Hey sonikks. What do you think about bank closing? Do you transfer your pokemon to later generations? I'm curious since you do a lot of early gen hunting
Really liked the intro! Grats on the battle video shiny! Really a testament to how everything is still huntable in this game - where there's a will, there's a way
Coming back to this video for a third time by now 🤣 I tried to soft reset for the first time ever and I was expecting this is gonna take AGES but holy shit after 100 soft resets using this method I got a SHINY BELDUM Steve you inspired me to start hunting more in gen 3 and create a shiny team for the battle frontier as well 😍 thank you so much for this video it was so helpful 😆
I’m really glad for some reason to be able to watch your videos. I’m very entertained by them and always enjoy them. It’s always something nice to watch if I ever need something. Thank you.
Love your stuff so much man. Been a long time viewer. Your love and passion and consistency for the franchise always keeps me motivated much love from Missouri
I absolutely love the explanation style of videos for these type of hunts. Your channel is truly a work of art and a ever growing encyclopedia of shiny hunting.
very very VERY good intro man!! its really nice to hear your input in these things, and for newbies, its informative and clears things out!!! btw I totally agree with your thoughts on adding more challenge to shiny hunts! its good to do different thing in life!
Never seen the battle video method in action before. Really cool to see it finally! Thanks for the quick guide on battle videos and congrats on one of Gen 3's best shinies!
“Emerald has what is referred to as Broken RNG.” *looks at Sonniks’ recent uploads* “Some could say the same about you this week, Mr. Sonniks.” Lol gratz dude; you definitely deserve the hot week for shines! I’ve always been curious about the Emerald RNG system-thanks for the lesson at the beginning fo the video!
As a kid, I had so much fun with the Battle Frontier and I even got the Battle Pike and Factory gold symbols. Being a shiny hunter now, I absolutely love this idea! Congrats on the Metagross and best of luck with the last two mons! Looking forward to the videos as always👍🏻❤️
super nice to have that explanation because during the beginning and middle of the intro i still didn’t really get it but by the end of the explanation it totally made sense why you would do this. haven’t even finished the video but great job!
Shiny Metagross is a dream shiny of mine. The silver & gold look amazing together and I think it suits the pokemon well with it being a steel type. Congrats on another insane hunt completed. Love all of your hunts & videos you're an inspiration to me & I'm sure to full odds shiny hunters everywhere.
Wow, this video is my favorite now(aside from the chansey video of course). I like this kind of tutorial first before the actual shiny hunting, it's so good to watch while doing my own shiny hunting 😊
Shout out to this vid. Just the other day, I did some Shiny Hunting in Sun, via SOS chaining, and was able to get a Shiny Naughty Natured Beldum, with four of the correct corresponding stats. It was your Vid on Shiny Hunting Latias, that made me go through with the Hunt. Also gonna be hunting Shiny Latias in Heart Gold, pretty soon. Just got to build up the Stuff for the hunt. 👍🏼
Congrats! One of the best looking shinies in 3rd generation. I also used Rash Metagross in the Frontier and Psychic had decent utility vs. Counter fighting types. Good luck on your future hunts for this quest!
WOW, like you said, I have never seen this hunt done in Emerald. And over 30k, too! I have hunted Groudon and Rayquaza in Emerald, but they are a piece of cake compared to these gift hunts. I really got interested in your content during your Roamer Quest, and your videos helped to keep me motivated during my painfully long roaming Latias hunt (I have watched your HG shiny Latias video multiple times :D). Thank you, dude, you really are an inspiration. PS. I loved Beldum's freak-out in Colosseum :D
Gotta say, I like pink gold Beldum line in Colosseum Congrats on finishing this hunt, I have to bow down to your patience to tackle this as this would be a push even for me
Major Congratz dude, 30K on a Hunt like this sure is a grind and a half. Always impressive how good you are with keeping things so simple but so interesting at the same time (speaking about the intro). GGs
Huge gratz on the shiny! I'll be honest, Metang is my favorite middle evolution. I dunno why, but I think it has lonely eyes and I want to give it a hug (Even if it is a hunk of smart metal). This makes me want to go shiny hunting again. I'm glad you're still enjoying it too :)
Great shiny and it's nice to see someone else embarking on this quest while hunting in Emerald! I'm currently working on what I call a "Gold Star Glitch Team Quest", where I catch a gold star frontier team from three different areas of gen 3 games where you can shiny hunt when you're normally not supposed to using glitches. I caught a 6IV shiny Swampert from the Sapphire battle tower using the roamer glitch, a shiny Arcanine in the battle pyramid with the pyramid glitch, and I'm currently hunting a shiny Breloom in the battle pike using a glitch move. I wish you the best of luck on your other targets!
you’re the goat, i want to do this exact hunt on emerald as well because it’s my main savefile! i‘m currently on a drought 15k+ SRs/REs without anything… been rotating between Beldum, Super Rod Horsea, Swablu (i‘m on phase 5 now for 40%…), REs for Zubat in mirage cave and REs for Rayquaza. i just wanna see sparkles ;-;
Anyone who judges you for hunting on emerald/ going the extra mile shouldn’t even be on this channel, cause that’s what you’re all about and that’s why we love watching you!!!
I did the method of hard resetting for early shiny frames. Ended up getting a shiny frame on like frame 300. Was only a matter of finding the right timing. Got an entire shiny team and some legendaries that don’t have long intros (looking at you Deoxys)
I'm currently hunting Rayquaza in Emerald, it would be easier in R/S But I personally like the RA method instead of SRing, hope it shines soon. Congrats on the Metagross!!
Congratz on the amazing shiny looks so good Actually isnt it better now to use the Contest picture Methode instead of doing the battle viedeo? Do u go for the Gold simbols?
Oh man this is awesome! Congratz on this very special shiny :3 I would personally call it Peach, if it were to stay on the Gamecube :p Also, you can hit yourself in double battles, in case you want to show off the getting hit animation ;)
Congratulations!! Nice Shiny. Right now i'm playing Pokémon Emerald on my GBA SP breeding Pokémon for the Battle Frontier. I got a Nice Wonderfully Outstanding Adamant Bagon HAS at 31 and defenses around 25-27 😁
It's good to see a recent Emerald shiny, I'm currently doing RA's for Rayquaza and I'm nervous about potential repeat frames, but I'm playing for about 2hrs a piece so highly unlikely. One thing I'd love to see from you is a tutorial/guide on how you record all your games. Your GBA and GC footage is so clean, I'd love to know what hardware and software you use. I assume a DS cap card for GBA, but if you have sources for where to find them too, that'd be super handy.
I love this idea, I've been craving a full odds gen 3 beldum but don't have a way to fix my ruby's battery, i might just give this a shot! Good luck on your quest, metagross latias swampert helped me get my first set of metals
If you take your game to any type of "retro" video game store they will replace it for you for about 10 bucks. Places that deal in older games like GameCube, PS1 and GBA stuff almost always have the soldering kit in the back to do it with.
@@RealClassixX I’m pretty sure deoxys runaways involve doing the triangle puzzle Everytime I know from experience I had to chase mew in the grass each time
Congrats!!! Mad respect!!! Maybe consist shiny Swampert as your fourth/other member to use. Metagross, Latios and Swampert are used for Emerald Frontier speedrunning. :) By the way, the broken RNG only applies to Emerald right? i.e. FRLG functions like other games in terms of shiny hunting? Thanks and congrats again!
part of me wishes beldum kept that reddish tint. it kind of reminds me of like a rose-gold which is neat. that being said, i absolutely love the silver and gold look
sonikkssss😩, when’s the next video or stream? been watching all of your videos while doing my mudkip recently so I’ve been really hyped and happy having it on the side especially with the good commentary and the way you showcase
The first video I've seen regarding the battle video method. Do you have to do the same as with the starter hunt, where you do 50 tests and then start a new game, but obviously you make a new video every 50 resets instead? Congrats on the shiny mascot Steve! It's a beautiful line of shinies.
What an absolutely awesome shiny !! Do you have the paste for the team you used for the frontier? I’ll also be shiny hunting these mons so I want to ev train and tm them properly! :)
i remember i commented on your piplup video that i wont be able to handle it if it took me that long to find mine bc of how long the resets are.. update i jinxed myself its a year later and i still haven't gotten my piplup and played that game. its pretty much killed my motivation to do my favorite thing in gaming.. but im back at it again hard and hoping to god i get it soon.. lil bit of negativity for everyone to enjoy
So.... You're going to challenge the battle frontier with a team that has random IVs and natures? Most likely they won't be optimal...I have a feeling the battle frontier challenge will be significantly harder than the actual hunt. But that sounds exciting, I'll be sure to look you up with your progress then! Subbed.
Wow and I thought shiny hunting deoxys in emerald was tedious lol. Maybe there’s a new challenge for you. Shiny hunt deoxys in emerald like you did with Mew after you are done with your quest 💪 awesome find btw congrats on the shiny✨
Late but congrats on this tedious hunt and for inspiring others like me to hunt it because of no other documented cases. I'm curious will you hunt the roaming or island lati? Nobody has done the roaming one yet and it's not possible to BV Method
Thanks. I have already hunted the Lati twins in Ruby and Sapphire for my Roamer Quest. It's not possible to hunt in Emerald as you can't access the Battle Video before the Roamer is generated unfortunately. I will do the Eon Ticket one eventually as I have that card :)
I'll be streaming most, if not all of this. Feel free to follow and watch along :) - www.twitch.tv/sonikks
Hey sonikks. What do you think about bank closing? Do you transfer your pokemon to later generations? I'm curious since you do a lot of early gen hunting
Love the intros, glad they’re back :]
Really liked the intro! Grats on the battle video shiny! Really a testament to how everything is still huntable in this game - where there's a will, there's a way
Except for roamers in emerald, there's no way that's happening without cheats
when worlds collide
Wasn't much of an intro
@zucchinidude1695 it's a great intro
Coming back to this video for a third time by now 🤣 I tried to soft reset for the first time ever and I was expecting this is gonna take AGES but holy shit after 100 soft resets using this method I got a SHINY BELDUM Steve you inspired me to start hunting more in gen 3 and create a shiny team for the battle frontier as well 😍 thank you so much for this video it was so helpful 😆
I’m really glad for some reason to be able to watch your videos. I’m very entertained by them and always enjoy them. It’s always something nice to watch if I ever need something. Thank you.
Love your stuff so much man. Been a long time viewer. Your love and passion and consistency for the franchise always keeps me motivated much love from Missouri
Thanks dude! Love from the UK!
I absolutely love the explanation style of videos for these type of hunts. Your channel is truly a work of art and a ever growing encyclopedia of shiny hunting.
very very VERY good intro man!! its really nice to hear your input in these things, and for newbies, its informative and clears things out!!!
btw I totally agree with your thoughts on adding more challenge to shiny hunts! its good to do different thing in life!
Never seen the battle video method in action before. Really cool to see it finally! Thanks for the quick guide on battle videos and congrats on one of Gen 3's best shinies!
Huge congrats again dude!, was really looking forward to seeing this video - will definitely be watching this one over a fair few times I’m sure!✨
“Emerald has what is referred to as Broken RNG.”
*looks at Sonniks’ recent uploads*
“Some could say the same about you this week, Mr. Sonniks.”
Lol gratz dude; you definitely deserve the hot week for shines! I’ve always been curious about the Emerald RNG system-thanks for the lesson at the beginning fo the video!
You're by far my favorite shiny hunting channel. Keep the content coming and I'll keep watching!
As a kid, I had so much fun with the Battle Frontier and I even got the Battle Pike and Factory gold symbols. Being a shiny hunter now, I absolutely love this idea! Congrats on the Metagross and best of luck with the last two mons! Looking forward to the videos as always👍🏻❤️
Truly one of the best shiny colors and such an amazing gorgeous shiny honestly , and congratulations 30K resets , u deserve it
super nice to have that explanation because during the beginning and middle of the intro i still didn’t really get it but by the end of the explanation it totally made sense why you would do this. haven’t even finished the video but great job!
This is an awesome series you’re doing here! Excited for the future videos for this one
Shiny Metagross is a dream shiny of mine. The silver & gold look amazing together and I think it suits the pokemon well with it being a steel type. Congrats on another insane hunt completed. Love all of your hunts & videos you're an inspiration to me & I'm sure to full odds shiny hunters everywhere.
congrats!!!! hopefully your battle video adventures continue with good luck for the remaining two!!!
Wow, this video is my favorite now(aside from the chansey video of course).
I like this kind of tutorial first before the actual shiny hunting, it's so good to watch while doing my own shiny hunting 😊
Such a gorgeous shiny. Congrats bro 30K resets you definitely deserve it🙏🏼
Congrats !! I didn't know about this method so I'm glad to actually know you can reset shiny on Emerald 😁
So awesome dude, nuts that you got it in emerald! This frontier team is gonna be sick!
Shout out to this vid. Just the other day, I did some Shiny Hunting in Sun, via SOS chaining, and was able to get a Shiny Naughty Natured Beldum, with four of the correct corresponding stats. It was your Vid on Shiny Hunting Latias, that made me go through with the Hunt. Also gonna be hunting Shiny Latias in Heart Gold, pretty soon. Just got to build up the Stuff for the hunt. 👍🏼
Super cool shiny! I still need to set up my one emerald copy for these kind of resets. Good luck Steve on your next Emerald hunt!
Love the content! 🔥🔥🔥 one of the rare OG type feel hunters left!
Congrats! One of the best looking shinies in 3rd generation. I also used Rash Metagross in the Frontier and Psychic had decent utility vs. Counter fighting types. Good luck on your future hunts for this quest!
I love these videos so much. So many cool unique methods!
WOW, like you said, I have never seen this hunt done in Emerald. And over 30k, too! I have hunted Groudon and Rayquaza in Emerald, but they are a piece of cake compared to these gift hunts. I really got interested in your content during your Roamer Quest, and your videos helped to keep me motivated during my painfully long roaming Latias hunt (I have watched your HG shiny Latias video multiple times :D). Thank you, dude, you really are an inspiration.
PS. I loved Beldum's freak-out in Colosseum :D
Gotta say, I like pink gold Beldum line in Colosseum
Congrats on finishing this hunt, I have to bow down to your patience to tackle this as this would be a push even for me
Congrats on the shiny. Great vid, especially loved the intro
Major Congratz dude, 30K on a Hunt like this sure is a grind and a half. Always impressive how good you are with keeping things so simple but so interesting at the same time (speaking about the intro). GGs
What a sick looking shiny. Congrats Steve!
Huge gratz on the shiny! I'll be honest, Metang is my favorite middle evolution. I dunno why, but I think it has lonely eyes and I want to give it a hug (Even if it is a hunk of smart metal). This makes me want to go shiny hunting again. I'm glad you're still enjoying it too :)
Love the intro/explanation! Reminds me of some of your older tutorial videos
Watching your videos keeps me going for my own shiny Lugia!
After all this time I didn’t know about this method in emerald lmao. Amazing job again!
SUCH a cool way to hunt in Emerald! Great stuff!
sometimes its the challenge that makes the grind. Awesome shiny dude, such a beauty. gen 3 shinys are my favorite!
Well, one of the best shines of all the time. Congrats dude
thanks for taking the time to explain the replay video method
So good, 30k is insane. Congrats!
Great shiny and it's nice to see someone else embarking on this quest while hunting in Emerald! I'm currently working on what I call a "Gold Star Glitch Team Quest", where I catch a gold star frontier team from three different areas of gen 3 games where you can shiny hunt when you're normally not supposed to using glitches. I caught a 6IV shiny Swampert from the Sapphire battle tower using the roamer glitch, a shiny Arcanine in the battle pyramid with the pyramid glitch, and I'm currently hunting a shiny Breloom in the battle pike using a glitch move. I wish you the best of luck on your other targets!
awesome, how long did it take to find the swampert
your comment intrigued me so much i had to check your channel. imagine my surprise when i saw the video of you actually doing what you said.
@@2thezaza around 1200 trainer battles haha, took forever but at least it was under odds
Almost all my favourite shiny hunters commenting on one video!
Including Zonniks!
good to see you commenting here, you're the guy who inspired me to go for my hardest shiny hunt ever
Really nice shiny, finally seeing the hunt I thought is impossible. You inspired me to try this too, after I get shiny trapinch from mirage tower.
Your favorite shiny hunter’s favorite shiny hunter back again with another banger
Congratulations! ✨
Congrats!! Metagross is such a beautiful hunt I’m doing my first Gen 3 game shiny charmander in fire red!
Congrats and great explanation!
so sick man, looks really epic
you’re the goat, i want to do this exact hunt on emerald as well because it’s my main savefile!
i‘m currently on a drought 15k+ SRs/REs without anything… been rotating between Beldum, Super Rod Horsea, Swablu (i‘m on phase 5 now for 40%…), REs for Zubat in mirage cave and REs for Rayquaza.
i just wanna see sparkles ;-;
Great edits btw! Thanks for explaining, i wanted to start a hunt for treecko in emerald
Waw !!! The one i'm hunting since I was born :') Congratulations my lord !
Fantastic explanation of Emerald's RNG and its relation to shiny hunting!
the devil works hard but my man sonikks works harder, major props on finishing this hunt!
Anyone who judges you for hunting on emerald/ going the extra mile shouldn’t even be on this channel, cause that’s what you’re all about and that’s why we love watching you!!!
Congrats on the dream shiny!
I did the method of hard resetting for early shiny frames. Ended up getting a shiny frame on like frame 300. Was only a matter of finding the right timing. Got an entire shiny team and some legendaries that don’t have long intros (looking at you Deoxys)
Congratulations!
I'm currently hunting Rayquaza in Emerald, it would be easier in R/S
But I personally like the RA method instead of SRing, hope it shines soon.
Congrats on the Metagross!!
Congrats!!
Congratz on the amazing shiny looks so good
Actually isnt it better now to use the Contest picture Methode instead of doing the battle viedeo?
Do u go for the Gold simbols?
Oh man this is awesome!
Congratz on this very special shiny :3
I would personally call it Peach, if it were to stay on the Gamecube :p
Also, you can hit yourself in double battles, in case you want to show off the getting hit animation ;)
Sick man🤯
Nice! I’m currently hunting latios on southern island, wish me luck!
Congratulations!! Nice Shiny. Right now i'm playing Pokémon Emerald on my GBA SP breeding Pokémon for the Battle Frontier. I got a Nice Wonderfully Outstanding Adamant Bagon HAS at 31 and defenses around 25-27 😁
Dude mad props man...30k hunts are not fun and thanks for explaining emeralds rng...its such a weird game to hunt in
I love the silver on metagross it so cool, congrats on the amazing shiny!
It's good to see a recent Emerald shiny, I'm currently doing RA's for Rayquaza and I'm nervous about potential repeat frames, but I'm playing for about 2hrs a piece so highly unlikely.
One thing I'd love to see from you is a tutorial/guide on how you record all your games. Your GBA and GC footage is so clean, I'd love to know what hardware and software you use. I assume a DS cap card for GBA, but if you have sources for where to find them too, that'd be super handy.
I love this idea, I've been craving a full odds gen 3 beldum but don't have a way to fix my ruby's battery, i might just give this a shot! Good luck on your quest, metagross latias swampert helped me get my first set of metals
If you take your game to any type of "retro" video game store they will replace it for you for about 10 bucks. Places that deal in older games like GameCube, PS1 and GBA stuff almost always have the soldering kit in the back to do it with.
Congrats Steve. 30K on a hunt like this is brutal.
OOF 30k recents, kudos for sticking it out, what a phenomenal shiny for Emerald no less! Congrats!!
That metagross looks amazing in colosseum!
WOW!!!! outstanding!!! so committed!
Super cool hunt and really love the idea of the battle frontier quest. Are you going for all gold symbols?
Oh gosh, hunting Deoxys in Emerald might be more arduous than I thought
Do the hunt in FR/LG
Why not just do run aways?
@@RealClassixX I’m pretty sure deoxys runaways involve doing the triangle puzzle Everytime I know from experience I had to chase mew in the grass each time
@@julianmcconnie7827 see I did the mew hunt and it wasn’t so bad. But I do think the deoxys puzzle is significantly longer even without mistakes
@@corbinmoore96 Exactly, much longer than a SoftReset on FRLG. And I'm saying it after I hunted it on both games (Emerald and remakes).
what move sets will your mons be using for the battle frontier? also love the videos!
Cool technique. Now I wanna try a similar hunt in Emerald
So cool, second shiny Metagross for Sonikks! ✨ never change your profile pic!
Congrats!!! Mad respect!!! Maybe consist shiny Swampert as your fourth/other member to use. Metagross, Latios and Swampert are used for Emerald Frontier speedrunning. :)
By the way, the broken RNG only applies to Emerald right? i.e. FRLG functions like other games in terms of shiny hunting?
Thanks and congrats again!
Good job!
part of me wishes beldum kept that reddish tint. it kind of reminds me of like a rose-gold which is neat. that being said, i absolutely love the silver and gold look
I'm happy know that I can shiny hunt the gen 2 starters! Now I have to make a choice between either Typhlosion or Feraligatr
It’s been a week for you man wow
sonikkssss😩, when’s the next video or stream? been watching all of your videos while doing my mudkip recently so I’ve been really hyped and happy having it on the side especially with the good commentary and the way you showcase
Soon man. Thanks for watching and good luck on your Mudkip hunt!
@@Sonikks ok cool, thanks for the clear up and the good fortune!
The first video I've seen regarding the battle video method. Do you have to do the same as with the starter hunt, where you do 50 tests and then start a new game, but obviously you make a new video every 50 resets instead? Congrats on the shiny mascot Steve! It's a beautiful line of shinies.
What an absolutely awesome shiny !!
Do you have the paste for the team you used for the frontier?
I’ll also be shiny hunting these mons so I want to ev train and tm them properly! :)
i remember i commented on your piplup video that i wont be able to handle it if it took me that long to find mine bc of how long the resets are.. update i jinxed myself its a year later and i still haven't gotten my piplup and played that game. its pretty much killed my motivation to do my favorite thing in gaming.. but im back at it again hard and hoping to god i get it soon.. lil bit of negativity for everyone to enjoy
What a cool idea for a shiny quest.
Which capture card and device do you use? It looks amazing!!!
So.... You're going to challenge the battle frontier with a team that has random IVs and natures? Most likely they won't be optimal...I have a feeling the battle frontier challenge will be significantly harder than the actual hunt. But that sounds exciting, I'll be sure to look you up with your progress then! Subbed.
great intro :D
You might have mentioned it but are you ev training your metagross and if so what spread are you going for? Sick shiny ✨
yes yeeeeees! XD
30k resets? Wow that is insane dedication man, nice
Congrats, I’m currently doing that run away method to try and get shiny rayquaza
I didn't know this! I may do this hunt now.
Love it!!!
Wow and I thought shiny hunting deoxys in emerald was tedious lol. Maybe there’s a new challenge for you. Shiny hunt deoxys in emerald like you did with Mew after you are done with your quest 💪 awesome find btw congrats on the shiny✨
The depth of shiny hunting this guy offers just pure gold
eyy we got the profile pic mon :-)
Late but congrats on this tedious hunt and for inspiring others like me to hunt it because of no other documented cases. I'm curious will you hunt the roaming or island lati? Nobody has done the roaming one yet and it's not possible to BV Method
Thanks. I have already hunted the Lati twins in Ruby and Sapphire for my Roamer Quest. It's not possible to hunt in Emerald as you can't access the Battle Video before the Roamer is generated unfortunately. I will do the Eon Ticket one eventually as I have that card :)
@@Sonikks Ooh lucky! GL
Just curious, are you planning on hunting latios by getting to Southern Island some way or are you soft resetting for the roamer?