Update (10:00 PM January 26, 2017): We’ve updated the guide to include new details specific to Pokémon Crystal – specifically, the Odd Egg.

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The Pokémon franchise has developed greatly in regards to how the game works in general. Many current Shiny breeders will be playing a copy ofPokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal (GSC) ready to grab their Destiny Knots and Everstones so they can breed the best Shiny possible. Little do they know what awaits them. A myriad of changes has come to the franchise since these games were released. This guide will serve to navigate the old yet new waters of Shiny/breeding mechanics for generation two’s games.

Many breeders are familiar with IVs (Individual Values.) It is a 0-31 number assigned to each stat to give Pokémon individuality. Well, IVs did not exist until generation three. In generation two, there were instead DVs (Deter Values.) They work effectively the same way as IVs, except the numbers range from 0-15 instead. This will be important to know for anyone wanting to breed for shinies later on.

Many mechanics that breeders rely on to make the process as easy as possible simply have not been added yet as of these games. Destiny Knot’s functionality is gone as well as Everstone’s since natures did not exist yet. Abilities also did not exist, so there are two layers of the breeding process that a breeder will no longer have to consider in GSC versions. Consequently there is no Flame Body Ability to make Eggs hatch faster.

For Shiny hunters, there is no Shiny Charm. The Masuda Method also does not work, although trading locally for a foreign Pokémon would be a major hassle even if it did. There is also no kind of DexNav/SOS chaining to rely on. If you are unfamiliar with any of these mechanics, do not worry as they do not exist in these older games!

So with all of these helpful shiny-hunting mechanics gone, it may seem like hunting for Shiny Pokémon will be an incredibly difficult task. That is because there is no way to improve Shiny odds in the wild. But many will find that breeding for Shiny Pokémon is more effective than one might think. In generation two, whether a Pokémon was Shiny or not was actually calculated by DVs. What does this mean? If a parent is Shiny, then the odds of their child being Shiny are greatly increased. Shiny odds will increase from the base chance of 1/8192 to an insanely high rate of 1/64!

Luckily, all GSCplayers will encounter a certain shiny Gyarados at some point in the story. Catch it, and breeders will possess a wonderful breeding parent to get things started. Make sure that you catch a male or you will be struggling to get a shiny of a different species later on! But breeding for a Shiny that can’t breed with Gyarados will be challenging.

Once you obtain your male Shiny Gyarados from the Lake of Rage, you will be ready to breed for Shinies. But how will you know if the shiny Pokémon that you want is breedable with Gyarados? You must know about Egg groups for this. Check out this list of every Pokémon’s Egg group. Note that Gyarados is in the Egg groups Water 2 and Dragon. Any Pokémon in these two groups can be immediately bred with Shiny Gyarados. If the Shiny you want is not in these groups, things become tricky. You will have to chain Shiny breed for the Pokémon that you want.

For example, let’s say that I want a Shiny Totodile. Its Egg groups are Monster and Water 1. While Gyarados will not work as a parent, maybe breeding for another Shiny parent will work. Charmander is a part of the Dragon and Monster groups. Dragon makes it compatible with Gyarados, and Monster makes it compatible with Totodile. So use Gyarados to breed a Shiny Charmander, and then Charmander with Totodile. This method is more time consuming, but will still be your best chance unless you happen to have a Shiny Ditto. If only there was an easy way to get one…

One interesting fact about Ditto is that in the first generation, Ditto copied the DVs or the opposing Pokémon if it uses Transform twice in a row. Why is this useful? If set up properly , you can effectively make a Ditto shiny when you catch it. The catch is that you will need a second 3DS with a Virtual Console edition of PokémonRed, Blue, or Yellow Version. A friend with a 3DS would be the easiest way to accomplish this, although owning two of them works just as well.

In generation 1, Gyarados learns Mimic through TM. If you transfer your Shiny Gyarados to a Generation 1 game and teach it Mimic, you can essentially get free Shiny Dittos. But the setup is key to this strategy. Your Gyarados should know Mimic and all other moves should have 0 PP remaining. Go to where Ditto can be found, and start the battle. Immediately use Mimic to copy Ditto’s Transform. Ditto will now transform into Gyarados. Wait another turn and let Ditto use transform a second time. Once it has transformed twice, it is now effectively a Shiny! Transfer it to your generation two game and awe at the glistening blue Ditto. You now have a parent that can get you any Shiny that you want (minus the obvious non-breedables such as Lugia and Mewtwo.) Since the Ditto is owned by a different trainer, Eggs will hatch faster as well! Once you transfer your Gyarados back, it will retain its Shiny majesty as well.

Like many other Pokémon games, the 3DS Virtual Console release of Pokémon Crystal has gift Pokémon. A new gift is the Odd Egg, which is given to you by the Daycare Man. The Egg hatches into one of seven different Baby Pokémon introduced in Generation 2: Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Tyrogue, Magby, Elekid, and Smoochum. In addition to being able to hatch one of these Pokémon, they also all come with the special move Dizzy Punch.

One of the notable aspects of the Odd Egg is that the hatched Pokémon has a higher chance to be Shiny, adding up to a 14% Shiny rate! Non-Shiny hatches from the Odd Egg will have 0 IVs (Individual Values). Below are the probabilities for each species and if they can be Shiny.

You can also evolve what you hatch and use it to breed with other Pokémon species, increasing the Shiny chance for the offspring. With each of these Baby Pokémon evolving into Pokémon within different Egg groups, it would be great to get them all on one file!

Thanks to a handy glitch, you can do just that! One of the biggest glitches in Pokémon Crystal is the Duplication or Duplicate Glitch. This glitch lets you clone Pokémon or Eggs within your PC boxes.

To perform this glitch, you need to place a Pokémon or Egg in a box, change your box, and then save and turn off the power right as the word ‘power’ begins to appear. (For Pokémon Gold and Silver you turn off the power slightly earlier.) The timing is tricky but if done right you will have the deposited Pokémon in your box and party at the same time!

With this glitch in mind you can continue cloning the Egg and hatching it to get all the options as Shiny Pokémon to breed. Before you begin this glitch, you need to save the game before getting the Odd Egg.

As stated, each Baby Pokémon evolves into something within a different Egg group. Below is the list of Baby Pokémon final evolutions and their egg groups.

Raichu: Field and Fairy
Clefable: Fairy
Wigglytuff: Fairy
Hitmonchan/Hitmonlee: Human-Like
Electabuzz: Human-Like
Magmar: Human-Like
Jynx: Human-Like

While these groups do overlap, they still allow you more access to breeding Shiny Pokémon easier, as the Odd Egg is the best way to get Shiny Pokémon outside of the Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage. The Jynx line however are always female and cannot be used for breeding different species of Shiny Pokémon.

While there is no way to effectively farm Shinies in the wild, breeding for them in Generation 2 is actually even more effective than the Masuda Method has ever been. Get your male Shiny Gyarados, and let it be an amazing breeding parent. If you have the resources, the Ditto strategy allows you to get an even better parent than Shiny Gyarados. And if playing Crystal, you can have an additional seven Shiny parents, spanning three additional Egg Groups to those Gyarados is within. Keep these things in mind when wanting a Shiny, and you will have an incredibly effective method for obtaining them.

Which Shiny do you hope on hatching the most in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal?

Co-written with bobandbill and Z25.
Edited by bobandbill, BadSheep, Jake, Rabinov, Radiating, and Rainbow.

With hundreds of slots from revered online gaming software developers, the focus on the ancient Aztec empire as a source for design inspiration rivals that of other realms such as Asia and Egypt. The Aztec Empire is remembered for being one of the most revered tribes through the thirteenth to fifteen centuries when it had control over most of Mexico. However, it also holds a place in history books as the greatest empire that fell the fastest and hardest, which was caused by a Spaniard invasion in the fifteenth century.

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With so much culture and history surrounding the Aztec tribe, it is no wonder game providers tap into it for the creation of games. Among the many slots that fall in the Aztec-themed category is the free Sun and Moon Slots, which is focused on in this review.

Sun and Moon online slot focuses on the creation tale as told by the Aztecs and mainly draws inspiration from the story of the fifth sun. According to this mythical tale, it is believed that the world, as we know it, has been created and destroyed multiple times, and we are currently living in the fifth cycle. In each of the periods, different gods ruled the earth by sacrificing themselves and jumping into a fire to become the sun.

During the birthing ceremony of the fifth world, two gods mistakenly jumped into the flames of creation, and the council of gods decided that two suns would be too powerful for the earth. Therefore, one god became the sun to rule over the day, while the other became the moon to rule over the night.

The Sun and Moon Slots tell this tale with a reflection of rich culture on its five reels and three rows. The playing grid is built in a brown earth tone that is shaded in a rough texture that accentuates the bright and colourful hues used in the creation of the game's symbols.

The twenty bet lines that cut across the screen are marked using small boxes on each side of the playing grid and light up anytime a winning combination lands on them. One can see that a lot of attention is also paid to the backdrop, which is mainly built in a dark blue shade in the representation of the night and the moon god.

At the very top, there is a mountain range with a temple sticking out to the right with a jet black star-studded sky above it. Not much imagery is included at the bottom, however, which is mainly adorned by tribal markings.

Even with such detailed development, it is easy to tell that the Sun and Moon Slot leans more towards the classic category than that of modern slots. The assumption is drawn from the fact that the game screen is encased in what appears to be a traditional land-based slot machine, complete with buttons to represent the control panel.

Even so, Aristocrat is not shy in the exploitation of modern graphics and animations to craft the imagery of the set.

The Game Developer

The Sun and Moon online slot is a product of Aristocrat, which stands as a force to reckon with in the gambling industry. The software company has been running since 1953, which gives it an extensive experience of more than sixty years in meeting the needs of casino operators and players alike.

Aristocrat has its headquarter in Sydney, Australia and an array of operational offices in a dozen other countries like the United States, South Africa, and others. The running of activities is facilitated by its team of more than two thousand, two hundred employees in more than two hundred countries.

In the American slots industry, Aristocrat comes second only to International Games Technology, making it one of the globe's largest providers for gaming machines. The software provider specializes in not only creating unique titles but also aiding brick and mortar game developers transition to the web platform. Aside from the Sun and Moon Slot, other popular titles by the developer include:

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Playing the Game

Slots stand as the most loved games online and offline due to a variety of reasons, but none of them ranks as high as their simplicity in gameplay. Nearly all sets in the category operate on the policy of Spin to Win, which is accommodating to both new and seasoned punters.

In a bid to maintain the intimate nature of its sets, Aristocrat presents all its games with the same mode of play, which means one does not have to acquire a new set of skills to indulge in gameplay.

The same method is spotted in the Sun and Moon slot machine, which is facilitated by the UI panel placed at the bottom of the screen. Unlike the control bars in most modern slots, Sun and Moon offers buttons similar to land-based slot machines with the following fields:

• Auto Start – plays the game in continuous motion for an infinite number of rounds until the button is pressed again. The auto spins also come to a halt when the gambler's credit account runs out.
• 1 line – activates one win line for gameplay.
• 5 lines – activates five bet lines.
• 10 lines – activates ten bet lines.
• 15 lines – activates fifteen play lines.
• 20 lines – activates twenty play lines.
• Gamble – opens the gamble feature after a win has been landed.
• Start – sets the reels in motion for one round at a time.
• Credit – changes the credit value from as little as 0.01 credits to as much as 0.1 credits.
• Help – opens the paytable section as well as the rules of the game.

Other fields are included at the top of the game screen, but they are used for the display of information rather than alteration of game elements. The first field is that of Credit, which shows the total amount one has remaining in their account and includes the winnings accrued as gameplay continues.

This section changes depending on the value selected in the Credit section on the control panel at the bottom. The Bet field next to it shows the number of coins used in each spin while that of Win showcases the payouts for each round before being accrued to that of Credit.

Slot's Symbols

The Aztec theme that inspires the Sun and Moon Slot is most prominent in the icons that adorn the five by three reel configuration. 3D technology is cleverly used by the developer, which makes them the centre of attention. At any given moment, the fifteen spots on the playing grid are filled with different icons out of the thirteen that are used in gameplay.

These symbols include:

• The playing card characters A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9
• Blue and gold dream catcher
• Purple and gold tribal mask
• Green and gold totem
• Pyramid
• Pink and gold ring
• Tribal sun symbol
• Tribal moon symbol

Unlike most other slots by Aristocrat that use two different symbols to denote the wild and scatter icons, Sun and Moon Slot uses both the tribal sun and moon emblems to play the roles of both. Therefore, either one can be used to stand in the place of other standard symbols to complete their winning combinations or make them bigger for more lucrative payouts.

However, they cannot be used to replace each other since they also play the role of the scatters, which are used as bonus triggers.

The pyramid also plays a special role in the Sun and Moon slot games, which excludes it from replication by the sun or moon symbols. This icon only appears on the second reel and does not provide payouts of any kind. Instead, it changes to reveal one of the ten standard characters depending on which one has the highest chance of creating a winning combination.

Provided Payouts

Sun and Moon online slot has a wide array of usual features that are familiar with slots enthusiasts, and the same is maintained in the provision of winnings. Once the reels come to a halt after a spin, punters receive rewards if three or more characters land on a pay line beginning from the leftmost reel and fall on adjacent columns. Any bet line that carries a winning combination lights up with a broken line while the characters involved dance around in short animations. Aristocrat, like IGT, grants its winnings in the form of multipliers instead of credits. Therefore, the value of the winning spin is multiplied by that of the value matched to the specific icon used to create the combo.

The payouts for each emblem combination are displayed under the Help section, and they are given in multipliers as follows:

Only the highest paying combo is considered on each win line. Therefore, if five tribal moons appear on a bet line, the winnings for a combination of three and four of them are forfeited.

After each win, gamblers can choose to collect the payouts given or launch the gamble feature for a chance to increase the amount. In the gamble game, players are presented with a down facing card and are prompted to choose whether it is red or black.

Giving the correct answer grants them double their wins while choosing wrong strips them of the payout and sends them back to the base game. One can choose to take an even higher risk by trying to select the correct suit, which sees the winnings quadrupled. This round can be played up to five times, and a loss at any stage nullifies the wins of previous ones.

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Aside from granting credit wins, the gold sun and silver moon also trigger a free spins bonus round as follows:

• Two icons – five free spins
• Three icons – ten free spins
• Four icons – twenty free spins
• Five icons – fifty free spins

The freebies are played as soon as they are landed, and the number of lines and credit value of the round in which they are triggered are used for all the spins. The winnings collected are subject to a multiplier of two times, which makes the jackpot prize a multiplier of two thousand times. If two or more scatters of a kind are landed as the bonus plays, gamblers are granted more free spins.

Sun and Moon Slot Free Play

Nearly all Aristocrat games are available in free to play modes, and the Sun and Moon slot falls in the category. In this mode, players do not face the requirement to place any real money on the line for spins to be activated. Instead, fun credits are used in the placement of stakes, which are in-built into the slot. When playing Sun and Moon free slots, punters can explore the various elements of the slot machine game such as those touched on in this review to decide first-hand whether or not they would like to invest actual cash. Alternatively, the version could be used as a way to enjoy the gambling experience for those who would not want to risk any of their money. All features of the free Sun Moon Slots remain the same as those of the real money version except the provision of withdrawable payouts.

Real Money Gameplay

The real money version of Sun and Moon casino game requires the use of actual cash for the activation of gameplay. The winnings accrued are also presented in a similar manner, which means they are accessible for withdrawal as soon as they come by. When playing Sun and Moon real money slot, some of the ways gamblers can improve their experience and maximize on winnings include:

• Have a budget

Even though Sun and Moon has a small bet range, it is advisable to have a clear picture of how much one is willing to spend before spinning the reels. Gamblers should note that slot gameplay is quite fast, which means small stakes could add up pretty quickly and account for massive spending in the long run.

• Activate all bet lines

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The higher the number of play lines that are active during gameplay, the higher the chances of landing a winning combination. Thus, it is recommended to use all twenty bet lines that are provided.

Overview

Sun and Moon online slot is a simple yet enticing presentation of ancient Aztec culture with impressive payouts and bonuses to top it all. The set can be enjoyed on both desktop and mobile devices in instant play mode, which means one does not have to go through the trouble of downloading any software.

FAQ

📌 Who is the creator of the Sun and Moon Slot?

The Sun and Moon Slot is a product of the online gaming software developer Aristocrat, which is among the most prominent slot providers across the globe.

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📌 What is my sun and moon sign?

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It's a scattered mixture of tribal sun and moon icons.

📌 Is there a jackpot prize in the Sun and Moon Slot?

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No, there isn't. The highest prize one can collect stands at two thousand times the bet placed, and it does not grow depending on the number of players indulging in the slot machine.