Post by Pastyourbedtime on Jan 20, 2009 16:28:31 GMT -8
Noticed there wasn't a topic on it, and I'm curious to know everyone's experiences with shiny Pokémon. I think we should just mention right now that Gyarados doesn't count. Anyways, here's mine:
My first shiny Pokémon was a Gulpin on Ruby. This was before I knew anything about shiny Pokémon and I was just looking for a normal Gulpin. I saw a blue one and thought it was pretty cool, since I'd only seen green ones before. I caught it, evolved it, and later restarted my game and lost it.
Next thing that happened was still on my Ruby version. I encountered a Pok?mon, ran away from it only to have my neighbor peek his head over my game boy and tell me that, "That's a shiny Roselia! Catch it!" I didn't know what he meant and had already run away from it, so there wasn't much I could do. The game continued on and he explained to me what shiny Pokémon were. I was mad after that.
Whew, still on my Ruby version. I was mad about not having any shiny Pokémon and decided to catch myself one. I went around finding Pokémon in spots where I knew ones I liked appeared. I thought a shiny Kecleon would be cool to have, since I've always liked the species, so I walked around in their grass for a while. The TV was on and distracted me during a crucial moment when the shiny stars appeared around my newly encountered, blue striped Kecleon. I stared at the stripe a while, trying to decide if all Kecleon had blue stripes, and I finally decided that if it was a shiny Kecleon it'd probably look way different than just having a different colored stripe. Next Kecleon I found had a red stripe and I ended up kicking myself for not catching the shiny one when I had a chance.
Next shiny I found was on Diamond. I was on my way to Giratina, found a Bibarel. He was sliding in and I noticed his color seemed slightly off, "Could it be...?" The shiny sparkles appeared and I became overjoyed. I got him down to one health with my handy False Swiping Sceptile and barely caught him, using my last PokeBall.
A long time passed and I didn't find any other shiny Pokémon on my Diamond version. I restarted my Gold version, wanting to play through it for some nostalgia. Professor Elm gives me a Chikorita, it was female and I was happy, and then he tells me to go give an egg to this guy. First Pokémon I find is a Hoothoot, I made Chikorita murder it. My neighbor is next to me, he had restarted his Crystal version moments before. I ask him if I have any PokéBalls yet, since I almost wanted to catch a Hoothoot. He says no and my exact response was. "Oh, that'd suck if I found a shiny Pokémon right now."
Battle happens, the second Pokémon in my Gold I find is a shiny Hoothoot. I did not have PokéBalls. I did not catch it. I was extremely irked, and didn't do anything during that battle for about half an hour. I went around showing my Shiny Hoothoot to anyone I saw and explained to them how mad I was that I couldn't catch it. Nobody really knew what I was talking about or cared.
Still furious about the Hoothoot incident, I didn't pick up Gold again for some time. When I finally did, I had a lot of fun and when I got to Goldenrod...
There's a guy that gives you a Spearow with mail to give to his friend, the Spearow is named Kenya. Lucky for me, the Kenya I recieved was shiny! Woo! I was really happy when I found this out and almost immediately ran to check online and see if Kenya is always shiny, learning that he was not. I saved, cloned Kenya so I could still give him to the friend, and set to raising him. He's now an asskicking Fearow that gets even the toughest jobs done. In sticking with a theme, I named my shiny Gyarados Zimbabwe.
And that's all I have so far. Hopefully during my runthrough of Platinum I'll have some more stories to share.
EDIT: Not much to tell here, but I have been traded a shiny Huntail, some non legit shiny legendaries, most of which I traded away, shiny Jumpluff, shiny Electrike... I think that's all I have in my possesion.
My first shiny Pokémon was a Gulpin on Ruby. This was before I knew anything about shiny Pokémon and I was just looking for a normal Gulpin. I saw a blue one and thought it was pretty cool, since I'd only seen green ones before. I caught it, evolved it, and later restarted my game and lost it.
Next thing that happened was still on my Ruby version. I encountered a Pok?mon, ran away from it only to have my neighbor peek his head over my game boy and tell me that, "That's a shiny Roselia! Catch it!" I didn't know what he meant and had already run away from it, so there wasn't much I could do. The game continued on and he explained to me what shiny Pokémon were. I was mad after that.
Whew, still on my Ruby version. I was mad about not having any shiny Pokémon and decided to catch myself one. I went around finding Pokémon in spots where I knew ones I liked appeared. I thought a shiny Kecleon would be cool to have, since I've always liked the species, so I walked around in their grass for a while. The TV was on and distracted me during a crucial moment when the shiny stars appeared around my newly encountered, blue striped Kecleon. I stared at the stripe a while, trying to decide if all Kecleon had blue stripes, and I finally decided that if it was a shiny Kecleon it'd probably look way different than just having a different colored stripe. Next Kecleon I found had a red stripe and I ended up kicking myself for not catching the shiny one when I had a chance.
Next shiny I found was on Diamond. I was on my way to Giratina, found a Bibarel. He was sliding in and I noticed his color seemed slightly off, "Could it be...?" The shiny sparkles appeared and I became overjoyed. I got him down to one health with my handy False Swiping Sceptile and barely caught him, using my last PokeBall.
A long time passed and I didn't find any other shiny Pokémon on my Diamond version. I restarted my Gold version, wanting to play through it for some nostalgia. Professor Elm gives me a Chikorita, it was female and I was happy, and then he tells me to go give an egg to this guy. First Pokémon I find is a Hoothoot, I made Chikorita murder it. My neighbor is next to me, he had restarted his Crystal version moments before. I ask him if I have any PokéBalls yet, since I almost wanted to catch a Hoothoot. He says no and my exact response was. "Oh, that'd suck if I found a shiny Pokémon right now."
Battle happens, the second Pokémon in my Gold I find is a shiny Hoothoot. I did not have PokéBalls. I did not catch it. I was extremely irked, and didn't do anything during that battle for about half an hour. I went around showing my Shiny Hoothoot to anyone I saw and explained to them how mad I was that I couldn't catch it. Nobody really knew what I was talking about or cared.
Still furious about the Hoothoot incident, I didn't pick up Gold again for some time. When I finally did, I had a lot of fun and when I got to Goldenrod...
There's a guy that gives you a Spearow with mail to give to his friend, the Spearow is named Kenya. Lucky for me, the Kenya I recieved was shiny! Woo! I was really happy when I found this out and almost immediately ran to check online and see if Kenya is always shiny, learning that he was not. I saved, cloned Kenya so I could still give him to the friend, and set to raising him. He's now an asskicking Fearow that gets even the toughest jobs done. In sticking with a theme, I named my shiny Gyarados Zimbabwe.
And that's all I have so far. Hopefully during my runthrough of Platinum I'll have some more stories to share.
EDIT: Not much to tell here, but I have been traded a shiny Huntail, some non legit shiny legendaries, most of which I traded away, shiny Jumpluff, shiny Electrike... I think that's all I have in my possesion.