In which game did you get your first shiny Pokémon?

[Nick]

SoulSilver. A shiny Onix.

Too bad my brother traded in that game before I moved it... 8(

 

[SurrealBrain]

Not counting the Red Gyrados in Silver and SoulSilver, I'd say my first actual Shiny was in Ultra Moon or Ultra Sun. Found a shiny Rockruff.

 

[-Flarespeon]

The first shiny I ever found was a shiny Corsola in X after I chain-fished, so I have a soft spot for Corsola, even though it's not the most useful Pokémon in battle. The first-ever full-odds shiny that I found was a Luvdisc in Shiny Gold Sigma. I was so excited that I finally found a random encounter shiny after a decade and a half of playing Pokémon that I used her all the way through the Elite Four!

 

[alisaie]

Pokemon Silver when I found a shiny Donphan! Game is long gone but i do hope to one day get a shiny donphan again for that reason

 

[PainterZane]

pokemon silver...I think?... It was dratini.. I couldn't even tell it was pink due to gameboy, but it had the sparkle ring.

 

[Rainbow-Starlight]

Gyarados aside, the first shiny I remember catching was a shiny Spearow on LeafGreen. My first LeafGreen file, back in 2004 or 2005 when I was eleven. I was so excited to find and catch it! It took me completely by surprise, I was just randomly walking through some grass near Vermilion City and there it was. I still have that Spearow, years ago I transferred it over to my Diamond, and I evolved it forever ago. :) Memories!

 

[kitarei]

I've never shiny hunted - and as a result have never gotten a random encounter (Red Gyarados doesn't count).

So my first shiny was a shiny Magikarp in Let's Go - but I hunted for it.

 

[bobandbill]

A shiny Pidgey early into a run of Pokemon Silver, when I am not counting Red Gyarados.

Have obtained a bunch of them; dumb luck, trades and Poke Radar chaining.

 

[Aslan]

Pokemon Platinum where I ran into a shiny Graveler and it self destructed.... I wanted to cry :(((

The first shiny that I caught was a shiny Alolan Meowth which I happened to run into in USUM!

 

[RunningRad]

My first shiny I saw was a Croagunk in pearl, but the first I actually ever caught was a Bellsprout in Soulsilver. I found the bellsprout before I even beat the first gym, so it was really cool, so I got to use it on my adventure.

 

[tokyodrift]

Shiny Zubat in Emerald. Can't quite remember if I caught it or not.

 

[Zero-G]

Pokemon Platinum where I ran into a shiny Graveler and it self destructed.... I wanted to cry :(((

I feel your pain. When I played Dark Rising 2 for the first time, I ended up running into a shiny Probopass in some lategame location and after it survived my Empoleon's Surf with red HP, it went on to Explode in its face.

Ignoring the logic of exploding in front of a Steel-type, I have ever since been disliking Probopass. Stupid bearded nose abomination.

 

[professor plum]

My first shiny ever was a Sawk in Pokemon Black :{

It's....not that distinct from the original form.

 

[ZapdosZulu]

Shiny Meowth, Pokemon Silver. I remember I killed about 10 of them before I even knew it was a thing.

 

[PageEmp]

First shiny you ever got?

Surprised we don't have this thread yet. Anyways, I actually do in fact have a legit shiny! It was a Trumbeak i found in Ultra Moon, not a Nuzrun, I was grinding teammates and happened to come across one. I'm still considering evolving it for fun but still not sure yet.

So what's your first (legit) shiny mon?

 

[Zeostar]

This is really hard to remember. I spent so much time exclusively playing rom hacks, but I think on a legitimate game cartridge it was a Shiny Linoone, in Omega Ruby.

It wasn't that special to me, since I wasn't willing to trade out one of my team members. It ended up sitting in the box.

 

[Yvejuzul]

Surprisingly, I can remember quite well what shiny I caught well over a decade and a half ago. I came across a shiny Tangela on Silver, and it took a good amount of ultra balls to catch it. I was pretty happy for quite a while.

 

[Pig]

Ditto from friend safari, so disappointed to find that it didn't transform into the shiny version of the Pokemon you were battling, and its stats were mad bad.

 

[colours]

Surprised we don't have this thread yet.

we actually do, but it's in pokemon gaming central! i'll go ahead and merge this thread with the other one. ^_^

 

[strangerhypno]

XY. My luck has never been that great.