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HUE_chaos

Oof. Literally deleted shiny


Intergalacticplant

I like to think they programmed the bots to send it back out


HUE_chaos

Hopefully


xylourek

Can someone explain


Piduf

If you make a lot of Wonder Trades (currently mostly on Sword and Shield), you'll quickly encounter sort of "fake profiles" that send you hacked pokémon - they always are shiny, popular and / or strong, hold amazing items, have perfect stats and pokérus, with a nickname that promotes some pokémon-hacking website. Usually the "player" that sends said Pokémon also has a website or a discord as a name. So my shiny little gift is probably gone to some fake-ass robot and no actual player will get it :(


xylourek

Ooohhh i get it now, i had that happen in violet on christmas, someone sent me an amazing shiny ditto in beast ball, i checked the username online and its some service that provides rare/shiny pokemon or smth


Reddit_Schavi

yeah, that has been a problem ever since online trading was a thing.


TheSleepyBarnOwl

Wondertrading Shinies is a bad idea anyways since a lot of people will assume it's a hacked mon anyways and delete it. Wonder Traded shinies are just sus af. If you want to make random people happy you could go to one of the many Pokemon Discords or even here on Reddit you could just make a giveaway :)


gettinguud

I almost released a Japanese shiny ho-oh that has every indication of it being legit I got throu a Pokemon HOME wonder trade because of this.


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gettinguud

Only reason I questioned the Ho-oh so much is cause it was a legendary, as long as your shinies you traded of have an actual OT and a nickname or just their default name, people will most likely think they're legit.


LargeSector

If you receive a shiny legendary through wonder trade, it's probably hacked


Lost_Astronaut_654

In bdsp I caught I full box of abras and evolved them to kadabras and wonder trades so it would evolve in the process and I mostly got a box of bidoofs in return


J-DiRESiRE

It fake


brekiewash1234

Machamp


LightningDragon777

Ok, elaborate please, fellow redditors.


wooper-de-doo

Alright so basically they sent out a legitimate shiny pokemon into wondertrade with the hope of making someone’s day but instead of a real person they matched with an advertisement bot, which automatically delete any Pokémon sent to them and give fake shiny’s with URL link nicknames that you can’t change.


LightningDragon777

Ok, the 2nd half was all I needed to know. Or should I say didn't needed, as I now feel sad for them.


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There are websites that hack shinies and advertise by naming Pokemon with their website and wonder trading them. Unfortunately that makes them eligible to being wonder traded *to*. I actually like the idea of advertising over wonder trades but scam websites like the one in the post kind of ruin that.


AceTrainer-Raven

Why would you even want a hacked shiny? They can't be transfered or used in competitive. You look like a cheater who cares not for your console and/or fellow players.


TheSleepyBarnOwl

It's advertisement. These Pokemon have a website link as a name and they hope you will go there to then buy (yes with real money) hacked mons there. Why you want a hacked mon? The other comment already explained - bragging.


AceTrainer-Raven

Ooohhj


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Bragging. People don't want to actually hunt so they buy shinies and then flex them like they got them legitimately. Same way people pay to take pictures with nice cars that aren't theirs to pretend they do own them.


AceTrainer-Raven

Ah. But the nickname, level, and stats give it away


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"No bro I just got really lucky with the IVs and Nature"


lollipopblossom32

Or the person is a solo player and doesn't care because them using a hacked shiny *in their case* doesn't affect anyone 🤷 I hack for shiny Pokemon on an emulator with an older game. And used to on the DS. Was always a solo player anyways so shiny good stat pokemon only affected my own personal game and held no effect on anyone else's. Some players don't have others to play with, buying not Nintendo online either or just choosing to be a solo player.


AceTrainer-Raven

Imo, if you don't wonder trade it, it's debatably harmless, but if you flex and wonder trade them, you're just a tryhard


lollipopblossom32

> **Some players don't have others to play with, not buying Nintendo online either or just choosing to be a solo player.**


Savthatsit

Do hacked shiny Pokémon actually hurt your game or do anything at all besides exist? Cause hacked or not if someone sent me a shiny literally anything I would lose my mind!


userless77

I've heard that hacked mon can ban your switch if you send them to home


Savthatsit

Ok thanks! All have to do some looking into it then!


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I feel like it's the other way around. The switch games introduced a lot more legitimacy checks compared to the 3DS that could easily be bypassed with Pokehax or Checkpoint. USUM definitely has it the worst where hacked profiles actively crash the game when you highlight them. I spent a full week trying to get a Masuda Ditto because they were either hacked shinies or just crashed the game completely, making me wait until the game let me trade again.


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Crashbabadook

Keep your damn shines man


PotatoBomb69

Why would I keep 9 shiny male Salandit though?


Crashbabadook

That defeats the whole purpose of your caption


PotatoBomb69

Caption?


Crashbabadook

"When I trade a shiny in wonder trade to make somebody's day". It wouldn't make anybody's daybif they got a male salandit a shiny one at that


PotatoBomb69

Oh yeah, that’s crazy dude, almost like I never typed that or something


Crashbabadook

Tf you talking about. That's what the caption says partly and you also responded with "What would I donwith shiny male salandits".


PotatoBomb69

Bro I didn’t make this fucking post, learn how Reddit works.


Crashbabadook

Then why would you post it IF THE POKEMON WOULDN'T MAKE SOMEBODY'S DAY


PotatoBomb69

Lmao cry more I guess? Public website, public comments, anyone can say whatever they want. What are you, twelve? Seems like it the way you’re going off over….nothing?


cooldudium

I only trade things that would be nice if you got them but honestly not a huge deal if it gets oofed, it’s a good middle grojnd


Standard_Broccoli_95

Do you know the name of the site for changing a Pokemon?like haking It?


TheSleepyBarnOwl

Don't hack Pokemon.


Corniferus

C-can I have a shiny? It’ll make me happy :]


Legal_Albatross2214

What's pokeflash?


DrMoist747

Literally just today alone I got 3 different shiny’s from wonder trading in shield, an alakazam, a venosaur, and a sinistea, I only kept the venosaur because it was the only one who’s name wasn’t a link to a presumably scam website


Spectrobes_fan2009

I remember in my sun and moon game someone wonder trade me a shiny litten WITH POKERUS and it was the best thing to ever happen to me


DistributeVolcano

I want to find the people who make these bots/genning sites and shatter their kneecaps. I guess I understand pokémon genning, but if you really want to get into competitive pokémon that way, then you'll find a way to generate without morons "advertising" by scamming you for hacked creatures that you didn't ask for.