So I’ve been bouncing back and forth between games, doing some shiny hunts for the ever-dwindling number of shinies I’ve yet to obtain for my “never gonna happen” hope of a living Shiny Dex.  After getting really lucky and finding a shiny Cherrim in PLA, I decided to finally get the Shiny Charm in Shining Pearl and start going for this annoying little bag of a worm.

I did attempt some tree hunts before getting the Shiny Charm because I was hoping to catch my first tree shiny in this game, and before that, I attempted to find them in trees in PLA; however, the trees resetting in this game and the wait to find another one is just annoying… and I kinda got sick of running around the same circle in PLA.  I’m still hoping to get a full-odds tree shiny someday (maybe?) but for now, I figured this was the easiest way to get an otherwise annoying shiny to hunt (at least in games I’ve played).

I’m not new to the Masuda Method as I did quite a bit in Violet to get the shiny starters, as well as other things like Hisuian Zorua (a cool 1,805 eggs to get that one, and only because I didn’t have PLA yet 😅) and Phione, but boy did I forget how fickle this method can be.  After four days and 801 eggs (most of which I hatched yesterday), I got the first Burmy earlier today.

After some doing other stuff, I came back a few hours later.  The second Burmy showed up in only 12 eggs.  Shiny hunting is so silly sometimes.

Shiny hunting is… just hilarious sometimes.