Shiny Gen 1 Mewtwo in Pokemon Yellow after 14,968 soft resets

Shiny Mewtwo statistically arrives after quite a lot of time! I never really saw myself doing a Gen 1 hunt a year or two ago but I decided that with my 100th in mind, I’d bite the bullet & try it out. I’ll complain about this style of hunting in a sec’, first of all; This is my 100th live shiny special and there will be many more to come, don’t worry. I really like how it looks in Gen 2 and it’s for sure a super rare thing to claim. I decided to revisit the original game that I started with in Yellow for the ultimate prize in that game. I literally couldn’t be happier with this. It took a while but I’m delighted with the outcome. What a prize.
Okay, so this style of hunting let me talk about it for a second. If you didn’t know, Gen 1 can generate shinies based on the stats/DVs that a Pokémon has when sending it to either Gen 2 or Gen 7 as I explain in this video. Essentially what this entitles is you resetting the game until you get a specific spread of stats for any given Pokémon (Only Gift, Safari, Glitch and Fishing can be shiny iirc). This for me at least was just boring and it’s honestly something that I don’t think I’ll be doing again. You’re not looking for sparkles, but stats. It’s really not for me in the long term but I’m glad I can say I’ve done at least one hunt in Gen 1. I much, much prefer the sprite appearing shiny in front of me but to each their own, I guess. I respect everyone and anyone who can do this consistently.
The chance of the shiny is interestingly still a 1/8192 chance if you’re curious and as I result, I decided not to send this upwards to Gen 7 where Mewtwo is huntable with a base 1/4096 chance. I do not wish to devalue it.
All in all, do I recommend Gen 1 hunting? Not really. I’d honestly say only do it if you have a special affinity for Gen 1 or 2 and you appreciate how rare shiny legendaries are in Gen 2 where they are not even available without a Gen 1 trade. That said, give it a try & see what you think. I am but a simple individual with an opinion that may differ from yours.
This hunt was partly inspired by the announcement of the Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back-Evolution movie. I rewatched the first movie and thought, it's time to get a Mewtwo in the original games.
Thank you so much for being here and watching for 100 + live shinies. This is my 100th caught, excluding uncatchables, SZ fails etc etc. I will hopefully be back very soon with another shiny. Until then, good luck on all your hunts!
#shiny #shinypokemon
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[@Sonikks]

Thoughts about hunting in Gen 1 in your opinion? Looking for stats instead of sparkles is weird to me. Follow me on Twitter! - twitter.com/Sonikks1

[@sourlemon1002]

Sonikks I think it’s cool

[@zakariahadra5706]

gen 1 hunts are awesome ive tried this hunt but then usum came out os i hunted mewtwo in those games but then i kept saving the hunt for later and then lgpe came out so i hunted it there and got it in lgpe so i may hunt kabuto or omanyte in gen 1

[@pokemonracer5540]

It is an interesting concept honestly.

[@minhriart]

LMAO That video is awesome

[@SaiNeKoO]

I know this sounds bizarre, but can you hunt Shiny Mew in Gen. 1? I think it’ll be so torturous to claim it LOL...

[@KingBasilio]

Imagine some kid long time ago got it in there first try without them even knowing what a shiny is and then catches it then couple months later he deletes that file with out even knowing what he had

[@lmao3911]

Stop making people sad

[@DerToasti]

just think of all the shinies people have run away from in the gen 1 games.

[@ZladeZek]

Stop making horror stories

[@MMaRsu]

Almost all the battery's from that era have died soo....

[@michael6079]

@@DerToasti only legendary pokemon in gen 1 had the stats high enough to possibly be shiny.

[@thesilentcartographer5575]

Funny thing, my first shiny in Silver was a damn HootHoot. After it evolved I realized Ash had a shiny Noctowl in the show. I felt like the chosen one in that very moment.

[@meleco74]

Funny thing, my first shiny in SoulSilver was a damn Gyarados. So much hard to find it

[@pigeon9501]

​@@meleco74 Really? My first shiny was in HeartGold, it was a Gyarados too! We must be really lucky, dude.

[@zaidhernandez4601]

Wow, the exact same thing happen to me...ha we are the chosen ones

[@garrettparker9369]

My first shiny encounter was in gba pokemon silver. Level 2 pidgey.

[@nintendogamingchannel7937]

@@zaidhernandez4601 My First Shiny was Mewtwo SoulSilver

[@_pumpiii]

Imagine having to shiny hunt this thing without a master ball.

[@faustrocket565]

you can clone items in the RBY games. yellow's method is much different compared to B&R.

[@raygun26]

I’m shiny hunting a rayquaza in ruby and since it’s my first time playing ruby I forgot to get he master ball soo...yea pray for me my friend.

[@RecklessDisciples]

@@raygun26 Can't you go back and get it in team aqua's base? Or is that an emerald thing

[@Noelfriday]

@@RecklessDisciples I don't even think you can get it in Emerald

[@pizzashark7067]

@@Noelfriday Nah, it's in the Lilycove base, same as the other two. Every Pokemon game allows acquisition of at least one master ball.

[@abeaver3691]

When are you going to upload your [LIVE] First Encounter Shiny Gyarados after only 0 SRs in HeartGold (Lake of Rage Trick)

[@user-jk6rp5xh3n]

I wanted to like but it was already at 69

[@nordindelosreyes3473]

That was the nuttiest hunt ive ever done not gonna lie.

[@TheHadMatters]

@@nordindelosreyes3473 Same. Same.

[@Sonikks]

30k sub special don't worry

[@retroman2026]

@@user-jk6rp5xh3n nicest nices

[@loulou3676]

I realize this video is completed but for anyone else watching~ A time saving tip... You could trade yourself a Mewtwo from another game. Then you wouldn't have to sit through the pokedex entry being recorded after the capture!

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

Congratulations! That's a keeper!

[@phdoublephoenix6715]

Hi skul love ❤️ you’re vids😊

[@sonicdoommario]

Reminds me of the lottery, matching your numbers to the winning numbers, lol.

[@jaymyo]

hahaha same thought

[@demontaegearing7753]

&kmmo

[@dinorap1]

HUGE respect for doing this run. That is one of the rarest shinies out there! I would love to do this hunt, best shiny hunting bragging rights out there tbh lol.

[@iamjafar925]

Congrats on the 100th full odds shiny! :D

[@brianfederkins]

Pretty sure you're insane. A legend, but insane.

[@shfr0sty21]

Congrats again. This is such a cool hunt. I never expected mewtwo in gen 1. It made for a really good video!

[@avramm9695]

The madman just double checked 1000 times, congratz on the shiny.

[@figurinelambda2124]

You should send it to gen 7. You can manipulate the nature with the exp, and you would have the nice GB stamp on your shiny Mewtwo ;)

[@snazsnazi9853]

Can you explain me how to do it? I wanted to do it

[@ryan02s2k]

@@snazsnazi9853 Each nature is associated to the last two xp values a pokemon has when its traded 00-99. Google should be able to give you all the natures and what your xp has to end with for each one.

[@matviia]

ryan02s2k he means how to transport to gen 7

[@rebound1340]

Snaz Snazi get poke transfer on ur 3ds then use it

[@rebound1340]

Matvia M-R must also have poke bank

[@kingnote6669]

Huge congrats dude! That sounds like a grueling hunt to do and I’m glad you got the Mewtwo.

[@kennynakawaki]

I love watching these types of hunts. It’s amazing how many different ways there are of hunting. It must’ve been grueling soft resetting to get the stats right. Great job!

[@ThaGohan]

You keep me so motivated with my hunts. Gen 1 hunts can be fun if you like the lottery I guess. That aside... I totally prefer sparkles too :) Congrats for this amazing new video!! With that said... let’s watch it now ;)

[@NICK19ATTACK]

YOOOOO, I knew it was gonna be gen 1! Massive congrats Steve, amazing!

[@thisaccountisembarrassingi4429]

That super bitcrushed Pikachu cry at the start screen though. LOL. Congratulations! This must've been a pain, good job!

[@hinkage]

It's not bitcrushed, it's an emulation using white noise.

[@thisaccountisembarrassingi4429]

@@hinkage Ah. That makes sense, too.

[@grovescharles92]

It happens on the cartridge, too

[@44hy9]

@@thisaccountisembarrassingi4429 It's 8-bit. Recordings sound like a mix of real sound and MIDI on it.

[@gaberboo7434]

@@hinkage It is bitcrushed. The sound is 1-bit per sample.

[@shinypsycat1321]

Hey, congrats on the shiny! :) Gen 1 hunts are definately strange, but when you finally get what you're looking for, it's incredibly exciting imo.

[@ShiningDanny]

Absolutely incredible! Congrats!!

[@BlastoiseBrian]

CONGRATS!!!! IT'S AWESOME YOU DEDICATED TO THIS HUNT AND HAVE TO SHOW US!!!!

[@BottleRocket11]

Oh man, kudos for going in on Mewtwo this way! Congrats!

[@shinymoltres73]

Congrats!! I honestly can't wait to hunt this. It looks so good in Gen 2

[@Omar-bk4xu]

Congrats on the shiny, one of my favorite legends 👍🏽

[@aloeleafy9309]

wow! great job! you must be exhausted xD i frickin aspire to be as patient as these shiny hunters. again, congrats!! :)

[@fudge7364]

So THIS was the dreaded hunt I've seen on Twitter! Congrats on 100 shinies, and the Gen 1 Mewtwo! I could've swore when you said this was a very tedious hunt that was the Manaphy XD

[@vladimirmlotschek3265]

Congrats on the 100th full odds shiny! This is amazing! :)

[@GoonieLord]

Props to you pal I can tell your a true Pokemon Trainer. Been playing gen 1-7 for 19 years straight, its a way of life

[@cash928]

Yes! Congrats steve! Such an amazing and a really really cool hunt man! Also congrats on 100 shinies!

[@salemishere8848]

hey enderlink!

[@OzzyCharizard]

It Mew....Two! Congrats on a super cool 100th hunt that I'm unsure of doing haha. Might let the other hunters stick to gen 1, while I look for sparkles 😂 can't wait to see what you get next 👍

[@Elite4W]

Honestly, never would've expected this to be your 100th hunt. I had suspicions it'd be something special, but with how frequent your updates were on twitter, I'd ruled out Colosseum Shadows and Roamers, completely forgetting about this endeavor. Massive congrats for pulling through the strain!

[@vomspit4744]

Your dedication is nuts!!

[@Muffin_Pack]

It was great seeing how excited you were for the shiny, big respect man, congrats on your mewtwo! the last virtual console I did was the crystal celebi and I managed to get it in an insanely lucky 367 resets!

[@Sonikks]

Thanks dude. Congrats on the super fast shiny!

[@scottf3649]

I'm a sucker for early gen shines. very nice!!! great job!

[@meteoraa00]

Congrats! You definitely earned that Mewtwo after all of that hunting!

[@BlueBisharp28]

Gen 1 hunting, took some time to get used to,but now my favourite way of hunting. Congrats on the mewtwo :) Edit: LOL its so scary to save

[@virsianlooms2079]

Wow this is incredible all luck forever dude! ✨✨

[@KingBlueInfinite]

Thats so awesome!!!! Congrats on your find!

[@MysteryRS]

Just found your channel today, very impressive shiny collection! This is the first time I've seen the actual method to getting a Gen 1 shiny - GG on the Mew2!

[@impendinghoundoom5459]

Congrats Steve, a great and well earned 100th live hunt!

[@aaronstreet1054]

Stat-match hunting sounds brutal, because you only know of success/failure after it’s caught! I would lose steam quick doing it this way, major props on your work and efforts! 👍🏻👍🏻 I personally love silver, most of my top poke’ favorites, I can acquire just going through the story, so it’s a solid replay for me❤️

[@Animaster151]

I always thought of the possibility of shiny hunting in gen 1 but never actually thought someone would try it Great hunt and congrats on 100th full odds shiny 👌 Btw.. As soon as I closed the video, shiny metang that I ve been hunting for the past days finally showed up :c unbelievable!!

[@3lc0rr3A]

Dude what a sick hunt! Congrats Steve!

[@SoCreaty]

Gratulation. Awesome you take it!

[@thomasarchbold9982]

Omg that’s so exciting I almost missed this video because YT didn’t put it in my sub-box but I’m here now!

[@kezzgraves6862]

Congrats on 100 Steve!! So cool to see you do a hunt like this!

[@michaelmalachite4404]

Incredible!!!! Congrats mate I liked your black and white hunts!

[@faustrocket565]

I've already completed my list just days ago with reclaiming shiny entei in Crystal. nice job Sonikks. :)

[@mohitochebbi5183]

You have a lot of patience, congrats dude

[@cormacmcgale7139]

You ACTUALLY hunted this?????

[@disc06]

Kyu mic tbh it doesn’t seem the most tedious farm he has done, especially when you compare to roaming beats or birds on gen 3

[@faustrocket565]

For me it took me two days to get it done. every thing else took me about two weeks in total for each bird. Moltres about eight days.

[@joshlaware8692]

I promise you he didn't reset 14,000+ times.

[@Sonikks]

@@joshlaware8692 lol? I promise you, I did. The video is literally uncut from the final encounters until the stats appear. Don't believe me? Export the video to .wav format and view the audio. Uncut.

[@FarikoWishless]

@@joshlaware8692 People have hunted for even longer than that sometimes. It's unrealistic to act like that length of a hunt isn't impossible XD

[@PriMaLSunrise]

We appreciate your dedication bro! This is awesome and your work doesn’t go unnoticed! Keep up the amazing work

[@Laura-wt2pk]

wouldn’t have guessed this one but it’s awesome congrats :D

[@stevejawn9753]

Great video homie, that gen1 shiny mewtwo is a gem💯

[@detectivemochattv]

I still feel really dumb for not knowing this was your secret hunt lol. Anyways, congrats on the shiny Mewtwo! Stats hunting looks like a major pain in the butt. I wish you luck on the next 100 shinies Steve

[@iviyohane]

So awesome! Congratulations!

[@speed0373]

Major congrats on completing a gen1 hunt and getting the 100th live shiny! Mewtwo has an amazing shiny in gen2

[@Sharpino1990]

That's awesome. Congrats 👏👏👏

[@JH_x3]

Wow what an awesome way to hunt. Well, kind of lol. I think I remember you saying you dislike Gen 1 hunts in another video and I honestly agree. It’s a bit too drawn out for me and I prefer to see the shiny shine on screen in the encounter. Congratulations on n.100 Steve, an awesome shiny to have in those games nonetheless. Crazy dedication! #ItMew2

[@DraconianSnipes]

grats on the 100th steve, sick shiny, excited to see another gen1/2 shiny out there. almost at 40k headbutts for my crystal bq, wish me luck mate :P

[@Sonikks]

Thank man, good luck!

[@elitetweet]

damn thats a crazy hunt, congrats my guy!

[@thetoetoe]

Awesome that you've progressed so much

[@user-lb1bd7kr3i]

This guy has more dedication than the dude who tried to solo run “maggiekarp”

[@Elegant_Owl]

I'm glad another mewtwo video is up since the last one was taken down *cough cough* congrats

[@tapuchris3329]

Awesome and major congrats!!!

[@hadokenexe]

Very nice! The hardest hunt for me was one of my first ones that I still have and that would be Mewtwo from Fire Red. It took just under 9000 resets

[@Addictedtocollecting01]

That's some entertaining pokemon content. Congrats.

[@edgarexorton3188]

respect on your patience

[@DuckHunterShiny]

One of the best shiny hunter in the world for sure, sei fantastico!

[@Sonikks]

haha grazie mille!

[@mkcstealth7624]

This is a very fascinating shiny hunting method! Never thought I'd see someone shiny hunt gen 1 lmao

[@clipscobby8404]

Hey bro just wanted to say that I love your channel bro and you deserve way more subs tbh. Your my favourite shiny hunter on KZbin and I love how motivated you are to carry on to hunt for the shinys. Keep up the good work bro and good luck on your future shinys All the best from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Sonikks]

Dude thank you so much. I'm also from the UK!

[@AndroidHarris]

I think gen 1 hunting has it's merits. I like the fact that you don't know until you look at the stats and line them up and seeing it finally sparkle when you transfer it is super cool. Gen 1 hunting is unique too. I like doing it if I ever get bored of normal hunting but it isn't something anyone would do often I don't think.

[@ladyrakie]

Congratulations again!! It would be the worst to have to play through again so also very happy for you for that haha the relief!!

[@woofoof]

Dat Mewtwo sprite in gen 1 yellow was my childhood dream pokemon and always has been. Just so cool looking man... Simply amazing

[@Jack5326_]

Congratulations Steve! A unique hunt to mark such a milestone for you. Thanks for being a great source of entertaining content and inspiration. Keep up the good work, you’re awesome 🙌

[@ccruz619]

You got yourself a new sub!

[@Flafex]

I'm just checking you channel, its amazing, i appreciate your effort in shiny hunting. new sub here

[@animemark20]

That's freaking awesome my dude

[@blaziken253]

Amazing hunt, congrats on the shiny! It looks amazing in generation 2.

[@gsablan76]

big congrats to you ! I want to eventually try this...

[@alexandregagnon2564]

Imagine the first guy that found out his mewto from gen 1 was shiny when he transferred it

[@thenightowls2804]

WOW yeah I definitely didnt expect this congrats lol

[@n0lain]

Congrats man!

[@Cabbage61]

heck yeah congrats steve!!!

[@loulou3676]

9:17 "I'm never doing a Gen 1 hunt again" *sees Sonikks' Gen 1 Tauros video in suggestioms* oh no

[@deadbanana1000]

Finally you're back!

[@elSeb14]

Hi man, today Im upload this quest about Shiny Mewtwo and only say thank you Sonikks, because you inspired me to do this video and finally I can capture Shiny Mewtwo in Gen 1. You´re a legend dude and continue with more Shiny hunting videos. Soy tu fan jajajaa.

[@Sonikks]

Felicidades amigo, es un shiny incredible por supuesto!

[@carltonleboss]

What a great 100th shiny!

[@owonapikins]

Congrats!!

[@BaronLickilicky]

Great video, thanks for sharing :)

[@bencarlile5295]

It wouldn’t devalue in gen 7 as all VC games have a little game boy icon on the transferred Pokemon, showing where it came from

[@Sonikks]

In my opinion, it would. Sprites > 3D models.

[@renarddubois940]

@@Sonikks Gen 7 has an economy tho.. and also it's safer, these old games, we never know when they're going to go blank..

[@Sonikks]

@@renarddubois940 This is virtual console? It's as safe as can be.

[@renarddubois940]

@@Sonikks ow.. ok..

[@justinhamilton8647]

@@renarddubois940 ratio’d

[@Antonioguitar15]

Most exciting hunt of your channel. Specially when you realise looking those numbers jaja.

[@naunaud6826]

Congratuation Steeve!

[@Tyler-tf7eh]

That's awesome! I, too, shiny hunted not just Mewtwo, but the three legendary birds as well. I got Articuno in 6215 SRs, Zapdos in an extremely lucky 716 SRs, Moltres in 4128, and Mewtwo in a whopping 18,593 SRs.

[@braydude104]

How many hours would you estimate that at?

[@danielharith9358]

What is “SR” stands for? Sorry im new to this shiny thing.

[@cokeeeater]

@@danielharith9358 soft reset. Pressing a+b+start+select at the same time so that you reset your game. Not deleting it you just end up at the start screen again

[@moistgooseberry]

holy crap huge congrats from me! well done

[@Jamesonyoutube188]

congrats! sucha cool way to hunt

[@TheTruth01234]

Incredible my man! Love the hard work! Been hunting a wild shiny Lapras in fire red since March 2018. 14,508 RE so far!

[@KingSally92]

Damn good luck bro,hope you get it!

[@braydude104]

How in the hell?

[@OGHizro]

Did you get it

[@TheTruth01234]

Glad people are interested! Still no shiny. Almost 15.5K RE now. Busy summer tho not much time to shiny hunt.

[@ElieshimBN]

Hey, have you gotten it yet? xD

[@GlitterPixi3]

Back in my recommended, an icon ❤️

[@dominiciervasi4285]

Nice, congratz, xx.

[@rarzwon8761]

269 pounds? Never knew Mewtwo was such a Thicc Boi Congrats, tho

[@metroglitch3628]

I mean look at those thighs. Dummy thicc

[@Evie3e]

Them cheeks

[@helpivebeenkidnapped6195]

You shouldn't talk about Mewtwo that way