3rd Gen How do YOU feel??

[Shiny Umbreon]

You would probably think otherwise because of my username, xD
but I don't really care a thing about shiny Pokémon. They look cool, but it really doesn't matter to me.

 

[shanecdavis]

All it is is an alternate colour... actually, it reminds me of the CO colour option in Advance Wars — not at all special.
Nor is looking ones with Pokerus at all worthwhile since the time taken to find one could've been spent training a normal Pokemon.

Pokerus is TOTALLY different. Not only does getting Pokerus benefit the Pokemon that gets it, but it can also infect other Pokemon as well. Cutting EV to a quarter of the regular time (as EVERYONE that EV trains should be using the Macho Brace) is an incredible benefit that shouldn't be overlooked.

It's not only that they are just a different color. The fact that they are really hard to get them makes them rare thus much more valuable.
So getting a shiny Gyarados will get a much better trade than a normal Gyarados which anyone can get in-game.

Value is in the eyes of the beholder. You will only get more value with a shiny Pokemon if the recipient values them. Personally, I would much rather trade for a Gyarados with a good nature, and flawless IVs than one that is simply a different color. No value in that whatsoever.

 

[Mr. Epic]

Value is in the eyes of the beholder. You will only get more value with a shiny Pokemon if the recipient values them. Personally, I would much rather trade for a Gyarados with a good nature, and flawless IVs than one that is simply a different color. No value in that whatsoever.

And my point was they are valued by most people because of the rarity.
That's why a lot of Pokémon gamers spend lots of time looking around for them.
There are even Fanclubs here for Shiny Pokémon Trainers.

 

[♣Gawain♣]

Finding a shiny is like a needle in the haystack. But still it's worth it, 'cause It is a trophy of hard work and patience. And there is no difference between a normal and a shiny one.

 

[mtr12]

I've never found a shiny in my many runs through FR and LG. It's not really worth it. Maybe in DPPt, things are different. But I wouldn't know. I only play on Shoddy.

 

[Gulpin]

I've found only one shiny in the third generation, and that was a shiny Voltorb in New Mauville. After migrating it, I sadly traded it on Wi-Fi. Personally, I don't like SRing for shinies, expecially since I get too bored too quickly.

~symphony

 

[Caelus]

I find them to be quite trivial compared to other stuff you can do during your spare time.
The fact that most of them look worse than their normal counterpart makes it hard to even try catching one, even if it's HP is just a sliver left.
Then again some of them (Namely Metagross) have an awesome shiny sprite, but that's only a small percantage of them. :/

 

[pokemontrainer_samuel]

I've never particularly searched for them, but I bumped into a shiny wingull in front of Safari Zone in my Sapphire version. It was white and green instead of the usual white and blue. I love shinies a lot. My friend wanted to give me his blue coloured clamperl (the whole pokemon was blue) but his save file got deleted before we could do the transaction. I also traded my Entei for a shiny Banette. He was really happy to get an Entei but I legendaries aren't as valuable as a shiny.

I lost all my shinies though, because my savefile was deleted by a guy who borrowed my game when he saved his 15 minute game file over my 500hrs game file T.T
Now I only take pride in training a box full of level 100 pokemon without using any rare candies...

 

[jasonresno]

Hey, anymore reason to keep playing or trying new things is a good thing. Shinies appeal to those avid collectors and act as an extra incentive to search harder and pick up their game. Sounds good to me!

 

[Heiheipig]

Shinies are nice, but I didn't even know they existed until R/S/E. I got a shiny legendary once, pure luck :). Never tried soft-resetting. Takes too much time.

 

[QANTAN]

Shiny Pokemon are just a different colour, that's all. Sure its a sight to behold once you found one, but there isn't anything else to make it better then the normal kind.

Maybe its just the fact that I've only ever caught two in all Pokemon Games (the red Gyrados in Lake Rage and an Entei in Leaf Green) that makes me think like that.

 

[Hadim Sinan Pasha]

Shiny pokemon are worth it. Especially if you have a pokemon with Synchronize and you get a good natured shiny legendary. That's when people will offer you big stuff for them. Especially if it's stuff like, well, like Kyogre and Groudon. Rayquaza is also reall valuable if you have a good nature. Mainly because of how good they are in Uber tier.

 

[mizu-kun]

shinies are cool, i like them because they are rare but i dont searching for them... if i see one i will probably catch it you know...

 

[Cold Fusion]

I don't like to collect shines but if I find one yeah ... I'm excited. But collecting them isn't the same as Ev training.

 

[Ceilidh]

I only like them because they're extremely rare. I've only ever caught one (a hoothoot) and that was by pure chance, so when I caught it I was a happy happy girl for a few days =))

I couldn't collect them like some people do though </3 it would piss me off too much.

Edit:// I actually quite like the fact they stand out too, they're all pretty =))

 

[~MasterMind~]

it's not very much of a BIG deal to me but i'd get shiny's but wouldent spend my whole day looking for them if you know what i mean.

 

[Aitania]

In my whole pokemon life, the only shiny I've acquired was the Red Gyrados from Crystal (It was part of the plot)... That was it ;A;!!

But meh, I'm not really desperate for one. I wouldn't spend hours finding one, but I would HOPE and LOVE to get one! Especially a shiny Spheal uwu~!

 

[Scalfittura]

I think that having a shiny is cool, but I won't spend hours trying to capture one. I'll see if I find one....

 

[The Bringer!]

I've purposely hunted for shiny pokemon only once (it was for a dunsparce, and did not go very well and bored me to death), but on my ruby version I got a shiny tentacool, duskull, and linoone all by chance. On my emerald version, I even got a second shiny tentacool.

 

[Superjub]

Toughie...=\
Ummm, I have a shiny Steelix (actually caught it as a Steelix at Victory Road in diamond...)
Well, the only difference is the colou, and with the majority of hacked shinies *cough*all pokemon shiny code*cough*, I'd say no...