>>57744907They tried "rare", "alt. colour" and "specially-coloured" as names for them, then conceded the fans nailed them with "shiny" - they sparkled on appearance with an audible jingle, like the "blindingly brilliant white gleam off a character's teeth" used as a trope in live-action and cartoon telly.
Difference is the Japanese were calling the 1/8193 palette swaps "shiny" along with the west, they called "starters" "partners" anyway and called the pseudos "the 600 club" however, so Game Freak weren't going to call them anything Home market had no knowledge of being a thing.
>>57745018Only because Nintendo of America dumbed down the translations, as they surmised retard kids wouldn't comprehend the subtleties of the two terms. Funnily enough, 26 years after the fact, we have retard kids insisting the differences do not exist, despite Mew being the exemplar of the "Mythical Pokémon" archetype.
