Yes, it has taken me since my first Pokemon game, Pokemon Yellow, up until now to catch a shiny.
I was in route 102 in Emerald looking for a Ralts, and found a shiny Wurmple. Still don't know what i'm going to do with it, i've always wanted to find a shiny, but once the initial excitment wears off, you realise how lame a different colored Pokemon is :(
Discuss your first shiny, I guess.
My first shiny was a numel that I caught earlier this year. I tend to include numel/camerupt or some other quaker in my party, so it gets some use
Shiny Hoothoot in Pokemon Silver was my first Shiny. I remember seeing that sparkle, and was like "WOAH!". Plus it was a slightly different color than the other hundred Hoothoots I saw so I decided to catch it. It was a great addition to my team. :D
Only other shinies I caught were the Red Gyarados and a Shiny Kricketot in Diamond.
I catch shinies more than most people would when not looking, I've NEVER looked for a shiny (and succeeded), every time I did find a shiny, it was by chance.
My FIRST first one I cheated to get, but I was young and didn't think cheating was that bad, it was on Silver with my cousin's Game Shark, a shiny Scizor. He then became one of my favorite Pokémon of all time.
My first shiny that I caught without cheating was... I wanna say Machoke, but I'm not positive, it was in Leaf Green.
I've caught many random shinies (like 1 per game), and the only other one I remember is a shiny Numel (I think...)
In LeafGreen, I wandered through the Altering Cave if there was some kind of hidden trick to it until I saw a green Zubat. I caught it and that was my first shiny ever.
I also found a Shiny Venomoth. The bad thing? Safari Zone, it escaped. :|
I caught a shiny Machop on FireRed. Too bad i for got to save it and my battery died. :(
Excluding the red Gyarados in G/S/C, my first shiny was a Noctowl in Gold on the path leading to the Lake of Rage.
Red Gyr never counts
Hell guys, my first shiny was a freaking Ralts in Platinum like...a month ago. I just gave it to my girlfriend though, I don't like Ralts much. I felt better about this because a bit later I got a japanese pidgey and breeded and breeded it until I got a shiny pidgey. Shiny Pidgeots are BA.
First shiny Pokemon I believe was a shiny Caterpie in Crystal, nothing special.
Quote from: Coolguy11 on March 07, 2010, 06:23:36 PM
Shiny Hoothoot in Pokemon Silver was my first Shiny. I remember seeing that sparkle, and was like "WOAH!". Plus it was a slightly different color than the other hundred Hoothoots I saw so I decided to catch it. It was a great addition to my team. :D
Only other shinies I caught were the Red Gyarados and a Shiny Kricketot in Diamond.
You're Ash! :O
My cousin found a shiny Weedle I think in Gold. I didn't believe him.
I got my first shiny in Ruby. A Marill. Jigglypuff was my next one, in FireRed.
Shiny Togepi in Pearl through the chaining thing. In fact, I caught intercourse ing 5 of them.
Quote from: Titus Andronicus on March 08, 2010, 07:26:38 PM
Shiny Togepi in Pearl through the chaining thing. In fact, I caught intercourse ing 5 of them.
Do you still have them?
I need a Togekiss for my Flying Team, and a shiny one would be badass. <3
I remember when I got my first Shiny.
My sister asked to play for a little bit, so I agreed, and she was just fighting Pokemon in the grass, and along comes a Shiny Meditite.
She almost KO'd it but thankfully I saw it before she did.
Oh wait, I happened to catch a Shiny Meditite in Sapphire first.
Quote from: Not Doodle on March 08, 2010, 07:34:54 PM
Do you still have them?
I need a Togekiss for my Flying Team, and a shiny one would be badass. <3
i... i lost all of it :(
I was trying that glitch to get Darkrai by using your bike near the Poketch building. I managed to find myself on New Moon Island or whatever, but uh, as soon as I restarted the game, it would no longer load. :(
It's been a year since then and I'm restarting just now. I have 4 badges. :)
Gold Geodude be pimpin and you know it!
Congrats! In Platinum the shinys I caught were geodude and snover. I also tried out the RNG and hatched a shiny swablu.
So, I just caught another in Emerald. Shiny Lotad.
I guess the odds of catching TWO shinies is greater than catching a Timid female Ralts with Trace.
First Shiny I ever got was a shiny... Tangela. :| :| :| :|
Seriously, a intercourse in' Tangela. I was busy grinding on Mount Silver on my Crystal version and one just popped up. I was excited to finally see a Shiny and then I caught it. Then I realized Tangela suck and they're not worth it.
The only other shiny I've gotten legitely on my own is a Shiny... Weepinbell :| :| :| :|
I have the worst luck when it comes to Shinies.
First Shiny i caught was a Totodile
Quote from: Nayrman on March 09, 2010, 08:52:42 PM
First Shiny I ever got was a shiny... Tangela. :| :| :| :|
Seriously, a intercourse in' Tangela. I was busy grinding on Mount Silver on my Crystal version and one just popped up. I was excited to finally see a Shiny and then I caught it. Then I realized Tangela suck and they're not worth it.
The only other shiny I've gotten legitely on my own is a Shiny... Weepinbell :| :| :| :|
I have the worst luck when it comes to Shinies.
What about me? Wurmple and Lotad? Seriously?
Quote from: Phaze on March 09, 2010, 08:58:29 PM
What about me? Wurmple and Lotad? Seriously?
At least people know what a wurmple is. Sure it sucks as all hell but Tangela... TANGELA!?!?!? GAAAAHHH!!!
Quote from: Zero on March 10, 2010, 06:51:35 PM
...wat
Um, maybe he tried to say he got a Shiny Totodile through an egg...
Quote from: AuraChannelerChris on March 10, 2010, 07:30:55 PM
Um, maybe he tried to say he got a Shiny Totodile through an egg...
I didn't get one by hatching it through an egg. I caught a wild one
Quote from: Razgriz2489 on March 10, 2010, 09:53:54 PM
I didn't get one by hatching it through an egg. I caught a wild one
I believe this thread is about legit shinys. :U
Quote from: SPUD on March 10, 2010, 10:03:06 PM
I believe this thread is about legit shinys. :U
Why would you say mines not really legit?
Quote from: Razgriz2489 on March 10, 2010, 10:03:51 PM
Why would you say mines not really legit?
Well for starters, you said you caught a Totodile in the wild. Last I checked, you can't do that by legit means.
What's really abnormal is how the Totodile got there in the first place.
Yes, you aren't kidding, just lying ;)
Wow. Fucking wow. I just found a shiny Zigzagoon.
That's three shinies. Not a shiny in my life, but now i've got three (That all suck), and NO GODDAMN RALTS
Wait, does this make me super lucky or unlucky?
Someone find me Shiny flying types. <3
I have Charizard and Ninjask, but I got them in trades...
How do you check to see if they're legit?
I don't think Trades or Eggs count as legits. I made that mistake.
i caught a blue snubble in gold when there was a swarm of them, after catching 20 something regular ones
i found a shiny steelix in that one cave in pearl
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 10, 2010, 10:37:11 PM
How do you check to see if they're legit?
If they're a starter, check the pokeball they're in. All starters HAVE to be in a normal pokeball. Check it's OT, if its ?????? or blank, it probably isn't legit. Other than that its pretty difficult to determine if a pokemon is legit if the stats are normal and all that. As far as I'm concerned that's all that matters.
My first actual shiny encounter was a Weezing. I was afraid it was going to use explosion, so I Quick Ball'd it. I caught it. : D
The first shiny I've ever caught was a shiny Whismur in ruby. I got my second one from K. I traded an Adamant Drakrai for a shiny Claydol.
I just got a shiny drowsee in my HG playthrough.
The only shiny I ever caught (or at least remember catching) is Magikarp, which evolved into Gyarados, BUT NOW EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET IT IN THE NEW GAME RAGEEEEEE