It's the kid at the bottom. He turns.
There has to be something else that goes on too though. I've entered the game on frame 4 before. This isn't explained by 1 NPC in the fraction of a second before I open the menu.
Gah. This kid drove me crazy.
Yes the NPC moves, but quite slowly so it doesnt advance the frame MOST of the time.
But I believe it depends on your save state. If the NPC was just about to move when you saved, then I believe it will be more likely to advance the frame before you grab the egg. Well at least that's what I've noticed and what I believe.
But as it is the only one and it's moving rather slowly (at least compared to NPCs in some pokemarts or even the ones on the daycare route in DPPt), it doesnt happen quite often.
Happened to me a couple times over a hundred RNG breeding on SS.
Thanks for the clarification. Even though the NPC is not on my screen, if he/she moves, it will still advance the frame, correct? Because we're in the same route/city/floor/building?
@ToastPlusOne: on a side note is this a new version of your timer? I tried it couple weeks ago following a post of yours but it didn't work (calculated a "1st time" of a few seconds) but I like the beep sequences and the fact that it doesnt use windows beeps (drive me crazy since I've had to enable it for pikatimer)
Yep, I also like Toast's timer, only I couldn't adjust it, so I used Pikatimer.
I do adjust my 1st timer by subtracting 0.6s and adding it to the second timer because I'm using a DSi, which has a delay in loading games unlike the regular DS.