Current Events > Why even bother to make Shiny Pokémon if the colours are so lame...

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Most shiny Pokmon are like one shade off their original colours.

Or just god awful ugly.
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Yeah. Some are cool. A lot look like butt.
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I loved my shiny (yellow) Azumarril that I nicknamed Pikablu. Im pretty sure I lost that one in my most recent data loss though :(

Really I just bred the ones I really liked (pink Ninetails-A, blue Reuniclus) and ignored the ones I didnt.
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I got a shiny ditto. I was excited until I learned that shinies have no higher likelihood of breeding other shinies.
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Guide posted...

I got a shiny ditto. I was excited until I learned that shinies have no higher likelihood of breeding other shinies.

Depends on the generation? In 6 shinies had a higher chance to make shinies.
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https://www.google.ca/amp/s/aminoapps.com/c/pokemon/amp/blog/top-10-worst-shinies/zDhx_u8j5VRNb6Vv8686BzPvgzP3eW

This is a very short list but gives you a good idea.

Theres sooooo many tho that are this bad
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It feels like the default is "make it green". If it's already green, make it a worse shade of green.

SwayM posted...

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/aminoapps.com/c/pokemon/amp/blog/top-10-worst-shinies/zDhx_u8j5VRNb6Vv8686BzPvgzP3eW

This is a very short list but gives you a good idea.

Theres sooooo many tho that are this bad

Not even complaining about vomit-green Espeon or hot-pink Weavile... smh
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There are some elite shiny colors but the vomit green ones are the worst

Like Dragonite
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https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/shiny

Judge for yourself what shinies you like and don't like. some of those are completely illegal tho
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People like rare stuff, I guess, and to be fair, there are some good ones like Charizard, Gyarados and Metagross. The pink, green and teal ones are so butt-ugly though. Like couldn't they stop using shit, unnatural colors?
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You could literally encounter a shiny Pokmon and not even know, some of them are so similar to the original
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The shiny Gible given for beating the tower in Black 2 was such a "fuck you" since shiny Garchomp is completely indistinguishable from regular unless you're seeing them side by side (and even then it's tough). Meanwhile, White 2 gives you shiny Dratini, whose whole evolutionary chain has way more distinct shinies and better looking ones, too.
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Hambo the Hog posted...

The shiny Gible given for beating the tower in Black 2 was such a "fuck you" since shiny Garchomp is completely indistinguishable from regular unless you're seeing them side by side (and even then it's tough). Meanwhile, White 2 gives you shiny Dratini, whose whole evolutionary chain has way more distinct shinies and better looking ones, too.

I would rather have "hardly different Garchomp" over "vomit green Dragonite" any day of the week
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ElatedVenusaur posted...

It feels like the default is "make it green". If it's already green, make it a worse shade of green.

I'm no fan of green, but Noivern's shiny is fucking beautiful. The whole Rowlet line is also good.

SwayM posted...

You could literally encounter a shiny Pokmon and not even know, some of them are so similar to the original

There are only a few that are truly nigh indiscernible from the normal colors if you somehow miss the giant sparkle effect.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

Hambo the Hog posted...

The shiny Gible given for beating the tower in Black 2 was such a "fuck you" since shiny Garchomp is completely indistinguishable from regular unless you're seeing them side by side (and even then it's tough). Meanwhile, White 2 gives you shiny Dratini, whose whole evolutionary chain has way more distinct shinies and better looking ones, too.

I would rather have "hardly different Garchomp" over "vomit green Dragonite" any day of the week

Does this Dragonite know EXTREMESPEED? Cause if not it's worthless.
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First 3 gens put the most thought into well. Most of the shiny sprites. By gen 5 we ended up with that "change their primary color and any secondary colors either are darker versions of that new color or lighter versions of the original color" method.
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Uh gens 1 and 2 are the worst due to color limitations for pallete swaps. Half of them are gross puke green or earwax orange.
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If your earwax is orange, maybe see a doctor.
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I would rather have "hardly different Garchomp" over "vomit green Dragonite" any day of the week

lol no. Dragonite is one of the few shinies that makes the green work. It looks like a classic western dragon. And anyway, even if you don't like its shiny, at least White 2 gives you the option of a different colored dragon. Black 2 gives you...Garchomp.
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Hambo the Hog posted...

I would rather have "hardly different Garchomp" over "vomit green Dragonite" any day of the week

lol no. Dragonite is one of the few shinies that makes the green work. It looks like a classic western dragon. And anyway, even if you don't like its shiny, at least White 2 gives you the option of a different colored dragon. Black 2 gives you...Garchomp.

Western dragons do not look like they could be related to Barney.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

Guide posted...

I got a shiny ditto. I was excited until I learned that shinies have no higher likelihood of breeding other shinies.

Depends on the generation? In 6 shinies had a higher chance to make shinies.

That only worked in gen 2, not 6. In Gen 2 (and technically in Gen 1 too), shininess was determined by DV's, and DV's being passed down in breeding made breeding shinies from shinies much more likely.
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Hey, while we're on the topic of pokemon, what's the good shit I can get on the 3ds version of yellow to transfer over to sun/moon? I just got it for my flight, but I haven't played it since. There's fissure machamp, but they can't have no guard and fissure at the same time.
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SapphireOfChaos posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

Guide posted...

I got a shiny ditto. I was excited until I learned that shinies have no higher likelihood of breeding other shinies.

Depends on the generation? In 6 shinies had a higher chance to make shinies.

That only worked in gen 2, not 6. In Gen 2 (and technically in Gen 1 too), shininess was determined by DV's, and DV's being passed down in breeding made breeding shinies from shinies much more likely.

You sure about this? I bred huge amounts of shinies with my shiny ditto. Of course I also found a bunch in the game.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

SapphireOfChaos posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

Guide posted...

I got a shiny ditto. I was excited until I learned that shinies have no higher likelihood of breeding other shinies.

Depends on the generation? In 6 shinies had a higher chance to make shinies.

That only worked in gen 2, not 6. In Gen 2 (and technically in Gen 1 too), shininess was determined by DV's, and DV's being passed down in breeding made breeding shinies from shinies much more likely.

You sure about this? I bred huge amounts of shinies with my shiny ditto. Of course I also found a bunch in the game.

100% sure. The only things from gen 6 that boost odds of breeding shinies are having the two parents be from different languages, and having the Shiny Charm. In gen 2, having a parent be shiny had a direct impact on the chances of breeding shiny babies because DV's, that determine shininess, are passed down in breeding.
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Guide posted...

Hey, while we're on the topic of pokemon, what's the good shit I can get on the 3ds version of yellow to transfer over to sun/moon? I just got it for my flight, but I haven't played it since. There's fissure machamp, but they can't have no guard and fissure at the same time.

Anything you want, if you use the Mew glitch. Except Mew, unless you use an insanely dangerous glitch to manipulate its Trainer ID.
The TM list in RBY is pretty dire though, and Clefairy/Clefable can't learn Soft-boiled in them. However, anything you transfer from RBY or GSC will have its hidden ability upon transfer.

As far as shinies go, I have time to look things over, and..I'll list a few ones I really like.
Charizard, Ponyta, Voltorb/Electrode, Mew, Yanma/Yanmega, Umbreon, Flygon, Glalie, Beldum/Metang/Metagross , Victini, Serperior, Emboar, Stoutland, Ferroseed, Chandelure, Mega-Gengar, Yveltal, Oranguru, Bruxish, Buzzwole, Blacephalon

They didn't start trying to make cool shiny pokemon until like gen 6 I think. There's some cool older examples like Charizard and Azumaril off the top of my head but they're rare.
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SapphireOfChaos posted...

The only things from gen 6 that boost odds of breeding shinies are having the two parents be from different languages

As in, different language versions of the game? Only recently started dabbling in gen 6/7 and never gotten into the shiny hunting thing before.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

Uh gens 1 and 2 are the worst due to color limitations for pallete swaps. Half of them are gross puke green or earwax orange.

Uh, gen 1 didn't have color or shineys.

TheMaskedPooper posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

Uh gens 1 and 2 are the worst due to color limitations for pallete swaps. Half of them are gross puke green or earwax orange.

Uh, gen 1 didn't have color or shineys.

Indeed, they retconned that in Gen 2 which is why I said that.
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Mizznox posted...

SapphireOfChaos posted...

The only things from gen 6 that boost odds of breeding shinies are having the two parents be from different languages

As in, different language versions of the game? Only recently started dabbling in gen 6/7 and never gotten into the shiny hunting thing before.

As in, the pokemon each have different language tags in their status screen (such as ENG, FRE, JPN, SPA, etc.); as long as both have different tags, or one parent has a tag while the other does not (as in, it is your own language), then they will have a higher chance of breeding shinies.
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ElatedVenusaur posted...

Guide posted...

Hey, while we're on the topic of pokemon, what's the good shit I can get on the 3ds version of yellow to transfer over to sun/moon? I just got it for my flight, but I haven't played it since. There's fissure machamp, but they can't have no guard and fissure at the same time.

Anything you want, if you use the Mew glitch. Except Mew, unless you use an insanely dangerous glitch to manipulate its Trainer ID.
The TM list in RBY is pretty dire though, and Clefairy/Clefable can't learn Soft-boiled in them. However, anything you transfer from RBY or GSC will have its hidden ability upon transfer.

As far as shinies go, I have time to look things over, and..I'll list a few ones I really like.
Charizard, Ponyta, Voltorb/Electrode, Mew, Yanma/Yanmega, Umbreon, Flygon, Glalie, Beldum/Metang/Metagross , Victini, Serperior, Emboar, Stoutland, Ferroseed, Chandelure, Mega-Gengar, Yveltal, Oranguru, Bruxish, Buzzwole, Blacephalon

Hey thanks, I'll look into the mew glitch.
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