[LIVE] Shiny Gen 1 Zapdos in Yellow after only 665 soft resets (+ Stadium 2 showcase)

Gen 1 Shiny Zapdos appears after a super quick hunt. Only 665 resets for the first of the trio. Gen 2 Zapdos is super vibrant and changes a lot more than in later Gens.
This was on my childhood copy of Yellow too which is always amazing to use for shiny hunting. This game was what got me into Pokemon, period.
I'll probably hunt the other two Legendary Birds at a later point this year.
Thanks for watching!

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Grats Steve!!!! This has definitely got me inspired to go for Moltres one of these days. The birds look amazing in gen 2!! After watching this, I can't help but imagine how fun it would be if Strength allowed you to start moving around the NPCs LOL

[@TheTropicanaMan]

Gen 1 hunts are so interesting. Shiny hunting already requires luck, but having to see if the stats match up correctly is like watching slot reels line up for a jackpot haha. Edit: Also I think people don’t like shinies like Zapdos, Regice, etc because they’ve only seen the normal/shiny models from the 3D styles when some color palettes were changed up. I’ve shown some of my shiny hunting pals the old sprites from the original games and they appreciated the older shiny sprites a lot more.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

Sonikks can shiny hunt even in Pókemon TCG, Pokémon Pinball and even when he buys Funkos.

[@i.m.crazee5195]

Zapdos pallette was always atrocious but Regice in gen 3 is great.

[@TheMcFather]

My god I can only imagine how many shinys we had in our childhood that we didn’t know were

[@zegroselia2504]

If i recall right only fishing and static encounters can be shiny, but it is still possible that people had shinies and never knew that.

[@Lyncin]

@@zegroselia2504 nope. only the DVS need to match for it to be shiny.

[@Lyncin]

@@zegroselia2504 so you can get one by grwass, surfing etc

[@zegroselia2504]

@@Lyncin yes, DVS needs to match, however if i remember right due to how the game handles generating pokemon, walking on grass and surfing does not generate the DVS needed to the pokemon be shiny.

[@Lyncin]

​@@zegroselia2504 Pokémon transported to Pokémon Bank from the Virtual Console releases of the Generation I games via Poké Transporter may be Shiny after being transported. Since Version 1.3 of Poké Transporter, this is determined the same way as in the Generation II games. Prior to Version 1.3, the roles of the Attack and Defense IVs were swapped, meaning that the process did not properly correspond to Generation II. The same quirks that apply to transferring Pokémon from Generation I to Generation II games also apply. The Mew that were distributed to the Generation I Virtual Console games have IVs of 15 in every stat, meaning they can never be Shiny.

[@Pink.Experience]

The 12345 legend! Congrats on the catch or match? So awesome! Also wowza that stadium shiny is super super nice!

[@nosysprat6170]

Shiny zapdos looks so much better in gen 2 than in the newer games. It's so orange, nowadays it's just a slightly different schade of yellow.

[@Nautoum]

Sick shiny, sick hunt, sick ID and what a sick Stadium 2 model! Again, major congrats Steve!

[@Sonikks]

Yes! Thank you! Thanks for the help again too btw!

[@Nautoum]

@@Sonikks no worries dude, any time :)

[@emiranda2491]

I am so shocked the moment you got it! Gosh, never thought Shiny Pokemon appears in Gen 1 though no color alt, but the specific numbers of the stats indicates. Congrats, man!👏😄

[@Koreysartandfilms04]

Sonikks, you are my favorite shiny hunter and you have been for a long time! You give me the motivation to keep shiny hunting when I watch your videos. Congrats on such a quick shiny! Sending love and luck for your future hunts! :>

[@Sonikks]

Thank you so much, gl on your hunts!

[@Gen3Hunter]

Congrats Steve!! Really wild that Zapdos only has two moves upon catching at lv 50 in the Gen 1 games. Looking forward to seeing more! And as always, best of luck on Ralts

[@Sonikks]

You too Mike!

[@weedgoblin561]

I never get to see these live, but I'm thankful for the uploads. I love shiny Zapdos myself. Sending all the best shiny luck to all hunters! ✨ ✨ ⭐ ⭐

[@Sonikks]

They're not always live on Twitch. 99% of my hunting is just recording, not streaming. Thanks for watching.

[@robwills3052]

I tried hunting shaymin in brilliant diamond 3k plus encounters and i gave up. You have the patience of a saint. Im never doing it again haha. I wanted to throw my switch and stamp on it

[@NoctuaOlivae]

Such is the way of the shiny hunter. My shiny Latias in Omega Ruby took me a month and a half of hunting before I saw it shine.

[@pwnulater]

I got 20k seen in my soul silver starter hunt and no shiny :( was looking for a month

[@pokepicker1833]

With that Power Plant Music, you could never get bored soft resetting lol

[@ShinyAlex01]

Always awsome to see gen 1 shiny pokemon! The fact that this is possible will always be one of the coolest things ever to me! Congrats man! :)

[@boltpanther5862]

Never thought I would see another Gen 1 hunt on this channel! I am super happy you got it so quickly :) it is so nice that you've done it on original hardware...as a 90s kid it's super nostalgic thinking of trying to get those stupid link cables to work!!

[@estelle5798]

Congrats Steve!! These hunts are so interesting, and it's great that it decided to "shine" so quickly. I personally adore subtle shinies, I feel like they need more love!

[@PokeToT]

LOL that ID! ive yet to do a gen 1 hunt, but MAN that looks so cool!! congrats on the fast hunt!

[@MajesticPale]

Congrats on your zappy bird Steve! Also happy that my fellow french man helped you with conforming this was indeed shiny and awesome layout, love the zapdos art with the traditional gen 2 colors.

[@winterbreezesrule9583]

Damn, if only it had waited one more reset... All jokes aside, congrats! I dunno if I'd ever have the patience for this to myself, but, who knows.

[@Overdragoon]

Respect, Gen 1 hunt and sick trainer ID as well. Good job!

[@stealthygrenade6614]

Ayyy, I was wondering when you would do Another Gen 1 hunt! Love these, Congrats on the amazing Luck! Such a good Shiny :D

[@perfect_tempo8853]

I also had the card as a kid so Zapdos has always been one of my favs too! Congratulations!

[@hunterswanson7787]

Suppose I'm a bit late to the party on this video but I've been resetting for bulbasaur in gen 1 (im at 3500 so far) and this gives me inspiration to keep with it! Congrats on zapdos :)

[@mythi2964]

8:34 man that is quite a good difference. I wish they kept that in later games!

[@cecillewolters1995]

Jow this is one crazy shiny congratulations man! ✨ Shiny Zapdos looks sick, I just love the sparkles on this particular pokemon the most :D Have you ever noticed that early Zapdos designs had one toe less? It was later changed to 3, probably to match Articuno and Moltres better I suppose

[@Sonikks]

I didn't notice that, good catch!

[@Twilit_Gamer]

Thanks for the motivation! I've recently taken a break from shiny hunting in general, but this has given me a bit of motivation to continue hunting. I'll probably start by resuming my gen 1 mew hunt for a bit Edit: Only about 2 hours after writing this comment, I found it! I just finished performing the 8F glitch to transfer it to my copy of Ultra Sun, and I'm very happy about it!

[@Sonikks]

Congrats!!

[@pimpingporygon7157]

Omg that Pokemon brings back memories, I have a binder that has all of the original 151 cards original sets. I love my original kanto bird cards the most

[@napkinx4341]

it also has the highest stats which is wild awesome find

[@TheTruth01234]

I’m with you, I love Zapados shiny. In gen 2 it just looks amazing. Love these hunts! Great job!

[@shad0w275]

One of those shinies where the colours remain the same but they really do pop and look amazing, I actually got the same shiny with the same stats but my crystal file along with my shiny raikou and other treasured shinies got deleted… Congrats!

[@Sonikks]

That sucks dude. Time to reclaim for sure!

[@ash82pikachu]

another amazing hunt for an amazing shiny congrats steve !

[@turkgba91]

Congratss soniks, what a beauty it is😍. Sub on you. I am also a gen 2 3 hunter. Congrats again

[@jacobrobert0]

Big congrats! It looks so amazing in gen 2 😍

[@MrTayseanpwns]

Love your hunts man. You're the GOAT!

[@UltimateBlobrex]

Congrats on the shiny Gen 1 Zapdos. I'd love to hunt Moltres in those games

[@mdm767]

Wow is mind blowing how many different hunts you have got successful with. Great find

[@Will.Tristan]

Maaaaaan well done dude! I've been hunting a gen 1 mew since Feb 2020 and still going. Nice to see you got yours fairly quickly, that's wild!

[@cecillewolters1995]

How do you hunt Mew? I thought the glitch Mew always had the same stats

[@Sonikks]

GL!

[@Will.Tristan]

@@cecillewolters1995 theres a few different ways but there's a video by Nautoum showing how to do it through a fossil hunt

[@cecillewolters1995]

@@Will.Tristan Ah cool, thank you :)

[@Waddyy]

Everytime I move away from hunting you always do some cool new hunt to get me intrigued and back into it smh, cool bird dude congrats on it being shiny :)

[@Sonikks]

You'll never leave :)

[@michaelmalachite4404]

Rewatching this later and I had to comment on that dope ID# "12345"

[@thealmightyduck335]

Huge congrats on the shiny, dude! Gen 1 hunts are always some of the most interesting imo :) Just curious though, how do you always have the satisfying trainer IDs? Do you just reset the game over and over or do you RNG manip?

[@masterofdisaster27]

I remember doing a gen 1 hunt for mewtwo Congrats! Still some of the coolest hunts to do :D

[@Elot1134]

Shiny Flying Pikachu from the Pokewalker would be the god of all hunts

[@danomeral]

Incredible!! Im gonna start with gen 1 bulbasaur, tho i am using homebrew to stream...how did you manage to stream your original yellow? Is it a capture card modified original DS?

[@shadowfurret]

Really unique hunt, was really cool to watch! Congrats!

[@andrewdecker3752]

Congrats! And I love zapdos for the exact same reason that card was my favorite

[@yommmrr]

That looks sick in stadium.

[@toualee1430]

Sheesh. Congratulations brother.

[@xurkitree6779]

Nice!

[@KevinPlaysGames1019]

Man you've really inspired me to do my own shiny hunting quests. Iv just completed my quest of all 3 shiny gen 2 starters. It was a whole lot of fun and just gotta say thanks for the incredible content and inspiration. If youre curious my odds were insane Shiny Chikorita. 360 resets Shiny Chikorita. 1467 resets Shiny Cyndaquil. 3150 rests Shiny Cyndaquil. 6051 resets Shiny Cyndaquil. 9081 resets at some point i got a 4th shiny cyndaquil. i never marked down which # of resets it was XD Shiny Totodile. 10410 resets

[@carltonleboss]

3 shiny Cyndaquil, nice! Are you going to evolve two of them into Quilava and Typhlosion to get the full shiny evolution line?

[@Sonikks]

Sick, congrats!

[@KevinPlaysGames1019]

@@carltonleboss oh absolutely

[@pwnulater]

I did 20k seen in my soul silver starter hunt and no shinys 😭

[@radiocaf]

Zapdos is the best of the three birds, you can't change my mind. Congrats on the amazing, and quick, shiny, Steve. Do you recommend Gen 1 shiny hunting? What are the odds? I assume the usual 8192?

[@TekLevin]

I’m going to check my gbcolour now

[@jesushuerta4379]

I'm kinda getting into shiny hunting and I might do Gen 1 shiny hunting for the legendaries. It looks really interesting.

[@Lesbearian]

Gen 1 hunts are always so fun to watch but I only just noticed your trainer ID is 12345 and I love that

[@Lesbearian]

I COMMENTED THIS RIGHT BEFORE YOU TRADED AND THEN YOU COMMENTED ABOUT IT IN THE VIDEO HAHA! i love it. Sorry!

[@espeonfreak]

Would definitely be interested in seeing your shiny pokemon collection at some point Sonikks, I imagine it'd be beautiful to look at!

[@Sonikks]

Maybe soon :)

[@Zen_Bob]

Doing gen 1 hunts. Niceee

[@chrisschreier8433]

Please hunt the Gen 1 Articuno and Moltres. I know you said in your Mewtwo video you aren’t going to do another Gen 1 hunt. Please if you can that would really mean a lot. Thank you and I love your videos and that is awesome you got Zapdos. I’m working on Articuno in Red now in VC

[@Sonikks]

I will be doing Gen 1 Articuno and Moltres. Thanks for watching and good luck on Articuno!

[@CesarIvan1]

Just started hunting the moon starters! This cutscene is horrendous.

[@Motis73]

Gj on the hunt ! Also really cool id !

[@6n1ck]

Sonikks do you know if the gift psyduck from Stadium can be shiny? I’ve looked everywhere for an answer and can’t find one. I’ve always wondered as I thought there probably isn’t a single person with that Pokémon as shiny (if it’s possible)

[@RandalfElVikingo]

You're asking for too much of a hunt, but I think it depends of the stats of the Psyduck. I think you can only get one if I remember right.

[@6n1ck]

@@RandalfElVikingo oh I know you only get one per play through and I’m pretty sure it’s not soft resettable. I just know only certain Pokémon have DV ranges capable of being shiny in gen 1. I just don’t know if any one has data on the ranges for stadium gift Pokémon. It was all just a thought on what might be the most difficult shiny to get outside of completed events

[@RandalfElVikingo]

@@6n1ck And maybe shiny Gligar from PS2.

[@6n1ck]

@@RandalfElVikingo yeah who knows maybe those ranges are different from PS1. I’m sure someone knows

[@Sonikks]

A few people have asked me that and tbh, I have no idea. There are some gifts in Stadium 2 as well like Gligar. If they can be shiny, it would be a brutal hunt as you need to clear the game to just choose one.

[@kennynakawaki]

Steve really likes the pink feet 🤣

[@TheTalmon18]

Question: Does making the transfer save your game? I assume it does (otherwise, you'd be cloning o-o) But that would suck if you transfer one that isn't shiny :(

[@andreaperilli5771]

Wow Shiny Zapdos

[@mannyzoom10]

So when u did this hunt. You used the transfer pak to play it on the tv so u can soft reset easy? Because you just press the reset button and that’s it right? I just wanna make sure because I wanna hunt the trio in Red version

[@aporue5893]

articuno is my favourite!but I like zapdos and moltres too!

[@sampanna6983]

That's so cool.

[@skipperdmudkipz]

Surprised you attempted another Gen 1 hunt after your comments about the Mewtwo hunt, but congrats nonetheless. If you get around to reading this comment, do you know if hunting with Dodrio mode in Stadium 1 or 2 is possible? I got to ~2,220 resets for a shiny Moltres using Dodrio mode then I stopped to see if it was affecting odds and couldn’t find any information about it online. Just figured if there’s someone who would know, either you’d know or you’d know someone who would.

[@Sonikks]

I think the thing I disliked the most about Gen 1 Mewtwo was the fact it was a 100th shiny special. I couldn't hunt anything else next to it and I was locked into it for 14k encounters. What do you mean about Dodrio mode sorry?

[@skipperdmudkipz]

@@Sonikks ah that makes sense, especially since Gen 1 hunting requires more attention than other Gens. By Dodrio mode I mean the x2 and x3 emulation speeds in the GameBoy Tower, my worry being it possibly skips frames or something similar to achieve the speed up and subsequently messes with the odds.

[@bongotm876]

I was hunting shiny alpha heracross in legends arceus while watching this. On my route i go past alpha rapidash i got the shiny alpha rapidash and 1 reset later got the shiny alpha heracross, i am in shock.

[@polishedrelish]

here I was thinking you weren't gonna do a gen 1 hunt again

[@asteroid11]

My Yellow VC is coincidentally trainer ID 00001. Didn't reset for it, didn't even notice til I was in post game. In the middle of a Gen 1 Moltres hunt cause that ID is too good not to try and get some shinies.

[@porchprophet1641]

Omg I wanna do a gen 1 hunt so bad now lol but I don’t have a gen 2 game or a separate console unfortunately

[@genjama]

Bruh I've been chasing this thing since summer of 2020, and you got the highest stats possible too

[@genjama]

Finally got it a couple of days ago

[@sponge8406]

Ngl zapdos is probably my fav legendary or at least top 3 🐐

[@kennynakawaki]

Damn he also got the best values for HP and Attack too, 158 and 110

[@pulcio2046]

I got him 2 times, one on fire red and the second time on a random fist encounter on ultra sun. He was my first shiny legendary😍 Fun fact I got mewtwo on fire red the same day after zapdos, I was shocked, mewtwo is also my fav Pokémon, just try to imagine… 2 legends on a 1/8192 chance in 1 day!!!😶 I love old gen shiny hunting it’s so satisfying and rewarding that you’ll also love to get jynx😂

[@Sonikks]

I found three full odds shinies on the same day too. This Zapdos, Excadrill in White 2 and Poochyena in Gen 3. Sometimes the stars align!

[@pulcio2046]

It happened again to me when I got xurkitree, azelf and cresselia the same day then a week later in the same day I found regigigas, yveltal and kyogre but in newer games this feeling is not the same I don’t know how to tell what I mean xD

[@harrison2308]

I love these gen 1 hunts their so unique! Moltres in the future???🤔

[@Sonikks]

Absolutely!

[@NerdbanditRS]

Rip to the poochyena clip sacrificed for this clip

[@psykoplumo4935]

Much love

[@effieli7230]

Congratz. But hey, how do you get that ID? 12345. You reseted for it?)

[@Sonikks]

Yeah I did :)

[@alikabokbok_]

How did you know that a specific stats can make a pokemon shiny? Is it a Gen 1 thing?

[@ciphermitarai]

So, when the second generation of Pokémon games was created, they added shiny Pokémon into the game. They decided to have it be determined by the individual values (essentially, the IVs, but a variant version from gen 3 +) of the Pokémon in that generation. However, those rules still apply to transfers from generation 1, which were possible in the original games, because they could have those same sets of IVs. So, for example, you catch a Rattata in gen one, and you don’t know its IVs. But if you level it up to around level 50, you can guess easily based on the specific number. Then, if that set of IVs matches a set that makes a Pokémon shiny in gen 2, it will be shiny in gen 2.

[@Ninjasraynonu3]

Damn I wonder who was the first person to ever check the range of effort values from gen 1 to gen 2 to see if they were shiny

[@Werhgrjdtvrykum]

Jesus its perfect. Shiny zapdos with the best possible stats for it to be shiny and it's IDNo is 12345.

[@loudthump6306]

That trainer id is literally INSANE

[@lucasc5336]

Sooo Cool!!! I'm hunting the bird in Shining Pearl rn

[@Sonikks]

GL!

[@lucasc5336]

@@Sonikks ty

[@xStrongElk]

That's dope

[@owengrabell3408]

Congrats man🔥🔥

[@big_axolotl_]

I have always wanted to hunt the gen 1 Legendary pokemon. Do you think you will do anymore?

[@mysteriousstranger6121]

Can you use stadium 2 to view potential shinies on gen 1 games without trading?

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

smokin!

[@chackbro1]

Aww... You were one off from 666

[@MiguelSanchez-ce2qq]

Do you ever move it to further up Gens or it just stays in Gen 1/2?

[@Sonikks]

I keep them in the games they're found in as the sprites are better than the models.

[@Peperon_cinodayo]

🥳

[@TRal55]

Whoa, how did you get an ID# 12345??

[@omegamanGXE]

Right?!

[@FurrettoYT]

Imagine if he got the Zapdos in 666-

[@kennynakawaki]

That’s a sick ID No. 12345

[@paranoidpotato5194]

Oh man, i'm torn. I wanna shiny hunt, and build a live shiny dex, but the way i wanna do it, is by obtaining the shiny in their original games. Like for example, getting a shiny charmander in red, but i heard that you can't trade Pokemon from gen 1 & 2 into anything. I heard on the 3ds you can, as you can buy the digital version of the games, but at the same time, albeit expensive, i want the physical copies of the games.

[@skipperdmudkipz]

Unfortunately, if you wanna do it that way, 90% of the Gen 1 games are shiny locked, as only gift, stationary, (legendaries and snorlax) and traded Pokémon (from NPCs) can be shiny. So you can’t hunt most Pokémon in Gen 1, only Gen 2.

[@paranoidpotato5194]

@@skipperdmudkipz that's fine, as long as i got them in those games, that's all that matters. I have fire red and leaf green, which i'm still counting as "in their original games". Also, i just want to have the physical copies of the game to show off to my non-existing and non-caring friends.

[@bakeyjr]

W

[@danielknutson4502]

665...we were *this* close to greatness.

[@FRANKENBERRY.]

my goal in legends arceus is to get a shiny in each of the different regions so it'll give me a total of 5 shinies im hoping for the hisui versions of either stantler and possibly sneasle

[@shreym03]

Question: How is your trainer Id 12345?

[@Sonikks]

I reset for it.

[@shreym03]

@@Sonikks That must've taken hours in itself right? I thought it might be by stone glitch or something

[@Sonikks]

It can take a while yeah. I got 00000 in Silver the other day too. I usually take my games fishing with me or while I'm working to just reset casually.

[@playkawaii2104]

963!

[@maartenvangoolen]

I would like to see you catch a shiny mew in gen1. I don't even know if this also is possible.

[@Sonikks]

Working on that in the future for sure!