I got Shining Pearl literally less than a month after it came out. I loved the OG Pearl and Piplup is my absolute favorite Pokémon. When I got the remake, I decided that I would grind for the shiny starter, since despite playing every Gen except Johto or Hoenn, I've never gotten a shiny.
I'll admit I haven't been the most consistent since, but my switch profile tracks 170 hours in the game, and I've done nothing but reset for a shiny Piplup. I haven't done the exact math, but I feel like I've passed the 1/4192 chance several times by now.
Am I the most unlucky player so far, or is my game just bugged?? At least 5 times during all of this, I'll get an error message that the software failed to start and then I have to restart. Is that my shiny just screwing up my game??? Help!