What was your reaction to your first shiny?

[blastoise92]

while playing Soul Silver, i found a shiny onix near the end of Victory road. I was so excited because i felt it was a cooler looking shiny then some of the others. I then evolved it into a gold steelix and hes awesome

 

[DioBrandoTHEWORLD]

My first Shiny Pokemon was an Kabuto(Green color) in Pokemon Fire Red when I was a kid. I thought: ''What is this?'' LOL

And yeah... I got him from the Fossil.

 

[Leonhart]

My first Shiny was the Red Gyarados from Gold/Silver/Crystal. I was a naive kid back then however, because I thought it was the only Shiny Pokemon in the games. It wasn't until a few years later when I played Ruby that I realized that all Pokemon had Shiny forms.

 

[RedJirachi]

My first Shiny was the Red Gyarados from Gold/Silver/Crystal. I was a naive kid back then however, because I thought it was the only Shiny Pokemon in the games. It wasn't until a few years later when I played Ruby that I realized that all Pokemon had Shiny forms.

What was your second shiny? Did you learn from discovering it or did you already know shinies come in all shapes and sizes

 

[Ceecee-typhlosion]

Apart from the Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage which I deliberately Ko'd because 'my blue one was cooler'

I found a shiny Raticate at Route 10. Caught it... jumped up and down in excitement. Dropped my Gameboy and the batteries fell out.

...... I had not saved the game

 

[RedJirachi]

Apart from the Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage which I deliberately Ko'd because 'my blue one was cooler'

I found a shiny Raticate at Route 10. Caught it... jumped up and down in excitement. Dropped my Gameboy and the batteries fell out.

...... I had not saved the game

I'm really sorry for you man. If I ever get more than one shiny Rattata, I'd give one to you.

Which Gameboy are we talking about, Color or Advance?

 

[Ceecee-typhlosion]

I'm really sorry for you man. If I ever get more than one shiny Rattata, I'd give one to you.

Which Gameboy are we talking about, Color or Advance?

Hahahaha thanks man. That is just one of a number of shiny fails of mine.

I was playing GBA gold version on a Gameboy Advance - my parents were late to give me a handheld console for a birthday present.

 

[huxord]

Ahh, I Remember my first shiny, way back when i was really young... It was in my copy of heart gold, and it was a shiny hoppip! Well, my brother actually found it, but it was my game lol. My brother was like "oh my god hunter, is that a shiny?" and i replyed "Oh my god!..." Evolved it up to a jumpluff, and sadly, deleted that save

RIP Jumpluff, you will forever be missed...

 

[Blazerstar]

The very first shiny I encountered was a Numel back in Pokemon Ruby, however since I didn't know what a shiny was at the time, I ran away from it. I did however make up for that by retrieving the shiny Dragonite from the White Treehollow and catching a shiny Purrlion soon after in White 2.

 

[Espmaster]

The first shiny I ever found was a Wurmple, in Route 102. I thought it was cool, but I was somewhat underwhelmed by it being a Wurmple.
Actually, I'm not sure if this one was first, or if the first one I ever found was that Golbat in Sky Pillar. I found it while climbing to catch Rayquaza, and the only Poke Ball I had was the Master Ball. I wanted to use the Master Ball on Rayquaza, so I had to make the hard choice to run away.

 

[Vroomer]

A substantial portion of my reactions are subdued. Because I find them at night when my wife & kids are sleeping.

I would've jumped, danced, & shouted when Shiny Cresseila popped - but my kids were asleep. Quietly "screaming" YES & fist pumping was all I could do.

 

[WildHennaCharizard]

Eyes lighting up with a small whoa!

 

[lemoncatpower]

I remember my first touch of different coloured pokemon.... having your gba pokemon on pokemon stadium and when they have good nicknames they will be off coloured. I always thought that was the coolest, and I know it doesn't really count. Other than that my first shiny was a Slugma in my gold version while going down from Celadon to Fuschia. My gold unfortunely did not have a lasting battery and my files will not save anymore.

 

[WooperTrooper]

Shiny Makuhita in Ruby!

 

[Minedreigon]

Well, it was this random Geodude that blew up on me. I was looking for a Hippopotas and didn't even know what shinies were. It was so long ago that I've kind of forgotten my reaction. I do remember my reaction to my second shiny: another Geodude at the Ruins of Alph via rock smash.

"My greatest second chance!"

 

[ForYou2DaMoon]

Disappointment. It was a Zubat.

 

[PKxAndulu]

My first shiny was a Zubat in Pokemon Gold for the Gameboy Colour. I only remember how I acknowledged the shiny sparkle around the Zubat and just felt overwhelmed. That being said my story shiny Red Gyrados made me look into the whole shiny factor. After I reed up on how shiny Pokemon appear I told myself not to care so much about Variant Pokemon it will kill you I told myself. However I continued to play Pokemon as I wanted and I would say I spend a lot of my time playing Pokemon so eventually you see more shiny Pokemon. The point is I knew that if I started shiny hunting that's it Ive almost given myself no endgame. I enjoy Pokemon a lot I'm glad I gave myself what I feel is a huge task that I may never complete. Id like to thank everyone on this thread for letting me share that amazing moment when you first encountered that shiny Pokemon! Good times! GL HF!

 

[Nerdy McNerdface]

When I got my first proper shiny (Togedemaru), it was kind of early in the morning so I had to stop myself from making any noises so I didn't disturb my family. I wanted to sit there yelling "OH MY GOD!" though.

 

[Alloutℯ]

I was excited when I found a Shiny Pidgey because even though it didn't look amazing, it was my first Shiny and it was memorable.

 

[JeffreyRinas]

A bit lackluster actually. I ran into a shiny Pidgey while backtracking in gold. I ran away from it wondering why the animation took longer than usual.