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Emburn August 17th, 2013 5:42 AM

Shinies.
 
I've played Pokemon for ages and throughout all that time, all I've caught is a Shiny Weedle.

How many have you caught?

And are there any tricks to catching them or is it 100% luck?

Squidchan August 17th, 2013 5:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Emburn (Post 7789525)
I've played Pokemon for ages and throughout all that time, all I've caught is a Shiny Weedle.

How many have you caught?

And are there any tricks to catching them or is it 100% luck?

I haven't caught any shinies, but I did breed myself a shiny Squirtle. That wasn't luck at all, just pure hard work on my part, I put so many hours into riding my bike up and down the road in front of the daycare and hatched countless eggs. I didn't want to look at the stats and nature of my shiny Squirtle, for fear of being disappointed.

Fernando Torres August 17th, 2013 6:22 AM

I've caught 1 box full of shinies. It took me 3 generations but I managed to do it in B/W. There is a strategy but it takes to long to explain. It's also tedious.

Emburn August 17th, 2013 8:35 AM

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Originally Posted by RandomMudkip (Post 7789564)
I've caught 1 box full of shinies. It took me 3 generations but I managed to do it in B/W. There is a strategy but it takes to long to explain. It's also tedious.

If maybe you used any YouTube videos to find it out. I'd love if you can PM me or Post it.

Kikaito plush August 17th, 2013 8:37 AM

I have only caught a total of 13 shinies between all my games

nundo August 17th, 2013 8:49 AM

Caught 6 shinies in my whole 'career'.

Shiny goldeen
Shiny poochyena
Shiny feebas (happiest moment of my life roflmao)
Shiny axew
Shiny seedot
Shiny larvitar

Sableye~ August 17th, 2013 8:51 AM

I've been playing Pokemon for nearly 3 years now.

My current shiny list is-
Bidoof (RE)
Drifloon (SR)
Chikorita [2] (SR)
Shinx (RE)
Ralts [2] (Pokeradar)
Ponyta (RE)
Golbat (RE)
Gyarados (LoR)
Skitty [3] (Pokeradar)

I've had pretty good luck, I'd say. I used to shiny hunt a lot more than I do now; I've lost interest in it lately.

Dark Zapdos August 17th, 2013 9:43 AM

I've caught a shinny Geodude on pearl, I no amazing right, but I never do wild battles while playing, so my chance of ever coming across one is very slim.

Hiatus August 17th, 2013 10:00 AM

Throughout my entire life, I've only been able to catch four shiny Pokémon. My first shiny was a shiny Hoothoot in Pokémon Silver. I've trained it up to make it evolve, and kept it on my team through the whole game. Caterpie was my second shiny, and I caught it in Pokémon FireRed. My third shiny was a Linoone. I caught it in Route 119 in Pokémon Emerald. Scraggy was my last shiny, and it was caught in Pokémon White. I'd throw shiny Gyarados somewhere in there, but it wouldn't really count since (almost) everyone has one of these. xD

Mintyy August 17th, 2013 10:05 AM

I hatched a Shiny Plusle in Ruby and Saphire! I haven't hatched/caught others yet, but I've traded for shinies. I have a shiny Azumarill, Ditto, Mew (which I think is fake), Garchomp and a Gyarados,

Sirfetch’d August 17th, 2013 2:10 PM

I have caught 4 aside from the red Gyarados. I caught one shiny Sunkern in Emerald which was my first shiny, I caught 2 shiny Nidoran females in SoulSilver and in White I caught a shiny Venipede.

Arlo August 17th, 2013 4:26 PM

I've caught... *counting to myself*... um... 14 of them over the years, starting with Leaf Green, and not counting placed stuff like the Gyarados in Johto or the Haxorus in Unova.

I don't hunt them or anything like that - I just run into them from time to time. The only "trick" to it, as near as I can tell, is to take your time through the games. I use a lot of different pokemon through the course of a game, so I have to grind, and I go everywhere and never use Repels, so I fight lots of battles. That means lots of pokemon encounters, and that means lots of opportunities for shinies. That's pretty much it, really.

PokeChris123 August 17th, 2013 5:24 PM

Only shinnies I've managed to get are Roselia (sometime after beating Diamond, my first shiny ever!), Gyarados (at Lake of Rage in Soul Silver) and Starly (right after Dawn gave me Pokeballs in Platinum I encountered her).

Hikamaru August 17th, 2013 6:40 PM

I've caught a fair share of shiny Pokemon:
  • Duskull (Ruby)
  • Budew (Diamond)
  • Graveler (Diamond, SoulSilver)
  • Unown-U (Diamond)
  • Farfetch'd (SoulSilver)
  • Excadrill (Black)

I also have a Red Gyarados in SoulSilver, but he doesn't count. And if you noticed I have two shiny Gravelers!

Nolafus August 17th, 2013 11:57 PM

The only shiny I have caught is my shiny Gigalith, which I caught as a Boldore on Victory road.

I've traded for a few shinies which include a shiny Charizard, Dragonite, Raiku, and Lugia.

I don't if they count, but I don't care.

Blastin'Tyruntz August 18th, 2013 12:05 AM

OH i had a fw shinies i think i have like 2-3 in in SS but the most are actually in White 2.
IDK about tricks but my system is "PURE SPAMMING THE SHT OUT OF TALL GRASS"

Altair August 18th, 2013 12:34 AM

I've caught a few shiny Pokemon who aren't with me anymore since I traded off the games... I actually only have one on hand.

Ruby/Emerald (can't remember which): Electrike
Diamond: Machop, Wooper (I currently have the Wooper, caught it in the Great Marsh!)
Black: Nidoran (f) a random hatch!

I fainted a shiny Steelix in my Platinum Version, a critical hit from my Garchomp's Dragon Claw! ...

Green Stache August 18th, 2013 3:22 AM

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My current shiny list is-
Bidoof (RE)
Lawl. :P

Out of my whole Poke mission, I've been playing since Ruby came out, I have only encountered 5 shinies, and caught 4 (In fact, only really recently-ish (I'd say a year ago, maybe two). I never even knew they existed until I saw a youtube video 'How to find shinies').
My shiny list is;
-Shiny Psyduck - Pearl. (My first ever encounter with a shiny.. I accidently killed it.. And cried for only 20 minutes I'll have you know. :P)
-Zubat - Emerald (Almost as bad as bidoof)
-Electrode - Sapphire (This was the most intense pokemon battle ever.. I thought he was going to selfdestruct.
-Giratina - Platinum (My friend gave it to me in trade from a hack, still awesome though)
-Voltorb - Platinum (Trade from another friend, it is also lvl 100 for some reason..)

So really, I've only actually encountered 3 shinies by luck, after so many years. Oh and, there is a way on how to find shinies, it's called grinding (I'm pretty sure anyway, and you get a line of pokemon battle of the exact same pokemon, and eventually you'll find a shiny. I haven't succeeded though, but it's good experience points.

anomie-strain August 18th, 2013 12:12 PM

I've been playing for years, and I have not found a single shiny pokemon in any of my games. Except for the red Gyarados, but again, that one doesn't count.

I'm sure I'll find one eventually. :)

MantisboyN August 18th, 2013 6:42 PM

Shiny Bellsprout in Crystal, and Eggsecute in Fire Red

Brendino August 18th, 2013 11:47 PM

To this day I've managed to catch 3/6 of the shinies that I've come across, not including those like the Red Gyarados.

Most of my shiny luck came on Sapphire, where I caught a shiny Shroomish in the Petalburg Woods on my first playthrough, and then a shiny Heracross in the Safari Zone on the second one. The other shiny that I caught was a Ducklett on the Driftveil Drawbridge on White.

As for improving your luck, there are things like chaining in D/P/Pt and the Shiny Charm in B2/W2 that do improve your odds, but there's still no guarantee that you'll find anything.

Amore August 19th, 2013 2:10 AM

I've encountered two shinies that weren't a Red Gyarados - a Machoke, when I had no Poké Balls, in Diamond, and a Kricketot on the route between Sandgem Town and Jubilife City on Platinum. Got a few event ones too (3 copies of the shiny Suicune, Entei and Raikou, and a couple of Shiny Pichu, although I've now only got a Gamestop one I traded for).

Aeroblast August 19th, 2013 6:36 AM

Countless, if I count the ones I RNG'd over the years... maybe 40+?

Sheep August 20th, 2013 8:37 AM

I haven't caught many.. ;o; My first shiny was Whismur in Sapphire. I also caught a Wurmple that evolved into a Dustox (ugh wanted Beautifly), Volbeat, Rattata, and some others. Got a lot of shinies from a PC member a year ago as well. :)

Brizz August 20th, 2013 11:11 AM

I've caught a small handful of shinies throughout my playing of Pokemon, including 2 over the past couple of months.

Ponyta (LG)
Unown (Diamond)
Eevee (hatched Diamond)
Bellsprout (LG)
Zigzagoon (Sapphire)
Lunatone (White 2)
Geodude (FR)


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