Good luck with your random encountering, DK, and good luck to everyone else as well.
But other than that, I'm at a loss for words. After less than 150 soft resets on this particular ID (I got it yesterday, and I've been SRing casually), I obtained a second shiny Treecko from my Sapphire version! It is female, has a Calm nature, and according to the Pokemon Breeder in Emerald, has flawless HP. w00t? Yes, w00t indeed!
My next target in Sapphire will be Kyogre (since the one I have is an RNG clone and all), then I will soft reset for another shiny Latios. Or perhaps I will go for a Regi...
Here are some pictures of my latest shinies. The quality is pretty bad, so if you have sensitive eyes, I'm sorry. :(
Shiny Treecko summary at level 6
https://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/ShinyFufu/ShinyTreeckoSummary.jpg
Shiny Treecko vs. Wild Zigzagoon
https://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/ShinyFufu/ShinyTreecko.jpg
The reason why I was not able to take a picture of it against the initial Poochyena is because my camera phone (which is what I used to take the pictures) was dead, and I could not find my charger right away. I figured that beating the Poochyena and saving my game was more important. :)
Shiny Giratina encounter
https://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/ShinyFufu/ShinyGiratinaEncounter.jpg
It doesn't even look shiny. :(
Shiny Giratina in the PokeDex
https://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/ShinyFufu/ShinyGiratinaDex.jpg
Now it does!
Alrighty. Now I SERIOUSLY need to get shiny Shroomish. Lol.
Edit: Wow, I didn't realize how small the pictures were...dammit. Sorry you guys. :(
Major Edit:
Okay, well, you know how I said I was at a loss for words earlier? Yeah, I still am.
Me at a different forum said:
After only 432 encounters on my LG on Route 5...
I'm in a battle with a shiny Meowth...I'm literally shaking at the moment. I was reading some posts in the HG/SS Forum about speculation of Kanto's role in HG/SS. While I was doing that, I was hatching for Shroomish, and random encountering for a shiny Meowth. I wasn't even EXPECTING to find a Meowth, and my whole mindset was "okay, as soon as Blastoise runs out of PP, I'm going to save my game"...and then, on the 432nd encounter, I hear Meowth's cry...then the sound of the shiny noise. I didn't get to see the sparkles, but when I looked down, the Meowth had the purple tail!
I will proceed to battle it right now. I took pictures with my camera phone, but the grass under Meowth looks yellow, so it doesn't look right. :( I will use my brother's camera phone, then...it's still hard to tell, though.
Alright, I switched out to my level 10 Meowth (it was in my party for Pick Up). I use Scratch. It uses Growl.
I use Scratch again...it uses Scratch against me.
I throw a Luxury Ball...
...
SHINY MEOWTH WAS CAPTURED!!!
Saved my game, and now I'm off to the Pokemon Center to check its stats and such.
Alrighty here's the info:
Male, Relaxed nature, Met in Route 5 at Lv. 12
HP: 34
Attack: 17
Defense: 16
Special Attack: 15
Special Defense: 17
Speed: 24
Caught in a Luxury Ball!
Goodness what amazing luck...less than 24 hours after my shiny Treecko, I get this beauty. :D This is going to stay as a shiny Meowth for tons of reasons, the biggest being that I was originally inspired to go for a shiny Meowth after seeing an episode of Pokemon. And Persian doesn't have Pick Up. ;) I am very happy that I caught it as a Meowth because it goes very nicely with a Luxury Ball.
I am not used to being this lucky...in all my years of shiny hunting, I've never gotten THREE shinies in less than a week. This is truly amazing. In fact, I've gotten NINE separate 1/8192 chance shinies in the last two months.
Good luck to EVERYONE that is hunting! Believe me, I've had more than my fair share (that doesn't mean I don't want anymore, though! :p)
I can't post the pictures right now because my brother is using his cell phone to talk with his friends while he plays MapleStory. I will post them tomorrow morning, however.
Once again, good luck to all!
You read that correctly folks; I've managed to snag myself a shiny Meowth! A nice shiny, if I do say so myself, but this luck is really killing me! -_- I'm
never this lucky, this is usually Storm_Dragoon or Dark_Steelix's job!
Now I KNOW my luck is gone for the month. 3 traditional shinies in 10 days? I probably won't get another one for the rest of the year. Lol.