My first shiny!

[Tartarga]

In all my years of Pokemon i've only seen two shinies, a Pidgey in Fire Red and a Spinarak in Crystal. I didn't even notice the Spinarak was shiny until it was too late, wasn't paying too much attention since I was just grinding up a bit at the time. But that shiny Pidgey still haunts me to this day, stupid critical hits.

 

[Whiptail]

Got a shiny Elekid in Crystal, just slightly more yellow than orange, can barely tell the difference from the normal ones, and a shiny green Zubat in Black 2

 

[Domogo]

I've had a few down the years, the ones I remember are Machop and Geodude.

Also saw Wally get a shiny Ralts during a Pokemon speedrunner's stream. Unfortunately it was only shiny for that first encounter, since all the other battles are "scripted"

Hey I was there for that too! what a coincidence

Anyway as far as catching a shiney goes I've only ever seen one and IIRC* it was either a chansey or tauros in the safari zone which instantly split on its first turn, so yea that sucked.

*it was a while ago so all I remember is looking up the odds and finding out that i was one lucky mutha' fucka'.

 

[wyldchyld337]

Been playing since Gen 1 was released in the US and the only legit Shinies I have caught were a (get this!) a Foongus in White 1 and an Amoongus in White 2. Yeah, same evo-line, two different games, two different areas. Guess I can't complain.

The daughter, however, has seen/caught a shiny in every game since Leaf Green.

Willing to swap friend codes with anyone that needs as well.

 

[nvzboy]

About a month ago I just ran across this shiny spheal when looking for one to put in my main team. It's pink and perhaps the only shiny I ever encountered but it's mine and that makes it special.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Let see-

Not one but TWO Tentacool in Ruby (by all means it wasn't one after the other, more like a month or so after I caught the first one). I raised the first one to be team worthy while I kept the other one in its prime (never touch it after I caught it).

Bidoof in Diamond (And the OP think he had it bad with a shiny Voltorb).


Also I could of gotten a shiny Slugma in the Start Mountain in Diamond too but the stupid NPC fainted it before I caught it. I was enrage further that I came to learn you can directly attacked your partner Pokemon after that (I did however keep doing that to the NPC Pokemon later on as my attempt of revenge).

 

[MrMixelPixel]

I've gotten a shiny Fearow, Drowsy (by far my favorite), and Sentret.

The only one I cared for was the Drowsy.

 

[TAGM]

Oh hai! Welcome to escapist.

There we go, formalities out of the way, now to get to bragging! I've ended up getting 2 shinies over my time. One was a black Zubat in Ruby - I've deleted that data since, unfortunately, but still.

Second one has a funny story behind it - I was playing Pokemon Black in a local nerd convention in my Uni, and someone spotted it and started talking. And the topic went to shinies, and then my pokemon, one of which was a Tranquil. And he was talking about how it isn't so good, and I was like "I guess, but it flies, so hey."

I walk off into the grass to train right after this conversation, and I swear down:
The VERY FIRST ENCOUNTER was a Tranquil.

A.
SHINY.
TRANQUIL.

Fucking seriously, that is coincidence of the bloody century, and I made sure the entire place - this 50 meter long hall of nerds, mind - knew it, 12 times over. I mean, DAYM.

 

[ABLb0y]

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce my pride and joy, my shiny Vespiquen.
Seeing as how female Combees are rare as diamonds and shinies are even rarer, what are the odds of me catching a shiny female Combee?

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

I've caught a few shinies:

Swablu, which evolved into Altaria
Magikarp, found him while going around the scripted shiny Gyarados
Roselia, which I evolved into Roserade
Liepard, while Audino leveling in White 1

And the scripted/earned ones:
Dratini
Gible
Haxorus
Gyarados

 

[Winterfel]

I've gotten quite a few but through breeding if that counts..
But the only one I ever caught was a Cottonee, good thing Whimsicott is my absolute favourite 5th gen.

 

[chakra7777]

Shiny Pineco and Stantler, both in D/P and both within a few months of each other... and i've played a game from every generation, also on and off.

Got's me a sweet golden Forretress and an ugly green stantler.

 

[NearLifeExperience]

I had a shiny pikachu. That's right!

Ah pokemon. How that game is encased in concrete when it comes to innovation, but still manages to stay alive is incredible. I guess the whole pokemon franchise is giving it a free ride.

 

[legend of duty]

I found a shiny wooper in diamond but then i decided to use explosion.Shame not that bad of a pokemon but i already had a ground and water type.

 

[LivingInStereo]

My first shiny was a Spinda I caught in Ruby, but I traded it away via internet for an equally shiny Vileplume in Pearl. I also have a shiny Persian that I traded for, also online, without realizing it was shiny until later because it looks really similar to the regular colours.

 

[Blunderboy]

They have shiny pokemon?
That's news to me.

 

[Me55enger]

I collected the cards when I was young.

Pride of my collection was a shiny Blastoise. It was stolen form me by the kids over the field when I was, like, 11. The Pricks.

Last christmas, my parents bought me a framed shiny Blastoise.

Take pride in your childhood, for you will only realise it's freedom when you no longer have it.

 

[Quicksilver_Phoenix]

I've played every generation, with well over a hundred hours played in each, and I've never seen a wild shiny ;_;

Yeah, same as me. I know that feel.

 

[Anthony Wells]

My brother encountered a shiny geodude....and knocked it out. 3 steps later he encountered it AGAIN and proceeded to knock it out again. As for me....i dont remember what my first shiny was.

 

[Kotaro]

I stopped playing Pokemon after being utterly disappointed by Gen 4, only picking up HeartGold due to nostalgia (Gen 2 is my favorite by far).
The only shiny that I've ever even encountered is the scripted red Gyarados in Gen 2. Not one shiny in any random encounters.