[Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl] Will you reset for a specific nature or shiny starter?

[Sheep]

Any plans to try resetting for a starter with a good nature or shiny (assuming they're not shiny locked)? Or will you just chose your starter and immediately jump in?

 

[pkmin3033]

I'll reset if I get a starter with an objectively bad nature - I don't want a Piplup with -Sp Atk or -Spd, thank you very much - but for a specific nature or a shiny? Nooo.

 

[colours]

i'll settle for second or even third best nature for the sake of a playthrough. uninterested in soft-resetting for shininess though. :\ depending on whether or not it's easy to complete the regional dex of bdsp, i might as well go for that, get shiny charm, get myself a foreign ditto and then start MMing, best case scenario.

 

[ReKoil]

Not gonna bother. I pretty much always do my first playthrough of a game with whatever I happen to get.

 

[Hermione Granger]

I know I'm not going to reset my game, I just roll with what I get.

 

[Nick]

big fat no haha. but I will reset if my Chimchar is a female.

 

[Lysander]

I'll hold out for a starter with a good enough nature before settling on it, as is usually the case when I pick a starter. Don't want to be starting the game with a Modest Turtwig.

I've never reset for a shiny starter, and never will. Would be way too time consuming, and I'd probably be able to beat the game about fifty times over in the time it would take to get a shiny starter (and that shiny starter would inevitably be a Modest Turtwig)

 

[spottedfirestar]

I've never bothered to reset for a shiny, nor nature, but I have my diamond game has a piplup with terrible nature/stats, which sure is a struggle. So....if I get something poor for my turtwig I'll be resetting for a better nature <-<;;

 

[Sheep]

No to shiny, but will probably do a few resets for a decent nature. Even if the main story in Pokémon games tend to be very easy, it'd still be a little sad to me to have a Piplup with a nature of....Impish for example (-sp. attack). Would prefer a +sp. attack or neutral nature. Otherwise it will eat away at me for a while! lol

 

[bobandbill]

I'll probably just go with what I get tbh. That's what I usually do. Most thigns will suffice for ingame runs, let alone nature.

 

[Palamon]

But what if the starters are shiny locked again?

In other words, I'm not going to, I don't care about natures or shiny hunting starters.

 

[Raticate128]

I think for BDSP I'm actually gonna try completely forgetting all that and just enjoy completing the game, exploring the region and working on the dex without caring about Natures, IVs, EVs and so on. So no soft resetting for me!

 

[_pheebee]

Nah, I take Pokemon as they come.

And, after 4 generations(?) I'm still not really sure what natures do.

 

[Iceshadow3317]

I never reset my game just to get a nature or anything, so no. I just don't see a point. Especially if the games are as easy as the last few have been. Don't really need the best stats.

As for a shiny, I already have a shiny empoleon and I'd much rather just do the masuda method with increased chances. I could care less about full odd shiny.

 

[Figure]

I reset at least until I get a nature that doesn't detract from speed or the Mons main damage stat because I always make my playthroughs harder.

 

[Louise90]

I may look for a shiny if you can

 

[Commander Saturn]

My playthroughs are always quite casual, I seldom evolve my starter but sometimes I do soft reset for gentle nature. Good luck to all who will be resetting for a shiny starter!

 

[shadowmoon522]

i'm planning on banking the starter this time and if we don't end up having to wait a few months or til the end game to connect to home, i'll use a team of shiny pokemon that i've been putting off evolving

 

[BoulderSmolder]

Resetting for a good nature takes some of the fun out of Nuzlocking for me. It's about working with what you got!

 

[Game Duelist CJ]

I would like to reset for the right nature for my starter to get the best of its growth out.