I Used the Pokeradar for 100 Hours in Pokemon Platinum

In Pokemon Platinum, the Pokeradar is by far the most confusing shiny hunting method in the franchise... but if you know how to use it, you can catch an absurd amount of shinies. I spent 100 hours using the Pokeradar in Pokemon Platinum to see how easy you can master it. This video took a lot of time and effort to put together, so I'd really appreciate it if you shared this with a friend. If you have any suggestions for the next video, leave it in the comments below! Have a great day :)
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0:00 - Intro
1:05 - 10 Hours
10:08 - 20 Hours
14:58 - 30 Hours
18:43 - 40 Hours
23:09 - 50 Hours
27:08 - 60 Hours
31:25 - 70 Hours
34:26 - 80 Hours
37:42 - 90 and 100 Hours

[@JohnstoneYT]

Thanks for watching the video! For the entirety of next month I'll be streaming to get all the medals in Pokemon Black 2, so if you're interested in that, follow me on Twitch!

[@Theauu]

"For the entirety of next month" means you'll stream for 3 days and dip for another month because you hurt your pinky toe, john content stone.

[@Flizz0]

Kiss me

[@gedlegedleh1799]

THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

Confuse Ray is actually 100% accurate

[@christopherlowe140]

Nice job, Guinness

[@ChillDragon]

The fact that John knew I'd laugh at the phrase "Dongle Pokémon" means he laughed as well, or atleast chuckled.

[@RORONINS]

I let out a smile reading

[@alkv7604]

I was just confused lol

[@crowzet0]

so funny

[@StickMaster500]

Johnstone is the only person to be given a challenge that no normal person would take upon themselves to challenge and says *_"but it would be funny tho"_*

[@SetariM]

John is truly the meme pokemon game playthrough creator and I'm here for it

[@RickElizen]

AbsolBlogsPokemon

[@smvnct]

while i don't disagree, i would like to introduce you to someone called SmallAnt

[@krv3]

Does absolblogspokemon mean nothing to you?

[@idrissb9742]

Jrose

[@rapidriver]

There is something so funny about Marill happily bouncing in its animation and then stopping on the ugliest frame possible. XD the whiplash is insane. (Marill in Diamond was my first shiny EVER so I love to see some love for it!)

[@CommanderWiggins]

Marril looks like me when I stop and think about the fact that I am going to die someday.

[@scaleonkhan183]

17:08

[@YokeyDokey]

@@scaleonkhan183king.

[@ShadowTheBloodedge1415]

Dude how do I get shiny Mareep with the Poke Radar technique in OG Pearl bc the furthest chain I've gotten with Mareep is 16 and just when I think its in the same shaking grass I end up encoutering Buizel or Pachirisu ruining my chain

[@JotataPatata]

Hour 100 The pinacle of power for a KZbin video. Few poketubers ever reach this time creating content. This is a video where John reaches hour 100 by creating said unconventional content, because to a certain extent; he's crazy.

[@birdsarecoo]

Wasn't expecting an AbsolBlogs reference in the comments lol

[@leargamma4912]

No, he's pointlessly prattling on about shinies with a divice that doesn't work.

[@theoneandonlyempoleon1451]

@@leargamma4912huh?

[@wholelottanuts]

​@@leargamma4912?

[@angelapatterson4768]

For resetting the trophy garden pokemon you don't actually have to change your system clock, all you have to do is just save before you talk to mr. Backlot, then soft reset until you get the pokemon you want. I've done it several times. Hope this helps for future videos.

[@ChillDragon]

That certainly will help me when I get around to my Platinum Living Dex. Thanks for the info!

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Oh thanks ! 😄

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

Dude I was so mad when he said he was changing the days by modifying the hour and taking so long to do so, because even soft resets take a lot of time

[@vasya2284]

If only I knew that like a year and a half ago...

[@mangobuster2460]

Wow im glad I saw this before I started, cheers 🍻

[@zuthalsoraniz6764]

4:05 88% vs 98% might seem a small difference But hitting a 98% chance 39 times in a row (to get to a chain of 40) is about 45% odds, vs only 0.7% for hitting an 88% chance 39 times in a row

[@ooSyzygy]

also if im not mistaken he said it backwards, or switched them. is it suppoused to be 88% chance for killing, 98% for catching? bc killing is faster, and he said it was the better odds. so that part maade no sense to me.

[@braxinIV]

@@ooSyzygycatching has the better odds. Obviously much slower, but like the OG comment said, hitting 88% 39 times has way more chances of breaking.

[@legomanwhohateskpop1532]

@@ooSyzygycatching has higher odds, from personal experience ive felt chains breaking way less often using catching then battlinh

[@Kronman590]

Yeah i think the info graphic he showed was messed up lol, cause it says catching has 88% success when it should be 98%

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

Still, anything even just slightly below 100% might as well be 50%, like with move's accuracy

[@Patterrz]

breaking a super long pokeradar chain was the worst possible thing that could happen to a pokemon player in 2008

[@dawnsbuneary]

Platinum came out in 2009.

[@SamiiSam128]

​@dawnsbuneary8185 and dp came out earlier, which had radar lol your point?

[@acetrainerace6560]

hewllo pat man

[@Buhny_vr]

@samiisam128 got a point

[@hexmaniacruby]

@@dawnsbuneary didnt it come out in 2008 in japan

[@corbinosman7957]

Confuse ray has 100% accuracy, which is why it was landing so often at Fantina’s Gym. If you were using double team on Staravia and it kept landing, that’s just unlucky.

[@dorkenspache8353]

Fun Fact, every single route has a decent sized chunk of grass specifically for radar hunting. They designed the routes for this mechanic. There is only one section I can think of that isn't like this and has a radar exclusive Pokemon being Sunkern. That is on Route 204 North which has no good patch of grass to hunt in making it near impossible to actually get a chain up. Hell, when I radar hunted Sunkern, I got lucky and got a shiny patch on an 18 chain

[@msthecommentator2863]

21:05 craziest thing about this moment: I was shiny hunting while watching your video, looked up to see you find a full odds shiny Roselia, looked down to see a shiny Litleo in front of me 😮 thanks for the shiny luck! ✨

[@rainbows98]

omg i had a similar thing with a litleo too!! i was watching a shiny hunting stream while i found mine. im surprised i even saw it

[@XxKitsune_And_The_CatxX]

Shape of you love

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

Ed Sheeran be blessing people left and right

[@howldorian]

Nice job Guinness, such a hardworker

[@dragogaming5164]

Who?

[@howldorian]

@@dragogaming5164 the cat!

[@ThyGeep]

Nice job Guinness

[@alphastring3619]

1:14 Can't believe that Johnstone never found Twoterra. Smh.

[@ThatkidAbe1802]

John casually spending 500 hours on a video game respect bro Edit: mom I’m famous 😂

[@kaidenrichards1045]

Sounds like your average hardcore gamer winch I too respect.

[@kristopherwillis8075]

☕️🗿

[@EclipseGamin_]

Me with Splatoon 3

[@_frossty3355]

Lol I have 2500 hours on minecraft

[@e7193]

@@_frossty3355who

[@LovJinxx]

So it definitely seems like he’s going for a shiny living dex since he was catching multiples to evolve into full lines, can’t wait for that video to come out it’s gonna be a banger as all JohnStone videos are! Glad to see my favorite Pokémon in this video! Hoping to catch some streams for the black 2 medals 😁

[@Chiffawndue]

15:46 if anyone's wondering who the person in the video is... that's Abenzio499 (Or AbenzioSH as he renamed his channel before utlimately deleting it). He's a former shiny hunter, and has been out of the community for almost a decade now. His Ponyta took a little over 25,000 REs.

[@kiduyeen]

The MOMENT you said you’d chain Eevee my heart dropped into my stomach. That hunt nearly killed me with how many times my chain broke.

[@jaksmith8011]

NICE JOB GUINNESS :) John's videos get better every time :D I love that he streams the making of them :)

[@lucianochiaverini323]

John and Matt together was such a wholesome moment 🥰

[@SupremeDirt]

just a minor correction about BDSP time travel, you actually can time skip for trophy garden (and swarms) in BDSP. it requires changing your time zone (with time set to automatically sync) as changing the clock in this way does not trigger the time travel protection, and you can just set it to the next day before reopening the game, changing it back to the previous day while the game is running, saving, and repeating. it's essential for BDSP CEA.

[@F1areon]

Alternatively, in the DS versions you could just save in front of Backlot, talk to him, and soft-reset until he says the Pokemon you want.

[@thoopsy]

My problem with chaining is always that I can't absorb all the patches at once. Like, I'm very bad at looking at things and processing what I'm seeing

[@thoopsy]

Got better at looking at images and processing them 💪😁🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥 AUGH IT'S EXPLODING

[@DaTanMan01]

@@thoopsy NICE!!!!!! 💪 😎 👍

[@LeafsLegend]

Nice job Guiness, and great job John! Loved this challenge and watching the uniqueness of it!

[@Twilit_Gamer]

39:54 the amount to happy and wholesome vibes i got from this, only for them to be completely snatched away will forever scar me

[@Aeroczema]

I love your videos so much, this must have taken a lot of time and effort, well done! Well narrated and edited, super enjoyable to watch!

[@whistle_me]

Nice job Guinness!! Also on a side note I really enjoyed this video! ❤ it is really well made and fun to watch! When you said that the wurmple had no thoughts it made me laugh a lot :) thank you for making my day a better one ❤

[@Sarah04527]

Thanks for the amazing video! The shiny sound is just so good in gen 4 and you’re so right, some sprites are so perfect in 2D, especially shiny ones

[@ludicolo15]

the radar streams were so fun to watch. Ty for another banger video john :)

[@Oslith]

God the OG “There it is!” video is legendary.

[@papisap]

You honestly make the best pokemon/ shiny vids. Been subscribed for years and I don’t really comment but wanted to let you know now haha. Keep it up

[@TheRibottoStudios]

THUMBNAIL ART?! That's how you know you've evolved as a KZbinr this is awesome to see. ^_^

[@Kingofeyes]

i was just checking your channel yesterday, thought it had been about enough time for one video. Keep it up!

[@masterian2342]

Wow Bro! I am really feeling inspired and motivated watching your videos and all the effort you put into them! Congrats in all the challenges you've completed and the ones to come! 🔥🤩

[@strawhatpapi2543]

Been watching you for a while but holy wow dude you are one of the greats. Unique challenge, great narration and *chefs kiss* gen 4 shinies. Kudos to you JOHN, KUDOS TO YOU!

[@jant.l.1647]

You have my respect. Put A LOT of work in this video, as always

[@TheDubbedCasualGaming]

I'm so ready for this video! I was always awful at using the radar >.

[@CometSamurai]

I swear John is the most consistently funny and entertaining content creator there is out there

[@brikselbroksel5573]

Whenever I watch your videos I walk a fine line between omg I want MOar! and the respect I have for the time and dedication it takes to make these videos. In both cases; you're awesome!

[@slateportraichu5416]

Johnstone always has a challenge I would never think about. Thank you for the video=)

[@hanktank45]

This was great. Really cool to see how many you can get by getting used to the radar. My first shiny was a wobuffett with the radar and I love these sprites.

[@willlllllllb]

It's my favorite time of year when John uploads

[@Br0oham]

All the videos and guides i've seen on the Pokéradar with no clarity on how to make it work reasonably consistently, and this dude just says "Go to the shaking patch 4 steps away" and it instantly made clear how to do it

[@Dark_Cloud]

Loved this! More Platinum content please!

[@Boon_4444]

He's actually insane, thank you for another banger of a video

[@firstEko]

Congrats for all the shiny critters 😁✨ I believe, for the snow route, there are a few specific days where the weather actually clears up ! ;)

[@Kurtiousttv]

YESSS IVE BEEN BUSY DURING THE STREAMS AND COULDNT WAIT FOR THIS

[@JaX_SM]

Awesome video I love the poke radar, ever since I learned it to get my first few shinies ever a few years ago. Fantina’s Mismagius landed every confuse ray… isn’t it 100% accurate though? Lol

[@racheleden9008]

it is lol, he's probably thinking about hypnosis

[@lwade225]

@@racheleden9008either that or supersonic

[@JuliFailedAtLife]

@@racheleden9008 or supersonic

[@trobinson9342]

@@racheleden9008 more like supersonic

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

I wonder if gym leaders could have equiped objects like that magnifying glass that improves accuracy + bs rigged in their favor. That last thing I have heard was common for games like stadium regarding pokemon speed, maybe later games kept the bs

[@darkninjafirefox]

Love John's vocalizing. I too, have gone mad listening to the game audio whilst shiny hunting

[@Hyparbeem526]

I like how in some areas, part of the challenge is the color of the tiles or how the scenery affects the colors of the grass patches. That's something I did not expect from this challenge and a cool thing for you to highlight

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

So here's a nice tip that probably might have a bit a massive difference. Cute charm has an odd quirk related to pokeradar shiny chaining. In platinum _specifically,_ if your secret ID matches a certain set of numbers of a pokemon's ivs with cute charm, the pokeradar's chance of spawning a shiny is cut in half. This is because the pokemon instead of focusing on the male gender, the game forces the gender to be female, or vice versa, similar to how the love ball was broken in gen 2 to the same species and _gender_

[@ethannu__]

Actually want to clarify something, the 2% chance of the chain breaking only counts for the patches of grass that shake immediately after the encounter. When the Pokeradar item is used by the press of a button, the chances will always peak at 88%.

[@medaltable]

And the 2% chance ONLY applies when you capture a Pokemon. If you knock it out, the same 12% chance to break applies, regardless if you reset the Pokeradar or not.

[@Kronman590]

That would probably explain the insane amount of times his chain broke

[@treypitts5896]

POG! Another Johnstone video!!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Nice job Guinness!! Sucks that I'm banned from Georgia now, but grats on the shinies I guess

[@rorschach3959]

Amazing Journey haha! Gotta try myself this challenge anytime soon :)

[@wildtime845]

Maril was actually my first shiny in the safari zone in the original Pokémon diamond so it holds a special place in my heart

[@Belzabond]

As Swellow's #1 fan, I respect you a whole bunch for hunting it and including it on your team :)

[@Bfine94]

Guinness did great, MatthewBlogsPokermanz did great, Marill did great, Johnstone did great! This was an amazing level 100 gauntlet dude! GGz on finding the rarest shinies in any game with those Spinda. Truly buildt different, like and subscribe! Another big video in the books!

[@gondriano]

Awesome video. It motivated me to start some pokeradar chaining myself. I am in the same boat, as a kid I always thought it was fascinating but I was certainly too dumb to properly execute it. Slight correction/clarification though for anyone who is interested: Edge and corner patches don't have a higher chance to break the chain per se, just that AFTER the encounter you can become unlucky and all 4 grass patches would theoretically fall outside of the grass area breaking the chain as a consequence, because there is no visible shaking grass around. Since the 4 patches summon in a grid around you, if you are fully surrounded by grass the immediate 8 patches directly around you will always spawn another shaking grass patch and give you the chance to reset the pokeradar withouth breaking the chain. I found that sometimes the risk is worth it to go for an edge piece in order to not lose the additional 10 percent you get from catching a pokemon since you revert back to the 88 % when resetting the radar.

[@SteelKnightPlays]

The legend! You’re the best creator dude!

[@jonolivier9126]

I tried figuring out this crap a few years back in X and Y and just couldn't get it down, even with guides. The first 10 minutes of this video explained it better than anything else I ever found and now I've gotten 4 shinies in 3 hours through Poké Radar. I now suddenly hate that this video didn't come out in 2019 because it would've saved me a lot of time, and an immense amount of patience.

[@JoshuaZablin]

it means so much to me to see u guys collab thank you

[@solga8822]

Love those concept of shiny hunting 🔥

[@Andooser]

John has just suddenly gotten into shinies and im here for it!

[@Hannutha420]

You are an absolute G for doing this, much love

[@kingschulz1444]

Love to see you back :)

[@Adamskiidu]

Nice job Guinness, truly inspirational!

[@whisperingwooper1763]

Honestly I gotta try this out! I know radar chaining is such a pain but you got really lucky and so many good shinies!

[@Voltaradragoness]

Bro that reference to that legendary shiny ponyta reaction was awesome. Glad to know other people remember that.

[@SkuttIefish]

A classic hehe

[@HappyGamerNick]

It’s a good day when Johnstone uploads! 🙌🏻❤️

[@kyriakosstamataros4160]

He is definitely a madman... Huge respect, bro!!

[@papabeartic1181]

So glad you showing off the dual-slot gba dongle Pokémon. Such an under appreciated feature!

[@shelbydont]

Great job Guinness! Keep up the stellar work!

[@JpDangos]

Nice job Guinness! Carried the video!!

[@PapaMoostafa01]

18:20 should we tell him confuse ray has 100% accuracy?

[@Tylahh]

Nice to see you back ❤

[@gotojayl]

I stop everything I'm doing when a new Johnstone video is uploaded

[@anreisto777]

The way the video goes from Matt wearing no headphones to randomly having cat ear headphones is hilarious 😂

[@heracross3323]

Wormy is the littlest little guy there ever was and must be protected.

[@davidbehan6662]

18:20 Confuse ray has 100% accuracy, which is why it landed every time

[@aloisiosenra]

Oh, did John shiny hunt all the Eevelutions? Neat. I did the same in Route 10 of Kalos in Pokémon X ;)

[@GentleBaller]

This video felt like such a big cozy adventure

[@howldorian]

Missed seeing your videos :’)

[@KaibaKid_]

Oh, I had no clue you lived in Georgia! Same here! Cool to know one of my Poké-role models lives at least relatively close by!

[@ayyydogg]

seeing my two favorite Pokémon KZbinrs sitting next to each other is *chefs kiss*

[@SuperDogma13]

Do a video about getting all Pokemon Home App achievements! Also great content John!

[@lexlexnikko]

Nice job Guinness! What an adorable lil guy 😊

[@two_pina_coladas]

Another video to fall asleep to at night 😴 My Pokémon sleep thanks you, John

[@DonnieJohnson1]

LETS GOOO JOHN IS BACK!!

[@GoopyEggs]

This channel is comforting

[@HylianHero321]

When he said "now its time for the ultamite test I immidiately got an ad for the U.S. military XD

[@JackStache]

26:40 took me by surprise, cause I did not know you lived in GA Also this really makes me want to do some radar chaining

[@bangles7437]

Couldn't stop laughing at the sad Marill lmao, great video!:)

[@KaseemJacobs]

great video, love it, WHERE IS JOHNSTONE LIVE

[@MizYin]

Nice job Guinness, proud of you!!

[@Ryouski]

15:46 Man, that clip takes me wayyy back!

[@Mattsterweb]

for future reference, you could have used the poké radar at lake verity. if you surf to the south-western part of the lake there's a big square patch of grass for it the only radar-able route in sinnoh that lacks a big patch to chain in is the northern half of 204, which for some reason is a separate area from the southern half

[@bobjoe3492]

He wouldn't have surf at that point, he's trying to hunt in a play through esque style

[@Aussie-Oi-Boi]

This to me is still the best pokemon game made. The pokedex was complete with every evolution finished perfectly cant see them without that last stage. The game was perfect still hard to get shinies so they are actually bragg able. Finishing the dex on this game is a mad grind but so satisfying.

[@rmzing]

I love the perfectly cut 'e' at the end of the video. That's a lot of shinies ngl

[@thefinalskarm1754]

18:24 That's because because confuse ray is still 100% accurate and 50% to smack yourself in this gen. this is changed in generation 7 due to gengar's war crimes in vgc (half the time I float! half the time I shadow tag you and perish trap you!)

[@ShinyJules]

What a blast from the past with that abenzio499 ponyta reaction clip 😂

[@psychewolf1123]

The king has posted