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pokem0nprincess February 11th, 2013 4:44 PM

Did you ever find a Shiny in GSC?
 
The only shiny pokemon I have ever encountered was in Gold, and it was a Girafarig, and I caught it. Anyone else find any shinies in the first generation to have them? :t203:

pokemanmdj February 11th, 2013 8:48 PM

I found my first shiny in my Gold version. :D

I was surfing on the route near Whirlpool islands, and randomly ran into a shiny Tentacool. I didn't really know that it was special, but the way those stars circled around it made me want to catch it.
Later would I find out I found something really rare. >.>

FenrirDarkWolf February 11th, 2013 11:09 PM

I was training outside of Goldenrod City, and, I believe I ran into a Psyduck, and it was shiny.
I caught it.

Kikaito plush February 12th, 2013 1:46 AM

my friend was was training my umbreon ran in to a shiny Raticate and fainted it.

Megan February 12th, 2013 2:34 AM

In the whole time I played G/C I ran into three shiny Pokemon (Gyarados and Ditto didn't count):
- Weepinbell (during training; my first shiny, I was totally shocked xD)
- Spearow (just by accident, I was heading to the Pokemon League)
- Unown

sab February 12th, 2013 7:07 AM

Aside from the egg at the daycare and the gyarados, the only shiny I've seen was the first wild pokemon I saw in the whole game. You know, that patch of grass to the left of NewBark, before you can possibly even buy pokeballs. That was pretty freakin annoying.

Bounsweet February 12th, 2013 7:48 AM

Krabby, Drowzee, and a Nidorina that got away cause I didn't have any Poke Balls :c


kinataki February 12th, 2013 1:35 PM

im playing pokemon games since red and since i was 6. never encountered any shiny in any-freaking-game. i came here and i read how people caught 4-5 shinies in ONE GAME.

now im just sad ;_;

RedJ February 12th, 2013 2:46 PM

Once, a Rattata. Wasn't really paying attention until it was too late and it fainted. Never ran into another shiny in any game (aside from events and the ones given to you in game) since then.

Brendino February 12th, 2013 7:00 PM

Obviously aside from the Red Gyarados, I did find a shiny Teddiursa back on Gold. Unfortunately, all the Pokemon in my party were much too strong, and even my weakest Pokemon ended up one-hit KOing it. I didn't feel too bad at the time, as I figured I'd see one again soon, not realizing how rare they actually were. Even though I kept playing it for the next two years, that was the only shiny I would ever find on Gold.

ShinyUmbreon189 February 12th, 2013 7:43 PM

I honestly don't remember. I play them on emulators but those don't count in my book and I was really young and don't remember seeing one or even catching one. I could of but didn't realize or remember. I'd say it's been 6 years since I played one of those on a gameboy.

Seki February 13th, 2013 2:05 AM

Never found one in the 2nd Gen, my first one was in 4th Gen, surprisingly on HG, the remake of Gold.

PsytronicX February 13th, 2013 4:43 AM

Like someone else here, I caught a Shiny Psyduck on Route 35. I was terrified to evolve it because my 6-year-old self reasoned that since it was blue, and Golduck was blue, it wouldn't count as a shiny anymore. Granted, shiny Golduck is blue, though I didn't know it was shiny and only referred to it as "my Blue Psyduck". It was level 100 before my cartridge's battery quit.

I ended up breeding a couple of shiny Psyduck on Black in the last week, just for nostalgia purposes.

Ycia February 13th, 2013 6:18 AM

A Shiny Sandshrew inside the union cave.. :P

RenegadeClyde February 13th, 2013 8:18 AM

Shiny Gyarados I've found a shiny pidgey when starting my journey in Gold (Luckily I already had pokéballs) and in Crystal I've found a Shiny Sandshrew in...I don't know, But it was inside a cave. (Union or Mt. moon.)

SaniOKh February 13th, 2013 11:50 AM

I found two. A shiny Graveler in Mt. Silver that exploded on me, and a shiny Spearow that fell from a tree while I was looking for a Heracross, and that I caught.

sonicshuffler42 February 13th, 2013 11:52 AM

Aside from the manditory Gyradose ._. no....
Not even once.....T-T

Sydian February 13th, 2013 7:35 PM

Never found any in gen II, which is the only gen I haven't found a random shiny actually. I've only gotten one shiny from Crystal's Odd Egg out of the many times I've played it so ehhh. It's an Igglybuff that I named Ruby Mace. I should play Crystal...and see if it still works. lol :( Too scared though.

TwilightBlade February 13th, 2013 8:15 PM

I found my first shiny in Crystal version. In Ilex Forest, I was randomly headbutting some trees near the entrance. A shiny Weedle appeared! The color was not too different from a regular Weedle, but boy, oh boy, did that shiny animation give me an exhilarating feeling. I caught it and evolved it into a nice Beedrill.

Also, I ran into a shiny Grimer on the bicycling road in Crystal. I attacked it and got it to yellow health on the first turn. It then ran. ._.

/agony

linkofhyrule February 13th, 2013 10:29 PM

Back in the day I caught a blue Corsola in Mistys gym. Few years later got a golden Pikachu, but that was in Emerald. Completely useless since I wanted Volt Tackle

alisaie February 13th, 2013 10:43 PM

Found my very first shiny on Silver version when I ran into a Shiny Donphan and caught it. I never used it but even though I do not have that specific cartridge I will never forget it.

After that I found several on the several playthroughs I did through Gold. Oddish, Weedle, and I think there was one more that escapes my mind at the moment. Then, Crystal's Odd Egg in which I hatched a Shiny Elekid (that I didn't realize I did until I transferred it to Pokemon Stadium 2) and recently a Shiny Magby. Second generation is where I have found the most random shinies so far.

Garoucher February 14th, 2013 2:28 AM

I found a Red Gyarados (yes, I am lucky guy) and a Tentacool. And I should evolved Tentacool for Tentacrue before I erased the data, btw.
And I think i had a shiny Elekid of that egg in Crystal, but i am not sure. Memory, I hate you so much.

skyluigi2 February 14th, 2013 10:52 AM

The one and only shiny that I found myself resides on Pokemon Crystal. It was a shiny Golbat, from the Whirl Islands.

egiannis February 16th, 2013 6:14 PM

The only shiny that I found myself it was a shinny zubat form the Dark Cave in Pokemon Crystal

Kurapika February 16th, 2013 7:11 PM

Specie: Graveler.
Location: The route directly south of Blackthorn City, in the grass.
Game: Pokemon Crystal.

The only shiny I ever encountered in an official game. It used Selfdestruct. :)

Caelus February 16th, 2013 10:55 PM

I don't think I have ever encountered a shiny in GSC besides the obvious Gyarados. Honestly I can probably count with one hand how many shinies I have encountered in all of my pokemon games.

Shayminlover123 February 17th, 2013 4:27 AM

Nope. Gyarados wouldn't count either.

Austin February 17th, 2013 1:02 PM

The second Pokemon I ever encountered in Silver was a shiny Hoothoot. This was during the very beginning of the game when you don't have access to Pokeballs yet, so it killed me inside when I was forced to defeat it. :(
I think that was the only shiny I've encountered in Johto.

BlueShellBeast February 17th, 2013 7:55 PM

I have encountered both a shiny Stantler (Gold) and a Snubble (Crystal), however, those two times were both on emulators...

HappyGaylord February 18th, 2013 6:48 AM

I think I had a shiny Zubat(That I eventually evolved into a Crobat). : )

AtecainCorp. February 18th, 2013 9:28 AM

I often find in Pokemon Gold a SHINY ZUBAT... Also I often find a Shiny Murkrow. My Brother often hook in to good rod a Shiny Corsola XD

GoldXD February 18th, 2013 9:35 AM

Poliwag and Raikou in Pokemon Silver.

The Amazing Justin February 18th, 2013 9:42 AM

Not a single time. Annoyingly.

soulryu February 18th, 2013 9:58 AM

From what I remember I found a shiny Tentacool and Tentacruel around kanto but I didn't catch them so dumb I was back then :P

Isseubnida February 18th, 2013 11:43 AM

Just the Gyarados. I'm trying for a shiny with the Egg.

11wildy February 18th, 2013 12:10 PM

Yes I did, a shiny pidgey, which corrupted my game. Then a shiny Geodude, now a Graveler, still on my crystal game. And a Tentacool on my hack of Pokemon crystal, while playing on an emulator.

Guest123_x1 February 19th, 2013 2:26 PM

Apart from Red Gyarados, I only encountered a Shiny once. I don't remember exactly which Pokémon it was, but it was south of Ecruteak City, but I didn't catch it, partly because I didn't really know what the "clickclickclickclickclick" sound was all about, and I didn't notice an all-that-different coloration either.

Bounce February 19th, 2013 5:44 PM

I got a Shiny Ditto in Pokemon Crystal (not from the Red Gyarados transfer to RBY glitch). Anyways, I named it Shiny and I use it from breeding now.

twistedpuppy February 19th, 2013 7:36 PM

Besides Red Gyarados? Nope. ;-;
I've never been lucky when it comes to random shinies, but I have had friends lucky enough to find them. I remember using a cloning glitch to clone a friend's shiny Pichu.

Elaitenstile February 21st, 2013 4:09 AM

Only Gyarados. Nobody else. Not even met one. So sad. (Once got Pokérus, though)

Aryan143 February 21st, 2013 7:39 AM

Yes I found a shiny Hoothoot on gold on the route where there is the daycare center. I was completely amazed to see that shiny although I didn't used it because it is such a weak pokemon. And besides that, there is always the red Gyarados.

ANTONIOLI65 February 21st, 2013 11:15 AM

I found a Tentacool once, I didn't know anything about shinys so I turned my gbc off, because i thought my game was broken lol.

pallando February 25th, 2013 11:40 AM

Just recently I found a shiny Parasect in Mt. Silver, the first shiny that I ever encountered (and I've been playing this game ever since it came out^^).

Napsy February 25th, 2013 9:58 PM

YES! My very first shiny was found in Crystal! It was a shiny Wooper!
I remember finding it and being really weirded out by it, I had thought it was a glitch but I caught it anyways. I was like "Oh It's... PINK. A PINK WOOPER"

I found most of my shinies on Pokemon Emerald however. I had encountered at least 3 or 4.

mikey February 26th, 2013 6:28 AM

I encountered my first shiny ever in my Silver Version. It was a Hoot-Hoot, but unfortunately, I defeated it D: I always remembered that. I haven't seen any since :/ (Legit anyway).

curiousnathan February 27th, 2013 10:49 PM

Yep! I encountered my first ever shiny Pokemon in GSC; that being a shiny Swinub. <3

Skylar97 March 2nd, 2013 8:04 PM

besides red Gyarados i found a shiny rattata. but had not a single pokeball

TouchemonLearner March 3rd, 2013 10:30 AM

I've never encountered a Shiny and I didn't even know they existed until a couple of years ago when I stumbled on the Bulbapedia page.

haxorusraxorus March 5th, 2013 10:22 AM

The only shiny I have ever encountered in my 244 hour reign of Pokemon Crystal is the Lake of Rage Gyrados.
I think that the world just hates me.

Munchlax11 March 5th, 2013 10:54 AM

I found a shiny sentret early in the game, shortly after I got pokeballs :D

Collutorium March 5th, 2013 12:19 PM

Not counting the Red Gyarados, I never found a shiny in the GSC games, or if I did, I didn't notice it ...

vovillia March 6th, 2013 12:56 AM

Caught a Wooper while fishing, don't remember where exactly but it was with a Super Rod, which also was shiny, no Gameshark included :)

B-L-A-Z-E March 11th, 2013 4:24 PM

I found a Beedrill in silver which was my first ever shiny.

Zorogami March 11th, 2013 4:52 PM

I sadly haven't...EVER seen or caught a shiny...in ANY game...and I've been playing since age 6...
I'm going to curl up in my bed now and cry myself to sleep.

Treecko March 11th, 2013 5:49 PM

I don't remember finding any shinies in GSC besides the obligatory Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage. I think I caught a shiny Pidgey or HootHoot once but I can't exactly remember.

vovillia March 11th, 2013 9:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorogami (Post 7576459)
I sadly haven't...EVER seen or caught a shiny...in ANY game...and I've been playing since age 6...
I'm going to curl up in my bed now and cry myself to sleep.

Wait, you didn't bother with the Red Gyarados?

Sonikkts March 11th, 2013 11:37 PM

Crystal and Silver were incredibly fruitful for me for shiny Pokémon.

Silver; Hoot-Hoot, Poliwag, Ditto, Igglybuff, Pichu and a Smoochum
Crystal; Hoot-Hoot, Spinarak, Pichu, Mantine and Lickitung.

I can't expressed HOW MUCH I played these games.

CrowSvenson March 11th, 2013 11:39 PM

I found a shiny Hoothoot and a shiny Kangaskhan in Silver, so many years ago.

Zorogami March 12th, 2013 1:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vovillia (Post 7576731)
Wait, you didn't bother with the Red Gyarados?

That one doesn't count :(

Whitney's Shaymin March 12th, 2013 6:04 AM

The only legit shiny I ever found was shiny Gyarados! But that was at the lake so that doesnt count. Other than that I have never seen a legit wild shiny before. And I HAVE BEEN PLAYING SINCE RED CAME OUT AHHH.


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