Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Shiny Cyndaquil becomes my 118th shiny for my Gen 3 living dex - This is a really interesting way to hunt and one that I cover in more detail here: youtu.be/vHNhpqrTN-4?si=gzrivEX_FYp2Lcm7
The 3rd and final of the trio obtained. An absolutely ridiculous number to go to but it's done. My 2nd longest hunt, after Magmar appeared (video to be released soon). An awful ordeal that saw me hit over 120,000+ encounters collectively without a shiny. I'm done with the trio and this cute little guy, though making me work for him, is a welcome addition to my collection.
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Shiny Cyndaquil becomes my 118th shiny for my Gen 3 living dex - This is a really interesting way to hunt and one that I cover in more detail here: youtu.be/vHNhpqrTN-4?si=gzrivEX_FYp2Lcm7
The 3rd and final of the trio obtained. An absolutely ridiculous number to go to but it's done. My 2nd longest hunt, after Magmar appeared (video to be released soon). An awful ordeal that saw me hit over 120,000+ encounters collectively without a shiny. I'm done with the trio and this cute little guy, though making me work for him, is a welcome addition to my collection.
Thanks for watching as always!
Twitter/X - https://x.com/Sonikks1
Instagram - instagram.com/steve_sonikks
![[LIVE] Shiny Roaming Latios after 11,966 SRs in SoulSilver](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jV8IzY4KsDQ/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Roaming Latios after 11,966 SRs in SoulSilver
Shiny Latios after 11,966 soft resets to complete the HeartGold/SoulSilver Roamers. It feels incredible to be able to say that. It seems only yesterday I was hunting Entei to start these off and yet here we are. I say in the video but its a bittersweet moment to complete them in these games. I really enjoyed hunting them.
This shiny is so beautiful. The minty-green is just amazing and I think its comfortably sat in among my top 10 shinies of all time. All Roamers have beautiful shinies but this is up there for sure.
I really enjoyed this hunt looking back but I wont deny that I found it hard at times. The method shown was first shown I believe in this video; https://youtu.be/gF7msPdgZcw by a Japanese Shiny Hunter named soooooonansuka on Twitter. It was then shown by BeatingBros and RavenGoingUp. I think there may be one or two more but I cant find them. This method has one big disadvantage in my opinion & from my experience in that its difficult to hunt something next to it. It requires a lot of attention. Its plausible that its just simply how my brain works but the method I used for Latias allowed me to hunt other things at the side. This is vital for me to keep focused and motivated. It might not be to others and this is just my experience. Im not saying this is right or wrong but experiment, try both, see what you think.
Around 8,000 I took a break from hunting but came back full of motivation to claim this beautiful shiny as my own. Im so happy to have him in my collection.
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![[LIVE] Shiny Eevee after 25,723 soft resets in FireRed (DTQ #3)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/juZYVosFxJ4/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Eevee after 25,723 soft resets in FireRed (DTQ #3)
Dream Team #3 obtained! Very happy to have finished this hunt as it went on for quite a while. I dont have the best of luck with summary screen hunts which is frustrating because theyre my least favourite hunts to do. Either way, its done and Im very happy. I was gifted a beautiful shiny female Eevee. Eevee is similar to starters & fossils in sharing the same gender ratio. Females are the rare ones and Im delighted!
Jolteon is an incredibly good Pokemon in Gen 3. I cant wait to take on the game with its Special Attack and Speed. I was really fearing a Special Attack reducing nature with this hunt but Quirky is nice and neutral.
Dratini is up next. Excited for that one.
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![[LIVE] Shiny Shadow Togepi after 11,776 SRs in Pokemon Colosseum (e-Reader cards)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kiyfG2Qmt1o/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Shadow Togepi after 11,776 SRs in Pokemon Colosseum (e-Reader cards)
The very proud owner of a 3rd Gen Togepi. This is quite possibly my most prized shiny & one of the most obscure shinies in 3rd Gen due to the way you need to hunt it. It’s either full odds Emerald hatching or this hunt, realistically. It is available in FireRed/LeafGreen but with no FlameBody to speed up eggs it’s not really worth it.
I’ve had these e-Reader cards for a while now and I’ve wanted to hunt these Shadow Pokemon which I will complete soon, hopefully. They’re quite obscure but you can get on auction sites if you want to. They’re exclusive to the Japanese copy though I do believe you can perform magic with an Action Replay to get these in a non-Japanese copy though according to some reports I’ve read, there is a tendency to cause Bag Eggs & even corrupt save files due to the incomplete translations so just keep that into account.
The Togepi is locked as Sassy nature and has 0 in all IVs. I believe these Pokemon were just simple ways of completing the Dex though it’s possible that they were given beneficial natures to aid in breeding in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/FireRed/LeafGreen. Sassy is the best nature for Togetic in 3rd Generation so I lean towards this more than anything. Either way, it’s a super cool feature and I’m really happy to have one of these boxed off. Next up is probably Mareep!
*Edit - They are actually sufferers of the same glitch attributed to the Roamers in FireRed/LeafGreen/Ruby/Sapphire in which their IVs are lower due to a memory write issue. You can see this glitch explained in more detail here; https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_glitches_in_Generation_III#Roaming_Pok.C3.A9mon_IV_bug
Its curious that their natures are rather beneficial in Gen 3 however. Thank you to PurpleTide for the information! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLYK9a0ZlEA6GccgN5D84xg
Special thanks to a fellow Shiny Hunter named Forcemaster; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKPCtuCPgF4
He has done all three of these e-Reader hunts & I hadnt even noticed until I got to around 5,000 resets and wanted to watch Togepi videos for motivation. He kept me going through this hunt for sure. Drop him a sub.
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![[LIVE] Shiny Stunky after 8,229 random encounters in Brilliant Diamond + Evolution](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lAlaG-TYpRg/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Stunky after 8,229 random encounters in Brilliant Diamond + Evolution
Another team member joins the ranks! Shiny Stunky was my 2nd target here though I didnt really expect to get it. Bronzor was 55% so there was essentially a coin flip chance to phase. You cant complain at picking up a Diamond exclusive Pokemon.
The encounter rate in Wayward Cave with Mira is awful, truly awful. If you dont believe me, try it yourself with an Illuminate Pokemon leading. I was doing almost a third more just single hunting in the grass.
Hopefully Bronzor will shine next (spoiler, I got it next phase)!
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![[LIVE] Shiny Marshtomp after 2,670 random encounters in Ultra Moon via Island Scan [Full odds]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lDfsNbO8sQM/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Marshtomp after 2,670 random encounters in Ultra Moon via Island Scan [Full odds]
Another Island Scan hunt completed first phase! Marshtomp is ~70% with a repel trick. Grovyle, Marshtomp and now Combusken will complete the trio.
Ive been hunting these next to my Roamer Latias in Sapphire hunt and theyre working great as Gen 7 encounters take so long. Its really nice to hunt in these games again as I love the Alola region and a ton of the Pokemon available.
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![[LIVE] Shiny Steelix after 23,775 REs in HeartGold [Repel Trick] (DTQ #3)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lEJlz1CWuik/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Steelix after 23,775 REs in HeartGold [Repel Trick] (DTQ #3)
Shiny Steelix finally appeared after a very long hunt. I took a break for about two weeks to hunt the Roaming Birds in Platinum and it shined upon returning to it within 48 hours! It looks so, so good in this game. I’ve always found its Sinnoh sprite to look a little awkward but once I saw some other hunters like ShinyTwins178, JCBLPs & Alpha Zapdos hunt theirs in this area, I was convinced to add it to my DTQ.
It still blows my mind in 2019 that Steelix is even found in the wild. I grew up playing Kanto and Johto so when Steelix was in the wild in Sinnoh and HG/SS, I was so captivated by finding item evolutions like this. It’s probably nothing really out of the ordinary for many hunters these days but you had to be there man… you had to be there.
This is the third member of my Heart Gold Dream Team Quest file. Next up is Miltank which is very close to the area I was hunting on Route 39 with a repel trick making it 48%. I don’t know when I’ll get around to hunting that though as I’m getting very close to my 100th shiny special. This was my 97th full odds shiny caught so I’m getting close!
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![[LIVE] Shiny Roaming Suicune after only 1,119 seen in Gold (+ Stadium 2)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ljD2Ih-aYFQ/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Roaming Suicune after only 1,119 seen in Gold (+ Stadium 2)
Shiny Roaming Suicune after only 1,119 seen. Absolutely crazy. My luck has done a complete 180 since last month when I went almost 50k without seeing a shiny. Manaphy, Articuno & now Suicune in quick succession. I really hope I can carry on with some good luck to finish 2020 off because my luck has been junk this year overall.
This sprite is gorgeous. It genuinely looks like an Ice-type when shiny in this generation. The sprite difference from Crystal is subtle but I really like how it looks in Gold/Silver. Very beautiful shiny. This is Roamer number 14 for my Roamer Quest, with only three left to obtain at this point.
There is a lot to say about this hunt. I was as brief as possible without missing out on key details in my intro but if you want to more about this hunt or Gen 2 Roamers in particular, please see the following links.
Video guide to Gen 2 Roamers; https://youtu.be/hTP5vPYqdHQ
Document if you prefer write-ups; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qfPCyPoCptT7W1WWjgXdZWqADgu8UubxrHXsN1tAFqw/edit
I found the write-up a lot easier to follow but thats just personal preference. I prefer things in black and white text.
Massive credit goes to Hangar and Rich for their work on this. Ive been in the shiny hunting community for almost 8 years now and Ive never seen so much time & effort into one specific hunt. As I said in the video, its not research, its scripture. In particular a special thanks to Rich for explaining all of this to me like Im 5, I needed it.
Their channels;
Hangar - https://www.youtube.com/user/HangarOne8
Rich - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVenusaursJungle
I think Im going to jump right into Raikou and try and finish the Gen 2 Roamers off before finishing up with the Lati twins in Ruby and Sapphire. I still need to finish the Elite 4 video for my Ruby Dream Team Quest too.
If you have any questions, Id advise commenting on Hangars video but I can try to explain as much as possible.
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![[LIVE] Shiny Roaming Articuno after 2,014 SRs in Platinum - Trio completed](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nqfel6GtAIw/mqdefault.jpg "[LIVE] Shiny Roaming Articuno after 2,014 SRs in Platinum - Trio completed
Shiny Roaming Articuno after a decently quick 2,014 SRs in Platinum to complete the trio. I started my Roamer Quest with Zapdos so I had initially planned to hunt Articuno as the last but I just felt compelled to hunt it recently. Seeing the trio left unfinished for so long just spurred me on to finish them. Its a beautiful shiny, bright ice white with an amazing sprite in Platinum. I really love Platinum so to complete this trio is really amazing. I was memorised when they were roamers in my initial playthrough and I knew that someday Id want to hunt them.
The Legendary Birds are some of my favourite Pokemon and Articuno to me is the prime example of a shiny not needing a drastic change to be a beautiful shiny. Id love to hunt this in both Gen 2 & 3 one day too so I can admire the sprite differences.
Roamer #12 obtained which is incredible. I still cant believe I only have 5 left as of making this video. Im not sure whats next as I need to repair a HDMI adapter for my Gamecube so Gen 2 perhaps if I get it back in time. Who knows.
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