@@YurrickLamhfhada to my knowledge shiny locking wasn't a thing till gen 5, the most likely reason its so rare is because weather an egg is shiny or not is determined BEFORE it hatches. I think to get around it you need to hatch it softreset the game trade the egg rinse and repeat (correct me if im wrong tho im not 100% sure)
At least he didn't find Platinum. That shit goes for at least 100 bucks online with no case. I would've been shocked if they had anything older than the DS. A copy of Emerald easily fetches 200 bucks.
7:41 "How do you play for fourteen hours and you get one badge?" as a fellow Kalos traveler, considering the gap between Santalune City and the next Gym in Cyllage City...the chances of them rage quitting because of the distance to Cyllage City is likely (or they spent too much time at the Battle Chateau and got tired of it). Not to mention going through the maze that is Lumiose City. But hey, at least the music when you finally arrive at Cyllage City is a bop.
@@vanessab.s2596 Paldea is different though, the level cap for obedience only applies to pokemon caught after the cap, and you can go anywhere on the map with some clever movement and no movement upgrades. Playing 20 hours and not making it to the second gym in Kalos is beyond weird.
As a manager at a Gamestop, you made those employees day. TBH DS games are now considered a relic of the past sadly, and will sit in that case until they tell us to send them off to another store that sells them more. The unfortunate news is that because the stores you purchased them from have "sold many DS games recently" they will only get more shipped from the warehouse to sit there until some other brave soul buys a boat-load of them at once.
you're clearly not a current manager at Gamestop, or if you are, you're terrible at your job. Nintendo DS Pokemon games have been highly sought after for the past 3 years, and every Gamestop employee I have spoken with is well aware of that.
They probably don’t sell well because of how high the prices are. My local GameStop is selling older used games for 2 to 3 times what they are really worth.
My older sister bought me a used version of Pokemon Y for my birthday years ago. I remember going through the save file and spending like an hour Wonder Trading off all the good Pokemon to random trainers so I didn't "waste" the legendaries and starters in the copy. Good times.
that's scarily accurate to my story.. my older sister also bought me a used version of Pokemon Y for my birthday.. like 5+ years ago, i dont remember what was on it though.
now imagine your sister wanting to get you the game, but upon arriving in the store they're like "sorry, a youtube bought them all yesterday, tough luck" :D
That was a fun watch dude! I remember a few years back picking up a used copy of Soul Silver. The player character was named Isaac and he seemed to have done nearly everything you could in the game. we're talking every event pokemon, complete national dex and beating the elite four a good five to six dozen times as well as completing Kanto and nearly every side quest . Dude even had a complete unknown alphabet (which is the least believable part LOL.) But as I rooted around I saw he never went to mount silver and battled Red. So I built a team with his lowest leveled mons and hatched all of his 50 eggs. A kinship was born between me and Isaac along with all the Totodile (My favorite pokemon.) he had eggs of. That little gator boy is my precious favorite boy. then I trained up the team I whipped up and finished Isaacs long journey. Felt it was the least I could do and was a top five favorite pokemon experience for me.
glad you enjoyed :) always a fun time looking through saves, i remember buying used ones as a kid as well and just walking around through a half completed game lmao
Complete unown alphabet isn’t that hard to get; I did it several times bc i was a completionist even as a kid. But considering that he never battled red, maybe it is less believable bc some of those puzzles required a lot of exploration 🤣
This seems to be the most expensive concept you've done so far, but it's always interesting to look through a person's past through their saved games. It's basically a time capsule that they've thrown away, either because of frustration or boredom. You learn so much (or so little in that regard) just from when & where a person decided to give up and sell the game.
Seeing people going through used game cards always leave a bittersweet taste on my tongue. On one end it's exciting to see how others played the same game but on the other it's kinda sad to remember that after all those hours (or as little as they were) they ended up being resold. Thanks for the video!
Hopefully, they're the kind of person that got their joy from the game, and passed it back into the wild to let someone else find that joy as well. Even some cases where it seems odd can make sense, they could have restarted the game, gotten into it a little bit, and gone "You know, this just isn't for me anymore." or "Man, I can't play this without the new features in the new games anymore!" and sold off their old games just because they didn't bring the same joy. Many of them, picked clean and with only scraps, could be second copies, or the person got everything off of it and sold it because it had no use to them anymore. All sorts of reasons, and now, these cartridges are again out there, bringing delight to us. It's fantastic!
@@elpiedra1596 It's owner's name was a gal named Eggy. I know it was a gal because I also found her in street pass a few times before that. I think her Typhlosion is part of my living starter dex too
I really enjoy this type of content. Seeing what people left behind on their old pokemon save files is always somewhat magical. There's always an adventure behind every team.
Scott Wozniak is absolutely the kind of guy to SOMEHOW spend 12 hours playing Pokemon Pearl, after SOMEHOW attaining all 3 starters, just to get one (1) singular gym badge, face Purugly, then say "Hell nah, I can't play any more of this! This is just ludicrous! They don't do this to me in Gubble!"
My dad bought me a used copy of Pokémon black version when I was in middle school and apparently it had every event legendary/Mythical/Shiny Starters Pokémon from every generation. All legit and most of them being traded. And a few hacked Pokémon like Shiny Alakazam, Shiny Magmortal & shiny Metagross on master balls caught on route 1 lol I don’t remember the items or the amount but I don’t think the game was hacked aside from having a few hacked Pokémon.
My friend had a copy of black 2 that she gave me. She had lent it to a different friend of hers who had action replay 🤣 most boxes were full of legendaries either at normal levels or level 100, regular pokemon up to level 100, and maybe 10 legitimate pokemon that I was actually able to transfer and still have to this day in shield.
Can pretty much guarantee those are hacked in. It's very easy to inject mystery gifts and get the events that look like they're legit when they're not.
Yo. Imagine having game/play stores that sells used games.... Imagine :') But all in all. This is something I also have wanted to do. But not been able to since they stopped being/having these kind of stores :')
Mars: It's over, Scott, I have the high ground! Scott: You underestimate my power! Also Scott: *rage quits because of Purugly* If Scott wasn't even able to defeat Mars, Cynthia would've given him the reckoning of a lifetime had he make it to the League. Scott was doing himself a favor.
I think I accidentally sold my original Pearl and I was devastated when I couldn't find it. I was lucky to find a Platinum not too long ago for like $20.
I mean… My Black game had 247-260 hours into it. Yes the game was lagging a bit. I had literally beaten every fight there is possible to beat, only never exploring the underwater ruins because it scared 15 year old me.
I have 3472 hours on pokemon black 2 that my girlfriend gave me because it was just sitting there. She forgot she had it. Zekrom is my favorite legendary so she was happy to give it to me and I happy to receive it. I let her go shopping with a limit of 500 cuz of it lol. She spent 200 at most, specifically 233.68 on make up and a pair of jeans. Dude why is make up so expensive😭
For the Pokemon X one, it wasn't hacked. There was a Volcanion Event where you could get Volcanion event code on the movie ticket with every purchase of the newest movie that had came out at the time
@@DroBoww Could've passed away and their belongings went through family channels before ending up at GameStop. That's usually the case for really valuable items you find at thrift stores.
I remember buying a used copy of Heart Gold. The guy had 4 badges already, and his name was Zack if I remember. His team was absolutely horrible, with a level 27 croconaw and everything else being hm slaves. I decided to train up his team and defeated the Cianwood and Olivine City gyms with relative ease. Pierce was surprisingly easy too. But oh boy, Claire really ended my run there. I tried over and over again with no luck. I caught a pilowswine, but it didn’t help against the kingdra. No matter how hard I tried, I was unsuccessful. Angrily, I gave up and even ended up losing the game. 3 years ago I finally found it, and decided to start a new save file. This time I chose cyndaquil, and I wasn’t backing down this time. I lost to Claire once, but the second time I was ready. Dragon rage Gyarados really came in clutch. Heartgold remains one of my favorite ds games alongside bw2.
This is such a fun yet expensive hobby to do. I've done this year's ago but eventually stopped since the last games had recent save files on them, not from nearly two decades ago.
This type always makes me think about how the switch games are saved on the console or in the cloud now instead of the cartridge itself, it's sad we won't be able to dig through the stories of used games anymore, but I'm also a little happy that if my specific game cartridge disappears, I'm not out all that time and I can pick up where I left off
@Finxc I recently got a used copy of pokemon Y, and the dude saw 20 pokemon and only had his starter which was at its second stage and he only had 1 gym badge, I deleted the file only because there wasn't anything important on it
@@FinyueAt least with pokemon games, you can put the pokemon in your bank. At least you could. Not anymore. Unless you hack your 3ds. Which is surprisingly easy.
@@slavishentity670512 year old me not having the courage to explain my parents that it’s not bad if I hack my 3ds because there isn’t any online features anymore😑
7:40 this is actually very understandable, between the first and second gym badge in kalos, there is an enormous story gap and someone could easily spend 14 hours doing all the story stuff before the second badge
I remember selling my old copy of Ultra Sun at Gamestop a couple of years ago before PokeBank was a thing; I left lots of legendaries and shinies on the cartridge in the hope that someone might be happy :)
Ultra Sun/Moon was released November 2017, the Pokemon Bank was released February 2014, WELL before Ultra Sun/Moon were ever released. So ya probably could have saved it all 👍
Never seen your channel before. This idea was hype. Well done! I loved how you were able to give life and stories to not only the trainers in these used games you picked up, but you and your friends also created narratives for the previous owners of the games. Don't be surprised if you see other youtubers copy this. Great content!
very high praise i really appreciate that homie! ive already seen a couple people try to make some save file shorts within the last couple days so it seems like we might be makin so waves out here 😎
I had over 1000 hours in my Y copy, but it was mainly from just trying to breed shiny Pokemon. Used the trick where you could put something on the thumbstick and just ride in circles around the tower to hatch eggs.
This makes me hope that whoever stole my copy of White resold it to someone who’s taking good care of my Tepig. I miss you, Flame-Pig, I hope you’re doing okay out there
Mine wasn’t stolen but i lost it. I buyed it again but it wasnt the same. I even had the event victini :( which was no longer available after i lost it
@@elementneon Oh man, that’s true, I had to buy bootlegs of BW2 because of how bad the price is getting. But when mine got stolen, it was about 10 years ago back when the price was still reasonable, so I have no idea where it ended up
I did this with a copy of ultra moon, cause I needed mons and wanted one with a progress already to save time. Took over a jessica who had only beaten the first trial but had a full team. The story that develops in your head popping into someone else's save is honestly an experience.
First time seeing your channel. And I adore finding a good save file. I’ve been working on 100% leaf green, my first Pokémon game, and had to rebuy fire red and Ruby, and I was stoked to see the Ruby with 300 hours and a damn near complete Pokédex
I remember working at GameStop and anytime someone wanted to buy the games out of the case, we were so happy. There was rarely any stocked, except the new games in one drawer and that case being emptied was the nicest feeling
Whenever I buy vintage games I'm excited to see save files. I actually continued a couple of them that were part way through. Nearly finished a Pearl game started in 2010
5:23 I think that Scott stopped playing because of purugly and forgot he had it and then sold it when he found it because he grew out of Pokémon (most likely scenario)
I remember the second Pokemon game I owned was a used copy of Diamond, the Original trainers name was Sosuke, dude had nearly every legend available some transfered over from the Gen 3 games, a complete sinnoh dex, half a complete national dex. That copy was glorious and I kick myself all the time for misplacing it, especially since it's where I found my first shiny (a random Ponyta)
I love the idea of going through old copies of games. I got Ultra Moon recently and I have yet to actually start it because I want to save this man’s Pokemon into bank. I remember going through it with my friend and we were laughing going through all of the names he gave his mons.
Buying used DS & 3DS consoles is always interesting. Cuz they don't usually wipe those either. Therefore you get to see random people's voice notes, Photo Dojo, etc. Fun times! I feel ya with the chewed cartridge. My copy of Wild World was a WRECK, yet somehow still works. I also once got a GBA SP that had water damage and they never told me, so I could barely see the screen. :,)
For Scott I believe he never even entered the windworks. The galactic grunt said his dialogue as soon as you entered. I doubt employees even check the games apart from maybe to see if it works. I often get second hand ds games and even amiibos that still have saves. Games that had almost empty boxes I believe are people who transferred their pokemon to newer generations before selling their game and you just see the leftovers. The hacker with 900 of every ball even had cherish balls which are impossible to get as a usable item
I think I've only bought one or two used games with save files in the past, but that was part of the fun of it. Checking out the original save file before starting your own
I bought a used copy of Heart Gold one day. When I loaded it, there was a single lv.11 chikorita in the team, at red hp. He was standing in front of Falkner. I was so sad that he threw away that chikorita(and sold the game) from such an unfair match. I healed, built a team, then later, beat the game. Loved chikorita ever since.
I got a used copy of heartgold back in the day that had a Toys R Us Arceus on it. Sadly, they already did the whole song and dance event, but there was plenty of side content they hadn't done yet. So I spent hours exploring the game with Arceus following me.
I usually try and pick up older Pokemon games to do exactly this. I'll transfer the interesting stuff into Bank before I reset the game, to let the legacy live on!
That's kinda why I'd like to purchase some older games. But with the shut down of the eShop, I don't even know if it's still possible to still migrate Pokemon from the GBA games all the way to the current gen of whatever Pokemon game(s) is/are out. Plus I only have a DS Lite, so only games I'd be able to play are the GBA and DS games
@@Cody-Bear pokemon bank and the other transfer one's features will all become free once the eshop closes, you just need to download it before that date or you're screwed
After seeing you say those prices, I was genuinely shocked. You can go online and get used copies of those games for much cheaper… well, other than DPP 🤷🏼♂️
10:19 You could get Volcanion. I have 4 on my Omega Ruby save because I transferred the ones from my X/Y and Alpha Sapphire to it. Also the starters isnt a giveaway for cheats because Wonder Trade and GTS exists and you could get lucky and get something crazy.
My camera case with almost all of my 2DS and 3DS games was lost, most likely stolen a couple of years ago. It’s an absolute pipe dream to ever get them back, but it’s still cool to see how people treat the used games they get and the pokemon from them
Seeing these prices makes me glad im a "mostly buys physical and never sells games at stores for credit." type of guy. Im fortunate to even have my original copies of Gen 1/2 from my childhood with the boxes. Even still have muh Pokewalker from Soul Silver.
As someone who worked at gamestop back in its prime of GBA games and DS games, the workers like myself, would trade over anything good to our own games before putting them on the shelves ! :D
i was wondering if that was the case for some of the games that were completely emptied out. wouldve been interesting to know if those copies came from the same store! i wouldve done the exact same too if i was an employee at a game store
I recently bought a copy of Platinum- on it was a save file from 2009. They'd gotten pretty far, Sunnyshore City, but never went through Victory Road. I backed up their save, thinking it'd make a cool video or something some day to just "finish an unfinished adventure." Obviously though, I am very lazy
I remember selling my copy of Pokémon X to a GameStop after spending roughly 2500 hours playing on one single account. I had finished the Pokédex and had countless legendaries and shinies on there, but just kinda lost my desire to keep playing. I kept that accounts save file on there and sold it to GameStop hoping that maybe somebody will buy the same game and stumble upon a gold mine. Hopefully all those Pokémon didn’t get lost in translation somewhere and somebody got to keep them.
I didn’t realize how insane the prices are at GameStop now. Damn. And I thought I was spending too much on a copy of HeartGold at GameStop with $20 around 2014. Seeing old save files are a fun thing on its own though lol. I remember buying some pre-owned GBA games from eBay that still had the save data intact and I haven’t deleted them yet.
Should have checked to see if you had any game stores nearby like Game Force or Doc's! They will sometimes have copies of older games. I have a Fire Red that I picked up from a Game Force many years ago that I never restarted because whoever had played it before had a lot of really cool stuff (including what I am assuming was a hacked Mew) and hundreds of hours of game time. I felt too bad just erasing all of that.
I remember buying pokemon platinum and it had so many insanely good pokemon on there. I traded the nicest ones to pokemon pearl before starting over haha
I bought some older copies of games to fan out my own collection and basically did the same thing. It's so interesting trying to piece together a narrative on how the person who owned the game before played
This was an amazing idea!! Loved the video. P.S. - I cant believe how different you look in glasses, goggles and without anything. I honestly would have guessed those 3 to be three separate people.🤣
Used game spelunking as one of my favorite parts of buying a secondhand game. Sometimes you get the guy who sold his game with a completed roster and sometimes you get the folks that quit halfway through or make the save file unusable. Always a treasure to find out
If you have the clamshells the game’s came in, you can actually see how long they’ve been in the store, as somewhere on the sticker there will be a string of numbers representing the date the price sticker was printed. :D
i remember buying a used version of heartgold. i had soulsilver at the time, so i wanted heartgold to complete the Pokédex on my own. turns out that the used version i bought from gamestop was chock full of shinies. having never seen a shiny outside of gyarados and not knowing hacking or AR codes being a thing, i was in awe and transferred every shiny pokemon over to my save file. i wiped the save file after that and played thru heartgold like normal. i still have all the shiny Pokémon that Todd had in my box to this day lol. thanks, Todd.
For minute I thought that Michael save might have been my stolen X from years ago but, I didn't use mostly starters to clear the league the first time. Also, pretty sure it was stolen before Volcanion was released but, that could have been the guy who stole it continuing to play it. Additionally the download for it was not limited to just the Gen 3 Remakes so yes, it is possible to have in X. Now if they had an Eternal Flower Floette then it's hacked. Edit: Did it have every Vivillion pattern?
That Purugly was BRUTAL! I was 10 years old and just couldn’t beat that damn cat. 5 generations and almost a decade later, I picked the game back up and beat it a few months ago!
It sad for me as I lost all of my games collection on a road trip from Va to Tx. I lost Diamond and pearl, atv quad frenzy, Y, heart gold and and the univalve games. What hurts even more is on my pearl and heart gold I lost my original shinies a Graveler and a drowzee. Most of the trainer names were related to mythical monsters like the Thetis or Kangamato. Though in a couple I had Walker as my go to name.
When ever I find a used one it’s broken lol (I tried buying ultra moon like 4 times and ultra sun it 3 times and every time once I got to the z move tutorial the game would just freeze and I still haven’t found out why) long story short, maybe it’s not a bad thing you can’t find them (I get you’re probably making a joke)
I actually own a used Pokémon black 2 cartridge and when I booted up the game, the original owners save file only had a keldeo in the party with only a few badges collected.
Super late to seeing this video but this concept is super cool! :D Also, fun fact: you CAN actually get volcanion in pokemon X and Y but I'm pretty sure it was a limited time even where you would get one of those code cards from game stop! I only know this bc I ALSO have one of my own in my copy of pokemon X! The starters for the league fight are a bit sus and whatnot, but maybe they're just a hardcore gamer agjadjgba
I bought a pokemon Heart Gold from game stop and it had an almost complete living dex in it. I don't mean regional either; it was a nearly complete national dex. I was maybe 14 at the time, and I traded them all from HeartGold to OmegaRuby. It helped me complete the pokedex really quickly for both ORAS and S/M. In fact, all those pokemon are still on one of my S/M games. And that's where they'll stay. The previous owner of the game was Josie.
I bought a used copy of Gen 4 Diamond to finish my Gen 4 collection, and it had a save file still from 2008/2009. Lot of cool pokemon I traded off the file that all looked legit, like a Shiny Tentacruel and Gulpin. It was hacked copy though, with a glitched mail bag slot and a lot of TMs and Rare Candy's. I did delete the file for a playthrough I recently finished, but it was cool to look through and I spent over an hour trading pokemon from it to my Soul Silver file.
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Can't believe you found a riolu event egg as old as me
@@loghanlivingstone6086lol
The Pokémon pearl you had was mine
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Imagine being in a dam egg for like 13 year and everyone is disappointed
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@PurpleThunderNE I think the Riolu egg is shinylocked because it's an in-game event... Don't quote me on that
He can finally breath after years in a egg im sure this riolu get claustrophobia after this long
@@YurrickLamhfhada to my knowledge shiny locking wasn't a thing till gen 5, the most likely reason its so rare is because weather an egg is shiny or not is determined BEFORE it hatches. I think to get around it you need to hatch it softreset the game trade the egg rinse and repeat
(correct me if im wrong tho im not 100% sure)
Would've loved a little bit of editing to have it hatch as Lucario right away.
It's like sifting through someone's valuable safe and only finding a few pennies.
But thoughs pennies are really rare
Did not expect to see you here.
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@@Jacob42086 he makes yokai watch videos but I've also seen him around tf2 spaces
The fact that they sell gen 4 games without a package for 75 bucks is a crime in itself holy
Damn my friend just gave me diamond and I lost it when I was like 8 I’m gonna have to sweep my room and try to find it
Its really a crime when you get those with the package and all for 30$ in Europe
Stops scalpers from buying them and selling for even more
At least he didn't find Platinum. That shit goes for at least 100 bucks online with no case.
I would've been shocked if they had anything older than the DS. A copy of Emerald easily fetches 200 bucks.
@@aidinexmachina4232 i should sell mine then ...
7:41 "How do you play for fourteen hours and you get one badge?" as a fellow Kalos traveler, considering the gap between Santalune City and the next Gym in Cyllage City...the chances of them rage quitting because of the distance to Cyllage City is likely (or they spent too much time at the Battle Chateau and got tired of it). Not to mention going through the maze that is Lumiose City. But hey, at least the music when you finally arrive at Cyllage City is a bop.
ah, greetings, a fellow lover and connoisseur of the kalos region 🤝
Also, as a Paldean traveler, I had played for more than 20 hours (and had a Quaquaval) by the time I got the first badge.
@@vanessab.s2596 at least Paldea is open. That's somewhat understandable. Kalos is a linear story game
It was likely just a game they used to trade pokemon with.
@@vanessab.s2596 Paldea is different though, the level cap for obedience only applies to pokemon caught after the cap, and you can go anywhere on the map with some clever movement and no movement upgrades. Playing 20 hours and not making it to the second gym in Kalos is beyond weird.
As a manager at a Gamestop, you made those employees day. TBH DS games are now considered a relic of the past sadly, and will sit in that case until they tell us to send them off to another store that sells them more. The unfortunate news is that because the stores you purchased them from have "sold many DS games recently" they will only get more shipped from the warehouse to sit there until some other brave soul buys a boat-load of them at once.
interesting how that works, that expolains why my local game stop carries retro games but I refuse to buy them because of the price they are asking.
my gamestop doesnt even do any ds/gameboy games anymore
@@realpattyame here, except for one at a specific mall i went, not sure they still sell DS games since i haven't been there for almost 3 years
you're clearly not a current manager at Gamestop, or if you are, you're terrible at your job. Nintendo DS Pokemon games have been highly sought after for the past 3 years, and every Gamestop employee I have spoken with is well aware of that.
They probably don’t sell well because of how high the prices are. My local GameStop is selling older used games for 2 to 3 times what they are really worth.
My older sister bought me a used version of Pokemon Y for my birthday years ago. I remember going through the save file and spending like an hour Wonder Trading off all the good Pokemon to random trainers so I didn't "waste" the legendaries and starters in the copy. Good times.
that's scarily accurate to my story.. my older sister also bought me a used version of Pokemon Y for my birthday.. like 5+ years ago, i dont remember what was on it though.
now imagine your sister wanting to get you the game, but upon arriving in the store they're like "sorry, a youtube bought them all yesterday, tough luck" :D
@Pelinal Whitestrake lmaooo true.. but idk what to do ;-;
If you had another gen 6 game you coulda kept those ones and restarted the Y copy 😅
Youre a good person
That was a fun watch dude! I remember a few years back picking up a used copy of Soul Silver. The player character was named Isaac and he seemed to have done nearly everything you could in the game. we're talking every event pokemon, complete national dex and beating the elite four a good five to six dozen times as well as completing Kanto and nearly every side quest . Dude even had a complete unknown alphabet (which is the least believable part LOL.) But as I rooted around I saw he never went to mount silver and battled Red. So I built a team with his lowest leveled mons and hatched all of his 50 eggs. A kinship was born between me and Isaac along with all the Totodile (My favorite pokemon.) he had eggs of. That little gator boy is my precious favorite boy. then I trained up the team I whipped up and finished Isaacs long journey. Felt it was the least I could do and was a top five favorite pokemon experience for me.
glad you enjoyed :) always a fun time looking through saves, i remember buying used ones as a kid as well and just walking around through a half completed game lmao
I hope you backed up the save
Complete unown alphabet isn’t that hard to get; I did it several times bc i was a completionist even as a kid. But considering that he never battled red, maybe it is less believable bc some of those puzzles required a lot of exploration 🤣
soul silver bby
That's feckin wholesome.
This seems to be the most expensive concept you've done so far, but it's always interesting to look through a person's past through their saved games. It's basically a time capsule that they've thrown away, either because of frustration or boredom. You learn so much (or so little in that regard) just from when & where a person decided to give up and sell the game.
every game he bought was so over priced that he would have saved easily over $200 buying them on ebay
@@RealSkyeBlue and the games on eBay are used too with game files saved too
But you can return used games back to GameStop
@@ArcKnightElite for 19 cents
@@iliketurtles2322 No lol, return with the receipt
Seeing people going through used game cards always leave a bittersweet taste on my tongue. On one end it's exciting to see how others played the same game but on the other it's kinda sad to remember that after all those hours (or as little as they were) they ended up being resold. Thanks for the video!
Hopefully, they're the kind of person that got their joy from the game, and passed it back into the wild to let someone else find that joy as well. Even some cases where it seems odd can make sense, they could have restarted the game, gotten into it a little bit, and gone "You know, this just isn't for me anymore." or "Man, I can't play this without the new features in the new games anymore!" and sold off their old games just because they didn't bring the same joy. Many of them, picked clean and with only scraps, could be second copies, or the person got everything off of it and sold it because it had no use to them anymore. All sorts of reasons, and now, these cartridges are again out there, bringing delight to us. It's fantastic!
I usually save their favorites. I have a Lugia named Horchata.
it makes me sad that I sold these games even though I stopped playing them.
@@LegendStormcrow Horchata ❤❤❤
@@elpiedra1596 It's owner's name was a gal named Eggy. I know it was a gal because I also found her in street pass a few times before that.
I think her Typhlosion is part of my living starter dex too
I really enjoy this type of content. Seeing what people left behind on their old pokemon save files is always somewhat magical. There's always an adventure behind every team.
Scott Wozniak is absolutely the kind of guy to SOMEHOW spend 12 hours playing Pokemon Pearl, after SOMEHOW attaining all 3 starters, just to get one (1) singular gym badge, face Purugly, then say "Hell nah, I can't play any more of this! This is just ludicrous! They don't do this to me in Gubble!"
Scott Wozniak my beloved and infamous not a Pokémon guy 😢
@Mackenzie Hutchinson I thought he wasn't an RPG Guy, Pokémon IS a series of RPGs after all.
My dad bought me a used copy of Pokémon black version when I was in middle school and apparently it had every event legendary/Mythical/Shiny Starters Pokémon from every generation. All legit and most of them being traded.
And a few hacked Pokémon like Shiny Alakazam, Shiny Magmortal & shiny Metagross on master balls caught on route 1 lol
I don’t remember the items or the amount but I don’t think the game was hacked aside from having a few hacked Pokémon.
My friend had a copy of black 2 that she gave me. She had lent it to a different friend of hers who had action replay 🤣 most boxes were full of legendaries either at normal levels or level 100, regular pokemon up to level 100, and maybe 10 legitimate pokemon that I was actually able to transfer and still have to this day in shield.
The same thing happened to me with Pokémon white. Except for some reason the guy had a whole entire box full of shiny lucaroios all max level.
Can pretty much guarantee those are hacked in. It's very easy to inject mystery gifts and get the events that look like they're legit when they're not.
Yeah definitely not legit at all. You gotta be stupid to think that’s legit.
@@ThomasSeeds they could be legit. The og owner could have traded them from his older games. Except for the ones that were actually hacked in that is.
This was such a fun watch! Sifting through old save files is a great time. Hope this video gets the attention it deserves
thank you so much im glad you enjoyed :)
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Yo. Imagine having game/play stores that sells used games.... Imagine :')
But all in all. This is something I also have wanted to do. But not been able to since they stopped being/having these kind of stores :')
All good my dude
poor poor scoot
Why do you cuss so much?
Mars: It's over, Scott, I have the high ground!
Scott: You underestimate my power!
Also Scott: *rage quits because of Purugly*
If Scott wasn't even able to defeat Mars, Cynthia would've given him the reckoning of a lifetime had he make it to the League. Scott was doing himself a favor.
I myself think he was trying to get munchlax. But after 12 hours gave up.
What's your favorite save file we found?
@Dizzy Z’s the me, and my Mexican dad is an alien thanks dizzy, glad to still see you around :)
Scott
Levi is a true Pokémon Master.
Scott
I think I accidentally sold my original Pearl and I was devastated when I couldn't find it. I was lucky to find a Platinum not too long ago for like $20.
I mean…
My Black game had 247-260 hours into it.
Yes the game was lagging a bit.
I had literally beaten every fight there is possible to beat, only never exploring the underwater ruins because it scared 15 year old me.
I had like 365 hrs in hg and it didn’t lag from what I remember
My first save file in Black 2 had 999:59 hours, and it never lagged...
I have 3472 hours on pokemon black 2 that my girlfriend gave me because it was just sitting there. She forgot she had it. Zekrom is my favorite legendary so she was happy to give it to me and I happy to receive it. I let her go shopping with a limit of 500 cuz of it lol. She spent 200 at most, specifically 233.68 on make up and a pair of jeans. Dude why is make up so expensive😭
For the Pokemon X one, it wasn't hacked. There was a Volcanion Event where you could get Volcanion event code on the movie ticket with every purchase of the newest movie that had came out at the time
I watched the movie I think it had an magenera aka clock bunny
They can still be faked but yeah, there's a good chance it's also legit.
But then again, why would you sell hours and hours worth of playtime? It makes no sense.
@@DroBoww Could've passed away and their belongings went through family channels before ending up at GameStop. That's usually the case for really valuable items you find at thrift stores.
@@DroBoww They likely put all their Pokemon on Bank to move to Gen 7 and had no reason to play X anymore after that. Pretty common tbh
I remember buying a used copy of Heart Gold. The guy had 4 badges already, and his name was Zack if I remember. His team was absolutely horrible, with a level 27 croconaw and everything else being hm slaves. I decided to train up his team and defeated the Cianwood and Olivine City gyms with relative ease. Pierce was surprisingly easy too. But oh boy, Claire really ended my run there. I tried over and over again with no luck. I caught a pilowswine, but it didn’t help against the kingdra. No matter how hard I tried, I was unsuccessful. Angrily, I gave up and even ended up losing the game. 3 years ago I finally found it, and decided to start a new save file. This time I chose cyndaquil, and I wasn’t backing down this time. I lost to Claire once, but the second time I was ready. Dragon rage Gyarados really came in clutch. Heartgold remains one of my favorite ds games alongside bw2.
This is such a fun yet expensive hobby to do. I've done this year's ago but eventually stopped since the last games had recent save files on them, not from nearly two decades ago.
This type always makes me think about how the switch games are saved on the console or in the cloud now instead of the cartridge itself, it's sad we won't be able to dig through the stories of used games anymore, but I'm also a little happy that if my specific game cartridge disappears, I'm not out all that time and I can pick up where I left off
Only gripe I have with the game being saved on the cartridge itself is I don’t have the heart to delete the previous owners save file.
@Finxc I recently got a used copy of pokemon Y, and the dude saw 20 pokemon and only had his starter which was at its second stage and he only had 1 gym badge, I deleted the file only because there wasn't anything important on it
@@FinyueAt least with pokemon games, you can put the pokemon in your bank. At least you could. Not anymore. Unless you hack your 3ds. Which is surprisingly easy.
@@slavishentity670512 year old me not having the courage to explain my parents that it’s not bad if I hack my 3ds because there isn’t any online features anymore😑
@@yuma_sensei Because your parents would care ?
Awesome to see Lud And Schlatt's music in effect already. And it fits incredibly well too
saw their announcement video while editing and i was like damn cant pass up an opportunity to be like one of the first people to use those songs haha
I like that you have the Diamond and Pearl Adventure manga! Such an underrated series, especially with PokeSpe being so much more popular.
i remember buying those from barnes and noble as they were releasing as a kid, good times
7:40 this is actually very understandable, between the first and second gym badge in kalos, there is an enormous story gap and someone could easily spend 14 hours doing all the story stuff before the second badge
I remember selling my old copy of Ultra Sun at Gamestop a couple of years ago before PokeBank was a thing; I left lots of legendaries and shinies on the cartridge in the hope that someone might be happy :)
Ultra Sun/Moon was released November 2017, the Pokemon Bank was released February 2014, WELL before Ultra Sun/Moon were ever released. So ya probably could have saved it all 👍
Never seen your channel before. This idea was hype. Well done! I loved how you were able to give life and stories to not only the trainers in these used games you picked up, but you and your friends also created narratives for the previous owners of the games. Don't be surprised if you see other youtubers copy this. Great content!
very high praise i really appreciate that homie! ive already seen a couple people try to make some save file shorts within the last couple days so it seems like we might be makin so waves out here 😎
I had over 1000 hours in my Y copy, but it was mainly from just trying to breed shiny Pokemon. Used the trick where you could put something on the thumbstick and just ride in circles around the tower to hatch eggs.
This makes me hope that whoever stole my copy of White resold it to someone who’s taking good care of my Tepig. I miss you, Flame-Pig, I hope you’re doing okay out there
That's so sad...
Mine wasn’t stolen but i lost it. I buyed it again but it wasnt the same. I even had the event victini :( which was no longer available after i lost it
I can guarantee you they resold it. Black/White and Black/White 2 are SO impossible to get ever since the pandemic, they have skyrocketed in price.
@@elementneon Oh man, that’s true, I had to buy bootlegs of BW2 because of how bad the price is getting. But when mine got stolen, it was about 10 years ago back when the price was still reasonable, so I have no idea where it ended up
Flame-Pig got deleted
I did this with a copy of ultra moon, cause I needed mons and wanted one with a progress already to save time. Took over a jessica who had only beaten the first trial but had a full team. The story that develops in your head popping into someone else's save is honestly an experience.
6:44 H.I.M or His Infernal Majesty, is a dope Finish love metal band from the 90s.
Put some ‘spect on that name.
First time seeing your channel. And I adore finding a good save file. I’ve been working on 100% leaf green, my first Pokémon game, and had to rebuy fire red and Ruby, and I was stoked to see the Ruby with 300 hours and a damn near complete Pokédex
I randomly found this but never have I laughed so hard before
glad you enjoyed o7
I remember working at GameStop and anytime someone wanted to buy the games out of the case, we were so happy. There was rarely any stocked, except the new games in one drawer and that case being emptied was the nicest feeling
Whenever I buy vintage games I'm excited to see save files. I actually continued a couple of them that were part way through. Nearly finished a Pearl game started in 2010
5:23 I think that Scott stopped playing because of purugly and forgot he had it and then sold it when he found it because he grew out of Pokémon (most likely scenario)
I remember the second Pokemon game I owned was a used copy of Diamond, the Original trainers name was Sosuke, dude had nearly every legend available some transfered over from the Gen 3 games, a complete sinnoh dex, half a complete national dex. That copy was glorious and I kick myself all the time for misplacing it, especially since it's where I found my first shiny (a random Ponyta)
Bro was sosuke aizen
That was my first gen 4 shiny too!
I love the idea of going through old copies of games. I got Ultra Moon recently and I have yet to actually start it because I want to save this man’s Pokemon into bank. I remember going through it with my friend and we were laughing going through all of the names he gave his mons.
Buying used DS & 3DS consoles is always interesting. Cuz they don't usually wipe those either. Therefore you get to see random people's voice notes, Photo Dojo, etc. Fun times!
I feel ya with the chewed cartridge. My copy of Wild World was a WRECK, yet somehow still works. I also once got a GBA SP that had water damage and they never told me, so I could barely see the screen. :,)
YOOOO PHOTO DOJO HOLY SHIT JUST GOT HIT WITH A WHOLE WAVE OF NOSTALGIA
@@PurpleThunderNE Haha, glad I gave you a fun nostalgic blast! :D
4:18 when he yelled Scott after saying one gym badge i lost it XDDD
I am 99% certain that copy with the name Lil Y was mine
Same, totally believing you
The hero we didn't know we needed. Now ur making me wanna go and collect all the gens 😤
For Scott I believe he never even entered the windworks. The galactic grunt said his dialogue as soon as you entered. I doubt employees even check the games apart from maybe to see if it works. I often get second hand ds games and even amiibos that still have saves. Games that had almost empty boxes I believe are people who transferred their pokemon to newer generations before selling their game and you just see the leftovers. The hacker with 900 of every ball even had cherish balls which are impossible to get as a usable item
I think I've only bought one or two used games with save files in the past, but that was part of the fun of it. Checking out the original save file before starting your own
That charizard was caught literally the day after I was born.
I bought a used copy of Heart Gold one day. When I loaded it, there was a single lv.11 chikorita in the team, at red hp. He was standing in front of Falkner.
I was so sad that he threw away that chikorita(and sold the game) from such an unfair match. I healed, built a team, then later, beat the game.
Loved chikorita ever since.
I got a used copy of heartgold back in the day that had a Toys R Us Arceus on it. Sadly, they already did the whole song and dance event, but there was plenty of side content they hadn't done yet. So I spent hours exploring the game with Arceus following me.
This should be a certified classic!
was a blast to make
I usually try and pick up older Pokemon games to do exactly this. I'll transfer the interesting stuff into Bank before I reset the game, to let the legacy live on!
That's kinda why I'd like to purchase some older games. But with the shut down of the eShop, I don't even know if it's still possible to still migrate Pokemon from the GBA games all the way to the current gen of whatever Pokemon game(s) is/are out. Plus I only have a DS Lite, so only games I'd be able to play are the GBA and DS games
@@Cody-Bear pokemon bank and the other transfer one's features will all become free once the eshop closes, you just need to download it before that date or you're screwed
I respect a man who rounds his number down for simplicity when needed for concisely making the point in a video, thank you. Keep it up
Scott got violated by purrugly so bad he got PSTD from the fight. Legend has it he still has PTSD to this day
After seeing you say those prices, I was genuinely shocked. You can go online and get used copies of those games for much cheaper… well, other than DPP 🤷🏼♂️
Too many fake copies being sold online.
I just bought a new sealed copy of platinum
@@greedpower565 KEEP IT SEALED. PLEASE!!!
@@toast1ngton release it from it's plastic prison. It beckons to be played, enjoyed, cherished, and loved.
@@greedpower565 Open it to piss collectors off
10:19 You could get Volcanion. I have 4 on my Omega Ruby save because I transferred the ones from my X/Y and Alpha Sapphire to it. Also the starters isnt a giveaway for cheats because Wonder Trade and GTS exists and you could get lucky and get something crazy.
Oh yeah absolutely. I got nearly all starters just by wonder trading lol
My camera case with almost all of my 2DS and 3DS games was lost, most likely stolen a couple of years ago.
It’s an absolute pipe dream to ever get them back, but it’s still cool to see how people treat the used games they get and the pokemon from them
“Having to tell that poor GameStop clerk we wanna buy every game that says Pokémon on it” yeah I’m sure they’re devastated they’ve $250 😂
Seeing these prices makes me glad im a "mostly buys physical and never sells games at stores for credit." type of guy. Im fortunate to even have my original copies of Gen 1/2 from my childhood with the boxes. Even still have muh Pokewalker from Soul Silver.
As someone who worked at gamestop back in its prime of GBA games and DS games, the workers like myself, would trade over anything good to our own games before putting them on the shelves
! :D
i was wondering if that was the case for some of the games that were completely emptied out.
wouldve been interesting to know if those copies came from the same store!
i wouldve done the exact same too if i was an employee at a game store
Found this from your Short on Scott. Scott! And his 12-hour rage quit after losing to Mars’s Purugly XD
LOL glad to see you pull up from the short, hope you enjoy the full version :)
I recently bought a copy of Platinum- on it was a save file from 2009. They'd gotten pretty far, Sunnyshore City, but never went through Victory Road. I backed up their save, thinking it'd make a cool video or something some day to just "finish an unfinished adventure." Obviously though, I am very lazy
I remember selling my copy of Pokémon X to a GameStop after spending roughly 2500 hours playing on one single account. I had finished the Pokédex and had countless legendaries and shinies on there, but just kinda lost my desire to keep playing. I kept that accounts save file on there and sold it to GameStop hoping that maybe somebody will buy the same game and stumble upon a gold mine. Hopefully all those Pokémon didn’t get lost in translation somewhere and somebody got to keep them.
Scott the Woz lost to Purugly with 3 starters.
Now we know why he isn't an RPG Guy.
I didn’t realize how insane the prices are at GameStop now. Damn.
And I thought I was spending too much on a copy of HeartGold at GameStop with $20 around 2014. Seeing old save files are a fun thing on its own though lol. I remember buying some pre-owned GBA games from eBay that still had the save data intact and I haven’t deleted them yet.
These days HG/SS is 10 times that.
Just came across your channel and wanted to say keep up the good work! Love your videos so far man
thank you so much i really do appreciate it :)
@@PurpleThunderNE plz make more vids like this
Should have checked to see if you had any game stores nearby like Game Force or Doc's! They will sometimes have copies of older games. I have a Fire Red that I picked up from a Game Force many years ago that I never restarted because whoever had played it before had a lot of really cool stuff (including what I am assuming was a hacked Mew) and hundreds of hours of game time. I felt too bad just erasing all of that.
I'm in love with you
I remember buying pokemon platinum and it had so many insanely good pokemon on there. I traded the nicest ones to pokemon pearl before starting over haha
Wow, I can’t imagine selling any of my Pokemon games. I love them too much and frequently replay them lol
I bought some older copies of games to fan out my own collection and basically did the same thing. It's so interesting trying to piece together a narrative on how the person who owned the game before played
Lucky. My GameStop doesn’t even sell DS or 3DS games anymore.
Damn this reminds me of going to the shop and finally getting a new ds game and being so excited to try it out damn good times
I played pokemon diamond for 999:95 hours, and was still playing it for months and months after i maxed out the timer, mostly battling people online.
I’ll admit I love looking for old Pokémon games. My favourite old game file was on diamond with a couple of shinies on it. This was a game I bought
This was an amazing idea!! Loved the video.
P.S. - I cant believe how different you look in glasses, goggles and without anything. I honestly would have guessed those 3 to be three separate people.🤣
LOLOLOL i have 3 different clones all working for me
so its your fault i couldnt find any pokemon games!!!
Used game spelunking as one of my favorite parts of buying a secondhand game. Sometimes you get the guy who sold his game with a completed roster and sometimes you get the folks that quit halfway through or make the save file unusable. Always a treasure to find out
This made me go back and log into my old games… some of these are super stacked lol
I have 2000 hours in pokemon y legitimately because of all the shiny hunting I did
That's from the span of like 7 years and I'm 20 now lmao. Played the game for 7 years
OH MY GOD THATS MY SAVEEE FILEEE IM SCOTT OH MY LORD U FOUND IT LOL
so what's the story with the 12 hours? 😂
If you have the clamshells the game’s came in, you can actually see how long they’ve been in the store, as somewhere on the sticker there will be a string of numbers representing the date the price sticker was printed. :D
My local gamestop has them stashed in a box under thier cabinet lol so they sometime got super exclusives
i remember buying a used version of heartgold. i had soulsilver at the time, so i wanted heartgold to complete the Pokédex on my own.
turns out that the used version i bought from gamestop was chock full of shinies. having never seen a shiny outside of gyarados and not knowing hacking or AR codes being a thing, i was in awe and transferred every shiny pokemon over to my save file.
i wiped the save file after that and played thru heartgold like normal.
i still have all the shiny Pokémon that Todd had in my box to this day lol.
thanks, Todd.
For minute I thought that Michael save might have been my stolen X from years ago but, I didn't use mostly starters to clear the league the first time. Also, pretty sure it was stolen before Volcanion was released but, that could have been the guy who stole it continuing to play it. Additionally the download for it was not limited to just the Gen 3 Remakes so yes, it is possible to have in X. Now if they had an Eternal Flower Floette then it's hacked.
Edit: Did it have every Vivillion pattern?
Came from TH-cam Short.
Love to see it! Hope you like the full version :)
I wonder what was written at 12:28
Maybe the name of the funny mustache guy that wanted to be a pintor
That Purugly was BRUTAL! I was 10 years old and just couldn’t beat that damn cat.
5 generations and almost a decade later, I picked the game back up and beat it a few months ago!
It sad for me as I lost all of my games collection on a road trip from Va to Tx. I lost Diamond and pearl, atv quad frenzy, Y, heart gold and and the univalve games. What hurts even more is on my pearl and heart gold I lost my original shinies a Graveler and a drowzee. Most of the trainer names were related to mythical monsters like the Thetis or Kangamato. Though in a couple I had Walker as my go to name.
Bro is why I can't find used pokemon games
When ever I find a used one it’s broken lol (I tried buying ultra moon like 4 times and ultra sun it 3 times and every time once I got to the z move tutorial the game would just freeze and I still haven’t found out why) long story short, maybe it’s not a bad thing you can’t find them (I get you’re probably making a joke)
This gave me flashbacks of the good old days bro Pokemon is just love I appreciate this video so much ❤️
In terms of that chewed cartridge homie just like me fr fr
I thought I was too old for Pokémon when I was 13 in 30 now and now I’m buying all that old stuff back lol
I actually own a used Pokémon black 2 cartridge and when I booted up the game, the original owners save file only had a keldeo in the party with only a few badges collected.
“Too old for Pokémon” never 😂
This is really cool actually would love too see it done with like crystal gold silver maybe red and blue versions possibly yellow version
That was a really good video dude. First time seeing your channel!
Lmao the persona music in the background
Never was invested in Pokemon but I find this video concept ingenious! I wish it were easier to find memory cards for things like the ps2 or gamecube
My names Levi & Im almost 200% sure that first save with the Charizard is mine lol
Super late to seeing this video but this concept is super cool! :D Also, fun fact: you CAN actually get volcanion in pokemon X and Y but I'm pretty sure it was a limited time even where you would get one of those code cards from game stop! I only know this bc I ALSO have one of my own in my copy of pokemon X! The starters for the league fight are a bit sus and whatnot, but maybe they're just a hardcore gamer agjadjgba
I bought a pokemon Heart Gold from game stop and it had an almost complete living dex in it. I don't mean regional either; it was a nearly complete national dex. I was maybe 14 at the time, and I traded them all from HeartGold to OmegaRuby. It helped me complete the pokedex really quickly for both ORAS and S/M. In fact, all those pokemon are still on one of my S/M games. And that's where they'll stay.
The previous owner of the game was Josie.
I can't wait to flex my used sun file with a full box and a half of legendary and event legends
I bought a used copy of Gen 4 Diamond to finish my Gen 4 collection, and it had a save file still from 2008/2009. Lot of cool pokemon I traded off the file that all looked legit, like a Shiny Tentacruel and Gulpin. It was hacked copy though, with a glitched mail bag slot and a lot of TMs and Rare Candy's. I did delete the file for a playthrough I recently finished, but it was cool to look through and I spent over an hour trading pokemon from it to my Soul Silver file.