The Shiny Encounters Thread

[Kantomasta]

Well, the other day i got a shiny ponyta in a trade from someone here on the forums, was soo excited. Now im MM'g for something, as I used pokegen to get a me a flawless ditto. I now can get shinys with good IV's :D Im thinking im gonna MM an Aron.

[Silverwynde]

Goldeen, Virizion, Wingull, Watchog, Excadrill... Those are all my self-caught Shinies. Masuda Method's never worked for me.

I've caught a few wild shinies myself, but I really enjoy doing a Masuda run. After getting my shiny Golett exactly as I wanted him, I said to heck with random encounters. I'd rather breed for it. I have a bit more control over the process.

Ugh, resetting is just a pain. I'm kinda sick of staring at Kyurem, truthfully. I want to breed for a shiny Sawk, but I said I wouldn't do it until I got my shiny Kyurem. But my willpower is kinda fading here. =/

Hey guys, I guess lucky is on my side!
After 300+ eggs, I finally got to hatch a shiny Desumasu! And a female, just the way I wanted!

Now I want a shiny :')

Congrats! She's adorable! Did you give her a nickname? And good luck on the Mothim; I hope it goes well.

[DarkV41]

Goldeen, Virizion, Wingull, Watchog, Excadrill... Those are all my self-caught Shinies. Masuda Method's never worked for me.

I've caught a few wild shinies myself, but I really enjoy doing a Masuda run. After getting my shiny Golett exactly as I wanted him, I said to heck with random encounters. I'd rather breed for it. I have a bit more control over the process.

Ugh, resetting is just a pain. I'm kinda sick of staring at Kyurem, truthfully. I want to breed for a shiny Sawk, but I said I wouldn't do it until I got my shiny Kyurem. But my willpower is kinda fading here. =/

Hey guys, I guess lucky is on my side!
After 300+ eggs, I finally got to hatch a shiny Desumasu! And a female, just the way I wanted!

Now I want a shiny :')

Congrats! She's adorable! Did you give her a nickname? And good luck on the Mothim; I hope it goes well.

Don't you mean Venomoth?

[first archen]

I've caught at least one shiny per game I own.

A shiny Psyduck in Diamond, A shiny Swinub (now Mamoswine) in Platinum, a shiny female Nidoran in HG and a shiny Boldore (now Gigalith) in White.

I haven't got anything from the Mesuda mothed though. Man I really wanted a shiny Cranidos, maybe some day.

[Shiny Celebi]

I caught a shiny Magnemite in a non shiny patch while chaining in Diamond a few days ago. It was at 7 on the chain, I was really surprised, but I caught it. I plan to evolve this one, keeping the other one I have a Magnemite.

[Reila]

Congrats! She's adorable! Did you give her a nickname? And good luck on the Mothim; I hope it goes well.

Thanks!
And yes, I did. Her nickname is Nefertiti, the name of an Egyptian Queen. :D

[Narcisse]

The only shiny I have ever encountered in 10 years worth of Pokemon gaming was a Donphan in HeartGold between Viridian and Mt. Silver. I didn't catch it...

[CorpseFlower]

Just caught a shiny male Parasect in the Cerulean Cave. I had entered the cave, realized a forgot someone with Flash, left, came back, and he was the first thing I encountered. <3

[Ash'sBestBuddy89]

On my HeartGold, just want to state I have encountered a shiny Kadabra before and only had 9 pokeballs on me at the time... in which they have all failed so i have learned well from that experience.
I'm currently hunting a shiny Zapdos... so far i have a total of 1,320 soft resets(on my third day)... and I am literally hunting at this very moment. From experience, any one hunt for a Shiny Zapdos before and can give me the odds so I can well, at least feel a little better about this quest?

[Ash'sBestBuddy89]

WOW! that's amazing! I will be on a hunt for a shiny Moltres after my current hunt is done!! You have good luck!(THIS MESSAGE IS DIRECTED TO CORPSEFLOWER ONLY!!!!)

[Javier952]

First wild pokemon in BW2 100% shiny Patrat

[RedSapphire]

I'll list out the shinies I did not trade for (that are Gen4&5):

I was in the bug-catching contest and came across a shiny Wurmple in SoulSilver. I was so excited! I caught it in one Park Ball with no damage done at all, but I didn't even manage to get 3rd place!

My cousin was getting married in New Orleans and my family and I had to drive there. On the ride there, I was playing SoulSilver and enountered a shiny Noctowl! I named him Orleans.

I don't remember which Pokemon I was EV training, but I was EV training for Special Attack in the tower in Black when I came across a shiny Litwick!! As luck would have it, she is Adamant! xD

And after soft resetting for soooooo long, I FINALLY got my shiny Virizion! <333 I love him very much! My Synchronizing Munna came in handy, too, because thankfully he's Jolly!

[Yawn]

Turns out on the 19th at about 6:00 AM, In Twist Mountain, a Shiny Boldore looked my way. (It's my favorite shiny in Unova, what luck!)

[TLZ the Confirmer]

When at the Snorlax encounter, I tried to shiny reset until I got something.

...

....

.....After about 50 times, I gave up, and settled for a female one. At least now I can try for shiny baby Snorlax, even if I don't have the Masuda method to help me.

[glow]

I hatched a shiny tentacool a while ago, it's the first shiny I've ever gotten (red gyarados excluded).

My mind is still processing this turn of events