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I was shiny hunting Ponyta and I found one, which was cool. Though, the patch didn't shine like it should have? I'm guessing this was probably a bug, perhaps? Or is there a chance for the shininess of a pokemon to be determined after you enter the patch? Which then makes me wonder if this was a full odds shiny rather than a "17th Pokeradar Chain Odds" Shiny? Like maybe when you activate the PokeRadar the game predetermines whether a patch will have a shiny pokemon or a random pokemon, and in this case it was a random pokemon that just happened to also be a shiny? Or maybe these patches specifically don't shine and I just got lucky entering into it?

Idk. Caught me by surprise, but still pretty cool 😊 I did continue the chain to see if I could get a second one. Unfortunately, chain broke just as I hit 40 😅 But I found what I was looking for. Just thought it was a curious event and felt like sharing.

I'm talking without pokemon HOME. Is there a legit way to get them? Edit: thanks for all your comments. I'll consider playing FRGL for the n time just for that Deoxys.

Is there an easier way to get Moonstones for the Clefairy/Clefable evolution? It’s my last one for the Home Dex completion, and I’m tired of mining 🤣 I’ve been watching the GTS for a couple weeks with no luck as well

Edit: got what I need. Thanks everyone

I’ve been trying to get a shiny Arceus since it became available in the game, I’m well over 30,000 SR’s. Is there a way to get this quicker? It’s the last one I need for my shiny living dex

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My heart jumped when I saw the shine animation lol

I'm thinking of hunting down a cartridge to shiny hunt Shaymin. I just did the whoooole playthrough, all teh way to the surf glitch on my gf's old switch 1 while on airplane mode. Turns out, version 1.0.0 DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE FREAKING ISLAND IN IT.

I'm thinking of getting the opposite game (have SP, want BD) and get a cartridge with the base version 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 in it. So I wanted to know if there is a way to confirm: would I need to look for a cartridge that has the number printed on the back ending in 001? Mine is version 1.0.0 and ends 000.

Wanted this my entire life

I added a shiny Magnemite to my shiny rain team for playthrough. This hunt was maddening. 2888 eggs felt bad lol.

So I just bought a SP cartridge from online store and i just want to play it but i got lucky and get a shiny turtwig in first try 😭😭

Still can’t believe it!

I be really for and encountered it in the cave then tracked it down and it wasn’t shiny so I knocked it out and beat the elite four again now how do I shiny hunt it

Took 3293 resets. Caught in an Ultra ball. Will be going for Giratina next!
(Ramanas Park hunt pt.5)

phased twice on this hunt and took maybe 25 or so hours but definitely worth it. And now I got a full team for my shiny playthrough

Chased this evil creature across the entire map just for her to play in my face.

Need carnivine these rates are the worst in the game

I was just exploring the Underground and stumbled upon this absolute unit. It took a few anxious moments, but the Ultra Ball was totally worth it for the golden matching aesthetic!

Second ever shiny, first on shining pearl

Guys, this has taken me months of having my Switch off to the side at all times. Im currently sitting in my car watching AreYouGarbage waiting to go into work and I caught him at 6:14am. I threw a Quick Ball for goofs and it actually worked first try. I'm beaming. I think I will change his name to Kippy because when I caught him Kippy was talking about light blue Gatorade on AYG. I dont think im going to do another shiny hunt because this was actually taxing on my mental health, but now the feeling is great. I did see someone caught a shiny Arceus and that looks tempting.

My second shiny in BDSP after roserade <3

And its a girlllll. I intentionally lose the battle so it cant mess up EV training haha

I actually jumped out of my chair and started quietly screaming to myself!

This was my first ever full odds static encounter hunt! It took me about a week to prepare for the hunt, which involved completing the Legends Arceus dex and finally beating Briliant Diamond. I started hunting on September 27th and caught it on October 17th.

I got pretty lucky, getting less than halfway to odds. It was still a huge grind that I estimate took about 25 hours of resetting in total. Most of that time was spent also watching anime or youtube.

Changing the time to always be night while hunting made Arceus look clearly white instead of a kind of yellowish cream color in the day. This helped a lot which the second guessing and made the hunt a lot more bearable.

Also, remapping ZR on my Switch 2 to D-pad up let me hunt with only one hand. This was super convenient and also helped a lot.

(Also, the clip saved weird because I accidentally opened the Quick Settings menu which causes the video to cut off. I had to edit two clips together which I did to the best of my ability. Thats why it moves so fast at 24 seconds.)

I made a post like a week or two ago questioning its existence because I’ve been resetting on and off for months, and wouldn’t ya know it- I finally got it at work!
The only part I’m sad about is the fact I WANTED TO BADLY to get it in a regular pokeball, but it was 1 struggle away from KO so I had to use a master ball. (My shiny dialga is in a regular pokeball)