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3rd Gen Your First Shiny

Shaf

Lonely MadNooB Trainer
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I encountered and also had some shinies.. but.. It was a spanish ROM and I never had the save file (CRYING) [WUMPH!WUMPH! Mamma Mia!]

Still I caught a shiny Dustox near The Day Care in Pokemon Ruby!
In Sky pillar I caught the Dusclops... and Banette..but that was in Sapphire I guess!
 

Ninjagon

Back from a break.
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11
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let's just say when the guy in Petalburg Woods asked if i'd seen any shroomish I happened to run into one of a different colour :P Boy was I surprised.
 

symes7

Deity
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My first and only shiny was in Firered, Just started my game and found a gold Rattata, managed to catch it and still have it to this day.
 
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Couple years ago I caught Pidgeotto in Five Island (Thank heavens it didn't use whirlwind), then a day later Spearow in Route 3. Since then I haven't encountered any shinies in Gen III games.
 

Darkrai666

ThatscaryFreakyguywhoisDa rkrai
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  • Age 23
  • Seen Dec 21, 2014
It was a seel in the 3rd gen but my first ever Shiny was a geodude in FR
 
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ive never seen a wild shiny pokemon in all my years of any game (besides red gyados in G/S/C/HG/SS), but while at the battle tower in firered, I battles a trainer with a shiny Espeon!
 

Tlachtli

Crit happens.
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12
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ive never seen a wild shiny pokemon in all my years of any game (besides red gyados in G/S/C/HG/SS), but while at the battle tower in firered, I battles a trainer with a shiny Espeon!

Huh, I'd never heard of a trainer with a shiny before now. I wonder if that means battle tower teams are generated like normal wild pokemon?
 

.:batto:.

Pokébreeder
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15
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Ive encountered one on my own game. Besides an emulator. It was in Pokemon Silver. I know that this is about the III Gen. But yeah. It was a Golbat. I knew there was something different about him but i only had my masterball and i didn't to waste it. Stupid i know. But i was like 12.
 

Andrew

Ah Yeah 아예
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My first (and only) shiny encounter was a Zigzagoon on Emerald right after you get your starter. So naturally, I got really excited only to find I didn't have any Pokéballs yet. I was extremely disappointed.
 
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  • Age 25
  • Seen Dec 20, 2019
My first was a shiny Swablu. Then another shiny Swablu on the next playthrough. I also had a shiny Poochyena back in the day. My only other shiny is Misdreavus in Soul Silver.
 
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My very first shiny was in Ruby back when i was in 7th grade, maybe. It was a Marril. I didnt know what shinies were at the time, so when a green Marril popped up i was like "WHAT?" and i tried to catch it like crazy, i dont remember if i actually succeeded...
 

PureAurorae

Comrade
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10
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  • UK
  • Seen Sep 17, 2013
First I saw was probably Geodude on Emerald. That was about 7 orso years ago. It used self- destruct I believe.

The first I caught was a Ponyta on my FireRed version, and after around 5 years, I still have it.
 
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I also remember a shiny Aipom in Safari zone. It ran away after first Safari ball and I broke my DS Phat that day out of anger if I remember. Truly one of the worst days of my life, all because of some programming troll.
 

Paperhat545

The Pokémon Master
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10
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My first shiny Pokémon was a Spearow in LeafGreen. I evolved it into a Fearow, and life was good. On a playthrough of FireRed, I caught a shiny Geodude in Mt. Moon. I don't have either of the files anymore, though -_-
 

Bladewing

Swords for feathers since '98!
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First shiny ever was a Ponyta in Mt. Ember in Firered.
I accidentaly the K.O.

The first one I caught on the other hand was a Voltorb in Emerald.
It was not quite as impressive looking.
 
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