I've been shiny hunting since Sun/Moon came out, but I've been too lazy to post an update, mostly because it's a pain to upload and arrange images. But it's the end of the year, so I'm posting now, otherwise I'd never get around to it.
Going into Gen VII, I assumed they wouldn't change the shiny animation, but I was pleasantly surprised. I really hated the Gen VI stars and sounds, so I think I prefer the new version by a bit. The sound effect is still the same, I think.
The IV chaining is pretty handy for catching Dittos and other things, but I'm disappointed by the lack of true shortcuts for hatching eggs (auto-looping in Lumiose city or nurseries in the poke mall). I've been taking frequent breaks because I don't want to injure my wrist again.
I'm very pissed about the locked Tapus - the black tint looks fantastic, but noooo, GameFreak puts a shiny model in the game and then prevents us from getting at it. Thanks, GameFreak.
I didn't get my first shiny until the beginning of December due to a combination of taking my time and an early dry spell.
Bounsweet - testing SOS chaining in Lush Jungle, got a Modest nature >_>
Machoke - random encounter while hunting for Razor Claws off Jang-mo-os
Chansey - while messing around with Riolu spawns
Mareanie x 2 - hatched in rapid succession. One got the hidden ability, the other didn't.
Sandygast - SOS chain
Comfey - bred it cause I thought it might be useful in doubles. Hatched in Poke Pelago
Pikipek - SOS chain
Dhelmise - bred it
Growlithe - chained it because I was bored. Would've been much more useful if I bred it with egg moves
Wimpod - bred it
Rockruff - chained it so I could have the Day form while I get around to breeding for the Night form (still in progress)
Litten x 2 - bred two in rapid succession, though each has a problem with its IVs. Probably would've been better off waiting for Intimidate HA
Grubbin - chained it just yesterday
So my hunts are going so well that pretty soon I'll need to re-evaluate what I want to get and how to get it. I'd like to take a second shot at the Battle Royale with an all-shiny team, but I'm very unhappy with the slowdown in Battle Royale and the stupid streak-based Battle Tree.
Also thinking about migrating all my Gen VI shiny legendaries once bank is out. I'm still several short and I tried going back and SRing today and it was as tedious as I remembered.
Going into Gen VII, I assumed they wouldn't change the shiny animation, but I was pleasantly surprised. I really hated the Gen VI stars and sounds, so I think I prefer the new version by a bit. The sound effect is still the same, I think.
The IV chaining is pretty handy for catching Dittos and other things, but I'm disappointed by the lack of true shortcuts for hatching eggs (auto-looping in Lumiose city or nurseries in the poke mall). I've been taking frequent breaks because I don't want to injure my wrist again.
I'm very pissed about the locked Tapus - the black tint looks fantastic, but noooo, GameFreak puts a shiny model in the game and then prevents us from getting at it. Thanks, GameFreak.
I didn't get my first shiny until the beginning of December due to a combination of taking my time and an early dry spell.
Bounsweet - testing SOS chaining in Lush Jungle, got a Modest nature >_>
Machoke - random encounter while hunting for Razor Claws off Jang-mo-os
Chansey - while messing around with Riolu spawns
Mareanie x 2 - hatched in rapid succession. One got the hidden ability, the other didn't.
Sandygast - SOS chain
Comfey - bred it cause I thought it might be useful in doubles. Hatched in Poke Pelago
Pikipek - SOS chain
Dhelmise - bred it
Growlithe - chained it because I was bored. Would've been much more useful if I bred it with egg moves
Wimpod - bred it
Rockruff - chained it so I could have the Day form while I get around to breeding for the Night form (still in progress)
Litten x 2 - bred two in rapid succession, though each has a problem with its IVs. Probably would've been better off waiting for Intimidate HA
Grubbin - chained it just yesterday
So my hunts are going so well that pretty soon I'll need to re-evaluate what I want to get and how to get it. I'd like to take a second shot at the Battle Royale with an all-shiny team, but I'm very unhappy with the slowdown in Battle Royale and the stupid streak-based Battle Tree.
Also thinking about migrating all my Gen VI shiny legendaries once bank is out. I'm still several short and I tried going back and SRing today and it was as tedious as I remembered.