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hmmm... well, in crystal version, the pkmn egg that i recieved from the daycare hatched into a shiny cleffa, but if i exclude that, and the red gyarados, it would have to be... a shiny poochyena, caught on my sapphire version. it was the first pokémon i'd caught during that game, and one of the only two shiny pokémon i'd ever caught. i thought it was nice having a shiny pokémon so early in the game. now it's a mightyena, on my diamond version.

ahh, actually, now i recall having found a shiny krabby in crystal version, though at the time, i didn't have any pokéballs... i never again encountered another shiny pokémon on crystal version.