Shiny Pokémon

Jazzkamiden

Do you have any Shiny Pokémon? Did you chain them or did you get them off trades? Which ones did you get?

Discuss the Shinies!

Mr. K

I came across a Shiny Golbat in my copy of Sapphire years ago. I EV trained him, gave him great moves and evolved him. Shiny Crobat looks awesome, but his stats were pretty poor! Last I saw, he was sitting in a Box, looking pretty.

wobbles

have a shiny zubat myself on emerald. Shiny crobat looks so good. Have a shiny sneasal (hes pink) on diamond. Found him while going into the place where you get rigigas. Was a good hour session that one. Also while chaining, i saw a shiny chansey, but was in the groove of OHKO on chansey that i fainted it.

Atavan-Halen

No shinies myself unfortunately

CianRyan

No shinies, I'm far to lazy to go looking for one.
If they were extra powerful or something, I might be bothered.

A Neurotic

Stumbled across a , in Sapphire I think. It's pretty cool!

Wobbuffet

I caught a shiny Bronzong in Pearl's Turnback Cave. I keep him safe and sound in my Pokemon Ranch

Ciaran*

I have a shiny Charizard that was my starter in Firered, wasn't even properly trying to reset for a shiny, just a good nature and it showed up within 20 mins or so.

I also have a Bidoof that I got from a chain of two! And I was just trying to find a Wobbuffet at the time. Have a shiny Pichu too, two in fact

Mr. K

atavan-halen wrote: »

No shinies myself unfortunately

Your Latias looks shiny!

Ciaran* wrote: »

I have a shiny Charizard that was my starter in Firered, wasn't even properly trying to reset for a shiny, just a good nature and it showed up within 20 mins or so.

Shiny Charizards are black, aren't they? They (and Rayquaza) look awesome as shinies!

Atavan-Halen

Mr. K wrote: »

Your Latias looks shiny!

Oh it is but it's not mine unfortunately

TheChrisD

I think I got a shiny Pidgey way back in Crystal. Other than that though, nothing else (bar the Red Gyarados ofc)

Although I did get the Pokérus in my Japanese Let's Play of Platinum though. And with that being three times as rare as finding a shiny, and no obvious way of realising the Pokémon you're against has it

Atavan-Halen

I got the pokérus too, was delighted when the pokémon centre lady told me

Ciaran*

Mr. K wrote: »

Shiny Charizards are black, aren't they?

Yes, he looks great! I hate the different shade shinies, they should all have a massive difference to the original colour I think.

I got the pokerus a few weeks ago, I was playing on the bus and just hitting A not really paying attention and then 'hey she's saying something different'.

Is the poke radar grass different in Platinum? I've only had a quick go at it and it seems so. I think a DSi XL will really help me do some shiny chaining.

elekid

I have a shiny 'R' Unown of all things, I got it while trying to collect them all for the Hippopotas cave. It's blue.

I've also had shiny Cacturne, Floatzel and I think Pidgeotto as well but traded them away for legendaries. I recently made a shiny Starly faint right at the start of Platinum with an unwanted critical hit

I must be lucky because I also caught Pokérus in both Diamond and Platinum. I still have some Pokémon with it preserved in a box.

MatthewVII

Have a shiny smoochum I found by chance and a shiny bibarel I also just ran into.

Bad memories:
shiny abra that teleported away
shiny wooper in the safari zone that fled

Mr. K

I've never got the Pokérus...:(

A few years ago, one of my friends offered to use to an Action Replay to get me any Shiny I wanted. It was like being offered the answers to a test or something, the temptation and feeling that it'd be morally wrong were overpowering. I said "NAY!" and realised that I need to get out more.

Banjo

Caught a shiney F unown in Diamond (while collecting all the letters) and a shiney Pelipper in Platinum - almost ran from him, was just minding my own business making my way to the waterfall outside the E4 cathedral thingy. Grabbed a couple of shineys off the GTS - a Pichu, a Shinx and a Tyrogue - and then there's the recent shiney Pichu they gave away on WiFi. And I was given a shiney Mightyena for moaning about how I'd never caught a shiney Tried a bit of chaining in the past but it never worked out for me despite occasionaly getting massive chains going.

I have the Pokerus in Diamond and possibly Platinum. Was traded to me, and I put patient zero on ice in a Pokebox.

Buzzthebatgirl

I have a lot of shinys from trading, but these are the ones I've obtained myself though events or random encounters (this is excluding the Red Gyarados in Silver)
- Random Encounter in Sapphire
-> - Random Encounter in Pearl
-> - Random Encounter on Christmas Day in Pearl
- Random Encounter in Pearl
->- Random Encounter in Platnium
- VCG Shiny Event London
- VCG Shiny Event Paris
- Random Encounter in Platnium
- PCP Shiny Event

Jazzkamiden

What's a pokérus btw?

CianRyan

Jazzkamiden wrote: »

What's a pokérus btw?

Pokévirus.
It's a parasite that attaches itself to your Pokémon and helps them grow stronger and faster, it can also spread through out your team.



Buzz, I came across you showing off that Seviper on another forum last night. I was browsing, scrolled past your name and whipped the screen back up to see if it was you. haha

Buzzthebatgirl

CianRyan wrote: »

Buzz, I came across you showing off that Seviper on another forum last night. I was browsing, scrolled past your name and whipped the screen back up to see if it was you. haha

Oh I always show off my shiny Seviper, she's the reason I got into collecting shinys

elekid

Funny that you already had a shiny Pichu before the download event!

Angron

I caught a shiny Rattata and Sandshrew in Gold and Silver, and a shiny Beldum in Emerald I think it was.. After that, I don't recall any others.

wayhey

Shiny Charizard is absolutely badass...

Have many people done this resetting business to get a Shiny starter? How long does it take, in terms of hours, and could it damage your cart?

Teferi

You get a shiny once every 8000+ times. You can do it, just expect to be restarting for hours.

Penn

Had a shiny green Zubat in Pokemon Diamond. Other shinies I've encountered either got away from me or I accidently knocked them out. Have the shiny red Gyarados now in SoulSilver, but thats a storyline one so doesn't really count

Davidius

Had a shiny Sentret back in Gold version but no luck since then I'm afraid.

wayhey

Teferi wrote: »

You get a shiny once every 8000+ times. You can do it, just expect to be restarting for hours.

Could it potentially damage the cart? I'm thinking of picking up a a copy of Platinum...when you're selecting the Pokemon at the start does it show that its shiny? Or do you have to have it on your team to see?

Buzzthebatgirl

wayhey wrote: »

Could it potentially damage the cart? I'm thinking of picking up a a copy of Platinum...when you're selecting the Pokemon at the start does it show that its shiny? Or do you have to have it on your team to see?

Soft resetting (SRing for short) does not damage your game in any way. Unless you get so fustrated with SRing 8000 times and FLING your DS at the wall.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver you can see the shiny starter on the top screen before you take it

In all the previous games you have to start the first battle/access the summary screen before you find out if you have a shiny starter

Angron

Have a Shiny Stantler now, Cherryghost caught it but traded it to me cause he doesn't care too much for shinys

Buzzthebatgirl

Denny M wrote: »

Have a Shiny Stantler now, Cherryghost caught it but traded it to me cause he doesn't care too much for shinys

Shinys are awesome, I have just under 200 I got in trades/GTS/random catches etc over my DPP games

wayhey

Damn I'm tempted to do it for a Charmander when I get to Kanto.
Thanks for the link to the guide, and for writing it Buzzthebatgirl, it's brilliant!!

Buzzthebatgirl

wayhey wrote: »

Damn I'm tempted to do it for a Charmander when I get to Kanto.
Thanks for the link to the guide, and for writing it Buzzthebatgirl, it's brilliant!!

No worries, enjoy your shiny hunting

wayhey

Buzzthebatgirl wrote: »

No worries, enjoy your shiny hunting

Enjoy in the loosest sense of the word? :P

Gunmonkey

I had no idea what you guys were on about at first, but got the jist after reading a few posts.

And found out I have a shiny, a grey+black Hippowdon

Angron

Gunmonkey wrote: »

I had no idea what you guys were on about at first, but got the jist after reading a few posts.

And found out I have a shiny, a grey+black Hippowdon

No, you don't. The male is Brown/Tan, the female is Black/Gray. The shinys are more of a green-tinted brown colour

Cobelcog

Just caught a Shiny Murkrow in the Safari Zone in SoulSilver. I was pleasantly surprised when it didn't flee and I actually caught it since the opposite seemed to be true for everything else I was finding in there! Outside of SoulSilver, the only Shiny I've ever found was a Swinub way back years ago in the original Silver and now I've found two different ones in the past week lol.

Star Lord

Im SRing back at the start now to try for a shiny Totodile, but will accept any shiny starter lol

partyatmygaff

Have a shiny Ditto in pokemon silver, the usual red gyarados and a shiny rayquaza in emerald.

Closed ac

I never had a shiny! Pity me!

Buzzthebatgirl

Denny M wrote: »

No, you don't. The male is Brown/Tan, the female is Black/Gray. The shinys are more of a green-tinted brown colour

I find pictures help
Hippowdon Male ->
Hippowdon Female ->

Shiny Hippowdon Male ->
Shiny Hippowdon Female ->

@Gunmonkey If your Pokémon ain't got a on it's summary screen, then it ain't a shiny Pokémon - sorrrrrrrreeeee

Cobelcog wrote: »

Just caught a Shiny Murkrow in the Safari Zone in SoulSilver. I was pleasantly surprised when it didn't flee and I actually caught it since the opposite seemed to be true for everything else I was finding in there!

Congratulationsare in order! Well done on a successful capture! And double well done that it didn't escape on you ^_^

DKZ wrote: »

I never had a shiny! Pity me!

It will happen some day, just remember to always carry Pokéballs, and KEEP your Masterball in case your shiny is a Geodude/Graveller/Koffing/Weezing/Voltorb/Electrode that may Selfdestruct on the first turn!

Gunmonkey

*sniff*


I just wanted to feel special

Meh, probably pick up heart Gold in the next few days so can start me search anew

Sirpineapple

I got a shiny tentacool and evolved it
and a shiny polywhirl

is there any special way to get them? I just ran into mine

Buzzthebatgirl

Sirpineapple wrote: »

I got a shiny tentacool and evolved it
and a shiny polywhirl

is there any special way to get them? I just ran into mine

Other than using the [url=ttp://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=19695]Pokéradar[/url] in DPP to increase that chances, it is really pot luck

Banjo

Found a shiney Spearow in SS on saturday. Hurrah! Although I managed to play all the way through Emerald, Diamond and almost the entire of Platinum (I found a shiney in my last wild encounter on the way to the E4!) without seeing one, so I choose to believe - despite having no evidence to back it up - that it's not blind luck, they're just easier to find in SS/HG.

Buzzthebatgirl

Banjo wrote: »

Found a shiney Spearow in SS on saturday. Hurrah! Although I managed to play all the way through Emerald, Diamond and almost the entire of Platinum (I found a shiney in my last wild encounter on the way to the E4!) without seeing one, so I choose to believe - despite having no evidence to back it up - that it's not blind luck, they're just easier to find in SS/HG.

I'm about 47 hours into the game, beat the Elite Four, Red and captured Mewtwo and I've only found the always shiny Gyarados in HG. This is the first time I have heard so many people finding a shiny in HGSS. Shiny Rattata, shiny Pidgey, shiny Murkrow and now shiny Spearow weel done to everyone who found a shiny!

Star Lord

I gave up SRing, it was driving me crazy
But I transferred a bunch of my Pokémon from Diamond, so have a team that's a little more formidable than before (Including my lv.30 Mew! )

Wobbuffet

I just caught a shiny Ponyta outside the entrance to Mt Silver. It's bright blue and so pretty. I'm so happy

wobbles

congrats they are really beautiful looking.

Banjo

Jaysus, they *are* cool looking. Nice!

Teferi

Wait until it evolves into Rapidash! Grey/black flames for the win!