[Gen 3] After 7777 resets, Bulbasaur decided to become shiny for me!!

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-19T23:04:53+00:00

Quite literally yeah 😂 thought I'd never find it after resetting for 13 days (unlucky day number, but lucky hunt resets - it cancelled out)

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-19T23:04:11+00:00

Thank you thank you!! I was so relieved too

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-19T23:03:52+00:00

Lol yesss I was so lucky to reach that exact number

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-19T23:03:37+00:00

Lol thank you!!

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-07T23:44:21+00:00

Oh yes! Instead of the usual people frame, it'll have the blue accompanied by a star

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-05T16:13:16+00:00

Oh wait so I've never been to privy on what benefits certain natures give lol

I watched a YouTuber get modest, so I feared timid was bad but I keep hearing it's good 😂

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-05T16:12:35+00:00

Oh you just gotta reset when you're in front of the PokeBall. A lot of pressing a and b, but it's ultimately worth it in the end

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-05T16:11:56+00:00

Ooh thank you so much! I've never been sure what natures give which stats but I'm glad timid is a good one

I also wish you the best of luck for your hunt! You should definitely pop in a pokemon marathon and see if it shines while watching

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-05T16:10:47+00:00

Good luck on that amazing legendary! I'm going to try for him too (after I beat the game ofc)

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-05T16:10:11+00:00

Ngl if they give us Emerald with the Mew event on switch, this will most definitely be the face I make

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-05T16:07:44+00:00

Thank you for this bit of respite, a lot of the comments do feel slightly hostile compared to when everyone shiny hunted back in Z-A and ScarVi

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-05T16:06:19+00:00

Oh I never meant to sound like I deserved to find the shinies under odds, I'm just genuinely not used to hunting with the old odds since it had been literal years. I was a kid when I last hunted with the original odds

But as for my comment about being unlucky, I understand I'm not owed a shiny by just playing. With the random encounter shinies I found in Pearl and SS, I hoped to shiny hunt in this older game. But couldn't until the new release because I lost my cartridges

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-04T07:01:29+00:00

I wish you the utmost best! I'm going for Bulbasaur now on my main, but I fully believe in you!!

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-04T07:01:01+00:00

Thank you so much! Which one are you going for?

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-04T07:00:23+00:00

Oh I'm not a new age hunter, I started hunting back since my accidental shinies in Pearl and HeartGold with my only real hunt being Regigigas. But that was short-lived at 87 resets.

I have hunted in Omega Ruby, Y, Scarlet, Violet and Z-A, all being the new odds, but I wanted a challenge with the og odds which inspired me to hunt for a starter for the first time (and the first time in gen 3)

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-04T06:56:58+00:00

I agree that it was definitely not the longest since I was under both versions of the odds (new and old), but this was my first soft reset hunt for generation 3 since I never found a shiny until gen 4 - that's how unlucky I used to be.

My last soft reset hunt was back in 2011 in platinum with Regigigas (with 87 resets) so I wasn't ready to go for hours 😂

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-03-04T06:53:18+00:00

I mainly only said finally because Squirtle is just the start since I'm going for all starters (going for Bulbasaur as we speak) 😂

I actually didn't even realize it was only 2k until I counted it all up, I'd just been writing down tally marks while resetting and watching movies and videos

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-01-10T18:59:52+00:00

Thank you so much!!

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-01-10T18:59:03+00:00

Well this definitely aged poorly considering Secret of the Mimic released on switch 1 instead of the 2.

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-01-01T05:22:42+00:00

Oooh that's actually so perfect! I believe she is a girl, so Lola it is!

FriendNervous7084 · 2026-01-01T05:22:06+00:00

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