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>playing Platinum, grinding in the grass north of the Resort Area
>run into shiny Pidgey
>okay anon play it cool, don't spaz out
>catch that fucker like it ain't no thang
>battery dies
>internal screaming
>keep trying to recreate the event to catch it
>obviously doesn't work
>weeks later
>walking through route 223 for some reason
>shiny Houndour appears
>play it cool anon and don't forget to save this time
>catch that beast
>blue Houndour is better than slightly off-colored Pidgey anyway
If I had caught that Pidgey and saved afterwards, the RNG would not have given me the vastly superior shiny Houndour.