>>41156975BW1 felt cancerous to slog through a second time being limited to only Unova Pokemon, gave me type diversity vibes from the likes of DP, but definitely not as bad.
Alola had a fun shiny hunting mechanic with SOS encounters. In those games, my first SOS Shiny (which I wasn't hunting for) was an Eevee, and my first SOS shiny that I did hunt for was Sandygast. Fun memories.