Getting an actual Pokemon Company sponsorship is insane, congrats
@nicholasricci834210 ай бұрын
Just about to comment that. Absolutely crazy
@zazza00210 ай бұрын
Kind of pointless though... I'm pretty sure everyone who wanted to buy the game already has.
@SamiiSam12810 ай бұрын
@@zazza002i mean a sponsor is a sponsor
@zazza00210 ай бұрын
@@SamiiSam128 yes, but waste of money on pokemon's side
@ShijuMasters10 ай бұрын
@@zazza002it's not like their losing a lot of money 💰 anyway cuz they be rich 🤑😅
@TheAnimeMan10 ай бұрын
John actually getting a Pokémon sponsor is a massive W
@dredninja012510 ай бұрын
what are you doing here king
@supertrolle955510 ай бұрын
Joey?!
@icey769010 ай бұрын
Ayo it's Joey the Manga Dude
@lupyn231310 ай бұрын
Bro why are you here 😂
@springchild55579 ай бұрын
The King is here 😂
@StickMaster50010 ай бұрын
You know this is going to be a fun challenge until you have to get the Large Shiny Buizel
@nicerhabara10 ай бұрын
Forget the Shiny Manaphy hunt, this is the rarest of the rarest Shinies
@slowbro698u210 ай бұрын
I was crazy enough to give him a shiny alpha Buizel.
@swiftyboi787710 ай бұрын
Lol
@TheMasterBlaze10 ай бұрын
Thankfully Alpha's count too.
@slowbro698u210 ай бұрын
@themasterblaze7563 Not for the Geodude though, I had to hunt until I got a big enough one that wasn't an alpha.
@AbsolBlogsPokemon10 ай бұрын
As someone who doesn't know too much about massive mass outbreaks, your explanation of permutations was very concise and informative!!
@MagiCarson089 ай бұрын
Hi Matt
@averymontemayor84209 ай бұрын
You can call him absol
@ezramematchleytroice3 ай бұрын
I agree! I had NO idea what mass outbreaks did and how they helped shiny hunting but he did a FANTASTIC explanation!
@Iffondrel10 ай бұрын
Oh man, you're reminding me of just how fun shiny hunting was in Legends. The sparkle sound is such a dopamine hit.
@exLightningg10 ай бұрын
Was so disappointed that the shiny sound wasn't in Scarlet & Violet, it's such a simple thing.
@yubelsthirdeye10 ай бұрын
Istg i accidentally trained myself like a goddamn pavlovian dog and now every time I hear the shiny sound effect my stomach drops and I straight up hyperventilate lmao
@Code_Lune10 ай бұрын
@@yubelsthirdeyeYou ain’t alone, I too, drop from braveary and save as soon as I hear that sound.
@netweed0910 ай бұрын
@@exLightningg We know,, everyone says it - but for me , it's a totally Natural experience what Scarlet & Violet did. I know the near total majority wants the jingle but I just find it daft and combined with Outbreak exploits; people have made the Shinies almost as common as the ,, commons! It's simply just _so_ much tougher, and so rewarding to find one in Scarlet/Violet - I love the fact you actually have to make an effort and _look._
@Graboid1049 ай бұрын
@@exLightninggI was disappointed that the link cable wasn't in SV like bro, they should've kept it in SV for those that cant trade with anyone.
@atmosphere676510 ай бұрын
Something crazy that won't get appreciated enough is the fact that mothim is one of the hardest shinies to get in the game. It only spawns in the wild with no possibility for outbreaks or any other forced spawn. It took ages to get one for my shiny living dex
@mobious0110 ай бұрын
Yeah i hunted the shiny alpha but i wish the worms were easier to get
@Green__Goblin10 ай бұрын
What? I found 2 shiny mothim without even hunting for them lmao
@ryanhacker525910 ай бұрын
Lol I found a shiny mothim while climbing that cliff so I could jump down for the manaphy quest
@neothepenguin125710 ай бұрын
This was my first shiny in the game aww :,) I was a bit disappointed as I couldn’t really use it on my team but that makes me feel a bit special
@Ace360gamer10 ай бұрын
Lol I have 3 shiny alphas of it all from the coastland. Beautiful shiny
@garchompelago10 ай бұрын
You get a shiny, you get a shiny, *EVERYBODY GETS A SHINY!*
@alexzurita204910 ай бұрын
Lol
@Zach9088810 ай бұрын
I can relate so hard to this video. I have so many shiny geodudes in this game If I sit down too quickly, shiny geodudes fall out of my pockets and go down behind the sofa cushions.
@Cellystix3.02 ай бұрын
I have at least five shiny Krickitots I named after various forms of potatos.
@k1xk1111 күн бұрын
@@Cellystix3.0kricketots*
@amazinglyshook10 ай бұрын
Man this video just reminds me how good we had it with Legends Arceus shiny hunting. Doing the same in Scarlet and Violet is miserable without sound or visual effects 😢
@DarthZ0110 ай бұрын
like 5 idiots complained about the sound, so nintendo removed it, pissing off millions in the process. i really hate the whole "corporations always cave to a few complaints, but ignore the masses" trend these days.
@keksidy10 ай бұрын
@@DarthZ01nah don't worry they'll add it back in the DLC probably, you'll just have to pay $30 for an audio indicator for shiny Pokemon (very fair)
@user-du8bq5et8r10 ай бұрын
To be fair I take that in exchange of shinies running away
@noahchristman207710 ай бұрын
@@keksidyWell it didn't come back with the first DLC so I have my doubts
@scrunkore10 ай бұрын
@@DarthZ01there's no real proof that's what happened, it's far more likely that it's one of those things that only made it into legends arceus because the two games were developed at around the same time, and so it might come back later
@minuro060310 ай бұрын
I miss the pure joy from flying around with Hisuian Braviery and hearing that ✨️chime✨️ PLA is such a good game
@supertrolle955510 ай бұрын
JOHN SPONSORED BY POKEMON NO WAY
@dragapultvmax359410 ай бұрын
Its not the first time
@supertrolle955510 ай бұрын
@@dragapultvmax3594 i forgor
@dtsnelson10 ай бұрын
Going to confuse all of these people when they see a normal one and get excited.
@MistrumGenderplasma10 ай бұрын
Reminds me of that screenshot of someone asking why their Latias liked weird and someone said it was sick and to faint it
@octopikmin359010 ай бұрын
Johnstone: *wants a couple common shiny Pokémon* Game: *gives him multiple shiny alpha Pokémon, but not his target* Johnstone: *surprised pikachu face*
@yourtypicalshadowlurker10 ай бұрын
As someone who just did about 50 permutations to get a shiny alpha Spiritomb, I feel the struggle for that buizel.
@m3x_repel9 ай бұрын
Im trying the same - where do you save and reset? Infront of the outbreak or in the town?
@yourtypicalshadowlurker8 ай бұрын
@@m3x_repelSorry for the late reply. I actually save the second I enter the area so I can check all outbreaks for shinies, then pick and choose which ones to actually hunt before the storm ends. I got incredibly lucky to get alpha Spiritomb and did end up getting the shiny at 97 permutations, plus a random shiny budew from another outbreak on the map.
@m3x_repel8 ай бұрын
thank you! Ill pick up the hunt again soon!@@yourtypicalshadowlurker
@starlightlilly720310 ай бұрын
I recently shiny hunted Petilil and I can tell you that if you catch or battle all the Petilil in an area and go back to camp to sleep they will respawn. This allows you to avoid leaving and loading the area over and over
@maleprincess555910 ай бұрын
what's disappointing is that not all sidequests will accept alpha pokemon
@733jaguar10 ай бұрын
I donated alpha shinies Parasect and Buizel. (And I believe you can gift an alpha Nosepass.)
@kee-tah8841Ай бұрын
I’d like to do this challenge but with shalphas, do you know which ones accept it and which don’t?
@conorpower868910 ай бұрын
I'd love to see you complete the rest of the PLA Pokedex with Shiny pokemon. It's insanely difficult, but it's something you'd probably enjoy
@Mothcat.10 ай бұрын
I have confirmed that Johnstone’s videos increase your shiny luck because I have been binge watching them and stumbled upon a shiny eevee
@saltyseacaptain225710 ай бұрын
I was gonna say the same lol during this video I found 2 shiny flittle and a shiny bruxish
@jordanisthor252410 ай бұрын
Same but I just found a Hawlucha
@UntroubledPlacid10 ай бұрын
I really want to see a living shiny dex on your perfect savefile! Seeing that shiny pokeball with a shiny pokemon on it for every single pokemon would be such a fun thing to watch! Remember, it doesn’t have to be a new file. Just like this challenge, you can continue with your perfect file (and also keep the pokemon lol)
@anonanonymous967010 ай бұрын
Enamorus is still Shiny Locked so ATM it's not possible Maybe it'll be possible in Indigo Disk since it'll have a Legendary hunt
@UntroubledPlacid10 ай бұрын
@@anonanonymous9670 well, obviously not the ones that are shiny locked haha. Nobody has found a way to shiny hunt legendaries in LA right? Well the thing is, he can trade over the locked ones from other games, like shiny arceus from brilliant diamond.
@crayfishfuture10 ай бұрын
@@UntroubledPlacidYes, you can trade over shiny legendaries. However, they were talking about Enamorus, which is not available to shiny hunt in any other game (or in PLA, obviously). If they add a way to hunt it in S/V or Go, or an event shiny, then you can have the shiny dex entry for every Pokémon.
@UntroubledPlacid10 ай бұрын
@@crayfishfuture well, having 241 pokemon shiny out of 242 is still something to be proud or content about. If there is going to be a time it’s able shiny hunted, he can just add it later imo.
@crayfishfuture10 ай бұрын
@@UntroubledPlacid I agree with that, and it would probably make for a great video. I was just trying to explain what the first commenter was talking about. Sorry if it came across as rude.
@williamgreenhalgh426010 ай бұрын
He chose to name his Wurmple Beautifred. Well done John.
@Mikman36010 ай бұрын
I just want to thank you for making more footage of this game. I love it so much, and after the honeymoon phase died down, I thought I'd never see more content of it again.
@Tylahh10 ай бұрын
That ending 😂😂 you gotta do stuff like that more often that was so funny
@ActuallyLucasXD10 ай бұрын
This is going to hurt me physically
@BlueJay73va10 ай бұрын
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, and I could just be misremembering because my memory is super bad, but I think you missed an NPC. If I remember correctly there's an NPC in the Alabaster Icelands who asks you for a fire type pokemon to help him set up a camp. But either way this was a really fun video and it's really cool to see someone do a challenge like this! Looking forward to seeing more!
@D-Piddy9610 ай бұрын
You give him a Pokémon but you never see it
@BlueJay73va10 ай бұрын
@@D-Piddy96 Gotchya gotchya! Thanks for correcting me.
@Spectarium6 ай бұрын
I did this and was so dissapointed when I never saw my shiny boy again
@rainbowsequinedfannypack10 ай бұрын
I’m actually in the midst of doing this myself right now, so it’s really cool to see one of my favorite KZfaqrs had the same idea! Cant wait to watch and see the pain in store for me
@attackfrogsАй бұрын
honestly i love the fact that the NPC's shiny pokemon actually stay shiny. i was always kinda sad about the fact that, in the hoenn games, if wally catches a shiny ralts, it doesn't stay shiny when you next battle him. let the kid have a shiny starter, dangit!
@Sarah0452710 ай бұрын
I have been trying to get that shiny alpha Empoleon for months…and John just happens to find one 😂 but seriously, cool video idea AND sponsored by the Pokémon company? 👀
@carsonlubrano834510 ай бұрын
we need more legends arceus content. shiny hunting at its best in the game
@Spectarium8 ай бұрын
nah this is where shiny hunting started to go downhill
@anonanonymous96706 ай бұрын
@@Spectarium How? Shiny Hunting started to go downhill during Gen 5 since that's when they made the odds 1/1000 with the Shiny Charm
@tylerb210 ай бұрын
Branchesca is the best name for a Phantump I could have ever imagined
@janaistudio10 ай бұрын
I started this sidequest for myself over half a year ago! It's really cool to see that you had the same idea! Also, I got so lucky when I did the Buesel quest I got him first try!
@tylerbartlett2810 ай бұрын
Congrats on the shiny alpha alakazams you wanted. My first shiny in this game was a shiny alpha lickilicky in the mirelands so good job.
@MrBlinky1010110 ай бұрын
Finally a johnstone video featuring a feat that I've also done before!
@ambrosius9410 ай бұрын
congrats man! been wanting to do this but I've been hunting in other games so I haven't got to it
@kylefreeburg935310 ай бұрын
So, fun fact, a lot of these NPCs will accept alpha Pokemon too! I've been working on blinging my jubilife out with shiny alphas and it's a massive pain
@crazy1.210 ай бұрын
Great video! (don't ask how i watched it all already) fr though have a lovely day dude !
@ZeBanded10 ай бұрын
John with that filthy pikachu money smh (Congrats on the sponsor🎉)
@griffintgm946710 ай бұрын
Official Pokémon sponsorship, I’ve never seen that one before!
@N7Landry10 ай бұрын
With the Farm side missions i had chosen the Sinnoh starters and in my head thats why they where chosen as the Sinnoh starter trio as the helped cultivate the region
@shinybugg915610 ай бұрын
I loved shiny hunting in this game! I think my favorite find was either my shiny alpha gliscor or my shiny alpha heracross. They were both the "placed alphas" that just happened to be shiny when I was passing by them.
@5days5hearts2510 ай бұрын
My first shiny in this game was a Geodude that jumped out of a shaking rock, feel super lucky for that one!
@NunyaBeeez10 ай бұрын
Pokemon has been knocking the sponsorships out of the park recently, but I can't think of another content creator more deserving of it right now!!!
@AshKetchum-xv4uv10 ай бұрын
At this point, you can probably make a shiny living dex
@Bfine9410 ай бұрын
A return to Hisui so soon after the perfect dex completion! As I live and breath! Another banger of a video, dude! Watching you find all of those Paras reminded me of Steve with his Pidgeys. Haha!
@Wurmze10 ай бұрын
At first glance I thought this was the same alpha shiny npc challenge sxper is doing and was like 😮 no way 😂 Great video dude idk if I could bring myself to lock shinies away like this aha
@funkyjlt6789Ай бұрын
I can’t believe the Pokémon company sponsored an air strike on a herd of shiny buizel
@HanaTheRussell10 ай бұрын
Congrats on the official sponsorship and endorsement!!
@TBustah10 ай бұрын
I randomly stumbled on a shiny Geodude in a recent replay of FRLG, then decided to go to the trouble of moving it all the way up to Home. Yes: all the way up, from Gen III to Gen IX. I still own all of the necessary hardware.
@thisismyaltaccount419510 ай бұрын
Well done! Loved the gag at the end, and congrats on the sponsorship!
@TheTitaniumSamurott10 ай бұрын
I thought Johnstone live uploaded 😔 But Johntent is Johntent 👍
@perkypenguin166310 ай бұрын
John handing every resident a shiny Pokémon: when everyone’s super…no one will be
@dirtydan449210 ай бұрын
Ive been reeeally into this game recently so Im super glad to see people still making new content about it! Keep it up!
@reiniervanderhulst337510 ай бұрын
Just to say that your previous Legends Arceus video inspired me to perfect my dex too. I'm over 160 hours now and probably half way-ish.
@Aeroczema10 ай бұрын
What a neat challenge! So many shiny buizels oh my... Great video!
@tdaniello9148 ай бұрын
LOL I cracked up at "*GASP* no.... s t o p" about the second shiny alpha Alakazam
@hachnslay9 ай бұрын
gets a sponsorship by the pokemon company "Are they just cooking them for medicine?" Pokemon company: "..."
@fabiopauli42010 ай бұрын
hold up _the_ pokemon company? approved of a sponsorship? actual unreal
@lukeybaby569210 ай бұрын
THAT ending on a video sponsored by the Pokemon Company themselves 👏
@CrowLady0_05 ай бұрын
5:07 oh man this brings me back! a silcoon was my first ever shiny pokémon! i have a bad habit of deleting save files before transferring shiny pokémon out of it, but i still have that first ever one! i only had a few pokéballs and i was SO terrified i wouldn't be able to catch it.. just such a nice memory :3
@jakesalisbury206810 ай бұрын
I was hoping for a list of NPC shinies! Thanks John!
@Zoroark-9 ай бұрын
2:23 Imagine you’re a paras and the literal god of time pulls up with a human just because you’re a shiny.
@malice9265 ай бұрын
Who else thinks John's last PLA video should be doing this again, except all Shiny Alpha's?
@Heroshand10 ай бұрын
I have seriously considered doing this, so thank you for reminding me that it's waaaaay to much effort.
@Shaonia10 ай бұрын
A new PLA shiny hunting video? We eatin' good tonight.
@x54xHantamachineАй бұрын
Whoa, you got that many shinies completing the pokedex originally? I got 2 haha
@maxwellwilliams180210 ай бұрын
Alright John, now do this on a fresh save, full odds, only alphas! Jokes aside, great video, and congrats on another pokemon sponsorship!!
@Toonyroo7 ай бұрын
I added this video to my “watch later” when it came out and just finally watched. I knew about the special alpha dialogue and did that on my original play through. Finding out there’s no shiny dialogue was disappointing… but I really enjoyed this video. You’re entertaining and make information dumps entertaining as well. Hard subscribe!
@ProjectMATHEW10 ай бұрын
Wow Pokemon international sponsorship on an absurd challenge. You made it!
@bdhuffman4210 ай бұрын
Awesome job Now do it all shiny alphas 😂
@WarriorX1610 ай бұрын
Love those Buizels. Hopefully nothing bad happens to them :)
@Guggy__10 ай бұрын
i once found a shiny wurmple in legends and immediately went to battle it, only for it to run away
@stardust23609 ай бұрын
That sponsorship is deserved. This man literally does more than 100% every pokemon game in existence. How could he not be recognized?
@UsedNameTag13Ай бұрын
For the farm quests I just gave them an army of gastrodons lol
@carciofogamer991126 күн бұрын
Nosepass was my first ever legit shiny pokemon. I caught it in pokemon platinum, in mount coronet during a nuzlocke. Needless to say it replaced my geodue. (Then he died and I ha to replace it with a gyarados)
@shamblingincompetence896610 ай бұрын
At last, someone else beside me is blowing things up in Pokémon videos. Bless you sir!
@missedthebandwagon97611 күн бұрын
Not to be dramatic, but I would die for Beauregard.
@markwallace892410 ай бұрын
5:39 5head and 6head are great names
@user-dl1fp2wh4t2 ай бұрын
The size difference between paras and dialga is crazy
@nerdbirdo3610 ай бұрын
the dude didn't take my alpha buizel lol
@DoylePrime10 ай бұрын
Hanging out for the inevitable shiny giveaw... RIP shiny buisels LOL
@alexzurita204910 ай бұрын
This man got sponsored by Pokemon itself. I'm speechless.
@xxmikexx663918 күн бұрын
I didn’t know the buizel quest was hard untill everybody complained
@dawn_ette10 ай бұрын
MA GET THE CAMERA, NEW JOHNSTONE VIDEO 🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥 Still waiting for the compilation of shinies you found while perfecting the arceus dex 🥲
@justcallmeSheriff10 ай бұрын
You're living the Poketuber dream, getting a legit sponsorship from The Pokemon Company!
@mayanightstar10 ай бұрын
YES YES YES I've been waiting for someone to do this
@Littleeblue2010Ай бұрын
Dude got sponsored by Pokémon
@WhiteRaven6965 күн бұрын
Alpha Buizel is always your best bet for that Buizel quest. Because due to how sizes are calculated, not every 2'8" Buizel can be accepted.
@2shy2guy5210 ай бұрын
It's insane to me that this man has been sponsored by tpci, MULTIPLE TIMES
@SetariM10 ай бұрын
My boy got a POKEMON COMPANY SPONSORSHIP! He's growing up so fast! *wipes tear from eye*
@love-killz9 ай бұрын
Dang man! Don't think ive seen a KZfaqr get sponsored by the makers of pokemon themselves lol
@heather_garden8703Ай бұрын
6:25 would’ve been so funny if it ran lol
@Dragon_Muenster10 ай бұрын
That was unexpected. Also you stole all of my shiny luck.
@thefaceofchlo53904 ай бұрын
I find it hilarious that shiny Wurmple gave you so much trouble because Wurmple was the first shiny I caught in Legends Arceus, and it was in that little grove between the apricorn trees right in the Obsidian Fieldlands. RNG was not smiling upon you then lol
@eekabee10 ай бұрын
I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who did this. Only I was a bit more insane. I did all shiny alphas excluding the few that wouldn't accept alpha Pokemon.
@alexwhitby254110 ай бұрын
I’m actually doing the very same myself. I’ve so far donated Wurmple and Geodude, as well as Petilil. Also you’re the cutest Poketuber.
@FieryRed_BE10 ай бұрын
lmao
@Missiletainn10 ай бұрын
My first shiny in LA was a Shiny Alpha Wurmple, I kept it but it would've been fun to see him with one.
@a_ninja237610 ай бұрын
I’m so glad someone finally did it
@AutisticGastrodon10 ай бұрын
First Pokemon unite, then Pokemon themselves? Bro is a legend
@bethanyb674210 ай бұрын
never wouldve found pickle geodude quest without this ... heh.
@robojosh444410 ай бұрын
Woah You Got Sponsored B😊y Pokemon Themself
@theprinnyranger10 ай бұрын
I gave a graveler to the crop field npc when he requested a ground type mon. wouldn't that count for your challenge? Also, glad to see the shiny wurmple keeps shiny even after switching from silcoon to cascoon... or is it only when it evolves into cascoon by itself? In my game, the wurmple I gave was clearly a silcoon up until I got the quest for the comparison where it suddenly changed into a cascoon. So it makes me wonder if it keeps shiny in that 50% case.
@mythaniakeroberos240510 ай бұрын
I cannot believe you got teo shiny Alpha Alakazam. That is a dream catch for me.