Finding RARE Pokemon on x37 Used Game Saves!

During my trip to Japan I bought a ton of used Pokemon games. Today we're checking all of them to see what kind of Rare Pokemon are on them!
I bought:
Pokemon Green, Pokemon Gold, Pokemon Crystal, Pokemon RSE, Pokemon FRLG, Pokemon DPP, Pokemon Black and White, Pokemon BW2, Pokemon XY, Pokemon ORAS, Pokemon Sun and Moon, and Pokemon USUM !
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[@Conner3326]

“If you didn’t know the older Pokemon games had their save files on the cartridge”Jesus fucking Christ are we really getting to that point?

[@MudkipPog]

Well yeah we've gotten to a point where save data is more than a few hundred megabytes

[@WatsonDynamite]

@@MudkipPog pretty sure what they meant is that we're getting to the point where people (children) don't know that old consoles couldn't store save data

[@emred4653]

Nintendo ds considered retro console now

[@dyllangames3592]

@@emred4653 that makes me sad

[@MuséeGoogle]

Kids today are growing up with the switch games. Feels weird but it is what it is. I'm 19 and hearing him say that made me feel old, I grew up with gen 5.

[@sean1oo1]

dude just casually ignored a whole MANAPHY EGG you have any idea what a goldmine that is in Diamond & Pearl? 😂

[@wowgek7]

also an shiny palkia

[@alexbird1273]

And pokerus

[@daltonhayhurst8501]

A what? It’s not even real Pokémon after gen 3 let’s be honest.

[@m.hpf.1294]

@@sean1oo1 is it?

[@DisguisedRory]

​@@daltonhayhurst8501 Can't believe you hate on my homie bidoof. Gen 4 is one of the best.

[@dmphax]

Back when used Pokémon games for DS were a lot cheaper, we bought many used games to check for leftover Pokémon like this. I once found a shiny Ninetails (in SoulSilver).

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Such a good find! I have more of these games on the way, so I'm excited to do more of these!

[@dmphax]

@@CalmAndCollecting it was a great video, enjoyable to watch. :)

[@PokeToT]

sadly flame body doesnt work in ruby/sapphire outside of battle! it started as an out of battle effect in emerald. also that spinda was so cool! seems absolutely legit too since that cart was working on ordering the pokemon. so cool! i love preserving old save files. it feels like im carrying on a legacy. ive found multiple shinies with the original cart owners' trainer name and ID. loved the fun video!

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Yeah we found this out during the premiere haha. They took so long... Love seeing what is sitting on all of these saves. I have a bunch more on the way, so I'm excited to do this again!

[@PokeToT]

@@CalmAndCollecting amazing!! looking forward to what the saves have!

[@Simipourfangirl]

​@@CalmAndCollecting Are you going to transfer the shines over?

[@MrTayseanpwns]

I was about to say this!

[@RaezPlays]

Shiny Absol?! Absolute win, the other games are cancelled anyway. The other shinies can go home.

[@CalmAndCollecting]

I knew you'd be happy about the Absol representation in this video haha.

[@aporue5893]

any shiny is a win in my opinion.Shinies rock!

[@Ayeedmund]

My first Shiny was an Absol in Ruby as a kid.. didn’t realize it until like last year when I got back into Pokémon. 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️ thought the stars were just a Pokemon I never caught

[@ElysetheEevee]

Ah, the bane of my existence. Despite having boxes of Shinies in various games, that is one I just cannot get in any game: mainline, mobile, or anything. I love Shiny Absol.

[@lucideirune1635]

Take the Manaphy egg. You can actually shiny hunt Manaphy by attempting to hatch it in different games.

[@CalmAndCollecting]

I definitely will be checking that!

[@Mito383]

@@lucideirune1635 That process takes so long. I don’t mean “shiny hunting” long. I mean “years off your life” long,

[@StarLightGem]

18:17 You might wanna check that Dragonair, might be the gift Shiny Dratini Banga gives the player after completing White Tree Hollow

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Yep some folks had mentioned that. I didn't realize how many freebie shinies there were in Gen5

[@chillypiplup2347]

What this video taught me was to never sleep on ludicolo the older stuff was nostalgic

[@CalmAndCollecting]

This

[@darkpulse01]

11:37 that save is the type of save in which your mom sells ur game thinking either the game is old or you grown up alot to continue such games

[@juinman3251]

A pokemon with a smiley face means they got cured of pokerus. Which is a 1/20000 chance and you glossed over it.

[@CaseyPKMN]

Fun video Calm!! The nostalgia hits every time the start screen would boot up... gotta love looking back at these little time capsules. Good finds and fun times!!

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Going back through all of these old games was a good time! I might have to do it again sometime...

[@thefinalskarm1754]

2:38 certain out of battle abilities don work until Emerald (magnet pull and HATCH EGG FAST are some of them). Said Milotic at 14:50 was probably marvel scale to increase its defense while status'd likely the white treehollows shiny dratini they've evolved. I'd be interested to see the pokeball for that Keldeo, considering how everything else in the boxes were gone usually you'd take a Keldeo with you, except if it wasn't a legal keldeo :)

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Yeah, someone mentioned there was a gift shiny Dratini. I didn't realize that. What a cool gift shiny! We still take those

[@daltonlovescake2227]

I wonder how many of those games belonged to people who passed away

[@Meatyballer]

Don't wonder that please😭

[@spartanninjacat]

I love the chill educational vibes. I knew all of the facts you paused to deliver, but the delivery was so good, I loved it anyway. Nice editing too!

[@KayLizard]

Tidus laughing brings back nostalgia

[@CalmAndCollecting]

It's a classic

[@ElysetheEevee]

I'm trying so hard to find some of the older games. I was forced to pawn what I had when I was a teenager, lol. It kills me now. I still need Ruby, Emerald, all the Gen 4 games, White, Black 2, HeartGold (I still have the box and insert for the one I had originally :( ), and Ultra Sun. I got Red, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal Japanese versions with new batteries for $75 on eBay couple years ago. They're mint!

[@dardykuriboh202]

I really enjoyed this video and your editing, liked and subbed! Thank you for the entertainment and nostalgia

[@sam-ACE-rothstein]

JFI flame body hatching was introduced in Pokemon Emerald. It doesnt work on the rest of the 3rd gen Games including Leaf Green and Fire Red.

[@FrostDrive]

The editing and jokes are so good in this! The guy laughing st the empty boxes got me everytime😂

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Laughing Tidus is a classic haha

[@GunsIinger22]

The TID of 00000 is totally a thing. I have that in two of my Gen4 and 3 of my Gen 5 games lol. But yeah, Masterball Blastoise and Shiny Victiny are very much hacked. Still great vid, always fun to see how the former owners of some games played through them :)

[@D3sdinova]

Thats a 99999^5 chance, did you also find 100000 shinies with pokerus and max IVs in everything in a row?

[@GunsIinger22]

@@D3sdinova Thanks to RNG I could

[@G2JohtonianTrainer]

For future reference in the games Gen 2 and up don't forget you can also check the Daycare for any left there

[@averagepokemonfan5510]

At 11:23 Venusaur has the Pokerus symbol

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Pretty neat find!

[@aporue5893]

pokerus doesn't last for long though,a couple of heal ups and it will go away.

[@DizzyRobin]

Loving this video! Your commentary is both chill and funny, and watching you complete the gyms and elite four just to get ot the box was hilarious. And shiny spinda was so awesome!!!! That is a shiny I wish I could get. And then the double shiny Dragonair and Roserade... chef's kiss. The obvious rage quit at Tate ad Liza cracked me up. It's so fascinating to see the snapshot of what happened with these (likely kids) who originally played it, and then let go of the game. Makes me feel better for my kid self at having at least completed all the gym challenges, even if in most games I never finished or even started some of the post game stuff! Way to go kid me, you were a gamer from the start.

[@CalmAndCollecting]

I don't know how young Calm actually beat Blue. I had no idea what the heck was going on hahaha

[@DizzyRobin]

@@CalmAndCollecting Oh geeze I feel that. I think it took me nearly 20 times to beat the elite four in silver because kid me realized even when wiping I got more xp from their pokemon I managed to beat then grinding with wild ones. I still remember being under my covers with the gameboy light on, waaaay past my bedtime, SHAKING because I realized I was finally gonna beat Lance lol

[@Bumnit]

Imagine watching this video in 2024 and recognizing your save that your mom sold in the move.

[@panoskritikos8607]

Wasn’t there a shiny Archeus in Black2?

[@Phaeli]

I loved the editing on this!!

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Glad you dig it buddy! My editor is the best haha.

[@mastershambler]

Awesome finds brotha! That Spinda is insanely rare and the Rosalia and Dragonair are really cool finds! Can’t wait to grab some game like this in Japan soon myself and share!🎉😊

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Excited to see it! I already have more stuff on it's way from Japan haha.

[@mastershambler]

@@CalmAndCollecting right on! Can’t wait to see!

[@tonybrewer7536]

Wouldn't each Spinda be insanely rare?

[@curtisperry3893]

Very entertaining, could watch these all day

[@palechub2]

if you replace the battery before starting the game does it save the file? does the save file actually get perma deleted?

[@CalmAndCollecting]

For the GB/GBC games, as soon as the battery dies the save is gone forever. Sad times

[@SleepyBaguette]

You didn't mention it, but that Moon copy has Pokerus. Is there any way to tell if the Pokerus originated in that save or if it was traded over?

[@CalmAndCollecting]

That's an awesome catch! I'm not sure if there's any way to tell.

[@commodore1016]

I love the video! I wanted to ask, how are you running upscaled versions of the ds/3ds games? Are you dumping the carts and emulating?

[@CalmAndCollecting]

I used a GB Operator / "Special" 3DS to pull over the saves and game files, so I could capture the gameplay for the video. I do actually have a capture card 3DS, but the scaling doesn't look as pretty as running it directly on the PC.

[@WolffyPlays]

@@CalmAndCollecting Is there any chance we could DM about this "special" 3DS? I have a great interest in making some pokemon content and would love for it to look as good as this!

[@sir.spider7498]

“Guess what all my pokemon are; special”😂

[@ketchy0932]

I don’t won’t to be that guy but flame body/ magma armor don’t have there out of battle effect till emerald. I might be wrong tho so please correct if so

[@cradiculous]

I'm surprised how much support I'm seeing for shiny Spinda. I got one in my last playthrough of OG Sapphire and I just considered it a junk shiny, but if people collect these for the patterns then I guess I'm glad I still have it.

[@zNovaNostalgia]

Just curious how you played authentic copies on your pc? You mentioned controller as per the accidental soft reset as well as the recording of the gameplay!

[@CalmAndCollecting]

The GB/GBA stuff I used my GB Operator. For DS/3DS I just used Checkpoint to back up the saves and bring them over to the PC.

[@mglmmo3038]

great video, keep up the good work

[@Jumps69]

Love the little tune at the end!

[@CalmAndCollecting]

[@risengaming4044]

Pretty sure that the dragonair is the free one you get for defeating the battle tree, in the other game you get a gible in other you get dratini

[@guitarherorye4870]

Any true gamer took their best pokemon to the next gen with them

[@hatsunemarku07]

You are not allowed to say those games are nearly 30 years old. That's illegal.

[@CalmAndCollecting]

I know I know

[@DarthPooh]

Did i see a manaphy egg in the first diamond?

[@bunnyfufu9933]

Had to give a thumbs up for the effort 😂

[@CalmAndCollecting]

I appreciate you!

[@TheAnubisFiles]

the dragonair is a gift mon in white 2 btw :)

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Really? Dang that's a really cool one!

[@frightenedboy2186]

Imm more than sure a lot of those ones that had just a few mons in the box were nuzlockes or they were just transferred to the other version or newer game

[@ashleylightheart126]

I have a feeling that those empty pcs sent their pokemon to future games.

[@xjablo]

this video is entertaining keep up!

[@D3sdinova]

Arent save files stored on the system starting gen 7?

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Nope! Didn't start until the Switch. I miss these days

[@D3sdinova]

@@CalmAndCollecting gen 7 is switch.

[@CMH_Hunts]

I sadly had to miss this one, my phone had died

[@CalmAndCollecting]

It's all good! The video is up here for anybody who missed the premiere, no biggie!

[@pablojoel3217]

Loved it and the Tidus laugh lol. MHA fan here

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Tidus laugh really pulled some weight in this one

[@sunshinem.7741]

Missing the pokeruss on Venosaur in Dr. LivingDex's game? That used to be so fun to use! Is it not cool anymore or something? Lol

[@MartyrPandaGaming]

Gen 4 and 5 were, hands down, the best games in the series. I'm not a big fan of Gen 3, but Gen 7, 8 and 9 managed to push it up in the list. They have been the worst entries in the series and that's with taking Red and Green's problems in to account. I would rather play those short and buggy games over the last 3 mainline releases.

[@jamjam-1418]

I hope someone sees this. I opened up my Pokémon Gold game just for fun. The battery still works (but not really). All of my Pokémon sprites and stats were the same. Info was the same. But when I went to check on them with more detail, their image all got replaced by Dewgong’s. Moreover, when I went to check my Pokémon in the PC, they too were all replaced with max EV dewgong. Every dewgong has the same moveset: Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thunder 😂 Oh, and there was a very strange pocket Unknown (K) occupying the last slot of the last box. And it was playing some creepy music that was not original to the game. Bizarre times we’re living in.

[@alicetheneko7529]

Hmm there's something sus about that Sentret at 11:52. That's a shiny Sentret right there.

[@CalmAndCollecting]

I'm telling you, there are so many sprites that were messing with me while getting all of this footage. Sentret was definitely one of them

[@tanookiiarts3098]

@@CalmAndCollectingit wasn't shiny LOL

[@wollywog42]

@@alicetheneko7529 definitely not unfortunately. Much like the Gligar in the video, the sprites/coloring was just a bit different in the older games

[@Sepricotaku]

Feel like that moon file was actually comp breeding not Masuda breeding.

[@CuppaGi]

But you left SO MANY EGGS unhatched! You could be sitting on more shinies.

[@Tootatis]

*Tidus laugh junpscare*

[@CalmAndCollecting]

[@0Shrimp_Girl0]

Two Pokémon cartridges are also coming to me soon. It is very interesting if there are saves on them and what is in them.

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Yeah! That's my favorite part about the used games. I have a bunch more on the way as well (I have a problem).

[@kaydenpateman7155]

My second pokemon game was platinum got it when I was about 8 got home and loaded in the save had mew, mewtwo, charizard, rayquaza was already excited for a new Pokemon game and then get that thought I was dreaming😂

[@Garrett_Ze_Gamer]

It's weird that the hgss saves didn't have shiny starters since their so easy to get

[@iShady1209]

Go and check if that pichu has surf right now, it might be from Pokémon box

[@SethCooley-j6g]

The amount of shiny u missed in black 2

[@Bebobo444]

I remember my first shiny on Pokémon Emerald it was poochyana I was so confused must have been about 6 or 7 😂

[@FlyinRaptorJesus]

I'd love to know where I left my old pkmn games... I only ever played yellow, red, gold and crystal.. Haven't played them in probably 20 years and no idea where they went. But I'd love to see what I was doin when I quit playin lol

[@marc-olivierbeauchemin6156]

shiny dratini is gift afterdefeating Banjirou at Black Tower or White Treehollow btw.

[@Animedingo]

The shiny dragonair would have likely been the gift one

[@user-es6eq5cf2r]

my ultra moon save has a lot of shinies 😭😭 i was big on shiny hunting as a kid

[@aporue5893]

beldum hatches *fart sounds* I LOL'D.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

More like Belfart

[@aporue5893]

love the shiny spinda! so cool.

[@MsHannahFTW]

I commend the amount of work that was put into this video. I throughly enjoyed

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CosmicBaller1]

I don’t know when I will sell my Pokémon games but when I do I will already have transferred anything worthwhile to Pokémon Bank.

[@jfamosonyt6621]

11:23 that Venusaur had cured pokerus

[@rylangibson50]

Did he just ignore ghe 2 shiny legends in blavk 2

[@webhead9569]

Venusaur on diamond had Pokérus🤯

[@Hdgkrosj838]

Shiny spinda in gen 3 wooaah, that’s big

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Honestly, one of the best things I could get. Just such a cool thing to find!

[@santiago4062]

Nothing special about the shiny Dragonair, they give one of those (or Gible, depends on the game version) for free

[@l8erzmonkey]

I would imagine alot of these people like i did if they had anything traded up through games and put them in the poke bank thing dunno if tht still exists 🤔

[@hayleywaalen2612]

The Switch Games are not included because they count as your save data.

[@thisguy18x]

So anticlimactic. Lol. But it was fun to go on that journey.

[@DecoyAnimates]

My question is how someone got a genderless pokèmon in an egg???

[@Simipourfangirl]

The shiny hunt I don't have the money for.

[@CalmAndCollecting]

KZbin bucks really assisted with this one haha

[@aporue5893]

someone has mew,that's awesome lol

[@Nintendown]

I feel like the only point of this video was to see if you could "buy" some shiny Pokemon from older generations and to make a joke when a game had nothing. There was a lot to consider for Gen 4 in particular, where tons of stuff appeared to be brought up from the Gen 3 games. There was Pokerus on one of the files, so some of the boxed Pokemon might've had it active still for spreading. Or the fact that there were so many Pokemon in the boxes, that some were events that could've been from a Gen 3 game legitimately, or at least a legit event from the time period (for whatever that's worth.) Part of the fun of these kinds of videos is in appreciating what the files had and had accomplished, and while some of these games legitimately had nothing due to a save being erased or just having a file with minimal playtime, nothing got any screentime unless it was shiny, and the mythicals were lucky to get a mention.

[@rylangibson50]

I have every legendarh in pokėmon ultra sun and like 73% of the pokedex with over 600 hours and im 13

[@rockmanfan5104]

Save some games for the rest of us

[@haydenallen888]

Did you forget to check the daycare?

[@CosmicBaller1]

21:58 LMAAOOOO

[@kaylarobson6082]

At least u got some shiny Pokémon’s

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Definitely! I got some really cool stuff!

[@aporue5893]

any shiny is a good shiny I think. the different colours are so cool!

[@Mae-ek9uo]

I was going to like the video, but then I saw it had 69 likes and couldn't bring myself to do it, so have a comment instead! Fun video!

[@CalmAndCollecting]

There's always 169

[@o0julek0o]

This almost makes me angry. I’ve played Pokémon for 20 years and I have literally never found a shiny.

[@Fuaah]

My first one was the "red" gyarados without noticing. There are some more guaranteed in the main series. Dratini, Gible and Haxorus in BW2. Ponyta in PLA. Odd eggs in gen2 are also a funny way to obtain shinys. Pokemon GO an gen9 sandwich methods I would say are the easiest ways to get tons of shinys.

[@CyberRayquazaX]

Hey man, are you willing to sell some of the used games that has the Pokémon’s, it’s great seeing someone else’s save file I’m very fond of seeing peoples love for their Pokémon’s and I give shelter to Pokémon’s I find on saved / used copies and transfer them over to my pokemon ranch for safe keeping and maybe send them to pokemon Home, it would mean a lot to me if you replied, thanks in advance ^^

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Hey buddy, not looking to sell as I'm using these games for shiny hunts on my live streams here, but I definitely get what you mean about preserving them! I actually backed up all of these saves, so they wouldn't be lost after starting new games. They're such cool little time capsules!

[@CyberRayquazaX]

@@CalmAndCollecting I’m so glad you took the time to preserve them, thank you for assuring me ❤️

[@Jonhanrahan]

Quality content

[@Jonhanrahan]

The sleeping sound effect killed me

[@user-tm8hx1fk2z]

Could you not afford English versions 😭

[@CalmAndCollecting]

Hahaha ok Moneybags

[@JessAMessOfficial]

Ay

[@Charmaster04]

That shiny Dragonair is guaranteed. But only if you’re a gamer. (You have to battle Alder’s sister, and I’m pretty sure you have to beat a battle tower like facility to do so. Look up Serebii’s article on shiny Pokémon in general and it should have a list of guaranteed shinies.

[@linkheroofwinds]

Benga is Alder's grandson, lol

[@Charmaster04]

@@linkheroofwinds Huh. Should have looked at the event information again.

[@polocatfan]

No point in doing this. Nintendo is just gonna label your pokemon as "hacked" since it came from a prior gen.

[@wollywog42]

That’s not a thing