Shiny Groudon in Pokemon Ruby after 10,698 soft resets (+ random Shiny Duskull)

The box Legendary of my Ruby Dream Team Quest finally arrived after 10,698 soft resets! I used to love this Pokemon as a kid. So much so, I tried to breed it once but it wouldn't work of course. I like this shiny quite a lot. It's a very odd colour which tends to cause debate. Personally, I think it's more yellow than green but I compromised after opted for "mustard".
I was pleasantly surprised at how quick these resets were. I thought it had a lengthy cutscene but it's barely anything when doing the hunt yourself.
I still have a few hunts left to box off in this file but I'm very happy to add the box Legend to my collection!
Thank you for all watching as always
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[@tan8952]

I got groudon in just 208 soft resets lel

[@JohnstoneYT]

Wow, it looks REALLY good in Colosseum. Nice find! Also congrats on 40k :)

[@benmarr4047]

Johnstone im a fan didnt think id see you here!!!!

[@HaxballHydra]

Yes!!!

[@jellsnell7351]

Peepee

[@RandalfElVikingo]

We are all expecting the cross over lol.

[@kitsunelynchwood5637]

Are you in some way related to Chaotic Meatball?

[@Neevkl_7]

Groudons “walking animation” when you wake it up never ceases to crack me up.

[@roguerayquaza2547]

Cha Cha Slide

[@dateintokyo]

He waddles. I love it.

[@khalilsimmons2246]

It's so funny lol

[@WeedleTwineedle]

🤣

[@KK_Draws_Stuff]

Thats how i walk when somebody wakes me up from a 20+ hour nap too. Cant even blame him tbh

[@Tootdaddy17]

"I have been on a mega drought" yeah groudon tends to have that affect on people

[@DaShinyDragonMon]

effect

[@_Peach_T]

@@DaShinyDragonMon oh no lol

[@Ryan-qq9qe]

effect*

[@TomyTankEngines]

man yall are nerds (people in replies)

[@MegaNinjaSkill]

I love how shiny Pokemon look in Pokemon Colosseum.

[@LordComm]

The amount of detail that went into Colosseum dumbfounds me. From KO animations to the size difference. I mean the size difference is amazing and really pulls me into the game.

[@Sonikks]

Colosseum is my favourite "side" game. It's dark and gritty and blew me away as a kid that I could play it on my Gamecube. I really enjoy playing it every time.

[@Jhizzle2495]

And can you believe the developers didn’t know much about Pokemon

[@Sam-TheFullBull]

I remember in Black and White I tried breeding Reshiram and Zekrom to see what it’s baby would look like. I expected a fusion, I don’t know if I was a genius or an idiot but I predicted the future

[@Phil-hl2jd]

I really like Sonikks reaction when he finally found a shiny, it's so genuine and not overreacting like other shiny hunters.

[@OnceUponLater]

lmao I shiny hunt and with the amount of patience it takes to do these, there is no such thing as "overreacting". hyper excitement doesn't mean ingenuous

[@saysay8920]

@@OnceUponLater Imma just assume they mean overreacting as like to getting super excited to put on a show for your audience than someone actually super excited from getting a shiny. On a side note I remember one of my favorite streamers parody the overreacting trope when getting a shiny Pokemon Lets Go only to have them actually have that legit reaction in SwSh.

[@OnceUponLater]

@@saysay8920 LOL that's ironically funny

[@Crayon_Egbert]

@john Philip same,i Hate It when a Shiny Hunter finds a shiny And screams like a Fucking banshee

[@Lonetravis]

@@Crayon_Egbert cry more

[@tobeymaguire4958]

Ahhhhh, I love this channel! It's so chill and I love watching it while grinding or shiny hunting myself!

[@MyWorld-kx5tu]

This inspires me to Soft reset for a shiny giratina in platinum

[@gustav2621]

good luck!

[@zuyo6575]

If you do, be sure to prepare properly

[@MyWorld-kx5tu]

ZuyoSaku nah, I didn’t bother with that shiny giratina after all lol. So I’ll just get the pokeradar and maybe shiny chain/hunt from there

[@revenevan11]

@@MyWorld-kx5tu have you gotten anything yet? I'd estimate I'm currently about halfway to the pokeradar in platinum. I don't think I ever quite beat it before so I started a new file recently and am planning to shiny hunt a bit. I didn't feel like soft resetting in the beginning so my starter isn't shiny (I have a shiny turtwig(torterra now) in pokemon GO though 😁) but I'm planning to chain for a shiny bidoof for practice (and to name it God) and then start hunting for ones that look even cooler!

[@RjMIsMe]

had to maser ball mine since i was resetting the moment i hit giritina,gl

[@joshuastreet8664]

Congrats on the Groudon! I so hope they bring RSE to Switch Virtual Console 😭 been so long since I've played gen 3.

[@penetrationskommentar877]

There is no Virtual Console on switch

[@cockerspanielfan56]

Penetrationskommentar there kinda is you know the nes thing on the switch it’s kinda like that

[@cockerspanielfan56]

I don’t know cause they don’t put all the gba games for virtual console and I wish they put Pokémon stadium for the Wii U virtual console cause Pokémon snap is kinda boring

[@joshuastreet8664]

@@penetrationskommentar877 I do know that, thanks.I more-so just meant the concept of VC. I mean, we do already have older console games available on the eShop. None for Gameboy advanced, granted.

[@Sonikks]

The Switch VC is super bizarre and unpredictable because of how they've modeled it. I'd imagine the Pokemon Company would want to monetise any Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald VC rather than have it on the Nintendo Online Service as a "free" game (subscription permitting). If they repeat what they did for Gen 1 and 2 VC and have it as an buy option with a box, it does sort of contradict the Nintendo Online Service. Because of that, I lean more towards no. People have ORAS and the 3DS is likely to be supported for quite some time as Nintendo host their own servers unlike Gen 4 and 5. I think any Gen 3 VC if it were to happen, is more likely on the next console & if they opt to change the NSO services. They could just not do it entirely honestly which wouldn't surprise me neither. I would like to see more people have the chance to play these games honestly without any of the issues with the battery or Berry Glitch. I guess we'll see.

[@universeble243]

Honestly I really like the uncut capture sequence, even if it's a bit quiet at moments it's still entretaining and shows how hard it actually is to catch and all the effort you put onto it. Also after watching a bunch of your videos and of some other full odds hunters (YourFriedBread, AbsolBlogs, SupremeRk9s, etc) it actually got me into full odds huntings so thanks man! Good luck on your hunts too!

[@Monchan-l6h]

Damn, we're SO close to the random shiny encounter when he's displaying his new caught shiny. SO close. This was ALMOST there with the Duskull lol

[@josephzelinka414]

Wow! That's a dream shiny of mine. Congratulations!! And that random Duskull is something else, just a reward for some serious dedication to your craft. Cheers!

[@whatup53]

How are you doing?

[@josephzelinka414]

@@whatup53 well, thanks and you?

[@whatup53]

@@josephzelinka414 just had some pizza, peace bruh

[@deadmeme2902]

The thumbnail reminds me of the mini keanu meme lol. A huge legendary titan and then there's tiny little duskull.

[@Sonikks]

Omg that is the best description ever. I was trying to find a way how to show the Duskull on the thumbnail and I think I found the perfect way if that came to your mind lol

[@embargogamer2717]

this shiny is BREATHTAKING

[@philorgneopolotin8762]

12:16 lol that was kinda funny to see such a smooth transition from the normal red pokedex Groudon to his newly caught golden one

[@The_Viridian]

“Over-preparing for a shiny” LOL funny joke everyone knows thats not real

[@xakameirakkj]

No, its real.

[@jacobruby2237]

I mean, he could've brought something like Rain to get rid of the Sun, since he was worried about Fire Blast.

[@embargogamer2717]

@@jacobruby2237 He was worried about it hitting Shedinja, not about it hitting Smeargle. His preparation was perfect.

[@The_Viridian]

@Karleen Cawranger I meant over preparing isn’t real, as in you can’t be too cautious while shiny hunting. I always plan and prepare before shiny hunting something that needs battling.

[@Crayon_Egbert]

@Karleen Cawranger " No KiD" Just because you Said that i honestly think you're a kid ngl

[@therealdoubleg5501]

I don't comment often but I do watch all your vids. Congrats on the shiny and i want to say that I do appreciate the content you put out and how committed you are to your hunts!

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

Congrats!

[@byronclarkson9447]

It's always so exciting encountering a shiny legendary, they always look so good when they're sprites. I remember catching a shiny kyogre in heartgold and it looked so amazing

[@wickedjester5555]

There was no wild Kyogre in HG, you mean Ho-oh

[@byronclarkson9447]

@@wickedjester5555 have you ever heard of the embedded tower?

[@byronclarkson9447]

@@wickedjester5555 clearly not then

[@nichohcin2112]

Wicked Jester trust me you can get it because you can get groudon in soul silver

[@wickedjester5555]

I stand corrected, I do apologize

[@rylee9367]

yup, I'm watching as I'm hunting! your vids are some of my favourite to help pass the time, congrats on the groudon !!

[@kefla1286]

The appearance of a legendary Pokemon is really something special in the older Gen's.

[@pkapunkt728]

Congrats on shiny Groudon and on finding the random Duskull. I also looove shiny Groudon in Colosseum, so cool that you showed it off there! 👍

[@vjoe5389]

Congrats on the shiny groudon, I remember getting a shiny groudon myself in ususm. It's my favorite legendary pokemon and my 5th favorite pokemon of all time and I definitely feel base groudon's shiny is underrated. It looks cool imo. Primal looks cooler but normal still looks amazing. Also baby groudon would probably be one of the cutest things ever if it existed in the main games or the anime. Also the only time I feel it is okay to use a masterball is on mewtwo or on a roaming legendary pokemon. Anyways congrats on getting the shiny groudon and duskull and have a good day/night :)

[@pc31754]

baby shiny groudon would basically be the substitute doll

[@danielve09]

Congrats to the 40k subs!

[@Luminos001]

The story of breeding groudon remind me when I try to breed mewtwo to get mew and it took me a week until realize that you can't breed legendary at all

[@pleuv2]

Another absolutely stunning shiny ✨ I wish you luck on all your hunts! Congrats!

[@psychoticax645]

Wont lie, Shiny Groudon looked good in gen 3, almost golden in color, but later gens and 3d models just couldnt pull it off like the sprite could, still fantastic getting a legendary shiny especially in earlier gens.

[@commentingcommenter1230]

Shiny Groudon in Colosseum looks so good! As opposed to the greenish yellow that I see in most games, it becomes closer to a gold yellow! That just gave me a much greater appreciation for the shiny.

[@NICK19ATTACK]

2 BIG Dream shinies of mine obtained, daaayum dude you're on fire, the random duskull lmao and Groudon looks absolutely amazing in both gen 3 and Colosseum where it looks abolutely crazy, when it comes out of the pokèball your heart skips a beat, huge congrats

[@nuw5396]

Wow a legit catch. That's some dedication.

[@johnnyp1986]

Haha that Groudon breeding story is pure gold 😂 something similar happened to me where I thought some legendary Pokémon could breed as well bc Manaphy could breed 😂

[@axou9761]

Coming back here after I just got my shiny groudon after 6701 SRs ! Your vidéos have been a real motivation so thank you 🙏🏻 keep it going ✌🏻✨

[@Sonikks]

Nice work!

[@thejebman4912]

Dang man, I found it first try in Pokemon Go and you not only got it in a mainline Pokemon Game, but you also got it after over 10,000 tries, you deserve this more than me! Congrats!

[@ultro6904]

Hey man great timing for the upload i did't really expect you to upload soon but here you are! Good job steve!

[@BunkJunkinsJR]

Cries in 38,000SRs and counting for the same target. Huge congrats Steve!

[@keenanlarsen1639]

You can never overprepare for these... In Sun & Moon, I hunted the legendaries using the wormholes, and I would use the Skill Swap Harvest, Trick it a Leppa Berry strat to keep it's PP up while I tried to catch it in the ball I wanted. Anyway, I had a very scary encounter when I found shiny Zapdos and it Plucked the Leppa Berry before I Tricked it to him, and all of a sudden I was on a timer with just one Master ball I didn't want to use. Didn't have to use it, but it was close.

[@keenanlarsen1639]

@Natural Being Have fun breeding your legendaries

[@Mep-c9v]

ヨマワルも色違い…！！おめでとうございます！！✨✨

[@unclebenandcracka]

This shiny looks amazing in DS then Gen 6 hit different... as you say mustard as I’m typing this comment. The shiny is slightly neutered later on imo. Great video!!

[@Cadialvaro]

Thank God you didn’t disable move animations. Some shiny hunters do that under the excuse of saving time, but it takes the magic away. Congrats ✨

[@raiontheone]

Excuse...? It does save a lot you know.

[@counterfeit1148]

@@raiontheone Just because it is an excuse doesn't mean it is a lie

[@thatbleachedcat8218]

i hunted this guy in gen 7 and after 3 days of hunting it finally shined. congrats on the og mustard monster!

[@touriangar]

Congrats dude o/ Shiny Groudon is so amazing ♥️

[@pixilmon]

This man has sheer fracking will like John wick and payience

[@DragonDrive50682]

Nice! so funny I see you post this hunt as I was making arrangments to attempt this hunt. Had to get my ruby internal battery replaced. When I went to a local game shop and they replaced it I put it in my GBA SP only to find they botched it and it shorted two systems and the game itself :( the gods dont want me to get that shiny but im comin back for it in a couple weeks. Congrats!

[@cargoesbrrr3707]

congrats on 40k my guy

[@sgod4538]

Damn u still shiny hunt? I watched so many videos of yours from a few years :D Nice broo🤙🏼🔥

[@cinnamontoastieboi6843]

Congrats on this amazing shiny dude! I wish Groudon wasn’t shiny locked in Oras.

[@AS34N]

SO SICK! 2 vids almost back to back??!? Always a pleasure to be able to watch! Keep it up my brotha :D

[@GB-mn4tc]

Ruby was the first game i did a dtq on and i stopped after the fifth member, and that was like a year ago. Fast forward to a few weeks ago when i finally randomly picked up the game again and found this shiny in one night. Congrats 💯

[@Stenedux]

I don’t blame you at all for thinking legendaries could breed, that was an odd arc in the anime when Lugia had a baby. I even feel like I tried the same thing.

[@_Peach_T]

When I was younger I thought latios and latias could breed since those were the first two legendary pokemon I've seen with genders (I already knew about the non gendered can't breed mechanic) so I assumed I can get multiple latias and latios. Same thing for heatran but I was like 7 or 9 lol

[@Raymart6543]

and then, there's Manaphy that defies all odds 😂

[@revenevan11]

@@Raymart6543 yeah I really like the whole manaphy thing and how it gives a different pokemon. It kinda reminds me of livestock hybrids that then can't breed but in a cool way 😆

[@Theblkscarecrow]

" *lol* I don't even know who you are- SHINY GROUDON!" 🤣

[@thelocalninahopkins5666]

I prefer shiny Kyorge, I love purple/pink shiny Pokemon. But shiny Groudon looks pretty nice too, no idea why people call it ugly.

[@johnnywaffles2482]

It's got a boring color

[@MrBlinky10101]

Because it's green. Some people just call all green (or pink) shinies ugly

[@thelocalninahopkins5666]

@@MrBlinky10101 Ugh, I hate that. Green shinies are forever valid. They do not deserve the hate they get, same for pink shinies.

[@beefmeiser]

Rayquazas best tho

[@IgorDPortu]

Bc he IS ugly

[@ayanchowdhury6703]

Good job on this shiny Groundon and congrats on 40k subs!! 👏

[@flotechno3920]

Congrats on the shiny your soooooo good at hunting shinys with your incredible patience congrats Steve!!!!!

[@Green_Guy]

Ah... the first shiny legendary I ever hunted and still my favorite. Congratz! Currently after Zekrom in G6 :).

[@Derbearian]

Well done! That's pretty quick for this encounter! thank you for sharing your shiny stories with us!

[@kirstykristen9200]

Sonikks: I don't like to cut these up because it's part of the journey and people listen while hunting Me who is hunting VC Celebi: He knows!

[@littleguystar]

I like how we get to showcase it in Colosseum, instead of screaming at summary page

[@shynihunterpt]

Major congrats!! Great shiny and great preparation! Good luck on the next hunt!

[@Nintend0n]

Congrats on these awesome shinies!

[@JH_x3]

Such an awesome shiny. Honestly Game Freak hit a home run with Gen 3 and it’s shinies. Congrats Steve!

[@silkywilky2283]

My friend told me about your channel now I’m binging while I’m hunting

[@braidenhamilton4255]

The real king of shiny hunting youtubers

[@SleepyTaylor]

I would rather be cautious and count pp than lose a shiny! Congrats on both shinies man! I understand wanting to actually catch the mon and not just throw a masterball, it’s just feels like you earned it. That being said, it’s always good to have a masterball just in case!

[@lilylarimar2762]

I agree about the master ball, I tend to save mine until I’m certain I will fail the shiny without it, you never know when you are going to be in that situation.

[@AS34N]

Also, you flexed that shiny team in the double battle like a boss lol.

[@descendng]

Hell yeah dude, these two both have amazing shinies. Big congrats!

[@fantasticpokevids5489]

Grats! Groudon is my favorite shiny and I managed to get mine in 485!

[@potatobird52]

Congratssss! I recently completed my contrary snivy hunt after 1784 eggs, somewhere along the way i stopped to SOS hunt pikipek (success) and i accidentally found a green-eyed lillipup! raising them together like brothers, and once again congratulations on your gilded groudon!

[@silvertherockwreckingoni9785]

There is no such thing as being over prepared for a shiny. Anything can go wrong so having a back up back up plan is necessary

[@haruglory2169]

"I knew that legendaries couldn't breed, I wasn't an idiot child." Literal next sentence "I thought that you could breed the Groudon."

[@miltonbu764]

Wow dude. This is something I wished as a kid.

[@charyxard5086]

Wwwwwoooooow. What a beautiful hunt. I'm actually still subscribed here. It's been a long long time xD

[@jackdevaney2393]

Love your vids man! Gonna go hunt for my first one(not including Pokémon go) keep it up!

[@eggdawg8672]

Currently trying to get Shiny Registeel in my copy of Emerald, congrats on the shiny.

[@Sonikks]

Good luck buddy. Make sure you're doing Run Aways, not resets in Emerald.

[@eggdawg8672]

@@Sonikks Thanks man, take care.

[@robertsmith8472]

I hunted Groudon in Ultra Sun about a month ago. I got him after 3 days no charm. It was a fun hunt and I can't wait to use him in sword

[@P3ashooter025]

10,600+ Resets??? Your a true legend!

[@reavershank8985]

How does this channel only have 40k subs, another amazing hunt well done man

[@BlackKoiRecords]

Congrats on the shiny!! Still don't know how a sleeping pkmn can be flashed tho lol

[@andylel]

That 3rd gen sprite for shiny duskull is gorgeous holy moly

[@dez2950]

Congrats on the Groudon and Duskull!

[@arontitelman5111]

I remember when I caught a shiny kyogre in saphire when I was 9. I thought my game was glitching so I caught it anyway. Still have it on my save file 😊

[@B_A-tr]

Its always sick to find a random shiny, congrats

[@B_A-tr]

At least you new that ditto can breed with all. I didnt get that until reading it on the internet when i was an adolecent

[@pokeguitaristjake6300]

Congrats on the Shiny Groudon! :D When I got my Shiny Mewtwo in HeartGold after 4,000 something SRs I came with a Lv 100 Smeargle and 5 LV 100 Linoone's with Switcheroo and Leppa Berries and I had 108 Friend Balls, if people call you out for over preparing it's on them lol xD It was a 40 long minute anime Battle with that Shiny Mewtwo lol but I Caught it in a Friend Ball :)

[@ellimeido7964]

Why the guy in the video are usin a smergle? It improves the chance.of the shiny or something?

[@のこのこほり]

I like this KZbin channel.❤

[@Pheonixttty]

Pokémon games sigh instant nostalgia

[@muzzyLimon]

40k sub hype! Congrats Steve

[@kennynakawaki]

Amazing shiny! Always gotta love legendary shinies! Also a shiny Duskull for bonus! Congrats!

[@chrisbertrand7156]

Nice! I actually got 2 shines on my ruby version randomly without shiny hunting

[@zegroselia2504]

Congrats man

[@Gen3Hunter]

Congrats man awesome shiny!! Would have loved to have seen your reaction to the duskull. Only bad thing about random shinies!

[@baddyjoestar]

I got shiny groudon after 91 sr in ultra sun. I am not kidding. Literally my first shiny hunt for legendary pokemon. And congrats to your groudon :D

[@krumsan6284]

I love that you capture a shiny groudon

[@NicRadGaming]

Groudons awesome dude congrats and random duskulls a pretty nice find as well gg m8

[@jacksonaguilar2154]

Are we not gonna talk about how mans got 2 master balls?

[@Sonikks]

Trading. Wild, I know.

[@auhyr]

When I saw how much damage the first Super Fang did, I was like "Really, you're going to go for another Super Fang?" But then you did it a 3rd time and I winced so hard. Man that made me nervous and I'm not the one trying to catch it.

[@Sonikks]

Super Fang always does 50% of the remaining HP, no more, no less. There was no need to wince :)

[@auhyr]

@@Sonikks oh, I didn't know that. I was thinking it was like hyper fang but just less damage. Haha

[@SandshrewEnthu1]

I like the more yellow shiny tone that the gamecube games had.

[@lulugaj5859]

I dont get people who dislike shiny hunting videos.

[@UltimateBlobrex]

Congrats on the Shiny Groudon and random Shiny Duskull!!!