Well... time for a report I guess...
In my spare time I've been searching alot. My new signature picture is/will be a Mega Man Select screen only redone with shinies.
Those would be Shiny Snorlax, Magikarp, Magnemite, Spinarak, Horsea, Mantine, Ekans and Cacnea, with my Shiny Ninetails occupying the middle block/hole thing.
You may notice I have 3 water Pokemon out of the 9 (8 really) slots. This is because that my main Water Pokemon, a Poliwrath, is my ONLY organized water Pokemon. I also have a Blastoise and Swampert, but those aren't exactly.. well... Up to par. Or something. I don't have that special bond with them. So I don't know what they're capable of.
Mantine would obviously (or not) be for much, much later. The only one I have is from Colosseum, and I'm using LG for the Snorlax. However... I will asess another option for this game later.
Horsea and Magikarp are for FR, which is over 260 hours played... And no shinies at all. After doing all this searching.. it feels like I should have 12 or so. *sigh* :(
Who's left? Oh, Spinarak and Ekans are taken care of in FR also. Spinarak is in Pattern Bush, and Ekans are being hatched. Spinarak is a least concern Pokemon... I like it for it, NOT Ariados. So if I find one, it WILL be EV trained, but it won't be evolved. People would and probably will be squishing my little spider... If it's on anybody's thoughts, I had an Ariados as one of my main team members on my first Gold go-around. I also had a Dunsparce! That was quite a different take on the teams. A Poison-Bug and Normal... I didn't even know Dunsparce was a Normal-type Pokemon until much later. I didn't have a guide, so I kinda thought it might evolve or something. That never happened. regardless, it hung around on my team. Lanturn is also one of my favorites on Gold. Ah, the good ol' days... I haven't had another one of those in a long time... uh... sorry... I kinda trailed off there.
Cacnea is on Sapphire. Hatchin' the eggs.
SHC Report:
FireRed:
Pokemon Looking For: Ekans, Spinarak, Horsea, Magikarp, Magnemite
Pokemon Top Priority: Horsea!
Status: Playing
Fish fish fish. NOTHING. Horsea is more decieving than Magnemite! If you til the DS's screen down, it becomes darker-looking. It looks identical to Shiny Horsea, except without the red tint to the fins! If only I could do that to get one... Sickening. Depressing. Been doing this for so long...
I only have 1 Master Ball left on FR. Only ONE. That makes me feel a bit scared (what if I come across two??), but for both Magikarp and Horsea, I'm usiing my Aipom and Parasect strategy. Which requires the Master Ball... to be the last resort. Now if I could just find one..
If your curious, I went through alot of trading to get my second Master Ball onto Emerald.
LeafGreen:
Pokemon Looking For: Snorlax
Pokemon Top Priority: Snorlax (duh)
Status: Standby
I SR'd 10 around 10 times today. Nothing. Like that dude said about his Shiny Scyther hunt... (for me) Snorlax is looking less and less cooler each time I SR.
Now, I was thinking about KO'ing one of the Snorlaxes to get through the rest of the game. Trading over stronger Pokemon, I could roast Erika, trade more Pokemon (I only have 3 badges) and take on Silph, and regain a Master Ball, and trade it to the appropriate game. This way, I could still SR the remaining Snorlax, but I could broaden my search to Mantine and so many others I can't with FR without hatching Eggs.
Sapphire:
Pokemon Looking For: Cacnea
Pokemon Top Priority: Cacnea
Status: Power Off
I hatch Eggs there. I tried looking for Corsola, but.. That's impossible, almost. My only good Pokemon is a Crobat that I use to FLY here and there when need be. Since I got other things to do, I've stopped playing this one, unless it's to trade or use items.
Ruby:
Pokemon Looking For: Unknown
Pokemon Top Priority: Anything!
Status: Power Off
I just started playing it. Never fear, Treecko SH'ers. I quit to progress further into the game for others. Also, I tried to get a low count Trainer ID. It was 21 something.
Emerald:
Pokemon Looking For: Magnemite, Anything
Pokemon Top Priority: Magnemite
Status: Playing
This is kinda creepy. I beat Norman, and went to Mauville, got the key, and went into the Power Plant thing they have there.
I completed the task, but on my computer screen I had brought up Emerald Shiny sprites, mainly Magnemite. Well... I had Deja Vu of me finding a shiny (Magnemite had just appeared onscreen) and I had looked over to the screen to make sure if it was shiny. Well, in reality, the Magnemite that was on the game wasn't Shiny. But my Deja Vu like, said that I would find a Shiny through these methods.
I got out of the Plant, got my TM prze, and wen through alot of trading to get my 2nd Master Ball from FR onto Emerald. Something tells me I WILL be finding a Shiny on there. How soon, I don't know. But hey, MetalMario? My ID on there just happens to be 18040.
>_>
That's low, but let's hope it's not a bad omen, because my FR Trainer ID is 30970. At first I thought it was 39070 (omen), but I just checked to be sure, and it's 30970. Regardless, there's 2 zero's, and I kinda got afraid I might log in a 260 hour game into Emerald and have the same results as FR, but I don't think that'll happen, even though it's possible.
I would be happy with a small total of 3 shinies in all. That includes my Shiny Ninetails. Having a Shiny Seadra and Magneton to go along with it would be nice as well. I prefer Seadra to Kingdra, although Kingdra is a better choice, I'd choke myself everytime I had to look at the pink thing...
All three would fall to Earthquake. Ninetails is a non-no, and Magneton has a double weakness to the Ground attack. Seadra has more defense (Some of the Lv. 11 Horseas withstand the first hit of a Fury Swipes attack from my Lv. 48 Aipom. :| ), it doesn't always mean the move is coming from a Ground Pokemon.
That's why I have Cacnea/Cacturne on my list. Not only would it be a scary pair with Ghost (ninetails), I've always wanted a good Cacturne, because to me it's just plain cool and the Needle Arm thing and Dark moves... whooo!
Happy hunting everyone! I just hope I find something myself soon... :(
I said it before and I'll say it again:
I HAVE THE WORST SHINY LUCK EVER!!!!
-DDD
(I'm the one who's hunting for Cacnea.... Durn you! :P You'll get it before me, I know it!)