Shiny Hunting on Pokemon

Before starting to talk about Shiny Hunting on Pokémon, I have to explain what Pokémon is.

Pokémon is a series of videogames called with the same name, its genre is RPG and there are 7 generations of Pokémon. A shiny Pokémon is a Pokémon that has a different coloration compared to what is usual for its species, it only changes that. The thing that makes them so special is that they are very difficult to find. The shiny pokémon appeared at the second generation of games (Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal) in 1999. From the 2^nd generation until the 5^th generation the chance to find a shiny pokémon was 1/8192 and you could spend hours, even days, to find one and still kill it, forcing you to spend more and more hours. In 5^th generation they introduced the Shiny Charm, an item that increases the probability to find a Shiny Pokémon. In the 6^th generation the chance to find a Shiny Pokémon was reduced to 1/4096, still making it hard. But also there are some methods to increase the shiny rate:

-          The Poké Radar, an object whit which you can easily find a shiny if you know how to use it and have patient.

-          Consecutive fishing can increase the shiny rate, but you only can find pokémon from the water and it’s easy to brake the chain.

-          Masuda method that consisted in putting 2 pokémon in the kindergarten, a pokémon from a different region than yours and a Pokémon captured by you and make them have eggs until one of them has a shiny one.

-          In generation VII they introduced the SOS Battles method, on a pokémon call allies continually and the shiny rate increases more and more until one appears.

Then, the shiny hunting consists on capturing shiny pokémons even if it takes days or even weeks. The shiny hunting is usually made while the person is in a streaming on YouTube or Twitch. Some famous shiny hunters are aDrive, Saidogna, Hound00med and a Spanish one can be GuiaPoke or AlejaKaiser.

A shiny pokémon in 4^th generation and at his side the normal version.

Víctor C. M.

4th ESO B