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Pokemon X and Y (2013)

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My first ever shiny Pokémon!
Normally I am quite the video quality freak so recording with my phone was painful for me to say the least but I really wanted to quickly capture the moment.
Funnily enough I was quite suprised that the Chimchar was Pink, I had assumed it was going to be ruby red. Serves me right for only quickly glancing at it online!

This took roughly ~80-90 egg hatches using the Masuda Method.

The Masuda method, also known as Masuda's method, is a fan-made term which describes a way to obtain Shiny Pokémon more easily in Generation IV and V. While the standard encounter rate for a Shiny Pokémon (either in the wild or by breeding) is 1/8192, the Masuda method multiplies this rate by 5 (to 5/8192 or about 1/1638) in Generation IV and by 6 (to 3/4096 or about 1/1365) in Generation V. It occurs whenever Pokémon of differing real-world geographical origin are bred.

The method is named after Game Freak director Junichi Masuda, who programmed it into Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. He documented the method in his blog,[1] where he mentioned a way that "rare colored Pokémon's Egg can be found little easier." The mechanics behind the method were discovered by Smogon.

I used a Japanese Male Chimchar and my own female Chimchar (which I bred from the Japanese Chimchar with a ditto).

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