VGC Pokemon Black/White Thread

[lestatdark]

zgamer5 said:

SecondWar said:

lestatdark said:

toastboy44562 said:

Conegamer said:

lestatdark said:

toastboy44562 said:

i have about 20 shiny pokemon :p i think you guys just dont realize you ran into a shiny pokemon

It's pretty easy to realise when you get into a Shiny pokemon fight, especially since Gen II they always give out a visual hint of some sorts and not just a different coloured sprite pokemon

Heck on the most recent gens they even give out a sound cue XD.

Precisely. I've likely encountered around 20,000 wild pokemon over the years, using a 1/15,000 ratio, I should have only encountered one. Toastboy is just ridiculously lucky....

hmm well i think some shiny pokemon are set there. because in firered and leaf green i got a shiny larvitar in both games in the same spot.

There are no set shiny pokemon besides the Red Gyarados in Gold/Silver, HeartGold/SoulSilver, the Shiny legendary dogs or the shiny pichu needed to get the spiky-eared pichu (these two last cases are only obtained via Wi-Fi event). 

Not counting the set ones (ie Gyarados, Pichu and the Legendary Beasts) I was rather unlucky until Gen IV. Ran out of Pokeballs on Gold so missed the Red Gyarados, did run into a shiny Sableye on Sapphire which became my sole shiny for several years. Had a shiny Gyarados (random encounter) and Nidorino escape on LeafGreen, before bumping into a shiny Kricketune a long way down the line, which also nearly escaped but this time had a MasterBall. A few months later got a Snover which didnt cause too much trouble. Found if you just forget about them, theyll pop up as a pleasant surprise.

ive been playing pokemon since gen 1, never encountered a shiny

That's a pretty feasible possibility, given that you could go over 40K pokemon encounters without finding a single one (based purely on statistics).