Your thoughts on Shinies?

Started by Nugg August 14th, 2010 5:38 AM
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Do You Like Shinies??

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Seen November 3rd, 2012
Posted November 3rd, 2012
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Am I the only one who doesn't particularly like shinies? i think the whole sparkle thing is annoying. I think they should make the sparkle animation simultaneous to the pokemon's animation (kinda like D/P/Pts Ball seals). And have you ever found a shiny in your whole gaming life?

For me, my first ever shiny was a Shiny Sentret on the original Silver, then a Phanphy and Bellsprout on Diamond X) and I think there was also a Swablu in Emerald. Oh, and once, I was trying out my friends SoulSilver and I found a shiny kakuna O.O and I didn't even have pokeballs yet *facepalm*

So basically :
1. Do you like shinies?
-what do you like/dislike about them?
2. Have you ever found a shiny?
3. If so, what pokemon was it?
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I've found:

- Machoke (no pokeballs)
- Kricketot (caught, traded pretty fast)
- Grimer (caught, only separated with for 3 pokes, I loved it so much).

I do like shines...but some of them I dislike, for example, Dratini and it's evolutions, particularly Dragonite's shiny form, which is hideous
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Seen November 7th, 2010
Posted November 4th, 2010
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In general yes I do like the Idea of shiny Pokemon, they are quite rare and come off as being a novelty.

there's no ultra advantage to them, other then just having an alternate color, but for collection purposes I think they are cool.... some people just get too obsessed with having Shiny Pokemon and that's where I think the dislike for them comes because people without them get annoyed/jealous.

basically for me it's if you got one cool, awesome... if not it's not a big deal I've gone through almost 100 hours in HG and have yet to see a shiny pokemon other than Rage Lake Gyarados and I'm not shedding any tears.
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Posted June 10th, 2013
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It's not that I like the look of them all, but some of them look really good and I love the feeling of finding them.

I have had 3 shinies altogether:
Cascoon for Pokemon Emerald (Didn't use)
Poochyena for Pokemon Ruby (Now level 84 Mightyena on Platinum)
Marill for Pokemon SoulSilver (Now level 100 Azumarill on SS called Goldie)

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I love them! And that's why I am trading in the trade corner. I dnt have a dislike and no ive never found one sadly. :)
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Shinnies are a great Idea. Because it's so rare, it makes it a great feeling to find one. It's good that it doesn't have any advantage, or else it would make it kinda unfair and not as fun, and is a great bragging right. It's not fun when people just cheat to get them, or dedicate their life to finding them. I have only found one shiny in my entire gaming career (Like, 5 years of pokemon) And that is my shiny Ho-Oh. My sister found a shiny zubat though, but we didn't know about shinies, and were confused. But we caught it
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I'm going to move this over to General Pokémon Gaming since this thread isn't only specific to HG/SS alone.

As for myself, I do generally like Shinies. I don't like all of them, as well, some are just ugly in an alternate color. However, if I were to find one I would be catching it. I've caught quite a few shinies overtime, I believe my very first shiny was an Absol in Pokémon Ruby. I never even realized it was a Shiny at that time since I was so young, I just figured it was different from the rest.

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Yeah, I like shinies. I've found two in my entire gaming career. The first was a shiny Magikarp I found in Pearl (ironically, I found it while I was EV training), in the lake at Pastoria. The second was a Dratini I found in Platinum, which had a perfect nature for a Mixnite. He's my favorite pokemon, now. Forgive me, Lucario! XD

Edit:I didn't catch my shiny Dratini, I hatched it. My memory sucks.


I'm also slightly insane. :cross-eye

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Shinies are cool, they give you some reason to not use that repel.
I've never caught/hatched a Shiny at random, and I've only seen one with just plain luck. (A Rhydon. Figure out the rest >_<)
I have 20-25 of them, but all are caught while chaining.
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In my gaming history I have caught 3 Shinys.
-Primeape - Victory Road, Kanto, Leaf Green
-Hariyama - Victory Road, Hoenn, Emerald
-Floatzel - Route 218, Sinnoh, Platinum

I don't care for them, some of them look more beautiful, some of them - worse.
I'm playing on emulators, so trading with anothers is impossible. It doesn't make sense to seek them for me.

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I think they're really cool, and usually pretty as long as they're not some awful colour that looks like puke or something, xD. I haven't caught any myself yet, but have had a few given to me as gifts. I like the idea of them, they're rare and collectable and kind of gives you something to do when you feel like you've done everything else in-game, lol.
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I do think that they're cool, but I've never had one. Other than the red Gyardos, obviously.....

I'd love a shiny Umbreon. They look so cool. Also a shiny Ponyta
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I think shinies are fun to have. They are a good collector's item and they give your team a unique look. That said, I don't go out chain because I must have shinies. I've tried chaining but always break the chain at like 10 and I've tried breeding but I'm too impatient for that.

I've gotten 2 shinies legally:

Lake of Rage Gyarados: I didn't know what a shiny was when I captured it in the original Gold. I also got one in SS, obviously.

Pearl: My very first, non-scripted, legal shiny was a Shiny Pinsir. I was walking through the area towards the Fight Area and one attacked me.


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I like shinys,but theres nothing like the origanal.My brother traded me a shiny mew.Theres nothing I dislike about them,that I can think off

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I think they're a cool idea and add something to the game for collectors. They used to excite me when I was a kid playing gold and silver. I used to get bored sometimes and try to hunt for one that I wanted, but I've moved on to the metagame since then. I'd take a pokemon with good IVs/nature ect. over a shiny any day, but they are still fun to find.

I see way too many people obsessing over them now today, scouring the trade forums trying to find a shiny they don't have. They're different colors and make a special effect when they come out, but other than that are no different than any other pokemon. Shinies really don't mean anything to me unless I get them myself.

My random encounter Shinies:
ekans in silver
zubat in gold (original gold/silver)
chinchou in ruby (hatched a random egg, put it in my PC, realized it was shiny a month later)
Nidorino in FR safari zone (ran away)
Rhyhorn in FR safari zone (ran away on me too, that place is evil)
Gastly in LG
Dratini in FR (15 min SRing at the game corner FTW)
Azuril in Diamond safari zone
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Most shinies are significantly uglier than their normal-colored counterparts. So yeah, I don't particularly care for them. I think the only shiny I've ever encountered was a Manectric while playing around on a Sapphire ROM. XD
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Some shinnies are worth my time like Gliscor, Milotic, Ho-oh or Pachirisu but most of them really suck
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I've found Beldum, Grimer, Buneary, Ponyta, Meowth, and Swinub and had captured each of them. I raised up Beldum, traded away Grimer and Ponyta to friends, and Meowth, Buneary, and Swinub remain untouched.

Shinies are okay. If one comes my way I'll capture it, but I don't go out of my way or stress out over not finding one. And I have to agree that outside the Beldum line, most shinies are actually worse looking than their regular counterparts.

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The only shiny I caught was a Weedle in my Silver game. It forever sits in a box on Pokemon Stadium 2, forgotten about until I can mention it for small bragging rights. Other than that Weedle, I have never seen another non-story shiny.

Shinies really don't mean much to me. No stat boosts, and most of the shiny forms don't impress me with the color choices. Of course I enjoy the black Charizard and a few others, but most of them are just meh. Even if I do catch another one, it'll probably go the way of shiny Weedle, and sit in a box until I feel like level-grinding a random Pokemon.

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