What is a Masuda method?

The Masuda method involves breeding two Pokémon created in games of different languages. An Egg resulting from such a pairing will have a higher likelihood of being Shiny. In Generation IV only, if the Masuda method applies, the Everstone will fail to increase the chance of passing on a Nature.

How many eggs does it take to get a shiny Masuda method?

I’ve been doing the Masuda Method for years now. Although you’ll obviously get different results every time, the average amount of time is somewhere between 300-500 eggs. It could take you more, it could take you less.

What do you need for the Masuda method?

The Masuda Method will require you to obtain a Pokemon being used to breed from a different language version of the game from another region. If you have the English version of the game you are going to want to find another compatible Egg Group Pokemon from a Region such as French, Spanish, German, Japanese etc.

Can you mess up the Masuda method?

1 Answer. Yes, turning off the game is perfectly fine. No such thing as a cycle exists with the Masuda method.

How do you know if a egg is shiny?

A method for making sure the egg contains a shiny is to collect one from the day care man, save, ride around until it hatches and if it’s a shiny, do a soft reset (turn off without saving) and trade to your friend as an egg for them to hatch themselves, as it’s shiny status will the same as when you hatched it.

Does a shiny egg look different?

No, the egg will look exactly the same as a normal egg. You can only find out whether it’s shiny when it hatches.

Does the Masuda method guarantee a shiny?

Masuda method works with both Oval and Shiny Charms. The chances of a shiny being hatched using both Masuda method and Shiny Charm is 1 in 512 eggs.

Are eggs shiny locked?

Just like the original Pokémon Ranger distribution from 2006, this new Manaphy Egg is Shiny locked, which means no matter how many times you hatch the Egg, you won’t be able to obtain a Shiny Manaphy. Instead, they hatch into Phione, another Mythical Water-type that does not evolve into Manaphy.

Does the Masuda method actually work?

So long as one pokemon in the day-care is not native to your game’s region, the Masuda method will work. As such, the most effective means of accomplishing this is by owning a foreign traded Ditto. The Ditto pokemon can breed with any pokemon in the game that create eggs.

Does the Shiny Charm affect the Masuda method?

No, it does not effect the likelyhood of getting a Shiny Pokemon via Masuda Method. In fact, it makes the wild shiny encounter rate increase to the same chance as using the Masuda Method.

How does the Masuda method work?

The Masuda Method is when you use Pokemon from different language games to produce an egg (for example, a japanese Ditto and an English Snivy). By using Pokemon from different language games, the Pokemon that hatches from the egg will have a 6/8192 (1/1366) chance of being a shiny Pokemon instead of the usual 1/8192 chance.

Does the Masuda method work with a ditto?

The Masuda Method still works in this generation and with Ditto(s/es). In fact, you don’t even have to use a Japanese Ditto. So long as one of the Pokemon is from a different region than the other, then they have an increased chance of breeding a shiny Pokemon.