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ps3smileyface August 7th, 2013 6:14 PM

Your First shiny
 
I was just playing heartgold and ran into a shiny Rattata. I was super excited for a second then I realized that I just started the game (just bought it at a new game store here) and hadn't made it to see Mr. Pokemon yet and back so I didn't have any pokeballs. I was so mad. I think I saw a shiny zubat once but im not 100%. So this was my first shiny and I couldnt catch it. What was yalls first experience like?

Captain Oshawott August 7th, 2013 6:37 PM

I was playing Crystal a long time ago, I had gone to the day care man. At the time, I had Quilava, Pidgeotto, Rattata, and a Metapod. Of course, I was about seven at the time, and still didn't really know what the characters were saying.

All I knew at the time was 'Yes' usually meant I got something *child-like innocence, never fails :P * good. I said yes and accepted an Odd Egg. Confused as to why I couldn't battle with it, I asked my older brother, who COULD actually understand, and said I should wait.

Sure enough, the Odd Egg hatched, and I was gifted a shiny Pichu with Dizzy punch. Note that from Gen I, Raichu was my favorite Pokemon, and when I was told that Pichu was the Pokemon before Pikachu, I was ecstatic.

From there, I have met THE RED GYRADOS! Fire-Red/Leaf-Green I saw a Shiny Tangela, and a shiny Chansey. For Sapphire, I encountered shiny Kyogre *on the first try, can you believe it?!*

Hikamaru August 7th, 2013 6:56 PM

My first ever shiny to be encountered (and caught!) was a Duskull back when I was playing Ruby. She's female with a Serious nature and still stays in the PC today.

Elixir. August 7th, 2013 7:00 PM

I caught a shiny Spearow back in Fire Red. I thought it was a glitch and almost ran from it before my little brother told me that it was extremely rare. I then caught it and used it on my main team.

Sirfetch’d August 7th, 2013 8:34 PM

My first shiny other than the red Gyarados was a little shiny Sunkern. It wasn't the best shiny, but I was very proud of it and used it on my team =]

Aeroblast August 7th, 2013 8:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jellicentfan1 (Post 7772898)
My first shiny other than the red Gyarados was a little shiny Sunkern. It wasn't the best shiny, but I was very proud of it and used it on my team =]

You should've did a Sunkern run.

Squirrel August 7th, 2013 8:44 PM

My first shiny was a green Teddiursa in Gen II, but I had no idea that it was shiny until a year or so later haha. I caught it not noticing the green colouring and stored it in my PC, then when it came time to transfer Pokémon to Crystal I noticed the colouring and wondered what on earth was going on. I googled it, then sure enough found out it was my very first shiny Pokémon (bar Gyarados!). It's possible I found more beforehand without knowing, but that's the first I remember.


Andrew August 7th, 2013 9:37 PM

I saw a shiny Zigzagoon on Emerald before I had pokéballs, and that's my only random shiny encounter :(

I do have a shiny Ralts that I RNG'd on Platinum (just for "shinyness", I'm not a competitive battler so I don't really care about IVs all that much). I'm actually using a clone of it for my Ultimate Solo Challenge :P I absolutely love the color scheme on a shiny ralts. The light blue and orange looks so good :D

TBgamer4life August 7th, 2013 10:00 PM

shiny zubat in pokemon platinum :) twice... dunno, maybe my rom is glitched and I find shiny zubats more often

Kikaito plush August 8th, 2013 1:56 AM

the first shiny part from the red gyaradoes was a shiny beedrill in the bug catching contest in Crystal.

Altair August 8th, 2013 2:30 AM

First experience was the shiny blue Electrike I caught in either Pokemon Ruby or Emerald, can't remember which. I had no idea about shinies, my friend was playing his Pokemon game next to me and freaked out haha! Lucky he told me what it was, I wouldn't have known what to do... ;P

It's long gone however.

Ahri August 8th, 2013 2:44 AM

Oh, my first ever shiny was this guy

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc382/KagamiSeisatsu/pokemon%20emerald%20bug%20type%20run/shinynincadacaptured_zps8a6370d5.png

And he turned into these guys xD

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc382/KagamiSeisatsu/pokemon%20emerald%20bug%20type%20run/nincadaevolvedintoNinjask_zps768ac757.png

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc382/KagamiSeisatsu/pokemon%20emerald%20bug%20type%20run/nincadahasashedinjatoo_zps4b439fe0.png

I ran into it as I was doing my Emerald Bug Monotype run xD I already had a Nincada, but wanted one to use as an HM slave. So I casually walk into the tall grass and the first encounter is with this little shiny guy xD
Needless to say, I was in awe. I eventually caught it and used it on my team ^-^

Nolafus August 8th, 2013 3:29 AM

My first shiny was a blue Boldore I caught in Victory Road on Black. I had no idea what it was until my friend explained it to me once he stopped screaming. I caught it , evolved it into a Gigalith, and trained it up to help me take down the elite four. I used it for a while for competitive battling in local tournaments, but I no longer use it because it wasn't EV trained. I still have it and it's my favorite shiny.

.:batto:. August 8th, 2013 3:31 AM

Well, I would say that my first shiny was red Gyarados(?)
But, In the wild. Which was the same game was a Golbat. This was in Pokemon Silver.
T'was on victory road & all i had was a master ball. I knew it was different and had no idea at the time what shinies were. But when i looked in my ball pack and seen that all i had was the MBall. I was forced to run.

Since then, The only shinys i have seen were in ROMs unfortunately. {XD}

atomtanned August 8th, 2013 1:50 PM

For whatever reason, I get shiny Rattatas a lot. I've had one in several games. I don't mind, because I like Raticate. I think other than that, the only shiny I've had is the red Gyrados.

I would love to get a shiny legendary or starter, though. I tried soft-resetting half-heartedly once before I got bored & gave up.

jfuze174 August 8th, 2013 2:26 PM

If we don't count gyrados I say
Silver rattatta and red graveler in the original gold
Also had a shiny lilipup in white 2 always got my shiny Charizard from trades or AR codes

TY August 8th, 2013 2:33 PM

First shiny was a Zubat in Sapphire... In Victory road aswell... First thought: MY GOD THAT THING IS HACKED!!!

BrandoSheriff August 8th, 2013 3:48 PM

Shiny Metapod in Gold Version like 11 years back. I evolved it into the Pink Butterfree, and I thought I caught the same Butterfree from the anime. xD

hughes August 8th, 2013 7:14 PM

My first that I know of was my shiny Audino in Black 2, which I sometimes keep in my party when I'm traveling but it won't be used for battling. Then today I found a shiny Wingull on my Platinum game, which I caught but it's staying in my PC. I wish I could remember whether I encountered any in the past since I've been playing the games for nearly my whole life, but in the past few years these are the only encounters I know of.

Zylas August 8th, 2013 7:44 PM

Dat Ghastly on Mt. Coronet. My first Pokemon game: Platinum. I waz like, dafuq dis ting is blue?!

Starlight Sprite August 8th, 2013 8:00 PM

Not counting the red Gyrados, it was a Rhyhorn in Victory Road in Gold. I'll never forget how happy I was when I caught it, even if I never used it except to evolve. :7:

norbyotter August 8th, 2013 9:14 PM

Not Gyarados.

It was a bloody Goldeen. The only wild random shiny I've encountered.

In the safari zone.

And I caught it only to get my LeafGreen stolen ;w;

My cousin got a shiny Chimeco in Mt. Pyre without knowing how hard it was to find... Now shiny, wow! x3 And he also got a shiny Zubat soon after that. His first shiny was a Numel while gathering ash but he didn't know about shinies yet, so this proves he has much better luck than me xD

Not a single wild shiny since then, not counting the red Gyarados, on real consoles or roms, ever x3

T!M August 8th, 2013 9:44 PM

Technically speaking, Gyarados was my first but he was a scripted catch/battle and I never felt that he was truly a shiny.

My first legitimate shiny was a Shiny Vulpix I caught in SoulSilver.

Comet7 August 8th, 2013 9:45 PM

'twas a not stormy day when when I found a green Machoke. 'twas a very stormy day when I discovered how rare it was and why I shouldn't have deleted my game data. Ever since, I've caught a shiny Palkia, Shinx, and Zigzagoon (on VBA :/). I did see a shiny Psyduck in the safari zone, but the little #%^*+=! ran away.

Firox August 8th, 2013 10:18 PM

My first, and so far only is Mienfoo that I caught in Black 2, while training my team to take on the Elite 4, on route 23. As they say, I "jumped up and down" with joy all over my room, couldn't believe my mind, and out of all possible good lucks - Mienfoo is one of my favorite Pokemon - my mind couldn't believe it "1st shiny, and one of my top 3 favorite Pokemon in the world"

I didn't get a chance to use her in my Black2 team. I was too attached to my team and a new Pokemon just didn't fit in. Next day I bought a copy of White 2 - transfer her.

Today, she is the leader of the White 2 team, a level 84 shiny Mienshao.
Spoiler:
She took down all the fighting and dark E4 members (my Watchog, Dewott, Floatzel and Zangoose took care of the other 2 E4 members), and 5 out 6 of Iris' dragons (again, Watchog took care of Lapras with Thunderbolt). Took down E4 once, and Iris, so in that game I'm exploring all of Unova. Training to take down Cynthia for the first time.


Here is the proof, I took it that same day;


Sadly - no more shiny encounters since Mienfoo.

Brendino August 8th, 2013 11:01 PM

Outside the red Gyarados, the first shiny that I ever encountered was a Shiny Teddiursa on Gold. I knew what shinies were at that point thanks to that Gyarados, but I ended up one-hit KOing the Teddiursa with my weakest Pokemon, so I couldn't catch it.

The first shiny that I actually caught, though, was a shiny Shroomish in Sapphire. To be honest, I never even realized I caught one years later until I was going through all my boxes, and noticed that it had a shiny sprite. Wish I had a more exciting story than that for catching my first, but I really don't.

JordanD August 8th, 2013 11:41 PM

Its been awhile,but I believe my first legit shiny was Nidoran in Pokemon Fire red,sadly I can't remember anything about its nature ;_;.

Bagon13 August 9th, 2013 9:18 PM

Back when I played Pokemon Emerald, My first shiny was a Seedot

Sableye~ August 10th, 2013 2:10 PM

A Bidoof on Diamond version ]:
After that was a Ponyta, I believe.

Arlo August 10th, 2013 3:22 PM

My first shiny was a Zubat in Leaf Green. I had no idea what it was, but I figured the sparkly must mean something, so I caught it, then only later found out what a "shiny" was.

I've always had good luck with shinies. I don't hunt them, but I do spend a lot of time in the games, since I use a lot of different pokemon in the course of a single playthrough, so I have to grind a fair amount. So I generally run into at least one per playthrough.

Currently playing Heart Gold and I've found two so far - a Rattata on Route 32 and a Metapod in the Bug Catching Contest at National Park (and it won the contest too - I don't know if shiny counts for extra points or not).

Vanilla Twilight August 10th, 2013 3:33 PM

My first shiny was a Wingull when I was surfing in Pokemon Emerald since i love using dive, At first I thought it was some sort of glitch so i caught it to show it off to my brother xP

Jumpleet August 10th, 2013 8:14 PM

My first shiny was a Quagsire in the Pastoria Great Marsh. I did catch it. Most traumatic experience of my life. Over a pink fat salamander.

Personofsecrets August 10th, 2013 9:49 PM

mine was polywhirl, but I forget what game I got it in.

Dott August 11th, 2013 6:11 PM

Mine was a Raticate I got in the safari zone in HG when I was trying to find a Houndour.

Snowdrop August 11th, 2013 6:19 PM

In Diamond, I happened to come across a golden Geodudette in a cave.

Named her Tina :')

Jeremy1868 August 12th, 2013 10:39 PM

My first shiny was a laughable level 2 rattata in Pokemon fire red I even beat the elite 4 with it lol

Hiatus August 12th, 2013 11:51 PM

My first shiny encounter was a yellow Onix in Pokémon FireRed. I found this Pokémon when I was heading to Lavender Town through the Rock Tunnel. Unfortunately, I was unable to catch this Pokémon. I didn't have any Poké Balls with me at the time. I was very upset with myself. D:

chinchilli August 13th, 2013 12:43 PM

My first shiny was a little golden Swablu. I showed my best friend and she thought it was super cute, so I traded it with her. I came to regret that later. xD

PokeChris123 August 13th, 2013 12:50 PM

If memory serves me right, my first shiny was a shiny Roselia in Diamond. I think I caught it as well, as I was super happy.

Green Stache August 15th, 2013 2:41 AM

I was playing Pokemon Pearl, and I just used surf and surfed a small distance almost reaching land, and ran into a shiny Golduck, and this is after years of playing Pokemon. I was stoked, but all my pokemon were like lvl 70.. And I tried spamming balls but it didn't work.. So I took a chance to hurt it with my weakest move.. And I killed it.. I quickly turned off my game and tried to find it again.. But I never did.. ;(

My second experience was in Emerald, I was in a cave and found a shiny Zubat, and I was like 'Well... It is a shiny..'.

My third and last experience was recently-ish when I was playing Saphire.. And I found a shiny Electrode.. That was the most intense experience ever... I mean, any moment he could of self destructed and killed my Pokemon.. (Plus they're hard enough to find in the wild and I didn't wanna have to get him with the evolution way).

But I caught him! ^.^

mason385 August 15th, 2013 10:47 AM

I was training my Starly on my first playthough of Platinum and I encoutered a Shiny Shellos. I freaked out and when i went to check my pokeballs i had 0 left ;(

Silais August 15th, 2013 11:30 AM

My first shiny was a shiny Solrock in Emerald. I caught it and raised it to lvl.100, then restarted the game years later. I didn't really know it was a shiny, but I knew it was special because it's color was different, so I caught it anyways.

I haven't gotten a shiny since a couple of days ago, since I soft-reset my HeartGold dozens upon dozens of times to receive a shiny Cyndaquil.

morrison August 19th, 2013 3:37 AM

a long long time ago i was playing silver on a emulator. it wasnt released yet apart from in japan so i had this murky fanlation. i came across a purple drowzee on route 35 and i thought it was a bug. I didnt know anything about shinies back then.

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Originally Posted by Green Stache (Post 7786457)
I was playing Pokemon Pearl, and I just used surf and surfed a small distance almost reaching land, and ran into a shiny Golduck, and this is after years of playing Pokemon. I was stoked, but all my pokemon were like lvl 70.. And I tried spamming balls but it didn't work.. So I took a chance to hurt it with my weakest move.. And I killed it.. I quickly turned off my game and tried to find it again.. But I never did.. ;(

My second experience was in Emerald, I was in a cave and found a shiny Zubat, and I was like 'Well... It is a shiny..'.

My third and last experience was recently-ish when I was playing Saphire.. And I found a shiny Electrode.. That was the most intense experience ever... I mean, any moment he could of self destructed and killed my Pokemon.. (Plus they're hard enough to find in the wild and I didn't wanna have to get him with the evolution way).

But I caught him! ^.^

shiny zubats are awesome. then it evolves to crobat and it looks horrible .

PlatinumDude August 19th, 2013 3:42 AM

The first shiny I encountered was Sableye in Sapphire, but I ran from it. The first one I actually caught was Koffing in Emerald.

the apex predator. August 19th, 2013 9:41 AM

Right now I'm going through White, Platinum, and HeartGold with the "all wild Pokemon are shiny" AR code activated because I've been playing Pokemon for thirteen years or so now and don't view my AR runs in my emulator as 'unfair', merely 'having fun', so I'm seeing a lot of shinies at the moment, haha.

However, my first legitimate shiny encounter was, I believe, with a shiny Zubat in Rock Tunnel. Didn't know what it was and I have the vague memory of defeating it. I was probably about eight and the oldest of my four siblings so no one was there to tell me what it was. I ran into a shiny Koffing around the time I got Ruby, that was right next to Lavaridge Town in the Fiery Path. Caught it, but still didn't know what it was or how rare it was. Found out what it was through Google but failed to understand how rare it was and eventually started a new game, so the Koffing's gone forever.


The last shiny I encountered is absolutely maddening. It happened about two and a half years ago and it was in the Battle Pyramid. A wild Shiny Ludicolo. I wasn't using cheats at the moment so I had no way to catch it. I just stared at it for a while hating my life, haha. It pained me to dispose of it.

mltowler August 19th, 2013 10:46 AM

Shiny Zubat in Silver GBC
and recently, I started Heartgold with a shiny starter Chikorita!

Connor August 19th, 2013 11:06 AM

I've only encountered one shiny up to now and that was a level 10 meowth. Unfortunately I had no pokeballs with me so I couldn't catch it. That was years ago and I have yet to see another one.

ps3smileyface August 20th, 2013 6:04 AM

wow some of yall have the same luck i do lol.

Sheep August 20th, 2013 2:01 PM

I'm.. pretty sure I got a shiny or two in Crystal from that special egg, but I don't really remember nor want to count that since the chances of it hatching shiny is like 50%. xD; So my first real shiny was Whismur in Sapphire! :3 Sadly I don't have her anymore since I was an idiot and restarted my game.

lmcde22 August 20th, 2013 8:31 PM

Shiny Lotad in Pokemon Sapphire. Since then I have expanded... I'm fairly lucky when it comes to shinies. My grey Charizard and gold Steelix are still staples in my teams. Also have a gold Pidgeot, black and gold Luxray, grey and gold Metagross (favourite shiny) and green Skarmory :) my sister has only ever found a brown Starly... lolz bad luck.

EDIT: I have had others traded to me but these are my wild ones :)

ps3smileyface August 22nd, 2013 7:58 AM

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Originally Posted by lmcde22 (Post 7795867)
Shiny Lotad in Pokemon Sapphire. Since then I have expanded... I'm fairly lucky when it comes to shinies. My grey Charizard and gold Steelix are still staples in my teams. Also have a gold Pidgeot, black and gold Luxray, grey and gold Metagross (favourite shiny) and green Skarmory :) my sister has only ever found a brown Starly... lolz bad luck.

EDIT: I have had others traded to me but these are my wild ones :)

you have found a lot of shiny pokemon lol

Water Gym Leader August 22nd, 2013 1:32 PM

Shiny Togepi in Gold. I was so sad when I found out the battery in my Gold game died and I lost little Togero. I do have another Shiny Togepi named Tegaro but it will never replace Togero.

Kyrul August 22nd, 2013 2:24 PM

I've been playing pokemon for 13 years now. Only one time in my life have I ever found a shiny pokemon. It was a shiny Oddish on the original Silver version, back then I didn't know why it was sparkling like that and accidentally killed it. Never found a shiny since.

Pendraflare August 22nd, 2013 2:31 PM

I think it was a Rattata in my Silver version (or Crystal, it was on a Gen II game, that much I recall).

After that it was a shiny Gastly in FireRed I had a while back, but I don't have either of those anymore.

Iceshadow3317 August 22nd, 2013 4:09 PM

Hmm.... My first was back in Tentacool in original gold but at the time I didn't know what a shiny was. First one I caught was Hoppip in the Safari Zone thing in Heartgold. I was extremely worried it was going to flee, but it didn't

Psychic-X August 23rd, 2013 3:34 AM

The first shiny I got was a Shiny Ralts. I don't even remember how I got it though, I think it was in an egg :p

The second and last so far was a shiny Roselia I got in pearl. It is pretty awesome I think :)

Foxrally August 25th, 2013 1:51 PM

The only shiny I've ever seen in any of my games is the shiny Gyrados from HeartGold.

I do, however, have a cousin who encountered a shiny Buizel, and gave it to me in exchange for a Bellsprout (which was kinda like the money of trading for us, we kept a few dozens in our PCs)

KnockFan August 26th, 2013 7:19 PM

My first shiny that I've saw and caught outside of the Gyarados in Gold is a Rhyhorn I saw in the Safari Zone from Leaf Green. I pretty much threw the ball and it got caught right there. I was pretty much quite excited at that point.

Ehrgeiz August 26th, 2013 11:03 PM

Mine was a Golbat. I was training a Dragonite in Cerulean Cave for about an hour, then boom! random shiny. I was so excited on getting a shiny Crobat xD

victreeplume August 26th, 2013 11:23 PM

My first shiny was a blue and cream Medicham in Victory Road in Diamond. I tried using it in the Elite 4 but it wasn't strong enough and I couldn't be bothered training it.

The second was only last month where I caught a level 7 golden Poochyena in Emerald. I decided that sucked too and I didn't use it :/

giradialkia August 27th, 2013 1:46 AM

I've encountered a couple of shinies across the Pokémon games I've played. I'm going to assume hacks don't count, but I should say that when I encountered the shinies, hackers had no idea how to make shiny Pokémon appear, never mind making the chances of finding one higher (so long story short, I'm counting the ones in hacks XD). My first was a Caterpie in a game called Pokémon Arcoiris. If memory serves, it was too low a level for me to attack without fainting it :(

If that's not good enough, my first shiny in a REAL Pokémon game (that wasn't the Gyarados in GSC) was a Metapod in LeafGreen. I was so very tense when I tried catching it, and was so very furious when it burst out of the last Pokéball I had. I mean it's catch rate surely isn't remotely high. ;_;

Pichu02 August 27th, 2013 2:48 PM

My first (and so far only) shiny is a male west sea shellos named Apricot.

Soundless August 27th, 2013 3:05 PM

My first shiny was a Zubat in Pokemon Ruby. I was going to try to look for a Bagon in Meteor Falls, but I stumbled across the Zubat instead. I am not going to say I wasn't happy with this (; The Zubat, now Crobat, is currently on my Black at level 100~

BurningLanguages August 27th, 2013 5:52 PM

I remember my first experience clear as day. I was playing Pokemon Gold on my gameboy color and I had already beaten the game. I was just exploring in the forest right before you get to Goldenrod city, where you find Celebi. I may have been training a weak Pokemon.

Anyway, I was confronted by a shiny Metapod, which gave it a pink color instead of the usual green. I was dumbfounded for two reasons:

1). When I saw the sparkles I was completely caught off guard and I questioned what it was.

2) It looked darn awesome and I knew it was rare.

It was during the time when I was looking up ways to get the pink Butterfree that the girl has behind the counter at the gate to Goldenrod City, so experiencing this event made me very excited. I had only known about the existence of shiny Pokemon for a short amount of time beforehand.

So I caught it and evolved it into a pink Butterfree which I kept in my PC for safekeeping in case any of my friends or siblings got a hold onto my game. Then I remember the day when I checked my PC and it wasn't there anymore, I think one of my friends tried to do a glitch or a cheat with my cartridge. I was devastated.

Anyway, that is my first shiny. A pink Metapod in Pokemon Gold :). A fond memory of mine.

Tsutarja August 27th, 2013 6:00 PM

My first randomly-encountered shiny was a Shiny Silcoon which I came across one Thursday night earlier this year in HeartGold while doing the Bug Catching Contest at National Park.

alisaie August 27th, 2013 10:42 PM

My first Shiny was a Shiny Donphan on Silver while I was wandering around Route 28 for some reason. Was probably heading to New Bark town or something when I found it. But I caught it anyways and I was soo happy. ♥ Too bad that I soon lost the Silver version along with my GBC but I hope someday I'll see a shiny in my Soul Silver that isn't a Shiny that I soft-resetted for or anything.

Orifiel August 27th, 2013 10:45 PM

First shiny was a light blue bidoof..
I really can't believe why bidoof, still I was glad.
but man.. what a drag.

Sonatron August 30th, 2013 10:50 AM

Aw man, most of you have had shinies? I've been playing Pokémon for years and I've never found one except the Red Gyarados from Gen II :(

Sydian August 30th, 2013 11:15 AM

My first shiny was a Whismur in Ruby. I thought it was diseased, so I just had to catch it.

Tetra August 30th, 2013 12:17 PM

I remember when I first found a shiny. I didn't even know that it was shiny, so I just ignored it and ran away. Then I thought, was that Geodude gold? I was annoyed by the fact that I could of have had a gold Pokémon. However, when I reached the Red Gyarados (G/S/C) I thought it was a special Pokémon so I caught it that time. I later found out that the gold Geodudes were called shiny and had a very low encounter rate. I was super mad :/

PhoenixWright77 August 30th, 2013 12:51 PM

My first shiny encounter was a Snover in Pokemon Diamond. I knew I wanted it as soon as I saw those sparkles! I swiftly caught it and stored it away in the PC.

Sadly, in a stupid move I traded it for my brother's level 100 Espeon. Now that I realize how rare they are, I really wish I didn't trade it.

JorgeAamelo August 30th, 2013 1:10 PM

Excluding the Red Gyrados, I have just found two Shiny Pokémon to date, maybe because I don't play that much (yet I plan to start playing more often again in the near future). I can't remember witch one I caught, as I was jsut able to catch the second one that appeared.

The second shiny that appeared was a Yellow Magikarp, I was unable to catch it though.

Matzeho1996 August 30th, 2013 1:59 PM

First shiny:Red Gyarados
second: magnemite in emerald
third: Geodude in Platinum
fourth: Pidgey in AshGrey

Meganium August 30th, 2013 2:03 PM

Shiny Rufflet in White. Ran out of Pokeballs when I encountered it. It was really good in evading all of my pokeballs.

Not really an "encounter" but technically my first shiny I obtained was a Shiny Treecko via trade. It was a gift from a friend.

Megan August 30th, 2013 2:15 PM

My first shiny was a weepinbell back in Gold. I was training whatever Pokemon I was training when suddenly this guy came up. After that I got a shiny Spearow in Gold and Unown in Crystal. The only shiny after that was a shapedo which was mercilessly crited by my evil Magnemite in Sapphire ._.

Also in Snakewood I got this ugly piece of (you don't get me parser) which apparently is a rock type thing. Since its whole existence is a act against nature I destroyed its shiny form (which doesn't even have a color swap) mercilessly.

Isseubnida August 31st, 2013 6:44 AM

My first shiny was a Staravia, in Pearl. I have since lost the cartridge :-(

Sonatron September 2nd, 2013 5:50 AM

Guys guys guys! I already commented here saying that I haven't ever had a shiny, but as of yesterday that's no longer true! I used the Masuda method and got a shiny Squirtle after 60 eggs :D I called him Olive :D I'm so happy!

Bestwaffles September 2nd, 2013 6:17 AM

The first shiny I ever saw was in Pokemon Fire Red, it was a Nidoran in the Safari Zone. I had no idea what it was and didn't catch it...It's horrible to think about that now. The first one I caught (with the exception of the red Gyarados)was...of all things, a Zigzagoon in Pokemon Emerald. Still, a shiny is a shiny.

Bobith September 2nd, 2013 6:49 AM

My first shiny was an Exeggcute caught in Fire Red, in the safari zone. I remember thinking it would it flee and freaking out.

rainbow September 2nd, 2013 6:57 AM

That moment when everyone is talking about their shinies and you've never had a real one :'(

LardassEd September 2nd, 2013 1:26 PM

I've never caught a shiny i've been playing black 2 for 139 hours and still nothing. Recently i found out about pokecreator and hacked my own shiny metagross with pokerus, perfect iv's and impossible moves. But i quickly felt alot of guilt and felt the effects of having a non-legit pokemon, so i released it and deleted the app from my phone. I never hacked pokemon since.

Anyhow, i'm still hoping for one day getting a shiny, i'm sure it will feel really nice.

ps3smileyface September 12th, 2013 3:17 PM

i got a shiny legendary today! it was free at gamestop lol

AoTora September 13th, 2013 8:35 AM

Beside shiny gyarados - I never ever saw a shiny in any of the original roms :( But than on the other hand I found a lot of shinies playing various hacks :3

I found: Shiny buizel - Rising Dark
Shiny weedle, claydol and buneary - Victory fire
Shiny blitzle - Flora sky (This was the last one that I found like 2 days ago or so)
Shiny roselia - In Fire Red Backwards

Arise September 21st, 2013 11:38 PM

I encountered my first shiny (I'm not counting the Gyarados in HGSS) while training in Victory Road on Pokemon Black - a Woobat. Never had I thought I would ever come across a shiny, and I had just gotten out of a long break from Pokemon, so it was a really welcome surprise. I was worried I wouldn't catch it since I didn't have any Pokemon on me that could damage it without KOing it, and I was pretty low on Pokeballs, but luck was with me, and I got it after maybe four attempts.

My second encounter was in the Safari Zone in SoulSilver - a Cacturne. It was pretty evil too, I ended up throwing six Safari Balls at it before it decided it was done taunting me and ran off. :x I wasn't as devastated as I thought I'd be though, probably because I don't like Cacturne anyhow.

metalhand September 22nd, 2013 12:40 AM

If I won't count the shiny Gyrados from pokemon gold than it would be the Golbat that caught in pokemon Emerled.

Venitardus September 22nd, 2013 8:50 AM

My 2nd but 1st shiny that I have encountered and caught was my shiny Staravia which is now a level 60 staraptor and on my black 2 version. I caught it in platinum and with a quick ball (on the first turn obviously) I was happy that I caught my first shiny (excluding gyarados in HG/SS). My first shiny I encountered was a shiny geodude in firered, it ran away hence why it wasn't my first shiny caught but encountered.

Guardian September 22nd, 2013 10:42 AM

I've never seen one. :/
But when when I do, I'll let you know :D

OmegaTL September 22nd, 2013 11:52 AM

A Bidoof in Platinum. Boring, I know.

CoffeeDrink September 22nd, 2013 12:51 PM

I always make a point that others are luckier than I, koff~

My first shiny Pokemon (Red Gyrados does not count) was a Zubat in Pokemon Silver! Wait, it gets better. In the Third Generation in Pokemon Emerald? Zubat. Pokemon Leaf Green? Zubat. Fourth generation? In Pokemon Pearl: Zubat, in Pokemon Soul Silver? You guessed it: zubat.

I've encountered so many of the things that I don't even bother to catch them anymore. I am not even joking about this. The odds of this are slim, I know, but I'm not kidding. It's absurd, I know. My first shiny that was not a Zubat was a ponyta and in the fifth generation it was a Duosion. If zubat was in the wild in Pokemon White, there is no doubt in my mind that I would have ran into another shiny zubat, koffi~

Victreebel's Bro September 22nd, 2013 1:27 PM

None just yet :( but I'm vigorously looking for one (a legitimate one at least)

Headphonix September 23rd, 2013 9:40 AM

My first shiny was Electrike... On my friend game. :( So many years after that, my own first shiny was Azurill in Black and White 2, i'm an unlucky person.

Sliter September 23rd, 2013 10:13 AM

Red gyarandos on my first fake crystal for gbc, and was the only one >w>

Pikachuie September 23rd, 2013 10:36 AM

My first shiny was in emerald, it was a charmander that i found forgot how but i rember how happy i was when my brother told me it was a shinny and really rare, At the time had alot of tpyes of pokeballs so i tried everyone and i finally got it with a nest ball, I named it Smoke.

SoundDesperado September 25th, 2013 7:28 AM

Red Gyarados :|

Excluding that, I caught a Shiny Azumarill in a Master Ball that I had been saving for just such an occasion. I was really happy when I saw it because I knew there was no chance of it escaping :)

I have also traded for two seemingly legitimate ones; a Japanese Shiny Metagross and a Shiny Jellicent.

WhiteKnightL September 25th, 2013 8:03 AM

First Shiny was at the beginning of my adventure in Soul Silver, and bumped into a Shiny Weedle. Competitively it's not the best Pokemon family but I always loved them.

devon1 September 28th, 2013 10:15 AM

The fist shiny I ever found was a shiny zubat in Fire Red. At the time I found it, I was 5 and a noob. I didn't think it was very important so I killed it. I think back to that day and become sad because I didn't catch it :'(. That was my first shiny.

CalienteFire September 28th, 2013 10:53 AM

My first shiny was a shiny Goldeen on Leaf Green's Safari Zone. I managed to catch it in the Safari ball, they really aren't that hard to catch in the Safari Zone. It's kind of ironic how a Goldeen is really pink, and this one I found was actually gold. xD Anyway, I named him Goldfins and evolved him to a Seaking, then all the way up to around lvl. 70. :D

NeonMewtwo September 28th, 2013 11:00 AM

Excluding the shiny Gyarados in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, my first shiny was a Tentacool.

oshawottlover13 September 28th, 2013 12:20 PM

my first ever shiny was a shiny surskit from diamond or platinum dont reallt remeber but its evolved and sitting in my pc because its really weak as a level 100 pokemon

wertcraft September 28th, 2013 12:31 PM

my starter in my first pokemon game (diamond), and i thought it was broken so i reset the game.


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