IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, IT WON'T REGISTER IN MY POKEDEX, SO PROBABLY SAFER TO WAIT UNTIL I HAVE THE NATIONAL POKEDEX.
YESTERDAY I GOT A WONDERFUL POKEMON THROUGH WONDERTRADE! IT WAS A REMORAID LEVEL 5. ITS FORMER TRAINER HAD TAUGHT IT HYDRO PUMP, FIRE BLAST, WATER SPOUT AND ICE BEAM, AND MAXED OUT ALL 4 MOVES.
IN ADDITION IT IS SHINY AND IT HAS POKERUS!
I ALSO RECEIVED A JANGMO-O, A DRATINI AND A SCYTHER, ALL GREAT SINCE THEY'RE KINDA HARD TO CATCH (OR APPEAR LATE IN THE GAME).
THE OCTILLERY IS THE 4TH SHINY I HAVE SEEN. I KNOCKED OUT A BRONZOR ON SINNOH ROUTE 206 BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE GLITTERING MEANT.
IN ORAS AND X/Y I CAUGHT 2 SHINIES, A CACNEA AND A TRAPINCH, SO MY OCTILLERY IS THE THIRD SHINY TO BE ON MY TEAM..