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Shinies :(

I know someone who bred about 150 Ralts' to get a shiny Gallade. Finally got it, Jolly, we go to check IVs and everythings 31 except sp atk.


Wasn't too pleased with his luck there.
 
I know someone who bred about 150 Ralts' to get a shiny Gallade. Finally got it, Jolly, we go to check IVs and everythings 31 except sp atk.


Wasn't too pleased with his luck there.

5 31s and on a shiny is rather... rare...

Especially on someone who only tried 150 times to get a shiny Gallade. The average to get a shiny is 1/8192. To get one so quickly is pretty rare in itself too.

Of course, by now you probably are noticing my sarcastic tone and my overall disbelief in your story. It's not that I don't believe you, but I'd like to see some proof first.
 
Well, the only proof I can give you is a pokesav screenshot when I checked the IVs.


Of course, that doesn't exactly help to prove my story in the least, considering it was pokesav.


Take from this story what you will, I'm not here to bend over backwards to get you to believe me. 150 was also a bit of a ballpark number, and it's hard to tell now as he's traded most of his Ralts' away.
 
I had a shiny psyduck while catching stuff in Safari zone back in Emerald. Lol

I got it cause there was a big typhoon here and everythnig was blackout for like 3-5 days. I had nothing else to do.
 
I don't have any shinies in Diamond, but I have a shiny Linoone in Sapphire and a shiny Tentacool in Firered (though I'll proboably trade it away.)
 
I'm such a whore:
Shiny Gyarados(Ruby/Sapphire transfer)
Shiny Geodude(EV Training)
Shiny Oddish(Ruby/Sapphire transfer)
Shiny Latios(GTS for AMBIPOM!!!)

lol I've never tried the Pokeradar, though.
 
I am now up to 10 shinies wth the PokeRadar:

1 Shinx (Adamant)
1 Nidoran Female
1 Voltorb (Naive)
2 Bidoof's
3 Starly's (1 Jolly)
2 Larvitars (both Adamant :))
 
I have a shiny Sudowoodo that I caught in one of my late night playing sessions.

I almost didn't realize it, since I was so tired.

I named him Newton! :)

I have several other shinies now, but they're from trades.
 
In Pokemon Silver, I ran into a shiny Mareep and a shiny Nidorina in the same patch of grass on the same day and did not catch them because it made me think shinies were easier to get than I thought. Or maybe I was just n00btarded...
In my Leaf Green I have a shiny diglet...black nose LOL
 
I just realized i had a shiny poliwhirl and kakuna in my silver and i swear to god shinies got harder to find in advance than they were in GSC.
 
If it makes you feel any better, one time i got a shiny palkia off the GTS. so I tried to clone it. I offered it for a lvl100 female wurmple.
Because my wifi is sometimes homosexual, it said that there was a communication error. after 5 or 6 tries, i got back in, only to find that my brand new shiny palkia had been traded for a lvl100 wurmple.

I was extremely pissed off the next day.
 
just got done checkingIV's of some of the shinies I caught, and they are definately worthwhile
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Larvitar Female (Adamant)
HP: 1
Att: 24
Def: 1
Sp A: 15
Sp D: 14
Speed: 19

Larvitar Male (Adamant)
HP: 8
Att: 30
Def: 7
Sp A: 21
Sp D: 9
Speed: 2

Starly (Jolly)
HP: 9
Att: 26
Def: 10
Sp A: 0
Sp D: 5
Speed: 6

Voltorb (Naive)
HP: 28
Att: 30
Def: 21
Sp A: 21
Sp D: 1
Speed: 26

Magnemite (Naive)
HP: 11
Att: 15
Def: 24
Sp A: 16
Sp D: 21
Speed: 23

Voltorb specially is outstanding! And the Larvitars will serve their purpose for CBTyranitar.
 
If it makes you feel any better, one time i got a shiny palkia off the GTS. so I tried to clone it. I offered it for a lvl100 female wurmple.
Because my wifi is sometimes homosexual, it said that there was a communication error. after 5 or 6 tries, i got back in, only to find that my brand new shiny palkia had been traded for a lvl100 wurmple.

I was extremely pissed off the next day.

Was it MikkelDemey's Uberwurm (GameFAQs user who beat one of the 3rd gen games using only a Wurmple after he got it). Don't put up Dialgas/Palkias; everyone wants one on the GTS.
 
I used to be completely obsessive about getting shinies, but the pokeradar drove me insane, so I did something much more useful: bred pokemon for my team. Now my team is halfway bred, and it turns out I got a shiny Gible (max attack IVs, but everything else is crap and the Gible is Gentle). So it just goes to show you, breed pokemon.
 
The pokeradar trick never seems to work for me, but I still have my shiny Whismur from emerald that I got while Eving my Milotic in Hp.
 
I've been playinf for a long time too and I only just recently caught my first shiny. Tis a Female Tentacruel that I caught on my Japanese Pearl. I left it with the Japanese name cause I think it's cool to randomly see the Japanese characters in an English game.
 
I found my first non-planted shiny whilst cruising the Great Marsh. Yeah, I found a blue Psyduck during the Safari Game. If I hadn't caught it, I would've thrown the DS across the room.

The only shiny I find and it's in the Safari Game. WTF...
 
The only shinies I ever seen was a Shiny Tangela in Gold and a shiny Bibarel in Diamond. The latter of which was funny because I wasn't even looking for shines and was training for gym battles and this creature appeared. I almost shit myself when I first say, luckly I caught the bugger with ease.
 
Well, I still can't seem to get over 10 in a string on pokeradar, but I did FINALLY (212+ hours) get a shiny zubat. :D

Unfortunately, crobat is crap without egg moves apparently. T_T
 
I tired the pokeradar to get me a shiney rose-(BAN ME PLEASE) (I hate that poke). I thought someone on here would trade one for something...Anyways, 14 was my best chain. Then the thing failed to get a response and no grass moved. I was saddened.
 
I just caught a Shiny Floatzel, and its the first shiny I've ever seen wild. I was using the Pokeradar, but I was trying to chain Gastrodons for EV training.
 
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