to know if it's a shiny look when you battle it. when it appears, stars will come out from it only at the beginning, and a star will be on its summary. i found a shiny starly(brown) when i just started off, and accidentaly killed it with a critical hit peck from piplup. it sucked. after 6 or 7 badges i founs a blue shellos in east that was shiny(cuaght it with a quick ball) it was just a lighter shade of blue than normal.
Thanks to ps2man617 for awesome sig and avy(name put on avy by MV).
Been a while since I was on supercheats, so my profile is mostly way outdated
Dranixger =
Dragon + Phoe
nix + Ti
ger