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2nd Gen Did you ever find a Shiny in GSC?

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    Found my very first shiny on Silver version when I ran into a Shiny Donphan and caught it. I never used it but even though I do not have that specific cartridge I will never forget it.

    After that I found several on the several playthroughs I did through Gold. Oddish, Weedle, and I think there was one more that escapes my mind at the moment. Then, Crystal's Odd Egg in which I hatched a Shiny Elekid (that I didn't realize I did until I transferred it to Pokemon Stadium 2) and recently a Shiny Magby. Second generation is where I have found the most random shinies so far.
     
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  • I found a Red Gyarados (yes, I am lucky guy) and a Tentacool. And I should evolved Tentacool for Tentacrue before I erased the data, btw.
    And I think i had a shiny Elekid of that egg in Crystal, but i am not sure. Memory, I hate you so much.
     
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  • Specie: Graveler.
    Location: The route directly south of Blackthorn City, in the grass.
    Game: Pokemon Crystal.

    The only shiny I ever encountered in an official game. It used Selfdestruct. :)
     

    Caelus

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    I don't think I have ever encountered a shiny in GSC besides the obvious Gyarados. Honestly I can probably count with one hand how many shinies I have encountered in all of my pokemon games.
     
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  • The second Pokemon I ever encountered in Silver was a shiny Hoothoot. This was during the very beginning of the game when you don't have access to Pokeballs yet, so it killed me inside when I was forced to defeat it. :(
    I think that was the only shiny I've encountered in Johto.
     

    BlueShellBeast

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  • I have encountered both a shiny Stantler (Gold) and a Snubble (Crystal), however, those two times were both on emulators...
     

    11wildy

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  • Yes I did, a shiny pidgey, which corrupted my game. Then a shiny Geodude, now a Graveler, still on my crystal game. And a Tentacool on my hack of Pokemon crystal, while playing on an emulator.
     

    Guest123_x1

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    Apart from Red Gyarados, I only encountered a Shiny once. I don't remember exactly which Pokémon it was, but it was south of Ecruteak City, but I didn't catch it, partly because I didn't really know what the "clickclickclickclickclick" sound was all about, and I didn't notice an all-that-different coloration either.
     

    Bounce

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  • I got a Shiny Ditto in Pokemon Crystal (not from the Red Gyarados transfer to RBY glitch). Anyways, I named it Shiny and I use it from breeding now.
     

    twistedpuppy

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    Besides Red Gyarados? Nope. ;-;
    I've never been lucky when it comes to random shinies, but I have had friends lucky enough to find them. I remember using a cloning glitch to clone a friend's shiny Pichu.
     

    Elaitenstile

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    Only Gyarados. Nobody else. Not even met one. So sad. (Once got Pokérus, though)
     
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