Other Arguments include hacking, though I didnt want to open that can of worms because its dumb and stupid. Whats not either of those things though, are Helix Mattresses! Thank you Helix Sleep for sponsoring! Click here helixsleep.com/lockstin to get 25% off your Helix mattress (plus two free pillows!) during their End of Year Sale. If you miss this limited time offer, you can still get 20% off using my link! Offers subject to change. #helixsleep

My only issue with shiny "un-locking" via events is that they are usually one time only events. It makes it that more special sure, but also puts down the stress of having to pay attention to any an all events that possibly may be happening at all times.

Helix is single handedly funding this man’s entire life. Like I don’t think anyone could be more loyal to each other than lockstin and helix

Blood Moon Ursaluna can show up shiny in your pokedex if you have a shiny Ursaluna registered! It was a whole thing on Twitter XD

I personally hate the idea of shiny locking Pokemon, mainly because it feels like its trying to use FOMO. They have cool shinies like Koraidon or Chi-Yu, but they're not available in game. Meaning you need to wait for an event that comes out so you can get one. Meaning you have to constantly be up to date with Pokemon news otherwise you'll miss out on the cool shiny. That entire time Pokemon will be feeding you useless news that does nothing more than waste your time.

It doesn't make sense for the Returning Legendaries in the Indigo Disk to be Shiny Locked when they weren't Shiny Locked in the Previous Game via Dynamax adventures! This also applies to the Blueberry Academy's hidden Meloetta encounter. How to fix the overworld issue? Have the game decide whether of not to have the Legendaries be shiny when you get the Snack from Snacksworth! Edit: after reading the comments I think I have a better Idea, You fight them the first time where they're shiny locked, beat them, and then every attempt after is NOT Shiny Locked.

Shiny hunting is one of my favorite parts other than the competeive scene, I like to make teams for ranked by shiny hunting for a whole team to use, its personally what keeps me interested in the game. Legendaries being shiny locked takes away the fun of creating teams for me, especially when pokemon home and the dlc came out where its hard to use a team with non- legendary pokemon and get anywhere with it.

My current take is that it has to do with making a Pokemon a set spawn effectively "skips" the chances for a Pokemon to be rolled shiny So kinda like with Gen 2, it's not a direct choice but a result of something else putting a Pokemon in the over world or in cutscenes shiny locks it, the Switch era is what solidified it for me as most legendaries in SWSH are shiny locked but not Regieleki and Regidrago the 2 that don't have any cutscene appearances Why they've handled returning legendaries the way they did in Gens 6, 7, and 8 with the Hoopa portals, Ultra Warpride, and Dynamax adventures, keeping them out of the overworld and cutscenes so they can be shiny those times which further explains why they did it that way 3 gens straight, which is why they aren't in SV they put them in the over world this time because people complained they weren't doing that

Interesting that you show the Ash Caps, as all but one is shiny locked. Within Ultra Sun/Moon you are able to Shiny Hunt the Partner Cap one you get from the Movie's QR code (Due to a bug with the game checking your Trainer Secret Value instead of the OT "Ash" of 1009. So as long as your TSV isn't 1009 you can encounter it shiny)

It’s interesting learning about how Shiny odds interacted with IVs in the early games. I had no idea about that.

I also think part of the reason for shiny locking has to do with Pokemon GO. In those games, you can obtain previously shiny locked Mythical Pokemon through..paid events or buying enough raid passes to finally get one.

I'd rather GameFreak give pokemon like gengar, blaziken, and garchomp better shiny colors than for them to unlock shiny locked mons

For the record, the Master Ball was hard-coded to never fail. It’s a check done before doing any calculations.

I and V Unown… huh? That’s spooky if coincidence. But everything Unown is.

4:02 You think that's bad? Imagine running by chance into both a male shiny combee AND THEN a male shiny salandit...

I have one shiny, a shiny relicanth in an Emerald cartridge that I transferred to Black and White. The same cartridge did the worst thing: a shiny Jolteon in the Battle Pyramid. Otherwise, never seen a shiny. So you are not alone, Lockstin.

I thought you’d be mentioning how they are probably shiny locking legendaries to make people play Pokémon Go to get them, considering how they locked old legendaries in SV.

I'm surprised you didn't even touch on Gamefreak locking all legendaries, including ones previously not shiny locked even just a generation ago

I kinda have the feeling that Gamefreak has taken what were logical shiny-locking's at first and then kept using them on Pokemon that shouldn't have gotten them

My first (and currently only shiny) is a Mightyena that I caught as a Poochyena in Emerald. I've been transfering it up through the later games for years.

As someone who shiny hunts a lot, I hate shiny locks. Mostly because receiving a shiny legendary from an event isn't satisfying, compared to finding them yourself. I'm always really excited to get a shiny through my hard work that I put in, weather it be from soft rests, runaway methods, chaining, overworld encounters, or even RNG manipulation. Not to mention that most the mon that are shiny locked don't really have good shinies, with some exceptions. Personally I think that shiny locking hinders replayablity, the only reason why I go back to SwSh is to shiny hunt in Dynamax adventures. Not to mention we've been waiting over a decade for some shinies to be officially released (Ex: Victini). I honestly think that it's a bit lazy and unfair to release shiny locks for limited time events, not everyone has the same access to games stores, enough time for the event, etc.

I heard that they did it to “Prevent people from cheating in order to get certain shinies.” Well that backfired

Loved the background story of Lockstin having dinner with Gnoggin. And little Easter eggs hiding outside the window The amount of care and imagination that goes into every one of these video, even the ones that seem like they just needed to crank something out to stay in the algorithm is why this channel is one of my favorites

My personal theory as to why GameFreak shiny lock Pokemon is due to consistency They don’t want Pokemon showing up in cutscenes or box art to show one design only for the Pokemon to be a different colour when it becomes catchable for the player

I used to shiny hunt in sun and moon while watching Netflix shows, it was really fun watching the office and doing sos battles because it helped me with my adhd. It gave me a physical stimulate to passively do to help me from getting bored or distracted from the show. Now it’s become a bit of a hobby I enjoy.

"I'm here to argue, not to take sides." And that is why I love you, Maxill. We all need a devil's advocate in our lives.

Another fun fact, shiny locking started in Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness. The shadow pokemon are shiny locked. Funny enough, in Pokemon Colosseum players found out the shadow pokemon could be shiny hunted (as the shiny value is recalculated after catching).

My thing is that if they actually want to shiny lock for event purposes that's FINE, but if that event is just a stupid mystery code giveaway, its awful. I want to EARN them, not get them from a random code. If that means I have to breed for an egg or do a tough raid battle I'm fine with that, but putting in a code just so i can get a shiny rayquaza makes no sense and I didn't earn that trophy.

Gamefreak have said that one reason for shiny locking legendaries is that fighting a legendary pokemon is meant to be a special moment and that reseting for hours ruins this special moment, which is a very stuoid reason

I really love these videos where Maxill is a lot more present! Love the back and forth interactions!

Lets be honest, the real reason is because "coding is hard" and its much easier just to release an event down the line that makes them shiny. Indigo disk datamine really shed some light on how and why gamefreak shiny locks. To make a long story short, with how static encounters work in SCVT gamefreak chose the easier option of just locking them all instead removing a select few mainly because how the game handles battle encounters/spawns since the map is a seemless overworld. Versus something like pla where spawns are predetermined the moment you enter the zone.

While clearly not the focus of the video, I'd just like to point out that the Master Ball in Gen 1 can never fail. By using a Master Ball, it completely bypasses the capture check. A Master Ball has never, and will never be able to fail to capture a wild Pokémon.

Something really weird is that Gamefreak is really against hacking, as seen by their latest tournament drama, but without hacking, there's no way to tell if a Pokemon is shiny locked or not. The odds are way too low that hunting for months nonstop without getting the shiny is still plausible. It's a common issue in many MMORPGs, you're never sure if you have insane bad luck or if you're actually hunting at the wrong place.

Ultra Sun and Moon were goated simply because of no shiny lock, it was also my first Pokemon game AND bc of a Spanish female dusk Lycanroc the second egg was shiny, I now have a shiny dusk Lycanroc so no USUM bias (edit, I forgot Tapus and totems and box arts, too used to ultra wormhole hunting)

I think what could work is to make the first encounter of a "Shiny Locked" pokemon to be impossible to be shiny the first encounter. So that way, those who are playing casually will get the pokemon, how it looked on the box arts. However, once you soft reset, the shows that you are trying to shiny hunt (as there isn't much of a reason to soft reset if you are a casual player), so this restriction would be turned off. I don't even think this could be that difficult to implement, they could just do a similar that the older Animal Crossing games did were, when you load your save file, a switch is turned off and when you save and quit, this switch is turned off. But if you turn the console off and then turn it back on, this switch will still be turned on and when the game detects this, it would know that you quit without saving and tell you. Similarly, when you encounter a "Shiny Locked" pokemon, it turns a switch on and this switch isn't turned off until the encounter is over. So if you soft reset, this switch will still be on and when this switch is on, the pokemon can be shiny. The switch will turn on a second once the pokemon is shown, so that the first encounter can't be shiny. I think this method would probably satisfy both parties who do and don't want shiny locks.

i love the drifloon taking a child at 6:23

Me, resetting for months for a shiny Squirtle in JP FireRed: I AM playing the game, been playing for months. It's called shiny hunting, it's a perfectly valid way to play the game, get over it

The shiny drifloon carrying away that poor child. Rip Youngster Joey, at least you found a shiny

I think for SV, the main reason for shiny locking is possibly the fact that there is no transition screen between cutscene, OW, Battle and capturing transfer and they weren't able to figure out how to code it properly so they just decided to lock it. I'm hoping theyre able to figure out how to allow us to hunt them in gen 10. Even if its just another "max raid den" situation. For other shinies being locked, I do think that anything that is heavily involved in the story makes sense as well. Sucks, but it makes sense for them to use them for cutscenes and then suddenly change.

I want to tackle some of the arguments in favor of shinylocking The main one is for Pokémon that are either in the overworld or in cutscenes as not shiny. This rule has been broken several times, most recently in BDSP where literally nothing is locked, but also in Let's Go, Ultra Sun/Moon (where all the ultra beasts have cutscenes but aren't locked) and the Crown Tundra (where the Swords and the Regis weren't locked, but the galarian birds were) Let's Go is an interesting case, which ties into the Snorlax example. Snorlax is clearly visible in the overworld, and isn't shinylocked. As a matter of fact, nothing is. Even Mewtwo, arguably the most story-relevant Pokémon in the game, with a pre-rendered cutscene, isn't locked. The only exception is the starter, which has a unique model and can even be customized somewhat. It's the only case where the game has to care about a Pokémon being shiny or not after you catch it, because of its cutscenes. It's impossible to know GameFreak's true intentions, but it is believable that some locked Pokémon were locked as a marketing ploy. The galarian birds were one of the only things locks in the Crown Tundra, and that's because they were given away as rewards for joining online battles. There are also examples of shinies being given away as promos for movies, as you mentioned. I think this is a much more believable reason than the "cutscene consistency" argument Also Cosplay Pikachu has shiny models that are totally unused

Seeing the LeChonk at 7:15 still makes me mad that I ran right past one. I thought it was just the female version >:[

6:23 R.I.P child

"I'm just here to argue, not to choose sides" 😂 I relate to this so much lol

6:15 Wow, honestly respect for doing the reflection on the table

Game Freak's dedication to shiny locking is higher than their dedication to making good shinies

6:25 hello police, a shiny balloon stole my kid!

One thing that’s always bothered me about shiny locking Pokémon is that it feels like it goes against what Pokémon stands for. What I mean by that is Pokémon has always been about possibilities, no two play throughs will be the same. By removing part of the possibility of someone finding something rare like that is just backwards towards the meaning of a game being it’s own separate universe. The likelihood of a kid finding a shiny starter randomly is very low but never impossible, and I would like to believe that it made a great memory for whoever that was.

I appreciate the attention to detail at 1:50 of having all the Unown of the alphabet at the bottom, minus the ones that floated up to spell *The Phrase*.

SILENCE NON BELIEVER. SHINY ESPEON IS GORGEOUS

Still glad my brother challenged me to a Nuzlocke on ORAS early this year, first route 103 encounter was a shiny Poochyena. Third Pokémon of the run was a SHINY. Even got her to Pokémon Violet.

A lot of shiny hunters have a story from their youth where they freaked out because they thought their game was glitched when they really got a shiny pokemon. They turn the game off, the shiny is lost, and years later they know what happened. This spurred me on to do a reclaim hunt for Spinda in pokemon Ruby. Shiny locking may be there to prevent these cases, but why? I look back on that fondly, it wasn't/isn't an issue, it's a chance to revisit something where I otherwise wouldn't. It's not like there are prominent battle facilities nowadays, the true postgame -is- shiny hunting for a lot of people, myself included. The legendaries being shiny locked in Scar/Vio is heartbreaking, one of the main reasons I got the DLC was because I wanted to shiny hunt Spectrier and Glastrier. There's no way to hunt them, so I don't really see a reason to catch them. I already have their non-shiny forms in Shield, why would I bother catching them again? Some may argue that this is one of the things GF wants to avoid; making legendaries not appealing because they can't be shiny. I agree with the reasoning, but only for new legendaries. There's 0 reason to shiny locked already released legendaries because we already have access to those legendaries in their intended settings! If it's a post game treat, there's no reason for it to be shiny locked! An argument could be made that newer players will have access to these legendaries for the first time in these games, but even then I don't think anyone would complain about randomly getting a shiny legendary. Also shiny events suck. I didn't hunt this shiny pokemon, I didn't really do anything for it but input a code or just check the mystery gift. There's no point! The point of shiny hunting is the hunt! There's no special moment associated with it, so the only reason I would bother is to check a box on the shiny living dex. This applies to event pokemon in general though, I don't like the concept of just getting a pokemon from the internet with nothing around it. The Zeraora event from Sw/Sh was a perfect example of fixing the issue. By having the event be a community-driven raid event, the special moment became less about shiny hunting and more about overcoming a difficult challenge and being rewarded with something cool at the end. This is also why the Ogre Oustin' shiny munchlax works for me, that minigame was BRUTAL and me and my friends had a blast playing it. Shiny locking pokemon strips away special moments before they happen in favor of a uniform experience. I don't like it, and I don't think there's a good reason to do it.

Long-time shiny hunter with a love of science and business who will just say this: Pokemon GO microtransactions are why modern shiny locking is happening. In the past, it was probably more so related to the story and mythical/event pokemon as stated. Most decisions made by those companies since specifically FireRed and LeafGreen have been solely on how to maintain and build current/future revenue streams as others fade. Some for better and others for worse. Pokemon GO had the whole remote raid pass meltdown which caused a mass influx of random add-ons being offered by Pokemon GO as many players seemed to end up leaving or played much less. It wasn't simply more community days or POGO Fest stuff, but stuff that was just like "who is buying this unless they have disposable income or simply addicted?" In my opinion, going forward, most legendaries in the main series will be shiny locked or sometimes held behind paywalls like DLC such as those raid dens in Crown Tundra that allowed shiny hunting. Most don't care if you're spending hours shiny hunting if they're still being paid. I strongly believe that Pokemon Transporter/Bank will be dead by 2025 to stamp out the last option of obtaining different colored legendary pixels by not directly buying ONLY their current products. To me, the idea of a kid nowadays having to feel like they have to buy raid passes to have a chance at their favorite legendary being shiny is a bummer rather than simply going for it like we usually could growing up. A grown adult can buy raid passes if they really wanted, but kids can't and if they can... well they probably shouldn't be getting in the habit of wasting money on mobile micros rather than saving it or other things like an actual game or such.. :/

”create a problem then sell a solution” is one of extremely shitty practices GF been infamous for, sadly

I think in the case of some legendary Pokemon they became shiny locked so the shiny versions could exist as separate Pokemon, like how Black Rayquaza is a thing in the anime and with Genesect there were 5 created while on just happened to get red plating and grey eyes.

I would enjoy watching you go from 2 shiny pokemon to a full box (or more?) It has unfortunately never been easier to get them!

Umm.... Did I just witness a shiny Drifloon whisk a child away at 6:20 ?!?! 😱

I’d be so fun if your rival had the ability to have a shiny Pokémon, maybe make the odds for them specifically lower then the default, and then the game would keep the tag for the rest of the game

Hey Lockstin, I just wanted to say I love videos that feature Maxill. I love the dynamic between the two of you and it brings me back to the days of great pokemon reset haha.

They need to bring back that feature from stadium where pokemon have multiple shiny forms, and you can change which one, depending on different special name cheat codes

Haha I love the Driftloon detail in the background at 6:20

Shoutout to that one NPC trainer dressed as a Groudon in Pokemon Colosseum. His costume isn’t shiny locked!

The real question is why they don’t shiny lock special non catchable Pokémon like the tutorial wild Starly in BDSP or Juniper’s Minccino and Cinccino in BW and BW2

Lockstin, I'm surprised you didn't know this, but the Master Ball has never been able to fail. The figure you gave is from a rumor that I believe originated from people misunderstanding how the Master Ball works and assuming it calculates like any other Pokeball, in which case there would be a 1/65,535 chance of failure, which is the stat you gave. However, ironically similar to your explanation of how shiny locking works in code, the game ignores the result of the calculation when using a Master Ball. Master Balls have always been hard coded to guarantee success in any circumstance where the target is able to be caught, ignoring the catch calculation.

The only good reason for shiny locking Pokémon I can think of is if the Pokémon is literally uncatchable, like the trial mons in Sun and Moon for example

Because GameFreak hates us. Starters and the main story legendaries I can live with. And definitely uncatchable pokemon like the first Starly fight in DPPt. But the optional legendaries that are supposed to be a bonus should be fair game. And ffs can we at least change the names of the gift shinies if that’s gonna be the only way of getting them? I love naming my pokemon and all those “event” pokemon forbid me from giving them cool names.

I really hope GameFreak's reason for shiny locking isn't: "We want you to play the game, enjoy the story, and you can't do that when you're resetting for hours and hours trying to get your starter to be shiny". The most important thing to ANY company should be, that the customer is constantly using their product. If I am spending hours of my time shiny hunting my starter, then that's hours I'm spending PLAYING your game, GameFreak! As long as I'm on your game, why should it matter to you that the first thing I want to do, is spend hours shiny hunting my starter? You should be encouraging that way of play, GameFreak! (At least if you were smart, you would.)

0:42 is straight up wrong because the masterball works differently, it's always rigged to catch, ignoring the chance calculation. That also means that item 132(the glitch master ball clone) doesn't have the 100% chance, since it's always hardcoded for the exact item id of a master ball

I dont really get why starters and returning legendaries are shiny locked in SV, considering that in SW they werent by dynamax adventures (which in my opinion are even more time consuming than resets). Right now im shiny hunting for a tera reuniclus in the indigo disk for my all shiny team and even though its taking its time and i have yet to start the league proper, i've been enjoying it! I can understand the reasoning of some that dont find shinies interesting or simply think their value is going down because of how easy they are to find, but i dont really care, the value they have is how much time i spent looking for them and feels like a reward for my patience. This is a bit of a rant on my part but i hope it made sense lol. Happy new years!

I want a shiny koraidon 😭

Man I've missed out on so many shiny events and events in general.

The Unown thing is a coincidence. Gold and Silver still had the old DV system that ranged from 0 to 15. The IV system we have today that ranges from 0 to 31 was not introduced until Gen III, which means that the developers didn't know what IVs are back then because they weren't anything. The old DV system was part of the reason 7 males to 1 female Pokémon could not have Shiny females. Also, the Master Ball can fail thing is an urban legend, it cannot fail.

Random idea: What if instead of saving shinies for events, what if there was a third form of a Pokemon? And this third form will also just have a different color palette, just like a regular shiny? For example, Greninja has a black shiny. What if there was a purple shiny to match its tera poison event raid battle, so there’s the regular blue, the shiny black, and the purple event Greninja.

Don’t try to hide the fact you were having a date with yourself.

As a shiny hunter, some of the most anticipated hunts I have had for each generation have been for the starters and the legendaries. Sure you can breed a shiny starter later, but it's such a cool feeling to start the game with a shiny starter. It's quite saddening to accept the reality that Game Freak will probably never revert this shiny lock change.

The shiny haunter in the beginning was a nice touch

I never see myself as a shiny hunter but whenever I encounter shiny Pokemon in the wild it was rare sighting for me and made it special for I caught one. Like in Scarlet & Violet I've encounter 7 shiny Pokemon in random encounters just by playing the game and I was not intentionally trying to shiny hunt them. That is however no longer often the case which I can only sense as to why Gamefreak would want to shiny lock certain Pokemon for shiny Pokemon are of a rare find, if everyone in the world were to have shiny Mewtwo as an example it's no longer rare and it's just now common for everyone to have a shiny Mewtwo they don't particularly deserve it. And what I mean by that is oh you see a new legendary Pokemon and you want it but your 1st mind is to want it shiny and you spent all day trying to shiny hunt that Pokemon when everyone else has that same idea in mind. Other than that this was great video and I just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Yes, there are legitimate reasons for some pokémon to be shiny locked. But static legendary encounters that plenty of people look forward to for the sole purpose of obtaining their shinies legitimately? Okay, now that's just ridiculously baffling. P.S. Also, Espeon's shiny is actually good. Overhated to high heaven.

Shiny-locking's only purpose is that they can "sell" you the shiny later (yes, sell, because events are basically massive advertisements to do stuff that might lead to more sales). It also changes it from 'rare' to a 'handout', but that would also count for guaranteed shinys like Gyarados I guess. So in the end, it's always in bad faith and shouldn't be endorsed.

I'm playing Pokemon since Red & Blue came out, and only 2 shinies I got ware a Rattata in Leaf Green on route 1 (that was the only time when I had a Raticate on my final team :P) and a Machop in Ruby. It was like 3 or 4 years ago and I got them on the same day :D

I really like how Gnoggin (at least I think that's what he's called) was implemented here! Great job!

People seem to have this misconception, so, when hunting a shiny starter, say it takes a few months, ok, and then you get it. Do you just turn it off now, and never play further? Or, now that you have your shiny soft resetted starter, do you proceed to play the game? Obviously you play, but there seems to be a misconception that you don't. Bottom line, shiny locking the starters is unacceptable, breeding shouldn't EVER be the only option for getting a shiny starter, EVER. The implication that if you're hunting you aren't playing is condescending and imbecilic.

I was just thinking I could use a new Lockstin video

Dying at “Advanced moonwalk spin!” 🤣🤣🤣

I'm pretty sure shiny locking was first done in Pokémon Colosseum with your Espeon and Umbreon, (I could be wrong) and then with its sequel Pokémon XD where practically every Shadow Pokémon was shiny locked.

A blatant fact about this is that #ShinyLockingIsGateKeeping

Shiny Locking is, ngl, pure stupidity. I looked forward to shiny hunting Raging Bolt/Gouging Fire, I WANTED to shiny hunt Kubfu, Glastrier, and Spectrier, that was the main selling point of the new DLC, shinies that weren't available prior to the DLC. Also, Spiky-Eared Pichu can, in fact, be shiny. It's a, like, 1/200000, but it is technically possible.

I would also think it would be nice if they made a Regi For this type called Regi space that would basically protect Earth from any space seemed extinction events like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs and one time it messed up and that allowed the megastones to be introduced, hence causing the mega evolution and shortly after Is rayquasa and dioxis came Running after it, rayquasa managed to escape But dioxis is stuck in space Fighting Regi space forever And the second Regi would be the water type Regi and I think it would be cool if they made a new region based off of Louisiana which is where all this space themed stuff would be going down.

I would've loved to get a shiny Gimmighoul, if the Raids weren't bugged the hell out and instead of increased Shiny Chance, it was decreased and so hard to tell. Thanks GF

Shiny Hunting: Earning Shiny GameFreak Giveaways: Handouts

I want Shiny Victini someday.

came looking for this channel since youtube hasn't recommended it in years, didnt expect the videos to now be static images, very different

I don’t fully remember the details as of how, but during the tail end of 5th gen I got a shiny Meloetta. I think it was a friend over dA chat that had it either hacked or glitched in and of all thing they wanted for it, they wanted a Bidoof named Jésus. So, now, locked on my closely guarded copy of Pokémon White is a shiny that should not exist but does

Shiny Locks are stupid especially when they lock a Pokémon that was previously unlocked 😐 ALL the legendary Pokémon coming back to the Indigo Disk are shiny locked… even the ones you were able to shiny hunt in the PREVIOUS game 🤦‍♂️ Sword and Shield locked Type:Null when you could reset for it in Sun and Moon and same with Poipole in SwSh

If they ever do Kalos remakes (PLEASE), just… shiny lock the starters. I hunted for a shiny Fenikin on call with some mates, and… uh… 24 hours. With a couple breaks, and an existential crisis, the total time in game was 24 hours.

Actually gen 3 had the first shiny locked Pokémon in the game Pokémon xd. You see in the prequel game colloseum. Shadow Pokémon were rolled for random stats twice. Once while the opponent has it and once when you catch. This led to a funny little bug where your opponent can have a shiny on their team that turns normal after and vice versa. Presumably to avoid that bug, Pokémon XD will actively keep retooling your stats if it sees you’d get a shiny until you no longer have one

an idea which came to me during this video: why not just shiny lock pokemon that only exist once in every universe (save). think about it: why would the pokedex or the public know what the regular pokemon looks like if the only one that exists is shiny? furthermore, the shiny technically wouldnt be shiny since, again, it is the only one, and therefore would be known as the default color.

It's kind of a weird decision why GameFreak decides to shiny lock certain Pokemon some I do understand such as the main box legendaries and the Starter Pokemon since they probably do that so you can actually play the game but some I've never understood with ones such as Victini, Keldeo and most recently, *every single Legendary Pokemon through Snacksworth Quests* since they literally appear in the overworld much like every other legendary where they haven't been shiny locked. I hope GameFreak does remove the shiny lock in the future, at least the ones that don't make sense, so we can fill in our Shiny Living Dex without there being gaps in them for no real reason.

Notification squad, where ya at?

i got absolutely flashbanged by the music in the sponser because it's also the ending music from wilfred motherloving warfstache

I still remember playing sword and shield and accidently stumbling across a shiny whalmer. Was such a cool find, and deffinately made a cool memory