Pokémon Fan Explains Why He Set Up 58 Consoles To Shiny Hunt
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Pokémon enthusiast Professor Rex has created a massive setup using 58 GameCube and Wii consoles simultaneously to hunt for a rare Shiny Golduck, focusing on a highly improbable underleveled spawn in the Safari Zone.
- The target is a level 25 Shiny Golduck, which has an estimated one-in-nine-million chance of appearing, making it one of the rarest Pokémon encounters possible in the Ruby and Sapphire games.
- Rex utilizes the GameCube's Wavebird wireless controllers, which communicate via radio waves, allowing him to control multiple systems at once and scale his shiny hunting efforts efficiently.
- Despite encountering 14 shiny Psyducks during recent Safari Week events, Rex has yet to find his elusive Shiny Golduck, emphasizing that shiny hunting is not cumulative and progress can be slow.
- For Rex, the challenge and long-term pursuit of this rare Pokémon is more important than the actual capture, with any underleveled Shiny Golduck between levels 25-29 considered a significant achievement.
