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pastel_fallout February 15th, 2014 11:05 PM

I was playing a Sapphire ROM and I ran into a Shiny Poochyena IN THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME WHEN I HAD NO POKÉBALLS.
I was not happy. Also one time I was playing Sapphire and the Poochyena chasing Prof. Birch was shiny. >:I
Seriously not amused.

Bestwaffles February 16th, 2014 3:41 AM

I have 400+ hours on my FireRed, and I never saw a single shiny...I found a shiny in my Emerald within 2 hours. It's just down to luck really :/

slim spazzy February 17th, 2014 5:49 AM

I have met a few shinies in my time.. here's the list

!) Meowth
2) Vulpix
3)Golbat
4)Nincanda

DarkPoke001 February 18th, 2014 7:14 AM

GOT A SHINY MUDKIP ON RUBY AFTER 132 S/R!!!

(previous hunt took well over 5000 S/R's yielding 4 shiny Poochyenas at the beginning fight, but no Mudkip

Venitardus February 18th, 2014 1:00 PM

I found a shiny geodude in my FireRed. It ran away from me...

Bellum February 22nd, 2014 2:29 AM

I once got a shiny Charmander as my starter in fire red, didn't have to keep reseting for it either, got it first time xD

Don't know if rom hacks count but I caught a Shiny Vulpix in Pokemon Fuligin (after about 2 hours of running around in grass) and then caught a shiny Trapinch an hour later when level grinding :3 I named them Mozilla and Cynthia, and they helped me tear through the E4 xD

El Héroe Oscuro February 22nd, 2014 1:50 PM

I remember before I even knew about PokeCommunity, EV'ing, or the idea of shiny pokemon, I had started up a game and accidentally got a shiny Torchic. I was absolutely confused as to what the bloody heck was going on with my game; I actually thought the game had malfunctioned. Luckily though, I had the brilliant idea of looking up my interesting discovery and I'm happy to say that to this day I still own my first ever shiny.

Pixel LP February 23rd, 2014 4:21 AM

I got my cute little shiny azurill. Still have him in my team :D

Hero of Twilight February 24th, 2014 6:23 PM

did find a shiny graveler in magma hidout in emerald, but it use selfdestruct and fainted..... :(

Cinderella February 26th, 2014 10:06 AM

The only shiny I found was in FireRed. It was an Oddish, and I did catch it but I didn't really care much about shinies back then.

Knor February 26th, 2014 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamais (Post 8074893)
4 out of the 6 shiny Pokemon that I've ever encountered in the Pokemon games have actually been in the 3rd generation, though I've only had the opportunity to catch two of them.

Of the two I didn't catch, one was a Paras in the Safari Zone (I didn't deserve to catch it), and the other was a shiny Weedle... in the Pokemon catching tutorial by the old man in Viridian. The two that I did catch both came from Sapphire, and were a shiny Shroomish (now a Breloom), and a shiny Heracross. Both are currently on my HeartGold, though I rarely use them.

This Weedle, and a shiny Psyduck (Shiduck!) which was caught. I haven't been as fortunate with shinies, haha.

Venitardus February 27th, 2014 7:10 AM

I seen a shiny geodude gong through the sevi islands in my fire red. It ran away.

Danny0317 February 27th, 2014 1:11 PM

All the shinies I've gotten (except for 3) were in 3rd gen. I got a shiny Taillow yesterday in Ruby, and I got a shiny Cacnea today in the same game.

LividZephyr February 27th, 2014 2:31 PM

I got my Poke Balls from Oak and went out to Route 1 and there was this shiny Pidgey waiting for me... second encounter.

I'm not lying. I know there's a meme of sorts about that thing but I LEGIT caught a shiny Pidgey. It's now on my X game as a Pidgeot.

That was my first non-Gyarados shiny ever. I also caught a shiny Smeargle and a shiny Phanpy on Expert Emerald, but that's a hack so...

tehAgg February 28th, 2014 12:20 AM

The only shiny I ever found was a Voltorb in New Mauville, and that was before I knew what shinies were. I took it out. >.<

Urugamosu February 28th, 2014 12:35 AM

I remember that I saw a shiny Spinda, didn't know about shinies at the time so it just caught it, then released it later on for some reason.

flightrisk February 28th, 2014 1:22 AM

sadly, no but i'm currently undergoing the hunt for my shiny torchic, im currently at 1,300 soft resets

The Undisputed Era March 1st, 2014 1:34 PM

I remember being really disappointed in my game cartridges because I was never able to find a shiny pokemon, but in my time using the ROM's i've ran into hundreds of legit shiny pokemon, I wish my luck would carry over onto those cartridges lol.

bluemanga March 2nd, 2014 4:52 AM

I remember catching a shiny gloom in my game, but not only that, I also got pokerus... what are the chances! It seems unfair to me that some people never come across these things in their playthroughs. I feel it should be that when you rack up a certain amount of time that you're guaranteed to find at least ONE shiny.

Trainer_Kay March 2nd, 2014 4:44 PM

So there I was, happily playing Pokémon Emerald, minding my own business when I encounter a Poochyena. Not thinking much of it, I figured: 'Hey it's just another Poochyena.' until I spotted the color. The Poochyena was green. I wasn't sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me or if I had really encountered something special. So I caught it. There didn't seem to be anything special about it though. (then again, I was still a noob at Pokémon games and had no clue about shinies or anything like that).

To be honest, I'm still not entirely sure if I was going nuts or not. Have any of you found green Poochyenas?

Unfortunately, I don't have the Poochyena with me anymore. =(

AoTora March 4th, 2014 4:45 AM

I found shiny zubat in Ruby few days ago - and I found a lot of shiny pidgeys in FireRed and LeafGreen xD Too bad that I could never use them since I always found them while doing some kinda challenge on the game - and I couldn't trade them either :(

Life March 4th, 2014 7:31 AM

I managed to find a shiny Slakoth while I was walking through Petalburg Woods. It was pretty cool since this was at school. Sadly this was the only shiny I managed to find in Generation 3. :(

rtlerer March 5th, 2014 9:43 AM

Well, when I saw my first shiny Pokemon in the wild (LG) it was a pidgey that i found right before MT moon and i was so terrified that i saved the game and caught that pidgey, I even relesed the pidgey I had bafore I saw that shiny one and right after catching it, I sent an email to my Pokemaniac (and brony) cousin and I told him I saw a wierd green pidgey in the wild... LOL

Dksoulstice March 5th, 2014 11:35 AM

Yup my very first shiny; Shiny Milotic :D

Lol. I wish.

Shiny Pidgey though :P

RoreyG March 5th, 2014 3:23 PM

All Legit Shinies Found and Caught in my Fire Red Version

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