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In which game did you get your first shiny Pokémon?

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    Excluding the red Gyarados and special event shinies like Giratina in Black 2 my first shiny, one I found myself in the wild, was a Pawniard in Y.

    It was after I completed the game in Mar 2016. The only reason I knew it was shiny, as I didn't see the sparkle or hear the ding, was that I encountered some red ones right before it. I probably would have ran had it been a first encounter since I wasn't hugely familiar with gen 4 or 5 Pokemon.
     
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    thedestinedblade

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  • I wanna say a shiny Onix in Silver, but it was so long ago that I'm probably not remembering correctly. Aside from that, I encountered (and caught) a shiny Clefairy in Platinum, which was pretty awesome.
     
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  • Ruby version, shiny Linoone which I promptly fainted with my overleveled starter because somehow I got the impression that shiny Pokemon were stronger than regular Pokemon and that it would live. @__@
     
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  • I caught a shiny Shroomish at some point in Sapphire, and didn't even realize it until years later when I was going through my boxes looking at my Pokemon. Yay for color blindness!
     
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    Mine was a shiny male Nidoran in Silver version

    Randomly found it in the grass next to that bug catcher that would call you about yanma swarms

    Miss that lil guy
     
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  • Shiny Pichu in the Crystal. I think I've already said this story here, but here we go. I didn't realize it was shiny until I transferred it to the Stadium 2 and noticing it looked weird.
     
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  • Gold or Silver. It was either Noctowl or Flaaffy. Both in the same route near the Lake of Rage, though I'm unsure of it being in the same run.
     

    EC

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    If we ignore the free one in Gold/Silver, it was a shiny Swinub in Platinum. I was so excited I used my Master Ball on it.
     

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  • i was playing ruby and caught the green eared whismur bc i thought he was sick and that it was my duty to help him feel better and get his orange ears back
     

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  • Pokémon Firered gave me my very first shiny; a Weedle I kept into a blue eyed Beedrill. Too bad I was too young to realize the rarity of such Pokémon. I ended up restarting the game thinking I captured a glitch.
     
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