Shiny Pokemon

Ross · 09-19-2002, 11:07 PM

I was wondering what people know about the shiny pokemon. Forget about catching them, I don't really care (and I'll admit, I have fun with a Gameshark... call me cheating if you must, but I guess I only do it on occasion).

It's training shiny pokemon that I am concerned with. I know a lot of people are under the assumption that shiny is more powerful, but is that the truth? A few well respected sites that do tests with the game have stated (and shown their tests) that shiny pokemon are simply different: they're not more powerful, they're just constant. They always have a DV of 10, which makes to about 1/3 of a regular pokemon's max stats.

What do you guys think? Are your shiny pokemon more powerful or less compared to a regular (of the same species)?

09-20-2002, 02:05 PM

I don´t know, but my pink Crobat rules.

imported_AJ Middleton · 09-21-2002, 10:54 AM

Shiny Pokemon just have all DVs of 10. You sacrifice tons of stat for looks. Not a very good tradeoff IMO.

09-22-2002, 05:46 PM

I only got that freakin' Gyrados. I've never even seen any other Shiny Pokemon other then Gyrados. [img]redface.gif[/img]

imported_AJ Middleton · 09-27-2002, 09:49 PM

The chances of you seeing one are extremely low.

IO Albina Neko · 09-30-2002, 05:40 PM

Well, what I heard was that shinies have DVs of all 10 except for Attack, which can be one of several stats (although I don't have what exactly it can be memorized). What this means is that while shinies are never as powerful as some pokémon, they are more powerful than a lot of others. :

: As for me, miss use-whatever-pokémon-she-likes-without-paying-any-attention-to-how-good-its-stats-are, I'd utterly love to have mnore shinies - pretty much the only downsides I see to them are the facts that most shinies have utterly horrendous colors, and that the sparkly effect when they come out gets really, REALLY annoying after a while. ¬_¬ ::was fiddling with her shiny Ditto recently::

If anyone was wondering, the only shiny I have officially caught besides Gyaro is an Ursaring. I cheated to get my Ditto, BlueMorpho, because I wanted to try to breed a shiny Pichu. ^^;;

imported_Alucard · 10-18-2002, 11:30 PM

Besides GS and the low rate of finding them, is there a way to turn one of your own pokémon into a shiny?

[ October 19, 2002, 06:04 PM: Message edited by: Alucard ]

09-30-2002, 05:40 PM	#6
IO Albina Neko Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: My computer. :P Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 675.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,175.00 Donate	Well, what I heard was that shinies have DVs of all 10 except for Attack, which can be one of several stats (although I don't have what exactly it can be memorized). What this means is that while shinies are never as powerful as some pokémon, they are more powerful than a lot of others. :: As for me, miss use-whatever-pokémon-she-likes-without-paying-any-attention-to-how-good-its-stats-are, I'd utterly love to have mnore shinies - pretty much the only downsides I see to them are the facts that most shinies have utterly horrendous colors, and that the sparkly effect when they come out gets really, REALLY annoying after a while. ¬_¬ ::was fiddling with her shiny Ditto recently:: If anyone was wondering, the only shiny I have officially caught besides Gyaro is an Ursaring. I cheated to get my Ditto, BlueMorpho, because I wanted to try to breed a shiny Pichu. ^^;;

09-19-2002, 11:07 PM	#1
Ross Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 275 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 566.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,066.00 Donate	I was wondering what people know about the shiny pokemon. Forget about catching them, I don't really care (and I'll admit, I have fun with a Gameshark... call me cheating if you must, but I guess I only do it on occasion). It's training shiny pokemon that I am concerned with. I know a lot of people are under the assumption that shiny is more powerful, but is that the truth? A few well respected sites that do tests with the game have stated (and shown their tests) that shiny pokemon are simply different: they're not more powerful, they're just constant. They always have a DV of 10, which makes to about 1/3 of a regular pokemon's max stats. What do you guys think? Are your shiny pokemon more powerful or less compared to a regular (of the same species)?

09-20-2002, 02:05 PM	#2
jochenp Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	I don´t know, but my pink Crobat rules.

09-21-2002, 10:54 AM	#3
imported_AJ Middleton Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 542.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 542.00 Donate	Shiny Pokemon just have all DVs of 10. You sacrifice tons of stat for looks. Not a very good tradeoff IMO.

09-22-2002, 05:46 PM	#4
Hank the Cowdog Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	I only got that freakin' Gyrados. I've never even seen any other Shiny Pokemon other then Gyrados. [img]redface.gif[/img]

09-27-2002, 09:49 PM	#5
imported_AJ Middleton Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 542.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 542.00 Donate	The chances of you seeing one are extremely low.

10-18-2002, 11:30 PM	#7
imported_Alucard Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Romania Posts: 2,780 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,380.50 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,380.50 Donate	Besides GS and the low rate of finding them, is there a way to turn one of your own pokémon into a shiny? [ October 19, 2002, 06:04 PM: Message edited by: Alucard ]