Shiny ditto glitch

The Shiny Ditto Glitch is a glitch between the first and second generation games which allows the user to turn a normal Ditto into a shiny one. Once completed, the user will have a shiny ditto which can then be used to breed other shiny Pokemon.

Preparing for the Glitch

Before you begin, you will need a few things:

• A copy of any of the first generation games(R/B/Y)
• A copy of any of the second generation games(G/S/C)
• A game trading cable
• The red Gyarados from the second generation games
• A pokedoll

Performing the glitch

Here are the steps:

1. Trade your red Gyarados to R/B/Y 2. Give your Pokedoll to Copycat(She lives in the north-western part of Saffron City) and she will give you TM 31, Mimic. 3. Teach Mimic to Gyarados, and then trade it back to G/S/C 4. Go to Blackthorn city and have the Move Deleter(who lives in the southern part of the city to the left of the Pokemart) delete every one of Gyarados' moves besides Mimic 5. Trade Gyarados back to R/B/Y and fight a wild Ditto(they can be found at Routes 13, 14, 15, 23, and Cerulean Cave) with your Gyarados 6. Let Ditto use Transform 7. Make Gyarados use Mimic 8. Let the Ditto use Transform once more 9. Catch the Ditto 10. Once traded back to G/S/C, the Ditto will be shiny

The Point?

Normally, you have a 1/8192 chance of encountering a shiny Pokemon in the wild. However, when breeding with a shiny Pokemon, the chances are raised to 1/64. Since Ditto can breed with most Pokemon, a shiny Ditto can be used to drastically increase the chances of breeding a shiny Pokemon.