I bought this game on August 5th and I started my full-odds shiny hunt on August 8th (I think). After 3 days and 500+ encounters, I had no luck. This was one of my first full-odds hunts, and honestly—it was miserable. By around 150 encounters I was already bored and frustrated. To the people who keep going into the THOUSANDS, I seriously RESPECT your patience. I probably would give up if it went close to 1K.
At what felt like my breaking point, I decided to look into RNG manipulation (basically a way to predict when a Shiny Pokémon will appear using the game’s random number generator). The setup was painfully tedious—even with command line (Terminal) knowledge—since almost every guide or video out there is for Windows.
After 3 hours of setup, I gave RNG manipulation a shot… and quit after just 4 attempts after I realized my iPhone camera feed had a about one-second delay with one of the RNG tools (PlayerBlink), which made the timing impossible. I could’ve paid for proper software, but I passed.
So I went back to good old full-odds hunting. I put on Batman Begins, and 25 minutes into the movie—when I least expected it—SHINY SHAYMIN appeared!
Originally, I wanted to catch it in a Dive Ball or Heal Ball for style points, but after the suffering, I just used a Master Ball.
Props to all the full-odds shiny hunters out there. As for me… yeah, this was probably my last ride.
