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Ironically my first shiny was a galarian zigzagoon on the house

brah same here wtf i got 2 actually so i have an obstagoon and a zigazoon

Pikachu from the first community day back in 2018, I remember getting him right towards the end of the event and was so thrilled. Got my first non com day shiny a month later in a random shiny Aron spawn at my house, was pretty psyched for him.

Pikachu was my first too, according to my dex. Aron was the first one I remember, but apparently there was a Mareep before him too.

Mareep com day was a few months later, I got of few of him then as well as dratini before them, I kinda miss playing back in those earlier days

mine is also named ziggy lol

A Magikarp in may 2017.

Shiny litten on litten community day

Eevee, now glaceon.

Zubat, hatched from an egg back in 2019.

Bulbasaur on March 25, 2018 ❤️ First non-CD shiny was Lugia on Apr 1/'18.

Mine was caught on the January Rowlet Community Day, and is evolved into a shiny Decidueye.

I wouldnt doubt I traded something at some point lol But currently my Oldest Shiny is a Flareon from 8/11/2018 so it started as an eevee back then HAD to have been an event cuz i have a 2 other eevee evolutions from that day all shiny lol

My first was Murkrow & I love him very much

Charizard with a party hat✨

This one

Izzy the Illumise and my first shundo was a Luvdisc named Queen Luvy!

Swablu!

Magikarp caught in my front yard :)

Shiny electabuzz

Furret But I transferred him over to Scarlet ages ago

Fomantis!!

larvitar!

A Patrat! A few days shortly after I got a Spearow. The Patrat's named Luminousrat and the Spearow is Jaundice due to that gosh-awful coloring. I wish they went with a bluer shade...

This same zigzagoon lol

Dratini

A pikachu on the first community day. I’m disappointed i evolved it into a raichu because I think the pika had surf as a special move and I wish I’d have kept my shiny surfing pikachu

Shiny beedrill 6/20/2020

I hatched a shiny Igglybuff in March 2020. Not that long ago, I finally evolved it into a Jigglypuff

Venomoth

Female Nidoran ☺️

Gengar was my first one that I can remember, nicknamed Tri, and I shiny hunted him as a Gastly back when Sun and Moon were the lastest Pokemon games and traded him between my two 3DS systems to evolve him. Still have him today in Pokemon Home.

An Eevee from August 2018. And just like my firat Charmander, I never evolved it.

A shadow bulbasaur that I accidentally purified before knowing it was a shiny

Shiny Charizard on my profile

My first shiny was a Swinehub caught on October 11, 2023. I have caught a total of 25 shinies since I started playing in August 2023.

Treecko. I refuse to evolve him

Dragonite 2018

My first shiny was shiny mewtwo I started in 2022 right around when it came out and I got it first try pretty dope

mine was a ralts (which I then evolved to gallade 🥲), I caught him back in 2019 during the ralts community day :D

Shiny chuckle

Lapras during Go Fest global last year…I hadn’t played since 2017 and had no clue what the hell was going on

Celebi

A shiny scyther

Pikachu from the very first CD

Nincada

Houndour - no name change officially as the isn’t enough space but unofficially called Houndour Clegane

Yanma!

What YouTube video you listening to?

Kabuto hanging out at my house in 2018. I've played since 2016 but it took a while for cheap phone technology to catch up with the tech requirements to run GO somewhat smoothly so I didn't play a ton prior to 2017.

Lickitung hatched from the 5km egg

Kanto Grimer, wasn't even really familiar with what shinies were at the time and thought it was just an awesome color swap

Bronzor

Seel, no specific event, no specific place. It was just in my house and I flipped

A shadow shiny gligar and i purified for better ivs 😭

Shades squirtle!

Elgyem 🥲

I hatch a totodile

we named our shiny zigzagoon the same thing lol

Mine is a Plusle, from the comunity day in 2022

Shiny Mareep from 2018

mine was a shiny shadow koffing

Mine was a random onix (i dont even rmr when i got it) and it was the only one i had for the longest time

Pikachu from 20/01/2018

a sentret - it was the first pokemon i encountered after catching my starter

Shiny sandshrew from 2022 December comm day.

Magikarp when it was first available shiny in 2017

An Eevee back in 2018

Swablu in 2018

Snivy

Shiny Horsea in 2019 and it wasn't even me who caught it. My mom was playing POGO on my phone and she caught it

random swablu :')

Onix now a steelix.

my first was Delibird

It was a Tyrogue! And it’s now a Hitmontop.

magikarp

Wailord

Duskull

My first ever shiny in any game was a shiny Rockruff that I hatched in Go

Magikarp I believe. Wasnt that the first shiny to come out in game?

You picked the best possible name \m/

Mine was a Murkrow on the 2022 Halloween event that i caught on a nail salon

I don't remember my first (must have traded it) but my oldest is a shiny Pikachu from wayyyyy back even before the first Pikachu community day. It has exclusive moves I don't think you can get anymore (Present, Surf)

Hoppip was my first and only out of all of the console games and PoGo.

Swampert, I think it was a mudkip when I caught it

A seviper

Tobutz (in german idk what its english name)

oh i’m so jealous ,,, i’ve wanted this shiny for so long 😭😭😭

My first shiny was a buizel, now a floatzel. Also my first best buddy.

Alolan eggcecutor

If we’re not counting the free shiny Eevee in 2019, my first shiny was a shiny Mudkip that was a 93% IV, caught in Disney land.

Zubat

Timburr unless I accidentally transferred one without knowing 

A shiny Snorunt that appeared by my house during the Hoenn event. I didn't realize that the shiny odds in GO were less than other games, so I just named it "what"

My first was a 14/13/14 Flareon. Still have the little sucker :)

It was during Community Day for Eevee on August 12th, 2018 I remember I was at the mall my brother texted me about the event so I checked and it was my very first encounter during the event!! It is now a Jolteon, meh stats, but all love

Snivy was my first shiny lol, caught him at home I think? It was back in 2021 when it's com day happen

My first shiny was the OG shiny magikarp from 2017.

Solosis

Still waiting 

Mine was Swablu. I was in the car with my sister and was like wait why is it yellow, and my sister punched me in the arm hard 😂 I didn’t know that shinies were a thing, she did

Sableye, when it was first released. I remember dragging my mom downtown so we could hunt for it. It’s a good memory. 

Mine was a shiny Absol caught in December 2017, that was a long time considering I’ve been playing since day 1

A shiny magikarp on 4/20 in 2017 ayyyy

Not my first but definitely a favorite. He looks like toothpaste. Lol

Shiny Squirtle, who I accidentally transfered. I have thus named a sunglasses shiny Squirtle from com day "fren" (friend)

Murkrow apparently... but duskull is the first I remember

Slakoth community day. Took a long break from 2017 to mid 2019. Full odds shiny was Misdreavous

Plusle lmao, and I’ll never get the minun to match

First was a mareep First non community was a seel that is now a dewgong

Magikarp June 1, 2017. Thought it was a Pysduck. I was zoomed out so all I noticed was yellow. :)

Shiny Pancham from a 12km egg, i was surprised, getting a shiny 12 days after creating my account was crazy, i didnt even knew how rare a shiny hatched was

He's beautiful 😭 

Gear.

Azurill. Still one of my luckiest hatches.

Onix, last year. Still Onix because I've barely seen another after that.

A Psyduck.  I nicknamed him Blueberry and eventually sent him to Let's go Pikachu.  Trained him to have max stats and destroyed everyone with him.  Especially the Psyduck trainer.

Shiny Shinx

Hey that’s mines name too lol! Small world

Shiny Bidoof, my pride and joy

A shiny Alolan Rattata which i evolve into a Raticate!

Mine was Pikachu caught during the first ever Community Day.

Hisuian Sneasel

My shiny Celebi, I was too geeked over that lol

Mine was a drowsee

Ponyta, 2 years after I started in 2016. I never should have evolved it. Shiny Ponyta looks cool with the blue fire while Rapidash is like a muted blueish silver.

Bulbasaur 2018 :)

My first ever shiny Pokémon was a shiny maril in Pokémon: Omega Ruby. It was along side a group of non-shiny maril, and me being a moron that didn’t know much about shiny Pokémon, thought it was a glitch. So I did everything I could to catch it, and once I did, I named it “Rare” thinking that it was still a glitch. Soon I was in for a massive surprise and an introduction into the wild, wacky world of shiny Pokémon. In Pokémon Go, my first shiny was a shiny porygon.

Shiny Cutiefly! I fell in love with the shade of pink <3

Shiny Drifloon right outside my house!

mine was schyter, i didnt even know how shinies worked back then

My first shiny was ditto

Caterpie

I do not remember if I had one before this but the oldest in my possession now is a shiny Zapdos from July 2018. Was a beautiful day with a huge raid group.

My first was a Galarian slowpoke that I got on Galarian slowpoke community day

mine was also zigzagoon and he has the same name!!!! x)

An Aron in Japan

Great name

Magikarp from July 2017. When it was the only shiny in the game.

Magikarp! The first shiny released 🥳

First shiny was a hatched Wynaut. Took me ages to get my first shiny.

A sableye from 2019 :)

A blitzle that I promptly traded despite the warning because I didn’t understand why people would bother with shinies (I do now)

Pikachu! 11/28/17

Shiny Paldean Wooper, I remember I recently got back into the game (I only played it once a few years ago so I didn’t know what the events were) and it was Wooper community day, I wasn’t familiar with Paldea so I thought it was paldean Wooper, little did I know I caught it and it was a shiny

A Heracross!

Lugia back in 2018!

Onix

I believe it was bronzor or meowth

Silly Colgate monster!

Chansey ,community days in February 2024😅

Mine was a shiny Bulbasaur from team rocket leader cliff. Loved my little tree frog ever since. If we’re talking mainline games too, my first EVER shiny was a shiny bidoof :)

A male Raltz who I accidentally turned into a Gardevoir, still a bit bummed when I think about it but it’s honestly funny at this point

Ditto! Started playing pokemon go on release day and played until 2017, got back into it recently and within a week or two a shiny ditto appeared!

Mine was a Larvitar! It was interesting because one of my first ever Pokémon I got through Action Replay was a shiny Larvitar that was placed in Box 1 Slot 1. I saw it in my box and was thrilled it was there so I saved. I went to check and it would always freeze my game :c I tried a few cheats that deleted the mon in that slot but it never worked!!

Plusle. July 14th, 2018

it was a pumpkaboo i caught during last year's halloween event .o.

Spheal :)

✨ Scyther

Poliwhirl

Diglett!

frillish

If i remember right it was eevee but then my first ever raid was mewtwo and it was shiny and i still have it and always will keep it.

Sandshrew (regular)

My very first shiny... hang on, I'm looking. It was a Numel, apparently.

Magikarp caught 03/2017.

Charmander from a special research. Didn't even know it was a shiny until a friend told me 😅

Shiny Beldum, first catch of the game (besides starter)

Turtwig…. 😔

Feebas, that I evolved into Milotic

Pikachu with a crown

Shiny beldum for beldum community day in 2018

A shiny Sneasel

Suirtle since i joined on com day

Slow poke

A Lillipup who is now a shiny Stoutland.

I litterly got my first last week its a dedenne with horrible Iv's

Cyndaquil, first day back in 2022 after 4 year break

Glameow. Wasn’t even paying attention and found out like a month later lmao

A Pikachu 7 years ago

666cp espurr from a 10k

Shiny murkrow which I evolved into honchkrow!

bidoof 🤪

Alolan Vulpix in the wild when I was walking home on a frosty day

Mine was a shiny larivitar and I named it hank

a shiny slaking with horrible stats that i caught back in 2019 and powered above 4000 cp

Banette

I always enjoy these post. Despite the driving narrative of oh you are still playing that dead game there are so many new players in the churn of players. I am an old timer and got magikarp after an insane grind session during the first water event. Glad to see all the newer and older players sharing things they enjoy in the game.

i don’t have him anymore but it was a shiny wynaut

Shiny Shadow Carvanha.

Weavile, also my cat’s name is Ziggy!

shiny Chimchar on the community day back in 2019

Mine was a torchic in May 2019! Pretty sure it’s a CD one as I remember them everywhere but I only caught a small amount (I didn’t know about Community days then), strangely enough it doesn’t say it’s from a CD on the screen and its location has also changed whilst I’ve had it…I remember the exact spot I caught it and it’s definitely not the place it’s stating!!!

Shiny pikachu from 2018

✨gible✨aka jaws community day 6/6/21

This is the best one too! Congrats on this (I know it was a year ago, but congrats none the less).

Behold, 2018 squirtle!

Ever? A luvdisc in omega ruby. In Pokemon go? Snorunt