ITT: Post soul-crushing pokemon moments.
>Chaining Pokeradar, find good spot far away
>Walk up 1 step
>.
>Starts new GSC game
>Finds shiny Pidgey before the first rival fight
>0 pokeballs
>>26497822
oh god, anon. you have my sympathy.
>>26497323
>I got a shiny Mienfoo
>Adamant nature
>It's ability is Inner Focus
>>26497822
Similar thing happened to me, found a Shiny Poocheyena on Sapphire before i had access to pokeballs.It is the only non-gyrados shiny ive ever encountered
>>26497955
>>26497822
These misfortunes have taught me to always avoid encounters in pre-pokeball stages
>>26497323
>get to chain 40 for Eevee on Diamond
>battery is red, can't find charger
>DS dies with no shinies found
>tfw wasted hours for nothing and never got a shiny Eevee on Diamond or a chain of 40 again
>Pearl
>Walk in same color patch exactly 4 spaces away
>Breaks chain
WHY
I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT
>>26497323
>Restarting a Pokémon Black save file
>Juniper talking in the intro, before choosing sex and name
>She sends out a pink Minccino
>>26497977
This. Checked.