552 - LIVE! Shiny Shadow Bayleef in Pokemon Colosseum after 8673 SRs!!!

A hunt that's been "6 years" in the making has finally been completed (but most of those 6 years were spent procrastinating it). Thanks so much to everyone who kept me company on the nights I streamed this, and thanks so much to everyone who has been motivating me to do this hunt by doing so many Gamecube hunts!! I really genuinely began to enjoy streaming again because of this hunt (btw I stream at twitch.tv/absoltastic). Again, sorry for all the framedrops in the resets leading up to the encounter!!! Bayleef really just wanted to shine in the middle of those technical difficulties LOL
Some Colosseum stuff:
Much more up-to-date Colosseum hunting guide by Oliver_MKP: • How to Shiny Hunt on G...
Bean0's massive playlist of live shiny shadow Pokemon: • Playlist of Live Shiny...
Some videos used in this video:
-ProfessorRex's Scizor (example of a shiny on the opponent's side in a rematch): • [LIVE] Shiny Shadow Sc...
-SargeantMario101's Skarmory (another example of that): • Pokémon Colosseum: SHI...
-Venty's uncatchable shiny Hitmontops (only battle in the game where you actually can find the uncatchable on your first battle):
• (FLOYT) LIVE! TWO Shin...
-TheUnderDog2020's Quilava:
• LIVE! Shiny Shadow Qui...
-imablisy's rng basics (for an example of how rng research has advanced): • Pokemon Colosseum RNG ...

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Sorry about all the frame drops during the hunt footage!!! It's not on your end - it was my computer being dumb

[@beerad5205]

I remember you were just about to reset the stream when you found it

[@wafflebread100]

I look forward to these every day!

[@mitchbarnes755]

My dad walked in when you were dancing and said “now that’s a man you can be confident giving your daughter to”, welcome to the family I guess, brother

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

This might be the single funniest comment I've read tonight

[@zdelrod829]

@@AbsolBlogsPokemon I laughed my ass off at the comment!

[@Leto85]

Hilarious. Seems like Absol has been married off in the comment section. What's his future's wife name? XD

[@laxelford3533]

@@Leto85 Shacourtney

[@GayMothWhoIsUgly]

@@laxelford3533 Shortney

[@TheSupremeRk9s]

best KZbin apology ive seen idk I forgive him not the only one effected tho so idk

[@Jesusfreak9512]

I dont know if I'm there yet tbh.

[@CJXalax]

I want to tho...those dance moves were done in earnest...I'll have to sleep on it.

[@Jesusfreak9512]

@@CJXalax Thats fair, take all the time you need brother.

[@Bugggboyyy]

The apology wasn’t genuine because the lack of ad breaks, constant reminders to subscribe, and lack of empathy claiming it wasn’t your fault.

[@GormGear]

Wasn't quite sold on the apology, it lacked an oversized jumper, sitting on the floor, and some tears, but the dance made up for it.

[@snuggles1139]

1:32 This helped out a lot. When I was a kid and played Colosseum, I encountered shiny Raikou from the Ein battle. I didn't really know what shinies was back then, but I did recognize that the colours were different. Tried to catch it, but failed because I ran out of balls. It has bugged me for years, but after hearing this, im not that confident that it would have kept being shiny. At least I can hope so

[@beerad5205]

This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for

[@baileyBLIGHT]

HOLY SHIT YOU FINALLY GOT IT?? CONGRATS MY DUDE!!! That's like the MOST intense reaction I've seen from you and I honestly can't blame you, I can't believe the hunt is over after all this time!!

[@cloudfinraptor]

Me: :( Shiny Shadow Bayleef: >:( Me: :)

[@FatalHog]

he angy

[@SurgingSpecs]

Shiny reaction at 14:25 But seriously it’s been a long time coming. Congrats!

[@bidoof9167]

Hahaha

[@BottleRocket11]

Don't mind me strolling in a week and a half late. So glad to see you finally put an end to this 6 year quest, Matt! Well deserved and it looks fantastic in gen 3, too!

[@yodaugg8343]

Wow this has been in so many of your videos in the background. Congrats!

[@AvKProphet]

"note: name solrock acoustic guitar", a very important thing to remember indeed

[@cbmemes4485]

So glad I was able to be there to see your reaction live :) And my comment even made the video, it was the 3DS emulator on the Wii

[@SivanasArtStudio]

The legendary youtube apology video. It's official, you're truly a youtuber. Congratz! Also, major congratz on the Bayleef; Meganium is my favorite! Such an epic moment 🌸

[@KATTYFLAKES]

"note: name solrock acoustic guitar" beautiful, i shed a tear

[@BroseidonLive]

It is so amazing to see a such a long standing hunt come to an end! I spent so many hours watching this hunt on stream and I’m so bummed I missed it live! So proud of you matt, big congrats on Shiny Shadow Bayleef!

[@jinxylynx7436]

Oh my gosh thank you so much for keeping your promise. This is everything I'd hoped it would be and more XD

[@jameswall654]

I was watching this on my ps4 and hunting magnemite on lets go and after my longest hunt the magnemite appeared at the exact same time bayleef AND NO CAP THEY ARE BOTH QUIET NATURE OMG

[@Venty179]

Congrats again on finally finishing this hunt! Shiny Bayleef and Meganium look amazing in Gen 3 and in 3D! And thanks again for featuring my uncatchable Hitmontops to help explain why it's the only uncatchable you can see during a normal shiny hunt, I feel genuinely honored lol.

[@alaskaroller2192]

By far the cutest reaction for a shiny I’ve seen , oh my gosh. Congrats on the shiny!

[@OliverMKP]

This video was a blast to watch. Loved the story! Also I can't believe you went through 1,000 encounters with single handing 2 GC controllers. Legendary stuff!

[@brucelau2023]

Congratulations Matt !!!! The moment we’ve been all waiting for , been a long time coming man , so glad that you’ve gotten the shiny Bayleef dude , major W 👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mrletsplayit]

What an incredible find, there is no truer testament to a hunter's dedication than taking on a hunt like this. Many props to you blogs

[@TheVenomViper1234]

The apology wasn't a good apology: I didn't see tears, no dogs, and you didn't blame other people XDD All jokes aside, great Shiny Bayleef!

[@Bloons22]

I love seeing hunts like this get finished that have been looming around for years! Such a cool one to get, these colo hunts definitely take a lot of perseverance. Well deserved!

[@estelle5798]

Watching this while studying for my HESI in two days and your dance gave me strength, bless you

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Glad I could somehow help haha, best of luck on the test. You've got this!

[@Moonsong227]

Watching absol get his shiny bay leer fills you with determination to continue your chikorita hunt in crystal

[@krippedwheam]

Finally After 3000 years of Bayleef Streams! Congrats tho dude!

[@Chrystalials]

I've been waiting for this for so long bro, congrats!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

You were definitely an inspiration for me starting up the hunt again!! Thanks again for the high quality bayleef gif on the layout

[@flamingtorrent2109]

Yooooo!!!! I missed the stream bc busy but i can’t believe the bayleef hunt has been completed! Also the “i’m really sorry :(“ had me wheezing

[@Poseidonjd]

I got so STRESSED when one of your GameCubes came THIS CLOSE to the counter. GG on the shiny Shadow Bayleef though!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Don't worry, the cubes were further away from the counter than the camera angle suggests!

[@SlimeCube539]

The dance at the end is exactly the content I subscribed for

[@baassD]

Have a ton of respect for people who do these gamecube hunts, major congrats!

[@sodapop9mm562]

Wow. I’m so glad for the GameCube games to be getting some love!!! Great hunt!

[@henk8105]

that dance was SPECTACULAR. congrats on the shiny bayleef!!

[@KIDRAMB0]

Congrats, from one enthusiast to another, so happy you captured it and created so many memories along the way. So many streams explaining the my friend quagsire story...

[@silentsteel009]

This is so awesome congrats! 6 years is such a long time for anything, big props for sticking with this hunt all this time! And Swordland is such a fitting theme to end such an epic hunt to 😎

[@thekoolkrab3226]

GGs on this Bayleef, sucks that shadows are locked inXD, I would love to hunt a shadow shiny ralts lol

[@HangarOfRoam]

Dude - please edit a short of that dance with some Ludicolos in the background at some point 😂 What an awesome journey! Great video.

[@radiocaf]

A true end to an era! Congrats on the shiny, Absol. It's gorgeous.

[@thatdankguy5140]

That was an insane journey, and it was a lot of fun watching you stream this. Congrats!

[@Triggerie]

Congratz man! Im so glad to see you get this shiny! Your first video about hunting in these games was what got me into these hunts 🤗

[@richardpeine1344]

It was fun to watch these streams! Can’t wait for the next hunt. Also, congrats on becoming a twitch partner!!!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Thanks so much sizzlin!

[@thecrimsonguy]

I Was watching this with my grandma, she said your dance moves we're very nice haha

[@sonnygunthorpe950]

Thanks for always being someone I can watch to help lift my spirits when life gets hard. Keep it up dude!!

[@Bassmanfro]

I can't believe the one Bayleef stream I miss is the one you finally get it on!!! Congrats though and I love the nickname lmao. Let's gooooo!

[@Ninjacat429]

Amazing, you went through a 1’000 resets to get a shiny shadow bayleef! I admire your dedication. ✨✨✨👏🏾 You are totally awesome!

[@timondimare1976]

6:54 the music fits so well to that restart🥺 its beautiful 😢

[@MixisBryan]

Man it’s so beautiful. Really congrats. So happy to see many people still shiny hunt in these games. Love em.

[@AidanJames17]

HUGE CONGRATS MATT! You finally got the bayleef

[@cdlfrgt6030]

Was here for the stream as cdlfrgt. Glad i saw it in real time.

[@zethschatz28]

Yes!!!!! I’ve been following this hunt for so long I forgot about it great job!!

[@aiu941]

Congratz!!! I remember this hunt appearing over and over again throughout your videos, I'm so glad you got it! Also I loved that shiny Furret made an appearance when you got it on your layout, because that was my first and only shiny Colosseum Pokemon! :D

[@kharma296]

Every time I return to this video I'm amazed the Stunfisk is still there. I know it's completely irrelevant to the video but the fact that whole thing happened with the Stunfisk during the early days of "voting things off the layout" stuff was hilarious. I don't know if you left it there on purpose or if you just didn't notice it while doing this hunt but I'm glad it happened either way cause it's hilarious.

[@nathannemyman3522]

Man I saw this and just didn’t believe it! Congrats! I’ve been watching this hunt on and off for what feels like forever now! (Also groovy dance my dude that was wild)

[@3lc0rr3A]

Matt, Congrats! That's a sweet shiny you found there! Ahhh nothing like the feeling of accomplishing a loooong a f hunt.

[@BeatingBros]

Congrats again Matt glad this one is all over for you dude. Good to clear up the misinformation on Colo and XD. Also incredible reaction man.

[@Foxtrot12345]

Lol that reaction and that dance, I can't even XD Congrats on the shiny Bayleaf!

[@SleepyTaylor]

Oh my god I am so glad I watched all the way through. Never apologize haha. Congrats on finally getting shiny shadow bayleef!

[@bec_bec_bec]

You are one of the best content creators on this entire website

[@ShinyHunterGojia]

Congrats dude! Can't wait to watch this. These shadow hunts are always awesome to see done.

[@kingofcarrotflowers666]

As Bayleef is my favorite Pokemon of all time, this really made my day. Congrats on the leafy boi!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

patrician Pokemon taste

[@Audieo]

YES OMG FINALLY! Good Job and great perseverance for such a hunt!

[@lappy6047]

This is really amazing! I can really respect the shiny hunt, and I think it’s really cool that you can shiny hunt things while still respecting the RNG abusers. A lot of people can’t seem to do that. Any chance we’ll see an attempt at one of the Mt. Battle starters? They’re one of the few things that can be shiny in XD, though resetting for them is going to be a pain if you decide to try for one.

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

maybe one of these days!! still not sure how I'm gonna try and complete the trio in 3rd gen. I definitely wanna do battle video resets in Emerald. And nothing but massive respect for the RNGers from me! without them and their research, we'd be cluelessly hunting so many shiny locked things lol

[@soto9128]

You finally got it! I can't believe its finally here after seeing those little clips you put in some videos of the hunt. :D

[@nickolasuniverso5909]

I never thought I would see the day that shiny shadow bayleef would finally appear!! I’m so happy!!

[@DavisP.K]

Huge congrats. I’m glad to see you finally found it. Good luck on your next hunts

[@nate9962]

ITS BEEN 5000 YEARS!! I’m so happy you finally got it!!

[@DrowsyKirbs]

The day the drought ended and peace was brought back to the land nice video!

[@arcanearts96]

I was there for a few of these streams, but I missed the Shiny. Lol I wish I could've been there to see it! Congrats man, so glad you finally got Bayleef!

[@MajesticPale]

That's actually ridiculous that you had to play through the game several times to setup your bayleef at the snagem hideout! Massive congrats on Shadow bayleef your hunted down all these years!

[@jacobbunea3131]

The almost 6 year hunt comes to an end haha, congratulations!! Hope you’re well through these times

[@LoganWinscott]

congrats on getting the shiny we have all been waiting for you to get

[@bluffk]

I'm so happy to see you finally get this! Congrats!

[@V4Vendetti]

I got to catch this live, congrats once again! Oh fire dance moves by the way 🕺💃

[@GamerBoy603]

I'm happy that the shiny Zorua i picked was there for the shiny meganium even though I missed it. I'm so happy you got it! Shiny Meganium really reminds me of the Autumn season starting to come thru and the leaves starting to change colors.

[@gilbertoct283]

All your videos always starts so great

[@harrisonbennett3787]

I'm worried that you might quit KZbin to become a professional dancer after that beautiful performance... Also congrats on the shadow bayleef!

[@rotowsky4039]

Congrats man!!! Also this game soundtrack is pure fire, I almost forgot

[@Twilight_Buster]

This was one of the greatest hunts ever

[@Will-vj2qd]

CONGRATS ON THIS HUNT THAT TOOK LITERAL EONS!!!!!! EFFORT 100!!!!!! edit: also that was a perfect apology.

[@fango1450]

Dude, what an amazing hunt--and a great reaction and beautiful shiny! Such an underrated game and Pokemon LMAO

[@fango1450]

Also what a cute and silly dance XD...Iconic.

[@qisadreamer5833]

its so great to finally see you get it after all this time. congrats!

[@SecretScubaSteve]

That's amazing man! Love it! Persistence pays off! Nice dance too lol

[@Legozachk]

Been a long time coming, congrats buddy!!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Thanks!!!

[@JH_x3]

Oh man finally. So good to see you get this Matt :)

[@SpeedTwister96]

We forgive you. Jk, thanks for making the video back in the day, which got me into Gamecube hunting! And major congrats on finally getting Bayleef!!!

[@ToastieStrudel]

I think that's the hardest I've seen you pop off lol. Congrats on the shiny!

[@camo2156]

That nickname...🤦‍♀️ Seriously though, congrats dude!!!!! So glad you finally got this thing, such an awesome shiny to have!

[@spleemis]

Congrats man! I really wish I was there to have seen it happen!

[@someolencorevids9501]

Way to go Absol! The amount of assignments I've gotten done during this hunt lol

[@erinhime]

Absolutely love your name for quagsire!! Congratulations on the shiny!!

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

Awesome! I definitely wanna go for a Shiny Shadow Pokémon one of these days myself. And that intro didn't deter me from watching your Colo/XD Shiny hunting guide, either- I remember finding it when I was preparing to hunt a wild Pokémon at the Rock Poké Spot. I ended up getting a Shiny Gligar with that hunt, too!

[@nightshade038]

major congrats matt!! so glad to see you finally get your shiny dino pear!!

[@tayviawilson455]

I'm happy you got your beyleaf!! Congrats keep up the good work!

[@Vice3200]

Keep it up sir! Got my first soft reset shiny mudkip on omega ruby last night in part because of your videos!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Love to hear that, grats!!!!

[@pricyzin]

HUGE CONGRATS MAN IM SO HAPPY YOU FINALLY GOT THIS OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!

[@harceru3352]

You finally got it!!! major congrats!!

[@astersp]

the stream where you got it was the ONE stream i didn’t go to 💔 but anyways it’s so cool you finally got it !! love your vids