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2nd Gen ? Red Gyarados + Blue Gyarados = Gold Magikarp ?

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Kitori_theTeamAquaSuicune

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    • There's a small chance for it to be true.
    I've tried it before, but ended in failure.
    So I guess the chances are still very rare.
    Shinies are normally are pain in the rear to find, unless yoou have a gameshark, mostly used for impatient people like me. X3
     

    wmoor0826

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    Kitori_theTeamAquaSuicune said:
    There's a small chance for it to be true.
    I've tried it before, but ended in failure.
    So I guess the chances are still very rare.
    Shinies are normally are pain in the rear to find, unless yoou have a gameshark, mostly used for impatient people like me. X3
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    For what to be true? The breeding for a shiny thing? Cuz thats true, the chances of getting a through an egg with a shiny parent are cut down to 1/64. If you breed the red gyarados with a ditto, I am positive that you will eventually get a shiny (gold) magikarp.
     

    Black Ice

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    I thought that IVs determined whether a Pokemon was shiny or not in G/S/C.

    Since you already have a shiny Gyarados, and up to 2 IVs can be passed from a parent to the baby (1 from father, 1 from mother, 1 is random), your chances are, uh...higher...?
    And if you've got 2 shinies, then that means that 3 IVs are the special ones. So your chances are higher.

    Or something like that. I'm sure someone will totally destroy this thought, though. =/
     

    Yuma

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    • Making a shiny breed with a normal pokémon doesn't increase the chance of getting a shiney pokémon. You just have to be lucky to get one.
     

    Jesus Freak Josh

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    • GameFAQs said:
    To get a shiny Pokemon, the following conditions must be met:

    The left digit of the random Attack/Defense value must be 2, 3, 6, 7, A, B, E,
    or F.
    The gene-passing parent's Defense gene must be A.
    The left digit of the random Speed/Special value must be A.
    The gene-passing parent's Special must be 2 or A.

    You can figure out the chance of getting a Shiny by determining the odds of the
    desired gender of the baby, then look below:

    Remember, one of the parents must meet the requirements above, and the desired
    gender is the inverse of that parent.

    If the baby has a 100% chance of getting the desired gender, or one of its
    parents is a Ditto that meets the above requirements, the odds it will be shiny
    is 1:64 (8:512).
    If the baby has a 87.5% chance of getting the desired gender, the odds it will
    be shiny is 7:512.
    If the baby has a 75% chance of getting the desired gender, the odds it will be
    shiny is 3:256 (6:512).
    If the baby has a 50% chance of getting the desired gender, the odds it will be
    shiny is 1:128 (4:512).
    If the baby has a 25% chance of getting the desired gender, the odds it will be
    shiny is 1:256 (2:512).
    If the baby has a 12.5% chance of getting the desired gender, the odds it will
    be shiny is 1:512.

    NOTE: The odds of finding a shiny in the wild is 16:65536, or 1:4096
    Click to expand...

    Here's the full FAQ, which explains a bit of stuff you must know to full understand that particular part.

    That said, it's not likely you're going to get a shiny first go, though it IS possible.
     

    mew2three567

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    I tried to breed a shiny gyrados with a regular gyrados, but it just resulted in a regular magikarp, and my shiny gyrados disapearing into cyberspace.
     

    Honey-Senpai

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    As for this rumor, It's not true since it's a matter of being shiny or not, as it should be 100%, It's only 50%.

    Waaai~
    ~Honey-Senpai~
     

    Mewtwo42

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    Getting a shiny pokemon to hatch from an egg is totally random. What the parents are doesn't matter at all.
     

    wmoor0826

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    Look, tommorow ill post a video of me getting a shiny magikarp from a normal gyarados and a red one in less than 50 tries.
     
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