My first shiny!

[IndomitableSam]

So, after playing Pokemon on and off - I've owned a few games, not many and usually only every few generations did I buy one - I finally saw and caught my first shiny yesterday.

Yup.

SoulSilver, I was doing the Radio Tower Team Rocket thing, shutting down the generator.

... It was a goddamned Voltorb. My first shiny was a stupid blue Voltorb.

At least I caught it, I guess...?

I am somehow very disappointed.

What was yours?

 

[Launcelot111]

I've played every generation at least once, and all I've gotten was a Wurmple or something. A Voltorb would be pretty sweet.

Do shinies stay shiny when they evolve?

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

I've only ever found four random shinies, the first was an Onyx in Victory Road waaaay back in the original Gold version. The second was a Fearow in Ruby version, that one was kind of awesome. The third was a useless ugly Bidoof and the most recent was a useless ugly Patrat. Out of the whole two Pokemon found on that particular route, it had to be the Patrat, why couldn't it have been the Purrloin?
[sub]Not bitter, not bitter, not bitter[/sub]

I've played every generation at least once, and all I've gotten was a Wurmple or something. A Voltorb would be pretty sweet.

Do shinies stay shiny when they evolve?

Yes they do, so if you're lucky enough to get a shiny Charmander for example, you'll have an awesome black Charizard.

 

[Andy Shandy]

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"

Captcha: who am I

Well apparently if you need to ask captcha, you might well be Johnny the tackling Alzheimers patient.

 

[ohnoitsabear]

First shiny I found was a blue ditto in LeafGreen. The awesome part about that is sometimes, when it transformed, it would stay shiny. And not only would it stay shiny, but the colors were actually different than the standard shiny colors. For example, a shiny Dragonite is normally green, but the shiny ditto transformed into a Dragonite would be black. It was badass as fuck. Unfortunately, they have removed this from the Generation IV games, making it much less awesome. I don't know yet if it's in the Generation V games or not.

The second shiny I got was in my Diamond version. It was a shiny Magikarp. It looks cool as fuck. Unfortunately, I can't evolve it, because the one shiny that you're able to catch for sure just happens to be the one that I would get from evolving my Magikarp.

 

[sextus the crazy]

At Least, you caught it. The only one I've seen was a stupid shiny wingull that I accidentally knocked out

 

[Alcaste]

I've had a shiny Ferret and a shiny Tentacool(cruel) in my career. This makes me want to pick up the games again...

 

[hazabaza1]

Never had a shiny, but one of those green psychic bird things of mine did have Pokerus once.

 

[Guffe]

Played Red and Blue almost yearly a few times for 10 years...
Silver at least finished 6 times
Ruby maybe 2 or 3 can't remember and never met a shiny (except for the Gyarados in the lake ofc)

 

[woodsymoments]

On pokemon gold i found a shiny Sneasel was so happy thatit became a main pokemon in my team started out that way just so i could show it off but ended up being one of my best pokemon.

I hada couple others on gold but never on any other pokmnon game i think i just got all my luck on gold.

 

[Stinovitch]

I think it was a Seaking in platinum, I'm not sure. It's been a while since I played pokemon...

 

[thesilentman]

My very first was an Origin Forme Giratina in Platinum. I instantly quit my challenge of catching him with a Poke Ball and used my Master Ball on him. I've never encountered a shiny ever since.

 

[Jmp_man]

Bidoof lv.2... FML. I put him in the PC and tried to forget about him.

In Silver, I had a shiny Furret, that was awesome

In Soul Silver, I had a shiny Raichu and Crobat, all of them are some of my favorite Pokemon.

My friend had like 9 shiny Pokemon for bragging rights.

Did your friend use the (IDK what it was called but...) item to search for Pokemon in the grass in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum?I believe that if you were to build up a big enough "combo" you could max out your chance to find a shiny at ~2%.

 

[Qizx]

I've only ever found four random shinies, the first was an Onyx in Victory Road waaaay back in the original Gold version. The second was a Fearow in Ruby version, that one was kind of awesome. The third was a useless ugly Bidoof and the most recent was a useless ugly Patrat. Out of the whole two Pokemon found on that particular route, it had to be the Patrat, why couldn't it have been the Purrloin?
[sub]Not bitter, not bitter, not bitter[/sub]

I've played every generation at least once, and all I've gotten was a Wurmple or something. A Voltorb would be pretty sweet.

Do shinies stay shiny when they evolve?

Yes they do, so if you're lucky enough to get a shiny Charmander for example, you'll have an awesome black Charizard.

So I shouldn't tell you I got a super Smexy Shiny Purrloin?
Other than that only have a shiny Haxxorus and Garchomp (which is really stupid cause it looks the EXACT same).

 

[WhiteRat07]

I have a shiny Sawk. Only shiny i have ever gotten.

 

[barbzilla]

How many people opened this thread thinking that it was about buying your first luxury item?

OT: When I played Pokemon there wasn't any such thing, so I would have to say that I am still waiting.

 

[Vault Citizen]

My first shiny pokemon was a yellow Floatzel. It's funny it took me years to find one and then I find two more shinies within months (a blue koffing in fire red and the catipillar from black in green and red)

 

[chadachada123]

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

I envy you, since even Voltorb is kinda badass as a shiny.