I just started breeding for shiny Eevees (their eggs take notoriously long time to hatch) last night. I have hatched 6 Eggs so far and yet none of them has given me my coveted Shiny Eevee. :(
So, quick question, has anybody tried the Masuda Method in Pokemon X/Y and obtained a Shiny yet? And how many eggs did it take for you to hatch your shiny Pokemon? I think I'm gonna stop with the Eevees for now, time to try out something else that's easier :(
Hi there! I have hatched two shiny pokemon using the Masuda Method. Don't give up! I had to hatch almost 300 Charmanders before I got a shiny, and almost 200 Gastlys.
The best, fastest way I can tell you to breed/hatch is carry around one Pokemon with Flame Body (decreases hatching time). Talonflame is a good candidate since you can get it pretty early in the game. It's mid-evo (I forget the name) also can have Flame Body. I breed/hatch while watching tv or something and just run a straight line from the city fountain all the way past the day care and to the entrace of the Zubat Roost cave and back again.
Keep an eye on the Day Care Man; you can save yourself a bit of time and useless dialogue if you see which way he is facing before you talk to him. If he is facing the fence, there is no egg for you to pick up. If he is facing down towards the Route, there is an egg waiting for you! I usually run around with my Flame Body pokemon and 3 eggs, and pick up new eggs as they are available. If I am lucky, by the time the next egg is ready one of mine have already hatched. The key is, for me, to get as many eggs ASAP. I worry about hatching them all later. So if my team is full I'll deposit one or two eggs into the PC so I always have room to pick up yet another egg from the DCM. Never miss an opportunity to pick up an egg, even if it means having to put some in the PC. (I set a box aside and put one hatched baby in it so I know what kind of eggs are being stored)
With the Masuda Method, keep in mind if you have terrible luck it may take a while. The precise chance of getting a shiny this way is very close to 1 in 1,400 (it's 1,300 and change I forget exactly). You will get it before you hatch 1,400 eggs, but the chances are slim you'll get it in your first 10 or 20 or 50. Me and my friend were both after the shiny Charmander (it was for him, I didn't want one!) and he hatched over 500 eggs with no luck compared to my 300. Just line up a bunch of tv shows to watch and good luck!
Sorry, long post. I did tons of research on breeding and I'd like to share what I learned! GOOD LUCK!!