A Pokémon Nuzlocke, but I can only use SHINIES

I attempted a Hardcore Nuzlocke of Pokémon HeartGold, HOWEVER, there was a catch...I could only use Shiny Pokémon. Could I complete this challenge of only using Shinies to defeat a Hardcore Nuzlocke of a Pokémon game?
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[@CaptainKiddYT]

LIVE right now attempting my second SHINY ONLY Nuzlocke here: www.twitch.tv/captainkidd

[@Noahs_Editz]

Do you like Eustass Kid from one piece

[@Noahs_Editz]

Since your name is Captain Kif

[@Noahs_Editz]

If you tell us I will subscribe

[@decayingfairy3996]

first

[@alexdunt8590]

yeah, never do this in regular Gold, bad idea in many ways

[@Nobody-hj4pr]

The fact that he got a shiny starter that’s female that has the perfect nature that also has fricking pokerus is absolutely insane, actually complete bull luck like you’re probably the kind of person to hit 6 iron head flinches in a roll, while also getting under odds for 4 shinies is crazy, probably bc of gastly lol.

[@3r0de]

I wanna know the full odds

[@da_xbox360]

1/35,790,848,000 is about the odds of this happening 1/8192 for the shiny at all 1/8 for female 1/25 for a specific nature ~1/21845 for pokerus and to be more specific multiply that by 3 for it being specifically tododile which would be *1/107,372,544,000* Chances and probability are weird as hell so this may not be 100% accurate but it defo puts it into perspective how rare this is

[@justanotherlesbian157]

dont forget the perfect attack iv

[@thejoeyguy_]

@@da_xbox360well that is calculating the odds for specifically Totodile per starter reset. They are all independent events, so nothing complicated for the calculations, just simple multiplication. My personal recommendation would be to calculate for the odds of that happening for any of the starters, so drop the 1/3, but factoring in the 1/31 for the perfect attack IV

[@ThemarkofEmboar1]

Factoring in shiny, 31 ATK IV, perfect nature, female, AND Pokerus, this Totodile has a 8.73E-11% chance of existing. If my calculations are right, you'd have a better chance at winning the lottery than replicating this Totodile.

[@Blackrider2076]

I’m sorry, but Shiny, Female, Adamant natured Totodile with Pokerus is actually insane.

[@tempest8093]

31 atk IV's too

[@Simipourfangirl]

It being female and having pokerus is insanely rare. I've only encountered it in the wild once in pokemon platinum while also getting my first shiny ever with staravia.

[@highdefinition450]

ikr what were the odds lol, i've never actually seen pokerus in all my years of playing lmao

[@tonybrewer7536]

If by insane you mean painfully obviously hacked, then yes

[@johnpaulcross424]

@@tonybrewer7536absolutely no chance he got this without RNG manipulation or outright hacks lol

[@YangTheAce]

Damn, that Totodile is going to be one of the strongest, luckiest pokemon ever known in the history of shiny playthroughs. Good luck on your alligator girl.

[@CGammer5680]

I say ev train it for fun

[@destroyer4929]

That's gonna be a mon that transcends generations

[@BloomyCatail]

Run was cheated

[@TheWallmasters]

“Casual shiny hunting is fun” -Captain Kidd, foreshadowing great misfortune

[@mimthyss]

Interesting that you did the shiny hunts full odds for legitimacy and yet pkhex'd a mon for a better nature and ability lol

[@truncatedGrip]

no pkhex involved, that's just the power of estrogen💪

[@giustomuh]

Yeah I was kinda disappointed too, finally a shiny run that looked legit

[@Josh-sh6oy]

Ya kinda annoyed me- got a god tier totodile off supposed luck but decided to hack in a broken mon

[@mustachecrab9669]

@@truncatedGrip First mon was a 1/35 billion, the heracross was a 1/400 thousand, he would be hunting til' this day if those mons had even the slightest chance of being legit.

[@BanishforCost]

I don't think anything in this video was fake, I just think he should have powered through with the Sassy Male, because otherwise is cheating. Weird flex to do a HC Nuzlock via cheating, but go off I guess.

[@theregularterrarian3933]

If I had a nickel for every time someone swept Lance with the shiny Gyarados I'd have a lot of nickels

[@Whacko2]

ANOTHER CAPTAINKIDD BANGER NO ONE IS SURPRISED LETS GOOOO

[@slof69]

no u

[@Sufficio]

funny about the spearow named ho-oh...when I was a kid and saw the first episode of the anime, I 100% thought ho-oh was a fearow. so I caught one, raised it to an absurd level, and got mad it never became magical and shiny like in the show. 10/10

[@plaguedoctorate3174]

I thought Smallant resetting on a shiny Voltorb was bad but the STARTER!?!?!? 😂

[@boefske24]

Nah. Putting guts and adamant on heracross IS actually cheating.

[@Josh-sh6oy]

Wait did he swap the nature / ability?

[@mustachecrab9669]

@@Josh-sh6oy The totodile in the beginning is 1 in 35 billion, the heracross with a perfect nature and the preffered ability is 1 in 400 thousand. He cheated them in, the dude's using an emulator so it'd be pretty easy as well.

[@biggrayalien4791]

​@@mustachecrab9669 One day you'll understand that probability does not equal certainty. Also chill out, it's a 14 year old video game, who actually cares if the odds are stacked.

[@BleakStarshine]

I agree. He swapped out a -spd nature for adamant and changed swarm to guts?! He's good enough to beat the game without cheating like that. Like if you're going to cheat why even do a nuzlocke challenge at that point? Playing pokemon normally with only getting shinies is still a good video.

[@doctordoobly]

@@BleakStarshineat the end of the day, he can play how he wants to and if your mad at a 3 month old video thats on you. he spent two years on it and deserved at least a bit of positivity

[@inyourwifi]

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE ELITE FOUR MONTAGE WITH THE GAME'S THEME??? HOLY SHIT THE TIMING WAS SO PERFECT, my favorite part of this video, hat's off to Quinn for that one 👍

[@CodyTroutman]

The Gastly encounter just proves that Dream Luck is real and all his runs are legit. Thank you Dream, Kidd has been and always will be your biggest fan!

[@Jacktus91]

yeah, dream was a big fan of kids too

[@D3sdinova]

He litterally cheated in this run 😒

[@Da-breadz]

dream literally got exposed for manipulating the odds of certain items spawning in his runs... not really a good look💀

[@tatepatrick3095]

People like you are the main reason I keep doing Pokémon challenges, thank you and I love your content❤

[@abscinding]

If i had a nickel for every time Captain Kidd suggested on bringing an Onix to the end game, just to only die before using an attack, id have two nickels, which isnt a lot, but its weird that its happened twice.

[@HyperShadow991]

i do consider that pkhexing to change that heracross nature to be cheating though, really should have just used what you got and rolled with the punches

[@sableye3023]

agreed, yeah it sucks that it wasnt the prefered ability and nature but it highkey ruined the video

[@no.6808]

Yeah especially with the cringe trans shit

[@Flizz0]

@@no.6808snowflake

[@biggrayalien4791]

It's a video game, and it's not that serious. Chill out

[@HyperShadow991]

@@biggrayalien4791 you obviously do not understand what a nuzlocke is so please do not talk as if you do you are only looking worse for it ok? he did cheat and break the rules so the nuzlocke is considered invalid even if he was doing it for fun

[@artemismakesstuff69]

The shiny madness has taken another

[@thecupheadmaniac1367]

I get how he killed the shiny ho-oh. I really do, but come on! That's my favorite shiny right there

[@ooutsuno2805]

Nice pfp

[@Jessayleee]

Even though I lack the patience to regularly shiny hunt, this video is making me seriously consider a shiny only run lol, seeing the whole team of shinies come together is so fun!

[@1989JROG]

1:45 This felt like the same pain for aDrive when he accidentally soft reset over a shiny Cyndaquil

[@icngames1032]

Heracross is consumed her bloodlust, desire to be cute, and thoughts of extreme violence. Classic transfemme experience.

[@no.6808]

It’s still a man bro

[@tOGGLEwAFFLES]

​@@no.6808 it's not a man, it's a tiny chunk of code with a randomly selected icon next to it bro

[@no.6808]

@@tOGGLEwAFFLES then why are saying she? It’s a piece of code

[@DrJazzyBonespHd]

@@no.6808why are you insisting it’s a man when it’s a little digital punchy bug? If it doesn’t affect you, why do you care? Imagine caring about something that doesn’t effect you in any way and only effects the person and maybe partner. It’s like being mad someone else is eating cake while you’re on a diet

[@narwhallord4267]

​@@no.6808 You're a bad person :(

[@fontaine6358]

“This region sucks” “ This game is too easy” as he cheats his way through and doesn’t even follow the nuzlocke 😂

[@JesseHarrison-kg3xl]

waa waa waa

[@chinofadidas]

The final shiny was poetic lol

[@klentir4620]

The odds of getting a shiny female totodile with adament nature, 31 attack IVs, and pokerus is 1/(8192*8*25*32*21845), Or 1:1,145,307,136,000 One in a trillion.

[@Eclipsabel]

And once again, thanks to Kidd, I woke the entire household laughing because of an Onix. You will never escape it 😂

[@VantasticJackson]

"Why does the 5th Gym Leader only have 2 Pokemon?" *BECAUSE HE IS THE 3RD POKEMON*

[@unlinkable3759]

In and alternate reality Kidd reset the second totodile and then never playyed pokemon again.

[@Potato23274]

My guy said fuck it and did one of the most stressful runs ever

[@Hidden_Fern]

Was really happy to see that you actually went and shiny hunted all of them instead of making the odds like 1/100 and it just being a normal nuzlocke with sparkles lol

[@macaroniii03]

so you just cheated with the heracross? that destroys the entire integrity of the challenge

[@suishcat9407]

The pokerus nature luck took up the rest of the luck for the run

[@Hoezi02]

I wouldn't say that. Sandshrew, Spearow and Aipom came suspiciously easy. All of them WAY under odds. So either he still had a ton of luck left or he took some more inspiration from dream.

[@TheWanderingLPer]

So proud of Lady Luck for her transition, really impressive top surgery!

[@no.6808]

Cringe, probably touches children too

[@mochimochi8251]

​@@no.6808BROO???

[@Eeveethegamer26]

​@@no.6808bro you described all priests

[@no.6808]

@@Eeveethegamer26 and transgenders

[@Eeveethegamer26]

@@no.6808 lmao no. Nice try transphobe

[@jimlucca2528]

Bro, the fight between you and Red was so awesome because I was imagining Deku (Feraligatr) & the Blastoise in an actual animated battle where the two Pokemon were at the end of their ropes and one falls. Kind of like a Samurai fight or Cowboy standoff. Love the dedication of 2 years to the craft!

[@ty_fierce]

In Heartgold’s shiny quest, our hues collide, Where Ambipom, Heracross, in pink pride ride. But Red, with sly intent, does sharply tread, Knocking hues of even Gyrados reds. A leveled blow, a of colorful puns galore, In this hardest battle, where pink shades bleed 🩸 RED LITERALLY THROWING SHADE BY KNOCKING THE LIGHTER SHADES OF SHINIES 39:40

[@Sc0ttJC]

What a rollercoaster of emotions on that last battle! Haven't been that jostled in year! Haha

[@jffrysith4365]

so Dream wasn't cheating all along! we just saw how the dream music actually amplifies the luck of the person listening!?!

[@Alucard171]

We making it out of 2024 with the Pokémon Black Shiny only nuzlocke

[@PPeasants]

Trans Icon Lady Luck makes me so happy, I love her so much

[@Raiynachan]

Omg the E4 montage was so good 😭 I loved the shiny bird kill too LOL great video as always!!!! Thanks for the laughs!!

[@BloomyCatail]

The odds of getting a shiny female natured pokerus starter is out of this world Faked

[@montyeggman3075]

It's not a Brayden Nuzlocke unless Onix shows up at some point, and also dies at a later point.

[@circularnectarine1439]

the onix clip will never truly leave us

[@joshuakelly4807]

Been subbed for a while rarely comment, this is outstanding that you done full odds, I always found shiny only runs with modified odds pointless. well done I loved it

[@pachie2264]

Of course Dream is the first shiny with statistically impossible odds…

[@5darkelves994]

I remember watching the ghastly hunt on yt about a year ago and honestly i am shocked you ever got him. So many odd things i noticed in this video that gave me nostalgia like your standing desk and how the greenscreen couldnt reach high enough. Anyway thanks for being such an entertaining creator for this long kidd i hope you continue to make baller videos

[@Stridey-gal]

It’s really cool to see this all finally come together

[@positivea9111]

Everyone reactions when he killed suing Oh-Ho Kimono Girl 1: 😱 Kimono Girl 2: 😱 Kimono Girl 3:😱 Kimono Girl 4:😱 Kimono Girl 5:😱 ✨Captain Kidd✨:😀👏👏👏

[@TeamPandaTCG]

Im calling cap on that Totodile. Im sorry but there is no chance, getting that in female, adamant, pokerus and max att iv.

[@TeamGreenKay]

Got almost halfway through the video before I noticed the squirtle was also shiny lol 😅😂

[@marcusmuller3015]

I love that you picked the female heracross sprite at 11:09 because its an even better counter to whitney, than just a heracross. cool video!

[@TheGuru_]

Glad to see you finally completed the journey!

[@mirai7797]

I feel like HG/SS was amazing at every aspect of a Pokemon game… except the actual Pokemon. Amazing music, side events, story, and more but the battles really fell flat

[@g00br53]

i didnt think this video was going to be entertaining but knowing how much time you put into each shiny raises the stakes through the roof! great video kidd!

[@oblibeggar7571]

I'm accusing you cheating, expect the full investigation report within a week

[@gustavobenettidelai816]

Liked the video, but the heracross change couldve been avoided. Kinda of takes the cool of the video. Noce video anyway

[@coopergiles2369]

i love shiny pokemon and i’m so glad you crossed over into my hyperfixation!!

[@emmaanderson6451]

i’ve never seen any of your videos before but omg this is so good

[@Bee_814]

Lady Luck is an icon

[@no.6808]

Still cringe

[@mochimochi8251]

​@@no.6808bro is malding because someone called a concept a female

[@no.6808]

@@mochimochi8251 I mean it was a male concept and we’re just confusing children

[@zombombhuntermcoc3342]

@@no.6808 I don't see any confused children around, except for you that is.

[@no.6808]

@@zombombhuntermcoc3342 I’m sure you’re sad to hear that aren’t you

[@Leonardo-mr6uf]

Was it really necessary to swap Heracross' nature and ability? C'mon dude...first you use regular shiny odds for legitimacy and then you use PKHex to change a pokémon's stats to your liking?

[@doctordoobly]

i think if you have a problem with it you can try the challenge.

[@Leonardo-mr6uf]

@@doctordoobly He still cheated though. Don't get me wrong, shiny hunting for hours and hours is a chore, but HeartGold is not a Kaizo game where you need to have perfect IVs and the best nature to reach Red.

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

29:02 - yo, my first random shiny was in Dewford as well, good old Goldi the Geodude. I actually transferred her up to my SoulSilver Game a while back lol.

[@clashcan123456789]

My first shiny was a Wurmple in pokemon Sapbire. I didn't even knew what a shin was but I had never seen a purple Wurmple, so it had to be in the team!

[@brutalbunny]

TRANS HERACROSS IS SO AWESOME

[@JosephWatson04]

Straight up do not believe this video with that Totodile. Like actually so improbable I will refute it.

[@ThePureSynergist]

Damn. Good edits.

[@littlehasman9369]

When Onix appeared, I choked on my water and DIED of laughter. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@clydefroge9316]

Man i remember having your shiny stream on in the background while playing. Crazy that was 2 years ago

[@CassiDS]

You can go for Makuhita once you do a Hoenn But Only Shinies run.

[@LagrimaArdiente]

YOOO, I hatched a Shiny Spiritomb while watching this! It was just as I got to the part about the final hunt, too. And then I found a random Shiny Cufant during the battle against Red?????

[@BlackRaven0211]

19:12 Lady Luck looks like she wants to tell her pov on destroying the Johto Gyms

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Smallant: ... I feel like I lost a weeks worth of sleep again

[@BlackReshiram]

that final shiny onix at the end really had me howling lmao its like the game is flipping you off 😆

[@ninteney9777]

Pkhexing that heracross was cheating. If you only changed the gender it would have been fine since it doesn't impact the battles but changing the nature and ability really defeated the whole point of a nuzlocke since you have to use what you get

[@steampunk-llama]

That’s just the power of oestrogen

[@mustachecrab9669]

@@steampunk-llama It's just the power of a lazy content machine

[@Vassilinia]

You act like people like Alpharad haven't admitted to lying about the accuracy of events in the video for the same of content. The only difference is that this time the uploader actually told you about it.

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

Why does this video actually make me want to try this…?

[@SerDerpish]

Probably because he made it look easy and fun, when in reality it is neither 💀

[@alex53806]

I cannot wait for another shiny nuzlocke! Absolute wholesome content! Very entertaining. Thank you!

[@TheSprintingGamer]

My first shiny was also a makuhita I found in granite cave! For whatever reason, I thought it was pokerus, which I did know about (I think the anime had mentioned it?) because I didn't know what a shiny was

[@Simipourfangirl]

Did you catch it?

[@forentaylor]

The level cap in johto is terrible and i dont remember that at all, but having 16 gyms was awesome and i hope they make a pokemon game with EVERY region at some point and make it a true MMO (im delusional)

[@joeyteter9383]

I recently got my hands on a copy of HG and played it for the first time and honestly, I didn’t struggle with Whitney either. However, Bugsy kicked my ass twice before I got the eventual win. That was only because of Onix too

[@SilverWitch94]

THe shiny luck gods REALLY wanted to help you make up for the rest of the run

[@Likeaboss-nf4ht]

Changing the gender was fine because only a handful of trainers have attract but how do you justify using pkhex to change the nature?? Lmao

[@thecrazymonkeyking9805]

saying "i miss the rage" without fully bursting out into song is crazy

[@Happy_lemon_guy]

Mext up Oras version of this so he can finally get the makuhita😂

[@michaelbradshaw6567]

That is literally one of the craziest shiny starters ive ever seen.

[@keiriaaaaaa]

hardcore nuzlocke + shiny only mons?? a truly masochist's wet dream

[@LordDiscord]

I understand the pain of long shiny hunts. I had something similar to your situation while shiny hunting Virizion in my copy of Shield. Took me over a week of soft resets before i finally found her. Then i managed to get both Cobalion and Terrakion on the same day with me getting Cobalion in under an hour from the start of the hunt

[@awildmicio0922]

Am I the only Ho-oh fan that was absolutely devastated watching him KO that beautiful shiny Ho-oh?

[@ultimatcg]

Your first ever shiny was a makuhita too? Damn what a coincidence lol

[@xJCooksonx]

Cheated to get a perfect Starter and cheated to change the Gender of the Heracross?

[@RKremiah303]

oh sweet this video is finally out! good job dude

[@geoffrymcgary]

Props on the commitment yo that was a fun watch

[@Ignore__Me]

Please tell me you have a therapist on standby… shiny hunting can induce nightmares because of how tedious it is

[@v.connected]

For nostalgia johto will always be my favorite generation…. hate away 😂❤

[@Hoe_man]

Shminy gyranandose 🇸🇱

[@CaptianKatsura]

Why is Totodile always the shiny? Smant got a Totodile, you got two totodiles, when I tried this I also got a Totodile. The Shiny Gods just really like Totodile.

[@JuliaJulia-vh4xc]

Tbh, part of me is a bit disappointed this was deathless. Like yeah, it’s awesome you didn’t have to do any more shiny hunting than you did, but idk, I felt like it would’ve been more emotional. Or maybe I’m just a sadist, who knows. . . Edit: okay so I didn’t watch the video fully through, I was close to the end when I wrote this comment, and apparently it wasn’t fully deathless. RIP Pink Heracross, my point still stands though. Edit edit: OH CHRIST OKAY LOTS OF DEATHS THAT WERENT SHOWN RIGHT AT THE END HUH. I was always rooting for my girl Deku, very glad she made it through.

[@ThomasCro]

"gearing up for one final epic hunt" translates to sitting there hitting reset 3000 times

[@Yoriichi7777_]

bro turned into purplecliff not even 2 minutes in

[@Gentledude.]

this is so sick

[@anoddrabbit8491]

Im sorry honie the videos nice but did you like mess eith the numbers to make it more favorable to yourself

[@Swoosh_015]

That starter shiny luck was just preparing you for the next millions encounters lol

[@hihi-er6pg]

As a wise man (not very wise) once said: "WHAT DID I SAY BRAIDEN? WHAT DID I SAY?!" - if you know, you know