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>be 15
>diamond just came out
>playing for the fun of it, choose turtwig
>route 202
>SHINY FUCKING SHINX
>catch that shit immediately
>male, adamant nature, rivalry ability
>have no idea what it would evolve into. didn't frequent internet, just played previous games
>toss aside my starter. hail to the king.
>complete focus on training
>I catch some pokemon, but shinx by far stole the show
>finish roark with some difficulty
>evolves into luxio. my hands were sweating, this evo line doesn't look like shit
>fast forward through many easy gyms
>right before crasher wake, see that it's a water type gym
>bout to fuck shit up
>it evolves on one of the trainers
>i see the gloriousness that is shiny luxray
>we bro our way through the rest of the game with minimal assistance from other pokemon, mainly hm slaves and max revive/full restore slaves
Today, Luxray is currently my lead Pokemon in almost every situation in Black 2. Completely EV trained, outside of extreme competition it just destroys everything.