[LIVE] Shiny Thundurus after 14,274 SRs in White (+ Therian Forme)

[@Sonikks]

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[@feraligatrsvaporeon]

You should change the therian form in the title to the therian varient

[@BobBob-yb9nt]

Hey do you ever stream in twitch

[@hweaver888]

my dex doesn't have the form button? only have 2 badges if that matters.

[@Fakeditto]

When he finishes a video and doesn’t say “Goodluck on all your hunts” 😔

[@Sonikks]

Good luck on all of YOUR hunts, my friend!

[@Fakeditto]

Sonikks I’m touched, thank you 😭

[@CorgiOfSteel]

That must be why I just went over odds for groudon :(

[@TickleM0nzta]

@@CorgiOfSteel if it makes you feel any better in ultra sun it took me 1k sr's to find shiny reshiram just to fail it

[@maicetube9875]

15:30 I actually discovered that a long time ago. I was playing with my friends and we had a 4-man Double-Battle. Two of us were playing on Black 2 and the other two had Black and White. When my friend send out his Black-Kyurem on my screen it looked normal, but on my friends screen with Pokemon White he only saw a normal Kyurem. And whats even more interesting was when the Black-Kyurem used his signature Move Freeze Shock it actually had the animation for it even in Pokemon Black and White. It looked kinda different but it was definitly the right animation.

[@wallybrown1341]

That's really strange. Maybe Freeze Shock was a move in the code that was never given to any Pokemon, but then in Black 2 and White 2 they decided to give it to Black-Kyurem?

[@maicetube9875]

@@wallybrown1341 Yeah i guess so. I mean it's not new that certain moves have been coded into the game, but not actually given to any Pokemon.

[@maicetube9875]

i just found a video where you can see that those two moves Freeze Shock and Ice Burn were indeed coded into the game. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4Lcgqt3ftWDf6c

[@ItsNep]

Not gonna lie I honestly thought this was common knowledge. In the games code, pokemon that were to get an alternate form in the sequels had a number identifying the amount of alternates they would have (those being the genies, kyurem, and keldeo. i think genesect's drives also counted as formes but those were already in the game). The same thing is true with diamond/pearl and then the alternate formes added in platinum. As for the moves, game freak likely already had the entire generation planned out unlike gens 1 and 2, so they were in the games code to keep everything compatible. My friend and I actually found the moves way back in 2011, we used to hack in weird and crazy pokemon using pokesav and some other program that would send them to your games, and on a move list we found them. I had a shiny scizor with freeze shock and ice burn lol. tcrf.net/Pokémon_Black_and_White This page should mention all of this stuff, I believe.

[@Sonikks]

@@ItsNep It probably is common knowledge but I didn't know it personally. I think the thing I compared it to was how in ORAS there are Megas that can't be used against a trainer playing X and Y. If you had a Mega Steelix but I had Y version, we literally can't battle using that Pokemon. I guess they got a bit lazier and just prevented connection with newer formes/items etc in later generations but this is just more recent memory I guess.

[@hollyvaughan2283]

Such an interesting way of determining if its shiny. Also as always great video!

[@embargogamer2717]

The Therian Forme looks so cool in Gen 5, wow.

[@Alex23__]

@@embargogamer2717definitely

[@thelocalninahopkins5666]

Thundurus has to be my favorite out of the trio, being one of the few Electric/Flying types we have. His other form is also pretty neat. I'm happy to have my own shiny one in Ultra Moon. Congrats on your thunder genie, my dude!

[@adamliddle4658]

Well done! Really unique way of checking for a shiny that I wasn't aware of. Glad it wasn't too far over odds!

[@GIR177]

I got inspired to try this hunt in my own White version after seeing your Pokédex checking method to confirm the shininess. By sheer ridiculous luck and the grace of RNGesus, I managed to get a shiny Thundurus to spawn in 93 SRs. I would never have even considered hunting for it in the first place without stumbling on this vid, so thank you!

[@Sonikks]

Congrats!

[@Nameless0131]

It does that for the Kyurem fusions as well, in BW it’s seen as regular Kyurem, but then the jig is up when it uses moves like fusion flare, or it’s ice beams hit way too hard. I believe it also used to do that for Giratina origin and Rotom forms when fighting a Platinum player from DP, it’ll show as Giratina altered or regular rotom. This might be why they didn’t change the rotom forms typing until gen 5, to avoid confusion

[@pokefreak907]

You are probably one of the best shiny hunters on the platform. Just the dedication alone. Keep it up ❤️

[@bdt2002gaming]

Congratulations on such a cool Shiny encounter! I can’t bring myself to continue hunting White for Foongus anymore, it’s been so long already and I keep procrastinating as is. I’m so bad with it that it’s been 20 months in the making for this thing...

[@lordn4353]

Stop wasting your life time. If you want some easy shinies, go do some raids online in Sw/Sh. Been doing this for like 2 weeks and I got like almost 20 shinies. Including Volcarona and many other AMAZING shinies.

[@bdt2002gaming]

Lord N That’s very fair. I don’t see it as a waste of time, though, because patience is something I need to practice a lot for later in life. I get that you’re trying to help though, so thanks 😊

[@yup5581]

@@lordn4353 quit wasting your lifetime by playing games that arent real. No seriously though a lot of people enjoy full odds rather than method hunts.

[@Sonikks]

I agree. If I hunt via raids in Sword and Shield, I can spend more time on other people's videos in the comment section telling them to stop wasting their life instead of uploading content. Thank you for the tip!

[@kingjuice9985]

@@Sonikks goat

[@Animaster151]

Gen 5 hunts always look amazing, congrats on the shiny !!

[@Artceps]

13:03 just seeing a legendary, pokemon often taken seriously and could be deadly, bounce around on the screen is straightup hilarious

[@kelpzie]

congrats!! i love it when you do unique hunts like this, it didn't even occur to me that i could use the dex...! i overlooked these shinies when bw came out tbh, didn't see anyone hunting them either, but i'm definitely going to do it now!

[@malsy3343]

Honestly one of the only KZbinrs I consistently watch. Thank you for the constant enjoyable videos :)

[@MajesticPale]

Sick catch man, congrats on the beautiful pseudo Roamer and awesome tip with the fossils, will take that advice when I hunt mine at some point thanks again.

[@Sonikks]

Thanks 👍

[@shavengrowlithe2099]

Love this sneaky way of checking, you always find really cool ways to hunt! Keep it up.

[@treyjohnson9629]

Yo congrats Steve I love seeing this one because it seems like not very many people hunt it and it is quite a nice shiny, Congrats.

[@ayanchowdhury6703]

I’ve always wanted to see people hunt this shiny, good job on getting this!

[@SaySevy]

I'm always impressed by how you are doing all these roaming encounters. Sure this is not as hard as the others but still... I could not have the power to do this!

[@Griyk]

Oh this was a great treat to wake up to! Also congrats on the awesome shiny!

[@lokienjoyer]

this sounds rly dumb but i honestly appreciate your vids because i get demotivated A LOT while shiny hunting and seeing you hunt for days makes me keep going

[@alonsog.7740]

Feeling awful lately. Your videos make me really happy and relax me. Thank you. ❤

[@Sonikks]

I'm so glad! Hope you feel better soon dude.

[@shinysamurott613]

I was actually thinking of doing this hunt soon. Looks great. Congrats

[@CATPlLLED]

this is certainly an interesting hunt! congrats on the shiny!

[@MrTmb64]

Really cool hunt! Congrats for the shiny ! And the thing with the therian form at the end was interesting ^^

[@cinnamontoastieboi6843]

Ahh, wish I had my old black and white cartridge. Congrats on the hunt dude!

[@SleepyTaylor]

Man this was really cool. I had no clue thats how they were hunted in this game. Congrats on the shiny thunder genie! Good luck if you decide on trying for the lileep!decide to check because I was curious, it did have land-t's ability! That's flippin crazy haha

[@3lc0rr3A]

This brought me back to when I found mine. Congrats Steve! This reminded me I still have to go for Tornadus

[@Sonikks]

Thanks Julio. Watched your video several times for motivation, appreciate it!

[@yep1628]

The shiny encounter with its theme song makes it that much more worth it

[@Tootdaddy17]

I always think it's funny how you find the shiny and then wait a couple of days to actually catch it haha, congrats!

[@yourcheekss12]

Congrats been waiting for another video and might I add that sprite is amazing 👍

[@Seanlolplaysblitz]

absolutely insane! especially unique way to determine if its shiny or not. congrats!

[@DarkJ1425]

Holy crap , 10 years and i had NO idea you can hunt like that. Who’s the mad lad who figured this out ?? Also congrats

[@daguapgetta5938]

Gen 5 hunts are highly underrated congrats!

[@brettkeenan8367]

Have you thought about sending gen 4-5 Pokemon to your gen 8 games to see them in their 3D models like with gen 3 hunts, or do you keep them on the file you originally got them on?

[@Blitzbrie]

Looks like a fun hunt I'm definitely getting this one. Feels like the only one of the 3 worth shiny hunting imo, I love the color it looks great

[@chaosun1770]

Congratulation for the shiny, Thundurus as a shiny is my favourite of the 3 genies.

[@Tunder-vu7gu]

Definitely want to try this hunt soon! Congrats!

[@rjrdodd]

How on earth you have the willpower to put that much effort in is crazy nice one

[@aminoz8315]

I love your videos you did make me start shiny hunting!

[@Spen]

Oh wow! That's a pretty cool method to find out if its shiny. Also, great video!

[@brucelau2023]

Gen 5 hunts always look amazing , great shiny mate 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@AquaticFayth]

Congrats on the shiny. I want to attempt this hunt. Do you have to transfer a non shiny first in order to hunt it?

[@Sonikks]

Yes you do! Best of luck on the hunt

[@AquaticFayth]

Sonikks you do?? Crap.

[@geraldGUMP]

​@@AquaticFaythgts for bw is back and working!

[@natsukikruger94]

Congrats man, I'm still doing random encounters on mine for koffing. I always loved gen 2 shiny colors and koffing is currently one of my favorites right now.

[@smoothiecake7340]

omg congrats! shiny thundurus is amazing! honestly i dont know how you manage to get so many shinies, i've been hunting for roaming entei/raikou for almost a year haha

[@semicolon3245]

Always wanted to try this hunt. Congrats!

[@willard7937]

Hey sonik congrats on this hunt if i am soft resetting for a shiny should i turn off my game when i stop or just close the ds and charge it im going for a snivy in white

[@Sonikks]

Thanks and just turn it off. It makes no difference dude.

[@Shine69yt]

In gen 6, 7 and 8 you can also use the dex when hunting the fossils. It's quite easy to get a big bunch of fossils in X and Y (Lileep in X)... and when they are sent straight to a box there's no nickname question. But there's no real point using the dex method in gen 7/8 as you see the mons right after reviving them anyways. (you can use it to make sure you didn't miss one tho) Oh and GZ on the shiny!

[@Justsomedudeokay]

Hey Sonikks, how do you change the Forme of the Urus'?

[@jannickesselink3912]

Give me a sec ill look it up for ya

[@kennynakawaki]

This is a very unique hunt. I never knew about the PokeDex method. Nonetheless, awesome shiny! Congratulations!

[@felixupsidedown2218]

Do you need to trade a normal thundurus over to your white version? And you have to have all batches to get access to it?

[@noname-ve7ot]

Congrats! I'm currently hunting Cresselia and the johto starters. Got a Totodile and named him Oats.

[@kaimusic7884]

Sonniks, do you have tips for beginner RE hunters? (And not like repel trick, or abilities to change encounter rates), but like, how to maintain motivation to spend weeks or even months to hunt?

[@Danny17MX]

It always makes me sad when I see this shiny because I got it when I was a kid just remembered it had a different colour thought nothing of it and sold the game with it on when I was young

[@DaraCloud]

Scrolling is not needed as itll just tell you 'Shiny seen : 1' you can confirm it that way

[@Sonikks]

Yeah but that's boring. Elastic band on the L and R buttons to reset faster too means it scrolls automatically.

[@reavershank8985]

Dude you are pumping out these roaming hunts in superspeed that is honestly impressive, also this method is really cool i might try it out too, does this work too if you dont have it in the dex yet?

[@ZappGD]

Good job on the shiny. I actually just ordered my first copy of pokemon white on July 31st. Hopefully it gets here soon.

[@Troy_The_Boi]

I did the same with White 2 Back in 2015 when I was 10... *IT STILL HASENT ARRIVED YET*

[@ZappGD]

@Lapis Lazuli Really?!

[@maro9660]

How manny resets do you do per day?

[@eddiekontrick3738]

How did you make it therian??? I want to hunt this but if I can’t get the form then I probably won’t

[@geraldGUMP]

black or white 2, bring landorus to shrine

[@UFOJuly11]

I have a question! I just got myself a copy of White after seeing this video. I want to hunt a Shiny Thundy too! But the thing is, I don't have anyone to trade with for a Thundurus so i can't register the pokedex entry. Does that mean i can't do this hunt? And for some reason, there's no "form" tab on my White Pokedex. Or does that come later in the game? i just started and its my first time playing Gen V so sorry for the noob-ish questions haha

[@agatha4374]

I think you can still hunt it, you just will have to press a few more buttons since you won't have the thundorus entry on tge dex to register

[@guacamolegeneral1060]

Damn thats one crazy an unique hunt! How long did it take you? You actually inspired me to do my first sr hunt. I am going for a starter in HG, going easy on my first hunt, so far i am 1250 sr's in, wish me luck 👍

[@DM-of5sl]

GuacamoleGeneral find it yet?

[@guacamolegeneral1060]

@@DM-of5sl yup i found it less than 100 resets later after commenting 😁 i got chicorita

[@WhiteFeathers669]

Question do you need an elastic band just so you can SR?

[@nifl9903]

I did this but for Tornadus instead back in like 2013. It was a successful hunt. Congrats on getting this also

[@ElectricYoshiHD]

How do you record the DS screen?

[@Sonikks]

DS capture card

[@treymadness6982]

Congrats on the shiny thundurus man I myself soft resetted and got my shiny shaymin in platinum today after 2045 encounters

[@CDRPoohBear]

Any tips on getting this shiny? ive been hunting this for a year and have over 24k+SR's. i need help!

[@ryanrichardson875]

This hunt seems so fun and I was planning on doing it, this just makes me want to do it more

[@flotechno3920]

Another great shiny GG sonniks is on a rampage he is going to soon make all shines extinct

[@dingifys]

im sorry im this late but im on an emulator so which button are you pressing exactly to insta show the form tab?

[@Sonikks]

I'm not using emulator but I'm pressing Select.

[@Holfend]

I assume all the stats and such are the same as they should be for the therian forms but it just appears as the other forms in the first game since they dont have the right sprites available.

[@jpeepo7985]

congrats mr.broadcaster on hitting the frame

[@Its_Asteria]

I gave up my volcarona relic castle SR hunt in white 2 and honestly. I might get either white 2 or black 2 secondary cartridges just to try hunting it again cause i have massive regret in giving up cause I was getting pretty close to heightened chances.

[@potatobird52]

Wow you’re lucky lately! Congratulations

[@PhantomDR]

Interesting thats a very unique way to check for shiny Are there other ones that work like this?

[@BlackMaleLion]

Is it possible to shiny hunt (for legendaries and non-legendaries) in Pokémon Dream Radar? If yes, is there a video guide on the hunt?

[@ballisticbananadadude]

Unfortunately, those Pokémon are shiny locked.

[@AnalogStick95]

So excited to see the video for the gen2 Entei. Any idea when you might upload that?

[@flotechno3920]

Steffy S didn’t he already get entai in 711 soft resets

[@Deceit72]

FLO Techno he got one in crystal in only 100

[@Sonikks]

Probably at some point this week, closer to the weekend I imagine. Just need to prep a final piece of footage :)

[@flotechno3920]

Sonikks cool I need to watch you on twitch

[@Deceit72]

@@Sonikks Nice I only have crystal on the vc so I was wondering how to hunt the other two dogs

[@colorful5190]

Do you need to have Thundurus registered in your Pokedex before the hunt, or does it work without that?

[@JunaidWolf3]

No u just need to beat the elite four

[@Sonikks]

Yeah you need the dex entry before starting.

[@evang909]

Jeeeze.. these recent legendary hunts have crazy high resets. Nice job.

[@dlink1012]

Congrats, dude!!

[@zabzab9326]

Hey how do you do to instantly open thundurus dex entry when you never encountered it before ?

[@Sonikks]

I explained in the intro that I got the dex entry.

[@zabzab9326]

@@Sonikks soz I'm not a native speaker so there are some words I miss, thanks

[@cecillewolters1995]

Congratulations man :) Really weird way to hunt tbh, I prefer to see the actual stars when encountering. Oh well. Btw, how exactly do you hunters keep track of those soft resets? I have hunted a Cyndaquil in Crystal for 11 months, I cannot imagine counting all those :O

[@Deceit72]

Mathinus Wolters there are multiple ways to personally I use an app called Pokétch which keeps track of your hunts to count for every encounter all you have to do is tap on the screen

[@cecillewolters1995]

@@Deceit72 Smart :O Although I have to use an extra ds for the Poketch. Or is it an actual app? xD

[@Deceit72]

Mathinus Wolters it’s an app on your phone

[@cecillewolters1995]

@@Deceit72 Awesome, thank you :) I will use this in the future!

[@yours_truly_jesus_2827]

Wow I remember this I did this like a year ago and it took me 8995 sr good job bro I know this was a real pain in the ass

[@yours_truly_jesus_2827]

Btw I’m currently hunting deino and Kyurem in Pokémon white 1 I have 11k for deino and 6k for Kyurem let’s see if I can find those little dragons lol

[@exiledrevenger7074]

Congratulations on the shiny

[@marcosguimaraes5473]

Can anyone tell me why I can't see both forms of the pokemon, normal and shiny, in my pokedex?

[@Sonikks]

Have you found the shiny...? If not, you can't see it obviously.

[@danielszczypiorowski1217]

As if the thunder Pokémon is actually a quiet nature

[@johosperados1355]

Hallo nice Hunte :) Do you know if that works the same way in Black and White 2 i tbh dont knwo anymore if the events of these 2 work the same in these. I plan to do the same hunt :D

[@Sonikks]

Hallo! The genies are unfortunately only in BW1, not BW2.

[@MarcDYJ]

So you need to have caught a Thundurus before shiny hunting it?

[@crisen_]

Nope you will be given an entry by the old guy

[@leapofdeath7233]

so i start shiny hunting and im going for giratina platinum do you thing its a good idea?

[@Sonikks]

absolutely

[@michaelmalachite4404]

Sweet shiny! You're so cool Steve

[@nightmarekinggrimm4064]

Yay a new sonikks video congrats in the thundurus

[@matteprg8404]

I know i’m late and nobody cares but Thundurus was my first shiny ever completly random ( No SRs ) I was 6 and i thought that he had “strange stars” because it was a legendary, then i understood that he was very special and rare, 10 years later i’m still proud of that :) i’m really close to shiny Thundurus and i’m happy you caught it too But, excluding a Random Shiny Sandile always in PKMN White, i didn’t find any random shiny in the past 6/7 years, then in Pokemon Sun i found a random shiny Mareanie in an egg during breeding, and it was actually a 29 IVS :)

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

wonderful shiny! hope i get my shiny tepig soon

[@Lazar..]

When I saw thundurus it just flew away and I cant find it what should I do?

[@blob4750]

Look for it

[@zacharyperna]

does this method work if i haven't yet registered it to my dex?

[@Sonikks]

No, you would need to track it down to determine if it's shiny or not. I don't recommend that.

[@tabbyswads2619]

How does he still do WiFi battles?

[@tomjs933]

he has 2 ds's he battled himself

[@tabbyswads2619]

I thought here was no more WiFi battles for black/white

[@tabbyswads2619]

I mean I thought there was no more WiFi connection for the games

[@Sonikks]

You're thinking about Nintendo online. Two DS' can still communicate. Otherwise it would be impossible to complete the dex.

[@tabbyswads2619]

Oh ok thanks I’m going to tell my friends

[@seanthegrim9900]

love your content! Great Job

[@TheRedScizor]

seems the ability and stats are the therian forme's stats even on White 1 since the therian forme's have abilities that are not new and thus W1 has no issue with them. Basically W1 is just not displaying the Therian sprite since it is not in the game but everything else should be correct. Neat.

[@bronzepkmn]

I love B/W

[@garythomas2337]

What a cool way of hunting!!

[@rayboyman]

if you kill thunderus, can it be reborn after beating Pokemon league