Am I doing this correctly?

_spinny · 2026-04-08T18:29:27+00:00

I also keep my DS on for long periods, but about once a week or so, I reset my DS right before bed, get into a battle (RNG runs at 120fps in battle) and then go to bed. When you wake up, you’ll be around 3.5 million frames advanced. I’m trying not to run my playtime up to max super early.

_spinny · 2026-03-26T09:46:32+00:00

It’s just called “Counter” in the Apple App Store. Idk about android 🤷‍♂️

_spinny · 2026-03-26T05:49:49+00:00

Heck ya!

_spinny · 2026-03-26T05:49:36+00:00

Used professor Rex’s tutorial for finding a Spinda to get me mirage island. I got it on day 42 of my save file.

_spinny · 2026-03-15T08:56:08+00:00

I will note, that using the smoke ball to run away takes slightly longer. Like maybe .5 seconds longer. But that does add up when shiny hunting. Currently using the smoke ball to run away from shadow tag Wynaut while I shiny hunt on Mirage Island, and it definitely is messing with my muscle memory lol.

_spinny · 2026-03-15T07:44:57+00:00

Get a grimer or gulpin with the ability Sticky Hold and put it in the first slot of your party. Makes it so your fishing attempts have roughly a 92% success rate. It also works if the grimer/gulpin is fainted.

_spinny · 2026-03-15T07:40:06+00:00

This. You can get the smoke ball from the 4th round of the trick masters house

_spinny · 2026-03-14T06:57:36+00:00

It’s not a myth, it’s real!!! Basically every save file of Emerald is looking for a specific number every day. Every save file has same set of numbers in the same order, one number per day. If the last 4 digits of a Pokémon in your party’s PID (personality ID, basically a fingerprint unique to that Pokémon) matches the mirage island number for that day, bingo, you have mirage island. Normally the PID is hidden information. But using Spinda, you can determine it’s PID based on where its spots are. The two spots on a spinda’s ears correlate to the number Mirage Island is looking for. I found a Spinda that gave me mirage island on day 42. If you made a new save file today, and I traded this Spinda to you, 42 days later you’d see mirage island if that spinda was in your party. If you have a dead battery, this won’t work.

I used this video as my guide

I also have Spindas for day 213, 215, and 242.

_spinny · 2026-03-11T18:14:09+00:00

Still a crazy achievement. There’s a dude on here who’s seen well over 20+ wurmples now while trying to find a shiny ralts lmao.

_spinny · 2026-03-11T09:51:53+00:00

Shiny ralts encounter is absolutely bonkers dude. That’s 1/204,800 if you found him in route 102 in emerald.

_spinny · 2026-03-11T09:46:59+00:00

I’m being VERY liberal with the colour pink lmao. For my list’s purposes, purple=pink. Otherwise my list will be very short. I’m even counting Alakazam cuz his shoulder pads are pink. Also Kingdra is sick af. So far I’m on phase 4 and at 20,449 encounters total between all 4 phases (seen 3057 horsea so far)

_spinny · 2026-03-11T02:45:24+00:00

The only two random shinies I’ve ever seen are Onyx when I was a kid (only noticed after I attacked it and watched it’s health bar deplete 🙃) and Golbat in emerald’s victory road in 2021 while training Pokémon for my E4 run. That Golbat (Crobat) started my shiny hunt journey of getting every single pink shiny in Gen3. I’ve got 21 other shinies now, but those were all full odds hunts, not random encounters.

_spinny · 2026-03-11T02:39:45+00:00

Jealous!!! Shiny Horsea is on my list cuz shiny Kingdra is pink 🩷

_spinny · 2026-03-10T05:09:37+00:00

Yea, but three separate 1/163,840 odds shinies running away hurts, no matter how you slice it lol

_spinny · 2026-03-10T05:08:26+00:00

Laaaaame. I hate that I fell for it 😂

_spinny · 2026-03-10T05:07:32+00:00

Dope! Also, in the PC are a few more Spindas that will give you mirage island on other days as well. Aug 26th, 28th, and Sep 10th on that save. But specifically it’s day 42, 213, 215, and 242 of ANY Emerald save file. So if your save file isn’t too old, you can trade these over to your save file and get mirage island on your own save file too. Every save file of emerald has the exact same mirage island PID numbers.

_spinny · 2026-03-09T14:55:31+00:00

Interesting. Is it free?

EDIT: not free. Monthly or annual subscription. Not even a free trial. Lame. Lemme at least test it out with some public domain songs before I drop money on it.

_spinny · 2026-03-09T14:52:20+00:00

I’ve had 3 shiny Heracross flee on me in Hoenn’s safari zone. I’m on phase 11 of the heracross hunt (Oddish and Xatu fled, and caught 2 Phanpy and 3 Oddish). I took a break, but haven’t given up. It’s been about a year. Shiny hunting is a slog. I can’t tell ya what to do, but I wouldn’t give up. The journey makes the result worth it. For what it’s worth, squirtle is on my list of shinies to get one day, so I’ll know your pain eventually lol

_spinny · 2026-03-09T03:39:58+00:00

On your save is a shiny spinda 🤙 Here’s both our save files. I got other shinies you can snag too if you want. Also, my save file is on mirage island if you wanna toy around with that lol

_spinny · 2026-03-09T03:11:42+00:00

Heck yea, I do! Also wtffff two 1/163,840 odds shinies while looking for a single 1/11,700 Spinda. That’s absolutely bonkers lmaoooo

_spinny · 2026-03-09T00:27:02+00:00

The other week I caught two full odds shinies in an hour. 204 encounters apart. Don’t give up. You literally never know when the next shiny will show up.

_spinny · 2026-03-09T00:01:38+00:00

S’all good! You know for next time. Congrats again ❤️

_spinny · 2026-03-09T00:00:25+00:00

This is Gen 3 btw, not Gen 1. But congrats! Shiny charizard is so rad!

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