Your thoughts on Shinies?

[Nugg]

Am I the only one who doesn't particularly like shinies? i think the whole sparkle thing is annoying. I think they should make the sparkle animation simultaneous to the pokemon's animation (kinda like D/P/Pts Ball seals). And have you ever found a shiny in your whole gaming life?

For me, my first ever shiny was a Shiny Sentret on the original Silver, then a Phanphy and Bellsprout on Diamond X) and I think there was also a Swablu in Emerald. Oh, and once, I was trying out my friends SoulSilver and I found a shiny kakuna O.O and I didn't even have pokeballs yet *facepalm*

So basically :
1. Do you like shinies?
-what do you like/dislike about them?
2. Have you ever found a shiny?
3. If so, what pokemon was it?

 

[Amore]

I've found:

- Machoke (no pokeballs)
- Kricketot (caught, traded pretty fast)
- Grimer (caught, only separated with for 3 pokes, I loved it so much).

I do like shines...but some of them I dislike, for example, Dratini and it's evolutions, particularly Dragonite's shiny form, which is hideous

 

[~Patrick~]

In general yes I do like the Idea of shiny Pokemon, they are quite rare and come off as being a novelty.

there's no ultra advantage to them, other then just having an alternate color, but for collection purposes I think they are cool.... some people just get too obsessed with having Shiny Pokemon and that's where I think the dislike for them comes because people without them get annoyed/jealous.

basically for me it's if you got one cool, awesome... if not it's not a big deal I've gone through almost 100 hours in HG and have yet to see a shiny pokemon other than Rage Lake Gyarados and I'm not shedding any tears.

 

[Lord_Storm]

It's not that I like the look of them all, but some of them look really good and I love the feeling of finding them.

I have had 3 shinies altogether:
Cascoon for Pokemon Emerald (Didn't use)
Poochyena for Pokemon Ruby (Now level 84 Mightyena on Platinum)
Marill for Pokemon SoulSilver (Now level 100 Azumarill on SS called Goldie)

 

[Kieran]

I love them! And that's why I am trading in the trade corner. I dnt have a dislike and no ive never found one sadly. :)

 

[alphabetsoup102062]

I'm not really that bothered about them. I like the feeling of finding one as you feel as though you've accomplished something, but after I caught my only shiny which was a Ratatta, it's just stayed in my PC.

 

[Charizard★]

In all my games, I have found over 10 shinys XD
But, after trading for a month I have over 300 now.

 

[Yoak]

Shinnies are a great Idea. Because it's so rare, it makes it a great feeling to find one. It's good that it doesn't have any advantage, or else it would make it kinda unfair and not as fun, and is a great bragging right. It's not fun when people just cheat to get them, or dedicate their life to finding them. I have only found one shiny in my entire gaming career (Like, 5 years of pokemon) And that is my shiny Ho-Oh. My sister found a shiny zubat though, but we didn't know about shinies, and were confused. But we caught it

 

[RockHardSemi]

In my opinion, most of the shiney Pokemon look rather ugly or peculiar. Having said that, I do like the look of the black Charizard and Rayquaza.

 

[Agent Clank]

I like Shinies,I wouldn't say I love them.
I've never found a shiny in my life,but I have caught one which was Gyarados at The Lake of Rage.

 

[Itstoppedatumbreon]

i found a gyarados (not lake of rage),a onix and a Arceus(i got the azure flute from a cheat, but i didnt have the shiny code on) Im trying to find a smeargle on diamond but i cant chain for the life of me

 

[RyanGT]

Shiny Pokemon are an awesome addition to the game. It adds a whole new level or rarity to the Pokemon that are shiny. Also, shiny hunting is just another fun activity among many that can be found in Pokemon games.

 

[Guy]

I'm going to move this over to General Pokémon Gaming since this thread isn't only specific to HG/SS alone.

As for myself, I do generally like Shinies. I don't like all of them, as well, some are just ugly in an alternate color. However, if I were to find one I would be catching it. I've caught quite a few shinies overtime, I believe my very first shiny was an Absol in Pokémon Ruby. I never even realized it was a Shiny at that time since I was so young, I just figured it was different from the rest.

 

[Ev Trainer X]

Yeah, I like shinies. I've found two in my entire gaming career. The first was a shiny Magikarp I found in Pearl (ironically, I found it while I was EV training), in the lake at Pastoria. The second was a Dratini I found in Platinum, which had a perfect nature for a Mixnite. He's my favorite pokemon, now. Forgive me, Lucario! XD

Edit:I didn't catch my shiny Dratini, I hatched it. My memory sucks.

 

[rndm.]

Shinies are cool, they give you some reason to not use that repel.
I've never caught/hatched a Shiny at random, and I've only seen one with just plain luck. (A Rhydon. Figure out the rest >_<)
I have 20-25 of them, but all are caught while chaining.

 

[Aether★]

In my gaming history I have caught 3 Shinys.
-Primeape - Victory Road, Kanto, Leaf Green
-Hariyama - Victory Road, Hoenn, Emerald
-Floatzel - Route 218, Sinnoh, Platinum

I don't care for them, some of them look more beautiful, some of them - worse.
I'm playing on emulators, so trading with anothers is impossible. It doesn't make sense to seek them for me.

 

[Lieutenant Unstable]

I think they're really cool, and usually pretty as long as they're not some awful colour that looks like puke or something, xD. I haven't caught any myself yet, but have had a few given to me as gifts. I like the idea of them, they're rare and collectable and kind of gives you something to do when you feel like you've done everything else in-game, lol.

 

[Rapidash]

I do think that they're cool, but I've never had one. Other than the red Gyardos, obviously.....

I'd love a shiny Umbreon. They look so cool. Also a shiny Ponyta

 

[rockman0]

I think shinies are fun to have. They are a good collector's item and they give your team a unique look. That said, I don't go out chain because I must have shinies. I've tried chaining but always break the chain at like 10 and I've tried breeding but I'm too impatient for that.

I've gotten 2 shinies legally:

Lake of Rage Gyarados: I didn't know what a shiny was when I captured it in the original Gold. I also got one in SS, obviously.

Pearl: My very first, non-scripted, legal shiny was a Shiny Pinsir. I was walking through the area towards the Fight Area and one attacked me.

 

[miley810]

I like shinys,but theres nothing like the origanal.My brother traded me a shiny mew.Theres nothing I dislike about them,that I can think off