5th Gen Shiny Discussion/FAQ Thread

[ShaunMHolder]

A lot of awesome shinies have been posted in the last couple of days, legendary ones to boot!

Last night I finally ended a Hunt I've been working on for a long while:


Took 1,129 Eggs, but thousands of encounters before I switched to hatching. This hunt has been on and off again for me since the release of B/W 1!

Video on my channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8uLrtC9fd0

Good luck on your hunts everyone!

[Ciccone]

I finally hatched the Shiny Pichu that I had been hunting for almost two months. I got it after hatching some new eggs on Skyarrow Bridge; this hunt took me close to 4000 eggs to complete, which is pretty average compared to some of my other Masuda Method hunts. I nicknamed the Shiny Pichu, but I don't plan on using it since I want it to be in mint condition like the majority of my self-caught Shinies. I'll be taking a break from Shiny hunting since I'm tired from this hunt, and also because there's no Shiny that I currently seek.

[DizzyCobraMew]

Well after only 178 soft resets I got my shiny registeel and once again my synchronizer worked so he's bold, not very good Ivs but glad it only took 2 hours to shine I will post pictures later

[Sabconth]

While breeding for the perfect natured Aron to add to my shiny hunt, one decided to shine. It had bad IV's and a terrible nature so I traded it away for a dex entry.

[Arcamenel]

I got this beauty last week. I wasn't even looking for a shiny I was just running around in the Moor of Icirrus bored.

[DizzyCobraMew]

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I got this beauty last week. I wasn't even looking for a shiny I was just running around in the Moor of Icirrus bored.

Apparently your stunfisk is a square anyway congrats
Anyway I'm SR'ing for shiny Azelf now since my game has been nice this week

[Needs a Deoxys]

Just caught a shiny Klink in Chargestone Cave! Wasn't even looking for one, but there it was! This is why I never use repels!

What is crazy is that I had been finding a lot of Klink (more than I thought I should be, considering that Joltik are more common), and I thought to myself that it would be pretty cool if I found a shiny!

[DizzyCobraMew]

Just caught a shiny Klink in Chargestone Cave! Wasn't even looking for one, but there it was! This is why I never use repels!

What is crazy is that I had been finding a lot of Klink (more than I thought I should be, considering that Joltik are more common), and I thought to myself that it would be pretty cool if I found a shiny!

Congratulations wow everyone is finding their shinies this week,

Okay here is my Resgisteel when I was battling it, I still haven't taken summary pictures yet

[ShaunMHolder]

Awesome shinies guys! Seeing that Shiny Registeel makes me want to start hunting for 3rd Gen Legends, but I promised myself I'd train all my other shinies first!

Last night I managed to RE what I've been going for as my 3rd Soul Silver Badge Quest Shiny:




This hunt only took about 5 days (around 2 hours each day). Not sure on the encounters but I think this may have been one of my quickest hunts

Video of the catch on my channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do58mSL3HM8

[DizzyCobraMew]

Awesome shinies guys! Seeing that Shiny Registeel makes me want to start hunting for 3rd Gen Legends, but I promised myself I'd train all my other shinies first!

Last night I managed to RE what I've been going for as my 3rd Soul Silver Badge Quest Shiny:




This hunt only took about 5 days (around 2 hours each day). Not sure on the encounters but I think this may have been one of my quickest hunts

Video of the catch on my channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do58mSL3HM8

Ha ha ha thanks, also nice shiny ekans I kinda am jealous now :3
Okay here is Registeel's summary
Ivs aren't that great though 17/15/2/2/15/27 my Terrakion Wednesday had much better Ivs 19/27/20/31/21/4

[Agonist]

Awesome shinies guys! Seeing that Shiny Registeel makes me want to start hunting for 3rd Gen Legends, but I promised myself I'd train all my other shinies first!

Just keep in mind that on Emerald (and RS with dead batteries) the RNG advances exactly the same way each time, so you'll have to wait different amounts of time.

[DizzyCobraMew]

Just keep in mind that on Emerald (and RS with dead batteries) the RNG advances exactly the same way each time, so you'll have to wait different amounts of time.

I think they meant hunting for it on BW2 or on platinum for the Regis or possibly on HG and SS with groudon, kyogre and or Rayquaza

[TrainerOreo]

Question about Masuda Method.

If you breed a Foreign Ditto with an English pokemon, will the offspring be foreign?

[DizzyCobraMew]

Question about Masuda Method.

If you breed a Foreign Ditto with an English pokemon, will the offspring be foreign?

No the offspring will be the same native language as the game you are MM'ing on

[ShinyGoogleplex]

Just keep in mind that on Emerald (and RS with dead batteries) the RNG advances exactly the same way each time, so you'll have to wait different amounts of time.

Unless you go find something to do for a while, like maybe a whole AA battery life span. Then you come back, all refreshed from maybe a contest winning a bunch of Luxury Balls, and go at it again with another 'Run Away' session.

Just so long your game isn't reset during that time - and your game system's power is not ever turned off.

Yes, the shiny seed with it's frames are set back to zero everytime you come back on to the title screen, but it's a strategic practice of coming and landing back at different times after some in-game activities. Just don't turn off & then keep standing still, - DO SOMETHING! You can have your 'Run Away' session another time after a while. So take relaxing breaks.

Of course, it's not guaranteed. This is how I'm trying it with my experiment, but only on 6 Legends. The 3 weather ones, and the 3 Regis.
If there's any chance at all!, I will try something with the different circumstance Legend, Lati. But it will be a Pain! Because you can't leave your house after beating E4 without sticking to that one! It would always be the encountered one you see even if you 'Run Away'.

My one shot at this, without trying each micro-second of time Xs the thousands, will be to just kill the thing, beat E4, and see about it respawning. That's what I'm going to do & I'm going for pretty Latias.

After typeing this I remember that you don't have to ever turn off the power if you're playing it on DS-Lite. So put on a Flock of Wingulls CD, and 'Run Away', from the 6. I'm playing on a GB Advance, original, under a lamp. Was there an adapter for a plug-in charge?

[TripleDan]

Hey guys, quick Masuda question (apologies if it's already been asked). If I'm playing on an English Black 2 game and I get a Pokemon via the GTS from America, does that fulfil the requirements for Masuda or does it have to be a foreign language game?

[ShinyGoogleplex]

Hey guys, quick Masuda question (apologies if it's already been asked). If I'm playing on an English Black 2 game and I get a Pokemon via the GTS from America, does that fulfil the requirements for Masuda or does it have to be a foreign language game?

I can answer this one.

It's No. Must be two languages. Better get the Rosetta Stone program!

[TripleDan]

I can answer this one.

It's No. Must be two languages. Better get the Rosetta Stone program!

Dammit, I only got my DS hooked up to the internet today, was excited to start MMing for a shiny Caterpie (Butterfree was my first ever lvl 100 back on Yellow, always had a soft spot for it). Oh well, thanks anyway!

[penguinofhonor]

Just different languages? So my Canadian Ditto doesn't count as international? Man, I've been misunderstanding how that works.

[ShinyGoogleplex]

Dammit, I only got my DS hooked up to the internet today, was excited to start MMing for a shiny Caterpie (Butterfree was my first ever lvl 100 back on Yellow, always had a soft spot for it). Oh well, thanks anyway!

Don't curse. Just get more Caterpie from GTS. There're tons of 'em. In my Unity Tower on White, I have Japan of course, Mexico, Greece recently, Denmark, and Austria.