That Pokémon looks special!

When was the first time ever you saw a Shiny in-game? Did you know about their existance? What did you do?

I was playing Crystal, dashing through Route 1, when I first encountered a Shiny Hoothoot. It had glowing stars and a weird colour so I caught it. I kept him in my team for so long, but I had no idea what it was. It's years later, in Diamond, that I finally saw the term "Shiny Pokémon".

My friends had encountered shinies way earlier than I did so I was just anticipating the appearance of one in my own games for a long time. I encountered my first shiny in the Great Marsh, where I was actually for another Pokémon, and I jumped back when I suddenly saw this Marill being green! I was very stressed about it running away so I just kept chugging balls at it and it worked, thank god. Now I have a shiny Azumarill.

BlazingCobaltX said:

My friends had encountered shinies way earlier than I did so I was just anticipating the appearance of one in my own games for a long time. I encountered my first shiny in the Great Marsh, where I was actually for another Pokémon, and I jumped back when I suddenly saw this Marill being green! I was very stressed about it running away so I just kept chugging balls at it and it worked, thank god. Now I have a shiny Azumarill.

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Aaaa that must have been so stressful! Shiny Azumarill in a Safari Ball looks awesome, however, congrats! The same thing kinda happened to me a few months ago, I was in the Great Marsh and I thought "wouldn't it be awful to run into a Shiny there". Then a Shiny Psyduck spawned. :|
I manage to catch it too, I can't imagine how bad you must feel if it flees ;^;

It's tough to recall, but my first shiny encounter was a Whismur in Emerald, I remember having no idea what it was and got worried my game was ruined. However after quickly researching shinies on the internet, I immediately caught it :)

Soapyyy said:

Aaaa that must have been so stressful! Shiny Azumarill in a Safari Ball looks awesome, however, congrats! The same thing kinda happened to me a few months ago, I was in the Great Marsh and I thought "wouldn't it be awful to run into a Shiny there". Then a Shiny Psyduck spawned. :|
I manage to catch it too, I can't imagine how bad you must feel if it flees ;^;

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Haha glad you got yours too! It is indeed a stressful experience. I had a similar experience a while ago. I was training my Pokémon in Silver on the route before Victory Road and I just thought "I have the feeling a shiny will appear in a bit", and then - tada! A shiny Raticate. At least random wild encounters can't run away but it's still stressful. xD

Mine was a Camerupt I found randomly in Pearl. I still have it to this day.

As far as I can remember, the first Shiny I encountered was a Shiny Skitty in Emerald. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to catch it, ended up one-shotting it ;-;.

Pika Pika :chu:

Soapyyy said:

When was the first time ever you saw a Shiny in-game? Did you know about their existance? What did you do?

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My first shiny was the Red Gyarados in Pokémon Gold. That's all there is to the story, really.
Some time later I found out that it was a Shiny Pokémon which led me to read about them.

I don't remember right now which exactly was my first Wild Shiny though.
I think it was a Shiny Abra in SoulSilver (Route 35) or a Shiny Tentacool in Ruby (Route 119)

Shiny Hoppip in Gold. Didn't know what a shiny was and I killed it for exp. To this day, it is the only shiny I have ever encountered. I'm not even mad.

My first one was the red Gyarados like a lot of other players. My real first shiny was a shiny Remoraid I managed to hatch.

My first Shiny was a random Golett in X. It was darker than a regular Golett and had glowing Green eyes. Now a Level 100 Golurk (Which is also an excellent Shiny).

Mine was a female Duskull in Ruby. I had heard of shiny Pokemon prior to catching her, but I never thought I'd one day eventually get one of my own.

BlazingCobaltX said:

Haha glad you got yours too! It is indeed a stressful experience. I had a similar experience a while ago. I was training my Pokémon in Silver on the route before Victory Road and I just thought "I have the feeling a shiny will appear in a bit", and then - tada! A shiny Raticate. At least random wild encounters can't run away but it's still stressful. xD

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Haha I get you, I encountered a Shiny Delibird in HGSS, and tried to put it to sleep. It didn't work (because of its ability iirc). Then I remembered Delibird in Gen 2 would just attack once, then flee. So I flinged my Master Ball at her lol.

Lunos said:

My first shiny was the Red Gyarados in Pokémon Gold. That's all there is to the story, really.
Some time later I found out that it was a Shiny Pokémon which led me to read about them.

I don't remember right now which exactly was my first Wild Shiny though.
I think it was a Shiny Abra in SoulSilver (Route 35) or a Shiny Tentacool in Ruby (Route 119)

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Ooooh, did Abra Teleport or did you manage to catch it?

Graine said:

Shiny Hoppip in Gold. Didn't know what a shiny was and I killed it for exp. To this day, it is the only shiny I have ever encountered. I'm not even mad.

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Not mad, right. iirc you told me you thought it was like, a "Boss" Pokémon that would give more exp...

SleepyTrainer said:

My first one was the red Gyarados like a lot of other players. My real first shiny was a shiny Remoraid I managed to hatch.

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Did you know about Shinies for your Remoraid or you thought, like me, that Gyarados was just unique?

LilyGardy said:

My first Shiny was a random Golett in X. It was darker than a regular Golett and had glowing Green eyes. Now a Level 100 Golurk (Which is also an excellent Shiny).

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Did you know about Shinies? Or did you think "Ooh, cool colours!" Like I did? :P

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Did you know about Shinies? Or did you think "Ooh, cool colours!" Like I did? :P

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I knew what Shinys were but had never encountered one before. I did not know what Golett's Shiny looked like and it took me a moment to notice that the green eyed Automaton was Shiny. Luckily I had several Great Balls to catch it with.

LilyGardy said:

I knew what Shinys were but had never encountered one before. I did not know what Golett's Shiny looked like and it took me a moment to notice that the green eyed Automaton was Shiny. Luckily I had several Great Balls to catch it with.

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Oh, that's another thing that I fear, not having Pokéballs or PC space. I saw a Shiny hunter on YT that couldn't catch the Shiny he was hunting for hours because his PC was full x_x

Soapyyy said:

Oh, that's another thing that I fear, not having Pokéballs or PC space. I saw a Shiny hunter on YT that couldn't catch the Shiny he was hunting for hours because his PC was full x_x

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The PC being full has to be the unluckiest way to fail a Shiny. I have been lucky with my only Shiny fail being an Electrode exploding on me in X.

LilyGardy said:

The PC being full has to be the unluckiest way to fail a Shiny. I have been lucky with my only Shiny fail being an Electrode exploding on me in X.

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Oh, I had a Graveler did this to be too ;^; I always dread going into Safari Zones and the Great Marsh because I don't want to see a Shiny escaping lol

LilyGardy said:

The PC being full has to be the unluckiest way to fail a Shiny. I have been lucky with my only Shiny fail being an Electrode exploding on me in X.

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This is so unlike me who's had luck with exploding shinies. In both Diamond and Soul Silver I caught a shiny Graveler, at an area I recall them having Self-Destruct or something. Such a shock that I successfully caught them.

Soapyyy said:

Ooooh, did Abra Teleport or did you manage to catch it?

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Caught it after some Ultra Balls. I affortunately had a Gastly with Mean Look on my team, I think I was training it as a countermeasure for the dogs at that time.

My first shiny was a Spearow in Leaf Green when I was grinding to take on Misty's gym. I knew it was shiny so I got excited and I caught it to later add it on my team (I did have another Spearow but it got replaced). Unfortunately, I no longer have it because my Diamond cart corrupted.

Luckily, I did manage to find a shiny Herdier in White while I was training my Horsea. It's still with me and is chilling in Pokemon Bank. :)