>>30005916It's a pretty hollow feeling to get your first real shinies through Gen 6 and 7
>As a kid, only ever knew about shinies from the Shiny Gyarados in GSC>Young teenager, finally find my first wild shiny encounter: a Shiny Bellsprout in LeafGreen>Accidentally kill it>Never see a non-Gyarados shiny again for some 7+ years of playing, until gen 6>I'm fucking blown away, manage to catch two or three>Find out that they're only half as rare in Gen 6, and even more common in areas like the Friend Safari>Not to mention the Shiny Charm has been a thing since gen 5I feel like all they've really done is made shiny Pokemon feel less special. It used to be a rare and sought-after thing. I guess injecting and hacking killed that in the water anyway but the current shiny encounter rates are way too high. Maybe they should invent something even rarer than shinies, like monochrome forms or something that are 8x rarer than a regular shiny.
