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Jmacc March 5th, 2014 7:42 PM

I remember seeing a shiny zigzaggoon but one hit KOed it never seen one since haha

Humble Hook March 6th, 2014 7:11 PM

Absolutely none, sadly. Hoped for a shiny Sceptile.

.Rax March 14th, 2014 1:27 AM

My first shiny I got, was a shiny Poochyena. I just walked in the first grass, after getting my starter Pokemon and the first 5 poke balls and caught it because it's awesome color. I didn't knew that it was special, because I didn't saw another Poochyena before, and infact I didn't realized the special shiny thing in the start of the battle. The end of the song is, that I caught it, but it stayed in my team, cause in that phase a wasn't that patient a it tools a loooooong time to grow up some levels ... Sadly I lost the game file through an accident ...
The last shiny was a tentacool.
I hope I wrote the Pokemon right, but I'm more familiar with the German names ..:D

Fernbutter March 14th, 2014 3:30 AM

Yes, quite a few. On accident usually.

The most common were Magikarps. Me and a friend had bet on who could fill 5 PC boxes with Magikarps first, so I eventually won, but in the process, I got 8 shinies. 5 Magikarps, then 3 Tentacools.

Zorogami March 14th, 2014 6:12 AM

Me personally, no. But when i first got Sapphire and my little brother had Ruby, he suddenly started freaking out one day, as he encountered a shiny Swablu. Back then, we had no clue what it meant, or that they were called shinies, but of course he caught it and put it on his team...the jealousy i felt that day...

Kakarot1212 March 15th, 2014 4:05 AM

My first shiny was a ratata that I caught on the first route, in FRed, and a hoothoot somewhere else i forgot.

RemixinROMulus March 25th, 2014 10:47 AM

Oh yeah! 3rd gen is the only gen I (sort of) shiny hunt on because the shinies are much more valuable. It's ALWAYS 1/8192. There's none of this Masuda method, Pokeradar chaining, red gyarados, shiny ditto trick, or any other stuff that increases the odds. I've only got a shiny Gulpin (E) and a shiny Snorlax (LG). My cousin SR'd and got shiny Mewtwo on Leaf Green. Right now I'm going for a shiny Kyogre in a Premier Ball on Sapphire.

Just thinking: Damn, that would suck to find a shiny in the Battle Pike or Battle Pyramid... I'm staying away from those places.

mangamusicfan March 25th, 2014 12:22 PM

Yes I have Some, They where Verry rare In gen 3 :D

RemixinROMulus March 26th, 2014 2:18 PM

I'd first heard about shinies in this NintendoPower guide for FR/LG, but they called them "Alternately Colored Pokemon", even though most people referred to them as shiny Pokemon. Just to give you some idea of exactly how rare shinies are:

If you played a Gen III game and did nothing but run around in grass continuously looking for shinies, it would take on average about 45 hours to find one shiny, assuming you encounter about 3 pokemon per minute. 45 hours of gameplay spent on just walking around in grass for a shiny!

Has anyone been successful with manipulating Emerald's RNG to obtain shinies? Do you believe this is cheating?

Zorogami March 26th, 2014 3:13 PM

I once saw a shiny Tyranitar when doing a randomized Nuzlocke, but didnt manage to catch it -.-
And thats the only shiny ive ever seen in Gen3...my brother has 5 on his FireRed...so jealous

Judge Mandolore Shepard March 26th, 2014 4:02 PM

I have never actually found any shiny Pokemon in the 3rd gen Pokemon games. I never had the good odds.

Elements1 March 26th, 2014 8:45 PM

Found a shiny Zigzagoon, in my first time playing Emerald though I accidently killed it :( Then in Firered, I found a shiny Ratatta before I had any pokeballs. Bad luck with third gen shiny's :/

Elaitenstile March 26th, 2014 10:55 PM

I found two shiny Golbat (green) in a succession of thirty minutes or so in Victory Road. I caught both of them, but I felt it unfair that both the shinies should be the same Pokémon. Another time, when I was playing a slightly modified version of a Ruby ROM on an emulator, I got a purple shiny spheal that eventually evolved into Walrein, and I do think I have the ROM save somewhere, but it's on an emulator, so I'm not counting that.

shayminskyforme88 March 29th, 2014 12:32 AM

I only found one shiny in Gen III. It was a Geodude in Sapphire when I was younger. Sadly, I didn't have any balls :(

ArcHeLL March 29th, 2014 7:47 AM

The first shiny pokemon i've ever met was at FR and it was a meowth, because then i was a small kid i threw the master ball thinking it was impossible to catch because it was shiny. xD

タイラー April 12th, 2014 7:57 AM

My first was a hariyama in pokemon emerald in victory road. Caught it but will prob never use it

Sword Wolf April 12th, 2014 8:11 AM

I found my first shiny in sapphire it was a zigzagoon, after him I found a shiny oddish. Both zigzagoon and oddish I found in sapphire while doing a challange so I couldn't use them.

Aeiji April 12th, 2014 9:51 AM

I remember finding a shiny sandshrew and a shiny skarmory on my pokemon emerald.

Zaakeil April 13th, 2014 3:02 AM

Besides a shiny geodude which I caught and eventually transferred up to my Pokemon Black as a Golem, I've only seen one other shiny.

It was a Zigzagoon. More specifically the one that Wally uses to battle the wild Ralts with. ...
Oh, you can bet that was depressing. I reset the game after throwing it at the wall.

Boured April 14th, 2014 7:12 AM

Yes I have yet I was so young at the time that I did the stupid thing and killed it

IeUaN_08 April 15th, 2014 2:37 AM

Been playing for years and years, unfortunatley still waiting on my first shiny Pokemon :(

Guardian April 15th, 2014 9:32 AM

I am going to get bunch of money using the team rocket grunt's nuggets (I can handle losing to that guy xyz times, because deep in my heart I know I am letting him win xD) and then I will keep buying all those Pokemon and soft resetting. Hopefully I'll get a shiny :D

pengoy April 17th, 2014 10:05 AM

I did! it was a Sableye in emerald... :I i found it while i was going up rayquaza's tower. i had a hard time there and maybe the little fellow poked me due to pity... haha

DraconianWing April 19th, 2014 1:32 PM

My first shiny was a Linoone at Route 119 while on the way to Fortree. I've encountered other shinies too, like Voltorb, Golbat and Tropius.

Sonata April 19th, 2014 2:09 PM

My first time playing Emerald I caught a shiny Absol and a shiny Kecleon. But in the like 50+ times I've played it since then I haven't once caught or even seen a shiny pokemon :I


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