Congrats to Cyberra on Wingull, Lucario, Magikarp, and Luvdisc, Supremacy on Meditite, jrmftw on Wingull, Murkrow, and Cyndaquil (and those free shinies from HG), blue8arman on Poliwhirl x2 and Audino, I, Pink Elephant on Shuppet, ArdhiS on Tropius, Amaura, Sliggoo, Rattata, Jigglypuff, Dugtrio, Vullaby, Chansey, Teddiursa, Ariados, and Ninetales, MimiSkitty on Croagunk, MYNISTA on Tropius, mapijs on Abra, NintendoFan82 on Dragalge, ClipOwl on Venipede x5 (holy cow! and my condolences on Chikorita), Alfred Jones on Shelgon, DCFCdan on Hoppip, shinyclauncher1234 on Landorus, TaurosRicardo on Zubat, Jirachi9 on Rhydon and Charmander, Squirtle_Master on Charmander, Duckzorz on Gastly, PhazonRain429 on Goomy, FarFromFreedom on Whismur, xKatie0391 on Phantump, PKMaster2 on Beldum, tothewest88 on your three shinies (I can't see the attachments for some reason, sorry), Tsukuyomi56 on Wingull, TheFonz on Gastly, and everyone else on your shinies!
Also, big thanks to Supremacy, jrmftw, Roseheart95, ClipOwl, and Cpchris for the congrats, it's much appreciated. ^_^
So I didn't do any hunting yesterday - instead, I decided to finish White with my 8-man army of shinies. I got my eighth badge (which was a struggle as the majority of my Pokemon are pretty slow and those Dragon-types could two-shot most of my Pokemon), and then I was off to the Pokemon League. I really wish I could use all of my shinies on my team at once, but sadly I had to leave Garbodor and Litwick behind before taking on the Elite Four. My Pokemon were pretty underleveled, so it took me a while to get through. But eventually, my ideals triumphed over N and Ghetsis, and I officially finished my BadgeQuest with a time of around 189 hours. I have to say, that was one of the biggest senses of achievement I've had in a Pokemon game in a very long time.
Then tonight, I decided to start my SoulSilver BQ, and thought I'd just get a few SRs done for a starter. The Johto starters are one of the few starter trios that I think all look great in their shiny forms (even though Chikorita is my favorite of the three overall), so I was excited to start the hunt. So I'm sitting there watching a TV program, just casually doing SRs (which go a heck of a lot faster than 5th gen, which is nice). And a couple of hours into it, I cycle through the starters and notice one of them is not like the others. That's right, I found a Shiny Totodile in 244 SRs.
I was absolutely speechless when I saw that light blue Totodile on my screen. I could not believe how fast it went. I just started this BQ tonight. I only did two. Hundred. Forty. Four. Freaking. Resets. And I already have shiny #1 - I can't believe it! Even though Chikorita was my target, I fell in love with the little croc after recovering from my initial shock, because like Golett, Totodile looks so much better on the actual game. It's just amazing, all the way around (love the backsprite - forgot how clean they are in HGSS, especially compared to 5th gen). I named him Zawadi, which apparently means "gift" in Swahili, and he has a Naive nature, which is actually pretty good as natures go (at least it wasn't Modest or something like that). I know I've said this in like my last five posts here, but I just cannot get over my incredible luck right now.
I guess now I'm off to claim my second BQ shiny already... I think I'm going to try Route 32 for a Mareep or Hoppip. Also may put my Skiddo hunt on hold and start MMing for another Pokemon for the CH, but I haven't decided yet. I'm still just flabbergasted by this whole turn of events, seriously... I thought I was going to be seeing those starters for a long while.
Good luck to all of you on your hunts!
Edit: Wow long post is long... XD