Piloswine Solo - Pokemon Crystal - Fine swine or hog slog?

Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle*
3. No glitches or exploits
4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
*no healing, restore, or battle items. Pokeballs, Pokedolls, and Held Items are allowed.
*Double team is boring...
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[@walkingcorpse1224]

The first shiney I ever caught was a shiney Entei. I was sad when it first fled, but yay, even when it flees, it's still a shiny when you find it again.

[@noahp1124]

Gsme freak would be the biggest ass holes in the entire gaming industry if they allowed it to work the alternative way. And I’m saying that with EA in mind

[@wildefice1]

@@noahp1124 oh God if that happened to me I would be so incredibly sad

[@paulnewton2284]

That's the case in the remakes too right?

[@Stev51]

@@paulnewton2284 yes

[@walkingcorpse1224]

@@paulnewton2284 I'm pretty sure yeah, but u know what's funny, the second shiney I ever saw was a shiney Nidoqueen and... It belonged to the Battle Factory in Pokemon Emerald. 😭 But I at least got to play with it before having to give her back. Now that was a real kick to the ding ding, seriously! I mean I was just a little kid, so finding a shiney was something really special, so u can imagine the disappointment in seeing something as cool as a shiney Nidoqueen and not even being able to keep her.

[@TheWispGuy]

25:22 Elder: "You must really love Pokemon. I entrust you with this Dratini, a symbol of our clan." Scott's Thoughts: "Thanks." *proceeds to use it as an HM Mule.*

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That’s it’s only purpose

[@Medabee8]

3:53 - should have went with Hidden Power - Flying, as Piloswine had lots of Hp anyway

[@jennytalia6724]

I think he made the right call. Fighting types have high defense and Piloswine is meant to have decent Sp. Atk because the Ice type was special. Choosing a type strong against Water types would not be useful because they tend to have strong Sp. Def.

[@wesleynewcomb]

@@jennytalia6724 All of the Fighting types in Gen 1 and 2 except Machop, Machoke, and Poliwrath have higher SpDef than Def. Machoke only has 10 more Def and Poliwrath only has 5 more. Piloswine's Atk is significantly better than his SpAtk. Maybe you were thinking of before the Special split. It stinks that Fighting types are such an obstacle because HP Rock would've helped with Gyarados and Charizard.

[@kya51000]

I love that adding of the stones to match the boost you get. Its the small things you add that really make these videos a cut above the rest! Keep up the great work

[@bortzanator3018]

(commenting before watching) I always wanted to love Piloswine in the GSC days but I could never really make it work. Not only do you get one so late into the run (hey at least its better than the treatment Houndour got...) but it was so low level I never wanted to train it. Excited to watch and see what you can do with a starter Swinub. I don't care if you get too big to read all the comments, I will still post just to boost your channel until you reach stardom. Edit: The first shiny I caught was a random full odds shiny in Crystal. I was just running from city to city for something and accidently ran into the grass.

[@mickgorro]

_Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm_, right?

[@priestesslucy3299]

Gen 2 actually gives you a great opportunity to train it: the final Rocket Event in Goldenrod

[@iBenjamin1000]

I had it on my soulsilver team the first time I played through the johto games, it can evolve into mamoswine and it hard carried the team alongside kingdra.

[@johnhartjes8669]

Dont forget Misdreavus just able to obtain till you literally beat the whole game.

[@DeezNuts-nz3ln]

@@mickgorro it’s youngster joey!

[@VoiceAnon]

My first shiny was a Carvanha. I was trying to catch a Feebas, and my child mind thought that I could get it just by fishing enough times in the same spot. I did that enough to get a shiny. Really, it's remarkable how dedicated I was as a kid.

[@brandonharrison60162]

I feel like I did that for hours as a kid trying to complete the pokedex.

[@Smileyrat]

I did the same thing. Reset my file before finding out it was only on specific tiles. It was the last pokemon I needed for my first compleet dex to.

[@taylor5427]

Man, I love your videos so much! The fact that you're going through with every Pokemon in the game scratches an itch I didn't even know that I had. Thank you for all your awesome content!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I am a completionist! We’re going to get through them all!!!

[@three-b4212]

Can we just appreciate the incredible production value on these videos? I mean, these are actually a cut above the rest. Big fat 10 in my book.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks Three-B, I’m working so hard on making them better every week!

[@FatherlyTones]

I love the "no stone unturned" mentality in these. As always thanks for sharing your passions with us, man. 👍👍👍

[@philipmurphy2]

Glad to see Piloswine did well in its playthrough.

[@AntiqueKeeper]

Wouldn't be a Scott's Thought without hearing about Scott's Girlfriend

[@rennyjesus]

And his PP or lack of thereof... xD

[@nich6200]

Wouldn’t be a Scott’s Thought without hearing about Scott’s Thot

[@iaminfinite8593]

Gotta flex on the down low haha

[@ThePiep]

Wait, he has a girlfriend? Strange that he never talks about her.

[@AntiqueKeeper]

@@rennyjesus I think it's time we ask Scott if Scott's Girlfriend can make a channel that makes comments on Scott's PP as Scott's Girlfriend gives her Thoughts?

[@mycabbages8228]

Btw. in union cave you can climb down 1 level where you'll find lvl. 8-9 pokemons which cuts down grinding time quite a bit.

[@Reaperschest]

Held items finally! I've been waiting for this, this is gonna give you so many more options!

[@IsuKen]

My first ever shiny was a Hoot-Hoot I found near the start of Gold version. I remember being incredibly excited since Ash also had a shiny Noctowl in the anime at the time. Tragically, I lost a shiny in that same run, a Tentacruel while heading to Blaine. I had run out of repels and it appeared when I was low on balls and failed to catch it. Since then I've never carried less than 30 Ultra Balls (or better depending on the game) in my inventory.

[@mattlucier9740]

You’re awesome dude. Glad to see the channel starting to blow up! My first full odds shiny was a geodude in rock tunnel while playing a gift-only run of fire red like 10 years ago. I ended up changing my rules to “only gift Pokémon and Geodude/Graveler” 😂

[@Sir_Sandwich812]

My first shiny was a bit unexpected. I was grinding in the post game, leveling up on random routes to take on Red in Gold Version, with my trusty Typhlosion, Blaze, and BAM! Shiny Tentacool. I was so shocked, and thought it was a glitch. I quickly caught it, and it became my favorite new pet project, no pun intended. Great job Scott! Keep up the good work! Loving the Gen 2 playthroughs.

[@richaardlambert2002]

First shiny was a geodude. Remember thinking it looked stupid and feeling disappointed. Really like it now though, it's like to imagine all the gold nuggets I find around are from shiny geodude battles 🤠

[@golternator333]

Same!

[@boundforglory13]

my first shiny was the jankiest shiny possible a rattata i caught in red, that i only found out was shiny thanks to stadium 2 lol

[@ItzRiku]

This is one of the most underrated Pokémon channels on KZbin. I’ve shared Scott with all my friends!!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I like to be shared :)

[@thehouseofstark]

Hey Scott! I usually get to these videos during the weekend but I just wanted to leave a comment that I love watching your playthroughs And I always feel special for the Raticate episode

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You are special!

[@Leonomonn]

I thought I'd pop into the algorithm to say that I'm excited for your new set of rules for Johto, and I also really appreciate your videos every week.

[@Drowzee64]

I feel like cheesing Whitney is part of the intended experience in Johto, so I never begrudge challenge runners for cheesing her. Whitney was the first time many of us were asked to defeat an opponent with something other than brute force in a Pokemon game. Lowering accuracy and status conditions were two of the easiest way to do that.

[@lilithkitsune7152]

I almost feel sad because I feel like I've missed out on this huge shared community pain. I had no issues with Whitney when I was a kid, she was just like every other Gym leader to me. So when I see all this stuff about her being tough it just doesn't hit the same for me At the same time I'm glad kid me didn't have to go through that seemingly traumatic event xD

[@jennytalia6724]

I always find the online reaction to Whitney amusing. Having already beaten the likes of Super Return of the Jedi and many Super Mario games by that point in my childhood, Whitney was nothing to me.

[@Drowzee64]

@@jennytalia6724 Yeah, I think Whitney is only remembered as difficult because she was one of the first actual challenges in what was many peoples' first turn-based RPG.

[@jennytalia6724]

@@Drowzee64 I had already beaten Blue and probably had a ton of pokemon in my party by the time I got to her and just whittled her down. Probably had a Gastly, etc.

[@eightteentwo]

My first shiny was a Zubat. To this day, Crobat is one of my faves. Granted, Crobat's been one of my faves since its debut and is one of the reasons I don't care much for FR/LG. I'm still salty that I grinded up my golbat's happiness for nothing on my first playthrough. Side note: This channel inspired me to work on a Firered hack where every pokemon is a Venonat/Venomoth with every possible typing (including Fairy), with appropriate abilities and learnsets. I'm still in the planning stage since I need to do some MAJOR moveset overhauls to make the game make some sort of sense. Related, I learned that a physical attack used by venomoth on venomoth deals almost as much damage as a special attack used by venomoth on venomoth. Just a fun oddity I stumbled on when mathing things out.

[@NativeGolfer10]

A lot of the enjoyment I get from these videos comes from last from seeing how Scott makes Pokémon I never use or couldn’t figure out work.

[@dazzydaz2693]

My first shiny was a Shiny Elekid from the random egg in Silver! I loved it. Great run, Scott.

[@SephonDK]

I love this evolution line. Thanks for doing this :)))

[@MsCravenMoorehead]

The only game I've ever played was red/blue and a few instances of yellow. I'm a 35 year old, married man who watches this channel. Amazing editing. Fun content. Relatable cringe. Great content. I'm a software developer for a large financial firm. The stuff you're doing is extremely neat :) Keep up the good work!

[@sagacious03]

Okay run video! Thanks for uploading! I can't recall catching any shinies other than a Wingull & a Zubat, both in Ruby. There was also a Rattata in Silver, but I had no balls at the time.

[@Schedelke]

I have never caught a shiny except for the Red Gyarados and in a modded crystal rom 3 years ago. I completed the pokedex on my Pokemon Silver cartridge with my own Pokemon Gold as a kid, no friends to trade with or tell me shinies are even a thing, so I honestly had no idea until years later. I just assumed that 1 Gyarados is red because of plot thingy, nothing else special about it. I used it ofcourse because it was "special" and Gyarados is a beast, never knowing it had max DV's. Also I stopped playing Pokemon after Gen 2 because you needed a new gameboy and my puberty didnt agree with that. Also on a side note, glad to see my patronage is going to good use. You seem less stressed and exhausted, getting an editor was a good choice. Glad to see the channel is growing, I really like your style of playthroughs and now watching back some of Jrose's videos he gets really pessimistic about the RNG at times and its less fun to watch. Credit to the guy, he pretty much invented the genre, but I prefer your style. Keep up the good work!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, Shawn has been a life saver! I’m so much less stressed and I can work on making things better without panicking now.

[@TheDestoyerZ]

I've still never encountered a shiny. Personally, I find the best way to get HM users is to start at night and catch Oddish and Psyduck in Ilex Forest (at night Psyduck can be encountered by just walking around), and grab Kenya. Very fast and easy. Surprised you didn't try leftovers against Red. Adding the Pokemon's currently held item to the info overlay would be a good addition.

[@james_ford86]

I'm guessing you don't play Pokemon very much or haven't played very long. I've encountered about 12 shinys legitimately throughout my playthroughs. But I've been playing since the days of R/B/Y, before shinys were even a thing. So, I've been playing for over 25 years. All the other shinys I got were either through glitches, wonder trade, or gameshark hacks. Important note though: Even if you have played for a long time, if you don't grind much against wild Pokemon, you're unlikely to ever run into a shiny. Almost every shiny I've ever encountered happened when I wasn't actively looking for one. I would be grinding up my Pokemon's levels or EV training and one would randomly pop up. In the older games, your chances of encountering a shiny are like 1/8096, or something like that. So, it would stand to reason you'd have to go through thousands of wild encounters to encounter more than one. You might get lucky and encounter one early, but encountering two without grinding or specifically shiny hunting is extremely unlikely in those games.

[@Pyxis10]

I've run into about five myself. They always show up when you arem't looking for them, and are a great reason to always ALWAYS have quite a few of the best kind of pokeball variant you can get on you. Running from or killing them sucks.

[@Gungho73]

I caught this midway into premiere so I will wait till its finished but all Ive gotta say is MY BABY BOY!!!!!! *hugs Pilwoswine*

[@teezy786]

Love your runs man. Keep up the good work. You deserve a lot more followers than you have.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks Ryan! I will keep it up. I’m enjoying the process of learning and improving the videos. Also, I’m so grateful to be able to share Pokémon with so many awesome people like you.

[@ghoum56]

Very cool vid! While I like that you got to a consistent Red fight, it's kinda bummer that it could only be done with such a universal move set. If I'm not mistaken most pokemon can learn rest and return, and some stat boosting moves. I would have like to seen this done with a moveset more tailored to Piloswine. Either way very happy to see another upload from you, always fun to watch!

[@keltikglider9188]

Looking forward to the Fearow video, I was really surprised at how big it actually is, I was expecting like this really really huge bird when I looked into it’s height

[@reesedavies3442]

My first shiny was a Swinub as well. I didn’t even know what was “wrong” with it. I caught it and never used it because at the time I was still the sort of player that only used my fire starter for everything except revive fodder. Took years for me to figure out shinier were a real thing

[@joemclenigan6026]

Lmao revive fodder....sounds like my lvl 5 togepi

[@maksymilianszlezak2653]

Pryce after he forgot to take his pills :

[@voletbrown2724]

im not a simp/ i was sent by astraios

[@Evelyn_Rose1151]

I just got my first shiny a couple days ago! Full odds in Heart gold. Just headbutting trees for Pokémon. Then, BAM! Shiny Metapod

[@Krazymaddog]

That was my first shiny too

[@jazminespinoza7932]

Keep up the great work Scott!! I always look forward to your videos. :) The first shiny I ever caught was an Oddish but I was too young to understand how amazing that was. The first shiny I successfully hunted was a ponyta for my girlfriend because that’s her favorite. (Ha! You’re not the only one that can mention their girlfriend in a Scott’s Thoughts video)

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

I'll be honest, seeing this run while seeing your others, made me impressed by how much you've improved! I'm saying this for those who don't know but he's doing a versus race in Pokémon yellow and he'll take whoever's the fastest and follows his rules. Good luck to all and the deadlines February 1st latest. PS forgot to add this you have to record it. Also I forgot to answer your question, my first shiny was a wurmple, who evolved into a beautifly!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, the improvement has been wild over the last year and a half. The Porygon Race is going to be awesome! Some other people have been getting really competitive times. I've got to step up my game!

[@Calamare]

Ducklett was my first shiny. He sits in my Pokemon Home now, unchanged. Love that little guy.

[@glennvandierendonck3771]

soooo, something I noticed 1hour and 4 minuts before Morty was defeated 1hour 58 minutes when you defeated lance, minor flaw in GSC and a great way to see where Pokemon has improved (imo ofcourse) thanks for the aftertraining play trough, it's a great way to relax, keep up the Good work scott.

[@AyumuKagami]

I like how you aren't afraid to use evolved Pokémon. It not only makes it a bit more unique than other KZbin channels but it feels unique since the early game is a challenge, you get a buff, and then the late game can be a challenge so the pacing of the video feels more unique.

[@HerculesMays]

Really cool to see Piloswine in one of these videos' always been a fan of it. I think you could loosely keep the old tier list with times and simply scale the times of the Pokemon that were on 3x speed to match the difference between 3 and 4x speed. I hope that makes sense lol

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Scaling doesn’t really work. I’ll explain why at some point.

[@mikesevcik2591]

Great video as always, I personally would have grabbed Dig before facing Whitney but you still got it done. Stay safe and well man

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Doesn’t learn Dig

[@mikesevcik2591]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon That's right lol shoulda known, I've been playing too much crystal clear. Really odd that other non ground types can learn it but Swinub/Piloswine can't.

[@houstonnance1930]

I’ve been binging all of your videos, and finally made it to this one. My first shiny was also a little blue swinub in Crystal! I never evolved him because I was afraid it would lose the cool colors.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

No way! That’s so cool that we got the same shiny.

[@joshXnovak1]

6:57 “For once it’s the balls, and not the PP” 😂😂😂

[@ChrisZi.]

Yay I've been waiting for this for so long :D

[@voletbrown2724]

im not a simp/ i was sent by astraios

[@Tulsy_Grape]

I've been asking for you to use held items for ages, glad you finally caved :))

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’ve been wanting to for so long, just didn’t want to ruin the comparison with my previous work!

[@Clouded-Logic]

"The first shiney I ever caught was a swinub." Shows a picture of a diseased blueberry.

[@matthewbrown6573]

Wow a piloswine run, you don't see that everyday. Points for originality😁 Also fascinating that your first shiny was swinub

[@blakex885]

Hey Scott! I just recently used Furret for the first time and I was thinking a Furret vs Ratticate (maybe gen 3 with Linoone as well) would be a super fun race! Love the videos and keep it up

[@Aliyah_666]

Easy, raticate wins. Better movepool, better stats, better pokemon. Well with linoone involved it may be closer. But furret while cute is trash.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yes! Furret vs Raticate is planned!

[@handanyldzhan9232]

I like 50-60 BP moves with guaranteed secondary effects like Icy Wind, Snarl, Bulldoze, Rock Tomb and Low Sweep. Outspeeding the opponent is pretty important unless you're bulky AF. PS. Assuming your attack and both defenses are maximized, the chance of not getting critted by any of Red's team ignoring Pikachu (which is harmless) is 15^5/16^5 = approx. 0.72 at best, which means you got lucky with the 9/10 run. Still, 0.72 is a pretty good ratio.

[@AndreSantos-kr3yu]

Great run. I think that the changes you made are for the best, overall. My first shiny was a female Nidoran in Pokémon Silver! I no longer have it, but Nidoqueen is still among my favourites. 🙂

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I was really happy to read you were allowing yourself so many things and overly restricting yourself. Doing all these metrics is already hard enough, shouldn't need to restrict yourself unnecessarily.

[@aaronallblacks]

Good stuff as always Scott

[@zabeon]

The first shiny I ever caught was Zigzagoon in Ruby. Sadly I ended up losing it when I lost that copy of the game. However when Pokebank came out in the XY days, I got a shiny Linoone from a Wonder Trade and its name was WHAT. I'm not sure if the trainer sent it on accident or not considering it came from Gen 3 games. To this day I still have the Linoone and will cherish it for as long as I can!

[@dustinholt1008]

I think I get a shiny every Pokémon run I do. They’ve started to lose significance to me. I care more about Pokémon I thought would be trash that ended up being dope. Probably 90% of the reason your videos appeal to me dawg! Thanks Scott

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You’re welcome :)

[@dragonknight1560]

I like the new Rules for Gen 2 since well Elite Four isn't the real challenge but Red. Well done Scott!

[@shimauta1941]

Nice run. I can't remember what my first Shiny was actually which leads me to believe it was probably a Pokemon I didn't like or felt indifferent towards.

[@whitemandown54]

First shiny was a Drowzee right outside the daycare center south of Goldenrod. It looked awful, but they still made a spot on the line up. I think by the end of the play through, Hypno and Feraligatr and noctowl were high 80s. Good times thanks for bringing back my memory. I went to check if my Crystal save was still around, but looks like the cart battery died. Sad day.

[@DeadSexyAdamCheney]

Normally I dont watch people play video games unless im getting info on a part im stuck at but I listen to these at my night job it makes the 4 hours go by better

[@Lockirby2]

Yay, I like all the changes that you made to the format. At least in my opinion, you made all of the positive changes and decided against all the negative ones.

[@23pants68]

Cool video :) Wild hogs are among my fav animals, so pillowsine's cool

[@hockeycrafter6086]

Man I’ve never seen a channel improve in real time this quickly before Sooner or later you’ll have too many comments to read them all Keep it up, rooting for the channels success

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’ve already got a comment backlog! I’m doing my best!!!

[@YunggKhalifaa]

Love the intro music u used, really brings back memories

[@alexanderprebeck]

Your commentary is the best there is! :)

[@GuardDog42]

Hey Scott have you ever run into a shiny during these Crystal playthrough?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I did in my Crystal Nuzlocke! It was very painful

[@adamh2900]

The music from Ice Path in Generation 2 (Gold, Silver, Crystal) has to be my favourite music from any Pokémon game 🧊👣🎶

[@CobaltCruiser]

My first shiny was a Shroomish. It was just another Sapphire playthrough, nothing special until a chance encounter in Petalburg woods. Granted, at the time I had no concept of what a "shiny" Pokemon was, even writing off the red Gyarados as "just another color" and nothing more. Nevertheless I captured the little fella and immediately started training it. The "Golden Shroomish" as I called it was the envy of my friends. Of course, when ORAS rolled around I went and caught myself another shiny Shroomish using new game mechanics that made shiny hunting easier, if for no other reason than to complete the circle

[@RogerMeyers37]

Oh nice, I remember doing my first Silver playthrough with Piloswine

[@voletbrown2724]

im not a simp/ i was sent by astraios

[@bateltheassistant]

Plioswine wasn't that bad in this gen, mostly because of its typing. Your playthrough was pretty much efficient 😊. These playthroughs are fun to watch, and somewhat kind relaxing while I do some work. Here's a little tip, that I hope that will help 😄. you could have used rest+sleep talk against Red (sleep talk uses a move form your moveset randomly, I think that in this gen 2, it will favour moves that are frequently used,when choosing randomly, but I'm not sure, it happens to me all most all the time when I'm using that in this gen, so I'm not entirely sure if it's pure luck or if was implemented purposely. So try to test it out sometime, maybe it will help.. ) Maybe using for the rest of the playthrough the rest and snore combination, while holding the pinkbow or leftovers, you can catch a pokemon that can use thief and take it from the snorlax in kanto,(you can get the snore TM, by giving the sick Mlitank 6 berries on route 39,you can obtain 4 barries in johto, the first on your way to Mr pokemon's House, there's a guy who will you one for free. The second one is near that house. The third one is on route 29, near by cherrygrove, and there are three more in kanto. But you can reset the clock and change the day to obtain them way faster, because they grow everyday).

[@burningtaubsi1208]

If you want to do gen 2 vs runs I might have a few suggestions on hand. Politoed vs Bellossom. I think it would be interesting to see the "pathing" evolutions of Poliwhirl and Gloom dish it out. Another cool video could be a Umbreon vs. Espeon, although that might be a bit favourable for Espeon I still would like to see how they'd fare against each other. A battle of the gen 2 fire-types could be Magcargo vs. Houndoom. A last guess would be a three pokemon challenge between the fighting types Hitmontop, Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan. For that matter another starter trio race could also be fun. In the heracross video you talked about suggesting nicknames, so since I suggested challenges I might try myself at suggesting nicknames too. Flowergirl for Bellossom and Politoad for Politoed? (Pls don't hate me I am just as bad at thinking of nicknames). Moony for Umbreon and Sunny for Espeon. Maybe Snailfire for Magcargo and Hellfire for Houndoom. For the Hitmons you could go Spin-up, Kick-down and Punch-out. And lastly for the starters maybe Crocker for Feraligatr, Plantasaur for Meganium and Firebadger for Typhlosion. If some1 wants to suggest better names pls comment them. I believe gen2 takes longer for each playthrough than gen1 so don't overwork yourself. Keep up the good work and continue to be awesome. Cheers

[@jonathandecoker7725]

Hey man, great video. Just a little tip (if possible in your emulator): asign the "turbo speed" to an actual key or button. That way when your scrolling through the menu, you can simply turn it of quickly en set it up quickly again. I do it with my emulator, it works great!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, I’m doing that with Flying, I can navigate the menu fairly well while at 4x speed.

[@nickmac1104]

I’m 32 years old, and I’ve been playing Pokémon since I was a wee lad lol. I have NEVER found a shiny Pokémon other than the red gyarados in gen 2. I’ve played so many play throughs, I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve been through gen 1 and 2!

[@maze3285]

I remember when I first started with Pokemon I watched anime and learned about games. After a while, I bought myself a pokemon fire red. When I got to the Pokémon mansion, I came across a shiny golden rattat and caught it. I know almost nothing about these games, I thought it was a top-secret Pokemon and used it in the team.

[@ThibsyCube]

My first shiny was a shiny dunsparce in Leaf green. Glad to see that it went okay for one of my childhood favorite pokemon

[@zaborg007]

My first shiny i ever caught (aside from Gyarados) was a grey tentacool. and on the same file i found a shiny pidgey too

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

Had a shiny poliwhirl n magmar in the same file once 3 encounters apart too First shiny was an ursaring

[@zaborg007]

@@nautgamingnautgaming9949 Having multiple encounters in a single save file must be attributed to trainer i.d or something.

[@JohnDoe-mi7wl]

My first shiny was an Electrike, caught on Hoenn's cycling road route (the one you fight the rival on going from Slateport to Mauville)... and I lost the copy of Emerald it was on. This happened one or two more times from my foggy memory, but right now I have a shiny Manectric that I still have to this day.

[@arga400]

My very first(legitimate) shiny was a Purple Slowpoke in Pokemon Silver. It was such a mind blowing thing when I saw it as a young child, and luckily I was able to catch it!

[@infinitesheldon5710]

My first shiny Pokemon was actually a Geodude in Crystal, in Route 46 (north of Route 29, which is the route west of New Bark Town). I'd just gotten Pokeballs, and remembered running into a Geodude in Route 46 when I was exploring on my way to Mr. Pokemon's house. Went back to go try and catch a Geodude, and the first one I ran into was shiny! I didn't know why there had been stars at the start of the battle, and didn't realize it was different color until after I'd caught it! Became one of my main party members for the rest of the run. I also ran into a shiny Caterpie in Ilex Forest before the Reg Gyarados. Same playthrough, I also caught a shiny Magikarp while fishing later in the game.

[@james_ford86]

The first shiny I ever encountered was a Drowzee in Pokemon Crystal version. I encountered it on the route right before the Day Care and Goldenrod, just after you exit Ilex Forest. I didn't know what shinys were at the time, but I heard the sound and noticed it was a different color, so I caught it, thinking it was perhaps more powerful than a normal Drowzee. I boxed it and never used it, even though I'd intended to take it out later and raise it. Later on in the game, however, I found the Red Gyarados, and never went back for poor Drowzee. RIP.

[@Axioanarchist]

First shiny ever was a rattata in Heart Gold. Ended up evolving it and having it be my cut/rock smash/strength mule, and bizarrely an _amazing_ Pokeathlon competitor. Named it Rusty since shiny Raticate is a rust-red-brown color.

[@FireBladesGameing]

immediately as you said "what is the first shiny I caught" I paused the video for this comment. My First shiny Was a metapod in Pokémon Crystal, i caught it in the forest area while recording an episode for KZbin... I was so happy honestly

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Did it evolve into Butterfree????

[@FireBladesGameing]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon no, i kept it as a metapod as i dont know if it looses the shineyness when evolving

[@hfactor66]

To answer your opening Q, the first shiny of my own that I encountered was a Fearow in the postgame of Platinum version, outside the survival area. I make that distinction because when I was too young to know what a shiny was, I encountered a shiny Spinda on my brother’s copy of Emerald and ran away from it, not thinking anything of it. The biggest mistake young me ever made playing Pokémon.

[@miguelaguilar5115]

Scott: Lance's whole team is flying-type, that's why he is Falkner's father. Me: *has a deep realization and starts writing fanfiction about Gold helping to heal severed family bonds*

[@yamiryushi]

Mine was, well, a caterpie! It was literally the day gold and silver came out so NO ONE knew of shinies yet, nor the red gyarados. I was the coolest kid in school for a while because no one believed it until I whipped out that golden boi. When it became the pink butterfree everyone freaked out because anime.

[@AzoiatheCobra]

My first shiny was in silver. a tentacool, and i did exactly what you did in 25:35. Wnet for the soft sand and when i entered the water BOOM shiny tentacool... I was so excited because neither i nor my friends knew that was even a thing (i was like 8 or 9, and i was starting to learn english at school). And i was so afraid to lose it that i NEVER USED IT IN BATTLE, fearing it might lose the colors if it fainted xD But this is not the best part. YEARS AFTER THAT, aldready in college, i got a nintendo ds and soul silver. and look and behold, i found and caught my second ever shiny: a tentacool. And I KID YOU NOT, I WAS DOING, AGAIN, WHAT YOU DID IN 25:35, just to see if soft sand was still in there. This time i had to bench my feraligator because i had a new "starter" in town. also everyone is a gangster till scotts does a smeargle run.

[@captainpanda5331]

The Pink Bow on overlay was a nice touch 😂

[@DotHackerSora]

My first shiny encounter other than Gyarados was a shiny Caterpie in Gold. But I didn't know about shiny encounters back then and killed it. I wasn't paying much attention at the time and heard the stars. The first one I caught was a Makuhita in Ruby and later a Poochyena in the same playthrough before the 7th gym. Off Topic: I had a Vileplume in Emerald that unlocked all the ribbons.

[@Yousefkw1]

Hey scott thank you for the awesome videoes. I have thought of something interesting to try. What about doing gen 1 without TM/HM (only moves it learn) Thank you for your hard work!

[@voletbrown2724]

im not a simp/ i was sent by astraios

[@mikebaichoo576]

Without the move variety, it may be too difficult for many pokemon to go through an entire playthrough

[@Yousefkw1]

@@mikebaichoo576 thats what make it interesting

[@panagiotiskaranatsis3593]

Recently I tried a Magcargo run and the whole game was pretty ok. But man, the walls at the league, it was hell on earth. I would love to see you going through the challenge. (p.s. my run was on Leaf Green because I had not played it in a long time but I guess it's going to be the same thing in Gen 2)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’m excited to try Magcargo myself!

[@nikaoharbour6962]

What an evolution and priority move did for this mon I love mamoswine

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

My first natural shiny was a Gastly in Pokémon platinum, it was a copy I was given and it was the thing that made me love Gengar so much because I fully evolved it and thought it was clever that the ghost stayed nearly the same as a shiny, because it’s dead and now gracious, the Pokémon spirit is shiny which is why the colors has such little difference, and that’s why I love it’s shiny to this day lol, but my second shiny was a Slugma and these are two os the best memories in a childhood that was less that great

[@brianwisecarver4880]

My first full odds shiny, after years of playing Pokémon, was actually in a randomized playthrough, and it was a celibi just south of Blackthorn

[@taylorcuteufelli4740]

Based title my friend! I love your humor! lol keep up the good work!

[@voletbrown2724]

im not a simp/ i was sent by astraios

[@lsrder9385]

27:21 "Koga is next and there's nothing in his team that scares me." Venomoth: "Am I a poison/joke type to you?"

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Hahaha got a chuckle out of me

[@26KIDa]

I did a playthrough last year of SoulSilver and got a shiny Magnemite -- and then got Pokérus -- and THEN a shiny Goldeen! My luckiest playthrough ever. Up to that point, I think I had only ever seen one shiny in all my years of playing.

[@carsonc3314]

First full odds shiny I ever caught was a shiny Registeel in Ruby 😃

[@Bones1220]

Nice! My first shiny was a buizel, and then my second was a masuda method Caterpie 🐛💛

[@Surgemaster2012]

The interesting thing about Piloswine is that its actually one of the best mons to use in game. Yes in a lot of its best MUs (namely Clare and Lance) they do possess moves that fold it, but it makes Piloswine a glass cannon. I mean it is the best Johto ice type. I also once did a run where I wanted to use a Piloswine on my team, so I had one of many Smeargle (I like to catch a lot of them in Gen 2 runs) to Sketch Rock Slide from Sudowoodo (it missed on my end so the Smeargle sketched it) and Blizzard from Pryce's Piloswine in order to get the perfect moveset for it. I was even lucky enough when it bred it had max DVs. This was around a couple years ago. I know Ice path is fairly late, but honestly I don't really consider anything within Johto gym badge range to be too late game, as you still have room to use them. Hell I've used Skarmory before. To me what I classify as late game for Johto would be anything after Claire basically, once you cross the waterfall in Tohjo Falls that's when late game kicks in, as you're approaching post game. By which even mons like Piloswine have major story events like Clare, victory road rival, Suicune battle (if you choose) Claire and elite four, which are all pretty lengthy events. Plus it has all of Kanto on top of that. Its why Sneasel got the better deal in Crystal because surprisingly Sneasel does well in Johto. I mean considering how beelined Chuck to Jasmine is and Chuck is considered mid game, that to me says Ice path is fair game to classified as late mid leading to late game. I do find it odd that Swinub or Piloswine can't learn dig, but can learn Earthquake. lol It's the same for the Nidos. Or how Crobat is unable to learn Sludgebomb, which is why I find Crobat underwhelming to use in the original games, its movepool is just bad. No STAB option or coverage moves outside of Hidden Power variants. Even Noctowl I consider a better flyer because at least it can serve a purpose in helping catch roamers with Sleep (which I find to be more effective as it seems they choose to stay in once slept, at least from my experience) as well as having a nice combo with Hypnosis + Dream Eater/Nightmare. I really do think people overcriticize elements of this game a lot, they are flawed for sure. I wouldn't argue against that, but a lot of the criticisms these game get I feel can be hyperbolic or I disagree with, like team building. It's actually not as limited as people claim, in fact Pokemon games always have some sort of limit on team building. Really outside of the Dark types (excluding Umbreon and Sneasel in Crystal) Misdreavus and Slugma every Johto mon is in Johto, though I do dislike how some are rare when they shouldn't be, considering they are the regions new mons. People sleep on the Odd Egg, which regardless of what you get (unless its Igglybuff, since Jigglypuff can literally be caught outside the Daycare, bad decision to make it common to hatch) it will produce an excellent team slot. I mean Jynx is the strongest Ice type in the game, Magmar isn't in Crystal until Mt Silver, the Hitmons are all Fighting types useful against Dark and Steels (as well as the many trainers who use normal types) Elekid and Pichu can give you two useful electric types. And with the avaliability of stones in Crystal (another reason to play it over Gold and Silver) it creates more team options. Cloyster, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Flareon, Starmie, Exeggutor, Vileplume, Raichu, Victrebeel all become options because of the stones. Which is a wide roster, and there might be others I'm forgetting too.

[@Rizzless02]

The first shiny I ever caught was technically the shiny Haxorus in black and white 2 nature preserve. But the first random shiny I caught was a shiny Snover in XY. Unfortunately I no longer have the Snover but I still have the Haxorus.