How difficult is it to shiny hunt in platinum?

Question

So I bought platinum maybe a year or two ago an I literally couldn’t find a single shiny in the game so I restarted The game so I could try to shiny hunt in eterna forest and I still have no luck is my game just like defective or some thing lol

Comments

The RNG in Gen 4 is quite flawed, so you can abuse it to get Pokemon with desirable traits. Some resources that might be useful for that:
https://www.smogon.com/ingame/rng/dpphgss_rng_intro
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemonrng/wiki/links

Answer 1

Your game isn't defective. It's just really hard to get a shiny in Platinum, especially seeing as the Shiny Charm doesn't exist there.

It's easier to shiny hunt with the Poke Radar. Encountering the same Pokemon in a row increases the chances of getting a shiny. The chances will still be low, but better than full odds.

For static encounters, use a method called "soft resetting": save then initiate battle. If it's shiny, well done. If not, turn off the game to go back to your last save. Keep doing this until you get a shiny.

For hatching shinies, use the Masuda Method. You take two Pokemon of games with different languages and breed them together. This drastically raises the chances for getting a shiny -- the usual 1/8192 chance shyrockets to a 1/2048 chance.

Hope I helped!

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Crap....

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Sorry for sniping.

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Platinum has the Masuda method but no shiny charm.

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Edited.

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They don't need to be 2 foreign Pokemon. They just need to be 2 Pokemon from games of different languages. https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Masuda_method

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Edited again. I guess I misinterpreted, oops.

Answer 2

Well, with full odds, the shiny chance in Platinum is 1/8192 chance, which is pretty low. You’ve just been having bad luck.

Good luck on getting the shiny! :)

Hope this helps! :)