Shiny Totodile after 8,007 resets in Crystal!

a new quest has begun! because i don't already have enough of them on the go lol. really enjoyed this hunt and i'm excited to get the quest underway. the gen 2 nostalgia is hitting hard already. hope you enjoy :)
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[@PainGaming14]

So coool, congrats and good luck with the rest of the shiny hunt

[@tinyarticuno]

thanks so much!

[@3lc0rr3A]

Congrats on finding the sweet shiny!

[@tinyarticuno]

thanks julio!!

[@funkotron2k]

congrats! he looks great in crystal 😍

[@tinyarticuno]

thank you, he really does!

[@benvandevelden3499]

I got this recently in gold, moved on to ilex forest for oddish now. Love gen 2 shiny hunts!

[@tinyarticuno]

very nice, good luck on oddish!

[@zetzo4120]

Oh thats a great idea for a monotype dtq *looks how many parts are already out* Hope ur still at it

[@tinyarticuno]

thank you!! i am still indeed at it, life has been busy but i've found my second target and the video should be up in the next couple of weeks :) i've just been very slow lately lol

[@LusterBall]

Lets goooooo

[@woopa1206]

beatifulll

[@xxthemasterloquendoxx4221]

its over 8 thousand!!!!!

[@blackzero786]

Generation 2, Tentaquil's Generation.

[@trippyplants6849]

Did you change save state after soft resetting a decent amount of times?

[@RRolon999]

I'm currently trying this with Totodile for the last few days and it's so frustrating lol any advice? Thank you

[@RollingWithDrue]

I'm currently hunting it as well

[@RRolon999]

LoL I'm still trying off and on​@@RollingWithDrue

[@tristanmarkham5136]

There is no real advice, it's all luck.

[@chaosintheflesh8419]

Female starters can’t be shiny that may help, if you go into the name your Pokémon screen you can check the gender.

[@toru4926]

They also must have 20 HP exactly, 21 or 19 are a no go

[@TheUsernameunknown3]

Love totodiles shiny and it looks sooo good in gen 2. I've been on and off hunting totodile in hgss for years and years now and I've gotten 3 straight chikorita and 1 cyndaquil

[@tinyarticuno]

it really does look great in gen 2! the HGSS starter phasing can be brutal, hope you get totodile soon!

[@jon6183]

cute

[@HyperFanboy]

I'm hunting this, is 21 hp guaranteed not shiny?

[@oskarcadena8490]

Correct only 20 HP

[@Steelfirefox332]

How long did this take?

[@HyperFanboy]

8,007 encounters

[@justinbriggs6494]

​@HyperFanboy He clearly meant actual time spent. Douche.

[@jamesbond-db9fd]

9 years

[@littlerob2244]

The reset before the shiny you didn’t even check it yet you reset over it, that could’ve been the shiny one and you wouldn’t even have known

[@tinyarticuno]

good catch but i reset over it on purpose - i didn't explain this in the video but in gen 2, shininess is determined by the stats of the pokemon, so if the totodile has 21 HP (rather than 20 HP) it can't be shiny. that totodile had 21 HP which is why i didn't check it. no missed shinies over here dw 😎