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Wow, shinies are too common in X and Y.


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Serebii has updated their Shiny Pokémon mechanics page.

Apparently, there's a 1 in 4,096 of a shiny Pokémon appearing normally.

Down by 50%.

Same with MM-ing.

Now there's a 1 in 682.65 chance of getting a shiny when you MM.

Seriously.

What the heck?

I suddenly feel like my shiny Clauncher, Zubat, and Goomy aren't so special.

(Okay, so I was still lucky to get three shinies, but... but...)

*goes off to MM for a shiny Honedge and Gastly*

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You clauncher isn't worth anything, because of the fisging chain, but the other shinies are still worth something. 1/4000 and 1/600 is still a lot.

Zubat... I've encountered hundreds (possibly thousands) of Pokémon as it is, EV training with hordes. I was bound luck out sooner or later.

And my Goomy was Goomy 121.

Edited by Fruity Insanity
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My shiny aggron still fills special to me.

In fact, I'm quite happy that they're more 'common'(1/4000 still isn't that common). I personally never had seen a wild shiny despite spending hours upon hours playing pokemon since Gen 3(played the first 2 gens on emulator). This gen gave me 2 shinies and they feel special anyway.

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Considering that I've been playing this game for over 200 hours without a single shiny sighting, I'd say they're still pretty rare. Or maybe I'm just unlucky; wouldn't immediately rule that out...

Edited by Silver Lightning
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At my school i am part of a group of kids that is always playing x and y(we're almost a pokemon gang). 4 of us(including me) have not seen a shiny in this game. two of us have found 2 shinys, one of us has only found 1, and one of us, get this, has 4. wut?

also, to whoever asked, MM stands for Masuda Method, where putting a pokemon in the daycare with a foreign pokemon increases the chances of the egg being shiny.

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Famous last words

No, those are just me ranting about my inability to catch a shiny. THESE are famous last words: “You cannot win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars

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I found 1 fucking shiny in my thousands of hours that I've put into pokemon. Fuck the shiny rate, it should be lower.

On another note, I did feel really special when I found it.

Edited by Rah
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