Summary
APokemon GOplayer has completed an impressive feat in assembling an entirely Shiny complete Gen 1 Pokedex. The feat has drawn attention and praise from acrossPokemon GO’s community.
Hunting Shiny Pokemon inPokemon GOother games in the series is an activity that’s usually limited to completionists and those who want to go beyond the game’s normal aims. While catching them all is one of the core goals of anyPokemongame, Shiny variants don’t offer any particular bonuses beyond looking cool and giving the trainer bragging rights. But this fan has definitely earned those rights.
Reddit user ShimuraMasako shared their accomplishment with thePokemon GOcommunity, unveiling screenshots of their completed Gen 1 Living Shiny Pokedex. For the unfamiliar, this means having every single Pokemon that premiered in a specific generation stored and accessible as a Shiny, including evolutions and baby forms. A scroll through revealsevery Pokemon that appeared in the originalPokemon Red and Bluegamesin their Shiny variants, including Mewtwo and Mew. In all, the player says they’ve been playingPokemon GOalmost daily since 2019 in order to pull this off.
Pokemon GO Player Has Multiple Completed Shiny Pokedexes
If that weren’t an impressive enough feat, the fan has also already completed a Johto Gen 2 Shiny Dex. They’re only two Pokemon away from having a complete Shiny Living Dex for the region. While it makes sense that a player with this much dedication would have multiple Pokedexes either full of Shinies or on the verge of being completed, fans are nonetheless stunned.
Players have expressed how impressed they are and asked a lot of questions about how the player managed to accomplish this feat. In all, ShimuraMasako was able to complete their Shiny Pokedexes through a combination of special research tasks, a bit of trading forregion-specific Pokemon like Mr. Mime, and sheer commitment. In all, ShimuraMasako estimates that 20% of the Pokemon they needed for their living Shiny Dex were from trades, while the rest were caught. Horsea was the final Shiny Pokemon they needed to complete their Gen 1 goal.
While some fans are still struggling to call even a single Shiny Pokemon their own, this player has set an impressive milestone for fellow fans to try and strive for. At the rate they’re going, this player may eventually show off a completedLiving Shiny Dex from additional regions, as well.
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