>>44207159>shinies were algothmically generatedCompletely false, they've always been generated manually, in Gen 2 through a different palette setting, and in 3 they use a normal frontsprite and shiny backsprite, shiny mons use the backsprite palette and normal mons use the front palette.
Squirtle and Wartortle, who have completely identical normal palettes in Gen 2 have different ones when shiny.
It's been 20 years and people still spread this shit.
