generational moment. truly a core memory.

I attended my first World Championship and got two awesome shinies while I was there! Only 9 wormhole shinies left before I have them all #BeatTheBank

Not really aware of low PP and Vital Spirit, beware when hunting it, it has low catch rate. Thankfully Ultras worked, although Love Balls would fit better

I’m finally free

I have been hunting for my second shiny poipole for a few days now. I was already over odds and knew a shiny should be around the corner.

I was on the bus when I was thinking back on my first poipole I found. It was on the bus at the back and as I was reminiscing, the second poipole showed up...

And I reset over it.

I was Devastated. Genuinely felt sick to my stomach realising what I just did. A shiny poipole, full odds, showing up the exact same way as the first one. Gone. Just like that...

That entire bus ride to and from was done in silence. Depressingly resetting over and over again. I was so down that I even started thinking of doing RNG stuff once I got home.

But no, I thought, that wouldn't make the shiny feel "real" to me. Even hunting on multiple consoles didn't feel right as I really wanted it on this save file. So I mentally prepared myself to restart this hunt. I sat down on my bed, put on a movie and started resetting.

And then it happened. Not even 100 resets in. Hell, not even 50 I don't think. And it happened. Shiny poipole appeared. It was like a test. "Do you really want this shiny the right way? Prove it" and it gifted me the shiny after confirming I truly was going to hunt it the old fashioned way.

Sorry for the long post. I just had to get it off my chest.

Been hunting this on and off for months. Tried my luck on my birthday and finally found the queen! Shiny hype!

What a beautiful shiny sprite

Japanese/Asia: https://app-ph.pokemon-support.com/hc/ja/requests/new
International: https://support.pokemon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038131632-Contact-Us
Nintendo Support: https://support-jp.nintendo.com/app/ask_opinion
https://x.com/Pokemon_cojp/status/2087888150551056675

I've added the Japanese support site as well since I feel like they might pay more attention there since they're a Japanese Company after all, so submit requests to all supports sites if you can. Feel free to add your own suggestions as well like physical peripherals that they can sell.

The 3DS eshop is still accessible and you can download games you already own/bought and can receive software updates for them. Of course, for the Pokemon Company to be able to push a software update, they'll need to cooperate with Nintendo. Nintendo partners/third-party developers can't push anymore software updates since Nintendo has disabled the application that manages the SDK, but the Pokémon Company isn't a normal partner and is co-owned by Nintendo. Pokemon Bank has recieved special treatment already since Pokemon Bank stayed up even after 3DS and Wii U online services shut down. Game Freak also probably still has access to the source code and the SDK for 3DS, the teraleak is proof of that. Nintendo has also been known to provide older SDKs for development to recompile games like for Nintendo Switch Online, the FRLG switch port is an example of that since the events are included. I know it may be unlikely to get Nintendo and TPC to listen to us, but this is better than nothing and is our best option.

Pokemon Bank is the bridge between the old generations and the new generations. Bringing Pokemon from the old generations is one of Game Freak's greatest inventions and is a staple of the main series games in my opinion. The shutdown of Pokemon Bank will result in several Pokemon being unobtainable. A homebrew software known as PKSM has proved that local connection between 3DS and Switch is technically possible, so they could rework bank and HOME to locally connect from the 3DS side. Pokémon Bank is a software that can definitely be functional offline if TPC made an effort and this wouldn't have been an issue at all.

Pokémon Bank and Transporter is also needed to transfer Pokémon from the Virtual Console games to gen 7, to transfer gen 5 pokemon to gen 6/7 and to transfer gen 6 pokemon to gen 7. So the shutdown of Bank will also result in Pokémon being unobtainable in the 3DS games alone as well (through official means).

I have a feeling that after the success of the FRLG switch ports, they're going to port all the other gens to switch and allow them to connect to HOME, but who knows how long that'll take. I just think it's an uncool solution since they're making people who already own these games rebuy digital versions of these games at full price which would only harm the long-time players and is just unfair and demotivating to them.

Please send request tickets so they know we don't want bank and transferring old Pokémon to be gone. I know this may be disruptive to flood them with requests, but this is our best chance to reverse this decision and it's important to the future of Pokémon. I think this goes against what Pokémon stands for.

After many, many resets I can finally progress lol.

Started learning pokeradar hunts last night after finishing platinum for the first time, got to a chain of 38 and broke the combo after hours of trying so called it a night. First chain this morning and got him to shine at only a 9 combo! My all time favourite evolution line!

Started playing through USUM again (my UM is in Japanese for funzies) because I wanted to get all the fun shiny legendaries to use on Scarlet and Violet and this seemed like the easiest way, since I don't wanna play/buy Sword/Shield. Well, about a week later, we all learned PokeBank is shutting down, so I rush to get the shiny charm and complete these hunts now lol. Neither took very long, if I had to guess, <3000 SRs for both.

I got a new gameboy advance SP on eBay last week and finally got it in the mail today and was in the process of shiny hunting Beldum on pokemon sapphire yesterday. Popped it in the new console on lunch to see how it ran and gave it one reset and low and behold I got the shiny.

I straight up sounded like a bald eagle

Also got a new screen and shell for it. Gonna do a kyogre one on my other SP

Gonna need to breed for Own Tempo/Dusk, but progress is progress, and I really love shiny Rockruff!

I spent playing LeafGreen all through my week off from work. Started the hunt today and soft resettled for about 7 hours before it spawned. I did not count the exact number of resets because I was also preoccupied with catching up on my anime watchlist.

(Btw I do have a pic when it was a charmander… except it’s a Snapchat save I sent to my buddies right after I got it and there’s a lil swearing involved.) so frlg came out on the switch on 02/27/26, I made the decision that I was gonna get a shiny charmander before i played fire red. I got this bad boy on 08/28/26 at 03:30ish, so about over 6 months. Now I was on and off shiny hunting this guy, was shiny hunting a shiny mudkip on omega ruby before this. Misclicked and lucked out and got a shiny torchic right before pokemon day. Got a shiny team for that game, even shiny hunted 3 legendaries. Started playing ultra sun right after and made a shiny team for that game, and shiny hunted the legendaries that I wanted on that game and right after that, I started playing ultra moon to get the shiny legendaries i wanted before pokemon bank closes. So last Wednesday, I thought about rng manipulating my charmander and made the decision I was gonna do it in the morning after work, I was gonna watch the imablisy video for the 8th time but this time I was set. I was not stopping till I got it! Before I headed off to work, I normally bring my 3DS to play on my breaks, I took my switch, thinking I can try one more time. I roared in excitement in my car and hoped like hell that no one saw me when I saw that golden fire lizard with that gold star. Immediately saved and sent a pic to my buddies and girlfriend. Checked my time on my switch and I clocked in 55 hours of just shiny hunting this Pokemon. Charmander is my forever starter since my days of playing pokemon blue. To be able to get it as a full odds before gen 6, shiny Pokémon is a childhood Lifelong achievement that I finally accomplished. I’m just glad I’m able to share it all with you all and wish you all luck on future hunts!

I didn’t keep track on how many resets, all I know is that I’ve played for about 2 hours. Also, I miss clicked while talking to a friend during this hunt and wanted to shiny hunt Mudkip.

Bold Baku Route 11 at Lv 11 at 11pm

Honestly a bit sad as it was the only Pokémon I didnt want from Route 20 but after going 15k for snivy ill take a quick hunt.

Now I can play the game again…

OMG I finally got him!!!!!!!!

The bad news about Bank closing kicked my butt into gear - and after smashing this out every night for the last 2ish weeks - plus not to mention hundreds of hours years ago before it broke my spirit... I finally found him!!!!

There are plenty out there like him... but this one, is mine! 💗

Obligatory Gen 1 Shiny Explanation

If you're unaware: Shiny Pokemon don't exist in Gen 1 - but there are stat combinations that will be honored as Shinies when they're traded up to gen 2 and beyond. The stats are different for every Pokemon and they're full odds to find - around 1 in 8000(ish). So you master ball, check stats, then restart. Its slow, and a slog, but if your lucky enough or persistent enough. You get a shiny Gameboy marked, hidden ability shiny Pokemon with your own OT on it. 💗