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Your first shiny. How? when? where?

my first shiny was in gold i was searching for a pikachu to use on my team in the forest place when i found one it came out with stars and looking strange i knew i should catch it no matter what so i did didnt find out what i had until diamond and pearl when i saw an article on shiny pokemon too bad i lost that gold version somewhere in texas i think
 
Since Unova is a new region in a far and different location, I might as well start from scratch.

Just two days ago, in Victory Road, I encountered my first Shiny in a new area! I must say, I'm pretty glad. It was a wild Boldore, Level 41 with a Hardy nature, and I caught it on my first Ultra Ball. It's very dynamic, and I consider it lucky as I was just about to use a Max Repel.

It's currently a happy and healthy Level 63 Gigalith.

UPDATE: 3/19/11
Caught: March 16, 2011
Where: Unova Victory Road
How: I accidentally forgot to lay a Max Repel, and as I was walking, I encountered Boldore.
 
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Pkmn Silver. Like the noob I was, I was in Mt. Silver trying to fish for Marill (had no idea they showed up in those swarms, didn't even know what a swarm was!).
Lo and behold, after a good half-hour of hopeless fishing with the Super Rod, I land a... sparkling Goldeen. Of course, I catch it, carry it in my team for a bit, totally amazed, not entirely sure WHAT it was, only it glimmered like the red Gyarados. I reluctantly evolve it, thinking it will lose its shiny status... Nope. A different-colored Seaking to show off.

I can still see the area in my head clearly, where I was at when I first encountered the thing. Quite a shock. Of course, it wouldn't be till after I started a new save that I would find more shinies.

...Oh, and my bro found his first shiny in a Pidgey at the very start of his Johto adventure. No Pokeballs, nothin'. Go figure, haha.
 
Generation 5. Unova route 14. 3-19-11.

I was training my pokemon by running around in the dark grass, when I found a shiny tropius. Threw a quick ball, which quikly failed. Now I started to panic. There was only one pokemon in my party which could safely attack it without ko'ing it, and I was afraid that it would score a critical hit or be k.O.'d (I had no revives) I used dragon pulse, got its hp into the yellow and caught it in an ultra ball. YAAAAAAAAAAY!
 
Gen 2, Silver. Gyarados :U
But in more serious matters, Gen 4, Platinum. I was searching for a Ralts that was not terrible and found a shiny Bibarel. I killed it, since shiny dung is still dung.
While I was messing around in the Trophy Garden that same Plat, I found a shiny Roselia. Caught it, neutral nature, turned it into a subseeder.
 
My first shiny was a Wailmer I got in Mossdeep city in ruby version. I decided to hunt for it when I heard a rumor that shiny wailmer where easily encounter in that city apparantly they are. I loved that Wailmer unfortunately I lost the game with my beloved wailmer (Wailord at that time).
 
First Shiny in Unova: Claydol, LV 48

How: Random Encounter
When: Mar 19, 2011 at 8:00-9:00 P.M.
Where: Relic Castle, Room before Volcarona

Extra information: First Claydol I've seen, as well as my first Shiny in Unova(not counting the Crown Beasts)
 
Jolly nature
3/20/2011
route 10
met at lv. 34
likes to run

dex no. 013
name herdier
ot ****
id no. 04023

nick name sheila

i was litterly training!
thank a-tuin for fulse swipe!
 
My first shiny was a lvl 4 spearow in Gold version, found it at the bottom of route 46, but I personally hate spearow so I traded it away for a Mewtwo :-D
 
I actually saw two shinnies in my SoulSilver game. The first was a sentret and I don't recall the second one, but my boyfriend was mad at me for not catching them. However, I'm not really a collector, so I don't carry pokeballs.
 
My first shiny was a Sewaddle which I caught in Pinwheel Forest in Black. I trained it to evolve to a Levanny before battling Burgh. This is not including the event shiny pokemon which are the Pikachu coloured Pichu, the shiny Eevee and the shiny legendary beasts which I have.
 
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The first shiny I saw was on my friend's silver game. We were kids and neither of us knew what it was, and when I saw a strange-coloured swinub I thought it was a bug and grabbed his gameboy and turned it off xD
He wasn't too angry because he didn't know what it was either, but when we found out later he was a bit :D
 
The first one I ever caught (and have seen to date!) was a shiny nidorina in silver. Being the super-nerd I am, I spent my master ball on it once I ran through a decent majority of my other balls (I only had dratini's on me at the time, so, no status effects, and I wasn't going to risk it!)

It was worth it though, getting a green Nidoqueen. Shame I had already beat the elite 4 and most of Kanto's gyms by then, haha...
 
My first was just last week, in Black.
My luck finally came, was IV breeding, and suddenly, a random shiny Munna hatched! xD
 
I was training my Carnivine on Route 48 in SoulSilver and BING! A wild shiny Farfetch'd appeared!
...I wasted ten Ultra Balls before I caught the thing. :/
 
I may have encountered one in Gold, but I can't recall what it was. The earliest shiny I can remember was a geodude (nickname: Goldude) on a LeafGreen ROM. But my earliest legitimate one was a Kakuna on SoulSilver, which I traded to someone on this very forum.

EDIT: According to my private messages, it was Bttsstewart.
 
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Oh dear goodness, my first shiny: Magnemite. I caught it in Pokemon Ruby but I don't remember what years. (I believe 2003) I was walking out of New Mauville when I ran into it. Me being young and not so knowledgeable about shinies, I just thought it was special because it has a star and was gold. I did catch it because it was cool. Couple years later (2010) I ran into a shiny Smoochum. It was my first time walking into the Snowpoint Temple and that was the first pokemon I encountered there. It was such a surprise to me. Luckily I had the volume up on the DS or I would have never known it was shiny. My third shiny happened that same year in Trophy Garden. It was a random shiny Roselia. That got me extra excited because I love Roselia. I've tried to catch a shiny using the PokeRadar but my chain always breaks and I never find anything. Oh well.
 
I ran into a wild shiny Seel in Fire Red as my first. That game also got me a shiny Zubat.
 
I caught my first (and only) shiny about a year ago in Silver. I was wandering around in a cave and suddenly I encountered a shiny Onix. Of course I caught him, and I named him Shine. lol

I just wish I could trade him to SS or White so I could show him off and actually use him. :T
 
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