[Pokémon] ~>{*Shiny Hunters Club}<~

Shinies are very rare Pokemon that can be caught in G/S/C and R/S. You can find them anywhere, and they can be any Pokemon (in my Silver I found a shiny Rattata, and in Sapphire it was a shiny Girafarig with a blue nose...). About one in a million encounters produces a shiny Pokemon, so expect to see only one or two in your whole game time. They are a different color than a normal Pokemon and also 'shine' when they come out of their Pokeballs. If you look at a shiny's stats, it will have three little stars next to the gender--this means that they are shiny.

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Contrary to the popular idea that shinies are super-powerful, they... arent. They can't ever get to max stats, and although their stats are usually above those of a normal Pokemon, they have terrible HP. A strange aspect about shinies is that you can't escape when you are battling one. It's probably a hint that you are supposed to catch it, since you'll probably never see one again.

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Also, shinies can't pass on their color through breeding, I've found. Never fear, though, they still keep it when they evolve.

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There are a few ways to catch a shiny Pokemon without Gameshark (the codes are 010719D1 for G/S and 910730D2 for Crystal). Here are a few ways that have been found:

To get a shiny blue Ditto you first need a red Gyarados. You should probably clone it. You need to send the clone to red or blue. Teach it mimic when it's there. Then you need to find and battle a Ditto. In battle you use mimic. Ditto will use transform. Now simply catch it and trade it to silver or gold. It will be blue. This does work unlike many other codes I've tried.

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The next is a cheat that you can do by yourself, but only with a Japanese cartridge (hehe, lucky me...)
If you want the full benefit of this code, use a Pok?mon that can evolve. Otherwise, there will be some confusion with names and so forth. First, place a flying Pok?mon that has been taught to FLY, as the first Pok?mon in your lineup, the "Golden Gyarados" as the sixth position, and the Pok?mon whose color is to be changed in the second position. After doing this, put all of the Pok?mon back into the PC except the first one. Next, take out the Pok?mon that was in the second position before, the one that will be changed. Enter the bug-catching contest that is near Goldenrod city. This is held on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. As soon as you enter it, exit right away. When the clerk asks you if you want to quit, make sure you say NO. Now use your Flying Pok?mon to FLY out of the contest. Store the Pok?mon that will be changed in a PC, then go back to the contest and say YES to complete the contest. Return to a PC, withdraw the Pok?mon, and check its status screen. The Pok?mon will be a different color, but it will have Gyarados's name. Grow the Pok?mon until it evolves. You may want to use Rare Candies if you have any. Now when you go into battle with the evolved form of the original Pok?mon, it will have a shining status.

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youngotaku said:

Wait,are there shinies in fg/lg?

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