Ok, after my success with zekrom, I'm thinking about RNGing the other legendary pokemon from Black 2. I've still got a lot I need to do before I can finish this project, but a bit of forward planning never hurt anyone, lol.
Also, is there a way of figuring out my gen 5 game's SID (for shinies) from a gen 6 game? Tagging
.com because he seems most likely to know for sure. I thought I'd be able to evaluate a pokemon from my black 2 using mass dumper or something like that, but I haven't seen a solution yet. A google search turned up a solution from GameFAQs that seems a bit like snake oil, which involves bit-shifting and finding the value of your TID raised to the power of your TSV. :-/
Also, I'm trying to rank the legendaries in Black 2 terms of which will be easiest to collect (whether they require a puzzle to be solved, they need items from White 2, or have many WNPCs wandering around messing up your PID count).
If my tentative ranking is incorrect (or if you've encountered a problem RNGing these 'mons in B2/W2), please let me know! :)
+ Potentially Easiest?
(If you aren't planning on manipulating the PIDRNG for shininess, NPCs are irrelevant. I'll comment anyway. The only shiny locked legends that are/were captureable are Zekrom, Reshiram and Victini. In my opinion; the puzzle is pretty irrelevant, If you want the Pokemon, you'll go get it. None of the puzzles are over-the-top hard or time consuming.
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Zekrom - YES shiny-lock
| Kyurem - YES shiny-lock? -
Not shiny locked.
| Mesprit (short puzzle, no WNPCs) - NO shiny-lock -
Can't remember about the NPCs with this one.
| Latios (no puzzle?, no WNPCs?) - NO shiny-lock? -
One NPC in the bottom. Doesn't move if you battle him then stay on the Dreamyard; once you go out he'll start moving again.
| Heatran (medium puzzle, no WNPCs) - NO shiny-lock?
| Regirock (hard puzzle, no WNPCs) - NO shiny-lock? -
The puzzle isn't that hard, the Clay Tunnel is just really annoying to navigate. There are no NPCs for any of the Regis.
| Registeel (hard puzzle, no WNPCs) - NO shiny-lock?
| Regice (hard puzzle, key needed from White 2, no WNPCs) - No shiny-lock?
| Regigigas (hard puzzle, key needed from White 2, no WNPCs) - No shiny-lock?
| Cobalion / Virizion / Terrakion (no puzzle, potential WNPCs?) - NO shiny-lock?
I'm pretty sure there's 1 NPC on Terrakion's route, maybe a few on the others but I didn't have any difficulty RNGing them shiny when I did it.
| Uxie / Azelf (short puzzle, potential WNPCs?) - NO shiny-lock -
Azelf has 1-2 NPCs iirc. Uxie has 7 which is a MASSIVE pain.
| Cresselia (medium puzzle?, potential WNPCs?) - NO shiny-lock? -
No NPCs.
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- Potentially Hardest?