3rd Gen How do you tell if a wild pokemon is shiny?

[TripleHGogeta]

I was just wondering, since I havent discovered one yet. does it sparkle before the battle starts like on Pokemon silver/gold

 

[Teara]

Yez, when you encounter one the zcreen flazhez black and zparklez apear for a moment around the pokemon. Hope that helped^_^
BTW, I zee you're new, Welcomenezz^_-

 

[Cherrim]

Yeah, it's just like in GSC like Teara. And I'm very thankful it does that because I almost missed catching a shiny Dusclops last week because I was sitting in a dimly lit bus and I wouldn't have noticed the screen if it hadn't flashed and sparkled. XD

 

[Dark_Absol]

Because...

Yeah, it's just like in GSC like Teara. And I'm very thankful it does that because I almost missed catching a shiny Dusclops last week because I was sitting in a dimly lit bus and I wouldn't have noticed the screen if it hadn't flashed and sparkled. XD

Thats why in Ruby/Sapphire the screen doesnt flash. Its like one normal pokemon... no flashs. But in the stats, there are the 3-stars.

 

[TripleHGogeta]

thank all of you for your replies. you all have helped alot!

 

[Teara]

Yeah, it's just like in GSC like Teara. And I'm very thankful it does that because I almost missed catching a shiny Dusclops last week because I was sitting in a dimly lit bus and I wouldn't have noticed the screen if it hadn't flashed and sparkled. XD

You caught a zhiny Dusclops? Oooh! Lucky you! All I have on my Sapphire iz a zhiny Sandslash>,<
Glad we could help ^_^

 

[Dark_Absol]

You caught a zhiny Dusclops? Oooh! Lucky you! All I have on my Sapphire iz a zhiny Sandslash>,<
Glad we could help ^_^

I have one shiny voltorb and one shiny spoink (now one shiny grumpig).
I dont know why is so dificult to find shinys in ru/sa...

 

[Teara]

Spoink? Gah! You're zo lucky! Spoink iz one of my favorite Pokemon, I juzt have a normal Grumpig>,< But oh well^_-'''
Eeek! I go off topic too often @.@
*tapez mouth zhut, continuez to type*
Doh!
l83

 

[Dark_Absol]

Heh, im lucky to find rare pokemon. When i beated the elite4 for the first time, latios appaered. So, flyed to fortree, moves to route 119 and... LATIOS! WOW! After the latios i get to new mauville and... Shiny Voltorb! Thats the "Lucky"!

 

[Simon]

Gee...you people are lucky. All throughout GS and RS I've never seen a shiny pokemon. I might never. :(

 

[bna_li]

Me neither... I think theres something wrong with my cart. It does flash, actually. I mean, I sharked one!

 

[stewie&rupert]

I have one shiny voltorb and one shiny spoink (now one shiny grumpig).
I dont know why is so dificult to find shinys in ru/sa...

this was a good question,so good that no body could answer. why should it be sooooo hard to find an alternate color pokemon, i mean if u go into the grass a shiny pokemon stands out from all the rest, i mean a shiny pkmn is just like an albino animal. :P

(make-up)i think wat they should of done is that sometimes(1%/100%chance)there would be 3 little stars that would appear in the grass/cave/water u are in and will run away.it will be just a bit slower than your running shoes, just run after it and you'll run into a shiny pokemon(you also wont run into any other wild pokemon while these stars appear)but still its not eassy since as i noted above theres only a 1 out of 100 percent chance of this happening(end of make-up)

i hope theres a better chance in fr/lg.

 

[TripleHGogeta]

Well I heard from gamefaqs.com on one of the FAQs for this game that its a 1 in 65536 chance of finding a shiny pokemon, and going off topic 3 out of 65536 to find a pokemon with Pokerus, I have found a Pokemon with Pokerus, but not a shiny yet. what I have noticed is the odds are 1 out of 65536 and 65536 is the last number slot in Microsoft Excel if I'm correct which probably doesnt mean anything but it might.

 

[Wes The Snager]

teara not to be rude but why do you use Z's instead of S's
i have a shiny linoone and dustox

 

[goku12]

I caught a light yellowish cascoon and evolved it.Dustox looks different, it has redish wings and can anyone tell me if it is a shiny.And I've only been playing for 101:41 when I caught it.

 

[Shinin]

shiny pokemon stay shiny when they evolve

 

[Jess]

Once the Rayquaza on my Zapphire game was Zhiny x.x

o_O Teara these Z`s rock..XD

 

[Chocobo]

All You Need To Know About Shinys Is NEVER GO LOOK FOR THEM.They Will Come To You. And A Star Appears And Cicrcles The Poke That Is Shiny.

 

[stewie&rupert]

yea but the stars are barly noticable. some shinys can stand out from the normal(cacnea) so u dont need to c stars to know wat it is. some shinys barely look different(linoone) and so u need a web site with a shiny list, so u may quickly c the difference and capture it.

https://upc.pkmn.co.uk/pictures/sapphire/sapphire.html
it takes long to load but its worth it, ur gonna thank me later=D
just open this site wen u run into an unoticable shiny and capture it.
NOTE:delibird and ryhorn might not appear

 

[Mikoudi]

I have only gotten one shiny pokemon from R/S and that was a Groudon.