I once pokesav'd to get a shiny mew but it just takes the whole point out of getting a shiny. Shinies do get enhanced stats and whatnot but not enough to take the fun out of searching for that shiny hoothoot or soft resetting for 3 days straight in front of a legendary trying to make it a shiny one.
Good times bro.
damn
and here i was thinking only pokemon in grass/caves/water could be shiny xD