User blog comment:Moon Snail/Taking a break./@comment-4059089-20140309015749

The Masuda Method is a way to increase the chances of breeding a shiny Pokemon.

This method, first made popular by Junichi Masuda, states that if any two Pokemon breed an egg together and they have two different ethnic origins (i.e. Japanese Raticate w/ Italian Smeargle), the resulting egg will have an increased chance of being shiny (about six times the original chance).

Just though the Pokemon nerd should point that out.