Hello, again! I didn't expect to be back so early, but I have a Gen III story to share with you:
Short version:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (that nature is meh, but those IVs are insane!)
Long version:
After having my Gen I-III games stolen from my bedroom many years ago, I've had to resort to emulation to play those games. Yesterday, finally having figured out how to Pal Park from VisualBoyAdvance to DeSmuME, I was giddy to the bone! Articuno is pretty much my favourite Pokémon and was one of my main Pokémon in Gen II, so I quickly decided to mass capture and reset for an awesome IV'd Calm Articuno, for old times' sake.
Yadda yadda, full throttle emulation reset speed - I'd estimate around 300-400 captures while holding the speed up button -, the unexpected glittery beast shone in my face! Dumbfounded, I made sure to
carefully journey towards the Master Ball in my bags.
I initially tried Pal Parking from Fire Red to Platinum. No dice, so I decided to trade Sahria to Sapphire to do it from that game.
Argh! Since I had started a file just for this (walk through "walls" to Seafoam Islands and one Master Ball "borrowed" from Silph Co.), I didn't have the ability to trade to Hoenn! After a glorious sprint through the game with
Drenek, my Venusaur, I managed to trade between the two games (picture 1), which allowed me to Pal Park to Platinum (picture 2).
It was a crazy trek, blasting through all the Gyms and the Sevii Islands at top speed, but very much worth it!
I'm very happy with the unexpected appearance and can't wait to see Sahria in 3D!
Shine on, everyone!
P.S.: I know the club isn't counting emulated captures because of potential cheating and speed-ups (even though I'm sure RNG abuse has clouded the border between ROM and cartridge), but I felt I still had to report it. The Shiny Articuno showed up under proper conditions, even if I was resetting much faster.