How many soft resets? :3

[Dooonerz]

(Sorry if this is in the wrong topic xD)


Heyy babez,

Well yesterday in my SoulSilver I started soft resetting for a shiny suicune. I've gotten to about 320 soft resets so far, and i'm starting to lose patience; which brings me on the the question: What pokemon have you soft re setted for, and how long has it taken you? :3

For those who don't know, soft resetting is pressing L+R+START+SELECT all at the same time, and it takes you back to the main screen and then you last saved (in front of the suicune) and try again for a shiny.

So fire away! ^_^

 

[Amore]

Well, I've never actually known the buttons (Thanks for telling me that!) so I normally give up after 10 attempts.....I did once try switching it on and off again for a shiny starter in Hg/Ss....then realised shiny Totodile was hideous so I didn't want it. Shame really, it only took 2 tries.

 

[Deathshot]

Did it for Mewtwo. Limit was 500 and when I got there I never got it so I gave up and Masterballed his face.

 

[Chord]

Shinies don't matter to me, quite a few of them look hideous in my opinion so I don't soft reset for anything unless I accidentally KO'd a legendary or unique Pokemon

 

[Legobricks]

These (P)RNG things take so long I never bother. As much as it is the fault of the developers not to make shinies even reasonably rare, It's a bit of an exploit too — if all I do is reload constantly, finally getting the desired result just isn't special.

 

[alisaie]

I'd have to slightly disagree with you, Cassino, but it's because when I achieved my shiny after soft-resetting, I thought it was special. Then again, it could have been just the moment I got it (I was upset over forgetting a project, and I got it while upsettingly soft-resetting for it).

The Pokemon I was soft-resetting for was Bulbasaur on HGSS. It took about 741 tries. Not too bad, considering the other stories I've heard about people soft-resetting 1000 times or more for a shiny.

 

[MiniM00se]

I've only SRed once, for a shiny Torchic in Emerald. After like 50, the game started being a bit bywtadjfbvsibds, so I just stopped. ^^"

 

[imevil]

Shinies don't matter to me, quite a few of them look hideous in my opinion so I don't soft reset for anything unless I accidentally KO'd a legendary or unique Pokemon

yeah, me too. I dont care for shinies much. But i am exited when i frind one

 

[Myles]

Technically it's the chance of getting a shiny (1/8192) amount of soft resets (so 8,192) that's the average amount it should take you. The reason most success stories have smaller amounts is because they're lucky. And the unlucky ones (the ones that take more than 8,192 times, to make up for the ones less than) just give up.

So yeah, I don't have the patience to soft reset 8,192 times.

 

[Demigod]

1st time was in Gold: took me 402 soft reset to get a Shiny Hoothoot
2nd time was in Emerald: soft reseted 789 times to get a Shiny Treecko

In Emerald I actually got a very lucky encounter, in a new game the 2nd wild Pokémon I encountered was a Shiny Poochyena.

I don't soft reset anymore as I have all the shinies I wanted initially.

 

[PlatinumDude]

One time in HG, I was soft-resetting for a Timid Mewtwo with good IVs; when I got to my third reset, it came out shiny. I caught it, and it turned out to be Timid, but meh IVs. I kept it anyway, until I lost the game that held it.

 

[Gardenia101]

I had planned to SR once for a shiny turtwig, but the first time turned out to be shiny. o.O

 

[Kelp]

1st time was in Gold: took me 402 soft reset to get a Shiny Hoothoot
2nd time was in Emerald: soft reseted 789 times to get a Shiny Treecko

In Emerald I actually got a very lucky encounter, in a new game the 2nd wild Pokémon I encountered was a Shiny Poochyena.

I don't soft reset anymore as I have all the shinies I wanted initially.

How do you soft reset for a Hoothoot? xD


I tried about +600 times for a Torchic and gave up. That or my SP ran out of battery.

 

[Serene Grace]

Soft resetting is only possible in the Pokémon video games, therefore this thread belongs in General Pokémon Gaming.

Moved

As for your question, I don't soft-reset too much in most Pokémon video games. Before battling a legendary Pokémon, I always come prepared with the right Poké-balls and Pokémon with status-inducing moves. Although I do still save the game, just in case things go wrong, most of the time I catch the Pokémon without having to soft-reset at all. As for shiny Pokémon, I don't really soft-reset for them as part of the fun of catching one - in my opinion - is to have a random encounter with one.

 

[alphabetsoup102062]

I don't normally soft-reset because it takes forever and I have very little patience! I tried with Lugia the other day, but after about 20 soft-resets, I gave up, and just caught it as it was. I have before got a shiny Regigigias in a trade though which makes me think how long it must have took to get it.

 

[Elkoid]

I tried soft-resetting for a shiny moltres once. But then I realized that it wasn't worth the immensely painful effort.

From now on, I'm going to try SRing on my side game of each generation as opposed to my main save file. Perhaps then, I won't get discouraged so quickly.

 

[Magzmar]

You people are soft. Hard resets only, alright?

 

[curiousnathan]

Soft resetting for shiny's isn't my hobby, since I have never done it for that solemn reason. I soft reset when catching a legendary no matter if it is shiny or not. Or even if it is just a good pokemon that you can only catch once in the games liek Snorlax in HG/SS.

 

[Magzmar]

I would have to agree that soft-resetting should not be a hobby. If there is an option to hard reset, soft resetting is for wimps.

 

[M4]

I would have to agree that soft-resetting should not be a hobby. If there is an option to hard reset, soft resetting is for wimps.

HARD RESETS FOR WIMPS

HARDCORE RESET