Shiny Pokémon
Shiny Pokémon
!The Pokémon [Charizard in its normal form (left) and Shiny form (right) as they appear in Pokémon Sword and Shield.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/CharizardnormalandshinySw%26Sh.webp/250px-CharizardnormalandshinySw%26Sh.webp.png)
History and appearances
Pokémon are species of fictional creatures created for the Pokémon media franchise. Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the Japanese franchise began in 1996 with the video games Pokémon Red and Green for the Game Boy, which were later released in North America as Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998. In these games and their sequels, the player assumes the role of a Trainer whose goal is to capture and use the creatures' special abilities to combat other Pokémon. Some Pokémon can transform into stronger species through a process called evolution, via various means, such as exposure to specific items. A major goal in each game is to complete the Pokédex, a comprehensive Pokémon encyclopedia, by capturing, evolving, and trading with other Trainers to obtain individuals from all Pokémon species.
History and appearances
Shiny Pokémon were introduced in the 1999 games Pokémon Gold and Silver. They are rare color variations of standard Pokémon, and have a sparkle animation upon entering combat, but have no other unique differences from a standard version of the same species. Shiny Pokémon originally had a 1 in 8192 chance of being encountered, which was increased to 1 in 4096 as of the 2013 games Pokémon X and Y. The term "Shiny" was originally used by fans and later adopted as an official name. Pokémon Sword and Shield introduced a new variant called a "Glistening Shiny", which change the sparkle animation to have squares instead of sparkles and are rarer than standard Shinies.
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