Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Dark Edea]

My favorite Pokemon is Bunnicula.

 

[Massively Strong Greed]

I kind of envy you, because shiny Giratina is pretty kickass. Did you find it on your first try, or did you soft-reset to find it?

I never have the patience to soft reset for shinies. I once tried it for a shiny Aipom in Diamond on a honey tree, and after a half an hour, I couldn't take it anymore.

I soft-reset, but it only took about 10 tries. If you really want a shiny Giratina and you have Sword or Shield with the DLC, try Dynamax Adventures, they have a 1% chance of giving you a shiny.

 

[Coelacanth]

I kind of envy you, because shiny Giratina is pretty kickass. Did you find it on your first try, or did you soft-reset to find it?

I never have the patience to soft reset for shinies. I once tried it for a shiny Aipom in Diamond on a honey tree, and after a half an hour, I couldn't take it anymore.

Veteran shiny hunter here. I'll tell you right now that the patience one has to have to do full odds shiny hunting can only be honed - especially if it's on games pre-Gen 6 where the odds were one in 8,192. It's something only mega autists can do and even if you manage to develop a taste for it the community is pozzed by sjw shit like most of the pokemon community. If you really want to try it I recommend the gen 2 starters in HGSS - you can actually see if the starters are shiny before you choose them and encounters stack up really quickly considering you're seeing three pokemon at a time instead of one.

But if you wish to do it the Weenie Hut Jr. normie way, do the SWSH DLC or Gen 7's wormholes - you can get the Shiny Charm easy and that should cut out a lot of time. Just stay away from the normie hunting community - they're boring and usually fake over-the-top reactions like aDrive does. They're also pozzed by SJWs too.

 

[Dunsparce]

In Gen V there was a distribution at Gamestop for a Shiny Giratina(there was also ones for Dialga/Palkia), but unless you find a copy of the download event cartridge(which is pricey since it wasn't meant to be obtainable to consumers), it's long gone. I do believe there is a way to spoof event distributions with the Gen IV and V games using fan-made servers, but I've never looked much into it myself since I got the event normally back in the day.

 

[Ido]

In Gen V there was a distribution at Gamestop for a Shiny Giratina(there was also ones for Dialga/Palkia), but unless you find a copy of the download event cartridge(which is pricey since it wasn't meant to be obtainable to consumers), it's long gone. I do believe there is a way to spoof event distributions with the Gen IV and V games using fan-made servers, but I've never looked much into it myself since I got the event normally back in the day.

I got those. I don't think I have any extra palkia but I do have an extra giratina I think. Its been a while.

Do you guys remember the fucking legendary dog event for Gen 4? I got so many. Dear God. I'd go to gamestop with my pearl, two diamonds (had an extra), and platinum to get one of the event dogs. I went three times because they released at different times and then they decided to release them all again over wifi. I had so fucking many, had to have been at least 7 sets of all three. I'd give away entire sets of them, I still have two- one is mine and another is on hold.

I was fucking furious when they decided make the events code based.

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

Veteran shiny hunter here. I'll tell you right now that the patience one has to have to do full odds shiny hunting can only be honed - especially if it's on games pre-Gen 6 where the odds were one in 8,192. It's something only mega autists can do and even if you manage to develop a taste for it the community is pozzed by sjw shit like most of the pokemon community. If you really want to try it I recommend the gen 2 starters in HGSS - you can actually see if the starters are shiny before you choose them and encounters stack up really quickly considering you're seeing three pokemon at a time instead of one.

But if you wish to do it the Weenie Hut Jr. normie way, do the SWSH DLC or Gen 7's wormholes - you can get the Shiny Charm easy and that should cut out a lot of time. Just stay away from the normie hunting community - they're boring and usually fake over-the-top reactions like aDrive does. They're also pozzed by SJWs too.

To be honest, shinies aren't that big of a deal for me. Some are cool and all, but not necessary. All of the shinies I have that weren't guaranteed or from events I just found randomly.

The was another time my lack of patience got the better of me: I tried that shiny radar thing in Diamond (where the grass wiggles, I don't remember what the name of it is, but it's on the Poketch) to catch a shiny Phanpy while using a shitton of Repels. I got to like 35 battles and then the Repel I was using ran out. Instead of instantly using another one, I lost focus and ran straight for the wiggling grass, only to get interrupted by a Bidoof. Bam, chain ended. I was so mad at myself, I started reeeing and running around the grass.

...And then, the game took pity on me, because my next encounter after that was a shiny Machop. I nicknamed her Chyna...I should have named her She Hulk instead.

I actually played around with the Ultra Wormhole a bit, and have a few shinies from that. I don't own SwSh, and I don't plan to, unless I find a used copy for dirt cheap.

In Gen V there was a distribution at Gamestop for a Shiny Giratina(there was also ones for Dialga/Palkia), but unless you find a copy of the download event cartridge(which is pricey since it wasn't meant to be obtainable to consumers), it's long gone. I do believe there is a way to spoof event distributions with the Gen IV and V games using fan-made servers, but I've never looked much into it myself since I got the event normally back in the day.

Oh shit, I forgot I got those! They're on my copy of Ultra Sun, I just haven't looked in a long time. Now I don't feel as bad.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Speaking of which, I love how shiny Zygarde looks, kinda stupid how it was locked behind an event for such a long time. Only the story-relevant legendaries are shiny locked in SwSh.
Edit: these lovelies are shiny locked and I hate it
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Shiny Galar Moltres looks like if Ho-Oh decided it wanted to maliciously frame Moltres, so it put on face-paint and disguised its wings to go burn down multiple cities and forests, and eat small children.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

In Gen V there was a distribution at Gamestop for a Shiny Giratina(there was also ones for Dialga/Palkia), but unless you find a copy of the download event cartridge(which is pricey since it wasn't meant to be obtainable to consumers), it's long gone. I do believe there is a way to spoof event distributions with the Gen IV and V games using fan-made servers, but I've never looked much into it myself since I got the event normally back in the day.

I did som event injections on official distribution ROMs. I even made my own distribution.
Of course, that is local Wi-Fi...

 

[CausticMinory]

Nothing boils my piss more than, doing the dynamic adventure stuff, getting the shiny charm cause it'll up shiny odds. Giving up catching shiny legendaries, then having the last legendary to catch (Yveltal) being the ONLY shiny legendary I could get

 

[Antarctic Hellbeast]

The whole concept of "shinylocking" is retarded.

Why would they kneecap themselves with such an obscure gameplay feature for no reason starting in Gen 7? No one goes for a shinydex.

 

[Disc]

The whole concept of "shinylocking" is retarded.

Why would they kneecap themselves with such an obscure gameplay feature for no reason starting in Gen 7? No one goes for a shinydex.

1: so they can distribute the shinies as special events, no point even trying to hide this one
2: So they don't have to do cutscenes over twice for the one in a few thousand chance it's a shiny
3: So people don't get hung up at these key points in the story/game and keep progressing.

 

[Massively Strong Greed]

The whole concept of "shinylocking" is retarded.

Why would they kneecap themselves with such an obscure gameplay feature for no reason starting in Gen 7? No one goes for a shinydex.

Shiny locks actually started in Gen 5. I guess it’s to keep the colors of the Pokémon consistent with the cutscenes, but it’s fucking stupid that things like the starters are shiny locked now (until you breed them, that is).

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

The whole concept of "shinylocking" is retarded.

Why would they kneecap themselves with such an obscure gameplay feature for no reason starting in Gen 7? No one goes for a shinydex.

There are people that go for a shiny dex, but those people are few and between. Never underestimate the autistic dedication people have for this game.

 

[Dunsparce]

The whole concept of "shinylocking" is retarded.

Why would they kneecap themselves with such an obscure gameplay feature for no reason starting in Gen 7? No one goes for a shinydex.

Gen V was when this began, actually. The Liberty Island Victini and Reshiram/Zekrom were shiny locked. Gen VI also Shiny locked all legends obtainable in X and Y(The birds, Mewtwo, and the three main legends), and ORAS Shiny-locked Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, and Deoxys. Gen VII Shiny locked all Gen VII Legends and Ultra Beasts in Sun and Moon, then let the Ultra Beasts be shiny in USUM. in Sword and Shield the only Gen VIII legends not shiny-locked are the two new Regis, even the Galarian Birds are shiny-locked(Also so is the Keldeo obtainable in the game, it is one of the mythicals that still has yet to have ever been obtainable as Shiny).

 

[Coelacanth]

The whole concept of "shinylocking" is retarded.

Why would they kneecap themselves with such an obscure gameplay feature for no reason starting in Gen 7? No one goes for a shinydex.

The only use for it is on uncatchable 'mons like the Poochyena in ORAS. Everything else is just GF being retarded.

Shiny locks actually started in Gen 5. I guess it’s to keep the colors of the Pokémon consistent with the cutscenes, but it’s fucking stupid that things like the starters are shiny locked now (until you breed them, that is).

I can't help but wonder if that was to encourage people to use the Masuda method for starters. The mentality at GF seems to be to make the games as easy as possible - why not make it that you can only use the easiest method for starter hunting too? I might be reaching here, but I wouldn't put it past them.

 

[Antarctic Hellbeast]

There are people that go for a shiny dex, but those people are few and between. Never underestimate the autistic dedication people have for this game.

I dont , was alluding to what you posted here as to how few actually go for it and how unfair it is to them short of either outright cheating or using some form of Arbitrary code execution since shiny versions of every pokemon exist, like the fruit punch-stained solgaleo and lunala that have yet to be distributed.

Gen V was when this began, actually. The Liberty Island Victini and Reshiram/Zekrom were shiny locked. Gen VI also Shiny locked all legends obtainable in X and Y(The birds, Mewtwo, and the three main legends), and ORAS Shiny-locked Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, and Deoxys. Gen VII Shiny locked all Gen VII Legends and Ultra Beasts in Sun and Moon, then let the Ultra Beasts be shiny in USUM. in Sword and Shield the only Gen VIII legends not shiny-locked are the two new Regis, even the Galarian Birds are shiny-locked(Also so is the Keldeo obtainable in the game, it is one of the mythicals that still has yet to have ever been obtainable as Shiny).

ORAS at least had some online distributions of its legendaries, like a shiny rayquaza and groudon, as an anniversary online mystery gift. They even gave out a the only legitimate shiny zygarde in celebration during that "year of legendary pokemon" they had for Gen VII. shame that ORAS was the last time they used online distributions properly.

Almost like *GASP* Automatic Updates that most developers post-2000 do. A scary and forbidden topic among Japanese developers I know. (just like Atlus)

The only use for it is on uncatchable 'mons like the Poochyena in ORAS. Everything else is just GF being retarded.


I can't help but wonder if that was to encourage people to use the Masuda method for starters. The mentality at GF seems to be to make the games as easy as possible - why not make it that you can only use the easiest method for starter hunting too? I might be reaching here, but I wouldn't put it past them.

Most people probably don't know who masuda even is, let alone the method, but yes it was a HUGE push for the improved GTN of GEN VII. GF unknowingly made completing the actual regional dex actually possible for the first time with just 1 copy of a pokemon game and much easier. Was also extremely noticeable for 2/10 eggs to be shiny on average this way.

Was also the last game Iwata-san had a hand in before his passing. Hence why Gen VII isnt nearly the train wreck of GEN VIII since he was the one holding multiple franchises and studio's feet to the fire to actually do their jobs and actually pretty talented. Hence the "unknowingly" because GF doesnt know what direction they want to go in, unlike Iwata. Who earned his stripes pioneering the wii, ds, and gameboy and responsible for making pokemon the hit it was right out of the gate alongside his work on the Mother franchise at the start of his career with consistent increases in quality and number of pokemon each release.

He was one of the rare cases of someone actually working through the ranks at a single company that just doesn't happen anymore due to the change in the times.

 

[SnowBall]

In Gen V there was a distribution at Gamestop for a Shiny Giratina(there was also ones for Dialga/Palkia), but unless you find a copy of the download event cartridge(which is pricey since it wasn't meant to be obtainable to consumers), it's long gone. I do believe there is a way to spoof event distributions with the Gen IV and V games using fan-made servers, but I've never looked much into it myself since I got the event normally back in the day.

You can use a DNS exploit to get event Pokemon from the ds era games.

 

[Coelacanth]

You can use a DNS exploit to get event Pokemon from the ds era games.

Yep. Did it to get the Liberty Ticket in BW.

Here's a 2020 guide for anyone interested:

EDIT: Also a guide to set up an Open Network!

 

[Dark Edea]

If I wanted to play a Pokemon game for the first time since Red, which one should I play?

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

If I wanted to play a Pokemon game for the first time since Red, which one should I play?

I say FireRed or LeafGreen.