After 640 hours of hunting all three shiny starters on my Switch and Switch 2 I finally got my shiny bulbasaur today. When trying to level it up a bit I found this shiny Abra on only the SECOND encounter... I guess what happened next is a surprise to absolutely nobody...

Managed to catch it in a regular Pokeball no less!!! This has been the second longest hunt I've ever done. I started this hunt in late September of last year. Only took a few breaks throughout. But, I've been hitting it fairly hard the past few months though. With the announcement of Pokebanks shutdown in February as my motivation. So glad to have this gorgeous shiny! Never Forget: All It Takes Is One!

I've been hunting this since August 14th. During the hunt, the loz ocarina of time remake was announced and scheduled to release next week. And I want to play the day it comes out. So I pose the question, do I throw in the towel early, or do I go until the last day? If I keep going, I've only got 9 days left.

THE BANK HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN BEATEN! SHINY TYPE: NULL #19, YOU ARE MINE!

Wow, what a journey. It's finally over. My first shiny Type: Null came all the way back in 2018; #2 came in 2023 and it's been three long years of grinding. Every Wormhole Legendary is done, every Vivillon pattern is done, and this ridiculous quest to get 19 Shiny Type: Null is done.

The final shiny Type: Null appears after 23363 encounters. It appeared only 1080 encounters and five days after Type: Null #18. I was ready to take this another 12000 encounters. I heard all of the horror stories of 30k, 40k, 50k, 60k hunts. I had to believe I wouldn't be one of them, and I was rewarded. This final Type: Null was the longest shiny hunt of my life, but it felt so fitting for it to be so.

EDIT: I totally forgot to mention (this is nuts), my total global Type: Null encounters for the 19 shiny Type: Null: 77743. ODDS for 19 1/4096 shinies: 77824. I FINISHED 81 ENCOUNTERS UNDER ODDS! WOW! MATH, AM I RIGHT?! 🫠

And the most common question I get:

WHY 19?!

It's for my Shiny Living Form Dex. 1 shiny Type: Null, 18 shiny Silvally for all of the different memory types. I will not be answering this question again in the comments 😂

I can't wait to show you guys the full collection soon. My GBA/3DS ERA IS OVER!! 🥹

Thanks for following along with my journey. Genuine best of luck to all of you in your hunts. YOU CAN DO THIS! JUST KEEP GOING! #BEATTHEBANK!

Finally got shiny lugia after weeks of non stop hunting 🔥

Took a break, 2 month break, from this hunt and started it back. I can play this game again!

I finally caught a shiny mudkip! After over 800 resets and the RNG does not help! i finally encountered this guy.

the 25k moltres endeavor is being balanced out nicely

It has the wrong ability 😭😭😭

So grateful to get it under odds 😭

After 5000+ soft resets and 10000 encounters, I've finally found my siny Dratini!

Sigh… at least my drought is over. I’ve been doing this on and off since Fall 2024 lol. Really hoping for a beetle next so I can finish my DTQ 🙏

14 hours of soft resetting 😍 Lapis shiny only water run can start and with an incredible luck I’d say!

Double System Switch 1 and 2 -- 6 Shiny Fire Red 2 Shiny Leaf Green

4 Random Encounter hunts and 4 Sr hunts.

Badge 1 Charmander SR/ Badge 2 Spearow RE/ Badge 3 Drowzee RE/ Badge 4 Meowth RE / Badge 5 Snorlax SR / Badge 6 Lapras SR / Badge 7 Tangela RE / Badge 8 Zapdos SR

The only game I miss doing a shiny badge quest is BDSP guess that is my next adventure. Gl everyone keep pushing the shiny always comes !!

So, I've recently finished hunts for two Type: Null and Poipole and I've finally entered the last phase of my Bank closing hunts with Partner Cap Pikachu, and it's seemingly the most anxiety inducing one for me. I know what I'm looking for, a little red star on its summary, but the way I'm viewing the summary screen is what I need some reassurance about. Instead of putting Pikachu in my party and viewing it there, I click the option listed above and then reset if no star, and I know shiny paranoia is real and that it's probably fine, but I just really need someone to tell me that I have this right and it will eventually lead to a shiny. (And yes, I've checked the IDs for the low chance of shinylock)

11.15 hours of hunting on 4 consoles, the console I got it on did crash... after I saved thankfully, the pink onion is now safe and sound in home.

Stantler showed up on the same game only 282 encounters later, third Stantler