These 19 Pokémon are almost impossible to hunt in FireRed and LeafGreen

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Their core experience is tied to Kanto since they first came out on the Game Boy Advance, but all Gen 2 and 3 were rather odd remakes with more content with the Sevii Islands and National Dex to fill the Mons. Things are also unfamiliar with the ports on the Switch and Switch 2, as the games have a questline tied to unlocked trade options. Pokemon Gen 3 games, but these are currently unavailable on Switch consoles, making Quest mostly redundant and Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreenImpossible to complete national dex. Still, offer plenty of options for savvy hunters, if the odds aren't great.

One could argue that the best version for shiny hunting Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen The latter is, as it gives you access to Staryu and Starmie, which have the Illuminate ability to encounter Pokemon frequently. However, some Pokemon can't be found while fishing or walking through grass, and they can be some of the most painful hunts in the game. For example, shiny starters are only available via soft-resetting, a method that is still relatively fast, but very tedious and long. Other Pokemon, however, do not have this luxury, as they are only available through breeding, which makes them nearly impossible to hunt down.

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Say goodbye to 19 shiny Pokemon in FireRed and LeafGreen

Most of the Pokemon originally found in the Gen 3 Kanto remakes can be found in different areas, or at least with decent odds, making for a brilliant hunting process, even if it takes you days. However, like Pokemon Eevee in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Either in-game trades or only for gifts, and only the latter can be soft-reset until they shine.

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Others can only be bred for hunting purposes, meaning the process is longer and less likely to produce good results. The list is as follows:

Farfetch'd: You get Farfetch'd in Vermilion City Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen While trading spears to a little girl who lives south of the Pokemon Center. Since the Farfetch'd (Ch'ding) you get is shiny-locked, you can only get shiny Farfetch'd in the post-game after unlocking breeding.
Hitmonly or salvation (plus Tyrogue and hitmantop): You can get a guaranteed Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan at the Saffron City Fighting Dojo, and since these are gift Pokemon, they can be shiny. The problem is that you only get one, and to get another, you need to breed for Tyrogue. The same goes for shiny tyrog and shiny hitmantop.
Liktung: The only way to get Lickitung is to trade in one of the version exclusives Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen At an NPC on Route 18 who wants a goldlock (fire red) or slowbrow (Leaf green). As with Farfetch'd, the trade is shiny-locked, so you can only get a shiny Lickitung through breeding.
mr mr: Similarly, Mr. Mime is a special trade Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreenAnd you can only get one on Route 2 by paying Abra. This critter is shiny-locked and therefore requires breeding to find the shiny version.
Jynx (and Smoochum): Jynx is one of the best Pokemon Fire red and leaf greenBut that too is only through in-game trades. You'll need to trade Poliwhirl to an old man in Cerulean City for this, but Jynx is shiny-locked. The bottom line is that you need to breed for Shiny Smoochum and then evolve into Jynx to get it.
Vaporeen, Jolteonand/or Flareon: There is a guaranteed Eevee in Celadon City that is a gift, and thus can be flashed via soft-resetting. Assuming you receive a shiny as a gift and evolve it into one of the three Eeveelutions in the game, the other two can only be found as shiny through breeding and evolution stones.
pichu, Clefa, Igglybuffand Wynaut: These four baby Pokemon can only be found as shiny through breeding, as they don't spawn anywhere.
Togepi (and Togetic): There's a guaranteed Togepi egg you can get, egg hatching is a terrific hunting method. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen. This is the only way to get Togepi outside of breeding, so it's very hard to get both it and Togetic as shiny.
Alekid, Magbyand Azurill: On top of how difficult it is to use breeding for shiny hunting, these three Pokémon are special editions. Electabuzz and Magmar in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Can only be found in power plants fire red For the former, and on Mount Amber Leaf green For the latter, but their baby forms are reproductive-specific. Likewise, Marill and Azumarill Leaf green Specifically, Azurill can only be found in this version as a shiny through breeding.

Why shiny prey through breeding is terrible in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

The main problem with reproduction in these games is that there is no Masuda method or luminous attraction, meaning 1/8,192. Not only that, but whether or not a Pokemon obtained through breeding is shiny is determined when the egg is obtained, not when it hatches. This means that you can't soft-reset the moment the egg hatches, instead, you have to either get an egg before or get another egg. If that wasn't enough, Flame Body as an ability doesn't hatch eggs as fast in the Gen 3 Kanto remakes, so the process takes even longer. For these reasons, shiny hunting can be a tedious process if breeding is involved, and it can take so long that it is nearly impossible for many Pokémon to do.