HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO CATCH EVERY PATTERN OF SPINDA?

[@9Tailsfan]

Catching one shiny Spinda is an accomplishment in itself. My shiny Spinda won't look like somebody else 's shiny Spinda.

[@bex--]

9Tailsfan damn now I want a shiny spinda.

[@Filthy_Cubes]

To be honest it is unlikely that more than 2 other Spindas will look exactly like yours

[@JoshPowlison]

I saw a shiny Spinda once, but was a confused noob and didn't catch it. :/

[@neoall-rounder2403]

once i saw a shiny voltorb and it used self destruct on its first turn... I never told my brothers.

[@tamaraadams1072]

Yeah same its my favourite shiny that I have. No one else has one. :D

[@littlesaresare]

John: "If we're going to catch all 4 billion Spinda, the first thing we need to work out is the best game for it." Me: "No, the first thing we need to work out is immortality."

[@venor2612]

Lmao

[@SJNaka101]

If you wish to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe

[@drecknathmagladery9118]

@@SJNaka101 a true statement indeed

[@goreobsessed2308]

Your not wrong

[@PokeMaster22222]

And getting cartridges or computers to work for 6000+ years continuously, without entropy reducing them to dust.

[@zircon7634]

I think a more manageable challenge is to find 2 identical spinda.

[@pepethefrog5182]

2 identical shiny spinda, i think it's impossible, probably the hardest thing you can do

[@JamesFragwurdig]

@@pepethefrog5182 Na the shiny Spindas have the 4 billion versions too.

[@pepethefrog5182]

Yes but they are shiny, so it is more harder than 2 Non-shiny identical Spinda

[@JamesFragwurdig]

@@pepethefrog5182 Ah ok. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[@pepethefrog5182]

@@JamesFragwurdig np

[@twixdakat1135]

If you collect all the Spinda variants, a Dragonite will fly to your location and deliver a special Spinda ribbon to you.

[@zinkeacx1329]

55 days later...

[@richardgibson8403]

SUPER FISHER in real life.

[@catmwmajaja7583]

It’s true I did it!

[@bananaonsplit858]

CheckerboardTom and fortress

[@oramulk5901]

@@catmwmajaja7583 me too!

[@Reac2]

What if there is an illusive spotless Spinda? Also what is the mathematical chance that there is still a Spinda out there that no human has ever seen?

[@veryasian8810]

Damn, tip of the iceberg huh?

[@pumpkingreg6673]

There was one I found that I THOUGHT was spotless, but had one on it's neck.

[@byroncardoza8032]

I have a spinda that has one spot missing

[@jimmyh2137]

@@camthesaxman3387 The thing is, it's possible to have one (or more) spot with the coordinate being OUTSIDE Spinda' sprite. So you can't see it, it's not on the body at all.

[@hzlink]

All spinda have 4 spots, the only thing that changes is where the spots are placed

[@flatoutalliance]

Everyone: Gen 8 speculation videos John: I catch every possible spinda pattern

[@shinysilverstardust]

Well, at least he isn't putting flipin' leaks in the thumbnail or title

[@seank.cunningham3841]

@UnknownSoldier9865 Tmw people say this after 2 minutes of gameplay.

[@Smiley_Face0]

@UnknownSoldier9865 yOs

[@sonydelha1784]

@eva wathcu mean, they're supposed to talk about it like that lmao. The company released a bunch of hype so that fans COULD do that and spread the word, leading to more people buying their games lolol

[@walkingcorpse1224]

Well I'm sure there's a device we can use to just make each spinda according to possible design, sort of a like a really, really, really forced cheat.

[@LadyBrightcynder]

This is the kind of theoretical insanity I live for.

[@JTRogue151]

I got a better one for you how long would it take to catch a shiny variant of each spinda?

[@abitofsupport601]

@@JTRogue151 simple. multiply the number of variations by 8192 and pray to god you are that lucky

[@Malcador-TWOM]

@@JTRogue151 it would take almost 300 billion YEARS to catch every shiny variant of spinda counting that you are perfectly lucky.

[@Malcador-TWOM]

Mb it would only take 73,527,012.14551 years to catch all shiny variants of spinda

[@amir-zz7lz]

It’s actually high school level math, it’s just a bunch of complicated calculations

[@AylinDawn]

Me at 10pm: I'm gonna sleep early tonight. Me at 3am:

[@coal9205]

It's literally 3am right now holy shit-

[@djrigzytankboss]

Saw this 2:44pm

[@iam_vannguyen]

dj rigzy ok u saw this in the evening cool

[@someguy764]

Me too man

[@mmmmmmok5292]

Lmao now its 4:20

[@Oboromaru]

I once had a spinda in sapphire which had 2 spots on its head which looked perfectly centered over its eyes (like he just had red eyes). I loved it. Then I transferred it to diamond a few years later when that game game out. The spot on it's right eye became slightly off-center once i took a look at it in diamond, so I guess that particular spot wasnt perfectly centered in the original game like I thought. It irked me so much LOL

[@callmegravy]

1:15 On the left

[@jakemcgoldrick3552]

One of Pokémon go’s 9 spinda forms has red eyes just like that

[@zjzr08]

I think Diamond's sprite having a different pose probably is a cause of this where the spot position didn't change but the base Spinda did.

[@David-vc9hr]

The audacity!

[@D0NTHEMAN]

I got a spinda wich looked exactly like Pikachu Sadly, it's in a emulator. So I probably won't be able to transfer it to anywhere

[@plant8732]

Scary Fun Fact: If you use the cute charm glitch in gen 4 which makes it super easy to find shinies by making all pokemon have certain Pokémon IDs, you can get 2 identical shiny spinda with relative ease.

[@beta511ee4]

What is this Cute Charm glitch you're talking about?

[@fplflair4792]

@@beta511ee4 Search it up, you'll find out.

[@justaguythatsbadateverythi2499]

I wish I could do that But I can't RNG for it and powersave doesn't work in hgss

[@azelfdaboi5265]

The issue is, if you encounter 2 of the same shiny, it crashes

[@lilpetz500]

@@azelfdaboi5265 Only when encountered simultaneously. In gen 4, there is no way to make this happen luckily. The glitch makes shinies have about a 21.34% chance of spawning every encounter, just over 1 in 5 encounters will statistically be shiny. So like, I think the chances of getting 2 of the same spinda patterns shiny would be about 5 times the identical spinda number of 8,589,934,592. That would make it about a 1 in 4,299,672,960 chance that you will get 2 of the same shiny. Best way to actually do this is the Emerald RNG glitch; RNG clones are generated in that game and the frame numbers count up from zero every time the game is booted. So if the particular save file has a shiny frame that happens quickly after startup, running around on the spinda route immediately is likely to come up with a shiny. And since this same early frame determines a bunch of other Pokemon values including spot pattern, hitting the early shiny frame will hit the same spot pattern frame, complete with same stats and everything! Other Pokemon games don't restart the frame count from zero on opening, so only Emerald has this glitch.

[@graylynch1271]

Alot of patterns would be so close that the pixel art couldn't give 2 different images.

[@Missingno0479]

Imagine this being a collaborative effort between a bunch of poketubers. Of course it would be easier to use the strategy of documentation of every spinda form rather then catching them. They could even have some kind of cause attached to it like live streams charitys. If they succeed this could go down in video game history.

[@phil.]

Get a youtuber whos got a million subs and its gonna get done!

[@brontome]

Pewdiepie "catching every spinda to beat t-series"

[@liltone9614]

Honestly just get pewpediepie to do it then you’re done

[@PeanutTechno]

100th like! :D

[@Usario321]

Kenneth Loehr yeah, not gonna happen

[@KokuroSame]

John: "So I'm starting to think it might not be possible in 24 hours." Me: It'll be close for sure.

[@InhumanFan98]

Yea you could do it in 24 hours, monkeys and type writers style, if you had infinate monkeys and gbs with the cartrage, your golden 😂

[@ravenwraith1017]

Next task once you finish this one: Capture a shiny pokérus infected version of every variation of Spinda :D

[@icecontrol2571]

Next task. Capture a shiny pokerus infected version of each gender with each ability with perfect IVs of every variation. :D

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@icecontrol2571 Dam! I would die doing that challenge out of boredom lol!

[@thatoneguy8948]

@@Illcobalt not gunna lie, I can see that being hell

[@thatoneguy8948]

@@Illcobalt hahaha

[@user-mq1ng6sj7b]

@@icecontrol2571 Hell in all parallel universes in all timelines would freeze over before this happened even if everyone on the planet teemed up to catch every conceivable variation of every spinda and only ate slept and drank when absolutely necessary

[@Toadmelon]

"In this pokémon game there is going to be 4 billion+ pokémon!" "Woah!" "Most of them will be patterns of spinda." "Oh."

[@Shirae]

Actually after the 255th rematch of the tv crew, you can still rematch them. They just stop changing routes. You can still rematch them, which cuts away the walking to the new locations.

[@FortHYPEZONE]

Are you shitting me?

[@Webster2000]

when i was like 7 i decided to try and catch every spinda pattern in Ruby I found a shiny Sandshrew as I was running to the poke mart to buy more balls

[@moonfusion9964]

Clueless White Kid Studios Rip

[@usernamewoa]

That Sandshrew was a troll

[@Webster2000]

@@usernamewoamf made me cry in the gym lobby smh

[@ultimateking2238]

Legend says you are still attempting this legendary feat.

[@quinnzoee]

Same

[@XperimentorEES]

There's another complication you missed, you can only hold a maximum of 99 repeat balls at a time, further extending the time by a magnitude to account for more inventory management, multiple times per trip.

[@Raizex97]

If I remember correctly in gen 3 games you could have multiple stacks of the same item

[@mercenaryforhire3453]

Just tested, can confirm

[@kylef7491]

As a mathematician, this is my favorite video in a long time. My mathematical thoughts: • Did you consider lowering the number for effectively identical spindas, like if two spots are in the same place, or dot 1 is gone on one and dot 2 is missing on the other? I’m not sure this concept is even valid with the spot generation, but worth a shot. • You’d be nearly guaranteed to catch thousands of shinies, as catching a smaller number becomes increasingly unlikely. Think of rolling a die 100 times. What are the odds 6 never comes up? Extremely low. • If emulation is allowed, we could theoretically design a program to play these games at lightning turbo speed to jettison the playtime away from thousands of years. It takes a computer a fraction of time to o things like this that take a person longer. • How many spindas (or other Pokémon) would get to level 100 by fighting the elite 4 as many times as required? • Breeding. Hatch 5 spindas while just moving between encounters, repeat. I love your videos and this one tops the cake for me. Looking forward to more content in the future.

[@jimmyh2137]

- It's possible to have overlapping Spots. This lowers the patterns considerably. - It's possible to have Spots generating OUTSIDE Spinda Sprite. - You are (nearly) guaranteed to catch shinies but the number of shinies is very flexible. Think of rolling 10 dice 100 times each, every one of them will most definitely have a different amount of "6" rolling (in theory you have a range of 0 to 100 rolls with "6" but realistically between 10 and 25 rolls of "6") - With emulation and auto-pilot, let's say the game works 100 times faster. Result = original time/100. Easy. - You can kill the League with the same Spinda every time. If you WANT to have many lv100 Spinda then: [1] check the EXP gain for every pkmn in the league (write it down the first time); [2] Add everything. Eventually take into account your Lucky egg and/or Exp Share; [3] Spinda needs 800'000 exp to get to lv100, you catch it at lv14 or 15 or 16 (3rd Gen). Avg is lv15. Exp at lv15 = 2'700 exp. You need 797'300 exp. [4] Check how many "league wins" to reach 797'300 exp. [5] Total "league wins" / "league needed for ONE Spinda" = Number of lv100 Spinda - Breading takes time to fly back and forth, boxing and re-filling with eggs. This won't save much time, if any. It's indeed possible that you're wasting more time instead but I'm not sure, needs work to calculate.

[@Crossark1]

I’m about four and a half minutes in and I just HAVE to point out that, like Unown, the REAL number of possible patterns Spinda can have is limited by the amount of distinct sprites GameFreak actually put in the game. Doubtless there’s an algorithm to divide each of the 4 billion permutations of personality codes amongst X number of actual sprites were drawn up, but if there’s 4 billion ways to get one of, say, 6 sprites, then it’s a cake walk. Going back to Unown, for example, there are 256 ways of encountering one out of 28 possible sprites. 256/28 is the actual ratio for a particular sprite’s appearance rate. For Spinda, we have roughly 4 Billion/X as the ratio, so we most likely just need to do a lot of trial and error to narrow down that X value to a reasonable degree of certainty. Either that or, y’know, some data mining of the game files would probably just show how many discrete sprites there are for Spinda. The only conceivable situation in which Spinda could have more than 4 billion sprites would be if one of the games had a built in procedural generation graphical engine, mapping color onto the base Spinda model based on each personality code for a “unique” pattern every time. Of course, this would pose a lot of other problems - anyone could understand how such an engine would quickly grow in size to dwarf the rest of the game code. However, the real downfall of this hypothetical would be that the models wouldn’t really be “unique” - at least not in significant enough ways to make it worth the technical behemoth powering this exercice in randomness. In practice, the difference between two results in a graphical mapping function based on adjacent permutations in a dataset of over 4 billion variables would be so slight that it wouldn’t be perceptible by humans, slashing the number of apparent formes by leagues. And, of course, that’s assuming that the difference in what’s mapped in theory to 4 billion models can even be parsed within the technical constraints of the device display. Even IF the game could run with all that baggage, the display of a 3DS would almost certainly not have granular enough real estate to display a difference of, say, 2/15 of a pixel of red. Tl;dr: GameFreak definitely drafted up a relatively short, pre-set list of Spinda sprites, so really the number of possible formes is limited to the number of sprites, despite the total number of possible personality codes.

[@Sugarstaches]

Crossark1 yeah, I’m really intrigued with this concept and wanna know what the actual value is. I’ve done a decent amount of research, but everyone keeps bringing up the 4 billion number. I’ve seen a couple people say ~200 (which is what I’m hoping for), but there’s no evidence. Data miners might be the only answer. : (

[@Meowmers1219]

Unless the game procedurally generates a Sprite based on the personality value, which could happen, but I kinda doubt it.

[@shizotypical]

I always thought the sprites are procedurally generated, but even like that, there's no way 4 billion different variations exist. What's the sprite size for Spinda in gen 3? A lot of variations will be like 1 pixel away from each other, you'll probably have to check that personality data every time to differentiate them

[@mijkolsmith]

John should revisit this if he ever figures out what X is

[@Sullenslime]

After a little research, this site: pokemon.thundaga.com/spinda/Spinda%20Painter.htm You can enter a number and see the resulting spinda

[@FLYNN_TAGGART]

There's a program called Spinda Painter that lets you calculate the personality value after drawing the four dots yourself.

[@Xx_Oleander_xX]

can you link it?

[@Xx_Oleander_xX]

wait is this it pokemon.thundaga.com/spinda/Spinda%20Painter.htm

[@PebbsBun]

"How long would it take to catch every pattern of Spinda in its shiny form?" "Yes"

[@D0NTHEMAN]

10 years later: are you winning, son?

[@TheDoctorDahl]

This kind of maths problem is actually called the "Coupon collector's problem", and by my calculations one could expect to see every pattern of Spinda (not including their shiny variants) in 97,744,545,502 encounters. This is, surprisingly enough, "only" 22.76 times more than the 2^32 you based the rest of the calculations on. So your 6,000 year journey is more likely a 137,000 year journey. I wish you good luck!

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

this is what I came here for and was kind of mad he didn't calculate how many encounters it would take to see every one of them with an >90% probability or something.

[@genessab]

David Garcia bc he’s not good at math?

[@exantiuse497]

@@HopUpOutDaBed You are severely overestimating the mathematical ability of the average Pokemon KZbinr. There is a Pokemon video in KZbin where the guy unironically suggests that shiny Pokemon prove that 0=1 (I'm not kidding, the video is called "5 Pokemon paradoxes" or something, go see for yourself)

[@NaskaRudd]

@@exantiuse497 are you on about TheAuraGuardian's Pokemon paradoxes? In that he says that each encounter has a small chance to be shiny, and each encounter is an independent variable, so therefore every encounter is simultaneously nornal and a shiny up until it is triggered in which it becomes defined as either one of the two fields.

[@exantiuse497]

@@NaskaRudd Wtf, I think we're talking about different videos, the one I'm talking about didn't say anything like that

[@Crimson_Valor]

This should have been an April fools video, either this or the part 1 video of your 6000 year journey.

[@bossboy191919]

Chuck Norris almost has it done. He will complete the challenge in another 254 years, all are shiny though

[@Red-nw2yn]

800+ pokemon is hard to catch em all spinda : hold my 4,294,967,296 spots

[@ribottostudio]

....you absolute _madlad._

[@sektorone1466]

Pleasant Kenobi?

[@emanuelecorvino3880]

Bufarete?

[@tabularasa1673]

I bet your subscribed to pewdiepie

[@ribottostudio]

@@tabularasa1673 we gotta get everyone in on this-t series and pewds are LITERALLY like 6k subs apart now lol it's crazy

[@DankestLLama]

Ik im stupid but how do u do italic also SUB TO PEWDS.

[@PokeTips]

I'm really happy to see your channel blowing up, you make great content :)

[@JohnstoneYT]

PokeTips Thanks dude, its been a wild month haha. On my personal KZbin account I’ve been following you since (I believe) Sun/Moon, so it’s crazy to see how much you’ve grown too! Enjoy your play button ;)

[@spaciebun]

Now we wait for Verlis to steal this idea, get called out by both PokeTips and Johnstone, say he's being slandered and rinse + repeat.

[@MediumDSpeaks]

John, you're a crazy person

[@PepperMcSalt]

Medium D Speaks but he did it

[@jayesper4390]

...Like trying to play every stage of Blue Sphere...

[@WhiteCaneV1]

Why did Gamefreak code that... Are there video games in the afterlife?

[@blancogohan]

They didn't make every pattern

[@cyriszx]

Next challange to you: Catch two shiny spinda's with same pattern

[@TheDanielRagsdale]

Richard Bright that’s a lot more manageable. If I did my math right, I think it would take about 50,000 spinda to have 50-50 odds of a matching pair. Seems like that might barely be possible

[@usernamewoa]

I encountered the same pattern regular, not shiny, spinda twice one time-

[@cyriszx]

@@usernamewoa yeah ill take things that never happened for 500 Alex

[@R0DisG0D]

@@cyriszx It likely wouldn't have been the exact same pattern, but a lot of them will be 1 pixel off. Also, assuming that a decent portion of the audience played these games and encountered multiple Spinda, chances are a few of them actually encountered Spina with the exact same pattern.

[@mysterioussoull]

I did that before but then i reset the game once i got bored.

[@Thunderbolt5827]

John: I’ll catch every Spinda pattern Everyone: Lol that’s so funny 😂😂😂 John: *actually tries it* Everyone: 😮😮😮 John: Pulled a little sneaky on yah

[@tjmario64]

Next, John'll catch every shiny Spinda pattern!

[@PepperMcSalt]

GarbageHumanTJM64 oh jeez

[@seanathonhooper]

@@thyrieal And pokerus

[@JC-hi8fk]

The only time you want a Spinda over a Skarmory

[@CommaGaming]

OMG dude stop. It's like near that vulcano place next to the old people in the spring bath. You'd legit only get AliExpress Ferrow or gay Pikachu

[@wertyuser798]

@@CommaGaming the fuck?

[@FortHYPEZONE]

Comma Gaming the fuck?

[@LoL768491]

@@CommaGaming the fuck?

[@Pasloe.]

Luckily I already had max money on two save files! Already at 100 spinda and going strong. Doing my part I wish you luck on the grind!

[@noahmantoine]

Nintender please tell me this is a joke

[@Pasloe.]

@@noahmantoine Nah, mate

[@seanchou9049]

Pyra best girl

[@Yoseqlo1]

I don't know why there isn't a reddit dedicated to catch/see all spinda. I mean, it they have time to do the Profesor Challenge, they surely can drop a couple decades of their lives.

[@Super-qr7wm]

@@Yoseqlo1 ehhh they wont need those we need the spinda

[@TheBlueye13]

If you account for multiples you essentialy have a coupon collectors problem. The expected number of catches can then be computed with the following formula. k*(ln(k)+gamma) Where k is the number of individuals and gamma is the euler constant ~0.57. If we put in 2^32 we get roughly: 2^32 * (22.75) So you will have to multiply your time by this factor of 22.75 in order to get the expected number of encounters needed to find every pattern at least once.

[@darkmario720]

When your math teacher is fishing for a reason why you need math irl

[@iSkAndRispog]

Well f*** completing pokedex. Completing spinda dex will take 40 lives.

[@Simonumy]

Honestly, it would be pretty cool to make this a joint effort, where people can enter the binary combinations they find on a website, so there would be a list of which combinations have been caught already. Then you can see how much time it takes if anyone can help, maybe make a livestream to follow the amount of unique spindas.

[@TheBlimpFruit]

I feel like it's way too big of a number to even be worth it

[@PadChennington]

ayyyy got something to watch on my lunch break

[@Malicos]

What did you eat for lunch?

[@jacksmallwood1507]

Plz tell us what u ate

[@charizardoreo]

sigh. we will never get to know

[@poralium196]

Ayyyyyyyy my man B^]

[@lindseybrown5648]

PLEASE do a recruit em all run for mystery dungeon. It doesn't have to be in 24 hours or anything but well you've done both Let's Go and the first 3 generations sooo do a Mystery Dungeon game please?

[@MintyCodes]

Preferably one of the originals (R/BRT or EoS/D/T)

[@abitofsupport601]

@@MintyCodes IMO those are the only good ones

[@gallusdomesticus5478]

MintyCodes oof some of those encounter and recruitment rates are impossibly low

[@MintyCodes]

@@gallusdomesticus5478 Yeah it took me months to recruit them all (without wishing anything in) but it was really fun overall and I think it would be an enjoyable challenge to watch.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I've gone and done that with Blue Rescue Team, and it was honestly a nightmare. When it came to Chansey I just gave up and got Jirachi's help.

[@ZimoNitrome]

Now you're thinking with... maths.

[@bossapocalypse]

Imagine if Johnstone found out the secret behind immortality just to catch every pattern of Spinda

[@JonathanMillerMusic]

John... you need an award for best mathematician in the Poketuber Community. 👏🏼👏🏼💗💗

[@moonstruck69]

I didn’t even know there were multiple patterns on Spinda, damn

[@chubeviewer]

Thats cause noone cares about damn spundas

[@Dawesome97]

@@chubeviewer spinda was my first shiny. I love spinda

[@TheAmazingDeadpool]

I've thought about doing a challenge of finding two identical spindas.

[@zowayix]

The funny thing is that this is actually doable during Shiny hunting. You have about a 50% chance of finding two identical Spinda patterns within 8 Shiny encounters, which is (barely) plausible for one person to pull off.

[@breadwizard9808]

Honestly pretty easy in specifically Emerald, because the RNG always starts from a fixed value when you reset the game. You have to time a frame-perfect encounter the same number of frames after soft reset more than once, but it's still far easier than in any other game.

[@eonshade6297]

"So lets just start with catching four billion Spinda." I actually laughed

[@daniexisde564]

Do you hate yourself? Know catch them all shiny

[@Agent_Cirno]

lol im a white guy do u know the definition of insanity?

[@simunator]

@@Agent_Cirno doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome. technically each spinda is different, so it's borderline inanity

[@umbrellaxrd]

0w0

[@daniexisde564]

@@umbrellaxrd owo?

[@umbrellaxrd]

me owo

[@fabianbuchholz8480]

If every type of spinda has a pokedex entry, how long would it rake to scroll trough a full pokedex once?

[@frickgoddessofchaos7302]

This spinda has dots above it eyes and below it's mouth

[@GamerGrovyle]

Fabian Buchholz Which game are we talking about? Also just realized I can’t remember the last time I used the Pokédex in a Pokémon game... At some point it just became an accessory...

[@ogloc4478]

You dumb birch

[@qwertyuiopzxcfgh]

I really enjoyed this video, but it raises a question: _how likely is it that every variation of spinda has been seen by any person?_ To answer this question, I would need some information: 1. _how much games have been sold in which you can encounter Spinda?_ (easy to find online) 2. _how many Spinda does the average player encounter while playing a game in which Spinda can be found_ (very difficult to answer. I don't think anyone reading this knows for sure how many Spindas they've encountered or can even make a serious estimate. I might need to keep this number as a variable, so I can calculate how many Spindas everyone needs to see to get a reasonable chance of Every variation of Spinda being seen) 3. _Do trainer owned Spindas look the same for everyone, or are they different for every savegame?_ (I really hope Johnstone can answer this question, because it seems like he's done his research. The answer to this question can add an entire new dimension to the problem, since there are (probably) games in which you can't catch Spinda, but can encounter a trainer that has a Spinda) If anyone would like to see me answer this question, please leave a comment, preferably with information about my questions, so I'll remember to do this when I wake up.

[@aures.7365]

I've been watching you for a few days (you're often in the recs of one of my frequent watches, Pikasprey) and I must say, your passion for Pokemon really shines through, especially in this vid. You've earned another sub, keep up the fantastic vids!

[@cancerouscontent2924]

damn, Imagine you having your entire bloodline pulling this entire feat like an jjba parody

[@extradelux8088]

As a pokemon fan who's only shiny pokemon ever caught was a spinda, and have encountered literally thousands of spindas because that is what I chose to do with my life at some point, I can assure you there is no merit in this task. Spare yourselves, before it's too late.

[@singingshyguy4046]

There are about 9 billion different Spinda forms. You forgot that they can be shiny

[@fordjames6031]

But the shiny ones have the same patterns, and this video is about catching every pattern of Spinda. Not every version.

[@singingshyguy4046]

@@fordjames6031 they might have the same pattern but they are different colors. it's just getting into semantics here though and is up to each person. I consider them different but I understand it you don't

[@fordjames6031]

@@singingshyguy4046 You're misunderstanding me. Shiny versions ARE different from normal Spinda, so your original comment is correct - there are apprix. 9 billion different Spinda versions. But Johnstone's video is only on about collecting the different patterns of Spinda. So for each Spinda pattern, there are two versions: normal and shiny. Therefore the video is correct because it's only referring to the unique patterns, not unique versions.

[@singingshyguy4046]

@@fordjames6031 I dont misunderstand you. My definition of a different pattern of spinda also includes the shiny versions. Yours and Johnstones definition dont. We just have different opinions on what constitutes a different pattern of spinda. It's okay we can disagree

[@winnipeginstinct]

no he didnt. he just doesn't care if they are

[@GippyHappy]

"Day 1 of my 6000 year journey"

[@dburris718]

Teacher: You’ll use this algebra in your daily life. Me: can comprehend the math needed to catch 4 billion Pokémon

[@bossboy191919]

Me: Is math related to science?

[@WildfireP01]

With the TV crew after enough rematches they aren’t disabled, they just stick to one location. To fight them again you just bike off the route and bike back to refresh them for easy grinding.

[@MakusinMeringue]

Idea: Spinda Podcast where you attempt to collect Spinda in the background, but its a podcast!

[@BreaPotts]

I'd listen to this.

[@SIowpoke]

After a quick research there is only half a million coded spinda sprites. Nice video though.

[@EvilApple567]

I sense a hint of sarcasm there at the end, but I would easily trade my home, friends, family, physical and mental health, and all of my worldly possessions for a Spinda goatee.

[@lyric7702]

*There’s no way he’s actually going to try it-*

[@clownpieceenjoyer5439]

Bruh all of this just for the world population of some red spotted pandas.

[@interstellar0001]

The Grand Pokémon Project for centuries upon centuries upon millennia to come: get those 4.29 billion different Spinda patterns.

[@ChocolateKuruma]

"Decades of Sandshrew and Skarmory"

[@santosic]

Math needs to be redone now that your sub count has grown to 120K ;) I'm sure we can shave off a few more decades now! xD

[@jimmyh2137]

Subs now = 3x original subs Time now = Original Time/3

[@chartreusemoon]

dont drag me into this

[@MofoMan2000]

About the reporters: After 255 battles they can still be rematched, but they no longer move location so at that point it's actually easier to battle them. I know this because I used them to farm EXP to fill up my Pokédex.

[@mixnflix101]

Can you literally just speak to them after the battle ends and go again? Or do you have to reset?

[@MofoMan2000]

@@mixnflix101 You just need to leave the route and come back. Just bike to Mauville and come back, or maybe the Winstrate house will work too.

[@fitnessavarice8065]

Small correction for 6:05: ty and gabby will stop relocating after 255 battles. They will stay at route 111 after that and you can just change routes to rechallenge them

[@beta511ee4]

4:50 If you want to count the Spinda in your party, that number decreases to 10,082,083. Though if you want to not include them for future save files, the number increases.

[@Crushkai]

Who saw the Grookey from sword and shield at 1:05

[@heartbreaker9819]

after seeing ur comment yea....

[@Rubytranscutie]

probably most

[@josiahwhite8044]

#teamscorbunny

[@sixoh8678]

#SOBBLEGANG

[@SirNikurasu]

@@sixoh8678 Sobble > Simisage#2 > Sonic Character

[@Showsni]

One important thing to note - some of the personality values will result in spots that are either off Spinda's body entirely, or overlap each other. That means that there are fewer than 4,294,967,296 visually different Spinda - conflating all the off the body spots you get a mere 3,945,136,128 different Spindas, and that's not accounting for overlapping spots. There's a tool here: pokemon.thundaga.com/spinda/Spinda%20Painter.htm where you can see all the different spot patterns, and the personality values that give them.

[@arcaneusumbra1539]

Me: *See's title of video late at night* "I don't need sleep, I need answers"

[@TinySpiny]

Johnstone’s distant descendant, finally catching the last of the Spinda Variants: I have fulfilled my family’s legacy at last

[@Jonaaa420]

10 million subscriber special: "ok guys lets catch some Spinda"

[@Valcuda]

I know I'm a month late, but we need to make this a thing. We need to set up a goal to catch every different type of Spinda, we need to setup a site dedicated to this! You catch a Spinda? Post it's picture, then one day, one GLORIOUS day, we will have caught every different type of Spinda in all of Pokemon

[@smilesfordays]

Bro... bro... please don’t catch them all. Don’t die.

[@phyvo]

I'm not a pessimistic person but I think somewhere along his 6000 year journey he's not gonna make it.

[@Chamushgoo]

The Pokemon God is back with another video!!

[@whippedalcremiepokemon3271]

Elcremie: haha i have the most forms! Spinda: hold my personality value

[@bobhihih]

The only problem with all of this is that we don't know which codes repeat patterns, that means that 1900 different codes could repeat the same pattern and we would have no idea without checking the code.

[@blue8violet]

'so let's just start with catching 4 billion spinda' 😂

[@yorgeabouttstudio]

im crying this is insane XD im sharing the hell out of this!!!!!

[@xXMeecrobXx]

You can catch all different spindas in the older versions if you just go by the pixels and the visible parts... there is a much lower logic number of how much difference the visible spots are placed based on the pixel pattern

[@ZachPlum]

I’m so glad that you actually took this seriously instead of just saying “a lot of time” lol

[@TylerBragg21]

I was a skeptic until you showed the goatee ... Now i too believe in this goal!!

[@chonchjohnch]

I love the idea of using terabytes of data for Pokémon

[@cleliaoconnell3705]

How many different pattern of spinda can you catch in 24h? (More manageable)

[@Squidhead]

I’ll do you one better: How long would it take to catch every pattern of Spinda *BUT SHINY*

[@coal9205]

The universe Will d I e by the time you accomplish that

[@lofifuture-0643]

10:40 ah, yes so perfect for an introvert during quarantine

[@spectralphantom]

Spinda is literally just a NFT.

[@Veniden]

If you do all that catching who will do the editing?

[@jcnot9712]

1:05 I’m so confused, isn’t that the Sword/Shield starter at the bottom left? On a video that was uploaded more than half a year before Sword/Shield came out?

[@dudeman6306]

That's a blazikin

[@jcnot9712]

Dude Man your eyes suck if you think that’s Blaziken.

[@healinghamza]

JC Not you’re right! How did you notice that! Haha

[@jcnot9712]

Healing Hamza I didn’t when I watched it the first time months ago, but Grookey done gave me a jumpscare when I rewatched. Still dunno what Johnstone was on when he put that there or if Grookey had been revealed back then.

[@tonytang7550]

Half a year before SwSh came out, but months after the starters were announced

[@monte_2000]

This man literally made 4K subscribers in a day God damn bruh

[@5Porygon]

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu.

[@theshepdawg6809]

Also, fun fact: One save file of Pokémon Ruby takes up 128 kilobytes. Multiply that by the number of saves needed to contain all the Spinda, and that's a grand total of a little more than1.3 terabytes of data.

[@ximbabwe0228]

Plot twist: there are 26 patterns of spinda

[@GrandReform]

Alright, when do we start?

[@ArunaInsight]

Now catch shiny feebass i dare you..😅😅

[@themagicrat8020]

This is quite possibly my favorite Pokemon video I've yet seen. That or #2 behind Pikasprey's video about Electrode.

[@woofy8373]

You brother, Is a true genius. I mean your calculating skills are insane

[@danielbaljeu3669]

Are there really 4 billion different Spinda? Numerically it makes sense with the binaries, but they always look pretty similar having 0-4 big red spots that move around a pixelated face

[@Stephillpotten]

No, If I remember correctly the number is around 200.

[@danielbaljeu3669]

@@Stephillpotten That sounds like a do-able challenge!

[@DepCajado]

*I WANT THE GOATEE SPINDA IN MY LIFE*

[@Mushimiya]

I see an error in your mathematics.. Who says every number in the binary code is linked to one specific pattern. The only thing that matters is the visual pattern.

[@kristophesiem5336]

The game code. Each byte represents one of the 4 dots of spinda and every bit determines the coordenates of its respective dot, so yeah

[@xicufwm]

I've watched a few videos on this channel before, but THIS was the one that got me to subscribe. Look at all those beautiful numbers! Don't you ever dare saying Math is boring again! Keep um the good work

[@liquidmist81]

The Spinda are like infinity stones. You get to make a wish after collecting all