What was the shiny that got away?

[Ojama Yellow]

Forgot to mention how shiny Lotad got away. It was the first ever shiny I saw, and I was like 'HOLY CRAP MY GAME IS CRASHING HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP HOLY CRA-' and at that moment I turned the DS off. Looking back at it now...god damnit.

I also forgot to mention the time I started a new game on Pearl, but one you couldn't save. First Shinx I encounter: shiny. BUT WAIT. That isn't the end. I encountered a shiny Machop just before the first Gym too. Believe it or not. I never touched that Pearl cartridge ever again, especially because in my normal Pearl save, of which I played 300 hours, I. Never. Found. Any. Shiny. At. All.

Edited July 18, 2014 by Pineapple

[Vinny]

I wonder what you'll do if you find a shiny Octillery, Bibs.

[Raspbeh]

Shiny Spinda, Emerald. I was sure it's a Psychic type. SURE. So I tried to hit him with a fighting-type attack. From Breloom (if i remind well). Smart move.

[anethia]

A shiny mawile when I was younger

didnt know it was shiny

i dont want a mawile *release*

i was dumb.

Edited July 19, 2014 by Alatreon

[Sapphire]

None. There's a reason that I always carry Masterballs around.

[Etesian]

My memory of my first shiny encounter is one filled with dissapointment. It was in Pokemon Dark Rising, at the time I discovered emulation, 2 years ago. Just before, I played some game in which differently colored enemies yeilded extra money/XP. So when I saw a shiny Chikorita during a grinding session, I killed it without hesitation, only to be disappointed to recieve standard XP. I was even more disappointed to later find out what Shinies were and that wild starters in that game hold Exp.Shares.

Well, even after I found out what shinies are, if they weren't a Pokemon I would use, I would kill 'em most of the time. No point in catching them if I'll never use them. The only Shiny I ever caught and used was here in Reborn, a Shiny Infiltrator Golbat on my first run which was also the first shiny I found in this game.

[2tousent]

I found a shiny doduo in ruby many many years ago, and it got away, literally T_T i was in the safari

Edited July 20, 2014 by 2tousent

[CURIE]

In the official games, there was a Regice in Ruby version that I'm pretty sure now was shiny but I didn't realize it (it was my first time ever seeing a Regice). Also a shiny Marowak in Leaf Green that knocked itself out in confusion.

In Reborn there were several shinies that I got away, mainly because of how common they are, some of them because I already had their shiny forms.

But one from Reborn that particularly stands out to me was an Electrode in Shade's gym. Guess what happened.

EDIT: there's one more in Leaf Green. A Meowth in the trainer tower on 7th island. Thing is, once the Pokemon is generated, it's there forever. So every time you go through the trainer tower on my Leaf Green cartridge, the shiny Meowth will be there, laughing at you...

Edited July 20, 2014 by Eagleby18

[Bilbo]

Never encountered a single wild shiny in the main games. Ran away from dozens of shinies in Reborn and hatched many as well.

[TurboAura]

Shiny Spinarak in SoulSilver, out of Balls. Shiny Tentacool, caught it, saved it, avoided losing it when my game said it couldn't save because I traded it over to HeartGold, transferred it up to BW... and my friend lost the cartridge when I gave it to him to drain anything I didn't need... I got pissed, said whatever, and imagine what I could have done with a Shiny Tentacruel, since this was just after I learnt about competitive and just before PokeBank... R.I.P. Ikkimoto the Tentacool, let I one day remember your species' set when making a team.

[Mint_Spaghetti]

First time playing emerald. Just finished talking to dad and wally caught the ralts. Go to petalburg woods. First slakoth I find is shiny. No idea what a shiny is. LOL MY POKEMINS R TEH 1337!!!111!!! Kill slakoth. Years later found out about shiny pokemon. mfw:

to this day I remember the tragic events of petalburg woods

[wallacethepig]

In FireRed, I caught a shiny Meowth.

I was in shock and awe - I had caught my very first shiny. If I remember, that's like a 1/8192 chance or something.

I evolve it into Persian, all the fun stuff.

And then...and then...I lose my copy of FireRed. Why me.

As for Reborn, I was trying to catch Beldum. Found a shiny. Didn't catch it. Gave up out of depression. Beldum, I'll be back for you someday.

But I've seriously killed or run from shinies that I have no interest in training in Reborn. A 1% chance isn't all that special, at least compared to a 1/8192 chance.

[Lilia]

In the games (since I've never played X/Y) I have yet to encounter a shiny beyond the Red Gyrados....

In Reborn, I find shiny's a lot and catch them when I can...but I was fit to cry over the loss of the Shiny Drifloon for that event...

[Duster]

In my second play through of Y the Bunnelby in the tutorial on to catch a pokemon was a shiny.

This was also the first ever shiny I encountered in the wild. The disappointment was real.

[iowayshay]

In the games (since I've never played X/Y) I have yet to encounter a shiny beyond the Red Gyrados....

In Reborn, I find shiny's a lot and catch them when I can...but I was fit to cry over the loss of the Shiny Drifloon for that event...

That is actually heartbreaking. I love shiny Lopunny. I'm so sorry...

In the official games I've encountered 2 total wild shinys, one was a shiny buizel, which I caught, the other was a shiny shuppet. My team was too strong, and I ran out of pokeballs....

[Chase]

A Zubat in Silver... My game died in the middle of catching it... Just why.

Zubat, Granite Cave, Hoenn.....Tears were shed.

[Northen]

First time playing emerald. Just finished talking to dad and wally caught the ralts. Go to petalburg woods. First slakoth I find is shiny. No idea what a shiny is. LOL MY POKEMINS R TEH 1337!!!111!!! Kill slakoth. Years later found out about shiny pokemon. mfw:

Same here, with a shiny Torchic (pkm sapphire). I was like "what, is my game glitching ?" and I did a new game. I was 7.

And another starter, 3rd G again. Mudkip. Little cousin who stole your gameboy and save without telling you. cnkslsbdfbsk.

[Omega_Ra1der]

contee,caught. Zubat in patluim(spelling error) caught but deleted the saved

[Lord Bagel]

When i had first gotten diamond and beat the game i started using the radar thing to try find shinies. Eventually i not only found a shiny buy a shiny larvitar! that was when i realized i had no pokeballs.

[Meruem]

7 years ago, in emerald, found a shiny golbat in meteor falls while seeking for bagon

and i crited it

it didnt survive ;-;

Edited September 21, 2014 by MMM

[Cornerman]

shiny zubat/sentret in crystal

shiny roselia/poochyena in ruby/saphire

Never encountered a shiny again in the main games

Edited September 21, 2014 by Cornerman

[MetalKing1417]

A shiny Lugia in soul Silver that I was soft resetting for half a month. Brought down by a rouge critical hit. For bonus points the killer was a shiny itself (yes the red gyarados).

[lost-silver]

Emerald... I was only a wee lad in second grade (year two) and I was playing in the cave between verdanturf and rustboro and low and behold shiny whismur, and I quote said. " om my gosh why are there so many whismur this ones not even the right color it's so stupid." And I ran.

hahahahahahah! XD omg thats so funny! hahaha im literaly dying of laughter right now omg XD

[AeroWraith]

I was a stupid kid when I had Fire Red. I killed two shinies which were Tentacool, and Rattata. Reasons were....well...because "I didn't like they're shiny colors". Every time I look back on it, I just want to slam my head into my pillow multiple times. As for Reborn, was going to catch a shiny geodude, and shiny pineco, but they used self-destruct, but whatever, I'll probably find another one at some point.

[Raviel the Phantom]

Back when I had Pokemon Crystal, the breeder guy would give you a random Pokemon egg. When it finally hatched out popped a shiny Pichu. Then the game's save file burned out. Rest in pixels my little friend.