I haven ' t done a shiny starter SR for this gen yet but I do have two success stories for XY and ORAS . I didnt count my SRs but I have a time frame . I did Fenniken in X . The cutscene was bad and having to redo my nickname every time was annoying just because I didnt want to be Big S . Took a solid week of doing nothing but SRing . Trust me . The pain is real . It finally happened though at around midnight or something when I couldn ' t sleep so that was nice . I woke everyone up in the apartment with my scream of surprise and joy . I did Mudkip on AS a while ago . No cutscene and faster SRs , but still took roughly a week and a half . I was half asleep with my eyes closed just listening for the sound . Honestly thought I was imagining it until I opened my eyes and saw the purple Mudkip patiently waiting for my order to attack . It was a nice wake up call but I still passed out shortly afterwards . Now my friend is SRing for a shiny Litten after never getting a Shiny Treecko or Torchic SRd for about 3 weeks . I was the first to get the shiny of the group . He started Friday and hasn ' t given up yet while I said screw it after seeing there was a long cutscene . Im not up to it after Fenniken lol ! So id say you guys will be able to play your games in the next week or so as long as you do nothing but SR . Good luck !