Random Shiny Encounters

Started by PikachuGuy November 28th, 2011 9:51 AM
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Oahu
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Posted April 23rd, 2015
172 posts
13.8 Years
To mod: I don't know if there's a thread like this already...or if I posted this one in the right forum section. But feel free to close this and suggest that I start another one in the appropriate section. Or you can move it if you like. :)


Hey there PC, just thought I'd start a discussion on random shiny Pokemon encounters. They are better than hatching one, in my opinion. I love the randomness of them.

My first random encounter was a shiny Golbat in Victory Road in Heart Gold. I almost fainted myself when it appeared!

My second was a shiny Lugia in my Soul Silver. I was only going to kill the Lugia and not bother capturing it. But I didn't want to chance it and used my Master Ball on it.

My third was a shiny Pidgey on my Soul Silver. It was very early in the game too, I was making my way to Mr. Pokemon's house. I am glad that I bought more Pokeballs too, it broke out of 4.

My fourth was a shiny Solrock on White. Can't remember the route, but it was in a cave.

That's it for me. Was it while training a Poke? Or just trying to get through that cave without any repels? Post!


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Distant Land
Seen November 3rd, 2012
Posted November 3rd, 2012
147 posts
13.7 Years
I've had various Shinies but I guess I'll list them all..

First shiny ever was a Shiny Sentret in Silver :P I used it just because it was shiny lol
Sadly, I didn't get any Shinies in Gen 3 :( I think..
I don't know if this is considered random (probably not) but I Pokeradared a Shiny Phanpy on my Diamond. I also found a Shiny Bellsprout in Diamond. I didn't get any random encounted Shinies in HGSS but RNGed a few.

In my White though, I caught a Shiny Audino in Giant Chasm. Restarted and found a Shiny Drilbur in Welspring Cave early in the game. (I actually accidentally killed a Drilbur I was going to catch. Found another one and it turned out to be shiny! :D)
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Melinda

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Seen September 17th, 2022
Posted November 27th, 2019
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14.4 Years
My first and only random wild shiny encounter was a Poochyena in Pokemon Emerald.
Then, my game messed up and he was lost forever. :C
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Mercurybro

Age 31
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The Future
Seen February 11th, 2023
Posted January 19th, 2023
623 posts
11.6 Years
I remember when I was trying to get moon stones or something from the Lunatones in Meteor Cave on my Sapphire. I had gotten so much into the habit of running from Zubats that I didn't notice one of them was green instead of purple..

I was sad! I left it on the successful escape message for a minute or two.

Thrash

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Age 27
Female
Coral Springs
Seen August 9th, 2013
Posted May 12th, 2013
45 posts
11.5 Years
I like to think I've been fairly lucky with random shinies over the years. First random shiny encounter was a shiny Sandshrew in Crystal. I was heading through Union Cave when I ran into it, and the first Poké Ball I tossed got 'em. My second was a shiny Wurmple in Sapphire, which became a glorious shiny Dustox, followed by a shiny Absol a bit later in the game. In Pearl, I snagged a shiny Starly early in-game, and then a shiny Golbat in a cave (forgot which one). Now, in Black, I have a shiny Patrat that I found by accidentally running into the grass on Route 3 when I was trying to hatch eggs.

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PlatinumDude

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Age 29
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Canada
Seen July 31st, 2020
Posted May 30th, 2020
12,958 posts
12.7 Years
Honestly, I've encountered a good amount of shinies by chance. My first shiny encounter was a Sableye in Sapphire, but I ran from it. I also ran from Shellder in FireRed, Machop in LeafGreen and Staravia in Diamond because I was freaked out.

The shinies by chance that I caught are (even though I lost the ones from Platinum and HG):
-Koffing (Emerald)
-Roselia (Platinum)
-Sneasel (Platinum)
-Marill (Platinum)
-Blissey (Platinum)
-Mewtwo (HeartGold)
-Tentacool (SoulSilver)
-Golbat (SoulSilver)
-Nidorina (SoulSilver)
-Gothita (Black)
-Sewaddle (White)
-Golduck (White)
-Lunatone (White)

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Brandon, MB. Canada
Seen September 17th, 2015
Posted November 23rd, 2014
584 posts
11.6 Years
The first one was in either Gold or Cristal, a shiny Sandshrew, but I was too young, and stupid to catch it lol. I didn't know what a shiny was at the time, and wasn't sure if I had imagined the twinkling sprite or not.

My Second, and only caught one was my Shiny Growlith from HG, who is now the leader of my Black team (as an Arcanine)

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15.5 Years
All of my shiny encounters have been random, and across all my games that would come out to about ten of them. I still have quite a few of them - Buneary, Swinub, Meowth, Spearow, and a couple others. Others I traded away to friends.

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Sydian

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Age 30
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Posted November 29th, 2021
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15.2 Years
My first random shiny was a Whismur in Ruby. I caught it, but because I felt bad for it and thought it was diseased and wanted to heal it, lol. It's the only shiny I no longer have. Second was a Golbat in Diamond, who I named Green, even though he's a pink Crobat now. Third was a Fearow in Platinum, named AeroTape. Fourth was an Ekans in my Japanese SoulSilver, named her Pants. Fifth was Venipede in Japanese White, named Bwchv. And sixth was a Metang in Japanese White, and I named it Liam. Funny thing about the Metang is that I was telling Karpman I hoped I ran into a shiny Metang, cause I trained in the Giant Chasm all the time. And I'm not even kidding, and hour later, I found one. XD;
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Age 27
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Posted February 17th, 2023
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12.3 Years
I've had quite a few random shinies before. There was a ton of Abra before I knew what a shinywas, a shiny Minun on Emerald, Anorith on Sapphire, Ponyta (These three are on my broken Platinum though), a Kakuna in SS which I couldn't catch because I wasted my balls on Lugia instead of throwing a Master Ball right off the bat, and a Pupitar in White.
I also got my sister an Abra in the Game Corner.
If we're including hacks, I found a Zubat that I couldn't catch in Rescue Rangers, and a Wooper in Lilac.
Age 31
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Bronx, New York
Seen September 4th, 2014
Posted September 4th, 2014
12,048 posts
17.3 Years
My most recent random shiny encounter in any Pokemon game is a level 5 Nidroan (male) in white forest. At first I was a bit upset because I do not like any of the Nidoran's but I started liking it after I saw how it looked in the Pokedex- it was amazing.


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Age 27
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Seen April 13th, 2012
Posted April 6th, 2012
402 posts
11.8 Years
My first shiny was a shiny Oddish in Sapphire. I caught it, but my little brother deleted my game...
My second was a shiny Miltank in Crystal. I was going to catch it, but I accidentally got a critical hit and it fainted. I was forever sad. :(
Male
Oahu
Seen March 21st, 2016
Posted April 23rd, 2015
172 posts
13.8 Years
My first shiny was a shiny Oddish in Sapphire. I caught it, but my little brother deleted my game...
My second was a shiny Miltank in Crystal. I was going to catch it, but I accidentally got a critical hit and it fainted. I was forever sad. :(
Haha wow.....can't seem to get a crit on Whitney's Miltank but you managed to crit a shiny one! That's gotta suck...I have yet to accidentally kill a random shiny. But I hope I never do, because I just know it sucks!


Keep those posts coming ya'll! Great ones


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Age 26
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Seen June 13th, 2013
Posted August 9th, 2012
546 posts
12 Years
I recently found my first shiny ever in Pokemon Black. It was a mincinno and I was so amazed when I saw him. I instantly caught him but now I don't want to evolve him because cincinno dosent look very good as a shiny.
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Posted May 27th, 2014
129 posts
12.7 Years
I haven't found all that many, myself.
-Shiny drowzee in gen 2
-shiny butterfree from gen 2's bug catching contest (I'll never get over the fact that i didn't win that contest. I mean, a shiny should be an auto win or something XD)
-Shiny ponyta in diamond.
-Shiny castform in platinum.
No shiny pokemon from gen 3 oddly enough. I also haven't gotten any from gen 5 yet, but it's still pretty early in the generation.
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