Yeah this is definitely gonna take longer than emerald lmao. Spent about 50 hours in this section and what feels like most of that was spent just looking for heracross. Emerald already had badge 5 at this point. Anyways done with section 4, onto section 5!

Literally 15 minutes later LMAO

Got the 1% pinsir before the 4% heracross btw👍 it's been over a month bro

Hidden grotto encounters...

Very excited to see so much hoenn rep in the winds and waves trailer

Forgot to post this the other day but badge 3 is done! Another pretty quick section thanks to wild audino. Seems like this will move pretty quickly compared to emerald (until the post game...)

Badge 2 is finally done! This section was super short, I probably could've finished it in a few days but I took a pretty big break.

I have to learn how to make custom e reader cards. I have a really cool idea I need to make before anyone else does.

Splatoon devs trying to get me to play dynamo again...

Another bingo target already! #shinypokemon

Shiny deoxys after only 1308 RAs!!!🥳🥳 Caught in a luxury ball too! This is my 3rd shiny deoxys (2nd for gen 3) but I was still super hyped to see it shine! 2026 has been kind to me so far (Deoxys forms 2/4) #shinypokemon

Omg I already forgot about my bingo card lol #shinypokemon

Deoxys

Really excited to finally set up for the emerald deoxys hunt I've been wanting to do for like over a year

First shiny of 2026!!🥳🥳 Shiny Roselia after 9,392 encounters! It finally showed up after 4 phases and 68,437😮‍💨 total encounters also holding the 5% poison barb! (Hoenn shiny living dex 29/135)

Beast mode

2026 shiny hunting bingo card! Pretty sure this is the first time I've done one. I haven't been shiny hunting much the past couple years and I really wanna get back to grinding

Forgot to post on the actual day but happy 5 year anniversary of me starting my jirachi hunt🥳🥳 I need to lock in and get it in 2026 this is getting ridiculous

Shiny audino on the shinkansen!! Found this while grinding on my white 2 professor oak challenge after only 5485 encounters! Super happy I found a shiny while I'm in Japan

First badge done in my White 2 professor oak challenge! Took about as long as the first badge did in emerald but with significantly less pokemon thanks to gen 5's exp mechanics.

Air riders moment

Finally after like 10 days trapped in the sewers (new mega shiny spoilers)

Already failed my first shiny in za 😞

Shiny Volbeat after 16,298 encounters! Such a good shiny! Phase 3 for roselia Hoenn shiny living dex 28/135

Shiny zigzagoon after 27,603 encounters! Phase 2 for my roselia hunt that I started over a year ago💀 this zigzagoon completes the line for me though so I can't complain Hoenn living dex 27/135

🚨Shiny lileep alert🚨 I started this hunt all the way back in fossil week but didn't get much hunting done and have beep picking it up on and off ever since. Also it's the same file the got anorith last year 4,989 encounters hoenn shiny living dex 26/135

I did it! All Gold Symbols in Pokemon Emerald! 3rd Trainer Card star and Starf Berry received too. Emerald's Battle Frontier was super fun (aside from the Battle Palace) and building my own teams from scratch was really rewarding. Definitely recommend it to any gen 3 fans who haven't tried it.

The Battle Pike is already done! I didn't have to make a whole new team for this one plus the first few rounds were especially easy. Super nervous about the Battle Factory though, I'm expecting it to be rough

It's been a while but I'm back to clearing the emerald battle frontier

After like a month and a half of pretty consistent grinding I finally completed the national dex in gen 3! This was honestly a really fun challenge. People often criticize the fact that you need so many games to complete the national dex in this gen but that's kinda what I like about it. (1/5)

#safariweek2025 shiny #6 is another doduo! This is my longest ever phase at 41,039 encounters. Super happy to finally end safari week and to get my target and complete the doduo line #shinypokemon

My still ongoing 40k+ safari week phase

#safariweek2025 shiny #5 is another nidorina after 1221 encounters on the same game as the last one! It's past midnight now so it's technically not 4 in one day. She unfortunately fled putting me at 3 wins 2 fails #safariweek #shinypokemon

#safariweek2025 shiny #4 is an oddish after only 143 encounters! My fastest ever phase and my first ever 3 in one day! Unfortunately it fled though 😭 #safariweek #shinypokemon

#safariweek2025 shiny #3 is a nidorina after only 2662 encounters! I already completed the line but it's still a nice shiny so I can't complain. Pink shiny on the pink sp #safariweek #shinypokemon

#safariweek2025 shiny #2 is doduo after 8184 encounters! This is my main target this year so I'm super happy to have caught it, gonna keep this setup though so I can hopefully find another one and complete the line #safariweek #shinypokemon

#safariweek2025 shiny #1 after 8367 is a wobuffet in emerald. Surprisingly only my 3rd ever emerald safari shiny and somehow the first shiny on my professor oak challenge file???

Forgot to mention I'm hunting doduo

The new mini is so fun I can't wait until they over need it and make it unusable

L dynamo kit😞

My sick and twisted setup for safari week this year that may or may not start a fire in my apartment

Man I really hope they give dynamo line marker I've been asking for it since day 1

Wait I have to get a shiny banette this safari week so I can transfer it up to legends za when it comes out

Saw a piece of old jirachi merch I really want but I'm not letting myself look up the price because I just spent like 600 dollars

I will be changing my switch pfp for the first time since 2020

Momocon haul (I'm now broke and homeless)

Fully ev trained 9 pokemon, hatched roughly 17 boxes of eggs, did an entire professor oak challenge, and found pokerus but I still haven't found a shiny on this file

First facility I've beat first try (Starmie is busted)

They're multiplying...

I sincerely hope everyone who was involved with designing the battle palace was immediately put down. Absolutely insane idea for a battle facility