I hunted these Pokemon Game Freak FORGOT TO SHINY LOCK!

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Shiny Locking has to be one of the WORST things Game Freak added to the series. What started all the way back in Pokemon Black and White with only 3 shiny locks, it has become more and more excessive as the series has gone on.
But today, I am shiny hunting these 3 Pokemon that it seems Game Freak FORGOT TO SHINY LOCK!
This was such an interesting and unique shiny hunt I have always wanted to try! If you enjoy these shiny hunting videos, let me know by leaving a LIKE on the video and SUBSCRIBING to the channel!

[@ThedomiNATION]

What is the wackiest shiny hunt you have done? and how many encounters did it take you?

[@JamesKay-fi3sm]

shiny chimchar on bdsp as starter at start btw i got it on the wrong account the Srs where 18,096 and 1600 and somethin is quadruple odds 😭

[@JamesKay-fi3sm]

plz name the vulpix kurama link mode or just kurama plzzzzz

[@pokemonfreak6669]

I did the shiny gift Pokémon in Crystal. Kenya the Spearow and Shuckie the Shucke. To be honest, out of the 10 years I've spent shiny hunting, I've never counted encounters, lol

[@ThedomiNATION]

@@JamesKay-fi3sm that’s brutal! Especially for how slow of a hunt that is!

[@ThedomiNATION]

@@pokemonfreak6669 those are cool hunts! I would crazy if I never counted encounters as I would assume I’m farther in than I actually am!

[@DrChili1428]

Shiny locking is by far my least favorite design choice in all of gaming.

[@ThedomiNATION]

Like we literally PAID for your game why do you have to control exactly how we enjoy it? Especially because shiny hunting doesn’t even require cheating! It’s a game mechanic they put in! I could rant about it all day lol

[@allenparker2113]

@@ThedomiNATIONalso it kills hundreds hours of playtime

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@ThedomiNATIONat least there’s no microtransactions

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@ThedomiNATIONPokémon and Nintendo are very type A

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@allenparker2113maybe they see shiny hunting legendaries as a waste of time because you miss out on their carefully crafted story and lore that they want people to experience And in their minds they’re like FINISH THE DAMN GAME Kind of like U know how when ur siblings are gaming and there is a cool story event coming up and ur sibling is just goofing off in the game And ur like STOP GOOFIN AROUND AND GET TO THE GOOD PART ALREADY It’s like that Shiny locking is a form of backseat gaming

[@pokemonfreak6669]

As a person who spends almost 100 percent of my free time shiny hunting, I hate shiny locks. Let me reset for shinies dammit.

[@ThedomiNATION]

If we want to spend hundreds of hours going for different colored digital creatures WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO!

[@thelanktheist2626]

That’s why USUM is peak

[@mira55x-planetnalzena15]

@@thelanktheist2626 gen 6 is rather decent to shiny hunt as well imo besides Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza and all XY available mons, there's still quite a ton of mons to go for with plenty of methods to choose from! ^^

[@mem6903]

@@thelanktheist2626 Correct, even back at March I found a random shiny Alolan Diglett with the shiny charm! It was really unexpected!

[@GoblinDave152]

Bruh during my playthrough of Pokemon Sword I accidentally found a full-odds shiny Sizzlipede in this gym 💀💀💀

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s crazy! I’m jealous lol

[@Planetmango48]

Wow.

[@DudleyPittman]

A cool way to commemorate this challenge through nicknames could be to name them after fire-type gym leaders: Blaine, Flannery, Chili, Kabu.

[@lun4rsystem]

or elite four members!!! even though there's only three, flint malva and crispin

[@Sailor-Khione]

Wait someone remembers chili?

[@budew_plushie]

in my opinion, the only good "shiny lock" is in the wild area which prevents you from finding an uncatchable shiny since you can't catch mons of certain levels. but overall it sucks lol. but this hunt is awesome!

[@ThedomiNATION]

Yeah I’d be fine if they locked uncatchable shinies but at the same time, for those who find the uncatchable shinies, it’s something they will for sure never forget! 😂

[@amandamakin1542]

The uncatchable Poochyena is apparently shinylocked in ORAS

[@Tofu_The_Opossum]

I failed a shiny in Omega Ruby because i didn’t have pokeballs so I couldn’t catch it 😭

[@vxughan]

I found a uncatchable shiny starly in BDSP , i hate starly now

[@dicedmeat7857]

@@amandamakin1542But yet they decided to not do that with bdsp, I find it so silly

[@xiongray]

Hate shiny locked. Imagine if someone just wanted a shiny only to find out after 20,000+ encounters that it's impossible, it's a time sink you'll never get back.

[@ThedomiNATION]

Yeah honestly. I usually do some research before I start a shiny hunt just in case but I’ve had so many people tell me they were resetting for a shiny that was locked

[@TheMemerWeebster]

I’m currently shiny hunting the latios that you get during the story of oras (not the eon ticket). I’m genuinely surprised it isn’t shiny locked and another instance that they probably forgot to shiny lock it (Yes double checked it’s not locked, even saw videos of people get it) but hey I will take it. Wish me luck have to suffer through three minutes of cutscenes and a battle to even check it’s shiny 🗿

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

wait you mean the lati twins in oras that you get with steven is not locked? the one you get when you beat your dad and use surf and you and steven see one of the latis calling you for help and you help the other lati? that one isn't locked?

[@TheMemerWeebster]

@@somechupacabrawithinternet8866 yes it’s not shiny locked surprisingly

[@ThedomiNATION]

Yeah I always just assumed it was locked until like a year ago when I someone told me it wasn’t! Such a tough hunt though I wish you the best of luck!

[@totalswaggg5447]

I'm doing Latios with Eon ticket, I'm with you on that pain, i already failed once

[@themastermaggwheelss8603]

@@totalswaggg5447I got mine in 2021 it took me a few years hunting on and off

[@proskstrikes8014]

Oh hey! I actually guessed the shiny Sizzlipede’s nature and Litwick’s natures!!

[@Kbraidzz]

So glad I found your channel! I have this trio on my bingo card; congrats on the shinies!

[@madnessarcade7447]

I assume they shinylocked because they were annoyed And were like OMG DONT WORRY ABOUT THAT JUST FINISH THE DAMN GAME ALREADY don’t miss out on our cool story That’s one theory anyway Also they want shinies to be saved for something more special like events

[@ThedomiNATION]

There’s tons of theories and potential reasons as to why they shiny lock stuff. That reason you gave is the main theory for why they shiny lock starters now actually. But imo there’s never gonna be an actual valid reason to shiny lock stuff. The games would just be better if nothing was locked

[@infernape100]

they should have like, a NG+ option where your boxed pokemon are locked until you beat the game again, but since you already beat the game you can shiny hunt starters...or something. Idk, just let us hunt shinies@@ThedomiNATION

[@animeloveer97]

its not their buisness what i decide to do in my free time though lol. ill shiny hunt until my hands fall off if i want xD

[@kleislikes1589]

Didn't expect the drawings at the end. They look really good! You nailed the art style too!

[@ThedomiNATION]

Thank you!

[@Luquinho23]

Whenever your videos pop up on my feed page I feel so proud of how much you've grown! I still remember seeing you reach 5k subs and getting a shiny clone from you on my 3ds. It's truly inspiring to see the amount of effort you've poured into this channel. Sorry if this comes off as cheesy or something, just wanted to send positive vibes :)

[@ThedomiNATION]

Oh my gosh an OG! Nice to hear from you again Luquinho! (Unless of course you’ve commented before recently and I didn’t realize it was you 😅)

[@-abby-4808]

Oo this set of hunts is really cool, congrats!! That Eldegoss hunt is tempting to try but after a definitely over odds bdsp Arceus I'm gonna stick to mark hunting lol- Got the rare mark on a shiny Trumbeak of all things if that counts as wacky

[@ThedomiNATION]

Yeah it’s tough to do multiple reset hunts in a row especially when you go over odds!

[@Nitschke16]

I’ve never seen this posted anywhere before, but you mentioned using casual controls and that reminded me of this great tip. While using the bike with casual controls, you travel slightly faster when using the right joystick to move, it is a very small difference but if you are egg hatching I’m sure that it’s a small time save over thousands of eggs. Seriously go try it out!

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s crazy! I never knew that!

[@user-hq1iu8bd1n]

Underated video idea! not many know that you even catch pokemon in this gym letalone that they can be shiny. Congrats to you man!

[@Lady_Lavandula]

The morgrem that jumps from the ledge in the Glimwood Tangle was shiny for me. I was spooked two times over and it was amazing. I’m so glad it’s not shiny locked because that is such a fun memory!

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats! I actually hunted for that one! Such a cool shiny to find!

[@Lady_Lavandula]

@@ThedomiNATION awesome! I remember just being stunned and being like “What is wrong with you? Why are you BLUE?!“ 😂

[@lucideirune1635]

The reason why I believe TPC is shiny locking the legendary Pokémon in MSG is bc they want players to pay to raid them or do exclusive quests for them in Pokemon Go. Outside of Japan, shiny Mew and Genesect are Go exclusive and Melton and Melmetal are also Go exclusive. Victini will probably be released at the in person event in Go next February.

[@ThedomiNATION]

I feel you may be right about that 😔

[@TheMadSnorlax]

No wayyyyyyy I missed you finally get Litwick huge congrats!!

[@ThedomiNATION]

I got it off stream! But it’s here now! 😂

[@TheMadSnorlax]

@@ThedomiNATION Okay I feel slightly better then haha! Huge congrats man what a grind!

[@acetar574]

Congrats for the trio, especially Litwick! As for Vulpix's nickname, I suggest Foxfire. It has a double meaning, as for English speakers it apparently means the bioluminescent glow that some fungi produce. In Finnish aurora borealis is called revontulet, which means literally fox's fire.

[@gabrielgendron4745]

Thank you to do this hunt. I'm shining hunting for Sizzlipede in the gym.

[@ThedomiNATION]

Good luck!

[@gabrielgendron4745]

Update: I got a shiny litwick.

[@ThedomiNATION]

@@gabrielgendron4745 congrats!

[@AmzorcenEX]

funny enough i got a full odds shiny on my first shield playthrough. it was a vulpix. very cool

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats!!!

[@Matt-G90]

I started a second play through of Sword recently and heard this was possible so thought I might do the hunt myself, but as I was going through my first attempt I really questioned if I had the motivation for the long haul of checks without the charm, but as luck would have it on only my third shiny check I got the Sizzli, which is now one of the favourite shint Pokemon I own!

[@ThedomiNATION]

See full odds isn’t that scary! (Just pay no attention to the litwick I got that was an outlier) Congrats on the Sizzlipede!

[@Matt-G90]

@@ThedomiNATION fair play to you for committing to it, at 3 checks I thought I would quit while I was ahead and I'm happy to watch you do this kind of thing from yourself, incredible stamina to keep it up!

[@brunette3cookie]

I tried SOS hunting for a female shiny Saladit. It took several days but when running around to find the first one to chain, full odds shiny Fletchling, go figure. I did eventually get it, after passing over a shiny male.

[@Pixilm8]

Awesome video dude!! i'm happy to the adressed the mic peaking as i was gonna comment it at the start if the video but never mind lol congrats on the shinies!

[@yourpalsomeguy]

hey domination! love the video, i had no idea you could hunt these lol. pls call shiny vulpix OR shiny litwick "Yokai" i really like the name for either since the shiny ninetales looks spooky and litwick is literally a ghost! also "Calcifer" is the fire demon that fuels howls moving castle from that studio ghibli film, and i think that also is good for litwick. i cant get eater of worlds from terraria out of my head for sizzlipede 😆

[@leadingdemon0]

This video was awesome and as a shiny hunter myself I just recently finished getting all of gen 1 minus the birds mewtwo and mew shiny and gen 2 minus Lugia these hunts are awesome to do I also own over 500 unique shinys and close to 1000 with duplicates

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s a great collection! Congrats! 💪

[@EthxnRL]

Wisper for the Ninetales? Like a fire wisp and cuz its ghostly coloured so wisp of a ghost too

[@tdl1996]

Yo! You’re tier list of how hard it is to hunt shiny pokemon just came up on my feed! Loved it but I had a question maybe you can help me answer! I’m currently at 12.5k resets on Unown ! & ? In BDSP and I heard you mention that those two were harder than others because of number values and stuff. Do you have any idea if that applies to BDSP? And was wondering if you could help me understand what you meant a little more

[@ThedomiNATION]

It does not apply to BDSP. I said they were harder because there’s usually something that needs to be done in order to even find unown ! And ? And usually they are just more rare forms than the rest. The only games that shiny odds vary between unown forms is fire red and leaf green. Along with the gen 2 games only having shiny unown I and V be possible. Every other game the unown shiny rates are all the same across each other. BDSP is one of the games where they aren’t too hard to get because you get the specific room that only has them! You just need to catch all the other letters beforehand to unlock that room!

[@Weebchi]

This Eldegoss was my first shiny in sword and shield. Run into it in my playthrough and was like "wait. Isn't it green? OMG SPARKLES ITS SHINY" 😂

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s awesome! Congrats!

[@mem6903]

@@ThedomiNATION My first shiny in Pokemon Sword and Shield was a shiny Rookidee and found it at 109 encounters using the brilliant method(becuase it's the best method without the shiny charm for me lol). It is now a Corvinight that is able to Gigantamax! So I suggest you to find Shiny Rookidee using that method instead of that Corvisquire that is for some reason shiny locked... 😄

[@user-hq1iu8bd1n]

You should name the sizzlepeed trigon. There's a kind of blue centipede that has a scientific name of Ethmostigmus trigonopodus and i think its just a cool name! Love the vids!

[@Swpht]

The mic does sound a lot better in the sizzlipede clip. With how much the audio changes when you move, to get the ideal sound it might be useful to try moving it around rather than playing with more filters. Either way, great videos and enjoying the improved quality all around

[@ThedomiNATION]

Yep! I have pretty much the settings I want now that I used in the litwick clip! I just need to remember to have my mic farther away from my mouth because before I had to be really close so it’s a lot to get used to! (I also have to figure out how I can have my elgato displayed twice for the dual hunt while only having audio for one of them as I didn’t realize there was loud game audio for the dual layout until I started editing)

[@TheCottonCandie]

cute little unexpected surprise with the art at the end! i don't know how hard it would be for you to do, but you should probably have the shiny varients of those pokemon in that style. after all, you didn't spend those hours hunting them for a non-shiny to represent them, lol

[@ThedomiNATION]

Have you seen the thumbnail?????

[@TheCottonCandie]

@@ThedomiNATION oh. Yeah ok I’m blind it’s fine ignore me lmao.

[@Jake7254]

Currently hunting sizllipede through eggs so great job on the shiny finds

[@ThedomiNATION]

Thanks! And good luck on yours!

[@abyssalkingdra4752]

Here's a nickname suggestion you've probably never gotten: name the vulpix/ninetails "Api Biru". It's a name for blue lava. The blue color is caused by sulfur mixing with the lava. It's from a volcano in Indonesia.

[@MegaGooback]

The first shiny I caught in shield was in the first gym, it was Sizzlepede I was not expecting it he has a special place in my heart.

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats!!

[@omegav1252]

The first thing that pops in my head for Vulpix and ninetails is Kyubbimon since both are kitsune Just recently hunted Xerneas in ultra sun got it in only 578 SR

[@beanmaster7820]

lol on my first play through, I randomly got a shiny Sizzlipede in the Motostoke gym. Was the first time I had seen it I think too, so I had to double check and see if it was shiny.

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats!

[@SoftwareLearningify]

did ya catch it or did the npc kill it? if you caught it you better have used it in your playthrough

[@antoniovergotti1895]

im ok with shiny locking but just for the pokemon that there are just 1 like legendaries and most mytics but i think they should put a option where you can find em like "hey all pokemon can be shiny but these cant so we created the shiny version... now go trough an immense labirinth just to find 1" that way would be cool (the location and the maze would be randomized every time and you would be able to only see the path you are in)

[@user-je2de1ev7u]

You should name the Vulipx Asteria cause its based on a kitusune and I think asteria is the name of a mythical fox (Congrats on the shines!)

[@greencharisard1444]

I did this hunt in my prof oak challenge! I got Sizzlipede in about 200 encounters and I'm very glad I did cuz I'm not the most patient for full odds hunts XD

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s awesome! And I thought 1366 was fast!

[@reinegispen7108]

I actually randomly encountered a shiny litwick in the motostoke gym on my second playthrough of pokemon shield!

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats!

[@finnshavocado3031]

I did a swsh nuzlocke at one point (maybe december 2020?) and just randomly got a shiny Sizzlipede just doing that challenge normally LOL. I was so shocked!!! I didn’t even know they could be shiny!

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s crazy!

[@Libra-_-]

It’s always so nice when you watch a new KZbinr and they don’t have an annoying voice thank you!

[@otherbridge]

I actually was playing through sword a second time and got the shiny litwick during the fire challenge, I was so surprised

[@ThedomiNATION]

I’m jealous lol congrats!

[@kittycatastrophe09]

Guinevere for the ninetails! My male one is named Lancelot!

[@Foxrader11]

Tsubaki, A name for vulpix. She's a witch from an anime called inuyasha LOL

[@unbreakablelag]

Fun fact, shiny locking was actually introduced in gen 3 on the GameCube title Pokemon Colosseum. What’s more, all the pokemon in the game were supposed to be locked, but due to a bug the shadow Pokemon can be caught as shiny. Funny enough this situation was reversed in the game’s sequel XD Gale of Darkness.

[@ThedomiNATION]

I feel like that’s more of an instance of a regular trainer battle which shouldn’t be able to have shinies, simply being programmed incorrectly because of the fact that you can catch their Pokémon as opposed to an actual shiny lock. It would be kinda like saying shiny locks have been a thing since the beginning as all trainers Pokémon are shiny locked

[@proskstrikes8014]

Dude you should name the Sizzlipede “Pseudo shiny charm” or “Pseudo shc” or something among those lines, That was insane!!

[@kotimber6513]

My first full odds shiny in sword was the litwick in the fire gym, without a doubt the most shocking random shiny I ever caught.

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s awesome! Congrats!

[@crispyjokingtuna1495]

Sizzlipede strikes me as a Larry for some reason For the vulpix (future ninetails) I think Naori would be a good name.

[@gabrielletorres9885]

“I took a screenshot at the wrong game lets gooo”

[@R0CK5TARZ]

if you end up turning the vulpix into a ninetails, Shinetails is a funny name, if not, then Spiltendz is also an idea which works for either.

[@darthfastball1150]

just realized this gym challenge was to teach players how to target opponents and allies in double battles… with the prominent double battle gym is Raihan’s which is also in Motostoke gym

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s a good theory! Although Raihan is the hammerlocke gym leader

[@darthfastball1150]

@@ThedomiNATION OH you’re right, they’re both at the ends of the Wild Area in that game so I must have conflated them

[@fisxhl]

i managed to save a clip of me finding a full odds shiny morgem in the area leading to the fairy gym!! it was so surreal and i still have it to this day! i kept editing this cause i forgot exactly where lol! it was the morgem static encounter where it is just chilling on some rocks

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats!

[@kehyliemitzuhara3959]

My longest hunt was with Yveltal in Pokémon Ultra Moon with over 4200 SRs but I also got it. Then after that I had hunted Kyogre and got it after 10 SRs and then I did Mewtwo and got it after 10 minutes after Kyogre and all in Ultra Moon. So that means 3 shiny Pokémon in one day. But I sat with Yveltal for over a week. And what was also crazy was a random shiny joltik in the sword and shield. I hadn't seen the little joltik in the grass and I accidentally walked in and it was the first joltik and it was Shiny. I just said when I saw it, "Wait, the eyes look strange...Is it shiny?" and exactly at that moment the shiny animation showed and I half freaked out because I had already gotten a shiny rook idea at the very beginning of the game after 162 SRs.

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s some crazy luck! Congrats!

[@jenspoketalk-ob8kb]

I think a good nickname for the Shiny Vulpix or future Shiny Ninetales could be Silver. Because to me, Shiny Ninetales reminds me of a silver colored flame or fire. 😊

[@earthyeve8552]

"Blue lava, also known as Api Biru, and simply referred to as blue fire or sulfur fire, is a phenomenon that occurs when sulfur burns. It is an electric-blue flame that has the illusory appearance of lava." For ninetails if you evolve it. I recomend Ari biru bc it sounds cooler.

[@earthyeve8552]

pog

[@NootandBoots]

Name suggestions Blazeful for vulpix (if kept a vulpix) Spirit for vulpix (if evolved to ninetales)

[@Orbulon59]

Use the Vulpix Name Embra, Sizzilpede Skortcher, and Litwick Candgirl

[@ismaelswaggie5564]

First off, great finds you got in the gym. And second, I agree, the Shiny Lock sucks. Scarlet and Violet locking all the Bosses, Gimmighoul, and Gift Pokemon is bad enough. But locking all the past legendaries in the DLC is Xrta Bad. Also just like the games, they're bugged and don't have the 3 random 31 IVs they usually get. If it weren't for the Story, Boss Battles, and Shiny Mark hunting the Starters and Alola Forms, Sword and Shield's DLC would be (and even then maybe is) a better value. Not to mention being 5 dollars cheaper and way less buggy.

[@ThedomiNATION]

I’ve gotten way more use out of sword and shields dlc so I would say it was way better value. To this day people are still hunting for the legendaries in dynamax adventures! Scarlet and violet was just spend a few hours on the story and that’s it…

[@HelloIPlayPokemon]

Shiny locking actually started in gen 3 with XD gale of darkness

[@ThedomiNATION]

If you’re referring to the shadows, that’s not really shiny locking. In colosseum, there was an oversight that caused the shadows to have a chance to be shiny upon catching them which got fixed in XD. It would be like saying shiny locking started in gen 2 because the trainers Pokémon can’t be shiny. Everything that isn’t a trainers Pokémon can be shiny in XD like the poke spots, gift Pokémon, and npc trades!

[@HelloIPlayPokemon]

@@ThedomiNATION can't argue with that

[@tab_i]

The Dedication bro❤❤❤

[@papyrusthegreat457]

Closest I’ve had to a unique shiny hunt was when I hunted Hisuian basculin. Those things run away so fast… I’ve never successfully done a soft reset hunt. If I do, I’m thinking I’ll do it for an ultra beast like Buzzwole.

[@ThedomiNATION]

I’m worried if I ever hunt the basculin as I can never even catch the regular ones 😭 Buzzwole would be a great first reset hunt to do!

[@dailydoseofextra]

I actually got a shiny Litwick from the motostoke gym. Scariest catch of my life

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats!!

[@thornyland3991]

well done sad to see such bad luck getting that litwick

[@ThedomiNATION]

Hopefully I never go that far again but I said that same thing when I got caterpie after 37000 the shortly after I got shuppet at 54000 😭

[@inthedrought2545]

A good name for Vulpix would be Volpina it’s a mix of vixen and small fox in Italian. Or Kitsune it’s the trickster fox yokai spirit

[@SoftwareLearningify]

if you are planing to evolve it, name it willow, it sounds like will-O-wisp and willow trees are a somewhat similar color to shiny ninetales, also if you burn wood it becomes charcoal and it fits for a shiny ninetales a ton

[@unastefansen1118]

The name for the Vulpix could be Hana which means flower in japanese

[@Skyfish93]

No. He's not exaggerating when he says this, ya'll. I just googled the list and here's the details: Shiny Locked; Galar: Galar Starters Leon's Charmander (Post-Game Reward) Type: Null (Battle Tower Reward) Daycare Toxel G-Max Pikachu and Eevee (Save File Rewards) Zacian and Zamazenta Eternatus Isle of Armor: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Kubfu, and Porygon (Isle of Armor Dojo Rewards) Fields of Honor Gifts (Rewards for finding all Alolan Diglett) Crown Tundra: Keldeo (Unite the Swords of Justice and cook a meal) Cosmog and Poipole (Dynamax Adventures Rewards) Galarian Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno Calyrex, Glastrier, and Spectrier But sure, some random Fire Types in a gym challenge are not Shiny Locked. P-P

[@midnitejoe3686]

You Could go Andromeda for the Ninetales when you eventually evo it I’ll let you use the nickname idea if you feel like it

[@ShadowJCreed]

The shiny locks in SwSh are very dumb and weird in a lot of the cases, like that Corvisquire you mentioned. But they didn't shiny lock both of the new Regis and the two Mushroom Impidimps in the Glimwood tangle. Since they are both static encounter hunts the shiny charm doesn't work for either hunt and they're more commonly star

[@ThedomiNATION]

I actually did the impidimp hunt! It was a cool hunt to do as well I have video of it on my channel! Tbh I think the only reason they didn’t lock the new regis was because they had the other regis huntable, and I think the only reason they had the other regis huntable was because they had all the other returning legendaries huntable in the dynamax adventures. So it would’ve been weird if they locked just the Regis as the returning legendaries and it would’ve been equally as weird to lock only the new regis when the older ones were huntable Honestly my brain hurts trying to explain that theory but it would all just be so much better if everything was huntable like gen 4 and earlier!

[@ShadowJCreed]

@@ThedomiNATION I honestly do agree, if it's able to be encountered it would be great to shiny hunt them. People wanted it in Indigo Disk and they not only shiny locked them but also messed up the 3 IV guaranteed thing for them that's been standard since Gen 6, so less motivation to even catch them for me. Also I'll probably check out that Impidimp video, I recently did hunt for Regieleki and have been going for Regidrago on an alt and hoping to get it soon. Another SwSh hunt I'd recommend if you haven't done it is for Carkoal, in Galar Mine 1, save at the front of the track where it spawns, and then just close and open the game one will spawn directly under your feet with each reset and it honestly was a fun hunt when I did that one

[@ThedomiNATION]

@@ShadowJCreed good luck on regidrago! And yeah that Carkol hunt is something I definitely want to do one day!

[@leafplays5990]

1:15 This is actually where I got a shiny Sizzlipede on my first playthrough! I think it was my first shiny of the game

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s awesome! Congrats!

[@dragondude7107]

The gym trainers: “wow this guy is really bad at this gym challenge”

[@ThedomiNATION]

They watched me run back and forth for 2 months 🤣

[@MyNameJS]

My first shiny was a sizzlipede from the fire gym.

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s crazy! Congrats!

[@MyNameJS]

@@ThedomiNATION TY!

[@yShu7_]

plans for the gen 7 living dex vídeo?

[@ThedomiNATION]

Yeah the plan is to make it like the rest of them then move onto gen 8 then gen 9. I know crazy stuff

[@awexstudio]

Imo the shiny vulpix should be called liath (gray in irish) if it gets evolved into ninetails

[@SpiderRiderKya]

Huh, TIL that the gym pokemon aren't shiny locked. I hadn't even considered before if they could or not, but that's cool.

[@haidenoneill]

The first time I play sword and I randomly got a shiny valpix In the motostock gym I was soo confused I thought they were shiny locked

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s awesome!

[@random_art-socool]

Names: Vulpix: Goldy, or gold Ninetales: Smog Sizzlipede: Ruby Litwick: Lumos (like the light spell from harry potter)

[@matthewmoss50]

My shiny ninetails is called Tamamo like tamamo no mae the ninetail fox sealed away until 2022

[@epifanioortiz9914]

I got a random shiny Vulpix in the same gym you're at

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s awesome!

[@TheOneTrueDuck]

never forget the squakabilly on your house gamefreak shinylocked

[@ThedomiNATION]

When it was originally huntable 😫

[@dannydez10]

0:48 my friend killed it and it was shiny 💀 They didn’t know at the time and I still remind them all the time 😂

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s crazy!

[@aangairbender246]

Fun story: I thought they had forgotten to shiny lock story encounters in Sword/Shield because on my first play through I actually DID get the shiny Eldegoss! Should have googled sooner, I got around 2250 resets on eternity’s before I finally searched it. What an idiot I was to hope they had overlooked/decided not to shiny lock 😭😭

[@aangairbender246]

Eternatus*

[@ThedomiNATION]

Oh no! At least you got the eldegoss though!

[@Billygaming1447]

You should name your sizzlipid Scourge

[@SkullzEspeon]

Hopefully they don't shiny lock the starters in the new games. But with their current track record 😅, I have a feeling they might. Also, funny story. Back when x and y first came out. I spent almost a week shiny hunting for yveltal 😅. ( Congrats on the shinys btw )

[@ThedomiNATION]

Oh no! I had a similar experience where I did 18,000 resets for shiny groudon in Ruby with a dead battery and I thought it was weird I was going so far so I looked into it and yeah it was essentially impossible for me to reset for shiny groudon with a dead battery because of the way the rng works 😭

[@SkullzEspeon]

@@ThedomiNATION omg 😭😭😭, I would have been so upset. I thought it was still possible even with the battery though?? 🤔, I could swear I got my mudkip and Kyogre with one.

[@ThedomiNATION]

@@SkullzEspeon there are ways around it. You can reset for mudkip still but you need to restart your save file every 50 resets or so. There isn’t any good way to reset for groudon with a dead battery unless you have an early shiny frame

[@SkullzEspeon]

@@ThedomiNATION oooooh I see, I probably got insanely lucky with that mudkip then. I'm pretty sure it was only 3 days of hunting. As for the Kyogre..... Lmao, it took me about a year 😂😂. I loved/hated how long it took.

[@Nukebomb70]

You could name the Vulpix Foxsune, the Sizzlipede Bacon, and the Litwick Wisp.

[@Garrett_Ze_Gamer]

Somehow my sister that does not shiny hunt got a shiny vulpix this was during the gym trial on her first try and that made me so jealous

[@ThedomiNATION]

That’s crazy! I’m glad you didn’t say litwick 🤣

[@Sailor-Khione]

I remember when i learned about this and got so angry. I assumed the gym Pokemon where shiny locked. And no wonder i never saw that eldegloss again but how is that not shiny locked?

[@ThedomiNATION]

At least you can just make a new switch profile and hunt them in a new save!

[@DoBE-kq5uo]

I never really did a shiny hunt but i did outbreaks

[@Baslisk05]

Maybe it’s just me, but I would recommend going back to older generations that need Pokemon bank to transfer, and catch all the Pokemon again, since Legends ZA and further generations with probably have regional forms and evolutions.

[@ThedomiNATION]

That sounds complete unreasonable and ridiculous lol. I’m not gonna catch every single Pokémon multiple times just in case they might get something new in the future. I’ll only go back and catch older Pokémon if they are confirmed to get something new in the future

[@moonthevaporeon5113]

This means i can shiny hunt Vulpix! I have story for this. On the wii there was the game pokemon rumble, which is a game around toy pokemon. I was playing on the demo, which we had a LOT of demos on it. That one chill game that u balance things above a bowl of water, LIT, and that game. I encountered a shiny Vulpix! Now my first main series pokemon game was soul silver and first pokemon game in general is explorers of darkness, which both has 1 garenteed shiny. Celebi and Gyrados. So i knew pretty well what shinies were, and i was successful in recruiting this toy golden fox! I played with this Vulpix more than the rattata u start with or the others. However the problem? *It was a DEMO*. I tried what i could, but i was unable to save it. It was lost to time after logging off. That haunts me every time i think of shiny pokemon. Recently i have thought about finally shiny hunting Vulpix, to fill the fox-shaped hole in my heart. I am glad this vid appeared in my recommendation, not to mention the switch repair kit was ordered so i will soon be able to find my old friend!

[@ThedomiNATION]

Good luck! I LOVE Pokémon Rumble! There’s actually a shiny hunting event called Rumble Weekend, where a lot of shiny hunters all hunt in Pokémon rumble! I actually have a few videos of my experience on my channel!

[@moonthevaporeon5113]

@@ThedomiNATION sounds fun will check that out. Will take a few days for the kit to arrive anyway, but that is big hope for my switch to be repaired. Trust me that thing has sentimental value to me

[@ThedomiNATION]

@@moonthevaporeon5113 I hope you can get it fixed!

[@moonthevaporeon5113]

@@ThedomiNATION oh i will! I know it is a issue with the screen, which shouldn't be too hard to fix!

[@bmeier1984]

I randomly got the shiny vulpix in my game.

[@ThedomiNATION]

Congrats!

[@makinyoumad9498]

Fun fact the squawkabilly's on top of the main house in SV aren't shiny locked

[@ThedomiNATION]

They are only huntable in version 1.0.0. These are one of the few shinies that they actually shiny locked in an update. So most versions they’re actually shiny locked

[@giemethenight1001]

Nickname suggestions: Fireside for Vulpix, Skillet for Sizzlipede, and Waxie for Litwick :)

[@reachon7396]

Fun fact i am probably the first person to shiny hunt all 3 of these gym pokemon in one save file. It was mainly an accident as I was only hunting for sizzlipede but got it last. I did this back within a year of games release.

[@bloodiamondeyes]

Least favorite shiny locked games were Pokemon colosseum and Pokemon XD gale of darkness.

[@ThedomiNATION]

Those aren’t shiny locked though. Colosseum there’s just no wild Pokémon but there is a coding error that allows you to shiny hunt the shadows. XD they fixed the bug with the shadows unfortunately but you can shiny hunt the pokespot Pokémon, your starter eevee, the johto starters at the end of mt battle, and the npc trade Pokémon

[@juliarichter8161]

Fun fact my first ever shiny was the pokemon (i forgor the name) that you can only encounter once on the bridge

[@ThedomiNATION]

The eldegoss! That’s awesome I definitely want to hunt that some day!

[@olimor1]

I actually got a shiny litwick when doing the fire trail I very quickly knocked out the partner so he wouldn’t knock out the Litwick

[@ThedomiNATION]

Nice! Yeah I was worried about the other trainers Pokémon so I caught pancham and sent them to my save with a ton of exp candies and leveled them up to 100 so I wouldn’t have to worry about them lol