Hit the dirty thirty earlier this week with a shiny Tangela. I'm currently at 32 shinies and counting... I wonder to myself if this is even fun anymore (it's not).
After I beat the E4 my original plan was to get some Dittos with good IVs and start breeding a flawless version of Red's Team. In the process I came across shiny Teddiursa and Loudred. Realizing it was meant to be, I ditched breeding (for now) and went shiny hunting. A shameful month later I pulled out with a boxfull plus 2 extras. I don't know why more people aren't pushing the Friend Safari over the Masuda Method (for Pokemon you can catch in Safari), but oh well. It does take a long time, often feeling futile, but the odds must be better and ultimately the time spent less, or so it seems to me. My shinies are:
Frogadier, Pikachu X2, Tropius x4, Teddiursa x2, Hoothoot, Chansey, Ditto, Zebstrika, Ivysaur x2, Tangela, Charmeleon, Braixen, Wartortle x3, Audino, Gogoat, Quagsire x2, Dunsparce x3, Octillary, Poliwhirl, Farfetch'd, and Loudred (I think that's all of them).
I'll post pictures later if anyone wants to see... my girlfriend's confiscated the DS for now, for obvious reasons = C.
My pride and joys are the Kanto Starters, all having good natures and abilities. I started Synchronizing for better natures after the first 5 or so, which was a wise move. One of the Pikachus is pretty good too (as good as Pikachu can be), and of course, Shiny Timid Protean Frogadier was a nice but cumbersome plus. The rest aren't quite as competitive. All of them were caught in the Friend Safari (which is kinda dumb for Octillary and Poliwhirl, but oh well).