The Best Way To Get Shinies

Hey it's Shiny Hunter Alex asking you something that you think is true. What's your favorite way to get shinies? Trade, Masuda Method, Chaining, Soft Resetting, or just normal running around? Please comment it or just poll it. Also if you want to add your favorite shiny in the comments and which one you want next.

Shiny Charmander Hunt Update

Hello, people who read this blog! A little while ago Alex and I started hunting a shiny Charmander, he was SRing on my Pokemon FireRed, and I was using the MM on my Pokemon Black. Since my boxes are STILL cluttered up from that shiny Eevee hunt, I had to switch to SRing and Alex is doing the MM on his Pokemon Black.

Masuda Method vs. Soft Resetting

Hey, it's Riley typing. Today I would like to go over the pros and cons of the two most efficient ways to get shinies- Masuda Method or Soft Resetting.

               Masuda Method
Pros                                  Cons
You obtain lots                  Your boxes get
of Pokemon you                   cluttered up.
can trade.

Chances are 1/1366              You need Wi-Fi    
or 1/1639.                      capabilities or a
                                friend with a game                                   in another
                                language.
                             
                                You can't hatch
                                Legendaries.


                Soft Resetting
   Pros                               Cons
Super easy and                  Kind of boring.
does not require
Wi-Fi.                          Chances are 1/8192.

            




 A single Masuda Method Pokemon = 6 normal Pokemon. I can hatch 1 Charmander (with the Flame Body/ Magma Armor trick) every 2 minutes. So if you can SR/encounter 3 or more Starters per minute, you can match the Masuda Method. That means if you SR more than 3 Starters per minute, you would get a shiny faster than you would with the Masuda Method. If you SR something like the Hitmonchan or the random Pokemon you have to deliver to people in HG/SS, you would have a worse chance since you can hatch those faster than starters. So overall, if you want Legendaries SR. Anything else I would MM.

P.S
Technically Eevee and Pickachu are starters. In Pokemon Yellow, your rival gets an Eevee, and you get a Pikachu.

Gen III Shiny

Hey it's Alex talking about a shiny Poochyena I caught on Route 117. I was trying to catch a Gulpin I believe when I encountered it. I hastily caught and raised it up to Lv. 18 when it evolved into Mightyena. I didn't touch it and I have now transferred it to my Black, where it now has Pokerus.

Shiny Manaphy

I am really thankful I thought of trading my Crobat on the GTS, it got me this legit shiny Manaphy. I wasn't even on Negotiations. Some of you might say "Getting a shiny Manaphy is impossible, there is a shiny check!" but in reality, the shiny check is avoidable. For those of you who have yet to learn what a shiny check is, it is a thing that keeps event Pokemon like Celebi and Manaphy from being shiny. There is a very complex calculation using ID, secret ID, and the personality value of the Pokemon that I won't even try to explain that decides if it is shiny. Anyway, the shiny check will keep on regenerating the Pokemon until it is not shiny. But since the shiny check is preformed on the Manaphy egg, if you trade it someone else with a different ID and secret ID before it hatches, it has a normal chance of being shiny. Pretty lucky, huh?

Ruining a Shiny

S.H.R here. This is a sad tale about a shiny Zubat. I believe I was playing through either Pearl or Platinum when I encountered a shiny Zubat. It was my first shiny. Naturally, I was in shock of finally encountering a shiny. After I caught it I did something I'm not proud of. You see, Alex and I used to have Action Replays. We used them mainly for Rare Candies. I beefed up my Zubat to Lv. 100 almost immediately. About a year later, when I finally stopped hacking and wiped my games of all the hacks, I just couldn't let go of my Crobat, even though it was pink. I then had idea. After about a day on the GTS, I had a shiny Manaphy.

P.S
To all hackers out there, Rare Candies don't give Pokemon Effort Points, making them considerably weaker than normal.

Shiny Kakuna

S.H.R speaking. Pokemon FireRed seems to be a shiny central for me. On one of my many, many, playthroughs, I encountered a shiny Kakuna in Viridian Forest. Followed by screaming and about 3 Pokeballs I caught it. I then immediately transferred it to Pokemon Diamond, then to Black, and finally White. I used it on my team until I needed to make room for a Flying type. Thank God I encountered a shiny Kakuna and not a shiny Caterpie. I hate Butterfrees.

Negotiation Skills

Hey it's Alex talking about the other shiny I got, a Lv. 32 shiny Druddigon that seems legit. So earlier I got a hacked Lv. 100 shiny Delibird for my Blissey. I soon found a guy who really liked it and I got the Druddigon and it seems legit since it was caught at Dragonspiral Tower. That's it but I'm going to tell you a effective way to get shinies.

1. Get some starters from a friend and level them up, as long as you don't hack you can possibly get some legendaries, most likely Reshiram or Zekrom.

2. Get some other legendaries (Ex. Ho-oh, Lugia, Latios, Latias).

3.Offer them and see if you can get a shiny!

Another Shiny

Hey it's Alex telling you about my last shiny I got a shiny Lucario! I was looking for shinies on GTS when i met a guy with a Lv. 100 LEGIT Lucario! I showed him many Pokemon but he wouldn't budge until I gave him my Lv. 84 Ho-oh that I got in trade. Lucario is legit since it was caught in Challenger's Cave at Lv. 50, and after a bit of research I found out you can catch Riolus in the cave. So I just got myself another legit shiny.

Masuda Method

Hello, it's Riley. Today I will tell you about the Masuda Method. It is called the Masuda Method because it was programmed in Gen. IV and V by Junichi Masuda. It raises the chances of getting a Shiny from 1/8192 to 1/1639 in Gen. IV and 1/1366 in Gen. V. You have to make two Pokemon breed together from two different languages to increase the chances.

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U.S.A Jolteon                         Japanese Ditto
     

                                                   




                        
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                                                                           Shiny Eevee

Shiny Eevee

Hello, Riley here typing yet another post on a Shiny. My newest Shiny I have found is a Masuda Method Shiny Eevee. It took me a lucky 334 eggs. I hatched it on route 3. Again, lots of screaming occurred. It had a modest nature so I evolved it into a Espeon. It is pretty low-level and I have decided to use on my team for Pokemon Black Version 2.

Hacked Pokemon

If in Master Ball, It is a hacked Pokemon,

 same for all Shiny starters.

Hey it's Alex and I'm talking about hacked Pokemon. Everyone knows what a hack is, it's a Pokemon caught by cheating (Ex. Action Replay). On the GTS, there are times when people have tons of Shinies like Shiny Charizards caught in Master Balls. In fact, during the Shiny marathon Riley and I met a guy with a Shiny Reshiram! Whatever you do, don't trade your shiny to them! You will get ripped off and find yourself with a hack that will mess up your game, leaving you to release it. Riley and I got lucky on the Shiny marathon, and we got rid of all our hacks on GTS Negotiations, but don't even risk trying to get a hack. If you meet a hacker, exit the trade immediately! Hacked Shinies are no good, so don't even consider getting one, and if you become a hacker, STOP IMMEDIATELY! No one likes a hacker, and you'll be the guy who took the easy path, not the guy who actually has a Shiny Pokemon to be proud of.