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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:45:20 No.12730767 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12731177 >>12733796 >>12733883 >>12735293 >>12736301 >>12736576 >>12738952 >>12739076 >>12739185

Soft Resetting for a shiny Charmander.

Been at it for 6 hours.

Post your experiences.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:47:28 No.12730793 Report

Quoted By: >>12730844 >>12735330

wanting a shiny groudon on emerald.
played normal when the game came out.
today: do not own a shiny groudon.

i gave up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:50:13 No.12730817 Report

Quoted By: >>12730838

Got one on the GTS

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:50:33 No.12730819 Report

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The worse part is having to see Blue pick up his Squirtle 600 times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:52:20 No.12730838 Report

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>>12730817
>implying legit pokes on the gts

Also I'm playing LG.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:52:40 No.12730844 Report

Quoted By: >>12730892 >>12731161 >>12735094

>>12730793
emerald shiny system is fucked up
you either get a shiny every encounter or none at all
you've been wasting your time

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:53:15 No.12730854 Report

Quoted By: >>12736318

>Soft reset for hours upon hours for a shiny
>finally get one
>it has a shitty nature

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:55:03 No.12730872 Report

Quoted By: >>12730880

I have a question. Can the trades you get in-game be shiny too?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:56:05 No.12730880 Report

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>>12730872
Nope. Fixed events. Their nature is always the same too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:57:18 No.12730892 Report

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>>12730844
well... t-then... fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 21:59:07 No.12730906 Report

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I've not tried soft resetting for a shiny yet, but I have a friend who had done it twice for shiny Shaymin (Oak's letter event) and Charmander. The Shaymin took her months of on-again-off-again playing while the Charmander took 3 soft resets.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 22:21:52 No.12731161 Report

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>>12730844
Actually, what he said isn't entirely accurate. The shiny state is dependent on the PID which is in turn dependent on the RNG. The RNG seed is fixed, but hitting a particular frame still requires precision to a fraction of a second. You will actually get several PIDs over and over again because you're always starting the encounter within a second of resetting, but there are still a number of PID frames within that one-second window. It's theoretically possible to miss a shiny frame for a significant period of time due to really bad timing. Unlikely, but still possible. It's certainly not an "always or never" deal like he said, unless you're somehow pressing A at the exact same millisecond every time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 22:23:11 No.12731177 Report

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>>12730767
I've been doing the same thing for eleven fucking months.
ELEVEN FUCKING MONTHS AND STILL NOT A SINGLE SHINY CHARMANDER.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 22:27:23 No.12731234 Report

Quoted By: >>12731238 >>12735111

>>12730892
Shiny frames are determined the moment you start your save file and stay that way until you delete it and start a new game.
If you encounter a shiny Pokémon, everytime you run into a wild encounter at that time, it'll be shiny.

Take a look at this screenshot. See the minutes:seconds part? It means every time I run into a wild encounter exactly 2:38:05 minutes after loading my save file, I'll encounter a shiny Pokémon.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2013 22:27:58 No.12731238 Report

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>>12731234
Derp, forgot picture.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 00:28:12 No.12732381 Report

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been SRing for charmander in firered since last summer.. still no charmander..

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 00:42:08 No.12732530 Report

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Been trying to SR a shiny Oshawott for 3 weeks and still nothing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 02:56:32 No.12733646 Report

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SR for a shiny lugia over 600~ times

I got bored and got a normal one instead

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 03:02:34 No.12733699 Report

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I've played Pokemon for years but only got my first shiny about a month ago.

Around that time I was bored and in my free time I just ran around with eggs or in different patches of grass while doing something else, hoping to get a shiny. This went on for a couple months.

One day, I got really sick and had to take off of work (legitimate sick not "I have to use up my sick days" sick) I remember waking up at like 6 o clock, and my first encounter was a shiny Koffing.

For some reason I thought it was one of N's pokemon at first, so I was really surprised when I actually looked at the screen.

Anyway, yeah, don't give up. I seriously thought I would never get a shiny and I did eventually get it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 03:12:36 No.12733796 Report

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>>12730767
That's cool.
I have a question: if I wanted to soft-reset to get a shiny starter, should I save before I choose the ball and then reset and reset, or every time I have to start a new game?

anonymous !tYNt4nKbgw

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anonymous !tYNt4nKbgw Thu 20 Jun 2013 03:13:12 No.12733805 Report

Quoted By: >>12735141 >>12736963

last year, in a HG rom, SR for just a weekend (just a couple of hours each day), I finally got a shiny Totodile. With perfect IV in Defense, and neutral Nature. Now he's a shiny Feraligatr on my Black 2. I cloned it, when he was still a Croconaw.

Ghost/Normal

Ghost/Normal Thu 20 Jun 2013 03:22:23 No.12733883 Report

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>>12730767
>First shiny
>I form of Unown
>Starts crying

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 05:46:27 No.12735094 Report

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>>12730844
>>12731161

I posted in a shiny thread a few weeks ago. I'm the anon that's trying to get the shiny Lugia (still at it) but caught a shiny Minun while playing through Emerald.

Last night in Emerald, I caught a shiny Swablu.

>mfw all my years of playing Pokemon and my only shiny captures are in a game I've been playing on a whim for transfers.

Emerald has some weird shit, I guess is my point. Or I've got weird luck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 05:48:32 No.12735111 Report

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>>12735094
See
>>12731238
>>12731234

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 05:51:51 No.12735141 Report

Quoted By: >>12735158

>>12733805
>emulator
welp

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 05:52:49 No.12735158 Report

Quoted By: >>12738983

>>12735141
>Implying it's hard to transfer to retail carts

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 05:58:20 No.12735220 Report

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>>12731238
so does this make emerald good or bad for shiny hunting?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:00:46 No.12735239 Report

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Inspired by the Pokeradar thread yesterday, I'm going to start trying to chain for a shiny Swablu or Rhydon.

How long before I have the urge to eat buckshot?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:04:06 No.12735265 Report

Quoted By: >>12735317

>saw shiny thread last night
>rememberd that i had shiny magby & drowzee on a pokemon crystal game that have finished (16 badges beaten red)
>start it up and train them up to evolve
>they both evolve
>saved and turned off

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:08:41 No.12735293 Report

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>>12730767
>Soft reset about 1000 times for shiny Lugia on HG.
>Give up all hope.
>Find a shiny Zubat on first play-through of LG in Mt. Moon
>Burst into maniacal laughter
>contemplate suicide
>take a two year break from pokemon

Don't try to get shinies. It will lead you only to despair and ruin.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:11:46 No.12735317 Report

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>>12735265
Does anyone have any more stories from the original gens (I and II)? Particularly about trading pokemon from a gen I game to find out that it's shiny on your gen II game?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:13:30 No.12735330 Report

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>>12730793
>Wanting a shiny Groudon
Why? It's hideous.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:14:01 No.12735333 Report

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>>12735220
If you've access to your TID/SID and the RNG Reporter to let you know your shiny frames, it's the best game to shiny hunt.
Otherwise, it's the second worst game (FR/LG being the worst ones, as those are indeed completely random).

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:15:10 No.12735340 Report

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I've soft reset for articuno, charmander, cyndaqui, and virizion but only got articuno(though i did get chikorita and totodile while soft reseting for cyndaquil).

I've also got giritina(is that how it's spelled)while trying to get a bold nature one in platinum.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 06:16:36 No.12735351 Report

Quoted By: >>12735729

>White 2
>Don't catch any legendaries except Reshiram
>Get shiny charm
>Catch shiny Latias
I'm tempted to keep going and try to get the rest of the legendaries as shinies, but it's tiring, especially since my L button stopped working.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 07:17:38 No.12735729 Report

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>>12735351
Just blow into it, It fixed mine and it can't get much worse anyway.
Plus you get to make out with your 3/DS win-win!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 08:00:43 No.12735966 Report

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>>12735293
But....Shiny Zubat is awesome Green > Purple

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 08:14:40 No.12736045 Report

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>soft resetting
i honestly don't see the point here, sure, you get a shiny, but think of it like this
you'll waste hours of your life/worthy gametime to get something that's rare, but doesn't have any upsides

So, am i missing anything, or are people really that desperate for shinies?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 08:45:52 No.12736244 Report

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I've only met a shiny motherfucking wurmple once in emerald and that was before I even had pokeballs. No shinies for me.

and I've been playing pokemanz since '99

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 08:52:22 No.12736301 Report

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>>12730767
I encountered and caught a shiny Gifarig on Silver way back in the day, lost the cartridge to the mists of time. Only shiny I every encountered besides Gyrados.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 08:54:02 No.12736318 Report

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>>12730854
shinies are just bling, who cares about the natures and IVs

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 09:06:05 No.12736436 Report

Quoted By: >>12736475 >>12736517 >>12739165 >>12739174

I've told this story many times before, and I will keep the legend alive until it's pasta.
I have been playing pokemon games that have allowed shinies since 2003 with Sapphire. Not once have I encountered a single shiny, but then 2 years ago happened. I was on vacation. Bored. Doing a soulsilver nuzlocke. I caught a something in route 2 and used up the pokemon on that route. I restored my pokemon at the pokemon center. I then encountered a shiny Ledyba, my first shiny pokemon after 8 years of playing pokemon religiously. I was so excited, but I didn't want to break the rule, so I put him in the PC for safekeeping. Honestly I was disappointed in it as my first shiny. Neutral nature, shit stats, shit pokemon in general. I'm kinda glad I tossed him in the PC.
Later, I lost the nuzlocke. In anger, I started a new game right off the bat and suddenly remembered something. My only shiny just got wiped from existence. At first I didn't care because I was a competitivefag at the time and only cared about competing, but now, well, when I think about it, pic related.
My only fucking shiny was in there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 09:11:07 No.12736475 Report

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>>12736436
0/10 would not read again

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 09:18:35 No.12736517 Report

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>>12736436
not very compelling story
your sentence structure is awkward, there's no real climax, and even if you had worded it better for climax the entire plot is rather dull
sorry, but this isn't worth becomming pasta

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 09:26:26 No.12736576 Report

Quoted By: >>12736591 >>12736689 >>12736935

>>12730767
>Try to get a Ho-oh with the nature I want after 20+ soft resets
>IT'S SHINY
>But it doesnt have the nature i want
Soft reset

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 09:28:10 No.12736591 Report

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>>12736576
best spoiler ever 10/10

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 09:44:10 No.12736689 Report

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>>12736576
I don't even want to think about the probability of getting a pokemon that's shiny, with the right nature. Jesus christ. Tell me you didn't do that. And even if it was the right nature, it could have shit IVs. The right nature is only a ten percent boost in that stat, which could be undone by a shitty IV in that stat, did you even check the IVs?

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 10:32:46 No.12736935 Report

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>>12736576

Same thing happened to me multiple times, actually.

I spent hours going through the game just to catch that Uber. Don't give a shit if it's shiny. Is the sparkling going to win you battles?

>mfw I discarded a shiny Ho-Oh, Mewtwo and Rayquaza this way.

captcha: zupeywo 386

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 10:41:00 No.12736963 Report

Quoted By: >>12736997

>>12733805
The emulators have wifi now

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 10:51:04 No.12736997 Report

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>>12736963

do u even flashcard

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 14:00:44 No.12737913 Report

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>playing normal on gbc with gold
>shinny bellsprout
>shinny pidgey
>shinny gligar
>chinny rattata
>train them to lv 70+ and keep going
>cartridge fall on the ground
>lost everything

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:37:56 No.12738952 Report

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>>12730767
Wasn't breeding with Shiny Charm faster?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:41:48 No.12738983 Report

Quoted By: >>12739115 >>12739147

>>12735158
Would you mind telling me? I just want to transfer over my Nuzlocke bros from emerald to uh, black 2.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:42:27 No.12738987 Report

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>trying for year and a half to get shiny charmander on firered
>tfw haven't seen a shiny in years
how are you guys so lucky? the only shiny I ever got that wasn't handed to me was totodile. guess that made me never have good luck after that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:44:32 No.12739002 Report

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>Tfw you'll never get a Shiny
At least I got PokéRuse

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:49:46 No.12739037 Report

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>Spend about 12 hours (spread out over a few days) trying to get shiny Charmander on copy of FireRed
>Give up, switch to playing a bit on my Diamond
>Breeding Pokemon, first egg to hatch is shiny Eevee

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:52:08 No.12739054 Report

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I'm really close to completing my Pokedex in W2 to get the shiny charm and then SR for a golden Latias.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:54:20 No.12739076 Report

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>>12730767

I caught a shiny Zubat in FR. I was constantly restarting the game, though and I didn't know how it was. Later I also came across a shiny Parasect in the Safari Zone while looking for a Kangaskhan but of course the fucker left. I did catch a shiny Medicham in Platinum, but unfortunately it was Modest. Oh, and somebody gave me a shiny Charizard in White.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 16:59:24 No.12739115 Report

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>>12738983
From a 3rd gen game is a little more work but

1.-Emulation>GBA slot>GBA game>select emerald rom
2.-Load a 4gen rom in DeSmuME
3.-Transfer your bros
4.-Download pokesav/pokegen
5.-Look for your pokes in the 4gen game .sav
6.-Save them as .pkm
7.-Transfer them to your legit 4gen cartridge using PokeGTS
8.-Migrate to BW

you will need to have a legit 4gen game though because AFAIK there is no gen3>gen5 option and pokegts cannot send gen4 .pkm to gen5

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 17:04:52 No.12739147 Report

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>>12738983

Google Pokécheck.

MotherGoose

MotherGoose Thu 20 Jun 2013 17:07:03 No.12739165 Report

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>>12736436
That's nice. Whole story boils down to "I was a dumbass and started a new game while having a shiny on that file."

Oh, yeah, compelling story. Really is an epic of our time. Beowulf? Oedipus? Harry Potter? Steven King's It? Twilight: New Moon? Move on over. This faggot's in town.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 17:08:04 No.12739174 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 17:09:37 No.12739185 Report

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>>12730767
Soft reset for a Charmander with a good nature.

Got a shiny Charmander within an hour.

still wasting away in the Leaf Green cart

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 17:13:48 No.12739214 Report

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I remember this one time I watched a few "SHINY AFTER 3242534532534 SR" videos and thought, that kinda looks fun! So I grabbed my Sapphire, and I started a new game, and I was SRing for a Shiny mudkip.
After about ~600 SR's I quit. Not worth my time.
I was driving and SRing at one point

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 17:18:54 No.12739240 Report

Quoted By: >>12739283 >>12744261

>>12735094
Lucky, shiny Swablu looks baller as fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2013 17:25:24 No.12739283 Report

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>>12739240
What? is there a shiny of Swablu too?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2013 01:53:04 No.12744261 Report

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>>12739240
I was super surprised. I'm so ready for goldbro adventures.

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