>Playing Emerald for the first time, 8 yrs old,
>walking around mt Pyre
>Run into a vulpix
>First time seeing a vulpix
>It's a shiney
>I didn't realize that it was a shiney, I just thought all vulpix were yellow
>kill it
anyone else have any similar stories?
It still haunts me to this day
>>27170565
nah
>start emerald before ORAS comes out
>part without pokeballs
>grinding a little
>notice one zigzagoons color is off but distracted by tv and such
>kill it
>encounter another zag
>regular colored
>realization hit me that i encountered a shiny zigzagoon and killed it without second thought
guess it didn't matter because i didn't have balls anyway
Yes I got a story
>be in 4th grade
>playing ruby
>run into swablu
>its yellow
>tell older brother about it
>tells me its a in game virus
>oh no I don't wanna corrupt my data
>kill it
It was my first shiny bros ;/
>>27170565
I'm not underage, so no
>>27170657
My worst nightmare
>>27170565
>Pokemon Crystal
>find a shiny Golbat
>thought it was a female sprite
>got interested to catch it
>knocked it out
At least I used a save state.
>>27170672
Your brother is either retarded or an asshole. Probably the ladder.
Nah, never happened to me yet. The ones that are barely a shade different from the normal counterparts tend to be my trouble though if I missed the initial sparkle.
>Pokemon X
>read this thread
>Search for female eevee on Friend Safari
>Shiny eevee
>Its male
>still no female eevee
i just wanted a female vaporeon
>playing sapphire on gba with buddy
>switching gba because he doesnt have one
>he tells me a roselia has different color than the others he is grinding
>"i wonder if it gives more xp"
> kills it before i can say anything
> still have nightmares about it
>>27170780
he sexually identifies as a ladder
>Crystal
>didn't realize shinies were a thing
>magikarp sparkles a little
>.....fuck it, I need a gyarados
>catch it and train it
>battle friends later
>they can't believe I have a shiny gyarados
>wreck their shit
>start specifically hunting shiny shit
>be 8
>playing pokemon Gold
>new game
>walking towards Prof. Elm's friend where you meet Prof. Oak
>patch of grass
>wild Metapod
>sprite is red and theres a shining animation
>immediately think my game is glitching out
>didn't even have pokeballs to attempt catching it
>just sighed and turned the game off and on
>mfw I read about shiny pokemon a year later
>>27171141
>Crystal
Shit sucks
>>27170565
>be little kid playing Crystal
>had no idea what a shiny was
>just defeated Clair and went to the early routes
>golden Pidgey appears
>think it must be some kind of legendary or rare secret
>"so cool, I have to capture it!"
>weaken it to red HP with a mon I was training
>throw the balls>all of them fail
>had like 20-25 ultras
>down to zero balls
>"oh well, guess it's normal it's so hard to capture, I'll probably find it again another day"
>later a neighbor girl tells me what shiny pokemon are
>mfw I learn they don't have a harder catch rate
What were the fucking chances.
Fuck you, pokemon, fuck you.
>Encounter only around 5 shinies
>1 was a Chansey in a Safari Zone
>2 were on emulators
>the rest were all Zubats
The Zubats would be fine, since I love Crobat, but Crobat's shiny sprite is fucking ugly.
>>27171141
>shiny gyarados in crystal
>impressive
u wot
