3rd Gen Shiny zapdos help =(

[Seventyxxtimes7x]

So i been trying to get a shiny zapdos in fire red for a week now, and their is no sign of it.

am i missing something or is it just really hard to get?
Is their a way to raise my chance of getting a shiny zapdos???

PS... i havent beaten the elite 4 yet, i started to think that may be the reason.

 

[TheSilverVersion]

I think it just takes a really long time. Keep trying. Its bound to show up eventually. I really don't think that the elite four has anything to do with it...

 

[Souless]

A Shiny pokemon has a random rate of appeareance, so beating the Elite 4 doesn't make a change.

The only way to get it is trying again and again, until it appears as Shiny (This may take a lot of time) and then capture it.

You could use a Pokemon with Thunder wave to Paralyze it and then a pokemon with False Swipe until Zapdos has just 1 HP left you will capture him easily.

 

[Seventyxxtimes7x]

i can capture it no problem. makeing it shiny is a pain in the ass

 

[Skaterzpenguin]

You don't have to beat the elite 4 to get a shiny in the wild. Its only between 1-8000 something % chance to get a shiny. Also if you want a shiny zapdos have fun... I think its really rare to obtain a shiny. Well just remember to save the game in front of zapdos and if its not a shiny reset the game and do it again, but don't turn off the game, because then you would have to start back over...

 

[Pokefan2008]

You don't have to beat the elite 4 to get a shiny in the wild. Its only between 1-8000 something % chance to get a shiny. Also if you want a shiny zapdos have fun... I think its really rare to obtain a shiny. Well just remember to save the game in front of zapdos and if its not a shiny reset the game and do it again, but don't turn off the game, because then you would have to start back over...

Unless you save the game right in front of him/her.


:t149:‎Pokefan2007

 

[Jeremy]

Well sweetie I believe the chances of getting a shiney is 1 in 8,192.

The best thing to do is to save right in front of the Zapdos and then do some soft resets (A+B+Start+ Select for GBA and Start + select + R + L for DS), till it becomes shiney. All you need is some patients. Besides, catching legendary shines is a little too easy.

 

[s l u g]

I Never Got any Shiny sob* :(

 

[Chonlel48]

Just be happy you're hunting that chance, I was dumb enough to just capture it w/o it being shiny...