I actually got a Shiny Bulbasaur from Sycamore. That's the only one I've seen so far and I doubt I'll see many more than that.

Haven't found one in this game yet, but I hear tipping people increases the odds of finding a shiny. Probably not by much, but hey.

I haven't found a shiny once (not counting Red Gyrados) and that makes me quite salty. However, if I managed to breed a Timid female Shiny Fennekin, I'm pretty certain that my body would burst into flames from the overwhelming amount of raw hype.

I'll probably do the fishing trick to get a shiny Skrelp or something. Iunno...

I caught a random shiny Spiritomb in the Friend Safari, and it certainly seems people are finding quite a few there. I'd bank on there being some sort of up in the frequency of shiny appearances this gen. It especially feels like it to me since I've never encountered a shiny by chance like that before.

I see a lot of shiny Pokemon on the GTS, and of course people always want unobtainable shit like Suicine and Typhlosion.

I haven't caught one personally yet in X and Y but I bet when I do it will be something super lame.

This is my eighth game and I haven't seen a single shiny in the wild.

@turtlebird95: My first one was a Tangela. I don't know if that's lame or cool. At least you can tell it's different.

I've played every iteration up until now and have only ever found three shinies. One was a whismur and the other two were both caterpies. Nothing really interesting, and if I happen to find another in X I imagine it'll be similar.

This guide for catching Shiny Pokemon in X/Y is pretty nice.

http://kotaku.com/wanna-catch-your-pokemon-in-a-shiny-new-color-in-x-y-1450801224

I found my first ever Shiny in Sapphire - shiny Tentacool. Green ass motherfucker.

But yeah, I'm 99% sure the shiny rate in X and Y is jacked waaaaay up. My friend who has never had a shiny before got one, and I got another one just out of the blue (he was a blue Electrode actually, dope). I've heard lots of people recounting similar stories.

I tried some chain fishing and caught a shiny poliwhirl on the 46th hook. Took about 20 minutes.

I am pretty sure the rate is way higher then it has been before. I had never found a shiny before this game. I found a shiny Fletching at the beginning of the game (was the third Pokemon I ran into). My brother found a Shiny Psyduck.

I haven't seen one. I'm pretty sure I exhausted all of my Shiny Luck in previous games. I have far more than I believe I statistically should. I've gotten 10 by myself, not including ones I used the Pokeradar for.

I weighed in up once, I've got over 600 hours in the main Pokemon games (Red, Yellow, Gold, Diamond, X) ... and I've never caught a shiny except for that red Gyarados. I did contract PokeRus in Gold which had a 3 in 65,536 of ocurring acording to Bulbapedia. Can't win them all.

I did some chain fishing and now possess a shiny Goldeen and Sharpedo. With a pokemon that has Suction Cups or Sticky Hold, it's really hard to not get a bite. I'll have to try radar chaining at some point too, because there aren't a ton of fishing rod pokemon I'd be super stoked to catch.

I'm continuing my streak of playing every pokemon game multiple times through and never seeing a shiny ever. I did get pokerus a couple times though.

I just found another one. A whismur in a horde battle. That's two in two days!

Nothing so far, just under 42 hours in.

Think I've seen 15-20 total since they were first introduced. Was it G/S/C?

Unfortunately I have yet to see a shiny Pokemon.

Shiny Ponyta with bad nature and ability. Friend Safari. It's my second shiny ever.

never ever gotten one, fuck Pokemon.

I was fortunate enough to find a shiny Electabuzz in the Friend Safari. Been trying to breed a shiny Froakie, but haven't had any luck thus far. Shiny Greninja is amazing.

Just found a shiny Gulpin awwwwwwwwwwww shit!

I literally walked into the safari zone and the first thing that popped up was a shiny Pikachu. That said, I have cooked up 300+ eggs with different region pokes and haven't gotten 1 shiny.

I caught a shiny Sableeye in emerald once. Then I used it in my party just because it was shiny.

While I have admittedly ground for nearly 30 hours before the third gym (because... I'm crazy or something), I've found 2 shinies so far just from regular grass; a Skiddo and a Ducklett. I've seen one shiny before that, in Black, which I think was a natural one too. So I'm gonna say shiny rate is up.

I caught a shiny Mr. Mime... shit.

So I've been using a safari with Audino to mindlessly level and evolve stuff to fill the Pokedex. The other Pokemon present there is Aipom and I now have 3 shiny ones. I haven't seen a shiny Audino though.

If you guys have Shiny's you don't know what to do with, maybe post them in the trading thread? Maybe you'll get an offer for something awesome. Mr. Mime is someone's favorite pokemon.

The Friend Safari boosts the chances because if your friend is OFFLINE then there is only a total of TWO pokemon that can be encountered, and as you may or may not know, encountering the same pokemon repeatedly boosts your chances of finding that pokemon in shiny.

@letsgamefreak: That's not quite true, only when you're chaining the same Pokemon through the Pokeradar does encountering the same one boost the shiny rate. You can't use the Pokeradar in the Friend Safari which is a bummer.

Also, the third Pokemon in each safari only shows up when your friend has beaten the Elite 4 and you have both been online at the same time. You don't need to always be on together to unlock the third.

@theblue: Touché! Haha, guess I need to research some more!

once caught a shiny Geodude. Hes made of gold and is totally pimpin. Too bad geodude is a lame pokemon!

I haven't found a shiny yet, but I've been trying all week to. I did manage to catch Pokerus from a wild Pokemon though, and from what I hear the chances of that are even smaller then the chances of finding a shiny. I was pretty happy about that, at least. Also, I totally have Pokerus if anyone needs it, I'll hook you up. (PM me, don't ask on the thread)

Also, from what I've been seeing around the internet, it seems like the shiny rate is around 1/4000ish as opposed to 1/8000ish, and in the friend safari it's around 1/2000ish. The rate from breeding has been doubled as well, including with the Masuda method. I don't have any direct sources, but I've been scouring the internet about this stuff all week and those are the numbers that stuck with me, so I'm assuming those are the ones I saw the most.

This is the second shiny I've gotten in a trade. First was Gyarados but I figured everybody knew what Shiny Gyarados looked like. Traded a Grovyle for this.

My 3rd shiny pokemon bred. This one was funny cause I was breeding pokemon for another user on the site and I guess I missed that I actually bred a shiny until later on.

Chained up a shiny absol- the way Pokeradar works in this game, for every 20 pokemon in the chain your guarenteed 1 perfect IV so at 40 it had perfect Attack and Speed. Found a shiny Scraggy in a horde and a shiny Emolga in the Safari. Once Pokemon Bank finally comes out, I'll have a nice stock of chained shinies from Diamond. Back when it didn't limit you to 1 shiny per pokeradar chain.