Okay, here's a basic rundown of the past ten minutes:
I'm sitting at my laptop, reading a moveset analysis about Gardevoir. I have my black GBA SP in my lap.
My GBA SP: Gyaao! *bling bling bling*
My eyes stop their lateral movement across my laptop screen and become wide. My breath stops. I think my palms get a little sweaty.
I look down at my GBA SP.
And what do I see?
...
*points at avatar*
This is amazing. I'm in a battle with it right now. Here's a step-by-step of the battle so far: started out with shiny Zapdos, switched to shiny Scizor. On the switch in, it gets hit by Ice Beam and becomes frozen! No matter, I just wait it out until Scizor defrosts. I Swords Dance up twice, use False Swipe, and get it down to the low red zone (not exactly one HP, in case it uses Struggle). Now, I'm switching to shiny Lapras for Sing...goodness, shiny Articuno is so
shiny, it's like it reflects a whole bunch of light, lol...beautiful. Lapras connects with Sing.
Time to catch it.
All I have are hordes of Great Balls, seven PokeBalls, and two Master Balls. I'd like it in a Great Ball, though.
I'll report back once I've caught it. Analysis on my luck will follow.
Edit: Congrats on the new shiny, CA!! And welcome back.
Edit2:
SHINY GYAOO TRIO COMPLETE!!!!
I was able to snag it in a Great Ball! Ironically, all I had to do was False Swipe it down to 1 HP. It has a Gentle nature; here are its stats.
HP: 155
Atk : 105
Def: 108
Satk: 105
SDef: 145
Speed: 90
Its nature is opposite of shiny Moltres'.
And here I thought I wouldn't get any more shinies this month! Nice surprise my game had for me, lol. The IVs aren't great, and I know it, but at the very least it's shiny! And hey, as a bonus, it has a somewhat usable nature.
Now, I didn't know that I was going to get this shiny today, but I KNEW that if I wanted to get shiny Articuno, it would have to come from LG, and not FR. Ever since I got shiny Bulbasaur in November of '07, my FR and LG have alternated giving me shinies. First Bulba (FR) then Squirtle (LG). Next, Lapras (FR) then Moltres (LG). Finally, Zapdos (FR) and now, Articuno (LG)!
The only thing that was different this time was that I didn't get a PokeRadar shiny between Zapdos and Articuno.
I know I said earlier that once I got I finished this trio, I would abandon hunting on the third gen, but I just can't. Three shinies from both of these? I need to milk this for what it's worth. One things for sure, I'm certain that randomizing my RNG helped Articuno appeared.
Now I definitely need to get a radar shiny...
Good luck, everyone!