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Weird non-legit BS shiny:
>First game is Emerald
>Love it, beat it.
>Apparently, I do some weird hacking/glitching shit with it before I get bored and quit playing it.
>Find the cartridge like 7 years later
>Boot it up, see a bunch of legendaries with glitchy names in the PC
>Shiny Sunflora named "shinyman" (lel)
>Wonder if it's legit
>Game says I caught it in Petalburg Woods
>LOLNOPE
Legitimates:
>SoulSilver nuzlocke
>Go through Union Cave under leveled, a bunch of my 'mons almost die
>Skip a catch on Route 33, go straight to Bugsy's town (forget the name, Azalea or something?) to heal
>Forget about Route 33
>After I clear Slowpoke Well, I remember it
>green female zubat
>shit bricks, catch, add to team, nickname "Emerald" (mentally decide to nickname all Shinies after precious gems/ore from now on)
>She dies after 5 minutes
>I eventually wipe to Lance on that file and fail the Nuzlocke challenge, so I go back and grind it back up. She's now a badass shiny Crobat, and I used her as part of my team to rematch Lance and win. Gonna transfer her up to Black later.
It was the first encounter too.. damn. Though to be honest, I would have caught her even if she wasn't first encounter.
Also.
>Black Nuzlocke
>Grinding for Clay
>shiny female Spring-forme Deerling
>shit pants, catch, name Topaz
>terrible nature and IVs, and I have Servine already.
>wipe to Clay's anyway, fail Nuzlocke
>Transfer to brother's White for safekeeping
>restart Black
which leads us to..
>Start a new Black nuzlocke
>Route 1 first encounter: Patrat. Rage because I wanted Lillipup
>Heal in that first city, go back to Route 1 to train Snivy and Patrat
>"Huh, I've been training for a while, I wonder if I'll see a shiny?"
>Shiny Lillipup
>Lose my shit
>catch, nickname "Ned Stark" (I'm doing a Game of Thrones nickname scheme for no reason)
>Great nature, good Attack IV's, bro-tier
>Leader of my current Black team as a Herdier.
So yeah, all 3 of my legits were on nuzlockes. Weird, huh?