What was your first shiny?

Started by GhostTrainer November 15th, 2014 5:50 PM
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GhostTrainer

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What was the first shiny you ever encountered and captured?

Note: Red Gyrados doesn't count and hacks don't count.




My first shiny pokemon that I ever obtained was a shiny electrode, however that was through a trade. My first shiny that I caught on my own would have been a shiny Taros in FR/LG.

HairyLoco

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9.6 Years
Not the first shiny that I caught, but..
Playing through Pokémon Pearl for the first time, I encountered a Skorupi. I didn't think much of it so I just defeated it.
The next Skorupi I found was purple, and I got excited thinking it's a shiny, but the sparkling animation didn't come. It then dawned on me that I defeated the first shiny I've ever found...
Ever since I've had this weird feeling that Skorupi aren't supposed to be purple, but red and I still get a bit surprised when they come out and are purple.

The first Shiny I did catch was when I was replaying Leafgreen for nostalgia's sake, and I found a shiny Sandshrew before the Cerulean City Gym. Was pretty neat and one of my main Pokémon all the way through.
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Never...I even failed to catch red gyarados. Pretty sad.
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My first ever shiny was a Duskull, who I caught in Mt. Pyre while playing Ruby. I was kinda surprised because I heard about shinies before, but wasn't expecting to actually encounter one.

She still remains in the PC there to this day.
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My first Shiny is a Hoppip in SoulSilver. I was originally looking for a Chansey with a Lucky Egg, but I haven't found one in the next three days.

Needless to say, I was more satisfied with my Hoppip than finding a Lucky Egg. Hoppip may be a terrible Pokémon, but its Shiny is cute. I'm deciding whether to evolve it or not.

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My first shiny was an Electrode that I caught from New Mauville. It was a seriously lucky catch as I've never even seen another Electrode in New Mauville. Traded it to my cousin for his latios and then he traded it to one of his friends in Diamond for a Palkia.
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My first ever shiny was a Duskull, who I caught in Mt. Pyre while playing Ruby. I was kinda surprised because I heard about shinies before, but wasn't expecting to actually encounter one.

She still remains in the PC there to this day.
I would love to encounter a shiny Duskull! Rather I'd love to encounter any shiny ghost Pokemon!

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My first was an Aron found in Sapphire. She's one of the few "survivors" I still have from it since losing the cartridge years ago, and currently resides on Y.




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My first shiny was maybe a few years ago while I was playing through Emerald. Near the beginning of the game, just muckin about I encountered a shiny silcoon. He's now a shiny beautifly named Aethereus in my X game. Since then, not counting red gyrados, and events, I've caught only one other wild shiny and bred one via the Masuda method (both in the last week).
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Gen. II - Golbat

I found my very first non-default Shiny in Silver Version's Ice Path. I didn't know about Shiny Pokémon at the time and couldn't tell a color difference due to the GBC's dull display, so I thought my eyes were just playing tricks on me when I saw the sparkles. I tried to run from it, but I saw a "You don't want to do that!" message (I don't think that message is actually programmed into the games, so maybe my eyes actually were playing tricks on me that time). I caught it and later checked its stats in the PC and saw the three stars in the corner of the screen. I later evolved it into Crobat and it really weirded me out that it turned pink (I'm actually fine with pink Crobat now) and it looked kind of creepy in Pokémon Stadium 2, but at least I was able to rub it in my older cousin's face because he had never found a Shiny. :P

Gen. III - Nidoran M

I found a couple more Shinies in Gen. II before this, but my first Gen. III Shiny was a Nidoran (Male) that I found in FireRed's Safari Zone. I was so scared that it would run away! I didn't even bother throwing rocks or bait, I just chucked Safari Balls at it. The first one didn't work, which gave me quite a scare, but it didn't run away and I was able to catch it after one or two more attempts. I evolved it into a really cool blue Nidoking and made it part of my main team. Unfortunately, I let a friend borrow the game and they lost it. :(

Gen. IV - Gastly

My first Gen. IV Shiny was a blue Gastly in Pearl Version's Old Chateau. I had just learned about EV-training and was attempting to raise something in Special Attack when it appeared. I caught it and evolved it into Haunter and, with a friend's help, into Gengar. Had I known what Gengar's Shiny looked like, I wouldn't have evolved it. Because I didn't like its colors, I later traded it to someone on here for a most-likely RNG'd Shiny. I kind of regret trading it now, since Shiny Mega Gengar looks awesome, but you live and you learn I guess. =w= (Fun fact: Every Shiny I found on Pearl Version evolves into its final form via trade -- Gastly, Graveler, and Machoke.)

Gen. V - Basculin R

The first Gen. that my first Shiny wasn't a Poison-type. I found my first Gen. V Shiny while fishing for Basculin, EV-training in Speed. I battled a lot of Basculin on Black and Black 2! I kind of hate Basculin, but I had a thing for using any Shiny I found, so I caught and trained her. I named her Marge (probably the first Shiny I ever nicknamed). I later transferred her to X and found 3 more Shiny Basculin Red-Stripe, but she's still more special since Shinies were a lot harder to find before X/Y.

Gen. VI - Spheal

My first Gen. VI Shiny was a Spheal from the Friend Safari. I was actually trying to Masuda a Shiny Bergmite (which I eventually succeeded at), but I was getting a bit burned out on hatching eggs and decided to run around there for a while. I can't even remember if I knew about the increased Shiny rate at that point... Since then, I've probably found 30+ Shinies in the Friend Safari alone.


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Poliwag in either Gold or Crystal, I can't remember which game, reason being I had no idea what a shiny was, but it sparkled when I encountered it, so I caught it because I knew it was special. I believe it was in Ecruteak city. Ironically enough I wouldn't encounter another shiny for probably 10 years when I found a pink Sneasel in HeartGold one night over my friend's house.

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The first shiny I caught was a machop in Firered. I didn't realize it was a shiny so I never transferred it to any other game, however xD

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First (and only) shiny was a Yellow Shinx in Diamond. n_n

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I don't really remember I really don't remember who my first shiny Pokemon was. Maybe it was my shiny Staravia in Platinum. Said shiny I found on Route 209.
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I think it was a Rattata in Silver, many years ago. Too bad that can't be transferred!

Post-GB games aside, I think it was a Gastly in Pokémon Tower in Fire Red. Which was cool, even if it wasn't as good a Pokémon in that generation.
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Technically, it was Red Gyarados, but I wouldn't precisely call it an encounter, considering that it was set-in-stone due to being an in-game event.

Put that aside, my first shiny would likely have to be Hoothoot, which I've managed to run into on my third run of Silver. Thankfully, I've gotten to capture it without any trouble at all, and kept the Pokémon on my crew for a decent amount of time. Have managed to get it up to level one-hundred at one point, if I remember correctly! Sadly, I've never managed to have the Pokémon transferred to any other game later on, which sucked.

As for my first shiny miss, I'd say it was Geodude in Pokémon FireRed; couldn't capture it as I did not have any Poké Ball with me at the time.

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My first shiny was a Horsea in Pokemon Y. I was chain fishing, so I wasn't really surprised. My first completely random shiny was a Bibarel in Platinum. I was bored one night, and I had a Togepi in my party, so I decided to go around and see what Metronome would turn into, so I ran into a Pokemon. The grass flew, and I saw the silhouette of a Bibarel - and then it sparkled! I was so excited I didn't know what to do, so I told my mom. I caught it, and then solo'd with it up until the Elite Four. Today, that Bibarel is Lv. 89 and sitting between a Mew and a Manaphy in Box 8 of my Black 2 game.

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My first shiny (not kept) was a Carvanha in Ruby. It was when I was looking for Feebas on Route 119/120, somewhere around there. I did end up losing it when I made the mistake of starting another game.

My first shiny which was kept was a Budew, at a chain of 6. It came as a real shock to me, as I was talking to someone and let out a really loud YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS! when I encountered it.

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A shiny sentret in Silver, never been able to port the game, but ironically found another one in HG.

I have found others,a blissey,a mareep, and a sneasel, all in mt PC.