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What was your first (non-guaranteed) shiny Pokemon?

shiny machoke on mt. coronet while playing diamond as a kid
it was in the first big patch of grass in the snowy outside part
remember it clear as day

>>713324132 (OP)
Did you catch it?

A shiny weedle in pokemon silver

I met and killed a shiny Krabby in Gold. I didn't get a legit one until a shiny Eevee in X/Y

WHY IS THERE NO REASON WE CAN'T CHANGE

I played gen 1 to gen 3 when I was a kid then didn't play again until B/W and didn't finish then I played OR/AS and completed the Dex through trading with shiny copies of all legendaries, ev and iv hatched/trained a meta team, and FINALLY saw/caught my first naturally shiny pokemon. It was while I was ev training like 600 hours into the game and about 1500 hours into my pokemon lifetime.It was a Zigzagoon and it didn't have Pickup so I put it in a box and never looked at it again.

>replaying sapphire
>already know the game like the back of my hand and walking to petalburg woods not really paying attention to the audio
>wild battle starts
>hear shiny sound
>shiny zigzagoon
was hoping for wurmple but gba shinies are always welcome

>>713324132 (OP)
Woobat on victory road in Black. That's the only shiny I've ever gotten too and I've beaten over a dozen official pokemon games my luck's terrible.

>>713324132 (OP)
Amogus on the left

Shiny Magikarp in Emerald
Met a shiny Hariyama in Emerald but it used Whirlwind immediately lol
Also had a shiny Zubat in Fire Red.
Also encountered a shiny Pidgey in a rom hack before I could get pokeballs.

I don't remember ever meeting any other shiny.

Caterpie in Fire Red just before Viridian Forest.

Loved my golden girl, took her all the way to the Hall of Fame

Graveller in HGSS. It exploded.
But I found a shiny Drifloon a few days later and that I managed to catch

>>713324132 (OP)
Drowzee in Gold
I didn't even catch it, I just thought "oh, that's cool" and went back to looking for an abra

>>713324132 (OP)
I found a shiny Mareep in Silver before knowing what shinies were and lost my shit, but the cunt broke through all my pokeballs and I haven't seen a single shiny in years since then.

>>713324132 (OP)
A shiny Zubat I got playing a friend of mine's Sapphire while clearing the Team Aqua underground cave section for him, who got stumped there for weeks. A shame he didn't want to trade it with me, though.

>>713324132 (OP)
Shiny Eggsecute in the safari zone....

>>713324132 (OP)
Technically a shiny Marill in Silver.
I got tired of the low encounter rate so I entered a cheat code to force the spawn. It showed up as a shiny but didn't feel right to catch it so I ran, the next encounter was some other normal spawn.
Turned out I never entered the master code so that was a completely legitimate spawn.

>>713329181
man you fucked up
especially since Marill is a 1% encounter in G/S outside of swarms

Shiny hunting is for trannies

>>713324132 (OP)
Drifblim in Shield. I've been playing since gen 1 and that's how fucking long it took me to finally find a shiny.

>>713324132 (OP)
Latias. Off my copy of Sapphire back in the day, pure chance on the first playthrough I ever did. It really freaked me out because I had a crush on her after seeing Pokemon heroes, she was who I wanted a shiny of the most and I found her. It felt like she wanted me to when I was a kid.

I still have her, transferred her from every game upwards since, she lives in my copy of Violet right now. When I play Pokemon I like to pretend she's my wife, I know that's pathetic, but I don't care at this point, I love her.

>>713329980
>I had a crush on her
Bro

>>713324132 (OP)
i still don't have one, i don't spend my time doing some retarded shit like shinny farming.

>>713324132 (OP)
It was a Horsea in Emerald at route 134
I probably caught a shiny in earlier games like Yellow, but I was so young back then that I probably didn't notice.

>>713324132 (OP)
I think it was either a Zubat or a Geodude, can't remember which was first.

a magikarp in Sun.. the water totem pond trying to get a wishiwashi iirc. I never really did shiny hunting until the switch games though so it's not exactly crazy my first was so late in the series despite playing at least one game in every gen.

>>713325842
Linoone is amazing, Dustox and Beautifly are just okay.

i want to say a doduo in fire red. but i was fucking around with action replay and although i didnt activate any shiny related cheats, i just chalked it up to the game acting weird what with all the cheats in all

for me it was my beloved tentacool
the green jelly looks so nice

>>713324132 (OP)
Been playing since RBY. I don't even remember if it was the red or blue one.

No shinnies but i caught a pozzed octopus once, was that rare?
All the pokemons on my save have that stat boost virus now.

>>713333228
it's like 3x as rare as a shiny so yes
it also has the benefit of actually affecting gameplay instead of being a focus point for autists who like bright colours so there you go

Ponyta in diamond
I had no idea what a shiny was back then so I thought i found some secret legendary or something, was overjoyed

if you were intentionally looking for a shiny you missed the point

>>713324132 (OP)
Zigzagoon in Ruby. I encountered it before getting pokeballs so I couldn't catch it.

>>713324132 (OP)
Shiny pidgey in Crystal before you got pokeballs, I fucking threw my bingbingwahoo at the wall.
Second one was zapdos in moeon, I was genuinely upset.
Third one was a rattatta in SOVL silver, I felt nothing.

I once found a Shiny Lugia in Alpha Sapphire completely by chance.

>>713324132 (OP)
The first pokemon I ever captured in my life was a shiny Lillipup in Pokemon White. I had never played a pokemon game and I didn't even know what a shiny pokemon was.

I never got a single shiny despite playing almost every mainline game. But I have over 300 individual shnies in Pokemon Go! And they're worth more because they're uncheatable.

>>713337082
That's not true. You can just create them with a Go flag and import them to whatever game you want to.

I found a shiny Steelix before the league in Platinum and named him Goldix.
Not counting new games because it's too easy. Impossible to remember the first, it was over 20 years ago.

>>713337154
Guess my friend told me shit then.

>>713337230
All pokemon can be created with editing tools and then imported one way or the other. Nintendo isn't exactly famous for security, nor do they give a shit about your pokemon.

>>713324132 (OP)
You probably won’t believe this but shiny Charmander from Oak in Fire Red
Though the cartridge battery is fucking dead now

>>713336384
Also got pokerus in Emerald after elite four, I was already done with the game at that point.
I think I'm fucking cursed.

>>713330378
Gen 1 games didn't have shinies faggot

>>713337374
There is no battery in Fire Red bro.

>>713337683
Gen 2 then, I haven't played pokemon in a long ass time.

>>713337720
Then I should check out if it's still there, thanks anon

>>713324132 (OP)
A male nidoran in the safari zone that I successfully caught.

>>713338414
But even in games with batteries like Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald the battery does nothing except regulate the daily events like growing berries, it has nothing to do with savefiles.
Savefiles should always be safe on old hardware, I think sometimes they might get corrupted but not because of the battery.

>>713338683
I was under the impression that GBA games used SRAM

>>713338721
Oh and if you care about it keep in mind that you can still transfer pokemon from gen 3 to the last games.
You need a few things but it's doable.

>>713324132 (OP)
shiny gloom in sapphire on the way to lilycove city

>>713338771
That's cool, I have most original hardware, but not software
I'll have to try it out, though I don't really care for anything past black and white 2
I'm currently playing a mod called Pure Red on a GBC

>>713324132 (OP)
In Pokemon Sword, I was just trying to catch a Falinks for the fun of it, accidentally encountered something in the grass, and it ended up being a shiny Gurdurr. Ended up catching it and evolved it soon after. Named him Mike.

>>713338963
Let's see if I rememeber correctly, first you need a 3DS/2DS with Pokemon Bank. If you don't have Bank yet then you need a modded 3DS/2DS because the store is offline and you need to download it from the pirate store.
Then you need to move the pokemon to gen 4 with a DS or DS lite, with the GBA slot through the pal park (you can access it in gen 4 after you get the national dex).
Once the pokemon is in gen 4 you have to move it to White 2 or Black 2. Forgot all the details about this.
Then you can move it to Bank. From Bank you can move it to Home and to the newer games.

>>713324132 (OP)
From memory it was a Mareep

Haven't played Pokemon since Gen 7 but I've never actually found one in the wild. Only one I ever got was through wonder trade in X.

>>713324132 (OP)
squirrap

>>713338721
Certain GBA games used battery saves but the majority, including all Pokemon games, had permanent saves.

>>713338771
Yeah it's kinda wild how many steps it takes but it's still doable even now. Honestly feels like a secret ritual with all the hardware hopping. Best part is seeing some little guy you caught in like 2004 showing up in Scarlet or something. Almost makes all the DS cartridge jugglin' worth it.

Donphan in silver

>>713324132 (OP)
Zubat in Crystal, then a Bronzong in Ruby
Never got another one till PLA

>>713324132 (OP)
I remember watching this video when I was a kid

>>713324132 (OP)
Don't think I've ever had a shiny...

>>713324132 (OP)
it was a Poliwag in Gold version.
found it when I was fishing outside of Mt Silver.

I've probably played hundreds of hours throughout my life but have literally never seen a shiny pokemon (outside of guaranteed ones)
I did get pokerus a couple times though

>>713324132 (OP)
I only really played blue, yellow and x. I don't ever remember getting a shiny in gen 1, so my first shiny would be hoppip in x. even though I had grass and flying with parasect and crobat I still kept them

>>713324132 (OP)
Idk never cared about it.

>>713324132 (OP)
Rattata in Silver. Also caught a shiny Zubat in Ruby. I was king of the shiny shitmons back in the day.

>>713324132 (OP)
I don't know if I ever got one as a kid, didn't even know they existed or to look out of them. However, my very first confirmed one was in PokeMMO (rarer shiny odds than the main games). And it was a Hitmonlee which is a rare encounter as is. Insane odds. Didn't even farm it, was just playing through the story on my way to E4.

>>713324132 (OP)
a Poochyena in Emerald
my little brother erased my save file the very next day

>>713324132 (OP)
Mareep in Gold

>>713324132 (OP)
I never caught one and I've played through nearly every pokemon game

>>713324132 (OP)
A Tangela I found right outside Mt. Silver.

I beat every pokemon from gold to sun/moon and it took me until post game sun/moon to run into a fucking level 7 shiny wingull

>>713324132 (OP)
I think it was a shiny zubat

>>713324132 (OP)
it was in the arceus one, i got 2, manaty and then gligar

First was Marill while playing a friend's cart, which he later traded me.
First on my own game was West Shellos in Pearl.
Think I accidentally ran from a Gible in X too, annoyingly.

gyarados

Switch 2 is P2W

>>713324132 (OP)
A shiny Diglett in FireRed.
Just last week, in fact.

>>713324132 (OP)
A zubat in silver

I've neen searching for an autistic shiny hunting vid I saw years ago but I cant find it anywhere. Some little kid with a thick european accent speaking broken english finds a shiny and goes
>SHINY POKAMON! I DONT BELIEVE.
Anybody seen it?

Aron, in Emerald. I then got a Mankey in Fire Red. That's it really, I don't know if that's good luck or bad luck considering I've completed those games more than 6 times.

>>713324132 (OP)
ive only encountered one. my very 1st playthrough of silver back when it released. this was at the very start of the game, before the 1st gym if i remember.

geodude. meh, whichever, imma catch it...
selfdestruct.
nevermind then...

i dont shiny hunt, i like the idea of finding them naturally, even if that meant i never found any since.

>>713324132 (OP)
Shiny Dugong in Leaf Green, spotted it in that one cave you can encounter wild Lapris in.

>>713351653
>i dont shiny hunt
Pretty sure you can't do it until the newer gens.

>>713324132 (OP)
Shiny Stantler gen 2

>>713324132 (OP)
I played since Emerald and never found a shiny until SoulSilver. It was a Magikarp that I fished up at the Lake of Rage and I gave it an everstone so people didn't get it confused with the free red Gyarados

>>713351649
>one of the best hoenn shinies
pretty good luck

>encounter my first shiny in the wild, a pink female Aipom in Sapphire or Emerald
>in the Safari Zone, so it ran away
>encounter turquoise female Croagunk in Diamond or Platinum
>in the Safari Zone, so it ran away
My third encounter was a red stripe Basculin in Black. I caught it, but I feel nothing for it.
>>713333124
Mah nigga.

>>713351793
Why? You can shiny hunt anywhere except gen 1. If there are shinies you can hunt them.

One of the snackbar trap floor Geodudes in Silver.
And then it happened again in SoulSilver.
And then a Minior in Moon that followed suit.

>>713324132 (OP)
Wheezing. It used self destruct.

I have never caught a shiny
And i really played a LOT of Pokemon

>>713324132 (OP)
Fookin Parasect in the Safari Zone. Caught him and didn't even understand he was a "shiny" as a child because he looked virtually identical. Never used him either.

>>713324132 (OP)
... bidoof
>really wanted a special attack up female raltz
>grinded for like 12 hours
>starter was like level 36
>had 5 others with pickup while i was doing this
>suddenly shiny bidoof

Whismur on pokemon sapphire while I was ev training.
Then later shuppet again ev training

>>713352982
you actually can hunt in gen 1
if you get a specific combination of stats and then you transfer the pokemon to gen 2, they can be shiny

>>713355606
I remember this from memory, it had to be 10 IV in all or five stats (from up to 15), wich make shinies worse for comptetitive play

>>713355984
yeah, the IVs should be bad but you hunt shinies for the color, not the IVs

>>713356073
Well, Meowth that's right

>>713324132 (OP)
Shiny Illumise in Pokémon Emerald. I didnt know what a shiny was at the time. Couldn't brag about it either because it was a shitmon.

>>713324132 (OP)
a zubat in pokemon silver
I didn't know what shinies were at the time so I just run away lol
but I clearly remember getting a green zubat

>>713324132 (OP)
Shiny pidgey in Gold, then in that same playthrough I also got a shiny bellsprout. I got so pissed when I couldn't transfer them to the next gen.
I had good shiny and pokerus luck overall, mostly because I almost never used repels and I autistically ko'd most wild pokemons. In Ruby I got a shiny zigzagoon, wurmple (evolved into dustox) and aron, not all in the same playthrough (I used Colosseum to store and transfer them since my friends stopped giving a fuck about pokemon after RBY). Then I got an action replay to get the event pokemons, the shiny code existing made it trivial to me.
Thank you for reading my blog.

>>713324132 (OP)
Safari Park in Gen 4, shiny mudfish thingy.
I think its called Wooper?
Nearly shat my pants, i throwed 3 mudballs cause i thought that he might like it, and it escaped out of my safari ball before the second cought it.

There probaly is no more stressfull shiny than safari ones id guess.

>>713324132 (OP)
Pelipper in Emerald which is still on my Diamond savefile from 2007

>>713324132 (OP)
No idea i didnt even know what shinies were until i saw a pokemon that looked different in whatever the game was where you can encounter multiple pokemon in the wild

>>713324132 (OP)
i caught a shiny magikarp in pearl purely by chance. i didn't realize it until battling someone else

>>713337683
well actually gen 1 pokemon could be shiny, as gen 2 added shiny pokemon via having specific DVs (the same way it decides gender) and just like pokemon became male/female when traded from r/b/y to g/s they could also become shiny if they had the exact stat spread to make them shiny.

>>713358138
Was either Wooper or its evolution Quagsire, the latter being the first shiny I ever saw (also in D/P Safari Zone). I managed to actually catch the thing but I forgot to trade it off my cart before I reset the save game years later.

i got a shiny relicanth in Y from chain fishing, then a shiny finneon in omega ruby just surfing around. in ultra sun i soft reset for a few hours for a shiny kartana. then in scarlet i found a shiny teddiursa. i would have missed it if my friend didn't point it out. aside from those four, all my other shinies have been from events or fixed encounters

I've never encountered a shiny pokemon

how do I transfer pokemon from leafgreen into pokemon home

My only one ever has been an Ekans I got when mass breeding for IVs.

to this day I don't know what a "shiny" is except that it's exceptionally rare.
I haven't played a pokemon game since whatever the first one for the DS was, diamond / pearl?

>>713360780
Here >>713339498

>>713360850
It's just a differently colored pokemon that sparkles.

>>713324132 (OP)
Shiny Oddish in Pokemon Silver. Showed it to my friend sitting next to me, and said "that Oddish looks weird", then I ran from it.

>>713324132 (OP)
I got 3 legit shinies in my first playthrough of alpha sapphire, zubat, gloom, and the reward totadile after delta episode. I almost reset that too bc the deoxys I got was shitty.

zubat in origin cave.
Never got another shiny until Snorlax in Soul Silver. Then an hour later, Seel in seafoam island.

>>713324132 (OP)
I don't think I've ever encountered a shiny that I didn't breed myself.

Starly on Diamond
Been playing since Silver btw, and had several hundreds of hours on every game (that includes alternative versions too, so 100+ on Silver, 100+ on Gold, 100+ on Crystal and so on)

>>713361160
Did you play the new games? If so how were you able to not get even a shiny? They throw them at you. Played PLA and SC both on emulator and on console and got at least a shiny in every single playthrough.

>>713324132 (OP)
shiny grumpig in emerald I think. I naturally got pokerus long before I found a shiny.

>>713361527
Op was asking for one's first shiny, not all the one we got
Still on Diamond, I've got a Geodude and a Bronzong, then nothing until XY where I got a Meditite, a Mawile and a Dratini. SuMo and USUM didn't play, Sword was the last Pokemon game I played (didn't finish it tho, got to the league but dropped it) and got no shiny there

>bought both X and Y
>finished Y first, thought it would be fun to use a shiny in my X playthrough
>pick gardevoir because her shiny mega is cool
>set up everything for masuda method
>shiny ralts is the first egg
I think the first one I wasn't actively hunting for was a horsea in the same game because I accidentally did the chain fishing method just trying to catch something to finish the pokedex

>>713324132 (OP)
Poochyena or Zigzagoon in Alpha Sapphire, somehow hadn't ran into one until then despite starting at Fire Red, the downside was that i didn't have Pokéballs unlocked yet so i couldn't catch it, next one was an Exeggcute in the post game.