As The Pokeball Turns

TRAINER'S EYE #156 - "Baton Pass Begins With Buneary" ft. BunearyQueenAlexis

• David Hernandez • Season 1 • Episode 161

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From level 80 Pidgeot solo runs to shiny-filled Twitch streams, this is the story of BunearyQueenAlexis starting with battling Brock with a hopeless Pikachu in Pokémon Yellow to building a full shiny living dex in Sword and Shield. You'll hear how Pokémon GO turned her into a shiny magnet, and the origin of her “Buneary Queen” title, her love-hate relationship with soft resets, and how Twitch streaming became her post-work therapy.

Whether you’re into shiny hunting, Nuzlockes, or nostalgic memories from Gen 3's “too much water” era, this is a Pokémon interview you won’t want to miss.

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BunearyQueenAlexis:

I'm BunearyQueenAlexis, and this is my Pokemon story.

David Hernandez:

Welcome to as the Pokemon Ball Turns. We're interview people about their experience with Pokemon. My name is David Hernandez. I'm joined by BunearyQueenAlexis, an irresistible trainer who keeps calm and carrots on BunearyQueensAlexis, welcome to As The Pokeball Turns turns.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Glad to be here.

David Hernandez:

Absolutely, and I'm excited to kind of dive into your experience with Pokemon and what brought you into this franchise. So let's start from the beginning, like what's the first experience when it comes to Pokemon?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

my first experience was honestly playing Pokemon yellow and my older brother had Pokemon Blue. I think I was like seven or eight when it just came out. back then I was not the best of trainers. I think I took on Brock with a level 22 Pidgeotto because I didn't know what I was doing. And little Lexus at the time thought big numbers meant better. Didn't know typings, none of that. if I could look at myself back then and just look at my team, I'd just sit there and just face palm against the wall and be like, what the fuck was I doing?

David Hernandez:

I mean, I think we all do that. You know, a lot of us had the four attacks. Some of us try to relive the anime. I know I did. I tried to use thunder shock on Onix so many times and didn't work. you said your brother played as well, so

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

battle each other? Would y'all just kind of share each other's games? Like what was that dynamic like for between y'all two?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

It, it, it, it, it was more of a, I bet I can beat the game faster than you can, but, uh, when your starter is a Pikachu, not knowing typings, yeah. I was at a high disadvantage

David Hernandez:

I'm gonna go

BunearyQueenAlexis:

there.

David Hernandez:

to say that he probably picked Squirtle. Is that fair to say?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I, I don't even remember which one he picked. I don't remember if it was Squirtle or Bulbasaur, or what, but it's like. By the end, I had a level 80 Pidgeot and everybody else was like level forties though.

David Hernandez:

Wow. It sounds like Pidgeot was like your ace in the hole back in those days.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

well it, it was more of a, it's kind of a solo run without it being a solo run because I never actually trained any of my Pokemon, I just rolled with one the entire time. it worked out pretty well for generations one, two, and three. Generation four not so much.

David Hernandez:

Ooh. wonder why, why would gen four give you so much issues with just one Pokemon?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I mean, well, I chose, Turtwig as my starter and of course starter Pokemon ends up over leveled everybody else ends up left behind, and, uh, Cyrus kind of had everything to kill a Torterra. I mean, he had a Weavile that was speed as fuck. I think the only thing that got me through gen four is one of my best friends looked at my team, slap me upside the head and said, give me your game. I will help you.

David Hernandez:

Oh.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

took the game home, trained up. All my other Pokemon and gave it back to me and said, here now, face him.

David Hernandez:

So he did all the hard work for you to where he just like, okay, hold on. He needs to level up something else besides to the Torterra to be able to beat this guy. Yeah.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. I mean, I'll learn right then. It's like, okay, keep everybody this same levels else. Don't just try to run with only your starter.

David Hernandez:

So here's what he had, he had a Honchkrow, a Gyarados,. a Crobat, and a Weavile.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yep. Honchcrow, Crobat, Weavile,, I was fucked.

David Hernandez:

Yeah, and these all had the moves to beat Torra. You know, you had Honchkrow with drill peck, Yep. Gyarados with Ice Fang. Weavile, of course with ice punch And Crobat, which knows cross poison and air slash So you really were going against the grain, at least in gen four.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah,

David Hernandez:

When it came to you sticking through Pokemon because we, you know, you just touched on how you played the first four generations. What did you like about Pokemon compared to maybe other games?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I, I just like the cute little creatures.

David Hernandez:

I really saw all the different types of Pokemon.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Even though I didn't really use them, cause a starter ends up over leveled.

David Hernandez:

why did you think you had just such a, attachment to your starter?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I was thinking big numbers would be better at the time, so it was easier for me to just focus on one Pokemon to make it at the highest number possible.

David Hernandez:

I see. So you wanted to see that number get as highest possible with the starter, and that's

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

to always get the highest

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. And then,

David Hernandez:

one.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

then grinding. Everybody else was boring and didn't really wanna do it, so I was like, if I can get this number really big and get through everything, what do I need to worry about the other guys for, they'll just be thrown in there if I need to revive my of Pokemon.

David Hernandez:

You know, am I earned this dedication because you literally just stuck with one Pokemon for the first. you know, if we assume you played every single game, at least the first be maybe 10 games. I think three. No, three, six.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Let's see. Yellow. I,

David Hernandez:

11, 12 games at

BunearyQueenAlexis:

yeah, I play, yeah, I played yellow. I believe I had gold crystal, then I had Ruby, and then Emerald.

David Hernandez:

Dang. You do. Hey, er, well, I guess I can't be survivors by home and he's actually, doable. Who's your starters within those generations?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

well, gen one was Pikachu, but Pidgeotto ended up, being the quote unquote starters and Pikachu couldn't do jack shit to an Onix.

David Hernandez:

Right.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

And, then generation two I had Cyndaquil. generation three was Mudkip because I didn't like any of the other water types that I'd be able to catch in Ruby. And of course. nothing could learn surf in Ruby except for your starter, if you're not leveling up everything to actually be able to be high enough to learn such moves on certain ones. So Mudkip was chosen simply because I needed surf.

David Hernandez:

do you still find yourself sometimes sticking to only one Pokemon even to this day, or do you actually keep a balanced team now?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I keep a balanced team.

David Hernandez:

Well, you sure. I mean, you can always try to play one game. This is actually pretty interesting. Like you could just do one game and one Pokemon for each game.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I know it's a, it, I mean, they've made it a lot easier to keep your team the same level, especially with, gen six gave us the XP all again, the type. If you didn't turn that on, you've pretty much gained everybody, get experience no matter what. So everyone's levels. It went around the same, so it's like, oh, I need to use this Pokemon. Now. He's good enough level. I don't sit there like, oh crap, I need a flying type. But my flying type's level 12 and everybody else is level 33. Oops. And then now gen, then gen seven, they're like, you know what? We're not even going to give you the option to turn it on and off. It's just gonna be flat on the entire time.

David Hernandez:

Well, since you have been so much experience with Pokemon, let's break it down in half. So

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Hmm.

David Hernandez:

Generation one through four, what was your favorite generation of games to play with the early part of Pokemon On

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Honestly, three. I, I really enjoyed Hoenn. even thinking about it now, I, it gets so much shape for the quote, unquote, too much water. But at the same time, the theme of that was land versus sea. So it made more sense for it to be just about even this, like that to me.

David Hernandez:

Was it really, even though,'cause you always seen those comics to where Mm-hmm. like, do you Really wanna do this. like, you know, he's trash talking still.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. But it's like you needed a good chunk of water. You couldn't just have like two or three water routes and then make feel like the theme is land versus sea. It's like at that point the sea is, uh, losing this battle handedly.

David Hernandez:

Right, right. And I think what I enjoyed most about Gen three, especially with the water side, is that it still made it seem like, I know people like make fun of that. You

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

like how could Groudon face Kyogre? And I know, ORAS addressed that a little bit, but you still saw the land even

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

to, when you're in the Sea Park, you had Mossdeep, you had Sootopolis, where

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right.

David Hernandez:

civilization inside the crater. Like you land was still fighting in there. Although I think people would still lean towards water though.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh yeah.

David Hernandez:

If you were gonna do like a play through Ruby Sapphire, Emerald, what six Pokemon would you choose?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I mean, honestly thinking about it now, I'd still have Mudkip because I liked the water ground typing, but I, think I probably would have a Zigzagoon just to. Have someone else that can use, uh, the freaking, hms. I probably would have Taillow for a flying type there and I think I wouldn't really keep anything else around till about Aron and then a Electrike there and see I need what, one more Pokemon.

David Hernandez:

Yeah, that's five right there.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Honestly, probably Toal,

David Hernandez:

I don't inter white rhetorical. That's a it.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I don't know.

David Hernandez:

Don't wanna say it's an oddball, but it's just with what you chose, it's a different one.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I mean, I feel like I need a fire type there and part of me, doesn't really want to go with Numel. kind of deal that like where else would I at that point? What other fire types are. To gen three.'cause let's be fair, I like to use the new Pokemon when playing a A game.

David Hernandez:

Uh, so you don't try to use the old ones or any of the old Pokemon once you go into a new generation.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right, right, right.

David Hernandez:

I'm the same way. Like I feel like you're spoiling yourself if you don't at least try some of the new Pokemon. Even on some of them, there's some generations I like more than others, but I

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

to get new Pokemon. I even have a rule for myself to where I can't reuse the same Pokemon at any point.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. Yeah.

David Hernandez:

you know, a good example for this is I used Alakazam and Pokemon, red, blue, and yellow. I can't, I've not used Alakazam since.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right, and for me it's like new region, new experience. How do I get a new experience if I'm using, let's say, Pidgey every time. If I keep using the same Pokemon? Is it really a new experience or does it just feel like the same experience just tacked onto another region?

David Hernandez:

It's like a little fresh coat of paint, but it's just the same Pokemon over and over.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right.

David Hernandez:

Now I know your name's after Buneary. What's the story behind that?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Pokemon Go, pretty much. Uh, me and my friends, we used to hold like a Pokemon Go Raid bus. We drove around on a bus, about 50 people doing the Legendaries whatever was in pipe surveys at the time. We were doing one for Latios at the time. Shiny was just made available, Shuckle's shiny was just made, made available through some live event that was going on, and they had their usual spring event. Buneary was just released as shiny. everybody was on the bus. Were getting, they're getting Shuckle. They're getting Latias. I keep clicking Buneary and they kept being shiny. I was told specifically to stop clicking on Buneary if I wanted to stop getting it shiny. However, I did not listen because they were on my screen and I wanted to click them, and at the time I was then dubbed the"Buneary KIng" by my friends as a joke. Because I just kept clicking on Buneary and getting more and more shiny. I think I had about 20, if not more, shinies of it by the end of the day.

David Hernandez:

Oh my gosh. That had Buneary loved you!.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. Mm-hmm. It, it definitely loved me.

David Hernandez:

Do you still have the shiny, did you keep'em in your Pokemon Go inventory

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I have since traded off some of them to friends that needed Buneary.'cause clearly I'm the one that was getting the Buneary and not anybody else.

David Hernandez:

fair.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I still have, quite a bit in Pokemon Go, but it's like I don't have nearly the amount that I had that day.

David Hernandez:

That's the one thing I love about Pokemon Go, is you can kind of make their own kind of, I say. different memories compared to the main series games main series games. I don't think trading as viewed as, I'll say valuable.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right.

David Hernandez:

Compared to Pokemon Go you, Like, for me, when Pokemon Go, I feel like there's more significance when you trade a Pokemon compared to like the main series where it's like, oh, I had plenty of those in a box. You know,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right. Oh, oh, for sure. And it's like, oh, where, where did I find this Pokemon? Or whatever. I would go to Route two, three, whatever. I could tell stories about how I found some of my first Pokemon of Pokemon Go kind of deal. And it's like, Doesn't feel as the same as everybody else.'cause it's like, yeah, I found 20 something Buneary. Meanwhile, my buddy next to me can't get a shiny Buneary to save his life.

David Hernandez:

When it comes to Pokemon Go, did you play when it first debuted? Like what's your first original story with that?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I, did, I, played when very first came out, me and a, a buddy of mine, we were at a poker game actually, and I, I had just lost my money. And so I didn't have a good night that night, and of course I'm playing on my phone. It's like getting notification. It's like, Hey, Pokemon goes now dropped. It's like, right, hold on, let me go ahead and, uh, download the game. Luckily the internet was good enough right there, downloaded it. I think I caught Bulbasaur as my first Pokemon there, and then just kept playing while I was right there and. As we drove back home, drove to another place to hang out, like just sitting there like, let's catch this Pokemon. Let's catch this Pokemon. Of course, I didn't know anything about the stats and didn't care about the stats. I just thought big numbers

David Hernandez:

Really, so you're still numbers driven, even with Pokemon Go.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

all when you had no other way to figure out stats in that game. It's like I just kept the bigger number.

David Hernandez:

Especially I guess in that day we got reinforced by that because you know, the gyms at the time were determined by the higher your CP Pokemon, so

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

think it was something like Snorlax, Dragonite, Gyarados,. Those were the Pokemon you

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Chansey

David Hernandez:

gyms.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Blissey, when Gen two got released,

David Hernandez:

God man, that was, that was, those are dark days. Still are

BunearyQueenAlexis:

or, or Oh yeah, for sure. Dark Days.

David Hernandez:

where would you and your friends try to go play Pokemon Go? Would y'all like go to local park, city, downtown?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

local park where a buddy of mine lived. I think a lot of times there was a, hookah cafe that we'd hang out with, so it's like there was a Pokestop near there, so it's like I'd always be playing there and it's like, oh, there's a Pokemon near the Pokestop that I need, or around that area. So walk to the Pokestop and catch stuff.

David Hernandez:

When it came to Pokemon Go, and you know, as the game progressed, what was your relationship when it came to the game? Were you like playing it constantly coming in and out of it?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I would say I was playing it very constantly and I feel like I'd still be playing it constantly if it wasn't for the remote raid limit and price increase. I wouldn't have cared if they just put the price. Increase. I would've been like, oh, whatever. I guess I gotta pay more. But the Remote Raiding kind of deal. Putting a limit on that, knowing that full well with the environment and stuff we got going on now, a lot of people can't go out and actually do Raids anymore. So it's like when Covid hit the raid bus stuff that we had went away. We hadn't been able to do that again. We haven't thought about doing the raid bus stuff again, but like I'm at work all the time. Remote Raidings. The only way that I can do raids sometimes. Now you're telling me I can only do five of those when, let's be fair, Deoxys was out. I did a hundred of tho of those raids to get the shiny when it first released. A hundred, I would say probably 80 of those were remote raids. You put the price increase, guess how much money you made? Just from me wanting a fricking Shiny Deoxys.

David Hernandez:

A lot, especially when you factor in the price of it. Yeah.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Didn't get that shiny deis, by the way.

David Hernandez:

Really. Even after all those raids

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yep. All those raids. Never got one.

David Hernandez:

okay. None of them, so not

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Nope. Nope. Not a single one.

David Hernandez:

What did you do to Deoxys?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I don't fucking know.

David Hernandez:

Oh my gosh. I wish I could trade you. We can't even trade mythical Pokemon. That's the worst part.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Nope. I have a shiny Deoxys in my shiny living decks now, but, it was from a buddy of mine that got two of them. And le Way less raids, by the way.

David Hernandez:

I can sense a little

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

that. It's like, oh my God. Unless Ray, by

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

Yeah.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Le less raids.

David Hernandez:

Mm-hmm.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

There. And of course it's like I traded him whatever Shiny's he wanted that was in Pokemon Go for him to just send the Deoxys access to my home account.'cause that's the way you could get Deoxys and stuff out of Pokemon. Go like that.

David Hernandez:

I think the big thing with me with Pokemon Go, and it's not a bad thing.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

kind of is. It's more game design.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

that Niantic has not done a good job in. Enticing the player base to

BunearyQueenAlexis:

No,

David Hernandez:

raids again, to

BunearyQueenAlexis:

no,

David Hernandez:

the same Pokemon again.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

no.

David Hernandez:

And you know, we'll use Deoxys as an example. It, I'm not saying that every Pokemon has to be meta relevant, but it just feels like despite how much trading matters in that game. there's less meaning behind trying to catch the same raid Pokemon again.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right.

David Hernandez:

You know, uh, at the time when it was going through the raids, once you had Raikou, there was no point in trying to go after any other electric type afterwards.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

when you got Groudon, there was no point in going after anything. You know, nobody's doing Reggie.'cause there was no point to'em. Even if the gyms were available, they still wouldn't be useful.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right.

David Hernandez:

always been a big struggle to my opinion, when it comes to Pokemon Go, where they've just not addressed that. Still to this day, and the reason why I say this with Deoxy is'cause Deoxys is a prime example. We already had Mewtwo. are you gonna go after the Deoxys? You know? Like you two's

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

the Deoxy. Hands

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh yeah. OO. Only reason to go after Deoxys is to get that lime green one.

David Hernandez:

But then as more people get it, you have less people to do raids with, you know?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yep. cause it's like, at least with Mewtwo, it's like, oh, I'm the only one that doesn't have a shiny me two. Well, I'll still do raids with you because, uh, wouldn't mind getting another perfect or 98% or whatever

David Hernandez:

Now you said you're motivated by big numbers. When it came to Pokemon Go, what was your play style? Were you a shiny hunter? Were you trying a grinder? Raider? Like How did you enjoy playing the game?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I, I, I like the sparkles.

David Hernandez:

Uh, it's a shiny Pokemon style.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah, I don't really do a lot of the competitiveness. It's a buddy of mine named James, that he gets me more into some of the competitive stuff. But for me, it's like I just like the sparkles. I, I like the different colored pixels kind of deal. So playing Pokemon Go, it's like, okay, nowadays it's like, is it shiny? No, I don't care. can it be shiny? No. Okay. I don't care. I'll catch it for the deck entry. Uh, once I have the dent entry, I don't care.

David Hernandez:

I know you mentioned how you said you have Pokemon that has a more deeper meaning.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

off maybe one or two that really stick to your mind? You know what the story is behind them?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I would say two of the Pokemon that are off the top of my head fun stories that I like to tell One, just'cause it's a, personal friend that wasn't a friend at the time, but me and her grew close It was back when all the tech issue, all the service issues and stuff were going, I'm sitting in the back of my work before I have to clock in and I pull up the game. I can actually get on the game. And Magmar was there, the very first magmar that I'd ever actually been able to see at the time. He was actually rare and I caught it and I tell my manager'cause, well she also played Pokemon Go. She runs to the. front to grab her phone'cause she left it up front, comes back, goes load into the game. She cannot get into the game. She's trying for like 10, 15 minutes. By the time she gets into the game, it's disappeared. she never was able to get it kind of deal. And it's like. she doesn't play Pokemon Go anymore. She doesn't play anything anymore.'cause unfortunately she actually passed away a year ago. at work But it's like I was able to talk to her a lot about Pokemon Go. That was like one of the only things we ever got along with originally. the other one is, uh, when Rayquaza Shiny was first released, me and my buddy James, we ended up doing. 16 raids that very first day. I didn't get a single shiny Rayquaza. He got four of them. So he wouldn't tell me how those odds stack up there, kind of damn it.

David Hernandez:

right.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I go to go to work the next day or whatever. He, he leaves to go back home and one of my managers at the time then his name was Luke, he takes. My account with him on his tablet. cause between my account, his account and his girlfriend, we can take on every fucking legendary that's in the game. Ever been in the game kind of deal. Very first Rayquaza, shiny on the tablet that had my account on there.

David Hernandez:

Really?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. So I got a shiny Rayquaza, but I didn't even get to see it on my screen pretty much.

David Hernandez:

Oh,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

It's like, yay.

David Hernandez:

I don't know how to feel about this. Like it happened, but I'm not present.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Right. Think oh my God, I gotta shine. By the way, how many are in your party?'cause I'm at work right now.

David Hernandez:

Mm-hmm. That's

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Okay.

David Hernandez:

what little Pokemon goes. You got stories like these that happen,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

it's a little different compared to the main series if that, for those who know.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh yeah, for sure. and honestly, it's because of shiny hunting and Pokemon Go. My buddy James, like, why the fuck don't you just do it in the main series games? At the time I never actually shiny hunted in the main series games. I just finished the game, collected all the Pokemon. Okay, I've finished the pokedex time to put the game aside. And he pretty much challenged me to do that. And it's like, all right, well fine. I'll do that then

David Hernandez:

Wow. So Pokemon Go kind of your gateway into shiny hunting.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

in anyway. And he is also the get gateway into me doing any kind of NZ locks and shenanigans like that we've done. So links, we've done rival locks, all sorts of stuff.

David Hernandez:

So when it came from Gen five onward,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

was your favorite generations about those games?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I would say I really enjoyed X and y I, I was saying we did, I did rival locks and various stuff there's a couple of times that we were, me and a buddy did a rival lock in a cage lock And the one thing I enjoy about NEX is it gives you an appreciation for certain Pokemon that you. Probably I would never actually think about using and,'cause it's a Nuzlocke, I was forced to use some of the Pokemon I wouldn't use'cause. Well, Pidgey was Gen one. We're in gen six. I'm not technically gonna use it, but in the Nuzlocke, that happened to be my first Pokemon to catch. Well. So it's gonna be on my team. It did surprisingly well until I lost a rival battle and my buddy stole it'cause he needed a flying type and then he killed it. I, uh, he, he gives me shit because, uh, I lost three starters during, that run as well. I lost the, Fennekin, I lost, the Ivysaur, and then I stole his Greninja, ended up killing getting that killed.

David Hernandez:

I was gonna say, I find it funny that Pidgey come full circle to where your first only Pokemon in Gen one and now it's your one that's using those locks, you know? Oh

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh, oh yeah, for sure.

David Hernandez:

What do you enjoy about Nuzlocke's compared to maybe just playing a game regularly? What appeals to you about that I part of the game?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

honestly, it actually makes me do the competitive stuff that I normally wouldn't. And then using Pokemon that I normally wouldn't.'cause let's be fair, I grabbed my usual six, my six people from my team, and that's gonna be my team for the entire fucking game. I probably got'em from the first three areas. So in a way, it's forcing me to use some of the later route Pokemon two.

David Hernandez:

And then when you were playing Pokemon X and Y, what'd you think about the story and everything?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I, I honestly really enjoyed the story and know I wish it had more of a post game besides just the looker quest. But, you know, I guess that's what we now have. Legends ZA for,

David Hernandez:

when it came to, you know, shiny hunting, you know,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

you were first introduced through Pokemon Go. What was your first experience bringing it to the main series games? Because at that time we have Pokemon Sun and Moon, ultra Sun and Moon out, I think at that point.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. the first time I actually shiny hunted in the main series was, with Sword and Shield kind of deal. And, I of course started with the starters that I did Sobble first, and it took me a while to get the Sobble. I can't tell you the encounter numbers'cause I didn't really keep track at the time like that. But also I wouldn't hunt them every day. There was. At the times, it was a lot of, if I'm off okay, I'll shiny hunt. If I had to work the morning, I might shiny hunt at night and I might just be like, I don't feel like doing anything and just laying in my bed watching Twitch. So a lot of those shiny hunts took a while simply because it was, uh, I don't feel like doing anything today.

David Hernandez:

it was just a way to pass the time.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. it's like now that streaming, it's like it keeps me engaged in doing it. That it's like, okay, we're gonna go live, we're gonna shine out. Doesn't matter that I worked all day. That's gonna be the chill down kind of deal. We can talk with friends while doing it.

David Hernandez:

That's so wholesome. So you really value, you know, being able to stream to your friends and

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

through Twitch by shiny hunting,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh yeah. Yeah, I've got about 669 shinies in my shiny living deck. If I didn't go live for the first time a couple years back, I probably would be sitting at maybe 200 if that.

David Hernandez:

What made you want to go live on Twitch? Like what started that journey? I.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I mean, getting the shinies that I had and talking with like my manager and some of my friends, I found it honestly is easier to show a clip and have that memory. To be like, look at this cool picture of this differently colored Pokemon. Like, instead it's like, I have this clip and you can see me mess up words and mess up stuff. But look, we got the shiny, I think one of my favorite clips and I like to jokingly say this, it was a droopy formed Dini, right?

David Hernandez:

Mm-hmm.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

as it the shiny droop. Drapey hatched in 12 eggs. I didn't say, holy crap, shiny drapey. I said Dratini.

David Hernandez:

So you mixed your words up because you were just so excited

BunearyQueenAlexis:

yeah, yeah. Words got mixed up. They, they get mixed up a hell of a lot. On stream words are hard.

David Hernandez:

you know, it's so interesting you say that'cause it's basically. evolution of a way of how we used to share photos,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm.

David Hernandez:

I used to share Twitch Stream and that's such'cause I've always compared Twitch to like going to the bar. It's like our Mm. going to the bar Mm-hmm. a perfect, now that's such a perfect image of what Twitch can do when you just live stream, even when you're not doing it to like be famous or anything like that,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh, yeah.

David Hernandez:

reasons. It's great.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh yeah. I, I, I enjoy the casualness of it. Like I'm just sitting there talking with friends. Shiny hunting co in background, and I think that's also why I enjoy doing Masuda method more. Is I can just focus on reading chat and talking with chat and stuff and that it's just somewhat in the background. If I'm doing sandwich hunts and encounters like that in Scarlet and violet in the over world, I gotta can pay attention.'cause there's no sound to say, bitch, there's a shiny right here. Catch it like in Legends Arceus.

David Hernandez:

When it it comes to, shiny hunting, you know, that's something that you're very interested in and you know what you like to do. what's your favorite way to try to get shiny Pokemon when it comes to Pokemon Main series specifically?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Main series specifically, I enjoyed Masuda method the most, again, the chill vibes of it. Secondly, I, I enjoyed das, but I'm also one, it's like if I don't have anyone. Doing das with me. I don't want to do'em cause I'd much rather, play with friends kind of deal. And then I would say just the random encounters of like sword shielding, the pass games I never really did hoards and stuff, cause again, I didn't really shiny hunt in those past games and I can't stream it. I did a friend Safari hunt once and stuff offline, and I enjoyed that and I think, I really missed the mass outbreak reset method from Legends Arceus before they did the massive mass outbreaks thing and just completely fucked up that method. Those are pretty much the methods that I, I just enjoy, uh, soft three sets. can I not do those, please?

David Hernandez:

you don't like doing the software sets at

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh, it's so boring.

David Hernandez:

Okay.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Which is weird to say, considering I do Masuda Method and people think that's boring.

David Hernandez:

What is so different about Masuda method compared to resetting?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Open, close. Open, close. Open, close. Open, close. Open, close. Open, close.

David Hernandez:

Okay, so you feel like you, because you're making movement through the Masuda Method,'cause you have to hatch the eggs and all that, you

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

compared to

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

software

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

I could see that. I think y'all are both crazy, but I can see that. I mean, I'm not

BunearyQueenAlexis:

And it's not to say I won't do any soft resets. I gotta get fricking Shiny Arceus at some point.

David Hernandez:

Some point,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Some point eventually.

David Hernandez:

if you guys do Pokemon Go, would you still try to hunt in the main Sears games or would you.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Fuck no.

David Hernandez:

really? Okay. goes your little, you're hoping it eventually comes through at

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah, right.

David Hernandez:

Okay.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I use Pokemon Go for Legendaries and Mythical. That's it. If it, if that. But

David Hernandez:

Oh, wow. That's true.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

other than that, everything in the living deck came from main series games.

David Hernandez:

So you value both of them equally?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. If it's legendary in Pokemon One, go, yeah.

David Hernandez:

Sure, sure. Yeah. Oh, so you don't, not if it's a common Pokemon, like say a Bulbo or a

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Nah,

David Hernandez:

Charmander. Okay.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I can find those. In the main series, the, the legendary are the ones that are always more annoying, shiny hunt. I don't know. It's funny, I should talk soft resets, but I got a shiny buzz wall and very quick resets in Ultra Sun, ultra Moon.

David Hernandez:

Oh man. It's uh, Pokemon trying to entice you to do soft resets.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I know, right? I think so. I don't wanna

David Hernandez:

You don't wanna, no, this is not, that's not part of your life.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

No, no. I'll, I'll, I'll get the Legendaries and das.

David Hernandez:

When it comes to just Pokemon, you know, we recently just had, you know, Scarlet and Violet and we're going into Pokemon Zi into the next generation of Pokemon. What's something that you look forward to when it comes to this main series as we continue to progress? Like what keeps you engaged with Pokemon nowadays?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

All right. I honestly seeing all the method, new methods to shiny hunt, seeing the new Pokemon I said a few days ago when talking with a buddy of mine, Like if they add new Pokemon and legend ca, there's probably gonna be somebody that evolves through the real time battles stuff they're gonna add some kind of new feature in Gen 10 and something's gonna evolve because of it And everybody's gonna probably complain and think it's a stupid evolution method. But you know, they gotta have some way to also. Promote their new feature.

David Hernandez:

I mean, here's the real question

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

What are we gonna call the Pokemon come out for Pokemon Zi? Are we gonna call him Kalo? Kasian? Are we gonna call him Zian? Like

BunearyQueenAlexis:

That's,

David Hernandez:

name that we're gonna call him? You know?

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I mean, if, if it's regional variance. Yeah, that's a good question kind of deal. Would, would they just be loop mostly forms, Kian forms or what? And then if there's other new Pokemon like evolutions of old, Pokemon kind of deal, it's like, then the question is, okay, why weren't they in X and Y? How did we now discover them? And then where the pokedex is gonna look hella weird.

David Hernandez:

My last question, just in regards to Twitch streaming, what do you hope to do with it? Is this something you wanna do casually? Do you want to eventually try to make it something bigger? Like

BunearyQueenAlexis:

I mean, if it. If it gets bigger, cool. But if it stays casual, casual like this, I'm perfectly okay with that. I've always thought that like, you know, if I get big and I don't really have to have my actual restaurant job and stuff, and Twitch pays my bills, cool. at the same time, I'm gonna miss being able to always be able to see, chat and converse with my friends. I'm gonna get very bored at my house and not of not leaving to go to work or do something, then I'm gonna have to find some reason to leave my fucking house to just get out.

David Hernandez:

You can go hunt shiny equation in Pokemon Go.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh, oh yeah, totally. And, and it's like, I, I remember like I was shining hunting during covid and stuff and I was messaging a buddy, my buddy of mine that. Manager and stuff that got me that shiny reia he had messaged back like, oh my God, you're doing such, doing a lot, instead of getting a lot of shinies. And the only thing I could message him was, what the fuck else am I supposed to do? They shut my location down. I go home, I do nothing. Now I'm stuck at home. I don't have a manager job tour. They're like, well, since your location's shut down, we're gonna move you over here. And you help out at that location.

David Hernandez:

sounds like you value Twitch for more so the community aspect, which, you know, you alluded

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

the connection, be able to keep up with the people with the Pokemon community in that way.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

I mean, at least I'm, I applaud you. At least you recognize it's a hobby. You know, some people,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

they kind of blur the hobby and they try to be professional kind of line,

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

really know that, hey, this is something I just enjoy doing, that I can talk with people who also stream, who

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yeah.

David Hernandez:

Pokemon and, you know, branch out that way.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh, for sure.

David Hernandez:

BunearyQueenAlexis, I want to finish the interview on this last question. It's gonna be a fun one. Okay. I want you to give me a team of six shiny Pokemon you would have on your dream team.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Let's see. We're gonna go with Azumarill. we're gonna go with, Lopunny just because it ends up evolving at some point.

David Hernandez:

Are you

BunearyQueenAlexis:

'cause I love

David Hernandez:

mega

BunearyQueenAlexis:

much and it evolves by friendship Cinderace. Diggersby go with Obstagoon and, Roaring Moon.

David Hernandez:

Oh, okay. We got a paradox Pokemon in there.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Yes. It was annoying as fuck to shiny hunt, but I got it.

David Hernandez:

Wait till those come to Pokemon Go, man. People are

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Oh my God. Oh, I, I, I'll, I'll waste some, uh, some money on that.

David Hernandez:

Oh, I will too. I'm actually excited for when that does happen.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

Mm-hmm.

David Hernandez:

BunearyQueenAlexis, thank you for coming on As The Pokeball turns. before you go, people wanna check out your stream. If they wanna connect with you, where can they go? By all means, please plug away.

BunearyQueenAlexis:

on Torch's BunearyQueenAlexis, I, I'm pretty much live Almost every day, but Wednesday at 6:00 PM Central time, we do Pokemon shiny hunting each of those days except for Thursdays. Thursdays, I usually, uh, do A-J-R-P-G game and stuff instead of Pokemon. It's just my way of playing something other than Pokemon, getting my mind off Pokemon onto something else kind of deal. And then Saturdays we only do P one for like a couple hours and then do a social deduction game with a buddy of mine, which I also paid a test for. So it's very fun.

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