Would a sudden shiny change your team?

[flaming infernape]

Ok, you've just started your game, you've gotten your pokeballs, and are on your way to the first badge. You are suddenly attacked by a wild pokemon, and it's shiny! You successfully catch it and you feel whatever you would feel if you caught one.

Now the question comes. If you already had a planned-out team of pokemon you wanted, would you rearrange it to make room for your super-lucky catch?

For me, I would, and have. Because of two very lucky catches, my FR hall of fame included a shiny Pidgeot and Gengar.

 

[Torgetsu Kon]

I do that all of the time. When I first found my shiny Shroomish, I had already caught another Shroomish, but I immediatly traded it in for the shiny. Also, when I found my shiny Abra, I added him onto my team. I did this with countless others as well

 

[Ino-Chan]

It would depend on the Pokemon. If it was a Bidoof or something hm slave-like, then no I would just catch it.

 

[MetaRobo]

Frankly, after I went through all my trouble to train my regular Pokemon, I do not want to just ditch it for some shiny. I got a shiny Zubat, but I still use a regular Crobat because I trained that one up from the beginning of the game.

 

[flaming infernape]

You have a point. I guess I wouldn't either if I were in the same situation, but if it was reletively near my team level, I would definately consieder a change, even if it is a bidoof or whatever.

 

[Shinx3000]

It would depend on its Evs or IVs. I had a shiny sableye I caught, but it was not great for battling very much so I never changed my team to include it, and it was lv50 like most of my team when I caught it.

So if it were not that great, I'd catch it, good pokemon, I'd use it in my team. Same as any pokemon really.

 

[The Outrage]

How would it possibly depend on its EVs when all wild Pokémon start with an EV count of zero.

For me it depends on where at the game I'm at. I trained a shiny Beedrill in Leaf Green because I caught it as a weedle early on. If it was after I beat the Elite 4, it would depend on whether I like it or not.

 

[Aero]

Nope. My Pokémon are EV trained. I don't need any of them to be replaced for unnecessary reasons. Besides, we're just talking about alternatively coloured Pokémon. They aren't that big a deal.

Unless you're into being unique, of course.

 

[Lesley_GSC]

I have to say, all my shiny catches have been after the E-4, so this has never happened to me. But, if something of the sort did happen...

Hellz yes!

 

[Torgetsu Kon]

Frankly, after I went through all my trouble to train my regular Pokemon, I do not want to just ditch it for some shiny. I got a shiny Zubat, but I still use a regular Crobat because I trained that one up from the beginning of the game.

Something like that happened to me. On my LG, I had raised a Crobat to around level 70 when a shiny Zubat appeared. I wanted the green Zubat, but I didn't want to abandon my Crobat. The solution: I raised both, but with different movesets. They kicked a$$

 

[Æsahættr]

Well it would have to depend for me, whether it was a regular shiny of a PokéRadar shiny. If it was a regular 1 in 8192 shiny, then yes, I probably would and if it were a PokéRadar shiny it's probably one I wanted for my team anyways, so...

Yes.

 

[Lil Brother]

Unless it were something that I really liked, I would probably ship it off to the PC, never to be heard from again except for on message boards when I would proclaim "I have a shiny *Pokémon* in *Version*" in those "How many shinies do you have?" threads.

 

[Shiny Noctowl]

If it had a good nature or even a decent nature I would use it. For example, my shiny Medicham and Mew are Docile and Mild, respectively, which aren't good natures, but they aren't bad natures either. However, I won't use my shiny Beedrill, Crobat, or Linoone, since their natures are Modest, Calm, and Sassy, respectively.

 

[Menx]

It would depend on what the Pokemon was. It would have to be the same kind of Pokemon that I use.

 

[Missingno. Master]

When I caught a shiny Rattata in FireRed, I didn't replace my regular Rattata of the same level.

So no.

 

[Platina Berlitz]

It would all depend on the Pokemon I'm looking for. I wouldn't care about the nature at all...

 

[Lon]

Prior to my current restart of Pearl, all my Shinies came after the Elite Four.

Going by just my (currently) shiny Gyarados, I'd say yes. I intended on grabbing a Remoraid for Byron, but when I saw that sparkle, it all changed.

 

[Flaze]

lucky I don't even know if shinies epcist in my game.

 

[X Dragoon]

I always just save them up for trading......I'd also leave it untouched.

 

[PDL]

Certainly not.

I put alot of effort into finding the right Pokémon with high IVs, the correct nature, ability and possibly gender. Plus I put alot of effort into getting the correct moves.

Besides, most of the shinies I come across only have average battling ability or lower then average. So I wouldn't consider ditching a perfectly good Pokémon just because something came along that's shiny.