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Shaturu711 May 24th, 2013 11:18 AM

Red Gyarados
 
Most of you playing the oldies, GSC, would remember the only shiny Pokemon that appeared in part of the storyline of the GSC Games. The shiny Garydos at the Lake Of Rage was pretty elusive, if you didn't have the right Pokemon and Pokeballs to capture it. Did you capture it? If not, how did it slip through your hands? Or maybe, you didn't even want the Garydos in the first place? Let's get posting, PCers! :D

Lokhlan May 24th, 2013 12:34 PM

He didn't slip through my hands when I happened across him. I saved right before the encounter! :D

I used him all the way up to the Elite Four. I mean, who wouldn't?! He was a RED GYARADOS!!!

Sydian May 24th, 2013 3:13 PM

Oooh, good topic. <3 Makes me happy! Anyway, I missed it the first time playing Silver. :( I've gotten it subsequent times and have used it. I don't really remember what caused me to mess up the first time, though. I wanna say an accidental crit and I didn't save right before facing it, so yeah. ;( Never made that mistake again haha.

Brendino May 24th, 2013 11:18 PM

The first time I can recall playing, I actually knocked out the Red Gyarados, but luckily I saved right before I went to battle it. I did catch it the second time around, though, and it quickly became my Water HM slave, just as it did in HeartGold.

I do remember that the Red Gyarados was one of the first Pokemon that I practiced cloning, though. I think at one point I had well over a dozen (and it's not like they were holding Rare Candies or anything...).

Gym Leader Sabrina May 25th, 2013 3:28 AM

i thought red garydos was a glitch so i reset my game :(

Kikaito plush May 25th, 2013 3:52 AM

It did not escape me the first time I played the game, it when in to the box straight away as I had a water type already. Sure I would of used it if I hadn't had a water type in my party already.

Powerserge May 25th, 2013 7:07 AM

I was so amazed by it...like it was a legendary, haha! I saved before and ultimately caught it. Little did I know that it was a shiny, or that it would probably be the only shiny I'd ever catch.....heh.

wimpymuzik May 25th, 2013 7:50 AM

The only shiny I've ever encountered in my 5 generations of Pokemon playing,I always saved before hand not about to let that thing go,so epic.

lmcde22 May 26th, 2013 5:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gym Leader Sabrina (Post 7675186)
i thought red garydos was a glitch so i reset my game :(

ahahah i did this exact same thing the first time. It was my first shiny so you can't blame me. oops.

.:batto:. May 26th, 2013 7:12 PM

I've been playing pokemon since pokemon yellow very first came out. i learnt that when i was going up against an 'event' pokemon i would save before hand. i learnt this from zapdos over 10 years ago. i always used to turn my game off if it wasn't a male. back in those days i obsessed over having an all male team. sexist i know. but yeah. i was young and under the impression females where weaker. :P
but he did nothing but sit in my box afterwards. poor red guy.

Sirfetch’d May 29th, 2013 11:42 AM

I caught it and it made a valuable member on my team! It was really weak to be honest, but I knew it was special so I made him work. I always made sure I caught this guy everytime.

Scotash! June 1st, 2013 4:03 AM

I never caught him, I never really liked him to be honest. I think it's due to those childhood days on Red trying to get the magikarp you buy at mt moon to evolve. God that was repetitively boring lol.

JawDane June 1st, 2013 5:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gym Leader Sabrina (Post 7675186)
i thought red garydos was a glitch so i reset my game :(

Loool, this made me LOL so hard.


I always caught him of course on every play through I just put him in the box though.

Tyrael June 26th, 2013 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .:batto:. (Post 7677362)
I've been playing pokemon since pokemon yellow very first came out. i learnt that when i was going up against an 'event' pokemon i would save before hand. i learnt this from zapdos over 10 years ago. i always used to turn my game off if it wasn't a male. back in those days i obsessed over having an all male team. sexist i know. but yeah. i was young and under the impression females where weaker. :P
but he did nothing but sit in my box afterwards. poor red guy.

A bit off topic, but in Gen I and II, females were weaker than males XD

In order for a poke to be female, it would have to have an attack DV of 0 or 1. So yes, you were right XD

But yeah, I always made sure to catch the Red Gyarados whenever I play the game, even now.

CloysterOyster June 26th, 2013 11:53 AM

I captured it every time I encountered it (I have Silver and Crystal). I mean, who wouldn't want a red Gyarados? I raised him to a high level and had Dragon Rage amongst its move set but I forget the other moves I taught it.

nimbo June 26th, 2013 12:33 PM

I caught him a few times - sometimes I killed him on accident. I think I probably used him once or twice for the whole game, but for the most part, no. He was pretty cool though!

vEzekiaLv June 26th, 2013 12:50 PM

I remember the first time I played Silver version, I decided to use all the Pokemon which were rare for only one in the game; all except Legendaries, of course. I had Typhlosion (of course), Togetic, Espeon, Sudowoodo, the Red Gyarados, and I believe that was it. The Red Gyarados didn't phase me with "how I was going to catch it?", but rather how hard it hit! So the first time I got to that point, I was so scared it might kill my team, I killed it! Luckily I saved before...so I got it at the second try. He's a very strong pokemon!

Banz June 28th, 2013 8:28 AM

I've caught him in Gold, Silver and Crystal. He was my main Water Pokemon in Silver (I put Feraligatr in the Box for him).

Ronfiret July 6th, 2013 6:21 PM

I remember this guy lol
I knocked him out the first time thinking it was just the female version, kinda like Nidoran lol... and later that day I watch the episode when they encounter it and explained it was special and what not... I felt so dumb lol

takeKopter July 7th, 2013 1:50 AM

always caught it, but never really use it.
now that I think about it, the shiny Gyarados in gen II is the blue one, cause I believe all player catch it, which means only a few player have Blue Gyarados. LOL

Wuddupz July 9th, 2013 9:05 AM

I thought it was cool but I never really tried too hard to catch it. I usually always had a Gyarados already as I got a magikarp asap in the game, and I didn't care for really collecting pokemon as much as having strong pokemon haha.

Phoenixdown0 July 10th, 2013 8:59 PM

Red Garydos for along time up til a few years ago where i found a shinny Zubat was the only shinny I had/found

Sheep July 13th, 2013 12:34 PM

I caught it but didn't use. Just wanted a shiny Gyarados for the sake of having one.. poor thing has been gathering dust in my box since. ;(

JamesXY July 13th, 2013 1:51 PM

I would always save in front of it and reset until I captured it. But I never actually used it haha

GhostStrategy July 13th, 2013 11:23 PM

I remember my first play and had missed him. :( Didn't feel like going back and catching him. :D

tranceking26 July 17th, 2013 6:07 AM

I caught him everytime I played through them. He's always gone into my elite 4 battles with THRASH ;-)

ShinyXander July 31st, 2013 2:16 PM

I used to love this guy. When I was little, he seemed like the coolest thing ever. I didn't even know that other Pokemon could also be a different color! I would save before attempting to capture it, and typically used him on my team. Looking back, he ended up being the only HM slave I really used in battle. In the remakes, he is much less exciting, and I don't always bother getting him.

BlueMudkipz July 31st, 2013 5:43 PM

It was my first shiny. It was amazing catching and having it, i loved how diffrent it was haha. ~blu

pokemanmdj July 31st, 2013 9:52 PM

I'd always include him. And later on, I'd always elegantly call him Slifer the Sky Dragon.
Yeah, I know it doesn't really work, but he was red and a "dragon." Go with it.

He'd always be a big help in all of my matches. And even when I accidentally had only Water types on my team for Crystal, (Except for Lugia >.> ) he was there.

KorpiklaaniVodka August 1st, 2013 10:39 AM

I don't really use it since it's not very good in GSC. I guess it's useful though since it introduces people to shiny Pokemon and makes for an okay HM slave.

Darkrai666 August 3rd, 2013 1:59 AM

Its a red gyrados I just cant let that slip I was Playing in VBA and slotsaved till I caught it

Aeroblast August 3rd, 2013 1:08 PM

Gyarados is not as menacing as it was supposed to be in Gen II because the physical/special split was based on type not the move, and Gyarados had a low Sp. Atk, so naturally its water type moves weren't going to be as strong as I imagined the first time I tried to use him. Red Gyarados just ended up being a glorified HM Slave. Plus, Gyarados being a guaranteed shiny just undervalued its shininess.

BourbonWhiskey August 12th, 2013 4:36 PM

I caught him not for the sake of using him but for breeding.

unmaestropokemon August 13th, 2013 7:41 PM

the cause of the contamination of Team Rocket

Ruben967 August 14th, 2013 1:29 PM

I thought I was super lucky because it was shiny, so I captured and used him until the final battle.
Years later I find out it is always shiny, but didn't regret it at all.

the apex predator. August 19th, 2013 10:28 AM

I think I missed him on my first play and went back and restarted the game because I didn't think there was a way to catch him if you didn't the first time. (And there wasn't, naturally.) He was really cool at first but he's sort of lost his novelty to me after being a Pokemon fan for so long. I used him so many times that if I were to start another save file on G/S/C, I'd probably just defeat him if he was too much trouble for me and just make sure to collect the Dragon Scale to trade for the Exp. Share.

I did like the way shinies looked in G/S/C, though, I have to say it's my favorite of the shiny entrances (the sparkles before a battle). Gyarados is a pretty great Pokemon but by now he's lost his ~*shiny novelty*~ to me, haha. I was obsessed with him when I was younger, though.

moon August 24th, 2013 1:02 AM

I didn't use it, I think, because there were a lot other water types I liked better than Gyarados at the time. Plus, I was annoyed that it was red when I wanted my water types to be blue! Haha, I was a bit silly.

Hiatus August 24th, 2013 8:47 AM

I've used it for a little while, but then I replaced it with Lugia. Red Gyarados didn't really feel too special to me, since I was able to catch it just because it was a part of the story. If I had caught it randomly (just like most of my other shiny Pokémon), then maybe I would've kept it on my team. Just maybe, haha.

Elixir. August 24th, 2013 3:44 PM

I used it well into Kanto. That Gyarados saved my team several times during the Johto Elite Four. It was replaced by Snorlax after some time, however.

AkameTheBulbasaur August 25th, 2013 11:09 AM

The first time I caught the red Gyarados I used it up until I got to Kanto. After I restarted my Gold version I caught it, but didn't use it. I did clone it a couple times to get copies of TMs.

Isseubnida August 30th, 2013 8:34 AM

I captured it, and I used it in my team. I also used it for breeding.

KnockFan August 30th, 2013 9:27 AM

When I caught the Red Gyarados in Gold, I used it as one of my HM slaves.

pokemox999 September 6th, 2013 9:35 PM

Got him always. but the first time I caught him, I forgot to save and therefore lost it. My bat was gone and had to charge for like a day -_-

Elaitenstile September 6th, 2013 9:50 PM

Best HM Slave for Waterfall IMO. Too bad I HAD to take Feraligatr in Gold. Or else I would have used him.

Good for chain-breeding Shiny Magikarps, however. I was lucky enough to get a female shiny Magikarp, after which I managed to get more Shiny Magikarps, and finally got other Shinies. It isn't easy, I spent sleepless months doing this. Now if I got Colloseum...

I really liked the "master of Lake of Rage" part, though.

Alloute September 8th, 2013 9:05 PM

I always caught the red Gyarados because it seemed really cool. I loved that it was a shiny Pokemon that was guaranteed to appear. I never used it tho I just kept it as a collector's item or as an HM slave for moves like Whirlpool and Waterfall.

Kokonoé September 11th, 2013 6:10 PM

Coolest thing ever to see Red Gyarados for the first time, all shining with the ching-ching-ching sound. To be honest, I haven't ever found a wild shiny Pokemon outside of Red Gyarados despite playing all the mainline games for many hours. Well, least Gen II gave me some slack with Red Gyarados. Haha.

Imperator161 September 13th, 2013 6:09 PM

I always caught the Red Gyarados, though I don't think I ever really bothered training it. For me, if a Pokémon could be seen on the overworld map prior to the battle (as in the case of Gyarados, Sudowoodo, and legendaries), it was worth my while to save first and battle it as many times as necessary to catch it. In Gyarados's case, I think I caught it the first time, though.

I do believe I dragged it along with me when I went to battle the Elite Four, but that was because the only Pokémon I had was a (fairly weak, unevolved) Totodile when I first played through Gold. I think it mainly served as attack fodder while I revived/healed Totodile.

Zivlok September 25th, 2013 10:03 PM

Besides my first starter, getting that red Gyrados was the first Pokemon I remember being completely, totally over the moon about catching. I just felt so cool and so accomplished, and every run through I made sure to get him.

Except, for some reason, when I got HeartGold, I forgot about him and spent all my Pokewalker time leveling up a Magikarp to get a Gyarados, only realizing halfway through that a hand-delivered shiny Gyarados with a good moveset was waiting for me.

D'oh.

«Chuckles» September 27th, 2013 11:11 PM

I caught her first time around but it was female and even today I won't use or even look at a female pokemon for some reason it's super sexist but I just hated it since I was under the impression the male is the strongest but some pokemon that I caught that were female I kept just never used. I actually don't mind feminine looking pokemon being female but I hate feminine looking pokemon being male, ralts must be a girl unless I want gallade, Heatran must be a guy cause it looks like a guy jigglypuff has to be a girl and so on

Ari Niko September 29th, 2013 6:08 AM

I'd just save right before battling it so I could always know if I needed more Pokéballs or a different lead to catch him.

Dreg October 3rd, 2013 4:19 AM

I thought Red Gyarados was epic when I first saw it. I didn't even realise it was a shiny, I thought it was a stronger version of the original Gyarados. I used it throughout the game, even in the Kanto area.

Water Gym Leader October 3rd, 2013 6:14 PM

I always nicknamed my Red Gyarados when I had Gold. His name was always Redy, granted I was 6 or 7 when I got the game.

Condroid 2.0 October 21st, 2013 7:44 PM

I never really was a fan of Gyrados, and him being red didn't change my opinion in the least. That and the fact that he kept destroying my team made me lust for his blood. It was so satisfying when my level 14 Togapi annihilated him with metronome. ^.^
I do admit though, after playing through the game again recently, I've found him to be extremely helpful in defeating the Elite Four.

TLOEric October 21st, 2013 8:11 PM

I pretty much always caught it on playthroughs because as a kid my favorite pokemon was Gyrados.... so to have a RED one was big stuff. I never used it though, and never had a Gyrados for a main.


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