Oof! Just reading this hurts. They can be so hard to catch in that game too since they can KO themselves with Shadow Rush, or whatever that move was called.
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Pokemon fans, what is your history with Shiny Pokemon? (Not counting GO)
- Thread starter Maligna
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Shiny Makuhita in Ruby
Shiny Trapinch in White
Shiny Petilil in White 2
Shiny Boldore in Sun
The Petilil made my blood run cold- I encountered it in Pinwheel Forest, when I had Cheren (I think?) following me around and taking part in Double Battles. I had to knock his Pokémon out quick before he went for the Petilil.
Shiny Trapinch in White
Shiny Petilil in White 2
Shiny Boldore in Sun
The Petilil made my blood run cold- I encountered it in Pinwheel Forest, when I had Cheren (I think?) following me around and taking part in Double Battles. I had to knock his Pokémon out quick before he went for the Petilil.
I've only caught 1 shiny Pokémon before. A shiny green Marrill in Pokémon Ruby. Luckily marrill and azumarill were tanks for me so I kept it around
I played a million hours of Pokemon up to gen 7 and have just one shiny: a Zigzagoon.
I have about 10 shinies in Let's Go thanks to the miracle of chaining
I have about 10 shinies in Let's Go thanks to the miracle of chaining
Completed all the games, some multiple times over the years. I don't recall catching or even seeing a shiny.
Edit: Other than X/Y and Sun/Moon, as well as the Ultra versions. I only played a bit of those, but apparently those games made shiny Pokemon more common. I never got into Go for more than a few hours.
Edit: Other than X/Y and Sun/Moon, as well as the Ultra versions. I only played a bit of those, but apparently those games made shiny Pokemon more common. I never got into Go for more than a few hours.
Prior to the Pokemon X my shiny luck was terrible, just a shiny Persian in FireRed, with a shiny Pinsir fleeing in Ruby and a shiny Magnemite fleeing in HeartGold (stupid Safari Zone).
In Pokemon X I went ham with shinies for some reason, getting a shiny Scrafty, Cubone, Tailow, Octillery, Weepinbell, Bibarel, Poliwhirl, Marill, and Chansey (9 in one playthrough!). I also caught a shiny Bagon in Sun and a shiny Eevee in Lets Go Pikachu, which I got while chaining for a Ponyta, but decided to use Flareon instead.
In Pokemon X I went ham with shinies for some reason, getting a shiny Scrafty, Cubone, Tailow, Octillery, Weepinbell, Bibarel, Poliwhirl, Marill, and Chansey (9 in one playthrough!). I also caught a shiny Bagon in Sun and a shiny Eevee in Lets Go Pikachu, which I got while chaining for a Ponyta, but decided to use Flareon instead.
I got a Shiny Granbull in Silver when i got it for Christmas, since then i've bought every pokemon game and not had another outside of forced ones (Red Gyrados etc)
Played every gen and remake, sometimes two-three times. Found like two, both in Diamond.
A shiny Geodude that I tossed online to get a Glameow because the GTS fucking sucks and you can't get anything without giving up something way better.
Forgot what the other one was. Traded it with someone back on GAF, years later.
A shiny Geodude that I tossed online to get a Glameow because the GTS fucking sucks and you can't get anything without giving up something way better.
Forgot what the other one was. Traded it with someone back on GAF, years later.
My first ever shiny eligible Pokemon (my starting Cyndaquil back in Silver) was shiny. I didn't know for a couple weeks until I made it to the Gyarados. My brother caught a shiny Ditto in Gold and we spent months trying to breed new shinies with it, but they were always brimming with power and wouldn't breed.
I caught a shiny Psyduck in Diamond, which I was able to use to figure out my trainer seed and then game the RNG for egg shinies (though the method was tedious, time consuming, and error prone so I only hatched like two this way). I also hatched a "legit" Phanpy in Platinum.
I booted up by White cartridge a few years after release and the first wild encounter I had was a shiny Litwick.
I found a shiny Exeggcutor in Moon. I never decided if I should evolve him in Alola or elsewhere (does it make a difference?).
Playing through Silver on 3DS eShop, my first wild encounter was shiny Hoothoot.
Shinies are essentially free in Let's Go so who cares about that.
I caught a shiny Psyduck in Diamond, which I was able to use to figure out my trainer seed and then game the RNG for egg shinies (though the method was tedious, time consuming, and error prone so I only hatched like two this way). I also hatched a "legit" Phanpy in Platinum.
I booted up by White cartridge a few years after release and the first wild encounter I had was a shiny Litwick.
I found a shiny Exeggcutor in Moon. I never decided if I should evolve him in Alola or elsewhere (does it make a difference?).
Playing through Silver on 3DS eShop, my first wild encounter was shiny Hoothoot.
Shinies are essentially free in Let's Go so who cares about that.
My first random shiny was a Geodude on Leaf Green. I was watching TV at the time so I was only half paying attention. I defeated it and afterwards thought "why did they change the color of Geodude for this game?" Felt pretty silly when I realized what had happened.
Since then I've found a Snorunt and a Clefairy, both on Y version. Traded them both real quick on the GTS to complete my Pokedex.
Since then I've found a Snorunt and a Clefairy, both on Y version. Traded them both real quick on the GTS to complete my Pokedex.
I think I've caught three or four organically throughout my time with the series. I had a shiny Charmander emerge from an egg, which was awesome. I did, however, continue to soft reset in Y until I got a shiny Froakie. Took probably like 3000 resets, haha. Not sure if it was worth it (I didn't bother trying to get one at all in Moon), but I do look back fondly at my time with my shiny, black Greninja.
I've been incredibly lucky with shinies over the years. I've had five 'full odds' encounters with them, several at the updated Gen 6 half odds, and have intentionally bred/hunted for many more. Granted, I typically play each of these games for hundreds to thousands of hours.
My first (excluding the Red Gyarados) was a Golbat, which I found in the cave connecting Kanto and Johto in original Gold. It immediately became part of my team, and I was able to evolve him into Crobat while battling my way through Kanto, which was pretty cool! I remember being devastated when I realized I wouldn't be able to transfer him to Ruby. ;-;
I also found a shiny Tentacool while surfing in Silver. I wasn't a fan of Tentacool/Tentacruel back then, though (probably because they were so damn common), so didn't even bother evolving it.
Jumping forward several years, and I hatch a shiny Scyther and Staryu while breeding for competitive ones in Diamond. Sadly, and I still regret this...but I ended up giving them away to my best friend. Maybe it was bitterness over losing Crobat, or that I was just super focused on the competitive side of things, but I had zero interest in shinies at that point. My friend actually lost his copy of Pearl not long afterwards too, so it was a complete waste.
A couple of years later, I ran into a Plusle in the National Park in HeartGold. I don't even like Plusle and it's an absolutely terrible shiny, but the unexpectedness of the encounter was really exciting. It made me interested in the idea of shinies again...
So I started looking into how to I could intentionally get them. I figured out how to do the Masuda Method, and began working on...
Charmander! He was my first Masuda method shiny, and I freaking adored it. Unfortunately, I was young, and figured that my awesome black Charizard should have an equally awesome name. I decided upon ARMAGEDDON. I still have him and cringe every time I see that name, lol. I went on to hatch a shiny Ekans and Electrike in the same way, giving them similarly awful nicknames: BASILISK and INAZUMA.
Moving on to Black version, I got the shiny charm and hatched a Totodile using the MM method. I ended up using him during my playthrough of White 2.
Gen 6 is when things really got out of control. The period of time between finishing the main game of Pokemon Y and Pokemon Bank releasing was so much fun. Nobody was able to transfer their old Pokemon into the game yet, so everybody who cared about competitive play was starting from scratch again. Online trading during this time was on FIRE. I would spend hours each night trading competitively bred Pokemon with people from the old place, reddit, Nuggetbridge and the Smogon forums.
Anyway, somebody asked me to breed them a female 5IV Charmander, but given the 12.5% chance of females this isn't always an easy task, especially considering you have to get one with the right IV spread, too. I accidentally hatched another shiny Charmander while doing this (granted I was using the MM), and it was perfect. PERFECT. 31/31/31/31/31/31. Timid, had all the egg moves you'd need. The odds of that must be insane. I used him in most of my online teams during Gen 6.
I went on to hatch many more shinies in Y and Omega Ruby using the Masuda Method, eventually getting the shiny charm as well to increase my chances.
Hatching eggs became something I'd do on autopilot while watching TV, so shinies became inevitable at this stage. It actually got to the point where I sometimes hatched multiple shinies of the same Pokemon so I could get one with the ability I wanted. Froakie for example took five attempts to get one with Protean...
I also found a Scatterbug in Santalune Forest well after beating the game.
And in Omega Ruby I ran into a shiny Taillow on my first visit to Petalburg Woods, and obviously used it in my team for the rest of the game.
Now we're getting into soft-resetting. I had this happen in Omega Ruby:
Didn't have a Master Ball on me, and underestimated how dangerous its' attacks having a combined 20 total PP could be. I put it to sleep repeatedly but it still ran out of moves so quickly, and started struggling itself to death. I started recording that video when I was down to my last attempt at catching it before it knocked itself out.
I learned my lesson from this, and went on to catch Raiou, Latias and Latios in the same way.
I also caught a lot of shiny Pokemon in the Friend Safari, because the odds there (with the shiny charm) were something like 1/500.
And through chain fishing (which also increases your odds substantially), I have caught two Skrelp. Also got another Gligar in a horde.
My first (excluding the Red Gyarados) was a Golbat, which I found in the cave connecting Kanto and Johto in original Gold. It immediately became part of my team, and I was able to evolve him into Crobat while battling my way through Kanto, which was pretty cool! I remember being devastated when I realized I wouldn't be able to transfer him to Ruby. ;-;
I also found a shiny Tentacool while surfing in Silver. I wasn't a fan of Tentacool/Tentacruel back then, though (probably because they were so damn common), so didn't even bother evolving it.
Jumping forward several years, and I hatch a shiny Scyther and Staryu while breeding for competitive ones in Diamond. Sadly, and I still regret this...but I ended up giving them away to my best friend. Maybe it was bitterness over losing Crobat, or that I was just super focused on the competitive side of things, but I had zero interest in shinies at that point. My friend actually lost his copy of Pearl not long afterwards too, so it was a complete waste.
A couple of years later, I ran into a Plusle in the National Park in HeartGold. I don't even like Plusle and it's an absolutely terrible shiny, but the unexpectedness of the encounter was really exciting. It made me interested in the idea of shinies again...
So I started looking into how to I could intentionally get them. I figured out how to do the Masuda Method, and began working on...
Charmander! He was my first Masuda method shiny, and I freaking adored it. Unfortunately, I was young, and figured that my awesome black Charizard should have an equally awesome name. I decided upon ARMAGEDDON. I still have him and cringe every time I see that name, lol. I went on to hatch a shiny Ekans and Electrike in the same way, giving them similarly awful nicknames: BASILISK and INAZUMA.
Moving on to Black version, I got the shiny charm and hatched a Totodile using the MM method. I ended up using him during my playthrough of White 2.
Gen 6 is when things really got out of control. The period of time between finishing the main game of Pokemon Y and Pokemon Bank releasing was so much fun. Nobody was able to transfer their old Pokemon into the game yet, so everybody who cared about competitive play was starting from scratch again. Online trading during this time was on FIRE. I would spend hours each night trading competitively bred Pokemon with people from the old place, reddit, Nuggetbridge and the Smogon forums.
Anyway, somebody asked me to breed them a female 5IV Charmander, but given the 12.5% chance of females this isn't always an easy task, especially considering you have to get one with the right IV spread, too. I accidentally hatched another shiny Charmander while doing this (granted I was using the MM), and it was perfect. PERFECT. 31/31/31/31/31/31. Timid, had all the egg moves you'd need. The odds of that must be insane. I used him in most of my online teams during Gen 6.
I went on to hatch many more shinies in Y and Omega Ruby using the Masuda Method, eventually getting the shiny charm as well to increase my chances.
Hatching eggs became something I'd do on autopilot while watching TV, so shinies became inevitable at this stage. It actually got to the point where I sometimes hatched multiple shinies of the same Pokemon so I could get one with the ability I wanted. Froakie for example took five attempts to get one with Protean...
I also found a Scatterbug in Santalune Forest well after beating the game.
And in Omega Ruby I ran into a shiny Taillow on my first visit to Petalburg Woods, and obviously used it in my team for the rest of the game.
Now we're getting into soft-resetting. I had this happen in Omega Ruby:
Didn't have a Master Ball on me, and underestimated how dangerous its' attacks having a combined 20 total PP could be. I put it to sleep repeatedly but it still ran out of moves so quickly, and started struggling itself to death. I started recording that video when I was down to my last attempt at catching it before it knocked itself out.
I learned my lesson from this, and went on to catch Raiou, Latias and Latios in the same way.
I also caught a lot of shiny Pokemon in the Friend Safari, because the odds there (with the shiny charm) were something like 1/500.
And through chain fishing (which also increases your odds substantially), I have caught two Skrelp. Also got another Gligar in a horde.
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First shiny outside of red Gar was Donphan on mount silver, I think I killed it, thought my game was bugged out, assumed Gar was suppose to be the only one possible.
I remember at a young age seeing a shiny pokemon in the wild in my copy of Gold because of the little shiny animation thing it plays. But I didn't realize what it was and since it was a pokemon I already had, I ran. It haunts me to this day since I never had a shiny after that.
I've played most mainline Pokémon games multiple times through and have encountered one natural wild shiny.
A Helioptile in my Spanish language playthrough of X.
A Helioptile in my Spanish language playthrough of X.
The first one I ever saw was a shiny Pidgey in (iirc) Fire Red but I couldn't catch it.
My very first wild shiny catch wasn't until Let's Go Pikachu. It was a Caterpie.
In LGP I also did some hunting and ended up with shinies of Ponyta, Porygon and Kangaskhan.
My very first wild shiny catch wasn't until Let's Go Pikachu. It was a Caterpie.
In LGP I also did some hunting and ended up with shinies of Ponyta, Porygon and Kangaskhan.
My record of random shinies is pretty good, although that's probably because I play the games so much. Wooper in Diamond was my first, then Numel in Emerald, Shellos in Platinum, Joltik in Black, Haunter in X, Shroomish in Alpha Sapphire, Gothorita in White 2, Jangmo-o in Moon and then finally Alolan Meowth in Ultra Moon. I also have 100+ others that I caught via chain fishing, Friend Safari, hordes, DexNAV, SOS, Ultra Wormhole and events (plus a random unintentional Masuda Smeargle).
This seems to be the case with the majority of players. I like that something in a game can be so ridiculously rare. Really makes it special.
First shiny was a Madura Zoura in Black and my first wild one was a ducklett in black. Between Masuda breeding, dexnav, sos, soft resets and wild ones I have around....80ish?
I loved farming for shinies back in Pokemon Diamond. Really liked having a blue Gallade, for instance. Before that I remember getting something other than the shiny Gyarados in Pokemon Silver but I honestly can't remember what.
Ultra Sun was a shiny goldmine.
My first legitimate shiny I caught in the wild (not counting red Gyradose) was a Shiny Goldbat when I was training in the cave before Elite Four in Emerald.
After that all shinies have been things I worked for via encounter count methods.
My first legitimate shiny I caught in the wild (not counting red Gyradose) was a Shiny Goldbat when I was training in the cave before Elite Four in Emerald.
After that all shinies have been things I worked for via encounter count methods.
Found a shiny Ryhorn random encounter 10 years ago in Platinum. Still in the bank.
I once found a shiny Tangela but accidentally killed it with burn damage.
I once found a shiny Tangela but accidentally killed it with burn damage.
I ran into a shiny Girafarig once, I believe in Gold, but I accidentally landed a critical hit on it and defeated it.
In Let's Go, Pikachu!, I caught a shiny Golbat.
I also recall there being a method where you can get a shiny Ditto in Gen II by doing some sort of trading process with Gen I. It worked for me, and I bred that shiny Ditto to get a shiny Pichu and Marill.
In Let's Go, Pikachu!, I caught a shiny Golbat.
I also recall there being a method where you can get a shiny Ditto in Gen II by doing some sort of trading process with Gen I. It worked for me, and I bred that shiny Ditto to get a shiny Pichu and Marill.
My first random shiny ever was a Tentacruel in Pokémon Gold... I didn't manage to catch it :(
More recently I found a completely random Clauncher while fishing in XY and a Pikachu in the Safari Zone in ORAS, first encounter too, I just wanted to catch a normal Pikachu and freaked out when I saw it.
Can't wait to shiny hunt in SWSH with overworld encounter for the first time
Also did a bunch of method hunts but they're not as special as full odds :P
More recently I found a completely random Clauncher while fishing in XY and a Pikachu in the Safari Zone in ORAS, first encounter too, I just wanted to catch a normal Pikachu and freaked out when I saw it.
Can't wait to shiny hunt in SWSH with overworld encounter for the first time
Also did a bunch of method hunts but they're not as special as full odds :P
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I caught a Shuppet back in the day, and a Scyther last gen. Hope to grab another one this gen. :)
