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My quest for a shiny starter (Fennekin)
Update: After 7477 resets. Its finally happened. October 16th - 10th November. That took a long time, but god i am so happy.
http://www.pictars.com/users/blessedspirit/shinyyes.jpg Thanks for sticking with me guys. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've had Pokemon Y for 2 days and i haven't got the shiny just yet. 712 resets. It doesnt help that it takes ages to get to the pokemon screen. I'm kind of dying to play it but i do this with every pokemon game. Start off with a shiny. Just to make sure im not doing it wrong; I saved just before sitting down with the group of friends, and ive been waiting until i can open my menu. Thats the correct point to see if its shiny right? Or is it when you choose out of three of them. |
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I can't remember which game though. |
Heart gold and Soul Silver had them show as being shiny when you could look through all 3 of them. However in X/Y you have to pick one of them first before you will know if they are shiny or not. Wish they kept old style though.
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better way to do this get a ditto and put them both in the pokemon day care center
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The point is to start from the beginning of the game with a shiny. |
I wish you luck! I remember SR'ing for a Shiny Totodile in Soul Silver a while back... definitely didn't have the patience that you have. You'll have to let us know how things go!
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In X and Y you have to do battle with your starter to see if its shiny. I got my shiny Froakie in Y and it didn't show up shiny on the choosing screen. As an alternative you could always do the Matsuda Method to breed an shiny.
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I haven't even gotten to the battle part yet. |
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Still no shiny yet. :l Ill post a picture when i get it.
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I feel your pain :/ I mean, I've actually played through almost the whole game, but I'm at the last gym leader and suddenly began MM'ing for a shiny pumpkaboo. I'm at 100+ eggs and two days of not playing through the actual game or training my team :/ it's quite agonising.
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I think I was actually at about 700 for Torchic in Sapphire when I gave up. Probably about 2000 when my Moltres appeared. Good luck to you sir.
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I'm soft resetting for Fennekin too! As you might be able to tell from my siggy I'm used to not playing the game so that I can find shinies lol
Would you like to race?? |
I'm in the same boat but for a Chespin. I'm at around 1200 resets though. A couple nights on my late shift alone in a store allows for a lot of SRing time at one in the morning.
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first to post a picture of their shiny fennekin? |
Thats crazy >.< 1200 resets wow
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Still no shiny. Darn it.
1700 SRs. |
I wish I had as much patience as you guys do, I'd give up after about 10 tries :')
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Still no darn shiny. 2200 resets.
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You sir have more patience than I. :)
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I guess I just don't have the patience to hunt for Shiny starters. Not a huge deal for me. :) That said, I have a few random Shinies.
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2618 resets. Still.. nothin. But im not giving up.
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I'm interested in how you're keeping track. Are you sitting there with a calculator repeating Ans+1?
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I'm doing ans+1 on a calculator lol. Always have done.
Anyway I hope this is a fast hunt for us all! |
Lol I feel so bad for you two actually resetting for those. Not because of the time but because Froakie is the best starter by a landslide. Also plenty of Shiny starters have been bred. I've seen a few myself, from friends.
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I was actually trying to go for all 3 since people said the odds changed... I'm starting to regret it, seems it's not that way, and agreed, Froakie is the best starter in my opinion :P
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Also how can you get them in different balls? That's new to me lol |
I have to say I admire your endeavor, still being at it for so long after launch date.
I would have given up after 5 resets because I got excited about playing the game. So, kudos to you guys, and best of luck. ^^ |
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I wanted to get Froakie too but Fennekin is just a better shiny. That's really all it comes down to when you hunt shinies - whatever one looks better. And sure, plenty have been bred, but that's not nearly as big an accomplishment as SRing a starter! I have bred shinies before, but I've also reset shinies before, so it would be boring to just hatch everything xD |
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EDIT: I'm a perfectionist, this generation I am completely restarting on my living Pokedex purely for the reason to have my entire Dex in Premier Balls. Now that I can chain breed and get anything breedable in my favorite ball I can't resist. Before I stuck with the normal Pokeball due to the fact all babies were born in it. Considering my living Dex consists of females for breeding purposes I need to restart. Now I'm breeding to complete my living Dex consisting of Shiny, Flawless IV, Hidden Ability females in Premier Balls. A lot of hours ahead of me......lots of babies to Wonder Trade!! Oh and can't forget they have to have the proper Nature!! Whatever it keeps me entertained lol. |
My god, i new the quest for shiney's could get a little crazy, but to reset the game over 2500 times!? You might be stepping into the insanity section.
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I bred 2 shinys of the starters i just dont like fennekin, so i wont even bother.
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3333 :P Nothing yet. No one else made any progress?
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Eh. This is taking a long time. I've come this far, may aswell continue. |
I suggest you try in the friend safari, its much easier in my opinion. I was obsessed with getting a shiny Charmeleon, so I went to the friend safari at 10pm and at 2am I finally found a shiny but it was a growlithe. I tried again and at 4am I found another shiny...but it was yet another shiny growlithe. Frustrated, but I did not give up. By 5amish I finally found the shiny charmeleon. Later that week I found a shiny Braixen in that same safari. So I suggest you try there for it
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I'm still following this thread. Keep the updates coming.
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So you don't want a Froakie hatch or Goomy or anything interesting? What about a Ralts hatch with the Egg Move Mean Look.
I've been breeding them as catcher Pokemon. Should have the moves Magical Leaf, Hypnosis, Mean Look, Thunder Wave. You use the males to evolve into Gallade, once it's a Gallade you replace Magical Leaf with False Swipe and it's great. Obviously False Swipe to bring Pokemon to 1 HP. Hypnosis to put them to Sleep. Mean Look to prevent escape. Thunder Wave on the off chance something is immune to Sleep/Hypnosis. It may be helpful, especially if you run into early Shinies in the wild. |
4500. Slowing down.. getting bored.. dammit.
gotta keep the momentum going. |
Not to make it any worse, but the worst feeling is knowing you've come so far (but you really haven't number-wise) and that you may not be playing for awhile.
It does get better though. I spent about a week running around in the grass for shiny Pumpkaboo, and man it's such a relief once you start playing again. |
I admire your dedication guys. I thought I was having bad luck with shinies this generation but 4500 soft resets definitely wins.
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Ill get one soon, Ill show you once i do
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Good luck to all of you trying this,
I admire your patience! I've tried this once with mudkip in sapphire.. Gave up after around 350 sr's.. Well I hope you all find the shinies! |
Keep strong i may not be doing this but masuda method is just as tedious and im only in the 40s.....
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Still nothin, sigh. |
The SRs for starters this gen seems to take forever and it's extremely tedious with the nickname junk. I only did a couple hundred trying to get a good nature and it wore me out. I can't imagine doing over 5k.
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Really though i cant give up now can i bros? |
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No you can't. At this point, it's going to show up soon and once you do, you'll be so damn relieved that you'll shed manly/girly tears of joy. So keep it up. And keep us updated. :) |
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I can't imagine doing that much. If it is possible, don't give up. If you're the first to try, I'd give up xD. |
You couldn't possibly try and give up now. You've gone so far. I thought I was going to go crazy SRing for a Modest Froakie. I only had to do it for 7 hours before getting Modest.
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5535 resets. Nothin.
Motherf... |
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5700. I seem to be doing less these days. I was doing like 400 SRs a day when i first started.
Gotta get it up to at least 300, heh. |
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By the way i want to know, when will you save your game before reseting it? (i might as well try if i got my hands on X or Y) ^^ Good luck! {XD} |
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I like your motivation for this
Prove us its possible! :) |
6000! Weeeeo, but still nothing.
I've just realised.. i bought Pokemon Y on the 14th. Its the 4th now.. like 20 days and i still haven't played this. |
See for me its getting a shiny starter, making sure it has perfect IV's and the nature and all that i want so not only would i have to do a million SR but then go threw a crap ton of shiny's to find the one... and that, that's just crazy. though a shiny Tepig is something i dream about.
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Well good luck! ^^ |
I sure hope you will get one soon! Bugs me that the intro of this game is quite long compared to the other games though :( You need to talk to your friends, pick a nickname, choose your starter, walk away and battle with one of your friends to know if it's shiny or not... (like in R/S/E you could save just before you choose your starter and battle right away, was a quite fast way of knowing if you have a shiny or not. And I liked the mechanism in HG/SS as well that you could see if the starter was shiny when picking your pokemon when the image pops up which Pokemon is in which Pokeball). :\
But I had to reset for 3 hrs to get my female Fennekin, but a shiny takes alot more effort. You have done such a great job, would be sad to give up all your effort and patience! :o I'll cheer you on to get one soon! ;) |
good luck with that mate! and god speed :)
screenshot if ever you got one please! |
omg bro you have the patience of a God. I'll pray for you hahaha.
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6200. I think ill just update every 200-300
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It only took me 47 soft resets to get my shiny Froakie. I traded it over to my main game in Pokemon X and now I'm trying to get a shiny Fennekin, but I'm at 50 and still nothing.
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6500. Nada badada :(
It'll happen i guess. |
Wow I'm impressed with your patience. Good luck, I hope you'll get your shiny soon!
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6812. Gonna get some tea and continue.
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WOW! That's great, you just HAVE to be close now!! Enjoy your tea and I'll pray for you! ^_^
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You really have a lotta patience. Hats off to you. :3 I do hope you'll get your shiny soon!
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Don't give up!Your almost there! ^^
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Wow!!! I hope you get it dude! prayers from london. Trying to hatch a shiny charmander atm on my 300 egg or so.
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Dont give up! And if you give up, safari zones are there to get shiny starters :) Also, dont let people spoil the game's plot before you actually begin playing it :)
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I'm amazed by your patience!
Fighting! : ) |
7000. Guess im getting unlucky with these odds.
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If it can relieve you, a good friend of mine is currently soft reseting for a Shiny Fennekin too, and just like you, she has the worst luck ever with odds, she reached 8500 SR today. She and I wish you best of luck on your hunt ! (Personnally, I'm hunting for mine using MM, I'm weak haha.)
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I've been watching this thread since you started it, Malmortius, I'm just chiming in with my support. I'm amazed by your dedication, such commitment must be rewarded eventually!
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Dude, I remember when you first posted this thread and had started out on your quest for your shiny Fennekin. I can't believe that after all this time you're still going at it! You have the patience of steel, my friend.
Hit me up with a PM when you finally get it! Might try and do something special for you. |
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Ahh when i see that shiny grey Fennekin, im going to be glad. Thats why i do it really. For that feeling of "holy crap, shiny" then having it for the whole adventure through. Makes it more personalized, you know? |
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I feel like its going to happen soon, for some reason. Come ooonnn! |
I've been following this thread, I wish you luck!
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7477 resets. Oh. Hell. Yes. That was a long one, now i can finally start my adventure.
http://www.pictars.com/users/blessedspirit/shinyyes.jpg Thanks for sticking with me guys. |
Congratulations! ^^
You really deserved it. |
aaaaa i remember watching this thread when you first started
i'm so happy for you!! congratulations and enjoy your game with your precious baby |
Wow congrats you deserve that awesome shiney fennekin. long time watcher of this thread glad it worked out for you. would have given up a long ago if it were me. your definitely made of tougher stuff. Congrats again.
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