I just encountered my first Shiny Pokémon

Shiny female Vibrava

Caught me totally off guard, and I used my Master Ball on her.

 

at least it's a half-decent looking shiny​

 

Coolness!

Congrats on teh shineh! =)

 

My first and only shiny was a Sentret on Silver, many years ago.

 

Might we see the stats and nature, good sir?

 

Vibrava. Ah, the 3rd Gen memories..

But congrats.

 

Never evolve her.
Blue Flygon looks awful.

 

awesome! Ive played almost all of the games at one point, I shoul be able to find a shiny,but anyway congrats.

 

What about the red Gyarados?

 

It's a lot better when the shiny isn't handed to you.

 

Yes, because you can totally count the STORY DEPENDANT Red Gyarados as a shiny.

 

It is the same color as a normal Shiny Gyarados and that makes it a Shiny. Just because it's part of the story doesn't change what it is.

 

But it's not special when everyone has the same shiny

 

I actually found a shiny magikarp in the safari zone before, and I tried to catch it, but it ran away from me.

 

I'm guessing in game shiny isn't as common as the card shinies. I still got very excited when I got a shiny card though : D

 

When did I say that it was special?

 

Card shinies are just cards that are shiny. Shiny Pokemon are these:



Or similar. They're just alternately colored. And they sparkle when the Pokeball opens.

 

Is the chance of getting a card shiny less than 1 in 8,000?

 

Well that is cool. I can see the attraction, do they have different powers as well or are they exactly the same as their non-shiny equivalent?

It depends on where you are looking for them >:3 If you had a pile of 8000 cards and only one was shiny then yes :3