* [SV Method] * * Breeding for SHINY Pokemon with Instacheck *THIS OPTION NO LONGER WORKS DUE TO THE DEATH OF INSTACHECK.
Info is left here for referencing, and in hopes that someone will make a new instacheck, or something similar. Other options are still functional.
Alrighty, so you may have noticed a greater abundance of shiny pokemon this gen, and here's one of the reasons why!
Instacheck. -- Click the text above to be taken to the thread specifically for Instacheck --
Instacheck. is a program you can install on any computer that is both windows 7 or higher in operating system, and that has the ability to broadcast a hotspot- most computers can do this. This program allows you to connect your ds to a hotspot broadcasting from your computer, and by scanning the information traveling over that hotspot, you can see all the details of a pokemon that is either shown to you, or shown by you in a trade.
This includes eggs! What does this mean for you? It means you can see all the stats, moves, nature, gender ability- all the info you need -before- you hatch a pokemon,
INCLUDING it's
SHINY VALUE, and it's
TRAINER's SHINY VALUE!
Okay, so what's a shiny value? A
SHINY VALUE is the shiny id number of an egg. More important is the
TRAINER SHINY VALUE, which is your personal shiny code. When an eggs SV matched your TSV and you hatch it, it will hatch shiny!
So what's the point of all this? Easy! Let's say you're working with eevees. We're going to assume you're a capable breeder who's breeding eggs with 4+ivs perfect, and let say you've filled a pc box with them because you want a whole team of shiny evolutions. You use instacheck to get a list of all the
SVs from the eggs, post these
SVs on Gaia or some other social media site with pokemon trainers, and you wait until you find someone who matches. Trainer Joey comes along, and his
TSV matched your egg's
SV. You arrange for him to hatch it and send it back to you, and offer him another egg from your clutch, because this is the courteous thing to do. He agrees to hatch it, and sends it back to you once hatched.
You now have a shiny pokemon
WITH perfect ivs!
TLDR; Instacheck lets you check the
SHINY VALUE of your eggs and your
TRAINER SHINY VALUE. If a trainer hatches an egg with a
SV that matches their
TSV, it will hatch SHINY. You can use the chat sites and forums, such as Gaia, to find trainers who match your egg's
SVs and will hatch these pokemon for you.
* [ HELPFUL LINKS FOR FINDING MATCHING SVS! ] * GAIA SV THREAD: REGISTRATION GAIA SV SPREADSHEET/vp/'s SV Spreadsheet:
http://goo.my/vplistSmogon/NB's SV Spreadsheet:
http://goo.my/zmoggonlistReddit's SV Spreadsheet:
http://goo.my/ohnoGameFAQs SV Spreadsheet:
http://goo.my/hueGUILD FRIEND CODE / SV LIST