Shiny Pokémon

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Shiny Pokémon are alternate forms of the eponymous fictional creatures of the Pokémon franchise, introduced in the 1999 games Pokémon Gold and Silver. These Pokémon have different color palettes from the standard color of their species, with each type of Pokémon having only one predetermined shiny palette. An individual Pokémon's status as being Shiny or not is determined when it is created by the game, such as by being encountered in the wild or by being born from an egg, and can not be changed after the fact; a regularly colored Pokémon will never become Shiny, and a Shiny Pokémon will never stop being Shiny. They are very rare to encounter in the Pokémon games, with very low odds of encountering one across many games in the franchise. How Shiny color palettes are determined is unclear; James Turner, a designer for the series, stated he was only able to design the Shiny palettes of his designs starting from the 2016 games Pokémon Sun and Moon. Since their inception, Shiny Pokémon have...

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