How many shinies do you get per generation?

businessman999Posted 12/6/2012 10:42:20 PM
Shiny swellow today just like winona in the anime
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wutzgoodPosted 12/6/2012 10:45:17 PM
Didn't get any till gen 5 when I started breeding competitive pokes. Hatched 7 of them this gen though. Still never seen a wild shiny.
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FuneralCakePosted 12/6/2012 10:47:35 PM
On average, I would have to say 7+, thanks to the PokeRadar in gen 4.

If not for that, I'd say maybe 3. I never got one in gen 2, and gen 5 still fails to give me a random shiny that I can actually catch. That Patrat... *shudder*
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Why_Is_Purple(Topic Creator)Posted 12/6/2012 10:49:08 PM
Skull_pro posted...
TC didn't mention if we had to exclude the Mandatoriy ones (Such as red gyarados) and/or events, because in each case, I got a lot more, or a lot less shinies.


Why_Is_Purple posted...
This is excluding predetermined shinies (e.g. the G/S/C/HG/SS Gyarados or B2/W2 shiny dragons).

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WolfJouninPosted 12/6/2012 10:55:14 PM
Nobody believes me when I say the ONLY shiny I had ever encountered from playing since the beginning until now was a Shiny Bidoof in Diamond, because I say I killed it intentionally out of anger. Kind of sad lol... I did trade for a few shinies, but I never found another than that Bidoof.
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Gardevoir47Posted 12/6/2012 10:57:11 PM
Hey, I got shinies before anyone had any clue about them (except maybe a lucky Japanese guy.)

I got a shiny Oddish in Silver and caught it because I liked the shiny effect.

Then when I saw shiny Gyarados, I thought:

"Huh, these must be pretty common."

Boy was I wrong.
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Supernova 163Posted 12/6/2012 10:57:56 PM
Gen 2: 0
Gen 3: 0
Gen 4: 0
Gen 5: 0

Yup.
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MarbiaachPosted 12/6/2012 11:04:17 PM
FuneralCake posted...
On average, I would have to say 7+, thanks to the PokeRadar in gen 4.

If not for that, I'd say maybe 3. I never got one in gen 2, and gen 5 still fails to give me a random shiny that I can actually catch. That Patrat... *shudder*


Let me guess, Shiny before any pokeballs?
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CrystalKing5426Posted 12/6/2012 11:07:18 PM
The only non-red Gyarados shiny I've legitimately encountered was a zubat in Shoal Cave.
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FuneralCakePosted 12/6/2012 11:10:09 PM
Marbiaach posted...
Let me guess, Shiny before any pokeballs?


It was the one Professor Juniper shows you how to catch.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/home_rowed/stupid_prof_juniper_i_hate_you_soooooo_much.jpg

I've also found a shiny Poochyena in Ruby while I was trying to reset for a shiny starter, and then I also KOed a shiny Ralts in Ruby thanks to a critical hit. Sometimes I have really terrible luck.
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