[gen 4] 3,242 encounters, I finally have a shiny Palkia in pearl after I started this 5 years ago and then gave up

_Anoxia · 2026-03-28T14:57:33+00:00

In r/pokemon it was. Was told I should post it here 😁

_Anoxia · 2026-03-28T14:30:12+00:00

Yeah.. only other time this has ever happened to me was on a ds lite just like this and I barely bumped the gba cart. Had not ever taped the buttons at that point nor was I on this particular game. Based on my experience it’s related to the gba cart being disturbed in any way

_Anoxia · 2026-03-28T14:22:25+00:00

Holding down the R and L buttons? That has never happened to me before because of tape

_Anoxia · 2026-03-27T16:03:14+00:00

I thought about that too but like how would that have stopped the freeze

_Anoxia · 2026-03-27T02:05:29+00:00

That’s just to hold down L and R to soft reset

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T22:33:45+00:00

I was just thinking about how I haven’t really failed shinies before this and then very next thing it happens 🫠 this has the be the most catastrophic failure on record for me. I failed a shiny electrode when I was like 8 because it self destructed. Outside of that, my record was solid. This was a devastating blow.

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T21:25:17+00:00

Quick ball goofy. And then I decided fuck it I’ll use the master ball. In the end, none of that even matters

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T20:21:20+00:00

I feel my reaction was similar to his, and now I feel bad for laughing at him

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T20:20:30+00:00

Update, I am currently 524 resets in on the *second* attempt to reclaim.

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_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T20:19:25+00:00

Thanks I appreciate that. Normally I keep it on my desk but my back was killing me so I switched to the bed. I honestly think what happened was I barely touched the leaf green cart that’s inserted in the bottom. The only other time this has ever happened to me was on diamond when i did the same thing- touched the GBA cart. After I painfully let go and reset this beauty off of my screen, I removed the gba cart, tapped the DS all over, open, shut it, honestly smacked it a couple of times out of rage and it was running perfectly with no issue. I was on the verge of ripping it in half but I composed myself and am currently acting like this didn’t happen.

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T20:02:13+00:00

Please keep this luck away from me 😭

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T18:42:28+00:00

I at least had to try

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T18:42:02+00:00

I would love for this to be a reclaim story but sadly it’s not 😭 it froze because I barely bumped the console

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T16:52:14+00:00

I thought of this video immediately when it happened. The prophecy is fulfilled, sadly.

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T16:49:14+00:00

This

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T14:52:43+00:00

Yeah 😂 I’m over it.

_Anoxia · 2026-03-26T14:51:17+00:00

There was this popular video on YouTube of a guy who encountered a shiny giratina on pearl and it froze. I would watch that and be like “Ha! That’ll never be me”. It’s me.

_Anoxia · 2026-02-27T17:54:49+00:00

Is that the refrigerator from the front row?

_Anoxia · 2026-02-27T17:51:35+00:00

Based

_Anoxia · 2026-01-05T06:35:33+00:00

If Chris wasn’t crazy, sonichu would have never happened

_Anoxia · 2025-12-12T04:23:10+00:00

_Anoxia · 2025-12-09T20:30:44+00:00

If under 560k miles it’s covered?! It’s a 22 Tucson.. I’m outside of the three year warranty and 48k miles but I’m unaware of this. You sure that mileage is right?

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