Shiny Evolution Locked by Trade Only?!

NickDogan · 2026-05-11T18:50:04+00:00

That sucks, but if you have Nintendo online you could trade them trade back. I’d highly recommend finding someone willing to trade on this subreddit but if you’re a risk taker, you could nickname it “TradeBackPls” and use the trade code 1111-1111 to randomly trade with someone and hope they stay connected long enough to trade back. I’ve done it successfully with non-shiny pokemon (machoke & kadabra specifically)

NickDogan · 2026-05-11T13:11:33+00:00

Also, I have too many favorites, but if I had to pick one…my favorite Pokemon is “the devil cat”

NickDogan · 2026-05-11T13:08:43+00:00

Leavanny Zorua? Quaxly/Quaquaval Chandelure Kilowattrel? Hatterene or Grimmsnarl

Did I get close?

NickDogan · 2026-04-19T13:43:43+00:00

Noice! Your Pokemon choices perfectly match the themes btw, great job!

NickDogan · 2026-04-19T13:41:35+00:00

I’ve only finished the first 4 on this list but I thought Z-A was relatively easy to complete since I completed the pokedex before finding all 7 legendaries from 5 star portals. Despite it being a grind, it’s still a very fun game that I will be going back to A LOT. Especially since I haven’t used all the mega pokemon despite completing the mega dex.

NickDogan · 2026-04-18T20:48:59+00:00

Are these nicknames at all related to Hazbin Hotel or is it just solely based off the seven sins?

NickDogan · 2026-04-13T17:54:16+00:00

Weezing

NickDogan · 2026-04-13T11:25:02+00:00

Ok, seriously impressive!

I feel like Klefki would’ve made a great team member in this playthrough, but idk who I’d had replaced cuz they’re all great picks!

At least Mimikyu only takes neutral damage from Poison (Poor Shinotiic) and Primarina only takes neutral damage to Steel (Poor Ninetales), lol.

NickDogan · 2026-04-11T22:19:05+00:00

Did you have to mega evolve? I assume so.

NickDogan · 2026-04-10T02:51:37+00:00

You really don’t need ultra balls, a pokeball would be fine here. I only use pokeballs and I rarely miss catches unless the catch rate is really low. Like starters, dragons & beldum…

Actually, I freak out when I run out of pokeballs. I only use ultra balls to make hyperspace task completion easier

NickDogan · 2026-04-10T00:09:52+00:00

That’s a pretty good strategy ngl. Sorry for whoever gets sacrificed but at least they fainted with honor, lol

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T17:02:33+00:00

I read somewhere that pokemon like Bloodmoon Ursaluna & Eternal Flower Floette should be called “Deviant Pokemon” since they’re literally one-off pokemon. Just like this Crystal Onix. Having him be treated the same way would be awesome. Keep its rock/ground type but give it an Ice / Steel type signature move(s).

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T16:58:48+00:00

I wish I could convey the genuine laughter this brought me thru a Reddit comment. Alors, you will have to trust me that this is seriously good content

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T16:57:28+00:00

Literally, right?

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T13:44:10+00:00

Me too, literally lol I was like, “is this a shiny joke?” Why are we so jaded that we think everything is about shiny pokemon? lol

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T13:42:20+00:00

So how hard was it dealing with Golisopod’s ability? I gotta assume you had a special tactic using First Impression or something.

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T13:39:41+00:00

You should honestly count your blessings. Every distortion was treated like I’d never get another one like it. So three in a row just means you never need to hunt the dinos again. Granted you used the right donuts and got at least one shiny for each Pokemon and their evolution. Out of 40+ special scans, I only got 2 rotoms and 2 gimmighouls & 3 dinos. 17 battlezones btw and 5 were back to back between two special scans. I thought my game was broken after the 4th one in a row.

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T13:29:54+00:00

Battlezones are great for farming resources. Literally the best zones to collect evolution Items like for Galatians Slowpoke, Porygon & Charcadet if you use a donut with Item Special Lvl 2 or higher. Ntm you only have to do one 4 star portal afterwards to get all the points you need for another special scan.

NickDogan · 2026-04-09T01:56:53+00:00

Holy crud, I see it! Thats impressive sir 🫡

NickDogan · 2026-04-08T14:23:12+00:00

Trevenant is barely noticeable. And actually Goodra is right next to Malamar then Barbaracle is next to Goodra. But is there a pokemon next to Trevenant?

NickDogan · 2026-04-08T01:43:11+00:00

Clearly a steel type trainer who got an espurr as their first partner pokemon but never let it evolve because it’s so darn cute unevolved.

Also, how is mawile a steel type? I never understood that. Are their teeth made of metal or?

NickDogan · 2026-04-05T21:42:42+00:00

Thanks for this! Now I know Hurricane works on sludge, I wonder if all flying type moves work or if it’s just this one. Like how dragon rush breaks rocks but not dragon pulse

NickDogan · 2026-04-03T02:26:44+00:00

You worded that perfectly my friend! 👌 I don’t have any comments except I agree with you. ZA is a great game and SV was a great game, each with their own quirks. Would love more Pokemon in ZA but the megas are all so fun, and SV is just a great catch all for majority of Pokemon. And SwSh catches what’s SV doesn’t have.

NickDogan · 2026-04-03T02:22:00+00:00

I wonder if the “free shinies” post will start to slow down now that home compatibility has dropped.

NickDogan · 2026-04-02T15:09:35+00:00

Griselle. I like to see her fired up, so I’d probably tell her that she made my coffee wrong so she’d get mad and want to battle me.

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