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p3ndu1um May 23rd, 2011 6:04 AM

Shiny Pokemon in HGSS
 
How frequently do you see Shiny Pokemon in HGSS? Do you catch them straight away or do you catch certian shinies? At the moment, none for me :(, but im not giving up.

ZeldaStrife May 23rd, 2011 7:11 AM

according to Serebii.net, the odds of seeing a shiny Pokemon in the wild is a 1/8000 chance. Every Pokemon has a shiny version. They're just really, really rare varieties of all the available Pokemon.

I myself have never ever seen one, and I've been playing the games for sixteen years, but my friend is a few years younger than me has a lot of shinys. I think it just depends on how frequently you play the game.

FrostPheonix May 23rd, 2011 9:03 AM

Shinies are wierd. Generally, I have found one shiny or more per game, since i play them a lot, but i haven't caught all of them. I try, but sometimes i dont make it. Either i have no pokeballs, or they run away :(

Zayin May 23rd, 2011 3:37 PM

I've encountered one shiny in the wild out of 12 years of playing. It was a Patrat.

JamesJL98 May 23rd, 2011 4:03 PM

Well, I've never seen a shiny in my five or six years playing Pokemon. :(

ZeldaStrife May 23rd, 2011 4:50 PM

yeah, what everyone else said. they're just really, really, really rare Pokemon with color variations. XD

Technically speaking, the red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage is a shiny Pokemon, but I personally dont count that as a rarity since it is there every time you play the game--it is built into the storyline.

AllentheGuitarist May 23rd, 2011 8:39 PM

Next to never. I started playing back in the Pokemon Red days, and I've only seen 7 shinies ever.

Caught 3 of them. =(

Metal Electric May 23rd, 2011 9:59 PM

In SoulSilver I encountered two random shinies! ^^ Shiny Magnemite and Shiny Teddiursa and later I decided to hunt on Delibird and got it shiny too.

SuperSaiyanII May 24th, 2011 3:57 AM

I haven't encountered a shiny in hg/ss yet but, I have gotten a shiny Totodile as my starter. I was just scrolling through the starters and when Totodiles' picture showed up it was a shiny.

インフェルノの津波 May 24th, 2011 5:54 AM

2 Random Shiny Meowth.

I am not kidding.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ May 24th, 2011 9:25 AM

I've had incredibly good luck with finding shinies. I've got at least ten of them, spanning from two in Leaf Green to three in White. As for HG/SS, I've found a shiny Meowth in SS, but none others as I spend more time with my other games.

Aquacorde May 24th, 2011 9:41 AM

I'll catch any shiny I see, but that only applies to two so far. I found a shiny Gloom in HG and a shiny Marill in Emerald. I do wish I could find more, but I'm not too dedicated to it.

Wyatt Fire May 24th, 2011 11:43 AM

I vaguely remember seeing one when I was young, but I thought it was just either me or the game that was strange. I had no idea about shinies, lol. Other than that, I never run across them in my games (except Gyarados in HeartGold).

I don't see what the obsession is with shinies. Is it just because they're so rare that everyone loves them? I don't really see any significance. I couldn't care less! :P

ZeldaStrife May 24th, 2011 1:16 PM

Lordy, I must be the most unlucky person on the planet because i have never seen one EVER in all my years of playing Pokemon.

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Originally Posted by Wyatt Fire (Post 6657867)

I don't see what the obsession is with shinies. Is it just because they're so rare that everyone loves them? I don't really see any significance. I couldn't care less! :P

I do agree with you there, Wyatt Fire.

ltsang May 24th, 2011 1:35 PM

I saw and catch a shiny goldeen on my ev training. Oh I also throw a masterball at it. The nature was gentle. I couldn't do nothing with that. :'(

danko Kordic May 24th, 2011 2:16 PM

i have 10 shinies. 9 of them chaineed in Pokemond Diamond, one Farfetch'd found randomly.

Hikamaru May 24th, 2011 3:26 PM

I have 2 shinies.

Gyarados and Graveler - both male.

-Can Man May 25th, 2011 3:13 AM

I caught a shiny Tentacool the other day in HG and that is my first ever shiny in any game, I had a little nerd moment when it popped up lol

King Raichu May 25th, 2011 8:53 AM

The Red Gyarados from lake of rage and a green swinub are my shinies.

ZeldaStrife May 25th, 2011 7:44 PM

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Originally Posted by King Raichu (Post 6659509)
The Red Gyarados from lake of rage and a green swinub are my shinies.

Personally, I dont consider that red Gyarados a true, rare shiny because it is there every time the game is played--it is a key element to the story and it will always be there.

However, I suppose that if I were to count it, then I've seen one shiny Pokemon--the red Gyarados. XD

PlatinumDude May 26th, 2011 4:32 AM

I didn't run into too many shinies in HG/SS, but I did catch a shiny Mewtwo in HG before I lost it. In SS, I caught a shiny Tentacool and Golbat, which was surprising, since I never saw more than 1 shiny in the same game that time since Platinum.

Westie7 May 26th, 2011 1:43 PM

Early on, I found a shiny Bellsprout in HG. Luckily, it was only two levels behind the regular Bellsprout I already had, so I replaced it with my brand new shiny one. Tendrils the Victreebel is now an awesome powerhouse.

Astronomy May 26th, 2011 2:35 PM

I have played pokemon for years, and, never got one shiny. I hear there's stuff you can do to get them, like go to herds and stuff, but, I never cared to.

bobandbill May 26th, 2011 5:31 PM

Quote:

I have played pokemon for years, and, never got one shiny. I hear there's stuff you can do to get them, like go to herds and stuff, but, I never cared to.
There's no 'herds' for shiny Pokemon - you can use the Pokerader to chain for shiny Pokemon in DPPt but beyond that and the Masuda breeding method (and RNG I suppose...) there's no other way besides being lucky.

I have found two shiny Pokemon in HGSS thus far! Both on my monotype runs - one is a Donphan in Victory road, and another was a Miltank.

Nekokitkat July 12th, 2012 3:57 PM

I got a shiny roselia while trying to train for the elite four in platnium. i was shocked XD. um my second shiny i just finished plying soul silver and i wanted to restart with a chikorita. I have started with a cyndaquil. I wanted the chikorita to be female. so after 2 restarts if it being male i restarted again. i was browsing to click on chikorita when i thoguth I saw one of the pokemon seemed odd. I went back and it was a shiny cyndaquil O_O I was shocked lol still want a female Chikorita but im happy with my shiny. it was unexpected. I didnt know you could get a shiny starter XD. I've been playing since the old red and blue and those are my only shiny encounters.

my little brother has caught 2 shinys too one Ratatta outside of Goldenrod and a Phanpy by Backtorn. He's fairly new to pokemon and he's so lucky!


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