the games again. If I may make a suggestion if you enjoy making these endeavors in the future, you should buy a cart ripper to usb pcb. You can rip a copy of your cartridge save file and save it to your own storage server or computer or wherever. Once you have that saved, you can flash that save file onto any compatible cartridge and you’ll never lose your save. Obviously you could abuse this and cheat your way through the playthrough, but that’s not what I’m saying. Just for peace of mind, as a backup for your saves. Worth the little effort it takes imo.
I really enjoy this video! This video made me wish i could experience completely legit to collect them all in gen 3, maybe someday. (I only experienced completing my pokedex in my pokemon moon playthrough)
I too would totally fly out anywhere just to get an event pokemon on my og cartridge from my childhood. Still can't believe your experience going there!! Congratulations!!
Just a suggestion, I’d change your audio input for your mic to mono instead of stereo with whatever you are using to record your audio. Your voice is swinging all over the place. Otherwise this is such a cool video, I don’t even like pokemon that much and you kept me entertained the whole video :3
Damn thats insane, i live down the street from Found It Games.😂 Never seen your content but mad respect for completing gen 3 dex! I quit playing at gen 4 but i definitely put most hours into Ruby growing up. We’re getting old🥴 i just hit 30 myself. Might finally have to give XD gale of darkness a shot.
Outstanding! Very Eleganto!! 🎉🎉🎉 I found your video off a reddit post. I'm currently on the same journey but with an extra goal of completing each game 100% with a complete the national dex for each game while learning RNG manipulation on the side lol I don't have Pokemon Box, so I have been painstakingly trading between my games 6 at a time via link cable. I know these games won't last forever, but I never knew the data could just delete itself! I have both English and Japanese RSEFRLG games, and utilized the Emerald cloning feature to distribute all my rare and event exclusive pokemon (as well as my coveted Lucky Egg) across all games as well as migrate them to Gen 4. Pokemon Box is even more expensive now, but seeing how practical it is, it might be worth biting the eBay bullet to get one, as well as a GameCube and its respective games. Well done!!
Ain't gonna lie bro. I'm excited for you but also jelly you got a copy of BOX. I have been chilling with my gen 3 Pokedex on my copy of Emerald for about 7 years. Only missing Celebi, Deoxys and Mew. I have mine split between Emerald and a memory card devoted to XD for the rest, since it had more box room compared to Colliseum.
Bro you are crazy but also hilarious love the video I did a legit kanto dex on leaf green in 2022 & got the legendaries using a hacked Wii and GameCube to game boy link cable that can rewrite save files & just injected the event tickets into the leaf green cart, I also downloaded Pokemon box on the hacked Wii haha love the dedication tho
As a youngin, i hacked in the items for event pokemon to complete my dex. Thats awesome about you giving out legit ones. I might have to send in my copy of sapphire
I won't have Celebi or the two event Pokemon, but I have all the other games and have been slowly doing this for decades. I've even caught each type of unknown. A few more runs and I'll have it, but I'm strangely not in any rush.
I am so glad I found this channel! Man I love gen 3 content and it looks like people have been thinking the same lately! I am almost done currently with my gen 2 living dex in my copy of Crystal and after that I will jump into gen 3 my favourite generation I already purchased very clean Ruby sapphire complete and Emerald is on the way all that’s left is the kanto remakes and box
I'm so happy to hear you utilized pokemon ruby/ sapphire to assist with your pokedex. I was fortunate enough to get a copy when it released and it made catching them all in gen three much less of a chore to transfer between games. the memory card is pretty sick too.
I’m doing this too! I have all the gen 3 games including the colosseum bonus disk and Pokémon Box when it was new, but it’s alotta fun completing the dex like this. so it was normal priced but I can’t imagine spending that much for it today. I keep so many playthroughs on there but it’s really cool to make wondercard distributions. I’ve always hated limited time events in Pokémon
The video gave me flashbacks. I owned a copy of pre order pokemon coliseum for years and got out of pokemon for a while and got rid of it (and many other original pokemon games) only to find out I was sitting on a unicorn. STILL bothers me to this day but hey hindsight is 20/20
It was great meeting you and talking your ear off that day! It's not often I run into someone as passionate about Pokémon as I am. I've been looking forward to this video for months, haha
- Chris
Heyy! Sorry, the editing and prep took FOREVER lmao. You're awesome, dude!
u rock bro
Chad
absolute legend
This is awesome
Holy cow thats such a generous offer 🥺 thank you for redistributing and allowing more people to experience the old events
A group of friends and I completed ours in high school, this was when gen 5 was out and we all just happened to have every copy of all the games we needed them we pulled out money together to get the Japanese copies. I can’t imagine doing this alone, completing the gen 3 dex is still one of the biggest flexes I have 16 years later
That sounds like such a sweet memory and accomplishment you did with your friends, I wish I had a friend who'd do this with me lol. Those game cartridges contain memories you'll keep for life.
one thing i really appreciate is that gen 6 was designed to let you complete the national dex with just the 4 main gen 6 games, no side games or previous gens required, ignoring the mythical pokemon not counted in the national dex.
I came into this video with mild curiosity and was increasingly interested every time I understood the lengths you went through to get these Pokémon, only to look at the time and realize he’s about to go do even more. Now I know what I need to do to complete my Pokédex and to venture into to all those old games I never got around to. It’ll take a little me a little longer probably but I’m excited, this video deserves a subscribe.
Thank you so much for an offer like this, truly, I hope to send you my copies for the exclusives someday soon.
@@itropicalxx1676 Thank you so much! I look forward to redeeming for you!
dang i respect your passion. this is something you can tell was done for the love of pokemon more than views and i just respect the hell out of it
This video amazed me! Loved it. From the tragic story. To staying positive and moving forward with this incredible mission. This video deserves a million plus views. Congrats on your accomplishment. I would get that Game Freak certification printed and bordered on my wall.
Thank you so much for the kind words!!
Deoxy's triangle mechanic is that you have to reach and interact with it in the least possible number of steps each time.
Oh?? Good to know!
I hated that puzzle always had no idea what I was doing wrong thanks for clearing that up
@@kylecochrane4450 They always tell you the "do X steps left/right/up/down" in guides so not even the ones usually explaining the solution even know *why* it works, they just regurgitate the one they found working.
@@saxor96 Still thanks for explaining how the puzzle is meant to work. I have a repeatable method of redoing this Deoxys event via event tools on a R4 cartridge
@@kylecochrane4450 noice, good luck on a... Shiny hunt?
Wow! What an amazing story! I'd recommend getting a Gb Operator to back up your cartridge save files just in case your save file gets corrupt again or in case your battery dies and needs replacement. GREAT JOB!!! A winner is YOU!!
The sad thing is with just the operator he could have saved at least 3000$ on that pokedex
@@BillSchrader Not if he wanted it to be as "legit" as possible, which seems to be a personal thing for him
I definitely would go as far as to use homebrew, flash carts, and softmods to make things cheep and easy, while keeping the Pokemon and events themselves legit. Everyone has their own line
@@kryzethx oh hell yeah and i respect the grind i was just saying
The pain of seeing Pokémon Box for $1700 is worse than stubbing my toe on a Lego wall. Absolutely sickening to see prices are this expensive.
I love it regardless. no regerts
A modded gamecube + Pokemon Box ISO would be just as legitimate. Just remember, use Official Nintendo Gamecube Memory Card and drink your Ovaltine!
Seriously. I know how crazy prices can get, but that's the first time in years my jaw dropped. I have some barely working disc in my basement my mom paid $40 for back in the day and someone would pay 1000 bucks for that?
It's not even a game ;_;
@@raze2012_to be fair it's actually incredibly rare.
In the UK it's like £150
9:47 welcome to my childhood.
For context, in Mexico Pokemon games (most games actually) until gen 6 where only sold in English and I let me tell you I didn’t knew any English while I played my first Pokemon game, still not sure how I managed to finish it considering I was 9. Granted is easier to go from Spanish to English that to any of those to Japanese…
Your love for Pokemon is clearly Legendary and far exceeds my own. Well done. You can literally feel your enthusiasm through the screen.
This is absolutely incredible, I remember my dad bought me a used gba with sapphire for 50€ in 2005 I was only 5, the best memories of my life.
Thank you for putting all this effort and dedication for this video, I really enjoyed it!
Love from Sabaudia 🇮🇹
No lie, I think we both decided to start this journey around the same time! While doing research on all the games and different locations for Pokémon’s or items, I always found your videos freshly uploaded at the most convenient times going through this quest. Subbed early on and am amazed by how in depth your channel has gotten :) great job!!
Thanks dude, we're twinsies!
This is so cool! And very kind of you to provide this for us. You're awesome Techno!
I'd argue that injecting the wondercards for the Deoxys and Mew events is a more "legit" option. That way, you not only get to visit the game locations and have the item in your bag, but you get to experience the process of getting the wondercard that activates these events. Maybe even getting one of the physical distribution carts for the 100% "licensed" experience.
I agree with you, I have a legitimate MYSTRY mew cartridge and that one isn’t anything like the one used by the game store.
Reminds me that I need to buy an emerald cart but I think I will just inject the wonder card. Especially since I might end up fighting it multiple times for a shiny in each form.
I ain’t paying 300
@Swoop. What's a mystery mew cart ? Is it not the same as download the event distribution to an r4 card via ds?
@@mrkicker11181just create a distrubution cart with an r4
Also, THANK YOU for actually crediting the people in the description like you said you would! So many TH-camrs these days say "I'll put a link in the description" but never do.
I'm ashamed to admit this is my first time seeing your channel, and yet I've already developed a somewhat parasocial relationship :') And I'm a 31 year old woman so trust me I'm aware of how silly that sounds.
Great video, great story, great guy! Liked and Subscribed (obvs)
@@meganadams7274 Heyoo, thank you!! Much appreciated :D
Not gonna Lie that was 30 Minutes worth of my time Congratulations on achieving this moment also yes you did have to spend 1700 dollars for that Pokemon Storage Box Disc but think of it as an Investment cause its only harder to find the same for your other Japanese GameCube Games and discs
Just getting 100 percent in Pokemon Colosseum alone is an Achievement To do it twice on English and Japanese You Truly Have My Respect
Crazy dedication and time spent on this one video. I've watched several hours of several other videos covering things like purifying all shadow pokenon in colosseum, and you did that shit twice in 5 minutes. Mad props, great video
Hahaha thank youu! Literally poured my heart and soul here
Love seeing people be passionate about Pokémon, especially my fav gen! I was only able to play these games through emulators since my parents couldn't afford to get me and my siblings video games and all that. Never completed the dex legitimately. Big feat for sure! Congrats! :)
Unfirtunately Im UK based so it doesn't apply to me but that doesn't take any appreciation away from the fact that the offer you've given people there is absolutely outstanding and generous! Well done for helping people live out the chances to get certain pokemon they could have only dreamed of as kids!
Secondly, what a great video, very educational on how and where to get all the pokemon and its great to see the rewards you get for completion! Im personally slugging through trying to 'complete' the national pokedex on emerald, EV train and lvl 100 every mon and do some shiny hunting in the background and am fully aware I may meed to find some 'alternate methods' at the end for some unobtainable pokemon. Again thankyou for helping the community to achieve their childhood dreams💙
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@@TechnoTrainerundoubtedly 😂
Congrats on achieving this milestone! Also, what a way to continue to share the joy of your success with others! I'll definitley be sending my copies later, stay safe during the storm(s)!
That is so sweet and generous of you to offer to give people things like the japanese celebi... You are beyond a legend for this. Mr. Fuji was right all along. You love pokemon, and that's why you did and are doing all of this.
Thank you for the kind words!! I've already redeemed about 10 already :) it's been really fun getting letters from everyone, and writing back!
Never forget that mythical just means “more money” in Pokémon terms.
I do see them starting to creep mythical Pokémon into the games. I just hope we get the older games released on Switch 2 with mythical events unlocked.
i genuinely love the random inclusions in the dlcs, keldeo and meloetta both genuinely sounded like mew under the truck at first. it even took a little bit to figure them out. Plus pecharunt getting a whole story bit. I'd love more like them
@@tripled2096 wait how do you get keldeo in scvi? ik meloetta is "mew under the truck" to the MAX but whats keldeos "summoning" sequence 😂
I think the reward for completing the pokedex in FRLG should be the squirtle that is still on the damn table after over 15 years
I never realized the Deoxys event was so rare as to be in only 3 US cities one single time, and it's not even an obvious list like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Wow, I didn't realize just how lucky it was to live where I do
Did you end up getting Deoxys that day?
did you attend the event?
There was also a Deoxys event in Houston Texas in 2006 for the 10th anniversary of Pokemon
This was amazing. The amount of effort/dedication/detail is insane
Man, congratualations on getting your Gen 3 livingdex completed as legit as possible. That's an amazing thing.
For me it's relatively cheaper to do so since I live in Europe (Pokémon Channel was only 90 Euro) and I catch every Pokémon from their original region and with at least all Elite Four ribbons on all of them: Gen 2 from Johto in HeartGold and SoulSilver respectively.
But your Japanese Celebi might be the most expensive and amazing Pokémon you can ever caught legitimately.
From the looks of your pin in Florida we may live in the same city. I wish I had my old carts to take advantage of this. Like you I was in high-school during the events and wasn't able to go to any either. This is such a cool concept and video and I wish your view count and likes would reflect it. 32000 views is a crime for what this took to accomplish. The time, research, expertise, finances, and will power to see such a thing through should have been rewarded. But for something 20 years in the making, the sense of accomplishment I hope was rewarding enough. Thanks for sharing the experience and nostalgia. It's always cool seeing an OG fan keeping the hunt alive.
Thanks dude, appreciate the kind words. It was a lot of work, but it was a ton of fun at the same time. I'm in Orlando and its outskirts!
Stumbled upon your video and it brought back a ton of memories but the best part was that sendoff. What a generous offer to the Pokemon community. You're a great dude!
Dude I literally started this journey and you helped me so much. I’m just like everyone else who appreciates you. Thanks ! I’m missing celebi and all the other pokemon you can’t get on the regular games .
Thanks dude :) If you're in the US, feel free to submit
@@TechnoTrainerI’m in Florida too lol
@@TechnoTrainer I bought 2 gameboys and was trading back and forth between my games. I was able to get cyndaquil for completing the Pokédex . But after that I got stuck . I Didn’t want to do it the wrong way .
@@jjgaming760 If you have a file you can erase, you can restart and beat the game again, complete the dex again and this time ask for Totodile.. or Colosseum will make it way easier
I find it fascinating how every player has a different perception on what they consider cheating and legit in pokemon.
You went the ACE route because you felt recreating the physical events wasn't to your liking, I think the complete opposite, where I think ACE and genned pokemons are very close to each other. I also feel like savedumping to trade with someone across the globe is a legit way to obtain jirachi and celebi, but I'm glad you went the full physical route and documented it, not many people do! Anyways. gratz on your pokedex, it looks fantastic!
Edit: btw, the faraway island mew was never released outside japan, and was only distributed (afaik) to japanese cartridges. Due to this, I feel like a ticket distribution for faraway island on english cartridges would be far from authentic. These mews also get blocked on pokemon bank.
Neither Bank nor Home have any issue with English Faraway Island Mew.
Also, I think it's fun to get to experience the Faraway Island event, even if it was never officially released in America
@@QuantumSinger Thanks for pointing this out! Turns out PkHex detects this as non legit, but indeed bank and home don't care (yet, at least). Looks like it includes shinies too. good to know!
Gen 3, specifically emerald has such a special place in my heart, its such a warm feeling game, I could replay it easily, it was a big part of my childhood, goodjob on completing it, I had a buddy in middle school who had a gameshark but prior to that I used all the playground "cheats" going around through word of mouth to try and get the mythics
Super cool video! While watching this video, my guide book for pokemon conquest came in the mail from Japan! I now know a fraction of the feeling you must of had to get the disks. Cheers
Birch: "You completed the pokedex, k, want a medal or something?"
Awesome video! Loving all the people completing emerald atm, gives me motivation to maybe try it myself.
And that giveaway you're doing is very kind! I'd send a game in but I'm not in the US, still great for those that are :)
Crazy how I just done this four years ago during the peak hours of C-19 lol. Luckily for me I was a massive poke maniac, as I had all of those games. The only thing I had to spend my money on was the Japanese copy of Sapphire, Colosseum, "Bonus Disc" and Game Cube.
For the original releases I had to purchase the US bonus disc and since I had found two of them for a reasonable deal I purchased two sets.
I had already nearly completed my Dex on all five copies with emerald being my favorite I was only like four Pokemon away from completing my National Dex.
All that left me was also Deoxy and Mew, so I purchased an action replay and used my second copy of Pokemon Emerald to inject the event key items for naval rock, Southern island, birth island, and far away island. After capturing those two legendaries to my main emerald I had officially completed my National Dex Legitimately.
This is absolutly nuts, thought I would never see the so talk about, the so wanted, the so needed, 100% gen 3 dex, and even only using gen 3 games, ya crazy, but I respect the crazynes, keep up the good work
This was amazing! Thank you so much for giving players the opportunity to experience this! I will definitely send one too. The video was great, and I will be tagging you soon. Thank you, Techo! ❤️
Thanks for the kind words! Let me know when you ship so I can be on the lookout!
Damn I just did that on a whim six or so years ago. Got 382/386 from ground up with all the childhood games, added a Deoxys still kicking around on an save file, and ended at 383. Only ones I missed were Mew, Celebi, and...Slowking. Still have to get one of those.
I can help with Celebi!
@@TechnoTrainer I don't have a Japanese game though!
this was such a pleasant watch, so well edited and greay storytelling, fantastic journey (aside from THE INCIDENT👀) great work, congrats!
Thank you!!!!
In February 2016 my friend owned his own retro game shop and I helped him host a shiny Mew event over one weekend. The local big chain of game shops, "Game", were giving away a regular mew so we had to one-up them lol I remember making it as "legit" as possible, got it from a Japanese copy of Emerald with the old sea map, I made the OT the same name as his shop but in the Japanese characters, cloned like 3 boxes of them on ORAS and we gave almost all of them away, good times haha and I still have one! Great video btw, loved every minute of it.
Heyo, just dropping by to say congrats! Good work, and thanks for the video!
@@timmaia5082 Thank you!
Fun fact, you don’t actually need a Japanese game cube to play Japanese game cube games. If you soft mod the wii you can bypass the region requirement all together
This got me interested into seeing how my old games files where looking!
My old Fire Red Psyical cartridge stands at over 290 Pokemon caught in the Pokedex!
Not only that, but it's the same save file I had, when I attended a 10th anniversary event in the UK back in like 2005, where you could download one of the top 10 ranked Pokemon at the time, as many times as you liked. These included both Ho-oh and Lugia, which have the OT of 10ANNIV. Sadly Celebi and Mew were not at this event. But I have caught data on the Pokedex for Mew. I must have traded with someone, then traded back.
Approximately a year ago I finally completed the generation 3 national pokedex in my childhood copy of Pokemon Sapphire and my goal was to do it as authentically as possible as well. I basically did everything that you have done except purchase Pokemon Box. I even obtained wishmaker Jirachi and the Bonus disc celebi, but I couldn't find any authentic way to obtain deoxys and mew. I couldn't leave my dex with two holes in it, so I decided to use the same Pomeg berry glitch that you mention to generate a Deoxys in my emerald copy, and I could have done the same thing for Mew, but since I can obtain Mew in My Pokemon Ranch on the Wii, I decided to transfer everything to my platinum and complete the gen 4 national dex instead. Now I've decided to complete the National dex in my Pokemon White 2 because I acquired an authentic shiny genesect on a JP version of Pokemon black on ebay which blew my mind. Also I have a friend who may be able to get a hold of a lost one's childhood Keldeo and I would like to honor that.
Sorry for babbling. Great video!
My longlost brother??
Holy cow that's such a generous offer ! Not many people seem to do stuff like this anymore. I just wanted to say that you're a great person for doing this
Great video! I haven't played Pokémon in about 10 years, and I watched this video in its entirety. The timing of that event was so cool 😱😱
doing the events and trade evos for people is so nice bro, def earned a like sub and supporter from here on out. Wishing you much success!
Thank you!! :)
Techno, long-time subscriber here, and I have managed to complete my own Living/Forms Dex with my OT, using Gens 1-9 using your help in finding many of them. Just yesterday, I finally completed it, minus the Poké ball Vivillon and only a very few like Volcanian which to my knowledge have only been promotional Pokémon. My collection in Home is now complete minus five Pokémon that are impossible to get at this point. Like you, I did not want to resort to cheats to get any of these Pokémon, but glitches were ok if absolutely necessary. I figured that a glitch was ultimately part of the code, so technically it was in the game, so legal. Some other Pokémon, like all the forms of Furfrou were insane to get and were a super-challenge.
However, with the understanding I have from having completed my challenge, it made me super impressed with this video. Wow, wow, wow! I nearly cried at the point where you lost your save. This happened to me once as well, although not quite as devastating with the amount of loss as yours. Thanks for this great video. Very entertaining and super impressive.
@@Rose_J Hey Rose! So glad to hear from you. Congrats on completing your HOME Dex, it's not easy. My HOME Dex was completed generation after generation because I could slowly build on it whenever a new game came out. I can't imagine tackling that starting from scratch.
Thanks for watching the video, and thanks for the super kind words :)
13:17 minor detail, wii is also in 480i/480p and unable to display 720p. the visual difference is likely from a much better video cable on your wii, which is _wayyy_ easier to find than the $300 gamecube component cable
Reproduction GameCube component cables now exist and HDMI adaptors for the GameCube/Wii are also a thing for anyone that wants to look into them.
THE ABSOLUTE DEDICATION FROM THIS GUY, YOU SIR ARE A UNIT!!!!!
7:10 Tax deductions are nice too :)
Love seeing people complete their living dex. Would be cool but those prices are nuts. Nice video journal of events though. Always dreamed of doing one of those Pokemon events way back when.
This just unlocked memories of me completing Colliseum and getting Jirachi though the even disc.. seeing Ho-Oh come up at the Volcano was insane when I was a kid.
I unfortunately sold my copies of FireRed, Colliseum and Sapphire back in High School, but I think I’m going to restart that journey!.
You deserve every minute of watch time from me. This was a great watch.
Very much appreciated! :D
awesome video, showing the break down at the end of cost and time was great. Glad you finished your journey and shared it with the rest of us.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
I did the Latios and Deoxy battles as a kid through an emulation and cheats and it STILL was a surreal and intense experience, I could only imagine how you felt doing it all legitimately.
Offering to help people get rare/hard Pokémon at the end is probably one of the nicest things a youtuber has ever done
With all the work this took for u to complete this video should have 10 million views.
This is one of the best videos I’ve watched relating my favorite pokemon game emerald.. you deserve so many more views!!!
My respects to your dedication my friend! You have earned a new subscriber
This video deserves more views and likes. Love from Germany.
This was such a great video to watch! I am so glad that i have most of these games from back when i was a kid, also glad that Pokémon Box here in Europe is way cheaper (only paid €60 for the disk only, I have a spare box i can put it in)
Absolute respect for just beating the games again. If I may make a suggestion if you enjoy making these endeavors in the future, you should buy a cart ripper to usb pcb. You can rip a copy of your cartridge save file and save it to your own storage server or computer or wherever. Once you have that saved, you can flash that save file onto any compatible cartridge and you’ll never lose your save. Obviously you could abuse this and cheat your way through the playthrough, but that’s not what I’m saying. Just for peace of mind, as a backup for your saves. Worth the little effort it takes imo.
This is absolutely incredible. Your love and dedication for Pokémon is inspiring!
Mr. Briney offering to take you to far away island is such a full circle moment
@@allthingsinvestingandfinance agreed lmao
Great job! The dedication is insane!
I really enjoy this video! This video made me wish i could experience completely legit to collect them all in gen 3, maybe someday. (I only experienced completing my pokedex in my pokemon moon playthrough)
If only i live in US (i am from the philippines)
I too would totally fly out anywhere just to get an event pokemon on my og cartridge from my childhood. Still can't believe your experience going there!! Congratulations!!
“All I had to do was just not eat for a month” 😂😂😂
Just a suggestion, I’d change your audio input for your mic to mono instead of stereo with whatever you are using to record your audio. Your voice is swinging all over the place.
Otherwise this is such a cool video, I don’t even like pokemon that much and you kept me entertained the whole video :3
Damn thats insane, i live down the street from Found It Games.😂
Never seen your content but mad respect for completing gen 3 dex!
I quit playing at gen 4 but i definitely put most hours into Ruby growing up. We’re getting old🥴 i just hit 30 myself. Might finally have to give XD gale of darkness a shot.
Oh boy, I didn't know I'd be putting on my pirate hat for a living pokedex to make trading faster.
Is an up to date living dex possible with just switch games? If not, why, what, and how?
Outstanding! Very Eleganto!! 🎉🎉🎉
I found your video off a reddit post. I'm currently on the same journey but with an extra goal of completing each game 100% with a complete the national dex for each game while learning RNG manipulation on the side lol
I don't have Pokemon Box, so I have been painstakingly trading between my games 6 at a time via link cable.
I know these games won't last forever, but I never knew the data could just delete itself!
I have both English and Japanese RSEFRLG games, and utilized the Emerald cloning feature to distribute all my rare and event exclusive pokemon (as well as my coveted Lucky Egg) across all games as well as migrate them to Gen 4.
Pokemon Box is even more expensive now, but seeing how practical it is, it might be worth biting the eBay bullet to get one, as well as a GameCube and its respective games.
Well done!!
Ain't gonna lie bro. I'm excited for you but also jelly you got a copy of BOX. I have been chilling with my gen 3 Pokedex on my copy of Emerald for about 7 years. Only missing Celebi, Deoxys and Mew. I have mine split between Emerald and a memory card devoted to XD for the rest, since it had more box room compared to Colliseum.
Hi Daniel!!
Glad we got to see what you look like. (You look great!)
As always, thanks so much for this video and all your videos
@@josephcho9721 thanks for the kind words! :D
Awesome video whole way through! I died laughing when you had the cowboy hat on all of the sudden!
I found your channel through your Unown guide, awesome to see the Unown being repped in the background haha - Love the aesthetic
@@MysteryRS Thank you! Big Unown fan, super underrated in my opinion. Loved them ever since I was a kid :D
Stumbled upon your video. Shoutout to Cybertron, i love that place haha
Fellow Central FL brethren??
What a generous man, thank you so much for the offert 💜.
And thank you a lot for sharing this wonderful Adventure :)
@@paolopalestro3389 Thanks for the kind words!!
Bro you are crazy but also hilarious love the video I did a legit kanto dex on leaf green in 2022 & got the legendaries using a hacked Wii and GameCube to game boy link cable that can rewrite save files & just injected the event tickets into the leaf green cart, I also downloaded Pokemon box on the hacked Wii haha love the dedication tho
Just shipped my games today it says by the 23rd! Loved this video!
As a youngin, i hacked in the items for event pokemon to complete my dex. Thats awesome about you giving out legit ones. I might have to send in my copy of sapphire
Nice vid. Very generous offer at the end!
Props to you man I don't think I could've kept going after that file getting deleted hahaa
I won't have Celebi or the two event Pokemon, but I have all the other games and have been slowly doing this for decades. I've even caught each type of unknown. A few more runs and I'll have it, but I'm strangely not in any rush.
This is sick, I’m going to work on my Pokémon games so I can ship them to you.
I am so glad I found this channel! Man I love gen 3 content and it looks like people have been thinking the same lately! I am almost done currently with my gen 2 living dex in my copy of Crystal and after that I will jump into gen 3 my favourite generation I already purchased very clean Ruby sapphire complete and Emerald is on the way all that’s left is the kanto remakes and box
Was not expecting to see Found It electronics in this video! This place is freaking awesome and the people there are fantastic!!!
@@TheSaintDario It was so fun dude!
@TechnoTrainer I'm sad I had no idea about this event with how close I am to it. GG on the complete dex. Absolutely madness. Got a new sub!
@@TheSaintDario Thanks dude! The guys told me they do one every month or so
I'm so happy to hear you utilized pokemon ruby/ sapphire to assist with your pokedex. I was fortunate enough to get a copy when it released and it made catching them all in gen three much less of a chore to transfer between games. the memory card is pretty sick too.
Heck yes!!! It was essential tbh
Omg Techno you are a Legend!!! I envy you for completing the Pokedex for emerald and Fire read
This was a dream in my puberty days
"Puberty days" I'm dead 😭
Fantastic video & journey! Well done!
I’m doing this too! I have all the gen 3 games including the colosseum bonus disk and Pokémon Box when it was new, but it’s alotta fun completing the dex like this. so it was normal priced but I can’t imagine spending that much for it today. I keep so many playthroughs on there but it’s really cool to make wondercard distributions. I’ve always hated limited time events in Pokémon
You became my favorite human in the pokemon yt community after the first few minutes of watching
Well dang, THAT is a huge compliment. Thank you!!
@@TechnoTrainer yes ofc!! great video :D
Ekans, Growlithe and Shellder are in FireRed. Sandrew, Vulpix and Staryu are in LeafGreen!
yeah @Techno Trainer switched up, glad to know im not the only one who noticed that
Yep, got them switched.. oops! It even made it through like 4 watches to make sure this video was ready to be uploaded.. lmao
Ekans, Growlithe and Shellder are in FireRed.
Sandrew, Vulpix and Staryu are in LeafGreen!
The video gave me flashbacks. I owned a copy of pre order pokemon coliseum for years and got out of pokemon for a while and got rid of it (and many other original pokemon games) only to find out I was sitting on a unicorn. STILL bothers me to this day but hey hindsight is 20/20
An amazingly generous offer!! I’ve been needing the event Pokémon for such a long time!
Mr fuji corrupted your file to make you prove your dedication lmao