The Sad Reality of Shiny Mythical Pokemon

[@trailspokemon]

UPDATE - SHINY MELOETTA RELEASED 10/16/24 💃🎶

[@peteynutt4104]

Got mine shame you can't name her.

[@Killpocalips]

I have this

[@CaptainObliviousV]

@@peteynutt4104I haven’t received mine yet, but I’m guessing you should be able to. Starting with SwSh you can nickname a traded/gift Pokémon if it doesn’t already have one, you get just one shot at it though.

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

The treatment of these shiny mythicals is so weird and frustrating - the unreleased ones are treated as if they don't exist, yet we've had Shining Volcanion available in the TCG since 2017!!!! I hope for a day that every shiny mythical is infinitely available with no shiny locks without having to rely on paying for them in GO

[@imboredthatyimhere]

Hi mat but you can call me absol

[@LatinGiudo817]

We also had shiny Magearna in the anime

[@LeighTheSunneGuardian]

@@LatinGiudo817the anime isn’t physical media. It’s fictional. So the anime doesn’t count unless it wants to rub sugar on us

[@Thethrillofthehunt18]

2030 shiny victini has debuted in raids niantic has now made raid passes more expensive and limited to 3 uses per day and you cannot remote raid victini

[@shiny_lock]

So elite raids combined with ex raids.

[@NotoriousToiletClogger]

or a 10 dollar research

[@delta5287]

Hopefully it just ends up being masterwork research but that does sound like something Niantic would do.

[@ehrenmannvequez]

Bro is a time traveller

[@damlatorun6756]

And you have to pay money to transfer stuff to the main series games now

[@Soulicide845]

y'know how fucked up it is to have victini be your favorite pokemon and its been shiny locked for 14 years

[@thellyeah]

it's Masuda's favorite Pokémon 😅😂

[@peteynutt4104]

Correction it's NEVER been available

[@merryglowround]

@@peteynutt4104well victinis first appearance in the games was in black and white, which got released in 2010, so 14 years is correct

[@louisfronda]

IIRC, back in 2016, for the whole 20th anniversary year of Pokemon, Gamefreak just gave away every mythical; one per month, with just a code that anyone can get and not gated by anything (except time). I do hope they have something similar planned for the 30th anniversary, but with shiny mythicals!

[@Lindwyrm6429]

They did! I got a few mythicals (at least volcanion) that way

[@actIshi]

I remember this!! My big brother took me to gamestop when it was happening and the worker gave me extra Mew codes, will never forget that!

[@lookatmyzombies9377]

I still have 10ANNIV event Pokémon from Gen 3 but none are shiny

[@mobious01]

shiny is a huge ask tbh but getting distributions again would be nice

[@SMarklington]

I hate that game freak shinylocks pokemon.

[@A-an.]

I have a feeling those unobtainable shiny Mythical will debut in Pokémon Go.

[@roberteospeedwagon8178]

One of either Keldeo, Meloetta, or Victini are almost guaranteed to debut in February. Every year, an event called GO Tour occurs centered around a certain region, which is how Mew + Jirachi + Shaymin came to be. Next year is Unova, so one of these shinies will likely appear.

[@97MiloProductions]

I used to be unsure, but this upcoming season shiny Zacian (and Zamazentta will follow) will become shiny huntable FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, within Go. So the mythicals may actually happen now, given the schedule, the likely scenario is Shiny Victini for the Unova Tour which should be in February.

[@A-an.]

@@roberteospeedwagon8178 I already get Mew and Shaymin. I missed the Jirachi one.

[@A-an.]

@@97MiloProductions For Zacian I already know about that and I was like "damn it". Would have preferred shiny hunt in main series to be honest. For Victini, I maybe willing to get it if it debut in Unova Tour.

[@DeltaZard123]

The same thing actually already happened YEARS ago with shiny Genesect, who, like Zacian & Zamazenta, was restricted to an old event, but had its shiny released in PoGo raids @@97MiloProductions

[@HeyLookItsFNaFb]

the art of the shiny checkpoint was so damn cute, oh my god. but yeah, i get the feeling a lot of these currently-unobtainable Shinies will be exclusive to GO... especially with the confirmation of Shiny Zacian in GO, which was exclusive to an old distribution prior.

[@kallum39]

wait what Zacian raids??? SO HYEPDDDD

[@HeyLookItsFNaFb]

@@kallum39 Yep, Zacian raids are coming back to GO

[@ballisticbananadadude]

And zamanzenta raids in October along with the Galar birds being able to be shiny starting Oct. 4 ​@@kallum39

[@TallonDesu]

Zacian (and probably Zamazenta too) is going to shiny huntable for the first time in PoGo so I unfortunately can see them do the same with Victini

[@97MiloProductions]

yeah zamazentta was in the trailer, will likely be the next boss in October

[@laprasrules12]

First time to get them since the crazy event in the end of Sw/Sh

[@LatinGiudo817]

Now it looks like shiny Meloetta might be the featured shiny Mythical for the Unova Tour Masterwork Research now that she debuted

[@Raphe9000]

One of these days I might finally get my hands on a legitimate shiny Diancie... maybe...

[@Steele00]

I have one from a Japanese event.

[@jasonhulett]

Pokémon GO will probably do a Special Research for one in 2026 for the Kalos GO Tour.

[@SirCyanEgg]

It should be in legends z-a if the goal is still catch every pokemon

[@roberteospeedwagon8178]

​@@SirCyanEggThe issue is, it'll be shiny locked more than likely. All legendaries in PLA were.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

@@roberteospeedwagon8178 I was about to mention that. I think it’s guaranteed that all legendaries and mythicals will be shiny locked in Z-A like with PLA

[@venabre]

My problem with Pokémon Go is simple: it is unviable for me to play it where I live I did use to play it sporadically a few years back, but eventually I got to a point where I capped on the pokemon I could have and the items I can have on my bag. And with no gyms or stops or, well, anything nearby I can't get the currency needed to upgrade them. So the game is literally unplayable unless I pay. And why on earth would I pay for a game I can't play?

[@shadow_4_it]

I'm fortunate enough to live in an urban area, so I have lots of opportunities to raid and collect supplies. I feel your pain though ... not sure I would play regularly if I were in some of the small towns I've visited.

[@theletsplaycurse]

Just checking do you know about deleting items and transferring Pokémon to free up space

[@venabre]

@@theletsplaycurse yes. But being forced to delete pokemon to keep playing means you are forced to release rare pokemon you may never see again. Or pokemon with good stats you want to keep. Or simply pokemon you got at a special place that are special for you. The base PC is not enough. The items are whatever. They are just full because of the lack of anything to do. Potions are useless without gyms to battle. Pokeballs pile up if you can't catch anything. Etc etc And in line with that, if there is nothing to do other than catch and release pokemon, then there is again no point in playing.

[@theletsplaycurse]

@@venabre ah ok I can understand that, the game would definitely be easier to get into by giving you more Pokémon storage by default thankfully I’m quite lax about transferring rare Pokémon so it’s never been a problem for me

[@delphoxhoopa7289]

I feel the pain of hunting GO shinies. I've always wanted a Shiny Shaynin, so I bought the Limited Research event to unlock it. Turns out you to catch FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO Pokemon in THE FIRST FOUR REGIONS. As I'm one of the few players that can't drive, to this day its still not completed.

[@goodfellas1001]

Right I think those are literally impossible for me and millions of others. I can't get legendaries in raids. I have never had more than one person join a raid with me in all the 4 years I've been playing. So unless they are on Giovanni's team I won't get them. And for it to rotate back around to catch them all would probably be a decade. Then you take into account the region specific mons then hell no I can't get them. Waste of 5 bucks.

[@Josebalbe]

I bought the shiny mew research when it was first available many years ago, for the last step you have to get to level 40. I still haven't got it

[@MiraNecole]

I got that research but after Pokemon Go did an update recently, my phone's no longer compatible for it and have to get a new bloody phone that'd hopefully support the app, so I cant continue it until that happens! 😫

[@iSaint9]

Hey, at least you'll be done in no time with the Kanto mission, since that's the only region that Niantic knows.

[@UltraPancake-qe6vh]

@@goodfellas1001 i got my only raid legends during global go fest necrozma luckily i only did 2 but i got a shiny one

[@KaiSpy0707]

Yeah it can be brutal with Pokémon Go. I bought the Jirachi research when it came it last year, and I'm still on stage 3, trying to find 3 more Keckleon. I've caught 7, had 2 run away, and it sucks

[@peachyflush]

It's also worth noting that there is a dns exploit with platinums wfc that lets you legitimately obtain the items that allow you get the mystery gift to encounter Shaymin and Darkrai so that you can hunt a perfectly legal shiny of them.

[@bugmast3r]

I begin sweating profusely whenever someone mentions the shiny celebi in crystal, mostly because mine came way under odds at 1120 encounters.

[@Cilibi]

Please bless me with that luck I’m already at 1300

[@LatinGiudo817]

Me with Deoxys at 447 and Mew at 1215 in Emerald 😬

[@AlexanderPallares]

Everyone forgets Pokemon Ranch Mew.

[@PapaJefeYT]

Was shiny locked sadge

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

By My Pokemon Ranch they figured out how to make absolutely certain a Pokemon would be shiny locked to the initial game it's transfered to.

[@lanadelphox]

One thing to note about Gen 4, you can use a DNS exploit to get these events today. You can also use a CFW 3DS to give yourself the events as well.

[@dany_fg]

I never used real money in pokemon go and I'm not a hardcore player (I mostly play for specific events), but I did play since 2016 and what I got in terms of mythicals is: - mew (free event) - Celebi (free event) - shiny Celebi (free event) - Jirachi (free event) - shiny Deoxys (raid) - Shaymin (free event) - 4 Genesect (raid) - Victini (free event) - Hoopa (free event) - Zarude (free event) - lots of shiny and regular Meltan and Melmetal total shiny (not including meltan line): 2

[@peteynutt4104]

Diancie has a free release now called Glitz and Glam. Marshadow will probably be available for free soon. Next year I am betting We get Manaphy. Still have no idea how they are gonna do Arceus, other then Elite Raids.

[@iuxbaesuzystan]

A month ago, I shiny hunted Deoxys in Emerald using the ACE execution and Pomeg Glitch and in 3.5 days of run away encounters I got it. Also that was the first time I knew about the glitch too.

[@nakano8412]

It's really disappointing how hard they make mythicals, especially shiny mythicals. I wanted to get a Diancie back in 2020 or so, but it was last available back in gen 6, so only way to get a "legit" one would be using a powersave or pkhex to enable an old event. When Legends ZA is out next year, Diancie will probably be available, but likely to be shiny locked as the other legendaries were in PLA. Currently missing shiny Manaphy, Mew (got one in Pokemon go, but not sending my only one) and a legal Jirachi (powersave Japanese event from ORAS). Unreleased shiny mythicals will most likely be paywalled in to Pokemon go, next year it's likely Keldeo, Meloetta *might* be made available too, but who knows when Victini, Volcanion, Hoopa etc can be shiny. The quests in go for mythicals are a brutal grind, which takes forever to do. Wouldn't be suprised if GO would be the main way to release future legendaries too, gen 9 has everything shiny locked, might get Ogerpon, Calyrex etc from raids eventually before the mainline games want to release them.

[@pumpkinspiderlatte]

I really don't get why TPC makes it so hard to get shiny mythicals. Like... I managed to get 1 shiny Meltan from GO which was only available for a certain time period, and you needed to use a lure that only lasts 30 minutes and needed a few days to recharge before you could use it again. I got the shiny Mew and Shaymin (no Jirachi yet) from the masterwork quest. I ended up buying a cheap Japanese Emerald to RNG another Mew. Then, I played through the copy of Crystal on the VC to unlock the Celebi which took 4450 soft resets finally sparkle. This is all to say Pokemon GO sucks a whole lot of ass and is somehow more painful and time consuming than buying an old Pokemon copy, beating the game, and then soft resetting or RNGing a shiny. Of course, I duplicated my shinies just in case.

[@Tristan_Shuler]

Because they like money.

[@d00000py]

have been doing the shiny jirachi quest for about 2 years now on pokémon go, not even half way through it. i play casually sure, but 100% should have it by now if the quests weren’t ducking time locked, drives me crazy😊

[@peteynutt4104]

The Shiny Shaymin quest has a ridiculous time time gate. 42 days of just waiting (catch a pokemon for 21 days X's 2. If I hadn't been stuck scrounging for Sinnoh pokemon I would have been done with it. As for S. Jirachi's tasks I think the most egregious one for me was Catch 10 Kekleon that crap took me damn near 4 MONTHS. The rest was skill and catch stuff that I did in a week.

[@GrumpyMe101]

Thank the lord that 4th page of celebi research is the last 21 day wait! That page 5 is going to be a breeze 😎

[@ShinySkeleton]

That feel when you don't play pogo and you just know they are gonna gatekeep various shinies there to make us main series only players suffer.

[@Tkooy]

OMG!! the intro is so cutee

[@masterwizardwither7444]

I have done several mythical hunts in older games myself. Got into RNG manipulation a while back and had a modded 3DS with a save editor to inject events. It's not really legit to some people, but was genuinely fun and far less torturous than the alternative. Except Manaphy. That one is torture squared no matter what you do.

[@archiethecherrys3744]

lol intro very funny

[@techguypaul]

I've gotten 5 shiny Meltan but I also had nearly 1800 candies at one point lol

[@kingzant99]

"that one hasn't been available in years" while showing one that is easily available in bdsp

[@katieg1071]

I, like many others, hate that so much is, either essentially or literally, GO-exclusive. Y'know, the game that knows when you're in a car and secretly makes all PokeStops cease to function because of it, giving a generic error message instead of telling you what you should be doing? Also, God forbid you're broke, or rural, or disabled, or can't leave the house by yourself for whatever reason, or live in an area where walking is very difficult, or you don't have any Gyms nearby, or nobody in your vicinity also plays the game so you have to beg randos online to use their REAL-MONEY ONLY Remote Raid Passes because Raids are impossible to do by yourself.

[@basillah7650]

pokemon go not pokemon car

[@daniellamb6519]

a hundo Amaura is really good! Dont be sad about it. My first hundo was a ratata :3

[@Ooh_My_Josh]

i got two back to back shiny meltans last event, one ran and one caught, i have never been so sad and happy at the same time

[@ZargarART]

I got a shiny deoxys from Pokémon emerald chilling in my box I didn’t know it was a shiny the first time I got because I did not know shiny Pokémon existed

[@andreagelsomino6076]

I don't know how or why, but I'm pretty sure that in my copy of pokemon Sword I have a shiny Victini and I remember that because I noticed that two of the three Victini I have on it have illegal moves, like the one that are technically exclusive to Zekcrom and Kyurem, but the third one is from an event and is legit

[@RaptoradeHD]

Got two shiny Meltans 5 minutes from each other during this year’s anniversary. I also got shiny Arceus while streaming later that day. Talk about luck.

[@vojtech_ledvinka]

5:49 also Roaming Form Gimmighoul is Pokemon Go exclusive

[@tattooedheart67]

I’ll happily pay $30 for a pspv dlc where you can shiny hunt all the mythical pokemon, a lot of people would. They’re loosing money by not making them available through a pay wall

[@cooldude-qz1gf]

4:00 Guess who got crystal virtual console before the e-shop closed 😎

[@aizakkurhoads7527]

I legit went out of my way to buy like 4 of the Virtual Console games before the minute I heard it was closing down for good.

[@grimey90]

I paid the $5 for the jirachi masterwork. Took forever to complete it. I was so excited to check my IV's when it was finally all done... my IV spread was #1503 of possible IV outcomes for a base floor of 10. It hurt so bad.

[@tnastymma]

Yeah lol bought the $5 shiny celebi research, only to realize i need the platinum johto medal on top of a bunch of ridiculous tasks that i will never complete

[@VictoriousVulpix]

Barely got two shiny Meltan in a previous event. Hunted a yellow mew and crystal celebi so far. Have what I need to hunt jirachi and manaphy someday.

[@PurpIe.Potato]

I guess I’m lucky I did the original shiny Celebi research cause it was free and I don’t remember it being that hard lol

[@peteynutt4104]

That first one for the Christmas Zarude Movie event was very easy. Mew took awhile just for the shear amount of walking you had to do. Jirachi has a Stupid Kecleon thing. Shaymin has a, 42 day! TIME GATE. Who knows what shenanigans Shiny Victini, or Diancie will have.

[@rtr360josh7]

I am a Pokémon go player, and I’ve been playing for nearly 6 years now. These research quests that give the shiny mythicals are limited to one per player forever, in most cases. I was unable to purchase the shiny celebi quest because I completed it years ago. I understand how frustrating it is to complete these arduous tasks, but that’s part of the allure. A masterwork research task can be completed in like two months, but you’re going to be grinding so hard you’re gonna get heat stroke. If you play at a more leisurely pace, like I do, they typically take around 9-15 months to complete. Along the way, however, you get a lot better at the game. The “All for One #151” task gives you a shiny mew, but its final page requires you to walk 151 km, catch 1510 Pokémon, and hit level 40 among other things, and I can’t tell you how elated I was to finally hit level 40 and see that shiny mew. It’s all about the effort you put in, and not burning out

[@yvonnejanssen5931]

Stellar animation 👏🏻👏🏻

[@unboundmaze5690]

honestly any shiny pokemon that are only included in events I don't even bother with (ex. gamestop events, raid events, and other ways I cant think of)

[@skelebeee]

I wish they would at re-release the events for BDSP to get darkrai and shayman, I didnt buy them right away so I missed out on even getting the chance to get the items that allow you to catch them/shiny hunt them and they're recent enough that it would be nice, though I understand nintendo wanting to just forget they even exist unfortunately

[@excalibur493]

There are adults younger than Pokemon Emerald... that's WILD.

[@SpadeGeistalt]

I remember as a kid watching all these classic shiny hunt videos on all the games pre-Gen 5 and doing the Victini event and thinking to myself “wouldn’t it be so cool to get a shiny one as my first real attempt at shiny hunting?” Several days wasted soft resetting before I found out online that Gen 5 just straight up shiny locked legendaries and mythicals orz I’ll never forgive you Gamefreak, I don’t even LIKE Victini like that I just wanted the sparkles to prove that I could

[@rockinggamerdude]

7:53 actually there is a free quest to get a shiny celeby

[@kurootsuki3326]

my partner's mum has been playing pogo the whole time - right through all the low periods where they tried to reincentivise player base by giving away legendaries - and has pages and pages worth of shinies, including black rayquaza and many others. That shiny celebi quest that I haven't gotten near completed, she had the johto medal already lol.. she didn't need to pay for that quest anyway however, as she got it in a previous quest without paying :)))

[@SylveonMujigaeOfficial]

I really feel bad for that shiny Victini in the thumbnail…

[@jd.lefebvre18]

Still don’t have the first page of the shiny mew go quest done yet. No one I know plays and I can’t get the last of the kanto legends

[@Yomasi]

cant you shiny hunt shaymin and darkrai in bdsp

[@Benzinilinguine]

Me whom spent 2 years shiny hunting a celebi on real hardware: 👁️👄👁️

[@samuelhitchcock6219]

Just finished catching my shiny mythicals from Shining Pearl. Poor guys have been stuck there for a long couple of years

[@pokemonfreak6669]

Took me literally 2 years to get shiny Mew from the Masterwork research. Getting to level 40 was a nightmare. I dont even like Go i just play it to get Mythicals and i was super depressed that shiny Manaphy wasn't released for the Sinnoh tour. Im really hoping Victini is in the Unova tour because i want one even though its gonna take forever.

[@skeletorthebest7204]

You can also get a shiny Shaymin by buying a 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 BDSP cart (or somehow downgrading to those versions) and using glitches to access the event. Costly, though!

[@mostlyghostey]

If I do not get access to a shiny Victini within the next two games I will riot. Find me camping out outside nintendo’s office in protest.

[@mjdxp5688]

I've heard people speculate that TPC is intentionally locking shiny legendaries and mythicals because it knows it can just make people play Go if they really want them, which is super scummy and frustrating. I miss when you could just hunt anything.

[@ThrowingForContent]

I'm still shocked I managed to get Shiny Arceus. Though I was lucky and planned ahead when I got BDSP I got the events on my main and backup save file on the switch in case I ever want to hunt the shinies.

[@anonymouseevee5307]

Lowkey I might get myself some more totally legit shiny mythicals from 100% bug free games since the mew worked from my 3ds

[@SirCattio]

I'm just glad I got shiny celibi on pokemon go. Such a good shiny

[@eduminati314]

Regarding Shaymin and Darkrai you don't even need glitches. Just use said custom DNS servers on a copy of Platinum, get the event item and start hunting. These will transfer like usual. 😊

[@Syrow3]

i missed the zeraora event drop and i mised the darkrai event in BDSP. and i am very said about those

[@mariorivera7969]

I've had my pokemon ranger shadow's of almia cart since I got it back in 2007 it must have been. Maybe 2008. But I downloaded the wifi events using the DNS exploit years ago and I didn't touch it because I wasn't confident I could RNG it. Finally years later, early this year because of CFW on my 3ds in fact, I RNG'd the boi and it was great. It was fun playing the event and I enjoyed the process of sending over the egg and learning to RNG it. Shoutout to ima blisey for the tutorial and shoutout to Sonikks for doing it all legit in the long grind.

[@RubberToes22]

Shiny meloetta is finaly available trough pokémon home

[@OpprxssorWasTaken]

Shiny Victini is next trust. It's still kind of pathetic that Meloetta was first introduced almost 13 years ago, and this is the first time it's ever gotten a shiny. Game freak has to grow a pair...

[@PokeshadowYT]

Fingers crossed you'll get that shiny Diance via something in Legends ZA

[@seanperez1773]

While I know this was old. I barely finished the shiny shaymin quest in pogo. 💀🤣 Now I have two!

[@CL3V3Rx]

The state of shiny legendaries and mythicals is just getting more and more depressing.. SwSh: Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Type:null, Kubfu, Galarian birds, Keldeo & Poipole, all locked. BDSP: Darkrai & Shaymin event no longer distributing. Gift Mew and Jirachi locked. PLA: All legendaries and mythicals locked. ScVi: All legendaries and mythicals locked, INCLUDING THE $35 DLC ONES! Will be surprising to see if Legends ZA will even have shinies...

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

I’m glad I still have the items in BDSP so I can hunt them whenever. Also since PLA shiny locked all legendaries and mythicals I doubt they will not lock them in legends Z-A

[@trashcancat1579]

ive had a quest for shiny mew for the last like 2 years lmao

[@TheDeviousGambler]

Back in sun and moon I was given a shiny manphy and a shiny victini in wonder trades not knowing they were illegal pokemon and now I've just got those, I also was given pokeball magira sorry for bad spelling on the names I haven't played pokemon in a bit now

[@ho1832]

Shiny Lock Removals are possible for the other shiny mythicals but those arent everyones cup of tea

[@Skele10bro]

So Pokémon Bank and Pokemon Transporter can still transfer to Pokemon Home? I thought that feature was shut down.

[@dirtybroomstick5595]

Not to defend Pokemon Go to much, but those paywalled shiny mythical quests usually happen as a rerun a couple years after there was a free limited time event for that shiny mythical. The free debut also has much less harsh tasks associated with its quest

[@basillah7650]

That just makes it worse the paid version worse than the free version.

[@mimi1883]

I hunted a legit shiny manaphy over the course of several years and it’s not for the faint of heart lol totally worth it though

[@brendenbonokoski9177]

one of My favourite pokemon is darkri, in the upcoming halloween I'll hunt it for my first time

[@FoxyGamesYT]

i have a ton of those pokemon on a cart of black that i bought second hand

[@viviblue7277]

I mean once you have gen 4 ACE you could get all the gen 4 and earlier shiny mythicals with that right? Sure that’s kinda totally cheating but if you just want a shiny living dex I could understand cutting a few corners on some or all mythicals.

[@battenza]

Remember Dauntless?

[@shadow_4_it]

Is/Was that a game, or a program that tested people's bug catching skills?

[@trashcancat1579]

also i find it a little ironic how people say melmetal is free despite it being the most expensive mythical, needing you to buy a 70 dollar game

[@basillah7650]

It's free pokemon home or get a friend to give you item in pokemon go which is free to play can also trade for them.

[@Stimmtso4]

Actually "got" the Arceus from BDSP, but I used my master ball on Giratina and Arceus died by struggle...

[@Anonymous_Sombrero]

Born in the wrong time and place kind of vibes.

[@Murderoustranscat]

I remember the zeroaura event in sw/sh and how I had no idea how to get the shiny and spent years trying to figure it out with nowhere telling me where I could get my shiny zeroaura until I finally installed Pokemon home onto my phone about two or so years ago cause I had heard it had a lot of exclusive features leading to me finding the mystery gift and getting tons of home mystery gifts cause I contribute in a lot of events and have all the switch games for the 3 starters for each game Unrelated but also stupid I got the original marshadow event back in I think 2017 and lost it right before I was going to use it. I then found the card a couple days ago but it's worthless

[@lookatmyzombies9377]

My Shiny Celebi and New from Crystal Clear were able to be sent to HOME though the Mew has to have GF as the OT (there is a Mew fixer NPC in game) and thus Mew is said to technically he illegal because in the original event it's IVs we're set I heard

[@Aw_Chito]

But shiny zeraora was an available in sword and shield with the help of Pokémon home or dose that not count?

[@ThugsterRat]

Ive been working on a shiny jirachi research for 1 1/2 years bro😭

[@greencharisard1444]

I think my only legitimate shiny myticals are my melmetal and the swsh Zeraora from the global raid event, it was the one thing that convinced me to get pokemon home 😅 I also have like... two shiny celebis, one from pogo (the free research one) and the zarude event one.

[@__frozzt__4199]

arent all mythical pokemon from BSDP available as shiny? i have seen some videos from Shiny Catherine where she gets shaymin and arceus

[@netherwarrior6113]

I really hate shiny lock, it was a stupid concept in the first place. The most common reason given is with cutscenes, it makes no sense. I really hate that, and from there it has evolved to just shiny locking whatever. The ruinous Pokémon who you don’t see until you are in battle with them, nope, can’t have the cool blue fire fish or the black sword cat. Gotta save that for a limited time event or make it payed in Go. I recently used pomeg glitch and rng manipulation to get a shiny mew on my emerald virtual console on the 3ds. (My 3ds is jailbroken) I really hope gamefreak realizes how stupid shiny lock is and stops it.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

It’s not a stupid concept, they’re just trigger happy with what they lock and it’s infuriating. Like if they lock the starly after you pick a starter in sinnoh, that’s good. You can’t catch it so why give it the possibility of being shiny. But if they lock legendaries that you can CLEARLY reset over (like ruinous Pokémon) then that’s stupid. Also Chien-pao isn’t a black shiny, it’s brown but I would love it if it was black. Sucks I can’t hunt for fish.

[@netherwarrior6113]

@@THGMR-ox7sd Yeah, I agree there is nothing wrong with shiny locking the zigzagoon in Gen 3 or the starly in Gen 4, but locking say the random legendaries in scarlet and violet dlc is really scummy honestly. I wanted to reset for Shiny Lunala but after I heard they were shiny locked, I didn’t even get the dlc. I know they probably locked them due to dynamax raids in Gen 8, but I dont want to have to play through Gen 8 and purchase the dlc. I do agree there are times for it though.

[@damlatorun6756]

⁠@@netherwarrior6113forget the legendaries, WHY THE HELL DID THEY LOCK THE STARTERS?

[@netherwarrior6113]

@@damlatorun6756 Probably the cutscene thing I mentioned before, but it’s really weird since you can still hunt them through eggs. Honestly I think a way around it is to have the shiny be apart of the cutscene, so like you can save before you leave the house, then when you exit the house, you can see if the starter you want is shiny, and if not, reset.

[@ExHappyFace]

Niantic is foaming at the mouth for Shiny Victini. They are happy the had Mew and made bank for non shiny hunters, but those who slowly hunted mythicals using glitches or pure event injections all the mythicals were shiny huntable as outlined in this video. Victini is the first mythical (ignoring the mentioned Meltan and its evo) where Go is the ONLY way to get the shiny, so GoFest 2025 lining up Unova is going to to be big for them. Victini, Genesct, Meloeta, and Keldeo are there options. Genecet has been in raids, so the other two are up for grabs so Niantic is excited.

[@RealSkello]

11:00 I loved the part where you told us a name for the method so we can find it or at least a timestamp for the other video

[@trailspokemon]

You love that part, I love the part at 12:30 where I put a thumbnail for you to find that video

[@RealSkello]

@@trailspokemon Yeah I found the video. It’s just hard to search through a 40 minute video like that. I only saw an RNG manip thing. Where is it in the “Infinite shiny manaphy” video?

[@trailspokemon]

The TID/SID randomization isn’t in the video, but in the description there’s a link to the void matrix discord server, someone there might be able to help you with that part. But it’s an arbitrary code execution glitch in the video, it can do a lot of things for you

[@RealSkello]

@@trailspokemon ok thank you

[@RealSkello]

@@trailspokemon I personally prefer keeping things as close to legit as I can

[@zacharytaylor5584]

10 best friends for shiny jirachi is killin me

[@peteynutt4104]

@zacharytaylor5584 10 kecleon Will be worse, trust me. But you might not like the 385 excellent throws or the catch 1000 pokemon task. But I can help you with the Friend part if you'd like. PTSDSquirrel - 061065575912

[@basillah7650]

that easy make 10 accounts

[@zacharytaylor5584]

@basillah7650 pokemon best friends...buddies whatever

[@aizakkurhoads7527]

I personally HATE using Pokémon Go to get shinies for my main game. I’ll catch them and hold them to my PoGo account, but the way Home connections works is infuriating. It’s a personal problem I know, but I play main series games exclusively in Japanese. My Switch, and all my games are in this language. But because PoGo and Home required me to use my Apple account (which was first set up in America) they automatically set my mons to English. Despite my phone being a Japanese iPhone, despite having only played PoGo in Japan, despite having a Japan region Switch, and despite my games also being in the Japan region. So the fact that many of these mythicals are being released for shiny for PoGo is a huge turn off. The upside is, I have many of the WiFi event shinies for the main games from 4th Gen up.

[@Whatisthis195]

Tbh the fact that mythicals and legendaries in go aren’t shiny locked proves there’s someone at gamefreak who just hates shiny hunters. I have yet to see 1 good reason for shiny locks.

[@KeyStone_23]

I have a new 3ds xl with legitimate virtual console version of Pokemon crystal and Pokemon bank and transfer also downloaded (console is not modded) is that really how much they go for?

[@srsrerror7761]

i hate the fact that i can only get those shiny mythicals in pokemon go because i can't play pokemon go where i live it is a stupidly small place so there is no way for me to get a lot of pokemon,good pokemon,pokeballs,items,etc

[@ToaArcan]

Shiny Mythicals AKA "Game Freak and TPCi find a way to make Mythicals even more annoying."

[@voidtectonic]

I have the zeraora. I didn't know it was that rare

[@looweestew2733]

I had to boot up my switch and check after watching this video and yeah, I have a legit shiny Zeraora on my copy of shield