Talk:Poké Radar

Shouldn't more information be added to this article about catching shinies with the Radar? - MrWho 17:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, Pokémon Wiki has its own article on Poké Radar chaning... TTEchidna 09:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

It said chainning didn't help catch shinys...

http://youtube.com/user/shinyhunter disagrees, but I settled for putting in a citation needed instead. --Scwizard 07:15, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, it may not. I honestly don't know myself. However I do know that if it's ALWAYS 1/8192, finding 8192 wild Pokémon will likely result in you finding at least one shiny. TTEchidna 10:55, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

You should check this out

http://pokeguide.filb.de/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1187474533&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

I don't understand it but it looks interesting. --Scwizard 00:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Chains

Unless it's just my crappy luck, catching Pokemon doesn't always continue a chain; usually it works only half the time. Similarly, most of my chains consist of three or four Pokemon (five at the most, so far), even with the help of Max Repels, before encountering an entirely new species (ie, four Bagons, then Machop). The article is very misleading in that, unless it's just my own interpretation, it almost guarantees you'll encounter Bagon after Bagon after Bagon until you do something to break the chain rather than chains simply ending on their own like what has happened to me on more than several occasions. I would alter the article myself, but I would like to listen to the comments of others first. // SzayelAporro 21:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

The method itself is not wrong - it has been proven through lots of testing. However, I think there are some subtleties to continuing the chain that need to be made more clear. --FabuVinny ^T-C-S 21:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

"Formula"

Cam someone please describe the formula for catchin a shiny in words? Im not a super genius.....KPF30px 30px 18:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Your chances of encountering one are 1 out of 8192. That not hard to understand.--Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 23:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

is that it? im talkin bout using the radar, how it improves the chances! KPF30px 30px 00:09, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

By using the radar and building a chain, your odds of finding a shiny pokemon increases to about .5%(1 in 200) at 40 pokemon chained, way better than 1 in 8192. So if you really want shiny pokemon, the radar is the way to go. There are still pokemon that you can't get with the radar though, for those pokemon you're stuck at 1 in 8192.

Theoretically, you couldn't chain over 40 because at 41 the formula divides by 0, and beyond 41 you have negative percentages. However I've seen various accounts of people chaining above 40, so it is possible. Resolver13 21:31, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the formula caps, so if Nc > 40, Nc = 40 --Phred 01:00, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Question...

I've seen this come up: "The grassy patch remained silent..." When does that occur? ^ht14 04:11, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

When there are no Pokemon who are tracked by the Poke Radar. For example, there are usually 4 patches of grass, usually north, south, east and west of you. However, let's say you're in a small patch of grass and there's no space to place the patches of moving grass. You're screwed. This can occur during chains but doesn't break the chain, all one has to do with walk the 50 steps and redo the Radar. Θρtιmαtum♏_Talk|Links 06:31, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Formula Origin

I am quite intrigued by this formula: where exactly did it come from? I'm saying this because the results are not even near "round" numbers, though that's not the main reason(if I were a game designer, I'd prefer "non-round" probability numbers, too). I'm just curious: how does one determine such a... complex formula like that? -- Professional Mole (Talk here) 00:35, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Full Japanese name for Poké Radar Key Item

According to the main article, it separates the name into "Poké Tore". Does anyone else believe that the "Tore" in the name is just a shorthand version of "Tracer"?

If the above is correct, the name will then fully extend to "Pocket Monster Tracer".

- HechEff, 2008/01/07, 0655 (+0000 GMT)

True, but it is translated through the games into English as Poké Radar, so this is the title we use. Thanks for your concern, and next time use four tildes (~~~~) to sign your posts. It'll save you typing it out manually. — THE TROM — 19:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)