I Caught Every Shiny Johto Pokemon

[@JohnstoneYT]

Thanks for watching! If you want to check out these streams in full, I stream over on Twitch, as well as upload the VODs! www.youtube.com/@johnstonevods

[@hqjordak8947]

video looks fire sir john🫡

[@Delphing985]

john how long did this take?

[@GG-EastGoat]

Hi johnstone

[@GG-EastGoat]

I love your videos!

[@Drawingkid-y9c]

Dude you lucky I just got a shiny cilabi

[@ibbit5968]

this guy has been the reason I’ve been tackling a shiny living dex ever since his video on the shiny professor oak’s challenge in let’s go eevee. Seeing this video makes me really happy as I absolutely love this kind of grind from this person, and even moreso that he wants to challenge himself outside of Scarlet and Violet. Thank you so much Johnstone for being a huge inspiration over my use of free time over the last two years I hope your journey goes well 🙏

[@NonsensicalTrickster]

His Let's Go Eevee video is the reason I got back into hunting, too. Honestly his coverage of all the various methods really inspired me.

[@Zac_Frost]

I got back into Pokémon after thinking I was done with it for good because of this channel. Did a 100% run in Platinum because of it.

[@derzeldagamer7931]

Insane, i'm in the same boat currently! Just got done hunting all Alolans a few days ago, that alone took multiple months.. currently hunting for the starters. i'm like 50 or 60 Pokemon in.

[@frostyelwood9898]

I’ve started with getting all Pokemon for Sword then I’m gonna go for Arceus. I’m worried it’ll be too hard for me to shiny hunt the ones I want especially in Sword since you can’t see if they’re shiny unless you battle them. I’ve been hatching some but I’m still a bit worried about spending hours to hunt the one I want only to not get it

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Hey, it's the master of breeding here, and I'm just here to say it's Elekid's world, and we're just living in it!

[@rorytheshinygmaxgengar6907]

This is so true

[@Dinco-k6r]

Good job on beating john into the dirt with the egg comp😊😊

[@RandalfElVikingo]

You should breed John.

[@JHS_MinecraftPro]

@@RandalfElVikingoreal

[@Raichu159]

Master of what

[@Cometstarlight]

The *instant* regret of "do your worst!" was perfect. Hadn't even finished the thought and went, "NO WAIT!"

[@PJOZeus]

Instant ptsd and the torture of being completely and utterly physically and mentally drained flashed through his body like he'd seen combat

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

The best part is, if you're planning to do an entire dex, Celebi is probably the easiest of the mythicals to hunt. Jirachi and Manaphy are both absolutely brutal.

[@GreenDog3]

I'd say Meltan/Melmetal are easier with the asterisk of "if meltan can be shiny at the time"

[@slysylveon]

Idk why john said its one of the longest Sr hunts. I timed celebi encounters since I'm also hunting it and it takes about 30 seconds a reset. Like sure it's 1 in 8192 odds but even then it's pretty quick compared to some of the other hunts like story latias, starter in xy or usum and so many more

[@arenten]

he's definitely gonna do the ACE glitch for manaphy

[@Snowstorm174]

legitimately hunting Manaphy is just. torturous.

[@slysylveon]

@@Snowstorm174 oh 100% not to mention the price to do so requiring 2 consoles and at minimum 3 games. I'm doing a shiny living dex but since I only got my 3ds, the only way I can hunt manaphy is by using pksm to store it like bank while I delete and reset the save. Timing wise it's about 2-3 minutes a reset so much quicker than trading but a bit of a cheat method

[@JamesBondBurgered]

That Ho-oh was just out there to ruin your day. Never forget the July 25th incident.

[@ChampMikeP25]

What happened

[@solidzack]

​@ChampMikeP25 40:57

[@dotthedot9080]

Literal Christmas in July

[@magicdreemurr3771]

43:08 Getting that Luxio and then the Alpha Luxray back to back was pure hilarity. Also look at the way Luxray sits. What a distinguished gentleman. 💛

[@adef]

20 seconds in and this man has already rotoscoped himself to put a moving Pokémon background behind himself. Get back in line poketubers, the king has returned

[@Whiteythereaper]

I completely forgot he mentioned that edit on stream a few weeks ago, I'm glad someone else noticed it lmao

[@Thepokenerdoriginal]

Hi Adef!

[@CirchesterSnow]

Adding “evading arrest” to the list of Elekid’s crimes

[@SlidaAman]

27:38 making 500k accounts rn

[@Speakerthefox756]

Y-You’re not making this a *series*, right John? R-RIGHT?!

[@Crxsseyed1]

Technically it already is, considering the let’s go video

[@ron5348]

@@Crxsseyed1bros gonna have to do that again, except with the proper method and shiny charm lol.

[@forlone_li]

And since it was a prof oaks challenge he needs to catch the rest of the version exlcusives and the trade evos. As well as the fact hes going to need to hunt all the stages unlike in the og challenge

[@kianlynch1048]

Cringe comment

[@roobeedooo]

he DID say his dream was to get every shiny pokemon ever in pokemon home ... there's a few people who have already done this legit!

[@dundee6402]

1:41 Nope, timid is actually one of the worst natures for Totodile since it reduces its attack, which is its strongest stat 😂😂

[@BucketsnG10ves]

14:20 This, kids, is what we in the business call "Chekov's gun"

[@RealSkello]

How is this a Chekovs gun

[@hyperdeaththe3rd190]

@@RealSkellowatch more of the video, the hit with the lugia

[@codex_jinora]

Very practical and ironic application 🤣

[@RealSkello]

@@hyperdeaththe3rd190 Yeah I got it now lol

[@dylaann]

Not getting Elekid from the Odd Eggs is the real Chekov's gun

[@Dustifer]

You have inspired me to hunt for shinies from time to time! I know it's considered "easy" in scatlet/violet but for a person that doesn't have hours every day it's a very nice change!

[@lasercraft32]

I know some people don't like it, but I personally LOVE how accessible shinies are in games like Legends: Arceus and Scarlet/Violet... It makes shiny hunting actually feel _reasonable_ instead of just a waste of many many hours of my life.

[@beeswithears]

I caught every stream, so glad to finally see it! PLINKING

[@beforedrrdpr]

could call that a shiny stream hunting lol

[@nicerhabara]

Me too. I'll never forget July 25th

[@ChronCP-s1e]

@@nicerhabaratruly the saddest day for johnstone

[@pumapandora1310]

Plonk

[@pikasnoop6552]

0:30 I mean you kinda did start with gen 1 if you consider the shiny professors Oak challenge.

[@anomaly_bunny7696]

I mean that wasn’t a living dex. A living dex is where you have one of each Pokémon whereas during a professor oak challenge you just need to register each Pokemon like for a professor oak you just need to catch one pichu and evolve it up but in a living dex you get three pichus and evolve one to Pikachu the other to raichu and leave the last one as a pichu

[@SilverWolf_-cj4qn]

​@anomaly_bunny7696 he's about halfway there tho, tbf

[@piecebypiece2028]

He didn't do the living Dex, but honestly he basically did do the biggest chunk of the game, including the hardest ones to obtain, which would have been the legendaries and fossils

[@Tyler-zc2jq]

Can't wait for John to finish the shiny living dex so he can start his series on making shiny battle stats Pokémon

[@wixwuby]

I hope you know what you’ve done. Now I need to make a shiny living dex. I not only need to hunt every Pokémon, but also I need to buy enough space in Pokémon home and o store all of them. For the next couple of years, my life will be hell because of you and I hope you are happy with yourself.

[@AllegedlyHuman]

Are you going to go for all variants of shiny Alcremie or just the ones that are visually distinct (aka one per sweet)?

[@zegroselia2504]

i've been kinda doing this for the past 4 years or so and got like, 120 mons. so yeah, i got a lot of work to do.

[@atomdecay]

Well don't worry, Shinies are ridiculously simple to get now. I finally bought Scarlet the other day, started my game, & after the intro stuff, the VERY FIRST WILD ENCOUNTER I had was a Shiny Tarountula. Literally did not see a normal variant until after I caught the Shiny. I didn't even know it was Shiny until I saw all the yellow Tarountula & realized "wait a sec, was that a Shiny?!". If that doesn't describe perfectly just how broken the Shiny odds are now then Idk what does. Again, my very first wild encounter in the game was immediately a Shiny. I have only ever found 2 legit Shinies in the wild, both in Pokémon Gold, a Zubat & a Geodude. I have mostly kept up with Pokémon games too. & in all those years, haven't found a random wild Shiny again, until my VERY FIRST WILD ENCOUNTER on Pokémon Scarlet. 😅

[@HollowRoll]

​@@atomdecay That's just being lucky. The odds for that were still 1/4096. Shiny odds only get ridiculous once you have the charm and a method like sandwiches

[@WailfulSeeker82]

I started one passively a few months ago. I gotta kick it into overdrive now

[@JayseBerrett]

I started hunting Celebi a day or two after you caught Celebi. One month later and over 10,500 encounters later... and I'm still hunting it. I hunted it the entire time I watched this video. This Celebi will be the end of me.

[@MorganaCrow]

Have ya found it yet?

[@JayseBerrett]

@@MorganaCrow No. :( I'm still hunting it. I'm pretty burned out, so I'm doing much fewer resets each day. I'm currently at 12,964 resets.

[@surjux6271]

@@JayseBerrett Not sure if this will make you feel better or worse, but there's a 20.54% chance of you NOT encountering a shiny Celebi (full odds) in 12,964 encounters. So, in a way, you're both unlucky and lucky at the same time.

[@JayseBerrett]

@@surjux6271 Yeah, I check the chance that I would have found it after every 1,000 or so resets. I put in another 400 resets since my last comment, so I'm now 5K over odds with nothing to show for it.

[@surjux6271]

@@JayseBerrett might as well go for an even 10k over odds. You got this

[@Phillips455]

How about just a *few* more encounters

[@coffeeproblems5780]

I think it would be fair to only allow yourself to hunt all the duplicates for evolution in scarlet and violet. Treat it like an unlock. You catch the base form in an old game, allowing you to hunt the 2nd or 3rd in paldea.

[@Dragon_Slayer365]

27:38 Lets go bois 500 Thousand likes!

[@Mlilflash]

Lez gooooooooooooo!!!

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

My brain rn: 28:25

[@213luiz]

54:05 His bluff was serious and he regretted it immediately

[@raphaelkgh218]

I watched the entire thing and the whole video was just hilarious!!!

[@roobeedooo]

41:07 bambooo in chat: "did trevenant really hold the leppa berry? shouldn't it already have used it?"

[@BabyPikachuWithLollipop]

Nice timing, I ran through a bit of your previous videos yesterday and this new release happening a day later. Thanks for the entertainment and keep up the hard work!

[@deejmeht2338]

Honestly the Johto starters are my favourites and the fact that their shiny forms are amazing really is the cherry on the cake 😅

[@silver_was_found]

The totodile line’s shinies is my favorite :D

[@pdpgolf9034]

Not many KZbinrs make a video that I immediately have to watch...nobody works harder for their content and it shows. I've also watched a few multiple times, including the shiny Professor Oak which I think I've watched at least 10 times purely due to how obscene that achievement is. Keep up the good work John!

[@Nizzy37]

"I need to train my..... THROAT"-John 2024 lmao

[@PhilipAnthonyTV]

9:46 The high-pitched, goofy-voiced anger is so relateable. LMAOO

[@peteradamski1184]

27:38 making 500k accounts rn

[@Pokepikmin]

54:07 the INSTANT regret is so funny

[@smithplayspokemon]

This man is absolutely cracked

[@jacks_JRcarson1992]

the dedication this mustve taken is so impressive ! good stuff john

[@KotatsuInUnova]

What a FUN video - you made this normally tedious and daunting challenge into an exciting Johto shiny hunting world tour!!! SO worth all the time and effort! (also thank you for providing top tier entertainment while I eat dinner lol)

[@NauticUrchin]

The wanted poster bit is my favourite in all of johnstone content, had me cackling all the way thru on stream lol

[@juliawertz5282]

The way I learned about the shiny-boosted egg event in gen 2 was when I tried doing a Crystal nuzlocke a few years ago, hatched a shiny Pichu, and nearly had a heart attack before looking up the odds. I'll never forget that little detail now.

[@blanketgremlin800]

Oh hey, it’s the funny BALLS man

[@Sarah04527]

These were delightful streams to watch and this was another beloved long form Johnstone video. Love the editing style and can’t wait for more parts of this series!

[@cubchooenthusiast]

Balls is one of my favorite pokemon youtuber

[@G0r3Crazy]

Congrats Johnstone! Looking forward to more with future generations! Would love to see 'catching all shiny Unown' also.

[@StickMaster500]

I can't wait for the day that John manages to complete a Shiny Living Dex and it will be a monumental day for the Pokemon community!

[@atomdecay]

If anyone could do it, it'd be Johnnyboy

[@anonanonymous9670]

@@atomdecay Several people have already completed a Shiny Living Dex

[@atomdecay]

@@anonanonymous9670 That doesn't negate what I said in any way. Nobody here said that it hadn't been done yet. We said that John is capable of doing it.

[@Thug_Nose]

@@anonanonymous9670yeah and imagine editing through thousands upon thousands of footage on top of that. No one has done this while documenting every capture

[@anonanonymous9670]

@@Thug_Nose You're also forgetting that John gets a nice dough from all his streams/videos

[@dattromboneguy]

55:04 I love how Johnstone's reaction to the shiny Celebi occurs, and then LITERALLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER, the playback does the exact same face reaction 😂😂

[@kmjl93]

So I had no idea that Smoochum was that rare as a shiny encounter in the Odd Egg. I guess I got really lucky as a kid. I happened to get it again when the virtual consoles released and I still have Baba Yaga as a shiny Jynx today 😂

[@Shiny__Kitsune]

The dedication is real! 🙌

[@Emmiwinningben]

10:02 fun fact: the chance of this happening is 1 in 125,000 or about 0.0008%

[@Absently_Eggy]

Actually insane

[@Umbreon-ln7fe]

That math isn't mathing unfortunately. Chance of three successive 2% shiny encounters from a given start point: (1/50)^3 = 1/125,000 or 0.0008%

[@Emmiwinningben]

@@Umbreon-ln7fe wait I wrote it wrong let me fit it 💀

[@Emmiwinningben]

I’m not bad at math I’m bad at reading

[@beeraaaaad]

Everytime i think im out of the pokemon life.... i watch one of these vids and wanna jump straight back in. Damn it.

[@Anita-yx1gj]

I can’t believe that Balls caught all 100 shiny Johto Pokémon

[@recasting]

Should've started with Unova so that the other regions all felt easier afterwards

[@freequiet]

The second I saw you hit the Friend Safari I laughed, and then when you got irritated at Volbeat I laughed even harder. I caught six shiny Woobat in a Flying safari trying to get a SINGLE Pidgey. To this day I still cannot see Woobat without getting irritated. The FS is both generous and RAGE-INDUCING

[@Kwikpanik]

W vid, man. It was super cozy watching you hunt my favorite region of mons for so many weeks! Can't wait for more full odds gaming >:)

[@flavafee]

i started this video skeptical, but you turned me into a believer. truly well done, and i hope you were able to take a break after you met this incredible goal!

[@supremature]

BABE WAKE UP NEW BALLS VIDEO JUST DROPPED

[@michaelkowal3230]

The shiny celebi in the thumbnail just reminds me of the best pokemon spin-off: Mystery dungeon explorers of sky

[@anreisto777]

The shiny Johntent has been my absolute favorite videos of all time, keep up the legendary Johntent!!

[@techguypaul]

Great video as usual. And technically you were only at 21% odds for Celebi (since the odds are per game), which is pretty crazy.

[@nommads]

god i know people have said this already a million times but it still amazes me that the biggest media franchise in the world released a game in the condition that scarlet & violet was in and REMAINS in such a condition

[@Wurmze]

I can only assume (hope) that they figured it was better to use their resources on making gen 10 perfect than fixing up such as well selling game

[@patomorillas165]

@@Wurmze You can also assume that they don't care because games are selling extremely good, even if it's just sad how bad the game performance is

[@nemijs]

@@WurmzeDon’t be naive

[@anonanonymous9670]

Why would they care when people like him keep giving them lots of money?

[@Wurmze]

@@nemijsthey may be able to get away with another gen or two as bad as ScaVi, but the goodwill will run out eventually. It’s just logical that they’ll both want to prevent that, and put all their eggs in the basket of Generation 10 coming out for the 30th anniversary. They have the easiest money making marketing move being handed to them on a platter, it’s not naive to assume theyre likely to take advantage. ScaVi sold like hotcakes, why fix it when they could move on and make way more money? Money is the only thing that matters here

[@WattaDouzy]

“Shouldn’t take too long for a sunflora to show up!” *Hoppip proceeding to become the new chansey*

[@Phillips455]

Time to Plink.🎉

[@BigJackHorner1]

you're getting plonked tonight

[@austinsebastian7927]

Plink

[@CommanderWiggins]

Plink

[@wxndplumes]

Plink

[@Delphing985]

Plink

[@runawaydp]

Probs my favorite pokemon KZbinr out there rn. Always a fun watch even if it isn't the first time I've seen the concept

[@lothrix]

6:49 truly the most wild line to say :x

[@skipskylark9525]

that elekid finale was the craziest plot twist

[@SpectralArrow_]

this is insane how you manage to actually do this 😭

[@Delphing985]

real

[@AlexRodriguez-jt3wo]

It’s his job to

[@tcgtrainersAU]

You inspired us to do our very own PLA Shiny only challenge and my God did it take us forever, don't know how you stay so dedicated mate!!!

[@JimmyNeutron-v7p]

when this hits 500,000 likes you should do it in lets go johto because it should be out by then

[@shinyregicecool]

He didn’t even hit 500k views that like is not happening

[@JimmyNeutron-v7p]

@@shinyregicecool did i say it was, i just meant if it happens, why you gotta be so literal

[@shinyregicecool]

@@JimmyNeutron-v7p and I’m telling you it isn’t happening

[@JimmyNeutron-v7p]

@@shinyregicecool ok, great

[@KiraTheShinyHunter]

The let's go video was an inspiration to me to make some shiny catching content. That and this one are some of my favorite videos on youtube. Thanks john!!

[@KrazyPugz]

Shiny Umbreon, Shiny Umbreon, SHINY UMBREON!!!

[@crowpond3665]

39:29 absolutely killed me Fart boy I hope you’re proud

[@pageclayton6850]

I can't believe you're making a full shiny living dex. You've got balls, guess that's why they call you Balls

[@COLABOYXBEPIS]

Very impressive! As someone working on a shiny dex themself, this takes a lot of time and effort! Keep it up Johnstone! :D

[@ItzNiekoyo]

The girl I’m seeing got into Pokémon from GO and started playing my old games. Thought Zorua was really cute so I bred one for her on Black2 and got a shiny on the very first egg. Was my craziest gaming accomplishment, just wanted to share it lmao

[@lilaniloxi]

I'd assume the other generations would be a bit quicker considering the amount of dupes you've gotten of other generations pokemon Very fun video to watch! Excited to see which generation you'll do this for next :p

[@Celtics512]

I'm hype. Haven't watched it yet, but know it's gonna be a banger

[@bealtaine2373]

You're 100% right John, Sword and Shield are still the best 2 games for masuda hunting. Source: I'm a compulsive Masuda breeder and I maxed out my time played on my Sword file

[@JamesonsStuff]

RIP Johns remaning brain cells

[@claytonemoore]

The sprite for Chicorita IS great. Perfect even.

[@feliciasmoon3323]

Shiny Slowpoke is such a pain to shiny hunt in Scarlet and violet. I only have one that out of sheer luck had the rare mark. I was so paranoid after getting it due to the fact that I could come across another one without realising it .

[@AllegedlyHuman]

That's so cool though!

[@KayTheBee]

The ending was brilliant :D Congrats, that was a wild ride

[@goofygoober-io4qm]

A new balls vid can't wait to watch

[@daintyfoal1981]

Watching the celebi hunt for the second time, as i was there when the onion was caught, it never gets old, john, this is amazing

[@EmpireGamingWynter]

Celebi was a nightmare. Getting Celebi in Crystal is one of my proudest shiny hunting moment, followed by a Pokemon Silver Lugia :)

[@iike9498]

Hey Johnstone things have been petty rough for me recently but just seeing this notification alone made me feel a bit better thank you so much for all the joy you bring to the pikemon community.

[@heysapph]

MAX PLINKING

[@Kongumon]

Lugia in 3DS Crystal was the first legendary Pokemon I shiny hunted, so it will always be special to me.

[@TheTitaniumSamurott]

Certified banger (haven't watched yet)

[@zacharyreed6812]

“Do your worst” WAIT I DIDNT MEAN THAT😂😂

[@illogicalGhost]

wait, how did he get all the pokemon to sit at 13:37? genuine question lol

[@evinred4993]

If you wait long enough they will fall asleep or sit down

[@mariokarter13]

When you think about it, shiny locks on legendaries makes perfect sense from a gameplay perspective. It's not fun resetting your game thousands of times at the climax.

[@thsand5032]

The only shiny legendary i ever failed was a lugia in oras. 20 pp is brutal.

[@VixstraLarge]

My first was a shiny Mewtwo in Ultra Sun, where I knocked it out by accident with my Zoroark

[@vfranceschini]

Nice vid! My cartridges had run out of battery like 2 years ago, and I remember how fun it was recatching everything on real hardware xD luckily stadium g/s can speed up things

[@PlacestobeVG]

I don't get how you can be so darn cute

[@ShuOnMobile]

Umm

[@synniestar]

john youre literally gonna make me start a shiny living dex at this rate and thats just not on 😭 great vid as always, i always love seeing how you choose to tackle each hunt!

[@scottcameron174]

John & Matt's friendship is so wholesome!

[@_DewGaming]

10:55 "I made a new rule that any shiny I needed for my pokedex had to be from its original generation that it was introduced" Only goes back to Gen 2 two more times after saying this.

[@pikasnoop6552]

I assume he meant that Sneasle did not count as it was the hisuian form, and the combee did not count towards a future gen 4 grind.

[@_DewGaming]

@@pikasnoop6552 I guess meant that for any "I caught every Generation X pokemon", the only pokemon included in that list are pokemon introduced in Generation X. If so, then how he worded doesn't really get that across well.

[@Legendfish1111]

He ment regional forms

[@StepBaum]

"Why did I have to work so hard to work so little" could be describing life itself lmao. Awesome video! Loved the incorporation of different methods

[@benkrajniak9584]

3 views in a minute? Bro fell off

[@Danrole237]

Dead meme bro fell off

[@sandpaper23]

8 views in 9 months? bro fell off

[@leafgreen20cruz]

Why that matter

[@ozzyashton1746]

*how is this type of comment still popular?*

[@Mojaveknight17]

Be original not lame 😢

[@Adora_Art]

The chain fishing is easier when you close your eyes and listen to when you get something

[@khoaker]

The Sunflora... hahah Becomes a mass outbreak as soon as you caught the shiny

[@sebastiandelorey6562]

Gen 2 has some of my favorite Pokémon and it was so awesome to see so many methods used to acquire these shines!!

[@xianyongkek2758]

The Watchmojo top 10 killed me xD and July 25th is Johnstone day

[@AkaneSasuSora]

Johnstone has an energy that I can only describe as "relentlessly positive." Love ur vids man 🙏✨