playing my gold rom for the first time, i set out to the first route, armed with a Totodile. I go into the grass, and, as expected, a hoothoot appeared. Because i was holding down the spacebar to speed up the game, i nearly missed it, but i noticed a faint glistening sound in the background. Then i noticed the pokemon's slight discoloration...then, when i realized it was shiny, i freaked out. OMG! THE FIRST POKEMON I EVER SEE IS SHINY. Then i realized i couldn't catch it since i couldnt get any pokeballs until after the pokedex. So I did the right (well sorta) thing and got a gs code to get a master ball, then threw it at hoothoot. I was a little nervous my game would freeze since i didn't have a pokedex. instead, it just skipped the pokedex part and said "give a nickname blah blah blah..." I was overjoyed. The first pokemon i ever saw in GS was shiny.