If you have ever played ‘Pokémon’ in a way beyond casual, surely the mere mention of the word “shiny” makes your hair stand on end. For years, shiny pokémon have been the crown jewel of any game in the franchise: one out of every 4096 wild creatures is special, and if it escapes, you have to wait for luck again. However, in ‘Pokémon Go’ they have dealt with your frustrations… only to bury them again.
Brilliant, this is what I can do, what do I have left to do?
The latest campaign of the mobile game, Rediscover GO, has already been ruined by attempting to enhance the features of trainers by creating authentic monsters, but now we have discovered that it also causes many more shiny pokémon to appear. The problem is… they are not real. They only give that impression due to the visual enhancements introduced with the update, and your excitement may end up in a pokémon pit.
Niantic has not said anything yet, but it is most likely that they will try to fix it with a patch soon. Good intentions sometimes amount to nothing, and creating your team of shinies will definitely be much more complicated than it seemed. I just hope you haven’t spent a Master Ball on this.
