what are some instances where you found a shiny randomly? it happened to me just now with a shiny trumbeak! (i caught it btw)
I've caught all sorts of wild shinies at random throughout my time playing Pokémon. One of the most recent ones I've caught was a shiny Minior while I was trying to search for a Cleffa. The moment I saw those sparkles, I thought for sure it was going to be another case of "the wild shiny Weezing used Explosion" incident back when I was playing Pearl version, as I knew Minior often come with Self-Destruct... But it didn't. I cracked its shell open and caught the sucker. I was freaking out. My luck is just insane sometimes.
I've only ever caught one shiny, and that was when my sister accidentally found it when she was playing my Pearl game. She also found a shiny Gloom when she played Y. Come to think of it, I've never actually found a shiny...
My first (and only) shinies were in Pokémon Crystal. I was training my Cubone (in Dark Cave I think?) and then suddenly found a shiny Geodude (and managed to catch it). Then I trained in another place and caught a shiny Weedle. Never found any other shinies ever since.
I had a random shiny encounter in Emerald and in Pokémon Y. It was a female zigzagoon, very early on in the game and she became my second in command. In Pokémon Y, it was a shiny female minun. So far, these were the only instances where it was completely random
huh. i remember witnessing my friend find a shiny plusle while horde hunting. i got to do the honors of catching it
Yes, in fact. It was a ponyta, which remains to this day my favourite shiny Pokémon. The blue flames on its mane and tail look amazing...
I have found a shiny Cottonee in Black 2 randomly, then Chansey in Y and Ralts a day later in Y. After those 3 shines, that is when I started hunting shinies.
Honestly, the craziest shiny luck I've ever had was during my various Nuzlocke runs. I caught a shiny male Nidoran and a shiny Lairon in one of my X Nuzlockes, and a shiny Linoone, Lombre, and Latias in an Alpha Sapphire Nuzlocke, for example. The best shinies are the ones that you aren't even looking for- that sense of pure surprise is something that can't be beat. As far as shinies I've actually hunted, though, my shiny Reshiram that I got in Omega Ruby takes the cake. Took a week of resetting, but it was Modest with 31 IVs in HP, Defense, Special Attack, and Speed- and 30 IVs in Special Defense. It's so near perfect and I love it so much.
In Pokémon moon, about a day after I got the game, I got to route 2 and ended up catching a Shiny Alolan Meowth. She's a Persian now.
For three days in a row, I ended up catching shiny Pokémon. First day was Dimple the Gastly. Next day was Sam the Trumbeak and the third was Jenna the Alolan Meowth.
I found a shiny Rattata right after I got my Poké Balls and starter in LG!! Man thinking on it now, I'm sooo happy it didn't happen when I didn't get any balls to catch stuff with. Even if it's just a Rattata, having to faint it would've sucked. I nicknamed her Ruby and still have her. ♡ Otherwise... my shiny luck is pretty normal. I spent a lot of time on most of them, and a lot of the ones I got myself I Masuda Method bred, which usually takes me a while.
I have weird Shiny luck. Ha ha, to match the rest of me. I've only caught 2. First was when I was 'skygrinding' in ORAS (Skygrinding is my term for soaring on Mega Latios (I got Omega Ruby) and encountering those high-level birds to evolve 'Mons for my Dex). I had my Reshiram in front, and I was actually watching a MandJTV Pokevids on Michael's Sun playthrough, because grinding is boring, when I heard *shiny sparkle noise* My heart rate went through the roof. I wasn't carrying any good Pokeballs. I had five regular, and I was terrified I was going to lose my first Shiny. I Slashed and threw. Bless Arceus for critical captures! Named her Mysticwing and trained her up after I re-challenged the League. Second was also on ORAS. I've already posted this, btw. I was training up a Shiny Charmeleon I got through WT and was hunting around Route 119 (I think). I had the DexNav searching for Raticate because they gave good EXP. Six in, I noticed that the black outline had an exclamation mark. Thinking nothing of it, I encountered the Pokémon. Which was Shiny. I nearly had a freaking heart attack. Glad I didn't, because that would have been an embarrassing and yet kinda cool way to die. I used an Ultra Ball, and thank god critical capture. Named him Red. You know, Blue's Raticate reference? Edit: I kinda forgot, I got a Luxio through WT. I got a ton of Shinies through GTS and WT. List: Virizon, Eevee, Gyarados, Mothim, Zangoose, Charizard, Yanmega, and a DARKRAI. On Sun I have Rayquaza, Tapu Koko, Marienie (can't spell) and Kabuto.
Just in SuMo, while searching for an Oricorio, the first encounter happened to be a shiny Petilil. It was so bizzare.