Official New and Improved General Shiny Thread

[JAWAYami]

grats on totodile[1 of my fav starters ] and gl

quick question im using the repel trick at mistralton cave and was wondering: If after i used all the repels would SRing to get them back ruin the shiny hunt(because im unsure if it still works on shiny frames or the time on the ds or what[like if i reset will i still not find a shiny with the same-ish amount of encounters/etc])...thanx

[City Of Delusion]

grats on totodile[1 of my fav starters ] and gl

quick question im using the repel trick at mistralton cave and was wondering: If after i used all the repels would SRing to get them back ruin the shiny hunt(because im unsure if it still works on shiny frames or the time on the ds or what[like if i reset will i still not find a shiny with the same-ish amount of encounters/etc])...thanx

No, SRing to get your repels back won't ruin your chances at all. I did this same method twice while hunting on my white 2 badge quest and I got my shinies eventually. Good luck!

I'm now at day 3 for Heatran and going strong! Can't wait till it appears. :] I'm also at almost 5k encounters at Abundant Shrine so hopefully Bronzong shines this time.. but if it doesn't, I'll just put it on hold and hunt for another shiny for the CH. I'm thinking Mareep but anyways gratz on any recent shinies especially that Venipede! Good luck everyone.

[General_Ridley]

@General_Ridley - I said 5th gen pokemon. 1st-4th gen pokemon foreign dex do appear but for some reason 5th gen pokemon like Emboar, Patrat, Litwict, etc. Their foreign dex's don't appear. I know this from MMing a couple of 5th gen pokes. All I had to go by was that their OT's name was in Japanese.

Ah. Sorry, misread you.

[BurningBlaze]

Holy Crap! Shiny Beldum just hatched after nearly four weeks of trying! That's two shinies in one day! I can't believe my luck! I'll post it's IV's in a bit.

Iv's are 31 HP, 31 Attack, and 31 Speed. Nature is adamant! It's time to destroy the Champions Tournament!

[JAWAYami]

No, SRing to get your repels back won't ruin your chances at all. I did this same method twice while hunting on my white 2 badge quest and I got my shinies eventually. Good luck!

I'm now at day 3 for Heatran and going strong! Can't wait till it appears. :] I'm also at almost 5k encounters at Abundant Shrine so hopefully Bronzong shines this time.. but if it doesn't, I'll just put it on hold and hunt for another shiny for the CH. I'm thinking Mareep but anyways gratz on any recent shinies especially that Venipede! Good luck everyone.

Thank You CoD, ill keep my hunt up aswell best of luck on your Heatran and Shrine hunts, im sure at least 1 of your hunts will shine VERY soon

...thanx again

edit: i think mine will be an extremely looooong hunt, especially since when Axew appears(even normal ones) they look as dark as the shiny ones do.

[dan2point5]

Congrats on shiny Totodile, Venipede and Beldum... All great shinies!

I'm about to reach 1,000 RE's for this hunt so I'm glad I'm making steady progress.

Best of luck everyone!

[Scrufox86]

Oh Wow! I have been REing on route 14 for a shiny Altaria mainly buy anything would've been fine... well anyway after 2904 RE's with shiny charm i find a shiny..... Drifblim! I see it is level 38 and wonder if it has explosion so to be sure i quickly checked and was glad to know it didn't. I captured it on the 2nd Luxury ball. I really like shiny Drifblim because it is similar to Seviper in that more than 2 colours change and i like that when effort is put into shinies. Also the change is a drastic one and not a rubbish only slight shade difference one.

I am wondering where to go now though. I think i may try virbank complex for Growlithe or Koffing. But maybe try SRing for shiny Latios as my first shiny Legendary. I am feeling left out as many people seem to have at least one shiny legendary (not including event ones that everyone has). Or maybe go to route 5/16 to RE as they have only gen V pokemon and i don't have any in shiny form.

Oh congratulations on all newly obtained shinies to everyone!

[Pink Lapras]

Today marks the 3rd birthday of my shiny Rayquaza. I might make a short vid of it flattening my rival in Black 2.

I looked at one of the shiny cards while checking through the new posts, I like the idea of Rapidash and Salamence being Twilight and Spike.

[GottaEarnThemAll]

Hey guys.

Long time lurker first time poster, etc etc.

I won't post about anything recent as I've slowly been reading through all the posts in this thread and am currently on page 87.

I will however mention that I am going to try and participate in this months community hunt by breeding a as she was eligible for the past three community hunts and will (in my mind) make up for missing out on them.

Sadly I'll most likely be doing this in Platinum which means she probably won't come out great, but I've had amazing luck with it the past week. And by that I mean not one, not two, but three shinies in only a few days (and less than 100 eggs), including two in one day, one of which only took one egg!

[Crimson_Blazer]

Easily did 120 eggs today, might even do another 120 by the time i go to sleep. That's 520 tepig eggs w/ the charm and 1,347 eggs total since my last MM shiny

[Pink Lapras]

I really need to catch Volcarona for egg hatching. Sometimes when I hatch eggs, I'm tempted to go into the shaking patches when they show. The problem is, I'm currently hatching Skarmory eggs on Black 2, and my lead is a Lv13 Magby.

EDIT: Hatched 25 eggs today. I'm curious, how do you hatch them? I hatch 5, release them straight away if they're not shiny, then get another 5, repeat...

[goldensteambun]

Well, I hatched 4 eggs at the time so that I can get new egg if the man in daycare has one, and I will store the new eggs in one box. Once I have a whole box filled with pokemon but no shiny I will release one box at a time, so I can keep track of it.

Almost 2400 eggs and no shiny Trapinch yet with MM, I must have rotten luck this time xDD

[JohnNiles]

I really need to catch Volcarona for egg hatching. Sometimes when I hatch eggs, I'm tempted to go into the shaking patches when they show. The problem is, I'm currently hatching Skarmory eggs on Black 2, and my lead is a Lv13 Magby.

EDIT: Hatched 25 eggs today. I'm curious, how do you hatch them? I hatch 5, release them straight away if they're not shiny, then get another 5, repeat...

Someone explained that when you turn the game on, the first egg is basically the same every time, so I've taken to boxing a bunch at a time without turning the game off - 1 or 2 boxes if I can bear it. Whether I release them immediately or not depends on whether I am trying to get IVs for better parents or not.

[ysmr97]

Hey everyone! Just wondering if anyone has a non-American Ditto for the Masuda method! PM me if you do!

[Pink Lapras]

I don't think turning the game off matters AT ALL.

^Normally I'd say search the GTS, but getting my Japanese Skarmory was a pain in the you-know-where. A Ditto is a good idea imo.

[HGaddict]

Well I managed to convince my brother to lend me his 3ds so now I will be able to dual hunt. This also means I will be able to continue my Soul silver badge quest. I will be hunting Snivy via SR on White 2 while hunting Heracross/Spearow/Aipom via Headbutt on Soul silver. Hopefully one of them will shine soon.

This place seems to be booming with shines lately. Congrats to all of you and good luck to anyone still hunting!

[2rsa]

I looked at one of the shiny cards while checking through the new posts, I like the idea of Rapidash and Salamence being Twilight and Spike.

That's exactly how I named my shiny Rapidash and shiny Salamence.
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I think I'm going to SR Kyurem.^-^

[ElectricBassClef]

Congrats, all! (Too many to list.)

Accidentally encountered a shiny Clefairy in the Giant Chasm today; I was actually able to catch this one! I'm not gonna keep it, though: it's going to be used as a prize in an unofficial tournament an acquaintance, who I know from outside of Serebii, is running. Still, it's pretty good luck, and I'm pleased. Hopefully this success will rub off on my actual hunts!

Edit: I guess this counts towards the community hunt, doesn't it? Community hunt completed.

[elorasheppard]

Almost 2400 eggs and no shiny Trapinch yet with MM, I must have rotten luck this time xDD

I feel your pain, last night I went over 2000 eggs for my shiny squirtle Im beginning to wonder if this hunt is going to become like the 5000 egg tauros. Im also nearing 3000REs with the shiny charm on Route 15 so Im not having much luck at the moment.

Congrats on the Totodile, Venipede, Drifblim, Clefairy and Beldum and any others that I've missed. Good luck on your hunts everyone.

[Pink Lapras]

Ok, I got bored, so I went back through the OLD Shiny Pokemon Lovers Club and found this post:

http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthr...99#post8287799

4th post down, it was when shiny Rayquaza escaped the first time.

EDIT: I'm going to be VERY peeved if a shiny appears in my Ruby Nuzlocke run and I can't catch it.

[goldensteambun]

I feel your pain, last night I went over 2000 eggs for my shiny squirtle Im beginning to wonder if this hunt is going to become like the 5000 egg tauros. Im also nearing 3000REs with the shiny charm on Route 15 so Im not having much luck at the moment.

Congrats on the Totodile, Venipede, Drifblim, Clefairy and Beldum and any others that I've missed. Good luck on your hunts everyone.

Oh gosh 5000 eggs sounds like a pain man. Good luck with your Squirtle hunt ! How about we call it a little race to see who gets their shiny first ah ~? u v u

[Pink Lapras]

Dang, now I wish I had the Oval Charm, Lapras eggs are infuriating to hatch. I'm going back to Skarmory for a while.

[BurningBlaze]

Dang, now I wish I had the Oval Charm, Lapras eggs are infuriating to hatch. I'm going back to Skarmory for a while.

I know how you feel, hatching Beldum eggs was a massive pain! Don't give up though, it makes it so much more rewarding when you finally get your shiny!

[goldensteambun]

ha, my luck might be rotten with the Trapinch, but I certainly have a good start with my Soul Silver badge quest !

After painstaking 4377 Sring my shiny totodile has appeared http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/...pse5fa494e.jpg

I can finally move on with my life lol

Hardy nature and somewhat stubborn, I'm going to name him Jacques u v u

Edit: guys one question, can the Eevee you get in Goldenrod city be shiny?

[WaterTypesFTW]

Hello, everone! Congrats on all the shinies!

I'm a little late on posting about finding a shiny on Friday. I thought it was pretty funny I found it actually because it was not intentional. I got a little bored with my Aipom hunt so I thought if I did 100 or so encounters I would be a little more motivated to hatch some more (Don't ask why I thought that). I decided to fly to route 11 and I started encountering there. Not even 30 encounters and I found a green Marill. I saw it immediately and reacted, then I questioned the game if I acutally found it. It's stored in my PC so I know it's real, but geez my game's been popping out shinies like there's not tomorrow! XD I love you Black 2! Whoa, I just realized that going for the shaking grass on route 3 while hatching really adds up. Since finding my Tranquil, I encountered 1279 Pokemon when I found Marill. It's still a fairly short hunt though, I found 3 shinies in 8192!

Anyways, I've been alternating between hatching Aipom and RE on route 15, because after I encountered that shiny I realised that I kind of miss RE and I still have no motivation to hatch Aipom unfortunately...

Good luck everyone!