Edit: New post during the time I was away from the PC:
Are you still saved from before you did your chaining? You might still be able to do the "infinite swarm" trick if you are. Just tinker with the clock on your DS. You can set it to the correct time or whatever you want--just get the DS to think the time has been changed. (Alternatively, you can just switch to another DS if you happen to have one lying around.) When you resume your game, the old swarm should be back, provided that you haven't saved. If you don't re-save your game again, the swarm will restore itself every time you SR, making it effectively infinite. I did this trick way back when I was going for Absol.
I've seen my chain vanish mysteriously only once in my chaining endeavours thus far.
Also, because it seems I forgot to post it,
Shiny Seviper with Shiny Patch
Crap. I wish I had known that before I decided to call it a night and see what my new Swarm was. =P Oh well, I'll definately remember next time, especially for Makuhita. Krabby has been a common Swarm for me so it'll show up again soon. I just want to get to 40, stay at 40, and nothing weird happen.
well i was on a chain of 35 of slakoth yesterday and my dad told me to go to sleep so im about to continue ^^ this morning i really want a shiny
edit2:40!!!! my next edit should state if i got a shiny or failed attempting
edit3:im sry to say people..but *sigh*...GOT A SHINY HASTY SLAKOTH! my first shiny on pearl woot
CONGRADULASHUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Purple disco boogie sloth ftw! XD
(yay for multi quotes)
Heya hunters.
I´m not here to join this club, sadly, because I have no shiny.
I´ve seen a shiny Golbat, but had no Pokéballs -.-
I have two questions:
1. Is there a percentage to see a shiny?
2. May sound stupid, but HOW do you hunt them? Walk in the grass for hours till one appears?
Sry to bother you with this, but I want to start hunting shinies.
(Maybe I´ll join then^^)
HF
Bombah!
Well, you can still join if you don't have any shinies but want to go after one. There's about 5 methods, actually, but more on that in a minute. To your questions:
1. Yes. 1/8192. They're pretty rare and back in 3rd Gen this was one of our biggest enemies. :P
2. Several ways. There's 5 different ways. All methods that were used in 3rd Gen are used in 4th Gen (D/P) but 4th Gen has a trick that makes it a lot easier.............. if you're still pretty lucky. What are these methods?
A. Walk around aimlessly in grass, like you said. I started doing this on FireRed last night where Tangela are, because Tangela only appear there. If I keep at it, I'll eventually find a shiny green one!
B. SR, or Soft-Reset. I.E., start a new adventure and before selecting your starter Pokemon, save. Then take your pick. Check it out. Not shiny? Press A+B+START+SELECT on GBA games; START+SELECT+L+R on DS games. It "soft" resets the game without turning off the power, so you can try again. Do it over and over until your target becomes shiny. You may get it within hours, or you may get it within weeks... or months, or longer. Just depends....
*SRing is usually faster in the GBA games, I think many would agree with me on that.
C. Fishing. Say you want a shiny Magikarp? Break out your old rod and start fishing. It's like methods A and B fused together. Personally I prefer fishing in FireRed and LeafGreen where you don't have to pay attention, but in E/D/P you can use a Synchronizer to try and get the nature you want.
D. Hatch. This is more manipulative, you may have more control over what you get..... but the chances are still the same. But you can get egg moves and possibly a lot better stats and nature if you know what you're doing.
E. Chaining. Only available in D/P... This little trinket you get when you get the National PokeDex is quite game-breaking for shinies. It requires some set-up to do efficiently and correctly, but you can get shinies from it, sometimes pretty easy. Our usual goal is to chain 40 of the same Pokemon together.
Then we wait until "shiny grass" sparkles, which yields Shiny Pokemon. At 40, for some reason, it's a lot easier to get shinies.
If you have any more questions, just ask.