Official New and Improved General Shiny Thread

[Vivaea]

Love shiny pokemon! I only ever had one that I got myself legitimately... it was a flaafy in the original silver game. I have the shiny pichu from the event and a shiny dragonite which I found on a preowned copy of soulsilver... but I REALLY want a shiny charizard! Bred 200 ish so far, no success yet

[Dangertrout]

well phooey, no shiny for December after all
If one of these eggs I hatch today is shiny (still emptying the boxes), I will be very cross >: (

edit - no shinies in the boxes either. That makes 1,786 eggs hatched since my last shiny (with shiny charm). Hopefully the next batch will work out better. At least Smoochum can also apply to this months hunt

[cuchifru]

Just got shiny Chikorita to start with Heart Gold Badge Quest !!! No luck with Leaf Green yet.

Congrats for the other shiny chikorita "RaichuArcanine"!

[SharpedoX]

Got a golden Pidgey when searching for Raikou south of Ecruteak! So happy! Won't EV train it though; not very fit for competitive battling but just for fun.

Sent it to Black 2 and now she's a Pidgeot named Gael. I'm so proud of her

[Dylz]

Wow. Alot of Shiny Chikorita's :3 I haven't done anything yet because I was very wasted last night and now trying to put myself together and start hunting Shiny Cyndaquil, when I finally have the Cyndaquil I will be trying a BQ. Ofcourse I'll dual hunt, so actually my black 2 will be recording the RE's. :-P :-)

[Chapter of Charizard]

Going to MM Happiny, or maybe just not do the CH because I just realized one of my favorite pokes who I've been raising is from Japan, so will more likely do a Ninetails/Vulpix MM. Stinks that Ninetails is pink though. I love fire types and it would be hard to pas up an easy MM like this. GL on your Cyndaquil Dylz, and Congratz on all of those recent shinies! Been seeing a lot of Chikorita's lately. Happy New Year!!

[KittyKitty3308]

Hey everyone and happy new years! congrats on all them shinies last night and this morning!! I am currently working on my REing for my 4th Eevee. I am up to 1,122 REs and on the breeding side i am at about 32/210 eggs. I am hoping that my next RE one will come soon because these things take forever to find!!

Happy hunting everyone and good luck!

[2rsa]

Last night I dreamt I'd finally gotten my shiny Eevee and she was timid with adaptability.That dream felt so real.What are you doing to me Eevee. >_<

[TomoEGoto]

well phooey, no shiny for December after all
If one of these eggs I hatch today is shiny (still emptying the boxes), I will be very cross >: (

Don't worry, my Vanillite hunt didn't end too well either.
I was trying to rush to hatch eggs in hopes it'll shine before 12 AM so it'll still count.
However it passed 12 and no egg that hatched shine so my hunt epically failed,
but I suppose I'll have a better chance this month. I'm starting a new hunt for the CH and hopefully I'll be lucky this time.

May your newer hunts be successful.

[Scrufox86]

Hello everyone. I am just over 1500 RE's for a shiny on route 15 now. Hopefully something shines soon. I really want to join in on this Community hunt, it'll be my first one. I was thinking about going for a shiny Riolu. I was planning on MMing one anyway so maybe that or Chingling. Not too sure on any of the others to be honest as thier shiny forms don't impress me much. I may consider mime jr or bonsly as well though.

Congratulations to all recent shinies gotten and Happy New Year to everyone.

[darkdrapion]

Gratz to all, it seems Chikorita has decided to shine for many.
I've narrowed it down to about 5 pokemon I need for the charm,
so yes I should get it today, can't wait to start hunting again!

[supersmew]

Got a golden Pidgey when searching for Raikou south of Ecruteak! So happy! Won't EV train it though; not very fit for competitive battling but just for fun.

Sent it to Black 2 and now she's a Pidgeot named Gael. I'm so proud of her

Aw! Cool! Guessing it was a random encounter.

Last night I dreamt I'd finally gotten my shiny Eevee and she was timid with adaptability.That dream felt so real.What are you doing to me Eevee. >_<

So I'm not the only one who dreams of getting a shiny, I dream't once i lost a shiny Bayleef. They are realistic.

OT: 90 Heatmor Eggs. Don't know about Floccesy, maybe around 80 REs? And 2 SRs on Latias, but I'm not gonna count them.

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I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I'M SMILING RIGHT NOW.

[TomoEGoto]

Aw! Cool! Guessing it was a random encounter.


So I'm not the only one who dreams of getting a shiny, I dream't once i lost a shiny Bayleef. They are realistic.

OT: 90 Heatmor Eggs. Don't know about Floccesy, maybe around 80 REs? And 2 SRs on Latias, but I'm not gonna count them.

...

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I'M SMILING RIGHT NOW.

I once fell asleep in class, I had just finished my work and had some free time so I closed my eyes.
I dreamed I randomly found a shiny in a double battle, I couldn't remember the Pokemon but I saw the sparkles and in my head I was like 'Shiny!'
and then I snapped out of my dream to find that it was time for class to switch.

I hate dreams like that. Oh and dreams where my game messes up. On one instance, I dreamed that my Platinum was messed up and as soon as I got up and played I got a corrupted error and freaked. Then I did some search and luckily my game didn't delete itself (400 hours and 500+ down the drain) or had issues afterwards.

[Dylz]

I dreamed once that I had all my shinies on my SoulSilver file, and that a darn kid got hold of my cartridge and broke it. I woke up and was completely mindblown

[AquaRegisteel]

Well, here are the pics from my shiny Hoothoot last night.

    Spoiler:- Fly!:

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    Spoiler:- Sparkling...:

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[2rsa]

Still no shiny Eevee!I'm currently @ 1300 eggs.I guess Eevee won't shine before my exams.I'll be collecting eggs for a while then.

[Dylz]

Currently on 500 SR's, time to sleep and get 1k extra tomorrow. GL all!

[TheMaster327]

6,000 ducks... This truly is motivationally draining... BUT I WILL CONTINUE!!!

[JohnNiles]

Hmm... I'm having a hard time trying to figure out which ability would be better for the shiny Munchlax I'm breeding- Thick Fat or Gluttony. Snorlax has high special def. so maybe it doesn't need the extra Fire/Water resistance. I'm not sure just how much sooner Gluttony kicks in than usual.

edit: never mind, found it. 50% instead of the usual 25%. Might go nicely with Recycle.

[Lunafloon]

I see a lot of Chikoritas are deciding to shine! Congrats Cuchifru, RaichuArcanine and Dylz! I still treasure my shiny Meganium I got in 2010, she's my favourite shiny in my collection thus far despite Drifblim being my favourite Pokémon. Her colours + the fact I somehow managed to get female just can't be beaten yet! Maybe when I get Porygon-Z which has been a target for nearly 4 years now ;D
Her names Hibiscus for anyone who likes hearing that kind of stuff, but I don't have natures or anything on hand sorry...

And OF COURSE congrats on EVERY other shiny since my last post, I remember an Eevee, Pidgey, Gothita, Pawniyard and possibly a lot more. And good luck to everyone on their current hunts! Am I to expect many, many baby Pokémon?

As for me, still working on the Shiny Charm for now. I miss shiny hunting but I haven't had time to squeeze in both yet, and I would like to get this Shiny Charm sooner rather than later!
I've now got 504 obtained in my National Dex leaving me with 145 left to get! I should, as long as everything goes smoothly, be able to finish by the end of this week, hopefully!
After that, I'm unsure if it'll be Shaymin or one of my badge quests... My boyfriend is SRing for Registeel so our Virbank Complex race with Shiny Charms is postphoned. And I was so excited too!

Anyways, pointless update, but keeping track helps stay motivated and I love seeing people get my favourite Johto starter as a shiny XP
Now if only I could get Totodile and finish off my trio. Hopefully I will for my eventual SS badge quest!

Edit:

You only need 638 pokemon to get the shiny charm... the event-only distributed ones aren't counted for pokedex completion.

I know! I didn't go into the game expecting to need event legends for anything, but I already have most. I think Jirachi, Celebi and Meloetta are the only ones I'm missing, and it's easier to just count every Pokémon since I do plan to eventually try and get those 3.
Regardless, if it bothers anyone, just take 3 from my total, though I've been working hard since I posted and now I only have 133 (or 130) left to get, woo! ^w^