Info on Shiny Pokemon! ^_^ hints and tips for Pokemon Pearl

Info on Shiny Pokemon! ^_^

During your adventure, you may encounter a Pokemon whose color scheme looks different from it's normal version. Congratulate yourself, for you have just encountered a shiny Pokemon.

A shiny Pokemon is like a trophy; while it is not any stronger than it's normal version, the fact that you have one is pretty cool. The chances of finding a shiny Pokemon is 1 in 8,192. That's a 0.0122% chance of finding one! Don't bother breeding for one either, as the chances of receiving a shiny egg are just as slim. Because of this, there is no reason to go hunting for a "shiny" like you would hunt for Latios. Doing so is a WASTE of time! Theoretically, you have to encounter 8,000 Pokemon to see just ONE shiny! Make a better use of your life and pray for luck instead. LOL.

If you happen to find a shiny, here are some tips:

- Always carry Pok�balls with you. As previously said, you never know when you are going to come across a shiny. If you've found one, it would really be a bummer to not be able to catch it.

- Pokemon that have set locations are easier to find shiny. These Pokemon never change locations, so you'll always find THAT specific Pokemon, thus reducing wasted time. For example, the three starters, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, etc.

- Looking for a specific shiny in the open wild is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Make that a really big haystack. Because you cannot control what you are going to encounter in the grass, sea, or cave, you never know which Pokemon that you run across will be shiny. Honestly, this type of shiny hunting isn't worth it; don't make Pokemon a tedious activity.

- If you run across one shiny legendary, you will always run across a shiny legendary. In other words, if you have found a shiny legendary that runs away, such as Latias or Latios, the Pokemon will remain shiny the next time you see it. If you run across a shiny Latios, don't worry that you'll never see him again; just battle him as usual, and make sure to save RIGHT AFTER the encounter.

For those interested, the exact probability of encountering a shiny Pokemon is calculated as follows. The game generates four random numbers ranging from 0 to 65535. These are represented as binary numbers, 16 bits in length. The bitwise operation "exclusive or" is performed on each of the numbers, resulting in a single binary number in the range 0 to 65535. If this number is less than 8, the Pokemon is shiny. Hence the probability of this occuring is 8/65536 or 1/8192.

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