GBA Why Shiny hunting when there's PkHex?

[Phenj]

This is something that i don't understand; what's the point of shiny hunting anymore? You can dump and restore GBA save files with ease if you have a R4, with that you can use PkHex and RNGReporter to make a *Legal* shiny pokémon. I don't get it

 

[laramie]

This is something that i don't understand; what's the point of shiny hunting anymore? You can dump and restore GBA save files with ease if you have a R4, with that you can use PkHex and RNGReporter to make a *Legal* shiny pokémon. I don't get it

For the enjoyment of the game and some accomplishment really.

 

[FR0ZN]

That's like asking why get better at any game, when you can just use cheats?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

This is something that i don't understand; what's the point of shiny hunting anymore? You can dump and restore GBA save files with ease if you have a R4, with that you can use PkHex and RNGReporter to make a *Legal* shiny pokémon. I don't get it

But that's cheating. There's no fun in that.

 

[templeofhylia]

some people don't have access to the hardware (flashcart, action replay/powersave, an exploited console, etc) or want to keep their gameplay entirely legitimate. even if you transported a legal shiny pokemon all the way to the current gen the way you're suggesting, it won't have that "originated in galar/alola/kalos" marking that some people take incredibly seriously now.

 

[Phenj]

Ok that's fair i guess, thanks

 

[Archolm]

A man's got to have a code.