4th Gen Official HGSS Shiny Pokemon Thread

[The Dragon Queen]

In the beginning of my Soulsilver, I encountered a shiny Pidgey. I, of course, caught him and nicknamed him Shinewing. He's now a lvl.51 Pidgeot.

Later in the game, when I was in Mt. Mortar, I came upon a female Zubat. And it was green! I caught her and nicknamed her Emily. She's now rotting in my PC cause I have no idea what to do with her.

 

[Thunder_Brew_07]

I caught a Shiny Rattata when catching normal ones for trade. Luckily it got the better ability (Guts) and a decent nature (Brave). I've still done nothing with it however..

 

[Palcks]

I wasn't looking for shinies at all while playing HG/SS, but I actually found two, one in each game :D First was a Hoothoot in my imported HeartGold. I didn't do much with him since he was caught so late into my journey that he wasn't very strong. I traded him over to SoulSilver and put him in the Daycare while I went through the Gyms and such. He's pretty expensive now to take out D:

My other shiny is a beautiful Tentacruel, caught as a Tentacool. I found it while I was going to Cianwood, and my mouth dropped. I've loved Tentacool's shiny form, so to get one of my favorites was definitely one of my favorite moments in the game.

 

[schealey]

Golden Magikarp

Haha! Really happy right now - just caught a shiny Magikarp that was completely gold in colour! How amazing is that? That's my first ever shiny pokemon! Other than the red Gyarados, of course... hehe...

But can someone answer a question for me... If it evolves, will it continue being shiny..?

 

[Cataclysmic]

I caught a shiny Rattata early in-game in the Burned Tower. I trained him to level 40 and boxed him. I'll probably take him to level 100 eventually, leaving him as a cute, top percentage (in your face, Youngster Joey!) Rattata.

 

[ctrpapa]

so shiny pokemon only have a different graphic but in all other ways are the same? (same speed, stats, evolve, etc)

i'm so new that had i encountered a shiny i wouldn't know to catch it

 

[wingyee]

i first encountered wild shiny in HG is a pidgey, but i accidentally KO'd it><
All the shinies i have not are either thru trades or i breed them myself

 

[Tropical Sunlight]

I found a lvl. 27 Doduo on the route south of Victory Road.
It's now a lvl. 50 Dodrio with Sky Attack and a bunch of other good attacks I taught it. :)

I haven't encountered any other shinies.
My brother, however, found a shiny Shuckle while Rock Smashing in Cianwood. :)

 

[schealey]

so shiny pokemon only have a different graphic but in all other ways are the same? (same speed, stats, evolve, etc)

i'm so new that had i encountered a shiny i wouldn't know to catch it

Yeah, they're pretty much the same, just a lot more valuable, as in they're super rare! Good luck with learning the game! :)

 

[ctrpapa]

so "my mom" keeps buying me items is that a good thing or a bad thing and can i stop her without going way back home and taking the money from her? thanks

 

[sfhenry]

After 3 months of on and off soft resetting, it finally appeared after the 6-7th soft reset today. Timid Synchronize worked as well.

And i was gonna give up yesterday as well.

 

[Massacre.]

Besides Red Gyrados, I have gotten Golbat and Pikachu shiny. They were all random, but I'm trying to get shiny Lugia currently via Soft Resetting in SS.

 

[caridizzle]

i was playing SS yesterday and was looking for a ditto outside Goldenrod, just to leave in the daycare for breeding etc, and I spent about 15 mins trying to find one, and instead found a shiny drowzee.
I've encountered 4 shinies in all my pokemon games now, and that was the first one i managed to catch.

The first was in sapphire, was an espeon in the battle tower which i was gutted about, the second was in pearl, a shiny magcargo in stark mountain but it was a double battle and the other trainer KOd it, and the third was a shiny clefairy in the safari zone on HG but it fled.

Id kill for a shiny staryu :(

 

[mrunner4home]

I got a shiny hoppip and a shiny graveler after 200 hours of playing hg (and only getting as far as blackthorn :)). the graveler really scared me because it knew self destruct. but I caught it with a heavy ball first turn :)

 

[caridizzle]

I'm currently trying the 'Masuda Method' for the first time to get the shiny staryu that i've wanted since the RSE days! Currently on egg #10 wish me luck!

and 83 eggs later i get my shiny staryu! i wasnt expecting it so fast! i'd read about people hatching 1000-2000 eggs before getting a shiny, so i was expecting a long wait...im so excited :) im going to try with yanma now, but i bet my luck wont be the same :(

 

[Nohr]

I've only ever caught a shiny Magikarp, which sucks, because the only FREE shiny we get is the Red Gyarados... and I caught the magikarp just as I was surfing away from catching the Red Gyarados. I've always wanted a shiny Charmander, for a black Charizard. Is the masuda method just breeding a foreign pokemon and a north american pokemon together?

 

[caridizzle]

they dont have to be north american, it can be two pokemon from any different countries. i just got a japanese ditto over the gts.

 

[Nohr]

Cool, thanks. And it doubles the chances, right?

So, since I'm in Canada, if I got a ditto from anywhere else it'd work? I'll have to try that. Time to get a foreign ditto, lol.

 

[caridizzle]

it does more than double it, usually the chance of getting a shiny is like 1/8000 (not exact number) and with the masuda method, it will bring it up to 1/2000 (still not exact number. it still should take a lot of time to get one, but i find it's more fun than just running around looking for a shiny in the wild. good luck :)

 

[ImmortalRevolution]

I would love to catch a shiny but in over twelve years of playing Pokemon, I have only found one and I never caught it. Annoying :( would be great to find one but I'm sure I will eventually... :)