>>49573564I haven't posted in this thread yet but I've had several, a Petilil I bred for in White, the first Heracross egg I hatched in Ultra Moon, and a random encounter Seismitoad in Shield. Even when you've had your fun hunting for it or you get over the excitement of getting one out of nowhere or achieving your goal, the novelty kind of only lasts for a little while. It's shiny, but then what? Unless the colors are particularly amazing and stunning, most shiny Pokemon kind of just suck to look at.
Personally, I think PLA pulled off shinies better than in other games. If they're too rare, then it becomes a slog looking for them if you're actively hunting/breeding for one to the point it isn't even worth getting it after so much time trying for one, and if they're too common they aren't really special. Getting full odds for them feels like something you truly earn, perfecting their dex pages and getting the shiny charm is a lot of work that doesn't feel as hopeless as 20 boxes of breeding rejects. And when you find them it's still very exciting, even if it's some super common mon like Bidoof or Aipom. This really only works with a game like PLA since it's all in real time and fast paced, and you'd have to be playing for a while to see one more often than not.
tl;dr shinies were never that special and they shouldn't really be considered that special because it's just a palette swap with nothing else to it
