2nd Gen Shinies

Started by Folkedahl January 24th, 2011 6:03 PM
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Narnia
Seen February 17th, 2011
Posted February 14th, 2011
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12.3 Years
Of course there's the notorious Red Gyarados, but aside from that, I don't think I've ever encountered another shiny pokemon in G/S/C. And I dunno if I'm just lucky, but I'm always to find at least one other in all my other games, excluding first gen. Has anyone ever seen a shiny in the wild in any of these games?
I just love shinies. I don't really know why, I probably wouldn't if those were just their normal colors, but they're so vibrant and fantastic. And I've also heard that breeding with a shiny gives you a 1/64 chance to produce a shiny. Which is pretty shoddy, but definitely better than the 1/1080 or whatever it normally is. My only problem is that I have a female Red Gyarados, so breeding isn't quite that simple.
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Seen July 5th, 2011
Posted February 24th, 2011
184 posts
12.3 Years
Besides the red Gyarados I've found a shiny Beedrill in the bug catching competition and a shiny Ariados on Route 37 both of which were on crystal. As for the breeding thing, I've only heard that breeding with a foreign Pokemon increases your chance for a shiny and that wasn't until 4th gen.

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Seen May 9th, 2013
Posted February 29th, 2012
392 posts
14.3 Years
As for the breeding thing, I've only heard that breeding with a foreign Pokemon increases your chance for a shiny and that wasn't until 4th gen.
In Gen 2 shininess depends on IVs, and because IVs are passed on through breeding, there's a bigger chance of getting a shiny a parent is shiny.

Yeah, I've seen one or two. A Weedle is the only one I remember though.
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Seen March 3rd, 2011
Posted March 3rd, 2011
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13.9 Years
I've been unlucky with shinies. All I ever encountered was the Shiny Gyrados, which isn't special at this point and a Shiny Nincada in Ruby, which I caught.

Clearly my cartridges don't like me. Not that it matters, Shinies aren't everything.
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I've not seen many shinies during my time playing Gold either tbh, and i've only ever caught two (Red Gyarados and a shiny Pidgey or something).

Shinies don't interest me in the slightest, i'm afraid ):

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Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
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15.2 Years
Only shiny other than Red Gyarados I got was the one in Crystal from the Odd Egg, and I had to SR just to make sure I got a shiny. :( It was Igglybuff. Not the most notable, but eh, I'll take it.
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Besides the Gyarados and the Odd Egg (which was an Elekid), I got myself a shiny Pidgey and Sentret back in Silver.

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Posted August 7th, 2019
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15.4 Years
I've only ever encountered one shiny and that was a Level 4 Shinx in Pokémon Diamond a couple of years ago, I never knew about shiny Pokémon back when playing R/B/Y & G/S/C so I could have encountered one then but not known that it was rare :nervous:
Seen April 24th, 2021
Posted November 9th, 2017
214 posts
14.2 Years
Hmm.... shinies I don't think I.... wait a sec... my Gold just encountered a Pokemon..... why is it sparkling? OH MY GOD!!!!!! Yea... I was like Chuggaconroy (youtube) whe he encountered Koffing. Aside from that, the only other was Butterfree in my HG in Viridian Forest. My bro was so mad because I caoght it before him =)
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Seen November 9th, 2015
Posted November 16th, 2012
86 posts
12.3 Years
Never. Which is weird because I'm not gonna brag but I've not had terrible luck with shinies in other games... I've caught at least two shiny zubats/golbats in gen III, and encountered one shiny Groudon (which I killed :'() Gen II shinies seem pretty awesome to me though.
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Age 25
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Netherlands
Seen September 20th, 2015
Posted September 13th, 2015
667 posts
13 Years
I've really had terrible luck with shinies. One Gyarados in Gold (of course ><), a shiny Zubat in my Jap. HG, shiny Gyarados in SS&HG, shiny Tamagetake in White... Hatching eggs now for shiny Cyndaquil. I sure hope my SID is better in Pokémon Black...
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Big Rapids, MI, USA
Seen February 24th, 2011
Posted February 22nd, 2011
6 posts
12.6 Years
Aside from the Red Gyarados, I specifically remember running into two shiny Pokemon in my multiple playthroughs of G/S/C, both of which may sound like fishtales, but I promise you they are not.

The first was as a kid: remember that Snorlax near Vermillion? That was a shiny Snorlax for me. =D

Now the second one is even harder to believe, and it happened only a few years ago. I was starting a new game in Silver, and I had just gotten my first set of Poke Balls. All set to start on that Pokedex, I begin the hunt. And what's the first wild Pokemon to show up? A freakin' pink Sentret. I kid you not. I caught that sucker, and even though I wasn't planning to use a Sentret, I kept her with me, and she eventually evolved into a pink Furret right before Goldenrod. She was my little good luck charm. =)
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Long Beach,California
Seen April 23rd, 2011
Posted April 23rd, 2011
152 posts
12.2 Years
I've found quite a few shinies outside of the red Gyarados in crystal. The main ones I remember are; a shiny elekid(odd egg), houndour, geodude, and dunsparce. I may have had more but those are all I can think of right now.

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North Carolina
Seen December 5th, 2011
Posted November 28th, 2011
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13 Years
I found a shiny Stantler and Shiny Swinub while doing my Normal UMC on this region. Only caught the Swinub though, ran out of Great Balls on the Stantler.
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United Kingdom
Seen October 4th, 2022
Posted July 21st, 2019
988 posts
13.6 Years
Except for Red Gyarados, I found a shiny Golbat on the Whirl Islands in Crystal.
I'm really unlucky with shinies, and this is the only shiny I've got without trading.
Shame it's stuck on my Crystal...