Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This video is the culmination of my years-long obsession with a peculiar glitch in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. I like shiny Pokémon and I like glitches, so the opportunity to combine both of these into one hunt was too good to pass up. I do my best to explain how the Lati@s encounter glitch works and what it can be used for. Shiny hunting is only one of the many use cases. I also share my journey catching the three and briefly try to use them in battle, which did not end up being very fun.
I'd like to thank @ChickasaurusGL for their work testing the glitch and their video on the topic, without which I may never have discovered this to begin with. I'd also like to shout out @primalswampert1050's guide on hunting in the tower. His video is quite comprehensive and a must-watch if you plan to do a similar hunt. Thank you all for checking out the video!
If you thought this hunt was strange, you should see the time I shiny hunted a gift Pokémon in Pokémon HOME: youtube.com/watch?v=dSHyGHJ91_s&list=PLe4f2sVVLLObd1bDJxxO8SIzyc9fB1ez-&index=6
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:37 Glitch Discovery
02:51 How it works
05:27 What you can catch
07:13 My 1st & 2nd hunts
08:59 More about the glitch
10:10 The final hunt live
24:50 Taking on the Tower
31:13 Outro/showcase
Related Sources:
archives.glitchcity.info/forums/board-109/thread-7016/page-1.html
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Talk:Pok%C3%A9mon_data_structure_(Generation_III)
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/Roaming_Pok%C3%A9mon_encounter_glitch
This video is the culmination of my years-long obsession with a peculiar glitch in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. I like shiny Pokémon and I like glitches, so the opportunity to combine both of these into one hunt was too good to pass up. I do my best to explain how the Lati@s encounter glitch works and what it can be used for. Shiny hunting is only one of the many use cases. I also share my journey catching the three and briefly try to use them in battle, which did not end up being very fun.
I'd like to thank @ChickasaurusGL for their work testing the glitch and their video on the topic, without which I may never have discovered this to begin with. I'd also like to shout out @primalswampert1050's guide on hunting in the tower. His video is quite comprehensive and a must-watch if you plan to do a similar hunt. Thank you all for checking out the video!
If you thought this hunt was strange, you should see the time I shiny hunted a gift Pokémon in Pokémon HOME: youtube.com/watch?v=dSHyGHJ91_s&list=PLe4f2sVVLLObd1bDJxxO8SIzyc9fB1ez-&index=6
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:37 Glitch Discovery
02:51 How it works
05:27 What you can catch
07:13 My 1st & 2nd hunts
08:59 More about the glitch
10:10 The final hunt live
24:50 Taking on the Tower
31:13 Outro/showcase
Related Sources:
archives.glitchcity.info/forums/board-109/thread-7016/page-1.html
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Talk:Pok%C3%A9mon_data_structure_(Generation_III)
https://glitchcity.wiki/wiki/Roaming_Pok%C3%A9mon_encounter_glitch
