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Bern March 16th, 2014 5:48 AM

I got like 40+ shines from just chaining in Diamond, to me its the easiest method.
I also got two RE's, shinx and ratata.

PunkPhantom March 16th, 2014 8:51 AM

I have encountered 3 shinies and successfully caught 2 of them in 4th gen. None of them were through chaining.

The first one was in 2010 in HeartGold. It was a shiny Rattata in the Burned Tower. I thought it was cool how it was golden and it was in HeartGold. I named it "Goldie" I believe. Unfortunately I decided to evolve it into a Raticate without knowing what the shiny looks like and it looked lame imo. Just a slightly orangey-er shade of brown. I later traded it to Pearl, my favorite game.

The second was a pink Wooper in the Great Marsh in Pearl in 2011. It was incredibly risky to catch as you can imagine, but I caught it with 2 safari balls! This time I looked up what shiny Quagsire looked like and it is purple which is my favorite color, so I evolved it! I named it "Purpse".

The final 4th gen shiny I encountered was in 2012. I was starting to notice the lucky, coincidental pattern of encountering one shiny per year. I was fishing in Route 220 in Pearl trying to catch a Lanturn because I was trying to complete the Pokedex and I was too lazy to grind a Chinchou to evolve it. I knew Lanturn was rare, but it seemed to be taking a ridiculous amount of time to find one, I just kept hooking a ton of Chinchou. I joked that at that rate I was going to encounter a shiny Chinchou before I found a Lanturn. But then it happened! I quickly sent out my at-the-time level 50ish Weaville with False Swipe that I always have on my team now in case I run into a shiny. I used False Swipe, but unfortunately I didn't know that Chinchou could learn Take Down and it killed itself :( It turns out if it had been one level lower it wouldn't have even known Take Down.

Those are the only shinies I've encountered in gen 4 besides the Red Gyarados.

Judge Mandolore Shepard March 16th, 2014 4:06 PM

For fourth gen Pokemon games, other than the Red Gyarados, I am sure I only encountered one shiny Pokemon. The Pokemon I encountered was a shiny Staravia in Platinum. I eventually transferred it to White 2 where I evolved it to Staraptor. It currently resides in my copy of X.

Hero of Twilight March 18th, 2014 3:56 PM

i don't own HG/SS so i can't say i have a Red Gyarados, but i have found three shines by pure chance. found a bidoof on route 201, a weepinbell on route 229, and a wooper on 212, although i didn't catch that one. :(

Aeroblast March 18th, 2014 6:07 PM

I don't believe I ever got a shiny Pokemon in a fourth generation game. And of course there is the Red Gyarados, but that doesn't really count.

mangamusicfan March 28th, 2014 12:03 PM

I Have a few of them, I don't like them that one's in this Game.
You need to put really much effort to get them In this game.

shayminskyforme88 March 29th, 2014 12:23 AM

Shiny Meditite from Diamond, Shiny Bunneary from Pearl, Shiny Gyarados, Shiny Graveler, Shiny Eevee, and Shiny Vulpix from HearGold.

Tek April 3rd, 2014 9:17 AM

Like most, I caught the raging Red Gyarados. Hard to say why, it just has to be done.

I have two other shinies on HG. First is a Caterpie I found in the Ilex Forest, and with a Timid nature, no less! It's now a Butterfree named Freelabell and is one of my favorites.

The other is a Donphan I encountered outside of Mt. Silver, I'm not too crazy about it. I caught it on principle, figured maybe I could trade it for something nice eventually.

I may pick up a copy of Diamond version today and begin my first Sinnoh journey. If I do, I will be soft resetting to get a shiny Piplup :D

Livewire April 3rd, 2014 1:14 PM

I had traded for literally hundreds upon hundreds in my Diamond and Soul Silver, but those don't really count in my book. If I remember right, I caught a shiny Geodude and Meditite with a few days of each other in my Diamond, AND, I know I caught a few others in that game too - I just can't remember right now. I think I ended up trading them both, though. :/

TwilightBlade April 19th, 2014 8:08 PM

I chained quite a bit in Pearl. My shiny haul was:

1 Corsola
3 Absol
1 Voltorb (while riding in a car)
7 Ponyta (I accidentally fainted the 8th one)
2 Nidoran Male
4 Banette
1 Skitty
1 Shinx
1 Buneary
3 Buizel
3 Ariados
6 Venomoth

Khoshi April 19th, 2014 8:29 PM

Just a shiny Medicham I ran away from in Mt Coronet. I thought my game was cursed at the time... :s 7-8 year old me was the worst version of me.

DraconianWing April 19th, 2014 10:03 PM

Other than the shiny Gyarados on HG/SS, I have never encountered any shiny Pokemon in a 4th gen game... :(

professor plum April 24th, 2014 5:39 PM

The only shiny I got in the fourth generation was the Red Gyarados. I tried and tried to get a shiny Pokemon, but I never succeeded. I even did the Masuda method with a million Smeargle - no dice. ;_;

curiousnathan April 27th, 2014 4:09 AM

I've found no shinies in any of my 4th Gen Pokemon games. :(

Pachireecko April 28th, 2014 10:50 AM

I caught a shiny Silcoon from a random encounter in Platinum once.

Tek April 28th, 2014 2:51 PM

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Got a new shiny this morning :]

I was so sure it was going to Selfdestruct. I nearly used my Master Ball on it, but went with a Quick Ball instead. I was not disappointed.

LetsPlayALoveGame April 29th, 2014 5:29 PM

The only one I ever managed to get in 4th gen was an Eevee I hatched randomly in Pt. It became an Espeon and I used it on my online team for a long time even though its stats weren't perfect. It still exists in 6th gen under the ownership of my good friend Kimberly.


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