Talk:Shiny Pokémon/@comment-26107203-20150213235518/@comment-26136689-20150222214440

You could call finding a shiny Zubat great luck (Because, y'know, shinies are like super rare in the wild), but seeing the 3 Legendary Beasts (Entei, Suicune, and Raikou) isn't uncommon, actually, it's pretty common if you've been playing the game for some time.

For example, many people including myself have seen the 3 Legendary Beasts countless times (I freaked out/had a heart attack/almost died the first time I first saw Suicune and all my Pokemon were only level 10) but it's hard to catch them since they run so fast.

I actually caught one of those Legends when a Pidgey or a Rattata (Or was it an Ekans?) ran into me and instead of seeing the regular attacking layout, it only had two spaces for the wild Pokemon to appear and my own Pokemon to be placed in. One could imagine the surprise I got when, instead of a regular level 2-8 Pokemon, I got a level 50 Raikou. It took a hellava long time to finally get it's health down (Cuz, well, I only had a lvl 19 Quilava and a few others), but I eventually caught it. Worth it, but now I've come a long way and I have other Pokemon who are stronger. I don't use Raikou that much anymore though.

Come to think of it, I just caught a shiny Nidoran-F at route 36 a few minutes ago. First shiny in any Pokemon game, ever (Well except a shiny Swinub I named Watermelon from a Roblox game but... nevermind).

I just realized I was somewhat-bragging. Damn it. Well, point taken I guess?