Shiny Pokémon



Shiny Pokémon were first introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver. Shiny Pokémon are the treasures to most Pokémon Trainers out there in which they are a different color of the Normal Pokémon. Some shinies are dull looking and are just like a shade darker, while some are awesome looking and are wanted by a lot of Pokémon Trainers. They have a red star on them to show that it is shiny. In the games prior of X and Y the chances of finding a shiny is 1 in 8192, and in X and Y the chances are 1 in 4096, which is half, and in PTD the chances are 1 in 8000. Some shinies are unobtainable, because Nintendo didn't wan't people to spend their time soft resetting the whole time instead of getting the Pokémon. All the Shiny Pokémon are obtainable except some legendaries, and some shiny legendaries are only obtainable through a hack, like Shiny Arceus. Therefore, most Pokémon Trainer's dream is to find a Shiny Pokémon, which is extremely rare, if someone finds a Shiny Pokémon, they are considered very lucky. Your starter, Pokémon given to you in the game and event legendary Pokémon that you capture in the wild can be found shiny, but it is extremely rare. Ever since Pokémon Gold and Silver, Pokémon Trainers all over the world have been begging to get their hands on a shiny. You can also get them through the GTS and trading, if you trade a lot. Getting them through the GTS is not so easy though. Shiny Pokémon have a sparkle effect when they are in battle, in the generation games it's like a blue star sparkling ring around the Shiny Pokémon which makes a sparkle sound effect and in PTD it's like a white star going back and forth on the Shiny Pokémon. In PTD you can use these coins called SnD Coins to buy shinies from the Pokémon Center, but they are so hard to get. You can win them from the Daily Gift but it is very rare, and you can also trade to get them in PTD 2 but that's also pretty hard since you might have to wait days or weeks for someone to come around with SnD Coins that would buy your Pokémon. Good luck with all of your hunts guys! :D