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@slickeey

Жыл бұрын

Butters better

@firstryft

Жыл бұрын

ok

@PootisSpencerHeeyah

Жыл бұрын

Blink twice if you’re being held hostage

@blitzer9002

Жыл бұрын

No I don't think I will

@steelboy_X

Жыл бұрын

Salt

who would have thought that rare bat would lead to a crippling addiction years later

@robertlupa8273

Жыл бұрын

at least it didn't lead to a crippling disease

@Sailor-Khione

Жыл бұрын

Me... (Looks at her shiny bird)

@kinsan89

Жыл бұрын

It was a purple santa bird for me :^)

@lordjaraxxus5418

Жыл бұрын

Same for me.. though I never caught that bat... Instead I caught a Steelix... which was lost to game corruption. Then a mantyke. It was not until I got an alpha Ralts that my shiny hunting really started.

@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf

Жыл бұрын

Shiny tadpole for me.

Imagine telling someone in gen 3 that the best way to currently shiny hunt is to make a sandwich.

@A-Person1

Жыл бұрын

Why do I keep finding you again and again!?

@Carcosahead

Жыл бұрын

When Gen 3 released I was a 9 yo kid obsessed with Pokémon Emerald so I would believed that 😂

@PokeHokage

Жыл бұрын

Didn't shiny hunting in gen 3 also rely on having the right frame at the beginning of the playthrough?

@JavaCake

Жыл бұрын

Yeah lol

@BrewstoidOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@Carcosahead bro when gen 3 released i wasnt alive!

My favorite full odds shiny encounter was when my uncle got his FIRST ever shiny in BDSP and it was a zubat and he yelled "IS THAT A ZINY SHOEBAT?!" cause his excitement messed up his words

@soIeil

6 ай бұрын

A ziny shoebat 😔😔😔😔

There is just something about the name "rare bat" that I find unbelievably funny. Truly, 9-year-old-Lucy was ahead of her time not just in shiny hunting but apparently in future internet comedy as well.

@bewearstar9462

Жыл бұрын

I named my first shiny rare pup it was a seel and I named it after that zubat

In Scarlet & Violet, a shiny can be two feet behind you, and you’d never know! It’s a shiny hunter’s worst nightmare, and it’s actually possible now!!!

@Larat..

Жыл бұрын

My first violet shiny spawned right next to me I almost didn’t turn around my camera, I almost missed it

@batchest2977

Жыл бұрын

The first shiny i got in S/V was a random Snom. I didn't even notice. Idk why i even ran into it i literally had no idea i just did and it sparkled lol

@skeletonboy6628

Жыл бұрын

i miss the sound from legends arcues bc as soon as it would connect with my ear drum i would just start hunting for it

@blazefromhoenn

Жыл бұрын

I don't usually worry about it. My mindset is that, if I miss a shiny, then odds are it isn't a very good one.

@SpottyLotti

Жыл бұрын

My first shiny in Pokémon Violet was a shiny frokie I called rana that I found in 28 tries via masuda method

I was literally laughing whenever you said “it’s like a magnet for autistic people” because I chronically shiny hunt and am autistic. It really is nice to have a community who shares your obsession. I’m 18 and Pokémon still takes up around 80% of my brain.

@CandyEvie

Жыл бұрын

you can beat the shiny addiction I believe in u

@FROZENPWR

Жыл бұрын

@@CandyEvie Yes it's such a magnet, I have autism too. It's so nice to see a fellow autistic content creator :D I love your videos and i love shiny hunting (I'm crazy so I do it in emerald). Keep up the excellent work :)😊

Your first shiny Pokemon was basically how mine went, though mine was a Gastly in original Silver after leaving the National park. I'd already caught red Gyarados so when I saw the same sparkles on Gastly I shouted something like "They can all be a different color?!?" I caught it, and my life as a shiny hunter officially began

@bluestylite7780

Жыл бұрын

Lol, that was my reaction too when I found a shiny Magmar in the burned tower.

@lillith7257

Жыл бұрын

i too think Gyarados was how i knew my Tentacruel in Sapphire was shiny, i think it should have been much earlier in the games but it was a good tool to give children a heads up. though also realistically should have had dialogue accompany it (then again kids struggled with Whitney so i doubt they would have read it)

@jrlaps521

Жыл бұрын

Mine was because of the Red Gyarados too but because of the one mentioned at the beginning of Diamond and Pearl. So when I saw a green Zubat in Mt Coronet I also assumed other Pokémon can be differently colored

@aether905

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I caught a spinda and I loved it so much until I looked it up and was confused as to why it was orange lmao

@impa7125

10 ай бұрын

If u want a long term project look for another shiny spinda with exact same pattern

hi Lucy, you probably won't see this but when you said about being on the spectrum I had to pause the video because I started crying. I was an amazing surprise to find out my favourite creator was like me. I've been feeling pretty lonely since it was realised I'm probably autistic, and when the diagnosis came in it made me feel so alone. but someone I really look up to is like me and it feels great. amazing video as always

@maganhassan2627

Жыл бұрын

When were you diagnosed with autism? If you don't mind

@lillith7257

Жыл бұрын

are you an adult like me who might not get certified? if so, i know your struggle. it's really hard to get tested as an adult.

@maganhassan2627

Жыл бұрын

@Lillith they're taking long I am currently waiting to do my diagnosis on autism

@Kayllister_

Жыл бұрын

​@@lillith7257 I'm not currently an adult but where I live the current waiting list is 2 YEARS in our free public neurodevelopment assessment service. However me not getting support from my school and my mental health deteriorating my local doctors office has funded a private diagnosis. I should be getting assessed within the next 6 months. I wish it was easier for adults to get diagnosises though since I assume due to not as developed technology and fairly shitty parenting some people may only be suspected when they're adults.

@FROZENPWR

Жыл бұрын

@@maganhassan2627 I had mine when I was small, and it didn't take so long, and shiny hunting does feel like a magnet 😂

rare bat is a legend among legends, just imagine being the one pokemon that started CandyEvie's love for shiny hunting

@MageSkeleton

Жыл бұрын

i can't believe the first video of someone uploading a video of a shiny pokemon was someone just "showing off" having a shiny Kyogre.

@purumu_k1kau

Жыл бұрын

Imagine her disappointment to play Scarlet & Violet.... and theres no Yanma😂😂😂

@dylanstrife7652

Жыл бұрын

​@PURUMU_K1KAU_ shiny yanma is very easily obtainable in legends arceus so there's that ❤

Such a good overview of the evolution of shiny hunting from this suuuper obscure little hobby to one of the main ways people enjoy Pokemon! There are so many facets of shiny hunting that are so hard to convey (like the "value" of shinies), and you knocked it out of the park talking about how your personal value you put into a shiny is all that really matters at the end of the day. I'm so glad to still see so many familiar faces like you still around still looking for these sparkly animals all these years later!

@CandyEvie

Жыл бұрын

You too dude :) who knows what hunting will look like in another 10 years lol

@BlueBerryPieCherry

Жыл бұрын

Ello Mr.Clorox

@TimmyDaTurtle

Жыл бұрын

Most definitely. I think at the end of the day, what people enjoy about shiny hunting just comes down to personal preference. I think for me, I like hunting full odds more (I started with methods in oras, but once we got to PLA I kinda decided I prefered full odds more) I don't think theres any one wrong way to shiny hunt, because if we go off the logic of safari zone, It just comes down to the individual. I do think a good balance is good though, one method shouldn't completely outclass another method, they should all be set to different preferences (Like how masuda is lower odds, but it sometimes takes longer than full odds) I think its because of this, its why I don't enjoy SV as much, since it feel like it limits your options a bit as far as how you want to hunt. At the end of the day though, I feel like no matter what, what matters is that the person has fun.

@zachsusskind

Жыл бұрын

safari week!!!

@Ssjvaca

Жыл бұрын

ABSOL!!!! I really didn't expect you here, I love your content!

I don't know why, but your videos always take me back to when I was a little brat playing Pokemon. It hits home everytime you say that you started KZread to make some friends because I never had many friends, let alone people that liked pokemon. It's crazy to think that I found a group of people with similar interests until college and was able to let my inner child loose with them playing Pokemon, trading, and battling. Even more insane that pokemon is now so massive on KZread that even big streamers and KZreadrs do nuzlockes and shiny hunt. Little did we know we were cool all along, we were just ahead of the curve, lol. Love your videos, Lucy. Thank you!

dallas deserves every second of recognition he got! it’s so good to see the love in the community

@kab4333alt

Жыл бұрын

that gay guy?

@just_a_pkmn_guy7666

Жыл бұрын

@@kab4333alt it’s sad you think it’s okay to refer to someone like that. He’s still human, and probably a much better person than you are, obviously.

@Kayllister_

Жыл бұрын

​@@just_a_pkmn_guy7666 ^ this ^

@kab4333alt

Жыл бұрын

@@just_a_pkmn_guy7666? that's just what popped into my mind I didn't mean to offend anyone, it's totally ok to be gay

@mordha86

Жыл бұрын

After years of casually playing Pokémon I’ve never seen a shiny Pokémon ever on my own 😂

Shiny hunting takes a level of patience I may never achieve.

@BlankedOutHere

Жыл бұрын

Bro one time I shiny hunted for a growlithe and it took an hour

@danielgertler5976

Жыл бұрын

I've seriously probably only ever caught one shiny myself (not including red garydos) in all the time i've played pokemon, every other one i have i got from wonder trades.

@santiagoacosta3372

Жыл бұрын

​@@BlankedOutHere doin the same thing for an hour straight is not something everyone have patience to do

@SakhotGamer

Жыл бұрын

I used to play WAY too much pokemon crystal back in the day, I found 4 full odds shiny mons because I found breeding pointless back then and didn't know shinies could be found more often that way. I'm not sure how I never hatched a shiny baby mon from the daycare given how often I reset for no reason, and yes that means my full odds are gone.

@BGAbazor

Жыл бұрын

@@BlankedOutHere Only an hour?! Shiny hunting in it's original form sometimes took days and days of playtime. Getting a shiny in an hour is what has caused them to be so much less valuable. It's way too easy to find them now in the new games.

If I told my parents 1 year ago that they’d be shiny hunters in GO, they’d think im crazy, but now My parents participate in Community days and even look for shiny legendaries which is bizarre but also amazing to see

@Tom-oz7wk

Жыл бұрын

My parents are way better at pokemon go than I am. I'm level 40 but they're both level 50 and have way better pokemon collections. I dread to think how many more shinies or shiny legendaries they have

While i miss the mythical status that shiny pokemon had in the beginning, going for a shiny living dex in violet has been the most fun ive ever had in pokemon and im glad that i have a reason to keep picking it up.

I still remember how mentally draining using the Masuda method for shiny charmander was in gen 3 for me lmao. It was traumatizing. I like how the odds increased over time and now we have SV.

@dairoyx4754

Жыл бұрын

Was the masuda method even a thing in gen 3? I thought it was gen 4 it was introduced. Cause that would have been 1/8000 odds... with eggs... dear god

@aictopus

Жыл бұрын

@@dairoyx4754 dang maybe I did it in gen 4 then

@TheRealAdachi

6 ай бұрын

@@aictopusit was not a thing in Gen 3

@aictopus

6 ай бұрын

@@TheRealAdachi read the comment above you

@aictopus

6 ай бұрын

@@TheRealAdachi read the comment above you

Watching PM7 andMandJTV just fooling around together only for PM7 to get a shiny 1 or 2 minutes in is one of the funniest things I've seen lately. And it's very fun to watch a streamer get a shiny unexpectedly or get one after hours of hunting.

@pkmnlover3812

Жыл бұрын

yes and Mand's reaction when it happens especially when they JUST started

@delphoxhoopa7289

Жыл бұрын

PM7's luck knows no bounds! 😂✨

@beccanpott

Жыл бұрын

@@delphoxhoopa7289 when you subscribe to PM7, you get more shinies 😉

@msthecommentator2863

Жыл бұрын

It gets Mikey heated every time and I'm sorry, but it's kind of funny 😂 especially since his partner found like two shinies in Scarlet before he found one and they started their games together

the way FOYT unlocked a core memory, I remember JUST how crazy important it was to people in the early days of shiny hunting. Good lord.

So many shiny hunters I remember watching as an awkward teen. It never occurred to me that they were probably also just awkward teens with way too much spare time and I could just have reached out and made friends 😅

I didn't know you were on the spectrum Lucy, i absolutely love shiny hunting. I'm never actually tried full odds hunting because I'm scared of how long I know it can take but I may just start trying it thanks to the inspiration from this video. Thank you for sharing a bit more about yourself and the history of Shiny hunting as a whole

@nancyhart1578

Жыл бұрын

Hi I’m using my aunt Nancy’s phone. I really like your channel my name is ansley!

@kedo

Жыл бұрын

@@nancyhart1578 Thank you Ansley I appreciate that so much 🖤

@ChicagoMel23

9 ай бұрын

I was happy to hear it too

I still remember my first shiny encounter, also at the age of 9. 2007. My brother is sick and is in the hospital, I am visiting him and am currently playing through Pokemon FireRed. It is while searching for Moltres at Mt. Ember that I happen upon a chance encounter with a shiny Slugma, the first shiny I had ever seen in the wild. If I were playing it when I was older, I would've captured it in a heartbeat, but this was before I knew what shiny Pokemon were. I didn't just run away from it like any other wild encounter. No, as soon as I saw the stars shining off it, I turned my game off, fearing that it was damaged by generating an off-color Pokemon. It was only later when my friend informed me what shiny Pokemon were that I realized the mistake I had made. You never forget your first, even if it was a mistake.

@Carcosahead

Жыл бұрын

Same, I was 9 playing Pokemon Emerald and a wild Poochyena was my first shiny ever, I remember thinking it was so fricking cool to have a pokemon of different color… nowadays it feels too easy to get a shiny, heck, I got my first shiny Cyclizar on the third day of my pokemon scarlet playthrough 😂

@PineappleLiar

Жыл бұрын

Shiny Farfetch’d Soul Silver, Safari Zone. I knew what it was, but it got away cause I threw mud at it…

@jamtone4492

Жыл бұрын

Shiny paras in ilex forest in my first playthrough of pokemon gold, only had 3 pokeballs left, didnt catch it. Didnt think anything of it until shiny gyarados in the lake of rage...

@rithikrajgavishluximon6812

Жыл бұрын

In 2014, playing pokemon ruby - my first ever experience to the pokemon franchise encountered a shiny cacnea i literally thought "maybe females look like this"....and ran away from it🤦‍♂

@jamtone4492

Жыл бұрын

@Rithik Raj Gavish Luximon I had a person who had a shiny amoongus and didnt realize it was shiny for the same reason.

This video is so nostalgic. You captured the exact feeling of being in the older pokemon fan crowd so well. Completely understand those feelings as someone whos been playing since gen 3. Initial feelings of defensiveness quickly turned into a newfound excitement for the new group of fans who get to have fun and enjoy hunting shinies in their own way 😃while it's different, i'm glad the community can all agree on the joy that brings!

This is super interesting! I never knew the community ran so deep and there was a lot of stigmatism surrounding certain features like the X&Y shiny odds.

This video really hit home and almost followed my timeline exactly. I used to love Dallas’ and your own videos during that period, but never really joined the online community unfortunately (although some old videos exist out there). I did become a hybrid hunter in the end and now almost exclusively method hunt due to time constraints on my life as a supposedly functional adult. The controversy really was mad with Gen 6 and this video was a great nostalgic experience.

@idiotically-everything

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I am a med student so like, I am doing everything I can to increase the odds so I can actually hunt shinies in the time available to me

@zohabaig6426

Жыл бұрын

@@idiotically-everything Same! Hence why my favorite way to find shinies is in pokemon go lol. Gets me out of the house, and doesn't take as much time.

@partyhatkid9940

Жыл бұрын

Woah I'm in the same boat as you! I loved knowing that this niche thing I was watching as a kid was being watched by others as well. We've all come a long way

I remember completing my scarlet dex, I was almost done, but when on my last 10, I saw a weird looking spiritomb, I was questioning if it was shiny while running over to dex it, when it shined I ran to my sisters room to gloat and I was so happy.

Your shiny treeko fail is what got me into shiny hunting, and now this video is giving me the urge to get back to my old hunts I put in hiatus in 2019, I have no where near as much free time as I used to but my Pokémon Y copy is still standing in front of the starter selection and oh gosh the void beckons me in

I love this combo of personal history and history of shiny hunting at large!

Nothing beats running into a random shiny though ☺️

i remember getting into shiny hunting and absolutely loving it. looking up to all the cool shiny hunters-including you!-and encountering hundreds of Pokémon was-and still is-a blast! i used to SOS hunt, but now i do exclusively full odds, but i’ll never forget my first shiny Grubbin i got so many years ago. boy do i wish i couldve been there when the older titles were popular

3:47 One of the developers of CTGP for Mario Kart Wii uploaded the first shiny video on youtube???

Watching CandyEvie shiny Pokemon videos somehow gives me the determination to do some shiny hunting myself even though I know it's going to be rough. Only ever caught a shiny Oricorio in Pokemon Violet but now I want to find more shiny buddies for it!

As someone who just got into shiny hunting (2020) it's nice to learn about its history

Thank you for making amazing videos for us, you truly are my favorite youtuber, keep it up Evie! Thanks for inspiring me to keep shiny hunting since I dont have any friends who like doing it, so I watch you!

12:30 People don't live in USA or Europe: *hysterically laughs*

Late comment but it was so fun to hear about the history of shiny hunting from someone who was right in the middle of it back then. I clicked on the video expecting it to be a more emotionally-removed, research-based deep dive from someone who started more recently (which is still a valid format) and I absolutely loved the direction it went down. My personal obsession right now is shiny apriball pokemon, which is a whole other thing. When I tell even other players I'm into aprimon, they usually don't know what it is!

This is EXACTLY the type of video the community needed!! Amazing summary and amazing video 💙

@Jaydenmedows

Жыл бұрын

I love your vids

I'll never forget the time I got a shiny Dracozolt on my birthday after 3 soft resets. I was stunned and took it as a sign from the universe as a happy birthday from pokemon lol 😅

@ochuspin

Жыл бұрын

That’s amazing

"It seems like the term Shiny came from the fans" Having lived through that period and thinking that was common knowledge I suddenly feel very, very old...

'This obscure website called Azure Heights,' Clutching my chest and gripping my back as I panic at realising just how old I am.

I refused to shiny hunt until it became easier and now I really enjoy it even thanks to your videos

Love that MrBean uploaded the first ever shiny video. That guy’s a god in the MKWii community

5:49 has me questioning if im autistic 😭

My first Shiney was when I first tried pokemon white. Walked into the grass right after the tutorial and found a patrat eye color that didn't match. I was so shocked that I searched it up to be sure😅

My first shiny encounter was a Graveler in Pearl, in the bowels of Iron Island while Riley was following me around. Of course it used Selfdestruct before I could even deal with the Lucario. My most clutch one was in Emerald many years later, a Sunkern in the expanded part of the Safari Zone. My favorite though is the shiny (and marked!) Chewtle I caught at the very beginning of my Shield playthrough that I had on my team for the entire rest of the playthrough.

In the end, Shiny Hunting and Pokemon as a whole is a really cool way to bring people together. Now, if only my first shiny had been something cool... I don't miss you, Panpour.

This is an excellent video on the subject! Thank you for making it. I did not make a yt account for a long time, but I was watching you and Dallas about as early as you were uploading. I'm in the same age group and I was just so enamoured by these little secret pokemon! I've hunted for well over a decade, and it's been really cool to see you all do it online as a community. Your early videos are what gave me the courage to try REs in HG/SS - I remember being shocked when I actually found something after a while. Long story short I love the love for shiny pokemon, and I would have never expected it to last past our childhoods. I'm glad it did. Again, thanks for uploading

I’m autistic as well and recently got into shiny hunting again on my switch. I used to shiny hunt on XandY when I was young but never had much luck. I’ve always loved Pokémon sm and I used to enjoy watching shiny hunting streams! The Pokémon community really is such a good place to find other autistic people just like me and it makes me happy

Shiny hunting is something I don’t have the patience for

@pigeonleader

Жыл бұрын

I FEEL THIS SOMETIMES!!! I've shiny hunted before but sometimes mid way through I'm like, "why am i doing this?" Then i give up. Im like 3.5k srs for turtwig in platinum and i wanna give up now

@piranhalettuce

Жыл бұрын

@@animechic420 Bruh

@Arkenidae

Жыл бұрын

Ok.

@Candyy248

Жыл бұрын

Not even my patience goes this high v:

@matthewkuscienko4616

Жыл бұрын

For me personally, it's not just that I don't have the patience for shiny hunting, but also partly that I just never really cared that much about it in the first place. I feel like if I were to start shiny hunting at any point, I would probably only go after the ones that I really want personally rather than get any that I can manage to somehow get my hands on

This is a really interesting topic! I never really got into shiny hunting, but I would still always get so excited if I ever saw one. Thank you for always uploading such great content!

12:58 Well holy fuck I didn’t expect to be included in this video. That’s me at the bottom, that’s my weedle. Great video, it’s interesting to see how things have changed. As I started Pokémon in Gen 6, I’ve simply gone back to older games to hunt in (as well as newer ones).

@kadezz

Жыл бұрын

holy shit dude! congrats!!!

@masmurdermonkey9233

Жыл бұрын

@@kadezz thanks! I was certainly surprised when I spotted it, but it was pretty cool XD

“Most of us were socially awkward autistic teenagers with WAY too much free time” damn you didn’t have to call me out 💀

5:54 no joke I'm not quuiiiite autistic but when I used to shiny hunt a lot it was for the repetitive, predictable stim of it and the ability to hyperfixate on pokemon, especially a specific species, without needing to be actually doing anything

@LeviCPC25

11 ай бұрын

I'm actually autistic and I have hunted tons of shinies.

I'm so happy that you talked about shiny elitism, it's always annoyed me lol. It's probably to do with how similar it is to souls game elitism lmao

@animechic420

Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t even aware that was a thing.

@matthewkuscienko4616

Жыл бұрын

It honestly just sounds stupid to me that shiny elitism was a thing at all. The way I see it personally, shiny Pokemon are so rare that if you have a way to increase your odds to get one is more so a blessing than a curse simply because you can get it easier with a little luck

@Zepimo123

Жыл бұрын

​@@matthewkuscienko4616 Its not much of a thing anymore, though you still do see it rarely, though its usually to do with method hunting now rather than shiny charm/odd split.

@ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest

Жыл бұрын

I also found it pretty ironic, since some of the full odds elitists would double battle hunt and still claim full odds. If double battles in gen4/5 are full odds then so are horde encounters.

@masmurdermonkey9233

Жыл бұрын

@@ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest I would agree. Both are still full odds. It just speeds up the encounters is all.

Hearing Lucy say “and maybe make some friends” was one of the cutest things I’ve ever heard

My first Pokemon game was Pearl when I was like 11 and then Soul Silver and I played those games for hundreds of hours each and never stumbled upon a shiny Pokemon. Within the first like 5 hours of starting Moon, I stumbled upon a random shiny Caterpie. My whole time playing Pearl and SSilver, I had no idea shiny Pokemon existed, but by the time Moon came out I had regular access to the internet so I knew all about them. It was still wild to see one in the (digital) flesh for the first time. Sometimes I wonder if I did stumble across shinies as a kid and just ignored them cuz I didn't realize what they were. I know the shiny odds are doubled in the new games, but I only played Moon for like 30 hours vs the literal hundreds I put into the DS games. It seems improbable, but I guess math really do be like that sometimes.

I remember my first ever shiny Pokemon as a kid was a Machoke in Heartgold. I didn’t know why it was green but I threw a pokeball and caught it. Good times. Also nice work on the video!

I think wonder trades were also super important in making shiny hunting popular. In part because it made sone of the less intensive hunts like masuda method more interesting by splitting it into two phases: the egg hatching half and the wonder trade half. I remember the emotional high I got in ORAS while egg hunting a shiny eevee, getting one the morning for school, then getting a shiny dratini through wonder trades immediately after.

Sometimes finding a shiny Pokémon you’ve been looking for feels like an accomplishment or having tons of coffee

Omg I love Dallas! That’s so cool he was part of your early shiny hunting inspiration ❤

lucy's next video: pokemon is kind of terrifying now...

Never knew shinies were a thing as a kid. I was either unlucky or never thought "huh! That one is a different color!"

i personally value my 1/8092 shiny nidoran f on soulsilver a ton because i was just grinding friendship for my togepi. its just those random playthrough shinies that are just the best for me.

AYO THAT'S MY COLOSSEUM JIRACHI! Had to rewind to make sure but holy crap lol

I’ve only started shiny hunting for real in Sword and Shield. I love how accessible it’s become. I had only ever found one, maybe 2 in other games full odds but it feels so much more fun and is something I can do in an evening if I’m lucky but over a few days if I’m not

As a young kid who wasn’t yet a shiny hunter, I had used an Action Replay to see what the hype was about. I have those shinies migrated up through my game and I’m glad about it for sure, but since then I’ve gone on the prowl to “reclaim” them by doing it legitimately. I can’t wait to hunt the green rat in let’s go- I’ve been avoiding touching that game and desperately need to finish it.

I still remember when I found my first shiny. It was a Marill on my Sapphire game. I thought the game had glitched and I was genuinely confused. After that I was constantly trying to find shiny Pokémon

@christophera4527

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Mine was a Patrat in Black 2 lol

@JD-iu6rv

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@@christophera4527 that’s pretty cool

@austinhall6002

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Not counting Gyarados my first shiny was a Golbat in the original Ruby version

This is really interesting. I started Shiny Hunting in X and Y, and then I really got into it in Sun and Moon, so it was definitely more accessible when I started. I get the appeal of Shiny Hunting being this obscure thing for sure, but I agree that people should be able to hunt how they see fit.

I love how you mentioned meeting so many other autistic people through shiny hunting. I am a therapist and mainly work with autistic people and sooooo many of my clients’ special interest is Pokémon. I taught one about shiny hunting and now he’s going back to each game since gen 2 to try to get and entire shiny dex

Just finished my heartgold shiny badge quest the other day. There’s just something about it that fills up my heart :D

I love your content CandyEvie keep up the good work

I started shiny hunting on Gen 6. There were three reasons why I got into it: 1. I was already starting SR hunts in Gen 5, but not for shinies, but for triple Max IV special/legendary encounters. There was no "set 3 max IVs" them then, so they actually had lower odds than shinies (1/30k-ish). 2. I also got into Monster Hunter that time, and that game had a bigger desire sensor tease than shiny hunting at times. I will still not forget the Lucent Nargapearl I never had in MH3u. 3. The biggest factor was O-Powers. You walk around and you max your O-Powers regeneration by the end of the day, and after you max out levels and money what are you going to use them on? The only thing remaining is Egg Powers, and so the natural progression was to start Masuda breeding to get shinies. I remember I started with more competitive Pokémon first, so I started breeding Gible, Torchic, Froakie then Scyther. I then had some fun with Baton Pass shenanigans and bred a shiny Eevee for Espeon then a shiny Venonat. I put them all in my Battle Box and had a flex moment every time somebody randomly challenged a battle.

Gen iv was best with the shiny finder or w/e it was called. I remember chaining the little sparklies in that gen. Great channel, keep up the good work!

@sonnywxrtzik7

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the poke radar ^^

@megaman37456

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I'd argue the best game for shiny hunting in the series would either be crystal for it's 1/8 odd egg shiny odds, or it's 1/64 shiny breeding method. However a contender for that would 100% be ORAS. Dex Nav, Hordes, Chain Fishing, Masuda, Soft Reset, Random Encounter, and of course shiny charm, not to mention in ORAS if you randomize the game and remove shiny locks you have access to all 719 shiny pokemon, which was the number back in gen 6, I'm well aware we've peaked 1k mons at this point.

@zohabaig6426

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@@megaman37456 Hordes will always be the most fun I had shiny hunting

I had an awful day but feel so much better seeing a new upload from you!

Yeah ... little sheltered me with absolutely no access to the internet back in 2000, I called them "Sparklies" when I first found them .... I initially thought the Red Gyarados was a one off thing until I found a Shiny Weepinbell by chance the first time I showed my little sister the game.

there is nothing more satisfying than how a shiny pokemon looks in a wild encounter in gen 5

Man I miss when full odds was possible. I really don't mind boosting odds methods so long as they're optional, but I miss that thrill back when it was still possible to find one at the full 1 in 8000 odds. I find a shiny in Violet and my reaction is just "oh neat." But back then, finding a shiny in Crystal was so exciting it felt like my heart would burst out of my chest.

@goldmemberpb

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Well, imagine if in crystal, you could see all of your random encounters at once like in SV. Even with the old full odds, shinies would be much more apparant.

@TheAntiSanta

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The majority of us just never encountered a shiny, when it was 8000 odds (except the Gyarados in Silver and Gold). You might've gotten to feel that high, but the rest of us just never saw anything.

I love that you mentioned that TCG has shinies. I have a shiny Ponyta card from 2008 ish, and to this day it's the only shiny I have, card or otherwise. I am so attached to that card. Ponyta is the only pokemon I would ever try to shiny hunt solely so I could have an actual shiny of the only shiny card I have.

@samuelradley1625

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PLA has a shiny ponyta in a side quest

as a man with autism myself, I find it very hard to stay focused on shiny hunting for as long as the people who actually do it for a living

I will say the first time I learned about shinys was in X and Y. My brother had played Black and White and so I knew about the games, but one day I begged him to play the X and Y versions for myself. So he instead he handed me his version of X and said that he wanted me to grind up levels in a route on riolus. So I immediately went to work having fun and stuff. Then I entered a battle with a Litlio. I noticed it had a little sparkly animation and it looked very pale colored. So I freaked out and ran over to my brother saying that the pokemon doesn't look right. He then looked at the game and snatched the console right out of my hands. He claims it was his first ever shiny, but in reality that was my first ever shiny! 😊

i still dont have a shiny deerling and it terrifies me to think of how many ive missed

ngl I love these wholesome Pokemon videos that are not boring. Please keep it up Candy 👍

"I've never met as many autistic people as I did full odds shiny hunting" IT WASNT JUST ME???

I think part of what made shiny hunting more mainstream (aside from it becoming much easier), was that it has slowly become the ONLY singleplayer thing to do once you've beaten the game. Scarlet and Violet don't even have a basic battle facility after DLC, something even Sword and Shield had in the base game. And the last substantial minigames were back in USUM with Mantine Surf and the Ultra Warp Ride. If you want something to do after you've beaten the main story, the one or two post-game quests, and (optionally) completed the pokedex, your only options in Scarlet and Violet are to either: Learn competitive battling and go online, or start shiny hunting, ...and THEN sometimes learn competitive anyway so you can show off your team of shinies when you go online. Tera Raids don't really count since their rewards really just exist to further the other two, with mints to change nature stats, or herba mystica to make shiny sandwiches. They made shiny hunting more accessible not just because it's a good idea, but because it's the basically the ONLY thing you can do now if you don't want to get into competitive.

Great Job!❤

5:28 Candy is apart of the spectrum gang! Lol

Lucy I didn’t know you were also on the spectrum!

Lot of weird gatekeeping in the shiny hunting community. No using quickballs, they don't count if not full odds, etc

@CandyEvie

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the quick balls LOL

@gligarguy4010

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@@CandyEvie Really can't believe the quick ball thing spiraled so out of control that the company themselves poked fun at it.

This was a really well done video!! Growing up w/o consoles meant I wasn't into pokemon for awhile, until late 2019 when I begged my sibling to let me play ultra sun on their 3ds. I found a shiny buneary for them (they were SOS chaining for lopunny). Shiny hunting has become one of my biggest pastimes, rumble weekend is one of my favorite events. I've made so so many (also neurodivergent) friends through it. I recently got a leaf green cart, hope to join everyone in the safari this summer!

11:35 “I think that assessing values in shiny Pokémon is pointless.” This is the sentiment that I started to have after I realized how many hacked shiny Pokémon are out there and that a lot of people just want to see the sparkles or prefer the look of the shiny regardless of legitimacy. I still value all of my self-gotten shinies more but now whenever I get a shiny from someone else I don’t look away in terror.

my internal struggle between "i want to shiny hunt so bad" and "if i dont do something more stimulating RIGHT NOW im going to explode" is a vicious cycle from which i can never be free

I found a bunch of shiny Pokémon in January, and I almost missed them aside from the obvious ones. The newer shiny forms seem to have little to no difference.

I feel like shiny hunting has become end game for people who don't do competitive

I have been playing black and white 2 for YEARS now I have logged hundreds of hours, I did an entire living dex, beat the black tower but I have NEVER found a full odds shiny and I’ve done tons of play throughs

I love that shiny hunting is older than modern day internet. Edit: Nice to know that other autistics went threw a shiny hunting phase.

Oh hey, I didn't know Lucy was a fellow person on the spectrum. I find the ACE method super cool in GSC. It's practically the same as using an Action Replay, but it's fascinating to find out what innocuous things a person can do in a game to get whacky results.

As a huge fan of Mario Kart Wii and its modding community, with CTGP (a huge mod that allows you to play Mario Kart Wii online with like 200 fanmade tracks even today on a Wii without even needing to mod it), I just couldn’t believe my eyes when I recognized its creator, MrBean, in your video !! The man was the founder of the biggest MKWii mod, AND the first uploader of a shiny mon on KZread, incredible

LOVE IT!!!! Great video! Love hearing these storys:))

I was able to get 3 shinies in a row over 3 days, one per day and eventually another new one, all of which on the Glaceado Mountain cliffside. I got a female shiny Slandit, a shiny Makuhita, and two shiny female Pyroars. They're all fully evolved now and they're beautiful.

I loved this video. It was great to remember how it used to be in the community vs how it is now. I appreciate the time and effort you put into making this.