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How many shinies have you caught/seen so far?

jasonresno

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  • At least 10 years of playing the games and the first shiny I ever saw was yesterday morning in Pearl. It was a shiny Shinx and I promptly caught it.
     
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    I've seen four, not counting a Geodude in a hack that I was making and eventually gave up on, and a possible Shuckle once on Crystal.
     

    rocky505

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  • I'm just going to show my BW ones.

    Cobalion
    Fraxure
    Kyurem
    Landorus(Trade)
    Tepig(Trade)
    Oshawott(Trade)
    Zorua(Trade)
    Snivy(Trade)
    Deino(Trade)
    Litwick
    Solosis
     
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  • Can anyone tell me the fascination with shinies?

    Well, they have a 1 in 8132 chance of appearing, and they're exceedingly rare, not to mention the excitement of getting one is divine.

    But my list is this:

    Staryu
    Zorua
    Volcarona
    Victini
    Snivy
    Ditto
    Bulbasaur
    Porygon+Evos
    Charizard
    Gyarados
    Meowth
    Dialga
    Palkia
    Giratina
    Regigigas
    Stunky
    Deino
    Thundurus
    Ralts
    Venipede
    Mudkip
    Yanma
    Yanmega
    Scizor
    Latios
    Latias
    Salamence
    Garchomp
    Deoxys
    Chimchar+Evos
    Darkrai
    Groudon
    Kyogre
    Rayquaza
    Golem
    Lickilicky
    Virizion
    Mincinno
    Mandibuzz
    Heatran
    Cressila
    Eevee
    Turtwig
    Metang
    Metagross
    Milotic
    Poliwag
    Rapidash
    Rhyperior
    Mew
    Meganium
    Murkrow
    Gligar
    Gliscor
    Lugia
    Hariyama
    Flygon
    Registeel
    Shinx
    Mothim
    Gible
    Gabite
    Mesprit
    Serperior
    Musharna
    Maractus
    Reuniclus
    Eelektross
    Haxorus
    Golurk
    Zweilous
    Deino
    Torchic


    And those are ones I own. Seen...Oh dear god.
     

    pokewalker

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  • Well, they have a 1 in 8132 chance of appearing, and they're exceedingly rare, not to mention the excitement of getting one is divine.

    But my list is this:

    Staryu
    Zorua
    Volcarona
    Victini
    Snivy
    Ditto
    Bulbasaur
    Porygon+Evos
    Charizard
    Gyarados
    Meowth
    Dialga
    Palkia
    Giratina
    Regigigas
    Stunky
    Deino
    Thundurus
    Ralts
    Venipede
    Mudkip
    Yanma
    Yanmega
    Scizor
    Latios
    Latias
    Salamence
    Garchomp
    Deoxys
    Chimchar+Evos
    Darkrai
    Groudon
    Kyogre
    Rayquaza
    Golem
    Lickilicky
    Virizion
    Mincinno
    Mandibuzz
    Heatran
    Cressila
    Eevee
    Turtwig
    Metang
    Metagross
    Milotic
    Poliwag
    Rapidash
    Rhyperior
    Mew
    Meganium
    Murkrow
    Gligar
    Gliscor
    Lugia
    Hariyama
    Flygon
    Registeel
    Shinx
    Mothim
    Gible
    Gabite
    Mesprit
    Serperior
    Musharna
    Maractus
    Reuniclus
    Eelektross
    Haxorus
    Golurk
    Zweilous
    Deino
    Torchic


    And those are ones I own. Seen...Oh dear god.

    You can't get a legimate shiny Victini, so it's obviously hacked.
     
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  • Okay seriously I've said this three times already, I already know that thank you very much. I got in a trade in GameFAQS, and I was well aware that it was hacked.

    Same with Zekrom and Reshiram. Give me a break already.
     

    OlaPola

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  • I've been playing theese games since I was in kiddieschool, and I'm almost 20 years old. The shiny's I've seen. Gyarados.
    How do I even find them? If it's supposed to be random, then the developers played a cruel joke to everyone whos impatient. :c
    Damn you red, sparkly, rare superpokémons, come to me! =D

    Can anyone tell me the fascination with shinies?

    They're a different colour.
    HOW AWESOME IS THAT???
    And also it's like, for me it is anyways, a symbol of status in the game since they're so damn rare.
     
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    Atomic Pirate

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  • I saw a shiny Golbat in Sapphire, but I ran out of Ultra Balls. In Ruby, I found and caught a shiny Zigzagoon, but my stupid friend whom I loaned the game to so he could go Feebas fishing for my (he owed me) decided to restart the game, deleting said Zigzagoon.
     
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  • Seen: Paras (in FR Safari Zone - wild Paras fled) and Pidgey (the second Pokémon I encountered in a save file, so I had no Pokéballs).

    Caught: Starly (found randomly while grinding), Mewtwo (SR'ing in FR - hell yeah), Shinx (found randomly when I was grinding after my first badge), Shelmet (found randomly), Ho-oh (SR), three Kanto birds (a copy of FR I bought still had a save file on it) and Gyarados (...Gyarados - HG).

    Hatched: Litwick (Masuda), Bronzong (Masuda), Nidoqueen (random hatch while breeding for a +Def nature) and Pikachu (Masuda).

    Event: Crown Beasts.
     

    MatTres

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  • My first shiny encounter (besides the Red Gyarados) was a shiny Hoothoot which--with full pride, to this day--I can say I caught and evolved! ^-^ This was after I stopped watching the shows, so I had no idea about Ash's Noctowl until about a year after that game was erased...(I was an idiot child, which I regret to this day).

    My next encounters were a Voltorb and a Weezing, respectively. Unfortunately, neither were caught. :/
     
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  • Own: Cherubi, Purugly, Buneary, Geodude, and an Arceus (named Llama, mind you)
    Caught: Purrloin (happily named Cat Daddy, even though it was a girl), while training my Llama.

    Hmmm, maybe training with a shiny attracts other shinies.
     

    cazzler

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  • In Gold, I found a shiny doduo while training for Elite Four
    In Emerald, I found a shiny elektrike randomly while cycling around
    In Diamond, I found a shiny Machop while using the poke'radar in COMPLETE FOG just for fun :P
    In Black I traded a deino for a shiny shelmet, and a gurdurr for a shiny graveler which is now a golem :)
     

    dutois

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    I have only encountered 1 shiny, my awesome little level 3 lillipup. One day I will train him and rock out with the shiny mustache.
     

    Autobot Silverwynde

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  • I have a few. My caught shinies are:
    Tangela (LeafGreen)
    Roselia (hatched on Emerald)
    Palkia (reset)
    Spiritomb (reset)
    Combee (male, was resetting for a female)
    Giratina (reset)
    Skitty (chained)
    Voltorb (chained)
    Electivire (chained as an Elekid)

    I have a box on Platinum that is full of GTS traded shinies, I have the shiny Event Pokemon and I have two shiny Goletts via GTS as well. I'm trying right now to Masuda Method for a shiny Golett of my own; I want to have one that I can actually nickname.
     

    ♠Dawn Rayne♠

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    In the original Gold version I caught my first Shiny, a Golden Hoothoot which I traded my friend for a Celebi. Then I caught a shiny Tentacool in Silver version. After that no other shinies were caught by me until my first day playing Black when I caught a shiny Purloin.
     
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