Actually, if you want Gender Specific pokemon, then you have to actually have to buy a different game. FireRed=Female, LeafGreen=Male (I shoulda gotten FireRed) It doesn't matter how many times you reset, it will always turn up male / female according to the cartrige. Shinies are rare, and they're just to gloat, nothing special about them, I suggest you don't waste your time and / or just mass breed them when you get the chance. It took me three hours to try and get a Shiney Mewtwo and I still didn't get one, whereas my friend got his RIGHT when he approched the critter. [Mewtwo hates me anyways] So, don't really hold your breathe for a shiney, because the unpredictable will happen [Raichu 29 gets a critical hit on a Tengala 39 with 3/4 life and kills it instantaneously] Or, you trade them to a friend for a pokemon you don't have. The important thing is, if you're going to try is to NOT GET BORED OF THE GAME BECAUSE OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okies? Good luck on your shiney hunting. Btw, should this just go in "SIMPLE QUESTIONS"? Seems like one...