Pokémon: How To Shiny Hunt Manaphy

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Manaphy is one of a few Pokémon that can only be obtained legitimately when it is offered as a Mystery Gift or through the use of multiple games and systems. This makes Manaphy one of the hardest Pokémon to obtain, but it also makes it an incredibly tough Pokémon to Shiny hunt. This guide will walk players through the process of setting up to Shiny hunt the Mythical Manaphy.

Many Pokémon titles tend to lock a handful of creatures Shiny locked, which means players won’t be able to get their hands on one. In addition, many special event encounters Pokémon, such as starters, tend to be locked out. However, some titles such as Pokémon Ranger and Pokémon Diamond/Pearl or Platinum are exceptions. Getting a shiny version of Manaphy is slightly complicated as it often requires multiple copies of these titles and trading an egg.

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The Seafaring Mythical Pokémon Manaphy was introduced in Gen 4 of Pokémon but wasn't made available in Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl until after the release of Pokémon Ranger. Since then, Pokémon has yet to make Manaphy obtainable in the main-line games outside of Mystery Gifts. This makes Manaphy not only one of the hardest Pokémon to obtain legitimately, but also one of the most prized Shiny Pokémon.

In order to hunt Shiny Manaphy, players will need to make sure they have two Nintendo DS systems and two copies of Pokémon: Diamond/Pearl or Platinum. Players will also need various copies of Pokémon Ranger for the DS that have not had the Manaphy Egg taken from them as each copy of Pokémon Ranger can only produce one egg regardless of whether the player starts a new save file. Since this is the case, players will need to accumulate a large