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Age 27
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Seen August 14th, 2013
Posted August 14th, 2013
32 posts
10.5 Years
i do cheat, but only cheats that wont affect the difficulty of the game like speed cheats. i was wondering if you could actually get a shiny starter without cheating. not in the wild but for example when Oak tells you to get a ball off the table. is there a chance it will be shiny?

Synerjee

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Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
2,901 posts
10.6 Years
i do cheat, but only cheats that wont affect the difficulty of the game like speed cheats. i was wondering if you could actually get a shiny starter without cheating. not in the wild but for example when Oak tells you to get a ball off the table. is there a chance it will be shiny?
Yes, of course. The chances of a starter off the table being shiny is exactly the same as wild encounter shiny rates. To get a shiny starter without cheating, there is something called soft-resetting, more commonly known as SRing. This is done by saving the game just before picking your starter. If any of the starters aren't shiny, you simply reset the game - turn it off and on or press L + R + Start + Select for the DS or A + B + Start + Select for the Gameboy etc. and try again. Keep on doing this until the starter you want is shiny. This might take many, many tries, possibly even thousands, but it's the most efficient way to get a shiny starter.

And I do believe this belongs more appropriately to the Quick Questions thread?

Synerjee

Atra du evarinya ono varda.

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Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
2,901 posts
10.6 Years
I heard it's easier to get one in Emerald.
The chances of encountering a shiny in Emerald don't differ from the other generations actually, just to clarify. It's a 1/8192 chance throughout the games.

Anyways, all the best in your shiny hunt!

Sydian

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Age 30
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Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
And I do believe this belongs more appropriately to the Quick Questions thread?
Yes, ma'am! Just report it next time instead of pointing that out, please. :)

Anyway, next time you have a generalized question, just ask it in the Q&A thread that goes with the game you were going to apply it to. So if this was for HeartGold, for example, you'd ask in the 4th gen Q&A. Anyway, now that it's answered, I'll close it. But before I go, I just want to mention that RNG abuse > shiny hunting. If you'd like to learn more about RNG abuse, there's a great guide in Trade Corner and if you go to the TC chat, there are plenty of great RNGers that would be willing to help you. :) Good luck!

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