Even if you plug a hundred hours into Pokémon Sword and Shield, you may never see a Shiny Pokémon outside of that one bloke who imported all of his rare critters into the game from back in the day when he exploited the QR code functionality of Pokémon X and Y. That guy totally isn’t me. There are ways to get a Shiny Pokémon though, primarily through breeding and wild encounters.
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Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee’s emphasis on catching may have just resulted in the entre process of obtaining a Shiny Pokémon, becoming easier.
Zygarde will be up for grabs, available to all players of the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon versions of the latest Pokémon games. This specific version will feature a colour scheme of white and teal, which kind of also looks far better than the regular Zygarde’s camouflage which makes it look like it’s trying to blend into a Monster Energy Drink warehouse.
It’s time to get stoned! Unlike that summer I spent in the 1960s at Woodstock however, this time I mean that in a positive way. Also, a perfectly legal way at that. Not every Pokémon can be evolved by simple levelling up or trading, as some pocket monsters require an extra evolutionary boost with the use of performance-enhancing stones. Evolution stones, which can help boost your critters into powerful new forms. Here’s where you can find all of them in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
Pokémon Sun and Moon may just have the easiest and quickest method yet for getting your hands on ultra-rare shiny Pokémon.
This month, you can get a rare version of Zygarde and shiny versions of Xerneas and Yveltal. In case you don’t know, shiny automatically means better in Pokémon.
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