Screw you red gyarados

[Jerry]

The odds of getting a shiny through breeding, if you use two Pokemon from the same game, are exactly the same as trying to catch the Pokemon. It's only considered easier because of the speed at which you can breed and hatch eggs. (If it being shiny is the only thing you are looking for.)

However, if you breed a Pokemon from your game with a Pokemon acquired from a different country that speaks another language. (Breeding an American Eevee with a Japanese Ditto), then your chances of haching a shiny are increased to 1/2048. This is referred to as the Masuda Method.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Masuda_method

Wow, so there are some tweaks about it... it's nice to know though... cause I've got Japanese HG/SS

(not that I'll now be doing thousands of eggs just to obtain a shiny... it's just a loss of precious training time, for the time being that is)

[LeoReborn]

The highest chances of Shinies via Breeding, are 1/64.

[Jerry]

The highest chances of Shinies via Breeding, are 1/64.

Now you got me curious...

how?

[LeoReborn]

The highest chances of Shinies via Breeding, are 1/64.

Now you got me curious...

how?

Everything has to be perfect, Using Masuda's Method, And having all the right conditions.

On Raikt's link, at the bottom, theres an Article on Shines in staggering detail.

[Jerry]

Umm... I'll look at this 'xor' thingy later on... and I don't even know how to view the secret ID, if that is possible. I guess I'll see this some other time...

[LeoReborn]

XOR!!!!!!! idk what it means,

No you can't see it, hence its name: SecretID.

[Raikt]

There are only two ways to see your secret ID: either via using an external device (Gameshark, Action Replay), or by using a long and complicated math formula.

http://www.smogon.com/ingame/rng/deducing_secret_id

If you follow that guide, you can figure out your secret ID. However, most find it not worth the effort. I found it fun to figure out mine.

[Frenchfry]

Uh... 'scuse me for sounding newfag-ish, but what is a secret ID used for?

[LeoReborn]

The odds of getting a shiny through breeding, if you use two Pokemon from the same game, are exactly the same as trying to catch the Pokemon. It's only considered easier because of the speed at which you can breed and hatch eggs. (If it being shiny is the only thing you are looking for.)

However, if you breed a Pokemon from your game with a Pokemon acquired from a different country that speaks another language. (Breeding an American Eevee with a Japanese Ditto), then your chances of haching a shiny are increased to 1/2048. This is referred to as the Masuda Method.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Masuda_method

Wow, so there are some tweaks about it... it's nice to know though... cause I've got Japanese HG/SS

(not that I'll now be doing thousands of eggs just to obtain a shiny... it's just a loss of precious training time, for the time being that is)

In raikts link go to the link at the bottom, 'shinies' Start reading.

[Raikt]

To sum it up succinctly, without going into too much detail: your secret ID is used to abuse the RNG. (Random Number Generator) present in the Pokemon games. Using your secret ID, and a program you can get on your computer, it's possible to guarantee the IV's, shininess, and other attributes of a wild (or egg) Pokemon before you encounter it.